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( t : \u5168\u806f\u5be6\u696d\u80a1\u4efd\u6709\u9650\u516c\u53f8 , s : \u5168\u8054\u5b9e\u4e1a\u80a1\u4efd\u6709\u9650\u516c\u53f8 , p : qu\u00e1nli\u00e1n sh\u00edy\u00e8 g\u01d4f\u00e8ny\u01d2uxi\u00e0ng\u014dngs\u012b ) , operating as pxmart ( t : \u5168\u806f\u793e , s : \u5168\u806f\u793e , p : qu\u00e1nli\u00e1n sh\u00e8 ) , is a supermarket chain in taiwan .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "it is often known as \" chuan lian center \" ( t : \u5168\u806f\u798f\u5229\u4e2d\u5fc3 , s : \u5168\u8054\u798f\u5229\u4e2d\u5fc3 , p : qu\u00e1nli\u00e1n f\u00fal\u00ec zh\u014dngx\u012bn , liter : whole union welfare center ) .", "topic": 6}, {"text": "the corporate headquarters is in zhongzheng district , taipei .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "as of 2011 the chaiperson is lin ming-hsiung ( \u6797\u654f\u96c4 l\u00edn m\u01d0nxi\u00f3ng ) .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "as of 2008 pxmart is taiwan 's largest \" hard discounter \" chain .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "originally government run post exchanges ( pxs ) for military and government workers ( identification was required to shop there ) , the stores were privatized in 1998 and became open to the general public .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "there are currently 846 stores in taiwan . ", "topic": 7}], "title": "px mart", "paragraphs": ["kuma your\u2019s mart appears to be a smaller chain of local supermarkets similar to px mart , although admittedly i\u2019ve never been to one .\n( gogoro announces riders of their smartscooters will soon be able to change batteries at px mart ( \u5168\u806f\u798f\u5229\u4e2d\u5fc3 ) , a leading supermarket chain in taiwan . )\ntaiwan\u2019s cvs sandwiched by takeout food & px mart strategy taiwan\u2019s cvs is showing a 2 % decline in shopping traffic , the first decline in past 5 years .\ntaipei ( taiwan news ) - taiwanese startup gogoro announced tuesday that riders of their smartscooters will soon be able to change batteries at px mart ( \u5168\u806f\u798f\u5229\u4e2d\u5fc3 ) , a leading supermarket chain in taiwan , making it more convenient for them to power up their scooters .\nat the same time , leading fmcg retailer px mart is not only aggressively expanding their store numbers , but also increasing their offerings to include more healthy , fresh produce and greater shopping convenience , which in turn helped attract young age shoppers of under 35 , and repositioned themselves from a traditional store to modern trade supermarket . the strategy also proved to have a great impact on the cvs sales , where 15 % of the lost sales for the past year went to px mart , with dairy products , frozen food , beverage , biscuits and snacks amongst the most affected categories for cvs .\npx mart is a budget supermarket , although there has popped up a lot more of these recently as they took over a government - run chain of supermarkets . they mostly sell local stuff , but tend to have a few imported items as well . generally quite a cheap place , but most stores don\u2019t sell things like fruit , vegetables and unprocessed meat .\nthe company announced today that more charging stations , or gostations , will be installed at 20 of the px mart branches across the island by the end of june , and the network will be further expanded by the end of 2017 to cover the western part of taiwan . customers will be given more options to recharge their scooters without having to worry about dead batteries .\na - mart ( previously known as geant ) is another french supermarket chain , but generally it\u2019s a lot more localized than carrefour and you won\u2019t find the same amount of imported items here . that said , a - mart is generally a bit cheaper than carrefour , but there aren\u2019t as many around . a - mart tend to stock slightly different brands and items than carrefour and it\u2019s a good place to have a look in if you can\u2019t find what you\u2019re looking for in carrefour . again , the various shops seems to carry different items , so just because one geant has it doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019ll find it on another one . the larger the store , the bigger chance that they\u2019ll have something a bit more special it seems .\nin a recent report ( 2014 / 12 / 4 ) released by taiwan\u2019s fair trade commission on the 2013 performance of convenience stores ( cvs ) , which stated that taiwan\u2019s cvs is showing a 2 % decline in shopping traffic , the first decline in past 5 years . world leading research agency kantar worldpanel also observed trends of cvs decline in the food market * from their latest report , and after some in - depth research , discovered that other than the food safety incidents , it was leading fmcg retailer px mart\u2019s new branding strategy and the rise of fresh takeout food that are responsible for this outcome .\ndiscount mart is a new - ish chain that at least has started to open up in xindian . i\u2019ve seen at least one location where they\u2019ve replaced a wellcome . it\u2019s a cheaper supermarket and they don\u2019t seem to stock anything unique as such . i haven\u2019t been able to locate a website so far .\nthis warning letter is notification from the united states food and drug administration ( fda ) advising you that citgo / px mart was observed to be in violation of federal tobacco laws and regulations . failure to correct these violations may lead to federal enforcement actions , including monetary penalties . your response is requested in 15 working days . on february 28 , 2017 , an inspector representing the fda completed an inspection of the establishment , located at 6101 route 209 , kerhonkson , ny 12446 . during this inspection the establishment was in violation because you or your employee sold e - liquid to a minor and failed to check identification to verify purchaser ' s age for a purchaser under the age of 27 .\nother than the impact from px mart , takeaway cups is another major factor behind the decline of cvs performance ; takeaway cups are freshly made and customized to each consumer\u2019s taste , and these traits satisfies the consumer\u2019s needs for fresh , safe and good tasting food nowadays . kantar worldpanel found that for the past year , cvs\u2019s beverage had declined a whopping 9 % in sales , where 49 % of these lost sales have switched to takeaway cups ! on top of the beverage , takeaway cups is also impacting on the sales of snacks & biscuits . kantar worldpanel pointed out that when consumers are purchasing the snacks / biscuits , nearly 40 % will also buy beverage at the same time , hence when the sales of beverage is impacted , it also started a chain reaction for related categories .\nnancy chen , kantar worldpanel taiwan\u2019s account manager , explains \u201cfood safety , px mart\u2019s branding strategy and rise of takeaway cups market are all contributing to cvs\u2019 decline . on top of that , cvs\u2019 strategy in expanding cooked food section is also competing for sales with the packaged food section . consumer\u2019s need for fresh , healthy , and customization has set the wheels rolling for the evolution of retailers , including cvs . hence it is expected that in the near future , packaged food performance is likely to further decline , therefore manufacturers will need to be prepared , that in the face of this trend , it is inevitable that certain categories may fall into a long term downward slope , and it will require manufacturers to plan and forecast more stringently on the future development of products , sales goal and resource allocation , and avoid over investment in the false hope that the market will one day return to previous peaks . \u201d\nrt mart is a local supermarket that has a partnership with french auchan and as such they carry a fair share of imported goods . they got a lot of own brand import items such as pasta , sauces , etc and it\u2019s all imported from europe and has pretty good quality . they also carry a small range of organic items . from time to time they also have a lot special time limited imports from both asia , europe and the us . rt - mart also have a large selection of imported beer and alcohol . as with most supermarkets here , the available items will vary from shop to shop , but the one in xindian is the only one i normally frequent and from time to time they have a lot of good imported goods , but it\u2019s usually not things that are in stock for long , so if you see something you want , get it there and then , as it might not be available next week .\nif you\u2019re moving to or have just moved to taiwan and more specifically in this case , taipei ( as it\u2019s the part of the country i\u2019m familiar with ) , it can be hard to find certain things , as you\u2019ll most likely not recognize any of the supermarkets here from back home , unless you\u2019ve got carrefour or geant ( now a - mart ) in your country . even so , don\u2019t expect to find the same stock of things as you would in a western country .\nother places to do your shopping in are convenience stores , there are more 7 - 11\u2019s in taiwan than in the whole of the usa and no less than 9 , 100 of them spread across the country with more opening all the time . then there\u2019s of course familymart , hi - life , nikomart , ok mart , and everyday . you can do a lot of other useful things in convenience stores in taiwan too , like pay your bills , parking fees and collect c . o . d . packages etc . most of the convenience stores also have an atm . to find your local shop , either look out the window or head over to google maps where most of them tend to be listed these days .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\ntwo construction tycoons yesterday jointly won the bidding for a large piece of land in downtown taipei , injecting a dose of confidence into the property market , which saw sluggish trading in the first half of the year .\nshin kong life insurance co ( \u65b0\u5149\u4eba\u58fd ) , the nation\u2019s second - largest insurer , sold the land near da - an forest park to lin ming - hsiung ( \u6797\u654f\u96c4 ) , chairman of yuan lih group ( \u5143\u5229\u5efa\u8a2d ) , and tsai tseng - yu ( \u8521\u93ae\u5b87 ) , board director of cathay financial holding co ( \u570b\u6cf0\u91d1\u63a7 ) , for nt $ 4 . 8 billion ( us $ 158 million ) , or 14 . 3 percent higher than the floor price of nt $ 4 . 2 billion .\nmarket analysts said the sale of the 1 , 180 ping ( 3 , 894m\u00b2 ) plot located in a residential neighborhood would benefit both parties and help boost the property marketa .\nbilly yen ( \u984f\u70b3\u7acb ) , general manager of dtz debenham tie leung international property advisers ( \u6234\u5fb7\u6881\u884c ) , said he felt certain beforehand that the auction would run smoothly since the lot had been fairly priced .\nyen , whose company shin kong had consulted on the auction , said the deal had allowed the seller to increase liquidity as planned while leaving the buyers ample room for profit margins .\nshin kong life , a subsidiary of shin kong financial holding co ( \u65b0\u5149\u91d1\u63a7 ) , acquired the land in 2006 with a view to building upscale housing , but shifted its strategy this year in favor of commercial property that could generate rental profits , the company said in its auction announcement .\nlin and tsai , whose businesses possess necessary capital and know - how , are expected to turn the plot into luxurious apartment units to be sold at between nt $ 1 . 3 million and nt $ 1 . 4 million per ping , yen said . the plot sold for nt $ 4 . 07 million per ping , up from the nt $ 2 . 6 million per ping shin kong paid for it two years ago .\nlin also owns hwatai bank ( \u83ef\u6cf0\u9280\u884c ) and pxmart ( \u5168\u806f\u793e ) , the nation\u2019s biggest \u201chard discounter\u201d chain . tsai jointly purchased the land in his individual capacity but his company is tied to cathay life insurance co ( \u570b\u6cf0\u4eba\u58fd ) , cathay securities ( \u570b\u6cf0\u8b49\u5238 ) , cathay united bank ( \u570b\u6cf0\u4e16\u83ef\u9280\u884c ) and other financial services providers .\nyen\u2019s estimates would be 65 percent higher than the average price of nt $ 850 , 000 per ping in the district , but the property consultant portrayed the price as reasonable , saying it would give profit margins of between 20 percent and 30 percent .\n\u201cthe auction showed that housing in a good location remains attractive , \u201d yen said . \u201cproperties in suburban areas may not be as appealing , though . \u201d\nevertrust rehouse ( \u6c38\u6176\u623f\u5c4b ) , a leading real estate agency , said the auction had lifted morale on the property market , which saw trade of high - end housing down 16 . 5 percent in the second quarter of this year .\nevertrust manager yeh kuo - hua ( \u8449\u570b\u83ef ) said the bearish sentiment in the market , caused by rising inflation and interest rates , could be reversed if sellers would avoid overpricing their properties .\nyeh said the market was not short of funds or buyers , but investors have turned cautious as they try to gauge the impact of improved cross - strait ties and surging fuel costs on the economy .\na wait - and - see attitude is not necessarily a bad strategy , the agent said .\ncomments will be moderated . remarks containing abusive and obscene language , personal attacks of any kind or promotion will be removed and the user banned .\nsubscribe \u2027 advertise \u2027 employment \u2027 about us \u2027 contact us \u2027 rss copyright \u00a9 1999 - 2018 the taipei times . all rights reserved .\nthe daughter of a taiwanese tycoon died after falling from the 27th floor of the - baolai garden plaza in taipei\u2019s xinyi district yesterday .\na daughter of a taiwanese tycoon fell to her death from a luxury apartment in taipei yesterday . investigators said a preliminary examination indicated no one else was involved .\nthe 28 - year - old woman was a daughter of pxmart chairman lin ming - hsiung ( \u6797\u654f\u96c4 ) .\ntaipei prosecutors\u2019 office spokesperson wang wen - teh ( \u738b\u6587\u5fb7 ) said investigators had examined the victim\u2019s body and ruled out murder . her body had been handed over to her family , wang added .\nwang said the woman fell from her apartment , which was on the 27th floor of the baolai garden plaza in xinyi district ( \u4fe1\u7fa9 ) , which is a desirable - location for celebrities . former - president chen shui - bian ( \u9673\u6c34\u6241 ) once owned an apartment there .\nafter the fall , a number of reporters rushed to the building and tried to enter the complex to film the scene . the intervention of several security guards was required to prevent reporters from accessing the area .\nlin is a classic example of a taiwanese businessman who built his fortune from the ground up .\nthirty years ago , lin started out as a hydroelectric apprentice and through real estate investment and hard work , he eventually became chairman of pxmart . he also doubles as chairman of yuan lih group and hwatai commercial bank .\nlin ventured into the community supermarket sector and started pxmart with the goal of offering the best deals of any supermarket .\naccording to statistics provided by pxmart , in 2007 , 34 . 36 percent of supermarkets nationwide were pxmarts , as it had 380 of the nation\u2019s 1 , 106 supmarkets .\nlast year , pxmart\u2019s 570 locations represented 36 . 01 percent of the nation\u2019s 1 , 583 supermarkets .\npxmart ( \u5168\u806f\u793e ) , the nation ' s biggest\nhard discounter\nbetter known as chuan lian center ( \u5168\u806f\u798f\u5229\u4e2d\u5fc3 ) , has mapped out an aggressive expansion plan to challenge supermarkets , with some hypermarkets also likely to feel the pinch .\nthe hard discount chain , aiming to open up to 320 stores nationwide by the end of the year to achieve annual sales of nt $ 30 billion ( us $ 903 . 6 million ) , is putting its new business model of including fresh foodstuffs among the product mix to the test .\nit currently offers fresh food products in more than 20 outlets , including the five sunmade supermarkets ( \u5584\u7f8e\u5f97 ) taken over this year , said general manager tsai chien - ho ( \u8521\u5efa\u548c ) at a charity event held on saturday .\nto better serve consumers , we think it ' s important to offer a complete product mix ,\nhe said .\nfresh food is a powerful tool to boost customer traffic . the chain has seen fresh food contributing to around 15 percent of revenues in the 20 - strong stores , with one on taipei ' s nanjing e . road even reporting 30 percent of fresh food sales , chairman lin ming - hsiung ( \u6797\u654f\u96c4 ) said .\nthat store has an advantage of being located in an area with a high population of office workers and no traditional markets nearby ,\nlin explained .\nthis would become the principle on which the firm bases decisions regarding which stores it will introduce fresh food to . its initial plan will be to stock fresh produce in downtown stores where busy white - collar workers may find it convenient to shop .\ntaking a different approach from hypermarkets where the maxim is\nthe bigger the better ,\nmost pxmart outlets are between 150 ping ( 495m2 ) and 200 ping and situated in inconspicuous areas , especially in second - tier counties and townships , because\nwe couldn ' t afford to extra expenditures like high rents and we want to offer the best prices to consumers ,\ntsai said .\nits major focus now is to extend its tentacles into urban areas and islets like kinmen , with a mid - term goal of opening 500 stores by 2010 , which tsai said might be achieved ahead of schedule .\nmany attribute pxmart ' s fast expansion to its successful policy of offering hypermarket - level prices on a supermarket - like scale .\npxmart was formerly a low - priced grocery chain the government had set up for military personnel , government officials and teachers to buy daily necessities , and special cards were required for entry .\nin late 1998 , it was taken over by yuan li construction co ( \u5143\u5229\u5efa\u8a2d ) and transformed into a privately owned enterprise , open to the general public .\nthe firm ' s boss , lin ming - hsiung , also chairman of hwatai bank ( \u83ef\u6cf0\u9280\u884c ) , decided to maintain the retailer ' s status as a discounter that serves as\nthe community ' s good neighbor ,\nmanifested on its proximity to local neighborhoods and bare - bones interiors and store signs .\ncompared with rivals which have been busy cooperating with credit card issuers , pxmart bucks the trend and only accepts cash .\ntsai said banks usually charge handling fees of between 3 percent and 5 percent for card transactions . one time , pxmart ' s information section came back with exciting news , saying that some banks agreed to slash down the handling fee to only 1 . 8 percent .\ntheir sense of achievement was quickly deflated when lin simply waved his hand , saying ,\nthat ' s not a good idea . we ' d just hand over every penny we earn to the banks .\nthis shows how minimal the gross margin is , said richard yang ( \u694a\u745e\u660c ) , special assistant to the chairman , adding that their products are on average 10 to 15 percent cheaper than those at hypermarkets .\npeople here eat quite different things from westerners and even other asians and as such , the supermarkets stock mostly what the locals eat . i\u2019ve compiled a list of all the local supermarkets below and i have written a short description about the ones i\u2019ve been to . if anyone has additional information , please feel free to email me .\ncarrefour is the biggest supermarket in taiwan and as a french company , they stock some imported items , although depending on where you live these things might sell our more quickly than in some other areas and the selection also vary . they have specials at times when they import a selected amount of items from specific countries and they\u2019ve had big drives for us food and thai food in the past . they stock things like yogurt ( although quite expensive and usually not that good ) , french cheese ( again quite expensive ) , cereal ( also quite expensive ) , a wide range of tinned and canned food and of course french wine . some carrefours are open 24h , seven days a week .\nwellcome is a chinese supermarket chain and it\u2019s not one i frequent very often . they carry more local things , but have some imported good as well , mainly from the us . as with the larger supermarkets , all branches doesn\u2019t carry the same items , so it\u2019s worth looking around . they do at times carry some hard to find items and are usually cheaper than jason\u2019s and c ! ty\u2019super on those items . their shops are usually smaller than carrefour and geant , but the advantage is that all of the shops are open 24h , seven days a week .\nsinon is a supermarket i\u2019m not familiar with , as it\u2019s generally located in central taiwan . thanks to joesax over at forumosa i have some more information about this shop . here\u2019s what he had to say :\nyou mentioned that you\u2019d like more information about sinon ( xinnong ) . it was my local supermarket in taichung . large branches have quite a few imported goods from south - east asia and also from europe . they have some stuff that people posting in the \u201cwhere can i find\u201d forum found it difficult to get in taipei . however , i didn\u2019t mention it at the time because i wanted to preserve the illusion that people down south eat zongzi and betelnut all day . some people , such as my old boss , think that because the company was originally an agrochemical manufacturer , they know not to let their suppliers put too much pesticide on their vegies ! i\u2019m not sure about that . if you go there when the sinon bulls baseball team have just won a game , you get an automatic discount .\ntaisuco , the taiwan sugar company , also has a few large stores in southern taiwan and i know of one small location in taipei , near shida rd . i don\u2019t have any experience with these stores . they\u2019re meant to offer discount coupon books ( similar to costco ) a couple of times a year ranging from nt $ 1 , 000 - 3 , 000 in terms of discount , with with each coupon being worth about nt $ 100 . ( thanks to tainancowboy from forumosa for the update ) . there\u2019s one located near taipower station in taiwan , but it looks like nothing more than small wellcome .\nfor those with a bit more money to spend , there are also some upmarket supermarkets here , although there\u2019s only a few of them , so you\u2019ll have to do some traveling to get there in most cases .\nfirst up we have jasons , the one i\u2019ve been to is located in the bottom of the 101 . they used to have a wide selection of imported food from all - over the world , but the store in the 101 building has about halved in size due to the fact that din tai fong moved in next door and took over a lot of their space , so it\u2019s not as good of a supermarket as it was a few years ago . they\u2019re anything but cheap , although if you\u2019re looking for something special , this might be a good place to find it . they\u2019re big on organic and healthy stuff as well and if you have special dietary needs , then this might be the place for you . don\u2019t bother with the deli counter for sliced meats , as the staff isn\u2019t very knowledgeable and the stock is also quite limited . sometimes you can score a bargain or two here , especially when they have a promotion or sale going . recently jasons has been expanding with multiple new , smaller stores around the island . the company has also taken over a few wellcome stores in taipei and possibly elsewhere .\nnext up we have c ! ty\u2019super which again offers a wide range of imported goods , although more so from japan and the uk it seems than from other parts of the world . they\u2019ve improved over the past couple of years and they have the best supermarket delicatessen which among other things sells locally made ham ( as in real ham , not processed square stuff ) that is much cheaper than the imported options . they do of course also have a wide range of imported deli - meats and cheeses as well , but the selection can vary immensely depending on when they got new stock in . this is also a good place for various other odds and ends such as fancy olive oil , tinned / canned goods and some harder to find baking ingredients . if you didn\u2019t find what you were looking for in jason\u2019s , this might be the next best place to find it . this is also the only place i\u2019ve found that sells decent cheese slicers and graters in taiwan .\nbreeze super is as far as i know , a one off supermarket located in the basement of the breeze center located on fuxing south road . this is a japanese supermarket , but they import a lot of stuff from all - over the world , although most of what they offer is available in jason\u2019s or c ! ty\u2019super . i don\u2019t have a link to a website for them and if you know of one , please get in touch .\nshin kong mitsukoshi also has its own supermarkets , although not every store has one . they mainly stock japanese food , but as with most of these upmarket stores , you can also find some imported items . recently it seems like their selection of imported items from outside of asia has shrunk somewhat , possibly due to poor sales .\na more recent addition ( it opened in late 2012 ) is mangiamo good meats / \u6eff\u7532\u719f\u8089\u8216 which is a small deli that uses locally produced ingredients to create mostly italian and french style deli products . they do also make their own bacon as well as a wide range of sausages and spanish style chorizo ( both fresh and cured ) . if you\u2019re unsure about their products , they offer a couple of different sample platters that you can order and try on location . if you\u2019re after something a little bit special , this is the place to visit .\nthen there\u2019s of course costco which is the place to go to if you have a big fridge and freezer to fill . i\u2019d suggest getting a costco membership , it\u2019s currently nt $ 1 , 500 for a year and you\u2019ll save it on your first couple of trips there . it\u2019s the cheapest place for cereal ( bulk size ) , cheese , meat and loads of other stuff . more recently they\u2019ve also started to carry things like greek yoghurt and feta cheese and they also have smaller packs of cheese that you might have a chance to finish before it goes moldy . you can also get other useful things here like bread makers , small ovens ( ovens aren\u2019t a common household item in taiwan , but more on that another time ) and just about anything else you could need for your kitchen . costco has recently ( in 2014 ) updated their website and is posting all their special offers on the website now , in both chinese and english .\nikea also stocks a certain amount of imported swedish food , although the selection isn\u2019t huge , it is a great place for us scandinavians to go when we have a craving for something from home . that said , more and more stuff from ikea is no longer made in sweden , but rather by whatever partner ikea wants to work with and branded ikea . the store near the taipei arena ( inside asiaworld ) usually sells out really quick , so if you\u2019re trying to get hold of something special , you might want to try to get to one of the other stores . they normally stock things like tunnbr\u00f6d , polarkakor ( or at least an ikea version of it ) , kn\u00e4ckebr\u00f6d , kaviar ( not seen that in years ) , jam , frozen meatballs and a selection of swedish sweets and crisps . they also have a selection of swedish cider , beer and alcohol . this is also the only place to get julmust when it\u2019s that time of the year .\nhola is a local version of ikea to some fashion and they also sell a few food items , mostly imported things and you can find some bargains there at times . they have various size stores and the larger ones usually have a bigger selection of grocery items .\nanother place that i have yet to visit that sells food in bulk is pnp food which seems to stock a lot of specialty items . they normally sell to the hotel and catering business , but they will sell to walk - ins at their warehouse address which can be found on their website . they will also order in special things for you , but be prepared to order large amounts at a time .\nit\u2019s also worth visiting your local \u201cwet market\u201d which might have many of the items you\u2019d want , especially fruit and vegetables which can be of much better quality and at lower prices than what you\u2019d get in the supermarkets . local stores can also stock various hard to find items and i recently found that a very local little vegetable and what not shop near where i live stock beetroot when it\u2019s in season . the flower markets might also be good for fresh herbs , although you\u2019d have to have space to put the plants where you live .\nkantar worldpanel pointed out that for the past year * * , the string of food safety incidents had clearly influenced consumer\u2019s behaviour to lean towards the conservative end , where they not only cut back on purchase of non - necessities , number of shopping trips had also declined ; and like many other key retailers , cvs also suffered from decline in shopping population .\n* food market refers to consumers goods including packaged food and beverage . * * the past year refers to 52 weeks ending 2014 / 11 / 30 , and is being compared with the same time last year .\nour website uses cookies to improve the user experience . by continuing to use this site you agree to our use of cookies . [ cookies policy ]\nthis inspection revealed that the establishment sells , distributes , and / or advertises tobacco products , including e - liquid , which requires that the establishment and its owners comply with federal laws and regulations governing such practices . the violations observed during the february 28 , 2017 , inspection include the following :\n1 . a minor was able to buy vuse crema e - liquid on february 28 , 2017 , at approximately 5 : 18 pm in the establishment .\na retailer must not sell covered tobacco products , such as e - liquid , to a person younger than 18 years of age . doing so violates 21 c . f . r . \u00a7 1140 . 14 ( b ) ( 1 ) ( 2016 ) .\n2 . no one in the establishment checked the minor\u2019s identification before the sale of vuse crema e - liquid on february 28 , 2017 , at approximately 5 : 18 pm .\na retailer must check a photographic identification that includes a date of birth for any person under the age of 27 who attempts to purchase covered tobacco products , such as e - 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compliance - wl - correspondence @ urltoken or via phone at 1 - 877 - ctp - 1373 , option 6 . have your reference number ready when you call and include it with any email communications .\nsincerely , / s / ann simoneau , j . d . director office of compliance and enforcement center for tobacco products\npage last updated : 04 / 03 / 2017 note : if you need help accessing information in different file formats , see instructions for downloading viewers and players . language assistance available : espa\u00f1ol | \u7e41\u9ad4\u4e2d\u6587 | ti\u1ebfng vi\u1ec7t | \ud55c\uad6d\uc5b4 | tagalog | \u0440\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 | \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 | krey\u00f2l ayisyen | fran\u00e7ais | polski | portugu\u00eas | italiano | deutsch | \u65e5\u672c\u8a9e | \u0641\u0627\u0631\u0633\u06cc | english\nwith the world\u2019s highest density of scooters , taiwan has proven to be an ideal market for electric scooters .\nthe hi - tech smartscooter , often dubbed as \u201cthe tesla of scooters , \u201d runs on two swappable lithium batteries . riders are able to swap out depleted batteries at over 300 gogoro charging stations across the nation\u2019s urban regions , including gas stations , mrt stations , convenient stores , and shopping malls .\nwith the world\u2019s highest density of scooters , taiwan has proven to be an ideal market for electric scooters . the ministry of economic affairs announced in february that electric scooter sales reached 20 , 000 units in 2016 , a 98 percent increase from the previous year , with gogoro being the largest vendor , which sold 13 , 000 units last year .\nthe government began in 2014 a subsidy program to encourage the purchase of eco - 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{"id": 53652, "summary": [{"text": "llr/edge records , popularly known as edge records , is a lagos-based music record label jointly established by ibrahim okulaja and jahbless .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "the record label was founded in 2005 with 9ice becoming its first music act in 2006 before the release of his first studio album titled certificate . ", "topic": 37}], "title": "edge records", "paragraphs": ["first release from edge records . . dj edge . . the tracks called compnded\nedge conference special bonus event : how to structure , keep records and sav . . .\ndo not include academy id in the merge criteria unless you previously used academy manager and are now merging student billing 7 records with records in the education edge . records never linked with academy manager all have the same academy id .\nrecord label set up by gordon edge , mainly to showcase his current productions .\ncutting - edge information for the prosthetics , orthotics , pedorthics , and allied healthcare professions .\nheck yeah . vinal edge helped turn me into the pile of awesome that i am today .\nsony music entertainment is a global recorded music company with a current roster that includes a broad array of both local artists and international superstars . the company boasts a vast catalog that comprises some of the most important recordings in history . it is home to premier record labels representing music from every genre , including american recordings , arista nashville , arista records , battery records , beach street records , bna records , columbia nashville , columbia records , day 1 , epic records , essential records , flicker records , j records , jive records , laface records , legacy recordings , masterworks , polo grounds , rca records , rca nashville , rca red seal , rca victor , reunion records , roc nation , sony classical , sony music latin , star time international , verity gospel music group , and volcano entertainment . sony music entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of sony corporation of america .\nwith the merge records utility , you can merge duplicate records either ( a ) within one product ( admissions office , registrars office , or student billing ) or ( b ) between these products ( for example , student records in student billing and registrar ' s office ) . for additional information , including merge criteria options , refer to the education edge or the financial edge / student billing user guides .\nit is a pleasure to announce his official joining into the jagged edge records . dj flammzy is a very creative , ambitious , fun - 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down menu to limit the records in the search results to only that specific product . for example , if merging duplicate student records in only student billing , select student ( student billing ) from the drop - down menu .\na cool shop . vinal edge has a copious amount of music to choose from . on the whole , i ' d say their variety is pretty astounding\non certain record types , you can also mark a checkbox to check for duplicates in other record types . for example , in applicant criteria , you can select to include student records . in faculty / staff criteria , you can select to include individual records . in student criteria , you can select to include applicant records .\nwall street closed at fresh records ( once again ) , and is providing a strong lead for the local bourse .\nflair , their images are popular for tattoos , album covers , and at times band names . so i guess that means vinal edge is an art gallery to boot .\ndj flammzy joined the mavin records as an artist dj in 2013 . this gained him more experience , confidence and exposure .\nif you select date last changed , the program considers the record with the latest date last changed value as the primary record . if you are merging records right after converting , be aware that the date last changed for the records is the conversion date .\nbrought together by reebok , crossfit athletes and competitors broke 44 world fitness records in four cities in a 24 hour span in february .\nselect the filters tab to further filter the included records . this tab is only available if you choose to merge using specified criteria .\nfirst , please read the above article to understand the purpose of each setting and checkbox as well as other considerations for merging records .\nthe camp is held at the leafs\u2019 training base , which is also home to journey to excel , a cutting - edge facility run by adrian lomonaco and former canadian olympic hockey star jennifer botterill .\nwe recommend that you merge duplicate records within one product , such as student billing , before merging with their counterparts in the two other products .\nbefore merging faculty / staff and individual records , verify all relevant attribute types are defined for both record types or the attributes will not merge .\nto begin the merge , click merge . when the merge is complete , the merge records complete screen appears , displaying statistics about the processing .\nif you select the record with the attribute added by the conversion , the program considers the record last converted as the primary record . if no records have this attribute or multiple records have this attribute , the program uses the one with the latest date last changed value as the primary record .\nkeep billing status from the duplicate record - mark this checkbox to overwrite the billing status on the primary record with the billing status from the duplicate record . this is especially important when first merging student billing and admissions office / registrars office records together when student billing records are selected as the duplicate record .\n\u201cwe try to put them through a week of experiences that they have not had in their careers so far , and then give them an edge going into their draft year , \u201d said wade arnott of newport sports .\nt , and very friendly staff . it ' s tough to find a shop with a good variety of genres as well as new and classic records .\nget the record books out\u2014last week , a total of 44 guinness world records were set in a 24 hour span in four different cities around the world .\nthis free online ordering & referring pecos search is made available by urltoken and the o & p ; edge . the search was last updated 6 / 29 / 2018 from a cms file dated 6 / 28 / 2018 .\n\u201cit shows a lot of growth , \u201d edge continued . he also described \u2018still got time\u2019 as \u201ctalking about how it\u2019s great to be young and knowing you\u2019ve still got time to do everything you want to do in life . \u201d\nkeep current status from the duplicate record - mark this checkbox to overwrite the current status on the primary record with the current status from the duplicate record . this is especially important when first merging student billing and admissions office / registrars office records together when admissions office / registrars office records are selected as the duplicate record .\njourney to excel director adrian lomonaco records drills to be broken down in detail , part of what makes the newport next camp different from others for top nhl draft prospects .\nthe peninsula commission ' s records also showed it spent freely on staff events , including more than $ 5 , 800 for a commission retreat at the williamsburg lodge in january .\ngaimon\u2014who has a tattoo of a bar of soap with the word \u201cclean\u201d on it\u2014initially saw this idea as a way to take king of the mountain records away from drug cheats , and began by targeting records held by cyclists suspected of doping . but he quickly realized that there might be more fun to be had by targeting iconic rides rather than trying to enact revenge .\nedge continued to say that malik\u2019s new album will be \u201cmore personal\u201d . \u201ci think he definitely wants a lot of himself in there and i think that\u2019s what the last record had \u2013 it maybe even gave people more insight than they thought they were going to get . \u201d\nofficial soundcloud of konfrontation recs , this is our record label . home to kaoss edge , anastasia , ezzrojams and more we have nothing to sell . r . i . p . flow . when we ask to be more mechanical , doesnt mean we deny all the animal ! we are not reuniting\ngreat store very cool staff . . i like that in the 2 years i been shopping there they really have brought in some really great records . . i thought i would find any good stores to shop at after leaving\nthree - time crossfit games athlete rachel martinez completed 12 handstand push - ups in 60 seconds and ricky garard and sammy wood broke the current records for most squats in a minute for a male and female with 70 and 64 , respectively . \u200b\nselect the addresses tab to establish criteria for how to compare addresses between records note : when comparing address lines , the program ignores punctuation and recognizes address abbreviation equivalents ( such as ave for avenue , ln for lane , and pky for parkway ) .\nit is possible to merge different types of records into student records . however , it is not possible to merge a student record into a different type of record due to the amount of information that would be lost ( such as grades , attendance , conduct , etc . ) . for example , you can select a student record as the primary record and merge an individual record into it . if you select an individual or faculty / staff record as the primary record , it is not possible to select a student record to merge into it .\na professional road cyclist\u2019s resume might be full of stage wins , king or queen of the mountain honors , and time trial records . but barring any victories in the grand tours\u2014la vuelta a espa\u00f1a , il giro d\u2019italia , and especially le tour de france\u2014few outside of the pro tour pay much attention .\ndisclaimer : for the purpose of this search , pecos enrolled means that the physician or non - physician practitioner is of a type / specialty that is legally eligible to order and refer part b ( clinical laboratory and imaging ) , dme and hha claims , in the medicare program and has current enrollment records in medicare ( i . e . , they have enrollment records in pecos ) . the data for these results is taken directly from a file posted on the cms website . if you believe the results shown are not accurate , please read more about the file and the update process or contact cms .\nthis year gaimon has been traveling around the u . s . attempting to set new records on routes like palomar mountain in southern california , mount lemmon near tucson , ariz . , and mount mitchell in the appalachians in north carolina . each attempt is being filmed for a 10 - part web series called worst retirement ever .\nhis nearly four dozen trips included only six the records described as calls on airlines he was trying to lure to the airport . two were to elite airways , which said it would come but later put its plans on hold because of what it called\nthe challenging perceptions surrounding the newport news / williamsburg international airport .\nto merge only one person ' s records , first determine which record would the the primary record . this is usually the one with the most information and the most current information . a student record will always be primary over another type because there are many additional fields in a student record that are not present in other types .\nin 2014 , he debuted \u2018 belle \u2019 ft reekado banks under mavin records . much later that year , he got a deal with bheerhugz cafe as in - house dj for the ikeja outlet and in 2015 , dj flammzy started his own label dflamz where he dropped his 2nd single titled \u2018\u2019 modinatu \u2019\u2019 ft falz and cdq .\nformer executive director ken spirito ' s travel bill approached $ 80 , 000 over the past three years , a daily press review of hundreds of pages of records requested through the freedom of information act found . most of the trips were for aviation conventions , with destinations including london , san juan , san diego and las vegas .\nif ever in houston , tx . stop by and visit the store . we are located at 13171 veteran ' s memorial dr . at in the kroger ' s shopping center on the corner of veteran ' s memorial dr . and bammel n . houston rd . we are always glad to give directions , just call 281 - 537 - 2575 . if you would like to mail us a want list , our full mailing address is : vinal edge records , 13171 veteran ' s memorial dr . houston , tx 77014 . you can also email , fax ( 281 ) - 537 - 7228 , or call us ( 281 ) - 537 - 2575 . our hours are mon - thurs 10am - 7pm , fri - sat 10am - 9pm , and sunday 12noon - 6pm . email us at retail @ urltoken\nd - edge\u2019s music label is the brand\u2019s project towards its expansion and consolidation as a irradiating pole of electronic culture from brasil and worldwide . as such , its goal is to disseminate both our blossoming national talent overseas and to put the brasilian audience in touch with some of the best artists of the globe . counting on the attentive curatorship of dj renato ratier , the label bets on fostering artistic diversity and quality and , in the process , invest in the long term on the immense quantity and variety of talent that visit the club on a weekly basis .\nhow to manage your revenue like a business owner and prepare for taxes quickly becomes the concern of the successful . join edge success and special guest presenter donald nelson , ea from dbn tax and former irs agent as we discuss how to prepare to manage serious growth and income as a great and powerful steward . learning how to structure and protect smartly can be as important as building your team . don wants to help you avoid shortsited actions that may push you further away from your dream and learn how to simplify your record keeping and tax approach so you can focus on business growth and success .\nin addition to finch ' s trip to paris , former commissioner aubrey fitzgerald billed the commission $ 1 , 809 to attend the virginia aviation conference at the plush homestead resort in 2016 and $ 1 , 075 for the 2015 conference . former newport news city manager jim bourey , who was also an airport commissioner , billed the commission $ 839 for trips to new york and portland , maine , described in the records as visits with airlines .\nleblanc - bazinet broke four records during her attempt in los angeles , including beating the fastest pegboard climb by nearly 30 seconds and recording the most toe to bar touches in one minute . iceland - native thorisdottir beat the record for most weight lifted in a clean and jerk by more than 600 kgs ( 1 , 322 pounds ) , clocking in at 809 . 66 kgs ( 1 , 785 lbs . ) in her attempt in new york .\nhe had been on paid leave , receiving his $ 223 , 000 - a - year salary , for 10 weeks at that point , pending results of a virginia department of transportation audit of the commission ' s use of taxpayer funds to pay off people express ' $ 4 . 5 million debt to townebank . that audit has expanded to cover the past few years of the commission ' s operations , and among the information the commission eventually provided to the state were staff and commissioners ' expense records .\nbrought together by reebok , top athletes gathered in sydney , london , new york and los angeles on feb . 1 to attempt to break dozens of fitness records , including the most wall ball squats in one minute , the most handstand push ups in one minute by a female , the most weight lifted in one minute clean and jerk and more . well - known crossfit star camille leblanc - bazinet , two - time crossfit games champion annie thorisdottir and several other crossfit games competitors and athletes including dan bailey , scott panchik , rob forte , kara webb and paul tremblay all participated in the event , which was held as part of the lauch of reebok ' s nano 7 shoe .\nspirito , fitzgerald and bourey were the three airport commissioners who voted to empower finch to sign an agreement promising to pay off any people express airlines debt to townebank using taxpayer funds in a motion that did not say that was what they intended to do . the motion was written by the airport ' s then - lawyer , herbert v . kelly jr . , who was a member of townebank ' s peninsula board at the time . finch ' s term expired shortly after that . bourey resigned before the meeting at which the commission put spirito on leave , ended its relationship with kelly and promised to address state auditors ' month - old complaints about unavailable records . fitzgerald was removed from the commission by the newport news city council .\nking kong ( remix ) [ feat . phyno , reminisce , classiq & uzi ]\n69 missed calls ( feat . lil kesh , cdq , olamide , chinko ekun & reminisce )\ngugu gaga ( feat . nollege wizdumb , shadow , reminisce & xp ) - single\nwe are updating our terms of service , privacy policy , and cookie and internet advertising policy effective may 25 , 2018 ! you can preview the new version and see details about the updates here .\nhello ! we have selected english as your language preference . if you would like to browse in a different language , please choose a language using the dropdown . deutsch english espa\u00f1ol fran\u00e7ais italiano \u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\nuk label releasing a mix of acid , breakbeat , hardcore , hard trance & techno founded by gordon matthewman and based in stockwell .\nmy beatport lets you follow your favorite djs and labels so you can find out when they release new tracks . log in or create an account today so you never miss a new release .\nmy beatport lets you follow your favorite djs and labels so you can find out when they release new tracks . so go follow someone !\n44 isaac john st , fadeyi ( 7 , 807 . 66 mi ) lagos , nigeria\nalways the best . i hail you boss me . the king in the naija ent\nre grease to your elbow n keep doing your thing we love your style . yewa\nreminisce alaga ibile i really love you even if people are talking about you i support you . . . u are number 1 rapper . . . .\ndear upcoming artistes , don ' t be a victim of this scam . . . . . . . .\nit looks like you may be having problems playing this video . if so , please try restarting your browser .\nfriendly staff but the prices are a little bit high . also the trade in value is absolutely\nwhen i brought some stuff in the trade to sell . it is good to see they have local music there from\nworth 3 stars right there . not saying that i would never return but it ' s not like i remember it how it used to be years ago when i was up there .\nble and friendly . currently sold out of huey lewis and the news ' sports ' , but usually in stock . all staff play or have played in bands , and even if not are beyond avid lovers of music . i loi\nif anyone out there has any crowded house or tears for fears , please drop it off . gloves are off this year for accepting who i am .\nwhich are now used as art subjects for humans born after 1990 . once used for music playback and passenger side floorboard\ni will ridicule you for yours so hard you ' ll think it ' s the 90 ' s .\naddendum : chuck roast must be credited for locating a vg + copy of ' sport ' s for me . it worked as i knew it would . in the middle of a porch party i skipped ahead to ' i want a new drug ' and , predictabl\ny , everyone lost it . a loud chorus of ' what the fuck is this shit ' resulted in hugs and high - fives\nswathe of pricing . i ' ll lend an example or two . i ' ve found vinyl there in very good condition at a very fair or reasonable\nfine , and again the price was just fine for it . i guess what i ' m getting at is you can spend $ 5 or over $ 50 and you ' ll still likely get good listening .\nthe staff is chill , either being friendly or at least just leaving you to your own until you may ask them a question . the store stereo sounds great , so shopping and listening to their music isn ' t a bad thing at all .\nt or food in first on 19th street , then go browse vinyl in the shade of the store or do the same in reverse . i ' d suggest washing your hands after eating and leaving your drinks outside the store , but it is nice to shop vinyl and incorporat\nhaving recently moved away from houston , i came back to town for the weekend and made sure to visit my favorite shop . customer service is always top - notch and their selection is great and never feels\nshops i typically find in chicago ) . i had to limit myself to what my travel bag could handle , so you ' d better get there quick to buy what i couldn ' t .\ndropped by yesterday for my first visit here since they moved . found some good used gems ( to me ) in various sections , which are all pretty well organized .\nther ppl that needed it ( i ' m one that just wants to be left alone unless i ask for help ) . good prices on most everything\nand the guy that checked me out was nice . great music playing while i browsed . good to see this location is only 12 min or so from my friends ' house where i stay when i ' m in town . i ' ll be back !\nfirst time at the shop with my 24 year old son last night at the sip and stroll . we both were in awe of the large selection of music . the staff was very nice and helpful with all the customers in the\n. also , i like being able to inspect the quality of vinyl and album cover in store . chuck ge\nts excellent quality used & new vinyl . look forward to record store day every year . will be there tomorrow .\ni mean extremely high quality . the sound system was top notch too . the tea and beer were free ! the record selection was high quality as well a\npriced and by that i mean cheaper than if purchased online which was shocking . this cool record store has made me daydream about moving to houston more than once !\ntaught me what music was since i was 14 . sold me my first 7\n( salad days - minor threat ) . turned me onto shudder to think , jawbox , jawbreaker\nall before i was old old enough to drive . great place and historic to houston music scene ! they even got me to buy the hellhole vinyl ( which although not well received makes me smile because to a very certain extent those bands were the undergroun\nod record shop when i was a kid . the selection is amazing ! ! lots of little extras too pl\nfuel for growing , young minds . they say music helps grow a child ' s intellect .\none of the best , if not the best selection in the city . staff is amazing . very knowledgea\nble and friendly staff , great selection of new and used music on all sort of mediums , and they ' ve always got a great record playing while you look around . this was the first record shop i vi\nble staff . fantastic in - store events . i am a regular ( full disclosure\ni walked in to no greet . i looked around , with no one approachin\ng me , i walked out with no goodbye . sucked . not looking for awesome customer service , just some common courtesy as a possible shopper . .\nkiller used jazz lp ' s hitting the floor tomorrow . lots of 50 ' s cool jazz classics & lots of european pressings . come check em out !\npraise sabbath ! we ' ve got what your collection is missing . some cool originals and nice represses too . # blacksabbath # metal # houston # recordstore # sabbathbloodysabbath\nour in - house scientist , justin , studying the effects of a record being in a hot car for 20 minutes .\nyour current browser isn ' t compatible with soundcloud . please download one of our supported browsers . need help ?\nif you are a human and are seeing this field , please leave it blank .\n32 , community road , off allen avenue , ikeja , lagos . ( by appointment only ) .\nby signing up , you agree to receive updates and special offers from thenet . you may unsubscribe at any time .\ncomey testified before a senate panel that is investigating if russia interfered in the 2016 u . s . election\nu . s . stocks notched meager gains thursday , but the nasdaq closed at a record after former fbi director james comey\u2019s appearance in front of the u . s . senate intelligence committee concluded without any significant revelations .\nrose 8 . 84 points to finish , less than 0 . 1 % , at 21 , 182 . 53 after hitting an intraday record of 21 , 265 . 69 on strong gains in\nadded 0 . 65 point to close at 2 , 433 . 79 . financials rallied 1 . 1 % while utilities were the biggest decliners .\ngained 24 . 38 points , or 0 . 4 % , to end at 6 , 321 . 76 after setting an intraday record of 6 , 324 . 06 .\n\u201cit is evident from the market\u2019s reaction that the testimony is more hype than substance , equivalent to preparing for a major storm that may not occur , \u201d said kent engelke , chief economic strategist at capitol securities management inc .\ncomey\u2019s testimony is part of a litany of potentially market - moving events playing out over the next 24 hours , including an earlier decision by the european central bank to keep its monetary policy unchanged and a u . k . snap election .\nhowever , wall street investors have signaled that events don\u2019t appear to threaten the stock market\u2019s extended push into record territory , which has been driven by president donald trump\u2019s promises of tax cuts , infrastructure spending and deregulation .\ncomey\u2019s statement , released wednesday , suggested he was worried trump had sought to secure his \u201cloyalty\u201d and wanted him to help \u201clift the cloud\u201d from the investigation into possible russian interference in the u . s . election was casting . comey also confirmed the president\u2019s assertion that the director had repeatedly assured trump that the federal bureau of investigation hadn\u2019t opened an investigation into him . he reiterated those assertions during his testimony in front of the senate panel .\nengelke , meanwhile , believes that the house passage of legislation to roll back the dodd - frank financial regulatory bill is likely to accelerate circulation of capital in the markets and boost economic activity .\nphil orlando , chief equity strategist at federated investors , said absent any surprises , recent events suggests that the stock market should drift higher .\norlando said the u . s . and europe are showing strong quarterly results that may help to support gains in stocks that some strategists and investors view as overvalued .\nearlier in the day , the ecb , as expected , left interest rates unchanged but said it continued to expect interest rates \u201cto remain at present levels for an extended period of time , and well past the horizon\u201d of its asset - buying program , which is set to run at least through december . in previous statements , the ecb had said it expected rates \u201cto remain at present or lower levels for an extended period of time . \u201d\nbeyond the ecb and comey , investors also were focused on the u . k . general election ,\nin the u . k . , voters headed to the polls in an election that turned out to be much more uncertain than predicted . opinion polls are still giving prime minister theresa may\u2019s conservative party the lead , but the big question is whether the party will increase its majority in parliament . polling stations close at 10 p . m . london time , or 5 p . m . eastern , and the first exit polls will be released soon after .\nalso read : u . k . election : the worst , best and most likely scenarios for stocks world - 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", "topic": 6}], "title": "tauro sport auto", "paragraphs": ["tauro sport auto v8 spider . | saturn sky windscreen | pinterest | spider , pontiac solstice and luxury sports cars\nthere is a fledgling carmaker called tauro auto sport out of spain . they have vision and smarts about them many automakers lack . their logo is the silhoette of a bull . similar to lamborghini except the bull for tauro auto sport holds its head up high . and they\u2019ve recently dropped the veil of their first production model . it\u2019s called the v8 spider . the upstart of a brand new automaker can be tremendously pricey , but tauro auto sport has saved themselves quite a bit of cash by pillaging the general motors parts bin of defunct vehicles . in this case the pontiac solstice .\nit\u2019s difficult to predict what kind of impact the v8 spider will have on the auto world . its rumored they may only build 30 of them . this model anyway . really it\u2019s about where tauro auto sport will take things from there . tauro auto sport has already introduced renderings of a hardtop coupe . and depending on their success they have several options , such as building a whole new car from the same chassis . or following the trend of hyper hybrid sports cars .\nthey have taken the chassis and built a new body around it but kept the interior . tauro has reinforced the suspension , handling and breaking capabilities of their version . the reason is that the solstice came with a maximum power plant of 260 horsepower from a turbocharged 2 . 0 liter . tauro auto sport has dropped in a corvette 6 . 2 liter v8 with performance ranging from 480 , 530 to 650 horsepower . in the tiny little frame of a solstice that makes the v8 spider a speed demon .\nthat company is tauro , which at a recent event announced the new v8 spider and rolled out two examples of the car .\nthere is a great deal of promise for tauro auto sport . there are a million directions they could take this car . the solstice was just beginning to come into its own before pontiac folded and the conceptual ideas that pontiac was toying with were nothing short of astounding . besides that there are several car designers out there such as ugur sahin who churns out countless mind blowing designs as if it were child\u2019s play . the 2014 tauro auto sport v8 spider may not be the sexiest car to look at on first glance but that\u2019s hardly the point . the chassis and power plant are both proven success stories and utilizing them as the underpinning of a new car sets them ahead of the game by strides . really it\u2019s a wonder general motors didn\u2019t think of this themselves . take a bunch of spare parts lying around and make something new and exciting . it would have cost them nothing . instead , in a remarkable lack of foresight and vision , general motors sold those parts to someone else who is taking those parts and making cars to sell at $ 125k . but this very lack of vision is likely what got general motors in the hot seat they\u2019re in now .\nthe tauro v8 spider is based on the chassis of a pontiac solstice but gets a 6 . 2 - liter ls3 v - 8 engine sourced from gm .\nthis is the same engine found in the corvette supercar and in the tauro v8 spider it is rated at 440 horsepower and 442 pound - feet of torque and is matched to either a manual or automatic transmission .\na pontiac solstice , a jaguar f - type , an alfa 8c , and a corvette walk into a spanish bar , get hella drunk , and later have a massive orgy . from the aftermath emerges the tauro sport v8 spider : a thoroughly redesigned gm kappa car with an ls3 . the want is so very real . tremec 6 - speed , six - piston front brakes , four - piston rears , optional adjustable dampers , and up to 530 hp / 489 lb / ft pulling only 2900 lbs . now just tell me how to get one in the states .\nthe standard gearbox is a manual six - speed close - ratio , however , the red tauro v8 spider is fitted with an optional general motors - sourced automatic paddle - shift gearbox . the tauro also gets a limited slip differential , independent suspension on both axles with double wishbones , monotube shocks and springs . the brakes are 360mm ventilated discs with six - piston calipers at the front , at the rear , disks are 335mm ventilated with four - piston calipers .\nshould a customer desire greater performance , tauro will happily install some power upgrades . modifications to the camshafts and cylinder heads lift output to 480 horsepower , and if even more performance is demanded a supercharging kit will offer as much as 650 horsepower .\nso far only two cars have been built though tauro plans a small run of 30 cars altogether . the company is currently taking orders and expects final pricing to come in at roughly 100 , 000 euros ( approximately $ 125 , 315 ) .\nthe car scene is so diverse where i come from , most enthusiasts recognize the amazing engineering ( particularly the engines ) . the bulk of the ridicule originates from the manner in which many of the vehicles are modded / maintained . thus , the jokes and or hate tends to be aimed more at the owner rather than the machine . all of which makes seeing properly sorted old toyota ' s and hondas at car meets , auto shows , and track days all the more refreshing .\na new player has entered the sports car market , the tauro v8 spider manufactured in valladolid , spain . the spider was officially unveiled recently , it\u2019s a two - seater roadster manufactured entirely in spain . just 30 will be built for the initial production run , each one tailored to the individual customer . motorpasion relayed details of the car after attending the official presentation hosted by spanish model nieves alvarez .\n2019 bmw m850i priced from $ 112 , 895 , arrives in . . .\nfollowing the launch of the stylish spano supercar from gta motors back in march , and the announcement last month of a new model from aspid , another company based in spain is now celebrating the launch of a new v - 8 powered convertible sports car .\ninside , premium leather can be found on most surfaces and can be ordered in virtually any color .\ni agree to receive emails from the site . i can withdraw my consent at any time by unsubscribing .\nlisten to the hennessey exorcist camaro zl1 1le rip , snort , and . . .\n2018 nissan gt - r track edition first drive review : tracking . . .\nwe ' ll email you the latest in performance and luxury automotive news every day .\n\u00a9 2018 motorauthority . all rights reserved . motorauthority is published by internet brands automotive group . stock photography by izmostock . read our cookie policy .\ntwo examples of the roadster have been built so far , a black and red example . we\u2019re told that it takes the pontiac solstice underpinnings and adds a 6 . 2 liter v8 ls3 e - rod engine sourced through gm . the huge powerplant produces 440hp at 6 , 200rpm and 586nm at 4 , 400rpm . optional upgrades to the engine camshafts and cylinder heads boost those figures to 480hp and 644nm of torque . further options are tipped to release 530hp and 663nm of torque and even as much as 650hp .\nas far as design goes , the pontiac solstice connection is obvious . the engine is front - mounted with the driver sitting far back , almost over the rear wheels . the bodywork is bespoke and blends elements of the most popular roadsters into a small soft top package . we\u2019re told that the weight distribution is 52 % - 48 % in favour of the front with an overall weight of just 1 , 200kg .\nthe price is expected to be around 100 , 000 euros . our friends over at urltoken point out that we\u2019ve already seen an american v8 packed into the tiny solstice platform by way of the breckland beira v8 roadster . that particular project folded in july 2009 without a single customer car delivered .\nby continuing to use the site , you agree to the use of cookies . accept\nwe ' ve detected that javascript is disabled in your browser . would you like to proceed to legacy twitter ?\nbuena semana de trabajo con pedro paiva y gregor zdovc en prins autogassystemen . las mejores soluciones en autogas\u2026\nrecuerdo que hoy comienza la nueva temporada de @ cachitos _ tve con la incomparable @ virginiadiazr3 a la cabeza . . .\ntwitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup . try again or visit twitter status for more information .\nyou can add location information to your tweets , such as your city or precise location , from the web and via third - 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{"id": 53683, "summary": [{"text": "buddyhead was a music webzine and ( from 2000 to 2010 ) independent record label formed by travis keller in the summer of 1998 in hollywood , california .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "buddyhead engaged in criticism of popular culture and the music industry .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "their gossip column resulted in buddyhead being sued over a dozen times by numerous celebrities and record labels , including korn , courtney love , fred durst , moby , drive-thru records , and , most recently , axl rose .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "as of late 2016 , the site was taken offline with a message that reads , \" r.i.p. buddyhead , 1998-2016 , was for the children , make stuff . \"", "topic": 9}, {"text": "buddyhead records was an independent record label from hollywood , california that sprouted from the website of the same name .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "the label was started in 2000 with the pressing of a seven-inch single from the icarus line ( \" kill cupid with a nail fie \" ) and ended almost exactly ten years later with a full length from dios ( \" we are dios \" ) in august 2010 .", "topic": 35}, {"text": "the label released records by a number of bands , such as : the cassettes , shat , dios ( also known as ( dios ) malos , ink & dagger , the icarus line , burning brides , the dillinger escape plan , jubilee , your enemies friends , the mean reds , 400 blows , text ( ex-refused ) , at the drive-in , murder city devils , modwheelmood , wires on fire , radio vago , the jada kings and gayrilla biscuits .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "buddyhead records also became known for their compilations .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "first in 2003 came the now out-of-print \" buddyhead suicide sampler \" , which featured key tracks from each of the label 's releases , rare/live tracks from each band on the label 's roster , and prank-calls to music-industry luminaries from a secret person who went by the name \" torture device \" .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "rumors have circulated which claim that torture device is everyone from bill hicks to sam kinison to chevy chase , but buddyhead has never officially commented on the matter .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "in 2004 , buddyhead released the major label funded gim me skelter compilation , which was paid for ( and distributed by ) netwerk records .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "the compilation featured cover art by famous artist ( and brother to black flag 's greg ginn ) raymond pettibon , who 's done cover art for bands like black flag , sonic youth , foo fighters & off ! ) .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "the compilation also contained exclusive and/or rare songs from bands such as : primal scream , mudhoney , iggy pop , yeah yeah yeahs , wire , weezer ( \" pinkerton \" b-side ) , dead meadow , le tigre and others .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "in addition to cds , buddyhead records released a dvd compilation in 2004 entitled \" buddyhead presents : punk is dead \" through image entertainment , which featured music videos from tv on the radio , the jesus lizard , singapore sling , yeah yeah yeahs , turbonegro , the locust , british sea power , the dillinger escape plan , the fiery furnaces & others .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "buddyhead have been part of a number of antics , including vandalizing the strokes ' tour bus , and an incident where they broke into fred durst \u2019s office at interscope records , stole three of his red baseball caps , took photos in front of his limp bizkit gold records , and then auctioned the hats off on ebay ( the hats sold for $ 1700 each ) , donating the money to a rape victim charity ( a stab at fred for the allegations of rape and violence happening in the mosh pit during their set at woodstock 99 ' ) .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "co-founder / co-owner aaron north ended his association with buddyhead in late 2008 .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "following north 's departure , buddyhead \" re-launched \" their website and started publishing their gossip section every monday .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "they also signed los angeles band dios , with whom they released an ep called \" cosmic rays \" .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "buddyhead released the third dios full length player , \" we are dios \" , on february 16 , 2010 \u2014 their 31st release as a label .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "dios was extremely well received in the press , obtaining articles/reviews in la weekly , mojo , spin , rolling stone and pitchfork .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "on july 15 , 2009 a cartoon of travis keller appeared on the cover of los angeles ' biggest free newspaper , la weekly to celebrate the buddyhead cover story inside .", "topic": 6}, {"text": "the article was written by staff writer erin broadley . ", "topic": 15}], "title": "buddyhead records", "paragraphs": ["independent record company started online in 1998 by travis keller in los angeles , california . officially began releasing material as the buddyhead label imprint in 2000 with the first buddyhead release being handed out for free on february 14 , 2000 at the buddyhead valentine ' s day massacre show at the smell in downtown los angeles .\nboth an independent record label and an irreverent website , buddyhead is the project of photographer travis m . keller and aaron\nicarus\nnorth and has released records by your enemies friends , the icarus line as well as the gimmie skelter compilation .\nperhaps their best prank was when they broke into fred durst ' s office at interscope records in the wake of the woodstock 99 debacle . they stole his red caps , took pictures with it in front of his gold records , auctioned the caps on ebay and donated the money to a rape victims charity .\nthe \u201crules\u201d : no re - issues , \u201cbest of\u201d albums , live albums , or previously unreleased material collections . also no buddyhead releases , or bands with buddyhead people in them\u2026 though by now you should know that if we\u2019re involved with it , owning that shit is totally mandatory . so is hitting the buddyhead online merch store hard , if you\u2019re reading this shit then you owe it to us to go buy a shirt right now !\nstart listening to buddyhead radio on your phone today with player fm ' s free android app . you can sync with your account with this website too .\nthe\nrules\n: no re - issues ,\nbest of\nalbums , live albums , or previously unreleased material collections . also no buddyhead releases , or bands with buddyhead people in them . . . though by now you should know that if we ' re involved with it , owning it is totally mandatory . so is hitting the buddyhead online merch store hard , if you ' re reading this shit then you owe it to us to go buy a shirt right now !\nthis is amazing . vintage buddyhead from their end of year lists . i know it ' s kicking a dead pig , but sometimes even that can be funny .\nas rad as early van halen was , the subsequent decades have been filled with a lot of bummer moments in michael \u201cthe secret weapon\u201d anthony\u2019s career and have culminated in the ultimate lame experience known as gold record status band chickenfoot . for the benefit of future generations let\u2019s review the six steps towards total - wackness that the secret weapon took to arrive here today on buddyhead\u2019s worst records of 2009 list .\nkeith morris interview part 2 \u2013 buddyhead radio # 9 welcome to buddyhead radio ! our new , sometimes - weekly , radio show / podcast hosted by travis keller that focuses on art , music , film and the internet . this is the second part of episode nine in which travis speaks with keith morris , frontman from such legendary bands such as black flag , circle . . . \u2026\nhenry rollins interview \u2013 buddyhead radio # 7 welcome to buddyhead radio ! our new , sometimes - weekly , radio show / podcast hosted by travis keller that focuses on art , music , film and the internet . this is episode seven in which travis talks with legendary punk rocker and man of many words henry rollins about life plans , traveling the world , if h . . . \u2026\nsteve albini interview \u2013 buddyhead radio # 5 welcome to buddyhead radio ! our new , sometimes - weekly , radio show / podcast hosted by travis keller that focuses on art , music , film and the internet . in this fifth episode , travis sat down to talk with legendary recording engineer & member of shellac steve albini in seattle to talk about life , how he . . . \u2026\nthese five entries from the positive side of our best & worst records of 2009 list . we ' re not into spreading our negativity here at the huffington post . so if you like what you see and wanna read the rest , you ' ll have to come to the dark - side and read the full sixty album list at buddyhead here . either way , enjoy these five great albums from 2009 .\nkeith morris interview part 1 \u2013 buddyhead radio # 9 welcome to buddyhead radio ! our new , sometimes - weekly , radio show / podcast hosted by travis keller that focuses on art , music , film and the internet . this is episode nine in which travis speaks with keith morris , frontman from such legendary bands such as black flag , circle jerks & off , about . . . \u2026\nduane denison interview \u2013 buddyhead radio # 3 ( the jesus lizard / tomahawk ) welcome to buddyhead radio ! our new , sometimes - weekly , radio show / podcast hosted by travis keller that focuses on art , music , film and the internet . in this third episode , travis gets over the fear of hearing his own voice played back to him and gets to talk with the alw . . . \u2026\nso can we all agree that this was about the worst decade ever and that 2009 was the cherry on top of the diarrhea sundae that was the last 10 years ? everyone was broke , the best rock n\u2019 roll band in the world - oasis - broke up , jobs were hard to come by , the rock press got tricked into thinking \u201clo - fi\u201d automatically equaled \u201cgood\u201d , michael jackson\u2019s overdose transformed him from \u201cjacko the tabloid joke\u201d to \u201cmj \u2013 demi - god\u201d in the eyes of millions of mindless idiot consumers , crabcore swept through the bible - belt like a brushfire , sky saxon of the seeds died and gas prices shot up higher than anything nasa has ever put their name on . however , hard times are usually fodder for great art and 2009 churned out more bueno records than any year in recent memory . in fact , the quantity of rad music we were turned onto this year was so large that we were forced to expand buddyhead\u2019s \u201csometimes - annual\u201d best & worst records of the year to 30 records . we also felt slightly guilty for that three year vacation ( * cough * bender * cough * ) we took from all of this . hey man , we got our priorities mixed up ! what did you expect from buddyhead ? get real !\nwe were really young and bored , yet excited about everything happening around us . we didn ' t really plan to start buddyhead , it just kind of happened and we went with it . if we would have meant to start this , i ' m pretty sure we would have put more thought into the name of it . maybe a bit more into the plan as well . i don ' t know if it translates or makes sense but buddyhead just happened . . .\nty segall\u2019s self - titled debut that was released at the end of 2008 on castle face records is fuckin\u2019 great . but his sophomore record , lemons , that showed up via goner records ( which is run by a dude in the oblivians\u2019 who isn\u2019t greg cartwright , eric friedl ) a few months later is even better ! san fran\u2019s one - man - band comes out hard , heavy and poppy at the same time . this record sounds like it was recorded entirely in a bathroom plus it\u2019s got a captain beefheart cover off \u201csafe as milk\u201d on it , bonus points !\nthere aren ' t too many roadblocks in getting an album released aside from getting the money to do so . there are way more roadblocks in getting people to actually care about music and buy the album once you do release it . what do you perceive is the reputation of buddyhead ?\nwe couldn\u2019t pick between these two records featuring king khan plus you know how fuckin\u2019 lazy we are ! so here are two records with our favorite james brown impersonator , king khan , the first being \u201cinvisible girl\u201d . it\u2019s the third album from this \u201cshrine - less\u201d king khan & bbq duo and it looks like they\u2019ve finally perfected their songwriting formula , either that or third time is a charm , cuz this record is solid ! \u201canimal party\u201d is the best , not to mention cheapest , babysitter in the world , fact ! put that song on repeat and watch any child discover his new favorite song . the king khan & bbq show + cole alexander , jared swiley , ian saint p\u00e9 , and joe bradley from the black lips = the almighty defenders . an \u2018evil gospel\u2019 supergroup album recorded during an off - week between tours in berlin for both bands . squeezed out in a drunken week , this collection of party tunes is almost better than either bands\u2019 real studio records cuz it captures the feeling of seeing these hillbillies live . \u201cwhat do you mean there\u2019s a party going on tonight ? \u201d\nthat would depend and vary greatly on who you ask . i don ' t really care what people perceive what we do as to be honest . buddyhead has been known for playing pranks from publishing cell phone numbers of various people in the music industry and releasing prank calls on comps being among the tamer things . any regrets ?\nthis lp originally came out in 2007 in the rest of the world , but didn\u2019t see the light of day here in the states till this year . technically it\u2019s not a new release but let\u2019s face facts , until a record comes out in america it\u2019s not really out . you can thank the fine folks at goner records for making sure that we were able to hear the debut from these aussie badasses . this lp will smash you over the head with stooges - like - swagger mixed with some kind of arty twist while leaving all the pretentious bullshit behind them . grab your cup of coffee and blast \u201cget up morning\u201d to get your day started right ! also make sure to pick up \u201cprimary colors\u201d and whatever their other records are called .\nbuddyhead has been an la institution of sorts since it launched in 1998 by travis keller and aaron north . after two years they got into the record label business and have put out releases by the icarus line , your enemies friends , shat , radio vago , modwheelmood , the dillinger escape plan , gayrilla biscuits , 400 blows and many more .\nwe here at buddyhead have been fans of digital leather since the very beginning , when it was mainly a punk synth fling from the lone shawn foree . on this new lp they\u2019ve really stepped up their game . it\u2019s hands down the best offering thus far in their career . this time around that little studio project has become a full on band , includes way more guitar and they get bonus points cuz the title is a reference to a nazi gay joke ! there also seems to be a bit more focus on the writing cuz songs are all top notch and the lyrics are solid . in another time and place tony wilson would have been begging these fuckers to sign up on factory records . \u201ckisses\u201d gets my vote for song of the year !\nnot our favorite jarvis moment by any means ( in fact travis gave it a bad review ) , but this steve albini - produced sophomore solo effort has grown on us . this ain\u2019t no pulp record for sure , but jarvis comes off randier - than - ever with angela and other tales of shagging . jarvis is so well dressed that he somehow makes even his mediocre records seem stylishly great .\nlazy music journalists tried to act like these nerds armed with bongos and delay pedals were the second coming of the beatles or some shit . everyone from mojo to rolling stone to pitchdork seemed to have these fruitcakes somewhere in their top five records for 2009 . these dudes couldn\u2019t write a song if their lives depended on it , they are to songwriting what \u201calvin and the chipmunks : the squeakquel\u201d is to cinema .\nthis two - disc , twenty - four song collection is the fifth studio album from t . s . o . o . l . these nordic weirdos have been cranking out killer records that don\u2019t sound like abba and aren\u2019t death metal for close to a decade now from their little scandinavian country of sweden . in case you didn\u2019t know , that\u2019s where ikea is from . chances are your apartment looks exactly like these dudes\u2019 apartments .\nwe ' re also in the process of\nrelaunching\nthe site and going back to doing monthly issues like we did in the old days . i ' m pretty excited that we have a\nstaff\nagain and they ' re people we are really creative , motivated and prolific . it ' s nice to be pleasantly surprised by people turning in really rad articles or videos . after the site somewhat just being me for the past few years , it ' s a nice change to have some outside input and help from others . it feels like the old days of buddyhead except instead of being 20 - something and pissed off at the world , we are 30 - something and life isn ' t all that bad . buddyhead with positive mental attitude but we still wanna entertain and make ourselves laugh .\ni\u2019ll tell you what i\u2019m doin ! throwing this turd like a frisbee across the room . hey girls ! just because something is recorded in a lo - fi manner doesn\u2019t make it good . you have to have some songs in there somewhere . but good for you ! you fooled quite a few people into thinking that this is some good girl punk scronk . we at buddyhead are not taking the bait . whatever happened to huggybear ?\np . s . though you are on our \u201cworst of\u201d list , the news isn\u2019t all bad . buddyhead would like to thank you for releasing a record that has 2000 different covers featuring the faces of your fans ( as mentioned above ) . now we have amounts to the rock music equivalent of a sex offender registry so we know the faces of people we need to be suspicious of and avoid in our community . valuable public service dudes !\nwith these dudes making noise like this there may actually be some kind of reason to go to nebraska other than having to pass through it on the way to somewhere else . oh wait , that\u2019s why bands go on tour ! three dudes including an off the hook drummer that kind of resembles a goblin who plays both keyboards and drums at the same time in the vein of animal from the muppets . sounds goofy but box elders have seriously made one of the best pop records of the year .\neither way and in the meantime , i ' d like to welcome you all to buddyhead ' s\nsometimes - annual\nbest ( & worst ) records of the year . can we all agree that this was about the worst decade ever ? let ' s tally the score here . . . . everyone was broke , the best rock n ' roll band in the world - - oasis - - broke up , jobs were hard to come by , the rock press got tricked into thinking\nlo - fi\nautomatically equaled\ngood ,\nmichael jackson ' s overdose transformed him from\njacko the tabloid joke\nto\nmj - demi - god\nin the eyes of millions of mindless idiot consumers , crabcore swept through the bible - belt like a brushfire , sky saxon of the seeds died and gas prices shot up higher than anything nasa has ever put their name on . however , hard times are usually fodder for great art and 2009 churned out more bueno records than any year in recent memory . in fact , the quantity of rad music we were turned onto this year was so large , plus we also felt slightly guilty for that three year vacation ( * cough * bender * cough * ) we took from delivering all of you our\npicks\n( &\nicks\n) , that we were forced to balloon this years list to 30 good ones and 30 bad ones . everyone ' s got rules , here are ours . . .\nbut fear not , because buddyhead is back and \u201cfor the children\u201d now more than ever . now that odb is dead and gone , we\u2019ll be picking up his slack . we don\u2019t walk , we get carried . and you\u2019ve got our word that we\u2019ll not be taking any breaks ( that are too long ) from now on . hell who knows , maybe we\u2019ll even back - track and play ketchup with 2006 , 2007 and 2008 best / worst lists . hey , maybe axl rose will grow his hair back too . either way , we\u2019re not going anywhere . so , unless some creepy - psycho rolls up with a copy of catcher in the rye and pulls a mark david chapman on us , we plan on sticking with this whole buddyhead thing . we love doing this and , let\u2019s be honest , at this point , it\u2019s really all we know how to do , unless you wanna count pumping gas\u2026but that doesn\u2019t really make our lady - friends wanna play \u201chide the pickle\u201d with us . shit , doubt we\u2019d even get a game of \u201cjust the tip\u201d going if it wasn\u2019t for this . plus , from our point of view it seems safe to declare that we have entered buddyhead\u2019s most productive year ever with our weekly ( or at worst monthly ) gossip updates and ever expanding staff in 2009 , so the chances of this ego - masteurbation - rant coming true are actually pretty good .\nfrom the very beginning the almighty ink & dagger have chosen to create their own environment rather than play by the stale and comfortable rules set up by everyone else , even if it meant making a few enemies along the way . they began their dark and essential journey with the now infamous , highly collectable , tomb stone shaped , hand numbered in blood , and highly sought after \u201clove is dead\u201d e . p . on philadelphia\u2019s now defunct happy days records . from there the bloodthirsty night stalkers called for a change in the conventional state of punk with the release of the 7\u201d and cd titled \u201cdrive this 7\u201d wooden stake through my philadelphia heart\u201d on initial records . giving words new meaning as they created the new vampires , craving not blood but energy ( and of course always creating their fair share of mischief along the way ) . multiple trips across the states and a european stint with sweden\u2019s premier \u201cnew noise\u201d outfit refused , brought their explosive stage show complete with bright flashing lights , malevolent red floods , white painted faces , the occasional red food coloring blood baths and waves of thunderous music to the eager hearts and minds of rebellious youths everywhere .\nwhether this band , sexed your girlfriend , stole shit from your house , inspired you , or pissed on everything dear to you , the name ink & dagger alone will continue to provoke some sort of reaction for years to come . \u201cink & dagger\u201d is undoubtedly destined to be a classic and stand the test of time . in the end , the bullshit will wither away and the music will endure as the only thing that really matters . perhaps the only thing you hate more than ink & dagger is buddyhead , so how appropriate is it that both camps are teaming up for this release ?\nthis is what it sounds like when not a single person has said to a musician \u201cdude , this is a really bad idea\u201d for about 5 years . yeah , we know some of the dozen or so records we\u2019ve listed above came out before 2009 , but since apparently omar and the yes men that make up his circle of musician friends seem to never stop recording every single retarded idea they have , this shit comes off like one long , self - indulgent stroke session that doesn\u2019t have an end . therefore , we think it\u2019s as valid to tell you all of this sucks in 2009 as any other time . omar , muchacho , seriously , it\u2019s break time . now hit the showers .\njudging by the sound of this album , these dudes have listened to some good records and done some good drugs in their lives . this record sounds like what happens when 3 dudes are prescribed lsd for their a . d . d . we wouldn\u2019t say something called \u201csongwriting\u201d was in the front of these dudes\u2019 minds when they got together to write \u201cfits\u201d , but a strong sense of how to keep things musically interesting and have a good time while doing it was definitely present\u2026plus the singer of this band just so happens to be the son of former major league baseball catcher geno petralli who caught nolan ryan\u2019s 300th career win in 1990 ! yeah , we just knew that off the top of our heads .\nsomewhat the same way the site did - accidentally . aaron ' s band at the time , the icarus line , had an extra song laying around , and we were putting on a valentine ' s day show at the smell in downtown la ( which was actually the first show ever booked there ) . so we pressed the song on a one sided pink seven inch . the first 214 people that entered the show got a copy of the seven inch for free . get it ? 2 / 14 . after that , a few friends of ours that were in bands asked us to release their records . next thing we know , we have a\nrecord label\nand we ' re signing bands .\nwhen i first moved to la my friend scott told me i could\nget paid to play records in bars\nand i ' d\nget chicks doing it too\n. he was right . plus , i can ' t ever find places i like to go out to cuz the music always sucks . who do i gotta pay to hear some rock n ' roll out in this town ? so i guess it ' s creating a place i ' d like to hang out as well . not to mention how rad making people listen to what you want to really loud through a pa is . basically it ' s fun , they pay you and you can get your friends drunk for free .\nyou\u2019ll probably notice that this collection of albums is pretty different than every other year - end out there , which might as well all be a single list considering how many of the same bands appear . excellent use of the \u201ccopy and paste\u201d functions american music press , you guys really provide a valuable service ! can\u2019t believe you actually get paid to write about music , it\u2019s a crime we tell ya ! please note : we here at buddyhead stick with what we know , so you won\u2019t find us inserting our white - cracker feet in our mouths over who\u2019s the best rapper or giving a flying fuck about dj culture like who\u2019s the best re - mixer like spin , rolling stone and \u201cthe blogs\u201d are trying to these days . we\u2019d rather review potato chips folks . that said , you\u2019ll find that the rock bands on this list have little in common with each other , stylistically or otherwise . also , we\u2019re not ranking any of these records , because let\u2019s be honest , that\u2019s fucking retarded ! this isn\u2019t college basketball , this is rock n\u2019 roll . like we\u2019ve said before , how could you possibly decide between shat and radiohead , and which of them contributed the greatest album of the year ? that\u2019s apples and oranges my good friends , the universe needs both opposing energies to keep balance and remain in perfect harmony . it\u2019s science , look that shit up !\nlike we said , we\u2019re not ranking these records . however , if you held a gun to our heads and asked us to tell you what the worst record of 2009 is , we\u2019d probably tell you it was brokencyde\u2019s album \u201ci\u2019m not a fan but the kids like it\u201d . that\u2019s a pretty bold statement considering we also had attack attack ! , marilyn manson , puddle of mudd , and insane clown posse records come out in \u201809 and even a creed reunion record to contend with this year . seriously though people , this shit crosses every musical line that we\u2019re aware of , draws another line , crosses that and then molests a puppy on the other side . this band\u2019s terrorism - justifying sound is an amalgam of every terrible thing that\u2019s happened in music since the late 90\u2019s : misspelled band name a la nu - metal ? check . emo singing paired up with some subhuman screaming in the background in the vein of shitty emocore ? double check . auto - tuned vocals that would be right at home on a t . pain song ? yep . geometry haircuts with retarded colors and graffiti - themed clothing that every metalcore band on the cover of alternative press seems to be sporting these days ? done and done . add a dash of the lamest hip - hop / crunk beats imaginable and a pinch of pro date - rape lyrics and you\u2019ve got what might be the worst record of the year and possibly even the worst record we\u2019ve ever heard .\nmonsters of suck is more like it . if you\u2019ve ever read buddyhead , you know we\u2019re somewhat less than pro - conor oberst , so that douche nozzle\u2019s involvement + the ego trip of a band name is two strikes against this record before we even put it in the stereo . however , we\u2019ve backed jim james\u2019 main gig \u201cmy morning jacket\u201d before so there was some hope that this album might contain a song or two on it we could get psyched about . that bet turned out to be about as solid as a taco bell dinner on the way out . spend your money on that aa bondy record instead of this collection of songs that are white as bird shit .\nthis dude is better at the whole \u201cjust me and a guitar\u201d thing than anybody else right now , hands down ! aa bondy runs circles around pretty much everyone in the song writing department plus the dude has a black belt in fingerpicking and playing harmonica . in fact , he sounds best when it\u2019s just him , his guitar + a harmonica . that\u2019s why it was kind of a bummer he recorded this second album with a full band . it\u2019s still a great record full of great songs though \u2013 duh we put it on the best records of the year list \u2013 but we can\u2019t help but think they would have sounded better if they were recorded in the same vein as his sparse and stripped down debut , \u201camerican hearts\u201d . at least he hasn\u2019t gotten into world music yet .\nthe existence of a fourth puddle of mudd record is kinda like if the nazis won world war ii and then world wars iii , iv and v . we\u2019re not really sure who they are or just how it happens , but people actually buy these records and these posers don\u2019t have to get real jobs . all because the idiots in puddle of mudd speak directly to the ( mongoloids , err ) people of wal - mart . seriously the singer dork wes scantlin or whatever his name is must be the \u201credneck whisperer\u201d or some shit cause there is no other explanation as to how we\u2019re still talking about this fossil from the nu - metal era in 2009 . check out their video for \u201cspaceship\u201d - the fact that these dudes have fans blowing their hair back throughout and aren\u2019t joking says it all .\nkeller can now be seen around town djing at various bars in the area . he just finished a stint at bar lubitsch in west hollywood on tuesday nights where these pictures were taken . every thursday nights he will be at bar chloe spinning with ian rogers of top spin media , and on july 9 and july 16 he will be at the tropicana bar at the roosevelt hotel with josh homme from queens of the stone age , dave catching from eagles of death metal and buddyhead ' s troy boy . if you like jesus and mary chain , tones on tail , pulp , blur , oasis , guns ' n roses , yeah yeah yeahs , etc . , you will make like zombies to groove and dance out .\nfrom the time we wake up til the time we go to sleep we ' re working on our art or something that relates to it . and we barely sleep . jubilee has been lucky enough to be the first band involved with the topspin software which is backed by the guy who invented pro tools . basically it allows bands and artists to sell their own music , video and photography on their own site , for whatever price they choice , without a middleman and it boasts a digital subscription fan club . it ' s a whole lot more than that and it has been the reason we ' ve been able to keep the lights on over here at buddyhead . what are some of the roadblocks in getting an album released ?\nbefore anyone gets bummed that all i ' ve done so far in my two posts here is yank my own chain and link back to my wildly funny yet highly misunderstood website , i would like to point out that this is what i was told to do when the huffington post ' s la editor , billy silverman , hired me . so deal with it . if you take into consideration that the last job billy and i had our bosses forced him to dress up like a french burglars , a japanese chef , a banana , a soldier and even a clown cop , billy has really moved up in the world . that makes me proud , i really do hope that one day i move up the food chain from having to assemble lists of records people should and shouldn ' t listen to in my underwear .\nas usual , we\u2019ve also included a \u201cworst of\u201d list for you . now don\u2019t start talking all that shit about how the dudes at buddyhead are negative , like to bum people out and are all around downer people ! not so ! we\u2019re just doing like nardwuar the human serviette , we\u2019re here to serve the youth . go ahead and use this list of terrible albums as what we\u2019d like to call a \u201ccompass of evil\u201d . think of it as a guide for today\u2019s children to point them in the right direction and steer them clear from audio molestation . just like it\u2019s important to study all of the world\u2019s wars so that we don\u2019t make the same mistakes , these albums and artists should be studied so that their musical atrocities will never be committed again .\nbefore you guys start whining in the comments about how this record came out two years ago and shouldn\u2019t technically qualify for our worst records of 2009 list , let us remind you that it took axl rose and a laundry list of retards 13 years to record and release this mind - blowingly embarrassing legacy annihilator of an album . plus , if you thought that a guy with a giant yellow bee - foot guitar and a dude with a kfc chicken bucket on his head being in guns n\u2019 roses was fucking mortifying , then check out the newest and by far the douchiest \u201cnot - slash\u201d toolbox that\u2019s on axl\u2019s payroll in the video below . why is it that older rockers always think dudes who look like they are cast - members of mtv\u2019s \u201cjersey shore\u201d are actually hip young dudes that are perfect for their rock band ? ten bucks says that this douchebag , dj ashba , ends up on urltoken in the near future .\nwe love us some greg cartwright around here , we\u2019re og cartwright . believe it . in fact we\u2019ve been down with this dude since back in 1995 when joel floated travis promo copies of \u201csoul food\u201d from the oblivians that he got from the record store he worked at in northern idaho . old school . here with \u201clove and curses\u201d the old dogs once again show all the young pups how it\u2019s done . although this sure as hell isn\u2019t as good as it\u2019s predecessors , \u201ctime bomb high school\u201d or \u201ctoo much guitar\u201d , this new batch of greg cartwright songs is only further proof that his songwriting is unfuckwithable ! hey greg , we heard you\u2019re a trust fund kid who loves to drop cheddar on music and all things rock n\u2019 roll ! ? well hey there kemosabi , ain\u2019t nothing more rock n\u2019 roll than buddyhead\u2026 can we call you daddy ?\nthis dude is better at the whole \u201cjust me and a guitar\u201d thing than anybody else right now , hands down ! aa bondy runs circles around pretty much everyone in the song writing department plus the dude has a black belt in fingerpicking and playing harmonica . in fact , he sounds best when it\u2019s just him , his guitar + a harmonica . that\u2019s why it was kind of a bummer he recorded this second album with a full band . it\u2019s still a great record full of great songs though \u2013 duh , we put it on the best records of the year list \u2013 but we can\u2019t help but think they would have sounded better if they were recorded in the same vein as his sparse and stripped down debut , \u201camerican hearts . \u201d at least he hasn\u2019t gotten into world music yet . bonus trivia : this dude doesn\u2019t like how much waste hotels create so he sleeps in his car on tour . how weird and rad is that ?\nfor a place that\u2019s mostly known for it\u2019s lack of good food , plethora of bad teeth , lack of showers and negative sunny days , england sure knows how to rock . these lads that wear their mancunian influences on their sleeve proudly are a prime example of modern rock n\u2019 roll done right . sure these dudes sound a lot like the stone roses , happy mondays , oasis and the rest of the creation records catalog all rolled into one but that\u2019s pretty fookin\u2019 cool if you ask us . plus with this dan the automator - produced third full length not only have these dudes hit their stride but they\u2019ve proved they know how to write some fookin\u2019 catchy songs and still retain a raw and danceable sound that\u2019s all their own . in the uk \u201cwest ryder pauper lunatic asylum\u201d was number # 1 on the charts for several weeks , only to be knocked off by the sharp increase in sales of michael jackson albums following his overdose . speaking of , let\u2019s party michael jackson style ! who\u2019s got the propofol , lorazepam and midazolam ?\nmuch like drinking and driving or buddyhead and spell check , acting and rocking don\u2019t mix . this has been proven time and time again ( see the juliette lewis record above for one example ) , but somehow these drama queers keep thinking they can play the part of the rock star . many have done it in the past , but very few have done attempted the crossover in such an over - the - top - hilarious fashion as the dork who played claire daines\u2019 love interest in \u201cmy so called life\u201d . we\u2019re not even gonna print his name cause , considering he has made at least 3 music videos ( aka gigantic visual blowjobs to himself ) that have opening and closing credits ( ! ) in the last few years , this dude\u2019s ego is already so mammoth , one more typing of it just might cause him to attempt giving himself head so fast and furious his neck will snap . we don\u2019t want to get sued or nothing . unfortunately , in 2009 this pretty boy , his brother who looks like him if he were a caveman , and what ever other dorks fill out the line up of 30 minutes in uranus put out the record \u201cthis is war\u201d . you guys must have been hanging out with muse or something , cause you just joined them in the self - nuking club this year . this is war you turds , so if you want peace , drop the guitars and just start being an overpaid hollywood actor and his posse of mooches . it\u2019ll be like that show entourage except there will be way less getting laid inolved . leave the music making to the musicians . kosher ?\nwe are updating our terms of service , privacy policy , and cookie and internet advertising policy effective may 25 , 2018 ! you can preview the new version and see details about the updates here .\nhello ! we have selected english as your language preference . if you would like to browse in a different language , please choose a language using the dropdown . deutsch english espa\u00f1ol fran\u00e7ais italiano \u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\ntap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you .\nfirst - person essays , features , interviews and q & as ; about life today .\nconnect your spotify account to your urltoken account and scrobble everything you listen to , from any spotify app on any device or platform .\na new version of urltoken is available , to keep everything running smoothly , please reload the site .\nsome user - contributed text on this page is available under the creative commons attribution - sharealike license ; additional terms may apply .\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 amoeba , all rights reserved . amoeba and the amoeba music mark and logo are trademarks of amoeba music inc .\nbecome a member of amoeba . com . it ' s easy and quick !\nenter your registration e - mail address and we ' ll send you your username .\npopular : trivia , history , america , television , tv , usa , geography , cities , . . . more\ntoday heav drag are sharing their new b - side to \u201clsd\u201d , \u201cleech\u201d . we think you will dig it . heavy drag is a miami , fl - based foursome formed\u2026\nheavy / / drag is a miami , fl - based foursome formed from the ashes of their previous troupe , lil daggers . playing and touring together for the past\u2026\nlocation : philadelphia , pennslyvania members : sean mccabe - vocals don devore - guitar joshua brown - bass terrance yerves - drums website : n / a bio : this is the highly anticipated , self titled , third and final full length release piece of work , from philadelphia\u2019s night stalkers , ink & dagger . over the course of some 3 years , ink & dagger made a name for themselves as one of the most progressive , controversial , and sensory provoking bands around . throughout their existence , the group successfully explored their punk and hardcore roots , while simultaneously developing their own brand of sonically powerful rock .\nwith their first appropriate full length album , accurately titled \u201cthe fine art of original sin\u201d , ink & dagger , as energetic and scowlingly angry as ever , challenged everything anyone had ever thought about them . \u201cthe band you love to hate\u201d used the opportunity to modernize and expand on everything they had done before , removing the face paint and inserting electronic wisdom . collaborating with philly\u2019s remixer / junglists jsmooth and jg of gfs productions on the closing track , only further cross the established guidelines and smash even more genres .\nthis new offering of intelligence and madness is even more of a divergence from their past and no doubt their most definitive and true piece of work . ink & dagger have yet again asked to be redefined . the sweet taste of revenge has now finally been had . the scores have been settled and the naysayers have been silenced . this is defiantly not the ink & dagger you have heard before . yet one thing has remained the same , the group\u2019s dark imagery and precarious bite , as well as their bravery to not play by the rules and do whatever the fuck they please . a comparison to my bloody valentine now doesn\u2019t seem to far off the mark , as did that to swiz as few years back . vocal duties on \u201cink & dagger\u201d were occasionally shared with bassist joshua brown as well as random female vocals adding to the breadth of the recording . the deadly scope of sound only extended their explosive energy and reaches from spacey lull instrumentals and delicate rhythms , to fierce and sharp explosions and energy you\u2019ve come to know as ink & dagger . you\u2019re so dangerous .\nplease note series archiving is a new , experimental , feature of player fm with the aim of helping users understand how we fetch series and report on any issues .\nwhy ? inactive feed status . our servers were unable to retrieve a valid podcast feed for a sustained period .\nwhat now ? you might be able to find a more up - to - date version using the search function . this series will no longer be checked for updates . if you believe this to be in error , please check if the publisher ' s feed link below is valid and contact support to request the feed be restored or if you have any other concerns about this .\ndiscovered by player fm and our community \u2014 copyright is owned by the publisher , not player fm , and audio streamed directly from their servers .\nthis year\u2019s list was compiled by the following music journalists : travis keller , kevin hilliard , meathead and joel jett .\nbonus trivia : this dude doesn\u2019t like how much waste hotels create so he sleeps in his car on tour . how fucking weird and rad is that ?\naside from the singer sounding a little too much like \u201cblonde on blonde\u201d era bobby dylan ( then again we can\u2019t really think of a better dude\u2019s style to bite ) , the strange boys are what we\u2019d call guitar rock at it\u2019s finest . in these days of bloated rock bands and boring \u201creunions\u201d that have lost the plot , these dudes shine like a beacon of light due to how much they totally get it . they\u2019re a bare bones garage - rock band who take the best from old blues and county music , then shove their take on it through a modern psychedelic fuzz . the word on the street is that these dudes have already recorded their second album \u201cbe brave\u201d in costa mesa with their sometime member \u201cwhen he has time\u201d , tim presely from darker my love . our favorite song on this lp is \u201cheard you wanna beat me up\u201d . check it out .\nthis debut is technically only an ep but it\u2019s so damn good ( plus we heard so few people talking about this band ) that we\u2019re putting this fucker on here anyways . sue us . instantly like - able and totally sugar sweet dreamy danceable pop songs sprinkled with dirty guitars . think the jesus and mary chain \u201choney\u2019s dead\u201d era guitar tones . this transient couple / band who cite both los angeles , ca and nashville , tn as their home , are currently holed up in a san franciscan studio banging out their first full length that should have you dancing your ass off sometime in 2010 . we can\u2019t fuckin\u2019 wait !\nflorida totally fucking sucks . sorry if you live there ( really , we are ) , but it\u2019s neck - n - neck with texass as the worst state in the union . and musically , not a whole lot of good shit has come out of the state where midwestern fuckheads go to die and bake in the sun . in fact , most of their musical contributions can be counted on one hand . let\u2019s see\u2026 home to crocodiles , hurricanes that wipe out thousands of houses and swamps full of snakes\u2026 sounds like a party but i think we\u2019ll stay over here in the sunshine state of california . but we\u2019ve gotta acknowledge that florida has given us tom petty , 2 live crew and now on a third finger\u2026 . straight outta miami\u2026 we\u2019ve got three youngster weirdos known as the jacuzzi boys who are takin - names , kickin - ass and makin - hits ! this pupil - dilatingly nugget - influenced trio cut their teeth with a string of badass seven - inch releases full of fuzz ( \u201ci fought a crocodile\u201d , split with woven bones , \u201cghost ghost\u201d and our favorite \u201cisland ave\u201d ep ) , bad acid , and animal references . we\u2019re pretty sure that almost every song is about an animal . and now , with \u201cno seasons\u201d , they have outdone themselves ( and their contemporaries , the black lips ) with this epic party - starter full length . to quote fellow miami resident , godfather of punkrock and jacuzzi boys fan , mr . james newell osterberg , jr . ( aka iggy pop ) : \u201cthere\u2019s a band here in miami called the jacuzzi boys . it\u2019s a stupid name but they\u2019ve got a good spirit . shout out to the jacuzzi boys ! \u201d good work fellas , a firm slap on the ass to you .\ntechnically a reissue seeing as how it was recorded in 1974 but didn\u2019t come out til 2009 . and technically this record is just too bad ass to follow any rules anyways so it makes this list despite what we said in the intro . death is the three hackney brothers who were the inspiration to bad brains . they were fueled by their detroit brothers in the stooges and mc5 . these dudes were ahead of their time . 35 years ahead of their time to be exact .\nspeaking of weird , this dude is the king . the beautiful album that almost wasn\u2019t by the dude that\u2019s so weird he doesn\u2019t even need drugs . after an accidental leak halfway through recording , deerhunter frontman brad cox almost stopped recording the awesome mindfuck that is logos . we\u2019re glad he pulled it together , grew a pair and finished this thing cuz it rules the school .\ni guess if you never brush your teeth , you really can get a lot more done , cause here\u2019s another brit band on our best of ! when the red coats in future of the left put out \u201ccurses\u201d in \u201907 , they simultaneously reminded us of all the reasons that mclusky was a great band and showed us they had some new tricks up their sleeves . with \u201ctravels with myself and another\u201d , andy falkous and co . prove that this project might just be superior to mclusky . armed with the 12 killer tunes that just might be the most perfect embodiment of snotty british ( or in this case , welsh ) melodic punk rock since wire\u2019s late 70\u2019s heyday , fotl makes a relatively old tradition sound fresh and vital . able to shift from aggressively in your face to anthemic on a dime , these teachuggers find a balance on this record that will ensure its classic status for years to come . there are very few bands out there that are writing songs this well - constructed and instantly memorable and there are no bands out there that sound this fucking punk while doing it . take notes kids , this band has being rad down to a science .\nwhen you get to be an old dude , it\u2019s easy to lose things . for example , the dirty old men in chicago\u2019s tortoise lost their balls for a while a few years ago when they put out \u201cit\u2019s all around you\u201d , which was like audio - anesthesia . fortunately , they rediscovered them , squirted a litttle fixadent on there and shoved\u2019em back in their pants cause \u201cbeacons of ancestorship\u201d flirts with levels of rocking - ness these dudes have rarely , if ever approached in the past . listen to \u201cprepare your coffin\u201d and tell us you don\u2019t get a little amped . don\u2019t get too jazzed , cause \u201cmillions now living will never die\u201d this record ain\u2019t , but the amazing songwriting and talent for development is still there and tortoise still dwarfs pretty much every other instrumental band we\u2019ve ever heard . however , this record still doesn\u2019t make us want to visit chicago ."]}
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", "topic": 29}], "title": "the sladmore gallery", "paragraphs": ["\u00a9 2018 copyright sladmore gallery , all rights reserved . read our privacy policy here .\nmasterpiece london 2018 - exhibitor detail - the sladmore gallery - fine 19th , early 20th century bronze sculpture and contemporary sculpture and objects .\nthe sladmore gallery has its origins in a private collection of 19th - century bronze animal sculptures , assembled by jane horswell in the mid - 1960s at sladmore farm in buckinghamshire . in 1968 , the gallery moved to the three floor mews premises off berkeley square , where sladmore contemporary is still located today , in the heart of london\u2019s gallery district . the sladmore gallery with its collection of 19th - and 20th - century sculpture is now located nearby at our recently refurbished jermyn street gallery . since 1980 , under the direction of edward horswell , the sladmore has continued to concentrate on fine 19th - and early 20th - century sculpture . an active publishing program of exhibition catalogues and monographs is also an important part of the gallery\u2019s activities . the contemporary department , since 1994 under the direction of gerry farrell , has , in recent years , expanded and includes a select stable of sculptors and painters represented exclusively by the gallery at bruton place . recently , the addition of a private sculpture garden beside the british museum has allowed us to show a wide range of outdoor sculpture on a monumental scale .\nthis last phase was the best artistically , although it\u2019s the assyrian - style lions and baboons that tend to fetch the highest prices . edward horswell , who owns the sladmore gallery in jermyn street which specialises in animal sculptures and will hold the show , tells me a \u201ctrophy\u201d bugatti lion or baboon will go for over a million pounds now , a 10 - fold increase in value in the past decade .\nthe sladmore gallery started as a small , private collection and is now one of the leading galleries specialising in nineteenth and twentieth century sculpture . fine casts of barye\u2019s work together with selective works by \u2018les animaliers\u2019 form the basis of our nineteenth century stock , whilst rodin , degas , maillol and especially bugatti make up the twentieth century . we are sharing the stand with the sladmore contemporary , with animalier sculpture by contemporary masters such as nic fiddian - green and mark coreth as well as portrait artist mario dilitz .\nget the latest news on the events , trends , and people that shape the global art market with our daily newsletter .\nin the last years of his life , the shy bugatti was possibly mooning over the wife of his more famous brother ettore , the car designer ( rembrandt did the rearing elephant mascot on the cars ) . a lot of photographs remain of rembrandt accompanying barbara and her children on excursions . still , more of the time , rembrandt was mooning over donkeys and lion cubs at antwerp zoo , then the leading zoo in europe . he lived on and off in antwerp for eight years from 1907 and visited the zoo probably daily when he was there .\nthere\u2019s a little exhibition coming up next month of work by the animal sculptor rembrandt bugatti . bugatti did small maquettes of lions , fauns , hippos and pelicans , working in the early years of the 20th century . they are roughly , rather sinuously moulded , a bit like a rodin if rodin had done animals ; sometimes they are somewhat stylised , assyrian looking , and toward the end of his career he would get out a palette knife and chop up the flanks of his panthers and bears into angular shapes .\nwhen the great war came the antwerp zoo had to kill most of its livestock , many of which bugatti had lovingly sculpted . the artist , already depressed , was so broken by this that in 1916 , he bought himself a bunch of flowers , lay down on his bed with them and gassed himself . he was 31 .\nthe fascinating thing about bugatti is that the history of art may be teeming with tales of artists being in love with their models \u2013 think rembrandt van rijn and saskia , think picasso and dora maar , think freud and about 25 women \u2013 but this gentle italian\u2019s devotion to his subjects must rank among the most touching . bugatti was besotted with animals . he made his models on a scale of 18 inches or so , as most animal sculptors do , less because the thing could sit neatly on a desk and more so that he could model \u201clive\u201d and quickly in front of the beast of his choice .\nin pictures - the story of love and romance : from adam and eve to tinder and chemsex . compiled by martin chilton\n19th & early 20th century sculpture also at : sladmore contemporary , 32 bruton place , off berkeley square , london w1j 6nw . tel : 020 7499 0365 fax : 020 7409 1381 . speciality : contemporary and modern paintings & sculpture artists include : barye , bernard , bourdelle , bugatti , csaky , dalou , pompon , steinlen , maillol , degas , rodin , troubetzkoy sandoz\nmasterpiece ' s exhibitors span all eras and disciplines and include many of the world ' s most distinguished art dealerships . scrupulous vetting and thoughtful juxtaposition allow one to encounter beautiful works of art , have one ' s eyes opened to the unfamiliar , and buy with confidence .\nthe history of art may be teeming with artists in love with their models but this italian sculptor was besotted with animals , says serena davies .\none time , he became so entranced with a pair of antelopes at antwerp zoo , his favourite hangout , that he had them taken to his studio in paris so that he could do their portraits in life size . horswell calls bugatti\u2019s sculptures \u201cportraits\u201d because they\u2019re so sensitive to their individual subjects , and they are certainly sculpted with a sweet sympathy that you don\u2019t get in the more savage pieces by the great french animal sculptor antoine louis barye .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\n\u00a9 2018 masterpiece london ltd masterpiece is a registered trademark of masterpiece london limited . masterpiece london ltd is held with a majority stake by mch group ltd . \u00ae rbc is a registered trademark of royal bank of canada . used under license .\nplease tick if you do not wish to receive information from masterpiece london about future fairs .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nnever marrying , disliking groups of people , there\u2019s no doubt rembrandt preferred animals to human beings . one sad fact tells us this most clearly ."]}
{"id": 53690, "summary": [{"text": "algebris investments llp is a london-based asset management company which specialises in the global finance sector .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "sam jones of the financial times named it as \" one of london 's best-known hedge funds \" .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "in december 2010 it managed $ 1.4 billion in funds .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "the algebris coco fund , which manages $ 900m , is up 45 per cent for 2012 , according to an investor \u2013 more than 10 times the average hedge fund \u2013 thanks to its investments in so-called cocos , or contingent convertibles \u2013 instruments designed to help banks stabilise their balance sheets .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "algebris was founded by davide serra ( from genoa ) , a former analyst with morgan stanley , and frenchman eric halet , a fund manager for wellington investments , in early 2006 .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "seed capital came from the children 's investment fund foundation 's chris hohn , who holds a 22 per cent stake .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "it has offices in london and singapore .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the flagship algebris global financials fund launched in october 2006 .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "algebris subsequently launched the algebris emerging markets financials fund in january 2010 , a ucits version of the flagship fund in january 2011 , the algebris financial coco fund in march 2011 and a ucits version of this strategy , the algebris financial credit fund in august 2012 .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "key partners include massimo massimilla , at algebris since inception , responsible for investments and clients in europe , latin america and turkey . ", "topic": 39}], "title": "algebris", "paragraphs": ["algebris ( uk ) limited is authorised and regulated by the financial conduct authority and operates in italy through its milan branch . algebris investments ( us ) inc is a sec registered investment adviser . algebris investments ( asia ) pte ltd is a licensed fund management company with the mas .\nalgebris ( uk ) limited is authorised and regulated by the financial conduct authority and operates in italy through its branch , located in milan . algebris ( uk ) limited is authorised and regulated by the financial conduct authority . algebris investments ( us ) inc is a sec registered investment adviser . algebris investments ( asia ) pte ltd is a licensed fund management company with the mas .\nalgebris has altered its position on jpmorgan chase & co . it sold 12 % of its holdings , but algebris also bought a call option on 765 , 000 shares of jpmorgan , more than the amount it had sold off .\nfounded by ceo davide serra in 2006 , algebris maintains offices in london , boston , singapore , milan and luxembourg .\nfor more details on algebris and receive further details you can contact us at algebrisir @ urltoken . com we will respond as quickly as possible .\nmade to the sec , algebris investments owns a total of 20 stocks , valued at approximately $ 500 million at the end of the second quarter . the fund\n' s in international management . algebris is a long / short equity fund that focuses on long - term opportunities mostly in financials with a three year horizon or greater . algebris lost around 32 percent in 2008 , gained 31 % in 2009 . the fund also returned 9 . 3 percent during the first 10 months of 2010 .\nalberto gallo , algebris investments portfolio manager , discusses positioning for a market where yields will rise . he speaks on\nbloomberg surveillance .\n( source : bloomberg )\nalgebris investments focuses on long term investment opportunities and we are confident that they will manage to beat the market in the long run as they have over the past few years .\nalgebris maintains established relationships with a global base of institutional and private investors , encompassing insurance companies , pension funds , sovereign wealth funds , corporations , private banks and family offices .\nalberto gallo , partner and portfolio manager at algebris investments , presented at the bocconi university a lecture on\nescaping the qe infinity trap\n. to view the presentation please click here .\nat algebris , we aim to pursue the best outcomes for our investments and to comply with the highest industry standards , whilst ensuring full alignment of interest with our investors . discover more about us .\ns holdings have declined by about 16 % since the end of the previous quarter ( $ 579 million , 1q2011 ) . algebris has sold 6 positions as well as one call option and one put option since the previous quarter ( 1q2011 ) , but it has added ten positions as well as one call and one put option , increasing the number of its positions significantly . a summary of algebris investment\nalgebris investments is a global asset management company embracing long - only , hedged and private debt investment strategies . the firm has traditionally invested in the capital structure of financial institutions across equity and credit , with a unique specialisation in the global financial sector . we recently expanded our expertise into global credit in order to uncover unique value opportunities . with respect to private investments , algebris focuses on non - performing loans secured by real estate assets in italy . our strategies are primarily grounded in fundamental , bottom - up research processes , in combination with rigorous portfolio construction and risk management methodologies . founded by ceo davide serra in 2006 , algebris maintains offices in london , boston , singapore , milan , luxembourg and tokyo .\nalberto gallo , portfolio manager at algebris investments , and julian chillingworth , chief investment officer at rathbone unit trust management , discuss china ' s response to u . s . tariffs . they speak on\nbloomberg surveillance .\n( source : bloomberg )\n' s chris hohn . hohn has a 22 % passive stake in algebris . halet got his mba from the university of pittsburgh and was previously a global industry analyst at wellington management . serra was the former head of european banking research at morgan stanley and holds a cems master\ndavide serra , chief executive officer and founder at algebris investments , discusses various markets and his thoughts on investing . he joins bloomberg ' s erik schatzker on\nbloomberg markets\nat the world economic forum ' s annual meeting in davos , switzerland . ( source : bloomberg )\ndavide serra , chief executive officer and founder at algebris investments , discusses why bridgewater associates founder ray dalio is going to lose money on italian banks . he speaks with bloomberg ' s francine laqua on\nbloomberg surveillance .\n( source : bloomberg ) ) for more information click here .\nalberto gallo , portfolio manager at algebris investments , and athanasios vamvakidis , head of g10 fx strategy at bank of america merrill lynch , discuss french president emmanuel macron ' s trip to china and what it may mean for trade between the two nations . they speak with francine lacqua on\nbloomberg surveillance .\n( source : bloomberg )\nin the personal office gym of davide serra , chief executive of algebris , there is a photograph of him standing on the razor - edged peak of the 12 , 500ft aiguille de la republique . tiny , in a red windcheater , he grins , dwarfed by the mountain ranges around him . \u201ci put it up there to remind me that i have to keep training and\u2026\nlondon , united kingdom ( november 22 , 2017 ) : algebris has appointed abbas ameli as portfolio manager . he will be working alongside the macro team led by alberto gallo , together with portfolio managers aditya aney , tao pan and macro analyst pablo morenes . abbas joins from amundi , where he was a portfolio manager covering emerging market bonds and currencies . alberto gallo said : \u201cabbas\u2019\u2026\nalberto gallo , algebris portfolio manager and head of macro strategies , spoke with bloomberg ' s anna edwards and manus cranny about rising geopolitical risks , iran ' s nuclear deal and europe ' s growth on bloomberg tv . click below to watch the video . he also discussed monetary policy normalisation , brexit and uk growth risks on bloomberg radio : click here to listen to the audio .\ngain access to global coverage from local journalists on the ground in 50 + countries working around the clock to break news , analyze , spot risks and opportunities .\nmarkets data delayed by at least 15 minutes . \u00a9 the financial times ltd 2018 . ft and \u2018financial times\u2019 are trademarks of the financial times ltd . the financial times and its journalism are subject to a self - regulation regime under the ft editorial code of practice .\ns largest activities in the last quarter was the sale of over 1 . 5 million shares of banco santander brasil , which lost 9 . 2 % of its value over the last quarter . the stock currently trades at $ 11 . 19 per share . john griffin\nstill has a significant position in bsbs , owning 9 . 8 million shares , though it has also decreased its position , albeit by only 8 % .\n, on the other hand , increased its stake in banco santander brasil by nearly 400 % and now owns 1 . 9 million shares .\nlargest new position , and largest position overall , is its put option on 2 . 6 million shares of spdr retail etf , a fund that attempts to reflect s & p retail select industry index , with major holdings in barnes & noble , gamestop corp and vitamin shoppe inc .\ns value has fallen off by 20 . 6 % over the last quarter . bruce berkowitz\n( fairx ) has more than $ 1 . 5 billion stake in aig , and some funds such as\nhave taken multiple positions on aig to hedge other investments . aig is currently trading for around $ 28 a share .\n) was also timely . mco gained more than 10 % and is now trading at around $ 37 per share . warren buffet\n, run by jeffrey ubben , decided to increase its stake in moodys by 35 % , apparently happy with its strong performance .\n, managed by paul ruddock and steve heinz , has decreased its holdings of jpm by 50 % , though it still has a $ 642 million stake in the company . andreas halvorsen\ndear visitor , please note the content you selected applies exclusively to professional investors . do you qualify as a professional investor ? please select an option below . should you not qualify as a professional investor you will automatically be redirected to insights .\ndownload the pdf the qe party is ending . last year ' s goldilocks global expansion has left the way to an environment of divergence , where the us continues to outperform the rest of the world and the federal reserve is the only central bank no longer behind the curve on policy normalisation . at the beginning of the year , we prepared\u2026\ndownload the pdf after a decade of monetary stimulus , central banks have pledged to exit loose monetary policy . except for the fed , their attempts appear to be failing . the federal reserve has been raising interest rates , bringing 2 - 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{"id": 53693, "summary": [{"text": "william bickford-smith ( 1827 \u2013 24 february 1899 ) was an english fuse manufacturer and a liberal and liberal unionist politician who sat in the house of commons from 1885 to 1892 . ", "topic": 18}], "title": "william bickford - smith", "paragraphs": ["learning more about william bickford smith is easier than you might think . ancestry can help get you started with free walkthrough videos .\nwilliam bickford smith , son of william nicholas smith ( 1833 - ) and elizabeth bickford ( 1833 ? - ) , was born in 1868 . he married jessie ellen burlace on 21 november 1893 in maker , cornwall when he was 25 . he died in 1948 .\ndates and places are just part of the picture . ancestry can provide insights into historical events and conditions william bickford smith may have experienced .\ni believe william bickford smith married twice . he had three daughters by the first and a son and daughter by his second wife , anna . the son , george percy bickford smith b1873 , died in south africa from wounds received at heilbron in the boer war .\nwilliam bickford smith ( 1901 - 1976 ) . william was born in 1901 in kingsand . 3 he appeared in the census on 2 april 1911 in kingsand aged 10 . 4 the address was : fore street . he died in 1976 .\nive always been impressed by bickford - smith\u2019s work , so it\u2019s interesting to hear from her about how she sets about her work and her influences . i look forward to future designs and covers to come out of penguin and bickford - smith .\nthe bickford - smith institute and clock tower was built in 1882 at a cost of \u00a32000 . the building was gifted to porthleven by william bickford - smith of sithney as a scientific and literary institute including a lending and reference library . the building now houses the porthleven town council and the office of the town clerk .\ncoralie bickford - smith was one of the first book designers i mentioned on the casual optimist and her distinctive cover designs have featured regularly ever since .\nchristopher w . popham built the walled garden and a gothic folly cottage , later utilized as a potting shed . he was also probably responsible for the planting out of the 50 yard long , yew tree tunnel . by 1871 he had died and the house was sold to william bickford smith of illogan in 1874 .\nbeautifully designed , hand printed screenprint by coralie bickford - smith & samantha johnson . this print combinines our passion for literature and pattern . design based on a single sycamore seed pod . quote by william blake . copper ink on somerset black paper , 250gsm . this paper is 100 % cotton , acid free and archival .\nmr . matthew bickford - smith is chairman at pmp ltd . he is on the board of directors at eastern australia agriculture pty ltd . mr . bickford - smith was previously employed as chief executive officer & managing director by ridley corp . ltd . and managing director - australian operations by man strategic holdings ltd . he also served on the board at lanyon asset management pty ltd . , reclaim industries ltd . , ridley , inc . and julian burton burns trust .\nthings were slow in developing and before he could see his idea put into practice he died . his only daughter eliza had married george smith in 1826 and it was left to this son in law to see the safety fuse go into into production at their factory in tuckingmill in 1836 . the first and only son born to this couple in 1827 was christened william bickford smith . he was to be the beneficiary of his grandfathers invention and to purchase the property at trevarno .\nthis object is part of the project ' a history of cornwall in 100 objects ' . trevarno . william bickford was born at ashburton in devon and became a currier and leather merchant at illogan . upset by the amount of injuries caused by mining , he invented a safety fuse that saved many lives in cornwall and world wide . bickford ' s first idea was to put the main explosive in a cartridge made of parchment and attach a small parchment tube containing powder as a fuse . later he came up with the ingenious idea of winding strands of rope around a central core of gunpowder . the rope was then varnished and when lit burned at a steady pace . bickford set up a factory at tuckingmill but died soon after . the fuse reached america soon after its invention and nobel ' s ran the company from 1926 until it closed in 1962 . millions of miles of safety fuse had been produced by then . bickford ' s grandson william bickford - smith bought trevarno in 1874 from the proceeds of grandfather ' s invention . photo : bernie pettersen\nwilliam ' s grandfather was william bickford a leather merchant of illogan at the time the setting of a charge to blast away the rock in the tin mines was a hit and miss affair . goose quills or straw were filled with the powder and bundled together and ignited . there were many accidents . william was visiting a rope - works one day when he had the idea of enclosing the black powder inside the fibres of the rope as it was twinned . this would make for a safer , slower burning fuse .\nthis is the moving story of a fox , a star and an eternal friendship , written and beautifully illustrated by the award - winning coralie bickford - smith - chosen as waterstones book of the year and selected in time out ' s 100 best children ' s books .\nbooktopia - the life of william wordsworth - a critical biography , wiley blackwell critical biographies by john worthen , 9780470655443 . buy this book online .\njessie ellen burlace , daughter of william stephens burlace ( 1831 - 1890 ) and eliza jane eddy ( 1833 - 1913 ) , was born in 1868 in kingsand , cornwall . she was baptised on 6 december 1868 in rame , cornwall . she appeared in the census in 1881 in kingsand aged 13 . the address was : market street . she appeared in the census on 2 april 1911 in kingsand aged 43 . 1 the address was : fore street . she died in 1941 in kingsand aged 73 . 2 she was buried on 4 june 1941 in maker . 2 the address was : maker church . she and william bickford smith had the following children :\ncoralie bickford - smith is a designer at penguin books . her book covers have been recognised by the aiga in the united states and d & ad in the uk , and have featured in numerous international magazines and newspapers including the new york times , vogue and the guardian . her work on the clothbound series with penguin classics attracted worldwide attention and harks back to the world of victorian book bindings . she has been asked to exhibit and speak about her work in the uk , sweden , germany , portugal and the us . the fox and the star is her first book , inspired by william blake ' s eternity and the graphic work of william morris .\nthis series reprints books to cherish , collect , and pass on with striking new editions of literature ' s most beloved books . designed by graphic design artist coralie bickford - smith , all of the books feature gorgeous patterns stamped on linen cases , colored endpapers , and ribbon markers . these rich and sumptuous volumes will likely be one of the most coveted sets of books ever produced .\nalfred charles smith ( 1905 - 1975 ) . alfred was born in 1905 in kingsand . 3 he appeared in the census on 2 april 1911 in kingsand aged 5 . 4 the address was : fore street . he died in 1975 .\nbeatrice mabel smith ( 1909 - 1988 ) . beatrice was born in 1909 in kingsand . 3 she appeared in the census on 2 april 1911 in kingsand aged 1 . 4 the address was : fore street . she died in 1988 .\ni am acrylic made a new range exclusively for the william morris gallery ' s fox exhibition . the designs are based on the illustrations in my book the fox and the star . there are more fox goodies available from book marks to note books .\nthe exhibition will appeal to all ages , from serious book lovers to families who will be able take part in hands - on activities . william morris\u2019s kelmscott press edition of reynard the fox , one of coralie\u2019s key inspirations , will also be on display .\nthis exhibition will tell the fascinating story of how the fox and the star was conceived and produced , with original illustrations and rarely seen proofs . taking inspiration from william morris\u2019s kelmscott press , every physical detail of this modern classic , from the cloth binding to the carefully chosen paper has a \u2018definite claim to beauty\u2019 .\ndorothy jessie smith ( 1896 - 1961 ) . dorothy was born in 1896 in kingsand . 3 she appeared in the census on 2 april 1911 in kingsand aged 14 . 4 the address was : fore street . she married charles s ford q2 1923 in st . germans , cornwall . she died in 1961 .\nwilliam harris himself married phillippa noye of st . buryan . a member of this noye family was chancellor of the exchequer to charles i . his advice to the king to levy certain taxes , despite parliamentary opposition , was partly responsible for the kings unpopularity . the harris family originated at hayne in devon and a harris had married an heiress of the arundells , thereby acquiring kennegie .\nbickford - smith uses conforming grid patterns for the cover designs , imposing a recognizable style that works across the entire series of books . the patterns on the grids convey something of the character of the individual titles . these patterns are signifiers for the book\u2019s character and meaning , bringing contextual complexity to the design . each title\u2019s design was worked on extensively using the book\u2019s text , mood boards , picture research , and literal patterns to take a slightly new angle on a familiar work . examples of this can be seen with the peacock feather design on dorian gray , which plays on the book\u2019s themes of vanity and the superficial ; whereas the leaf motif on jane eyre refers directly to the lightning - blasted chestnut tree , a concrete element in the text that serves as a potent symbol of the book\u2019s central relationship .\nso , did the olivers bail out a fellow family member in trouble ? . the only other recorded claim to fame of these olivers was a son , william , a doctor who moved to bath and invented the biscuit known as a bath oliver ! john oliver senior corresponded with alexander pope , the poet , who john betjeman claimed visited trevarno . i wonder if he wrote\nan ode\nduring one of those visits :\ni suppose those elements are close to being obsessions of mine \u2014 i was heavily into william blake and william morris as a child . some projects have quite open briefs so i can pursue a particular vision \u2014 the first of my hardback classics grew out of a fascination with victorian book bindings , which inspired me to experiment with foil - stamped cloth bindings . other times there will be an element in the brief \u2014 illustration for the boys\u2019 adventure series for example \u2014 that i latch on to and try to get the most out of , with lots of period research and careful commissioning . a lot of the hand - drawn type on my books is commissioned \u2014 stephen raw is great at period type \u2014 but i\u2019d like to develop my own skills in that area as well . john gray is a constant source of inspiration , the energy in his hand - drawn type is incredible .\njohn oliver of ludgvan bought the property either from the arundell family or the crown and he came to live here sometime c 1685 . john ' s wife was a mary harris and although her baptism around 1660 is unrecorded , she is connected to william harris of kennegie , gulval . whether this was the\nwild harris\nof the legends , recorded by bottrell , i could not say but otherwise it was a well connected family . a lydia harris married borlase of pendeen and another mary harris married into the fleming family of madron .\nenglish : occupational name for a worker in metal , from middle english smith ( old english smi\u00f0 , probably a derivative of smitan \u2018to strike , hammer\u2019 ) . metal - working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required , and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents were perhaps the most widespread of all occupational surnames in europe . medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes , plowshares , and other domestic articles , but above all for their skill in forging swords , other weapons , and armor . this is the most frequent of all american surnames ; it has also absorbed , by assimilation and translation , cognates and equivalents from many other languages ( for forms , see hanks and hodges 1988 ) .\nthe estate of trevarno was in existence in 1296 when a randulphus arundell was mentioned as the lord of the manor . the arundell family held great power over much of south - west england , having close links to the earls of cornwall . the western tip of cornwall was almost their personal fiefdom . successive generations were to lease the property at trevarno to other well known cornish families , the killigrews , carminows and courtneys until the time of the civil war .\nthe arundells were staunch royalists and supported the king financially to the point of bankruptcy , the family lost much of their land to the supporters of oliver cromwell . at the ' restoration ' the monarchy was re - instated but those holding forfeited land were often allowed to keep possession . thus it was with the arundell family and the monarchy failed to reimburse them for their financial support . moreover , they were out of favour with those now in political power for refusing to renounce their roman catholic faith . condemned as recusants the family fortunes were such that they were forced to sell - off much of their remaining property . they were never to rise to such prominence again and trevarno passed from the arundells to the olivers .\nit is interesting to note also that john oliver junior married a lydia harris daughter of christopher harris and his wife wilmot daniel of kennegie , gulval .\nby 1839 the olivers were no more at trevarno and ownership had passed to christopher wallis popham . there appears to be no direct link to the previous owners except that , despite her marriage to joseph lamb popham at st martins in the fields in 1801 his mother , phillippa wallis , was from wendron parish and her father was a christopher wallis b 1744 madron . this wallis / walishe family originated in west penwith in 1645 so may have had family connections\nthere is a link to livermore in california where a road is named after the estate . see\nthe house remained in this families ' ownership until 1994 when it was offered up in 33 lots to make it more manageable to sell . by this time it had dwindled down into a state of benign neglect and even the shadow of its former glory was hard to detect\nluckily , the prospective purchasers of the house were sufficiently moved to contemplate saving the whole and as a result prevent the break - up of yet another ancient cornish estate into holiday lets , time - share or apartment conversions . i wonder if they had fully understood the mammoth task they set themselves whether they might not have attempted this . with over a 1000 acres the estate needing a great deal of investment in time and money for it to succeed as a self sufficient entity , sustainable from its own resources . we wish them well and thank them for letting us glimpse another beautiful and well kept cornish garden which together with the national museum of gardening make this one of the most interesting to visit and great value for money .\nyou may use photographs from this site for non - commercial purposes but please give a credit . for high resolution photos for commercial use please contact the\nhere the latest porthleven town council newsletter produced in march 2007 which is printed on 2 pages . click either image below to enlarge the page to a readable size :\nnote for journalists and researchers : the data on this page may be used freely , on condition that urltoken is cited as the source .\nthis data was produced by theyworkforyou from a variety of sources . voting information from public whip .\nmaking it easy to keep an eye on the uk\u2019s parliaments . discover who represents you , how they\u2019ve voted and what they\u2019ve said in debates \u2013 simply and clearly .\nmysociety limited is a project of uk citizens online democracy , a registered charity in england and wales . for full details visit urltoken .\nthe website you are about to visit is progenealogists \u00ae , operated by tgn services , llc , a subsidiary of ancestry .\nwe collect and match historical records that ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each person\u2019s profile . we encourage you to research and examine these records to determine their accuracy .\ndiscover your family history in millions of family trees and more than a billion birth , marriage , death , census , and military records .\nstart a free family tree online and we\u2019ll do the searching for you . you\u2019ll get hints when we find information about your relatives .\nwith one simple test , you can discover your genetic origins and find family you never knew you had .\n\u201ci tried a 2 - 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sa 4 . 0 license .\nwe use cookies on this site and by continuing to browse it you agree to us sending you cookies .\na new , beautifully illustrated picture book from the bestselling author of the fox and the star , winner of waterstones book of the year 2015 .\ndeep below the earth , worm dreams of having more space . there ' s not much room down there .\nfrom the author of the fox and the star , this is a book about searching and hoping , and how the smallest moment can be beautiful .\n' a star book for all ages . . . the sort you want to keep for ever ' kate kellaway , observer\n' my picture book of the year . . . outstanding ' amanda craig , new statesman ' once there was a fox who lived in a deep , dense forest . for as long as fox could remember , his only friend had been star , who lit the forest paths each night . but then one night star wasn ' t there , and fox had to face the forest all alone . . . '\nwhile coralie\u2019s work for penguin clearly draws inspiration from the arts & crafts movement and british inter - war illustration and design , it never seems trite or conventional . there is always an asymmetry , angle , pattern , or colour combination that gives it an unexpected twist that lifts it out of the ordinary . her covers for penguin\u2019s \u2018 gothic reds \u2019 , for example , are amongst the most brilliantly stark , original , off - kilter and unsettling covers of recent memory .\nit almost goes without saying that i am thrilled that coralie agreed to an interview , and i\u2019m using it as a shameless excuse to post a lot of images of her work .\nwhen did you decide to become a designer ? i don\u2019t remember when i heard the term designer for what i wanted to do and it all became clear , but i spent my childhood collecting stamps , letraset , calligraphy nibs , books and making my own edition of the dictionary . all that made a lot of sense once i started studying design at university .\nwhat is your role at penguin , and where did you work previously ? i\u2019m a senior cover designer for penguin press , which publishes penguin\u2019s classic fiction list as well as non - fiction titles in science , philosophy , history , etc . before i started at penguin i worked in various jobs designing whole books , magazines and instore promotions for supermarkets . it was not until a started at penguin that i settled down and really started to feel creatively fulfilled .\ndo you work on particular imprints ? at penguin press we have a number of imprints : allen lane , particular books , penguin classics , modern classics , red classics and penguin paperbacks . our art department shares the titles around so we get to work on different projects and designers are not tied to one imprint .\npenguin is synonymous with british book design . is there a sense of that legacy within penguin itself ? absolutely , it\u2019s great to work for a publisher with such a rich design heritage . the responsibility to live up to that can be quite daunting at times , but you just have to get on with what you do and enjoy it , otherwise it would get paralysing . the reputation means that design is valued within the company , which gives the designers a stronger voice . not that we get carte blanche \u2014 sales and marketing obviously have their say \u2014 but there isn\u2019t always the decision to play it safe , we\u2019re given a bit more rope to take some risks and hopefully push things further . so we get to have a lot of fun with design and feel listened to and respected .\nthe first stage of every new cover is nerves and self - doubt : can i do something interesting , visually smart and get across the fundamental nature of the book and help it sell ? nightmare . so i get reading and then try to throw away all my concerns and fears and start getting stuff down on the page , sketching on paper and working things out on the computer . usually that means trying out a lot of rubbish and having to trust that eventually something will emerge from the process that works . when that happens i can breathe a short sigh of relief and then get on with developing and refining until the cover is finished .\nyour work often incorporates traditional arts and craft elements like ornamentation , illustration , and hand - drawn type . is this something you strive for or is it dictated by the nature of the projects ?\ni would say the cloth classics right now . i really enjoy the process of getting the best colour combinations and the feel of the end result in my hands . representing classic literature through patterns is fun there is so much to go on within the text . life only doing these would be dull though , so i like that i get to work on a variety of titles . i like that there\u2019s always another area in which to push myself as a designer . i think its coming up with concepts i like best . the rush of the moment where you show it to someone and they get it . when you feel that you know you have got it right .\nthey\u2019re all challenging at the start , when i think i might make a hash of this one . conceptual covers for non - fiction can be quite a challenge \u2014 especially when there\u2019s a late change to the title or subtitle that makes a great design suddenly redundant . it can be hard scrapping a cover i\u2019ve become attached to and has been approved . i just have take a deep breath and remind myself that the cover is there to serve the book and not the other way around\u2026\nas you would expect , it\u2019s a more intense process . i always have to have rules that will work across the series , from colour usage to typography . there are often period - specific elements that have to researched and backed up . it there\u2019s a grid it has to work across the whole series and not get tired and boring . it\u2019s a longer process , and the energy and attention to detail has to be maintained to the end . with individual covers its a bit more organic as you won\u2019t have to pay down the line for decisions that might create difficulties if spun out into a series . if it works it works and once you\u2019ve got it you move on .\nagain it has to be the cloth classics as they sit so satisfyingly on the shelf as a set . i tend to pick my work apart after each series is finished and make notes about what i would do next time and how i can improve on the way i approach the typography and the images , well all of it really . i think designers are harsh critics of their own work ; there\u2019s a dissatisfaction that motivates us to keep producing new stuff , new approaches .\nthe internet is a huge and readily accessible resource . i can spend ages going from site to site just soaking up inspiration . i like to collect objects that i see in junk shops / ebay / charity shops . bookshops too of course \u2013 i really enjoy the oxfam book shops , so many gems to be found . as for design heroes , there are many . the williams i mentioned earlier \u2014 blake and morris . then there\u2019s so much inspiration in the penguin back catalogue , form people like romek marber and alan aldridge . in current book design , john gray and david pearson often come up with things that make me think wow , look what you\u2019ve done , that\u2019s amazing . there are also many outside of the book world i admire , such as orla kiely . i love her use of colours , and also the 70\u2019s vibe . i have a thing for 70\u2019s orange plastic , and her stuff reminds me of that , its really comforting .\ncovers are still a lot of the time the only piece of marketing material to attract the customer so i don\u2019t think that is going anywhere fast . we might go through a wave of utter tripe as everyone gets all excited about 3d or animated covers , and the novelty of technology takes precedence over good design . electronic books are inevitably going to impact physical publishing , but the printed book is a very successful technology in its own right and i don\u2019t think it will be entirely displaced . for all the advantages of ebooks \u2014 portability , interactivity , production and distribution savings \u2014 there\u2019s something potent about the physical object that will always have a strong appeal . i like to think that as the volume of physical books declines , the average quality of the design will increase , because books will have to work harder to justify their physical presence .\nrt @ stigabell : as it\u2019s # fourthofjuly , here is the @ thetls cover this week . urltoken\nrt @ canongatebooks : book design jobs ! we are currently recruiting a senior designer and a junior designer . if you\u2019ve got an amazing portfo\u2026\nrt @ danwagstaff : apparently @ casualoptimist readers are not the only people to have noticed this trend . . . urltoken\n\u201cone had no time to think . there was so much going on . . . \u201d it can happen here urltoken\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nby examining the family and financial circumstances of wordsworth & rsquo ; s early years , this illuminating biography reshapes our understanding of the great romantic poet & rsquo ; s most creative period of life and writing .\n? john worthen ? s engaging new biography of wordsworth begins by quoting the poet ? s recollection of himself at around the age of 10 , surveying tall trees , black chasms , and dizzy crags : ? i loved to stand and & read j their looks forbidding ? , he says , ? read & disobey ? ( p . 3 ) . . . worthen ? s book is a revealing account of the consequences of that daring . ? ( the review of english studies , 15 october 2014 )\nthis is an original and richly informed life of the great poet , both sympathetic and sceptical . john worthen has brought a fresh pair of eyes to many aspects of wordsworth ' s biography , and the result is a vivid and persuasive account of a remarkable personality .\nmedea and other plays medea / alcestis / the children of heracles / hipp . . .\nthere ' s more to life than books . . . a self portrait book cover for a feature in uppercase magazine .\ni was so excited to be asked to contribute a pastry box design for a project called ensaimadart . there were over 100 designers involved and the end result was an exhibition of all the work in majorca .\namadip . esment foundation is a majorca - based organisation that has been creating opportunities for mentally handicapped people for over fifty years . by providing training , assessment and career advice , long - term jobs , accommodation , leisure and sports activities , as well as psychological and social counselling , amadip . esment foundation works to make the principle of equal legal and human rights a reality . the organisation helps to improve the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities and their families , offering them the same opportunities for personal and social development as other citizens .\nmonday - saturday 10 : 00am to dusk , sundays 11 : 00am to dusk , weather permitting .\nmr . alistair w . clarkson is secretary & general counsel at pmp ltd . , an associate at institute of chartered secretaries & administrators ( au ) and a member at the law society of new south wales .\nbridget riley dazzles , turner is a winter wonder and damien goes dotty . . . again \u2013 the week in art\npilgrimages were once common in the uk . now , a new trust aims to revive the tradition , in secular form . alan franks joins a walk from london to west sussex to celebrate the song jerusalem\u2019s centenary\nthe excitement and frustrations of city life have inspired poets from 18th - century grub street to the 50s beats and modern - day rappers . but can poetry actually help us make cities better ?\n\u00a9 2018 guardian news and media limited or its affiliated companies . all rights reserved ."]}
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", "topic": 7}], "title": "fairvilla", "paragraphs": ["bill and shari m . says , \u201cfairvilla megastore is a proud partner of victory casino crusies\u201d\ncheck in at fairvilla on the yelp app to unlock this check in offer . text the link directly to your phone .\n7 - 9 p . m . thursday ; fairvilla adult mega store , 1740 n . orange blossom trail ; free ;\ncheck in at fairvilla megastore on the yelp app to unlock this check in offer . text the link directly to your phone .\nfairvilla megastore specializes in adult toys , lingerie , shoes , dvds , costumes , accessories , novelties , gag gifts , beauty products , hosiery , and more .\nlocation : fairvilla\u2019s sexy things 7535 international drive , orlando 7 - 22 - 2018 12 : 00 pm \u2013 1 : 30 pm fairvilla university is proud to present its newest seminar : \u201cx marks the spot\u201d this beginner to intermediate level class is open to everyone . space is limited and will fill up quickly - so be sure to make your reservations\u2026 read full post\nlocation : fairvilla boutique cape canaveral 6103 north atlantic avenue , cape canaveral 6 - 24 - 2018 10 : 00 am \u2013 11 : 00 am fairvilla university is proud to present its newest seminar : \u201cbootylicious \u2013 anal play for everyone\u201d this beginner to intermediate level class is open to everyone . free mimosas will be served for attendees ! space is limited\u2026 read full post\nlocation : fairvilla megastore orlando 1740 north orange blossom trail , orlando 7 - 18 - 2018 7 : 00 pm \u2013 8 : 30 pm fairvilla university is proud to present its latest seminar : \u201cthe art of seduction\u201d this beginner to intermediate level class is open to everyone . space is limited - so be sure to make your reservations in advance ! \u2026 read full post\nlocation : fairvilla megastore orlando 1740 north orange blossom trail , orlando 6 - 13 - 2018 7 : 00 pm \u2013 8 : 30 pm fairvilla university is proud to present its latest seminar : \u201cbdsm : the shades , the hype , the reality\u201d this beginner to intermediate level class is open to everyone . space is limited - so be sure to make your reservations\u2026 read full post\nfairvilla throws one of its regular soirees this week , and this one is a pajama party . wear your sexiest or funniest pajamas for the ubiquitous costume contest and indulge in free cocktails , a lingerie fashion show , pillow talk in a pillow fort , and plenty of prizes , raffles and giveaways .\nthe murphy family ' s fairvilla megastores helped forever change the concept of adult retail to something approachable for all adults . they ' ve also raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity ( most notably the hiv / aids program hope and help centers of central florida and aids help in key west ) .\njoin fairvilla\u2019s sexy things , secrets hideaway and motorbunny for a tour of secrets hideaway and a demonstration of the new motorbunny ride - on toy . thursday , june 14 , we invite couples who have never experienced secrets hideaway to explore their wild side . make the night your own fantasy experience . whether you want to soak in one\u2026 read full post\ngreat selection of adult costumes and toys . i thought they had a few different items than the orlando location . always a fun time at fairvilla . i thought the sales people at this location were a little bit too aggressive though . they barely gave us enough space to breath . we were asked by three different sales people if we needed help , which is fine , but then each of those three people continued on to try to sell us a different product . other than that , good times !\nfairvilla is a great place to stop in for a visit . whether you or on vacation or participating at a themed local event , this place is worth the browse . this large megastore has it all . each time i have visited here , the staff has always been very nice and helpful . from pirate costumes , headdresses and boas , to false eyelashes , a gag gift idea or the more discreet boudoir toys , there is something different to peruse at every turn . when it comes to discounts and sales , unfortunately this place falls short . accept for select bag items , many of the large inventory items don ' t go on sale , or at least that is what we were told by the sales guy . we were told that due to the wide array of key west events that take place throughout the year , there is always a high demand for costume wear and other items . i wouldn ' t say there are great deals available price wise , but there is definitely a decent stock of various items to accomplish your last minute needs . if you are near zero duval for sunset , take a quick right on front street . directly across from island dogs is fairvilla . take a stroll through . it ' s fun , there is something different at every turn , and a great place to take a break and get out of the heat .\ni was really impressed with fairvilla . the store was bright and airy , the employees were visible and approachable , and seemed to be from every walk of life . there was no shortage of young / old / hip people to answer questions . downstairs reminded me of the stores i ' ve visited out in vegas . their displays were both neat and clean , not to mention well organized . they have the typical games and gag gifts section , along with the books and video selection that most every toy store has . upstairs , it becomes another ball game . at one end of the store you have your bdsm or\n50 shades\nmerchandise . some of it is - very - well made , others . . . well , it is quite comical . then there are the\ntoys\nlike the\ncocked crusader\nand let ' s just say that if you were hoping to see how the hulk was endowed , you ' d be sorely disappointed . let ' s just call him stumpy . there is the lube wall , there is a small selection of strap - ons and a selection of books . there is a bed on display that is either the most creative adult cradle or perhaps the most unusual rocker you ' ll ever see . they have a delicious selection of high end toys and even have a sybian on display . . it is not a barbeque grill as one patron today seemed to think . you can feel the vibration through the floor when they test it . holy cow . this is a hell of a store !\ni spotted the fairvilla megastore while walking out of rum barrel and down the street , trying to rejoin the duval st . crowd . i stopped because there was easily seen hat display right at the entrance , and for anyone that know me should also know my love for hats , so i just have to step in and take a look . as soon as i walked in , i totally realized what kind of megastore this is . this is kind of like adam & eve , combine with year - round supplies of garments and outfits and accessories for halloween / mardi gras / fantasy fest . it is a megastore because there are multiple sections , carrying different styles of stuffs : hats and fest masks up front , cute and sexy and just outright ridiculous outfits hanging up high all around the stores , and you can find more\nexotic\naccessories in the back . the cosplay freak inside of me want to grab the sleeping back from the back of my car and just camp here , for the next 3 - 5 weeks . i swear when i was inside the entire time , i cannot avert my stare away from this one man , who the only appropriate description i can give is , freddie mercury , wearing military hat , and black fishnet beater top , and hot pink daisy duke jean shorts , and red chucks . i dare you to try and look away from this man . i know you cannot , and neither could i . p . s . i tried real hard not to take photos in this place , just doesn ' t seem appropriate\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 / / en\nurltoken\nto have your company considered for the body best retailer award , and to have your store or retail web site profiled here , and to be linked to the body web site , fill online form or download the form here . once you fill out the form , fax it to 718 676 4449 or email to ted @ urltoken\nall photos copyright \u00a9 2000 - 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lit , well - stocked , and showroom . i love the wood , and the huge selection of products . i love that you can be a couple seeking a bit of fun , a single person just browsing , or a group of friends out for a lark , and at no time do you feel judged , or hurried . the staff is quiet and respectful , and if you ask a questions , they are immediately knowledgable and super - friendly without being pushy . they have a massive selection of literature , clothes , toys , gags , gifts , films , lotions , and some higher - end personal pieces that are nearly works of art . i love shopping there , and always feel that i purchased quality without paying too much . it ' s definitely one of my favorite places to shop , and worth a look for any person seeking to broaden their understanding of themselves and the expression of love .\nsome of the staff were really friendly but some of them were kinda rude when i walked in . the outside was not really clean looking but the inside was definitely clean . they have a huge selection of items . i ' m glad they sell products from japan like the tengu products . they got lingerie and a bunch of kinds of bdsm stuff . all kinds of lube , incense , and a whole lot of stuff . i ' m glad that this place has a large variety of items and i would definitely come by when i ' m in orlando .\nif not for the fact you can only rent dvd movies and not purchase , i would have given them 5 stars . other than that , this place has it all !\ni came to this location yesterday to grab a gift with a friend for a bachelorette party this weekend . the stores parking lot is tight but we were able to pull right in to a spot by the door . we walked in , got our ids checked and wandered in . this store is much bigger than i thought and is packed with items of all sorts . my friend and i walked upstairs and the woman up there was very friendly and helpful , ensuring that we found an item that would be a right fit . i didn ' t catch her name sadly , but she made what could be an awkward experience fun , enjoyable and was very honest about what product would be best . she truly seemed to enjoy her job . this store also has a ton of sexy costumes and bachelorette party supplies .\nwhat can i say about this place . if your in the need for something for your date to wear something sexy they got it . they have the best hours being open late for those spur in the moment excitement nights where you want to experiment . last night it seemed like they had different outfits for ladies . i love a good fashion show getting someone to try on things for me there . plus the price is really cheap .\nthis place is the ultimate shopping center for all things adult . i have not been in for a long time . i came in today to pick a few things up . the staff is very professional , the environment is super clean and organized . customers are quite comfortable and walking around as if they were shopping in the grocery store . it is definitely a no judgment zone as everyone is there looking for the same sorts of products !\numm ok it ' s been a long , long time since i ' ve been here . magazines are a thing of the past . the place has malty levels and is filled with things to for fill anyones wildest fantasies and i mean anyones ! ! ! so stop in and look around your sure to find something that perks your interest .\nthis place is awesome ! ! ! all of the staff there is very knowledgeable about the products and aren ' t shy at all about talking with you about how to use the products or what to use or which is the best or maybe they have used . . megastore is exactly right ! ! ! they have 2 - 3 levels and rooms with everything sexy you could want . . . i was amazed because this was the first store that actually sold clothing for larger women ( queens we are called ) we spend hours in there whenever we go ! ! ! this is also our favorite store because we get 15 % off military discount , that right there keep us coming back to them first besides the great inventory ! ! ! this place is a must visit ! !\nhuge selection of products . the staff is very friendly and not awkwardly approachable . ken if the best . he was very knowledgable and easy to talk to when your novice to these kinds of thing ( me ) . i will defiantly try be back again .\nlove this store , they have it all just amazing . love the 10 inch plug . it ' s for beginners lol , butt after few layers of ductape and a scoop of vasaline it slid right in ! ! ! ! thanks for a wonderful product !\nfun environment ! i love the two floors stocked with pretty much everything you can think of . a section of the second floor seems to be a learning space with a couple of chairs and a chalkboard . i never had to look for help , as the store is filled with staff that are very helpful and knew exactly where everything was that i was looking for . i feel the environment here would make someone who is not used to in person romance shopping feel at ease .\nyesterday was my second time here and like always this place is very interesting with lots of goodies for every one . it feels more exciting coming here with your girlfriend because you can think of gifts to get her . good staff , friendly and helpfully . prices are not bad but i wish it was in a much nicer area and the second level has changed sense last time i came here . good place to bring your partner with you and look around and get some ideas .\nthe only sex store that i have been to in orlando & everytime i go the employees always ask you if they can assist you with anything . they truly are very helpful & informative if you have any questions . warning shopaholics : you could be browsing for a while thru the amazing things they carry ( i always walk out buying something ) no complaints at home about the spending though lol . this past saturday i took one of my friends there which was her first time at a sex store & she was happy with her purchase .\ngreat selection of lube . this place had a wonderful selection of bdsm gear . we found lots of high quality suede and leather floggers . great selection of restraints , leg spreaders bars , and masks . we enjoyed their selection of kinky and sexual books . their toy selection was a little light , although it was a great variety of medium to high end toys . their for dvd selection was a little sparce but that was not our main focus . their for sale dvds could be organized into interests better but overall it works . the staff was wonderful . everyone we talked with was very attentive and personable . we happened to be visiting in town during a\nmovember\nmustache party . very fun atmosphere . we strongly recommend !\nlove this store ! ! ! favorite sex shop in orlando . great customer service and they are so informative and actually willing to help enhance your sexual experience in any way they can .\ni have been here several times and have always enjoyed the service i receive ! because visiting such an establishment may make patrons feel a bit uncomfortable , the staff here goes out of their way to have a humorous and comforting attitude about sex and all things in the store . they are very attentive and helpful with whatever you may need , sharing personal preferences and stories for your reference . some things here are a bit expensive , but that ' s anywhere - - sex accouterments are generally expensive . they have a lot of unique products that i never even thought about , and great romantic gifts as well . i was surprised to find that there is a limited amount of pervy old guys there , which is fantastic . i really enjoyed visiting this store , and will definitely be back .\nyes , we do ! we also carry male power and a couple other brands . read less\nyes , we do ! we also carry male power and a couple other brands .\nyour trust is our top concern , so businesses can ' t pay to alter or remove their reviews . learn more .\nheads up : from now on , other yelpers will be able to see how you voted . want to chime in ?\nthis place is incredible if u really want to go to a store with tons of videos for adults this is the place even though it is kind if hidden and in a bad area this is a mega two floor store that sales everything from toys to videos to magazines to even costumes for those who want to fool around a bit . i was really impress also with some of the stuff they sale and the staff is really friendly just have your id ready at the door they do check it to make sure u are 18 or older and i believe this place is open all day .\nwe calculate the overall star rating using only reviews that our automated software currently recommends .\nevery time visiting key west i come here to find an excellent selection and service . this time tim helped me find exactly what i needed and made my experience especially memorable . the costumes are fantasy fest friendly and they always seem to have the latest and greatest toys .\nsexy place ! a lot of fun a great selection of anything that falls under arousal . great place for couples . wife and i drew our imaginations as we walked around as their inventory ensures anyone shopping there will leave super excited . thanks for your help !\nfun place to visit and shop . the staff is very friendly and will answer any question you have . the variety of items here is pretty extensive . you ' ll find just what your needing and more . have fun !\ni never miss a visit to fairville when i ' m in key west . in fact , i have spend too much money at this store for the simple fact that the costume area is amazing . they have a great selection of masks , head pieces , and any miscellaneous costume piece you can imagine . i actually get inspired to create better costumes with just one visit . and yes , there ' s the\nadult\nsections too . : ) either way , stop by - it ' s totally worth it just to browse through . hey , you ' re in key west ! ! ! !\nthis is a great store . they have all sorts of great things here . i was amazed at the costumes , they were some of the best i have seen . of course they have sex toys and all the other things you would imagine .\nthere are no stores in miami that have a selection such as this . they have an amazing array of costumes . they have costumes ranging from the most complete and equally pricey to the more affordable for those people who might want a quick fix for fantasy fest . not only do they have costumes but for the more adventurous they have a wide array of adult toys . . don ' t be shy . . it includes toys for the fetish inclined . again , if you are feeling wicked this is definitely the place to go . rhinestone bras , adult toys , leather clothing , pleather clothing , sexy shoes , hats , complete costumes , wings , even stripper dresses . all here . did i walk out with something ? sure . what was it ? hell thats for me and my man to know . thats all i have to say about that .\nlots of playful stuff here , not for the bashful . this is truly a place to spice up your life . . . come in with an open mind , leave with some goodies that will make you crack a wicked smile . costumes , toys , and more - this place has the answer . . . .\nthe nice thing about this place is that it doesn ' t look like the typical shady adult store with the blacked - out windows and all that nonsense . from the outside , it looks like a fun place you could take the kids . well , if you wanted to teach them about racy costumes and sex toys , that is . hey , it ' s key west , don ' t be such a prude . you might as well introduce your teen daughter to\nthe ultimate challenge\nright now , or someone else might . and no , i ' m not going to tell you what that is , you ' ll just have to go see for yourself .\nthis place has a bunch a great honey - moonin ' stuff , but the staff was real . . . key westish ? like . . . actually they looked as if they came out of a back alley and walked into a brightly lit sex shop to work . the guy followed me and my husband around like we were going to steal something ( or was he helping us ? ) and when i finally showed interest in a product i ' m familiar with , he walked up and said some crude stuff that we could do with it . thanks . i didn ' t know . # married thing is , he could have been eloquent and respectful , but i just felt awkward , which i shouldn ' t have .\nwandered into this place accidentally with my teen daughter and her friend . i obliviously wandered over to the bath soap and lotion area , then went searching for the girls . they were having a ball ( no pun intended ) looking at all the costumes , toys , etc . etc . until i heard one exclaim ,\nomg that ' s a penis pop !\ntime to go , girls . next time i went back by myself !\ngreat stuff . . . great employees . . . a bachelorette part at a store like this had lots of fun .\nat first glance this looks like an ' adult ' store ( think pleasure emporium ) because of the racy attire displayed in the windows in front of the building , next to the main entrance . and while it does contain several ' adult ' themed things inside it is actually a costume shop as well . we came inside here because it looked interesting , and also to beat the heat , we thought it would be a fun adventure . the place is huge . . there is anything you can imagine in there . wigs , shoes , lingerie , videos , make - up , etc . one of the floor salesmen walked us through the entire store . he explained that while there were several ' adult ' themed things in there that they drew most of their business from events like ' fantasy fest ' . that people come in from all over to buy some crazy outfits to wear out that night . i found everything in there to be reasonably priced . . my fiance tried on this enormous afro wig . . like i ' m talking big . . it was probably like a foot and a half from his head . . and it was only $ 35 . so that ' s not too bad . . they also have so many costumes along the walls . . . anything you can imagine . there are naughty ones but there are really funny ones too . its an interesting and fun place to check out if you ' re in the keys . the employees are so helpful and chipper . i had never had so much fun just walking around a store before .\n* dangerous for your wallet ! * i love this store , i can ' t go in there without buying some cute new frilly thing or a mask or something with feathers or fishnets . the staff is so friendly and helpful , for anyone new to an adult store they put you at ease and make you comfortable . they really want you to leave satisfied . they really won me over on my last trip , i bought this amazing lacy under - thing and once i got home and pulled it from the shopping bag i noticed that one of the ribbons got caught in the bottom of the bag and unraveled the ribbon halfway up the garment in a stringy mess . i was so disappointed and called the shop . even though they don ' t give refunds or exchanges generally on undergarments ( understandable ) they made an exception for me because of the situation and were nice enough to replace the garment for me . they didn ' t have another in my size so they allowed me to credit the cost and get something else i liked in the store instead . that they would go so far to make me leave satisfied was really important to me , like most places i wasn ' t made to feel like i was only a\ndollar sign\nto them . excellent customer service . i keep coming back over and over and always find something new that i just have to have . if you are ever in key west make sure you give them a visit !\nwhile the place was really big and had friendly staff , it was not a sex toy store like we thought . mostly just costumes and novelty items . . . and again no rubber clothing whatsoever\nwe ' ve detected that javascript is disabled in your browser . would you like to proceed to legacy twitter ?\nthe electronic dance music festival / james\u2019 b - 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the x - arcade\u2122 is recognized by your console as a regular console gamepad .\npurchase any x - arcade and the guys at maximus arcade will send you an unlock code ( there is no cd ) for great arcade gaming software ! relive arcade legends on any computer with this special , limited - time free bundle of maximus arcade .\nthe x - arcade\u2122 was built with internal electronics to be compatible with the major past , present and future game systems . once you own the x - arcade\u2122 joystick , you will never need to buy another arcade joystick again !\npurchase any x - arcade and the guys at maximus arcade will send you an unlock code ( there is no cd ) for their great arcade gaming software ! relive arcade legends on any computer with this special , limited - time free bundle of maximus arcade .\nwhen you purchased your x - arcade , it included a game console cable ( serial cable ) . you will need this to connect to your x - arcade and adapter . no game console cables are included with x - arcade adapters . if you lost yours or bought a used x - arcade and don ' t have one , you can get here for $ 9 . 99\npress and hold any button or direction on the x - arcade\u2122 that you wish to change .\nenjoy classic gaming ! the x - arcade\u2122 can be reprogrammed as many times as you like . all the programmed buttons will be saved permanently in the x - arcade ' s\u2122 onboard memory . even if you turn off the computer or unplug the x - arcade\u2122 the programmed buttons will not be lost .\nthe x - arcade\u2122 is recognized by your console as a regular console gamepad , plug directly between your x - arcade using the console cable included with any x - arcade and any of the 5 supported game systems . no console cable is included with this bundle . see how game console adapters connect here .\nwith a powerful $ 35 raspberry pi 3 computer ( connect your x - arcade to your hdtv ) , your x - arcade controller can connect to your hdtv to relive thousands of arcade classics , no quarters needed ! x - arcade joysticks work out of the box via usb ( 2 needed if trackball connected ) see raspberry pi software setup info here .\nthe x - arcade\u2122 was built with internal electronics to be compatible with the major past , present and future game systems . x - arcade\u2122 console adapters are available for any game system ! you can purchase separately or bundle above with the drop - down menu . get your x - arcade\u2122 and use it for life !\nbefore you attempt to reprogram your x - arcade , test that it is working in mode 1 first .\nto be plugged into the back of the x - arcade\u2122 ( not a usb keyboard with adapter ) .\nthe one - player design pushes the x - arcade series from a line of products for arcade fans and retro games into a line hardcore fighting game enthusiasts might use . the x - arcade dual and tankstick are too large , bulky , and two - player to use competitively , but the x - arcade solo is small and light enough to take anywhere you might see a madcatz fightstick or hori arcade stick .\nrelive arcade classics in your home or office break room with the most authentic and indestructible arcade machines available . each arcade includes 250 + of the greatest arcade games of all - time !\npress the save / load button on the back of the x - arcade\u2122 ( the light turns off ) .\nslide behind an x - arcade\u2122 dual joystick , it ' s like having your own personal little time machine . relive the arcade classics that you used to enjoy in the arcade back in the 80 ' s . it literally feels like a real arcade machine cabinet .\ndualstick mode converts the right joystick of any x - arcade\u2122 2 player into the right analog thumbstick of a gamepad .\nwe mean it when we say x - arcade\u2122 product are tough and guaranteed to bring you a lifetime of fun . but you don\u2019t have to take our word for it , we cover your x - arcade\u2122 joystick with a lifetime warranty .\nslide behind an x - arcade\u2122 dual joystick , it ' s like having your own personal little time machine . relive the arcade classics that you used to enjoy in the arcade back in the 80 ' s . it literally feels like a real arcade machine cabinet . inject the arcade experience into any home computer or video game console .\nthe x - arcade\u2122 is recognized by your computer as a standard keyboard . no need need to install any drivers or software !\nthe xgaming x - arcade solo joystick is the company ' s first one - player arcade stick for pcs and consoles , and one of the best retro game controllers you can buy .\nslide behind an x - arcade\u2122 dual joystick , it ' s like having your own personal little time machine . relive . . .\nan x - arcade ps2 adapter or 5in1 adapter to connect between your x - arcade and this adapter . ` if you don ' t have a playstation 2 or 5in1 adapter you can bundle one for $ 9 . 99 . select the option which says ( includes required )\nbottom line : the xgaming x - arcade solo joystick is the company ' s first one - player arcade stick for pcs and consoles , and one of the best retro game controllers you can buy .\nyour mighty space race cocktail arcade will deliver the ultimate arcade experience to your home or office break room with . . .\ndue to the hard work of the mame development community , nearly any game you played from the first arcade game to recent hits can be played with this one program . combine mame\u2122 with an x - arcade\u2122 and it ' s like having thousands of arcade machines on your computer !\n( msrp : $ 149 . 95 for stick and pc adapter . $ 29 . 95 for each additional adapter . visit the official x - arcade website to order )\nthe x - arcade\u2122 was designed to be used with a variety of games and emulators and will work with virtually any game or emulator on your pc in the default mode1 without programming .\nget your nostalgia fix with this authentic arcade panel and trackball designed to inject the arcade experience into any home computer or video game console . play side by side your closest friends and family , no quarters needed ! relive arcade classics on any computer !\nexperience button mashing utopia , side by side with your closest friends and family in the comforts of your own home . in addition to retro - gaming goodness on your computer : your x - arcade\u2122 can be used with any computer or game system and is backed by a lifetime warranty ! each x - arcade dual joystick comes bundled with a usb cable . no drivers needed , works with any game !\nunfortunately , this is an unlicensed third - party solution and we cannot guarantee that a future firmware update will not\nbrick\nor make unplayable third - party accessories like our x - arcade adapter . (\nhowever , for the few pc games that do not allow you to reassign the keyboard keys within the game itself , you can instead use one of the 3 programmable modes built into the hardware programming chip . mode 1 is set for emulation software ( mame\u2122 ) and is non - programmable . this setting is preset so that all of the buttons are already programmed and configured to work perfectly with every mame\u2122 game . modes 2 - 4 are fully programmable to any keyboard key . programming instructions : at first , programming the x - arcade\u2122 is best performed in the x - arcade\u2122 test program or any text editor ( like notepad ) so that you can see the results of the programming . as you become more accustomed to programming the x - arcade\u2122 , it will be possible to program the x - arcade\u2122 ' on the fly ' within the game .\nolder models only : to change modes , you must slide the switch on the back to desired mode position , and then press the save / load button twice to load that mode ( the led on the x - arcade\u2122 should go out on the first push , and back on with the second ) . when the x - arcade loses power , you will need to press save / load button twice to recall the programming .\nrelive thousands of classic arcade games on any computer with included maximus arcade software . award - winning design , backed by a lifetime warranty and compatible with any game console . ( adapters sold separately )\nthe standard layout allows your x - arcade to control 2 separate players . however , some games like robotron use ( 2 ) joysticks for 1 player , so we created a special new mode in additional to the standard 2 player layout .\noutbreak : a tron - inspired arcade shooter and runner game published by synthetic games . coming out soon !\nwhile still holding a button or direction from step 3 , press and hold a key on your keyboard until the led on the x - arcade\u2122 blinks . once it blinks it has been programmed , and you can release both held buttons / keys .\nget your nostalgia fix with this authentic arcade panel and trackball designed to inject the arcade experience into any home computer or video game console . play side by side your closest friends and family , no quarters needed ! relive arcade classics on any computer ! works out of the box with any pc , mac or raspberry pi .\nfor competitive fighting games , i defer to the expertise of my colleague jeffrey wilson . he tried the x - arcade joystick solo with king of fighters ' 13 and mortal kombat ( 9 ) on the pc , and he said the joystick felt responsive and very comfortable . enthusiast joysticks used in the competitive fighting game community have slightly different layouts , customizable internals , and ball - style instead of baseball - style sticks , but on pure build quality and responsiveness the x - arcade joystick solo is comparable .\nxgaming doesn ' t specific the actual brand of components used , only that it uses\nauthentic arcade joysticks and buttons .\nthey certainly feel like they ' re from an arcade cabinet , with the concave buttons and baseball bat - style joystick both sturdy and responsive . besides the buttons on the top , flipper buttons on the left and right sides offer pinball controls if you like pinball video games . xgaming says the components have been tested for 10 , 000 , 000 uses , and the company provides a lifetime warranty with each x - arcade stick . this is helpful , since the x - arcade solo is compatible with several generations of game systems , so you ' ll likely be keeping it for a very long time .\ni called the x - arcade dual joystick one of the best game controllers i ' ve used , and one that i would be proud to have as part of my gaming setup , but its $ 130 price tag and huge footprint hold it back for gamers who mostly play online and not physically next to people . xgaming solved these issues with the x - arcade solo joystick , which stands as not only one of the best retro sticks you can get , but a solid deal to boot . its one - player design is is portable enough to use competitively , and everything from its case to its buttons feel like they were taken fresh off of an arcade cabinet . its $ 100 price tag only seems high until you consider that other arcade joysticks generally start at that price and get higher from there . the stick ' s lifetime warranty and plethora of available adapters ( including , hopefully , xbox one and playstation 4 adapters soon ) ensure that it will likely outlast your current game system and pc . if you miss the arcade , you owe it to yourself to check out the x - arcade solo joystick .\nclassic arcade games are available on every platform , and fighting games have become one of the biggest e - sports .\ncompatibility one of the x - arcade solo joystick ' s greatest strengths is also its greatest weakness : it can work with nearly any game system . you can use adapters to connect the stick to an microsoft xbox 360 , original xbox , sony playstation 3 , playstation 2 , original playstation , nintendo wii u , wii , gamecube , sega dreamcast , or a pc . all of this compatibility means you need to get at least one adapter for $ 29 . 99 in addition to the x - arcade solo joystick itself if you don ' t want to just hook it up to a pc .\ncompetition - grade performance and unbreakable design , perfect for your next arcade or pinball project . joysticks , pushbuttons , coin doors and more .\nperformance for classic arcade games , the x - arcade joystick solo feels great . it ' s just large enough to sit comfortably on a table or your lap , and the angled surface feels just like an arcade cabinet . i played some classic sega genesis games on sonic ' s ultimate genesis collection for the playstation 3 , and everything from streets of rage 2 to shinobi 3 felt responsive and comfortable . since it works with pcs out of the box and can be used with nearly any game system from the last three console generations , you can play a lot of old - school arcade titles with this stick . add a two - liter bottle of shasta and an all - rush mix tape , and you ' re ready to rock .\ninject authentic control on classic arcade titles which use 2 simultaneous digital joysticks . this new mode is not recommended for 1st person shooters which need analog control .\nmaximus arcade is windows - compatible software that allows you to relive thousands of classic games and creates seamless interaction with multiple arcade and console emulators while keeping windows hidden . put simply : it ' s like itunes or netflix for managing all your classic games . browse , manage and play thousands of classic games on your pc .\nis a big controller , measuring 16 . 8 inches wide , 10 inches deep , and a towering 4 . 1 inches tall from base to top of the chassis . the top surface gently inclines toward the player , and feels a little better on the wrists than completely flat , straight competitive joysticks . it weighs a hefty 5 . 7 pounds and feels like a chunk of an arcade machine lifted cleanly out of a cabinet . xgaming describes its x - arcade joysticks as\nindestructible ,\nand while that ' s a claim i always strive to disprove before my colleagues reiterate the pcmag labs '\nno burning lasers , acid , or bees\npolicy to me , the x - arcade solo certainly lives up to its just - shy - of - literal description . it feels solid in a bludgeon - worthy way , and you could easily use the joystick as a short step - ladder before getting back to playing games on it .\nif you ' re perfectly content with limiting your fighting game sessions to an hour at time however , and have a lump of cash prepared to fuel your insatiable hadoken habit , the x - arcade stick is a terrific investment . more responsive than any other unit on the market and tough enough to withstand years of pounding , fighting aficionados should do themselves a favor and pick this one up as soon as they can .\nfinding a great arcade stick is somewhat of a holy grail for fighting game fans . not only can you simulate that unique coin - op experience , it ' s also great practice for those inevitable neighborhood showdowns with the local arcade master . decent sticks serve other purposes as well ( they make fantastic companions for old school arcade games like pac - man and space invaders , and can work wonders with modern day mech simulators ) , but the real trick is finding one that ' s worth the money - - and for the first time in ages , we have .\nbrought two sets of excellent arcade controls to the home in a massive 12 - pound slab , and was one of the best controllers you could get to play older games . now xgaming has a one - player model that ' s half the size , less expensive , and can now stand among the competitive sticks used by fighting game enthusiasts . the x - arcade solo joystick ( $ 99 . 99 direct ) can work with nearly any game system ( with another $ 30 - 60 for adapters ) , is nearly indestructible , and is simply one of the best controllers i ' ve tested ; it wins our editors ' choice award as a result .\nthe laguna hills , california - based technology group x - gaming ' s new x - arcade stick is the answer to many a coin - op fanboy ' s prayers . built using authentic cabinet parts and gizmos , the super - heavy , ultra - sturdy two - stick , 20 - button monster can be used by up to two players on any modern - day system you can think of . though sega ' s saturn isn ' t supported , the dreamcast , playstation 1 and 2 , xbox , gamecube , mac , and pc entirely are . featuring a serial port in the rear of the unit that lets you swap between compatibility cables for the system of your choice , switching from dead or alive 3 on the xbox to tekken 4 on ps2 is a sub - minute process . should you decide that you ' d rather attach the stick to your pc instead , simply move the serial cable to an open port on your system and you program the buttons in any configuration you like - - it ' s that easy .\nthe industrial - grade 3\u2122 trackball located in the center of your tankstick\u2122 separates this controller from the dual joystick and allows you to control thousands of classic arcade games . since it ' s recognized as a standard mouse - - you can also enhance any of your favorite games that support a mouse , with no drivers or software required .\nyour tankstick\u2122 is an indestructible beast which lets you relive thousands of classic arcade games like galaga\u2122 , ms . pacman\u2122 , and gaggles of others on any computer . use on any hdtv with a raspberry pi ( $ 35 ) . works out of the box with any computer ( usb cable ) or use with any game console ( game console adapters sold separately )\nplay your favorite fighting titles and classic arcade games with lighting - fast precision . annihilate the competition off and online with a lag - free , high - performance adapter . please note : the trackball is not functional on xbox one ( unless a game adds usb mouse support ) . this adapter also allows you to connect any ps2 game controller to your xbox one .\nthe motion on the stick is unparalleled and for the first time since agetec released its official dreamcast arcade unit , i was entirely comfortable and confident that i could do any maneuver i so wished in guilty gear , street fighter iii , and the alpha series . an unusually difficult proposition with recent ps2 sticks like interact ' s shadowblade , gouki ' s ' messatsu gou hadou ' and rugal ' s ' gigantic pressure ' super moves are now only failed attempts because of a mistake on the user ' s part , not the peripherals . the common problem of unresponsive corners , floaty lower circles , and sticking multi - tap moves are finally a thing of the past , and i am a happier man for it .\npcmag reviews products independently , but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page . terms of use .\ncomfortable and sturdy . very responsive . can work with nearly any game system .\nrequires additional adapters in many cases . certain design elements may turn off fighting game enthusiasts .\nout of the box , it can connect to a pc through either usb or ps / 2 ports\u2014the usb port through the serial port on the back and the serial - to - usb cable included with the joystick , and the ps / 2 port through the ps / 2 cable on the back . but if you want to hook it up to a playstation 3 you need to plug the joystick into an adapter and then run the adapter ' s usb port to the game system ' s port . connecting it to an xbox 360 is even more complicated , with a total of three adapters daisy - chained together to function . the xbox 360 adapter bundle is $ 60 , twice as much as the $ 30 playstation 3 and original xbox combination adapter , or the $ 30 five - in - one adapter for wii / wii u , playstation / playstation 2 , gamecube , and dreamcast . xgaming hopes to release xbox one and playstation 4 adapters in the future , but availability has not yet been announced .\nwill greenwald has been covering consumer technology for a decade , and has served on the editorial staffs of cnet . com , sound & vision , and maximum pc . his work and analysis has been seen in gamepro , tested . com , geek . com , and several other publications . he currently covers consumer electronics in the pc labs as the in - house home entertainment expert . . . see full bio\nthis newsletter may contain advertising , deals , or affiliate links . subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our terms of use and privacy policy . you may unsubscribe from the newsletters at any time .\n\u00a9 1996 - 2018 ziff davis , llc . pcmag digital group pc , pc magazine and pc urltoken are among the federally registered trademarks of ziff davis , llc and may not be used by third parties without explicit permission .\nunfortunately , the stick isn ' t perfect . though it has a wide base , the distance between the two players can be a little too close for comfort . while i was perfectly content playing dead or alive 3 with my wife as i tested the device out , our friend chris couldn ' t help but question why my elbow was constantly bumping his every time i threw out a reversal or counter . additionally , the buttons are laid out in an almost perfectly square configuration , forcing your wrists to bend in a keyboard - like fashion . it would have made more sense for the buttons to be angled slightly inward to conform more to the shape of your hand . ultimately the stick loses its potential for extended use because of this design choice , and after an hour or so your ligaments will start to ache from the awkward positioning .\npc / mac / raspberry pi : ( usb cable ) note : game adapters sold separately pc / mac / raspberry pi : ( usb cable ) note : game adapters sold separately .\nbrand new design with 32\nindustrial grade led and passionately designed to deliver thousands of hours of fun experiences for . . .\npc / mac / raspberry pi : ( usb cable ) note : game adapters sold separately .\nplease note : the trackball is only operation on a computer . to use with the original xbox for coinops mode , you ' ll need an xbox usb adapter cable .\nadapter may also be used to convert your playstation 2 game controller to control xbox one\u2122 titles .\nwhen the light is on you are in play mode , when the light is off you are in program mode .\nmode 1 ( switch closest to the serial cable , or yellow wire on the switch itself ) cannot be programmed .\nfor most games and emulators ( including mame\u2122 ) you will want to use mode1 , and change any settings in the game or emulator accordingly . this saves ; the 3 programmable memory banks for games or emulators that do not have ; an option to change the controls , and it is easier to remember .\nstart by choosing the mode you wish to program by moving the switch away from the serial cable to mode 2 , 3 , or 4 . again , mode 1 cannot be programmed .\nsorry we couldn ' t be helpful . help us improve this article with your feedback .\nthe xarcade platform distributes video games that are developed based on the nem blockchain technology . these games are integrated into the nem blockchain through the use of the xarcade software developer kit ( sdk ) which can be downloaded by game publishers from the platform . to learn more about the project , visit our github page by clicking on the icon below .\nsend ' em to hell : a nem powered mobile video published by xhai studios . coming out soon !\nxarcade is a nem powered cost - effective video game distribution / exchange platform for both game publishers and gamers to use . it is a game changer and is a cost - less direct alternative to other app stores in the market . xarcade does not levy game publishers anything for the sale of in - game credits , changing the paradigm , and passing these cost savings to gamers .\nto shift the game distribution platform paradigm by making it cost - less for game publishers to use our platform .\nto pass on these cost savings so that gamers can have a better user experience and not having to pay more .\nto create a new kind of ecosystem for both game publishers and gamers to interact together , where ideas can be exchanged to further improve existing and new games .\na game publisher and gamer both sign up to the platform in order to upload and manage their games .\na gamer on the platform becomes part of the gaming ecosystem whereby the gamer can exchange earned in - game credits across different games .\nall platform transactions will be verified and processed using the nem blockchain technology in a safe and secure manner .\ngamers will be able to make in - game purchases and convert in - game credits into xar on the platform .\nthe games from our platform incentivizes gamers to have the ability to convert their xar into xem at the exchange .\nwith more than eight years of business development experience in the mobile gaming and digital entertainment fields , he is an experienced marketer who as a partner in a malaysia based consultancy has successfully specialized in bringing cutting edge technology businesses to the asia pacific region .\nwith more than 30 years as a technology serial entrepreneur , he is currently also the founder , ceo of dragonfly fintech pte . ltd . a blockchain company , and the president of the urltoken foundation , a non - profit organization charged with the promotion of the cutting edge nem blockchain technology .\nregional head of the urltoken foundation for southeast asia . investor and serial entrepreneur with 30 + years experience in the it sector : scaling startups , building partnerships and working with companies such as ibm and ernst & young .\nprogrammer and seasoned developer in the mobile games industry , currently focusing on software engineering and his passion for blockchain technology . previously worked on mobile games , digital art installations and vr experiences .\nwith more than nine years of software development experience , he is an experienced programmer with a great passion for blockchain technology . more than being an enthusiast about nem , greg will help xarcade with his expertise about software development and blockchain integrations .\nfounding member of the urltoken foundation . experienced software developer with a focus on database management , networks and blockchain technology . previously developed a number of back end applications and software development kits .\nsenior software developer and founder of getranked , with all round experience in web development , systems optimization and internet marketing . previously worked with a wide range of startups helping them grow exponentially .\ntony g is a serial entrepreneur and a well - known poker player . he is actively participating in political discussions regarding cryptocurrencies and cyber security .\nstartup founder , growth hacker and marketing expert with 6 + years experience . currently at google , leading youtube\u2019s community efforts in the uk .\nno , xarcade is not conducting an ico . we are conducting a\ndiscounted sale offer\n( dso ) . xarcade is not raising money and is only selling its services ahead in a pre - sell offer of xarcade ' s xar . xarcade is selling xar at a discount so that gamers can make use of it to buy more in - game credits for the same xar that will be sold later .\nan ico is about raising money and giving promises of return of investment . this mode is bordering regulatory requirements in certain countries .\na dso is not about raising money . it is about the pre - sell offer of a service or product where it can be consumed in one way or another at a later date . hence it is a sale and not about raising money . in our case , it is a discounted sale .\nwe are not raising any funds as we are not doing an ico . this is a dso and therefore , our next\nroadmap\nis to launch the platform .\nxar is a mosaic . it is a smart asset and sold as a consumptive token .\nxarcade is selling a value which is consumptive in nature where xar is not expected to give anyone any profit or purport to generate any profit .\nnormally , each xar is worth equivalent to the cryptocurrency valued at eur 1 . 00 .\nwhy is xar tied to cryptocurrency that is equivalent to eur 1 . 00 ?\nwe need it to be tied because game publishers would like to recieve predictable revenues .\nxarcade will get to list xar in some exchange and get them traded for xem or btc .\ni would like to sell in - game credits as items and want to resell it freely to purchasers . is it possible to create games that use such in - game credits on the xarcade ?\nxarcade ' s exchange mechanism is to use xar as the pivoting cryptocurrency , i . e . , in - game credit < - > xar .\nyes , the publisher can convert xar from his sold in - game credits at the exchange .\nyes , one will be able to trade in - game credits and xar both ways on xarcade .\nyes , every in - game credit and xar can be transacted from within or without the xar platform and from any address .\nyes , using xar is the only means by which a gamer can purchase both in - game credits and in - game products on xarcade .\nyes , there will be a feature in place on xarcade to facilitate the sending of xar to other nem addresses .\ni am considering developing a game . is it possible to issue and sell in - game credits ( the currency a game uses ) for games using the xarcade software developer kit ( sdk ) ?\nthe nem sdk provides for the ability to issue and sell in - 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{"id": 53731, "summary": [{"text": "co.lab xchange is coworking or shared working space based in pasig , philippines .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "it is metro manila 's pioneer coworking space which opened in 2011 .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "it started with two spaces , one in the ortigas center area and the other one in the country 's financial center in the makati cbd before consolidating its operations in pasig .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "since its opening in 2011 , the coworking space has provided local entrepreneurs , mostly those in the startup industry , freelance and other professionals , who according to its co-founder francesca zimmer-santos \u201c typically work from home . \u201d", "topic": 32}], "title": "co . lab xchange", "paragraphs": ["2012 jelly # 1 @ sarah _ meier last night at co . lab xchange room b\nco . lab xchange ( optima bldg . , makati , metro manila ) @ clickthecity shops & services\nright now is co . lab xchange ' s # jellyweek 2012 jelly ! come through and cowork on us from now until 8pm tonight ! !\nwe don ' t have enough reviews for xchange yet to show an average rating .\ncan i use co . lab as my business address and send my mail there ?\nwe can accept mail and packages for you at co . lab . however , we allow business registration at co . lab on a case - to - case basis and charge a minimal monthly fee for this .\nif i avail of a station and leave desktops in my work area , is co . lab secure ?\n\u201cwe come to co . lab for work , we stay at co . lab for the people . it\u2019s always a delight to come here , in a place filled with interesting individuals , under one office together . \u201d\ncheck it out ! co . lab ( makati ) jelly ! do it ! do it ! do it !\nco . lab serves as a hub to a collaborative community that share the same values of entrepreneurship , creativity , and integrity .\nwe know how being an entrepreneur can sometimes feel like you ' re going it alone . at co . lab you ' ll be in a great space where you can just walk across the room to pick someone ' s brain , share strategies , or simply meet great people working on amazing things . at co . lab , a conversation over coffee could lead to serendipitous things . join 50 + co . lab xchange residents and more than 1000 online community members and grow your business . we ' ve got flexible packages for individuals and small teams . come join us today .\nthrough our packages and services , you can find partners , get known , achieve more , and grow faster by locating your business at co . lab .\n\u201cour team is happy to use co . lab as a second home where our ideas can happen and get an immediate feedback from smart people around . \u201d\nco . lab is a proudly filipino - owned leader in coworking in the philippines . established in 2011 , it was a pioneer in the coworking movement in the philippines and has been instrumental in its growth . throughout the years , co . lab has built a robust and engaged community by facilitating discovered opportunities , shared learning , and accelerated serendipity . today , we are home to tech companies , start - ups , architects , boutique marketing teams , and social development practitioners . together with xchange , an impact investor in early stage social enterprises , co . lab is at the heart of a multi - sectoral network of change makers and innovators , contributing to the greater ecosystem for philippine progress by making meaningful connection .\n\u201cthanks to co . lab , we were able to build our tech start - up called booky . we have the space to grow and a creative environment that keeps us inspired\u201d\nfull - time coworkers with biometric access can come to co . lab before 9am . however , the lights and a / c will be turned on at 8 : 45am .\ncoworkers can stay a little after 9pm while the space is being cleaned . any extension beyond that can be arranged with the co . lab team on a case to case basis\nin observance of the special non - working holiday for pasig day happening on monday , co . lab will be closed on 2 july 2018 . see you all on tuesday , 3 july 2018 !\nwe know how being an entrepreneur can sometimes feel like you\u2019re going it alone . at co . lab , you can walk across the room to pick someone\u2019s brain , share strategies , or simply catch up over coffee .\nwe ' ve got architects , brand and marketing gurus , tech dudes , and social development experts among many others . if you ' re looking for expertise , change makers , and innovators , come to co . lab .\nwhat makes it special : the co . lab floor transforms to a great place for events such as talks , workshops , hackathons , and training . rates include coffee , tea , water and use of the projector and screen\ntired of working from home or out of coffee shops ? because of its shared space and amenities , coworking provides value for money for freelancers , professionals , entrepreneurs , and start - ups . but membership in co . lab isn\u2019t just about working , it\u2019s also about connecting and collaborating , and having fun and making friends . see what some of our members have to say about working in co . lab and check out our gallery below to see what\u2019s happening .\n\u201cwhat i love about co . lab is the community . you get to meet people from different professions and learn from each other . everyone\u2019s doing their own thing , and that\u2019s kind of inspiring . it creates a great work environment . \u201d\nwhat makes it special : for freelancers and professionals who don ' t need a full - time solution , be at co . lab as little or as often as you need . use the space for client meetings , team meetings , or video calls\nezra ferraz ' s the finishers is a great collection of stories of philippine start - up founders who went from ideation to exit . come by co . lab to check it out ! we ' ll also help you with ordering your own copy .\nyes you can have clients and partners come over for a meeting . there will be no extra charge for this . however , should the person you are meeting wish to work in co . lab after the meeting , we will be charging them . we have flexible passes available to suit their needs .\nfriendly pets who are not disruptive are welcome to co . lab on fridays . please make sure to clean up after them . if you would like to bring a pet , please let us know in advance so we can check with coworkers coming in on that day if they have any pet allergies .\nyes , we will create a corporate package for your team where you will nominate team members who may use the space . however , if there are four in your team and you availed of two seats , only two seats can be occupied at the same time . additional team members needing to work in co . lab at the same time can avail of a day pass .\n3 / f unit 301 , # 3 brixton street , kapitolyo , pasig city , 1603 philippines ( 8 , 302 . 79 mi ) pasig 1603\nneed load ? gotta pay for a bill ? send money via smart or gcash ? come on over to the front desk and we ' ll help you take care of all these little errands , so you can focus on the more important stuff . . .\nbill gates is known as one of the principal founders of microsoft , one of the world\u2019s largest software companies . during his time as ceo and chairman of the company , he was instrumental in building microsoft\u2019s astounding success through technological innovation , keen business strategy and tactics . later in his career , he decided to pursue more philanthropic work and worked full - time at the bill & melinda gates foundation .\nts . always be aware that your current victories are but small steps in life ' s greater journey . even if you win , take away as much experience as you can as though you lost and are trying to find a way to improve yourself .\nmahar lagmay of project noah now live at the map the philippines launch . # mapph\ni visited the office space this afternoon at 1 : 30pm . after waiting 15 minutes at your front desk , one of your guests told me your staff had gone to take their lunch break . i went to get lunch myself a\ni was greeted and offered a beverage while waiting . reception was polite and profession\nthank you very much for the seminar , sir kevin . we learned a lot . i also liked the space itself . very artsy . : )\nwe ' ve detected that javascript is disabled in your browser . would you like to proceed to legacy twitter ?\n/ video / bestoftv / 2012 / 01 / 17 / erin - wales - wikipedia - sopa . cnn . html\nthanks to all of you who came to our jelly . can ' t wait to link up again\ntwitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup . try again or visit twitter status for more information .\nyou can add location information to your tweets , such as your city or precise location , from the web and via third - party applications . you always have the option to delete your tweet location history . learn more\nhere ' s the url for this tweet . copy it to easily share with friends .\nby embedding twitter content in your website or app , you are agreeing to the twitter developer agreement and developer policy .\nnot on twitter ? sign up , tune into the things you care about , and get updates as they happen .\nthis timeline is where you\u2019ll spend most of your time , getting instant updates about what matters to you .\nhover over the profile pic and click the following button to unfollow any account .\nwhen you see a tweet you love , tap the heart \u2014 it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love .\nthe fastest way to share someone else\u2019s tweet with your followers is with a retweet . tap the icon to send it instantly .\nadd your thoughts about any tweet with a reply . find a topic you\u2019re passionate about , and jump right in .\nrepost of a repost . yaaas ! come join our startup community ! original post by @ roxynavarro _ and reposted by @ homegrownph # colabph # communitywall # startups\ndo you live in the pasig area and need to cowork but don\u2019t want to go too far ? good news , we\u2019re giving a 10 % discount to all residents of pasig until the end of the year ! just present a valid id to show your address and you\u2019re good to go .\nneed legal advice for your start - up ? receive free one - on - one legal consultation through the legal cafe . there is no time limit here - - as long as you ' ve got questions , atty abe and atty lhyl have got answers ! sign up for a consultation and you can avail a discounted day pass for p400 ! please contact dave or message us to book a reservation .\nslow and steady wins the race .\n# hustle # colabph # cowork # connect # collaborate\nall membership packages include internet access , coffee , tea , and water , access to the pantry , microwave , and refrigerator , printing services . all packages except the hourly passes are entitled to one hour free use of the meeting room daily .\nthe floor is a great space for events and can accommodate up to 50 pax . event use however is restricted to weekends and after 6pm on weekdays .\nyes the building is secure and your items are safe . the three brixton building has round the clock security and cctv cameras on every floor . stations also come with lockers where you can leave your documents .\ndrop us a line , email us , or visit us ! we\u2019d love to hear from you .\nwe\u2019re open on mondays to fridays from 9am to 9pm . we\u2019re conveniently located between makati and ortigas . getting here takes less than 30 minutes via private vehicle or public transporatation . we\u2019re near pioneer center , ace water spa , and madison commons . parking is available in the building or at ace water spa .\nunit 301 three brixton building , brixton street , brgy . kapitolyo , pasig city 1603 , metro manila , philippines\nwe are an active investor in companies ( whether organized as non - profit or for - profit ) that have as their core mission the creation of value for marginalized communities in the philippines . over and above access to capital , we contribute expertise in enterprise management & finance .\nour mission is to multiply the change that social enterprises achieve by helping them achieve sustainability and scale in the shortest possible time .\nppp 2018 : here ' s everything you need to know ab . . .\n8 restaurants in manila you probably didn ' t know are owned by your favorite . . .\nthere was an error sending the form , try again later or contact your system administrator .\nthere is no doubt about the philippines\u2019 promising economic growth . the international monetary fund ( imf ) even projected the country to have one of the fastest growing economies in the region . \u2026"]}
{"id": 53741, "summary": [{"text": "victoria teachers mutual bank is one of australia \u2019s financial institutions , with more than 100,000 customers , over $ 2 billion in assets and the only financial institution in victoria focusing on the education community .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "apart from a focus on education , anyone can bank with victoria teachers mutual bank ; this includes family , friends and the wider community .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "the mutual bank offers everyday banking services , loans , insurance and financial planning .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "victoria teachers mutual bank differs from some other banks as it is owned by the customers , not external shareholders .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "each customer owns an equal share of the organisation and profits are reinvested to add to its strength and security rather than to pay external shareholders .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "being a customer owned financial institution ; victoria teachers mutual bank is an authorised deposit taking institution and is regulated by the same authorities as all other banks .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "the mutual bank has all the safeguards as other banks , including the commonwealth government \u2019s bank deposit guarantee .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "head office is located at 117 camberwell road , hawthorn east , victoria .", "topic": 38}], "title": "victoria teachers mutual bank", "paragraphs": ["when you join teachers mutual bank , you\u2019ll own a share in one of australia\u2019s largest mutual banks .\ndownload the teachers mutual bank mobile banking app from the apple app store or google play store .\nwe ' re a bank created by teachers for teachers . we provide financial products and services for teachers , their families and employees in the education sector .\ntake out allianz motor , home , or landlord insurance through teachers mutual bank by 31 december 2018 for your chance to win .\ndiploma travel , the travel specialists owned and operated by teachers mutual bank , has the perfect solution for your next trip in australia or overseas .\nuse your teachers credit card for shopping , travelling overseas or even to consolidate other credit or store card debt .\nview balances , make transfers , deposit checks with the bank of america app .\nour customers come first . find out more about why you should bank with us .\nas a bank dedicated to the education sector , we can help manage your school\u2019s finances .\nget 24 / 7 access to pnc bank accounts and find the nearest branch or atm .\nbank first is a socially responsible corporate citizen and has adopted a sustainable investment and lending approach .\nfrom easy - to - use accounts to convenient cards , there are many ways to bank with us .\nour aim is to have our personal and car loan interest rates lower than the four major banks . to maintain our mutual value , we review these rates on a regular basis .\nwith more than 3 , 000 atms across australia , rediatm is now one of australia ' s largest atm networks , which includes nab and bank of queensland atms . this means you can now access any rediatm , nab or bank of queensland atm and pay no fee !\nfor products and services , conditions , fees and charges apply . these may change or we may introduce new features or fees and charges in the future . full details are available on this website or on request . lending criteria apply to approval of credit products . this information is general in nature and does not take your personal objectives , circumstances or needs into account . consider its appropriateness to these factors before acting on it . read the disclosure documents for your selected product or service , including the terms and conditions or product disclosure statement , before deciding . unless otherwise specified , the products and services described on this website are available only in australia from or through teachers mutual bank limited abn 30 087 650 459 afsl and australian credit licence 238981 .\nwe are consistently recognised and appraised by both our customers and those within the financial community for our outstanding range of investment , insurance and banking products and services . formerly a credit union , bank first has won many awards for outstanding customer service and the value we provide to our customers .\nyour money is invested for a fixed period of time with a secure rate of return .\ntaking a few easy steps can help you make the most of your credit card . let us show you how .\nwe can help you explore car loan options and choose the right loan for you .\nour super can be used as your main fund or a top - up fund to save for your retirement .\nfind out more about withdrawing , depositing and making payments ; 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{"id": 53743, "summary": [{"text": "provia is a brandname for a pair of daylight-balanced color reversal films ( slide film ) produced by the japanese film company fujifilm .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "it is currently available in one speed , 100/21 \u00b0 , marketed as fujichrome provia 100f professional [ rdp iii ] , .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "an additional speed of 400/27 \u00b0 , marketed as fujichrome provia 400x professional [ rxp ] , was previously available . ", "topic": 24}], "title": "provia", "paragraphs": ["provia is seeking clinicians actively providing these services to join provia ' s bone marrow banking network .\nprovia - the smart alternative for commercial vehicle parts that you trust to do the job safely and reliably . that is the provia promise .\ncore values drive provia ' s success : click here to watch our video .\nwhen you have morins siding & window company install provia doors and windows , you get access to a wide range of options . provia offers numerous outstanding doors .\nconsider the differences between a custom provia storm door and standard big box aluminum storm door .\nprovia ' s windows have been recognized as the most efficient of energy star of 2018 .\nthe provia air processing unit ( apu ) is a two - part system comprising a provia air dryer and a provia multi - circuit protection valve . it will dry and clean air supplied by the compressor , adjust pressure for the respective load circuits and provide overload protection . the provia apu offers significantly better performance than budget brand competitors , and a longer operating life that greatly reduces maintenance downtime .\nprospective employees , if you would like to learn about employment opportunities at provia , view our employment page .\nprovia ' s products deliver maximum return on investment revealed in remodeling magazine ' s 2018 cost vs . value report .\nyour standards are our standards . your reputation is backed by our reputation . that\u2019s why it is safe with provia .\nif you need windows , provia has all the popular styles . you can select from multiple insulated glass options , as well as multiple grid patterns . provia windows are backed by a lifetime limited warranty , so be sure to ask for details !\nprovia parts , developed by aftermarket specialists for the aftermarket , are engineered to meet a reliable performance standard with no frills , yet no compromise on quality and safety . that is why provia delivers that \u2018just right for the job\u2019 promise that your customers are looking for . provia is about choice \u2013 manufactured to precise standards , it offers a new choice for a smart alternative .\nwith provia , what you see is what you get : the automotive parts you want , delivered when you want them , and in manageable quantities that don\u2019t break the bank or bend warehouse shelves . provia really does deliver so much more in every box .\nfor a free in - 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quality windows by downloading the brochures linked below and by contacting morins siding & window company .\nas you look at all the different styles and colors of provia ' s stone products , it is important to factor in lighting when making your choice .\nhomeowners and contractors who buy quality , buy provia doors . provia offers four lines of fiberglass and steel professional - class entry doors that meet the highest standards for beauty , durability , security and energy efficiency , available in custom sizes and finishes . customize a door the way you want it using our visualizer .\nprovia offers warranties for its exterior doors , replacement windows , vinyl siding and manufactured stone . click on the links to the right to view the details specific to each product line . to make a warranty claim or to contact provia regarding any other product issues , view the procedures on our product complaints policy page .\nprovia ' s windows and doors are energystar\u00ae certified and come with rating labels from the national fenestration rating council ( nfrc ) that show you all their fantastic features .\nprovia ' s energy star certified doors and windows are independently tested and certified to meet strict energy - efficiency standards set by the environmental protection agency ( epa ) . the epa has awarded provia eleven times . most recently , was awarded a second time for energy star partner of the year - sustained excellence for door and window manufacturing .\na rotary slide valve controls the raising and lowering of airsuspension based vehicles with a hand lever . provia offers a robust , cost attractive , high performance rotary slide valve .\nprovia ' s custom home replacement window program is a product of good old american ingenuity and know - how , with over 30 years of real - world r & d .\nprovia is a u . s . manufacturer of vinyl siding , whose professional - class exterior siding products are produced by employees who care for details in ways others won ' t .\nthe multiple circuit protection valve ( mcpv ) from provia provides pressure protection in multi - circuit braking systems . used in a trailer braking system , an mcpv distributes compressed air , adjusts pressure to the respective circuits and protects healthy circuits in cases of circuit failure . provia\u2019s mcpv offers significantly better performance than budget brand competitors and a longer operating life that greatly reduces maintenance downtime .\nprovia has found success as a custom building products company by adhering to 19 core values that guide our company to develop rewarding , long - term relationships with its employees , dealers and customers .\nat provia , we care about our customers as much as we do the products and services we meticulously provide . we combine old - world craftsmanship with state - of - the - art technology to deliver personalized care with every order . we invite you to experience provia\u2019s full line of products crafted the professional way - which includes the industry\u2019s best in doors , windows , siding and stone .\nwhether cross - processed or processed normally , youll get awesome results from fuji provia 100f film . when crossed , you ' ll get magical photos with blue - green , red and cream tones .\na provia relay emergency valve ( rev ) controls a two - line trailer brake system actuated by the braking system of the tractor . the product controls the emergency brake function , triggering automatic trailer braking when a partial or total pressure drop is detected in the supply line . available in variants compatible with a wide variety of oe systems , the provia rev is a cost - effective alternative to oe components .\nthe provia foot brake valve ( fbv ) is used for precise pressurisation and purge of pneumatic dual - circuit braking systems , actively controlling the braking process . it works in harness with actuating mechanisms across an extensive range of commercial vehicles . provia\u2019s fbv is a competitive price unit that does not compromise safety . it is designed to secure both air circuits , allowing the vehicle to be operated safely at all times .\nprovia is a cgmp cell and tissue product and services company with specific expertise in the collection , transport , processing , manufacturing , testing , cryopreservation , storage and distribution of cells and tissues for autologous use .\nchoosing provia is a choice to break new ground . product specifications , prices and availability that are unique for a budget price range . and it\u2019s all backed by familiar resources and suppliers that you know and trust .\nlook at our full - line of exterior building products for your next project . whether you ' re in need of doors , windows , siding or stone - provia has a professional line of products just for you .\nthe mullet family has built provia upon principles that are timeless . these values have been instilled into our team members along with a relentless discomfort with the status quo . this offers great assurance that the team which has built such a dynamic organization will successfully carry it into the future . we are committed to continually enhancing people\u2019s lives through the work we do and the products we make . this will define provia\u2019s future as it has our past .\nbrussels , belgium , july 5 , 2017 \u2013 provia , the safety - focused and reliable budget aftermarket parts brand for commercial vehicles , announced today that is celebrating its first anniversary . the new brand , launched . . .\nwe are happy to invite you to come and discover the expanded provia product range on our booth at transport compleet , the leading transportation industry fair in the netherlands . our latest product launches will be on display and . . .\nbrussels , belgium \u2013 february 15 , 2018 \u2013 provia , the safety - focused and reliable budget spare parts brand for commercial vehicles , now is also available on the north american market . the brand helps distributors , workshops and . . .\nour natural cut stone collection is a provia original . its large stone surfaces with natural textures and irregular cuts , mimic old world charm . available in three beautiful earth tone colors , natural cut adds design versatility and artisanship to many architectural styles .\na heater can be fitted to an air dryer as an option . provia recommends the use of a heater as part of the air dryer system , ensuring the system operates at a normal operating temperature and to protect it in low temperature environments .\ni absolutely love this app . very user friendly , customers love the interaction . my advice , anyone who wants to be successful at selling provia , you need this app . my app . has never crashed . . . . . ever .\nprovia also offers inspirations art glass , an amazing high - tech way to add the look of traditional stained glass to your home with all the benefits of modern energy efficiency . you can learn more about the process in the downloadable brochure below .\nprovia ' s endure , aeris , ecolite and aspect custom home replacement window lines provide the best in beauty and durability while also delivering high energy efficiency . our aluminum storm windows are designed to provide the best energy efficiency , weather protection and noise reduction .\nultra super polymer siding is a beautiful way to help guard the investment you\u2019ve made in your home . provia has engineered its super polymer formulation into the ultra panel to resist fading , cracking and thermal expansion and contraction , and backs it with a lifetime limited warranty .\nwhen it ' s time to upgrade the doors and windows in your home , morins siding & window company is here to help . we can install high - quality provia windows and doors that look amazing and offer you all the latest in energy - efficient features .\nunits in the job manager can now be moved up or down or excluded . auto - synch settings at startup ( behind the scenes ) . included support for specific customer programs . allow storm door hardware key instructions to be specified . allow inspirations glass in swinging patio doors . added image selectors for casing added a url scheme to allow launching from other apps ( provia : / / com . provia . ipad ) . up - to - date with entrylink product updates and rule changes . numerous other minor updates and bug - fixes .\nprovia offers its energy - efficient , custom home replacement windows in a number of popular window styles , including double hung , casement , awning , slider , bay , bow , picture and garden windows . our aluminum storm windows are available as double hung , slider windows and picture windows .\nprovia specializes in elegance and endurance . our professional - class siding has the look and texture of wood but the durability and strength of vinyl . with three types of vinyl siding to choose from ( insulated , traditional and decorative ) you can find the right one for your needs and style .\ncommercial vehicle brake pads convert the kinetic energy of the vehicle to thermal energy by friction . the provia brake pad portfolio covers the most commonly fitted air disc brakes in the market . over 20 different pad kits , that also have optional accessories , ensure an optimal fit for all major applications .\nprovia offers competitive compressor repair solutions for commercial vehicles of all types , providing reliable performance at an attractive price . the range now includes a replacement cylinder head to control airflow through the compressor , compatible with a wide range of trucks and buses in the heavy , medium and light vehicle markets .\nprovia has developed a competitive position by catering to a niche within the home replacement window market that demands a high degree of customization coupled with outstanding quality . our custom windows are built to be the best in the market . we define the custom windows that meet this demand as\nprofessional - class .\ntoday , provia remains privately owned by the mullet family and continues to invest in its facilities , employees , customers and research & development . the company continues to manufacture outstanding replacement door , window , vinyl siding and manufactured stone products with a dedicated growing team that distributes products throughout most of the united states .\nthe all - new terra cut stone collection is a provia exclusive that embodies key characteristics of weatherworn , coarse - grained , and coral style stones . this one - of - a - kind profile creates a striking appearance through a sensational amount of texture within each stone , as well as multiple dimensions from stone to stone .\nour super polymer formulation is at the heart of each of our horizontal and vertical cladding , making them the industry\u2019s most quality manufactured vinyl siding products . recognized with the # 1 recommended * cedarmax and # 1 siding best buy * hearttech , provia is proud to provide you with a better alternative to consumer - grade exterior cladding .\ncedarmax is an astm d7793 certified thermal cladding system that is recognized as a form of\ncontinuous insulation ,\nor insulation installed on the outside of your home that helps reduce energy loss . integration of provia\u2019s exclusive super polymer formulation with rigid eps foam insulation makes cedarmax the perfect choice for exterior insulated vinyl siding for your home .\nprovia limestone is a collection of roughly chiseled , square and rectangular surfaced stone . replicated from stones originating in the midwest , this collection represents natural stone selections chosen for their exceptional shape , texture and character . architectural styles dating back to the colonial period exhibit extensive use of this stone type in structures . limestone\u2019s natural earth tones and warmth add beauty and charm to any application .\na wheel speed sensor ( wss ) is a device designed to read the speed of a vehicle ' s wheel rotation . the system also monitors the proper functioning of a range of features , including brake performance , ensuring vehicle safety . provia wheel speed sensors are contactless and use alternating voltage outputs to correspond to the actual wheel speed rotation , passing the information to the vehicle\u2019s electronics system .\nprovia fieldstone is our collection of rugged textured stone distinguished by its shapes and edges . its uniqueness and character make an impression wherever fieldstone is used , and the closely laid stones create its rich , natural look . inspiration for this collection finds its roots in pennsylvania , new york and the mid - atlantic states where the architectural character from centuries past bear witness to the lasting beauty of this stone .\nddsb consists of service brake chamber and a spring brake chamber . the air pressure applied into the service chamber is converted into mechanical output force . the spring chamber provides the mechanical braking force to park the vehicle . in addition , a mechanical release arrangement is provided in the unit to release the parking brake after brake failure . provia offers a cost attractive , high performance spring brake actuators for commercial vehicles .\npossibly my new favourite film . the grain is simply non - existent while retaining the film look and amazing colours . it is a very versatile film and will look good for every occasion . looks even better when viewed on a slide viewer . i found it very good for street photography , photos look cinematic . you would never get the look of provia straight out of a digital camera . instead of buying that mega expensive dslr , buy a cheap film camera and provia instead . the film and processing together is a bit pricey but worth it considering you can own tangible slides that will last forever . this is one of the only slide films still available and i hear the future of fuji film is in doubt so shoot some slides on this while you still can . it would be horrible if fuji discontinued this .\nprovia is nestled within the rolling hills of sugarcreek , ohio , the heart of the nation ' s largest amish population . the company was started in a garage by bill mullet more than 40 years ago and has grown into a nationally known manufacturer of high quality entry door systems , energy - efficient windows , super polymer vinyl siding and artfully - crafted , manufactured stone . provia has built a reputation in the building products industry for quality , old - world craftsmanship and personal care for customers , which extends to every part of our culture . the company has been through many changes to accommodate its growth , including expansions , acquisitions , and the implementation of state - of - the - art production equipment . the current headquarters , constructed in 1984 , underwent major renovation and expansions in 1993 , 2001 and 2005 and 2012 / 2013 .\na faith - based company , provia ' s leaders and employees are dedicated to serving customers and each other by caring for details in ways others won ' t . as the company moves forward , its people are unified under this common purpose : to let our light shine before others , so that they may see our good works and give glory to our father who is in heaven . - adapted from matthew 5 : 16\na chassis levelling valve from provia provides suspension control for vehicles fitted with air springs . it precisely modulates compressed air in the suspension bellows as a ratio of the vehicle\u2019s load . the chassis levelling valve ensures a constant ride height , charging the air suspension during loading and venting when unloading . it has been designed as a cost - effective alternative to oe components with no compromise on safety . available in a range of variants , it is designed for compatibility with a wide choice of oe systems .\nthis powerful visualization engine can be used by homeowners to design doors and windows or select from provia\u2019s wide variety of vinyl siding and manufactured stone options , view brochures , videos and photo galleries . advanced features enable provia dealers to obtain pricing , order products via entrylink and access installation guides . provia\u2019s exterior home design tool is a unique , portable and easy - to - use tool that supports the sales process . for best results , use with ipad air 2 or higher . app features \u2022 door selector \u2013 choose from four fiberglass and steel exterior door lines ( embarq\u2122 , signet\u00ae , heritage fiberglass\u2122 , legacy steel\u2122 ) and more than 30 door styles , plus a variety of stain and paint color choices and door glass options . \u2022 window selector \u2013 choose from five window lines ( aeris\u2122 wx1000 , endure , aspect and ecolite ) and many styles including bay windows , architectural windows , slider windows , casement windows and double hung windows , plus a multitude of glass options . \u2022 siding options \u2013 choose from 9 different vinyl siding types , including our # 1 recommended cedarmax\u2122 and # 1 best buy hearttech\u2122 , and 32 siding colors . \u2022 manufactured stone options - choose from eight different stone styles and a variety of colors . \u2022 browse videos , photo galleries and brochures . \u2022 access product installation guides . ( dealer edition ) \u2022 obtain product pricing . ( dealer edition ) \u2022 direct - connect product ordering to entrylink . ( dealer edition ) \u2022 once downloaded , this free app can be used without an internet connection .\nat provia , our top priority is serving and caring about others . we try to show that not only through the outstanding products , service and quality our customers have come to expect , but by caring for the smallest detail of our customers ' needs . in fact , we believe that so passionately our mission statement is ,\nto serve , by caring for details in ways others won ' t .\nbecause ' to serve ' is an active statement , it represents our relentless pursuit of looking for ways to put our mission into action .\nprovia ( and its sister film velvia , which tends to steal the limelight ) are the best colour films available , and possibly the best films that have ever been available . it shoots so easily with a well set - up camera , and the results are excellent . this is definitely a bit less saturated than velvia , and a little\nbluer\nin tone . however , that means it ' s ideal for taking shots that are slightly more\nrealistic\nor natural , rather than for pure art or landscape photography . if you ' re a veteran of velvia , provia is absolutely something you ought to try , at least once . if you ' ve never shot either , then this is perhaps the more\nforgiving\nof the two , especially with the slightly faster speeds on offer , and it ' s definitely easier to compensate underexposure when developing . i almost always keep a few rolls of both fuji slide films available , and this is definitely every bit as good as its more popular sibling , and perhaps even better for some applications . i honestly don ' t understand why it ' s not more popular , save for the fact that most of its ideal audience are possibly too attached to their dslrs to venture into\nserious\nfilm work , which is where this stock shines .\nremodeling your home\u2019s exterior is a big deal since the style and colors you select can create the look you\u2019ve always dreamed about .\nmanufactured stone , steel entry doors , vinyl siding and windows all provide good return on investment among mid - range priced home renovation projects .\nby providing you a way to look at typical model homes or your own home with new\nskin\n, we ' ve provided you with this home remodeling tool for design inspiration and to take away the guesswork and anxiety .\nour friendly customer service team is ready to help you with your questions about our exterior doors , replacement windows , vinyl siding and manufactured stone .\ndo you need help determining which door and glass styles best suite your home ? find out more here .\nour new cutting - edge embarq series of fiberglass doors pushes the envelope in energy efficiency , with the most energy - efficient door available in the u . s . our signature signet fiberglass entry doors deliver the most accurate representation of woodgrain , with door styles in cherry , mahogany , fir and oak , and seven stain colors per series . our heritage fiberglass doors offer the classic style of true woodgrain with the durability and security of fiberglass . and , our legacy steel exterior doors with 20 - gauge steel provide unparalleled security .\nbusiness pros , our friendly customer service team is ready to help you with your questions about our exterior doors , replacement windows , vinyl siding and manufactured stone .\nhours : m - f 8 : 00 a . m . to 6 : 30 p . m . est\nhours : m - f 7 : 30 a . m . to 4 : 30 p . m . cst\nhours : m - f 8 : 00 a . m . to 4 : 30 p . m . est\nall of our cladding is created with our super polymer formulation , making it incredibly strong . with 6 specific brands of vinyl siding from which you can select , budget and beauty go hand - in - hand .\ncedar peaks superior design and engineering provides proven dependability and performance . from its patented twister lock and cyclonic locking system , super polymer formulation , and low maintenance , cedar peaks is the choice of discriminating renovators and homeowners that want tried - and - true performance and classic architectural elegance .\nrecognized as the # 1 siding best buy by a leading consumer - focused publication , hearttech has also been our number one selling product for nearly 30 years . why ? because we\u2019ve engineered this . 044\nproduct to perform at its best utilizing our super polymer formulation coupled with optimum rigid structural design .\nthe long - lasting durability of . 042\nwillowbrook\u2122 super polymer siding means your home will keep its charm and value for years to come , with very little exterior maintenance required . along with its delicate cedar woodgrain finish , willowbrook is loaded with exceptional features and is backed by a lifetime limited warranty .\nthe authentic weathered look and rough - cut cedar - like texture of our 6 . 5\nseasoned shake is surprisingly realistic from the curb or the front door .\ntimberbay will not rot , split , shrink , absorb water or be destroyed by insects . and unlike wood shakes or ornamental rounds that must be stained or painted every 2 - 3 years , timberbay maintains its original look and finish for years and years .\nour rough sawn shake is beautifully authentic . with a 9\nstaggered , rough - cut face , it has a remarkably realistic weathered finish and an installer - friendly single course profile and is available in eight rich colors .\nour traditional siding has a universal matte impression and matt finish . our traditional siding is also wind tested to 192 * mph it also includes a lifetime limited warranty .\n* windload testing is based upon astm 5206 testing and the results are reported per astm 3679 section 5 . 11 .\nfor homeowners contemplating replacement of their home siding or a new home construction , material choice is a critical decision that can impact how one feels about their house for years to come .\nmost exterior walls have insulation in between the wall studs , but allow significant energy loss through the studs themselves , which are poor insulators .\nprofessionally designed palettes for your home ' s exterior . use these color suggestions to help you select harmonious color groupings for your home\u2019s exterior .\nour double hung windows are beautiful , functional and energy efficient . upper and lower sashes both open and tilt in for easy cleaning .\npicture windows provide abundant light , a spacious view , plus the benefits of home energy savings .\nbay and bow windows are constructed using your choice of picture , double hungs or casements .\nenergy - efficient home replacement windows will use less energy to stay warmer in the winter , cooler in the summer , and provide more comfort all year round .\nwhen you feel air moving through your windows you know you\u2019re not only wasting energy , you are losing hard - earned money .\nsome have said that our stone veneer is so realistic , you have to turn it over to see that it is manufactured . our stone siding looks and feels like the real thing because we handcraft each mold to capture every detail and depth of natural stone .\ndeep shadow lines combined with authentic coloring produce dramatic effects in all our manufactured stone products . to achieve this , we select natural stones from unique geographic regions for every master mold and use only raw pigments and oxides for rich color . additionally , instead of appearing only on the surface of stone faces , our colors permeate throughout the entire stone , giving each and every manufactured stone a realistic look with hues that last for years , even for exterior uses .\nledgestone ' s rough dimensional surface , jagged edges and varying surface area bring all the beauty and character of southeastern charm to this collection . dramatic shadows between the individual pieces change with the sun ' s position .\nstunningly realistic , our stone collections capture the essence of nature\u2019s handiwork in every stone produced . coming home never looked so good .\ntastes and trends change , but some things have enduring beauty that lasts for a lifetime . dry stack is a collection of carefully selected stone of varying thicknesses designed to fit together . this collection brings together an array of hues ranging from earthen grays and charcoals to golden browns , plums and misty corals to create a palette for every taste .\nfor a completely different look , dry stack can also be installed with various colors of grout .\ninspired by the original stones found in rivers and streams all across the country , river rock remains a popular choice .\nprecisionfit stone is designed with a contemporary look , lots of character , natural color and realistic texture .\nmanufactured stone ranks 2nd among home remodeling projects with a cost - value return of 97 . 1 % *\nwith traditional grouting methods , it is the grout that fills the voids between stones , helping to secure them in place and preventing rain or snow from penetrating the stonework .\nthe best exterior doors , replacement windows , manufactured stone and vinyl siding products are ones that the manufacturer is willing to warranty against material or building defects and failure with normal use .\nfill out the information below to register your door , windows , siding or stone . or contact us for more information .\nwabco websites use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience and provide you with services available on the website . to find out more about which cookies we use and how you can block them , please read our cookies policy . furthermore , we inform you that our customers and suppliers privacy statement has been updated on may 25th 2018 , please click here to read . more information\ncoupling heads enable the pneumatic connection between a truck and trailer . it connects two separate lines of supply and control , to prevent incorrect coupling .\ncoiled tubes are applied to pneumatic braking systems to provide a flexible connection between the towing vehicle and semi - trailer .\nrelay valves rapidly increase or decrease the pressure of compressed air and shorten the response and pressure build - up times in air braking systems . relay valves not only help to rapidly pressurize the brake cylinders , but also act as quick - release valves when the brakes are released .\ninside the pneumatic system , the air dryer cartridge is an important , safety - relevant component . installed between the compressor and reservoirs a cartridge is the first line of defense protecting a vehicle\u2019s air system .\npressure limiting valves help ensure system pressures are kept below a desired upper limit and maintain a set pressure in relevant parts of the circuit . most pneumatic systems are designed to operate within a preset pressure range . without controlling or limiting these forces , power components ( and expensive equipment ) could be damaged . the valves prevent the buildup of excessive pressure or vacuum which can unbalance the system . they are the safeguards which limit maximum pressure in a system by releasing it when it gets too high .\nthe clutch servo enables the driver to disengage and engage the clutch with minimum clutch pedal effort . the clutch servo is a pneumatically assisted hydraulic clutch - actuating device that enables sensitive and accurate actuation of the clutch in the vehicle .\nspring brake actuators consist of both a service and a parking chamber . the air pressure applied into the service chamber is converted into mechanical output force . the parking chamber provides the mechanical braking force to park the vehicle . in addition , a mechanical release arrangement is provided in the unit to release the parking brake after brake failure .\nair dryers are installed between the air compressor and the reservoir on commercial trucks and busses . they are designed to filter out humid air and other contaminants before they are able to reach the vehicle\u2019s downstream pneumatic systems .\ndiscover the benefits of a new budget brand that blends reliability with a solid delivery and service infrastructure .\nwe are committed to accelerating the use of personal cell and tissue therapies such as the use of mesenchymal stem cells ( mscs ) and regenerative medicine .\n. . . the global stem cell therapy market will reach $ 180 billion by 2030 .\nfacilities that are in good condition , equipment that is properly maintained and calibrated , employees who are qualified and fully trained , and processes that are reliable and reproducible , are a few examples of how cgmp requirements help to assure the safety and efficacy of drug products . \u201d\nthe implantation , transplantation , infusion , or transfer of human cells or tissue back into the individual from whom the tissue or cells are recovered .\ndental stem cells are solid tissue forming stem cells - raw materials for regenerative medicine .\nthe only dental stem cell banking option operating an fda - registered cgmp cell manufacturing facility .\ncell therapy research , pre - clinical testing , process development , cell isolation , culture , manufacturing and cryopreservation services for proof of concept studies , protocol development , validation , and trials .\nover 50 pharmaceutical , biotech and medical centers rely on proviasettes for their biobanks .\nmesenchymal stem cells ( mscs ) from dental pulp , adipose tissue , placental tissue , umbilical cord tissue , bone marrow , chorionic villi , and amniotic fluid .\northopedic surgeons , pain management and sports medicine clinics are commonly using a patient ' s own bone marrow for regenerative medicine applications .\nresolved crashing issue when using the camera feature . entry door handing will no longer be defaulted ; forcing the user to make a selection . minor bugfixes up - to - date with latest entrylink rules and data\nadded support for 2017 product program added an option in settings that allows pricing to be displayed automatically added a search box to the job manager added an\nexit current job\nbutton to the job manager - 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{"id": 53752, "summary": [{"text": "rising star games is an english video game publisher formed in 2004 as a joint business venture between scandinavian distributor bergsala and japanese video game publisher and content developer intergrow .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "the company is based in hitchin , hertfordshire , england , and in north america in california , united states .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "its focus was to publish titles from japanese companies for release in european , australian and north american markets however now has a wider range of products from developers all over the world .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "so far , the company has published over 105 titles for nintendo , playstation and xbox consoles , as well as pc .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "in late 2007 , the company was surrounded with controversy over what appeared to be its decision to censor the european version of no more heroes , though it was later revealed that the decision was made by its parent company and the developer grasshopper manufacture to release the censored version in europe unlike what was released in north america .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "in 2012 , rising star games announced the opening of rising star games usa , where north american releases will be published . ", "topic": 24}], "title": "rising star games", "paragraphs": ["search for a star and sumo digital rising star have now closed for 2018 registrations .\nrising star games will publish suda 51 and grasshopper manufacture ' s no more heroes in europe in february 2008 .\nthe ceo of rising star games , martin de vries , has responded to criticism levelled at the company following the announcement that forthcoming title no more heroes would differ in content to the us edition .\nsumo digital rising star is one of the industry\u2019s biggest games development challenges for students who are not yet in their final year of university . the series has students create their own games , art assets , animations or visual effects . students who make it to the final round will have a chance to win an interview with a leading games development studio for an internship !\ntwo hours after rising star commented , hayes responds in greater detail about the publisher\u2019s actions through poncho\u2019s development , saying that \u201crising star games have decided to take [ sic ] their dirty laundry out in public . this is the very thing we restrained ourselves from doing while writing the post - mortem , which we wrote for other developers in order to stop them from making the same mistakes we made . \u201d\nshortly after publication , hayes\u2019 post - mortem picked up traction on twitter with many developers discussing its contents . the publicity of the article led to rising star games posting a response in the comments of destructoid , where a summary of the post - mortem was being discussed :\nhayes then claims that rising star games has blocked delve from being able to complete its final milestone by not providing the studio with a playstation vita development kit . \u201ci knew , and they knew , that sales had been disappointing , \u201d hayes writes . \u201cit just wasn ' t worth it to [ rising star games ] anymore to give up some thousands for the vita version . so they blocked us . not officially , but by not allowing us a dev kit and not allowing [ port developer just add water ] to work on it anymore . \u201d\nin an extensive post - mortem submitted to gamasutra danny hayes describes the gruelling five - year development of parallax platformer poncho . he says that he and his two colleagues have yet to make \u201ca single penny from poncho \u201d and puts much of that failing on the game\u2019s publisher rising star games .\nlover of all games multiplayer , samuel\u2019s focus has been on mechanics and player interaction . @ spoonpartylive\nhayes admits to missing milestones , saying \u201cthis bump caused a ripple throughout development . \u201d he also says that he contacted rising star \u201cmany times\u201d asking for \u00a32 , 000 or more in advance to get back on track .\ndevelopment of the vita version of the game remained with delve and rising star says that \u201cthe first notice we have received that the ps vita version will not be completed by delve is in the post - mortem posting across the weekend . \u201d\nthe final milestone delve interactive and rising star games had agreed in the contract was that on completing the game and all its ports the final 20 % of the game\u2019s development funds would be released to the developer . as poncho\u2019s vita port remains uncompleted , delve has not fulfilled that final milestone and so has still not received the final 20 % of development funds .\n\u201cwe are desperately upset that \u201c poncho \u201d wasn\u2019t a hit product , \u201d rising star games says . \u201cwe funded and promoted at each turn \u2013 determined to give the game its best shot . it\u2019s what we do for many games from many partners . this one didn\u2019t work out . we got things wrong too but to suggest that rsg caused a series of \u201cevents\u201d that largely contributed to danny\u2019s parlous state ignores the repeated failings of the dev team to deliver on the promises and agreed work . \u201d\nanyone dealt a royal flush on any of these linked games that has made the optional $ 1 progressive wager wins 100 % of the progressive jackpot . it also offers all other players at the table an envy bonus of $ 1 , 000 when the royal flush is hit . even if you don\u2019t hit the royal flush , if you are at the table when it hits and have made the optional $ 1 progressive wager , you win $ 1 , 000 . play this exciting table games progressive at rising star casino !\nhayes then admits that while delve interactive negotiated \u201can \u2018on delivery\u2019 milestone system\u201d . the day after signing the contract he contacted rising star games asking for \u201ca small amount of start up funds\u201d . rising star said no to providing an advance and hayes told the publisher this would cause delays . \u201c now of course , it ' s my fault for not having this amended in the contract , but they could have easily paid a couple thousand in the beginning to ensure smooth development , \u201d hayes writes . \u201cas a result , we had to work part time immediately and take time off the game to be able to live , plus we couldn ' t pay anyone to work on the game . \u201d\nif you\u2019re a final year or masters student , please see our companion challenge series offering job interviews with leading studios : search for a star .\nthere is nothing more thrilling than sitting down with one of our friendly dealers and making that decision that pays you big ! no matter what your table game is , chances are you ' ll find your favorite at rising star casino . just look at the tremendous variety of games we have to offer including : blackjack , craps , roulette , mississippi stud , 21 + 3 , three card poker , crazy 4 poker , spanish 21 and let it ride * .\nafter negotiating through all our options , we landed on rising star games , mainly because they were in the same country and seemed to know what they were doing with indies . i also thought they seemed like nice people at the time . we got funded for slightly less than what we asked for in our kickstarter , but we were funded . we did have much higher offers , but turned them down since other publishers asked if they could change the game .\nrising star games is a publisher of next - generation video games across nintendo and sony gaming platforms . with decades of combined experience in video games publishing between us and a genuine passion for interactive entertainment , everyone in this small dedicated team wants to bring the very best titles from japan to the european market . rsg is now in its seventh staggeringly successful year of trading and has published more than 30 titles for wii , nintendo ds , sony playstation 2 and psp . our portfolio includes popular franchises and original intellectual gaming properties like harvest moon , no more heroes , bomberman and bubble bobble . rsg is set to bring more fantastic titles to europe in the coming months including : rune factory for ds and wii , harvest moon : island of happiness , populous for nintendo ds , little king ' s story for wii , r type tactics for psp and many more . . .\nwe want to prepare you for your future career ; that\u2019s why our challenge series has been split into components designed by industry experts to mirror a typical games industry recruitment process .\n\u201cthe piece from danny hayes calls into question our professional abilities and may impact upon our games publishing business \u2013 we\u2019d like to set the record straight or , at least , provide some sort of balance . \u201d\nthe competition consists of five categories which you can enter : games programming , 3d character art , 3d environment art , 3d animation , and vfx . each category has its own briefs and , where applicable , concept art donated by the industry .\nwe\u2019ve worked with leading studios all over the world to bring you this year\u2019s search for a star . our industry judges have created a number of briefs to challenge and test your skills , giving you the perfect opportunity to show these guys what you\u2019re capable of .\nsticking with finances , hayes said \u201cit literally only came down to that single miscommunication on the first milestone being an advance or not . we stipulated in the postmortem that \u00a322 , 500 was the absolute bare minimum we needed in order to successfully develop the game , based on how much we all needed to survive and still work full time . this is why we set that as our kickstarter goal . as well as the miscommunication surrounding the first milestone causing delays , 20 % of the funding we agreed on with rising star was set to be withheld until all development including ports had been completed , which means that we then had to deal with not being able to use 20 % of the agreed funding on the actual game . we tried to explain to rising star many times how little sense that made , but again , we couldn ' t reach an agreement . i don ' t think they realised that we literally had no funding except what they gave us , which turned out to be less than the bare minimum goal we had set for the kickstarter . since we didn ' t have enough to fulfil our plans , development was affected , but we pushed through and still released a game on multiple platforms , we ' d never take someone ' s money and run away with it . \u201d\nthe games industry is not unique in that you shouldn\u2019t negotiate a contract you can\u2019t meet . delve set up a deal with a company that stipulated it would only be paid on completing its first milestone , but it didn\u2019t have the development funds to do that work . delve asked for an advance on the first day after signing this contract . delve then proceeded to miss every deadline it had . it seems blinkered to blame the publisher for every problem in poncho\u2019s development .\nupdate : in a clarifying email , rsg ' s coo martin defries said\nto develop the ps vita version the developer doesn ' t actually need the dev kit to make the game \u2013 just to test it in a vita environment . so we use our kit to test the builds he sends to us \u2013 we make use of the same kit for other games we are working with . he had continued to make builds and send them to us . they were unsatisfactory . it appears he has now ceased to do that .\nwe ' ve detected that javascript is disabled in your browser . would you like to proceed to legacy twitter ?\nsit down for a chat with an old friend . doctor brom from # stickitgame is trying some new kinds of psychological treatments in # flippingdeath ! how does that make you feel ? urltoken\n1 . it looks insane ! 2 . i love management / crafting sims 3 . potatoes are fantastic and versatile\n# harvestmoon : light of hope special edition is now available to download from the @ nintendoeurope eshop ! blending together classic gameplay from 20 years of harvest moon history with modern gameplay innovations , there\u2019s something for everyone from veterans to new players . urltoken\nany brave adventurer exploring laetus grove may encounter some strange creatures roaming the old ancestor ruins . one look into those vacant eyes sends chills down one\u2019s spine . . . too many hits is enough to cost you your life ! @ decayoflogos - 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ready asset packet to industry briefs . you can check out what last year\u2019s winners created\noutstanding students will be invited to our finals day showcase event to demonstrate their skills and knowledge to a panel of industry experts .\nuk charts : jurassic world narrowly misses no . 1 as crash bandicoot holds firm\nno part of this site or its content may be reproduced without the permission of the copyright holder .\nwe have created a detective themed 2 - 4 player card - based board game inspired by cult sensation videogame deadly premonition , set in the mysterious town of greenvale , following the murder of anna graham .\nin deadly premonition : the board game you and your fellow detectives must take on the task of protecting the innocent , incriminating the guilty and work out who might not be who they say they are . with a hidden killer amongst the detectives , the race is on to identify a suspect as an accomplice in order track down the true killer .\nthe mechanics found in deadly premonition are unique and original concepts formed around our vision for the game . embark on competitive battles to manipulate your own board toward a victory condition , while simultaneously sabotaging your co - detectives . there is also a hidden identity element to shake things up and reward observation and intuition .\nyou have each been assigned a line - up of six townsfolk to investigate . your suspects begin in the \u201cincriminated\u201d row until you provide evidence that they should be presumed innocent . once all your suspects have been cleared of guilt and you have proven yourself to be a trusted detective , you can begin to go on the offence to identify which player is the hidden killer by extracting information from incriminated suspects on their board . correctly identifying an accomplice of the hidden killer wins you the game !\nour vision was to create a well - balanced , atmospheric game inspired by deadly premonition\u2019s delivery of big reveals , plot twists and consequential moments . check back here for a video about our vision and how we made the game , coming soon .\nthe project started out as just an idea between colleagues . with hopeful optimism we put together a proposal for swery , the man behind deadly premonition , and he loved the idea . on 3rd june 2015 we created our first prototype for\nincrimination\n, which became the skeleton that the following game was built upon\u2026 we hope you enjoy ! let\u2019s take a closer look at the mechanics .\nbefore the game starts , each player is dealt an alignment card which provides one of two outcomes : killer or agent .\neach player is randomly dealt six suspects which must all be placed in the lower \u201cincriminated\u201d row side by side . five evidence cards are dealt to each player .\nduring your turn you may use evidence to move one corresponding suspect on your board between the two rows . the colors signify whether the evidence is incriminating or if it proves innocence . you can also use these cards to attack other players ' boards , instigating an evidence battle .\nan evidence battle consists of two detectives going back and forth with counter evidence and action cards until there is a victor . the winner of an evidence battle wins two card draws , allowing them to gain an edge on card count .\naction cards hold unique and powerful effects . knowing when to use these cards and utilizing creative combinations can swing any case your way .\nin the town of greenvale , bad things happen when the weather changes . certain action cards have an optional weather - activating component which they can choose instead of the action\u2019s base effect . weather cards can be enormously powerful or underwhelming . choose the right time to take the risk .\nwhen it rains in greenvale , a red mist descends upon the town and the killer strikes . a suspect from the line - up of the current player is eliminated . although the tragic death of one of your suspects may be chilling , it also reduces the number of people under your jurisdiction putting you in a stronger position as an agent . of course , it also puts the killer one step closer to completing their goal . your intentions when playing with weather must remain known only to you .\nonce all you suspects are in the clear , exploit your position to expose other agents . use evidence cards to incriminate one of their suspects in the lower row , initiating an evidence battle . successfully incriminating someone from their line - up can result in two possible outcomes .\n1 ) . they are the killer . the accomplice you have arrested has pleaded with you and revealed who the real killer is\u2026 . it was the agent protecting them from further investigation ! the killer has been found and you as the successful detective claim victory .\n2 ) . they are not the killer . you arrest the accomplice that was sitting right under your fellow detective\u2019s nose . due to their incompetence , that detective is removed from the case . without the protection of the detective , their remaining suspects become vulnerable to the killer . every turn that passes over the removed detective\u2019s board , a dice is rolled and the corresponding suspect is removed , drawing closer to the killer\u2019s victory condition and adding a countdown to the game ' s duration .\nwe have recorded a time - lapse video of a match in action ! full length video with commentary also available here .\nbelow are the stretch goals that will be fulfilled if project exceeds our target funding . these additional features will be included in every version of deadly premonition the board game . there are many more to be revealed !\nas an rpg fanatic , daniel spends his time slaying ghouls and schooling fools . strengths include product management and game balancing . @ danosuper\nspecial thanks : jeff kramer , the original vo artist from deadly premonition for bringing york to life in our campaign video napoleon creative , for their exceptional work helping us create and refine the campaign video . find them @ nacr\na board game is a completely new type of venture for us , and the planning , research , prototyping , design and balancing stages of launching a product that\u2019s outside of our established expertise is a pretty vast undertaking . by using kickstarter we are able to seek out the fans and players , and propose our idea for a board game to them , before we go into full production . this in turn allows us to continue signing new videogame projects without impacting too heavily upon the resources required to continue fulfilling that passion . in addition we love the unique way that kickstarter enables us to approach a project differently , allowing our fans and backers more visibility and insight into how we operate , the opportunity to give feedback and make a real difference to the game , and accompanying us along the journey that we embark upon when we create and manufacture and ship a project we\u2019re massively excited about .\none special edition of deadly premonition ( limited availability ) and a steam key for the titular videogame .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html + rdfa 1 . 1 / / en\nour jackpot amount increases with every $ 1 progressive wager ( incremental increase ) that is placed on mississippi stud , crazy four poker and let it ride , three card poker has a separate jackpot and is not part of the larger jackpot amount . the jackpot amount decreases when straight flushes ( prize 10 % of jackpot ) are hit or royal flushes ( prize 100 % of the jackpot ) .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nlooking for a fresh start and some new surroundings , you set off on a voyage to begin your new life . unfortunately , . . .\ngrab your pickaxe and dig into the sequel to the award - winning steamworld dig ! a platform mining adventure forged in . . .\nwitness the rebirth of a genre in lumo \u2013 a classic isometric adventure with a modern twist that can be loved by . . .\n\u00a92018 advantage entertainment distribution limited . all copyrights and trademarks are the property of their respective owners . all rights reserved . company registration number 04472310 . home about us contact us privacy policy terms and conditions\nhowever , in describing poncho\u2019s development and his interactions with rsg , it looks like many of hayes\u2019 problems may have been of his own making . hayes was initially ambiguous about rsg\u2019s involvement in poncho\u2019s development , saying\nnow , this is where writing this gets tough . for legal reasons , there\u2019s a bunch of events here that we can\u2019t talk about . there would be massive repercussions if we do , and we\u2019ve been told as much . i would , however , suggest this to all you other developers out there : think very , very , very hard about whether or not getting a publisher is right for you .\nlater in the article hayes states that poncho\u2019s ports were taken away from his studio , delve interactive , and outsourced to another company .\nthe statement goes on to say rsg struck a deal with the studio to advance funds to the team as it completed development milestones \u201cproposed by delve\u201d . rsg also funded poncho\u2019s marketing , which included getting it on the show floor at events like rezzed and gamescom in 2015 . however rsg went on to say that :\n[ n ] ot one development milestone was achieved to schedule by the dev team . consequently , the game release was postponed . rsg kept spending . delve kept working but eventually communicated \u2018it\u2019s just too much for one person to handle\u2019 \u2013 the game would be many more months in development .\nas a result of these delays , rsg took the ps4 devkits from delve and hired another studio to handle the port .\nit is worth spelling out what this means , inasmuch as rsg has learned from the media that a game it had contracted and scheduled for release is now cancelled . rsg now has to inform the platform holder and distributors about this cancellation , after everyone\u2019s already read the news .\nrsg\u2019s statement ended with what , in the circumstances , is a restrained summary of poncho\u2019s development and their involvement . it is striking that delve , who ended up making a 2d platformer over five years , should attribute the game\u2019s lack of success almost entirely to a publisher that got involved at a relatively late stage .\n\u201cthey provided the following things for poncho : localisation , a trailer , taking the game to a few big game expos and doing interviews there , provided sony dev kits and sending out a few press releases as well as some social media posts . we agreed on funding poncho for \u00a325k , which we calculated as the bare minimum we needed , as long as we got a small amount in advance , as you may remember in the postmortem , i said that i had less than \u00a3100 personally at this time . \u201d\ni offered many reasonable terms , including still giving them a hefty percentage of the game as a divorce fee . their return offer was to threaten to sue us for hundreds of thousands of dollars and take control of the game if we attempted to go through with it . we were stuck . we were also told that we couldn ' t run a second kickstarter or look for funding elsewhere . it felt like we were being sabotaged by our own publisher .\nrsg didn\u2019t want to comment further than its statement on destructoid when i contacted them for this article .\ni also contacted hayes , asking if delve had given rsg any indication it didn\u2019t have the funds to complete the work for the first milestone before it signed the contract . hayes doesn\u2019t answer explicitly , repeating what was in the destructoid comment , saying \u201cour initial impression was that the first milestone would be paid in advance , and the milestone deadlines that we provided were based on a plan that depended on this . despite having already made a couple of amendments to the contract , we obviously made a mistake and missed a few things before signing since we then had to deal with the fact that we wouldn ' t be receiving funding for some time . \u201d\nhowever , while hayes puts all the blame of financial struggle on not getting an advance from his publisher , the fact is that if a publisher hadn\u2019t signed with delve then the team was out of cash . in hayes\u2019 post - mortem he says that he was down to his last \u00a3100 when rsg approached the team with a deal , having spent the last of his money and taken out a loan to exhibit the project at egx .\ndelve is returning to kickstarter for its next game : change . considering the financial trouble the team struggled with throughout poncho\u2019s development and its failings with sticking to its schedule , i also asked hayes why potential backers should trust that delve can deliver its next game .\n\u201cpotential backers can feel safe in knowing that we won ' t let them down , especially since development of change is already 80 % complete ; we learned from our\ndon ' t quit your day job\nlesson and have been developing it over the last year , \u201d hayes answered . \u201cthe funding from the kickstarter will be used on porting costs as well as an overhaul of the art and music . additionally , one of the backer rewards will be a download of the beta on the same day the kickstarter ends , and there will be a demo available publicly in the next month or so . because of this we hope people will have faith that change will be in their hands soon . \u201d\nit\u2019s certainly refreshing to know there will be a demo of the game available to try .\nit\u2019s a huge effort to take a personal project from conception to completion and i have the utmost respect for anyone who manages it . poncho is a testament to the rigour and dogged determination of its makers . but the game\u2019s development has mistakes which i don\u2019t think the post - mortem really comes to terms with .\nwhatever the truth behind this dispute , it serves as an object lesson for young developers . there is much to learn from hayes\u2019 post - mortem , but perhaps not in the way he thinks .\nclarification : hayes ' post - mortem was posted on gamasutra through its developer blog system and wasn ' t commissioned by gamasutra .\nupdate : a clarifying statement from rsg regarding how the publisher handles playstation vita development was added ."]}
{"id": 53767, "summary": [{"text": "lada is a brand of cars manufactured by the russian car manufacturer avtovaz based in tolyatti , samara oblast .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "\" lada \" was originally the export brand for models sold under the \" zhiguli \" name in the domestic soviet market after june 1970 .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "lada cars became popular in russia and eastern europe during the 1970s and 1980s , particularly in former eastern bloc countries .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "the lada logo depicts a shallow-draft river sailing ship ( a form of viking longship ) - a lad ' ya .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "lada made its name in western europe selling large volumes of the fiat 124-based vaz-2101 and its many derivatives as an economy car during the 1980s .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "the common lada sedan and estate , sometimes known as the \" classic \" in the west ( vaz 2104/2105/2107 were known as signet in canada , riva in the uk , and nova in germany ) , was based on the 1966 fiat 124 sedan .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "the keys to its success were : competitive price , reliability , simple diy-friendly mechanics and unpretentious functionality .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "the car was built under licence in several other countries .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "competitive pricing and ease of service made ladas common as police cars , taxis and a range of public service and civil defence vehicles in many parts of europe , africa and the caribbean .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "exported worldwide in the 1980s and 1990s , lada was a big foreign currency earner for the hard-pressed soviet union and was used in barter arrangements in some countries .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "for example , coca-cola traded its drinks in exchange for lada cars which were then shipped to the united kingdom and sold .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "over 60 % of production was exported , mainly to western countries ( the us was the only large market not to have imported ladas ) .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "besides the cis countries , such as ukraine , moldova , belarus , armenia , azerbaijan , kazakhstan , uzbekistan or turkmenistan , lada is currently represented in estonia , latvia , turkey , romania , bulgaria , serbia , macedonia , greece , bosnia herzegovina , the czech republic , slovakia , hungary , austria , germany , france , belgium , italy , switzerland , and lebanon .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "in most of these , the models marketed are mainly the niva , the kalina and the priora , with some also receiving the granta and the largus . ", "topic": 24}], "title": "lada", "paragraphs": ["interested in buying lada niva ? visit our lada niva showroom for more information .\nthere was remaining demand only for the lada niva ( sold in russia as the lada 4x4 ) and lada 117 stw ( lada kalina station wagon ) , however .\nselect a lada dealer in the list below or select a province containing a lada dealer .\nsorry , there are currently no lada ' s for sale . sell your lada now , place a free classified\nlada - egypt ( known as : lada ) is a private company operating within the automobiles & components sector focusing on automobile manufacturers . lada is based in cairo , egypt .\nlada owners . new tire on older lada rim . 175 / 80 / 16 . calls only 204 - 880 - 9800 thanks\nsorry , we don ' t have any reader rides for the lada samara . be the first to upload pictures of your lada samara\nin case if your lada is too noisy and viabrative , than you need to replace this rubber joint to fix the problem . genuine lada parts .\nmore recently , lada has struggled to meet eu environmental guidelines . the latest models sold in finland were the lada niva and 117 stw station wagon .\n\u201cearly next year we will resume exporting lada automobiles to sweden . we know that there is a market for these cars , as both buyers and sellers are already waiting on us . the lada kalina will likely be the least expensive car on the swedish market . the lada granta and possibly the lada largus will also be available , \u201d said peter jynnesj\u00f6 , representative of the company lada scandinavia .\nthis concours - grade lada survived the sand , salt and sun in cuba .\nigloo lsja790 : lada jamaica - wood checkout counter 0 . 79m wide | koolmax\nlada niva 1600 . no reg or rwc . cash on pick up only .\ngates v - belt alt fit lada bushman 1 . 7l 4cyl 96 - 97\n2011 lada niva 4x4 . start up , engine , and in depth tour .\n2012 lada vaz 2104 . start up , engine , and in depth tour .\n2017 lada 4x4 black edition . \u043e\u0431\u0437\u043e\u0440 ( \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u044c\u0435\u0440 , \u044d\u043a\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0440\u044c\u0435\u0440 , \u0434\u0432\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c ) .\nlada first started importing cars in 1979 . the first car to be imported into canada was the lada signet known in other parts of the world as the 2106 .\na test drive of the lada niva 4x4 m . english subtitles ( crawling titles )\n2015 lada niva 4x4 urban . start up , engine , and in depth tour .\n2 x mugs from chit lada station . part of the state railway of thailand .\n2016 lada niva urban 4x4 . start up , engine , and in depth tour .\ndo you love mangoes in a shake . try our simple to make mango lada recipe .\nspark plug set [ ngk ] - lada niva 1 . 6p ( 83 - 95 )\nauthor : mukhi , rahul . lada in london . format : paperback , 128 pages .\nlada - niva - gets - update - for - 37th - birthday - 80864 . html\njalan lada puteh , 26 , kimsia park , singapore , lada puteh , cavenagh road , scotts road , newton , central is located in singapore . its zip code is 228938 .\nlatent autoimmune diabetes in adults ( lada ) : a case series . - pubmed - ncbi\nlock in a great price for farmors lada \u2013 rated 8 . 5 by recent guests !\nlock in a great price for farmors lada - rated 8 . 5 by recent guests .\ntags : engine valve for lada samara 1 . 5 ( eng . 2108 ) | valves for lada samara 1 . 5 ( eng . 2108 ) | engine valves for internal combustion engines\nabout product and suppliers : urltoken offers 38 lada products . about 7 % of these are other auto parts , 5 % are auto starter , and 2 % are auto oil filter . a wide variety of lada options are available to you , there are 38 lada suppliers , mainly located in middle east . the top supplying country is turkey , which supply 100 % of lada respectively . lada products are most popular in domestic market , africa , and northern europe .\nlada canada imported cars from 1979 to 1998 . they were the cheapest car you could buy .\nin cuba soviet cars flood the streets , and lada cars in particular are the most popular .\nphra nang phaya - roon jid lada - 2535 b . e - 100 % genuine thai amulet\n1988 lada samara deluxe by brock double sided single page original australian sales . published july 1988 .\ngates v - belt drive belt - alt fit lada niva 1 . 6l 4cyl 1983 - 1995\ngates v - belt alt v - belt fit lada sable 1 . 5l 4cyl 88 - 96\ngates v - belt alt v - belt fit lada cevaro 1 . 3l 4cyl 88 - 96\ngates v - belt alt v - belt fit lada volante 1 . 5l 4cyl 88 - 96\nlada niva 4x4 gpl . un fuoristrada 4x4 duro e puro , oggi anche suv - crossover .\nlada casavacanze accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival .\nlock in a great price for sa perda lada \u2013 rated 9 . 1 by recent guests !\nfarmors lada accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival .\nplusieurs pi\u00e8ces de lada niva 1 . 6 et de lada samara 1 . 3 . j ' aurais aussi quelques autres pi\u00e8ces . juste \u00e0 me demander . faut que \u00e7a parte ! i have a couple of lada parts for niva 1 . 6 and for samara 1 . 3 . . . .\noffering incredible value , reliability , unparalleled off - road performance and commitment - lada delivers . . .\nlada niva 4wd 1600 . no reserve . no rego or rwc . cash on pick up only .\nfull details of the 2014 lada niva urban will be revealed at the moscow auto show in august .\nlada casavacanze is located in terni and features studios with a fully equipped kitchenette and a shared terrace .\nsa perda lada accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival .\nsmoking and the risk of lada : results from a swedish population - based case - control study .\nlooking for running lada niva . doesn ' t have to be perfect , but should be drivable . thanks\ngates drive belt fit lada cevaro 1 . 3l 4cyl 1988 - 96 , alt . micro v - belt\ngates drive belt fit lada samara 1 . 3l 4cyl 1988 - 96 , alt . micro v - belt\ngates drive belt for lada cevaro 1 . 3l 4cyl 1988 - 96 , alt . micro v - belt\ndon ' t miss this : farmors lada was booked once on our site in the last 12 hours .\nplusieurs pi\u00e8ces de lada niva 1 . 6 \u00e0 carburateur et de lada samara 1 . 3 \u00e0 carburateur . les pi\u00e8ces disponibles sont sur les photos . j ' aurais aussi quelques autres pi\u00e8ces . juste \u00e0 me demander .\nreports this week suggest that lada\u2019s parent company , autovaz , is finally looking to move the \u2018darling of the field\u2019 ( russian translation for lada niva ) to a new and more modern platform , for launch in 2018 .\nin exchange , new zealand imported clunky and outdated lada cars through an agency set up by the dairy board .\n\u201cthe lada will never die ( in cuba ) , \u201d he said , \u201cit has become a classic . \u201d\nmichelin offer a large range of lada tyres for your model , simply input your lada model information and michelin will guide you to the best tyres to fit your vehicle and performance needs . enter your vehicle information into the tyre selector at the top of the page or select your lada model below to see the tyres available from michelin .\ndon ' t miss this : farmors lada was booked 1 time on our site in the last 12 hours .\nmmotors \u00ae : lada laika gorbachev do virg\u00edlio . . . . . quem sabe a mmotors ter\u00e1 um na cole\u00e7\u00e3o !\nlada niva 1989 selling no room unregistered but it can be easily registered bout 170 . 000ks $ 4 . 500 sal\ndelta , which had been importing lada autos since 1971 , will continue to service the russian - made vehicles . between 1970 and 1980 , more than 10 , 000 lada vehicles were registered in the country , outselling all other makes .\nlocated in fluminimaggiore , 8 miles from iglesias , sa perda lada features a restaurant and free wifi throughout the property .\nrussian car - maker autovaz has announced that it will stop production of its lada 2107 model , better known in britain as the lada riva , after more than 40 years . in this gallery we remember some of the jokes it inspired .\nour results suggest that low birthweight may be a risk factor for lada of the same strength as for type 2 diabetes . these findings support lada , despite its autoimmune component , having an aetiology that includes factors related to type 2 diabetes .\nplease note that farmors lada has no reception . please contact the property in advance for further details . please let farmors lada know your expected arrival time in advance . you can use the special requests box when booking or contact the property .\nlada do brasil - real estate - r . manoel beckmann 70 , osasco - sp , brazil - phone number - yelp\nlada 2105 . 2a kennaugh st , oakleigh east . jays models . are available from . pick - up ' s .\nthe days of one of the world ' s most iconic motoring brands , the lada , are numbered in finland . the once - popular car is no longer being imported . the 70s and 80s were the boxy lada\u2019s golden age in finland .\nsmoking and the risk of lada : results from a swedish population - based case - control study . - pubmed - ncbi\n\u201cthey are changing ( our ladas for geelys ) but i don\u2019t think the chinese cars will be as resistant as the lada , \u201d said a police officer leaning against his white lada patrol car along havana\u2019s sea wall . \u201conly time will tell . \u201d\nlooking for a lada niva , doesn ' t have to be in perfect shape , but preferably in running order . thanks !\nlow birthweight is associated with an increased risk of lada and type 2 diabetes : results from a swedish case - control study .\ntwo weeks ago we bought a lada and put our stickers all over it . now i\u2019m about to tell you why . it\u2026\nsystem , which meant that a certain sum needs to be paid after 10 years should car owners wish to continue driving their cars , lada had virtually no market and pulled out quickly . there are few , if any lada cars left , on singapore roads .\nlada ray is a linguist & former financial consultant with smith barney . born in russia , lada lived and traveled to nearly 30 countries on most continents . she is the internationally certified feng shui master and author of 3 novels + multiple novelettes ; most notably , top - rated metaphysical thriller the earth shifter & bestselling thriller gold train ( accidental spy russia adventure ) . lada has extensively written re . russia , world cultures , geopolitics , empire collapse , feng shui and consciousness . she is known for her accurate predictions . lada ' s blogs : futuristrendcast - geopolitics and predictions . lada ray blog - books , writing , world cultures . we are presently working on expanding lada ray youtube channel to include lada ' s original geopolitical analysis and far - reaching global predictions , as well as her mystical futurism . the world is going through a massive tectonic shift of consciousness on all levels and in all aspects of life . make sure you are prepared ! subscribe !\ni have a bunch of lada accessories which i want to sell because i don ' t know if and when i will own the next lada . so , i ' ve got : - 4 side bottom chrome moldings and a set of plastic clips to attach . . .\neveryone\u2019s favourite pioneering russian suv , the lada niva , turns 40 years old this year - making it just about ready for an update .\nthe wooden furnished rooms at farmors lada all include a desk , seating area and bathroom with a shower . one features a private patio .\ntough cars . tame prices ,\nread a vintage lada ad . the soviet - made lada was the real gem of finland ' s trade agreement with its eastern neighbour . it wasn ' t fancy , but few other cars were as warm in winter 40 years ago .\nqualities that had always been associated with lada . the car ' s plastic front grille was also a point of contention , as it was often seen to be ugly and cheap - looking ; many were replaced with aftermarket grilles , even by lada dealers themselves before the cars were sold .\nit seemed like our lada just didn\u2019t like crossing borders . 450 miles into the caucasian challenge , we were looking at a hard sunday evening .\nsmoking is an established risk factor for type 2 diabetes . in contrast , it has been proposed that smoking may reduce the risk of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults ( lada ) , but studies are scarce . we aimed to study the impact of smoking on lada and type 2 diabetes risks .\nin this large population of lada patients , we did not observe a protective effect of smoking on autoimmunity and the risk of lada . a protective effect could possibly be masked by a smoking - induced aggravation of insulin resistance , akin to the diabetogenic effect seen in individuals with type 2 diabetes .\nlow birthweight is associated with an increased risk of lada and type 2 diabetes : results from a swedish case - control study . - pubmed - ncbi\nlets hope that no importer , particularly ateco get the opportunity to relaunch lada . ateco have a history of launching some of the worst vehicles ever made into this country ! great wall , chery , foton , lada ? ? ? ? ? ? . all of these vehicles should be abandoned & forgotten !\npena and dozens of other lada die - hards gather every month in lenin park on the outskirts of havana to talk about and show off their cars .\nmy opnion of lada is if you can ' t work on it yourself you may find that you are paying someone else to do so too often .\nthe lada debuted in finland in 1971 . in its heyday , 10 , 000 ladas were registered in finland every year before being overtaken by western brands .\nniva 1 . 6 carburettor petrol ( swb 3dr hard or soft top83 - 95 , w / 21212 4cyl engine ) . lada model . \u2022 lada ( yes , ladaniva ! ) . you ' ve landed in the right place . direct deposit we are happy to assist you with any enquiries you may have .\nlater on in the mid 80 ' s lada started importing the ever famous niva the compact 4x4 that is still sold brand new today in europe and russia .\nrussia has talked about building a lada plant in cuba to sell cars throughout latin america , but the project has been put on hold by the global recession .\nof course this had some background ; the dairy board had been selling soviet lada cars in new zealand , in exchange for butter which russians were crazy about .\nthe contact person for action lada in finland is dr cinzia sarti : tel . + 358 ( 0 ) 9 1912 7555 email : cinzia . sarti @ urltoken\nwe are here to serve you . if you ready to take advantage of our expertise , network of connections and benefits , great deals and complimentary offers call lada travel\nthank you for writing . with great interest i read all the information about your lada . your experiences with you lada are like so many millions of other lada owners in that the power train is pretty much indestructible and the repairs are for all the other components . i can fully understand your attachment to your lada and your desire to keep it . it was also with great interest that i read about the new zealand regulation not allowing a person to buy a new car unless it is paid for with funds from overseas . i am guessing that their logic behind this was that new zealand money would not be used for the purchase of expensive import items .\nlada sport performed a three - day test in which all drivers for the russian team drove an upgraded version of the vesta wtcc at the algarve circuit in portugal .\nwe used data from the epidemiological study of risk factors for lada and type 2 diabetes ( estrid ) , a swedish population - based study . eligible for the analysis were 134 incident lada cases ( glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody [ gada ] positive ) , 350 incident type 2 diabetes cases ( gada negative ) and 603 randomly selected controls . we present ors and 95 % cis for lada and type 2 diabetes in relation to birthweight , adjusted for sex , age , bmi and family history of diabetes .\nfor full analysis i strongly recommend my original report : brazil color revolution : corruption , dilma , lula , zika , rio olympics and brics . lada ray report & predictions\nthe ' new ' ladas that you bought in canada in the 80 ' s were 20 year old fiats . the skoda was a sports car compared to the lada .\nthe porsche designed engine helped the lada down the quarter mile at 19 . 2 seconds . brock himself devised a few subtle suspension tweaks to improve the cars low speed ride .\nlada sold cars ( i ' m assuming from peoples backyards ) until 1998 when it could no longer compete with the low cost cars from korea and finally pulled the plug .\navtovaz is one of the largest car manufacturers in europe , capable of producing around 800 , 000 cars and car kits a year for lada , renault , nissan , and datsun . since 1970 , the factory has produced more than 28 million lada vehicles . avtovaz produces cars for the mass market in the price range of 289 , 000 to 500 , 000 rubles . in both 2013 and 2014 , lada vehicles won the grand prize of the magazine za rulem ( behind the wheel ) in the category \u201cbest car for regional use . \u201d\nour aim was to investigate the association between birthweight and latent autoimmune diabetes in adults ( lada ) , a common diabetes form with features of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes .\nonce we crossed the armenian border , it didn\u2019t get any better . most of their asphalt roads were worse than a dirt road full of potholes . but the lada soldiered on .\nhello , i am china ' s auto trading company , i would like to know about lada niva , 2085965280 @ urltoken is my mailbox , i hope you can contact me .\nabsent from the canadian landscape since 1998 , lada has modernised itself over time and now offers up - to - date products . or relatively up to date . now under control of the renault - nissan alliance with a stake of 50 . 01 % , lada - avtovaz is still the largest automobile manufacturer in russia , and is now preparing to expand its worldwide presence .\nurltoken 647 - 6378700 universal oxygen o2 sensor ox60005 for european and other vehicles : alpi audi bmw daewoo lada ferrari ford land rover mazda mercedes opel porsche renault saab seat skoda . . .\n1era salida del club lada costa rica ( parte 2 ) por la zona de cach\u00ed ( cartago , cr ) . agradecemos a los samurai , cherokee y montero que nos acompa\u00f1aron . urltoken\nhavana ( reuters ) - after three decades as the favored car of cuban nomenklatura , the austere , russian - built lada has spotted a chinese rival in its rear - view mirror .\nbut the no - frills lada , based on the fiat fia . mi 124 from the 1960s , has become a cult object in cuba for both its utility and its enduring presence .\nthere are those who doubt that the new geelys , flashier but not imbued with the lada\u2019s image of tank - like solidity , will last as long on cuba\u2019s pot - holed streets .\n\u201cwe conducted a marketing [ study ] , and we know that there is certainly a niche for these cars on the local market , \u201d said the spokesperson . \u201cthe potential buyers and sellers are already waiting for us . lada kalina will probably be the cheapest car in the swedish market . also we plan so supply the local market with lada granta and maybe largus . \u201d\nlanguage and literacy for english language learners grades 3 - 8 nelson in canada assessment handbook language and literacy for english language learners authors : lada kratky , deborah j . short , . . .\na cuban policeman stands by a russian - built lada patrol car on havana ' s seafront\nel malecon\nboulevard , in this september 23 , 2009 file photo . reuters / desmond boylan\nsome have covered their dashboards with precious woods , installed powerful engines with souped - up carburetors or even reinvented the original soviet design by welding together two cars to build an improbable lada limo .\non friday , soviet - era volgas and a rusty 1970s lada station wagon were the main attractions at a vintage car auction held in salla , a northern town 12 miles from the border .\nplease inform lada casavacanze of your expected arrival time in advance . you can use the special requests box when booking , or contact the property directly using the contact details provided in your confirmation .\ni used to ride in my aunt ' s beige lada wagon ( not sure of the model ) when i was a kid . . . its an experience that i never forget . . .\nplease inform sa perda lada of your expected arrival time in advance . you can use the special requests box when booking , or contact the property directly using the contact details provided in your confirmation .\ni found one for sale that looked solid enough to qualify as a candidate . it wasn\u2019t cheap , and the seller wasn\u2019t going to give me a better price . she was a proper lada fan who replaced the aftermarket steering wheel with the old - school thin black plastic one and even put on the original hubcaps to complete the looks . she only sold it to buy a lada 1500 .\nduring an interview for the russian media , lada ceo vladimir aprilfirstov announced that the automaker was planning to invade the north - american market in 2019 , starting with canada and particularly quebec . \u201cwho doesn\u2019t remember lada in canada ? no one , even after all these years . it\u2019s a market that loves small , affordable cars , and it\u2019s now time to get back into the hearts of canadians . \u201d\ni was talking with my old man today when he told me something i never new about . lada ' s where sold new here in canada from 1979 up until 1998 . i ' m old enough to remember 1998 very vividly and the only lada i ever remember seeing in canada is the lada niva and i tough it was something that someone imported straight from russia ( or back then the u . s . s . r . ) . i was born in 1985 and being a car guy from a very young age you would think i would know this . so i decided to do some digging .\none of the most famous model was the niva , a compact 4\u00d74 . the niva still exist and sells mainly in europe and in russia . it just doesn\u2019t use the model name anymore . it is a 4\u00d74 . lada sold an average of 12 , 000 units per year in canada . those that remember lada do mainly remember that model . many would be surprised that it still has fans in canada .\nthis was only the starting point of the caucasian challenge , but having covered 850 miles already without any major issues made it cross my mind that all this could be done with a 1982 lada 1200 after all .\nwe bought a 1988 lada station wagon for our roadtrip to east cape of new zealand . amazing car , amazing country , great time . . . camera : i - phone 4s , cutting with sony vegas 11 .\na daily breakfast is served in the caf\u00e9 , which also sells coffee and homemade pastries during the day , as well as secondhand items . guests can relax in farmors lada\u2019s surrounding garden with outdoor furniture and bbq facilities .\n[ full disclosure and editor\u2019s note : a year ago , jalopnik writer m\u00e1t\u00e9 petr\u00e1ny convinced his bosses , against their better judgment , to let him spend a bunch of gawker media\u2019s money to buy an old lada and run in the caucasian challenge . the organizers of the challenge wanted jalopnik to try it with a lada so badly that they waived the entry fee , and got us a few hotel rooms free of charge along the way as well .\ni nearly brought this lada samara in the early 90 ' s . it has 2 - door & 4 - door version . that time bland new cost 33k . another competitor is skoda rapid . it a 2 - door coupe . the engine if i rem correctly is at the back of the car . same like now , majority safe bet is jap car so end up still brought a jap car . my colleage brought lada during that time .\nafter all ties were cut from holden , brock became involved in the importation and even the modification of the lada samara . a cheap soviet built hatchback a world away from the high performance v8 powered commodores he was famous for .\n\u201ci do not think it will be easy to displace the lada , \u201d said david pena , a 39 - year old mechanic who recently founded cuba\u2019s russian automobile club . \u201cfor us this car is like a family member . \u201d\na daily breakfast is served in the caf\u00e9 , which also sells coffee and homemade pastries during the day , as well as second - hand items . guests can relax in farmors lada\u2019s surrounding garden with outdoor furniture and bbq facilities .\nbal\u00e1zs , a former colleague of mine , served as our mechanical expert . he studied engineering and had a lada samara as his first car , so he knew more about how to fix our car than roland and i combined .\nthe lada priora subcompact sedan is also equipped with a 1 . 6 - litre engine , this one developing as much as 106 hp . its combined city / highway fuel economy is rated at a low 6 . 9 l / 100 km . \u201cthe rear bumper of the lada priora became more stylish and functional . its lower part , which gets muddy and dented fast , is pulp colored black , and its upper part is still the color of the cabin . \u201d\nwe drove almost all the way through turkey flat out on the highway , and the lada was perfectly fine . then , just as we hit the mountains for the first time , we ran into some issues with the engine overheating .\nhot water pressure washer 3500 psi 4 . 5 gpm - $ 4000 motivated to sell make an offer 1 - lada hot water pressure washer 1 - 3500 psi cold water machine many feet of pressure hose many wands / lances . . .\ni still find it strange that i have never once seen a dealership or any other cars other than the occasional niva . i ' m originally from a small hick town in southern new - brunswick where everybody went nuts for very cheap cars . i grew up around hyundai pony ' s but no lada ' s ? i ' m even surprised we did not own a lada in our family as my dad is extremely cheap and this would of been right up his alley .\n\u201canyone can fix it with just a piece of wire , \u201d said carlos , a veteran mechanic in havana . \u201cif you ask a cuban he will tell you he does not want to exchange his lada for anything in the world . \u201d\ndoes anyone have experience with the lada niva ? it is a small jeep type 4x4 from a russian automaker . i ' m considering purchasing a 2001 or 2002 and will head up to the mountains probably next month to pick one up .\nthe diabetes and genetic epidemiology unit ( digy ) , which forms part of the department of epidemiology and health promotion ( eteo ) at the national public health institute ( ktl ) acts as the action lada co - ordination centre for finland .\ni had my lada\u2019s rear plate in my backpack and its registration in my pocket as reminders of what i\u2019ve just done , and i knew that that still won\u2019t be enough to get me off the hook on this side of the map .\ni had 2 lada nivas . image this . . . . south stradbroke island qld a lada niva tows a mercedes benz 4wd off the beach . . . ha ha ha it happened . the pictures were published in a 4wd mag as well . best fun cars i ever had , lock the diff and climb the side off a mountain , out climbed many mainstream 4wds without any mods done . yeah as lada owners we all heard the read window heater joke . but they never cost me and i have a great pic towing a trailer with a 7 meter palm tree in it fronds going over car all the way to bonnet . bring them back to oz i say . i ' d buy one in a heartbeat .\nthis blog and its content is copyright of lada ray , author ( unless otherwise noted ) . all rights reserved . quotations & wp reblogs are permitted with linkback & clear credit to author & source . reposts & reprints : please see contact .\nyou are buying 1 x gates drive belt 4pk700 lada cevaro 1 . 3l 4 cyl . 1988 - 96 , alt . micro v - belt . gates stretch fit belts may look like standard v - ribbed belts but inside they are dramatically different .\nyou are buying 1 x gates drive belt 4pk700 lada samara 1 . 3l 4 cyl . 1988 - 96 , alt . micro v - belt . gates stretch fit belts may look like standard v - ribbed belts but inside they are dramatically different .\nyou are buying 1 x gates drive belt 4pk700 for lada cevaro 1 . 3l 4 cyl . 1988 - 96 , alt . micro v - belt . gates stretch fit belts may look like standard v - ribbed belts but inside they are dramatically different .\nthe soviet union took cuba under its wing in 1961 , two years after fidel castro rose to power in a 1959 revolution , and until its implosion in 1991 showered the communist - led island with billions of dollars in subsidies and goods , including the lada .\nunlike their compatriots kimi raikkonen and tommi makinen - - known for impressive race and rally car driving on international circuits - - members of the finnish lada club are happy merely to prove their vintage soviet - made relics still have power . the box - shaped lada , the finnish everyman ' s car of the 1970s , is enjoying a cult revival in the country . dozens of enthusiastic members gathered this weekend in kangasala , some 160 km ( 99 miles ) northwest of helsinki , to race and admire each other ' s ladas and share a nostalgia for simpler days .\nthey are cheap to maintain and pleasant to drive and i like its look . i can fix them , and repair costs are reasonable , because it ' s easy and cheap to buy parts . these are the main points about them ,\nsaid lada club member juha laaksonen . the lada was once the most popular car in finland because of its low price and consistently appeared in the top 10 list of new car registrations between 1972 and 1996 . lada enthusiasts also swear the automobiles are still great in cold weather - - a huge asset for a car whose mid - century looks were modelled on the fiat 124 .\ni think this one looks appealing . it ' s warm and it starts in all weather conditions ,\nanother enthusiast , mikko holopainen , said . sales dropped off after a peak in 1988 as finland ' s economy turned increasingly westward following the collapse of the soviet union . imports ended last year , and the once - ubiquitous cars are now rarely seen on finnish streets .\ni bought my first lada ten years ago , just because i needed a car to go from place a to place b , and a couple of months later there was a first meeting , and i was going , me and my wife went there and we liked the club and so it caught on ,\nsaid lada club chairman jarno pajari . a well - maintained lada is estimated to fetch more than 2 , 000 euros ( $ 2 , 600 ) on the second - hand market , but none of the members in the club are ready to sell theirs . they say their love for the car is about more than money . lada clubs exist across europe , including in hungary , uk , estonia , netherlands and , of course , russia .\nfor now , a sales and service network hasn\u2019t yet been confirmed . however , two options are open to lada , either to share showroom floor space in nissan dealerships , or in mitsubishi dealers , now that the renault - nissan alliance is a 34 % shareholder .\nselling lada niva 1600 nice project . i was going to work on it but simply do not have a time . the car is 1993 . runs and drives , needs some cosmetic face lift . $ 1700 i will remove ad if car is no . . .\nlada niva 21213 . the car is 1996 . 1700 injector engine . runs and drives . with sunroof , nice alloy bwa wheels with new tires . great off - road car to have some fun with . $ 5000 . i will remove add if car . . .\nthis is the new niva , sure changed a lot , hopefully better quality now that it ' s a joint venture with chevy . did you know that the original niva is still sold today ! this is a new lada concept . . . hehe , sure looks different\nposted on september 1 , 2016 , in books , eurasia , eurasian union , geopolitical trends , latin america , usa / eu / west and tagged armenia color revolution , author lada ray , brazil , brazil color revolution , caucasus , dilma rousseff impeachment , donetsk , dnr ( dpr ) , earth shift report , esr the crimea factor , eurasia , eurasian union , lada ray predictions , michel temer , ngo , people in need , russia , soros , subversive activity , ukaid , ukraine , us , usaid . bookmark the permalink . 2 comments .\nthe lada 4\u00d74 still lives on in certain markets including the home market in russia and germany . it is available in two body styles and four trims . the niva has been given a selection of improvements . but it still very the same . it even smells the same .\nall models hardtop , cabriolet or ute 1983 to 1998 cabriolet wanted . . . cossack , black russian , toro , bushman , gl , beaut ute particularly wanting a lada niva cabriolet complete preferred licensed or unlicensed email , phone or sms tell me what you got and see if we can do a deal cash buyer i also sell a large range of new and used lada niva parts , both genuine and non genuine and can post to anywhere in australia at buyers cost . also sell new parts for gaz , uaz , kamaz , zil , mtz p\nremember the lada niva ? though it departed the australian market in 1998 , the rugged soviet - era off - roader is still kicking around in russia and parts of europe , and it ' s set to get a mild update for 2014 - its 37th year of production .\nbut lada owners need not worry - - delta has promised to continue providing maintenance services for these cars , which are often the butt of jokes for their rudimentary style . but that ' s not to say that some don ' t wax nostalgic about this cold war staple .\ntemple : wat phra nang phaya - phitsanulok . the front shows phra nang phaya . info : ' roon jid lada ' . year : 2535 b . e . this amulet includes afree stainless steel case , ready to wear . the amulet includes the original box from the temple .\n* this is not a for sale add * hey there , i ' m looking to purchase a lada niva . i ' d like to buy a running and driving roadworthy niva . i ' m not looking for someone ' s abandoned mud bog project , or a . . .\nafter 1997 the samara was mostly sold in its homeland only , although it was still sold in some foreign markets with less strict emissions regulations . the last samara rolled off the production line in 2004 , ending 20 years of production . an upmarket version for the european market , the lada\nthe exhaust started to get louder once again as we were approaching yerevan , some 3 , 300 miles added to the lada\u2019s odometer and finally on a highway you could call decent . we managed to fix that after parking the car on a concrete ramp by the side of the road .\n- lada delivers through proven rugged durability , and is built to withstand off - road punishment with high ground clearance and heavy duty stiff coil springs , front and rear with long suspension travel . performance - the newly re - designed niva comes with a powerful 1 . 7 litre fuel injected system provided by general motors which when combined with a new interior package and a re - designed rear door configuration makes it even more versatile . lada commits - to your satisfaction by offering a 36 month / 60 , 000 km . limited warranty and a 24 hour emergency roadside assistance program .\nfram ph7328 oil filter for volvo 740 / 760 / 780 / 940 / 960 / s90 / v90 , volvo penta and lada 3 available , $ 5 each if you can read this then it is still available . please note : the item is sold on\nfirst come . . .\nluckily for us , unlike hungarians , bulgarians are allowed to work on sundays , which meant that after following some very helpful gentlemen to a nearby village , we ended up in a garage where they had actual tools for figuring out what was wrong . and they liked our lada a lot .\ngetting through the turkish border at 2 a . m . with a lada packed full of our stuff and a stalin sticker on its back wasn\u2019t what you would call a walk in the park , but after they\u2019re done playing with us , we got through and arrived to istanbul by sunrise .\ngeneral motors began making the niva in russia in 2002 , then added the viva in 2004 and lada still makes the original niva ( a potentially confusing market ) . hey , gm is trying to sell it ' s last hummers really cheap ! you won ' t need roads with that . haha\nlada scandinavia has existed for about 30 years , but recently imports from russia have dwindled down to about 30 cars a year , according to tass . the fact that the head of bo andersson , head of avtovaz , is himself a swede certainly contributed to the return of the brand to sweden .\navtovaz is launching production of lada - badged cars in egypt this year with local assembler al amal . the russian carmaker will deliver 1 , 500 semi - knockdown ( skd ) kits to the country in 2015 , though the plant has capacity for annual production of 9 , 000 on one shift .\ni\u2019m not sure at what point did i give up , but as we got tired of getting the same answer everywhere in russian , it became clear that we\u2019ll have to abandon out beloved lada somewhere near the airport , with the extra oil and parts in the back that she never asked for .\nthe samara was produced in various three , four and five door designs with engine displacements of 1 . 1 , 1 . 3 and 1 . 5 litre petrol engines . lada had hoped that the samara would enable it to compete for sales in the mainstream western car market - how wrong they were .\nfinnish customs officials put more than 100 soviet - era cars on the auction block after they were left behind by asylum seekers . the volgas fetched prices up to \u20ac640 ( \u00a3535 ) and the lada estate car , with now - rare circular headlights , was picked up by a finnish collector for \u20ac280 .\nlow birthweight increased the risk of lada as well as the risk of type 2 diabetes ; or per kg reduction was estimated as 1 . 52 ( 95 % ci 1 . 12 , 2 . 08 ) and 1 . 58 ( 1 . 23 , 2 . 04 ) , respectively . the or for participants weighing < 3 kg compared with \u22654 kg at birth was estimated as 2 . 38 ( 1 . 23 , 4 . 60 ) for lada and 2 . 37 ( 1 . 37 , 4 . 10 ) for type 2 diabetes . a combination of low birthweight ( < 3 kg ) and current overweight ( bmi \u2265 25 ) further augmented the risk : lada , or 3 . 26 ( 1 . 69 , 6 . 29 ) ; and type 2 diabetes , or 39 . 93 ( 19 . 27 , 82 . 71 ) . family history of diabetes had little impact on these estimates .\nfor those who get permission , a new , basic lada can be bought for the equivalent of about $ 5 , 000 u . s . a black market exists , where the purchaser buys the car for about three times the normal price , but it remains registered in the name of the original owner .\ni love the look of the lada niva and there seem to be a lot of them around . there are also a gazillion reputable mechanics who are top notch , in ec and very reasonably priced . therefore a used vehicle seems the way to go . a new vehicle might get cosmetically wrecked within five minutes .\navtovaz ( vaz stands for volga automobile plant ) is situated in the city of tolyatti , in the samara region of russia . beginning in the early 1970s , it sold lada brand automobiles to cuba , a vehicle patterned after the fiat family cars . hundreds of those old ladas can still be seen on cuban roads .\nisuzu bellet 1964 - 1971 f & r . lada niva 4x4 1 . 6l 1983 - 1993 f & r ( most - but not all ) . fiat 124 , 125 , 131 , 132 1967 - 1982 f & r . fiat 130 1972 - 1976 f & r ( tailshaft - not half shafts ) .\ni guess the most remarkable thing was that once we hit some clean tarmac again , the lada became silent again immediately . there were no new alarming sounds coming from the bottom , nor sing of any other damage whatsoever . our ancient car acted basically like a tank , with much more comfort and better fuel economy .\nthe lada signet was powered by a rwd 75hp 1500cc 4 cylinder . the signet had quite the slogan\nat $ 4 , 998 no other car in canada comes with so much and sells for so little .\nthat ' s right ! at the time the signet was the cheapest car you could buy in canada .\n11a0940 gates v - belt alt . fit lada niva 1 . 6l 4 cyl . ( qld dealer : buddy club , tein , 5 - zigen , k - sport , project mu , nismo , haltech ) . this v drive belt by gates provides excellent reliability and will perform to your car manufacturer ' s original specifications .\njamaica is home to a magnificent landscape of rolling mountains lined by endless white\u2013sand\u2013beaches , covered by lush foliage and crisscrossed by streaming rivers and cascading waterfalls . it is also home to some of the most luxurious resorts in the world , featured here on lada travel . browse our select group of jamaica resorts for your most unforgettable vacation or honeymoon travel .\nthere are a lot of reasons why it had do go down like this . one of them is that i started our journey without ever believing our old lada could make it more than 3 , 500 miles on a brutal drive from budapest to the armenian capital of yerevan . i couldn\u2019t have been more wrong\u2014but it still never got to go home .\nmeanwhile our lada was getting ready packed with new parts and a disabled thermostat , i ordered a set of new tires to end up with a car that cost twice as much as i originally intended , but at least looked promising enough to cross a border . i threw a few tools in the trunk and went to pick up my two companions .\ndriving on pretty much the wheel is not what i wanted to try in istanbul\u2019s busy center , but luckily enough , we managed to get to the city\u2019s car shop street , and soon found a guy who had inner tubes for a 13 - inch lada tire . these cheerful gentlemen fell in love with our surprisingly rust - free zhiguli as well .\n- lada offers the lowest priced permanent 4x4 sport utility vehicle and delivers by including standard features usually found in more expensive models . the front brakes of our niva have dual circuits to each front wheel disc brake , which are equipped with three piston calipers , and rear brakes with a load sensitive design , providing outstanding braking and reliability for extreme driving conditions .\nwhen the pavement ends , the lada niva se is the most affordable and worth 4x4 sport utility vehicle on the market . the new italian designed styling kit enhances the sport utility image . the niva se outperforms the competition in off road ability and enables you to find your own space with style and at a cost many thousands of dollars below the competition .\n\u201cevery year , the influx of tourists increases . cars for this industry are needed and lada would like to be a player in this growing market , \u201d said marat gabitov , director of ivekta , distributor in cuba of avtovaz vehicles . ivekta will be responsible for the warranty and post - warranty service of the russian cars and the supply of spare parts .\nin the uk , the samara achieved only small market penetration . the market sector in which lada had always served many buyers preferred to stay with the riva . the whole idea behind the introduction of the samara is that it would make sales to a wider clientele ( those who wanted up - to - date technology ) , and this it failed to do .\njust a prize to lada enthusiast or tools collector . the ruler line needs to be placed on top of camshaft and , then put camshaft to a 0 degree position and start with number 6 and 8 , than turn the crank on 180 degree which will turn camshaft on 90 degree and adjust 4 and 7 and so on until camshaft makes a full turn .\nonce in yerevan , we were all smiles thinking this was all the maintenance our 33 - year - old lada needed in order to drive 3 , 500 miles from budapest , through roads that made it stall in first gear . three adults with two large bags at high altitudes in a 60 horsepower car . talk about pushing it over the limit . . .\nhere in canada we tend to laugh at them . there is such a wide selection of vehicles in n . america that the perception is that lada is junk , but it is cheap . i watched our local lada dealer open and close again because no one wanted them . n . americans have better roads and spend more time on highways and less time on treacherous dirt roads , so the niva does not fit the need well . the opposite may be true in ec . my personal perception is that , with the right tires , they are decent off - road because of their short wheel base , but prone to a myriad of minor but irritating break - downs . you should confirm how easy it is to find new and used parts ."]}
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", "topic": 32}], "title": "snow business ( company )", "paragraphs": ["darcey crownshaw launches snow business . the company invents the first eco - friendly artificial snow , made from recycled paper\nin 1997 a third snow business company , snow business deutschland was conceived . it took two years to work through all the german legislation and company law . trading started in 1999 and the german film community have made snow business deutschland very welcome with trading exceeding all our expectations .\nstaff from snow business celebrating the year ' s success . the company is the world ' s biggest supplier of snow for hollywood films\nsnow business international ltd . free business summary taken from official companies house information . free alerts . registered as 03188135\nsnow business hollywood is a special - effects company that makes camera - ready snow . here , roland hathaway , an owner , talks about his star turns .\nsnow business also works on advertisements and live events . pictured is a mercedes advertisement\nsnow business can give any event a touch of magic using our huge range of artificial snow and winter effects .\na well - known company in stroud supplied the snow for the seventh star wars film .\n\u2018snowcel artificial snow\u2019 quickly emerged as the main product line and a range of artificial snow was developed and refined . a new company , snow business , was incorporated with the sole aim of supplying \u2018snow and winter effects\u2019 to the motion picture industry .\nsnow business , which is based in ebley , is a world leader in snow and winter effects and provided the snow in the highly anticipated new movie .\nthe innovative company has over 200 different types of snow at its snow mill including a wide range of ash , soot and burnt effects .\nthe company quickly earned the trust and respect of people within the motion picture industry and was welcomed into the bectu in the 1980\u2019s . snow became an obsession for david whose aim was to make snow business the world leader for snow and winter effects .\ndarcey crownshaw ' s company snow business , which he founded 31 years ago , specialises in delivering more than 300 varieties of snow - both real and artificial - for the world ' s biggest film and tv productions .\nwith advanced searching , free company accounts and comprehensive credit reports across 11 countries , company check is the uk ' s most used online business data provider , delivering 107 million reports to over 22 million visitors in 2017 alone .\ntoday , snow business offers more than 200 types of artificial snow and ice to its international customers \u2013 from light frosts , to fluffy , settled snow , to falling snow , to icicles , and seemingly every variation in between .\nin 1996 snow business expanded its operations by incorporating in the usa establishing offices in los angeles and south carolina . with an ever - expanding workforce , year 2000 saw the company become a signatory to iatse ( branch 44 ) . snow business can now supply fully unionised facilities to all american filmmakers .\nthe largest area over which artificial snow fell continuously measured 12 , 462 . 78 m\u00b2 ( 134 , 148 ft\u00b2 ) , and was achieved by snow business international ( gloucestershire , uk ) over bond street , london , uk to celebrate switching on the street ' s christmas lights , on 23 november 2006 . * * please make sure that it is listed as : ' snow business international ' and not snow business ( uk ) as this is a different company . * *\nit\u2019s a glamorous roster and one far removed from the company\u2019s genesis in 1983 , when crownshaw was working for a paper products business and seized on an opportunity .\ndirector is the magazine for business leaders . free to iod members and available to purchase through subscription , each edition is full of insightful interviews with entrepreneurs and company directors\nthe harry potter series of films also utilised snow business . pictured in a scene from harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban\nsnow business is constantly researching , testing , and developing new snow materials and equipment . we test and evaluated every variety of snow and every type of snow machine we ever encounter , then we meet the manufacturers in order to refine and customise their wares for our specific use . this ongoing development completed with the backing of product manufacturers , is what keeps snow business ahead of all of its rivals\nsnow business is the world leader in the supply of artificial snow for motion pictures . although it is the largest company of its kind in the world it actually offers its services via a series of small units each employing local full time staff , this allows the service to be very \u2018one to one\u2019 i . e . \u2018personal\u2019 . the company\u2019s open management structure means your telephone call may as easily be answered by the president of the company as by any other employee .\nthe firm\u2019s relationship with eon productions , the company behind the bond franchise , began in 1994 \u2013 when snow business created snowy runway scenes for goldeneye \u2013 and has continued with contributions to several subsequent movies , including current release spectre .\nbut the biggest barrier to early growth in the industry was getting his fledging company\u2019s name and products known and trusted . the solution , crownshaw says , can apply to anyone in business :\nsnow business is truly internationally and is able to provide snow anywhere in the world . with an impressive number of friendly world - wide contacts the company can draw on local knowledge and expertise , something that is essential when large budget movies have so much money invested and so little time to produce .\nsnow business hollywood 21318 hart st . canoga park , ca 91303 tel : + 818 . 884 . 3009 fax : 818 . 884 . 3110 email : snowbusinesshollywood\nthe company signs its first james bond contract , for goldeneye . it would go on to supply snow for all but one of the subsequent films , up to the present day\nthe advertisements supplied by our carefully selected sponsors enable us to host and support the company data we share with our free members .\nas the range of products became ever more widely used on locations , the company designed and supplied equipment for laying the materials more quickly over ever - larger areas . later , as the equipment and materials became more sophisticated , the company supplied specialist technicians to operate and supervise contracts .\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 company check ltd ( 04905417 ) registered office : caspian point one , pierhead street , cardiff , cf10 4dq , united kingdom .\nwith film work now making up only 20 per cent of the company\u2019s business and a diverse range of other revenue streams \u2013 including shop window displays ( one telecoms giant paid $ 1m , or \u00a3650 , 000 , for such a project ) , events and global product retail \u2013 underpinning the growth of snow business , crownshaw has much else to focus on . but he admits that the big - and small - screen projects have still provided the biggest thrills so far :\n' we ' ve got over 300 different types of artificial snow . or you can make real snow , that ' s kind of a little bit bigger and whiter . even when we make real snow - even now , it ' s just one kind of snow but we can make it in different varieties .\ntoday , snow business operates in 28 countries , turning over \u00a35m and employing 35 people in the uk . its list of movie credits includes batman begins , bridget jones\u2019s diary , gladiator , notting hill and paddington .\nsimply enter your email address below and we will send you an email when the company files any documents or there is a change to their credit report .\na crew from the black arts company travelled with british forces and their families to bulgaria . film now in post - production and on this site soon .\nhis innovations in snow that is suitable for massive film crews and fictional situations has made his company hollywood ' s first port of call for winter creations when the on screen temperature drops and they can ' t wait on the weather .\n\u2018snow business systems\u2019 are supplied to many countries through a growing network of fully trained agents . we currently have agents in the czech republic , hungary , canada , new zealand , spain , belgium , holland , denmark and portugal .\nhowever the 31 years spent perfecting the different types of snow were not always easy .\nin year 2000 snow business opened its \u2018international sales\u2019 department , headed by rebecca binns . this department is currently based in the uk and is dedicated to offering the best possible service anywhere in the world through its international links and contacts .\n\u201cin my first full year i turned over \u00a3980 . \u201d but he remained convinced of the potential and willing to take risks to grow the business .\nwhat is your artificial snow made of ? actually , we have 168 different products that we can use . primarily , the stuff that we use the most is paper snow .\nimpressive snow & winter effects for major films and iconic television shows for over 30 years .\nsnow business is involved on a winter film set somewhere in the world , every single working day of the year . the experience this gives , coupled with our range of over 140 types of snow , frost and ice materials , allows us to offer the most competent advice and supply the best winter effect for any scene , anywhere in the world .\nwith production credits that include hollywood blockbusters such as gladiator and gangs of new york , to much - loved british tv series such as coronation street , a small gloucestershire business has celebrated another year as the world ' s most sought - after expert in fake snow .\nyou may not have heard of darcey crownshaw before , but you\u2019ve certainly seen his snow . the entrepreneur \u2013 whose special effects company operates from a 1730s water mill in stroud , gloucestershire \u2013 has created artificial wintry scenes for everything from coronation street to winter olympic games opening ceremonies and high - street shop window displays :\nwhich is your proudest accomplishment ? \u201cwonder boys . \u201d all the snow in that movie is all fake .\nfrom being intensively hands - on with day - to - day operations ( \u201cbecause i was still making every decision , i was strangling the company and this is a typical thing of small businesses that grow\u201d ) , crownshaw has taken a step back : \u201cwhen i started i worked 80 hours a week , and i\u2019ve only just stopped dreaming about snow \u2013 all my nightmares were about snow not being ready on time , \u201d he laughs .\nthe artificial snow is created from ingredients such as paper , wood pulp , starch , polymer and biodegradable plastic , while real snow can be customised to appear , for example , as light snowflakes , or a thick and heavy downfall .\nafter that first chance encounter , the next three years saw a wider range of cellulose based products being supplied to the special effects industry . these included \u2018moondust\u2019 , \u2018spray lawn\u2019 , \u2018spray foliage\u2019 , \u2018spray jungle\u2019 , \u2018wash - away soot\u2019 , \u2018sandblast - free sand\u2019 , and the first 100 % biodegradable , eco - friendly , purpose made \u2018artificial snow\u2019 for motion pictures . this product \u2018snowcel \u2013 full size \u2013 cellulose based snow\u2019 was first used in neil jordan\u2019s motion picture \u2018company of wolves\u2019 .\nwhichever road \u0003crownshaw goes down in the years ahead , you can be certain the forecast will be for plenty of snow .\n' we have to understand what the customer expects and then you have to deliver . when a director says\ni want snow\n, you have to start a conversation and say :\nwell , what snow do you need ?\n'\nand what of the company\u2019s work on the latest bond movie , spectre ? \u201cwe created fake snow that matched in with real snow , \u201d he explains . \u201cby the time everyone\u2019s rehearsed , it doesn\u2019t really look like you\u2019re the first man ever to climb that mountain . so we had to go in and match the real snow perfectly . when you\u2019re on mountains , things don\u2019t tend to biodegrade because it\u2019s just like putting it in the freezer \u2013 and if you\u2019re in a location that does thaw the last thing they want is a load of paper and plastic left behind \u2013 so we used snows that biodegrade with ultraviolet light . \u201d\nthe technology does have its downsides . unlike the snowflakes that kindergartners cut from construction paper , artificial snow doesn\u2019t have lacy dendrites . as a result , individual flakes pack together more tightly \u2014 better for racing , worse for powder - skiers . one acre of snow , one foot deep , can cost up to $ 2 , 000 , and it depletes water resources and devours energy . but it has also become the insurance policy that keeps ski resorts , with their sophisticated lifts and posh lodges , in business . \u201cif you don\u2019t have snow on the slopes , \u201d bender says , \u201cyou don\u2019t have anything . \u201d\n\u00a9copyright 2001 - 2018 . this site is part of newsquest ' s audited local newspaper network . a gannett company . newsquest media ( southern ) ltd , loudwater mill , station road , high wycombe , buckinghamshire . hp10 9ty | 1350 | registered in england & wales\n\u201cif you see snow on telly this christmas , it\u2019s ours . if you see a snowy scene in an advert in a magazine , it\u2019s ours , and if you\u2019re on a plane travelling somewhere and you watch four movies with snow in them , that\u2019s ours too , \u201d he chuckles .\nwhat are the advantages of using artificial snow on a film set ? you can control it . also , you\u2019re never dealing with the cold weather .\nhe has even used snow that has a tinge of yellow - so it didn ' t make a white fridge being advertised appear off - coloured .\ndirector\u2019s editor spent nine years interviewing tv and film stars for sky before joining the iod in 2011 and turning the microphone on britain\u2019s business leaders . since then he\u2019s grilled everyone from boris to branson and , away from work , maintains an unhealthy obsession with lower league football .\n\u201ci come into the office one day a week now , but i have an office at home . i\u2019m always working , always looking at what\u2019s coming next , analysing our pay equality , looking at what we\u2019ve got in our portfolio that\u2019s not quite as eco - friendly as it could be and asking \u2018how can we replace that ? \u2019 getting your head out of the day - to - day running of the business , you can get into the long - term objectives . a certain detachment does help you to see the business in a better way .\nsetting up an office in hollywood in 1999 was a landmark moment for snow business , but operating in the us has not been as smooth as crownshaw expected : \u201cit\u2019s a real eye - opener \u2013 we speak the same language so you think setting up will be a lot easier than somewhere like the czech republic , but it\u2019s the most difficult place i\u2019ve ever worked\u2026 the culture is different , the taxation system works on a totally different premise .\nwhen darcey crownshaw first made artificial snow for films , his annual turnover was just \u00a3980 . today his gloucestershire firm turns over \u00a35m and produces over 200 types of snow for projects ranging from shop window displays and the winter olympic games , to the new james bond film spectre . here he talks innovation , global growth and taking a step back\nthe day after tomorrow movie ( pictured ) was particularly challenging because of the sheer scale of snow required for the production . the film depicts earth during an apocalyptic climate event\na week spent in fake artificial snow was not going to make cast and crew sick , nor turn to slush due to hundreds of people tramping over it days on end .\n\u201clisten to what people say they need and show them you can respond . because then people think \u2018this guy listens to what i tell him , i\u2019ll give him a go\u2019 . for example , when we did snow for the muppets , our snow was too big because muppets are much smaller than real people , so we had to invent a much smaller snow , which isn\u2019t as easy as it sounds . but when they say \u2018come back with something smaller\u2019 and you do come back with something smaller , they say \u2018ok , great\u2019 and it goes from there . \u201d\na movie special effects expert got in touch , looking for someone to supply an alternative to the messy , eco - unfriendly salt and polystyrene - based materials he was using to double for snow . \u201che suggested there was a lot of money to be made in this and that i really ought to go into it full time , \u201d recalls crownshaw , whose solution was a snow made from recycled paper .\nbut by the 1980s , it was already enhancing the expansion of winter resort business . \u201cfor us it was essential right from day 1 , \u201d says bob wheaton , president of utah\u2019s deer valley resort , which opened in 1981 . ( the resort currently employs 40 people to make snow . ) now ski slopes sport multimillion - dollar snowmaking facilities , with arrays of $ 30 , 000 automated snow guns fed by miles - long networks of underground water and compressed - air pipes . unlike the early guns , the nozzles are often mounted dozens of feet into the air , giving the water droplets more time to freeze as they float to the ground . dirt particles , called nucleators , are thrown into the mix too . \u201cyou can take pure water down to minus - 40 and not freeze it , \u201d says joe vanderkelen , president of smi snowmakers , one of the nation\u2019s largest purveyors . \u201cbut if you drop a fleck of dust in it\u201d \u2014 which helps form a hexagonal array \u2014 \u201cit will freeze . \u201d\nwhat are the major milestones in this industry ? there are some pictures that we found from \u201950s movie sets , where people were actually just shoveling asbestos into a fan . in the early \u201980s , paper snow started to be used , and it solved all the environmental issues .\n' other snows might sparkle when the camera goes close to it . other snows might be really white so it goes slushy on the paths when cars drive through . others bulk up so you have three feet ( deep ) snow a man can fight his way through . '\n\u201calso , one of the useful things the government does now , through ukti , is offer training and support to help companies move into global markets . for a membership fee , we were able to approach china at a lower cost as they offered grants . you can also host meetings at a british embassy with your prospects , and receive guidance on business protocols in the country you\u2019re going into . the expertise is out there and you can access it very cost effectively . \u201d\n' normally on a movie set we ' ll be using seven different types of snow to achieve what the director wants . some will be very white in the background while snows in the foreground will be much better looking close up and will be durable so the actors leave footprints when they walk .\nbefore humans conquered snowmaking , ski resorts relied on the vagaries of old man winter . he was not always forthcoming . so in the dry connecticut chill of 1949 - 1950 , walter schoenknecht , the owner of the mohawk mountain ski resort , took matters into his own hands . \u201che trucked in 700 tons of ice , \u201d recalled arthur hunt , a forefather of artificial snow , in a retrospective in ski area management magazine . schoenknecht subsequently \u201chad it chopped up and spread over a single slope . \u201d it was the first known use of fake snow on a ski slope . it also helped spark an idea . one monday that march , hunt\u2019s colleague wayne pierce came up with a shrewder plan . he figured that a drop of water , propelled through below - freezing air , would turn into a snowflake , hunt recalled . along with dave richey , their partner in a ski factory , they slapped together a spray - gun nozzle , a 10 - horsepower compressor and a garden hose into something of a d . i . y . snow gun . they experimented with it all night . \u201cby morning , \u201d hunt wrote , \u201cwe had a 20 - inch pile of snow over a diameter of 20 feet . \u201d the contraption was later used at mohawk mountain .\n' things like the day after tomorrow - that was quite a challenge - just the scale of the snow . then you get things like maleficent , when they wanted really amazing ice shapes and special features , so again that ' s a challenge . when we did the muppets movies , we ' d never worked with actors six inches high before .\nthe length measured 903 . 1 m ( 2 , 963 ft ) , the width at the narrowest point 13 . 8 m ( 45 ft 3 in ) . in total , 40 machines used 200 litres ( 352 pints ; 422 us pints ) of fluid to produce the effect . the snow was eco - friendly , melted on impact with the ground and was made from seaweed .\nfake snow took a while to stick . through the \u201970s , the initial product , icy and blue , was considered something of a nuclear option . \u201cit started out as a couple of bad winters here and there and , \u2018oh , my god , we have to have snowmaking in case we have another bad winter , \u201d says curtis bender , a retired professor of ski - area operations at colorado mountain college .\nall records listed on our website are current and up - to - date . for a full list of record titles , please use our record application search . ( you will be need to register / login for access )\nwe use cookies on this website . by using this site , you agree that we may store and access cookies on your device .\nurltoken no longer supports internet explorer 9 or earlier . please upgrade your browser .\nfrom the new york times . you may opt - out at any time .\nyou agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for the new york times ' s products and services .\nhow long does it last ? as long as you don\u2019t have any bad weather , it\u2019ll hold for a few weeks .\njust recently we\u2019ve done a few weddings , some car shows and also a lot of shop windows . we\u2019ve also done a few parties in hollywood , which are , you know , a little on the flamboyant side .\nwe\u2019re interested in your feedback on this page . tell us what you think .\naccessibility concerns ? email us at accessibility @ urltoken . we would love to hear from you .\nour wide range of products accommodates all of the common challenges faced by visual merchandisers .\n\u201ci invited the manager from the midland bank to my house for coffee , impressed upon him i had a house , and asked if he could lend me some money . i promised i\u2019d get money from doing a film and pay him back in six months .\n\u201ceach time i won a film , the next one seemed a little bit bigger , so i\u2019d invite him back and he\u2019d lend me more money and it just grew on borrowed bank money . those were the days when bank managers had customer relations \u2013 true personal banking . \u201d\n\u201cyou\u2019d build something and suddenly you\u2019d lose it , because the us film industry goes into decline around every five years , \u201d he says . \u201cbut i managed to expand internationally \u2013 if i went to do a job in the czech republic i\u2019d leave equipment out there and set up a distributor , then i\u2019d go to moscow and set someone up there and copenhagen and so on . \u201d\n\u201cthe advice we read from the dti [ now bis ] was that , if you set up in america you will get sued , so you need to make sure the us division is a totally different entity to the uk division \u2013 otherwise when one goes down it\u2019ll bring the other down .\n\u201cwe\u2019ve found that the best way to work internationally is with local partners , \u201d he continues . \u201cit\u2019s obviously slightly more risky because you\u2019ve got to take on people that you perhaps don\u2019t know too well \u2013 but you just structure it so that , win or lose , you come out alright .\nmaterials used include papers , foams , waxes and ash , and their method of application ranges from easy layering by hand , to dispersal by dazzlingly sophisticated machines .\n\u201call the plastic bags we use for packaging are made out of vegetable and return to vegetable \u2013 no petro - chem in them at all , \u201d he says . \u201cthat has opened doors for us with people like greenpeace , the body shop and john lewis . \u201d\n\u201cthere were two jobs that stood out , one was goldeneye and the other was doctor who . being on doctor who was just mind - blowing because i\u2019d always watched it as a kid .\n\u201c goldeneye was great , it was shot at leavesden aerodrome \u2013 just being there when that tank hurtled past at full speed , literally a car length behind the vehicle it was chasing , it was incredible , \u201d he says .\n\u201cyou have to have one eye on the now and realise that\u2019s what is bringing in the bread and butter \u2013 but also give yourself the space to understand what\u2019s coming up in five years\u2019 time . where do you need to be ? 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'\nwe ' re doing it all wrong ! the fastest way to board a . . .\n' was it avoiding a ufo or did the pilot sneeze ? ' : mysterious . . .\nlake district ' s ' atlantis ' revealed : a village drowned . . .\n' some machines mix nitrogen with water that atomizes with compressed air and that we ' ll shoot out like what you see on the ski slopes .\n' there were mistakes , there was trial and error and there were alleyways . we ' ve had the whole gambit . we ' ve invested lots and lots of money on things that have come to absolutely nothing then we ' ve invested in something that came to be the best thing ever .\nbottleneck of 700 , 000 migrants wait in libya to cross the . . .\n' prostitutes , orgies , group sex - all of it ' : ex - wife of . . .\nsydney tower skywalk was ' shut down due to unsafe winds ' . . .\nalive ! four thai boys who made it out of cave in daring . . .\n' this is no sell - out ' : theresa may insists she has chosen . . .\npolice find the body of a missing four - month - old boy near . . .\ngunman blasts car driven by woman , 51 , three times as she . . .\n' we only knew each other between action and cut ' : robin . . .\n' we know where you live ' : angry protesters confront mitch . . .\nstar wars : the force awakens is to be released in cinemas today with the first of 20 viewings at stroud ' s vue cinema 11 . 45am .\nstar wars vii has also proven to have had an impact on the tourism in the region . confirmation that it was partly shot in the forest of dean has sparked an interest in holidaymakers heading for the area .\nholiday letting specialist , urltoken reports increases of 145 percent in bookings to the area for 2015 since the announcement and in the lead up to the film\u2019s release .\nthis website and associated newspapers adhere to the independent press standards organisation ' s editors ' code of practice . if you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion , then please contact the editor here . if you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can contact ipso here"]}
{"id": 53800, "summary": [{"text": "the social registry is a record label based in brooklyn , new york that was started in 2003 .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "it was voted \" best new record label \" in the village voice 's best of new york issue in 2004 . ", "topic": 33}], "title": "the social registry", "paragraphs": ["at present , the single registry links programs in the social assistance component of social protection . going forward , linkage to other components of social protection will be sought such as social security and health insurances .\nthe goal of establishing the single registry mis is to provide accurate and analytical reports on the performance of the social protection sector . the objectives of the program are as follows :\nas part of efforts to address this challenge , the social protection secretariat ( sps ) has developed a single registry system for the social protection programmes as part of the implementation of national social protection policy and the vision 2030 . the objective of this system is to consolidate information from the different management information systems ( mis ) for the sp programmes that are currently operated independently by different departments and ministries .\nsuicide squeeze records temporary residence ltd . the social registry tomlab touch and go records tri angle records trouble in mind underwater peoples unified field collective unseen worlds we are free western vinyl winspear\nthe registration , renewal and transfer of address for the commercial registry and for operators of gaming activities .\nthe registration , update , renewal and cancellation due to changes in address , of the unified offeror registry .\ncitizen oversight associations registry ( applicable only when registering or signing - up ) .\nto provide a single platform where common and essential information across social protection programmes are stored , analyzed and reported for the benefit of the stakeholders .\nprovide the physical address of your studio or creative business only if wish to have it published on the creative registry .\nvsa florida showcases artists with disabilities through our artist registry . all art forms are represented including visual art , performing art , and literary work . artist registry members receive :\nprovide the name of your studio or business as you would like it listed on the creative registry . artists ' name is acceptable .\nthe single registry is a web portal that allows anyone with internet access to gather key statistics regarding the programs that are linked . authorized users , such as the implementing officers can gain access to the restricted area which provides more information on beneficiaries of the cash transfer programs that are linked . click here to access the single registry .\nopen to all hiv + artists . the artist + registry gives artists living with hiv an online venue to share their work and reach new audiences . artist members can apply for material grants . the artist + registry also honors the work of hiv + artists who are no longer with us .\nyou must fill out the single cover ( 2 pages ) and annexes that are relevant to your type of request : natural person , legal entity , business establishment or proponent . download the instructions to fill out the rues form ( spanish version ) in order to fill out the rues form . expand information on the unified commercial and social registry ( rues ) by referring to resolution 60222 of 2012 .\nhelps in the elimination of fraud by ensuring that beneficiary details are verified electronically against the 30 million national population registry ( iprs ) database . this ensures that the programmes pay only genuine beneficiaries .\nthe artist + registry is the largest database of works by artists with hiv / aids . it offers a unique resource to inspire and educate the public . visual aids assists artists with hiv / aids , while preserving a visual record of their work and helping them reach new audiences . the artist + registry is open to all hiv + artists .\nwhile the listing will be very basic , the registry will present a unified local arts community and offer a go - to resource for information about the area\u2019s creative community . we will encourage you to provide information for your listing that will help steer aim\u2019s website and social media users to you in ways you find most convenient or productive for your artwork or creative business . we will provide clickthrough links to artists\u2019 websites , blogs , social media pages , etc . if you prefer more direct contact with the public through studio visits , emails , or calls , you will be able to specify that in your listing .\nthe registry is a free service . click here for an application . for more information , please contact sandra sroka , adult program coordinator , at srokas . vsafl @ urltoken or 813 . 974 . 0721 .\nsocial protection in kenya has experienced significant growth in the past few years ; this includes the exponential growth in the number of beneficiaries households covered to the current over 1 . 5 million in 2018 from all the counties . this growth , however , has been plagued by a number of challenges . the main challenge has been fragmentation and lack of coherent coordination mechanisms , which results in missed opportunities for ensuring efficiency of the investments made . consequently , duplication of effort and parallel implementation structures do not optimize the limited capacity or support a coherent approach to capacity building across the sector .\nthe system currently has information from the following programmes : cash transfer for orphans and vulnerable children ( ct - ovc ) , older persons cash transfer programme ( opct ) , persons with severe disability cash transfer ( pwsd - ct ) \u2013 which are under the ministry of labour and east african affairs ; hunger safety net programme ( hsnp ) \u2013 under the national drought management authority and the world food program ( wfp ) cash for assets program . the single registry joins key information from the five cash transfers on registration and enrollment , payments , complaints and grievances and change management for the beneficiaries as well as a link to the integrated registration service ( iprs ) to validate beneficiary national id details . figure 1 illustrates the current data sources of the single registry .\nthe goal of the arts in mcnairy creative registry is to establish a clearinghouse for information about the local creative sector in hopes of increasing the visibility of participating artists . artists in all creative disciplines will be invited to provide basic information about themselves and their work for a listing on this website . there is no fee for local artist listings .\nhover over the profile pic and click the following button to unfollow any account .\nprovide the individual artists ' name of the primary contact for your business listing .\nwhen you see a tweet you love , tap the heart \u2014 it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love .\ni ' m a certified professional photographer , visual artist and licensed clinical social worker living in st . petersburg , florida . i live with several chronic illnesses that prevent me from working your typical 9 - 5 , so i ' ve used my wide array of skills to create a life for myself that prioritizes self care and allows me to be self employed . in my art , i am inspired by florida nature : the beach , the water , the wildlife and the plants . i work with mixed mediums such as resin , inks , acrylics and natural elements to create my pieces .\nthe registration , renewal and transfer of the place of business for the registration of non - profit organizations , solidary economy entities , citizen oversight associations and foreign ngos .\nthis new form will integrate the above information and will help reduce the proceedings carried out by public registries users .\nthe fastest way to share someone else\u2019s tweet with your followers is with a retweet . tap the icon to send it instantly .\namber dipietra lived and worked as a disability advocate and service provider in the san francisco bay area for 10 years . she has recently moved back to her hometown of tampa , florida to be closer to family and to focus on her arts practice . she is a poet , performance artist and social practice artist ( creating public happenings to build community , especially for folks with disabilities ) . she runs a series of workshops called write to connect : the body as poetry . you can find out more about these w2c experiences and read her artist cv at www . writetoconnect , urltoken . amber has been published in numerous literary journals and most notably , in the 2011 best - selling beauty is a verb : the new poetics of disability .\nthe collection is available to be used for research and education for artists , curators , students , teachers , researchers , designers , educational institutions and the general public . in 1978 the first catalogue of holdings within the women\u2019s art register was published . an updated version of the women ' s art register catalogue was printed in 1999 . in 2018 , the women ' s art register will again update the full catalogue and make it available as an online , digital resource .\nthe earliest images seen in the collection date from the 1840s , and material is constantly updated . war ' s written and visual collections offer a diversity of histories , stories and practices that are not captured elsewhere .\nthe very first fan of my fictions was my father . i was writing from the very young ages , probably the middle school . i was always a good storyteller . i remember , any time i had a chance to see a movie in a theater ; i was going to my friends , and telling them the story of the movie , in more details than it was in the actual plot of the movie . my father who knew a little of literacy was always encouraging me to write the stories i was telling to him and to my friends . then , when i was claiming that a story is done , he and i were wearing our suits and ties , and catching the bus , and going to the city center of tehran , where i was born and raised until after high school , which by then i moved to the states . we were handing the stories to the clark of the children ' s magazine which was widely distributed all over the schools in iran . i was too young to remember how many of my stories got published . i knew at least a few of them did . my father was keeping a copy of those magazines in his safe , as long as he was alive . i hadn\u2019t had seen him for years when he died late in the 80s .\ni completed a bachelor ' s degree on theater art at the later age at the university of south florida , during which i became familiar with american and the world drama . my focus of study was mostly on teaching drama and directing theater plays .\nthere was an unexpected problem processing your request . we will look into the matter .\nhere ' s the url for this tweet . copy it to easily share with friends .\nestablished in 1975 by women artists including lesley dumbrell and erica mcgilchrist , and the then directors of the ewing and george paton galleries at melbourne university , kiffy rubbo and meredith rogers , it began with one hundred women artists contributing slides of their work . the initial collection was housed and administered at the ewing gallery , university of melbourne until 1978 when the ever - expanding collection was moved to richmond library [ originally called carringbush library ] where it remains today .\nsince 1975 the women\u2019s art register has provided an inclusive , independent platform for research , education , advocacy and support for its members and the arts and education sectors , enhancing the status of women artists and addressing issues of equity , professional practice and cultural heritage . since its inception\nthe women ' s art register has also acted as a unique publishing house , producing its bi - annual magazine the bulletin since 1988 . the bulletin initially kept members informed about art events and news and provided a platform for peer discussion and industry analysis of relevant issues . commencing with a new framework in 2017 , the bulletin now acts as a contemporary , critical arts journal . in 2018 war will celebrate and acknowledge its 30 years of publishing with two special anniversary issues of the bulletin .\nwe are updating our terms of service , privacy policy , and cookie and internet advertising policy effective may 25 , 2018 ! you can preview the new version and see details about the updates here .\nwe assist you in the process of defining , structuring , and starting - up your enterprise project .\nclay wethal is a young visual artist in the ft . myers area of florida . he works with the goodwill pathways to opportunities creative expression art program . he enjoys using crayon and up cycling through the use of recycled materials to express himself artistically . he has recently started finding venues to exhibit his work .\nyou can add location information to your tweets , such as your city or precise location , from the web and via third - party applications . you always have the option to delete your tweet location history . learn more\nthis unique archive is accessible to the public and our committee and volunteers are available for education and outreach opportunities .\nby embedding twitter content in your website or app , you are agreeing to the twitter developer agreement and developer policy .\nnot on twitter ? sign up , tune into the things you care about , and get updates as they happen .\nthe man @ mas _ ysa opened with a @ lowerdens cover tonight at @ larimerlounge . he ' s incredible . . .\ni completed my second screenplay ; \u2018delete and the horse\u2019 before i was graduated from usf , and wrote several other short fictions .\nwar has compiled a number of educational kits for use in schools relating to specialist exhibitions and subjects , and undertaken research into the status of women artists in exhibitions and galleries . the women ' s art register holds regular events including exhibitions , discussion forums , presentations to schools , galleries and universities , as well as responding to member and public enquiries about the collection and contemporary feminist art issues .\nassessed as a \u2018collection of national significance\u2019 through the heritage collections council ( now known as collections council of australia ) in 2009 , this unique archive houses the documentation of over 5000 australian and international artists over two centuries including images , catalogues , posters , books and ephemera .\nthe women ' s art register has for over forty years shown a deep commitment and belief in the artistic and cultural work by women and its value for all australians . it is entirely artist - run and volunteer based and welcomes new members , volunteers , interns and global relationships .\nvsa florida - 4202 e . fowler avenue , edu105 , tampa , fl 33620 | more info headquartered at the university of south florida , college of education\nincluded in the collection is an array of media including ceramics , textiles , photography , new media , painting , performance , text , design , craft and sculpture . war has collected articles , catalogues and books about australian women artists and added these to the archive , as well as maintaining a collection of relevant journals .\nchristopher is a high school student currently playing at school and weekly at crossing church at the praise and worship service . he also plays with an alternative rock band .\nearly in 2009 , by encouragements of my good friends , and a sincere and hard work of a professor of english literature ; doctor alex bendazzi of starrier university , washington d . c . , i completed my first long story which doctor bendazzi named it ; \u201cthe bear : an allegory . \u201cinitially , i was self - published it as a fiction book , however , later while at the university of south florida , i converted to a full feature film screenplay , and modified its name to \u2018the bear\u2019 .\ni experienced working theater with young artists during the school year of 2013 \u2013 2014 at orange grove middle magnet school of art as teacher - assistance , and i loved it .\ndamian k wildfong , a michigan native , wrote her first poem at 6 and started in the arts as a spoken word artist and has performed all over the country . she began painting as a way to\nget out of her head\nand after a major life change moved her to a little cottage on the river in tampa fl . she embraced life again through the arts dabbling in film , print making and pottery . she sees her cp as part of what makes her unique and able to view life through a different lens that has served to enrich it . here is some audio of damian ' s poetry - urltoken electric poetry - damian wildfong : olive , 88 . 1fm wyce , grand rapids community media center : free d\nhello ! we have selected english as your language preference . if you would like to browse in a different language , please choose a language using the dropdown . deutsch english espa\u00f1ol fran\u00e7ais italiano \u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\nafter finishing her thesis on the visual impact of recreation sites along rivers in louisiana , she began her career as a landscape architect , working in louisiana and mississippi on urban planning and landscape beautification projects , including the interstate 10 landscaping program in new orleans , louisiana . she continued her professional career in houston , texas as a town planner for a community of 80 , 000 people working for a major land developer .\nbrandon dawson is a 21 - year old deaf person that has been creating artwork all his life . his most recent art exhibit was held at the african american research library in ft . lauderdale , fl . brandon creates a variety of artwork in clay , pastels , acrylic and is now creating a series in 3 - d . he is a graduate of south plantation high school in plantation , fl and was a member of the solar car project .\nthe women ' s art register is australia ' s living archive of women ' s art practice ( non - binary and trans inclusive ) and a national , artist - run and not - for - profit community and resource .\ni live in south beach and moved here from maryland where i was born and grew up . i have been drawing since i was a young boy and most recently started using what i call\npsychedelic colors\n. my work is completely unplanned - as the colors and shapes come to me i use crayon or magic markers to put my thoughts on paper . my other love is music especially artists from the 50 ' s and 60 ' s\n.\nbrandon is a florida native who was diagnosed with autism at age three , and was speech delayed until approximately five years old . he started drawing at two to communicate his ideas . his drawings and the storybooks he continues to create today are often the people he has met and places he has visited . he enjoys meeting new people and discovering new places every chance he can get . his hobbies include collecting foreign money , maps , writing lyrics , posting home videos on youtube , and studying and singing spanish as a second language . he is also an athlete with special olympics of broward county , competing in alpine skiing and member of the athlete leadership program that encourages public speaking and community involvement .\nas a child , my autism prevented me from communicating through traditional means until my mother used her experience in art therapy to open my eyes to all the world has to offer . today i ' m confident in my artistic abilities and have grown into an adult who uses his synesthesia , autism , and emotions to create unique and expressive pieces . my self - taught technique involves making many small paintings which i scan into the computer and combine in photoshop to create pieces that are truly unique . overall , i communicate my feelings through my color choices utilizing my synesthesia which involves a link between my emotions and colors . during difficult times in my life , art was always there for me and it has become a therapeutic means to express my inner voice . i frequently try to give back to the community through my artistic involvement in charities like jdrf and artists with autism as part of my mission statement which is that i intend to make a difference in the world by being an artist .\nduring her children ' s early years she began facilitating art and gardening in their schools and within the chapel hill , nc community on a volunteer basis . as her children grew , she started a business called bright horse on their 30 acre family horse farm to foster experiential learning with horses , art and ceramics for local children after school and during summer and holiday breaks . she studied extensively with the equine assisted growth and learning association ( eagala ) , achieving level 2 equine specialist status and working with individual and corporate clients on her farm .\nsince moving back to florida in 2014 , she has worked as a groom and exercise rider on a large professional training farm in morriston and has been teaching art , founding riverland art and working with the rainbow springs artist cooperative , teaching art lessons and writing grants for funding .\nmy name is aj brockman and i am a professional artist who has a disability , or\ndifferent ability\nas i like to think of it . i have gotten to know my local vsa ( palm beach county ) very well and even had the privilege of having a solo show at their facility .\ni am 32 years old and have very youngful dna . most people think i ' m 12 . and a boy . but i don ' t care i think its funny . i ' m an autistic soldier . i fight the battle to be myself when no one understands me and most people wanna try to fix me . but i ' m not supposed to be fixed the way they want . i am very non - verbal with most everyone . my mom says i ' m full of god wisdom . i love taking pictures and drawing . my hero and inspiration is the mighty james durbin . my mom & my sister are always there for me and they are awesome . my mom is also my manager and keeps me supplied in ink . i have a white shamen cat named punk . he ' s my soul cat . i use markers for my drawings . my style is abstract with elements of tangle .\ncrystle barrs is 26 and has lived in florida all of her life . she was born with nystagmus which has caused her to be legally blind . crystle has grown to understand that she can do anything she sets her mind to and feels that just because she has limited vision doesn ' t mean she should stop living . crystle began experimenting with drawing and art while in school , but never thought too much of it . she has now been painting for 7 years . her medium is acrylic and she likes to experiment with pastels . she has not yet found her specialty , but loves to paint depending on her mood , whether it ' s something floral or abstract . what crystle has worked on the most is being creative and taking an idea and expanding it to another level . she is still a student in the art world and thinks of art as a potential career and hopes to make that happen sometime in the near future .\nseeking medical treatments , i arrived to washington d . c . area just a few months after an unfortunate vehicle accident in which i lost a good portion of my sight . by then , i had to adjust to the three major changes ; missing my family and my hometown , language barrier , and the sight deficiency . for years , i was confused about in which language should i write my fictional stories . that didn\u2019t stop me writing anyway . however , not having my father around to keep them in his antique wooden safe , i kept them in this shelf and that shelf , and lost them one at a time eventually .\nhis favorite style of drawing has always been with colored pencils and ink markers . as a founding member of artistswithautism , a south florida networking group for aspiring artists on the spectrum , brandon\u2019s art is often exhibited at local events and galleries . his art is also made for greeting cards and giclees on an online gallery .\nwe ' ve detected that javascript is disabled in your browser . would you like to proceed to legacy twitter ?\nlong time tsr collaborator matt damhave has an opening tomorrow white columns : : his work for us included most of . . .\ntwitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup . try again or visit twitter status for more information .\nthis timeline is where you\u2019ll spend most of your time , getting instant updates about what matters to you .\nadd your thoughts about any tweet with a reply . find a topic you\u2019re passionate about , and jump right in .\nomnian music group overcoat recordings paradise of bachelors post present medium quarterstick records quite scientific records rvng intl . sacred bones records secretly canadian sinderlyn sounds familyre squirrel thing recordings st . ives\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nstrengthen monitoring & evaluation of national safety net programme by providing reports against indicators on a bi - 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his art , family , and dog brutus . for bob , schizophrenia was a blessing in disguise .\nbrandon\u2019s art style spans from a collection of childhood drawings focusing on prehistoric type animals , to water colors and acrylics inspired from photos .\nwhen asked \u201cwhat does autism mean to you ? \u201d , \u201cit makes it difficult for me to learn , and i need a lot of lessons\u201d . when asked , \u201cwould you change if you could ? \u201d brandon , \u201cwell , not exactly . as long as i can read , that is what is important . \u201d\nbrenda is a national vsa teaching artist fellow living in sarasota , florida . she is a mixed - media artist who specializes in hand - building in clay and teaching collage techniques . please see her website for a wonderful waterfall , clay and mural project that can be brought to your school or community .\nborn into a large creative family , artistic expression of one kind or another has always played a central and defining role in my life ' s journey . my current projects primarily consist of mixed media paintings , collages and assemblages . although legally blind secondary to retinitis pigmentosa , i have incorporated this skewed ability to see and not see into my work .\ncynthia has had a love of art and nature all her life . growing up in south florida with a university of florida research scientist for a father gave her access to worlds of creative experiences in science , gardening and entomology , which fostered her love of nature and a desire to capture images in art . she began drawing her favorite subject - 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", "topic": 11}], "title": "newbridge silverware", "paragraphs": ["newbridge silverware visitor center : hours , address , newbridge silverware visitor center reviews : 4 . 5 / 5\nthe best 10 shopping near newbridge silverware & fashion museum in newbridge , co . kildare - yelp\nnewbridge silverware & fashion museum - 39 photos - jewellery - cutlery rd , newbridge , co . kildare - phone number - yelp\ntravellers that want free recommendations should definitely make newbridge silverware visitor centre a priority to visit .\nnewbridge silverware visitor center is a convenient stroll of 0 . 8 kilometres from newbridge train station , the nearest station . so , climb aboard and leave the road traffic problems behind !\nstart your day well with a stop at newbridge silverware . fortunately , it ' s close to newbridge silverware visitor center . when dinnertime rolls around , grab a meal at all seasons restaurant . after a couple of frothies ? visit judge roy beans and enjoy the atmosphere .\nsince 1934 , newbridge silverware has been ireland ' s premier designer and producer of homeware and giftware products and it is this unique history of craftsmanship and experience , combined with a contemporary and fresh attitude to design , that puts newbridge silverware on the cutting edge of modern living .\nnewbridge silverware , ireland\u2019s leading designer and producer of stunning jewellery collections has something on offer for all styles and tastes . our collections include the classic princess grace , as well as the best - selling ti : amo , award - winning 1759 guinness by newbridge silverware and the collection by amy huberman .\ngetting ready for your holiday to newbridge silverware visitor center ? don ' t set off until you ' ve had a look at these helpful tips and tricks .\nif you ' re looking to stay within easy commuting distance of newbridge silverware visitor center , the keadeen hotel , a kilometre away , is your best bet .\ni would just like to thank you very much for your excellent service . i received my newbridge silverware order by dhl delivery this morning and i am . . .\nirish rail train service available at newbridge train station , station road , newbridge , approx 20mins walk to newbridge silverware . taxis at station . normal service between 7am and 7pm daily ( @ 30mins from dublin ) . see urltoken for up to date timetable , fares and online bookings . click here to see walking directions .\ndo you have more specific information about the location of newbridge silverware & fashion museum ? why didn ' t you say so ? you can improve yelp by sharing it here .\nthe newbridge silverware showroom houses our complete range of products . browse through all of the current collections on offer , from our jewellery and giftware , to homeware , stainless steel and premium epns cutlery .\nmultiple bus operators and services through newbridge with buses stopping in newbridge main street approx 10mins walk . see www . buseireann . ie , urltoken for timetable , fares and online bookings .\nthe newbridge silverware visitor centre is a contemporary shopper ' s paradise , housing our complete range of products and incorporating our award - winning caf\u00e9 carleton along with the famous museum of style icons on - site .\nit looks like we don ' t have a specific address for newbridge silverware & fashion museum , which makes giving directions tricky . this business might not have an official storefront , or it might move to multiple locations throughout the day .\nyou ' ll find it in newbridge , 170 kilometres from the nation ' s capital city , belfast .\nthe newbridge silverware visitor centre is an award winning attractions located just 45 minutes from dublin and five minutes from the m7 motorway . it features the flagship showrooms , the world renowned museum of style icons ( mosi ) and the . . .\nthe newbridge silverware factory is a fully functional facility and is in production from monday to friday . at the weekends , the tour will showcase the factory in a different light as the machines will be dormant but the experience for visitors will remain astounding .\nthe museum of style icons started 11 years ago when ceo of newbridge silverware , william doyle purchased a little black dress worn by audrey hepburn in the 1963 film , charade . it is therefore fitting that the new extension to the museum launches with a collection of little black dresses from the 1920\u2019s right up to today .\nafter the exhibition ends at the museum of style icons on september 30 in newbridge , ireland , it will continue at the museo de la moda in santiago chile .\nnewbridge silverware recently launched ti : amo , a brand new collection , which puts sentiment at the centre of each piece . thetimeless elegance of this new collection embodies emotion , everlasting friendship , love , wisdom , spirituality and empowerment . featuring stunning rose gold , rhodium and silver plated bracelets , earrings and necklaces , ti : amo is a ' must - have ' for any jewellery lovers .\ndear newbridge , just wanted to let you know the earrings arrived ( so quickly ! ) and are absolutely beautiful . my brother visited ireland , and your s . . .\nthe museum of style icons is located at the newbridge silverware visitor centre in co kildare and houses one of the greatest collections of style , fashion and popular culture . it is open seven days per week and admission is \u20ac7 for adults and \u20ac5 for students and senior citizens . tickets can be purchase in advance online at urltoken or in - store . the museum of style icons is a must - visit attraction .\nat the turn of the 20th century , the town of newbridge , in the heart of co . kildare was a thriving garrison community . the cavalry barracks in newbridge was the largest overseas base in the british empire . it housed over 3 , 000 troops . the troops and war horses used in the crimean war and particularly the famous charge of the\nlight brigade\ncame from newbridge . great economic activity grew around this facility . in particular , metal linishing skills were developed . this all changed when the army vacated in 1921 , leaving a huge economic vacuum .\nnewbridge has been crafting quality jewellery , cutlery , and giftware for over 80 years , and have perfected the art of design and craftsmanship , to earn themselves a proud place in the modern irish home .\nif this place was in the us , i ' d label it a tourist trap and not give it a second thought . but given the history of the place and the clear and apparent pride of craftsmanship , i think newbridge is absolutely worth a quick visit . silverware , glassware and a cafe to boot . certainly worth a thirty minute stop in to grab a thoughtful and inoffensive gift for mom , or to round out your\ni ' m having company over\ncollection of utensils .\nthe idea of this museum began when the owner of newbridge silverware went along to the auction & participated in the bid for audrey hepburn\u2019s iconic black dress . the bidding went upto 600k but then a private phone bidder won with a bid of 600k ( ! ! ) and this phone bidder ended up being givenchy himself ! the owner of newbridge didn\u2019t end up getting the black dress but purchased some of her other pieces on the day and that\u2019s how it all began . the audrey hepburn room was definitely my favourite . she was just out of this world stunning and it was so interesting to see some of the pieces she is known for . also , she was absolutely tiny ! the waist size on the dresses was even smaller than you would imagine . really interesting to see !\nhave eaten in the cafe which is beautiful but not cheap but great selection of salads mains and desserts for all tastes . great selection of jewellery and homewares from the newbridge collection and place is clean and airy . plenty of parking but gets very busy\ni think it ' s important to treasure our national brands especially the way things are . i love newbridge silverware , they make affordable jewellery and home ware . you can visit the factory shop and get cheaper prices again . but for me their best new addition is the style museum . they recently had the late micheal jacksons clothes and that famous glove on display . they have audrey hepburns clothes also , that woman ' s waist was tiny ! go check it out for yourself , it ' s a short drive from the city centre or you could get the bus or train , one of a kind in ireland .\na major part in the historic treaty negotiation of 1921 . it was they who formed a committee to encourage local industrial development . the metal forging and linishing equipment left behind by the army and the local know how were combined to create a unique enterprise - the newbridge cutlery company .\nif you don ' t wish to pay for the exhibit ( i visited several years ago , when it was still a free exhibit ) the gift shop is a nice place to see just a few of the stunning items they make at newbridge silver . with that said . . .\nif you follow me on snapchat ( retroflame1 ) , you\u2019ll know that last week i made a trip to newbridge to visit the newbridge museum of style icons . i had heard a lot about it beforehand but i can honestly say that i was absolutely blown away ! i won\u2019t lie , i wouldn\u2019t usually be a museum kinda girl , but when it\u2019s a museum full to the brim of the most stunning vintage pieces , i am 100 % interested . the whole space is so well decorated & i genuinely could have spent hours wandering around listening to the stories behind each piece .\nthe newbridge silverware visitor centre is an award winning attractions located just 45 minutes from dublin and five minutes from the m7 motorway . it features the flagship showrooms , the world renowned museum of style icons ( mosi ) and the award - winning caf\u00e9 carleton . the craft workshop , where for decades the team have been creating whole ranges of cutlery and jewellery , is adjacent to the showrooms . the museum of style icons is a permanent exhibition of garments and memorabilia from the collections of the world ' s greatest stars including : audrey hepburn , grace kelly , princess diana , michael jackson and many more . the visitor centre is open 7 days and entry to the museum of style icons is from \u20ac5 .\nnow established as one of the world\u2019s greatest style , fashion and popular culture collections , the museum of style icons in newbridge is delighted to announce the opening of a brand new exhibition area , which will be dedicated to visiting exhibitions . \u201clbd , the little black dress\u201d will be the first exhibition unveiled in the new space . it runs until 31st january 2019 .\nthe new free state government , aware of the problem throughout ireland , encouraged the setting up of new manufacturing enterprises in the non - traditional areas outside the major cities .\nthank you for your prompt service and the gift bags . much appreciated . thrilled with my pens , for my american friends .\na late thank you for reorganising the new delivery . they arrived and were very well received . thanks for the great service . look forward to making . . .\nstop by our award - winning restaurant for some delicious food served in a bright , friendly and relaxed atmosphere .\nthe museum hosts numerous collections and artefacts relating to stars of the silver screen and many modern day artists - including audrey hepburn , marilyn monroe , princess grace , princess diana , michael jackson , the beatles and many more .\ncoco chanel is credited with creating the lbd in the 1920\u2019s , describing it as\na sort of uniform for women all over the world , from all backgrounds regardless of their walk of life\n. before chanel , black clothing was the colour of mourning , servitude and religious devotees . chanel\u2019s black was a radical style statement of chic minimalism and modernity . it was also another expression of her central philosophy that women should dress \u201ccomme des garcons\u201d \u2013 like the boys . by which she meant adopting a simple , practical and elegant way of dressing , completely opposed to the elaborate and highly decorative style of the parisian belle \u00e9poque at the time .\nthe \u201clbd , the little black dress\u201d exhibition at the museum of style icons will house some of the greatest names in fashion from the last century including of course chanel , karl lagerfeld , yves saint laurent , alaia , gianni versace , gucci , jean paul gautier , balenciaga , giorgio armani , alexander mcqueen and much more .\nhighlight pieces include an unlabelled 1920\u2019s cocktail dress , which is in pristine condition . made from rayon , an inexpensive alternative to silk satin , the style of this dress closely resembles the minimal style that made chanel famous . it showcases that great style truly never goes out of fashion . another key piece is an anthony price velvet dress with an extraordinary sculptured neckline from the late 1980\u2019s . the structure of this piece is truly spectacular . there is also an alaia hooded dress from 1987 , which became synonymous with the designer and was worn famously by grace jones and appeared in the robert palmer video for addicted to love . this garment is exceptionally made with a spiral zip as a key detail .\nspeaking of the museum expansion and upcoming exhibition , marie brennan from the museum of style icons commented \u201cit\u2019s an exciting time for the museum as the new extension will dramatically increase the exhibition space and allow us greater freedom for housing visiting exhibitions . this lbd exhibition is a must - see for style and fashion lovers . it shows the versatility as well as the evolution of the black dress into a fashion stable . every woman has a lbd in their wardrobe and this exhibition will make you want to invest in more . \u201d\nthe cobain family to open an exhibition of personal artefacts belonging to the legend kurt cobain , at ireland\u2019s museum of style icons , one of the world\u2019s leading pop culture museums . his car , his clothing , his art .\nkurt cobain\u2019s mother , sisters and daughter will bring to ireland , never before exhibited , personal artefacts belonging to the legendary rock star . the cobain family will be meeting international and national press on the 17th and 18th july from 11am , as part of the opening event and the exhibition will continue through to 30th september 2018 .\ncobain\u2019s irish roots are well known . he believed that his family originated in county cork but in fact his irish ancestors emigrated from carrickmore , county tyrone , in 1875 .\ncobain\u2019s family has specially curated some of his very personal items for this once in a lifetime commemoration . the museum of style icons will house kurt\u2019s drawings and sketches along with clothing , hand - written lyrics and the only known car kurt owned during his life , a powder blue 1965 dodge dart .\nthe opening of \u2018growing up kurt cobain\u2019 exhibition will be attended by kurt\u2019s mother wendy o\u2019connor , two sisters kim cobain and olivia o\u2019connor and daughter frances bean cobain to celebrate his irish heritage .\nfrances bean cobain , says : \u201ci am so thrilled to participate and support my family as they honor their brother and son at the museum of style icons in ireland . i have always been the most intimately informed of who my father was by my grandmother and aunts . i am so ecstatic that their view of who kurt was gets to be celebrated with nirvana fans the world over\u201d .\nwilliam doyle , owner of the museum of style icons , comments : \u201cthese items have never previously been seen by the public and it\u2019s an incredible honor to be a part of this amazing exhibition . we have handled exhibitions of michael jackson , cher , prince and many other fashion icons and we expect this exhibition of kurt\u2019s life to be one of our greatest exhibitions curated by our museum .\nas the cobain family has never done anything like this previously , industry pundits say that it \u201cwill likely be as big as the recent pink floyd and david bowie exhibitions that took place at the v & a in london . \u201d\nkurt donald cobain ( february 20 , 1967 \u2013 april 5 , 1994 ) was an american singer , songwriter , and musician . born in aberdeen washington , cobain formed the band nirvana with krist novoselic and aaron burckhard in 1987 and established it as part of the seattle music scene which later became known as \u2018grunge\u2019 . nirvana ' s debut album bleach was released on the independent record label subpop in 1989 .\nnirvana found breakthrough success with \u2018smells like teen spirit\u2019 from their second album \u2018nevermind\u2019 in 1991 . following that success , nirvana was labelled\nthe flagship band\nof generation x , and cobain hailed as\nthe spokesman of a generation\n. cobain , however , was uncomfortable with the label , believing his message and artistic vision had been misinterpreted by the public , with his personal problems often subject to media attention .\nkurt\u2019s sister , kim cobain , concludes :\nwith this exhibition we hope to bring the focus back to his roots , vision , and artistic genius to inspire everyone not to lose their creativity and childlike wonder .\nthe hot pink cocktail dress worn by audrey hepburn when she appeared in the 1961 american romantic comedy breakfast at tiffany ' s opposite george peppard .\nhepburn ' s portrayal of holly golightly as the naive , eccentric cafe society girl is generally considered to be the actress ' most memorable and identifiable role .\nthe knee length sleeveless dress was designed by her favourite designer hubert de givenchy . it is made from silk , decorated all over with fan shaped appliques accented with small rhinestones with a matching pink bow at the waist .\none of our brand ambassadors , irish rugby hero , rob kearney presents his guide to some of the key exhibits at the award winning museum of style icons .\nmonday - saturday : from 09 : 30 with last admission at 16 . 30 sunday & public holidays : from 10 . 30 with last admission at 16 . 30\ntickets can be purchased upon arrival at our visitor centre or buy tickets now .\nonly 30 mins from dublin . take the m7 from dublin ( main road to limerick , killarney and cork ) . leave m7 at junction 10 and follow the signs . driving from cork , take junction 12 off m7 and follow the signs .\njavascript seems to be disabled in your browser . you must have javascript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website .\n* * by ticking this box , you are agreeing with our terms & conditions and privacy and cookie policy .\nhead office | 3 new street | killarney | co . kerry | ireland | registered in ireland no . 283267\narnotts uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience and to create a secure and effective website for our customers . by using this site you agree that we may store and access cookies on your devices , unless you have disabled cookies\nyour browser ' s javascript functionality is turned off . please turn it on to experience the full capabilities of this site .\nbe the first to know about exclusive offers , in - 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they were dried out and my mom got a refund , f this place lol !\nwhat can i say but i love this place , i go here every week for a girls breakfast morning and then sometimes for lunch . the food is fabulous and the prices are brialliant . the staff are always very friendly . theres a guy playing the piano late morning for a few hours so a very nice place to take some time out .\nclaim this business to view business statistics , receive messages from prospective customers , and respond to reviews .\nyour trust is our top concern , so businesses can ' t pay to alter or remove their reviews . learn more .\nheads up : from now on , other yelpers will be able to see how you voted . want to chime in ?\nwe calculate the overall star rating using only reviews that our automated software currently recommends .\ntripadvisor gives a certificate of excellence to accommodations , attractions and restaurants that consistently earn great reviews from travellers .\nby using this website , you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with the blanchardstown centre cookie policy .\nfor customer service , call us toll - free at 1 - 800 - 397 - 3342 . for customers outside the us , please call 1 - 404 - 728 - 8787 . international calling rates will apply .\nthis email has already been used to sign up with connected _ third _ party _ names . try signing in with connected _ third _ party _ names or use another email address .\nby creating an account , i agree to the terms of use and the privacy policy .\nsituated in the suburbs , this spa hotel is 0 . 9 mi ( 1 . 5 km ) from whitewater shopping centre and 2 . 1 mi ( 3 . 4 km ) from curragh racecourse . kildare shopping village and irish national stud are also within 6 mi ( 10 km ) .\nsituated in kilcullen , this inn is within 9 mi ( 15 km ) of whitewater shopping centre , curragh racecourse , and punchestown racecourse . craddockstown golf club and naas racecourse are also within 9 mi ( 15 km ) .\nlocated in the heart of kildare , this inn is within a 15 - minute walk of kildare cathedral and kildare shopping village . irish national stud is 1 mi ( 1 . 6 km ) away .\nsituated in a rural location , this spa hotel is 2 . 4 mi ( 3 . 8 km ) from craddockstown golf club and 2 . 4 mi ( 3 . 9 km ) from naas racecourse . punchestown racecourse and toughers industrial estate are also within 6 mi ( 10 km ) .\nthis family - friendly naas hotel is located in the suburbs , within 2 mi ( 3 km ) of naas racecourse and craddockstown golf club . bodenstown golf club and toughers industrial estate are also within 6 mi ( 10 km ) .\nlocated in the heart of naas , this hotel is 1 mi ( 1 . 6 km ) from naas racecourse and 1 . 4 mi ( 2 . 3 km ) from craddockstown golf club . punchestown racecourse and toughers industrial estate are also within 6 mi ( 10 km ) .\nsituated in naas , this romantic hotel is within 1 mi ( 2 km ) of naas racecourse and craddockstown golf club . bodenstown golf club and punchestown racecourse are also within 6 mi ( 10 km ) .\nsituated in kildare , this bed & breakfast is within 6 mi ( 10 km ) of kildare shopping village , kildare cathedral , and irish national stud . curragh racecourse and hill of allen are also within 9 mi ( 15 km ) .\nsituated on the waterfront , this houseboat is 1 . 6 mi ( 2 . 6 km ) from bodenstown golf club and 2 . 6 mi ( 4 . 3 km ) from naas racecourse . craddockstown golf club and mondello park are also within 6 mi ( 10 km ) .\nthis family - friendly naas hotel is within 3 mi ( 5 km ) of naas racecourse and craddockstown golf club . bodenstown golf club and castlewarden golf club are also within 6 mi ( 10 km ) .\ncheck out the upcoming displays , artworks and music shows on offer at riverbank arts centre .\nunwind on the top of hill of allen and appreciate the vast skies above you .\nthe plaza hotel provides free parking . buffet breakfast included . room was clean but equipments need update . bathroom was good size with bathtub . noice from bar overnight .\nwe stayed for 3 days & really enjoyed it . we got there at 10 . 00 am thinking we would just be dropping our bags off , but they allowed us to check into our room which was great because we were on our way to a christening . breakfast was lovely , lots to chose from .\na pleasant greeting met us on arrival . rooms clean and fresh . staff were very friendly and helpful . ( hot water heater behind our wall was a bit disturbing ) . sadly no breakfast until 10am , not really suitable if you want the whole day out . excellent food from their kitchen .\nwotif , urltoken and the wotif logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of expedia , inc . in australia and / or other countries . all other trademarks are the property of their respective owners .\nnot being a native , i find this mall quite cute . everytime i visit family here i come and i always buy lots of stuff for myself and those back home . no , it doesn ' t have fancy shops\u2026 read more\nit ' s a pretty darn good , and compact yet well stocked m & s . it ' s located at ground floor level within this shopping centre . i ' ve picked up a few bargains here from time to time in the\u2026 read more\nif this place was in the us , i ' d label it a tourist trap and not give it a second thought . but given the history of the place and the clear and apparent pride of craftsmanship , i\u2026 read more\ni received my parcel today . oh my god , i am so impressed with your product . the way you packed it and the thank you note is really nice . the earrin . . .\nelvis presley was born on january 8th 1935 in tupelo , mississippi and became known as \u201cthe king of rock and roll\u201d . \u201cthat\u2019s all right\u201d was presley\u2019s first single in 1954 . presley\u2019s 1956 single ,\n\u201cheartbreak hotel\u201d , was a number - one hit in the us and he soon became the leading figure of rock and roll . his energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style , made him enormously popular and controversial . elvis married only once to priscilla ann presley ( n\u00e9e wagner ) from 1967 to 1973 and had one child , lisa marie , who was born on 1st february 1968 .\nelvis is one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century . he was nominated for 14 grammys and won three , receiving the grammy lifetime achievement award at age 36 and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame . several years of prescription drug abuse severely deteriorated his health , and he died in 1977 at the age of 42 .\nspeedway is a 1968 american musical action film starring elvis presley as a race car driver and nancy sinatra as his romantic interest . this red jacket with white vertical stripes and white longsleeve tee - shirt ( worn underneath ) were both worn by elvis in the film as he played lead character , steve grayson .\nthis notable garment was worn by liza minnelli in her most famous role as sally bowles in the 1972 film , cabaret .\nset in berlin in 1931 , the film follows american cabaret singer bowles as she meets british academic brian roberts ( played by michael york ) , who is finishing his university studies . a love triangle ensues which is played out against the rise of the nazi party and the collapse of the weimar republic .\nminnelli was born in march 1946 and is the daughter of film actress and singer judy garland and film director vincente minnelli . she began her career as a teenager and has appeared in over 20 films as well as working on stage and in tv .\nblue and dusty rose coloured chiffon jacket worn by marilyn monroe in the 1957 warner bros . production of the prince and the showgirl .\nthe jacket is embroidered with silk flower details and has pleated ruffles at the hem and collar .\nin the film monroe played the role of elsie marina an american showgirl . her love interest was charles the prince regent played by laurence olivier . however , the off screen relationship between the two was reputed to have been extremely contentious .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\ngreat holiday ideas \u00bb discover a wealth of amazing holiday ideas and activites with our list of things to do . take your family , friends or someone you love on some great adventures .\nself catering \u00bb stay in a cosy irish home away from home and venture out to explore our beautiful scenery .\nsearch all festivals \u00bb experience a host of festivals and events taking place around the country this year .\nsearch \u00bb start your search for the perfect irish break now . what ' s stopping you ?\nplease enable javascript on your browser to enjoy the full functionality of u . tv .\nby using discover ireland ' s website , you agree we can set and use cookies . please , take a moment to read information about our cookies .\nas well as a full room dedicated to audrey , the museum is full of pieces from princess diana , grace kelly , marilyn monroe , the beatles , michael jackson & more . it\u2019s so clear that everything has been so carefully chosen and as mentioned before , you could literally spend hours there looking at everything .\nafter i finished in the museum , i was treated to a delicious afternoon tea downstairs in the restaurant . my mom was supposed to come with but wasn\u2019t able to in the end , but i am definitely going to go again during christmas & bring her along . such a perfect girls day out ! and the best thing of all is that it\u2019s totally free ! let me know if you\u2019ve been before or if you\u2019re planning a trip ? i would love to see your snaps ( retroflame1 ) .\nas you know , i\u2019m back in new york again after an amazing september at home . i\u2019ve definitely been a little homesick this past weekend but i think it will just take me a little while to settle back in again . i absolutely love new york to bits & there\u2019s no where i\u2019d rather be at the moment , but , unfortunately , the goodbyes to all my friends & family at home just never get easier . i just need to come up with a plan to convince them all to move over here with me , haha : )\nthat looks like my kind of place ! we are going to dublin in january for my husband\u2019s 40th . maybe i could leave him at the bourbon tasting and go there instead !\nretro flame is a compact diary of my outfits , travel , work & inspirations ."]}
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", "topic": 31}], "title": "music maker publications", "paragraphs": ["music maker publications ( holdings ) limited . free business summary taken from official companies house information . free alerts . registered as 01633413\namta provides a number of research publications , including two peer - reviewed journals , the journal of music therapy and music therapy perspectives . . . .\ndivergent thinkers create differentiated products , and even better music . in early 2018 , a merger between jio music and saavn was announced ; . . .\n\u00a9 1997 - 2018 bridge publications , inc . all rights reserved . | privacy notice\ncoordinate editorial publications and meetings . manage the editorial calendar and ensure timely publication . the blog ' s main topics will be vape culture , music , . . .\nindie music , contemporary dance or theater , with programmers selected to complement this expertise . knowledge of performing arts with a focus on indie music , . . .\nholt takes over the coo role as maker is partnering with youtube to create a next generation of the television business . as a part of youtube ' s push for original programming that was announced last week , maker will be launching new channels focused on programming for music - - called the maker music network - - hispanic viewers and moms . other professional programming will come from digital studios such as electus and vice , mainstream news brands the wall street journal and thomson reuters , music promoter the bowery presents and wrestling company wwe .\nrechtman , who will be based in london , reports to maker executive chairman ynon kreiz .\nopen portfolios maker education initiative ( 2015 ) . research brief series . retrieved from : urltoken\nmaker studios announced monday that courtney holt , the former president of myspace music , has joined as chief operating officer . in this newly created role , holt will be responsible for overseeing the growth and development of the maker studios brand , advertising models , strategy and operations .\nhours after the halloween day announcement , a photo was posted on the maker facebook page captioned\nmaker ' s new coo courtney holt ( @ mootron ) addresses the troops . . .\nrene rechtman , who resigned as ceo of aol\u2019s branded content division last fall , has joined multichannel network maker studios in the newly created role of president of international . rechtman also is investing in maker ; the amount of his stake was not disclosed . his hiring comes after maker studios in september 2013 completed a $ 26 million [ \u2026 ]\n\u201cmaker is a global media company and having rene at the helm of our international business , in addition to our prominent investment partners in key markets , strengthens our ability to further establish maker\u2019s local footprint around the world , \u201d kreiz said in a statement .\npeppler , k . ( 2017 ) . interest - driven music education : youth , technology , and music making today . in a . ruthmann and r . mantie ( eds . ) , the oxford handbook of technology and music education , ch . 18 ( pp . 191 - 202 ) . new york , ny : oxford university press . retrieved 25 aug . 2017 , from urltoken\ncontacts : gibson usa , urltoken ; forest stewardship council , urltoken ; greenpeace music wood coalition , urltoken ; taylor guitars , urltoken .\npeppler , k . ( ed . ) ( 2017 ) . the sage encyclopedia of out - of - school learning . los angeles , ca : sage publications .\nexplore the \u201cuniversal language\u201d of music through l . ron hubbard\u2019s lifelong pursuit as a musical director , arranger , performer and composer . here , too , are his landmark articles on sound \u201cbehavior\u201d and musical form . also included is a rare view of the world - famed l . ron hubbard music studio .\nrene rechtman , who resigned as ceo of aol\u2019s branded content division last fall , has joined multichannel network maker studios in the newly created role of president of international .\nrechtman also is investing in maker ; the amount of his stake was not disclosed . his hiring comes after maker studios in september 2013 completed a $ 26 million series c financing round with investments from canal + , astro , singtel innov8 , lakestar and northgate capital to expand the company\u2019s investor base to include major players in key international markets .\nwe\u2019re the name behind award - winning brands in specialist sectors like technology , gaming & entertainment , music , creative & photography , field sports , knowledge . . .\nportowitz , a . , peppler , k . , downton , m . & lichtenstein , o . ( 2014 ) . in harmony : a technology - based music education program designed to improve children ' s musical understanding , cognitive skills , and inter - cultural understanding . international journal of music education , 32 ( 2 ) .\nmaker studios is a venice , california - based media company that makes original video content for youtube . it boasts more than 33 million subscribers and 500 million views online per month on more than 250 channels . comscore ranked maker studios at no . 4 on its list of top youtube partners channels in september . the company ' s 9 million unique u . s . viewers ranked behind only vevo , warner music group and machinima . the company has raised $ 4 million in funding from greycroft partners and grp partners .\nkeune , a . ( 2017 ) . electronic portfolios . in k . peppler ( ed . ) the sage encyclopedia of out - of - school learning los angeles , ca : sage publications .\nsanto , r . , peppler , k . , ching , d . & hoadley , c . ( 2015 , september 26 - 27 ) . maybe a maker space ? organizational learning about maker education within a regional out - of - school network . . paper presented at the fifth annual fablearn conference : equity and diversity in making . palo alto , ca : stanford university .\npeppler , k . & bender , s . ( 2013 ) . maker movement spreads innovation one project at a time . phi delta kappan , 95 ( 3 ) , 22 - 27 .\nworse , the people that still actually like the music are especially prone to downloading it for free .\nhip - hop kids were always quite savvy , technology adept and ahead of the pack ,\nsays cowan .\nit ' s a magpie form of music , and there ' s a poetic justice that something that ' s based on burglary is being burgled in reverse .\npeppler , k . ( 2017 ) . equity and access in out - of - school music making . in a . ruthmann and r . mantie ( eds . ) , the oxford handbook of technology and music education , ch . 48 ( pp . 503 - 509 ) . oxford , uk : oxford university press . oxford university press . retrieved 25 aug . 2017 , from urltoken\nthe original publishers were music maker publications , based in the unlikely location of ely . the title was later sold , first to future in bath , and then to james palumbo ' s ministry of sound organisation , where it was encouraged to follow a more commercial musical tack . cowan admits feeling discomfort that mariah carey once made it on to a cover ( with the headline\nmariahhh !\n) , though a request that mel b from the spice girls might merit the same treatment was deemed as a step too far , and led to cowan and the team going their own way after buying the magazine back from ministry .\nbender , s . ( 2017 ) . cosplay . in k . peppler ( ed . ) the sage encyclopedia of out - of - school learning ( pp . 155 - 157 ) . los angeles , ca : sage publications .\nmust be able to work art basel , miami music week , south beach wine & food festival , nye , & miami swim week . with the creation of the wre site , clients have an . . .\nsanto , r . ( 2017 ) . hive learning networks . in k . peppler ( ed . ) the sage encyclopedia of out - of - school learning ( pp . 344 - 345 ) . los angeles , ca : sage publications .\ndavis - soylu , h . ( 2017 ) . art museums . in k . peppler ( ed . ) the sage encyclopedia of out - of - school learning ( pp . 37 - 39 ) . los angeles , ca : sage publications .\nscientific american is part of springer nature , which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications ( many of them can be found at urltoken ) . scientific american maintains a strict policy of editorial independence in reporting developments in science to our readers .\nbender , s . & peppler , k . ( 2017 ) . makerspaces . in k . peppler ( ed . ) the sage encyclopedia of out - of - school learning ( pp . 453 - 457 ) . los angeles , ca : sage publications .\nbender , s . & peppler , k . ( 2017 ) . krump culture . in k . peppler ( ed . ) the sage encyclopedia of out - of - school learning ( pp . 403 - 404 ) . los angeles , ca : sage publications .\nthompson , n . & danish , j . ( 2017 ) . systems thinking . in k . peppler ( ed . ) the sage encyclopedia of out - of - school learning ( pp . 761 - 766 ) . los angeles , ca : sage publications .\nbender , s . ( 2017 ) . e - textiles . in k . peppler ( ed . ) the sage encyclopedia of out - of - school learning : two - volume set ( pp . 258 - 260 ) . los angeles , ca : sage publications .\nsanto , r . , ching , d . , peppler , k . , & hoadley , c . ( 2017 ) . participatory knowledge building within research - practice partnerships in education . in sage research methods cases - education . los angeles , ca : sage publications .\ntaipei : alphabet inc ' s google will acquire part of taiwanese smartphone maker htc ' s < 2498 . tw > smartphone operations for us $ 1 . 1 billion ( 816 million pounds ) , the companies said in a joint statement on thursday .\nwhiting , j . n . & bonk , c . j . ( 2017 ) . adventure learning . in k . peppler ( ed . ) encyclopedia of out - of - school learning ( pp . 17 - 18 ) . los angeles , ca : sage publications .\npeppler , k . , downton , m . , lindsay , e . , & hay , k . ( 2011 ) . the nirvana effect : tapping video games to mediate music learning and interest . international journal of learning and media , 3 ( 1 ) , 41 - 59 .\nmaker is overdue in appointing an exec to head its international biz . the company , one of the biggest youtube multichannel networks with more than 4 billion monthly views , already works with content creators in more than 100 countries and generates more than 60 % of its viewership outside the u . s .\nkeune , a . & peppler , k . ( 2017 ) . maker portfolios as learning and community - building tools inside and outside makerspaces . published in the proceedings of the 2017 computer supported collaborative learning ( cscl ) conference , pp . 545 - 548 . philadelphia , pa : international society of learning sciences .\ndownton , m . p . , peppler , k . a . , portowitz , a . , bamberger , j . & lindsay , e . ( 2012 ) . composing pieces for peace : using impromptu to build cross - cultural awareness . visions of research in music education , 20 , 1 - 37 .\ngibson isn\u2019t the only instrument maker greening up its footprint : taylor , fender , martin , guild , walden and yamaha , along with gibson , have signed on as partners with the music wood coalition , a project of the leading environmental non - profit greenpeace . the coalition , which is also made up of a half - dozen tonewood suppliers , hopes its efforts will protect threatened forest habitats and safeguard the future of trees critical in manufacturing instruments of all kinds . eco - advocates and guitar makers alike fear that the spruce , maple , mahogany , ebony and rosewood trees that have been the foundation of the wooden instrument industry for years are being cut down faster than they can be replaced .\npeace , unity , love and having fun ,\nhe tersely lectures his young audience on the central tenets of hip - hop culture , drawing on the words of its founding father afrika bambaataa . not graffiti , breakdancing , scratching or even rapping , and certainly not the gun - toting and drug - taking that much of the media now associates with this most controversial of music genres .\nholt ' s departure from myspace was announced in february . a transitional process was to begin in march and be completed by june . according to holt ' s linkedin page , he began an advisory role at mypsace parent company ' s news corp . ' s digital division since february . the wall street journal ' s allthingsd blog reported in june that holt was set to join maker as an advisor over the summer .\nsamson , k . , velis , e . , & valladares , c . ( 2018 ) . maker culture and informal eucation experiences in mesoamerica : how to unleash the social potential of technology for the development of children and youth ? in young people , digital transformation and forms of inclusion in latin america . new york , ny : penguin random house . spanish version : j\u00f3venes , transformaci\u00f3n digital y formas de inclusi\u00f3n en am\u00e9rica latina .\n\u201cthese [ private ] lands are going to be logged , \u201d says paul . but with fsc oversight , he says , the forests can be managed sustainably . and the process is already underway , with the first part of the two - step certification process already completed . \u201cour goal is to create a demand\u2026for fsc certified \u2018good wood\u2019 as the only acceptable music wood from the north american coastal temperate rainforest , \u201d adds paul .\nwohlwend , k . e . , scott , j . a . , yi , j . h . , deliman , a . , & kargin , t . ( in press ) . hacking toys and remixing media : integrating maker literacies into early childhood teacher education . in danby s . j . , fleer , m . , davidson , c . , & hatzigianni , m . ( eds . ) digital childhoods\u2013technologies in children\u2019s everyday lives . singapore : springer nature .\nlet ' s be blunt about this : hip - hop is in a bad place , under fire not just from appalled politicians and moral guardians but from large sections of the music - buying public who find it uninspiring . cowan can ' t disagree .\nit ' s fair to say that people are bored of the diet they ' re being served of middling gangsterism mixed with lots of special guests and r & b artists . it ' s got a bit staid .\nlitts , b . , kafai , y . b . , fields , d . a . , halverson , e . r . , peppler , k . , keune , a . , . . . & tan , m . ( 2016 ) . connected making : designing for youth learning in online maker communities in and out of schools . paper presented at the 12th international conference of the learning sciences ( icls ) , volume 2 , pp . 1041 - 1047 . singapore : international society of the learning sciences .\nthe upside is that the difficulties of the american rap mainstream have provided a reality check that has allowed the british scene to flourish .\nuk hip - hop is , oddly , in the healthiest state it has ever been ,\nsays the hhc editor , explaining that british rappers have given up fantasies of becoming bling - laden global superstars and put their efforts into building their own homegrown sound . he cites cutting - edge labels such as young ' n ' restless and low life records , which represents skinnyman , as well as the rappers asaviour , taskforce and klashnekoff .\nin the last few years we have upped the uk content quite a lot in the magazine , because it ' s more reflective of the times ,\nsays cowan , so softly spoken that he is at times almost inaudible . though he ' d struggle to compete with skinnyman in a freestyle rap battle , his love for rap music is not in doubt .\none british rap magazine has outlived all the us giants & ndash ; even ' the source ' . ian burrell asks its editor how ' hip - hop connection ' has survived 20 years , and what the future holds\nit is fair to say that skinnyman , a figurehead of british hip - hop , is unlikely to ever be mistaken for 50 cent , the ripped and tattooed new york rap icon . emaciated he is , as skinny as a doppio espresso , as well as white and born in leeds \u2013 and , on this monday night in a packed london club , he ' s angry as well .\nthere is one especially notable exception to that media rule : an east anglia - based magazine that has defied publishing economics to become the longest - running hip - hop title on the planet , outlasting even the so - called rap bible , new york ' s the source , which is currently attempting to get back on its feet after going bankrupt in 2006 . hip - hop connection , which is 20 years old this month , has a curiously english sound to it , the\nconnection\npart somehow reflecting the distance between the british scene and the culture ' s roots in the south bronx .\nbut among the british rap aristocracy , who turned out in the magazine ' s honour last week at a traditional breakdancing , beatboxing , battle rhyming and booty - shaking session known as the jump off , hhc is revered . they were all there . normski , the television presenter and photographer of the hip - hop old skool , turned out in a black brimmed hat and a suit decorated with safety pins . the pioneering british rapper mc duke showed his pedigree in a fetching burberry house check suit and brown bowler . shortee blitz , the larger - than - life turntable king , with maseo from the great new york rap crew de la soul , stood at his shoulder . all came to pay their dues to a publication compiled in a house in cambridge .\nearlier , in a quiet soho bar , before the head - spinning and lyric - spitting had begun , the man behind hip - hop connection , andy cowan , 41 , explained how he has devoted his career to the project .\nhip - hop connection began life as a phone number , a hotline run by dave pearce ( now a radio 1 dj ) where rap fans could get information on upcoming events . the magazine it spawned was founded by chris hunt , beginning as a one - off publication with female rappers salt - n - pepa on the cover . cowan joined 10 issues in .\nfor much of its history , hip - hop connection has had to compete with both the source ( which sold 1m copies in the us at its height , and around 17 , 000 in britain ) and xxl , another slick american production . it did so with good journalism , scooping exclusive interviews with rap stars such as slick rick and rakim from under the noses of the american magazines . cowan says his title is also more critical in how it judges new releases .\nthe reviews in american magazines are generally quite poor because they ' re actually afraid of offending the major record labels .\ncowan ' s task has not been made any easier by hip - hop ' s frequent association with inspiring everything that is wrong with urban life .\nhip - hop , hollywood and video games are always cited as the chief protagonists whenever there ' s a moral panic ,\nhe says .\nit ' s a cheap shot .\nthe magazine has tried to make a positive contribution , working on advertorials with the metropolitan police ' s operation trident team and offering to collaborate with scotland yard on a cd of anti - 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changing science . explore our digital archive back to 1845 , including articles by more than 150 nobel prize winners .\nbruel & kjaer / t . g . i . north america , inc .\nexec also will take a stake in the multichannel network operator eyeing expansion outside the u . s .\nrechtman joined aol in january 2011 when the company acquired goviral , a branded content distribution provider , of which he was ceo .\nat aol , rechtman headed aol beon , the global branded content division of aol networks . he also held the position of senior vp of aol international .\nprior to goviral , rechtman spent eight years with tradedoubler , a european marketing solutions provider .\ndakota fanning , k\u014dichi yamadera join cast of rooster teeth ' s ' gen : lock ' starring michael b . jordan\n\u00a9 copyright 2018 variety media , llc , a subsidiary of penske business media , llc . variety and the flying v logos are trademarks of variety media , llc . powered by urltoken vip\nthe creativity labs @ indiana university team , comprising computer scientists , arts educators , and learning scientists , researches many topics related to creativity , arts , and making .\nfollowing is a list of our books , chapters , papers , and articles , sorted by year of publication .\nhuang , j . ( 2018 ) . collaborative programming : designing to support collaboration in scratch . paper to be published in the proceedings of infosocial 2018\nkeune , a . , wohlwend , k . , & peppler , k . ( in preparation ) .\nwe need it loud\n: looking at preschool making from mediated and materialist perspectives . in m . sakr & j . osgood postdevelopmental approaches to early childhood art . london , uk : bloomsbury publishing .\nlaw , n . , zhang , j . , & peppler , k . ( in preparation , 2020 ) . sustainability and scalability of cscl . in the international handbook of computer - supported collaborative learning .\npeppler , k . , thompson , n . , bender , s . , & wohlwend , k . ( 2018 ) . \u201cnothing really for girls\u201d : examining how youth read genderedness of circuitry learning toolkits . manuscript submitted for publication .\nbender , s . & peppler , k . ( 2018 ) . connected cosplay : fan work as pathways toward opportunity . paper to be presented at the 13th international conference of the learning sciences ( icls ) . london , uk : international society of the learning sciences .\nhuang , j . , gomoll , a . , tolar , e . , hmelo - silver , c . , & sabanovic , s . ( 2018 ) . visualizing complex classrooms through real time observations . paper to be presented at the 13th international conference of the learning sciences ( icls ) . london , uk : international society of the learning sciences .\nhuang , j . , hmelo - silver , c . , jordan , r . , gray , s . , frensley , t . , newman , g . , & stern , m . ( 2018 ) . scientific discourse of citizen scientists : models as a boundary object for collaborative problem solving . computers in human behavior . available online april 6 , 2018 at urltoken doi : 10 . 1016 / j . chb . 2018 . 04 . 004\nkeune , a . ( 2018 ) . fabric - based computing : new materials for learning computer science . paper to be presented at the 13th international conference of the learning sciences ( icls ) . london , uk : international society of the learning sciences .\npeppler , k . , keune , a . , & whiting , j . ( 2018 ) . mobility , diversity , and openness : design principles for equitable makerspaces . paper to be presented at the 13th international conference of the learning sciences ( icls ) . london , uk : international society of the learning sciences .\npeppler , k . , sedas , m . , banks , t . , searcy , j . & wallace , s . ( 2018 ) . design math : middle - school youth making math by building yurts . paper to be presented at the 13th international conference of the learning sciences ( icls ) . london , uk : international society of the learning sciences .\npeppler , k . , thompson , n . , danish , j . , & moczek , a . ( 2018 ) . comparing first - and third - person perspectives in early elementary learning of honeybee systems . paper to be presented at the 13th international conference of the learning sciences ( icls ) . london , uk : international society of the learning sciences .\npeppler , k . , thompson , n . , danish , j . , & mozek , a . ( 2018 ) . in the hive : designing for emergence when teaching complex systems in early childhood . paper to be presented at the 13th international conference of the learning sciences ( icls ) . london , uk : international society of the learning sciences .\npeppler , k . , thompson , n . , danish , j . , mozek , a . & han , s . ( 2018 ) . indoor positioning technology & enhanced engagement in early elementary systems thinking and science learning . paper to be presented at the 13th international conference of the learning sciences ( icls ) . london , uk : international society of the learning sciences .\nroman , t . a . & uttamchandani , s . ( 2018 ) . researching pedagogy within small active learning classrooms : examining enacted pedagogies of learner and instructor interactions . international journal of research & method in education . published online : 20 mar 2018 . doi : 10 . 1080 / 1743727x . 2018 . 1452199\nsanto , r . , ching , d . , peppler , k . , & hoadley , c . ( 2018 ) . messy , sprawling and open : research - practice partnership methodologies for working in distributed inter - organizational networks . in b . bevan & w . r . penuel ( eds . ) , connecting research and practice for educational improvement : ethical and equitable approaches . new york , ny : routledge .\nsanto , r . , ching , d . , levinson , e . , . . . & hoadley , c . ( 2018 ) . when is it safe enough ? considering diversity and equity when brokering pre - professional opportunities to youth of color . poster to be presented at the 13th international conference of the learning sciences ( icls ) . london , uk : international society of the learning sciences .\nuttamchandani , s . ( 2018 ) . equity in the learning sciences : recent themes and pathways . paper to be presented at the 13th international conference of the learning sciences ( icls ) . london , uk : international society of the learning sciences .\nuttamchandani , s . & peppler , k . ( 2018 ) . recounting counting : self - appraisal in math - adjacent discourse . poster to be presented at the 13th international conference of the learning sciences ( icls ) . london , uk : international society of the learning sciences .\nbanks , t . , wallace , s . , searcy , j . , sedas , m . , peppler , k . ( 2017 ) . design math : a design and project - based effort to learn geometry in middle school through fabric - based yurts . paper presented at the seventh annual fablearn conference : creating a sustainable ecosystem for making in education . palo alto , ca : stanford university .\nchandrasegaran , s . , badam , s . k . , zhou , n . , zhao , z . , kisselburgh , l . , peppler , k . , elmqvist , n . , & ramani , k . ( 2017 ) . merging sketches for creative design exploration : an evaluation of physical and cognitive operations . accepted paper for gi ( graphics interface ) 2017 , edmonton , alberta , canada .\nchandrasegaran , s . , badam , s . k . , kisselburgh , l . , peppler , k . , elmqvist , n . , and ramani , k . ( 2017 ) . vizscribe : a visual analytics approach to understand designer behavior . international journal of human - computer studies , 101 ( 1 ) , pp . 66 - 80 . doi : 10 . 1016 / j . ijhcs . 2016 . 12 . 007\nhuang , j . , hmelo - silver , c . , jordan , r . , frensley , t . , gray , s . , & newman , g . ( 2017 ) . scientific discourse of citizen scientists : a collaborative modeling as a boundary object . in smith , b . k . , borge , m . , mercier , e . , and lim , k . y . ( eds . ) . making a difference : prioritizing equity and access . published in the proceedings of the 12th international conference on computer supported collaborative learning ( cscl ) , volume 1 . philadelphia , pa : international society of the learning sciences .\nkeune , a . , thompson , n . a . , peppler , k . a . , & chang , s . ( 2017 ) . \u201cmy portfolio helps my making\u201d : motivations and mechanisms for documenting creative projects in out - of - school makerspaces . in l . mikos & i . ele\u00e1 ( eds . ) young and creative : digital technologies empowering children in everyday life , pp . 145\u2013158 . gothenburg , sweden : nordicom .\npeppler , k . ( 2017 ) . creativity in business and technology . in j . c . kaufman , v . p . glaveneau , and j . baer ( eds . ) the cambridge handbook of creativity across domains . cambridge , uk : cambridge university press .\npeppler , k . & wohlwend , k . ( 2017 ) . theorizing the nexus of steam practice . in j . katz - buonincontro and c . conway ( eds . ) arts education policy review special issue : gathering steam , pages 1 - 12 . published online : 25 aug 2017 at urltoken routledge . doi 10 . 1080 / 10632913 . 2017 . 1316331\ntan , v . , keune , a . , & peppler , k . ( 2017 ) . the materiality of design in e - textiles . in s . goldman & z . kabayadondo ( eds ) taking design thinking to school : how the technology of design can transform teachers , learners , and classrooms . new york , ny : routledge .\nthompson , n . , peppler , k . , & danish , j . ( 2017 ) . designing biosim : playfully encouraging systems thinking in young children . in zheng , r . & gardner , m . ( eds . ) , handbook of research on serious games for educational applications , ch . 7 ( pp . 149 - 167 ) . hershey , pa : igi global .\nwallace , s . , banks , t . , sedas , m . , glazewski , k . , brush , t . a . , & mckay , c . ( 2017 ) . what will keep the fish alive ? exploring intersections of designing , making , and inquiry among middle school learners . international journal of designs for learning , 8 ( 1 ) , 11 - 21 .\nwohlwend , k . , peppler , k . , keune , a . , and thompson , n . ( 2017 ) . making sense and nonsense : comparing mediated discourse and agential realist approaches to materiality in a preschool makerspace . journal of early childhood literacy 17 ( 3 ) , pp . 444\u2013462 . sage .\nbender , s . ( 2016 ) . electronics meets textiles : sewing the way to powerful new ideas about technology . in peppler , k . , halverson , e . & kafai , y . ( eds . ) . makeology : makers as learners , vol 2 , ch . 8 , pp . 125 - 144 . new york , ny : routledge .\ncantrill , c . , & peppler , k . ( 2016 ) . connected learning professional development : production - centered and openly networked teaching communities . in new literacies and teacher learning : professional development and the digital turn ( new literacies and digital epistemologies ) . new york , ny : peter lang publishing .\nching , d . , santo , r . , hoadley , c . , & peppler , k . ( 2016 ) . not just a blip in someone\u2019s life : integrating brokering practices into out - of - school programming as a means of supporting and expanding youth futures . on the horizon , 24 ( 3 ) , pp . 296 - 312 . doi : 10 . 1108 / oth - 05 - 2016 - 0026\nd ' urzo , s . , foster , j . , keune , a . , peppler , k . , & stutzman , a . ( 2016 ) . makerspaces : providing pennsylvania practical prefiguration . techniques , 91 ( 6 ) , pp . 25 - 27 .\nkeune , a . & peppler , k . ( 2016 , april ) . expanding , re - configuring , & evolving : design conjectures for equitable makerspaces . poster presented at the annual meeting of the american educational research association ( aera ) , washington , dc .\npeppler , k . ( 2016 ) . a review of e - textiles in education and society . in handbook of research on the societal impact of digital media : ch . 11 ( pp . 219 - 241 ) . hershey , pa : igi global .\npeppler , k . 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this version was done by phew - is - a - geek ( many thanks )\nsince 2010 , topfield equestrian center has been the leader in equine - assisted activities in the hudson valley . located in cold spring , new york ,\nconclusion the topfield tf - t6211 android smart pvr turns out to be a highly effective pvr with its android extensions providing true and impressive \u2018smart\u2019 functionality .\ntrf - 2100 hd digital video recorder topfield . - in - built 320gb hdd . - twin hd tuner . firmware download firmware instructions instruction manual .\nthe topfield ' s iview access and ability to record more channels at once give it the advantage , unless you\u2019re keen on the strong\u2019s icetv compatibility .\nboth of these pvrs are designed to support the viewing habits of busy households . the strong can record three digital tv channels at once , while the topfield ups this to four . the topfield ' s one - terabyte hard drive also doubles the recording capacity of the strong , but both pvrs let you expand recording capacity via usb .\nwe would love it if the topfield could browse a network directly and stream files off a lan ; similarly , we wish the pvr would show up as a network device from which we could stream recorded shows . nevertheless , once you learn how to use the topfield ' s interface it ' s easy to transfer files to and from it .\nthis is an epg loader for the topfield tf5800pvr that will allow extended epg information from a mystuff . mei file to be used by the inbuilt toppy epg and other taps that don ' t directly support\ntopfield equestrian center offers an environment where children , teens , and adults with physical , psychological , and behavioral challenges are overcoming obstacles and challenging conventions through nationally accredited and globally recognized equine - assisted interactions .\nwidescreen switching , subtitle & teletext support , parental lock by channel or event , games embedded . * please note that topfield does not guarantee their products should failure occur as a result of a badly written tap\nthe trf7170 is specifically engineered for the australian market . it also supports the topfield wireless dongle ( tfwd - 10 ) . mp3 player yes . photo viewer with slideshow yes . internet radio - shoutcast - .\nupdate : the trf - 7160 now gives you the ability to record a tv series without having to hook up the device to the internet . topfield calls this intelligent recording ( or topfield ir ) and claims it ' s an australian first for a pvr . new trf - 7160 units will have this ability straight out of the box , existing users can update the firmware using the instructions on this page : urltoken .\nmuch improved version of the topfield screencapture tap that also captures the osd and any user generated graphics . saves picture in . bmp format . user definable keys . this modified version runs only under program manager control .\nevery few years topfield releases a \u2018masterpiece\u2019 pvr which is basically a no - holds - barred device . the trf - 2400 is its current one , and as pvrs go it is indeed no - holds barred .\nyou are buying topfield trf - 2200hd twin tuner 500gb hd pvr , its used in excellent condition and works great . 500gb internal hard drive . mpeg4 video h . 264 fully supported . skip ads function . parental lock .\ntopfield trf - 8800hd 2tb smart pvr ( rare ) . hdmi android kodi showbox netflix more . showbox ( video streaming ) . also search google and youtube videos for instructions on how to use kodi . netflix ( video streaming ) .\nit also supports icetv if you wish to subscribe , thereby permitting intelligent recording . the unit requires a network connection for all these features , but topfield sells a wireless dongle for $ 69 that can free it from being hard wired .\nyou are buying topfield tf - t6211hd 500gb android smart dvr pvr dvb - t , its used in excellent condition and works great . 500gb hdd in - built . android os 4 . 2 ( jelly bean ) . live streaming tv from stb for smartphone .\nthe topfield trf - 2400 masterpiece hd plus is an elegantly styled pvr ( personal video recorder ) with a big 2tb hard drive and twin high - definition digital tv tuners . the best part is that the trf - 2400 can record up to four shows simultaneously .\nwhen you first switch on the topfield , you ' re greeted with a black screen and a very simple menu system that consists of five icons : recording , entertainment , settings , installation and information . installation is the first item you must visit , so that you can search for tv channels .\nbetter version of the built in autostart functionality of the topfield . an ini - file defines the order , in which the taps should start . in addition you can set the day - time - window in which the tap is allowed to start and you can also set a delay before the tap is actually launched .\nthe topfield took around two minutes to find all of the stations in our area , using an antenna more than 25 years old . once the scan is complete , the black background will go away and the current tv station you ' re on will start playing . from then , simply exit the menu and start watching .\noperationally the tf - t6211 proved not dissimilar to other topfield pvrs , which means that it\u2019s pretty easy to use . once we\u2019d tuned it in , for example , we could hit the ok / list key to bring up all the stations , select the duplicates in our area , choose \u2018delete\u2019 and get rid of them . you can go back to the install menu to set up favourites lists .\nequipment topfield is not alone in going android . companies both major and minor are recognising the versatility of android as an operating system and interface \u2014 all sony\u2019s 2015 smart tvs , for example , will be android - based . as google\u2019s operating system , android brings with it easy access to the google play store , delivering both additional content to watch , and a massive store of apps across a broad range of activities .\nif you want a useful additional aid for navigating the many features provided by the included android apps , topfield has this mini air mouse accessory available ( an alternative to this might be to use a simple wireless mouse and keyboard combo with their receiver plugged into a usb port ) . the android section of the topfield is effectively a real computer , capable of doing pretty much anything \u2014 just go to the google play store for more apps if anything is missing . we spent a bit of quality time with the web browser , which was quite responsive and nicely rendered all the web pages we visited . we also streamed high - def video from our server effectively ; all video is converted to 50hz output , though , so some jerkiness may become apparent for 24 or 60fps material . you can also stream recordings and live channels out to an android tablet with ease .\nto set up the web interface , you need to plug the pvr into your router and then configure its ip address . ( we used belkin powerline adapters to connect the pvr in the lounge room to the router in the bedroom ) you then need to add a username and password . to access the topfield from your computer , you just enter its ip address into your web browser and log in by using the user credentials you created .\nthe topfield trf - 7160 is a versatile pvr with two digital tv tuners and a 500gb hard drive ; it can record up to four tv shows at once . it also has network connectivity and a usb port , so you can get recordings off it and also put divx , xvid , mp3 and jpeg files on it . some of its interface needs work , but overall it ' s an easy to use pvr that ' s well worth considering .\nthankfully , neither recorder sports the freeview logo , so you can skip the ads rather than fast - forward . once they ' re connected to your home network , you can also stream tv recordings from these pvrs to dlna - compatible video players and some pvrs and games consoles . both feature a built - in ethernet port for connecting to your home network , but the strong also comes bundled with a wi - fi adaptor , whereas it ' s an optional extra for the topfield .\nthe topfield tf5800pvr ( or\ntoppy\nas it is affectionately known ) is a uniquely specified freeview pvr . the toppy ' s devastating flexibility enables you to watch and record a combination of up to four channels at once , to output two different programmes ( including recordings and live transmissions ) simultaneously via its rf outputs and scart socket , to record / pause / rewind / fast - forward live television and to edit recordings on the hard disk for later playback or output to your pc .\nwe\u2019ve divided our list of tap s into sections , so there\u2019s less to scroll through on each page . just click on the menu to choose a category , or select all to see every tap on one page . you can also choose taps that we know have been tested and found to work with the uk topfield tf5800 , either with the original firmware , or later versions , or ones that have been tested with the new tf5810 . please let admin @ urltoken know of errors or omissions . )\ni bought a 250gb topfield about 8 months ago and it ' s probably the best gadget that i ' ve ever bought . absolutely superb machines , and you can change how it works with downloaded programs called ' taps ' . pedro above has mentioned peter tyson . they are local to me in carlisle and are a very reputable company for anything av or audio . you should be 100 % confident when buying through these guys , they have been selling this kind of equipment for many many years and can be trusted . \u200c\nthe tf - t6211 marks a bit of a departure for topfield , which is a long - time player in the personal video recorder field in australia , with a number of highly regarded classic models over the years . rather than using its own long - standing control systems here , the interface on the t6211 is based on the android operating system , most commonly seen in mobile phones . it uses version 4 . 2 of android , known as \u2018jelly bean\u2019 . will the new tf - t6211 thus diverge from successful topfields of the past ?\nthe unit is not freeviewplus enabled , but it does have the android catch - up apps for abc iview , sbs on demand and ten play already installed . of course , with android you can find an app to do just about anything . for example , if you want to transfer a recording you can copy it to plugged - in storage using the pvr\u2019s facilities . or you can install an android ftp server to allow the unit to be accessed by computers on your network ; topfield advertises the ability to view programmes on android tablets , for example , though we didn\u2019t go that far in this review .\ntopfield ' s trf - 7160 is a personal video recorder ( pvr ) with a 500gb hard drive and two digital tv tuners . you can record shows onto its internal hard drive and time - shift tv broadcasts . you can also attach a usb 2 . 0 hard drive in order to view files you ' ve downloaded from the internet or ripped from a dvd or connect the pvr to your home network so that you can download from and upload files to its hard drive . it ' s quite a versatile pvr , but it ' s by no means perfect and could use a more intuitive on - screen interface .\nchannel changes are super - quick using the p - and p + buttons on the remote , but you can also use the ok / list button to skip directly to a channel you desire . the channel list can be easily edited by pressing the white option button on the remote \u2014 you can quickly get rid of duplicate and unwanted channels . the guide button on the remote can be used to bring up an overlay of the program guide , and you can click on a show to start watching it , or you can toggle the episode guide on and select programs that you wish to watch or record in the future . click on a show twice to tell the topfield to record it .\noverall , we quite like the topfield trf - 7160 because it ' s easy to set up , it can record up to four shows at once via its two tuners , and changing channels was very quick . we like the web interface , as well as the ability to attach a usb drive . the only things we ' d like improved are the media playback interface on the pvr itself so that you can just play a list of files without first selecting them all , and we ' d also like it if the web interface could be set up to upload multiple files in one hit . but those are relatively minor quibbles ; the trf - 7160 is definitely a unit worth considering .\nthe topfield has one hard drive in it and the pvr doesn ' t make any noticeable noise while it ' s operating . it ' s a basic - looking unit with an old - style display panel on the left that shows the time when the unit ' s in standby mode ; it shows the time , channel and hard drive status when it ' s switched on . there is a bright blue light in the centre of the unit that remains illuminated whether the pvr is powered on or in standby mode \u2014 and it ' s very annoying . the right of the front panel has a cover that flips down to reveal volume and channel buttons , and it also has an undocumented slot . it ' s a bit of a waste of space .\nperformance on first start - up , the unit booted fairly quickly to a main menu that offered set - up and installation items , as well as access to android apps . we had absolutely no problems setting up , but topfield has three videos on youtube ( under whiz bang ) which walk you through the main functions and set - up . we went straight to the installation section and within seconds had the unit scanning for our local digital tv stations . within a couple of minutes it had captured all the stations and was ready for use . subsequent switch offs and ons showed that the unit doesn\u2019t go into a quick start standby mode , but switches itself off pretty thoroughly . starting up again took just under 40 seconds for a tv picture to appear on screen .\nto program recordings you can work via the epg or through a special \u2018recording\u2019 menu to the \u2018reservation\u2019 page . this permits editing of existing recording parameters , deleting set timers or manually adding new ones . the epg supports at least eight days of schedule ( if the tv station deigns to broadcast it ) . and although when we first met this pvr there was no \u2018intelligent\u2019 or \u2018series\u2019 record capability available , this has been added in the most recent firmware upgrade \u2014 topfield is a company that listens to its users through feedback and forums , delivering ongoing tweaks to firmware which can bring new abilities like this series recording even long after purchase . this is doubly so with an android - based machine , of course , given the ever - expanding range of android apps available to be downloaded .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nthese taps are some of the most popular and easy to use ; we recommend you try these out first , if you\u2019re new to the toppy . you\u2019ll find plenty of other users of them in the forums .\nthe description extender makes the full programme description as seen in the native epg and infobox available to taps .\nformat , where it can be used by mei2archive and also by other mei - aware taps , including mystuff .\ninfo viewer is a replacement for topfields default infobox . think of it as a cut down , free improbox .\nthis tap is no longer recommended as it can cause problems , if the recommended software 5 . 13 . 65t , or any other with patches xp and xw installed , is used . the sole function of this tap is to return to playing a recording automatically when dumped to live tv when recording starts or stops ( bug id 12 ) , which is addressed with the fixes and firmwares mentioned .\nthis is a a 3 in 1 tap as follows : photo manager - allows you to view jpeg images . you can start a slideshow manually , or automatically whenever you switch to a radio channel or play an mp3 . other functionality includes several screensaver modes which can be used while listening to music . music manager - allows you to play mp3s . various play modes allow music to be played randomly or sequentially , either a single folder ( album ) at a time or including all subfolders too . the music manager can be used in conjunction with the photo manager to provide flexible album art modes . video manager - allows you to play video recordings . it can be configured to create thumbnails and scenes of the video to give a dvd like presentation . videos can also be moved , renamed or deleted .\ndata downloaded from the internet or the output of the\neit2mei\ntap produced from the freeview epg data .\nmystuff is a toppy ui replacement , providing enhanced features including : epg ; archive ; now & next ; timer creation ( including series link functionality ) ; optimised padding and colour skinning . most options are configurable for those that like to tweak !\nthis tap prevents a crash that can occurr on firmware 5 . 12 . 88 ( bastille day ) due to the pvr incorrectly attempting to process data transmitted on bbc multiplex 1\nthe remote extender tap allows other taps to recognise extra buttons on programmable remotes and , on the tf5800 , to distinguish between v + , v - , p + , p - , tv / radio and the arrow buttons and list button . it includes facilities to allow two toppys to be used in one room , and overcome problems with other remotes affecting your toppy .\ntap commander allows you to configure , reorder and temporarily disable taps whilst your toppy is running . it can also change the load order of taps in your auto start directory .\nthese smaller logos are used by media manager and mystuff - see\nuk tap standard logos\nfor larger logos for use in other taps .\nlogo . dat file for the uk timers , ukoz surfer , uk autoscheduler , mystuff and ip guide taps . n . b smaller logos are used by media manager and mystuff - see\nuk tap small logos\n.\na stylish tap designed to display and edit all your timer settings in an improved and easy to understand format . including backup and restore functions .\nthe idea of this tap is that it allows you to view the event information for all your other channels , and a small picture - in - picture of the other channels , whilst still watching the current program . you can then switch back - and - forth between the channels within the tap . surfer will also provide you with an indication as to shows that have timers set against them , and allows you to set your own timers for shows .\naccurate bookmarking ( tm ) monitors the accurate recording ( now & next ; ) info and generates bookmarks in recordings at programme transitions . just stick it in auto start and forget about it . ( people without a tf58x0 or with a firmware pre - 5 . 13 . 39 need not apply . )\nthis tap allows you to skip widescreen adverts when watching a 4 : 3 recording .\nthis tap generates an automatic reboot when a tap crashes rather than the system locking up .\nthis tap is intended to provide a means of backing up & restoring your system settings , so they can be easily restored after a crash , new firmware load , or factory reset . it can be used in either of two ways : ( 1 ) run manually , when settings may be saved or restored . or ( 2 ) run from auto start at boot time , when settings are restored . the latter must be preceded by at least one instance of the former to record your settings .\nautomatically sets time offset to 1 hour when date and time are within british summer time and 0 otherwise . for uk use only but could easily be adapted .\na facility to keep track of birthdays , with a reminder appearing when the tap is activated ( normally at turn - on ) .\na tap to simplify scanning and handling of duplicate & unwanted channels . it allows 2 regional variants ( e . g of bbc1 & itv1 ) to be kept without causing epg & timer problems .\nan integrated tap to manage your channel line up and automatically update ini etc files for other channel - dependent taps .\nthis tap cuts out the adverts using bookmarks that currently have to be manally inserted . the first bookmark is the end of the ads before the programme , and subsequent pairs of bookmarks mark the start and end of ad breaks , with an [ optional ] final bookmark at the start of the ad break after the end of the programme .\nthis tap creates osd overlays to mask out\ndogs\n( the channel logos overalaying the picture on many channels ) .\ndream free is a simple tap that gets rid of the mystic dreams background that ' s displayed during mp3 and recorded radio playback .\npillar - boxes 4 ; 3 programmes in the toppy for those users with widescreen tvs that do not respond to toppy commands .\nthis tap attempts to workaround some of the ' features ' of the firmware to hopefully provide a better epg experience . n . b . the improved epg in version 5 . 12 . 88 has made this tap laregely redundant , and it will only work with earlier firmware versions .\nthis tap will extend recordings based on the programme transitions signalled by the broadcaster ( known as\naccurate recording\nsignals in the uk ) .\nallows you to do a fast channel scan based just on your local transmitter , or from a choice of all available channels .\na utility to edit / sort mystuff favourites lists and limit rt2mei and eit2mei data collection to the those channels which appear in one or more favourites lists . it can also be used to edit thr tf5000display tap chn file .\nfont manager allows you to change the font that other taps use . you can use any true type fonts you may have on your windows or mac .\nthis tap turns your tv into a virtual aquarium . actually , it draws a few goldfish on a black background after a period of inactivity . they swim around a bit .\nenables check hdd settings , and allows some types to be set to\nquiet mode\n. n . b . there is a possibility of not being able to reverse any changes which adversely affect the toppy , so use with caution .\nthis provides a grid - epg , now - and - next , series link , padding ; plus a few additional things such as configurable epg views ( i . e . different order of channels , hidden channels ) , skins , background music or ( perhaps preferably ) no background music , and foreign language support .\ntap to display a wide range of information , vitually obliterating the current picture .\njag ' s epg ( version 2 . x ) ( 2 . 7f )\ndisplay . n . b . there is a version 3 . x with additional functionality , but this requires additional memory and so may not run with some other combinations of taps . for the moment it is being treated as a separate tap .\njag ' s epg ( version 3 . x ) ( 3 . 0 beta 5 )\nthis version of jag ' s epg is intended to support extended information and lcn support ( for tf5800 ) . at present this is being treated as a separate tap from versions 2 . x .\nthis tap starts a screensaver after a pre - determined time in radio or mp3 modes , and when paused in timeshift / playback modes . it resembles the linux matrix screensaver . you can also a select the mode\nblank\nor\ntransparent\n.\nmcgautoar is a tap that automatically switches to the correct aspect ratio . it ' s primarily for 4 : 3 tvs and for australian broadcasts .\nthis tap is for use in conjunction with a combined tv & radio channel list . it switches mheg on when on radio channels ( needed to bring on the sound ) and off when on tv channels to avoid unnecessary processing .\nthis tap includes a number of features to improve the mheg operation and limit its impact on normal viewing .\nswitches off all mheg functions . n . b . a facility to switch off all mheg functions is included in firmware issues from 5 . 12 . 25 onwards\nswitches the interactive mheg engine on when required for viewing text , and off when reverting to tv .\nthis tap lists all the films in the ( native ) epg in time order .\nthis tap enhances the information displayed on the masterpiece front panel ( as found on the tf5810 ) .\nthis tap enables you to watch one channel in a large window , and have ~ 1 / per second updates of 5 other preset channels in smaller windows .\ntap to allow you to jump forward a specified amount of time , and rewind a specified amount of time . really easy to configure . now with bookmarking .\ngenerates screen and log file reports of key aspects of your toppy which are likely to assist in the diagnosis of tap problems .\nan emergency replacement for the remote control that can be fully operated directly from the front pannel of a tf5800 . it can also be operated from the actual remote to simulate , for example , a broken key .\nthis is a cut - down version of the media manager tap providing only the photo viewing elements .\na combination of a patched firmware and a tap which ensures correct operation after a power drop out .\nprovides a better way of shutting down the toppy which allows recordings to complete without generating on - screen messages or needing user intervention .\na powerful and highly rated tap that provides an extensive range of enhancements accessed via the progress bar ( press play during playback ) . note : not all features are compatible with the uk model tf5800 yet .\ndeletes all radio channels , so the tv / radio key no longer has any effect .\nif your toppy crashes while recording , certain headers aren ' t updated and as such , the recorded files aren ' t typically playable . this is usually characterised by the toppy display showing\ninvalid file\non the file list when you browse to the file on your toppy . the recfixer tap will copy the file header from a working file to a corrupt file , and allow the corrupt file to be played .\nthis tap allows multiple streams within a mux to be recorded to a single file or timeshift buffer . it allows individual streams to be selected for playback . - record multiple streams within a mux - timeshift multiple streams within a mux - watch other streams on a mux without killing the timeshift buffer - playback selected streams from a multichannel file - watch 2nd stream during file playback in pip\nthis tap allows certain types of broken recording to be fixed so that they are playable . if the toppy crashes during a recording , the programme detail header is not applied to the recording and it displays in the archive as\ninvalid file\n. recording fixer can recreate this header , either based on another recording or based on a selected channel .\nthis is an ini file for eit2mei that attempts to get around the genre problems of eit data . many of the shows have been named in the genre fields and many channels have been directed to genre . including filmfour .\nthis is an ini file for eit2mei that add genre information to data collected by eit2mei . it uses the standard genres in meisearch and has 5 user defined genres . data was collected from radio times , using the radio times genre data the listings were then placed into the categories i felt were most fitting to the pre - defined genres .\nscreensaver which is particularly useful if you want to avoid burn - in on a plasma screen .\na utility to display the signal levels & qualities on each of up to 16 muxes for each of the two tuners - no longer uk specific from version 5 .\na simple text file editor for amending\n. ini\nor\n. txt\ntext files on your toppy\nthis tap allows mystuff / media manager skins to be edited on the toppy it is intended to complement the pc tool\nskinbuilder\n, so you can create your skin using the latter , then fine tune the results , or add new elements , using skin manager . it is possible though to build a skin from scratch using this tap if you do not have easy connection to a pc .\na free and simple advert skipper using two keys and a binary - search methodology .\nthe program provides a similar idea to quickjump to skip comercials or just find a certain point within a recording but only requires the use of 2 ' dynamic ' skip buttons ( forward and reverse ) . version 00 . 03 . 17 adds a\nreal cut\nfacility with which you can cut recordings easily and save a lot of disk space thereby .\nsee entry under java / perl / php , as this consists of both a tap and a java application to be run on a mobile phone .\nswitches to a pre - defined channel ( tv or radio ) when the toppy is brought out of standby .\non boot , sets the toppy to the channel defined by lcn , which rarley change and are readily idntified . the channel is selected using an associated text file .\nentries in your . rec files , allowing you to select and activate them ( i . e . move an epg entry from being a spare to being the one displayed by your toppy ) . also renames your files to suit the show name / subtitle ( in various combinations that you can choose from ) . it can also automatically correct the epg data stored in a\n. rec\nfile to allow for timers with front - end padding .\nstops the exit key calling up configuration menus of other taps unless exit is pressed twice within a second . n . b . another tap ( noexit ) prevents all exit access to tap configuration menus , even when exit is pressed twice in quick succession .\nthis tap stops inadbvertant changes to the aspect ratio by inhibiting the zero key unless in a menu etc or preceded by another numeric key ( to allow entry of channel nos such as 10 ) . n . b . this tap is no longer supported ( but is still available with source code ) - it is recommended you use remote extender instead .\nsuper pip provides enhanced pip facilities , with a default of split screen mode . you can then : * move either window around * shrink or enlarge either window * swap the current window * change channel in current window ( if remoteextender installed ) * play current window full screen * snap to split screen mode\nthis tap allows single key , two key or timer launching of taps , thus allowing easy access to less used taps while avoiding the possible memory problems of having all in auto start and providing timed start of taps whose authors did not provide this functionality .\nthis tap makes the toppy front panel lcd display much more information than the standard channel number . the leds can also be re - programmed to indicate states such as timeshift .\nthis tap is intended to provide a facility for monitoring various aspects of the toppy operation while using the toppy relatively normally . the aspects of this tap that are thought to be unique are the ability to display the results either as an on - screen message or using the front panel display , or both , and the wide range of parameters which can be monitored . it has been primarily developed to help in the development of other taps , but may be of use to normal users who have problems with their toppy . it should work on all models with the 7 - segment front panel displays .\nthis tap distinguishes between 4 : 3 , 4 : 3 letterbox , 14 : 9 and 16 : 9 anamorphic transmissions by scanning the frame buffer , ignoring any\ndogs\nthat stray into the otherwise unused area . it then informs the tv set by settings the appropriate bits in the wss data stream to the tv .\ncan\u2019t find what you\u2019re looking for ? you can use this page to search through the site database for what you need . you can search the text of frequently asked questions ( faqs ) , and bug reports and the descriptions of news items , links , guides and files in the download library . if you\u2019d like to search the forums , they have their own built - in search function , which you can access via the links on the left of the page .\nthe site search checks in questions and answers for faqs , in titles and descriptions for downloads , guides , links and news items , and in the text of descriptions , summaries , details and additional notes for bugs . for an all words search , all your words must appear in the same piece of text , for example in the description , or the summary ; if one word appears in each piece of text , the result will not be found .\nin the following table , you can find a list of programs that can open files with . rec extension . this list is created by collecting extension information reported by users through the ' send report ' option of\nthe product name , description , and company name are taken from the version information of the . exe file . the ' actions ' list is taken from the context menu items added to explorer by the specified program . the ' popularity ' column displays one of the following 4 values : low , medium , high , and very high , which is determined according to the number of users that sent the specified record .\nin the following table , you can find a list of file types information that is associated with . rec extension .\nboasting breathtaking views of the majestic hudson valley , participants are guided through individualized programs by our compassionate team of certified professionals with the goal of fostering the truly unique relationship between humans and horses .\n501 ( c ) ( 3 ) nonprofit organization . we are members of and accredited by\nanxiety depression self image challenges learning disorders add / adhd various types of trauma drug and alcohol addiction & recovery \u200band many others . . .\na 1 - hour drive from new york city , cold spring , ny is nestled in new york state ' s world famous hudson valley\u2013home to the culinary institute of america , hits horse shows , the fdr presidential home and library and so much more . fully wheelchair accessible , our impressive energy - efficient , heated facility features a 20 horse capacity stable with tack room , wash stalls , separate grooming area , 180 ' x 84 ' adaptable indoor riding arena with a spacious and comfortable viewing room , 132 ' x 60 ' outdoor arena , six grass paddocks , four sand paddocks and sensory trail .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\nconnect your home computer via usb2 . 0 and transfer your mp3 collection on to the built - in hard drive\nfurther , the tf5800 allows user - developed application programmes - or\ntaps\n- to be added via usb2 , increasing features and functionality beyond the already impressive array on offer , enabling limitless software control possibilities . yet , with all that functionality , it is a sprightly performer - channels change in under a second , bringing an end to frustratingly slow freeview surfing .\nnumerous trick - play options - ff , reverse play , slow motion ; a - b repeat ; pause and use trick play functions with live tv by using hard disk buffer . mheg epg and guide supported ; channel change in less than 1 second ; full - colour on - screen display with selectable display time , position and text transparency ; cursor driven navigation on the remote ; format hard disk option ; a - b partial erase of recording - say to remove adverts prior to playback or output of a programme ; file list navigation by programme name , record date and programme number\nscart 1 : rgb / component / s - video / composite video & stereo audio out scart 2 : composite video & stereo audio out ; composite video , s - video , rgb & stereo audio loopthrough optical digital output ( toslink ) - dolby digital ( ac - 3 ) compatible stereo line out via 2 x rca / phono independent s - video & composite video outputs too twin antenna inputs with rf loop outputs ( use with a single antenna and supplied loop - through cable or with two independent antenna feeds for tuning to different services ) additional independent rf in and outputs rs - 232c 9 pin d - sub connector usb2 . 0 connector\ntwin freeview tuners with independent view and record channel controls , plus record two different channels at once and output up to a further two different channels via combinations of rf and av outputs - two additional channels from the same multiplexes as those already being recorded so , for instance , record a channel from\nmux - a\n& record a channel from\nmux - b\nand watch a different channel from\nmux - a\nand output another channel from\nmux - b\nvia either rf output or scart . modulated rf output assignable between channels 21 and 69 , with single antenna or dual antenna feed options up to 2000 channel memory , channel list editing , favourites setting multi - standard ( pal / ntsc ) modulated output\ne & oe specifications are subject to change . a great deal of care goes into ensuring that pictures , descriptions and specifications accurately match those of the product . if you spot an error or an omission , or if you have a question about the product , please email us at\n* free next day delivery ( monday to friday , excludes saturday delivery ) can only be guaranteed on in - stock orders placed before 4pm and being delivered to the\nuk mainland\n, excluding surcharge regions as outlined on our delivery information page .\neddy ' s ( nottingham ) ltd ( incorporated 1944 ) . registered in england & wales , no : 392101\nwe use cookies on our website to give you the very best experience . carry on browsing if you ' re happy with this , or read our cookies policy .\nthe rear has one antenna port as well as ethernet , usb , and digital and analog video connections . you can connect the trf - 7160 to a tv or receiver via hdmi , but it also has component and composite video outputs \u2014 cables for all of those connections are supplied in the box . on an older , 4 : 3 television , you might only be able to use the composite connection , which will flicker slightly , but will still provide very clear and vibrant picture . ( you ' ll have to manually change the aspect ratio to 16 : 9 letterbox format in order to properly fit everything onto the screen ; thankfully , this can be done with a press of the a / r button on the remote control . ) the hdmi connection displays a crystal clear 1080i image on a big - screen , full hd tv . during our tests , the trf - 7160 consumed close to 30 watts while it was operating and 5 . 6w when it was in standby mode .\nyou can record up to four programs with the trf - 7160 , but those four programs can only be from two main channels and their associated sub - channels . for example , you can record simultaneously from one hd , ten digital , go ! and nine digital . but you can ' t simultaneously record programs from ten digital , nine digital , sbs one and abc one . while recording four programs from two channels , you won ' t be able to watch a program on a third main channel . however , you ' ll be able to play back a recording while you ' re recording live tv . bringing up a list of recordings and selecting one is simple and swift .\nwith 500gb of internal storage , you can record just under 500 hours of standard - definition video or just under 90 hours of hd video ; you can also record directly onto an external hard drive .\nthe trf - 7160 has a media function for playing music and watching videos . to view media files , you can either plug in a usb 2 . 0 drive or you can log in to the pvr ' s web interface to upload them to the internal hard drive .\nmedia playback on the trf - 7160 could be better though . while you can play videos and music that have been transferred to the pvr ' s internal hard drive \u2014 or off an attached external drive \u2014 it ' s not easy to play a series of files and skip between them . you have to either select them all while viewing the folder they ' re in , or press play while highlighting the folder containing those files . it ' s not an intuitive process .\nusing the web interface , you can download recorded programs to your pc , or upload files from your pc to the pvr ' s hard drive , as well as schedule recordings .\nyou can download files from the pvr to your pc , and you can upload files to its hard drive so that you can play them on the pvr . it will playback xvid - and divx - encoded files , as well as mp3s , and you can view jpeg photos on it , too . unfortunately , only one file at a time can be uploaded , which can be a pain if you ' re trying to upload music or photos \u2014 you ' re better off just connecting a usb drive for these \u2014 but it ' s not much of an inconvenience for video files .\nusing the belkin powerline adapters , file transfers averaged 6 . 6 megabytes per second , which means that a 30min standard - definition recording ( 567mb ) took almost 1min 20sec to download . with an 802 . 11n wireless network , the same transfer took around 25min .\nusing the default april 2010 version of the firmware , the trf - 7160 gave us a few problems . its web interface was a little buggy as it consumed a lot of cpu time when we uploaded files from a pc . recorded tv shows can ' t be played back through windows media player ( this is documented in the manual , which tells you where you can go to download a player ) .\nthese problems were fixed when we switched to the latest firmware version ( may 2010 ) , and this even added a couple of new features : the ability to use tap files ( applications that can be uploaded to the pvr to change the look of its menu or add new features ) and the ability to use ntfs - formatted hard drives instead of just fat32 - formatted drives . the firmware update process was very easy over the network \u2014 the trf - 7160 found and installed it automatically .\nstay up to date with the latest reviews . sign up to goodgearguide\u2019s gear daily newsletters\nsign up to gain exclusive access to email subscriptions , event invitations , competitions , giveaways , and much more .\nmembership is free , and your security and privacy remain protected . view our privacy policy before signing up .\ni need power and lots of it . as a front end web developer anything less just won\u2019t cut it which is why the msi gt75 is an outstanding laptop for me . it\u2019s a sleek and futuristic looking , high quality , beast that has a touch of sci - fi flare about it .\nif you\u2019re looking to invest in your next work horse laptop for work or home use , you can\u2019t go wrong with the msi ge63 .\nif you can afford the price tag , it is well worth the money . it out performs any other laptop i have tried for gaming , and the transportable design and incredible display also make it ideal for work .\ntouch screen visibility and operation was great and easy to navigate . each menu and sub - menu was in an understandable order and category\ni would recommend this device for families and small businesses who want one safe place to store all their important digital content and a way to easily share it with friends , family , business partners , or customers .\nreproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of idg communications is prohibited . copyright 2013 idg communications . abn 14 001 592 650 . all rights reserved .\nwith over 25 years of brand awareness and credibility , good gear guide ( formerly pc world australia ) , consistently delivers editorial excellence through award - winning content and trusted product reviews .\nbut let\u2019s start with the core abilities of this pvr , relating to recording terrestrial television . the t6211 is provided with two tuners and the ability to record two programs at once , and a 500gb hard - disk drive to store the recordings . there\u2019s analogue av output , plus optical digital audio , though most users will likely be using the hdmi connection . there is an ethernet socket and two usb connections ."]}
{"id": 53865, "summary": [{"text": "john brinton ( 25 january 1827 \u2013 2 july 1914 ) was an english carpet manufacturer and a liberal politician .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "brinton was born at kidderminster , the son of henry brinton a carpet manufacturer .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "he joined the family carpet manufacturing firm john brinton & co as a partner in 1848 .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "brintons had a large factory at stourport a town noted for its carpet manufacture .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "in time he became chairman of brintons ltd . he became j.p. for kidderminster in 1856 and was chairman of the kidderminster school of art from 1863 to 1869 .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "in 1866 he was made chevalier of the legion of honour for france .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "sometime before 1871 he purchased moor park at stourport .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "there he carried out considerable alterations to the house and grounds , planting an avenue of trees from lickhill road to bewdley road ( avenue road ) and erecting three pairs of ornamental iron gates .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "brinton became a member of king charles i school kidderminster school board in 1871 , remaining until 1888 .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "he became j.p. for worcestershire in 1876 .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "he was vice chairman of board of guardians to 1880 and chairman from 1880 to 1894 .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "he was also chairman of the carpet manufacturers association for 14 years .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "brinton was elected member of parliament for kidderminster in 1880 but accepted chillten hundreds next month because he was holding a government contract at the time .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "he was subsequently reelected without opposition and held the seat until 1886 .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "in 1887 he presented brinton park to borough of kidderminster .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "he became high sheriff of worcestershire in 1889 and was an alderman of the county council from 1890 .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "brinton married four times and had fourteen children of whom eleven survived into adulthood .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "his first wife was ann oldham from dublin whom he married on 1853 .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "she died in 1863 having borne five children .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "he married mary chaytor of limerick in 1865 .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "they had another nine children .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "their son reginald brinton , who played cricket for worcestershire became chairman of brintons on the death of his father in 1914 .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "another son percival brinton also played cricket for worcestershire .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "mary chator died in 1887 and john brinton married mary allen ( n\u00e9e gething ) in 1891 .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "after her death in 1903 he was married for the fourth time to mary eliza fisher , in 1910 .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "brinton died at moor park at the age of 87 . ", "topic": 2}], "title": "john brinton", "paragraphs": ["national museum of health and medicine ( nmhm ) : u . s . army maj . john hill brinton : 1862 - 1864\n318 . feet of f . unknown co . 13 john , no . 59 .\n351 . inform . kindly supplied by miss tomkinson and mr . john h . crane .\nour prayers go out to john ' s family and friends . thank you . . .\n106 . a see the map surveyed by john doharty , jun . , and published in 1753 .\nin 1986 , although he was orphaned as a child , mr . brinton finally discovered his family roots . he became a member of the brinton family association and spent his later years attending family reunions . the brinton 1704 house , built by an ancestor , still stands as a family museum in chester county , pa .\nsurvivors include his wife of 60 years , mary ann jennings brinton of riverdale ; nine children , mary ann flannery and renee hammond , both of rockville , denise berti of evington , va . , michelle manning of fallbrook , calif . , alicia wattenberg of chevy chase , monique ostazeski of port republic , va . , john g . j . brinton of laurel , william brinton of grasonville , md . , and thomas brinton of riverdale ; 23 grandchildren ; and five great - grandchildren . a daughter , jeanette griffith , died in 1981 .\n30 . pipe r . 4 & 5 john ; testa de nevill ( rec . com . ) , 44 .\njohn g . brinton , a retired cryptanalyst with the national security agency who was involved in community and church activities , died march 18 of complications of dementia with lewy body disease at his home in riverdale . he was 80 .\nap starling , jt brinton , dh glueck , al shapiro , cs harrod , am lynch , . . .\ntl crume , al shapiro , jt brinton , dh glueck , m martinez , m kohn , . . .\nalb shapiro , sj schmiege , jt brinton , d glueck , tl crume , je friedman , . . .\nt batliner , t tiwari , a wilson , m janis , jt brinton , dm daniels , . . .\njt brinton , ld barke , me freivogel , tc talley , md lexin , al drew , . . .\nas consul general for great britain in egypt , henry salt established a friendly understanding with the free albanian viceroy mohamed ali . john brinton describes how , through their relationship , salt was able to rescue many treasures of ancient egyptian art .\ntl crume , jt brinton , a shapiro , j kaar , dh glueck , am siega - riz , . . .\ndh glueck , mm lamb , ci o ' donnell , bm ringham , jt brinton , ke muller , . . .\njohn hill brinton had a distinguished career in medicine , serving as the first curator of the army medical museum ( now the national museum of health and medicine , an element of the armed forces institute of pathology ) and later as a surgeon at prestigious philadelphia hospitals .\nthe portion assigned to elizabeth browne descended to her son william , ( fn . 307 ) who in 1574 conveyed it to humphrey doolittle of stone . ( fn . 308 ) his son john doolittle had livery of it in 1583 , ( fn . 309 ) but died in january 1585\u20136 , leaving an infant son john . ( fn . 310 ) in 1607 this john had livery of his father ' s estate . ( fn . 311 ) its later history is unknown .\n63 . ibid . 12 hen . iv , no . 34 . the attainder of the first lord kidderminster was reversed in 1398 in favour of his son john ; but the proceedings of 1388 were reaffirmed in 1400 and john beauchamp did not recover kidderminster ( ibid . 8 hen . v , no . 70 ) .\nthe road to stourport following the river skirts sutton common , the ' sudtone ' of domesday , near which is said to have been ' sudwale , ' ( fn . 225 ) and , leaving on the left brinton park , given to the town in 1887 by mr . john brinton , d . l . , j . p . , formerly m . p . , leads through foley park , a rapidly growing suburb of substantial houses , villas and small shops .\nthe museum ' s first curator , john brinton ( center with beard ) , at petersburg , va . , collecting specimens during the civil war . brinton held the chair of surgery at the university of pennsylvania until the outbreak of the civil war in 1861 . in august of that year , president lincoln commissioned him as a brigadier surgeon of volunteers , with orders to report to maj . gen . fremont , commander of the department of the west . brinton was subsequently ordered to report to brig . gen . u . s . grant , who had just assumed command of the district of cairo , and was assigned to duty in the office of the army of tennessee and cumberland rivers . brinton was involved in the battles of fort henry and fort donaldson , and the battle of shiloh .\nafter retiring , mr . brinton joined the annapolis striders and became an avid runner . he especially enjoyed participating in the annual bay bridge run with family members .\n38 . but note that john biset is called in another plea the grandson of manasser ( cur . reg . r . 135 , m . 38 d . ) .\nthree generations of the wannerton family are said to have been lords of wannerton during the 15th century . ( fn . 358 ) john wannerton , whose father and grandfather lived here , had a son john wannerton of worfield , co . salop , whose daughter and heir jane married sir george bromley , kt . , justiciar of chester . ( fn . 359 )\n147 . add . ms . 37503 , fol . 59\u201360 . john ' le blaxtere ' was living in kidderminster in 1281 ( mins . accts . bdle . 1070 , no . 5 ) .\nhoch h , kempe a , brinton j , szefler s . feasibility of medication monitoring sensors in high risk asthmatic children . j asthma . 2018 apr 11 ; 1 - 3 . pmid : 29641374 .\n356 . inform . kindly supplied by miss tomkinson and mr . john h . crane . sir ralph clare ' s estate extended into trimpley ; a ' manor ' of trimpley descended with caldwall hall from 1654 onwards .\nbrinton jt , ringham bm , glueck dh . an internal pilot design for prospective cancer screening trials with unknown disease prevalence . trials . 2015 oct 13 ; 16 : 458 . pmid : 26463684 ; pmcid : pmc4604650 .\nbennett sl , gaudiani jl , brinton jt , mehler ps . motivated to survive : high cooperativeness in severe anorexia nervosa . eat disord . 2015 ; 23 ( 5 ) : 430 - 8 . pmid : 25826097 .\nhuntingfield was a prominent member of the baronial opposition to john . ( fn . 31 ) upon the outbreak of war the sheriff seized kidderminster for the king . at runnimede 21 june 1215 , when huntingfield had been appointed one of the ' conservators ' of the great charter , the king restored the lands of which he had been dispossessed ( fn . 32 ) ; but in the following november kidderminster was delivered to roger la zouche ' during pleasure , ' ( fn . 33 ) and in 1216 , when huntingfield was subduing the eastern counties on behalf of louis of france , john made a new grant of the town to his ' beloved and loyal ' follower john l ' estrange . ( fn . 34 )\nthe share of the one daughter , ela wotton ( second by birth ) , was known later as the manor of kidderminster biset . ( fn . 46 ) john wotton survived his wife , and settled her inheritance on their son john , who took the name of biset , and on his wife katharine . ( fn . 47 ) john biset died shortly before 1307 , leaving a son john . ( fn . 48 ) the latter alienated a messuage and certain of his lands in kidderminster to hugh cooksoy c . 1330 . ( fn . 49 ) shortly afterwards biset died , and the manor passed to his sister margaret wife of robert martin of yeovilton ( ' yevelton ' ) , co . somers . ( fn . 50 ) she and her husband granted a lease of the manor to hugh cooksey and his wife denise for their lives . ( fn . 51 ) denise cooksey lived till 1376 , when , owing to the fact that robert martin and his two sons robert and william , to whom the manor should have reverted , were already dead , ( fn . 52 ) kidderminster biset passed to the surviving heir of margaret , sir walter romsey , kt . , her son by a second husband . ( fn . 53 ) in 1380 sir walter settled the manor in tail - male on his son john and the latter ' s wife alice , ( fn . 54 ) but john romsey died in his father ' s lifetime . his widow apparently married malcolm de la mare , for in 1385\u20136 sir walter sold the reversion of the manor contingent upon the death of alice wife of malcolm de la mare to sir john beauchamp of holt . ( fn . 55 )\n83 . cal . pat . 1317\u201321 , p . 601 ; maud had a son john lovel by her first husband ( chan . inq . p . m . 20 edw . iii [ 1st nos . ] , no . 51 ) .\nmcgraw md , robison k , kupfer o , brinton jt , stillwell pc . the use of light ' s criteria in hospitalized children with a pleural effusion of unknown etiology . pediatr pulmonol . 2018 may 27 . pmid : 29806196 .\nthis grant was renewed to john biset in 1238 . ( fn . 40 ) he also came to an agreement ( 1240 ) with the prior and convent of worcester as to the bounds of their respective lands on the heath between wolverley and kidderminster . ( fn . 41 ) a year later ( 1241 ) he died , ( fn . 42 ) leaving three daughters as co - heirs , of whom the eldest , margery , was the wife of robert rivers , while ela married firstly ralph nevill and afterwards john wotton ; isabel , the third daughter , became the wife of hugh ploseys , ( fn . 43 ) probably the son of john pleseys , who in 1241 had a grant of the custody and marriage of the two younger daughters . ( fn . 44 )\nhughes bh , brinton jt , ingram dg , halbower ac . the impact of altitude on sleep - disordered breathing in children dwelling at high altitude : a crossover study . sleep . 2017 sep 01 ; 40 ( 9 ) . pmid : 28934528 .\n242 . anct . d . ( p . r . o . ) , b 2688 ; feet of f . unknown co . 13 john , no . 59 ; worcs . case 258 , file 6 , no . 22 ; add . chart . 20423 .\nrosen e , sabel al , brinton jt , catanach b , gaudiani jl , mehler ps . liver dysfunction in patients with severe anorexia nervosa . int j eat disord . 2016 feb ; 49 ( 2 ) : 151 - 8 . pmid : 26346046 .\nmascolo m , dee e , townsend r , brinton jt , mehler ps . severe gastric dilatation due to superior mesenteric artery syndrome in anorexia nervosa . int j eat disord . 2015 jul ; 48 ( 5 ) : 532 - 4 . pmid : 25639251 .\nmiles clent and his wife dorothy conveyed it to thomas the second lord folliott , governor of londonderry in 1662 . ( fn . 338 ) in march 1716\u201317 the barony of folliott became extinct by the death of henry the third lord folliott , only son and heir of the above thomas . ( fn . 339 ) lower mitton and lickhill were inherited by his niece rebecca wife of arthur lugg ( who died at lickhill in 1726 ) and daughter of anne soley , sister of henry lord folliott . ( fn . 340 ) in 1740 rebecca lugg , then a widow , made over the property to her ' kinsman john folliott in consideration of her natural love and affection . . . and for his advancement in point of fortune , ' reserving to herself for life the occupancy of lickhill manor house . he was lieutenant - colonel of the regiment of horse commanded by lord cathcart , and in 1750 devised his worcestershire estates to captain john folliott of the royal hospital , near dublin , with successive remainders to the latter ' s second son john , and eldest son francis , in tail . captain john folliott entered upon the estate in 1762 , and was succeeded by john his second son , who died at lickhill unmarried in january 1814 . the estate then descended to john folliott of sligo , grandson of francis folliott , and a minor . he resided mostly in ireland , and represented the county of sligo in parliament . in 1822 he barred the entail on the worcestershire property , and subsequently sold the lickhill estate with its manors of lower mitton and lickhill to joseph craven , j . p . , of steeton in craven , co . yorks .\nalonzo ta , brinton jt , ringham bm , glueck dh . bias in estimating accuracy of a binary screening test with differential disease verification . stat med . 2011 jul 10 ; 30 ( 15 ) : 1852 - 64 . pmid : 21495059 ; pmcid : pmc3115446 .\nmr . brinton , a native of philadelphia , was placed in st . ann ' s children ' s home at age 3 when his father died . he was later transferred to another orphanage and remained there until 1937 . his mother died when he was 7 .\njoseph craven died 30 march 1867 , having devised his worcestershire property to his younger son john william craven . the latter died in scotland 12 october 1871 , and the estate is now the property of his posthumous son , mr . campbell j . craven . ( fn . 341 )\nit remained in the possession of the prior and passed with his other estates in kidderminster to edmund waller the poet . he sold hurcott to william walsh of abberley . ( fn . 324 ) it appears to have been purchased by george evelyn , brother of the diarist , john evelyn . the latter bought it from his brother 27 june 1648 , and sold it six months later at a profit of \u00a3100 to colonel john bridges , ( fn . 325 ) who also purchased the jointure of lady mary widow of sir edward blount in kidderminster . ( fn . 326 )\npark attwood evidently originated in the licence granted in 1362 to john attwood of wolverley , the king ' s yeoman , to inclose 600 acres in his demesne lands at kidderminster and wolverley . ( fn . 347 ) the reputed manor of park attwood remained in the attwood family at least till 1595 . ( fn . 348 ) in 1661 john attwood had rights in a considerable estate in wolverley and park attwood , ( fn . 349 ) and a john attwood seems to have dealt with the manor in 1685 . ( fn . 350 ) the greater part of park attwood was purchased about 1797 by henry chillingworth of holt castle , and remained in the family until its recent sale by lieut . - col . william henry chillingworth . thomas hessin charles , barrister - at - law , purchased the manor and lands of park attwood in 1912 . ( fn . 351 )\ngraybill c , claypool dj , brinton jt , levin mj , lee ks . cytokines produced in response to varicella - zoster virus infection of arpe - 19 cells stimulate lymphocyte chemotaxis . j infect dis . 2017 nov 15 ; 216 ( 8 ) : 1038 - 1047 . pmid : 28968855 .\ngaudiani jl , brinton jt , sabel al , rylander m , catanach b , mehler ps . medical outcomes for adults hospitalized with severe anorexia nervosa : an analysis by age group . int j eat disord . 2016 apr ; 49 ( 4 ) : 378 - 85 . pmid : 26332494 .\nmr . brinton was an early member of st . bernard ' s catholic church in riverdale , where he was involved with both the church and school . he was a fixture at most fundraisers and entertainment programs and spent many hours working with his friends and neighbors to build the new church .\nthomas jj , levek c , quick hd , brinton jt , garg s , cohen mn . utility of gabapentin in meeting physical therapy goals following posterior spinal fusion in adolescent patients with idiopathic scoliosis . paediatr anaesth . 2018 jun ; 28 ( 6 ) : 558 - 563 . pmid : 29878543 .\nkaar jl , brinton jt , crume t , hamman rf , glueck dh , dabelea d . leptin levels at birth and infant growth : the epoch study . j dev orig health dis . 2014 jun ; 5 ( 3 ) : 214 - 8 . pmid : 24901661 ; pmcid : pmc4776652 .\nrylander m , brinton jt , sabel al , mehler ps , gaudiani jl . a comparison of the metabolic complications and hospital course of severe anorexia nervosa by binge - purge and restricting subtypes . eat disord . 2017 jul - sep ; 25 ( 4 ) : 345 - 357 . pmid : 28060579 .\nholmes sr , sabel al , gaudiani jl , gudridge t , brinton jt , mehler ps . prevalence and management of oropharyngeal dysphagia in patients with severe anorexia nervosa : a large retrospective review . int j eat disord . 2016 feb ; 49 ( 2 ) : 159 - 66 . pmid : 26316316 .\nmr . brinton , who began working for the nsa in 1951 and retired in 1982 , was a volunteer firefighter and a founding member of jefferson heights volunteer fire department in fairfax county in the early 1950s . he later volunteered at the riverdale heights vfd in prince george ' s county for 17 years .\nin 1864 , brinton was relieved of duty at the museum . he thought his transfer due to any of three reasons : he was an appointee of surgeon general hammond ( court - martialed over improperly purchasing blankets , but actually due to secretary of war edwin stanton ' s dislike of him ) , he was a cousin of george mcclellan ( the discredited general and failed presidential candidate ) , and he was the proponent of an unpopular plan to retain volunteer surgeons equal in rank to the regular army surgeons at the close of the war . in his autobiography , brinton maintained a sense of humor about his transfer :\nbrinton jt , barke ld , freivogel me , talley tc , lexin md , drew al , beam rb , glueck dh . informing women and their physicians about recommendations for adjunct breast mri screening : a cohort study . health commun . 2018 apr ; 33 ( 4 ) : 489 - 495 . pmid : 28157381 .\nkaar jl , crume t , brinton jt , bischoff kj , mcduffie r , dabelea d . maternal obesity , gestational weight gain , and offspring adiposity : the exploring perinatal outcomes among children study . j pediatr . 2014 sep ; 165 ( 3 ) : 509 - 15 . pmid : 24996985 ; pmcid : pmc4145019 .\nringham bm , alonzo ta , brinton jt , kreidler sm , munjal a , muller ke , glueck dh . reducing decision errors in the paired comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of screening tests with gaussian outcomes . bmc med res methodol . 2014 mar 05 ; 14 : 37 . pmid : 24597517 ; pmcid : pmc4015908 .\nbrinton jt , barke ld , freivogel me , jackson s , o ' donnell ci , glueck dh . breast cancer risk assessment in 64 , 659 women at a single high - volume mammography clinic . acad radiol . 2012 jan ; 19 ( 1 ) : 95 - 9 . pmid : 22054804 ; pmcid : pmc3261722 .\nharrod cs , chasan - taber l , reynolds rm , fingerlin te , glueck dh , brinton jt , dabelea d . physical activity in pregnancy and neonatal body composition : the healthy start study . obstet gynecol . 2014 aug ; 124 ( 2 pt 1 ) : 257 - 64 . pmid : 25004346 ; pmcid : pmc4111108 .\ncrume tl , brinton jt , shapiro a , kaar j , glueck dh , siega - riz am , dabelea d . maternal dietary intake during pregnancy and offspring body composition : the healthy start study . am j obstet gynecol . 2016 nov ; 215 ( 5 ) : 609 . e1 - 609 . e8 . pmid : 27371352 .\nharrod cs , reynolds rm , chasan - taber l , fingerlin te , glueck dh , brinton jt , dabelea d . quantity and timing of maternal prenatal smoking on neonatal body composition : the healthy start study . j pediatr . 2014 oct ; 165 ( 4 ) : 707 - 12 . pmid : 25063722 ; pmcid : pmc4177331 .\nit was also brinton ' s task to find a location for the museum . the museum was initially located at the old riggs bank building on pennsylvania and 15 street in washington , d . c . a larger space was needed as more specimens came in , and the museum was then moved to the corcoran building on h street .\nbarhight mf , lusk j , brinton j , stidham t , soranno de , faubel s , goebel j , mourani pm , gist km . hyperchloremia is independently associated with mortality in critically ill children who ultimately require continuous renal replacement therapy . pediatr nephrol . 2018 jun ; 33 ( 6 ) : 1079 - 1085 . pmid : 29404689 .\nlemas dj , brinton jt , shapiro al , glueck dh , friedman je , dabelea d . associations of maternal weight status prior and during pregnancy with neonatal cardiometabolic markers at birth : the healthy start study . int j obes ( lond ) . 2015 oct ; 39 ( 10 ) : 1437 - 42 . pmid : 26055075 ; pmcid : pmc4596750 .\nthe portion of the main manor assigned to isabel pleseys , the youngest daughter of john biset , was known after 1476 by the name of kidderminster burnell . it was evidently alienated before the death of hugh pleseys to robert burnell , bishop of bath and wells , the great chancellor of edward i , who purchased other lands in the county . he held one - third of kidderminster at his death in 1292 , ' doing for it to the king reasonable service with arms and horses in time of war , as the king may desire . ' ( fn . 78 ) he was succeeded by his nephew philip burnell of holdgate , co . salop , who rapidly wasted his estate . ( fn . 79 ) his son edward , left heir to his father in 1294 , ( fn . 80 ) was summoned to parliament as lord burnell in 1314 , ( fn . 81 ) but died without issue in the following year . ( fn . 82 ) his sister and heir married firstly john lovel , secondly john handlo . in 1321 this portion of kidderminster was entailed upon john and maud handlo and their heirs male ( fn . 83 ) ; in 1339 a new settlement was made upon their son nicholas ( afterwards called burnell ) and his wife mary . ( fn . 84 ) he entered upon the estate after his father ' s death in 1346 , ( fn . 85 ) served in the wars in france , and was summoned to parliament as lord burnell in 1350 . ( fn . 86 ) in january 1382\u20133 , upon the death of nicholas burnell , kidderminster burnell descended to his son hugh . ( fn . 87 ) having no sons , he alienated it to his friend sir john beauchamp of holt , ( fn . 88 ) who also acquired the reversion of kidderminster biset . thus two divisions of the original manor were re - united .\nglueck dh , lamb mm , o ' donnell ci , ringham bm , brinton jt , muller ke , lewin jm , alonzo ta , pisano ed . bias in trials comparing paired continuous tests can cause researchers to choose the wrong screening modality . bmc med res methodol . 2009 jan 20 ; 9 : 4 . pmid : 19154609 ; pmcid : pmc2657218 .\nstarling ap , brinton jt , glueck dh , shapiro al , harrod cs , lynch am , siega - riz am , dabelea d . associations of maternal bmi and gestational weight gain with neonatal adiposity in the healthy start study . am j clin nutr . 2015 feb ; 101 ( 2 ) : 302 - 9 . pmid : 25646327 ; pmcid : pmc4307203 .\nbrinton was born in philadelphia on may 21 , 1832 . he received his bachelor of arts degree at age 18 from the university of pennsylvania in 1850 , and graduated in 1853 from jefferson medical college in philadelphia . following his graduation , he spent a year attending medical schools in paris and in vienna , austria before returning to philadelphia to enter into general practice .\ncarrying out this task was difficult , because brinton had to inform the skeptical that the museum\nwas not for the collection of curiosities , but for the accumulation of objects and data of lasting scientific interest , which might in the future serve to instruct generations of students .\nto carry out these orders , brinton visited the headquarters of the armies in the field and various hospitals to collect information , data , and illustrations for the surgical history of the war and specimens for the museum . these visits proved to be useful for two reasons . they allowed him to collect specimens . and secondly , he was able to create a greater interest among field surgeons about the museum , which prompted them to send in more surgical specimens .\nshapiro al , schmiege sj , brinton jt , glueck d , crume tl , friedman je , dabelea d . testing the fuel - mediated hypothesis : maternal insulin resistance and glucose mediate the association between maternal and neonatal adiposity , the healthy start study . diabetologia . 2015 may ; 58 ( 5 ) : 937 - 41 . pmid : 25628236 ; pmcid : pmc4393770 .\ncrume tl , shapiro al , brinton jt , glueck dh , martinez m , kohn m , harrod c , friedman je , dabelea d . maternal fuels and metabolic measures during pregnancy and neonatal body composition : the healthy start study . j clin endocrinol metab . 2015 apr ; 100 ( 4 ) : 1672 - 80 . pmid : 25574704 ; pmcid : pmc4399301 .\nit became customary to let the estate for considerable terms of years . ( fn . 246 ) john blount was collector of rents , and held the rectory on lease in 1455\u20136 , ( fn . 247 ) and in 1522 sir thomas blount and his son edward had a lease of the whole estate for ninety - seven years . ( fn . 248 ) thus the property was little affected by the dissolution of maiden bradley priory in 1535 , ( fn . 249 ) or by the subsequent grant of the rights of the priory to john dudley , the great admiral of england , viscount lisle , and afterwards duke of northumberland , ( fn . 250 ) then embarrassed by debts incurred in the king ' s service at boulogne ( fn . 251 ) ( 1544 ) .\nin 1390 , however , the prior leased the third part of the manor of kidderminster , with oldington and comberton and the tithes of kidderminster , to thomas mal , chaplain , and john mal for thirty - four years , subject to a rent , which was to be increased later unless ' great pestilence came to those parts . ' other tenements were also let out on lease . ( fn . 245 )\nthe manor of caldwall ( caldewell , xiii cent . ; caldewall , xv cent . ; or cawdewall , xvi cent . ) was held of the prior of maiden bradley ( fn . 273 ) in the 14th century . possibly it was included in the lands given to the priory by john rivers , for henry ' of caldwall ' was one of the witnesses of his grants . ( fn . 274 )\nfrom others the priory acquired various houses and pieces of land in the town , ( fn . 242 ) and margaret sister of henry biset , who built herself a house within the priory court in order to live a life of contemplation , gave rents in kidderminster , assigned to her by her brother . ( fn . 243 ) john rivers of burgate subsequently exchanged one - third of kidderminster manor with the same priory .\nkidderminster appears to have been restored to the bisets after king john ' s death . it does not appear whether henry biset ' s heir , his son william , ( fn . 35 ) ever actually held the manor . william ' s widow , sarah , married richard keynes ( de cahannis ) , ( fn . 36 ) and in 1223 failed to defend her claim to dower in kidderminster against her daughter - in - law isolde , widow of william biset the younger , and her second husband , aumary st . amand . ( fn . 37 ) under an exchange with john biset , brother and heir of the younger william , aumary held the whole manor instead of the third which was his wife ' s dower . ( fn . 38 ) in 1228 he had grant of free warren and a yearly fair . ( fn . 39 )\nlower mitton is of older date than stourport . it consists of a few scattered houses on the wribbenhall road parallel with the severn . overlooking the river are moor hall , the residence of mr . j . brinton , and lickhill manor house , the seat of the ancient family of folliott until the early part of the last century , when it became the property of the craven family . ( fn . 229 )\nhenry ii in granting the manor to manasser biset gave him also full jurisdiction over his tenants , ' soke and sake , toll and theam , infangtheof and utfangtheof with all liberties and free customs whereof any of my barons of england holds best . ' ( fn . 116 ) john beauchamp had a further grant of the goods and chattels of felons and fugitives within his manors ( of kidderminster burnell and biset ) . ( fn . 117 )\nit is not clear whether oldington was sold to daniel dobbyns or not . it was certainly severed from comberton by 1656 , when william bromhall and his wife anne , thomas cowett and his wife anne , john somers ( probably the father of the great chancellor ) ( fn . 267 ) and his wife catherine , francis walker and richard whettall conveyed it to thomas foley , who was then sheriff of the county . ( fn . 268 )\nin 1524 john hore and his wife margaret conveyed the manor of heathy to gilbert clare , simon rice and others with warrant against the heirs of margaret . ( fn . 305 ) two - thirds of the manor subsequently came into the possession of thomas hey , and after his death in 1543 was divided between his three daughters , elizabeth wife of thomas browne , margaret wife of peter romney , and joan hey . ( fn . 306 )\nbrinton was assigned to normal medical duties as medical director in the field in the missouri campaign , as superintendent of hospitals in nashville , tenn . , and as medical director for the army of the cumberland . after the war ended , he returned to philadelphia to practice medicine and was appointed lecturer on operative surgery at jefferson medical college , and later as professor of the practice of surgery and clinical surgery , and surgeon to jefferson hospital .\n95 . chan . inq . p . m . 28 edw . i , no . 30 ; 35 edw . i , no . 43 ; but the bishop of bath and wells , when lord of kidderminster burnell , had a messuage worth 6 d . ( ibid . file 63 , no . 32 ) ; his successor john handlo had , however , no house or demesne land ( ibid . 20 edw . iii [ 1st nos . ] , no . 51 ) .\nafter the abolition of the chapter by the long parliament , eymore was purchased ( 1649 ) by john corbyn , the dean ' s lessee , for over \u00a33 , 000 . ( fn . 295 ) the dean and chapter recovered their lands at the restoration , and eymore remained in their possession until 1861 , when it was purchased by mr . edward crane of broom , who bequeathed it to his nephew , mr . arnold crane rogers of trimple ) house . ( fn . 296 )\ngeorge nevill lord bergavenny , a favourite with henry vii and son of the first - named george , entailed all his estates upon himself and the heirs male of his body . ( fn . 68 ) he died in 1535 , and during the minority of his son henry the king appointed john avery to be bailiff of the lordship of kidderminster foreign . ( fn . 69 ) upon the death of henry lord bergavenny in february 1586\u20137 the heir male to the estate was edward nevill of newton st . loe , somerset , sometimes styled lord bergavenny . ( fn . 70 ) his son edward disputed the barony with the heir general and received a writ of summons as lord nevill of bergavenny in 1604 . ( fn . 71 ) he died in london 1 december 1622 , and was succeeded by his son henry . ( fn . 72 ) it was his son john lord bergavenny who in 1663 leased the manor and market tolls to william dike for three lives . ( fn . 73 )\ntrimpley ( trinpelei , xi cent . ; trimpelei , xiv cent . ) was a berewick of kidderminster in 1086 , ( fn . 352 ) and was probably the fee in kidderminster granted by manasser biset to stephen attwood . ( fn . 353 ) it descended to his grandson john attwood in 1294 , ( fn . 354 ) and land at trimpley remained in the attwood family until the end of the 16th century . ( fn . 355 ) the manorial rights were probably absorbed in those of park attwood .\nthe division of the manor between the three co - heirs of john biset about the middle of the 12th century probably facilitated the growth of autonomy . each of the three lords had the amercements from his own free and customary tenants . they shared the waifs found on the highway or common lands of the foreign . they divided with the rector ( fn . 136 ) the fines from burgesses who imperilled the town by stacking brushwood near the houses , and from buyers and sellers who did business without the prescribed limits . ( fn . 137 )\nhabberley ( haburgelei , x cent . ; haberlegh , xiii cent . haburley , xvi cent . ) , ( fn . 297 ) a domesday ' berewick ' of kidderminster , lay at least in part within the main manor of kidderminster ( fn . 298 ) ; but francis clare is recorded to have possessed a separate ' manor ' of habberley in 1606 , ( fn . 299 ) part of which may have been the land in habberley which formerly belonged to the chantry of st . katherine in kidderminster church and was granted to simon clare after its suppression . ( fn . 300 ) it subsequently descended with caldwall manor ( q . v . ) to matthew and thomas jeffries reversionary rights were purchased by thomas crane of habberley and bewdley , who died 12 december 1824 . shortly before his death he made over the property to his nephew john crane , who died in 1866 , leaving habberley to his youngest brother henry crane . upon the latter ' s death in 1882 it descended to his son , mr . john henry crane , of ' oakhampton , ' stourport , the present owner .\nwhen in 1335 the vicarage was re - ordained hurcott was not included in the vicar ' s portion , but was assigned to the prior of maiden bradley . in 1340 , however , sir john de la doune , the newly inducted vicar , obtained from the bishop an appropriation more favourable to himself , especially stipulating that the vicar should enjoy ' the manor of hurcott where the rectors were formerly accustomed to reside . ' ( fn . 321 ) subsequent ordinances ( fn . 322 ) seem to have again deprived the vicar of the manor of hurcott . about 1449 the prior of maiden bradley let it to farm to the mother of thomas everdon . ( fn . 323 )\nbefore the time of william de cauntelow , who first took office as sheriff in 1200 , the town was free from the sheriff ' s jurisdiction . in consideration of 16 marks of silver walter beauchamp ( between 1237 and 1241 ) gave to john biset and his heirs written acknowledgement of this exemption . ( fn . 126 ) in 1275 it was recorded that the ' commonalty ' of the borough had distraint save in cases of debt . ( fn . 127 ) in 1305 the ' commonalty ' joined the lord of kidderminster biset in presenting a chaplain to the chantry of st . mary , ( fn . 128 ) but what right they had to do so does not appear .\nin 1187 livery of kidderminster was given to manasser ' s heir , ( fn . 22 ) who seems to have been his son henry . ( fn . 23 ) henry biset paid \u00a38 as the farm of the town for one quarter in 1194 . ( fn . 24 ) in 1201 , however , geoffrey fitz piers was holding the manor at farm from king john , ( fn . 25 ) but henry biset the dapifer received a new grant from the king ( fn . 26 ) of this and other manors , and agreed ( may 1199 ) to pay 500 marks in instalments for the vills of kidderminster and sandhurst ( co . hants ) . ( fn . 27 )\nin spite of early indifference and the very real difficulties of collection , the specimens came in , even though the case histories which were to have accompanied them were frequently lacking . enough material had been received by the end of 1862 to warrant issuance of a small catalog in january 1863 . in a covering letter to surgeon general hammond , brinton noted that\nall the contained specimens ,\nnumbering 1 , 349 objects , had been collected since the museum ' s establishment in august and the number was\nbeing daily augmented .\nof the objects cataloged , 985 were surgical specimens , 106 were medical , and 103 were missiles ,\nfor the most part extracted from the body .\nalso , brinton understood the uses of photography in medicine : it was more accurate , quicker and potentially more comprehensive than the traditional artistic approach . eventually it would be cheaper as well . he soon employed photographer william bell , apparently on contract . bell , who would later receive fame for his work out west on the wheeler expedition of 1872 and in patagonia on the 1882 transit of venus expedition , was a local washington photographer available to photograph soldiers ' wounds that brinton and his successor dr . george otis found interesting . much of bell ' s work in the early years of the war centered on photographing the specimens collected by the museum . these specimens were usually of gunshot wounds and showed how the bullet had fragmented the bone . when viewing these early photos there are two important points to keep in mind . america ' s last major war had been the much smaller conflict with mexico 13 years earlier in 1846 - 1848 . as a result , most doctors , whether career military officers or newly enlisted civilians , had almost no experience with gunshot wounds , especially those made by the newly - developed mini\u00e9 ball . mini\u00e9 had developed a conical bullet that came out of a rifled barrel ; this high - speed bullet caused a significantly worse wound than the older soft lead ball . secondly , no one knew what a wound looked like inside of damaged tissue as x - rays would not be discovered for another 30 years .\nin the partition of the manor after john biset ' s death the hall or manor - house seems to have been assigned to the lord of kidderminster biset . ( fn . 95 ) it is said that a portion of the hall , including the kitchens , was converted into a brussels carpet factory , which still existed in the last century . ( fn . 96 ) the foundations of the old building were discovered when the savings bank was being built . ( fn . 97 ) it lay in close proximity to the church on the sloping ground which rises from the left bank of the stour . hall street , dudley street ( formerly known as barn street ) , ( fn . 98 ) and orchard street occupy the site of the demesne .\nthe third share , that of margery rivers , was inherited by her son john rivers of burgate . ( fn . 89 ) he gave it to the prior of maiden bradley , co . wilts . , and the leprous sisters in that house , which was of the foundation of manasser biset , receiving in exchange land in burgate . ( fn . 90 ) in confirming to the priory the possession of the church of kidderminster ( fn . 91 ) he further granted the land and person of his villein , hugh ' in la grava . ' ( fn . 92 ) in 1270 queen eleanor confirmed to the priory the lands thus received , ( fn . 93 ) and this portion of kidderminster became merged in the priory ' s manor of comberton . ( fn . 94 )\nthe town also received frequent visits from the king . henry iii was there in july 1221 , when an expedition was proceeding against llewelyn ap iorwerth ; the welsh war brought him thither again in october 1223 . he was there in september 1224 and 1226 , august 1228 , may 1231 , august 1232 , when there were renewed troubles with the welsh and his visit seems to have been prolonged for at least ten days , and in june and september 1233 . ( fn . 132 ) he seems to have been entertained at the hall ( fn . 133 ) either by aumary st . amand , who took an active part in the welsh negotiations in 1231 , ( fn . 134 ) or by john biset , whose kinswoman margaret saved him from an assassin when at her midnight devotions . ( fn . 135 )\nin the summer of 1862 , after the appointment of assistant surgeon william a . hammond as surgeon general of the army , brinton was ordered to washington , d . c . and assigned duty in the office of the surgeon general . in june 1862 , he was ordered to prepare\nthe surgical history of the rebellion ,\nand on aug . 1 , 1862\nto collect and arrange in the military medical museum all specimens of morbid anatomy which may have accumulated during the commencement of the rebellion in the various united states hospitals or which may have been retained by any of the medical officers of the army .\nthis order recognized and authorized the foundation of the u . s . army medical museum contemplated in the circular order from the surgeon general ' s office on may 31 , 1862 .\ndaniel dobbyns , a merchant of london , who was related to waller by marriage , ( fn . 259 ) purchased the ' fair house next the church ' ( fn . 260 ) and the manorial rights , apparently including comberton . dobbyns ' s house was pulled down shortly before 1782 . ( fn . 261 ) the site is now the property of the vicar . ( fn . 262 ) dobbyns reconveyed the ' moiety of the manor , ' and possibly the manor of comberton , to waller , who sold it about 1652 with comberton to adam hough and thomas hunt . ( fn . 263 ) adam hough ' s descendant of the same name sold the ' manor of comberton ' to samuel steward c . 1772 . ( fn . 264 ) in this family it remained until about 1832 . ( fn . 265 ) it was bequeathed by two sisters and co - heirs , mary anne wife of henry evans and charlotte elizabeth steward , to their kinsman henry steward oldnall - russell in tail . his son john edwin took the name of russell - oldnall . comberton is now the property of his brother captain roger william oldnall of stone ( fn . 266 ) ( q . v . ) .\nlickhill , also the property of mr . campbell j . craven , has been accounted parcel of the lower mitton estate at least since 1429 , when robert nelme of worcester , who had in right of his wife agnes the reversion of two messuages , a carucate of land , 6 acres of meadow and 11 marks rent in ' leykhill , ' kidderminster , and lower mitton upon the death of margaret wife of walter corbet , conveyed his title to thomas lygon , thomas heuster and others . ( fn . 342 ) in 1507 thomas lygon ' s holding at lower mitton included a messuage at lickhill . ( fn . 343 ) lickhill manor house has long been the capital mansion of the lower mitton and lickhill estate , and has been successively occupied by the folliott and craven families and their tenants . the house is of red brick , and is situated on the banks of the severn between stourport and bewdley . it contains a fine oak staircase and some panelled rooms . during the time the folliotts occupied it some choice tapestry covered the walls of the drawing - room . john folliott , m . p . , before referred to , removed the tapestry and folliott family portraits to hollybrook house , sligo , his irish seat , where they can still be seen .\nin 1389 his rights in kidderminster were purchased by thomas earl of warwick on behalf of john de hermesthorpe and others , ( fn . 60 ) who shortly afterwards conveyed to nicholas lilling and others as trustees for a reconveyance . ( fn . 61 ) in june 1400 , on the death of alice widow of malcolm de la mare , ( fn . 62 ) lilling and his co - feoffees entered upon kidderminster biset , and settled it with kidderminster burnell on warwick ' s younger brother , sir william beauchamp lord bergavenny . ( fn . 63 ) his widow , joan lady bergavenny , held both manors in dower ( fn . 64 ) until her death , which took place 14 november 1435 . ( fn . 65 ) kidderminster , apart from bergavenny castle and her other entailed estates , descended to her granddaughter elizabeth wife of sir edward nevill and daughter of richard earl of worcester . sir edward was summoned by writ as lord bergavenny in 1450 . ( fn . 66 ) his son and heir george lord bergavenny ( d . 1492 ) instructed his bailiff to allow the priors of maiden bradley to take their part of the waifs and strays within their third of the manor and to avoid summoning the priors ' tenants to bergavenny ' s court . ( fn . 67 )\ni had been a long time in washington , and had many friends ,\nbrinton wrote in his autobiography .\nto some of these , i said good - bye , and to one of them , mrs . stephen a . douglas , i sent a picture . i had often joked with her when officers had been sent away from washington under the displeasure of the secretary of war , - - exiled in fact , for the secretary looked upon a detail to louisville or st . louis as a banishment , quite as in russia they regard banishment to siberia . some officers took removal from washington as a rather hard fate , but i had often told mrs . douglas that i was sure to be decapitated , but that when it came , like st . denis ( she , mrs . douglas , was a catholic ) , i would lose my head with good grace . so i requested one of the artists of the museum , ( hermann ) faber , a german of facile pencil , to make a pen - and - ink sketch of myself as st . denis leaving the museum , head in hand , for the region of the setting sun , with the bloody headman ' s sword , the unfinished work of the\nsurgical history of the war ,\netc .\na history of the county of worcester : volume 3 . originally published by victoria county history , london , 1913 .\nchedeminstre ( xi cent . ) ; kedeleministre , or kideministre ( xii\u2013xiii cent . ) ; kidereministre ( xiii\u2013xv cent . ) ; kidderminster ( xvi cent . ) .\nthe original ecclesiastical parish of kidderminster covered all the land lying in the angle between the severn and the stour , with the exception of over mitton , a hamlet of hartlebury situated in a bend of the latter river . an arm of the parish also extended castwards , taking in the districts about hurcott and comberton . the northern boundary was formed by a chain of pools connected by a tributary of the severn . the area of this triangular district is nearly 11 , 000 acres , of which 173 acres are covered with water , over 4 , 000 are arable land , 4 , 000 meadow and pasture and nearly 1 , 000 are covered with wood . ( fn . 1 )\nthe present town of kidderminster has developed from a settlement on the left bank of the stour . ( fn . 2 ) there is , however , evidence pointing to still earlier settlements elsewhere in the parish . in mill street , on the right bank of the river , there are caves in the sandstone cliff resembling the rock dwellings found in other parts of the country . the exact nature of the camps at warshill near trimpley ( fn . 3 ) and of a tumulus near the severn below the railway bridge is as yet undetermined .\nlocal tradition places at broadwaters , on the northern boundary of the parish , the site of a saxon monastery . it is at least certain that the 10 cassates of land in the province of usmere near the river stour granted in 736 by ethelbald , king of the mercians , to his companion ( comes ) cyniberht for the purpose of founding a monastery were near to kidderminster . this land lay on both sides of the stour and touched on the north ' cynibre ' wood ( ? kinver ) , and on the west another wood called ' moerheb , ' part of which was also granted to cyniberht . ( fn . 4 ) nothing is known of the monastery which cyniberht was to have built . he had power to bequeath or alienate the land . it was certainly included in the 13 cassates at stour - in - usmere which his son , the abbot ceolfrith , gave to the bishop and cathedral church of st . peter , worcester . ( fn . 5 )\nin 781 bishop heathored , in consideration of the restoration of certain disputed lands , is stated to have obtained from king offa a confirmation of the rights of the bishopric in 14 ' mansae ' at stour - in - usmere . ( fn . 6 ) this document , however , is not certainly authentic , as are both the charters previously cited . there is no question as to the charter by which in 816 denebert , then bishop , gave 14 cassates in two portions ( fn . 7 ) at stour to coenwulf , king of the mercians , in return for certain privilages to be enjoyed upon the lands of his see . ( fn . 8 )\nthe identification of kidderminster with a part of the land at stour - in - usmere rests upon the fact that the name ' ismere ' is now applied to the series of pools at ' broadwaters , ' ( fn . 9 ) and that usmere was in 964 a part of the boundary between kidderminster and cookley in wolverley . ( fn . 10 ) the identification is supported by the fact that both wolverley and kidderminster were after 816 lands of the crown .\nno other record of kidderminster is known before the domesday survey , in which it is described as a central ' manor ' with sixteen outlying farms or ' berewicks . ' these were wannerton , trimpley , hurcott , ' bristitune , ' habberley , ' fastochesfeld , ' wribbenhall , sutton , oldington , mitton , ' teulesberge ' and ' sudwale , ' and two berewicks each at franche and ribbesford . ( fn . 11 ) in the time of edward the confessor the whole vill was possibly held by the king . in 1086 it was held by william i , but most of it lay waste and the king had added the woodland to his forest ( of feckenham ) . it had probably suffered from depredations by the danes , who certainly ravaged ribbesford , one of its berewicks . ( fn . 12 ) three small estates in the manor were separately held . the land of one ' radknight ' was held by the reeve of the manor ; the land of another ' radknight ' was held by a certain william , and aiulf held a virgate of land . moreover , two houses , one at droitwich , the other at worcester , belonged to the manor . ( fn . 13 )"]}
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", "topic": 3}], "title": "aspen avionics", "paragraphs": ["avionics from aspen avionics - aspen avionics specializes in bringing the most advanced technology and capability into ga cockpits .\naspen avionics aspen efd1000 pro / mfd1000 / mfd500 from $ 29 , 150 ins . . .\naspen avionics specializes in bringing the most advanced technology and capability into ga cockpits .\naspen avionics specializes in bringing the most advanced technology and capability into general avia . . .\naspen avionics announced the acquisition of phoenix - based accord technology , a major producer of aircraft gps solutions .\naspen\u2019s new connected panel\u2122 technology creates a managed wireless link between your smart devices and certified panel - mounted avionics .\nmurfreesboro aviation has just been awarded dealership rights and named as an authorized dealer for aspen avionics products ! jim gardner , the owner of murfreesboro aviation stated ; \u201cwe are very pleased that aspen avionics has seen the value in partnering with . . .\ntulsair\u2019s avionics department has the capability to provide the latest in technology and technical skill to meet all of your avionics needs .\naspen also announced aftermarket approval for its efd1000h on the enstrom 480b , further solidifying the company\u2019s position in the helicopter market . aspen ceo john uczekaj said almost 80 percent of robinson r44 and r66 coming off the assembly line are being shipped with an aspen system installed .\nwe are an authorized sales and service center for many major avionics manufacturers , including , aspen , bendix / king , garmin , narco , ps engineering , meggit , wsi and others .\nthe combination of the two companies under the aspen name creates a unique opportunity for aspen to increase its positioning to target the thousands of general aviation ( ga ) aircraft that still need to equip with rule - compliant ads - b out avionics by 2020 in both the u . s . and europe .\nnexa capital partners , a middle market investment banking firm that is providing financing for nextgen avionics solutions , represented aspen in its acquisition of accord . michael dyment , managing partner of nexa , believes the acquisition will be a\nsignificant event for the aviation industry\nthat will assist aspen in capturing more nextgen avionics opportunities , including display - based and original equipment manufacturer ( oem ) products .\nevolution flight displays are designed to network with a variety of certified avionics from many manufacturers , making the evolution system a natural nexus for access to and control of flight data . aspen\u2019s new connected panel\u2122 technology creates a wireless link that integrates portable smart devices into the certified avionics ecosystem .\nuntil now , smart devices have been limited \u2014 unable to communicate with onboard systems . aspen\u2019s new connected panel\u2122 technology creates a managed wireless link between your smart devices and certified panel - mounted avionics .\nthe combined safety enhancing features of the dfc90 and the aspen glass panel , at this affordable price , is an unbeatable retrofit solution .\nkitchener aero has an extensive list of new surplus and reconditioned avionics for sale . contact aaron woeller for pricing .\nwe also have an inventory of reconditioned avionics that changes regularly . let us know what you ' re looking for !\nkitchener aero represents every major oem , provides quality avionics modifications and custom in - house engineering . call or email bill arsenault for a quote . no modification is too small . featured new avionics products : click on the images for more product information .\ncopyright \u00a9 2012 gulf coast avionics . all rights reserved . prices & terms subject to change without notice se habla espa\u00f1ol - ll\u00e1menos\ncontact us / ( 800 ) 928 - 4669 - ( 519 ) 648 - 2921 / \u00a9 2010 kitchener aero avionics ltd .\nthis week , announcements have come in about pre - oshkosh warbird displays , leadership changes at sun \u0091n fun , new avionics update . . .\naspen avionics , founded in 2004 by aviation enthusiasts , specializes in bringing the most advanced technology and capability for general aviation ( ga ) cockpits . the evolution flight display system , their flagship product line , is the most innovative and affordable glass cockpit system ever certified for general aviation aircraft . the features you want without sacrificing your budget .\navidyne corporation and aspen avionics announced a new autopilot interface that includes the popular evolution primary flight display and the dfc90 flight control system . the all - digital dfc90 interface was previously certified and limited to cirrus and piper pa - 46 aircraft that are equipped with avidyne ' s entegra suite . but the dfc90 and evolution pfd interface opens the interface potential to a wide variety of aircraft and aftermarket retrofits thanks to aspen ' s sizeable approved model list ( aml ) . the dfc90 includes full - time flight envelope protection and alerting as well as a straight and level mode . since the dfc90 is an attitude - based autopilot the aspen pfd is a logical interface given its proven ahars system that seamlessly drives pitch and roll reference to the autopilot . further , the dfc90 logically displays its mode annunciation on the aspen pfd display using symbology and mode status color coding that was borrowed from the transport category aircraft world .\nbarring another major acquisition later this year , rockwell collins acquisition of international communications group ( icg ) is the largest in the avionics market this year .\naspen ' s new certified glass panel\nevolution\ndisplay updates older\nsteam gauge\ncockpits and offers a low cost cost easily expandable option for pilots seeking a more capable cockpit instrument panel .\naspen and avidyne plan to aggressively pursue additional stc approvals to include the cessna 182 , beechcraft bonanza and other common aircraft models . the dfc90 is reasonably easy upgrade for existing s - tec 55x interfaces since it drives the existing autopilot servos and shares much of the same wiring . the dfc90 can also offer a seamless upgrade for other autopilots in the s - tec line . aspen ' s software that enables the dfc90 interface is expected in the coming months and pricing for the dfc90 starts at $ 9 , 995 not including installation . aspen ' s software unlock to make the interface work is $ 1 , 995 . for more information visit urltoken and urltoken .\ncontact info ( at ) havionics ( dot ) com with questions or comments about this web site . copyright \u00a9 2011 huron avionics , inc . last modified : 04 / 06 / 15\nat central florida avionics & instruments we are dedicated to providing the best customer service , lowest prices , and quick - turn , high - quality work . call today to see how we can help with :\nwe accept visa , mastercard & discover . & copy ; 2018 central florida avionics & instruments . all rights reserved . website design by boyd / kleypas & associates . prices & terms subject to change without notice .\nwhether you know exactly what you ' re looking for , or you need help putting together the perfect avionics package , our staff is here to help . call or e - mail our sales staff for a consultation .\naspen ' s flagship product line is the evolution flight display system , the most innovative and affordable glass cockpit system ever for certified general aviation aircraft . the evolution system enables aircraft owners to upgrade their primary flight instrument ' six pack ' to glass cockpit technology all at once , or in stages .\nwe have aligned ourselves with the leading manufacturers in aviation technology in order to provide our customers with the highest quality products in the industry . we offer the newest , most reliable and leading edge avionics products to our customers with full oem warranties .\nthe evolution 2500 combines the innovative pro pfd , the 1000 mfd , and the 500 mfd to deliver aspen\u2019s total glass cockpit solution . the pro pfd and 1000 mfd provide the safety and confidence of duosafe pfd redundancy . the 500 mfd expands display area to put more flight data where you want it\u2014the way you want it .\nitc primarily provides satellite communication services for the energy , mining and maritime markets , but under the acquisition , the houston , texas - based company will become an independent unit of panasonic avionics . by combining complimentary strengths , the biggest gain of this acquisition for panasonic is adding more satellite - based connectivity bandwidth to its portfolio . the panasonic avionics satellite network already covers 99 percent of all airline flight hours and 98 percent of all maritime traffic routes and the company is currently in the process of adding increased high throughput satellite ( hts ) capacity across the globe .\nads - b out is key to the faa ' s next generation air transportation system , referred to as nextgen . \u201cour goal is to provide a wider range of cost - effective opportunities for aircraft owners to meet the ads - b out requirement in 2020 . i think we\u2019ve achieved that by expanding our product line , \u201d aspen ' s perri coyne said .\nthe avionics shop at murfreesboro aviation is hoppin\u2019 ! our schedule for the first quarter is starting to fill up , but we have a slot for you ! we regularly perform repairs , single item or full panel installations , troubleshooting , ads - b compliance , stc and ad . . .\nif you fly your aircraft for transportation , and that does not include the piper cub flown away from major airports for fun , you will have to meet the faa mandate for automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast ( ads - b ) radios mounted in the panel by 2020 . the radios tell air traffic control where you are , how fast you are going , and at what altitude . there are two kinds : ads - b out , the mandatory one , and ads - b in that allows you to receive traffic and weather information . aspen avionics will offer in october an expanded line of ads - b out products to help owners comply with the mandate .\nfrom sales and installation , repair to upgrades , we have the expertise available to equip your piston , turboprop , or jet flight deck with all major avionics products including : autopilots ; gps ; gps - waas / lpv with vertical guidance ; taws ; weather radar ; xm - based weather ; and in - flight entertainment systems .\nthe acquisition of itc only adds strength to the avionics division of panasonic , which recently delivered its 800th aircraft equipped with exconnect to united airlines on a boeing 757 - 200 . demand remains strong for exconnect too , as it is expected to achieve its 1 , 000th aircraft installation by the end of 2015 amid an order backlog of over 2 , 300 aircraft .\naccording to teal group ' s recently published annual defense and aerospace companies overview , harris corp . ' s profits have increased\nfourteen fold\nsince 2003 . earlier this summer , harris\u2019 vice president of business development andy dunn told avionics magazine that the acquisition of exelis also places the company in a better position to provide innovative electronic warfare solutions for the defense market .\nat the top of the line of aspen ' s existing ads - b offerings is the atx200g dual - band\nin ,\n987 mhz\nout\ntransceiver at $ 5 , 495 with an internal waas gps sensor that provides an ads - b solution for aircraft already equipped with a mode a / c transponder , but without a waas gps navigation receiver . it receives ads - b traffic and subscription - free weather , and meets the ads - b out mandate below 18 , 000 feet .\nindependently , icg was already a major player , supplying satellite - based global voice and data communications solutions primarily for business aviation operators . the company was making a major push for business jet operators with its nxlinkseries of flight deck communications systems as operators look to equip their aircraft with future air navigation system ( fans 1 / a ) avionics to take advantage of the most optimal routes in the north atlantic tracks .\nnow , rockwell collins has integrated icg ' s latest generation of satellite communications terminals and smart routers into the company\u2019s already growing line of flight deck and cabin connectivity offerings . in june , the manufacturer released an e - book ,\nharnessing the power of aviation ' s information age ,\nwhich predicts the number of active air transport and business aircraft will grow to nearly 85 , 000 by 2030 , with 80 percent of those aircraft equipped with new information - enabled avionics systems .\ntwo new single - band receivers will complement aspen\u2019s stable of two dual - band transceivers and one receiver the company previously released . all the radios offered include both\nin\nand\nout\ncapability . the least expensive is the atx100 for $ 3 , 495 that provides an ads - b solution for aircraft equipped with a mode a / c transponder and a wide area augmentation system ( waas ) gps navigation receiver . it receives ads - b traffic and subscription - free weather , and meets the ads - b out mandate below 18 , 000 feet . the atx100g is the same unit , but with the addition of a waas gps receiver . it retails for $ 4 , 995 . both units are expected to be approved and ready to ship starting in october .\nthis week ' s letters brought comments from readers about the trainer refurb market , old vs . new , updated proficiency rules and airline . . .\ni was flying southbound in the los angeles basin in mid - july 2017 when i heard a vfr pilot trying to get a shortcut through the los . . .\neven if no one died , mistakes of the past cling to the consciousness like a bad odor .\nron carlson did almost everything right but only luck transformed tragedy into an amazing aviation story .\nwomen in aviation international ( wai ) has announced that it is now accepting applications for scholarships to be awarded in 2019 . at . . .\natol avion lost its prototype atol 650 amphibious lsa to an accident during a test flight on tuesday . the two crew members on board were . . .\nthe basicmed checklist we\u0092ve been reviewing in the healthy pilot series ticks the usual boxes\u0097dizziness , sensitive gut , cancer , . . .\njust don ' t expect all of them to behave like the pipers and cessnas you ' re used to .\nwhen a former student dies in an accident , asking what - if is unavoidable .\ndaher ' s new tbm 930 is equipped with the garmin g3000 , the latest glass panel technology that also includes the most sophisticated . . .\nthe faa says owners of certain bonanza models can use an exhaust clamp made for cessna aircraft as an alternative means of compliance for . . .\na french helicopter pilot who was beaten and then forced at gunpoint to help pluck a convicted bank robber from a maximum security prison . . .\nif you ever owned an airplane , or even just flew one , you always remember the first . maybe it ' s best not to .\npratt & whitney ' s venerable pt - 6 turbine is one of the marvels of aviation . but like everything else in aviation , it requires overhaul . . . .\nbell and safran have agreed to work together to develop hybrid - electric power systems for bell\u0092s evtol aircraft concept , the two . . .\nblackhawk modifications has announced that its subsidiary , vector - hawk aerospace , will be offering the company ' s blackhawk xp67a engine + . . .\nthe faa\u0092s suspension of the pafi testing is not encouraging . and the entire process should be more transparent .\nthey\u0092re probably less valuable as real airplanes than paving the way for the practical electric aircraft of the distant future .\nlast year , levil aviation showed off its wing - mounted portable adahrs called the bom . it kinda looks like its namesake , too . in this . . .\nno amount of you tube video will prepare you when your breath is taken away by the sheer audacity of the collection at the u . s . air force . . .\nairbus says it will change the name of its newly acquired cseries airliner program and launch a major marketing push that will include . . .\nif you\u0092re old enough to have been around the block a few times , like me , you might not think too often about how different things . . .\nnorwegian amphibian manufacturer equator aircraft has completed its first test flight of the p2 xcursion electric amphib prototype .\nbefore there could be the lindy hop , there had to be the scintilla shuffle .\na historic world war ii c - 47 that was nearly scrapped is again flying and readying to return to normandy next year . in this avweb video , . . .\nbefore there could be the lindy hop , there had to be the scintilla shuffle . more\nthe u . s . navy blue angels fly in formation . photo by u . s . navy / mass communication specialist 2nd class timothy schumaker .\nthe efd1000 pro pfd gives you all the major tools that help professional pilots fly safely and easily in instrument conditions , at a breakthrough price . the pro has all the same great features as the pilot pfd\u2014integral adahrs , backup battery , emergency gps , altitude alerter\u2014plus a whole lot more .\nevolution pro plus is available as a standalone unit or as a software only upgrade for existing evolution primary flight displays .\nsimple software upgrade for evolution displays provides a unique , patent - pending technology addressing faa ' s key issue for general aviation safety .\nthe revolutionary evolution 1000 vfr pfd ( primary flight display ) is the most affordable , upgradable and easily installed electronic flight instrument system ( efis ) available for general aviation aircraft today .\nevolution synthetic vision , or esv , is a field - loadable software upgrade for the evolution flight display system .\nthe efd1000c3 pro pfd gives you all the tools you need to fly safely and easily in instrument conditions , at a breakthrough price . it meets the level b software assurance levels required for far part 23 class iii aircraft .\nfully complete your digital transformation of your panel with the exceptionally easy to use evolution backup display . it offers the same robust , feature - rich platform as the popular evolution flight display system including angle of attack and synthetic vision . designed to complement all brands of installed glass panels , the evolution backup display is an advanced solid - state replacement for traditional mechanical backup instrumentation .\nthe efd1000 mfd is designed to complement the evolution primary flight display by adding moving maps , weather and traffic , a built - in terrain awareness database , flight information pages and more .\nthe efd500 mfd provides the same great mfd features as the efd1000 mfd at a lower price , by eliminating the adahrs sensor set ( and the ability to serve as a pfd backup ) . it is ideal as a third display to round out your glass cockpit six - pack replacement .\nthe award - winning evolution efd1000 pro primary flight display ( pfd ) and the efd500 multi - function flight display ( mfd ) deliver a full - featured , exceptionally easy - to - use glass panel at the lowest price on the market .\nthe award - winning evolution efd1000 pro primary flight display ( pfd ) and the efd1000 multi - function flight display ( mfd ) provide the safety and confidence of duosafe full pfd instrument redundancy .\nthe efd1000 pilot pfd is a big step up\u2014in features , reliability , accuracy and safety\u2014from the analog gauges it\u2019s designed to replace . yet it costs little more than overhauling those two primary instruments .\nthe evolution 1500 combines the powerful pro pfd with the versatile 500 mfd ( multi - function flight display ) to deliver a full - featured , exceptionally easy - to - use glass panel at the lowest price on the market .\nthe evolution 2000 combines the pro pfd and the 1000 mfd to provide a system with mfd versatility as well as the safety and confidence of duosafe full pfd instrument redundancy . this evolution flight display pair is an unbeatable duo that provides everything you need in an easy - to - use , full - featured glass cockpit for your ga aircraft .\nthe ea100 adapter is a digital autopilot interface that offers you improved safety and reliability with lower maintenance costs . the ea100 provides a digital - to - analog data conversion between the efd1000 and an aircraft\u2019s attitude - based autopilot system .\npackage includes : efd1000 pro pfd , ewr50 satellite weather receiver , weather and traffic software upgrade for pro pfd , comant ci - 420 - 10 xm weather antenna .\npackage includes : efd1000 mfd ( internal battery ) , ewr50 satellite weather receiver , comant ci - 420 - 10 xm weather antenna .\nthe efd1000h pro pfd is an approved replacement for your mechanical flight instruments and is the most affordable ' six - pack ' replacement efis display technology available in the helicopter market today .\npackage includes : efd1000h pro pfd , ewr50 satellite weather receiver , weather and traffic software upgrade for pro pfd , comant ci - 420 - 10 xm weather antenna .\nincludes display assembly , configuration module , micro sd ram card with americas database , installation kit , and pilot document kit .\nincludes display assembly , configuration module , micro sd ram card with americas database , remote sensor module , installation kits , and pilot document kit .\nthe evolution ewr50 is the lowest cost certified weather receiver available . the ewr50 features plug - and - play compatibility with evolution hazard awareness ( eha ) ( available separately ) integrating weather , traffic and terrain hazard information into your primary field of view .\nmonday - friday 8 : 30 a . m . - 5 : 30 p . m . edt\nflight simulators and accessories uav / drones action apparel asa books , videos & training material gca pilot packages jeppesen emergency equipment & locator beacons flashlights ipad acc . flight bags , cases , binders & kneeboards flight computers , plotters & flight timers fuel testers gifts & novelties ram mounts , logbooks & yoke clips multipurpose tools posters & prints wall & prop clocks sunglasses\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\njavascript seems to be disabled in your browser . you must have javascript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website .\nthe best service and prices , with the largest inventory & fastest shipping . serving aircaft owners , pilots & rc modellers for 30 years .\ngrants pass airport 1301 brookside blvd . - grants pass , or 97526 west coast store : mon - fri 7am - 5pm pacific standard time\ndeland airport 813a flightline blvd . ste . 1 - deland , fl 32724 east coast store : mon - fri 8 : 30am - 5 : 30pm , eastern standard time\nprices subject to change without notice . not responsible for typographical or misprint errors . copyright \u00a9 1997 - 2018 by chief aircraft inc . grants pass , or , usa . all rights reserved , all reproduction in part or in whole prohibited .\nask us why\nwebinar . what you need to know about ads - b compliance . join us tonight @ 8 : 00 p . m . eastern - big savings on just attending ! click on the following link to register urltoken\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nconnected panel\u2122 technology allows you to tie your world together seamlessly into a fully integrated flying experience . upload your flight plan , tune your radio with a touch , record flight data , automate maintenance records . . . the possibilities are endless .\nan expanding suite of connected panel enabled\u2122 apps from a vibrant community of developers promise to not only make your favorite apps more useful and powerful , but you can anticipate innovation beyond the bounds of any current products . the best uses of connected\u2122 technology will be as surprising as they are powerful .\nadd widgets to this sidebar in the widgets panel under appearance in the wordpress admin .\nalready a member ? please login below for an enhanced experience . not a member ? join today\nalton k . marsh is a former senior editor of aopa pilot and is now a freelance journalist specializing in aviation topics .\nour site is optimized for viewing with the most recent version of internet explorer .\n2015 has been a huge year in terms of acquisitions , consolidations and mergers across various segments of the global aviation industry . several of these acquisitions will have a major impact on the aircraft connectivity market , airspace modernization projects in the u . s . and europe \u2014 nextgen and the single european sky \u2014 and the introduction of new innovative solutions going forward for end users in both the commercial and defense sectors of the industry .\nhere is a look at some of the top acquisitions that have occurred in 2015 so far , with a look at the impact they may have on different segments of the industry .\nrockwell collins announced the acquisition of icg on aug . 6 . photo : rockwell collins .\nharris corp . announced the acquisition of exelis in february , combining two entities that have been major players in the faa ' s nextgen program . exelis completed the implementation of the automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast ( ads - b ) ground station network in 2014 , and the faa awarded harris the 2012 seven - year $ 331 million contract to provide integration and engineering services for the end - to - end datacomm system , including management and delivery of data communications services leveraging commercial air - to - ground digital data link networks to connect faa air traffic control ( atc ) sites and data communications - equipped aircraft .\nthe exelis acquisition gives harris control over the ground infrastructure components for two major segments of nextgen . and that ' s only on the commercial side of the business for harris .\nthe acquisition of icg only broadens rockwell collins ' inventory of onboard connected aircraft technology , as it follows their 2013 acquisition of arinc , which has already proven to be a major plus .\nat the beginning of august , global eagle entertainment ( gee ) announced the acquisition of masflight and navaero .\ngee was already in a strong position in the global connected aircraft market , providing cabin - based in - flight entertainment and connectivity ( ifec ) technology . in january , boeing announced gee ' s ku - band satellite connectivity system provisions will be a line - fit option on all 737 aircraft going forward . the california - based manufacturer is also already providing wi - fi and ife content to more than 200 airlines internationally .\nhowever , now gee ' s new\noperations solutions\nbusiness line can go beyond its strong cabin presence to offer airlines more solutions that will add value to commercial airline cockpits . the companion now has all three major elements that an airline needs for operational use of connectivity with masflight ' s flight operational data analytics platform , navaero ' s electronic flight bag ( efb ) and cockpit data solutions , and gee ' s ku - based satellite service providing connectivity .\npanasonic corp . completed the acquisition of satellite communications provider itc global on aug . 7 .\n\u00a9 2018 , access intelligence , llc . all rights reserved . learn more about licensing or reproducing content on this site . | privacy policy\nbusiness aviation . . . visit our sister company , for sales , service and installations .\ngarmin introduces g1000\u00ae nxi : the next generation king air upgrade - read more . . .\nsimple path to upgrade or transition from g1000 to g1000 nxi for king air aircraft - for new installations , the g1000 nxi integrated flight deck is estimated to provide a weight savings of 250 pounds or more in king air aircraft , allowing additional baggage , passenger and / or fuel load flexibility . new g1000 nxi installations also utilize a new , fully integrated and lightweight air data and attitude heading reference system ( adahrs ) , streamlining the upgrade process . king air owners and operators with an existing g1000 integrated flight deck can easily upgrade to the g1000 nxi with minimal aircraft down time and disruption of the panel as the displays preserve the same footprint and connector so panel modifications are not required .\nwe sell miscellaneous parts , connectors , circuit breakers , wiring and other hard to find installation materials . contact dave gillespie for pricing .\nwe listen to our customers and support them with our full attention to detail , safety and professionalism . your complete satisfaction is our goal .\ntulsair has an stc for collins tcas ii for beechcraft models 300 and c90a .\nin addition , we provide two - year altimeter / transponder certifications , rvsm installations and continued airworthiness inspections , instrument panel fabrication and refurbishment .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nmurfreesboro aviation continues to improve upon its reputation as a quality maintenance service center . we work very hard at ensuring each customer that conducts business with us leaves our facility happy with the quality of service received and treatment from our . . .\naviation , like the military , has never created an acronym that it does not like . ads - b is one of the latest and greatest string of letters with which we need to become familiar . and yes , in choosing the title that i have for this blog , i\u2019m having a little fun with the . . .\nmurfreesboro airport ( mbt ) ( home of mtsu aerospace program ) 1936 memorial blvd . murfreesboro , tn 37129 everyday hours : 8 : 00 am to 5 : 00 pm phone : 615 - 494 - 1900 fax : 615 - 217 - 2010 for after hours call out : 615 - 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", "topic": 1}], "title": "antelope valley conservancy", "paragraphs": ["in the 1980s , the antelope valley heritage foundation merged with the antelope valley trails council to form the antelope valley trails recreation and environment council ( avtrec ) . . when avtrec faced dissolution in 2006 , antelope valley conservancy adopted avtrec as a committe\nantelope valley conservancy is a 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) california public benefit corporation .\nassisted los angeles county in adopting an east - west regional trail in the antelope valley .\ntime warner cable news gave us coverage of the new antelope valley conservancy office ! come by and visit us one of these saturdays .\nthe antelope valley conservancy was founded in 2005 to serve the antelope valley region . avc is a small public benefit corporation that is managed by a board of directors who are community volunteers . through community based management , avc fulfills its mission with\nplease make your check payable to antelope valley conservancy and mail to po box 3133 , quartz hill , ca 93586 - 0133 . avc does not offer any online or credit card contribution .\nthe desert and mountain conservation authority ( dmca ) is a public entity created in july 2006 through a joint powers authority agreement between the antelope valley resource conservation district ( avrcd ) and the santa monica mountains conservancy .\nantelope valley conservancy ' s mission is the preservation and stewardship of natural lands for native habitat , watershed resources , trails , scenic beauty , and community character . av conservancy acknowledges the interest of future generations in these land resources , and we acknowledge the right of nature to retain territory .\ncontinue to serve as a resource for trail advocacy and education . members of the hiking , equestrian and bicycling communities can obtain information , resources , and other support from antelope valley conservancy in fulfillment of our commitment to continue efforts\nsecured 90 miles of trails from leona valley to acton in the north county trail system .\nthe antelope valley is located at the convergence of montane and marine formations in the western mojave desert , and offers a variety of unique desert habitats as well as transition habitat ecotones . our conservancy ' s service is limited to the antelope - fremont valleys watershed , the upper santa clara river watershed , and the mojave river watershed . the area encompasses northern los angeles county , southern kern county , and western san bernardino county .\n) . avc has held cdfw authorization since 2008 . when preservation or restoration mitigation is required by government agencies to compensate the public for development impacts on natural habitats , the antelope valley conservancy mitigation program provides a means to fulfill mitigation in the local region . avc focuses on preservations that contribute substantively to ecosystem function , with\ntrails are an essential element in antelope valley ' s quality of life , providing access to nature , recreation , and alternative means of transportation . trails can ' t be established after highways , housing developments and commercial centers are in place . trails must be preserved in advance , and\nland conservation , regional economy , and quality of life issues ( health , crime , transportation ) are related . as the antelope valley region grows , we must preserve essential ecosystem functions for future generations , preserve our trail system , and ensure we can enjoy the economic benefits of conservation planning .\nwe acknowledge that our community ' s trails are valuable to our quality of life , economy , and future . av conservancy ' s trails committee ( avtrec ) serves the community by mapping regional trails , advocating and negotiating for the master trail plan , facilitating trail connectivity and easements , and hosting events . for 25 years , avtrec has been a force for antelope valley ' s desert and mountain conservation and for preservation of regional trails .\nantelope valley conservancy preserves lands three ways : we acquire lands with grant funding , we accept donations of land , and we operate a mitigation fulfillment program , satisfying government required mitigation that compensates the public for loss of resources to development . fulfilling the land trust standards and practices and our motto - -\nbiological integrity , fiscal accountability , and community transparency\n- - are the proven strategies to achieve our mission , proven by thousands of land trusts across america .\nall photos copyrighted , all rights reserved . credits : san gabriel mountains , av conservancy ; gorman hills , richard dickey ; burrowing owl , ryan young ; lake , bill rini\nav conservancy is locally based , and devoted to the community ' s wellbeing . av conservancy is authorized by the california department of fish and game to hold mitigation lands and establish land banks . avc assists agencies and developers to implement in lieu fee mitigation , and provides a channel for funding to preserve lands within the community instead of out of area .\nproperty owners who are interested in preserving a trail that crosses their property can contact us at ( 661 ) 943 - 9000 . the conservancy ' s trail policy outlines how the trails will be managed .\nwhy not volunteer a few hours of your time to help the community conservancy ? call to talk with us at ( 661 ) 943 - 9000 or send us an email at avconservancy @ gmail . com .\nav conservancy is a 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) public benefit corporation , with irc 170 ( b ) ( 1 ) ( a ) ( vi ) public charity status to ensure land donors qualify for tax benefits .\nounded by community volunteers to serve our community . the conservancy is managed by a board of community members , and provides training at every board meetings so that new board members are familiar with our projects , our policies , and the land trust alliance standards and practices to which we hold .\nthe preservation of functioning wildlife connectivity is a large goal , but with our partnerships , it is attainable . additionally , our goal is to preserve specific habitat types and specific critically important sites , many of which are watershed resources . in addition to stewarding lands , we steward the conservancy itself , with biological integrity , fiscal accountability , and community transparency .\n, 1323 e . bennett avenue , glendora , ca 91740 , ms . anne croissant , president , 818 - 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2016 , avc celebrated its ten year anniversary , doubled its burrowing owl preserve acreage , completed and earned its third state authorization renewal , worked with audubon society to save the tricolored blackbird colony at holiday lake , considered but rejected a mitigation application from caltrans , and drafted and filed the rift zone conceptual area preservation plan ( capp ) for state approval .\navc may be small , but it remains engaged in matters important to our region .\nis the aquisition and stewardship of native habitats , watershed resources , and lands that offer community value . our mission acknowledges future generations\u2019 interests in land that maintains community character , ecological function , and scenic beauty , as well as the right of nature to retain territory , particularly functional habitats and connectivity .\nconservation of functioning habitats and wildlife dispersal connectivity is a critical component of regional planning and a sustainable regional economy . it contributes to clean water supplies , pest control , healthy farms and forests , human health , property values , and a healthy regional economy .\n( 1 ) first , avc garners grants to purchase and steward preservation lands , and participates in public preservation planning processes that position lands for conservation funding .\n. . avc has fulfilled mitigation preservation and restoration for projects under state water boards , cdfw , los angeles county , kern county , and local agencies , and is mou - approved by usace in the event that a mitigation project would occur within our closed watershed .\n( 3 ) and third , avc acquires lands by accepting some donated lands that are offered to us . avc is a 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) public charity that meets irc 170 ( h ) , so that land donors can qualify for the highest tax benefits . donated lands must meet the acquisition guidelines established by avc to comply with the land trust alliance standards and practices .\nyou can volunteer to serve on the board , serve on a committee , help a project , make a contribution , or be a goodsearcher or amazon smile shopper for avc . these are all important ways that you can help avc . every board meeting provides education in our work , our projects , and the policies and standards and practices we abide by . so if you have a few hours every couple of months , let ' s talk about what you like to do , and hopefully you will get involved . our work relies entirely on people like you !\nthe avc office is located next to quartz hill post office in downtown quartz hill . avc hosts open houses at the office throughout the year , or you can schedule a visit to see our nature displays and get free information about conservation . contrary to information printed in the brochure , the office is no longer open every saturday .\nmust connect to other trails . trail plans have been adopted by palmdale , lancaster , and los angeles county , and must be fulfilled by deeded trail easements .\nensured that over 100 miles of trails were included in lancaster ' s general plan .\nassisted palmdale in developing a multi - use and bicycle network that was adopted in its general plan .\nassisted the city of palmdale to garner $ 415 , 152 in prop a funds for the barrel springs trail project in 1994 . this trail is now enhanced by a staging area and arena\nassisted to develop the staging area and five mile trail at saddleback butte state park and at barrel springs trail in palmdale .\ntotal carbon sequestration by desert halophytes is potentially comparable to that of temperate forest plantations . urltoken\ni have lived long enough to witness the vanishing of wild mammals , butterflies , mayflies , songbirds and fish that i once feared my grandchildren would not experience : it has all happened faster than even the pessimists predicted . . . the cause of this acceleration is . . . our use of natural resources has tripled in 40 years . the great expansion of mining , logging , meat production and industrial fishing is cleansing the planet of its wild places and natural wonders . . . the rush to carve up the last intact forests ; the vanishing of coral reefs , glaciers and sea ice ; the shrinkage of lakes , the drainage of wetlands . the living world is dying of consumption .\nour natural world is disappearing before our eyes . we have to save it | george monbiot\nwe acknowledge future generations\u2019 interests in land that maintains community character , scenic beauty , and native habitats . we acknowledge the right of nature to retain territory , particularly functional habitats and connectivity for native plants and animals .\nthis organization is required to file an irs form 990 or 990 - ez .\nsign in or create an account to view form ( s ) 990 for 2017 , 2016 and 2015 .\navc focuses on habitat acquisition and stewardship , for native plants , wildlife , and the watershed resources on which they rely . avc acquires land in three ways : we purchasd land with grant funding , we accept donations of land , and we operate a mitigation implementation program , acquiring and stewarding lands and conservation easements in fulfillment of government required mitigation . avc also conducts community education about native species , watershed functions , and habitat conservation , and engages community members in land use policy processes .\nwe like to say that we are small but mighty , and that is thanks to the community and regional professionals who step forward to move avc ' s work forward . we have biologists who advise on preservation planning , some of whom are the reknown experts in their area and species . our greatest capabilities come from networking the communities and capablities of our region toward a common goal .\navc knows that it is making progress by the projects that we are approached to do , and the lands we preserve . we consider it a strong indicator that our work is needed when the state water resources control board recently recommended avc as the preferred provider to fill the mitigation needs of the state of california department of transportation .\navc ' s progress is evident in its increasing preserved acreage , improved board processes such as board training program , its focus on more limited areas of regional lands , and the streamlined efficiency of processing offers of donated lands and applications for mitigation evaluation . this year we are doubling the acreage of our burrowing owl preserve , where a desert tortoise was found this year using one of the burrows .\nguidestar worked with boardsource , the national leader in nonprofit board leadership and governance , to create this section , which enables organizations and donors to transparently share information about essential board leadership practices .\nsign up for free today to get more of the nonprofit info you need .\nan email has been sent to the address you provided . click on the link in that email to get more guidestar nonprofit profile data today !\n( don ' t see an email in your inbox ? click here to resend it . )\na verification email has been sent to you . please check your inbox in order to proceed .\nguidestar is a 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) nonprofit organization , ein 54 - 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", "topic": 32}], "title": "sports box", "paragraphs": ["sports fun & training in a box ! a monthly subscription box for the kids who love to play sports .\ncopyright 2018 , sports box co . , batter up ! box , hoops box , power play box , gridiron box and corner kick box , all rights reserved . contact us at [ email protected ] or at 203 - 693 - 1836\ndesigning a press box or sports announcer ' s booth \u00bb austin mohawk inc .\ndisclaimer : the sports box , sector 38a menu is collected from restaurant / received over email . therefore menu of the sports box , sector 38a is subject to change and dineout does not guarantee the accuracy of menu items at the sports box , sector 38a .\nare you a sports turf consultant , sports turf superintendent or construction company looking for accurate surveys for current or existing sports turf sites ? make an appointment today to talk to yellow box computing .\nsky sports head of boxing adam smith said :\nthis is surely one of the most anticipated and intriguing contests we ' ve ever seen on sky sports box office .\nenter your email address below to receive a notification when sports box co . is accepting new sign - ups again .\nenter your email address below to receive a notification when sports box co . launches and starts accepting new sign - ups !\nfor issues on your now tv box we suggest you try a reset of your now tv box , modem and router . if your problems persist , please remove the box office channel from your now tv box , reset the now tv box , then reinstall the sky sports box office app and try again . if you still have trouble you may want to try connecting through a hard wire if you are connected wirelessly .\nyellow box computing are australian leaders in the use of cad technologies to produce accurate modelling to assist the sports turf industry in the construction and planning of golf courses , sports ovals and landscaping .\nkeep your athlete playing and having fun with a subscription to sports box co . boxes for kids of all ages who play baseball , softball , basketball , hockey , socccer & football . select the best box for your child , choose your term and we deliver an awesome box of sports fun & training every month . the perfect gift for kids who love to play sports !\nhow do i download the sky sports box office app to my mobile / tablet device ? ios ( ver 1 . 7 )\nyou cannot watch the event through a sky or virgin box if purchased to stream online or via the box office apps .\nurltoken now tv requirements minimum requirements : 2 . 5mpbs broadband download speed . you will need to download the sky sports box office app from the roku store on your now tv box or now tv smart stick in order to access the service . details on how to set up your box can be accessed here : urltoken how do i download the sky sports box office app to my now tv box ? from your now tv box home screen : scroll to app store and select ok on your now tv remote .\nthe singapore sports hub is a state - of - the - art , fully integrated sports , entertainment and lifestyle hub . aside from its premier status as the region\u2019s destination of choice for world - class events , it also supports singapore\u2019s vision 2030 sports masterplan to forge and bond communities through sports , and ensure sports are inclusive , accessible and affordable to all .\nsky sports box office will show the hugely anticipated fight between undefeated former world champion boxer floyd mayweather and current ufc lightweight champion conor mcgregor .\nexperience the latest box office sporting events , all from the comfort of your own home on your sky + hd or sky q box .\nadam smith and johnny nelson share their thoughts on floyd mayweather ' s fight with conor mcgregor which will be shown live on sky sports box office .\ndownload the sports box office app from either the apple or play store and view across either your iphone , ipad , android phone or android tablet .\nthere are two box offices inside the michigan lottery amphitheatre at freedom hill . will call is in the east box office . the east box office also sells tickets to future events during normal business hours . the west box office is open for events only for ticket purchases and upgrades .\ncad surveying and design for golf courses , sports grounds , major landscaping projects .\nthere are three box offices inside dte energy music theatre . will call is in the east box office . the east box office also sells tickets to future events during normal hours and during events . the west box office is open during events only for ticket purchases and upgrades . there is also a box office next to the vip entrance for season ticket holders .\ncommemorate your experience with event and espn wide world of sports apparel and gifts , available at the main shop adjacent to the box office or inside champion \u00ae stadium .\nthe marathon \u00ae sports fields provide a majestic setting for outdoor field sports with 17 fields that ce be fitted for football , soccer , lacrosse , baseball , softball and more .\nyellow box computing has vast experience working on major projects across australia including golf courses , racetracks and premium sports fields . see some examples in our projects . also , learn more about yellow box computing and its role in bringing cad designs for sport turf consultants to australia .\ngee , designing a sports announcer\u2019s booth \u2013 kind of a fun project . what do i know ?\nbox clever sports provides high intensity , non - contact group boxing classes and personal training . our classes have been carefully designed to provide a full body workout through a range of functional cardio ,\nmajor sports turf construction companies needing precise cad modelling and surveys of projects go to yellow box computing to ensure accurate project planning , surveying , design and construction via use of complex cad surveys .\ncustomize your box & select a term . subscriptions start at $ 26 . 99 / month\nthe comerica park box office is located at 2100 woodward avenue , detroit , mi 48201 .\nthe box office is on the 2nd floor near sound board , across from high octane .\nthe fight is another part of a huge year of boxing on sky sports box office , which has already seen anthony joshua crowned the unified heavyweight champion of the world after defeating wladimir klitschko at wembley stadium .\nthe little caesars arena xfinity box office is off woodward avenue , adjacent to the chevrolet entry northeast .\nsomething magical occurs when espn innovation and entertainment join the magic and service of walt disney world \u00ae resort . since 1997 , espn wide world of sports complex has seen sports dreams come true for athletes and fans of all ages .\nthe meadow brook amphitheatre box office is at the main facility entrance . patrons with walking difficulties may drive to the box office to pick up tickets and then drive to the disabled parking section , if necessary .\nplease note : the dte energy music theatre box office will be open may 7 through the concert season .\n\u00a9 copyright 2015 - 2017 all rights reserved box out designs llc . \u2014 terms of service & privacy policy\nmy son and me absolutely loved his first box . . he was so excited to open his box and see all the great stuff it has to offer . . can\u2019t wait for his next box . . all the items where fun and personal to a sport he loves . . thank you so much for your great products !\nput simply , there are three outs per team per inning , but fox sports 1\u2019s score box displays only two circles , filling them in as the inning progresses . it led to an interesting conversation on twitter , which i\u2019ve storified .\nfree 20 minute parking for the xfinity box office will be located on the street level of the little caesars arena garage located at 165 sproat . parking will only be valid during xfinity box office hours , excluding event times .\nplease note : the meadow brook amphitheatre box office will open june 1 and will stay open for the season .\nplease contact sports hub tix customer service at 3158 7888 for assistance . a reprint charge of $ 3 per ticket may apply .\nor if you ' d prefer to use a different device , you can watch all the fights live from selected box office events via your pc / mac , now tv box , iphone , ipad , android phone or tablet .\nplease note : the michigan lottery amphitheatre at freedom hill box office will be open may 21 through the concert season .\ncancellation or postponement policies are event specific . please visit the specific event page via urltoken for up to date announcements on cancelled or postponed events . details regarding the refund process will be listed on the website and available at the sports hub tix box office .\nour boxes ship between the 20th & 25th of each month . the cutoff for each month ' s box is typically the 21st . however , if you order just after that cutoff you can likely get a box right away if you would like one sooner . december ' s box will ship early , us customers order by 12 / 17 for arrival before christmas !\nthe fox theatre box office is immediately next to the fox theatre\u2019s main entrance at 2211 woodward avenue , detroit , mi 48201 .\n\u201cproper boxing gyms are inherently badass . a little too badass , in fact : you can\u2019t exactly just walk in off the street . box clever sports is the exception : it\u2019s about as authentic a pugilistic experience as you can have without getting your face feng shui\u2019d . \u201d\nthe website you are about to link to is not controlled by espn wide world of sports , and different terms of use and privacy policy will apply . by proceeding , you agree and understand that espn wide world of sports is not responsible for the site you are about to access .\nthe event sees the two worlds of professional boxing and ufc colliding at t - mobile arena in las vegas on august 26 , and will be available to sky customers on sky sports box office for \u00a319 . 95 in the uk and \u20ac24 . 95 for republic of ireland .\n$ 10 off your 1st month of any subscription ! use code : usa10 low flat rate shipping : $ 3 . 99 / box\nif you\u2019re not a sports fan you might not notice these on - screen displays or the interesting challenges they offer for presenting complex information in a compact space , but i find them endlessly fascinating . televised sports are richer for having them , even if fans sometimes quibble with some of the design decisions .\nplease note : the fox theatre box office has extended summer hours on event days , and is open saturdays and sundays based on events .\nthe espn wide world of sports grill is a quick - service restaurant serving sandwiches and salads , as well as offering a full bar during restaurant operating hours .\nfound property will be stored at the singapore sports hub for a period of 60 days before the unclaimed items are disposed , donated or surrendered to the singapore police force . for items that do not have such a long shelf - life , these items will be disposed before the stipulated period as singapore sports hub deems fit .\nvenue collection is $ 1 . 50 per order . you may choose to collect the tickets from the box office on the day of the event .\n\u200bvisa , mastercard , jcb and amex are accepted via all booking channels . cash and nets are also available at the venue box offices and outlets .\ndesign is everywhere . even in sports . last night on twitter , as i watched the giants - nationals playoff game , todd vaziri pointed out an interesting design decision :\nthe box office is your one - stop - shop for day - of atlanta braves spring training , advocare invitational , pro soccer classic or complex general admission tickets .\nwatch the game from the comfort of an austin mohawk pressbox . with virtually unlimited choices and styles \u2013 austin mohawk is guaranteed to have the press box you want .\nif you need help with transportation , tickets , reservations , or just the inside scoop , the welcome center team has the knowledge to help you make the most of your sports vacation .\nit has come to sportshub\u2019s attention that hang fung group , a company purportedly based / incorporated in hong kong , has been holding itself out to be related to the singapore sports hub project , either as an investor and / or a joint venture partner . an image of the singapore sports hub has also been included in hang fung group\u2019s corporate website without sportshub\u2019s consent . sportshub wishes to categorically refute and deny any links or connection with the hang fung group that is expressed and / or may be inferred by hang fung group\u2019s usage of an image of the singapore sports hub on its corporate website or otherwise . hang fung group is not an investor or a joint venture partner in the singapore sports hub , whether presently or in the past . all of sportshub\u2019s rights are expressly reserved .\nhire a sports photographer to capture your athlete in action , or put your star on the cover of espn the magazine ! visit the gameday photos experience in hp field house or on the field .\nwith sky sports box office you can watch all the fights live from selected box office events via your pc / desktop / mac , now tv box , now tv smart stick , iphone , ipad , android phone or tablet . how do i sign up and pay ? 1 . create an account and pay at urltoken 2 . once paid , you can then select which viewing online / device you want to watch the fight on using the same login details created at sign up ( i . e e - mail address and password ) . note : you will only be able to view on one platform at any one time and can ' t run the stream concurrently across multiple devices . you will also be unable to view the event through a sky or virgin set - top - box unless you make an additional purchase of the event through the appropriate channels . what devices or platforms can i watch this fight on ?\nfriday nights only ! the press box\u2019s friday night special is our slow roasted , hand cut prime rib . served with au jus , horseradish and all the trimmings , while supplies last .\nsbx was an unsavoury encounter , and if it must call itself a sports bar , it needs to up things with its food and servings , or lose out to the numerous fast food joints in the same mall .\nahead of the fight , sky sports viewers will be able to enjoy a range of support programming across both tv channels and digital platforms , in addition to all the pre - fight build up from behind the scenes .\ntickets for all 313 presents venues can be purchased at 313presents . com , at each venue\u2019s box office , and ticketmaster . com . to purchase tickets by phone , call 800 - 745 - 3000 .\nthe press box version of a classic french dip with thinly sliced slow roasted prime rib & provolone cheese served on a toasted hoagie with au jus add grilled onions or mushrooms for $ 0 . 50 each\nsingapore sports hub is working with the singapore police force on crime prevention measures against online purchase scams . you may call the anti - scam helpline at 1800 - 722 - 6688 or go to urltoken for scam - related advice .\nsummer hours ( may 27 through labor day ) : effective 5 / 27 / 18 through labor day , the fox theatre box office will not be open on non - event days . all 313 presents events , including those performing at the fox theatre , are available for purchase at the little caesars arena xfinity box office located a 1 / 4 mile north on woodward , adjacent to the chevrolet entry northeast .\nmixed martial artist mcgregor , the reigning ufc lightweight champion and former ufc featherweight champion , has never taken part in a professional boxing match , but switches sports at the peak of his powers and will be determined to cause an upset .\nyou can only find our signature burger here at the press box ! it ' s a half - pound patty with pickles , shredded american cheese , hickory sauce & mayo on a toasted bun . we recommend no substitutions !\nand , what about a camera deck ? many , many teams rely on a camera deck to video the game to assess what the team does well and what it needs work on . the typical camera deck is mounted on top of the press box with a \u201cship\u2019s ladder\u201d access from the inside of the main press box . this camera deck will have a perimeter handrail system as well as a mesh or \u201cfence\u201d material which meets the 4\u201d sphere criteria .\nplease note : beginning friday , april 6 2018 , the fox theatre box office will no longer be available for the first day on sales for events at little caesars arena , dte energy music theatre , meadow brook amphitheatre or michigan lottery amphitheatre at freedom hill . we encourage guests who wish to purchase tickets the first day they are on sale for any of these venues to visit the little caesars arena xfinity box office located just off woodward avenue , adjacent to the chevrolet entry northeast .\nwe ' ve done extensive research when it comes to all of the graphics providers available and boxout sports is by far the best in functionality , user - interface , design and customer service . they ' re the industry standard . aaron horvath , digital platform manager university of notre dame\nserved with ranch or blue cheese dressing & celery . tossed in your choice of press box signature , bbq , buffalo , garlic parm , teriyaki , asian or naked 1 / 2 lb . $ 6 . 00 or full lb . $ 9 . 00\nwell , a press box or sports announcer\u2019s booth really gets used 5 to maybe 15 times a year , depending on the sport . the rest of the year \u2013 well , it gets no attention , no heat , no cooling , really no tlc at all . yet , it is exposed to the rain , snow , sun , humidity , the silent wear and tear of the weather , and of course , curious students after hours who could be curious , or vandals desiring to start a fire . yet , i know no school has money to maintain anything .\nif you decide after the completion of your sale that you want to change your ticket delivery option , please contact sports hub tix at 3158 7888 to make the request . kindly note that a $ 3 reprint fee per ticket , in addition to any standard ticket delivery costs , will apply for this change .\nboxout sports has added another level of engagement to our social media accounts . after doing the research , we realized boxout was a perfect solution for us . the graphics have been extremely well - received by our athletes , coaches and fans and we highly recommend boxout . mike murakami , director of social media creighton university athletics\ncharbroiled bone - in wings . served with ranch or blue cheese dressing & celery . sauces : press box signature , bbq , buffalo , garlic parm , teriyaki , asian or naked 5 wings for $ 7 . 00 , 10 wings for $ 11 . 00 or 15 wings for $ 15 . 00\nbut , done well , the press box will function as desired . we need to focus on fireproofing and low maintenance . a metal , steel or aluminum building will not warp , can deal better with temperature changes and moisture , will not burn , and comes with a 20 - year warranted exterior finish .\nyes , it is important to provide your personal details so that we can assist you if you have questions about your booking or when we need to contact you for any changes or cancellation to the event . please see our privacy policy . if you have selected to receive marketing material from the venue then you may also receive updates from time to time from sports hub .\nlittle caesars arena xfinity box office hours : event days : 9 : 30 a . m . through 30 minutes before the event conclusion . monday - saturday : 9 : 30 a . m . - 6 p . m . sunday : open only on game and event days from 9 : 30am \u2013 30 minutes before end of event .\nfor designer shruti chaudhari , head architect , chrysalis studio , the inspira tion for designing an industrial - look pub are new york lofts and the city ' s meatpacking district . \u201cthe industrial look is a global trend and influence . t he trend has been around for many years in man hattan and soho , for instance , \u201c says chaudhari , who has designed the sbx sports and music caf\u00e9 in marathahalli .\nwhen the page says the event has ended , it means the event organiser decided no further end - users can be redirected the site . the event organiser has full control of the queue . the reason is unknown to singapore sports hub , but in most cases , the sale of an event is ended when the tickets or products are sold - out or sale for the event has come to its published end time . \u200b\nmy first conclusions \u2013 this structure must be low maintenance and able to \u201ctake care of itself\u201d . and , it better be fireproof if only to keep the insurance rates down and most likely needs to be ada compliant . and , with the current building codes , the day when the local kiwanis club can build a press box \u2013 well maybe , sadly , those days are done .\nhistoric ( boxing ) gyms in what were working - class communities are where boxing legends are made . one of the most popular in london is box clever , a makeshift gym in a multi - storey car park by ladbroke grove , in west london . no tantalising fragrance here . it smells of sweat , rubber mats and the cold . when i want to sweat i come here .\nplease note : game day hours are from 10 a . m . to 1 / 2 hour after the end of the game . secondary box office windows on brush street open two hours prior to game time and are open on game days only . there are \u201cadvanced ticket\u201d windows open on witherell street up to 30 minutes after each home game . the designated windows are \u201ca4 and a5\u201d on witherell street .\nthis project was part of my third year design studio and was also submitted for the future of india design competition where it was short - listed . the current proposal , suggests the construction of a sports hall within a small park near tanner street , bermondsey , south - east london . accommodation includes two outdoor tennis courts and an underground main and ancillary hall , convertible to suit different user needs and activities from a variety of sport games public events and exhibitions . the . . .\nyes , there are dedicated areas for accessible seating and these can be purchased by contacting us at 3158 7888 or visiting our singapore indoor stadium box office . in order to ensure that all patrons requiring these tickets have an opportunity to buy them , we can accommodate 1 wheelchair space and 1 companion seat . we will attempt to locate additional family and friends in the nearest available seating . normal ticket limits set by the promoter for the event apply .\nif you selected pah , you can print another copy of your ticket from your email confirmation . however if you are worried that someone might find it and attempt to use it , please contact us to get a replacement ticket issued with a new barcode . if you did not select pah tickets please contact sports hub tix customer service at 3158 7888 . you will need your transaction details in order for us to trace the booking . a reprint charge of $ 3 per ticket will apply for all replacement tickets .\nwhen a queue is paused , everyone will be kept in the queue as there will be no one redirecting to the site . the event organiser has full control of pausing / resuming the queue , and may do so for business or technical reasons . the specific reason is not known to singapore sports hub and we cannot answer your inquiries why . please simply wait patiently until the event organiser resumes the flow , as you will maintain the same queue number upon the event organiser resuming the progress of the queue . \u200b\nreasonable people can differ about whether fox sports 1\u2019s design decision is a good one . it\u2019s true that there are never three outs during a team\u2019s half inning ; once you get a third out , that half of the inning is over . however , i\u2019d argue ( and did last night ) that not showing the third out as a circle to be filled in suggests that there are only two outs , and not three , in a batting team\u2019s half of the inning . ( if there weren\u2019t empty circles to be filled in , implying a maximum number , it would offend me less . )\nhello , we are very sorry to hear you feel that way and will be in touch directly about your cancelation . when building the monthly assortments there are often a couple smaller items included as we add accessories and snacks on occasion throughout the year . our hoops box includes name brand and basketball specialty brand products every month so along with snacks and smaller accessories there is a solid retail value of quality products each month . again , we are sorry to hear of your displeasure and our team will review carefully as we always aim to improve our boxes .\nadditional security measures have been implemented at the singapore sports hub to be in compliance with the current licensing requirements for events . as these measures are expected to significantly increase the time taken to gain entry into events at the national stadium and singapore indoor stadium , we would like to encourage all patrons to : \u2022 arrive at least 1 hour before event start time \u2022 for quick security clearance , bring only what you need \u2022 to reduce queuing time , there are \u2018express lanes\u2019 for those without bags \u2022 bags exceeding 35cm x 20cm x 30cm will not be allowed into the venue we seek your understanding for the enhanced security measures , in the interest of everyone\u2019s safety .\nso , what do the teams need ? despite the lack of use each year these darned buildings get cold and get hot , and often have their windows open so everyone feels like they are part of the game . so , depending on location they need heat and a / c . now , these two teams are competitors and the coaches depend on comments from observers from the press box . so , we need a space for the home team with a dividing wall for the away team and because these sections can be noisy , we may well need a space between each for the press to have a bit of peace so they can do their work .\nnext , the platter arrived ; the kebabs were well - cooked but the portions were way too stingy . we wanted to try our hand at pool but couldn\u2019t as it was occupied . despite its large space , sbx has only three bar games \u2014 a pool table , a carrom board ( seriously ? ) and a foosball table .\ndisappointed , we ordered for jd buffalo wings ( rs 185 ) , and dum ka gosht ( r195 ) , tandoor naan ( r30 ) and rice ( r85 ) for the mains . the wings arrived soon , but it was mixed with chicken leg pieces . the dum gosht had three portions of mostly unpalatable meat . the naan was burnt and tough . it became clear : low prices , small portions would mean more orders . not quite , especially with the food quality . the sizzling walnut chocolate fudgy brownie with vanilla ice cream ( r175 ) , helped sweeten things a bit .\nat : neptune magnet mall , third floor , ganesh nagar , lal bahadur shastri road , bhandup ( w ) .\nsbx didn\u2019t know we were there . the guide reviews anonymously and pays for its meals .\ndesign informs every aspect of our lives . this column aims to capture the changing and exciting face of indian design the industrial look has become a go - to design choice for edgy pubs and eateries in bangalore\na distressed wooden floor . rug ged - looking bar stools . a high , dark ceiling , criss - crossed with pipes and wires . lots of unpolished metal . and a quirky feature or two that looks casually thrown in \u00ad certainly not something the designer spent two weeks in hong kong looking for ( which is often the case ) .\nthese are some of the staples of the distressed , industrial look currently all the rage among bangalore pubs and breweries . while it would be stupid to claim that all of them look like copies of each other \u00ad or even that all of them use the elements mentioned above \u00ad it is true that the industrial look has some features in common , along with a grungy , edgy vibe .\ninspired by new york restaurants in areas where factories and warehouses were converted into eateries and pubs , the look started working its way to india in the past 3 - 4 years . in bangalore , the first popular hangout to sport the look was the gastropub monkey bar , which opened on wood street in mid - 2012 . it sported a distinctly distressed look with its exposed red - brick walls , quirky light fixtures , a wood floor made of discarded railway sleepers , and a high ceiling .\n\u201ca pub ' s design dictates what kind of place it ' s going to be \u00ad the way people will perceive and use your space . it ' s not about throwing a few pretty things together ; the look of the place decides its vibe . you can offer the same food and drink in a different setting , and it would have a completely different energy , \u201c says manu chandra , executive chef and partner , monkey bar , sitting at monkey bar indiranagar , a space designed by jatin hukkeri of wad ( workroom for architecture + design ) .\nchandra wanted the space to exude a high energy vibe , be edgy and yet warm , and wanted to replicate the classic pub look \u00ad dark green window frames , lots of wood and enamel , lots of lightbulbs \u00ad and have slight nautical touches , a concept that comes through in the porthole - sized windows at monkey bar , indiranagar . in fact , many of the features used in both the pubs were sourced from ship - breaking yards and auctions in coastal towns .\ncopyright and trade mark notice \u00a9 owned by or licensed to times of india epaper . site best viewed in 1024 * 786 resolution\nabout us | advertise with us | terms of use | privacy policy copyright \u00a9 2010 bennett , coleman & co . ltd . all rights reserved . site best viewed in 1024 * 786 resolution\nhave no fear ! we ' ll tell you when it ' s here .\nmin 10 characters . cratejoy or the seller may contact you about your review .\nif necessary , your review will be assessed by a moderator before it is live .\ncheap items and totally not cool to a real basketball player . why would i want sneaker odor eater items or gum that has artificial sugar i ' m a kid that wants fun stuff ! cancelled\nthis was a christmas gift for my son and he loved it ! great variety for price paid .\nbaseball , softball , basketball , hockey , football & soccer boxes customized for kids of all ages .\neach month our boxes include a customized assortment of training aids , gear , accessories & other fun sport specific swag along with a monthly tip card to encourage your athlete to practice more and improve their skills .\nking\u2019s buildings house ( reception ) : mon - fri : 8 . 30am - 10pm\nedinburgh university students ' association is a charity ( sc015800 ) and a company limited by guarantee ( sc429897 ) registered in scotland .\nthese products are examples of what ' s been included in past chests . boxes are changed up every 3 months and we guarantee premium gear from premium brands .\nearn $ 20 off your next fanchest when you a refer a friend and they make their first purchase . and they ' ll get $ 10 off their first order !\nnow just sit back and relax ! we\u2019ll shoot you a message when a friend you referred makes their first purchase on fanchest . com .\nwant to earn more points ? check out our rewards program to learn more .\nmayweather , who holds a perfect 49 - 0 fight record and won 12 world titles across five weight divisions , is considered one of the greatest pound - for - pound fighters boxing has ever seen . he retired in 2015 , having successfully defended his wbc , wba ( super ) and the ring welterweight titles against andre berto .\nhaving begun his ufc career in 2012 , mcgregor has competed at featherweight , lightweight and welterweight , and became the first ufc fighter to hold two titles at two different weights simultaneously .\ncan the charismatic conor mcgregor , so formidable in the octagon , make the switch to the ring and create history ? what will it mean for mayweather ' s legacy - one of the greatest fighters of all time but coming out of retirement and facing a man at the very top of his game ? it ' s set to be a huge night in las vegas - one you won ' t want to miss .\nthe cost of the event will be \u00a319 . 95 / \u20ac24 . 95 across all forms of booking up until midnight friday 25 august . from then on the cost will still be \u00a319 . 95 / \u20ac24 . 95 if bookings are made via remote control and online , but will cost \u00a324 . 95 / \u20ac29 . 95 if booked via the phone . please note an additional \u00a32 / \u20ac2 booking fee still applies if bookings are made via a telephone agent . cable customers please contact your operator for booking information .\nminimum mac requirements intel core duo 1 . 5ghz with a minimum of 1gb memory\nselect add app to download . once the app has downloaded , you can find it by selecting my apps in your home screen .\nurltoken ; 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air suites and patios .\nthis 70 , 000 + square - foot , 5 , 000 seat field house is home to the televised advocare invitational and can be fitted for basketball , volleyball , gymnastics , cheer & dance and more .\nthe visa athletic center is home to multiple national championships held throughout the year as well as host of health and fitness expos for various rundisney race weekends .\nthe softball diamondplex is home to fastpitch softball , slowpitch softball and youth baseball events held throughout the year , featuring six fields with fences set at 305 ft .\nwith 10 clay courts including a 1 , 000 - seat centre court stadium , the tennis complex is a serene tribute to a sport that thrives on the ultimate combination of power and finesse .\nwith state - of - the - art surfaces and equipment , the track and field complex is a premier training facility and host to multiple national meets , including the aau club championships .\nand explosive / plyometric movements . we offer fun , social , safe and energising training sessions that will\nleaders in the field . we will help you achieve the goals and body that you want through a range of exercise and training types .\nif you want to lose weight , increase or improve strength , body tone , fitness or learn a new sport , a personal training package is the fastest and most accurate way to do this .\ni don ' t like gyms , but a boxing gym is different - it gives you a buzz and the men are real . it ' s sweat , swearing , torture , pure adrenaline . it ' s refreshingly unfancy .\nyou are able to select for your preferred category and section ( subject to availability ) for all events . our ticketing system will allocate the next available seats at your point of transaction to accelerate the booking process . seat selection is available through the \u2018pick your own ( pyo ) \u2019 seat functionality , which is only available for events where event organisers have given their consent .\nthe recommended browsers are internet explorer 10 + , firefox : 27 + , google chrome : 34 + or safari : 7 + .\nrules vary between events , venues and promoters . please refer to the ticket information on the event details page for prices and ages for children requiring tickets .\nthis is a fast , easy and free option . you may opt for the print - at - home tickets , which are printed out at the comfort of your house , with no extra charge and your tickets will be delivered to your email address immediately .\nregular mail is $ 1 . 50 per order . this option is available for singapore addresses only .\nregistered mail is $ 3 . 00 per order . this option is available for singapore addresses only .\ncourier service is $ 15 . 00 per order . as tickets will be delivered during office hours please ensure you provide a day time address where someone is available to sign for the delivery .\noutlet pickup is $ 0 . 50 per order . pick up your tickets from any of our authorised agents prior to the event . pick up location excludes singpost outlets .\nif your preferred section is unavailable at the time of your purchase , the system will automatically allocate you the next available seat in the same price category . in the event where the seat in the same price category is unavailable , the system will automatically assign the next available seat in the next price category .\nafter your successful online transaction you will receive an email confirmation to the email address submitted during your booking . please ensure that the email has not gone to your \u201cspam\u201d or \u201cjunk mail\u201d folder .\na print - at - home ( pah ) ticket is the fastest and most convenient way to receive your tickets . it is an electronic ticket that is sent to you via email as a pdf attachment . each ticket contains a unique barcode that can only be scanned at the venue once . please ensure you print one copy of each attachment if you buy more than one ticket at a time . you simply print the ticket out on a4 paper and present it at the venue for entry . see a sample print - at - home ticket .\ni selected \u201cvenue collection\u201d as my delivery method . how do i collect my tickets ?\nplease bring your credit card used for the transaction along with a photo id that matches the name on your credit card and your booking confirmation number .\n\u200bwe are not sure when you will be travelling to singapore for an event or how long your tickets will take in the mail to get to you . so to ease this pressure , we offer international customers the delivery options of print - at - home and venue collection . this will ensure that you don ' t have any hassles with potential mail delays .\nyes , you can . however , you will have to present the following items .\n1 . an authorisation letter completed and signed by the credit card holder . 2 . a photocopy of the credit card holder\u2019s id . 3 . a photocopy of credit card ( front & back ) used to purchase the tickets .\nplease wait patiently until the event goes on sale . when the event goes on sale , a random queue number will be assigned to you , along with everyone who are also waiting . \u200b\nfor people who arrive to the queue prior to the event goes on sale , a randomized queue number will be assigned at the time that the event opens for sale . therefore , there is no advantage for anyone , who can utilize speedy automatic scripts , bots or scalping software . \u200b\ni clicked the ' buy ' button at x o ' clock sharp . how are there so many queue numbers ahead of me ?\nin the internet era , there is no such concept of\nx o ' clock sharp .\nthere are many factors affecting access latency to world - wide - web . comparing to in - person waiting where you can see the crowd ahead of you , online you simply cannot see the crowd anymore . \u200b\neach end - user is given a specific time limit for your queue number , which is determined by the event organizer . if you miss your turn , you will need re - enter the queue and wait again . \u200b\nthe queue system said\nit ' s your turn ,\nbut i only see a blank page and am redirected back to the queue again . what has happened ?\nwhen this situation happens , there might be technical issues occurring to the website you are accessing . please continue to wait until the site owner resolve the problems . we thank you for your patience . \u200b\u200b\ni need to change to another device or wireless network . will i lose my place in the queue ?\n\u200b\u200bwhen you are still waiting in the queue , you can copy your waiting page url , which identifies you as an individual . you can then use this same url from another device without losing your place . please be aware that you must not use this technique to share your queue number with others . the system will reject an already used queue number , so you or the party you shared with will not be allowed into the site . \u200b\nwhen you have been through the queue you will arrive at the destination site . here a cookie will be stored in your browser to verify that you actually have been redirected via the queue . therefore you must ensure that your browser accepts cookies from the destination site , so you don ' t end up in the queue again . \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\nyou will not lose your place in line if you close your browser or if your phone is in sleep mode . our solution does not depend on sessions , but the queue information is included in the url and the cookies . however , please note that you have a limited amount of time to access the transaction site once your turn is up . \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\ni encountered an error or technical issue during my purchase and / or never received a purchase confirmation . can you help ?\n\u200b\u200bplease call us at + 65 6653 8900 or email us at contactus @ urltoken .\nno refunds or exchanges are allowed once the transaction is confirmed , unless an event is cancelled or postponed .\ni selected mail but my tickets have not arrived . what should i do ?\nplease proceed to the customer care counter at singapore indoor stadium , which is located in the foyer of the administration office underneath the overhead bridge of the east entrance .\ncharging of a booking fee is a worldwide practice by ticketing services companies to help reinvest in technology development for our ticketing system to continually add features and functionality .\nit is recommended that you familiarise yourself with the full terms and conditions of sale and entry prior to arriving at the event .\nyou may proceed to the nearest information counter to file a report and turn the lost property in . our information counters are located at the following venues :\ni have lost my belongings . how do i know if it was retrieved ?\nyou may make an enquiry by completing our online form or approaching the nearest information counter listed below for assistance .\nalternatively , you may also contact our customer care team at + 65 6653 8900 .\nupon locating your lost property , our customer care team will advise you on the designated storage location for the retrieval of your item . please be informed that you will need to bring along a valid photo identification card when claiming the item .\n313 presents utilizes a random number ticket drawing for concert and show on - sales . the random number draw is used to determine the first person in line for the public on - sale .\nnumbered tickets will be handed out to customers in line beginning at 9 : 15 a . m .\nto receive a numbered ticket , you must be in line by 9 : 30 a . m .\nfans not in line by 9 : 30 a . m . are not eligible for the random number drawing and will be queued behind the last ticketed customer\na place in line does not guarantee you a ticket . all purchases are based on availability\nevent days : 9 : 30 a . m . through 30 minutes before the event conclusion . monday - saturday : 9 : 30 a . m . - 6 p . m . sunday : open only on game and event days from 9 : 30am \u2013 30 minutes before end of event .\nevent days : 10 a . m . through 30 minutes before the event conclusion .\nwinter hours ( labor day through may 26 ) : monday - saturday : 10 a . m . - 5 : 30 p . m ."]}
{"id": 53909, "summary": [{"text": "standard insurance company , also branded as the standard , is an american insurance and financial company which is a subsidiary of stancorp financial group , headquartered in portland , oregon .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "on july 23 , 2015 , meiji yasuda , a japanese mutual insurance group , made an offer to purchase stancorp financial for $ 5 billion .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "the transaction was completed in the first quarter of 2016 .", "topic": 35}, {"text": "the standard covers 8.5 million people ( june 30 , 2008 ) in the usa through and out of above 30000 employers with group and individual disability insurance , group life , ad&d and dental insurance , retirement plans products and services , individual annuities .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "it is licensed in 49 states and washington , dc .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "in new york it has standard life insurance company of new york .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "the average loan-to-value ratio on new loans was 64 percent in 2008 .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "standard insurance company has maintained an \u201c a \u201d rating or higher from a.m. best company since 1928 .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "assets $ 14.56 billion ( march 31 , 2009 ) .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "3,400 employees in 2008 .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "in december 2005 revenue was $ 2,147,500,000 .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "on february 24 , 1906 leo samuel , a german immigrant , founded the oregon life insurance company .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "in 1946 the company name was changed to standard insurance company .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "in 2006 , on a 100th anniversary celebration the company launched the standard charitable foundation with emphasis on helping individuals and families who have experienced a loss or setback such as a major disability or the loss of a loved one .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "standard 's headquarters in portland are located in the standard insurance center .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the company also has offices in standard plaza .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "it owns both buildings . ", "topic": 23}], "title": "standard insurance company", "paragraphs": ["the standard is a marketing name for standard insurance company ( portland , oregon ) , licensed in all states except new york , and the standard life insurance company of new york ( white plains , new york ) , licensed only in new york . products and availability vary by state and are solely the responsibility of the applicable insurance company .\nthe domiciliary state is the state in which an insurance company is incorporated or organized .\nthese facts provide a quick snapshot of stancorp financial group , inc . , and its primary subsidiaries : standard insurance company , the standard life insurance company of new york , standard retirement services , inc . , and stancorp mortgage investors , llc . all information is current as of dec . 31 , 2016 , and is updated annually .\nan naic number is a five - digit number assigned to every insurance company by the naic ( national association of insurance commissioners ) . because each company has its own unique number , the naic number can be used to identify a particular company .\nstancorp financial group , inc . , is the holding company for businesses that provide insurance , retirement and investment products and services .\npacific standard life insurance company , domiciled in california , was a subsidiary of southmark corporation , a publicly held real estate based financial services company . in july 1989 , southmark filed for reorganization under chapter 11 of the u . s . bankruptcy code . none of the insurance subsidies were included in the filing . however , on december 11 , 1989 , pacific standard life was placed under conservation by the california insurance department . a liquidation order was issued in may 1994 .\npacific standard had a portfolio of ordinary life and term plans emphasizing universal life and other interest sensitive products . it also included the usual forms of whole life , endowment , and tax qualified products . the state life and health insurance guaranty associations helped arrange for hartford life insurance company to assume all the company ' s policies in 1994 .\nyou can purchase investments and insurance on your own without going through your employer .\nthe liquidator , by court order , becomes the sole owner of the company ' s assets and administers the estate of the company .\nexplore individual disability insurance : income protection for when you\u2019re too ill or injured to work .\npolicies of an insolvent company are often transferred to a financially sound insurance company . if policies are not transferred to another company , the policies are continued and claims administered by either the guaranty associations or a third - party administrator ( tpa ) working on behalf of the associations . please contact the company / tpa listed below or the guaranty association in your state of residence for more information about your policy .\ni have been dealing with the standard insurance company for almost 2 years now . it was fine the 1st year but when i started getting my social security disability things went to hell . the standard started sending me over payment notices . i had no problem paying back what social security back paid . i did that , then the standard insurance wanted a mother $ 1000 . 00 . so i paid that even though the letter stated my overpayment would not be more than what i was awarded from social security .\ndisability insurance can help pay the bills if a serious illness or injury keeps you from working .\n\u00a9 2001 - 2018 all rights reserved . the national organization of life & health insurance guaranty associations\nafter i lost the benefits that came with my job , i looked to standard insurance for health coverage . while they were initially helpful , they kept bundling life insurance from a company called phoenix with my policy despite my protests ( i was already covered through state farm ) . they signed me up for phoenix anyway , and i had to contact phoenix a few times to receive a refund . this situation marred what had been a fairly easy process of finding cheap health insurance .\ni don ' t understand why people worried about government spending . don ' t put a lid on what some insurance companies are doing , like the standard . basically anyone seriously sick and in pain doesn ' t have time to peruse lawsuits . the standard hires a company like allsup to constantly nag its policy holder for information to get the policy holder transferred to social security disability .\nso the next thing that happened is that i received a letter saying that they were still\ninvestigating\nmy claim , so i called the adjuster who told me that it could still take\nseveral weeks\nto make a determination . the next letter that i received was one telling me that they were also investigating my life insurance , who it happens is offered from the standard insurance company . the letter said that my life insurance might be dropped , or at the very least i would be responsible for paying for it in whole by myself .\nthe department has not taken enforcement action against this company in the past three years . link to enforcements page\ni had water pipes under my house break . i have insurance through american home shield to fix my water pipes . but when i went to make a claim for the water damage to my floors standard insurance does not cover damage from broken water pipes or almost anything else . after researching about other complaints i find that lots of other people have problems with claims . when i called the company they said i had a policy that was called hoa . basically that ' s a policy for condominiums not for the normal homeowner . when i asked standard insurance they said that ' s the only policy they offer in texas . lesson learned you get what you pay for . . . now i ' m stuck paying for these floors that i thought i was paying for insurance to cover stuff like that . just wanted to warn you just because you hear it on a christian radio station doesn ' t mean that the company has christian morals . don ' t want anyone else to find out the hard way like i did .\nyour employer is offering benefits tailored to your organization . learn more about the insurance and retirement options that may be part of your benefits package .\nwe know dbl . standard security life has provided disability insurance for close to 60 years , covering nearly 60 , 000 employers and insuring over 750 , 000 lives . with the lowest per capita dbl rates in the industry and a management team averaging 20 + years of experience , we have you covered . standard security life is committed to providing service and guidance regarding the new pfl benefit .\nhad a couple of issue and asked to have automatically withdrawal out of my account for payment . was unaware i had no insurance until the bank notified me . went back to make sure this time i had paperwork drawn up to have payment withdrawn out of my account again . 9 months went by i let my son borrow my car and he happened to get a ticket . the ticket he had got was for no insurance and i was unaware i had no insurance again .\nthe standard company lied ! the records were sent to the standard on jan 4th of 2017 . mind you this case started in september of 2016 . and 2 days later i received a call from the company release point that the standard works with and was informed . i need to resign a release for the medical office because the standard accidentally requested records from the wrong date , as well as they need records from my pharmacy . how can they do this ? this is clearly being done to purposely stall my claim . they knew who my pharmacy was for months and those records should have been requested , and how do you request the wrong date of records . it was suppose to be january 2016 through april 2016 . they requested october 2016 . and now they are requesting records from january 2015 to current .\nthe company that you were employed with is complacent in this as it brings down their rates . then the standard sends you paperwork so that any money coming to you or your children ( even though they told me my children ' s money wouldn ' t be effected ) must be turned over to them . in essence : you pay your premium and the standard never has to pay a cent . it really needs to be stopped . when you work for a large company , they don ' t provide you with a copy of your policy .\nwarning ! ! i listen to klty on my car radio , about 4 years ago i heard a commercial that advertised standard insurance agency . . . have people on there testifying how much money they save on their auto and home insurance . so since the office was located near my home i took my current policy that i had with farmers into the location and ask for a quote on the insurance that i currently had . . . and lo and behold they came back with a quote my auto and home that saved me several hundred dollars a year . thought i was getting a good deal until i had to make a claim . . .\nyou are leaving urltoken to visit a website hosted by ameritas . com . the standard uses ameritas as its partner for dental and vision coverage .\nthe standard requires you to have paperwork filled out by your doctor and in every month the standard states they have not received it . my doctor faxed it twice , i called and they still have not received it even though the transmission states it has . correct fax number but they don ' t seem to get the faxes causing a delay in my payment ! ! it takes a representative to be in a three - way call with your doctor ' s office in the line , the standard rep , and myself , then my doctor ' s office faxed over the paperwork and ebola , the standard rep gets the fax . don ' t deal with this company . it has the worst customer service ever ! ! !\nhowever , i do not understand the reason for the denial because standard will not provide me with the basis for the denial . if it has attempted to advise me it is not specific enough to do any good ! i still\nwork\nbecause if i didn ' t , then i would go bankrupt ! this company , which has gladly taken my premium for years , is creating quite a problem because if i stop work , thinking that standard will fulfill its obligation to me , i have no way to believe it will pay for my disability . this company has operated in\nbad faith\nregarding my claim and i am now going to do something about it ! this really is a terrible company !\nmy experience with standard has been very disappointing . i have been a customer for approximately 20 years . during that time i have never missed a premium payment . then , i became disabled with m . s . honestly , this illness has been devastating to my business and to my income . i have submitted claims twice and this company ( standard ) seems to be going out of its way to find reasons to deny the claim .\nthen more information was requested and more information was sent it to them and they were reviewing more information all the while saying that i have a\nclaim\n. i have correct claim numbers and information and that it will be processed promptly . and then after 9 months , i was told i have been requesting my claim from the\nwrong company\n. i was told that my claim should have been processed through a company called\nthe reliance standard\n.\ni ' ve had it . i ' m not quitting my quest . i am going to send out a mass mailing to everyone in my workplace to ask if they ' ve been screwed over by the standard . there are two women on my unit who have had various bad experiences so there must be many more who can testify that they ' ve been shafted . i ' m doing this to pressure my employer to get a new insurance company . this is going to be hard because i work for a state entity . i ' m also going to contact my state and federal legislators to ask for help . this has worked in the past for other concerns that i ' ve had about impropriety in government and / or insurance companies .\nstandard did say they will reimburse me for the cost of the rental , but how can i trust they won ' t drag their feet on getting the correct to me ? never mind the fact that when i told the new person handling my claim that i could not afford the cost of a rental . all i got from him in response was an\noh well that ' s how we do it here .\ni guess i ' m expected to not have a vehicle while my car is being repaired ? do yourself a favor and if you ' re ever hit by someone with standard insurance just go get a lawyer and let the professionals handle this company . you ' ll thank me in the long term .\ni contacted the standard to cash out my life insurance policy . they said that it was term life so i would receive nothing for all of the payments that i have made . this is the policy that my last employer ( uams ) provided to retirees as long as we made the payments . well , i won ' t be making any further payments . what a ripoff ! i will say that the lady who answered the phone was pleasant . i hope that she is able to find a legitimate job soon instead of representing such a shoddy company .\nmy son went to court a month later in regards to the situation . he ended up getting a fine for $ 200 for no insurance . what a surprise they did not back the three days . they started a new contract three days later so when he went to court there was no insurance . surprise . i then called the company back in regards to the situation . she informed me that she had brought it to my attention . i told her\nyes you did\nbut whether it was going to be benefited to him or to me you still messed up strike three because of the ticket was in my name . i still had no proof of insurance because it wasn ' t dated back 3 days prior to when the ticket was issued so that ' s strike three that they still did not do their job .\nthis company is not yet accredited . to learn more , see reviews below or submit your own . want to know more about consumeraffairs accredited brands ? check out consumeraffairs for brands .\naccording to the reviews on the consumer affairs website , multiple copies of the same information has been requested by the insurance company . i am requesting a prompt resolution and payment of my claim for short - term and long - term disability benefits as all information has been sent to both companies and it appears that they don ' t have a problem with delaying their payments to the detriment of me the consumer that purchased their product for the protection of myself and my family .\nas a consumer , paying my premiums through payroll deduction in a timely manner , expecting a product in the form of an insurance policy , that has been fully paid for , i would expect that this would be a simple and clear transaction and that\nthe standard\nshould honor their responsibility as the recipient of the premiums and they have benefited from the payment of these premiums . but it appears that there is a problem with the handling and mishandling of the confidential patient and employee information .\nit ' s only fair to follow up that the agent i am currently working with has spoken with my provider and myself multiple times since my first review and the service is greatly improved . i think this improvement has more to do with the individual professionalism and skill of the agent and perhaps not so much with the standard operating procedures of the standard , but there you have it . i will continue to update these reviews as my claim proceeds .\ni worked for my current employer for a year when i was diagnosed with colon cancer . i was so glad that i opted for the short and long term disability insurance . boy , did i learn a lesson . i contacted the insurance company before i went on leave figuring that i could expedite things and to get all of my ducks in a row . i was handed over to the man that was in charge of my short term disability claim . he turned out to be a nice guy . he did , however , inform me that i would receive short - term disability for four weeks upon which time i would be handed over to the long - term disability department . i thought that to be odd since i was only going to be out for seven weeks .\nthe standard is quick enough to take your premium , but they are experts at saving money by denying claims . ( hmm , taking money , not providing what was promised , sounds like theft , doesn ' t it ? ) . talk about kicking someone while they are down : out with a disability , no money , as the standard refuses to pay what they owe . if you hire an attorney to try to collect , the money will end up in legal fees .\njust today i got another letter saying i have a overpayment of $ 395 . 00 for the month of february . i am confused because i did not even get a check from them . when i went to have my taxes done we couldn\u2019t do them because the standard insurance w - 2 shows i paid into them more than they paid me . when my tax lady call the standard insurance the guy kind of laughed and said ( wow i don\u2019t know what to tell you ) . we asked if there could of been a mistake and he said no that the w - 2 was correct . i am suppose to be getting 90 % of my wages but with them taking more than they should i only have my social security to live on . i wish something could be done as i paid into this for many years thinking it would ease the worries if i ever got sick , well here i am worried . how i am going to keep coming up with money every month to pay them back on their so called overpayments . it sickens me that they can get by with this .\ni went on ltd following an industrial injury . the standard sent me a check for over $ 7 , 000 that i did not think was correct . after calling them and verifying that i had that amount coming i cashed it and paid tax on it . the following year they contacted me demanding i pay it back asap . i could not recover the lost tax as you need to go long form and my tax man could not recover any of it . the standard ' s mistake cost me thousands in taxes for payment i had to return . they didn ' t so much as apologize .\ni had sought treatment by a medical doctor and explained to him my increasing concerns for my health and well - being . my doctor felt that i needed to be treated and he put me on disability and he completed claim forms for both short - term and when eligible for long - term disability paperwork . i have gotten nothing but a run - around . ( it appears by reading the comments , that many other people that have filed claims also have had the same treatment ) . in august of 2016 , i filed a claim for short - term disability with a company named ,\nthe standard\n. the standard said they received the claim information , then they said they needed me to send it again ( first one was sent certified mail and received by them ) and then they said it was being reviewed , then reviewed again , then again , through several levels of reviewers .\ni was struck by lightning in 2014 . i received long term disability check from the standard until my social security went through . i have ptsd therefore after 24 months i could not draw my long term check from the standard due to a clause in the policy so they started withholding my entire check several months before the checks were to stop . i received a very ugly letter requesting the entire balance that i am and was not in a position to pay due to being disabled and a very low income . they demanded that i pay a $ 100 . 00 a month or they would destroy my credit .\ni have been working for my employer since 2014 and added the standard ' s short and long term disability to my benefits package . the premium has voluntarily been deducted from my paychecks . in july 2017 i became disoriented and dizzy on a regular basis . since i was unable to drive or complete my tasks at work i sought assistance from my regular doctor along with two neurologists , a rheumatologist , a neuropsychologist , and a gastrointestinal doctor within the last seven months ; all the while unable to work . i have had mri scans , ct scans , and numerous blood tests , all of which were provided to the standard .\nthe standard paid a $ 1600 . 00 benefit for july through september . i requested an extension of benefits and , although my health had changed and the doctors were still searching for a diagnosis , my claim was denied . i requested a review of the decision in early november 2017 and continued to provide the standard with all medical documentation . i have been informed today 3 / 29 / 2018 that my claim will remain closed and denied . although the doctors have been , until now , unable to diagnose an exact illness of the symptoms i am experiencing i still am unable to drive and work . i am confused as to why i was paid with no diagnosis at the beginning of my claim but denied benefits from then on when there ' s been no change in symptoms . i believe this is an unethical practice and have found this to be a pattern of this company . they ' re happy to take your premium , but don ' t stand behind the individual paying it .\nin the past , i personally viewed one of my claims adjusters profiles on fb . this is what she said ,\ni love my job , working for one of the greatest companies ( something to that effect ) !\nthis infuriated me as i took out a supplemental plan with this company through my employer in 2005 just as a backup if i became unable to work . they had no problem drawing my premium monthly without fail ! once i became disabled due to major surgery and complications after , stopped paying any benefits when they desired to do so . very , ruthless , deceptive , unethical , bogus company that i ever encountered in my entire life .\nthe standard is the only long term disability company my institution works with so i applied for coverage which is a lengthy process ( a state institution with change of benefits once yearly ) . this was advised me by a financial advisor and i\u2019m in a professional position . from november 2017 i prepared my application and received a denial dated january 4 in mail . based on medical records from my primary care physician they denied covering me due to a \u201cshoulder disorder\u201d as i had injured my left shoulder at the gym last year ( where i go regularly or as an alternative go for 3 - 4 mile runs 2 - 3 times a week ) that cleared up in a month\u2019s time .\ni informed them i did not start seeing the doctor until may 2016 so they are requesting non - existing records and no possibility for preexisting condition . and this can be confirmed by the doctor ' s office via phone call as i signed a release form . it is january 12th 2017 . and nothing is being done . worst company filled with lies ! ! !\nthe strategy suggests that their business paradigm is to delay the claims as long as possible and in the event the customer gives up or fails to prove that the documents have actually been sent multiple times , they are actually able to deny the claim . my doctor ' s office has documented and supplied copies of every fax - - but apparently the standard hasn ' t received them ?\nstandard , ltd benefits . . . get a good attorney . i ' m disabled type 1 juvenile onset diabetic . . . 30 + years\u2026 neuropathy from my hips down . . . multiple injury related surgeries and so on . 3 of my doctors concur with permanent total disability . yet they use their paid for drs that have never even met you to evaluate your medical records in an attempt to deny you .\nthe thing is that companies like the standard do things like this to people to make them so frustrated that they just give up and move on . i ' m not that way , i ' ll see this through to the end . i ' m working again and i can afford to be a fly in their ointment and a burr under their saddle . they ' ve messed with the wrong person this time .\ni called the company . i got ahold of corporate . they told me they would get back to me and check on the situation . i got a call back in regards to the situation a hold and she told me it was corporate ' s mistake and if i had the $ 900 for the back pay that they would go ahead and continue my insurance . i told her i did not have the $ 900 . she told me that if i had payment each month for the last 9 months that i should be able to pay the $ 900 back . i told her it was corporate mistake that i did not have 900 in my bank . i then told her that it was two weeks before christmas and that if she wanted the money that bad i would take back all of my grandkids christmas presents and take a picture of the empty tree so they can have their $ 900 that they messed up on .\ni now owe over $ 5k in taxes to the irs and when i called to rectify the issue , no one can give me an answer . i asked to speak with a supervisor . . . 2 days later , he ' s still on the other line . i continue to leave messages and no one calls me back . from the stopped payments , to the tax issues , to the unbelievably bad customer service , this company is an absolute nightmare to be covered by . hope you never need these guys .\ni had some questions about the ending of my std leading up to ltd and called into their offices and got lisa on the phone . during our conversation she overspoke to me - talked over me - wouldn\u2019t let me ask any questions - was militant - belligerent - rude and abrasive . during the end after i let her run her tangent for over 15 minutes and disrespecting me i asked to speak to her supervisor and she hung up on me . i complained to her supervisor karen and now i am getting denial information in the mail about my life insurance after i had requested karen to assign my claim to someone else - i feel like i am being discriminated .\nthis is the worst company to deal with in your time of need . i got my short term disability no problem . i started working on my long term disability weeks before the st was to run out . i spent over 2 1 / 2 weeks trying to figure out what was going on with my long - term disability . i spoke to somebody and they said that that i had to fill out a separate form from the one that they got - which is what they included in the packet . i signed the form and they sent it to my doctor who said it was not hipaa compliant . every time i speak to somebody different they say they don ' t have any information on it . i was also told that my records go to another company that they outsource for this . now it ' s three weeks without a check and they ' re still screwing around . now i ' m at the point where i have no money still and a hurricane is coming . i can ' t go anywhere because i don ' t have a cent to my name . they don ' t give a crap !\nin may of 2016 my doctor took me off work and i filed a claim for short term through my job . on june 20th 2016 i was approved for short term disability through the company that i had been paying through my job . i had constant stopping and delaying of payments due to needing records every month even though my doctor stated and i explained wouldn ' t even review me to be able to go back to work until feb of 2017 . still they stopped and delayed my payments for weeks to request and receive the same records over and over again .\nthen i called the standard to ask if it was ok to roll over my retirement into a ira . i was told that it was fine as long as i sent prof showing i did not keep it . then about 9 months later i get a letter stating they wanted $ 780 . 00 for me rolling it over . then a week later i get a letter stating they would be taking anywhere from $ 200 . 00 - $ 300 . 00 out of my checks each month as a penalty . they are still subtracting $ 350 . 00 too much from my social security .\ni am only giving a one - star rating because there is no zero or negative number option . this company sends repeated notices that they have not received the appropriate paperwork , repeated notices that customer has not submitted appropriate information or forms and telephone directives that supply different fax numbers than official forms . they cost my doctor ' s office and physician ' s time and money in duplicating forms and re - submitting every request . they send repeated notices that if they do not receive further documentation of fulfilled\nrequests\nthey will\ndecide your claim without them\nwithin 30 days .\ni have been disable since 5 / 16 and i applied for disability through the standard . my employee has a group policy and i purchased additional coverage . have been paying for 20 years or more . . . at first after a few minor setback with\ni am waiting for info from your employer .\nfor example group policy number . . . like they did not already have it . so i made a call and put them on a 3 way . ok so i thought i can focus on getting better . . . no every time i looked up they needed more info . no one could give you any info , one representative told me perhaps i should not continue to go to the doctor due to my claim was not approved . the biggest nightmare is long term disability .\nprior to having surgery , all of my disability forms were completed and sent to the standard . on page 1 , it states that they are required by law to withhold 28 % of my benefits , unless a w - 4 form is submitted . i submitted my w - 4 with all of my other forms and had my surgery . checks began coming , then stopped and i was not given any notice . i called to ask why and was told that they needed the doctor to fill out forms . 3 - 4 weeks later i began getting paid again . after 3 months , my checks were significantly less . i called again and i was told that they forgot to withhold my federal income taxes . no one gave me any answers as to why and i was told that they made a mistake .\ngranted i do have mild chronic right shoulder pain that is muscular ( i type often for work and commute several days a week 3 hours of driving round trip which leaves my right shoulder tight ) . i deal with it with exercise ( work the muscle at least once a week through weights , yoga , pilates , and or barre ) and massage therapy ( twice monthly at most ) . apparently they characterized that as a \u201cshoulder disorder\u201d and denied coverage to a healthy and fit professional who enjoys her career and considers cause for disability as needing to be something that limits my ability to teach , write grants and publish manuscripts , for example , suffering a bad accident with loss of use of upper limbs and / or brain damage . i plan to appeal this decision and read up on other entries in consumeraffairs on the standard .\ni went out on disability and was told that i would get 60 % of my pay but that it may be a little less because of my retirement . all the paperwork was filled out with the county that i worked for and submitted , everything was ok for a little while but then they came back and said that they did not know that i was receiving retirement . my retirement is only a little over $ 300 . 00 a month . then they came back and said that i owe them all this back pay and that i will not receive a check until it is all paid back . i ask if i could pay payments on it but was told that i cannot . what am i supposed to pay my bills with and get my medications with ? why do we even pay for insurance when they are not here for us when we need them ? this is so wrong and from what i am reading about these people , i seriously doubt that i owe them anything !\ni had hail damage to the roof of our home and when i received the estimate the company depreciated our roof as they said we have an acv policy and need an rcv policy to receive the replacement cost . none of this is mentioned when you sign up . however when you need it you get\nyou need to add coverage .\nnext none of the damages to the interior of the house are covered as they say this is all due to a poorly built roof that has a valley above the garage . 3 of the rooms with additional damage are upstairs above the\nvalley\n. i was then told it was condensation that caused the issue . i told the adjuster that the towel i placed on the window ledge was ringing wet after the last rain and the carpet below was wet as well . he said i should get additional coverage after i called his bluff twice . very dissatisfied .\nfor the first 16 or less months i had no problems with this company and then i receive a letter stating they are cutting off my benefits due to their doctors ( mind you who have never seen me ) who believe i can work at my old job but with restrictions . i have acute heart disease and acute vein disease where they took veins to do quadruple bypass which have closed back up . after the surgery i became so infected pa of surgeon thought they would have to go back in to redo work and clean out infection so i lay on couch for seven days a week with only being able to go to doctor twice a week and in - home health care three days a week . but now i have not been released to go back to work and i have no money to pay bills ( they don ' t care but karma is a * * and what goes around comes around guys ) .\non oct 31st i received a letter stating in order to complete my investigation , i must analyze all pertinent medical , vocational , and financial info and additional info that is needed has been requested . since then i have received forms needed 3 1 / 2 weeks after the date of the letter , and only after calling multiple times and leaving messages of what is the hold up . and the response of\nhmmm not sure what happened there . it was suppose to be with you last check , it was just resent recently .\nno returned phone calls . and an explanation by both a letter , analyst , and a supervisor , in december that only one more record is needed to finalize my claim . the office takes up to 30 days to process record requests so i could understand a partial delay . but when i called the office and explained that the standard told me they sent the request over 5 weeks ago , the office informed me that they had just receive the request 1 week prior to me calling .\nplan for retirement with tools and resources that make saving easy at every stage of life .\nhow can you make the most of what your employer offers ? start with learning the value of each benefit .\nlook into an annuity for safety , tax deferral and choice as you plan and save for retirement .\nthere\u2019s a lot more to the benefits your employer provides than you might think .\namount of mortgage loans under administration for stancorp financial group , inc . : $ 6 . 14 billion\namount of mortgage loans under administration for other investors : $ 3 . 49 billion\nyou are leaving urltoken to visit a website hosted by ameritas , our partner for dental and vision coverage .\nplan for retirement with tools and resources that make saving easy at every stage of your life .\nwhat our customers want most is what matters to us : security , freedom , expertise and protection .\nlooking for a secure way to save and invest for retirement ? an annuity offers a combination of safety , tax deferral and choice that lets you save for the future or ensures your money lasts the rest of your life .\nwhat happens to your personal income or your business if you can ' t work because you\u2019re seriously sick or injured ? we offer flexible products to protect you or your family business .\nlearn about your risk of disability and how to protect the things that matter .\na disability that keeps you from working can also reduce your paycheck . use this calculator to figure out how much income you ' d need to replace .\nmake sure you\u2019re on track to retire comfortably . use our retirement needs calculator to get an idea of how much to contribute to your retirement account .\ni have been a customer for over 25 years . my son just passed away at age 28 and i was informed he was not covered because he was over 21 . no one ever informed me of this but took my money for the premium . in a time of loss and then find out i can ' t bury my child is very hard .\ni was hoping by their insured on a rainy day , she was drive extremely fast when she lost control and after sliding all over the highway she hit my car . fast forward a few weeks , i had to wait for the police report to get her information , and i put the claim in to have my car repaired . fast forward almost 4 months and i just learned the person handling my claim no longer works there , which is why my claim was never process . now i at least know that much but i learned that i have to pay out - of - pocket for the rental car .\nall things considered , the short - term paid off well . i got four checks and then a letter came from long - term disability saying that they needed to investigate because they suspected that my colon cancer may be a pre - existing condition . so i filled out the permission form for them to get information from my current provider . next i received a request to sign a permission form for a previous provider group . bear in mind , this was happening in may of 2017 and they wanted the information from january 01 , 2016 . i sent in the permission form . next i received a permission form request for a pharmacy that we used and a week later they wanted a permission form for a pharmacy that i used maybe twice . also bear in mind that i was never seen for any cancer related issue before this year , ever .\nso , today , which is august 02 , i get two more letters , both telling me that they need more information . although the adjuster told me that he had received all of the information from my current provider , the letter stated that they have never received that information . i was also told that they have never received information from that one pharmacy that i used a couple of times . they are basically requiring me to call these entities to provide the information to them .\ni have to ask other people who have had experienced these folks . i have literally sent in everything they sent to me and gave them info they needed . they are the worse to deal with ! ! ! every time i call i get someone different who has no clue and i explain it over and over as if i ' m starting over . then they just out of nowhere stopped my checks , with no notice at all . so now i ' m screwed on paying my bills with the money i worked for since i was 16 years old , is that even allowed ? can they stop my check without giving me any notice ? and since i have not a penny to my name , my phone was cut off and usually the automated system will call me to let me know if my check went out . does the automated system generate a check ? maybe i didn ' t get it because of my phone being cut off ? can someone please help .\ni paid them $ 100 . 00 only in july 2015 . i as agreed or they would put it on my credit . after that my husband and i wrote them a letter and told them that we could only pay $ 50 . 00 . then my ss went down due to medicare so we wrote another letter stating that all we could afford is $ 25 . 00 a month . they have been accepting my payments for 10 months now . today i get a letter from a collection agency stating that i owe more than is owed and a judgment is being put against me .\ni purchased both short - term disability and long - term disability policies in good faith and shortly after excitedly starting my new job . i was enrolled in these policies without any lapses for more than two years . my employer had many administrative problems and those problems caused many of the workers to seek treatment for a variety of medical conditions including stress and depression and work - related ptsd , being required to do , perform unethical and dangerous business practices sometimes endangering patient safety as well as employee safety .\ni sought treatment from a medical doctor regarding my situation . i explained to him that there were safety issues and physical threats as well as dangerous working conditions as the temperature had reached 89 degrees without any ventilation and without windows and working in a security controlled records department . i was also required to perform an increasing workload that was previously performed by 4 full - time employees . i was feeling very overwhelmed and stressed and under a lot of pressure by administration that was constantly requesting me to complete the ever increasing amount of work and to complete management tasks that took me away from my desk to attend hours of meetings while still completing all of the work and some of the work was patient related information . i was the only employee running and working in a vital to patient safety department that was previously staffed by 4 employees .\nafter months and months of stress and grief and sleeping trouble i decided to dive into who these people really are . . . omg . they are worse than greasy used car salesmen . they lie for a living . they push people to the brink and hope that person gives up . note . . . these people are already disabled , wtf . they lie about everything , from receiving faxes , medical records , mail sent . they laugh at my despair . if you\u2019re unlucky enough like me you will be assigned to a senior case analyst . this is a person that has worked their way up in screwing disabled people out of their benefits . if you ' re like me i have nothing . . . but the will to fight these people until the bitter end , with a good attorney . . . good luck . . .\nthe analyst have been reviewing my paperwork since 12 / 28 / 16 . i faxed and called several times for her to tell me laughing in my face i must add , she not sure and a outside person need to look at my claim . this person called my doctor ' s office stated that the info and x - rays were not readable . i took a copy to my doctor , he called and called no answer , i explained that my medical coverage depends on her approval . . . i just received a letter on 2 / 18 / 17 ( a day before my birthday . what a present ) , that i needed to request a formal review in writing after about 60 days of just holding it . . p . s . you only have 180 days . which i was lead to believed that all my physician had to do was to complete the attending physician form that was enclosed .\nnow my employer is sending me bills that i have to pay almost $ 400 for coverage to continue my pt . . . wow . i also have high blood pressure and anxiety disorder which i also was being treated for . my question how can i pay for the coverage when they won ' t pay my claim and had they approved my claim i would be covered ? sincerely totally stressed out and in a lot of pain ."]}
{"id": 53921, "summary": [{"text": "the house cafe is a cafe group founded in 2002 in istanbul , turkey by canan ozdemir , ferit baltacioglu and ramazan uren .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "currently it has 12 branches in turkey , 8 operating in istanbul , 2 in ankara , 1 in izmir and 1 in antalya .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "all branches outside of istanbul are franchises .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "istanbul branches are located in tesvikiye atiye sokak , te\u015fvikiye corner , t\u00fcnel , ortak\u00f6y , caddebostan , i\u0307stiklal street , kanyon shopping mall and i\u0307stinye park shopping mall .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the menu serves local flavours as well as international dishes .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "all branches are designed by autoban architecture . ", "topic": 19}], "title": "the house cafe", "paragraphs": ["comedy : a showcase at the house cafe . presented by the house p . . .\nthe house cafe has opened its latest branch in december 2009 , at kanyon shopping center . > >\no run to the house cafe . seriously great vibes reside . cool food , bevs and staff to\nrow house cafe is available for private parties and gatherings . our restaurant makes the perfect venue for business , family or friend events .\nkeep in mind when reading reviews of the house cafe that it ' s changed ownership multiple times over the past several years , with the current owners haven taken over roughly two years ago now .\nsituated along the shoes of the bosphorus , the house caf\u00e9 ortak\u00f6y provides the perfect backdrop for the perfect meal . > >\ni am very happy to see the house cafe thriving and putting on some great events . there was a small hiccup in time where ownership may have fell into the hands of those who did not understand\nlove this venue in dekalb il . a single business , or spot in a town can make or break a music scene . that place in dekalb is the house cafe . much love to you guys ! \u2665\nthe house caf\u00e9 , opened its first i\u0307zmir branch in june 2012 at alsancak . > >\nfind out what ' s up at row house and in south lake union .\nthat the new house isn ' t offering their customers this service . this is a concern that must be addressed .\nthe house caf\u00e9 has been a long - standing staple of downtown dekalb . it offers a unique opportunity f . . .\nthe best part of discovering a new neighborhood is finding those hidden gems locals covet . row house caf\u00e9 is just that place .\nfrom reinventions of classic brunch foods , to lake union arts and music . row house blogs keeps it interesting .\nt and people that openly support open mic - ers and bands local to the area . but ever since the re - open the straight lack of a water source at the house causes my favor to waver . and\nlocated in one of europe ' s most prestigious luxury shopping malls , the house caf\u00e9 i\u0307stinye park stands out with its unique . . . > >\ne . i like the area , love the house caf\u00e9 ' s small quaint laid back feel but drinking and hanging around children isn ' t something i could use to .\nhere ' s where it all started back in 2002 . . . the house caf\u00e9 te\u015fvikiye is housed on the ground floor of an old ni\u015fanta\u015f\u0131 apartment building . . . > >\nmenu and good coffee , this place might actually generate some revenue . i hate giving my money to starbucks and dunkin , but they have regular hours they keep and a decent menu . i ' ve been driving to shawn ' s for coffee , but it ' s getting a little out of my way . please figure it out , house cafe !\nart deco - inflected but wholly modern , pill\u2019s lozenge silhouette and the shadows cast by its domed cage body are highly graphical and full of glamour . pill lamp was originally made for the richly subdued interiors of the house hotel bosphorus and went on to be in the studio\u2019s signature catalogue due to high demand for such decorative lamps that come in different , compact sizes .\nturkish airlines is turkey\u2019s national airline , and their cip lounge serves with a daily capacity of 2000 + people as it is also open to business class travellers of other airlines in the star alliance . the briefing for the new cip lounge project to replace the old one was \u2018to offer turkish hospitality at its highest in a relaxing and contemporary atmosphere . \u2019 while the main idea was to create a \u2018contemporary turkey experience\u2019 , autoban returned to the concept of ' kervansaray ' \u2013 the traditional roadside inns where travellers could rest and recover from the day ' s journey . the designers also revisited the curvy domes of istanbul\u2019s mosques , most of them being the century - old works of famous ottoman architect sinan the great , and the unique architecture of the grand bazaar . borrowing the traditional arcade system for a contemporary purpose , autoban designed a series of bubble - like portals , which create a substructure within the airport hall . this substructure helps bring the gigantic environment of the airport down to a more human scale and lend warmth to the space . in some areas of the lounge , round openings in the architectural substructure reveal the larger proportions of the terminal . the 5 . 2 metre - high spherical pods divide the space into sections , while maintaining open views of the rest of the lounge and providing a sense of continuation . each one of the pods serve to a specific purpose such as the library , restaurant , tea garden , piano area , screening room , meeting room , kids\u2019 playground or the rest rooms , and starting from the entrance , they are organized in order of the priorities of the passengers\u2019 needs . the interconnected portals allow transitions in between them , and while moving through the spaces , the passengers are encouraged to discover each module with curiosity .\nheydar aliyev international airport is the a + award jury winner in the typology categories | transportation : airports category .\noccupying an early 20th century building in the heart of karak\u00f6y , the burgeoning epicenter for the city\u2019s contemporary art and social scene , gaspar is a two - storey gastro - bar and lounge rolled into one . proposed by autoban , the redesign of the property , originally erected to function as a letterpress - printing house , saw a creative and engaging transformation while restoring the building\u2019s original grandeur . while the exterior is brought to its former glory by fully revealing the original stone fa\u00e7ade and reinstalling arched window frames made of iron , the interior design concept of gaspar is based on ' cabinet of curiosities ' - an idea flourished in renaissance europe during the 16th century . the term describes a collection of types of objects whose categorical boundaries are yet to be defined . as a method of organization , the collected objects are arranged by ' knolling ' , basically the process of arranging objects in parallel or at 90 - degree angles on surfaces . at gaspar , overlapping plywood panels , produced in different shades and sizes , and positioned at various levels in a mathematical order , create a second shell in the form of a wooden cube that is placed inside the building . covering the interior vertically and horizontally , the plywood surfaces create a sense of randomness as well as depth , a perception amplified by the high ceilings .\nthe new terminal at azerbaijan\u2019s heydar aliyev international airport in the country\u2019s capital of baku features interior architecture and experiential design by autoban . bearing all the hallmarks of the multidisciplinary studio\u2019s experimental , genre - defying approach , the contemporary interiors overturn airport conventions of cavernous space and impersonal experience . taking inspiration from azerbaijani hospitality , autoban\u2019s red dot award - winning design spans the entirety of the terminal\u2019s passenger spaces , and includes striking custom - made wooden cocoons that create a sense of welcome and discovery , and opportunities to either meet or retreat . at the terminal , autoban\u2019s bespoke furnishings and lighting schemes upend airport typologies , opting for tactile natural materials such as wood , stone and textiles , gently and warmly lit . the cocoons \u2013 which vary in size and house an array of cafes , kiosks and other amenities \u2013 exist at the convergence of architecture and art , creating an inviting , intriguing landscape within the huge transportation hub that challenges expectations of the airport environment . the studio has also conceived , designed and furnished four lounges exclusively for business class use , extending the best of their hospitality expertise to these premium passengers .\nefe aydar is one of the guest speakers at this year ' s the sleep event taking place on 24th & 25th november at the business design centre in london , uk .\nthere was a great album playing over the speaker system so i asked the guy working the counter what it was . a few minutes later he walked to my table and handed me a slip of paper with the band ' s name\nbearing the slogan \u2018comfortable as a hotel , warm as a home\u2019 , republika is a new concept in student accommodation with three branches located in different parts of istanbul . designed by autoban , the residencies lever up the standards of student housing with thoughtfully planned habitable units that provide utmost comfort within compact spaces , as well as the carefully organised relationship of private and public areas . in the first two branches in ortak\u00f6y and b\u00fcy\u00fck\u00e7ekmece , the converted properties boast around 230 rooms and 650 beds each , whereas the purpose - built ( also by autoban ) florya branch accommodates 83 rooms with 188 beds . since economy and efficiency are the prime goals , all three projects address the challenge of creating pleasurable living environments with cost - effective and durable materials , and coming up with perfect architectural solutions that make the most of daylight , height and space . in creating the design concept for republika , autoban followed the principles of modernist architecture , designing a repetitive module of simple geometric forms that inscribe across the architecture . the series of modules are made to fit in the existing architectural shell of the first two branches , while the individual module forms the basis of the architecture and their repetitive assembly makes up the entire building in the more recent florya branch .\nstarted as a small car rental company , central wanted to celebrate the success it has achieved over the years with a new office design that would also help motivate the employees for even greater success . located in a high - rise building , the new design offered by autoban lends a contrastingly relaxing atmosphere to the interiors that is achieved by the relaxing level of light and sound as well as the lavish use of natural materials , resulting in a combined positive effect on the employees .\ndeveloped by \u00e7arm\u0131kl\u0131 - saruhan coorporation , savoy ulus is a residential complex that consists of various types of apartments all designed to satisfy different types of living . with its modern architectural style as well as exquisite services and facilities , the project breathes new life to the upscale ulus area , a hilltop district of istanbul that is home to many apartment complexes built back in the 80s and 90s . at the centre of the residential complex is the savoy ulus clubhouse \u2013 a joint - use sports and entertainment complex , featuring a lounge area , caf\u00e9 , multimedia room , swimming pool , spa rooms , fitness and cardio areas , with interiors designed by autoban . the elevation of the site was the main determining factor of the architecture of the building and its unique geometry , which has eventually become part of the landscape . here , autoban has created an interior shell that is totally in tune with the architecture . in fact , the building\u2019s unique geometry has guided all the forms and materials used all throughout . the result is a myriad of textures and radial patterns that mimic the geometry of the building .\nkemer golf and country club is a country retreat situated 25 km from istanbul in the heart of the belgrade forest . the country club was originally founded in 1995 to provide its members with a getaway from the hustle and bustle of istanbul . while the main attraction for the club has always been the golf course , there are also facilities for horse riding , tennis and other sports as well as a spa and fitness centre . autoban has seamlessly integrated the new hotel into the existing club facilities by transforming the site of the former clubhouse into the 35 - room luxury boutique hotel . the hotel is situated in a beautiful natural setting , while being in close proximity to istanbul . autoban\u2019s design concept conveys a sense of secluded relaxation while also keeping guests connected to their urban lifestyle . with the kemer golf resort hotel , the oversized rooms each boast interiors more akin to a home than a hotel in terms of comfort and functionality . the interiors fuse natural materials and rich textures with exceptional craftsmanship . as with all of the studio\u2019s interior projects , the hotel room design is based around a layered interior shell . this time overlapping surfaces covered with custom - designed wallpaper , marble and wood , form a richly layered surface that give the space a domestic feel .\nlondon - based restaurateur alan yau\u2019s new soho restaurant , babaji applies a contemporary global perspective to traditional turkish recipes to create an exciting new dining experience . as with yau\u2019s approach to the menu , autoban\u2019s design concept for the eatery is inspired by traditional turkish design , and the materials that have been used within the restaurant showcase turkey\u2019s artisan culture and almost forgotten craft techniques . housed within a late 19th century historic brick building , the exterior of babaji is kept simple , blending in with the building fa\u00e7ade as well as its lively soho surroundings . a dominant feature of babaji\u2019s interior is vivid blue ceramic tiles designed and manufactured by autoban to cover the entire interior space . the handmade tiles reflect both turkish style and the dynamism of london\u2019s soho neighbourhood through their application onto the walls . traditional turkish iznik tiles are also incorporated into the tiled surface , and iznik patterns are used on soft furnishings . autoban designed much of the furniture exclusively for babaji , with some additional signature pieces from the studio\u2019s existing furniture collection . although the furniture has a sense of simplicity there is also a richness and attention to detail in each piece , such as the inlaid brass detailing in the wood banquette seating and tabletops . brass inlays are found in traditional turkish culture , and autoban has applied a contemporary dotted design to the babaji pieces . these inlaid brass patterns have been placed on the back of the banquettes , making this striking design feature visible from the outside of the restaurant .\nthis is one of the best little spots that i have ever went to see live music in and the staff was friendly and fun .\nautoban\u2019s first yacht design aquarius is a 45m full wooden laminated epoxy tri - deck displacement superyacht that is destined to spend almost half of the year on the sea . therefore , offering a home warmth and comfort that could have been hardly imagined stood as a guiding drive during the design process . autoban mastered well the delicate balance in the blend of functions and materials in a space where strict boundries go hand in hand with constantly changing external factors . this conscious tailored the transparent and semi - transparent interrelations between the space , daylight and landscape . the yacht that is spread over 3 full internal decks plus an open - air sundeck , is considered as a one whole furniture and from the outer into the inner layers the narrative is conveyed shell by shell . the gradual change while erasing the distinct passage between in and out , added a certain depth in the interior design . the main bedroom is encased by an outer shell of light and dark wood with beige hues to invigorate a wrapping sense by its curvaceous form and it delivers a contemporary interpretation of the classic style . sliding horizontal slatted timber doors give access to starkly contrasted ultramodern bathroom . the same slatted panels cover the windows creating a closed area allowing filtered daylight and views to permeate into the interior . the main salon and the passages benefit from large windows from where flood a natural light that is further carried by bright white - lacquered ceiling . rounded corners and organic forms are defined by polished teak and brushed oak among other wooden material . along a braided wallpaper together they enhance the warm and cozy feeling . wet areas advocate autoban\u2019s fascination by uncommon materials , and common materials used in uncommon ways . the bathrooms are highlighted by a monochrome or dual streaked bookmatched marble that are selected for their unique vein structure and cover the space again as a shell from the ground throughout the walls .\n50 projects by designers and artists . the book features autoban ' s rope rug inside as well as on the cover ! see more at urltoken\na concept by the renowned restaurateur alan yau , duck + rice is a pub with a chinese kitchen that sits on two levels in london\u2019s soho . using a multi - layered approach , autoban has created a contemporary design that pays homage to the densely decorated victorian pubs beloved by londoners while also incorporating carefully composed and reinterpreted asian influences . from the glass fa\u00e7ade of the exterior to the metal screens dividing diners into cozy booths inside the space , autoban incorporated abstracted geometric patterns throughout the space . a mix of opaque and transparent glass divided by aluminum strips creates a modern stained glass effect , which results in a play between inside and outside and lends a richly layered , dynamic surface to the exterior . inside the restaurant , oversized white tiles with striking blue floral motifs cover the walls and are repeated in sections of the ceiling . specially - designed and produced by autoban for the duck + rice , the tiles reference china\u2019s renowned pottery traditions and pay tribute to the iconic blue and white porcelain glaze first used during the tang dynasty . the technique of mixing cobalt oxide with water to create this vibrant blue hue is the same technique also used to create traditional turkish i\u0307znik tiles , which are further highlighted and backlit by custom aged brass wall lights with a half chrome bulb . the ground floor is the pub where four glowing copper beer tanks greet visitors at the entrance , referencing the space\u2019s former use as a traditional british pub and show the restaurant\u2019s emphasis on quality lagers , ales and ciders sourced from traditional brewers . the long , marble bar and a mix of high top tables and low seating with a fireplace and booths are warmed by freestanding wood burning stoves .\nskytrax has announced the world ' s top 100 airlines in 2015 , voted for by airline customers around the in a global passenger survey . thy cip lounge designed by autoban is the world ' s best business class lounge !\nturkey\u2019s contribution to the biennale featuring projects from over thirty countries , presents \u2018the wish machine\u2019 , a project designed by autoban . taking direct inspiration from the \u2018wish - tree\u2019 a cultural tradition deeply rooted in the ancient anatolian faith ; this interactive machine works by sending the papers on which visitors will write their wishes into an unknown destination , through a pneumatic system . autoban has worked in an interdisciplinary and collective setting with different expertise for the installation that is custom designed for the biennale space : a century - long , well - known system with a surprising new form and function . \u2014 organised by the istanbul foundation for culture and arts ( i\u0307ksv )\nlocated inside the recently developed bomonti historic brewery , kilimanjaro is a casual restaurant - bar that is an integral part of bomontiada \u2013 the new art , culture and entertainment base of istanbul . designed by autoban , the venue boasts a contemporary social environment inside a historic , industrial building , with careful attention given to its scale and original texture . while staying true to the factory typology of the space , autoban has also paid homage to the building\u2019s former use by choosing materials that are relevant to the times while it was still an active production plant \u2013 a time when artisan tradition played a collective part within industrial production . such choice of materials and artisan detailing were also helpful in softening the severity of the industrial atmosphere . inside kilimanjaro , the two main functions \u2013 dining area and bar \u2013 are arranged as close as possible , almost touching one another at some points , to encourage social interaction and result in an intimate , cozy setting . with its structural form and massive volume , the curvaceous bar placed at the centre , almost in the manner of an art installation , is the focal point of kilimanjaro , where dining room seating is organized around it . exhibiting its load - bearing functions and structural skeleton , the metalwork travelling the entire bar on top allows plenty of room for display , and it is decked out with leafy plants to help break the cold , industrial atmosphere . due to its relationship with the overall spatial experience , the bar is perceived as a space - within - space , also creating zones for both solitude and gathering within its amorphous form .\nin creating the cutting - edge design concept for nopa , a grill restaurant - bar in istanbul , autoban have applied their signature aesthetic by maintaining a unity in architecture , interior and product design as well as engaging indoor and outdoor areas . housed on the ground floor of a recently built apartment ( also built by autoban ) , and opening to a back garden , nopa is mainly formed by two separate areas ( indoor and outdoor ) that sit on a long and narrow layout plan . the main concern for the interior has been to stay true to the distinct rectangular shape of the space while enriching it with the use of diverse textural materials in layers . all secondary functions ( such as wine storage and liquor bottle shelves behind the bar counter ) are embedded into walls to maintain a continuous vertical surface level and a certain form of unity . the building\u2019s front fa\u00e7ade features an organized geometrical composition applied in varying layers , which is successfully incorporated also to the interior . while the indoor vertical surfaces feature varying materials with different functions - black marble and back - lit niches with plate glass covers \u2013 these idle and filled up surfaces come together to form a certain richness and break the monotony . designed to be an extension of the interior , the outdoor area follows the same design approach with layers of greenery that both bring diversity to the space and highlight the perception of being outdoors . it is a surrounding vertical garden , with a wall waterfall on one side providing a peaceful background sound for diners , and comes out as one of the most significant design element of the project .\noriginally used as workforce housing for shipbuilding , the cottages have been restored to their original rustic glory and stand as one the last remaining relics of seattle\u2019s early maritime history .\nb . s . with . of course the main dish of music is par exelance .\non it so i wouldn ' t forget . i think that ' s the greatest customer service i ' ve ever had . ( the white tea is really great , too )\ndo\u011fan media group is a turkish media conglomerate that owns and controls three major newspapers as well as kanal d and cnn t\u00fcrk tv networks . located in a suburban district on the european side of istanbul and designed by the well - known turkish architecture practice tabanl\u0131o\u011flu architects , do\u011fan tv centre is where the two tv networks operate . the building is given a makeover by autoban who redesigned the main entrance and lobbies . upon entering the building , visitors are greeted by a solid expression of autoban\u2019s trademark design approach - natural materials with diverse textures used in layers .\ncatch up our cutting edge project \u2018the wish machine\u2019 . proudly represents turkey in international design field !\n, wraps , hummus , black bean burgers , salads , pastries . i had the mushroom soup -\n, it ' s a nice change of pace from usual venues - there are tons of options that are tasty as folk . the few bands i ' ve seen here over the years have sounded great\nl ' ist i\u0307stinye suites is a housing project located in one of the most valuable residential districts of istanbul ' s european side , istinye , with unique views of the bosphorus . consisting of 150 suites in 14 blocks , the residential development also features sports and relaxation facilities , including two outdoor and one heated indoor pools as well as a fully - equipped fitness and spa centre . the correct correlation of location , terrain and landscape , the use of water as a unifying natural element , and a natural material palette make up the unique characteristics of the development , which autoban took as a reference point and developed a sound design perspective with aspects that convert living spaces into areas of comfort , joy and taste .\nspecially designed for autoban\u2019s texturally engaging gaspar restaurant project , this chair\u2019s backrest resembles a handful of madeleine . one of the studio\u2019s archetypical furnishings , based on the material\u2019s curvilinearity , the chair boasts a handful of repeated upholstered elements that are complimented with a simple welded metal profile , which takes their geometry as its guide .\nhad a nice sunday lunch watching my grandson play in the sycamore high school jazz band . great music \ufffd with the whole family . good food and service . they needed a few more chairs for this event but it\na cup of organic coffee or a mimosa ? it just gets better from there . whether you\u2019re going for light and healthy or a hearty breakfast to power you through the day , we have something that\u2019ll hit the spot .\nnt i went from not having to pay a fee to use my card , to paying a fee to use my card - which means less tip or no tip for the baristas . the coffee quality changes with each ownership .\nlaunched at maison et objet paris in 2015 , union collection is a series of furniture that includes a sofa and a bed , with side tables , consoles and a lighting fixture coming soon . while created by autoban\u2019s previous furniture collections have been inspired by the studio\u2019s commercial projects , including restaurant and hotel interiors , union is firmly rooted in the domestic environment with an emphasis on form and creating the utmost comfort . the collection is created using tactile , natural materials , making use of traditional craft techniques alongside modern technology . the striking and unconventional pieces feature curved angles and subtle design details throughout .\nto make a group enquiry contact us by filling out the form below . alternatively , call us on 0207 927 0840 .\nyou can dance how you want to here . . . no judgment . as it should be . the salsa is hot .\ni ' m not a fan of the\nall ages\nevents , but we really wanted to check out\nfrom indian lakes\n. which by the way were better than i expected . we also became fans of\nqueen of jeans\nafter watching th\nwe ' re simultaneously excited and proud to be representing turkey ' s design vision at the inaugural london design biennale in collaboration with iksv .\na modern caf\u00e9 serving neighbourly hospitality , independent and cherished by the creative community it lives in . plus , one hell of a bar .\nwelcome to kilimanjaro - autoban ' s latest f & b ; project for pozitif live . kilimanjaro is now open to the public at bomontiada !\neven though they don ' t serve it ! they nicknamed it the genesis . it feels better than ever to be here ! so happy it reope\nits a concern many people are having . it seems good for business to offer customers free cups of water . and it has caused commotion in the population\nused to do stand - up here on mondays when i attended niu . simply put , the only place for local music and other artists , good food , great atmosphere\nnity or idea of thc but it seems this place has stood back up on its own legs and will continue to be the community center and place of comfort for dekalb .\nautoban put their work of first 10 years in a book published by gestalten . the 320 - page book presents a rich selection of autoban\u2019s projects that are documented in striking photographs and plans\u2026\nhours . i miss when it was open at 5 : 30 am so patrons , like us teachers , could get coffee before work . i miss the breakfast menu and lunch menu . th\nmad props to the new owners for doing a great job so far . glad to see big shows back in dekalb , and i hope to see lots of local music continue as well .\nbut also meal size salads that change with the seasons , brunch options ( for you late risers ) and our much - loved versions of your favorite comfort foods . is it warm out ? ask for a garden seat .\noriginally designed for nopa restaurant , nopa series combines comfort with a modern approach . nopa chair has a bold presence with its characteristic form and upholstery . the leather upholstered seat is nested in a tubular metal frame creating a refined contrast .\nwhen you\u2019re ready to get serious about dinner , make your way to the dining room and reflect . small plates to share ? a fat , juicy pork chop ? fish straight from our local waters ? whatever you choose , make sure you leave a little room for dessert .\njoin us every monday night for our legendary open mic . all acts are welcome , bands , poets , rappers , dancers , musicians , comedians , anything you can imagine . sign up at 7 : 30 pm with the show starting at 8 : 00pm . we go as long as we have acts .\nautoban created an exhibition design for pa\u015fabah\u00e7e - turkey\u2019s leading glass manufacturer - for . . .\ndonec molestie , nunc vitae maximus commodo , dolor quam dapibus eros , vitae blandit libero odio amet .\ndesigned by autoban , kemer golf resort hotel ' s interiors merge home comfort with hotel room functionality .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\na historic structure recently renovated with careful preservation of its authentic features and with clues from . . . > >\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\n263 e lincoln hwy ( 1 , 790 . 67 mi ) dekalb , illinois 60115\n, music shows thursdays through sunday , and other special events ( like drag shows , kid and family events , etc . )\n. if you ' re an niu student you need to be here every week .\nit ' s a broth based soup not cream , with tons of flavor , and not salty .\nchocolate , espresso , banana , milk / soya with mozart chocolate liqueur + \u00a32 . 5\npoached egg , dry - aged beef patty , special hollandaise , tomato , muffin with crispy bacon + \u00a31 . 5\nbeef patty , smoked cheddar , gherkins , chips with bacon + \u00a31 . 50\npoached egg , dry - aged beef patty , tomato , special hollandaise , muffin / with bacon + \u00a31 . 5\nbeef patty , smoked cheddar , mayo , gherkins , chips with bacon + \u00a31 . 50\nwe have a rotating selection of beers on tap , or you can have a glass of wine or refreshing caipirinha . we\u2019ve got you covered , and every choice is a good one .\nour garden patio and private dining room are perfect for engagement parties , rehearsals , ceremonies & receptions .\nour neighborhood bistro and bar occupies 3 historic arts and craft cottages built in 1904 and boasts authentic seattle ambiance .\nour menu changes regularly using local fresh ingredients , and features daily specials drawn from classic peasant recipes with a modern sophisticated twist ."]}
{"id": 53922, "summary": [{"text": "amerihost inn was a small chain of hotels located in the united states and canada .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the chain consisted of two - or three-story interior-corridor buildings constructed based on the company 's prototype designs .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "properties were usually a long , two - or three-story building with a gabled or lobby and public area at one end .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "all properties featured indoor pools and consistent amenities which was the chain 's main selling point .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "founded in 1989 by ( now ) arlington hospitality , cendant corporation purchased the franchise rights in the late 1990s .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "arlington continued to build and develop amerihost inns using the prototype it originally created for the chain during this time .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "however , cendant granted a small number of amerihost franchises to existing properties that do not conform to the original prototype standards during the start of the millennium .", "topic": 28}, {"text": "in 2006 , cendant ( now wyndham worldwide ) announced that all amerihost inns would be rebranded as baymont inns .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "cedent has ceased using the amerihost inn brandname , but retained rights . ", "topic": 36}], "title": "amerihost inn", "paragraphs": ["amerihost inn new martinsville - amerihost inn hotels new martinsville - urltoken - u . s . hotel destinations\nthis is actually an amerihost inn per . . . - baymont by wyndham washington court house\namerihost inn properties must meet new design and service standards and other criteria before they can be rebranded , berger said .\nwhile many amerihost inn properties are expected to qualify , the majority of those that do not will be given an opportunity to make necessary upgrades during the next several months .\nto expedite the rebranding , cendant hotel group will offer qualifying amerihost inn franchisees a free lease for new exterior property signage .\namerihost history amerihost inn is a relative newcomer to the hotel industry , having first opened its doors in athens , oh in 1989 . recently the brand celebrated its 100th hotel opening in redding , ca . every hotel features amerihost inn ' s signature indoor pool with whirlpool area , complimentary expanded continental breakfast , exercise room , whirlpool suites and much more . and with the brand ' s commitment plus\u00ae satisfaction program , each guest will feel special every time they visit .\nparsippany , n . j . ( april 26 , 2006 ) - in a move to fulfill a strategic priority by strengthening its position in the midscale lodging segment , cendant hotel group today said it intends to merge its amerihost inn ( r ) franchise system into the recently acquired baymont inn & suites ( r ) brand .\ncendant hotel group completed its acquisition of the baymont inn & suites brand on april 7 from affiliates of the blackstone group , a private investment firm based in new york . the transaction included worldwide rights to the baymont inn & suites brand but no real estate .\ncendant hotel group , which will become part of a cendant spin - off hospitality company called wyndham worldwide later this year , is one of the world ' s largest integrated lodging franchise and management companies with more than 6 , 400 hotels on six continents franchised under the wyndham ( r ) , ramada ( r ) , days inn ( r ) , super 8 ( r ) , wingate inn ( r ) , howard johnson ( r ) , travelodge ( r ) , knights inn ( r ) , baymont inn & suites ( r ) and amerihost inn ( r ) brands . all hotels are owned individually and operated independently or by a cendant subsidiary . cendant hotel group ' s triprewards ( r ) loyalty program is the largest in the industry , based on the number of participating hotels .\nthis move will create critical mass for the baymont brand , accelerating our efforts to drive more business to both our amerihost inn and baymont franchisees ,\nhe said .\nby combining these two high - quality brands under the baymont name , we will create a much stronger competitor in the midscale segment .\nanthony l . berger , cendant hotel group chief operating officer , said the decision to merge the baymont and amerihost inn brands was based , in part , on their\nstrikingly similar characteristics\nincluding market positioning , guest demographics , pricing , quality and guest satisfaction measures and the preponderance of new - construction properties .\nwelsome to the amerihost inn . we are located 15 minutes to downtown atlanta , 10 minutes from buckhead , and 15 minutes from the airport . hotel was fully renavated end of 2005 . we offer a huge indoor heated pool , free wireless internet access , free breakfast , etc . come stay with us and exprience an affordable hotel .\nberger said the merger also enhances development opportunities .\nour substantial footprint of existing properties in the midwest and south - central united states positions us to expand the baymont system both eastward and westward ,\nhe said .\nmoreover , while the amerihost inn trademark was compelling only in the united states , the baymont name is licensed worldwide , creating broader opportunities to expand the brand .\nvisiting town for a weekend . the inn is easily accessible . for a scenic view , rooms along the backside of the hotel over look the ohio river . rooms were clean . beds were comfortable . ( i slept like a baby ! ) they offer a modest contental breakfast in the morning . if you have a heartier appetite , there are a couple nice places very close by . the staff were always friendly and quick to be of service .\nwe were headed home for a funeral and had to stop due to severe rain and the late hour while traveling . we decided to stop at this hotel as it was less expensive than the nearby hotels and was listed as a baymont inn . upon arrival , the clerk was very nice and helpful . we got a room and promptly went to our room and fell asleep . the room was shabby but since we were only there to sleep , we weren ' t too concerned with the quality . we felt safe and were able to sleep well . the beds were comfortable even though the bathroom didn ' t have enough linens and we had one bar of soap for the sink and the tub . the room was near the interstate so it was somewhat noisy , but we weren ' t expecting a quiet stay . the following morning we ate at the\ncontinental\nbreakfast . it had the basics but wasn ' t restocked and there was no attendant other than the front desk attendant to handle any needs at the restaurant . the lobby was oddly decorated with items that made it look cheap and like a chinese restaurant / indian restaurant . while the front desk attendant was nice , the overall feel of the hotel was shabby and run down . all while charging a premium rate . we should have stayed at one of the nearby hotels and while we would have paid a bit more , it would have met the standards of a . . .\ndoctype html public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 0 transitional / / en\nthe merger aims to promote brand awareness and distribution in the marketplace by nearly doubling the baymont brand ' s system size and increasing its marketing resources , according to steven a . rudnitsky , cendant hotel group chairman and chief executive officer .\nthese brands are a great fit ,\nhe said .\ntogether , they offer a consistent , compelling product , both from the viewpoint of the owner - 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plentiful free parking . indoor pool . i ' d definitely stay here again .\nthe room and facility was clean and odor - free , but this is the minimum that i would expect of any 2 star and up hotel . as jon mentioned , no mini fridge or microwave in room . the furniture in the room , including the bed , could use some updating . the furniture looked nice , but was wobbly and creaky . the bathroom is small , but adequate . parking is great . the wifi in my room had a weak signal , so i blame that for the poor performance . that is not really an acceptable excuse either by any means . many channels on the tv , which was nice . plenty of hotels only have a small selection of stations . overall , everything was ok for a 2 - star hotel . they are rated 2 1 / 2 , though . before i stayed via priceline , i read reviews that the breakfast was taken down too early and that it should be available until checkout . at the time , i didn ' t think this would bother me . but it turns out to be my only real complaint . i went down at 8 and had a cup of coffee and a donut . already by 8 , the pickings were slim . i went back to my room and when i went back to grab a bowl of cereal at 9 : 15 , they had already begun to remove the breakfast items . really ? ? 9 : 15 ? checkout is at 11 . they should at least maintain the breakfast items until 10 .\nnice size room with king bed and desk ( not shown ) . 37\nlcd tv , microwave , larger mini fridge .\ni had to give this place a one star because you can ' t give it a 0 ! this place is horrible needs to be updated , it is nasty and\nmost\nof the staff is rude and act like they don ' t care . we stayed for three nights and every night we would find something else in the room wrong . first off the doors were all squeaky , the room and hotel smells horrible ! my daughter had nose bleeds every night due to the mold not to mention there was black mold in the bathroom . the room was not clean when we came in the dresser , desk and night stands were all sticky ! see below what the box springs looked like . . . . not to mention half the lights did not work . the tv was old and outdated you could barely see what you were watching . the 2nd night the volume went completely out the repair man came said it was remote but i knew it was tv because of the age of tv . so this is a place i would never recommend or stay at again ! the three rooms that we had were all the same it wasn ' t just our room , and i do have pictures to prove it . if you have any other questions please email me and i will give that to you . shawduck12 @ urltoken thanks below are the pictures of our room , just some of the stuff in it . and to comment back to in regards to getting another room , the staff there are so rude not to mention that they are always on the phone chatting with people to even talk to guests ! i can give more details of you contact me .\nterrible , these people are crooked . after making reservations for 3 days and only able to make it for two we called within the time limit for a cancellation and had our credit card billed anyway . when we called and asked for the manager they told us they don ' t give out anyone ' s name and they are all managers . we showed them the cell phone call , they would do nothing . be very careful .\nsorry ms . duck , for you less than expected experience , but unfortuanatley we can not find your name in our system for last 3 months that you every stayed here unless you were a non paying guest with someone else and not registered at hotel , if you stayed here . we are shocked with your comments about anything and everything , but at same time you stayed in same room , if you did , for 3 nights . we dont understand why , we have 60 rooms , we could have changed your room in heartbeat if not happy in that room . we did not find any bloody pillows or sheets where your daughter had the bloody nose . otherwise we would have noticed it . there is no black mold in any room , this is something we are very much adimant about it , otherwise nobody going to stay here . today june 6 , yesterday june 5 , we had zero room available , and other week days only couple of them . how would anyone stay here with the comments of your review . i wish you should have mentioned what room you stayed and when you checked out so we could fix the problem if any . that is why we believe you took your time to write this review so we can improve ourselves , and be ready for you next time , and make your stay a happy stay . thanks again for your input , and for letting us know the issues ."]}
{"id": 53931, "summary": [{"text": "baked studios , formerly baked goods then baked fx , is a boutique visual effects / post-production facility located in culver city , california .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "the company provides vfx editorial and color services for the industry \u2019s top directors , producers , production companies and ad agencies . ", "topic": 11}], "title": "baked fx", "paragraphs": ["baked studios / 28 w 44th st . 22nd floor new york , ny 10036\nif the selected rigid body is baked , the button label is\nunbake\nand clicking it removes the keyframes and restores the body to dynamic status .\nthe modifier interface consists of several rollouts on the modify panel plus a modifier stack with four sub - object levels . most of the controls on this rollout are available only for unbaked rigid bodies and become unavailable once you ' ve baked an object ' s motion . to restore the controls , click the unbake button on the rigid body properties rollout .\nsince opening its doors in 2005 , baked studios worked with such brands as toyota , disney , lg , and state farm . they have created visual effects for television series like game of thrones , and feature films such as ' now you see me and the final destination . the team has also collaborated with major artists including snoop dogg , rihanna , phish , and justin bieber . the company has won three prime time emmy awards for season 2 , 3 and 4 of game of thrones .\nfor instance , i can train my 16 - year old daughter to make a lasagna for supper . i give her plenty of time to brown the meat , boil the noodles , mix the cheese and apply the layers . we then put the finished product into the oven to bake and less than an hour later we have a delicious meal . if i asked her to make two lasagnas in the same timeframe , she might be able to do it . if i asked for four or six or more , shortcuts start to get taken , layers get applied sloppily and the baked product is likely to fall short of the first one .\neitht \u2026 you referring to the color swatches in houdini ? by default , color correction / gamma was set to 1 . 0 and that makes it non - linear ? \u2026 well in a sense of wysiwyg yes , it ' s non - linear since you set your color swatch to color you see on monitor and you want to have the same color in final picture if that setting is 1 , then the color you see on monitor is not the color represented by numerical values set on the color parameter , since monitor has gamma 2 . 2 and therefore changes that color , basically it ' s the same as for textures . so if you set color settings to correct all outputs to 2 . 2 , then you will see the swatch with gamma 2 . 2 applied on top to compensate monitor , which keeps the value of the color parameter linear , because you see directly the color which is represented by numerical values edit : so if you are going to use linear workflow in houdini , set that setting to 2 . 2 ( or whatewer gamma is your monitor ) and keep all checkboxes checked , then the only concern is to make sure all your textures are linear or make them linear in the shader . and if you are not rendering to linear formats ( like exr or other floating point data ) , you can bake in the gamma 2 . 2 to your renders by adding vm _ gamma property to mantra rop , in that case you would need to make sure you are not having gamma set on mplay or render window since it will be already baked in\nwarning ! to get all of the features imdbpro offers , you must enable javascript .\nyou can share this page with anyone , including non - imdbpro subscribers . a shared page will expire 7 days after it is first opened .\nsubmit additional information and / or report errors on this page . if it is approved by imdb database managers , it will be added to the page in a future update .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nwe can help you avoid severe migraines by gently walking you through video compression best practices with our friendly tutorials .\nmust have a cell phone and daily access to a vehicle . great communication skills and phone skills are a must . we are looking for an upbeat personality , someone who is self - motivated and wants to learn . the ideal candidate would be interested in post production and have a desire to grow in the industry . this position has a high potential for growth in visual effects and post production . previous admin and industry experience preferred .\n\u00a9 2018 creative cow \u00ae all rights are reserved . privacy policy [ top ]\n3750 robertson blvd , ste 204 ( 311 . 71 mi ) culver city , california 90232\nturning 30 frames - per - second video into 240 frames - per - second slow - motion using ai technology .\nthis page is based on a wikipedia article written by authors ( here ) . text is available under the cc by - sa 3 . 0 license ; additional terms may apply . images , videos and audio are available under their respective licenses .\nhi all , hope this dont sound silly . i understand users define what 1 houdini unit is , can be in metres , centimeters and so on . say i have a prop with a diameter of 5cm , a sphere have a radius of 0 . 025 which makes it insanely tiny . is this going affect the lighting , texturing or rendering process , is it be advisable to treat 1 houdini unit as 1cm instead to work with bigger props within the viewport ? another doubt is shown inside the viewport , i highlighted 2 boxes on the construction grid is equals to 1 houdini unit - am i wrong ? please ! : ? eitht .\nas long as you don ' t have to deal with matching real world ' s focal lengths / disctances , or exchange data with other apps were it could matter , the only thing i know of that ' s more or less scale - dependend in h is : dops and pops this doesn ' t mean , you can ' t work with other scales , but it ' s much easier , because standard values ( e . g . gravity ) , parts of the tools shelf , \u2026 are optimized for 1 unit = 1 meter\nappreciate both your replies ! i ' m matching a still photo with local length . there ' s no dop / pop involved . is it safe to say i will not encounter any lighting / texturing problems if i use the default of 1 unit = 1 metre ? eitht .\nrob , if you are willing to answer another question\u2026 all along i de - gamma by setting 0 . 455 gamma to my texture images in photoshop , is this the proper way or do one need other editing softwares to perform this task ? thanks in advance ! eitht .\ni think the best you can do is convert your files to rat files and you can specify gamma of the texture while converting it , therefore you will have correct linear rat files you can directly use in all shaders , so no need for other software other thing you can do instead of converting is append power vop after each srgb texture in shader and set it to 2 . 2 which has the same effect as setting gamma to 0 . 45 ( rat files might be better though ) and of course don ' t forget to have linear color swatches as well , but this is handled automatically if you have edit / color settings / color correction set to 2 . 2 and checked everything\ni strip out the gamma in the shader . ive found it will do 99 % of the time rob\ntamte of course don ' t forget to have linear color swatches as well , but this is handled automatically if you have edit / color settings / color correction set to 2 . 2 and checked everything you referring to the color swatches in houdini ? by default , color correction / gamma was set to 1 . 0 and that makes it non - linear ? trying to wrap my head around the whole lwf , here ' s a screen - cap of what i did to the de - gamma . does the renders look like they were done correctly ? this is what i would work in the future , 1 ) de - gamma textures 2 ) render stuff out with linear color space in my mantra rop 3 ) render out my final composite with srgb color space in nuke anybody see a problem or am i on the right track now ? apologize for being long - winded ! eitht .\ni assume the color settings and swatches greatly affects how the virtual lights behave too huh ? : ? eitht .\nthey don ' t change rendering behaviour at all , it actually doesn ' t matter how you set that setting , mantra will still compute the same result given the same input values it just changes how you see the values , so setting all to 2 . 2 gets rid of monitor gamma correction so you see directly linear values and therefore set them correctly for mantra , which can give you much realistic result compared to feeding mantra with false values and expect correct result . but it ' s all the same principle , just search for linear workflow on the internet , plenty of info there , it ' s not specific to houdini btw , saving an image from mplay which has correction 2 . 2 doesn ' t automatically bake that correction into the files ( there is an other option for gamma when you chose to save the frame ) so you probably saved images ( in your updated post ) without baking the gamma in , because neither of them looks correct , but if you apply gamma 2 . 2 on the second one , it may be correct .\ni am understanding this much better now ! baking the gamma in is this checkbox in the screen - cap ? that ' s what i did when i saved both of the images above . i was told simply typing 2 . 2 into mplay doesn ' t bake it but setting this when saving out images bakes it . eitht .\nit just changes how you see the values , so setting all to 2 . 2 gets rid of monitor gamma correction so you see directly linear values and therefore set them correctly for mantra , which can give you much realistic result compared to feeding mantra with false values and expect correct result . i leave all that at default and strip the gamma from textures in the shader refer to my site ( urltoken [ circusmonkey . com . au ] . i then render and in the mplay display and set my gamma to 2 . 2 . what i see in mplay on my monitor it whats important and as long as there ' s lots of range . all my renders are linear and then in comp when you output your image you can set the gamma to 2 . 2 if you wish . as a standard though i always deliver linear for the render out of nuke . the next question i swear we will get is why are lights in houdini set using intensity and not stops ! rob\ni cant thank you guys enough for the explanations given so far ! and rob ' s prediction was spot on\u2026 i started a topic related to lights . : shock : will visit your webby , cheers ! eitht .\nwith the screen shot below , am i understanding houdini grids , is each grid 1 meter ? if i wanted to model something that is 0 . 28194 width in meters how can , this may be really simple question create a cube which is of that width ? also when creating large bodies of water as a example how do you any of you get the measurements of a body of a water ?\nhoudini is life cereal , once you had a bowl you can ' t stop .\nlooks like no one\u2019s replied in a while . to start the conversation again , simply ask a new question .\nafter that , i experiences some crash , then webkit web inspector got broken .\nalso , delete key doesn ' t make\nback\n. is it normal ?\ni did try\nreset safari\nbut it didn ' t help . disabling extension and plugins also didn ' t help .\nthe webkit web inspector is completely broken for me , while the new web inspector is a real pain to use . i feel like it cut my productivity in half . for now i guess i have to move to chrome .\ni really dislike the new web inspector . i submitted feedback here asking the at least give us the old one back as an option : urltoken\ni noticed the exact same thing . i think it ' s a bug for sure . if anyone has found a workaround please share . the other issue i am having is using the new web inspector in investigate the dom tree . i use the\ninspect element\noption frequently in debugging sites , but now the view seems to have word wrapping on the inspector window which makes reading the code almost impossible if you are inspecting an element that is several level deep in on the dom . does anyone know if word wrap can be turned off in this view ?\ni know you can click on the dom tree element and switch to ' source code ' but them you lose the element inspector view .\ni installed the nightly webkit build and was able to use the webkit inspector , but i can ' t figure out how to get files open in new scripts tab unless i happen to hit an exception or something . clicking on line numbers in the resources tab no longer sets a breakpoint . how do you set a breakpoint now ?\napple , if you ' re listening , this is the sound of your developers fleeing the platform . this is not hyperbole , this is reality - - safari is no longer useful to develop for the open - standard web that you ' ve pushed so very hard for .\nagreed as well . i had recently moved to safari from chrome and was really appreciating the polish it brought to everything , but a non - functional web inspector is a non - starter for a web developer like myself .\ni gave it an honest effort , also for about a week , but found it made 100 % of tasks 1000 % slower and more difficult . just having it open effectively broke any web page with heavy js use .\ni sent apple feedback with a full list of problems from my perspective . i ' d encourage others to do the same .\nsuch a shame . . . chrome feels primitive in so many areas of ui integration .\ni give up . safari ' s web inspector is worthless for examining network requests . i ' ve been using safari , chrome and ff , with safari as my main browser , but no more bcause i cannot do the work i need to .\nthis site contains user submitted content , comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only . apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided ; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums . apple disclaims any and all liability for the acts , omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the site . all postings and use of the content on this site are subject to the apple support communities terms of use .\nstrobing , highlighting , bathing in the dust of a thousand angelic fairies \u2014 call it what you want , this bright and dewy makeup trend has taken over the beauty world . but there are a handful of highlighter mistakes you ' re making that could be the reason you think this trend isn ' t working for you . don ' t worry , i fancy myself somewhat of a highlighter expert and can teach you exactly how to correct those mistakes .\nthe highlighting or strobing trend can make us look like glowy , gorgeous vampires in the sun \u2014 if we do it right . correctly done , a highlight on the face lifts , brightens , and improves the overall look of your skin and makeup . it ' s a great way to play up the features you love , while making your natural skin look more luminous and healthy .\nif the trend isn ' t working for you , you may have an application or formulation issue . a great highlight is made to look dewy , not oily . it grabs attention , instead of spotlighting something you ' d rather hide , like scar or uneven skin texture . but if you ' re having trouble achieving a perfect sparkling highlight that looks great on you , you may be making some serious highlighter mistakes .\ninstead of looking like a golden , mythical greek goddess you wanted to , you came out looking like a grease ball . no worries . to achieve a more\nglowing from within\nlook that doesn ' t play up natural oily skin , apply your highlighter after your foundation but before your blush . doing this will minimize the shine while still giving you an illuminated appearance .\nbeaming like a lighthouse ? if you ' re not into the extreme strobe look or just want to tone things down for a more daytime appropriate style , you can blend a drop of liquid highlight into your foundation . this is a great alternative if you prefer a\nless is more\nlook , or aren ' t into packing on the products .\nlight is great , but sparkles are best left for the ' 90s ( unless that ' s your jam ! ) . if your highlight looks like you just took a sparkly body roller to the face , you may be using a bad formulation . drugstore dupes for higher - end products can work , but sometimes there ' s a reason they come at a lower price point : the formulation is chalky , patchy , or sparkly . if this sounds like you , begin the hunt for a creamier powder . my favorite is , of course , jaclyn hill ' s champagne pop . it ' s extremely creamy , so it blends seamlessly into my skin instead of sitting on top of it like a bad frosting .\nface looking a bit larger than usual ? yes , strobing can actually make your face look wider if you are not highlighting in the correct spot . it ' s important to highlight the cheeks and above , never sweeping highlight below the cheekbone . remember : lifting up ( literally , anything like bronzer , eyeshadow , blush , or highlight ) will help the whole face look lifted , tighter , and younger . dragging product down lower than it needs to go on your face will only make you look more tired .\nyou tried the highlight trend , only to find every pore of your face visible ? you may be highlighting in the wrong area for you . i love the highlighted look , but i often get uneven texture on the tops of my cheeks and have to skip highlighting in that area . instead , i highlight my cupid ' s bow , nose , chin , and above the brow bone . if there ' s a particular area you have trouble in ( let ' s say , you hate the bridge of your nose ) then definitely skip highlighting that area . just because you can , doesn ' t mean you have to . find the highlight area that looks best on you and forget the rest !\nlooking more casper and less cara delevingne ? you may be using a highlight shade that is too light for your skin tone . there are all kinds of highlighter shades on the market , some with peachy , pinky , bronze , or white undertones . if you are pale skinned , pinks look gorgeous on you . if you are medium , peachy highlighters are beautiful . if you have dark skin , you should rock peach to bronze highlights . as long as the powder or cream is two to three shades lighter than your foundation , you are good to go .\nif you want to watch a highlight pro in action , check out jaclyn hill ' s makeup tutorial for how to properly use a highlighter cream .\ndo you know how many calls agent number 29 can handle in a given hour ? is this the only metric you need to measure ? in the era of the call center on demand , what metrics are you using to determine success ? if it\u2019s simply based on the number of calls , you may be headed for disaster .\na recent metrics piece highlighted the challenge of looking at success with just the number of calls mentality . the example given had much to do with \u201ci love lucy\u201d and a certain candy factory assembly line episode . whether you\u2019re old enough to remember the episode or not ( i am only old enough to remember the \u201cnick at night\u201d version , thank you very much ) the point is simple \u2013 they received too little training to maintain the expected level of activity .\nthe first few minutes on the chocolate line went fine , but as soon as the assembly line needed to increase in speed , there was no way our beloved characters could keep up . is this really the approach agents should take in the call center on demand ? if the goal is simply to complete a set number of calls within a set amount of time , will you truly achieve goals that mean anything ?\nin the lasagna example , i\u2019ve trained my daughter to do one lasagna well and then expected her to apply it across too many in less time . i didn\u2019t show her how to develop an assembly line to putting the lasagnas together or give her adequate time so that quality was maintained . the timing pressure also is sure to lead to a bigger mess in the kitchen and a stressed out teenager .\nthe call center on demand requires a different approach as well . while you do want to have guidelines for the number of calls you would like agents to complete , isn\u2019t the outcome of the call more important ? if they reach 20 prospects in a given hour and none of them turn into sales , were these 20 quality interactions ? if the same agent could instead reach five prospects in the hour and turn three of them into sales and two of them into potential leads to contact later , the outcome is so much better .\nthis is why it\u2019s important to get away from the calls per hour mentality . while the \u201cquality over quantity\u201d mantra may seem tired , it\u2019s still a valuable rule in the call center on demand . go for the metrics that drive the outcomes you need and not just activity or there soon won\u2019t be any activity to drive .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nif this is your first visit , be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above . you may have to register before you can post : click the register link above to proceed . to start viewing messages , select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below .\nfor quite some time , i ' ve wanted to work on a new mandolin design which has the features desired by f - style players , but with post - victorian style , and the complexity allowed by modern tooling .\na fancy\nstrap holder\nwhich was sleek and modern but maintained f body balance .\n3 - d binding\nwhich highlighted the form of the instrument , protected the edges and didn ' t require bending plastic .\na headstock which was attractive , had f - style mass but was sleek and didn ' t get complicated with scroll work .\ncomfortable tuning and easy neck adjustment . ( the prototype has alessi tuners and a two - way truss rod . )\ntone and playability in the\nmodern - bluegrass\nmode with a powerful chop and clear , even response across the neck .\nmy cohort , randy torno , suggested that i should dribble out a few detail pictures to get started . that ' s just cruel isn ' t it ?\nsteve sorensen sorensen mandolin & guitar co . urltoken\non the bench today\nupdates on facebook\nhe swings . . . . . . . he hits . . . . . . . it ' s gone ! ! ! . . . . . . . . . . what a great looking instrument steve ! ! ! ! ! love it when folks think outside the traditional f - 5 box . . . . . . . . . . can you talk a little about how you did the binding ? ? ? it ' s really nice the way it flares out at the points and such . . . . . . . . . . really good job . . . . . . . . . jim urltoken\ni love it ! ! beautiful , beautiful work steve . i also love the binding flare at the points . the inlay is great as is the tailpiece design . how about a picture of the entire instrument and some of the back .\nsteve , need a drooling emoticon . that is effin awesome ! ! need to see how college financial aid works out , but i may be contacting you in the next few weeks . . . very cool design , indeed !\nyeah . . . pretty much have to have one of those . . .\nthere are three kinds of people : those of us that are good at math and those that are not .\nsteve davis i should really be practicing instead of sitting in front of the computer .\nmusic speaks to us all . and to each of us , she speaks with a different voice . j bovier a5 tradition\nthat ' s drop dead gorgeous right there steve . that headstock is the stuff of headstock posters . the body and head stock binding is very cool looking and is visually reinforced by the bound pickguard . given the short grain in some areas of the binding , you must have selected a tough as well as beautiful species of wood . can ' t wait to see vids of this one ! scott\nsteve , thank you for sharing these . . . you nailed it ! i love it , i would love to see some full photos like larry mentioned , and an audio clip . . . i seriously want one of these . i assume you ' ll have additional info on these soon , but i ' ll connect via your website to email / discuss lead times , availability , etc . beautiful , sophisticated . . . . good stuff . . . i ' m sold on the looks and really look forward to hearing one ! jason urltoken\nsteve , you are out of control - - in the very best of ways . that design is crazy cool . i was just talking to my wife about your mandolins yesterday , showing her photos and describing the models . i noted that if someone gave me a certificate for any sorensen mandolin of my choice , i just don ' t know what i ' d do . you have now made this even more difficult ! i need to visit your shop someday and play them all . beautiful work , as usual . kudos .\ni screwed some hooks into our cedar fence to hang a ladder , but yeah , your skills are pretty good , too , i suppose .\ncool design , outside the box but still has all the features of an f style .\nfresh design ! i ' m looking forward to having you join us in the lutheirs pavilion at the big cba father ' s day bluegrass festival in grass valley this june . instruments like this should stir up the folks .\nwow ! ! ! - that ' s ' radical ' for sure - amazingly so . lovely design , wonderful craftsmanship & an absolute show stopper . terrific work steve , ivan\nweber f - 5 ' fern ' . lebeda f - 5\nspecial\n. stelling bellflower banjo tokai - ' tele - alike ' . ellis deluxe\na\nstyle .\nhave i not commanded you ? be strong and courageous . do not be afraid ; do not be discouraged , for the lord your god will be with you wherever you go .\n~ joshua 1 : 9\nback neck and sides are sugar maple . one - piece back ; two - piece bookmatched neck .\ntop is a one - piece sitka spruce with amazing silking .\nparallel\ntone bars .\nthis instrument is a prototype , so the real goal is for the build and the resulting instrument to help refine the process and components for future builds . based on how this came together , i ' m looking forward to doing it again !\nplayers in the future ! hopefully i ' ll be able to snag some good video / sound .\nas michael lewis mentioned , we do have a table at grass valley in june ; randy torno will be teaching a jam class at huck finn jubilee ; we ' ll also be at ibma in september .\nfor a geometric object to participate in a physics simulation , it must have the massfx rigid body modifier applied . ( alternatively , use the mcloth modifier . ) the easiest way to convert an object to a rigid body is by selecting the object and then choosing the appropriate rigid body type from the flyout on the massfx toolbar .\nas indicated by the path annotations at the start of this topic , you can apply the rigid body modifier to objects in any of several different ways . when applying the modifier to more than one object at a time , using the animation menu or massfx toolbar method results in a separate modifier per object . however , choosing the modifier from the modifier list results in an instanced modifier on each object . to edit the instanced modifier , you can select any object to which it is applied , and the changes will affect all instances of the modifier .\nwith non - instanced modifiers , the modify panel rollouts for the rigid body modifier are available for only one object at a time ; if multiple rigid bodies are selected , the rollouts do not appear . however , you can edit multiple selected rigid bodies on the\nof the massfx tools dialog . most of the editor controls are the same as those on the modify panel .\nthe modifier stack for rigid bodies provides access to visualization of a number of settings that affect the simulation . when a sub - object level is active , you can change how the simulation begins and proceeds by transforming the respective gizmo .\nthis level shows a visualization of the axis and direction of the initial spin for the rigid body . use the rotate tool to change the axis .\nthis level shows a visualization of the location of the center of mass for the rigid body . use the move tool to change the location .\nthis level lets you adjust the position and rotation of a physical shape for the rigid body . highlight the physical shape to transform in the list on the physical shapes rollout ; the physical shape will draw in white wireframe in the viewports . use the move and rotate tools to adjust the physical shape ' s relative placement with respect to the rigid body .\nthe simulation type for all selected rigid bodies . the available choices are dynamic , kinematic , and static . for details , see\nwhen on , massfx converts the selected kinematic body to a dynamic one at the specified frame . available only when rigid body type is set to kinematic .\nthis means you can animate an object using standard methods and set rigid body type to kinematic so it performs as animated until the designated frame . at that point it becomes a dynamic object and is then subject to the full massfx simulation forces .\nfor example , to re - create a baseball game , you might animate the ball leaving the pitcher ' s hand and flying toward the bat . then , using until frame , when the bat strikes the ball , massfx would take over and accurately simulate the action of the batter hitting a home run ( or fouling out ) .\na rigid body need not be animated to take advantage of this feature . for example , you might want to suspend several stationary bodies and then drop them at different times . to do so , simply set them all to kinematic and turn on until frame , then select each one in turn and specify the frame at which it should start being subject to gravity and / or other forces .\nconverts the simulated motion of the rigid body to standard animation keyframes for rendering . applies only to dynamic rigid bodies .\n. this means that it will not move until struck by a non - sleeping rigid body . for example , to simulate a domino rally , start all of the dominos except the first in sleep mode .\nwhen on ( the default ) , the rigid body collides with other rigid bodies in the scene .\nthe physical material properties control the way the rigid body interacts with other elements in the simulation : its mass , friction , bounciness , and so on . you can set the material properties one at a time , or use a preset to simulate real - world substances such as cardboard or rubber .\nuse the drop - down list to choose the physical shape of the rigid body for which you are changing the material parameters . by default , all physical shapes use the common material setting labeled\n( object )\n. only physical shapes whose\nchoose a preset from the list to specify all physical material properties . ( the mass of the rigid body is recalculated based on the value of the density and the volume of the object . ) when a preset is chosen the settings are not editable , but when preset is set to ( none ) you can edit the values freely .\nto use the settings from a different rigid body in the scene , click and then select a rigid body in the scene .\nat the bottom of the list are commands to load and save a preset as a file and to create a new preset .\n( grams per cubic centimeter ) . this is one thousandth of the equivalent measurement in si units : kg / m\n. changing this value automatically calculates the correct mass for the object , based on its volume .\nthe weight of this rigid body , measured in kg ( kilograms ) . changing this value automatically updates the density of the object , based on its volume .\nthe degree of difficulty for two rigid bodies to start sliding against one another . a value of 0 . 0 indicates no friction ( more slippery than teflon ) ; a value of 1 . 0 indicates full friction ( rubber cement on sandpaper ) .\nthe effective static friction between two rigid bodies is the product of their static friction values . if one rigid body has a static friction of 0 . 0 , it doesn ' t matter how what the value of the other is . ( everything slides on wet ice ; even sandpaper . ) once the two objects start sliding , the dynamic friction ( see following ) applies instead .\nthe degree of difficulty for two rigid bodies to keep sliding against one another . technically , this parameter is called the\ncoefficient of kinematic friction .\na value of 0 . 0 indicates no friction ( more slippery than teflon ) ; a value of 1 . 0 indicates full friction ( rubber cement on sandpaper ) .\nin the real world , this value should be less than the coefficient of static friction . ( it ' s harder to start pushing a couch across the floor than it is to keep it moving . ) as with static friction , the effective value between two rigid bodies is the product of their respective values .\nhow easily and high an object bounces when it hits another rigid body . technically , this parameter is called the\ncoefficient of restitution .\na value of 0 . 0 indicates no bounce ( a lump of peanut butter dropped on carpet ) ; a value of 1 . 0 indicates that the object will bounce off just about as hard as it hit . the effective bounciness between two rigid bodies is the product of their bounciness values . a super - bouncy rubber ball landing on peanut butter will not recover .\nuse this rollout to edit the physical shapes assigned to an object in the simulation . you can use the controls to add and remove physical shapes , change the shape type , copy physical shapes between objects , and more . when you run the simulation , massfx uses all assigned physical shapes to represent the object ' s physical presence . for more information , see rigid body overview .\nshows all the physical shapes that comprise the rigid body . highlight a physical shape in the list to rename it , delete it , copy and paste it , change its mesh parameters or affect its transform via the\napplies a new physical shape to the rigid body . by default , the new shape is the convex type and covers the entire graphical mesh , the same was when you first apply the massfx rigid body modifier to an object . after you add a shape , it ' s highlighted in the list so you can change the shape type , properties , and so on .\nchange the name for the highlighted physical shape . this name is just for your own use to easily identify multiple physical shapes .\ndelete the highlighted physical shape from the rigid body . ( the last remaining physical shape for a rigid body cannot be deleted . )\ncopy the highlighted physical shape to the clipboard for subsequent pasting ( see following ) . the physical shape ' s parameters and local transform are copied along with the mesh .\npaste a previously copied physical shape ( see preceding ) onto the current rigid body .\nthe new physical shape is not an instance ; any changes you make to the originally copied physical shape do not affect the new physical shape after pasting .\nflips the shape geometry around the specified axis ( see mirror shape settings , following ) .\nopens a dialog for setting the axis along which the shape is mirrored , and whether to use the local axis or the world axis .\nadapts the highlighted shape in the list to the current state of the graphical mesh . use this to re - fit the physical shape to the graphical mesh after editing either . examples might involve transforming sub - objects or scaling the object .\napplied to the highlighted item in the modify shapes list . the available types are sphere , box , capsule , convex , concave , original , and custom . sphere , box , and custom are massfx primitives and simulate more quickly than other hulls . for best performance , use the simplest type you can get away with .\nthe contents of this rollout vary , depending on the shape type setting . for descriptions of the parameters for each type , see massfx physical shape types .\nchanging the shape type generates a new shape of the chosen type sized to fit around the graphical mesh . the options for the shape , which depend on the chosen shape type , are available on the physical mesh parameters rollout ( see following ) .\nfor example , take the teapot primitive and apply the rigid body modifier with generate shape per element on . this creates four physical - shape elements by default , of which the first is the body of the teapot : element 1 . if , with element 1 highlighted in the shapes list , you choose element 2 ( the handle ) from the shape element list , massfx reshapes the teapot body physical shape to the handle . or if you choose all elements , element 1 takes on the shape and size of the entire teapot mesh . if you then change the shape type setting , say from convex to box , the result is a physical shape of that type that fits around the active shape element item .\nclicking this button creates a new editable mesh object in the scene from the highlighted physical shape and sets the shape type to custom . you can use standard mesh - editing tools to adjust the mesh , then update the physical shape from it . for more information , see\n. however , you might be working with a complex rigid body that comprises many physical shapes , where you want to use different settings for certain physical shapes . in this case , turn on override physical material . all properties in this section work as described for the physical material rollout , but apply only to the selected physical mesh .\nwhen on , renders the physical shapes as shaded , solid objects in shaded viewports , rather than as wireframes . also turns on the\nthe contents of this rollout vary , depending on the shape type setting . for descriptions of the parameters for each type , see massfx physical shape types .\nuse the forces rollout to control gravity and apply force space warps to the rigid body .\nuse world gravity when off , the rigid body uses only forces applied here and ignores the global gravity setup . when on , the rigid body uses the global gravity setup . scene forces applied lists force space warps in the scene that affect this object in the simulation . use add to apply a space warp to the object . to prevent a space warp from affecting the object , highlight it in the list and then click remove . add applies a force space warp in the scene to the object in the simulation . after adding the space warp to the scene , click add and then click the space warp in the viewport . remove prevents an applied space warp from affecting the object . first highlight it in the list , then click remove .\nset the numeric value to the desired number of times the solver enforces collisions and constraints . higher values might be necessary when the simulation uses many constraints , or the tolerance for joint errors is very low . a value higher than 30 is generally unnecessary .\nfor a concave static rigid body , turn this on to ensure that dynamic objects in the simulation collide with its back faces .\nfor example , take a box primitive , convert it to editable poly format , remove a side , and then make it a static rigid body with the original shape type . if you then place a dynamic object inside the box , turn on enable backface collision for the box to keep the object from falling through the sides .\nuse these settings to determine the surrounding volume within which massfx detects collisions between bodies in the simulation .\nan excessively high value can cause objects to interpenetrate visibly . setting this value too low can cause jittering because objects alternate between interpenetrating one frame and being forcibly separated the next .\nthe best value depends upon variety of factors , including the size of objects in the scene , the proximity of the camera to possible interpenetrations , the settings for gravity acceleration and solver iterations , the inflation amount of the physical shapes , and the frame rate of the simulation .\nthe distance that resting bodies are allowed to overlap . this setting can come into play when using\nchanging the contact distance value automatically changes the rest depth value to the new contact distance value plus the difference between the two . for example , say contact distance is 10 . 0 and rest depth is 8 . 0 ( difference = \u20132 . 0 ) . if you then change contact distance to 6 . 5 , rest depth automatically changes to 4 . 5 ( 6 . 5 + ( \u20132 . 0 ) ) . however , changing the rest depth value does not affect contact distance .\nthis setting applies only to rigid bodies that start out kinematic ( typically these are already animated ) and then switch to dynamic at the frame specified by the until frame setting on the rigid body properties rollout . normally , the initial velocity and initial spin of such bodies are calculated based on the animation for the last frame before they become dynamic . when this option is set to absolute , the values of initial velocity and initial spin ( see following ) are substituted for the animation - based values . when set to relative , the specified values are added to the values calculated from the animation .\nthe starting direction and speed ( in units per second ) for the rigid body when it becomes dynamic . the xyz parameters are maintained as a normalized vector , which can be difficult to edit or picture . to visualize the initial velocity direction and optionally change it with the\nthe starting axis and speed ( in degrees per second ) for the rigid body ' s rotation when it becomes dynamic . the xyz parameters are maintained as a normalized vector , which can be difficult to edit or picture . to visualize the initial spin axis and optionally change it with the\napplies to animated , kinematic rigid bodies . determines the motion values ( see preceding ) for the animated object at the current frame and then sets the initial velocity and initial spin fields to those values .\nuse this function to apply initial motion values from a point in the animation of the kinematic body other than those at the frame at which it becomes dynamic .\nthe point around which a rigid body rotates unless constrained in some way . to visualize and adjust this point graphically for the rigid body , use the center of mass sub - object level .\ncalculate from meshes automatically determines an appropriate center of mass for the rigid body based on its geometry .\nlets you set a distance from the object ' s pivot on the x , y , and z axes to use as the center of mass .\nmove pivot to com relocates the object ' s pivot at the center of mass specified by the local offset xyz values . available only when local offset is active .\ndamping slows down the rigid bodies . typical uses include reducing oscillations in a simulation or causing an object to appear to be traveling through a dense medium .\nselect ragdoll selects the ragdoll to which the rigid body belongs . available only when the rigid body is part of a ragdoll object .\nmassfx physical shape types this topic covers the parameters rollouts and settings for the various physical shape types in massfx .\nconnect , consult with , and hire trusted industry experts on the autodesk services marketplace .\nexcept where otherwise noted , work provided on autodesk knowledge network is licensed under a creative commons attribution - 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", "topic": 3}], "title": "uptime on", "paragraphs": ["port uptime / downtime history on 2960 sw . . . - cisco support community\nupdated on 5 / 16 / 2015 , if you have an impressive uptime on your mac , let us know in the comments .\nyes , you can retrieve the uptime from the system information menu . we updated the article with instructions on how to do this on all versions of mac os x .\nto check the uptime of a pc go to terminal and type uptime then press enter .\nnot sure about the uptime but there is a root user and a normal user on mac os x . so \u201c2 users\u201d is normal\ncan we get the uptime history of windows 2008 r2 using powershell . if i run uptime . exe / s it never gives me complete uptime report . it thorws an error and uptime . exe gets close .\nit can do alot of checks on a lot of options . from man lsof :\nif shutting down properly you could run a command on shutdown that saves the uptime , that way you could read it back after booting back up .\nuptime rtd energy supplements use the perfect amount of ingredients to provide a uniquely , balanced energy boost with a crisp and refreshing , citrus flavor . plus , our resealable bottle lets you take uptime on the go .\nour accredited training programs with data center design , management and operations staff on industry best practices .\nyou can use the last command to check on boot times , reboots , suspends / resumes .\nuptime institute\u2019s efficient it assessment is the first and only holistic evaluation of enterprise it organizations that is focused on reduced waste , improved financial controls , and lowered carbon emissions .\nthe free uptime check utilizes select regional groupings from our network of 184 global checkpoints , which systematically pings and checks your website\u2019s uptime .\n+ 1 but . . . who needs history of uptime on debian systems ? here ' s the uptime on one of my debian box : # uptime 23 : 51 : 06 up 1067 days : ) ( yup , that one server will soon reach 3 years of uptime . . . gosh , i love the stability of debian : ) and interestingly enough , i realize that during these 3 years the clock did drift quite a bit ( gonna fix this right away )\noptimize the experience of actual users on your website leveraging detailed analytics , trends and page load time analysis .\nlaunch the terminal app on your mac using whatever method you ' re comfortable with : spotlight , launchpad , utilities folder , etc . when your terminal window pops up , just use the uptime command . type it out and hit return on your keyboard . that ' s it .\nthe uptime institute ' s publications are protected by international copyright law . uptime institute requires written requests whenever uptime institute\u2019s literature or portions of the uptime institute\u2019s literature are copied for other than personal use . the uptime institute copyright extends to all media\u2014paper , electronic , and video content\u2014and includes use in other publications , internal company distribution , company websites , and handouts for seminars and courses .\nthat is current time , uptime , amount of users and the load average .\ni don ' t know about the 2960 ' s but i know on the 4500 series switches there is a command that will show you i just don ' t remember off the top of my head what it is . once i get into one of our switches i ' ll post that command and you can see if it works on the 2960 ' s , don ' t believe it worked on the older 2950 series so i don ' t know if it will work on the 2960 ' s or not .\nuptime and response time reports . get daily , weekly , or monthly email reports .\nuptime energy tablets combine premium ingredients to deliver a balanced and sustainable , energy boost .\nyou could create a simple script which runs uptime and dumps it to a file .\nhere\u2019s how to check the uptime in days ( or hours ) and the rebooting history both via the command line of os x , and also how to find \u2018time since boot\u2019 through the system information profiler on a mac .\nas for seeing what ' s been going on , you can check your logs , such as / var / log / syslog or / var / log / messages ( depending on distro ) . further , for somewhat lower - level messages ,\ndmesg\nis helpful .\nhovering the mouse over any segment on the chart presents a tool tip that reads out the exact start and end time of that segment .\ndata center owners and operators have been cautioned about the imminent rise in power density of computing equipment , and the drastic consequences of accommodating racks at 30 kw each . in uptime institute\u2019s field experience , pockets of high density requirements exist , but are not pervasive . based on this apparent divergence between dire predictions and limited deployments , uptime institute determined to confirm actual owner experience in operational , high availability data centers . accordingly , members of the uptime institute network in north america and emea participated in a survey on power density in their data centers .\nthe uptime will vary per machine , depending on how frequently it is rebooted , updated , shut down , and even crashed . speaking of restarting a machine , you can also retrieve reboot history through the command line as well .\nupdate : not sure if it is based on a length of time or if last gets reset on reboot but i only get the most recent boot timestamp with the last command . last - x also does not return any further info . sounds like a script is my best bet .\nto check your macs uptime , simply type \u2018uptime\u2019 in the terminal . terminal is an application found within / applications / utilities / and is included in every version of mac os x .\nwhile you\u2019re on that page , be sure that your have selected \u201cyes\u201d to receive an email notification when your account reaches your designated low balance amount .\nbuild multi - step api calls and test your api ' s functionality , performance and uptime .\nthe proprietary facility management and operations methodology is based on the uptime institute tier standard : operational sustainability , incident and failure analysis database research , and insights gleaned from 20 + years of field experience working with hundreds of data center organizations around the globe .\nto design , manage , and operate the critical infrastructure your business depends on , you need the most authoritative , evidence - based , and unbiased guidance .\nwhen was the last time you restarted or shutdown your mac ? in the post - iphone era , most devices are now powered on almost constantly . for better or for worse , the computing landscape has accommodated this\nalways on\ntrend , but you still need to periodically restart your devices\u2014especially your mac .\nuptime institute\u2019s facility management and operations ( fmo ) methodology helps data centers develop , implement , and sustain operating strategies and practices that ensure maximum uptime , optimize performance , and reduce risk and cost .\nuptime institute created a starter kit of useful tools to help organizations start their own disciplined decommissioning program .\nyou can use tuptime , a simple command for report the total uptime in linux keeping it betwwen reboots .\njust open up system information on your mac . you can find it in spotlight or launchpad , open it from your utilities folder in applications , or right from the menu bar . for the latter , click on the apple icon , then press and hold the option key to change\nabout this mac\nto\nsystem information .\nthis works on the 4500 ' s don ' t know if it will on the 2960 ' s , did not see it in the command lookup tool for 2960 code . for 4500 series switches , it is\nshow interfaces link\n. this tells you how long the port has been down in weeks , hours , minutes , seconds . . . .\nthe sixth annual uptime institute data center industry survey provides an overview of the major trends shaping it infrastructure delivery and strategy .\nplease note that any ' uptime report ' will be made inaccurate if there are any unexpected shutdowns in the event log .\nyou can quickly see this information via the system information utility , which is reminiscent of the windows task manager uptime feature .\nis there also a way to check the mac\u2019s shutdown history \u2014 as opposed to reboot ? i know it sounds strange but i sometimes use that to tell how late i worked when i forget to track it . i usually shut down every night after finishing . i sometimes check the modification date on the last file i worked on , but when it\u2019s just web browsing , that doesn\u2019t work .\nthis appends the date , time and uptime to the uptime . hist file every ten minutes while the machine is running . you can then examine this file manually to figure out the information or write a script to process it as you see fit .\nuptime institute\u2019s tier topology standard has been created to assure any organization can meet its required levels of business services by relying on a predictable level of performance in the data center . while power is one of the most critical resources used to operate any data center , the types of power utilized to operate that data center greatly influence the results achieved . with 20 years of incident data across more than 1000 data centers to draw from , the uptime institute tier standard asserts that onsite power generation is the only source of reliable power . the high level of performance available from tier certified datacenters stems from power distribution designs that rely only on this reliable power .\nthe \u201cuptime\u201d of a computer is how long it has been since it was last rebooted or started up . since macs are very stable and generally os x users rarely have to reboot their machines , the uptime of macs can reach impressive numbers . you can check the uptime and reboot history of any mac if you want to find this information yourself , we\u2019ll show you how .\nuptime institute forcss is an original system to capture , compare , and prioritize the various impacts to the many it deployment alternatives .\nin the below example , uptime is reporting that we have a mac that has been up for 21 hours and 40 minutes .\nif you want to see who ' s currently logged in , try the command\nwho\n. you can dump messages on to their terminals by the\nwrite\ncommand , that can be fun .\nbrings up a dialog box where the report can be named . the report will be listed in the left - hand navigation bar along with the corresponding permission icon , depending on whether it is labeled as private\ncurrently you have javascript disabled . in order to post comments , please make sure javascript and cookies are enabled , and reload the page . click here for instructions on how to enable javascript in your browser .\nthe value of uptime institute\u2019s tier certification and m & o ; stamp of approval programs goes beyond what most people realize . uptime institute does a great job illustrating that running a well designed , built and operated data center drives efficiency and naturally reduces costs .\napis fuel all kinds of tools and applications . build multi - step api calls and test your apis for functionality , performance and uptime .\nthe 2013 uptime institute data center industry survey provides an overview of global industry trends by surveying 1 , 000 data center operators and it practitioners .\nthe 2014 uptime institute data center industry survey provides an overview of global industry trends by surveying 1 , 000 data center operators and it practitioners .\nthe 2017 uptime institute data center industry survey provides an overview of global industry trends by surveying 1 , 000 data center operators and it practitioners .\nis there a non - terminal / gui way to check uptime ? for example , in windows you can see it in the task manager .\nget notified by sms or email if your website is down . uptime checks your website at one minute intervals from 30 different locations across 5 continents .\nthe fifth annual uptime institute data center industry survey provides an overview of global industry trends by surveying 1 , 000 data center operators and it practitioners .\n$ uptime 14 : 28 up 24 days , 22 : 06 , 3 users , load averages : 3 . 41 4 . 21 4 . 08\nfor our second installment of presenting your best self , aka \u201cmaking a good first impression to affiliate prospects\u201d , we\u2019re going to talk about uptime history .\nit should also be noted that the recent restart / shutdown history covers mac os x kernel panics \u2014when your system detects a fatal error and shuts down\u2014in addition to power on / off events that you initiated through the software or hardware button .\nuptime institute ' s vice president of north america , matt stansberry , outlines the top 5 questions you need to address in your 2018 data center strategy .\nthe uptime institute management & operations ( m & o ; ) stamp of approval validates the critical facilities management and operations practices of an existing data center .\nyourmac : ~ user $ uptime 10 : 33 up 21 : 40 , 4 users , load averages : 0 . 09 0 . 19 0 . 21\nthe majority of data center outages are blamed on \u201chuman error\u201d stemming from a lack of knowledge or procedural mistake . this 18 page guide helps data center facility managers and it operations leaders build a robust data center training program from ideation to implementation .\nhow can i get a history of uptimes for my debian box ? after a reboot , i dont see an option for the uptime command to print a history of uptimes . if it matters , i would like to use these uptimes for graphing a page in php to show my webservers uptime lengths between boots .\n0 , 10 , 20 , 30 , 40 , 50 * * * * / bin / echo $ ( / bin / date + \\ % y - \\ % m - \\ % d ) $ ( / usr / bin / uptime ) > > / tmp / uptime . hist 2 > & 1\naccredited tier specialist ( ats ) is a curriculum and professional designation for the benefit of the individuals directly responsible for data center uptime and the experts that support them .\nuptime institute is the it industry\u2019s most trusted and adopted global standard for the proper design , build and operation of data centers \u2013 the backbone of the digital economy .\naccredited tier designer technical paper series supplements data center site infrastructure tier standard : topology by providing additional clarity on the tier consequences of specific subsystems . an objective of the tier program is the consistent application of infrastructure availability concepts to facility systems supporting data center critical environments .\ni was wondering if it is at all possible to find out when the computer was switched on , what files where accessed what folders were opened , what programs run and when the computer was resumed and put back to sleep ( just like in the movies ) .\nopen up terminal again , if it ' s not already , and use the last reboot or last shutdown command . just type them out one by one , then press return on your keyboard . the former logs every time your mac was rebooted , obviously , and the latter when exactly it was shutdown . these logs have a history from when os x was first installed on your mac , which is the date the logs were first created ; just check out the\nwtmp begins\ndate at the bottom of the logs .\nuptime history is a report available in the affiliate interface which shows a time stamp of when a specific merchant is either \u201clow funds\u201d , \u201ctemporarily offline\u201d , or \u201conline\u201d . affiliates use this report as a consideration when looking at prospective programs to join . affiliates will be less likely to join a program that has a tendency to go consistently offline as this disables the working links on their site and the leaves their visitors with a disrupted experience .\naccredited operations specialist ( aos ) is a curriculum and professional designation for the benefit of critical facility operators directly responsible for data center uptime and the experts that support them .\nthe last command will give you the reboot times of the system . you could take the difference between each successive reboot and that should give the uptime of the machine .\nthe accredited tier designer technical paper series supplements the data center site infrastructure tier standard : topology by providing additional clarity on the tier consequences of specific subsystems . an objective of the tier program is the consistent application of infrastructure availability concepts to facility systems supporting data center critical environments .\nsymptoms hey there ! i ' m working on a project that includes basic router configurations . i configurated everything including : line console 0 , line vty 0 15 and secret passwords . there are 3 routers in the network and every lan is going t . . . view more\nmaximize your performance with uptime . whether you need mental clarity , physical stamina , or added focus , our carefully selected ingredients will help you excel no matter what the task .\nstroomlijn uw workflow en dienstverlening door bepaalde bedrijfsprocessen waarvoor u de middelen , de tijd of de expertise niet in huis hebt uit te besteden aan gespecialiseerde bedrijven binnen de uptime group .\nthis can be extremely helpful when troubleshooting , or even just for finding out how often a mac gets booted , and is a nice command to use in addition to uptime .\nuptime is the amount of time your mac has been running since it was last powered down or restarted . if your uptime is a large amount of time , congrats , you ' ve got a smooth - running machine that can ' t be beat . if not , you ' re probably restarting to free of ram or fix random glitches that happen .\ni would create a cron job to run at the required resolution ( say 10 minutes ) by entering the following [ on one single line - i ' ve just separated it for formatting purposes ] in your crontab ( cron - l to list , cron - e to edit ) .\nthe data center environment is never static , and budget , performance , and market pressures place ever - increasing demands on operating organizations . how can you tell if your business critical it infrastructure is being run effectively to ensure reliability and minimize risk ? even the most robust design and facility systems won\u2019t protect you from vulnerability to operating shortfalls . there are some important signs to look for and questions to ask to help assess where your organization stands , and actions you can take today to ensure operating standards up to par , preventing errors and downtime and optimizing the return on your it assets .\nuptime has been the energy supplement choice for people with demanding lifestyles . we use the best blend of ingredients to provide you with the energy and focus you need without the side effects .\ni ' m not sure there ' s anything that does exactly what you want - but one option would be to clear the interface counters on all of the ports and by seeing which stay at 0 and which stay at 0 and which don ' t you ' ll see which are being used .\nget the last change , which is the value of sysuptime when the port went into the current operstaus . any interfaces that are down and have a lastchange of about 0 have been down since the switch powered on ( cold start ) . otherwise they have been down for the period sysuptime - iflastchange .\n\u201cuptime . com fills a critical space in our monitoring toolchain . their frequent checking of our web infrastructure with granular reporting & real time alerts pushed right into slack is exactly what we\u2019re seeking . \u201d\nthe mission of uptime magazine is to make maintenance reliability professionals and asset managers safer and more successful by providing case studies , tutorials , practical tips , news , book reviews , and interactive content .\n@ lekensteyn i ' m aware of how days are counted . oldest server up is 834 days : ) was just pointing it out to @ binarylife that there are also days included in uptime count\nwith the free uptrends uptime check , you can ping your website and ensure that it is reachable . we set up a connection and if we get back an http 200 status , we report ok .\ndesignate a balance notification in your account that is greater than $ 50 . in the edits settings page of the merchant account , you can opt to receive an email when your account reaches a certain balance . i would recommend padding this amount to allow ample time for a deposit to be made prior to the account reaching the shareasale low funds trigger of $ 50 . for example , if an account is set to be notified at $ 25 , the account will be flagged as \u201clow funds\u201d in the uptime history report well before the merchant is even set to be notified . the amount to be notified on can be calculated by taking into account what the average payout is as well as the frequency of sales made . to view what your current balance notification amount is go to urltoken and scroll to the bottom of the page to the \u201cbalance to notify on\u201d setting .\nhit the return key and you\u2019ll find the answer . the screen shot example shows a mac with a 10 day uptime , but these numbers can easily reach into hundreds of days for some machines in some situations .\nzet met uptime group de nodige stappen naar een flexibele en schaalbare software defined it - omgeving . beheer en automatiseer vanaf nu complexe , tijdrovende taken zodat u meer tijd en middelen kan vrijmaken voor wat er echt toe doet .\ntier certification has enabled us to provide our clients with a surety that our facilities are concurrently maintainable in all respects from a mission critical perspective and , opposed to the ' trust me ' type of argument , we basically let them participate and witness the process of tier certification for constructed facility with completely independent infrastructure for every one of our clients on a dedicated basis .\nthe uptime institute management & operations ( m & o ; ) stamp of approval encompasses a set of benchmarks and outcome - based behaviors that have been proven to support effective data center operations and reduce risk for both the operator and their customers .\nwhenever the uptime reduces , there ' s been a reboot since the previous record . when there are large gaps between lines ( i . e . , more than the expected ten minutes ) , the machine ' s been down during that time .\nuptime institute conceived the uptime institute journal in 2013 as a way to promote thought leadership , innovation , and proven methodologies of various disciplines and professions within the data center industry . its mission is to showcase world - class projects , recognize individual - or team - level accomplishments , and further the industry at large . this publication is committed to senior - level , peer - to - peer knowledge transfer \u2014 expertise provided by the individuals responsible for development , execution , or oversight of major data center initiatives .\nhi , i turned my mac on a few hours ago but i see : 11 : 55 up 19 : 55 , 2 users , load averages : 1 . 49 1 . 43 1 . 34 , what does this mean , & i tuned it off last mid night ! ! ! ! ? ? and i am the only one user of my retina ? ! thanx for a clear reply .\ndo you want to become a part of a community that makes peoples lives safer and better ? become an author for uptime magazine where we provide you with the best case studies , tutorials , practical tips , news , book reviews , and interactive content .\nno one understands the demands and challenges of running a high - reliability data center quite like the people who do it every day . the uptime institute network is the longest standing community of professionals responsible for the development , management , and operation of data centers .\nis there a way to discover how many hours my imac has been turned on since it was new ? i used to be able to get that information way back when i was using a g3 or g4 , though i can\u2019t remember exactly how . i find it useful because i can never afford a new computer so it\u2019s good to be able to see how much use a pre - owned one has actually had .\nuptime institute\u2019s efficient it stamp of approval is a strong confirmation that our management functions of it , data center engineering , finance , and sustainability are aligned . we look forward to improving how we source energy and ultimately reaching our goal of 100 percent renewable energy .\n[ \u2026 ] any updates or new apps recently , and my mac hasn\u2019t been rebooted in 9 days ( you can check your mac\u2019s uptime with the terminal ) . it\u2019s a bit of a mystery to me as to what caused it , but the above fix [ \u2026 ]\nthis information is not normally saved . however , you can sign up for an online service that will do this for you . you just install a client that will send your uptime to the server every 5 minutes and the site will present you with a graph of your uptimes :\nthe uptime institute m & o ; stamp of approval illustrates a company ' s future intention of creating a consistent path of excellence with its people , process and tools . if you have your processes and content down , getting the m & o ; stamp of approval is the gold standard .\nuptime institute forcss\u00ae is an original system to capture , compare , and prioritize the various impacts to the many it deployment alternatives . forcss creates a language for effective communication ; provides a basis for describing , comparing , and selecting alternatives ; overcomes blind spots ; and yields necessary and sufficient analysis to support executive decisions .\nfor a graphical solution , system profiler and benchmark ( search in the ubuntu software center ) provides both uptime and lists all starts . i don ' t know if it shows the programs that were run , although i guess i doubt it . but the program is very good for getting all sorts of information about your system , mostly hardware - related .\nif you were ever wondering , mac os x ' s built - in utilities can give you information about your computer ' s uptime status , recent reboots , and recent shutdowns\u2014and it ' s pretty easy to access . this data can then be used to help diagnose kernel panic issues , troubleshoot random restarts , handoff to tech support , or just satisfy your curiosity .\nedge computing is just that : distributing computing and storage capabilities to the very edge of the network , be it the edge at an enterprise factory floor or a carrier point of presence , a cell tower or smart building . this uptime institute research report , prepared in partnership with 451 research , looks at the key uses cases , business drivers and enabling technologies behind edge computing .\nsoftware - defined power , like the broader software - defined data center , is about creating a layer of abstraction that makes it easier to continuously match power resources with changing data center needs . this 8 - page report , produced by uptime institute research in conjunction with 451 research , investigates the business drivers , core technology and barriers to adoption of software - defined power in data centers .\nas you can see above , uptime is the second entry ( blue ) . with this command , you can also see the current system time ( red ) , the number of terminal windows that are open ( yellow ) , and the system load averages for the last 1 , 5 , and 15 minutes , which is an indicator of how busy your system ' s resources are .\nuptime institute\u2019s data center due diligence assessment ( dcdda ) is a comprehensive review that examines both existing critical facility infrastructure and operations . it provides a thorough , unbiased assessment of a site , including achievements , risks , and determination of the \u2018most likely\u2019 tier rating . the review includes recommendations for mitigation and remediation of any gaps in order to align the site\u2019s infrastructure and operation with the business requirements .\nuptime institute is the only organization worldwide that certifies data center designs , facilities , and operations to the tier classification system ( i - iv ) and operational sustainability criteria . tier certification is an unbiased , third - party validation of the tier level that benefits both enterprise and third - party data centers . tier certifications have been awarded worldwide to corporations across all industries , governments , and universities .\nthe uptime institute tier standard : operational sustainability is an objective methodology for data center owners to align the facility management program with the specific tier of installed site infrastructure in order to achieve the organization\u2019s business objectives or mission imperatives . tier standard : operational sustainability establishes the behaviors and risks beyond the tier classification system ( i , ii , iii , and iv ) that impact long - term data center performance . tier standard : operational sustainability unifies site management behaviors with the tier functionality of the site infrastructure .\nnot to brag or anything , but i love the fact that that unless i have run software update , i rarely have to reboot my mac at all , and while this might not be that exciting to most mac users , for a relatively recent windows convert i find this particularly nice . so naturally with my mac geekiness i find it fun to check the uptime and reboot history of my mac and others , it\u2019s easy to do and it\u2019s actually functionally useful too for troubleshooting certain mac problems .\n@ marcoceppi : from my machine :\n20 : 55 : 04 up 8 days , 17 : 29 , 18 users , load average : 1 . 89 , 1 . 85 , 1 . 90\n. this is not a server , i just put it in suspend . those\n18 users\nrefer to terminals , i ' m the only user of the system = ] there is no such thing as\nup 2 years\n, it ' ll show something like\nup 756 days\n. @ binarylife : if you want to parse it , be sure to look in the source code of uptime to prevent making mistakes\nvia e - 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- help for help . it is not always in / usr / local / bin\nthis however doesn ' t take into account shutdowns . the pseudo user reboot only appears in last when the system reboot .\nthe pseudo user reboot logs in each time the system is rebooted . thus last reboot will show a log of all reboots since the log file was created .\nthis isn ' t stored between boots , but the uptimes project is a third - party option to track it , with software for a range of platforms .\ni don ' t know tuptime yet , but it ' s a great discover . works very well\nby clicking\npost your answer\n, you acknowledge that you have read our updated terms of service , privacy policy and cookie policy , and that your continued use of the website is subject to these policies .\nnot the answer you ' re looking for ? browse other questions tagged linux or ask your own question .\nstack exchange network consists of 174 q & a communities including stack overflow , the largest , most trusted online community for developers to learn , share their knowledge , and build their careers .\ni know this isn ' t that important but it would be cool to know .\n20 : 06 : 33 up 1 : 50 , 2 users , load average : 0 . 03 , 0 . 04 , 0 . 05\nnone of these i know a command for . natty has activity journal for files .\nlast , lastlog , faillog make use of log file / var / log / wtmp ( last ) , / var / log / lastlog and / var / log / faillog . if those are not active you will not get any result .\nto see when the users logged in the last time , use lastlog . for login failures , use faillog . note that these programs ( including last ) make use of log files , notably : / var / log / wtmp ( last ) , / var / log / lastlog ( lastlog ) and / var / log / faillog ( faillog ) .\ngnome log viewer ( gnome - 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{"id": 53935, "summary": [{"text": "riesbeck 's food markets , also known as simply riesbeck 's , is an american chain of 14 grocery stores located in ohio and west virginia .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "it is headquartered in st. clairsville , ohio .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "several of its stores also include pharmacies .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "the company is employee-owned ( with a majority of the company 's stock owned by its employees ) .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "it was ranked the 96th largest employee-owned company on the national center for employee ownership 's 2016 employee ownership 100 list , with 1,260 employees . ", "topic": 16}], "title": "riesbeck ' s food markets", "paragraphs": ["maintain pricing , stocking , and rotating of merchandise in the frozen food and dairy departments .\nprovide and maintain standards of customer service in the store\u2019s front - end operations .\nprovide and maintain standards of customer service in the store\u2019s front - end operations .\nwhat\u2019s also interesting is that nine of the top 100 companies also happen to be supermarkets , led by the top employer on the list , publix supermarkets , which has 182 , 000 employees . two other grocers , houchens ( no . 5 ) , winco ( no . 7 ) , which also sells more than just groceries , also make the top 10 . others on the list include brookshire brothers ( no . 16 ) , harps ( no . 30 ) , homeland ( no . 38 ) , reasor\u2019s ( no . 44 ) , rpcs ( price cutter ) ( no . 53 ) , and riesbeck\u2019s food markets ( no . 96 ) . not only are the companies based in a number of different states , together they employee more than 237 , 000 people \u2013 more than a third of the top 100 ' s total .\ndataset that compiles data on the characteristics of all the esops in the u . s\nbe able to stock coolers and freezers and endure working under temperature extremes in refrigerated and frozen food storage areas up to 30 minutes at a time .\nthat\u2019s something to chew on the next time you head out to do your grocery shopping .\nprovide and maintain standards of customer service and order fulfillment for all riesbeck\u2019s on the go online customers , ensuring their total customer satisfaction . the personal shopper is the first and last face customers will see when picking up their orders . the personal shopper will make successfully managing that experience a top priority .\nupdate store management immediately of any order or product issues that may directly impact the on the go customer\u2019s experience .\nit\u2019s an impressive list , especially when you consider that those 100 companies collectively employ more than 650 , 000 people .\nopen cartons and price items accurately and legibly when necessary . ensure that all product prices are properly recorded in store ' s scanning system .\nprocess all of the various types of sale transactions accepted by the store including wic coupons , food stamps , manufacturers ' coupons , gift certificates , etc . , in strict accordance with established company policies and procedures including compliance with any legal requirements or regulations governing same .\nrosen , the founder of the nceo , thinks it\u2019s because supermarkets of all sizes are very locally rooted and community based . \u201cit may just seem more culturally consistent to keep the name and culture , \u201d he says .\navailable positions we at riesbeck\u2019s realize that the success of our company will ultimately rest upon our ability to satisfy the needs and desires of our customers , employees , and the communities of which we are apart . we understand that without the unselfish loyalty and dedication of our employees our goals could never be accomplished . over 60 years ago in a ma and pa grocery store , our founders realized that providing excellent customer service was personally rewarding . they realized that interacting with fellow human beings is fun and providing a service to others gives a person a deep feeling of satisfaction . in addition , it became obvious that such treatment was well received by customers because they returned week after week in growing numbers .\ni have written in the past about how the manufacturing sector is leading the charge in terms of the number of esops in the u . s . but what is it about employee - ownership that lends itself so well to the world of groceries ?\noperate a cash register and to provide the store ' s customers with the most accurate and efficient checkout service possible ; perform stocking . provide assistance to customers at the check stand ; provide carryout service of customers ' purchases to their vehicles ; perform other tasks as assigned .\nthe national center for employee ownership ( nceo ) , a private non - profit organization , just released its list of the top 100 employee - owned companies ranked by the number of workers they employ . to qualify , at least 50 % or more of the workforce owns 50 % of the company\u2019s stock .\njob function : under the direct supervision of a registered pharmacist , compounds and dispenses medical prescriptions . may be expected to perform some clerical duties relating to the department . requires a high school diploma or its equivalent . must be familiar with a variety of the field\u2019s concepts , practices , and procedures . rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals . perform a variety of complicated tasks . may lead and direct the work of others . a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected . candidates must either be certified in compliance with ohio law or have sufficient work experience to enable them to meet the technician certification requirements of the state of ohio within 12 months from date of hire .\nto be on the list , companies must be at least 50 % owned by an esop or other qualified plan or by one or more other kinds of plans in which at least 50 % of full - time employees are eligible to participate . employment includes all full - and part - time employees in the u . s . and worldwide . in 2017 , the top 100 employee - owned companies employ more than 615 , 000 people . data is collected from direct correspondence with companies , corporate websites , or , if these are not available , the most recent public data available . companies marked with an asterisk are 100 % employee - owned . when more than one company has the same number of employees , they share the same rank , and the next rank is numbered as if the previous companies were numbered consecutively ( e . g . , 16 , 16 , 16 , 19 , 20 ) . additions and corrections are welcome ; please contact us at\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\nwhile there is no hard research yet to help answer the question , i posed it to corey rosen and loren rodgers of the nceo to see what they thought .\nrodgers , who has worked in the grocery field during his career and is now executive director of the nceo , agrees with rosen .\nhe also points out that retail groceries have low but predictable margins . \u201cthat means that any small thing employee - owners can do repeatedly on operations , such as reduce shrinkage , moving produce quickly to shelves , or moving checkout lines quickly , can have a dramatic impact on profitability , \u201d says rodgers .\na second reason groceries may be fertile grounds for employee owners is that they tend to have more dense interpersonal relations than most industries : i . e . customers and employees interact a lot and converting people into regular customers matters a lot .\n\u201cboth of those two things are hard to control by top - down management , \u201d says rodgers , \u201cbut they are great fits with employee ownership . \u201d\nrodgers also says that the grocery industry may have just reached critical mass , \u201cwhere people in the industry have come to expect it . \u201d\njoin the nceo membership includes our newsletter ; free live webinars ; the right to contact us with questions ; discounts on all our offerings ; and access to our members area , including the document library .\nour twice - monthly employee ownership update keeps you on top of the news in this field , from legal developments to breaking research .\na compilation of articles by nceo cofounder corey rosen on what makes a great employee ownership company .\na report on the growth and current extent of employee ownership , research findings , and challenges and prospects .\na book designed to enable employees , regardless of their experience as trainers , to teach basic financial skills to coworkers .\nread our membership brochure ( pdf ) and pass it on to anyone interested in employee ownership .\nthe national center for employee ownership ( nceo ) 1629 telegraph ave . , suite 200 oakland , ca 94612 phone : 510 - 208 - 1300 | fax : 510 - 272 - 9510 email : customerservice @ urltoken all material on this site is \u00a9 2018 by nceo .\nerror : ( # 4 ) application request limit reached type : oauthexception code : 4 please refer to our error message reference .\nto apply , scroll down ; select the\napply\nbutton below the position for which you wish to apply .\nmaintain a neat , well - groomed personal appearance at all times and observe company dress regulations .\nrecord customer purchases into a cash register efficiently and accurately by scanning or keypunching as needed .\ncollect currency in the form of cash or checks from customers and tender accurate change in accordance with company policies and procedures .\nassist in prompt clean up of spills and breakages to eliminate potential hazards and prevent accidents according to company policy .\nmaintain general housekeeping and sanitation standards in compliance with store policy ; assist in keeping all checkout , sales , and storage areas clean .\nmaintain and operate the produce department including the trimming and preparation of produce merchandise according to company and department standards . assist department manager in directing and supervising other produce department personnel .\nobserve shift - operating hours at all times as scheduled or assigned by management .\nresponsible for performing all of the duties and job functions of an experienced produce clerk in an efficient and competent manner .\nbe thoroughly familiar with all products carried in the department including being knowledgeable in the difference between the varieties and types of products in different produce families .\nfollow approved procedures for receiving product , ordering product , maintaining inventory , price marking , and stocking to ensure quality protection , image , accuracy , and product rotation .\ncomply with all safety policies and procedures and ensure that all department personnel do also .\nmaintain general housekeeping and sanitation standards in compliance with store policy and state and local health regulations .\nobserve security standards by staying alert and being aware of customer actions and behavior .\nable to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts and gross margins and to apply basic concepts of algebra .\nable to occasionally lift or exert up to 50 pounds and able to lift moderate amounts frequently .\nable to work in refrigerated coolers and high moisture content preparation areas for extended periods of time .\nable to work in an environment with fresh fruits and vegetables without negative allergic consequences that adversely affect performance .\nassist in the manufacturing , packaging , merchandising and displaying of hot and cold prepared deli foods , assist in preparation of catering items .\nassist in the production of all deli items , salads , snack trays , pizzas , and entrees .\nmaintain general housekeeping and sanitation standards in compliance with store policy and state and local health regulations on an ongoing basis .\nable to exert or lift up to 50 pounds occasionally and exert or lift negligible amounts of weight often .\nkeep store management informed of pricing problem area or items that are not on file in computer .\nmaintain general housekeeping and sanitation standards in compliance with store policy and state and local health regulations on a regular and ongoing basis .\nobserve securing standards by staying alert and being aware of customer actions and behavior ; 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report to management any abnormal behavior .\nprotect company assets at all times and ensure that all unattended registers are secured when not in use .\nqualifications : must have strong \u201cmulti - tasking\u201d skills , analytical skills and attention to detail . must have knowledge of drugs and their indications , contraindications , dosing , side effects , and proper administration . must have the ability to analyze pharmacy related data , and ability to maintain quality , safety , and / or infection control standards . must possess mobility to safely work and move about in a pharmacy setting and to use standard office equipment , including a computer . must be able to stand for extended periods of time . manual dexterity is required to manipulate small objects such as using a keyboard or counting pills . must be able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds . must have knowledge of policies and regulations pertaining to the disbursement of pharmaceutical drugs . must be able to concentrate and maintain attention to detail despite frequent interruptions .\nhandle protected health information ( phi ) and is therefore required to adhere to the health insurance portability and accountability act ( hipaa ) and the information security guidelines outlined in the company hipaa compliance manual .\nmaintain pricing , stocking , and rotating of merchandise in the grocery area and perform other functions as required in an efficient manner within company policy .\nobserve shift - operating hours at all times as scheduled by department manager . able to work flexible shifts .\nproduce all bakery goods and other related products in an efficient manner within company policy .\nassist in receiving and unloading of merchandise to ensure quality protection , accuracy , and product rotation .\nbe thoroughly familiar with the method and procedures for performing all baking tasks and with the proper operation of all bakery equipment .\nwrap , package , and price all products accurately in accordance with established department guidelines .\ndecorate and merchandise cakes in an attractive , appealing , neat , and colorful manner in compliance with company guidelines .\nmaintain general housekeeping and a regular sanitizing and cleaning program that meets the standards established for the department including compliance with all state and local health regulations .\noccasionally exert or lift up to 50 pounds and frequently exert or lift negligible amounts of weight .\nmaintain a neat well - groomed personal appearance at all times and observe company dress regulations .\ncollect currency in the form of cash or checks from customers and tender accurate change in accordance with customer policies and procedures .\noccasionally lift or exert up to 50 lbs . and frequently lift moderate amounts of weights .\noperate a motor vehicle safely \u2013 must possess a valid drivers license with a good driving record .\nprovide dmepos services and adhere to all company policy and regulatory dmepos guidelines for handling of medicare eligible products and services .\nperform the primary responsibility of efficient and accurate checking of all vendor deliveries and perform other functions as required in an efficient manner within company policy .\ncommunicate promptly to the store operator any problems or situations which may affect the integrity of the store or the vendor .\nmaintain sales floor stock levels for vendor area from back stock between vendor delivery days .\nobserve security standards by staying alert and being aware of both vendor actions and behavior and the unauthorized presence of customers or sales representatives in the receiving area .\nability to read , write , understand , and follow written and verbal instructions .\nable to add , subtract , multiply , and divide . able to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts , gross margins , etc .\nability to unload , transport , and place heavy material weighing up to 100 pounds .\neffectively train and supervise the activities of all grocery department personnel to achieve the sales and profit goals established for the grocery department .\nmonitor the receiving and unloading of merchandise to ensure that all department receivings accurately reflect the items and counts listed on the vendor invoices ; ensure accurate billing and pricing ; routinely check products to confirm quality , count , and condition .\ncontrol ordering procedures to ensure that the department complies with company guidelines for inventory maintenance to minimize out - of - stocks and to maximize sales and turnover .\nresponsible for maintaining , safeguarding , and forwarding all department - related reports and orders to the corporate office and to store management on schedule .\nresponsible for ensuring that all merchandise is correctly priced and merchandised including all ad and promotional merchandise .\nperform sales forecasts weekly and calculate number of man - hours required to properly staff work shifts based on projected sales volume and / or workloads .\nsupervise and train department personnel to perform assignments according to job requirements while maintaining effective employee relations .\nmust possess the math skills necessary to verify vendor invoice charges , discounts , and credits ; calculate gross margins and ad losses ; 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{"id": 53953, "summary": [{"text": "dr. stephen c. tweedie is a software developer who is known for his work on the linux kernel , in particular his work on filesystems .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "after becoming involved with the development of the ext2 filesystem working on performance issues , he led the development of the ext3 filesystem which involved adding a journaling layer to the ext2 filesystem .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "for his work on the journaling layer , he has been described by fellow linux developer andrew morton as \" a true artisan \" .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "born in edinburgh , scotland in 1969 , tweedie studied computer science at churchill college , cambridge and the university of edinburgh , where he did his thesis on contention and achieved performance in multicomputer wormhole routing networks .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "after contributing to the linux kernel in his spare time since the early nineties and working on vms filesystem support for dec for two years , tweedie was employed by linux distributor red hat where he continues to work on the linux kernel .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "tweedie has published a number of papers on linux , including design and implementation of the second extended filesystem in 1994 , journaling the linux ext2fs filesystem in 1998 , and planned extensions to the linux ext2/ext3 filesystem in 2002 .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "tweedie is also a frequent speaker on the subject of linux kernel development at technical conferences .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "amongst others , he has given talks on linux kernel development at the 1997 and 1998 usenix annual technical conferences , the 2000 ukuug conference in london , and he gave the keynote speech at the ottawa linux symposium in 2002 . ", "topic": 28}], "title": "stephen tweedie", "paragraphs": ["stephen w . tweedie associate professor emeritus department of geography oklahoma state university stillwater , oklahoma 74078 - 4073 office : 358 murray hall phone : ( 405 ) 744 - 6250 fax : ( 405 ) 744 - 5620 e - mail : stephen . tweedie @ urltoken\nposted in programming , technology . tags : advantages of ext3 , availability , data integrity , easy transition , ext2 , ext3 , ext3 vs ext2 , file systems , journaling , red hat linux , speed , stephen tweedie . leave a comment \u00bb\nthe original presentation of this talk occurred in room a of the ottawa linux symposium , ottawa congress centre , ottawa , ontario , canada on the 20th of july , 2000 at 13 : 45 local time . this presentation was given by dr . stephen tweedie .\ntweedie & associates consulting engineers can provide our award - winning geothermal heat pump design services for your project . 506 - 383 - 8223\nr\u00e9my card , laboratoire masi - - institut blaise pascal , e - mail : card @ masi . ibp . fr , and theodore ts ' o , massachussets institute of technology , e - mail : tytso @ mit . edu , and stephen tweedie , university of edinburgh , e - mail : sct @ urltoken\nr . card , t . y . ts ' o , and s . tweedie , ` ` design and implementation of the second extended filesystem , ' ' in\nstephen tweedie , p . eng . , leed ap , cbcp is the principal of tweedie & associates consulting engineers ltd . ( tace ) and is a engineer with 31 years of experience . prior to establishing tace , stephen worked as a mechanical design engineer with the province of nova scotia , dept . of government services where he was involved in the design and project supervision of hvac , plumbing , fire protection and medical gas systems in public buildings , including government offices , and hospitals . he later worked as a process engineer with combustion engineering superheater ltd . where he was responsible for supervision of process control and equipment maintenance in nuclear fuel bundle production for candu reactors .\nworking for dec for two years , stephen worked on vms kernel internals for high - availability clustered filesystems . he is now employed full - time by red hat , which lets him work on linux exclusively .\nstephen has been awarded the 1999 ashrae technology award for institutional buildings , for outstanding achievement in energy - efficient building design for the nova institution , a federal women ' s correctional facility located in truro , nova scotia .\next3 is a journaling filesystem developed by stephen tweedie . it is compatible to ext2 filesystems ; actually you can look at it as an ext2 filesystem with a journal file . the journaling capability means no more waiting for fsck\u2019s or worrying about metadata corruption . what is most noticeable is that you can switch back and forth between ext2 and ext3 on a partition without any problem : it is just a matter of giving the mount command the right filesystem type .\nstephen has been involved with the development of the linux kernel since its early days . his work has been primarily on the filesystem and virtual memory code , with miscellaneous contributions all over the kernel . however he never goes near the network code . his recent and current projects include several high - end features such as raw i / o , fast zero - copy filesystem i / o and high availability .\nthis paper was first published in the proceedings of the first dutch international symposium on linux , isbn 90 - 367 - 0385 - 9 .\nlinux is a unix - like operating system , which runs on pc - 386 computers . it was implemented first as extension to the minix operating system\nand its first versions included support for the minix filesystem only . the minix filesystem contains two serious limitations : block addresses are stored in 16 bit integers , thus the maximal filesystem size is restricted to 64 mega bytes , and directories contain fixed - size entries and the maximal file name is 14 characters .\nwe have designed and implemented two new filesystems that are included in the standard linux kernel . these filesystems , called ` ` extended file system ' ' ( ext fs ) and ` ` second extended file system ' ' ( ext2 fs ) raise the limitations and add new features .\nin this paper , we describe the history of linux filesystems . we briefly introduce the fundamental concepts implemented in unix filesystems . we present the implementation of the virtual file system layer in linux and we detail the second extended file system kernel code and user mode tools . last , we present performance measurements made on linux and bsd filesystems and we conclude with the current status of ext2fs and the future directions .\nin its very early days , linux was cross - developed under the minix operating system . it was easier to share disks between the two systems than to design a new filesystem , so linus torvalds decided to implement support for the minix filesystem in linux . the minix filesystem was an efficient and relatively bug - free piece of software .\nhowever , the restrictions in the design of the minix filesystem were too limiting , so people started thinking and working on the implementation of new filesystems in linux .\nin order to ease the addition of new filesystems into the linux kernel , a virtual file system ( vfs ) layer was developed . the vfs layer was initially written by chris provenzano , and later rewritten by linus torvalds before it was integrated into the linux kernel . it is described in\nafter the integration of the vfs in the kernel , a new filesystem , called the ` ` extended file system ' ' was implemented in april 1992 and added to linux 0 . 96c . this new filesystem removed the two big minix limitations : its maximal size was 2 giga bytes and the maximal file name size was 255 characters . it was an improvement over the minix filesystem but some problems were still present in it . there was no support for the separate access , inode modification , and data modification timestamps . the filesystem used linked lists to keep track of free blocks and inodes and this produced bad performances : as the filesystem was used , the lists became unsorted and the filesystem became fragmented .\nas a response to these problems , two new filesytems were released in alpha version in january 1993 : the xia filesystem and the second extended file system . the xia filesystem was heavily based on the minix filesystem kernel code and only added a few improvements over this filesystem . basically , it provided long file names , support for bigger partitions and support for the three timestamps . on the other hand , ext2fs was based on the extfs code with many reorganizations and many improvements . it had been designed with evolution in mind and contained space for future improvements . it will be described with more details in\nwhen the two new filesystems were first released , they provided essentially the same features . due to its minimal design , xia fs was more stable than ext2fs . as the filesystems were used more widely , bugs were fixed in ext2fs and lots of improvements and new features were integrated . ext2fs is now very stable and has become the de - facto standard linux filesystem .\nfiles are represented by inodes , directories are simply files containing a list of entries and devices can be accessed by requesting i / o on special files .\neach file is represented by a structure , called an inode . each inode contains the description of the file : file type , access rights , owners , timestamps , size , pointers to data blocks . the addresses of data blocks allocated to a file are stored in its inode . when a user requests an i / o operation on the file , the kernel code converts the current offset to a block number , uses this number as an index in the block addresses table and reads or writes the physical block . this figure represents the structure of an inode :\ndirectories are structured in a hierarchical tree . each directory can contain files and subdirectories .\ndirectories are implemented as a special type of files . actually , a directory is a file containing a list of entries . each entry contains an inode number and a file name . when a process uses a pathname , the kernel code searchs in the directories to find the corresponding inode number . after the name has been converted to an inode number , the inode is loaded into memory and is used by subsequent requests .\nunix filesystems implement the concept of link . several names can be associated with a inode . the inode contains a field containing the number associated with the file . adding a link simply consists in creating a directory entry , where the inode number points to the inode , and in incrementing the links count in the inode . when a link is deleted , i . e . when one uses the\ncommand to remove a filename , the kernel decrements the links count and deallocates the inode if this count becomes zero .\nthis type of link is called a hard link and can only be used within a single filesystem : it is impossible to create cross - filesystem hard links . moreover , hard links can only point on files : a directory hard link cannot be created to prevent the apparition of a cycle in the directory tree .\nanother kind of links exists in most unix filesystems . symbolic links are simply files which contain a filename . when the kernel encounters a symbolic link during a pathname to inode conversion , it replaces the name of the link by its contents , i . e . the name of the target file , and restarts the pathname interpretation . since a symbolic link does not point to an inode , it is possible to create cross - filesystems symbolic links . symbolic links can point to any type of file , even on nonexistent files . symbolic links are very useful because they don ' t have the limitations associated to hard links . however , they use some disk space , allocated for their inode and their data blocks , and cause an overhead in the pathname to inode conversion because the kernel has to restart the name interpretation when it encounters a symbolic link .\nin unix - like operating systems , devices can be accessed via special files . a device special file does not use any space on the filesystem . it is only an access point to the device driver .\ntwo types of special files exist : character and block special files . the former allows i / o operations in character mode while the later requires data to be written in block mode via the buffer cache functions . when an i / o request is made on a special file , it is forwarded to a ( pseudo ) device driver . a special file is referenced by a major number , which identifies the device type , and a minor number , which identifies the unit .\nthe linux kernel contains a virtual file system layer which is used during system calls acting on files . the vfs is an indirection layer which handles the file oriented system calls and calls the necessary functions in the physical filesystem code to do the i / o .\nwhen a process issues a file oriented system call , the kernel calls a function contained in the vfs . this function handles the structure independent manipulations and redirects the call to a function contained in the physical filesystem code , which is responsible for handling the structure dependent operations . filesystem code uses the buffer cache functions to request i / o on devices . this scheme is illustrated in this figure :\nthe vfs defines a set of functions that every filesystem has to implement . this interface is made up of a set of operations associated to three kinds of objects : filesystems , inodes , and open files .\nthe vfs knows about filesystem types supported in the kernel . it uses a table defined during the kernel configuration . each entry in this table describes a filesystem type : it contains the name of the filesystem type and a pointer on a function called during the mount operation . when a filesystem is to be mounted , the appropriate mount function is called . this function is responsible for reading the superblock from the disk , initializing its internal variables , and returning a mounted filesystem descriptor to the vfs . after the filesystem is mounted , the vfs functions can use this descriptor to access the physical filesystem routines .\na mounted filesystem descriptor contains several kinds of data : informations that are common to every filesystem types , pointers to functions provided by the physical filesystem kernel code , and private data maintained by the physical filesystem code . the function pointers contained in the filesystem descriptors allow the vfs to access the filesystem internal routines .\ntwo other types of descriptors are used by the vfs : an inode descriptor and an open file descriptor . each descriptor contains informations related to files in use and a set of operations provided by the physical filesystem code . while the inode descriptor contains pointers to functions that can be used to act on any file ( e . g .\n) , the file descriptors contains pointer to functions which can only act on open files ( e . g .\nthe second extended file system has been designed and implemented to fix some problems present in the first extended file system . our goal was to provide a powerful filesystem , which implements unix file semantics and offers advanced features .\nof course , we wanted to ext2fs to have excellent performance . we also wanted to provide a very robust filesystem in order to reduce the risk of data loss in intensive use . last , but not least , ext2fs had to include provision for extensions to allow users to benefit from new features without reformatting their filesystem .\nthe ext2fs supports standard unix file types : regular files , directories , device special files and symbolic links .\next2fs is able to manage filesystems created on really big partitions . while the original kernel code restricted the maximal filesystem size to 2 gb , recent work in the vfs layer have raised this limit to 4 tb . thus , it is now possible to use big disks without the need of creating many partitions .\next2fs provides long file names . it uses variable length directory entries . the maximal file name size is 255 characters . this limit could be extended to 1012 if needed .\n) . normally , 5 % of the blocks are reserved . this allows the administrator to recover easily from situations where user processes fill up filesystems .\nin addition to the standard unix features , ext2fs supports some extensions which are not usually present in unix filesystems .\nfile attributes allow the users to modify the kernel behavior when acting on a set of files . one can set attributes on a file or on a directory . in the later case , new files created in the directory inherit these attributes .\nbsd or system v release 4 semantics can be selected at mount time . a mount option allows the administrator to choose the file creation semantics . on a filesystem mounted with bsd semantics , files are created with the same group id as their parent directory . system v semantics are a bit more complex : if a directory has the setgid bit set , new files inherit the group id of the directory and subdirectories inherit the group id and the setgid bit ; in the other case , files and subdirectories are created with the primary group id of the calling process .\nbsd - like synchronous updates can be used in ext2fs . a mount option allows the administrator to request that metadata ( inodes , bitmap blocks , indirect blocks and directory blocks ) be written synchronously on the disk when they are modified . this can be useful to maintain a strict metadata consistency but this leads to poor performances . actually , this feature is not normally used , since in addition to the performance loss associated with using synchronous updates of the metadata , it can cause corruption in the user data which will not be flagged by the filesystem checker .\next2fs allows the administrator to choose the logical block size when creating the filesystem . block sizes can typically be 1024 , 2048 and 4096 bytes . using big block sizes can speed up i / o since fewer i / o requests , and thus fewer disk head seeks , need to be done to access a file . on the other hand , big blocks waste more disk space : on the average , the last block allocated to a file is only half full , so as blocks get bigger , more space is wasted in the last block of each file . in addition , most of the advantages of larger block sizes are obtained by ext2 filesystem ' s preallocation techniques ( see section\next2fs implements fast symbolic links . a fast symbolic link does not use any data block on the filesystem . the target name is not stored in a data block but in the inode itself . this policy can save some disk space ( no data block needs to be allocated ) and speeds up link operations ( there is no need to read a data block when accessing such a link ) . of course , the space available in the inode is limited so not every link can be implemented as a fast symbolic link . the maximal size of the target name in a fast symbolic link is 60 characters . we plan to extend this scheme to small files in the near future .\next2fs keeps track of the filesystem state . a special field in the superblock is used by the kernel code to indicate the status of the file system . when a filesystem is mounted in read / write mode , its state is set to ` ` not clean ' ' . when it is unmounted or remounted in read - only mode , its state is reset to ` ` clean ' ' . at boot time , the filesystem checker uses this information to decide if a filesystem must be checked . the kernel code also records errors in this field . when an inconsistency is detected by the kernel code , the filesystem is marked as ` ` erroneous ' ' . the filesystem checker tests this to force the check of the filesystem regardless of its apparently clean state .\nalways skipping filesystem checks may sometimes be dangerous , so ext2fs provides two ways to force checks at regular intervals . a mount counter is maintained in the superblock . each time the filesystem is mounted in read / write mode , this counter is incremented . when it reaches a maximal value ( also recorded in the superblock ) , the filesystem checker forces the check even if the filesystem is ` ` clean ' ' . a last check time and a maximal check interval are also maintained in the superblock . these two fields allow the administrator to request periodical checks . when the maximal check interval has been reached , the checker ignores the filesystem state and forces a filesystem check . ext2fs offers tools to tune the filesystem behavior . the\nthe error behavior . when an inconsistency is detected by the kernel code , the filesystem is marked as ` ` erroneous ' ' and one of the three following actions can be done : continue normal execution , remount the filesystem in read - only mode to avoid corrupting the filesystem , make the kernel panic and reboot to run the filesystem checker .\nan attribute allows the users to request secure deletion on files . when such a file is deleted , random data is written in the disk blocks previously allocated to the file . this prevents malicious people from gaining access to the previous content of the file by using a disk editor .\nlast , new types of files inspired from the 4 . 4 bsd filesystem have recently been added to ext2fs . immutable files can only be read : nobody can write or delete them . this can be used to protect sensitive configuration files . append - only files can be opened in write mode but data is always appended at the end of the file . like immutable files , they cannot be deleted or renamed . this is especially useful for log files which can only grow .\n. a filesystem is made up of block groups . block groups are analogous to bsd ffs ' s cylinder groups . however , block groups are not tied to the physical layout of the blocks on the disk , since modern drives tend to be optimized for sequential access and hide their physical geometry to the operating system .\neach block group contains a redundant copy of crucial filesystem control informations ( superblock and the filesystem descriptors ) and also contains a part of the filesystem ( a block bitmap , an inode bitmap , a piece of the inode table , and data blocks ) . the structure of a block group is represented in this table :\nusing block groups is a big win in terms of reliability : since the control structures are replicated in each block group , it is easy to recover from a filesystem where the superblock has been corrupted . this structure also helps to get good performances : by reducing the distance between the inode table and the data blocks , it is possible to reduce the disk head seeks during i / o on files .\nin ext2fs , directories are managed as linked lists of variable length entries . each entry contains the inode number , the entry length , the file name and its length . by using variable length entries , it is possible to implement long file names without wasting disk space in directories . the structure of a directory entry is shown in this table :\nthe ext2fs kernel code contains many performance optimizations , which tend to improve i / o speed when reading and writing files .\next2fs takes advantage of the buffer cache management by performing readaheads : when a block has to be read , the kernel code requests the i / o on several contiguous blocks . this way , it tries to ensure that the next block to read will already be loaded into the buffer cache . readaheads are normally performed during sequential reads on files and ext2fs extends them to directory reads , either explicit reads (\next2fs also contains many allocation optimizations . block groups are used to cluster together related inodes and data : the kernel code always tries to allocate data blocks for a file in the same group as its inode . this is intended to reduce the disk head seeks made when the kernel reads an inode and its data blocks .\nwhen writing data to a file , ext2fs preallocates up to 8 adjacent blocks when allocating a new block . preallocation hit rates are around 75 % even on very full filesystems . this preallocation achieves good write performances under heavy load . it also allows contiguous blocks to be allocated to files , thus it speeds up the future sequential reads .\nto allow user mode programs to manipulate the control structures of an ext2 filesystem , the libext2fs library was developed . this library provides routines which can be used to examine and modify the data of an ext2 filesystem , by accessing the filesystem directly through the physical device .\nthe ext2fs library was designed to allow maximal code reuse through the use of software abstraction techniques . for example , several different iterators are provided . a program can simply pass in a function to\n, which will be called for each block in an inode . another iterator function allows an user - provided function to be called for each file in a directory .\n) use the ext2fs library . this greatly simplifies the maintainance of these utilities , since any changes to reflect new features in the ext2 filesystem format need only be made in one place - - in the ext2fs library . this code reuse also results in smaller binaries , since the ext2fs library can be built as a shared library image .\nbecause the interfaces of the ext2fs library are so abstract and general , new programs which require direct access to the ext2fs filesystem can very easily be written . for example , the ext2fs library was used during the port of the 4 . 4bsd dump and restore backup utilities . very few changes were needed to adapt these tools to linux : only a few filesystem dependent functions had to be replaced by calls to the ext2fs library .\nthe ext2fs library provides access to several classes of operations . the first class are the filesystem - oriented operations . a program can open and close a filesystem , read and write the bitmaps , and create a new filesystem on the disk . functions are also available to manipulate the filesystem ' s bad blocks list .\nthe second class of operations affect directories . a caller of the ext2fs library can create and expand directories , as well as add and remove directory entries . functions are also provided to both resolve a pathname to an inode number , and to determine a pathname of an inode given its inode number .\nthe final class of operations are oriented around inodes . it is possible to scan the inode table , read and write inodes , and scan through all of the blocks in an inode . allocation and deallocation routines are also available and allow user mode programs to allocate and free blocks and inodes .\npowerful management tools have been developed for ext2fs . these utilities are used to create , modify , and correct any inconsistencies in ext2 filesystems . the\n, it can change the error behavior , the maximal mount count , the maximal check interval , and the number of logical blocks reserved for the super user .\nis intended to repair filesystem inconsistencies after an unclean shutdown of the system . the original version of\nwas based on linus torvald ' s fsck program for the minix filesystem . however , the current version of\nwas rewritten from scratch , using the ext2fs library , and is much faster and can correct more filesystem inconsistencies than the original version .\nprogram is designed to run as quickly as possible . since filesystem checkers tend to be disk bound , this was done by optimizing the algorithms used by\nso that filesystem structures are not repeatedly accessed from the disk . in addition , the order in which inodes and directories are checked are sorted by block number to reduce the amount of time in disk seeks . many of these ideas were originally explored by\niterates over all of the inodes in the filesystem and performs checks over each inode as an unconnected object in the filesystem . that is , these checks do not require any cross - checks to other filesystem objects . examples of such checks include making sure the file mode is legal , and that all of the blocks in the inode are valid block numbers . during pass 1 , bitmaps indicating which blocks and inodes are in use are compiled .\nnotices data blocks which are claimed by more than one inode , it invokes passes 1b through 1d to resolve these conflicts , either by cloning the shared blocks so that each inode has its own copy of the shared block , or by deallocating one or more of the inodes .\npass 1 takes the longest time to execute , since all of the inodes have to be read into memory and checked . to reduce the i / o time necessary in future passes , critical filesystem information is cached in memory . the most important example of this technique is the location on disk of all of the directory blocks on the filesystem . this obviates the need to re - read the directory inodes structures during pass 2 to obtain this information .\npass 2 checks directories as unconnected objects . since directory entries do not span disk blocks , each directory block can be checked individually without reference to other directory blocks . this allows\nto sort all of the directory blocks by block number , and check directory blocks in ascending order , thus decreasing disk seek time . the directory blocks are checked to make sure that the directory entries are valid , and contain references to inode numbers which are in use ( as determined by pass 1 ) .\nfor the first directory block in each directory inode , the ` . ' and ` . . ' entries are checked to make sure they exist , and that the inode number for the ` . ' entry matches the current directory . ( the inode number for the ` . . ' entry is not checked until pass 3 . )\npass 2 also caches information concerning the parent directory in which each directory is linked . ( if a directory is referenced by more than one directory , the second reference of the directory is treated as an illegal hard link , and it is removed ) .\nneeds to perform is complete . information required by passes 3 , 4 and 5 are cached in memory ; hence , the remaining passes of\ntraces the path of each directory back to the root , using information that was cached during pass 2 . at this time , the ` . . ' entry for each directory is also checked to make sure it is valid . any directories which can not be traced back to the root are linked to the\nchecks the reference counts for all inodes , by iterating over all the inodes and comparing the link counts ( which were cached in pass 1 ) against internal counters computed during passes 2 and 3 . any undeleted files with a zero link count is also linked to the\nchecks the validity of the filesystem summary information . it compares the block and inode bitmaps which were constructed during the previous passes against the actual bitmaps on the filesystem , and corrects the on - disk copies if necessary .\nis a powerful program which can be used to examine and change the state of a filesystem . basically , it provides an interactive interface to the ext2fs library : commands typed by the user are translated into calls to the library routines .\n. unfortunately , this program can be dangerous if it is used by people who do not know what they are doing ; it is very easy to destroy a filesystem with this tool . for this reason ,\nopens filesytems for read - only access by default . the user must explicitly specify the\nwe have run benchmarks to measure filesystem performances . benchmarks have been made on a middle - end pc , based on a i486dx2 processor , using 16 mb of memory and two 420 mb ide disks . the tests were run on ext2 fs and xia fs ( linux 1 . 1 . 62 ) and on the bsd fast filesystem in asynchronous and synchronous mode ( freebsd 2 . 0 alpha - - based on the 4 . 4bsd lite distribution ) .\nwe have run two different benchmarks . the bonnie benchmark tests i / o speed on a big file - - the file size was set to 60 mb during the tests . it writes data to the file using character based i / o , rewrites the contents of the whole file , writes data using block based i / o , reads the file using character i / o and block i / o , and seeks into the file . the andrew benchmark was developed at carneggie mellon university and has been used at the university of berkeley to benchmark bsd ffs and lfs . it runs in five phases : it creates a directory hierarchy , makes a copy of the data , recursively examine the status of every file , examine every byte of every file , and compile several of the files .\nthe results are very good in block oriented i / o : ext2 fs outperforms other filesystems . this is clearly a benefit of the optimizations included in the allocation routines . writes are fast because data is written in cluster mode . reads are fast because contiguous blocks have been allocated to the file . thus there is no head seek between two reads and the readahead optimizations can be fully used .\non the other hand , performance is better in the freebsd operating system in character oriented i / o . this is probably due to the fact that freebsd and linux do not use the same stdio routines in their respective c libraries . it seems that freebsd has a more optimized character i / o library and its performance is better .\nthe results of the two first passes show that linux benefits from its asynchronous metadata i / o . in passes 1 and 2 , directories and files are created and bsd synchronously writes inodes and directory entries . there is an anomaly , though : even in asynchronous mode , the performance under bsd is poor . we suspect that the asynchronous support under freebsd is not fully implemented .\nin pass 3 , the linux and bsd times are very similar . this is a big progress against the same benchmark run six months ago . while bsd used to outperform linux by a factor of 3 in this test , the addition of a file name cache in the vfs has fixed this performance problem .\nin passes 4 and 5 , linux is faster than freebsd mainly because it uses an unified buffer cache management . the buffer cache space can grow when needed and use more memory than the one in freebsd , which uses a fixed size buffer cache . comparison of the ext2fs and xiafs results shows that the optimizations included in ext2fs are really useful : the performance gain between ext2fs and xiafs is around 5 - 10 % .\nthe second extended file system is probably the most widely used filesystem in the linux community . it provides standard unix file semantics and advanced features . moreover , thanks to the optimizations included in the kernel code , it is robust and offers excellent performance .\nsince ext2fs has been designed with evolution in mind , it contains hooks that can be used to add new features . some people are working on extensions to the current filesystem : access control lists conforming to the posix semantics\next2fs was first developed and integrated in the linux kernel and is now actively being ported to other operating systems . an ext2fs server running on top of the gnu hurd has been implemented . people are also working on an ext2fs port in the lites server , running on top of the mach microkernel\n, and in the vsta operating system . last , but not least , ext2fs is an important part of the masix operating system\nthe ext2fs kernel code and tools have been written mostly by the authors of this paper . some other people have also contributed to the development of ext2fs either by suggesting new features or by sending patches . we want to thank these contributors for their help .\nm . accetta , r . baron , w . bolosky , d . golub , r . rashid , a . tevanian , and m . young . mach : a new kernel foundation for unix development . in\ne . bina and p . emrath . a faster fsck for bsd unix . in\nr . card , e . commelin , s . dayras , and f . m\u00e9vel . the masix multi - server operating system . in\ns . kleiman . vnodes : an architecture for multiple file system types in sun unix . in\nm . mckusick , w . joy , s . leffler , and r . fabry . a fast file system for unix .\nm . seltzer , k . bostic , m . mckusick , and c . staelin . an implementation of a log - structured file system for unix . in\nthanks to michael johnson for htmlizing it ( originally for use in the kernel hacker ' s guide ) .\nthe ext2 filesystem was designed with the goal of expandability while maintaining compatibility . this paper describes ways in which advanced filesystem features can be added to the ext2 filesystem while retaining forwards and backwards compatibility as much as possible . some of the filesystem extensions that are discussed include directory indexing , online resizing , an expanded inode , extended attributes and access control lists support , extensible inode tables , extent maps , and preallocation .\n] ( also known as ext2 ) was first introduced into the linux kernel in january , 1993 . at the time , it was a significant improvement over the previous filesystems used in the 0 . 97 and earlier kernels , the minix and the ` ` extended ' ' or ( ext ) filesystem . fundamentally , the design of the ext2 filesystem is very similar to that of the bsd fast filesystem [\nwhich are essentially identical to the ffs ' s cylinder group ; each block group contains a copy of the superblock , allocation bitmaps , part of a fixed , statically allocated inode table , and data blocks which can be allocated for directories or files . like most classic unix filesystems , ext2 / 3 uses direct , indirect , double indirect , and triple indirection blocks to map logical block numbers to physical block numbers . ext2 ' s directory format is also essentially identical to traditional unix filesystems in that a simple linked list data structure is used to store directory entries .\nover the years , various improvements have been added to the ext2 filesystem . this has been facilitated by a number of superblock fields that were added to the ext2 filesystem just before linux 2 . 0 was released . the most important of these fields , the compatibility bitmaps , enable new features to be added to the filesystem safely . there are three such compatibility bitmaps : read - write , read - only , and incompat . a kernel will mount a filesystem that has a bit in the read - write compatibility bitmask that it doesn ' t understand . however , an unknown bit in the read - only compatibility bitmap cause the kernel to only be willing to mount the filesystem read - only , and the kernel will refuse to mount in any way a filesystem with an unknown bit in the incompat bitmask . these bitmaps have allowed the ext2 filesystem to evolve in very clean fashion .\ntoday , more developers than ever have expressed interest in working on the ext2 / 3 filesystem , and have wanted to add or integrate various new exciting features . some of these features include : preallocation , journaling , extended attributes and access control lists , on - line resizing , tail - merging , and compression . some of these features have yet to be merged into the mainline ext2 code base , or are only available in prototype form . in the case of the journaling support , although filesystems with journaling support are fully backwards compatible with non - journalled ext2 filesystems , the implementation required enough changes that the resulting filesystem has been named\nthe goal of this paper is to discuss how these features might be added to the filesystem in a coordinated fashion . many of these new features are expected of modern filesystems ; the challenge is to add them while maintaining ext2 / 3 ' s advantages of a relatively small and simple code base , robustness in the face of i / o errors , and high levels of forwards and backwards compatibility .\nwe will discuss a number of extensions to the ext2 / 3 filesystem which will likely be implemented in the near future . for the most part , these extensions are independent of each other , and can be implemented in any order , although some extensions have synergistic effects . for example , two new features that will be described below , extent maps and persistent preallocation , are far more effective when used in combination with each other .\n] . this replaces the linear directory search algorithm currently in use with traditional ext2 filesystems , and significantly improves performance for very large directories ( thousands of files in a single directory ) .\nthe interior , or index , nodes in the tree are formatted to look like deleted directory entries , and the leaf nodes use the same format as existing ext2 directory blocks . as a result , read - only backwards compatibility is trivially achieved . furthermore , starting in the linux 2 . 2 kernel , whenever a directory is modified , the\n) is cleared . this allows us to guarantee read / write compatibility with linux 2 . 2 kernels , since the filesystem can detect that the internal indexing nodes are probably no longer consistent , and thus should be ignored until they can be reconstructed ( via the\ndaniel phillip ' s directory indexing code is currently available as a set of patches versus the 2 . 4 ext2 code base . as of this writing , the patches still need to be merged with the ext3 journaling code base . in addition , there are plans to select a better hash function that has better distribution characteristics for filenames commonly found in workloads such as mail queue directories . there are also plans to add hinting information in the interior nodes of the tree to indicate that a particular leaf node is nearly empty and that its contents could be merged with an adjacent leaf node .\nandreas dilger has implemented patches to the ext2 filesystem that support dynamically increasing the size of the filesystem while the filesystem is on - line . before logical volume managers ( lvms ) became available for linux , off - line resizing tools such as\nfirst , were sufficient for most users ' needs . however , with the advent of lvm systems that allow block devices to be dynamically grown , it is much more important filesystems to be able to grow and take advantage of new storage space which has been made available by the lvm subsystem without needing to unmount the filesystem first . indeed , administrators of enterprise - class systems take such capabilities for granted . ( dynamically shrinking mounted filesystems is a much more difficult task , and most filesystems do not offer this functionality . for ext2 / 3 filesystems , filesystems can be shrunk using the off - line resizing tool\na disadvantage of the current ext2 resizing patches is that they require that the filesystem be prepared before the filesystem can be resized on - line . this preparation process , which must be done with the filesystem unmounted , finds the inodes using the blocks immediately following the block group descriptors , and relocates these blocks so they can be reserved for the resizing process . these blocks must be reserved since the current layout of the ext2 superblock and block group descriptors require an additional block group descriptor block for each 256mb , 2gb , or 16gb of disk space for filesystems with 1kb , 2kb , and 4kb blocksizes , respectively . although the requirement for an off - line preparation step is quite inconvenient , this scheme does have the advantage that the filesystem format remains unmodified , so it is fully compatible with kernels that do not support on - line resizing . still , if the system administrator knows in advance how much a filesystem may need to be grown , reserving blocks for use by the block group descriptors may be a workable solution .\nrequiring advance preparation of the filesystem can be obviated if we are willing to let the filesystem become incompatible with older kernels after it has been extended . given that many 2 . 0 and 2 . 2 kernels do not support lvm devices ( and so would be unable to read a filesystem stored on an lvm anyway ) , this may be acceptable . the change in the filesystem format replaces the current scheme where the superblock is followed by a variable - length set of block group descriptors . instead , the superblock and a\n. a meta - block group is a collection of block groups which can be described by a single block group descriptor block . since the size of the block group descriptor structure is 32 bytes , a meta - block group contains 32 block groups for filesystems with a 1kb block size , and 128 block groups for filesystems with a 4kb blocksize . filesystems can either be created using this new block group descriptor layout , or existing filesystems can be resized on - line , and a new field in the superblock will indicate the first block group using this new layout .\nthis new scheme is much more efficient , while retaining enough redundancy in case of hardware failures . most importantly , it allows new block groups to be added to the filesystem without needing to change block group descriptors in the earlier parts of the disk . hence , it should be very simple to write an ext2 / 3 filesystem extension using this design that provides on - line resizing capabilities .\nthe size of the on - disk inode in the ext2 / 3 filesystem has been 128 bytes long during its entire lifetime . although we have been very careful about packing as much information as possible into the inode , we are finally getting to the point where there simply is not enough room for all of the extensions that people would like to add to the ext2 / 3 filesystem .\nfortunately , just before the release of linux 2 . 0 , most of the work to allow for an expanded inode was added . as part of the changes to version 1 of the ext2 superblock , the size of the inode in the filesystem was added as a parameter in the superblock . the only restriction on the size of inode is that it must evenly divide the filesystem blocksize . unfortunately , some safety - checking code which aborted the filesystem from being mounted if the inode size was not 128 bytes was never removed from the kernel . hence , in order to support larger inodes , a small patch will have to made to the 2 . 0 , 2 . 2 , and 2 . 4 kernels . fortunately the change is simple enough that it should be relatively easy to get the change accepted into production kernels .\none of the most important features that requires additional space in the inode is the addition of sub - second resolution timestamps . this is needed because given today ' s very fast computers , storing file modification times with only second granularity is not sufficient for programs like\ncommand will not be able to determine whether or not the library needs to be updated . )\n, which limits the number of subdirectories that can be created in a single directory . the actual limit of 32 , 000 is smaller than what is possible with an unsigned 16 - bit field , but even if the kernel were changed to allow 65 , 535 subdirectories , this would be too small for some users or applications .\nin addition , extra inode space can also enable support 64 - bit block numbers . currently , using 4kb blocks , the largest filesystem that ext2 can support is 16tb . although this is larger than any commonly available individual disks , there certainly are raid systems that export block devices which are larger than this size .\n] ( mac ) or audit labels . the nsa se ( security - enhanced ) linux [\n] implementation requires a single 32 - bit field for both purposes ; other schemes may require two separate 32 - bit fields to encode mac and audit label .\nin order to maximize backwards compatibility , the inode will be expanded without changing the layout of the first 128 bytes . this allows for full backwards compatibility if the the new features in use are themselves backwards compatible - - for example , sub - second resolution timestamps .\ndoubling the inode size from 128 bytes to 256 bytes gives us room for 32 additional 32 - bit fields , which is a lot of extra flexibility for new features . however , the 32 new fields can be very quickly consumed by designers proposing filesystem extensions . for example , adding support for 64 - bit block pointers will consume almost half of the new fields . hence , allocation of these new inode fields will have to be very carefully done . new filesystem features which do not have general applicability , or which require a large amount of space , will likely"]}
{"id": 53960, "summary": [{"text": "meditation is a practice where an individual operates or trains the mind or induces a mode of consciousness , either to realize some benefit or for the mind to simply acknowledge its content without becoming identified with that content , or as an end in itself .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "the term meditation refers to a broad variety of practices that includes techniques designed to promote relaxation , build internal energy or life force ( qi , ki , prana , etc. ) and develop compassion , love , patience , generosity , and forgiveness .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "a particularly ambitious form of meditation aims at effortlessly sustained single-pointed concentration meant to enable its practitioner to enjoy an indestructible sense of well-being while engaging in any life activity .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "the word meditation carries different meanings in different contexts .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "meditation has been practiced since antiquity as a component of numerous religious traditions and beliefs .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "meditation often involves an internal effort to self-regulate the mind in some way .", "topic": 28}, {"text": "meditation is often used to clear the mind and ease many health concerns , such as high blood pressure , depression , and anxiety .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "it may be done sitting , or in an active way \u2014 for instance , buddhist monks involve awareness in their day-to-day activities as a form of mind-training .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "prayer beads or other ritual objects are commonly used during meditation in order to keep track of or remind the practitioner about some aspect of that training .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "meditation may involve generating an emotional state for the purpose of analyzing that state \u2014 such as anger , hatred , etc. \u2014 or cultivating a particular mental response to various phenomena , such as compassion .", "topic": 28}, {"text": "the term \" meditation \" can refer to the state itself , as well as to practices or techniques employed to cultivate the state .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "meditation may also involve repeating a mantra and closing the eyes .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "the mantra is chosen based on its suitability to the individual meditator .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "meditation has a calming effect and directs awareness inward until pure awareness is achieved , described as \" being awake inside without being aware of anything except awareness itself . \"", "topic": 33}, {"text": "in brief , there are dozens of specific styles of meditation practice , and many different types of activity commonly referred to as meditative practices . ", "topic": 4}], "title": "meditation", "paragraphs": ["[ meditation is also known by the following terms : meditation , meditation definitions and scope , meditation classification , meditation techniques , how meditation works , benefits of meditation , meditation scientific research . ]\n\u201cmeditation is the highest virtue . meditation is the foremost austerity . meditation is the greatest purity . therefore be fond of meditation . \u201d\nintroductory and continuing instructional classes in meditation . these might include topics such as mindfulness meditation , applications of mindfulness , insight meditation ( vipassana ) , tranquility meditation , loving kindness meditation , concentration practices , and zen meditation , among others .\nmindfulness meditation : a history of meditation by dr . aj . redding here .\nenjoy our free meditation downloads , receive informative meditation tips , and benefit from special offers on guided meditations and meditation music .\nby meditate they mean an eastern form of meditation : zen meditation , transcendental meditation , yoga , chinese or hindu meditation , guided meditation , all of which have their origins in new age and eastern religions .\nthis article looks at buddhist meditation , its purpose and the different approaches to meditation .\nmeditation courses are excellent contexts for learning . meditation retreats offer ideal conditions to take things further .\nall meditation is not the same . these seven contrasts show why biblical meditation is set apart .\nyet the effects of this approach is different than that of concentration meditation , or mindfulness meditation .\nthis entry was posted in articles , bhagavad gita meditation , hindu meditation , how to meditate , meditation and tagged bhagavad gita . bookmark the permalink .\ndon ' t judge your meditation skills , which may only increase your stress . meditation takes practice .\nintroduced meditation to other oriental countries , and in 653 the first meditation hall was opened in japan , .\na useful way of understanding the diversity of meditation practices is to think of the different types of meditation .\ntm is a meditation technique that has attracted the likes of clint eastwood . photograph : transcendental meditation / facebook\ndiscover 141 key benefits of meditation . looking for a different meditation benefit ? no problem . here , we have listed & linked more than 141 benefits of meditation .\nfor a comprehensive set of free audio and text resources on learning meditation , see free buddhist audio\u2019s meditation pages .\nif you have learnt acem meditation , participating in the first follow - up course / session will increase your understanding of the meditation process and enhance the effects of meditation .\ndevelop the meditation of compassion . for when you are developing the meditation of compassion , cruelty will be abandoned .\ndevelop the meditation of appreciation . for when you are developing the meditation of appreciation , resentment will be abandoned .\ndevelop the meditation of equanimity . for when you are developing the meditation of equanimity , irritation will be abandoned .\nsimple meditation techniques to help a beginner . tips so simple , yet very effective to have a deeper meditation experience :\nbut it wasn\u2019t until the 1960s that transcendental meditation and hatha yoga popularized meditation among non - hindus in the west .\nhere are some types of meditation practiced in yoga . the most common and universal one is the \u201cthird eye meditation\u201d .\nmeditation habits ( module 5 ) the group meditation followed by discussion , based on questions like : what can be the reasons for periods of irregular meditation practice ? how will actualization in acem meditation affect our meditation habits ? what is important in order to maintain our motivation to meditate ? , etc .\n1 - hour meditation workshop . we\u2019ll talk about what meditation is , what it isn\u2019t , and what science says meditation can do for a modern , busy life . the second half of the workshop will include a 20 minute guided meditation .\nend your meditation with a salat or dua . you may discover that your prayer is deeper and more thoughtful after meditation .\n( 222 . l0 ) states :\nmeditation is the highest virtue . meditation is the foremost austerity . meditation is the greatest purity . therefore be fond of meditation .\nthis exhortation expresses a sentiment that is widespread in the sacred literature of hinduism .\ndevelop the meditation of the unattractive . for when you are developing the meditation of the unattractive , passion will be abandoned .\nmantra meditation . in this type of meditation , you silently repeat a calming word , thought or phrase to prevent distracting thoughts .\nmeditation conquers addiction easily . from urge surfing , to mastering stress , to uprooting unhappiness , meditation eradicates addiction in many ways .\n1 ) dhyaata - meditating person 2 ) dheya - what to meditate 3 ) dhyaan - function of meditation and 4 ) dhyaan ka fal - fruit of meditation . meditation concentrating at heart :\nmeditation is a process of awareness . yes , meditation is quite simple . however , thousands of meditation practices exist . some practices are simple , and some can take many years to master .\nfurthermore , meditation is strongly advised in the bah\u00e1 ' \u00ed writings . nonetheless , there are no set forms of meditation . in fact , the manner of meditation is left entirely to the individual . the significance of meditation is emphasized in the following passage :\nthe sanskrit word rudra means inclement ( harsh , lacking mercy ) . the meditation involving inclement thoughts is called inclement meditation . based on the cause , inclement meditation has been divided into four types :\nmeditation is considered a type of mind - body complementary medicine . meditation can produce a deep state of relaxation and a tranquil mind .\nmeditation naturally beats depression . from transforming psychology , to upgrading the brain , to rewiring thought , meditation dominates depression in many ways .\nthe christian meditation school offers further explanation and resources for christian meditation . contemplative outreach offers excellent resources for getting started with centering prayer .\ndo you sit down for meditation and wonder if you ' re doing it right ? learn all about the universal meditation posture here .\ntranscendental meditation\u00ae . transcendental meditation is a simple , natural technique . in transcendental meditation , you silently repeat a personally assigned mantra , such as a word , sound or phrase , in a specific way .\ndavid nichtern is wonderful master of meditation of the shambhala lineage . besides being a great , loving meditation teacher , david possesses extraordinary simplicity in guiding beginning students in the deepening stages of the meditation path .\nthe meditation god was talking about in joshua 1 : 8 differs greatly from eastern meditation . in fact , i ' ll go so far as to say that participating in any form of meditation , apart from biblical meditation , is opening the door wide to the enemy .\nmeditation is the effort to regulate attention . this is done either by constantly redirecting it to the object of meditation ( focused attention meditation ) , or by paying attention to whatever perception naturally happens ( open monitoring meditation ) . by time it culminates in \u201ceffortless presence\u201d , or \u201cpure being\u201d . ( more about this classification of meditation here ) .\ndevelop the meditation of good will . for when you are developing the meditation of good will , ill - will will be abandoned .\nmeditation has been practiced for thousands of years . meditation originally was meant to help deepen understanding of the sacred and mystical forces of life . these days , meditation is commonly used for relaxation and stress reduction .\nriding the ox home : a history of meditation from shamanism to science by willard johnson here . [ pdf ] the origin of buddhist meditation\nreach deep meditation quickly & easily . learn about meditation\u2019s incredible array of benefits , and how equisync\u00ae allows easy access via powerful brainwave technology .\n\u201cabsorbed in meditation the mendicant leaves behind all impurities . therefore , meditation is the cure for all the impurities and afflictions of the soul .\ndrop in , no enrolment . we will start the session with 30 min group meditation followed by discussion on different aspects of the meditation sound , based on questions like : how do you perceive the meditation sound during meditation ? what\u2019s the correct frequency of the sound ? what is meant by \u201cthe meditation sound should be non - assosiative\u201d ? , etc\nforms of new age meditation include transcendental meditation and other original ideas of thinking that have spun off from some of the same modes of religion that meditation has . if you are interested in getting into meditation and living a stress free lifestyle , new age meditation is a great way to get your feet wet . it is popular with so many meditation newcomers because it utilizes the latest , most innovative and original , up - to - the - minute versions of meditation that utilize all of the scientific innovations and advancements that have been made since meditation first became popular .\nmeditation is an umbrella term for the many ways to a relaxed state of being . there are many types of meditation and relaxation techniques that have meditation components . all share the same goal of achieving inner peace .\nq . the effect and importance of meditation is unique . through meditation , an individual progresses from the common to an uncommon ground . meditation is practiced in various religions . even those who have no faith in conventional religion , practice meditation . in jainism no tradition relating to meditation seems to have been laid down . is there any place for meditation in this religion , or does its excellence lie only in exalting self mortification ?\nwhat is meditation ? it is the key to success , as god told joshua in the old testament . however , all meditation is not the same . these seven contrasts show why biblical meditation is set apart .\nguided meditation . sometimes called guided imagery or visualization , with this method of meditation you form mental images of places or situations you find relaxing .\nmindfulness meditation . this type of meditation is based on being mindful , or having an increased awareness and acceptance of living in the present moment .\nalthough meditation precedes all world religions , religions still have traditions of meditation . but , to practice meditation is different from practicing religion . you do not need to convert to a certain meditation in order to reach enlightenment . it is entirely dependent on your goals , purpose , and style .\nthroughout the middle ages , the practice of meditation grew and developed into many religious traditions as a form of prayer , such as jewish meditation .\nmeditation relieves anxiety for good . from boosting neurotransmitters , to quieting the mind , to cooling the amygdala , meditation conquers anxiety in many ways .\nnumerous preksha meditation centers have come into existence around the world over the years and periodical meditation camps are being organized to impart training in it .\nmetathoughts ( module 4 ) the group meditation is followed by discussion based on questions like : how can we evaluate the quality of our meditation ? is there a connection between a comfortable and a \u201ccorrect\u201d meditation ? how can we deal with meta - thoughts in our meditation ? , etc .\nhe pioneered the transcendental meditation technique which had takers like the beatles . it is a form of mantra meditation that is practised with closed eyes .\ndo you sit down for meditation and wonder if you & apos ; re doing it right ? learn all about the universal meditation posture here .\nosho golden light meditation is the most comprehensive guide available to all the osho active meditations , plus a variety of other techniques offered at the osho meditation resort in india , and at osho meditation events around the world .\nmeditation is a major part of most of the world\u2019s religions . hindus and buddhists believe their meditations can change the spiritual vibrations of the world . but in judaism , we almost never hear meditation mentioned . why not ? does jewish meditation exist ? and if so , what is jewish meditation ?\nwhen one hears the word\nbuddhism\n, one of the first things that pop up into people ' s heads is the idea of meditation . while buddhism is much more than meditation and meditation isn ' t unique to buddhism , meditation is something that holds very deep importance in buddhist teachings . the buddha himself attained enlightenment via meditation and passages that advise on meditation practice can be found pretty easily in the buddhist scriptures . many buddhist temples will also often times offer free meditation classes to people of all beliefs .\nbefore we see how to meditate , we would like to clarify one of the biggest myths about meditation . clarifying this myth will truly help you understand how to meditate . the myth most people are under the impression that meditation is concentration . we say meditation is not concentration . in fact , meditation\nconcentration ( module 2 ) the group meditation is followed by discussion on different aspects of concentration in acem meditation , based on questions like : what are the different types of concentration and how do they affect acem meditation ? how can concentration reduce the benefit of acem meditation ? what is meant by \u201cconcentration in acem meditation is a representation of tensions and limitations\u201d ? , etc .\nmeditation has the capacity to open up the common ground between all cultures and faiths today . but why can we speak of ' christian meditation ' ?\nyoga and meditation were introduced to the united states early in the 20th century by swami vivekananda and popularized by paramehansa yogananda . in the 1960\u2019s there was an explosion of interest in meditation fueled by maharishi mahesh yogi teaching transcendental meditation .\nthis hour - long album osho no dimensions meditation is specifically designed to support the osho dimension meditation . the music supports the energy and activity described in each stage of the meditation , and also signals the timing of each stage .\nif stress has you anxious , tense and worried , consider trying meditation . spending even a few minutes in meditation can restore your calm and inner peace .\nbuddhist and meditation teacher tara brach leads a vipassana meditation group at the river road unitarian church in bethesda . ( andrea bruce woodall / the washington post )\naccording to maha manaswi shri jinendra varni : \u201cmeditation beyond physical forms is known as shukla dhyaana ( light meditation ) . this meditation is beyond name and form . one sees only the inner light , and it is therefore called shukla . the yogi experiences the indescribable form of god in the form of light . therefore , this meditation is known as the meditation of light shukla dhya\u0081na . \u201d\n( 1 . 39 ) leaves it open what objects are suitable for meditation . in patanjali ' s own words , meditation can be\nas desired\n(\nwalsh , r . n . ( 1983 ) . meditation practice and research .\nwoolfolk , r . l . ( 1975 ) . psychophysiological correlates of meditation .\nthis collection of pages explores the bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed teachings on prayer , meditation and fasting .\nhappy national meditation month ! if you haven ' t already made meditation a regular part of your yoga practice , here are four more reasons to try it .\nwhat you need to know to avoid being blindsided by meditation\u2032s potential negative effects .\nmeditation can give you the strength that nothing can take it away from you .\nchristianity , islam , and judaism also had their own forms of meditation . jewish meditation included meditative approaches to prayer and study , such as kabbalsitic practices , islamic meditation included the repetition of god\u2019s 99 names as well as breathing controls , and eastern christian meditation included the repetition of certain physical postures and repetition of prayers .\nlose weight , achieve your ideal body . the weight loss benefits of meditation are nothing short of incredible . how meditation can propel anyone to their ideal body .\nthere are techniques of buddhism , such as meditation , that anyone can adopt .\n- from chapter 6\nthe nature of meditation\npp . 175 - 181\nmeditation malas should be kept in a small bag or storage box when not in use . while they are undeniably beautiful , many meditation malas are made of delicate\nmore than just beautiful adornment , malas are powerful and symbolic tools for meditation .\nin the middle age , the practice of meditation was overlooked in jain tradition .\nis happy to introduce a new section on jain meditation or jain dhyan . if you have more information or resources about jain meditation or dhyan please feel free to\ntrend spotting - - something new is bubbling up in the world of meditation .\nevery region of the world has adapted meditation to fit the needs of its people . it is usually done by those who cannot find what they need in the long - steeped traditions of traditional meditation . it is how zen meditation arose in china during the 6th century , it is how transcendental meditation came into popularity in the 1960s , and it is how modern meditation is coming into practice today .\ncultivating an understanding of impermanence - guided meditation ,\nanne c . klein\naura is a meditation app with a simple premise : every day , you get a new , personalized , three - minute meditation . the same meditation never repeats ; according to cofounder daniel lee , aura\u2019s teachers are constantly recording new tracks .\nq & a : practicing meditation in islam - dr . shabir ally - youtube\nmeditation , or a state of present moment awareness , is essential in islamic spiritual practice , particularly in islamic prayer ( salah ) and meditation ( dhikr ) .\nthere is a clear distinction between biblical meditation , which means reflection , devotion and contemplation , and which makes use of the mind , and the meditation techniques mentioned above which are often taught without the word\nmeditation\neven being used .\nhopkins , j . ( 1983 ) meditation on emptiness . london : wisdom .\ncontact us for further information on how best to implement meditation + mindfulness programs into your organization . * corporate programs in collaboration with meditation bar and soul sparks .\na new study suggests there\u2019s some science behind the claims made for mindfulness meditation .\nlearn how to pay close attention to the present moment with this meditation exercise .\nthe effects of meditation seem to be beyond the ability to suppress emotional responses .\n[ read there about the difference between focused attention and open monitoring meditation . ]\nboth seated meditation and daily life practice are needed . by time , the freedom , peace and joy you find in meditation start to permeate your whole life .\ndon\u2019t worry , meditation will make you better at what is important for you .\nand you can make meditation as formal or informal as you like , however it suits your lifestyle and situation . some people build meditation into their daily routine . for example , they may start and end each day with an hour of meditation . but all you really need is a few minutes of quality time for meditation .\nbut in many cases , practices similar to modern forms of meditation were simply called ' prayer ' . christian , judaic and islamic forms of meditation are typically devotional , scriptural or thematic , while asian forms of meditation are often more purely technical .\nnew age meditation is a cross between self reflection and awareness and implementation of new fangled western ideas and traditional eastern philosophies and religions . if meditation didn\u2019t interest you before , new age meditation just might have you looking at it a bit differently .\n1 . meditation perspectives 1 . the practice of meditation , michael a . west 2 . meditation : practice and experience , martine batchelor 3 . ow conscious experience comes about , and why meditation is helpful , guy claxton 4 . fish discovering water : meditation as a process of recognition , james carmody 5 . psychology of meditation : philosophical perspectives , loriliai bernacki 2 . therapeutic and clinical applications of meditation 6 . traditional and secular views of psychotherapeutic applications of mindfulness and meditation , lynn c . waelde and jason s . thompson 7 . meditation and the management of pain , vidyamala birch 8 . addictive disorders , sarah bowen , matthew enkema , corey roos , haley douglas , erin harrop , tatyana kholodkov , katie witkiewitz 9 . meditation and physical health , linda e . carlson 10 . the cognitive and affective neurosciences of meditation , antonio raffone 3 . meditation in workplaces and schools 11 . mindfulness and meditation in the workplace : an acceptance and commitment therapy approach , frank w . bond , paul e . flaxman , joda lloyd 12 . mindfulness in education , katherine weare 13 . meditation : future theory and research , peter sedlmeier , juliane eberth , maika puta 14 . meditation : answers , syntheses and questions , michael a . west\nmeditation can wipe away the day ' s stress , bringing with it inner peace . see how you can easily learn to practice meditation whenever you need it most .\nmeditation ( samadhi ) is the second training . acting ethically gives rise to a simpler life and a clear conscience , which are a sound basis for meditation practice .\nour research shows that by defining meditation as \u201cmental silence\u201d , which is an evolution of the mindfulness concept , we can effectively answer the key scientific questions about meditation .\ntypically , a meditation session with a meditation mala looks something like this . to begin with , we can decide whether we want to count breaths , mantra repetitions , or repetitions of a prayer or some other sacred phrase . we would then prepare for meditation whether it be in a sitting meditation posture , kneeling , sitting in a chair , or even performing japa , which is a slow , gentle walking meditation .\nonce you\u2019re comfortable with sitting meditation and the body scan , you might want to try walking meditation . there\u2019s no rule against trying walking meditation first , but it\u2019s useful to learn the basics before you try to walk and meditate at the same time .\nif you are attached to a romantic view about meditation , or you have strong expectations , meditation will be hard for you . meditation is not a thing ; it\u2019s a process . this process brings several benefits , but is also its own benefit .\nresearch about meditation\u2019s ability to reduce pain has produced mixed results . however , in some studies scientists suggest that meditation activates certain areas of the brain in response to pain .\nmeditation , operation of the mind that strongly applies itself to some object . in deep\nmeditation is that which gives you deep rest . meditation is an activity in which the practitioner just sits and allows the mind to dissolve . in art of living , meditation is a simplified activity which can easily be practiced by all . meditation is not concentration . it is de - concentration , says its founder , sri sri ravi shankar .\nthere are numerous benefits of meditation . it is an essential practice for mental hygiene .\nin some cases , you may simply prefer to choose the type of meditation mala that appeals to you by its appearance . but , it ' s also nice to hold the idea of the meaning of the beads in mind while meditating . in either case , using meditation malas during your meditation practice can help to increase focus during meditation .\nyou can find answers to some common questions about buddhist meditation with clear vision video .\nthe practice of meditation is consciously employing particular techniques that encourage these states to arise .\nin buddhist tradition , meditation is the second part of the ' threefold path ' .\nmindfulness always plays a part in meditation , but meditation , in the sense of setting out to become more and more concentrated , is not necessarily a part of mindfulness .\nmeditation isn\u2019t about manipulating the breath but knowing the breath . best to breathe normally .\nfor a start , this video is an excellent resource on how to do yoga style meditation , and it combines breathing , body awareness , mantra , and chakra meditation .\npsychology today - - meditation for modern life dr . robert puff ph . d .\na line to our own insight - guided meditation ,\nanne c . klein\nit ' s why meditation , like all things , has evolved to become modern .\ndiscover meditation can be many things , all depending on how you use your awareness .\nperspectives about meditation taken from the scriptures of world leading religions . to download visit urltoken\nlet ' s sit together and play , practice with a sound based meditation technique .\nin this clip the author of this article , les lancaster , talks to munisha , a buddhist , about jewish meditation and demonstrates how to meditate on three letters of the hebrew alphabet . after the meditation munisha reflects on how it compares to buddhist meditation .\nit is correct that salaah , done properly , does contain some aspects of meditation .\nthere are so many types of meditation in islam . check out the following links :\n, which you can use right away to begin experiencing the benefits that meditation brings .\nregular meditation encourages feelings of empathy and acceptance . meditators can become better team players .\nkniffki c . tranzendentale meditation und autogenes training - ein vergleich ( transcendental meditation and autogenic training : a comparison ) . munich : kindler verlag geist und psyche , 1979 .\nno . there is no fight , no repressing , and no forcefulness about meditation .\nand yet i grew up , and found meditation to be a great blessing . \ud83d\ude42\n[ \u2026 ] meditation has been done for over 5 , 000 years and there are many many kinds of meditation , but you need to make a start and that is the only way that you can start to get an experience in meditation and that you can benefit from meditation . so , it is important to really go into the basics , understand what meditation is and then find yourself a very good course . [ \u2026 ]\njewish meditation offers a way to infuse each of facet of judaism with deeper meaning . jewish meditation is not an end in itself , rather a partner process for healthy jewish living . reports of meditation experiences are widely found in jewish sacred texts . for example :\nto answer this question , you must first determine what meditation is . there are many types of meditation . some meditation is simply quiet contemplation and some mediation is an attempt to reach spiritual realms . these are totally different activities and are viewed differently by judaism .\nwe focused on the definition of meditation as mental silence and surveyed practitioners of sahaja yoga meditation who practise a form of meditation aimed at achieving this state rather than relaxation or mindfulness methods that are usually the focus of other forms ,\ndr manocha said .\ndharma dhyana or virtuous meditation is the root of spiritual meditation ( shukla dhyana ) and omniscience . in virtuous meditation one strives to keep his / her cognition fixed on the pure form of the soul and also tries to minimize mental choices and volitions . when choices and volitions arise then the meditation shifts to sorrowful or wrathful , thus binds karma . to think about mundane world , bodily pleasure or hurting someone is sorrowful and wrathful meditation .\ndevelop the meditation of the perception of inconstancy . for when you are developing the meditation of the perception of inconstancy , the conceit ' i am ' will be abandoned .\nwhile a growing body of scientific research supports the health benefits of meditation , some researchers believe it ' s not yet possible to draw conclusions about the possible benefits of meditation .\nlooking for a different meditation benefit ? no problem . here , we have compiled more than 141 benefits of meditation , with links to detailed articles . no stone went unturned .\ngeisler m . therapeutiche wirkungen der transzendentalen meditation auf drogenkonsumenten ( therapeutic effects of transcendental meditation on drug use ) . zeitschrift fur klinische psychologie 7 : 235 - 255 , 1978 .\nwhether you practice it for health , wellness , growth , or enlightenment \u2013 know that meditation is absolutely essential , but it is not enough . generally speaking , meditation will :\nq . if causing physical pain is not the objective of jainism , is there any tradition of meditation there ? lord mahavir was the last tirthankar in the jain tradition . is there any mention of meditation in his life , or is any technique of meditation available ?\nsahej sukh dhyaan meditation \u2013 this is a video with guruka singh talking about what meditation is and then walking you through the practice of this meditation . it will give you a very calm mind and the ability to listen deeply and understand the root of any situation .\ndifferences in various forms of eastern meditation aside , they all aim at a supposedly\nhigher\nor\naltered\nstate of consciousness . meditation guides claim that normal consciousness obscures sacred realities . therefore , meditation is practiced in order to suspend rational patterns of thought .\nforce , after it has merged with the self and exited from the body . meditation upon light is said to be a hundred times superior to meditation upon a particular form , while\nmeditation\nand\nmindfulness\nare buzzwords these days for good reason . yogis have been practicing dhyana ( meditation ) for millennia . get expert insight here on meditation and its symbiotic relationship to yoga . use this hub as your go - to resource for simple tips and guided practices to quiet your mind and make meditation part of your modern daily life .\na turbulent mind filled with uncontrolled thoughts drains out the energy . meditation calms the mind .\nand these benefits don ' t end when your meditation session ends . meditation can help carry you more calmly through your day and may help you manage symptoms of certain medical conditions .\nfocused attention . focusing your attention is generally one of the most important elements of meditation .\na comfortable position . you can practice meditation whether you ' re sitting , lying down , walking , or in other positions or activities . just try to be comfortable so that you can get the most out of your meditation . aim to keep good posture during meditation .\nthe major split between hindu and buddhist meditation occurred when buddhist followers no longer believed that meditation should be used to reach a closer understanding with a higher being , which is what hindu meditation was for , but rather as a means of realizing one\u2019s interrelatedness with all things .\ndoctrine oriented ( aajnavichay ) righteous meditation is contemplation about reality as described in the scriptures .\nmeditation is a conscious effort to change how the mind works . the pali word for meditation is ' bhavana ' which means ' to make grow ' or ' to develop ' .\nthe buddha taught many different types of meditation , each designed to overcome a particular problem or to develop a particular psychological state . but the two most common and useful types of meditation are mindfulness of breathing ( anapana sati ) and loving kindness meditation ( metta bhavana ) .\nnor does meditation have to involve keeping still ; walking meditation is a popular zen way of doing it , and repetitive movements using beads or prayer wheels are used in other faiths .\nthis attitude of open receptive attention is the emphasis of the receptive type of meditation practice .\nover the last half century meditation has gradually become a more familiar practice in the west .\nwithin its buddhist context , meditation is a vital component of its path to spiritual awakening .\nwhat is meditation ? and how and why would i do it ? get the answers .\nmeditation is silence , energising and fulfilling . silence is the eloquent expression of the inexpressible .\nmeditation speaks . it speaks in silence . it reveals that our life is eternity itself .\nprivacy | contact us | disclaimer | copyright \u00a9 2007 - 2015 project - meditation . org\ntaoist meditation masters teach three basic ways to control the fire mind of emotion with the water mind of intent , so that the adept ' s goals in meditation may be realized .\nthere are a lot of scientific research already with proven results on the benefits of meditation .\nthere are various zen practices that use walking as meditation and other schools of thought that teach that all our activities we do should be done with mindfulness ; a form of meditation .\nof the prophet ( peace be upon him ) , approves of the practice of meditation .\ncopyright \u00a9 2015 mindfulness - meditation - techniques . com , janaka stagnaro . all rights reserved\nclaxton , g . ( 1990 ) . meditation in buddhist psychology . in m . a . west ( ed . ) , the psychology of meditation . oxford : clarendon press .\nwhen students learned transcendental meditation , suspensions dropped and attendance and students\u2019 grade point averages rose .\nthere are many types of meditation , and research shows the effects vary tremendously among individuals .\nemployees who learned the transcendental meditation program showed increased job satisfaction in comparison to control subjects .\nemployees who learned the transcendental meditation program showed improved job performance in comparison to control subjects .\nnot necessarily . there are several types of meditation , many of which don\u2019t use mantras .\ni agree with you\njewish soul\nregarding hindu meditation . i was lucky to have learned tibetan buddhism meditation that have no idols to be used as meditation\ntools\n. but i ' m eager to know about how to meditate having the torah as focus object .\nbasic mindfulness meditation is very simple , even if it isn\u2019t always easy to do . more than anything else , it requires a commitment . \u201cadmiring the idea of meditation doesn\u2019t really do anything , \u201d said sharon salzberg , who has taught mindfulness meditation for more than 40 years .\nthe rest in meditation is deeper than the deepest sleep that you can ever have . when the mind becomes free from agitation , is calm and serene and at peace , meditation happens .\ntaoist meditation is action without aim . it is an aimless , meandering meditation without technique or prefabricated notion - - fishing without a hook . in taoism , the very nature of this existence is considered a total meditation of the cosmos . yet , my clinging mind needs something concrete , steps and the knowhow . thus , began my foray into the wide horizon of meditation .\nin this article munisha , a buddhist , finds out about kabbalist meditation . listen to her conversation with les , a jewish practitioner , read more about jewish meditation and try an exercise .\ndelmonte , m . ( 1990 ) . meditation : contemporary theoretical approaches . in m . a . west ( ed . ) , the psychology of meditation . oxford : clarendon press .\nso , what is new age meditation ? new age meditation is the more up - to - date version of meditation in general . it has been influenced by many of the aspects of popular new age culture today , such as yoga and buddhism . these are just a couple of the influences that have gone into forming what is now called new age meditation . new age meditation is a mix of eastern philosophy and tradition mixed with western culture and new fangled ideas .\ngreat post . i think your mom would know about the actual benefit of mindful meditation . meditation gives you freshness , the freshness of the present and makes you forget about the bad incidents of past . meditation is the best stress buster . a 20 minute meditation ( mindful ) releases all your stress up to that minute . meditation makes you focus on your work ( present work , whatever work it is ) . forget about past , regrets of past and everything .\nis credited as being a pioneer in establishing the benefits and effectiveness of meditation through his research at harvard university in the early 1970s . his publication of articles on the health benefits of meditation led to a breakthrough , as his studies showed that meditation acts as an antidote to stress .\nno one knows exactly when in history meditation started but nowadays we can see that mediation is the most important part of human life . it affects many aspects of our life . forget about when meditation started or who invented it just focus on the benefits you can derive from meditation .\nthe range of purposes and techniques of meditation in hinduism is much wider as compared to that in hinduism . all the three aspects of humanity namely physical , mental , and spiritual are addressed by the concept of meditation . whereas in buddhism meditation is a part of their religious practices .\nshapiro , d . ( 1984 ) . classic perspectives of meditation : toward an empirical understanding of meditation as an altered state of consciousness . in d . shapiro & r . walsch ( eds . ) , meditation : classic and contemporary perspectives . new york : aldine publishing company .\nlet\u2019s be honest . meditation can be slow , boring , impossible for one with an active life . not anymore ! meditate on is meditation for the modern world . focusing on subjects like sleep to focus to love , these meditation series are entertaining , relaxing , and accessible for everyone . subscribe today and receive full access to all my meditation series , including series for kids .\nthe ancient vedas of india were the first to document meditation , about 1 , 500 bce . at the same time , other forms of meditation developed in china , and only slightly later , in japan . meditation gained ground as a buddhist spiritual practice between 500 - 600 bce , with the first meditation hall opening in japan in 653 bce . the bhagavad gita , an epic poem that describes the philosophy of yoga , meditation and spirituality , was written around 400 bce .\nsome of these myths are obvious stuff that nowadays is not so commonly believed anymore ( like \u201cmeditation is only for religious people\u201d and \u201cmeditation is fighting with the mind\u201d ) . others are more subtle , and commonly believed to be true , such as : \u201cmeditation is effortless\u201d , \u201cmeditation is all about calming the mind\u201d and \u201cmeditation is supposed to make you feel good\u201d . some of these points are controversial \u2013 so i won\u2019t be surprised if heated up discussions happen in the comments .\nsome of the earliest references to meditation are found in rig veda around 5000 bce in india . in between 6th and 5th century bce meditation was developed in buddhism and jainism followed by islamic sufi sect ( lating 2002 ) . references of meditation are also found in torah of judaism ( verman , 1997 ) . in christianity meditation is used to mean a form of prayer where the believers concentrate upon the revelations of god . today meditation is practiced all over the world without any reference to religious context , but the techniques remain as they were thousands of years earlier . in the present context the focus will be made on the differences between hindu meditation and buddhist meditation .\n( 1 . 39 ) cites meditation upon the images of vishnu and shiva as an example .\nour experts share tips to ensure you come out of your meditation fresh , clear and rejuvenated .\nfrom combatting anxiety to reducing physical pain , meditation has a host of mind - body benefits .\nthe history of meditation \u2013 we often talk about meditation as being a necessary way to unplug from the modern world , but it\u2019s a practice that\u2019s been around for over 5 , 000 years .\nthe triangle insight meditation community meets at the episcopal center at duke on alexander dr . on the durham campus . they offer free training and support in the practice of insight or vipassana meditation .\ndistracts you , return to the bead where you lost concentration and start again . meditation is not a race ; there is no finish line . meditation is a process of slow healing , of\nwhen it comes to paying for meditation accessories , how much is too much ? how about $ 108 ? that ' s the price tag on lululemon ' s new mala meditation bead necklace .\nuniverse oriented ( sansthanvichaya ) righteous meditation is contemplation about the nature and structure of the universe .\ni have heard that meditation is widely used today by psychiatrists and psychologists . is this true ?\nhindu meditation can be defined as a state of relaxed contemplation on the present moment , or a state of reflection where the mind dissolves and is free of all thought . the goals of this method of consideration vary , including spiritual enlightenment and the transformation of attitudes . hindu meditation can be classified according to its focus . some types of rumination focus on the type of experience and perception which occurs during meditation . these types are called mindfulness meditation . others involve deliberation on a pre selected object . these types are called concentrative meditation . hindu meditation encompasses both fields of focus .\nin hinduism , the ideology behind meditation is more spiritual than religion . the purposes of meditation in hinduism are varied , like physical , mental , and spiritual enhancement , and also control of mind . in the extreme sense meditation is the way of getting in union with the creator or paramatma . buddhists on the other hand do not believe in god , but considers meditation as an integral part of their religion . the main purpose of meditation in buddhism is self realization or nirvana .\nthe impact of the object of our attention - guided meditation ,\nanne c . klein\nmeditation is the true sikh way of life . christopher pillitz / the image bank / getty images\ngurbani tells us to live such a life . a sikh\u2019s divine practical life is his meditation .\nby practicing taoist meditation , synonymous with daoist meditation , we will become more grounded and emo\u00adtionally and spiritually balanced . meditation , both formal and informal , will give us valuable tools to use in stressful times . and because meditation is the practice of connecting to and communing with our higher or spiri\u00adtual self , it will help us to be more objective in our relationships of all types .\nprayer , fasting and meditation are the main ways of achieving this and for making spiritual progress .\ndescription : perspectives about meditation taken from the scriptures of world leading religions . to download visit urltoken\nlet ' s sit together and play , practice with a sound based meditation technique . | meetup\nfree mental attitude ( module 3 ) the group meditation is followed by discussion on different aspects of a free mental attitude in acem meditation , based on questions like : how do we establish a free mental attitude ? how do expectations influence the free mental attitude in acem meditation , etc .\nno . for those with borderline personality and / or schizophrenia , meditation of any kind can be unsettling , even dangerous . meditation may also be problematic for those with addictive and narcissistic tendencies .\nbut transcendental meditation is not the only kind of meditation . just because jews should not engage in transcendental meditation does not mean they should not engage in any kind of meditation at all . in fact , prayer can be a form of meditation . many of the traditional forms of meditation involve chanting a mantra or reciting a text . there is nothing wrong with choosing a jewish text to recite as part of a meditation or mantra . for example , reciting the shema or saying over and over again \u201cgam zu le tova\u201d ( everything is for the good ) could be positive and fulfilling mantras and would aid in appropriate meditation . in fact , someone who is very spiritually connected should view each of the daily prayers as an opportunity to connect to g - d directly and the text of the prayers should be like a meditation . as with a meditation , they should help clear the person\u2019s mind and raise them to a higher level of spirituality and spiritual awareness .\nmeditation is a word often thrown around to which many people have a different understanding of . prayer and walking can both either be a mindless activity or forms of meditation . prayer ultimately should be practiced as a form of meditation though to the vast majority unfortunately it is a mindless activity .\nthis meditation uses vocal sounds made during meditation along with music to open and harmonize the chakras while bringing awareness to them . the meditation can bring you into deep , peaceful , inner silence either through making your own vocal sounds or by just listening to and feeling the sounds within you .\npekala , r . j . ( 1990 ) . the phenomenology of meditation . in m . a . west ( ed . ) , the psychology of meditation . oxford : clarendon press .\nwest , m . ( 1990 ) . traditional and psychological perspectives on meditation . in m . a . west ( ed . ) , the psychology of meditation . oxford : clarendon press .\nsuoer helpful blog . one of the most comprehensive articles about meditation i ' ve ever read .\nis mindful meditation has any effect on our creativity ? on those creative thoughts which come naturally .\nmindfulness meditation helped older men and women get a good night\u2019s sleep , a rigorous study found .\nmeditation brings me serenity and helps me deal with the things that are out of my control .\nmeditation only looks simple . it can be surprisingly difficult \u2014 and that doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re failing .\nother larger surveys as well as smaller trials also demonstrate promising outcomes \u2013 all pointing toward the idea that mental silence is the key defining feature of meditation , responsible for effects specific to meditation .\nso , meditation involves a subtle form of effort \u2013 unless you are in very advanced stages .\nmeditation will help you keep healthy , but you still need to have good diet and exercise .\ninward training involves breath control meditation and the enlargement and relaxing of the mind to achieve qi cultivation . sitting forgetting meditation involves the mental removal of the limbs and an existence with transformation thoroughfare .\nlord mahavir felt that meditation was very important although fasting was no less . for meditation it was essential for the body to be in a perfect condition . such perfection was possible only through fasting or controlled eating . fasting prepares the necessary background for meditation . the sadhak who cannot keep a fast or observe control over his diet , is not fit for the practice of meditation . to be able to practice meditation it is necessary for a sadhak to purify his mental and physical background .\nalthough there\u2019s a paucity of recorded history on meditation , its roots travel back to ancient times . researchers speculate that primitive hunter - gatherer societies may have discovered meditation and its altered states of consciousness while staring at the flames of their fires . over thousands of years , meditation evolved into a structured practice . indian scriptures called \u201ctantras\u201d mentioned meditation techniques 5000 years ago . ( meditationcenter . com )\nfor more information on the meditations , and a calendar of events go to : urltoken the meditation for this evening will be nadabramha . the meditation is 1 hour long and will start at 5 : 30pm . come a few minutes early if you have not done the meditation before to receive instructions . the cost is $ 10 for a single meditation or $ 35 for a monthly pass .\nthere is a group that says , because buddhists and non - muslims practice it , then by default it is not allowed . they forget the prophet practiced meditation before and during his prophethood . then there is the group that says salaah replaced meditation . allow me to explore the group that says salaah replaced meditation . this is a simplistic statement because meditation and salaah are two different practices . salaah is centered on allah and is a form of worship ; while meditation is centered on oneself ."]}
{"id": 53978, "summary": [{"text": "ethos water , a starbucks subsidiary , is a brand of bottled water with a social mission of \" helping children get clean water . \"", "topic": 2}, {"text": "ethos began in 2001 when peter thum had the idea after working in communities in south africa that lacked access to clean water .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "thum , who was working as consultant for mckinsey & company at the time , realized the potential to create a bottled water brand to raise awareness and funding for safe water programs .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "the idea became an obsession for thum , and he wrote the business plan for ethos , left mckinsey , and moved to new york in early 2002 to start the venture .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "thum recruited his business school classmate jonathan greenblatt to join ethos in late 2002 .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "they launched operations as a bottled water company in august 2003 , and also formed an organization called ethos international to invest funds from the business in safe water programs .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "since only $ 0.05-0.10 of the retail price ( $ 1.80 ) goes to charity , the ethos brand is primarily commercial and therefore a for-profit organization .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "nevertheless , as of at least 2009 , ethos , through the starbucks foundation , had granted more than $ 6 million , according to the company , to help support water , sanitation and hygiene education programs .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "unlike previous socially responsible brands , ethos pioneered linking cause to consumption , a model later replicated by brands such as toms shoes and warby parker .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "ethos water is manufactured by pepsico , & safeway 's lucerne brand , but unlike other pepsi products , ethos bottles do not contain recycled plastic .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "in 2005 starbucks purchased the company for $ 8 million . ", "topic": 39}], "title": "ethos water", "paragraphs": ["for an update on starbucks and ethos in california , read \u201c starbucks moves ethos water from california after droughtshaming . \u201d\nstarbucks ' ethos bottled water comes from a drought - ridden county in california .\n\u00a9 2003 - 2006 ethos water . all rights reserved . blue background photo courtesy of care .\nexcept for that nickel , of course . this seems to be \u2014 not to put a fine point on it \u2014 against the ethos of ethos .\nethos water , sold at starbucks for around $ 2 , is supposed to raise consciousness about the need for water conservation around the world . a nickel from each sale goes to the ethos water fund to \u201csupport water , sanitation and hygiene education programs in water - stressed countries . \u201d\nstarbucks was praised for its decision to move production of ethos out of california .\nthe idea quickly took off . in 2005 , ethos was acquired by starbucks . now , for every $ 1 . 95 bottle of ethos water it sells , starbucks makes a 5 - cent donation to the ethos water fund , part of the starbucks foundation . \u201cwhen our customers choose to buy ethos water , they\u2019re improving the lives of people who lack vital resources , \u201d starbucks ceo howard schultz said in 2008 .\nstarbucks acquired ethos water , an enterprise that gives a nickel of every $ 1 . 95 bottle sold to water charity projects around the world , in 2005 . ethos has reportedly raised around $ 12 . 3 million for water charity projects to date .\nthe water costs almost $ 2 per bottle , but five cents of each sale goes to the ethos water fund to \u201csupport water , sanitation and hygiene education programs in water - stressed countries . \u201d sounds great .\nstarbucks says that its partnership with ethos has raised more than $ 12 . 3 million for water charity projects to date .\nthe merced plant supplies ethos water to starbucks coffee shops in the western us , where matt damon , who has appeared in a tv ad for ethos , can easily pick up a favorite thirst - quencher , said the report , in mother jones .\nsome of the biggest celebrities in hollywood have lent their names to starbucks\u2019 ethos brand . matt damon starred in an ad campaign , and starbucks partnered with a company that drives celebrities to the oscars and filled the cars with ethos bottles , \u201cso leonardo dicaprio and cameron diaz walked into the awards carrying ethos water , \u201d as ethos cofounder peter thum explained . in 2011 , ethos\u2019 other cofounder , jonathan greenblatt , became special assistant to the president and head of the white house office of social innovation and civic participation . obama himself lauded greenblatt last fall for his \u201cinnovative solutions to america\u2019s challenges . \u201d\nethos continues to charge obscene prices for water while protecting their greedy motives by giving the impression that their purchases really help the world ' s children .\nethos water was supposed to help fix the global water crisis : founded in 2002 in southern california , the bottled - water company promised that for every unit it sold , it would donate a small amount of money to water charity projects in the developing world .\nas pr watch wrote in 2008 : \u201ccritics of ethos water say it is a profit - making enterprise disguised as humanitarian relief , that ethos is exploiting the plight of africans to sell more bottled water in the united states , and donating directly to a reputable charity dedicated to water projects in africa is a better way to address the issue . \u201d\nindeed , ethos / starbucks is not the only water - bottling operation in the state . nestle , for example , has come under fire for bottling tens of millions of gallons of sacramento water .\nstarbucks\u2019 ethos bottled water , while promising to help children around the world \u201cget clean water , \u201d is quietly helping to drain drought - ravaged california of its precious h2o , according to a report .\n\u201cone day i put my initial ideas for ethos on a napkin : develop a fashionable bottled - water brand that generates funds to finance water programs in developing countries , and make the social message on the bottle more compelling than the source of the water , \u201d ethos founder peter thum once said . \u201cif people were willing to pay a premium for water named after its source , wouldn\u2019t they want to pay for a brand devoted to funding humanitarian water programs ? \u201d\nplacer county , where ethos water comes from , is within the brown zone of this california map , which indicates \u201cexceptional drought . \u201d ( courtesy u . s . drought monitor )\non april 16 , the merced sun - star reported that residents were complaining about a private water bottler , owned and operated by the grocery chain safeway , that ships the increasingly scarce groundwater out for profit . in addition to its own bottled water , the plant also produces starbucks\u2019 ethos water . no one knows exactly how much water the plant is using\u2014the city of merced considers that information confidential . ( starbucks uses a water source in pennsylvania for the ethos bottles sold in its locations in the eastern united states . )\nthe ethos water \u2014 which , under state law , starbucks doesn\u2019t have to pay for \u2014 comes from \u201ca private spring source that is not used for municipal water for any communities , \u201d a spokesman for the java joint told mother jones .\nethos - water will join leading ngo ' s at events in cities across north america to further disguise our profits with the guise of operating a philanthropic business as our profits shoot through the roof .\nethos\u00ae water was created to help raise awareness about this terrible crisis and provide children with access to clean water . every time you buy a bottle of ethos\u00ae water , you contribute $ . 05us ( $ . 10cn in canada ) to the ethos\u00ae water fund , part of the starbucks foundation . so far more than $ 12 . 3 million has been granted to help support water , sanitation and hygiene education programs in water - stressed countries \u2013 benefiting more than 500 , 000 people around the world . in 2014 grants were made to six ngos in the following coffee - growing countries : tanzania ( $ 750k ) , indonesia ( $ 750k ) , colombia ( $ 1 . 1m ) , guatemala ( $ 480k ) and nicaragua ( $ 300k ) .\nbut as california \u2014 and placer county , home to baxter \u2014 mulls water restrictions , the optics are not so great . even before california\u2019s drought , ethos was often in the crosshairs of activists decrying greenwashing .\na starbucks spokesman told mother jones ethos comes from \u201ca private spring source that is not used for municipal water for any communities . \u201d ( ethos water sold on the east coast , meanwhile , comes from pennsylvania . ) but a geologist the magazine interviewed said \u201ccommunities can be affected by the use of surrounding springs \u2018if you capture and pull it out before it ever makes it\u2019 to downstream users , \u201d as the magazine explained .\nstarbucks has said its partnership with ethos , which donates 5 cents to water projects around the world aimed at bringing clean drinking water to areas without the precious liquid , has raised $ 12 . 3 million so far \u2014 but california residents aren\u2019t too happy that companies are profiting from shipping their dwindling supply of water away .\nstarbucks , worth $ 76 billion , claims its water source at merced doesn\u2019t used water intended for residents .\nalas , a mother jones report now says that ethos water comes from a drought - ridden county in california \u2014 and , by giving a nickel out of $ 2 to fund water programs in other countries , starbucks customers are making the dry golden state a little bit drier .\nthe company donates 5 cents from every $ 1 . 95 bottle of ethos to help children get clean drinking water in countries including tanzania , indonesia , and colombia . celebrities such as matt damon have endorsed the brand for starbucks .\nmerced is home to a bottling plant starbucks uses for ethos . though starbucks said ethos water comes from baxter , calif . , an unincorporated town a few hours\u2019 drive north of merced , both areas are in \u201cexceptional drought\u201d territory as defined by u . s . drought monitor , a project affiliated with the department of agriculture . the upshot : even as gov . jerry brown ( d ) calls for unprecedented water restrictions in a time of historic drought , the coffee giant is bottling what water is available and selling it for profit .\na starbucks spokesperson told mother jones that ethos water came from \u201ca private spring source that is not used for municipal water for any communities . \u201d however , the magazine also spoke to a geologist with the state\u2019s department of water resources , who said that local communities downstream could still be adversely affected \u201cif you capture and pull it out before it ever makes it . \u201d\nstarbucks gets its spring water free of charge\u2014in california , water companies typically don\u2019t have to pay for the groundwater they use .\nthe bottling plant that starbucks uses for its ethos customers in the western united states is located in merced , california , which is currently ranked in the \u201cexceptional drought\u201d category by the us drought monitor . its residents face steep water cuts in their homes , and surface water for the region\u2019s many farms is drying up .\nin addition to the spring water it bottles , starbucks also uses merced city water to manufacture its bottled water product . a report commissioned by the international bottled water association found that it takes on average 1 . 32 liters of water to make a liter of bottled water , though critics argue that it can take several times more than that once all the packaging is accounted for .\n\u201cthey are just a water customer like any other business , \u201d michael wegley , director of water resources for the city\u2019s public works department , said of ethos , according to the merced sun star . \u201ci wouldn\u2019t say the city is concerned . to me , they are just like any other food processing company or industry . \u201d\n\u201cour vision to empower millions of people to make a difference is now a reality as the result of the launch of ethos ( tm ) water in starbucks stores and our goal of contributing $ 10 million over the next five years , \u201d said thum and co - founder jonathan greenblatt , by then starbucks vice presidents , in a 2005 press release . \u201cit is exciting when you consider how starbucks can scale this vision and expand ethos reach to build a community of engaged consumers across the country to help more children around the world get clean water . \u201d\nits residents face steep water cuts in their homes , and surface water for the region ' s many farms is drying up .\nfounded in 2002 , the company was acquired by starbucks in 2005 . ethos\u2019s cause was quickly folded into starbucks chief executive howard schultz\u2019s political causes , including advocacy for same - sex marriage and ill - fated conversations about race .\nstarbucks acquired ethos in 2005 . since then , the company said it \u201chas invested over $ 12 million in water , sanitation and hygiene education in coffee growing countries in africa , indonesia and latin america . \u201d but the logic of selling a scare resource for profit eluded some , even if a small portion of the proceeds go to programs that help the poor access water .\n\u201cyou might think that in the midst of a drought emergency , diverting public fresh water supplies to bottle and selling them would be frowned upon , \u201d a resident at a city council meeting in merced , calif . , said , according to mother jones , which first reported on ethos in the state .\nstarbucks declined to provide sales figures for ethos water , but the company\u2019s estimate of $ 12 . 3 million given to charity works out to about 246 million bottles sold . given the original price of $ 1 . 80 a bottle , by my calculation , that\u2019s more than $ 442 million in sales .\nbut a geologist tells mother jones that sometimes private water sources drain the community supply by capturing the water before it reaches people downstream who might use it .\n\u201cwe are committed to our mission to be a globally responsible company and to support the people of the state of california as they face this unprecedented drought , \u201d john kelly , starbucks senior vice president of global responsibility and public policy , said in a statement . \u201cthe decision to move our ethos water sourcing from california and reduce our in - store water usage by more than 25 percent are steps we are taking in partnership with state and local governments to accelerate water conservation . \u201d\nwhile bottled water accounts for just a small fraction of california\u2019s total water use , some residents are nonetheless fed up with bottling plants that profit off their dwindling water supply . protesters have begun staging events at nestl\u00e9\u2019s bottling facility in nearby sacramento .\n\u201cit isn\u2019t just flint . \u201d how the next water crisis could happen anywhere .\nsure , there\u2019s the kind that comes from the tap . but there , right near the cash register of many outlets , is a refreshment a bit more inviting . sold in a blue - and - black bottle with a crisp font , ethos water offers a drinking experience that transcends mere thirst - quenching . this is h2o a body can feel good about . motto : \u201chelping children get clean water . \u201d\n\u201cpart of our management of water is being as efficient as possible in plant operations , \u201d a nestle spokesman told the sacramento bee , pointing out that bottling is no different than any other business operation that demands public water . in fact , bottling water for sale uses less water than , say , growing food or making furniture .\nthe bottling plant that starbucks uses for its ethos customers in the western united states is located in merced , california , which is currently ranked in the ' exceptional drought ' category by the us drought monitor ,\nwrites anna lenzer at mother jones .\n\u201cdue to the serious drought conditions and necessary water conservation efforts in california , starbucks is moving the sourcing and manufacturing of ethos water out of state , \u201d the company said in a statement . \u201cbeginning the first week of may and over the next six months , starbucks plans to move production to its pennsylvania supplier , while simultaneously exploring alternatives to transition to a new source and supplier to serve the company\u2019s west coast distribution . \u201d\n\u201cwe pretty much bottle every bit of water that we touch , \u201d she said .\nother popular bottled water brands like aquafina and dasani also source from catastrophically dry regions .\nothers , however , said water bottlers were just one of many businesses \u2014 indeed , all businesses \u2014 that use water . why single them out and not , say , farmers \u2014 whose industry is largely unaffected by democratic gov . jerry brown\u2019s mandatory water restrictions ?\nstarbucks is selling california spring water for $ 1 . 95 a bottle amid a historic drought\nwell water is pumped from the ground on april 24 , 2015 in tulare , california .\n[ jerry brown battles calif . water crisis created by his father , gov . pat brown ]\nwhere ' s the eco outrage for this use of bottled ( plastic = oil = evil ) water ?\nwater bottling in calif .\nurltoken james samuelson ( @ jimmysamuelson ) may 4 , 2015\nthe coffee giant says it\u2019s solving the world\u2019s water problems\u2014yet it\u2019s profiting off the golden state\u2019s dwindling reserves .\nthe starbucks water bottled at the plant comes from private springs in baxter , a small unincorporated community in placer county , a few hours north of merced in the foothills of the sierra nevada mountains . the spring water comes free of charge\u2014in california , water companies typically don\u2019t have to pay for the groundwater they use .\na starbucks owned bottled - water company in california is continuing to sell locally sourced spring water , as the golden state battles one of the worst droughts in recent memory , according to a report in mother jones .\nafter embarrassing reports that starbucks was bottling and selling water from drought - ridden california , the company will stop .\nit seems hard to imagine , but more than 1 billion people on our planet can\u2019t get clean water to drink .\nmany people are criticizing starbucks on social media , calling for the brand to move its water plant to another location .\nstarbucks isn\u2019t alone . safeway , the supermarket chain , also uses a bottling plant in merced for its bottled water .\nthere are no laws in california to regulate how much water can be taken from underground aquifers ( aka\ngroundwater\n) .\n\u201ci would be very concerned because it could be affecting the residents\u2019 water directly , \u201d jean okuye , vice president of valley land alliance \u2014 an activist group with a mission \u201cto protect our uniquely productive california central valley farmland\u201d \u2014 told the merced sun star . \u201cand when you turn on that tap and we don\u2019t have any water , people will maybe wake up and think about who is taking all the water . \u201d\nhowever , the company partially relies on water from private springs in central california\u2019s placer county and also operates a factory further south in merced , where it uses local water sources at its production facility . both areas are in territories that are experiencing \u201cexceptional drought\u201d conditions , according to federal authorities .\na starbucks ' representative told mother jones that the company uses\na private spring source that is not used for municipal water for any communities .\nwhen i asked a starbucks spokesman about the company\u2019s reaction to concerns about bottlers\u2019 use of increasingly scarce water , he told me that starbucks uses \u201ca private spring source that is not used for municipal water for any communities . \u201d but mary scruggs , a supervising engineering geologist with california\u2019s department of water resources , notes that communities can be affected by the use of surrounding springs \u201cif you capture and pull it out before it ever makes it\u201d to downstream users .\nsometimes starbucks customers aren\u2019t in the mood for a frappuccino or a tall half - caf no - foam soy latte . sometimes , they just want water .\nthe merced sun - star reports that locals are increasingly irritated that the company is continuing to tap the area\u2019s scarce water resources amid the blistering dry spell .\nso far , media coverage has focused on starbucks\u2019 goal to quench the thirst of the world\u2019s parched masses ; the story behind the bottled water it sells here in the united states has been a nonissue . but now , as california\u2019s historic drought wears on , starbucks is facing a water crisis of its own .\n\u201cthey are just a water customer like any other business , \u201d michael wegley , director of water resources for the city\u2019s public - works department , said last month , according to the merced sun star . \u201ci wouldn\u2019t say the city is concerned . to me , they are just like any other food processing company or industry . \u201d\n\u201cwe need to ensure that we have enough water to sustain the forest\u2019s health , \u201d retired forest service employee gary earney told the paper . \u201ci think we should look at whether or not it\u2019s a more beneficial use of this water to be bottled and sold in small bottles , or to be allowed to go down and drain off the forest and recharge the groundwater . \u201d\nthey get it from earth free then over - charge us durin a drought . smh starbucks ' water bottling in drought - stricken ca urltoken nyprg ( @ nyprg ) may 4 , 2015\nthe only laws that exist govern surface water , the kind in rivers and lakes . new regulations were recently introduced for this exact purpose , but they won ' t kick in for years .\nhowever , the company is not alone in bottling water in the golden state . in march , usa today reported that 108 plants , including those run by nestle , are in the same business .\nstarbucks , with its mission to bring water to the world\u2019s thirstiest regions , has so far escaped the kind of scrutiny that nestl\u00e9 and others have endured . but as a merced area resident recently noted during a city council meeting about the bottling plant that starbucks uses , \u201cyou might think that in the midst of a drought emergency , diverting public fresh water supplies to bottle and selling them would be frowned upon . \u201d\nmary scruggs , a supervising engineering geologist with california\u2019s department of water resources , told mother jones that communities can be affected by the use of surrounding springs \u201cif you capture and pull it out before it ever makes it\u201d to downstream users .\n\u201ci think starbucks values its image as a responsible corporation with respect to the environment , \u201d adam scow , the california director of the advocacy group food and water watch , told usa today . \u201cit\u2019s a good move for their image . \u201d\nthe $ 1 . 95 - a - bottle water is sourced , in part , from a bottling plant in merced , calif . , which is ranked in the \u201cexceptional drought\u201d category by the us drought monitor , according to the report .\n\u201cyou might think that in the midst of a drought emergency , diverting public fresh water supplies to bottle and selling them would be frowned upon , \u201d a resident at a city council meeting in merced , calif . , said , as the magazine reported .\nlike merced , baxter is located in \u201cexceptional drought\u201d territory . in a story about the water shortage last year , the new york times pointed to a community near baxter , quoting a rancher as saying that the drought was \u201cas bad as i have ever experienced . \u201d\nbottling companies are trusted to monitor the health of their springs and the recharge rate , though in california the regulation and monitoring of bottled water extraction and its environmental impacts is notoriously opaque . unlike in other states , well logs are kept confidential and reviewing such data requires permission from the well owner .\ndead trees in a field in fresno , calif . as california enters its fourth year of severe drought , farmers in the central valley are struggling to keep crops watered as wells run dry and government water allocations are reduced or terminated . many have opted to leave acres of their fields fallow . ( photo by justin sullivan / getty images )\nstarbucks \u00ae blonde espresso - seriously sweet and available in all your favorite espresso drinks .\nteavana tm / mc shaken iced tea infusions combine freshly steeped fruit and botanical blends with the finest teas .\nthe cold brew is ready . make it a complete breakfast with our irresistible , flavorful , protein - rich sous vide egg bites .\n. . . grab a coffee and snack , then enjoy your day\u2014all by using our starbucks\u00ae app for iphone\u00ae and android\u2122 .\nmilitary spouses are the unsung heroes of our armed forces . we serve this dedicated community by providing meaningful career opportunities .\na place for inspiring , original stories about community , innovation and all things coffee .\nwhatever you want to say , say it with a starbucks gift card . they\u2019re easy to send and delightful to receive .\nby clicking\nget started\ni agree to receive news , promotions , information , and offers from starbucks . see our privacy statement and customer service .\njustin wm . moyer is a breaking news reporter for the washington post . after a long stint as a contributing writer at the washington city paper , he came to the post in 2008 , becoming an editor in outlook and for the morning mix , the post ' s overnight team . he became a reporter in 2015 . follow\nyou ' ll receive e - mail when new stories are published in this series .\nthis content is paid for by an advertiser and published by wp brandstudio . the washington post newsroom was not involved in the creation of this content . learn more about wp brandstudio .\na state - by - state look at where generation y stands on the big issues .\na starbucks in springfield , ill . , in 2010 . ( seth perlman / ap )\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nby now , we have made well over $ 100 , 000 , 000 off people in the us and canada .\n\u00a9 2017 time inc . all rights reserved . use of this site constitutes acceptance of our terms of use and privacy policy ( your california privacy rights ) . time may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website . offers may be subject to change without notice . | eu data subject requests\n* copyright \u00a9 2018 insider inc . all rights reserved . registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our\nupdate , may 8 , 2015 : in a statement on thursday , starbucks announced it would be moving its california bottling operations to pennsylvania over the next six months , citing concerns over the drought crisis . \u201cwe are committed to our mission to be a globally responsible company and to support the people of the state of california as they face this unprecedented drought , \u201d john kelly , the company\u2019s senior vice president of global responsibility and public policy said .\nthe bottling plant that starbucks uses is located in merced , california , which is currently ranked in the \u201cexceptional drought\u201d category .\nin march , merced county passed an ordinance that will place new permitting restrictions on some groundwater use , though whether this will affect the starbucks bottling plant remains to be seen . \u201cwe\u2019re cautious about setting precedents , \u201d says ron rowe , director of the division of environmental health for merced county , adding that his agency hasn\u2019t yet issued permits for any company under the new ordinance .\nthis article was reported in partnership with the investigative fund at the nation institute , with support from the puffin foundation .\nmother jones was founded as a nonprofit in 1976 because we knew corporations and the wealthy wouldn\u2019t fund the type of hard - hitting journalism we set out to do .\ntoday , reader support makes up about two - thirds of our budget , allows us to dig deep on stories that matter , and lets us keep our reporting free for everyone . if you value what you get from mother jones , please join us with a tax - deductible donation so we can keep on doing the type of journalism that 2018 demands .\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 mother jones and the foundation for national progress . all rights reserved .\nthe underground spring is located in nearby baxter \u2014 also within \u201cexceptional drought\u201d territory , the magazine reported .\nstarbucks shares have gained 21 percent this year and closed thursday at $ 49 . 58 .\nnews corp . is a network of leading companies in the world of diversified media , news , and information services ."]}
{"id": 53994, "summary": [{"text": "kurtosys is a new york and london-based fintech company that develops digital marketing and reporting tools for asset managers .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "kurtosys develops fund marketing and investor servicing solutions including wordpress websites and fund data tools , fund factsheet automation , client reporting and secure portals for investors and advisors , and api distribution services for data and documents .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "kurtosys was founded in 2002 by mash patel and harry thompson , and now has offices on four continents .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "headquartered in new york , their other locations are london , cape town and reno ( nevada ) .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "their clients include some of the world \u2019s largest asset managers .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "the company is backed by venture capital firms true ventures and triangle peak partners , and sapient global markets is a strategic partner and investor . ", "topic": 39}], "title": "kurtosys", "paragraphs": ["glassdoor has 76 kurtosys reviews submitted anonymously by kurtosys employees . read employee reviews and ratings on glassdoor to decide if kurtosys is right for you .\nhow much do kurtosys employees make ? glassdoor has salaries , wages , tips , bonuses , and hourly pay based upon employee reports and estimates .\nkurtosys was founded in 2002 by mash patel and harry thompson . the company is owned by a mix of ( all ) staff members and institutional and private equity investors .\nit is great to hear that you gained valuable experience while working here but it saddens us to read that you have left kurtosys with such a bitter taste in your mouth .\nkurtosys is a global provider of digital technology to the financial sector . since 2002 , our team of industry experts have been using digital media to transform the way that financial information is shared and consumed .\nthank you for your feedback . i am so happy to see that your experience at kurtosys provided you the opportunity to earn an increase of 66 % , and i am sure you rightfully deserved it . earlier in my\nthe product and process is quite complicated . kurtosys is not a typical saas company since so much of the work we do is customizable . production is tends to be slow and internal follow - up on tasks can be challenging .\nkurtosys has an amazing culture . the management team is incredibly supportive without being overbearing . they encourage employees to make their roles their own , and they are great about acknowledging a job well done . i have the autonomy to do things in a way that works with my personal style , but there is enough process in place that things don ' t often get lost in the shuffle . innovation in automation is key and that ' s a big focus at kurtosys .\nat kurtosys , i ' ve had one of the best managers of my entire career in tech . she gives me hands on personal mentoring and teachings around the process . i really feel like my manager has my back and completely trusts me , my work and my effort .\naccording to patel , kurtosys ' s strategy from the outset was to\nprovide a paradigm shift to a significant area of the asset management industry historically starved of business - process efficiency\n, client communication and reporting . central to the firm ' s vision was a strong philosophy around data - centricity and efficient business proc\nat a high level , kurtosys has a thriving culture that focuses on investing in the development and happiness of their employees . the company places a strong emphasis on maintaining a healthy work / life balance which is easily achieved by taking advantage of their very generous pto plan and work from home policy . this is definitely a company that focuses on setting up employees for success through various internal learning opportunities such as their mentor program . the management team is easily accessible to answer questions , address concerns , and help facilitate their team member ' s success . that is not to say that management is overbearing , in fact , a strong emphasis is placed on employee ' s having ownership in their work and a level of autonomy . the global nature of kurtosys is also a unique feature in that you get the opportunity to engage , learn , and develop relationships with your global counterparts .\na great place to build your resume . if you are a motivated young person who wants to kill themselves to get some real experience under their belt for the next stage in their career , kurtosys is a great place to do that . you will get to work with some big - name clients and may have the opportunity to work on some new technology . make sure you pay attention to which team you are being recruited into , if you own one of the many dead products there will be no chance of escape . also , assume any stock options are worthless you probably won\u2019t be around long enough to get vested .\nthe major overarching issue with kurtosys is that it is a 10 year old startup that is somehow still a startup . the reasons behind this are too many to leave a complete account here , but here are some of the reasons that come to mind . 1 . the ceo not located in the united states creates an environment where the real ' culture ' of the company is in london . the ' hq ' in new york does not get the focus , resources , and culture it needs to be successful . 2 . pressure to be profitable has created an environment where decisions are made with only the short term plan in mind . they cannot afford to do what is best , only what gets them out of the fire of the day . 3 . the product solves a need in the market but at its core is too hard to implement to gain the kind of scale necessary to be a sustainable business .\nwaterstechnology is delighted to announce the launch of our 2018 market data training and fisd / fia exam preparation . over three days the course will provide in - 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29 haymarket , london , sw1y 4rx . companies are registered in england and wales with company registration numbers 09232733 & 04699701 .\nto use this feature you will need an individual account . if you have one already please sign in .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nlondon has once again proved its tech pre - eminence over other european capitals , as it blew the competition away in the inaugural fintech 50 watchlist , an index of europe\u2019s top fin - tech companies as selected by some of the scene\u2019s most important names .\nthe capital scooped up 32 out of the 50 places , with several more firms dotted around london\u2019s periphery in places like surrey . cambridge meanwhile fielded only a few successful firms , although a few london companies were daughter companies of bigger us - based giants .\nthe list , released today for the first time , is designed seek out the best european companies dealing with financial tech innovation .\n\u201cthe fintech sector has enjoyed incredible growth in recent years , particularly here in europe where a slew of new technologies and product offerings are disrupting the traditional banking models and changing the way we consume financial services , \u201d said eddie harding , head of fintech at icon corporate finance .\n\u201cfintech innovation is transforming financial services in a whole host of different verticals , with new businesses challenging directly for a share of the fastest evolving sectors such as mobile payments , low - latency trading , banking alternatives , big data analytics , id and security and many more . \u201d\nthe event is judged by panelists from big names in tech , media and finance , including silicon valley bank , hotwire and the ceo agenda .\ndespite insisting that no particular fintech field would be favored , several key trends emerged .\nseveral firms focusing on the easing up of foreign currency exchange and transfer made the list , as did a significant number of companies striving to make mobile payments accessible and efficient \u2013 be it through phones or credit cards .\n\u201cthe currency cloud is delighted to be recognised as one of the top fifty fintech firms in europe . the currency cloud securely processed over $ 1bn of transactions in 2012 for hundreds of customers , \u201d mike laven , ceo of london - based online foreign exchange company the currency cloud told london loves business . com .\n\u201ceuropean businesses are demanding lower prices and better service for their international transactions and the currency cloud is right at the forefront of this trend . \u201d\nthe company has just launched two apps to ease the transaction process for customers and expects to follow on with many similar products in the near future , laven explained .\nhowever , firms working on short - term , small - scale loans also performed well , with london firms zopa and wonga making the list . various kinds of crowd - funding mechanisms also made a strong showing , with companies like funding circle and crowdcube making the index .\nnonsense . . markit ' s recent ' report ' on uk technology is pure fiction - missing out the second and third largest clusters on its map ! try urltoken instead .\nthe investment will be used to fund its global customer footprint and increase its research and development and support teams .\nbusiness , life sciences , and technology news \u2014 covering boston , seattle , san diego , detroit / ann arbor , san francisco , new york , raleigh - durham , boulder / denver , texas , wisconsin , indiana , and beyond .\n\u00a9 2007 - 2018 , xconomy , inc . xconomy is a registered service mark of xconomy , inc . all rights reserved .\nthis website uses cookies , including third party ones , to allow for analysis of how people use our website in order to improve your experience and our services . by continuing to use our website , you agree to the use of such cookies . click here for more information on our cookie policy and privacy policy .\nglassdoor will not work properly unless browser cookie support is enabled . learn how to enable cookies .\nyour trust is our top concern , so companies can ' t alter or remove reviews .\ni would say that one challenge is scheduling meetings with global team members . i do not really consider it a con , but it is an extra logistical step to consider . however , everyone is very respectful of time zone differences and i have never been asked to join a call at an unreasonable time .\nwe are really happy to read your feedback . we try our best to preserve our culture and create an atmosphere were our employees can thrive .\nculture where each member of our team understands that their input can have a material impact on our future . we are glad that you feel that the management team seeks to empower our team . we hope that we continue to build upon the momentum we have created and don ' t let you down in the future . thank you for your constructive feedback on ways we can improve . one of the challenges of working at a global company is managing time zones . we need to be conscious of our team ' s in different parts of the world and organize meetings that are convenient for all . thanks again for your feedback . the people operations team\nmanagement needs to hold more of the employees accountable when items aren ' t delivered on time .\nthank you for your feedback . we have some really wonderful and strong leaders based in our rdu office , and meagan palmer has done a wonderful job recruiting the team down there . i am glad to see\nthat your experience has been positive . our team there has created a positive working environment and really has helped shape our company . based on your feedback , we need to do a better job of communicating what this company is . we are an enterprise company that provides software solutions that are configurable . this is much different than traditional saas and is more reflective of product approaches at netsuite , veeva and workdays of the world . please feel free to reach out to me directly about where you might not think that the team is not being held accountable . that is particularly concerning . i hope you feel comfortable doing that . scott\n- fast - paced onboarding may not be for everyone . no formal training program in place , can make starting out difficult . - some processes are being refined for increased efficiency - could take some time but definitely headed in the right direction - no 401k matching\nplease keep the forward motion going - - the transparency and openness with employees really goes a long way . improving how new employees learn what they need to learn when they come onboard would be really helpful and would help make new employees more efficient more quickly .\nthanks so much for your review . i am glad that you have enjoyed your experience so far , and rdu is one of the offices we are significantly investing in and excited about the prospects .\nrevamped our onboarding process in 2017 , and we are continuing to refine it . we need to improve upon this so that we can empower our employees to feel like they are starting here with the wind at their backs rather than the challenges you identify when you started . i will work with nikki leske , our snr people operations manager to improve these processes across our platform . thank you again for your feedback . scott\npay your employees well and they won ' t leave . i was making roughly 10k less than the average college graduate with an extremely useful degree . i left and got a 66 % raise . this company will fail in time .\nyour product strategy relies on a foundation of institutional knowledge to keep your clients from realizing you\u2019ve abandoned their product and can\u2019t afford to reimplement them in the system you care about this week . commit to your employees , they are the curtain that hides the truth . even if you think you can replace them with 3 people in whatever region your excited about this year . i know this suggestion will be the basis of the kurtosis reply , but , we\u2019ll see if either of the people managers replying to this review make it past the two - year mark . maybe the cfo , coo will step in and provide the response , he generally feels like he can do everyone\u2019s job better than they can .\nthank you for your several years of contribution . we are sad to have you leave with a negative view , but we are sure that there were a variety of factors that kept you here for several years\nvery valuable experience in supporting a product that theoretically makes sense and interfacing with high caliber clientele .\nfix toxic work environment . fix products so they can be implemented faster and cheaper , or branch into a new product area . move ceo role to us or hire similar figurehead in ny .\nthank you for your feedback . unfortunately , we have strategically decided to right size new york . new york is the company\u2019s headquarters in name only , and we will only have 8 \u2013 12 ftes moving\nthe company is making a serious push to be better , and making serious investments into really talented people in multiple departments . culture of the new york office is good . plenty of room for growth for a hard worker . management to date is very transparent , and make each employee feel apart of the overall direction and structure of the firm . decent benefits package / snacks in office / company social events . great location in flatiron . young and energetic environment . timing and market for product seems right . new managers in certain departments are highly skilled , and offer younger less experienced team members direct learning experience . ( please note this is from a sales prospective )\nsome typical issues in the tech / startup space . expanding workforce can cause company culture changes that are out of a junior members control . global firm , many times there is little connection to workers outside of direct office / department . some legacy aspects of the firm can cause functional / political issues . not a company for a\nwork from home\nsales rep . sometimes can feel understaffed in certain departments , and intellectual knowledge can be siloed to one or two individuals who due to workflow have little time to share that content to more junior employee ' s . not much\ngroup learning\ninformation sharing sessions typically seen at sales orgs .\nkeep focus on the talent that comes in , and continue to manage the growth factor in the right way . look to the talented people you hire to make the changes needed to continue to grow company .\nthank you for your response . we really appreciate your feedback . we try to foster a strong culture for personal growth across the company . our ny office has had some issues in the past , so we are\npleased to see that you feel that there is progress . sales in general is an incredibly difficult and challenging position , and we should definitely do more to increase sales opportunities . we will look into doing that . definitely focused on empowering our people . we hope a majority of our colleagues feel like they have the ability to make a difference here . thanks again for your feedback . we really appreciate it ! the people operations team\nthe only con is that we have a lot of work and not enough people , which is not a bad problem to have . we ' re working hard to recruit new talent every day .\nthank you for taking the time to provide your feedback . we have invested a great deal of time to build an amazing company and create a positive experience for our team . we believe we have an\namazing team as well , and the culture is driven by our employees . we definitely need to do a better job recruiting as we continue to scale the business . we have invested in building out our talent acquisition team over the past two years , and we are on pace to hire over 100 people globally this year . thanks again for your feedback . the people operations team\nwe are happy that you had a positive experience in our india office . we definitely could have done a better job of managing the office which unfortunately lead us to make the difficult decision to\nshutter the office in 2016 . we have since consolidated a majority of our operations into south africa , where we have built a thriving business . thank you so much for your feedback . the people operations team\nthis will replace the current featured review for targeted profile . are you sure you want to replace it ?\ncopyright \u00a9 2008\u20132018 , glassdoor , inc .\nglassdoor\nand logo are proprietary trademarks of glassdoor , inc .\nupload a resume to easily apply to jobs from anywhere . it ' s simple to set up .\nknow your worth\u2122 . get a free , personalized salary estimate based on today ' s job market .\nglassdoor has millions of jobs plus salary information , company reviews , and interview questions from people on the inside making it easy to find a job that\u2019s right for you .\nwe ' ve detected that javascript is disabled in your browser . would you like to proceed to legacy twitter ?\n: we ' ve updated our gallery . see who ' s made our list in the :\nthe 50 best - designed asset management websites\nsting - will - south - africans - make - the - shift / # . w0micq2mdqe . twitter\nammf # 42 : digital advisor clone , uk sandbox , the etf starting xi feat .\nl - advisor - clone - uk - sandbox - the - etf - starting - xi / # . wz9er60afoc . twitter\n8 reasons why not all content management systems are created equal 1 . data 2 . compliance rules 3 . documents . . . read the full list :\nnot - all - content - management - systems - are - created - equal / # . wzyndfyibjm . twitter\nwe ' ve updated our gallery . see who ' s made our list in the :\nthe 50 best - designed asset management websites\nhould - help - not - hinder - transparency / # . wztevqwkb3y . twitter\nforget big # oil , big macs and # autos . the world\u2019s six largest companies by market cap are # technology titans urltoken\ntwitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup . try again or visit twitter status for more information .\nyou can add location information to your tweets , such as your city or precise location , from the web and via third - party applications . you always have the option to delete your tweet location history . learn more\nhere ' s the url for this tweet . copy it to easily share with friends .\nby embedding twitter content in your website or app , you are agreeing to the twitter developer agreement and developer policy .\nnot on twitter ? 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", "topic": 31}], "title": "happy belly", "paragraphs": ["happy belly just opened in vickery village and we loved our first time there yesterday .\nreceive your complimentary copy of dr . ritamarie ' s happy belly recipe guide today !\nwe found happy belly at a food truck event and loved the food from then . we are lucky enough to work with happy belly on occasion at private events as well .\namazon brand - happy belly amazon brand peanut butter plenty trail mix , 16 . . .\namazon brand - happy belly amazon brand peanut butter plenty trail mix , 44 . . .\nhappy belly salted mixed nuts , 16 oz , 2 - pack : $ 13 . 38\namazon brand - happy belly california walnuts , halves and pieces , 16 ounce , . . .\namazon brand - happy belly dried cranberries , nuts & pepitas trail mix , 16 . . .\nhappy belly roasted & salted california almonds , 16 oz , 2 - pack : $ 17 . 72\nhappy belly nuts , chocolate & dried fruit trail mix , 16 ounce , 2 - pack : $ 14 . 29\n( and what to avoid ) to keep your belly happy , your energy high , and your mind sharp and clear .\namazon has recently been pushing into the private label sector , also launching coffee under the happy belly brand and mama bear baby food .\nam a foodie and can say without question that their brussels are the best i ' ve ever had . keep it up happy belly !\nwe at happy belly studios understand that its hard to take a break and work on you but we are here to help you get there .\ndownload dr . ritamarie ' s happy belly checklist and learn the truth about the foods , nutrients , and herbs that heal or hurt your gut .\ni have been eating at happy belly truck for years . i was happy to know that they were adding a permanent location . this has allowed me to go eat the best burger in town anytime i want ! the burger\nevery year and i am always amazed at the happy belly truck . they somehow manage to get hundreds of people through their line quickly and with the most incredible\nhad an awesome lunch here today with friends . i could never wait through the crazy long lines at happy belly ' s food truck : - 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go meals ! ! ! scored big points at home with that purchase !\ninstructors at happy belly studios are encouraged to design personalized programs based on their individual knowledge and training style while being clear and concise with instruction . experience teaching group classes or private instruction is highly preferred as well as certifications in desired area of expertise .\ni see positive and powerful changes in each of them . i believe each of us has the ability to be happy , loving and carefree ! \u201d\nthe happy pear started out back in 2004 with a small veg shop and a big dream . dave & steve had been travelling the world and as twin power goes , on opposite sides of the world they switched to a plant based diet within a week of each other . the happy pear seed was sown .\nfrom day 1 the happy pear has been led by our amazing customers . for years , back in the early shop days we knew each of them by name . we genuinely care about them and love having the chats whether in the shop or on social media . nothing makes us happier than a happy customer !\nhappy belly studios is a boutique wellness studio in the oak forest neighborhood of houston . unique , personalized , and all about you ! great location and neighborly atmosphere . come and see what we ' re all about ! free 30 minute consultation for each new client , or just stop by and say ,\nhi !\nhappy belly studios is a boutique wellness studio in the heart of the houston heights . unique , personalized , and all about you ! great location and neighborly atmosphere . come and see what we ' re all about ! free 30 minute consultation for each new client , or just stop by and say ,\nhi !\nwhere caffeine , community and good food come together . happy belly is a place where you don\u2019t have to sacrifice delicious , whole foods for convenience . with affordable prices and friendly counter service , you can stop in to grab a bite on - the - go or sit down and make yourself at home . the family - friendly spot features fresh juices , breads baked daily , coffee brewed on site - and even cocktails . happy belly has one goal : to spread happiness . whether it be from that first sip of coffee to start off your day , reconnecting over cocktails on the cozy sofas , or watching your kids have fun in the family room . # happyplace\ns cooked with minimal extras , just as i would at home . you want a dollar burger made from parts of who knows what ? go for it . but you get what you pay for , and happy belly puts out the best quality food in the area . so i ' m paying for real burger meat , not a mcdonald ' s\ni started attending classes at happy belly in november 2015 . i ' ve taken trx , barre , meditation , and pilates classes . this really is a boutique studio . you will get to know the owner and the instructors on a personal level and also receive personalized attention . the classes are never bigger than ~ 4 students , and that is if the classes are full .\nhappy belly studios is a full service wellness studio focused on private sessions and small group classes where proper form and the individual goals of our clients is our number one concern . fully - equipped balanced body pilates equipment and two additional rooms for trx , barre , yoga , massage , nutrition , and meditation ; accompanied with an outgoing , organized , and inviting boutique vibe , our staff prides ourselves in offering the very best wellness experience to our diverse clientele .\nthe brand has slowly been building for 14 years . first came the shop , then the cafe , followed by the farm , the product range and the roastery . then came the learning with both online and classroom happy heart courses . and last , the digital avalanche ; part of jamie olivers foodtube network , a successful youtube channel , multiple digital awards as well as snapchat , facebook , instagram and everything in between .\nafter viewing product detail pages , look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in .\nprime members enjoy free two - day shipping and exclusive access to music , movies , tv shows , original audio series , and kindle books .\nordered my daughter ' s birthday cake from happyb . not only was the taste delicious , but it looked fabulous . prompt delivery and hassle free experience ! ! strongly recommend ! !\n] login unsuccessful , please retry again . if the problem persists , please contact customer care\nnew hours are effective april 28 , 2018 : monday - friday 8am - 4pm . closed weekends .\nvegetarian focused cuisine + juice bar . fresh , fast + tasty in downtown tacoma .\ncreating change in our community is best accomplished through sustainable conscious living beginning with nutritional education . if a person changes the way they eat and what they eat , their entire life can change .\n90 % vegetarian menu + protein of smoked salmon , and quality deli meats . salad , sandwich , curries , rice bowls , vegan soup , tacos , baked goods , sweet treats , vegan raw cheesecake and many other items . open for breakfast and lunch til 8am - 4pm mon - fri and sat 9am to 3pm .\njuice bar offerings of smoothies , living juice , vimana culture kombucha , chai tea , mad hat tea and valhalla drip coffee .\n\u201cfeel good food classes\u201d taught by talented guest chefs , farmers , fitness trainers and certified nutritionists . classes teach whole body and mind approach to eating and living with emphasis on understanding that what you eat determines how you feel , think and live . vegetarian - focused , vegetarian and vegan cooking classes .\nfeel good food \u2026food you can feel good about eating that makes you feel good .\nvoted\none of the top 10 healthiest food trucks in america\n& voted\nbest truck\nat the 2012 atlanta . . .\nmy first visit to the kitchen ( i\u2019ve always enjoyed the food truck ) and my friend\u2019s first visit overall . we ordered the paleo chix dish and kale waldorf salad with chix along with some brussels to sha\ndelicious options and great food . i\u2019m gluten free and never have a reaction or bad experience\ned . . . i was hoping to have a spot you could go to weekly with the kids and have a burger etc . . . but the prices for the kids meals were too high and the chili that i ordered in a bowl , ca\nstand , which wasn\u2019t desirable to me at all . the chili was good , but for $ 7 . 50 , it seemed on he small side serving wise . their fries were good . . . mos\n. . not to knock anyone for trying it . . . just doesn\u2019t fit my budget very well . \ufffd\n& may i say \u201ccalm\u201d lady . she greeted each table & flowed thru the restaurant\nas if she was floating . she has such a calming presence about her & she gave each table a moment of her undivided attention .\nwhen you visit please take a moment to read her story board on the wall near the restrooms .\ni ' ve been dawn ' s personal trainer for years now , and i am always saying how bad it is to go out to eat . the way food is cooked , bought and kept frozen , and the extra oils and butters is outrageous\nvery good . i had the \u201cgo paleo\u201d i did tell the owner it needed to be warmed up . i like my food hot . cute place love the looks of it ! don\u2019t miss the cookies ! omg ! ! ! they are good ! ! ! \ufffd\ufffd will be back .\nlast night bff and i stopped by after our workout . the brussel sprouts with thai chili sauce was so good ! we ordered the tomato basil soup and 3 bean chicken chili . . . on\nher was basically room temp which probably was why i just thought it was so so . loved the burger and fries . we will be back !\ns are one of the things i miss . what an amazing space and the food is incredible\nwhen there with husband today for the first time . i ordered my burger well done . it was pink and it tasted like it was out of the box , not fresh . my husband order the pulled pork , it was cold . the onl\ny good item was the fries , but i prefer mine hot . i told the waiter about the raw burger , she only offer me a cookie to replace a 15 . 00 burger . disappoint\nly and helpful . and there were games and coloring to occupy our little ones . we highly recommend the boss hog , crispy brussels sprouts with thai chili sauce , french fries , and the kids grilled cheese w gouda and apple . oh and their chocolate chip cookie was incredible\nga beet salad with big green egg smoked chicken , and tomato bisque for lunch was fantastic .\ngreat to see locally sourced healthy food options in the area . highly recommend !\nmy company brought in a few food trucks this week . i had the kale salad and sampled the brussels sprouts . . .\nbles were occupied \u2014 and there were several take - out orders as well . i\u2019m from indianapol\nwe went yesterday and purchased the take away short rib brisket . i was delish ! i would definitely\nprep cooks & line cooks needed to execute our fresh , made to order menu . email us at info @ happybellytruck . com . we are located in vickery village in cumming\nis warm and cozy . when i go to norwood i make it my stop .\nif you have not tried the granola bars , you are missing out . i sent them to my texas family christmas and they are hooked too ! they make great snacks for locals and awesome gifts to send to those les\ngrate food i never been let down . a + hands down i ' m full when i leave .\nmiss this wonderful place and the people that eat there : ) one of those rare small town gems .\namazon is set to tap fast - growing online snack sales with the recent roll - out of an exclusive snacking range .\nthe products are priced from around $ 14 to around $ 23 , with discounts available through the retailer\u2019s subscribe & save service .\naccording to data from retail analysts canadean , less than 3 % of savory snack sales in the us market come from internet retailers .\nbut online is an important channel for the snacks market , added canadean innovation insights director tom vierhile , pointing out that sales of savory snacks through internet retailers are growing at roughly twice the rate of overall us savory snack sales .\n\u201c virtually anything amazon does is going to be closely watched based on its market heft , but this move could prove to be a significant event in online food retailing \u200b , \u201d vierhile told bakeryandsnacks .\ncurrently , just 11 % of us consumers say they use online retailers for food and grocery shopping , according to canadean . but this rises to 20 % for consumers between the ages of 25 and 34 \u2013 the so - called millennials age group that is seen as a key target by many snack brands .\nadditionally , younger shoppers are generally more receptive to private label than other consumers , found canadean . more than half ( 52 % ) of those in the 25 to 34 - year - old age group think private - label brands offer ' much better ' or ' slightly better ' quality than national brands , versus 29 % for all consumers .\n\u201c younger consumers not only have a much better opinion of private - label brands than older consumers , they are also more likely to utilize internet retailers for purchasing grocery products \u200b , \u201d said vierhile .\n\u201c these numbers are certainly positive numbers for amazon , and you can bet these launches will be closely watched by the packaged goods industry as a whole \u200b . \u201d\nin may this year , the wall street journal reported that , according to ' people familiar with the matter ' , amazon would be launching private - label products including nuts , spices , tea , coffee , baby food and vitamins , as well as household items such as diapers and laundry detergents .\nthese include general mills , which last month \u200b \u200b said amazon fresh and click and pick efforts by major retailers such as walmart and kroger were helping to transform e - commerce .\nthe nature valley and l\u00e4rabar owner is aiming to tap the trend with a dedicated e - commerce team focused on online content management , precision targeting , web analytics and shopper insight .\nin april \u200b \u200b , jack links unveiled an e - commerce platform enabling it to sell its meat snacks direct to us consumers . among the line - up are \u2018pounder\u2019 packs that are described as \u201celusive\u201d by the manufacturer and contain 16 oz of product for $ 23 . 99 .\nbeyond the us , mondel\u0113z international has partnered with alibaba to bring chinese consumers products including oreo , while kraft has worked with online retailer urltoken to launch its $ 1bn planters nut brand \u200b \u200b in china .\nwe are all about a healthier , happier world . we absolutely love rising early and heading to greystones beach to catch the sunrise . we appreciate every day and really believe that the key to happiness is good health and a great support network . we love nothing more than inviting over the troops and cooking up a storm !\na family business with family values at its core . donal & ismay ( or mama & papa pear as they\u2019re known ! ) and younger brother darragh are involved in the business as well as we have a thriving international team all helping to make the world a healthier , happier place .\nour goal is to create a community , an environment people enjoy coming to and are supported in their efforts to make change .\nour passion lies in our craft . our craft is continually evolving so that we can give our lovely customers what they want . from growing fresh produce to producing wholesome products , from creating simple recipes to teaching healthy habits , from serving customers to spreading happiness and everything in between .\nthis website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible . cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful .\nyou can adjust all of your cookie settings by navigating the tabs on the left hand side .\nstrictly necessary cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings .\nif you disable this cookie , we will not be able to save your preferences . this means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again .\nsorry , we just need to make sure you ' re not a robot . for best results , please make sure your browser is accepting cookies .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\n/ / urltoken\nbookstore owner who called 911 to defend steve bannon from abusive customer is former episcopal priest whose wife got 5 years for embezzling $ 2 . 2 million in church funds \u2013 and donald trump ' s sister was the judge who sentenced her !\nnumber of refugees accepted into the u . s . falls below the rest of the world combined for the first time since 1980\namazon is thought to be planning an expansion on its own store - brand products in an attempt top take on grocery shops .\nthe new products could involve perishable food , diapers and laundry detergent which would be delivered to the customer ' s door .\nwhile amazon has declined to comment on the plans , the wall street journal reports that they are in the pipeline .\nthe first items could be available in the us by the end of may , or in june , according to the wsj .\nthe move is thought to be several years in the making and it is thought to have been inspired by other big name retailers ' successes of selling their own brands .\ncited by the newspaper as being good examples of own - brand marketing were sephora and wall - mart .\nstore brands reached $ 118 . 4billion in u . s . sales last year , up about $ 2 . 2billion from the prior year , according to the private label manufacturers association .\namazon already sells an array of private - label products , or products designed by a third - party manufacturer and sold under a retailer ' s name .\nthese products are usually cheaper than name - brand products . the company ' s amazon basics line includes patio furniture and office products .\nin 2014 , amazon launched its own line of baby wipes , amazon elements . amazon has limited sales of those wipes to members of its $ 99 - a - year prime program to encourage more shoppers to sign up .\namazon has also already branched out successfully into its own brand of television shows .\nbottleneck of 700 , 000 migrants wait in libya to cross the . . .\n' prostitutes , orgies , group sex - all of it ' : ex - wife of . . .\nsydney tower skywalk was ' shut down due to unsafe winds ' . . .\nalive ! four thai boys who made it out of cave in daring . . .\n' this is no sell - out ' : theresa may insists she has chosen . . .\npolice find the body of a missing four - month - old boy near . . .\ngunman blasts car driven by woman , 51 , three times as she . . .\n' we only knew each other between action and cut ' : robin . . .\n' we know where you live ' : angry protesters confront mitch . . .\nhailey baldwin and justin bieber passionately kiss in the bahamas . . . as news of engagement spreads\nselena gomez is seen with same mystery man she was with in may . . . after news her ex justin bieber is engaged to hailey baldwin\nkhloe kardashian reveals she stopped breast - feeding daughter true . . . three months after giving birth\ngiuliana rancic takes a hike with bill . . . as the couple vacation with friends ahead of her return to e ! news\nkhloe kardashian shows off neon sign in true ' s nursery . . . as she reveals it ' s kris jenner ' s handwriting\nciara and husband russell wilson dance as they head to south africa for their honeymoon . . . two years after wedding\nrapper del the funky homosapian falls off stage during gorillaz set . . . but he reassures fans he ' s ' alright ' as he recovers in hospital\nmakeup artist joyce bonelli reaches out to the kardashian clan on instagram . . . after the famous family ' fire ' and unfollow her on social media\ndaddy daycare ! jared kushner takes kids back to d . c . after weekend in new jersey - as ivanka dons a short dress for visit to a nyc asphalt company\nsofia richie , 19 poses in a bikini top just after scott disick ' s ex kourtney kardashian , 39 , did the same . . . and fans call her out for it\nnaomi campbell wows in flamboyant feathered gown . . . while ashley graham sizzles in plunging lace dress as they walk in dolce & gabbana show in italy\nnaya rivera sells her five - bedroom la home for a cool $ 3 . 55 million after finalizing her divorce from ryan dorsey\nmel b ' is unable to pay her back taxes amid ongoing divorce battle with stephen belafonte . . . as it ' s estimated the pair owe up to $ 650k ' to the irs\nkylie jenner rocks curve - clinging attire as she shows off body . . . and considers going back to blonde\ndakota johnson dons striped wrap dress in la . . . after calling co - star chris hemsworth ' spectacular '\ncardi b hits back at troll who mocked her baby shower . . . as she shows off naked baby bump for photoshoot\nbuy your own celebrity hideaway ! castle adored by michael douglas and jack nicholson goes on sale for $ 5 . 2m ( and even comes with treehouse )\nant - man and the wasp soars to $ 76 million on opening weekend . . . beating its prequel by $ 19 million\nliam payne and cheryl split : carefree 1d star returns to stage for first time since break - up . . . as he poses happily with his backing dancers in france\ntristan thompson goes house hunting alone as he checks out $ 2m property in la with its own basketball court . . . just minutes from khloe ' s mansion\nchris hemsworth kicks off filming for the star - studded men in black spin - off as he cuts a sharp figure in london . . . 21 years after the first film hit screens\njill zarin admits she ' s ready to date again after being spotted with handsome businessman . . . following beloved husband bobby ' s death\ndj khaled cancels wireless performance due to ' travel issues ' just hours before his slot . . . as fans rage over his ' vacation ' snap\n13 reasons why villain justin prentice says he ' s not bothered by social media trolls . . . and that getting attacked online means he ' s doing his job as an actor\n' she didn ' t get those from me ' : kylie jenner says daughter stormi has dad travis scott ' s lips . . . as star reveals her breasts are ' three times the size ' post - baby\nkevin hart celebrates 39th birthday in las vegas . . . nearly a year after sin city cheating scandal\ndakota fanning joins michael b . jordan in voice cast of western anime series gen : lock\n' i regret making it public ' : guy pearce is remorseful for asserting his former co - star kevin spacey was ' handsy ' with him on the set of l . a . confidential\niconic movie home where molly ringwald ' s sixteen candles was filmed finally sells for $ 1 . 135 million after two years on market\nkendra caldwell duggar struggles through labor on counting on . . . before welcoming baby garrett\nwhy madonna dated only toyboys and why , as she pushes 60 , she ' s finally got bored with them . . . by the writer who knows her best\nbrooklyn beckham and squeeze lexy panterra get cozy at london club . . . enraging ex tallia storm\nyolanda hadid ' splits from boyfriend matt minnis ' . . . less than a year after david foster divorce\nbrooklyn beckham utilises his camera skills at wireless festival . . . after his debut photography book was slammed by fans\njustin bieber is the perfect gentleman as he handles the bags . . . while crop top - clad hailey baldwin struts alongside\n' i just don ' t want stuff ' kim kardashian doesn ' t buy her kids gifts to avoid spoiling them and sticks to a household budget . . . but says kanye is the ' biggest shopper '\njoanna gaines shares husband chip ' s unique birth tradition . . . as he cradles newborn son crew\nkylie jenner gushes baby stormi is ' changing every week ' and ' has cutest personality ' . . . as new mom admits to binge watching the handmaid ' s tale\nlena dunham says she was ' really smart ' to date ex jack antonoff . . . after posting nude selfie\ntom brady shows no mercy as he takes on gisele and his cancer - survivor mom in dodgeball . . . with a ' no crying ' rule\nlauren conrad ' s son liam takes a handful of cake . . . as proud mom ' celebrates one year with our little guy '\nkhloe kardashian ' anxious but eager ' as she gets back to work for the first time since true ' s birth . . . and her alarm goes off at 4 . 35am\nnia vardalos ' divorce filing . . . as duo split following 25 years of marriage\nkendall jenner boats in sheer dress . . . after snuggling up to her nba beau ben simmons at khloe kardashian ' s party\nkeyshia cole announces pregnancy on instagram . . . as boyfriend niko khale posts beach pic of couple\nanthony bourdain leaves majority of his $ 1 . 2m estate - which was rumored to be worth at least $ 16m - to 11 - year - old daughter ariane\nben affleck ' s $ 19m la mansion is surrounded by moving trucks . . . as it ' s revealed girlfriend lindsay shookus plans to spend more time on west coast\nbeaming kate gazes lovingly at sleeping prince louis as she and william attend his christening in their . . .\nhomeless man , 35 , is arrested for beating 59 - year - old with a metal pipe on new york subway as victim speaks . . .\ntrump targets pfizer and big pharma for raising costs of prescription drugs after he vowed prices would . . .\njamie oliver reveals the best way to organise your fridge - as he shares his tips for how you can avoid . . .\namerican man who posed as a saudi prince to try and buy a stake in a miami hotel was busted when the . . .\ntroubled actor jonathan rhys meyers is detained at lax after getting into a ' drunken fight with his wife and . . .\nlesbian couple are charged with neglect after they ' repeatedly gave young son marijuana for good behavior . . .\nfinal four thai cave boys and coach are in ' good health ' but must remain trapped underground for at least . . .\nrescued thai cave boys face a lifetime of trauma from their ordeal as traumatic memories could trigger fear . . .\nfrantic parents of rescued thai cave boys have not been told which children have been saved \u2013 as teammates . . .\nthree men will be executed over the infamous gang - rape and murder of a female student , 23 , on a delhi bus in . . .\nhollywood hostage actor who lost his eye , had nose and tongue slit , and was ' deprived of a member of his . . .\nhandcuffed harvey weinstein pleads not guilty to new rape charges , then shares a laugh with his lawyer after . . .\nmesmerising maps reveal record - breaking temperatures across the world as the earth experiences ' one of the . . .\ncouple arrested after their four - year - old son accidentally shots himself between the eyes could face ten . . .\nnumber of refugees accepted into the u . s . falls below the rest of the world combined for the first time . . .\nrevealed : the four warning signs you could be heading for divorce - including critcising your partner ' s . . .\nhistorically bad : orioles ' chris davis on pace to finish with the lowest qualifying batting average ever , . . .\n' he was my son ! ' devastated father sobs as he is detained by police moments after his two - year - old . . .\nhere comes aunt meghan ! duchess of sussex looks elegant in an olive green shift dress by ralph lauren as she . . .\nhere come the godparents ! kate and william are joined by childhood friends - including guy pelly - and the . . .\nfit for a prince ! louis becomes the eighth royal baby to wear the historic honiton lace christening robe on . . .\n' i hope he stays like this ' : kate and the archbishop of canterbury share a joke about sleeping louis as she . . .\nblue for a boy ! george and charlotte both wear the shade for their little brother louis ' christening as the . . .\nsuch a perfect princess ! cute charlotte steals the show again with her royal wave - and a very polite . . .\nmay will not face a vote of no confidence . . . for now : pm warns furious tory brexiteers at showdown meeting that sacking her would mean handing corbyn the keys to no 10\n' hi . i ' m linda o ' keefe . . . 45 years ago today , i disappeared and my killer was never found ' : police tweet as the 11 - year - old girl who was murdered in 1973 in a bid to publicize the cold case\nfarm heroes saga , the # 4 game on itunes . play it now !\namazon is going to start selling its own brands of snacks , diapers and detergent \u2014 a move lots of traditional retailers have already made .\nbut amazon isn ' t a traditional retailer , so this move could be very meaningful for amazon and its competitors .\nrecode reported in february that amazon was t esting out the mama bear brand name .\namazon already sells things like electronic accessories , office supplies and even clothing under a variety of its own brand names . now it ' s going all in on groceries and household products .\nwhile some people will point out that so - called\nprivate labeling\nis nothing new \u2014 grocery stores and big - box retailers have been increasingly pushing their in - house brands \u2014 this is a much bigger deal .\nthat ' s because the growth in retail is all going to be online , and amazon owns online . it already accounts for half of all sales growth in u . s . e - commerce .\nso amazon ' s move into consumer packaged goods gives it even more opportunity to flex its muscle with suppliers . that means giving its own products better placement on its site and undercutting competitors on pricing .\nthe move also offers amazon the chance to pad its bottom line \u2014 something jeff bezos hasn ' t traditionally been willing or able to do . private - label brands typically carry higher profit margins , in part because the companies selling them don ' t put big marketing campaigns behind them .\nthink of the damage amazon already does to competitors as a low - margin business . now imagine what happens when it starts generating real profits on stuff like cereal and soap .\nthe move is also a way to increase the power of amazon prime , the $ 99 - a - year unlimited shipping program that fuels amazon ' s retail growth .\nprime customers spend more on amazon than non - members and are more loyal , too . by adding another perk , amazon can make its best customers even more loyal .\nthere ' s risk here , of course . some amazon - branded products have already flopped , including its amazon element diapers , which were pulled for design flaws shortly after launch .\nnow amazon is selling its own brand of products that people will eat and drink . so a bad experience with that stuff , let alone a safety issue , can do harm to amazon ' s well - cultivated brand .\nbut amazon sits on so much data that it has a good chance at getting at least some of these new bets right .\njuul is a $ 15 billion company . so what\u2019s so wrong with silicon valley investing in sin ?\nthe daily - deal pioneer\u2019s run as an independent company could be nearing an end .\nthe worst - case scenario for us is that silicon valley gets so far behind on these issues that we just can\u2019t be trusted as an industry .\nplus , the world holds its breath as the first thai soccer players are rescued from a cave ; sonos files for an ipo ; some upscale restaurants are turning into co - working spaces during their off - hours .\nalso : stop hiring for\nculture fit .\nyou\u2019re just hurting your business in the long run , grant says .\nsign up for our recode daily newsletter to get the top tech and business news stories delivered to your inbox .\nby signing up , you agree to our privacy policy and european users agree to the data transfer policy .\nthis article has a component height of 20 . the sidebar size is long .\nthe willners raised more than $ 20 million on facebook to help families forcibly separated at the mexico - u . s . border .\nsilicon valley diversity ? check . silicon valley ethics ? check . mangoes ? check .\nat a very young age michele was unknowingly committed to a life of physical fitness ; from tumbling and ballet classes at the age of 4 , followed by years of gymnastics , dance , soccer , and cheer . in high school she led cheer , dance , and tumbling camps at the local ymca .\neventually she involved herself in teaching \u201caerobics\u201d and was a dancer / cheerleader for the nba milwaukee bucks energee ! dance team for several years . michele has always been fascinated with the human body\u2014its anatomy , its kinesiology , and its movement patterns . it wasn\u2019t until michele moved to houston in 1998 and found a gym that taught pilates and yoga classes that she begin her practice in the two by taking classes from others .\nin 2001 she began certifications in both pilates and yoga . her initial pilates mat and reformer certifications are with michael king of pilates institute london ( formally with the houston ballet ) and continuing education with stott pilates , peak pilates , physical mind , and basi . she also took muscle activation technique training and stretch to win certifications in 2007 to add much needed assisted stretch therapy to her clients .\nher first yoga teacher was robert boustany in hatha yoga . after years of teaching and finding her own method and style she sought further education with john friend ( former anusara yoga ) and baron baptiste ( power vinyasa yoga ) . she continues to grow and learn in her own personal developments every day , and loves seeing what the two disciplines bring to those she meets and teaches . always a student of others , forever a learner , she looks forward these skills every day .\nmichele teaches pumped up pilates mat , yoga for athletes , cardio piyo , pilates circuit , barre redefined , pilates athletic conditioning ( jumpboard ) circuit , trx hiit , restorative yoga and intro to pilates circuit .\n3562 w tc jester blvd . , houston , tx 77018 | info @ urltoken | 713 . 398 . 8630\nwe are currently seeking coverage for various days and times , in particular early mornings , evenings , and weekends . alternate times are negotiable . the ideal candidate demonstrates excellent interpersonal and time management skills , as well as a desire to work with a team toward a common goal : to provide clients an outstanding wellness experience .\ninterested ? please fill out the form below and we will follow up with you .\nthank you ! we will follow up with you about your interest in joining our team .\noriginally from venezuela , mima came to the usa 20 years ago . although she had traveled to europe to attend art college , fitness has always been her second love . having been involved in gymnastics and dance most of her youth , when mima went back to her native country to pursued a career in fashion design , she got involved in competitive aerobics which allowed her to participate in the world aerobics championships where she was a finalists in the individual female categories and mixed pairs in 1993 , 1995 , and 1996 .\nmima believes that it\u2019s never too late to start gaining body awareness and becoming a fitter individual . whether you are re - learning how to put one foot in front of another , learning how to reach up and pick something up from a shelf without hurting yourself , or training for an athletic event , you must not rush your progress , it takes time . take your small successes one by one , and they\u2019ll all add up to a big one . but also , be realistic . concentrate on the things you can change , and forget about the things you cannot .\nmima has over 20 years experience in the fitness industry and discovered the great benefits of pilates after suffering a back injury sustained while competing in the world aerobic championships . she started practicing pilates in 1998 and received her certification shortly after . she is an afaa certified group exercise instructor , ace certified personal trainer , polestar certified pilates instructor , and spinning star 3 certified instructor . she also holds a postural & functional movement evaluation certification , ph pilates chair , spine corrector and tower certifications , active isolation stretch certification , barre , and yogafit levels 1 , 2 , and 3 certifications , bosu certification , and trx certification .\n* we will not spam , sell , or rent your information . . . *\ndiscover the top ten most common foods that can inflame your gut and lead to discomfort , fatigue , and lack of focus .\nheal your digestion , get energized , and stay productive all day long with a list of everyday foods , spices , and herbs you probably already have in your kitchen .\ndr . ritamarie loscalzo , founder of the institute of nutritional endocrinology , is fiercely committed to transforming our current broken disease - care system into a true health care system where each and every practitioner is skilled at finding the root cause of health challenges and uses the wisdom of nature combined with modern scientific research to restore balance . dr . ritamarie , a licensed doctor of chiropractic with certifications in acupuncture , nutrition , herbal medicine , and heartmath\u00ae , specializes in digestion , thyroid , adrenal , and insulin imbalances . she\u2019s also a master at using palate - pleasing , whole fresh food as medicine , and is a best - selling author , speaker , and internationally recognized nutrition and women\u2019s health authority with over 23 years of clinical experience .\nmedical disclaimer : the information in this presentation is not intended to replace a one - on - one relationship with a qualified health care professional and is not intended as medical advice . it is intended as a sharing of knowledge and information from the research and experience of dr . ritamarie loscalzo , drritamarie . com , and the experts who have contributed . we encourage you to make your own health care decisions based upon your research and in partnership with a qualified health care professional .\ncopyright \u00a9 2016 . dr . ritamarie loscalzo . ms , dc , ccn , dacbn . all rights reserved .\nshop groceries online for delivery of coffee , snacks , chocolate , and everyday food .\nenjoy 22 mouth - 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pleasing , whole fresh food as medicine , and is a best - selling author , speaker , and internationally recognized nutrition and women\u2019s health authority with over 25 years of clinical experience .\n\u00a9 2007 - 2017 dr . ritamarie loscalzo . ms , dc , ccn , dacbn all rights reserved .\nfirst , try refreshing the page and clicking current location again . make sure you click allow or grant permissions if your browser asks for your location . if your browser doesn ' t ask you , try these steps :\nat the top of your chrome window , near the web address , click the green lock labeled secure .\nin the window that pops up , make sure location is set to ask or allow .\nyou ' re good to go ! reload this yelp page and try your search again .\nif you ' re still having trouble , check out google ' s support page . you can also search near a city , place , or address instead .\nat the top of your opera window , near the web address , you should see a gray location pin . click it .\nif you ' re still having trouble , check out opera ' s support page . you can also search near a city , place , or address instead .\nclick safari in the menu bar at the top of the screen , then preferences .\nunder website use of location services , click prompt for each website once each day or prompt for each website one time only .\nmacos may now prompt you to enable location services . if it does , follow its instructions to enable location services for safari .\nclose the privacy menu and refresh the page . try using current location search again . if it works , great ! if not , read on for more instructions .\nback in the privacy dialog , click manage website data . . . and type urltoken into the search bar .\nyou ' re good to go ! close the settings tab , reload this yelp page , and try your search again .\nif you ' re still having trouble , check out safari ' s support page . you can also search near a city , place , or address instead .\nat the top of your firefox window , to the left of the web address , you should see a green lock . click it .\nin the window that pops up , you should see blocked or blocked temporarily next to access your location . click the x next to this line .\nyou ' re good to go ! refresh this yelp page and try your search again .\nif you ' re still having trouble , check out firefox ' s support page . you can also search near a city , place , or address instead .\nclick the gear in the upper - 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{"id": 54026, "summary": [{"text": "vehicle testing new zealand limited ( vtnz ) is a company based in wellington , new zealand that carries out government-mandated warrant of fitness and other inspections of motor vehicles .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "it is the largest vehicle inspection company in new zealand .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "vtnz was founded in 1994 as vehicle testing new zealand and was a new zealand state-owned enterprise .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "in 1999 , it was privatised and sold to the motor transport association ( mta ) for nzd$ 19.2 million .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "in 2004 , the company rebranded itself as vtnz and purchased its principal competitor on road new zealand .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "in 2011 , vtnz had over 85 vehicle testing stations across new zealand and employed nearly 1000 people .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "some stations also act as government agents in processing driver licence and vehicle registration applications .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "in 2010 , vtnz also entered new zealand 's roadside assistance market .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "in 2013 , mta announced that german based company dekra would purchase 60 percent of vtnz for nzd$ 36 million .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "following the purchase , vtnz began offering a wider range of services including vehicle servicing .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "in 2014 , vtnz took over practical driver testing in new zealand .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "vtnz has been a three time winner of the ibm kenexa best workplaces award for enterprise category ( 2014-2016 ) . ", "topic": 5}], "title": "vtnz", "paragraphs": ["this was done through a vtnz customer service representative who had access to the vtnz database .\nthe leadership team have responsibility for all aspects of vtnz and are guided strategically by the vtnz board .\nvtnz general manager of operations greg o ' connor said the company fully investigated , and the employee no longer worked for vtnz .\nvtnz has been keeping you and your vehicle safe and on the road since 1994 .\n\u201cmy vtnz inspector was incredibly helpful , and helped me with not only the purchase of a new battery but also with the installation . he even gave me some helpful advice for my old car . love you vtnz ! \u201d \u2013 joshua , customer of vtnz takanini\nwe don\u2019t want to brag , but there are some pretty good benefits to working for vtnz .\nthe gang , through its vtnz source , then discovered the name and address of the complainant .\na vtnz spokesperson said the company had worked closely with a police investigation after the breach was detected .\nas the largest provider of vehicle safety assessments in new zealand , vtnz is all about making sure you\u2019re road ready . vtnz is powered by dekra , the world leaders in safety in more than 50 countries .\nat vtnz we think it is important to recognise our people , their achievements and the hard work they do to make our company great every day . hear what some of them have to say about life at vtnz .\npolice said they investigated all parties involved in the vtnz breach and no charges were laid .\nthis is an internal matter for vtnz and it would be inappropriate for police to comment any further ,\na police spokeswoman said .\nas the majority shareholder , dekra will finally be able to allow vtnz to realise its potential . rather than pussyfooting around the edges , vtnz will now have the ability ( and the encouragement ) to go hard on broader vehicle services .\nedwards said he would be asking vtnz for details of the incident , and for an explanation of its security protocols .\nhowever , privacy commissioner john edwards said he was very concerned about justice palmer ' s findings . edwards said he will be asking vtnz for more details , and for an explanation of the security processes and procedures in place at vtnz .\nlast saturday i shot down to the local vtnz station to get a new warrant of fitness for my apparently unsellable moto guzzi .\nvtnz have an enviable reputation for being uncompromising on vehicle standards , and a substantial network of 84 vehicle inspection workshops around the country .\nwe\u2019re always on the lookout for great people to join our team . take a look at the key roles we recruit for at vtnz .\nbeginning as a state owned enterprise in 1994 , vtnz is now a privately owned organisation . here are the key moments in our history .\nno charges were laid against the vtnz employee following a police investigation into the incident which was linked to the kidnapping of auckland woman jindarat prutsiriporn .\nvtnz \u2013 keeping you and your vehicle safe and on the road since 1994 . find out what we do , who we are and what we believe in .\nthe pact : at vtnz , through loyalty and our can - do , will - do attitude , everyone will feel valued and we will delight each customer .\nthe mta has throttled back the range of commercial activities vtnz can undertake , because it doesn ' t want its main investment asset competing with the activities of its members .\nnot only is this good for the broader economy in terms of jobs and growth , it ' s also potentially a great opportunity for dekra . the $ 36m just paid for its majority share of vtnz values the whole company at $ 60m . no information has been released about earnings , but we know last year vtnz enjoyed revenues of $ 88m .\nhead hunters gang members obtained details about someone who had reported them the police by getting a vehicle testing new zealand employee to look through the vtnz database ( file photo ) .\nno longer restricted by the mta , you can expect a dekra - owned vtnz to start offering a wider range of services immediately , including car servicing , car management and emissions analysis .\nthere ' s a very good chance that the newly liberated vtnz will be able to deliver much improved earnings , quite possibly past 10 per cent , lifting the value of the asset .\nhe said the integrity of vtnz ' s system was vital and security protocols were in place , but it was not possible to stop all breaches , especially where an employee went\nout of their way to act fraudulently\n.\nvtnz has been wholly owned by the motor trade association ( mta ) since it bought it from the government back in 1999 . the mta is basically the member organisation and lobby group of used car dealers , mechanics and garages . and therein lies the rub .\nvisit any one of our branches with your vtnz assessment sheet for a free re - check once your mechanic has repaired your vehicle and we\u2019ll check the repairs and issue your warrant for free . this needs to be done within 28 days of your initial wof assessment .\nvtnz , i claimed , didn ' t have the right owner . little did i realise this was about to change . last week it was announced that the mta had done a deal to sell 60 per cent of vtnz to the world ' s largest inspection provider , german company dekra , for $ 36 million . many saw this as a kneejerk response to the new regulatory environment , where wofs will be issued for twice as long and the commercial vehicle cof ( certificate of fitness ) market will be opened up to new entrants .\npop into your local branch . our nationwide network of trained automotive technicians will get your vehicle sorted . from wofs , cofs , regos and simple replacements , to basic servicing , driver licensing and once - overs before you buy . you\u2019ll be surprised at all the things you can get done at vtnz .\nshe also sweetly , but with an impressive efficiency , was focused on acquiring the email addresses of her customers so that vtnz could give them warning when their documentation was about to expire . on the one hand a genuinely useful thing to know - on the other hand a stunningly effective channel through which to undertake electronic direct mail .\nthe question is , will the additional income vtnz makes from its unshackled market remit more than compensate for any decrease in wof and cof income ? if dekra chooses to take up the option to buy the remaining 40 per cent for $ 24m in three years ' time then it ' s fair to assume the answer is yes .\nat vtnz we want to get you back on the road as soon as possible . to help give your car the best possible chance of passing , take a look at our \u2018improve your chances of passing a wof\u2019 video . we\u2019ll show you a few tips and tricks to help you get your car through its wof and back on the road .\nin this case the effulgent young lady behind the counter was offering each wof or registration customer the ability to also get a vehicle check - up . for just an extra $ 20 , vtnz will perform 14 under - the - hood checks to see if anything ' s going to bite you on the bum , the sort of risk that can be mitigated with a little preventative maintenance .\nif you think vtnz has given itself a pretty good makeover in terms of retail efficiency , you ' d be right . however , the motivation for such a market - facing makeover hasn ' t just come from without ; it came from within as well . not only is it competing with the market , but it also has shareholder - imposed constraints on the services it can provide .\nnext time you\u2019re in , why not combine your wof with a vtnz basic service * all for just $ 89 . it\u2019s the perfect way to make sure your car is road legal and road ready . we\u2019ll cover the basic car maintenance that you might not have time for , to improve the life , efficiency and safety of your vehicle . it\u2019s great value and could save you big time on repair bills down the track . * oil and filter change not included .\non the go and no time to finish that story right now ? your news is the place for you to save content to read later from any device . register with us and content you save will appear here so you can access them to read later .\nwhether you\u2019re looking to buy or rent , urltoken has everything you need to find your dream home .\nan eu diplomat has been told she does not have to pay a $ 20 , 000 debt to a landlord .\nanother disaster for the uk prime minister amid reports her leadership is under threat .\ndekra is a world - leader in testing and auditing services with its heart and soul focused on safety .\nif you ' ve got the right skill set we ' ll help get you set up with a career in new zealand .\nsign up to our free reminder service and we\u2019ll let you know when your vehicle is due .\nwe ' d like to send you occasional updates with news and special offers . to opt out of receiving updates , tick here .\nit ' s often forgotten that a private seller is required to provide a wof no more than 30 days old unless a vehicle is advertised for sale\nas is , where is\n, where effectively the buyer takes on the risk .\nsix months ago i penned a column on this , noting how matching the right owners with the right assets was crucial in order to maximise economic benefits for the country .\nthe implication here was that mta was well shot of the asset , and perhaps dekra was a mug to buy it . in fact , the crafty germans are probably on to a good thing - and the key is in the majority shareholding .\nyou couldn ' t ask for a better infrastructure base from which to offer an expanded range of vehicle servicing .\nif we assume it delivers earnings before tax of 8 . 5 per cent ( $ 7 . 48m ) , this would mean mta sold the business for around eight times its earnings .\nmeanwhile , the fact that dekra didn ' t acquire 100 per cent up front suggests it was shrewd enough not to sign up to an\nas is , where is\ndeal . mike\nmod\no ' donnell is a professional director and ecommerce manager . his twitter tag is @ modsta and he ' s failed more than his fair share of wofs .\nwe have plenty of opportunities in this region for customer service representatives , automotive technicians , and assistant managers .\nif you are interested and would like to know more , get in touch with sara butterfield ( 04 495 2349 ) or email recruitment @ urltoken directly with your cv .\ngetting your licence is exciting but can also be very nerve - wracking . we want to make it as straightforward as possible for you to get all the information needed to successfully complete your tests \u2013 whatever your vehicle of choice .\nfind out about the three stages to getting your car licence \u2013 learner , restricted and full . it ' s good to understand the whole process , so you can be well prepared for each stage . to become a fully - licensed driver , you will need to complete all three stages .\nwhether you\u2019ve been driving a car for years or this is your first licence of any kind , getting your motorcycle licence is an exciting step . we\u2019ve got the \u2018need to knows\u2019 covered so you\u2019ll be prepared for your test . a motorcycle licence allows you to ride motorcycles and all - terrain vehicles ( atvs ) on new zealand\u2019s roads . there are three stages involved in getting your motorcycle licence .\nyou\u2019ll need a heavy vehicle licence if you plan to drive a vehicle heavier than 6 , 000kg . there are different classes of licence depending on the type of vehicle you want to drive . there are two stages to getting your heavy vehicle licence .\na warrant of fitness ( wof ) assessment gives you more than just a wof sticker for your vehicle . as well as ensuring you are legally compliant , it is a regular check to ensure your vehicle is safe to drive on the road .\nmost privately owned vehicles need a regular wof . this includes cars , utes , trailers , motorbikes , caravans and small trucks . if your vehicle is for personal use , is under 3 , 500kg , and you intend to drive on the road , this is the assessment you need . if you have a large vehicle , like a campervan or horse truck , and it\u2019s over 3 , 500kg , you will need a certificate of fitness ( cof ) instead .\nlights check all of your lights work . check the indicators , park lights , brake lights , and headlights \u2013 both dipped and high beams . get a friend to help you or park your vehicle next to a window so you can see the reflection of the lights . got a blown bulb ? bring your car in . we can replace most light bulbs on the spot .\nwipers check your windscreen wipers are in good order . does your windscreen washer deliver water onto the windscreen with each sweep without patches or smudging ? if they need replacing we can sort that for you during your assessment .\ntyre pressure and tread pumped up tyres make it easier to grip the road and because they make your car more efficient , so it saves you on fuel . always check the recommended pressure readings for your car before you pump your tyres . you can also make sure your tyre is not bald by checking the tyre tread depth indicators . we can help here too . ask our staff about our wof + basic service combo .\noil not enough oil can cause increased wear to your vehicle\u2019s engine or cause it to seize up . use the dipstick to assess how much oil you have . if the oil doesn\u2019t reach the indicator mark on the dipstick , you need more oil . we can fill up your oil at the branch while you\u2019re here - just let us know when you arrive .\nseats and seatbelts before you arrive , check all the seatbelts are accessible for assessment , and have no tears or rips . and removing child safety seats and making sure any back seats are up will save you time .\ncar boot make sure your car boot is empty . this enables us to easily check the spare wheel so you spend less time at the branch .\npets it ' s best to leave pets at home if you can . alternatively , take them for a walk while we carry out your assessment .\nno need to book . just drop in when it\u2019s convenient for you . most branches are open weekends , but saturdays are our busiest time , particularly between 10am and 12 noon . our quietest times are usually weekdays from 9am to 10am and 2pm to 3pm .\nsimply drive in and follow the lane markings . park your car , take your keys and take note of your licence plate number . walk in to reception and let us know you\u2019ve arrived . when we\u2019re busy , it really helps if you go back to your vehicle to move it up the lane queue until you get to the lane entrance .\nwhile our automotive technicians are assessing your vehicle , you\u2019re welcome to come in for a coffee , tea or water and read a magazine . kids are welcome too . or you can leave your vehicle with us and pop back later . just let our friendly staff at reception know .\ntalk to our staff about our weekday drop and go service . you can arrange to drop your car off at your local branch and leave it with us for a full or half day . we\u2019ll give you a call when everything\u2019s finished and ready to go . if possible , we can also give you a free courtesy ride to a nearby location like home or work .\nif it\u2019s something small we can usually replace it on the spot . our trained automotive technicians can replace most types of wipers , bulbs , and batteries . they can also adjust your headlights and top up the water , oil , and clutch and brake fluid .\nif something larger needs fixing , our automotive technicians will explain exactly what needs to be repaired and write clear notes you can give to your mechanic or garage , so you can save on repair bills .\nif you don\u2019t have a preferred repairer , you can find contact details for local mechanics in our branches or ask our staff for some local options . also mta has a register of quality assured mechanics online you can check out .\nthe frequency of wof inspections is based on the age of your vehicle . check the table below to see how often your vehicle needs to be checked .\nclosed public holidays . saturdays are our busiest time , particularly between 10am and 12 noon . our quietest time is usually weekdays from 9am to 10am and 2pm to 3pm .\nwhile our automotive technicians are assessing your vehicle , you\u2019re welcome to come in for a coffee , tea or water and read a magazine . kids are welcome too .\ndrop your car in the queue and pop back later , just let our friendly staff at reception know .\nyou can arrange with your local branch to drop your car off and leave it with us for a full or half day . we\u2019ll give you a call when everything is finished and ready to go . if possible , we will give you a free courtesy ride to a nearby location like home or work .\nthe privacy commissioner is investigating after a vehicle testing new zealand employee gave personal details about a motorist to the head hunters .\nthe employee ran the motorist ' s licence plate through a database to obtain their address , which was passed on to the gang .\njustice matthew palmer mentioned the incident on monday at the sentencing of six men over the kidnapping and manslaughter of auckland woman jindarat prutsiriporn .\njustice palmer noted that in an earlier attempt to kidnap prutsiriporn , the group had been able to get the details of a passing motorist who reported them to police for behaving suspiciously outside her home .\nprivacy commissioner john edwards said he was\nvery concerned\nabout the breach .\nthe employee who gave out details to the head hunters had resigned before a disciplinary process could be completed .\nthis was a deliberate and conscious breach of the system by someone who knows how it works , and whose job as a customer service representative involved regularly accessing customer information \u2013 in this case their home address ,\nthe spokesperson said .\neveryone in the organisation feels disappointed and let down by the incident and we have reviewed our policies and processes since then .\nsince the incident , we have also increased audit and procedural controls .\nprutsiriporn died when she fell , bound and gagged , from the boot of a moving car in papatoetoe , south auckland in 2016 .\nauckland man seng lek liev had engaged a group within the head hunters , known as the\nghost unit ,\nto kidnap her .\nliev had had a falling out with prutsiriporn \u2013 a drug dealer of thai descent \u2013 but reasons for the kidnapping remain unclear .\npolice called the death an example of the havoc created by the head hunters .\na visa / mastercard credit or debit card or your internet banking details ( poli ) . the fee is $ 9 . 00 incl gst .\n. you ' ll need to take your certificate of incorporation or your nz transport agency number if you have one .\nit has emerged that the ghost unit had a source working at vehicle testing new zealand who provided them with personal information . photo / supplied\nthe privacy commissioner is asking vehicle testing new zealand for an explanation after it emerged an employee leaked personal information to a notorious unit of the head hunters gang .\nthe worker had provided the police informant ' s name and address to the head hunters ' ghost unit after they attempted to kidnap the 50 - year - old thai woman last year .\nthe link was made yesterday when justice matthew palmer sentenced six men in relation to prutsiriporn ' s kidnapping and death .\nthe ghost unit , which was hired by cambodian man seng lek liev to carry out the kidnapping , first tried to snatch prutsiriporn on february 15 , 2016 .\nhowever , they were spooked when a member of the public told police about a suspicious - looking group waiting outside prutsiriporn ' s waterview home .\na captain in the head hunters was later able to obtain the name and address of the passerby who called , through a source in vehicle testing new zealand , from the licence plate of the car in which he passed by ,\nhe said .\njindarat prutsiriporn , 50 , died after falling from a car boot in march last year . photo / supplied\nprutsiriporn was kidnapped during a second attempt on february 29 , 2016 when she was lured into a ute under the guise of a drug deal .\nshe was then tied up , gagged , and held at several auckland locations by the gang for the next 22 hours .\non march 1 at about 5pm she made a desperate escape from her captors by using a chef ' s steel to open the boot of the car she was being kept in while it was at a set of traffic lights on huia rd , papatoetoe .\nmotorists found her barely breathing and foaming at the mouth with ties around her neck , waist and ankles .\nprutsiriporn , a mother of three and known as nui , had been involved in the criminal drugs world ."]}
{"id": 54028, "summary": [{"text": "cameron coca-cola bottling co. was a large coca-cola bottling company in washington , pennsylvania .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "the company was founded in 1889 as cameron flavorings .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "in the early 1900s , the company began a relationship with coca-cola .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "the company had plants in washington , pennsylvania , houston , pennsylvania , wheeling , west virginia , and canton , ohio .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "in 1996 , the company 's facilities were converted to natural gas with a $ 124,000 grant by the pennsylvania department of environmental protection .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "the company operated by purchasing the syrup from coca-cola , mixed it , and distributed it to the surrounding areas .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "by the late 1990s , cameron coca cola was 10th largest coke bottler and the second longest family-run coke bottler in the nation .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "the company had a number of deals with local school districts where they paid thousands of dollars for exclusive rights to sell coke on school premises .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "the deal with hampton township school district paid the district $ 40,000 over the seven years .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "the deal with upper st. clair school district paid the district $ 50,000 over five years .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "in the deal with quaker valley school district , cameron agreed to buy several new scoreboards in exchange for the right to have their logo on the scoreboard and for exclusive rights to sell coke on school premises .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "there was another exclusive deal with woodland hills school district .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "cameron coca-cola sponsored championship harness racing at the meadows racetrack and casino .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "the company was also a namesake sponsor of the pittsburgh-allegheny county fair . ", "topic": 14}], "title": "cameron coca - cola", "paragraphs": ["jamestown coca - cola bottling co . , inc . | coca - cola stock certificates / aktien / akcie / scripophily / azpartner1 | pinterest | coca cola stock\newen cameron , ceo of berlin cameron , aged 37 , will be responsible for berlin cameron in the us .\ncoca - cola enterprises inc . , the world ' s largest soft drink bottler , plans to purchase cameron coca - cola bottling co . , the family - owned bottler that serves pittsburgh and the surrounding area .\nmr . candler hired the massengale agency in 1895 to handle coca - cola advertising . massengale ' s first campaign for coca - cola featured upper - class ladies and gentlemen drinking coca - cola in elegant surroundings . the agency also distributed coupons for a complimentary glass of coca - cola as well as a variety of novelties\u2014such as fans , clocks and calendars\u2014that displayed the coca - cola trademark . in 1899 , the marketer began to franchise its bottling operations .\nthe following year , coca - cola signed a 16 - year agreement with walt disney co . to tie coca - cola products to the studio ' s films and to sell coca - cola products at disney theme parks . such a long - term commitment was risky , and some of the film tie - ins coca - cola subsequently found itself a part of were not successful .\nin 2002 , coca - cola moved the coca - cola classic account to berlin cameron . in may of that year , the marketer acquired the branded soft - drink of seagram from diageo , including ginger ale , seltzer and club soda , and introduced vanilla coke . coca - cola owns minute maid ( since 1960 ) , as well as the fanta , fruitopia and powerade brands .\nin 1993 , coca - cola launched\nalways coca - cola ,\ncreative for which had been handled by creative artists agency . the campaign included an unprecedented 26 different tv spots .\nalways coca - cola\nis considered the epitome of the strategy of all - situations positioning , which attempts to nullify other brands ' specific situational positioning .\nberlin cameron has 81 employees and billings estimated at $ 265 million from clients like coca - cola , general motors , the national basketball association , ralston purina and reebok international .\nfollowing the success of diet coke , coca - cola co . continued to extend the coca - cola brand : caffeine - free diet and regular formulations debuted in 1983 , cherry coca - cola was introduced nationally in 1985 , and diet cherry followed in 1986 . despite the success of diet coca - cola , however , coca - cola ' s market - share against pepsi dropped to a margin of 4 . 9 % by 1984 and coca - cola sales trailed those of its archrival in grocery stores by 1 . 9 % ; its retail strategy seemed to be failing . coke , however , continued to outperform pepsi in institutional outlets , such as mcdonald ' s and burger king , and in international markets .\nreached by phone in pennsylvania on wednesday , don cameron , former cameron glass chairman , declined to comment for this story .\nfaced with this unsettling domestic competitive situation , coca - cola took a dramatic step . in april 1985 , it introduced a new formula for coca - cola . the reformulation was sweeter , something coca - cola executives thought consumers who took the pepsi challenge and preferred the sweeter pepsi were telling them . the marketer planned to discontinue the old formulation in favor of\nnew coke .\nlast week we ran a story on coca - cola ' s use of an algorithm to help create its new ad campaign .\n1886 : drink coca - cola 1904 : delicious and refreshing 1905 : coca - cola revives and sustains 1906 : the great national temperance beverage 1917 : three million a day 1922 : thirst knows no season 1923 : enjoy thirst 1924 : refresh yourself 1925 : six million a day 1926 : it had to be good to get where it is 1927 : pure as sunlight 1927 : around the corner from everywhere 1929 : the pause that refreshes 1932 : ice cold sunshine 1938 : the best friend thirst ever had 1939 : thirst asks nothing more 1939 : whoever you are , whatever you do , wherever you may be , when you think of refreshment think of ice cold coca - cola 1942 : the only thing like coca - cola is coca - cola itself 1948 : where there ' s coke there ' s hospitality 1949 : along the highway to anywhere 1952 : what you want is a coke 1956 : coca - cola . . . makes good things taste better 1957 : sign of good taste 1958 : the cold , crisp taste of coke 1959 : be really refreshed 1963 : things go better with coke 1969 : it ' s the real thing 1971 : i ' d like to buy the world a coke ( part of the it ' s the real thing campaign ) 1975 : look up america 1976 : coke adds life 1979 : have a coke and a smile 1982 : coke is it ! 1985 : we ' ve got a taste for you ( for both coca - cola and coca - cola classic ) 1985 : america ' s real choice ( for both coca - cola and coca - cola classic ) 1986 : red , white & you ( for coca - cola classic ) 1986 : catch the wave ( for coca - cola ) 1987 : when coca - cola is a part of your life , you can ' t beat the feeling 1988 : you can ' t beat the feeling 1989 : official soft drink of summer 1990 : you can ' t beat the real thing 1993 : always coca - cola 2000 : coca - cola . enjoy 2001 : life tastes good 2003 : coca - cola . . . real 2005 : make it real 2006 : the coke side of life 2009 : open happiness\npittsburgh ' s cameron coca - cola bottling co . is among six independent u . s . bottlers that parent atlanta - based coca - cola enterprises inc . expects to acquire by year ' s end . the $ 770 million deal is subject to regulatory approval . in fiscal 1997 , these bottlers had combined sales of $ 365 million . cameron ' s territory includes western pennsylvania and parts of west virginia and ohio .\nin 1989 , the company concluded a deal to make coca - cola the official soft drink of the national basketball association . it also signed an agreement with major league baseball and became the official soft drink of the national hockey league . that same year , coca - cola unveiled its\ncan ' t beat the real thing\ncampaign , which was intended to incorporate elements of traditional coca - cola advertising in a fresh consumer appeal .\n& partners , another interpublic group of cos . unit . it was the first major change in the otherwise stable coca - cola agency structure since 1955 .\nberlin cameron , which is 4 years old , has estimated billings of about $ 265 million and a blue - chip client roster that includes coca - cola , the national basketball association , new york life insurance , ralston purina and reebok .\newen cameron , who co - founded berlin cameron , is a master planner , learning his skills at bmp in london before moving to new york to work with andy berlin on the regeneration of ddb . during his time with berlin cameron , he has led some remarkable business successes including the much publicized turnaround at reebok international and the launch of coca - cola ' s global water brand , dasani . he is a member of the global advertising steering committee for the coca - cola company and consults with the american association of advertising agencies on planning and training .\newen cameron , 37 , chief executive at berlin cameron , will continue in that post and will now be responsible for the agency ' s operations in the united states .\nafter 10 years of\nthings go better ,\ncoca - cola changed its ad strategy , in 1970 launching\nit ' s the real thing ,\nranked no . 53 on\nin 1979 , coca - cola countered with\nmean\njoe greene in a tv spot with sentimental appeal . in the spot , a dispirited mr . greene tossed his jersey to a young admirer , who shared his coke with the pittsburgh steelers football player .\nhave a coca - cola and a smile\ndebuted as the tagline of this spot . later coca - cola efforts , however , including\ncoke is it\n( 1982 ) and the worldwide\nalways coca - cola\nfrom creative artists agency ( 1993 ) , were more successful in winning market share . in 1981 , roberto goizueto , who was credited with many of the company ' s successes over the next two decades , became chairman - ceo of the company .\nmariano bosaz , coca - cola\u2019s global senior digital director admitted that arguably the world ' s most famous brand was running an experiment using ai to push the boundaries of its tech innovation .\nthe move fits with coca - cola co . ' s desire to consolidate its independent bottlers in the hands of a few large companies in order to streamline its advertising and packaging efforts . coca - cola is the largest shareholder of coke enterprises , with a 44 percent stake . coke enterprises , in turn , handles more than 65 percent of the coke products sold in north america .\nin august 1989 , coca - cola challenged the traditional agency - client relationship when it hired michael ovitz ' s creative artists agency as a consultant , a move that agencies regarded as a threat to their control over creative work . three years later , in 1992 , coca - cola launched its first global advertising campaign , which used similar commercials in each country in which it had a presence .\nin 1960 , the company began to offer coca - cola in 12 - ounce metal cans that had originally been developed for the armed forces . three years later ,\nthings go better with coca - cola\nwas introduced in the form of a jingle sung in coke spots by such groups as the supremes , jan & dean and the moody blues . it went on to become the theme of several campaigns .\nfrom 1950 to the ' 70s , coca - cola co . experienced its most dramatic changes since the advent of bottling . with better and bigger packaging , the marketer began to employ a retail - oriented strategy focused on price , size and value . the company also moved into tv advertising , airing its first commercial in 1950 . in 1953 , coca - cola co . ' s ad spending reached $ 30 million .\ni remember being in the helicopter because i asked them for a coca - cola ,\nkelleher said .\ni couldn ' t imagine why i was in a helicopter . but i was so thirsty .\nlemon - lime sprite , another coca - cola brand , was the brightest spot for the company in 1997 and 1998 , when its sales grew faster than any other soft drink in the u . s . sprite ' s marketing strategy , developed with lowe & partners , sought to get consumers\u2014especially the youth market\u2014to ignore image and\nobey your thirst .\nthe campaign began in 1995 ; in october 2001 coca - cola moved the account to\ncoke enterprises said it has agreed to purchase washington county - based cameron and five other u . s . bottlers for $ 770 million in stock , debt and assumed debt . specifics of the cameron deal were not disclosed .\na bottler such as coke enterprises buys soft - drink syrup from coca - cola co . and then puts it in bottles and cans by adding water and carbonation . the bottler also delivers the products to retailers and some restaurants .\nin 1906 , the company opened its first non - u . s . bottling plant , in havana , and moved its account to d ' arcy advertising co . , which continued as coca - cola ' s agency for 50 years . d ' arcy maintained the\npleasantness\ntheme of massengale ' s earlier ads but by 1910 , the images of people in its coca - cola ads shifted subtly to appeal to americans across class , gender and age groups .\nbackground : cameron diaz was born in 1972 in san diego . she began modeling as a teenager and worked in ad campaigns for calvin klein and coca - cola . her first film role was in the mask with jim carrey and she ' s starred in a wide array of projects since including there ' s something about mary and charlie ' s angels .\nin light of the ongoing consolidation of the soft - drink industry , we believe the timing [ of the deal ] is appropriate ,\njim cameron , vice president of sales and marketing , said in a written statement .\nthis new affiliation with coca - cola enterprises will benefit our brands and products , as well as our employees and customers .\nin 2003 , big red chopped another 3 , 700 jobs , including 1 , 000 in north america , as steve heyer joined the company as president - chief operating officer . he consolidated the operating units into one group . in may 2003 , former employee matthew whitley sued coca - cola , alleging financial wrongdoing , which spurred federal investigations and the resignation by tom moore , then head of coke\u2019s fountain division . in december 2003 , jeff dunn , president of coca - cola north america , resigned .\ncameron , the 10th largest coke bottler in the country , with facilities in washington county , wheeling , and canton , ohio , has been owned by the cameron family for 109 years . the family has signed a letter of intent with coke enterprises and the deal is expected to close by the end of the year . cameron executives could not be reached for comment .\n< b > cameron lng < / b > partners on < b > < a href =\nurltoken\n> the cameron lng project < / a > < / b > cover the range of the lng value chain , . . . more\nin 1955 , william robinson and h . b . nicholson became president and chairman , respectively , and the following year coca - cola co . replaced d ' arcy with mccann - erickson . at the time , the account was valued at $ 15 million .\nthousands of wine bottles at the cameron family glass plant at the port of kalama were sold at a bankruptcy auction in february .\nfor 2003 , coca - cola co . had worldwide earnings of $ 4 . 35 billion on sales of $ 21 . 04 billion . ad spending in 2003 was $ 1 . 9 billion , according to the company\u2019s annual filing with the securities & exchange commission .\nin 1919 , following world war i , the first european bottling plant opened in paris , and mr . candler sold coca - cola to a group led by ernest woodruff , whose son , robert , took over the company in 1923 . in the 1920s , bottling\u2014which had been introduced in 1894\u2014became a critically important packaging innovation , and in 1923 , the marketer tested what became one of its most powerful merchandising tools : the six - bottle cardboard carton . by the end of 1928 , coca - cola in bottles outsold the fountain drink .\nat the outbreak of world war ii , coca - cola had bottling facilities in 44 countries ; when peace returned in 1945 , the soft drink was poised for worldwide growth . from the mid - 1940s until 1960 , the number of countries with bottling operations nearly doubled .\nin retrospect , the decision has come be seen as one of the great marketing blunders of the 20th century . consumer complaints reached as many as 1 , 500 a day and , by july , the marketer returned the old formulation to the market under the name coca - cola classic . coca - cola president donald keough appeared in commercials to apologize to consumers for underestimating their passion for the original formula . after this expensive lesson , the company began to treat coke as a\nmega - brand ,\nsubsuming its various and growing extensions within one marketing concept .\nthe failure of the cameron plant \u2014 and the potential resurrection under bennu \u2014 is a story that stretches far outside the pacific northwest region , he said .\njohn pemberton placed the first newspaper ads for his new product , coca - cola , in 1886 . but he was in poor health , and the following year sold most of his interest in the nonalcoholic patent medicine . asa briggs candler , an atlanta druggist , was able to consolidate ownership of the product in 1891 .\nwe find it interesting to know the origin of company names . while it\u2019s true they are sometimes just made - up words ( like h\u00e4agen - dazs ) , oftentimes they actually tell you something about the vision of the company ( nike is the name of the greek goddess of victory ) , its product and services ( coca - cola is made from coca leaves and kola nuts ) , or its key people ( adidas derives from the name of its founder adolph \u2018adi\u2019 dassler ) .\nhealth : cameron diaz via begin today for tomorrow has supported health outfits such as aids project los angeles , david lynch foundation , and children ' s dental health clinic .\nwith the government\u2019s move , sempra energy can launch construction on its $ 10 billion cameron lng project , planned as an addition to an existing import terminal in hackberry , la .\nthe cameron lng project brings together a diverse array of companies all along the natural gas value chain . san diego - based sempra energy has indirect ownership of 50 . 2 percent of cameron lng ; other partners include shipping company nippon yusen kabushiki kaisha , france\u2019s gdf suez , mitsubishi corp . and mitsui . the companies made a final investment decision last month .\ncrowley ' s much smaller carib lng project could begin operations later this year . unlike most of the massive plants planned along the gulf coast , the small - scale carib energy project is not aiming for asian markets but the caribbean . crowley has a multiyear contract with coca - cola bottlers of puerto rico to supply its containerized lng to manufacturing facilities in the commonwealth .\nthe proposed cameron liquefied natural gas export project in hackberry , la . , received energy department approval to export 1 . 7 billion cubic feet per day . ( sempra lng photo )\nwednesday\u2019s action came in the form of the department of energy finalizing cameron lng\u2019s existing conditional license to export up to 1 . 7 billion billion cubic feet of natural gas per day to taiwan , japan and other countries that do not have free - trade agreements with the united states . cameron lng secured a separate required approval from the federal energy regulatory commission in june .\nthe cameron lng project brings together a diverse array of companies all along the natural gas value chain . san diego - based sempra energy has indirect ownership of 50 . 2 percent of cameron lng ; other partners include shipping company nippon yusen kabushiki kaisha , france ' s gdf suez , mitsubishi corp . and mitsui . the companies made a final investment decision last month .\nthen some smart alec liberal killjoy at gawker created a twitterbot @ meincoke and set it to tweet lines from adolf hitler ' s mein kampf , which were then linked to the # makeithappy tag . for a few hours coke ' s feed was posting passages from the fuhrer within a shot of a cat playing the drums . coca - cola admitted defeat and halted the campaign .\nm . douglas ivester became chairman - ceo in 1997 , following the death of mr . goizueto . mr . ivester , who had been president - chief operating officer , was blamed for undoing many of his predecessor ' s successes . mr . ivester ' s problems included his handling of health scare in belgium that involved contaminated coke , an unpopular price increase on coke concentrate sold to the company ' s bottlers and the continuing slide in the company ' s market share . under mr . ivester ' s leadership , however , coca - cola co . became the u . s . ' no . 1 marketer of bottled water after its acquisition in 1999 of dasani and an agreement that year giving coca - cola u . s . distribution of danone water .\nwith the government ' s move , sempra energy can launch construction on its $ 10 billion cameron lng project , planned as an addition to an existing import terminal in hackberry , louisiana .\nthe coca - cola company is the mothership , but much of the coke that is sold around the world is put in the bottle or can by one or other of more than 250 bottling companies . as elmore writes ' coke ' s genius was staying out of the business of making stuff . . . its success lay in partnerships and coke proved masterful at making friends . '\nin 1997 , after disagreements between mr . berlin and pat fallon , chairman at fallon mcelligott , fallon mcelligott berlin closed and mr . berlin was back operating an independent agency , berlin cameron .\nwednesday ' s action came in the form of the department of energy finalizing cameron lng ' s existing conditional license to export up to 1 . 7 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day to taiwan , japan and other countries that do not have free - trade agreements with the united states . cameron lng secured a separate required approval from the federal energy regulatory commission in june .\ncombined , cameron and the other bottlers being acquired had $ 365 million in sales from 80 million cases of soft drinks in 1997 . coke enterprises had sales of $ 11 . 3 billion last year .\nwhen planning the kalama wine bottle plant , the cameron family wanted to make a statement , and they took a high - stakes risk with the most important piece of equipment in the $ 109 million factory .\ncrowley\u2019s much smaller carib lng project , which is already shipping to u . s . territories , could begin broader operations later this year . unlike most of the massive plants planned along the gulf coast , the small - scale carib energy project is not aiming for asian markets but the caribbean . crowley has a multi - year contract with coca - cola bottlers of puerto rico to supply its containerized lng to manufacturing facilities in the commonwealth .\ndaley spent six years in new york where from 1994 to august 1998 he was managing director and director of strategic planning for amster yard , a global strategic and creative hot shop set up by mccann worldwide . during his tenure , the agency pitched against some of the best creative agencies in europe and north america , winning billings in excess of $ 130 million with multiple international creative and strategic assignments from blue chip clients such as the coca - cola company , interbrew , bacardi - martini , bancomer , bravo and chief executive magazine . the work produced by the agency picked up creative awards in multiple countries including the prestigious cannes and new york art directors\u2019 club . prior to this , he first managed the $ 100 million l\u2019oreal account for the us and global projects for the coca - cola company and was then instrumental in conceiving mccann\u2019s brand consulting unit ,\nthe 14th floor\n.\nthe republican lawmaker challenging landrieu for her senate seat , rep . bill cassidy , said that \u201cwhile cameron lng\u2019s approval is great news for louisiana , there are too many other lng export approvals waiting to be approved . \u201d\nin 1948 , the company copyrighted the term\ncoke\nfor the first time , in the slogan\nwhere there ' s coke , there ' s hospitality .\ncoca - cola ' s advertising over the next two decades essentially ignored the social realities of the war in korea and later , vietnam , as well as the civil rights movement . the soft drink continued to be presented as a pleasant reward in an idealized , harmonious world .\nin may 1963 , coca - cola had introduced its first low - calorie soft drink under the brand name tab . at the time , coca - cola executives feared they would dilute the value of the coke trademark if the brand was used on more than one product . almost two decades later , however , the company reversed its thinking , debuting diet coke in the u . s . in 1982 with the tagline\njust for the taste of it .\nnothing in the spots referred to the fact that the drink was low in calories . the campaign was created by ssc & b ; : lintas worldwide , which handled diet coke in all english - speaking countries . by the end of 1983 , diet coke had become the best - selling diet soft drink in the u . s . , and by 1984 , it was the third most popular soft drink overall , outperforming 7up .\nbefore the berlin cameron acquisition , red cell had 1 , 000 employees and billings estimated at $ 1 billion from clients like the alfa romeo and iveco divisions of fiat ; singapore airlines ; and the fashion brand ermenegildo zegna .\nthe closely watched career of andy berlin , one of the most restless , most entrepreneurial executives on madison avenue , is taking another turn as the wpp group in london acquires his midsize new york agency , berlin cameron & partners .\nthe republican lawmaker challenging landrieu for her senate seat , rep . bill cassidy , said that \u201cwhile cameron lng ' s approval is great news for louisiana , there are too many other lng export approvals waiting to be approved . \u201d\nred cell , wpp\u2019s global agency network , has strengthened its us presence with the acquisition of new york creative agency , berlin cameron & partners . chairman andy berlin will become co - chief executive and chief creative officer of red cell .\nwashington _ the energy department on wednesday handed critical government licenses to the cameron lng project in southwestern louisiana and a much smaller florida facility , giving both the final authorizations they need to liquefy natural gas and ship it around the globe .\n\u201ctoday\u2019s decision marks the last major regulatory hurdle for our cameron lng liquefaction - export project , clearing the way for construction to begin on the largest capital project in sempra energy\u2019s history , \u201d said sempra energy ceo debra l . reed .\ncameron is planning to build three trains capable of liquefying natural gas by chilling it to 260 degrees below zero . also planned : a 21 - mile , 42 - inch natural gas pipeline , a new compressor station and other equipment .\nwashington \u2014 the energy department on wednesday handed critical government licenses to the cameron lng project in southwestern louisiana and a much smaller florida facility , giving both the final authorizations they need to liquefy natural gas and ship it around the globe .\ncoca - cola has a serious problem . health is its central issue at home , in a country where juvenile obesity rates have tripled since the 1970s . fast food is also in the firing line but the main target is coke . there are those in the states who have it down as public enemy number one : the first lady takes a dim view and in 2005 ex - new york mayor michael bloomberg declared war on the atlanta behemoth by banning its vending machines from schools in his city .\n\u201ctoday ' s decision marks the last major regulatory hurdle for our cameron lng liquefaction - export project , clearing the way for construction to begin on the largest capital project in sempra energy ' s history , \u201d said sempra energy ceo debra l . reed .\na recent book citizen coke - the making of coca - cola capitalism by bartow elmore piled on the pressure . elmore shows the dark side to coke ' s global colonisation process . rather than being an engine of development and philanthropy , it was a manipulator of global sugar and caffeine markets and a parasite on public health and the planet . coke was ' the forrest gump of the 20th - century economy , a native son of the american south that seemed to find his way into a dizzying array of global trading networks ' .\nbuilding the new facility will take years ; cameron lng expects to begin operations in 2018 . although sempra estimates the project construction will create 3 , 000 on - site jobs , ultimately about 200 full - time jobs are expected to be added at the facility .\nboth cameron lng and carib energy advanced through a new government review process , under which the energy department begins scrutinizing proposals to export natural gas to non - free - trade partners after those projects have cleared environmental scrutiny , generally through ferc or a separate maritime agency .\nthe camerons ' furnace , powered by hydroelectricity , was a step forward for the industry , he said . unfortunately , it was likely too large , said brown , who was not involved in the cameron plant but spent 40 years as an engineer in the glass industry .\nwpp has still not officially acknowledged that mr . lindner is leaving . a news release from wpp about the acquisition of berlin cameron & partners included the curious advisory that mr . lindner ' ' will continue to work with ' ' mr . berlin and mr . daley .\nomnicom created a shop under his leadership , berlin wright cameron , in 1993 , which took on other names before closing two years later . within days , mr . berlin opened fallon mcelligott berlin in a partnership with fallon mcelligott , now the fallon worldwide division of the publicis groupe .\nthe key thing is choice . the vice generation are often anti - capitalist in an unstructured unideological way . but they still demand options as a birthright . once , in the big cornershop fridge you ' d see only coca - cola and a range of british soft drinks you wouldn ' t actually want to put near your mouth . tizer . tango . vimto . irn - bru if you were ethnic . in that company , coke positively glowed with vitality . at least it tasted like the future \u2013 tizer tasted like a soviet approximation of what a soft drink should be .\ncoke ' s problem is an amalgam of thorny issues . it ' s so big and so globally omnipresent . it has 500 different products , 131 , 000 employees \u2013 albeit with many redundancies on the way - and we drink two billion coca - cola ' servings ' every day . it ' s so all - american that it suffers the worst form of tall poppy syndrome . to have a go at america you take a pop at coke \u2013 or in russia you send the health inspectors in to shut down mcdonald ' s first , and then have a go at coke .\nsen . mary landrieu , d - la . , the head of the energy and natural resources committee who has pressed regulators on the cameron lng project , said the energy department \u201cdecision means we can put shovels in the ground immediately and begin exporting this game - changing resource around the world . \u201d\nsen . mary landrieu , d - la . , the head of the energy and natural resources committee who has pressed regulators on the cameron lng project , said the energy department \u201cdecision means we can put shovels in the ground immediately and begin exporting this game - changing resource around the world . \u201d\ninterpublic executives also talked to mr . berlin about acquiring berlin cameron . mr . berlin said he and his partners accepted the wpp offer because ' ' we liked the vision that they had for red cell and the role that they proposed for us ; we found it advantageous for our clients . ' '\noverview : cameron diaz moves her philanthropy through begin today for tomorrow , a philanthropic vehicle which supports various causes . health appears to be of interest , as do global and environmental issues . grantmaking appears to be up at the charity . the foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals and keeps a very low profile .\nmike cameron , the georgia schoolboy who wore a pepsi t - shirt to his school ' s coke in education day and was suspended for it because the head thought he might ' ve cost them a shot at 10 grand , is as real to us as the little dutch boy who put his finger in the dyke .\nthe operation would be the second in just over a year by dr . cameron brown to treat kelleher ' s crippling back pain . but this procedure would first require cutting into her belly to expose her vertebrae \u2014 and that surgery would be done by someone she didn ' t know : dr . ramon a . mabasa .\nduring the 1970s , the company faced aggressive competition from pepsi - cola co . to counter\nthe real thing ,\npepsi introduced\nthe pepsi generation ,\nassociating pepsi with youth and free spiritedness ; the marketer also began its\npepsi challenge ,\nwhich invited consumers to compare pepsi and coke for themselves in blind taste tests .\nit is not as if coca - cola has done nothing in terms of product innovation . coke zero , diet coke , and coke life ( although diet coke did take a 7 % nosedive in 2013 , put down to the unpopularity of artificial sweetener aspartame ) . it has bought super - cuddly brit smoothie - maker innocent and is also having a go with fuze tea , zico coconut water and the organic honest tea . it buys small brands worth around $ 10m in sales and tries to up that to $ 1bn , but only one in 10 purchases succeed . the intensive work coke is also doing with calorie and sweetener innovation is critical . but things aren ' t moving fast enough .\nc ' mon , then . let ' s all sing along like it was 1971 . ' i ' d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony / i ' d like to buy the world a coke and keep it company . chorus : it ' s the re - al thing , coke is \u2013 what the world wants today , coca - cola . ' doesn ' t sound quite as convincing in 2015 as it did back then in the groovy , carefree early 1970s , does it ? in those days , coke was the taste that refreshes . it ' added life ' . then you had a coke with a smile not a grimace . that was then but this is now .\nnikolaus sorg gmbh & co , a german manufacturer of glass melters , had been approached in 2006 to build the furnace at the cameron plant , but the german company declined , kemsley said . sorg told the camerons that an electric melter designed to produce 270 tons of bottles daily had a good chance of failing if it was used to produce colored glass , according to kemsley .\nlooking forward : cameron diaz is only in her 40s and still very much active in hollywood . but there ' s been an upward trend in giving of late , which may continue down the line . it ' s also worth noting that apart from begin today for tomorrow , diaz may have other more direct avenues of giving , and some important gifts may be missing from this rundown .\nthis is the pickiest generation ever in their eating choices and the idea that you would unthinkingly guzzle cola as in earlier times has been conditioned out of us as surely as smoking in pubs . the associations of drinking coke are not success and universality , they are fat poor people . its associations are asda rollback and jd & coke \u2013 the official drink of the twat rocker and naive townie .\nthe acquisition , with terms that were not disclosed , brings mr . berlin back into the fold of a larger agency company after four years of operating an independent shop . berlin cameron , where mr . berlin has been chairman , will become the nucleus of red cell , the fourth worldwide agency network that wpp operates , alongside ogilvy & mather , j . walter thompson and young & rubicam .\nin 1991 , the agency joined omnicom and berlin managed a turn - around team at the group\u2019s ddb needham new york agency , nominated \u2018executive of the year\u2019 and \u2018agency of the year\u2019 respectively . in 1995 he co - founded new york agency , fallon mcelligott berlin , which evolved two years later into the fully independent berlin cameron & partners . in 2000 , the agency had revenues of approximately $ 20 million .\n< b > cameron lng < / b > partners on < b > < a href =\nurltoken\n> the cameron lng project < / a > < / b > cover the range of the lng value chain , including japanese shipping company nippon yusen kabushiki kaisha and french electricity and gas utility gdf suez . that broad reach could be an advantage in financing the project . < b > location : < / b > hackberry , la . < b > companies : < / b > sempra , gdf suez , mitsubishi corp . , nippon yusen kabushiki kaisha and mitsui < b > expected first exports : < / b > 2019 . < b > customers : < / b > japan ' s kansai electric power co . and japan ' s toho gas . < b > export license : < / b > conditional approval feb . 11 to export 1 . 7 bcf / day . < b > ferc license : < / b > next in line for review . less\n< b > sabine pass lng terminal < / b > cheniere ' s sabine pass facility , < b > < a href =\nurltoken\n> now under construction at the site of its existing import terminal < / a > < / b > , is the only fully permitted new liquefied natural gas export project . first proposed in 2010 , the sabine pass project effectively kicked off the new lng export frenzy . < b > location : < / b > cameron parish , la . < b > company : < / b > cheniere energy inc . < b > proposed first exports : < / b > 2015 . < b > customers : < / b > britain ' s centrica and bg group , france ' s total , korea gas , gail india , spain ' s gas natural fenosa < b > export license : < / b > final approval aug . 7 , 2012 to export 2 . 2 billion cubic feet per day ; pending application for additional 520 million cf / day < b > ferc license : < / b > final authorization april 16 , 2012 less\ngenerally cloudy . slight chance of a rain shower . high 73f . winds wnw at 5 to 10 mph . .\npartly cloudy skies . low 54f . winds wnw at 5 to 10 mph .\nthey wanted to produce colored glass with environmentally friendly technology that would avoid burning coal , natural gas or another polluting fossil fuel . against the advice of a major glass equipment manufacturer , the camerons , who had no winebottle manufacturing experience , decided to build the world ' s largest electric - powered glass melter .\nalthough other factors undoubtedly played into the failure of the plant , the decision to go with a giant , all - electric melter ultimately caused the downfall of the plant , industry sources say .\nthose same sources believe the plant ' s new owner , bennu glass llc , could learn from the camerons ' mistakes and redevelop a plant to bring back familywage jobs and serve as a prototype on how to power future domestic glass plants .\nit can be reopened , and it is the great white hope of the area . those 90 jobs are important ,\nsaid ian kemsley , president of portland - based aegina glassworks . he studied the plant ' s three - year history in an unsuccessful attempt to buy it at foreclosure auction .\nthe camerons\nwouldn ' t get off the hobby horse\nabout building the 470 - ton electric furnace , or glass melter , kemsley added , even though they had been warned the furnace could run into problems producing colored bottle glass , which is needed for red wine .\nto great fanfare , the camerons broke ground on the plant in the summer of 2007 . the plant went online at the end of 2008 , but the melter suffered a massive molten glass leak within a month of startup , costing the company $ 12 million .\nafter restarting the facility , the camerons shut down the plant in september and declared bankruptcy a month later . it was a difficult event for the community , but the warning signs of an impending disaster were there even before the camerons started construction , kemsley said .\neventually , the camerons commissioned a british firm to make the furnace to its design specifications . as it turned out , the melter worked fine when the plant first started producing clear glass bottles . however , when the plant tried making green bottles , metal particles inside the molten glass posed a problem inside the furnace that led to the massive jan . 4 leak \u2014 almost exactly what the german company feared , kemsley said .\nthe molten mix didn ' t heat evenly , leaving giant , hardened boulders of glass rumbling around in the molten material in the furnace , kemsley said . a smaller electric furnace could have worked , but on such a large scale the technology just couldn ' t maintain the 2 , 000 - degree temperatures needed to keep all the glass in a molten form , he said .\nfor decades , natural gas has been the primary power source for glass manufacturers , and the industry needs to change , said john brown , technical director of the glass manufacturing industrial council , an ohio - based federal trade group .\nglass - making is energy - intensive , and the industry uses more power per pound of product than any other manufacturer , brown said . rising natural gas prices hit glass makers hard , and coal power is too dirty , he said .\nwe have to have a new paradigm for the future ,\nbrown said .\nbrown said he wished he could have helped with the design , but the camerons did not seek advice from the glass manufacturing council .\nwhen the plant shut down , the congealed glass cooled inside the furnace and ruined it , and a replacement would likely cost as much as $ 4 million , according to industry sources . but the plant , under bennu ' s ownership , could operate again , brown said .\ni absolutely feel like they could do it . there ' s no reason why it shouldn ' t work .\nthe camerons ' experiment with an all - electric melter was a noble effort , and the story of the plant is instructive for other glass manufacturers , said michael greenman , executive director of the glass manufacturing industry council .\nit ' s clear that in the future , glass will be melted by electricity ,\nhe said .\nkemsley is banking on it . a computer software designer by training , kemsley founded aegina glass works in 2008 . the company is developing a new , environmentally friendly technology to heat glass using microwaves , which kemsley hopes to sell to manufacturers .\nthe united states is the largest consumer of glass products worldwide \u2014 giving domestic manufacturers an advantage over foreign competition , kemsley said .\nit is a lesson in the type of manufacturing america can do and compete ,\nkemsley said .\n! ! ! changes to online comments \u2014 please read before posting ! ! ! effective immediately , all comments will display the user ' s first and last name rather than a screen name . anyone with an existing account that did not provide a first and last name when registering will be required to update their profile before submitting a comment . again - 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{"id": 54041, "summary": [{"text": "linear acoustic is an american company based in lancaster , pennsylvania that develops technology and manufacturers equipment used by television stations , cable television and satellite television services providers , post-production facilities and other content services providers to control , measure , manage and monitor multi-channel digital audio .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the company has been especially active in areas related to automated upmixing and downmixing of multichannel broadcast audio , and with issues related to relative loudness of broadcast audio .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "the company was founded in 2002 by tim carroll , who had previously worked as product manager for the professional audio division of dolby laboratories in san francisco .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "while at dolby , carroll contributed to the development of dolby digital ( ac-3 ) and dolby e encoding systems for dvd and high-definition television ( hdtv ) applications .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "christina carroll is the vice president and executive director of linear acoustic and is responsible for managing day-to-day company operations .", "topic": 13}, {"text": "the company \u2019s products can be broadly broken down into three categories : loudness controllers designed to help television broadcasters maintain consistent audio levels ; monitors and meters that measure digital audio levels , including loudness ; and stand-alone encoding and transcoding products for handling the various data compression technologies commonly found in digital television plants .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "the subject of controlling loudness in television broadcasts has garnered considerable publicity since the fcc moved to implement enforcement of the commercial advertisement loudness mitigation or calm act on december 13 , 2012 .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "while consumer complaints about overly loud television commercials are almost as old as the medium itself , the calm act began as legislation was first sponsored by representative anna eshoo , a democratic congresswoman in california , in 2008 .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "the law was passed in 2010 and went into full effect in 2011 and 2012 .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "the linear acoustic aero line of audio processors effectively measures and manages shifts in loudness and controls discrepancies between program and commercial audio without unnecessarily degrading the quality of the audio or significantly affecting the dynamic range that adds impact to digital television audio .", "topic": 35}, {"text": "when used in combination with a meter capable of measuring loudness by the itu-r bs .1770 standard ( or derivatives of this standard , such as ebu r128 ) u.s. broadcasters will be able to achieve calm compliance by effectively managing and monitoring audio levels .", "topic": 28}, {"text": "linear acoustic also manufacturers the upmax 5.1-channel upmixer , which creates multi-channel surround sound audio from 2-channel ( stereo ) sources .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "nbc utilized this product during the 2008 beijing summer olympics , and relied upon the company \u2019s aero.qc products during the 2010 vancouver winter olympics .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "in 2008 , linear acoustic became part of the telos alliance , based in cleveland , ohio .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the telos alliance comprises telos systems , axia audio , omnia audio , and 25-seven systems that manufacture broadcast telephone systems , consoles and audio over ip gear , audio processors , and audio time management hardware for radio stations .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "frank foti , founder of omnia audio , is the telos alliance ceo .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "at the 2012 nab show in las vegas , linear acoustic announced a co-branding agreement with dolby laboratories under which the company will manufacture stand-alone dolby-centric professional products such as audio codecs and audio bitstream test tools . ", "topic": 8}], "title": "linear acoustic", "paragraphs": ["2008 tv technology \u2013 superior technology award \u2013 linear acoustic aeromax 5 . 1 - xl\nlinear acoustic president and founder , tim carroll , gives a brief history of television audio .\naudio engineers suggested investigating equipment from linear acoustic for a solution . after a lot of research and the evaluation of numerous products from several manufacturers , they have determined that linear acoustic\u2019s aero . 100 dtv audio processor was the correct solution .\nlinear acoustic offers a comprehensive lineup of loudness measurement and control products to help you achieve calm and r - 128 compliance .\nrenowned linear acoustic loudness control and upmixing for compliance and viewer - pleasing quality , but with incredible cost - savings for pcm - only applications .\na compact and space - efficient 1ru loudness management platform for hosting linear acoustic\u00ae aeromax\u00ae processing , upmax\u00ae - ii upmixing / downmixing , dolby\u00ae coding , and nielsen\u00ae watermark encoding .\nlinear acoustic was founded in 2001 with the introduction of the octimax 5 . 1 audio processor . with the onset of digital television came myriad problems involving loudness and digital audio control . linear acoustic turned their attentions to solving these problems at every stage of the digital audio chain and soon developed a product range that made digital broadcast sound and work as it should .\na 2ru loudness management platform with front panel controls and color display for hosting linear acoustic\u00ae aeromax\u00ae processing , upmax\u00ae - ii upmixing / downmixing , dolby\u00ae coding , and nielsen\u00ae watermark encoding .\nnewbay media\u2019s tv technology magazine honored the telos alliance tv solutions group ( tvsg ) with a best of show award for its linear acoustic ams at the 2017 nab show held this week in las vegas . linear acoustic ams is a comprehensive solution for real - time authoring , rendering and monitoring of advanced audio programs for the atsc 3 . 0 digital television system .\nlinear acoustic ams authoring and monitoring system is a comprehensive solution for real - time authoring , rendering , and monitoring of advanced audio programs for the atsc 3 . 0 digital television system .\nminnetonka audio and linear acoustic are both part of the foundation of the tv solutions group of the telos alliance . more information on the tv solutions group is available here . for general sales inquiries , contact inquiry @ urltoken . for television technical support , please e - mail support @ urltoken or call + 1 - 717 - 735 - 3611 . to locate a dealer for linear acoustic or other telos alliance brands , visit the telos alliance dealer directory .\n\u201cwe\u2019re honored to be recognized by newbay media with a best of show award for our linear acoustic ams , \u201d saidjohn schur , president , the telos alliance tv solutions group . \u201cwe created ams to deliver the full vision of an advanced consumer audio experience for digital television . \u201d\nams is equipped with linear acoustic apto , the state - of - the - art loudness adaptation technology designed to carefully control audio levels in a way that preserves the transients , sonic image and artistic intent of the source , while ensuring loudness consistency and compliance for any desired target .\naudio over ip ( aoip ) connectivity via livewire + / aes67 enables enterprise - wide audio access . audio from any video source can be put on the aoip network using a wide variety of livewire + / aes67 compliant devices available from linear acoustic , axia audio , and other 3rd party vendors .\nlinear acoustic has been the go - to manufacturer of processors and meters for television networks and local stations worldwide for more than a decade , but their products definitely have a place on the production side as well . the aero . 100 has proven to be an invaluable tool for them since then .\nthe linear acoustic ams offers a web interface , which controls the interactive features of mpeg - h offered to the viewer . the web interface allows viewers to build presets for different listening experiences , enabling viewers to personalize their sound experience for optimal playback on any platform , from mobile devices to immersive home theaters .\naudio over ip ( aoip ) has been embraced by the radio side of broadcasting for many years where the myriad advantages of networked audio via the livewire + aes67 standard is well known . now , aoip is available for television audio thanks to linear acoustic aero . soft\u2122 . the linear acoustic sdi xnode de - embeds two separate hd / sd - sdi inputs , converts it to up to 16 channels of livewire + aes67 audio , makes it available for processing , upmixing , and encoding in the brand - new aero . soft processing engine , and then re - embeds the audio into two independent sdi outputs . this provides unmatched flexibility , scalability and channel density .\nlinear acoustic ams can be used in production to actively author and monitor metadata , or in other parts of the broadcast chain to monitor and validate audio streams containing a control track which were authored upstream . in both scenarios , ams is capable of outputting 15 - channels of discrete audio with a metadata control track , a 5 . 1 - channel rendered output , 2 - channel rendered output , and a dedicated monitoring output , all simultaneously .\naero . 8000 runs on the new linear acoustic aero . 8000 processing engine hardware . each processing engine is capable of handling up to eight amx processing instances and 16 stereo pairs of aes67 / livewire i / o . the eight amx instances can be any combination of amx5 . 1 ( 5 . 1 + 2 + 2 ) , amx2 . 0 ( 2 + 2 + 2 ) or amx5x2 ( 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 ) . all amx instances support sap / dvs , loro / ltrt downmix , local audio insertion , and optional audio description ( warble tone ) functionality . itu - r bs . 1770 - 3 or ebu r128 meters are present on each audio program output . linear acoustic crowd control\u2122 , which eliminates viewer complaints about \u201cmissing\u201d or \u201chard to hear\u201d dialogue , is now available for both 2 . 0 - and 5 . 1 - channel sources .\nlinear acoustic ams authoring and monitoring system is a comprehensive solution for real - time authoring , rendering , and monitoring of advanced audio programs for the atsc 3 . 0 digital television system . the audio system in atsc 3 . 0 provides listeners with a personalized , immersive audio experience using next generation audio ( nga ) technologies , including mpeg - h . ams simultaneously delivers advanced audio for atsc 3 . 0 broadcasts and 5 . 1 - / 2 - ch audio for atsc 1 . 0 broadcasts .\namong the many features that can be completed using the web interface are device configuration and status , monitoring control , input / output routing , audio mixing and object panning , loudness processing and more . linear acoustic ams also makes authoring an mpeg - h audio stream using the web interface as simple as assigning the 15 available mono inputs to the 10 available channel groups , providing full user control . additionally , the solution simultaneously delivers advanced audio for atsc 3 . 0 broadcasts and 5 . 1 / 2 - channel audio for atsc 1 . 0 broadcasts .\nthe ams web interface controls the interactive features of mpeg - h offered to the viewer . using smart metadata and linear acoustic apto loudness control , ams facilitates easy audio mixing and authoring operations , even in the most demanding production scenarios . individual audio elements are combined with user specified metadata to create immersive and personalized audio programs for the viewer . the ams web interface allows the authoring engineer to easily control the interactive features of mpeg - h offered to the viewer , and build presets for different listening experiences . this enables viewers to personalize their sound experience for optimal playback , from mobile devices to immersive home theatres .\nin 2010 , linear received a technical emmy\u00ae for\nthe pioneering development of an audio / metadata processor for conforming audio to the atsc standard ,\nand has provided upmixing , loudness metering , encoding products , and technical support for nbc\u2019s coverage of the 2008 bejing summer games , the 2010 vancouver winter games , the london 2012 summer games , the 2014 sochi winter games , and most recently , the 2016 summer games in rio .\nfor three decades , the brands of the telos alliance have revolutionized radio and television by pioneering disruptive , cutting - edge audio technology with the goal of helping global networks and local stations produce better programming , improve audience engagement , and bolster ratings . the telos alliance is made up of six brands\u2014telos \u00ae systems , omnia \u00ae audio , axia \u00ae audio , linear acoustic \u00ae , 25 - seven \u00ae systems , and minnetonka\u2122 audio\u2014that raise the bar for quality and innovation in the radio and television industries . the telos alliance invented audio over ip for broadcast and contributed time and resources to the effort that led to the aes67 standard . headquartered in cleveland , ohio , usa , with additional offices and dealers around the world , the telos alliance offers an industry - leading five - year warranty , and backs users ' critical on - air needs with worldwide 24 / 7 round - the - clock support for all customers .\nfighting ignorance since 1973 . ( it ' s taking longer than we thought . )\njust when i get the tv volume adjusted to the optimum level , a commercial comes on and rattles the house like a sonic boom . who ' s the einstein who decided i should listen to commercials at a level loud enough to rupture my eardrums ?\nrick graydear cecil : for as long as i can remember , home theater has had the same problem , namely , while the parts of a movie or tv show full of explosions are loud enough to strip varnish off a coffee table , dialogue at the same volume is barely comprehensible because it ' s too damn quiet . thus you either have to constantly adjust the volume or resign yourself to the possibility of permanent ear damage every time you watch an action movie . what ' s the deal ? dan rosenbluth\nseveral audio techniques are at work here , two of which , interestingly , work in opposite ways . but the motive is the same : noise sells .\nviewers have complained about loud tv commercials since the 1950s but advertisers paid no heed , figuring people couldn\u2019t ignore your message if you screamed it in their ears . in the 1960s the fcc began warning broadcasters to lower the volume but made no serious attempt at regulation , and industry efforts to self - police didn\u2019t accomplish much either .\nthings got worse in the era of digital tv , with improved technology greatly increasing the range of discernible sound volume , better known as dynamic range . eventually congress stepped in , passing the commercial advertisement loudness mitigation ( calm ) act in 2010 . the law directed the fcc to set advertising loudness standards for broadcasters , cable operators and other video distributors . by december 13 , 2012 , a commercial\u2019s average sound level must be the same as the average loudness of the surrounding programming . the idea is that once you get the tv volume adjusted to a comfortable level you won\u2019t risk having your eardrums ruptured by a sales pitch .\nhuman ingenuity being what it is , the new rule may not entirely solve the problem . imagine a commercial skillfully interweaving tranquil footage of bunnies and butterflies with equal intervals of air raid siren - level noise . on average , the result is 100 percent fcc compliant . improved tv technology works both ways , however . check your owner\u2019s manual to see if you have a function called automatic gain control , audio compression , or peak limiting . if you do , and you have the moxie to navigate through the byzantine array of menus and options on the average tv , they\u2019ll enable you to control the peak noise level . my assistants una and fierra discovered their five - year - old television had two of the aforementioned options , so there\u2019s a decent chance yours might too .\nthat brings us to the related problem of loud movies . increased dynamic range during regular programming was designed to enhance the vividness of the home theatre experience by reproducing the gamut of sounds you experience in real life . unfortunately for your hearing , the approximation of real life favored by hollywood tends to fixate on the whispers of the bedroom on the one hand and battling robots on the other .\naction movies are particularly problematic . audio researchers found that whereas a typical episode of the sitcom friends had a nontaxing dynamic range of 6 . 6 \u201cloudness units , \u201d the 1999 film the matrix had a range of 25 units . the eruption of noise during the matrix \u2018s action sequences is part of its charm , of course , but such extreme dynamic range pushes the limits of what even the most sophisticated home system can reproduce , making it virtually impossible to find a comfortable volume level .\nonce again , though , technology is your friend . the dolby 5 . 1 system , for example , includes a \u201cmidnight mode\u201d that compresses the dynamic range , lowering the sound peaks and raising the valleys to make a concussive soundtrack more listenable .\nbut here\u2019s the surprising part . where the movie industry uses increased dynamic range to make more noise , the music industry uses dynamic range compression to do the same thing . dynamic compression is a major weapon in what\u2019s been called the \u201cloudness war , \u201d the steady increase in the volume of rock and pop music . going back at least to phil spector\u2019s \u201cwall of sound , \u201d music producers and engineers have always been trying to make their records sound bigger and more exciting than the competition\u2019s , and one way of getting a song to jump off a jukebox is simply to make the recording itself louder .\nbecause you can only turn the sound up so far before it becomes distorted , it eventually became standard practice to compress the dynamic range while cranking the gain until the song was uniformly loud \u2014 never mind the loss of sound quality . since the mid - 1980s the average loudness of cds has increased by a factor of 10 , a trend if anything exacerbated by the shift to mp3 players . how better to make a track really pop in shuffle mode than to torque its effective volume ? thus the curious paradox : a century of technological progress has culminated in popular recordings with less dynamic range than an edison phonograph cylinder of 1909 .\nadvertise on the straight dope ! your direct line to thousands of the smartest , hippest people on the planet , plus a few total dipsticks .\nfusion aoip mixing console iq aoip mixing console radius 8 - fader aoip mixing console desq compact desktop ip - audio console raq rack - mount ip - audio console powerstation integrated console engine studioengine dsp mixing engine qor . 32 integrated console engine qor . 16 integrated console engine\naero . 2000 - audio / loudness manager aero . 100 - dtv audio processor aero . 10 - dtv audio processor aero . 8000\nsurcode for dolby pro logic ii surcode for dolby digital plus 5 . 1 encoder for adobe premiere pro cc surcode for dolby digital plus for avid surcode for dolby e surcode for dolby digital 5 . 1 standalone surcode encoder for dts - hd for compressor surcode for dts dvd / cd\nthe sdi xnode brings hd / sd - sdi signals into the axia livewire aoip ( audio over ip ) domain for use in audio processing or other applications .\nenterprise - wide audio and loudness management deployed on a dedicated aero . 8000 processing engine , featuring the same algorithms as aero . 100 / 1000 / 2000 .\ncomprehensive itu - r bs . 1770 and ebu r128 loudness and peak level metering and logging for eight channels ( 5 . 1 + 2 ) plus downmix via aes or hd - sd / sdi audio .\ndrawing upon the success of its predecessors , upmax v4 - d produces engaging 5 . 1 - channel audio from two - and three - channel sources with ease and seamlessly transitions between discrete and upmixed audio .\na portable , handheld diagnostic tool that can monitor and generate dolby digital , dolby digital plus , dolby e , and pcm bitstreams anytime , anywhere .\nusing aero . 10 / 100 / 2000 / soft to create a \u2018cleared\u2019 feed .\nan explanation of audio metadata , including a look at dialog level ( dialnorm ) , dynamic range control ( drc ) , and downmixing .\na more in - depth look at how audio metadata is created and distributed .\ngetting audio into the plant , moving it around , and encoding it in preparation for distribution .\nwhat happens to the audio as it leaves the plant and gets to the viewer .\na detailed explanation of how audio coding works , both technically , and in relation to human hearing .\nhow the major terrestrial networks distribute multi - channel audio to their affiliate stations .\na closer look at how different networks have chosen to get their audio to the affiliates .\na high - level look at the status of multi - channel audio at the major networks .\nnow ! puts the latest broadcast audio technologies from the telos alliance in your hands .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nrep . anna eshoo , left , introduced the calm act in the house in june 2008 . \u2026 ( j . scott applewhite / associated\u2026 )\ncalm act , the commercial advertisement loudness mitigation law , which limits the volume of tv commercials , took effect thursday . it requires broadcasters to ensure that tv commercials maintain the same volume as the entertainment programming in which they are contained .\nthe legislative effort was begun more than four years ago by rep . anna g . eshoo ( d - menlo park ) , who was blasted by blaring ads on tv during a family holiday gathering .\n\u201cthis has been a top consumer complaint for decades , \u201d eshoo said during a news conference thursday in washington . \u201ci never dreamed that this would strike the chord that it did with the american public . \u201d\nit would seem like an easy enough fix for broadcasters , but turning down the volume turned into a frustrating odyssey for lawmakers and regulators . the solution required a convention of engineers from around the world , rewriting broadcast standards and advances in audio technology . tv stations and cable and satellite tv operators have spent the last two years upgrading their equipment to better detect sound fluctuations .\nnormal listening levels are about 70 decibels for a television show , but levels can vary . the switch to digital television in 2009 made the problem worse because the higher fidelity sound made the commercials seem even louder , industry officials said .\nsound metering equipment long used by broadcasters was not sensitive enough to discern fluctuations in volume .\n\u201cthe old type of meter measured volts . they were just looking for technical indications of loudness , and those indications did not always relate to human perception , \u201d thomas lund , a development manager of denmark ' s tc electronic , said in a telephone interview . \u201clevels and loudness are not always the same . \u201d\nfor example , high levels of sound for sustained periods come across to the ear as louder than for short duration . the old meters , lund said , did not measure that dimension of sound .\n\u201cthe people who were creating the commercials learned how to exploit the meters and fly below the radar , \u201d lund said . the result : blaring ads .\nthe calm legislation marked an unusual case study of bipartisan support in washington . rep . eshoo introduced a one - page bill called the calm act in the house in june 2008 . two years later , a companion bill authored by sen . sheldon whitehouse ( d - r . i . ) unanimously passed the senate .\nin december 2010 , the house passed the legislation and president obama signed the bill into law on dec . 15 , 2010 . the federal communications commission adopted its rules implementing the law a year ago , and provided a yearlong grace period so that stations could install the new equipment .\nviewers can report super - loud commercials to the fcc on the agency ' s website or by calling 1 - 888 - tell - fcc ( 1 - 888 - 225 - 5322 ) .\nhugh hefner will like the calm act . other boomers ? maybe . . .\ncable industry needs to stop its noise over law on loud tv . . .\nprocessing instances ( at least one is required ) providing real time adaptive wideband and / or multiband processing including an advanced itu limiter . output levels are consistent and compliant without compromising audio quality .\nour hollywood - approved upmax \u00ae - ii upmixing / downmixing algorithm creates engaging 5 . 1 - channel audio from 2 - channel sources and provides a downmix that is nearly indistinguishable from the original source .\navailable configurations for each instance include amx5 . 1 ( one 5 . 1 channel and two 2 - channel processing engines ) , amx2 . 0 ( three 2 - channel processing engines , one with 5 . 1 - channel downmixing ) and amx5x2 ( five 2 - channel processing engines ) . flexible signal routing is provided for main and secondary audio programs plus eas and local emergency audio insertion .\ndesigned and built in the usa , the aero . 100 platform itself supports 8 audio pairs via sdi i / o with sdi video delay and 4 pairs via aes . failover bypass relays maintain signal continuity and dual auto - ranging power supplies enable redundancy and worldwide compatibility .\nthe included nfremote software provides comprehensive control over system settings and processing parameters remotely from any pc including access to the built - in http server for automated control or retrieval of loudness logs .\nprovides control over all system settings , processing and coding parameters plus extensive metering of signal presence , processing and coding activity , and audio loudness . system status reports physical i / o details along with system , power supply and environmental health . the remote application also delivers remote audio , up to 5 . 1 channels , to the user so that signal quality can be auditioned anywhere link bandwidth permits . http server is also included for simple get / set control of all parameters and status .\ngenerates revenue - critical nielsen naes ii and the new nielsen watermark audience measurement codes . aero . 100 precisely inserts these signals for maximum code recovery after audio decoding and processing and before transmission encoding .\n- ii 2 - channel to 5 . 1 - channel upmixing / downmixing with automatic detection and automatic downmix replacement\neight main inputs plus reference via 75 - ohm bnc female connectors . eight main outputs plus encoder output . all digital inputs are 75 ohm internally terminated , unbalanced . signal levels per smpte\nauto - sensing hd / sd - sdi ( smpte 292m / 259m ) inputs , up to 1080i / 60 / 59 . 94 / 50hz . de - embed up to 16 channels from applied sdi signal , process and / or encode , re - embed up to 16 channels . supports smpte 2020 a and b vanc metadata\n9 - pin female d connector ; 115 . 2 kbps ; pinout per smpte 207m ( rs - 485 ) ; designed to directly interface with dolby serial metadata ( smpte rdd6 )\nwindows\u00ae - compatible tcp / ip remote control included application for full setup and control , itu - r bs . 1770 metering for all programs , encoder statistics , and return audio for remote monitoring ( network speed permitting ) . http server allows get / set control from pc\ndual power supplies , each rated at 100 - 264 vac , 50 / 60hz , auto - sensing , 150w max . total\nnet weight : 15 lbs . ( 6 . 80 kg ) , approximate .\nnorth america : fcc and ce tested and compliant , power supply is ul approved .\neurope : complies with the european union directive 2002 / 95 / ec on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment ( rohs ) , as amended by commission decisions 2005 / 618 / ec , 2005 / 717 / ec , 2005 / 747 / ec ( rohs directive ) , and weee .\naero manual addendum 3 . 15 . 26 and 3 . 16 . 02 - snmp\naero manual addendum 3 . 15 . 26 and 3 . 16 . 02 - latency\nhybrid dynamic range and loudness control with advanced itu limiter provide set - and - forget compliance and viewer - pleasing quality while included features deliver incredible cost - savings .\nwatermark encoding , and the ability to add a second processing instance are not required .\nstandard configurations are your choice of either a 5 . 1 + 2 + 2 or 2 + 2 + 2 channel configuration ; a 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 channel configuration is optional .\navailable in either a 5 . 1 + 2 + 2 or 2 + 2 + 2 channel configuration , or optionally , in a 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 channel configuration for processing up to 5 stereo programs\nhighest quality industry standard audio control has never been more affordable . aero . 10 is a fully - featured audio processor supporting up to ten channels of audio and featuring a processing engine identical to those in the aero . 100 / 1000 / 2000 products . tools such as loudness and dynamic range control , upmixing , downmixing , plus itu and ebu compliant loudness metering and logging makes the aero . 10 an extremely powerful solution for nearly any application at an extremely low cost .\nto this , the aero . 10 adds a simple lcd front panel gui and stereo analog i / o . the headphone output has been designed to provide plenty of level even for difficult loads or quiet sources and is useful for checking audio or adjusting processing .\nnew with aero . 10 is the addition of stereo analog inputs and outputs which serve to support facilities amidst transition from analog to digital as well as interface with any analog device or signal path .\ncomprehensive tcp / ip remote provides control over all system settings and processing parameters plus extensive metering of loudness . system status reports physical i / o details along with system , power supply and environmental health . the remote application also delivers remote audio , up to 5 . 1 channels , so the user can audition signal quality anywhere link bandwidth permits . an http server is also included for simple get / set control of all parameters and retrieval of status and logging information . constantly active logging captures 7 . 5 day rolling weekly reports as well as specific time slots controlled by start / stop . loudness with multiple integration times as well as true peak measurements are captured and available for download .\ndesigned and built in the usa , the lightweight and rugged single rack - unit aero . 10 is a solid investment in performance and flexibility . though all current features are standard , future options can be enabled by simply entering a factory provided key . failover bypass relays on all i / o maintain signal continuity and dual auto - ranging power supplies enable redundancy and worldwide compatibility .\navailable in either a 5 . 1 + 2 + 2 or 2 + 2 + 2 channel configuration with local / eas insertion , or optionally in a 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 channel configuration for up to 5 stereo programs .\ndual upmax ii two - channel to 5 . 1 channel upmixers plus main channel downmixing , automatic bypass of discrete content ( in 5 . 1 + 2 + 2 configuration , downmix only in 2 + 2 + 2 processing configuration )\nauto - sensing hd / sd - sdi ( smpte 292m / 259m ) inputs , up to 1080i / 60 / 59 . 94 / 50hz , access to audio and vanc metadata\ndual power supplies , each rated at 100 - 264 vac , 50 / 60hz , auto - sensing , 100w max . total\none rack unit - 1 . 75\u201dh x 19\u201dw x 15 . 5\u201dd ( 44 x 483 x 394 mm ) net weight : 9 lbs ( 4 kg ) ; shipping : 12 lbs\nfan cooled . operating : 0 to 50 degrees c , non - operating \u201320 to 70 degrees c .\naero . 8000 is enterprise - wide audio and loudness management software for high - density applications featuring the trusted aeromax\u00ae adaptive wideband and multiband , multistage , itu - compliant , loudness control algorithm . an advanced itu limiter ( ai ) and itu bs . 1770 - 3 metering guarantees fast , accurate and measureable compliance with atsc and ebu r - 128 loudness recommended practices while maintaining the highest possible audio quality .\nupmixing is provided by the hollywood - approved upmax\u00ae ii algorithm which delivers engaging 5 . 1 - channel audio from two - channel sources . automax\u2122 detection and switching between 2 . 0 and 5 . 1 surround sources makes full time 5 . 1 surround output easy to achieve with viewer - pleasing results .\ndolby\u00ae digital , dolby digital plus , and dolby e decoding and encoding are optionally available for each amx instance as is nielsen\u00ae watermark encoding for amx5 . 1 and amx2 . 0 instances .\nan included comprehensive tcp / ip remote control application provides control over all system settings , processing and dolby digital coding parameters , per - channel signal presence , and loudness metering from any windows pc . multiple logs of lkfs loudness values , true peak , and dolby dialnorm and acmod values are provided for each program output . the remote control application also delivers remote audio monitoring so the user can audition signal quality anywhere link bandwidth permits . an http server is also included for log retrieval and provides control of all parameters and retrieval of status via network commands .\nvery high channel capacity software runs real - time on aero . 8000 processing engine\nupmax ii automatic upmixing and downmixing with automax 5 . 1 surround / 2 . 0 detection and switching\nextensive remote gui over ip control enables metering , control , and local audio monitoring ( up to 5 . 1 channels )\nsince 2003 , broadcast facilities have been using axia livewire aoip ( audio over ip ) technology to route hundreds of audio channels using standard ethernet switches , cables , and other components . with thousands of devices on the air every day , reliability is proven .\nlivewire is lightning fast , simple to implement , easy to manage , and now as livewire + , fully compliant with the aes67 standard and ready to incorporate new standards as they are developed . it significantly reduces the number of cables and wires needed to transport and share audio throughout the broadcast plant .\nnearly any audio source \u2013 analog or aes , and now sdi \u2013 and myriad equipment from phone systems to codecs to satellite receivers \u2013 can be a part of the aoip network .\naeromax multistage adaptive wideband and multiband loudness and dynamic range control with itu - r bs . 1770 - 3 loudness metering\nupmax ii two - channel to 5 . 1 channel upmixing and downmixing , automatically bypasses discrete content\naero . air user guide ( software v1 . 16 . 02 and later )\naero . air user guide ( software v1 . 18 . 01 2u and later )\naero . air user guide ( software v1 . 23 . 01 2u and later )\naero . lite aero . lite manual ( software v0 . 00 . 10 )\naero . qc aero . qc manual ( software v1 . 00 . 00 and later )\nframe synchronizer ( la - 5448 ) la - 5448 manual ( software v1 . 00 . 21 and later )\nmetamax ( la - 5180 ) la - 5180 manual ( software v00 . 00 . 33 and later )\nupmax : neo ( la - 5190 ) upmax : neo user guide ( software v00 . 57 and later )\nauthoring an mpeg - h audio stream using the web interface is as simple as assigning the 15 available mono inputs to the 10 available channel groups . from defining music beds , identifying independent objects , or grouping objects to be switched by the user , full control is available .\nthe telos alliance xnode family of aoip devices offer optional analog , aes / ebu , gpio logic , and sdi i / o , all with full livewire + aes67 audio over ip support .\ntelos alliance sdi xnodes can de - embed 3g / hd / sd - sdi inputs , extracting up to 16 channels of audio to the livewire + aes67 port . the audio can be re - embedded into the sdi output stream with full video delay compensation for each sdi input , ensuring that audio video synchronization is maintained .\nusing the web interface , up to 36 outputs may be configured , including 16 channels of authored audio plus control channels , up to 12 channels for monitoring , and two additional sets of output channels for rendered broadcast outputs .\n- ii upmixing / downmixing algorithm creates engaging 5 . 1 - channel audio from 2 - channel sources and provides a downmix that is nearly indistinguishable from the original source .\ndesigned and built in the usa , the aero . 2000 platform itself supports 8 audio pairs via sdi i / o with sdi video delay and 8 pairs via aes . failover bypass relays maintain signal continuity and dual auto - ranging power supplies enable redundancy and worldwide compatibility .\nfront panel controls , color display , and headphone output offer the ability to monitor and adjust the unit locally while the included nfremote software provides comprehensive control over system settings and processing parameters remotely from any pc including access to the built - in http server for automated control or retrieval of loudness logs .\ncapable of hosting one or two aeromax\u00ae processing instances in amx5 . 1 , amx2 . 0 or amx5x2 configurations\nprovides control over all system settings , processing and coding parameters plus extensive metering of signal presence , processing and coding activity , and audio loudness . system status reports physical i / o details along with system , power supply and environmental health . the remote application also delivers remote audio , including 5 . 1 channels , to the user so that signal quality can be auditioned anywhere link bandwidth permits . the built - in http server provides for simple get / set control of all parameters and status .\ngenerates revenue - critical nielsen naes ii and the new nielsen watermarks audience measurement codes . aero . 2000 precisely inserts these signals for maximum code recovery \u2013 after audio decoding and processing and before transmission encoding .\n48khz via aes dars ( or any aes signal applied to the ref in connector ) , aes in 1 , sdi , or from the internal 48khz clock ( standalone use only ) .\neight main inputs plus reference via 75 - ohm bnc female connectors . eight main outputs plus encoder output . eight additional channels of auxiliary digital i / o on db - 25 female connector . all digital inputs are 75 ohm internally terminated , unbalanced . signal levels per smpte 276m / aes - 3id - 2001 .\nauto - sensing hd / sd - sdi ( smpte 292m / 259m ) inputs , up to 1080i / 60 / 59 . 94 / 50hz . de - embed up to 16 channels from applied sdi signal , process and / or encode , re - embed up to 16 channels . supports smpte 2020 a and b vanc metadata .\n1 / 4\u2019\u2019 ( 6 . 35mm ) front panel connector with volume control .\n9 - pin female d connector ; 115 . 2 kbps ; pinout per smpte 207m ( rs - 485 ) ; designed to directly interface with dolby serial metadata ( smpte rdd6 ) ethernet\ngigabit ethernet via rj45 supports included tcp / ip remote control application ; http server included for get / set control of all parameters .\nwindows\u00ae - compatible tcp / ip remote control included application for full setup and control , itu - r bs . 1770 metering for all programs , encoder statistics , and return audio for remote monitoring ( network speed permitting ) . http server allows get / set control from pc front panel controls and indicators .\nnet weight : 13 lbs . ( 5 . 9 kg ) , approximate .\nnet weight : 18 lbs . ( 8 . 2 kg ) , approximate .\nour aero\u2122 series of transmission audio loudness managers includes aero . 2000\u2122 , aero . one\u00ae , aero . lite\u2122 , aero . mobile\u2122 and the flexible high - density aero . 1000\u2122 loudness platform .\nthe lq - 1000\u2122 loudness quality monitor , lq - 1\u2122 loudness meter and lambda\u2122 digital audio and metadata monitor allow you to carefully and conveniently monitor audio , loudness level , and metadata throughout your station .\nin addition , upmax\u2122 produces completely downmix - compatible 5 . 1 channel audio from 2 channel audio sources , while the la - 5269\u2122transcoder represents the ultimate in transcoding versatility .\ncall us at ( 352 ) 622 - 7700 . we are always happy to help !\nwe have access to a large variety of products . send us your request and will confirm we can quote your request within 24hrs .\neach of our brands excel in their own areas and are frequently recognized by organizations within the industry . here is a look at some of the awards and honors that they have received :\n2010 broadcast engineering award ibc 2010 \u2013 broadcast engineering pick hit award \u2013 aero . file\n2000 16th annual technical excellence & creativity awards - minnetonka audio mx51 v2 . 0 - nominated for computer software and peripherals - outstanding technical achievement\nnewbay media\u2019s best of show awards are evaluated by a panel of engineers and industry experts , and are selected based on innovation , feature set , cost efficiency and performance in serving the industry .\ngbs alliance is an authorised distributor and system integrator for several international reputable brands in the am / fm / sw / tv broadcast equipment market .\nhas had a significant impact on broadcasters , as they now have to pay closer attention to their audio levels . however , compliance regulations have also reinforced the importance of correct audio levels to content creators and production houses as well .\nmost post - production company have already increased their attention towards audio , making sure that the content created is not only engaging , but also loudness - compliant . that focus has not been without its challenges .\nthis is relatively new ground for most people and companies of the broadcast chain . for many years , emphasis has been primarily on video , not audio , but nowadays , it\u2019s not uncommon to see some pretty inconsistent audio levels between different programs , and even within a single piece of content . this has been a pondering issue for the industries .\na much needed audio measurement and processing device with sdi i / o , a good user interface and the ability to produce compliant audio with an emphasis on audio quality . that\u2019s where the aero . 100 really stands out . the processed audio from it is not only compliant , but also is top - notch in quality , providing compelling and clear audio for the viewers at home .\namong the more useful features of the aero . 100 in common application are the built - in itu - r bs . 1770 lfks meters . content runs though the unit without processing it , just to measure the levels . there are four separate meters , each with a user - selectable integration time , so they can look at short - term dynamics and the mid - and long - term averages at the same time . this lets the production crews identify exactly where the content is inconsistent or non - compliant , they can use aero . 100 processing to bring everything into compliance for their clients thus allowing them to facilitate their client\u2019s needs with complete confidence ."]}
{"id": 54060, "summary": [{"text": "volume risk is a commodity risk which refers to the fact that a player in the commodity market has uncertain quantities of consumption or sourcing , i.e. production of the respective commodity .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "examples of other circumstances which can cause large deviations from a volume forecast are weather ( e.g. temperature-changes for gas consumption ) , the plant-availability , the collective customer outrage , but also regulatory interventions . ", "topic": 9}], "title": "volume risk", "paragraphs": ["volume risk is one of the core components of business risk ( revenue risk ) , the another being price risk ( or margin risk ) .\npatients at high risk of death after lung - volume - reduction surgery . - pubmed - ncbi\nvolume risk is the risk that product origination ( sales ) volumes will materially deviate from the planned / budgeted / expected amounts due to external or internal factors . the volume metric may be referencing the number of transactions , the total size of transactions etc .\nwhen limiting the private partner\u2019s exposure to volume risk , the contract should provide access for the authority to the upside if demand is greater than expected .\nin social infrastructure projects , higher use of the facility is generally not a natural policy objective and volume / use risk should be removed from the contract .\nlung - volume - reduction surgery is a proposed treatment for emphysema , but optimal selection criteria have not been defined . the national emphysema treatment trial is a randomized , multicenter clinical trial comparing lung - volume - reduction surgery with medical treatment .\nhome > appendix structuring and drafting the tender and contract - describing main risks > 1 . 2 describing main risks during the operations phase and potential allocation > 1 . 2 . 1 revenue risk \u2013 demand or volume risk [ 3 ]\nforward fixing your prices and accepting volume flexibility on that fixing , protects you against budgetary catastrophe in times of high consumption . in many cases , spot contracts are less expensive than forward fixings with volume flexibility . this clearly illustrates that with a forward fixing contract with volume flexibility , risk is shifted from the client to the supplier and not the other way around . and that makes the claim that spot contracts are less risky absurd .\nmost of a company\u2019s costs are fixed costs that occur regardless of sales volume . as long as a business earns a substantial profit on each sale and sustains adequate sales volume , fixed costs are covered and profits are earned . other company costs are variable costs incurred when sales occur . the business earns less profit on each sale but needs a lower sales volume for covering fixed costs .\njavier orlando pantoja robayo & andrea roncoroni , 2012 .\noptimal static hedging of energy price and volume risk : closed - form results ,\ndocumentos de trabajo cief 010668 , universidad eafit .\nsame thing when a period of larger than expected consumption coincides with high energy spot prices . in those cases , you will experience that the old contract with its volume conditions wasn\u2019t such a bad idea after all . in such contracts , the volume issue only starts to bite once you\u2019ve hit the threshold volumes . for this reason we recommend any clients that want to have a high degree of certainty over what their future energy prices will be to sign traditional forward fixing contracts , even if they come with volume conditions ( nowadays some suppliers offer consumers of smaller volumes forward fixing contracts without volume conditions ) . if you want to sign a spot contract , only do it when you are willing to keep the price of at least 20 % of your volume unfixed and open for the spot market . and if you have a high volume uncertainty , you should keep the price open for the spot market for even higher parts of the volume .\nmeasures of risk - adjusted performance revise accounting earnings to take into consideration the level of risk a company assumed to generate them .\n\u201cno volume risk\u201d is often cited as one of the advantages of a spot energy contract . and indeed , these contracts don\u2019t have \u201cvolume conditions\u201d in the sense of minimum or maximum volumes that have to be / can be consumed . many buyers of energy have gone through agonizing experiences when they ran into the threshold levels of such traditional volume conditions . this was particularly a problem in 2009 . many industrial consumers of energy saw their consumption drop below levels that they hadn\u2019t anticipated even in their worst nightmares .\nhigh concentrations of risk aren\u2019t necessarily bad . everything depends on the company\u2019s appetite for it . unfortunately , many companies have never articulated a risk strategy .\nwe define risk broadly to include any event that might push a company\u2019s financial performance below expectations . typically , the measure used is capital at risk , earnings at risk , or cash flow at risk , depending upon whether the focus is on the balance sheet , the income statement , or cash flows .\na company must not only understand the types of risk it bears but also know the amount of money at stake . less obviously , it should understand how the risks different business units take might be linked and the effect on its overall level of risk . in other words , companies need an integrated view . american express , for example , might discover that a sharp slump in the airline industry had exposed it to risk in three ways : business - volume risk in its travel - related services business , credit risk in its card business ( the risk of reimbursing unused but paid - for tickets ) , and market risk from investments made in airline bonds or aircraft leases by its own insurance unit .\nboard processes . boards need to review the effectiveness of their own risk - management processes periodically . they should look at committee structures and charters , how well board members understand risk policies , and the value of their interactions with management on risk . some companies use a formal self - assessment tool that allows directors to rate the effectiveness of board - level risk - management processes in areas such as risk transparency and reporting , committee meetings , and risk expertise . reviews should take place about once a year .\nthe first risk is what we refer to as volume risk . there are a lot of good and bad things that can happen on any one lease . the possible good things include anything that increases output , such as : new horizontal or vertical wells may be drilled , new technology can be implemented , shallower zones can be opened up , etc .\nthis is the 19th year of asia risk magazine ' s awards , which recognise best practice in risk management and derivatives use by banks and financial institutions around the region .\nformal modelling of business risk ( and its components ) is in a rather nascent stage . it is not one of the recognized regulatory risk types that attract capital requirements .\nto create a risk culture , companies need a formal , company - wide process to review risk , with each business unit developing its own risk profile that is then aggregated by the corporate center . the reviews are a way of ensuring that managers at every level understand the key risk issues and how they should be dealt with . drawing up a monthly heat map is one way of establishing a formal risk - review process .\n[ 5 ] in some light rail schemes based on volume payments , the risk is also shared by a system of bands as in some shadow toll roads . for example , this is the case for a number of light rail transport ( lrt ) ppps in spain .\nafter evaluation and pulmonary rehabilitation , we randomly assigned patients to undergo lung - volume - reduction surgery or receive medical treatment . outcomes were monitored by an independent data and safety monitoring board .\nreaders of my previous blog article ( in dutch ) will have remarked that i was quite agitated by misleading sales of spot contracts to end consumers . i would want to come back on a specific issue , the volume risk , and write a separate blog article in english on .\ncompanies must also provide education and training in risk management , which for many managers is quite unfamiliar , and establish effective incentives to encourage the right risk - return decisions at the front line . judging the performance of business - unit heads on net income alone , for instance , could encourage excessive risk taking ; risk - adjusted performance should be assessed , too . ultimately , people must be held accountable for their behavior . good risk behavior should be acknowledged and rewarded and clear penalties handed out to anyone who violates risk policy and processes .\nsegregation of duties . companies must separate employees who set risk policy and monitor compliance with it from those who originate and manage risk . salespeople , for instance , are transaction driven\u2014not the best choice for defining a company\u2019s appetite for risk and determining which customers should receive credit .\nrisk ownership . the existence of a corporate risk organization doesn\u2019t absolve business units of the need to assume full ownership of , and accountability for , the risks they assume . business units understand their risks best and are a company\u2019s first line of defense against undue risk taking .\ndisaster risk reduction ( drr ) and climate change adaption ( cca ) in international cooperation .\none way of gaining a transparent , integrated view is to use a heat map : a simple diagram showing the risks ( broken down by risk category and amount ) each business unit bears and an overall view of the corporate earnings at risk . the heat map tags exposures in different colors to highlight the greatest risk concentrations ; red might indicate that a business unit\u2019s risk accounted for more than 10 percent of a company\u2019s overall capital , green for more than 5 percent . ( exhibit 2 shows a risk heat map that flags high credit risk in two units . ) to make risks transparent\u2014and to draw up an accurate heat map\u2014companies need an effective system for reporting risk , and this requires a high - performing risk - management organization .\nfinally , business - volume risk , stemming from changes in demand or supply or from competition , is exposure to revenue volatility . the leading us carrier united airlines , for instance , filed for protection under chapter 11 of the us bankruptcy code this year after falling demand hit its revenues .\ncaution is warranted in the use of lung - volume - reduction surgery in patients with emphysema who have a low fev1 and either homogeneous emphysema or a very low carbon monoxide diffusing capacity . these patients are at high risk for death after surgery and also are unlikely to benefit from the surgery .\neach industry faces its own variations on the four types of risks ; each company should thus develop a taxonomy that builds on these broad risk categories . in pharmaceuticals , for instance , a company could face business - volume risk if a rival introduced a superior drug and higher operational risk if an unexpected product recall cut into revenues . in addition , the company would have to consider how to categorize and assess its r & d ; risk\u2014if a new drug failed to win approval by the us food and drug administration , say , or to meet safety requirements during clinical trials .\nhow likely is it that banks will be cecl compliant by the 2019 deadline and is cecl set to improve integration between risk and finance ? register now to find out during risk . net\u00e2\u0080\u0099s complimentary we\u00e2\u0080\u00a6\ntop - notch talent . risk executives at both the corporate and the business - unit level must have the intellectual power to advise managers in a credible way and to insist that they integrate risk - return considerations into their business decisions . risk management should be seen as an upward career move . a key ingredient of many successful risk - management organizations is the appointment of a strong chief risk officer who reports directly to the ceo or the cfo and has enough stature to be seen as a peer by business - unit heads .\nthe directors\u2019 unfamiliarity with risk management is often mirrored by senior managers , who traditionally focus on relatively simple performance metrics , such as net income , earnings per share , or wall street\u2019s growth expectations . risk - adjusted performance\nin public transport projects , assuming a vertical integrated approach ( i . e . service to the user is included in the scope of the infrastructure dbfom ) , it is clear that higher utilization is a success in terms of public strategy . however , providing the public with a safe mobility option is essential . most of the best ppp structures for large integrated transport infrastructure ppps are based on a mixed revenue regime . part of the payments are linked to volume / actual use , but with volume risk being tempered with a portion of payments based on quality or availability [ 5 ] .\nto manage risk properly , companies must first understand what risks they are taking . to do so , they need to make all of their major risks transparent and to define the types and amounts of risk they are willing to take\u2014goals often facilitated by the creation of a high - performing risk - management organization that accurately identifies and measures risk and provides an independent assessment of it to the ceo and the board . although these steps will go a long way toward improving corporate risk management , companies must also go beyond formal controls to develop a culture in which all managers automatically look at both risks and returns . rewards should be based on an individual\u2019s risk - adjusted\u2014not simply financial\u2014performance .\n) and the integration of risk management into day - to - day decision making . companies that fail to improve their risk - management processes face a different kind of risk : unexpected and sometimes severe financial losses ( exhibit 1 ) that make their cash flows and stock prices volatile and harm their reputation with customers , employees , and investors .\nclear individual responsibilities . risk - management functions call for clear job descriptions , such as setting , identifying , and controlling policy . linkages and divisions of responsibility also need to be defined , particularly between the corporate risk - management function and the business units . should the corporate center have the right to review their risk - return decisions , for example ? should corporate risk - management policies define specific mandatory standards , such as reporting formats , for the business units ?\nthis report updates the chartis report solvency ii technology solutions 2014 , focussing on risk management systems for the insurance industry .\nseldom figures in these managers\u2019 targets . improving risk management thus entails both the provision of effective oversight by the board (\nthe amount of debt and equity that makes up a company ' s capital structure has many risk and return implications .\nthe task of the risk organization is to identify , measure , and assess risk consistently in every business unit and then to provide an integrated , corporate - wide view of these risks , ensuring that their sum is a risk profile consistent with the company\u2019s risk strategy . the structure of the organization will vary according to the type of company it serves . in a complex and diverse conglomerate , such as ge , each business might need its own risk - management function with specialized knowledge . more integrated companies might keep more of the function under the corporate wing . whatever the structure , certain principles are nonnegotiable .\nchartis is the leading provider of research and analysis on the global market for risk technology and is part of incisive media .\nthe common cause of lower demand is an economic down - turn which as a general business risk should be borne by the private partner . however , lower demand may also depend on competing facilities , network risks , or other subtle risk events .\nbut more needs to be done . by focusing on risk - adjusted performance , not just on traditional accounting measures , business managers will develop a better understanding of the risk implications of their decisions . for businesses that require large amounts of risk capital , suitable metrics include shareholder value analysis and risk - adjusted returns on capital . a risk - adjusted lens helped one credit card company understand , contrary to expectations , that returns from new customers and customers about whom it had little information were more volatile than returns from existing customers , even if these groups had the same expected customer value . historically , that had been the key metric for approving new customers . now the approval process also takes into account the higher risk that is associated with new customers .\n[ 6 ] for a definition and deeper explanation of \u201cnetwork risks\u201d , see partnerships victoria ( risk allocation and contractual issues , 2001 ) . other examples of network risk , according to partnerships victoria are when a government agency controlling bulk water distribution may be unable or unwilling to supply raw water to the ppp water treatment facility in the necessary quantity or quality . a more abstract example of network risk is the risk that government will enter into other arrangements for accommodation services competing with those supplied under the contract .\nboard risk reporting . reports to the board and its committees must go beyond raw data by setting out , for example , what the key risk - return trade - offs might be . data alone probably won\u2019t reveal the real issues or promote proper debate .\nin the swiss alps , risk management professionals regard the implementation of new climate change adaptation strategies , such as the swiss integrated risk management approach national platform for natural hazards ( planat ) as the right step forward . planat is a comprehensive and holistic approach , which considers a broad range of preparedness , response , and recovery strategies on a societal level for natural hazard risk reduction ( planat\nreichel , c . & fr\u00f6mming , u . u . int j disaster risk sci ( 2014 ) 5 : 41 . urltoken\nwarm welcome ! if you have risk management or related expertise create an account by clicking here and help improve the risk manual . can ' t find what you were looking for ? click on the feedback window at the bottom and we will try to help !\nrisk comes in four main varieties . the first , market risk , takes the form of exposure to adverse market price movements , such as the value of securities , exchange rates , interest rates or spreads , and commodity prices . ford , for instance , was hit by market risk in 2002 , when palladium prices tumbled and it had to take a $ 952 million write - down on its stockpile .\non a theoretical level , local environmental knowledge is increasingly being recognized as an important component in risk management . however , through our research it became apparent that professional actors of risk management do not yet fully implement the potential of local frames of reference and strategies of action into their risk management plans , even though this kind of knowledge contains various prevention , coping , and adaptation strategies that deal with expected future uncertainties ( fr\u00f6mming\ndemand risk may occur in a contradictory form : the higher the demand , the higher the risk . this happens in projects where the revenue is based on availability . in such contexts , a volume of use higher than anticipated by the government , in terms of the design of the facility , may seriously impact the service quality or even the availability . a compensation mechanism should be established in these cases so as to restore the economic equation of the project contract . this can be done by including in the payment mechanism a portion linked to the use of the service or other measures .\nas for defining the level of risk companies will accept , one common approach for them is to decide on a target credit rating and then assess the amount of risk they can bear given their capital structure . credit ratings serve as a rough barometer , reflecting the probability that companies can bear the risks they face and still meet their financial obligations . the greater the level of risk and the lower the amount of capital and future earnings available to absorb it , the lower the credit ratings of companies and the more they will need to pay their lenders . companies that have lower credit ratings than they desire will likely need to reduce their risk exposure or to raise costly additional capital as a cushion against that risk .\nnew technology has revolutionised financial crime investigations by enabling banks to apply analytics - driven case management , automated evidence gathering and entity risk visualisation . joi\u00e2\u0080\u00a6\ndemand risk transfer should be always be considered with caution . significant transfer of the risk , with no mitigation or sharing mechanisms , should only be considered when boosting demand is essential to the success of the project from the government\u2019s perspective ( see section 4 . 9 ) . another general rule for deciding the allocation of use / demand is the scope of the project . if the essence of the ppp is to operate institute tariffs or collect tolls , some exposure to risk should naturally be included in the contract . however , if the contract does not provide the necessary tools for managing the demand risk ( basically , the ability to influence the management of the service provision to the user ) , the risk should not be transferred .\nthe head of market risk unit leads a team in charge of contributing to the optimization of the liquidity , funding and lending functions of the bank .\n, the proposal of a contract without any such volume obligations sounds very tempting . and indeed , a spot contract is a \u2018you only pay what you consume\u2019 type of contract . some such contracts really look at what you consume on an hourly basis and multiply that with the spot price for that hour . most spot contracts look at the monthly consumption and multiply that with the average spot price for that month . so , even if your consumption drops to zero , no problem , no energy will be billed . if your consumption doubles , you\u2019ll pay the spot price for that extra energy . no more thresholds to keep an eye on , just simply pay for what you consume . i can understand why some people call that \u2018no volume risk\u2019 . but i don\u2019t agree with them . not at all .\nfinally , to convey the message that the potential downside of every decision must be considered as carefully as the potential rewards , ceos should be heard talking about risk as often as they talk about markets or customers . the ceo\u2019s open recognition of the importance of good risk management will influence the entire company .\neven world - class risk management won\u2019t eliminate unforeseen risks , but companies that successfully put the four best - practice elements in place are likely to encounter fewer and smaller unwelcome surprises . moreover , these companies will be better equipped to run the risks needed to enhance the returns and growth of their businesses . without adequate risk - management programs , companies may inadvertently take on levels of risk that leave them vulnerable to the next risk - management disaster , or , alternatively , they may pursue\nrecklessly conservative\nstrategies , forgoing attractive opportunities that their competitors can take . either approach will surely be penalized by investors .\na wholesale insurance firm is looking for a compliance analyst to join their growing business in this newly created role as the risk & compliance e . . .\nnow in its eleventh year , the risktech100 is globally acknowledged as the most comprehensive independent study of the world ' s major players in risk and compliance technology .\nthe energy risk asia awards recognise excellence across asian commodities market as well as providing a unique opportunity for companies across the industry to gain valuable recognition and kudos . wi\u00e2\u0080\u00a6\nthese elements will go a long way toward improving risk management but are unlikely to prevent all undue risk taking . companies might thus impose formal controls\u2014for instance , trading limits . indeed , the recently adopted sarbanes - oxley act , in the united states , makes certifying the adequacy of the formal controls a legal requirement . yet since today\u2019s businesses are so dynamic , it is impossible to create processes that cover every decision involving risk . to cope with it , companies need to nurture a risk culture . the goal is not just to spot immediately the managers who take big risks but also to ensure that managers instinctively look at both risks and returns when making decisions .\nthe ceo , with the help of the board , should define the company\u2019s risk strategy . but more often than not , it is determined inadvertently , every day , by dozens of business and financial decisions . one executive , for example , might be more willing to take risks than another or have a different view of a project\u2019s level of risk . the result may be a risk profile that makes the company uncomfortable or can\u2019t be managed effectively . a shared understanding of the strategy is therefore vital .\nin such an environment , companies not only protect themselves against unforeseen risks but also enjoy the competitive advantage that comes from taking on more risk more safely . the ceo of one fortune 500 corporation , asked to explain his company\u2019s declining performance , fingered the\nlack of a culture of risk taking\n; its absence , he explained , meant that the company was unable to create innovative , successful products . by contrast , a senior partner of a leading investment bank with excellent risk - management capabilities noted ,\nour trading operation has created a series of controls that enable us to take more risk with more entrepreneurialism and , in the end , make more profits .\n1 . 2 describing main risks during the operations phase and potential allocation up 1 . 2 . 2 revenue risk \u2013 tariff levels ( only in user - pays ppps )\neducation and expertise . training programs might be needed for current and new board members . boards should also look at whether they need new members with risk - management expertise .\ncompanies might also be tempted to adopt a more risk - averse model of business in an attempt to protect themselves and their share prices . william h . donaldson , the chairman of the us securities and exchange commission ( sec ) , acknowledged this trend when he told an interviewer that he was concerned about a\nloss of risk - taking zeal .\nthe way we mitigate against this type risk is by buying thousands of interests in thousands of properties . we make estimates about the projected future output of a property in the process of making an offer or buying a deal , but those are guesses based on historical production ; and they\u2019re always wrong . oil and gas do not grow under the ground ; these fluids are trapped there . as you remove volume , there is less fluid in the reservoir and thus less pressure to push the fluids to the\nlow pressure sink\nthat is created around the well bore . thus , in the absence of any other risk factors , the production volume normally goes down over time . this is what we mean by the term decline . so to make a guess as to what future volumes are going to be , we plot the recent historic production against time and simply project the\ndecline curve\nforward into future periods to see what those volumes might be if the current decline holds . usually , the assumption is that whatever the decline is now will be the decline for the life of the property under our\nguesstimates .\nthe temperature increase also means that small glaciers are expected to disappear , while larger glaciers will suffer a volume decrease of up to 70 % by 2050 . although the period between 1985 and 2000 experienced particularly hot summers , the swiss glaciers have lost 20 % of their mass within only the last 15 years . in addition to a decrease of water resources , the decline of ice is leading to a loss of stability of adjacent slopes ( rebetez\nthe heat map gives a top - level indication of whether a company is sticking to its strategy and provides for corrective action . but both depend upon the next two elements of this risk - management program .\nin transport projects , if the transport service to the user is not included in the scope of the contract , but the contract relates only to the infrastructure , transferring demand risk does not provide value for money .\nsometimes these guesses are off only a little bit and sometimes by a lot , but they are always off . but what happens is that the ones that do better than we guessed and the ones that do worse tend to offset each other . so our guess on any one property is always wrong , but as a group , we are usually pretty close . so our\nvolume\nrisk goes way down by owning a lot of properties relative to someone who owns one or a few . out of a thousand leases , if one goes down , hopefully another increases and unless one or two leases make up the majority of the income , they tend to balance out .\nprofessional stakeholders in risk and hazard management are becoming increasingly aware of the progressive potential of the resilience concept , instead of simply trying to keep social - ecological systems as stable as possible and in balance . with the exploration of local knowledge and its integration into risk and hazard management , one can develop an approach that directs attention to the acquisition of local skills and knowledge that help the local population adapt to and cope with future environmental changes .\nthe second type of risk is simple price risk . the price of oil goes up and down and whoever holds a property is subject to the variances of the markets that set prices . one thing that happens though to me as a buyer is that if i use the same source of price guesses for future periods every day , then the valuations i used over , say the last five years , should be the same as the average price over the previous five years . which is probably not a bad price to use today . going forward with the portfolio we have , same thing though . who knows ? none of us can get away from price risk .\na company\u2019s board of directors should understand and oversee the major risks it takes and ensure that its executives have a robust risk - management capability in place . to assure appropriate oversight , the board must address a few key issues .\nin other words , every second company was struck at least once , and some more frequently , by a severe risk event . such events are thus a reality that management must deal with rather than an unlikely\ntail event .\nan example of a subtle network risk is the risk related to traffic light priority in light rail transport ( lrt ) projects . usually , a government will grant priority at intersections and traffic lights for the lrt vehicles to maintain the commercial speed levels as prescribed . so when the mobility authority does not provide traffic light priority to the light rail and this affects the commercial speed , the private partner should be given relief from punctuality obligations and an excuse for certain payment deductions .\ntaking and managing risk is part of what companies must do to create profits and shareholder value . but the corporate meltdowns of recent years suggest that many companies neither manage risk well nor fully understand the risks they are taking . moreover , our research indicates that the problem goes well beyond a few high - profile scandals . mckinsey analyzed the performance of about 200 leading financial - services companies from 1997 to 2002 and found some 150 cases of significant financial distress at 90 of them .\nin a few industries , companies have already begun to invest in developing sound risk - management processes . for example , many financial institutions\u2014prodded by regulators and shaken by periodic crises such as the us real - estate debacle of 1990 , the emerging - markets crisis of 1997 , and the bursting of the technology and telecommunications bubble in 2001\u2014have worked to upgrade their risk - management capabilities over the past decade . in other sectors , such as energy , basic materials , and manufacturing , most companies still have much to learn .\n\u00a9 infopro digital risk ( ip ) limited ( 2018 ) . all rights reserved . published by infopro digital services limited , haymarket house , 28 - 29 haymarket , london , sw1y 4rx . companies are registered in england and wales with company registration numbers 09232733 & 04699701 .\nif your consumption is higher than 5 . 000 mwh , you will pay the spot price for those extra volumes . if at the end of the year the aggregated volume of the months is 60 . 000 mwh , the volumes you haven\u2019t consumed and for which you got back the spot price ( in certain months ) will equal the extra volumes bought at spot price ( in certain months ) . if you\u2019re lucky , you might have consumed less in exactly those months when the spot prices were high and more in the months with low prices . you could actually make some extra money that way . but it could also be the other way around . the opportunity and risk are even higher when you have a contract that settles on an hourly basis . it should be remarked that in that case , an extra problem occurs of checking such bills based on hourly consumptions , fixed levels and rates .\nowning oil and gas interests has two main types of risk that an owner needs to be aware of . factors outside of your control may result in large and unexpected gains , or may lead to sudden loss of income . in this blog post , i\u2019ll explain how i view these factors .\ns\u00e9bastien chaumont & peter imkeller & matthias m\u00fcller & ulrich horst , 2005 .\na simple model for trading climate risk ,\nvierteljahrshefte zur wirtschaftsforschung / quarterly journal of economic research , diw berlin , german institute for economic research , vol . 74 ( 2 ) , pages 175 - 195 .\nfirst of all , it should be remarked that the zero energy volume risk proposition only holds as long as you keep everything open for the spot market . many such spot contracts also have clauses that allow you to forward fix your prices . such fixings are then always made for capacity blocks . let\u2019s say you are a client with such a spot contract and you expect you will consume 60 . 000 mwh next year and you want to fix your price 100 % . your supplier will come back to you with something like \u2018ok , your load duration is 6 . 000 hours on an annual basis , so i\u2019m going to fix a 10 mw calendar year block for you\u2019 . if your contract is then regulated based on monthly consumption times the average spot price for that month , every month that you consume less than 5 . 000 mwh , you will pay the fix price and get back the spot price for the unconsumed volumes .\ndirectors confirm this view . a 2002 survey by mckinsey and the newsletter directorship showed that 36 percent of participating directors felt they didn\u2019t fully understand the major risks their businesses faced . an additional 24 percent said their board processes for overseeing risk management were ineffective , and 19 percent said their boards had no processes .\noperational risk is exposure to losses due to inadequate internal processes and systems and to external events . for example , allfirst , a baltimore - based subsidiary of allied irish banks , lost $ 691 million at the hands of a single rogue trader whose practices went undetected for five years until he was caught in 2002 .\nthe level of returns required will vary according to the risk appetite of the ceo and the board . some might be happy taking higher risks in pursuit of greater rewards ; others might be conservative , setting an absolute ceiling on exposure regardless of returns . at a minimum , the returns should exceed the cost of the capital needed to finance the various risks .\ncredit risk is exposure to the possibility that a borrower or counterparty might fail to honor its contractual obligations . in 2002 , for instance , the bank of new york announced that it would increase its loan - loss provision by $ 185 million , to a total of $ 225 million , for the third quarter of 2002 , largely because of loans it had made to telecom companies .\noperating leverage is the degree to which a firm or project can increase operating income by increasing revenue . a business that generates sales with a high gross margin and low variable costs has high operating leverage . the higher the degree of operating leverage , the greater the potential danger from forecasting risk , where a relatively small error in forecasting sales can be magnified into large errors in cash flow projections .\n[ 4 ] however , there may be situations where user payments are considered as a source of funds for the project , but where maximizing the use is not the highest priority of the authority ( for example , some dynamic tolling aimed to manage traffic congestion ) . therefore , the authority may decide to remove the demand risk and assume it by structuring the revenue regime under an availability payment scheme .\nif a competing facility promoted by the authority ( or by the government in general ) , which was not announced or planned at the time of the tender , causes a down - turn in traffic compared to previous projections , this is commonly ( or should be ) considered a retained risk event . competing facilities are the clearest case of network risks [ 6 ] that should be taken back by the authority .\nas with any strategy , a company\u2019s risk strategy should be\nstress - tested\nagainst different scenarios . a life insurance company , for example , should examine how its returns would vary under different economic conditions and ensure that it felt comfortable with the potential market and credit losses ( or with its ability to restructure the portfolio quickly ) in difficult economic times . if it isn\u2019t comfortable , the strategy needs refining .\nboard structures . the board must decide whether risk oversight should be vested in an existing committee ( such as the audit or finance committee ) , in a new committee , or divided among a number of committees . the audit committee might seem the natural choice , but as it already faces expanded responsibility to ensure the accuracy of financial reporting , it might not be able to cope with a further expansion of its charter .\nprofessional actors in hazard management frequently raised the argument that local environmental knowledge is too \u201csubjective\u201d for complementing existing \u201cobjective\u201d scientific knowledge used by hazard and risk management plans . but from our point of view , instead of dichotomizing local knowledge and scientific knowledge , we should look for their affinities . \u201cobjective\u201d scientific knowledge and its underlying values are much less neutral than often claimed , ignoring certain values and issues and favoring others . as foucault (\nit is the taking of risks that ultimately creates shareholder value . the right response , therefore , is to strike a balance that protects the company from the costs of financial distress while allowing space for entrepreneurship . management should have the freedom to work in an environment where the potential rewards of any business decision are consciously weighed against the risks and where the company is happy with the level of risk - adjusted returns resulting from that decision .\nbased on a holistic approach , the anthropological data not only showed local perceptions of climate change , but also what different coping strategies in agriculture and forestry were used in order to face related natural hazards . these local frames of reference and coping strategies both have an impact on how vulnerable or resilient local communities are in times of climate change . this in turn is important for adaptive risk management dealing with new uncertainties in an ecological and societal change .\nto manage risk properly , companies need to know exactly what risks they face and the potential impact on their fortunes . often they don\u2019t . one north american life insurance company had to write off hundreds of millions of dollars as a result of its investments in credit products that were high - yielding but structured in a risky manner . these instruments yielded good returns during the economic boom of the 1990s , but the severity of subsequent losses took top management by surprise .\ntriggered by the climate change discourse , professionals in risk management , such as scientific advisors and political actors , increasingly realize that these new uncertainties related to environmental changes have to be included into their calculations , instead of maintaining current action plan routines . as dr . ruedi haller , the head of the research and geospatial information section at the only swiss national park , indicated with regard to the significant changes in weather patterns in recent years , which he related to climate change :\n) . the multimedia map format that we used allows end users of the map to choose between various map features to access multimedia information such as digital video , digital photos , and written text , which were georeferenced before being integrated into the map . the final map thereby helps users to compare , analyze , and present qualitative and quantitative spatial information . in addition , it creates a platform that visualizes local spatial knowledge and makes it directly comparable with official hazard maps in risk management .\nformulating such a strategy is one of the most important activities a company can undertake , affecting all of its investment decisions . a good strategy makes clear the types of risks the company can assume to its own advantage or is willing to assume , the magnitude of the risks it can bear , and the returns it demands for bearing them . defining these elements provides clarity and direction for business - 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{"id": 54089, "summary": [{"text": "empty beds , wasted dollars was the strategic communications and advocacy strategy developed and executed by edward borges to support new york state office of children and family services commissioner gladys carrion 's transformation of new york 's juvenile justice system from a failed , punitive , correctional model to an evidence-based program to improve outcomes for children and make communities safer , despite formidable opposition from upstate republican legislators in whose districts the majority of juvenile jails were located and the employees who worked in these facilities .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "empty beds , wasted dollars campaign generated more than 300 newspaper , magazine , television , radio and online story and op-ed placements and 30 editorials in fewer than three years .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "it is widely-credited with creating the political capital needed to close more than half the state 's juvenile jails where children in custody had been maltreated by state employees and where an emotionally disturbed 15-year-old boy was killed in 2006 , when two state workers sat on him until he stopped breathing .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "the success of this campaign provided carri\u00f3n the clout to advance reform of the state 's child welfare and child care systems and improve overall child well-being across new york . ", "topic": 2}], "title": "empty beds , wasted dollars", "paragraphs": ["the oversupply - estimated at 8 , 700 beds - has wasted hundreds of millions of dollars because public and private health - care funds help pay for their upkeep , whether they are occupied or empty , the state officials said .\nwith the headline : about 25 % of beds in hospitals in city are empty , state reports .\nthe new prisons in tuba city and kayenta , ariz . , have court space and peacemaking rooms , but the space for prisoners grew to 132 beds from a planned 48 beds , and 80 beds from a planned 32 beds , respectively .\njjp\u2019s \u201cempty beds , wasted dollars\u201d campaign , funded by the jeht foundation , focused on the plan\u2019s good fiscal sense : the facilities are either mostly or completely empty , and each empty bed costs the state $ 140 , 000 to $ 200 , 000 per year . ocfs forecasted $ 16 million in annual savings to taxpayers . with state revenue shortfalls looming , the financial argument for closing the prisons was persuasive . jjp was successful in garnering media attention statewide , including editorials in the new york times and albany times union questioning the logic of keeping underutilized facilities open at the expense of taxpayers when more effective & # 8212and less costly & # 8212alternatives are available .\nif the new system is adopted in new york next year , as state health officials say is likely , hospital stays for all patients will become even shorter , thus adding more empty beds to the excess .\nthat\u2019s just one example of how private prison companies keep the dollars rolling in , whether crime is rising or waning . not surprisingly , in the public interest\u2019s report calls on local and state governments to refuse to include occupancy requirements and even ban such requirements with new legislation . \u201cwith governmental priorities pulling public funds in so many different directions , it makes no financial sense for taxpayers to fund empty prison beds , \u201d the report says .\naccording to the health systems agency , the cost of replacing 1 , 000 hospital beds would be nearly $ 500 million . it estimated that it would cost $ 2 billion to operate them over the next 25 years , whether empty or occupied .\nstate officials said the excess persisted despite the fact that 6 , 000 hospital beds had been eliminated in the city since 1972 , when the city had 112 hospitals with 42 , 984 beds .\nrebuilding hospitals with underused beds , as proposed by several major institutions , would waste billions more , they said .\naccording to state officials , hospital stays for surgical patients are being shortened and more surgery is being performed on an outpatient basis . another factor is the shift of surgery from hospital operating rooms to outpatient surgical clinics . these outpatient trends , combined with the increasing use of second surgical opinions , state health officials say , are leaving rising numbers of surgical beds empty .\nyou might be wondering : what happens when crime drops and prison populations dwindle in states that agreed to keep their private prisons 80 percent or 90 percent full ? consider colorado . the state\u2019s crime rate has sunk by a third in the past decade , and since 2009 , five state - run prisons have shuttered because they weren\u2019t needed . many more prison beds remain empty in other state facilities . yet the state chose not to fill those beds because democratic gov . john hickenlooper and cca cut a deal to instead send 3 , 330 prisoners to cca\u2019s three colorado prisons . colorado taxpayers foot the bill for leaving those state - run prisons underused . in march , christie donner , executive director of the colorado criminal justice reform coalition , estimated that the state wasted at least $ 2 million in taxpayer money using cca\u2019s prisons instead of its own .\ntwo brand new tribal jails built by the navajo nation in arizona and paid for by the federal government are sitting almost empty because they\u2019re more than twice as large as planned \u2014 and now there\u2019s not enough money to run them .\nabout a quarter of the 36 , 479 beds in new york city ' s general hospitals are unused and unnecessary , according to state health department officials .\nthe number of unnecessary beds has increased dramatically over the last few months , brian hendricks , deputy director of the state office of health systems management , said .\ngiven these trends , the state health commissioner , dr . david axelrod , said he did not want to approve the rebuilding of hospitals with unnecessary surgical beds . the issue is important , health officials said , because new york hospitals have proposed $ 4 billion in rebuilding and they want to insure that unnecessary beds are not included in any rebuilding .\nthe tribe , like many others , has long struggled with tiny , run - down jails that need replacing and a shortage of beds . modernizing its correctional system has been a high priority .\nthe current excess is nearly seven times the 1 , 300 unnecessary beds reported by state and federal health planning officials two years ago after a one - year state freeze on all major hospital construction .\nwhen the state last estimated the oversupply of beds at 1 , 300 , dr . axelrod said he would try to cut by as much as half the $ 2 billion in hospital rebuilding proposed in manhattan .\nhospital officials regard any decision on the issue of excess beds as critical because health care is the city ' s third largest industry , accounting for $ 18 billion a year , surpassed only by government and retailing .\nthe state has contended that there are too many hospital beds in the city , primarily in the big teaching hospitals in manhattan and in the municipal hospital system , cutting across poor and rich neighborhoods . in recent months , the problem has increased dramatically , the state officials said .\nnow , however , with the state projecting a much larger surplus of beds , mr . hendricks said the state would take ' ' a much more aggressive position ' ' in approving new construction , particularly in manhattan , where several large teaching hospitals have proposed the major share of rebuilding .\nby means of a highly technical formula that is regularly disputed by the hospitals , the state health department periodically measures the volume of services provided by each hospital and then calculates how many beds are needed to deliver them . the count by the state covers only public and private teaching and community hospitals and not long - term care , psychiatric or veterans administration hospitals .\nstate health officials attributed much of the excess of beds to a sharp decrease in hospital surgery and to several trends and regulatory changes involving strict federal review procedures that have affected new york hospitals in recent months . hospital spokesmen say occupancy rates for hospitals , particularly for surgery , have declined . but they say the drop is not nearly as deep as reported by the state .\npresbyterian hospital and mount sinai medical center have already received approval of their rebuilding plans , totaling nearly $ 1 billion . state health officials said new york hospital and st . luke ' s - roosevelt hospital center , with an estimated total of $ 800 million in proposed rebuilding and a total of 2 , 757 beds , would face tougher restrictions than those imposed on presbyterian and mount sinai hospitals .\noccupancy requirements , as it turns out , are common practice within the private prison industry . a new report by in the public interest , an anti - privatization group , reviewed 62 contracts for private prisons operating around the country at the local and state level . in the public interest found that 41 of those contracts included occupancy requirements mandating that local or state government keep those facilities between 80 and 100 percent full . in other words , whether crime is rising or falling , the state must keep those beds full . ( the report was funded by grants from the open society institute and public welfare , according to a spokesman . )\ncorrections supervisor lt . robbin preston gives a tour of the new adult detention center in tuba city , ariz . navajo nation officials say the tribe lacks funding to fully staff the jail ( ap / felicia fonseca )\nthat\u2019s what the justice department\u2019s watchdog found in a report released wednesday that shows how $ 70 . 3 million in economic stimulus grants turned a crucial need in indian country to incarcerate and rehabilitate adult offenders into two white elephants .\nthe audit by inspector general michael e . horowitz says about half of that money went out the door improperly , more than $ 32 million of it on the jails\u2019 \u201cexcessive\u201d and \u201clarger than planned\u201d size . the construction lacked proper oversight not just by the navajo nation but the justice department itself , the watchdog found .\nthe office that gave the grants to the navajo tribe was aware of the projects\u2019 creeping scope but didn\u2019t take \u201csufficient action\u201d to prevent them from moving forward .\n\u201cthe excessive size of both facilities creates increased costs for operations and maintenance staff , \u201d auditors wrote \u2014 costs that are mostly funded by the interior department\u2019s bureau of indian affairs .\nright now , that office can pay for just 40 percent of the tribal corrections officers needed to staff the new , larger - than - planned jails .\nas a result , \u201cthere is an increased risk that the [ facilities ] will not become fully operational due to a lack of funding , \u201d says the report , which also found sloppy accounting and financial controls over the construction and inadequate vetting of the builders .\nthe sprawling navajo nation , located in parts of arizona , utah and new mexico , is the largest and most populous indian reservation , with 250 , 000 people on more than 27 , 000 square miles .\nvisitors walk up to the a new adult detention facility in tuba city , ariz . , navajo nation officials say the tribe lacks funding to fully staff the jail . ( ap / felicia fonseca )\nthe increases seem at odds with crime rates on the reservation : the average monthly jail occupancy for tuba city from 2008 through 2014 was between 14 and 22 inmates , with a high of 49 , auditors found . and the average occupancy for kayenta during the same period was between 7 and 11 inmates , with a high of 24 .\nthe inspector general says the justice department should recoup the extra $ 32 million in construction costs from the navajo division of public safety , which received the grants . but justice department officials and the tribe said the changes to planned bed space were carefully vetted with planning studies and documentation .\nbut the watchdog said new designs for the kayenta jail were done more than two years after the grants were awarded and way after construction had started .\nthe justice department \u201cdoes not believe these facilities are excessive , \u201d ralph martin , director of the office of audit , assessment , and management for the office of justice programs wrote in response to a draft of the report .\nmartin acknowledged that \u201cin hindsight , \u201d the office that made the grants \u201crecognizes that there appears to be some discrepancy with the recommended size for the facilities in relation to the [ plan completed in 2007 ] . \u201d but he said \u201cno formal scope change\u201d was required by the terms of the project , which was desperately needed by the tribe to alleviate years of poor jail conditions .\nthe navajo nation , in a similar response , wrote that the crime statistics cited by the inspector general are misleading : the tribe\u2019s judges had to stop prosecuting certain crimes because there was no safe space for offenders to be incarcerated . and the master plan was intended only as a \u201cvision\u201d that could be modified .\nthe justice department and indian tribes share jurisdiction in criminal justice matters , with the federal government prosecuting serious crimes and tribal governments handling smaller offenses . construction of correctional centers is generally funded by federal grants , and the indian affairs bureau covers most staffing costs .\nthe tuba city corrections center opened in 2013 , but today it is 82 percent vacant because the tribe does not have the money to pay corrections officers . the kayenta jail is completed but still not opened .\nthe indian affairs bureau told auditors that they can pay for just 25 of the 63 full - 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minded groups like the ca .\nbut by january , ocfs\u2019 announcement came as no surprise to the ca , which over the past year has been working closely with agency officials on a range of important juvenile justice reform issues . as the ca\u2019s legislative mandate to monitor and report on state prisons does not extend to juvenile prisons , this degree of cooperation provides access to what has essentially been a closed system . shutting down underutilized facilities was an important step in the agency\u2019s ambitious redesign , and the ca fully supported the plan .\na few days before the state budget deadline , the ca brought over 50 young people and other advocates to albany to speak directly with policymakers about the issue . during the subsequent budget negotiations , the closures became a bargaining chip between the assembly and senate , and after much wrangling , governor paterson and the legislature restored funding for two of the facilities . while the ca strongly supported closing all six facilities , the closure of four is nevertheless an advance for advocates , for youth involved in the juvenile justice system , and for an agency attempting to remake itself .\nthe budget battle now over , the ca will turn to supporting the agency\u2019s pledge to reinvest funds in community - based alternative to incarceration programs . with carri\u00f3n and ocfs still committed to improving outcomes for troubled youth and willing to collaborate with advocates , there is good reason to remain optimistic .\ncorrectional association of new york releases \u201csolitary at southport : a 2017 report based upon the correctional assn . \u2019s visits , data analysis , & first - hand accounts of the torture of solitary confinement from one of new york\u2019s supermax prisons\u201d\nnew york , ny ( december 13 , 2017 ) : today the correctional assn . of ny ( ca ) , founded in 1844 and one of the oldest prison watchdog organizations in the country , released a 92 - page report providing graphic first - hand depictions of physical , mental , and emotional abuse as a result of days , weeks , and often years of being caged in solitary confinement for 23 to 24 hours a day . read more\nsouthport correctional facility is one of two super - maximum security prisons in the state that places an emphasis on solitary confinement . a new report looking at the facility\u2019s practices is highlighting the negative impact solitary confinement can have on a human . so advocates are making a renewed push for the halt act . joining us to talk [ . . . ] read more\n\u201cthe isolation itself is torture . mentally and emotionally , it breaks you down . spiritually it strips you . the way it is built is to break you down as a person and push your family away . \u201d from \u201csolitary at southport\u201d solitary confinement is torture . new york state subjects people to solitary confinement and other forms of isolation [ . . . ] read more\nattica correctional facility , a 2 , 000 - bed maximum security prison in western new york , continues to operate as a symbolic and real epicenter of state violence and abuse of incarcerated persons in the department of corrections and community supervision ( doccs ) state prison system 43 years after the 1971 prison uprising and violent suppression by state authorities . the [ . . . ] read more\n\u00a9 the correctional association of new york 22 cortlandt street , 33rd floor new york , ny 10007 t : 212 . 254 . 5700 f : 212 . 473 . 2807\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nour terms of use and privacy policy have changed . we think you ' ll like them better this way .\neddie borges is irecting documentary about mexican and puerto rican childhood poverty united states . h\ncampaign to support the transformation of new york ' s juvenile justice system . this included closing more than half of the state ' s juvenile jails where black and latino children were maltreated and a child was killed .\nborges is a motion picture and film producer & director at searching for los r\u00edos and a founder at childpoverty . he was also the following : a us consultant at the rockefeller family fund and\ndirector of communications and external affairs at times square alliance . tonite he will be discussing his latest projects .\nurltoken no longer supports internet explorer 9 or earlier . please upgrade your browser .\n' ' there has been a decline , ' ' said kenneth e . raske , the president of the greater new york hospital association , which represents the city ' s private , nonprofit hospitals . ' ' but we do not think the dip is anywhere as sharp as reported by the state . ' '\nbut mr . hendricks of the state ' s health systems office disagreed . ' ' what we have is a dramatic decline in patient census , ' ' he said .\nanthony l . watson , the executive director of the new york city health systems agency , a federally financed health planning group , said , ' ' the decline is so sharp that there is a likelihood that some hospitals may not survive the bed reductions that must be made . ' ' the agency is empowered by congress to disapprove any hospital construction it regards as unnecessary .\nthe state officials also cited an increasing awareness by hospitals that they would not be paid for any unnecessary hospital care under the medicare program for the elderly in a tough new review program that began this winter . if review inspectors decide surgery is unnecessary , the hospital forfeits any payment .\nanother change that is already causing a reaction in many hospitals is new york ' s anticipated adoption next year of the same hospital bill payment system that was adopted by medicare in 1983 in most other states . new york was excluded because it was conducting a federally approved experimental payment system of its own . that system is scheduled to end dec . 31 .\nfrom the new york times . you may opt - out at any time .\nyou agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for the new york times ' s products and services .\nunder the medicare system , the hospital gets a flat - rate payment , no matter how long the patient is hospitalized . the new flat - rate system was designed to reduce the financial incentive to hospitalize medicare patients longer than necessary , just to realize more income .\nthe state regulates construction , both in private and public hospitals , on the ground that public funds , in the form of federal , state and private health insurance programs , pay for virtually all capital improvements .\nsome of the big , teaching hospitals , such as presbyterian hospital , report a 1 to 2 percent drop in overall occupancy rates over the winter months .\nsome other hospitals , however , tend to confirm the state ' s projections . for example , the lutheran medical center in brooklyn reported a 17 percent drop in surgical - bed occupancy rates .\nthe beth israel medical center , a large teaching hospital at first avenue and 16th street that provides a wide range of sophisticated services , reported an overall 10 percent drop .\ndr . robert newman , beth israel ' s director , said , ' ' there ' s no question that there has been a decrease in occupancy rates , particularly in surgery . 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{"id": 54092, "summary": [{"text": "brabendercox is a nationally recognized republican political consulting firm , with offices in pittsburgh , pennsylvania , washington , d.c. , and harrisburg , pennsylvania .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "founded as brabendercox , inc. in 1982 , brabendercox 's pittsburgh office is located on mount washington , which overlooks the skyline of pittsburgh , pennsylvania , and contains a mock electric chair that was once used in a prop for a political commercial .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "founder , john brabender is managing partner and chief creative officer of brabendercox .", "topic": 34}, {"text": "brabender has been dubbed ' political guru ' to rick santorum 's political career .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "brabender worked five of santorum 's pennsylvania congressional races , starting with his first house bid in 1990 and ending with his unsuccessful senate re-election campaign in 2006 .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "brabender acted as rick santorum 's senior strategist for his unsuccessful 2012 republican party presidential nomination bid .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "charlie cook announced that \" brabendercox has become one of the hottest republican media firms \" , and in 1995 george magazine called brabendercox the \" premier republican spin doctors . \"", "topic": 18}, {"text": "brabendercox also represents corporate clients , including the newly launched pittsburgh power arena football team .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "during the 2010 election cycle , brabendercox was successful in six of the top races across the country . ", "topic": 16}], "title": "brabendercox", "paragraphs": ["brabendercox is creatively solving problems in an adversarial world . learn more at urltoken show less\nbrabendercox direct inc . friday said it plans to reorganize its business units and ownership into two new companies . the pittsburgh - based advertising company will split into a new marketing firm called adams marketing group inc . and a political and public affairs consulting business called brabendercox mihalke . the marketing company ' s clients will include general nutrition centers , wal - mart , the pittsburgh penguins , the united way and penn power . the new consulting firm ' s clients will include pennsylvania gov . tom ridge , u . s . sen . rick santorum and attorney general mike fisher . the firm also will continue its public affairs work for the pittsburgh penguins , the pittsburgh steelers , wal - mart and highmark blue cross . adams marketing ' s ownership consists of principals jim cox , chairman , and john verbanac , president . brabendercox mihalke is owned and operated by john brabender , president , and mike mihalke , vice president . cox and brabender were co - founders of brabendercox , and verbanac was the company ' s executive vice president .\nurltoken delivers business - building content in print , online , via email and social media . stay up to date by subscribing , or manage your subscription here . put powerful urltoken content to work for you . subscribe today !\nrick santorum spoke straight to the camera , dressed in sensible khakis , ticking off his bipartisan credentials .\nin the background of the 2006 senate ad , burly pro wrestlers in bright spandex briefs body - slammed each other against the floor of the ring while a packed crowd cheered on the fight .\nbecause it makes more sense to wrestle with america & apos ; s problems than with each other ,\nsantorum said , while knocking out a fighter with his right fist , never breaking eye contact with the camera .\nit was a classic one - two punch by republican ad maker john brabender , santorum & apos ; s longtime political guru \u2014 and godfather of one of his seven children . brabender played santorum & apos ; s consigliere on all five of his congressional races , starting with his first house bid in 1990 and ending with his disastrous senate re - election in 2006 . now , he & apos ; s a top adviser to his white house campaign .\nin santorum & apos ; s bare - bones presidential operation , brabender & apos ; s advice comes second only to the candidate & apos ; s wife , karen . it & apos ; s uncommon in politics for a candidate to stick with a single media consultant for two decades , let alone when a candidate runs for president .\ni could tell they & apos ; re always on the same page ,\nsaid pennsylvania gop operative vince galko , who worked on santorum & apos ; s last two senate races .\nthey know what the other is going to think .\ntheir relationship is also unique , in part , because santorum and brabender possess dramatically different personalities , pennsylvania republicans said .\nsantorum loves to glad - hand throngs of voters , painting policy as a big picture to the crowds . meanwhile , the introverted brabender focuses on the details , fine - tuning his client & apos ; s presentation down to a single word choice . one man sports colored sweater vests , while the other wears only black . every day .\nthe two men bonded during their simultaneous rise in pennsylvania republican politics during the 1990s , starting with santorum & apos ; s first bid in 1990 .\ncampaigns forge peculiar relationships ,\nsaid mike o & apos ; connell , a pittsburgh gop political operative .\nsomehow that one clicked . particularly campaigns like that \u2014 when nobody gave santorum a chance .\nit was almost a decade after brabender helped future homeland security secretary tom ridge win his first house race in his hometown of erie , pa . , in 1982 . and it was years before brabender boasted a stable of congressional clients that now includes sen . david vitter ( r - la . ) and rep . tim murphy ( r - pa . ) , plus a firm that made more than $ 80 million in media buys during the last election year .\nhe started off with a little congressional campaign in northwest pennsylvania and built it into a very successful enterprise because of his work ethic , his mindset and his creativity ,\nridge said .\nin 1990 , brabender caught wind of a lawyer in his then - hometown of pittsburgh looking to run for congress . republicans viewed santorum as a long shot , and they confessed to brabender that they were trying to talk him into running for the state house instead .\nbut santorum took on seven - term rep . doug walgren ( d ) in the competitive district , with brabender as his chief ad man and strategist . they were outspent by a 3 - to - 1 margin , but santorum eked out a 2 - point win .\ntwo years later , democrats redrew the congressional boundaries with the aim of eliminating santorum . he won again , with brabender at his side .\non his best day , rick santorum is not in sync with pennsylvania ,\nsaid larry ceisler , a veteran democratic consultant in pennsylvania .\nand that & apos ; s another credit in brabender & apos ; s cap . rick won a suburban pittsburgh district . . . . that & apos ; s not exactly conservative territory there .\nin 1994 , santorum ran an underdog race against then - sen . harris wofford , a fundraising powerhouse and white house darling , and he edged out the democrat by a 2 - point margin . in 2000 , democrats recruited then - rep . ron klink to face santorum , but the republican defeated him handily .\nthen came the big loss of 2006 . after rising to become the third - ranking senate republican , santorum faced a stiff re - election challenge from then - state treasurer bob casey , a scion of pennsylvania & apos ; s most famous democratic family . brabender used every ad trick in his creative arsenal , implementing humor in the wrestling advertisement or poking fun at casey & apos ; s several subsequent different runs for offices on a billboard .\nbut nothing moved the numbers much , and santorum lost re - election by a massive margin of almost 20 points .\nseveral years later , in the summer of 2010 , santorum came back to brabender with another idea : a national campaign .\nhe and i kicked it around for a while ,\nbrabender recalled .\nit was like , & apos ; we just lost by 18 points . if you run for president , is anybody going to buy that ? & apos ;\nbut the two men believed santorum would play well in iowa and were hopeful he would finish in the top three in the caucuses .\nif we could , then the fact that he lost in pennsylvania could go away ,\nbrabender said .\nand it sort of did .\nsantorum battled with romney for first place in iowa earlier this month , coming just several votes short of victory \u2014 although the final tally will not be certified until this morning . now , with new hampshire in the rearview mirror and south carolina only two days away , brabender has the biggest challenge of his career and one of his smallest budgets .\namong the gop operative class , brabender is known for high - quality , creative productions \u2014 a potential problem for santorum & apos ; s parsimonious presidential campaign . he & apos ; s also famous for nailing negative ads by being funny .\nthe way he does it , it & apos ; s often with humor , and it & apos ; s often with more imaginative types of ads than some of his colleagues put together ,\nsaid mark holman , ridge & apos ; s longtime confidant and former chief of staff .\nbrabender hasn & apos ; t had the opportunity to do much of either yet on santorum & apos ; s campaign .\nthe campaign spent $ 30 , 000 on advertisements in iowa and chump change on spots in new hampshire . it has reserved $ 1 . 5 million in ads through the end of the week in south carolina .\nthat & apos ; s a fraction of the $ 9 million that santorum spent on tv in his 2006 re - election campaign .\ntight finances forced brabender to channel his creative work into web ads last summer .\nfor example , he depicted santorum & apos ; s two - week family vacation through iowa last summer as\n2 , 500 miles , in 19 days , with seven kids and two minivans , and 1 , 362 & apos ; are we there yets ? & apos ;\nhe also created a remake of a santorum spot from his 2000 campaign with vh1 style pop - up information tabs .\nyet that breakthrough advertisement remains elusive in santorum & apos ; s presidential cannon of political ads .\nbut it & apos ; s coming , brabender warned .\nin some senses , [ santorum ] fits what i really do best ,\nhe said .\nwhat drives innovation for a media consultant is having clients that allow it .\nwe ' ve detected that javascript is disabled in your browser . would you like to proceed to legacy twitter ?\nif you think liberal talking heads are obsessed with trump , you should hear what they say in private . check out\nif you care more about tomorrow\u2019s accomplishments than yesterday ' s , you ' d fit right in here .\ntwo - second ads are like a billboard so we measure them like that .\n- @ proctergamble ' s pritchard # anamasters\nan image of @ governortomwolf hard at work during budget negotiations . # pagov # awolwolf urltoken\n. @ realdonaldtrump \u2019s # unga speech was his best yet as president . he was clear & direct in his criticisms of # northkorea & # iran .\n5 / 30 / did - russia - interfere - with - our - election - yes - did - it - elect - trump - absolutely - not . html\ntwitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup . try again or visit twitter status for more information .\nyou can add location information to your tweets , such as your city or precise location , from the web and via third - party applications . you always have the option to delete your tweet location history . learn more\nhere ' s the url for this tweet . copy it to easily share with friends .\nby embedding twitter content in your website or app , you are agreeing to the twitter developer agreement and developer policy .\nnot on twitter ? sign up , tune into the things you care about , and get updates as they happen .\nthis timeline is where you\u2019ll spend most of your time , getting instant updates about what matters to you .\nhover over the profile pic and click the following button to unfollow any account .\nwhen you see a tweet you love , tap the heart \u2014 it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love .\nthe fastest way to share someone else\u2019s tweet with your followers is with a retweet . tap the icon to send it instantly .\nadd your thoughts about any tweet with a reply . find a topic you\u2019re passionate about , and jump right in .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken"]}
{"id": 54106, "summary": [{"text": "ageia , founded in 2002 , was a fabless semiconductor company .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "ageia acquired novodex , the company who created physx \u2013 a physics processing unit chip capable of performing game physics calculations much faster than general purpose cpus ; they also licensed out the physx sdk ( formerly novodex sdk ) , a large physics middleware library for game production .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "ageia was noted as being the first company to develop hardware designed to offload calculation of video game physics from the cpu to a separate chip .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "prior to this , solutions from ati and nvidia had not been planned nor announced .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "soon after the ageia implementation of their physx processor , nvidia and ati announced their own physics implementations .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "1 september 2005 , ageia acquires meqon , a physics development company based in sweden .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "known for its forward-looking features and multi-platform support , meqon earned international acclaim in the games world for its physics technology incorporated in 3d realms \u2019 duke nukem forever and saber interactive \u2019s timeshift .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "on february 4 , 2008 , nvidia announced that it would acquire ageia .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "on february 13 , 2008 , the merger was finalized .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "the physx engine is now known as nvidia physx . ", "topic": 8}], "title": "ageia", "paragraphs": ["about ageia ageia technologies , inc . , is the industry leader in gaming physics technology . ageia ' s physx software is widely adopted with more than 140 physx - based games shipping or in development on sony playstation3 , microsoft xbox 360 , nintendo wii and gaming pcs . ageia physics software is pervasive with over 10 , 000 registered and active users of the physx sdk . ageia is also credited with developing the world ' s first dedicated hardware physics processor , the ageia physx processor . the company , headquartered in santa clara , calif . , is privately - held . for more information visit urltoken .\ni downloaded the pirates of the burning sea for the trial and it also installed , ageia drivers ( i do not have an ageia card ) . so i found this interesting interactive demo as part of the drivers ! the video plays at 30fps but the vid is really at 60 .\nageia was founded in 2002 and has offices in santa clara , ca ; st . louis , mo ; zurich , switzerland ; and beijing , china .\nsanta clara , ca \u2014 february 4 , 2008 \u2014nvidia ( nasdaq : nvda ) , the world leader in visual computing technologies and the inventor of the gpu , today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ageia technologies , inc . , the industry leader in gaming physics technology . ageia ' s physx software is widely adopted with more than 140 physx - based games shipping or in development on sony playstation3 , microsoft xbox 360 , nintendo wii and gaming pcs . ageia physics software is pervasive with over 10 , 000 registered and active users of the physx sdk .\nsanta clara , ca \u2014 february 13 , 2008 \u2014 nvidia ( nasdaq : nvda ) , the world leader in visual computing technologies and the inventor of the gpu , today announced that it has completed the acquisition of ageia technologies , inc . , the industry leader in gaming physics technology . ageia ' s physx\u00ae software is widely adopted with more than 140 physx - based games shipping or in development on sony playstation 3 , microsoft xbox 360 , nintendo wii , and gaming pcs . ageia physics software is pervasive with over 10 , 000 registered and active users of the physx sdk .\nholy shit that looks cool .\ndude i just blew up that friggin building ! thanks , ageia !\nhaha i just pwnt j00 ! i shower in ur real - time - simulated blood !\nthe ageia physx accelerator is the world\u2019s first dedicated physics processor designed to revolutionize the pc gaming experience with extreme physical gaming interactions for an unbelievably dynamic and realistic experience . today , the ageia physx processor is the key hardware element for optimized game physics . its highly parallel , interactive physx cores are optimized for dynamic , large - scale , physics processing to accelerate physical motion and interaction at a scale and quality far beyond that of general purpose processors . available from leading gaming system and add - in card makers today .\nnvidia is the perfect fit for us . they have the world ' s best parallel computing technology and are the thought leaders in gpus and gaming . we are united by a common culture based on a passion for innovating and driving the consumer experience ,\nsaid manju hegde , co - founder and ceo of ageia .\nthe ageia team is world class , and is passionate about the same thing we are\u2014creating the most amazing and captivating game experiences ,\nstated jen - hsun huang , president and ceo of nvidia .\nby combining the teams that created the world ' s most pervasive gpu and physics engine brands , we can now bring geforce\u00ae - accelerated physx to hundreds of millions of gamers around the world .\nageia is a company which designed the first physics dedicated cards . the cards contain a processor which has a sole obligation to process the physics and interation of up to thousands of object , and billions of interactions . some accomplished effects with this are things like real - time water simulation , meanning the computer does it all at the moment , and it allows for the simulation of very large explosions and structural response . also being done is cloth and hair simulation . some examples of this are in the game cell factor , and the unreal engine 3 technology demos .\ncertain statements in this press release including , but not limited to , statements as to : the anticipated benefits of the acquisition of ageia ; the anticipated closing of the acquisition ; the future of the computer industry ; and the benefits , capabilities and performance of nvidia geforce gpus and nvidia cuda technology are forward - looking statements within the meaning of the private securities reform act of 1995 that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different than expectations . such risks and uncertainties include , but are not limited to , the risk that we will not realize the anticipated benefits of this acquisition , the risk that we may not be able to complete the acquisition , risks associated with acquisitions including the ability to successfully integrate technologies , employees and operations , diversion of management ' s attention , risks associated with international operations , industry trends , the impact of competitive products and technological advances , reliance third parties to manufacture , assemble , package and test our products , market acceptance of new products and technologies and other risks detailed from time to time in the reports nvidia files with the securities and exchange commission including its form 10 - q for the quarter ended october 28 , 2007 . copies of reports filed with the sec are posted on our website and are available from nvidia without charge . these forward - looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and speak only as of the date hereof , and , except as required by law , nvidia disclaims any obligation to update these forward - looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances .\nthis site requires javascript in order to view all its content . please enable javascript in order to access all the functionality of this web site . here are the instructions how to enable javascript in your web browser .\nwithout accurate physics simulation even the most beautiful game feels static and lifeless . physx taps into the power of nvidia\u2019s geforce gtx gpus to create incredible effects and scenes filled with dynamic destruction , particle based fluids , and life - like animation . reviewers attest , games like assassin\u2019s creed iv : black flag , batman : arkham origins , borderlands 2 , and metro : last light are better with gpu - accelerated physx effects enabled .\nkilling floor 2 , the witcher 3 : wild hunt , call of duty : ghosts , and more . . .\nlearn how gpu - accelerated physx effects enhance one of the most technologically and graphically advanced games available .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nabout nvidia nvidia ( nasdaq : nvda ) is the world leader in visual computing technologies and the inventor of the gpu , a high - performance processor which generates breathtaking , interactive graphics on workstations , personal computers , game consoles , and mobile devices . nvidia serves the entertainment and consumer market with its geforce\u00ae products , the professional design and visualization market with its quadro\u00ae products , and the high - performance computing market with its tesla\u2122 products . nvidia is headquartered in santa clara , calif . and has offices throughout asia , europe , and the americas . for more information , visit urltoken .\ncertain statements in this press release including , but not limited to , statements as to : physx - based games in development are forward - looking statements within the meaning of the private securities reform act of 1995 that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different than expectations . such risks and uncertainties include , but are not limited to , the risk that we will not realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisition , games developer\u2019s adoption of different physics technology to develop games ; the impact of competitive products and technological advances , continued market acceptance of new products and technologies , software defects and other risks detailed from time to time in the reports nvidia files with the securities and exchange commission including its form 10 - q for the quarter ended october 28 , 2007 . copies of reports filed with the sec are posted on our website and are available from nvidia without charge . these forward - looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and speak only as of the date hereof , and , except as required by law , nvidia disclaims any obligation to update these forward - looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances .\n# # # copyright\u00a9 2016 nvidia corporation . all rights reserved . all company and / or product names may be trade names , trademarks , and / or registered trademarks of the respective owners with which they are associated . features , pricing , availability , and specifications are subject to change without notice . note to editors : if you are interested in viewing additional information on nvidia , please visit the nvidia press room at urltoken\nlike graphics , physics processing is made up of millions of parallel computations . the nvidia\u00ae geforce\u00ae 8800gt gpu , with its 112 processors , can process parallel applications up to two orders of magnitude faster than a dual or quad - core cpu .\nthe computer industry is moving towards a heterogeneous computing model , combining a flexible cpu and a massively parallel processor like the gpu to perform computationally intensive applications like real - time computer graphics ,\ncontinued mr . huang .\nnvidia ' s cuda\u2122 technology , which is rapidly becoming the most pervasive parallel programming environment in history , broadens the parallel processing world to hundreds of applications desperate for a giant step in computational performance . applications such as physics , computer vision , and video / image processing are enabled through cuda and heterogeneous computing .\nmore details about the acquisition will be provided during nvidia ' s quarterly conference call , to be held on wednesday , february 13 , 2008 at 2 : 00 pm , pacific time . the company ' s prepared remarks will be followed by a question and answer period , which will be limited to questions from financial analysts and institutional investors . to listen to the conference call , please dial 212 - 231 - 2901 ; no password is required . the conference call will also be webcast live ( listen - only mode ) at the following web sites : urltoken and urltoken .\nreplay of the conference call will be available via telephone by calling 800 - 633 - 8284 ( or 402 - 977 - 9140 ) , passcode 21354792 , until february 20 , 2008 . the webcast will be recorded and available for replay until the company ' s conference call to discuss its financial results for its first quarter , fiscal 2009 .\nabout nvidia nvidia is the world leader in visual computing technologies and the inventor of the gpu , a high - performance processor which generates breathtaking , interactive graphics on workstations , personal computers , game consoles , and mobile devices . nvidia serves the entertainment and consumer market with its geforce\u00ae products , the professional design and visualization market with its quadro\u00ae products , and the high - performance computing market with its tesla\u2122 products . nvidia is headquartered in santa clara , calif . and has offices throughout asia , europe , and the americas . for more information , visit urltoken .\nnvidia physx flex v0 . 25 \u3010tech demo\u3011 i7 4770k gtx 780ti \u30101080p 60 fps\u3011\nsorry , we just need to make sure you ' re not a robot . for best results , please make sure your browser is accepting cookies .\nin the eye of the tornado , there ' s no high and low , no floor and sky .\nequip : your attacks have a chance to make your next execute cost no rage and be usable on any target , regardless of health level .\nin the pits of valhalas , ayala the relentless cut down foe after foe on his way to legend . becoming more lethal as his opponents weakened , he was truly terrifying to spectate .\nequip : your auto attacks have a chance to increase your strength or agility , based on your specialization , by 4942 for 12 sec , and expel orbs of fel energy . collecting an orb increases the duration of this effect by 0 sec .\nequip : grants the warbreaker ability , which deals massive damage in an area and makes opponents vulnerable .\nthe steel of the barbarian king shall strike the final blow . it shall silence the din of battle , and bring the first kingdom into an age of peace .\na battle - hardened master of two - handed weapons , using mobility and overpowering attacks to strike his opponents down .\na furious berserker wielding a weapon in each hand , unleashing a flurry of attacks to carve his opponents to pieces .\nincreases the maximum number of charges on charge by 1 , and reduces its cooldown by 3 sec .\nwounds the target , causing 89 , 368 physical damage instantly and an additional 422 , 388 bleed damage over 8 sec .\nreduces the cooldown on heroic leap by 15 sec , and heroic leap now also increases your run speed by 70 % for 3 sec .\nincreases the duration of colossus smash by 8 sec , and reduces its cooldown by 8 sec .\nthrows a whirling weapon at the target location that inflicts 1 . 1 million damage to all enemies within 8 yards over 5 . 8 sec . generates 7 rage each time it deals damage .\nkilling a target grants you 30 % haste and 30 % movement speed for 15 sec .\nsends a wave of force in a frontal cone , causing 19 , 693 damage and stunning all enemies within 10 yards for 3 sec . cooldown reduced by 20 sec if it strikes at least 3 targets .\ntransform into a colossus for 20 sec , causing you to deal 20 % increased damage and removing all roots and snares .\nwhen you reach 100 rage , your damage is increased by 15 % and your movement speed by 30 % for 6 sec .\nraging blow no longer requires enrage and deals 150 % increased damage , but has a 4 . 5 sec cooldown .\nsends a wave of force in a frontal cone , causing 26 , 382 damage and stunning all enemies within 10 yards for 3 sec . cooldown reduced by 20 sec if it strikes at least 3 targets .\nyou inspire your party or raid members within 60 yards , causing them to be healed for 3 % of all damage they deal .\nincreases your maximum health by 20 % , and the maximum effect of ignore pain by 20 % .\nignore pain reduces the rage cost of your next revenge by 35 % , and revenge reduces the rage cost of your next ignore pain by 35 % .\nshield slam extends the duration of shield block by 1 . 0 sec , and shield block increases the damage of shield slam by an additional 30 % .\n\u00a9 valve corporation . all rights reserved . all trademarks are property of their respective owners in the us and other countries .\nif anyone is thinking of buying this game wait , there seems to be a problem u cant start it at the moment .\nc : \\ program files ( x86 ) \\ steam \\ steamapps \\ common \\ syrian warfare \\ _ commonredist \\ physx \\ 8 . 09 . 04\nclick on the installer executable . you should be good to go once that ' s installed , but make sure you don ' t have any outdated versions of physx on your computer before you do this . if you do , uninstall those .\nappreciate the helping hand\u2026 that solved the problem , it\u2019s quite odd , i have never had to do something like this for a game to start . i retract my statement on waiting with a purchase , now that we have the problem solved . thanks again and i will post a review once i\u2019m done with the game .\nthe driver this game requires is outdated . why would we overwrite our newer current driver ? you need to update your new game to run the current physx driver .\nthe driver this game requires is outdated . why would we overwrite our newer current driver ? you need to update your new game to run current physx driver .\nhow to\njuggle physx drivers\n? how to uninstall the newer one ? ( i found it but i have no clue how to uninstall it ) . and why has this problem not been solved yet ? it ' s quite annoying !\nive never had this problem at all . seems weird , i have never had to fiddle with any physx drivers . just format your computer lol , fixes everything .\nnote : this is only to be used to report spam , advertising , and problematic ( harassment , fighting , or rude ) posts ."]}
{"id": 54119, "summary": [{"text": "crexendo , inc. is a cloud-based web and communication service company .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in arizona .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "in 2013 , the company was awarded by internet telephony magazine as tmc \u2019s 2013 internet telephony excellence award for its leading communication technology , crexendo cloud telephony solution .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the company was formerly known as imergent inc , netgateway , and galaxymall and has traded as on various stock exchanges as cxdo , exe , iig , ngwy , and glxy .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "it operates its business through three segments including storesonline , crexendo web service and crexendo network services .", "topic": 6}, {"text": "the storesonline segment is engaged in website designing and making for business .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "crexendo web service offers services including link building and rate conversion improvement and other website optimization services .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "additionally , crexendo network services provides web and telephony communication services including crexendo 8 plan , which is a web service managing customers \u2019 8 phone numbers .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the company has launched a program named crexendo university program ( up ) aiming to help tens of students improve their business skills and sponsor tools . ", "topic": 2}], "title": "crexendo", "paragraphs": ["crexendo training videos ; how to ' s , and quick tips . learn how to use your crexendo system .\ntoshiba is closing down their phone business in the us . if you need help replacing your system , call crexendo ! # crexendo # toshiba\ncrexendo announced an asset purchase agreement with one stop voice . this purchase will transfer certain infrastructure and customers of osv to crexendo . crexendo has hired osv ' s customer service supervisor as well as their sales director to assure a smooth migration of osv ' s customer base into crexendo . in addition crexendo has entered into an agreement with osv to maintain certain support functions to assure a seamless transition with no disruption to any customers .\ncrexendo , inc . : cxdo ) files an 8 - k results of operations and finan . .\njeffery korn crexendo , inc . 1615 s . 52nd street tempe , az 85281 602 - 714 - 8500\ncrexendo , inc . : cxdo ) files an 8 - k submission of matters to a vote . .\nthe average salary for crexendo regional account executive manager is $ 45 , 795 per year , ranging from $ 37 , 106 to $ 52 , 789 . compare more salaries for crexendo regional account executive manager at paysa . com .\ncrexendo , inc . 1615 south 52nd street tempe , az 85281 phone : + 1 . 602 . 714 . 8500 web : urltoken\nmr . korn has served as chief legal officer since february 2009 . prior to that he served as the general counsel of crexendo since 2002 .\nmr . vincent serves as chief financial officer for crexendo . prior to taking on the role of cfo , mr . vincent served as vp of finance for the company . before joining crexendo , mr . vincent served as an audit senior manager for ernst & young , llp in phoenix since 2005 .\ncrexendo\u2019s cloud technologies are helping companies productively manage partners , customers , and employees while revolutionizing the way businesses operate . through cost - saving and revenue - generating offers , crexendo is able to enable businesses , local or national , to grow and succeed . with a culture that thrives on innovative ideas , our employees enjoy strong growth opportunities within a fast growing company .\nimmediately improve your efficiency & bottom line . crexendo # voice & # data saves you money & lets you focus on your core business 602 - 714 - 8500 # cloudphone # voip\ncrexendo cloud - based telephone systems takes the greatest features of your traditional phone system and hosts them in the cloud , giving you a productive telecommunication toolset at a fraction of the cost .\ncrexendo is fully committed to the reliability and security of our cloud systems . starting with a world - class data center featuring multiple levels of redundancy and the highest level of security defenses , every facet of our development is benchmarked against the maximum security and reliability standards . crexendo is payment card industry compliant , and clec licensed for our cloud web , telecommunications and network suite of services .\ncrexendo inc . , is a full - service cloud solutions provider that delivers critical voice and data technology infrastructure services to the start - up , smb and small enterprise markets . crexendo is comprised of industry - leading engineering , sales , marketing and support professionals that combine left - brain logic with right - brain creativity to design , build and deliver world - class cloud services that drive business productivity .\nproductive phone systems are managed in the cloud and are run remotely by expert engineers . installation , maintenance , and support are fully managed by crexendo so that you won\u2019t be bogged down with unnecessary phone system issues .\nsimple to use , crexendo ' s hosted telecom system\u2019s online portal puts you in the driver\u2019s seat . with no it experience needed , enjoy the ability to manage your phone system\u2019s functions , in or out of the office .\ncheck out crexendo ' s business continuity options . our cloud phone system will help your business grow and save . to request a free roi analysis click : urltoken . or , to learn more , visit urltoken or call 602 - 714 - 8500 . show less\nunlike competing phone companies that source their technology from third - party vendors , crexendo innovates every bit of its technology and cloud infrastructure in - house . this gives us an extreme advantage to seamlessly deliver our cloud services based on the needs of a rapidly changing marketplace . we take great pride in our products and technology .\nprior to joining crexendo gaylor held positions of increasing responsibility , culminating with the position of sr . vice president , at inter - tel / mitel where he was originally hired in 1987 . gaylor was responsible for overseeing the sales efforts in the western united states where he was ultimately responsible for the activities of approximately 200 representatives . under his leadership yearly sales for his region reached over $ 175 , 000 , 000 annually . doug holds a ba in communications from the university of houston .\nprovides cloud - based infrastructure services , including telecom and website hosting services crexendo , inc . engages in the provision of telecommunications services , broadband internet services and other cloud business services . it operates through cloud telecommunications services and web services segments . the cloud telecommunications services segment transmit calls using ip or cloud technology , which converts voice signals into digital data packets for transmission over the internet or cloud . the web services segment generate recurring revenue from website hosting and other professional services . the company was founded on april 13 , 1995 and is headquartered in tempe , az .\nmr . gaylor serves as president and chief operating officer for crexendo . prior to ascending to the role of president , mr . gaylor was vice president of sales for the company , a position he held since joining the company in 2009 . doug\u2019s 27 years in the telecom industry has made him a subject matter expert in hosted telecom , network services , pbx and key systems , call centers , and managed services . in addition to his depth of knowledge in telecommunications , doug also has a very strong background in all areas of web marketing including seo best practices , conversion rate optimization , paid search , link building , web design and social media . prior to joining crexendo , doug held positions of increasing responsibility , culminating with the position of sr . vice president , at inter - tel / mitel where he was originally hired in 1987 . gaylor was responsible for overseeing the sales efforts in the western united states where he was ultimately responsible for the activities of approximately 200 sales representatives . under his leadership yearly sales for his region reached over $ 175 , 000 , 000 annually . doug holds a ba in communications from the university of houston and is an active board member for a large non - profit foundation specializing in education .\nprior to joining crexendo , mr . korn had a private consulting practice ; before that , he had served as general counsel of prosofttraining ( previously a nasdaq company ) , and prior to that , mr . korn was a partner in a jacksonville , florida , law firm with his practice , specializing in corporate matters and litigation . mr . korn has been an advisor to private venture firms , as well as a lecturer and a college instructor . mr . korn currently serves on the board of directors of flanders corporation and on several charitable and education boards . mr . korn has a ba from the state university of new york at new paltz and a jd from stetson university college .\nwe ' re sorry we weren ' t able to find anything about this topic .\npromotions are a big part of running a store . you can setup coupons on various types like hard dollars off , free shipping etc . you make the call on the coupon promotions you want to run , we make it available .\nour platform allows you to create seo tags all the way down to the product level . you have the control to pick sets of products to run seo tests to maximize results . customers are looking for you , be found .\nwant to sell blinds but need a sophisticated system to adjust pricing based on a dynamic set of measurements ? our platform can handle simple color and size variations to more complex price sheets .\ncomplex rules based on tax , shipping , or totals ? want to apply advanced formulas to price your items ? our industry - leading ordering rules can handle pretty complex tasks . this feature is included in all plans .\ngift cards form the basis of any business . we have a comprehensive list of actions you can take that handle gift cards . like our rules engine , this feature comes with all our plans .\nwith our 24 / 7 support , custom programming , and advanced features you won ' t find elsewhere , we would be happy to discuss your needs and recommend a solution that fits your needs .\nclick below for a free , no - obligation quote , and find out how easy it is for your business to\nride the cloud .\nmore than your standard phone system , cloud - based phone service gives your business advanced calling features for less .\ntake your desktop phone on the road with all of the features of your office phone now on your mobile device .\nvoice , data & marketing solutions that enable you to focus on your core business .\ngain flexibility in your business communication with your already existing 3g , 4g and lte connection . take your desktop phone features on the road for even greater efficiencies and functionality .\na combination of no up - front capital expense and the savings derived from no maintenance fees , upgrade fees or capacity constraints , transforms your business phone system into a productive communication tool - not just another monthly bill .\nproductivity does not need to cease to exist the second you step out of the office . whether on a business trip , at the mall , or a child\u2019s sports game , take important calls , transfer to co - worker extensions or simply retrieve your office voicemails without ever missing a beat .\nyou try your best to stay ahead of the curve . you spend big money on systems to better understand and anticipate your marketplace . why not select a hosted phone solution that spends big money anticipating your business needs ?\nour most recent innovative ip phone . it incorporates a large touch panel that makes switching between different screens and applications swift , easy and convenient . hd technology very carefully creates the impression that you are sitting virtually face - to - face opposite the person at the other end of the call .\ncolor display direct station selection provides at - a - glance phone status indication and one - touch calling . two page views allow 40 programmable keys that work as blf , speed dial , etc .\nuse a dta device to transform any standard fax or cordless telephone line into a cloud - based service . with a simple design and easy setup , your existing internet connection plugs right into this adaptor bridge , providing you the benefits of cloud , without giving up your existing analog equipment .\nbe a part of an experienced team of sales , marketing , technology and engineering professionals .\nthrive in a forward thinking environment with a company at the forefront of a technology revolution .\nour strength is our people and our people are truly great . all of our employees are our best employees and they all have strong similarities :\nthey thrive in a fast - paced culture and keep current in an ever changing marketplace .\nthey love our customers and put every ounce of energy into improving their business productivity .\nissuer direct corporation 500 perimeter park dr . suite d morrisville , nc 27560 919 - 481 - 4000 - option 3 , 3 202 - 521 - 3505 - fax ta @ urltoken\nurish popeck & co . , llc three gateway center , suite 2400 401 liberty avenue pittsburgh , pa 15222 412 - 391 - 1994\nwe ' ve detected that javascript is disabled in your browser . would you like to proceed to legacy twitter ?\nas a franchisor , my job is to continually find the best products and services for our # franchisees & # innovate . # realtyexecutives # kfnn urltoken\ntwitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup . try again or visit twitter status for more information .\nyou can add location information to your tweets , such as your city or precise location , from the web and via third - party applications . you always have the option to delete your tweet location history . learn more\nhere ' s the url for this tweet . copy it to easily share with friends .\nby embedding twitter content in your website or app , you are agreeing to the twitter developer agreement and developer policy .\nnot on twitter ? sign up , tune into the things you care about , and get updates as they happen .\nthis timeline is where you\u2019ll spend most of your time , getting instant updates about what matters to you .\nhover over the profile pic and click the following button to unfollow any account .\nwhen you see a tweet you love , tap the heart \u2014 it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love .\nthe fastest way to share someone else\u2019s tweet with your followers is with a retweet . tap the icon to send it instantly .\nadd your thoughts about any tweet with a reply . find a topic you\u2019re passionate about , and jump right in .\nsteve was appointed as chief executive officer in 2008 . he is the former chairman and chief executive officer of inter - tel , incorporated , which he founded in 1969 . steve led the inter - tel revolution from providing business telephone systems to offering complete managed services and software that help businesses facilitate communication and increase customer service and productivity . before selling inter - tel for $ 720 million in 2007 , steve grew the business to nearly $ 500 million in annual sales .\nsteve earned an honorary phd from california state university - fullerton and received a bachelor of arts in business administration in accounting & finance from the university in 1969 . he has served on boards of numerous community organizations including the arizona heart foundation , junior achievement of arizona , arizona museum of science and technology and the arizona state university college of business dean\u2019s council of 100 . committed to education , steve is involved with the karl eller college of management at the university of arizona and has served on the advisory board of junior achievement of central arizona for over 25 years , and as a member of the board of directors of the big bear high school education foundation and on the dean\u2019s advisory board of csu - fullerton .\nmr . vincent supervised teams and managed client relationships for clients of all sizes ; his experience included auditing and substantial review of business plans and services for various telecommunication and internet marketing service providers . prior to his employment with ernst & young , mr . vincent was an audit senior with mukai , greenlee & company and john c . todd ii , p . c . mr . vincent holds an mba from the university of phoenix and a b . s . in accounting / finance from indiana university bloomington , in .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nthe average salary for account executive manager is $ 76 , 049 per year , ranging from $ 67 , 847 to $ 83 , 294 . compare more salaries for account executive manager at paysa . com .\nthe average salary for regional account executive manager in phoenix , az is $ 79 , 147 per year , ranging from $ 71 , 749 to $ 85 , 788 . compare more salaries for regional account executive manager in phoenix , az at paysa . com .\nglassdoor will not work properly unless browser cookie support is enabled . learn how to enable cookies .\nstoresonline / imergent compensates its engineers excellently , and not only in dollar amount . besides the great pay , each engineer receives top of the line hardware ( with the os of your choosing ) along with other hardware perks like three 24\nlcd monitors . my current set up is a macpro w / 4gb ram and the 3 monitors . imergent ' s engineering group is led by managers who value the team spirit and reward employees on a team basis . i am always able to take time off when needed , never feel worried to ask for support from my superiors , and always feel comfortable and secure in my job environment .\nimergent , despite its long history and its size , still has a very entrepreneurial atmosphere . as a result of this , working as an engineer at storesonline / imergent does not provide a lot of room for upward mobility . if you are looking for a fast track to management , this is not the place to come . however , the raises i have received have been competitive and managers are willing to work with you to help you find projects you enjoy and that are a good fit for you . if you are aggressive , individualistic , or don ' t appreciate a team approach to work ( including bonus distribution ) , you will probably feel out of place at imergent .\nas the engineering team is growing in size , some more structure and / or leadership positions within the ranks might provide further incentives for employees .\n- absolutely zero corporate culture ( unless you ' re mormon ) - never have i felt so disconnected from a company before . . . trying to get excited to go to work everyday was like trying to get excited to go to a funeral . . . for someone you didn ' t really know or like - training was a joke - the health insurance is good . . . if you are involved in a fatal accident - identity ? - odd combo of web marketing and cloud telecommunications that no one understands . it ' s marketed as if both products are two peas in a pod , but let ' s be honest here , they have nothing to do with one another . it ' s like they are trying to fit a square peg in a round hole . . . it all seemed very forced . - the worst commission structure on the planet . . . people go into sales , because when they sell something the want a nice pop , they do not want their commissions spread out over the life of a contract ( i . e . if you sell a phone system for $ 10 , 000 you make $ 600 . . . over the course of 3 years . . . that ' s $ 16 a month ) . yay ! - phone systems are incredibly basic and missing key features that are desirable to 99 % of large / enterprise companies . - web marketing way too expensive for the average small business - will never nab any large , reputable , brand - name clients for web marketing with the current hokey image . - i could go on . . .\nneed a divisional separation between web marketing and telecom . touting the web marketing side as more of a\ndigital agency\nwill give much more credibility with larger clients since web marketing industry is over saturated with awful companies .\nlow wages , upper management is a joke , middle management are all on power trips , the engineering department are rude and obnoxious . ranked # 27 in the industry . not a place you want to work .\nthe board needs to get more involved and make some changes - starting at the top .\ncopyright \u00a9 2008\u20132018 , glassdoor , inc .\nglassdoor\nand logo are proprietary trademarks of glassdoor , inc .\npresident donald trump said in a tweet that pfizer ( pfe ) and other drugmakers\nshould be ashamed that they have raised drug prices for no reason .\nthis comes about a month after the president claimed that some big pharmaceutical companies would soon announce\nvoluntary massive drops in prices .\npfizer , others ' should be ashamed ' : president donald trump tweeted that\npfizer & others should be ashamed that they have raised drug prices for no reason . they are merely taking advantage of the poor & others unable to defend themselves , while at the same time giving bargain basement prices to other countries in europe & elsewhere . we will respond !\npfizer raising prices : according to a report published by the financial times a week ago , pfizer has raised the prices on 100 products , effective july 1 . it is the second time this year that pfizer has increased the prices of many of its medicines , the report noted , adding that the increases , which were mostly just over 9 % , came weeks after president trump claimed the pharmaceuticals industry was about to implement\nmassive\nvoluntary reductions .\nsome of the big drug chains in two weeks going to announce . . . voluntary massive drops in prices ,\ndonald trump said on may 30 . price action : in afternoon trading , shares of pfizer have gained about 0 . 5 % to $ 37 . 27 . others to watch : other large - cap drug companies include astrazeneca ( azn ) , bristol - myers ( bmy ) , eli lilly ( lly ) , glaxosmithkline ( gsk ) , johnson & johnson ( jnj ) , merck ( mrk ) , novartis ( nvs ) , roche ( rhhby ) and sanofi ( sny ) .\nnordstrom to open more nordtrom local hubs in brentwood , downtown l . a .\nour team of experts analyze every news story and filter out the noise to deliver real - time market moving news .\nget real - time updates on events that are moving the market\u2014from conferences and calls to syndicate announcements .\ncreate up to 12 portfolios with 150 stocks each , and see how active they are in market news .\nlog in above or sign up for a free trial to see this information ."]}
{"id": 54126, "summary": [{"text": "nfon ag is a provider of cloud-based telephone systems , with its headquarters in munich , germany .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the company was founded in 2007 and operates in germany , austria , switzerland , the netherlands , hungary , the uk , slovenia , croatia , czech republic , ireland , romania and turkey .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "nfon 's uk entity , was established in april 2013 to extend robust and reliable business communications services to uk enterprises with no minimum contract term .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "nfon uk uses the bt network for uk number allocations , porting and call terminations .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "nfon operates ip-centrex-telephone systems for businesses and is the only provider of cloud telephony that offers this service specifically for large businesses with 1-249,000 extensions .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "nfon 's customers include businesses in the field of finance and retail , ( financescout24 , tegut ) as well as public bodies such as the administrative district of elbe-elster and the city of grevesm\u00fchlen . ", "topic": 6}], "title": "nfon", "paragraphs": ["nfon - nfon : how the cloud telephone system works for you . . .\nmachtlfinger str . 7 81379 m\u00fcnchen tel . : + 49 89 45 3000 urltoken email : info ( at ) nfon . com info ( at ) nfon . com\nnfon customers : gt85 - polska [ deutsch , english , espa\u00f1ol , pols . . .\nurltoken terms and conditions legal notice data protection \u00a9 2017 nfon ag , all rights reserved .\nthe grey matter and nfon webinar has already occurred . the recording will be available soon .\nthat make your customers what they are : humans ! read the full story on the nfon blog .\n\u201cour tremendous success since the launch of our nfon partner programme shows that we are heading in the right direction . now is the time to invest heavily , \u201d says marcus otto , ceo of nfon ag .\nnfon supports you in your sales endeavors in any way possible . for example with new customers , advertising materials and top commissions . but also with powerful products to win over your customers : the nfon cloud telephone system and sdsl .\naddition to the deutschlandlan product family of deutsche telekom : deutschlandlan nfon , the modern cloud telephone system on basis of nfon , is now available via the telekom cloud portal . as strategic partners , nfon ag and deutsche telekom have tailored their solution to the requirements of small customers who aim to replace their existing isdn system with a modern ip telephony .\nbenefit from secure business telephony from the cloud and modern unified communications features . use cti with nfon and extend your nfon solution with the versatile options of successful business process integration . take advantage of the numerous additional benefits to improve your daily communication .\nthe investors in the munich company nfon ag , one of the leading providers of outsourced telephone systems ( ip centrex ) , have decided together with nfon\u2019s management to commit additional capital to accelerate growth against the backdrop of this year\u2019s positive business performance .\nin the meantime please call chris wheeler on + 44 ( 0 ) 1364 655196 for more information about nfon and cloud telephony .\nabout nfon ag business communication around the world is undergoing the greatest change in its history . a modern business phone system in the cloud is an investment in the future viability for businesses of any size or industry . nfon offers unlimited capacities for the challenges faced by companies with 2 to 249 , 000 employees . nfon is a cloud solution \u201cmade in germany\u201d and stands for data protection , reliability , and t\u00fcv - certified voice quality . these facts together with the more than 150 intelligent features , simplicity of operation , cost effectiveness and essential security features all contribute to nfon being one of the leading provider worldwide . operating in 12 european countries , nfon ag has its headquarters in munich . urltoken\ncloud service\nmade in germany\ndeutschlandlan nfon provides customers with a cloud service\nmade in germany\n.\ndevelopment , operation and support happen exclusively in germany . users of deutschlandlan nfon get the acquired high level of service and security by deutsche telekom and nfon\n, says j\u00fcrgen st\u00e4ding , chief product officer at nfon ag . for the solution therefore , the particularly strict german data protection regulations apply . both partners , each market leaders in their sector , guarantee highest security and availability since all services are happening in high security and redundant data centers .\noptimal integration of estos products with nfon allows you to use proven unified communications and cti convenience features in the cloud as well . this will enable you and your employees to significantly improve communication and collaboration . using the federation feature , you can also use cti for nfon outside the company .\nnfon ag is based in munich and is the leading provider of high - end telephone systems . the company offers\nmade in germany\ncloud technology . an encrypted internet connection allows nfon worldwide access to telephone systems , whether by web , telephone , computer or smartphone . the company offers its own unified communications & cti solution that can be extended with significant features by using estos products . this enables the use of cti with nfon .\nno more in - house telephone systems . no expensive long - term maintenance contracts . and only pay for the extensions you actually use . that\u2019s the nfon cloud telephone system . simply connect your nfon - certified devices to the internet for instant access to a high - performance telephone system with more than 150 features .\nwelcome to nfon , the only pan - european cloud pbx provider . the future is # alllip - are you ready ? # 1cloud # discoverfreedom # communicateyourway # nfonyou\navoid the digital disconnect and focus on those aspects of the customer experience that make your customers what they are : humans ! read the full story on the nfon blog . urltoken\nthe nfon ag support website contains detailed faqs with valuable information pertaining to your telephone system . you can always check the status of your support inquiries and respond to further inquiries .\nwith procall enterprise , you can upgrade your fail - safe nfon cloud telephone system with a wealth of tools for successful collaboration that enables you to work with ease and simplicity .\ncontact : nfon ag marcus otto managing director leonrodstra\u00dfe 68 80636 m\u00fcnchen tel . : + 49 89 45300115 fax : + 49 89 45300100 marcus . otto @ urltoken www . urltoken\nstarting with the first extension , the nfon cloud telephone system offers you more than 150 features that will make your daily work easier . whether it be teleconferences , on - the - go mobile use , skype for business integration , web conferences or cti integration \u2013 with nfon , making and receiving calls becomes a high - end experience with maximum ease of use .\nabout nfon ag munich - based nfon ag is a leading provider of outsourced telephone systems ( ip centrex ) . the company offers high - quality products and services as a complete package from a single source . nfon\u2019s phone system is operated by a fully redundant , high - performance computer centre and is therefore fail - safe . with more than 100 functions , the solution provides a spectrum of services that was previously the preserve mainly of large corporations . there is no longer any cost for a fixed system or the separate telephone connection and , thanks to pay - per - use as well as flexible scalability of the extensions , businesses can save up to 50 percent of the costs for a conventional phone system with nfon\u2019s solution .\nour telephone system has a future , but so does our commission pattern . for example , you receive money every month as long as your customer uses nfon . we call it customer lifetime commission .\n\u201ewe\u2019ve achieved consistent high quality communications across more than 500 employees with minimal capital costs and barely any user training , but it\u2019s the long - term vision for communications that made nfon the standout choice . \u201d\nno more in - house telephone system . no long - term maintenance contracts . only pay for extensions that you actually use . this is the nfon cloud telephone system . and it ' s simple : all you need is a good internet connection that meets certain basic conditions . simply connect nfon approved devices and off you go . more than 150 features of a high - performance telephone system become instantly available .\nthe concept is simple : rather than being installed locally at your company , the nfon telephone system runs through highly secure data centres operated by nfon in germany . voip technology ( voice over ip ) ensures that you can be reliably reached by your customers and business partners at any time \u2013 and thanks to hd voice , your conversations take place in t\u00fcv - certified call quality superior to that of conventional telephony .\nno more in - house telephone system . no long - term maintenance contracts . only pay for extensions that you actually use . this is the nfon cloud telephone system . and it ' s simple : all you need is a good internet connection that meets certain basic conditions . simply connect nfon approved devices and off you go . more than 150 features of a high - performance telephone system become instantly available . urltoken\nour solutions are universally accessible , flexible , independent and cost - effective . and thanks to free lifetime cloud updates , they\u2019re always up to date . nfon makes your daily work easier and your communications more secure .\nnfon ag , a munich , germany - based provider of outsourced telephone systems . nfon ' s outsourced telephone systems , called ip centrex , are offered as a complete package from a single source . operated by a fully redundant , high - performance computer centre and with more than 100 functions , the solution is designed to enable companies of all sizes to save up to 50 % percent of the costs for a conventional phone system .\nen diez minutos comienza\nlibertad de comunicarse : c\u00f3mo permanecer humano en la era de la transformaci\u00f3n digital\n, una interesante ponencia que impartir\u00e1 miguel gillis , managing director de nfon iberia ( @ nfoncom ) . # thforum\nthe investors high - tech gr\u00fcnderfonds , earlybird venture capital gmbh & co . kg , mig fonds and bayerische beteiligungsgesellschaft have , in a further round of financing , made four million euros of capital available to the company for the purpose above all of expanding its distributor channel . nfon has already succeeded in signing up more than 100 new distributors since the kick - off event held at the munich allianz arena in june of this year . indirect sales are to account for more than half of nfon\u2019s revenues as early as mid - 2011 ; to date the figure is just under 18 percent . nfon aims to increase the number of new customers gained in a month many times over in the next twelve months .\nlearn about the core features and integrations within nfon , plus find out how and why adopting cloud telephony gives you benefits like lower costs , easier roll out , increased control , automatic updates and business continuity , in comparison to conventional solutions .\nyour customers will be happy with the nfon cloud telephone system now and in the future . automatic updates always keep the technology up to date . meaning : 100 % future - proof products for your customers and customer lifetime commission for you .\ndie 50 millionen euro aus dem b\u00f6rsengang will nfon in die europ\u00e4ische expansion investieren . der handelskanal spielt dabei eine wichtige rolle . cloud - telefonie ist erst \u00bbder beginn einer reise zur ucc - unternehmung\u00ab , so ceo hans szymanski im crn - interview .\ncustomers can access the telephone system from anywhere in the world via an encrypted internet connection , using a telephone , a computer , or a smartphone . the t\u00fcv technical inspection service regularly certifies nfon systems as having\nvery good\nvoice quality .\nthe goal of the partnership is to convince small and medium sized businesses of a simple , flexible and central cloud telephone system and to enable those business to setup and administrate their telephone system independently . nfon ag are market leaders for cloud telephone systems in europe .\nthis makes relocation and expansion easy , while also saving you the costs and space associated with installing a traditional telephone system . all features of the telephone system are available on a virtually unlimited range of user devices . from desktop phones and conference phones to softphone apps for your smartphone and accessories such as headsets \u2013 more than 70 hardware products from the most popular manufacturers are certified for the nfon cloud telephone system . all certified user devices can be quickly and easily installed via plug & play . with nfon , you can make calls the way you like best .\nhappy to announce our premium partnership with @ pivotalnetworks in the uk . phil cambers , commercial director , pivotal : : \u201cafter much due diligence we settled on working with nfon . not only is their product class leading , but the people they employ are first class professionals .\nurltoken\nnfon wants to significantly raise market awareness of outsourced telephone systems in the future . \u201cestimates indicate that , up to now , only 20 percent of companies know that ip centrex products exist . we see potential for strong growth against this backdrop . our investors share this reading , \u201d otto says .\nin order for users to extend their nfon cloud telephone system to include modern unified communications , collaboration and cti convenience features , integration with the estos products procall enterprise and metadirectory does not have to be controlled via the telephone system itself , but in this case by the individual controls on the telephone . for this purpose , the phones must have an appropriate interface to ensure smooth integration .\nwe have been connecting the world and revolutionising business telephony from munich since 2007 . today , we serve over 10 , 000 customers around the globe . we are nfon ag and are one of the world ' s leading providers of premium cloud - based telephone systems . over 150 creative , highly qualified and passionate employees based in munich , mainz and a total of 10 different countries ensure that your conversations carry on .\nthe best basis for mobile working users are able to intuitively set additional functions such as call management , voice mail or call routing via a web based user - interface . deutschlandlan nfon is always with you : in the office , the home office or on the road via your smartphone .\nour future - proof telecommunication solution is supporting mobile working and enables family - friendly telework models\n, says dirk backofen , senior vice president marketing business customers at deutsche telekom gmbh . the cloud solution can quickly be extended at any time \u2013 several locations or home offices can easily be integrated and over 150 functions are available from the first extension .\nyour telephone system does not need to physically be in your office . your rolling monthly contract can be terminated with just one month ' s notice . and thanks to voip technology ( voice over ip , internet telephony ) you can also safely dispense with special telephone lines . with nfon you rent a telephone system that is tailored to your needs . you decide how many extensions you need and what features you want to use - in addition to the 150 functions that are available to you right from the very first extension . upgrade to a voip and a telephone system that makes you geographically independent , both in terms of administration and use . you can use your office number from anywhere - even on your smartphone .\nyou have opted for a nfon telephone system from the cloud to be able to guarantee communication and to be available at all times for your customers ? then extend your good intentions and efforts with the ldap directory service metadirectory . this estos service brings together all existing contact databases in the company and standardizes them . rather than proprietary storage of important information in different programs , metadirectory provides you with a single , company - wide , high - performance directory service that always provides you with the most important customer data . with metadirectory , you know exactly which customer you would like to reach when you receive a call and have all important customer data immediately available . in addition , intelligent processing always enables a quick presentation of the results .\nthe neurofibromatosis ( nf ) society of ontario ( nf ontario / nfon ) is completely driven and organized by volunteers . our mission is to provide support , information and assistance to families challenged by nf , work closely with clinical and research professionals who specialize in the treatment of nf , help seed and fund research and provide information about neurofibromatosis to physicians and the public to familiarize them with the disorder for early recognition and diagnosis . although not everyone is seriously affected by medical problems associated with nf , monitoring for the known complications which can occur is an important part of routine healthcare for individuals diagnosed with the disorder . our vision is universal awareness of the disorder , prevention after discovery of a cause , successful treatment for those affected , cure to end nf .\nsimple installation , fair pricing structure with deutschlandlan nfon , customers receive a complete , managed solution from deutsche telekom that is fully flexible and offers a monthly termination option . the service can be booked online at a fixed price starting at \u20ac 5 . 95 ( net ) per user per month ; the charge is simply added to the bill for the existing ip line . the advantage : the customer only pays for what they actually use . software updates are included . the plug - and - play system means that installation is very simple : just unbox the telephone , plug it in , and it ' s ready to go . all that is required for this cloud - based telephone system is a telekom ip line with the standard digibox as a router .\nby integrating your nfon system with the unified communications product procall enterprise , you can take advantage of state - of - the - art cti features such as hotkey dialing , efficient presence management , instant messaging , webrtc audio and video communications , and bluetooth integration . therefore , you extend your communication with numerous options . control your own accessibility and easily identify which of your colleagues are currently available or already busy on a call . during a conversation with a customer , any queries can be simply sent to colleagues via chat . with the new audio / video communication in procall enterprise , you can have successful meetings , as if you were face to face . or you can integrate your smartphone easily into the application , so that your colleagues can also identify , for example , whether you are having an important conversation on your mobile phone .\nyou know you\u2019re selling a commodity product when the only way to inspire loyalty is via a pair of contractual handcuffs . my energy company just offered to fix my bills for the next two years if i sign up for three . where\u2019s the added value and innovation in a kilowatt - hour ?\ndespite it moving away from hardware - based sales to more \u2018as a service\u2019 consumption models , the practice of long - term contracts for enterprise technology looks set to endure . the thinking goes that because vendors and resellers have invested in making their deals , they need to guarantee their returns , and the only way to do that is by making the client sign on the dotted line .\nat face value , all this makes hard - nosed business sense . but what does the client think ? sure , we can all convince ourselves that customers also feel benefited from this long - term certainty . after all , the solution is being delivered against an agreed sla , any necessary upgrades over time have been factored in , and they have no interest in fighting their way through another procurement process any time soon . this contract gives them valuable peace of mind .\ncustomers can\u2019t want this . as a buyer and user of it , would your business ? if the contract were 30 days instead of three years , there would still be an sla . in fact , the sla would be more relevant to the capabilities of the technology and the needs of the customer .\nas for upgrades , these would be standard whatever the contract duration . the client expects the latest version , so the point of negotiation becomes the price paid rather than the included features or the contract term .\nand let\u2019s address this idea of re - procurement . customers go out to tender because they have a need . if you continue to meet that need then the customer doesn\u2019t go away \u2013 unless you are selling a commodity and offering no value .\nall customers are also individual it users in their own right , and it won\u2019t have escaped any of them that the social subscription economy we now live in affords them maximum flexibility in their it behaviour . they don\u2019t have a contract with skype , whatsapp , facebook or dropbox . whatever enterprise it they need it\u2019s all becoming just another application , and they don\u2019t want a contract for that either .\ntake netflix as another user driven technology consumption example . here there is a contract , and it\u2019s 30 days . the sla is clear , and all the latest features are constantly included . and still netflix can count on recurring revenues from the same customers month after month after month .\nresellers do themselves and their customers a disservice by taking a wrong - headed approach to contracts . contracts are the last resort for loyalty and the idea that they protect against churn is a fallacy . if you want low churn then get your product right and get away from anything longer than a rolling monthly contract .\nforget the hassle of setting up a new employee ' s workspace and the extra cables and wiring you need to connect their new extension on your telephone system . forget how expensive it is to forward calls from an office extension to an employee ' s mobile phone or home office , with charges payable on every single call . forget the expensive long - term maintenance contracts and the additional costs when you want to upgrade your telephone system with the latest features . you can also forget about all the effort it takes to move your telephone system to new offices .\nin developing our products , we work with the who ' s who of the high - tech industry , ensuring we will also lead future trends in telephone systems .\nwhat good is the best product if you are not close to the customer ? together with our partners we make a point of serving clients as individually as possible - no matter how small or large the customer . we can only achieve this with expert partners . and they benefit twice : they have an absolutely top product in their portfolio and can expect extensive services and commissions .\nthe generational shift in the workplace is in full swing . are you ready for\ngen z is at the very beginning of their professional careers . many positive changes are already emerging , from which you can reap the benefits .\nare you a diligent home office worker ? we\u2019ve put together eight essential tips to become even more productive when working remotely . check out our blog ! urltoken\nhome office is an integral part of our working world . put the following eight tips into practice to achieve increased productivity and great success .\nnever before have you had such a wide range of communication tools at your workplace . you probably often ask yourself one of the following questions : should i send my colleague an email ? or is it better to call ? should we meet in person for the next team meeting ? or is a web conference perhaps more . . . .\nin the course of digital transformation , organisations invest in new communication channels but lose the focus in a human - centric customer experience . let\u2019s think back to those aspects of the customer experience that make your customers what they are : humans !\ndigital everything ? nope ! the time has come to bring the human touch back into sales . learn more : urltoken\nas a sales professional , you bring the human factor back into a business world that , with all its digital possibilities , not only makes work more efficient but also occasionally paralyses people . the time is ripe for the human touch in sales . we have researched the most important strategies for your . . .\nsign up for a free crunchbase account to follow and track organizations you care about .\nterms of service | privacy policy | \u00a9 2018 crunchbase inc . all rights reserved .\ndescriptive keyword for an organization ( e . g . saas , android , cloud computing , medical device )\nlast funding round type ( e . g . series a , seed , private equity )\ntransaction name : auto - generated name of transaction ( e . g . angel - uber )\nwe ' ve detected that javascript is disabled in your browser . would you like to proceed to legacy twitter ?\nworker ? we\u2019ve put together eight essential tips to become even more productive when working remotely . check out our blog !\nnehmen top - 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18 at the deutsche telekom stand in hall 4 , stand c38 . deutsche telekom ' s entire presence at the trade fair is carbon - neutral : all co2 emissions generated in setting up and operating the stand are offset fully by carbon - reduction projects abroad .\nabout deutsche telekom deutsche telekom is one of the world\u2019s leading integrated telecommunications companies with more than 156 million mobile customers , 29 million fixed - network lines and around 18 million broadband lines ( as of december 31 , 2015 ) . the group provides fixed - network / broadband , mobile communications , internet , and internet - based tv products and services for consumers , and ict solutions for business customers and corporate customers . deutsche telekom is present in more than 50 countries and has around 225 , 200 employees worldwide . the group generated revenues of eur 69 . 2 billion in the 2015 financial year \u2013 around 64 percent of it outside germany .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nyou can use various sources for help concerning your issues . please use them in the order suggested here :\nyou find an overview of all documentation , downloads , blogs and portals as well as help pages and further information .\nthe home page of the service site contains various links to manuals , brief instructions , software downloads and templates . please read these manuals thoroughly . they help you get the most out of your telephone system .\nif neither the manuals nor the faqs or other contents of the support website provide a solution , you can open a support ticket by phone . our support staff is available monday to friday from 8 : 00 am to 6 : 00 pm at + 44 20 3740 6740 for uk and + 49 800 63 66 555 for germany . please include at least the following items with your inquiry : \u2022 your customer number , your name and a telephone number \u2022 a full description of the malfunction , error or question about operation \u2022 specify the affected system component ( e . g . for end devices the mac address ) \u2022 specify when this incident occurred and the frequency \u2022 please also specify which other support sources you have used thus far outside our business hours , a central technical support hotline takes your request , opens the respective ticket and in emergency cases , alerts the on - 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user and multi - user solutions for this . see for yourself !\nlivechat extends the classic possibilities in which a prospective customer can engage with a company to create interactive touchpoints . via the website widget , the contact portal or the multimedia business card , the employees of a company can be easily reached by digital means .\ncomputer telephony integration ( cti ) is a central part of modern solutions for standardized communication ( unified communications ) .\nthe estos tapi server provides all extensions of a telephone system as a tapi resource in the network .\nunified messaging services such as fax , voice - mailbox and sms improve communication in the company and the workflow of the employees through easy integration into the business processes and through location - and time - independent access to important information .\nlink your telephone system and your crm system with the metadirectory from estos . this means searching less and finding faster . this makes your company more efficient and your customers more satisfied .\nto microsoft partners we offer useful extensions for microsoft skype for business . regardless of whether you integrate your contact data , connect your telephone system or want to upgrade with hotkey dialing , you are making the right choice with our products .\nestos software is used in many different combinations and applications . some of them are very typical while others may seem surprising . regardless of whether you are looking for inspiration or want information about a specific application area roughly divided according to hardware , software and cloud scenarios , you can find an initial overview here .\nthere are many hardware products for telecommunication , such as telephone systems , telephones and media , and gateways . we show you some representative examples of the benefits provided by our software in combination with the products of leading manufacturers .\ncrm , erp , support or industrial software . you probably use software without which it would be difficult to manage your business . our software products can be integrated with all common software systems without much effort thanks to the standard interfaces and qualified partners . you can find application scenarios that are often installed and particularly appreciated by users here .\nsince 2009 we have been dealing with the subject of unified communications from the cloud . here we have developed different solutions together with our partners and leading service providers . here you can see examples of what can now be achieved when combining our software from the cloud .\nour services complement estos software products when required . regardless of whether you are an interested party , customer sales partner or technology partner , we can offer you different services to accompany you through your projects . many of our services are free . some services are chargeable . get an idea of what we can do for you here .\nall estos software products are provided with a free 45 - 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{"id": 54133, "summary": [{"text": "bowlmor amf corp. is the largest ten-pin bowling center operator in the world with 306 centers , of which 295 are located in the united states , 8 in mexico , and 3 in canada .", "topic": 6}, {"text": "the centers have an average of 40 lanes compared to the u.s. bowling center average of 21 lanes .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "bowlmor amf \u2019s us centers represent 8 % of the country \u2019s 4,400 bowling centers .", "topic": 6}, {"text": "its nearest us competitors in size are bowl-america , bowl new england , lucky strike , and main event entertainment , each with around 20 centers .", "topic": 6}, {"text": "most of the other bowling centers in the united states are individually or family-owned .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "bowlmor amf currently operates the following bowling center brands : bowlmor lanes , which focus on group events and open bowling .", "topic": 13}, {"text": "bowlmor centers aim to provide \u201c high-end \u201d bowling in a modern lounge setting which includes audiovisual technology , such as plasma screens for automatic scoring and movie screens above the lanes , plus glow lighting , and glow-in-the-dark lanes .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "bowlmor centers also have dj booths , sports bars and video arcades , mini golf , bocce , table shuffleboard , ping pong tables , air hockey , billiards , and boardwalk games , private party facilities with catering services , and full service restaurants .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "bowlmor amf claims the bowlmor brand has a 35-50 % return on equity .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "bowlero centers , which focus on group events and open play but will also incorporate bowling league play .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "the bowlero brand is intended as a \" mid-tier \" offering , in which a traditional bowling center has been renovated to create what the company calls a \" hip , fun environment . \"", "topic": 31}, {"text": "in may 2014 , bowlmor amf opened its first bowlero center in the renovated amf woodlands lanes in the woodlands , texas , featuring \" recreational games and inventive menu items set in an eclectic environment that \u2019s full of nostalgic throwbacks . \"", "topic": 4}, {"text": "amf bowling centers in the united states and mexico , which continue to operate as traditional bowling centers where bowling league play continues to play a significant role .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "bowlmor amf aims to increase open play and group events at these centers through the application of bowlmor \u2019s experience as well as increased marketing investment .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "the company is also spending $ 32 million annually through 2018 to renovate these centers and expects that , by 2018 , around 25 of the amf centers will have been converted to bowlmor lanes and around 60 of the amf centers will have been converted to bowlero centers .", "topic": 6}, {"text": "the brunswick bowling center brands , including brunswick bowling , brunswick zone , brunswick zone xl , and brunswick 's .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "bowlmor amf plans to rebrand each of these centers to either bowlmor lanes , bowlero , or amf branding by 2019 .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "the bowlmor and bowlero names are not exclusive to bowlmor amf and the bowlmor , bowl-mor , bowl mor , and bowlero bowling centers owned by others do not use bowlmor amf 's branding concepts .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "the name bowlmor was first used in a hyphenated form in the 1940s by massachusetts attorneys howard dowd and r. lionel barrows in the creation of the firm bowl-mor , which first manufactured pinsetters for candlepin bowling , patented by mr. dowd , and later for duckpin bowling as well .", "topic": 13}, {"text": "although the firm was defunct well before the end of the 20th century , many of its pinsetters are still in use .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 , bowlmor amf closed 34 of its leased centers and 7 of its owned centers because of negative cash-flow and other reasons .", "topic": 6}, {"text": "in fiscal year 2016 the company closed an additional 9 centers .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "within the united states as of july 2016 , centers actively operated consisted of 257 operating under the amf , brunswick , brunswick 's , and brunswick zone brand names , 19 as bowlmor , 7 as bowlero , and 12 as brunswick zone xl . ", "topic": 7}], "title": "bowlmor amf", "paragraphs": ["bowlmor bob is seen above bowlmor lanes on west 44th street in new york .\nto learn more about our amf locations , please check out www . amf . com !\nthe agreement was announced today by pba commissioner tom clark and bowlmor amf ceo tom shannon .\nthe merger of bowlmor and amf resulted in a new company called bowlmor amf . it is the largest operator of bowling centers in the world with 7 , 500 employees and 272 bowling centers .\nglassdoor has 263 amf bowling reviews submitted anonymously by amf bowling employees . read employee reviews and ratings on glassdoor to decide if amf bowling is right for you .\nbowlmor amf formed in 2013 after amf bowling worldwide inc . and strike holdings llc merged . the company now has a combined revenue of $ 450 million .\nask a question about working or interviewing at bowlmor - amf . our community is ready to answer .\nindeed , bowlmor amf is betting that emphasis will help it strike riches for some time to come .\nfor more information on bowlmor amf or to locate the nearest location , please visit urltoken or urltoken .\nbowlmor amf ceo tom shannon is accused of using skype to make hiring decisions based on physical appearance and age .\nthe professional bowlers association and bowlmor amf , the world\u2019s largest operator of bowling centers , have entered into an entitlement partnership agreement that will make bowlmor amf an official partner of the pba and official host of the 2015 chris paul pba celebrity invitational presented by amf on jan . 8 at amf bowl - o - drome lanes in torrance , california .\nas a result of the transaction , amf , which filed for chapter 11 in may 2013 , will reorganize and combine with bowlmor to create bowlmor amf . the new company will be jointly owned by bowlmor , certain of amf\u2019s second lien lenders , including an affiliate of cerberus capital management , l . p . and credit suisse . the new company will include three different brands and categories of bowling centers , including bowlmor centers , bowlero centers and amf centers .\nas a result of the transaction , amf , which filed for chapter 11 in november 2012 , will reorganize and combine with bowlmor to create bowlmor amf . the new company will be jointly owned by bowlmor , certain of amf\u2019s second lien lenders , including an affiliate of cerberus capital management , l . p . and credit suisse . the new company will include three different brands and categories of bowling centers , including bowlmor centers , bowlero centers and amf centers .\nbowlmor amf was created from the merger of bowling chains bowlmor and amf bowling , which was in bankruptcy at the time . the company has $ 577 million in debt on its books , according to its most recent earnings report .\nbefore the merger , bowlmor operated six bowling centers , which were under the control of tom shannon , who is now the chief executive , chairman and president of bowlmor amf .\nthe decisions by the amf bowling centers come in the wake of the merger between new york - based bowlmor and virginia - based amf bowling worldwide , inc . , about two months ago .\namf , now merged with bowlmor , has come a long way since we reported their filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2012 .\nthe news that amf woodlake lanes in woodland hills is dropping some of its bowling leagues is not an isolated occurrence in the amf spectrum .\nbowlmor amf told the post in a statement that the company \u201cdoes not discriminate on the basis of age or in any other fashion . \u201d\nbowlmor amf acquires the brunswick corporation\u2019s bowling centers business in september 2014 , expanding its north american presence , absorbing the only other major industry competitor , and ending a decades - long marketplace rivalry between amf and brunswick .\nin an interview after the merger , shannon said that bowlmor was the \u201conly bidder willing to pay\u201d to help amf out of bankruptcy . it was the second time in 10 years that amf had been in bankruptcy .\nabout bowlmor amf : bowlmor amf is the largest operator of bowling centers in the world , with 264 domestic locations and 8 locations in mexico that specialize in corporate and special events , as well as league and walk - in retail bowling . the company was created in 2013 following the merger of bowlmor , an upscale bowling and entertainment company , and amf bowling worldwide , which was at the time the world\u2019s largest owner and operator of bowling centers .\ntom shannon , chairman , ceo and president of bowlmor amf said , \u201ci am pleased to announce the completion of this merger . we are confident that bowlmor\u2019s proven approach to marketing and operations , coupled with amf\u2019s incredible scale and penetration in key markets , will ensure the company\u2019s future growth and success and we are excited about the potential for renewed innovation and growth at qubica amf . \u201d\nthe acquisition of amf bowling worldwide , which at the time was the biggest name in the industry with hundreds of centers globally , served as a watershed moment for bowlmor amf , expanding the company\u2019s portfolio to over 270 centers . in 2014 , the company acquired the brunswick corporation\u2019s bowling center business , adding an additional 85 centers to the portfolio and solidifying bowlmor amf\u2019s reputation as the worldwide leader in bowling entertainment . in 2017 , bowlmor amf officially became bowlero corporation , beginning a new chapter and signaling a new direction in the company\u2019s continued growth .\n) - - amf bowling worldwide , inc . and certain of its affiliates ( \u201camf\u201d ) and strike holdings llc ( known as \u201cbowlmor\u201d ) , today announced the completion of their merger . the new company , known as bowlmor amf , is the largest operator of bowling centers in the world with 7 , 500 employees , 272 bowling centers and combined annual revenue of approximately $ 450 million .\ntom shannon , chairman , ceo and president of bowlmor amf said ,\ni am pleased to announce the completion of this merger . we are confident that bowlmor\u2019s proven approach to marketing and operations , coupled with amf\u2019s incredible scale and penetration in key markets , will ensure the company\u2019s future growth and success and we are excited about the potential for renewed innovation and growth at qubica amf .\nbowlmor amf isn ' t the only big player in the sport . competitors include lucky strike entertainment and splitsville , which market themselves more as entertainment destinations . but shannon said bowlmor places a greater emphasis on bowling than those rivals .\nby 1999 , bowlmor lanes had become the highest - grossing bowling alley in the united states . following the incredible success of bowlmor lanes in new york city , shannon made plans to bring the bowlmor concept across the country .\nalleging that bowlmor amf ' s\npush to transform bowling joints from haggard to hip had an extremely ugly side ,\nthe new york post ran a story on april 20 quoting several former bowlmor amf employees who believe the company makes its decisions to hire and fire people based on their physical appearance and their age .\n\u201cfor generations , the amf brand has been synonymous with bowling in america , \u201d said brett parker , vice chairman , cfo and evp of bowlmor amf . \u201cbowlmor is the leading upscale bowling brand . the completion of this merger will effectively bridge these two worlds , creating what we envision as the ultimate american leisure company . \u201d\nnew york - - amf bowling worldwide , inc . and certain of its affiliates (\namf\n) and strike holdings llc ( known as\nbowlmor\n) , today announced the completion of their merger . the new company , known as bowlmor amf , is the largest operator of bowling centers in the world with 7 , 500 employees , 272 bowling centers and combined annual revenue of approximately $ 450 million .\nour portfolio of brands includes icons and innovators\u2014from amf and brunswick zone , to bowlmor lanes and bowlero . get a better look at the biggest names on the lanes .\nfor generations , the amf brand has been synonymous with bowling in america ,\nsaid brett parker , vice chairman , cfo and evp of bowlmor amf .\nbowlmor is the leading upscale bowling brand . the completion of this merger will effectively bridge these two worlds , creating what we envision as the ultimate american leisure company .\nin 2010 , bowlmor times square opened in the former new york times newsroom .\n, 2014 , bowlmor amf , the largest operator of bowling alleys in the world , threw the largest bowling party in american history . party go - ers from across 262\nwhen competitor amf bowling worldwide filed for bankruptcy in 2012 , shannon saw another business opportunity .\nwelcome to bowlero corporation\u2014the largest owner and operator of bowling entertainment venues in the world . bowlero corporation was founded in 2013 as bowlmor amf following the successful acquisition of amf bowling worldwide by bowlmor lanes . starting as a single bowling alley established in greenwich village new york in 1938 , bowlmor lanes revolutionized the sport and transformed the landscape of the hospitality industry , introducing the concept of high - end , event - centric bowling to the public and growing to six properties within a decade . throughout the early 2000s , bowlmor\u2019s flagship venue , bowlmor times square , reigned as the highest grossing bowling alley nationwide\nin addition , bowlmor amf will hold a 50 % ownership in qubica amf , the industry leader in bowling scoring , pinsetters , lanes , ball returns , pins and other capital and replacement equipment . the company and its partner , qubica , look forward to a revitalized and renewed focus on qubica amf and expanding its innovation leadership and customer focus in the bowling industry .\nbowlmor ceo tom shannon then proposed another idea : acquiring brunswick ' s bowling centers .\n\u201cwe\u2019re proud to partner with the pba for this tremendous event and support the players who lead the industry , \u201d said tom shannon , bowlmor amf chief executive officer , chairman and president . \u201cthis is an exciting time for the bowling industry and bowlmor amf is committed to growing the sport at every level \u2013 from recreational bowling to league play and professional bowling . \u201d\nthe 65 - year - old , who is planning to retire in early 2016 , said he had originally wanted to merge the bowling products business , which includes bowling balls and equipment used in bowling centers , with bowlmor amf . but the companies ' attorneys said such a deal probably wouldn ' t pass antitrust muster . bowlmor amf also owns a 50 percent stake in qubica amf , which provides capital equipment such as ball returns and pins to bowling centers .\nafter securing patents and developing prototypes , amf unveils the first automatic pinsetter at the american bowling congress tournament in buffalo , n . y . it\u2019s a watershed moment for bowling and for amf .\nand now it appears , fewer and fewer amf bowling centers will offer league play as well .\nbowlmor amf corp . formed in 2013 when bowlmor bought out the struggling amf bowling worldwide inc . that made the company the largest bowling alley operator in the world , and added three westside locations to its portfolio . bay shore lanes ( renamed bowlmor santa monica ) and mar vista lanes ( now bowlero mar vista ) have already received thorough makeovers , and the former el dorado lanes will be reopening as bowlero los angeles at the end of the month .\nbowlmor amf owns 304 bowling centers in the u . s . , mexico and canada . it acquired brunswick corp . & apos ; s bowling centers in 2014 for $ 270 million .\nbrunswick announced on july 17 that it ' s selling its bowling centers to bowlmor amf for $ 270 million . it also said it ' s seeking a buyer for its bowling products business .\nwhen brunswick ( bc ) ended its association with bowling after more than a century and sold its properties to bowlmor amf for $ 270 million , the bowling world was stunned . but the privately held bowlmor amf has won over the skeptics , and now it aims to attract new players through a $ 10 million ad campaign that began earlier this month , a first for the industry .\nupdate ( april 22 ) : bji recently spoke by phone with dan dowe , the attorney for the plaintiffs in the equal employment opportunity commission filings against bowlmor amf described below , in which former bowlmor amf employees allege that the company engaged in discriminatory hiring and firing practices . mr . dowe told us that for this case he thus far is representing 56 clients from 16 states who had compiled on average 18 years of service before their terminations following bowlmor ' s takeover of amf and brunswick bowling centers ,\nmost of them managers with detailed knowledge of [ bowlmor ' s ] insensitivity to age , and just taking people out based on look and appearance and age .\na modern salute to the glory days of bowling , amf features family - friendly fun , league - ready play , and classic eats at locations across the nation . amf is casual recreation at its best .\nit\u2019s been learned that amf bay shore lanes in santa monica is apparently discontinuing all of its league operations .\n\u201cfollowing the transformative bowlmor and amf merger last year , which established us as the world\u2019s largest bowling center operator , the acquisition of brunswick\u2019s bowling centers will further expand our geographic footprint , \u201d he said .\nlocations teamed up to help bowlmor amf earn a guinness world records\u00ae title for ' the most people bowling simultaneously in multiple venues ' and enjoyed a night of free bowling and fun with their friends and family .\natairos buys bowlmor amf for more than $ 1 billion the sale to atairos represents a windfall for owners including cerberus capital management , credit suisse and dg capital , according to the person familiar with the matter .\nafter opening an additional five highly successful venues throughout the u . s . , bowlmor purchases amf bowling worldwide . the deal rescues amf from bankruptcy and results in the formation of the world\u2019s largest bowling entertainment company , with more than 270 centers and approximately 7 , 500 employees located throughout the u . s . and mexico .\nthe post reports that there\nwere many casualties along the way\nto the company ' s expansion following its purchase of amf ' s 272 bowling centers in 2013 and brunswick ' s 85 centers the following year . bowlmor amf soon began rebranding select centers into hip , boutique - style hangouts geared toward a younger demographic .\nthe bowling industry , though , has had a rocky recent history . amf had sought bankruptcy protection twice since 2001 before bowlmor acquired it in 2013 with the backing of private equity firm cerberus capital management and credit suisse .\nbowlmor amf is the largest operator of bowling alleys in the world , with 262 domestic locations and 8 locations in mexico that specialize in corporate and special events , as well as league and walk - in retail bowling . the company was created in 2013 following the merger of bowlmor , an upscale bowling and entertainment company , and amf bowling worldwide , which was at the time the world ' s largest owner and operator of bowling alleys .\n, chief executive officer , president and chairman of bowlmor amf .\nwe ' re thrilled to be leading the resurgence of bowling and we pride ourselves on creating unique , high - energy venues that are true destinations .\nthe record - breaking event was part of bowlmor amf ' s new national advertising initiative , ' bowling makes saturday night more fun . ' in recent years , a young , hip audience has flocked to bowling alleys on weekends unlike any time since the 1970s . the recent industry - leading merger of the upscale , trendy bowlmor lanes with the always classic amf , ensures that america ' s largest participatory sport will continue to attract millennials and beyond .\nin july 2013 , bowlmor lanes took over amf and began transforming many of their shabby bowling centers much the same way it had with its new york spots , wooing millennials with night bowling , djs and eclectic food and cocktail menus .\nin addition to the entitlements , bowlmor amf will be highly visible on pba telecasts , including a package of billboards , commercial spots and on - site signage , and recognition throughout the 2014 and 2015 seasons across the pba network including xtra frame online webcasts , pba\u2019s official website , pba . com , and the full range of pba social media outlets , including facebook , twitter and youtube . bowlmor amf will provide the pba promotional support through its network of 340 domestic bowling centers .\nprivate - equity firm atairos group is paying more than $ 1 billion for bowlmor amf , nearly four years after the world & apos ; s largest bowling - center operator exited bankruptcy protection , according to a person familiar with the matter .\ncolie edison , a spokeswoman for bowlmor , said the company aims to\nintroduce a new generation to league bowling ,\nadding that bowlmor wants to support professional bowling and is in talks with the pro bowlers association about sponsorships .\nin muskegon , where bowling - equipment maker brunswick has a factory , the company ' s presence over the years has been shrinking . last year , brunswick sold its bowling center division to new york - based bowlmor amf for $ 270 million .\nthen , in the fall of 2010 , bowlmor lanes opened its flagship venue\u2014its largest location to date\u2014in the former new york times newsroom in new york city . hailed as an \u201cepcot of bowling , \u201d the 90 , 000 - square - foot bowlmor times square was and continues to be manhattan\u2019s premier entertainment destination along with its companion venue bowlmor chelsea piers .\nformer bowlmor manager adam csernay , 54 , believes that he was fired because of his refusal to terminate an older employee .\nbji has reached out to bowlmor for comment , and we will update this story as more information comes in to us .\n\u201ci didn\u2019t buy amf to get in bankruptcy a third time , but to save it , \u201d shannon said in the july 9 interview .\noriginally based out of new jersey , bowling\u2019s biggest name gets its start as american machine & foundry ( amf ) , a machinery - producing subsidiary of the american tobacco company . in its original incarnation , amf manufactures sorting , packaging , and weighing equipment for the fledgling tobacco company .\nupdate ( april 24 ) : bowlmor amf ' s colie edison , the company ' s vice president of marketing , responded this morning to bji ' s request for comment on the new york post story from april 20 alleging that the company engaged in discriminatory hiring and firing practices ( see below ) . we have reached out to bowlmor for further information , and we are awaiting their reply .\nbowlmor amf \u2014 with locations across the country , including in times square and the chelsea piers site \u2014 is now facing more than 50 discrimination complaints filed with the federal equal employment opportunity commission . ten of the plaintiffs are from new york , according to their lawyer , daniel dowe .\n\u201cthese people can\u2019t get away with what they\u2019ve done , \u2019\u2019 insisted former bowlmor manager miguel martinez , 59 , referring to company officials .\nplanning your child\u2019s next birthday party is now even easier ! book an amf bowling celebration online\u2014within minutes\u2014and design an unforgettable day of fun that everyone will enjoy .\nfollowing the incredible success of bowlmor lanes in new york city , shannon made plans to bring the bowlmor concept across the country , opening bowlmor bethesda in suburban washington , d . c . , in 2001 to accolades . a year later , shannon unveiled the now - closed strike long island , whose cavernous underground space housed 35 lanes , a full - service restaurant , and four bars . in november 2004 , the 34 - lane strike miami opened in the dolphin mall , featuring a giant , state - of - the - art , sports - themed restaurant . bowlmor cupertino was next to open , debuting in california\u2019s silicon valley in 2007 , followed by bowlmor orange county in the summer of 2008 .\nfast - forward to july 1 , 2013 . on that date , bowlmor took the bowling public by surprise , merging with industry leader amf bowling worldwide , inc . and forming a new combined company : bowlero corp . . the move ushered in a brand - new era in the company\u2019s history , boosting the bowlmor brand from six to 15 venues nationwide and expanding bowlero corp . \u2019s combined institutional footprint to over 270 properties employing more than 7 , 500 staff .\nfollowing the trust - busting of the early 1900s , amf splits from american tobacco to become its own entity . the newly independent amf develops its cigar - making machines and patents and leases the machinery , charging royalties , revolutionizing the industry , and establishing a business model that will resurface once again with the advent of the automatic pinsetter .\nthe original bowlmor lanes opens in new york city\u2019s greenwich village . riding the wave of enthusiasm and excitement that america\u2019s \u201cgolden age of bowling\u201d will bring , bowlmor plays host to some of the nation\u2019s most prestigious tournaments and most notable figures throughout the 1940s , 50s , and 60s , including president richard nixon .\n\u201cbowlmor amf has established itself as the single most prominent operator of bowling centers in the united states and has announced its intentions to play a major role in future growth of our sport , \u201d clark said . \u201cthe pba is pleased to announce the formation of a relationship that will be mutually beneficial in the years ahead . \u201d\nbowlmor is the most comically mis - named company in the world . i guess bowl - less didn ' t test as well in the focus groups .\n\u201ci put two and two together . \u2026 it\u2019s because i\u2019m overweight , i\u2019m older , and i don\u2019t fit the bowlmor vision of what they\u2019re looking for . \u2019\u2019\namf skyline offers best - in - class bowling and awesome anytime fun\u2014featuring 24 all - star lanes , interactive arcade games , billiards , and an on - site pro shop . every big game gets better when you\u2019re watching it at amf skyline\u2019s sports bar , complete with flat - screen tvs , an impressive selection of beer and cocktails , and an inventive lineup of signature dishes . perfect for league bowling , casual outings , birthday parties , and corporate events , amf skyline lanes offers convenient laneside service and class - leading entertainment that is always ready to roll .\nistar committed to buying the bowling center portfolio for $ 200 million and will lease the 58 properties to mechanicsville , va . - based bowlmor amf , which last week agreed to acquire brunswick\u2019s retail bowling business for $ 270 million . in total , brunswick is selling 85 centers in the u . s . and canada as well as its bowling products business .\none of shannon ' s biggest challenges is balancing the needs of the league bowlers , who take their sport seriously , with those of more casual players looking for a fun night with their friends or a place to throw a birthday party for their children . shannon is also promoting professional bowling through bowlmor amf ' s ad campaign featuring pro bowler jason belmonte .\nhe had escaped communism and came to new york from hungary as a political refugee in 1988 and said he enjoyed working in the bowling industry \u2014 until bowlmor came in .\ntom shannon acquires bowlmor lanes and turns the aged , run - down union square bowling alley into one of new york city\u2019s most successful and sought - after venues , transforming the traditional bowling experience with blacklight lanes , video walls , and gourmet laneside dining . shannon\u2019s upscale bowling model is a hit\u2014and bowlmor union square becomes an instant celebrity hotspot .\namf fredericksburg offers best - in - class bowling and awesome anytime fun\u2014with 50 all - star lanes , an interactive arcade , and an on - site pro shop . every big game gets better when you\u2019re watching it at amf fredericksburg\u2019s sports bar , complete with flat - screen tvs , an impressive selection of beer and cocktails , and an inventive lineup of signature dishes . perfect for league bowling , casual outings , birthday parties , and corporate events , amf fredericksburg lanes offers convenient laneside service , available private event rooms , and class - leading entertainment that is always ready to roll .\nbowlmor amf does not discriminate on the basis of age or in any other fashion . we are aware of some untimely claims made against the company based on individual personnel actions that were taken several years ago . none are meritorious and in some cases the company suffered money and property loss . the company will vigorously defend any claims and believes that it will prevail .\nthe former employees who spoke with the post and have complaints pending with the eeoc , including bowling - center managers miguel martinez and adam cserynay as well as former hr manager kelly shannon ( no relation to bowlmor amf ceo tom shannon ) , argue that some employees were terminated when executives , including shannon himself , singled them out as obese or\ntoo old .\ncerberus capital and credit suisse obtained a 77 . 5 % stake in amf through their ownership of the company & apos ; s junior debt and by investing $ 50 million in a rights offering .\nbut shannon persisted , and mccoy eventually came to believe that brunswick ' s centers would be better off under bowlmor amf ' s ownership because of the changing nature of the industry . many operators no longer describe their bowling businesses as\nalleys\nsince they offer other forms of entertainment , such as arcades and rock - climbing walls , to broaden their appeal to families .\narafat invested the money in new york - based strike holdings , owner of bowlmor lanes , through a holding company he created called onyx funds , according to bloomberg markets magazine .\nvirginia - based bowlmor amf , which has 7 , 500 employees and 272 bowling centers in the u . s . and mexico , said in a press release that its new concept , bowlero , a 40 - lane bowling alley featuring\nrecreational games and inventive menu items set in an eclectic environment that\u2019s full of nostalgic throwbacks ,\nwill open may 21 at 27000 i - 45 north .\ninitially , when i read about [ brunswick ' s plans to sell ] , it was a surprise ,\nsaid bpaa president thomas martino in an interview .\nwhen the details came out , we can see why they sold . bowlmor amf paid a good price for it . i don ' t blame them [ or selling ] . it ' s a lot of money .\nthe ex - manager , no relation to tom shannon , said bowlmor asked her to start creating profiles for the managers in her region , which included a picture and a short biography .\nthe deal between bowlmor amf and brunswick will merge the top two bowling center operators in the country and include a combined 357 locations . it comes at time of huge changes in $ 4 billion north american bowling market . about 69 million people bowl at least one game a year , making it , in the words of the industry , the top\nparticipatory sport\nin the u . s .\na cut above traditional bowling , bowlmor\u2019s upscale lanes feature black lights , sleek lounge seats , video walls , and superior laneside service . add signature menus and cocktails for one striking night out .\ntoday , bowlmor operates 17 upscale bowling entertainment destinations , continuing the brand\u2019s ascension by adding new features , developing inventive menus , expanding its online presence , and opening new venues across the country .\nin the past year , bowlmor amf ' s mar vista center in los angeles saw revenue surge 157 percent , and another one in norwalk , connecticut , saw a 254 percent revenue jump , helped by a gain in millennial consumers . the company is taking a cautious approach to expansion and is focusing on fixing its existing locations this year , then it plans to open a handful of new ones in 2016 .\nhe recalled a day in late 2013 , shortly after bowlmor took over , when the regional vice president , justin hake and the chief operations officer , joshua silverstein , came to visit his center .\nthe sixth chris paul pba celebrity invitational presented by amf will return on january 8 to amf\u2019s 40 - lane facility in suburban los angeles . the fundraiser for paul\u2019s cp3 foundation will feature a number of well - known celebrities along with several pba stars . the event will be televised by espn on super bowl sunday , feb . 1 , at 4 : 30 p . m . et , leading into the most - watched television event on the sports calendar .\ncsernay , who has an eeoc complaint pending , worked as an assistant general manager at the chelsea piers bowling alley for three years and was promoted to general manager at the amf 34thavenue lanes , now bowlero queens , in 2012 .\nbeautiful people now regularly fill bowlmor\u2019s alleys , including even first lady melania trump , who took her son barron and stepdaughter tiffany to the lanes at chelsea piers this month with 30 secret service agents in tow .\nsome customers upset bowlmor is several blocks from the campus of new york university and is popular with manhattan hipsters , who pay about $ 8 a game per person to bowl in the evenings and on weekends .\nbowlmor amf ushers forth a new era in bowling and social entertainment , opening the very first bowlero in the woodlands , texas , in may 2014 . the quirky , edgy , retro - vintage bowling phenomenon combines blacklight lanes and arcade games with inventive eats and old - school d\u00e9cor . debuting to rave reviews , the brand quickly expands to additional locations in texas and california , with more planned to hit select u . s . markets soon .\nin 1938 , the original bowlmor lanes opened its doors in the heart of greenwich village at 110 university place . bowlmor lanes was at the forefront of the bowling revolution during the sport\u2019s \u201cgolden age , \u201d hosting the prestigious landgraf tournament in 1942 and one of the first televised bowling tournaments in 1955 . vice president richard nixon famously bowled on the lane in 1958 . through the ' 70s and ' 80s bowlmor lanes was home to the country\u2019s top bowlers and became a regular hangout for village hipsters . but towards the ' 90s , as the popularity of bowling as a sport declined , so did the condition of the bowling alley .\nin one of the biggest acquisitions in bowling history , bowlmor amf , the world\u2019s largest bowling center operators , agrees to acquire brunswick\u2019s bowling center inventory of 85 locations in the u . s . and canada for $ 270 million . brunswick corporation , which traditionally sells bowling equipment , entered the field of bowling proprietorship in the 1960\u2019s . since then , the retailer has expanded to 87 locations across the nation and generated around $ 187 million in 2013 .\nbowlmor told the post that the company \u201cdoes not discriminate on the basis of age or in any other fashion ,\nand said the company\nwill vigorously defend any claims and believes that it will prevail .\nthe perfect dc power play doesn\u2019t happen in the halls of congress\u2014it happens on the lanes . discover the potomac\u2019s perfect place to bowl , dine , party , and play the day ( or night ) away at bowlmor bethesda ! located on westbard avenue ( just off river road ) , bowlmor bethesda features 34 electro - cool bowling lanes , an all - new interactive arcade , and a deliciously inventive laneside menu that features 5 - lb . hamburgers , 2 - foot hotdogs , and bowlmor\u2019s signature lineup of original cocktails . roll in for a casual game , or begin designing your next great event with our dedicated team of party planning professionals .\nfor bowlmor amf : rubenstein associates marcia horowitz 212 - 843 - 8014 ( office ) 917 - 922 - 0408 ( mobile ) mhorowitz @ urltoken or for cerberus capital management , l . p . : peter duda , 212 - 445 - 8213 john dillard , 212 - 445 - 8052 cerberus media line 212 - 891 - 1558 or for credit suisse : drew benson , corporate communications 212 - 325 - 0932 ( office ) drew . benson @ urltoken\nhe was hired as a general manager at the rip van winkle lanes in norwalk , conn . , an amf center , and after almost a decade of working there , he was fired \u201cout of nowhere , \u201d he told the post .\nacting on little more than a hunch that bowling would always have a place in american pop culture , tom shannon bought bowlmor lanes for $ 1 . 4 million when it was on the verge of closing in 1997 . injecting the tired business with hip design , upscale cuisine and a full bar , and marketing bowlmor as a party venue , mr . shannon not only revived a greenwich village institution but changed the bowling alley industry .\njust one year later , the company acquired brunswick\u2019s bowling business , adding three new brands and another 80 locations to the bowlero corp . family . that same year , bowlmor bid farewell to its original union square location , closing the timeless bowling icon after more than 70 years of service . during its illustrious tenure , bowlmor union square played host to some of america\u2019s most notable figures and rose to prominence as the longest continuously operating bowling alley on the east coast .\nat the time , his purchase looked like a gutter ball . with little business background or knowledge of the sport , mr . shannon borrowed $ 2 million from friends , family and bowlmor\u2019s sellers to buy and transform the dingy alley .\nbowlmor , which is based new york , plans to retain brunswick employees and will continue to honor brunswick ' s commitment to leagues - - an issue that concerns some bowlers since catering to private parties has proven to be so lucrative .\nbowlmor ' s purchase of brunswick ' s 85 centers is expected to close before year - end . bowling accounted for about 5 percent of brunswick ' s sales and employed about 3 , 500 of brunswick ' s 16 , 000 employees .\nin 1994 , darden business school graduate tom shannon attended a birthday party at the then - dilapidated and financially strapped bowlmor lanes . the alley\u2019s character and history instantly inspired the young entrepreneur . after three years of research and planning on how to build a viable business out of bowling , shannon secured financing and purchased bowlmor lanes . his vision was to inject hip design elements into the tired and aged alley , add dramatic architecture , and perform a complete remodel of the internal operations .\nfive ex - employees of bowlmor lanes in manhattan ' s union square sued owner tom shannon claiming they were dismissed because of discrimination that ranged from their race , their gender , or the fact that one was pregnant as well as a minority .\ni ' ve heard that it ' s bowlmor policy to not oil the lanes if there aren ' t any leagues that day . heaven help any league bowler who wants to do a little practicing . . . be sure to bring your plastic ball !\nstill , long waits are certainly a good sign for the future of what was once america ' s favorite sort - of - sport . and in spite of some controversial changes , bowlmor amf has done a nice job preserving parts of the classic googie aesthetic that made these alleys so appealing in the first place . the exteriors of bowlero mar vista and bowlmor santa monica ( above ) certainly have that familiar\ncome bowl with us\nlook , and so far ( knock on wood ) the company has left the recently acquired covina bowl\u2014 a true midcentury masterpiece \u2014well enough alone . of course , for those looking for that truly vintage 10 - pin experience , there ' s always the blessedly stuck - in - time\u2014and independently operated\u2014shatto 39 lanes in koreatown ( still advertising regular holiday hours on their terrible website ) .\nin depositions included in their suit , the one - time bowlmor workers detailed how shannon allegedly also discriminated against certain people who would be allowed into the carnival night club above the bowling lanes , where celebrities ranging from swimmer michael phelps to paris hilton are known to be photographed .\nstarting in manhattan in the late 1990s , the bowling - company bowlmor , with a new kingpin at its helm , began taking over seedy rundown alleys and turning them into trendy hot spots , wooing 20 - and 30 - somethings with the promise of quirky booze - filled fun .\nmany alleys have disappeared . last year , mission hills bowl tore up its lanes and shipped them to vietnam . hollywood star lanes , immortalized in the big lebowski , closed its doors in 2002 . two years before that , the holiday bowl\u2014a crenshaw boulevard staple where residents bowled through the 1992 riots\u2014closed its armet & davis - designed doors for good . now , many of the remaining alleys from the golden age of bowling have been bought up by 10 - pin titan bowlmor amf corp . with more than a dozen locations in the la area , the company is now renovating many of the older sites that it operates .\nthe bowlmor money was among $ 799 million in international investments by arafat detailed in newly released documents , bloomberg markets reported . other holdings included $ 285 million in orascom , an egyptian cellphone company , and $ 3 . 2 million in the u . s . software firm simplexity , it said .\nthey must be converting those centers to the\nbowl mor\nbrand . i heard somewhere , maybe bowler ' s journal , that bowl mor amf will have three or four different\nlevels\nof centers , with\nbowl mor\nbranded centers at the top as high end bowling lounges . the\namf\nbranded centers will be primarily focused on leagues , and i think it was something like\nbowlero\nor something for the middle ground . i ' m not really sure how many centers are going to be re - branded , but it should be a good thing for most places , since they ' ll be getting renovated or updated i would imagine .\nas a gm with bowlmor - amf you are able to run your own business and make informed decisions . training is supplied for new managers and is a 4 week process that gets you ready for your new role . the job can be very stressful with you sometimes being\nshort staffed\ndue to labor and budget constraints . all - in - all it is what you make of it and if you aren ' t having fun then it will not be a fun place to be . on the other side this can be the most rewarding retail position out there with the advancement opportunities and relationships you can build with guests and associates .\nbelmonte says he isn ' t sure what would be next for competitive bowling .\nbowlmor predominantly focuses on upscale ' fun ' bowling ,\nhe says .\nso from that point of view , league bowlers and competitive bowlers are hoping they see a strong value in the competitive bowler market .\nthe revamp\u2014which included installing video screens and glow\u2013in\u2013the\u2013dark lanes and balls , and adding such amenities as cocktails and lane\u2013side waiter service\u2014made bowlmor a favorite of celebrities , hipster drop\u2013ins and event planners . mr . shannon\u2019s success in attracting a new generation of bowlers has inspired other chains , including california\u2013based lucky strike , to adopt his strategies .\nof course , these changes have not gone over particularly well with those walter sobchaks of the world , for whom bowling is a way of life . one of the hallmarks of bowlmor ' s business strategy over the years has been deemphasizing league bowling in favor of more profitable private parties and specials aimed at families and young professionals . the company also alienated many longtime bowlers by evicting beloved diner pepy ' s during renovations to bowlero mar vista . the venerable coffee shop was replaced by a food and drink area serving traditional bar fare . yelp reviews of both bowlero mar vista and bowlmor santa monica are filled with complaints about high prices and long waits for a lane .\n\u201cwe embrace bowling as an entertainment experience and are focused on elevating bowling as a category , bringing it back into popular culture as well as furthering our commitment to league play . this acquisition will provide us with a strategic foothold in a number of additional markets while enabling us to further scale our operations and mission by leveraging our strong marketing , employee training and operational infrastructure . with our shared guest experience - focused values and philosophy , we are excited to welcome the brunswick centers and employees into the bowlmor amf family and anticipate a smooth integration . injecting excitement into the $ 4 billion north america bowling market is at the core of what we do and we look forward to providing great opportunities to our collective customer and employee base . \u201d\nmike , thanks for posting the letter from bowlmor . after reading it i laughed until i hurt . imo it contained nothing of importance to the\nleague\nbowler . he didn ' t explain anything nor offer a direction in which they would be proceeding . if it were a paper letter , i would have wiped my ass with it .\njust an observation on the bowlmor take over . had our league meeting , and the general manager told us the following . the center won ' t open until 4 pm each day , and will close right after leagues are done each night , and practice cost $ 17 . 00 for 2 hours on the lanes not being used for leagues . amf used to give $ 1 , 000 into the general fund of any league of 20 or more teams , bowlmor will not . this is the best part , they instead will allow the league to bowl an extra week and only charge $ 5 . 00 for linage instead of $ 11 . 50 with the rest of the money from the weekly fees going into the league fund . it is amazing that they expect us to pay our weekly fee for another week so we can add to our own fund . they are not giving us anything ! ! ! it ' s all coming out of our pockets . they raised drink prices to the extent that people drink water now instead of paying $ 11 . 50 for a pitcher of beer . it ' s $ 4 . 50 for a bottle of beer . great business model going here .\nis there any word to use , other than sad ? i can only hope that all those folks at amf houses have privately owned centers they can all flock to and help the place flourish . i know that may not be reality , but that ' s what i hope is possible more places than not . here in tucson , we only have one corporate bowling center ; the others are all privately owned and doing well .\nalice rosenaur claimed in court papers that two weeks after she began working at bowlmor , she learned she was pregnant and immediately informed her surpervisors . while on jury duty about two months later , rosenaur received notice that she was going to be fired because of her poor sales records , the claimed in the deposition . rosenaur stated that she surpassed her sales quota the month prior and that she was being let go because she was allegedly pregnant and was of hispanic and mexican descent .\nhis company , strike holdings inc . , now has six alleys\u2014in manhattan ; long island ; bethesda , md . ; miami ; and southern and northern california . revenues were $ 33 million last year , and mr . shannon expects that figure to rise to $ 40 million this year . he also plans to add four locations in california , florida and new york over the next two years . the well\u2013known bowlmor name was maintained in the village , but the rest of the locations carry the strike moniker .\nthe world\u2019s largest owner and operator of bowling entertainment centers , bowlero corporation delivers a strikingly unique experience to over 28 million guests at more than 300 locations throughout the united states . from value - based and mid - range brands to premium , high - end venues , bowlero corporation combines exceptional service , incredible value , first - class amusements , and the classic fun of bowling\u2014all for an unforgettable entertainment experience .\nsee how we roll\u2014and discover a striking new career . search open positions , learn more about our company culture , and discover all the benefits and perks you\u2019ll enjoy as a member of our all - star team .\ncheck out all the buzz surrounding bowlero corporation . explore our digital archives and find out how our innovative approach to fun is making headlines all across the media .\nkuhlkin climbs ladder to win first major title at u . s . women\u2019s open\nstefanie johnson earns no . 1 seed for u . s . women\u2019s open show\nall rights reserved \u00a9 luby publishing , inc . 55 e . jackson blvd . suite 401 | chicago , il 60604 privacy policy | report issue\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nthey proved that hipsters are game for anything \u2014 as long as you make the hangout cool enough .\nbut the push to transform the bowling joints from haggard to hip had an extremely ugly side , former workers told the post .\nin its greedy bid to make strikes and spares cool again , the largest recreational bowling company in the world threw out its aging \u201caverage joe\u201d staff for \u201ctrendy , attractive\u201d new hires \u2014 even hosting \u201cbeauty contests\u201d on skype to hire the best looking \u201chippest\u201d candidates , ex - employees say .\n\u201cyou can\u2019t treat people this way , \u2019\u2019 he said . \u201cwe\u2019re human beings , we\u2019re not cattle . \u201d\nit began operating in manhattan in 1938 , opening an alley on university place in greenwich village .\nbut while the spot lured top bowlers for decades , by the early 1990s , it was languishing \u2014 badly .\nenter tom shannon . in 1994 , the darden business school grad visited the dilapidated alley for a birthday party . looking past the smoke - stained walls and shady neighborhood regulars , he saw dollar signs on every scratched - up red and white pin .\nshannon , 51 , bought the alley in 1997 for $ 2 million with the help of investors and started transforming its greasy interior into a gleaming nighttime gathering spot for the rich and famous .\nhe eventually went national with his business plan , buying up tired alleys and breathing lucrative new life into them by installing massive flat - screen tvs , glow - in - the - dark lanes and upscale design elements .\nbetween 2013 and 2015 , the company fired 287 managers from its 351 bowling centers , gutting the business from the inside out .\nhigher - ups replaced the outgoing managers with younger , more attractive talent who were given \u201ccomparable , if not higher\u201d salaries , ex - workers say .\n\u201cwe started terminating people for no reason at all , \u201d said kelly shannon , a former hr manager who oversaw new managerial hires in the northeast region and is now an eeoc plaintiff .\nthen company execs , including tom shannon , started visiting those centers , she said .\n\u201cif [ higher - ups ] went to a center and didn\u2019t like the way the general manager looked . . . whether it be age or appearance , they came up with some way to terminate them , \u2019\u2019 kelly shannon told the post .\n\u201cwe were told a lot to give the excuse that \u2018we were going in a different direction . \u2019 \u201d\nthe 35 - year - old former exec recalled a conference call she had with a regional vice president in chicago who had just done a site visit with a general manager there .\n\u201c [ the veep ] made the comment that [ the manager ] looked like he weighed 435 pounds , \u201d kelly shannon said . \u201cshortly after , we terminated him . \u201d\nshe said there was no documentation of bad performances by those who were booted \u2014 \u201cjust a visit from a higher up a few weeks before the firing . \u201d"]}
{"id": 54135, "summary": [{"text": "pandigital was a digital photo-frame manufacturer founded in 1998 that around 2010 began to expand its product line to include e-reader , tablets and e-books .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "their tablet products included the planet , novel , star , nova , and supernova .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "as of november 2012 , pandigital declared bankruptcy and went out of business .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "they liquidated their stock on various daily deals websites . ", "topic": 10}], "title": "pandigital ( company )", "paragraphs": ["please search by company name , industry , or metro area above . . .\nglassdoor gives you an inside look at what it ' s like to work at pandigital , including salaries , reviews , office photos , and more . this is the pandigital company profile . all content is posted anonymously by employees working at pandigital .\nthe company formally went kaput in july 2012 , and i have to say that it comes as no surprise .\nbad , bad , bad\u2026\u2026 . . out of business and no where to turn . the sunglow company who now has control says to me \u201cwe are not servicing any pandigital tablets , just scanners .\nthis company really sees the big picture . pandigital manufactures digital photo frames and sells them at major retailers across the us . pandigital ' s frames range from a pocket - sized 1 . 8 inches to 15 inches , and some have touch - screen access , interchangeable . . .\nalthough pandigital was never a company known for their great quality tablets , there is plenty of them out there on the market and in the hands of consumers . back in july 2012 , the company officially signed over all of their assets to a liquidator which was then to sell the assets off in order to pay pandigitals creditors . in that time , pandigital has now started sending out emails to former customers advising their warranties on products are no longer valid and if you wish to make a claim , it has to be done with the liquidator .\nyou are receiving this email as you have recently been shipped a warranty replacement for a pandigital product .\nplease be advised that pandigital , inc ( the ' company ' ) , executed a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors in favor of credit management association on july 13 , 2012 ( the ' general assignment ' ) . a general assignment is a common law means of concluding the affairs of an insolvent debtor as an alternative to the chapter 7 bankruptcy process . pandigital is currently in the process of liquidation by the assignee .\nyou are receiving this email as you have recently been shipped a warranty replacement for a pandigital product . please be advised that pandigital , inc ( the \u2018company\u2019 ) , executed a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors in favor of credit management association on july 13 , 2012 ( the \u2018general assignment\u2019 ) . a general assignment is a common law means of concluding the affairs of an insolvent debtor as an alternative to the chapter 7 bankruptcy process . pandigital is currently in the process of liquidation by the assignee . due to this liquidation process any further requests for warranty replacements cannot be honored .\ni cannot download nothig at all . i have reset , erased sd / card , this pandigital tablet has no customer support .\npandigital , one of the more visible smaller tablet makers that sprang up following the launch of the ipad , filed for bankruptcy shut down earlier this year .\npandigital manufactures digital photo frames and other consumer electronics such as its kitchen technology center , which includes a digital cookbook , hdtv , and wi - fi connectivity .\nanyway to get an app on the pandigital so you can still purchase and use the reader . im trying to sign into my barnes and noble acc\u2019t and it says network error .\ni also have a pandigital printer and cannot fine 4x5 inkless printer paper . the printer was great but i have had to printer less than one year and now no paper . everywhere i . . .\npandigital is leaving behind quite a few different gadgets , including a 6\nereader , a couple 9\nandroid tablets , an 8\nandroid tablet , and a half dozen different 7\nandroid tablets . and given that pandigital was also involved in selling other consumer electronics before they jumped into tablets , you might also encounter their internet radios , digital cameras , digital picture frames , and portable scanners .\nvelocity micro is certainly a possibility . they are a lot like pandigital in that they are a device maker who branched into tablets , only in the case of vm they came from custom built pcs .\nmy wife has a pandigital novel and gets an error message when she tries to go to barnes & noble { service unavailable - dns failure } who can i to talk to about fixing it . thank you\nhey mizzbee i have an android pandigital that i ordered 3 months ago . i got for a christmes present for my 4 year old daughter . i started trying to set it up using my hotspot and i cant get it to connect let alone anything else .\nthere is a surprising number of their tablets still available in retail channels ; you would not believe how many views my old posts still get on hacking the various pandigital devices . i expect to have new readers show up with these old tablets for some years to come .\nso , that ' s that . you ' re likely better off just forgetting the whole thing happened then trying to reach out for a warranty replacement or refund . chances are , you ' ve already tried to scrub the experience of using a pandigital device out of your memory banks any how .\nokay , i get it i am stupid . i bought a pandigital off ebay for next to nothing . but the user guides have been wiped from it , ande the website no longer exists . how can i get the user guides ? i simply wanted an ereader for books , that was it .\ngood morning , i have read instruction in gaining connection via my wifi on my pandigital novel . as i been surfing on my browser . i keep getting a security warning . that states the name of the site does not match the on the certificate . i am unable to clear it . it give . . .\nit is still fresh in my mind . i still get upset when anyone asked me about my tablet . i understand that the company liquidate their assets to pay creditors but this is after they outright stole from me . they were no more than common thieves . if i still had my device , chances are i might have been able to get it replaced by qvc or even get it repaired myself . pandigital stole my tablet when they asked me to send it to them for warranty replacement and never mailed it back to me . no compensation , just like that my hard earn cash gone . i am a single parent i made the sacrifice to purchase the tablet from qvc as a christmas gift for my kids and i , i was only able to purchase 1 tablet for the 3 of us , we would take turns using it and six months later i lost it to the manufacturer , who stole of from me . i have not been able to afford another since . i have a stomach ache every time i remembered .\ni have tried registering it and i can ' t because web says that pandigital no longer exist . you cant do anything on it . i cant pull up the web , i cant down load books . it will let me go to barnes and noble but i cant down load . so what am i suppose to do with this now . . .\nhi . . my cousin gifted me a 7\u2033 pandigital tablet . . i started using the tablet yesterday , and the tablet stopped working yesterday . there is some complaint with its display . its all grains . . i am very upset . have no idea about what to do . tried contacting their webpage , it says \u201cwebpage under construction\u201d . . i\u2019ll be happy if you can help me\u2026 please\u2026\npandigital was pretty good at coming up with gadgets sold at a price slightly cheaper than name brand devices , and once they got past the initial quality issues with the first novel android tablet , their hardware wasn ' t half bad . the tablets which they released in 2010 and 2011 had decent specs and price for the time , though they of course are underpowered , overpriced , and antiquated by today ' s standard .\nbut their service department sucked , and if they ran the rest of the business as poorly as the service dept then the only surprise today is that the bankruptcy didn ' t happen sooner . my first and last encounter with pandigital ' s service dept happened at the beginning of 2011 , and based on the readers who kept showing up over the past 2 years i would say that the service dept maintained their usual standards of abysmal customer satisfaction .\nactually , pandigital didn\u2019t exactly spring - up after the ipad . they were a pre - existing vendor of ( rather nice ) digital fotoframes who shifted their focus to marketting android tablets . the surprise isn\u2019t so much where they ended but that they actually had a bit of extended success before reality set in . they were relevant for about a year , no ? more blood - letting to come . the android tablet space is going to be shedding a lot of brands by spring\u2026\nto be completely fair , pandigital officially called it quits back in july of this year , when it handed the remaining of its assets to a liquidator in order to comply with the don ' t - call - it - a - bankruptcy process . now , however , the creator of that 7 - inch novel slate has been contacting former customers - - that are experiencing tablet woes - - to let them know it will no longer be able to offer such customer service , noting that\ndue to this liquidation process any further requests for warranty replacements cannot be honored .\ngiven its earlier filing with the credit management association , the notice doesn ' t exactly strike us a surprise , but it does tell us not to expect the supernova maker to splash a comeback any time soon . you ' ll find the original email sent to troubled customers right after the break .\ndue to this liquidation process any further requests for warranty replacements cannot be honored .\nhidden code for a ' visual search ' feature hints at snap ' s next move .\nlaw enforcement may have a tough time cracking your phone with a usb device .\ntapping into the same creative well as ' minecraft ' could be the key to long - term success .\npan digital business system sdn bhd , established since 1983 , is one of the top panasonic office automation product distributor in malaysia .\nstarting as olivetti computer dealer in 1983 , in house development & marketing accounting & custom declaration system software for forwarding agents take up panasonic dealership in 1985 and start to import vcd player under hannsonic logo from 1998 . in year 2000 , we start to import cctv products .\nthe banker is united overseas bank , branch in jalan meru , klang , selangor , providing us with rm500 , 000 . 00 overdraft and rm1 , 000 , 000 . 00 banker\u2019s acceptance facility etc . and group facilities of up to 2 . 8millions .\npan digital is man by 30 staff of which 20 of them are supporting & technical staff with annual turn over of around rm6millions .\n44 , jalan pasar , pan digital building , 41400 klang , selangor darul ehsan , malaysia .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\nglassdoor will not work properly unless browser cookie support is enabled . learn how to enable cookies .\nexplore the many benefits of having a premium branded profile on glassdoor , like increased influence and advanced analytics .\nthe people i worked with were some of the best people i have ever met . hardworking , talented , energetic and talented .\nit was a very high pressure environment where we were constantly putting out fires . we should have been more proactive rather than reactive .\nit doesn ' t really matter anymore but sometime the leading edge is the bleeding edge .\ncopyright \u00a9 2008\u20132018 , glassdoor , inc .\nglassdoor\nand logo are proprietary trademarks of glassdoor , inc .\ni couldn ' t get through to anyone to talk about my problem . if i had been a\npissed consumer\nbefore , i would be more upset now . i wan ' t pissed , just had a question about internal battery / memory . probably will just take this frame and throw it out now . { { redacted } }\ni have never had a problem returning anything . until now i purchased a digital picture frame from walmart , it didn ' t have a remote , they won ' t return it for me . i ' ve tried contacting your office countless times no response . i need contacted asap or yes i will contact . . .\ngot this thing can ' t get it to work * * * thing can ' t seem to contact them about it . . . right now so pissed off , i wish they were in arms length right now * * *\nproduct was advertised as able to scan photos at 300 , 600 and 1200 dpi . you can scan 300 and 600 through the autofeeder , but 1200 has to be hand scanned and the scanner has to be out of the cradle ( and that wipes the battery out ) after 2 or 3 scans . really ? you . . .\nno sooner the store warranty expired , the charger connection broke i ' ve tried getting through to customer service and sending e - mails before they suddenly went out of business . it is nothing more than a paper weight . it was my very first tablet and i feel they took . . .\nwe notice you ' re visiting us from a region where we have a local version of inc . com .\nhe used to sing in a boy band . now he ' s making millions by tweeting ( a lot )\npack your bags - - these u . s . cities are growing like crazy in 2017\nrather than file for bankruptcy , their assets were signed over to a liquidator to be sold off , with the proceeds going to pay creditors .\nto past customers . all existing warranties are cancelled , and if you wish to try to make a warranty claim you will need to file it with the liquidator .\nnate hoffelder is the founder and editor of the digital reader :\ni ' ve been into reading ebooks since forever , but i only got my first ereader in july 2007 . everything quickly spiraled out of control from there . before i started this blog in january 2010 i covered ebooks , ebook readers , and digital publishing for about 2 years as a part of mobileread forums . it ' s a great community , and being a member is a joy . but i thought i could make something out of how i covered the news for mobileread , so i started this blog .\nthey certainly didn\u2019t have as high of a profile back before they got into tablets .\nnope . but they have a lot lower one after chasing off after the tablet pot of gold , aren\u2019t they ? \u201cthis has happened before . it will happen again . \u201d they never learn\u2026\nmr . nate , i own the black novel from qvc . it is 4gb and purple color . i got a case , included stylus , ac adapter and usb connector . i also got the 9\u2033 from big lots last black friday . both work great . i bought a nextbook 3 from hsn and had to get a replacement . it turns on and then , most of the time it forecloses . i have not tried to use it in about 4 months . nextbook needs to go out of business , at least pandigitals work . before all the yakking starts from the peanut gallery , i mean that my pandigitals both work doing what they are supposed to do . my nextbook 3 is useless .\non the other hand there is a lot of money in custom pcs , so if they were careful they might pull through .\nas far as i can see , no one has picked up their fake ipad mini , the t508 . not best buy , not j & r . if no one will sell their shit , it\u2019s curtains right there .\nthere are a number of possible causes for this issue . first , do you have the time and date set correctly ?\ni suspect that your novel is trying to access a version of the nook store which isn\u2019t supported anymore , but you would have to check with b & n tech support to confirm this . i don\u2019t have any current technical info on that tablet , sorry .\nfor now , i would suggest that you download the nook app from 1mobile app market and install it . i doubt that you will have any trouble accessing the nook store from inside the app .\nthis site uses akismet to reduce spam . learn how your comment data is processed .\nwe also send out an email three times a week on book publishing and publish a semi - 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", "topic": 2}], "title": "xpress movers", "paragraphs": ["* mymovingreviews is not affiliated with xpress movers and the estimates will be provided from other professional movers in our network .\nxpress movers is a quality moving service provider located in somerville , ma . xpress movers offers full service moving ( including moving truck ) and only movers ( without truck ) to serve your moving needs .\nthe best movers are not a myth ! must - read tips when hiring movers .\nxpress movers offers professional moving services , and moving tips for every type of move . serving one customer at a time allows us to present you the best moving experience possible by the professional movers at xpress movers . we strive to complete customer satisfaction as the professional movers do .\ndear alex , we thank you for the comment and for reviewing xpress movers . we have to completely\u2026\ndear ellie , thank you for taking time to review xpress movers . unfortunately , our office staff can\u2026\ndear madison , thank you for taking time to review xpress movers . we do appreciate your comment but\u2026\ndear ben , thank you for sharing your experience with xpress movers . we value your opinion and your\u2026\ncontact xpress movers today at 804 - 247 - 1984 and let us know how we can help you .\nxpress movers provide full service move including moving trucks to move your stuff . the company also provides the option of only movers to get your household items moved .\n\u201cthe estimator at xpress movers was annie , it was an absolute delight working with her . \u201d in 6 reviews\ndear kim , we thank you for taking time and review xpress movers . when you called in the office to\u2026\nand after they were moved by xpress movers ! ! photos taken as they came off the truck and everything broken inside .\nwater damage after the furniture was left in the open for 10 days due to lack of space in xpress movers warehouse .\nmy mattress covered in mold after it was left in the open for 10 days due to lack of space in xpress movers warehouse .\nxpress movers , llc has received 4 . 56 out of 5 stars based on 25 customer reviews and a bbb rating of a .\ndear ellie , thank you for taking time to review xpress movers . unfortunately , our office staff can not find any record for your move . please provide us with you order number , or please remove the review if it was not meant for xpress movers . thank you !\nmy experience with xpress movers was outstanding ! from the beginning of the process to the end . i highly recommend this company . mark ,\ncommunity testimonials , ratings and consumer reports on xpress movers - a professional mover located in wilmington , ma 01887 . discover wilmington , massachusetts moving companies .\nxpress movers also helps you by providing packing and unpacking service . it has efficient packers to pack your household items of any kind and any size .\nxpress movers is a full service licensed and insured bonded moving company , committed to providing excellent service and care . xpress movers specializes in local and long distance moving services mainly in the north east part of the united states . xpress movers can help you move in massachusetts , new york , washington d . c , pennsylvania , rhode island , new hampshire , connecticut , maine , vermont , rhode island , new jersey , maryland , virginia , and the district of columbia .\nif you are looking for moving supplies like packing boxes , bubble wrap or shrink wrap to make your moving items well packed , then xpress movers can be your right choice .\nheadquarters address : 5 waltham st , wilmington , ma , 01887 \u00a9 copyright 2003 - 2018 xpress movers . all rights reserved . us dot : 1481550 privacy | sitemap | feedback | blog\ni intend to self pack , but will need movers to properly wrap couches etc .\noperating across the country xpress movers van lines is a family owned company . our mission at xpress is to create an outstanding service for our customers that exceeds and fulfills their moving and storing needs . we will always maintain high standards in integrity and honesty within our company . our customers are important to us and we want their experience when moving and storing with xpress to be pleasant . throughout the years we have maintain our mission in providing quality service which has been pass that down to our employees . professional movers educate each and every member of the xpress moving team . our team works as a family and in a family environment . the xpress moving team is committed to the ethics of dedication , loyalty , and hard work .\nin addition to all our aforementioned service and commitment to defect and damage free transportation of client goods , the moving professionals at xpress movers are dedicated to the fulfilling of client satisfaction with regards our services .\nto legitimately operate within the state of massachusetts , xpress movers must be registered with massachusetts department of public utilities ( mdpu ) . they are also required to be registered with the fmcsa if they perform interstate moves .\nif you want your furniture items to be moved , you can get it done through xpress movers who specializes in furniture delivery from one point to another . the company makes effort to provide possible safety measures while transporting your furniture .\nthe xpress movers team are the best singapore ( sg ) movers company around . we are able to handle large and small moves of all kinds , up to and including the moving of large precious items such as pianos and pool tables . additionally , we are able to cater to moves anywhere from singapore to malaysia , vietnam and thailand .\nhere you ' ll find all the moving reviews , ratings , complaints , and customer testimonials you ' ll ever need for xpress movers . if you have used this moving company in the past and you wish to share your moving experience ,\nxpress movers really impressed us ! they even came through for us on a last minute booking on a holiday weekend . the movers were great - - very friendly and efficient . felipe the booker was a breeze to work with and very attentive . we have already recommended them to our friends that are moving in the coming weeks . great prices and great staff .\nthe most convenient way to move locally - no worries with our\nxpress pack - and - move\nall included local moving service .\nxpress movers were the 1st to contact me and ended up being the company that i used . i got 2 other quotes , 3 total . what i liked about xpress is that they charge by the hour and use 3 men . other movers were only using 2 men . while i assisted a little during the move ( why sit there and watch ) they came in 1 hour under the quoted time . they arrived on time , were professional and handled my belongings with care . was very pleased !\ni needed to move very quickly and didn ' t have any idea who to call . after searching the internet i picked xpress because their website had a lot of information without clicking a million times to find what i was looking for . they did not disappoint ! the movers were professional and fast without a lot of hidden fees . i recommend them and will def . use them again ! thank you , xpress .\nhi , i just wanted to express my gratitude and appreciation to xpress movers . they made my life much easier from the beginning ( booking ) to submission of insurance certificate and moving my furniture . no hassle , no issues , just well organized , top notch service !\nfor more information on the best singapore movers , please contact on ( 65 ) 6988 5926 or fill in our online request form .\nxpress movers is a small , christian operated moving company . we have designed a unique relocation process to meet the specific needs of each move and we take great pride in recommending services and alternatives to make your move as pleasant and easy as possible , therefore reducing the pressure and stress of moving .\ni used xpress movers to move from my apartment to my house few days ago . the move was within west roxbury , but regardless of the short distance , the guys did an amazing job . from the first call i got from them , until the job was completed everything went smooth . i even asked them to do a stop in newton to drop off few items at a different residence , and they did it without any complaints . i am very pleased with the service , i received , and will definitely use them again . thank you all at xpress movers for the outstanding job you did for me !\ngood job xpress movers and many thanks to stoil in particular . january 16th , 2016 was a very cold and rainy day , not necessarily the best day to move , however movers arrived on time , came with lots of complimentary packing boxes and moving tape . movers used moving pads to protect my shiny floors and wrapped all my furniture in a professional way . stoil , the manager of the company got personally involved in moving furniture back to back with the other guys , due to high volume of work contracted . everyone was pleasant , making the moving process stress free . bad yelp reviews didn ' t discouraged me to contract xpress movers . sometimes you must take a leap of faith and trust your gut . i own a business and in my experience people tend to put reviews only when they have to complain about something . happy customers usually come back and use your services again . awesome job , highly recommended !\nprofessional nationwide moving company with location in boston , chicago and new york and with innovative approach to its customers , free moving quotes and moving tips for every type of move . serving one customer at a time allows us to present you the best moving experience possible by the professional movers at xpress movers . we will plan , coordinate and execute your move , provide the best moving quotes and keep you informed on every step of the moving process , leading to complete customer satisfaction .\ndear madison , thank you for taking time to review xpress movers . we do appreciate your comment but we have to disagree wit your statement . you were contacted by our office staff letting you know that the truck is being delayed . upon booking you were also aware for the fact that xpress movers is based out of wilmington , ma , not florida . prior to booking your sales representative has explained to you that we will have a truck in the area that is coming back up north , but not local moving company in florida . you were given almost 3 weeks notice for the delay of the truck , which is plenty of time for you to find a moving company . having that much notice is not considered struggle . struggle and last minute is if the moving company gives you 2 - 3 days notice . due to the delay of our truck you requested to cancel the service . despite the fact that the deposit is non refundable , xpress movers issued you a refund for the deposit .\nxpress movers is a licensed profesional moving company , which is able to handle any move and situation for your relocation around boston or any other state , where you might be moving to . with our relocation specialists and logistics managers available 24 / 7 to answer your questions and re - schedule your move if needed we are # 1 choice for stress free move . we are bbb accredited business and our rates are guaranteed . call us at ( 800 ) 778 - 4177 and obtain quote for the services xpress movers specializes in : - student moves - luxury moving services - in - home moving service - interstate relocation - furnitue delivery - moving to new york - moving to chicago\nmy review would have been\nexcellent\ninstead of\ngood\nif the delivery would have been as flawless as the initial process and pick up . however , i was most impressed with the customer service , how responsive they were throughout , how they resolved the delivery conflict and damages . overall , xpress movers were prompt , kind , responsive , professional and efficient in their customer service .\nwhen we found out that my dad was terminally ill , we decided to leave a five bedroom home in marietta ga to be in florida with my mom who has alzheimer ' s . while with a shared move , the dates cannot be guaranteed until shortly before , xpress movers understood the critical timeframes and worked diligently to meet the date we needed . my husband was traveling up until the day before and they were great with communicating . our items were delivered just when expected to a storage unit in florida . the movers were courteous and professional . i highly recommend them .\nmy wife and i were moving on the busiest weekend in boston , 8 / 31 to 9 / 1 , from the north end to charlestown . xpress movers arrived on time , were very accommodating with all of our requests , and were very professional and helpful . they were knowledgable in moving difficult items , as we had two large pieces of bedroom furniture that required hoisting out and down from a third story window . the items were delivered the following day , again on time and very quickly . everything arrived in excellent condition except for some very minor damage to two pieces of furniture , which had some nicks , but granted the furniture is very old and somewhat brittle in areas . overall it was a very pleasurable experience . thank you xpress movers , i would definitely use this company in a future move .\nthese movers are great . they came back to me with a reasonable quote for a small move from nyc to chicago . they were very communicative about dates and times . there were no hidden fees or charges , and we were charged what was originally quoted . my daughter said that the foreman and movers were very nice and that they took good care of her belongings . we would use this company again .\nwe check our movers against all kinds of standards , and if we see something suspicious , we cut them from our list . this business / listing info . has passed through all our checks and has been proven for its reputed services . however this listing info . is currently not endorsed by urltoken and we recommend you checking the profiles of the movers before choosing them . if this is your business / listing , please contact us to add / update your info .\nthe movers were good . they were on time , an unexpected time . we thought it would take 5 - 10 days for us to receive our belongings but it tool only 3 days . they were fantastic , they did a . . .\nmy husband and i used express movers out of the boston area to move us from westfield to springfield ma . the 3 guys were excellent ! ! they were prompt and efficient . the price was great ! we had a little hiccup with our home closing , and we were unable to get in to the house as quickly as we wanted . so the movers sat patiently for us to get the ok . it only took them just over an hour to pack up all our stuff , and they handled everything with care\nafter my dad ' s death i hired xpress movers to transport a small selection of large items from his home in maryland to mine in illinois . they were very clear that partial / small loads delivery time was partially dependent on when the truck was full so i knew the items would not arrive in a week or less . this was not a problem . in short : they arrived on time to load the items in maryland and were respectful and helpful to my father ' s widow . when the load arrived in illinois , the driver was meticulous in ensuring that the items were in good condition and that every item on the checklist was received . i had read and heard about problems with movers so confess i was a little nervous . happy to report that my fears were un - warranted . the entire experience was flawless on both ends .\ndo yourself a favor and go with a different moving company . the actual moving guys are nice and hardworking , but the management office is obscene . the process of moving is rarely perfect and seamless . the odds are that you ' ll need to deal with the management at some point while working with xpress movers . and the experience of communicating with these people to get to a satisfactory resolution will enrage you , because it simply won ' t happen . they are not reasonable . worse , they are pathological . spend a little more and go with a company that is respectful and fair .\nxpress movers moved my belongings from a townhouse to a storage unit . even though i had asked them a number of times if the storage unit i had was adequate for my things , they couldn ' t fit everything until they crammed it in and forced the door . after paying a whopping $ 850 . 00 for 4 hrs . work and travel of 42 miles , 8 months later when i was able to purchase a place , i find that they have lost the vital pieces of my 40 year old coffee table . so i called to see what happened and after speaking with marcus who assured me he would check the warehouse for the parts i had to place another call ( this was the 4th ) and was told that it was too long ago . annie is supposed to be checking the warehouse but i can tell by her tone that i will never see those parts and must dispose of my coffee table . i would not suggest using these movers .\nmoving is stressful . i just finished unpacking . and i wanted to take the time to comment on the great job xpress movers did in moving my things . all of my things were delivered on time and in order . in fact , even the pickup went without incident . i had all my stuff packed up and ready to move . the guys were a pleasure to work with : courteous and hard working . the office gave me an estimate and kept to it . it was important to me that the terms were clear and that they communicated with me . they were helpful and willing to work with me to make my moving to boston less stressful . i would definitely recommend them .\nthe negative reviews are way off base . regarding the walk up charges , i also made it clear i was on the 5th floor of a walk up and they factored that into my initial costs . they did not hide anything and in fact , when i got my final bill it was reduced by $ 200 . vesko was my main poc at xpress and he is a true pro . i ' d use them again .\nas the premiere residential moving company , our underlying philosophy is that we treat all client items as if it were our own . as such , you can be assured that we will take the utmost care and protection when it comes to the actual move . additionally , our professional movers provide a full complement of packing and unpacking services should the client desire them .\neasily accessible during entire process via email or phone . vesko thoroughly explained how the moving would go and gave me the estimate based the information i gave . the movers were on time and got to work quickly . i used packing service , all boxes were marked and easily found upon arrival . everything arrived in the same condition as it left . highly recommend .\ni just moved from va to pa last month . at first philip told me that the pick up date would be may 19th and deliver date would be between may 28 - 31 . however , on 16th , annie called me saying that the movers will pick up on 18th instead of 19th . well , that ' s not the end of the story . they charged 17 . 5 % extra for labor and material . their original quote invoice listed those as free , which was very misleading . had i known that wrapping tapes for less than 10min would cost several hundred dollars , i would have done it myself . that is also not the end of disaster yet . when i called them on 26th to confirm the actual delivery date , again it was annie who picked up the phone , saying that they cannot deliver until one or two weeks later . i didn ' t try to argue with them over the phone , because they simply cannot do anything about either the overcharge or delay . when i submitted the case to bbb , the company simply claimed that i ' m not a actual customer of their business . stay away from xpress movers in ma . they are the worst moving company that i ' ve ever dealt with .\nfelipe was awesome with the reservation process and all the planning details and noted all my requests was aways prompt and helpful getting back to me with questions . they honored my time request and were there on time . the movers stoil , william , and kevin were efficient and friendly and more than helpful ! they made a painful thing like moving a breeze ! would definitely recommend and will use again in the future . thank you !\nabsolutely awful ! significant damage to my furniture with little response from the movers ! ! ! they broke multiple items of mine from my move from boston to nyc . a couple lamp shades which i didn ' t even bother asking for compensation for but the big item was they broke the entire leg off of my dresser making it completely unusable . not to mention , this wasn ' t your run of the mill cheapo ikea dresser . after months of them avoiding emails and phone calls , after six months , they finally came back and offered me $ 10 as compensation . ten dollars for rendering a dresser worth hundreds unusable after six months are you serious ? ! ? ! it ' s insulting really . if anyone is curious , i even have a picture that i took immediately after they moved my furniture in and i pointed it out to the movers . just message and i can show you how ridiculous it is !\ni always look to yelp for advice , but i rarely post . however , this experience was so awful i felt i had to write a review for other peoples sake . i am so mad at myself for not taking the previous reviews more seriously . please listen to me when i say do not use xpress movers under any circumstance . i had three pieces of antique furniture ( family heirlooms ) shipped from illinois to ny . well , two of the pieces where broken upon arrival . i was then forced to pay for this unacceptable service in order to have them unload the truck . so to recap , i had three pieces shipped by this company , and two were significantly damaged . i spoke to an office manager and she was unfriendly and rude . i will be filing a report with the better business bureau ( and any other agency i can find ) and i hope others will too . this company doesn ' t deserve to be in business . their job is to move things . they move things for sure , but they might arrive in multiple pieces .\nit took me a while to write this review as i was trying to settle down at my new place after these movers basically destroyed most of my stuff . i only found this place because my friend recommended it . i should have looked them up here before hand because the reviews here on how terrible they are , are very accurate . first of all the communications between the staff and my movers has been very hard . i got a call 30 minutes before pickup . no one day notice or anything . secondly , according to one of their movers , his companion does not even have any experience in moving , does not speak english and was only sent to do the job because of\nfamily ties\n. i really hope they have proper documentation for his right to work as things will be going down soon . and then , as for delivery , no notice was given again . 30 minutes is all you get . after they unpacked my stuff , my desk , my tv , my bed and my pantry rack were all destroyed . destroyed . an accident is one thing but having for of your things destroyed is not an accident . it is being incompetent . they basically told me to file a claim so right now i am waiting for the answer from the claims department . its not even just the things that they destroyed , instead of just setting up my things , i had to do a whole lot of furniture shopping and basically build it from scratch by myself because of their incompetence .\nin early february i hired casey movers . i got three quotes and they were the lowest . my husband was worried the low quote might mean poor service , but nothing could be further from the truth . three aspects of the move stood out as positive to me . they showed up on time , something i really appreciated because i worked to be on time knowing it was going to be a long day . they worked exceeding hard , starting at 8 : 00 am and working tirelessly till after 6 : 00pm . finally , they were very delightful , personable people who made me feel they really cared about my things .\ncalled to move appliances mentioned when i booked them they were heavy appliances . came with not the right equipment and had to come back - when rescheduled truck was broken down so they had to reschedule again . knowing i would be out of town when they came back again - asked if someone could sign for me - they said yes but when they did show up and there was confusion that they could not use my card on file - i was called and left a unprofessional message that i was refusing to pay received a call from my contractor and i paid over the phone - called back xpress to mention that i was not happy with the call and the entire situation and i was basically yelled at by the manager and received the worst customer service . had the chance to make a challenging situation better but they made it 100 times worse - sure they can move your stuff but don ' t expect any customer service\nterrible experience with the company . they told me a flat rate price covering up to 2 , 000 lbs and asked for approximate number of items . i told them it should be about 12 - 14 but won ' t be far off from that . in the end i had about 4 - 5 super small items ( pillows , foldable plastic chair , etc ) and since my total items are way below even a few hundred lbs , i asked the movers to include that as well . they included the items but didn ' t say anything . then the bill increased by a few hundred dollars . when i called he said the flat rate doesn ' t really count and just say i exceeded my initial estimate , and even told me he could count item by item and they could charge me more if i want to challenge that , basically threatening to charge more if i don ' t agree . i didn ' t want the trouble but can ' t believe the attitude . i wouldn ' t mind if they told me upfront\nthese guys were phenomenal . they did a fantastic job and they gave us the best quote around and if we ever move again they ' ll be our first call . why i liked them : - gave us a detailed quote breaking down all the costs , so no hidden charges - prompt , friendly customer service - on the day of our move , we received a phone call confirmation letting us know everything was on schedule and who our crew would be - - totally kept us in the loop - incredibly efficient in moving & packing , and did a great job packing our delicates - moved stuff ( including a huge bedroom set ) and best of all came in under the quoted price , and were accurate to the 15 - minute increment in terms of how much time they charged us for - - 7 . 75 hrs instead of 7 ! in short , they were the best movers we have ever had . they moved everything in only a few hours it took me 2 days to unpack everything . all our stuff were intact which was 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window they mentioned started blackmailing that if am not in house in 20 mins they will charge extra money for waiting and also they told if i don ' t come they would go back and dont know when they would deliver . one hell horrible service and also one of the support lady was very rude when i tried to explain my concerns . only guy to trust is mr mark in their waltham office he is very nice and supportive .\ni wanted to give this company a chance because when annie came out to give a quote she was on time and thorough . wow was i disappointed . our boxes just showed up yesterday . not a single box was labeled . also nothing was actually packed . . all of our items were just thrown into boxes . most of our dishes are broken . clothing on hangers were thrown into boxes rather than hung on wardrobe boxes . like another reviewer , a great deal of our stuff has water damage and reeks of mold . i will tell anyone i speak with to never use this company . on top of terrible packing and 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{"id": 54145, "summary": [{"text": "mike donovan ( born 6 october 1971 ) is a san francisco , california based musician best known as the guitarist and singer of sic alps ( 2004-2013 ) .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "he has also released music by other san francisco musicians with his dial records and folding cassettes labels .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "donovan is a veteran of several other bands .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "he was a member of the ropers , the church steps with chris douglas , nam , big techno werewolves , sounds of the barbary coast and yikes .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "in october 2013 he released his solo debut \" wot \" on drag city .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "in may 2015 , donovan formed the san francisco lo-fi supergroup the peacers , releasing a self-titled debut on july 17 , 2015 .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "the self-titled album was co-produced and co-performed by ty segall .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "the current lineup of the peacers is mike donovan , shayde sartin , mike shoun and bo moore .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "the band release their 2nd record \" introducing the crimsmen \" on drag city on june 16 , 2017 . ", "topic": 37}], "title": "mike donovan ( musician )", "paragraphs": ["mike donovan discusses analog nostalgia , living in the garage , and wot , his first post - sic alps solo album .\nmike donovan ' s back \u2014 and he ' s brought former sic alps pal and garage golden child ty segall with him \u2014 on peacers . donovan ' s la . . .\n[ laughs ] yeah , exactly ! but he\u2019s really talented musician , so i hope he finds the time to do that stuff again . i wish him the best .\nmike donavan\u2019s new record wot will be released october 15 on drag city . a us tour begins october 11 .\nmike donovan is a musician from san francisco . his band sic alps recently called it quits after roughly a decade , though their legacy can\u2019t help but live on . that legacy consists of five albums and almost three times as many 7\u201d eps of sometimes - scorching , sometimes - sweet garage rock released on such labels as woodsist , siltbreeze , and drag city . indeed , the lo - fi movement that rode its own wave through alternative music shoals of 2000 and beyond was forged by the likes of donovan , along with ty segall , thee oh sees , kelley stoltz , tim presley of white fence , and the fresh & onlys .\nmike donovan , figurehead of san francisco rock band sic alps , is grinning in the kitchen of his ground - floor apartment , explaining what he likes about driving a cab for a living . along with the fact that donovan usually works only a couple 12 - hour days per week - - and can go on tour when and for however long he wants - - there ' s the informality of the job .\nalthough not quite the first white man to touch california soil , mike donovan is a pioneer . sic alps , the band wherein he was the frontman , precipitated an avalanche of like - minded weirdos from their homeland of the bay area , including its two most famous exports , ty segall and thee oh sees . any contemporary band from northern california who makes their trade in art - damaged rock \u2018n ' roll owes at least partial debt to them - - and now they are no more . donovan has gone solo .\ndonovan : oh , yeah . the best way to make money , honestly , is to play with my more famous friends \u2014 [ laughs ] my super generous and cool friends \u2014 that\u2019s the best way to make cash . but yeah you can definitely can make money still touring and stuff like that , but i\u2019ve just taken a huge break \u2014 something like , i\u2019ve played four shows in the last couple of years . but i\u2019m looking forward to the touring , we\u2019re gonna tour the record in october . and we\u2019re psyched too because we started wendy farina , we play the first four shows with her . but now our drummer is mike shoun from thee oh sees , who is their drummer from like 2008 to 2013 . that\u2019s insane , he\u2019s an amazing musician . and we\u2019re going to play our first show with him on friday at golden gate park .\ndonovan : it\u2019s going to be more intense , yeah [ laughs ] . if you\u2019re in san francisco you can hear us for free on friday . but yeah , it\u2019s really fun playing with mike , for sure . and we\u2019re going on tour in october with elisa [ ambrogio ] from magik markers . she has a solo record out , so we\u2019re gonna do that kind of like double headliner us tour thing with elisa .\na couple weeks ago , sic alps announced that they were no longer together . it was sad news that was softened with the announcement of mike donovan ' s solo album wot ( out october 15 via drag city ) .\nnew fieldhand bop\nopens the new album with a bit of acoustic guitar minimalism . it ' s actually more stripped down than most of sic alps - - an impressive achievement considering that album ' s sparse nature .\ndonovan took two years even farther out of the limelight after releasing a one - off solo album in 2013 , but he\u2019s back to full speed ahead with peacers , a new combo that will release their self - titled debut lp on drag city next week . conceived during a 10 - month exodus to germany , the project\u2019s ambling , monumentally chill demeanor will undoubtedly resonate with donovan\u2019s longtime listeners ; he continues to uncoil fragmentary psych scraps with the best of them . donovan mostly recorded the peacers album alone with ty segall , but it\u2019s a full - fledged band now with longtime collaborator eric park . after a handful of shows with wendy farina on drums , they\u2019ll make their first appearance with former thee oh sees drummer mike shoun at golden gate park for free this friday .\ndonovan : yeah , that\u2019s always the case i think . always that kind of stuff that ends up getting into the tunes \u2014 stuff about people that you know and love and stuff .\nwhen mike donovan and matt hartman founded sic alps in 2004 , san francisco\u2019s storied modern - day garage - psych community was still bubbling below the radar . prolific scene fixtures like ty segall and thee oh sees were just beginning to build zealous worldwide fan bases , and the minds behind the fresh & onlys , white fence , and sonny & the sunsets hadn\u2019t yet founded those projects . a lot had changed nine years later when donovan decided to disband sic alps , having kicked out hartman two years prior . by then , the skuzzier corners of san fran\u2019s music community had developed a reputation as one of the world\u2019s most fertile sonic breeding grounds , a reputation sic alps never quite benefitted from . their primordial mix of lo - fi rock and folk was one of the city\u2019s finest exports , but donovan had to settle for the admiration of influences like pavement and the fall rather than anything resembling a sustainable career .\nalthough wot , donovan\u2019s solo debut , doesn\u2019t stray far from sic alps acoustic numbers like \u201ccountry medicine\u201d - - hell , there\u2019s even a song on it titled \u201csic ballad\u201d - - it still feels like the beginning of a new era for donovan , clearly walking down the dirt road of classic troubadours and reinforcing his abilities as a great songwriter instead of just as an idiosyncratic garage rocker .\ndark , dreamy , and sic : s . f . ' s sic alps are back from europe and will premiere their new lineup in their hometown friday at the verdi club . co - founder matt hartman - a vet of combos like the coachwhips , total shutdown and the aislers set - left the alps earlier this year , but co - founder mike donovan and noel harmonson , right , keep on keepin ' on . as donovan put it :\nhappy to be taking new steps forward ,\nwith tim hellman and douglas armour on bass and drums respectively . after a six - week tour , donovan says the band is getting pretty seasoned :\nsounds better than ever live , i may say .\nwith the\nbreadhead\nfour - song 7 - inch and\nbattery townsley\n7 - inch out this fall , sic alps is also looking forward to yet another 7 - inch ep ,\nvedley ,\nin january and is currently recording a new album in the studio of donovan ' s big techno werewolves brethren eric bauer - due in the spring along with , whoa , another ep .\ni\u2019m going to present you with a neil hagerty quote , by which i mean a rough paraphrase of a quote . he said something along the lines that rock and roll , in terms of guitar rock bands , peaked in the \u201970s , and then after that hip - hop took over , and hip - hop was the new shocking popular music form , and then other stuff came along . he said he thinks of himself in the way you might think of a classical pianist or a jazz musician , as a practitioner of this art that has already seen its heyday , but that is still valuable for performance and consumption .\nbut now donovan is set to release a solo album . wot sees release on october 15 via drag city . the sound field has been cleared , the overdubs and instrumentation have been paired down , and what\u2019s left is a man , his acoustic guitar , and his songs . not too much else . donovan talks here about transitioning to solo mode , living in a garage , and why the internet makes you seem more interesting than you actually might be .\nhere , donovan taps into a mode that seems to channel marc bolan ' s vibratto over mississippi john hurt ' s guitar . and he thrives in singer / songwriter mode . his melodies are simple , but undeniably catchy . he ' s even socially conscious , singing about the monetization of our planet ' s resources and overreliance on technology . but he can sell those sentiments with phrasings that sound great when he repeats them a few times . it ' s a great , warm song to introduce donovan as solo artist . r . i . p . sic alps . rise , wot .\nthat was on purpose .\nthere ' s something about disorientation that ' s always been appealing to me ,\ndonovan explains . he ' s\nnot trying to fuck with people ' s minds ,\nbut has always felt the urge to spoil any easygoing moments with white noise and ear - shredding feedback .\nspeaking on the phone with hive a few days before his 42nd birthday , donovan freely discussed the dissolution of sic alps ( including the acrimonious severance of ties with long - time member matt hartman ) , whether or not he\u2019ll continue down the traditional singer / songwriter path , and why sexual reassignment surgery shouldn\u2019t be such a big deal to people .\nmike donovan : it was just at some point i felt like , rather it have be a continuation of the solo project , that it would be so much more fun to be in a band again and have that sort of mentality . so eric park , he\u2019s the big reason , really . eric park plays guitar on the [ solo ] record , and we really did that record together \u2014 probably should of called it donovan / park or something like that . he\u2019s like the best thing about that record ; i love his playing on that , it\u2019s amazing . we really worked hard on putting that solo record together in terms of like practicing on the front end . we just went in and recorded it live , two guitars . we really put our work in on that . and so coming back from germany , i wanted to work with him . but i didn\u2019t want to be like , \u201cyeah , you know , you\u2019re my dude that makes my solo records with me . \u201d so he\u2019s playing bass and singing backup in the live version of peacers now . he\u2019s been singing a lot and so it\u2019s super nice . so he\u2019s really kind of the main reason that that went the way it was . but also you know , i wanted to get down with other people too , be in a band .\n, with whom donovan ' s sic alps had also released a few lps . the label ' s famously obtuse press release style explains that the set was inspired by the\nbratish invasion ,\nand puts the focus on\ncompressions and crushes , bone - shakes and glutinous thinks ,\nas well as\na wisp of the blues .\ndonovan : that\u2019s an old song . the song i think is 10 or 15 years old or something like that . so i threw in some new lyrics . it was always called \u201csuperficial , \u201d and it predates sic alps , i think . but yeah , just changing the title kind of changed the meaning to it . yeah , for sure .\nanother thing that fits with that really well : recording your band ' s woozy psych - rock on analog tape machines in your own garage or your friends ' pads or old mental hospitals , getting the best result you could on the cheap , and then putting it out . and so that ' s what donovan and sic alps have done - - until now .\nmike donovan : well you know , sic alps yeah we definitely could have kept that going . you know , there\u2019s a point that seemed like it was a good time to end it , and the solo record was already kind of in the works . it wasn\u2019t really meant to be like , \u201cok , the band\u2019s breaking up and now there\u2019s this solo career that\u2019s burgeoning\u201d or something . it wasn\u2019t planned that way , but it was kinda the way it went down i guess . as soon as that record came out we did a us tour with william keihn on drums and eric park on guitar . as soon as that tour was over i went to hannover , germany for like 10 months and just totally peaced out . so that\u2019s kind of why\u2026so it was kind of like a big break from both of those things . while i was there basically wrote the record there and in hannover . and my friend luke lives there and he leant me his four - track , and so i just sat in room in hannover and just worked on that .\nfrom a stage in berlin on july 12 , the final date of a european tour in support of their quietly beautiful self - titled record , donovan announced it would be sic alps \u2019 final show - - putting an end to a band whose 2008 full - length u . s . ez is to this day one of the high - water marks of modern garage rock .\nthe result is something of a revelation . the band ' s fourth proper album still shares a lot with its predecessors - - that delirious reverb , donovan ' s scratchy , distant vocals , and distorted guitars that sound more like an implosion - in - progress than any kind of desired effect . there ' s still that listless , meandering quality to sic alps ' music .\ni spoke with donovan by phone earlier this week . the interview is below , but first , get into peacers\u2019 headspace with \u201claze it , \u201d a new teaser track we\u2019re premiering today . it\u2019s a gently fuzzy psych - rock tune that reminds me of tumbling waves , so it only makes sense that the accompanying visuals by jim drain were filmed at miami beach . press play and read on .\nthe quieter songs are even more surprising . opener\nglyphs\nfeatures lush contributions from members of the real vocal string quartet . somber closer\nsee you on the slopes\nfinds donovan singing alone , accompanied only by a piano . sic alps have approached this kind of intimacy in the past , but it was always tempered with chaos , by sonics that alienated the listener while luring them in .\nfor its new self - titled album , the band traded their trademark informality for what could almost be called polish . donovan and co . were given a real budget by their label , drag city . they went into a proper studio ( bauer mansion in s . f . ' s chinatown ) , hired a pro to mix the songs , and even got a string quartet to flesh out a few parts .\ndonovan : you know , maybe . yeah , that might be the case . i was definitely there like , \u201ci\u2019m gonna sit down and work on something . \u201d and anyone who\u2019s tried to write has had difficulty writing , it\u2019s the oldest story in the world . in a sense i walked away from it . it definitely made me realize what i wanted to do , though \u2014 what i was good at , maybe ?\ndonovan : yeah basically a boring story but it was like just the whole tune of heartache and confusion , and i just didn\u2019t really want to be around or something . so i just kind of walked around hannover trying not to look bummed out and do as much work as i could , writing and stuff . so that was kind of the reason . but also just to get away from the whole san francisco trip and everything , which is kind of a bummer in itself lately .\ndonovan : for sure , i\u2019d be down to make another record , and i\u2019m gonna play some solo shows coming up too , just by myself , which is fun to do . but yeah definitely , in august we\u2019re going to get in the studio and record some stuff . yeah , i would say full speed ahead is the order of the day for sure . but we\u2019re a little bit older , so we\u2019re not going to like knock ourselves out completely . we gotta last for a while , you know ? [ laughs ]\nwhich may be partly why donovan ' s peers in the san francisco rock scene - - pals and collaborators like ty segall and thee oh sees - - seem to be growing ever more popular , while sic alps , with its eerie , unvarnished sound , doesn ' t . the band has opened for sonic youth , yo la tengo , and pavement - - and stephen malkmus reportedly once quipped that it would be the most important band of the next decade . yet sic alps has remained more of an underground secret , sharing fans with their local colleagues and touring all over the world without quite bubbling up into the larger consciousness .\nthis new , surprisingly accessible album , which is seeing some of the best reviews of the band ' s career , may change that . but then , donovan doesn ' t seem to be itching to make it huge . at 41 , he ' s skinny and energetic , self - possessed and seemingly upbeat . he ' s found a way to make a living and play in a functional touring band , and he ' s already plotting the next sic alps project . ( hint : expect less cleanliness . ) and anyway , getting bigger would only require more paperwork . we all know what ron swanson would say to that .\ndonovan : jim drain made it . we did a thing when i was in germany , luke and i , my buddy in hannover , he has a radio show there , and we made a soundtrack for one of jim\u2019s movies for the radio show that we did . so we worked on the soundtrack for one of jim\u2019s movies before , and so that\u2019s kind of how it came about . but the video itself is kind of based on that movie that we worked on with him , and it\u2019s all filmed at miami beach on memorial day weekend . also , he\u2019s got some weird technology where he\u2019s figured out how to spin a camera in the real world , so there\u2019s lot\u2019s of spinning horizons in the video . it\u2019s like a beach and party action , horizon spinning . appropriately enough , i guess [ laughs ] .\ndonovan : well i mean , a lot of my friends moved . when you see somebody from a few years ago or from the music scene here they\u2019re always like , \u201cwhoa , dude you\u2019re still here ! \u201d people are surprised that you can stick it out in the economy here , which is insane . the whole zeitgeist here , it\u2019s like everything revolves around convenience and distraction and how to make money off those things . everything is so iphone here , the virtue that people aspire to is how to get over times 10 , 000 . it\u2019s not how to provide a service and make a living . it\u2019s more like how can we get over times 10 , 000 , you know , like uber or you know what i mean ? that\u2019s the virtues that are sort of like lauded here , which is total bullshit as far as i\u2019m concerned . those kind of values , they don\u2019t mean anything to me . i don\u2019t respect them . but it\u2019s really pervasive here , so sometimes you want to get out .\ndonovan : it\u2019s definitely different , you know ? just based on the sheer number of musicians , creative people in the city now . i mean , it\u2019s really stark compared to when i moved here . i moved here like 20 years ago , nobody worked and everybody was like in clown\u2019s school or at cca or something . seriously , that\u2019s what it was like . and now it\u2019s like nobody does anything . well , i think the people think they\u2019re creative , but it\u2019s sort of all business - based creations . but just starting to play shows again , after putting this record together and now the records coming out , i\u2019m just getting back into what\u2019s happening here . so like kelley stoltz and like sonny and the sunsets and a lot of people are still here making stuff . so i\u2019m just kind of happily weaning back into that stuff . but it\u2019s definitely a smaller thing . and you lose someone like john [ dwyer ] from thee oh sees who made so much happen , and that sort of energy is infectious . so that not being here is a big deal for sure . but definitely there are people here still doing good stuff for sure .\ndonovan : i don\u2019t know if there was a particular song . i mean when i went to germany too , i had an idea to write some fiction and put something together and like working on that for the first few months . and i never tried to do anything like that before . at one point the faucet turning on moment was when i decided that i was going to write a record , \u2019cause i was like , \u201coh , i wanna try to do this . \u201d and i did . i wrote like 50 pages or something like that of like roald dahl - inspired short stories . that\u2019s kinda what happened . but at some point i was like , \u201ci shouldn\u2019t be using the time like that , \u201d or i could use my time better . and as soon as i switched over to four - tracking , i was like , \u201cit\u2019s on . \u201d i had my mission . so no one\u2019s read that stuff , you know [ laughs ] . i self - published a book of poetry from that time . i came back with some poems and put that in a zine . so that kind of represents the first month . but that was like the big moment when i switched back .\ndonovan : well it was a lot of me and ty . we did the record in los angeles . i came back from germany and went right to la \u2014 didn\u2019t even go home , hadn\u2019t been to my apartment or anything yet , and like busted out with ty basically like , \u201chere\u2019s the tune , \u201d and he would be like , \u201cgot it . \u201d we\u2019d do the drums and guitar at the same time time . and he\u2019d be like , \u201cdo you wanna put bass on that ? \u201d and he would put bass on it , cause he just knows my style or whatever . and so he can just knocks shit out like crazy . but to answer the question , barrett [ avner ] , who was the last person in sic alps , plays guitar on one of the songs , and eric plays guitar on one of the songs . and few other people like brigid [ dawson ] from thee oh sees sings on two songs . but a lot of the main chunk of it was ty and i . in fact we had plans to do more recording in la but we got so much done that i was kind of overwhelmed by what we had and ended up just taking it back up to san francisco where we recorded the rest of the overdubs at eric bauer\u2019s studio , bauer mansion .\nis getting ready to send more psych - styled songs our way with new project peacers .\nthe set was co - produced and co - performed with ty segall ,\nwhose rhythm sections and arrangement - commendations re - cast most of the tunes on the rec with copacetic co - ness !\nit ' s hinted that the set is also slathered in reverb and\nwireless hiss interference .\nthe first tease from the set is the lo - fi psych - folk flingin '\nr . j . d . ( salam ) ,\nwhich mixes acoustic strums and chill vocals with blue cheer guitar wailing . peace be unto you , you can stream the song beneath\nwindow . _ taboola = window . _ taboola | | [ ] ; _ taboola . push ( { mode : ' thumbnails - c ' , container : ' taboola - interstitial - gallery - thumbnails - 3 ' , placement : ' interstitial gallery thumbnails 3 ' , target _ type : ' mix ' } ) ; _ taboola . push ( { flush : true } ) ;\nit might be the nature of haruki murakami ' s writings - the luscious pop anomie he generates - but i don ' t think any of his s . f . readers anticipated the mob at green apple books at 11 : 30 p . m . oct . 24 , there to grab their preordered copy of\niq84\nupon its midnight release - along with a gratis can of sapporo and a free taco from the tonayense truck outside . a spunky green apple staffer raffled off signed copies of the novel - some 20 more than the promised 10 - to the happy cries of the winners and the disappointed groans of all us , er , sore non - winners . nevertheless , ex - barkeep murakami would have probably approved of the fact that there was enough sapporo for seconds .\nmayhem was on the menu saturday at starry plough ' s 10th annual murder ballads bash , as laura jean ' s laura and danny allen ( high diving horses ) , above , and john shiurba ( spezza rotto ) served up ac / dc ' s\ndirty deeds done dirt cheap\nand loretta lynch got the twang going for freakwater ' s\ngone to stay .\na\nwe are the 99 percent !\nchant - along lent the event a political charge , as a ghoulish audience member climbed onstage to declare ,\ni ' m the zombie 1 percent ,\nhoisting\nwhy don ' t you get a job ?\nsignage .\nwe are updating our terms of service , privacy policy , and cookie and internet advertising policy effective may 25 , 2018 ! you can preview the new version and see details about the updates here .\nhello ! we have selected english as your language preference . if you would like to browse in a different language , please choose a language using the dropdown . deutsch english espa\u00f1ol fran\u00e7ais italiano \u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\nstereogum : you obviously record with sic alps under so many different lineups , it seems like you could of kept that name going and then your released a solo record and it seemed like you could of kept that name going . so why did you start recording as peacers ?\nstereogum : you mentioned that you spent 10 months writing it while you were in hannover . what was the reason for that trip ? or i guess it was more than a trip .\nstereogum : obviously that scene there over the last few years did get a lot of attention . that didn\u2019t make it anymore livable in terms of just like paying the rent ?\nstereogum : that , or just , so many of those bands were touring so much and i would imagine that at a certain point the tours got bigger . did it have like an impact ?\nstereogum : when i think about his drumming i just imagine \u2014 maybe it\u2019s just because of the music that thee oh sees specialize in , but like i imagine something so intense . and your record is so chill . is the live show going to be more intense ?\nstereogum : you were talking a little bit about some of the values in san francisco that you don\u2019t really get down with . the last song on the record is called \u201csuper francisco . \u201d does that address any of those things ?\nstereogum : we\u2019re premiering the video for \u201claze it . \u201d could you describe the concept for that ?\nstereogum : you mentioned that a lot of the people from the scene you used to to run in have moved away . how do you assess the current scene in san francisco . is there still a pretty vibrant music community ?\n. com is a member of billboard music , a division of billboard - hollywood reporter media group .\nwell , sic alps essentially just came to a point last year where it was like - - how do i put it ? like , how long a band is around is part of the whole thing . i\u2019ve never had a band before that\u2019s been like this , that\u2019s lasted this long . and being the de facto leader at that point , i thought we had reached a point where , given the whole history of the band , it was just time to end it .\nwe had just done the she\u2019s on top ep , which was essentially a live record of the final lineup - - of what the band had become . and i was super happy with that , and super happy with that last version of the band . and i think the end is important , so it seemed like a good time to end it . so it was kind of like , even though ending it is seen as a negative thing , it was in respects to what sic alps became , and also with respect to all other versions of the band , and all the other dudes who have been in the band .\nthat\u2019s a good question . i don\u2019t feel like it was winding down , because a lot of things happened after that for us . it was actually kind of a real busy time - - there was a bunch of stuff happening , like a bunch of singles , touring the record [ 2011\u2019s napa asylum ] , the eps released around that time . i mean , we could have kept going forever - - or as long as i can make albums , which apparently i can still do . this record could have been released as a sic alps record just as easily .\ni appreciate you asking that question , it\u2019s just a tough question . because of the matt hartman thing , you know , he was a big part of the band . and then not having him around was like - - it\u2019s hard to separate having him not around and having him be bummed out about not being in the band and talking trash about me .\ni remember reading an interview where you said the circumstances regarding his departure were mysterious . do you feel , at this point , that they were less mysterious ?\nno . i don\u2019t think i meant that . if i said that , i was just being obtuse . they weren\u2019t really mysterious .\nyeah , because there were fans on the other side of the river . i didn\u2019t want to alienate fans of his contributions to the band .\ni guess you could say he was kicked out . there were a lot of things that , you know , after a long time , i just kind of got fed - up and told him , \u201ci don\u2019t think i can work with you anymore . \u201d but then , it\u2019s a question of what the other person does at that point . i had never said that before , but it was a long time coming , and he could have said , \u201cyou know , let\u2019s work this out , \u201d but instead he kind of went into sabotage mode or something .\nbut it\u2019s cool , you know ? i wish him the best ; i don\u2019t want to say anything bad about him . which is kind of hard not to do in a way . [ laughs ]\nyou said this solo record of yours could have been a sic alps record - - i was thinking the same thing . but what made you want to explore the lighter side of sic alps more in - depth than you have in the past ?\ni wasn\u2019t really intentional . to start it out , i was going to keep sic alps building , and i was going to make this solo record . i guess it was sort of intentional in a way , but what i did was i wrote to my friend eric park who i had been in a band with before called yikes ! , and was like , \u201chey dude , let\u2019s start a band . \u201d so , i had this idea of what that band would sound like , and it was like - - because all of his bands were like providence , rhode island - type bands , from that school of really far - out music - - and i was like , \u201ci\u2019m thinking like this band is going to sound like it\u2019s from another planet and it\u2019s going to be something no one\u2019s ever heard before . \u201d and when we got together , it was like , \u201chey , let\u2019s check out these bob dylan covers ! \u201d [ laughs ] and he was like , \u201coh yeah , i\u2019ve been listening to a lot of merle haggard . \u201d and i was kind of like , \u201cwhat ? \u201d so , it turned out to be the opposite ; it wasn\u2019t far - out at all , it was super , like , traditional americana .\nbut it wasn\u2019t so much an idea to go on the \u201clighter side , \u201d it was more of , \u201clet\u2019s do something really immediate and something that we could do live in the studio . \u201d so , all of the guitars we played together , at the same time . there were a couple overdubs , but every song is us playing together on one track . and i had never done that before , so it was really cool because it gave me a chance to really work on something again .\nsic alps was a band that had become - - i was the only person living in san francisco . so , it was like we were getting together when we could , and when i made this record , there were opportunities to work six days per week for hours . and sometimes , he\u2019d go to work and we\u2019d get back later that day , and we worked really hard on developing songs . so , yeah , it was kind of exploring the lighter side , but more of going back to the trenches , when you really have to work for it . and that\u2019s what was super exciting about it .\ni noticed there was a song on the album called \u201csic ballad . \u201d were there any songs that you held over from the sic alps days , or is this more like what you were saying about how this could have been a sic alps record , and you just decided to put your name on it ?\nwell , there\u2019s one song called \u201cdo do ya ? \u201d and we tried to do that one before . and there was a recording that matt and i made of the song , but it was really a song we had trouble doing , making it work . so that carried over , but everything else was new , and not brought over from sic alps . maybe the next record will have one of the songs we were doing live [ before the band broke up ] . we\u2019re actually doing that now . so , there\u2019s a little carryover , yeah .\ni\u2019m going to wait to record it and take more time before i start recording . i think i could have gotten all that stuff together by now , but i\u2019m just going to wait and take some more time on the songs .\nit was the same way i\u2019ve been writing songs , really , where it just kind of springs out and then i make something of what springs out . i just kind of record something and make sense of it later , make sense of the lyrics later . but ultimately , yeah , it was the same process .\none of the things i think is cool about that song is because it\u2019s saying , \u201cshe\u2019s not a she anymore , \u201d so you think the song\u2019s talking about a man who has become a woman , but it\u2019s actually talking about a woman who has become a man just by using the word \u201canymore . \u201d i think it was the idea that the last verse goes , \u201cwe can never be just what you see anymore , \u201d so it\u2019s about how it doesn\u2019t really matter what\u2019s going on on the outside of your body , it\u2019s about what\u2019s happening on the inside of your body .\noh , thanks ! i remember someone telling me there\u2019s not just two sexes , that there\u2019s like 26 or 27 different possibilities - - there\u2019s a variety of things we could be , in terms of gender .\nmaybe deep down and i didn\u2019t realize it , but i was really focused on making the record quickly . we recorded it with phil manley from trans am just around the corner in his garage , because he lives like two blocks away from me . so , it was like , \u201cwe could record this on 8 - track really fast and not make a lot of second guesses on it . \u201d\nwith all the sic alps songs , i would put something down on acoustic guitar on one track and maybe sing over it , and it would be like , \u201cnow what are we gonna do ? \u201d and then , it would be like , \u201cah , i don\u2019t know , we\u2019ll have to figure out . \u201d\nexactly ! or it would get that swaying , multi - layered sandwich effect . like how going in and out of time gets woozy and stuff . that\u2019s all gone because the only overdubs we did [ for this record ] fortified the songs . we\u2019d do the acoustics together , and then i\u2019d go back and get a drumstick with a big t - shirt wrapped around it and hit the bass drum turned on its side to get the \u201cbaboom , baboom\u201d effect , and then go back and record a tambourine . and then it was done ! it was like , \u201cwell , we could do something weird and put noise and more guitars over it , \u201d but we didn\u2019t . we were just trying to make it immediate .\ndo you feel like eventually you\u2019re going to get back to that ? i remember when the self - titled sic alps record came out , you talked about how you still wanted to record \u201cstrange music . \u201d has that desire intensified now that you\u2019ve recorded your acoustic blues album ?\nyeah . even more so . the next record - - actually , we recorded a lot of the next record here at my house . barrett [ avner ] from sic alps came up in a week and we recorded five or six songs , and three or four of those songs are probably going to end up on the next record . i think it\u2019s going to be a combination of a really raw sound and being sort of minimal . i kind of want to take the essence of an acoustic or stripped - down record , but have that old sound . we recorded it on the same machine we recorded a lot of the sic alps stuff on . hopefully , it\u2019ll be something between a sparse approach , having some grit , and having guys who can really make a song stand up straight , like total shredders .\nwith the bay area\u2019s rock scene being as fruitful as it\u2019s been , do you ever put any thought into being a pioneer of that scene , or having a hand in why it\u2019s been so revered ? because to people who listen to a lot of the stuff that comes out of the bay area - - like ty segall and thee oh sees - - sic alps were a very important band . do you ever think about that ?\noh , totally ! i\u2019m really happy to have been involved with all that stuff . i\u2019m happy with the role we actually played , whether or not we got a lot of recognition for it . i think it\u2019s appropriate , i don\u2019t think we\u2019re making music that\u2019s super destined for popularity . being around those guys , like ty and thee oh sees , it was a mutual influence . and it\u2019s a very special thing to me . i love hearing the mutual influence we have on each other .\n\u00a9 2018 viacom international inc . all rights reserved . mtv and all related titles and logos are trademarks of viacom international inc .\nyeah , there\u2019s a captain sensible song called \u201cwot , \u201d spelled the same way .\nnot too much . i made it with my friend eric park . i played in a band with him before called yikes . although i knew it was going to be a solo record under my name or whatever , we definitely made the record together . so it has the feeling of a project .\nwe recorded the guitars at the same time , two acoustic guitars playing at the same time and then overdubbed . we kind of knew what they would be . it was just going to be a bass drum and a tambourine so we just rolled it back and did \u2018em real fast . different from sic alps where it was more \u201clet\u2019s do a guide track with the acoustic and then sing it , and we can do anything we want now . \u201d the idea was to do it real fast , and we did it real fast .\nit was right around the corner from where i live , with phil manley , from trans am and the fucking champs . we did it in his garage on an 8 track and he had his own little home studio . i think he recorded maybe one other project there .\ni read somewhere that kelly stoltz recently recorded something that was actually in a garage and people were taking about how it was a literal garage rock record . so all the garage rock people are starting to actually go back to the garage .\n) it\u2019s true . i\u2019m standing in a garage right now . can\u2019t escape it .\nthat was kind of the idea , that we would be able to play it just the two of us , but then we picked up william keihn . you might know his record covers . he did a lot of covers for thee oh sees and ty segall and stuff . he did the\ntoo . we got him playing drums . he\u2019s using mallets and a stripped down kit . he\u2019s got a wood box and a set of bongos and a bass drum . we did a few shows and we said , let\u2019s try it with a snare . and as soon as you give a drummer a snare drum , it\u2019s a rock and roll band .\nat least he doesn\u2019t have any cymbals . that\u2019s when you really get into trouble .\n) totally . there\u2019s one now . we just did a week with my friend chris hanson\u2019s band , and then a week with ty segall . it was cool to get out there with those guys . now we\u2019re about a week away from doing a us tour .\ni moved here 18 years ago . i grew up in chicago and came out here on halloween , \u201996 . that went by really fast\u2014it doesn\u2019t seem like it should be 18 years . san francisco has changed a lot . even though it was dot - com when i got here , now it\u2019s like dot - com with legs . for real , it\u2019s so horrible right now . (\ni noticed your landline number when i tried to text you earlier and i was pretty impressed right off the bat , so i was wondering how deep it went .\ni do have a cell phone that i use when i am on tour . i bought if for my ex - girlfriend basically because i was totally incommunicado . it\u2019s the worst . i go to other places or other countries and people seem to have some control . just like a year ago it became ok to walk in the crosswalk looking down at your iphone . like , no problem . i don\u2019t know if it\u2019s like that in brooklyn .\noh yeah , it is . i\u2019m not going to say i\u2019ve never done that but i do realize sometimes when i\u2019m doing it\u2014i am about to get killed .\nthe other thing is that all music delivery now is digital . i think cassettes are cool and that there are people who are into them , but so much of the way people listen to music now is little compressed mp3 files . itunes and apple and silicon valley is a part of that .\noh , absolutely . i was talking to my friend about it . the technology is so pervasive now that people don\u2019t want to admit , or reject any of it , like \u201coh , well i\u2019m on pandora , so i can\u2019t really say it . \u201d like , \u201cno dude , you can say it . \u201d i feel like technology has gotten so enmeshed in everyone\u2019s life that they are not willing to talk about it . everyone\u2019s got their own way of dealing with it , but no one is willing to be like , \u201csteve jobs is a demon . \u201d it\u2019s ok to say that . it\u2019s like pandora and spotify , they ruined it . for a little bit of convenience .\ni think the thing the technology does\u2014there\u2019s a good and a bad to it\u2014you can definitely find out about a lot of things very quickly and easily . but there\u2019s something about when you discover something and it\u2019s not just served to you . basically it\u2019s hard - won information . it\u2019s sort of like , you find your thing .\nfor example , blogs will have a new post everyday of some really varied cultural high point , you know what i mean ? so people are sort of shallow cultural polymaths . it\u2019s like , \u201ccheck out what i\u2019m into , i\u2019m into this and this and this , \u201d and they post all this stuff . it\u2019s like , \u201cwell , what are you really into ? \u201d i sound like an old guy , i know i do , but are you really into a million things ? when all of those things are singular in their own way ? but that\u2019s the way it is , you know ? all of it is accessible now , so it\u2019s not like you have to be an expert or anything like that to find out about anything . and in a way that\u2019s cool .\ngirls ep and it sounds really good . i like the ty segall album ,\nthat\u2019s pretty awesome . that\u2019s a really good way of looking at it . i always go back to the old stuff too , and in terms of rock and roll , something was in the air . you can\u2019t make records that sound like that anymore , you know what i mean ? and the people who try end up failing . my friends make really good records that sound like the \u201960s , ty segall and thee oh sees , and stuff like that . that stuff is amazing . but it\u2019s different too\u2014it\u2019s nice to put a twist on it .\nthere was something in the air back then . when you think about those guys and what they were coming out of and what they were rebelling against , it\u2019s a slingshot from world war\nthat kind of thing can only happen one time . or one time in a century , maybe .\nreflecting on a lost , post - apocalyptic , maximalist masterpiece of a concept album .\nthe black figure has always been a subject of entertainment in popular culture , as well as an image to sell things . in some ways , that\u2019s how people relate to us\u2014because they\u2019ve seen us on television ."]}
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", "topic": 9}], "title": "intel ireland", "paragraphs": ["the intel ireland campus located at collinstown industrial park , leixlip , county kildare , is one of intel ' s largest manufacturing facilities .\nintel ireland has been granted planning permission for its revised expansion plans at its plant in leixlip , co kildare .\nanother 40 staff will be cut in the company ' s office in leixlip , ireland .\ncorporate responsibility at intel ireland reflects our deep respect for people and for the communities around us at both a local and national level .\nintel ireland employees are deeply involved in a number of activities and programs with local communities and are committed to making positive contributions to them .\nintel ireland incorporates environmental performance goals throughout our operations , seeking continuous improvement in energy efficiency , emissions reductions , resource conservation , and other areas .\ncongratulations john boland of @ tcddublin who received the intel outstanding researcher award from @ intel \u2018s cto mike mayberry . well done john from all of us @ intel _ irl urltoken\nintel ireland ' s leixlip campus , located in county kildare , began operations in 1989 . since then , intel has invested over $ 12 . 5 billion in turning the 360 - 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{"id": 54153, "summary": [{"text": "meze headphones ( also referred to as meze or meze audio , srl ) is an audio company based in baia mare , romania , founded by antonio meze .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "its product range consists of high-end headphones and earphones .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "meze audio 's brand defining trait is that each speaker enclosure cup is hand-crafted from wood , a departure from the standard plastics and polymers commonly used , .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "each model is shipped with a standard audio-jack , therefore compatible with a large variety of devices .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "types of woods used for construction are ebony and beech .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "industrial designer antonio meze founded meze headphones in baia mare , romania in 2009 .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "its name later changed to meze audio .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "foxnews introduced the brand to the us public on the fox & friends first tv show .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "meze headphones are currently being sold worldwide and reviewed by numerous publications . ", "topic": 15}], "title": "meze headphones", "paragraphs": ["meze 99 classics walnut gold wood headphones | meze audio - design . comfort . sound . true audio .\nmeze 11 neo in ear headphones have excellent build quality to match their superior sound .\nvisit the headphones buying guide at urltoken to find the right headphones for you , and browse our wide selection of headphones today .\nwe love meze ' s wooden headphones for their warm sound , handcrafted vintage design , and gorgeous looks .\nmeze believes that time is the powerful catalyst that destroys all that is overly flashy and superfluous . by overcoming a feat of creating consistently well designed headphones , meze stays true to its philosophy of delivering beautifully classic headphones .\nmeze ' s 99 classics headphones are on the latter end of that spectrum , providing an unusual , gorgeous design that far outpaces most headphones on the market .\nmeze ' s 99 classics headphones are on the latter end of that spectrum , providing an unusual , gorgeous design that far outpaces most headphones on the market .\nexcellent audio performance with articulate highs and ideal bass response . the meze 99 classics are handsomely designed headphones that deliver an exciting audio experience .\nmeze\u2019s 11 neo headphones are a follow - up to the romanian - based company\u2019s highly successful 99 classics over - the - ear headphone . i\u2019ve tried meze\u2019s previous offerings and i\u2019ve become a big fan . when meze reached out and offered me an advanced copy of their new 11 neo , i was certainly excited .\nso after some lengthy organizing and conducting my inventory , i realized i currently own 50 headphones . its such a great sounding headphones .\ncopyright \u00a9 2009 - 2018 meze audio - design . comfort . sound . true audio .\nthere ' s not much more i can ask from a pair of headphones .\nof all the headphones i tried in this price range , these are unreal .\nthe meze headphones are probably the most beautiful headphones we ' ve ever seen . and what makes these truly remarkable is that the book reads as well as the cover looks ! the headphones are painstakingly crafted to produce natural sound across a surprising wide soundstage for an enveloping music listening experience every single time you place them onto your ears .\nmeze ' s 11 neo headphones just brought audiophile sound to the entry - level in - ear - headphone market . it ' s crazy how good these $ 59 iems sound .\nthese headphones are pretty good . i tested these along with my old . . .\nthese lovely headphones arrived on time . they are extremely well made and look good .\nevery time when i switch to these headphones they blow you away and there . . .\nthe meze 11 neo come with a variety of tips including the superb , noise - isolating comply tips .\ntop class headphones . i consider myself as an audiophile and these killers are as good looking as they are good sounding . never been so satisfied with headphones , even with more expensive ones\nhigh - end audio company developing premium audiophile headphones and earphones , renowned for timeless . . .\n, there is no wall & you can hear the music as tho it is coming from a distance like you ' re sat in a concert hall . keep up the amazing work meze i recommend you ' re headphones\nthe meze 99 classics delivers perfect natural sound even to the pickiest of audio lovers . the walnut wood earcups , soft earpads , and the spring steel headband will make the 99 classics an heirloom rather than just a pair of headphones\nincredible headphones . a lot has been made of their current pad iterations , and it is mostly overblown .\nexcellent audio performance with articulate highs and ideal bass response . they are a handsomely designed headphones .\nthe meze 99 classics delivers perfect natural sound even to the pickiest of audio lovers . the walnut and maple earcups , soft earpads , and the spring steel headband will make the 99 classics an heirloom rather than just a pair of headphones\nthese headphones are pretty good . i tested these along with my old parrot zik and oppo pm - 3 .\nthe meze 99 classics promises to deliver perfect natural sound even to the pickiest of audio lovers . the walnut wood earcups , soft earpads , and the spring steel headband will make the 99 classics an heirloom rather than just a pair of headphones .\nthe latest in the classics series , the meze 99 classics promises to deliver perfect natural sound even to the pickiest of audio lovers .\nafter a month with the meze 99 classics i have to say that i find very little to fault here . they sound fantastic ,\nit is worth mentioning that all the wood that we use in our headphones is strictly harvested from sources with certificate of origin . that is , mature trees that have reached the end of their life cycle . this way , we are helping the environment and we ' re giving the old trees a chance to shine one more time in the shape of meze headphones .\nunlike most of today\u2019s headphone designs , meze\u2019s designers have , with the 99 neo and the 99 classics , created a unique double headband on the headphones that feel as comfy as a winter cap . they embrace every head shape lightly , evenly and comfortably .\nwe also make parts easily replaceable . all of these to ensure that a feeling of trust will accompany your every interaction with a meze .\nas headphones that are billed as\naudiophile\nquality , the price isn ' t exorbitant , either ( though they aren ' t cheap ) . the 88 classics i reviewed go for $ 270 directly from meze . they have two smaller editions , including one that folds up for portability , and that use smaller drivers but similar ear cups . you can find them all on the meze website .\nmeze headphones and wood have become synonymous . both the 99 classics and the 12 classics take cues from historical relationship between wood and sound . \u201ca wooden pair doesn\u2019t just look and feel right , but it ages right\u201d . word . or should we say \u201cwood\u201d .\nsound , and stylish too . can ' t beat them for the price . been a meze customer for years now and i ' ve never been disappoint\nhifi headphones is a trading name of k & s technology limited , a company registered in england and wales . company number : 5631601\nthe meze 99 classics are some weird beasts - in a weirdly good way . it is not easy to express why or how they ' re so special .\nwith the 11 neo we continue our pursuit of timeless designs , aiming for an object that remains stylish after its contemporaries wear out . the meze 11 neo is both practical , go everywhere and , on closer look , subtle , complex , precise . above all , we made sure that the sound signature is a real meze .\nso , when i was offered a pair of meze headphones for review , i accepted with curiosity . i ' ve had a very solid paid of grado headphones for a number of years , and have been quite happy with them . however , they are on - ear phones , which means they don ' t block out a lot of ambient sound , which doesn ' t lend to as much of a complete , all - encompassing musical experience .\neverything about these headphones is high quality : the rosewood cups ( which lend a slightly more mellow sound ) , the tangle - less . . .\nmeze is a romanian boutique headphone brand that understands that music is not just a pastime but a way of life . meze designed their headphones so that they could transpose you into their world . the real wood design was specifically created to offer warmth ; sound that you can enjoy no matter where you are and what you ' re doing . their mission is fairly simple : to raise the bars in terms of audio quality and design . and allow yourself to experience music like never before , comfortably and with style .\nthat i was looking for . they come quite close to a pair of akgs that i used to own in terms of detail . no more muddy sounding headphones\nbuy used and save : buy a used\nmeze 99 classics walnut silver headphones ( silver . . .\nand save 16 % off the $ 309 . 00 list price . buy with confidence as the condition of this item and its timely delivery are guaranteed under the\namazon a - to - z guarantee\n. see all used offers .\nshop for the best on - ear and over - ear headphones available . choose from the most useful features , including wireless for watching tv , noise - cancelling for airplane travel or built - in microphone for mobile phones . find the perfect headphones for sports , hi - fi audio experience or even models designed for children .\nbuying a pair of meze 12 classics was the best decision ! i can ' t leave the house without them . they ' re super comfy and great for any music genre . : d\nthese headphones are amazing for all types of music , the highs are clean & accurate without being too imposing ( female vocals are heavenly ) , the mids are evenly balanced , & the low end is smooth & warm oh so warm ! there are certain genres i need to control the low end a bit but i never have to reduce it by more than - 5db i like music to sound natural but i can treat myself to some extra bass when i want . also the\nsoundstage\nthe drivers in these are absolutely spot on ! for the\nsoundstage\nto be so effective . most headphones sound like there is a wall between you & the music that is playing but with these headphones , there is no wall & you can hear the music as tho it is coming from a distance like you ' re sat in a concert hall . keep up the amazing work meze i recommend you ' re headphones to all my friends . i ' m driving these headphones with the aune x1s dac / amp unit .\nthese are absolutely horrible headphones . audio lacks detail , clarity and separation and everything is drowning in excessive amount of bass ( i partially attribute that to being . . .\nfor those who are interested , a comparison with some much more expensive oppo pm - 2 headphones ( \u00a3700 ) . both tested on an oppo ha - 1 headphone amp .\ndesigned with the express purpose of being so good and convenient , the 99 classics will stay with you forever , becoming the only headphones you ' ll ever need .\nlong live vinyl :\nthe 99 classics are an attractive proposition , being both stylish and offering excellent sound quality .\nthank you , john , for checking out our headphones .\nwe build high - end headphones , so we obsess about sound quality . every aspect counts . the engineering , choice of materials , the precision of craftsmanship , the reliability are all equally important .\ni may have a duff pair , and these headphones have had rave reviews in the hifi press , but i found them truly appalling , with the sound a deadful , far too bass heavy , mess .\ni love my meze maple 99 classics and maple 12 classic buds . i listen to a wide variety of music from 50 ' s & 60 ' s , old country , pop , rock , and thrash metal . the sound balance is fantastic across eve\nafter a year of ownership , i can truly say you get your money ' s worth from these headphones . the only reason i rated 4 stars is that the ear pads flattened enough to feel the . . .\nmeze designed the 11 neo for the audiophile on - the - go who wants superior sound without spending an arm and a leg . the 11 neo are only $ 59 . they are ultra - light , come with a beautifully - crafted round carrying case , and include the superb\nthe headsets are great , really , they are . but you have to know what you ' re getting into . wearing these in the summer season outside is not recommended as you will sweat your ears off listening to high quality music . best used indoor with an amp . great pair from meze .\nthey actually make me think of a smaller and closed version of sennheiser hd800 . yes , i liked them that much . now don ' t expect the same level of performance , but meze 99 classics surely reminds me of them in some ways and they have a less harsh treble and better bass extension .\ngreat quality headphones . the drivers in these headphones are extremely efficient . no distortion at extremely high volumes and very efficient with an equalizer . sound : emphasis in the mid bass and crystal clear vocals . if you are looking for sub bass its there . . but its not a bass heavy headphone . however its extremely fun to listen to and i must say that if you have an amp / dac that ' s when these gems really shine ! ! i also just ordered some brainwavz pads to play a bit . what it ' s really cool about these headphones is that you can play with them to change the sound and adjust it to your taste . after all the reviews i watched i came to the conclusion that each person simply hears music differently . and that you should always try the heapdphones yourself to see if they truly have the sound you are looking for . for me it was a score for sure ! ! overall im more than happy with my classics . multumesc echipei meze pentru un produs deosebit . astept mai multe produse in aceasta categorie si in acelasi price range ! !\nso after some lengthy organizing and conducting my inventory , i realized i currently own 50 headphones . funny thing is every time i reach out to listen to music , i end up with the 99 classics in my hand . it is such a great sounding headphone .\nto test the headphones , i listened to two albums . the first was koyaanisqatsi , the groundbreaking minimalist soundtrack from the film of the same title , by composer phillip glass . my goal here was to see how well the mezes could portray the rolling arpeggios and choral flourishes . to my ears , they do a wonderful job . the sound that comes from these headphones is pure enough that you can be transported by the music . i could easily close my eyes and recall images from the film in my head , floating on the music .\nthe meze 12 classics are conceived to hide the high - end audio tech beneath a sense of style . a walnut wood and aluminium body is designed as if it coevolved ; as if nature and time kept sculpting and optimising every aspect . the presence of wood enhances that message : the slight variation needed for individuality .\nmeze phones are fantastic really . i got a pair of 12 classics and they are so good that yo forget where you are while listening to them . of course with a good source , flac and everything else , a phone like the lg v20 for example , or something with a dac , etc . they really are that good .\ndesigned with the express purpose of being so good and convenient , the 99 classics will stay with you forever , becoming the only headphones you ' ll ever need . designed with just the right sound balance , the cans deliver crystal clear , un - altered sound . the audiophile in me is highly impressed !\njust like fingerprints , wood grain is as unique , thus making each pair of meze headphone a one of a kind . you will love how they feel in your hands . sturdy built and precise assembly . the ear cups are made with a satin finished wood grain . put them on , sit back , and enjoy your favorite sound of plucked strings , upbeat grooves or thumping beats while still looking classy\nonly received today , but already got a few hours under my belt . build quality is fantastic . looks ( walnut and silver version ) are stunning . comfortable to wear . sound stage is impressive for a closed back headphone . will continue to use my beyerdynamic t51i ' s for my daily commute , but the mezes will be used for all other occasions . great job meze 5 * ' s .\ni can\u2019t think of another pair of in - ear - monitors at this price point that perform so well . but let me be clear , this isn\u2019t just a case of \u201cthese things are good for a $ 59 iem . \u201d oh , no no . these are just great iems period . how meze is offering them for only $ 59 , i don\u2019t know . for that reason , we\u2019re awarding these our poor audiophile editor\u2019s pick .\nso , when it came up on the promoten ' s album , i expected some reaction . but i have to admit to you , marge , i got something in my eye . the combination of a spot - on cover of a beloved song with headphones that provide warm , powerful bass and clear , concise mids and highs not only sent chills down my spine , they altered my state . i welled up . i was moved .\nthe 11 neo are compatible with ios , android , and windows . they comes with an integrated remote and microphone . the microphone sits on the right cord . it\u2019s handy to note this because even after some close inspection , you\u2019ll be confused as to which earphone is left and which is right . you have to look very closely at the base of each earbud to make out which is which . it\u2019s not prominently done and it blends in with the color of the cable . i don\u2019t know quite why meze makes it so difficult to decipher which side is which in their cables . just note that the right earbud is the one with the inline remote and you\u2019ll be just fine .\nof an audio junkie . not an audiophile , mind you ; i don ' t believe for a second i can tell the difference between an ogg vorbis and a lossless flac . but i can tell when the bass is muddy and the highs are clipped . and i believe that when great music is delivered through great hardware , emotions can be magnified and experienced like an earthquake .\nthe first thing you should know is that they are visual works of art . the ear cups are handcrafted from ebony wood . they look gorgeous , and the idea is that the wood helps add a warm , natural resonance to the sound . the cups are comfortably padded , and after extended wearing , still felt light and good . the overall construction of the headgear is lightweight polycarbonite , and the system for resting it on your head is different than any i ' ve ever seen , but works really well to cushion the ( albiet already light ) weight against the crown of my head .\nthe second album i listened to was something new . a night of queen by the protomen . recorded in 2010 , this is a live concert where the masters of video - game rock opera instead presented an entire set list of queen covers with a loving devotion and uncanny accuracy .\ni ' ll pause here , and admit i must be becoming an old softy in my middle age . one of my favorite songs in the world is one vision , off queen ' s often overlooked ( though not by geeks ) soundtrack for the film highlander . the song has one of the awesomest opening licks on all of rock . the song will physically send chills down my spine every time i listen to it .\nuse of and / or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our user agreement ( updated 5 / 25 / 18 ) and privacy policy and cookie statement ( updated 5 / 25 / 18 ) . your california privacy rights . the material on this site may not be reproduced , distributed , transmitted , cached or otherwise used , except with the prior written permission of cond\u00e9 nast . ad choices .\n. . . or let them influence the audio quality or design of our products . we develop our own aesthetic language thus creating timeless design .\nstyle must always be a by - product of high functionality and ergonomics . as classics have to outlive seasonal fashions , we design with long product life in mind .\nthe sound signature is tuned for long listening sessions same as the ergonomics : clarity without harshness , freshness without fatigue .\nwe know a headphone is ready when it makes you forget about the outside world and takes you for a dive into the universe of your own feelings .\na fresh take on the design of the 99 series , the neo has a slightly different signature and the same audio quality . the 99 neo features coal black textured earcups and cast zinc alloy hardware \u2013 creating a subtle yet cutting edge look for the contemporary audiophile .\nfind out more about what we ' re doing , where we ' re going and more .\nthe choice of wood is an inherently difficult one . the rich colors of walnut require the use of air drying , a long and expensive procedure . the process of shaping just a single pair of earcups takes up to 8 hours . the whole process of sanding , lacquering , and finishing lasts 45 days . the wooden components are carefully inspected and no flaws are permitted to reach the final assembly .\nwe aimed for perfection in every component we designed . cnc carved wood ear cups , cast zinc alloy hardware with electroplated coating , stamped manganese spring steel headband , memory foam and soft pu leather are the materials your hands and eyes will get to enjoy . no plastic here for you to see .\n\u2022 case : hard eva carrying pouch \u2022 cable : 1 . 2m thread kevlar ofc with mic and remote \u2022 cable : 3m thread ofc \u2022 adapter : 6 . 3mm gold - plated jack \u2022 airplane jack adapter \u2022 cable pouch \u2022 weight : 260g\nfulfillment by amazon ( fba ) is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in amazon ' s fulfillment centers , and we directly pack , ship , and provide customer service for these products . something we hope you ' ll especially enjoy : fba items qualify for free shipping and amazon prime .\nif you ' re a seller , fulfillment by amazon can help you increase your sales . we invite you to learn more about fulfillment by amazon .\nfully transferable with gifts . cancel anytime , full refund in the first 30 days\nthis shopping feature will continue to load items . in order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading .\nthere was a problem completing your request . please try your search again later .\nblack walnut high - quality model that spun out by the co - star of the housing and bio dina diaphragm which adopted a solid machined out material , a glossy and natural sound . , the headphone cable , adopting the pure copper premium cable exhibit excellent conductivity by special processing representation to clear the entire band .\ncomfort : i have a fairly large head and it fits well . it is soft on the ears .\nmusic i tried : 1960 stravinsky columbia recording of\nle sacre du printemps\n/ beach boys . . .\namazon giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz , reward your audience , and attract new followers and customers .\nprime members enjoy free two - day shipping and exclusive access to music , movies , tv shows , original audio series , and kindle books .\nafter viewing product detail pages , look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in .\nif your product cannot be repaired , you choose between a replacement or an amazon gift card to the value of a replacement .\ncancel at any time ; full refund within 45 days , proportional thereafter . transferable if you sell or gift your product .\namazon protect does not cover products purchased for business / commercial use and only covers products purchased on the same day from amazon . co . uk . please read the policy summary and terms and conditions located on the insurance product page before buying .\nthis item at this price , sold by amazon . com , is currently reserved exclusively for prime members .\nprime free trial and invitee customers : we will automatically apply an urltoken gift card to your gift card balance in the amount equal to the prime exclusive discount after you become a paid prime member . if you cancel your paid prime membership or return the qualifying smartphone within the first 3 months of your paid prime membership , we may void your gift card or charge you in the amount of the gift card . terms and conditions apply .\ninstantly receive a \u00a310 urltoken gift card if you\u2019re approved for the amazon platinum mastercard with instant spend . representative 21 . 9 % apr ( variable ) .\ncredit offered by newday ltd , over 18s only , subject to status . terms apply .\nplease make sure that you ' ve entered a valid question . you can edit your question or post anyway .\ndelivery destinations : visit the delivery destinations help page to see where this item can be delivered . find out more about our delivery rates and returns policy\nthese are a great surprise to me , they are packaged beautifully with great cables ( quality and choice of lengths ) , they look incredible and sound amazing even straight out of the box and hopefully they will get even better ( only used for about 20 hours so far ) . they are so comfortable to wear as well and fit my head perfectly with very soft pads and are super light . if i had to describe the sound i ' d say they were very well balanced and have a lot of detail in the highs and just the right amount of bass for me ( they are not bass heavy but its definitely there ) . they are also incredibly easy to drive , i ' m using a headphone amp because i have one but you don ' t need one for these . . . . . for a relatively unknown brand its a great achievement and i ' d say you ' d find it hard to find a better pair for the price ! there are plenty of reviews on youtube if you ' d like a more in depth review . very happy !\nsounds very dull with a rolled off treble . this is with a fiio x7ii and questyle qp1r daps .\ni bought these to replace the sonically fine but constructionally flaccid focal spirit professionals .\ni just happened to get one with quite large woodgrains which did not look as good as the fine woodgrains seen in the picture .\nprime members enjoy fast & free shipping , unlimited streaming of movies and tv shows with prime video and many more exclusive benefits .\n. the comply replacement tips are made of memory foam and are among the most comfortable noise - blocking tips we\u2019ve ever used . i\u2019m not aware of any other iem at this price - point that offers a pair of comply tips at the point of purchase .\nthe shape of the 11 neo\u2019s barrels is very smartly designed . it\u2019s inverse - curved barrel makes it feel natural to hold as you place the earbud in your ear . the similarly recessed butt of the barrel makes pushing the earbud into your ear easy and natural . you\u2019re not fighting with the design to get a grip or a good fit .\nthe 3 . 5mm tip is long and thin . you\u2019ll need to be careful so that you don\u2019t snap it if you\u2019re in the habit of putting your digital audio player in your back pocket . on the flip side , the tip fits through thick cases\u2014such as mobile batter booster packs\u2014with ease .\ni performed all my critical listening on an astell & kern a70 hi - res audio player and tested mobile functionality on an iphone 6s . i\u2019ll cut to the chase : these guys perform way beyond their $ 59 price - point . right from the start , the neo 11 stroke you with their smooth and natural the overall sound . in fact , i consistently noted how balanced these sounded . the top end sounded a bit rolled off , yet airy . the midrange was clean but exhibited perhaps only the tightest hint of warmth and occasional thickness , but was very well done . if i had to render any observation about the sound it would be that the dynamics were a tiny bit reserved from what i\u2019ve heard with more expensive iems . but let me be clear , when i say tiny bit , it\u2019s a tiny bit .\npointing out some specific tracks and artists , sax on the dsd version of john coltrane\u2019s \u201cblue train\u201d danced with a silky texture . the 11 neo rendered pink floyd\u2019s \u201cbreathe\u201d from the dsd version of\nwith a light , airy , open presentation . as much as you can get with an iem , vocals and instruments were firmly placed in space and time . this came across beautifully on \u201ctime\u201d with the clocks striking with precision in their appointed place in space and\u2026 time . the 11 neo didn\u2019t just render the sounds , it recreated the space , giving notes a place to decay naturally .\nusing the silicone tips , the bottom end was taut , but some may find that it doesn\u2019t have enough punch for their particular taste .\nif you feel that way , just use the comply replacement tips . you\u2019ll notice an immediate elevation in the bass response . remember that with in - ear - monitors , bass response is directly related to the quality of the seal you can get with the ear tips . there\u2019s nothing better than the comply tips . they seal great , feel comfortable , and seal out a ridiculous amount of ambient noise . ( a word to the wise : when you put on the comply tips , make sure you don\u2019t pull down on the memory foam but push on the plastic inner tube or you\u2019ll risk ripping the comply tip off its inner casing ) .\nusing the comply tips comes at a slight penalty , however . even though you get a better seal and lower noise floor , the comply tips add a slight bit of congestion to the upper bass and lower midrange . it ends up bleeding into some vocals . for example , with adele\u2019s \u201ci miss you\u201d there was just a tiny hint of that , taking away the ultimate purity and soundstage separation of her voice . the same was true on the 24 - bit hi - res version of the beatles \u201chere comes the sun\u201d where bass and percussions were more forward and vocals were more relaxed into the soundstage . if you want more noise isolation or deeper bass , i think it\u2019s a tradeoff most will gladly take .\nthere is definately a great deal to learn about this topic . i like all of the points you\u2019ve made .\napple iphone 7 wages war on bluetooth : new w1 chip to . . .\nhow to extend usb 1 . 0 and usb 2 . 0 connections for media . . .\ndedicated to the belief that great audio and video can be affordably experienced by all .\nowned , operated & funded by proud indians \u00a9 2018 headphone zone . everything on this website has been made with a lot of love and hard work . if you copy anything we will hunt you down . we mean it .\nop . total sonic balance . it ' s like listening to new songs again as i can pick out and hear subtleties\nthat i did not before in my song library . they are also great for listening to my instructio\nnal dvd ' s and audio books for clarity . very pleased with these for sound quality . furthermor\ne , the thing that draws me to them the most is the hand made wooden shells , and nuts & bolts assembly . there is something special about something that is hand - made and beautiful wood grains .\nm oh so warm ! there are certain genres i need to control the low end a bit but i never have to reduce it by more than - 5db i like music to sound natural but i can treat myself to some extra bass when i want . also the\nsoundstag\ng . it can playback poor files with such a feedback . endless potential .\nand it ' s a minor one . . . due to not having a g\nke i said this is a minor issues . overall i am very happy with them .\ng these , consider no more just get them . at this price point with the sound you can\u2019t go wrong .\nvery great quality sound . i recently purchased the 99 classics in walnut gold and its worth the price .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\njavascript seems to be disabled in your browser . you must have javascript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website .\nbrowse our massive selection of the most highly rated headphone brands , including sennheiser , soundmagic , beyerdynamic , shure and more .\nwe\u2019re located in lancing ( close to brighton and just 1 hour and 20 mins from london victoria by train ) .\ncall us 01903 768910 ( mon - fri 9am to 5pm ) or click here to book an appointment .\n\u00a9 copyright k & s technology limited 2004 - 2014 . all rights reserved ."]}
{"id": 54158, "summary": [{"text": "pixmania ( styled pixmania ) , once known as fotovista , was a french-based e-commerce website , founded in 2000 .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "it promotes a variety of products , including consumer electronics and baby products , with turnover of over \u20ac 300million in 2013 .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "it operates a website and until 2013 ran brick-and-mortar retail stores in europe .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "it is active in 14 european countries .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "pixmania was majority owned ( 77 % ) by the british dixons retail plc ( formerly dsg international plc ) from 2006 , selling it on to german-based holding company mutares in 2013 . ", "topic": 36}], "title": "pixmania", "paragraphs": ["try alternative urls such as pixmania . co . uk , pixmania . de , urltoken\npixmania is an online platform that sells electronic gadgets , home appliances and accessories . pixmania is a private company . pixmania has a revenue of $ 345m , and 950 employees . pixmania ' s main competitors are stuccomedia , amazon and jet . pixmania has 144 followers on owler .\nyou will be presented with the pixmania account setup screen , which will walk you through the process of integrating your pixmania account with linnworks .\nowler has collected 15 screenshots of pixmania ' s website since may 2014 . the latest pixmania website design screenshot was captured in jun 2018 .\npixmania is an online platform that sells electronic gadgets , home appliances and accessories . pixmania was founded in 2000 . pixmania has an estimated 950 employees and an estimated annual revenue of 345 . 0m . . . .\npixmania est le multi - sp\u00e9cialiste et acteur majeur du e - commerce europ\u00e9en .\n[ marchands ] vous souhaitez vendre sur pixmania ? pixmania s\u2019agrandit et cherche des marchands d\u2019high - tech pour sa marketplace contactez - nous d\u00e8s maintenant \u00e0 l ' adresse suivante : marketplace @ pixmania - group . com , pour commencer une belle aventure ensemble ! urltoken\ninventory levels synchronisation \u2013 set whether you want linnworks to update stock levels on pixmania .\npixmania replaces patchwork of 10 tools with integrated solution combining vocalcom multichannel cont . . .\nmerchant name \u2013 a nickname for this pixmania account , usually the name of your business .\nthis document describes how to set up pixmania pixplace integration within linnworks . here you can also find information about what functions linnworks can perform while working with pixmania and how to configure this channel .\n[ communiqu\u00e9 de presse ] la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 newpix & co rach\u00e8te pixmania . l\u2019activit\u00e9 et la marque pixmania viennent d\u2019\u00eatre rachet\u00e9es par la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 newpix & co , sp\u00e9cialiste du march\u00e9 high - tech et de sa distribution .\nstuccomedia is one of pixmania ' s top rivals . stuccomedia is a private company that was founded in 2012 in tel - aviv , tel aviv district . compared to pixmania , stuccomedia has nan less employees .\namazon is seen as one of pixmania ' s biggest rivals . amazon was founded in 1994 in seattle , washington . amazon is in the retail distributors industry . amazon generates $ 192 . 8b more revenue than pixmania .\nsecret key \u2013 you can obtain your serial key from the merchant information section on the pixmania back office site .\nsearch and select the item that needs a pixmania condition , click edit item and select the extended properties tab .\nupdate order status \u2013 sets whether you want linnworks to update order status on pixmania after it is processed in linnworks .\nthis will now send the condition code to pixmania . if no condition is set then the default will be provided .\njet is one of pixmania ' s top competitors . jet was founded in 2014 , and its headquarters is in hoboken , new jersey . jet is in the retail distributors field . jet has 2 , 050 more employees than pixmania .\ndixons retail , the owner of pc world and currys , has received an offer for loss - making online retailer pixmania .\nthe deal to sell france - based pixmania still requires negotiation with representatives of the firm ' s 1 , 200 staff .\npixmania has employees and is the first highest among it ' s top 10 competitors . the top 10 competitors average 216 .\nby itself , pixmania has been on something of a tear of late , working its way toward becoming a major . . .\nhe added : \u201cwe\u2019ve done a deal that we are sure means pixmania has got many years of fuel left in the tank to continue .\npixmania ' s revenue is the second highest among it ' s top 10 competitors . the top 10 competitors average $ 35 . 5m .\nthe firm said german industrial group mutares had agreed to buy the firm . under the offer , dixons will provide 69m euros ( \u00a358m ) to support pixmania .\nclick the add new channel button on the right of the screen to bring up the new channel selection screen . now select pixmania from the list and click integrate .\nenter the name as\npixmania condition\n( without the quotes ) and the value for the condition , select\ncondition\nas the type . click save .\nto set up pixmania order book integration go to settings > channel integration . from this screen you can add , delete and modify selling channels that you wish linnworks to integrate with .\njames said : \u201cpixmania needs a different kind of entrepreneurial flair , which is why we have agreed to inject cash into it and to back its management under their new owners . \u201d\nthe pixmania deal is conditional on it successfully concluding negotiations with its workforce in france over the transfer of jobs . dixons wrote down the value of the business by \u00a3135 million this year .\npixmania is being bought by german industrial conglomerate mutares and dixons , which runs currys and pc world , will pump 69 million ( \u00a358 million ) into the business to fund it going forward .\nthis is the same screen that appears when you first set up pixmania integration . from here you can make changes to the settings , remembering to test and click save when you have finished making alterations .\nthe scale of the pixmania problem was laid bare this year as losses more than doubled to \u00a331 . 3 million and like - for - like sales fell 28 % in the three months to end of july .\n\u201cpixmania was neither of those things . while it has lots of assets , it\u2019s not our cup of tea and not what we do . we will stick to what we know and leave online - only to others . \u201d\nsebastian james , the boss of currys and pc world owner , dixons , has decided to stick to the high street in the future after the sale of its loss - making online - only business pixmania came a step closer .\nclick the test button to ensure that all your details are correct . if you receive an authentication failed error , then you have not entered a valid username and password combination . click the save button to add pixmania to your list of channels .\ndixons paid \u00a3185 million for pixmania in 2006 and bought out the remaining minority for just \u00a38 million last year . the business lost \u00a331 million on sales of \u00a3357 million last year and in the latest quarter its sales fell by a further 28 % .\nthe top 10 competitors in pixmania ' s competitive set are stuccomedia , amazon , jet , zalando , rakuten , fruugo , cdiscount , flubit , dawanda and spartoo . together they have raised over 776 . 0m between their estimated 593 . 7k employees .\nonce you have set up your pixmania account to work with linnworks it will appear in the list of channels on the channel integration screen . from here you can enable / disable integration and inventory sync for each individual channel as well as configuration and inventory mapping tools .\nwe have tried pinging pixmania website using our server and the website returned the above results . if urltoken is down for us too there is nothing you can do except waiting . probably the server is overloaded , down or unreachable because of a network problem , outage or a website maintenance is in progress . . .\nhe said : \u201cwhat we\u2019ve learned is we win when we do what we know , which is working as a multichannel retailer and as the market leader or a strong number two .\na deal to offload the french business to german restructuring specialist mutares ag is now just months away after it was signed off by workers unions . however , the deal will cost dixons \u00a359 million for future development of the online electrical retailer , which trades in 14 countries , bringing the total cost of the misadventure to around \u00a3250 million since bought in 2006 .\nthe city appeared pleased with the deal as shares hit a five - year high , and james was equally happy .\n\u201cit would have been a real shame to shut any operation down and see it disappear , so this is the best deal for everyone . \u201d\njames explained : \u201cyou had a perfect storm in the economy , the company was exposed to a falling camera market and the eurozone was struggling . as a pure play business it was also up against very aggressive land grabs by amazon . multichannel players also started waking up and the competition was too great . \u201d\nthe deal should be completed in december . dixons has already sold its struggling turkish operations this year . all eyes are now on italy , although james said a sale there was not a certainty .\ndixons also reported 2 % rise in first - quarter sales on a like - for - like basis from the same period last year , which strips out sales in new stores .\nin a statement with the trading update , dixons chief executive sebastian james said :\ndespite a july that was sizzling in the north ( of europe ) and chilly in the south - affecting electronics and air conditioning sales respectively for that month - we have had an encouraging start to the year .\nmargins have held up reasonably well across the group despite some anticipated and vigorous skirmishes in the nordics where , i am happy to say , we have continued to grow market share .\nmr james says that if the deal goes through the company should benefit from\nan injection of entrepreneurial vigour\n.\nthe buyer , mutares , owns a portfolio of medium - sized businesses , including a manufacturer of office furniture , a maker of bed frames and an auto parts firm .\nthe foreign secretary quits , telling theresa may\nneedless self - doubt\nis leading to\nsemi - brexit\n.\nwe ' ve detected that javascript is disabled in your browser . would you like to proceed to legacy twitter ?\n[ blague de geek ] o\u00f9 partent les geeks en vacances ? aux c - shell .\ntwitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup . try again or visit twitter status for more information .\nyou can add location information to your tweets , such as your city or precise location , from the web and via third - party applications . you always have the option to delete your tweet location history . learn more\nhere ' s the url for this tweet . copy it to easily share with friends .\nby embedding twitter content in your website or app , you are agreeing to the twitter developer agreement and developer policy .\nnot on twitter ? sign up , tune into the things you care about , and get updates as they happen .\nthis timeline is where you\u2019ll spend most of your time , getting instant updates about what matters to you .\nhover over the profile pic and click the following button to unfollow any account .\nwhen you see a tweet you love , tap the heart \u2014 it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love .\nthe fastest way to share someone else\u2019s tweet with your followers is with a retweet . tap the icon to send it instantly .\nadd your thoughts about any tweet with a reply . find a topic you\u2019re passionate about , and jump right in .\nto enable / disable individual channel integration within linnworks , simply click the small circle in the enabled column that corresponds to the channel you wish to alter . a green light means that the channel is enabled in linnworks , while a red light denotes that it is disabled .\nthe same process applies to the inventory sync function , clicking a circle will toggle between enabled and disabled for the specified channel . a green light means that the linnworks will sync inventory with this channel while a red light indicates that it will not .\nclicking the config button for a specified channel will bring up the account config menu for that channel .\nthis document is currently unavailable , a copy can be ordered from the contact centre . telephone + 44 ( 0 ) 303 1234 500 . there is a \u00a33 . 00 charge per document .\ndixons today shed its loss - making french online business , handing the buyer tens of millions of euros to take it off its hands .\nthe news was greeted with enthusiasm and relief on the stock market with dixons retail shares jumping more than 8 % , 3 . 7p at 48p .\nat the same time dixons is also selling its loss - making turkish chain of 32 electroworld shops to local retailer bimeks for \u00a32 million .\nthe deals mark the latest move by chief executive sebastian james , who took the helm just over 18 months ago . he said : \u201ci am a passionate believer that dixons succeeds where we offer our customers a fully integrated multi - channel proposition and where we are the market leader . we were not that in france and have been looking at a way of getting a result for some time . \u201d\ndixons also reported 4 % growth across its ongoing businesses in the first quarter to end - july .\nthis included a 6 % rise in the uk , 5 % in northern europe and a 12 % fall in southern europe , where sales of air conditioning , in particular , were hit by a cooler than normal summer .\njames , who has also overseen the sales of a norwegian business and equanet as well as closing the urltoken website , said : \u201cwe have had an encouraging start to the year given that we had a particularly strong start to the previous year . margins have held up reasonably well . \u201d\nhe said he remained cautious about the state of the electrical retail market and added : \u201cbut with this good start , i am excited about the rest of the year and about the future for a successful and simplified group . \u201d\nfor prime day this year , amazon india will offer a one - 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{"id": 54164, "summary": [{"text": "zip was a canadian discount airline headquartered in hangar 101 at calgary international airport , calgary , alberta .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "it was launched by air canada as a no-frills subsidiary in september 2002 .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "it operated a fleet of 12 boeing 737 aircraft , each painted in a bright , neon colour ( blue , fuchsia , green , and orange ) with a single class of service .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "the subsidiary was headed by former westjet ceo , steve smith .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "as a direct competition to canada 's leading low-cost carrier westjet , zip flew mostly between the western cities of abbotsford , calgary , edmonton , vancouver , saskatoon , regina and winnipeg .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "zip ceased operations in september 2004 when air canada resumed a full schedule on its western routes . 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( path , hour , lat / long )\ni don ' t think the . 5 second delay is possible . there are 3 speeds , that the sheet provides .\nyou can visit urltoken for more information about \u2018be right know your consumer rights\u2019 campaign .\nenjoy free returns using our easy returns process . to return a product login to your account or if you do not have an account use the link in your order confirmation email and follow the easy steps . we accept returns 14 days from receipt of your order , purchased at the lacoste online shop .\nall payment information is protected by secure connection to ensure your card data cannot be used by anyone else .\nenjoy free standard delivery on all orders up to 350 aed . orders take up to 1 - 2 days to be delivered between saturday and thursday .\norders via same day delivery are delivered on the same day if ordered before 11 : 30am between saturday and thursday .\nwe use cookies to improve our site and your shopping experience . by continuing to browse our site you accept our cookie policy .\nthe use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality , and instead of thinking how things may be , to see them as they are . \u2014 samuel johnson\nall journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware . \u2014 martin buber\nour philosophy is very simple : while you are with us , we will strive to be number one in every market we serve by creating a workplace where teams are committed to our customers in a distinctively way , resulting in superior industry returns . that ' s why a friendly approach , good customer service and a commitment to safety and quality are our top priorities in all the aircraft that make up our fleet and that you ' ll see in action on every single one of our waa flights .\nthis section contains important information for traveling with us . please take some time to read the sections relevant to your travel needs .\nonboard delays are situations we always try to avoid . sometimes weather , gate - 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in - command determines that safety or security precludes such service ( e . g . weather , a directive from an appropriate government agency ) , the carrier shall ensure the provision of :\nexceptions to the rule include , if in the judgment of the pilot - in - command there is a safety or security related reason not to return ; if in the opinion of the faa air traffic controller movement of an aircraft subject to this rule would significantly disrupt airport operations .\nwaa\u2019s tarmac delay contingency plan has been coordinated with airport authorities at each u . s . large hub airport , medium hub airport , small hub airport and non - hub airport that the carrier serves , as well as its regular u . s . diversion airports .\nwaa\u2019s tarmac delay contingency plan has also been coordinated with u . s . customs and border protection ( cbp ) and the transportation security administration ( tsa ) at each large u . s . hub airport , medium hub airport , small hub airport and non - hub airport that is regularly used for that carrier\u2019s international flights , including diversion airports\nworld atlantic airlines will share facilities and will make gates available at airports in an emergency . world atlantic airlines will also work with airport officials and , if necessary , other airlines to share or acquire equipment such as portable stairs , buses , vans , or other means by which customers may deplane and be safely escorted to a terminal or other reasonable facility .\nu . s . transport security administration ( tsa ) has implemented certain restrictions on carry - 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paced , far - reaching and is forever changing how we operate , create , connect , and market .\nit ' s easy to see why brand heads are spinning . businesses are suffering from ' the next big thing ' and we ' re here to help you find the cure .\nunbranding is about focus \u2013 it ' s about seeing that within these new strategies , technologies and frameworks fighting for our attention , lay the tried and true tenants of good business \u2013 because innovation is nothing but a bright and shiny new toy , unless it actually works . unbranding is here to remind you that you can ' t fix rude staff , mediocre products and a poor brand reputation with a fancy new app .\nwe are going to learn from 100 branding stories that will challenge your assumptions about business today and teach valuable , actionable lessons . it ' s not about going backwards , it ' s about moving forward with purpose , getting back to the core of good branding while continuing to innovate and improve without leaving your values behind .\nit ' s time for a reality check . it ' s time to solve problems , create connections , and provide value rather than rush strategy just to make headlines . unbranding gives you the guidance you need to navigate the age of disruption and succeed in business today .\nthis shopping feature will continue to load items . in order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading .\nusing examples from more than 20 of today\u2019s leading corporations , this practical guide shows how state - 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tested traits , rather than gloss over them . business today is done fast , it ' s far reaching , and we operate , create , connect , and market like never before . unlimited data on who we hire , how we manage , and the response of our customers continues to transform traditional business relationships and break new ground for products and services . the symptom of all this progress is called\nthe next big thing ,\nand a majority of businesses suffer from it .\nthere isn ' t an app to fix poor customer service , inferior products , and a bad brand reputation . fortunately , this highly practical guidebook can offer solutions . with the same entertaining style and revealing delivery that has attracted worldwide audiences and the most recognizable global brands , this powerful engagement team presents 100 morsel - sized case studies showing exemplary applications of best practices in the real world by actual companies . get an insider ' s look at how major industry influencers stay focused on what matters in the fast - 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unbranding helps you bring your humanity to those interactions . i learned from an 11 year old in the dirty jobs / girl scouts example . i learned from a dog whose poop got caught in a roomba . i learned from a fun - loving university president who shoveled a student\u2019s driveway after a fun twitter exchange . what\u2019s great about this book is that you can see your personal style in a few examples , and it helps you see that you don\u2019t need to follow anyone\u2019s marketing formula or checklist . you just need to do \u201cyou\u201dat your best and most genuine .\nhi i\u2019m douglas burdett , host of the marketing book podcast and i\u2019d like to tell you about the book\nunbranding : 100 branding lessons for the age of disruption\nby scott and alison stratten .\nso , what is this age of disruption ? the authors explain that technological innovations and increased access to information have transformed the traditional practice of branding . these changes have disrupted all our traditional relationships : how we hire , how we find a job , how we research our purchases , how we buy and how we learn about the world around us . and they have changed the dynamic between brands and their markets . our digital age has put a world of information and connections in our hands , and the way we market and are marketed to has changed forever .\ngreat branding is really easy to explain and really hard for companies to do . here\u2019s how you do it : be good to your customers , employees and vendors and have a great product and / or service . in other words , branding is in every part of your business\u2013 how and whom you hire is branding , your front line is branding , what your ceo likes on facebook is branding . branding isn ' t a department or a campaign ; in fact , branding isn ' t in your hands at all . your brand belongs to your customers\u2013 it ' s what they think of when they hear your name and how they tell your story .\nthe book has 100 chapters - each an entertaining if not occasionally horrifying lesson on how to build or trash the loyalty you\u2019ve built with your brand . my favorite chapter ? it\u2019s chapter one , entitled \u201clogos don\u2019t matter . \u201d that ' s right , logos don ' t matter . and they certainly aren ' t the be - all and end - all of branding . the authors explain that organizations spend so much time and money on logos , but our brands aren ' t in our business hands ; they belong to our market . your brand changes with each interaction\u2013a living , breathing relationship between your organization and the world .\none other really important point made in the book is that human resources is the most powerful branding division in your company . the authors explain that the ethics and practices behind your company\u2019s hiring policies are what constitutes branding . branding is not about logos and colors . it\u2019s about being good to your customers , employees and vendors and have a great product and / or service . this book will help you wrap your head around how to approach branding in this disruptive age .\namazon giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz , reward your audience , and attract new followers and customers .\nprime members enjoy free two - 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( the bank ) is a chinese commercial bank . the bank operates its businesses through three segments : corporate banking segment , personal banking segment and financial market and institu\ndata as of jul 09 2018 . currency figures normalised to shanghai pudong development bank co ltd ' s reporting currency : chinese yuan renminbi cny\nget email updates for the latest jobs containing shanghai pudong development bank co . ltd . hong kong branch in all locations . . . show all\nshanghai pudong development bank co ltd < 600000 . ss > : says 9 - month net profit up 9 . 5 percent y / y .\nshanghai pudong dev bank ' s 9 - month profit up 2 . 97 pct y / y , plans bond issue\nsingapore ( april 12 ) : singapore exchange ( sgx ) has entered into a memorandum of understanding ( mou ) with the shanghai pudong development bank ( spdb ) for the purpose of strengthening capital market ties between singapore and shanghai , china .\nshanghai pudong development bank co . , ltd . ( the bank ) is a chinese commercial bank . the bank operates its businesses through three segments : corporate banking segment , personal banking segment and financial market and institution segment . corporate banking segment includes financing , investment banking , cash management , . . . ( more )\nshanghai pudong development bank co ltd < 600000 . ss > : says h1 net profit up 12 . 0 percent y / y at 26 . 8 billion yuan ( $ 4 . 03 billion ) .\nthe purpose of spd bank is to provide financial services for the development of pudong , building shanghai into one of the great international financial hubs , and to contribute to the national economic development and social progress . a nationwide commercial bank has taken shape with 38 branches across the country except ningxia and tibet .\nshanghai pudong will focus primarily on local and multinational corporations , as well as chinese companies expanding into the region .\nshanghai pudong development bank co . , ltd . 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shanghai pudong development bank co ltd < 600000 . ss > : says 9 - month net profit up 2 . 97 percent y / y . says it plans to issue up to 50 billion yuan ( $ 7 . 51 billion ) convertible bonds .\nshanghai pudong development bank obtained its wholesale banking licence from the monetary authority of singapore last month . this allows it to conduct the same range of services as full banks , except it faces certain restrictions pertaining to the collection of singapore dollars deposits and it can have only one main branch .\nswift codes also known as bic codes is a unique bank identifier used to verify financial transactions such as a bank wire transfer .\napril 27 ( reuters ) - shanghai pudong development bank co ltd < 600000 . ss > : : says 2017 ( not q1 ) net profit up 2 . 2 percent y / y . says q1 net profit down 1 . 1 percent y / y . says it plans to issue up to 30 billion yuan ( $ 4 . 73 billion ) capital bonds .\nmay 4 ( reuters ) - china ' s banking and insurance regulator said on friday : : says fines china merchants bank < < < 600036 . ss > > > 65 . 7 million yuan ( $ 10 . 33 million ) for violations including wealth management products sales . says fines industrial bank < < < 601166 . ss > > > 58 . 7 million yuan for regulatory violations . says fines shanghai pudong development bank < < < 600000 . ss > > > 58 . 45 million yuan for regulatory violations .\nshanghai branch , hangzhou branch , ningbo branch , nanjing branch , beijing branch , wenzhou sub - branch , guangzhou branch , shenzhen branch , tianjin branch , jinan branch , chengdu branch , xi\u2019an branch , wuhan branch , qingdao branch , and hong kong branch are the main branches of the pudong development branch .\njuly 6 ( reuters ) - shanghai pudong development bank co ltd < 600000 . ss > : : * says it will pay cash dividend of 0 . 1 yuan ( before tax ) / a share for 2017 to shareholders of record on july 12 . * the company ' s shares will be traded ex - right and ex - dividend on july 13 and the dividend will be paid on july 13 .\nbank and / or any of its branches across all countries and cities in the world .\nshanghai pudong development bank co . , ltd . provides banking and financial services . its business areas include : corporate banking , retail banking , and financial markets and financial institutions . the corporate banking business provides financial , bank loan , investment banking , transaction banking , and international business platform services to corporate clients . the retail banking business provides personal deposit , personal wealth management , debit card and payment , credit card , private banking , and small and micro financial services to individual customers . the financial markets and financial institutions business includes investment trading , financial institution , asset management , and asset custody services . the company was founded on august 28 , 1992 and is headquartered in shanghai , china .\nsgx\u2019s head of equities and fixed income , chew sutat , signed the mou with cui bingwen , spdb\u2019s executive vice president of spdb , at the third singapore - shanghai financial forum themed \u201cstrengthening singapore - shanghai collaboration in a changing financial world order , \u201d held in marina mandarin singapore .\nthis unique swift code directory provides businesses and individuals with an easy way to avoid bank transfer and money transfer mistakes .\n( spdb or spd bank ) is a joint - stock commercial bank in the people ' s republic of china . the bank offers individuals and businesses such products and services as credit cards , mortgages , auto loans , personal loans , savings accounts , corporate banking services , business loans , and internet and telephone banking services . the manufacturing , wholesale , retail , and entertainment sectors represent the bank ' s largest business lending markets . total assets : rmb 3 . 6 trillion ( as of september 30 , 2013 ) .\nthe branch at the marina bay financial centre is the bank ' s first overseas outlet . the bank said singapore ' s location at the heart of south - east asia makes it well - positioned to seize the business opportunities brought about by china ' s\none belt one road\nstrategy .\nthe branch will also provide financial services to companies seeking to enter the chinese market , serving as a bridge connecting singaporean and chinese corporations , said the bank .\nthe bank swift code provides information about the bank and branch where the money should be transferred . being able to check information about the swift code will provide you with the proper information necessary to make or receive payments . some of the banks and their associated branches benefit from an address listing which provides you with the means to match swift codes with financial institution office address .\na version of this article appeared in the print edition of the straits times on april 13 , 2017 , with the headline ' china bank opens branch in singapore ' . print edition | subscribe\nunder the mou , the bourse and the joint - stock commercial bank will \u201cwork closely as strategic partners to raise the profile of singapore\u2019s capital market\u201d , says sgx in a press release on wednesday .\nif you\u2019re not sure about any of the swift code details you\u2019re using , get in touch with the bank or financial institution in question . they should be able to give you the right information .\ness , among others . personal banking segment includes personal saving , personal loan , bank card services , investment and financing , loan and financing , online banking services , information services and credit card services , among others , as well as treasury and market services . financial market and institution segment mainly involves in the trading of securities and asset management business . the bank operates its businesses in domestic and overseas markets , with china as its main market .\nthe bank plans to make the singapore branch our key regional hub , acting as a conduit between our clients and south - east asia , and . . . using the establishment of the singapore branch as the new launch - pad of our internationalisation strategy .\ntion segment . corporate banking segment includes financing , investment banking , cash management , electronic banking , cross - border business , custody business and offshore business , among others . personal banking segment includes personal saving , personal loan , bank card services , investment and financing , loan and financing , online banking services , information services and credit card services , among others , as well as treasury and market services . financial market and institution segment mainly involves in the trading of securities and asset management business . the bank operates its businesses in domestic and overseas markets , with china as its main market .\nthis article is situated in the current debate over the influence of globalization processes on the restructuring of cities . shanghai , china ' s largest city , has been experiencing unprecedented foreign direct investment ( fdi ) in the first half of the 1990s , and urban restructuring processes are being worked out at blistering speeds . however , these developments , which are propelled by the shifting nature of the world economy and economic growth in the asia pacific region , are not the only impacts altering the nature of the urban planning process , and the urban landscape . globalization processes have a myriad of non - material dimensions , and these dimensions play a significant role in underlying the processes associated with the building of the global city . to help redress this conceptual imbalance , the article is used to outline the role and diverse impacts ( both tangible and intangible ) of elite non - chinese design professionals \u2014 the \u2018global intelligence corps\u2019 \u2014 in the planning of shanghai ' s new financial district \u2014 lujiazui central finance district , pudong . an examination of this urban planning process helps shed some light on the human dynamics behind globalization processes , and the twisting ( often contradictory ) goals which facilitate the formation of links across space .\nsingapore ( july 9 ) : singapore will continue to assist the malaysian government in its own investigations into the 1malaysia development berhad ( 1mdb ) scandal . the republic has also informed the malaysian government that it can avail itself of due legal processes through its courts to establish ownership and recover any assets seized in singapore that can be traced to 1mdb . minister for foreign affairs vivian balakrishnan told parliament this on monday when he provided the house with details on singapore\u2019s assistance towards the malaysian government on the 1mdb investigations . not on . . . .\ndisclaimer | the information contained in this website is not meant to substitute qualified legal advice given by a specialist knowing your particular situation . we do not warrant or guarantee that the site will be up - 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nexgo inc < 300130 . sz > : says it sees fy 2018 h1 net profit to increase by 80 percent to 110 percent , or to be 56 million yuan to 65 . 3 million yuan . says fy 2017 h1 net profit was 31 . 1 million yuan . comments that acquisition of a payment firm and increased profit of pos business as main reasons for the forecast .\nmay 23 ( reuters ) - nexgo inc < 300130 . sz > : says it plans to change company name to xgd inc .\nmay 23 ( reuters ) - nexgo inc < 300130 . sz > : says its wholly owned unit nexgo global limited plans to invest $ 50 , 000 to set up a wholly owned unit jlpay international holdings limited in cayman islands .\njan 30 ( reuters ) - nexgo inc < 300130 . sz > : says it sees net profit for fy 2017 to decrease by 35 percent to 50 percent , or to be 69 . 5 million yuan to 90 . 4 million yuan . says the net profit of fy 2016 was 139 million yuan . comments that decreased gross profit rate as main reason for the forecast .\nnov 24 ( reuters ) - nexgo inc < 300130 . sz > : says co ' s shenzhen - based wholly owned credit investigation service unit credlink wins bid for enterprise merchant information inquiry project .\nnov 21 ( reuters ) - nexgo inc < 300130 . sz > : says it plans to acquire an electronic payment solutions company for 710 million yuan ( $ 107 . 04 million ) . says its shares to resume trade on nov 22 .\nnov 15 ( reuters ) - nexgo inc < 300130 . sz > : : says it plans to sell 30 percent stake in danale for 4 . 1 million yuan .\nnov 7 ( reuters ) - nexgo inc < 300130 . sz > : says co ' s shenzhen - based payment technology unit wins bid regarding pos equipment project .\noct 26 ( reuters ) - nexgo inc < 300130 . sz > : says it will invest 50 million yuan to set up a wholly owned petty loan unit in hainan .\noct 16 ( reuters ) - nexgo inc < 300130 . sz > : sees net profit for fy 2017 q1 to q3 to decrease by 35 percent to 45 percent , or to be 43 . 3 million yuan to 51 . 2 million yuan . says the net profit of fy 2016 q1 to q3 was 78 . 7 million yuan . comments that decreased gross profit rate as main reason for the forecast .\njavascript is disabled on your browser . please enable javascript to use all the features on this page .\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 elsevier b . v . or its licensors or contributors . sciencedirect \u00ae is a registered trademark of elsevier b . v ."]}
{"id": 54207, "summary": [{"text": "spotlight comics was an american comic publisher based in western connecticut .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "it is best known for a short run of comic books based on licensed characters such as mighty mouse and heckle and jeckle that contained contributions from several major us comic book creators . ", "topic": 30}], "title": "spotlight comics", "paragraphs": ["spotlight comics :\nspotlight declares bankruptcy .\n26 [ 126 jan 1989 ] n\nspotlight comics :\ncreators await payment troubles for spotlight .\n14 - 15 [ 122 jun 1988 ] n\nms comic con - vendor spotlight - comics by go comics by . . . | facebook\nfrench comics :\nspotlight on comics creators .\n16 - 17 [ 120 mar 1988 ] n\nbritish comics :\ninternational spotlight david law .\n23 [ 124 aug 1988 ] n\nfrench comics :\ninternational spotlight phillipe druillet .\n24 - 26 [ 123 jul 1988 ] n\nfrench comics :\ninternational spotlight frank mangerina .\n21 - 22 [ 124 aug 1988 ] n\npublishers :\nspotlight declares bankruptcy .\n23 [ 126 jan 1989 ] n\ncensorship :\nviolent comics draw unfavorable media spotlight .\n5 - 10 [ 130 jul 1989 ] n\nchildren :\nviolent comics draw unfavorable media spotlight .\n5 - 10 [ 130 jul 1989 ] n\nmedia :\nviolent comics draw unfavorable media spotlight .\n5 - 10 [ 130 jul 1989 ] n\nviolence :\nviolent comics draw unfavorable media spotlight .\n5 - 10 [ 130 jul 1989 ] n\nblog spotlight : chasing amazing . . . one man ' s quest . . .\nbelgian comics :\ninternational spotlight edgar - pierre jacobs .\n27 - 28 [ 127 feb 1989 ] n\ntime magazine :\nviolent comics draw unfavorable media spotlight .\n5 - 10 [ 130 jul 1989 ] n\ntoday show :\nviolent comics draw unfavorable media spotlight .\n5 - 10 [ 130 jul 1989 ] n\nking , larry :\nviolent comics draw unfavorable media spotlight .\n5 - 10 [ 130 jul 1989 ] n\nnew york times :\nviolent comics draw unfavorable media spotlight .\n5 - 10 [ 130 jul 1989 ] n\nmodesty blaise :\ninternational spotlight jim holdaway .\n26 [ 123 jul 1988 ] n\ndennis the menace :\ninternational spotlight david law .\n23 [ 124 aug 1988 ] n\nholdaway , jim :\ninternational spotlight jim holdaway .\n26 [ 123 jul 1988 ] n\nlaw , david :\ninternational spotlight david law .\n23 [ 124 aug 1988 ] n\nmarvel spotlight :\ncapsule reviews .\n53 - 54 [ 064 jul 1981 ] kim thompson\ncensorship :\n' mature ' comics fall into an unfavorable media spotlight .\n9 - 10 [ 119 jan 1988 ] n\nmedia :\n' mature ' comics fall into an unfavorable media spotlight .\n9 - 10 [ 119 jan 1988 ] n\nnational coalition on television violence :\nviolent comics draw unfavorable media spotlight .\n5 - 10 [ 130 jul 1989 ] n\ndruillet , phillipe :\ninternational spotlight phillipe druillet .\n24 - 26 [ 123 jul 1988 ]\nmargerin , frank :\ninternational spotlight frank mangerina .\n21 - 22 [ 124 aug 1988 ] n\ncomics code :\nnow comics adopts comics code .\n33 [ 126 jan 1989 ] n\ncaptain universe :\nheroes for a day .\n52 [ 064 jul 1981 ] r marvel spotlight # 9 zzz\ncreators ' rights :\ncreators await payment troubles for spotlight .\n14 - 15 [ 122 jun 1988 ] n\nmarvel spotlight :\nheroes for a day .\n52 [ 064 jul 1981 ] r # 9 - 11 zzz\njacobs , edgar pierre :\ninternational spotlight edgar - pierre jacobs .\n27 - 28 [ 127 feb 1989 ] n\narchie comics :\narchie comics scraps spectrum comics imprint .\n5 - 7 [ 131 sep 1989 ] n\ncomics guild :\ncomics guild update .\n20 [ 048 aug 1979 ]\ncomics news :\ncomics hotline .\n21 [ 140 feb 1991 ] n\nfirst comics :\nfirst comics survey .\n13 [ 089 may 1984 ]\nafrican comics : south african comics :\nsouth african comics .\n75 - 77 [ 043 dec 1978 ] bill mantlo\ncanadian comics :\nmatrix comics folds .\n26 [ 126 jan 1989 ] n\ndetective comics :\ncomics past , comics present .\n54 - 58 [ 077 nov 1982 ] r # 517 dale luciano\nfrench comics :\ncomics get posted .\n18 [ 119 jan 1988 ] n\nmarvel comics group :\nfirst comics sues marvel comics for anti - competitive activities .\n8 [ 089 may 1984 ] n\npacific comics :\npacific comics liquidated .\n10 [ 095 feb 1985 ] n\nafrican comics : south african comics :\nsouth africa : empowerment through comics .\n23 - 25 [ 138 oct 1990 ] n\nlawsuits , first comics :\nfirst comics sues marvel comics for anti - competitive activities .\n8 [ 089 may 1984 ] n\nrevolutionary comics :\nletter from revolutionary comics publisher todd loren to comics journal .\n16 [ 136 jul 1990 ] n todd loren\nafrican comics :\neclipse news .\n14 [ 120 mar 1988 ] n power comics\ncandy comics :\nfood and candy comics .\n17 [ 104 jan 1986 ] n\ncensorship :\nnow comics adopts comics code .\n33 [ 126 jan 1989 ] n\ncomputer comics :\nmarvel launches computer comics .\n17 [ 087 dec 1983 ] n\nfirst comics :\na new comics publisher .\n13 [ 074 aug 1982 ] n\nfirst comics :\nfirst drops regular comics .\n11 [ 139 dec 1990 ] n\nburch ' s power pak comics :\ncomics past , comics present .\n54 - 58 [ 077 nov 1982 ] r dale luciano\nalternative comics :\nreassessing comics .\n88 - 93 [ 101 aug 1985 ] randy reynoldo\narchie comics :\ncomics in galleries .\n15 - 16 [ 123 jul 1988 ] n\ncapital comics :\ncapital comics suspends operations .\n8 - 9 [ 089 may 1984 ]\nchinese comics :\nhong kong comics invade america .\n6 [ 120 mar 1988 ] n\ndc comics :\ntsr puts comics on hold .\n16 [ 143 jul 1991 ] n\neducational comics :\naids comics abound .\n37 - 39 [ 130 jul 1989 ] n\nfirst comics :\nfirst comics revives classics illustrated .\n12 [ 120 mar 1988 ] n\nfirst comics :\nbob garcia joins first comics .\n34 [ 126 jan 1989 ] n\nforeign comics :\nhong kong comics invade america .\n6 [ 120 mar 1988 ] n\nfrench comics :\ncomics albums summer ' 88 .\n23 [ 124 aug 1988 ] n\nhorror comics :\ncomics in the ec mold or just moldy comics .\n7 - 9 ? [ 090 jun 1984 ] r michael now\njapanese comics :\nextensive japanese comics collection stolen .\n23 [ 128 apr 1989 ] n\nmarvel comics group :\nmarvel comics .\n102 - 104 [ 077 nov 1982 ] panel\nrevolutionary comics :\ncopyright troubles for revolutionary comics .\n9 [ 134 feb 1990 ] n\nwar comics :\nbibliographic chart of war comics .\n109 [ 136 jul 1990 ] h\ncomics industry :\nmore sexism in comics .\n30 - 34 [ 104 jan 1986 ] r women and the comics r . c . harvey\nadvance comics :\ncapital city launches advance comics zine .\n25 [ 125 oct 1988 ] n\nafrican comics : south african comics :\napartheid education .\n25 [ 138 oct 1990 ] n\nalternative comics :\nnewave comics survey .\n51 - 78 [ 096 mar 1985 ] dale luciano\nalternative comics :\nnewave comics survey .\n33 - 40 [ 097 apr 1985 ] dale luciano\nalternative comics :\nnewave comics survey .\n80 - 84 [ 098 may 1985 ] dale luciano\nalternative comics :\nnewave comics survey .\n82 - 92 [ 099 jun 1985 ] dale luciano\narchie comics :\narchie comics in review .\n71 [ 099 jun 1985 ] r adam philips\nbritish comics :\nquality comics bows in .\n12 - 14 [ 108 may 1986 ] n\nbritish comics :\nsq productions to handle quality comics .\n27 [ 116 jul 1987 ] n\ncomics as art :\nreassessing comics .\n88 - 93 [ 101 aug 1985 ] randy reynoldo\ncomics as art :\nread comics art .\n31 [ 142 jun 1991 ] l donna barr\ncomics code :\ncomics code rejects daredevil story .\n8 - 9 [ 057 sum 1980 ]\ncomics industry :\ncomics trade press expands this summer .\n25 [ 116 jul 1987 ] n\ncomics journal :\nthe comics journal .\n120 - 121 [ 048 aug 79 ] marilyn bethke\ncomics journal :\ncomics journal wins fleisher libel suit .\n11 [ 113 dec 1986 ] n\ncomics scene :\ncomics scene canceled with eleventh issue .\n18 [ 083 aug 1983 ] n\ncomputer comics :\ncomics step slowly into computer age .\n20 [ 140 feb 1991 ] n\ndc comics :\npromotions and hirings at dc comics .\n7 [ 071 apr 1982 ] n\nfirst comics :\nfirst comics pays up .\n9 - 10 [ 110 aug 1986 ] n\nfrench comics :\ncomics promote safe sex .\n22 - 23 [ 123 jul 1988 ] n\nfrench comics :\ncomics albums : spring ' 88 .\n27 [ 123 jul 1988 ] n\ngerman comics :\ncomics exhibit at the goethe institute .\n23 [ 136 jul 1990 ] n\nharvey comics :\ncomics step slowly into computer age .\n20 [ 140 feb 1991 ] n\nmalasian comics :\ncomics in malasia .\n96 - 101 [ 094 oct 1984 ] leonard rifas\nnewave comics :\nnewave comics survey .\n51 - 78 [ 096 mar 1985 ] dale luciano\npacific comics :\nthe pacific comics fallout .\n13 - 14 [ 098 may 1985 ] n\nquality comics :\nquality comics bows in .\n12 - 14 [ 108 may 1986 ] n\nquality comics :\nsq productions to handle quality comics .\n27 [ 116 jul 1987 ] n\nstate of comics :\nreassessing comics .\n88 - 93 [ 101 aug 1985 ] randy reynoldo\nfanzines :\ncomics fandom ' s oldest newszine .\n56 - 57 [ 042 oct 1978 ] r comics reader , rocket blast comics collector marilyn bethke\nacme comics :\nacme comics # 9 shrouded in controversy .\n39 [ 130 jul 1989 ] n\nadult comics :\ncatalogs restrict adult comics listings .\n13 - 14 [ 142 jun 1991 ] n\nalternative comics :\nthe comics you never read about .\n59 [ 042 oct 1978 ] bill mantlo\nalternative comics :\nnewave comics survey .\n80 - 86 [ 101 aug 1985 ] r dale luciano\nalternative comics :\nnewave comics survey .\n91 - 98 [ 102 sep 1985 ] r dale luciano\ncomics as art :\neyes fixed on comics .\n115 [ 119 jan 1988 ] e gil kane\ncomics industry :\ncomics business faces uncertain future .\n15 - 17 [ 140 feb 1991 ] n\ncomics journal :\nharlan ellison out of comics journal libel case .\n29 [ 069 dec 1981 ]\ncomics journal :\nrollercoaster ride through the comics journal .\n188 - 190 [ 100 jul 1985 ]\ncomics journal :\nintroducing the comics journal .\n6 + [ 116 jul 1987 ] e kim fryer\ncomics scene :\ncomics third world .\n25 - 26 [ 072 may 1982 ] l robert greenberger\ncomputer comics :\nmac comics .\n60 - 62 [ 100 jul 1985 ] r shatter carter scholz\ncontinuity comics :\ncontinuity comics acquire newsstand distribution .\n14 - 15 [ 112 nov 1986 ] n\ndc comics :\ncomics business faces uncertain future .\n15 - 17 [ 140 feb 1991 ] n\nfirst comics :\nfirst comics revives classics illustrated in january .\n23 [ 132 nov 1989 ] n\nfirst comics :\ncomics companies reborn in chicago .\n9 - 10 [ 142 jun 1991 ] n\nfrench comics :\nfrench comics retrench : conglomerates move in .\n17 [ 119 jan 1988 ] n\nindependent comics :\nfbn continues plans for new comics line .\n4 [ 032 jan 1977 ] n\nindependent comics :\ncomics business faces uncertain future .\n15 - 17 [ 140 feb 1991 ] n\nindependent comics :\ncomics companies reborn in chicago .\n9 - 10 [ 142 jun 1991 ] n\njapanese comics :\ncomics into movies .\n22 [ 142 jun 1991 ] n mai the psychic girl\nnewave comics :\nnewave comics survey .\n80 - 86 [ 101 aug 1985 ] r dale luciano\nnewave comics :\nnewave comics survey .\n91 - 98 [ 102 sep 1985 ] r dale luciano\nnow comics :\ncomics companies reborn in chicago .\n9 - 10 [ 142 jun 1991 ] n\nafrican comics : south african comics :\nzapiro exhibited at sva .\n23 [ 128 apr 1989 ] n\nalternative comics :\nthe alternative comics cadaver derby .\n49 - 57 [ 098 may 1985 ] jan strnad\nalternative comics :\nno mainstream comics allowed .\n45 - 51 [ 102 sep 1985 ] r dale luciano\nblackhawk :\ncomics past , comics present .\n54 - 58 [ 077 nov 1982 ] r dale luciano\ncomics as art :\nthe potential of comics .\n81 - 88 [ 123 jul 1988 ] harvey pekar\ncomics as art :\ncomics and genre literature .\n127 - 133 [ 130 jul 1989 ] harvey pekar\ncomics diary :\nmagic boy in scandinavia .\n97 - 201 [ 226 aug 2000 ] comics james kochalka\ncomics interpreter :\nmeet the comics press .\n97 - 98 [ 242 apr 2002 ] column rich kreiner\ncomics journal :\nbuckler drops comics journal libel suit .\n11 - 12 [ 093 sep 1984 ] n\ncomics press :\nmeet the comics press .\n97 - 98 [ 242 apr 2002 ] column rich kreiner\nfrench comics :\nfrance threatens to ban adult comics .\n24 - 25 [ 117 sep 1987 ] n\nfrench comics :\nthe french comics scene .\n27 - 34 [ 118 dec 1987 ] n jacques dutrey\nfrench comics :\nall change in french comics magazines .\n25 - 27 [ 132 nov 1989 ] n\nfrench comics :\nfrench comics scene mourns 3 leaders .\n10 - 11 [ 138 oct 1990 ] n\nindependent comics :\nnew comics company to begin publishing in january .\n4 [ 031 dec 1976 ] n\nlawsuits , comics journal :\ncomics journal wins fleisher libel suit .\n11 [ 113 dec 1986 ] n\nmarvel comics group :\nfbn continues plans for new comics line .\n4 [ 032 jan 1977 ] n\nmarvel comics group :\ncomics business faces uncertain future .\n15 - 17 [ 140 feb 1991 ] n\nnow comics :\nchicago ' s now comics get newsstand distribution .\n14 [ 123 jul 1988 ] n\nwriting comics :\nthe 7 deadly comics cliches .\n59 - 64 [ 053 win 1980 ] john clifton\nadult comics :\nsexual comics increase ; so do challenges .\n12 - 13 [ 137 sep 1990 ] n\nbritish comics :\na history of british comics .\n57 - 67 [ 122 jun 1988 ] h lew stringer\nbritish comics , undergrounds :\nmature comics struggle to survive in britain .\n19 [ 141 apr 1991 ] n\ncomics as art :\nwhy comics aren ' t art .\n21 [ 044 jan 1979 ] l todd goldberg\ncomics & comix :\ncomics & comix sold .\n23 - 24 [ 125 oct 1988 ] n bud plant\ncomics grammar :\ntuning into comics .\n126 - 132 [ 057 sum 1980 ] r . c . harvey\ncomics legends :\ncanada ' s curious ' crime comics ' provision .\n15 [ 118 dec 1987 ] n\ncomics review :\ncomics review gets new publisher , incorporates dramatic strips .\n15 [ 090 jun 1984 ] n\ncomics scene 2000 :\nmeet the comics press : the overstreet comic book price guide ; comics scene 2000 .\n103 - 104 [ 226 aug 2000 ] r rich kreiner\ncorporate sponsorship of comics :\ncomics with a message .\n69 - 72 [ 061 win 1981 ] dale luciano\ndc comics :\ndc apologizes to con organizer .\n11 [ 112 nov 1986 ] n action comics # 596\neclipse comics :\neclipse pulls out of new age comics .\n29 - 30 [ 100 jul 1985 ] n\nerotic comics :\nsexual comics increase ; so do challenges .\n12 - 13 [ 137 sep 1990 ] n\neuropean comics :\ncalled to comics .\n62 - 77 [ 129 may 1989 ] i christin bilal luc pomerleau\nfirst comics :\nfirst comics sues marvel for anti - competition activities .\n8 [ 089 may 1984 ] n\nfrench comics :\ncalled to comics .\n62 - 77 [ 129 may 1989 ] i christin bilal luc pomerleau\nhorror comics :\nmy days in horror comics .\n88 - 96 [ 127 feb 1989 ] h alan hewitson\nknockabout comics :\nbob dunn dead at 80 .\n24 [ 127 sep 1990 ] n creator of knockabout comics\nlightning comics :\nquagmire accuses lightning comics of plagiarizing his cutey bunny .\n30 [ 114 feb 1987 ] n\nmarvel comics group :\nmarvel comics and bill mantlo settle contract disputes .\n12 [ 112 nov 1986 ] n\nnight force :\ncomics past , comics present .\n54 - 58 [ 077 nov 1982 ] r dale luciano\ntexas comics :\ntexas comics goes under : justice machine now homeless .\n13 [ 088 jan 1984 ] n\ncomics & games retailer :\nmeet the comics press .\n97 - 98 [ 242 apr 2002 ] column rich kreiner\ncomics iconoclasm :\ncomics iconoclasm : a catalog review .\n53 - 55 [ 122 jun 1988 ] r michael dooley\ncomics industry :\ncomics contracts : what the various companies offer .\n19 - 23 [ 113 dec 1986 ] n\ncorporate crime comics :\nthe fate of corporate crime comics .\n107 [ 092 aug 1984 ] i denis kitchen zzz\ndc comics :\ndc is dull comics .\n113 - 123 [ 061 win 1981 ] r . c . harvey\nlawsuits , comics journal :\nharlan ellison out of comics journal libel case .\n29 [ 069 dec 1981 ] n\nlawsuits , comics journal :\nbuckler drops comics journal libel suit .\n11 - 12 [ 093 sep 1984 ] n\nnew age comics :\neclipse pulls out of new age comics .\n29 - 30 [ 100 jul 1985 ] n\nwriting comics :\non writing for comics part three .\n132 - 138 [ 121 apr 1988 ] i alan moore\ncomics , current state : editorial on the current state of comics 6 - 7 [ 070 jan 1982 ] dwight r . decker\ncomics industry :\nthis business of comics , part two .\n72 - 92 [ 113 dec 1986 ] i ken jones\ncomics week :\ncomics week folds , four color up for sale .\n21 - 23 [ 118 dec 1987 ] n\ncourses in comics :\nhogarth , kane , kurtzman to teach comics art seminars .\n23 [ 067 oct 1981 ] n\ndisney comics :\nanother rainbow brings back disney comics under gladstone banner .\n17 - 18 [ 092 may 1985 ] n\nfirst comics :\nfirst comics to experiment with newsstand distribution this spring .\n14 - 15 [ 107 apr 1986 ] n\nforeign comics :\nmemoirs of a foreign comics fan .\n103 - 109 [ 094 oct 1984 ] dwight r . decker\nfrench comics :\nthe french comics scene , part two .\n19 - 27 [ 120 mar 1988 ] n jacques dutrey\ngerman comics , east :\ncomics in the german democratic republic .\n55 - 57 [ 045 mar 1979 ] paul thiel\nharvey comics :\nharvey sues marvel star comics : charges copyright infringement .\n23 - 24 [ 105 feb 1986 ] n\nindependent comics :\nit ' s so long for now .\n11 - 12 [ 140 feb 1991 ] n now comics\nlawsuits , marvel :\nfirst comics sues marvel comics for anti - competitive activities .\n8 [ 089 may 1984 ] n\nstate of comics :\ncomics fit to print .\n67 - 71 [ 130 jul 1989 ] r print magazine michael dooley\nworld color press :\nfirst comics sues marvel comics for anti - competitive activities .\n8 [ 089 may 1984 ] n\nwriting comics :\nalan moore on writing for comics part one .\n90 - 95 [ 119 jan 1988 ] alan moore\n[ i\u2019m hoping to make these kinds of entries into a series , so if you have any suggestions for the next topic , feel free to let me know ! a spotlight on asian comic book characters is next . ]\nchristian comics :\npropaganda comics : two views .\n93 - 97 [ 095 feb 1985 ] dwight r . decker bill sherman\ncomics buyer ' s guide :\ncomics buyer ' s guide rejects trident ad .\n11 - 12 [ 131 sep 1989 ]\ncomics journal :\ncomics journal publishes benefit comic to help cover legal expenses .\n20 - 21 [ 106 mar 1986 ] n\ncomics press :\nmeet the comics press : comic book artist .\n91 - 93 [ 225 jul 2000 ] r rich kreiner\ncomics scene :\nstarlog recognizes fan ' s claim to ' comics world ' title .\n27 [ 069 dec 1981 ] n\ndetective comics :\na defective detective .\n38 [ 084 sep 1983 ] l smithsonian reprint of detective comics # 27 gary dunaier\njapanese comics :\nexotic comics in a faraway land .\n59 - 60 [ 090 jun 1984 ] r manga ! adam philips\nlawsuits , comics journal :\nalan light sues gary groth and comics journal for libel .\n13 [ 089 may 1984 ] n\nmarvel comics group :\nharvey sues marvel star comics : charges copyright infringement .\n23 - 24 [ 105 feb 1986 ] n\npropaganda comics :\npropaganda comics : two views .\n93 - 97 [ 095 feb 1985 ] dwight r . decker bill sherman\nsmithsonian book of comic books :\ncomics past , comics present .\n54 - 58 [ 077 nov 1982 ] r dale luciano\nstorytelling :\ntoy comics , joy comics .\n51 - 58 [ 082 jul 1983 ] crystar , amethyst heidi d . macdonald\nwriting comics :\ngil kane and denny o ' niel on comics writing .\n61 - 79 [ 064 jul 1981 ] panel\nwriting comics :\non writing for comics part two .\n98 - 102 [ 120 mar 1988 ] i alan moore alan moore\nbatman :\ncomics past , comics present .\n54 - 58 [ 077 nov 1982 ] r batman # 349 - 351 dale luciano\ncomics buyer ' s guide :\nalan light sues gary groth and comics journal for libel .\n13 [ 089 may 1984 ] n\ncomics code :\ncourage before freelancers , cowardice before censorship .\n3 - 4 [ 128 apr 1989 ] e now comics gary groth\ncrystar , crystal warrior :\ntoy comics , joy comics .\n51 - 58 [ 082 jul 1983 ] r heidi d . macdonald\ndc comics :\ncomics in 1981 : another year for the road .\n51 - 53 [ 071 apr 1982 ] r gene phillips\ndc comics :\ndc aims to take a bite out of comics with piranha .\n13 - 14 [ 117 sep 1987 ] n\ni . w . comics :\ni . w . comics update .\n49 [ 065 aug 1981 ] l casey t . brennen\nitalian comics :\nwhen in rome . . . how do i get comics .\n24 [ 056 may 1980 ] l patrick gurabedian\nmarvel comics :\ncomics in 1981 : another year for the road .\n51 - 53 [ 071 apr 1982 ] r gene phillips\nmarvel comics group :\nmarvel comics demands an end to megaton man marvel parodies .\n12 - 14 [ 104 jan 1986 ] n\nscience fiction comics :\nthe lake isle : science fiction in the comics .\n103 - 104 [ 073 jul 1982 ] carter scholz\nwomen and the comics :\nmore sexism in comics .\n30 - 35 [ 104 jan 1986 ] r r . c . harvey\nwonder woman :\ncomics past , comics present .\n54 - 58 [ 077 nov 1982 ] r # 295 - 296 dale luciano\nadventure comics :\nadventure comics : something old , something new .\n30 - 31 [ 052 dec 1979 ] r # 467 ed via\nalternative comics :\nblack - and - white explosion slowing down according to comics distributors .\n26 - 27 [ 114 feb 1987 ] n\namethyst , princess of gemworld :\ntoy comics , joy comics .\n51 - 58 [ 082 jul 1983 ] r heidi d . macdonald\nbelgian comics :\nfranco - belgian comics : a success story .\n75 - 85 [ 105 feb 1986 ] t . f . mills\ncomics as art :\nare comics art . . . or craftwork .\n144 [ 121 apr 1988 ] e c . c . beck\ncomics medium : comicopia : more new historic beginnings for comics .\n115 - 120 [ 246 sept 2002 ] h r . c . harvey\ncomics scholarship : comicopia : more new historic beginnings for comics .\n115 - 120 [ 246 sept 2002 ] h r . c . harvey\ndanish comics :\ncomics : something that ' s not so rotten in denmark .\n256 - 257 [ 063 may 1981 ] peter hammer\ndc comics :\nmike barr fired from dc over letter he wrote to comics journal .\n24 - 25 [ 114 feb 1987 ] n\nec comics :\nthe life , death and resurrection of ec comics .\n47 - 51 [ 060 nov 1980 ] h r . fiore\nlawsuits , comics journal :\ncomics journal publishes benefit comic to help cover legal expenses .\n20 - 21 [ 106 mar 1986 ] n\nmarvel comics group :\ncomics in 1981 : the view from the curb .\n31 - 33 [ 071 apr 1982 ] r jan strnad\nnewave comics :\nboredom with mainstream comics spawns ' as - yet - unnamed ' cartoon movement .\n14 [ 089 may 1984 ] n\nsexism :\nmore sexism in comics .\n30 - 35 [ 104 jan 1986 ] r women and the comics r . c . harvey\ntwisted tales :\ncomics in the ec mold or just moldy comics .\n7 - 9 ? [ 090 jun 1984 ] r michael now\ncomics as art : comicopia : more new historic beginnings for comics .\n115 - 120 [ 246 sept 2002 ] h r . c . harvey\ncomics code :\ncomics code rejects saga of swamp thing tale ; swamp thing rejects code .\n12 - 13 [ 093 sep 1984 ] n\ndc comics :\ndc comics ' promotion and publicity department : is it doing its job properly .\n14 - 18 [ 095 feb 1985 ]\nfrench comics :\nfranco - belgian comics : a success story .\n75 - 85 [ 105 feb 1986 ] n t . f . mills\nitalian comics conventions , lucca :\nlucca : the greatest comics convention in the world .\n71 - 73 [ 076 oct 1982 ] rick marschall\nlawsuits , comics journal :\nrich buckler sues the comics journal and two of its writers for libel .\n13 [ 088 jan 1984 ] n\nmarvel comics group :\n' diamond ' symbol on non - returnable marvel comics to prevent dealer fraud .\n8 [ 047 jul 1979 ] n\nromance comics :\nan end to romance .\n30 - 32 [ 055 apr 1980 ] r best of dc romance comics richard e . howell\nunderground comix :\ndutch comics : as american as tulips and windmills .\n58 - 59 [ 037 dec 1977 ] r dutch comics bill sherman\ncomics buyer ' s guide :\ncomics buyer ' s guide advertisement criteria draw fire from advertisers .\n8 - 10 [ 091 jul 1984 ] n\ncomics industry :\nso far , so bad : the schlockification of the comics market .\n5 - 10 [ 140 feb 1991 ] e gary groth\ndrawing comics :\ngil kane on the evolution of comics artists and the state of the art .\n52 - 61 [ 075 sep 1982 ] panel\nplastic man :\nadventure comics : something old , something new .\n30 - 31 [ 052 dec 1979 ] r adventure comics # 467 ed via\npre - code comics :\nthe untold history of i . w . comics .\n118 - 119 [ 057 sum 1980 ] casey t . brennen\nstar man :\nadventure comics : something old , something new .\n30 - 31 [ 052 dec 1979 ] r adventure comics # 467 ed via\nthanks , lorinell ! you can read servant & lord for free on pop comics . tokyopop ' s affiliate company pop comics\u00ae is the place to discover amazing manga & comic creators - or join them by uploading comics of your own !\nwent away , so too did idie from the spotlight , and\u2014just like with hope\u2014it\u2019d be a shame for a character that had been so well developed to be lost to the sands of time . idie had become one of the most important members of the new era of\naids :\naids comics update .\n17 [ 143 jul 1991 ] n\nbrazil :\naids comics update .\n17 [ 143 jul 1991 ] n\nbritish comics :\nescape captured .\n27 [ 117 sep 1987 ] n\ncanada :\nmatrix comics folds .\n26 [ 126 jan 1986 ] n\ncensorship :\ncomics under fire .\n8 [ 042 oct 1978 ] n\ncharlton :\ncharlton comics suspends publication .\n18 [ 094 oct 1984 ]\ncomics journal :\neditorial .\n3 [ 024 apr 1976 ] e zzz\ncomics journal :\ndeclaration of principles .\n2 [ 029 oct 1976 ]\ncomputer comics :\nfull load .\n23 [ 084 sep 1983 ] n\ndanish comics :\nscandinavian superman .\n20 [ 139 dec 1990 ] n\ndc comics :\nnews watch .\n14 [ 029 oct 1976 ] n\ndc comics :\nnews watch .\nzzz [ 034 may 1977 ] n\ndc comics :\nmiller , evainer , wolfman discuss comics ' censorship ' with ellison on hour 25 .\n16 - 18 [ 115 apr 1987 ] n\ndrawing comics :\nwindows .\n9 - 11 [ 087 dec 1983 ]\ndutch comics :\ndutch comics : as american as tulips and windmills .\n58 - 59 [ 037 dec 1977 ] r dutch treat # 1 bill sherman\nelfquest :\ncomics into movies .\n22 [ 142 jun 1991 ] n\nfilms :\ncomics into movies .\n21 [ 137 sep 1990 ] n\nhomosexuals :\naids comics update .\n17 [ 143 jul 1991 ] n\ni . w . comics :\nthe untold history of i . w . comics .\n118 - 119 [ 057 sum 1980 ] casey t . brennen\nindependent comics :\nwither comico .\n12 [ 140 feb 1991 ] n\njapanese comics :\ncartoon contest .\n21 [ 137 sep 1990 ] n\njapanese comics :\ncensorship updates .\n12 [ 142 jun 1991 ] n\nmatrix :\nmatrix comics folds .\n26 [ 126 jan 1989 ] n\nmexican comics :\nabel quezada .\n24 [ 141 apr 1991 ] n\nmovies :\ncomics into movies .\n21 [ 137 sep 1990 ] n\nmovies :\ncomics into movies .\n22 [ 142 jun 1991 ] n\nnewspapers :\ncolumn covers comics .\n21 [ 140 feb 1991 ] n\npublishers :\nmatrix comics folds .\n26 [ 126 jan 1989 ] n\nreviews :\ncolumn covers comics .\n21 [ 140 feb 1991 ] n\nrevolutionary comics :\nrevolutionary protest .\n26 [ 141 apr 1991 ] n\nstate of comics :\ngil kane on the evolution of comics artists and the state of the art .\n52 - 61 [ 075 sep 1982 ] panel\nstate of comics :\ncost effectiveness and corner cutting in the comics game .\n127 - 128 [ 123 jul 1988 ] e c . c . beck\ntelevision :\ncomics on cable .\n22 [ 142 jun 1991 ] n\nwriting comics :\nwhy i can ' t write comics in the mighty marvel manner .\n102 - 104 [ 112 nov 1986 ] richard s . mcenroe\nby the early 1990s , the comics industry was amid the biggest boom of its history , driven by speculation and the availability of easy credit from comics distributors .\nfrancis urltoken - agnesgarbowska : girls read comics too - new blog . . .\nbelgian comics :\nfranco - belgian comics in the united states a chronology of the invasion .\n84 [ 105 feb 1986 ] h t . f . mills\nfrench comics :\nfranco - belgian comics in the united states a chronology of the invasion .\n84 [ 105 feb 1986 ] h t . f . mills\nmarvel comics group :\nwhy i can ' t write comics in the mighty marvel manner .\n102 - 104 [ 112 nov 1986 ] richard s . mcenroe\nloud & proud : 20 lgbtq + - inclusive comics for pride month by steve foxe , c . k . stewart & the paste comics crew june 21 , 2018\nargentine comics :\nleading argentine cartoonist murdered .\n23 [ 096 mar 1985 ]\nbamboo gang :\nrock club comics .\n24 [ 095 feb 1985 ] n\nbenefits :\ncomics joins charity band .\n25 [ 117 sep 1987 ] n\nbritish comics :\nbaxandale claim settled .\n25 [ 117 sep 1987 ] n\nchinese comics :\ntienanem square book .\n24 [ 141 apr 1991 ] n\ncomic strips :\ncapital comics crusade .\n25 [ 141 apr 1991 ] n\ncomics buyer ' s guide :\nso far , so bad : the schlockification of the comics market .\n5 - 10 [ 140 feb 1991 ] e gary groth\ncomics guild :\nbirth of the guild .\nzzz [ 042 oct 1978 ]\ncomics industry :\nindustry award nominations .\n40 [ 142 jun 1991 ] n\ncomics journal :\ntnj goes biweekly .\n3 [ 015 oct 1975 ] n\ncomics journal :\nobjectionable lack of consistency .\n19 [ 040 jun 1978 ]\ncomics journal :\nclosing arguments .\n129 - 142 [ 115 apr 1987 ]\ndc comics :\nmarketing survey completed .\n9 [ 042 oct 1978 ] n\ndc comics :\nsol harrison dead .\n14 [ 134 feb 1990 ] n\ndc comics :\ndynamic duo studios .\n21 [ 137 sep 1990 ] n\ndrawing comics :\npencillers .\n47 - 56 [ 091 jul 1984 ] panel\ndutch comics :\njoost swarte exhibition .\n23 [ 136 jul 1990 ] n\nec comics :\neditorial .\n6 [ 081 may 1983 ] e gary groth\nediting comics :\neditors .\n79 - 86 [ 091 jul 1984 ] panel\nfirst comics :\nfirst holding on .\n11 [ 143 jul 1991 ] n\nforeign comics :\ntienanem square book .\n24 [ 141 apr 1991 ] n\nfrench comics :\ntidbits from france .\n19 [ 119 jan 1988 ] n\nfunny ladies :\ncomics into movies .\n22 [ 142 jun 1991 ] n\ngerman comics :\nmiscellaneous news .\n18 [ 112 nov 1986 ] n 1840s\nindependent comics :\nfirst holding on .\n11 [ 143 jul 1991 ] n\ninternational salon of comics , animation , and illustration :\nlucca : the greatest comics convention in the world .\n71 - 73 [ 076 oct 1982 ] rick marschall\njapanese comics :\nkoremichi noma dies .\n12 [ 120 mar 1988 ] n\njudge dredd :\ncomics into movies .\n22 [ 142 jun 1991 ] n\nlaws :\nfrench laws to help comics .\n101 [ 089 may 1984 ]\nmarketing :\npublishing comics in bookstores .\n20 [ 100 jul 1985 ] n\nmedia :\ncomics on british tv .\n32 [ 122 jun 1988 ] n\nmilitary :\ncomics for the troops .\n20 [ 139 dec 1990 ] n\nomniverse :\ncomics interview .\n18 [ 123 jul 1988 ] n copies found\npachter , richard :\ncomics hotline .\n21 [ 140 feb 1991 ] n\nparents magazine :\ncomics under fire .\n8 [ 042 oct 1978 ] n\npostage stamps :\ncomics get posted .\n18 [ 119 jan 1988 ] n\nsubczinski , ed :\ncomics libraries .\n22 [ 140 feb 1991 ] n\nsuspended animation :\ncolumn covers comics .\n21 [ 140 feb 1991 ] n\ntelevision :\ncomics on british tv .\n32 [ 122 jun 1988 ] n\nvortex comics :\nhernandez brothers paid .\n22 [ 122 jun 1988 ] n\nwriting comics :\nwriters .\n57 - 65 [ 091 jul 1984 ] panel\n# 483 , the second krause ish .\ncomics\nwas added to the logo\ncomics up 15 % in 2012 , walking dead tops comic , gn . . .\nafrican comics : angolan comics :\nfrom slavery to freedom : a comic book from angola .\n60 - 61 [ 045 mar 1979 ] r from slavery to freedom zzz\ncomics code :\nvalues in comics : a discussion among howard chaykin , gary groth , gil kane , walt simonson .\n73 - 91 [ 099 jun 1985 ] panel\noverstreet price guide :\nmeet the comics press : the overstreet comic book price guide ; comics scene 2000 .\n103 - 104 [ 226 aug 2000 ] r rich kreiner\nall content copyright \u00a9 & trademarked tm 2018 image comics or their respective owners . image and its logos are \u00ae and \u00a9 2018 image comics , inc . all rights reserved .\naids :\naids comics abound .\n37 - 39 [ 130 jul 1989 ] n\narchie comics :\narchie cancels red circle imprint .\n13 [ 085 oct 1983 ]\nargentine comics :\nfrom hither and yon .\n26 [ 141 apr 1991 ] n\nawards , angouleme :\ncomics get posted .\n18 [ 119 jan 1988 ] n\nblamire , larry :\nrock club comics .\n24 [ 095 feb 1985 ] n\nbritish comics :\nbritish comics 2001 : year in review , part 2 ; still farting after all these years .\n32 - 35 [ 241 feb 2002 ] r paul gravett\ncanada :\nnew comics face canadian tariff .\n16 [ 112 nov 1986 ] n\ncanadian comics :\ndc announces separate canadian price .\n17 [ 074 aug 1982 ]\ncensorship :\ncensorship in comics .\n91 - 100 [ 077 nov 1982 ] panel\ncolorist :\nnovel explores comics world .\n19 [ 137 sep 1990 ] n zzz\ncomics guild :\nthe comics guild : a professional guild to protect the rights of visual creators : a report .\n15 - 17 [ 042 oct 1978 ] e gary groth\ncomics industry :\nfrom hither and yon .\n23 [ 142 jun 1991 ] n\ncomics informer :\nroots .\n99 - 100 [ 079 jan 1982 ] marilyn bethke\ncomics journal :\nmaking waves .\n5 [ 080 mar 1983 ] e gary groth\ndc comics :\ndc announces format change .\n8 [ 038 feb 1977 ] n\ndc comics :\ndc conducts marketing survey .\n10 [ 041 aug 1978 ] n\ndc comics :\nbatmobile designer wants credit .\n9 [ 120 mar 1988 ] n\ndc comics :\nownerous differences .\n24 [ 121 apr 1988 ] l mike friedrich\ndc comics :\ndc seeds upscale ads .\n22 [ 127 feb 1989 ] n\neclipse comics :\neclipse benefit book cancelled .\n24 [ 113 dec 1986 ] n\neclipse comics :\neclipse revives publishing strategy .\n17 [ 125 oct 1988 ] n\neditors :\nbob garcia joins first comics .\n34 [ 126 jan 1989 ] n\neternity comics :\neternity merges with aircel .\n19 [ 125 oct 1988 ] n\neuropean comics :\nwhere the europeans are .\n15 [ 106 mar 1986 ] n\nfirst comics :\na second look at first .\n31 [ 081 may 1983 ]\nfirst comics :\nfirst awaits court verdict .\n8 [ 121 apr 1988 ] n\nforeign comics :\nnewswatch world .\n129 - 131 [ 116 jul 1987 ] n\nfrench comics :\nnew look for circus .\n23 [ 123 jul 1988 ] n\nfrench comics :\namerican artists in paris .\n32 [ 125 oct 1988 ] n\nharvey comics :\nharvey sues over ghostbusters .\n18 [ 096 mar 1985 ] n\nhistories :\nbibliographic chart of war comics .\n109 [ 136 jul 1990 ] h\nindependent comics :\nfrom hither and yon .\n23 [ 143 jul 1991 ] n\ninnovation comics :\nfrom hither and yon .\n23 [ 143 jul 1991 ] n\nitalian comics :\neco and the duckman .\n21 [ 142 jun 1991 ] n\njaxon :\ncensorship in comics .\n91 - 100 [ 077 nov 1982 ] panel\nkirby , jack :\nkirby quits comics .\n7 [ 041 aug 1978 ] n\nliteracy :\nliteracy comics honored .\n33 - 34 [ 126 jan 1989 ] n\nmarketing :\ndark horse announces hit comics .\n30 [ 126 jan 1989 ] n\nmarvel comics group :\nmarvel editorial structure .\n10 [ 039 apr 1978 ] n\nmarvel comics group :\nmarvel fires gerber .\n7 [ 041 aug 1978 ] n\nmarvel comics group :\nlenny grow fired .\n15 [ 047 jul 1979 ] n\nmarvel comics group :\nkudos for galton .\n22 [ 140 feb 1991 ] n\nmarvel comics group :\nmarvel fan club .\n22 [ 143 jul 1991 ] n\nmedia :\nnetwork news spotlights comics favorably .\n11 [ 120 mar 1988 ] n\nmedia :\ncomics on cable in nyc .\n19 [ 139 dec 1990 ] n\nmedia :\ncapital comics crusade .\n25 [ 141 apr 1991 ] n washington post\nmedia :\ncomics in new york times .\n25 [ 141 apr 1991 ] n\nmexican comics :\ncontracts , mexican style .\n32 [ 137 sep 1990 ] n\nmuseums :\ncomics in galleries .\n15 - 16 [ 123 jul 1988 ] n\nnovels :\nnovel explores comics world .\n19 [ 137 sep 1989 ] n zzz\nnow comics :\nnow cover art missing .\n16 [ 125 oct 1988 ] n\nnow comics :\nschiller ' s story .\n13 [ 127 feb 1989 ] n\nrelevancy :\nrelevancy in comics .\n52 - 59 [ 068 nov 1981 ] panel\nrock and roll :\nrock club comics .\n24 [ 095 feb 1985 ] n\nsuperhero :\nreassessing comics .\n88 - 93 [ 101 aug 1985 ] randy reynoldo\ntsr :\ntsr puts comics on hold .\n16 [ 143 jul 1991 ] n\nvaliant comics :\nvaliant vs . valiant .\n16 [ 138 oct 1990 ] n\nvance , michael :\ncolumn covers comics .\n21 [ 140 feb 1991 ] n\nvietnam :\nbibliographic chart of war comics .\n109 [ 136 jul 1990 ] h\nvortex comics :\nvortex sponsors art scholarship .\n24 [ 111 sep 1986 ] n\nvortex comics :\nfrom hither and yon .\n26 [ 141 apr 1991 ] n\nswiss comics :\neuro - comics for beginners : what i did on my summer vacation , part 1 : switzerland .\n105 - 110 [ 248 nov 2002 ] column bart beaty\nthis week is bisexual awareness week , a campaign that seeks to accelerate acceptance of the bisexual community . bi visibility in fiction is an important part of that effort , as bisexual people are often marginalized or ignored in fictional worlds . thankfully there are a growing number of bisexual characters in comics today , so to celebrate # biweek , we asked our writers ; which bisexual characters do you think deserve a bigger spotlight ?\naids :\ncomics promote safe sex .\n22 - 23 [ 123 jul 1988 ] n\nalternative comics :\nthe rozz tox manifesto .\n81 [ 141 apr 1991 ] gary panter\narchie comics :\narchie founder sues archie enterprises .\n21 [ 118 dec 1987 ] n\narchie comics :\narchie the 13th .\n7 [ 142 jun 1991 ] e gary kell\nbad comics :\ncaterwaul .\n72 - 73 [ 141 apr 1991 ] r brian coley\nbrenda starr :\ncomics into movies .\n21 [ 137 sep 1990 ] n brooke shields\nbyrne , john :\nmarvel comics .\n102 - 104 [ 077 nov 1982 ] panel\ncensorship :\ncomics code rejects daredevil story .\n8 - 9 [ 057 sum 1980 ]\ncensorship :\nkitchen comics banned in two countries .\n11 [ 071 apr 1982 ] n\ncensorship :\ncomics on trial .\n85 - 86 [ 133 dec 1989 ] john miller\nclassics illustrated :\nfirst comics revives classics illustrated .\n12 [ 120 mar 1988 ] n\ncomics buyer ' s guide :\neditorial .\n3 [ 024 apr 1976 ] e zzz\ncomics code :\nbitter harvest .\n87 - 96 [ 085 oct 1983 ] jan strnad\ncomics industry :\nhard - working people .\n97 [ 104 jan 1986 ] steve schanes\ncomics industry :\npigeonholing .\n96 - 97 [ 106 mar 1986 ] e dean mullaney\ncomics industry :\nslave labor debuts trade journal .\n16 [ 112 nov 1986 ] n\ncomics industry :\ngraphic novels receive bookstore attention .\n27 [ 116 jul 1987 ] n\ncomics journal :\neditorial .\n2 - 4 [ 028 sep 1976 ] e gary groth\ncomics journal :\nanother relentlessly elitist editorial .\n7 [ 055 apr 1980 ] kim thompson\ncomics journal :\nnotice from the editors .\n19 [ 059 oct 1980 ] n fleisher\ncomics journal :\nblurred image .\n106 - 107 [ 077 nov 1982 ] marilyn bethke\ncomics journal :\njournal writer dies in fall .\n20 [ 110 aug 1986 ] n\ncomics journal :\nnotes on the testimony .\n63 [ 115 apr 1987 ] gary groth\ncomics kingdom :\na hatchet job .\n38 [ 118 dec 1987 ] l jay disbrow\ncomics legends :\nupdate : canadian obscenity bust .\n14 [ 123 jul 1988 ] n\ncomics legends :\ncanadian shop loses obscenity case .\n25 [ 126 jan 1989 ] n\ncomputer comics :\ntechnocomics .\n94 - 96 [ 101 aug 1985 ] e mike gold\ncriticism :\ncomics and their critics .\n7 [ 040 jun 1978 ] e gary groth\ndark horse :\ndark horse announces hit comics .\n30 [ 126 jan 1989 ] n\ndc comics :\ncomic stop light .\n8 [ 021 feb 1 1976 ] stephen barrington\ndc comics :\ndc wins singing telegram suit .\n24 [ 096 mar 1985 ] n\ndc comics :\ndc withholds art .\n22 [ 112 nov 1986 ] l judith hunt\ndc comics :\ndc withholds art .\n22 [ 114 feb 1987 ] l greg huneryager\ndc comics :\ndc sweeps kirby award nominations .\n26 [ 116 jul 1987 ] n\ndc comics :\nwhat dick said .\n24 [ 121 apr 1988 ] l steven grant\ndc comics :\nscrewed by dc .\n25 [ 121 apr 1988 ] l roger slifer\ndealers :\ncomics dealer protests latest price increase .\n11 [ 068 nov 1981 ] n\ndefalco , tom :\nmarvel comics .\n102 - 104 [ 077 nov 1982 ] panel\ndell comics :\ndell starts graphic novel series .\n21 [ 141 apr 1991 ] n\ndeluxe comics\nsinging for his rent .\n37 [ 111 sep 1986 ] l terry boerner\ndrawing comics :\nexaggerated realism .\n107 - 110 [ 102 sep 1985 ] mike barrier\neclipse comics :\npigeonholing .\n96 - 97 [ 106 mar 1986 ] e dean mullaney\neditors :\narchie comics hires carbonaro as editor .\n15 [ 075 sep 1982 ] n\nfilms :\nperiod films use comics as props .\n23 [ 095 feb 1985 ] n\nfilms :\nmore films from comics up ahead .\n24 [ 096 mar 1985 ] n\nforeign comics :\nscreaming metal .\n58 - 84 [ 094 oct 1984 ] bhob stewart\nfrench comics :\nmetal hurlant folds .\n23 - 24 [ 117 sep 1987 ] n\nfrench comics :\nthe paperback revolution .\n21 - 22 [ 123 jul 1988 ] n\nfrench comics :\nspirov turns 50 .\n31 - 32 [ 125 oct 1988 ] n\ngold key :\nbold key comics line discontinued .\n17 [ 053 win 1980 ] n\ngwendoline :\nerotic comics classic now on film .\n24 [ 095 feb 1985 ] n\nharvey comics :\nharvey veteran lenny herman dies .\n21 [ 087 dec 1983 ] n\nhollywood :\nperiod films use comics as props .\n23 [ 095 feb 1985 ] n\nhong kong :\nhong kong comics invade america .\n6 [ 120 mar 1988 ] n\nindependent comics :\nassorted news and notes .\n22 [ 117 sep 1987 ] n ipca\nindependent comics quarterly :\nfrom hither and yon .\n23 [ 143 jul 1991 ] n\ninternational comics :\nscreaming metal .\n58 - 84 [ 094 oct 1984 ] bhob stewart\njapanese comics :\nsamuri superstrips .\n91 - 94 [ 094 oct 1984 ] vern grant\njapanese comics :\nlum creator has another hit .\n23 [ 123 jul 1988 ] n\njapanese comics :\nosamu tezuka dead at 62 .\n22 [ 127 feb 1989 ] n\njapanese comics :\njapanese murders influenced by manga .\n12 [ 134 feb 1990 ] n\njapanese comics :\nviz vs . toren smith .\n20 [ 139 dec 1990 ] n\nkalish , carol :\nmarvel comics .\n102 - 104 [ 077 nov 1982 ] panel\nlawsuits , comics journal :\nclosing arguments .\n129 - 142 [ 115 apr 1987 ]\nmarvel comics group :\nbullpen bull .\n62 [ 043 dec 1978 ] q scott edelman\nmarvel comics group :\nmarvel forms film studios .\n10 [ 058 sep 1980 ] n\nmarvel comics group :\nthe marvel artwork release .\n16 [ 116 jul 1987 ] n\nmarvel comics group :\nmarvel plans anniversary book .\n12 [ 120 mar 1988 ] n\nmarvel comics group :\nfirst awaits court verdict .\n8 [ 121 apr 1988 ] n\nmarvel comics group :\nrevlon chairman buys marvel .\n20 [ 126 jan 1989 ] n\nmarvel comics group :\namy grant sues marvel .\n13 [ 136 jul 1990 ] n\nmarvel comics group :\nnew leaders at marvel .\n12 [ 139 dec 1990 ] n\nmedia :\ncomics step slowly into computer age .\n20 [ 140 feb 1991 ] n\nmiller , frank :\nmarvel comics .\n102 - 104 [ 077 nov 1982 ] panel\nmuseums :\nnew york whitney museum showcases comics .\n20 [ 084 sep 1983 ] n\nmuseums :\ncomics exhibit at the goethe institute .\n23 [ 136 jul 1990 ] n\nnow comics :\neditorial direction lacking at now .\n9 [ 127 feb 1989 ] n\nnow comics :\ni almost puked .\n33 [ 129 may 1989 ] l ken holewczynski\npacific comics :\npacific suspends operations .\n8 - 10 [ 093 sep 1984 ] n\nretailers :\ncapitol city launches advance comics zine .\n25 [ 125 oct 1988 ] n\nrevolutionary comics :\ntruth and loren .\n26 [ 139 dec 1990 ] l dennis worden\nrevolutionary comics :\ntruth and loren .\n26 [ 139 dec 1990 ] l allen salyer\nrock and roll :\ncopyright troubles for revolutionary comics .\n9 [ 134 feb 1990 ]\nsamuri comics :\nsamuri superstrips .\n91 - 94 [ 094 oct 1984 ] vern grant\nsci - fi channel :\ncomics on cable .\n22 [ 142 jun 1991 ] n\nsecond genesis :\nsecond genesis leaves comics distribution .\n9 [ 138 oct 1990 ] n\nviolence :\ncomics on trial .\n85 - 86 [ 133 dec 1989 ] john miller\nwestern publishing :\nwestern publishing resumes printing comics .\n19 [ 079 jan 1982 ] n\nwriting comics :\nexaggerated realism .\n107 - 110 [ 102 sep 1985 ] mike barrier\nzzz\non creating comics .\n27 - 28 [ 087 dec 1983 ] l howard cruse\ncopyright \u00a9 1996 - 2018 lone star comics inc . character images copyright \u00a9 their respective owners .\neuropean comics , switzerland :\neuro - comics for beginners : what i did on my summer vacation , part 1 : switzerland .\n105 - 110 [ 248 nov 2002 ] column bart beaty\nrob liefeld is a comics industry legend , fan - favorite , and one of the original founders of image comics . his creations dominate the cosplay circuit , and his signings always draw huge crowds .\n1990 :\ncomics business faces uncertain future .\n15 - 17 [ 140 feb 1991 ] n\nadult comics :\ndrawing the line .\n109 - 122 [ 138 oct 1990 ] buddy saunders\nalternative comics :\nthe cadaver derby letters .\n31 - 34 [ 102 sep 1985 ] ls\narchie comics :\nriverdale high revisited .\n68 - 70 [ 099 jun 1985 ] adam philips\narchie comics :\narchie co - founder silberkleit dies .\n19 [ 108 may 1986 ] n\nargentine comics :\nargentine cartoonist copi dies of aids .\n25 [ 122 jun 1988 ] n\naustralia :\naustralian tv show features comics review segment .\n18 [ 129 may 1989 ] n\nbarks , carl :\nread comics art .\n31 [ 142 jun 1991 ] l donna barr\nbritish comics :\nall change at fleetway .\n44 - 45 [ 130 jul 1989 ] n\nbritish comics :\nbritish correspondence .\n36 - 37 [ 132 nov 1989 ] l brad broobs\ncapital city :\ncapital city launches advance comics zine .\n25 [ 125 oct 1988 ] n\ncensorship :\nratings and standards in comics .\n15 - 17 [ 118 dec 1987 ] n\ncensorship :\ncomics legends obscenity case in appeal .\n35 - 36 [ 130 jul 1989 ]\ncensorship :\nadult comics seized in florida .\n9 - 10 [ 139 dec 1990 ] n\ncensorship :\nmature comics struggle to survive in britain .\n19 [ 141 apr 1991 ] n\ncensorship :\ncatalogs restrict adult comics listings .\n13 - 14 [ 142 jun 1991 ] n\nclothing :\ndc hires clothes designer for comics line .\n13 [ 077 nov 1982 ] n\ncomic strips :\nerotic comics classic now on film .\n24 [ 095 feb 1985 ] n\ncomico :\ncomics companies reborn in chicago .\n9 - 10 [ 142 jun 1991 ] n\ncomics art :\nchalk talk .\n63 - 73 [ 226 aug 2000 ] i john buscema\ncomics buyer ' s guide :\ntnj goes biweekly .\n3 [ 015 oct 1975 ] n\ncomics buyer ' s guide :\neditorial .\n6 [ 081 may 1983 ] e gary groth\ncomics code :\ncmaa markets to newsstand .\n19 - 22 [ 130 jul 1989 ] n\ncomics f / x :\nnewsletter news .\n25 - 26 [ 141 apr 1991 ] n\ncomics grammar :\nvisual vivisectors .\n25 - 29 [ 048 aug 1979 ] r gary groth\ncomics guild :\nwhat do the fans think .\n18 - 20 [ 042 oct 1978 ]\ncomics industry :\ncomic chameleon .\n91 - 94 [ 106 mar 1986 ] e scott edelman\ncomics journal :\neditorial .\n1 - 2 + [ 027 jul 1976 ] e gary groth\ncomics journal :\nthe testimony of gary groth .\n119 - 128 [ 115 apr 1987 ]\ncomics journal :\nthe disposition of dean mullaney .\n65 - 73 [ 115 apr 1987 ]\ncomics journal :\nthe testimony of jim shooter .\n75 - 107 [ 115 apr 1987 ]\ncomics legends :\ncanadian comic shop busted .\n13 - 14 [ 118 dec 1987 ] n\ncomics legends :\nstrict obscenity law proposed in canada .\n10 [ 125 oct 1988 ] n\ncomplete crumb comics :\ncrumb book banned in britain .\n12 [ 142 jun 1991 ] n\ncomputer comics :\ncomputer - generated comic to premiere .\n20 [ 095 feb 1985 ] n\ncounterfeit comics :\ncounterfeit cerebus # 1s flood market .\n12 [ 073 jul 1982 ] n\ncriticism :\ncomics and genre literature .\n127 - 133 [ 130 jul 1989 ] harvey pekar\ndaredevil :\ncomics code rejects daredevil story .\n8 - 9 [ 057 sum 1980 ] n\ndc comics :\ndc licenses properties to alternative publishers .\n13 [ 050 oct 1979 ] n\ndc comics :\ndc initiates new art return system .\n25 [ 105 feb 1986 ] n\ndc comics :\ndc guidelines spawn reaction .\n16 - 22 [ 114 feb 1987 ] n\ndc comics :\ndc changes labeling policy .\n11 - 12 [ 117 sep 1987 ] n\ndc comics :\ndick giordano .\n70 - 86 [ 119 jan 1988 ] i gary groth\ndc comics :\njohn byrne quits superman .\n12 - 13 [ 121 apr 1988 ] n\ndc comics :\nnew contracts at dc .\n11 - 13 [ 125 oct 1988 ] n\ndc comics :\nfrom hither and yon . . .\n23 [ 142 jun 1991 ] n\ndc comics :\nfrom hither and yon .\n23 [ 143 jul 1991 ] n tv commercial\ndc comics , implosion :\nthe new dc line .\n6 [ 041 aug 1978 ] n\ndc comics presents :\ngreat fun .\n53 [ 064 jul 1981 ] r # 34 zzz\ndefalco , tom :\ncensorship in comics .\n91 - 100 [ 077 nov 1982 ] panel"]}
{"id": 54223, "summary": [{"text": "a discount store is a retail store which sells products at prices that are lower than the typical market value .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "a \" full-line discount store \" or \" mass merchandiser \" may offer a wide assortment of goods with a focus on price rather than service , display , or wide choice - such as aldi and lidl ; a \" speciality \" , \" single line \" , or \" category killer \" discount store may specialize in specific merchandise such as jewelry , electronic equipment , or electrical appliances , relying on bulk purchase and efficient distribution to keep down cost - such as toys \" r \" us and staples .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "discount stores are not variety stores , which sell goods at a single price-point or multiples thereof ( \u00a3 1 , $ 2 , etc. ) .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "discount stores differ from variety stores in that they sell many name-brand products , and because of the wide price range of the items offered .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "following world war ii , a number of retail establishments in the u.s. began to pursue a high-volume , low-profit-margin strategy designed to attract price-conscious consumers .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "this strategy has received renewed interest from retailers and customers alike stemming from the great recession that began in 2007 that forced buyers to revisit the approach to the products they wanted .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "currently aldi , the largest retailer in the world ( planet retail ranking ; june 2014 ) , operates more than 10,121 discount stores worldwide . ", "topic": 7}], "title": "discount store", "paragraphs": ["current use has tended to translate its meaning into that of a discount store .\n1965 - the dayton company opened the first mass market discount store called target .\npickup discount - order online , pick up in store for even lower prices .\nhanding them over , he said , was not like buying items in a discount store .\nthe term general merchandise store is also used to describe a hybrid of a department store , with a wide selection of goods , and a discount store , with low prices .\na large\nout of town discount store\n\u2014as it is described\u2014carried out an opinion poll .\nour courts ought not to be a kind of discount store \u2014commit two crimes and get one free .\nprices for these items tend to be higher than they would be at a supermarket or discount store .\nmango outlet - 12 photos - discount store - bah\u00e7elievler 7 . cad . , ankara , turkey - yelp\nno matter what you are looking for from kitchenware to pets , choice the discount store have what you need .\nif you don ' t qualify for an apple education store discount , we ' d recommend instead checking out the apple refurbished store , which is available to everyone .\nour hive store has now moved to victoria garden shopping centre . come and check out our new store !\nhe held various positions in the company , and urged the company to take advantage of the emerging discount store market .\ni was wondering if there was any hard discount store in the area , such as aldi , lidl , etc .\npenny , a german discount supermarket chain , has launched its first online store . the discount grocery store enables consumers to order select non - food items online , as well as 30 different types of wine , sparkling wine and other spirits .\ni noticed in one of the local discount stores this weekend that aerosol sprays are being sold at a heavy discount\u2014six for \u00a31 .\nfrench retailer carrefour has opened its first superco discount store in italy , located in trofarello near turin , reports la repubblica .\nwelcome to dickies outlet store . we are new zealand ' s only official outlet store for dickies clothin . . .\nothers who bought the items\u2014perhaps honestly ; perhaps at a discount store \u2014could be brought within the provisions of clauses 41 to 46 .\nnewly started soft discount stores , soon to become main competitors as the second discount system in iran , number of sku\u2019s are about 1200 .\nthe concept was simple , a clean and well - lit neighborhood discount store , located in low - to - middle income areas .\n1900s - the first stein mart store was opened by russian immigrant sam stein . the store sold general merchandise until 1932 . there was just one stein mart store until 1977 when the store was duplicated in other locations , and the chain expanded rapidly .\ndon quijote , a popular japanese discount chain store , is opening its first south - east asian outpost in singapore ' s orchard area .\nif you ' re a student , teacher or lecturer , you can save loads of money by taking advantage of apple ' s education discount . here , we show you how to get an student discount from apple ' s uk education store or apple ' s us education store .\nworn , second - hand merchandise in a discount store is used as a metaphor for a woman emotionally damaged by an ill - fated relationship .\n1879 - frank woolworth opened a discount variety store in lancaster , pennsylvania in june 1879 . his initial $ 300 investment was borrowed from a friend .\ngiant tiger is a chain of more than 200 discount department stores located across canada . the company doubled its store base since 2000 . it ' s the largest discount store chain in canada after walmart . giant tiger ' s president & coo held the same position at zellers before joining the company .\nthe ability to provide daily needed products and fresh products at the same time , this type of store is something between hyper markets and discount stores .\ndeep discount grocery retailers are certainly reaping the benefits of having a robust store - brand presence within their stores . with consumers taking three times more trips including store - brand purchases to deep discount grocery stores compared to other channels , like mass merchandise or dollar stores , opportunity for growth should only continue to rise .\nthis is a partner - managed nike store . urltoken orders can ' t be returned in this store . different policies and procedures may apply accordingly .\nthe centre is modern and uninteresting , with a school , supermarket , petrol station , a couple of pizza restaurants , a handelsbanken bank and a discount store .\na no frills discount store popular in the 1970s that allowed the customers to mark their own prices with a grease pencil as well as bag their own groceries .\ntefal outlet - discount store - osmana\u011fa mah . bahariye cad . no : 38 / a , osmana\u011fa mh . , istanbul , turkey - phone number - yelp\nyou can also get a small discount on ipads from the education store . apple offers up to \u00a359 off the ipad pro , ipad and ipad mini 4 . take a closer look at the prices in apple ' s uk education store here .\ncharity shops and discount stores have replaced them , if they aren ' t boarded over .\nwhat follows is the comparison of the world ' s largest discount chains , according to annual revenue figures compiled the deloitte - touche tohmatsu 2016 global powers of retailing report . comparisons can be made between different discount chains in different countries . the 2010 largest discount chains rankings are also included to show the upward or downward progress each largest discount retail chain has made ,\nright now they have one hyper market in tabriz , 120 open discount stores in tehran .\nit\u2019s not a discount grocery store , but i really liked shopping at edeka in bavaria last summer . great selection ( but similarly abrupt service at the checkout ! ) .\nthousands flocked to the store last friday and emptied the shelves in just minutes .\nstore that sells new items five dollars or below . i tend not to trust these kind of store because i had the mindset that the products sold here were\ndollar store ? ? ? this place looked really empty sparsely filled shelves . no\u2026\n1964 - the first consumer value store ( cvs ) selling discount health and beauty products were opened by ralph hoagland and sid / stanley goldstein . the cvs name was used for the first time in 1969 when the discount retail chain was acquired by the melville corporation .\nlooking at a global comparison of the world ' s largest discount store chains in 2016 , it seems that discount retailing is dominated by european retailers in germany , denmark , and portugal . but taking a closer look , it ' s obvious that there are some big names in discount retailing - notably walmart - missing from the world ' s largest discounters list .\n. . . a growing number of shoppers who buy both food and fuel at discount stores .\na store that sells much of its merchandise at a price below the usual price .\nthe first discount stores appeared in 1970 ' s and were specialty stores selling home appliances or eye - wear at low prices . since then , this type of retailer has undergone substantial development . large - scale discount stores selling a wide range of products started business in the 1990 ' s . nationwide discount store chains promoting super - low prices became popular and created a boom .\n1962 - the first dress barn store opened in stamford , ct by roslyn jaffe with a focus on selling wear - to - work designer style women ' s clothing at discount prices .\nthe chain first opened in 1989 in japan , and is known for being a one - stop convenience discount store that keeps to late hours , with some stores even operating 24 / 7 .\n1962 - the first store with the wal - mart name opened in rogers , arkansas .\n1991 - the first designer shoe warehouse ( dsw ) store opened in dublin , ohio .\npurchases from the apple store for education individuals are not for institutional purchase or resale .\nour new store is located at 1230 karl ct . ste . a in wauconda illinois .\na quick look at their website also showcases differently - designed mascots for different store locations .\nlooking at the history of discount retailing in the u . s . , the retailing shift to a discount pricing model taken hold in full force in the u . s . during the baby boom era .\nmost apple customers aren ' t aware of the education store , or don ' t think it applies to them . this is a mistake because apple throws the education net quite wide , and chances are you can easily pick up a mac from the education store and get the discount .\nbut what i meant was , could i go to a discount store and buy quality goods ( ie . calvin klein fitted sheets for 15eur . . . yes it is that cheap ! ) .\n1946 - polish immigrant max kohl opened kohl ' food stores in milwaukee , wi , which grew to be a 50 - store chain before it was purchased by the great atlantic & pacific tea company . it wasn ' t until 1962 that max kohl opened the first kohls discount department store .\nare offering the machine for $ 44 , a discount of 12 % on the rrp of $ 50 .\nwalmart has stores in 50 states and puerto rico offering low prices on the broadest assortment of products through a variety of formats including the supercenter , discount store and neighborhood market . learn more about our locations .\nstudents , teachers and lecturers can buy cheap macs direct from the apple store for education , or get a 50 % cheaper subscription to apple music . here ' s how to get your apple student discount .\nit is worth noting that included in this list are only retail chains that are strictly classified as\ndiscount .\nfor instance , although the world ' s largest retail chain - walmart - happens to be a retail discount chain , it is considered to be a\nhypermarket ,\nwhich is a separate retailing category , so it will not appear on this\ndiscount\nretailers list . discount department stores like target are also excluded .\ntrade - in your old laptop , tablet , games console or mobile and get up to \u00a3400 towards your new devices with microsoft store , plus get an extra \u00a325 to spend on microsoft store .\nhe shops in discount stores and says he has a wide circle of friends who often invite him to dinner .\nthe new store offers fresh produce , a deli , grill , bakery , and butcher counter . technically , supeco is described as a ' soft discount ' store because there is a wider range of products ( 6 , 300 ) on the shelves , including low - priced items and branded products sold in bulk .\nmeijer : all turkeys are 50 % off for customers who spend an additional $ 20 or more in the store . with the discount , the price of a meijer frozen turkey runs as low as 52\u00a2 a pound .\naccording to their previous cfo , mr . le roux , iran has great potential for super markets and discount markets ,\nshahrvand claims to have following services : discount , grocery , convenience stores , cash and carry and hyper markets , this claim comes from the different sells area square meters , the small stores are considered as discount or grocery and etc .\nyou can save hundreds on a macbook , macbook air , macbook pro , imac or imac with retina 5k display when purchased with applecare via the uk apple education store here or the us education store here .\napple is keen to make inroads into the education market , and students are a big market for the company . to this end apple has an entire separate education store that offers a hefty discount on mac computers and ipads .\nwalmart pay - pay for store purchases directly from your mobile device , all without reaching for your wallet .\n, three key factors that make this bargain store a prime destination for any shopper on a tight budget .\nbe the first to know about the latest products , competitions and events we have in store each month .\nyou can get all the details of our stores with locations and contact details for all of our choice the discount stores .\nthe reason why walmart and some other globally familiar discount retail brands are missing is that while they sell discounted merchandise , they are primarily classified another way . walmart , for example , is classified as a hypermarket . and while most of the world ' s largest hypermarkets are also discount stores , the largest retail chains strictly classified as\ndiscount\nare not hypermarkets .\nhave anything to add to our love - song to germany\u2019s discount grocery stores ? share with us in the comments section .\nchristmas is in full swing here at choice kenmore . our novelty singing and dancing christmas hat will surely want to make you\nscream and shout ,\nfor a great low price of $ 14 . 99 . choice the discount store\ndiscount grocery stores certainly have their strengths and weaknesses ; sometimes you just get what you pay for . while suffering from a cold when on vacation in southern germany i purchased an inexpensive box of facial tissue ironically called \u201csoft\u201d at a discount grocery store . i subsequently joked that \u201csoft\u201d could be used as german slang for \u201csandpaper\u201d as there was nothing \u2018soft\u2019 about \u201csoft\u201d .\nkorvette is a 72 - store retail chain that operates only in quebec . they are not related with the former\nthe store stocks costumes which harks to japan ' s cosplay culture , ranging from funny to the downright bizarre .\nonline discount shop trades a collection of products including homewares , online clothes shopping australia , kids clothing australia , electronics , online dress shops australia , health and beauty , sports and more . we are glad to be your department shop for discount shopping australia .\nsupeco has taken the place of a carrefour hypermarket that the retailer closed at the beginning of the year . following negotiations with trade unions , however , carrefour decided in april to convert the property to a 1 , 500 square metre discount store .\nstudents , parents , teachers and their families can save 10 % on select products from microsoft store . products eligible for the academic discount have a special student price below the standard price . click ' check now ' for quick and simple verification .\nsuper cute store in lisbon near where we were staying . great prices & selection for women & men ! read more\nps . if by\ndiscount store\nyou mean\noutlet store\n, then that stuff is mostly all made for outlet . even in america you get what you pay for , it ' s just that you pay less to start with for various micro - and macroeconomic reasons . also , you may be confusing\nquality\nwith\nbrand name\n.\nmusicians discount store is a small family operated business which has been involved in the music industry for over 10 years . we pride ourselves on supplying the highest quality products at the lowest possible prices , as well as giving our customers a very wide variety of products to choose from . while musicians discount store focuses on musical related products , we also offer a variety of other products , including , pro audio , video game accessories , home audio / visual , novelties , and much more . no matter if you are an accomplished musician or a beginner , musicians discount store has a product for you at a very affordable price . if you don ' t see a product that you are interested in , just ask us , as we probably have it . our motto at musicians discount store is that a happy customer is a customer for life . musicians discount store is always happy to help with any questions or concerns you may have , so that you can feel 100 % comfortable with your purchase . we will stand behind every product we sell and make sure you have a great experience with us . we truly believe that referrals are key to any successful business and we know that making your experience a great one , will lead to your endorsement .\nsince sam walton opened his first discount store in rogers , ark . , in 1962 , we ' ve built hundreds across the u . s . smaller than a supercenter , discount stores employ about 200 associates and offer electronics , apparel , toys , home furnishings , health and beauty aids , hardware and more in about 106 , 000 square feet of open , brightly lit space .\nthere ' s no question that luxury brands sold in discount stores experience some brand damage because they lose a little of their exclusivity .\nin quebec were a discount chain owned by the oshawa group . the 51 towers - bonimart stores were acquired by zellers in 1990 .\ntook over many wise and peoples locations . today , hart ' s is an independent division of hartco and has another discount brand :\nto qualify for the student discount , you ' ll need to prove that you ' re enrolled at an eligible university or college .\nchain although the name was directly inspired from the u . s . chain ' s . they have small discount stores in rural towns .\nat discount stores you can buy a wide variety of products from daily necessities , clothing , food , home appliances , toys , to cosmetics at cheaper prices than other general retail stores . discount stores are convenient place to shop if you want to buy inexpensive and varied products .\n, but the discount market chain plans to move on to setting up its own cellular network in the future , according to the report .\ngermany\u2019s first discount outlet store was built 6 miles west of berlin . they sell over 100 international designer clothes and accessories from prada , tommy hilfiger , adidas , dolce & gabbana , versace , gucci , mango , nike , replay , levis , and burberry .\nwas a discount store chain created by tthe steinberg ' s supermarket chain . they opened stores near almost every steinberg ' s supermarkets or in shopping centers the company owned . in 1987 , the chain was renamed m in an effort to change it ' s image .\none channel worth focusing on is deep discounters that offer value and heavy discounts ( not including dollar stores ) . for many retailers , but particularly deep discount retailers , store brands ( also referred to as private label ) play a strategic role for winning over shoppers from other channels . compared to other major retail channels , deep discounters have more than twice the store - brand share of dollars .\na discount sale at a supermarket resembled something of a battleground as shoppers engaged in brutal fights in a bid to get their hands on bargains .\nhere are germany ' s most popular discount and designer outlets where you can shop and save to your heart ' s content . happy hunting !\n- squishies - now in store . check them out . . . before they run out . # squishies # latestcraze # stressrelief\nshe said they\u2019ve also taken big steps to review and redesign not only their online presence , but their in - store experience .\ncarrefour plans to open another supeco store in borgomanero near novara and , again , the new opening will replace a carrefour hypermarket .\na highly competitive german grocery store called lidl has taken over europe , and now it ' s planning to target the us .\nthe savings on the ipad in the us education store are quite small at up to $ 20 . take a closer look at the\nhere ) but since i was surprised at how nice this place was i took the time to walk around the store . i ended\u2026\ndiscount chain dollarama ended its year on a high note , by all accounts , with profits and sales in the third quarter up from a year ago .\nshoppers at the newest giant tiger store in barrie , ont . , are keen to find bargains on brand name products . ( cbc )\nfor customers of the store . from the 3rd august customers can now make greater savings by stocking up on more items currently selling for only\nsave an additional \u00a348 on surface pro i5 / 28gb with education discount . click ' check now ' link on the product page for quick and simple verification .\nin a typical discount store the products are packed onto the shelves . one famous chain store puts many products on the floor , making the path for customers narrow and complicated . they often display cards called pop next to products . staff members write product prices and descriptions , as well as their recommendations on the pop cards by hand . the pop cards feature unique designs and fonts . some stores hire professional artists to create their pop cards .\nshoppers like afable and ferguson are driving a boom in discount retail . giant tiger \u2014 better known in rural and suburban canada than it is in big cities \u2014 will add 10 to 15 stores this year , with more to come . meanwhile , costco is midway through a seven - store expansion . and the biggest of them all , dollarama , is adding 60 to 70 new locations this year to its 1 , 000 - store national network .\nso try your local aldi store today - you might walk in to do the grocery shopping and walk out with a new lawnmower as well .\nthere ' s no doubt fans of japanese - themed products are certainly thrilled , and here are five things you should know about the store .\n, located in the heart of park royal has undergone major developments to increase the size of the store to accommodate more customers than ever before .\nmost german discount outlets are open six days a week ( monday - saturday ) , but during christmas holiday season , some of them open their doors on sundays .\nthey are known to have 217 branches all over iran , also claiming to working in discount , grocery , convenience stores , cash and carry and hyper markets categories .\nwhat you ' re describing as a discount store is what i would consider an outlet store to be so thanks for the explanation . apparently what i though outlet stores were , isn ' t what they really are . i ' m not much of one for shopping though so no big surprises that i ' m not an expert . bearing that in mind i find myself wondering how many sets of china or bedding you think you might need . : )\n1 . always ask for a discount\nalways ask for a discount . it surprises me how many people in business still don ' t do this . there ' s no downside ( i ' ve never had anyone get offended and choose not to work with me ) , and the upside is that quite often you . . .\nwhenever anna maria afable travels from british columbia to visit her friends in ontario , she makes a point to stop in at a giant tiger store .\nanna maria afable says she always likes to hit a giant tiger store when she visits ontario from her home in b . c . ( cbc )\nwas a chain of small discount stores that was founded in 1914 . it was sold to mark & spencer canada . the chain was acquired by wise stores in 1992 .\nthe main job was started with two of the best retailers in turkey , mr . yilmaz baskir as hyper marke t ceo and mr . vedat diriker as discount ceo .\nproudly brings their products to you through the discount food center . for over 27 years sysco discount food center has helped thousands of local individuals and businesses . our management team has over 70 years foodservice experience , our staff is knowledgeable and professional , and we can help you too ! we gladly quote prices and quantities by phone or email .\ndollarama is the leading dollar store operator in canada , we offer a broad range of quality consumer products and general merchandise , in addition to seasonal products .\ndon quijote is also known for its distinctive theme song , titled\nmiracle shopping\n, which was sung by a store employee and released in 1999 .\nmoreover , singapore already has a restaurant in dempsey road with the same name , raising doubts as to whether the japanese convenience store would be named differently .\nevery month we publish a newspaper full of our latest products , news about design , insights about us and puzzles to pass the time of day . you can also get a sneaky peak of what\u2019s in store next month . pick up your free copy of hall\u00f8j ! in your nearest flying tiger copenhagen store .\nboasting a significant category of products and equipment , online discount shop australia welcomes you to take your shopping spree to a higher notch where everything is simplified with just a click of the mouse ! we are the premier online department store in australia with an accomplishment of best practices online offering you a cheap online shopping experience in australia .\ntakeya general duty - free store is the oldest discount store in japan . we sell food , medicine , cosmetics , health food , household goods , electronics , watches , accessories , designer fashion , clothing , and furniture at discount prices . buy popular souvenir items such as japanese tea , sweets , cosmetics , medicine , japanese electronics , imported designer watches , apparel , and bags at huge discounts and all at the same place . foreign travelers can purchase items tax - free at any one of our 11 duty - free counters conveniently located throughout our stores . we also provide free wifi and have over 10 foreign - language interpreters ready to assist you in any way !\naccording to a statement from the don quijote group , the store here will offer\ncool\njapanese products . the exact opening date will be announced later .\nstudent and educator deals . discover great deals at the microsoft store . if you ' re a student , faculty member , or staff , you ' re eligible for discounts on a variety of microsoft products , including surface , pcs , accessories , and more . browse our selection and see what microsoft has in store .\nnothing in there for 99 cents . all items that are 99 cents in every other 99cent discount store are in this store $ 1 . 67 . . . they should call it 99 x 2 cent stores . the owner is extremely rude . . . when i pointed out that nothing was 99 cents he told me to leave and would no let me buy my glue . found it at dollar store on state street for . . . . wait for it . . . . . . . 99 cents . ! ! avoid this overpriced tourist rip off place at all cost . the district attorney should look into charges of false advertising and unfair business practices .\nour first experience with don quijote ( \u30c9\u30f3\u30fb\u30ad\u30db\u30fc\u30c6 ) was the kabuki - cho shinjuku store in tokyo . it was stocked with goods , floor after floor . on our first trip to tokyo we must have gone into that particle store almost everyday and we would check out one floor at a time . we found that it was best to visit the shop when it was not so busy , because the shop could get really crowed at certain times of the day . we soon learned that the best times were early in the morning , around 10am , or late at night after 10pm . even better was after 12 at night , because the store is open 24 / 7 , which is great . in the store you get to listen to the store\u2019s own theme tune , playing on a loop , called \u201cmiracle shopping\u201d (\n1955 - j . l . turner and son wholesale stores were renamed dollar general . at that time the discount chain sold only merchandise that cost only $ 1 . 00 or less .\nif 2016 is any indication , discount chains such as dollarama , and online retailers such as amazon will be forces \u201cto be reckoned with , \u201d as retail expert bruce winder puts it .\nthe chain has its own mascot - a blue penguin which dons a red hat . it can be found at the storefront and in random corners of the store .\nmost of the store ' s products are displayed in their shipping cartons to make restocking quick and easy . that means fewer workers are needed on the sales floor .\nwhat\u2019s more , deep discount grocery and online channels were among the top growing beneficiaries of consumer spend leakage from mass merchandisers . with online grocery sales anticipated to reach $ 100 billion by 2025 , e - commerce will continue to siphon off sales from other channels . part of the reason consumers are going online is because they\u2019re seeing value , spending more per trip on store - brand purchases made online ( $ 17 average ) compared to the total average basket spend on store brands across all channels ( $ 12 average ) .\n\u00a9 2018 the supplement store . the supplement store is a trading name eliya supplements limited . a limited company registered in england and wales 06988981 . vat registration number gb 977 4727 60 . units 38 / 39 minworth industrial park , sutton coldfield b76 1ah , united kingdom privacy policy | terms of service | cookie policy | ecommerce by blubolt\nbut winder said it may not all be good news for discount shoppers . he expects that , if the canadian dollar continues to weaken , dollarama will have to pay more for their products .\nsuper markets have between 2500 to 10000 products and are rather close to customers houses . also you can never sell open fresh products in discount stores but super markets have fresh products as well .\nmost large - scale discount stores operate the business in a multi - story building . they handle a variety of items and each floor is allocated to a specific product category such as groceries and home appliances . some discount chains open branches in metropolitan centers of big cities like tokyo , but in other local areas , their stores are usually on large sites located along busy suburban roads .\nwhen it comes to deep discount grocery chains , store brands comprise a majority share of sales in three departments : dairy ( 72 % ) , grocery ( 52 % ) and frozen food ( 53 % ) . this is driven by both penetration and trips , with consumers making more trips to purchase store - brand grocery , dairy and frozen products ( up 3 . 3 % , 5 . 7 % and 3 . 7 % in trips , respectively , compared to the prior year ) than trips made for branded products from these departments .\nthere were horrific scenes as people lunged at one another , clambering over trolleys and throwing punches as they fought for discounted goods at the store in rio de janeiro , brazil .\ngrocery store that i love love love to stop at on my way home ! it has all the basics and almost no frills . my favorite part is that they have some\u2026\ni really liked this store . so many choices and styles of clothing in good condition . the place is well organized and the environment is great . check it out read more\nthe newly opened stores are highly success full , at first the layout of products was not customer likable but after a while people got used to the way of discount and became fans of this stores .\nwe\u2019ve created a separate team , store n o 8 , that\u2019s dedicated to uncovering , inventing and investing in the ideas that will transform the future of commerce . as a stand - alone team based in silicon valley , this incubation hub has created an ecosystem where new ideas can thrive outside the existing definitions of retail . named after an early store remembered by sam walton as an \u201cexperiment , \u201d store n o 8 is where \u201ccrazy ideas\u201d are the norm \u2014 where teams of passionate people are placing bets to change the future of retail .\nthe online shop of penny is aimed at private customers throughout germany , who don\u2019t need to register . there\u2019s also no obligation to purchase either a minimum order value or number of products . prices are the same as in - store and the discount grocer asks a shipping fee of 4 . 95 euros for each order . shipments are done with dhl and are only possible within germany .\nclick & collect ; allows you to pick up your urltoken package at a nike store of your choice , offering long opening hours and convenient locations . you\u2019ll be abl . . .\n, and k - mart . furthermore , many of these discount stores could also be categorized as big - box stores , as they grow to include more and more products , sometimes even including a large grocery\nother don quijote stores we have seen or been in : there\u2019s one in ikebukuro , close to the station . there\u2019s one in akihabara , which has its own theatre , where the idol group ak48 play daily . we also found a store in roppongi , which has a half pipe theme ride on the roof . the ride has never been used though , because of complaining neighbours . there is another store with a ride , and its in osaka . it has a ferris wheel stuck to the outside of the store , which i would love to try sometime . there are a lot more stores to check out , not just in tokyo , but all over japan . the best place to check is the website for store listings : urltoken\nshocking footage shot on a mobile phone shows shoppers getting trampled as a stampede of people pushed to get through the doors at the niteroi store in the suburb of guanabara de sao goncalo .\nwere located in many smaller towns . it was mainly a clothing store but they usually had a restaurant , toys , small appliances , candies , and other departments . the company also operated\nwhile deep discounters have significantly high store - brand growth , there is still room for penetration growth across all retail channels . whether a deep discounter , a traditional supermarket or an online channel , retailers should continue to keep store - brand strategy front and center as a way to offer consumers the value and quality they\u2019re looking for at price points that resonate with their wallets .\nrossy is a korvette - like chain too with small discount stores in rural towns . they operate mostly in eastern canada . they sell clothing , furniture , seasonal , gifts , toys , home products and more .\nthough the shopping area has its own charm , a shuttle bus connects the discount outlets with the true old town of wertheim . it is a medieval village known for its well - preserved half - timbered houses .\nour client , a company operating in the discount clothing segment , was planning to further expand their presence in poland . the client wanted to know how their offer compares to that of their competitors . in addition to that , the company was interested in an analysis of available product categories and along with their prices , and in comparing the appeal of their store locations to the locations of their direct competitors .\nparents of schoolchildren do not qualify ( when buying for themselves ) , but you can pick up a discounted mac for your child from the education store . the apple terms and conditions state :\nshahrvand group is a private group that started their work on 1994 ; their first store was open on beihaghi st . which still is one of their best stores , their main base is tehran .\ndiscount stores sell a broad variety of items such as food , daily commodities , home appliances , and clothing . the prices , as well as the wide selection of products help japanese people a lot on a daily basis .\nwe\u2019re talking discounts . you\u2019ll find the same quality and vintage inspiration that you love about fossil leather accessories and timepieces , just a little cheaper now ( you like that , right ? ) . snap up some discount leather wallets and much more at a price you can hardly resist . and you know , you might even find that handbag you\u2019ve been eyeing on sale among our discount handbags . proof that good things come to those who wait , right ?\nvip cards : the holders of these cards are offered special services according to stores possibilities such as parking , purchase guide and escort , shipping the goods to the car , and etc . this card doesn\u2019t include points and discount .\nat first i thought this was a home brew store judging by its name . it ' s actually a cute quirky spanish chain that sells everything from hats to sunglasses to totebags and credit card\u2026 read more\nno , i don ' t mean\noutlet store\nbecause i know that a lot of these stores carry items specifically made for outlets , not the stuff they would normally sell in their regular stores .\ni didn ' t end up buying anything here but they had a decent supply of cheap things . like everyone else has said this is not a 99 cent store but a $ 0 . 99 + store , which i find is not that uncommon . i wasn ' t offended . they have things you won ' t find at $ 0 . 99 stores and it is what it is . i didn ' t find what i was looking for ( i forget what i came in for now ) and so i didn ' t interact with the store owner . small location but lots of stuff and well organized .\nbogner , escada , jil sander , strenesse , reebok , and many other designers followed the example of hugo boss and opened their own discount outlets in metzingen , transforming the city into a hot spot for the discerning , budget - minded shopper .\nstudents and educational institutions already get some nice perks from apple in the form of hardware discounts , and from some development firms ( such as microsoft ) in software discounts . imagine being able to get an educational discount when you buy an ios app in the app store . developers are informing us today that when they log into itunes connect , they ' re being prompted to accept a new paid application contract . the contract includes an amendment that gives developers the opportunity to offer educational discounts when multiple copies of the same program are purchased . developers must accept the new amendment in order to continue placing their apps in the app store , and they can turn discounts on and off in the app management area of itunes connect . the amendment enables developers to offer a 50 % discount to educational institutions on multiple copies of apps . they can apply it to individual app titles , or to all apps that they currently offer in the app store . as of yet , apple hasn ' t noted when the discounts will be available for educational institutions , but this could be a nice treat for budget - strapped school systems in the near future .\n* 30 % discount valid on the purchase of select styles in j . crew stores and at urltoken from july 6 , 2018 , 12 : 01am et through july 9 , 2018 , 11 : 59pm et . in - store discount as advertised . online discount valid on items marked\n30 % off full price with code bigsale\nand on sale items marked\nextra 30 % off with code bigsale .\nnot valid in j . crew factory or j . crew mercantile stores ; at jcrewfactory . com ; or on phone orders . offer cannot be applied to previous purchases or the purchase of gift cards and cannot be redeemed for cash or combined with any other offer . not valid on all j . crew mercantile styles , garments for good , third - party branded items and madewell styles ; all women ' s collection items ; all men ' s everyday cashmere and ludlow dress shirts ; the reusable everyday tote and the canvas tote in camo ; select women ' s everyday cashmere , knits , shirts , sweaters and swim items ; select men ' s coats , knits , pants , shoes , sweaters , suits and wallace & barnes items ; and select sunglasses and crewcuts items . in - store discount automatically taken at the register . to redeem online , enter code bigsale in the promo code box at checkout . valid in the u . s . and canada only . terms are subject to change .\n1930 - charles c . loehmann opened a women ' s store selling manufacturer overruns of high - quality fashions in the bronx of new york . by 1981 he had sales of 160 million with stores in 21 states .\nstore is always well organized and easy to find what you need . staff at this location is usually friendly . parking can be a bit tricky at peak hours just because it is in a plaza . \u2026 read more\nthis place is the worst business store in carpinteria with the rudest owner and people working there . today my mother and little sister walked in and tried to buy a purple hair band but got a pink one when my mother asked if she could please get the purple instead of the pink witch she didn ' t ask for the stupid owner yelled at them and asked them to leave the store without a reason he repeatedly screamed at my mother and made my little sister who is handicapped cried . again owners are rude ! ! ! ! i will be visiting this store soon and i will like to see just how tough this guy acts around men .\nnote that if you ' re thinking of buying a mac , not for yourself or your child but for the institution itself ( for students to work on ) , then apple has other stores for you to use . you can visit the apple store for schools here and the apple store for universities here . you ' ll need to register with apple before you can make any purchases . alternatively you can call apple direct on 0800 912 0207 .\n1985 - the first american ikea store opened in philadelphia . the name comes from the owner ingvar kamprad (\nik\n) plus the initials of his hometown and village elmtaryd and agunnard . (\nea\n) .\nthis store is awesome , always has great finds and the service is always very good . the lady there always try ' s her best to help you find what you ' re looking for and always lets you know about the grea\nwalmart ' s neighborhood market could feel the greatest pressure of all , as lidl stores will be of similar size , highly price competitive , and highly fine tuned to offer a relevant , convenient store experience ,\npaglia said .\njapanese love to shop and one of the biggest and best discount stores you can find throughout japan , with its 160 stores , is don quijote . the stores are also known as donki , which is a shortening of the company\u2019s name . don quijote started off in the 80\u2019s under the name just co . with its first retail store opening in tokyo . just co then changed from retail over to wholesale after a couple years of business . the company\u2019s first don quijote named store opened in tokyo 1989 , and it was also then the company changed back to focusing on retail again , with the company changing it\u2019s corporate name from just co to don quijote co . , ltd in 1998 . don quijte also operates three stores in hawaii .\nin the uk this discount brings the monthly cost of apple music membership down from \u00a39 . 99 to \u00a34 . 99 . but there are identical schemes in ireland , the us , australia , new zealand , germany and denmark , each offering half off the usual price .\nshopping at the apple store for education is much like shopping at the regular apple store but with different pricing . it ' s usually best to log on from your university network if you can , but be prepared for apple to ask you for some form of official identification that proves you ' re a student , the parent or guardian of a student , or a teacher , or otherwise involved in the educational establishment . your student id is typically the best way to do this .\nclick the links to get more information about individual retail chains and other\nworld ' s largest\nranking lists available for review , analysis , and comparison . the list that follows is arranged according to the 2016 revenue rankings , with the largest discount retail chain listed first .\nottawa - based giant tiger was founded in 1961 by gordon reid , a travelling salesman who had seen discount stores in the united states and believed the canadian market was ripe for something similar . he ' s now in his 80s and still comes into the office every day .\nthese stores also serve as a handy alternative to overpriced eateries in train stations and city centers . when all you want is a drink and a pre - packaged sandwich or salad , these can be had just as quickly from a discount grocery at a fraction of the cost .\napple ' s student membership scheme for apple music offers those in full - time education 50 % discount on the music - streaming service ' s subscription costs . ( you can still get three months for free , but students will pay less after the trial period expires . )\nthe types of items stocked may vary depending on the store , but they generally handle a wide variety of products such as food , clothing , and daily commodities . the stores of famous nationwide chains often offer home appliances , designer accessories and bags , and famous brand watches at low prices . some stores sell home party supplies and cosplay costumes . on halloween ( october 31st ) , many young people in japan dress up in costumes and go out on the town . discount stores are a popular place to purchase those outfits .\ndansk supermarked a / s 2016 ranking - # 104 2010 ranking - # 78 denmark dollar general corp . 2016 ranking - # 54 2010 ranking - # 82 u . s . largest u . s . retail chains complete roundup mission statements of all u . s . discount retailers\nottawa - based giant tiger has 200 stores across canada , and intends to open another 10 to 15 every year for the next three years at least . it ' s not the only discount retailer that sees opportunity , as the weak canadian economy encourages shoppers to focus on bargains .\nanybody who works in an education environment qualifies for a discount on apple computers . it ' s not just limited to students , teachers and lecturers , but also covers administrative workers and other staff members . essentially it ' s anybody who works for a school , college or university .\nnordstrom , a u . s . department store chain that opened its first toronto stores this year , has rolled out its canadian presence in a \u201csmart\u201d way , winder says , perhaps taking cues from the hasty launch and eventual demise of target canada .\nalternatively , if you don ' t want to register on one of the verification sites , you can also call apple , use apple ' s chat online feature , or visit an apple store . the staff there will guide you through the process ."]}
{"id": 54226, "summary": [{"text": "the meko family of warships was developed by the german company blohm + voss .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "meko is a registered trademark .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "the portmanteau stands for \" mehrzweck-kombination \" ( english : multi-purpose-combination ) .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "it is a concept in modern naval shipbuilding based on modularity of armament , electronics and other equipment , aiming at ease of maintenance and cost reduction .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "meko ships include families of frigates , corvettes and ocean-going patrol boats .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "construction of meko ships began in the late seventies with the design and later building of nigeria 's meko 360 h1 .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "vessels of similar classes use different weapons systems .", "topic": 6}, {"text": "for example , for the main gun , some meko 200s use the mk 45 mod 2 gun , others use the french 100 mm naval gun or otobreda 76 mm gun .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "the latest variant is the \" combat ship for the littorals \" or meko csl .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "it has also been called a \" littoral combatant ship \" , but it is much smaller than the american littoral combat ship .", "topic": 6}, {"text": "there was speculation that this design would be of interest to israel , but it was not .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "ultimately however , israel opted for four modified k130 braunschweig-class corvettes , the first of which is expected to enter service in 2019 .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "the new variant is dubbed the sa'ar 6-class corvette . ", "topic": 21}], "title": "meko", "paragraphs": ["meko have been professional contract manufacturers in the field of laser material processing since 1991 .\nmeko\u2019s quality management is certified in compliance with din en iso13485 and din en iso 9001 .\nplease note - strictly no parties are allowed at meko . please note additional details below .\nif meko is not available , please check our sister accommodations , fitzgeorge and soho52 for the same quality and service .\nmeko has more than 25 years of experience in laser cutting , laser drilling and laser welding of metals and other materials - in 2d and in 3d .\nearly sources from germany indicated that the future israeli navy patrol vessels are based on the meko 80 designed and built by german group thyssenkrupp marine systems ( tkms ) . meko 80 patrol corvette is a slightly reduced version of the meko 100 ( of which 6 were built for the royal malaysian navy and one under construction in poland for the polish navy ) . it appears clear now from the images that saar 6 vessels will not just be\npatrol vessels\nas initially reported but rather powerful corvettes with a displacement of about 2 , 000 tons and a length of about 90 meters .\nwater resources reliability is an overriding theme in much of meko\u2019s more recent work in western north america . meko\u2019s streamflow reconstruction studies have generally been directly funded by water agencies . research for the california department of water resources found strong evidence that extreme past droughts in the sierra nevada have been associated with a sustained northward shift of the storm track and decreased moisture delivery to the sierra nevada . work for the salt river project (\nat meko , medical devices are manufactured to their perfection . we manufacture a wide range of different devices e . g . stents , frames , instrument components , bone nails , stone baskets and medical saw blades .\nmeko is a globally active and iso certified supplier specialized in laser material processing . we have more than 25 years of experience in laser cutting , laser drilling and laser welding of metals and other materials . meko also offers a variety of secondary processing operations like heat treatment , electropolishing and mechanical processing . different industries use our contract manufacturing services , like the medical sector , machine and plant engineering , aerospace and the automotive industry .\nat meko medical devices are manufactured to their perfection . we are producing a wide range of different devices like stents , heart valve frames , instruments , bone nails , stone retrieval baskets , medical saw blades . . .\nmeko is your global iso - certified contract manufacturer for medical devices . we have more than 25 years of experience in laser cutting , drilling , welding and post processing of medical components made of metal and bioresorbable materials .\nmeko is a lovely , contemporary house in an exceptional location for a visit to melbourne . nestled in a quiet leafy street , yet a short stroll to the adored lygon street carlton , bursting with cosmopolitan cafes , restaurants , shops and cinemas . very close to melbourne university . walk or take a short ride in a tram or bus to the city .\ndr . meko applies tree - ring data to identify features of the natural variability of streamflow , precipitation , and other hydroclimatic variables that might not be evident from relatively short gaged instrumental records . his work geographically focuses on the semi - arid western united states , but has included studies in canada , mexico , and the meditteranean region . meko\u2019s early work had a strong methodological emphasis , which has continued to the present and resulted in several advances in streamflow reconstruction modeling : the incorporation of time - varying subsets of tree - ring sites into reconstruction models ; the probabilistic interpretation of reconstructions ; interpretation of earlywood - latewood width parameters to refine the seasonal resolution of reconstruction of moisture variations ; and exploitation of remnant - wood collections for improved robustness of streamflow reconstructions in early centuries of the tree - ring record .\nwater supply . an ongoing project for the u . s . bureau of reclamation is aimed at incorporating climate - variability and climate - change information into management of the colorado river . the questions addressed by meko\u2019s research sometimes extend beyond water supply . for example , a project for the national park service addressed effects of climatic variation on the ecosystem health of a riparian stand of cottonwood trees in great sand dunes national park ; and a project for b . c . hydro was aimed at determining whether construction of a dam on the peace river has led to unprecedented alterations in the hydrologic regime of the peace - athabasca delta , a climatically sensitive wetland of major international importance for its stature as a wildlife habitat and staging ground for migrating bird species .\nsaar 6 class corvettes will be heavily armed : they are set to be fitted with up to 40x ( most likely 32x ) vls cells for surface to air missile system barak 8 by israel aerospace industries ( iai ) and c - dome naval point defense system by rafael , 16x anti - ship missiles and the mf - star multifunction aesa radar by iai . the main gun is set to be a 76mm oto melara super rapid ( possibly with strales guided rounds ) . in addition , saar 6 will be fitted with 2x rafael ' s typhoon remote weapon stations and two 324mm torpedo launchers . saar 6 corvettes will have hangar space and platform able to accommodate a medium class ( sh - 60 type ) helicopter . all four vessels are expected to be built in kiel , germany ( where tkms is currently assembling 2 other powerfull corvettes , the meko a200 an for algeria ) while systems outfitting ( combat management system , sensors and weapons ) will most likely be conducted in israel . the first saar 6 corvette is set to join the israeli navy in 2019 .\nfour new corvettes armed with missiles and built by tkms will defend israel ' s gas rigs .\nisrael ' s ministry of defense today signed a \u20ac430 million procurement contract with germany for four new patrol vessels to defend the country ' s mediterranean economic waters and offshore gas rigs . the german government will provide a \u20ac115 million grant towards the new boats .\nthe sa ' ar 6 patrol boats will be produced at the thyssenkrupp marine systems ( tkms ) shipyards in kiel . tkms is also building dolphin submarines for the israel navy . the new boats will be based on the corvette k - 130 and will have an estimated weight of 2 , 000 tons . the new boats will be equipped with fire control and radar systems , advanced defense missiles , and other systems developed by israeli defense electronics companies .\nthe new boats will be at the heart of the israel navy ' s defense of israel ' s economic waters . in the future this will include surface ships , routine patrol boats , drones , advanced means for gathering real time intelligence , and more . a senior israeli defense source told\nglobes\nthat the four boats will be delivered to the israeli navy within eight years with the first boat delivered by 2019 .\nthe agreement was signed this morning at the israel ministry of defense headquarters in tel aviv by director general general ( res ) dan harel and thyssenkrupp marine systems chairman andreas burmester .\nthe deal will be funded from a special budget approved separately from the defense budget by the government last year . the financing package will be undertaken by israel discount bank ( tase : dsct ) , which won an international competitive tender published by the ministry of defense . there were bids from five israeli banks and three european banks .\nthe german shipbuilders have committed to undertake nis 700 million in reciprocal procurements in israel .\nthis website uses cookies to manage authentication , navigation , and other functions . by using our website , you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device .\nisraeli web portal walla ! recently published an interview with the head of the israeli navy ' s equipment division , moshe zana , who provided some details on the saar 6 vessel project ordered from germany . speaking during the israel air force ceremony on december 25th 2014 , israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced that israel ordered four new patrol vessels from germany :\ntoday , i am pleased to announce that three days ago , we added an important component to our defensive force . we purchased four new saar vessels from germany\n. the israeli ministry of defense completed in may 2015 the negotiations for purchase of four patrol boats . the main goal of this new procurement is the protection of israel ' s economic exclusion zone ( eez ) where oil and gas production is booming in the sea off west coast of the country . the volume of the transaction is estimated at approximately 430 million euros . ( germany has agreed to fund \u20ac115 million of this total ) .\nthe future israeli navy saar 6 corvette . picture : tkms / israeli navy via urltoken\nboth mega projects \u2014 the estimated $ 2 billion , three - vessel dolphin - class air independent propulsion ( aip ) program and the estimated \u20ac500 million ( us $ 560 million ) , four - ship sa ' ar - 6 corvette program \u2014 are subsidized in part by the german government .\nthey also involve extensive israel - unique engineering modificatoins , which a top officer in israel said benefits not only the israeli navy but the thyssenkrupp marine systems ( tkms ) shipyards , too .\nbuilding for the israel navy enriches your brand as a marine company ,\nrear adm . yossi ashkenazi , head of the israeli navy ' s materiel command , said of tkms , the kiel - based prime contractor for both programs .\naside from the employment gained as a result of these long - running , multiyear programs , proprietary israeli technology developed for both programs improves the competitive standing of the shipyard and its string of subcontractors , said ashkenazi .\nwhen tkms goes on a road show around the world and they show our israeli products , it puts them in different places compared to other civilian industries and competitors . \u2026 the same is true for the providers of electric motors , gear boxes and other major components of the programs .\nthe israeli officer noted that while israel owns the intellectual property for technologies and engineering changes developed for the two programs , such technologies could be marketed for other customers .\nit ' s not only the shipyards that benefit from working on an israeli project , but also the major suppliers .\na tkms spokesman characterized the israeli navy as\na longstanding customer \u2026 who places the highest demands on their naval capabilities .\nwe always strive to work together with our customers closely in order to tailor our solutions to the customer ' s needs and to further advance our systems based on customer feedback and operational experience ,\nhe said .\nisrael ' s sixth and final dolphin - class submarine with aip capability on order from tkms \u2013 the ins dakar \u2013 is at the stage where nearly all sections of the sub are fully equipped and aligned , ready for mating into a single , 220 - foot - long hull .\nabout a year ago , you ' d only see random sections , with all the equipment outside ,\nashkenazi said .\ntoday you see most of the equipment is already after installment in the body of the sub . the sections of the entire submarines are aligned \u2026 and in about six months , it will assume the shape of what we ' re calling the ins dakar .\nlike the ins tanin that arrived in israel in 2014 and the ins rahav that reached home port in january of this year , the dakar features an aip suite that is unique to israel ' s navy , he said .\nit ' s not a design that you can find on the market . it ' s not type 123 or 300 or 400 . yes , others have aip , but the combination of all our subsystems create a dolphin 2 - class type that is characterized only by our fleet ,\nhe said .\nthe officer said sea trials could be delayed until later next year to ensure that israel has incorporated the most advanced technologies in the platform .\nwe don ' t have an exact date , because we ' re evaluating other technologies in the fields of navigation and detection . there are things we may want to add to the submarine , so it could be delayed by a few months .\nwhen the submarine finally leaves germany , it will embark on what is called an administrative sail , meaning the vessel is equipped with navigation , communication and self - defense capabilities but without the combat weapons suite , which will be integrated in israel .\non the way home , it will make a ceremonial stop at the point near crete , where wreckage from the original ins dakar was discovered , to honor the crewmen who perished in 1968 .\nco - located at tkms headquarters in kiel is another israeli navy team dedicated to supervising the shipyard ' s israeli - tailored design of four new , 2 , 000 - ton warships loosely based on the blohm + voss - class 130 corvettes .\nintended for defending offshore energy facilities and other strategic sites in israel ' s exclusive economic zone ( eez ) , the new ships \u2014 known in israel as sa ' ar - 6 magen ( shield ) \u2014 will be larger than the three 1 , 300 - ton us - built sa ' ar - 5s that now form the backbone of israel ' s surface fleet .\nand like the dolphin 2 - class submarines , israel ' s new surface fleet will feature israeli - developed technologies and significant engineering changes to render the german baseline platform militarily robust and uniquely capable of accommodating indigenous sensors and combat gear .\nin this program , tkms is the prime contractor responsible for design of the corvettes , while a separate , competing organization \u2014 german naval yards kiel ( gnyk ) \u2014 will manage production .\nthere ' s some complexity involved because tkms and gnyk are separate organizations with different cultures that compete on other projects ,\nashkenazi said .\nnevertheless , he added ,\nby forging an alliance with these two organizations we hope to get in the end a very unique , quality product \u2026 no less than the level we are expecting and receiving on the submarine project .\nwe ' re in the advanced design phase now ,\nsaid the navy captain , who reports to ashkenazi but was not permitted to be identified by name .\naccording to the captain , the new corvettes will feature barak - 8 and iron dome interceptors , both of which will be supported by the elta elm - 2248 adir surveillance , track and guidance radar . in order to accommodate the radar ' s four phased - array panels , the service is redesigning the topside arrangement of the baseline ship and its supporting hull , mechanical and electrical systems .\nofficers here said keel laying should take place next summer , with delivery of the first ship by early 2019 .\nafter delivery of the first one , we hope the others will follow in six month intervals ,\nashkenazi said .\nhe estimated that it could take another six months to one year to equip the new vessels with the radar , sensors and weaponry needed to defend eez assets .\nthese two mega projects \u2014 the subs and the corvettes \u2014 will put the israel navy in another league , in terms of technology and capabilities . when we speak about the near sea arena , and we look at the major investments in our neighbors ' fleets , these assets will give us the added flexibility and agility we need to retain our edge ,\nashkenazi said .\nopall - 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{"id": 54241, "summary": [{"text": "southern communications services , inc ( d/b/a as southern linc , and formerly as southernlinc wireless ) is a regional iden carrier providing coverage in areas of the south east united states including mississippi , alabama , georgia , and florida .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "roy barron , long time southern company veteran , was the company 's first president .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "his team including long time southern company veteran danny moore as cfo , harold gwinn from alabama power as vp of engineering , and jeffrey brooks , previously with vanguard cellular systems , as svp sales marketing and service .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "southern communications had its corporate headquarters in atlanta , while billing and switching facilities were concentrated in birmingham .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "the company has been recognized for its robust performance during severe weather including hurricane katrina , wherein southernlinc had recovered to 100 % system availability within 72 hours of landfall .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "southern linc is also a motorola iden network with a broad dealer base and is a subsidiary of southern company .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "other southern company subsidiaries include : alabama power , georgia power , mississippi power , gulf power , and southern nuclear ( among others ) .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "in 2015 , southern linc began construction of a new 4g lte network , which was expected initially to become operational in mid-2016 in birmingham , atlanta and tuscaloosa . ", "topic": 10}], "title": "southernlinc wireless", "paragraphs": ["glassdoor has 5 southernlinc wireless reviews submitted anonymously by southernlinc wireless employees . read employee reviews and ratings on glassdoor to decide if southernlinc wireless is right for you .\n\u00a9 2010 southern communications services , inc . d / b / a southernlinc wireless . all rights reserved .\na wireless plan specifically created to help customers who qualify as a low - income household .\nvisit a southernlinc wireless store , authorized dealer or other retail prepaid replenishment location to quickly add money to your prepaid account or purchase a prepaid card . use our find a store tool for the location nearest you .\ngo to the online replenishment site to add money to your prepaid service from a bank account or credit card . you can set up an automatic monthly payment or make a one - time payment to your account . there\u2019s no fee to replenish your account online and southernlinc wireless pays the applicable e911 fee on prepaid wireless transactions .\nonline account manager has links to southernlinc ' s online upgrade tool and the online store as well . to use this took , customers must establish a password on their accounts with customer solution and then register using the link below .\nsouthern linc , a southern company ( nyse : so ) , is an atlanta - based regional wireless carrier with network coverage in the major metro and rural areas of alabama , georgia , southeast mississippi and northwest florida . southern linc combines multiple communication options , including push to talk two - way radio ( ptt ) , cellular service , wireless internet access , wireless data , and text and picture messaging , into one hand - held device . for more information , please call 1 - 800 - 818 - linc ( 5462 ) or visit urltoken .\nsouthernlinc is constructing a new 4g lte advanced network to meet the growing mission - critical data needs of its largest customer , southern company ' s electric utilities . the highly reliable network will have the capacity to serve the most crucial data needs of area businesses and local government as well . the new 4g lte advanced network will offer network encryption over the air and from southernlinc ' s towers to the network ' s core data centers ; this level of security is not commonly offered by wireless carriers . in addition , the company is beefing up emergency backup power capabilities with hydrogen fuel cell technology at key locations and is adding main power and core data center redundancy to increase the reliability of the new network .\nsouthern linc is a wireless communications network backed by the strength and reliability of southern company - the parent company of four electric utilities in the southeast : alabama power , georgia power , gulf power and mississippi power , which are also southern linc customers .\nin addition , southern linc provides reliable wireless communications service , including mobile phones , to a wide range of businesses and consumers within our 127 , 000 square - mile coverage area that includes alabama , georgia , southeastern mississippi , and the florida panhandle .\nthere are guidelines and rules for everything including how temporary or contract employees are managed . a contractor or temp is treated far different than a full - time employee and you will be reminded of this if you step out of line . southernlinc only takes three scheduled holidays in a year , the rest are floating days off ; expect to be at your desk if you are a contractor or a temp . so if you don ' t mind being expected to drinking the corporate kool - aid to keep your job and have no personal life then you will be very happy here .\ntogether with the 4g lte advanced network project , southern linc continues to invest in its existing iden wireless network . this network delivers the original , standard - setting push to talk 2 - way and group radio , cellular and packet data services chosen by southern company utilities , area first responders and regional businesses . the company is on track to spend more than a million dollars this year to enhance iden coverage and to safeguard the network performance levels that customers have come to expect .\nwith 4 . 4 million customers and more than 43 , 000 megawatts of generating capacity , atlanta - based southern company ( nyse : so ) is the premier energy company serving the southeast . a leading u . s . producer of electricity , southern company owns electric utilities in four states and a growing competitive generation company , as well as fiber optics and wireless communications . southern company brands are known for excellent customer service , high reliability and retail electric prices that are below the national average . southern company also is continually ranked among the top utilities in fortune ' s annual world ' s most admired electric and gas utility rankings . visit our website at urltoken .\nyou have scripts disabled . while this site will continue to function , you will get the best viewing experience if you turn scripts on . thank you from your friends at southern linc .\natlanta \u2013 august 6 , 2015 \u2013 southern linc , a southern company ( nyse : so ) , has announced plans to offer mission critical 4g lte advanced data services to southern company utilities and to local businesses and government in the utilities ' service territories . the first highly reliable , fixed data service offerings will be available in atlanta , birmingham and tuscaloosa in mid - 2016 .\ntami barron , southern linc president and ceo , commented ,\nour new 4g lte advanced network will take linc ' s history of reliability to a new level . now , businesses and local government in our service area will have the opportunity to transmit vital data across our new high - speed , highly reliable and encrypted lte network .\nshe continued ,\nas companies and jurisdictions look for ways to transmit data as securely as possible , our lte network will be a great option for them .\nconstruction is underway for the first phase of network deployment which will bring fixed data services to metro atlanta , the i - 20 corridor from atlanta to birmingham , and to tuscaloosa county in mid - 2016 . ericsson is providing the radio access network and evolved packet cores and cisco is providing the multi - protocol label switching equipment . in 2017 , lte data services will expand to the greater montgomery area and across all of georgia power ' s service territory . in 2018 , lte data services will be available in all service territories of southern company ' s electric utilities .\n\u00a9 2018 southern communications services , inc . d / b / a southern linc . all rights reserved . screen images are simulated .\nthe network you trust has gone mission critical . our new critical linc 4g advanced lte network goes beyond reliable .\nonline account manager enables you to pay your bill , upgrade phones , change your plan , and add lines or packages .\ntexting service from urltoken to southern linc phones will end on thursday , may 31 , 2018 .\nthank you for your interest in southern linc . to help us respond to your question or concern , please refer to the information below .\nif you find an error or have any comments / concerns about our website , please let us know . - - email address protected by javascript . please enable javascript . - -\nalready have a prepaid phone with us ? we make getting additional minutes an easy task . get more talk time quickly and use the rest of your day to focus on the really important things .\nsimplelinc regional plans are loaded with benefits and all plans provide unlimited use of our private and group push to talk services .\ndecide how much service you want and when you want it . its easy and hassle free without the need for lengthy contracts .\nenhance your so easy push to talk or so easy share plans by adding shared cellular packages .\nby clicking ok , you agree to the terms and conditions for accountmanagement use .\nselect the radio button i do not have a southernco nt id . 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{"id": 54249, "summary": [{"text": "prometheus books is a publishing company founded in august 1969 by the philosopher paul kurtz , also the founder of the council for secular humanism , center for inquiry , and co-founder of the committee for skeptical inquiry .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "prometheus books publishes a range of books , focusing on topics such as science , freethought , secularism , humanism , and skepticism .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "their headquarters is located in amherst , new york , and they publish worldwide .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "authors published by prometheus include steve allen , molefi asante , isaac asimov , jeremy bentham , rob boston , ludwig feuerbach , antony flew , r. barri flowers , martin gardner , guy p. harrison , sidney hook , julian huxley , s. t. joshi , dr. jack kevorkian , john maynard keynes , philip j. klass , leon lederman , john w. loftus , joe nickell , friedrich nietzsche , robert m. price , james randi , david ricardo , nathan salmon , george h. smith , victor stenger , tom toles and ibn warraq .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "prometheus books obtained the bulk of the books and manuscripts of humanities press international .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "it has been building and expanding this into a scholarly imprint named humanity books .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "this imprint publishes academic works across a wide spectrum of the humanities .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "in 1992 uri geller sued victor j. stenger and prometheus books for libel .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "the suit was dismissed and geller was required to pay more than $ 20,000 in costs to the defendant .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "in march 2005 , prometheus books launched the science fiction and fantasy imprint pyr .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "in october 2012 it launched the crime fiction imprint seventh street books .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "as of 2006 , the company and its various imprints have approximately 1,600 books in print and publish approximately 95 \u2013 100 books per year .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "since its founding , prometheus books has published more than 2,500 books .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "in 2013 prometheus books partnered with random house in an effort to increase sales and distribution .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "prometheus books name was derived from prometheus , the titan from greek mythology who stole fire from zeus and gave it to man .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "this act is often used as a metaphor for bringing knowledge or enlightenment . ", "topic": 21}], "title": "prometheus books", "paragraphs": ["prometheus books is sold and distributed worldwide by penguin random house and publishes both print and ebooks . prometheus books titles have been translated into more than 50 different languages .\nprometheus books is a large established publisher of what they like to call \u201cintelligent non - fiction\u201d .\nwelcome and thank you for visiting prometheus books . prometheus has been a leader in publishing books for the educational , scientific , professional , library , popular , and consumer markets since 1969 . prometheus is dedicated to providing consumers the opportunity to read thoughtful and authoritative books in a wide variety of categories .\nprometheus books is distributed by penguin random house . to place an order please use the following contact information :\nprovocative , progressive and independent , prometheus books is committed to testing the boundaries of established thought and providing readers with thoughtful and authoritative books in a wide variety of categories .\nprometheus books was started in 1969 by the philosopher paul kurtz , who was also the founder of the council for secular humanism . since 1969 they have published over 2 , 500 books\nrhps will provide exclusive sales and distribution for all physical and digital titles in the united states and internationally [ for prometheus books ] .\nall letters of inquiry must be mailed to prometheus . they do not read emailed quires .\npublishing intelligent nonfiction for the thoughtful lay reader , prometheus books is a leading publisher of the areas of popular science , philosophy , atheism , humanism , and critical thinking . prometheus books also publishes books in social science , current events , true crime , history , islamic studies , religion , psychology , health and medicine , self - help , and other categories , as well as established classics in literature , philosophy , and the sciences .\ntaking its name from the courageous greek god who gave fire to humans\u2014lighting the way to reason , intelligence , and independence\u2014prometheus books was founded in 1969 by philosopher paul kurtz and is headquartered in amherst , new york .\nyes , i would like to receive newsletters from penguin random house canada with promotions and the latest on books and authors .\n\u201cprometheus books has been self - distributed for our entire existence , nearly forty - four years , \u201d says jonathan kurtz , prometheus books president . \u201cover the years distributors have expressed interest in representing our line , but we knew we\u2019d only make that change if the partner could truly offer us significantly more than we\u2019ve achieved on our own . aligning our press with the services and resources of the world\u2019s largest general - interest trade - book publisher is the kind of move forward we simply cannot pass up . we are invigorated by the possibilities this relationship opens to us . \u201d\nthree new books try to complicate our understanding of the brain \u2014 what it does , biologically , and how capable it is of changing .\nyou could count on one hand the number of publishing houses devoted to putting out books specifically about atheism , science , and critical thinking , but prometheus books ( founded by the late paul kurtz in 1969 ) is arguably the best . their biggest titles include atheism : the case against god ( george h . smith ) , god : the failed hypothesis ( victor j . stenger ) , and the sky is not the limit : adventures of an urban astrophysicist ( neil degrasse tyson ) .\nthey specialize in publishing non - fiction books that fall into the following categories : popular science , philosophy , atheism , humanism , and critical thinking .\npublishes a wide variety of nonfiction books about social sciences , religion , true crime , business , self - help , history , psychology , humanism , health and medicine . also publishes some fiction and children\njill : we already publish a good amount of books for a mid - size press , 100 - 110 new titles every year . the goal is not to publish more but sell even more of what we already publish . reach even more readers with our exceptional product .\njill : we expect to . our books are sold through most major booksellers in the us and worldwide , but there are some holes that have historically been tough to fill . for example , there are accounts that have been tough to crack because we may only have one or two perfect books for them in a year . buyers may not meet with a supplier than only has one or two products to pitch . that limited our effectiveness . but now , as part of the rhps client roster , we hopefully can have that opportunity to be sold directly to such an account .\nseventh street books\u00ae , launched in october 2012 , is devoted to publishing quality crime fiction regardless of subgenre . from puzzling mystery to psychological suspense , from hardboiled noir to legal thriller , the seventh street books line includes both veteran and debut authors . the imprint has developed several favorite ongoing series ( such as the novels of hugo marston , samuel craddock , mark angelotti , and detective sean duffy ) and continues to discover and nurture exciting new talent , such as authors lori rader - day ( the black hour ) , mark pryor ( the button man ) , and allen eskens ( the life we bury ) .\njill : it\u2019s a best of both worlds scenario . authors continue to get the specialized attention a mid - size press like prometheus can offer , and the opportunity to publish more niche content as well as mass - appeal work , while benefiting from the sales and distribution economy of scale that random house publisher services brings to the table . also , rhps is extremely selective in taking on new clients . it\u2019s a stamp of approval for our imprints .\nhumanity books , acquired in 1998 , publishes academic works of high quality across a wide spectrum of the humanities . designed for scholars , students , and the educated public , it is committed to presenting cutting - edge research in philosophy ( both analytic and continental philosophy ) ; the history of philosophy ; sociology ; history ; the history of science ; political science ; race , ethnicity , and gender studies ; and classic works in black studies and women ' s studies , among other disciplines .\njill : as a very self - contained independent press , we\u2019ve managed to achieve incredible growth over the last 40 plus years . our books are sold all over the world and can often be found on the new release displays at national us chains . however , a company our size can never match the resources of the world\u2019s largest general - interest trade - book publisher . their publisher services sales team has as many people as our entire company . they come to the marketplace equipped with the leverage of enormous sales successes . they have different bargaining power with big players like amazon than we do alone . they can execute a one - day laydown at retail . we also get access to a brain trust of experienced publishing professionals . that kind of routine knowledge - sharing is very valuable , especially to a publisher that\u2019s based in amherst , ny and not manhattan . and we\u2019ve learned already that they are not just some moneyed machine but a group of extremely passionate book people . they are very excited about the books we publish , and that\u2019s extremely gratifying .\njill : the random house deal has been four or five years in the making . they approached us , and they tell us that influential publishing executives had pointed to us as one to watch . other distributors had sought our business over the years , but we\u2019re an unusually self - contained company , with very little outsourcing overall . we\u2019d never felt they could offer us substantially more than we did for ourselves , until now .\njill : hopefully , no . for quite a while there\u2019s actually more work , not less , as we integrate with their timeline , schedule , and requirements . and the relationship opens up many new marketing possibilities for us , so we expect to repurpose some employees as opportunities and needs arise . we\u2019re investigating ways to put our warehouse and distribution capabilities to use in new ways . it will be quite a while before we see for sure how it all shakes out , but we\u2019re certainly aiming to minimize or avoid layoffs as much as possible .\nthe official partnership will go into effect ( no joke ! ) on april 1 st .\ni ' ve posted more damning evidence that 123 is jazzy elsewhere on this thread . if it . . .\nso does the ability to produce breast milk . breast milk is higher in water content . . .\nwe are not the customers . we pay nothing to participate here . in a more general . . .\nahead of the administration ' s announcement of a supreme court nominee we reflect . . .\na planned parenthood ( that didn ' t perform abortions ) closes . . .\nthat line about how abortion protesters aren ' t pro - 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{"id": 54250, "summary": [{"text": "merck serono ( emd serono in the united states and canada ) is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in darmstadt , germany , and a brand and division of merck focused on biopharmaceuticals .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "in september 2006 , merck kgaa announced its intent to purchase the majority of serono shares from ernesto bertarelli and the bertarelli family .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "the merck-serono merger was announced on 21 september 2006 .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "merck kgaa and serono operated as distinct entities until at least january 2007 .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "as of january 5 , 2007 , merck held the majority shares of serono .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "the new company is called merck serono international sa . in 2012 , merck serono moved its headquarters from geneva , switzerland to darmstadt .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "drugs they market include erbitux , uft , rebif , novantrone , gonal , ovidrel/ovitrelle , zorbtive , luveris , saizen , serostim , glucophage , concor and euthyrox .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "raptiva was withdrawn in 2007 .", "topic": 28}, {"text": "in the u.s. and canada , merck serono is known as emd serono , as the former merck subsidiary merck & co. holds the rights to the name merck in those countries . ", "topic": 36}], "title": "merck serono", "paragraphs": ["earlier this month merck serono announced the launch of merck global grants , a program that covers merck serono\u2019s grants for innovation in research as well as grants for independent medical education . the program will invest 20 million pounds for all grants programs in merck serono\u2019s portfolio . the biopharmaceutical division also appointed luciano rossetti as executive vice president and global head of r & d of merck serono earlier this july .\n/ - - emd serono , inc . , a subsidiary of merck kgaa , darmstadt ,\nemd serono , canada , is founded upon the proud heritage of merck kgaa , darmstadt , germany . in the united states and canada , the division operates as emd serono .\nmerck\u2019s biopharmaceutical division merck serono announced its collaboration with the institute of experimental neurology ( inspe ) under the san raffaele university and research hospital in milan , italy , to advance research in neurodegenerative diseases .\nanthony feinstein has received grant support from the multiple sclerosis society of canada and honoraria from merck - serono , teva , bayerschering and biogen .\nalan thompson has received honoraria / support for travel for consulting from btg international , biogen idec , merck serono , eisai ltd , novartis , and honoraria and support for travel for teaching from serono symposia international foundation .\ngiancarlo comi has received personal compensation for activities with novartis , teva pharmaceutical ind . ltd , sanofi - aventis , merck serono , bayer schering , actelion .\nmarco salvetti received lecture fees from biogen - domp\u00e9 , research support from bayer - schering , biogen - domp\u00e9 , merck - serono , sanofi - aventis .\npublication of merck kgaa , darmstadt , germany . in the united states and canada the subsidiaries of merck kgaa , darmstadt , germany operate under the umbrella brand emd .\nas part of the agreement , san raffaele university and research hospital will supply its expertise and laboratories to develop new treatments as well as assess the efficacy of merck serono\u2019s molecules .\nharsukh parmar , merck serono svp , global head of research and early development , immunology and neurology , said , \u201cmerck serono is pleased to continue the collaborative alliance with the san raffaele scientific institute . our translational approach to these disease states and combined commitment to expediting the discovery of new therapies aims to improve health outcomes for patients living with unmet medical needs . \u201d\nthere are two different , unaffiliated companies that use the name merck . merck kgaa , darmstadt , germany , which operates this website , uses the firm name\nmerck kgaa , darmstadt , germany ,\nin the united states and canada , and also uses\nemd serono\nin biopharma ,\nmilliporesigma\nin life science and\nemd performance materials\nin materials business . the other company , merck & co . , inc . holds the rights in the trademark merck in the united states and canada . merck & co . is not affiliated with or related to merck kgaa , darmstadt , germany , which owns the merck trademark in all other countries of the world . to reflect such fact and to avoid any confusion , certain logos , terms and business description of the publication on this website have been substituted or modified , such as by referring to\nmerck kgaa , darmstadt , germany\ninstead of\nmerck\nstanding alone . publications on this webpage , therefore , slightly deviate from the otherwise identical versions accessible outside the united states and canada .\nmerck serono and feinstein institute the research arm of north shore - long island jewish health system in new york have entered into a joint collaboration to develop new antibody based therapies to treat sy . . .\nemd serono , canada provides innovative drug therapies that address unmet medical needs in the areas of neurodegenerative diseases , fertility and endocrinology .\nraj kapoor has received personal compensation for activities with bayer schering , biogen idec , genzyme , merck serono , ms therapeutics , novartis , and teva , and research support from novartis , the ms society of gb & ni and the national ms society ( usa ) .\nemd serono , canada offers medicines , adherence and devices and patient support services in the areas of neurodegenerative diseases , fertility and endocrinology .\naround the world , merck kgaa , darmstadt , germany employees are active on all continents , bringing our products to customers in 150 locations & regions .\ncommitted to establishing partnerships to address the unmet needs of patients , emd serono , canada is focused on delivering solutions that improve the quality . . . more\nwe are the biopharmaceutical division of merck kgaa , darmstadt , germany . we focus exclusively on specialty care - integrating cutting - edge science with industry - leading patient support .\ncommitted to establishing partnerships to address the unmet needs of patients , emd serono , canada is focused on delivering solutions that improve the quality of life for all patients .\nin 2011 , domain therapeutics signed an exclusive development and licensing agreement with merck serono , a division of merck kgaa , darmstadt , germany , to develop metabotropic glutamate receptor 4 ( mglur4 ) positive allosteric modulator ( pam ) drugs targeting parkinson\u2019s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases . domain therapeutics has contributed optimized compounds that have been developed from its proprietary chemical series . under the terms of the agreement , the company has received eur 2 million in upfront payment and research funding , and was eligible for up to eur 132 million in milestones for the first two products , as well as undisclosed royalties .\nthis site contains information that is intended for us residents only . canadian residents should consult the emd serono canada inc . website at urltoken for information on products and services approved in canada .\nin 2012 , domain therapeutics has granted prexton therapeutics ( geneva - switzerland ) an exclusive option to license and develop metabotropic glutamate receptor 4 ( mglur4 ) positive allosteric modulator ( pam ) drugs targeting parkinson\u2019s disease . the chemical series was previously developed through a licensing and collaboration agreement signed between domain and merck serono , a division of merck ( darmstadt - germany ) in january 2011 . under the terms of the initial agreement between domain therapeutics and prexton therapeutics - a spin - off company of merck serono - prexton benefited from an exclusive license option to progress the mglur4 pam drug candidates into clinical development . after having exercised the exclusive option , prexton entered into license agreement with domain therapeutics , selected an mglur4 pam candidate , pxt002331 , and conducted regulatory preclinical development and phase i . in september 2016 , prexton announced the successful completion of the phase i clinical trial . in 2017 , prexton initiated a phase ii to assess the safety and effectiveness of foliglurax . the company was acquired early in march 2018 by lundbeck .\nin 2017 , domain therapeutics and merck kgaa ( darmstadt , germany ) entered into collaboration and licensing agreement for the development of adenosine receptor antagonist drugs specifically designed for oncology and immuno - oncology . merck will support research activities and gain worldwide rights to domain therapeutics\u2019 next generation of adenosine receptor inhibitors . under the terms of the agreement , domain will be eligible for more than eur 240 million in milestones , as well as undisclosed royalties .\nthis site contains information that is intended for residents of canada only . residents of the united states should consult the emd serono , inc . website at urltoken for information on products and services approved in the us .\nlife sciences industry , emd serono recently invested in expanding its research and development presence in the state to support the advancement of its pipeline and opportunities for partnerships in the academia and biotech sectors . today , the emd presence in\n, president and ceo of the accelerated cure project for ms .\nwe are thrilled that emd serono , a leader in the area of ms therapeutics , has chosen to take a lead founding sponsor role , providing the support needed to implement this important study .\noperate under the umbrella brand emd . around 39 , 000 employees work in 66 countries to improve the quality of life for patients , to further the success of customers and to help meet global challenges . the company generated total revenues of \u20ac11 . 1 billion in 2013 with its four divisions : biopharmaceuticals , consumer health , performance materials and life science tools . merck kgaa of darmstadt ,\nyou are now leaving the website of merck kgaa , darmstadt , germany\u2019s biopharma business . this link may lead to a resource maintained by third parties over whom we have no control . as such , we are not responsible for and makes no representation as to the accuracy or any other aspect of such resource or the privacy practices of such third party . providing links to a third party website does not constitute an endorsement by our company of such website or the information or products presented on such website .\nthis site contains medical information that is intended for residents of the united states only and is not meant to substitute for the advice provided by a medical professional . always consult a physician if you have health concerns . use and access of this site is subject to the terms and conditions as set out in our legal statement and privacy policy . this site contains information that is intended for us residents only . canadian residents should consult the emd serono canada inc . website at urltoken for information on products and services approved in canada\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nthis site contains medical information that is intended for residents of the united states only and is not meant to substitute for the advice provided by a medical professional . always consult a physician if you have health concerns . use and access of this site is subject to the terms and conditions as set out in our legal statement and privacy policy .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nas a user from north america , you are automatically forwarded to urltoken . please use our contact us page to get more information about our country - 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friendly education resources and a dedicated patient support team .\nto learn more about the company ' s business outside of canada , please visit the emd group website .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nas we continue to set ambitious goals , we have learned the importance of collaboration . so , we\u2019ve created many ways for innovators like yourself to join us in making a difference in the world .\nover our long history we\u2019ve developed the reputation , expertise and infrastructure to do cutting - edge internal scientific research and product development . however , to best serve our customers and meet our goal of changing the world , we also think it\u2019s vital we partner and collaborate with others , beyond our own laboratories . we are committed to broadening our relationships with other innovators , scientists and entrepreneurs in a variety of ways , based on your needs and objectives . our goal is to find a way to match our resources with your initiatives and help you maximize their potential .\n\u201cto us , creating an effective partnership means to combine our strengths with those of our partner to unlock the knowledge and insights of both partners .\nif you\u2019re looking for a resolute partner with a proven track record as transparent , reliable and an industry leader , we want to hear from you about what you\u2019re working on .\nour corporate venture fund can help you go that extra mile . we\u2019ve dedicated resources and employees to target and support young companies with great ideas for new products or technologies . is yours next ?\nour accelerator was designed to help innovative start - ups take off with three months of financial support , office space and access to our network of international experts .\nthe research agreement will build on a collaboration established in 2004 and will extend for two more years to develop pre - clinical and clinical research projects using a translational approach . the partners will target serious and debilitating neurological diseases that affect young adults , such as multiple sclerosis .\nprofessor of the department of neurology at san raffaele hospital , and inspe director professor giancarlo comi , said that public and private institutes\u2019 partnership with pharmaceutical companies bring much needed funding to research projects . \u201cin compliance with the respective prerogatives and role of research institutions and companies in the pharmaceutical market , these forms of collaboration allow research institutes to actively participate as real drivers at the development of new therapies and at the definition of biomarkers , as essential tools for the drugs optimization . \u201d\ncopyright \u00a9 1996 - 2018 vertmarkets , inc . all rights reserved . terms of use . privacy statement . subscriber request form .\nwith the biorn guide you gain access to an information platform on life sciences in the biotech cluster rhine - neckar in germany . find biotechnology companies and renowned research institutes in europe ' s hottest spot for personalized medicine and cancer research . all biotech organizations located in the biorn cluster are listed with a basic address . biorn network members have the opportunity to fill in an extended company profile .\nand the accelerated cure project for multiple sclerosis today announced a lead founding sponsor agreement to help launch the optimizing treatment\u2014understanding progression ( opt - up ) study .\nopt - up is a u . s . - based , multicenter longitudinal clinical research study that will enroll 2500 people with ms and follow them for up to five years . the goals of the study are to generate a robust evidence base of factors affecting treatment outcomes in ms to guide the choice of treatments and other interventions for ms patients , and to produce knowledge and tools for developing strategies and / or medicines to slow , arrest , or reverse ms progression .\nour collaboration with the accelerated cure project on the opt - up clinical research study offers us an extraordinary opportunity to combine complementary expertise and resources to improve patient outcomes ,\nsaid dr .\n.\nthis study underscores our company ' s dedication to furthering breakthrough scientific research that can advance treatment options for those living with multiple sclerosis .\nsubjects will be enrolled at up to twenty ms clinics located throughout the u . s . and will be followed for a minimum of two years and up to five years . using validated and standardized instruments , researchers will collect high - quality data on treatment outcomes , biological samples , and imaging data that will be analyzed by the acp network investigators and partner organizations , as well as shared widely with research groups that can help accomplish the goals of opt - up .\nand chair of the opt - up steering committee .\nthe opt - up study objective is to provide data and insights to better match people living with ms with the treatments .\nsouthwestern .\ni believe that the substantial amount of data and biosamples generated by this study will be enormously valuable in furthering our understanding of ms disease progression .\nabout accelerated cure project for ms accelerated cure project for ms ( acp ) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to accelerate research efforts to improve diagnosis , to optimize treatment and to cure ms . acp believes that research is the only way to greatly improve the outlook for people with ms . the organization promotes scientific collaboration and accelerates research by rapidly and cost - effectively providing researchers with data and biospecimens they need to explore novel research ideas that can lead to better diagnoses , to new treatments and to cures for people with ms . its resources have supported 77 research studies worldwide that have generated almost 700 million returned data points for collaborative data mining and disease modeling . to learn more about the activities , and impact of acp , please visit urltoken .\n, is a leading us biopharmaceutical company focused exclusively on specialty care . an established leader in the\n, is a leading company for innovative and top - quality high - tech products in the pharmaceutical and chemical sectors . its subsidiaries in\nis the world ' s oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company \u2013 since 1668 , the name has stood for innovation , business success and responsible entrepreneurship . holding an approximately 70 percent interest , the founding family remains the majority owner of the company to this day .\nabout multiple sclerosis multiple sclerosis ( ms ) is a chronic , inflammatory condition of the central nervous system and is the most common , non - traumatic , disabling neurological disease in young adults . it is estimated that approximately two million people have ms worldwide . while symptoms can vary , the most common symptoms of ms include blurred vision , numbness or tingling in the limbs and problems with strength and coordination . the relapsing forms of ms are the most common .\nwarning : the ncbi web site requires javascript to function . more . . .\nrobert j . fox , mellen center for multiple sclerosis , neurological institute , and lerner college of medicine , cleveland clinic , 9500 euclid ave , u - 10 , cleveland clinic , cleveland , oh , 44122 usa . email : gro . fcc @ rxof\nreceived 2011 jun 29 ; revised 2012 jul 18 ; accepted 2012 jul 22 .\nthis is an open - access article distributed under the terms of the creative commons attribution license , which permits unrestricted use , distribution , and reproduction in any medium , provided the original work is properly cited .\ndespite significant progress in the development of therapies for relapsing ms , progressive ms remains comparatively disappointing . our objective , in this paper , is to review the current challenges in developing therapies for progressive ms and identify key priority areas for research . a collaborative was convened by volunteer and staff leaders from several ms societies with the mission to expedite the development of effective disease - modifying and symptom management therapies for progressive forms of multiple sclerosis . through a series of scientific and strategic planning meetings , the collaborative identified and developed new perspectives on five key priority areas for research : experimental models , identification and validation of targets and repurposing opportunities , proof - of - concept clinical trial strategies , clinical outcome measures , and symptom management and rehabilitation . our conclusions , tackling the impediments in developing therapies for progressive ms will require an integrated , multi - disciplinary approach to enable effective translation of research into therapies for progressive ms . engagement of the ms research community through an international effort is needed to address and fund these research priorities with the ultimate goal of expediting the development of disease - modifying and symptom - relief treatments for progressive ms .\nthe last two decades have seen dramatic progress in relapsing\u2013remitting multiple sclerosis ( rrms ) . experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis ( eae ) and other animal models have provided insights into the pathophysiology of central nervous system inflammation and demyelination . clinical diagnostic criteria have been refined , and biomarkers are being developed that predict future disease activity and disability . a clear pathway has emerged for developing rrms therapies : studies in experimental models , phase i safety studies , phase ii trials with active mri lesions as the primary outcome , and finally phase iii trials using relapses and sustained progression of disability as primary outcome . eight disease - modifying therapies have received regulatory approval for rrms and several more are in late - stage clinical development and could receive regulatory approval shortly .\nfor all the success in developing treatments for rrms , the story in progressive ms is comparatively disappointing and more challenging . even the definition of progressive ms has been elusive . at the clinical level , progressive ms is defined as the gradual progression of clinical disability in a patient either with a preceding relapsing course ( secondary progressive ms , spms ) or without a preceding relapsing course ( primary progressive ms , ppms ) . 1 there may be superimposed evidence of overt inflammation , but frequent relapses and many new lesions on mri are more suggestive of rrms . at the imaging level , progressive ms is the gradual accumulation of imaging abnormalities . at the pathology level , progressive ms is the abnormal processes present in neurons or glial cells that lead to irreversible injury that causes clinical disability progression . an inherent difficulty in studying progressive ms is the indistinct overlap with rrms , with the pathologic origins of progressive ms probably developing much earlier than its clinical manifestations . here , ppms and spms are grouped together , since they share many similarities \u2013 clinically , pathologically , and particularly as revealed by imaging technology . 2\nanimal models such as eae provide only limited insight into the pathophysiology of progressive ms . new mri lesions are only occasionally seen in progressive ms , resulting in uncertainty as to which imaging or other biomarker should be employed in phase ii proof - of - concept clinical trials . the clinical metrics used in rrms have unclear sensitivity in progressive ms , limiting their utility . mechanisms for identifying candidate therapies among existing therapies are not well defined .\nclinical trials of anti - inflammatory therapies in progressive ms have been generally negative or inconsistent . immunosuppressive and immunomodulating drugs such as cladribine , azathioprine , and cyclophosphamide have shown no evidence for efficacy in spms and ppms . only mitoxantrone has been approved for spms in some countries , and this treatment has a serious adverse effect profile . finally , early attempts to approach progressive ms with putative neuroprotective therapies have failed , as seen in the recent trial of lamotrigine . 3\ngiven the challenges presented by progressive ms , a collaborative was convened by volunteer and staff leaders from several ms societies \u2018to expedite the development of effective disease - modifying and symptom management therapies for progressive forms of multiple sclerosis\u2019 . through a series of scientific and strategic planning meetings , five key priority areas for research were identified (\n) . these areas represent opportunities where concerted research efforts would provide significant impact in overcoming the current barriers in developing effective treatments for progressive ms and provide a clear roadmap for the future .\nexperimental models for ms have provided important insights into disease pathogenesis and potential therapies . 4 neurotoxicity models inform neuroprotection strategies that may prevent neurodegeneration in ms . 4 the three most commonly studied animal models in ms are : eae , virally induced demyelinating disease models and toxin - induced models of demyelination . 5 despite their extensive use , the clinical course , immunology and neuropathology of these models reflect only part of the pathophysiological spectrum of human ms . 4 , 6 therefore , direct extrapolation of results obtained in these models to ms is often tenuous , and the effect of therapeutic interventions in animals must be interpreted with care . 7 in addition , most of the current models follow a monophasic episode of inflammation and therefore predominantly mirror only the impact of acute inflammation and neuronal injury seen in rrms . 4 , 6\nseveral animal models claim to represent human progressive ms , 8 but few offer compelling evidence . 6 the chronicity of these models is usually short and the composition of lesions different from ms . 6 furthermore , most of these models do not reflect the irreversible deficits characterizing progressive ms . 9\ntherefore , there is an urgent need for better animal models that reproduce the key clinical and pathological features of spms and ppms . such models should include the role of cd8 - positive t cells and notably macrophages , which comprise a major component in progressive ms lesions . ectopic b cell follicles should be studied as an alternative disease - related mechanism . additional models are also needed that demonstrate robust chronic demyelination and neurodegeneration , such as an autoimmune - independent , inflammatory glial cell - associated neurodegeneration , which more accurately reflects progressive ms . in addition to animal models , brain - slice cultures that demonstrate demyelination and neurodegeneration may be informative , especially if they can be adapted to use human post - mortem tissue where ms pathology can be directly examined .\nwhile our understanding of the pathophysiology of progressive ms is yielding knowledge which can be applied to the development of new treatments , identifying and validating targets for use in drug discovery for progressive ms remains a significant challenge . helpful insights may come from genome - wide association studies ( gwas ) . since the first non - mhc susceptibility locus ( il2ra ) was identified , 10 the list of ms risk loci is growing , with around 50 loci identified to date . 11 however , no individual gene variant has been identified as the ideal therapeutic target and , even when considering all disease - associated variants together , risk loci explain only a modest fraction of disease heritability . 12 notwithstanding these limitations , the available results may suffice for computational and systems biology analyses to provide novel insights into biological pathways involved in disease pathogenesis . indeed , computational biology is shifting from diagrammatic representation of pathways to mathematical models . these techniques hold promise to provide the tools for interpreting genetic data across different knowledge domains . 13 furthermore , systematic assessments of the functional consequences of the associated variants are underway . together , the results of these studies could help prioritize putative therapeutic targets and steer the development of new compounds .\nin addition , methods have recently been developed to select old drugs for new targets . historically , repositioning of a compound for a new indication has been a chance occurrence , driven by observations of unforeseen favorable effects . now there is intense research on how to systematically infer new therapeutic targets for drugs that have already been registered for human use . side - effect or chemical similarities between drugs and ligand sets are examples of this new strategy . 14 , 15 these data may be further refined through screenings of registered drugs on cellular and animal models of ms .\nsuperimposing biologically relevant pathways identified through gwas studies to \u2018catalogues\u2019 of phenotypic effects of registered drugs may shorten the process of identifying therapies with potential efficacy in progressive ms . this strategy is safe for patients , since repurposed drugs usually come with years of post - marketing experience in other diseases . this strategy is also cost - effective , since it streamlines preclinical and early - stage clinical studies . indeed , the latest gwas data did not show substantial differences at susceptibility loci between relapsing and primary progressive forms of ms , suggesting relevance of gwas results to progressive ms . 11\nthe therapeutic opportunities that come from gwas , computational biology and systematic reassessment of the effects of pharmaceutical compounds need further development to achieve their potential application to progressive ms . intellectual property and the possibility of re - evaluating compounds that have not made it through the approval process are among the issues that , if properly addressed , may help accelerate the development of effective therapies for progressive ms . 16\nagents for which there is promising preclinical data need to be developed through early phase clinical trials for evidence of safety and therapeutic benefit . phase ii trials generally rely on biomarkers that are more sensitive to therapeutic effects than clinical measures . biomarker outcomes enable phase ii trials to be shorter and have a smaller sample size than phase iii trials .\nvalid surrogate biomarkers need to predict clinical outcomes . phase ii trials in rrms have advanced because lesion activity on mri is an accepted biomarker of clinical relapse rate . 17 in contrast , no comparable measure has been identified in progressive ms . there are no agreed imaging markers of neurodegenerative processes such as energy failure , ionic imbalances and loss of neuronal integrity . the problem is compounded by limitations of clinical measures of disease progression against which any biomarker might be validated .\nat present , promising imaging metrics include cerebral and spinal cord atrophy , lesion t1 hypointensity , magnetization transfer ratio to assess lesion microstructure , and optical coherence tomography to measure axonal degeneration in the retina . 18 there is enough longitudinal data to enable sample sizes to be calculated for most of these techniques for proof - of - concept trials , but their sensitivity to change and responsiveness to treatment is not well understood . newer techniques that assess tissue microstructure are also candidate metrics , including diffusion tensor imaging 19 in addition to methods that can derive axonal density and radius . techniques that examine earlier events in the injury pathway include sodium imaging 20 and measurements of metabolic markers , including the neuronal / mitochondrial marker n - acetylaspartate . 21 these techniques could be complemented and extended by positron emission tomography ( pet ) . 22 little is known about the sensitivity , responsiveness and predictive power of most of these imaging techniques and their limited availability may restrict their widespread use .\na number of tissue fluid biomarkers have been studied , mostly to assess immunological activity . markers of specific injury mechanisms are also emerging , including chemokines associated with intrathecal b lymphocyte activity that might drive cortical injury , 23 nitric oxide metabolites , 24 and neurofilaments released by damaged axons . 25 a significant drawback to widespread application of these biomarkers is their typical measurement from cerebrospinal fluid , which is not easily accessible . nonetheless , cerebrospinal fluid is increasingly incorporated into designs of progressive ms trials , and efforts to identify biomarkers in plasma and serum are underway .\nbetter biomarkers would power smaller and shorter trials . more flexible trial designs are also being examined to achieve the same aim . these include modified entry criteria to enrich trials for patients more likely to progress . adaptive designs such as those used in cancer trials could make use of prognostic biomarkers to stratify an outcome analysis that is sensitive to subpopulation treatment effects , 26 and could employ an interim futility analysis to exclude non - effective agents . 27\nthese considerations suggest that proof - of - concept clinical trial strategies are likely to evolve significantly if ( 1 ) biomarkers can be identified and validated that measure important events in the neuronal injury pathway , are reliable , easily implemented , dynamic over time , and correlate with disability , and ( 2 ) if trial designs can be developed which further minimize trial size and duration . importantly , these innovations will need sufficient community consensus to be accepted by regulatory authorities .\na critical aspect in the development of therapies is a measurement tool of therapeutic efficacy . the ideal measurement tool is precise , reproducible , broad - based in its assessment , sensitive to change over time , and predictive of future change . the evaluation of ms therapies in rrms was greatly assisted by clear definitions and objective measurement of clinical relapses . establishing outcome measures for progressive ms has been more difficult . this difficulty arises from the varied manifestations of progressive ms ( motor , sensory , coordination , cognitive , etc . ) , their slow rate of evolution , and difficulties in their quantitative measurement . there are two main pathways to solving this challenge : refinement of existing outcome measures and development of new outcome measures .\nof the existing measures , the kurtzke expanded disability status scale ( edss ) 28 is the most common disability measure in ms trials . however , edss is an inherently subjective assessment by a neurologist , has poor intra - and inter - rater reliability , 29 and has poor precision . refinements to the edss would likely improve its performance , although many of its shortcomings are inherent to the tool and so are insurmountable .\nthe multiple sclerosis functional composite ( msfc ) is the outcome of an international panel charged with replacing the edss . 30 advantages to the msfc include its dynamic assessment of different functions relevant to ms ( ambulation , arm function , and cognition ) and improved statistical performance . since the introduction of the msfc , many validation studies have shown its clinical correlations and predictive capacity . despite these apparent advantages , the msfc has not always been more sensitive than the edss in clinical trials . equally important , the msfc has not yet been accepted by regulators as an alternative to edss . as with edss , further refinement of the msfc may improve its sensitivity , reliability , and responsiveness , although some shortcomings cannot be overcome . 31\nimportant goals of ms therapies are to reduce symptom severity , improve function , and enhance quality of life . these are best evaluated through patient - reported outcome measures ( proms ) , including global assessments of daily function and health - related quality of life ( hrql ) measures . 32 regulatory interest in proms is growing , with guidelines emerging regarding the integration of proms into clinical trials . 33 efforts to improve clinical disability assessment in ms are already underway . 31\nms results in a diversity of symptoms , bringing increasing physical , psychological and emotional burden , particularly in the progressive stage of the condition . in spite of the introduction of effective disease - modifying treatments , symptom management and rehabilitation remain essential components of ms therapy , helping to alleviate the impact of disability and improve quality of life . surprisingly , the rationale for specific pharmacological treatments for symptoms is frequently based on few trials with small patient numbers , often underpowered and unblinded . 34 recently , these shortcomings have begun to be addressed with a few well conducted studies , such as using cannabinoids 35 and fampridine 36 for motor symptoms . while cognitive deficits can now be clearly defined , fatigue remains more difficult to evaluate in trials because ( a ) less is known about the pathophysiology and ( b ) it may be influenced by psychiatric factors , making quantitative characterization problematic and often confounded . depression and anxiety may respond well to either pharmacologic or cognitive behavioral treatment . 37 \u2013 39 symptom management in ms can be advanced in a number of ways . first , there should be targeted research to improve our understanding of the pathological mechanisms leading to symptom - related disability . this knowledge will allow more focused translational steps towards developing symptomatic therapies . secondly , potential treatments should be assessed in rigorous , well designed trials that are sufficiently powered to establish beneficial effects , the optimum dosage , and short - and long - term side effects . potential symptom interactions and confounding factors should be accounted for in the trial design . ideally , studies should incorporate proms , surrogate pathological markers related to the particular symptom under study and an assessment of cost - effectiveness . third , further development of reproducible and responsive measures for different symptoms is needed .\nsymptomatic treatment is normally part of a multidisciplinary patient - centered approach that may involve rehabilitation . the relationship between neuroplasticity and rehabilitation is a critically important area for further research . functional brain reorganization is well described in ms , showing increasing activation extent and the recruitment of additional areas , and hinting at the prospect of compensatory strategies . 40 , 41 some motor networks may be altered by training 42 but there is a need to investigate if enhancing network plasticity may improve the outcomes of rehabilitation . combining functional and structural imaging with cognitive rehabilitation may help develop treatments for cognitive impairment . 43 finally , applying brain\u2013computer interface technology in patients with advanced ms may allow greater motor independence , communication and environmental control . 44\ndespite great progress in relapsing ms , much work is needed to achieve similar successes for progressive ms . there are a number of key areas of unmet need which are blocking treatment development in progressive ms . although the international scientific community has made progress in some of these areas (\n) , there have not been commensurate gains in progressive ms treatments . tackling these issues will require an integrated , multi - disciplinary approach to enable effective translation of research into therapies . to this end , the international progressive ms collaborative is committed to engaging the ms research community through an international effort to fund a spectrum of research activities relevant to progressive ms with the ultimate goal of expediting the development of disease - modifying and symptom - relief treatments for progressive ms .\nto address these five challenging areas , which currently impede the treatment of progressive ms , the international progressive ms collaborative commissioned five working groups , comprised of international experts , to identify specific strategies and potential lines of research that would overcome the barriers and realize the opportunities within each area . following an international meeting in early 2013 , we anticipate that a call will be issued to address these opportunities . potential sources of funding for this call include the existing research funding mechanisms of the member organizations of the international progressive ms collaborative as well as other partners ( e . g . , government , industry ) . in addition , there will be an international fundraising effort led by the multiple sclerosis international federation and financial support will be solicited from diverse channels around the world , including foundations , government , corporate , and private funding organizations .\nfostering global collaboration by the ms research community is a bold ambition , and potentially fraught with many challenges . fortunately , the opportunities have never been as favorable as they are today , with unprecedented data on disease etiology , pathophysiology , and disease course . furthermore , we can look to other diseases for inspiration . collaborative efforts like the forum for collaborative hiv research , the alzheimer\u2019s disease neuroimaging initiative , and the innovative medicines initiative , provide powerful examples of how collaboration can accelerate research among a diverse group of stakeholders . while the collaborative efforts in progressive ms will almost certainly differ from those in other fields , the time is right for concerted action .\nthe meetings of the international collaborative on progressive multiple sclerosis were funded by the italian multiple sclerosis foundation ( fism ) , ms society of canada , ms international federation , ms research foundation ( the netherlands ) , uk ms society , and the national ms society ( usa ) .\nfunding : this activity received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public , commercial , or not - for - profit sectors .\nconflict of interest : robert j . fox received personal compensation for activities with avanir , biogen idec , novartis , and questcor , and research support from the national ms society ( usa ) and national institutes of health ( usa ) .\ndavid baker is a founder of canbex and has received personal compensation for activities with ucb and biogen idec .\nolga ciccarelli is on the editorial board of neurology and is a clinical editor for cml multiple sclerosis . she has received research funding from the wellcome trust , ms society of great britain and northern ireland , ucl biomedical research centre , and engineering and physical sciences research council . she has received speaker honoraria from bayer - schering and ge healthcare .\nantel j , antel s , caramanos z , arnold d , kuhlmann t .\ndenic a , johnson aj , bieber aj , warrington ae , rodriguez m , pirko i .\ncampillos m , kuhn m , gavin ac , jensen lj , bork p .\nsormani mp , bonzano l , roccatagliata l , cutter gr , mancardi gl , bruzzi p .\npaling d , golay x , wheeler - kingshott c , kapoor r , miller d .\nnoseworthy jh , vandervoort mk , wong cj , ebers gc . the canadian cooperative ms study group\ntrials obotiacoc and sclerosis im . disability outcome measures in multiple sclerosis clinical trials : current status and future prospects\nmohr dc , boudewyn ac , goodkin de , bostrom a , epstein l .\nkim sp , simeral jd , hochberg lr , donoghue jp , friehs gm , black mj .\n* final gross price and currency may vary according to local vat and billing address . * your purchase entitles you to full access to the information contained in our drug profile at the time of purchase . a link to download a pdf version of the drug profile will be included in your email receipt . adis is an information provider . we do not sell or distribute the pharmaceutical compounds written about in this database .\norphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases .\noops , it looks like you don\u2019t have a valid subscription to this content . to gain full access to the content and functionality of the adisinsight database try one of the following .\nif you are a subscriber to this content then contact us at asktheexpert . adisinsight @ urltoken so we can help .\nin 2017 , domain therapeutics has incorporated seagull with three academic researchers from ircc ( torino university ) . the asset centric company is aiming at leading to the clinic a mutated version of the semaphorin 3a ( sgl 10060 ) abled to reprogram the tumor microenvironment ( tme ) . the tme is known to promote the tumorigenesis , to ease the dissemination of metastasis and offer an immunosuppressive context . in multiple in vivo models , sgl 10060 was shown to inhibit the release of metastasis , to potentiate the immune response and normalize the tumor vascularization . backed to a strong ip , the program is entering regulatory preclinical development .\nin 2016 , domain therapeutics and medicxi , a swiss venture fund dedicated to financing asset - centric companies , created mavalon therapeutics , a company focused on stopping the progression of parkinson\u2019s disease . mavalon therapeutics is developing the first orally available small molecule able to induce gdnf production within the brain of parkinson\u2019s patients . gdnf is a naturally occurring factor promoting the growth of dopamine neurons . the drug candidate , a positive allosteric modulator of the metabotropic glutamate receptor type 3 ( mglur3 pam ) , was discovered and initially developed by domain therapeutics with the support of the michael j . fox foundation . medixci committed up to \u20ac9m ( $ 10m ) in mavalon .\npress release : domain therapeutics ' business model validated : lundbeck acquires prexton therapeutics for $ 1 . 1b\nin 2012 , domain and ono pharmaceutical co . , ltd . ( osaka - japan ) signed a collaboration agreement focused on discovering small molecules targeting g - protein coupled receptors ( gpcrs ) . under the agreement , ono will pay to domain therapeutics upfront payment , research funding for the collaborative research programs , success - based milestones on the research and development progress , as well as royalties on sales of the products . domain therapeutics will apply dtect - all\u2122 , its proprietary gpcr drug discovery platform and its expertise in gpcr medicinal chemistry and pharmacology to design and optimize small molecules into drug candidates having activity against gpcrs selected by ono . ono will have worldwide exclusive rights to develop and commercialize any pharmaceutical product arising out of the drug discovery collaboration .\nin 2008 , domain therapeutics signed a research agreement with takeda pharmaceutical company limited , japan ' s largest pharmaceutical company . under the agreement , domain therapeutics applied its dtect - all\u2122 platform to identify novel drug candidates that target undisclosed g protein - coupled receptors ( gpcrs ) of interest to takeda . in 2009 domain therapeutics announced that it has successfully completed the first milestone in this research agreement with takeda pharmaceutical . following milestone completion have not been publicly announced .\nsanofi and mit ' s center for biomedical innovation has established a new partnership to foster basic and applied research and develop solutions to address unmet clinical needs . sanofi will be providing f . . .\nsanofi and stanford university ' s bio - x have entered into a multi - year collaboration that support interdisciplinary collaborative research to be conducted at stanford . a joint steering committee comprisi . . .\njanssen pharmaceuticals ( formerly omjpi ) a johnson and johnson entity has entered into collaboration agreement with johns hopkins brain science institute (\nbsi\n) at johns hopkins university . janssen wi . . .\njanssen pharmaceutical a division of johnson & johnson has entered into partnership with harvard university - evotec ' s diabetes program called curebeta . janssen will paying $ 300million in milestone paym . . .\ncerecor a baltimore based company has taken an option with johns hopkins university to license d - amino acid oxidase inhibitors ( daao ) to treat schizophrenia . the daao inhibitor molecules are currently b . . .\ngibh is a medical research institute affiliated with the chinese academy of sciences . cwhm has been collaborating with gibh scientists since 2010 on a project to discover and develop new medicines for mala . . .\ncwhm signed a joint research agreement in 2010 with the institute for one world health to discover and develop new drugs to combat diarrhea , which is the second leading cause of death worldwide in children . . .\nthe mission of senex biotechnology is to discover and develop therapeutic agents to effectively treat cancer , viral diseases and age - related diseases , such as alzheimer ' s , renal disease , atherosclerosis , a . . ."]}
{"id": 54268, "summary": [{"text": "myfonts is a digital fonts distributor , based in woburn , massachusetts .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "it was created by bitstream inc. , launched in september 1999 ( during the atypi conference in boston ) , and started selling fonts in march 2000 .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "in november 2011 monotype imaging announced plans to acquire myfonts and the other font-related parts of bitstream for $ 50 million in cash .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "the acquisition was concluded in march 2012 . ", "topic": 35}], "title": "myfonts", "paragraphs": ["these are the top 50 selling fonts from all of myfonts in the last month . updated hourly !\nthe world\u2019s largest collection of fonts for print , products & screens . looking for customer support ? email help @ myfonts . com .\nmyfonts was established in january 1999 as a division of bitstream inc . ( nasdaq : bits ) to create a n . . .\nboth myfonts and whatthefont are considered highly useful tools for designers and layout artists looking to purchase commercial fonts . the combination of monotype\u2019s classic foundry styles , with myfonts more non - traditional and modern fonts should make for an attractive boost to the offerings available through the service .\nhey , boston - area designers , typographic aficionados , and dribbble family members ! we\u2019re excited to host a meetup of local design talent at our myfonts headquarters\u2014come hang out with us for an evening of food , drink , and celebration of type and design .\ntnw uses cookies to personalize content and ads to make our site easier for you to use . we do also share that information with third parties for advertising & analytics .\nmonotype imaging has announced plans to acquire urltoken and whatthefont , as well as other products of bitstream for $ 50 million cash .\nwill get in the deal will be the bitstream typeface library , as well as its font fusion and panorama font rendering and layout technologies . there are also 10 font - related patents included . about 15 of bitstreams employees and 40 engineers , based in the u . s . and india , respectively , will join monotype .\nmonotype is an imaging company that focuses largely on the distribution of text rendering and user interface tech to manufacturers of printers , tablets , tvs , ebook readers as well as publishers and corporations . bitstream is on the other end of the spectrum and , from its early life as a font foundry , grew to focus on the consumer aspects of fonts with urltoken and its font matching and discovery service whatthefont .\nstay tuned with our weekly recap of what\u2019s hot & cool by our ceo boris .\nsit back and let the hottest tech news come to you by the magic of electronic mail .\nprefer to get the news as it happens ? follow us on social media .\ngot two minutes to spare ? we ' d love to know a bit more about our readers . start !\nover 130 , 000 available fonts , and counting . check out some of our latest releases\u2026\nthese great deals are expiring soon , act now to save on these awesome fonts .\nsubmit an image to whatthefont to find the closest matches in our database . or , let cloak - draped font enthusiasts lend a hand in the whatthefont forum\npng , gif , or jpeg image files . maximum file size : 2mb . for best results , see the image submission tips\nwe install your fonts via the free skyfonts software , which runs in the background of your computer .\nthese are the top selling fonts released within the last 50 days . updated hourly !\nwe ' ve detected that javascript is disabled in your browser . would you like to proceed to legacy twitter ?\nanalysis of the 2018 font purchasing habits is in full swing . i ' ll be sharing facts as i go leading up to my presentation at\nto provide you font identification on images as well ! 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( thanks to the very talented nicholas matej : urltoken\nthis is really good . i wish i knew the name of the artist .\nwe\u2019ll have live screen printing demos where you can print your own souvenir poster , plus we\u2019ll be hosting an uproariously competitive type quiz . prove your typographic might , all with a chance to win some pretty great design - themed prizes , including books , prints and , yes , even fonts !\nall of this is free , and happening on thursday , may 25th from 6 : 30 - 10 : 00 pm at our greater boston office . there\u2019s limited space available , so make sure you rsvp as soon as you can . we can\u2019t wait to meet you !\nthe event is taking place in the office our parent company , monotype . we\u2019re located in the unicorn park office complex right off of i - 93 in woburn . take the montvale ave exit to unicorn park drive ; we\u2019re up the hill , on the left in building 600 . if you end up at the marriott , you\u2019ve gone too far . we\u2019ll have folks manning the front door to let you in . once you\u2019re inside the building , the party\u2019s up on the 3rd floor .\nyourself , your appetite , as well as a healthy passion for type , design , and friendly conversation .\nthe real fun stuff won\u2019t kick off until 7 : 00 pm - ish , so you\u2019ve got time to get yourself here .\nlog in or sign up for eventbrite to save events you ' re interested in ."]}
{"id": 54274, "summary": [{"text": "whereonearth was a company based in the united kingdom and was acquired by yahoo! oct 18 , 2005 .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "technology company , that worked with hutchson and yahoo the company was founded in 1995 with a purpose of producing geocoding technology for partners .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "in 1998 it acquired gdc , and gdc 's global geo-database , geoplanet .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "in 2002 , the company was awarded a contract to deliver the underlying technology for hutchison 3g geo services .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "in 2002 , the company spun off gdc in a management buyout , but retained geoplanet .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "in 2003 the company again reorganized with a view of generating web technology for geolocation , named internetlocality , for the extraction of location information out of web content and web searches , which eventually led to the yahoo acquisition in 2005 for integration with yahoo! search marketing project panama .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the whereonearth internet toolset is partly available as part of the yahoo developer network . ", "topic": 9}], "title": "whereonearth", "paragraphs": ["according to rafat , whereonearth has has a limited deal with yahoo for five years .\nwhereonearth is a technology company that enables on - line ' local ' . the company ' s ' internet locality ' software suite is the combination of its patent pending technology and locations data that uniquely enables whereonearth to significantly improve the relevance of local searches and advertising . whereonearth ' s localisation technology is used by many companies to link locations to industry specific information in order to assist in making informed business decisions . customers include lastminute . com , hutchison 3g , yahoo ! , moreover , royal and sun alliance and many others . for more information on internet locality and its various applications for local search and advertising , visit www . whereonearth . com .\nlocation , location , location isn\u2019t just the catchphrase of estate agents but is also the basis of whereonearth . com\u2019s l - 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10 miles of your home . we believe this will carry over into the online world and in an increasingly personalized internet , users should expect their search results to reflect their lives more precisely . same for advertisers ? they need to target users with more meaningful , relevant ads based on the user ? s locality .\nsounds similar to my scenario with google being able to offer very localized advertising with their wi - fi ventures . john battelle makes a few interesting points about yahoo\u2019s potential wi - fi plans on his blog .\nas voice becomes dominant in search , and users turn to social media , apps and news aggregators for their content \u2013 and not to mention the rise in virtual reality \u2013 kevin gibbons asks whether we will still need websites in future .\none of the best ways to stay up - to - date with seo and search marketing developments is to keep a close eye on google ' s developments . however , just doing that can be a full - time job . luke budka highlights four recent updates you may not be aware of .\nhere are 12 alternatives to escape your reliance on google for all things search in 2018 .\nas an seo , it ' s likely that you heavily rely on a number of time - 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run github may not be the best venue for managing all of these records . but it ' s not an entirely crazy idea either so we ' re going to try it for a while because it ' s easy and safe .\nyou signed in with another tab or window . reload to refresh your session .\nyou signed out in another tab or window . reload to refresh your session .\nfounded in 1995 by steve packard , whose first company produced the trivial pursuit board game , urltoken supplies its services to risk assessors in the insurance industry and to internet search - engine providers such as yahoo . however , packard believes l - sphere\u2019s main application will be in the third - generation ( 3g ) mobile telecommunications market . sales at the london company have grown 210 % a year from \u00a3265 , 000 in 1999 to \u00a32 . 5m in 2001 , when it made big losses . the firm has raised \u00a35m in venture capital from amadeus and reuters greenhouse among others .\nthis profile reflects the company at time of publication and does not reflect any changes that may have subsequently occurred . fast track and its sponsors do not endorse , guarantee or recommend investment in any of the companies .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy ."]}
{"id": 54280, "summary": [{"text": "transitions optical was founded in 1990 .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "in 1991 , transitions optical became the first company to commercialize and manufacture plastic photochromic lenses .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "from inception the company has been a joint venture between ppg industries ( 51 % ) and essilor ( 49 % ) .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "in april 2014 , essilor acquired the 51 % stake of ppg in transitions .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "transitions lenses are also called adaptive lenses .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "they are clear indoors and at night and automatically darken outdoors as light conditions change .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "they block 100 % of uv rays and help to enhance contrast and reduce glare .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "in addition to original transitions lenses that are for everyday wear , transitions optical also makes transitions xtractive lenses that change from light tint indoors to very dark outdoors , and transitions adaptive sun wear that go from dark to darker outdoors depending on the sun and are available worldwide .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "throughout the 1990s , transitions optical established offices in europe , asia/pacific , south america , australia and canada .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "transitions optical has more than 1,200 employees worldwide and offices throughout 15 countries .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "the transitions healthy sight for life fund supports individuals , as well as global , regional and local organizations , that aim to create awareness about the importance of proper eyecare and eyewear , as well as those organizations that are working to eliminate preventable blindness .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "since 2009 , transitions optical has been the title sponsor of the transitions championship , a pga tour event held at innisbrook resort and golf club in palm harbor , florida .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "transitions optical is the official eyewear of the pga tour , champions tour and nationwide tour .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "the company also sponsors pro cycling team garmin-cervelo .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "in addition to partnering with a number of organizations worldwide , transitions optical north american is affiliated with several industry organizations , including the american academy of ophthalmology , the vision council , the american optometric association , the world council of optometry , and the optical laboratories association . ", "topic": 1}], "title": "transitions optical", "paragraphs": ["glassdoor has 44 transitions optical reviews submitted anonymously by transitions optical employees . read employee reviews and ratings on glassdoor to decide if transitions optical is right for you .\ntransitions is a registered trademark , the transitions logo , transitions light intelligent technology and transitions light intelligent lenses are trademarks of transitions optical , inc . used under license by transitions optical limited . light under control is a trademark of transitions optical limited . photochromic performance is influenced by temperature , uv exposure and lens material . \u00a9 2018 transitions optical limited .\ntransitions optical and davis vision join the american diabetes association to o . . .\ntransitions optical , inc . is pleased to announce t . . . more >\nglassdoor is your resource for information about transitions optical benefits and perks . learn about transitions optical , including insurance benefits , retirement benefits , and vacation policy . benefits information above is provided anonymously by current and former transitions optical employees , and may include a summary provided by the employer .\npinellas park \u2014 lensmaker transitions optical is phasing out all manufacturing from its pinellas park headquarters and plant over the next year and a half .\nthe transitions line of everyday adaptive lenses includes transitions\u00ae signature\u2122 , transitions\u00ae xtractive\u2122 , and transitions\u00ae vantage\u2122 . all transitions lenses offer the latest and most advanced adaptive technology and set the standard for performance , visual quality , visual comfort , and eye protection .\nhere is a brief introduction to transitions academy , one of the most respected events in all the optical industry . be sure to share with your team !\ntransitions optical started 20 years ago as a joint venture between ppg industries and essilor international , a french lensmaker that closed its st . petersburg office in 2010 .\nintroducing transitions new campaign - light under control\u2122 \u25ba discover transitions light under control https : / / light - undercontrol . . . . transitions optical is the leading provider of plastic photochromic ( adaptive ) lenses to optical manufacturers worldwide . having been the first to successfully manufacture and commercialize plastic adaptive lenses in 1990 , and as a result of its relentless investment in research and development and technology , transitions optical offers a wide variety of products , setting new standards of advanced performance to provide ever increasing visual comfort and uv protection . show less\ntransitions optical has seen tremendous success and growth in the 25 years since we opened in pinellas park and our employees here have been integral to that success ,\nalves said .\nas the optical industry and photochromic category evolves , we are confident these changes will enable us to further support our company and category ' s global growth .\nthe company is a subsidiary of us company transitions optical . the main activities of the company are the manufacturing and distribution of photochromic plastic lenses and to provide sales and other support for fellow companies in ireland .\nfrom online product demonstrators to interactive training exercises and informative landing pages , transitions pro can put the entire transitions family of brands at your fingertips .\nlearn about how all transitions lenses help protect against harmful blue light indoors and outdoors .\ntransitions \u00ae lenses seamlessly adapt to changing light , from clear indoors to dark outdoors , and every shade in between . upgrade your lenses today and ask your eyecare professional for transitions lenses\nthere ' s always something happening with the transitions brand of products . if you have ever visited transitions academy or experienced one of our seminars or local events , you know what we mean .\ntransitions \u00ae lenses seamlessly adapt to changing light , from clear indoors to dark outdoors , and every shade in between . upgrade your lenses today and ask your eyecare professional for transitions \u00ae lenses .\ntransitions \u00ae adaptive lenses \u2122 adjust from clear indoors to dark outdoors so you can see more of life\u2014beautifully .\nto get the most accurate , comfortable and natural vision , we use zeiss lenses . for more than 165 years , zeiss has been a global leader in optical innovations to meet your ever - changing , personal vision needs .\nnever had transitions before but love the way i can use these in the car . absolutely great pair of lenses\ntake an in - depth look at three transitions products that help protect against harmful blue light , indoors and outdoors .\nthe resources on transitions pro take many forms , from single white papers written by some of the smartest minds in the optical industry to comprehensive training courses designed to help today ' s eyecare professionals to meet the ever - changing needs of discerning patients . we ' ve categorized them \u2013 and organized them \u2013 to help make your experience here both pleasurable and rewarding .\nanywhere you go , transitions xtractive lenses are uniquely designed to protect your eyes from the brightest sun and harsh artificial light .\nmanufacturing will be moved to other facilities around the world and our overall global manufacturing capacity will be increased to meet anticipated future demand . this move will help us to further reinforce our competitiveness so we can accelerate the development of the photochromic category and better support the transitions brand and our customers through the development of new offers and capitalizing on our expertise , especially in fast - growing markets and europe ,\njose alves , general manager of the americas market for transitions optical , said in a statement .\nall transitions lenses block 100 percent of harmful uva and uvb rays , helping to protect the health and wellness of your eyes .\nnote : transitions\u00ae availability is dependent upon the combination of lens type , material and options package selected . not all transitions options are available on our site at this time . for other options , please contact us at 1 - 800 - 248 - 9427 .\nyour lenses start out resembling a hockey puck . our team of technicians takes the information from your visit ( prescription , frame selection , lens add - ons ) and using state - of - the - art optical software , crafts precisely cut lenses to fit your frame .\nyou ' ll find a range of image resources at your disposal , including downloadable banner ads , logos , photography and transitions branding elements .\nsee life in the best light with transitions \u00ae adaptive lenses . our everyday lenses automatically adjust from clear to dark and every shade in between .\nif you ' re looking for more functionality than an ordinary lens can offer , transitions lenses are right for you . all transitions lenses continuously adapt to changing light conditions outdoors to help reduce eye fatigue and strain . anyone who wears glasses or sunglasses ( prescription or not ) can wear transitions photochromic adaptive lenses . different color lens tints and other options are available to complement every lifestyle , age , and a number of different sports and activities .\never since i first tried transitions xtractive lenses i have been very happy with the product . they are like normal lenses inside , but change to a very dark shade outside that protects my eyes from the bright sunlight . this will be my second pair of transitions lenses and i highly recommend them .\nwe offer a wealth of education and training tools as well as informative presentations to enrich your colleagues as well as teach your patients about the performance and benefits of transitions products .\nthere is no substitute for hands - on demonstration of the performance of transitions lenses . we offer one of the most comprehensive libraries of demonstration tools and sales materials in the entire industry .\ni ' ve had transitions lenses for awhile now . with the new prescription that i just picked up i went for the xtractive . wow , what a difference from my past transitions . the sky is so much clearer . i also get a little tint inside of my car ! awesome . overall clarity and color everything just pops with no eye strain . thank you ! ! ! !\nthe transitions lenses product and technology stories come to life in a library of videos that explore everything from the products themselves to tips and techniques for presenting them to your patients . a wealth of info .\ntransitions\u00ae signature\u00ae are the # 1 recommended adaptive lenses worldwide and are the ideal everyday choice for enhanced vision . indoors and at night , the lenses are fully clear . outdoors , these lenses continuously adapt and darken with every variation of light so you can consistently see your best . transitions lenses enhance your vision by providing more clarity and better contrast as well as reducing glare , eye fatigue , and strain for more effortless vision .\nfinally , a lens that darkens behind a car ' s windshield ! thank you transitions ! ! ! no more needing indoor & outdoor glasses when one pair does a great job at both . i couldn ' t be happier with my xtractive transitions . they are indeed as advertised - quick to darken , crystal clear vision , and reliable . is it possible to add variable polarization to the xtractives ? please ? ? : )\ntransitions\u00ae vantage\u2122 lenses are the first and only eyeglass lenses to both darken and polarize upon uv exposure . they start out virtually clear and non - polarized indoors . but outdoors , they both adapt to changing light and also increase polarization as they darken so that your outdoor vision is noticeably crisper with enhanced contrast and sharpness . with transitions vantage , glass and water appear more transparent and glare is reduced , even in the brightest sunlight .\ntransition optical is known for creating and manufacturing photochromic eyeglass lenses that shift from light to dark in different amounts of light . the company employs 300 full - time workers at its pinellas park operation at 9251 belcher road . an estimated 40 percent , or around 120 , of those positions will be eliminated from july this year through the end of 2017 , said lesley sillaman , a spokeswoman for the company . most of those positions are in the company ' s production facility .\nnever had transitions before but love the way i can use these in the car . absolutely great pair of lenses\nstevenson , patricia\nfinally , a lens that darkens behind a car ' s windshield ! thank you transitions ! ! ! no more needing indoor & outdoor glasses when one pair does a great job at both . i couldn ' t be happier with my xtractive transitions . they are indeed as advertised - quick to darken , crystal clear vision , and reliable . is it possible to add variable polarization to the xtractives ? please ? ? : )\nsabath , judson\nif you have to wear glasses , this is the only way to go .\nstrauser , jennifer\ntransitions pro \u2013 professional resources online \u2013 puts a world of resources at your fingertips , giving eyecare professionals in all walks of the industry the information , tools , strategies and materials needed to better serve your patients and grow your practices .\nfrom the moment i put on my new glasses w / active transitions , it was like a\nbreath of fresh air\nto my eyes ! especially like the\nchange\nwhile in car or other semi - lit areas . . . great lens ! ! !\ntransitions\u00ae xtractive\u00ae lenses are the darkest everyday adaptive lens , maintaining a comfortable hint of tint indoors ( and even behind the windshield of a car ) and reaching superior darkness outdoors in changing light conditions . these lenses are ideal for prescription lens wearers who are sensitive to light and spend a great deal of their time outdoors .\nphotochromic performance and polarization are influenced by temperature , uv exposure and lens material .\nframesdirect and urltoken are service marks of frames for america , inc . all rights reserved .\nsome content used with permission by jobson publishing , l . l . c .\nour certified opticians are available to help you find the perfect eyewear , confirm your prescription , and answer any other questions you may have .\nin our lens lab \u2013 lbc optics \u2013 craftsmanship and innovation come together to deliver precise vision so you can experience every detail in life \u2013 whether you\u2019re in the boardroom , staring at the chalkboard , reading , driving , watching from the sidelines or running down the field .\nthe newest technology in our lab , the schneider modulo xt , is the best digital lens generator for freeform progressives . it\u2019s 20 % more accurate and 30 % faster than earlier equipment , allowing you to take on the world in no time .\nthe combination of your eyes , face shape and frame selection are distinct to you . using precise measurements , the zeiss individual\u2122 lenses that we use in our lab integrate how these three things work together . the result \u2013 improved visual acuity for clearer , sharper vision .\nall of our lenses are digitally surfaced . what does this mean for you ? when we take the original hockey puck , grind it down and polish it , your lenses are surfaced to . 001 of a diopter of your prescription \u2013 allowing you to see . more . life .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nour interactive online portal allows you to quickly and easily review and order materials for your practice .\nthis self - guided product training resource is just the beginning when it comes to interactive product engagement and learning .\nfrom white papers to sell - sheets to dispensing tips and beyond , we invite you to explore a host of downloadable documents that you can share with your associates and your patients .\nthis document outlines the top 5 questions that patients ask about photochromic lenses . resources like this help you prepare for a satisfying patient experience .\nget all the details of how our photochromic technology works and how it ' s applied to the lenses .\nthe best transition lenses i\u2019ve ever had owned . i\u2019ve had knock off for years and xtractive are the best for me\nsince i ' ve had my glasses , i ' m pleased with the lens of transitioning and not too dark . their just right for me .\nthey are perfect ! ! ! it is exactly what i was wanting . when i take my girls outside it is so nice to not have to worry about my sunglasses on the days when the sun is very bright ! ! it is amazing that the xtractive lenses will continue to darken in the car ; and that is because they are made to do that , and my eyes are very sensitive to the sun and it blinds me when it is extra bright . i want to thank whoever came up with this idea . it is great ! !\nthe transition xtraactive lenses i purchased offer a darker almost sun glass protection for my very bad eyes they transition quickly and are optically very clear , i am very pleased and would recommend this product .\ni work in motorsports and these lenses have been able to help me get through a whole day at the track . from sun up to sun down . they are just absolutely awesome .\n* subject to qualifying credit approval . payments are required during the 6 month promotional period . making minimum monthly payments during the promotional period will not pay off the entire purchase balance . interest accrues at 29 . 99 % during the promotional period , but all interest is waived if the purchase balance is paid in full before the expiration of the 6 month promotional period . financing for greensky \u00ae consumer credit programs is provided by federally insured , federal and state chartered banks providing credit without regard to age , race , color , religion , national origin , sex or familial status . * * by combining these eligible products into the purchase of one pair of prescription lenses , $ 30 is provided through a mail - in visa\u00ae prepaid card .\nenjoy light more comfortably in lenses that adapt and help protect from uv rays and harmful blue light indoors and out .\nenjoy light more comfortable in lenses that adapt and help protect from uv rays and harmful blue light indoors and out .\nyour privacy is important to us . we have updated our privacy policy to better explain how we use data on this site . read it here\nour lens\u00adcaster customers will continue to be supported by our commercial organization from pinellas park . similarly , our north america - focused marketing , retail and channel sales team will continue to work from this location ,\nhe said .\nok , they lied . or maybe we were just gullible . either way , the great\nwhy are they changing their name\ndebate is over , seemingly just as quickly as it started . and as it turns out they\u0092re not even changing their name after all . last month , ihop caused . . .\neleven state attorneys general are launching an investigation of contracts at fast - 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material straw as an option instead . . .\nnew tobacco regulations ordered by the food and drug administration were close , but no cigar . by aug . 10 , premium cigars were to be packaged in boxes with new , larger health warnings . the cigar industry says this is costly and ruins boxes considered w . . .\ntampa could soon add another commercial flight to havana . southwest airlines , which has provided one daily flight between tampa international airport and havana\u0092s jose marti international airport since december 2016 , is among three commercial airlines . . .\nclearwater \u0097 six weeks of intense fitness boot camp , five days a week . eating a regimented meal plan six times a day . posting about your progress on facebook . the challenge ? lose 20 pounds . if you succeed ? it\u0092s free . the california - based camp transfor . . .\nsan francisco \u0097 twitter has sharply escalated its battle against fake and suspicious accounts , suspending more than 1 million accounts a day in recent months , a major shift to lessen the flow of disinformation on the platform , according to data obtai . . .\nst . petersburg \u0097 it appears the city will get to brag about its very own janet echelman sculpture after all . mayor rick kriseman has raised $ 1 . 5 million private donations to install a piece by the internationally acclaimed artist on the st . petersburg . . .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\nglassdoor will not work properly unless browser cookie support is enabled . learn how to enable cookies .\nyour trust is our top concern , so companies can ' t alter or remove reviews .\nfun , great people and good opportunity . great equipment automation and process control .\nthe working culture and relationship is nice and professional for middle to low management positions .\nteam commitment to each other , learning environment technology - 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{"id": 54293, "summary": [{"text": "ground round grill & bar , an american casual dining restaurant , was founded in 1969 by howard johnson 's .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "as of january 17 , 2010 ground round is owned by independent owners cooperative , llc , a group of 30 franchisee owners based in freeport , maine .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "currently , ground round has 30 locations in 13 states .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "from the 1970s through the 1990s , ground round was well known for its children 's parties , showing old time silent movies and cartoons on a big screen , a mascot named bingo the clown , and for passing out whole peanuts where diners were not discouraged from throwing the shells on the floor , which became one of the ground round 's more endearing qualities that attracted families with small children ; they also often gave diners popcorn with their dinner , rather than bread .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "the newest incarnation of ground round does n't support such behavior and markets to the adult dining and cocktails crowd , although families are still welcome ( a mascot called the ground round hound , an anthropomorphic hound dog , appears on the kids ' menu ) .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "in february 2004 the franchisor for ground round filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy ; in the process , all 59 corporate-owned restaurants ( almost half of the ground rounds then open ) abruptly closed their doors .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "a group of franchisees joined together in order to buy out the parent company , at the time ground round , inc. , and started the ground round independent owners cooperative , llc ( gr ioc ) . ", "topic": 18}], "title": "ground round", "paragraphs": ["ground round ' s fresh squeezed lemon and lime margarita featuring patron silver tequila and a splash of margarita mix . taste the freshness !\na ground round burger served on grilled thick - sliced white bread topped with cheddar and swiss cheese , ham , applewood smoked bacon , lettuce , tomato and mayonnaise .\nbenepal ' s enthusiasm evaporated when he received an alarming phone call from a franchisee on the east coast : the parent company of ground round had run out of money , and it was ceasing operations immediately .\nthe headquarters of ground round were always something of a revolving door : the company changed owners four times in the 22 years before it went public in 1991 . by that time diners were becoming more health - conscious , and the stuffed potato skins and 10 cent buffalo wings ( which had once required an investment in bigger deep fryers ) had become pass\u00e9 . in 1997 , after posting a loss of $ 1 . 9 million in the second quarter , ground round was bought out for $ 16 . 7 million by boston ventures , a private - equity firm . tom russo , a former president of howard johnson who had sat on the board of ground round , was named ceo .\na ground turkey burger served with shredded lettuce , tomato , pickle , red onion and chipotle mayonnaise on a rustic ciabatta bun .\nthe story of the ground round franchisees has made its way through industry circles\u2014no doubt spurred when members of the co - op and their attorney recently spoke about the experience to 1 , 200 attendees at a franchise conference in las vegas . michael einbinder , a franchisee attorney at new york city law firm rosen einbinder & dunn , says a client recently asked him what to do if his franchisor went bankrupt , and thanks to the ground round story , he had a new answer .\nit ' s an object lesson ,\nsays einbinder .\nit makes people realize they have options .\nburt benepal , who was building the first west coast location when the company went bankrupt , opened his restaurant\u2014with the assistance of a dozen staff members who were borrowed from other ground round restaurants\u2014in richmond , calif . , this past summer . it was five months later than expected , but that kind of delay is not uncommon in the restaurant business . benepal anticipates first - year sales of $ 2 million , and he ' s scouting for a location for his next restaurant , which he plans to open this summer . jack crawford expects six to eight new ground round locations to open across the u . s . in 2005 .\nground round was on track to make those payments as soon as it sold off 19 more stores\u2014deals that were in the works . but the financing for them hit a snag . the delay seemed minor at the time , but it meant the company would default on its loan payment\u2014an agreement that already had been amended six times since 2000 . the lender called its loan and exercised its right to clean out ground round ' s bank account . boston ventures , which had poured $ 15 . 1 million into the company with no return , refused to spend any more . ( a spokesman at boston ventures declined to comment . ) the management team\u2014reportedly worried about being held personally liable for payroll , taxes , and other operating costs\u2014shut the company down immediately .\nthe ground round is a family friendly restaurant with a full dining room as well as , a full bar with large screen sports televisions . we offer a wide variety of foods from salads , soups , burgers , flatbread pizzas , burritos , fajitas , and steaks . we also have several dessert choices . as our slogan says :\nwe ' ve got what you like !\n( fortune small business ) \u2013 it may have been friday the 13th , but burt benepal was not in a worrying mood . benepal , 46 , had been opening restaurants for more than 20 years ( including outposts of denny ' s , chuck e . cheese ' s , and wendy ' s ) , and in february 2004 he was energized about his newest venture : the ground round grill & bar , which benepal considered\na good , solid brand .\nhe had agreed to startup costs of about $ 1 million , but he saw that as a promising long - term investment . though there were 130 ground round outlets in the northeast and midwest , he owned the first on the west coast , and he hoped to open many more in the years ahead .\nground round took out a $ 40 million line of credit in 2000 and tapped it for at least $ 26 million . boston ventures had already started selling off many of its locations to franchisees . although the company sold 39 restaurants in the next two years , that still wasn ' t enough . the goal was to get down to fewer than 15 company stores , and ground round was stuck with 59 . it had sold the best stores first , and many that were left were in less popular locations . in 2003 the chain lost almost $ 7 million on revenue of $ 107 . 4 million . while the restaurant selloff had reduced the $ 26 million debt to about $ 3 . 5 million by 2003 , the lender wanted the rest paid off in the first two months of 2004 .\nwinning ground round wasn ' t going to be easy , but the franchisees were organized . they had to come up with a $ 250 , 000 deposit to bid on the assets , and all 39 kicked in . each franchisee also estimated how much he lost due to the bankruptcy . together the claims reached about $ 40 million , but each claim stood separately\u2014so if the franchisees wanted to sue , the new owner would have to fight 39 separate lawsuits .\nit was a brilliant move of throwing a monkey wrench into the machine ,\nsays mark bromberg , ceo of apex restaurant group , a plano , texas , company that specializes in turning around distressed restaurant chains and that was interested in ground round .\nit was also unmitigated bullshit . everyone laughed at it because it was so ridiculous .\nover the following weeks the franchisees wrote a business plan based on the model of the best western hotel chain , which operates as a cooperative . ( crawford ' s company also runs three best westerns , and he stepped into a leadership role to apply the co - op model to ground round . ) among other benefits , franchise royalties would be reduced from 4 % to something between 2 % and 3 % .\nit wasn ' t long after the bankruptcy that prospective buyers started sniffing around , and the franchisees\u2014many of whom were angry and felt abandoned by their former operator\u2014wanted to have some say in who would take over . to that end , the franchisees ' attorney organized what he called the\nbeauty contest ,\na meeting in philadelphia at which leading ground round franchisees could interview the potential purchasers .\nwe wanted to partner not with the highest bidder but with someone we liked ,\nsays franchisee mike metz . potential buyers included the operators of such chains as carvel and wall street deli . but after a day and a half of meetings , the franchisees were clear about whom they thought would make the most attractive owner : themselves .\nwe felt we knew as much as them , if not more ,\nsays jack crawford , 45 , a franchisee in maine who has been with ground round for 25 years .\nwhy not put our own group together to bid on the assets ?\nwe have a new model , so it ' s hard for traditional restaurant companies to grasp ,\ncounters jack crawford .\nbut it ' s working . we have 100 % royalty collection , more than 90 % marketing participation , and we expect four times the attendance at our annual meeting compared with last year . the numbers are great when there ' s skin in the game .\nthere are now 71 remaining ground round locations , 64 in the co - op and seven run by three franchisees who decided not to join . systemwide sales are about $ 125 million , on a par with their performance before the bankruptcy .\nfounded in 1969 as part of the howard johnson co . , ground round was a pioneer in the $ 37 - billion - a - year casual - dining business , predating applebee ' s , bennigan ' s , and houlihan ' s . early menus listed just 12 items , and most people came for the half - pound burger in a basket ( called the ground rounder ) . the restaurants wooed families . diners got free popcorn and peanuts\u2014they were encouraged to throw the peanut shells on the floor\u2014and the chain introduced the\npenny a pound\npromotion . ( if a young diner weighed 50 pounds , her meal cost 50 cents . ) waiters would yuck it up by giving a kid a barbell before he stepped on the scale . the restaurants had few windows , giving them a dark , cavelike feeling . it was pitched as\nwarm and cozy , but it was really designed to be energy - efficient during the oil crisis of the 1970s ,\nexplains bob smith , a franchisee with stores in vermont and new york .\nwhile the bankruptcy meant that the 59 company - owned restaurants would close , 72 franchise stores\u2014owned by local proprietors under license from the chain\u2014stayed open in 19 states . many customers however , who had read or heard news of the bankruptcy , did not distinguish between a company - owned or franchise - owned store . ( after all , by design they are supposed to look the same . ) within a few weeks , mike metz , who at the time owned three stores in pennsylvania , saw sales fall almost 20 % . several franchise restaurants that had been struggling were forced to shut down , says attorney craig tractenberg , a partner at nixon peabody in philadelphia who was hired to represent the ground round franchisees .\na few big competitors immediately considered buying ground round ' s assets out of bankruptcy , but during the months - long sale process , the franchisees were left to fend for themselves . they considered it crucial that the franchisee - owned restaurants all stay open during that time . within a few weeks the group elected leaders , hired a law firm , created a buying co - op , renegotiated food contracts\u2014and even introduced a new , low - carb menu . in fact , after the initial scare , being on their own had a certain revolutionary appeal . with no royalties to pay and no corporate office to answer to , life was pretty good . so a few months later , when bids started coming in , the franchisees got the idea of taking their experiment in self - government to the next logical step : why not pool their assets and buy the company themselves ?\nthroughout the 1990s ground round invested little in updating its concept or marketing its brand . while the franchisees were required to spend 2 % of their sales on advertising , the parent company spent less than 1 % on ads . as the franchisees embraced creative promotions ( bob smith launched a\npenny a degree\npromotion to get families to come on cold days ) , the corporate stores did not do much to draw in customers . similarly , while 42 of the franchise stores were renovated in recent years , at $ 350 , 000 a location , the parent corporation refurbished only two of the 59 restaurants that it owned outright . the contrast in commitment showed up in sales numbers : the average company - owned store took in $ 1 . 5 million in revenue in 2003 , compared with $ 1 . 75 million for franchised locations . ( some franchisees raked in as much as $ 2 . 5 million a store . )\nalthough no one , including the franchisees , thought they would ever get anything near the $ 40 million , those claims had a huge influence on the sale . apex , backed by a reit called u . s . restaurant properties , was the only prospective buyer from the beauty contest that bid at the auction , offering $ 6 . 5 million . the franchisees bid $ 1 million . the disparity was so clear - cut that a news article was published saying apex\nwins bid for ground round .\nbut the deal was still subject to a bankruptcy judge ' s approval , and the franchisees filed an objection to the apex offer , claiming that the $ 6 . 5 million wouldn ' t cover the $ 40 million they believed they were owed . the objection bought the franchisees time . during the next few weeks they scrambled to raise more money ( $ 40 , 000 from each restaurant and a $ 2 . 9 million bank loan ) , upping their offer to $ 4 . 85 million . it was still less than apex ' s bid , but it came with an attractive plus\u2014the $ 40 million claim and the threat of litigation would be wiped out . suddenly they were a serious contender . on july 7 , 2004 , the bankruptcy judge approved their offer . the franchisees now owned the brand .\nstunned by a sudden bankruptcy , stubborn franchisees step in to buy their parent company .\nwhile bankruptcies by nature are unpleasant affairs , this one quickly turned ugly . the announcement came right before the dinner rush on a friday , when store managers were ordered to tell diners to finish eating and pay their tabs . ( some were sent home with half - eaten meals in takeout containers . ) more than 3 , 000 employees\u2014some of whom had been with the restaurants for over a decade\u2014were let go without severance , and their final paychecks bounced . a few angry workers broke plates and windows and stole steaks and liquor . in at least one instance employees reportedly kept the restaurants open after they were ordered to close and pocketed the proceeds . the company ' s subsequent bankruptcy filing showed that unsecured creditors , including food and product purveyors , were owed between $ 10 million and $ 50 million . ceo tom russo was allegedly threatened by former workers and was rumored to have carried a gun with him to the office . ( russo did not respond to requests for an interview , nor did any of the company ' s management . )\nthey were ecstatic , but after the news broke some skeptics started saying that franchisee ownership of the parent company could trigger a new set of problems . they wondered whether the inmates would be able to run the asylum .\nfranchising is not a cooperative event . it needs professional management ,\nsays michael seid , a franchise consultant based in west hartford , conn . while owning the concept is not a problem , operating it\u2014and performing the franchisor ' s duties of marketing , promotion , and product development\u2014could be . apex ' s mark bromberg believes the franchisees , without strong financial backing , will have trouble competing against colossal chains such as applebee ' s and t . g . i . friday ' s . says bromberg :\nit ' s not about saving money in royalties or being the master of your domain . this is about winning the battle for the consumer .\nmost stock quote data provided by bats . market indices are shown in real time , except for the djia , which is delayed by two minutes . all times are et . disclaimer . morningstar : \u00a9 2018 morningstar , inc . all rights reserved . factset : factset research systems inc . 2018 . all rights reserved . chicago mercantile association : certain market data is the property of chicago mercantile exchange inc . and its licensors . all rights reserved . dow jones : the dow jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated , distributed and marketed by dji opco , a subsidiary of s & p dow jones indices llc and have been licensed for use to s & p opco , llc and cnn . standard & poor ' s and s & p are registered trademarks of standard & poor ' s financial services llc and dow jones is a registered trademark of dow jones trademark holdings llc . all content of the dow jones branded indices \u00a9 s & p dow jones indices llc 2018 and / or its affiliates .\n\u00a9 2018 cable news network . a time warner company . all rights reserved . terms under which this service is provided to you . privacy policy .\nour wide selection of meals has a bit of something for everyone , and our limited time specials keep things fresh .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml + rdfa 1 . 0 / / en\nurltoken\nwe noticed that you ' re using an unsupported browser . the tripadvisor website may not display properly . we support the following browsers :\ntripadvisor gives a certificate of excellence to accommodations , attractions and restaurants that consistently earn great reviews from travelers .\ni know this is a standard chain , but they serve a great hamburger . convenient to interstate and hotels .\non our travels back home from the corn palace , we stopped here to eat . this was our first visit and i\u2019m so glad we stopped ! we split a burger and fries , for the total of $ 13 . 94 . i left a tip of $ 5 , because the service . . .\nhere for lunch with our sons baseball team . waitress over complicated things by not separating our orders from the beginning , so we all ended up having to tell her what we had 3 times . with that said , no one had any issues with their food . . . .\nthis restaurant was a really nice surprise . the food was awesome and came out quickly . it had a very kid friendly menu . it has a sit down or bar area with tv ' s . the prices were comparable to most franchised restaurants . it is across the parking . . .\nthe meal was absolutely incredible and the staff was always nearby to wait on every request . i was very satisfied !\nwe stopped in with a big group and the service was great . the food was also very good . with this big of group they were able to handle us and had a great meal .\ni this restaurant as conveniently located across from my hotel . service was fast and friendly with top notch service from autumn , behind the bar .\nhaven ' t been to a gr in decades . i remember throwing your peanut shells on the floor . guess they don ' t do that anymore . i enjoyed my black and blue burger and my tc enjoyed the cranberry / walnut / chicken salad . it was huge and a great bargain . staff excellent . . . .\ngreat selection , great service . there are not many choices in town but this spot is definitely a good one .\ni have eaten here many times and have always had great food . the staff is friendly and efficient . they offer a all - inclusive menu . everything i have ordered has been very good !\navailable with buffalo ( mild , medium or hot ) , honey bbq , sweet chili sauce or our new honey sriracha sauce .\n8 wings available in buffalo ( mild , medium or hot ) , honey bbq , sweet chili sauce or our new honey sriracha sauce .\na tower of golden fried onion rings . served with ranch dressing and tangy bistro sauce .\nmozzarella cheese sticks , chicken tenders and onion rings served with marinara , bistro and ranch dipping sauces .\nsavory chicken , melted cheeses , pico de gallo and applewood smoked bacon . served with seasoned sour cream and salsa .\nmelted cheeses , fresh pico de gallo , shredded lettuce , jalapenos and tomatoes with seasoned chicken or beef . served with seasoned sour cream and salsa .\na generous sampler of guest favorites : potato skins , chicken tenderloins ( buffalo or plain ) and mozzarella cheese sticks .\ntender chicken , applewood smoked bacon , sweet dried cranberries , bleu cheese crumbles , candied walnuts and fresh greens tossed in sweet italian dressing . served with flatbread .\ncrisp shredded lettuce , blended cheeses , black beans , fresh pico de gallo and your choice of seasoned chicken or chili beef . topped with seasoned sour cream and salsa .\ncrispy fresh salad greens , tomatoes , applewood smoked bacon , chopped egg and shredded cheeses with bleu cheese dressing . topped with buffalo grilled chicken tenderloins . served with flatbread .\nfresh salad greens , applewood smoked bacon , blended cheeses , chopped egg and tomatoes with grilled chicken or crispy chicken tenderloins . served with honey mustard dressing and flatbread .\nfresh salad greens with seasoned grilled chicken , black bean corn salsa , onion tanglers , shredded cheeses and drizzled with our hickory bbq sauce and creamy ranch dressing . served with flatbread .\ngrilled chicken , mozzarella cheese , diced red onions and tomatoes all topped with bbq sauce , ranch dressing and onion tanglers .\nsteak , queso cheese , jalapeno - jack cheese , sauteed onions , green peppers and mushrooms dusted with cajun seasoning .\nthinly sliced roast beef , piled high and served au jus . add sauteed mushrooms and swiss cheese for an additional charge .\na tasty veggie burger served with shredded lettuce , tomato , onion , pickle and ancho - lime ranch dressing . served on a rustic ciabatta bun .\nfreshly shaved ham and turkey , applewood , smoked bacon , swiss and cheddar cheeses , shredded lettuce , tomato and mayonnaise on white toast .\nshaved turkey , applewood smoked bacon and swiss cheese with shredded lettuce , tomato and honey mustard on a grilled pretzel roll .\namerican cheese , applewood smoked bacon and smokey bbq sauce loaded on top a grilled chicken breast . served on a rustic ciabatta bun with shredded lettuce , tomato and red onion .\ncrispy buffalo chicken tenderloins , shredded cheeses , applewood smoked bacon , shredded lettuce , tomatoes and ranch dressing .\nham , pepperoni , applewood smokes bacon and melted mozzarella cheese on grilled flatbread with marinara sauce for dipping .\nchoice of one side . all specialty burgers are 100 % fresh usda beef and are served on a grilled rustic ciabatta bun unless otherwise specified .\nbursting with flavors of the southwest ! seasoned burger between two tortillas stuffed with pepper - jack , cheddar cheese , fresh pico de gallo and chipotle mayonnaise . served with seasoned sour cream and salsa .\nperfectly grilled hamburger with freshly prepared bruschetta , mozzarella cheese , lettuce , onion and pickle .\nchoice of one side . all specialty burgers are 100 % fresh usda beef and are served with shredded lettuce , tomato , pickle and red onion .\ncrisp applewood smoked bacon and your choice of american , swiss , cheddar provolone or pepper - jack .\nour famous , tender , slow - cooked , barbequed baby back ribs . full rack or half rack .\ntwo of our flavorful char - broiled chicken breasts served cajun , bbq , buffalo or plain . lighter portion single breast also offered .\nchar - grilled chicken breasts topped with white butter sauce , fresh house - made bruschetta and a splash of balsamic glaze . lighter portion single breast also offered .\nall of our steaks are from\nusda choice\ncorn - fed midwestern beef . choice of two sides unless otherwise specified .\na 12 oz . center - cut sirloin topped with tender grilled asparagus spears and bearnaise sauce . 7 oz . center cut sirloin is also offered .\nsirloin tips basted in sweet and spicy bbq sauce . served over sauteed peppers , onions and caramelized pineapple . served with choice of one side .\na 12 oz . choice center cut cooked to your liking . 7 oz . center cut sirloin is also offered .\nhand cut steak seasoned with our housesteak blend . served with a crunchy onion ring garnish .\nall pasta dishes are sprinkled with parmesan cheese and fresh parsley and served with garlic toast . unless otherwise specified .\nbroiled scallops and shrimp , bruschetta mix and linguine tossed in a delicate white sauce . lighter portion also offered .\npenne pasta tossed with spinach , tomatoes and alfredo sauce . topped with cajun chicken . lighter portion also offered\nchar - grilled chicken breasts topped with provolone cheese and marinara sauce . served with a side of linguine topped with marinara . lighter single breast portion also offered .\ncrisp broccoli and penne pasta tossed in a rich alfredo sauce , topped with grilled chicken breast . parmesan cheese and fresh parsley .\ncrisp shredded lettuce , blended cheeses , black beans , fresh pico de gallo and your choice of seasoned chicken or beef . topped with seasoned sour cream and salsa .\nserved over a bed of grilled peppers and onions with shredded cheeses , fresh pico de gallo and seasoned sour cream . served with warm flour tortillas , steak or chicken or as a steak * & chicken combo .\nour signature fajita with grilled strips of seasoned steak , chicken and broiled cajun shrimp served sizzling hot .\na flour tortilla filled with seasoned chicken or beef , diced tomatoes , black beans and shredded cheeses , rolled and fried until golden brown . topped with chili con queso and texas toothpicks . served with spanish rice , seasoned sour cream and salsa .\ngolden - fried fish or grilled shrimp topped with cabbage , pico de gallo and a tangy dressing . served with spanish rice . lighter portion .\nbaked cod topped with butter and crumbs , baked untill flaky . served with rice pilaf and vegetable of the day .\ngrilled chicken sandwich served with shredded lettuce , tomato , and red onion on a ciabatta bun . served with vegetable of the day .\nchar - grilled chicken breasts topped with a white butter sauce , fresh house - made bruschetta and a splash of balsamic glaze . served with rice pilaf and vegetable of the day . lighter portion single breast also offered . ( 470 cal . )\ntwo if our flavorful char - broiled chicken breasts served cajun or plain . served with rice pilaf and vegetable of the day .\ncajun grilled salmon lightly seasoned . served with rice pilaf and vegetable of the day .\nchar - grilled chicken breasts topped with provolone cheese and marinara sauce . served with vegetable of the day . lighter single breast option also offered . ( 330 cal . )\na tasty veggie burger served with shredded lettuce , tomato , onion and pickle on a rustic ciabatta bun . served with vegetable of the day .\nfresh salad greens , applewood smoked bacon , shredded cheeses , chopped egg and tomatoes with a char - grilled chicken breast . served with honey - mustard dressing .\ntender chicken , applewood smoked bacon , sweet dried cranberries , bleu cheese crumbles , candied walnuts and fresh greens tossed in sweet italian dressing .\nall of our burgers * are fresh 100 % usda beef and are served with lettuce . tomato , onion . pickles and one side choice . side choice : baked potato , vegetable of the day , broccoli , mashed red skin potato , house or caesar salad ( no croutons ) . premium side choices : grilled asparagus . available for an additional charge . dressing choices : ranch , french , honey mustard , raspberry vinaigrette , italian , caesar , thousand island , bleu cheese .\nour traditional burger without the bun . ( also available in o 1 / 4 lb . version for the smaller appetite . ) add cheese and bacon for on additional charge .\na juicy burger topped with freshly prepared bruschetta . mozzarella . lettuce . onion and pickle .\nour famous . tender . slow - cooked . barbequed baby back ribs . available in a full or half rock .\na half rack of baby back ribs served with a 7 oz . center - cut steak\ntwo flavorful chicken breasts served blackened , honey bbq , buffalo or plain . also available in a lighter single breast portion .\nchar - grilled chicken breasts topped with white butter sauce , fresh house - made bruschetta and a splash of balsamic glaze . also available in a fighter single breast portion .\na 12 oz . choice center - cut cooked to your liking . also available in o 7 oz . center - cut sirloin .\ncreamy cheesecake on a layer of banana and rum , dipped in a crispy , golden batter and then fried to perfection . served with raspberry sauce and vanilla ice cream . topped with hot fudge drizzles .\na giant mouthful of chocolate pudding between two layers of dark , moist , chocolate drenched chocolate cake .\nthree each of black and white cookie delight cinnamon dippers and banana foster bites . our three most popular dessert all served on one plate !\ndough triangles are lightly fried then dusted with cinnamon sugar and confectioners sugar . served with vanilla ice cream , strawberry sauce and hot fudge .\naward winning ! oreo cookies served golden brown with creamy vanilla ice cream . drizzled with hot fudge and caramel .\npretzel sticks coated with cinnamon sugar , drizzled with caramel and dusted with kosher salt . served with a side of vanilla ice cream .\nthis one is big enough to share ! a decadent double dark brownie topped with ice cream , chopped pecans , hot fudge , caramel and whipped cream .\nthis sundae is served in a major league logo ' d mini baseball helmet . topped with fudge or strawberries , whipped cream and a cherry .\nbacardi limon rum , tanqueray , gin , smirnoff vodka , grand marnier liqueur , sweet and sour and a splash of ocean spray cranberry juice .\ncaptain morgan spiced rum , triple sec , grenadine , lime juice , orange juice and dole pineapple juice .\nwine , orange juice , triple sec , sweet and sour , grenadine , garnished with orange , lemon , lime and cherries .\nchard and white zin , orange juice , grenadine , sweet and sour , triple sec , garnished with orange , lemon and lime .\nsouthern comfort , dekuyper pucker cherry schnapps , orange juice , grenadine and sprite .\ncaptain morgan spiced rum , melon liqueur , dole pineapple juice and orange juice topped with grenadine .\nbacardi superior rum , disaronno amaretto liqueur , cherries , pina colada mix and dole pineapple juice .\nsmirnoff vanilla vodka , kahlua coffee liqueur and coca - cola with a splash of cream .\na delicious blend of smirnoff raspberry vodka , dekuyper blue curacao and peach schnapps with sweet and sour and a splash of soda .\na perfectly dirty martini made with grey goose vodka and olive juice served very cold .\nbuilt exactly like the pie , captain morgan spiced rum , margarita mix , half & half and sugar .\na delicious blend of disaronno amaretto , kahlua , creme de cacao , smirnoff vanilla vodka and ice cream with chocolate coated rim .\njose cuervo gold tequila , bacardi dragon berry rum , pina colada mix , dole pineapple juice , sweet and sour and a splash of margarita mix .\ntry our house margarita served on the rocks in a shaker or choose your favorite flavor .\nsmirnoff vanilla vodka , white creme de cocoa , cream and vanilla ice cream topped with whipped cream .\nroot beer schnapps , smirnoff vanilla vodka , ice cream , root beer , half & half and coca - cola .\na delicious blend of disaronno amaretto , kahlua , creme de cacao , smirnoff vanilla vodka and ice cream with a chocolate coated rim .\njameson irish whiskey and piping hot fresh coffee topped with whipped cream .\nsure to have you singing when irish eyes are smiling !\nnote : your question will be posted publicly on the questions & answers page .\nown or manage this property ? claim your listing for free to respond to reviews , update your profile and much more . claim your listing\n* tripadvisor llc is not a booking agent and does not charge any service fees to users of our site . . . 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{"id": 54304, "summary": [{"text": "pinnaclehealth system is a community-based , nonprofit , physician-led healthcare system serving the greater harrisburg , pennsylvania metropolitan area .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "pinnaclehealth operates three hospitals \u2014 harrisburg hospital , community general osteopathic hospital and west shore hospital \u2014 as well as a network of family practices , imaging centers and walk-in care centers .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "since its establishment in 1996 , pinnaclehealth has grown to a multi-county system with more than 6,000 employees and more than 1,250 physicians and allied health professionals with over 1 $ billion in revenue , two of pinnaclehealth 's largest facilities , harrisburg hospital and polyclinic medical center are teaching hospitals with a combined count of 884 inpatient beds , over 35,100 inpatient admissions and 235,000 outpatient visits per year as well as over 5,000 deliveries and 60,000 emergency room visits annually , making it one of the largest urban clinical institutions in the nation .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "it is the fifth largest employer in central pa .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "pinnaclehealth system has been a leading provider of inpatient and outpatient healthcare services in central pennsylvania since 1873 .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the 627-bed system has three acute care hospitals ( community general osteopathic , harrisburg and west shore hospitals ) on four campuses ( community , harrisburg , polyclinic and west shore ) serving a five-county service area and supporting rural hospitals through affiliations and telehealth services .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "the system has approximately 6,000 employees and more than 1,250 physicians and allied health professionals .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "pinnaclehealth pursues innovative treatment options for the region through cardiac and cancer clinical trials , while offering convenient community services including medical home-certified primary care , emergency and urgent care , magnet-recognized nursing excellence , imaging , high-volume maternity care and a level iii nicu , and workplace-based wellness services .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "pinnaclehealth includes a cardiovascular institute and cancer institute , as well as a bone and joint institute , neurosurgery and neurosciences institute , and spine care center that combine a multi-disciplinary approach to comprehensive spine , bone , joint , orthopedic and sports medicine services .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "pinnaclehealth is recognized for high-quality care with national and regional recognition for volumes , outcomes and safety .", "topic": 28}, {"text": "pinnaclehealth by the numbers 37,000 + surgical procedures performed each year 4 hospitals campuses : harrisburg , community , west shore , york memorial hospital 37 operating rooms 1,300 coronary interventional procedures each year 627 beds 142,000 + emergency department visits 4,000 births 11,700 oncology visits 880,000 + outpatient visits 35,493 inpatient admissions $ 90,622,000 in uncompensated care $ 8.9 million + in charity care 1250 health care providers on the pinnaclehealth medical staff ( includes physicians and allied health professionals ) 60 medical specialties 6,200 + employees 536 volunteers", "topic": 1}], "title": "pinnaclehealth system", "paragraphs": ["click here to learn more about nursing opportunities at pinnaclehealth system . the registered nurse is an essential member of the pinnaclehealth system health . . .\nassist the physician recruitment department in recruitment of physicians to pinnaclehealth system . responsible for conducting search related activities , . . .\nmedical assistant ( ma ) \u2013 pinnacle health system . there are many benefits in becoming an employee at pinnaclehealth : . . . .\nthe clinical manager collaborates with the nurse manager to meet the strategic management goals of both the unit and pinnaclehealth system . . . .\ndeborah cancilla . cio of pinnaclehealth system ( harrisburg , pa . ) . ms . cancilla has been cio of pinnaclehealth since 2014 . in this role , she oversees technology initiatives such as a systemwide epic ehr implementation . [ read more ]\nthe registered nurse is an essential member of the pinnaclehealth system health care team who is responsible for assessing , planning , implementing , evaluating , . . .\nresponsible for the development , implementation , and management of stroke care within pinnaclehealth hospitals . . . .\npinnaclehealth ceo and president philip guarneschelli said the affiliation with upmc offers an alignment of low - cost health insurance through the pittsburgh system ' s provider - sponsored health plan .\npinnaclehealth home care is now known as affilia home health . we are affiliated with lancaster general health and reading health system . job openings are posted through lancaster general health careers .\npinnaclehealth system said staffing , medical providers and management oversight at the allbettercare urgent care centers in mechanicsburg , carlisle and harrisburg will remain unchanged . financial terms of the deal were not disclosed .\nthe operator position will provide answering services for pinnaclehealth entities ( including , but not limited to : . . . .\nlancaster regional medical center ceo brooks turkel and president & ceo of pinnaclehealth phil guarneschelli , raise the new flag that will fly at lancaster regional medical center and heart of lancaster after merging with pinnaclehealth on thursday , july 6 , 2017 .\nbrent snyder . cio of adventist health system ( altamonte springs , fla . ) . mr . snyder , who has spent more than 30 years with adventist health system , has been corporate cio for the system since 2016 , when adventist health system integrated its two it departments into one it service provider . [ read more ]\nbut the merger would allow hershey to send routine hospital and surgery cases to pinnaclehealth facilities such as harrisburg or community general osteopathic hospitals .\nmike canfield . cio of augusta health system ( fishersville , va . ) . mr . canfield has been cio of augusta health system since january 2016 . [ read more ]\npinnaclehealth has a vision for a healthier community . basic computer skills required in order to complete mandatory training programs and effectively use . . .\nthe university of pittsburgh medical center also said it planned to affiliate with pinnaclehealth when the four - hospital purchase agreement was announced in march .\npamela mcnutt . senior vice president and cio of methodist health system ( dallas ) . ms . mcnutt has been senior vice president and cio of methodist health system since 1993 , and she served as the system ' s privacy officer from 2002 to 2011 . [ read more ]\npinnaclehealth has a vision for a healthier community . basic computer skills required in order to complete mandatory training programs and effectively use an . . .\nleaders of pinnaclehealth system and penn state milton s . hershey medical center argued monday that merging their systems is best for the people and businesses of the harrisburg region , and is needed to prevent big players from outside the region from seriously weakening them .\npamela arora . senior vice president and cio of children ' s health system of texas ( dallas ) . ms . arora , who joined the children ' s health system of texas in 2007 , oversees technology , health information management and biomedical technology and systems for the health system . [ read more ]\nas part of the changes , the health system will also introduce a new name : tower health .\nfrank disanzo . chief strategy officer and cio of saint peter ' s healthcare system ( new brunswick , n . j . ) . mr . disanzo joined saint peter ' s healthcare system in 2008 . [ read more ]\nindranil ( neal ) ganguly . vice president and cio of jfk health system ( edison , n . j . ) . before being named vice president and cio of jfk health system in 2013 , mr . ganguly was cio of freehold , n . j . - based centrastate healthcare system for almost 15 years . [ read more ]\nthey depicted pinnaclehealth as a community - focused provider which , among other things , has a mission of serving an urban population with intense health needs and limited ability to pay .\nmary alice annecharico , rn . senior vice president and cio of henry ford health system ( detroit ) . in 2011 , ms . annecharico was appointed senior vice president and cio of henry ford health system . [ read more ]\njon burns . senior vice president and cio of university of maryland medical system ( baltimore ) . mr . burns , who has 31 years of healthcare experience , joined university of maryland medical system in 2006 . [ read more ]\njulie berry . cio of steward health care system ( boston ) . ms . berry , who has more than 20 years of healthcare technology experience , has been the cio of steward health care system since 2013 . [ read more ]\ncarlos escobar . vice president and cio of adventist health system , central florida region ( greater orlando ) . mr . escobar was appointed vice president and cio of adventist health system , central florida region in april 2016 . [ read more ]\npinnaclehealth has operated in central pennsylvania for more than 140 years . it has three acute - care hospitals serving a five - county region and has net operating revenue exceeding $ 1 billion .\nthe upmc affiliation would also allow pinnacle to recruit more top doctors , the health system said in tuesday ' s announcement .\nharrisburg - based pinnaclehealth bought four hospitals on july 1 , including lancaster regional medical center and heart of lancaster regional medical center , and is pursuing an affiliation with university of pittsburgh medical center .\ngary barnes . senior vice president and cio of medical center health system ( odessa , texas ) . mr . barnes , who has been with medical center health system for 30 years , took on his current role in 2015 . [ read more ]\nwe looked at many other options and this is the best option by far ,\npinnaclehealth ceo mike young said during a meeting with the editorial board of pennlive - the partriot - news .\nwellspan , for example , now extends from adams county through york and into lancaster county and , as a result of its recent acquisition of good samaritan health system , lebanon county . geisinger , which is bigger than a combined pinnaclehealth - hershey , also has entered the harrisburg - region market though its affiliation with holy spirit .\nbecker ' s hospital review is pleased to release the 2017 edition of its list of hospital and health system cios to know .\nshirley gabriel . vice president of information systems and cio of university health care system ( augusta , ga . ) . ms . gabriel began her tenure as vice president of information systems and cio of university health care system in 2015 . [ read more ]\nlaura smith . cio of unitypoint health system ( west des moines , iowa ) . ms . smith became cio of unitypoint health in august 2016 after spending three years as vice president of it operations of the three - hospital system . [ read more ]\nthe reading health system has signed an agreement to purchase five pennsylvania hospitals and plans to change its name , officials said tuesday .\nthe ftc and the ag say the merger would give pinnaclehealth and penn state - hershey a 64 percent market share in dauphin county , and the loss of competition would lead to higher prices for consumers .\nsubra sripada . executive vice president , chief transformation officer and system cio of beaumont health ( royal oak , mich . ) . mr . sripada serves as executive vice president , chief transformation officer and system cio of beaumont health , a nonprofit organization established in 2014 by royal oak - based beaumont health system , farmington hills , mich . - based botsford health care and oakwood healthcare . [ read more ]\nthe new owner of two lancaster county hospitals is planning to add three urgent care centers to its system this fall , it announced thursday .\njonathan brown . vice president and cio of mission health system ( asheville , n . c . ) . in 2016 , mr . brown took on the cio role at mission health system in addition to the vice president position he has held since 2009 . [ read more ]\naudrius polikaitis , phd . assistant vice president of health information technology and cio of university of illinois hospital & health sciences system ( chicago ) . since 2011 , dr . polikaitis has been assistant vice president of health it and cio of the health system . [ read more ]\ntim thompson . senior vice president and cio of baycare health system ( clearwater , fla . ) . the health system named mr . thompson cio in september 2010 . he joined baycare from the houston methodist , where he was senior vice president and cio . [ read more ]\nkumar chatani . executive vice president and cio of mount sinai health system ( new york city ) . mr . chatani , who has almost 30 years of it and business management experience , manages a budget of roughly $ 300 million for mount sinai health system . [ read more ]\nmarc chasin , md . vice president and cio and cmio of st . luke ' s health system ( boise , idaho ) . dr . chasin , who joined st . luke ' s health system in 2010 , was named cio and cmio in 2012 . [ read more ]\nmatthews said the health system plans to offer new insurance plans to employers and individuals that will help control costs and give patients access to care .\nserves as a liaison for program staff , physicians , and system administration . oversees assessment , planning , implementation , and evaluation of diabetes . . .\nbrian tew . vice president of information technology and cio of greater hudson valley health system ( middletown , n . y . ) . mr . tew was vice president of operations and cio of catholic medical center in manchester , n . h . , before joining greater hudson valley health system . [ read more ]\nthe hospital statement did not say if there were any other possible acquisitions or mergers to come , but the new system will serve 2 . 5 million people .\nit ' s the second name change for the hospital since november 2012 when reading hospital became reading health system to reflect the scope of services offered in the area .\ncraig richardville . senior vice president and chief information and analytics officer of carolinas healthcare system ( charlotte , n . c . ) . mr . richardville joined the health system in 1997 , before which he served in numerous administrative roles , including vice president of information systems , at toledo , ohio - based promedica . [ read more ]\npinnaclehealth president and ceo phil guarneschelli praised\nthe wonderful work done by the doctors and staff at abc in fostering better health and appropriate care in the right setting ,\nsaying the organizations share a vision\nto reduce unnecessary emergency room visits and decrease emergency room wait times . \u201d\npreston simons . cio of aurora health care ( milwaukee ) . mr . simons was named cio of the 15 - hospital , nonprofit health system in october 2015 . [ read more ]\nin march , the tennessee chain announced plans to sell four of its hospitals to harrisburg - based pinnaclehealth . those hospitals are carlisle regional medical center in cumberland county ; heart of lancaster regional medical center and lancaster regional medical center in lancaster county ; and memorial hospital of york in york county .\nmemorial hospital said on its website that the acquisition agreement includes the sale of the hospital and its associated assets and includes a commitment from pinnaclehealth to offer employment to all active employees in good standing when the transaction is complete . privileges will continue for all physicians in good standing on the medical staff .\npinnaclehealth has announced it is affiliating with upmc , the university of pittsburgh medical center , and in a separate deal is acquiring four pennsylvania hospitals including memorial hospital of york in york , lancaster regional medical center in lancaster , heart of lancaster regional medical center in lititz and carlisle regional medical center in carlisle .\nrobert brandner . cio of spectrum health systems ( worcester , mass . ) . mr . brandner , who joined spectrum health systems in 2015 , is the system ' s first cio . [ read more ]\nto receive the latest hospital and health system business and legal news and analysis from becker ' s hospital review , sign - up for the free becker ' s hospital review e - weekly by clicking here .\nryan smith . senior vice president of information technology and cio of banner health ( phoenix ) . mr . smith has been senior vice president of it and cio of the health system since 2013 . [ read more ]\njohn ward . senior vice president and cio of trihealth ( cincinnati ) . mr . ward was named senior vice president and cio of the health system in may 2015 after serving as director of ambulatory systems since february 2013 . [ read more ]\ndavid l . house . vice president and cio of baptist health ( little rock , ark . ) . mr . house , who has spent 25 years with baptist health , is the system ' s vice president and cio . [ read more ]\nscott joslyn . senior vice president and cio of memorialcare health system ( fountain valley , calif . ) . mr . joslyn was responsible for a $ 100 million enterprisewide rollout of memorialcare ' s ehr , registration and billing systems . [ read more ]\ngeoffrey brown . cio of piedmont healthcare ( atlanta ) . mr . brown joined piedmont healthcare as cio in 2014 . he has led various technology initiatives at the health system , such as establishing employee standards for security and privacy compliance . [ read more ]\njim veline . senior vice president and cio of avera health ( sioux falls , s . d . ) . mr . veline oversees the it services for the health system , which includes 900 employed physicians serving more than 300 locations . [ read more ]\njohn halamka , md . senior vice president of information systems and cio of beth israel deaconess medical center ( boston ) . dr . halamka took over the cio position at bidmc in 1998 and helped with an ehr system implementation there in 1999 . [ read more ]\njon morris , md . senior vice president and cio of wellstar health system ( alpharetta , ga . ) . dr . morris completed his medical degree from indianapolis - based indiana university school of medicine and has been a practicing emergency medicine physician since 1980 . [ read more ]\nthomas mcgill , md . vice president of quality and safety and cio of butler ( pa . ) health system . board - certified in internal medicine and infectious disease , dr . mcgill earned his medical degree from worcester - based university of massachusetts medical school . [ read more ]\nreading health system and subsidiaries of tennessee - based community health systems have signed an asset purchase agreement for reading health to acquire pottstown memorial medical center , pottstown ; brandywine hospital , coatesville ; phoenixville hospital , phoenixville ; jennersville regional hospital , west grove ; and chestnut hill hospital , philadelphia .\nyet all of their remarks during an hour - long session indicated deep commitment to a merger path they ' ve spent well over a year studying and preparing to execute . george grode , a member of the pinnaclehealth board , told of receiving a call from a fellow board member who said it would a be a\ndisservice not to contest\nthe ftc decision .\nfrankly , we ' re about a mission of service , not disservice ,\ngrode said .\nbut the two local executives argued monday that the most pertinent competition involves\nmegasystems\nfrom outside the immediate market . these include geisinger health system , wellspan health , the university of pittsburgh medical center , baltimore - based johns hopkins , and philadelphia - based university of pennsylvania , now collaborating with lancaster general .\n\u201ccreating a regional network of hospitals and providers makes sense in the current environment and positions us well for the future , \u201d said rich newell , ceo of the pottstown hospital . \u201cwe are committed to providing our patients with the highest quality care and this will continue as we join with reading health system . \u201d\ndavid weiss . senior vice president and cio of bjc healthcare ( st . louis ) . in addition to his role as cio of the health system , mr . weiss is the chairman of the telecommunication facilities corp . , a joint venture between bjc and washington university school of medicine in st . louis . [ read more ]\ncorrection : an earlier version of this list included jayne bassler as vice president and cio of florida hospital in orlando . ms . bassler no longer holds this position . the list has been updated to include carlos escobar , who has assumed ms . bassler ' s responsibilities in the position of vice president and cio of adventist health system , central florida region .\n\u201creading health has a rich 150 - year history of providing high - quality , cost - effective health care to the communities we serve , \u201d said clint matthews , president and ceo of the reading health system . \u201cthe proposed acquisition will ensure the continued development of acute care and related assets , and provider network capabilities to best serve our region in a cost - effective manner . \u201d\nupmc pinnacle is a nationally recognized leader in providing high - quality , patient - centered healthcare services in central pennsylvania and surrounding rural communities . its more than 2 , 900 physicians and allied health professionals and approximately 11 , 000 employees serve a 10 - county area at outpatient facilities and eight acute care hospitals with 1 , 360 licensed beds : upmc carlisle , upmc community osteopathic , upmc hanover , upmc harrisburg , upmc lancaster , upmc lititz , upmc memorial , and upmc west shore . the not - for - profit system anticipates caring for more than 1 . 2 million area residents in fy 2018 .\nupmc pinnacle complies with applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race , color , national origin , age , disability or sex .\nyour browser is not supported . to view this website , please download the latest version of ie .\nour 2016 annual report highlights upmc pinnacle ' s commitment to community and our new vision for healthcare .\nplease take the time to read through this report and learn more about how upmc pinnacle achieves its mission to maintain and improve the quality of life for all people in central pennsylvania .\nmeet with one of our available care providers at one of our many convenient locations .\nupmc pinnacle is here for you every step of the way . whether it is caring for newborn babies or helping with a chronic or acute illness , we are your health care partner , always . find a doctor near you today .\nnew guidelines issued by the american heart association ( aha ) and american college of cardiology ( acc ) have lowered t . . .\ndeb was diagnosed with breast cancer . at that moment she decided that breast cancer was not going to define who she i . . .\nupmc pinnacle nurses to host 3 . 2 to protect the blue 5k \u2013 june 14 , 2018\nproceeds benefit purchase of protective vests for the harrisburg police department harrisburg , pa . ( may 29 , 2018 ) - t . . .\nhe is the best ! ! no one comes close ! ! . . .\nanticipates caring for more than 1 . 2 million area residents in fy 2018 .\nbone and joint institute , neurosurgery and neurosciences institute , and spine care center combine a multi - disciplinary approach to comprehensive spine , bone , joint , orthopedic and sports medicine services .\nsince 1997 , cardiovascular institute\u2019s clinical trials have transformed cardiovascular medicine and made new therapies available to our community before they were available elsewhere , such as transcatheter aortic valvereplacement ( tavr ) , next generation tavr valves and the latest in transcatheter mitral valve replacement .\ncomprehensive community programs and services to improve the health and wellness of our region , including school health screenings , insurance enrollment guidance , home - visiting programs , community paramedicine , \u201ceat smart , play smart\u201d energy pack program and community education and screenings .\nnamed \u201chigh performing\u201d among u . s . news & world report\u2019s \u201cbest hospitals\u201d :\nalert : due to construction , starting april 5 , patients coming to labor & delivery should take the \u201ca\u201d elevator behind the lobby information desk to the 8th floor . read more\n24 hours for emergency room patient registration : monday - friday , 5 a . m . - 10 p . m . ; saturday , 7 a . m . - 3 : 30 p . m . ; sunday , 7 a . m . - 3 p . m . laboratory : monday - friday , 6 a . m . - 4 p . m . ; saturday , 7 a . m . - 3 : 30 p . m . blood donor center : monday - friday , 7 a . m . - 5 : 30 p . m . imaging : monday - friday , 24 - hour emergency / stat coverage ; mammography ( screening only ) : monday / wednesday / friday , 8 a . m . - 3 p . m . ekg : monday - friday , 7 a . m . \u2013 3 : 30 p . m . ; saturday , 8 a . m . \u2013 noon\nattention ! during construction , pedestrian and traffic patterns along chestnut and second streets in harrisburg will temporarily change . we apologize for any inconvenience you experience and thank you for your patience while we build the future of remarkable healthcare in the region .\nvisitors may park in the brady visitor parking garage and pay a minimal fee . visitors may have their parking validated at the information desk in the lobby of the upmc pinnacle harrisburg . the brady visitor parking garage is free on weekends . free valet parking exists for all patients by pulling to the front lobby or they may self park in the physician / patient garage . valet parking is available from 6 : 30 a . m . - 5 p . m . monday - friday . the patient parking garage is free and is to be used by patient\u2019s presenting for testing or treatment . click here for a parking map .\nvisitation is a therapeutic part of the patient ' s hospital experience . it is the policy of upmc pinnacle hospitals to allow visitation in the least restrictive manner possible while providing for the comfort and safety of our patients . parents are responsible for the control and behavior of their children visitors may be requested to leave at any time at the discretion of the medical , nursing or security staff .\nbreastfeeding has many benefits beyond all the nutrition your baby needs to grow and be healthy . despite what some pe . . .\ncourtney shares her life changing experience of emergency heart surgery and giving birth to twins all in the same day .\nplanning for a hospital stay ? why planning for your discharge is just as important as planning for your arrival to the hospital .\nplanning for your discharge home is a process that starts at the time you are admitted to one of our facilities . & nbsp . . . ;\nharrisburg , pa , ( october 31 , 2017 ) \u2013 the leapfrog group , a national nonprofit health care ratings organization , . . .\nupmc pinnacle offers a range of employment opportunities for providers who are committed to quality patient care .\ncentral pennsylvania ' s capital region has much to offer , earning it a place on the urltoken list of \u201camerica\u2019s most livable cities . \u201d\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\nother responsibilities include interacting and building relationships with employers within the community , supporting service lines and physician practices in . . .\nsuccess ! an email has been sent with a link to confirm list signup .\nthe latest news headlines from across lancaster county , delivered every evening at 7 p . m .\naccording to a news release , allbettercare has provided care to nearly 100 , 000 new patients since opening in 2010 and employs 12 physicians and seven physician assistants .\nupmc pinnacle offers the best primary care in the region with over 50 locations across 10 counties .\ndepression is difficult to battle for even the strongest of adults . but what if we told you depression rates among ch . . .\nshawn moyer , md joins memorial family medicine at greensprings york , pa . ( june 25 , 2018 ) \u2013 memorial family medi . . .\nmemory loss is a common complaint among older adults . you run into a friend , and forget her husband\u2019s name . you . . .\nbut young and his counterpart at penn state - hershey , dr . craig hillemeier , said their boards still must decide whether to wage a legal fight against the federal trade commission , which plans to oppose the merger . they expect the decision within the week .\nlast week , the ftc and the pennsylvania attorney general announced they will , in partnership , oppose the merger of the two largest harrisburg region - based health systems .\nyoung and hillemeirer on monday declined to address specifics of the ftc ' s stance , aside from calling it\nan unfortunate decision .\nencroachment by those systems , they said , can deny the harrisburg systems the size and scale needed ensure the highest caliber of health care in the harrisburg region , and to keep local control of such services .\nthey said penn state - hershey in particular is threatened . hillemeier said penn state - hershey is operating at near capacity in its hospital , raising the prospect of having to turn away patients seeking the advanced care offered at medical schools , and forcing them to facilities in places such as pittsburgh , philadelphia and baltimore .\nthat would enable penn state - hershey to save\nhundreds of millions\nin construction costs that otherwise would be passed along to businesses , insurers and patients paying for health care in the midstate .\nthey also said the increased size and scale attained through merger is needed to enable the two local systems to compete nationally for medical talent , compete for medical research dollars , and offer robust local opportunities for participation in clinical trials .\nthey depicted penn state - hershey as an institution whose main attributes include its medical school , highly advanced treatments , and research .\nwe certainly need to keep those jobs and research efforts here in central pennsylvania ,\nhillemeier said .\nmerging the two , they said , would allow elimination of assorted redundancies and give efficiences that would produce affordable health care .\nthe leaders of the two entities further argued their costs are already lower then their counterparts in other areas , especially those located in cities that threaten to syphon off local patients in need of the highest levels of care .\npressed on when and how prices would truly become lower for harrisburg - region patients , grode acknowledged total health care costs always go up , but argued the merger will produce lower case - by - case costs .\nthey further said the merger has support of 40 harrisburg - area entities , including the harrisburg regional chamber , and health insurers highmark and capital bluecross .\nthe insurers would not be in favor of this if they were concerned about a lack of competition . they understand the competition is the university of pennsylvania , geisinger , johns hopkins . . .\nsaid young , adding that players as far away as the cleveland clinic are advertising in the local market .\nuse of and / or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our user agreement ( updated 5 / 25 / 18 ) and privacy policy and cookie statement ( updated 5 / 25 / 18 ) .\n\u00a9 2018 advance local media llc . all rights reserved ( about us ) . the material on this site may not be reproduced , distributed , transmitted , cached or otherwise used , except with the prior written permission of advance local .\ncommunity rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site .\nthese executives are leading their organizations through healthcare ' s technology revolution , overseeing ehr installations , new patient portals and telemedicine advancements while working to keep data secure from breaches . they have received various awards and maintain involvement in organizations such as the healthcare information and management systems society and the college of healthcare information management executives .\nthe becker ' s hospital review editorial team selected leaders for this list based on editorial research and discretion , including prominent cios and those who head up it for some of the nation ' s largest and most respected hospitals and health systems . nominations were also considered .\nnote : this list is not an endorsement of included hospitals , health systems or associated providers . leaders could not pay for inclusion on this list . leaders are presented in alphabetical order .\nmichael archuleta . director of it for mt . san rafael hospital ( trinidad , colo . ) . mr . archuleta joined mt . san rafael hospital , a critical access hospital , as director of it in 2012 . [ read more ]\npamela banchy , rn . cio of western reserve hospital ( cuyahoga falls , ohio ) . ms . banchy , who has more than 15 years of health it experience , joined western reserve hospital in 2012 . [ read more ]\ndaniel barchi . cio of newyork - presbyterian ( new york city ) . mr . barchi , who joined newyork - presbyterian in 2015 , led the hospital ' s telehealth program implementation , which formally launched in 2016 . [ read more ]\nchris belmont . vice president and cio of university of texas md anderson cancer center ( houston ) . mr . belmont , who has more than 30 years of health it experience , joined university of texas md anderson cancer center in 2013 and has since led the center through technology overhauls such as a systemwide epic ehr implementation . [ read more ]\ndavid bensema , md . cio of baptist health ( louisville , ky . ) . dr . bensema was appointed cmio of baptist health in 2013 . in 2014 , he was named cio of baptist health . [ read more ]\nnancy birschbach . vice president and cio of agnesian healthcare ( fond du lac , wis . ) . ms . birschbach has been with agnesian healthcare since 1998 and currently is vice president and cio . [ read more ]\njohn bosco . senior vice president and cio of northwell health ( great neck , n . y . ) . mr . bosco , who has spent his career in it management , joined northwell health in 2004 as vice president and chief technology officer . [ read more ]\njames brady , phd . area cio of kaiser permanente orange county ( calif . ) . dr . brady joined kaiser permanente orange county in 2013 and has since won the los angeles business journal 2015 cio of the year award and the himss 2015 distinguished fellows service award . [ read more ]\nruss branzell . president and ceo of college of healthcare information management executives ( ann arbor , mich . ) . mr . branzell was ceo of loveland - based colorado health medical group before being named ceo of chime in 2013 . [ read more ]\npaul browne . senior vice president of applied informatics and cio of tenet healthcare ( dallas ) . mr . browne was appointed cio of tenet healthcare in 2012 after taking on the role of senior vice president of the applied informatics department earlier that year . [ read more ]\nbobbie byrne , md . executive vice president of consumer driven health and cio of edward - elmhurst health ( naperville , ill . ) . dr . byrne , who has been cio of edward - elmhurst health since 2009 , was appointed executive vice president of consumer driven health in 2016 . [ read more ]\nmatthew chambers . cio of baylor scott & white health ( dallas ) . mr . chambers was named cio of baylor scott & white health when it formed in 2014 . prior to this appointment , he was cio of scott & white healthcare . [ read more ]\ncarl christensen . senior vice president and cio of northwestern memorial healthcare ( chicago ) and cio of northwestern university ' s feinberg school of medicine ( chicago ) . mr . christensen joined northwestern university in 2010 as cio of the northwestern medical faculty foundation . [ read more ]\ngeorge conklin . senior vice president and cio of christus health ( irving , texas ) . mr . conklin joined christus health in 1998 after serving as cio of oklahoma city - based integris health for five years . [ read more ]\nandy crowder . corporate senior vice president and cio of scripps health ( san diego ) . mr . crowder , who joined scripps health in 2016 , has almost 30 years of it and healthcare experience . [ read more ]\nrichard ( dick ) daniels . executive vice president and cio of kaiser permanente ( oakland , calif . ) . mr . daniels , who was appointed executive vice president and cio in 2015 , first joined kaiser permanente in 2008 as information technology senior vice president and business information officer . [ read more ]\nrandy davis . cio and vice president of support services at cgh medical center ( sterling , ill . ) . mr . davis joined cgh medical center in 1996 . throughout his career , he spent more than 30 years as an administrator for physician multispecialty group practices . [ read more ]\nmyra davis . senior vice president of information services and cio of texas children ' s hospital ( houston ) . ms . davis , who joined texas children ' s hospital more than a decade ago , was named senior vice president of information services and cio in 2012 . [ read more ]\njake dorst . chief innovation officer and cio of tahoe forest health district ( truckee , calif . ) . mr . dorst has been cio of tahoe forest health district since 2014 . [ read more ]\nmarcy dunn . senior vice president and cio of mainehealth ( portland ) . ms . dunn has been the senior vice president and cio of mainehealth since 2016 . [ read more ]\ndee emon , bsn . vice president and cio of wake forest baptist medical center ( winston - salem , n . c . ) . ms . emon joined wake forest baptist medical center in 2014 and was named vice president and cio in 2015 . [ read more ]\nferdinand feola . vice president and cio of pocono medical center ( east stroudsburg , pa . ) . mr . feola joined pocono medical center in 2008 . [ read more ]\ndave fiser . vice president and cio of cleveland clinic akron ( ohio ) general . mr . fiser has been vice president and cio of akron general since 2009 , and he continued to hold his role after cleveland clinic took full ownership of akron general in 2015 . [ read more ]\nrick frederick . cio of cottage hospital ( woodsville , n . h . ) . in 2014 , mr . frederick became cio of cottage hospital , a 25 - bed critical access hospital , after spending time as the hospital ' s director of information technology . [ read more ]\nrenee fosberg . cio of emerson hospital ( concord , mass . ) . ms . fosberg is cio of emerson hospital , a 179 - bed hospital that hospitals & health networks named on the health care ' s most wired list in 2016 . [ read more ]\nroland garcia . senior vice president and cio of baptist health ( jacksonville , fla . ) . mr . garcia took on the role of senior vice president and cio of baptist health in 2001 . [ read more ]\nsreekant gottimukkala . vice president of information systems and cio of prime healthcare services ( ontario , calif . ) . in 2006 , mr . gottimukkala became cio of prime healthcare . [ read more ]\njoy grosser . cio of university hospitals ( cleveland ) . ms . grosser ' s appointment as cio of university hospitals is recent \u2014 she took over the role in september 2016 . [ read more ]\nc . martin harris , md . cio and chairman of the information technology division for cleveland clinic . not only is dr . harris the cio and chairman of the information technology division of cleveland clinic , but he ' s also a practicing physician and board - certified in internal medicine . [ read more ]\nsteve hess . cio of uchealth ( aurora ) . mr . hess became cio of aurora - based university of colorado hospital in 2009 and held that role through the organization ' s 2012 merger with three other systems and the subsequent formation of uchealth . [ read more ]\nross hurd . cio of lake chelan community hospital ( chelan , wash . ) . mr . hurd is cio of lake chelan community hospital , a 25 - bed critical access hospital . [ read more ]\nmark jacobs . cio of delaware health information network ( dover ) . mr . jacobs is the inaugural cio of the delaware health information network , a statewide health information exchange . [ read more ]\nkyle johnson . vice president and cio of eastern maine healthcare systems ( brewer ) . with more than 30 years of healthcare experience , ms . johnson is vice president and cio of emhs , a role she took on in 2014 . [ read more ]\nliz johnson , ms , faan , fchime , fhimss , chcio , rn - bc - chief information officer , acute care hospitals & applied clinical informatics for tenet healthcare ( dallas ) . in her current role as cio of acute hospitals and applied clinical informatics , ms . johnson oversees the clinical systems used across tenet ' s more than 80 hospitals across the country . [ read more ]\nbeverly jordan , msn , rn . vice president and chief information and transformation officer of baptist memorial health care ( memphis , tenn . ) . ms . jordan has been working at baptist memorial health care for nearly 40 years . [ read more ]\nmark kilborn . cio of springhill medical center ( mobile , ala . ) . mr . kilborn was appointed area vice president of allscripts professional services and cio of springhill medical center in 2000 . [ read more ]\nmark lantzy . senior vice president and cio of indiana university health ( indianapolis ) . mr . lantzy , who has a 20 - year career in healthcare it , took over as senior vice president and cio of iu health in early 2016 . [ read more ]\nken lawonn . senior vice president and cio of sharp healthcare ( san diego ) . mr . lawonn joined sharp healthcare in 2014 , bringing more than 30 years of healthcare technology experience . [ read more ]\nmary anne leach . senior vice president and cio of children ' s hospital colorado ( aurora ) . in 2007 , ms . leach was appointed senior vice president and cio of children ' s hospital colorado . [ read more ]\n. senior vice president and cio of ascension ; ceo of ascension information services ( st . louis ) .\nbecame the interim senior vice president and cio of ascension and ceo of ascension information services in july 2016 and took on the role permanently in october .\nphilip loftus , phd . senior vice president and cio of ssm health ( st . louis ) . dr . loftus joined ssm health as senior vice president and cio in january 2015 . [ read more ]\njonathan manis . senior vice president and cio of sutter health ( sacramento ) . with more than two decades of health it leadership experience , mr . manis was appointed senior vice president and cio of sutter health in 2006 . [ read more ]\nedward marx . interim cio of nyc health + hospitals ( new york city ) . mr . marx is an executive vice president of clinovations , a healthcare and management consulting company within advisory board consulting and interim cio at nyc health + hospitals . [ read more ]\ned mccallister . senior vice president and cio of upmc ( pittsburgh ) . in 2014 , mr . mccallister took the reins as senior vice president and cio of upmc . [ read more ]\nmark mcmath . senior vice president and cio of methodist le bonheur healthcare ( memphis , tenn . ) . since 2015 , mr . mcmath has held the role of senior vice president and cio of methodist le bonheur healthcare . [ read more ]\nbruce metz , phd . senior vice president and cio of lahey health ( burlington , mass . ) . dr . metz has held various it leadership positions in healthcare and higher education for more than two decades . [ read more ]\nmichael mistretta . vice president and cio of virginia hospital center ( arlington ) . mr . mistretta , who has almost 30 years of healthcare leadership experience , became vice president and cio of virginia hospital center in 2015 . [ read more ]\ndana moore . senior vice president and cio of centura health ( englewood , colo . ) . with more than 20 years of healthcare financial management experience , mr . moore joined centura health in 2001 . [ read more ]\njanice newell . senior vice president and cio of providence st . joseph health ( renton , wash . ) . ms . newell , who serves as senior vice president and cio of providence st . joseph health , started her career as an officer in the air force . [ read more ]\ndaniel nigrin , md . senior vice president for information services and cio of boston children ' s hospital . dr . nigrin , who is board - certified in pediatric endocrinology and clinical informatics , earned his medical degree from baltimore - based johns hopkins university . [ read more ]\njim noga . vice president and cio of partners healthcare ( boston ) . before becoming vice president and cio of partners health care in 2011 , mr . noga held various roles at boston - based massachusetts general hospital , including cio and director of clinical applications . [ read more ]\njoe norris . cio of new hanover regional medical center ( wilmington , n . c . ) . mr . norris joined new hanover regional medical center in 2011 as chief technology officer and was appointed cio in 2014 . [ read more ]\nmichael o ' rourke . senior vice president and cio of catholic health initiatives ( englewood , colo . ) . with more than 26 years of healthcare technology experience , mr . o ' rourke was appointed cio of catholic health initiatives in 2009 . [ read more ]\njaime parent . vice president of information services and associate cio of rush university medical center ( chicago ) . in addition to his role as rush ' s vice president of information services and associate cio , mr . parent is associate professor of health systems management at chicago - based rush university ' s college of health sciences . [ read more ]\nmarty paslick . senior vice president and cio of hospital corporation of america ( nashville , tenn . ) . mr . paslick has been part of hca for almost 30 years , moving from manager of clinical systems development to vice president of product development to vice president and coo . [ read more ]\ndoris peek , phd . senior vice president of information technology and cio of broward health ( ft . lauderdale , fla . ) . dr . peek has been in her current role as senior vice president and cio of broward health for the last decade . [ read more ]\nfred peet . vice president of information technology and cio of yuma ( ariz . ) regional medical center . yuma regional medical center named mr . peet interim cio in april 2015 , and one month later he was promoted to the position permanently . [ read more ]\nkeith perry . cio of st . jude children ' s research hospital ( memphis , tenn . ) . mr . perry took on the role of cio of st . jude children ' s research hospital in august 2015 . [ read more ]\ncindy peterson . vice president and cio of henry mayo newhall memorial hospital ( valencia , calif . ) . for the last 15 years , ms . peterson has led it staff and services as cio of henry mayo newhall memorial hospital . [ read more ]\nmarc probst . cio of intermountain healthcare ( salt lake city ) . mr . probst has 32 years of experience in it and healthcare services and has served on the federal healthcare information technology policy committee , which helped the government develop health it policy . [ read more ]\nshafiq rab , md . cio of rush university medical center ( chicago ) . dr . rab took on the role of rush ' s cio on jan . 9 , 2017 . he was previously cio and senior vice president of information technology at hackensack ( n . j . ) university health network . [ read more ]\njayashree raman . vice president and cio of cooper university health care ( camden , n . j . ) . ms . raman has been in her current roles since 2012 , when she joined cooper university health care after serving as vice president of healthcare strategy and cio of waltham , mass . - based stanley healthcare solutions . [ read more ]\ndavid rapp . vice president of supply chain and cio of wheeling ( w . va . ) hospital . mr . rapp was named cio and vice president of supply chain for the hospital in 2006 . [ read more ]\nstephanie reel . vice provost for it and cio of johns hopkins university and vice president for information services of johns hopkins medicine ( baltimore ) . in 1994 , ms . reel became johns hopkins medicine ' s vice president for information services . [ read more ]\ned ricks . vice president of information services and cio of beaufort ( s . c . ) memorial hospital . prior to his current position at beaufort , mr . ricks was cio of samaritan medical center in watertown , n . y . [ read more ]\nbert robles . executive vice president and cio of guthrie ( sayre , pa . ) . guthrie named mr . robles executive vice president and cio in june 2015 . [ read more ]\ncris ross . cio of mayo clinic ( rochester , minn . ) . mr . ross has been cio of mayo clinic since 2012 , prior to which he was the executive vice president and general manager for clinical interoperability at surescripts , a health information network based in arlington , va . , minneapolis and beaverton , ohio . [ read more ]\nrobin sarkar , phd . cio of lakeland health ( st . joseph , mich . ) . dr . sarkar became cio of lakeland health in may 2015 . [ read more ]\nkatherine schneider , md . president and ceo of delaware valley accountable care organization ( villanova , pa . ) . dr . schneider was named ceo of delaware valley aco in 2014 , prior to which she was executive vice president and cmo of wayne , pa . - based medecision . [ read more ]\nrick schooler . vice president and cio of orlando ( fla . ) health . since 2001 , mr . schooler has been vice president and cio of orlando health . [ read more ]\nmanish shah . senior vice president and cio of community health systems ( franklin , tenn . ) . mr . shah joined chs in 2013 as deputy cio , prior to which he was senior vice president at milwaukee - based aurora health care . [ read more ]\nwilliam showalter . senior vice president and cio of froedtert health ( milwaukee ) . mr . showalter has been in his current roles since june 2015 . [ read more ]\nalan smith . senior vice president and cio of capella healthcare ( franklin , tenn . ) . in may 2011 , capella healthcare named mr . smith to his current roles . [ read more ]\nsteven smith . cio of northshore university healthsystem ( evanston , ill . ) . northshore named mr . smith cio in april 2012 , after he spent more than 11 years as chief technology officer of the organization . [ read more ]\nbrian sterud . cio of faith regional health services ( norfolk , neb . ) . mr . sterud , a chime certified cio , assumed his current role at faith regional in 2012 . [ read more ]\njoey sudomir . senior vice president of innovative technology solutions and cio of texas health resources ( arlington ) . mr . sudomir joined texas health resources as vice president of it operations in 2013 . [ read more ]\nphyllis teater . associate vice president and cio of the ohio state wexner medical center ( columbus ) . ms . teater has been cio of the medical center for the past seven years , since january 2010 . [ read more ]\njoel vengco . vice president and cio of baystate health ( springfield , mass . ) . mr . vengco has been in his current roles since june 2012 . [ read more ]\ndeanna wise . executive vice president and cio of dignity health ( san francisco ) . since november 2011 , ms . wise has been as executive vice president and cio of dignity health , formerly known as catholic healthcare west . [ read more ]\neric yablonka . vice president and cio of university of chicago medicine and biological sciences . mr . yablonka has been in his current roles for the more than 15 years , beginning in 2001 . [ read more ]\nan earlier version of this piece incorrectly listed the titles of craig richardville and janice newell . we regret these errors .\n\u00a9 copyright asc communications 2018 . interested in linking to or reprinting this content ? view our policies by clicking here .\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 becker ' s healthcare . all rights reserved . interested in linking to or reprinting our content ? view our policies by clicking here .\nreporter matthew nojiri covers the medical beat and the areas within the schuylkill valley and conrad weiser school districts for the reading eagle .\nthe deal is expected to close this summer . as part of the changes , it will introduce the new name tower health ."]}
{"id": 54313, "summary": [{"text": "channel stuffing is a business practice in which a company , or a sales force within a company , inflates its sales figures by forcing more products through a distribution channel than the channel is capable of selling .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "also known as trade loading , this can be the result of a company attempting to inflate its sales figures .", "topic": 28}, {"text": "alternatively , it can be a consequence of a poorly managed sales force attempting to meet short term objectives and quotas in a way that is detrimental to a company in the long term .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "channel stuffing has a number of long-term consequences for a company .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "firstly , distributors will often return any unsold goods to the company , incurring a carrying cost and also developing a backlog of product inventory .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "wildly fluctuating demand , combined with this excess inventory , leads to costly overtimes and factory shutdowns .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "even mild channel stuffing can spiral out of control as sales works to make up for prior over-selling .", "topic": 5}, {"text": "discounts used to drive trade loading can greatly affect profits , and even help establish gray market channels as salesmen no longer adequately qualify their prospects .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "occasionally , distribution channels such as large retailers have been known to identify the practice of channel stuffing in their suppliers , and use the phenomenon to their advantage .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "this is done by holding back on orders until the end of the suppliers ' quota period .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "the supplier 's sales force then panics , and sells a large amount of the product under more favorable terms than they would under ordinary circumstances .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "at the beginning of the next period , no new orders are placed , and , barring any action , the cycle is then repeated .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "this affects customers , with gluts and shortages as buyers turn to competing products .", "topic": 28}, {"text": "corporations have been known to engage in channel stuffing and hide such activities from their investors .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "in the united states , the u.s. securities and exchange commission has in some cases litigated against such corporations , and private class-action suits have been engaged .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "channel stuffing might also be part of a broader set of financial improprieties . ", "topic": 15}], "title": "channel stuffing", "paragraphs": ["a trading channel is a channel drawn on a security price series . . .\nin industry parlance , what the sec is looking for is\nchannel - stuffing .\nchannel - stuffing is one of the most tempting \u2014 and most disastrous \u2014 ways that companies cook their books .\nchannel stuffing . investorguide . com . webfinance , inc . urltoken ( access : july 4 , 2018 ) .\nchannel stuffing is a deceptive business practice used by a company to inflate its sales and earnings figures by deliberately sending retailers along its distribution channel more products than they are able to sell to the public . channel stuffing typically would take place just before quarter - end or year - end so that management , fearful of bad consequences to their compensation , can ' make their numbers ' .\nunderstand what a distribution channel is and how companies use them to move product . learn how to make a distribution channel . . . read answer > >\nat no time during 2000 or 2001 did bristol - myers disclose that ( 1 ) it was artificially inflating its results through channel stuffing and improper accounting ; ( 2 ) channel - stuffing was contributing to a buildup in excess wholesaler inventory levels ; or ( 3 ) excess wholesaler inventory posed a material risk to the company ' s future sales and earnings .\nin the meantime , it ' s worth knowing what channel - stuffing actually is . it ' s an interesting \u2014 and common \u2014 business phenomenon , but most people don ' t know that it exists . channel - stuffing can occur in almost any type of retail operation where products have to be shipped to retail sellers before they ' re actually bought by the public .\nby channel stuffing , distributors temporarily increase sales figures and related profit measures for a particular period . this activity also causes an artificial bump up of accounts receivables . however , unable to sell the excess products , retailers will send back the surplus goods instead of cash to the distributor , who then must readjust its accounts receivable ( if it adheres to gaap procedure ) and ultimately its bottom line . in other words , stuffing always catches up with the company , because it cannot maintain sales at the rate it is stuffing . channel stuffing is not confined to the wholesale and retail trade ; it can take place in the industrial sector , high tech industry , and pharmaceutical industry as well . valeant pharmaceuticals is an egregious example of a company found guilty in 2016 of channel stuffing .\nthe problem with channel - stuffing is that although it makes a company ' s books look great in the short - term , in the long - term it ' s a sort of internal ponzi scheme : eventually it comes crashing down . in the us , it is a criminal offence : two medical device executives went to prison last year for 10 - and 20 - year stretches after they were found guilty of channel - stuffing .\nin addition , as a result of its channel - stuffing , bristol - myers materially understated its accruals for rebates due to medicaid and certain of its prime vendors , customers of its wholesalers that purchased large quantities of pharmaceutical products from those wholesalers .\nthis sort of practice , called channel stuffing or trade loading , is often borne from the pressure of meeting sales targets . sales are recorded on shipment , thus the sales target is met in the short term . in the longer term , goods often end up being returned or sales in subsequent months are lower due to having \u2018over - sold\u2019 previously . this may seem harmless but would it still feel so to a buyer of a company which had been valued based on trading in a period where channel stuffing had occurred ?\na handful of commodity stocks continue to offer short - term trading opportunities as they move higher within a trend channel .\non august 4 , 2004 , the commission filed a civil action against bristol - myers alleging violations of the antifraud , reporting , books and records and internal controls provisions of the federal securities laws . the commission ' s complaint alleged that , from the first quarter of 2000 through the fourth quarter of 2001 , bristol - myers engaged in a fraudulent scheme to overstate its sales and earnings in order to create the false appearance that the company had met or exceeded financial projections set by the company ' s officers (\ntargets\n) and earnings estimates established by wall street securities analysts . bristol - myers inflated its results primarily by : ( 1 ) stuffing its distribution channels with excess inventory near the end of every quarter in amounts sufficient to meet sales and earnings targets set by officers (\nchannel - stuffing\n) ; and ( 2 ) improperly recognizing about $ 1 . 5 billion in revenue from sales associated with the channel - stuffing in violation of generally accepted accounting principles . when bristol - myers ' results fell short of the wall street analysts ' earnings estimates , the company used improper accounting , including\ncookie jar\nreserves , to further inflate its earnings . at no time during 2000 or 2001 , did bristol - myers disclose that : ( 1 ) it was artificially inflating its results through channel - stuffing ; ( 2 ) channel - stuffing was contributing to a buildup in wholesaler inventory levels ; ( 3 ) the buildup in wholesaler inventory posed a risk to bristol - myers ' future sales and earnings ; or ( 4 ) the company was using\ncookie jar\nreserves to further inflate its results . in march 2003 , bristol - myers restated its prior financial statements and disclosed its channel - stuffing activities and improper accounting .\nfacebook stock rallied to channel resistance above $ 190 after fourth quarter results and could trap late - to - the - party buyers in a reversal .\nput that coffee down ! coffee is for channel - stuffers ! alec baldwin in the famous\nalways be closing\nscene in the movie glengarry glen ross .\noccurs when a company induces retailers along its distribution channel to substantially increase their purchases before they would , in the normal course , otherwise purchase products from a company .\nthe related plans can be quite ingenious \u2013 we\u2019ve seen \u2018secret\u2019 warehouses used to store goods that are meant to have been shipped and side deals being done to force higher sales through at the year end . however , the repercussions of putting too many products into a distribution channel than the channel is able to sell can be far reaching .\nartificially inflating current sales and earnings by shipping more goods than would normally be ordered . for example , an appliance manufacturer may inflate revenues and earnings in the current accounting period by shipping to retail stores more refrigerators , stoves , and dishwashers than the stores are likely to sell . the practice of channel stuffing borrows revenues and earnings from the future because overstocked customers will reduce orders in future periods .\nthese stocks have been within rising trend channels , but recently have broken the trend channel to the upside . such a breakout usually signals two potential outcomes : an acceleration of the trend . . .\ntimothy l . warren , associate regional director of the sec ' s midwest regional office , added ,\nfor two years bristol - myers deceived the market into believing that it was meeting its financial projections and market expectations , when , in fact , the company was making its numbers primarily through channel - stuffing and manipulative accounting devices . severe sanctions are necessary to hold bristol - myers accountable for its violative conduct , and deter bristol - myers and other public companies from engaging in similar schemes .\none of the chief responsibilities of a manager is to channel the talent and energy of each of his subordinates towards the meeting of corporate objectives . setting individual goals and monitoring progress against their achievement can be an extremely . . .\naccording to the complaint , mcafee defrauded investors into believing that it had legitimately met or exceeded its revenue projections and wall street earnings estimates during the 1998 through 2000 period . in reality , however , mcafee had used a variety of undisclosed ploys during the period to aggressively oversell its products to distributors in amounts that far exceeded the public\u2019s demand for the products . while engaging in this \u201cchannel stuffing , \u201d mcafee improperly recorded the sales to distributors as revenue . mcafee offered its distributors lucrative sales incentives that included deep price discounts and rebates in an effort to persuade the distributors to continue to buy and stockpile mcafee products . mcafee also secretly paid distributors millions of dollars to hold the excess inventory , rather than return it to mcafee for a refund and consequent reduction in mcafee\u2019s revenues . in other instances , mcafee used an undisclosed , wholly - owned subsidiary , net tools , inc . , to repurchase inventory that mcafee had oversold to its distributors . all of these actions were inconsistent with generally accepted accounting principles and led to mcafee\u2019s october 2003 restatement of its financial results for 1997 through 2003 .\nbristol - myers inflated its results primarily by ( 1 ) stuffing its distribution channels with excess inventory near the end of every quarter in amounts sufficient to meet its targets by making pharmaceutical sales to its wholesalers ahead of demand ; and ( 2 ) improperly recognizing $ 1 . 5 billion in revenue from such pharmaceutical sales to its two biggest wholesalers . in connection with the $ 1 . 5 billion in revenue , bristol - myers covered these wholesalers ' carrying costs and guaranteed them a return on investment until they sold the products . when bristol - myers recognized the $ 1 . 5 billion in revenue upon shipment , it did so contrary to generally accepted accounting principles .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 0 transitional / / en\nbristol - myers squibb company : lit . rel . no . 18822 / august 6 , 2004\nsecurities and exchange commission v . bristol - myers squibb company , civil action no . 04 - 3680 ( d . n . j . ) ( filed aug . 4 , 2004 ) ( hochberg , j . )\nthe securities and exchange commission today announced that the honorable faith s . hochberg , united states district court judge for the district of new jersey has entered a final judgment order (\norder\n) against defendant bristol - myers squibb company in the above matter . the order , to which bms consented without admitting or denying the allegations in the commission ' s complaint , provides the following relief :\na permanent injunction against future violations of certain antifraud , reporting , books and records and internal controls provisions of the federal securities laws .\nmonetary remedies for the benefit of shareholders , including a civil penalty of $ 100 million plus a $ 50 million shareholder fund .\nvarious remedial undertakings , including the appointment of an independent advisor to review bristol - myers ' accounting practices and internal control systems and periodically assess the status of remedial actions undertaken or planned by the company in those and other areas , such as financial reporting .\nfor further information , see litigation release no . 18820 ( august 4 , 2004 ) .\nwashington , d . c . , aug . 4 , 2004 - - the securities and exchange commission today announced that it filed an enforcement action against bristol - myers squibb company , a new york - based company whose largest division , the u . s . medicines group , is based in new jersey . the commission ' s complaint , filed today in the united states district court for the district of new jersey , alleges that bristol - myers perpetrated a fraudulent earnings management scheme by , among other things , selling excessive amounts of pharmaceutical products to its wholesalers ahead of demand , improperly recognizing revenue from $ 1 . 5 billion of such sales to its two largest wholesalers and using\ncookie jar\nreserves to meet its internal sales and earnings targets and analysts ' earnings estimates .\nin settling the commission ' s action , bristol - myers agreed to an order requiring it to pay $ 150 million dollars and perform numerous remedial undertakings , including the appointment of an independent adviser to review and monitor its accounting practices , financial reporting and internal controls .\nstephen m . cutler , director of the sec ' s division of enforcement , said ,\nbristol - myers ' earnings management scheme distorted the true performance of the company and its medicines business on a massive scale and caused significant harm to the company ' s shareholders . the company ' s conduct warrants a stiff civil sanction . as our investigation continues , we will be focusing on , among other things , those individuals responsible for the company ' s failures .\nfrom the first quarter of 2000 through the fourth quarter of 2001 , bristol - myers engaged in a fraudulent scheme to inflate its sales and earnings in order to create the false appearance that the company had met or exceeded its internal sales and earnings targets and wall street analysts ' earnings estimates .\nwhen bristol - myers ' results still fell short of the street ' s earnings estimates , the company tapped improperly created divestiture reserves and reversed portions of those reserves into income to further inflate its earnings .\nvarious remedial undertakings , including the appointment of an independent adviser to review , assess and monitor bristol - myers ' accounting practices , financial reporting and disclosure processes and internal control systems .\nsecurities and exchange commission v . mcafee , inc . , civil action no . 06 - 009 ( pjh ) ( n . d . cal . ) ( january 4 , 2006 )\nthe securities and exchange commission today filed securities fraud charges against mcafee , inc . ( formerly known as network associates , inc . ) , a santa clara , california - based manufacturer and supplier of computer security and antivirus tools . the commission ' s complaint alleges that from the second quarter of 1998 through 2000 , mcafee misled investors when it engaged in a fraudulent scheme to overstate its revenue and earnings by hundreds of millions of dollars in violation of the federal securities laws . the complaint specifically alleges that , during the period 1998 through 2000 , mcafee inflated its cumulative net revenues by $ 622 million and that , for 1998 alone , mcafee overstated revenues by $ 562 million ( a misstatement of 131 percent ) .\nmcafee has consented , without admitting or denying the allegations of the complaint , to the entry of a court order enjoining it from violating the antifraud , books and records , internal controls , and periodic reporting provisions of the federal securities laws . the order also requires that mcafee pay a $ 50 million civil penalty , which the commission will seek to distribute to harmed investors pursuant to the fair funds provision of the sarbanes - oxley act of 2002 . in addition , mcafee has agreed to appoint an independent consultant to examine and recommend improvements to mcafee\u2019s internal accounting controls and revenue recognition and reserves practices to better ensure compliance with the federal securities laws . this proposed settlement is subject to court approval .\nthe complaint further alleges that mcafee took action to conceal the fraud from investors by , among other things , wrongly recording in its books the payments and discounts that it offered to distributors , and improperly manipulating reserve accounts to increase inadequate sales reserves and cover the costs of the distributor payments . the complaint alleges that mcafee defrauded investors by reporting false and materially misleading financial and other information in periodic reports , financial statements , and securities registration statements that mcafee filed with the commission , in press releases , and in other public statements .\nthe final judgment would enjoin mcafee from violating section 17 ( a ) of the securities act of 1933 , sections 10 ( b ) , 13 ( a ) , 13 ( b ) ( 2 ) ( a ) and 13 ( b ) ( 2 ) ( b ) of the securities exchange act of 1934 , and exchange act rules 10b - 5 , 12b - 20 , 13a - 1 , and 13a - 13 thereunder .\nthis is the fourth lawsuit that the commission has filed in connection with fraudulent accounting issues at mcafee . see\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nthe time value of money is the idea that money presently available is worth more . . .\nare you a financial advisor ? showcase your expertise to 20 + million investors .\nsophisticated content for financial advisors around investment strategies , industry trends , and advisor education .\na celebration of the 100 most influential advisors and their contributions to critical conversations on finance .\nthis fraudulent practice is usually done in an attempt to hit compensation targets , or to raise the value of the stock or prevent its fall upon release of quarterly or annual results .\nlearn how to trade channels , a chart pattern that tells you where to enter , where to exit and even how long the trade may take .\nthese stocks are all moving within trend channels . with prices of these stocks trading near the extremes of those channels , there ' s an excellent trading opportunity .\nbuying secondhand items is a great way to save money , but these seven kids items should not be bought used .\nthe seattle - based e - commerce giant wants to create a platform catering to niche programming .\nthese stocks are currently trading near the bottom of trend channels but moving higher , presenting a buying opportunity .\nas both a parent and an investor , build - a - bear workshop ( nyse : bbw ) has always struck me as a challenging business to operate . the chain , which lets kids make their own stuffed animals , has . . .\nmicrosoft shares traded above $ 100 for the first time last week and could add to gains in the coming months .\nlearn about the primary differences between direct and indirect distribution channels , and under what circumstances a company . . . read answer > >\nlearn how to create a profitable swing trading strategy in the forex market using price channels on bullish , bearish and . . . read answer > >\ntake a deeper look into the development and purpose of the generally accepted accounting principles , also known as gaap , . . . read answer > >\nfind out the typical profit margin for a major retail company , and learn how it compares to the profit margins for other . . . read answer > >\nthe time value of money is the idea that money presently available is worth more than the same amount in the future due to . . .\na call option is an agreement that gives the option buyer the right to buy the underlying asset at a specified price within . . .\nan annuity is a financial product that pays out a fixed stream of payments to an individual , primarily used as an income . . .\npreferred stock refers to a class of ownership that has a higher claim on assets and earnings than common stock has .\na liability is defined as a company ' s legal financial debts or obligations that arise during the course of business operations .\nthe standard deviation is a statistic that measures the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean and is calculated as . . .\n* copyright \u00a9 2018 insider inc . all rights reserved . registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our\nit doesn ' t look good , the wsj says . diageo has recently seen the disappearance of a president and a cmo :\nthe inquiry coincides with a period of tumult in diageo ' s executive ranks . the company announced in june that north american president larry schwartz would be retiring by the end of the year . since then , the company has also announced the departures of its chief marketing officer for north america and a president of national accounts in the u . s .\nit recently named deirdre mahlan , currently chief financial officer , as president of diageo north america .\nwe are not saying this is what happened at diageo . let ' s let the sec probe take its course .\nlet ' s say you ' re at a company where sales are in decline , but your bosses are insistent that you ' ve got to show sales growth . you ' d be tempted to fudge the numbers somehow . ( in an amazing coincidence , that ' s the situation at diageo . volume sold in the us last year decreased 1 % ; the company only saw a sales increase of 3 % to $ 5 . 34 billion due to price increases . )\none way of showing more\nsales\nis to ship more cases of product to your distributors and retailers . you ' ve got a pretty good expectation that they ' re going to be sold eventually , so you book them as sales . hooray ! sales are going up !\nthe problem is that next month , when you call up those distributors to ask how much new product they need , the reply is ,\nwell , because you shipped us slightly more than we needed last month , we ' ve still got a bunch of stock sitting around . so this month we ' d like you to ship fewer cases .\nuh oh . that one - month sales bump you showed is now going to turn into a sharp decline in the following month . so maybe you ' re tempted to ship extra product again , in the hopes that somehow sales will suddenly pick up dramatically and fix all your problems .\nnow you ' re into real trouble , because you ' re shipping products that no one wants , and booking them as revenue ( even though the revenues never arrive ) . and those unsold cases are piling up at distributor warehouses .\nthis sounds like a great idea ! and the distributor agrees . the unsold cases come back , and they can be written off against the original revenue as\nsales returns ,\nor something . they ' re going to look like defective units or stuff that customers bought , didn ' t like , returned and replaced with new product . and most people never look at the\nsales returns\nline in company accounts anyway .\nlike a ponzi scheme , this all comes crashing down . you end up shipping more product that can be sold , and accepting as returns more product than you sell , and eventually someone asks why it is that the company has become so unprofitable even though sales are growing .\nand i thought that was not good because too much inventory might mess things up a bit .\nhow to start a business - on your mark , get ready , . . .\non your mark , get ready , go ! in the simplest of terms , that is how you start a business and then run like crazy to not only cross the finish line , but win the race . starting your own business could be a life - long dream , a family endeavor , or even a . . .\nbelow are additional resources for businessdictionary users . interact with us on social media and read funny definitions and useful articles . fun and games although we ' re known for our high - quality glossaries , some definitions have room for . . .\n\u00a9 2018 webfinance inc . all rights reserved . unauthorized duplication , in whole or in part , is strictly prohibited . privacy , disclaimers & copyright\nhow badly do you want your year - end performance bonus ? this is a question i was pondering today as we are hearing more frequently about individuals in companies who are engaging in activities that artificially inflate sales or shipments for the sake of hitting their targets . unfortunately , they don\u2019t often think of this as fraud until it\u2019s too late .\nstriking the right balance between setting ambitious revenue targets and incentivising people to \u2018 do the right thing \u2019 is always a challenge . get it wrong , and someone will cross the line and ship those extra products or bring forward that big sale . get it right , and you will have a motivated team built on solid ethical foundations .\nwe are seeing more of these issues coming to light as individuals , placed under huge pressure to bend the rules by those afraid to deliver bad news , blow the whistle . and it is always worth bearing in mind , as we see every week in the press , that these issues , when they come to light , can have a big impact on the reputation of a business and life changing consequences for employees .\n\u00ab economic crime is rising : has your organisation considered how it would respond ? | main | fake , nasty and bad for business . could food fraud happen to you ? \u00bb\n\u00a9 2012 - 2018 pwc . all rights reserved . pwc refers to the pwc network and / or one or more of its member firms , each of which is a separate legal entity . please see urltoken for further details .\nan illegal practice in which a company willfully sells more of its product to distributors than the distributors can sell to customers . the company makes these sales on credit , which temporarily boosts its accounts receivable and by extension its current assets . this makes the company look healthier than it really is which can raise its stock price . eventually , when the distributors are unable to sell the product they return it to the company instead of paying , which reduces the accounts receivable and brings the company ' s balance sheet in line with reality .\nenhance current earnings at the expense of future sales , which leads to a slippery slope of needing to artificially boost future earnings as well .\ncan technology handle supply chain risk ? today ' s supply chain technology has a notable lack of risk management tools . developers need to change this to compete in a global market\nten best practices for audit committees : the public company audit committee now has an enhanced role and needs to revise some of its practices . here are some key areas to focus on\npublic defender : former assistant u . s . attorney provides an inside look on fraud prosecution\necr ' s transparent legacy : like manufacturing processes , buying models continue to move toward opposite poles . your company ' s future could depend on which side it chooses\n, but if there is a sense of pressure within the company to book revenue , past events have shown that not all the revenue was legitimate .\nmay work for awhile , however problems arise when high sales from past quarters are made at the expense of poor sales in another quarter .\nall content on this website , including dictionary , thesaurus , literature , geography , and other reference data is for informational purposes only . this information should not be considered complete , up to date , and is not intended to be used in place of a visit , consultation , or advice of a legal , medical , or any other professional .\na fraudulent practice in which a company inflates its sales revenues by enticing wholesalers and / or retailers to order more product than they realistically expect to sell in the normal course of business . this is typically accomplished through extra - deep discounts and an understanding that the unsold product can be returned at a later date ."]}
{"id": 54319, "summary": [{"text": "candie 's is a clothing brand started in 1978 .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "originally a charles cole line of shoes from el greco inc. , the brand underwent several changes in ownership , and was purchased by iconix brand group in 1993 .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "since 2005 , kohl 's department stores has had exclusive rights to the candie 's brand in all departments except shoes .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "candie 's sells juniors ' jewelry and apparel .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "candie 's has two fragrances : candie 's heartbreaker perfume collection and candie 's luxe eau de toilette perfume spray .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "the brand has also added curtains and girls ' clothing and apparel .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "in june 2001 , candie \u2019s launched a non-profit foundation called the candie \u2019s foundation .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "the foundation 's mission is to fight teenage pregnancy .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "sarah hyland is the current face of candie 's .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "bella thorne and carly rae jepsen were the previous spokesperson in 2014 and 2013 while lea michele , vanessa hudgens , britney spears , dixie chicks , hayden panettiere , alyssa milano , fergie , lil ' kim , ashlee simpson , hilary duff , kelly clarkson , jenny mccarthy , vanessa carlton , ashanti and destiny 's child have also represented the brand . ", "topic": 31}], "title": "candie ' s", "paragraphs": ["today , candie\u2019s remains one of the most recognized brands worldwide . fun , flirty and irreverent , candie\u2019s is synonymous with pop culture .\ncandie\u2019s was founded in 1981 with the now famous sexy , high - heeled wood bottom slide , called the \u201ccandie\u201d . by the mid 1980\u2019s , sales of candie\u2019s slides soared to 14 million pairs . one out of every four women in america owned a pair of candie\u2019s .\ndress head to toe in your favorite colors with bright intimates . candie\u2019s\u00ae bras and panties are a fun part of any outfit . florals , stripes and other graphic patterns adorn candie\u2019s\u00ae shoes , including candie\u2019s\u00ae pumps or wedges . grab a candie\u2019s\u00ae handbag as the final finishing touch to your outfit . find all the beautiful details you love with candie\u2019s\u00ae purses , accessories and clothing !\n\u00a9 2018 kohl\u2019s illinois , inc . , kohl\u2019s\u00ae and kohl\u2019s brand names are trademarks of kohl\u2019s illinois , inc .\nwhen you say the name candie\u2019s , an image will pop into your mind . it may be your first pair of candie\u2019s or your favorite candie\u2019s ad . candie\u2019s is pop culture and always has the \u201cit\u201d girl for its national ad spokesperson . the brand is worn by numerous celebrities and has been featured in tv and movies .\ncandie\u2019s was founded in 1981 with the now famous , sexy , high - heeled wood bottom slide , called the \u201ccandie . \u201d by the mid 1980\u2019s , sales of the candie\u2019s slides soared to 14 million pairs and one out of every four women in america owned a pair !\nthe candie\u2019s\u00ae girl knows what she wants from her career , her life and her style . she loves that the candie\u2019s\u00ae collection takes her from monday morning to sunday brunch\u2014and every day in between .\nlea ' s fans are the same as candie ' s fans ,\nan insider for the fashion brand told e ! news .\ncandie\u2019s award - winning advertising is known for its sexy but playful concepts . over half of teens in the u . s . recall seeing candie\u2019s advertising , thanks to the collection of campaign \u201cit\u201d girls including britney spears , fergie , destiny\u2019s child , lea michele , vanessa hudgens , hilary duff , bella thorne , kelly clarkson , & jenny mccarthy .\nflirty and girly , candie\u2019s\u00ae clothing and accessories combine bold colors , patterns and delicate details to create a collection of on - trend apparel . embellishments like ruffles , lace and subtle shimmer make casual pieces pop , while candie\u2019s\u00ae tops & tees , necklaces and other jewelry add a touch of sparkle to any outfit . revel in all the fun , feminine details in candie\u2019s\u00ae shoes and apparel .\ncandie\u2019s award winning advertising is noted for its sexy but playful concepts . past candie\u2019s girls include lea michele , fergie , pat benatar , cheyenne kimball , hilary duff , ashlee simpson , kelly clarkson , destiny\u2019s child , ashanti , alyssa milano , dixie chicks , jenny mccarthy , and britney spears . the brand is one of the most recognized in the country and is one of the top brands on the minds of the fast - growing \u201c millennials \u201d consumer segment . candie\u2019s is sold exclusively at kohls department stores nationwide and kohls . com .\nglee ' s resident red carpet diva is about to profit from her increasingly cooed - over sartorial style , as e ! news has exclusively learned that lea michele has been named the newest spokeswoman for candie ' s .\nthe candie ' s foundation educates america ' s youth about the consequences of teen pregnancy . we are a non - profit organization that works to shape the way youth in america think about teen pregnancy and parenthood . learn more\ncandie\u2019s\u00ae creative director , sarah hyland , is always keeping an eye on flirty , of\u2013the\u2013moment trends\u2014and she\u2019s made sure her new campaign , sarah styles , has the latest day\u2013to\u2013night looks , signature pieces and style tips you\u2019ll need this season .\nas it is , she ' s stepping into some well - heeled shoes for the new gig . vanessa hudgens is candie ' s most recent celebrity spokeswoman , and the job has been filled in the past by britney spears , ashlee simpson , fergie and jenny mccarthy .\nlea ' s rep could not be reached for comment and candie ' s has also remained mum on the stylish new appointment , though a source told e ! news that michele will appear in a series of print ads for the company later this year as part of her endorsement deal .\nback in june , we noted hilary duff would become the face of candie ' s . perhaps because the poor girl ' s just not quite weighty enough to carry the role herself , candie ' s has decided to add a few more celebrities to heavy up its campaign adding\nentourage\nand former ' the o . c . 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", "topic": 23}], "title": "strike bowling bar", "paragraphs": ["continue reading strike bowling bar ' s new venue promoted with world ' s first social media powered flight .\nlife ' s rosy : popular dj ruby rose at strike bowling bar last night . - picture by phil hearne\nschool holiday ' s at strike are bigger and better than ever at strike .\nclose to 200 people went on strike from work on thursday 6 june 2013 and headed along to strike bowling bar at the entertainment quarter in moore park for fitzy and wippa ' s strike party .\nstar dj and entertainment personality ruby rose was among the first to test the lanes at the strike bowling bar vip launch party at charlestown square last night .\ncontinue reading loud & clear to launch strike bowling client using helium balloons and the power of facebook .\nlove strike ? want to hear about the latest offers and updates ? follow us for your daily strike fix .\ndirections to strike bowling bar from places in melbourne using bus , train , tram click to get updated timetables , live arrivals and step - by - step directions .\nhow to get to strike bowling bar by bus click on a route and see step - by - step directions on a map , line arrival times and updated line timetables .\nhow to get to strike bowling bar by train click on a route and see step - by - step directions on a map , line arrival times and updated line timetables .\nlucky strike entertainment has been universally recognized as the leading brand in the boutique - bowling category . it was born with dna from the big lebowski , having been launched in 2003 . wanting to pay homage to its predecessor , lucky strike purchased lane # 7 from star lanes and made it lucky strike hollywood\u2019s bar .\nlocated in the newly refurbished wintergarden complex of brisbane\u2019s queen street mall , strike wintergarden is not a normal bowling alley and has raised the bar when it comes to entertainment in the city .\nstrike king street wharf is located in the stunning surrounds of sydney harbour , and promises a bowling experience like no other .\nangelina jolie and all six of her children - maddox , shiloh , pax , zahara , vivienne , and knox - visited strike bowling bar at moore park ' s entertainment quarter yesterday evening .\nfrom bowling to laser tag , karaoke to exitus escape rooms \u2013 there\u2019s no shortage of fun at strike\u2019s 12 venues across australia .\nlucky strike has been universally recognized as the leading brand in the boutique - bowling category . born with dna from the big lebowski and having been launched in 2003 by steven and gillian foster , lucky strike is known for their premium bowling lanes and upscale atmosphere .\nin the vein of ' up ' and ' danny deckchair ' , strike bowling has teamed up with loud & clear creative for the first ever flight of a human using the power of ' likes ' . simon osborne , strike ' s social media manager , will be attached to hundreds of helium balloons lifting him into the air in celebration of the launch of the strike bowling bar in melbourne central .\nthey tried to blend in with the crowds as they headed to the strike bowling centre at the entertainment quarter moore park in sydney .\nbowling alleys have evolved into chic destinations for games , gourmet eats and a sexy lounge scene . among the bowling hotspots :\nlucky strike entertainment is much more than bowling . we provide a one - of - a - kind unique experience at each location . make sure to view our lucky strike entertainment concepts to see what we got .\non january 31 , 2006 at the mugen bar metrowalk . the band also mentioned\nwith venues across the united states , lucky strike entertainment is the perfect intersection of nightlife , bowling , chef - driven cuisines , gaming and live music .\nlaunched\nby pye on 6 january 1966 at the gaiety bar , bayswater . the\nwe\u2019re not your average tenpin bowling alley . from bowling to laser tag and karaoke to escape rooms , we\u2019ve got the fun covered for everyone .\ntravelling to strike bowling bar in melbourne has never been so easy ! use moovit to plan your journey and get detailed step - by - step directions from your current address , popular location or any major public transport station . view detailed routes on a map , see bus and train timetables , arrival times , and service alerts so you know exactly how to get to strike bowling bar . when travelling to strike bowling bar use moovit ' s live directions with get off notifications to know exactly where and how far to walk , how long to wait for your route , and how many stops are left . moovit will alert you when it\u2019s time to get off \u2014 no need to constantly re - check whether yours is the next stop .\nparlor billiards & spirits and lucky strike bowling alley opened in lincoln square about a decade ago , as people were looking for more things to do in the evenings .\nsign up to the strike mailing list to keep up to date with specials and promotions .\nlocated in the bustling century city walk , strike glen waverley brings fun to the suburbs .\nthe concept for splitsville , a 12 - lane bowling alley opened in tampa five years ago : give the traditional bowling alley a modern makeover as an\noriginal bowling parlor ,\nstarting with the notoriously bad concession stand menus .\nthis was an incredibly laid back event , we had four alleys at strike bowling bar moore park . three for doing all manner of ball tossing ( the models were particularly good at it post parade ) and one for the runway show , possibly a first ?\nget ready to throw in the towel , the search for your ultimate sports bar is over .\nspend $ 6 on food or drink & get a free game of bowling .\nstrike glen waverley showcases eight bowling lanes , a private karaoke room , pool tables and a next generation escape room that will immerse you in a spooky experience like no other .\nbar - bae - dos ! ex on the beach ' s chloe goodman flashes major . . .\nthe first lucky strike location and only one of its kind , lucky strike live in hollywood is a rare gem to be seen . with stages now in albany , ny and honolulu , hi , lucky strike live has erupted from a hidden bowling alley into an underground entertainment hub . featuring live performances , cutting edge lights & sound , gastropub cuisine , beautifully modern lane design , and a one - of - a - kind blend of edgy steampunk aesthetic , lucky strike live surely knows how to rock n\u2019 roll .\nlucky strike social brings together the original lucky strike lanes , for the win ( ftw ) , live music , exceptional chef - driven food and craft beverages all in one fully immersive venue . with a sophisticated backdrop to unfettered fun , lucky strike social is a one - of - a - kind entertainment experience everyone can enjoy .\nat melbourne ' s hi - fi bar . ezekiel ox , jimmy tee , crutey and rob kaay attended the\nthanks to strike for having us , we ' ll be back next time we ' re sick of work .\nhipsters and jet - setters , always on the search for the next big thing , have found an opportunity to strike : sales of bowling balls alone are up more than 13 percent between 2000 to 2007 .\nspend $ 6 on food or drinks and get a free game of bowling or laser tag .\nyou also forgot one of the coolest bowling alleys ever . covina bowl ! a true googie masterpiece\npax , zahara , shiloh , and twins knox and vivian , for a spot of bowling .\ncomplete with a cocktail bar and a fully - equipped kitchen we have a gourmet menu to suit all taste buds .\nhis boy elroy is a new cafe and bar under construction behind a nondescript door at the back of wollongong myer .\nstrike : when all ten pins are knocked down with the first ball ( called a strike and typically rendered as an \u201cx\u201d on a score sheet ) , a player is awarded ten points , plus a bonus of whatever is scored with the next two balls . in this way , the points scored for the two balls after the strike are counted twice .\nin what is claimed to be the world ' s first social media powered flight , melbourne - based loud & clear creative has launched its client , strike bowling ' s social media manager 40 feet into the air in the middle of melbourne central shopping centre using the power generated by likes , tweets , instagram and facebook shares . with the aim of promoting strike bowling bar ' s new venue , every social interaction was rewarded with a squirt of helium in a stunt designed to engage the public and reward them with seeing a human take flight . view the event\nas much a hipster hang - out as a bowling alley , bloomsbury bowl boasts eight swish bowling lanes , five karaoke rooms , a bar , a diner , ping pong tables and a stage . if you ' re down to get dancey , then check out their website for details of upcoming gigs and club nights here .\ngpt group controls eight tenancies in the lane , including the building occupied by small - bar trailblazer , the little prince .\nall week , fitzy and wippa had been calling for bosses to stop work and bring their team to the strike party .\nit ' s safe to call chicago a bowling town . the numbers certainly back it up . more than 25 , 000 people bowled in chicago in 2004 , in 910 organized leagues on a combined 1 , 802 lanes in 73 bowling centers , according to the chicago metropolitan bowling association . we ' re talking hard - core bowlers : bags , shoes , personalized balls - - the whole deal . but that ' s not the crowd being targeted with the newest crop of bowling lounges in town , the latest being lucky strike lanes in streeterville .\nthe regulations listed here are generally based around regulations set by the united states bowling congress and the british tenpin bowling association . these rules are followed by all sanctioned leagues and events , such as tournaments . this is a recreational bowling league . the object to have fun , bowl well , and network with new friends .\nthe only place in london where you can throw a strike and zip across an ice rink , queens is cool , edgy and filled with enough stuff to make for a pretty fun evening . as well as skating and bowling , there ' s also karaoke , a retro arcade , a bar , and food that features cuisine from the burger obsessed restaurant meatliquor .\nhi @ simxr , if you can dm us your email details , we ' ll send you the menu . ^ strike hq\nfocused on family fun , the acton branch of tenpin is a pretty standard affair . the venue has several bowling lanes , pool , namco arcade machines , and cosmic bowling for all uv - loving neon - ravers . if you ' re feeling peckish , then food and drink comes in the familiar form of american style burgers , chips and hotdogs , and the bar is fully licensed . want to hear the sound of a strike ? then aim straight or you ' ll end up in the gutter .\nspend $ 6 on food or drinks and get a free game of bowling or 1 / 2 hour of karaoke .\nthis is bowling 2 . 0 , the reinvention of one of america ' s most kitchy , quietly enduring pastimes . laverne and shirley have slipped out the back door , making way for superglam alleys where bowling sometimes seems besides the point .\nso if your last night out or corporate party served up the same bland food and boring conversation , get out of the gutter and into lucky strike .\nour ultra exclusive luxe room offers the vip treatment with 4 private lanes , a dedicated bar , and a large projection screen for all your event entertainment needs .\ntaking to her popular page on saturday , the brunette beauty uploaded a boomerang showing her playfully hiding a bowling ball behind her bump .\nthe most points that can be scored in a single frame are 30 points ( 10 for the original strike , plus strikes in the two subsequent frames ) .\nkenzo kanemori , 6 , bowls for the first time at lucky strike bellevue in lincoln square . his father , gaven , brought kenzo and his twin sister , kiera , to the bowling alley on a scouting mission for a possible birthday party . ( ellen m . banner / the seattle times )\ndowntown l . a . can now add bowling lounge to its entertainment repertoire . what ' s a bowling lounge ? think bowling blended into a sleek atmosphere with plush designer seating , cozy dining areas , an exceptional menu , private party areas , a posh vip suite called luxe , billiards , djs and electronic art shows projected all over the lanes and lounge . it ' s pure energy and pure fun !\nstreeterville gets a new bowling alley / bar / restaurant we know , the thought of bowling alley shoe fungus is freaky , but - - gasp ! - - we almost visited lucky strike lanes without socks . why ? because this l . a . spinoff spot ' s brand - spanking new , which means our rented kicks were squeaky clean and most likely never worn before . and that ' s not the only thing worth checking out at this adult entertainment complex . inside : man , this place goes on forever . rack ' em up on 11 pool tables ( $ 10 - $ 14 per hour )\nis best understood as a mix of a driving range , a high - end bowling alley ( like kings bowl , lucky strike , or splitsville ) and an adult - focused arcade ( like dave & buster\u2019s ) . a large part of the topgolf experience is the food and beverages with it making up nearly\nthrow our fully - equipped cocktail bar , gourmet kitchen offerings and parade of party packages into the equation and we\u2019re your one - stop shop for the ultimate entertainment experience .\nand perhaps most importantly , bowling alleys now peddle ambiance , the sense that this is the place to be in the cosmos of studied cool .\nrose joined members of the newcastle knights , zoo magazine calendar girls and a few lucky competition winners for a night of bowling , cocktails and karaoke .\nwith bowling , laser tag and two next generation escape rooms , our melbourne central venue is fully - fitted with all the fun you can handle .\ntravelers have now added designer bowling alleys on the must - do list , much like\nit\nboutique hotels , chic restaurants and afterhour joints .\nthe new bowling alley is an upscale place to have fun ,\nrevelle says ,\nwith or without actually picking up a ball .\nclassy and hip bund cocktail lounge ( and pool ) wet bar indulges every wednesday night from 7pm - 9pm . head down for\nthe david herv\u00e9 oyster experience\n. . . .\nyour ninth birthday was not held at this club - alley hybrid across the street from the staples center . lucky strike ' s neon - lit bowling lanes and billiards tables are the centerpiece of its loungey atmosphere , complete with flatscreen tvs , a full - service bar and rentable rooms for your partying pleasure . sip a handcrafted spicy margarita in between turns at the lane , while tucking into a menu that beats the stuffing out of typical arcade fare ( read : short rib tacos , flatbread pizzas , belgian fries with curry ketchup , etc ) . lucky strike ' s stricty enforced dress code allows the general appearance of its guests to surpass your average bowler as well . we say better suited to your twenty - ninth birthday .\n. the food menu stretches beyond the typical sports bar , and offers things like a brunch menu and specialty desserts . the new banh mi sandwich is sure to be a hit in orlando .\nwe have 13 locations spanning over the east coast of australia . boasting bowling , laser tag , karaoke and escape rooms , we\u2019ve got the fun covered for everyone .\nand snezana markoski has been making the most of her baby bump while it lasts , having this week used her pregnant belly to promote a bowling alley on instagram .\nstart your night with a cocktail in our waterside lounge bar , nibble on our great gourmet food and then move to one of the 10 bowling alleys . you could choose to chill with friends , turn up the volume in your very own karaoke room or try and sleuth your way through an escape room ! it\u2019s your night , so let us make it happen !\na player who bowls a strike in the tenth ( final ) frame is awarded two extra balls so as to allow the awarding of bonus points . if both these balls also result in strikes , a total of 30 points ( 10 + 10 + 10 ) is awarded for the frame . these bonus points do not count on their own ; they only count as the bonus for the strike .\nnew york , miami beach : lucky strike lanes , 21 locations including new york city and miami beach , www . bowlluckystrike . com . among the pioneers of boutique bowling , lucky strike opened its first location in hollywood five years ago . the chain is among the most popular , even popping up on episodes of 90210 and america ' s top model . highlights of the menu include tuna lollipops , chicken pillows ( pan seared chicken dumplings drizzled with teriyaki sauce ) and mac & cheese bites . 21 and over after 9 p . m . from $ 6 per game .\nsteps away from the famed staples center , lucky strike l . a . live stands apart as the brand\u2019s most exciting foray into chic nightlife entertainment . dazzling lights set the mood over 18 premium lanes , while local djs breathe life into the venue at the helm of our world class sound system . retreat from the excitement inside our ultra - premium private luxe lounge , featuring 4 premium lanes , 2 competition - ready billiards tables , and a full service private bar to fuel your fun ! gotta catch the big game but nowhere to watch it ? bring your friends out to lucky strike and catch the big game on our huge plasma tvs , all while enjoying some hand - crafted libations from our expert mixologists . no matter the occasion , lucky strike l . a . live is the perfect solution for an unforgettable experience .\ni had heard atlanta had this bowling alley that was like a club , so i wanted to check it out ,\nsays denford\nit ' s cool .\natlanta - the world of boutique bowling unfolds here in the midst of an in - town hipster district , wedged between a noveau northern italian restaurant and a big - box chain store .\nmembers of miami sports & social club , a sports league for adults young and old , bowl at lucky strike lanes in miami beach , florida , august 6 , 2008 . ( carl juste / miami herald / mct )\nso the lowly bowling alley - think bobby socks , jukeboxes , hot dogs and draft beer - has been refashioned and now offers a luxury experience with the same dazzle as any upscale club or lounge .\nwhether you ' re a serious bowler or a gutter - shooting no - hoper just looking for a fun night out , there ' s a bowling alley in london for you . while some are straight - up ball - and - skittle jobs , some of london ' s bowling alleys come replete with live music , retro ambience and boozy bars . so go ahead \u2013 lace up and pick a lane .\nin the second in the award ' from the back of a coaster ' series peter biggs , ceo at clemenger bbdo , melbourne will deliver his talk entitled :\nyou wait , everyone has an antarctic\n. thursday 19th of april , 6 . 30 for a 7 o ' clock start . havana bar , dolphin hotel , 412 crown street , surry hills cash bar , drinks complimentary for award members . entry is free but you must rsvp before the 17th of april to : kate @ urltoken\nrich comfort food with locally sourced ingredients , our gastropub dining experience fuses a chef - 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energy club vibe without the aimless standing around , plus the added exhilaration of 24 lanes of led - lit bowling , this is your sanctuary . with over 100 arcade games , a nine - table billiard room and karaoke ( ' 80s power ballads , anyone ? ) , there is no shortage of entertainment for your geek squad to feast on . and speaking of feasting , x lanes also has a restaurant and full sports bar , because bowling while buzzed is highly amusing , and karaoke to alanis morissette after three vodkas is the stuff memories are made of . for large parties , you may want to make reservations ahead of time , as lanes do fill up quickly . order a round of mozzarella sticks , bogart the dance , dance revolution , and make a night of it , you crazy kids .\na game of bowling consists of ten frames . in each frame , the bowler will have two chances to knock down as many pins as possible with their bowling ball . in games with more than one bowler , as is common , every bowler will take their frame in a predetermined order before the next frame begins . if a bowler is able to knock down all ten pins with their first ball , he is awarded a strike . if the bowler is able to knock down all 10 pins with the two balls of a frame , it is known as a spare . bonus points are awarded for both of these , depending on what is scored in the next 2 balls ( for a strike ) or 1 ball ( for a spare ) . if the bowler knocks down all 10 pins in the tenth frame , the bowler is allowed to throw 3 balls for that frame . this allows for a potential of 12 strikes in a single game , and a maximum score of 300 points , a perfect game .\nall teams will make the league playoffs . teams will be seeded based on the end of season standings . teams will advance by bowling a higher team score ( pins + individual player handicaps added to each game ) in the playoffs .\ntheir presence went largely unnoticed at the entertainment hot spot , with a band playing in the foyer downstairs and tourists bowling in an alley next door while unbeknownst to them one of the biggest celebrity ' s in the world sat nearby .\nafter settling into their rooms at the resort , conner and her brother , austin , 23 , decided to get a drink at a swim - up bar . when the siblings later failed to meet their mother and step - father for dinner , the couple went looking for them .\nit didn ' t cost anything for corporate sponsors and others to attend a 76ers meet - and - greet wednesday night at the lucky strike bowling lanes in philadelphia . it cost allen iverson a substantial amount of money for not attending . coach maurice cheeks confirmed that the sixers ' captain was the only player not to make a mandatory appearance at the event and said he\nwill be fined accordingly .\nthe center city event was attended by about 300 sponsors , premium seat - holders and some season ticket - holders .\nthere are few l . a . venues more beautiful than highland park bowl at the moment . formerly a cherished music venue called mr . t ' s bowl , the 1933 group ( la cuevita , harlowe , idle hour ) took over the space in 2015 after the previous owner passed away , and began an extensive renovation process that would ultimately transform the space into a gorgeous , steampunk - esque bowling alley and bar . the details here are meticulous , from chandeliers made out of repurposed pinsetters to old bowling banners that line the alley ' s eight lanes . bowlers can wait out their turn on leather chesterfield sofas and order from a menu boasting neapolitan - style pizzas , craft cocktails and a rotating selection of local beers . behind the lanes , two bars provide plenty of space to hang even if you ' re not here for bowling . the price to rent a lane fluctuates between $ 50 and $ 70 for an hour , depending on the date and time , but with each lane holding up to six people , it ' s a solid\u2014and standard\u2014fee .\nwe hope you\u2019re ready to let loose on the lanes because we\u2019ve turned down the lights and cranked up the fun . our sweet sound system will keep you to bouncing between bowls , and we know you can\u2019t have fun on an empty stomach , so our lane - service has all your bar and kitchen needs covered .\nbowling alleys abound in los angeles\u2014some new and highfalutin ' with cocktail bars and dress codes , others old and divey , crumbling with character . so when you ' re looking for a place to knock ' em down ( and knock a few back\u2014white russians , anyone ? ) , where should you head ? from koreatown to the valley and mar vista to downtown , we bowled lots of imperfect games to bring you this perfect list of the la ' s best bowling alleys . roll anywhere else and you ' re entering a world of pain .\naround since 1958 , this 28 - lane alley is a westsider ' s go - to for good old - fashioned play . minus the expensive eats and blacklit club vibes you ' ll find at bowling alleys gone modern , amf mar vista has the no - nonsense essentials\u2014burgers and beers , pool tables and arcade games and , of course , bowling abound . expect the sort of family - friendly amusement that never fails to fill you with american nostalgia ( on top of the french fries and budweiser ) . sometimes it all just tastes so right .\nstanding strong since 1954 , the bowling alley boasts ( surprise ) 39 lanes complete with a roundabout bar , coffee shop , arcade and billiards room . pre - game at the bar with $ 4 cocktails served up by eddie , a veteran employee and staple bartender for over 35 years , then graduate to a round of in - house bevvies\u2014the super strong shatto sandbagger , a mind - bending blend of bacardi 151 , remy martin , grand marnier , sweet and sour mix and cranberry juice , promises a punch . in between celebratory strikes , refuel with salty snacks like heat lamp\u2013ready ( and heartburn - guaranteed ) nachos or the shatto special , a combo of chicken wings , stir - fried cabbage and fried egg over rice . forgot your socks ? don ' t fret\u2014there ' s a sock vending machine ( though you ' ll have to do a walk of shame past every last lane to get there ) with offerings in all sizes and styles .\nin october , splitsville opened at the shops at sunset place in south miami with a miamicentric menu that includes the cuban rueban ( corn beef on cuban bread ) . and coming soon : three texas locations in dallas , san antonio and arlington , which promises the first permanent outdoor bowling lane .\nlas vegas : red rock lanes , red rock casino resort spa , 11011 w . charleston blvd . , 702 - 797 - 7777 , www . redrocklanes . com . red rock is a hip hangout featuring a lounge and a deluxe bar where you can order a martini and play video games without ever leaving your seat . open 24 hours . from $ 2 per game .\nkegs of beer , half - off curries , st \u00e9milion grand cru , a deal for two at an upscale burger joint , and the secret to scandinavian happiness . here ' s the latest restaurant and bar deals unveiled by your favorite places in shanghai . start your week off right with things that cost less than they normally do . * terms and conditions apply . read on\nred rock lanes , which opened last year about 10 miles west of the strip , features 60 lanes , a lounge , plasma televisions and a bar where you can order a martini and play video games tucked in the countertops - plus a private vip 12 - lane suite that ' s designed to wow . spotted : justin timberlake , nelly and nfl hall of famer warren moon .\nscads of restaurants and bars all up and down the bund promenade are hosting discounts and specials for guests dressed in white attire , celebrating one of bar rouge ' s biggest yearly parties , white night . you ' ve got your smaller perks - - free deserts and / or cocktails from places like the fellas , la bota , hakkasan , and mr & mrs bund - - a very involved white night set dinner from el willy - - a white night yacht cruise party - - and , of course , the main event at bar rouge herself . truly , a massive affair . get yourself , sorted , celebration generation . get your white outfits on and the pre - sale tickets to the yacht party right here . full listing of white night events right here .\nconnected by skybridges and tunnels , \u201cthere is synergy between these properties , \u201d freeman says . \u201cyou add a hotel , people spend two to three days and shop . people would rather be in a hotel where they have restaurants , a bar and theater to go to , places to shop . if they come to one , they end up going across the street to the other . \u201d\ntampa , south miami : splitsville luxury lanes and dinner lounge , 615 channelside dr . # 120 , tampa , 813 - 514 - 2695 ; 5701 sunset drive , suite 202 , 305 - 665 - 5263 urltoken the alleys feature a sushi bar and gourmet menu including grilled mahi mahi with voodoo shrimp , spicy edamame and parmesan chicken breast tenders . adults from $ 4 . 95 per game .\nseattle : garage billiards & bowl , seattle , 1130 broadway , 206 - 322 - 2296 , www . garagebilliards . com , a mod 14 - lane , three - level bowling alley where the deejay spins from the mezzanine lounge and the menu includes grilled prawns , hummus and antipasto platters . lanes , $ 10 per hour .\nwhether you ' re planning a 30 - kid blowout for your son ' s 11th birthday or looking to join a league for the elderly , your bowling - related needs are guaranteed to be met at this extensively programmed alley . formerl canoga park bowl and no longer 24 hours , they ' re still open until 2am on weekends ( and honestly , who ' s really in the position to hurl a heavy ball across a large room much later than that ? ) . they ' ve got a full service restaurant , billiards and arcade , plus tons of special events like weekly dollar night bowling and jukebox mondays . check the entertainment schedule for further details .\nthe whole idea here is to give locals and tourists an alternative to the club , a place they can relax and let off some steam ,\nsays lonnie moore , of the dolce group , which owns the 12 - lane ten pin alley at atlantic station .\nwe wanted to take bowling to the next level .\natlanta : ten pin alley , 261 19th st nw , 404 - 872 - 3364 ; www . dolcegroup . com . a tri - level nightspot with 12 bowling lanes , billiards and plush leather lounges . the menu of gourmet junk food includes kobe beef sliders served with radicchio and smoked white cheddar . from $ 6 per game .\nsplitsville ' s chef , tim cushman , named a 2008 food and wine best new chef , was asked to create a gourmet menu with the panache of a supper club . his decidely upscale choices included sirloin topped with crab meat , asparagus and hollandaise sauce ; chipotle pork tenderloin ; chicken ceasar quesadillas and from the sushi bar menu , tempura spicy shrimp roll topped with sesame seared ahi tuna and wabasi mayo drizzle .\nwe ' ll be honest\u2014this alley ' s biggest selling point is the fact that it ' s din tai fung adjacent . and since there ' s always a substantial wait at the famed dumpling house , a round at bowling square is the perfect way to kill time . speaking of time , walking in here feels like you ' ve really stepped back in it\u2014and stepped way out of la , to boot . the folks here care nothing for seeing and being seen , but they do take their bowling seriously . also , their cocktails\u2014you can get a bowl - sized margarita in the lounge ( we recommend this to make the dumpling wait fly by ) , or a giant - sized beer , if you prefer . take advantage of the deals here , such as unlimited pizza bowl ( all - you - can - eat pizza and unlimited bowling for $ 15 or $ 20 , depending on when you go ) , two dollar night ( $ 2 games , shoes and pbrs ) and college night ( student discounts on thursdays ) . also , gumball machines !\ntucked away on the second floor of hollywood ' s roosevelt hotel , the spare room is like stepping into another era where classic cocktails and punch bowls\u2014served by waitresses in gatsby - era dresses\u2014pour freely and people make merry all night long . the big draw here is monday game night , when an exclusive bowling league competes ( get on the waitlist to high - five with hollywood ' s pretty young things ) . groups of up to six\u2014clad in spare room ' s george esquivel - designed bowling shoes and argyle socks\u2014can reserve one of two lanes for $ 100 an hour . or just chill in the lounge and cozy up to your neighbors with a friendly game of dominoes , monopoly , connect four or battleship .\nthis site needs to update the marvista listing . it is now called bowlero and has all the things this listing says it doesn ' t have . it ' s now a night club disguised as a bowling alley . expensive and not suitable for serious bowlers with flashing lights , loud music and so dark you can ' t even see the foul line .\nall star lanes , which looks straight out of the ' 70s , is the quintessential divey bowling alley . it ' s got 22 lanes with automatic scoring ( thanks , we ' re too drunk to do that on our own ) , plus pool tables , a video arcade , karaoke and a\ncocktail lounge ,\nwhich is putting it nicely . hungry ? check out the menu at the alley ' s adjacent restaurant ( complete with carpeted floor and plastic plates ) , broken up into four sections : chinese , mexican , american and pizza . here ' s the deal : it ' s all a little run - down and definitely a little silly . but that ' s what makes it fun\u2014you won ' t find bottle service or fancy designer bowling shoes here , but everyone is having a good time ( on the cheap ) at a low - key spot where there ' s ( almost ) always a free lane and a friendly bartender . one downside ? this place sometimes smells like the inside of a bowling shoe . chalk it up to part of the authentic experience .\nwith an emphasis on deals and special offers , mfa is great for budget - bowlers . based in lewisham , this bowling alley has vintage vibes and a style that takes you straight back to childhood birthday parties . if you ' re looking to bowl it out after work , or if you ' re a tenpin - crazy night owl : it ' s \u00a33 per game from 8pm - 11pm on friday and saturday .\ntoday ' s swanky bowling alleys , often attached to resorts or hotels in popular cities , feature designer decor ; deejays , club music and wood dance floors ; flat - paneled projecter screens and plasma televisions and cozy retreats for snuggling . they have glittering bars with top shelf booze and champagne , dress codes and marquee chefs charged with creating gourmet menus - such as shrimp tempura with sesame seared ahi tuna , parmesan and truffle fontina macaroni and cheese and vegetarian enchiladas .\nwith london branches in brick lane , holborn , stratford and white city , all star lanes have really been bowling over the competition . most of the venues have a ' 50s americana style , but the newer venue at white city has gone for a more chic and contemporary miami - come - art - deco vibe . all star lanes also do bites to eat , so if you ' re likely to get hungry between swings , they ' ve got your back .\nit ' s a concept that takes the idea of a standard driving range and transforms it into a high - end party atmosphere . the driving bays are much larger than a typical range with enough space for up to six people , similar to a bowling alley where a group can use a single lane . each bay has hd televisions with dining high - tops , while bars , billiards , shuffleboard , xbox connect , fire pits and other entertainment options fill the rest of the facility .\nokay , so it ' s not the most modern bowling alley in the city and a visit necessitates a trip through what ' s surely one of the ugliest shopping centres on earth . still , this 26 - lane establishment must be tatty enough by now to qualify as ' vintage ' - and if nothing else , the prices are certainly right . students who pitch up on a monday or tuesday can bowl for just \u00a33 . 45 a game and there are generous mid - week deals for everyone else , too .\nthat\u2019s evolved into the bellevue collection : bellevue square , with some 200 retailers and restaurants ; bellevue place , with a hyatt regency hotel , office space and restaurants ; and lincoln square , which includes a westin hotel , restaurants , cinema , bowling alley , billiards parlor and home - focused retailers . lincoln square is currently in the middle of a $ 1 . 2 billion , 1 . 5 million - square - foot expansion that will include a w hotel , luxury apartments , an office tower , more retail and restaurants , a six - screen cinema and a parking garage .\nnewcastle brown ale today launched a new us advertising campaign titled ' no bollocks ' . the campaign marks the first time newcastle has invested in national tv ads , created by the brand ' s new agency of record , majority aussie - owned droga5 new york . shot on location in newcastle , england , the ads examine the brand ' s story , including its history , the glassware and the brewmaster . the\nno bollocks\ncampaign launches with national tv spots beginning on april 2 . the media mix includes digital and in - bar advertising , and the campaign will also influence on - premise elements , events , social media and pr activities . view the brewer spot view the schooner glass spot view the schooner believe spot\nas the oldest operating bowling alley in la county , this ' 50s style gem boasts just eight charming lanes , making it also la ' s quaintest . montrose bowl opened in 1936 , and has since served as the backdrop for an array of films and tv shows , including pleasantville and teen wolf . now , the alley specializes in private events , for those who like their classic american party games with a little nostalgia . though the facilities are certainly old school , their selection of 70 + beers from around the world certainly isn ' t . contact the alley to book your next party of 95 or fewer .\nto use this website , cookies must be enabled in your browser . to enable cookies , follow the instructions for your browser below .\nthere is a specific issue with the facebook in - app browser intermittently making requests to websites without cookies that had previously been set . this appears to be a defect in the browser which should be addressed soon . the simplest approach to avoid this problem is to continue to use the facebook app but not use the in - app browser . this can be done through the following steps :\nbefore the cookie settings change will take effect , safari must restart . to restart safari press and hold the home button ( for around five seconds ) until the iphone / ipad display goes blank and the home screen appears .\na note about relevant advertising : we collect information about the content ( including ads ) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites . this is also known as online behavioural advertising . you can find out more about our policy and your choices , including how to opt - out here .\nsign up to receive our breaking news alerts and editor ' s daily headlines featuring the best local news and stories .\nwe\u2019ve turned down the lights and cranked up the volume . get ready to let loose on the lanes .\nput your puzzler into power drive and try your luck in our escape rooms .\nwhether you\u2019re kickin\u2019 with kendrick or belting one out like beyonc\u00e9 , we\u2019ve got tunes for all tastebuds .\ngot some squabbles to settle ? sort it out in the laser tag arena . pew pew pew .\nfrom end of financial year to eighth birthdays\u2026 whatever the occasion , we\u2019re always up for a party . our team will work with you to tailor a party package that best suits your celebration .\nour prices may change slightly from city to city . make sure you select your location to get an accurate idea of pricing .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nsydney fashion and style blog with photography by kent johnson . art scene and events , fashion from off of the streets and into the clubs . the fashion blog you love to share , thank you sydney xx .\nhonestly i have said it before and i will say it again . if you want to see a fashion show ; well for goodness sake , watch and maybe take notes because if you try taking pictures you will see nothing at all !\nthis was proven to me yet again after the ruby rose ' alley - way ' show when speaking to one of the lovely ppl from milk & honey i commented on the absence of the flannel shirt on the runway . what is it that hommer simpson does after coming out with a clanger ; doh ! of course everything ruby ( who by the way is really nice and really lovely ) was wearing is from her range ; and , there it was when i was going through the pictures . . . flannel shirt under denim jacket with black slashed jeans . hot or what !\ni think instead of taking a friend with me as my + 1 , in future i will take a photographer trained in the dark arts of blurry runway shots as - only - street - fashion - sydney can do them . that way i can enjoy the parade more and get a better idea of just whats going on .\nruby ' s range sexy and edgy , clearly has all the classics and basics covered for a night out on the town and if you are naughty , a not too out - of - place trip home next morning in the same gear . . . i love it , well its a wild world out there people !\noh monica ! \ud83d\udcf7\ud83d\ude01\ud83d\ude0d this was summer but . . it ' s so nice down at this harbour beach even in winter when the sun ' s out , like today . terrific guy shoot on thursday , pics coming soon . # modelling # swimwear # blackandwhite # sydneywinter # sydney # photoshoot # fashionphotographer # blackandwhiteisworththefight # picturesnevergetold # naturalbeauty # portrait\nkent johnson is photographer and writer specialising in fashion travel & lifestyle - he has two blogs , street fashion sydney and kent johnson fashion . he is also a regular contribute to luxury travel website white caviar life .\nwhen the day arrived , everyone had left their work emails and in trays behind and were in the mood to celebrate . to be honest , it looked like some of them hadn ' t been to work at all , particularly the group all wearing onesies !\nt & cs ; : promos are a walk in only offer and not available to book online . subject to availability . not valid on public holidays , public holiday eves or school holidays before 5pm .\nescape rooms are a real - life puzzle experience where a small team are locked in a themed room and must work together to escape . everything around you could be a clue . find hidden objects , solve riddles , crack clues and beat the clock to escape the room . ( but don ' t worry - we let you out either way ! )\none night you dream of a stroll with your friends through an enchanted garden . it all seems too good to be true . and then it dawns on you . this is not a dream . you are all trapped . can you solve the mysteries of your own childhood to escape this enchanted place ?\nyou ' re a part of a crew of professional criminals sussing out your next score when an anonymous tip comes in . you ' ve landed the location of a huge swag of cash through your underground network . the only problem ? it ' s under high security in the casino . there ' s no beginners ' luck or sleight of hand here . it ' s a race against the clock to cop your claim before the cops claim you .\nyou\u2019ve woken up encased in darkness . as your eyes adjust , the shape of a door wrapped thick with chains bleeds through . suddenly , a voice breaks the deafening silence \u2013 \u201cwelcome to my game . \u201d the butcher is back . now you\u2019d better watch yours .\nwhether you\u2019re kickin\u2019 with kendrick or belting one out like beyonc\u00e9 , we\u2019ve got tunes for all tastebuds . keep your selfie habits and snapchat stories satisfied with our fun array of props . and , of course , being a superstar is thirsty work . drinks can be delivered to all our karaoke rooms ."]}
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", "topic": 34}], "title": "viking aircraft inc .", "paragraphs": ["towbar for rockwell , from viking , vik - 17 - chief aircraft inc .\nmap of viking aircraft inc , address : p . o . box 18533 , panama city , florida , united states .\nviking aircraft inc is a company located at panama city , florida , united states with a telephone number 8502331122 , ( 850 ) 233 - 1122 . provided transportation equipment products and service .\nfollow @ bbd _ aircraft on twitter to receive the latest updates from bombardier commercial aircraft .\ngoogle translate is provided as a free tool to enhance the usability of the viking air website . as such , viking is not responsible for google translate\u2122 .\nabout viking air limited headquartered in victoria , bc , viking is the global leader of utility aircraft , support and services , and manufacturer of the world - renowned twin otter . incorporated in 1970 , viking initially focused on flying boats before developing a repair and modification business in 1983 when de havilland inc . selected viking as its exclusive spare parts manufacturer and distributor for the de havilland dhc - 2 mk i beaver , mk iii turbo beaver , and dhc - 3 single otter aircraft . this transformation culminated in 2006 , when viking acquired the original type certificates ( manufacturing rights ) for all out - of - production de havilland aircraft from the dhc - 1 chipmunk through to the dash - 7 50 passenger stol regional airliner .\naviation week shownews : viking air brings 100th twin otter to nbaa 2016 viking air celebrated the production of its 100th series 400 twin otter in calgary this past summer , and is showing the aircraft , replete with seaplane floats and executive interior , on the . . .\nfield aviation has developed maritime patrol aircraft ( mpa\u2019s ) , intelligence , surveillance & interdiction ( isr ) aircraft , flight inspection aircraft , multi mission ( mma ) aircraft including electronic warfare ( ew ) and vip transport versions of all variants of the dash 8 .\nthis brush is eligible for installation on various aircraft and rotorcraft components manufactured by trw aeronautical systems / lucas aerospace ; advanced industries , inc . ; goodrich i . e . ; centrifugal blower assemblies , and dc starter generators .\npress release from : ikhana group , inc . 37260 sky canyon dr . hangar 20 murrieta , ca 92563 date : june 3 , 2016 for release : immediate ikhana aircraft services delivers second vistaliner with rwmi dhc - 6 - 300 re - life fuselage to grand canyon airlines ikhana aircraft . . .\nviking is the canadian - based , global leader in utility aircraft services and manufacturer of the world - renowned series 400 twin otter . viking is the original type certificate holder for all out - of - production de havilland aircraft ( dhc - 1 through dhc - 7 ) and the canadair aerial firefighter fleet ( cl - 215 , cl - 215t , and cl - 415 ) . viking provides exclusive spare parts manufacturing and product support for these global fleets and continues the proud legacy of producing and supporting these exceptional canadian aircraft .\nfield aviation celebrates its 70th anniversary of designing , manufacturing and delivering aircraft for specialized roles across the globe . we make ordinary aircraft extraordinary .\nin 2007 viking launched the twin otter series 400 production program , and to date over 100 aircraft have been sold to 29 countries worldwide . with a current production rate averaging one new aircraft delivered every 15 business days , the twin otter series 400 is the best - selling next generation 19 - passenger aircraft available today .\nprices subject to change without notice . not responsible for typographical or misprint errors . copyright \u00a9 1997 - 2018 by chief aircraft inc . grants pass , or , usa . all rights reserved , all reproduction in part or in whole prohibited .\nbombardier announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement for the sale of its amphibious aircraft program to british columbia - based viking air limited . the agreement covers the type certificates for all variants of the aircraft , the cl - 215 , the cl - 215t and the bombardier 415 aircraft as well as after - market services .\nisabelle gauthier bombardier commercial aircraft + 1 450 476 7374 isabelle . gauthier @ urltoken\n\u201cthis transaction supports our goal of rebuilding a clear path to profitable earnings growth and cash generation , \u201d said alain bellemare , president and chief executive officer , bombardier inc . \u201cwhile the amphibious aircraft program is part of our long history , this divestiture positions bombardier to better focus on our core , higher growth businesses ; business jets , commercial aircraft and rail transportation . \u201d\nbombardier , bombardier 415 , cl - 215 , cl - 215t , crj series , q series , learjet , challenger , global and the evolution of mobility are trademarks of bombardier inc . or its subsidiaries .\nno amphibious aircraft have been produced since december 2015 after bombardier paused the program . the decision to sell the amphibious aircraft program was made after careful deliberation and a rigorous analysis . viking air , a long - standing bombardier collaborator , is the perfect successor to continue to build the value and reputation of the program while ensuring the sustainability of the fleet . viking air will provide the right customer support to operators who , given the aircraft\u2019s unique firefighting capabilities , play an essential role in the protection of communities , environment , resources and wildlife .\nviking is a world class organization that puts our employees first and provides a safe , challenging and fun work environment . enjoy great benefits , great culture and great people ! visit our career portal to find out about job opportunities with viking in victoria , bc and calgary , ab .\nsurvival flight inc . is a premier emergency medical transportation company dedicated to air medical transportation focusing on the quality of care to our patients and their safety with aviation medical transportation . our mission and purpose is serving our customers with unsurpassed and rapid medical services to save lives .\nas a prime contractor , or in collaboration with leading mission integrators , bombardier\u2019s specialized aircraft team has developed a vast catalogue of mission enabler modifications that , combined with the company\u2019s reliable and proven aircraft platforms , can address every need and mission . the worldwide fleet of 375 specialized aircraft is delivering outstanding dispatch reliability and is supported by bombardier\u2019s global customer services network .\n1973 bellanca viking , 4300tt , 1005 smoh , garmin 430 & 660 gps , good interior & exterior . owner has moved overseas . any reasonable offer will be entertaine . . . more info\nbombardier\u2019s amphibious aircraft are emblematic of canada and are the backbone of many firefighting operations around the world . the bombardier 415 was launched in 1994 and drew on the success of the earlier cl - 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{"id": 54345, "summary": [{"text": "g-music limited is a company built in 2002 by rose records and tachung records , both are the largest local music retails and wholesale chains in taiwan .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "the physical retail arms have been kept separate , for different customer bases and brand identity , but the e-retailing , wholesale and distributor business is unified as rose tachung records .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the two chains originally teamed up to create taiwan 's popular music ranking , the g-music chart ( chinese : \u98a8\u96f2\u699c f\u0113ngy\u00fanb\u01ceng ) .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "the chains had around 60 locations in 2002 .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "tachung 's network includes taiwan 's only remaining specialist classical cd store , opposite the taipei ymca on hsu chang st. g-music chart remains the most popular record chart in taiwan . ", "topic": 37}], "title": "g - music", "paragraphs": ["taiwan ' s g - music annual sales chart 2015 . bigbang rules ! - charts and sales - onehallyu\ngroup a - pink has received much attention in taiwan and has ranked number 1 on the g - music chart .\ng\u2019fam , happy new year ! what an amazing year 2016 was\u2026 and we realize what a great year club g music had . we paved the road for many upcoming and talented artists to watch in the coming years . we could not have done this without you ! we greatly appreciate your willingness to support club g music , [ \u2026 ]\nregina spektor - soviet kitsch ( cd / dvd ) . new dvd music music . dvd music . warner music . music , concerts . release date . dmrssk product images displayed are indicative only of the product cover . 17 minutes .\nclub g music remains an independent label and born to deliver albums via its compilation brands includings ultimate vocal selection , tomorrow trance , deep house vibes , 10 drops 2 rave and more to come . contact us - label partnership : licensing @ urltoken demo submission : demos @ urltoken press : info @ urltoken club g music the record label was established in 2011 with the single and ep releases on its sub - labels such as : arena music , center c , club g records , deep garden , estroid , eusales dance , g & g , g hard , melody garden , trance arena , transeport and vland digital . 2013 has been our strong year yet , with lots of massive singles and eps entered many dance music charts , stay tuned for another huge year for club g music - discover the new world sound .\nwonder girls ranked # 16 on g music\u2019s combo chart ( chinese , japanese , korean , english , etc . all combined ! ) :\nthe primary goal of gmusic is to provide the best music player for google play music on ios .\nwhen you listen to music on the commercial , that music is licensed . when you hear music in a restaurant , that music is licensed too . if you are thinking about adding music to your project . club g music makes this easy . once you have found that perfect track , you will need to decide on which license suits your project . the terms for all of our licenses can be found\nclub g music is family oriented , all members believe in instilling an incredible work ethic . our mission is based on the passion for music and ability to interpret words with sound . club g music hopes to be able to reach an audience of music lovers and future prospects directly and spread the word about this new and exciting business venture . stay tuned for future updates on the accomplishments of such a great phenomenon .\nclub g music is an independent records company , representing many different types of music . club g music has formed itself as record labels & brands in music , publishing & licensing , artist management & talent booking agency . for the love of music that lead us to our destination . with several record labels based in various countries . our strength comes from years of experience working with international musicians and also helping out artists by providing them information to develop their own unique style to be successful in the world that we call , \u201dthe music industry\u201d .\nwhitney houston - greatest hits . whitney houston . new dvd music music . dvd music . sony / bmg music . release date . dmwhghi product images displayed are indicative only of the product cover . dolby digital 5 . 1 .\na - pink ' s 3rd mini album , secret garden , was seen at the number 1 spot on taiwan ' s 5music and g - music charts .\nnew dvd music music . contigo en la distancia / falsas esperanzas . dvd music . sony / bmg music . at last . release date . 828765800099 product images displayed are indicative only of the product cover . genie in a bottle .\nhilary duff : the girl can rock . dvd 2004 live tour pop concert & more . g . r4\na - mei chan ' s new album\nr u watching\nhas topped the g - music chart , outselling last week ' s best selling album by over twice as many albums .\nit is with bittersweet emotions that we announce vland digital , a us - based record label will be discontinued and merged into g\u2019united , as well as belgium - based estroid records will be merged into eusales dance . the former australia sub - label trance arena music will be merged into arena music recordings and will now become \u2018music arena\u2019 .\nit is with bittersweet emotions that we announce vland digital , a us - based record label will be discontinued and merged into g\u2019united , as well as belgium - based estroid records will be merged into eusales dance . the former australia sub - label trance arena music will be merged into arena music recordings and will now become \u2018music arena\u2019 . in the [ \u2026 ]\nmusic video support . fixes crash for some ios 7 users . various other bug fixes\nfixed syncing . fixed playback issues . * not all songs have music video data .\nyou can now play the music video for the songs right in the app ! * fixed syncing . fixed playback issues . * not all songs have music video data .\nfix increasing of play counts in google play music . ( fixes : # 96 )\nplugin lets you upload songs to google play music and query songs in your library .\nthe most successful case so far is arguably hu xia ( \u80e1\u590f ) , a 22 - year - old from guangxi province , china , who was signed by sony music taiwan after winning the one million star singing contest in 2010 . his latest record flame of love hit no . 1 on taiwan\u2019s g - music chart in march .\na tribute album to die - hard classic trance music composer , guido hermans who has debuted a soulful catalogue via club g records . 18 original tracks and 140 minutes of pure trance music makes the album a landmark to get lost in , to discover his hidden treasures and to make your own playlists for whenever , wherever you [ \u2026 ]\nissue # 18 : fixed google music api playlist call for version 3 . 0 . 0\nchristina aguilera : stripped - live in the u . k . - brand new dvd music\nmusic from the twilight saga soundtracks vol . 1 - dvd ( reg . 4 ) new / sealed freepost\nas we strengthen our efforts and carry our mission into 2017 , your continued support is very important to us . the spirit of the club g music continues in instilling an incredible work ethic , we\u2019ll be able to reach a wider audience and inspired music lovers . look for more exciting news from us as the year progresses . and as always , we appreciate everything you do to support our artists and labels over the years .\n\u201cwinning a title in taiwan is a big boost for a young chinese performer since it has a leading role in mandarin pop music , \u201d said hsieh tsung - han , a music producer and lecturer at china university of technology in taipei .\na - pink stated that they would work harder and bring out more music for their fans in order to thank them .\nvideos video of sunny in press conference a short segment of sunny at the \u201ckoala kid\u201d press conference was aired on kbs2 . during the press conference , she showed her appreciation for taeyeon and seohyun for giving her advice on dubbing . girls\u2019 generation first on taiwan\u2019s g - music chart for four consecutive weeks a video of girls\u2019 generation [ \u2026 ]\nin the age of streaming , it makes sense to operate with fewer label networks . but still represent a wide range of genres that are and have been a part of the club g music . obviously we will also be highly focused on what other labels in the group . both cgm publishing and licensing also remain valid for present and future .\ncompletely redesigned from the ground up . brand new look and feel . full youtube playlist support . plays music directly from the ipod\npolish music producer man en trance have announced his first studio album , \u201cfar away . \u201d the eponymous debut is out december 9th via club g records . the 11 - track album includes his favourite songs \u201cwe are trance nation\u201d and the remix of the one and only vivaldi \u201cpresto\u201d ( from concerto no . 2 ) it is jam packed with all [ \u2026 ]\nright now , the ios app is curretnly deployed on the app store . the android and mac versions are incomplete but play music .\nios : gmusic is a new native ios app that streams music from your google music account right to your iphone , ipod touch , or ipad . it can even download songs for offline playback , something that the previously mentioned webapp provided by google is unable to do .\nsame error here : found out that whenever i enter a device id in mopidy . conf i can browse , but never play music . without the device id it works , but not very good ( lot ' s of music i actually have in my gmusic account doesn ' t even show up ) .\nthis app is good but is very buggy and unstable . i wanted a google music app with an eq which it does a great job of providing . however the streaming is spotty and app crashes fairly frequently . i found that downloading much of my music to the device solved the streaming problem , but it still crashes .\neven with its caveats , the app is native and supports multitasking , so you can fire it up and listen to your google music tunes while working on something else or checking your mail . if you ' re looking for an alternative to the webapp , this is a good option . you ' ll need a google music account to use the app , and it ' s worth a reminder that google music is in beta , is invite - only , and is only available in the us .\na - mei chang is back with a bang . the taiwanese singer released her 19th album ,\nr u watching ?\n, last week and strong sales have propelled her to the top spot on the g - music chart . the album accounted for 17 . 79 % of all album sales , selling over twice as many album this week than last week ' s number album\natlantis\nby taiwanese pop - rock band f . i . r .\njerry lee lewis - the story of rock n roll . jerry lee lewis : the story of rock ' n ' roll . chuck berry - rock n rolll music . chuck berry : rock ' n ' roll music .\ngreat balls of fire\n- jerry lee lewis .\nwhole lotta shakin ' goin ' on\n- jerry lee lewis .\non august 12th , super junior took home another award for their comeback track\nmr . simple\nfrom kbs ' s ' music bank ' . leader leeteuk tweeted ,\nan\u2026\nsuscribete y encuentra las mejores pistas de rap , underground , 90 ' s , boomb bap , reggae , trap , r & b , gangsta rap y mucho mas ! like en mi pagina de facebook urltoken [ lee la descripci\u00f3n ] si deseas utilizar esta instrumental por favor ponte en contacto con migo dejando un mensaje a la pagina de facebook que aparece arriba de la descripci\u00f3n tambi\u00e9n puedes preguntar acerca de instrumentales exclusivas y te brindare la informaci\u00f3n que necesites importante : - no registres tu material si estas usando alguna de las instrumentales de este canal [ case - g music ] ya que este material esta sujeto a copyright . si deseas utilizar esta instrumental con animo de lucro ponte en contacto dej\u00e1ndome un mensaje en la pagina de facebook que aparece arriba de la descripci\u00f3n - el uso indebido de este material tendr\u00e1 una notificaci\u00f3n por derechos de autor y sera penalizado seg\u00fan este estipulado en las normas de la comunidad y pol\u00edticas de youtube . los derechos de esta instrumental reservados a case - g music copyright \u00a9 colombia show less\nsnsd ' s newest song oh ! looks like it ' s going to be a hit . on monkey3 , an online music chart , the track reached the # 1 spot instantly after its release\u2026\ndear g\u2019artists , please be informed that there\u2019s no such thing called \u201cexclusive release\u201d for our forthcoming releases starting from 2018 . no exception . only official release , once and for all the retailers at the same time . as you may already know , beatport has recently offered a new pre - order function two weeks prior to the official release [ \u2026 ]\ninfo starting mopidy 1 . 1 . 1 info loading config from builtin defaults info loading config from / home / pi / . config / mopidy / mopidy . conf info loading config from command line options info enabled extensions : mpd , http , file , stream , gmusic , softwaremixer , moped , websettings , m3u info disabled extensions : local info starting mopidy mixer : softwaremixer info starting mopidy audio info starting mopidy backends : gmusicbackend , streambackend , m3ubackend , filebackend info audio output set to\nautoaudiosink\ninfo loaded 0 m3u playlists from / home / pi / . local / share / mopidy / m3u info logged in to google music info start refreshing google music library info starting mopidy core info starting mopidy frontends : gmusicscrobblerfrontend , mpdfrontend , httpfrontend info mpd server running at [ : : ffff : 127 . 0 . 0 . 1 ] : 6600 info http server running at [ : : ] : 6680 info loaded 4 playlists from google music info finished refreshing google music content in 39s\nit was a golden age of music , when rock ' n ' roll and pop was on the rise and local audiences were hungry for more . there is also a bandstand notebook . label - umbrella / channel 9 . dvd grades at mint .\nthis app has come a long way since i ' ve last used it . it performs like a dream for me . i was able to listen to two albums without it crashing on me . i had the built in equalizer ( something google play music doesn ' t have but desperately needs ) set to bass booster and the sound is absolutely incredible ! ! i hope you don ' t end the support on this app because it is finally realizing its potential because this is the app google play music should be and more ! !\ncurrently works for me , but i can reproduce it if i have my deviceid set to\ntest\n. that is , i get a successful\nrefreshed google music content in xxseconds\n, can search as expected but get a 403 response when i try to play anything .\ngmusic is available in the itunes app store for $ 1 . 99 , and the developers call that the\nintroductory price ,\nso if you ' re interested , you may want to get it now . the app loads quickly , looks like ios ' s native music player , and gives you access to all of the songs you ' ve uploaded to google music . tap any song to start playing , and tap the blue icon next to the song name to download the track locally so you can play it when you don ' t have a data connection or your signal drops .\nthe extension is enabled by default if all dependencies are available . you can simply browse through your library and search for tracks , albums , and artists . google play music playlists are imported as well . you can even add songs from your all access subscription to your library . mopidy will able to play them .\nthis app is good but is very buggy and unstable . i wanted a google music app with an eq which it does a great job of providing . however the streaming is spotty and app crashes fairly frequently . i found that downloading much of my music to the device solved the streaming problem , but it still crashes . with all that said , the functionality and looks of the app are great . the eq is great . i am keeping it and still use it primarily because the increase in sound with the eq is worth the minor mishaps the app has . when they fix the bugs this will deff be a must have and 5 / 5 app .\nwhen the eu last overhauled its copyright rules , back in 2001 , the german newspaper bild was selling more than 4m copies a day , music lovers were buying 2 . 4bn cds a year , and recently revived computer maker apple had just brought out something called an ipod . the abundance of free tunes uploaded to the internet each [ \u2026 ]\nthe occasion was to celebrate the life & music of traffic co - founder the late jim capaldi who was one of the most significant & possibly underrated , songwriters of our generation . his work with traffic , alongside steve winwood & chris wood , fuelled a 10 album multi - platinum career for the band & provided a benchmark for other musicians .\nbob dylan - the 30th anniversary concert celebration - deluxe ed . ( blu - ray disc ) . it also includes new notes by pop music historian bill flanagan . it\u2019s alright , ma ( i\u2019m only bleeding ) - bob dylan . my back pages - bob dylan , roger mcguinn , tom petty , neil young , eric clapton & george harrison .\nwith such televised contests now a major part of the global music industry , in asia they are spurring a migration of talent between countries as performers and producers look to crack domestic , regional and global markets . for qi , who grew up in northeastern china and attended a performing arts school in beijing , this could offer a once - in - a - lifetime chance for a fast track to stardom in china\u2019s market of 1 . 3 billion people \u2014 and perhaps beyond .\nwe are currently looking for a co - maintainer . preferably someone who is familiar with the codebase , familiar with python development , and uses the uploaded music feature . if you\u2019re interested , please take a look at the code base and work on submitting a pull request or two ( to show you understand how everything works together ) . if you need help getting a development environment set up , don\u2019t hesitate to ping belak in the # mopidy channel on the freenode irc network .\ni bought this because it promised gapless playback , a feature that is glaringly missing from google ' s native app . it does do that , yes , but overall the whole app is so ridden with bugs that it ' s not even worth it . 50 % of the time it won ' t play a song when you tap on it ; you have to tap on a few other songs and then try again to get it to work . it ' ll sometimes magically turn on the\nimport ipod music\nfeature , something i specifically do not want on , but when you try to turn it off , it keeps all your local music there anyway . i tried to download an album for offline listening , and then when i tried to delete it , it started downloading that entire artist ' s discography instead of deleting the album i wanted it to delete ! lots of phone overheating in general when using the app . not worth it . overall not a functional application .\ndvds & blu - 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packages / mopidy _ gmusic / session . py\n, line 31 , in inner _ wrapper return func ( self , _ args , * _ kwargs ) file\n/ usr / local / lib / python2 . 7 / dist - packages / mopidy _ gmusic / session . py\n, line 78 , in get _ stream _ url return self . api . get _ stream _ url ( song _ id , quality = quality ) file\n, line 2 , in get _ stream _ url file\n/ usr / local / lib / python2 . 7 / dist - packages / gmusicapi / utils / utils . py\n, line 290 , in wrapper return function ( _ args , * _ kw ) file\n/ usr / local / lib / python2 . 7 / dist - packages / gmusicapi / clients / mobileclient . py\n, line 272 , in get _ stream _ url return self . _ make _ call ( mobileclient . getstreamurl , song _ id , device _ id , quality ) file\n/ usr / local / lib / python2 . 7 / dist - packages / gmusicapi / clients / shared . py\n, line 81 , in _ make _ call return protocol . perform ( self . session , self . validate , _ args , * _ kwargs ) file\n/ usr / local / lib / python2 . 7 / dist - packages / gmusicapi / protocol / shared . py\n, line 225 , in perform raise callfailure ( err _ msg , call _ name ) callfailure : getstreamurl : 403 client error : forbidden ( requests kwargs : { ' url ' : ' urltoken ' , ' headers ' : { ' x - device - id ' : u ' c2000f7b706abdb3 ' , u ' authorization ' : ' ' } , ' allow _ redirects ' : false , ' params ' : { ' opt ' : u ' med ' , ' songid ' : u ' b7eb04fc - 43f1 - 35eb - a271 - f5d456c593dc ' , ' pt ' : ' e ' , ' slt ' : ' 1449934100680 ' , ' sig ' : ' b7ddaohhg2xwvysh - rbedckjomg ' , ' net ' : ' mob ' } , ' method ' : ' get ' } ) ( response was : ' \\ n \\ n < title > forbidden < / title > \\ n \\ n \\ n\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nchinese contender qi ji has her make - up done before performing on taiwanese talent show asian idol group competition in taipei on may 6 .\nlike many chinese girls her age , qi ji enjoys singing and dancing and dreams of becoming a star , but rather than trying to make a start in vast and crowded china , she is pinning her hopes on taiwan .\nthe 18 - year - old is the first of many chinese contestants expected to enter a taiwanese reality show aimed at creating a girl band that producers hope can rival supergroups such as japan\u2019s akb48 or south korea\u2019s girls\u2019 generation .\n\u201cmany young chinese people like me dream of becoming a star , \u201d qi said prior to a recording session for asian idol group competition ( \u4e9e\u6d32\u5929\u5718\u722d\u9738\u6230 ) , which aired in the middle of last month . \u201ci hope to start in taiwan and eventually have a career both here and in china . \u201d\ngrowing numbers of young chinese performers are coming to taiwan in search of a big break , reversing a trend that saw famous taiwanese performers such as a - mei ( \u5f35\u60e0\u59b9 ) and jay chou ( \u5468\u6770\u502b ) focus on china . the show\u2019s producer , lee fang - ju , the mastermind behind reality shows both in his native taiwan and in china , is holding auditions in several major chinese cities this summer to select more contestants to come to taipei .\n\u201ctaiwan has a special allure as many young chinese idolize taiwanese singers . they think that making a mark here could turn them into pop divas such as taiwan\u2019s jolin tsai ( \u8521\u4f9d\u6797 ) and elva hsiao ( \u856d\u4e9e\u8ed2 ) , \u201d lee said . \u201cwe hope to combine taiwan and china\u2019s strength to create a pop idol group so that our idols won\u2019t be replaced by the japanese or south koreans . \u201d\na - list entertainment , which is based in taipei and offers courses for those aspiring to become singers , models and show hosts , is , meanwhile , getting plenty of interest from china .\nlast year , it recruited about 100 chinese nationals aged between 14 and 35 from as far as mongolia to take performing lessons in taiwan for an eight - day program at a cost of 15 , 000 chinese yuan ( us $ 2 , 380 ) .\n\u201cmany chinese youth follow taiwan\u2019s tv programs closely and they are attracted by taiwan\u2019s colorful , diverse and free entertainment scene , \u201d a - list publicity officer stella teng said . \u201cchina is huge and so you are less likely to get discovered . \u201d\nwhile many chinese acts look to get noticed in smaller markets first , one english - speaking asian act has looked to use their ethnicity to do the reverse and crack the us \u2014 despite a history of such attempts falling flat .\n\u201cblush\u201d is made up of five women from the philippines , india , china , japan and south korea who beat hundreds of other pop star wannabes during a talent search across asia in 2010 called project lotus . based in both hong kong and the us , blush have opened for justin bieber on the hong kong leg of his tour last year , recorded with us hip hop star snoop dogg and are supported by an a - list of los angeles - based producers who have worked with the likes of lady gaga and beyonce .\ncomments will be moderated . remarks containing abusive and obscene language , personal attacks of any kind or promotion will be removed and the user banned .\nsubscribe \u2027 advertise \u2027 employment \u2027 about us \u2027 contact us \u2027 rss copyright \u00a9 1999 - 2018 the taipei times . all rights reserved .\noops , it looks like you have javascript turned off in your browser . google play needs javascript turned on to work properly .\nmy beatport lets you follow your favorite djs and labels so you can find out when they release new tracks . log in or create an account today so you never miss a new release .\nmy beatport lets you follow your favorite djs and labels so you can find out when they release new tracks . so go follow someone !\nbetter i ' m feeling lucky radio stations . missing thumbs up songs should now show up . lots of bug fixes . added language picker in the settings added chinese traditional language\nfixed the crash with albums fixed the crash some users had when opening the app a second time .\nadded i ' m feeling lucky radio stations fixed lots of bugs fixed lots of crashes .\nfixed playlists ! added new dark theme . added localizations . fixed quality setting on wifi .\nthis is a bug fix update only . the downloading issues have been fixed . fixed where some users were missing songs / albums . fixed grouping of some albums .\npioneer appradio support bug fixes : i ' m feeling lucky playlist now continues to play adding albums to a playlist now is added in the right order playlist re - ordering now properly works for the first item fixed chromecast fixed some layout issues . gmusic now rotates to landscape . fixed bug where equalizer would sometimes not load . fixed a bug where audio might start playing unexpected .\nwhats new ? multiple accounts / fast account switching gapless playback faster playback lots of bug fixes with syncing . all syncing should now work with googles latest changes !\nfixed missing artists , albums , tracks and playlists . fixed playback for some countries .\nyou can now change the streaming quality in the settings . big fixes : fixes playlists and multiple other syncing issues . updates to offline downloading .\nbasic chromecast support ! major battery performance boost . multiple improvements to syncing . multiple improvements to offline support . fixed lots of little bugs .\nfixed syncing . improved offline support . fixed urltoken logout bug . added a light theme in the settings\nadded shuffle / play all for genres and artists . fixed some more offline bugs . fixed a few more crashes . fixed disabling cellular data . offline data no longer backs up to icloud\nthis update was mainly focused on offline mode . lots of general bug fixes around offline mode . there is now an icon showing what is marked for offline mode . new button in the setting to repair the offline database . the song playing twice at the same time should be fixed . fixed subscribed to playlists .\nsorry for the rate me prompt . it has been deleted ! fixed a few minor playback / downloading bugs . fixed queueing albums .\nwith all that said , the functionality and looks of the app are great . the eq is great . i am keeping it and still use it primarily because the increase in sound with the eq is worth the minor mishaps the app has . when they fix the bugs this will deff be a must have and 5 / 5 app .\nrequires ios 7 . 0 or later . compatible with iphone , ipad , and ipod touch .\nwith family sharing set up , up to six family members can use this app .\ngithub is home to over 28 million developers working together to host and review code , manage projects , and build software together .\nif nothing happens , download the github extension for visual studio and try again .\nover time i have diverged from this goal , and started adding support for additional streaming services and platforms .\ngmusic has a lot of dependancies . the best way to setup your environment is to call . / setup . sh\ngmusic has been an app i have always cared deeply about . it brings me so much joy trying and building new things . i figured it was time to share the code behind the app with the rest of the world .\nyou signed in with another tab or window . reload to refresh your session .\nyou signed out in another tab or window . reload to refresh your session .\nhave a question about this project ? sign up for a free github account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community .\nby clicking \u201csign up for github\u201d , you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement . we\u2019ll occasionally send you account related emails .\nwhat version of mopidy - gmusic and gmusicapi are you running ? check mopidy deps .\nit is the same error for all tracks ( have tried roughly 3 ) .\ni am a new user to mopidy so this is my first run trying mopidy - gmusic .\nhaving the same issue after i reinstalled mopidy and updated everything . worked fine before\nalso having issues . maybe it ' s the gmusic api version ? can we try rolling back to 5 . x ?\nsame issue . new to mopidy and mopidy - gmusic , but not new to mpd .\nhey , same problems . im also new to mopidy and mopidy - gmusic . google login works fine and i can browse all folders . only playback doesnt work : (\nthis is somewhat expected behavior . if the deviceid is not set properly , many operations will work , but grabbing song urls will not .\ni ' ve opened pr # 133 about adding an explicit warning when this happens so it will hopefully be a little clearer what the proper resolution for this is , but i ' m going to close this because it ' s more of a question than a bug .\nhas anybody made any progress on this ? i literally wiped my mopidy pi to re - install everything from the ground up and now that i\u2019m running the current of everything , i have the same issue as above . i\u2019ve double confirmed the password and the device id , i have all access account , i can see my standard playlists but playing a song ( i\u2019ve tried > 20 ) results in a scrolling list of attempted song ids . the first quite a few with a 403 ( forbidden ) error and then beginning with 400 ( bad request ) errors .\ntracebacks are the same as the first post and i\u2019ve also tried gmusicapi - 10 . 0 . 2rc1\ncan you give any example album ids ? i ' ve had issues with a few albums that turned out to be issues on google ' s side .\ni\u2019m using the radios\u2026 so literally , every radio link that i dive into , i randomly choose a song . for instance , any of the \u201cblogged 200\u201d songs , or similar radios .\nsign up for free to join this conversation on github . already have an account ? sign in to comment\nif you use 2 - step verification to access your google account , which you should , you must create an application password in your google account for mopidy - gmusic . see google\u2019s docs on how to make an app password if you\u2019re not already familiar with this .\nby default , all access will be enabled automatically if you subscribe . you may force enable or disable it by using the all _ access option :\nby default , the bitrate is set to 160 kbps . you can change this to either 128 or 320 kbps by setting :\nall access radios are available as browsable content or playlist . the following are the default config values :\nthis is because openssl 1 . 0 . 1 cannot handle cross - signed certificates . there have been a number of possible solutions for this . below , they are listed in order of preference . if one is not possible or does not work , try the next one .\npython - c ' import certifi ; print certifi . old _ where ( ) '\nmake search work for gmusicapi > = 10 . 0 . ( fixes : # 116 , pr : # 117 )\ncaching should be more consistent . ( fixes : # 63 , pr : # 122 )\nautodetect all access if not specified in config . ( pr : # 123 )\nupdate to work with new playback api in mopidy 1 . 0 . ( pr : # 75 )\nfix crash when tracks lack album or artist information . ( fixes : # 74 , pr : # 24 , also thanks to prs # 27 , # 64 )\nlog error on login failure instead of swallowing the error . ( pr : # 36 )\nincrement google\u2019s play count if 50 % or 240s of the track has been played . ( pr : # 51 , and later changes )\nfix scrobbling of tracks to urltoken through mopidy - scrobbler . ( fixes : # 60 )\ndownload the file for your platform . if you ' re not sure which to choose , learn more about installing packages .\ndeveloped and maintained by the python community , for the python community . donate today !\nif you don\u2019t include a query , the plugin will upload your entire collection .\nto query the songs in your collection , you will need to add your google credentials to your beets configuration file . put your google username and password under a section called\nversions v1 . 4 . 5 v1 . 4 . 4 v1 . 4 . 3 v1 . 4 . 2 v1 . 4 . 1 v1 . 3 . 19 v1 . 3 . 18 v1 . 3 . 17 v1 . 3 . 16 v1 . 3 . 15 v1 . 3 . 14 v1 . 3 . 13 v1 . 3 . 9 v1 . 3 . 8 v1 . 3 . 7 v1 . 3 . 6 v1 . 3 . 5 v1 . 3 . 4 v1 . 3 . 3 v1 . 3 . 2 downloads on read the docs project home builds free document hosting provided by read the docs .\nthe only downside to gmusic is that while the app does support offline playback , you have to have the radios on for the app to work . if your phone is in airplane mode , it won ' t start . if you suddenly lose signal however , the app works just fine and you can play the songs you ' ve downloaded .\nyou can reach alan henry , the author of this post , at alan @ urltoken , or better yet , follow him on twitter or google + .\nkinja is in read - only mode . we are working to restore service .\nif you ' re still girls ' generation in the next lifetime , we will still be your s\u2661ne .\nsee incorrect information , a lack of crediting , or hotlinked images in a post ? please let us know in the comments or contact us directly and we will fix the issue promptly ! we believe in honest posts with appropriate recognition to the hard work of other s\u2665nes .\nthe written work on snsdkorean is licensed under a creative commons attribution - noncommercial 3 . 0 unported license . please credit ' snsdkorean ' when using our content elsewhere .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\n[ kor / eng ] that day from long ago ( ft . lee jeok ) \u2013 yoon jongshin urltoken from 4 years ago\n[ kor / eng ] that day from long ago ( ft . lee jeok ) \u2013 yoon jongshin\nenter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email .\nprivacy & cookies : this site uses cookies . by continuing to use this website , you agree to their use . to find out more , including how to control cookies , see here : cookie policy\ntheir agency commented that they were surprised to see that this album received so much love and support in taiwan . the members were also shocked when they heard the news and were so thankful for their fans .\na - pink also recently won the ' next generation global star ' award at the ' 2013 mama ' in hong kong .\ni ' m also gonna supply other information here from the last two albums as well . no . 1 again for the 4th week ! 9 . 64 % ! yay for a no . 1 with 13 . 28 % of sales of j - pop cds ! recap of sales so far in weekly percentages : week # 1 : 39 . 78 % - # 1 week # 2 : 17 . 27 % - # 1 week # 3 : 13 . 28 % - # 1 secret ' s trajectory from what we know : week # 1 : 25 . 26 % - # 1 week # 2 : 22 . 01 % - # 2 [ keita tachibana ' s album was # 1 ] week # 3 : 20 . 94 % - # 1 week # 4 : 14 . 62 % - # 1 ( miss ) understood ' s trajectory : ? : but was announced in japan [ yes , by sponichi ] to have been a\nbestselling\nalbum in taiwan .\nit ' s good to know that guilty ' s doing so good in charts on every place ! japan - # 2 , taiwan # 1 , hk - # 2 . wow .\nwoah . . . . . ayu rocks ! thanks for news . . .\nhold the flowers to your heart , and pray that they may some day bloom .\nomfg ! congrats to ayu ! ! guilty is charting so well overseas . yay for international ayu !\nmy graphics : \u2729dreams do come true [ ayu x cinderella ] \u2729 \u2729part of your world [ ayu x the little mermaid ] \u2729 \u2729crimson jealousy [ ayu x snow white ] \u2729 \u2729retro space [ 80 ' s inspired ] \u2729 \u2729frozen memories [ you were . . . / ballad cover ] \u2729 \u2729ahs logo ~ we ' re co\u20a5ected\u2729 new \u2606withered stars [ moon / blossom \u00e0 la naxxo . licious\u0099 ] \u2606 new\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ quote of lifetime :\ni don ' t have dreams . how can i say it ? i myself am a dream .\n~ \u6d5c\u5d0e\u3042\u3086\u307f ~ timeasia , march25 , 2002\n# 1 again . . thanks god . . . this album very strong sales in taiwan chart maybe next week it cant get # 1 again because it will drop , but not extremely . . . isnt taiwan chart count how many copies has been sold ? ?\n^ nope . . . oricon only count sales in japan . . . ^ ^\ngreat accomplishments , ayu n _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ n .\npowered by vbulletin\u00ae version 3 . 8 . 4 copyright \u00a92000 - 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white\ngenius micro traveler 9000r small 2 . 4ghz 1200dpi wireless notebook mouse with built in rechargeable lithium polymer battery - blue\nthe micro genius family computer comes boxed , but like any retro console these days , it\u2019s easier to find loose .\nmicro genius | kijiji in ontario . - buy , sell & save with canada ' s # 1 local classifieds .\nthe micro genius family computer is a pirate console made by micro - genius , a taiwanese company . it\u2019s a famiclone , but not a legal one because it was made prior to 2003 , when nintendo\u2019s patent on the family computer officially expired .\ngenius micro traveler 9000r small 2 . 4ghz 1200dpi wireless notebook mouse with built in rechargeable lithium polymer battery - white : urltoken computers & accessories\nmicro genius published both its own original games and games previously released by idea - tek . the idea - tek games are identical to their original releases .\nmicro genius was a division of the taiwanese company txc corp . best known for its famiclones , but which also developed and published a number of nes and famicom games .\nhere ' s a super mini mouse from genius that everyone wants to get their hands on ~ micro traveler 9000r . with three vibrant colors to choose from and measuring only 68 mm long , the micro traveler 9000r makes a fashion statement for your ultrabook .\nsome later original micro genius games were developed by the chinese company chengdu tai jing da dong computer co , which also produced games including aladdin ii and super contra x , and later became waixing .\nwe ' re sure we ' ve missed probably half of your favourite micro genius games . why not tell us in the comments ? here and on facebook where you probably found the link to this article .\nmy fav micro genius game is super mario bros 3 . so many types of suits to wear n each one got different powers . can even choose which level in the specific world u wanna complete 1st .\nthe micro genius was / is a korean knock off of the famicom and it has several different revisions . i took my pal 50hz micro genius and replaced the ppu , cpu and xtal from an nes - 001 and slapped it in . i wanted to make a famiclone running on true nintendo chips and have a av top loader that was ntsc 60hz and it worked out pretty well . if you have any questions , ask !\nbrand new and sealed mad catz m . o . j . o . android micro - console 16gb\ncutesy type one . i was just 4 or 5 years old that time but i remember my bro borrowed the micro genius and play that game with me . i just asked him but he couldn ' t remember anything . too bad .\nanother great little helper - can do so much more with the us of this micro mouse . i love it !\nyeah , remember these cartridges ? so if you ' ve played the micro genius , this list is for you . if you were lucky and someohow got the nes , this list is also for you . but you have to pay extra , head to\ngenius g - shot 510 waterproof dual panel camera - dual lcd : front lcd 1 . 8\nrear lcd 2 . 7\n- 4x digital zoom , 16mp maximum - micro sd slot ( up to 32gb ) - waterproof , use up to 30 mins . at 3m regular . . .\nthe micro genius system is an 8 - bit home video game console that was developed and manufactured in the 80s . it was initially released in japan as the family computer ( also known by the portmanteau abbreviation famicom and abbreviated as fc on july 15 , 1983 , and was later released in north america\ni will show you the micro genius iq 501 famiclone . it is a 50 hz pal machine , but runs famicom - games perfect . this console was very famous under the name dendy classic in russia in th early 90s . sorry for my english sometimes , it was done early that day ; - )\nwe ' re not endorsing it , but when your home country is not globalised enough and all the good stuff keeps getting diverted to singapore , it can get a little frustrating . that ' s where piracy comes in and that ' s what the micro genius is : an unabashedly unauthorised copy of the famicom that never made it to malaysia . it was one of the first most successful consoles in malaysia and it only happened because nintendo did not have a presence here and they didn ' t give us the time of day . because of this oversight , micro genius saw a gaming boom in malaysia that the original nes did in japan and america .\nmicro traveler 9000r is only 68mm ( 2 . 68 inches ) long . this super mini mouse can be a stylish accessory in your bag as you can carry it around without any effort . in addition , you can attach micro traveler 9000r on your laptop with the stick - n - go mount to attend meetings easily .\nmicro traveler 9000r comfortably fits your on - the - go lifestyle and is the ideal companion for your ultrabook . choose from three stand - out colors : pink , blue or white .\nnotebooks to use with smartpen one 4 - pack single subject $ 35 and two single notebooks $ 10 each 100 sheets scientific financial and statistical calculator divider with 2 storage pockets micro . . .\nexcellent little gadget ! i bought it for my wife ' s laptop , it is indeed a micro mouse and the build quality seems excellent also . it runs circles around the logitech it replaced .\nthe grand - daddy of them all . mario and sad green - mario ( or as younger siblings know him , player 2 ) launched the nes into mainstream success in japan and arguably did the same here through the micro genius . this level is arguably the most recognisable of any game on the planet and you can test it out on a friend or colleague near you . go ahead , ask them where this gif is from .\nwas very happy with it , until recently when it stop charging . battery dead , doesnt charge or doesnt work even when the cable is connected . tried with different micro - usb cable , but no joy ! disappointed .\nno longer use this tablet , it will be wiped and factory reset for whomever is interested . will be fully charged , and come with a usb charger if i can find one that i can spare , it takes a micro usb . . .\nthe micro traveler 9000r combines a 1200dpi mouse with a built - in 240 mah rechargeable li - polymer battery , bringing you the best of worlds . it ' s so energy efficient , you won ' t even have to think about replacing the batteries .\nthe micro genius system is an 8 - bit home video game console that was developed and manufactured in the 80s . it was initially released in japan as the family computer ( also known by the portmanteau abbreviation famicom and abbreviated as fc on july 15 , 1983 , and was later released in north america during 1985 , in europe during 1986 , andaustralia in 1987 . in south korea , it was known as the hyundai comboy hyeondae keomboi and was distributed by sk hynix which then was known as hyundai electronics . it was succeeded by the super nintendo entertainment system .\nwith the built - in 240mah rechargeable li - polymer battery , you can just plug - n - charge your micro traveler 9000r if the power is low instead of replacing batteries . it is so energy efficient it can last up to 4 weeks per charge .\nwith the stick - n - go mount design , you can attach micro traveler 9000r to your ultrabook and bring it with you when meeting with a study group or have an office meeting to attend . and if you ' re on the move , and don ' t want to keep the pico receiver plugged in , you can store it underneath the mouse .\npositive action , good response , sturdy feel , nice size ( for my hands anyway ) . there is a usb lead but no charger , so i have to leave my laptop in sleep mode to recharge it . i tried contacting genius to ask if my kindle or i - phone charger would work , but i ' ve not had an answer yet . charge supposed to last up to 4 weeks , but only if you don ' t use it much . i ' ve been using mine several hours a day and it lasts about a week which is good enough , and the off button helps . would recommend .\nthey were also released under different names in other parts of the world : for example , steepler ' s dendy classic 1 and 2 are based on the iq - 501 and iq - 502 , while the iq - 502 was sold as a pegasus in poland , and both iq - 301 and iq - 501 were sold as nichi - man in colombia . several famiclones can still be found in iran , imported in early 1990s . because of this , the nes / famicom in iran is literally , mistakenly called\nmicro\n.\ni love this micro mouse so much i ' m on my third one . the first one i was a little rough with and after a year or so , it stopped working ( i think i yanked the wiring too hard , too frequently . ) i bought another to replace it , my mother borrowed it and now she won ' t give it back because she likes it so much . so i bought another for myself . i think i paid around \u00a316 for it and it is worth it . comfortable in the hand , accurate and responsive , the retractable wiring keeps it tidy when not in use . would buy again .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nit was the console that launched a million pirates unto the scene and may have set the tone for piracy in asia for the past two decades .\nhere are a list of things to miss about the 90s : recording your favourite tv show , pausing whenever the commercials come on , and resuming ; waiting for the radio to play your favourite song and hitting record on your radio ( hey , remember radios ? ) ; and playing outside \u2013 we still do this last one but a lot less . you know what else we miss ? rampant , unmitigated piracy .\nnice and safe in the box . and into the box it will go once it ' s your bed time .\ndon ' t kick the console or hit the cartridge in any way . . .\nbecause all the games were bootleg , they usually came in bundles . something like 999 - in - 1 cartridges that in reality only had five of the same games with different modes applied to them . these games would invariably have at least\nfor that . it ' s the same website , you just have to pay to read the same article ( if only it were true , it would save the publishing industry overnight ) . lamentations on the online publishing industry aside , let ' s get those nostalgia juices flowing with a look at the games we all played as kids in malaysia in the 90s :\nwas the ultimate two - player game of its generation . nobody knew it was made by konami but every kid knew the cheat code\nup , up , down , down , left , right , left , right , b , a , start .\napplied at the title screen . just think about how word of mouth spread for this cheat code in a time before the internet .\nif this damn dog was supposed to be our hunting buddy , why is it always laughing at us ? ! shouldn ' t it be encouraging us with a friendly bark or offer an empathic expression while tilting its head ? instead , it keeps laughing at us from the bushes whenever we missed the duck . also , what in the world happened to light - gun games ? only the coolest kids in school had light - guns of their own and even vr can ' t match the excitement of holding a real - looking gun and shooting at a tv screen .\nthis game was all about clubbing baby seals , eating your bonus veggies and climbing your way to the top . it ' s an allegory for life \u2013 beat your obstacles , climb higher in life , and eat your vegetables . the game ends after you climb 32 mountains . there is no ending animation and no congratulations . the game just ends and you ' re back at square one . just like life . it ' s not your destination , but the climb that matters . who knew games had so many levels ?\ntrue story \u2013 this writer didn ' t even know the name of this game until this week . it was just one of those impossibly difficult games that exploited racial stereotypes and couldn ' t be completed . that fat flying guy moved so fast . we just checked out the ending online . lee jumps and kicks the gong and gives a smiley face to the player . we would include\nin this list , but that was another impossibly difficult game that doesn ' t deserve to be resurrected in this story .\nthis might have been the first game to allow you to design your own levels . there was also an amazing trolling technique that most older siblings knew all too well . watch the gif below to find out how this was done . besides that , this racer was the closest thing to an x - games title at the time .\nand if its two players and you stop your bike in front of the other player , you can continually make that player fall over and over and over .\nwas one of the few that stood out amongst the rest . the main characters were twin brothers jimmy lee and billy lee because bruce lee was a big thing at the time and because , well , only chinese people knew karate , apparently . there are many ways to win this game including hacks and glitches but the one everyone eventually ends up doing is spamming a + b to do the flying knee kick . and because you can hit each other , you ' ll be fighting to hit each other off of roofs .\nfire ! ! the light gun games continue with this western - inspired shooter . you ' re possibly a bounty hunter in the wild west and you ' re tasked with various quick draws with criminals in the dessert . there ' s also a mode where you shoot at a saloon which is more thrilling than this . it was the\nthey should have said\ndraw !\nbut maybe that was confusing to some audiences .\nwas actually a shooting range on the grounds of the special police school at camp perry , a training facility for the national guard of the united states . no wonder you had to shoot at cardboard cutouts and everything looked like it was a training ground . it makes so much sense now . hey , remember\nthis is actually mario ' s second iteration . the first time he appears in a game was in\ngame was retained . the pipes , the turtle enemies , the jumping and even his green twin , luigi . officially , this is the first game in the\nwhen a game starts with you jumping into a burning building to save the day , you know you ' ve got a winner . although there are three games in the series that was released on the nes , this one stands out in this writer ' s memory most vividly . it helped that\nwas lit back then . an expression that would probably be lost on many at the time . though everyone wanted to be leonardo , we know that in the end you ' re going to choose donatello because he ' s got the stick and the most range .\nbehind the appointment - only , rm1 . 6mil custom - made handbag brand that rosmah mansor owns\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 . measat broadcast network systems sdn bhd ( 240064 - a ) . all rights reserved .\nour new search experience requires javascript to be enabled . please enable javascript on your browser , then try again .\ncopyright \u00a9 1995 - 2018 ebay inc . all rights reserved . user agreement , privacy , cookies and adchoice\nthis page was last updated : 09 - jul 21 : 26 . number of bids and bid amounts may be slightly out of date . see each listing for international postage options and costs .\na quick look at the famicom ' s evil brother . this was a quality built system that rivaled the famicom market in asia at its own game , literally . hope you enjoy . there was a time when companies actually made quality goods .\nthis console is very much like the family computer . it\u2019s a toploader that has an automatically closing spring door to protect its contacts from dirt and grime . that\u2019s certainly an improvement on the original famicom\u2019s design , which forces you to manually open and close the protective flap .\nanother improvement over the famicom is a red led that lets you know when the power is on or off . the cart also has an eject button you push down instead of sliding back . the famicom\u2019s sliding eject button is often unhelpful .\nthe controllers are directly wired into the console , like the famicom , and the additional controller port is on the side instead of the front . neither controller , called \u201cjoysticks , \u201d have a microphone , but they both have turbo settings .\nif there ever is a reason not to buy a foreign console , it\u2019s because of how different ( and therefore difficult ) the television and power outlet specs can be . while it\u2019s ture some famiclones were manufactured and marketed in the united states , most famiclones made before 2003 have different specs .\nexpect to pay anywhere from $ 10 to $ 50 for a famiclone , depending on how closely it mimics the famicom or whether it\u2019s portable .\nuse distance search to find ads based on where you are and how far you want to travel .\nincrease the search radius for more results . based on the radius , a new location list is generated for you to choose from .\nkijiji alerts are an email notification service where kijiji users can have the newest ads sent to your email address . more help\nall rights reserved . google , google play , youtube and other marks are trademarks of google inc .\na special slot design can store the usb pico receiver when not in use .\n48 x 68 x 31 mm ( 1 . 89 x 2 . 68 x 1 . 22 inches )\nthis page was last updated : 09 - 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mouse and just as good . i have bought and worn out three portable mice over the years . all fail because the connecting cable is not of the highest quality . i expect to get about four years regular use out of a retractable mouse . so if this one survives that long i ' ll be happy all have featured the same button ' options ' and all have worked perfectly with my linux power nettie a venerable asus 904hd which has survived regular medium / heavy use without missing a beat . if the cable was of better quality i might possibly give five stars but as it stands and with the expected life span four stars seems a fair reflection on the item as received .\ni ' ve had two of these and they both work well as advertised - small , neat , fully functioning , and the cable retractor is very good . however , the first failed after about 3 months , when it stopped tracking - first the mouse wouldn ' t work on shiny surfaces , and then a few days later it wouldn ' t work on any surface at all . the second one developed a fault after a similar period - on this one the scroll wheel stopped working properly ( it scrolls up and down randomly when you move the wheel ) . so i don ' t think they are very robust , and probably best treated as an occasional usage , semi - disposable item . at the moment i ' m trying to find a way of returning the item after the end of the 30 day amazon returns period , but it ' s a hassle !\ndelivered on time . seems to work well - use : general surfing . my wife finds the lap - top much easier to use with this . my only reservation is the hard edge where the wire meets the usb connector . i fear that with prolonged use this might weaken the wire and break it . i used a blob of evostick ' serious glue ' to provide a cushion at this point . keep the wire extended until the glue has completely set or you ' ll stick the connector to the bobbin !\nvery pleased with both these products . if you ' re on the move with a smaller laptop these make a good combination . the mouse is small enough not to take up too much space , works well and the mouse mat is both elegant and works well with the mouse . recommend as a good combination .\ncomfortable to use but a bit small . works well in a confined space , and the retractable cord is good , pleased with it generally , though i prefer the v7 mini that i bought at the same time .\ndespite being gentle with it , the catch that holds the wire has just broken . it lasted 4 weeks .\nthe mouse worked well with my microsoft surface & laptop , cable retrcats perfectly , unfortunately it has died after after 8 months urltoken sad i hoped it would last longer .\ngreat little travel mouse which works with a macbook pro . i would definitely recommend this purchase .\nprime members enjoy fast & free shipping , unlimited streaming of movies and tv shows with prime video and many more exclusive benefits .\nafter viewing product detail pages , look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in .\nreceive email notification when a reply has been made to this topic and you are not active on the board .\nreceive email notification when a new topic is posted in this forum and you are not active on the board .\n8 . 2 meters long handle wires , 3 meters long av cable , 2 meters long power wire , 4 kinds of language manual 9 . free 132 in 1 game cartridge ( guarantee no repeat games ) .\nresponsive , and on time delivery . packaging is , well not so great , but overall item is great .\nitems received in good condition . fast delivery . items are sealed and brand new .\ngood seller , item received in good condition and as advertised . will definitely order again !\n- netpay is own by urltoken and will charge extra 3 % on every transaction . we recommended buyer to click on other payment method then pay directly to the seller . doing this way will save you 3 % of netpay transaction charges and in case of out of stock will get a full refund .\nyou can bank into following the account . after payment , send the detail via email , ( 60 ) 18 - 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{"id": 54363, "summary": [{"text": "alewerks brewing company is a craft brewery in williamsburg , virginia , usa .", "topic": 13}, {"text": "it was established in 2006 by chuck haines on the site of the old williamsburg brewing company .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "it is the oldest microbrewery still running in williamsburg , recently celebrating their 10th anniversary .", "topic": 28}, {"text": "the brewery utilizes a direct fired brick-clad peter austin brew house which distinguishes it from many larger breweries which use a steam based process .", "topic": 13}, {"text": "the brewery offers tours of the facility and tasting sessions , and talks about the history of beer .", "topic": 13}, {"text": "currently , they have 16 running taps in house with 6 core yearly beers , 4 seasonal selections , and 12 brewmaster reserve small batch selections distributed in virginia , washington d.c. , and pennsylvania .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "geoff logan is the brewmaster & managing director of alewerks brewing company .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "he attended the american brewer 's guild and is a member of the master brewer 's association , the virginia craft brewer 's guild and the american society of brewing chemists .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "geoff is responsible not just for alewerks ' winning recipes but also for driving its creative and commercial vision . ", "topic": 5}], "title": "williamsburg alewerks", "paragraphs": ["alewerks brewing company , williamsburg : hours , address , alewerks brewing company reviews : 4 . 5 / 5\nvalerie lieberman serves up brews cooked up next door in the alewerks brewery in williamsburg tuesday sept . 22 , 2015 .\nestablished in 2006 . alewerks brewing company opened in 2006 , foreseeing the increasing demand for quality local craft beer . alewerks quickly established a reputation for fine \u2026\nwilliamsburg ale werks is a brewing company in - - you guessed it - - williamsburg . for just $ 5 you can discover the importance of beer in colonial life and taste the unique beers exclusive to williamsburg .\na beer from alewerks that i did not enjoy . every style is brewed exceptiona\n189 b ewell rd ( 2 , 468 . 39 mi ) williamsburg , virginia 23188\nalewerks brewing company opened in 2006 , foreseeing the increasing demand for quality local craft beer . alewerks quickly established a reputation for fine brews with a commitment to classic standards while pressing boundaries with bold flavors . loyal visitors return day after day , month after month and year after year to new developments as alewerks expands its facility , reach and goals .\nalewerks brewing co . in upper york county is looking to expand as demand for its craft beer continues to increase .\ni ' m combining my review for both locations ; the alewerks brewery itself and the satellite location in the williamsburg premium outlets . wonderful brewery to visit and spend time in . good selection of beers , friendly and knowledgeable staff , plenty of entertainment , and awesome food trucks . abundant seating ( in or out ) and lots of cool merchandise to choose from . recommend alewerks for couples , older adults , and families . best part of alewerks is stopping at the williamsburg premium outlets location during your shopping trip to sit back and enjoy a cold and fresh paycheck porter .\nalewerks brewing company opened in 2006 , foreseeing the increasing demand for quality local craft beer . alewerks quickly established a reputation for fine brews with a commitment to classic standards while pressing boundaries with bold flavors . loyal visitors return day after day , month after month , and year after year to new developments as alewerks expands its facility , reach , and goals .\ncheck in at alewerks brewing company on the yelp app to unlock this check in offer . text the link directly to your phone .\ndon\u2019t miss a minute of the fun in williamsburg , va . explore world - class living history museums , play in award - winning theme parks taste fabulous food and locally made craft beverages . greater williamsburg is your go - to vacation destination .\nalewerks has also been helpful in attracting other craft breweries to the area with the virginia beer co . set to open next year , noel said . toano - based brass cannon brewing also announced it would be moving into a larger facility near alewerks in york county by march .\nalthough only a few of his creations remain , an artist who lived in 18th century williamsburg endures through a portrait passed down through generations . the colonial williamsburg foundation announced monday that the 21st century descendants of the painting\u2019s subject , joyce armistead booth , donated . . .\nby lauren compton - email williamsburg , va ( wwbt ) - in this nbc12 road trip we discovered that a tour of williamsburg ale werks isn ' t just about the foamy beverage , but you ' ll also get a tall glass of beer ' s rich history .\nrg . there will be many more trips to alewerks because more than worth the drive just for the visit and growler fills . i wish there ead a possibilit\nthe brewery produces three 18th - century - style beers for colonial williamsburg foundation in addition to its six year - round and three seasonal beers .\nby the end of next year , alewerks plans to double its production capacity from 5 , 000 to 10 , 000 barrels a year , managing partner chuck haines said .\nearlier in december , the york economic development authority approved a $ 30 , 000 grant to help alewerks get two 60 - barrel fermenters and expand the cold room at its facility in ewell industrial park off mooretown road , said york economic development director jim noel . the brewery employs about 25 people in its facility near the williamsburg premium outlets .\na helicopter crashed into a residential area in williamsburg this afternoon on sunday , july 8 2018 . virginia state police confirmed that there is one fatal at this time .\nwe can ' t produce enough beer to meet demand ,\nhaines said , adding that demand across the state and at colonial williamsburg is on the rise .\nbefore you take your next trip to greater williamsburg , check out our vacation packages . see deals and packages so you can relax , be curious and have fun with your family .\ni had fallen in love with several beers from alewerks that were from the grocery store so visiting their brewery had to happen . we scheduled the tasting and paint night and enjoyed every second . i ' m\ncome experience history in the making . it\u2019s revolutionary fun with something for everyone . enjoy everything from luxurious spas , world - class golf and award - winning restaurants to living - history museums , surprising thrills , biking and hiking . whatever your idea of fun is , you\u2019ll find it all in greater williamsburg . experience virginia tourism at its best and plan your trip to williamsburg today !\nalewerks is a common spot for my coworkers and i to hit after a long day at work . they have outstanding beers - a few of my favorites are the chesapeake pale ale and the coffeehouse stout . alewerks offers a laid back environment with classic rock music playing constantly in the background . there is usually a food truck , and they offer delicious soft pretzels . beer snobs might be disappointed with the fact that they only have about 10 beers on tap at a time , but they seem to have a beer for nearly everyone . i ' d highly recommend alewerks to anyone who is looking for good beer , and a chill time .\nthe votes are in , and we\u2019re thrilled to announce williamsburg was named one of the top 15 cities in the u . s . in travel + leisure\u2019s \u201c2017 world\u2019s best awards\u201d survey . read more\ndid you know we make four different beers for colonial williamsburg ? working with head brewer from cw modernizing 18th century recipes like this old stitch , an award winning brown ale with a sweet nutty undertone and smooth malty finish . sure to make you feel like a patriot . though you may not see them frequently in the taproom , you can always pick up bottles around merchants square - williamsburg , va or at hair of the dog bottle shop any time of the year . do you have a favorite ?\nhad been impressed while drinking their beers in northern virginia so decided i had to go to the source . alewerks offered just what i needed \u2013 a microbrewer who produced quality , local craft beer , with bold flavors . strong line up along the beer style spectrum . . . .\nalewerks , which started in york county in 2006 with the backing of about 15 investors , added a couple distributors this year , haines said . he said the brewery also sells a fair amount with 10 beers on tap in its taproom , which expanded from a tasting room in 2014 .\nheadquartered in newport news and a subsidiary of tribune publishing , the company publishes the daily press newspaper seven days a week , the twice - weekly virginia gazette in williamsburg , the weekly tidewater review serving the greater west point area , and several special interest publications .\nshakespeare alive , a spiritual successor to the virginia shakespeare festival\u2019s williamsburg efforts , debuts sunday with an abridged take on \u201ca midsummer night\u2019s dream\u201d during the 2nd sundays art and music festival . the troupe will perform 30 - minute shows twice during the monthly festival through . . .\nwilliamsburg christian academy\u2019s basketball program has enjoyed success over several seasons , including a state championship for the boys varsity team in 2017 , and this week the school is hosting its 25th annual flying eagle basketball camp for local youths . \u201ci focus on basic fundamentals , \u201d said . . .\nneed proof of trump derangement syndrome ? look no farther than the local reaction to fox & friends broadcast from colonial williamsburg . there , a handful of progressives carried protest signs in their quixotic battle against the most - watched national tv news channel . those same people who worship . . .\nsales tax increase instead of a 1 percent sales tax increase to feed the tourism oligarchs , how about an increase to promote affordable housing for the people who do the work that runs the tourism industry in the area ? seems like the chamber of commerce , jcc supervisors and the williamsburg city . . .\nmy recent reunion with erika fabian at the newport news - williamsburg international airport , after a separation of 65 years , triggered the recollection of a half - forgotten event . namely how i become an operative of mossad , the legendary israeli spy agency . it happened in 1953 , in communist - ruled . . .\nsales tax increase i don\u2019t appreciate the sneaky way this tax hike is being motored through to support tourism and another - named slush fund . please list the names and phone numbers of who we can call in richmond for york , james city and williamsburg to let our voices be heard . thank you . editor\u2019s . . .\nkeep your kids at home . a brewery is no place for children . you being a single father having your 4 screaming children run around is making the experience less enjoyable for everyone else . can ' t find a sitter ? stay home . that said , by far the best brewed beer of williamsburg . the weekend lager is a + and the coffee stout is its successful counterpart . delicious beers , a chill atmosphere , and the service tends to be a - ok . the wednesday trivia left a little to be desired . in short , we ' ve been to better trivia nights . still , if you ' re a tourist , or someone looking for a place to hangout and have a solid beer , alewerks is a must . i recommend it , and we ' d bring our outsider friends here as a\nplace of williamsburg\n. you can play games , they always have a food truck - can ' t go wrong . oh . . . and don ' t bring your kids . look , they ' re bored , and you can ' t enjoy yourself fully with them pulling at your pant legs .\ngood beers , great staff , and good food , too . been here a few times and was very pleased . they have a few seasonal , limited release beers that are very good and most of their regulars are good , too . overall a fun vibe at both their main taproom and brewery as well as their new small satellite location at the williamsburg outlet malls .\ni went to alewerks for trivia night . it was super crowded , but my group was eventually able to get a table . i can only imagine how crowded it gets when it ' s too cold for outdoor seating . there was a food truck on site and some basic snacks for sale inside . i got a flight of beer , with my favorite being their pumpkin , and a few pints . definitely worth checking out !\nwe are down in williamsburg , va and besides eating , there ' s beer drinking too . next to pa i thing va has some of the greatest breweries in the east . alewerks is among the best . before dinner we stopped in for a taste or two . i started off with a pint of cask conditioned hand pulled fresh hop ipa . it was cellar temperature and low carbonated as it should have been ; creamy , fresh , and so aromatic . great great beer . after the pint we shared some samplers . droste effect , secret admirer , jubilee rare , & 20 knots . all big beers . all different . all wonderful . this is a first class brewery with a very friendly staff , and an equally friendly clientele . if you happen to be even remotely near here you owe it to yourself to stop in . maybe someday we will be seeing their beers in nj .\nhad been impressed while drinking their beers in northern virginia so decided i had to go to the source . alewerks offered just what i needed - a microbrewer who produced quality , local craft beer , with bold flavors . strong line up along the beer style spectrum . i was looking for beer that was only available there . i found plenty . the good luck irish stout was a traditional stout with plenty of flavor . not too alcoholic which is different than most . the berliner weiss was perfect for the spring season . the chesapeake pale with hibiscus was floral and satisfying . the lovers greed was a funky wild ale . . . and as a bonus the beertender gave me a sample of the caf\u00e9 royal 2018 - an imperial milk stout . this place rocks ! ! great beer , friendly men behind the bar , interesting , stimulating conversation about beer . everyone in the place was content . . lots of parking . impressive what they do . if you like beer , go to alewerks and sample beers that you can only get at their taproom .\ni ' ve been to virginia twice and both times i visited this great little hidden gem . alewerks has a great vibe to it with good beer and super friendly customer service . strike up a conversation with any of the customers and they are more than happy to talk to you given the friendly nature of this state . when navigating to alewerks make sure you pay close attention to the area as it is very easy drive right by it . besides just beer they have a compact gift area with awesome bottle beer , glassware , clothes , hats and other accessories . there is usually small bites that they offer serve example pretzels , beer peanuts or if you are really hungry they typically have a food truck outside which will not disappoint . the beer selection not big but the beer that they do have is really really good . all home brewed example sabado jalape\u00f1o lime lager , double ipa , hibiscus , sour , wheat . the alcohol content is not very high in comparison to some of the breweries in my hometown ca , but it is well worth . highly recommend this place . breweries are popular all over but this is definately one of my favorites .\nmy sister and i were shopping at the outlets in williamsburg , va and walked up on this relaxing hidden wonder there . we were greeted very friendly at the door and at the bar as well . a very relaxing atmosphere after a morning of shopping . they have a lot of beautiful , affordable souvenirs . you can have 2 free samples . i love the weekend lager . several affordable sizes . enjoy a small glass for $ 2 . 95 and the next size is $ 5 . 95 both are pictured . i will be returning\n3 : 51 p . m . update : despite her age , jean lonchak danylko , 91 , was active in the community and an avid reader of the virginia gazette , according to mark danylko , her only son . originally from connecticut , danylko traveled often and worked for former pbs ceo bruce christiansen in utah and washington , . . .\nlast year a york high grad dominated the competition in the yorktown independence day 8k run , with jack little , 23 , of york high school class of 2012 winning by 1 \u00bd minutes with a time of 27 : 36 . this year , two recent york high grads dominated the race , as dawson connell , 22 , of yorktown ( class . . .\nboth a race course and a charitable beneficiary had very successful debuts last saturday morning at the inaugural wisc gymnastics flipping 5k run / walk , along with a one - mile color fun run / walk , held from the billsburg brewery / james city county marina . most new colonial road runners grand prix events . . .\nalthough they didn\u2019t win any conference team titles this year , the william and mary men\u2019s and women\u2019s track teams excelled in winning individual honors , as announced by the colonial athletic association this week , following a vote of the league\u2019s coaches . senior leia mistowski , perhaps the most . . .\nas the virginia symphony orchestra plans a return to the virginia beach oceanfront for the concert series , the organization also welcomes its new assistant conductor . the symphony by the sea concert series kicks off thursday with gonzalo farias debuting in the role . \u201cin gonzalo , we have found both . . .\ninspect under the porch light at your home or vacation cottage and ask yourself : are there as many moths and other insects hanging on the wall as there used to be ? entomologists who have long collected insects in europe recently reported that since the 1980s , flying insects have declined by 80 % , . . .\nsince opening my own business , deckscapes of virginia , i have realized the connection between my success and the economic health of virginia . the tax cuts and jobs act has helped both . with the money saved , i & apos ; ve been able to hire additional employees and expand my business . if small business tax . . .\non july 4 , americans celebrated guys such as george washington and patrick henry . but the ladies also deserve some praise . thousands of women took part in america\u2019s revolution against the british . their roles ranged from \u201ccamp followers , \u201d who cared for soldiers in battle , to spies and even combatants . . . .\npresident donald trump has decided on his supreme court nominee , a person with knowledge of the situation revealed monday , hours before a prime - time tv announcement that will ignite a fierce confirmation battle . as others speculated about his nomination to replace retiring justice anthony kennedy , . . .\nbritish prime minister theresa may defended her brexit plan monday after the resignation of two top government ministers over negotiations whipped up a storm that threatened to topple her fragile minority government foreign secretary boris johnson quit with a resignation letter accusing may of . . .\nu . s . secretary of state mike pompeo used an unannounced trip to afghanistan on monday to step up the trump administration & apos ; s calls for peace talks between the afghan government and the taliban . flying into kabul after visiting vietnam , pompeo made the appeal in meetings with afghan president ashraf . . .\na walt disney world employee was killed in an accident , the company confirmed on monday . the reedy creek fire department responded to an unconscious man identified as juan alberto ojeda , 33 , who was unresponsive at 1153 century drive , near disney\u2019s pop century resort . he was declared dead at the . . .\nflorida shootings a question for congress : why is the possession of assault weapons more important than school children & apos ; s lives ? don & apos ; t those children have a right , under the constitution , to live full lives , in liberty and in the pursuit of happiness ? i\u2019m in high school and i\u2019m scared to go to . . .\nshooting in florida to all those who write in demanding rights to carry in schools , churches and other public places : do you also demand similar rights for convicted criminals , the mentally ill and those with restraining orders ? should they be allowed to build up arsenals of assault weapons ? anyone . . .\nevery single craft beer we choose to feature in our craft beer club has been carefully picked to deliver only the best in quality , ratings , and diversity to our members . oftentimes the brews featured are the craft brewery ' s top beers and are fan favorites amongst their local following . we only feature small , independent craft breweries from across the country who have very limited distribution and have proven to brew outstanding craft beers .\nwe would like to make checkout a little easier for you , please check your email for a log in link .\nyour credit card number comes to us encrypted and is never stored on our server .\nyour credit card information is encrypted with ssl encryption in your browser and transmitted securely to our servers . our servers , in turn , transmit your credit card information with ssl encryption to the credit card processing center where your card is charged by firstdata , the largest credit card processor in the world . your card information is never stored anywhere on our servers and is never stored to disk .\nthe daily press media group is a diversified company engaged in gathering , packaging and distributing news , information and advertising on the virginia peninsula , located in the hampton roads region of southeastern virginia , and in surrounding communities .\nthe daily press media group also distributes news , advertising and other information through various multimedia channels , including its online affiliates ( dailypress . com , hrtownsquare . com , hrvarsity . com , urltoken and others ) , radio , television , mobile , direct mail , event marketing , promotions and social media . it is the local affiliate of several national classified websites , including careerbuilder . com , urltoken and homefinder . com .\ndaily press advertising opportunities | contact hr military advertising opportunities | contact hrvarsity advertising opportunities | contact brand publishing advertising opportunities | contact tidewater review advertising opportunities | contact the virginia gazette advertising opportunities . . .\nhave questions / comments about our new site ? send us your feedback . daily press executives marisa porto publisher and editor - 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imho the best of its kind . oktoberfest - fantastic black forest - amazing tavern brown and weekend lager are great daily options . guys , ben franklin never said ,\nbeer is proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy\n. does not reflect well on you to be using this on your website as a background .\nwe tried three different beers and they were all delicious . however , the bartender didn ' t seem interested in helping us . we were purchasing beer to take with us , and she walked away when she swiped the credit card . since i can buy this beer , and a number of other local beers , at any grocery , i see no reason to return . so , while the beer was good , the service wasn ' t and there are a lot of good beers out there these days !\ngreat beer with a nice variety ! nice staff , good atmosphere ! will go back if i am in town again . food truck was there so we grabbed shrimp tacos that were amazing .\nvery consistent quality from one beer to the next . both the ipa ' s , the shorty time and the superb , were a pleasure to drink . the shorty time is only available on draft , so if it ' s on tap , and you like a good ipa , definitely order it . the christmas ale was pretty solid as well , i could really taste the vanilla and spices . sip this one slowly to really savor the flavor . the chesapeake pale ale was fine , but on a snowy day , it wasn ' t quite the right day for that one . they also have very good looking merch , a lot of blended t - shirts , 3 / 4 sleeve shirts , and you can also create your own 6 pack . even though there are only about 5 bottled beers to choose from , it ' s a feature i ' ve never seen in another brewery . the bar had a relaxed atmosphere with classic rock on the sound system ( petty , skynyrd , queen , etc ) . no tv ' s , but a good supply of board games . and they ' re very creative with their marketing and getting people in the door . trivia nights , infused beers ( they had one with jalapeno and limes ) . in february , they ' re doing a paint and pint night . i may have to check this event out . and major props for $ 1 off for teachers on fridays . even though i work on the finance side at a local college , i think i still qualify .\nthe beers here were pretty good ; however , it was so busy that many of us had trouble finding seating . the beer was also a little bit pricey compared to other breweries . they did have a food truck , so that ' s always nice . the ambiance inside was interesting . very dark , but unique ! i enjoyed my afternoon here and will definitely return !\nwe stumbled upon this cool little place while shopping at the outlets . the ladies working here were awesome in explaining the brewery and gave us some samples and recommendations . we ordered some flights and snacks and chilled out for a couple of hours . she came to check on us a few times and asked what we liked and to clear our table . i liked their concept and feel like this will be pretty successful once they get the ball rolling . she gave us some stickers to take home and we bought some souvenir glasses as well .\ngreat beers , great people . had a good time talking with the bartender and got to take really good beers home to nj\ngood beer ( i esp like their coffee stout and their christmas ale ) in a cozy place with friendly service . the taproom has no tvs - which i liked , it created an intimate vibe where you actually want to converse with other patrons . they have a small merch area , a large outside area and from what i can tell , rotating events ( like trivia ) depending on the day\ni went here for the first time with my brother in law to kill some time while our wives were shopping . it was a very nice place . it was clean and had bar seating , outdoor seating and indoor seating . both of the girls working the bar were nice and helpful . i had a pale ale lager , that was not bitter , and tim had the paycheck porter . we could only stay for one beer but during that time lots of local people came in for growlers and it started to get busy very soon after opening . i don ' t know anything about the owner but they are supporting an event for local law enforcement , coast guard and another group . i always like to see people supporting these groups and want to spend my money there versus places that don ' t . i plan on going back and trying other beers .\ngood beer , nice bartenders , chill atmosphere , and they allow you to bring in outside food ( and not just from the food truck that day ) . good rotating tap list with seasonal beers for tasters , full pours , and growler fills .\n\u201cyou can ' t go wrong with any of their year round offerings like washington ' s porter or drake tail ipa but don ' t stop there . \u201d in 5 reviews\n\u201cthey have outstanding beers - a few of my favorites are the chesapeake pale ale and the coffeehouse stout . \u201d in 6 reviews\n\u201coktoberfest - fantastic black forest - amazing tavern brown and weekend lager are great daily options . \u201d in 5 reviews\nyour trust is our top concern , so businesses can ' t pay to alter or remove their reviews . learn more .\nheads up : from now on , other yelpers will be able to see how you voted . want to chime in ?\nwe calculate the overall star rating using only reviews that our automated software currently recommends .\nwe noticed that you ' re using an unsupported browser . the tripadvisor website may not display properly . we support the following browsers :\ntripadvisor gives a certificate of excellence to accommodations , attractions and restaurants that consistently earn great reviews from travelers .\nthis was the best little break in between our outlet mall shopping ! ! scorching hot day , tired feet . . .\ntried several varieties - brown , porter , pale ale , ipa and lager . all were drinkable to good - only . . .\nthis was the best little break in between our outlet mall shopping ! ! scorching hot day , tired feet and then we stumbled across aleworks ! ! great beer and helpful , over the top friendly staff . they even have sodas and snacks for the kiddos ! will be visiting everytime . . .\nthis review is the subjective opinion of a tripadvisor member and not of tripadvisor llc .\ntried several varieties - brown , porter , pale ale , ipa and lager . all were drinkable to good - only one that wasn\u2019t to my taste was the porter which was smokier than i like - staff were friendly . worth a stop for craft beer fans when . . .\na wonderful spot for shopping and drinking . you ' ll find this gem at the premium outlet mall . tasty adult beverages and reasonable prices . a great pit stop while spending the kids inheritance .\nwe enjoyed great pretzels and wonderful seasonal beer . new layout creates a wonderful and inviting environment for couples or groups . they often have good food trucks to offer fate to compliment beers .\nplenty of beers to choose from , a few of which were super yummy . i preferred the brown ale , irish stout , and cafe royale . lots of nice merch as well . there was a food truck on site , which was nice as well . would have liked if . . .\nwe actually went here a couple of tomes this week . the beer selection is very good with a good sampling of several styles of beer . i particularly enjoyed the chesapeake ale . i highly recommend getting the flight of six to get a good sampling . the . . .\ncan\u2019t say i had a bad beer here but the tavern brown was what i took home in a growler . pretzel was great too . the outlet mall taproom is simply brilliant .\nthis is the first brewery that had more than one beer i liked . it had six . love this place ! lauren , mike , and drew were awesome . the locals were friendly as well . i\u2019m thinking if moving here and make this my regular bar .\na nice friendly staff , great tasting room , easy parking , food trucks and of course good draft beer . a must for craft beer lovers .\nnote : your question will be posted publicly on the questions & answers page .\n* tripadvisor llc is not a booking agent and does not charge any service fees to users of our site . . . 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{"id": 54377, "summary": [{"text": "gardetto 's is a brand of snack mix owned by general mills , which also owns the similar chex mix .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "the gardetto family bakery was founded in 1932 in wisconsin by baptiste and diane gardetto and acquired by general mills in 1999 ; .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "according to the packaging , it was at the bakery that judy gardetto took the trimmings of breadsticks and mixed them in along with other snack bits and a blend of special seasonings .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "today , gardetto 's is sold in \" original \" recipe ( albeit with changes as noted below ) as well as in reduced fat original , italian recipe , italian cheese blend , chipotle cheddar , and a deli-style mustard pretzel mix .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "gardetto 's mixes do not contain peanuts or traces of tree nuts , but do contain wheat , milk , and soy ingredients . ", "topic": 17}], "title": "gardetto ' s", "paragraphs": ["products > by category > snacks & bars > snack mixes , chips & crackers > gardetto ' s > gardetto ' s\u2122 original 1 . 75oz 60ct\ngardetto ' s original recipe snack mix , 14 . 5 oz bag - urltoken\ngardetto ' s original recipe snack mix , 5 . 5 oz , 7 count\nupc 016000193604 - gardetto ' s snack mix , original recipe 14 . 5 oz (\ngardetto ' s snack mix , original recipe 14 . 5 oz ( 2 pack )\ngardetto ` s snack mix original flavor 5 . 5 oz bag 7 bags / box\nadvantus sn43037 gardetto ` s snack mix original flavor 5 . 5oz bag 7 / box\nupc 016000137851 - gardetto ' s original recipe snack mix - 36 ct . | urltoken\nupc 016000137851 is associated with gardetto ' s original recipe snack mix - 36 ct .\ngardetto ' s snack mix , original , 1 . 75 oz , 42 - pack\nall in all , quite a reasonable snack , if a bit castrated compared with gardetto\u2019s .\ngardetto ' s snack mix , original flavor , 5 . 5oz bag , 7 / box\ngardetto ' s chipotle cheddar snack mix : 7 bags of 5 . 5 oz - tj\ngardetto ' s original recipe snack mix , 1 . 75 oz . bag - 36 ct .\ngardetto ' s snack mix , original recipe , 14 . 5 - ounce ( pack of 4 )\ngeneral mills gardetto ' s snack mix , original flavor , 5 . 5oz bag , 7 / box\ngardetto ' s snack mix , original flavor , 5 . 5 oz bag , 7 bags / box\nadvantus original recipe gardetto ' s snacks - 5 . 50 oz - 7 / box ( sn43037 )\navtsn43037 general mills gardetto ' s snack mix , original flavor , 5 . 5oz bag , 7 / box\ngeneral mills sn43037 gardetto ' s snack mix , original flavor , 5 . 5 oz bag , 7 bags /\nupc 016000505384 - gardetto ' s chipotle cheddar snack mix : 7 bags of 5 . 5 oz - tj | urltoken\nupc 016000505384 is associated with gardetto ' s chipotle cheddar snack mix : 7 bags of 5 . 5 oz - tj\ni love gardetto ' s ! ! ! they are very hard to find . thank you , target for selling them !\njohnny gardetto is a principal engineer at our milwaukee , wisc . , plant . yes , he ' s part of that snack family .\nfor years they ' ve been part of your favorite mix . now by special request , we bring you the exclusive rye chip you ' ve been asking for , authentically seasoned with gardetto ' s signature recipe . this one - of - a - kind dark rye snack delivers extraordinary , indulgent taste in every handful . exceptional snacking , exclusively yours from gardetto ' s .\ntoday , we make all of our snack mixes just as the gardetto family did years ago . we take fresh breadsticks and combine them with our other favorite snacks . we then season each piece with the authentic gardetto recipe to create a one - of - a - kind treat . the gardetto family tradition provides the perfect snacks for any occasion .\nif this gardetto ' s product is not fresh or in good condition , tell us where and when you bought it , include the code and we will gladly replace it . \u00a9 2010 general mills\nsnyder ' s mini pretzels ( 1 . 5 oz . , 60 ct . )\nsnyder ' s of hanover pretzel sticks 1 . 5 oz . ( 60 ct . )\nsnyder ' s of hanover hot buffalo wing pretzel pieces 1 oz . ( 28 ct . )\nyes , it was the gardetto family that founded a wisconsin bakery \u2014 and later created a snack mix with their own blend of seasonings .\nadvantus corp . cardetto ' s original recipe snack , 5 . 5 oz . , 7 / bx\nsnyder ' s of hanover old fashioned pretzel rods ( 6 pk . , 27 oz . ea . )\nit ' s the correct log , check where i do my town routine . . . after the routine it quits .\nwe take fresh breadsticks and combine them with our other favorite snacks . we then season each piece with the authentic gardetto recipe to create a one - of - a - kind treat . cholesterol free .\nin terms of flavor , let\u2019s deal with original first . its powdery garlicness is relatively delicious and invites repeated ( if not continuous ) tastings , but is eerily similar to gardetto\u2019s . the main variations are that here the garlic salt is cranked down to a mellow , mild , possibly even child - friendly level ; the texture is softer and more uniform ; and the shapes ( little pretzels , corn and wheat chex , multigrain cheerios , \u201cbread twists , \u201d and \u201csnack crackers\u201d ) are slightly different .\nthe cheerios offering comes in two distinct flavors : original and cheddar . a more honest way of billing them would be \u201cgardetto\u2019s\u2014that other general mills snack mix\u2014lite\u201d or \u201cfunky like old socks , not funky like soulful . \u201d both are baked , not fried , and at 120 calories and eight grams of whole grains per serving , they\u2019re not so bad for junk food .\nthe cheddar variety , by comparison , is all kinds of bad . it\u2019s not clear precisely what went wrong , but what\u2019s meant to be a warm , distinct , comforting cheddar taste instead has a red - light umami scent and flavor that says \u201cslightly off , \u201d if not \u201cmildly rotten . \u201d\nthe authorised south african distributor of this product is under no obligation to honour the manufacture ' s guarantees / warranties or to provide after - sales service .\njust hard to believe you are rrrix got a similar bug at the same time almost . something i have never seen in 1000 ' s of hour of botting .\ntoday we continue to make delicious snack mixes for you to share with your family . we take fresh breadsticks and combine them with our other favorite snacks . we then season each piece with the gardetto family recipe to create a one - of - a - kind treat .\nconsidering there\u2019s an alternative that offers the same healthy baked and whole - grain attributes without tasting of old foot , it seems quite possible that the cheddar variety is not long for this world .\ni honestly spend much more time on irc vs the boards . it is easiest way to get a hold of me . this is actually where most of the developer ' s are at .\nsince 1 . 07 you start in town . it will take portal to the core checkpoint before azmodan . will clear to wp than take it stonefort to skycrown . which will than clear to the exit to town . from here on it gets quite random . their are 4 base area ' s that are rotated to make 24 different variations the profile will run in . the base area ' s are\ndont be decieved by the picture . the present owners have changed the recipe from sesame bites to zigzag pieces , thus altering the recipe . this is the most drastic change to the recipe since they changed from cut white bread pieces in the 80 ' s , to the punched white bread pieces in the 90 ' s which doesn ' t allow the flavor to get absorbed as well as the preceding . in fact this is worse as it drastically alters the taste and texture of the snack . if anything will have to start making original at home if i need it from now on , as this frankenstein gardettos is not it .\nwith the caveat that i\u2019m neither a nutritionist nor a medical professional , i\u2019ll put forth a layman\u2019s opinion : trying to address specific medical problems by eating one package of vegetables is pretty optimistic , if not daft . that aside , vegetables are pretty good for you , so using trickery to get people to eat them is a venial sin at worst .\nin a country where the fda is increasingly content to let anyone ply whatever health - related bunkum that seems profitable , it\u2019s no surprise that major food manufacturers are jumping onto the bandwagon with probiotic this and antioxidant that . green giant has leaped squarely into the fray with frozen vegetables that proclaim themselves capable of promoting \u201chealthy vision , \u201d an \u201cimmunity boost , \u201d or \u201chealthy weight . \u201d\nthe healthy vision mix contains sliced carrots , zucchini quarters , and sliced green beans , tossed with rosemary butter sauce . at about 90 calories for the whole package , it\u2019s a reasonably light side dish , if one that lacks much oomph in the flavor department : although the carrots still retain a bit of crunchiness , the sauce is mild beyond belief and the overall texture is lacking .\ni really thought about everything that could happen when someone was using this profile . i built in death checkpoints for every single death checkpoint it crosses . so if you do die it will simply resume from where you died . for static area ' s such as tower of the damned , skycrown , and field of slaughter . i used random rolls to really make the profile run different every single time . tower of the damned runs either clockwise or counter clockwise with random rolls determining if the bot either goes high or low . field of slaughter i made 3 different runs from the rakkis wp to fos wp . from the fos wp to rakkis there is 2 runs that look for the frost cave . which it will clear and resume it ' s run . it will not clear the ice caves .\nthe other two options are quite a bit better . the healthy weight version is a mix of sliced carrots , sugar snap peas , black beans , and edamame tossed with butter sauce . at 180 calories for the package , it\u2019s the most calorific of the three , but i could envision it as either a meal substitute or a supplement . the black beans and edamame both have some fibrous soul and texture , and they push back nicely against the carrots and peas .\nbut the problems with profiles are not with the static area ' s but the random ones . my first attempt was to simply map all possible outcomes . which i successfully did with keep 3 . no one ' s keep 3 will run as fast as mine . with crater 1 / 2 and keep 2 i took another approach . i pre - cache the exits of each of the locations . with crater 1 and crater 2 i simply wp in than wp out . with crater 1 i take it to tower of the damned which it clears than goes up the stairs to crater 1 . once inside crater 1 the new trinityexplore now knows the wp location and will move towards it . to improve this even more i utilized\npriority\nscenes that will only exist along the path of the exit . i also used\nignore\nscenes of dead ends that the bot should never go down . with crater 2 i used a similar tactic . when finding the crater 2 exit though it goes to heart of the damned . at heart of the damned i simply just go up the first 2 flights of stairs and back down to crater 2 . heart of the damned is very underrated area . it produces some of my best iph . with keep 2 , the bot wp ' s into keep 1 and simply goes into keep 2 than back out again . do a quick elite check at keep 1 than head off to keep 3 . keep 3 is manually plotted through the use of issceneloaded . keep 2 i once again utilize priority and ignore scenes for the entrances and dead ends .\ncontent on this site is for reference purposes only . target does not represent or warrant that the nutrition , ingredient , allergen and other product information on our web or mobile sites are accurate or complete , since this information comes from the product manufacturers . on occasion , manufacturers may improve or change their product formulas and update their labels . we recommend that you do not rely solely on the information presented on our web or mobile sites and that you review the product ' s label or contact the manufacturer directly if you have specific product concerns or questions . if you have specific healthcare concerns or questions about the products displayed , please contact your licensed healthcare professional for advice or answers . any additional pictures are suggested servings only .\nthis has been something i have been working on for some time now . it is rather time consuming to figure out all possible wp locations of the random area ' s but i did it anyway . when you mix in random rolls with 24 different base profiles it makes the most random profile while still producing excellent results . core and skycrown will almost always give you 5 stacks between them so after it doesn ' t matter which order you go in . if you look at the profile code and it looks long and confusing . it has to be this way to take into account everything that could happen . what if in crater 1 a fireball from the ground shoots up and knocks you off the path ? this will currently always get the bot stuck , nothing you can do about it . so trinity reloads the crater 1 profile but now you are at the core checkpoint ? it loads the core / sky profile and everything is right again . i tried to comment out as much as possible in the profiles to explain how and why i did certain things .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\n/ ~ / media / images / gmi / backgroundimages / snacks - 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herb - infused extra - virgin olive oil seasoning . immunity boost is a mere 100 calories and boasts crispy and well - defined broccoli , a strong red / yellow pepper scent and taste , and great overall crunch and snap .\nconsuming all three varieties in one day did not , unfortunately , turn me into a supersighted , skinny , totally disease - immune dude , but it did fill me up with green and orange vegetable matter . that , by itself , is worth celebrating .\nitem prices are updated at the date and time listed . prices and availability are subject to change .\ngardettos snack mix original recipe , 14 . 5 oz ( pack of 8 )\nprivacy policy \u2022 terms of service \u2022 \u00a9 2016 - 2018 urltoken all rights reserved . all trademarks , brands , images and copyrights are owned by their respective owners .\nupc 016000430372 might be created by gs1 us company , general mills , inc . \u00b7 # 1 general mills blvd \u00b7 minneapolis , mn 55426 \u00b7 us .\nproducts with upc 016000430372 were listed on the following websites . product prices are accurate as of the date / time indicated and are subject to change .\ndisclaimer : the information is all provided as - is , with no guarantees on availability or accuracy of the results . we ' ll certainly do our best to make the service highly - available though , and the results accurate . copyright @ 2018 upcitemdb . com . all rights reserved .\nupc 016000505384 might be created by gs1 us company , general mills , inc . \u00b7 # 1 general mills blvd \u00b7 minneapolis , mn 55426 \u00b7 us .\nproducts with upc 016000505384 were listed on the following websites . product prices are accurate as of the date / time indicated and are subject to change .\nupc 016000476363 might be created by gs1 us company , general mills , inc . \u00b7 # 1 general mills blvd \u00b7 minneapolis , mn 55426 \u00b7 us .\nproducts with upc 016000476363 were listed on the following websites . product prices are accurate as of the date / time indicated and are subject to change .\nupc 016000137851 might be created by gs1 us company , general mills , inc . \u00b7 # 1 general mills blvd \u00b7 minneapolis , mn 55426 \u00b7 us .\nproducts with upc 016000137851 were listed on the following websites . product prices are accurate as of the date / time indicated and are subject to change .\nstarted originally of the ultimate skyhigh but eventually turned into something quite different . a bot does not play like a human and is optimized with a bot in mind . i based the profile with four things being most important . randomness , iph , exp / hr , and stability . i think this profile is the best of all those worlds by using the most up to date tools .\n- it has to be at least version 1 . 7 . 2 or this profile will not work . i am currently using 1 . 7 . 2 . 3\nthe profile requires that you be able to hit resume and enter a game at the azmodan checkpoint .\nif you ' re not on the right quest when d3 starts , simply switch to 7 . 3 and hit\nstart game\n.\nor load gardettosrev2 . 2raf _ xx _ starter . xml . it will simply start a new game at 7 . 3 inferno than switch core / sky\nyou can then start to run the profile from inside that game or you can exit the game and you ' ll be able to resume from the correct quest .\ncore / sky will get the checkpoint for you if you don ' t have it .\ntower of the cursed to crater 2 to heart of the damned . cursed and heart of the damned just do quick elite checks not full clears .\nkeep 1 , 2 , 3 . quick elite check at 1 with full clears of keep 3 and keep 2 .\n1 . 6 . 4 . 1 - fixed a possible stuck location in keep 1 . can download new one off git or download new zip 1 . 6 . 4 . 2 - hopefully fixed possible but of the bot doing a town run inside of a while tag . 1 . 8 - made a lot changes to the code . eliminated pre - caching of exits on crater 1 and 2 . fixed possible stucks in skycrown , keep 1 , and keep 3 . re - did crater 2 from scratch . it is all manual now and should be very fast . the bot will either start at rakkis wp or the fos wp on that run . if starting at fos it will now check for the frost cave and will clear if there . if it is the icefall cave it will skip it . 1 . 8 . 1 - fixed it where it was loading the wrong file in keep 123 1 . 8 . 2 - i dunno how i ziped it wrong but it should actually be fixed now in 1 . 8 . 2 1 . 8 . 3 - found another wp location in keep 1 1 . 8 . 4 - found another wp location in keep 1 . hopefully the last one . i am up to 35 now 1 . 9 - fixed stucks in keep 3 . will run either crater 2 to cursed or cursed to crater 2 now . reduced crater 1 in the profile . will only do it now when the bot is coming from rakkis to siege to crater 1 to tod or tod to crater 1 to siege to rakkis . was one of the lower iph areas . 2 . 0 - fixed stuff will work with 1 . 07 2 . 1 - changed the backup system of simply restarting the profile to loading the xx _ starter making a fresh game not one that resumes . forced the bot also to get the core checkpoint if it doesn ' t have it . 2 . 2 - fixed frost cave level 2 issue with dungeon stone . removed path precision on crater 2 since it was causing stucks . this should be the most stable version yet .\nthe only way i could make the profile rotate between the 24 possibilities is break them into 5 different profiles . simply keep all the files in one folder . trinity will handle all the loading of the profiles . coresky is the first one and will use resume from the core checkpoint . it will get the checkpoint for you if you start a new game from the kill azmodan quest . if you want something as simple as possible and don ' t have the core checkpoint . just use the gardettosrev2 . 2raf _ xx _ starter . xml profile . it will simply start a new inferno game at the kill azmodan quest and load core / sky which will than get the checkpoint . it will only be used once .\nmagi - mostly for giving me the idea of using skycrown and was the initial base of version 1 . 0 .\nrrrix - he put in a lot of work into trinity version 1 . 7 . 17 . this profile would not be possible without his new trinityexplore .\nwill always have my up to date version of the profile . currently private .\nincludes gardettosrev2 . 2raf _ 00 _ starter . xml for those who use a relogger such as yar or arelog .\n1 . 6 . 4 . 1 - fixed a possible stuck location in keep 1 . can download new one off git or download new zip\nthink you might have a rogue while tag . . . did a town run in keeps 2 . . . then game quit . see log :\nmy toon found the door , and did a town run right at the spot before going through the door . . . . i ' m surprised that hasn ' t happened to me before on my profiles because i do the same thing heh .\ndon ' t think that was the right log . rrrix just set me a log that something similar happened . the bot failed to pickup where it left off after a town run . it was also near perfect timing when the bot was in the process of taking a wp . i don ' t know even know how it would be possible to fix or prevent something like this from happening . would like to see the real log cause this is a town run issue not a profile . if the bot does come back to a < while > command after a town run than i am not sure what to do . cause the entire reason i have to use < while > commands is db has issues with portals / changing worlds . will talk to nesox about it tomorrow .\nhere is what i do . . . i ' ve had this happen before on my stuff ( doing something different ) and i believe this would fix it :\n< while condition =\ncurrentworldid = = 75434 or me . isintown\n> < if condition =\ncurrentworldid = = 75434\n> < useportal questid =\n101758\nstepid =\n1\nportalmarkerhash =\n- 1699330856\ndestinationworldid =\n93104\ninteractrange =\n30\n/ > < / if > < if condition =\nme . isintown\n> < waittimer questid =\n1\nwaittime =\n1000\n/ > < / if > < / while >\ni mean you don ' t probably even need any code for the town , but this will ensure the while tag isn ' t exited if you do a townrun . . . which is what happened . i ' m sure of it .\ni had this issue running while tags for exploring dungeons to make it keep exploring until it found an exit . i believe tinnvec does this ( or did ) for tinnkaizer and i added town in as well to make sure a town run wouldn ' t screw it up . . . this fixed it for that particular instance .\nthe likelyhood of this happening though , has to be extremely low as this is the first time i ' ve seen it happening when going to use a door .\ni attempted to fix it and put up 1 . 6 . 4 . 2 . hard to fix a bug you have never seen happen in thousands of bot hours .\nwhile running the profile , one of my bots got stuck at the entrance to keep depths 2 . it peeked into keep depths 2 , then tried to return to keep depths 1 over and over again .\n[ 19 : 30 : 43 . 864 n ] [ trinity ] at keep level 2 to pre - load exit cache for later . back to keep 1\nkept spamming the log . i clicked the door eventually back to keep depths 1 and it then ran the profile normally by waypointing into keep depths 3 .\nwhile typing this , a 2nd bot got stuck and ended up doing the same exact thing .\nwhile running the profile , one of my bots got stuck at the entrance to keep depths 2 . it peeked into keep depths 2 , then tried to return to keep depths 1 over and over again .\n[ 19 : 30 : 43 . 864 n ] [ trinity ] at keep level 2 to pre - load exit cache for later . back to keep 1\nkept spamming the log . i clicked the door eventually back to keep depths 1 and it then ran the profile normally by waypointing into keep depths 3 . while typing this , a 2nd bot got stuck and ended up doing the same exact thing .\nwhat is your iph with this profile on 1 . 17 trinity ? cause mine dropped about 100items .\nplease note that this product is based in the usa , and is designed and labelled to be used in the usa . if the unit is powered and plugs into an electrical socket , we cannot import the unit for you due to local regulations , as a permit is required for electrical goods . please check with us if you are unsure or need any assistance !\nplease also note that certain items cannot be imported , these include alcohol , agricultural remedies , animals , batteries , flammable materials , farm feeds , currency , food , furs , chemicals , explosives , medications , plants , poisons , seeds , supplements , nutrients , pressurized cans , tactical equipment , vitamins , weaponry and weaponry accessories . in these cases , information displayed above is for reference / informational purposes only and the item will not be imported . all content is generated and displayed from an automated usa product feed , and if the item cannot be imported for any reason , including carrier restrictions and / or import or sales restrictions under south african or american law , we do reserve the right to cancel and refund the order in full . if you are not sure if we are permitted to bring in an item , please send us an e - 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", "topic": 32}], "title": "the heavyweights", "paragraphs": ["the heavyweights also are featured in the workspace column of the november 2010 issue of how . get the design annual now .\nnnnco beats industry heavyweights to win best iot / m2m company in 2017 commsday edison awards - nnnco .\nheavyweights is a five - piece pop punk band from baltimore , md . taking influences from bands of their past and the music they\nthe designer of the new porcelain courtyard at the victoria and albert museum is one of six architectural heavyweights shortlisted to build a \u00a3250 million concert hall in london .\ninternet heavyweights alibaba group holding ltd and tencent holdings ltd , as well as a string of startups and local companies , are all eyeing the niche .\nthe awards create value , and many winners have gone on to become global heavyweights in the offshore energy sector , using their recognition at the offshore achievement awards as a springboard for growth .\ntime has been kind to the discarded fat camp movie , finding heavyweights more digestible these days , after years spent processing the askew sense of humor shared by apatow and company .\nthe national narrowband network co ( nnnco ) has been named the best iot / m2m company at the 2017 commsday edison awards , which included nominees from industry heavyweights such as vodafone and telstra .\nin addition to academic performance and sporting prowess , some universities are renowned for well - designed campuses featuring masterpieces by architectural heavyweights . hong kong is no different .\nautomation and digitization are shaking up financial services as much as any other industry . two heavyweights are investing big sums in software that promises lower costs and fewer errors .\nover the course of the trip , the heavyweights participated in parades , performed at ooh poo pah doo , caught shows by several local bands and spent hours recording new material at word of mouth studios .\nfirm : the heavyweights specialty : healthcare and consumer packaging location : indianapolis twitter : @ johnluginbill firm motto :\neverything we do should simultaneously improve sales , profits and reputation .\nthe heavyweights kick off their this city summer tour 2018 with a special live to air concert june 16th 2 : 30 pm during kodi hutchinson\u2019s a time for jazz on the ckua network across alberta .\nlloyd ' s list comments\nregional ocean carrier of the year went to independent container line , which has proved that a small , customer - focused operator can compete with the global heavyweights .\nin the 2010 rankings , gail moved past heavyweights like tokyo gas , osaka gas co . , hong kong & china gas , korea gas corp to be ranked no . 1 company among gas utilities in asia\nthat ' s why our peer review awards add an extra level of recognition for peer reviewers all over the world . we partner with publishing heavyweights to acknowledge and give back to the experts making outstanding contributions to reviewing the world ' s research .\nfor the third year in a row , the heavyweights brass band is delighted to be parading an entire 5k along with the heros participating in the brain injury society of toronto ' s 5k run . all funds from this event go directly to supporting bist ' s programs and services .\na design might be pretty , but without simultaneously improving sales , profits and reputation ; john luginbill wants no part of it . his employees know that too . the owner of the 19 - year - old the heavyweights in indianapolis , has even more marketing mantras up his sleeves .\nwith heavyweights such as naspers [ jse : npn ] and richemont [ jse : cfr ] trading solidly higher , the industrial index on the jse - which includes most of the big dual - listed shares - was already 0 . 78 % higher at mid - morning on monday .\n\u201cyou can\u2019t assume that just because you know how to sell packaged goods , you can know the idiosyncrasies of talking to a community , \u201d luginbill says . \u201cyou have to bring in heavyweights that have resources , knowledge , information and experience to do the idiosyncratic work . \u201d\nan efficient heavyweights staff is really about building profit for the client , which leads to another luginbill mantra : \u201cgood marketing builds brands , great marketing tied to numbers builds factories . \u201d tim newcomb is a freelance magazine writer and newspaper editor based in western washington .\nthe washington , d . c . - based organization , called the advanced energy management alliance ( aema ) , features industry heavyweights comverge , enernoc , ipkeys , johnson controls and landis + gyr as founding members . wal - mart is also jumping in as a founding member to represent the customer side .\nthe company is run by former sanlam heavyweights johan van zyl and johan van der merwe . van zyl served as the insurer\u2019s chief executive , while van der merwe served as sanlam investments\u2019s chief executive . they both serve as arc investments co - chief executives . post this listing arc will remain the majority shareholder of arc investments .\ngreat lines , emphasizes a massive consumption of food , so heck yea . update : from the creative genius of steven brill ( mighty ducks ) and judd apatow ? in the 90 ' s , brill was a stud and apatow was a dud . brill peaked here and apatow must have done some serious perkis - sizing because after heavyweights his career blossomed . i bet you no one has done an in depth analysis of the creative juicy forces behind heavyweights . ben stiller out of nowhere dominates this movie , kills it . goldberg is hilarious . another 90 ' s kid classic that still holds up .\nchinese architects born in the 1960s are both lucky and unlucky , commented shao weiping , executive chief architect at beijing institute of architectural design ( biad ) . as they have approached their 50s , many have become the country ' s heavyweights in architectural design . but they seem to have mixed feelings about their generation of architects .\nhewlett - packard co . ' s $ 2 . 7 billion takeover of 3com corp . is a shot at networking leader cisco systems inc . \u2013 and a sign of how old relationships are being frayed by a flurry of maneuvers by technology heavyweights . hp said wednesday it has agreed . . .\nin the 2010 rankings , gail moved past heavyweights like tokyo gas , osaka gas co . , hong kong & china gas , korea gas corp to be ranked no . 1 company among gas utilities in asia in the platts global ranking of energy companies . the award was conferred upon gail on 2nd november 2010 at a glittering ceremony held in singapore to celebrate asian winners in the top 250 list of platts .\n\u201cit seems to have kind of metastasized , \u201d said the los angeles architect thom mayne , who recently won a competition to design a 68 - story tower at la d\u00e9fense , a business district on the western edge of paris . ( he beat out heavyweights like rem koolhaas of the netherlands , jean nouvel of france and herzog & de meuron of switzerland . ) \u201cin the last 30 years just about every major building you think of came through a competition . \u201d\nthe tokyo - based designer has been referencing architectural heavyweights such as the eames , frank gehry , and gordon matta - clark since launching his brand in 2010 . for the spring / summer 2016 collection , a recording of gehry speaking about his own inspirations was even used as the runway show\u2019s soundtrack . the idea came about after doing some research . \u201ci watched the documentary sketch of frank gehry , \u201d ezumi says . \u201che was really freely making structures of paper architecture models ; it was just like fashion draping , so i did the same design for the collection . \u201d\nwith more than 600 , 000 people already working in it and another 65 , 000 new professionals graduating each year from the country ' s technical and engineering schools the u . s . ' s southern neighbor is already home to more than 2 , 000 it companies . tech companies in mexico range in size from start - ups like the ones in guadalajara ' s centro del software to veteran industry heavyweights such as xerox , softek , hp , ibm , and intel . during a recent visit to the border city ciudad juarez i walked through the call center at genpact and also visited several other tech companies . in juarez , the it and bpo sector is growing . while ibm and hp , global heavyweights that reported $ 104 . 5 billion and $ 120 . 4 billion in revenues in 2012 , have a presence in mexico , there is also a growing space for smaller companies .\nthis has got to be one of the worst ideas for a comedy that i ' ve seen . the film should be a good comedy , but instead it just falls flat because to me it seemed to use the fat stereotypes a bit too much to create its humor . thus , the film really didn ' t work , and ended up being pretty bad . this could have been a great film , but the script was too flawed , the acting was bad and the directing was unfocused . i think this film had potential of being very funny , but more than times than not , it fails to deliver laughter . director steven brill can ' t seem to direct a good film , and heavyweights is just an awful mess that actually could have been avoided . if the script was better , the cast was good and the director was more skilled , then maybe the film would have been better . there were just too many bad things going on on - screen to make this one worthy of seeing . in the long run , the film is very forgettable and is not worth seeing . there are too many areas where the comedy fails at making you laugh , and it ' s a film that simply doesn ' t work overall . i hated the film , and is one of the worst films i had to watch . there are far better comedies out there than heavyweights . this film just fails at giving you good entertainment . the film is bad because it uses stereotypes constantly in a form of humor that just isn ' t funny . avoid heavyweights , this film is bad . the film is one poor comedy that simply isn ' t funny .\nthe jse said the group became the twelfth company to list on the jse this year and brought the total amount of capital raised on the local bourse to date just over r76bn .\nto grow a company\u2019s numbers , luginbill is poised to pull in the heavyweight . \u201cwe augment our team with heavyweight subject - matter experts , \u201d he says . since you can\u2019t be an expert in everything , he makes sure he is talking to someone who is . after all , the same copywriter isn\u2019t equally qualified to create compelling packaging for allison transmissions as they are for african american haircare products\u2014or even latina haircare packaging , for that matter ( an example right out of the heavyweights client book ) .\ncelebrating this idea of integrated design is a new thames & hudson book chairs by architects , compiled and edited by art historian agata toromanoff . featuring fifty - five architects\u2014from early modern pioneers such as otto wagner and antoni gaud\u00ed to more contemporary masters such as zaha hadid , frank gehry , and daniel libeskind\u2014the book explores how qualities in these architects\u2019 buildings translate into their chair designs . it also includes interviews with industry heavyweights including knoll inc . \u2019s david bright and vitra design museum\u2019s susanne graner .\nduring the 2003 competition to design a master plan for ground zero , the architect frank gehry publicly criticized the fees paid to the entrants .\nexplore the 294 winners in one of the industry\u2019s most prestigious design competitions , the how international design awards .\nthe first american movie to explore the link between processed cheese and the need for love . a hamburglar joint .\nthe crystalline structure is the permanent home of the school of creative media . libeskind says the exterior carries his signature asymmetrical shapes , and captures the creative spirit and intensity of hong kong .\nand sometimes the designs generated in a competition prove beyond the client\u2019s means , and the project is jettisoned altogether .\nclick on the links below to see the winners from past quarterly rewards rounds .\nscope and methodology : full details of the scope of the report and methodology used are included in the full version of the report which can be accessed by cdp signatories . for the full report please contact\nthe building\u2019s most prominent feature is a central spiral staircase with irregular twists that connects the floors within the nine - storey building , while the asymmetrical windows bring in natural light and echo the overall design .\nin the 30 years since cdw ' s founding , both the company and the larger it industry have experienced tremendous growth .\nicl has been named as one of the top work places in the richmond region for the 5th year in a row .\nfrom cajun to zydeco to blues to rock and everything in between , big al & the heavyweights offer a musical gumbo sure to please all . formed in 1996 as the unknown blues band , with founding members big al lauro , warren haynes ( allman bros , gov ' t mule ) , rick gergen ( sweethearts of the rodeo ) , the band has been featured at festivals and venues throughout the us . the new cd\nsunshine on me\nwas produced by noted roots music guitarist / songwriter , anders osborne who also plays on several tracks . warren haynes lays down some slide guitar work on the title track . this is the band ' s 6th cd release . their live performances are family oriented , energetic and most of all fun . they have been staples at the wc handy festival in muscle shoals , al as well as the mardi gras celebration at universal studio ' s in orlando . this is a show you don ' t want to miss !\namanda levete , one of the world\u2019s leading female architects , whose exhibition road quarter of the v & a opened at the end of last month , will face stiff competition to land the project from the designer of the shard \u2014 renzo piano , the italian architect \u2014 and lord foster of thames bank \u2014 the man behind the \u201cgherkin\u201d skyscraper in london and millau viaduct in france .\ncrew visible in the school bus door in the beginning as it leaves jerry behind .\nwinners have now been announced for the 2018 oaas . view the full list here .\nthe \u2018dun & bradstreet corporate awards 2014\u2019 seeks to recognize and felicitate corporate india\u00b4s leading companies from various sectors . the awards event is closely tied to the publication , india\u00b4s top 500 companies 2014 . therefore , the base universe of the companies considered for the dun & bradstreet corporate awards 2014 comprised of the top 500 companies of india as covered under the publication\nthe \u201cunfinished\u201d look is the main design concept suggesting that creative ideas are never finished . the missing ceiling tiles hint that ideas can get so big that the ceiling will eventually pop !\nthe perfect show for unwinding after a long day featuring the greatest jazz of all time .\nthe dabhol - bengaluru pipeline was dedicated to the nation by the hon\u00b4ble prime minister of india during the 8th asia gas partnership summit 2013 . the rs . 4508 crore , 1000 km long high pressure dabhol - bengaluru gas pipeline project\ncreative director josep font conceived a beautiful geometric set for the fall / winter 2016 runway show . his inspiration for both the clothing and the set ? the art deco and expressionist architecture in the 1927 film metropolis . \u201cin some of the looks , \u201d he says , \u201cthere is a very literal inspiration\u2014the color palette , the metallic feel\u2014and in other cases , more abstract influence such as the volume on sleeves and tops . \u201d\nthe extended floors and bridges mimic a tree , where people learn and share knowledge under the shade of \u201ctrees\u201d . the construction is also inspired by chinese calligraphy , and seeks a balance between the blocks and empty spaces in the centre .\nshabaka hutchings was voted by the public as the uk jazz act of the year , jaimeo brown was honoured with jazz innovation of the year for his transcendence project , and revered british saxophonist courtney pine presented nikki yeoh with the instrumentalist of the year award . south london jazz / groove duo on the rise yussef kamaal were named as the breakthrough act of the year , and in their absence the award was collected by dj gilles peterson , who discovered and signed them to his label brownswood records in 2016 . peterson also picked up the digital initiative of the year award on the night in recognition of worldwide fm .\nreflecting on the announcement of the two awards , the secretary general of hipa , ali bin thalith , said ,\nthe beneficial value of what our special award recipients contributed to the art of photography is priceless in today\u2019s day and age . it is our pleasure to bring to light the achievements of these great photographers and entities every year with the photography appreciation award and the photography research / report award . i am sure that the photographic community around the world will continue to appreciate the achievements of these pioneers and be inspired to achieve similar feats in the future .\nthe economy grew at an annual rate of just 0 . 7 percent last quarter , less than half the 2 percent growth rate in the july - september period , the government said friday .\nextend the company\u2019s message to qualified buyers globally , ensuring the broadest possible exposure for our properties .\ngail won the \u2018company of the year\u2019 award in the environmental sustainability category in recognition of its key role in building sustainable energy future for the country . gail was adjudged the \u2018company of the year\u2019 in the project management ( rs 500 crore to rs 2 , 000 crore ) category for setting up commercial wind energy project of 100 megawatts .\nthe dollar rose against the euro and the pound monday as several corporate deals reassured investors about the economy , while markets await u . s . economic data and a key jobs report due later in the week . the 16 - nation euro retreated to $ 1 . 4591 in . . .\nfor over thirty years , the awards have been celebrating and encouraging innovation and collaboration in the oil & gas and renewables industry in the north sea .\naema is finalizing other large corporate members , but the group was not ready to disclose the names .\ntaking up the mission to create \u201ca beacon structure symbolising and driving the development of hong kong as a design hub in asia , \u201d zaha hadid architects won the bid to design the building in 2007 . the result is a \u201cbuilding which is inherently organised and understood to visitors from the point of entry\u201d .\nthough the slowdown late last year could renew doubts about the durability of the 6\u00bd - year - old economic expansion , most analysts said they . . .\nlegendary photographer erwitt , who was born in france in 1928 and has been a photographer for more than 60 years , follows a long line of photography heavyweights who have won hipa\u2019s \u2018photography appreciation award\u2019 . in recent years , industry greats such as reza , steve mccurry , sebastiao salgado and oscar mitri have all been presented with the prestigious accolade at the hipa awards ceremony in dubai . erwitt , who is also an acclaimed television producer , is well known for his photographs of 20th century icons such as marilyn monroe , che guevara and john f . kennedy . to go with his varied photography career , he is also the author of over 30 books and to date continues to actively work in various photography related projects and initiatives . some of his most prominent documentaries include\nbeauty knows no pain\n, 1971 , and\nred white and blue grass\n, 1973 , sponsored with a grant from the american film institute , and\nthe glass makers of herat\n, 1977 .\n\u201clinux today is the fastest growing operating system in the world . as mobile and cloud computing become globally pervasive , new levels of speed and efficiency are required in the enterprise and linux on the mainframe is poised to deliver , \u201d said jim zemlin executive director at the linux foundation . \u201cthe open mainframe project will bring the best technology leaders together to work on linux and advanced technologies from across the it industry and academia to advance the most complex enterprise operations of our time . \u201d\n\u201cvr has the potential to be the next great computing platform , improving sectors ranging from education to healthcare , and contribute significantly to the global economy , \u201d the group said in a statement . \u201cthrough research , international engagement , and the development of best practices , the founding companies of the global virtual reality association will work to unlock and maximize vr\u2019s potential and ensure those gains are shared as broadly around the world as possible .\nhuang jinchang , director of the oncology department at the beijing university of chinese medicine third affiliated hospital , said ,\nthe key to internet - based services is whether doctors can make accurate diagnosis based on the information they get from the internet and video calls .\nstickel was one of the four panel members headlining the event\u2019s most eagerly - anticipated breakout session , \u201cclearing the decks : dealing with foreclosures in your market . \u201d\nthe other breakout session that attracted a standing - room - only audience was a roundtable of global market experts discussing the state of the worldwide real estate market .\ncompiled by ris media , the and is included among the 35 most influential realtors in luxury real estate .\nthe award - winning msc relocation division provides corporations with a wide range of relocation services to smooth the transition and assure immediate employee productivity in the new environment .\nthe duchess of cambridge in the sackler courtyard of the victoria and albert museum . its architect has been shortlisted to build a new concert hall times photographer richard pohle\ngail ( india ) limited was awarded the top indian company in the gas - processing , distribution and marketing sector for the dun & bradstreet corporate awards 2014 .\ndubai , 12th march , 2017 ( wam ) - - the hamdan bin mohammed bin rashid al maktoum international photography award , hipa , has announced the special award recipients for the sixth season of competition , \u2018the challenge\u2019 .\nthe group is currently in the middle of writing their debut album , the process of which is uniquely challenging . since the five men are spread across the globe , they bounce ideas and sounds back and forth through various means of communication until they have pieced together a track .\nwe\u2019ve added tags to the bottom of all article pages allowing you to further explore the topics you\u2019re interested in .\nin my article for nearshore americas i explain\npuebla\u2019s capital city , with 1 . 5 million residents , is the fourth largest metropolis in mexico . situated on the trade route between mexico city and the port of veracruz , puebla was designed and built up by the spanish during the colonial era . many of the city\u2019s historic buildings still stand , but today trucks carry automobiles and auto parts along the trade route between the coast and mexico city .\noverall , industry serves as the major engine of puebla ' s economy , the sector accounts for about 80 percent of the state ' s total economic output .\narc investments has already concluded 16 investments in the financial services sector and 17 non - financial services investments since it was launched under two years ago . among the group\u2019s investment in the financial services sector was a 10 - percent stake in the african operations of alexander forbes it bought last year for r753m . the company also has interests in santam and senayo securities in the sector . van der merwe on thursday said the company had more acquisitions in the pipeline and would continue to invest in the financial services sector .\ndonna nemer , the director of capital markets at the jse , said the listing would offer shareholders the opportunity to invest in a permanently broad - based black - controlled investment entity holding a diversified portfolio of investments . \u201cthe listing of arc investments represents important progress in the transformation of the financial services sector and the jse is proud to be able to aid in its growth through providing the company with access to deep pools of capital by means of a credible , liquid and well - regulated platform , \u201d nemer said . nemer added that the speciality finance sector had a total market capitalisation of r108 . 8bn and contributes 0 . 7 percent to the overall market capitalisation of the jse .\nthe organization ' s structure will be\nbare bones\nover the coming months as it brings on new members . the founding members said they are willing to commit the financial resources and time to making aema a powerful force .\n\u201ca competition was something like a public referendum , \u201d said the architectural historian barry bergdoll , chief curator of architecture and design at the museum of modern art . that spirit was paramount in design contests like those for the chicago tribune tower in the 1920s , the gateway arch in st . louis in 1947 and the vietnam veterans memorial in 1981 .\nseattle , linuxcon / cloudopen / containercon , august 17 , 2015 \u2013 the linux foundation , the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of linux and collaborative development , today announced the open mainframe project . this initiative brings together industry experts to drive innovation and development of linux on the mainframe .\nfounding platinum members of the open mainframe project include adp , ca technologies , ibm and suse . founding silver members include bmc , compuware , lc3 , rsm partners and vicom infinity . the first academic institutions participating in the effort include marist college , university of bedfordshire and the center for information assurance and cybersecurity at university of washington . the announcement comes as the industry marks 15 years of linux on the mainframe .\nthe linux foundation and linux standard base are trademarks of the linux foundation . linux is a trademark of linus torvalds .\njohannesburg - african rainbow capital ( arc ) investments , the acquisition - hungry investment vehicle started by billionaire patrice motsepe , on thursday listed on the main board of the local bourse , with the company raising r4 . 3 bn as it sets its sights on shaking up the financial services sector .\neach year , the company makes significant contributions to more than 75 charitable , educational and cultural institutions throughout the region .\nthe book chinese contemporary architectural designers was published in both chinese and english , with hundreds of pictures , renderings and detailed drawings of the major design works by the four architects .\namid the hustle and bustle of a major traffic junction in hung hom stands an almost illusory building . the jockey club innovation tower , next to the main campus , is designed by one of the greatest architects of our time . the building marks zaha hadid\u2019s first permanent work in hong kong .\nplease update your billing details here to continue enjoying your access to the most informative and considered journalism in the uk .\nin 2013 , icl was also named as a top work place in the richmond region in the small business category .\nin addition , ms . sandepa trakroo , chief manager ( corporate planning ) , gail , won the \u2018woman executive of the year in oil & gas industry\u2019 during the ceremony .\nbefore we launched the sentinels of science awards , we ran a quarterly rewards programme , honouring the reviewers who earnt the most merit for reviews completed over each three month period . the quarterly rewards also acknowledged those reviewers from the most prolific reviewing universities and scientific disciplines ( determined using scopus ' s asjc codes and reviews submitted to journals during the period ) .\nthe grid edge comprises technologies , solutions and business models advancing the transition toward a decentralized , distributed and transactive electric grid .\nthe campus is divided into three zones \u2013 academic clusters , campus green and natural terrain \u2013 to continue the architects\u2019 mission to retain green elements . interlocking teaching facilities are located at one edge of the campus . at the other end , the existing natural terrain is preserved and buildings are adapted to its topography . the two areas are connected by an open outdoor space .\npeter eisenman , on the other hand , says that he must compete to stay busy and that he relishes the challenge .\nin 2014 , we were ranked # 5 in the small business category and also recipient of the\ndoer\naward .\ngail ( india ) limited was awarded the top indian company in the gas - processing , distribution and marketing sector for the dun & bradstreet corporate awards 2014 . shri e s ranganathan , executive director ( o & m ) , gail received the award on behalf of gail from mr . arun shourie , the chief guest of the event in mumbai earlier this week . this is the fourth time that gail has received this award .\nthe rise of activist shareholders in recent years has sparked debate across markets and boardrooms about the role investors should have in public companies and how boards should operate . activist investors have targeted some of the biggest u . s . companies\u2014including some of the backers of the governance principles , such as ge and gm .\n, according to a wall street journal analysis . the research found that at 24 % of the companies , a majority of the board had been in place for at least 10 years .\nthe linux foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of linux and collaborative software development . founded in 2000 , the organization sponsors the work of linux creator linus torvalds and promotes , protects and advances the linux operating system and collaborative software development by marshaling the resources of its members and the open source community . the linux foundation provides a neutral forum for collaboration and education by hosting collaborative projects , linux conferences including linuxcon , and generating original research and content that advances the understanding of linux and collaborative software development . more information can be found at urltoken .\nin the book , the four architects talked about the common difficulties and problems facing chinese architects of the 1960s generation , such as how to be innovative in the western architectural design system , demonstrate local elements in modern architecture , understand preservation of ancient cities , demonstrate the concept of environmental protection in design and look at the traditional chinese concept of fengshui . through analyzing specific cases , the architects uncovered unknown details of the design and construction of landmark buildings , including beijing capital international airport terminal 3 , sinking garden of the olympic park , china national petroleum corp . headquarters building , hangzhou olympic sports center and phoenix international media center .\nthis statewide survey and awards program is designed to identify , recognize and honor the bets places of employment in virginia , benefiting the state ' s economy , its workforce and businesses . the best places to work in virginia list is made up of 100 companies . companies from across the state entered the two - part survey process to determine the best places to work in virginia . the first part consisted of evaluating each nominated company ' s workplace policies , practices , philosophy , systems and demographics . the second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience .\nthe plan also creates excitement in the workforce . it is one thing to win a big contract , but then just cranking out production every day for three years gets old . fast . luginbill has a team resizing over 300 magazine advertisements a week . \u201cyou think the employees are getting out of the bed in the morning going \u2018woohoo ? ' \u201d he asks . \u201cthey are like old - school oarsman shackled in the bottom of the boat . \u201d\na man learns he has a thirteen - year - old son who was raised in the jungle and brings the boy to new york city , turning his life upside down in the process .\njustin johnson favorite track is dior 999 at this point but all the tracks jam . you can definitely hear the fob influence .\nthe emo revival is worldwide\u2014this new zealand group has all the sincere melodies and big , cathartic moments any fan would look for .\ncatchy emo tells the autobiographical tale of singer / guitarist erik garlington growing up a queer , black atheist in the bible belt .\ndespite the criticism that china has become a testing ground for foreign designers , cooperation with the world ' s top designers has given chinese architects the golden opportunity to learn the latest design ideas and technologies . this is what designers who studied abroad cannot have .\nanother futuristic building in the hong kong academic scene is the run run shaw creative media centre ( cmc ) at city university .\nnot only celebrating outstanding contributions to the oil & gas and renewables industry , any surplus from the event is invested in a wide range of initiatives designed to inspire the industry to continue evolving .\n\u201cdemand has grown among academic , corporate and government partners for furthering the mainframe\u2019s expansion into the open ecosystem , \u201d said ross mauri , general manager , ibm z systems . \u201cibm looks forward to contributing our expertise to the community and learning from others to find innovative ways to combine the flexibility of open source software with the world - class speed , security and scalability of the mainframe . \u201d\nveteran american photographer , elliott erwitt is set to be presented with the prestigious \u2018photography appreciation award\u2019 , while the omani arts foundation , bait al zubair will receive the \u2018photography research / report award\u2019 . both winners will be presented with their accolades at the sixth annual hipa awards ceremony on wednesday the 15th of march at dubai opera .\nhaving moved to nola to study and perform courtesy of the ontario arts council , chris butcher suggested the band come down to join him to soak up the culture and draw some inspiration from the music scene that has been such a tremendous influence on our work .\nqin zexi , an analyst at beijing - based iresearch consulting group , said the internet - based healthcare industry will continue to gain steam , thanks to the swift development of the mobile internet technology and the government ' s intensified efforts to push forward medical reform .\nthe kitchen is filled with comfy furniture , nurturing the generation of creative ideas through relaxation . and once you are hit with an inspiration , you can let everyone know by ringing the \u201ccreative\u201d bell !\nfrank gehry , who is credited with regenerating bilbao with his guggenheim museum ; the norwegian company snohetta ; and diller scofidio + renfro from the united states complete the shortlist . a winner will be announced\u2026\nthe edison awards are commsday\u2019s new industry recognition program , designed to reward industry excellence in 16 separate categories . the awards ceremony was held at the westin hotel in sydney on march 16 th 2017 .\nwhile competitions have long been a staple of planning in western europe \u2014 in some countries they are legally required for public buildings \u2014 they have a spotty history in the united states . in america\u2019s early years they were seen as part of the democratic process ; contests were organized for the design of the white house and the capitol .\nshri tripathi , who was presented the award at a glittering ceremony in the french capital last evening , was recognized for his outstanding contribution in the development of global lng industry and in recognition of his dynamism and leadership skills to steer gail forward , which are reflected in the company\u00b4s landmark achievements in lng sourcing in the recent past .\nthe wind industry is in a period of intensifying competition and shifting demand that requires a multi - faceted view of the global market .\nat michael saunders & company , ours is a company - wide commitment to enrich the lives and culture of the communities we serve .\nthe meeting room table is looking as harsh as a new idea about to be developed . the center of the table is filled with toys just in case you need something to illustrate your new idea .\nthe group also recommended that boards consider periodic rotation of committee chairmen and the lead independent director . the notion of replacing committee leaders every few years \u201cis an emerging practice , \u2019\u2019 mr . booraem said .\nxerox corp . awarded ceo ursula burns a compensation package last year that the company valued at $ 10 . 6 million , a 7 percent increase from the year before as burns assumed the title of chairwoman and orchestrated the printer and copier maker ' s deeper . . .\nthe campus houses everything that a modern university needs , from teaching facilities to lecture theatres , an indoor gymnasium and residence . in order to maximise density within the property\u2019s restricted footprint , the design is composed of vertically stacked blocks . classrooms and libraries that require more space are on the upper floors and are suspended from the main slab blocks .\nthe baltimore - washington parkway was closed for a few hours wednesday after a man walked out of the woods and tapped on the rear window of a speed camera contractor ' s vehicle with a gun , then hit the windshield with a hammer before fleeing , authorities . . .\nas more and more customers bank digitally , it means that back office staff , who run the systems behind the digital channels , will have far more of an impact on the customer experience their bank provides .\nicl has once again been awarded the distinction of best places to work in virginia for 2018 . the annual list of the best places to work in virginia was created by virginia business and best companies group .\nunder the patronage of his highness sheikh hamdan bin mohammed bin rashid al maktoum , the crown prince of dubai , the sixth annual hipa awards ceremony is set to take place on wednesday the 15th of march at dubai opera in downtown dubai at 7 p . m . . alongside the special awards recipients , the winners of hipa\u2019s sixth season competition will also be announced . categories in hipa\u2019s sixth season of competition include ,\nthe challenge\n, which also serves as the theme of the competition ,\ndigital manipulation\n,\ngeneral ( black and white )\n,\ngeneral ( colour )\nand\nportfolio\n.\nthe dabhol - bengaluru pipeline was dedicated to the nation by the hon\u00b4ble prime minister of india during the 8th asia gas partnership summit 2013 . the rs . 4508 crore , 1000 km long high pressure dabhol - bengaluru gas pipeline project of various diameters , designed to transport 16 mmscmd of rlng from dabhol is a first - of - its - kind undertaken in the difficult terrain of western ghats . this ambitious project is an important limb of national gas grid and opens southern india to various sources of natural gas . this project will enable the states of goa and karnataka to use the most environment friendly green fuel for the first time .\nin march , li bin , minister for the national health and family planning commission , called for more widespread use of the internet to direct patients to different medical institutions based on their needs , so as to reduce the pressure on big hospitals and improve the efficiency of medical resources .\nhowever , chinese architects born in the 1960s are also\nunlucky\nin the sense that they no longer have the complete authority their predecessors had in an era in which there were few architects and design institutions , and the architectural design industry was completely a seller ' s market .\nthe 1 , 000 km - long dabhol - bangaluru pipeline , which connects south india to the national gas grid , was built at an investment of rs 4 , 500 crore . completed within cost , the pipeline construction was carried out in highly undulating western ghats and met all norms of health and occupational safety . the project had earlier been conferred the coveted platts global energy awards in the \u2018premier project in large construction\u2019 category .\nwhen a boy prays for a chance to have a family if the california angels win the pennant , angels are assigned to make that possible .\nthe open mainframe project is a linux foundation collaborative project . collaborative projects are independently supported software projects that harness the power of collaborative development to fuel innovation across industries and ecosystems . by spreading the collaborative dna of the largest collaborative software development project in history , the linux foundation provides the essential collaborative and organizational framework so project hosts can focus on innovation and results . linux foundation collaborative projects span the enterprise , mobile , embedded and life sciences markets and are backed by many of the largest names in technology . for more information about linux foundation collaborative projects , please visit : urltoken\nmr . inman has been a visiting fellow at the uc berkeley school of journalism and a lecturer at the uc berkeley haas school of business .\nthe construction of beijing capital international airport terminal 3 has given the team headed by shao weiping the opportunity to work with top companies in airport construction such as netherlands airport consultants b . v . , foster & partner and arup group limited . what they learned from this project has heavily influenced their designs of the phoenix international media center , which is currently under construction . the design and technologies of the center are of international standard , and its nonlinear curvaceous structure breaks out of the traditional construction mold . thus the center has been selected as world ' s top 10 cultural buildings in 2011 by the world ' s leading design website designboom . com .\naema will be the first 501 ( c ) ( 6 ) national advocacy organization for the demand response industry . it will be fundamentally different from the industry ' s two other trade groups , the peak load management alliance and the association for demand response and smart grid , which can only focus on educational work as 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) organizations .\nby mid - morning the resources index was 0 . 30 % softer , although one of the big three , glencore [ jse : gln ] , traded on a new 52 - week high . gold shares were 2 . 92 % lower , with the gold price almost 1 % down and the rand trading slightly stronger at r12 . 90 to the dollar .\n\u201cthis partnership between outside capital and black empowerment capital is a win - win situation for our company . this gives us the opportunity to raise more capital and increases the sizes of the deals we will look at . we will definitely pour more capital into the financial services sector , \u201d van der merwe said . arc investments\u2019 listing also attracted institutional shareholders such as the public investment corporation , sanlam private wealth and the singapore sovereign wealth fund .\nthe spe aberdeen offshore achievement awards ( oaa ) is the biggest and longest established oil , gas and renewables industry awards for the uk offshore energy sector , covering all aspects from supply to upstream operations and offshore renewables .\ngail ( india ) limited was adjudged \u2018company of the year\u2019 in the project management category for its dabhol \u2013 bengaluru natural gas pipeline project at the petroleum federation of india ( petrofed ) oil & gas industry awards 2013 .\nborn and living in the age of great changes , chinese architects straddle a line where many worlds converge : they have to learn the western architectural design system , insist or compromise between developers and clients , work between the chinese government and foreigner cooperation partners and face the competition of foreign designers .\nicl was named regional carrier of the year for 2013 by containerisation international .\nthe containerisation international awards recognize those companies and individuals that , over the past year , have made an outstanding contribution to the container liner shipping and logistics industry , either through being innovative , proactive and pioneering .\nthe unruly team of hockey misfits grows up a bit and receives scholarships to a prestigious prep school , where they take on the snotty varsity team .\ngo see them this saturday @ metro gallery . it is well worth the pittance of the price of admission . you won ' t be disappointed .\n\u201cwe\u2019re looking forward to the results of this collaboration on the open mainframe project , which we expect will dramatically advance the technologies we use to run our business , \u201d said steve conger , vp mainframe systems technology , adp .\nthe coalition of companies and investors steered clear of certain hot - button issues , such as splitting the roles of chairman and ceo . ( the principles suggested that independent directors decide whether to combine those top two jobs . )\njohannesburg - a relief rally on global markets pushed the jse ' s all - share index back above 56 000 points in early trade on monday , as higher overseas markets supported the big industrial shares on the local bourse .\nthe 15 - storey building makes use of the pritzker - prize - winning architect\u2019s iconic visionary silhouettes and fluid character . \u201cits design dissolves the classic typography of tower and the podium into an iconic seamlessly fluid new structure , \u201d hadid said . it may seem out of place in its busy setting , but it lives up to its name , housing the school of design .\nthe chu hai college of higher education campus is \u201ca highly linked and connected institution\u201d according to rocco design architects , a hong kong firm led by esteemed architect rocco yim . the complex consists of two academic buildings , dormitories , a boulevard that connects the two blocks and green space beneath the bridges .\nsustainability , interconnectivity and flexibility are the focuses of the project\u2019s design strategy , which aims to create communities for research , learning , working and living .\nbut for architects the uncertainties can be a trial . mr . mayne of the los angeles firm morphosis cites the 1999 competition organized by the general services administration for a new 270 , 000 - square - foot federal courthouse in eugene , ore . he beat out four other contenders but only later learned that the location they had been given had been merely hypothetical . \u201cthey change the site , you\u2019re more or less starting over , \u201d he said .\nthe open mainframe project will focus on finding ways to leverage new software and tools in the linux environment that are ideal for taking advantage of the mainframe\u2019s speed , security , scalability and availability . the project will seek to significantly broaden the set of tools and resources that are intended to drive development and collaboration of mainframe linux . it will also aim to coordinate mainframe improvements to upstream projects to increase the quality of these code submissions and ease upstream collaboration .\nbecause of an editing error , an article on aug . 19 about architecture competitions misstated the location of the skidmore , owings & merrill office that submitted a model for the transbay terminal in san francisco . it was submitted by design partners in firm\u2019s the san francisco office , not its new york office ."]}
{"id": 54392, "summary": [{"text": "brightmail inc. was a san francisco-based technology company focused on anti-spam filtering .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "brightmail 's system has a three-pronged approach to stopping spam , the probe network is a massive number of e-mail addresses established for the sole purpose of receiving spam .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "the brightmail logistics and operations center ( bloc ) evaluates newly detected spam and issues rules for isps .", "topic": 28}, {"text": "the third approach is the spam wall , a filtering engine that identifies and screens out spam based on the updates from the bloc .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "brightmail had partnerships with major email providers and isps including netscape , sendmail , hotmail and software.com .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "other partners include at&t worldnet service , concentric network , earthlink , excite , fastnet , flashnet , juno online services and usa.net .", "topic": 34}, {"text": "the antivirus-inspired regular update mechanism used to detect spam email attracted the attention of internet security software makers and brightmail was acquired by symantec in 2004 .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the brightmail name continued to be used by symantec , and the slogan powered by brightmail appeared on their products until 2011 when most products were renamed or deprecated into what is known as symantec messaging gateway ( smg ) . ", "topic": 31}], "title": "brightmail", "paragraphs": ["symantec announces brightmail iq services and availability of brightmail gateway 8 . 0 | symantec\nbmi _ config _ file = / opt / brightmail / etc / brightmail . cfg\nthe symantec brightmail solution consists of the brightmail antispam software along with realtime anti - spam and anti - virus rule updates downloaded to email servers .\nbecause the symantec brightmail sdk is third - party software , it is not included in the messaging server installation kit . you must obtain the symantec brightmail sdk and server software from symantec . the mta has configuration settings to tell it whether and where to load the symantec brightmail sdk to enable symantec brightmail integration .\nmuch i know . brightmail ' s customers include ebay and cisco . and it\nbrightmail with roughly 100 . ( and , of course , symantec owns the retail\nsymantec brightmail offers only two distinguishable services , spam and virus . however , symantec brightmail supports the concept of \u201cgroup policies , \u201d enabling different actions for different users based on the same verdict . see the symantec brightmail antispam documentation for more information . symantec brightmail also provides \u201ccontent - filtering\u201d service , but this functionality is provided using sieve , so there is no added value to have symantec brightmail do the sieve filtering .\nthe symantec brightmail software can be located on the same system as the mta , or it can be on a separate host . in fact , you can have a farm of symantec brightmail servers serving one or more mtas . the symantec brightmail sdk uses the bmiconfig _ client . xml file to determine which symantec brightmail servers to use .\nfor a list of available opt - in strings , please contact your brightmail representative .\nin addition to brightmail anti - virus , symantec would acquire brightmail reputation service , which blocks messages from identified spam sources , and brightmail anti - fraud , which blocks fraudulent e - mails that mimic legitimate communications in order to steal financial and personal data .\nan organization deploys the symantec brightmail software at its site . symantec has email probes set around the internet for detection of new spam . symantec technicians create custom rules to block this spam in realtime . these rules are downloaded to symantec brightmail servers , also in realtime . the symantec brightmail database is updated and the symantec brightmail server runs this database filter against the email for the specified users or domains .\nit was unclear how the acquisition would impact solution providers in brightmail ' s extensive channel program , but officials at symantec said that resellers currently selling brightmail solutions would be ' welcomed ' into the symantec channel .\nto install an ssl certificate using symantec brightmail gateway 9 . 0 . 2 , perform the following steps .\n[ symantec has ] had a lot of influence in brightmail ' s business\nsince making its investment in 2000 , he said , noting that brightmail will now have a global reach it never had on its own .\nsymantec . . . has a great distribution channel that brightmail couldn ' t hope to match .\nthis must go into section 1 of exim ' s configuration file ( you can put it right on top ) . if you omit this option , it defaults to / opt / brightmail / etc / brightmail . cfg .\nsymantec invested an undisclosed amount in brightmail in july 2000 and currently holds an equity stake of approximately 11 percent .\nfor more information in regards to symantec brightmail gateway 9 . 0 . 2 , please visit : id = doc3017 .\nbrightmail anti - virus\u2122 already combines symantec ' s award - winning antivirus technology with brightmail ' s high - performance , scalable architecture . by stopping and cleaning infected messages at the internet gateway , brightmail anti - virus is the solution for the world ' s largest service providers to protect their networks and end - users from the threat of email - borne viruses .\nsymantec invested an undisclosed amount in brightmail in july 2000 and holds an equity stake of approximately 11 percent . according to a recent report from it think tank gartner , brightmail is one of the four\nleaders\nin the antispam market today .\nsymantec made a strategic investment in brightmail in july 2000 and now holds about an 11 % stake in the company . according to a statement , brightmail ' s board determined an acquisition by symantec would be\na more favorable strategic alternative .\nthe security specialist says it plans to pay $ 370 million to acquire brightmail , a maker of tools for blocking spam and viruses .\nat brightmail , officials were equally excited about the acquisition , and about reaping the benefits of integrating their product with a larger platform .\nthe messaging server mta passes an optin variable to the symantec brightmail server . if a destinationspamfilter n optin optin - value or sourcespamfilter n optin optin - value marking is placed on a relevant channel in the imta . cnf file , or if a domain or user has the appropriate ldap attribute set to some string ( optin - value ) , then that optin - value is passed as the value of the optin variable to brightmail . if you enable the brightmail client - side optin , and the optin value is not set , the brightmail default is null , which means that emails are not going to be filtered with any symantec brightmail services ( spam or virus ) .\nwhen symantec security response receives spam from email probes , operators immediately create appropriate spam filtering rules , which are downloaded to symantec brightmail customer machines . similarly , symantec security response sends realtime virus rules . these rules are used by customer\u2019s symantec brightmail servers to catch spam and viruses .\nbecause spam and virus filtering involve significant work , adding symantec brightmail server ( configured to perform both spam and virus filtering ) to an existing messaging server host serving as an mta can , due to the additional work performed , reduce overall message throughput on that host by as much as 50 percent . to allow symantec brightmail to perform its valuable work without reducing overall message throughput , a rule of thumb might be to add two dedicated symantec brightmail servers for each mta , so that the symantec brightmail servers can \u201ckeep up\u201d with the usual mta message throughput .\nbrightmail iq services is a free resource available to the public that combines information from the symantec global intelligence network with comprehensive analysis by symantec security response and the brightmail operations team to provide users with insights into trends around daily email and spam volumes and spam content types and categories .\nbrightmail defends against current attacks in real - time and proactively identifies first - time spam , meeting the security needs of enterprises and service providers .\navailable now : brightmail gateway 8 . 0 is now available directly from symantec or through symantec ' s worldwide network of value - added authorized resellers , distributors and systems integrators . brightmail gateway is also available as part of symantec multi - tier protection . for more information , please visit urltoken .\nthe sun java system messaging server mta uses the symantec brightmail sdk to communicate with the symantec brightmail server . the mta dispatches messages based on the response from brightmail . after the mail ( 1a ) or ( 1b ) is received by the mta , the mta sends a copy of the message contents to the symantec brightmail server ( 2 ) . the symantec brightmail server uses its rules and data to determine if the message is a spam or virus ( 3 ) , and returns a verdict to the mta . based on the verdict , the mta either ( 4a ) discards the message , or ( 4b ) delivers it to a particular folder in the message store , or ( 4c ) delivers it to the default inbox folder .\nsecurity specialist symantec announced on wednesday that it plans to pay $ 370 million to acquire brightmail , a maker of tools for blocking spam and viruses .\nthe deal , which is still subject to regulatory approval , was announced just one month after brightmail stated intentions to file for an initial public offering .\n, the solution ensures that users don ' t miss legitimate email . supported by the world\u2019s most extensive symantec global intelligence network , the brightmail message filter solution\nthe deal , which is still subject to regulatory approval , was announced just one day after brightmail reportedly stated intentions to file for an initial public offering .\nadoption of virtual edition : since brightmail gateway virtual edition was first announced in february 2008 , customers have deployed more than 1 , 000 production virtual appliances .\nnow available for public use via the spam tab on the symantec security response web page . the brightmail iq services site can be found directly at urltoken .\nthe brightmail reputation service complements its anti - spam product , providing businesses with an additional level of security against messaging security threats by allowing them to block messages from identified spam sources . brightmail anti - fraud protects established businesses from fraudulent e - mails that mimic legitimate communications in order to steal financial or personal data .\ni think this is good for [ both companies ] ,\nfelman said .\nit ' s amazing that [ brightmail ] went this route so close to going public , but with the two technologies as part of the same suite , [ symantec and brightmail ] should be able to protect everybody .\nanother advantage for brightmail in the deal , he said , is that while the enterprise antispam marketplace has finite potential on its own , brightmail can now be seen with symantec as a player in the larger and more lucrative overall messaging security market .\nthis lets brightmail move into a much larger messaging security space ,\nmahowald said .\ncustomers are not going to be as enchanted with point antispam solutions as they [ will be ] with larger strategic messaging products .\nsymantec made a strategic investment in brightmail in july 2000 and currently holds an approximately 11 percent equity stake in the company . subsequent to the filing of a registration statement in march 2004 for an initial public offering , brightmail ' s board of directors and stockholders determined the combination with symantec to be a more favorable strategic alternative .\nit was unclear how the acquisition would impact solution providers in brightmail ' s extensive channel program , but executives at cupertino , calif . - based symantec said the 100 resellers currently selling brightmail solutions would be\nwelcomed\ninto the symantec channel , and that products from both vendors would soon be available to vars on both sides .\nsan jose , calif . \u0097 security software maker symantec announced wednesday it is acquiring the anti - spam firm brightmail in a cash deal valued at about $ 370 million .\nbrightmail , the global anti - spam market leader delivers technology that makes messaging environments secure and manageable . pc magazine ' s editors choice for best enterprise anti - spam software , brightmail anti - spam protects the email networks of businesses , government agencies , and service providers , blocking unsolicited bulk email , or\nspam\n, while assuring that legitimate mail is reliably delivered . brightmail protects over 1 , 800 enterprises globally , including avaya , ebay , bechtel , booz allen hamilton , cisco , cypress semiconductors , deutsche bank , eastman , lucent technologies , macromedia , microsoft , motorola , sas and terra lycos . brightmail also provides spam protection for the leading internet service providers , including at & t worldnet , cox communications , earthlink , msn , telstraclear , xtra and verizon online . brightmail now protects approximately 300 million mailboxes worldwide . for more information , visit urltoken .\nonce the sdk is loaded , symantec brightmail message processing is determined by several factors and levels of granularity . symantec brightmail scanning can be selected in the mta in a variety of ways , including via use of a per - user ldap attribute , or via use of a per - domain ldap attribute , or according to source or destination channel .\nspecifics on how symantec would incorporate brightmail solutions were sketchy , but officials from both firms said in a conference call that these details would become clearer over the next few weeks .\nquestions to address now include how well will symantec integrate brightmail . in fact this seems to be the least of symatec ' s worries as the two companies have been doing business for the last 4 years and symantec already has a 11 % stake on the company . this has been one of the main factors considered by symantec to target brightmail and we expect a smooth transition .\nbrightmail gateway appliances ( formerly symantec mail security 8300 series ) deliver inbound and outbound messaging security , with effective and accurate antispam and antivirus protection , advanced content filtering , and data loss prevention .\nsan francisco - based brightmail provides software that uses filters and other proprietary technologies to block spam at the customer ' s internet gateway , the point at which internet traffic enters the public network .\n' i think this is good for [ both companies ] , ' said fred felman , vice president of marketing at san francisco - based zone labs . ' it ' s amazing that [ brightmail ] went this route so close to going public , but with the two technologies as part of the same suite , [ symantec and brightmail ] should be able to protect everybody . '\nbrightmail antispam is a commercial package . please see urltoken for more information on the product . for the sake of clarity , we ' ll refer to it as\nbmi\nfrom now on .\nin a move that could alter the alignment of the antispam marketplace , security vendor symantec said late wednesday that it signed an agreement to acquire antispam vendor brightmail for approximately $ 370 million in cash .\nbrightmail executives added that they were equally excited about the acquisition , and said during the conference call that they were looking forward to reaping the benefits of integrating their product with a larger distribution network and platform .\nthis acquisition will position symantec to provide customers with the most comprehensive messaging security solution in the industry . symantec will now focus on integrating brightmail ' s industry - leading anti - spam solutions into symantec ' s gateway offerings to create a new class of protection . in addition , the company will look to leverage the huge volume of email traffic passing through the brightmail filtering process as a new source of early warning on impending threats .\nthis solution is available for download . symantec brightmail antispam with antivirus makes email more secure and productive , providing enterprises with an advanced antispam and email threat defense plus antivirus protection ( powered by the symantec antivirus engine ) .\ncupertino , calif . - may 19 , 2004 - symantec corp . ( nasdaq : symc ) , the global leader in information security , today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire brightmail , the worldwide leader in anti - spam technology , in a cash transaction valued at approximately $ 370 million . brightmail ' s market - leading anti - spam technology will be a key complement to symantec ' s broad array of gateway security solutions .\nthe acquisition of antispam vendor brightmail inc . by security and utility software vendor symantec corp . is being viewed by a sampling of industry analysts and competitors as a good move in the marketplace that will benefit enterprise it users .\n[ brightmail anti - fraud ] fits with some of the systems that symantec already has put in place ,\nsalem said .\nit is a good match , and the beauty is that we are already integrated .\nbrightmail ' s corporate customers include ebay , deutsche bank , cisco systems and bechtel . it also provides spam protection to major internet service providers , including at & t worldnet , cox communications , earthlink , msn and verizon online .\nin a move that could alter the alignment of the anti - spam marketplace , security vendor symantec announced late wednesday that it has signed an agreement to acquire anti - spam vendor brightmail for around us $ 370 million in cash .\nbrightmail is a leading provider of electronic messaging security software and services to enterprises and messaging service providers worldwide , currently protecting approximately 25 % of all mailboxes globally . our proprietary software platform provides flexible , scalable and dynamic anti - spam ,\nthis variable will contain a base64 encoded subset of the verdict information concerning the\nrules\nthat fired on the message . you can add this string to a header , commonly named\nx - brightmail - tracker\n. example :\nbrightmail ' s industry - leading anti - spam technology protects the networks of enterprises , service providers , and wireless carriers by filtering spam , viruses and undesired messages at the internet gateway . brightmail anti - spamtm uses multiple proprietary technologies , a globally deployed detection network , and a dynamic rule delivery mechanism to identify and filter unsolicited or unwanted electronic messages while reducing the number of blocked legitimate e - mails , or false positives , to less than one message in a million .\nrobert mahowald , an analyst at idc in framingham , mass . , said the acquisition is\nsomething that we ' ve seen coming for some time - - a greater ownership , if not total ownership , of brightmail by symantec .\nurltoken note : it is imperative that you do not use specific ip addresses for these hostnames when creating firewall rules . symantec brightmail network changes done in mid - june 2009 can impact those customers that restrict access by ip in their firewalls .\nwhen a message is determined to contain a virus , the symantec brightmail software can be configured to clean the virus and resubmit the cleaned message back to the mta . ( due to some undesirable side effects caused by loss of information about the original message in a resubmitted cleaned message , do not configure symantec brightmail to resubmit the cleaned message back to the mta . ) when the message is spam , the verdict back from symantec brightmail along with the mta configuration for how to interpret that verdict determine what happens to the message . the message can be discarded , filed into a folder , tagged as spam or virus on the subject line , passed to a sieve rule , delivered normally in the inbox , and so on .\ncupertino , calif . \u2013 mar . 17 , 2009 \u2013 symantec corp . ( nasdaq : symc ) today announced the availability of its latest enterprise messaging security platform , symantec brightmail gateway 8 . 0 , and with it also introduced brightmail iq services , a free online resource intended to provide real - time insights into the latest spam trends , threats and senders . together these offerings deliver the most effective and comprehensive approach to keeping aware of spam trends and staying ahead of their threats .\nprovides additional resources for users such as a sender ip address lookup , blog posts from the brightmail operations team , and links to discussion forums and research reports including the monthly state of spam report . the march report was issued by symantec today .\nwe think that symantec has landed a company with proven technology and a leading positioning in the enterprise anti - spam market . this could also be seen as an effort of symantec of strengthening its positioning in the enterprise market and an opportunity to tap into some of brightmail ' s accounts . however , we believe that symantec will overpay ( in case the transaction is finally completed ) for brightmail as its current revenues do not justify such a high price tag ( $ 370 million in cash ) .\nnote for bmi6 . x users : this file is in xml format in v6 . xx and its name is / opt / brightmail / etc / bmiconfig . xml . so bmi 6 . x users must set the bmi _ config _ file option .\nstill , others wondered aloud how the acquisition would impact some of the technology partnerships brightmail has carved over the years . currently , the firm provides its signature - based anti - spam filtering to other vendors such as microsoft , sun , oracle , and borderware .\nprovides users with web access to spam messages that the brightmail software has quarantined for them . users can browse , search , and delete their spam messages and can also redeliver misidentified messages to their standard inbox . an administrator account provides access to all quarantined messages .\nsymantec brightmail gateway includes pre - installed ca certificates for the most common certificate authority vendors . add a ca certificate if a certificate authority issues you an smtp / tls or https certificate and that certificate authority ' s ca certificate is not already in the control center .\nthe brightmail anti - virus solution already integrates some of symantec ' s antivirus technology . according to john thompson , symantec ' s chairman and ceo , the acquisition will only improve the way the two technologies work together , eventually leading to a stronger integrated approach to security overall .\nrebecca wetteman , an analyst at nucleus research in wellesley , mass . , said the deal also makes sense because the two companies have had a relationship since 2000 , when cupertino , calif . - based symantec bought an 11 % equity stake in san francisco - based brightmail .\nthe addition of brightmail to symantec ' s comprehensive product and service offerings will help control spam and fraud ,\nhe said .\nthis acquisition will allow symantec ' s customers to gain control of a threat base that has been continually growing without necessary levels of protection .\nmerging with symantec reaffirms the vision we had when we founded brightmail six years ago ,\nsaid sunil paul , the company ' s founder .\nwe saw a business opportunity in protecting e - mail users from the threat of spam and that opportunity has been realized .\n' the addition of brightmail to the symantec ' s comprehensive product and service offerings will help control spam and fraud , ' he said . ' this acquisition will allow symantec ' s customers to gain control of a threat base that has been continually growing without necessary levels of protection . '\nsymantec has announced the acquisition of partner brightmail . symantec has traditionally been a highly acquisitive company and its strategy has not changed on this occassion . anti - spam has become an integral offering of anti - virus vendors and follows the early moves of some of its competitors such as sophos .\nhello all , i ' m about 99 % done with an exchange 2007 to 2010 migration . i have all of our users moved over to 2010 and i ' m trying to do the\nshut off the 2007 ht servers to verify mailflow\ntest . we use a symantec brightmail appliance vm for incoming and outgoing emails . all emails coming into our domain will hit that first and then get forwarded internally . this seems to be where the problem starts . if i check the source of emails in my inbox , it looks like it hits the brightmail appliance , then goes to our exchange2007 ht server , then the 2010 ht server , and then it ' s delivered . if i shut off the 2007 ht server , it ' ll stay in the delivery queue on the brightmail gateway with a\n421 4 . 4 . 0 [ internal ] no mxs for this domain could be reached at this time\nerror . some background info : in the brightmail settings ( version 9 . 5 ) , i have the two 2010 ht servers configured for inbound mail . i have removed the two 2007 servers . in our dns , i have mx records for the two 2010 ht servers , i removed the 2007 mx records . i must be missing something else , because the brightmail appliance is still trying to send to the 2007 ht servers . let me know if i can provide any more information . any help is much appreciated ! thanks !\nstill , others wondered how the acquisition would impact some of the technology partnerships brightmail has carved out over the years . currently , the firm provides its signature - based antispam filtering to vendors such as microsoft , sun microsystems , oracle and borderware . neither cullen nor salem commented on this issue .\nit ' s not just about spam , and customers are demanding more ,\nincluding products that solve a wide range of messaging problems , he said .\nin some respects , this represents brightmail ' s acknowledgment that it needs to be more than just spam [ software ] .\nthis article provides background information on symantec brightmail antispam ( sbas ) software and coolthreads technology - powered servers , the configurations used for performance measurements , the challenges presented by benchmarking anti - spam software , and the actual steps used to tune the hardware / software combination to achieve the reported performance levels .\nthe brightmail anti - spam solution already integrates some of symantec ' s antivirus technology . the acquisition will only improve the way the two technologies work together , eventually leading to a stronger integrated approach to security overall , according to steve cullen , senior vice president of security products and solutions at symantec .\nspecifics on how symantec would incorporate brightmail solutions were sketchy , but executives from both firms noted that because the companies currently work together , they would be ready to take a combined product to market as soon as the deal closes . salem estimated that the deal would most likely close before july 1 .\nsymantec mail security for smtp 5 . 0 with premium antispam combines the award - winning symantec brightmail\u2122 antispam engine with powerful content filtering technologies and web - based management tools . it controls both incoming and outgoing messages to reduce the workload on your email servers , protect your employees , and safeguard confidential information .\ncupertino , calif . - june 22 , 2004 - symantec corp . ( nasdaq : symc ) , the global leader in information security , today announced the acquisition of brightmail , originally announced on may 19 , 2004 , has cleared the customary regulatory approvals and the transaction has been completed ahead of schedule .\nwhile news of the planned acquisition came as a surprise to some , others said they saw it coming . brightmail had written in its ipo registration statement that it would use the proceeds to strengthen and broaden its offerings , heightening speculation that there may be potential consolidation within the e - mail filtering industry .\n' spam has increasingly become one of the most severe threats to individuals and enterprises today , ' he said in a statement . ' brightmail is the leader in helping enterprises , service providers , and wireless carriers mitigate this threat , and their technology is a critical component of a comprehensive gateway security solution . '\ni managed to solve this . on the brightmail gateway , i went into protocols and then domains . our local domain was listed in there and i had a delivery set to the old 2007 ht server . apparently that will take precedence over anything else . i just switched it to the 2010 ht server and everything works now !\nthis is one of the hottest markets around right now , and we saw that a combination of the two companies would create an unstoppable force in the marketplace ,\nsaid enrique salem , president and ceo of brightmail , san francisco .\nmarketing our products through symantec vars will be a home run [ for everybody ] .\nwhile news of the acquisition came as a surprise to some , other industry insiders noted that they saw it coming . brightmail had written in its ipo registration statement that it would use the proceeds to strengthen and broaden its offering , heightening speculation that there may be acquisitions in the pipeline and potential consolidation within the e - mail filtering industry .\nsymantec already works with brightmail from an integration perspective , so this should be a pretty reasonable move from an internal perspective for them to work together more closely ,\nwetteman said . she predicted continued consolidation in the marketplace , because an\nintegrated approach to spam and the entire e - mail security [ issue ] makes sense .\nexpanded support for virtual appliances : brightmail gateway 8 . 0 virtual edition allows customers to adaptively provision messaging security resources to respond to spam attacks and periodic threat waves while maximizing utilization of it resources . version 8 . 0 adds support for vmware esxi , in addition to vmware esx , as well as support for mixed physical and virtual deployments .\nleveraging brightmail 8 virtual edition gives us the choice of quickly and incrementally scaling our messaging security infrastructure ,\nsaid conrad maiorino , director of network services and architecture at six flags , inc .\nchanges to our messaging security setup can happen without the hassle of making physical infrastructure configurations and we benefit further from the resource utilization benefits of virtualization .\ndavid daniels , an analyst at jupiter research in new york , said that by bringing together messaging security technologies from symantec and brightmail , the installation and upkeep of the systems will be easier for it staffs .\nwhen you think of the maintenance of these products , you have to update them and can now do it at once , making it easier for the installed base ,\ndaniels said .\nspam has increasingly become one of the most severe threats to individuals and enterprises today , topping viruses as the number one problem plaguing email systems and administrators ,\nsaid john w . thompson , symantec chairman and chief executive officer .\nbrightmail is the leader in helping enterprises , service providers , and wireless carriers mitigate this threat . their patented technology is a critical component of a comprehensive gateway security solution .\nwith brightmail in the fold % 85 we ' re talking about a messaging gateway that would deliver integrated security solutions that nobody else delivers today ,\ncullen said during a conference call wednesday evening .\nwhat we ' re saying is that we ' re going to give our partners a much more valuable solution to take to market than they could have done previously . it will be a great calling card .\nwe ' ve built a complete spam defense offering that includes multiple technologies such as proactive heuristic and reputation - based blocking for the most robust , multi - layered defense , providing the highest accuracy rating in the industry ,\nsaid enrique salem , brightmail president and chief executive officer .\nby joining forces with symantec , we can provide our combined base of customers around the world with the broadest messaging security solution in the industry .\nsymantec brightmail requirements are as follows : windows\u00ae \u2022 microsoft windows 2000 server or windows server\u2122 2003 \u2022 intel\u00ae pentium\u00ae 4 processor or higher \u2022 1024 mb ram minimum \u2022 250 mb available space solaris\u2122 \u2022 sun\u2122 solaris 9 or 10 \u2022 ultrasparc processor \u2022 1024 mb ram minimum \u2022 250 mb available space linux \u2022 red hat linux es / as 3 . 0 or 4 . 0 \u2022 intel pentium 4 processor or higher \u2022 1024 mb ram minimum \u2022 250 mb available space\ntom gillis , vice president of worldwide marketing at antispam appliance vendor ironport systems inc . in san bruno , calif . , said the deal will also likely help his company , which already uses brightmail software on a majority of its gateway appliances .\nit will potentially bring ironport closer to symantec , which is good for us ,\nhe said .\nwith the resources symantec brings to the table , this will make them the obvious leader in the market .\nthanks for the quick reply ! in the brightmail appliance i have our dns servers set correctly yes . here ' s the nslookup result if i run it from a command prompt on my machine : c : \\ users \\ jrose > nslookup default server : urltoken address : 172 . xx . 0 . 2 > set type = mx > urltoken server : urltoken address : 172 . xx . 0 . 2 urltoken mx preference = 10 , mail exchanger = hcc - ex10ht . urltoken urltoken mx preference = 20 , mail exchanger = hcc - ex10hb . urltoken hcc - ex10ht . urltoken internet address = 172 . xx . 0 . 69 hcc - ex10hb . urltoken internet address = 172 . xx . 0 . 68 hcc - dc3 is a domain controller , hcc - ex10ht is the main 2010 ht server , and hcc - ex10hb is another 2010 ht server . here ' s the nslookup result if i run it from the brightmail gateway diagnostics menu : results for\nurltoken\nserver : 127 . 0 . 0 . 1 address : 127 . 0 . 0 . 1 # 53 non - authoritative answer : urltoken mail exchanger = 20 hcc - ex10hb . urltoken . urltoken mail exchanger = 10 hcc - ex10ht . urltoken . authoritative answers can be found from : hcc - ex10ht . urltoken internet address = 172 . xx . 0 . 69 hcc - ex10hb . urltoken internet address = 172 . xx . 0 . 68 obviously that looks a little different than from the command prompt . . . could that be an issue ? thanks !\nthe ipo profiles may contain historical records . please visit the latest ipos for the most recent information .\nwe estimate that the net proceeds we will receive from this offering will be approximately $ million , at an assumed initial public offering price of $ per share , after deducting estimated offering expenses and estimated underwriting discounts and commissions payable by us . if the underwriters exercise their over - allotment option in full , we estimate that our net proceeds will be approximately $ million . the principal purposes of this offering are to create a public market for our common stock , to obtain additional capital and to facilitate our future access to the public equity markets . we intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes , including working capital and capital expenditures , but we have not designated any specific uses . we may also use a portion of the net proceeds to fund possible investments in , or acquisitions of , complementary businesses , products or technologies or establishing joint ventures . we have no current agreements or commitments with respect to any investment , acquisition or joint venture , and we currently are not engaged in negotiations with respect to any investment , acquisition or joint venture . accordingly , our management will have broad discretion in applying the net proceeds of this offering . pending these uses , we intend to invest the net proceeds in short - term interest - bearing , investment grade securities . the amount and timing of what we actually spend for these purposes may vary significantly and will depend on a number of factors , including our future revenues and cash generated by operations and the other factors . we may find it necessary or advisable to use portions of the proceeds for other purposes .\nwe believe that we compete principally on the basis of solution effectiveness , accuracy , total cost of ownership and flexibility . our current and potential principal competition includes : \u2022 pure - play messaging security vendors such as postini corporation and ciphertrust , inc . ; \u2022 it security and anti - virus vendors such as trend micro inc . , network associates , inc . and symantec corporation ; and \u2022 in - house software developers . in addition , we may face competition from large enterprise network infrastructure and software vendors such as cisco systems and microsoft as they diversify their product offerings . we believe that we have the lowest false positive rate in the industry , achieving a one - message - in - one million false positive rate by leveraging multiple technologies . we believe that our competitive strengths , in addition to our low false positive rate , include our high effective rate in blocking spam , low total cost of ownership , cross - platform flexibility and scalability to meet the needs of virtually all sizes of businesses .\nedgar\u00ae online , a division of donnelley financial solutions . edgar\u00ae is a federally registered trademark of the u . s . securities and exchange commission . edgar online is not affiliated with or approved by the u . s . securities and exchange commission .\nenter up to 25 symbols separated by commas or spaces in the text box below . these symbols will be available during your session for use on applicable pages .\nplease note that once you make your selection , it will apply to all future visits to nasdaq . com . if , at any time , you are interested in reverting to our default settings , please select default setting above . if you have any questions or encounter any issues in changing your default settings , please email isfeedback @ urltoken .\nyou have selected to change your default setting for the quote search . this will now be your default target page ; unless you change your configuration again , or you delete your cookies . are you sure you want to change your settings ?\nplease disable your ad blocker ( or update your settings to ensure that javascript and cookies are enabled ) , so that we can continue to provide you with the first - rate market news and data you ' ve come to expect from us .\ncomputer - security software maker symantec corp . has ousted chief executive officer enrique salem and passed the reins to chairman steve bennett , saying the company wasn ' t performing well enough .\nbennett , former ceo of intuit inc . , also will take the role of president while remaining chairman of the mountain view company , symantec said wednesday .\nthe move wasn ' t triggered by a specific event or any impropriety , said dan schulman , the company ' s new lead director .\nsymantec shares jumped 17 percent early wednesday , the biggest intraday gain in more than a decade , before closing at $ 14 . 96 , up 13 . 5 percent .\nbennett is known for driving operational progress and focused product delivery ,\nsaid brian freed , an analyst at wunderlich securities inc . who has a buy recommendation on the stock .\nthe combination of consistent execution and operational discipline is exactly the order symantec needed .\nsymantec shares had declined 16 percent this year amid slowing sales and shrinking profit . the company , best - known for its antivirus programs , also has been struggling to expand in the storage market , which is led by ibm corp . and emc corp .\nsymantec ' s push into data storage through the $ 10 . 2 billion purchase of veritas software corp . in 2005 was increasingly viewed as a mistake .\nmy view is that symantec ' s assets are strong , and yet the company is underperforming against the opportunity ,\nbennett , 58 , said in a statement tuesday .\ni ' m looking forward to working with the team to build upon the significant assets in place to help symantec accelerate value creation for all of its stakeholders .\nthe company also delivered its quarterly results and forecast wednesday , moving up its release . profit excluding some costs will be 35 cents to 39 cents per share in the fiscal second quarter , symantec said . analysts had estimated 40 cents on average , according to data compiled by bloomberg . sales will be $ 1 . 64 billion to $ 1 . 67 billion in the period , which ends sept . 28 , symantec said . analysts had predicted $ 1 . 69 billion .\nfirst - quarter net income attributable to symantec shareholders fell about 10 percent to $ 172 million ( 24 cents per share ) from $ 191 million ( 25 cents ) a year earlier . revenue climbed 1 percent to $ 1 . 67 billion in the period , which ended june 29 .\nsalem , 46 , worked at symantec for 19 years , the last three as ceo . bennett , meanwhile , joined the board in 2011 following a career at intuit , general electric co . and other companies .\nhe served as intuit ceo from 2000 to 2007 , using a customer - driven approach to expand sales to $ 2 . 7 billion from less than $ 1 billion , symantec said .\nsymantec and rival mcafee , now a part of intel corp . , have struggled with slow growth in the antivirus market , said steve ashley , an analyst with robert w . baird & co .\na rise in hacking attacks has benefited smaller companies that focus on specific niches , such as stopping espionage , trade - secret theft and other sophisticated crimes against businesses , ashley said .\nmarket data provided by bloomberg news nick turner and kathleen chaykowski are bloomberg writers . e - 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( bright light technologies inc ) ( company business and marketing ) < / a >\nbacked by a who ' s who of internet players , a san francisco - based start - up is pledging to\nend spam as we know it .\nbright light technologies , inc . , launched by a group of aol expatriates , is expected to unveil a combination of server - side spam filtering and customized software update services in the coming weeks . the package will be pitched to isps and the fortune 100 .\nbright light ' s\nend spam\nboast will undoubtedly be seen as audacious or naive by battle - weary spam fighters and the company ' s competitors . however , those familiar with bright light ' s ambitious plans and potent allies are convinced the undertaking holds significant promise .\nemploy sophisticated server - based rules that recognize spam and restrict the ability of spammers to relay mail through other people ' s servers . \u2026\nbright light technologies of san francisco has signed up excite and juno for its now 20 - member - strong global probe network . global probe partners set up special e - mail accounts to trap and analyze spam . this information is used to update antispam filters in the bright mail anti - spam service . \u2026\npelosi to cbc foundation : ' the cbc has shined a bright light on those who have faced economic hardship ' .\nbank of the orient in san francisco ' s chinatown integrates feng shui principles promising happiness and success . the background scenario is familiar : company outgrows extant premises ; seeks larger quarters close to strong customer base ; converts found space to serve own needs ; then maps out\u2026\nwashington - - the following information was released by the aspen institute : today , the alliance for artisan enterprise will feature twelve artisan entrepreneurs at the tedwomen 2016 conference in san francisco . the alliance will host the global showcase , an immersive experience demonstrating the\u2026\nby lisa m . krieger , san jose mercury news , calif . knight ridder / tribune business news jan . 9 - 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site hardware or ongoing administration .\nan integrated security solution for lotus domino servers that protects against viruses , spam , and all security risks , and enforces company policies .\nsymantec mail security for microsoft exchange 6 . 0 user standard license + basic 12 months support\nsymantec\u2122 mail security for microsoft\u00ae exchange provides high - performance , integrated mail protection against virus threats , spam , and security risks while enforcing internal policies on microsoft\u00ae exchange 2000 / 2003 / 2007 servers .\nsymantec mail security for smtp 5 . 0 with antivirus gives you symantec antivirus\u2122 , new ' day zero ' virus protection , an email firewall , powerful content filtering , and much more . it uses proven symantec technologies to defend your users , computers , and network from email - borne threats .\nsymantec mail security for smtp 5 . 0 defends your business from email - borne threats that can overload your email infrastructure , reduce employee productivity , and jeopardize confidential information . convenient deployment options provide seamless integration into existing messaging environments .\nlearn more about symantec mail security for smtp 5 . 0 with premium antispam & antivirus\n\u2022 over 20 different filtering technologies , including proprietary signatures and heuristics . \u2022 97 % antispam effectiveness . \u2022 fewer than 1 in a million false positive rate . \u2022 automated spam trend updates every 5 - 10 minutes . \u2022 backed by the symantec global intelligence network .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nget answers from your peers along with millions of it pros who visit spiceworks .\nthanks for the insight toby . i did see a couple of pdfs from 10 years ago alluding to symantec combining the technologies but nothing concrete .\nyou may get a better answer to your question by starting a new discussion .\ngithub is home to over 28 million developers working together to host and review code , manage projects , and build software together .\nin contrast to how spam - scanning with spamassassin is implemented in exiscan - acl , bmi is more suited for per - recipient scanning of messages . however , each message is scanned only once , but multiple\nverdicts\nfor multiple recipients can be returned from the bmi server . the exiscan implementation passes the message to the bmi server just before accepting it . it then adds the retrieved verdicts to the messages header file in the spool . these verdicts can then be queried in routers , where operation is per - 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", "topic": 34}], "title": "frontier oil", "paragraphs": ["assist in oil inventory and control . maintain oil quality and safe handling procedures . western frontier services has a current opening for a packaging lead . . .\nfrontier tank lines , inc . * . crude oil driving experience preferred . drivers perform basic driving functions in operating a crude oil product transport truck , . . .\nreyes said drilling at sc 50 coincided with the steep drop of oil prices so frontier oil wanted to negotiate lower rates but the drilling rig contractor opted to terminate the contract .\non frontier oil\u2019s request , this was denied by the doe which ruled that the contract effectively expired in march 2015 .\nwestern frontier services has a current opening for an oil refining lead position based at our grandview , wa headquarters . . . .\nfrontier oil limited ( fol ) is an indigenous oil and gas production and development company with a proven track record of developing and bringing into production both crude oil and non - associated gas ( nag ) from the uquo marginal field . the company was formed in 2001 to participate in the 2003 federal government of nigeria marginal field programme through which frontier oil acquired the uquo marginal field located in oml13 , onshore akwa ibom state .\nlaboratory environment , laboratory equipment , extracted oil , work orders . western frontier services has a current opening for an extraction second position . . .\nregularly exposed to fuel , oil , and other chemicals . perform minor equipment maintenance inspections such as greasing , checking oil and fluids . . . .\n\u201cfrontier oil contested the doe\u2019s position and engaged the doe in discussions aimed at a mutually acceptable resolution of the issue , \u201d trans - asia said .\nregularly exposed to fuel , oil , and other chemicals . perform minor equipment maintenance inspections such as greasing , checking oil , transmission fluid and . . .\nregularly exposed to fuel , oil , and other chemicals . operate distributor truck in the loading and off - loading of hot oil materials . . . .\nfrontier tank lines , inc . has an immediate opening for crude oil truck driversworking out of the _ san antonio _ * , tx location . . . .\nregularly exposed to fuel , oil , and other chemicals . honesty , pride , respect\u2013these are the values the pioneers of the frontier west lived by . . . .\nwhat tips or advice would you give to someone interviewing at frontier t . . .\nview all frontier tank lines , inc . jobs in midland , tx - midland jobs\ninformation on trans - asia petroleum\u2019s annual report showed frontier oil earlier applied for force majeure after drilling contractor umw offshore drilling sdn . of malaysia unilaterally terminated its rig contract .\n\u201cthey ( frontier oil ) are appealing because the doe ( department of energy ) wants to terminate the contract , \u201d trans - asia petroleum executive vice president raymundo reyes said .\nfrontier tank lines , inc . questions about work , benefits , interviews and hiring process :\nfrontier tank lines provides fuel transportation services throughout texas , as well as four additional states .\nview all frontier tank lines , inc . jobs in san antonio , tx - san antonio jobs\nmanila , philippines \u2013 frontier oil corp . is seeking a two - year moratorium on its obligations under service contract 50 in north palawan , trans - asia petroleum corp . said in its annual report .\nholly backed out of the deal , then frontier sued holly for breach of contract . holly countersued , claiming frontier hadn ' t been straight about its potential for legal liabilities . following a 2005 trial the court found that frontier had breached the merger agreement . in 2008 most of the beverly hills oilfield class action complaints against frontier were dismissed and frontier reached a $ 6 . 3 million settlement with the rest of the claimants . in my 2008 profile of frontier , then - chief executive james gibbs said at the time that although holly would still make a great partner , there was too much bad blood for a marriage .\nin accordance with the terms of the merger , frontier shareholders received 0 . 4811 holly shares for each share of frontier common stock they owned at closing . the combined entity will begin trading today under the symbol hfc .\nour vision is to become one of the leading african indigenous oil and gas exploration and production companies by 2020 .\nfrontier oil has been planning an initial public offering ( ipo ) since 2013 but has decided to withdraw its plans to go public in 2014 to wait for more favorable market conditions as it explores alternative listing possibility in another stock exchange .\ntoday holly corp . and frontier oil announced a $ 7 billion merger of equals , creating a strong refining operation with a geographic niche in the southwest and rocky mountain states with five refineries and more than 440 , 000 bpd of processing capacity .\nsc 50 contains the calauit field , which is estimated to contain 10 million to 13 . 2 million barrels of oil .\nfounded in 1994 , frontier is proud to be known as a company \u201cfounded by heavy equipment users , for heavy equipment users . \u201d\nthis deal was a long time coming . holly and frontier first announced a merger back in 2003 . but holly got cold feet with tort lawyers led by erin brockovich and sidekick edward masry rounded up 800 plaintiffs and filed a class action suit against frontier , alleging that a subsidiary ' s oilfield under beverly hills high school was causing cancer .\nold wounds heal . both holly ' s and frontier ' s longtime chairmen lamar norsworthy and jim gibbs have handed control to a the next generation of matt clifton ( holly ) and mike jennings ( frontier ) . clifton will chair the new company , to be called hollyfrontier while jennings will be ceo . holly shareholders will end up with 51 % of the newco .\ntrans - asia petroleum , a subsidiary of trans - asia oil and energy development corp . ( soon to be renamed phinma energy corp . ) , owns a 10 percent participating interest in sc 50 .\nour mission is to deliver oil and gas fields profitably and responsibly for the benefit of all stakeholders , using cost effective technology and innovative solutions , motivated and talented staff , best in class hsse and corporate governance practices .\nfol , working with its financial and technical partner , has successfully brought the formerly stranded uquo marginal field into production and , in doing so , created a brand new gas development , supply and distribution infrastructure in the south east niger - delta . in addition , fol is the operator of a joint venture operating a crude oil evacuation and delivery infrastructure from 3 marginal fields located in omls 13 & 14 to the exxon mobil qua - iboe crude oil terminal .\nhollyfrontier corporation , which has a refining capacity in excess of 440 , 000 barrels - per - day ( bpd ) across five refineries , serves the niche mid - continent , rocky mountain and southwestern refining markets and has access to growing regional domestic and canadian crude oil supplies .\nfrontier oil limited ( fol ) is a wholly owned nigerian e & p company formed in 2001 and awarded the uquo marginal field in february 2003 by the department of petroleum resources ( dpr ) as part of the federal government of nigeria ' s marginal field programme . fol is the operator of the uquo marginal field which it is currently developing with its joint venture partner . fol aims to become the leading indigenous independent non - associated gas producer by the end of 2015 and a leading indigenous e & p company in the west africa sub region by 2020 .\nfol\u2019s experience , as operator of the uquo marginal field , spans the entire hydrocarbon value chain , from seismic acquisition all the way through to production of crude oil and non - associated natural gas . core activities include : the development and effective deployment of quality , health , safety , security and environmental ( qhsse ) processes and systems ; judicious application of industry and national codes and standards ; adherence to regulatory processes and compliance with regulatory requirements ; effective management of third - party service provider relationships ; development of a robust and fully functional best\u2013in - class community relations / community development program with the uquo marginal field\u2019s host communities , amongst others .\nthe following is a\nsafe harbor\nstatement under the private securities litigation reform act of 1995 : the statements in this press release relating to matters that are not historical facts are\nforward - looking statements\nbased on management ' s beliefs and assumptions using currently available information and expectations as of the date hereof , are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties , including those contained in our filings with the securities and exchange commission . although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward - looking statements are reasonable , we cannot assure you that our expectations will prove correct . therefore , actual outcomes and results could materially differ from what is expressed , implied or forecasted in such statements . any differences could be caused by a number of factors , including , but not limited to , risks and uncertainties with respect to the actions of actual or potential competitive suppliers of refined petroleum products in the company ' s markets , the demand for and supply of crude oil and refined products , the spread between market prices for refined products and market prices for crude oil , the possibility of constraints on the transportation of refined products , the possibility of inefficiencies , curtailments or shutdowns in refinery operations or pipelines , effects of governmental and environmental regulations and policies , the availability and cost of financing to the company , the effectiveness of the company ' s capital investments and marketing strategies , the company ' s efficiency in carrying out construction projects , the ability of the company to acquire refined product operations or pipeline and terminal operations on acceptable terms and to integrate any future acquired operations , the possibility of terrorist attacks and the consequences of any such attacks , general economic conditions , risks and uncertainties with respect to our ability to realize fully or at all the anticipated benefits of the merger between holly and frontier and other financial , operational and legal risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the company ' s securities and exchange commission filings . the forward - looking statements speak only as of the date made and , other than as required by law , we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward - looking statements , whether as a result of new information , future events or otherwise .\ncombines two leading independent refiners to create the most profitable ( on a per barrel basis ) independent refiner in the u . s .\n, president and chief executive officer , said :\nhollyfrontier has significant refining capacity in fast growing , traditionally high demand areas and will take advantage of diversified revenue sources , expanded infrastructure and increased scale of assets . hollyfrontier is committed to safe , reliable and environmentally responsible operations , and to outstanding corporate citizenship . the completion of this merger is a significant event for our shareholders , who will benefit from the synergies of this combination and from the significant growth potential that we anticipate as one of the largest independent refiners in the u . s . we are excited to move forward and to deliver on the promise of this transaction to create value for shareholders .\n, is an independent petroleum refiner and marketer that produces high value light products such as gasoline , diesel fuel , jet fuel and other specialty products . hollyfrontier operates through its subsidiaries a 100 , 000 barrels per stream day (\nbpsd\n) refinery located in\n. hollyfrontier markets its refined products principally in the southwest u . s . , the\nand in other neighboring plains states . a subsidiary of hollyfrontier also owns a 34 % interest ( including the general partner interest ) in holly energy partners , l . p .\nholly has generated a lot of value since then , spinning off its pipeline assets into a master limited partnership , and acquiring two refineries in tulsa for a song and combining them .\nboth companies suffered when gasoline demand and refining margins collapsed in late 2008 and the adoption of carbon - 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{"id": 54398, "summary": [{"text": "knowledge spillover is an exchange of ideas among individuals .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "in knowledge management economics , knowledge spillovers are non-rival knowledge market costs incurred by a party not agreeing to assume the costs that has a spillover effect of stimulating technological improvements in a neighbor through one 's own innovation .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "such innovations often come from specialization within an industry .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "a recent , general example of a knowledge spillover could be the collective growth associated with the research and development of online social networking tools like facebook , youtube , and twitter .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "such tools have not only created a positive feedback loop , and a host of originally unintended benefits for their users , but have also created an explosion of new software , programming platforms , and conceptual breakthroughs that have perpetuated the development of the industry as a whole .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the advent of online marketplaces , the utilization of user profiles , the widespread democratization of information , and the interconnectivity between tools within the industry have all been products of each tool \u2019s individual developments .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "these developments have since spread outside the industry into the mainstream media as news and entertainment firms have developed their own market feedback applications within the tools themselves , and their own versions of online networking tools ( e.g. cnn \u2019s ireport ) .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "there are two kinds of knowledge spillovers : internal and external .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "internal knowledge spillover occurs if there is a positive impact of knowledge between individuals within an organization that produces goods and/or services .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "an external knowledge spillover occurs when the positive impact of knowledge is between individuals without or outside of a production organization .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "marshall-arrow-romer ( mar ) spillovers , porter spillovers and jacobs spillovers are three types of spillovers . ", "topic": 17}], "title": "knowledge spillover", "paragraphs": ["our results identify further benefits for the originating firm that may be gained from knowledge spillover .\nwith this selection of previously published articles , professor acs provides a guided tour to the leading ideas in knowledge spillover theory . the volume not only includes some of the foundational writings on the use of knowledge in business and industry , but also brings us right up to date with some seminal articles illustrating the latest thinking on entrepreneurship , the knowledge spillover theory and the knowledge filter .\n\u2018the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship stands as a welcome contribution to entrepreneurship and management literature . \u2019 \u2013 james cunningham , journal of entrepreneurship\nthe complementary research designs at both firm level and patent level offer comprehensive view on firm explorative behavior under the influence of their knowledge spillover recipients .\nwith this selection of previously published articles , professor acs provides a guided tour to the leading ideas in knowledge spillover theory . the volume not only includes some of the foundational writings on the use of knowledge in business and industry , but also brings us right up to date with some seminal articles illustrating the latest thinking on entrepreneurship , the knowledge spillover theory and the knowledge filter . professor acs has written a new , authoritative introduction , which provides a comprehensive overview and informative discussion of the subject .\nacs , z . j . , audretsch , d . b . , braunerhjelm , p . , & carlsson , b . 2009 . the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship .\nwe suggest that a possible answer may come from the field of economics , and the particular phenomenon known as a \u201cjacobs spillover . \u201d simply put , this is the effect produced by proximities of different businesses , as they invariably exchange knowledge and creative ideas , and the knowledge \u201cspillover\u201d of one enterprise becomes the resource for another . for jacobs , this was an inherent benefit of cities , and specifically , of the interactions afforded by urban adjacencies .\nwe contribute to the literature on exploration by identifying a source of knowledge that firms may more easily explore .\nabstract : this paper calls attention on the effects of the economic properties of knowledge on its derived demand , an issue that has not received enough attention in the literature . the results of the analysis suggests that , because of the idiosyncratic \u2013 arrovian \u2013 properties of knowledge , a chain of effects takes place : ( i ) in downstream markets the price of goods that have been produced using knowledge as an intermediate good , falls , ( ii ) consequently the derived demand in upstream knowledge markets \u2013 both within corporations and by them to knowledge - intensive business services \u2013 has a lower position , and ( iii ) the price of knowledge is lower than it should be were knowledge a standard good traded in competitive markets , ( iv ) with negative consequences in terms of adverse selection of large scale high quality research projects , but ( v ) possible compensating effects stemming from the use of knowledge spillovers to generate cheaper knowledge . such results have important implications for economic policy discussions and decisions .\nknowledge spillover occurs when recipient firms combine the knowledge of an originating firm with other knowledge . when recipient firms combine the originating firm ' s knowledge with knowledge that is unfamiliar to the originating firm , the recipient firms potentially provide insight to the originating firm on the viability of exploring such knowledge . by mimicking its recipient firms , the originating firm reduces the challenge and uncertainty of exploring unfamiliar knowledge domains . we examine the exploration activities of 87 telecommunications equipment manufacturers over a ten - year time period . we argue that those firms that operate in competitive and dynamic market environments promoting conservative risk - taking behavior will value such uncertainty reduction more highly and thus rely to a greater extent on their recipient firms for guidance on where to explore for new expertise . in contrast , firms in high - growth market environments are more likely to look beyond the activities of recipient firms when exploring new technological domains and rely less on mimicking their recipient firms .\nit is well understood that the non - rival nature of knowledge as a productive asset creates the possibility of\nknowledge spillovers ,\nwhereby investments in knowledge creation by one party produce external benefits by facilitating innovation by other parties . at least since zvi griliches ' seminal paper on measuring the contributions of r & d to economic growth ( 1979 ) , economists have been attempting to quantify the extent and impact of knowledge spillovers . one line of research of this type has utilized patent citations to identify a\npaper trail\nthat may be associated with knowledge flows between firms .\nacs z . j . , audretsch d . b . ( 2010 ) knowledge spillover entrepreneurship . in : acs z . , audretsch d . ( eds ) handbook of entrepreneurship research . international handbook series on entrepreneurship , vol 5 . springer , new york , ny\nstepan ,\nin 1890 the english economist alfred marshall developed a theory of knowledge spillovers\n. see more here : urltoken\nthe results suggest a\nhalf - full cup\nwith respect to the validity of patent citations as indicators of knowledge spillovers . taking the responses at face value , the likelihood of knowledge spillover conditional on the observation of a patent citation is significantly greater ( in both the statistical and quantitative senses ) than the unconditional likelihood . nonetheless , a large fraction of citations , perhaps something like one half , do not correspond to any apparent spillover . we believe that these results are consistent with the notion of citations as a noisy signal of the presence of spillovers . this implies that aggregate citation flows can be used as proxies for knowledge spillover intensity , for example between categories of organizations or between countries . further work is needed , however , to refine our understanding of the mechanisms by which these flows move and the relationship of those mechanisms to the citation process .\nassuming that these responses can be taken at face value , they suggest that a significant , but not overwhelming , fraction of the\nlinks\nindicated by a patent citation correspond to some kind of spillover . across the different aspects captured by each of these questions , typically one - quarter of the responses correspond to a fairly clear spillover ; perhaps one - half of the answers indicate no spillover , and the remaining quarter indicate some possibility of a spillover . it is also clear that addition of citations by the inventor ' s patent lawyer or the patent examiner is the primary reason for citations to patents unknown to the inventor .\njaffe , adam b ; trajtenberg , manuel ; and henderson , rebecca .\ngeographic localization of knowledge spillovers as evidenced by patent citations .\nanselin , l . , varga , a . , & acs , z . j . 2000 . geographic and sectoral characteristics of academic knowledge externalities .\njaffe , a . , trajtenberg , m . , & henderson , r . 1993 . geography , location of knowledge spillovers as evidence of patent citations .\nvery little of this research has attempted to determine the modes or mechanisms of communication that actually permit knowledge to flow . further , most of the work has simply assumed that citations or other proxies are sufficiently correlated with knowledge flows to allow statistical analysis of the proxies to be informative regarding the underlying phenomenon of interest .\na . marshall was definitely the first , but i would recommend looking at the early publications of z . j . acs & d . b . audretsch , as they introduce the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship . also i believe the following publication will be of your interest : jaffe a . b . , trajtenberg m . , henderson r . ( 1993 ) , geographic localization of knowledge spillovers as evidenced by patent citations . quarterly journal of economics . 108 ( 3 ) , pp . 577 - 598 .\na third question relates to the mode of knowledge spillover . even for the\ntrue\ncitations , only about 18 % indicated that they had had either direct communication or had been exposed to some kind of presentation or demonstration of the cited invention . another 18 % indicated that they learned through\nword of mouth\nor had read the patent document itself .\nacs , z . j . , anselin l . , & varga , a . 2002 . patents and innovation counts as measures of regional production of new knowledge .\nagarwal , r . , audretsch , d . , & sarkar , m . ( 2007 ) . the process of creative construction : knowledge spillovers , entrepreneurship and economic growth .\ncarlsson , b . , acs , z . , audretch , d . , & braunerhjelm , p . 2009 . knowledge creation , entrepreneurship and economic growth : a historical review .\nit seems likely that all of these spillovers might in fact have additional interactive spillover charactertistics \u2013 that i might , for example , also find a new job near my home on the way to another destination , and then share a creative bit of knowledge with a colleague , and then perhaps purchase some wood pellets at the local furniture store , and so on . that is , such spillovers might in fact form a kind of \u201cspillover network\u201d that has additional synergies . as this network grows within the city , its capacity to generate additional unforeseen spillovers also grows exponentially with its number of nodes , following the compounding power of networks .\nbraunerhjelm , p . , acs , z . , audretsch , d . b . , & carlsson , b . 2010 . the missing link : the knowledge filter and endogenous growth .\nby conceptualizing exploration behavior within the realm of managerial risk - taking , we show how firms can explore new knowledge domains in a way that reconciles the tension of taking on additional risk in an already uncertain environment .\noverall , the results confirm that citations can be interpreted as providing a ( noisy ) signal of spillovers . the difference in spillover score between the citations and placebos is quantitatively and statistically significant . the other variables generally have plausible and often significant effects . overall , the spillover score is higher if the\ncited\npatent is more recent . interestingly , analyses that separate the true citations from the\nplacebos\nshow that this combined effect mixes a significantly positive effect for the citations with a significantly negative effect for the placebos . for the citations , this is consistent with more recent patents being more useful , and older citations being more likely to be non - spillovers included by the lawyer or examiner . it could also reflect the possibility that the inventor ' s memory of actual communication is better with respect to more recent technology . conversely , for the placebos , the spillover index is\nabstract : this paper explores the role of immigrant employees for a firm ' s capability to absorb international knowledge . using matched employer - employee data from denmark for the years 1999 to 2009 , we are able to show that non - danish employees from technological advanced countries contribute significantly to firm ' s economic output through their ability to access international knowledge . the empirical results suggest that the immigrants ' impact increases if they come from technological advanced countries , have a high educational level , and are employed in high - skilled positions . however , the latter does not hold for immigrant managers .\nabstract : the relative importance of intra - industry or inter - industry knowledge spillovers for the growth of cities remains an open question . using a unique data set on the growth of 109 british cities during 1951\u20131991 , we find evidence suggesting that the most important knowledge spillovers occur between rather than within industries , which is consistent with jacobs ( 196910 . jacobs , j . 1969 . the economy of cities , new york : vintage books . view all references , 198511 . jacobs , j . 1985 . cities and the wealth of nations , new york : vintage books . view all references ) .\na spillover is also an example of a process in which the output of one system becomes the input of another system , which is then able to transform it in some important way . a close analogy is the \u201cmetabolic pathways\u201d of biological systems . such processes typically do not operate in isolation , but as part of complex \u201cmetabolic networks . \u201d this allows a complex interactive sequence of processing , with the efficient assembly of very complex outputs as a result .\nnor is the jacobs spillover the only such externality that seems to be operating in cities . we may also consider the physical proximity of the consumption of resources , which may account for similar kinds of urban synergies . for example , stockholm and other cities use \u201ccombined heat and power\u201d to utilize the waste heat from power generation to heat homes . many businesses use the waste output of one process as the input of another \u2013 for example , wood manufacturing businesses may use waste wood chips as a fuel source .\nthis paper reports on a preliminary attempt to improve this situation . the idea for this survey came from r & d managers whom we were interviewing to test whether the picture of knowledge flows produced by patent citations was consistent with the managers ' impressions . one of these managers commented that he couldn ' t let us talk to the scientists who worked for him , but that he couldn ' t stop us from contacting them via the postal address that appears on their issued patents .\nin order to test formally whether the respondents ' answers relating to citations are different from those for the placebos , we constructed a composite spillover index for each\ncited\npatent , using the answers to all 4 questions . this index was constructed by consolidating the possible answers to each question to produce a score of 0 , 1 or 2 , and then adding these scores across the 4 questions . we then undertook an ordered probit analysis of this score , using as regressors variables that would seem likely to foster communication between the cited and citing inventors , variables that might foster the inventor ' s\nmany of the important concepts in the economics of technological change are fundamentally unobservable . we routinely rely , therefore , on proxies or indicators for the concepts of interest . often , our only test of the validity of these measures is the extent to which the proxies are correlated in the way that our theory says that their underlying concepts should be . in this paper , we provide an additional kind of evidence about the unobservable process of knowledge transfer , and the relationship of patent citations to that process .\nthis , i suggest , indicates a promising research agenda for further investigation . the tangible goal might be to develop a \u201cspillover network\u201d or \u201cmetabolic network\u201d model that might explain some of the more significant synergies and metabolic network - like aspects of urban systems , with the capacity to make differential comparisons based upon morphology . such a model would ideally be capable of making useful predictions about choices in urban and infrastructure design , and urban and economic policy . such a model might also facilitate the ability to monetize the currently unpaid costs of unsustainable urban development , and the long - term economic benefits of more sustainable development .\nbut the key observation of interest to us is that the spillover is an output of one system , which becomes an input into another \u2013 and this \u201cvirtuous circle\u201d has a synergetic effect , increasing the economic efficiency of the city . this seems to be the case particularly when multiple variables are involved , and the synergies can compound through a kind of network effect . for glaeser et al . ( 1992 , 2009 ) , this synergy from spatial proximity represents a core advantage of cities , and may even explain why cities are economically attractive places at all . this was also a theme of jacobs\u2019 own book the economy of cities ( 1969 ) .\nthe jacobs spillover is one form of an \u201cexternality\u201d \u2013 an effect of an economic transaction that is not agreed to by the parties of that transaction , or factored into the accounting of such an economic transaction , but does have a consequence for one or more of the parties , whether positive or negative . an example of a large - scale negative externality is the depletion of resources like oil , or the accumulation of greenhouse gases that cause climate change . these phenomena will eventually impose a real cost , whether or not it is factored into the transactions . ( thus , one promising line of research is in ways to \u201cmonetize\u201d these externalities , so that they can provide more direct economic benefits or penalties , and thus work to incentivize the sustainable use of resources . )\nthere is another interesting question to explore . why is it that some suburban areas seem to have comparable levels of economic activity from spillovers , without the close proximity of people in cities ? why do they also have high emissions rates , which might suggest here is no correlation with economic spillovers as we suggest here ? we hypothesize that this is because they are reproducing the conditions of proximity that facilitate spillover within cities , but doing so artificially , through relatively high - resource consuming activities \u2013 particularly , they are driving many trips of long distances in single - occupant automobiles . they are also performing other high - consumption , low - efficiency activities \u2013 living in isolated large homes , consuming poor - durability goods , living a \u201cdrive - through\u201d lifestyle . they are able to maintain the economic spillovers after a fashion , using automobiles , cell phone contact , email , and other more artificial forms of contact \u2013 but only with a lifestyle that requires prodigious ( and very likely unsustainable , it appears ) inputs of resources .\nin addition to the use of individual citation\nlinks\nas possible evidence of knowledge flow , a number of authors have utilized the total number of citations received by a patent as an indicator of the relative significance of patents . both our citing and cited inventor surveys asked the inventors to rate the\ntechnological significance\nand the\neconomic importance\nof the inventions , and also asked whether the patent had been licensed and whether it had been commercialized . jaffe , trajtenberg and fogarty ( 2000 ) presents results of regressions of the log of total citations received on these indicators of importance . for this purpose , the citing and cited responses were combined into one dataset . in order to control for variations in citation practice by field and changes in propensity to cite and extent of truncation over time , all regressions include technology field and grant year dummy variables . in addition , based on the findings of jean lanjouw and mark schankerman ( 1999 ) , we also included the log of the number of claims made by each patent , to allow for the possibility that patents that consist of more claims are more highly cited .\nthe survey results suggest that communication between inventors is reasonably important , and that patent citations do provide an indication of communication , albeit one that also carries a fair amount of noise .\nreceived by their patents from subsequent patents ( the\ncited inventor\nsurvey ) . for the\nciting inventor survey , we asked the inventor a series of questions about the extent , timing and nature of communication that they had had with the inventors of three previous patents . two of these previous patents were patents that appeared among the citations made by the surveyed inventor ' s patent . the third previous patent was a\nplacebo\npatent that was not cited by the surveyed inventor , but which was granted in the same patent class and year as one of the actually cited patents . in the survey questionnaire this placebo was not identified or distinguished in any way ; all three of the earlier patents were referred to as\ncited patents .\ncited inventors were also asked a series of questions about the economic and technological significance of their inventions .\nciting survey , based on patents granted to these inventors in 1993 . we received 214 partial or complete responses to the\ncited inventor survey , based on patents granted to these inventors between 1985 and 1993 .\nwe discuss here the responses to four questions asked of the citing inventors about their cited and\nplacebo\npatents . one of the questions sought responses on a likert scale to a question regarding the overall degree of familiarity of the citing inventor with the cited invention . for the patents that were in fact cited , 28 % of the responses indicated a 4 or 5 on the likert scale , indicating a significantly high familiarity ; just under half of the respondents rated their familiarity at the low end of the scale . in contrast , over 80 % of the respondents rated their familiarity with the\nplacebo\npatent at the lowest possible level .\nwhen they learned about the\ncited\ninvention . for the\ntrue\ncitations , about 38 % of respondents indicated that they had learned about the cited invention either before or during the development of their own invention . about one - third indicated that they had learned about it after essentially completing their invention , including cases where they learned about it during the preparation of their own patent application . a little less than one - third indicated that , despite the presence of the patent citation , they had not learned about the cited invention before receiving our survey . this is not surprising , because citations to inventions unknown to the inventor can be generated by the inventor ' s patent attorney or the patent office examiner .\nconsistent with the answers regarding timing , almost 40 % indicated that it was the process of their own patent application that had caused them to learn of the previous invention .\nthe last question in this section , perhaps ambitiously , tried to get at the issue of the nature of assistance that the citing inventor may have received from the cited invention . respondents were given a set of choices that we thought possible , and also invited to\nwrite in\ntheir own responses . again , about 60 % of the respondents indicated some specific way in which they had benefited from the\ncited\ninvention ; the single most common response was that the cited invention represented a concept that could be improved upon .\nthe\nother\nresponses provided by the inventors also provide some insight into the nature of possible interactions . examples include :\nthe technology from patent 1 was incorporated in the product which used my invention .\nthe other patents gave credibility to our idea - they showed our ideas were ' feasible ' to the people not intimately involved in our idea .\nremembering that communication occured , other controls , and a dummy variable for whether the score pertains to a\ntrue\ncitation as opposed to a placebo . results of these analyses are presented in jaffe , trajtenberg and fogarty ( 2000 ) .\nlower the more recent the\ncited\ninvention . since these represent patents that were not , in fact , cited , there should not have been communication ; thus the negative coefficient for the placebos is consistent with the inventors ' giving more accurate answers with respect to more recent patents , and more often\nmistakenly\nindicating communication with respect to older patents .\nwe included the ( log of ) total citations received by the\ncited\npatent to control for the overall\nimportance\nof that patent . it exhibits a positive effect , meaning that more important patents are perceived to have generated greater spillovers , whether because the spillovers are truly greater or simply more likely to be remembered by the respondent . similarly , cited patents whose inventors reside in the same state as the citing inventor are perceived to have generated greater spillovers . these two variables are\nought to be correlated with spillovers for the citations , but is uncorrelated with these things for the placebos .\nthe results provide some evidence that citations are correlated with significance or importance as perceived by the inventors themselves . each of the indicators is positively correlated with log citations , with the coefficients achieving t - statistics that vary from just below to just above 2 , depending on the question . there is no particular indication as to whether citations are more associated with technological versus economic significance . the claims variable is strongly significant , though its elasticity of about . 25 suggests strong diminishing returns to increasing the number of claims , as distinct from the constant returns relationship suggested by lanjouw and schankerman . if the claims variable is excluded from the regression , the effect of the perceived importance variable increases , suggesting that importance , as perceived by the inventor , reflects both the\nsize\nof the patents as indicated by the number of claims , and the importance or significance of each of the claims .\ngriliches , zvi .\nissues in assessing the contribution of r & d to productivity growth .\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and michael s . fogarty .\nreport on a survey of inventors ,\nnational bureau of economic research ( cambridge ma ) working paper no . xxxx , february 2000 .\nlanjouw , jean o . and schankerman , mark .\nthe quality of ideas : measuring innovation with multiple indicators .\nnational bureau of economic research ( cambridge ma ) working paper no . 7345 , september , 1999\nbrandeis university and nber , ms 021 , brandeis university , waltham ma 02454 - 9110 , usa , ajaffe @ brandeis . edu ; tel aviv university and nber , eitan berglas school of economics , tel - aviv university , tel - aviv 69978 , israel , manuel @ urltoken ; and case - western reserve university , center for regional economic issues , wickenden 311 , case - western reserve university , cleveland oh 44106 , usa , msf3 @ post . cwru . edu . we thank richard anderson for his help in editing and administering the survey , and melinda miller and margeret lister fernando for research assistance .\npatent citations or references appear on the front page of a granted patent . they serve the legal function of identifying\nprior art\nupon which the current invention builds . for more detail , see jaffe , trajtenberg and rebecca henderson , 1993 .\nii the survey instruments were\npretested\non about 20 experienced inventors and the survey questions refined in response to their questions and comments . space limitations preclude a detailed description of the survey and survey samples . for these details , see jaffe , trajtenberg and fogarty ( 2000 ) .\njavascript seems to be disabled in your browser . you must have javascript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website .\nedited by zolt\u00e1n j . \u00e1cs , professor , london school of economics and political science and university professor , school of policy , government and international affairs , george mason university , us\n35 articles , dating from 1945 to 2008 contributors include : p . aghion , k . j . arrow , w . j . baumol , r . henderson , a . jaffe , b . jovanovic , r . e . lucas , jr . , j . schumpeter , s . shane , l . zucker\njavascript is disabled on your browser . please enable javascript to use all the features on this page .\nwe highlight factors that influence how firms explore new technological domains , specifically how firms can gain insight from their recipient firms , rather than a firm ' s general propensity to exploration , or the choice between exploration and exploitation .\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 elsevier b . v . or its licensors or contributors . sciencedirect \u00ae is a registered trademark of elsevier b . v .\ncopyright \u00a9 1999 - 2018 john wiley & sons , inc . all rights reserved\nenter your email address below . if your address has been previously registered , you will receive an email with instructions on how to reset your password . if you don ' t receive an email , you should register as a new user\nfor full functionality of researchgate it is necessary to enable javascript . here are the instructions how to enable javascript in your web browser .\nhi , i need to analyse historical data about tai indexes for countries . i am interested in the period 1990 - 2017 , can someone tell me where i can . . .\ndear experts , i am using stata command xtabond2 and system gmm for my very first project . according to arellano and bond ( 1991 ) , arellano and . . .\ni ' m looking for software ( preferably free ! ) to use to help me draw good - looking conceptual diagrams for publication . i typically default to word . . .\ni am trying to replicate the methods of other papers using fa which describe applying the factor scores to their data . i have a 7 point likert . . .\ni am working with different clustering method in biological sample . but i want to know what are the clustering validation method exist other then . . .\nin gmm application ( xtabond2 ) we need to classify our variables as endogenous , predetermined and exogenous variables . what is the criteria for . . .\nas researchers do not agree with the appropriate number of point likert scale ( 5 , 7 . . . ? ) , i would like to know the main contributions or papers to . . .\none of the most frequently asked topics i come across is how to create simple scales from likert - scored items . apparently there are a lot of . . .\nthe question says most of it - i ' m looking for an algorithm that efficiently clusters a set of binary vectors . some additional information : * the . . .\nhi - i ' m working on an exploratory factor analysis of a scale with likert - type ratings , with 3 options . i ' ve read that for this , you should use . . .\nfor ieee to continue sending you helpful information on our products and services , please consent to our updated privacy policy .\na not - for - profit organization , ieee is the world ' s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity . \u00a9 copyright 2018 ieee - all rights reserved . use of this web site signifies your agreement to the terms and conditions .\njust as the economy has been besieged by a wave of technological change that has left virtually no sector of the economy untouched , scientific understanding of the innovative process\u2014that is , the manner by which firms innovate , and the impact such technological change has on enterprises and markets\u2014has also undergone a revolution , which , although somewhat quieter , has been no less fundamental . well into the 1970s , a conventional wisdom about the nature of technological change generally pervaded . this conventional wisdom had been shaped largely by scholars such as alfred chandler ( 1977 ) , joseph schumpeter ( 1942 ) , and john kenneth galbraith ( 1956 ) who convinced a generation of scholars and policymakers that innovation and technological change lay in the domain of large corporations and that small business would fade away as the victim of its own inefficiencies .\nthese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors . this process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves .\nthanks go to al link for his thoughtful comments and insights as well as to the suggestions made by a number of other contributors to this volume .\nacs , z . j . , & armington , c . 2004 . the geographic diversity of new firm formation and human capital .\nacs , z . j . , & audretsch , d . b . 1987 . innovation , market structure and firm size .\nacs , z . j . , & audretsch , d . b . ( 1988 ) . innovation in large and small firms : an empirical analysis .\nacs , z . j . , & audretsch , d . b . 1989 . patents as a measure of innovative activity .\nacs , z . j . , audretsch , d . b . , & feldman , m . p . ( 1992 ) . real effects of academic research .\nacs , z . j . , audretsch , d . b . , & feldman , m . p . 1994 . r & d spillovers and recipient firm size .\nacs , z . j . , & varga , a . 2002 . geography , endogenous growth and innovation .\nalmeida , p . , & kogut , b . 1997 . the exploration of technological diversity and the geographic localization of innovation .\nanselin , l . , varga , a . , & acs , z . j . 1997 . local geographic spillovers between university research and high technology innovations .\narrow , k . j . 1962 . economic welfare and the allocation of resources for invention . in r . r . nelson ( ed . ) ,\naudretsch , d . b . , & feldman , m . p . ( 1996 ) . r & d spillovers and the geography of innovation and production .\naudretsch , d . b . , & stephan , p . e . ( 1996 ) . company - scientist locational links : the case of biotechnology .\nthe market and the state : government policy towards business in europe , japan , and the u . s .\nbeise , m . , & licht , g . 1996 . innovationsverhalten der deutschen wirtschaft . zentrum fuer europaeische wirtschaftsforschung ( zew ) , mannheim , january , unpublished manuscript .\nbound , j . , cummins , j . , griliches , z . , hall , b . h . , & jaffe , a . 1984 . who does r & d and who patents ? . in z . griliches ( ed . ) ,\ncaves , r . e . ( 1998 ) . industrial organization and new findings on the turnover and mobility of firms .\nchakrabarti , a . k . , & halperin , m . r . 1990 . technical performance and firm size : analysis of patents and publications of u . s . firms .\ncohen , w . m . , & levin , r . c . 1989 . empirical studies of innovation and market structure . in r . schmalensee , & r . willig ( eds . ) ,\ncohen , w . m . , & klepper , s . 1991 . firm size versus diversity in the achievement of technological advance . z . j . acs , & d . b . audretsch ( eds . ) ,\ncohen , w . m . , & klepper , s . 1992 . the tradeoff between firm size and diversity in the pursuit of technological progress .\ncohen , w . m . , levin , r . c . , & mowery , d . c . 1987 . firm size and r & d intensity : a reexamination .\ncomanor , w . s . 1967 . market structure , product differentiation and industrial research .\nconnolly , r . a . , & hirschey , m . 1984 . r & d , market strucutre and profits : a value based approach .\nconnolly , r . a . , hirsch , b . t . , & hirschey , m . 1986 . union rent seeking , intangible capital , and the market value of the firm .\ndosi , g . 1988 . sources , procedures and microeconomic effect of invention .\nedwards , k . l . , & gordon , t . j . 1984 . characterization of innovations introduced on the u . s . market in 1982 . the futures group , prepared for the u . s . small business administration under contract no . sba - 6050 - oa - 82 .\nfurman , j . l . , porter , m . e . , & stern , s . 2002 . the determinants of national competitive advantage .\nfitzroy , f . r . , & kraft , k . 1990 . innovation , rent - sharing and the organization of labour in the federal republic of germany .\nfitzroy , f . r . , & kraft , k . 1991 . firm size , growth and innovation : some evidence from west germany . in z . j . acs , & d . b . audretsch ( eds . ) ,\ngellman research associates . 1976 . indicators of international trends in technological innovation , prepared for the national science foundation .\ngellman research associates . 1982 . the relationship between industrial concentration , firm size , and technological innovation , prepared for the office of advocacy , u . s . small business administration under award no . sba - 2633 - oa - 79 .\ngeroski , p . a . 1995 . what do we know about entry .\nglaeser , e . , kallal , h . , scheinkman , j . , & shleifer , a . 1992 . growth of cities .\ngrabowski , h . g . 1968 . the determinants of industrial research and development : a study of the chemical , drug , and petroleum industries .\ngreif , s . 1989 . zur erfassung von forschungs - and entwicklungstatigkeit durch patente .\ngriliches , z . 1979 . issues in assessing the contribution of r & d to productivity growth .\ngriliches , z . 1990 . patent statistics as economic indicators : a survey .\njaffe , a . b . 1986 . technological opportunity and spillovers of r & d : evidence from firms\u2019 patents , profits and market value .\nkamien , m . i . , & schwartz , n . l . 1975 . market structure and innovation : a survey .\nkleinknecht , a . , & verspagen , b . 1989 . r & d and market structure : the impact of measurement and aggregation problems .\nkleinknecht , a . 1991 . firm size and innovation : reply to scheirer .\nkohn , m . , & scott , j . t . 1982 . scale economies in research and development : the schumpeterian hypothesis .\nkonig , h . , & zimmermann , k . f . 1986 . innovations , market structure and market dynamics .\nkuznets , s . 1962 . inventive activity : problems of definition and measurement . in r . r . nelson ( ed . ) ,\n: 19\u201343 . princeton , nj : national bureau of economic research conference report .\nlevin , r . c . , & reiss , p . c . 1984 . tests of a schumpeterian model of r & d and market structure . in z . griliches ( ed . ) ,\nlevin , r . c . , klevorick , a . k . , nelson , r . r . , & winter , s . g . 1987 . appropriating the returns from industrial research and development .\nlevin , r . c . , cohen , w . m . , & mowery , d . c . 1985 . r & d appropriability opportunity and market structure : new evidence on the schumpeterian hypothesis .\nlink , a . n . , & bozeman , b . 1991 . innovative behavior in small - sized firms .\nlink , a . n . , & rees , j . 1990 . firm size , university based research , and the returns to r & d .\n: 83\u2013108 . new york , ny : w . w . norton , for the cowles foundation for research economics at yale university .\nmansfield , e . 1983 . industrial organization and technological change : recent empirical findings . in john v . craven ( ed . ) ,\nmansfield , e . 1984 . comment on using linked patent and r & d data to measure interindustry technology flows . in z . griliches ( ed . ) ,\nmueller , d . c . 1967 . the firm decision process : an econometric investigation .\nnelson , r . r . 1959 . the simple economics of basic scientific research .\noppenlander , k . h . 1990 . investitionsverhalten and marktstruktur \u2013 empirische ergebnisse fur die bundesrepublik deutschland . in b . gahlen ( ed . ) ,\npakes , a . , & griliches , z . 1980 . patents and r & d at the firm level : a first report .\npakes , a . , & griliches , z . 1984 . patents and r & d at the firm level : a first look . in z . griliches ( ed . ) ,\npakes , a . 1985 . on patents , r & d , and the stock market rate of return .\npakes , a . , & nitzan , s . 1983 . optimal contracts for research personnel , research employment , and the establishment of \u201crival enterprises . \u201d\npavitt , k . , robson , m . , & townsend , j . 1987 . the size distribution of innovating firms in the u . k . : 1945\u20131983 .\nsantarelli , e . , & sterlachinni , a . 1990 . innovation , formal vs . informal r & d , and firm size : some evidence from italian manufacturing firms .\nscherer , f . m . 1965a . firm size , market structure , opportunity , and the output of patented inventions .\nscherer , f . m . 1965b . size of firm , oligopoly and research : a comment .\nscherer , f . m . 1967 . market structure and the employment of scientists and engineers .\nscherer , f . m . 1983a . concentration , r & d , and productivity change .\nscherer , f . m . 1982 . inter - industry technology flows in the united states .\nscherer , f . m . 1991 . changing perspectives on the firm size problem . in z . j . acs , & d . b . audretsch ( eds . ) ,\nscherer , f . m . 1988 . testimony before the subcommittee on monopolies and commercial law . committee on the judiciary , u . s . house of representatives , february 24 .\nschulenburg , j . m . g . von der , & wagner , j . 1991 . advertising , innovation and market structure : a comparison of the united states of america and the federal republic of germany . in z . j . acs , & d . b . audretsch ( eds . ) ,\nschulenburg , j . m . g . von der , & wagner , j . 1992 . unobservable industry characteristics and the innovation - concentration - advertising maze : evidence from an econometric study using panel data for manufacturing industries in the frg , 1979\u20131986 .\nschwalbach , j . , & zimmermann , k . f . 1991 . a poisson model of patenting and firm structure in germany . in z . j . acs , & d . b . audretsch ( eds . ) , innovation and\nscott , j . t . 1984 . firm versus industry variability in r & d intensity . in z . griliches ( ed . ) ,\nshane , s . , and venkataraman , s . 2000 . the distinctive domain of entrepreneurship research .\nsoete , l . l . g . 1979 . firm size and inventive activity : the evidence reconsidered .\nnote : this is a working paper presented at the symposium \u201cscaling in cities\u201d at arizona state university , co - organized with the santa fe institute , university college london and the environmental structure research group ( sustasis foundation ) , in october 2011 .\namong analysts of urban resource use , energy use and greenhouse gas emissions , one rather perplexing and tantalizing phenomenon has been widely recognized . across the globe , there is an enormous variation in the per - capita rates of consumption , but often without corresponding variations in income , standard of living , or other metrics of \u201cquality of life . \u201d for example , the world resources institute ( 2009 ) reports a roughly six - fold increase in rates of co2 emissions per capita , comparing residents of stockholm , sweden , to residents of the united states as a whole ( including many suburban and rural communities ) . ( figure one . ) both populations enjoy a comparably high standard of living that is , if anything , higher in stockholm by most measurements .\nsome of this variation can perhaps be explained by cultural and geographic differences . but it is very hard indeed to explain such a wide variation with such factors alone . in addition , there are great variations even within countries , as the work of mckinsey & co . ( 2008 ) and the world resources institute ( 2009 ) show . the per - capita rate of co2 emissions in new york city is roughly one - third of the overall us rate , and the rate in stockholm is roughly one - half of sweden\u2019s national rate .\nurban morphologists , intrigued by this data , have looked for variations of morphology that might accont for the variations , such as density , urban distributions , and transportation system variations ( e . g . solutions research project , 2010 ) . but the magnitudes that are accounted for in these models are generally far lower than the actual variations observed , even when corrected for obvious variables like climate and income . it seems clear that many other factors contribute to the variation , including infrastructure efficiency and personal consumption patterns . even the identifiable elements , however , seem unable to explain the large magnitude that is observed .\nwhat , then , can account for such a magnitude of variation ? it seems that there may be some other kind of mechanism or mechanisms that have not yet been recognized .\nsuch resource \u201cspillovers\u201d seem to operate in other realms too . if my daily activities are grouped close together , i may use the same trip by streetcar to stop along the way to meet another need that i might otherwise accomplish with a separate trip . these \u201ctransit spillovers\u201d might account for a significant part of transit reduction in urban areas , beyond simply reduced distances between destinations .\nin ecological systems , we can see a corollary when the excess chemical output or \u201cwaste\u201d of one system becomes the input or resource of another . when these processes are part of a larger ecological network , the productivity of the system in biological terms can be greatly accelerated , while the \u201cwaste\u201d of the system \u2013 the outputs that are not re - used \u2013 can be greatly reduced , or even brought to essentially zero . this network of \u201cspillovers\u201d \u2013 that is , of outputs becoming inputs \u2013 therefore represents a dramatic increase in the \u201cefficiency\u201d of the system \u2013 its ability to achieve high states of order with low waste .\nis a similar kind of process perhaps going on in cities ? can we use this model to understand and perhaps enhance the puzzling but remarkable resource efficiency of cities ? can we use it to confront the daunting problem of climate change , and , as suggested by the empirical observaitons , dramatically reduce the emissions of people within cities ? this problem takes on special relevance as we see new patterns of urbanization around the globe , and the indications are that these new urban areas will follow the us model of very high consumption of resources with high levels of waste , and very high emissions per capita \u2013 a disturbing implication for the prospects of catastrophic climate change .\none revolves around the subject of urban density , or persons per unit of land \u2013 a controversial and problematic topic to be sure . is urban density the only identifiable factor that affects this externality , or can we measure and model other factors ? what about certain patterns of spatial distribution \u2013 for example , of uses , or of street networks , or of transit modes ? what about jacobs\u2019 own hypothesis that walkable street - based urbanism , with its close stitching of private and public realms , was a critical mode of human connection , not reproduced in other forms of transportation ?\nanother , more distant but ultimately most important line of inquiry is to explore strategies to exploit this phenomenon , assuming it can be substantiated . can planners use strategies of \u201cself - organization\u201d to catalyze the spontaneous growth of such urban \u201cmetabolic networks\u201d ? can they be facilitated with economic tools , such as pricing signals and other mechanisms ? what is the role of \u201ctop - down\u201d planning , such as the placement of initial elements of infrastructure and the like ? our hunch is that a mix of all these strategies could be powerful and effective .\nglaeser , e . ( 1992 ) . \u201cgrowth in cities . \u201d journal of political economy , vol . 100 .\nglaeser , e . ( 2009 ) . \u201cthe wealth of cities : agglomeration economies and spatial equilibrium in the united states . \u201d national bureau of economic research .\njacobs , j . ( 1969 ) . the economy of cities . new york : random house .\nmckinsey & company ( 2009 ) pathway to a low - carbon economy : version 3 of the global greenhouse gas abatement cost curve , p . 7 .\nworld resources institute ( 2009 ) co2 emissions per capita . accessed september 23 , 2011 at urltoken\nprivacy & cookies : this site uses cookies . by continuing to use this website , you agree to their use . to find out more , including how to control cookies , see here : cookie policy"]}
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' , } , ] }\nberberova remained in paris for twenty - five years , and for most of that time she wrote short fiction , cultural criticism , and news articles for russian - language publications including poslednie novosti ( the latest news ) and later russkaya mysl\u2019 ( russian thought ) . she describes the russian community of these years , struggling to maintain itself even as stalinist russia conspired to destroy it , hating the soviet regime yet \u201centangled in a common web . \u201d\nin 1968 he left for paris , where he lectured at the sorbonne until 1990 . he contributed to russkaya mysl ( russian thought ) and also wrote many books on russia and the soviet union . these include l ' utopie au pouvoir : histoire de l ' u . r . s . s . de 1917 a nos jours ( utopia in power : the history of the soviet union from 1917 to the present ) , which he co - wrote with aleksandr nekrich .\nstamp album paints a picture of hitherto unknown ' catacomb russia ' . the communal apartment sergeev describes is not a typical community of soviet citizens . . . they neither fight the regime , nor adapt to it . . . sergeev ' s memory seems to collect mere trifles : children ' s ditties , counting rhymes , old slogans , newspaper clippings , snatches of conversations , official documents , urban folklore and much else . he fishes various fragments out of this detritus and files them carefully away in his stamp album .\n\u0097 natalia pervukhina in russkaya mysl\nbeginning date 1923 ending date 1924 title variation russkaya mysl frequency daily ( except mon . ) former publication frequency two issues per week , dec . 9 , 1923 - vol / date range vol . 1 , no . 1 ( dec . 9 , 1923 ) - ceased with vol . 1 , no . 122 ( may 12 , 1924 ) ? note\norgan russko\u012d nat\u0361sional\u0144o\u012d mysli .\nnote with v . 1 , no . 15 , frequency change from 2 issues per week to daily . reproduction microfilm . vol . 1 , no . 28 ( feb . 2 , 1924 ) - v . 1 , no . 134 ( may 24 , 1924 ) incomplete . chicago : university of chicago regenstein library , photoduplication service , 19uu . 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm . location united states - - new york - - new york - - new york .\nmikhail ' s early education was desultory , but , being an extraordinarily perceptive boy , by the age of six he spoke french and german fluently . he was taught to read and write russian by the serf painter pavel sokolov and a local clergyman , and became an avid reader , later citing the gospel , which he read at the age of eight , as a major influence . among his childhood friends was sergey yuriev , the son of a neighbouring landlord and later a prominent literary figure , editor and publisher of the magazines russkaya mysl and beseda . in 1834 his elder sister nadezhda graduated from the moscow ekaterininsky college , and mikhail ' s education from then on was the prerogative of her friend avdotya vasilevskaya , a graduate of the same institute who had been invited to the house as a governess . mikhail ' s other tutors included the local clergyman ivan vasilievich who taught the boy latin and the student matvey salmin .\ni read with interest the three part series \u201cconversations on the succession\u201d ( \u0431\u0435\u0441\u0435\u0434\u044b \u043e \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043b\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u0438\u0438 ) which was so carefully compiled by your journalist oksana karnovich . karnovich has done something useful by gathering all of the ill - conceived arguments against the legitimist succession to the throne of russia in one place . unfortunately , by presenting them through the mouths of men who bear some of the most famous names in russian history , russkaya mysl\u2019 has lent these arguments a certain degree of authority . these men are truly noble , well - educated , and well - intentioned , but i am afraid not one of them is an authority on the russian laws of succession or international dynastic law , and , mercifully , they do not represent themselves as such . they simply repeat the same stories that they heard as children from their parents and grandparents , later erroneously confirmed by nicholas romanov and other non - dynastic members of the extended romanov family , and now present them as fact .\nin 1900 the library had 3987 books and in 1910 \u2013 4663 . the library subscribed to such magazines as \u201distoricheskiy vestnik\u201d , \u201crusskoye bogatstvo\u201d , \u201crusskaya mysl\u201d , \u201cvestnik evropy\u201d . they also bought books in bookshops . the richest collections were those of russian and foreign fiction . the most popular foreign authors were mayne reid , jules verne , fenimore cooper , the russian ones were ivan turgenev , aleksey pisemskiy , pavel pecherskiy , nikolay gogol . the library had neither books and newspapers in the chuvash language nor materials about chuvashia . the library did not subscribe even to the first chuvash newspaper \u201chypar\u201d which had been published since january , 1906 . in 1917 there were 162 readers in the library , but it did not acquire any new books . the library was visited by young workers , pupils of technical colleges and employees . in this period 4 librarians worked in the library . the library was situated in a beautiful private building in karl marx street , the first reading room appeared .\nour website uses cookies to improve its performance and enhance your user experience . through cookies , certain personal data is collected and may be stored temporarily . you can change your cookie settings through your browser . more info : privacy policy\npamela anderson to fly to st . petersburg for france - belgium match - reports 20 : 31\nstrength of theresa may ' s brexit position is that tories are so divided - prof . 19 : 50\nall kick - off times local . kaliningrad = utc + 2 , samara = utc + 4 , ekaterinburg = utc + 5 , moscow and other venues = utc + 3\nthe prominent british conservative politician boris johnson became famous in no small part due to his flamboyant style and the mind - boggling gaffes that he committed during his tenures as the mayor of london and the foreign secretary .\na former us vice president and one of the architects of the war on terror took part in a viral ad for a new show created by the man who created and portrayed characters like borat sagdiyev and admiral general aladeen .\nchina has increased the import tax on us cars to 40 percent in a retaliatory move against president donald trump ' s decision to introduce higher tariffs on chinese goods .\nparis and berlin are ramping up defense spending ahead of the nato summit in brussels , with president trump continuing to pound allies on twitter about how\nunfair\nit is that washington foots 90 % of the alliance ' s defense spending bill . speaking to sputnik , brookings researcher michael o ' hanlon explained what concerns him about trump ' s strategy .\nthe famous spanish matador jose padilla was injured after a collision with a bull during a bullfight in arevalo ( an autonomous community of castilla and leon ) .\njust before the results of talks on the star footballer\u2019s transfer are expected to be revealed , one of ronaldo ' s former teammates from manchester united , patrice evra , has tried to lure him to italy . evra didn ' t only given him a pep talk , promising a bright future at the next world cup , but also sang to lure ronaldo to turin .\nmany on social media have mocked the former foreign secretary for resigning a day after supporting the prime minister on national television .\na british columbia man had a jarring with a bear outside his home , getting charged at , tackled and nearly ripped apart by a mother grizzly after accidentally approaching her cubs .\nwho ' s novichok ? ? ? - what is happening in the uk . . .\non this episode of fault lines , hosts garland nixon and lee stranahan discuss the newest story of possible ' novichok ' poisoning coming out of the united kingdom . george galloway and professor dave collum both join as guests to provide commentary on this bizarre case .\ntrump advisor rudy giuliani called for regime change against iran last weekend , and with a new wave of protests hitting the country over fears about the consequences of the us ' forthcoming reimposed sanctions , it looks like washington wants to bring down the islamic republic through weaponized economic means .\non this episode of the critical hour with dr . wilmer leon all eyes , ears and prayers are directed toward a cave in thailand .\nwhile the authorities in brussels are preparing for the annual nato leaders meeting , peace activists from all over the world have also gathered in the city to protest against the alliance\u2019s plans and to voice their concerns at a counter - summit . sputnik met with co - president of the international peace bureau reiner braun to discuss nato\u2019s policies .\nrussian foreign minister sergei lavrov announced that russia , china , germany , france and the uk have agreed to establish a permanent expert mechanism that will be tasked with finding ways to maintain trade with iran regardless of us sanctions . sputnik discussed this with professor christopher bovis .\non wednesday , brussels will be hosting the nato\u2019s annual leaders\u2019 meeting for the second year in a row . the alliance is being criticized by peace activists who have gathered in the eu capital to talk about military spending , nuclear disarmament and wars waged by nato .\nthe us is openly demonstrating its dissatisfaction with ankara ' s strategy in syria and its rapprochement with moscow , turkish analysts told sputnik . commenting on us threats to impose sanctions on ankara over its purchase of russian s - 400 air defense systems , analysts noted that washington ' s previous embargo on turkey didn ' t work .\nchina has introduced a 25 - 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1963 or use the u . s . newspaper directory to find information about american newspapers published between 1690 - present . chronicling america is sponsored jointly by the\nnew york ( state ) - - new york . - - fast - - ( ocolc ) fst01204333\nrussian americans - - new york ( state ) - - new york - - newspapers .\nrussians - - new york ( state ) - - new york - - newspapers .\ndescription based on : v . 1 , no . 28 ( 2 - go fevr . 1924 g ) .\nlatest issue consulted : vol . 1 , no . 122 ( 25 mai\ufe20a\ufe21 1924 g ) .\nthe russian orthodox church outside of russia ( r . o . c . o . r . )\na throne , which ' not for an instant might become vacant '\nby russell e . martin\nlaw , succession , and the 18th century refounding of the romanov dynasty\nby russell e . martin\nsuccession to the russian imperial throne\nby archbishop anthony of los angeles , ed . , ( r . o . c . o . r . )\nlaw and familial order in the romanov dynasty\nby russell e . martin\ni was also privileged to have nicholas romanovich romanov kindly explain to me his highly original interpretation of the laws of succession and the dynastic law of the house of romanov - - but that does not mean any of his version reflected legal truth . it was the unique opinion of his branch , which had actively campaigned against legitimism since the revolution .\nthe arguments presented in the three conversations cover all the most famous distortions perpetuated by the \u00e9migr\u00e9s in exile . as karnovich rightly noted , the opinions of these few members of the \u00e9migr\u00e9 aristocracy are hardly universal - - even within the emigration . there are many other russians who fully support the claims of maria vladimirovna and her son george , but the vast majority simply do not care at all , which is to their discredit .\nthe tendency of members of the \u00e9migr\u00e9 aristocracy to feel that with the abdication of nicholas ii and the subsequent deferral of power by grand duke michael alexandrovich , the laws of succession and the dynastic laws of the house of romanov were somehow magically suspended is a unique and false view made popular only in the last two generations . in no other country that has lost its monarchy has this ever been the case , and no provision for this was ever enshrined in the fundamental laws of the russian empire .\nthe formerly regnant houses of austria , france , prussia , italy , portugal , romania , bulgaria , serbia , and greece ( to name a few ) continue to apply their dynastic laws within their own houses , and those dynastic laws have been rigorously observed by their members . simply because non - dynastic descendants of the russian imperial house and \u00e9migr\u00e9 aristocrats have decided collectively to ignore dynastic law because they do not like it does not mean that it no longer exists .\nthe arguments against grand duchess maria vladimirovna are myriad , changeable , complex , political , and frequently hostile - - but the facts that support her claim are very simple , as the truth always is .\nthe headship of the house of romanov and the attendant right to the throne is determined not by opinion , but by the law of succession itself . the law clearly states that the throne passes by right of primogeniture to the senior most dynastic male until the extinction of all male dynasts , after which it passes to the senior most dynastic female in relation to the last dynastic head .\nvladimir kirillovich was the last universally acknowledged dynastic head , and in 1969 , at the moment when it became apparent to him that none of the other then - living dynastic males would produce a dynastically valid heir in accordance with the laws of succession , he proclaimed his daughter would ultimately succeed him . this angered some of the remaining male dynasts and created the existing family rift .\nafter vladimir kirillovich\u2019s death in 1992 , his decision regarding the succession was accepted by all major monarchist groups including the international monarchist league and the russian imperial union - order . maria vladimirovna\u2019s dynastic right to award the russian honours is accepted by burke\u2019s world orders of knighthood and merit as well as the international commission of orders of chivalry . the patriarch of the russian orthodox church , as well as the head of the russian orthodox church abroad acknowledge maria vladimirovna as the head of the imperial house , and her son as her heir . grand duke vladimir kirillovich was buried in the peter and paul fortress . his august father and mother were reburied there . his wife was buried there as a grand duchess . for monarchists , for other royal families related to the russian imperial house , and in russia itself , these arguments are long over .\nall of this seems to bother the remaining non - dynastic descendants of the romanov family , all of whom are now closely related to the highest ranking families of the exiled aristocracy \u2013 the orlovs , cheremeteffs , golenishchev - kutuzovs , galitzines , woronzow - dashkows and others are all cousins through the marriages not in conformity with the laws of the house contracted in emigration . it is no wonder the aristocracy supports anti - legitimist arguments and contributes to the division within in the romanov family we all see today\u2014they see themselves as having \u201cmarried in\u201d to the imperial family , when in fact , their romanov relatives actually \u201cmarried out\u201d . through these marriages , the romanov family has been pulled back into the medieval morass of aristocratic clan rivalries that tore russia apart in the 15th and 16th centuries , and which the fundamental laws were , in fact , designed to eliminate .\nthe new arguments you covered were designed to discredit vladimir kirillovich himself - - the legitimacy of his own dynastic status , the legitimacy of his marriage , the dynastic status of his wife and of his daughter . the assertion that grand duke george is a hohenzollern and cannot be heir has appeared ( it is true that george mikhailovich is also a hohenzollern - - but was not peter iii a schleswig - holstein ? ) . now the \u201ckirillovsky document\u201d is quoted out of context , and its terms brandished by those untrained in imperial law to discuss them . the \u00e9migr\u00e9 aristocrats defy their own church and announce condescendingly that the patriarch was \u201cmisinformed\u201d and that everyone on earth is mistaken but they , because they are the self - appointed curators of these \u201ctruths\u201c trapped in amber .\nthere is a plurality of opinion on the succession , but there is only one hard fact : while some of the morganatic descendants of the romanoff family and some members of the russian aristocracy seem united only in their efforts to discredit maria vladimirovna , in the past 25 years , she and her son have made over 75 visits to russia , formed functioning organizations and charities both there and in europe , supported the efforts of the orthodox church , worked hard to maintain the honours and functions of the imperial house , travelled extensively throughout russia and its former territories , and have worked with and worshipped beside russians who continue to look to the imperial house for inspiration and support .\ni hope that one day , perhaps in the next generation , everyone will be able to put generations old half truths , speculations , and insults aside - - and realize through working together that helping russia is the only thing that matters . it is the only thing that has ever mattered to any of us .\nthis website and its original content is copyright of the russian legitimist . - 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2018 abebooks inc . & abebooks europe gmbh . all rights reserved .\nwe don ' t know when or if this item will be back in stock .\nlist & earn rs . 250 * extra . available in bangalore , mumbai , chennai , hyderabad .\nenter your mobile number or email address below and we ' ll send you a link to download the free kindle app . then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone , tablet , or computer - no kindle device required .\nprime members enjoy unlimited free , fast delivery on eligible items , video streaming , ad - free music , exclusive access to deals & more .\nafter viewing product detail pages , look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in .\nattention ! make this phrase search more precise by putting the phrase itself within quotation marks .\nheller completed his studies with a doctorate in humanities in 1945 at moscow university , after which he worked as a teacher in a secondary school . he was sentenced in 1950 for thought - crime offences to 15 years in a labour camp , which he served until 1957 . in 1963 heller came to warsaw , where he worked for the polish press agency .\nheller was one of giedroyc\u2019s close collaborators , and his adviser on russian matters .\nhe forged links with the literary institute immediately after his arrival in france . for kultura he first compiled a regular review of the soviet press , then from 1992 up to his death the column \u201cnotatki rosyjskie\u201d ( russian notes ) . he was awarded the kultura prize in 1977 for his articles on the ussr .\nfor a select bibliography and other information , please refer to the notes at the end of the biographical note in polish .\nquestion : the european union will undergo another enlargement next year . what impact do you think past and future eu enlargements have had and will have on relations between the eu and russia ? what is your vision of the problems in interaction between the eu and russia , and what do you expect from the upcoming summit ?\nanswer : european union enlargement inevitably has an impact on our relations . the main thing is to avoid problems and find constructive solutions to any problems that do arise . this is the approach to which we are committed .\nregarding bulgaria and romania , we hope that their entry into the eu will not damage the ties that we have built up over many years with these countries , both of which are among our traditional economic partners .\nas for the results of the enlargement in 2004 , which saw the eu take in 10 new member states , i remind you that at that time the joint declaration on eu enlargement and russia - eu relations was drafted and adopted . in particular , it set out each side\u2019s commitments in a number of areas such as trade and economic cooperation , transit to and from kaliningrad region and the rights of ethnic minorities .\nmost of the economic issues have already been settled . over these last two - and - a - half years we have put in place passenger and freight transit schemes for kaliningrad region that have made it possible to organise the transport flows to and from this region in general . there are just a few details that remain to be fine - tuned . we hope that the upcoming entry of poland and lithuania into the schengen zone will not restrict freedom of movement for the people of kaliningrad region and that the current transit scheme will continue to operate effectively .\ni must note , however , that russia is seriously concerned about the lack of real progress in the situation for the russian - speaking population in latvia and estonia . these countries are now eu member states and this makes the problem of the \u2018non - citizens\u2019 in these countries an issue for the entire european union . this is an issue of the rights and freedoms of a considerable number of people living on eu territory . we plan to raise the question of fulfilling the relevant commitments of the joint declaration at the upcoming summit in helsinki .\ni want to stress what i think is an important point , and that is that relations between russia and the eu are not just about certain economic sectors or about certain political issues such the \u2018frozen\u2019 conflicts in the post - soviet area . our cooperation is far broader and concerns almost every area of our peoples\u2019 lives . we need to focus on new positive goals and constantly open up new avenues of cooperation for all europeans , create new opportunities for their joint business and humanitarian initiatives and projects .\nwe have agreed to begin talks on drafting a new document to replace the 1997 russia - eu partnership and cooperation agreement that is in many ways outdated now . the european commission has requested a mandate to hold talks with russia on the content and scope of the future agreement , and we expect the commission to receive this mandate very soon .\nit is my conviction that we need to talk about creating the legal foundation for long - term strategic partnership and cooperation . at the upcoming summit in helsinki we will discuss a range of issues related to creating precisely this kind of legal foundation for our relations . overall , we are committed to a businesslike and constructive dialogue on all areas of relations between russia and the eu .\nquestion : immigration has become a pressing issue not just for western countries over recent years , but for russia too . how open will the russian labour market be to foreign workers , and what is the impact of the brain drain from russia to other countries ?\nanswer : i agree with you that developing an effective immigration policy is equally important today for russia and for the other countries of europe , and i note the common approach that our countries share to resolving the problems that arise in this area .\nour goal is to radically improve our legislation in this area in order to bring immigration into the open and make it legal . we are focusing particularly on integrating foreign workers into russian society based on the principles of respect for the laws and respect for our cultural , historical and religious traditions and customs .\nvarious estimates put the number of foreign workers in russia at between 10 million and 15 million people , but only 500 , 000 of them are working legally . this is the root cause of many problems , including poor working conditions and low pay for immigrants working illegally , violations of their rights , and criminalisation of unlawful employment .\na number of legislative initiatives have already been passed which , on the one hand , make it easier for foreign workers to register , and on the other hand , toughen the penalties for breaking the immigration rules and unlawfully using foreign labour . we also intend to encourage immigration to the parts of the country and the economic sectors that are important for russia\u2019s development and that face labour shortages .\nas for the problem of the brain drain from russia , this is something affecting many european countries . this is the reality of today\u2019s global economy and global scientific community . with regard to russia in particular , the brain drain was also provoked by the economic instability of the 1990s .\nin an open and democratic society , factors such as high living standards , stability , security , and opportunities for professional and creative self - realisation all have an impact on the choice of where to work . in this respect , the situation in russia has undergone great change .\nrussia\u2019s fast - growing economy , its high - technology sectors and companies are all becoming more attractive in terms of the opportunities they offer for good high - paid work . we have been working hard to ensure decent conditions for research activity in russia . wages in the academy have risen and we are focusing especially on raising the wages of young scientists . we are implementing programmes to create technology incubation zones , technology parks and develop an innovative environment . i note that many professionals and academics who left the country are now considering returning to russia . i am certain that as the country continues to grow and become stronger , there will be more and more reason for them to decide to come back home .\nquestion : the second world congress of russians abroad was held in st petersburg in october this year . what are the priorities for the government programme for work with russians abroad ? what influence do you think russian - language publications abroad can have on forming the image of russia abroad and helping to unite the russian diaspora ?\nanswer : i would first like to say a few words about the scale of the issue . the russian diaspora comes to around 30 million people , with 10 million of them living in europe alone . this is one of the biggest diasporas in the world . there are countries where russians account for more than 20 percent of the population .\nit is only natural that we feel concern for the fate of people with whom we are bound by uninterrupted cultural , historical and spiritual ties .\nwhat is important to us is that our compatriots abroad have the possibility of preserving their ethnic and cultural identity , be able to protect their lawful rights and interests and , if they wish , return to their homeland .\nthe main elements of our support for russians living abroad are legal protection , organisation of holidays for children , medical assistance for veterans , supplying teaching materials , providing support to russian - language theatres and training for teachers .\nwe have a federal programme , russian language , aimed at strengthening the position of the russian language abroad . as for those of our compatriots who wish to resettle in russia , the state helps them to move here and settle in , including by helping them to go through the necessary legal formalities , obtain employment , and receive pension and education entitlements .\ntwelve russian regions are looking to take in compatriots abroad wishing to resettle in russia , and they have already presented their proposals on employment and social support to the government . the first stage of implementing the programme to assist voluntary resettlement will begin in 2007 . a total of 4 . 6 billion roubles has already been allocated in the federal budget for this purpose .\nthe main objective of another document , the 2006\u20132008 programme for work with russians abroad , is to help consolidate the different organisations set up by russians abroad so that they will be better able to defend their lawful rights and interests , including their ethnic and cultural , economic and political interests . i think that the organisation of global and regional conferences and the creation of a special print publication and corresponding internet portal for russians abroad will help to unite the diaspora . what is particularly important is that we are also supporting regional and country - based publications for the russian communities abroad .\nin europe alone there is already a whole range of media aimed at a russian - speaking audience . we can now speak of the formation of a russian - language media space in europe . these are newspapers and magazines living according to the laws of the european information market , and therefore a part of the european continent\u2019s common information space . we must not forget russian television , too , which offers european viewers the international versions of its programmes : channel one , rossia , ntv , and russia today .\nmany europeans , especially young people , study russian and read the russian - language press . the diverse and accurate information about the country and the not always straightforward processes underway here that they receive helps to create an image of the real russia and break down old stereotypes . as i said in my address to the world congress of russians abroad in st petersburg , maintaining the russian - language space is one of the priorities for our work with our compatriots abroad , with those for whom russia has always been and will always remain a centre of attraction for their diverse interests . europe\u2019s russian - language press can make a useful contribution to uniting this \u2018russian world\u2019 \u2013 a world of science and learning , a world rich in history and traditions .\nquestion : there are those who say that russia is taking a new road to development , a road that differs from that of either the west or the asian countries . do you agree with the assertion that russia is following its own road , and what is your vision of this road ?\nanswer : let me begin by saying that in today\u2019s interdependent world , it is really only by convention that we still speak of a \u2018western\u2019 or \u2018asian\u2019 development path .\nrussia is building its statehood on the foundation of democratic values and freedoms and is working consistently to strengthen the institutions of its civil society . the goals of our policies are to make market relations more efficient , to develop opportunities for our citizens to realise their business and creative initiatives , and to provide better social guarantees for our people . we are perfectly happy to draw on the positive experience of our partners in europe and in other parts of the world . at the same time , we strive to make the fullest use of our own truly inexhaustible potential , our unique culture and the traditions and historical experience of our peoples .\nrussia , like any other country , is unique . only we can travel our road , and it is up to us to make it a success .\nthe national library of the chuvash republic has a rich history . it was established on january 24th , 1871 . the library subscribed to 8 magazines and a few books . then , the library collections were replenished with about 80 books , including a 13 - volume plyushar\u2019s encyclopedic dictionary , a 14 - volume russian encyclopedic lexicon and a significant amount of fiction , which were in great demand . the library\u2019s credibility grew , and it became a public library in 1892 . in this connection the library received a small grant from the town council that allowed a permanent paid librarian .\nthe year 1938 was very important in the library\u2019s history . on march 1st , 1938 , the city library has been transformed into the library of the chuvash republic and was named after maxim gorki . the first librarians in the cheboksary public library were the teacher k . mikhailov , the doctors e . vishnevski , e . astronomov , e . gerasimov and w . nikolaev . at the beginning of the year 1946 the library\u2019s collections contained 93 thousand books . 22 employees worked in the library . the same year the library moved into a building in k . ivanov street .\nin april , 1994 , the library was given the status of the national library . nowadays the library employs 132 staff members , of whom 107 have higher education . every day the library welcomes more than 500 readers . the collections of the library contain more than two million items including more than 58 thousand items in the chuvash language , making the chuvash collection the largest in the republic . in 2000 the public centre for law information opened its doors to the library users , and in 2003 the centre of open access to internet was launched . today , the national library of the chuvash republic is a scientific public library and a regional methodic centre .\nin the years 2006 - 2009 the main building of the library was reconstructed . the reconstruction made it possible to organize a modern space which is aimed at serving the readers and fits the requirements of the informational environment .\nduring the years 2009 - 2011 the construction of the annex to the main library building was conducted . here are placed the chuvash regional centre of the boris yeltsin presidential library , room of state symbols , electronic reading room , room for videoconferences , an assembly hall .\nto meet the information needs of blind and visually impaired users , a special room was opened , equipped with a personal computer with means of speech synthesis , braille consoles and a device for scanning and reading . the entrance to the building is provided with appropriate ramps for the low - mobility groups of the population .\nin 2012 , technology and innovation support center was created , which provides free access to the russian and foreign information resources in the field of intellectual property .\nin 2012 , on the basis of foreign literature department the hall of national cultures was opened . it provides access to the literature of the peoples of russia . the activities of the hall are aimed at interaction with the national associations of the chuvash republic , creation of conditions for preservation of the cultures of the peoples living on the territory of the republic .\nin 2013 , the library was reorganized : the state book chamber of the chuvash republic became a structural unit of the library .\nin 2014 , the children\u2019s room \u201cintellectuarium\u201d was opened for free classes for parents with children from 1 to 6 years . the room is beautifully decorated , equipped with modern children\u2019s furniture ; all sorts of educating , environmentally friendly toys and materials for creativity were purchased .\nthe same year the center of orthodox book \u201cradonezh\u201d was opened . the main directions of its work are spiritual enlightenment , patriotic education , methodological support of the public libraries of chuvashia in preservation of the orthodox traditions . in september 2016 , the chinese culture center was opened on the basis of foreign literature department . the main partner of the center is the library of anhui province of the department of culture of the government of anhui province ( prc ) . the main purpose of the center is popularization of the chinese culture on the territory of chuvashia .\nthis is a short preview of the document . your library or institution may give you access to the complete full text for this document in proquest .\ndickensian ; london vol . 57 , iss . 333 , ( jan 1 , 1961 ) : 56 .\n( b . 8 august 1901 in saint petersburg , russia ; d . 26 september 1993 in philadelphia , pennsylvania ) , russian \u00e9migr\u00e9 writer whose autobiography , the italics are mine ( 1969 ) , chronicled nearly a century of intellectual life in tsarist russia , the early soviet union , and exile in paris .\nberberova was the only child of nikolai ivanovich berberov , an armenian civil servant in russia\u2019s ministry of finance whose family had acquired land and moved into the gentry class under catherine the great , and natalia ivanovna karaulova . berberova\u2019s maternal great - grandfather , karaulov , a landowner in the province of tver , was the model for ivan goncharov\u2019s fictional hero oblomov\u2014 the prototypical \u201csuperfluous man\u201d of the nineteenth century , a recurrent literary type in many russian novels including aleksandr pushkin\u2019s eugene onegin and mikhail lermontov\u2019s hero of our time .\nberberova had a privileged childhood in tsarist russia that came to an end with world war i . she briefly enrolled in the department of philology at rostov university , but the bolshevik revolution interrupted her education . she was one of the last of her class to attend a university in russia . returning to saint petersburg , now called petrograd , she joined the poets\u2019 guild and became part of the vibrant but increasingly imperiled literary life of that city . in 1922 she and the symbolist poet vladislav khodasevich ( 1886 - 1939 ) , with whom she had fallen in love , left russia together and traveled throughout europe . they spent part of the time as members of maksim gorky\u2019s peripatetic household , before gorky returned to russia . about gorky she observed , perhaps harshly , \u201cit was always more important for him to be heard than to speak out . \u201d\nin 1925 berberova and khodasevich finally settled into the russian intellectual community in paris , which she called a \u201cunique generation of deprived , broken , silenced , stripped , homeless , destitute , disenfranchised and therefore half - educated poets . \u201d among the writers she describes in her autobiography are andrey bely , vladimir nabokov , ivan bunin ( winner of the 1933 nobel prize for literature ) , marina tsvetayeva , and boris pasternak , and scores of others . she singles out nabokov as a genius who was \u201cable to bring in a renewal of style . \u201d\nin 1932 berberova left khodasevich , although she remained on good terms with him and olga , the woman he subsequently married . in 1937 she married nikolai makeyev , a russian \u00e9migr\u00e9 painter , and moved to longchene , a rural suburb of paris , where they lived in extreme poverty throughout world war ii . they divorced nine years later in 1946 , and in 1950 , berberova emigrated once again , this time to the united states , where in 1954 she married the musician george kochevitsky in order to become a u . s . citizen . they divorced in 1983 .\nduring her early years in the united states , berberova edited books for the chekhov publishing house in new york city and served on the editorial board of the russian literary journal mosty ( bridges ) . she began a new career in 1958 when she joined the slavic department at yale university , in new haven , connecticut . in 1963 she moved to princeton university , in new jersey , where she taught russian literature until she retired in 1971 , following which she continued to teach and lecture at various institutions in the united states , including cornell , columbia , bryn mawr college , middlebury college , and the university of pennsylvania . she received honorary doctorates from middlebury and yale .\nwhen berberova was in her eighties , she enjoyed unexpected good fortune . in 1985 the french publishing house actes sud began issuing her fiction in french translation . her books sold so well that she remained on the french best - seller lists for nearly a decade , which brought her financial independence and great personal satisfaction . her fiction in french translation attracted the notice of jacqueline kennedy onassis , who brought berberova to the attention of american publishers and readers . actes sud translated and published her fiction in more than twenty - two languages , including english .\nin 1989 she paid a visit to her homeland , sixty - seven years after leaving , courtesy of an invitation from the union of writers . two years later she watched the collapse of the soviet union . she had outlived the revolution . berberova died in a nursing home in philadelphia of complications from a fall at the age of ninety - two .\nmost of berberova\u2019s fiction was written during her years in paris , and her disaffected heroines reflect berberova\u2019s life on the edge of desperation , lonely yet claustrophobically confined to a narrow existence . the bookof happiness ( 1999 ; originally published in russian as kniga schast \u2019e ) is her most autobiographical novel . the protagonist , vera , grows up in a comfortable household in tsarist saint petersburg but after the revolution marries an invalid and emigrates to paris , where she leads a life of drudgery . only at the end of the novel is there a glimpse of redemption , when she falls in love for the first time : \u201cshe felt like saying that despite the fact that it was going to be an uphill road , the round - the - world journey was over . \u201d\nthe french director claude miller adapted berberova\u2019s 1934 novella the accompanist for his film , l\u2019accompagnatrice ( 1992 ) , about an impoverished young pianist hired to accompany a beautiful but selfish opera singer ; the accompanist becomes so obsessed with her employer\u2019s life that she ruins her own . the film was a commercial success in france and in the united states .\nin addition to her autobiography and fiction , berberova wrote a biography of tchaikovsky , in which she openly discusses his homosexuality , and a life of aleksandr blok , the finest symbolist poet of russia\u2019s \u201csilver age . \u201d berberova was an important part of the modernist movement in twentieth - century russian literature , and because of her personal descriptions of so many russian writers , she provides an invaluable record of an entire era .\nberberova\u2019s papers are in the beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale university and in the boris i . nicolaevsky collection in the hoover institution of war , revolution , and peace at stanford university . the beinecke collection contains correspondence , manuscripts , photographs , personal papers , and memorabilia chiefly from the years 1950 to 1993 . the papers are written in russian , english , french , and german . the bulk of her early papers ( 1922\u20131950 ) are at the hoover institution . berberova\u2019s autobiography , the italics are mine ( 1969 ; originally published in russian as kursiv moi : autobiografiid ) , is the best source of her life . berberova\u2019s english translator , marian schwartz , has written an eloquent introduction to the ladies from st . petersburg , ( 1995 ; originally published in russian as baryni ) , and ken kalfus reviewed it for the new york times book ( review ( 1 nov . 1998 ) . claire messud reviewed cape of storms ( 1999 ; originally published in russian as mys bur ) for the new york times book review ( 9 jan . 2000 ) . an obituary is in the new york times ( 29 sept . 1993 ) .\nberberova , nina nikolaevna .\nthe scribner encyclopedia of american lives . . encyclopedia . com . 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{"id": 54405, "summary": [{"text": "harding and seaver was an architectural firm that operated for over 20 years .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "george c. harding was an architect of pittsfield , massachusetts .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "he graduated from mit .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "he worked alone for five years and then partnered with henry m. seaver .", "topic": 34}, {"text": "harding and seaver \" designed a great many public buildings in the pittsfield-berkshire county area , and did many other private commissions throughout new england and in new york state . \"", "topic": 19}, {"text": "some of their works are listed on the u.s. national register of historic places .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "works include ( with attribution ) : saint andrew 's chapel on washington mountain rd. washington , massachusetts , ( harding , george c. ) , nrhp-listed pittsfield boy 's club , pittsfield , ma ( harding and seaver ) museum of natural history and art , built 1907 , pittsfield , ma ( harding and seaver ) town hall , lenox , ma ( harding and seaver ) several buildings at williams college , williamstown , ma ( harding and seaver ) several buildings at colby academy , new london , nh ( harding and seaver ) memorial chapel and lathrop hall at colgate university , hamilton , ny ( harding and seaver ) one or more works in downtown bennington historic district ( boundary increase ) , north , main & silver sts .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "bennington , vt ( harding and seaver ) , nrhp-listed", "topic": 16}], "title": "harding and seaver", "paragraphs": ["town hall , lenox , ma , 1906 , lithograph . harding & seaver | shrink wrap and products\nalthough built several years after the town hall , the firehouse was constructed of the same materials and continues the neoclassical style of the larger town hall building . the firm of harding and seaver designed the firehouse . george harding had been the architect for the town hall . clifford sons , the firm in whose building the 1909 fire began , undertook the construction of the building .\npepperdine welcomes students from diverse backgrounds to explore seaver college further through our admissions process and financial assistance programs .\nseaver college at pepperdine provides students with a superior liberal arts education and unique opportunities for personal growth and spiritual development at a premier christian university .\nseaver college ' s student organizations , spiritual opportunities , campus living , and close proximity to los angeles enhance our students ' pepperdine experience .\nbob gilliam , seaver college professor emeritus of psychology and academic computing and chair of the social science division , passed away on august 3 at his home in little rock , arkansas .\nseaver college at pepperdine offers a well - rounded liberal arts education through bachelor ' s and master ' s degree programs , as well as study abroad opportunities at our six international campuses .\nafter completing a bachelor\u2019s degree in bible and psychology and a master\u2019s degree in teaching , gilliam earned a doctorate in education and returned to harding university as professor and chair of the psychology department from 1960 to 1969 . in 1970 he and his family moved to malibu where gilliam joined pepperdine university as professor and chair of the social science division , retiring in 1993 . he received an outstanding teaching award at both harding and pepperdine university and cofounded the pepperdine university faculty / staff scholarship fund , encouraging faculty and staff to support outstanding students who needed financial assistance . when the pepperdine men\u2019s golf program was reinstituted in 1981 , gilliam served as the waves\u2019 head coach for three seasons before bob yokoi assumed duties in the 1984 - 1985 season .\nseaver is pepperdine university ' s college of letters , arts , and sciences . as part of a university founded on christian values , we provide a superior liberal arts education , along with unique opportunities for personal discovery .\ngilliam was known for his passion for life and sharing the love of christ . at pepperdine he was among the pioneers of the university church of christ fellowship , which in 1970 was established as a local presence prior to the construction of the new seaver college campus .\nhe is survived by his wife of 63 years , dorothy gilliam ; children and their spouses , priscilla ( ' 78 ) and holden macrae , david and vanessa gilliam , and daughter - in - law lisette osborne and her husband earney osborne ; grandchildren and their spouses , micala and dan clark , manali macrae , cameron gilliam , whitney gilliam , tricia and carl schulze , nathan and jaime gilliam , zachary and destiny osborne ; and great - grandchildren , cj schulze , caleb , rachael , asa and seth gilliam , and ellie osborne . his son roy gilliam preceded him in death .\nthe social setting and purpose of joseph and aseneth , journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha 2 ( 1988 ) 21 - 48 . pdf\nit is currently owned by the town of lenox and serves as the lenox firehouse .\nperceptions of oil in early judaism and the meal formula in joseph and aseneth , journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha , 14 ( 2005 ) 113 - 32 . pdf\ntony and mary blair - the blair team of signature associates , inc . real estate\nat a special town meeting held june 16 , 1909 , the committee recommended the formation of a fire company , and steps were taken to supply hydrants and adequate water pressure . money was appropriated later that year for the purchase of apparatus , and sites considered for the engine house . after several sites were investigated and rejected , it was voted to erect a new firehouse on the lot just east of town hall , and $ 11 , 000 was appropriated for its construction .\nenter your log in email address and we ' ll send you a link to reset your password .\nthis building was built as a combination commercial and residential structure , with retail space on the first floor and an apartment below . in 1918 , it housed an antique shop and the first lenox savings bank , with the owner of the building , leonard c . peters , residing upstairs . the peters family has retained ownership of the building , and although the businesses have changed the commercial / residential mix has stayed the same .\nan excellent example of the immigrants who came to work on the estates \u2013 and whose descendants populate modern lenox .\neventually the antique shop was replaced by a medical office , and in 1957 / 8 the bank and medical office were replaced by talbot\u2019s dress shop . on july 31 , 1979 talbots the , inc . took over ownership .\nthe dead sea scrolls and the meal formula in joseph and aseneth : from qumran fever to qumran light , in the bible and the dead sea scrolls , ed . j . h . charlesworth . 3 vols . , ( waco , tx : baylor university press , 2006 ) . vol . 2 , pp . 397 - 425 .\nthis colonial revival style building has two stories , an asphalt shingle roof and is intact . it has 2 - bay , 2 - story , masonry construction , and brick laid up in variation of common bond ( headers interspersed with stretchers every 7 courses ) . there is a hipped roof and a pavilion with pediment and modillions . there is marble quoining at corners of both main building and pavilion . there are 2 vehicular bays with flared marble headers and 3 - part keystones ; above each vehicle bay is a 3 - part window with marble lintels ( headers flared ) with 2 - o - 2 windows flanking a larger 8 - o - 8 middle window . there is a marble foundation / water table .\nbread of life in joseph and aseneth and in john 6 , in johannine studies in honor of frank pack , ed . j . e . priest . malibu , ca : pepperdine university press , 1989 . pp . 1 - 16 .\nnational park service properties : most nps properties have been scanned and are in npgallery . you can search by park name .\nfully occupied rental income property . two family flat in immaculate , turn key , condition . many updates and improvements . two one bedroom apartments . new windows , gas hot water heater , washer , dryer , refrigerator , carpeting and much more ! !\noxyrhynchus papyrus 2069 and the compositional history of 1 enoch , journal of biblical literature 129 ( 2010 ) 485 - 505 . pdf\nspreadsheet of multiple property covers 2015 ( up to 2015 , includes links to pdfs and breakdown by states ) spreadsheet of multiple property covers 2017 ( up to 2018 , does not include links to pdfs or breakdown by states ) the sort order is by state , county and resource name or , in the case of multiples , by state and resource name . standard spreadsheet navigation tools allow you to go to \u201cfind and select\u201d in the upper right hand corner of the spreadsheet and using the find utility you can search for keywords such as \u201cfort\u201d . the default search searches all columns but you can restrict a search to a given column by highlighting the column . for example you can search for properties in fairfax county , virginia by highlighting the county column and searching for fairfax .\ngeorge nickelsburg ' s jewish literature between the bible and the mishnah : retrospect and prospect , in g . w . e . nickelsburg in perspective : an ongoing dialogue of learning , jacob neusner and alan j . avery - peck , eds . , 2 vols . , supplements to the journal for the study of judaism 80 . leiden : brill , 2003 . vol . 2 , pp . 343 - 56 . pdf\nthis tudor revival style building has two stories , an asphalt shingle roof , and is intact . this structure has 5 - bay , brick & wood framed construction and a hipped roof with shed - roofed dormers . there is brick cladding on the 1st floor laid up in english bond with stucco with half - timbering on the upper story , and wood shingles on the dormer sides . the articulated 2nd floor overhangs the front fa\u00e7ade , and is supported by large wood brackets with sets of 3 windows flanking a center bay w / 4 windows \u2013 all 4 - o - 4 . there are leaded 12 - light transoms over 3 - part storefront windows . the recessed left side ell has a gable roof which is 2 - bays wide & has a steeply pitched canopy over the entry to the 2nd floor . the door has 3 vertical panels with decorative wood graining and a 6 - light leaded glass window ; pent between the 2nd floor and the attic level in the left side ell . there is a 1 - story rear ell and a rear wall chimney between the main house and the rear ell . the foundation is concrete .\nthe lenox fire department was formed and this firehouse was constructed as a direct result of the easter fire of 1909 . on the night of april 10 - 11 of that year , a fire broke out in the clifford block on main street , killing six people and eventually spreading to other buildings , destroying much of the block between main , church , housatonic , and franklin streets . lenox at that time had only a small , poorly organized and ill - equipped volunteer fire department , and help had to be summoned from pittsfield , lee and lenox dale . since the 1890\u2019s the town officials had been warned by fire insurance companies that fire protection in lenox was inadequate , but the few attempts to organize a fire department failed due to lack of support from the town\u2019s most prominent citizens . the day after the 1909 fire a committee on fire protection was formed , although some commented that it was like locking the barn door after the horse had been stolen .\nl . c . peters , one of 10 children , left kent , england in 1870 , when he was 20 , to look for work in the united states . his first stop was troy , ny where he had family and became part of the work crew that came to lenox to build ethelwynd . a skilled carpenter , he saved , and had , after four years , enough to bring over his fianc\u00e9e , martha barnes and they raised three children to adulthood in lenox .\ncovenant and cosmos in wisdom of solomon 10 - 19 , in the concept of the covenant in the second temple period , eds . stanley e . porter and jacqueline c . r . de roo . supplements to the journal for the study of judaism 71 . leiden : brill , 2003 . pp . 223 - 49 . pdf\nfrom death to life : conversion in joseph and aseneth , journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha supplement series 16 . sheffield , england : sheffield academic press , 1995 .\n[ 3 ] henry f . withey , aia and elsie rathburn withey , biographical dictionary of american architects ( deceased ) ( los angeles : hennessey & ingalls , inc . , 1970 ) p 264 .\n[ 1 ] henry f . withey , aia and elsie rathburn withey , biographical dictionary of american architects ( deceased ) ( los angeles : hennessey & ingalls , inc . , 1970 ) p . 264 .\ndivision : religion and philosophy division office : appleby center ( apc ) 279 phone : ( 310 ) 506 - 4352 fax : ( 310 ) 506 - 6907 e - mail : randall . chesnutt @ urltoken\ngilliam\u2019s life will be celebrated on saturday , october 7 , at 2 pm at the pleasant valley church of christ in little rock , arkansas , where gilliam and his wife , dorothy have been active members for nine years .\nfrom text to context : the social matrix of joseph and aseneth , in society of biblical literature 1996 seminar papers , ed . k . h . richards . atlanta : scholars press , 1996 . pp . 285 - 302 . pdf\nprayer of a convert to judaism : joseph and aseneth 12 - 13 , in prayer from alexander to constantine : a critical anthology , ed . mark kiley et al . london / new york : routledge , 1997 . pp . 65 - 72 .\nnational historic landmark files : by name : use our npgallery database and select national historic landmark system as the\nrecord category\nor use the national historic landmarks spreadsheet to look up the reference number , then use the reference number to search in our npgallery database .\nprayers in the apocrypha and pseudepigrapha , in prayer from alexander to constantine : a critical anthology , ed . mark kiley et al . london / new york : routledge , 1997 . pp . 38 - 42 . ( co - authored with judith h . newman ) .\nmultiple property covers : by name : use our npgallery database and select national register multiples ( covers ) as the\nrecord category\nor use the multiple property covers 2017 spreadsheet to look up the reference number , then use the reference number to search in our npgallery database .\nnpgallery allows you to search the national register information system a database of over 90 , 000 historic buildings , districts , sites , structures and objects listed on the national register of historic places . the finding aids below have information to assist in your search of the nrhp data in npgallery .\nrevelatory experiences attributed to biblical women in early jewish literature , in ' women like this ' : new perspectives on jewish women in the greco - roman world , ed . a . - j . levine , early judaism and its literature 1 . atlanta : scholars press , 1991 . pp . 107 - 25 . pdf\naddress search for national register listed properties : you can do an address search in the national register listed properties spreadsheet and in the weekly list search engine ( for new properties ) . many properties are within historic districts . you can look for likely districts based on the address field in the spreadsheet . federal listings can be found in these spreadsheets : federal listings : national register of historic places listed properties from federal agencies ( listings up to july , 2015 ) everything : national register of historic places properties : listed / returned / removed / eligible / ineligible ( up to december , 2017 )\ndeterminations of eligibility : does have not been scanned . you can download a federal determinations of eligibility spreadsheet for determinations up to july , 2015 .\nfor those of you who are interested in working with data in a gis environment , there is more information at national register of historic places program research page .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nwe ' ve sent an email to please follow the instructions to reset your password .\nif is associated with an alamy account you ' ll receive an email with instructions on how to reset your password .\ngriffin hall , williams college , williamstown , berkshire county , massachusetts , united states .\n[ 2 ] berkshire athenaeum / pittsfield library , history department , architects file .\n[ 4 ] massachusetts cultural resource inventory system ( macris ) online at : < http : / / mhc - macris . net >\n[ 5 ] berkshire athenaeum / pittsfield library , history department , architects file .\nthe wisdom of solomon , commentaries on early jewish literature , ( berlin : walter de gruyter , in progress ) .\njewish women in the greco - roman era , in essays on women in earliest christianity , vol . 1 , ed . carroll osburn . joplin , mo : college press , 1993 . pp . 93 - 130 . pdf\nin lieu of flowers , the family requests that donations be made in gilliam ' s memory to the pepperdine university faculty / staff scholarship fund .\nfully occupied rental income property , 2 family flat , immaculate , turn key condition , many updates ."]}
{"id": 54412, "summary": [{"text": "sam ruby is a prominent software developer , w3c working group co-chair and apache software foundation director who has made significant contributions to web standards and open source software projects .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "in particular he has contributed to the standardization of syndicated web feeds via his involvement with the atom standard and the feed validator web service .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "he currently holds a senior technical staff member position in the emerging technologies group of ibm .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "he resides in raleigh , north carolina .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "he is a co-chair of the w3c 's html working group . ", "topic": 32}], "title": "sam ruby", "paragraphs": ["sam / ruby . . hd wallpaper and background images in the sam and ruby club tagged : sam ruby winchester jared padalecki katie cassidy genevieve cortese .\nthen sam hears lilith is in town and goes after her . ruby tries to stop sam , but sam pulls the knife on her and leaves . when sam gets overwhelmed , ruby comes and saves sam . sam returns the favor and is able to exorcise his first demon with his mind . it ' s believed around this time sam started to drink demon blood .\nsam and dean initially mistake genevieve padalecki for ruby before realizing that she is the actress who played ruby in season 4 . when dean first realizes that sam ' s actor is married to genevieve , he is upset with sam for marrying\nfake ruby\nand sam gets flustered .\nfinally , i turned to sam ruby for advice . sam pointed me to the sanitization code he wrote for the universal feedparser .\njared padalecki said in a convention that sam believes he was in love with ruby .\nsam ruby suggests a roadmap for a new effort that may very well replace rss .\nruby saves sam ' s life when sam no longer has the will to live . when sam questions where ruby grabbed the body , and then tells her to get out , he has no use for her . so ruby goes and grabs a brain dead patient ( there isn ' t a soul in the body ) as her new body for sam . when she brings up psychic matters again , sam agrees . thus , ruby begins to teach sam how to use his powers , but sam can ' t get it right and ruby kills the demon for taunting sam .\nruby is the only demon so far with whom sam has had a romantic relationship with .\nsam ruby ( james ) , 43 - inverness , fl | mylife . com\u2122 background profile\n( updated as sam ruby persuaded me to use second - precision on my dates . )\nsam calls ruby later and tells her his discoveries . ruby tells sam that yellow eyes was covering his tracks . sam demands her to tell him who she really and ruby reveals she ' s a demon . she also tells sam she can help with getting dean out of his deal . in sin city , sam threatens ruby with the colt ( which she fixed ) when ruby threatens to take it away . ruby tells sam if he kills her , she can ' t help dean . she tells sam to think of her as the little fallen angel on sam ' s shoulder when she tells sam hes going to have to do things that go against his nature . before that she and sam got into an argument about killing two demons ( sam argues it was also two humans as well ) .\nit is revealed in on the head of a pin what sam didn ' t like to do , but did it anyways . after locating his brother , sam tells ruby he needs more , and she tells sam he can have it . demon blood is the reason why sam ' s abilities were growing . ruby is slowly making sam a demon blood addict , sam just doesn ' t know yet .\ndean references ruby when telling sam that he thinks sam will give in to lucifer , saying that it might be demon blood or\nsome other demon chick\nthat will corrupt sam in the end .\nsam calls ruby , desperate for more demon blood but she doesn ' t answer his calls .\nafter burying the body , ruby confronts sam and kisses him . sam draws back quickly and asks ruby what she ' s doing . sam is resisting the temptation because he doesn ' t want to sink so low as to sleep with a demon . ruby assures sam it ' s okay as it ' s just her in the body and seduces him . sam succumbs , and they have sex .\n, ruby comes to sam ' s room , not too happy . she accuses sam of wasting time because now , thirty - four of the seals have been broken . sam counters that he doesn ' t know what the seals are or how many are there . ruby suggests that sam go after the source of all their problems : lilith . sam mentions to ruby that it ' s not the psychic thing , he has a legitimate problem . ruby admits she knows what he has a problem with , but tough . she continues on by saying that sam should just admit he likes it . sam plays dumb and ruby gets angry and leaves . though sam calls ruby and starts up again .\nlater on , ruby approaches sam about dean being rescued by angels . when sam confirms it , she attempts to leave . sam asks her what ' s wrong and ruby replies that angels won ' t care that she ' s helping , they will still kill her . she continues by saying that the angels scare her and tells sam to be careful . sam responds by saying he is not scared of angels . then dean finds out what sam ' s doing ( metamorphosis ) and sam stops dean from attacking ruby .\nin i know what you did last summer , sam drops everything when he sees ruby . she gives sam a tip about a girl the demons want . when they locate the girl , ruby comes in telling them demons followed them , and then the demons attack . ruby takes anna for her own safety . sam tells dean why he trusts ruby ( story is above ) and then ruby comes in to tell sam where she is . in heaven and hell , ruby helps sam in his plan to bring the angels and demons together .\na ruby static code analyzer and formatter , based on the community ruby style guide .\ngithub - html5lib / html5lib - ruby : ruby port of html5lib , currently unmaintained .\nwearehugh : sam ruby : venus rising - planet + + tags : feedparser feeds planet . . .\nruby accuses sam of wasting time - thirty - four of the seals have been broken . sam says that he doesn ' t know where the seals are or how to stop them from being broken . ruby counters that he needs to go after the source of the problem - lilith . sam refuses and ruby leaves . later , sam has a conversation with dean in which dean says he doesn ' t see that he and sam could have a happy future . this leads sam to rejoining ruby and the hunt for lilith .\nruby knew about sam before they met . she knew he was the last surviving special child that azazel had plans for . before they meet face to face , ruby watched sam from afar . sam did notice ruby following him ; however , when he turned around , she would vanish . they finally meet when sam is overwhelmed by three demons at once , and she conveniently steps in .\ncasting side for ruby from june , 2007 . this is an early draft of the final scene from 3 . 04 sin city between ruby and sam which was used to cast the role of ruby .\nwhen hester catches sam and meg working together , she incorrectly assumes that they are lovers just as sam and ruby were ; hester even references ruby , saying ,\na demon whore and a winchester . again .\nthe past loves of sam winchester aka five relationships sam had had and one he wished he did . by ttttrickster ( iscatterthemintimeandspace )\nin the real ghostbusters , sam was annoyed when a fan of the supernatural books asked chuck why sam or dean couldn ' t see ruby was playing them from the start .\nruby comes to bobby while he is working on the colt . bobby shoots her with it , but with no effect . ruby offers to help bobby make it work , and they succeed . when bobby brings the colt to a hunt dean and sam are on , ruby follows and urges sam to take the gun and take action . awhile after sam kills two demons with the colt , he and ruby argue - ruby threatens to take the colt from sam and give it to someone else who ' ll use it ; sam threatens ruby with the colt . they come to a truce again when ruby reminds sam that if he kills her , she can ' t help him save dean ' s soul . she refers to herself as\nthe little fallen angel\non sam ' s shoulder .\nsam and ruby meet when sam is about to be killed by a demon . she comes up and kills them all using her special knife . sam had recognized her as the girl following him earlier , and wondered who the hell she was .\nangry that dean is willing to work with crowley , sam brings ruby up and compares how he had trusted her to how he had trusted brady . right before sam kills him , brady taunts sam about how he had always been so easily manipulated by demons like ruby and suggests that it is because he is just like them , which sam seems to dismiss .\nwhen sam and dean are thrown into the lives of jared and jensen , sam discovers to his shock he ' s married to\nruby\n- actually genevieve cortese , the actress who plays ruby . seeing her , sam recalls the terrible experience he had with ruby and is put off by her as genevieve is confused by this behavior .\nwhen sam goes to investigate the diner , ruby meets up with him , commenting on his progress . sam asks ruby what the hell is going on , and ruby answers that she doesn ' t know . sam tells ruby they think a high level demon pulled dean out , but ruby shoots this theory down . ruby asks sam if hes gonna tell dean about what they ' re doing and if they don ' t tell dean , he ' s gonna be pissed . sam responds that dean doesn ' t like this psychic stuff and will try and stop him . ruby tells sam that she is not on dean ' s good side , and is not going to come between them . sam says that he doesn ' t even know if what he ' s doing is right or if he trusts ruby or not . but he wants to continue .\nwhen sam threatens the crossroads demon with the colt , the crossroads demon realizes that ruby must have fixed it and comments disparagingly on the problems ruby is causing her .\nas dean ' s time is almost up and they figure out lilith has dean ' s contract , sam wants to call ruby for help . which he does despite dean ' s wishes . sam asks ruby if she knew lilith had dean ' s contract , and she answers yes . sam asks why she didn ' t tell him , and she responds that sam wasn ' t ready . ruby continues on by saying ,\nif i told you , you two yahoos would ' ve just charged after her half - cocked . and lilith would ' ve peeled the meat from your pretty , pretty faces .\nsam retorts that they ' re ready now . ruby tells sam she knows how to save dean , but it ' s not her who will save him , it ' s sam . sam is confused , ruby tells sam it ' s the powers azazel gave him and sam can use them to wipe lilith off the map . sam doesn ' t believe her .\ntested on mac os x ruby 1 . 8 . 7 and ruby 1 . 9 . 2 .\nthen sam gets locked in the panic room by dean , but eventually escapes . when he sees ruby again , he yells at her for not answering his calls . ruby responds by saying that she can ' t answer when she on the hunt for lilith . then ruby lets sam feed while she silently smiles . ruby tells sam his appetite has gotten bigger and she can ' t supply him with any more blood . she follows up by saying she has a lead on demon who ' s close to lilith . then dean shows up and tries to kill ruby , but sam stops him . in this moment , sam chooses ruby over dean .\nsam tells dean about ruby turning out to be a demon . dean is angry that sam didn ' t exorcise her as soon as he found out , but sam defends his sparing her and admits that she offered to help him save dean from his deal . dean believes that ruby is just lying to sam and using his love for dean against him , but sam insists that they can use her to get information on the demons they are battling .\nruby does not appear physically , but dean redials the last number on sam ' s phone and her voice is heard first greeting sam , then asking if he ' s there when\nsam\ndoesn ' t answer her . dean hangs up without saying anything . earlier in the episode , sam was discussing a lack of demonic omens with ruby on the phone , ending with both promising to keep looking and sam telling her would be calling her soon .\nsam ruby : application / atom json ? by znarf json atom copy | react ( 0 ) [ link ] . . .\nruby talks about how sam doesn ' t like the idea of being different . she tells sam to suck it up and learn . ruby finishes by saying that sam can save his brother and she can show him how . then dean comes and traps her in a devil ' s trap ( and grabs her knife ) . in the end , sam chooses dean over ruby . but he does show concern for ruby as they ' re getting ready . ruby does manage to escape and attacks dean , but sam stops her by putting the knife to her neck . when it hits midnight , sam desperately asks ruby to teach him how to save dean . but it ' s too late . this all happens in episode 16 , of season 3 , no rest for the wicked .\nruby - yui compressor provides a ruby interface to the yui compressor java library for minifying javascript and css assets .\nme being me , i always want a real life example . i reckoned sam ruby ' s feed should be a good exemplar .\nso in lucifer rising , they kidnap and torture the demon for information on lilith ' s location . then ruby tells sam that they are going to need to bleed the demon dry so sam can have enough power . sam is not so sure about it and is even more unsure when the demon lets the human out . ruby isn ' t too happy the demon did this ( she knows sam is still soft - hearted and dislikes hurting innocent people ) . after a fake message from dean , sam agrees to do it ruby ' s way . then she and sam head into the church where lilith is . once sam kills lilith , ruby is ecstatic that lucifer has finally been released and reveals that she was working for lilith all along , manipulating and tricking sam every step of the way to ensure that he broke the final seal .\nruby drops in on sam unexpectedly as he researches ways to save dean ' s soul . she identifies herself as a fellow hunter and talks with sam about his past and his destiny ; this sets sam on a path to research more about his mother , mary winchester . disturbed to find out all of his mother ' s friends are dead , sam demands to know exactly who ruby is . ruby reveals that she is a demon and claims that sam fascinates her . ruby tells sam that she is in the pursuit of knowledge for her own ends and is\non his side .\nthe episode ends with her offering sam a deal - he works with her to find out more about his destiny and she helps him save dean ' s soul from the crossroads demon .\nsam reveals that one of the reasons he worked with ruby was to get away from dean because it made him feel strong and independent .\nthe problem apperantly is with another sanitizing component in venus ; html5lib . sam ruby , the developer of venus , wrote on the mailinglist ;\nmost people have fond memories of past loves , all sam has is regrets .\nasisto con una mezcla de envidia y escepticismo a la conversi\u00f3n a erlang de sam ruby . sam ruby es un t\u00edpico goleor tecnol\u00f3gico \u2122 siempre est\u00e1 a la \u00faltima en cuanto a est\u00e1ndares y lenguajes sobre la web . de hecho , algunos los hace \u00e9l : ) como . . .\ngithub - sstephenson / ruby - yui - compressor : a ruby interface to yui compressor for minifying javascript and css assets .\nfollowing sam and dean ' s fight in the preceding episode , ruby tries to reassure sam , but he insists that they concentrate on killing lilith as quickly as possible . ruby takes him to the demon possessing cindy mcclellan and helps him capture her . the demon reveals that lilith will be at st . mary ' s convent at midnight the following day and begs for death , but ruby stops sam from killing the other demon , as ruby says that they need her alive to harvest her blood for sam to drink ( in addition to ruby ' s own blood ) so that he will become powerful enough to kill lilith . when the demon relinquishes control to her meatsuit ( or at least pretends to ) and makes sam hesitant to go through with it , ruby pressures sam to do it anyway , but it is only when sam listens to a hurtful voicemail left by dean and altered by zachariah ( or possibly ruby herself ) that he agrees to it at the last minute . ruby , toying with a knife as she waits for sam to make his decision , smiles to herself when she hears the voicemail being played ; as sam ' s back is turned , he doesn ' t notice her smile now anymore than he did in 4 . 16 on the head of a pin . with sam ' s permission , ruby bleeds cindy dry , kills both her and the demon , and supplies sam with all the blood she drained from cindy .\nruby follows sam and bobby as they track down the seven deadly sins . sam senses somebody watching him , but she seemingly vanishes whenever he turns to see who it is . while bobby , dean , and tamara are fighting off sloth , lust , and wrath , the other demons ( pride , gluttony , and greed ) target sam . when pride starts strangling sam , ruby steps in and attacks the demons with a knife , killing gluttony and greed on her own and killing pride with sam ' s help . stunned , sam asks who she is , but she only says that she ' s\nthe girl who just saved your ass .\nshe tells sam that she ' ll see him around and in the process reveals to sam that she knows who he is . she walks away and has already disappeared by the time sam goes to look for her .\nruby meets up with sam after he escapes from bobby ' s panic room . after letting him feed on her , ruby tells sam there are only two or three seals left to be broken . she says only\nlucifer ' s first\ncan break the final seal - and that is lilith . this renews sam ' s desire to kill lilith . she says she has a lead on a demon close to lilith who is nearby . as they prepare to leave , dean arrives and tries to kill ruby , but sam stops him . ruby leaves as the brothers start to argue .\nwhen a resurrected dean shows up at sam ' s door , ruby pretends not to know dean . sam plays along , and pretends not to know ruby , implying that part of him knows that what he ' s doing is wrong . instead , he treats it like a random hook up .\nfor this post , you use traveling ruby , a project that helps in creating \u201cportable\u201d , self - contained ruby packages . you can download the latest version from traveling ruby linux - x86 :\nagile web development with rails 3 . 2 ( pragmatic bookshelf ) by david heinemeier hansson , sam ruby , dave thomas fourth edition april 2011 out of print\nafter that , she pops in on sam in a diner and starts eating some of his french fries . sam asks about her knife , but ruby doesn ' t tell him much other than it comes in handy when tracking down demons . sam follows up by asking why she is following him . she remarks she likes a tall man and that she ' s interested in him . the sole survivor of yellow eye ' s special children . she continues on by telling sam there still are plans out there for sam , especially after what the yellow - eyed demon did to mary and her friends . sam looks confused , so ruby grabs his hand and tells sam that he has some work to do and to call her when he is done .\nif you know python , you can look at sam ruby\u2019s original code . my sanitize _ css function was a straight transcription of his code from python to ruby ( an interesting exercise , as i know no python ) .\nthough not with all of the ie behavior sam . we want trees , not graphs .\n, although sam never fully trusted her at first . the full extent of ruby ' s motivation to help the winchesters and become involved with sam is not revealed until the end of season 4 when the scope of her manipulation and deceit is revealed .\nfor news updates there isn ' t a particular page . looking at sam ruby ' s page i saw he used tags . these were new to me , but googling found an explanation . i generated tags with my domain name , a date , and cleaned up text from the title - copying from sam ruby again .\nrelated : sam ruby jon ' s radio john robb ' s radio weblog sam gentile ' s weblog peter drayton ' s radio weblog rebelutionary the . net guy urltoken - ingo rammer ' s dotnetcentric don box ' s spoutlet windley ' s enterprise computing weblog\nsam and dean are tricked into attending the first fan convention based on a series of books written about their lives . they spend part of their time there watching the author , chuck shurley , field questions from fans , one of which is ,\nwhy can ' t sam and dean be telling that ruby is evil ? i mean , she is clearly manipulating sam into some kind of moral lapse . it ' s obvious , nein ?\ndean looks at sam to see his reaction and finds that the blunt question about ruby has instantly soured the mood of both sam and his fangirl becky rosen .\nwhen sam is thinking of what sins of his to confess to purify his blood , dean again brings up ruby to suggest that sam should include everything he did in connection to her ( including killing lilith and letting lucifer out ) in his confessions . sam becomes distraught with his list of mistakes and the reminder of how he keeps letting dean down .\nruby appears briefly at the beginning of the episode when she drives up to sam and dean ' s motel room at night and lets sam into her car for a secret rendezvous while dean is asleep . she asks if he is ready , which he confirms .\ndon , sam , ben , mena and others have started blogging about a profile of rss .\nlater , sam begins to start trusting ruby . she and sam are even talking about things without dean knowing . we see this in jus in bello when she offers a plan that will kill all demons in a 30 miles radius . all they have to do is kill a virgin , which dean hastily protests against . ruby asks sam , and he is a bit more hesitant to answer . sam also knows about lilith thanks to ruby ' s intel , but he doesn ' t tell dean . when her plan is denied , she leaves saying she doesn ' t want to watch them lose .\nwhen gabriel places sam and dean in the japanese game show , the question the show ' s host asks sam is what the name of the demon he chose over his own brother is . sam doesn ' t understand the question because he doesn ' t speak japanese . after he fails to answer in time , the host reveals that the answer was ruby .\nteacher talks : ruby major elementary music educator sam kallaos the teacher talks series profiles high - achieving educators in metro nashville public schools . check out this story on urltoken urltoken\nonce 65 of the seals have been broken , ruby leads sam to st . mary ' s convent to kill lilith and prevents dean from telling sam that lilith ' s death is the last seal . once sam finally succeeds in killing lilith , ruby explains to him what her true mission has been all along , which proves to be her downfall when he turns against her and assists dean in killing her with her own knife . [ 2 ]\nruby ' s corpse is briefly visible on the floor of st . mary ' s convent before lucifer ' s light grows too bright to see anything else . later , sam reveals that ruby had taught him how to make hex bags , which he and dean use to hide themselves from angels and demons . he apologizes to bobby for not listening to him and dean about ruby . when meg appears in her new meatsuit , dean initially assumes that she is ruby returned before meg encourages him to think further back . at the end of the episode , the rift ruby caused between the brothers continues when dean admits that , because of how sam betrayed him in favor of ruby , he doesn ' t feel that he can trust sam anymore .\nthe author of the rss spec is one who has authored multiple implementations . implementations that will break if enclosures are provided with a https link . and he has traditionally had very strong opinions about not breaking existing tools . > ~ william johnston - sam ruby > on 1 / 24 / 17 , 11 : 50 am ,\nsam ruby\n<\nthe php group : thies c . arntzen , stig bakken , andi gutmans , rasmus lerdorf , sam ruby , sascha schumann , zeev suraski , jim winstead , andrei zmievski .\nwhen dean is under the influence of a spectre , he mentions several of sam ' s bad choices over the years , such as working with ruby and drinking her blood .\nafter she returns from a charity event , sam asks her about any supernatural events that has happened . she answers ,\nyeah , on your tv show .\ngenevieve comes to the conclusion that jared ( sam ) has been\nsam\nfor too long . she kisses him and grabs his hand as she takes him upstairs , presumably to have sex , while sam goes along a bit reluctantly .\nlike sam dastyari , i am a non - practicing muslim . why is that hard to accept ?\nwhile dean is in hell , ruby finds sam at his lowest point . she sets him down the path of going after lilith for revenge and trains him to practice with his powers and enhance them by drinking her blood , getting him powerful enough to exorcise ( and later , kill ) demons by thought . she also begins a sexual affair with him . when she comes to save sam from a trap set by lilith ' s minions even after he threatened to kill her if she interfered , she finally earns some measure of his trust . [ 8 ] after castiel brings dean back from hell , sam keeps much of his relationship with ruby a secret and they continue working together to kill lilith behind dean ' s back and against his wishes . [ 9 ] [ 10 ] ruby eventually gets sam addicted to her blood , which deepens the fall - out between the brothers when dean finds out and tries to kill ruby to stop her from hurting and manipulating sam , only for sam to continue to defend her . in the ensuing fight , sam picks ruby over dean . [ 11 ]\nruby appears to sam when he is off on his own to get dean food . since the previous episode , she has heard rumors that dean was saved by an angel . she asks sam if that ' s true . he thinks so , and ruby suddenly decides to leave . sam stops her and asks what ' s wrong and she explains that angels will kill her just for being a demon , even though she ' s helping them in the war against lilith . she tells sam that she doesn ' t know much else about angels ; she ' s never met one and she ' s never wanted to , seeing as how she ' s terrified of them . ruby warns sam to watch out and then takes her leave .\nthe biggest obstacle to ruby 1 . 9\u2019s adoption is the sheer number of mostly working but essentially unmaintained gems that virtually everybody in the ruby community depends on\nyou have downloaded the ruby gem , written the code , and tested it successfully\u2026 all that is left is to package it up and deploy it to lambda . because ruby is an interpreter - based language , you create a node . js wrapper and package it with the ruby script and all the ruby files .\nsource map support . this enables debugging of generated javascript using the ruby source .\nthey may always end up stuck together , but sam is going to beat the devil no matter what it takes . sam loses a lot of battles , but he always wins the war . meanwhile , lucifer thinks sam belongs to him and will do anything to keep it that way . however , he knows sam ' s track record for beating him , and he ' s not taking\nno ,\nfor an answer .\ntoni bevell demands that sam reveal the names and locations of every hunter in america , the passcodes to every men of letters database in the bunker , and everything about his relationship with ruby .\nreared in the jewish faith , jack ruby was not especially devout . rabbi hillel silverman , whose conservative temple ruby favored , reported that when ruby ' s father died in 1958 , ruby came to services twice daily for the prescribed period of 11 months to recite the traditional memorial prayer . 453 ruby normally attended services only on the jewish high truly days and he was quite unfamiliar with the hebrew language . 454\njews . 206 when , during an argument , a sergeant called ruby a\njew bastard ,\nruby reportedly attacked him and beat him with his fists . 207\nruby warns sam and dean away from the town where they are investigating a coven of witches . she tells them a demon is present that will come after sam . dean tries to shoot her with the colt , but sam intervenes . when dean is attacked by a force that causes him to bled internally , ruby saves him with a witch ' s potion . when tammi is about to kill sam and dean , ruby appears and at first acts as if she is on tammi ' s side , but then tries to kill tammi with her knife . tammi reveals ruby was once a witch who sold her soul to her . after dean manages to kill tammi with ruby ' s knife , she tells him all demons were originally human , but during their time in hell they lose all trace of their humanity , but she has retained some of hers and wants to help humans . ruby reveals to dean that she can ' t save him from hell , but that she needs his help to prepare sam to fight the demons after he is gone .\nurltoken is made possible through a partnership with the greater ruby community . fastly provides bandwidth and cdn support , ruby central covers infrastructure costs , and ruby together funds ongoing development and ops work . learn more about our sponsors and how they work together .\nsometime in 1947 , jack ruby ' s brothers earl and sam , pursuant to a joint understanding , legally changed their names from rubenstein to ruby . 254 earl testified that he changed his name because everyone called him ruby and because a former employer advised him that it was preferable not to use a\njewish name\non mail orders for earl products . 255\nso i sat down and wrote a sanitization function 1 for instiki based , in part , on sam\u2019s python code .\nbrad wilson : i wonder when my program is going to get tivo - style smarts and say\nif you like don , sam , joshua , and ingo , then you ' ll love sam gentile and craig andera !\n.\nruby also sold busts of franklin delano roosevelt . 170 in late 1942 and 1943 , ruby was employed by the globe auto glass co . 171 and universal sales co . 172\nin february 1963 , ruby badly beat don tabon , who had made some remarks about ruby ' s lady companion , injuring tabon ' s eye . 476 ruby was acquitted of a charge of assault and tabon sought no monetary relief because he believed ruby financially incapable of satisfying any resulting judgment . a doctor who went to the carousel several times between august and november 1963 , stated that on each occasion ruby ejected someone from the club . 477\nthe next step is to create a node . js wrapper file to invoke your ruby application ; call it ruby . js . the file takes the inputs of the lambda invocations and invoke your ruby application . here\u2019s the content for a sample node . js wrapper :\nkeynotes by alan gates , co - founder , hortonworks ; sandra matz , computational social scientist ; sam ruby , president , apache software foundation ; and additional keynote speakers will be announced in the coming weeks .\nsam ruby has put the slides from his etcon talk on the atom wiki online . like all talk slides put up on the net , they make me wish i ' d been there to hear what was said between the bullet - points , but sam does a pretty good job of making the slides say something useful as well .\nsam ruby moved to dallas from chicago in july 1955 , after selling his interest in the earl products co . 430 his son ' s asthma and eva ' s suggestion that he work as a builder in dallas prompted the move . 431 apparently as a result of difficulties in collecting the $ 5 , 500 sam loaned jack in 1955 to pay federal excise taxes , 432 jack and sam were never particularly close to each other . however , sam entered into a partnership in an unsuccessful ice cream business with jack ' s close friend , ralph paul . 433 jack visited sam and his family occasionally , especially on jewish holidays , and from time to time they spoke to each other by telephone . 434\n# ! . / bin / ruby require ' json ' # you can use this to check your ruby version from within puts ( ruby _ version ) if argv . length > 0 puts json . parse ( argv [ 0 ] ) . length else puts\n0\nend\nnow knowing her betrayal , sam curses her and attempts to use his power on her but is drained . ruby tells a horrified sam that he never really needed demon blood to do the job - all his powers were the result of the various decisions he made over the past year ( i . e . choosing her over dean , drinking her blood , believing that he knew what he was doing and not listening to others ) . she also promises him that lucifer will reward him in ways he never imagined . when sam demands to know why he had to be the one to do this , ruby starts to explain that it had to be him when dean bursts into the chamber . sam grabs ruby ' s arms while dean stabs her with her own knife , killing her .\nwhen sam ' s fianc\u00e9 turns up dead , he returns to the family business in hopes of finding just who is responsible .\nwhen genevieve cortese auditioned for the role of ruby , the sides suggested it was to be waitress who would be a love interest for sam . at comic con 2009 , kripke admitted he did this to stir up fans .\njack ruby ' s pockets and the trunk of his car served as his bank . with a few exceptions , ruby and his clubs rarely employed bank accounts . 330 instead , ruby carried his cash with him , paying the bulk of his expenses and debts directly out of club receipts . 331\nsecretary to a dallas life insurance company executive , 444 testified that she saw ruby twice a week between 1948 and 1956 , and once a week from then until about 1959 . 445 ruby discussed marriage with mrs . nichols , 446 but mrs . nichols stated that while dating ruby she was seeing other men and he was taking out other women . 447 although there are sharply conflicting reports about whether ruby dated women who worked for him , 448 the record indicates that ruby sought and enjoyed feminine company . 449\nditto for ruby , php , perl , etc . this is something i could possibly help with .\n\u0434\u043d\u0435\u0441 \u0441\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0441\u043e\u0444\u0442\u0443\u0435\u0440\u0430 , \u043a\u043e\u0439\u0442\u043e \u0437\u0430\u0434\u0432\u0438\u0436\u0432\u0430 \u201c\u0431\u044a\u043b\u0433\u0430\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0430 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0434\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0435\u0442\u0430\u201d \u0438 \u201c\u043f\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0435\u0442\u0430 gnome\u201d . \u0432\u0441\u044a\u0449\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442 \u201c\u0441\u043c\u044f\u043d\u0430\u201d \u0435 \u0441\u0438\u043b\u043d\u043e \u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043d\u043e , \u0437\u0430\u0449\u043e\u0442\u043e \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0435\u043a\u0442\u044a\u0442 venus e \u043d\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0435\u043d \u043d\u0430 \u0431\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0442\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u0434\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0442\u0438\u044f planet . sam ruby \u0435 \u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0435\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0438\u0447\u0435\u043d \u0435\u043d\u0442\u0443\u0441\u0438\u0430\u0441\u0442 \u044f\u0432\u043d\u043e - \u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434 \u043a\u0430\u0442\u043e \u0434\u044a\u043b\u0433\u043e . . .\none of the many violent incidents that were reported took place in 1950 , when ruby struck an employee over the head with a blackjack . 305 in 1951 , after his guitarist , willis dickerson , told ruby to\ngo to hell ,\nruby knocked dickerson to the ground , then pinned him to a wall and kicked him in the groin . during the scuffle , dickerson bit ruby ' s finger so badly that the top half of ruby ' s left index finger was amputated . 306 in approximately 1955 , ruby beat one of his musicians with brass knuckles ; the musician ' s mouth required numerous stitches . 307\nthe following . travis . yml file will fail to install ruby 2 . 4 . 1 : language : ruby rvm : - 2 . 4 os : - osx the failure reported is : libraries missing for\u2026\nwith two exceptions , there is no evidence that ruby settled disputes with firearms . shortly before joe bonds ' conviction in 1954 , ruby is reported to have chased bonds with a pistol . 480 and , larry crafard reported that about a week before the assassination , ruby told him to get ruby ' s gun so that an agva official and former employee , earl norman , could be ejected . 481 although ruby did not often use his gun , it was frequently accessible when he was carrying large amounts of money . 482\nat the end of the episode , sam admits that he used to blame ruby for making him feel angry at everyone all the time , but now believes that it ' s something wrong with him rather than something that she did to him .\nruby encountered serious difficulties with respect to state franchise and federal excise and income taxes . the texas charter of the corporation controlling the sovereign and carousel clubs was canceled in 1961 , because ruby failed to pay texas franchise taxes . 343 and , only after numerous conferences , did ruby and representatives of the internal revenue service reach agreements on installment payments of various federal tax liabilities , to which ruby more or less adhered . 344\nsterling ruby , transient trilogy , 2005 - 2009 . single - channel video , 37 : 22 minutes .\nthe highlight , or nadir , depending on your perspective , was when hanson looked positively shocked to discover that labor senator sam dastyari is muslim .\nbased on its evaluation of the record , however , the commission believes that the evidence does not establish a significant link between ruby and organized crime . both state and federal officials have indicated that ruby was not affiliated with organized criminal activity . 400 and numerous persons have reported that ruby was not connected with such activity . 401\nbetween 1949 and november 24 , 1963 , ruby was arrested eight times by the dallas police department . the dates , charges , and dispositions of these arrests are as follows : 372 february 4 , 1949 , ruby paid a $ 10 fine for disturbing the peace . july 26 , 1953 , ruby was suspected of carrying a concealed weapon ; however , no charges were filed and ruby was released on the same day . may 1 , 1954 , ruby was arrested for allegedly carrying a concealed weapon and violating a peace bond ; again no charges were filed and ruby was released on the same day . december 5 , 1954 , ruby was arrested for allegedly violating state liquor laws by selling liquor after hours ; the complaint was dismissed on february 8 , 1955 . 373 june 21 , 1959 , ruby was arrested for allegedly permitting dancing after hours ; the complaint was dismissed on july 8 , 1959 . august 21 , 1960 , ruby was again arrested for allegedly permitting dancing after hours ; ruby posted $ 25 bond and was released on that date . february 12 , 1963 , ruby was arrested on a charge of simple assault ; he was found not guilty february 27 , 1963 . finally , on march 14 , 1963 , ruby was arrested for allegedly ignoring traffic summonses ; a $ 35 bond was posted .\nruby - yui compressor is distributed as a ruby gem ( yui - compressor ) . because yui compressor ' s . jar file is included in the box , java > = 1 . 4 is its only dependency .\n. . . a manual no ruby library or web programmer ' s development collection should be without .\nin september 1969 , frank ferraro , the carousel ' s handyman , became involved in a dispute at a nearby bar . ruby told him not to get into a fight , and ferraro told ruby to mind his own business . ruby then followed ferraro to another club and beat him severely . ferraro required emergency hospital treatment for his eye , but he decided not to press charges since ruby paid for his hospital care . 310 in march 1963 , during an argument about wages , ruby threatened to throw a cigarette girl down the stairs of the carousel . 311\nbuddy turman , a prizefighter and ruby ' s friend , stated that ruby\npicked his shots .\n478 according to turman , a bouncer at the vegas for about a year , ruby ' s victim was frequently drunk , female , or otherwise incapable of successfully resisting ruby ' s attack . the evidence indicates that , unlike his youthful escapades , ruby was often malicious . he frequently felt contrite , however , when his anger had passed or when his victim was an old acquaintance , and he would seek to make amends for his violent temper . 479\nruby is apparently fond of french fries [ 6 ] [ 8 ] ( probably the ones without salt ) .\nwith the package done , you are ready to deploy the php , go , or ruby runtime into lambda .\nnokogumbo allows a ruby program to invoke the gumbo html5 parser and access the result as a nokogiri parsed document .\nsam ruby testified that shortly after he sold his interest in earl products in mid - 1955 and moved to dallas , he loaned jack $ 5 , 500 to enable him to pay federal excise taxes on the vegas . as security for the loan , sam required jack to execute a bill of sale of the vegas . upon jack ' s default in payment , sam instituted suit , claiming that he owned the vegas and that jack had breached his promise to repurchase it . the case was ultimately settled , with jack retaining his ownership interest in the club . 280\nmatt , they\u2019re using the feed validator to make their case that everyone should switch to the \u2018well specified\u2019 format that they designed . it\u2019s pure politics . until sam ruby gives up control of the feed validator it should be seen as a vehicle for furthering his politics .\non his income tax forms , ruby did not itemize personal deductions and claimed only his own exemption . for 1962 , ruby reported salary income of $ 650 from the corporation controlling the carousel , and $ 900 for 1961 . 350\nthe right approach is to get i18n right , which , as sam said , can be done . ( even though php makes it unnecessarily difficult . )\nsam ruby\u2019s recent post ( application / atom + json ) has sparked some interesting comments . is there value in a standard way to represent atom data in json data structures ? i think so . i do think that we need to have a way for . . .\nduring this period ruby , though temperamental , apparently engaged in no unusual acts of violence . however , he did interfere on several occasions when he thought someone was treated unfairly . a friend who described ruby as\nsomewhat overbearing regarding the rights and feelings of others ,\nreported that ruby fought two college students who insulted a negro piano player . 193 another friend reported that ruby had a\nbitter\nfight with a man who was abusing an older woman . 184\nthere have been statements that ruby was a homosexual . the available evidence does not support the allegation . there is no evidence of homosexuality on his part ; ruby did not frequent known gathering places for homosexuals , 439 many of the reports were inherently suspect or based upon questionable or inaccurate premises , 440 and ruby and most of his associates and employees denied the charge . 441 all the allegations were based on hearsay or derive from ruby ' s lisp or a\nfeeling\nthat ruby was a\nsissy ,\nseemed\nweird ,\nacted effeminately , and sometimes spoke in a high - pitched voice when angry . 442 some proceeded upon the erroneous theory that ruby did not date women . 443\nwe need your help to fund the developer time that keeps urltoken running smoothly for everyone . join ruby together today .\nsam ruby gushes . . . with many frameworks and languages , i get the feeling that i\u2019m dealing with a metal cabinet covered by layers of marine paint ; one where scratches tend to reveal sharp edges . with erlang , i get the feeling of a victorian . . .\nthe evidence indicates that ruby was keenly interested in policemen and their work . 380 jesse curry , chief of the dallas police department , testified that no more than 25 to 50 of dallas ' almost 1 , 200 policemen were acquainted with ruby . 381 however , the reports of present and past members of the dallas police department as well as ruby ' s employees and acquaintances indicate that ruby ' s police friendships were far more widespread than those of the average citizen . 382\nsam , to that i concede : atom + atom threading would qualify for 80 / 20 . there\u2019s no doubt it would have significant impact on web technologies .\nnext , the president of the apache foundation , sam ruby ( @ samruby ) talked about the state of the society . click here to watch his talk . at the time of the conference , there were 5 , 822 committers , 682 members and 181 project management committee members ."]}
{"id": 54426, "summary": [{"text": "finolex cables ltd is an indian manufacturer of electrical and telecommunication cables based in pune , maharashtra .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "it is the flagship company of the finolex group , established in 1958 .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "the company also manufactures polyvinyl chloride ( pvc ) sheets for roofing , signage and interiors .", "topic": 35}, {"text": "its manufacturing facilities are located at pimpri and urse in pune as well as at goa and uttarakhand .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "the company 's product range is used for electrical usage , transmission of voice , data and images , for domestic , commercial and industrial applications , and for electrical products .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "its electrical cables products include 1100 volt pvc insulated cables , motor winding pvc insulated cables and three core flat cables , automotive/battery cables , ups cables , heavy duty , underground , low voltage , power and control cables , and heavy duty , underground , high voltage , power cables .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "the major products of finolex cables are as follows : pvc insulated electrical cables flameguard-frls cables pvc winding wires jelly filled telephone cables pvc foam sheets cfl pvc single core flexible cables pvc corrugated sheets auto and battery cables 3 core flat cables catv ( trunk coaxial cables ) structured cabling system switchboard cables co-axial cables pvc multicore flexible cables pvc rigid sheets lt pvc/xlpe power and control cables electrical switches", "topic": 23}], "title": "finolex cables", "paragraphs": ["finolex cables ltd . stock price , share price , live bse / nse , finolex cables ltd . bids offers . buy / sell finolex cables ltd . news & tips , & f & o ; quotes\nfinolex cables closes above 50 - 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core industrial flexible cables , polythene insulated jelly filled telephone cables , auto and battery cables , power and control cables , flame retardant low smoke electrical wires , switchboard cables , co - axial and catv cables , pvc insulated winding wires and 3 core flat cables , lan cables , fibre optic cables and others .\npune : from cables , to a forward integration , offering a complete wiring solution . that is the plan at finolex cables ltd ( fcl ) .\nfinolex cables closes below its 30 - day , 50 - day , 150 - day moving average today .\nfinolex cables ltd . , incorporated in the year 1967 , is a mid cap company ( having a market cap of rs 9046 . 36 crore ) operating in cables sector .\nfinolex cables limited was incorporated in the year 1956 in the city of pune . over the years , this company has become the country ' s largest electrical and telecommunication cables manufacturer .\nis an integral part of the finolex group . finolex group was founded by p . p chhabria and k . p chhabria in july 1945 . they started their sizeable business and had determined to manufacture cables themselves . finolex cables has scaled heights since its inception and has become one of the largest cable manufacturers of india .\nfinolex cables a meeting of the board of directors of the company is scheduled to be held on monday , 28th may , 2018 .\npune : from cables , to a forward integration , offering a complete wiring solution . that is the plan at finolex cables ltd ( fcl ) , as the rs 437 . 12 crore cables manufacturer begins production of electrical switches from the third quarter of the current fiscal .\nfinolex cables chairman speech that to be delivered at the annual general meeting of the company schedule to be held on 28th september , . . .\nfinolex cables compliance pursuant to regulation 7 ( 3 ) of sebi ( lodr ) regulations 2015 ( listing regulations ) for the half year ended 31s . . .\nfinolex cables block deal on nse , qty : 151 , 010 , deal price : 610 . 00 , value ( cr ) : 9 . 21 , time : 10 : 49am\nfinolex cables block deal on nse , qty : 100 , 005 , deal price : 664 . 55 , value ( cr ) : 6 . 65 , time : 10 : 02am\nfinolex cables block deal on nse , qty : 100 , 000 , deal price : 680 . 00 , value ( cr ) : 6 . 80 , time : 12 : 13pm\nfollowing the agm , a high court convened meeting of share holders was held for the merger of finolex wire products ltd ( fwpl ) and finolex finance ltd ( ffl ) . fwpl manufactures continuous cast copper rods , the main raw material for fcl ' s copper based cables . fwpl also has a division which manufactures mutlitube optic fibre cables , allowing the parent company to offer a full range of ofc products . ffl is a non banking financial institution .\nfinolex cables ltd . key products / revenue segments include electrical cables which contributed rs 2177 . 80 crore to sales value ( 81 . 54 % of total sales ) , other communication cables which contributed rs 368 . 51 crore to sales value ( 13 . 79 % of total sales ) , copper rods which contributed rs 83 . 05 crore to sales value ( 3 . 10 % of total sales ) , others which contributed rs 41 . 39 crore to sales value ( 1 . 54 % of total sales ) for the year ending 31 - mar - 2017 .\nmeanwhile , fcl ' s restructuring of its jelly filled telecommunications cables ( jftc ) business at urse is on schedule and will be completed by december .\nmanufacturing division is located in goa and pune . the branch offices are spread all over the country . some of the cities that have the finolex cables are ahmadabad , bangalore , chennai , ernaculum , indore , goa , kolkata , coimbatore , mumbai , new delhi , raipur , secunderabad , jaipur , chandigarh , lucknow and orissa .\nwith the vision of becoming the leading cable company , it has bagged a large number of prestigious awards . some of the honors of excellence received by finolex cables limited are harvard business school association of india - economic times award for corporate excellence , engineering export promotion council ' s ' export performance certificate and iim - lic award for marketing .\nfinolex cables limited has its manufacturing centers at the pimpri , urse and goa . owing to the world class quality , upgrading technology and services , it has become one of the leading companies of india . this iso 9002 certified company has a number of plants and factories spread at various locations of the country . the plants at urse and goa are certified by iso 14001 .\nfinolex cables is in the cables - telephone sector . the current market capitalisation stands at rs 9 , 046 . 36 crore . the company management includes d k chhabria - executive chairman , mahesh viswanathan - executive director & cfo , h s vachha - director , sanjay k asher - director , p g pawar - director , s b ( ravi ) pandit - director , pradeep r rathi - director , namita v thapar - director , sumit n shah - director , shishir lall - director . it is listed on the bse with a bse code of 500144 and the nse with an nse code of fincables . its registered office is at 26 - 27 , mumbai - pune road , pimpri , , pune , maharashtra - 411018 . their registrars are karvy computershare private ltd .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\npp chhabria , chairman , fcl , told shareholders at the company ' s annual general meeting here today that the product extension manufacturing plant would be set up at urse , where fcl holds 120 acres of land .\nwe are working on other products which will allow our dealers to offer a complete wiring solution ,\nchhabria said .\nwhile he declined to comment on the other products fcl will introduce , indications are that these could be energy - 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03 - 2018 , the company has reported a standalone sales of rs 795 . 96 crore , up 21 . 19 % from last quarter sales of rs 656 . 78 crore and up 2 . 66 % from last year same quarter sales of rs 775 . 37 crore company has reported net profit after tax of rs 81 . 76 crore in latest quarter .\nthe company\u2019s top management includes dr . h s vachha , mr . d k chhabria , mr . mahesh viswanathan , mr . p g pawar , mr . pradeep r rathi , mr . s b ( ravi ) pandit , mr . sanjay k asher , mr . shishir lall , mr . sumit n shah , mrs . namita v thapar . company has b k khare & co . as its auditors as on 31 - 03 - 2018 , the company has a total of 152 , 939 , 345 shares outstanding .\ndate sources : live bse and nse quotes service : tickerplant | corporate data , f & o data & historical price volume data : dion global solutions ltd . bse quotes and sensex are real - time and licensed from the bombay stock exchange . nse quotes and nifty are also real time and licenced from national stock exchange . all times stamps are reflecting ist ( indian standard time ) . by using this site , you agree to the terms of service and privacy policy ."]}
{"id": 54432, "summary": [{"text": "dishhd is a high-definition direct-to-home ( dth ) satellite television service in asia .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "the dishhd channel lineup is sold in two packages ( standard and premier ) .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "dishhd programming includes both high-definition video channels as well as premium audio channels .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "the dishhd premier package provides consumers with the best hd channel selection in taiwan dishhd is also the only tv service provider that offers the complete on-screen program guide and menu option in english version .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "dishhd has over 400 dealers selling the dishhd service.dishhd is also sold in mainland china by some private sellers .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "the dishhd corporate office is located in taipei , taiwan . ", "topic": 38}], "title": "dishhd", "paragraphs": ["urltoken dishhdchina offers dishhd installation & dishhd renewal service in shanghai , beijing , guangzhou , shenzhen , dongguan , suzhou , tianjin , dalian , qingdao , xiamen , hangzhou , nanjing , chengdu , chongqing , xi ' an , shenyang , harbin , kunming , wuhan . . . you will get the most and the best at the lowest cost from us , dishhdchina provides fast reaction to meet customers demand , welcome to enjoy our excellent dishhd service in china ! today , echostar proudly introduces the revolutionary television service dishhd . utilizing the latest digital satellite technology to broadcast in pristine hd 1080 and crystal clear dolby digital 5 . 1 channel sound , dishhd delivers exciting programming from asia pacific and around the world . with the latest dvr and epg technology , dishhd allows you to manage and personalize your hd 1080 television experience like never before . in combining the best technology with premium channel content , dishhd provides the ultimate television experience . we invite you to redefine your television experience . rediscover television with dishhd .\nthe following is a list of channels on dish network . this list does not include most shopping / infomercial / public interest channels . this list does not include channels that are not on dish in sd or hd . this is a conversion list , not a missing channel list . this list is intended to show\nwhat is left\nto convert to hd . channels counted have hd feeds available to carry or have announced launches . reflects the availability of a hd feed to carry - not the availability of the hd feed on dish . reflects the lack of a hd feed to be carried . channels that are available on dish in hd are marked . channels with only sd feeds on dish are marked .\n( fxx was fox soccer channel and as of sep 2 , 2013 , is no longer a sports channel . )\n391 fox soccer channel plus $ 15 . 00 per month local network affiliate hd ( select markets ) per an agreement with the fcc , dish offers hd carriage to all stations who broadcast in hd in markets where dish carries any local in hd . only full power commercial broadcasts are coverered by the agreement . only one feed per broadcast station must be carried and the station must broadcast in hd in order to be carried in hd . stations may refuse carriage . not all markets are carried in hd . additional local channels and feeds may be carried . see here for a list of local channels carried by dish .\ng sat skynet dream satellite ses 9 apstar 7 koreasat 5 degree 108 . 2\u00b0e 76 . 5\u00b0e 113 . 0\u00b0e dish direction southwest west southwest dish size shanghai 75cm 75cm 55cm dish size beijing 75cm 90cm 55cm video : hd / sd hd / sd hd / sd sd first installation \uffe53 , 050 \uffe54 , 450 \uffe52 , 950 yearly renewal \uffe52 , 350 \uffe53 , 350 \uffe52 , 450\nthere is an on going tv channel change developments these days . some channels are under broadcasting contract renewals , they are not available until new contracts are decided .\nrmb2 , 950 to send one g sat box to shenzhen ; customers have to install the dish locally to make sure signal reception is ok for receiver box connection . shipment cost included , one year subscription included .\nshanghai & beijing english satellite tv subscription and dish installation services ; overseas satellite tv services in china . email : care @ urltoken phone : 138 1865 7991\ninternations makes use of javascript . please enable it to have full user experience .\nchannels have playback function . high definition quality picture . vod etc . . hdmi connection with tv set . reform and innovation is develepment motivation , offer the best products is our final object .\n1 ) . if you watch it in china , your home must have china telecom or unicom internet ( download speed 10m at least ) and router . it also work very well if you take it to your country over interent via router . had better your router share the same room with your television thus have good internet signal or lan connection direct by router .\nwe offer you one set top tv box , this must use our own tv box . this is special exclusive box for only this package .\ni am also an ota newb and i need a little help with my setup .\ni live in an area where cable is not offered ( it ' s actually about 400 yards down the road but they will not extend it ) and dish will not let me get local channels because the so called\nlocal\nstations think they will lose add revenue if they let me . i have lived without local channels for 4 years now because of this and i\u2019m tired of it . so if i want local channels i have to get them ota .\ni live about 20 miles from most of the towers and cannot get any reception with a store bought indoor antenna . i considered buying a big ota antenna a couple years ago but the cost of the antenna and mast and extra cable was going to cost me $ 200 + . so to try and reduce the cost i made a diy hd antenna that looks basically like 1 / 2 of a db8 ( 4 bowties with cooling racks as reflectors and 2x4 for the spine ) . it ' s currently sitting on the floor behind the tv in my great room and when i perform a scan i can see 13 hd ota channels . only about 4 are watchable no signal drop ( 70 + signal strength ) at any one time depending on where i face the antenna .\ni have 2 dish receivers that are used to connect 4 rooms ; 1 vip622 and 1 322g . each is configured to run 2 rooms . i would like to get ota in all 4 rooms using the existing dish coax runs but i have read that diplexing hd with ota doesn ' t work too well . if i have to run new cable for ota i will , but if i don ' t have to i ' d rather not . i think i will have to run a signal switch to at least the 2 rooms that don ' t have a physical receiver to switch between ota and sat .\ndish 1000 . x ( i ' m not sure what the x is ) mounted on 6 foot pole / mast in ground in back yard .\ndish : 3lnb dish mounted on 6 foot pole / mast in ground in back yard toward the right side .\ncabling : 2 cables run from dish in back yard to 2 diplexers on right side of house about 40ft away . the diplexers split the 2 cables from the dish in to the 4 cables that go to each room .\ni have a privacy fence around my back yard and i was thinking about installing a mast on one of the posts but now i think the chimney may be the best place for it . the only problem is the chimney is on the opposite side of the house from where the cable runs are . my house is approximately 60 ' long .\na relative gave me one of those rotators you can hook up that lets you rotate your antenna from inside your house . i\u2019m not sure if i need it but i do have it .\nif i can get ota across the dish cables what hardware will i need ( diplexer , preamp , multiswitch , etc . ) ?\nif i need to run new cables for ota what hardware will i need ( diplexer , preamp , multiswitch , etc . ) ?\na dish installer stated that best ota reception could be had by pointing an antenna at an interstate hwy that is about 4 miles away instead of toward the station towers . he claimed ota signals bounce off the interstate and i could get better reception . it sounded bogus to me at the time but i figured i would ask the people who knew .\n1 . no , but for $ 36 you can get a factory - built one that ' ll work better . antennacraft u4000 . are you currently getting wtvm ( abc ) ? it ' s the only reason to get an antenna with vhf .\n2 . outside , on the side of your house facing the transmit towers , usually as high as you can get . looks like columbus is at about 145 - degrees from your house . a roof - edge or gable or chimney mount would do in your situation nicely .\n4 . one diplexer per\nterminal ;\none for each lnb output at the dish , one near each receiver . should be 4 diplexers for you , and a fist full of terminated 3 ' rg6 cables . at\nonly\n20 miles , you shouldn ' t need a preamp , and with only two receivers ( 3 sat tuners ? ) no multiswitch .\n5 . same answer , except no diplexers , and a lot more rg6 cable . buying an rg6 stripper and compression fitting tool at lowe ' s is highly recommended .\n6 . possible , but not likely . this is where the exact science of radio turns into a black art , and it ' s all trial - and - error once the wiring is in place .\njoined : dec 12 , 2003 posts : 11 , 092 likes received : 819 location : dorchester , tx .\nyou have one major problem . from the equipment you have listed only the 622 tuner 1 has an ota tuner . the 322 does not have an ota tuner and seeing you are using sd feeds from tuner 2 on the 622 and the 322 is sd only you other 3 tvs probably don ' t have ota digital tuners built in . if you don ' t have atsc digital tuners in the tv diplexing isn ' t going to do anything .\nhe said\nall tvs have built - in tuners ,\nso i ' d guess that he still needs four diplexers .\ni made a 3d rendering of what the back side of your 622 should look like ; you already have the red and purple cable , so you need to buy everything that ' s blue , green , or yellow . wiring the 322 and diplexing the antenna into the lnb feeds is trivial .\ni just read about the chimney question . . . if you have 60 ' between the chimney and the dish , then a good preamp from channel master or winegard may be necessary . it may be easier for you to forgo the diplexing altogether and just run new wires .\nthe indoor antenna that you tried was it a powered one , i live about 20 miles from my towers ( as the crow flies ) and have no major obstructions inbetween me and the towers , i use an indoor antenna with an amp silver sensor and motorola signal booster and i receive all of the stations ota .\na tvfool report of your exact location would be helpful , zipcode info is generally useless due to high variability within the zip code .\nand select the\nstart maps\narea in the right column . fill in your exact home address and click\nmap this\n. in the upper right area of the map click on satellite . find your house on the aerial photo and move the place marker to the location of the antenna on your house ( you can ' t get much more precise than that ) . i can even see my antenna in the aerial photo .\nhere you can play with various antenna heights and get a computer modeled estimate of what you reception might be . you can also use the maps view to move the antnena around and see how that changes signal strength .\nwtvm comes in strong on my diy antenna just sitting on the floor behind my tv so i think i ' m good there .\nbased on the analysis at tvfool . com , i think my minimum height would need to be around 15 ' . i was going to post the results but i need at least 3 posts before it will let me .\ni ' m going to try to mount my diy antenna on the side of the house where the cable runs go into the house . if i mount a 4 ' - 5 ' j mount near the top of the outside wall along with the height of the antenna itself , i should be close to 15 ' . i will just need to find somewhere to ground it . this will also eliminate the extra 60 ' feet of cable i would need if i mounted it on my chimney . maybe that will eliminate the need for a preamp .\ni think all i need now is the j mount and the 4 diplexers and 3 ' rg6 cables cowboy mentioned . any ideas on the best place to order these from ?\nit will probably be this weekend before i can install it . i ' ll let you guys know how it turns out .\nall tvs had ntsc tuners built in and the sd output of the dish receivers used the ntsc tuners . he hasn ' t confirmed or posted that his tv sets have atsc tuners . most people used older tvs without the atsc tuners connected to dish sd receivers .\njust out of curiousity , if they did not have atsc tuners , what else would i need ? i assume just an external tuner box ? i ask because i already have a relative wanting to know if my setup works and i know they have some tv ' s that do not have built in tuners .\nthe preamp is more to push the signal down the wire than to boost the incoming signal . so if you can keep your longest run under 75 ' , you shouldn ' t need it . yes , antenna preamps use the coax wire for carrying it ' s supply voltage , a lot like the satellite wiring does .\nradio shack has everything that you need , but at obscene markups . lowe ' s doesn ' t have everything , but they do have diplexers , splitters , and the tools you ' d need for terminating your own cables ( get the compression type , not crimp - on type ) .\ni use urltoken for a lot of my gear . a word of warning about the u4000 antenna ; if you decide to go with it , you ' ll have to design your own clamps if you use an antenna mast that ' s more than 1 - 1 / 2\nin diameter . i do strongly recommend a factory - built antenna , they ' re typically much more durable than something you can assemble in the garage .\nyes your relatives can add a digital converter box to the non digital tvs . you can pick them up for less than $ 40 ea .\nyou are wasting your time with a homemade antenna and anything inside of the house .\nbecause your body is made up mostly of water , whenever you roam around the room in your house where the antenna is located , you will loose your television signal to multipath issues .\nwhat you need to do , and again , like others has told you - a generic report - with nothing more than a zip code does nothing to help your situation .\nto properly receive uhf signals , your antenna needs to be 10 feet above the main roof and pointed in the proper direction .\n3 db is a factor which doubles or reduces your signal by 50 % , so that is a significant amount of power to loose .\nthat means that if you had a station transmitting on vhf channel 2 and another on channel 51 , the signal from the channel 2 would be twice as strong after it came though the wire to the televison then the station that transmitted on channel 51 - even though they both had the same amount of receive power at the antenna .\nthe purpose of a pre amplifier is to compensate for line loss for the upper frequency ' s and not to compensate for a crappy antenna or a crappy signal .\nif you butt a crappy signal in one end of the wire and amplify it , all that will come out of the other end of the wire will be a stronger crappy signal .\nwhat you want to do is have a good signal and try to keep as much of the signal as possible to deliver to the television tuner .\nsince vhf signals are more susceptable to noise - from electrical appliances and storms , you will have more problems now with vhf then what you will with any uhf signal .\nmost 2 way splitters has about 3 . 7 or more db of loss .\na 4 way splitter or larger will have about 7 db or more per a port of loss .\nthat is because a 3 way or larger splitter is not unilateral . what that means is that you can have one port that might have 3 . 7 db of loss and the other two would probably have 7 db or more loss .\none television might have a good signal , while all the other televisions in the house would have a crappy signal , and it doesn ' t matter if the other televisions are connected or not or if the other televisions are turned on or not .\nso if you wished to split your signal more then 2 times , you would need to buy 3 - two way splitters and connect them together so that all the signals would have the same amount of loss .\nalso don ' t forget about some\nother\nresources when looking for antenna supplies , in many instances taking a look around the neighbourhood , and looking for antenna ' s that might look a bit in disrepair . alot of people get a dish , or even cable , and just abandon their antenna and towers , these in most instances can be gotten for the effort of taking them down , as people just don ' t want to bother with them . in most cases they are in really great shape , with only a coat of paint for the tower , or some new coax needed .\nmost of the\ncombo\nheads , or as i refer to them\nflying arrows\n, work simply awesome for digital reception . also in most cases they come with the rotor / control , even a good amplifier ( usually a channelmaster ) . with a little good old fasion elbow grease , and politly asking the owner ,\nif they still use it\nyou can have a premium antenna and everything to go with it , at the most needing a new outdoor 300 ohm to 75 ohm transformer ( 5 bucks ) , and new coax to get it up and running , .\neven the local news paper , or community internet boards are good sources too . and by\nrecycling\nit saves you some serious bucks and also saves the landfill at the same time .\nhere is my tvfool report for those of you that were interested . any input based on this report is also appreciated .\nbouncy64 i read your post and it made me realize i may have the antenna i need already .\nmy mother recently purchased a brand new antenna that pretty much looks like her old one . she bought it when the hd tv conversion happened . she thought her old one was old and not hd compatible . ( she ' s the one that gave me the antenna rotator )\ngoing by what i remember about it , the only real difference was the new one came with coax connectors and the old one only had screws that you connected the old\nflat\nantenna wire to . going by memory and after looking at some pictures , her old antenna looks a lot like the channel master cm3016 . i know it can ' t be that actual antenna because it has to be at leat 15 - 20 years old . how much difference can there be in the old ones and the new ones ? anyway i just called her and she said it ' s been sitting on her back porch since she had it changed out . she said there is nothing wrong with it other than a little rust and i can get it whenever i want it .\njb antennaman - funny you should mention that about the body being made up of water and interfering with the antenna in the house . my wife and i were laughing about that last night . every time she walked by the tv in a certain spot , the channel would cut out .\nyou guys have convinced me . if i ' m going to do this , i ' m going to do it right . if the old antenna my mom has works thats great . i put up a wanted add at work for old antennas and towers . i ' ll see what responses i get . if i don ' t hear anything in a week or so , i ' ll go ahead and buy what i need . can ' t blame me for trying to save a few bucks especially now . maybe after i ' m done i can convince the wife we don ' t need our dish subscription anymore .\nhere is the\nold\nantenna she had . it has no markings but it looks like a channel master cm3018 . anyone had any experience with these ?\nthere ' s also another solution . . .\nmove\nyour service address to atlanta and call it done . 5 minutes on the online chat is all it takes .\nthat antenna looks a little beaten - up . the uhf section is 90deg off - axis , and it looks like some of the vhf elements are broken , too . if you can fix the uhf section , that antenna should be useful .\nyou may be right if the front ( uhf ) section is separate from back somebody may have inserted it into the square tubing incorrectly . usually the bolt through holes and crossover network would prevent that . of course it could just be a bad photo that makes it look that way .\nsatelliteguys was founded in 2003 as a site for members to help members without heavy moderation .\nsatelliteguys headquarters are proudly located in newington , connecticut usa ! our servers are located in lansing , michigan . and we use 12 cloud servers ( cdn ) located around the globe to make your satelliteguys experience faster !\nparts of this site powered by xenforo add - ons from dragonbyte\u2122 \u00a92011 - 2018 dragonbyte technologies ltd . ( details )\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nselect the plan below to see its programming details on the right . click here to download the channel number / line - up pdf . for hd number / line - up line click here\ntap into over 100 of your favorite channels , including cnn , espn , disney channel and discovery channel .\ndish network corporation is a connectivity company . since 1980 , it has served as the disruptive force in pay - tv , driving innovation and value on behalf of consumers . through its subsidiaries , the company provides television entertainment and award - winning technology to millions of customers with its satellite dish tv and streaming sling tv services . dish operates a national in - home installation workforce , as well as an advertising sales group delivering targeted advertising solutions on dish tv and sling tv . in addition to its tv services , dish has commenced buildout of a national narrowband\ninternet of things\nnetwork to provide innovative connectivity solutions and applications through its strategic spectrum portfolio . dish network corporation ( nasdaq : dish ) is a fortune 250 company .\ndish : univision communications inc . walks away from negotiation table , creates apparent impasse , seeks massive price increase in face of ratings tumble\n\u00a9 2018 , dish network l . l . c . all rights reserved .\na wide range of \u2018entertainment loaded\u2019 packs to give you the best entertainment at unmatched prices .\nthese packs are designed keeping in mind the diverse needs of our passionate viewers and to deliver wholesome entertainment .\nsubscription of a base pack is mandatory for subscribing any hd add on channel ( s ) / pack ( s ) .\ngod tv , gemini news are available 0400 hrs to 1059 hrs and indiavision , 10 tv telugu news available from 1100 hrs to 0359 hrs .\nchannels available as part of dd direct dth . channel count includes audio , video , active services and dd direct channels . dd direct channels availability rests with dd direct . channel logos belong to respective broadcasters . dishtv reserves the right to add / drop a channel / package / service from any package and / or change the package rates . channel count includes channels , services , dd direct channels and multilingual services .\nchannels are available to 3 - satellite accessory users only . charges for 3 satellite accessory extra .\n\u00bb dish football \u00bb willow cricket \u00bb directv hd vs dish hd \u00bb satellite vs . cable \u00bb dish network channel guides \u00bb cheap satellite tv deals\n\u00a9 2018 dish systems \u2013 get the best dish tv packages & dish network deals around with all the latest promotions offered by dish satellite tv .\nurltoken by connect your home is an authorized independent retailer of dish network l . l . c . dish network and their respective logos are registered trademarks and / or service marks of dish network l . l . c . and / or its affiliate ( s ) . the dish network trademarks and / or service marks are used by authority of dish network l . l . c . and / or its applicable affiliate ( s ) ."]}
{"id": 54436, "summary": [{"text": "\" intralink \" is a uk-based consultancy specialising in market-entry and business development services for american and european companies expanding into northeast asia .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the majority of its clients are institutionally-backed technology companies , but it also works for mid-cap and multinational companies across a broad range of sectors and represents several us state and national government agencies to promote trade and fdi .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "its business model is uncoventional in that the majority of the company \u2019s employees are non-locals who have lived , worked and studied in-country and achieved fluency in the local language and culture .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "intralink operates as an employee-owned company . ", "topic": 16}], "title": "intralink", "paragraphs": ["only use pro / engineer linked to intralink to open and modify intralink controlled files .\n\u00a9 2018 by intralink - spine inc . r\u00e9juveis a registered trademark of intralink - spine , inc .\nlicense renewal time + pdmlink 9 . 1 or intralink 9 . . . .\n\u00a9 intralink limited - registered in england . 2438141 - uk vat no . 570 8427 29\nuse intralink to rename objects it is safer than pro / engineer as pro / engineer will only update objects that are in session . intralink will update all objects it knows about .\nlicense renewal time + pdmlink 9 . 1 or intralink 9 . . . . - ptc community\nintralink limited . free business summary taken from official companies house information . free alerts . registered as 02438141\ncan anyone point me to a document or explain what the limitations are with intralink 9 . 1 ?\nptc\u2019s documentation shows change management and configuration management functions are \u201ccomplete\u201d in pdmlink and \u201climited\u201d in intralink 9 . 1 .\nplm : intralink 3 . 4 m030 on windows server 2000 , using revision and release level assignments but not using any of the change management functionality ( still a paper based system ) or any formal configuration management functions within intralink .\nintralink enabled us to have an immediate physical presence in asia , at exactly the time we needed it .\ndirect ) software : pro - e ( 2001 ) , pro - intralink design of ground support equipment for aircraft .\nthe sticking point for me right now is whether to go with intralink 9 . 1 or pdmlink 9 . 1 .\nof the features that you get with pdmlink vs intralink 9 . 1 , how many would we really benefit from ?\nwe\u2019re proud to announce that intralink has won a queen\u2019s award for enterprise \u2014 for success in the field of international trade .\nintralink and the government of canada support ontario ' s most innovative medtech companies on a japan and korea february 2018 tour .\nintralink 9 . 1 would appear to continue giving us what we are using , but i don\u2019t want to have to go to management later to tell them we have to move from intralink 9 . 1 to pdmlink 9 . x and incur license conversion and migration expenses then .\nintralink 16mm matting , with fibre inserts ( colour ) , open construction . to be installed with plain border tile as required . to be installed in accordance with manufacturer\u2019s instructions product description ( plain tile ) : intralink plain 15mm matting , open construction . to be installed in accordance with manufacturer\u2019s instructions\na big part of that for me is evaluating which path to take for migrating off of intralink 3 . 4 to some flavor of windchill product .\nhow many of you have gone with pdmlink and are sitting on and paying for features you simple don\u2019t use and feel you could have gone with intralink 9 . 1 ?\nin our family - owned business of 180 professionals , the vision of an autonomous , integrated transport network goes back half a century . high performing intralink logistics is the result .\nhas anyone out there done the same evaluation , gone with intralink 9 . 1 and later wished they had gone to pdmlink ( or actually been required to later migrate to pdmlink ) ?\ngoing with intralink 9 . 1 licensing is essentially \u201cfree\u201d , restructuring to pdmlink would list price at nearly $ 150k in just licensing changes ( although , we\u2019re being offered a substantial discount ) .\nsoftware : pro - e ( 2001 ) , pro - intralink , ms office \u2022 design of engine trailers and ground support equipment for aircraft . \u2022 cad user support \u2013 developed drawing formats and bom\u2019s\nis there a way to configure wildfire 5 . 0 to work with intralink 3 . 4 ? i know it is not supported , but is there a way to get it configured to work ?\nintralink logistics guarantees 24 - hour delivery to more than 90 % of the greek mainland through strategically located hubs that form greece\u2019s largest autonomous , integrated , single - bill - of - lading distribution network .\nwe\u2019re super excited to announce de beers group company element six , a global leader in the design , development and production of synthetic diamond supermaterials , has appointed intralink to support the growth of its business in asia .\nlong years of serving pharmaceutical companies have instilled intralink logistics \u201ccorporate dna\u201d with the gene of punctual delivery . transporting kidney patient serum , for instance , leaves us no choice but to deliver on time , each time .\ndirect ) software : pro - e ( 2001 ) , pro - intralink , ms office \u2022 design of engine trailers and ground support equipment for aircraft . \u2022 cad user support - developed drawing formats and bom ' s\nour headquarters ( engineering , manufacturing , mgt , etc . ) are here in the us , with two overseas locations \u2013 one engineering ( using pro / e wf2 and intralink ) and manufacturing , one just manufacturing .\nintralink ' s tokyo operation has moved to larger offices as our japanese business continues to grow . our new premises were officially opened in a reception event yesterday by the british ambassador to japan , his excellency paul madden .\n( by the way , can anyone chime in on how \u201cseamless\u201d migrating data from an intralink 9 . 1 system to pdmlink 9 . x system might be \u2013 it\u2019s the same engine under the hood , isn\u2019t it ? )\nintralink is a gold sponsor of this year\u2019s ipbc global , the worldwide intellectual property event taking place in san francisco next week , 10 to 12 june . our co - sponsors include philips , google , ge , microsoft and uber .\nif you want to expand in east asia , we\u2019ll help you develop your strategy , make the right connections , build partnerships and close deals . at intralink , we offer a fast , low - risk and cost - effective way to succeed in these markets .\nfor more than 20 years , intralink wealth management has been committed to enhancing the quality of our clients\u2019 lives by creating and implementing wealth strategies and managing their investment portfolios in order to meet their own individual goals . hence our proud mantra \u2013 \u201cbringing wealth to life\u201d . learn more \u00bb\nsoftware : pro - e ( wildfire 2 & amp ; 3 ) , pro - intralink , pro - windchill , ide , ms office design of new weapons system for u . s . navy . \u2022 lead designer in r & amp ; d program for gun barrel technology for ags weapons system\ntrameto , the uk - based company pioneering micro energy harvesting technology to reduce the need for batteries or wired power , is taking its innovative products to asia . it has appointed international business development specialists intralink to help it engage customers and partners in the region in response to significant interest , especially from japan .\ncontract ) bae systems software : pro - e ( wildfire 2 & 3 ) , pro - intralink , pro - windchill , ide design of new weapons system for u . s . navy . designer in r & d program for gun barrel technology . design of components / systems required pro / e and tolerance studies .\ncontract ) united defense / general dynamics software : pro - e ( wildfire 2 & 3 ) , pro - intralink , pro - windchill , ide design of new weapons system for u . s . navy . designer in r & d program for gun barrel technology . design of components / systems required pro / e and tolerance studies .\ndirect ) software : pro - e ( 2001 ) , pro - intralink , pro - pdm , mechanical advantage design of automated pick and place tooling for the disk drive industry . also responsible for tolerance studies using excel spreadsheet or mechanical advantage . transitioned tooling into the asian facilities and coordinated the teams involved in the tooling replication for the facilities .\ndirect ) software : pro - e ( 2001 ) , pro - intralink , mechanical advantage , ms office design of automated pick and place tooling for the disk drive industry . \u2022 lead engineer in transitioning tooling into the asian facilities \u2022 coordinated the teams involved in the tooling replication for the facilities . \u2022 design checker for models and gd & amp ; t requirements .\nmechanical designer / engineer with over thirty years of experience in equipment , facility , product and tool design . my background includes extensive experience in cad ( pro - e ) , asme - y14 . 5 ( gd & amp ; t ) and tolerance studies . my experience is in the aerospace , commercial , defense and nuclear industries cad experience : pro / e ( pro - e , wildfire 4 , creo 2 ) : 35 , 000 + hours pro windchill : 12 , 000 + hours ; intralink : 9 , 000 + hours ; pdm : 13 , 000 + hours pro / e - expert framework extension : 3000 + hours pro pipe : 2000 + hours cv ( cadds4x , personal designer ) : 9000 + hours solidworks : 3 , 000 hours ansys : 1 , 500 hours\nsouth korea over the past four decades has demonstrated incredible economic growth and global integration to become a high - tech industrialized economy . in the 1960s , gdp per capita was comparable with levels in the poorer countries of africa and asia . in 2004 , south korea joined the trillion - dollar club of world economies . a system of close government and business ties , including directed credit and import restrictions , initially made this success possible .\nan internal review at nissan\u2019s production facilities in japan revealed that company inspectors had used \u201caltered measurement values\u201d on emissions reports . read \u00bb\nbusinesses need to focus on sustainability . not just environmentally , but economically and industrially . the world is changing , and those that don\u2019t do their part today won\u2019t be around to see the benefits . read \u00bb\nthe music industry would benefit from simplifying an ecosystem that is crowded and overcomplicated . read \u00bb\nnow available in kegs and cans , the fermented tea drink is attracting beverage giants . read \u00bb\non the occasion of the 2018 cannes creativity festival , i sat down with haymarket media group ceo kevin costello . haymarket is a global media company with more than 70 media brands for specialized markets . read \u00bb\nlast week i had the privilege of meeting a young tech superstar\u2014gabe leydon , cofounder and now - former ceo of mobile game producer mz . previously known as machine zone , mz is responsible for some of the highest - grossing mobile games of all time , like game of war : fire age and mobile strike . read \u00bb\nstarbucks is jumping on the anti - plastic - straw movement in a big way . by 2020 , it will pull single - use plastic straws from its stores . read \u00bb\nhard core iron maiden fans might be surprised to find out that lead singer bruce dickinson not only keynoted at successconnect berlin 2018 , but enthralled the audience of human resource ( hr ) professionals every second he was on stage . he came out with an in - your - face challenge , \u201ci know you\u2019re an hr audience , and i\u2019m your worst nightmare , \u201d and read \u00bb\never since the us commonwealth puerto rico entered default in 2015 it has paid external advisors hundreds of millions of dollars to produce reports and proposals that have done little to resolve the gordian knot that is its $ 70 billion restructuring . read \u00bb\nhere are all the leaks , clues and other evidence for fortnite : battle royale\u2019s season 5 . read \u00bb\ninside the immigration journey of rising star , juan tamez , as he disrupts the immigrant narrative to achieve his american dream . read \u00bb\nthe red sox have five of their players named as all - stars which ties the astros for the most players selected . but whenever an all - star team is selected there is discussion about omissions . do red sox fans have good reason to whine ? one player takes exception and has a pretty good reason to do so . read \u00bb\nthe thailand cave rescue is underway with 8 of the twelve boys ( 4 boys and coach are still stuck in the cave ) . as expert divers and thai navy seals extract the remaining individuals they continue to race against depleting oxygen levels and thailand\u2019s relentless rainy season . read \u00bb\nhomas barrack has been one of the most prominent money men of the donald trump era . in the past two years , barrack has been in the public eye like never before\u2014fundraising for trump\u2019s presidential campaign , delivering a prime - time television address at the republican read \u00bb\nsources : heritage foundation ; world economic forum ; transparency international ; freedom house ; world bank ; central intelligence agency ; property rights alliance .\ninclude forbes logos along with a quote , accolade or review in your advertising or marketing literature .\na vendor smiles under a lenovo sign at a computer center in shanghai . ( image credit : afp via @ daylife )\nwhat makes a brand truly global and why the top brands from the west should not be complacent .\nmarket research agency millward brown optimor released their 7th annual brandz\ntop 100 most valuable global brands\nlast month . much attention was paid to the fact that 13 companies within the rankings are from china . however , the idea that all these companies are\nglobal brands\nmay be a little misleading . many of them are indeed very large and successful companies , but in reality most worldwide consumers will fail to recognize them . because the majority of their business is conducted within china , they have yet to gain recognition with consumers elsewhere ; they are not yet truly global .\ni suggest that for a brand to be called\nglobal ,\nit needs to power a company that sells products globally . the fact is that many chinese and other emerging market companies have phenomenal business success , but they have not yet leveraged that success into a high brand value outside their home markets . this\nbusiness success - brand momentum gap\nshould be taken into account when deciding whether a brand is truly global or just really big .\nlenovo , the company i work for , is the world ' s second largest pc maker and the fastest growing in the industry . we were founded some 25 years ago in china . outside of china , even after our reasonably well - known acquisition of ibm ' s pc division , we register as barely a blip in global brand - valuation . and we are not alone . other notable chinese companies like china mobile , industrial and commercial bank of china and sina , to name a few , are among the biggest companies in the world . they make a lot of money . they employ a lot of people . they are successful and growing rapidly . yet , they are practically unknown beyond their home markets .\njust as many companies in emerging markets have operationally and technologically caught up to the west , the next natural step in their corporate evolutions is to build global brands that have global meaning . in a recent survey of chinese executives , some 80 % said globalization is a strategic priority and half said they plan to be multinational players within a decade .\nhistorically , it has taken companies a long time to translate such business success into brand value . today ' s global brands primarily got their start in the west and , with few exceptions , took many years to achieve global prominence . even brands from japan and korea took decades to rise .\nsome critics say that it will be years , possibly many years , before we see truly global chinese brands . but i believe there are two factors that will close the gap for chinese brands between their business success and brand momentum and quicken the rise of a new set of global power brands from emerging markets .\nfirst , with the rise of asia and emerging market economies fueling much of the world ' s growth , we ' re seeing a shift to a much larger global market that resets the playing field and opens the door to new entrants . today , with slow or no - growth markets in the west , no company can expect to be globally competitive without a brand that is strong where there is growth . and , since emerging market brands have a natural advantage in this respect \u2013 in terms of market share in their home market and the ability to nimbly execute in other fast growth emerging markets \u2013 they have a fantastic asset to leverage on the road to being global .\nsecond , the rise of a so - called\nnet - generation\nyouth market , which exhibits important commonalities that cross borders and cultures . the cultural references , the way they communicate , the music they listen to and the videos they watch are similar , if not the same around the world . they are internet natives . they can ' t imagine a world without instant access , feedback , insight and impact . there are more than one billion of them , and already more than half hail from emerging markets .\nin the late 1980s , on the heels of a three - decade long \u201ceconomic miracle , \u201d japan experienced its infamous \u201cbubble economy\u201d in which stock and real estate prices soared to stratospheric heights driven by a speculative mania . japan\u2019s nikkei stock average hit an all - time high in 1989 , only to crash in a spectacular fashion shortly after , causing their real estate bubble to collapse and throwing the country into a severe financial crisis and long period of economic stagnation known as the \u201clost decades . \u201d\njapan\u2019s highly traditional society experienced significant changes after their defeat in the second world war due , in part , to the westernizing influences of the occupying allied forces ( molasky , 1999 ) . the u . s . \u2019 marshall plan provided aid to rebuild japan\u2019s economy and the two countries\u2019 improving relationship created an opportunity for japan to export manufactured products to the increasingly - affluent united states .\njapanese industry was first dominated by large family - controlled industrial and financial business conglomerates known as zaibatsu ( translated as \u201cfinancial clique\u201d ) , which evolved into keiretsu business conglomerates in the latter half of the twentieth - century . typical keiretsu conglomerates were arranged in the form of a series of interlocking industrial corporations organized around a japanese bank , which provided banking and financial services to the industrial corporations . most corporations within a keiretsu conglomerate carried names that were variants of their keiretsu\u2019s overarching brand name , for example : mitsubishi bank , mitsubishi corporation , mitsubishi heavy industries and mitsubishi motors . other examples of keiretsu conglomerates are sumitomo , mitsui , fuyo , dai - ichi kangyo and sanwa ( wikipedia , n . d . ) . starting in the 1950s and accelerating during japan\u2019s bubble , keiretsu corporations purchased each other\u2019s shares to form an extensive network of cross - holdings , a practice that was seen as important for guaranteeing long - term stability and developing lasting business relationships . ( web - japan . org , n . d . ) .\nkeiretsu conglomerates received a very high - level of support from the japanese government \u2013 a system of crony capitalism that became known as \u201cjapan , inc . , \u201d which was both revered and reviled by western commentators and executives for its unfair advantage over domestic businesses .\njapanese industry gained its competitive edge by copying western products , improving upon them and selling them back to the west for cheaper prices . to compensate for their relative lack of natural resources , japanese companies focused their efforts on developing innovative and efficient manufacturing methods and improving the quality of their products , giving japan a strong competitive advantage in high value export products such as cars and electronics ( bpir , 2002 ) . by the late 1970s , japan\u2019s use of assembly - line robots in automobile manufacturing , which made human error nonexistent and boosted overall quality , sent shivers throughout the u . s . automobile industry , which was still assembling cars by hand . in addition , the rolling energy crises of the 1970s reduced the appeal of traditional gas - guzzling american - style v8 automobiles and dramatically increased consumer interest in the smaller , more fuel - efficient vehicles made by japanese auto makers such as honda and datsun ( now nissan ) .\njapan\u2019s \u201ceconomic miracle\u201d of the late - twentieth century caused the country\u2019s standard of living to soar to among the highest in the world and its people had the world\u2019s longest life expectancy . by the 1980s , japan\u2019s gdp per capita rivaled or even surpassed many western countries and the country became the world\u2019s largest creditor nation . japanese men clamored to work as \u201csalarymen\u201d or white - collar professionals for the country\u2019s keiretsu corporations . though salarymen worked extremely long hours and were expected to provide the utmost loyalty and sacrifice to their corporation , they were rewarded with thoroughly middle class lifestyles and promises of lifetime employment \u2013 a significant step - up from the very humble lives that most japanese lived before world war two .\njapan\u2019s booming post - war export economy and strict fiscal policies that were meant to encourage household savings resulted in a cash surplus in the country\u2019s banking system that eventually led to more lenient lending . the country\u2019s healthy trade surpluses and the plaza accord in 1985 , which sought to weaken the u . s . dollar against the yen and german deutsche mark , caused the yen currency to appreciate against other currencies , which in turn made foreign capital investments relatively inexpensive for japanese companies .\nthe combination of excess liquidity in the banking system , financial deregulation and the country\u2019s export \u201cmiracle\u201d eventually led to overconfidence and overexuberance in japan\u2019s economy , which became the second largest economy in the world after the usa in just a few decades . banks started to take increasingly excessive risks that were partly funded by 186 trillion worth of yen borrowed from various capital markets .\nnearly $ 40 billion was invested in risky leveraged buyouts in the usa , including 40 % of the amount used in the buyout of rjr nabisco , which ended in the biggest corporate scandal in the usa at the time and became the topic of the book ( and the film ) , \u2018barbarians at the gate\u2019 ( watkins , 1994 ) . in 1990 , a japanese business group acquired the pebble beach golf course , causing the u . s . open\u2014a highly prestigious golf tournament\u2014to be played on a foreign - owned golf course for the first time ever ( new york times , 1990 ) . other famous american institutions acquired by japanese business interests were the rockefeller center and columbia pictures of hollywood ( powel , 2009 ) .\nreal estate prices experienced similar manic action , with prices in tokyo\u2019s prime neighborhoods rising to levels that made them 350 times more expensive than comparable land in manhattan , new york ( investopedia , 2010 ) . the land underneath the tokyo imperial palace was rumored to have been worth as much as the entire state of california in the same year ( impoco , 2008 ) .\nsoaring stock and real estate prices generated astounding amounts of \u201cbubble wealth\u201d in japan , some of which found its way into the art market and created an art bubble . record prices were paid for famous pieces of western art . in 1987 , a japanese insurance company paid almost $ 40 million for vincent van gogh\u2019s \u2018sunflowers\u2019\u2014a version which was later claimed to actually be a fake . this was topped by ryoei saito , a paper industry billionaire , who paid $ 82 . 5 million for another painting of van gogh , \u2018dr . gachet . \u2019 he admitted that he paid $ 30 million more than he had planned , but that he did not care since he wanted it so much anyway ( associated press , 1998 ) . wealthy japanese tourists became an ever - present fixture in the high - end auction houses , art galleries and luxury boutiques of cities like new york and london .\nby 1989 , japanese officials became increasingly concerned with the country\u2019s growing asset bubbles and the bank of japan decided to tighten its monetary policy . soon after , the nikkei stock bubble popped and plunged by nearly 50 % from approximately 39 , 000 to 20 , 000 during the year 1990 , hitting 15 , 000 by 1992 . japan\u2019s imploding stock bubble also popped the country\u2019s real estate bubble , creating zaitech - in - reverse and throwing the country into a deep financial crisis and halting the three - decade old \u201ceconomic miracle\u201d in its tracks .\nassociated press ( 1998 ) , japanese collectors begin to unload bubble - era art , published in the augusta chronicle . retrieved march 16 , 2012 , from : urltoken\nbarksy , r . b . ( 2009 ) , the japanese bubble : a \u2018heterogeneous\u2019 approach . nber working paper series . retrieved march 14 , 2012 , from national bureau of economic research website : urltoken\nbloomberg ( 2010 ) , china overtakes japan as world\u2019s second - biggest economy . bloomberg news , august 16 , 2010 . retrieved march 20 , 2012 , from : urltoken\nbpir ( 2002 ) , history of quality . retrieved march 20 , 2012 from the business performance improvement resource website : urltoken\ninvestopedia ( 2010 ) , 5 steps of a bubble . retrieved march 14 , 2012 , from investopedia website : urltoken\nmolasky , m . s . ( 1999 ) , the american occupation of japan and okinawa . published by routledge .\nnew york times ( 1990 ) , japanese buy pebble beach golf course . retrieved march 16 , 2012 : urltoken\nnew york times ( 2011 ) , china\u2019s scary housing bubble . published on april 14 , 2011 . retrieved march 20 , 2012 from : urltoken\nwatkins , t . ( 1994 ) , the bubble economy of japan . san jos\u00e9 state university , department of economics . retrieved march 20 , 2012 , from : urltoken\nurltoken ( n . d . ) . the japanese zaitech bubble . retrieved may 30th , 2012 from urltoken\nurltoken ( n . d . ) . breaking off ties : firms selling off cross held shares . retrieved may 30th , 2012 from urltoken\nthe original sony walkman , the first personal stereo tape deck , which made its debut in 1979 .\nattention , the 160 million or so owners of an apple ipod mp3 player : take out those white earbuds and listen for a second . before the ipod became ubiquitous \u0097 way , way before \u0097 there was the walkman . the portable cassette players , first introduced 30 years ago this week , sold a cumulative 200 million units , rocked the recording industry and fundamentally changed how people experienced music . sound familiar ? ( see time ' s list of the most influential gadgets and gizmos . )\nthe 1980s could well have been the walkman decade . the popularity of sony ' s device \u0097 and those by brands like aiwa , panasonic and toshiba who followed in sony ' s lead \u0097 helped the cassette tape outsell vinyl records for the first time in 1983 . by 1986 the word\nwalkman\nhad entered the oxford english dictionary . its launch coincided with the birth of the aerobics craze , and millions used the walkman to make their workouts more entertaining . between 1987 and 1997 \u0097 the height of the walkman ' s popularity \u0097 the number of people who said they walked for exercise increased by 30 % . ( see time ' s special report\n1989 : the year that changed the world .\n)\nsony continued to roll out variations on its theme , adding such innovations as am / fm receivers , bass boost and auto - reverse on later models . sony even made a solar - powered walkman , water - resistant sport walkmans and even devices with two cassette drives . but cassettes , like any technology , weren ' t going to last forever . with the introduction of compact discs in 1982 the format began to go the way of the 8 - track itself .\nsony , however , was fairly quick to jump to new formats : it introduced the d - 50 portable cd player a year after the first compact discs were sold , and later rolled out minidisc and mp3 players under the walkman brand . ( its insistence for several years on sticking to a proprietary digital music format , atrac , left it far behind apple ' s ipod in terms of market share . ) since its launch , sony has released more than 300 different models across all formats ; it currently makes walkman - branded mp3 players , phones and even portable dvd players . its newest device , the walkman nwz - x1000 , features a 3 - inch oled screen , 32 gigabytes of memory and wifi connectivity . but the company still makes play - only cassette walkmen , too \u0097 its latest model to be released in the u . s . was the wm - fx290 in 2002 .\nis now a smart time to enter or expand in china ? on the one hand , the answer seems like a no - brainer . while many other countries have slipped into an economic coma , china is humming along , with goldman sachs projecting that the economy will grow by more than 11 % in 2010 . on the other hand , these are not happy times for many foreign investors . the clash between google and the chinese government , along with the ongoing vulnerability of intellectual property rights and continuing restrictions on foreign ownership in china , makes ceos wonder if a presence there is worth the risks .\nthese challenges are real , but they aren\u2019t new\u2014and they certainly don\u2019t tell the full story . to enter a complex country like china without understanding the context is folly . although the chinese government began freeing the economy from controls in 1978 , it has always wielded a strong hand over business , balancing the need for economic growth\u2014and the entrepreneurship that demands\u2014with its overriding desire to maintain political and social stability . the government still prevents foreign companies from entering core sectors such as telecommunications and media . it has also restructured and rejuvenated state - owned companies , including baosteel , industrial and commercial bank of china , china national petroleum , and china mobile . they are becoming fierce competitors , particularly since they enjoy government backing .\nin the sectors that any company may enter , china is awash with competitors , both local and foreign . look at the figures . the number of private companies in china shot up from 140 , 000 in 1992 to 6 . 6 million by the end of 2008 , even as the number of foreign corporations grew to 435 , 000 . of the fortune 500 companies , about 480 are already in china , according to its government . this makes for a marketplace in which chinese and foreign companies battle for survival . several surveys report that profits are slowly rising but that most multinationals still find it tough to earn the margins they can realize at home . indeed , many enterprises and entrepreneurs believe that soon it might be too late to enter china successfully .\nof the fortune 500 companies , about 480 are already in china\u2014and have to battle for survival .\nalthough it may be scary to consider entering what is arguably the world\u2019s most complicated and competitive market , the notion that it isn\u2019t necessary to do so is misguided . few western companies were prepared for the speed of china\u2019s recovery ; fewer still are ready to handle the fact that china will soon be the world\u2019s growth engine in terms of output and consumption . consider two pieces of evidence . one , china surpassed the u . s . as the world\u2019s largest automotive market in 2009 . two , according to a september 2009 report from the china enterprise confederation and the china enterprise directors association , the top 500 chinese companies\u2019 net profits were $ 170 . 6 billion in the first half of 2009 , exceeding for the first time the net profits reported by the top 500 american companies , which were $ 98 . 9 billion for that period . not only will china replace the united states as the world\u2019s largest economy faster than predicted , but china\u2019s ( and india\u2019s ) growth may make asia the source of about 50 % of the world\u2019s gross domestic product by 2030 .\nat the same time , doing business in china doesn\u2019t mean what it used to . many companies believe they have figured out how to operate there , but the scale and intensity of change in the chinese economy is rendering even successful strategies inadequate . it is no longer sufficient to develop a freestanding business in the country . in most industries , china is becoming a game changer , with companies\u2019 operations there altering the basis of competition the world over . ceos must therefore develop a new china strategy\u2014one that isn\u2019t simply a plan for selling in or sourcing from china . they must integrate the china business with their operations elsewhere , so that china can provide them with a global competitive advantage . i call this a one - world strategy with china at its core .\nchina\u2019s ( and india\u2019s ) growth may make asia the source of about 50 % of the world\u2019s gross domestic product by 2030 .\nmaking the transition will be difficult even for companies that have operated in china for decades . but those that don\u2019t make the shift will be pushed aside by rivals , old and new , that are already using china to transform their competitive positions\u2014as i will show in the following pages .\nexecutives usually consider three c \u2019s when formulating strategy : customers , competitors , and the company . as i suggested earlier , they must add one more for china : context . that\u2019s easier said than done ; three factors keep changing the context in china .\ndespite recent controversy over the communist party of china\u2019s attitude toward foreign companies , economic liberalization will continue . growth generates legitimacy for china\u2019s government and guarantees social stability . however , the party will continue to determine the pace at which it frees the economy from controls . companies that wish to do business in china must understand the government\u2019s priorities and modify their strategies accordingly . the government has retained ownership of key companies in the communications , energy , finance , resources , and media sectors , and contrary to foreign investors\u2019 hopes , it has no intention of letting go of them in the near future .\na handful of companies may eventually decide , as google did , that china just isn\u2019t right for them . google entered the chinese market in early 2000 by creating a chinese - language version of its home page . because the facilities were located on u . s . soil , google wasn\u2019t subject to chinese censorship laws and didn\u2019t need a license from the chinese government to operate its business . in 2004 google realized that rivals such as yahoo and microsoft were getting ahead because they had established a presence in china . in january 2006 , after a year of preparation , the company announced the creation of google . cn , located in china and subject to chinese filtering .\nthe decision to physically enter china and expose search results to censorship drew a lot of criticism , and google has been of two minds about the decision since then . the company had to decide whether to \u201ccompromise our mission by failing to serve our users in china or compromise our mission by entering china and complying with chinese laws that require us to censor search results , \u201d a google spokesperson said at the time . \u201cself - censorship , like that which we are now required to perform in china , is something that conflicts deeply with our core principles\u2026 . this was not something we did enthusiastically or something that we\u2019re proud of at all . \u201d\ngoogle may not succeed , because its business touches on one of beijing\u2019s most sensitive areas : politically related debate , which the party insists on controlling . in other sectors , though , the potential benefits outweigh the risks . for example , foreign carmakers are restricted to joint ventures in which their maximum stake is 50 % . this limitation is balanced by the possibility of selling products in the world\u2019s largest automobile market and gaining unmatchable economies of scale . even five years ago it could be argued that the unknowns of entering china made delaying a decision to do so worthwhile . since then its business environment has become more accessible and transparent , so companies that continue to hesitate may find it difficult to break into the chinese market in the future .\nmany westerners believe that where economic freedoms lead , political freedoms must follow . they\u2019re wrong . china will remain a communist nation in the near future . the party\u2019s 75 million members , who dominate government and society , believe that china\u2019s development can take place only under its leadership . although beijing recognizes that the rest of the world expects it to play a leadership role , it is having a tough time balancing global expectations with the desire to follow former party leader deng xiaoping\u2019s doctrine that china must keep a low profile . this tension results in outsiders\u2019 believing that the chinese government is arrogant , whereas it is merely undecided about how much attention it should pay to the world outside the wall when it has so many challenges to tackle at home .\nmany executives take for granted that china\u2014compared with , say , russia and india , or even japan and south korea\u2014has an open marketplace . unlike asia\u2019s other economies , china opened its markets to foreign companies when its economic reforms began and has opened them wider ever since . it spawns the world\u2019s largest number of start - ups ; is growing global giants such as lenovo , haier , huawei , and zte ; and attracts the most foreign companies , too . that results in intense competition and creates a host of business opportunities in china , particularly for forging alliances and partnerships .\nlarge investments and cheap labor have propelled economic growth in china until now , leading to enormous waste and environmental damage . over the next decade government policy will drive a switch to efficiency and conservation . companies in china will have to reduce their consumption of raw materials , mitigate the environmental impact of their operations , radically improve quality , and hone their management skills . that will make them even more competitive than they are today .\nthe money generated by china\u2019s growth has created a substantial middle class . as a result , no other country\u2014not even japan or the united states\u2014has as many products and brands as china does . this has resulted in a lack of brand loyalty and quick shifts in market share . chinese consumers have become as diverse in their tastes as their western counterparts , and they\u2019re just as demanding .\nin addition , china is changing from a largely rural nation to one of cities . by 2020 city dwellers will account for 60 % of the population , compared with 40 % in 2009 , and new metropolitan areas will form across the country . the migration of 200 million people will transform markets afresh : urban consumers differ from rural ones in the products and services they want . over the next 10 years china\u2019s mass market will morph into differentiated and multitiered segments . because these new markets will be linked with one another , with the coastal areas , and with the rest of the world by a reliable transport and communications infrastructure , they will be far easier to reach than they were five years ago .\nby 2020 city dwellers will account for 60 % of china\u2019s population , compared with 40 % in 2009 . the migration of 200 million people will transform markets afresh .\nthus executives who believe that the chinese government is welcoming but opaque should regard it as a powerful player on the world stage . those who have been treating china\u2019s companies as suppliers must treat them as potential competitors . and those who have been approaching china as a mass market would do well to approach it as a collection of different consumer segments . because of the size of the market and the reach of the corporations in it , almost every company must compete , at least in some form , in china .\nto fashion a china strategy that can ride these forces , executives must answer five questions . these questions apply to most industries and situations ; they\u2019re based on my two decades of experience in helping foreign companies enter china .\nthe chinese government imposes legal restrictions on both the nature of corporate ownership and the products and services that companies may offer . although the state is opening up more industries to competition , it doesn\u2019t follow a timetable . companies must monitor the extent to which\u2014and the pace at which\u2014the government frees industries from controls . it\u2019s important to bag a license the moment an industry is deregulated , so companies in sectors that are currently closed should build connections ( guanxi ) with key officials as a source of competitive advantage .\nfew sectors in china are completely off - limits , but the rules can be complex . for example , both foreign automobile companies and foreign banks are permitted to set up fully owned operations in china , but , as i stated earlier , the former may hold a 50 % share in a local company , whereas the latter may control only 25 % of a chinese bank\u2019s equity . moreover , there are few constraints on the cars that companies may make , but new banking products often face a lengthy approval process . even in completely open industries , the chinese government will intervene whenever it deems it necessary . for instance , china\u2019s soft - drinks sector was deregulated decades ago , but in 2009 the ministry of commerce wouldn\u2019t permit coca - cola to buy huiyuan juice because it feared that the takeover would reduce competition .\nforeign companies\u2019 business models fall into two categories : sourcing - centric and sales - centric . enterprises using the former , particularly in sectors such as consumer electronics and mobile communications , have established export bases in china , but their local marketing and sales capabilities are limited . those deploying the latter , particularly in the fast - moving consumer goods and automotive industries , focus on the chinese market .\nsmart companies combine the two models as they expand . for example , they design some product lines both for china\u2019s wealthiest consumers and for export to the developed world , while aiming less - expensive products at a broader range of consumers in china\u2019s upper - tier markets\u2014large , cosmopolitan cities such as shanghai , beijing , and guangzhou . some of these companies also offer a third set of products to frugal consumers who are adjusting to urban life in china\u2019s middle - tier cities . managing multiple business models is tough but often necessary to cash in on the opportunities in china .\nthe pace of change , lack of data , and high executive turnover in china render decision making hard for foreign companies . nevertheless , it\u2019s better to be approximately right than precisely wrong . anticipating specific changes is impossible , but leaders should be ready to act when opportunities or new constraints appear .\nmany chinese chief executives thrive under these conditions , so it\u2019s a good idea to learn from them . haier\u2019s zhang ruimin and hauwei\u2019s ren zhengfei , for instance , don\u2019t succeed by trying to get things right all the time . they are fearless experimenters who are willing to learn , launch , adapt , and improve in quick bursts . the chinese market demands managers who see things in a nonlinear fashion and can act boldly when necessary .\nhowever , it\u2019s a good idea for foreign companies to temper opportunism with experience . for instance , many experts saw toyota as a latecomer and a slow mover in china . volkswagen and gm established joint ventures with prestigious local companies and racked up large market shares before the japanese company teamed up with guangzhou auto , in 2004 . however , because its partner was a relative lightweight , toyota learned more about doing business in china and gained greater control over the venture than its rivals had . by 2008 toyota was china\u2019s largest car company by revenue ( 110 billion yuan versus volkswagen\u2019s 96 billion yuan ) and the second largest by sales ( 525 , 000 cars to volkswagen\u2019s 760 , 000 ) .\nthe stand - alone business models that many multinational companies have been using in china are coming under pressure from rising costs\u2014particularly those of labor and raw materials\u2014as well as the yuan\u2019s appreciation . the rise of the yuan stopped in the second half of 2008 , largely because of the global financial crisis , but its value is bound to increase in the future . in order to keep costs down , companies will have to integrate their china operations with their businesses elsewhere\u2014for instance , by developing products in china and manufacturing them in other asian countries\u2014and vice versa . this will make management more complex , but it will be essential if these enterprises are to remain globally competitive .\nsome companies , such as coca - cola and nokia , have started by setting up r & d laboratories and product development centers in china so that they can tap into the large supply of engineers and scientists in the country . these companies develop products by combining insights into the chinese consumer with global platforms and then finding markets outside the country for those innovations . for instance , a little more than half of the handsets nokia develops in china are sold in other countries . a . o . smith , the american water heater manufacturer , has introduced in the u . s . products designed in china and is using some of its chinese manufacturing capacity to make water heaters for the indian market . in 2008 a . o . smith china attained a 33 % growth rate and ranked second only to haier in the chinese market .\nthe relocation of value - creation activity to china has gone through several stages . the first involved setting up manufacturing facilities there , and the second involved making china a major sourcing location . in the third stage , which began in the early 2000s , companies incorporated their china facilities into their global manufacturing networks even as they started building distribution networks to reach china\u2019s prosperous regions . in the fourth stage , companies are making china a key part of their value chains . this entails moving some operations from headquarters to china . for example , by monitoring research labs , enterprises are drawing on chinese r & d as it matures . they are also extending their value chains from china . global networks of suppliers have grown to include foreign companies operating in china as well as chinese companies and entities funded by chinese investors .\nhoneywell has more than doubled its staff in china , where its revenues rose fivefold from 2004 to 2009 .\nleaders of companies that don\u2019t have operations in china today are bound to feel handicapped , but they shouldn\u2019t make the mistake of thinking they have been left too far behind . china\u2019s integration with the global economy is increasing , and the changes the country is undergoing have created a bewildering array of possibilities . latecomers can set up globally integrated businesses from the outset , which will transform them worldwide . in fact , that\u2019s an opportunity they are best placed to exploit .\na version of this article appeared in the april 2010 issue of harvard business review .\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 harvard business school publishing . all rights reserved . harvard business publishing is an affiliate of harvard business school .\nthrough our bilingual teams in china , japan , korea and taiwan , we provide the in - 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", "topic": 7}], "title": "cartridge world", "paragraphs": ["\u00a9 2018 cartridge world north america , llc . all rights reserved . cartridge world is a registered trademark of cartridge world north america , llc .\n\u00a9 2018 cartridge world ltd . all rights reserved . cartridge world is a registered trademark of cartridge world ltd . all other brand names are trademarks of their respective companies . - privacy policy\na cartridge world supplier has also emailed today with the following comment : \u201cwe are a very long term supplier to cartridge world and cannot share the negative statements written in about cartridge world in this article .\nyou don\u2019t need to worry about your printer warranty either \u2013 using a cartridge world cartridge will not invalidate it .\nsign up to receive the latest cartridge world news , coupons and helpful printing tips .\ncartridge world ltd . , the uk master franchise , has recently written to their suppliers advising of changes within cartridge world , and how they propose to address the issue of overdue payments to their suppliers .\n\u00a9 2018 cartridge world new zealand | website designed & developed by pinnacle & co . ; ltd .\ncartridge world supplies top quality inkjet printer cartridges that are compatible with all of the leading printer brands ; a cartridge people can trust . we stock alternatives for hp\ninkjet & laser toner printer cartridges from cartridge world - high quality inkjet and laser toner printer cartridges with high savings .\ncartridge world\u2019s replacement cartridges all worked perfectly first time , which is why we are so confident to offer you our 100 % moneyback guarantee if you aren\u2019t happy with your cartridge .\nfirstly , you\u2019ll be saving money - purchasing a printer manufacturer\u2019s cartridge will cost you a lot more than choosing a cartridge world branded cartridge . in fact , you can enjoy savings of up to 30 % by switching to a cartridge world printer cartridge solution * . our inks and toners are specifically formulated to match leading brand cartridges so the print quality is guaranteed to be just as good , if not better .\nat cartridge world , we pride ourselves on providing a truly eco - friendly solution , while minimizing print cost . read more\ncartridge world products and services lead the market . we have the printer and imaging supply technology and quality that our retail and corporate customers rely on to increase their profits by reducing their printing costs . cartridge world provide printing solutions that can benefit every business .\ncartridge world is the world ' s largest dedicated specialty supplier and retailer of re - engineered printer cartridges . we produce printer cartridges that are suitable with all major brands of printers for home , education and business use . cartridge world printer cartridges are a great value alternative to printer brands like hp , canon , epson , and brother and when you switch from the printer brands to cartridge world you will save money on your inkjet and laser toner cartridges with no compromise on quality .\ncartridge world fare particularly well against leading brands , proving that our cartridges are just as good as the original manufacturers\u2019 , if not better .\n\u201ccartridge world has always fulfilled their obligations to pay us as a supplier and have always stood to their word . we do not share any of the concerns reported in your article and have found cartridge world to be a very supportive partner and customer who works well with the supplier community .\n\u201cwe have every confidence in our ongoing commercial relationship with cartridge world and look forward to working with them as they grow their global network . \u201d\nif you are dissatisfied with the results of any of our printer cartridges , please return the cartridge as soon as possible together with proof of purchase to the store where you bought it from . the store will credit the full amount against a replacement cartridge world cartridge or provide a full refund in exchange for the faulty cartridge . if you ordered your cartridge online at cartridgeworld . co . uk , you can submit your returns request here .\nin 1997 cartridge world opened its first franchise in adelaide , australia and has since grown to more than 1 , 100 stores operating in 38 countries around the globe .\nbusiness are dependent on their printers , so providing a better and more cost effective solution has seen cartridge world become a global leader in printers , products and service .\nwe stock one of the largest selections of inkjet and laser toner printer cartridges in the uk , and we strive to meet all the demands of our customer\u2019s printing requirements . all of our own brand cartridges are guaranteed against the printer manufacturers\u2019 originals and our cartridge world ink and laser toner printer cartridges are good for the environment too ! whether you need laser toner or an inkjet cartridge shop with confidence at cartridge world .\nwe\u2019re so confident you\u2019ll be satisfied with the quality of your cartridge world branded cartridge , we offer a 100 % moneyback guarantee . if , for any reason , you are not completely happy with your purchase , return your cartridge along with your receipt to the store where you made your purchase and we\u2019ll quickly issue you with a refund or exchange .\ncartridge world is locally owned and operated with knowledgeable staff dedicated to helping you save money on your ink and toner cartridges . listed below are some of the great things we offer :\nat cartridge world our printer ink cartridges and toners are specifically formulated to match that of your original printer cartridge , so there\u2019s no loss in quality . our cartridges have any worn or moving parts replaced and are carefully tested to ensure optimum performance before they leave our premises .\nwe asked john richardson whether cartridge world is asking suppliers to take a holiday on payments , and keep supplying them , and richardson responded : \u201ccartridge world has regular discussions with suppliers on a range of opportunities and initiatives . in these discussions the suppliers are able to raise such issues with us . we are grateful for the support and service they supply the store owners . \u201d\nmayoristas inform\u00e1tica and rt media signed an agreement to promote the world ' s largest printing consumables expo .\nsee hp\u2019s terms and conditions on the use of non - hp printer cartridges , confirming that using cartridge world cartridges will not affect your printer\u2019s warranty . the same applies to all other manufacturers of printer cartridges .\nall cartridge world branded cartridges are designed to meet the performance of the printer manufacturers cartridges . we are so confident in the quality that we offer a 100 % moneyback guarantee if you are not 100 % satisfied .\n\u201cyou can save money and still have light - fast prints , as long as you know where to buy . of the third party inks , cartridge world did considerably better than any of the other brands . \u201d\ncanon announces conclusion of toner cartridge - related patent infringement dispute with tonet inc . , in korea .\nit\u2019s well - known that printer cartridges are an expensive purchase , but if you steer away from the brand names and opt for brand - compatible printer cartridges from cartridge world , you\u2019ll save money without compromising on quality .\nno . all of our cartridges are guaranteed to match the performance of original cartridges under similar conditions . however , if a problem with the printer should occur , and it is established that our cartridge caused the problem then we will repair the printer free of charge . please see our cartridge world warranty certificate for more information .\nrichardson said in the letter that \u201cthis partnership will involve the purchase of current stock and a commercial payment that will enable cartridge world to clear all its overdue supplier debt , as well as provide funds for investment in growth\u201d .\nto claim a cartridge discount , just enter the code you have for cartridge world into the ' voucher code ' section when purchasing online , and you ' ll see the discount applied to your order prior to confirming your transaction . nb - vouchers are non - stackable ; only one voucher code can be used per - order .\nthe letter , seen by the recycler , from cartridge world chairman john richardson explains some of the trading and organisational issues over the last few years , but that they are committed to paying suppliers in full by the end of october 2013 . suppliers are also informed about the recently announced potential partnership with badger office supplies , which will see the process of storing , picking and delivering products move from cartridge world in harrogate to badger office supplies in chorley .\nbelow is just a small example of the compatible cartridges we supply for the leading printer models on the market . our all - encompassing range of cartridge world branded and original printer cartridges will ensure we meet all your printing requirements .\n\u201cnew build\u201d is a brand new of innovative ip safe cartridge instead of the \u201ccopycat\u201d products and remanufactured products .\nin closing his letter , richardson wrote to the suppliers : \u201ci reiterate our commitment to pay current invoices on time and to clear all overdue payments by october 2013 . on this basis we ask you to consider ring - fencing the current overdue debt [ \u2026 ] and to continue to supply cartridge world . we commit to pay all current invoices on time and clear the outstanding amount by october . our initiatives are fully supported by our holding company , cartridge world group holdings ltd . \u201d\nwe also offer businesses our cartridge world print services . with cartridge world print services , everything can be taken care of by our experts . our tailor - made printing solutions will ensure you benefit from a streamlined printing environment , the highest level of service and delivery of high quality printing every time . we are one of the select few companies in the uk who work with brands like hp and xerox to deliver managed print services , a seamless low - cost way to always keep your business printing .\nremaxworld expo is the largest trade show for the print consumables industry . the event has been held annually since 2007 in the print consumables capital of the world\u2014zhuhai , china\u2014providing buyers and suppliers around the world with an international , networking & cooperation platform . . . . read more\nyes - 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length commercial basis . \u201d [ ed : we are happy to set the record straight ]\ndoes your cartridge save you money ? we pride ourselves on finding the best value option for your printing needs and we offer a large selection of printing services to help you . whatever your requirement we will endeavour to help with a quick and convenient service .\nbrother\u2019s compact colour inkjet multifunction printer ( dcp - 562dr ) is a popular choice for home owners . they also provide laser printers that are suitable for home and business use : mfc - j480 dw , mfc - 9340 cdw , mfc - 1910w , mfc - j462dw , mfc - l2700 dw , dcp - 1610w , dcp - l2500d , dcp - j562 dwr , dcp - l5500 dn , dcp - 9015 cdw , mfc - l2720dw , mfc - l5750 dw , mfc - l5700dn , mfc - j5730 dw , mfc - j4420 dw , dcp - l2520 dw , dcp - l6600 dw , dcp - 9020 cdw , dcp - 1510 , hl - 3140cw and mfc - j6530 dw . cartridge world quality brother compatible cartridges include lc123 , tn2220 , tn - 2010 , lc - 1100bk , lc223 , lc225xl , lc - 1280 , and tn - 1050 amongst many others .\nbut just to reassure you , if in the unlikely event that one of our printer ink cartridges causes any damage to your printer , we\u2019d invite you to contact the store where you bought it from as soon as possible . if it is then established that the cartridge caused the damage , we would reimburse the full repair costs for any valid claim . this warranty is in addition to , and does not affect your statutory rights .\nwe pride ourselves on finding the best value option for your printing needs and offer a large selection of services to help you . whatever your requirement we will endeavour to provide you with a quick and convenient service . we specialise in both inkjet and laser toner printer cartridges , as well as offering our print services solution for businesses , and will always go the extra distance to make sure that you get great service , quality cartridges and a printing solution that suits you . we ' re not your average cartridge shop .\ncanon is a specialist in digital photography for home and for business and their popular printers include the canon pixma ip2850 , inkjet pixma mg2550s , mx495 , ts6050 , ts8150 , tr8550 , ts6150 , ts5050 , ts5150 , ts8050 , ix6850 , ip110 , ip8750 , tr7550 , pixma pro - 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quality suppliers . with the 7 - day roadshow & gala dinners held in 4 big indian cities , you can meet global suppliers wherever you are in india . the wonderful nights with free cocktails . . . read more\nthe next phase of a nasa sponsored mission to 3d print human organs and tissues in space will launch in february 2019 .\niso / iec jtc 1 / sc 28 twenty - ninth plenary and forum was held in zhuhai on june 27 - 29 .\nld products gold line printer cartridges achieve industry\u2019s lowest return rate\u2026 . ever ( 0 . 1 % ytd 2018 )\nthe commercial grade monochrome and color laser printer cartridges have achieved the industry\u2019s lowest return rate .\namerica and china are officially at war , not with guns , but hostilities are brewing over the new trade tariffs .\na - copi is one of the largest providers of toshiba , hp , kip , and lexmark office products in northern new england .\nprincity softwares offered by thi monitors can provide almost every detail so you can control your mps contract profits .\nthe internet giant\u2019s standalone b2b portal has already rolled out in the us , germany , uk , japan and india .\nfollowing a failed launch , amazon has snuck into australia quietly with promises to deliver millions of products .\nadveo\u2019s independent dealer network , calipage , upgraded its e - commerce opportunities in spain .\neuropean commission is taking spain to the european court of justice ( ecj ) for waste management failures .\nit is already the case in some countries such as germany or belgium before this date .\nmain events of image industry in america , 2018 . 6 - 2018 . 12\nrt media had collected the event information on the industry in america for those who are interested .\nthe bold confrontation was made at the summit during the third imaging supplies expo to be held in cancun , mexico .\nmore and more educated women make a difference not only in their lives but also to the industry they are serving .\nwe need to be innovative in order to be relevant . we have to offer a serious alternative to oem cartridges .\nnow , one of the respondents has agreed to share their thoughts on the allegations and what it means for the industry .\nnot only in the us but also in china where many of the cartridges originate .\nmoreinks ltd . inter alia accepted a preliminary injunction ( docket no . 4a o 76 / 17 ) of the district court d\u00fcsseldorf .\nthe additional 25 % tariff on imports from china of goods is effectively today and the us custom is ready to take action .\nfrancisca hogescu - lebrun ( pictured ) is the new ceo of xerox romania , succeeded gabriel pantelimon .\nepson appoints former fuji xerox\u2019s executive general manager for sales as document solutions boss in june .\nsharp plans to expand its overseas sales network for printers by doubling funds to acquire vendors .\ndarren turner ' s my office solutions has created a super inventive win - win - win solution in order to make a difference .\nthe agency will be asia ' s first international organization specifically deal with intellectual property disputes .\nurltoken announced public access to linkedin to win . it\u2019s the industry\u2019s first online video training course .\nmarkem - imaje debuted an inkjet printer customized for egg production and capable of coding over 250 , 000 eggs per hour .\ntotal 3d - printer market up + 14 % year - on - year .\ninkjet multifunction printers ( mfps ) , which account for over 60 % of sales in we , also fell by - 6 % .\ni learned a lot about aftermarket business and the opportunities lies on it . i also appreciate all insights on how to grow our business .\nmany thanks to arrange such a good service , also on time and convenient shuttle bus is really appreciated . it was perfect , i participate every year and each time i feel it better . many thanks !\nmohammad afzal quality control at asta toner cartridges . hong kong , china ( hong kong s . a . r . )\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nyou must have javascript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website . click here for instructions on enabling javascript in your browser .\nwe are one of the uk\u2019s largest specialist provider of printer inks and laser toner printer cartridges .\n' how to reduce toner usage with your laser printer ' , ' how do you know when it ' s time for a new printer ? ' , ' who needs a multifunction printer ? ' as well as many others .\nno one likes to be kept waiting ! we are pleased to now be able to offer free next day delivery across 95 % of our consumable lines when you order before 4pm . where next day delivery is not available , free 2 - 3 day delivery will be offered in its place . there is 1 - 2 day delivery service on all printer models at a cost of \u00a36 . 00 .\n* 95 % of all printer consumables are available for next day delivery if ordered before 4pm , if unavailable for next day delivery your order will be despatched 2 to 3 days from date of order .\n* next day royal mail - 96 % of orders sent using royal mail 1st class arrive the next working day .\n* express courier service - all orders sent using express courier are guaranteed delivery .\norders placed monday to thursday ( where stock is available ) , before 4pm , should be received next working day .\norders placed friday ( where stock is available ) , before 4pm , should be received the following monday .\ndeliveries to the highlands , islands of scotland , & isles of scilly can take 2 - 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{"id": 54447, "summary": [{"text": "cream records was an american record label started in 1970 , by former liberty records head al bennett .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "in 1977 , he acquired hi records which became a division of cream .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "after bennett died , it was run by his daughter adelah bennett shaw until she died in 2009 .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "with cream records joyce cobb recorded a top 40 hit single in 1979 with her original tune dig the gold .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "the next year she had another release which charted for 6 weeks with billboard topping out at # 90 for cream records in the r&b category : how glad i am . ", "topic": 9}], "title": "cream records", "paragraphs": ["superstar singer d\u2019banj in an instagram post on friday , announced that his company d\u2019cream records has just been valued at above $ 100m .\ncream records ( company cream records , inc . ) was formed by liberty records , inc . president al bennett soon after selling liberty , blue note , minit , dolton records and imperial to insurance company transamerica corporation ( who had previously purchased the united artists film studio ) in a merger with ua in 1968 . bennett puchased hi records from willie mitchell and nick pesche in 1977 . adelah bennett shaw , his daughter , would run the label from his death in 1989 until her own death in 2009 . the company today trades as hi records and is distributed by demon music group in europe and fat possum records in the rest of the world\ngathering momentum ice cream records went on to sign mr reds vs . dj scribble feat busta rhymes which was a no . 1 dance chart hit and national chart hit .\nto date , ice cream records have been involved in over 20 top 40 chart hits inc 5 no . 1\u2019s , 14 top 10\u2019s and 8 no . 1 dance chart records , and to top it off they were behind the very first uk garage no 1 selling compilation album .\nice cream records is set to go down in history as the foremost record label to pioneer the first ever uk garage cross over , the catalytic bassline track rip groove by double 99 . from their infancy back in 1997 , ice cream helped to carve the way for what can be described today as a very healthy and vibrant uk urban scene .\ntrue steppers sold over 50 , 000 records in the first day of release and kept the number 1 slot on mid - week sales until the very last day , ending up at no 2 , selling just fewer than 200 , 000 records , in the first week alone .\nice cream continued its journey in 1998 , signing colours , a double aa side including \u2018hold on\u2019 and \u2018what u do\u2019 , which incidentally \u201chold\u201d went on to become one of the biggest 2 step records of the year . between \u201898 and 2000 , and whilst continuing to drip feed records to the masses , ice cream , rip productions and 10 below continued to be behind some of the biggest remixes of the time , including : roy davis junior , gabrielle , ultra nate\u2019s \u201cfree\u201d ( uk no . 1 ) , mighty dub cats , and the classic garage anthem kele le roc \u201cmy love\u201d to name but a few .\nin 2008 we had 2 number - 1 urban records with craig david , one of which featured tinchy stryder and rita ora ( both were unsigned artists at the time ) .\nsuccess breeds success , and in 1999 , ice cream records were on the precipice of another hype storm , with the eye around a home grown band called true steppers . but this time it was andy l that was at the controls with legendary dnb producer jonny l . as the eve of \u201999 dawned , they dropped their first release , a re - worked version of jonny l classic \u2018hurt you so\u2019 .\nwith the backing and support of the ice cream machine , as the summer of y2k dawned , the track fast became a hit , reaching no . 6 in the national charts ; it was the summer anthem .\nbetween the years of 1995 and early 1997 , ice cream released some all time underground classics including , \u2018deep inspiration\u2019 , \u2018obsessed\u2019 , \u2018work it\u2019 , \u2018club traxs vol . 1\u2019 , \u2018the players\u2019 , and \u2018move to jersey\u2019 .\nwithin a month of its release , rip groove was being played in 97 % of clubs and radio stations up and down the country . unbeknown to them at the time , ice cream had set a milestone that was about to change the direction of uk dance music forever .\nas the industry continues to evolve , and with the emergence of new and exciting sounds taking influence from their predecessors : grime , dubstep , and uk funky , ice cream are proud to have been a vital part of the movement and at the very forefront of the scene with the sound of uk garage .\nas 1996 became \u201897 , ice cream decided to go all experimental , and with the epic buzz emanating from djs , record shops , radio , and clubs , they ejected a musical climax with the introduction of their double - pack , featuring two 12\u2033 vinyls . something which for those lucky enough to part with their cash at the time still kicks a beat deep down in the old blood pump .\nthe double - pack , titled double 99 , featured 8 epic tracks , each with their own unique vibe , with one track really standing out from the crowd : rip groove . released in the march of 1997 , demand heavily outweighed supply , and within 3 days this double 99 sold out in every independent record store from london to dublin . with demand so high , ice cream had to rush release the second batch within 48 hours , with some shops opening until midnight , allowing punters to get a taste of this fresh new flava !\nwe are updating our terms of service , privacy policy , and cookie and internet advertising policy effective may 25 , 2018 ! you can preview the new version and see details about the updates here .\nhello ! we have selected english as your language preference . if you would like to browse in a different language , please choose a language using the dropdown . deutsch english espa\u00f1ol fran\u00e7ais italiano \u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\nfrench jazz ( modern , fusion , jazz rock , contemporary , etc . ) label , founded in 1983 by jean - marie salhani .\nmy beatport lets you follow your favorite djs and labels so you can find out when they release new tracks . log in or create an account today so you never miss a new release .\nmy beatport lets you follow your favorite djs and labels so you can find out when they release new tracks . so go follow someone !\nyour current browser isn ' t compatible with soundcloud . please download one of our supported browsers . need help ?\nthe creatives behind this ground breaking label , andy lysandrou , tim deluxe and omar adimora started to gather momentum back in 1995 , dropping their first release , \u2018pick me up\u2019 .\nwith tim deluxe and dj omar , ( aka double 99 , rip productions , and 10 below ) , making the music , andy l was tasked with heading up the a & r , promotion , and marketing .\nfor the first time , it was about to take uk garage to the national charts .\nwith the major record labels out in full force , virgin , warner\u2019s , bmg , sony , emi , xl , a new sound had been championed , and they all wanted a taste .\nthe demand saw the official release of rip groove reach the national charts in october of \u201897 , where , through its epic following it went straight to no . 1 in \u2018the chart show\u2019 and to no . 14 on \u2018top of the pops\u2019 . following its unprecedented success , just about every major record label wanted to get in bed with the next garage hit .\nenter the month of aquarius , the year 2000 and true steppers were just about to become one of the most talked about dance bands of the year . joining together with ex another level member dane bowers , they co - wrote the track \u2018buggin\u2019 .\nhowever , the hype of true steppers was just about to move up a gear , as journalistic spin ensued , they made front page news . victoria beckham was on the trail of the steppers , and looking for that garage sound . step in posh and hold on tight , true steppers \u2018out of your mind\u2019 feat dane bowers and victoria beckham was the biggest hyped record of 2000 , going head to head for the number 1 spot with one of the biggest dance tracks in the last decade , spiller feat sophie ellis bextor .\n7 : 7 : 17 a dream that started on paper and went live today exactly a year ago , to help creative talents find their dreams across nigeria . a year later it has become the channel that i was looking for in 2012 , it has gotten a global label distribution deal for my people ( african talents ) to birth the label @ dcreamrecords and has just been valued above a $ 100 million dollars . i\u2019m so humbled , just want to thank god , my family , my fans , acs , critics and my partners . and i want to tell you no matter what , believe in god and believe in yourself ! # kingdoncome\nwhere ? empty vessels make the most noise ? unless he\u2019s doing drugs or fraud and using the record label as a front , this is a lie .\ndon\u2019t die hating . he is an apple ambassador . apple supporting him . go and sue apple now . moron\u2026\nhmmmm . i been no wan ask obvious question make dem no eject me from praise choir .\ncongratulations dbanj , just keep on surprising ur enemies so that they can keep on asking questions , and god will keep on blessing u .\nsomewhere in lagos , ghana , london , usa , and south africa . . theives , gold diggers , and potential new fake friends are sitting up , and saying \u201cwe\u2019re coming daddy . we heard your call\u201d\nlol . jay - z ought tidal for $ 70m \u2013 i guess lacream would have kinda been out of his price range .\nvaluation is just share market modifications . doesn\u2019t mean he has access to any $ 100m or even a quarter of that . he may have been recently vc funded . it\u2019s a lot of explaining my hand go pain . google valuations . good luck sha dbanj . no hating .\nur kind that are consumed with hatred are quick in saying no hating . oga may 10thousand fall on you . at least we can start from there . olofolofo\nnew music : tim godfrey feat . smj & okey sokay \u2013 jo ti e\nwe ' ve detected that javascript is disabled in your browser . would you like to proceed to legacy twitter ?\nas we wrap up the year , i reflect on the blessings of god in every area of my life . . . i also appreciate you , my loving family , fans and acs . . . i pray that god crowns your years effort this month as i dey go video out 6pm today ( naija time ) # kingdoncome # asideygo urltoken\nlistened to d ' banj ' s # kingdoncome album , and i am not cringing . urltoken\nwow wow . @ iamdbanj # kingdoncome album is straight . i can ' t even choose a favourite track right now . great album . .\ntwitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup . try again or visit twitter status for more information .\nyou can add location information to your tweets , such as your city or precise location , from the web and via third - 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{"id": 54449, "summary": [{"text": "strategy first inc. is a video game publisher based in montreal , canada .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "founded in 1988 , the company has published numerous games , such as the disciples series , jagged alliance series , o.r.b : off-world resource base , and space empires series . ", "topic": 30}], "title": "strategy first", "paragraphs": ["strategy first 25th anniversary sale . all our steam games 50 - 90 % off ! ! !\nstrategy first black friday sale save up to 90 % off / games starting at 50 cents .\nwe at strategy first are well - prepared to help you . please contact us to discuss how we can assist with your specific needs .\nbe the first to get inspirational content - handpicked and delivered to your inbox .\ndiversified companies do not compete ; only their business units do . unless a corporate strategy places primary attention on nurturing the success of each unit , the strategy will fail , no matter how elegantly constructed . successful corporate strategy must grow out of and reinforce competitive strategy .\nestablished in 2005 by directors david price and patrick anwandter , strategy first has been a privately owned fee - for - service practice from day one .\nthis strategy is now so popular an expo dedicated to this type of investor was initiated in sydney for the first time globally at the end of 2016 .\nestablished in 1989 , strategy first is a pc video game and social gaming publisher . our online store offers over 300 titles in all genres for digital download .\nfirst home buyers australia co - founder daniel cohen described it as a \u201cgreat strategy option\u201d that had become the \u201cflavour of the month in the real estate industry\u201d .\na diversified company has two levels of strategy : business unit ( or competitive ) strategy and corporate ( or companywide ) strategy . competitive strategy concerns how to create competitive advantage in each of the businesses in which a company competes . corporate strategy concerns two different questions : what businesses the corporation should be in and how the corporate office should manage the array of business units .\nthe new york times debuts \u201c first draft , \u201d new politics site and daily newsletter .\na british dirigible delivers the times to london . first trans - atlantic delivery by air .\never heard of strategy first ? you ' re almost certain to have heard of some of its shameful pc games . . . it ' s had more than most !\nstrategy first is an independent choice from the mainline advisors , representing industry specific knowledge based on extensive hands - on experience from mill operations to corporate management in several countries .\nrecognising the negative effects that conflicts of interest have had on the industry , strategy first was established to provide strategic advice and to protect clients from any conflicts of interest .\nfor the first time , a lighted ball descends on times square to herald the new year .\nstrategy first ltd oy is a strategic advisory and consulting firm providing services to investors , private equity firms , hedge funds and suppliers related to paper and forest products industries worldwide .\nan asset acquisition strategy is a means for a company to promote . . .\na report by medecins sans frontieres says it first came across rape as a weapon in the 1990s .\nbut some say for first home buyers with no other option it is often a good financial plan .\nwalter wellman sends the first wireless dispatches from a balloon as he tries unsuccessfully to cross the atlantic .\n2 . selecting the core businesses that will be the foundation of the corporate strategy .\ni think the biggest misconception that people have when they think about change\u2014making a change almost of any sort in an organization\u2014is they think the first step is a step of data gathering if they don\u2019t have the data already , of analysis if they haven\u2019t already done that and coming up with the new it strategy , the new marketing strategy , the new corporate strategy , the new production strategy . and then getting approval of it and going on to execute .\nandrew gibietis lives with his parents in menai and is saving to buy a first home the traditional way .\nurltoken hosts live streaming video of the 2008 presidential debate \u2013 its first live video feed on the homepage .\nwhy are some firms more successful than others ? this is the fundamental question of strategy .\nb : u . s . defense strategy .\nnational research council . 2008 .\nnational defense strategy of the united states of america ( 2005 , p . iv ) .\nthe purpose of the first two concepts of corporate strategy is to create value through a company\u2019s relationship with each autonomous unit . the corporation\u2019s role is to be a selector , a banker , and an intervenor .\nthe united nations general assembly adopted the global counter - terrorism strategy on 8 september 2006 . the strategy is a unique global instrument to enhance national , regional and international efforts to counter terrorism .\neliane miles advises employing an app to help you plot your financial strategy . picture : john fotiadis\nfirst issue of the saturday review of books and art . within a year it is included in the sunday paper .\nmr . trump is beginning to translate \u201camerica first\u201d into a coherent national military strategy for the use of american military power that avoids investing american blood and treasure in debilitating conflicts that are impervious to american military and political solutions . halting the ongoing , inconclusive military operations in afghanistan is likely to be the first test case for his new approach .\na management system based on the balanced scorecard framework is the best way to align strategy and structure , the authors suggest . managers can use the tools of the framework to drive their unit\u2019s performance : strategy maps to define and communicate the company\u2019s value proposition and the scorecard to implement and monitor the strategy .\nthe three tests for successful diversification set the standards that any corporate strategy must meet ; meeting them is so difficult that most diversification fails . many companies lack a clear concept of corporate strategy to guide their diversification or pursue a concept that does not address the tests . others fail because they implement a strategy poorly .\nmoving from competitive strategy to corporate strategy is the business equivalent of passing through the bermuda triangle . the failure of corporate strategy reflects the fact that most diversified companies have failed to think in terms of how they really add value . a corporate strategy that truly enhances the competitive advantage of each business unit is the best defense against the corporate raider . with a sharper focus on the tests of diversification and the explicit choice of a clear concept of corporate strategy , companies\u2019 diversification track records from now on can look a lot different .\naccountant andrew gibietis , 27 , lives with his parents in menai and is saving to buy a first home the traditional way .\nalexander graham bell invents the telephone . the times will get its first phone number ( number : john 470 ) in 1886 .\nin bosnia systematic rape was used as part of the strategy of ethnic cleansing ,\nit said .\nthe present qdr expands on the fundamental strategy set out in the 2005 national defense strategy ( ndst ) . the 2005 ndst , secretary rumsfeld\u2019s only published ndst , is the source of this new quadrangular approach to dealing with\nas the eugs approaches its first anniversary , and shortly before the release of a joint communication on resilience by the eeas . . .\nbyron darnton is killed in an accidental bombing off new guinea \u2014 the first of two times correspondents to die in world war ii .\nthe times sponsors a daredevil flight from albany to new york by glenn curtiss , resulting in the paper\u2019s first page 1 news photograph .\nthe times publishes its first illustrations : front - page cartoons of henry j . raymond\u2019s rival james gordon bennett ; publisher of the herald .\nto translate the principles of corporate strategy into successful diversification , a company must first take an objective look at its existing businesses and the value added by the corporation . only through such an assessment can an understanding of good corporate strategy grow . that understanding should guide future diversification as well as the development of skills and activities with which to select further new businesses . the following action program provides a concrete approach to conducting such a review . a company can choose a corporate strategy by :\nthe first color picture appears on page 1 : tony fernandez , whose 11th - inning home run propelled the cleveland indians into the world series .\nfull color is first used in the book review . other sunday sections \u2013 travel , arts and leisure , and real estate \u2013 soon follow .\nfirst installment of a pioneering series by 10 reporters on the mind and mood of the south in the early days of court - ordered desegregation .\nan individual who has not owned a principal residence for three years . a spouse is also considered a first - time homebuyer if he or she meets the above criteria . if you\u2019ve owned a home but your spouse has not , then you can purchase a place together as first - time homebuyers .\nrare among them is the executive who stepped back to review his or her own plans objectively , asking \u201cis this what i thought would happen when i first started going down this road ? \u201d that\u2019s a problem , yakola says , because acknowledging that your plan isn\u2019t working is a necessary first step .\nthe general assembly reviews the strategy every two years , making it a living document attuned to member states\u2019 counter - terrorism priorities .\n6 . pursuing a strategy of restructuring if this fits the skills of management or no good opportunities exist for forging corporate interrelationships .\nphoto - engravers strike for 11 days . except for a one - day interruption in 1923 , this is the first time the times has gone unpublished .\nthe times wins its first pulitzer prize , for public service in publishing the texts of dozens of official reports , documents and speeches about world war i .\nthe strategy also maintained the need to be able to respond to small - scale contingencies but gave more emphasis to a \u201cforce generation capacity\u201d and a strategic forces reserve . this is the defense planning strategy that currently underlies the most recent ida analysis for the nds .\n\u201cthere are incentives to purchase investments rather than homes , but it\u2019s essential to allow first home owners a chance to get into the market , \u201d he said .\nthe first fashions of the times runway show . within a year what people had been calling the \u201ctimes folly\u201d would become a hit , with thousands seeking tickets .\nthe company must first make certain its core businesses are on sound footing by upgrading management , internationalizing strategy , or improving technology . the study shows that geographic extensions of existing units , whether by acquisition , joint venture , or start - up , had a substantially lower divestment rate than diversification .\nrape and sexual abuse are not just a by - product of war but are used as a deliberate military strategy , it says .\n4 . see michael e . porter , \u201chow competitive forces shape strategy , \u201d harvard business review ( march\u2013april 1979 ) : 86 .\nmost of us feel optimistic about our financial future but only a quarter of australians have a strategy for how to achieve their goals .\nthe challenge of buying a home for the first time can seem so daunting that it ' s tempting to either just go with the first place in your price range or continue to rent . to help you demystify the process and get the most out of the purchase , we ' ll examine what you ' ll need to consider before you buy , what you can expect from the buying process itself , and some handy tips to make life easier after you purchase your first home .\nthe adoption of the strategy fulfiled the commitment made by world leaders at the 2005 september summit and builds on many of the elements proposed by the secretary - general in his 2 may 2006 report , entitled uniting against terrorism : recommendations for a global counter - terrorism strategy .\nthe five themes required national - level strategic coordination . accordingly , the rcmp developed a separate strategy map for each , with its own initiatives , targets , and measures . each theme was assigned a senior rcmp executive owner , who organized periodic meetings of local and national managers to review progress against the theme\u2019s targets . once the strategy maps and scorecards for the corporate - level strategy and the five strategic themes were completed , the cascading process to local units could commence . each local divisional unit selected up to ten objectives for its own strategy that customized the high - level themes to the specific realities of its operations . in addition , the local strategy maps incorporated the division\u2019s normal policing responsibilities .\nwe know first - hand how to build and activate high - impact strategies that propel the business forward , winning the customer ' s heart , mind , and wallet .\n\u201ci was living at home , but moved in [ to the unit ] for the first home owners grant before moving out again and renting it , \u201d he said .\nwe believe the answer is usually no . the lesson we\u2019ve drawn from our work with hundreds of organizations on strategy maps and balanced scorecards is that companies do not need to find the perfect structure for their strategy . as we will demonstrate in the following pages , a far more effective approach is to choose an organizational structure that works without major conflicts and then design a customized strategic system to align that structure with the strategy .\ndecides to inscribe in the provisional agenda of its sixty - second session an item entitled\nthe united nations global counter - terrorism strategy\n.\nthe need to rethink corporate strategy could hardly be more urgent . by taking over companies and breaking them up , corporate raiders thrive on failed corporate strategy . fueled by junk bond financing and growing acceptability , raiders can expose any company to takeover , no matter how large or blue chip .\nmichael d . watkins is a professor at imd , a cofounder of genesis advisers , and the author of the first 90 days ( harvard business review press , 2013 ) .\nd . to further encourage non - governmental organizations and civil society to engage , as appropriate , on how to enhance efforts to implement the strategy .\nfred kaplan , \u201cthe doctrine gap : reality vs . the pentagon\u2019s new strategy , \u201d slate ( july 6 , 2005 ) . available online at urltoken\n\u201cbefore you put a strategy in place ( you need to ) identify what you want at the end of that journey , \u201d ms lakomy says .\nthe 1 - 4 - 2 - 1 construct is formally referenced in the 2004 national military strategy , a product of the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff in support of the national security strategy ( a white house document ) and implementing the 2005 national defense strategy ( from osd ) . ida\u2019s analysis appends a \u201c1\u201d to the 1 - 4 - 2 - 1 construct , adding \u201c1 smaller scale contingency . \u201d the 2005 nds , however , states the need to also \u201cconduct a limited number of lesser contingencies . \u201d see office of the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff , national military strategy of the united states of america 2004 : a strategy for today ; a vision for tomorrow ( march 2005 ) and office of the secretary of defense , national defense strategy of the united states of america ( march 2005 ) , referred to hereinafter by the acronym ndst to distinguish it from nds .\ncorporate strategy , the overall plan for a diversified company , is both the darling and the stepchild of contemporary management practice\u2014the darling because ceos have been obsessed with diversification since the early 1960s , the stepchild because almost no consensus exists about what corporate strategy is , much less about how a company should formulate it .\nonly one quarter of australians have a strategy for achieving their financial goals , and women tend to face added difficulties in this area , money experts warn .\nin a front - page article that will have wide repercussions , the times is the first to report gen . william c . westmoreland\u2019s request for 200 , 000 more troops in vietnam .\n\u201clindbergh does it ! \u201d before charles a . lindbergh takes off , the times gets exclusive worldwide rights to a first - person account of his new york - to - paris flight .\ncombing through vaguely worded telegraph reports , van anda concludes that the titanic is sinking . the times is first with the news , and its subsequent coverage is far ahead of the competition .\neven good managers can miss the early signs of distress , says mckinsey\u2019s doug yakola , who\u2019s been running recovery programs for 20 years . the first step is to acknowledge there\u2019s a problem .\neach concept of corporate strategy is not mutually exclusive of those that come before , a potent advantage of the third and fourth concepts . a company can employ a restructuring strategy at the same time it transfers skills or shares activities . a strategy based on shared activities becomes more powerful if business units can also exchange skills . as the marriott case illustrates , a company can often pursue the two strategies together and even incorporate some of the principles of restructuring with them . when it chooses industries in which to transfer skills or share activities , the company can also investigate the possibility of transforming the industry structure . when a company bases its strategy on interrelationships , it has a broader basis on which to create shareholder value than if it rests its entire strategy on transforming companies in unfamiliar industries .\nand even after conflicts are resolved , few countries seem willing to tackle what is often seen as a crime against individual women rather than a strategy of war .\ncompanies can pursue this strategy through acquisition , although they may be able to use start - ups if their existing units have important skills they can readily transfer .\nfirst , let ' s be clear about what we mean by a stock - for - stock merger . when a merger or acquisition is conducted , there are . . . read answer > >\nchairman of the joint chiefs of staff , national military strategy ( washington , d . c . : defense technical information center , 1992 ) . available at urltoken .\n\u201cit\u2019s really important to know what you are spending and to simplify ( your finances ) , \u201d says eliane miles , research director at research and strategy company mccrindle .\nthe first neediest cases campaign . at ochs\u2019s suggestion , the times publishes 100 short , unemotional articles about new yorkers in need . the first year , 117 contributors send in $ 3 , 630 . 88 . by 2000 - 01 , donations will rise to more than $ 8 million ; a 9 / 11 neediest fund , formed in the wake of the terrorist attacks , will exceed $ 45 million\nthe business strategy course will help you understand why , in a particular sector or industry , some firms are more successful than others . what are the key success factors ? what are the sources of competitive advantage ? this course will help you identify the issues and challenges at stake , and define a strategy in a seven - step journey .\nwhile there are no official records recording how many tenants in australia are also investors , recent surveys point to a dramatic rise in those using this strategy to buy property .\nurltoken hosts its first - ever times open event , bringing together industry leaders and developers across the web to learn about new applications , data resources and the trends that are shaping the future of web development .\nwith the debut of weekend , the times publishes its first four - section daily paper . other free - standing feature sections follow over the next two years : sportsmonday , science times , living and home .\nindeed most people , when asked , are not even sure what their goals are - and this is your first move to make , says louise lakomy , certified financial planner and director at crystal wealth partners .\nwe have lived through an eventful year in europe and beyond . if i think back to june 2016 , when i presented the global strategy for the european union\u2019s foreign and security policy , the world was a very different place . since then , the global strategy has helped us steer the course of our foreign and security policy through difficult times .\nwhen a company uncovers undermanaged companies and can deploy adequate management talent and resources to the acquired units , then it can use a restructuring strategy . the more developed the capital markets and the more active the market for companies , the more restructuring will require a patient search for that special opportunity rather than a headlong race to acquire as many bad apples as possible . restructuring can be a permanent strategy , as it is with loew\u2019s , or a way to build a group of businesses that supports a shift to another corporate strategy .\nthe allbritton deal gave sinclair its first foothold in one of the nation\u2019s 10 largest metropolitan areas . wjla and newschannel 8 also rank among the largest local tv news operations in the country , with some 350 employees .\nthe first radio photo . transmitted from london to 43rd street , it shows a dinner honoring the retiring viceroy of india ; it runs at the top of page 1 , under a headline heralding the technological advance .\ndupont ep viewed the five themes as the dna of its strategy , the code that would be embedded in every business unit and shared service unit . it developed strategy maps and assigned a senior manager for each theme ( the maps for each are shown in the exhibit \u201cmapping corporate strategy at dupont\u201d ) . it then cascaded the high - level strategic themes down the organization . each major geographic region and product unit built its own scorecard , which highlighted its unique objectives and initiatives for local strategy but also made clear how it would implement the five themes locally . this approach made opportunities for synergy across business units far more visible . and all six support units built their scorecards to further the business units\u2019 strategies .\nfor further information see steven metz and james kievit , strategy and the revolution in military affairs : from theory to policy ( 1995 ) . available at urltoken . accessed december 2007 .\nin addition , the 2006 qdr outlines a number key differences in dod strategy under the aegis of transformation . a few of the differences relating to force structure might impact the nds :\nto understand how to formulate corporate strategy , it is necessary to specify the conditions under which diversification will truly create shareholder value . these conditions can be summarized in three essential tests :\nbush administration , concentrated on the need to address a regional or global conflict while maintaining a minimal force and preserving a hedge capacity to rebuild defenses for global warfare in the event of a resurgent superpower rivalry . 2 as such , the defense strategy outlined in the 1992 national military strategy ( nms ) called for a new , four - pronged approach 3 : strategic deterrence and defense , forward presence ( a smaller force than conceived under the earlier forward defense strategy ) , crisis response ( given the geographic uncertainty surrounding future conflicts ) , and reconstitution .\nfirst - time homebuyers have a wide variety of options to help them get into a home \u2014 both those available to any purchaser , including federal housing authority ( fha ) - backed mortgage s , and those geared especially to neophytes . many first - time home buyer programs offer minimum down payment s as low as 3 % to 5 % ( vs . the standard 20 % ) , and a few require no down payment at all .\n\u201call the news that\u2019s fit to print , \u201d coined by ochs himself after a contest finds no stronger candidate for a slogan , first appears on the editorial page . it moves to page 1 on february 10 , 1897 .\nin our experience , a management system based on the balanced scorecard framework is the best way to align strategy and structure . managers at every level in the corporation , from regional sales managers to group ceos , can use the tools of the framework to drive their unit\u2019s performance . strategy maps enable managers to define and communicate the cause - and - effect relationships that deliver their unit\u2019s value proposition , and the scorecard is a powerful tool for implementing and monitoring the unit\u2019s strategy . a balanced scorecard\u2013based system , therefore , provides both a template and a common language for assembling and communicating information about value creation . ( we refer readers unfamiliar with the balanced scorecard framework to our book the strategy - focused organization , harvard business school press , 2000 ) .\nthis certificate program will help you understand the reasons for success \u2013 and failure \u2013 and will provide you with the tools and frameworks to effectively formulate and implement a strategy for your company .\nwith the fall of the berlin wall came the recognition that u . s . defense planning , strategizing , and force structure would need fundamental realignment . both the initial and revised approaches , conceived largely by general powell during the first\nthe times receives the first on - the - spot wireless transmission from a naval battle , a report of the destruction of the russian fleet at the battle of port arthur in the yellow sea during the russian - japanese war .\nthis course will help you identify the main drivers through which strategy is implemented . managing change requires an understanding of the organization structure , management processes , corporate culture , leadership and power dynamics .\na rise in first - home buyers \u2018rentvesting\u2019 \u2013 buying an investment property while continuing to rent \u2013 to get a foot on the property ladder is simply creating a bigger affordability issue for the next generation to deal with , experts warn .\nthe national strategy for homeland security aligns and focuses homeland security functions into six critical mission areas : intelligence and warning , border and transportation security , domestic counterterrorism , protecting critical infrastructure , defending against catastrophic terrorism , and emergency preparedness and response . the first three mission areas focus on preventing terrorist attacks ; the next two on reducing our nation\u2019s vulnerabilities ; and the final one on minimizing the damage and recovering from attacks that do occur .\n\u201cwe publish today the first issue of the new - york daily times , and we intend to issue it every morning ( sundays excepted ) for an indefinite number of years to come . \u201d the founders are henry jarvis raymond and george jones .\nmy study has helped me identify four concepts of corporate strategy that have been put into practice\u2014portfolio management , restructuring , transferring skills , and sharing activities . while the concepts are not always mutually exclusive , each rests on a different mechanism by which the corporation creates shareholder value and each requires the diversified company to manage and organize itself in a different way . the first two require no connections among business units ; the second two depend on them . ( see exhibit 4 . ) while all four concepts of strategy have succeeded under the right circumstances , today some make more sense than others . ignoring any of the concepts is perhaps the quickest road to failure .\nthe eu global strategy seeks to turn vision into common action . in october 2016 eu foreign ministers decided on the most important strategic priorities for implementing the eu global strategy ( council conclusions in october 2016 ) . these are security and defence , building resilience and taking an integrated approach to conflicts and crises , addressing the internal / external nexus , updating existing strategies and preparing news ones , and enhancing public diplomacy .\nthe objectives of korea ' s crisis resolution strategy were , first and foremost , to restore confidence and stabilize financial markets , and second , to lay the foundation for the resumption of sustained recovery in the real economy . the program thus included a mix of macroeconomic policies and far - reaching structural reforms . in addition , korea reached agreement with foreign banks in early 1998 to extend the maturity of short - term claims on its banks to avoid default .\nany successful corporate strategy builds on a number of premises . these are facts of life about diversification . they cannot be altered , and when ignored , they explain in part why so many corporate strategies fail .\nin most countries , the days when portfolio management was a valid concept of corporate strategy are past . in the face of increasingly well - developed capital markets , attractive companies with good managements show up on everyone\u2019s computer screen and attract top dollar in terms of acquisition premium . simply contributing capital isn\u2019t contributing much . a sound strategy can easily be funded ; small to medium - size companies don\u2019t need a munificent parent .\nthe imf was called in to provide financial support for three of the countries most seriously affected by the crisis : indonesia , korea , and thailand . the strategy to address the crisis had three main components :\njohn kotter is the chief innovation officer at kotter international , a firm that helps leaders accelerate strategy implementation in their organizations . he is also the konosuke matsushita professor of leadership , emeritus , at harvard business school .\nthe answer is usually no , kaplan and norton contend . it\u2019s far less disruptive to choose an organizational design that works without major conflicts and then design a customized strategic system to align that structure to the strategy .\nthese premises mean that corporate strategy cannot succeed unless it truly adds value\u2014to business units by providing tangible benefits that offset the inherent costs of lost independence and to shareholders by diversifying in a way they could not replicate .\nthis concept of corporate strategy is the most compelling , provided a company\u2019s strategy passes all three tests . a company should inventory activities in existing business units that represent the strongest foundation for sharing , such as strong distribution channels or world - class technical facilities . these will in turn lead to potential new business areas . a company can use acquisitions as a beachhead or employ start - ups to exploit internal capabilities and minimize integrating problems .\nexpresses its appreciation for the report\nuniting against terrorism : recommendations for a global counter - terrorism strategy\n( doc . a / 60 / 825 ) , submitted by the secretary - general to the general assembly ;\neach concept of corporate strategy allows the diversified company to create shareholder value in a different way . companies can succeed with any of the concepts if they clearly define the corporation\u2019s role and objectives , have the skills necessary for meeting the concept\u2019s prerequisites , organize themselves to manage diversity in a way that fits the strategy , and find themselves in an appropriate capital market environment . the caveat is that portfolio management is only sensible in limited circumstances .\none rentvestor who has found the strategy lucrative is michael zhu , 30 , an online marketing professional who owns close to $ 3 . 5 million of nsw real estate but has chosen not to buy his own home .\nfar from being outdated , the global strategy has stood to the test of time in a very dense year . the global strategy\u2019s push for a european union of security and defence , in complementarity with nato and all our partners , anticipated the debate on military burden - sharing across the atlantic . in a moment when the crucial role of the united nations\u2019 system , the importance of development cooperation , or the reality of climate change are put into question , the global strategy has been a reminder of the european union\u2019s strategic interest in a cooperative world order . it has helped us swim against the tide , keeping our unity and building strong global alliances around our key priorities .\nfirst of all , the global strategy has served as a springboard to relaunch the process of european integration after the british referendum . one year ago , after that referendum , many predicted an \u201cinevitable\u201d decline of the european union , and imagined that the global strategy would stay in a drawer or would very soon look outdated . others told us that the change the global strategy advocated for would have taken years to turn into reality , or might simply never happen . this has not been the case . on the contrary , we have moved fast \u2013 and united \u2013 on concrete implementation , starting with security and defence . in this field , more has been achieved in the last ten months than in the last ten years . the new command centre for eu military training and advisory missions is now reality . a coordinated annual review of national defence budgets is taking shape . preparations for a permanent structured cooperation on defence among interested member states are moving forward .\nwhether any leader in transition can adapt his or her personal leadership strategy successfully depends greatly upon the ability to embrace the following pillars of self - management : enhancing self - awareness , exercising personal discipline , and building complementary teams .\nthe first step in evaluating an acquisition candidate is determining whether the asking price is reasonable . the metrics investors use to place a value on an acquisition target vary per industry ; one of the primary reasons acquisitions fail is that the asking price for the target company exceeds these metrics .\nin developing countries , where large companies are few , capital markets are undeveloped , and professional management is scarce , portfolio management still works . but it is no longer a valid model for corporate strategy in advanced economies . nevertheless , the technique is in the limelight today in the united kingdom , where it is supported so far by a newly energized stock market eager for excitement . but this enthusiasm will wane\u2014as well it should . portfolio management is no way to conduct corporate strategy .\nthe better - off test does not imply that diversifying corporate risk creates shareholder value in and of itself . doing something for shareholders that they can do themselves is not a basis for corporate strategy . ( only in the case of a privately held company , in which the company\u2019s and the shareholder\u2019s risk are the same , is diversification to reduce risk valuable for its own sake . ) diversification of risk should only be a by - product of corporate strategy , not a prime motivator .\nby contrast , the diversified company ingersoll - rand uses a corporate strategy map and balanced scorecard to foster what ceo herb henkel calls \u201cdual citizenship , \u201d in which all employees not only are members of their individual business unit but also have a responsibility to contribute to corporate priorities . that\u2019s because every unit\u2019s strategy map and balanced scorecard are linked to the corporate scorecard . in this way , managers in each unit have clear measures and targets that tie their own activities to the enterprise value proposition .\nthe value chain defines the two types of interrelationships that may create synergy . the first is a company\u2019s ability to transfer skills or expertise among similar value chains . the second is the ability to share activities . two business units , for example , can share the same sales force or logistics network .\nbroad dissatisfaction with the two - mrc construct led to a fresh review of u . s . defense strategy and posture 4 years later . the 1997 quadrennial defense review ( qdr ) adopted a longer - term outlook , assessing security and defense needs through 2015 . the result was a strategy designed to shape the international security environment in ways favorable to u . s . interests , respond to the full spectrum of crises when directed , and prepare now to meet the challenges of an uncertain future . 8\nto work , the restructuring strategy requires a corporate management team with the insight to spot undervalued companies or positions in industries ripe for transformation . the same insight is necessary to actually turn the units around even though they are in new and unfamiliar businesses .\nep\u2019s senior management team , with the assistance of consultant francis gouillart , built a divisional balanced scorecard strategy map that contained five strategic themes describing how the units could align their actions to deliver the financial objectives of revenue growth and cost reduction . specifically ep would :\nthe general assembly reviews the strategy every two years , making it a living document attuned to member states\u2019 counter - terrorism priorities . the fourth review of the strategy took place in june 2014 ( a / res / 68 / 276 ) and was preceded by a report from the united nations secretary - general ( a / 68 / 841 ) that included an overview of the evolving terrorism landscape , recommendations to address challenges and threats , and a compilation of measures taken by member states and united nations entities to fight against terrorism .\na corporation must bring some significant competitive advantage to the new unit , or the new unit must offer potential for significant advantage to the corporation . sometimes , the benefits to the new unit accrue only once , near the time of entry , when the parent instigates a major overhaul of its strategy or installs a first - rate management team . other diversification yields ongoing competitive advantage if the new unit can market its product through the well - developed distribution system of its sister units , for instance . this is one of the important underpinnings of the merger of baxter travenol and american hospital supply .\na company\u2019s choice of corporate strategy is partly a legacy of its past . if its business units are in unattractive industries , the company must start from scratch . if the company has few truly proprietary skills or activities it can share in related diversification , then its initial diversification must rely on other concepts . yet corporate strategy should not be a once - and - for - all choice but a vision that can evolve . a company should choose its long - term preferred concept and then proceed pragmatically toward it from its initial starting point .\nthe acquiring company ' s stock usually goes down for several reasons . first , as we mentioned above , the acquiring company must pay more than the target company currently is worth . beyond that , there are often several uncertainties involved with acquisitions . here are some of the problems the takeover company could face during an acquisition :\nwith their prominence in the nation\u2019s capital , the stations could become the basis for an even more ambitious strategy . smith said last year that he intended to use newschannel 8 and wjla as a platform for a national news network that would involve the company\u2019s necklace of stations .\nlikewise , as stefan worked to establish a - item priorities , he had to weigh the demands of the situation . the turnaround required radical surgery . the strategy and organizational structure of the business were preventing it from achieving its goals and had to be changed quickly . so stefan closed plants , shifted production , and cut the workforce dramatically ( a strategy shift ) . he also rapidly centralized important manufacturing functions in order to reduce fragmentation and cut costs ( a structural shift ) . the realignment , by contrast , didn\u2019t call for an immediate transformation of strategy or structure . there weren\u2019t any major capacity or productivity problems , so plant closures weren\u2019t necessary . the manufacturing functions were already centralized and strong . the real problems lay in systems , skills , and culture . it therefore made sense for stefan to focus on those areas .\nunlike its passive role as a portfolio manager , when it serves as banker and reviewer , a company that bases its strategy on restructuring becomes an active restructurer of business units . the new businesses are not necessarily related to existing units . all that is necessary is unrealized potential .\nmarriott\u2019s diversification strategy balances acquisitions and start - ups . start - ups or small acquisitions are used for initial entry , depending on how close the opportunities for sharing are . to expand its geographic base , marriott acquires companies and then disposes of the parts that do not fit .\ndividend cut companies that reduce , or eliminate , their dividend payments to shareholders are not necessarily on the verge of bankruptcy . however , when companies go through tough times , dividends are usually one of the first items to go . therefore , view cuts or the elimination of a dividend as a possible sign that some difficult times may be ahead .\nlook to your ira . for the purposes of the ira distributions , a first - time home buyer is anyone who hasn ' t owned a present interest in a primary residence mobile homes and house trailers , houseboats and stock held by a tenant - stockholder in a cooperative housing corporation ) for the previous two years . because each person has a $ 10 , 000 lifetime amount that can be withdrawn penalty - free from his or her ira , a couple could withdraw a maximum of $ 20 , 000 ( $ 10 , 000 from each account ) combined to pay for their first home . just be sure to use the money within 120 days or it becomes subject to the 10 % penalty .\nthese studies show that the market values mergers as neutral or slightly negative , hardly cause for serious concern . 1 yet the short - term market reaction is a highly imperfect measure of the long - term success of diversification , and no self - respecting executive would judge a corporate strategy this way .\nillinois , ohio and washington \u2014offer down payment assistance for first - time homebuyers who qualify . typically , eligibility in these programs is based on income and may also have limits on how expensive a property can be purchased . those who qualify may be able to receive financial assistance with down payments and closing costs as well as expenses to rehab or improve a property .\nimplementing a corporate strategy system based on the balanced scorecard is not as simple as just requiring managers in all business and support units to create individual local scorecards and then somehow adding them all together . nor should a corporate scorecard simply be replicated down the organization without considering the different operating realities of each unit .\nmy data also illustrate that none of the concepts of corporate strategy works when industry structure is poor or implementation is bad , no matter how related the industries are . xerox acquired companies in related industries , but the businesses had poor structures and its skills were insufficient to provide enough competitive advantage to offset implementation problems .\nthe late 1990s experienced a series of multi - billion - dollar acquisitions not previously witnessed . from yahoo ! ' s 1999 $ 6 billion purchase of urltoken to @ home ' s almost $ 7 billion purchase of excite , companies were interested in the growth now , profitability later ( if ever ) phenomenon . in the first few weeks of 2000 , such acquisitions reached their zenith .\nthe fifth review of the united nations global counter - terrorism strategy took place on 1 july 2016 . the general assmbly examined the report of the secretary - general ( a / 70 / 826 ) on the implementation of the un global counter - terrorism strategy over the past decade . it also gave further consideration to the secretary - general ' s plan of action to prevent violent extremism ( a / 70 / 674 - a / 70 / 675 ) , which was presented by the secretary - general to the general assembly in january 2016 . the general assembly adopted the resolution ( a / res / 70 / 291 ) by consenus .\nwhile there is disquiet about the success of corporate strategies , none of the available evidence satisfactorily indicates the success or failure of corporate strategy . most studies have approached the question by measuring the stock market valuation of mergers , captured in the movement of the stock prices of acquiring companies immediately before and after mergers are announced .\ntruman\u2019s example points the way for president trump . the sooner mr . trump acts to remove american forces from afghanistan , the sooner he can focus on the issues that shape the \u201camerica first\u201d agenda ; the restoration of economic prosperity and homeland defense \u2014 the security of u . s . land borders and coastal waters to cope with the criminality and terrorism emanating from the caribbean basin and mexico .\nof labor costs out of acquired companies , slashed fixed overheads , and tightened capital expenditures . to reinforce its strategy of keeping costs low , hanson carves out detailed one - year financial budgets with divisional managers and ( through generous use of performance - related bonuses and share option schemes ) gives them incentive to deliver the goods .\nthe fourth concept of corporate strategy is based on sharing activities in the value chains among business units . procter & gamble , for example , employs a common physical distribution system and sales force in both paper towels and disposable diapers . mckesson , a leading distribution company , will handle such diverse lines as pharmaceuticals and liquor through superwarehouses .\nsuccessful diversification starts with an understanding of the core businesses that will serve as the basis for corporate strategy . core businesses are those that are in an attractive industry , have the potential to achieve sustainable competitive advantage , have important interrelationships with other business units , and provide skills or activities that represent a base from which to diversify .\n, hyman railed against the inconsistent enforcement of a ban on travel to cuba by americans . noting that the music stars jay z and beyonc\u00e9 had \u201cpartied up\u201d in havana last year without penalty , hyman insinuated that obama had protected the couple from prosecution . \u201cit occurs to me that beyonc\u00e9 and jay z are close friends of the president and first lady , \u201d said hyman , adding sarcastically , \u201cyou don\u2019t suppose\nmonetary policy focused on both supporting exchange - rate stability and fostering an economic recovery . as the baht began to steady , the thai authorities reduced interest rates . by mid - 1998 , money market interest rates began to approach pre - crisis levels , and first deposit , and then lending rates , started to drop as well . by september 1999 , money market rates reached their lowest levels in over a decade .\nthe last two prongs of the strategy were linked in that in times of crisis , including the potential for a reconstituted soviet threat , they would explicitly allow returning to cold - war - era force levels and capabilities if necessary . this was deemed a vital part of the defense strategy given domestic ( i . e . , congressional ) interest at the time in cutting defense spending in order to reap a \u201cpeace dividend , \u201d a goal that pentagon officials feared might cut too deep into military readiness . 4 as explained in the nms ( 1992 , pp . 7 - 8 and 24 - 25 , italics added ) , the stockpiling of critical materials was an integral part of the plan :\nbut the need to capture the benefits of relationships between businesses has never been more important . technological and competitive developments already link many businesses and are creating new possibilities for competitive advantage . in such sectors as financial services , computing , office equipment , entertainment , and health care , interrelationships among previously distinct businesses are perhaps the central concern of strategy .\nthe restructuring strategy seeks out undeveloped , sick , or threatened organizations or industries on the threshold of significant change . the parent intervenes , frequently changing the unit management team , shifting strategy , or infusing the company with new technology . then it may make follow - up acquisitions to build a critical mass and sell off unneeded or unconnected parts and thereby reduce the effective acquisition cost . the result is a strengthened company or a transformed industry . as a coda , the parent sells off the stronger unit once results are clear because the parent is no longer adding value and top management decides that its attention should be directed elsewhere . ( see the insert \u201can uncanny british restructurer\u201d for an example of restructuring . )"]}
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", "topic": 7}], "title": "scotch and soda ( clothing )", "paragraphs": ["have us with you on the go . download the scotch & soda app .\nthe scotch & soda fashion brand is every bit as cool as its name suggests . the amsterdam company specialises in high quality , richly detailed clothing . these values made original chapel the natural choice for their breda store .\npart of sun capital partners , american company kellwood inked its agreement to acquire dutch fashion company scotch & soda . by partnering with kellwood , scotch & soda is looking to move into the american market and expand\nunder this agreement , reliance brands will set up scotch & soda stores in all major cities in india by 2017 .\nif you would like to know more or would like to invoke your rights , please contact us at consumercare @ scotch - soda . com .\nin late 2010 , the first scotch & soda perfume was launched by the name of barfly , making a dream of the brand come true . little sister r\u2019belle launched soon after in spring summer 2011 , exploring a unique and modern take on girl\u2019s apparel . scotch & soda\u2019s youngest and most ambitious project amsterdams blauw hit stores in december 2010 ; a compact , high profile denim collection that could only come from the scotch kitchen .\nscotch & soda has been around since the \u201880s , but the amsterdam - based fashion brand as we know it today originates in a brave new start in 2001 , when three new owners joined forces and brought to the table their broad experience and shared love of making great apparel . after scotch & soda was re - launched in spring summer 2002 , scotch shrunk was added in spring summer 2008 . our line for boys channels the grown up scotch & soda collection . pretty soon shrunk made waves no - one at scotch had dared to dream of . this success was soon followed by the launch of a women\u2019s collection : maison scotch entered the market with the spring summer 2010 collection , celebrating classic french style and adding a touch of tough street wear elements .\nhow often do i receive your newsletter ? every few weeks we send our newsletter , with the latest news on our collections , our favourites and what is happening at scotch & soda .\nat scotch & soda we want people to love their clothes and enjoy wearing them , that\u2019s why we make great garments that suit every individual . our products are rich in detail , high quality and affordable . the designers at scotch & soda spare no expense in ensuring the high quality detailing and finishing of each and every garment produced . we invest in the product , which is typically inspired by the best tried and tested classic and vintage styles , enriched with a wealth of inspiration from around the world .\nhow do i subscribe to your newsletter ? you can easily subscribe to our newsletter in the bottom of our website , and be the first to hear about what is happening at scotch & soda .\nscotch & soda was set up by 24 year old laurent hompes in 1985 . he launched a menswear collection that made name with directional jacket designs : sportive jackets with hoodies in bright colours for an affordable price . the early days have past , and in 2001 the company relaunched and got its brand identity of today . in 2008 , the menswear line scotch & soda was expanded with a boys range scotch shrung . the following year a womenswear collection was introduced called maison scotch , and this year girls range scotch r\u2019belle made launched . since the end of 2010 , maison scotch has also its own denim line called amsterdams blauw . michael kramer was enthusiastic about the product from the start , and this is the main focus of kellwood . all the products tell their own story , and for the company creation that sells is key .\nscotch & soda currently boasts over 100 stores worldwide , more than 7000 other sales points and a fully up to date online presence with and integrated webstore , blog and social media . the brand is classic in many ways , but young and progressive when it comes to bringing great clothes to the market place .\nthree years ago , scotch & soda opened the doors of its first brand owned shop . the shop debuted in utrecht , central of holland , and a year later amsterdam followed . currently , the company counts 30 stores in the netherlands , belgium , germany , spain , italy and spain . it has also shops in the us , australia , turkey , and canada . scotch & soda ' s points of sale increased to 7 . 000 in 30 countries , and the company has 250 employees .\n14 . contact us scotch & soda e - commerce b . v . is responsible for the processing of your personal data and acts as the controller . if you have any questions , feedback or want to know more about how your personal data is processed , or if you want to access , correct or remove your personal data , please contact us at consumercare @ scotch - soda . com . you may write to us at : scotch & soda e - commerce b . v . , parellaan 76 , 2132 ws , hoofddorp , the netherlands ( department web store ) .\ndo you have a size guide ? our size guide page will help you to find the right size in our clothing . the measurements of our men , women , boys and girls collection are shown in both centimetres and inches . however , if you still have questions regarding your size , please feel free to contact customer service . they will be happy to advise you .\nif you apply for a job at scotch & soda at the website ( s ) or the app ( s ) , we will collect your name , e - mail address , phone number , cv / resume , photo and cover letter .\n13 . minors providing personal data persons below the age of 18 may only provide personal data to scotch & soda if they have written consent from one of their parents or legal guardians who has read this privacy statement .\ntoday scotch & soda is truly an international operation with over 150 stores worldwide . loved worldwide for its high - quality materials , fine attention to detail and a distinct aesthetic that sets it apart from other european labels , scotch & soda demonstrated its influence in the fashion world with a recent appearance at new york fashion week\u2019s aw16 show . with a central theme of travel and exploration that has been at the brand\u2019s heart since its earliest days , the show was widely recognised as one of the most exciting debut shows at fashion week .\nscotch & soda strives to provide you with relevant and personal information in a user - friendly way . for this we use different types of cookies on our websites . with these cookies we and third parties can monitor your internet behavior within and possibly also outside our website . this allows us and third parties to adapt advertisements and other content to your interests and makes it possible for you to share information via social media . by continuing to use this website you agree to the use of these cookies .\nwe will inform you on new products , specials and other promotional activities by sending you our newsletter . if you no longer want to receive this newsletter , you can unsubscribe by use of the relevant opt - out button in the newsletter or send an e - mail to consumercare @ scotch - soda . com .\nthe data and feedback we collect about the use of our website ( s ) and app ( s ) help us to develop and improve the website ( s ) , app ( s ) and related services .\nintroduction scotch & soda respects the privacy of all visitors to its website ( s ) and app ( s ) and is highly committed to maintaining the privacy of all such visitors . we will use your personal data to make sure that your orders will be handled as fast and easy as possible or that certain parts of the website ( s ) or app ( s ) are more tailored to your interests . this statement describes how we deal with your personal data and online security .\n5 . your data is safe at scotch & soda ( online security ) we appreciate the trust you place in us . scotch & soda is committed to protecting your personal data . we have implemented reasonable security measures , including secure socket layer ( ssl ) encryption technology and other tools to protect all your personal data we may collect through our website ( s ) or app ( s ) . we use a variety of measures to ensure that your personal data is protected from unauthorized access , improper use or disclosure , unauthorized modification or alteration , unlawful destruction or accidental loss . however , the internet is an open system and scotch & soda cannot guarantee that the personal data you submit will not be intercepted by others . all our employees who have access to or are involved in the processing of personal data are bound by contractual confidentiality obligations and will respect the confidentiality of any such personal data . our website ( s ) and app ( s ) may include links to website ( s ) operated by third parties . such third parties may collect personal data from visitors to their website ( s ) . scotch & soda cannot guarantee the content or privacy practices of any such third party website ( s ) and does not accept responsibility for such website ( s ) . we recommend you to read the privacy policies of third party website ( s ) .\nwhen will the new collection arrive ? twice a year we launch our collection that is available in our webstore , our scotch & soda stores and other stores that sell our brand . please check our store finder for a complete overview . throughout the season different styles of our collection arrive . you may contact customer service to check when an article will be available .\nscotch & soda wasn\u2019t for sale , kellwood\u2019s ceo michael karmer told wwd . by chance kramer ran into the brand in a soho store in manhattan . after his discovery he contacted the hq in amsterdam , but found out the company wasn\u2019t for sale . after six months he managed to finally seal the deal , which is the largest and first international acquisition by kellwood .\n9 . online advertising scotch & soda may participate in interest - based advertising . as described above , we may automatically collect data regarding how you browse websites , use applications and shop in order to enhance your customer experience , improve our customer service , and provide you with communications and promotions from us or others . the objective of interest - based advertising is for scotch & soda or its advertising partners to show you ads that are more relevant to your interests . you can limit our and our partners\u2019 ability to collect and use the last - mentioned data . to opt out of receiving interest - based advertising , click on any of the following links : - urltoken - urltoken to successfully opt out , you must have cookies enabled in your web browser . please note that if you choose to opt out , you may continue to see ads on our website ( s ) and receive communications from us , but such ads and communications will not be based on how you browse and shop . as described above , you can also prevent automatic collection of some data by disabling cookies on your web browser .\nin addition , you have the right to object to this way of processing your personal data . if you would like to exercise this right , please contact us at consumercare @ scotch - soda . com . please note that if you exercise such right accordingly , this may limit us to process your data for your benefit as set out above .\nif we have collected personal data from you on the basis of our legitimate interests , you can at all times object to the processing of your personal data by contacting us at consumercare @ scotch - soda . com . we will in that case stop the processing , unless we have compelling legal grounds for the processing which override your interest to stop the processing .\nprime members enjoy free two - day shipping and exclusive access to music , movies , tv shows , original audio series , and kindle books .\nif you book a styling session , we will collect your name , e - mail address and telephone number ( and optionally your size and collection preferences ) to set up a personal appointment in one of our stores .\nscotch & soda strives to provide you with relevant and personal information in a user - friendly way . for this we use different types of cookies on our websites . functional cookies are necessary for the website to work optimally and in a user - friendly way , so that you do not always have to enter the same information or receive the same information . analytics cookies are used to optimize and improve the website based on analysis . we use personalization cookies to offer you a website that is personalized to your preferences . for this we combine browser behavior , click behavior and other data that you leave behind with us if you are a scotch & soda customer . we also use advertising cookies to show relevant advertisements on third - party websites and social media ( eg facebook ) where your internet behavior can be followed by these parties . we use javascript and tracking pixels when placing these cookies . - in the privacy statement you will find more information about how we handle your data . - in the cookie statement you can find more information about the cookies we place and how you can change your settings . by continuing to use this website ( for example by clicking on a link or using the navigation ) you agree to the use of these cookies\nmarketing cookies these cookies are used to offer you a website that is personalized to your preferences . for this we combine browser behavior , click behavior and other data that you leave behind with us if you are a scotch & soda customer . we also use these cookies to show relevant advertisements on third - party websites and social media ( eg facebook ) where your internet behavior can be followed by these parties . if you de - activate these cookies , our advertising will continue to be displayed as you browse the internet , but they will not be personalized anymore , and will therefore be less relevant .\nthis statement informs you about the following : 1 . what data we collect 2 . what we need your data for 3 . how we may share your data 4 . legal grounds for processing your data 5 . your data is safe at scotch & soda ( online security ) 6 . we do not keep your personal data longer than necessary 7 . where your data is processed 8 . cookies and do not track 9 . online advertising 10 . your privacy rights 11 . objection and complaints 12 . changes to our privacy statement 13 . minors providing personal data 14 . contact us\n7 . where your data is processed your data is processed within the european union . in addition , we share a database with our scotch & soda affiliates in the united states . when personal data is shared with our us affiliates , we make sure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data . more specifically , we will adhere to the standard contractual clauses of the ec or to the eu - us privacy shield frameworks .\ngoogle analytics - to collect and display detailed statistics from our website ( s ) . the purpose of this service is to give us a clear overview of visitor flows , traffic sources and pageviews . based on this information we can improve our website ( s ) and improve your shopping experience on our website ( s ) and app ( s ) .\nnew season swimwear brings fresh twists on tropical prints and earthy neutrals for effortless poolside cool .\na northern - bred gluten free foodie , green tea addict and weightlifting yoga enthusiast . hobbies include : lifting heavy things for fun and taking selfies with my cats . aiming to promote a healthy , mindful and positive lifestyle in the hope of inspiring others to do the same .\nif you choose to receive a digital receipt when buying in any of our brick and mortar stores , we may collect your e - mail address and an overview of the items you bought .\nwe only collect and further process your personal data for the purposes mentioned in the previous paragraph .\nchoose your reason below and click on the report button . this will alert our moderators to take action\nthe website uses functional and analytical cookies . this form of cookies has no impact on your privacy .\nif you place an order on our website ( s ) or app ( s ) , we collect your name , e - mail , billing and shipment address in order to complete and deliver your order . in addition , we also offer you the possibility to store ( encrypted and inaccessible ) credit card details .\nis it safe to order online ? we take your online security very seriously . personal and payment information is safe and no data is sent over without encryption . protecting your information is our highest priority . all orders are transmitted over secure internet connections using ssl ( secure sockets layer ) encryption technology and other measures .\npower it down and explore club nomade ' s latest sports - tech twists on off - duty gear .\nthe dutch have long been known for their prowess as travellers , explorers and discoverers . since at least the 15 th century , overseas trade has been a cornerstone of dutch economy and their travels to new lands means there are over 29 million dutch - speaking people in the world today , over half of whom reside outside the netherlands . when the dutch naval fleet was at its peak in the 17 th century , amsterdam was a multi - cultural hub filled with goods sourced from around the world . from foods and spices to furniture and fashion , amsterdam was , and remains to be , a colourful , diverse city at the heart of europe which would be plundered for inspiration and commodities by artists , the elite , and everybody in between .\ncreating an account is easy . just fill in the form below and enjoy the benefits of having an account .\nif you contact our customer service , we will collect your name and e - mail address ( and any additional data you may provide us with ) to be able to respond to your questions or comments or to provide better service .\nto make your shopping experience as nice as possible we collect personal data about your orders and the use of our services . with this data we can personalize the website ( s ) and app ( s ) and recommend products you might be interested in . we may also use this data to find patterns that can be used to further optimize our marketing .\nnecessary for the performance of an agreement when you place an order , you enter into a purchase agreement with us . in order to process and deliver your order , we need certain personal data , such as your name , e - mail , billing and shipment address .\ndo i need an account to order online ? you don\u2019t need an account to order in our webstore . however , setting up an account will allow you to view past orders and the status of your current order . creating an account is easy and can be done at the checkout .\nif you create an online account at our website ( s ) or app ( s ) , we will collect your personal data on a secure server . you are asked to fill in your name , e - mail , billing and shipment address and password , to allow you to place orders for our products . we store your billing and shipment address so that you do not have to fill in this information for any subsequent purchases .\nhow do i contact customer service ? feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns . we are always happy to help . please send us a message with your question and order number by email support @ urltoken and we will get back to you within 3 working days .\nno matter your preferred corner of the globe , our take on tropical prints and sun - soaked shades are the season ' s ultimate travel companions .\nwe may process your personal data for the purposes of our legitimate interests , except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms .\nas summer fades to dark , our attention turns to the sky . the result ? jeans in every shade of the moon , and campsite - ready layers .\nprivacy policy we are committed to protect your privacy and don\u2019t distribute , sell or rent information you provide us to anyone . for more information you can check our privacy policy .\nwe may use your data for decisions based on automated decision - making , including profiling . for instance , we may use previous purchase data and or browsing data to suggest matching products to those previous purchases . by having your consent , we are able to do that both in advertising and on our website ( s ) or the app ( s ) .\nwhere do i find articles used in the campaign and lookbook ? you can find articles in the online look book . contact customer service if you are still having trouble finding your favourite style .\nhow do i pay for my order ? once you have completed the check out page you have to agree with the terms and conditions to get redirected to the payment page . we accept numerous payment methods .\nthis season , superdry introduces its new superdrysounds campaign supporting the most exciting young musical talent around the world and giving them the opportunity to perform on a global platform this summer . discover the next generation of musical stars .\norder information when you place an order for our products , we retain that information for a minimum period of six years following the end of the financial year in which you placed your order , in accordance with our legal obligation to keep records for tax purposes . correspondence and enquiries when you make an enquiry or contact us by email or via our contact form , we will retain your information for as long as it takes to respond to and resolve your enquiry , and for 24 months thereafter , after which point we will delete your information . mailing list we retain the information you used to sign up for our newsletter for as long as you remain subscribed ( i . e . you do not unsubscribe ) or if we decide to cancel our newsletter service , whichever occurs first . in any other circumstances , we will retain your information for no longer than necessary , taking into account the following : - the purpose ( s ) and use of your information both now and in the future ( such as whether it is necessary to continue to store that information in order to continue to perform our obligations under an agreement with you or to contact you in the future )\nplease note that the use of any feature made available to you on our websites such as facebook connect , or the like feature ( also connected to facebook ) , may result in your personal data being collected or shared by us or by others . we cannot control how your data is collected , stored , used or shared by third - party sites or to whom it is disclosed . please review the privacy policies and settings of your social networking sites to make sure you understand and agree with the data being shared .\nwhen will i be charged ? if your card is authorised , the payment will be taken immediately and you will receive an e - mail confirming your order has been successful . only paid orders will be handled . we will not charge you ( afterwards ) for any failed payment transactions .\nminubo \u2013 to deliver us comprehensive reporting & analytics capabilities that enable us to gain a quick overview of business performance as well as to receive alerts with respect to the overall performance of our website ( s ) . with this information your personal experience and customer communication in general can be optimized .\nthese service providers are granted access to some or all of your personal data as necessary for the purposes described above and may use cookies ( as defined below ) or other automatic collection technology on our behalf . the service providers are contractually restricted by way of a data processing agreement in the way they may process your personal data .\nwe will ask your consent before using your personal data for purposes other than those listed above , unless the further use of your data is compatible with the purpose for which the personal data were initially collected . we will inform you of , and , if necessary ask your consent for , any changes in the use of your personal data .\ncan i change my order ? unfortunately we are not able to change an order once it has been submitted ; this includes changing the size and colour of an item , removing an item or changing the delivery address . of course you have the right to cancel the complete order . if you want to cancel your order , please contact customer service .\nis a product still in stock ? since we have a limited seasonal collection , products may run out of stock during the season . if the colour or size isn\u2019t shown on the product detail page , it is no longer in stock . you can also contact a store near your home and check if they still have the item in stock . our stores are listed in our store finder .\ncan i cancel my order ? you have the right to cancel your order within seven working days . however , as we try to proceed your order as fast as possible , it might be shipped already . in this case , you may refuse the package when a delivery attempt is made or return all items and we will issue a full refund . if you want to cancel your order , please contact customer service .\nwhen you visit our website ( s ) , unique cookies are placed to distinguish your browser from all other browsers that visit our website ( s ) . by recognizing your browser , we can serve you better . you have the option to accept all cookies , or to reject marketing cookies . in addition , we may use google analytics to monitor activity on our website ( s ) . we have entered into a data processing agreement with google ( indirectly ) to protect your personal data . to learn how google analytics collects and processes data , please visit : \u201chow google uses information from sites or apps that use our services\u201d located at urltoken .\npersonal data are data that can be used to identify you as a person . we collect data in the following ways :\nif you have placed items in your shopping cart while using an online account but have not checked out these items , we may , send you an abandoned cart e - mail informing you that the items are still for sale . for this purpose , we collect data about which items are placed in your cart .\nif you decide to write a review , you can do this under your own name or anonymously . we reserve the right to not publish or to remove reviews .\n3 . how we may share your data we will not share ( or sell ) your personal data to third parties , except as disclosed in this privacy statement or with your consent . we may share your personal data with our third - party service providers , including , but not limited to :\nurltoken - to help us set up an appointment with you when you book a styling session .\nwe reserve the right to disclose your personal data to official authorities or third parties to the extent we reasonably believe that disclosure is required by law , or to protect your or others\u2019 rights , property or safety .\nif you do not want us to share your personal data with a social media site or application , you should not access such social media site or social media application . for example , you should not click a\nlike\nbutton on a product detail page .\nwe may also share your personal data with applicable third parties in the event of a reorganisation , merger , sale , assignment or other disposition of all or a portion of our business , assets or shares .\nwe will ask your consent before we send you a newsletter if you are not yet our customer .\nyou have the right to revoke your consent at all times . when you revoke your consent , we will stop processing your personal data .\nwe use the below cookies on our website ( s ) that act as an identification card for your computer .\ncontact us , so that we can try to resolve the issue together . you will find our contact details below .\nlodge a complaint with the dutch supervisory authority ( autoriteit persoonsgegevens ) at urltoken .\n12 . changes to our statement our privacy statement may change from time to time to reflect changes to our services or changes in the applicable privacy laws . we will not reduce your rights under this privacy statement without your explicit consent . we will post any changes to our privacy statement on this page . we will notify you personally , for example through an email notification , of significant changes to our privacy statement .\ninternationally . the current board of directors including joep krouwels , erik bijlsma en patrick munsters , will stay on after the take over . the financial side of the agreement is unknown , but the acquisition will be finalised by the end of the month .\nyour browser ' s javascript functionality is turned off . please turn it on so that you can experience the full capabilities of this site .\nback with more tricks , felix the cat takes over all - new amsterdams blauw denim . .\noops ! we cannot search for an empty value , please enter a search term .\nas part of 501 day , we had the opportunity to catch - up with elizabeth radcliffe , a levi ' s master tailor , to discuss her role at levi ' s , life as amaster tailor & what customization means for such an iconic style as the 501 .\nafter viewing product detail pages , look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in .\nthe government wants indian cars to be safer . but is the supply chain ready ?\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 bennett , coleman & co . ltd . all rights reserved . for reprint rights : times syndication service\nwhere can i find more product information ? you will find more information about the composition of the fabric on the product detail page . if you have any additional questions , please feel free to contact customer service .\ni\u2019m looking for an article from last season our webstore is updated constantly by adding new styles of our latest collection . if you are looking for an article of last season , we recommend contacting a store near your home to check if they still sell the item you are looking for . our stores are listed in our store finder .\ni forgot my password or it doesn\u2019t work if you forget your password you can easily request a new one by using the \u201cforgot password\u201d button on the log in page . when you enter your e - mail address a new password will be sent automatically . if you are ( still ) having login problems , please feel free to contact customer service .\ni\u2019m having payment problems if you can\u2019t pay for your order , there can be several reasons . feel free to contact customer service if you have any further questions or concerns regarding your payment .\nthere is an error on the webstore our webstore should be working all the time . however , if you do find an error in our webstore , we would be really happy if you would let us know by contacting customer service .\nwhat is a cvc / cvv / cid ? the card security code ( cvc / cvv / cid ) is an additional three or four digit security code that is printed ( not embossed ) on the front or back of your credit card . the cvc / cvv / cid is an extra security measure to ensure that you are in possession of your own credit card .\nour operating hours are from monday to friday , between 9 : 00 am to 5 : 00 pm ( aest ) with the exception of queensland public holidays .\nhow do i unsubscribe from your newsletter ? if you change your mind , you can unsubscribe at anytime by clicking \u2018unsubscribe\u2019 at the end of the newsletter ."]}
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", "topic": 38}], "title": "armada asset management", "paragraphs": ["copyright armada asset finance 2018 . armada asset finance is a trading name of armada investments ltd .\nthese services will be performed by bumi armada supported by plant asset management , the asset performance management consulting business within petrofac .\narmada asset management is based out of new york . whalewisdom has at least 1 13g filings\narmada bought by state investment firm china great wall asset management for hk $ 1 . 57b\ngreat wall pan asia is a wholly - owned subsidiary of china great wall asset management corporation , a state - owned enterprise and one of the leading asset management corporations in the prc . its principal businesses are distressed asset management , investment and asset management and comprehensive financial services .\narmada bought by state investment firm china great wall asset management for hk $ 1 . 57b | south china morning post\nbuildmetm , plant asset management\u2019s proprietary asset management programme development platform will support the project . it will provide a controlled environment in which to develop the asset hierarchy , assign maintenance , conduct the criticality assessment and spares analysis , and build bills of materials .\nthe new compaq armada 3500 series models come standard with intelligent manageability features , including enhanced security , asset management , and fault prediction .\nchina great wall asset management , which takes control of armada via great wall pan asia international investment , will become the new controlling shareholders .\n0089 emergency management specialist . conducting analysis related to incident management . developing trends analysis charts related to incident management . . . .\nshelly r . hampton has served as president of asset management of armada hoffler since 2011 . from 2009 to 2011 , ms . hampton served as vice president of asset management of armada hoffler . from 1999 until 2011 , ms . hampton served as the director of asset management of armada hoffler . ms . hampton previously served as vice president of finance as jlm holdings . ms . hampton holds an associate of applied science in business management from metropolitan college and graduated cum laude with a bachelor of science in business administration from western new england university .\nbumi armada berhad , bab is committed to providing an asset integrity management system , throughout all phases of the asset lifecycle , in order to achieve targets for our health , safety , environmental and operational performance . this policy is achieved by the adoption of comprehensive management systems and activities that :\nvp , facilities management location : . 7 + years\u2019 experience in facilities or project management ; effective in project management , implementation and follow . . .\nemployee login | careers @ armada | \u00a9 2016 armada real estate services . all rights reserved .\narmada funds management is a specialist property funds management and advisory group based in sydney . since its establishment in 2006 armada has been managing private property funds on behalf of institutions , wholesale clients and sophisticated investors .\nwe have supplied asset finance to new starts and established businesses for over 40 years .\n. . . or to simply have an email sent to you whenever we receive a new 13f filing from armada asset management llc , enter your email address below and choose ' submit ' .\narmada funds management is looking to capitalise on strong selling conditions for office towers in brisbane by placing its south brisbane asset on the market with expectations it could bring more than $ 70 million .\narmada investors can manage their investment through our registry mackenzie managed funds . > click here armada private funds armada manages a number of other funds for institutional and wholesale clients including : > armada private retail fund > suncorp house brisbane trust > various other institutional trusts armada provides management of discretionary mandates for institutional clients . please contact armada should you wish to discuss a discretionary mandate opportunity .\ncbre ' s bruce baker and flint davidson will steer the international expressions of interest campaign on behalf of armada and its asset manager , cornerstone properties .\nprevious experience in project management , process improvement and developing budgets . develops and prepares operational and statistical reports for management . . .\nthe asset management firm is one of four owned by china\u2019s ministry of finance , set up to trade distressed assets of the country\u2019s five largest state - owned banks .\narmada properties is an extension of armada holdings which has been providing an unparalleled level of service to our residents and investors through independent property management since 1995 . because of the ongoing success between armada holdings and our associates , we recently decided to extend our professional and innovative management services to the northern colorado area .\nas an independent asset finance lender , we are actively working with brokers from all over the uk .\nour asset management division focuses on improving the performance and overall quality of our portfolio through an efficient balance of budgeting , stringent financial management , operating expense analysis , real estate tax and insurance reviews , capital improvements , energy management programs , lease analysis , tenant and vendor relations , and market awareness .\narmada funds management ' s building at 10 browning street , south brisbane , is expected to bring more than $ 70 million .\nat armada properties , you will always find a friendly staff member eager to handle your property management needs in a prompt , respectful manner .\nbusiness manager ( europe ) of plant asset management , john morrison , commented : \u201cwe are delighted to have secured this work , which will be executed and delivered by adopting a close partnership agreement with our client that optimises the combined skills of plant asset management and bumi armada personnel in kuala lumpur to provide a high quality , cost effective solution . we look forward to the successful delivery of this project and believe that this will establish a great basis for a long term ongoing relationship with bumi armada . \u201d\nmonitor and report throughout bab our asset performance against key performance indicators , kpis , as a means of ensuring continual improvement .\n1 + years in management role . parking management experience is preferred but not required . the facilities manager oversees the operations of a location ( s ) , under . . .\nrichard is a founding director of armada . prior to joining armada richard spent 6 years at lend lease investment management pty ltd ( a division of lend lease corporation limited ) as an investment advisor / portfolio manager . his role involved providing portfolio management , product design and advice to the company\u2019s funds on appropriate investment , allocation and diversification strategies across all asset classes including equity , fixed income , property , money markets and various overlays and hedges including currency . richard has also spent time at investment banks and hedge funds where he gained experience in all aspects of risk management .\nwe\u2019ve been providing asset finance across all kinds of industries since 1974 , helping our customers protect their cash flow and invest in vital equipment .\npetrofac , the international oil and gas facilities service provider , has been awarded a contract to support maintenance management system ( mms ) implementation for bumi armada\u2019s floating , production , storage and offloading ( fpso ) , the armada kraken bound for the north sea .\nbobcat association of southern equipment dealers rja inc . council of logistics management rock - tenn corporation rses association of equipment manufacturers international development research council international asset management council love properties gammon construction herzog contracting corporation associated equipment distributors premier platforms nupump corporation door and hardware institute national stone , sand & gravel association american rental association conexpo ohio equipment distributors association\nchris\u2019 core experience includes the establishment and management of investment funds , the acquisition , management and divestment of commercial and retail property assets , equity and debt origination , and effective communication with investors and stakeholders .\narmada properties strives towards providing a complete real estate asset management service that protects , safeguards , maintains and manages a property to the fullest satisfaction of the investor and the tenant . as our ultimate mission is adding value to the property we manage , therefore our most crucial task is taking care of every detail . we provide superior property management services to those in the northern colorado area with our intention to preserve and improve the quality of living at the properties we manage .\n\u00a9 2013 bumi armada berhad ( company no . 370398 - x ) . all rights reserved .\nmalaysia\u2019s bumi armada has announced that its chief executive officer and executive director of the . . .\nthe deal has a further pre - condition that armada remains a listed company in hong kong .\narmada has been suspended from trading since february 25 , 2013 due to an insufficient public float .\narmada properties is dedicated to providing superior service that has been lacking in the northern colorado area .\narmada have been asset finance providers for companies across all sectors since 1974 . although we began by helping firms in the west country , we now support businesses throughout the uk to protect their cash flow and fund the vital equipment they need . . . . more\nhe holds a bachelor ' s degree in economics and business administration and management from the university of wolverhampton .\nmacro : looks to anticipate and exploit trend changes in the main asset classes ( fixed - income , equity and forex ) through an analysis of market and technical variables .\nchris monaghan is a founding director of armada funds management pty limited . prior to establishing armada chris was executive director of the investment banking property team for ubs ag ( ubs ) in australia for 11 years . during his time there ubs played a dominant role in underwriting , equity origination and advisory in the listed and unlisted sectors of the australian property market . he gained experience in equity origination , underwriting , corporate advisory , asset acquisition and divestiture , due diligence and general property securities activity .\nrichard germain , director and coo richard is a founding director of armada . prior to joining armada richard spent 6 years at lend lease investment management pty ltd ( a division of lend lease corporation limited ) as an investment advisor / portfolio manager . his role involved providing portfolio management , product design and advice to the company\u2019s funds on appropriate investment , allocation and diversification strategies across all asset classes including equity , fixed income , property , money markets and various overlays and hedges including currency . richard has also spent time at investment banks and hedge funds where he gained experience in all aspects of risk management . richard is a qualified actuary and holds a master of economics in actuarial studies and a graduate diploma in applied finance and investment .\ngroove armada are playing a number of sets across the uk to celebrate the ten years . . . security\nreports to director , real estate & facilities ; assist team with hq office vendor management and purchasing . . . .\nprovide thought leadership by proactively identifying , surfacing , and framing potential strategic opportunities for facilities management program development . . . .\nfacilities landscaping staff , facilities management , and technical staff . facilities support services manager ( job number : . . . .\nwe do all aspects of property management including tenant screening , evictions , report generation , staff and contractor supervision , etc .\nafter several delays , malaysia\u2019s provider of offshore vessels and floating production units , bumi armada , and . . .\nmalaysia\u2019s provider of offshore vessels and floating production units , bumi armada , and husky - cnooc oil . . .\nfacility management certification preferred . responsible for facilities inspections and reports . associates degree or bachelors degree preferred with focus on . . .\noversees the development of policies and procedures for facilities management . responsible for addressing all emergency situations arising in the facilities . . .\nwe are currently seeking an enthusiastic specialist in our order management team to work in our douglasville , georgia facility . . . .\nthe final sale price was determinated by the net asset value and book value of tv city property , which is based at clear water bay studio in hang hau , sai kung in hong kong .\nmalaysia - based international offshore oilfield services provider , bumi armada berhad saw its 3q 2014 profit drop to . . .\nmalaysia\u2019s provider of offshore vessels and floating production units , bumi armada , and husky - cnooc madura limited . . .\nother major tenants sealing deals include project management firm mcnab construction , digital marketing and software developer squiz , and national distribution company servco .\nmalaysia\u2019s provider of offshore vessels and floating production units , bumi armada , and husky - cnooc have once again . . .\nmacgregor , part of cargotec has won an order from bumi armada berhad , a malaysia - based international offshore . . .\nover 50 per cent of the income has been re - set this year ,\narmada director chris monaghan said .\narmada hoffler properties , inc . michael p . o\u2019hara chief financial officer and treasurer 757 - 366 - 6684 mohara @ urltoken\nall existing directors of armada will resign after completion of the deal while the new controlling shareholders will nominate a new board .\nvehicle security . . . our flagship matrix vehicle tracking mx3 ( rsa only ) unit offers an impressive armada . . .\nultimate safety & security . . . our flagship matrix vehicle tracking mx3 unit offers an impressive armada of vehicle . . .\noversee all aspects of facility operations and personnel . minimum of 5 years of previous management experience with direct personnel supervisory duties . . . .\nfund updates current current investor updates available on request upcoming funds . . . . contact armada for details of any upcoming funds .\nregistered office : armada house , oldhams wharf , topsham , devon , ex3 0pb . registered in england & wales no . 1140855\nmalaysia\u2019s bumi armada and husky - cnooc madura limited ( hcml ) have mutually agreed to further extend the period for . . .\ncathelco has won an order to supply an impressed current cathodic protection ( iccp ) system for the armada ali which . . .\nmike o\u2019hara has served as chief financial officer for armada hoffler since 2002 and was also named treasurer following the company\u2019s ipo in 2013 . mr . o\u2019hara joined armada hoffler in 1996 as controller of the construction company and was promoted to controller of armada hoffler holding company in 1999 . prior to joining armada hoffler , mr . o\u2019hara served as controller of beacon construction in boston , massachusetts . mr . o\u2019hara received a bachelor of science degree in accounting from fairfield university in connecticut and held the cpa designation for many years .\nabb , a power and automation technology group , has won an order from armada kraken pte ltd , a subsidiary of bumi . . .\nbumi armada has announced the signing of a contract with eni angola s . p . a . for the chartering , operations and . . .\nthis policy underpins bab\u2019s mission , vision and core values , is applicable throughout bab companies and will be the basis on which we work with our contractors , joint venture and o & m partners and their subcontractors . in addition , this policy shall be applied in conjunction with other corporate hsseq policies , in particular those covering quality , security , major accident prevention and asset integrity management . more hsseq policy :\nhusky - cnooc madura limited ( hcml ) and malaysia ' s bumi armada have signed a letter of intent for the supply of an . . .\nbumi armada berhad , bab , is committed to operating our business with the objective of zero harm to our people , the public and the environment .\nthe day - to - day operational and financial management of community . practice the highest standards of ethics , honesty , integrity and accuracy in representing the . . .\nthrough our outstanding customer service , knowledgeable and hardworking staff , we guarantee satisfaction . as an experienced company dedicated to providing reliable and innovative services to all those looking to invest , relocate or outsource management , we focus on helping owners and tenants reach their goals . with over 18 years of experience , we guarantee to implement a property management plan using proven strategies tailored specifically to each property owner or tenant\u2019s requirements . plus our unrelenting commitment to proven results gives us a significant edge over other property management companies .\nthese deals have extended the building ' s weighted average lease expiry to 6 . 3 years and we felt now was the ideal time to bring the asset to market , particularly in light of the limited investment opportunities currently available ,\nmr monaghan said .\n27 feb 2009 : diamond armada at anchor . . . all access to and from the vessels will take place from a central security point . . .\nwe are a realtor , contractor and property management service providers , based out of west side detroit , handling all of your property maintenance fa , efficient and cost effective .\nthere has been a spate of office building sales in brisbane in the last month including two buildings owned by primewest worth $ 120 million , a south brisbane office building bought from lasalle investment management for $ 26 . 3 million , and a government tenanted office tower in brisbane ' s fortitude valley bought from fortius funds management for $ 50 million .\njohn c . davis currently serves as executive vice president of construction , where he is responsible for the operations management of our construction company , which includes risk management , recruitment , legal , and contractual agreements . since joining armada hoffler in 1985 , mr . davis has held numerous positions within the construction business . mr . davis holds a class - a contractors license in virginia , north carolina and south carolina . mr . davis graduated cum laude with a degree in civil engineering technology from old dominion university .\nbusiness process design , corporate training , consulting , change management , etc . ) . an authority on business process frameworks ( etom , itil ) and business process . . .\nmatrix mx3 insurance approved ultimate security and personal safety . combining our . . . pinpoint gps positioning , our flagship matrix mx3 unit offers an impressive armada . . .\nw . christopher harvey currently serves as executive vice president of construction / business development . mr . harvey has served as executive vice president of development of armada hoffler since 2010 which included the oversight of alliance hospitality , armada hoffler\u2019s joint - venture with crestline hotels and resorts , which was created to develop multiple hotel and hospitality projects around the country . since joining the firm in 2002 , mr . harvey\u2019s previous positions within armada hoffler included director of business and hotel development , development coordinator , and project engineer . mr . harvey received a b . a . in government from the university of virginia and an mba in management and business development from the kogod school of business at american university .\nour team of professionals takes a proactive and strategic approach to portfolio management , continually working to increase the profitability of the properties under their stewardship and ensuring that overall portfolio performance exceeds expectations .\narmada bought the 11 , 214 - square - metre a - grade building in 2011 for $ 55 million but has since increased the leasing profile of the building significantly .\n\u201cthe armada of hate and violence is merely one manifestation of the constant . . . 1 x grace c night shift with radio and 24 hour assistance . centurion k1 security\ndefence , peace , safety and security . . . by : valpolini , p . armada international april 2010 , p1 - 32 ; abstract : this section . . .\nthis policy underpins bab\u2019s mission , vision and core values and is applicable throughout bab companies and will be the basis on which we work with our contractors , joint venture and o & m partners and their subcontractors . in addition , this policy shall be applied in conjunction with other key corporate hsseq policies , in particular those covering hse , quality and major accident prevention . further , an asset integrity management guideline document has been developed and should be applied , where required , within our business .\nthis state - of - the - art security product , compatible with compaq deskpros , armada pcs , and professional workstations , tightens network security , simplifies the login . . .\nspecial situations : highly idiosyncratic event - driven opportunities looking to capitalize on m & a arbitrage , share buy backs , liability management exercises , corporate restructurings , call tenders and any other corporate events .\nslaughter and may , hong kong , is advising great wall pan asia investment co . , limited ( great wall pan asia ) on the proposed acquisition of approximately 74 . 19 % of the issued share capital of armada holdings limited ( formerly known as scmp group limited ) ( armada ) from kerry media limited ( kerry ) and its related parties . armada is listed on the hong kong stock exchange and is principally engaged in property investment . upon completion of the proposed acquisition , great wall pan asia ( bvi ) holding limited , a direct wholly - owned subsidiary of great wall pan asia , will make a mandatory unconditional cash offer for the entire issued share capital of armada other than the 74 . 19 % already acquired from kerry . in respect of the proposed acquisition and the possible mandatory unconditional cash offer , armada has been valued at approximately hk $ 2 . 1 billion ( approximately us $ 270 million ) .\narmada is selling its 10 browning street office building leased to a range of asx - listed companies and high - profile tenants such as australia ' s largest debt collection agency credit corp .\n1421 chinese fleet rounds the cape of good hope and most likely sets food on the island . in 1421 , chinese emperor zhu di dispatched a huge armada of ships to sail . . .\nrondo investment is the best property management company i have run across in the detroit area . they are extremely responsive to all of my inquiries and thorough when answering my questions or explaining the local market to me . after working with them i decided to purchase a few more investment properties and they were able to assist me with that as well . rondo investment is quite simply the only company i trust my property management to .\nalan r . hunt currently serves as executive vice president of construction , a position he has held since 2007 . from 2004 until 2007 , mr . hunt served as vice president of armada hoffler construction company . from 2001 until 2004 , he served as a site manager at armada hoffler and worked as a project superintendent from 1991 until 2001 . mr . hunt has overseen the baltimore office of armada hoffler since the mid - 1990\u2019s and is responsible for scheduling , budgets , pre - construction and knowledge into the design phase . mr . hunt received a degree in computer science from the state university of new york at alfred .\narmada is likely to have earned around hk $ 49 million when the land deal is completed . the board will pay out all proceeds via a special cash dividend , at about 59 hk cents per share .\ni had some gutter cleaning and gutter repairs that i needed handled on my property . i reached out to pleasant property management and they came out in no time and handled all my issues . i would definitely call them again ! ! !\nyou may find nissan armada bumper grill aftermarket prices on stores below this . . . . alarm / security ; atv ; audi ; bmw ; body kits ; brakes ; buick ; car audio & video ; car covers\narmada properties focuses on managing the real estate assets and investment goals of income property investors in the northern colorado region while at the same time helping tenants feel completely safe and secure in their home . we love the colorado community and understand how vital property management is to the development of a prosperous colorado market . in fact , we place great importance on maximizing the internal rate of return on any real estate investment and have designed specific techniques that increase revenue , control expenses , and keep tenants happy . to our way of thinking , property management should be a win / win situation for everyone , so we go to great lengths to ensure there is a positive outcome for every tenant and investor situation .\nbenjamin joined armada from macquarie bank where he spent over 6 years in the real estate structured finance division and worked on numerous deals including bosi / cfal , centro , ing , investa , brookfield , goodman and barangaroo deals .\nprior to joining ubs , chris was a director of two national commercial real estate companies ( including the role of state managing director ) over 14 years , gaining experience in and / or exposure to management , sales , leasing , valuation and consultancy .\nafter the transaction , great wall will then be required to make a general offer , while another pre - condition involves kerry group allowing its subsidiary kerry properties to buy tv city property from armada , for hk $ 930 million .\nthe deal\u2019s intention , said the statement , is to \u201cprovide the group [ armada ] with more opportunities in the development of real estate projects in the people\u2019s republic of china\u201d while it intends to keep the listed status of the company .\ncisco 3m ( egypt ) xerox ( egypt ) adp advance pcs alltell information services inc . adventa control technologies atlanta journal - constitution bny asset solutions centex cit clubcorp compusa consultec , inc . conway data daewoo e3 associates excel communications experian first american / excelis urltoken imageright international computex , inc . lbss macromedia national data corporation pacific technology services prelude systems procomm telecomm protection one tech data corporation the dallas morning news txu\nin 1990 to provide property management services to community associations and residential apartment communities . mr . kerr started with six employees and three properties . now , amcs manages a varied portfolio in multiple locations in florida , columbia , greenville , south carolina and mainly in the charleston\npromoted to executive vice president \u2013 head of development in 2018 , mr . shumate is responsible for managing armada hoffler\u2019s development team with oversight over all of the company\u2019s development projects . with a relentless focus on controlling development risk , mr . shumate works closely with the executive management team to ensure that the corporate strategy is consistently supported by the efforts of the development team and that all development projects are completed on budget and on schedule . mr . shumate has more than 30 years of experience in the industry . since first joining armada hoffler in 1998 , he has held numerous positions within the construction business including project executive , estimating executive , operations manager and vice president . mr . shumate graduated from virginia tech with a bachelor of science in civil engineering and holds a class a contractors license in tennessee .\nis a locally owned and operated investment real estate property management company specializing in homeowner associations , townhome associations , condominium associations , apartments , commercial properties , development . its principal , james j . kerr , sr . , has been in the real estate business in charleston for over 50 years .\nbexio , founded in 2013 and awarded by the \u201ctop - 100 start - up award\u201d in 2015 , now is a leading web - based business software provider for small enterprises . with centralized customer management , order processing and simple accounting they provide everything at a glance \u2013 easy , quick and automated .\ncanadian conference board baylor university department of health and human services federal executive management institute mercer university northeast independent school district\u2014san antonio , tx georgia state university troy state university university of north texas u . s . department of education the university of incarnate word florida association of state school superintendents north carolina state university\nthe offer , together with the 59 hk cents special dividend and the hk $ 1 . 59 cash dividend after the sale of the south china morning post to alibaba in april , now represents a total of hk $ 3 . 5334 per share paid to armada shareholders .\na . russell kirk currently serves as vice chairman of armada hoffler properties , where he is responsible for strategic aspects of armada hoffler\u2019s businesses , including acquisition and development proposals , investment decisions , structuring partnerships and joint ventures , reviewing contracts , designing exit strategies as well as securing financial commitments from the company\u2019s lenders . prior to joining armada hoffler in 1983 , mr . kirk was a partner with the law firm of kaufman & canoles , where he practiced for ten years , specializing in structuring , marketing and financing real estate investments . mr . kirk also served on the virginia port authority for eight years and served as its chairman for a portion of that time . mr . kirk received a degree from the university of virginia and graduated from washington and lee school of law , where he was elected to the order of the coif .\narmada holdings , formerly known as scmp group , said on friday its controlling shareholder kerry media has agreed to sell its entire 74 . 19 per cent stake in the company to state investment house great wall pan asia international investment , for hk $ 1 . 57 billion in cash .\nour customer service in rental property management goes above and beyond the traditional level of service and is supported by the long - term relationships we have made with our tenants . as an example , we currently have several 20 - year residents living with us at our largest and most noteworthy property , lakemont place apartments .\nworking with michigan accredited property management has been wonderful . they have taken much of the stress and risk of owning rental properties off of our plate . when issues arise they have taken immediate action and quickly respond to tenants needs . we ' re very please with their performance and wont hesitate to use them again .\nthis transaction follows the successful completion on 5 april 2016 of the hk $ 2 . 06 billion disposal by armada of its media business ( including south china morning post ) to alibaba investment limited ( a subsidiary of alibaba group holdings limited ) which slaughter and may also advised on as legal counsel to alibaba .\nanthony has over 20 years ' experience as an accountant with strong exposure to property funds management . most recently anthony was group corporate controller for charter hall . prior to that anthony held senior roles with mirvac , investa , babcock & brown residential land partners , and thakral . anthony has a bachelor of business and is a member of the institute of chartered accountants .\njames a . carroll is the president and chief executive officer of crestline hotels & resorts , llc , a leading hospitality management company that manages 106 hotel properties throughout twenty - eight states and the district of columbia . mr . carroll originally joined barcel\u00f3 crestline corporation in 2004 as senior vice president and treasurer . he was named chief financial officer in 2006 and promoted to president and chief executive officer of crestline hotels & resorts , llc , in 2010 . prior to joining crestline , mr . carroll held several operations and financial management positions at dell , inc . mr . carroll served as a naval aviator and lieutenant in the united states navy . mr . carroll holds an m . b . a . from the harvard business school and is a graduate of the u . s . naval academy .\nvirginia beach , va . - - ( business wire ) - - armada hoffler properties , inc . ( nyse : ahh ) announced today that the company has teamed with spandrel development partners to develop and build $ 100 million of new purpose - built student apartments in downtown charleston , south carolina . the company will serve as both majority partner and general contractor in the new joint venture .\narmada hoffler properties , inc . is a full service real estate company with extensive experience developing , building , owning and managing high - quality , institutional - grade office , retail and multifamily properties in attractive markets throughout the mid - atlantic and southeastern united states . the company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust ( reit ) for u . s . federal income tax purposes .\ni have to say , i am overjoyed by the support i have received thus far ! for the past few months , i have been living a complete nightmare with the previous company i hired to manage my property . lisa is very honest and her correspondence is more than appreciated . her logistical reach is a great bonus ; which spans form legal assistance to her connection with professional contractors . i would recommend phoenix property management to anyone seeking assistance from a reliable manage company . derrick green\nnasa central intelligence agency boeing city of albany , georgia city of leon valley , texas district attorney of blue ridge georgia u . s . army medical department georgia department of labor immigration and nationalization service state of georgia department of juvenile justice office of personnel management u . s . department of labor prosecuting attorneys council rockdale county government\u2014georgia u . s . air force u . s . army special operations command u . s . marine corps state of wyoming vocational rehab special operations command , ft . bragg\nwe buy , sell , rent and lease homes . we perform property management and general construction and install furnaces and water heaters . we also have a wide range of landscaping . we are a family business . we know how satisfaction is important to our customers , so we do it right the first time . all of our staff members are well trained and have years of experience in their field of expertise . you have come to the right place for the best workforce and the professionals you need to get the job done right first time .\nthe charleston peninsula is home to over 20 , 000 students and current enrollment at the college of charleston alone approaches 12 , 000 students . with two assets featuring a variety of amenities and price points , the company expects to deliver over 600 new beds within one mile of the college of charleston in time for the fall 2019 semester . with these two projects , armada hoffler properties will be the largest private developer of student apartments in charleston . the company expects to break ground later this year .\nalabama restaurant association imvescor baton rouge , canada chick - fil - a inc . pizza delight mikes all star dairy association armada distribution ( dubai ) burger king consolidated foods ltd ( st . lucia ) dufood federal foods food marketing institute ( fmi ) foodstuffs ( new zealand ) giza systems ( egypt ) hallmark foods ( dubai ) ihop pizzaexpo jk sons ( dubai ) lifco group michigan restaurant association national hotel executive magazine national restaurant association nicholas & company , inc . sysco tetra pak ( egypt ) americraft pepsico united fresh produce association\njames c . cherry has served as ceo of park sterling corporation ( nasdaq : pstb ) , a bank holding company headquartered in charlotte , north carolina , since its formation in august 2010 and its wholly - owned subsidiary , park sterling bank , a regional financial services company , since its initial public offering in august 2010 . from june 2006 until august 2010 , he was retired , having served as the chief executive officer for the mid - atlantic banking region at wachovia corporation , president of virginia banking , head of trust and investment management , and in various positions with north carolina based banks including as regional executive , area executive , city executive , corporate banking and loan administration manager , and retail banking branch manager for wachovia . he chaired the virginia june bankers association in 2006 - 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{"id": 54480, "summary": [{"text": "star publications , inc. was a golden age american comic book publisher , operating during the years 1949 \u2013 1954 .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "founded by artist/editor l.b. cole and lawyer gerhard kramer , star specialized in horror comics , crime , and romance comics \u2014 but also published funny animal stories .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "star was originally based in new york city before relocating to buffalo , new york .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "notable creators who contributed to star publications titles included nina albright , tex blaisdell , frank frazetta , milt hammer , alvin hollingsworth , joe kubert , pat masulli , and wally wood .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "co-owner cole contributed many of his distinctive cover illustrations .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "bruno premiani worked as an editor at the company . ", "topic": 15}], "title": "star publications", "paragraphs": ["glassdoor has 16 star publications reviews submitted anonymously by star publications employees . read employee reviews and ratings on glassdoor to decide if star publications is right for you .\nglassdoor gives you an inside look at what it ' s like to work at star publications , including salaries , reviews , office photos , and more . this is the star publications company profile . all content is posted anonymously by employees working at star publications .\nstar publications ( malaysia ) berhad - annual report 2014 _ pg73 to 220 . pdf star publications ( malaysia ) berhad - annual report 2014 _ pg221 to proxy form . pdf star publications ( malaysia ) berhad - annual report 2014 _ cover page to pg72 . pdf\ni applied online . the process took 5 + months . i interviewed at star publications ( petaling jaya ( malaysia ) ) in january 2015 .\nstar - covert page 60 . pdf star - page 61 to proxyform . pdf\nstar - cover to page 76 . pdf star - page 77 to proxy form . pdf\nstar media group ar2016 - part 1 . pdf star media group ar2016 - part 2 . pdf\nurltoken is a philippine news , sports , lifestyle and entertainment portal for the filipino global community . it is the digital arm of the star group of publications , a leading publisher of newspapers and magazines in the philippines .\nas the digital companion to the star newspaper , the star online is part of a portfolio that offers content through print , the star epaper and a mobile app .\nstar - page 51 to proxyform ( 1 . 9mb ) . pdf star - cover to page 50 ( 1 . 8mb ) . pdf star - errata ( 379kb ) . pdf\nstar - page 66 to proxyform ( 2 . 5mb ) . pdf star - cover to page 65 ( 2 . 7mb ) . pdf\nstar - cover to page 58 ( 2 . 7mb ) . pdf star - page 59 to proxyform ( 2 . 5mb ) . pdf\nstar - page 46 to proxyform ( 2 . 4mb ) . pdf star - cover to page 45 ( 2 . 7mb ) . pdf\nstar media sells 51 % stake in leaderonomics for rm5 . 65 mil - moneyking\nstar wars episode i : the phantom menace was released in 1999 ; not 1997 as previously reported .\ndennis griffiths ( ed . ) , the encyclopaedia of the british press : 1422 - 1992 , macmillan , 1992 . hamilton fyfe , t . p . o ' connor , george allen & unwin ltd , 1934 . david hubback , no ordinary press baron , weidenfeld & nicholson , 1985 . ewan butler & edward martell , the murder of the news chronicle and star , christopher johnson , 1960 . george glenton & william pattinson , the last chronicle of bouverie street , george allen & unwin ltd , 1963 . anon ( ed . ) , the story of the star , 1888 - 1938 : fifty years of progress and achievement , the star publications department , 1938 .\nstar summits presents the complete three levels of english language learning for hong kong senior secondary students and provides comprehensive . . .\nan index to the fiction published in homepage | serials | short stories | history of the star | f . w . thomas\nstar wars becomes an amusement park attraction , debuting in disneyland and now operating in disneyland paris after its close in america in 2010 .\nnevertheless , the fiercely competitive evening newspaper market in london proved too much for some titles . by the early years of the twentieth century , a number of rival papers were struggling to survive . one by one they folded until london was left with three surviving evening papers : the star , the evening news and the evening standard . although managing to outlast the likes of the pall mall gazette and the evening post , in may of 1912 the star fell under the ownership of the cadbury newspaper empire . at this point the sister paper to the star , the national daily the morning leader , which like the star was owned and published by the star newspaper company in stonecutter street , merged with george cadbury ' s newspaper the daily news . the amalgamation of the two titles resulted in the daily news and leader , which became the new companion newspaper to the star . on july 1 , 1912 , the headquarters of the star were moved from their old premises in stonecutter street and relocated to nearby bouverie street , where they shared offices with the daily news and leader . from this point the star was published by the daily news ltd , a company which belonged to the cadbury family . three years later , in may of 1915 , the star absorbed the short - lived echo and london evening chronicle . over the ensuing four months the newly merged paper bore the full title the star and echo , until the following august when it was once again known simply as the star .\nto cite a rare inside - page feature he was responsible for ) . cole launched his own company , star comics , and made blue bolt the star of his own title again . but the renewed glory was short - lived . in 1951 , taking advantage of the genre epitomized by\nas the first weekly star wars tv series , the animated kids ' show runs to this day on cartoon network , maintaining viewership from younger audiences .\nin the late 1930s the star continued to compete successfully with its two rivals in the london evening newspaper market . certainly in a political sense readers of the star saw it as a welcome alternative to the generally right - of - centre evening news and evening standard . in the months building up to the outbreak of war in september 1939 , the star made clear its opposition to the rise of nazism in germany . while other papers openly sympathised with hitler and took great pains to appreciate and defend his point of view , the star stood largely alone in condemning the actions of the third reich . this editorial policy , while acknowledged as fully just today , was atypical of british newspapers at the time . indeed , as early as 1933 , hitler had banned the star from sale in germany because of the paper ' s criticism of the nazi regime . as ever , the star , along with the news chronicle , was not afraid to stand by its convictions .\nstar must goes back to\nhonest\nreporting to maintain and sustain its readership . revenue is dropping and i am doubtful it can sustain the dividends like before .\nfrom its modest beginnings in august 2000 as the online edition of the philippine star , urltoken has grown into one of the country ' s biggest digital news organizations .\nforce friday\n( september 4 , 2015 ) marked the midnight unveiling of new star wars : the force awakens toys to the public at retailer locations like target , the disney store , toys ' r us , etc . according to npd , every $ 1 of $ 11 spent that weekend went toward a star wars toy .\nthe star science series promotes an inquiry - based approach to learning science in pupils from a young age . features in the textbooks such as try it ! . . .\nin its earliest iterations , star wars was a marketing machine . the movie was co - promoted with burger king through commercials and merchandising ( namely glasses , which are now\ndespite such differences of opinion between the star and its rival the evening news , it is beyond dispute that the circulation of the star increased dramatically in the final years of the nineteenth century . with the paper going from strength to strength , a special edition of the star was issued on january 17 , 1898 , to mark the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the newspaper . entitled\nafter ten years ,\nthe commemorative issue included several excellent line drawings , numerous articles and messages of congratulation from newspaper editors around the world . these were golden days in the newspaper ' s history , and with the beginning of a new century , the star continued to flourish under the editorship of ernest parke .\njames douglas ' two years in control came to an end in march of 1920 when he left to become editor of the sunday express . at this point long - serving star journalist wilson pope assumed the role . two months later on may 6 , 1920 , the star published its 10 , 000th issue . a commemorative edition was published to mark the occasion , with special contributions from founder t . p . o ' connor and henry massingham . presently the star went on to enlarge in size , expanding to 16 pages in 1922 , and increasing to twenty - four pages by the end of 1928 . circulation figures published during the 1920s certainly testify to the continued growth and popularity of the star .\nsuch changes aside , the years following the acquisition of the star by the cadbury empire saw it continue to grow in size ( with the exception of during the great war when paper shortages limited the size of all newspapers ) and popularity , with the estimable ernest parke remaining as editor . happily for the many loyal readers the star had attained over the years , there was little disruption resultant from the takeover . fortunately the new owners were strong supporters of the liberal party , so that the editorial bias of the star went largely unchanged . a sense of continuity was assured , and this factor played a major part in the enduring popularity of the star , with the paper continuing to plead for peace and social reform .\nthe first issue of the star appeared on the streets of london on january 17 , 1888 . a four - page broadsheet that was published six - days - a - week , it was priced like other evening newspapers at one halfpenny . the founder and very first editor of the star was thomas power o ' connor ( 1848 - 1929 ) , an irish nationalist m . p . and journalist who was born in athlone and educated at queen ' s college in galway . on the front page of the opening issue of the star was o ' connor ' s declaration of editorial policy , promising that the star would champion the cause of the underprivileged and highlight the needs of working class families . to quote from o ' connor ' s editorial of the first issue :\nthe rich , the privileged , the prosperous need no guardian or advocate ; the poor , the weak , the beaten require the work and word of every humane man and woman to stand between them and the world .\npublished by the star newspaper company from its original offices in stonecutter street near ludgate circus in e . c . 4 , the star provided many londoners with a voice not provided by certain other evening newspapers , often taking a controversial stand against government policies of the day . very much a radical newspaper , typically the star would strongly oppose military action ( the star was vehement in its opposition to the boer war ) and would represent the plight of workers in any trade union disputes . a liberal newspaper from its inception , the star remained so for its entire lifespan , fighting for social justice and a better life for the poor .\nwhile offering its own multimedia journalism , urltoken also houses content from the philippine star , one of the leading english broadsheets in the country ; pilipino star ngayon , a tabloid - style newspaper published in filipino ; freeman , cebu oldest english - language newspaper ; banat , a tabloid published in cebuano ; and people asia magazine , which profiles personalities in the philippines and the region .\nthe star had to contend with stiff competion though . in the early years the star competed against a number of other evening newspapers in london , among which were the pall mall gazette , the globe , the evening mail and the evening post . the evening news in particular proved to be a worthy adversary . indeed , in june 1895 an argument flared up between the editors of the star and evening news with both papers challenging the other ' s circulation figures . the evening news felt the need to point out that a newspaper ' s circulation was not the same as its actual net sale , while also challenging the basic accuracy of the star ' s circulation figures . the star meanwhile firmily stood by its own claims and refuted the allegations of its rival , remarking that their own circulation figures had been independently verified . after a few more tit - for - tat exchanges , bored readers were no doubt pleased when both papers thankfully fell silent on the subject !\nat this time the star was marking a major anniversary in its history . the star began celebrating its fiftieth year of publication with a special jubilee article on january 17 , 1938 . the anniversary article included contributions from several former writers for the newspaper . these included reminiscences from george bernard shaw , a . a . milne , h . g . wells , a . g . gardiner and lord hewart of bury . the star ' s jubilee celebrations culminated with a banquet held at the savoy hotel on january 21 . the meal was attended by all manner of notable personages among whom were members of parliament , twenty - two metropolitan mayors and various fleet street editors . also in attendance were representatives from the worlds of art and literature , religious leaders , bankers , civil servants and industrialists . the year 1938 proved to be a landmark year for the star , with even lord rothermere , who owned the rival newspaper the evening news , remarking that\nthe star has retained in an extraordinary degree the vivacity and enterprise of its early issues .\nthe fiftieth anniversary of the star was truly a cause for celebration , and it is clear that the paper was loved and respected by many .\nsince its launch on june 23 , 1995 , as malaysia ' s first news website , the star online has always striven to provide readers with up to date breaking news , compelling content and insightful opinions .\noriginally titled\nrevenge of the jedi ,\nthe final installment to the classic star wars series in which ewoks made their debut , grossed the inflation - adjusted equivalent of $ 784 , 455 , 500 .\nit was never released to video due to a dismal reception at its time , but today , its obscurity translates to a rare star wars collectible . the full two hours of the special are now on youtube .\nhowever , older generations still remember the star with fondness and many recall it as one of the last of the great liberal newspapers . although the history of the star has now become the stuff of legend , with the early years of its existence at best a dusty memory , i hope the small overview i ' ve written above stands as an affectionate testimony that this great evening newspaper entertained and informed londoners for 72 glorious years .\ndespite strict paper restrictions affecting the size and potential circulation of all newspapers in the u . k . , the star achieved its greatest ever sales in the late 1940s . the average daily net sale from july to december 1947 stood at 1 , 079 , 848 copies . the largest ever single day ' s sale of the star was attained on november 20 , 1947 , when on the occasion of the marriage between princess elizabeth and prince philip , the paper sold 1 , 414 , 660 copies . remarkably , these figures merely reflect the highest amount of newspapers which could be produced in the period ; the demand for the star among londoners is said to have far exceeded this . indeed the circulation of the star , in the immediate post - war period , certainly exceeded that of the evening standard , and was second only to that of associated newspapers ' mighty evening news .\nduring the second world war and the subsequent years of rationing , the star , like other newspapers , was limited in page - length due to paper restrictions . as was the case in the first war , space limitations resulted in the disappearance of many regular features in the star . despite all this , the star sold well during these austere periods . indeed , the paper still found room to entertain as well as inform within the limits of its four pages , and the likes of the regular short story feature ( solely provided for most of the war years by the estimable f . w . thomas ) would no doubt have provided light relief for many londoners . overseeing all this was arthur leslie cranfield , who succeeded cruickshank as editor of the star in 1941 . cranfield ' s reign saw a number of changes to the newspaper . the most important was undoubtably the conversion from broadsheet back to the former tabloid size in february 1941 . a few months after the conversion in size took place , the star settled to an average size of eight ( tabloid ) pages . despite the appearance of the odd twelve page edition , it was to remain this size for most of the 1940s and into the early 1950s .\nit was a sensible enough scheme based on what was known at the time : ole roemer had measured the speed of light the century before , so michell had a ballpark figure with which to work . he also understood the concept of \u201cescape velocity , \u201d and that this critical speed would be determined by the mass and size of the star . specifically , michell pondered what would happen if a star were so massive , and its gravity so strong , that the escape velocity was equivalent to the speed of light . he concluded :\nbut it was a paper michell wrote in november 1783 to cavendish\u2013later published in the royal society\u2019s journal\u2013that proved the most prescient . his intent was not to \u201cinvent\u201d exotic objects , but to discover a useful method to determine the mass of a star . michell adhered to isaac newton\u2019s corpuscular theory of light , and since light was made of particles , he reasoned that when they were emitted by a star , that star\u2019s gravitational pull would reduce their speed , producing an observable shift in the starlight . he thought he could measure how much the speed of light was reduced by passing it through a prism ; it ought to be deflected differently because of the reduced energy . he could conceivably compare the refracted images of different stars to determine the difference in their surface gravity , and from that , calculate their respective masses .\nduring world war one , rationing and paper costs meant that by 1916 the star was by necessity only four pages long . the war also meant that the star , like other newspapers , was under the control of government censorship . another consequence of the war years was the need to increase the price of the newspaper in 1918 from one halfpenny to one penny . although this was considered a war - time measure , rising costs meant that the price remained the same in the years after the war . indeed , on a wider scale the era of halfpenny newspapers had come to an end . the final year of the war proved to be a transitional period for the newspaper . it saw the resignation of ernest parke , who had served as editor of the star since 1891 . his natural successor was james douglas ( 1867 - 1940 ) , who had worked as assistant editor to parke for many years . another major change to the newspaper was the conversion to tabloid size on december 27 , 1917 . initially intended as an experiment in form , the new smaller size was popular with commuters , thus the paper became a tabloid on a permanent basis . this meant the star was now made up of eight smaller pages instead of the former four broadsheet - sized pages . by the early 1920s the star had increased to twelve pages . it continued to grow in size over the following two decades .\nfrom october 18 , 1960 the name of the star lived on in a very limited sense as part of the full title of the paper which absorbed it . for eight years the masthead of harmsworth ' s evening paper bore the title the evening news and star , until 1968 when the paper ' s name became just the evening news once again . the evening news and evening standard battled it out over the next twelve years , until the evening news itself ceased publication when it was merged with the evening standard in october 1980 . the new paper , now under control of associated newsapers , continues to this day and is the sole remaining evening newspaper covering the whole of london .\ngreat article ! star wars marketing does an amazing job of connecting anybody and any place to their gigantic galaxy . an special triangle bit of marketing that speaks to that is the may the fourth be with you promotion with the durham bulls . it ' s the only game i attend every year and the jerseys the players wear are the perfect touch . urltoken\nlearn from any media companies such as astro . look at their hq . its so vibrant and modern . so inspiring . even maxis revamped their environment to cater to the younger workforce . the star office environment is so outdated . very old fashioned and not attractive to gen y . give basic training or induction for new staffs . hr must buck up ! media companies must be fun and vibrant not dull and dry .\nlucas sold toy merchandising rights to a company called kenner , then owned by general mills . in 1977 , the demand for kenner\u2019s toys was so high , the company actually issued ious to waiting customers that included complimentary membership into the star wars fan club . kenner soon expanded the collection to include more characters , including those from the infamous cantina scene . by the end of 1978 , kenner had sold more than 40 million action figures .\nin the realm of physics , he conceived and designed the experimental apparatus later used by cavendish to measure the force of gravity between masses in the laboratory to obtain the first accurate value for the gravitational constant ( \u201cg\u201d ) . and he was the first to apply statistical methods to astronomy . he studied how stars were distributed in the night sky and argued that there were far more \u201cpairs\u201d or groups or stars than would happen with random alignments . his analysis provided the first evidence for binary stars and star clusters .\nboring environment , as a media company the star head office seems like a very dull corporate environment . very traditional concept , office is quite rundown and old . people are not friendly . very tough for newbies to blend in with current seniors . some senior news editors are arrogant . lots of politics and backstabbing . quite normal for media company though . not recommended for fresh grads to start here . i ' ve seen editors taking advantage of young writers . no proper training and seniors are very bossy . plus basic pay for fresh grads with degree is quite low compared to other media companies .\nin a visual sense issues of the star during pope ' s reign in the 1920s were a far cry from the heady days of the paper ' s early years . the use of photographs had increased dramatically , with the inclusion of many more feature articles developed along with the expansion of the sports , entertainment and fashion columns . the paper ' s long held traditions of news reporting and political commentary were still very much in evidence however . wilson pope ' s ten years as editor were an evident success , with circulation figures as ever on the increase and the overall quality of the newspaper improving all the time .\nfrom the beginning o ' connor was ably assisted by his right - hand man , assistant editor henry w . massingham ( 1860 - 1924 ) , a talented journalist who succeeded o ' connor as editor in 1890 . his tenure as editor ended the following year however , when ernest parke took over the role , remaining in the position until 1918 . the early success of the newspaper was also down to a team of gifted and illustrious writers who contributed to the star on a regular basis . among these were george bernard shaw , james douglas , thomas marlowe , h . n . brailsford , william clarke and ernest belford bax . o ' connor himself went on to found and edit the sun in 1893 . an author of several books , he served in parliament for several decades until his death in 1929 .\nas the 1940s opened , comic books were probably the biggest growth area in the american publishing industry . it wasn ' t just pulp magazine publishers , such as\nalso launched a comic book line , novelty press , in 1940 . novelty ' s early releases were packaged for them by funnies , inc . , one of several studios producing ready - to - print features for start - up publishers . but the hero they chose for the lead position in their second anthology title had been done by joe simon ,\nthe character , blue bolt , was deemed strong enough to warrant naming the comic book after him .\ndebuted with a cover date of june , 1940 , with the very first simon & kirby character the most prominent thing in it .\nfirst , he was struck by lightning during practice . then he staggered into an airplane and flew off to get help , and got struck by lightning again . the plane crashed so hard , he wound up underground . fortunately , a scientist named bertoff had located his lab there , and revived the young athlete by treating him with that most up - to - date of medical miracles , radium . back then , instead of causing cancerous lesions , pure , health - giving radiation was capable of bestowing super powers . or maybe it was the lightning .\nbertoff also supplied fred with his superhero suit and a handy lightning gun . then he turned the newly named blue bolt loose on the local super villain , the green sorceress , whose subterranean army occupied the hero ' s attention for almost a year . after defeating them , he looked in on the surface via bertoff ' s handy telescreen , and saw that world war ii had started . so he did his patriotic duty and went topside to duke it out with nazis , despite the fact that the u . s . was still months away from entering the war . in vol . 2 no . 7 , which was dated the same month as pearl harbor , a female version of him , lois blake , ventured underground to get powered up , and became his sidekick . but by that time he was no longer the cover feature \u2014 he ' d been supplanted there by\nsimon and kirby stayed with blue bolt less than a dozen issues . their successors included ( among others ) dan barry (\nor as the non - comics - reading world knows him , mike hammer ) . as superheroes fell out of favor with the comics - reading public , blue bolt metamorphosed into a plainclothes hero , with neither costume nor super powers .\nin 1949 , novelty press , responding to growing criticism of comic book violence , got out of the business and sold its assets ( characters and reprintable artwork ) to cover artist superstar l . b . cole (\nafter a couple of issues , all the series were ousted in favor of turning the insides to grisly horror as well , and blue bolt was gone for good .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nurltoken is not be responsible for typing or photographical mistake if any . prices and specifications are subject to change without notice .\ncopyright \u00a9 2001 - 2018 urltoken all rights reserved | designed by indiapride . com\nthis series uses the concrete - pictorial - abstract ( cpa ) approach to mathematics teaching and learning . this allows teachers to . . .\nthis 2nd edition is a brand new series that has been approved by moe , singapore , for the new syllabus implementation in 2013 . . .\nthis 2nd edition series has been carefully designed to encourage students to learn mathematics effectively . . .\nbahasa melayu buku teks , bahasa melayu buku kerja dan bahasa melayu buku panduan guru ini merupakan tiga komponen bahan pengajaran dan pembelajaran subjek bahasa melayu . . .\nsolve that problem ! is a teacher\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s resource book . the series provides skills , strategies and expertise on how to solve . . .\nthe science works ! series employs an inquiry - 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2 years of operations .\ngood benefits such as medical and allowances . given opportunities to write on any relevant interest . stable company .\nthe company values career development , they will allow to go off all sort of trainings . they certainly practise work life balance . you really do to leave work on time it ' s what they practiced for the last 4 decades .\ntoo much work life balance could be a bad thing . the company vision is there , the mission is there , the values is also there , but no action plan being executed . you know the saying , walking the talk ? well , they don ' t . they really don ' t enforce at all . there ' s this two halves that never seems to coincide one another ; the print and the digital platform don ' t ever get to see eye to eye . the current ceo understands the importance of digital and print needs to be as one , but never drive it hard !\nceo , please get your hr in order ; and think strategically , hr is the backbone to support the business . identified talents within and / or hire some . people who left were or are talents . you failed time and time again to recognises all those late joiners are in fact top talents that has made millions of dollars which your top management has neglected .\ngiven freedom to generate meaningful stories based on human interest topics and current issues .\nmanagement refused to recruit more employees yet create more workload for the existing ones . unequal job distribution .\ncherish the hard and smart workers , and weed out those who do not perform and spend hours sucking up to their bosses .\nthis will replace the current featured review for targeted profile . are you sure you want to replace it ?\ncopyright \u00a9 2008\u20132018 , glassdoor , inc .\nglassdoor\nand logo are proprietary trademarks of glassdoor , inc .\nexplore the many benefits of having a premium branded profile on glassdoor , like increased influence and advanced analytics .\napplied for the post back in august 2014 and was called for interview in january 2015 . first interview lasted about 1 1 / 2 hours and was interviewed by hr executive , head of department and manager .\nevolving with the times , our content includes current news , business , sports , community , tech , lifestyle and world news , as well as expert analysis and dynamic videos .\nthe website was recognised in 2014 as one of the best in asia by the world association of newspapers and news publishers ( wan - 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invented more than a century later .\nborn in 1724 , michell attended cambridge university and wound up teaching there for a time , before becoming rector of thornhill , near the town of leeds . he is described somewhat unflatteringly in contemporary accounts as \u201ca little short man , of black complexion , and fat , \u201d who was nonetheless \u201cesteemed a very ingenious man , and an excellent philosopher . \u201d for a small - town rector , he had some pretty impressive scientific connections : benjamin franklin , joseph priestley , and henry cavendish all visited him at some point in his career .\nmichell\u2019s research interests spanned several areas of science . he started out looking into magnetism , demonstrating that the magnetic force exerted by each pole of a magnet decreases with the square of the distance . after a major lisbon earthquake in 1755 , he proposed that earthquakes propagate as waves through solid earth , thereby helping establish the field of seismology . he won election to the royal society for that insight .\n\u201cif the semi - diameter of a sphere of the same density as the sun in the proportion of five hundred to one , and by supposing light to be attracted by the same force in proportion to its [ mass ] with other bodies , all light emitted from such a body would be made to return towards it , by its own proper gravity . \u201d\n\u00a91995 - 2018 , american physical society aps encourages the redistribution of the materials included in this newspaper provided that attribution to the source is noted and the materials are not truncated or changed .\nthe american physical society ( aps ) is a nonprofit membership organization working to advance the knowledge of physics .\nheadquarters : 1 physics ellipse , college park , md 20740 - 3844 | phone : 301 . 209 . 3200 editorial office : 1 research road , ridge , ny 11961 - 2701 | phone : 631 . 591 . 4000 washington , d . c . office : 529 14th st nw , suite 1050 , washington , d . c . 20045 - 2001 | phone : 202 . 662 . 8700\nyou may be trying to access this site from a secured browser on the server . please enable scripts and reload this page .\ngo beyond borrowed interest and locate the nexus between your brand and the entertainment asset that will strike a chord in pop culture .\ninstead of harnessing merchandising power and pre - existing fan bases , movies existed on their own creative merit , looking strictly to the box office to make the big bucks .\n) , lucasfilm ( and now its parent company , disney ) has been leveraging the popularity of the story to sell everything from burgers to vacations .\n. the saga\u2019s brand consistently finds a place in the top five licensed toy brands each year , according to npd group . today , companies like campbell\u2019s and covergirl are harnessing\nwith over $ 260 million in ticket sales , making it the most successful film in history at the time . it was re - released over the next 20 years , adding $ 220 million to its overall total ticket sales . to this day , it is second only to gone with the wind in a list of the\nfigures . the company uses direct mail marketing to promote the toys leading up to the movie\u2019s release . experts say this marks the\n\u201cwell , when i was writing i had had visions of r2 - d2 mugs and little windup robots , but i thought that would be the end of it . \u201d\nthe ewok adventures , now known as caravan of courage : an ewok adventure , was released on november 25 , 1984 . the tv movie ' s popularity with younger audiences led to emmy nominations and a sequel in 1985 ( ewok adventures : the battle for endor ) .\nwith the promise of a new generation of films , made in the dawn of cgi technology .\nwhile this second installment of prequels received generally better reviews , it did not outperform any of its predecessors at the box office . introduction of the clones in this film paved the way to the creation of the succesful animated tv - series the clone wars .\n. as the bridge between the prequels and sequels , there was great anticipation for this film .\n. this vw 60 - second spot leaked before its intended release as a super bowl ad ( in which it was only allowed 30 seconds ) . experts say that its success changed the normal one - time strategy of super bowl ads at the time . now , brands spend months developing and marketing a super bowl - bound advertisement , leaking teasers or even releasing the entirety of the commercial online far before the game .\nat that time , disney announced that three new films were in the works\u2014a sequel trilogy\u2014the first of which would be released in 2015 .\nmost recognized as darth vader\u2019s theme song . within the first 24 hours of its launch , the commercial garnered 1 . 6 million views on youtube .\ns , the seventh of the series , opens in theaters december 18 . early ticket sales for the film have\nand verizon . according to ad age , at least $ 66 million has been shelled out for promotional tv time and those numbers are still rising .\nmovies will be released in 2017 and 2019 , all part of the sequel trilogy .\nthe lucas museum of narrative art is slated to open in 2018 on chicago\u2019s lakefront museum campus .\neden ames is a digital content producer for the american marketing association . she may be reached at eames @ urltoken . molly soat is the senior staff writer for the american marketing association . e - mail her at msoat @ urltoken and follow her on twitter @ mollysoat .\njust a couple of fact checks : the phantom menace was released in 1999 , not 1997 . in 1997 , lucas released\nspecial editions\nof the original trilogy that added new cgi shots and images to the existing films .\naccess our innovative members - only resources and tools to further your marketing practice .\ncopyright 2017 american marketing association . this site content may not be copied , reproduced , or redistributed without the prior written permission of the american marketing association or its affiliates ."]}
{"id": 54484, "summary": [{"text": "my own media is an international editorial network of stranieri in italia group , founded by francesco costa and gianluca luciano in 2000 .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "it is based in london and is focused on providing the latest news on immigration policies and relevant legislation .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "my own media publishes three magazines and the web site foreignersinuk.co.uk .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "my own media has won the best community newspaper award in 2010 , with the afro news at the 2nd black entertainment , film , fashion , television and arts ( beffta ) awards ceremony in london . ", "topic": 5}], "title": "my own media", "paragraphs": ["relating media theorists ; propp , goodwin , dyer , todorov and gramsci to my own and existing products .\n\u00a9 copyright 2013 - 2017 my own virtual assistant services . all rights reserved .\nspeak in the first person . use your own voice ; bring your own personality to the forefront .\ni have been writing people\u2019s stories my whole life , and for the past 17 + years i\u2019ve been helping others tell their stories through the media advisory and training section of my media company .\nhow to legally use images in your social media marketing by sarah kornblett on social media examiner .\nhow many of you have some variant of the following words on your twitter , blog or other social media bio ?\nopinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer .\nit\u2019s clear that what\u2019s on my website is a paid advertisement , not my own endorsement or review of the product . do i still have to disclose that i get a commission if people click through my website to buy the product ?\nmy company xyx wants to tell our employees what to disclose in social media . is \u201c # employee\u201d good enough ?\ni share in my social media posts about products i use . do i actually have to say something positive about a product for my posts to be endorsements covered by the ftc act ?\nbut spano would always have doubted that if circumstances hadn\u2019t pushed her to try . \u201ci never would have pursued building my instagram feed if i hadn\u2019t lost my job . instead , losing my job led me to find the right market and build my business . \u201d\nfaith goldy explains why she doesn\u2019t want to be a minority in her own country .\nmy facebook page identifies my employer . should i include an additional disclosure when i post on facebook about how useful one of our products is ?\ni work for a terrific company . can i mention our products to people in my social networks ? how about on a review site ? my friends won\u2019t be misled since it\u2019s clear in my online profiles where i work .\nfor a while i stuck to my own tips but by the end of the interview i had given her a long , complicated , layered account of wearing my media hat during the day and entering the fiction world at night and on the sidelines of country cricket ovals on weekends . throw in there my passion for being a daniel morcombe foundation ambassador and an advocate for the national missing persons coordination centre .\nget free wordpress software , set it up on your own domain and build a valuable communications platform .\nshe has captured so many important aspects of my fiction writing , and gets to the heart of why i write . writing crime fiction allows me to escape into the minds of my fictional characters and step away from my own reality . fiction allows me to keep people turning the page then leave them with a deeper understanding of what the word \u2018missing\u2019 really means .\nbetween the blu - ray player , cable box , laptop , and everything else hooked up to your tv , your home theater situation is a mess . here\u2019s how i rolled all those devices into one awesome media center\u2014the media center of my dreams\u2014for under $ 500 .\nthis week i have appeared in national print and online media in a story about my fiction writing journey , and more specifically how and why i\u2019m walking the line between fact and fiction .\ni provide marketing consulting and advice to my clients . i\u2019m also a blogger and i sometimes promote my client\u2019s products . are \u201c # client\u201d \u201c # advisor\u201d and \u201c # consultant\u201d all acceptable disclosures ?\nmy company runs contests and sweepstakes in social media . to enter , participants have to send a tweet or make a pin with the hashtag , # xyz _ rocks . ( \u201cxyz\u201d is the name of my product . ) isn\u2019t that enough to notify readers that the posts were incentivized ?\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 social media examiner\u00ae . all rights reserved . terms of use | privacy policy\ni\u2019ve been paid to endorse a product in social media . my posts , videos , and tweets will be in spanish . in what language should i disclose that i\u2019ve been paid for the promotion ?\na trade association hired me to be its \u201cambassador\u201d and promote its upcoming conference in social media , primarily on facebook , twitter , and in my blog . the association is only hiring me for five hours a week . i disclose my relationship with the association in my blogs and in the tweets and posts i make about the event during the hours i\u2019m working . but sometimes i get questions about the conference in my off time . if i respond via twitter when i\u2019m not officially working , do i need to make a disclosure ? can that be solved by placing a badge for the conference in my twitter profile ?\nyes . truth in advertising is important in all media , whether they have been around for decades ( like television and magazines ) or are relatively new ( like blogs and social media ) .\nuse your own blog to drive traffic and promote your products . when done effectively , blogging drives search engine traffic , attracts customers , and captures the attention of the media and high - profile bloggers who could write about you .\ni must admit i don\u2019t always follow my own script . i am not concise and i don\u2019t always stick to the point . but one thing i always do , i make sure i know who i\u2019m speaking to and only accept interviews with journalists i feel comfortable with and who i know will respect the intricacies and sensitivities of my writing journey .\nmy company makes a donation to charity anytime someone reviews our product . do we need to make a disclosure ?\nin addition the hundreds of existing customizable training videos , you can add your own videos to a training post or training element as well .\nif you publish content online relevant to ibm in your personal capacity it is best to use a disclaimer such as this :\nthe postings on this site are my own and don ' t necessarily represent ibm ' s positions , strategies or opinions .\ni\u2019m opening a new restaurant . to get feedback on the food and service , i\u2019m inviting my family and friends to eat for free . if they talk about their experience on social media , is that something that should be disclosed ?\none of the most difficult parts of starting a new business is promoting a product when you don\u2019t have an audience . if you don\u2019t have your own community built up , you either have to pay to drive traffic to your website , or tap into someone else\u2019s audience until you have your own .\ni continue the publication of my lists of osint sources , this time with a list focused on social networks public data .\nspirited and passionate discussions and debates are fine , but you should be respectful of others and their opinions . be the first to correct your own mistakes .\ndvd players are so 1999 . in this day and age , a custom media center running xbmc is the only thing\u2026\nin this article , you\u2019ll discover five tips to help you use images correctly ( and legally ) on social media .\nuse a disclaimer . whenever you publish content to any form of digital media , make it clear that what you say there is representative of personal views and opinions and not necessarily the views and opinions of ibm . for instance , in your own blog , the following standard disclaimer should be prominently displayed :\nthe postings on this site are my own and don ' t necessarily represent ibm ' s positions , strategies or opinions .\nif a site does not afford you enough space to include this full disclaimer , you should use your best judgment to position your comments appropriately .\nmy company recruits \u201cinfluencers\u201d for marketers who want them to endorse their products . we pay and direct the influencers . what are our responsibilities ?\ni\u2019m starting a new internet business . i don ' t have any money for advertising , so i need publicity . can i tell people that if they say good things about my business on yelp or etsy , i\u2019ll give them a discount on items they buy through my website ?\na company is giving me a free product to review on one particular website or social media platform . they say that if i voluntarily review it on another site or on a different social media platform , i don\u2019t need to make any disclosures . is that true ?\nsince publishing my debut bestseller in 2013 , a crime fiction novel write about me inspired by the disappearance of my cousin ursula barwick in 1987 , and three more novels since then , i have been on the other side of the phone , microphone and camera and asked to tell my story many times . it has given me a much deeper insight into what it\u2019s like for all the people i advise to put themselves out into the public arena and share their story .\nin order to participate in this scholarship , an applicant must submit an essay between 500 to 700 words on any topic related to digital media .\nthe word is a connected place and business need to maintain a well - curated and professionally managed social media presence in order to make a connection with the right market for their products and services . myownva can help turn your social media channels into actual customer engagement tools that work for you .\ni\u2019m a book author and i belong to a group where we agree to post reviews in social media for each other . i\u2019ll review someone else\u2019s book on a book review site or a bookstore site if he or she reviews my book . no money changes hands . do i need to make a disclosure ?\nright - click on the desktop and head to amd vision engine control center . i found that on my tv , my desktop didn\u2019t fill up the whole screen , so i had to go to desktops and displays > scaling options and turn my overscan setting up . you may also want to browse around the control center and see what other tweaks look best to you on your display . i found that i had to go through and turn off just about every setting i could .\ncurate and distribute you don ' t just want to beat people over the head with your own products or services . find interesting information that applies to their tastes and share that , too . if you ' re a fledgling winery , for example , offer pairing recipes or link to relevant videos you ' ve found on youtube . do whatever you can to share more than your own stories .\nthe truth is that using images on social media and for online business these days is tricky . as is often the case , the law is behind the times and may take a while to catch up . but if you can keep these five tips in mind as you use images on social media , you\u2019ll be way ahead of the curve . educating yourself about copyright , social media platform terms , and image licenses will go a long way in protecting you .\n\u201cwow ! awesome work , awesome team , perfect communication , fast , clean and friendly . i recommend to everyone . i will order again ! my favorite so far . \u201d\n, \u201cmy employer is paid to promote [ name of product ] , \u201d or simply \u201cadvertisement , \u201d or when space is an issue , \u201cad\u201d or \u201c # ad . \u201d\non her own initiative and without us asking , one of our employees used her personal social network simply to \u201clike\u201d or \u201cshare\u201d one of our company\u2019s posts . does she need to disclose that she works for our company ?\nthe social media platform i use has a built - in feature that allows me to disclose paid endorsements . is it sufficient for me to rely on that tool ?\nyou just talked about putting \u201c # ad\u201d at the beginning of a social media post . what about \u201c # ad\u201d at or near the end of a post ?\ni have a website that reviews local restaurants . it\u2019s clear when a restaurant pays for an ad on my website , but do i have to disclose which restaurants give me free meals ?\ni\u2019m a blogger . i heard that every time i mention a product on my blog , i have to say whether i got it for free or paid for it myself . is that true ?\none of ibmers ' core values is\ntrust and personal responsibility in all relationships .\nas a company , ibm trusts\u0097and expects\u0097ibmers to exercise personal responsibility whenever they participate in social media . this includes not violating the trust of those with whom they are engaging . ibmers should not use these media for covert marketing or public relations on behalf of ibm . if and when members of ibm ' s communications , marketing , sales or other functions engaged in advocacy for the company have the authorization to participate in social media , they should identify themselves as such .\nalthough we\u2019ve kept in sporadic touch , we haven\u2019t seen each other for a very long time . when she asked if i would be happy to share my story with her , i didn\u2019t hesitate . we met in the beautiful location of narooma , and it was like we\u2019d seen each other only yesterday . lyndal had read my books and was interested in how i could go from writing fact to fiction .\ni have a small network marketing business . advertisers pay me to distribute their products to members of my network who then try the product for free . how do the principles in the guides affect me ?\nyour disclosure could be just , \u201cxyz resort paid for my trip\u201d or \u201cthanks to xyz resort for the free trip . \u201d it would also be accurate to describe your blog as \u201csponsored by xyz resort . \u201d\nrespect copyright and fair use laws . for ibm ' s protection and well as your own , it is critical that you show proper respect for the laws governing copyright and fair use of copyrighted material owned by others , including ibm ' s own copyrights and brands . you should never quote more than short excerpts of someone else ' s copyrighted work . and it is good general blogging practice to link to others ' work . keep in mind that laws will be different depending on where you live and work .\n3 . gramsci \u2013 hegemony hegemony is the dominant ideology which follows the theory of power being maintained by the media and higher social groups . it states that the ruling class is represented as normal which is an act of manipulation in society which teaches people to conform to these values . an example of gramsci\u2019s theory within the media is racial hegemony which is recognised through j cole\u2019s \u2018crooked smile\u2019 ; the concept is used to represent the social flaw of the white race over the black race . within our own product , we will be enacting counter hegemony whereby we\u2019ll be representing a rejection of the traditional ideals . as a result , we\u2019ll be normalizing homosexuality .\nif you have a shopify store , add facebook as a sales channel . you\u2019ll be able to create your own shop section on your facebook page where fans can learn about your products , look at pictures , and click the buy button to make a purchase .\nseveral months ago a manufacturer sent me a free product and asked me to write about it in my blog . i tried the product , liked it , and wrote a favorable review . when i posted the review , i disclosed that i got the product for free from the manufacturer . i still use the product . do i have to disclose that i got the product for free every time i mention it in my blog ?\ni posted a review of a service on a website . now the marketer has taken my review and changed it in a way that i think is misleading . am i liable for that ? what can i do ?\na little bit of education is usually helpful if you plan on introducing affiliates . remember : they\u2019re promoting your products for you , so in some sense they\u2019re handling a marketing function of your business . if you don\u2019t provide best practices , they\u2019ll make up their own .\nlastly , it\u2019s time to set up the central piece of this box : the media center software . we\u2019ve shown you how to create a kickass , seamless media center with xbmc , so i won\u2019t go into a ton of detail here . check out that guide to get your fully customized xbmc box up and running like a champ . here are the things you\u2019ll want to know specific to this build , though .\nmy story this week was written by lyndal reading from the weekly times . we have known each other for around 17 years through our media careers , and have a long - held respect for each other\u2019s writing and the different directions our careers have taken . lyndal has worked her way through newsrooms to be a senior journalist and business editor . our relationship is built on trust and an understanding of news and reporting accurately and with heart .\nsimply click\nmy profile\nin the top right corner and choose\nmy training\nfrom the drop down menu . click on\ncreate element\nfill out the form and then add the embedded code . from here you will be able to add the link from a video that has been uploaded to youtube or vimeo and then use them in your training posts or training elements . there are instructions for uploading a video to youtube and vimeo below .\ndon ' t misuse ibm logos or trademarks and only use them if you have the authority to do so . for example , you shouldn ' t use ibm in your screen name or other social media id .\nour company\u2019s social media program is run by our public relations firm . we tell them to make sure that what they and anyone they pay on our behalf do complies with the ftc\u2019s guides . is that good enough ?\nit is an absolute need for business to communicate like real people , it is the only real way to capture the public\u2019s trust and confidence when it comes to advertising and marketing . there is a certain way that businesses must engage their customers on social media to get across a genuine message , and that is something that myownva is focused on people and we understand how social media interaction translates to real world engagement tools that work for you .\ninstead of sending bloggers press releases , reach out with a personal email and ask if you can send them a sample . you can target bloggers in your industry , product - focused websites , and even social media influencers .\nsimply posting a picture of a product in social media , such as on pinterest , or a video of you using it could convey that you like and approve of the product . if it does , it\u2019s an endorsement .\ncreating something on his own terms instead helped greig come out of his shell . before long , he started picking up graphic design projects , and somewhere along the way , the depression lifted . five years later , greig still works for himself and sees this difficult period as an important career shift .\ni\u2019m a blogger , and xyz resort company is flying me to one of its destinations and putting me up for a few nights . if i write an article sharing my thoughts about the resort destination , how should i disclose the free travel ?\nour company\u2019s policy says that employees shouldn\u2019t post positive reviews online about our products without clearly disclosing their relationship to the company . all of our employees agree to abide by this policy when they are hired . but we have several thousand people working here and we can\u2019t monitor what they all do on their own computers and other devices when they aren\u2019t at work . are we liable if an employee posts a review of one of our products , either on our company website or on a social media site and doesn\u2019t disclose that relationship ?\nyou don\u2019t need to read a law book , but knowing a few copyright basics will go a long way in helping you use images legally ( and protecting your own content ) . so much misinformation about copyright is out there ; however , understanding these key points will put you ahead of the game .\nyou don\u2019t need to create a viral video to get results on youtube . you can still promote your products with interesting or helpful videos . many people may already be looking for your products or brand on youtube . by creating a branded channel , with your own videos , you can control the narrative .\nlike greig , spano turned to her instagram feed to distract herself in the meantime . she started learning how to take higher - quality shots and picked up some baseline knowledge about influencer marketing on social media . soon her instagram feed had over 25 , 000 followers , and brands like postmates and business insider took notice ; spano started landing new clients , eventually starting a company that offers social media management , food photography , and influencer marketing services as well as restaurant consulting .\nrunning a pop - up shop will help you create exclusivity around some of your products , get covered in local media , take advantage of seasonal shopping , unload old inventory , and chat with your customers in person to learn more about them .\nbe the first to respond to your own mistakes . if you make an error , be up front about your mistake and correct it quickly , as this can help to restore trust . if you choose to modify content that was previously posted , such as editing a blog post , make it clear that you have done so .\nmy company wants to contact customers and interview them about their experiences with our service . if we like what they say about our service , can we ask them to allow us to quote them in our ads ? can we pay them for letting us use their endorsements ?\nremember that all social media platforms have different rules and take big steps to protect themselves and their users . to know what is or isn\u2019t acceptable for each platform , find a comfortable spot and read each platform\u2019s terms of service / use / conditions .\n8 . richard dyer \u2013 star theory dyer\u2019s theory applies the thinking of an artist enacting a persona or icon that\u2019s constructed by the industry or their record label . it states that famous people are constructs , creating star theory and utopian ideals of a celebrity . in relation to our own product , dyer\u2019s theory is irrelevant ; canopy climbers is an unsigned band with limited media recognition which meaning that the representation will be unrestrictive of their music and the band as a whole . audience and institutions : - stars are made for money purposes ( synergy ) - brand identity increasing , benefiting the institution\njust because you paid $ 11 . 99 for a stock art photo doesn\u2019t mean you can use it however you want . many licenses limit the purchaser to personal use only , online media only ( versus print ) , or a certain number of uses .\nin order for my media center to accomplish everything i wanted , i\u2019ve found that i needed a very specific set of hardware , since a lot of htpc builds are too low - powered to handle things like video games or even netflix . this build is powerful enough to handle nearly anything you throw at it , and at a very reasonable price . it won\u2019t necessarily play the latest games on ultra high settings , but you should be able to play them on lower settings pretty easily , and all your streaming video should run like a dream .\nwhy not get your own product included in these gift guides ? they exist for just about every industry , type of person , and holiday you can think of . look for the lists that rank on the first few pages of google and reach out to see if you can be included . they could drive a lot of traffic back to your store .\nitsmyownway delivers a broad range of business analytics and consulting services that help create valuable relationships between our clients , their customers , employees , and regulatory authorities . itsmyownway primarily focuses on all and every topic like social media & tips , blogging , technology , seo and many more .\nthere you have it . with the right build and the right software , you can unleash the full power of xbmc and put together a media center that plays anything your heart can desire , from streaming tv to modern video games and everything in between . again , be sure to check out our complete guide to creating a media center with xbmc , as well as our guide to building a computer if you\u2019re unfamiliar with the process . when you\u2019re done , you\u2019ll never have to use those old dvd players , cable boxes , and other junk again .\nit wouldn\u2019t be reasonable to expect you to monitor every social media posting by all of your employees . however , you should establish a formal program to remind employees periodically of your policy , especially if the company encourages employees to share their opinions about your products . also , if you learn that an employee has posted a review on the company\u2019s website or a social media site without adequately disclosing his or her relationship to the company , you should remind them of your company policy and ask them to remove that review or adequately disclose that they\u2019re an employee .\nwhen the questions turn to my search for ursula , that\u2019s when i really get bogged down . it is not easy for me to be concise when i have so many different emotions wrapped up with missing ursula . lyndal certainly had her work cut out for her in putting all this into one story .\nif you write about how much you like something you bought on your own and you\u2019re not being rewarded , you don\u2019t have to worry . however , if you\u2019re doing it as part of a sponsored campaign or you\u2019re being compensated \u2013 for example , getting a discount on a future purchase or being entered into a sweepstakes for a significant prize \u2013 then a disclosure is appropriate .\na tv tuner if you plan on recording cable or over - the - air tv . we won\u2019t address it much in this guide , but you can do it in xbmc , so if you want to , this will be a bit of added cost to your media center .\ni\u2019m doing a review of a videogame that hasn\u2019t been released yet . the manufacturer is paying me to try the game and review it . i was planning on disclosing that the manufacturer gave me a \u201csneak peek\u201d of the game . isn\u2019t that enough to put people on notice of my relationship to the manufacturer ?\ni\u2019m an affiliate marketer with links to an online retailer on my website . when people read what i\u2019ve written about a particular product and then click on those links and buy something from the retailer , i earn a commission from the retailer . what do i have to disclose ? where should the disclosure be ?\nmoreover , employees of an ad agency or public relations firm have a connection to the advertiser , which should be disclosed in all social media posts . agencies asking their employees to spread the word must instruct those employees about their responsibilities to disclose their relationship to the product they are endorsing ,\nonce you\u2019ve got all your hardware rounded up , it\u2019s time to put everything together . check out our complete guide to building a computer from scratch if you\u2019re unfamiliar with the process , and check out this incredibly detailed build log from reader jacob , who built a variation of this media center .\nyes , it does . your spokesperson should disclose her connection when promoting your products outside of traditional advertising media ( in other words , on programming that consumers won\u2019t recognize as paid advertising ) . the same guidance also would apply to comments by the expert in her blog or on her website .\ni\u2019m a video blogger who lives in london . i create sponsored beauty videos on youtube . the products that i promote are also sold in the u . s . am i under any obligation to tell my viewers that i have been paid to endorse products , considering that i\u2019m not living in the u . s . ?\nas outlined in the business conduct guidelines , ibm fully respects the legal rights of our employees in all countries in which we operate . in general , what you do on your own time is your affair . however , activities in or outside of work that adversely affect your ibm job performance , the performance of others , or ibm ' s legitimate business interests are a proper focus for company policy .\nour company uses a network of bloggers and other social media influencers to promote our products . we understand we\u2019re responsible for monitoring our network . what kind of monitoring program do we need ? will we be liable if someone in our network says something false about our product or fails to make a disclosure ?\ni\u2019m a blogger and a company wants me to attend the launch of its new product . they will fly me to the launch and put me up in a hotel for a couple of nights . they aren\u2019t paying me or giving me anything else . if i write a blog sharing my thoughts about the product , should i disclose anything ?\ni worried about how she would sift through the many different directions i took during our interview , but when i read her story , i felt so proud of this path i am on . her fresh perspective on how my life has changed since publishing write about me inspires so much fresh enthusiasm and hope for ursula and for missing persons in general .\nibmers are personally responsible for the content they publish on - line , whether in a blog , social computing site or any other form of user - generated media . be mindful that what you publish will be public for a long time - protect your privacy and take care to understand a site ' s terms of service .\nmy company wants to get positive reviews . we are thinking about distributing product discounts through various services that encourage reviews . some services require individuals who want discount codes to provide information allowing sellers to read their other reviews before deciding which reviewers to provide with discount codes . other services send out offers of a limited number of discount codes and then follow up by email to see whether the recipients have reviewed their products . still others send offers of discount codes to those who previously posted reviews in exchange for discounted products . all of these services say that reviews are not required . does it matter which service i choose ? i would prefer that recipients of my discount codes not have to disclose that they received discounts .\nthe blu - ray drive : lg blu - ray and dvd drive , $ 50 : if you want to watch dvds or blu - rays on your device ( not just ripped and downloaded media ) , you\u2019ll want one of these . of course , you could also get a regular dvd drive for $ 20 , too .\nyou\u2019ve raised two issues here . first , it may be relevant to readers that people endorsing your restaurant on social media are related to you . therefore , they should disclose that personal relationship . second , if you are giving free meals to anyone and seeking their endorsement , then their reviews in social media would be viewed as advertising subject to ftc jurisdiction . but even if you don\u2019t specifically ask for their endorsement , there may be an expectation that attendees will spread the word about the restaurant . therefore , if someone who eats for free at your invitation posts about your restaurant , readers of the post would probably want to know that the meal was on the house .\ni am an avid social media user who often gets rewards for participating in online campaigns on behalf of brands . is it ok for me to click a \u201clike\u201d button , pin a picture , or share a link to show that i\u2019m a fan of a particular business , product , website or service as part of a paid campaign ?\nwhen you see misrepresentations made about ibm by media , analysts or by other bloggers , you may certainly use your blog\u0097or add comments on the original discussion\u0097to point that out . always do so with respect , stick to the facts and identify your appropriate affiliation to ibm . also , if you speak about a competitor , you must make sure that what you say is factual and that it does not disparage the competitor . avoid unnecessary or unproductive arguments . brawls may earn traffic , but nobody wins in the end and you may negatively affect your own , and ibm ' s , reputation in the process . don ' t try to settle scores or goad competitors or others into inflammatory debates . here and in other areas of public discussion , make sure that what you are saying is factually correct .\nwhether there should be any disclosure depends upon whether the \u201clike\u201d or \u201cshare\u201d could be viewed as an advertisement for your company . if the post is an ad , then employees endorsing the post should disclose their relationship to the company . with a share , that\u2019s fairly easy to do , \u201ccheck out my company\u2019s great new product \u2026 . \u201d regarding \u201clikes , \u201d see what we said\nalso , if you respond to someone\u2019s questions about the event via email or text , that person probably already knows your affiliation or they wouldn\u2019t be asking you . you probably wouldn\u2019t need a disclosure in that context . but when you respond via social media , all your followers see your posts and some of them might not have seen your earlier disclosures .\naffiliate programs typically work by creating a custom url for each person promoting your products . they can share this link on social media , in a blog post reviewing your product , or even in a youtube video where they\u2019re showing it off . through the custom links , you\u2019ll be able to track who is driving sales for you so you can compensate them .\nmy company runs a retail website that includes customer reviews of the products we sell . we believe honest reviews help our customers and we give out free products to a select group of our customers for them to review . we tell them to be honest , whether it\u2019s positive or negative . what we care about is how helpful the reviews are . do we still need to disclose which reviews were of free products ?\nconsumers may be confused by \u201c # employee . \u201d consumers would be more likely to understand \u201c # xyz _ employee . \u201d then again , if consumers don\u2019t associate your company\u2019s name with the product or brand being endorsed , that disclosure might not work . it would be much clearer to use the words \u201cmy company\u201d or \u201cemployer\u2019s\u201d in the body of the message . it ' s a lot easier to understand and harder to miss .\nthe hard drive : western digital wd red 2tb , $ 89 : we like western digital\u2019s green drives western digital\u2019s red drives because they\u2019re designed for speedy operation and ideal for network - attached storage or other multi - drive setups where reliability is king . 2tb should be enough to hold a ton of movies on your htpc , but if you\u2019re storing them somewhere else\u2014like your own home server or nas \u2014you can just get the cheaper 1tb model for your htpc , or even a cheap ssd and stream them from that external storage .\nyour company is ultimately responsible for what others do on your behalf . you should make sure your public relations firm has an appropriate program in place to train and monitor members of its social media network . ask for regular reports confirming that the program is operating properly and monitor the network periodically . delegating part of your promotional program to an outside entity doesn\u2019t relieve you of responsibility under the ftc act .\ni have a youtube channel that focuses on hunting , camping , and the outdoors . sometimes i\u2019ll do a product review . knife manufacturers know how much i love knives , so they send me knives as free gifts , hoping that i will review them . i\u2019m under no obligation to talk about any knife and getting the knives as gifts really doesn\u2019t affect my judgment . do i need to disclose when i\u2019m talking about a knife i got for free ?\nsome people dip their toes into self - employment slowly . they take their time . they plan it out\u2013 for years , even \u2013before finally quitting their day jobs to work for themselves . but while steadily , deliberately building your solo portfolio or startup idea on the side can make the transition easier , some people do it much more abruptly . many first - time \u201csolopreneurs\u201d are simply people who\u2019ve been fired , laid off , or have to deal with an illness\u2013whether their own or in their families\u2013and that can sharply dial up the pressure on learning how to support yourself .\nafter getting fired , jen remsik spent eight months hunting for a job . finally , she decided to start her own event - planning business , but it felt like her hand was forced . while bootstrapping the company , remsik struggled with imposter syndrome , feeling like a risk - averse newbie who had to prove herself . ultimately , she overcame these hurdles and got her new company on firm footing\u2013where it still is today . but remsik isn\u2019t alone . one recent study by upwork estimates that 37 % of freelance workers feel they don\u2019t have a choice when they start working for themselves .\nmy company , xyz , operates one of the most popular multi - channel networks on youtube . we just entered into a contract with a videogame marketer to pay some of our network members to produce and upload video reviews of the marketer\u2019s games . we\u2019re going to have these reviewers announce at the beginning of each video ( before the action starts ) that it\u2019s \u201csponsored by xyz\u201d and also have a prominent simultaneous disclosure on the screen saying the same thing . is that good enough ?\nyou started a new business . you have a great product , and you ' ve figured out who should buy it . now you ' re ready to get sales and bring in customers . this is when you decide how to execute a marketing plan . in the old days , that was a lot simpler . still , there are inexpensive ways to market your stuff , as long as you accept one fact : you ' re also a media company .\ngraphic design , photo editing , illustration and content waiting services . mova has experience in developing graphics for print , web and promotions . we can take on any design project from concept to completion or anywhere in between . for over a decade we have helped design studios , marketing films , publishers and promotional products manufacturers with their design and graphics overflow work . our team of graphics specialist can help with content for your blogs , social media and product pages .\nif your company allows employees to use social media to talk about its products , you should make sure that your relationship is disclosed to people who read your online postings about your company or its products . put yourself in the reader\u2019s shoes . isn\u2019t the employment relationship something you would want to know before relying on someone else\u2019s endorsement ? listing your employer on your profile page isn\u2019t enough . after all , people who just read what you post on a review site won\u2019t get that information .\nno . a \u201cthank you\u201d to a company or a brand doesn\u2019t necessarily communicate that the endorser got something for free or that they were given something in exchange for an endorsement . the person posting in social media could just be thanking a company or brand for providing a great product or service . but \u201cthanks xyz for the free product\u201d or \u201cthanks xyz for the gift of abc product\u201d would be good enough \u2013 if that\u2019s all you got from xyz . if that\u2019s too long , there\u2019s \u201csponsored\u201d or \u201cad . \u201d\nuse your best judgment . remember to always use good judgment and common sense in deciding what you publish . if you ' re about to publish something that makes you even the slightest bit uncomfortable , review the suggestions above and think about why that is . if you ' re still unsure , and it is related to ibm business , feel free to discuss it with your manager . ultimately , however , you have sole responsibility for what you post to your blog or publish in any form of online social media .\nat the time of this writing , we recommend netflixbmc for netflix , bluecop\u2019s hulu add - on for hulu , and this add - on for amazon prime streaming . see this article for our streaming recommendations . if you want to set up video games , check out our feature on turning your xbmc media center into a video game console with advanced launcher . it has everything you need to know . lastly , if you have a tv tuner and want to record live tv , check out our guide to setting up pvr support in xbmc .\nprotect ibm ' s clients , business partners and suppliers . clients , partners or suppliers should not be cited or obviously referenced without their approval . externally , never identify a client , partner or supplier by name without permission and never discuss confidential details of a client engagement . internal social computing platforms permit suppliers and business partners to participate so be sensitive to who will see your content . if a client hasn ' t given explicit permission for their name to be used , think carefully about the content you ' re going to publish on any internal social media and get the appropriate permission where necessary .\nof course , case choice is completely up to you . if you\u2019re uncomfortable with the small size , we also like the more expensive silverstone sugo series ( the same case we used in our original hackintosh mini build ) . if you want something that looks more at home in your media cabinet you might want these cases designed for home theater pcs . just look at the reviews and make sure they\u2019ll fit a full size cpu cooler , and most mini - 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", "topic": 5}], "title": "combat zone wrestling roster", "paragraphs": ["combat zone wrestling is an independent wrestling promotion based in philadelphia that is well - known for its brutal , hardcore style of wrestling .\nthis is a list of wrestlers who currently wrestle or have wrestled in combat zone wrestling .\nin january 2012 , czw & ecw ' s arena was sold and was later temporarily closed , not reopening until december 2013 . the closing of the venue forced czw to look for a new home , now running monthly events at flyers skate zone in voorhees , new jersey . after 13 years in business together , in 2013 combat zone wrestling and smart mark home video ceased partnership after a falling - out . as of february 2013 all combat zone wrestling events are filmed , edited , and distributed by rf video . on july 12 , 2017 , it was reported dave marquez had bought into combat zone wrestling as part - owner of the company . [ 21 ]\ntempting fate : the lesson to learn from bj whitmer is the same one mikey whipwreck taught us in ecw . never throw out an open challenge in the combat zone . at welcome to the combat zone , ar fox was so sure there wasn ' t a single man on the czw roster who could beat him and had a body guard in john jr , just in case and still ended up paying for it when five wrestlers answered it all at once .\nsince early 2014 , combat zone wrestling , llc ( czw ) has licensed stonecutter media ltd . \u2019s \u201cwrestling\u2019s bloodiest wars\u201d on demand pay - per - view franchise , ( currently airing on indemand , vubiqity , directv , dish network and shaw ) with the trademark \u201cultraviolence\u201d that has become synonymous with czw .\nthe maven bentley association ( mba ) is combat zone wrestling ' s sister company , run by maven bentley . the mba is the sole owner of the maven bentley character . it provides promoter services to independent wrestling companies as well as the character maven bentley for acting and other entertainment endeavors . half of the roster are mainly from czw . [ 26 ] the mba llc has provided services for some of the top names in the wrestling business such as ring of honor ( roh ) , world xtreme wrestling ( wxw ) , world sumo league ( wsl ) , and total nonstop action wrestling ( tna ) . [ 27 ]\ndollhouse has tried to win the tag team titles . downplayed when trevor lee was x division champion but neglected to bring the title belt with him at welcome to the combat zone .\nat down with the sickness , dj hyde proclaimed that the front and the audience of the combat zone worshiped him . his finisher has been dubbed the\ntouched by a god plex\n.\nwrestling doesn ' t pay : the amazing gulaks are wrestling trapeze men , having promised their father they ' d follow in his footsteps .\nthe arena of televised wrestling organizations has grown one bigger , as combat zone wrestling ( czw ) signed a deal with stonecutter media to distribute their ppv shows . the independent company , founded in 1999 as a showcase for \u201cultraviolence\u201d hardcore wrestling , czw runs monthly shows from their base in voorhes , new jersey . it has become one of the most popular indies in professional wrestling , but the news of this ppv distribution deal will surprise many , due to the brutal origins that the company was founded upon .\nhostile show takeover : maven bentley tried this by buying up as many czw wrestlers as he could and directing them to beat down the ones he could not so that he would be in charge of the combat zone .\ncombat zone wrestling ( czw ) is an american independent wrestling promotion . in 1998 , john zandig and five of his students , ric blade , t . c . k , lobo , nick gage , and justice pain ( along with trainer jon dahmer ) began to run professional wrestling shows in new jersey and delaware , showcasing a brand of hardcore wrestling dubbed as\nultraviolence\n. ladders , tables , steel folding chairs , thumbtacks , barbed wire , weed whackers , light tubes , panes of glass , and fire are all common elements of\nultraviolent wrestling\nin czw . the company filled a niche for hardcore wrestling fans that had been left open by the folding of extreme championship wrestling ( ecw ) . czw established themselves as the leading american hardcore wrestling promotion at the ecw arena with their cage of death 3 show in 2001 , the year ecw folded .\nzandig waits for the crowd to \u2018shut up\u2019 before talking waiting for several extensive seconds . zandig brings the microphone up to his chin , as he begins to speak . \u2018welcome to czw ! \u2019 is all zandig is capable off saying before the crowd cutting him off and braking out in a massive cheer once again . zandig continues to speak as the crowd quiet down for him , he warns us that we are in for a big treat tonight . zandig looks towards the entrance as he calls out the combat zone roster and without a moment to go to waste the entire czw roster walk out to the squared circle .\none of the reasons for matt tremont ' s turn against the combat zone was that he felt the company was not garbage enough and wanted to remind the people what ' real ' ultra violence looked like by murdering all the wrestlers they thought of as hardcore .\nthis game edition is an expansion set for the legends of wrestling card game . it ' s the game where you run your own wrestling federation ! you book the shows , set up the feuds , rank the contenders , play out the action , and crown your champions ! 12 total cards in this set for a look at the roster and card art - go here !\nthis game edition is an expansion set for the legends of wrestling card game . it ' s the game where you run your own wrestling federation ! you book the shows , set up the feuds , rank the contenders , play out the action , and crown your champions ! 13 total cards in this set for a look at the roster and card art - go here !\nthis game edition is an expansion set for the legends of wrestling card game . it ' s the game where you run your own wrestling federation ! you book the shows , set up the feuds , rank the contenders , play out the action , and crown your champions ! 8 total cards in this set for a look at the roster and card art - go here !\nthis game edition is an expansion set for the legends of wrestling card game . it ' s the game where you run your own wrestling federation ! you book the shows , set up the feuds , rank the contenders , play out the action , and crown your champions ! 16 total cards in this set for a look at the roster and card art - go here !\ncombat zone wrestling ' s biggest show is the end of the year cage of death . it always features the\ncage of death\nmatch , a steel cage with various weapons , objects , and plenty of wrestling violence . electrified cage walls , cacti , ladders , tables , steel folding chairs , barbed wire , light tubes , fire , glass , thumbtacks , and baseball bats have been used in it . matches that also always include the high risk wrestling stunts and bumps . the cage of death also has different formats and stipulations : singles , tag team , or gauntlet .\nczw ' s appearance on the discovery channel ' s time warp program debuted april 22 , 2009 as part of a special 60 - minute episode . the program included footage of combat zone ' s top stars zandig , and nick gage at the discovery channel studios in boston . [ 31 ]\njuly 13 , 2015 \u2013 this weekend in the historic 2300 arena in south philadelphia , stoncutter media , ltd president steve karel and czw president david \u201cdj hyde\u201d markland and czw vice president tyrone \u201cmaven bentley\u201d scott signed a deal with stonecutter media ltd for the exclusive rights to distribute combat zone wrestling\u2019s live national pay per views on all major cable , satellite , and digital tv providers in the united states and worldwide .\nthe rival : xpw and 3pw were its real life rivals to be the top garbage promotion of the east coast . the combat zone outlasted them both . ring of honor and iwa mid - south to a friendlier extent , at least outside of any angles , as they have a history of real life collaboration .\nczw studios is a video - on - demand service owned by combat zone wrestling . in 2015 , czw signed a deal for pay - per - views on in demand . [ 23 ] [ 24 ] all major czw events air live on the service , which also features matches from the promotion ' s archives , dating back to 2002 . the service has a current monthly subscription price of $ 9 . 99 . [ 25 ]\nhowever , it has certainly nurtured a great deal of talented performers throughout its existence , some of which have found their way onto the wwe roster . dean ambrose , luke harper , cesaro and sami zayn are just some of the name that have competed for czw before becoming stars in wwe and nxt . furthermore , czw assisted in the production of 2008 oscar - nominated film the wrestler , and had a number of their roster members perform in scenes for the movie alongside its star mickey rourke .\nas of 2005 combat zone wrestling annually run a memorial tribute event to christopher\nchri $ ca $ h\nbauman titled\ndown with the sickness\nafter chri $ ca $ h ' s theme song from the band disturbed . the show originally started as a double header afternoon show , with another czw event taking place later in the evening . many former czw trainees have made appearances on past events , including longtime friend gq , who has wrestled on all of the events .\nin may 1999 czw started an interpromotional hardcore division with the national wrestling alliance which lasted almost an entire year before being discontinued .\nproper lady : cherry bomb makes this claim while kimber lee claims to be\nfirst lady of the combat zone\nand is much more confrontational than most examples . but kimber lee did aid gulak ' s efforts to sanitize czw so she ' s still not too far off . to no one ' s surprise , the two formed a tag team after meeting .\nto meet pro wrestling wiki ' s quality standards , this article or section may require cleanup . please help by improving the article .\nrelations with big japan were reestablished in 2012 , which lead to the creation of the world triangle tournament with german based westside xtreme wrestling .\ncombat zone wrestling ' s yearly tournament that differs from other czw events in how it emphasizes athleticism more than the use of weapons . the best of the best tournament is , by design , a junior heavyweight tournament . in 2005 , however , the tournament was formatted as an open weight tournament . the next year , it returned to its original format . previous winners include winger , trent acid , b - boy , sonjay dutt , mike quackenbush , ruckus , joker , sabian , egotistico fantastico , adam cole and sami callihan in that order .\naction girl : mia yim , kimber lee , jessicka havok , nevaeh , christina von eerie , radiant rain , the lovely lacey , lufisto and brittany blake , among others . existing on this promotion ' s roster practically requires it because the list of guys who think twice about hitting girls is a short one .\nyes , even if you skip all the deathmatches , the rest has some great wrestling . a lot of the indie loved ones of today started in cwz\ncombat zone wrestling ' s pro wrestling academy was founded in new jersey by john zandig in 1998 . after training the classes alone , zandig enlisted the help of jon dahmer , who helped train with zandig for the next three classes . the first student trained was lobo , who worked with zandig before their wrestling careers . nick gage and justice pain were the next two students to be trained by zandig . the fourth student and fifth student trained was tck and ric blade . the academy relocated to the 2300 arena in philadelphia , pa and briefly merged with the chikara wrestle factory . shortly after the second class , the academy separated from the chikara wrestle factory and moved its operation back to new jersey , then back to philadelphia , and now to blackwood , new jersey . [ 6 ] previously , drew gulak was the head trainer of the academy , with members of the czw locker room joining them every session . he later joined wwe in 2016 .\nseptember 12 , 2009 \u2013 combat zone wrestling ( afternoon show ) \u2013 chri $ ca $ h memorial show in south philly , pennsylvania at the arena : drew gulak b ryan slater in a wired tv title tournament first round match , tyler veritas b lj cruz in a wired tv title tournament first round match , nate hatred won the ca $ h memorial battle royal , joe gacy b debuting czw academy standout kevin marcos , rich swann b \u201cpoision\u201d appollo starr , trent acid b little mondo , ego fantastico b ashton vuitton to retain the czw world jr . heavyweight title , gq & ian knoxx b z - barr & nick berk .\nbig good : john zandig during the 2006 invasion of roh to remove ring of honor from czw ' s area of operating , with chris hero as the hero . . . in most situations they ' d be the bad guys but in professional wrestling it ' s often more about popularity than right or wrong . zandig ( and by extension , the rest of the czw roster ) wasn ' t involved in hero ' s early 2005 threats to roh or anything hero did after july of the next year though .\nthe social darwinist : jon moxley says pro wrestling is survival of the fittest and he would burn this very arena to the ground to prove it if he has to .\njuly 11 , 2009 \u2013 combat zone wrestling \u2013 who\u2019s the f\u2019n man ? ( a benefit for nick f\u2019n gage ) in south philly , pennsylvania at the arena : dj hyde was chased out of the building by brain damage , greg excellent & rhett titus b lj cruz & alex colon , nick berk b joe ettel , ryan slater ( e . m . o ) b pinkie sanchez , drake younger b michael facade , the switchblade conspiracy ( sami callihan & jon moxley & joe gacy ) b lil\u2019 mondo & drew gulak & hd tyler veritas , scotty vortekz b ruckus , jon dahmer won a 15 - man battle royal . [ reported by ben kerin ]\nrival dojos : the dojo wars spinoff has members of the czw / wsu academy taking on student from other wrestling schools . . . when they aren ' t fighting each other .\ntheir homegrown roster helped establish what became a top independent promotion in later years . although they are most commonly known for their\nultraviolent\nstyle , their shows feature almost every other style of wrestling as well . just about any card will feature high flying , comedy , strong style , and technical wrestling . their annual tournament of death show emphasizes the ultraviolent style of czw , while their annual best of the best emphasizes on the technical and aerial style . czw was broadcast on the fight network to viewers in the uk and ireland as part of the bloodbath program until the fight network closed in 2008 . czw now runs shows on a monthly basis at the rastellies kids complex in sewell , new jersey ; they will occasionally run shows outside new jersey .\nall in all i ' d say it ' s a totally under appreciated promotion ( probably due to it ' s\ngarbage wrestling\nbeginnings ) that more people should check out .\nearly 2000 saw czw establish a connection with the death match wrestling orientated company big japan pro wrestling , credited to have popularized the death match wrestling style that czw continued to emphasize in the united states , dubbed as\nultraviolence\n. both promotions traded talent throughout 2000 and 2001 , the company vs company feud was primarily based in japan . the\nczw warriors\nin bjw included wifebeater , nick gage , trent acid , justice pain , johnny kashmere , nate hatred , ruckus , nick berk , as well as john zandig as the leader . [ 7 ]\nfebruary 14 , 2009 \u2013 combat zone wrestling \u2013 10th anniversary show in philadelphia , pennsylvania : drew gulak b little mondo , sami callahan b john dahmer , adam cole & tyler veritas won a tag team gauntlet match , sabian b egotistico fantastico , drew blood b pinkie sanchez , the best around & diego b 2 girls 1 cup & lord everett devore , devon moore b ruckus , ryan mcbride b carter grey to retain the czw junior heavyweight title , h8 club ( nick gage & nate hatred ) b violent display of power in a fans bring the weapons match , sami callahan b brain damage to win czw iron man title , drake younger b eddie kingston in a no rope barbed wire death match to retain the czw world heavyweight title .\nzandig had already agreed to do a series of joint shows with ring of honor before chris hero provoked a war between to the two promotions , so rather than reschedule he came to this agreement with gabe sapolsky , which came to an end when bj whitmer challenged the czw locker room at the end of the roh show , causing zandig and wife beater to chase the roh roster off with a weed whacker and then torture whitmer .\noctober 24 , 2009 \u2013 combat zone wrestling \u2013 tournament of death ( rewind ) in townsend , delaware : sami callihan b danny havoc in a caribbean pits of death match to win the uvu championship , thumbtack jack b jon moxley in a four corners of hell dog collar death match , masada b brain damage in a new age texas death match , nick gage b john zandig in a pane in the glass death match , scotty vortekz b greg excellent and rich swann in a 3 - way , thumbtack jack b sami callihan in an transylvania death ( casket ) match to win the uvu championship , masada b nick gage in a home run derby death match , devon moore b xomgx , thumbtack jack b masada in a house of pain death match to win the tournament and retain the uvu championship .\nfake you tv begins with no video package no opening theme song the camera just pans around \u2018the arena\u2019 , were the good ol\u2019 ec dub used to take place . the fans full of excitement this being the first episode of fake you tv in a very long while , around 8 years . the cameras bring to a halt at the commentators broadcast table as larry legend and salamander jones welcome us to the opening installment of fake you tv . right as they begin to run through tonight\u2019s card a very popular theme song begins to play \u2018youth gone wild\u2019 the crowd all raise to their feet as the combat zone wrestling founder , owner , and creator enters the arena . john zandig slowly begins to walk across the unpadded concrete floor and slides into the ring , john zandig receives a loud shout approval as he is handed a microphone from larry legend .\ncombat zone wrestling ' s yearly death - match tournament features the use of fire , weed whackers , light tubes , and other weapons . previous winners include wifebeater ( tod 1 and 3 ) , nick mondo ( tod 2 ) , necro butcher ( tod 4 ) , nick gage ( tod 5 & tod vs . gorefest ) , drake younger ( tod 6 ) , brain damage ( tod : ff ) , jimmy havoc ( tod 7 ) , and john zandig who gave the trophy over to thumbtack jack who lost the tournament of death trophy at best of the best to dj hyde ( tod 8 ) . due to the incidents at tod 8 another event named tod 8 . 5 rewind took place in the same year which was won by thumbtack jack . scotty vortekz won tod 9 . masada won tod x , xi and tod : europe .\nspotlight - stealing squad : john zandig , the boss . when they did a series of shows overseas with big japan pro wrestling , zandig got to book himself over both his own guys and also over the big japan regulars .\njanuary 10 , 2009 \u2013 combat zone wrestling \u2013 fan appreciation show in philadelphia , pennsylvania : jon dahmer & lil mondo & l . j . cruz & tyler veritas b emo & eric c . jones & rob tapp & tsunami in a dark match , gnc ( joe gacy & alex colon ) b team andrew ( andrew sumner & drew gulak ) , sabian b adam cole , carter grey b egotistico fantastico , b - boy b ruckus , sami callihan b greg excellent in a last man standing match , cult fiction ( brain damage & deranged w / billy gram ) b the h8 club ( nick gage & nate hatred ) in a pane of glass & barbed wire match , ryan mcbride b pinkie sanchez to retain the czw junior heavyweight title , drake younger b devon moore in a scaffold match to retain the czw world heavyweight title . [ reported by ben kerin ]\nseptember 12 , 2009 \u2013 combat zone wrestling ( evening show ) \u2013 down with the sickness 4ever in south philly , pennsylvania at the arena : jon dahmer b trent acid , the spanish armada ( lj cruz & alex colon ) b team macktion ( kirby & t . j . mack ) , greg excellent b drew gulak , \u201cnew age punisher\u201d b - boy b scotty vortekz and devon moore in a 3 - way to become the # 1 contender to the czw world title , the best around b adam cole & \u201chd\u201d tyler veritas to retain the czw world tag team titles , drew blood b ego fantastico after interference from devon moore to win the czw world jr . heavyweight title , jon moxley & nick gage b xomgx & dj hyde in the \u201cdream partner\u201d tag team match , danny havoc b sami callihan in the \u201cdevil wears prada\u201d deathmatch to retain the ultraviolent underground title .\ndrake finally fighting back as he manages to thrust carter off him and escape the ring , drake younger smirks as carter gary letting him know that he is aware \u201824 / 7\u2019 just like his newly named title belt . with the rest of the czw roster heading backstage b - boy finally manages to pull himself up , the camera draws in on his face as he doesn\u2019t seem to happy that he allowed nick gage to take him down so simply as fake you tv fades to a commercial .\nwith more independent organizations such as roh and gfw earning their own television and ppv deals , it seems czw\u2019s inclusion in the fray means it is a great time for wrestling fans to witness a range of styles and wrestlers on a regular basis .\noctober 10 , 2009 \u2013 combat zone wrestling \u2013 severed ties in south philly , pennsylvania at the arena : jon dahmer b the hebrew hammer ( pre - show match ) , rich swann b joe gacy to advance in the wired tv title tournament ( pre - show match ) , adam cole b alex colon to advance in the wired tv title tournament ( pre - show match ) , team macktion ( kirby & t . j . mack ) b bandido jr . & azreial , greg excellent b trent acid , devon moore b ego fantastico , h8 club ( nick gage & nate hatred ) & jon moxley b dj hyde & xomgx & scotty vortekz in a fans bring the weapons match , drew blood b ryan mcbride to retain the czw world jr . heavyweight title , sami callihan b eddie kingston , the best around b blkout ( ruckus & sabian ) to retain the czw tag team titles , drake younger b b - boy to retain the czw world heavyweight title .\njune 13 , 2009 \u2013 combat zone wrestling \u2013 best of the best 9 in philadelphia , pennsylvania : b - boy b ryan mcbride in a 1st round match , carter gray b scotty vortekz in a 1st round match , sami callihan b greg excellent in a 1st round match , devon moore b pinkie sanchez in a 1st round match , shiima xion b sabian in a 1st round match , ego fantastico b drew blood in a 1st round match , sami callihan b carter gray and ryan mcbride in a 3 - way semi - final , egotistico fantastico b devon moore and shiima xion in a 3 - way semi - final , rich swann b halo , d . j . hyde b thumbtack jack and danny havoc and jon moxley in a 4 - way , drake younger b trent acid , ego fantastico b sami callihan in the finals to win the best of the best 9 tournament . \u2013 notes : nick gage returned after being hospitalized last week , and the best around poured gasoline on him and threatened to set him on fire until nate hatred made the save .\nif you want very hardcore / garbage matches , tournament of death and cage of death ( full card for the former and main event of the latter ) will give you that . but for innovative wrestling far from what you see on wwe , the best of the best tournament is pretty impressive .\njuly 11 , 2009 \u2013 combat zone wrestling \u2013 starting point in south philly , pennsylvania at the arena : greg excellent & pinkie sanchez w / kylie pierce b blkout ( ruckus & sabian w / robby mireno & chrissy rivera ) , jon dahmer b ryan sister and drew gulak in a 3 - way ( dahmer & gulak shook hands but then gulak kicked dahmer between the legs ! ) , devon moore b rich swann with a running brainbuster , tyler veritas b michael facade with a german suplex onto a chair , brain damage w / billy gram b \u201cthe chainsaw\u201d joe gacy with a package piledriver onto a chair , jon moxley b scotty vortekz with a crossface chickenwing , \u201cquick\u201d carter gray b b - boy , the best around ( t . j cannon & bruce maxwell ) b the h8 club ( nick gage & nate hatred w / dewey donovan ) in an all traditional rules enforced match to retain the czw tag team titles , d . j . hyde b egotistico fantastico with a lariat , drake younger b sami callihan and trent acid in a 3 - way to retain the czw heavyweight title . [ reported by ben kerin ]\nshortly after their return to the arena , on may 10 , 2003 , the company promoted a show entitled\nthen & now : a decade of defiance .\nthe event was a tribute to the last ten years of wrestling in the new alhambra arena , or at the time ; viking hall .\napril 11 , 2009 \u2013 combat zone wrestling \u2013 eye for an eye in philadelphia , pennsylvania : tyler veritas b erik c . jones and e . m . o . and others in a cruiserweight scramble , jon dahmer b toby klein , devon moore b greg excellent , pinkie sanchez b drew blood , czw world junior heavyweight champion ryan mcbride vs . egotistico fantastico ended in a no contest when mcbride dislocated his shoulder and doctors refused to allow mcbride to continue , sabian vs . l . j . cruz was changed to a tag team match , l . j . cruz & alex colon b blkout ( ruckus & sabian ) , czw world tag team champions the best around vs . team andrew ( drew gulak & andy sumner ) ended in a no contest after the h8 club interfered , nick gage b deranged in an eye for an eye \u201ci quit\u201d match by pouring lighter fluid on him and threatening to set him on fire ( promoter john zandig then announced the two would meet on 6 / 6 in unregulated delaware in a fire match ) , sami callihan & jon moxley b brain damage & drake younger ( drake was distracted by a mystery masked man with a chainsaw standing at the entrance way ) \u2013 \u2013 notes : sami callihan cut a heel promo after the match until the lights went out and trent acid appeared ! acid made it clear he wanted the czw world heavyweight title . [ reported by ben kerin at www . wrestling - radio . com ]\nspiritual successor : to ecw . it started as an imitator of but has ended up having more longevity than its older counterpart . its cross promotion with big japan could be seen as succeeding ecw ' s with fmw . czw ' s working period with dragon gate one to ecw ' s with michinoku pro wrestling .\ngimmick matches : ultra violent arm wrestling match . steel cage scaffold match . water jugs , bats & anything else you can swing match . kenzans , whips & anything else we can f * * * ing find match . barbed wire canvas and light tube ropes match . bed of nails and caribbean spider web match . . .\nthe camera crosses backstage as it is complete havoc ; pretty much the whole czw roster is brawling backstage with weapons being thrown across the room . drake younger is seen fending off wrestlers only to be attacked again by even more wrestlers , drake younger doesn\u2019t stand a chance as he is thrown over a catering table into the brick wall beside it . as it seems that drake younger will finally loose his belt here tonight , john zandig walks in screaming at the wrestlers letting them know that drake younger has successfully defended his title as the show is no officially over . the camera closes in on drake younger\u2019s bloodied face as he begins to drag himself up while the screen fades black with the czw logo .\nnovember 14 , 2009 \u2013 combat zone wrestling \u2013 night of infamy in south philly , pennsylvania at the arena : tyler vertias b drew gulak to advance to the finals of the czw wired tv title tournament , adam cole b rich swann to advance to the finals of the czw wired tv title tournament , azrieal & bandido jr . b zero gravity ( ? ? ? & ? ? ? ) , greg excellent b ryan mcbride to become the # 1 contender to the jr . heavyweight title , jr . heavyweight champion drew blood b teddy fine in a non - title match , sami callihan b xomgx ( after the match , callihan pulled out the switchblade and attempted to assault xomgx before danny havoc made the save . joe gacy then attacked danny havoc ) , danny havoc b joe \u201cchainsaw\u201d gacy in a deck the walls deathmatch , devon moore b scotty vortekz ( following the match , moore assaulted the naptown dragons trainer american kickboxer before drake and xomgx made the save ) , team macktion ( kirby & t . j . mack ) b the spanish armada ( lj cruz & alex colon ) , h8 club ( nate hatred & nick gage ) & jon moxley b drake younger & d . j . hyde & eddie kingston in a 6 - man elimination challenge , b - boy b dan maff .\nwith garbage promotion extraordinaire big japan pro wrestling up until john zandig walked out of bjw with one of their titles . as previously mentioned , with chikara and ring of honor pretty frequently , especially during their cross promotional feud with roh . also when czw was invaded by iwa mid - south . and of course , with their sister promotion mba .\njune 6 , 2009 \u2013 combat zone wrestling \u2013 tournament of death in townsend , delaware : nick gage b deranged w / billy graham in a no rope barbed wire fire match , whacks b toby klein in a barbed wire and tube bundles match , scotty vortekz b xomgx and drake younger in a thumbtack kickpads match , danny havoc b dysfunction in a \u201cpane in the glass\u201d match , jon moxley defeated brain damage in a tables , chairs & silverware match , thumbtack jack b dj hyde in a \u201cjack in the box\u201d death match , nick gage b scotty vortekz and jon moxley in a fans bring the weapons match , thumbtack jack b whacks and danny havoc in a fans bring the weapons match , tyler veritas b alex colon in a non - tournament match , greg excellent b devon moore in a non - tournament match , trent acid b sami callahan in a # 1 contenders match , thumbtack b nick gage by forfeit ( well , sorta ) in a final round / 200 light tubes and panes of glass deathmatch ( nick gage went through one section of the light tubes woven through the ropes , and suffered a bad cut under his ribs , bad enough that the match ended ) . . john zandig won an inpromptu battle royal and declared thumbtack jack the winner of the 2009 tournament of death . . [ reported by bob magee ]\nif you ' re not into the ultraviolent matches , it ' s still pretty easy to watch them . since dj hyde became the owner , he ' s really put alot of the focus on the wrestling . give them a shot . cage of death , one of their biggest shows of the year , is coming up on december 13th on ippv .\nthey have had many events that made ecw look tame , sending men off the tops of cages through boxes of glass . try going 25 feet off the back of a truck through a light tube covered covered table and being told that ' s only your first round match today , two more to go ! make it to the third and you ' ll have glass and salt poured into your wounds . discounting spot monkey tendencies , czw ' s roster has had a higher ratio of wrestlers who work well without weapons than ecw did though . they may push ultra violence as their main draw but czw really has a larger focus on high spots and feats of agility , likely because the levels of garbage they reach when going all out are not sustainable .\nthanks for the comment , i have plans for bruce he has to be one of my favorites currently in czw anyway here are somemore news , notes & updates combat zone wrestling news , notes & updates 1 / 8 / 09 fake you tv zandig has officially released information the czw has now received a tv contract with wgtv - 48 although it may only be a 1 hour time slot and be at 12 : 00am zandig seems very pleased with the first show happening this coming tuesday what will zandig and the rest of czw have installed for us ? find out shortly . b - boy n gage it was only 2 days ago when information was released about nick gage begin very upset about someone backstage . today it has been revealed as b - boy and from what we gather from lobo earlier today it we most likely be b - boy vs . nick gage for fake you tv key event , although no information has been revealed on why gage has flipped on b - boy , we are sure more will be said at fake you tv . younger to defend according to a backstage source drake younger may have to defend his title all night to celebrate the first show of fake you tv . it is rumored that drakes world title will change to a 24 / 7 title for next tuesdays fake you tv , meaning a ref will be following drake everywhere cause a attack can happen at anytime anywhere , we will find out more this upcoming fake you tv .\ndue to being based in philadelphia , czw has close ties to ring of honor and chikara , frequently sharing talent with both , a long invasion - style feud with the former , and a brief merging of wrestling schools with the latter . besides that , czw has a sister promotion in the maven bentley association . in 2014 , czw would acquire ownership of rival / partner promotion wsu .\nas stated before , czw is most well known for its\nultraviolent\nwrestling . its huge events , the\ncage of death\nand\ntournament of death\n, certainly support this perception . however , most czw shows feature very few actual hardcore matches , and its\nbest of the best\ntournament is meant to showcase pure athleticism and not guys hitting each other with light tubes .\nwhen an empire falls - the tale of world championship wrestling szumi ' s back , but not in black - back in btb ! and yeah , i know , he ' s doing wcw again - so unoriginal . my awards : 2008 - best ppv - starrcade 2008 , 2007 , & 2006 - best promo writer 2007 & 2006 - best promo ( s ) 2007 - most creative 2007 - best feedbacker 2006 & 2007 btb world cup - top overall scorer 2007 btb world cup - booker of the tournament only person to ever score perfect score in a tournament btb hall of famer world championship wrestling 2001 - the trio ownership this was the trio ownership ; i did it a long time ago , for a long time . t ' was a good ready , i think . people liked it and stuff .\nczw was the first promotion to bring\ndeath matches\n( excessive sharp objects , fire , falls from high places , etc ) to notoriously strict canada . a lot of what is associated with garbage wrestling was developed in canada but it was also met with early backlash , causing pioneers to flock to puerto rico and continue to innovate before czw eventually brought in many developments they had missed , in force .\nin february 2000 , the company would relocate from their home arena in mantua , new jersey to champs soccer arena , in sewell , new jersey . they would remain there for two years until the state of new jersey banned the use of ultraviolent weapons ( such as glass , barbed wire , and fire ) in wrestling . to counteract the ban , czw branched out from new jersey to delaware , where they would host their more ultraviolent shows throughout the rest of the company ' s existence .\nwrestler d . j . purchased czw from zandig in 2009 . the first show booked by dj hyde was tangled web 2 . since then , czw has held its first shows in germany , [ 15 ] massachusetts , [ 16 ] ohio , south carolina and indiana . [ 17 ] they also returned to japan and has brought back previous stars like homicide , [ 18 ] the briscoe brothers , [ 19 ] derek frazier , and bj whitmer . [ 20 ] in 2014 czw toured england as part of a cross promotion with tidal championship wrestling .\non december 9 , 2017 , czw ' s cage of death 19 show ended with nick gage and brett lauderdale from rival promotion game changer wrestling invading the ring . reportedly , czw booker giancarlo dittamo had pitched an invasion angle to dj hyde , but was shot down . without telling anyone , dittamo decided to go through with the angle regardless . police were called to the arena , but dittamo , gage and lauderdale had all left the venue by the time they arrived . hyde was reportedly\nbeyond furious\nover the incident , firing dittamo from czw . [ 22 ]\non june 14 , 2003 , mid - south based promotion independent wrestling association mid - south ( iwa - ms ) invaded czw as part of a kayfabe angle which led to an inter - promotional feud throughout most of 2003 . during the night of the initial invasion , the crowd was so riled up that they began hurling chairs into the ring at ian rotten , corporal robinson , and j . c . bailey of iwa - ms . the delaware wrestling commissioner , who was in the ring at the time , was struck in the side of the head . the feud was based in both promotions and a major part led into czw ' s tournament of death 2 , five iwa - ms wrestlers and three czw wrestlers entered into the 8 - man single elimination tournament . the semi - final saw two czw wrestlers john zandig and nick mondo compete in a 2 out of 3 lightube log cabin match , a match which is said to have ended nick mondo ' s career ( however , in mondo ' s shoot interview he stated that t . o . d 2 was going to be his last appearance anyway ) . towards the end of the match zandig mother f ' n bombed nick mondo off a 40 ft rooftop as both zandig and mondo crashed into tables and a lightube log cabin contraption . he continued the tournament with 3 broken bones in his wrist and won the tournament after defeating ian rotten in a 200 lightubes final .\nseveral promotions competed for the northeast fan base that had been left behind by ecw in what became known as the ' indy wars .\nczw , xpw , and 3pw were the key promotions which revolved around viking hall . xpw were given the lease to the arena in very late 2002 after rob black offered around $ 60 , 000 . on december 12 , 2002 , as part of a triple header of wrestling in philadelphia ring of honor ran shows in conjunction with czw and 3pw in what was to be the latter two promotions last events in the arena . during czw ' s event , zandig publicly stated that they had offered $ 32 , 000 to stay in the arena , but also stating that with the $ 10 , 000 a month xpw would need to pay for the building , the lease would not last long .\ni almost consider czw ( 2014 version ) what ecw was in the 90 ' s : that mix of everything . as others have mentioned , they have the deathmatch stuff , and cage of death is usually batshit insane . however , they also showcase a lot of technical ( drew gulak is an ex czw world champ ) wrestling and high flying stuff . best of the best is a tourney they do yearly that showcases mostly high flying but it ' s openweight , so it ' s a mix . they also do the down with the sickness chri $ ca $ h tribute show every year , with a good mix . i ' d say look at some of the dvds , esp the best of the best stuff , and just look at the names and stipulations ( if there are any ) and pick a dvd to try .\nbattle strip : at ' ' czw twelve ' ' , february 12 , 2011 , there was a\nbest of the best x qualifying six way match\nwith jonathan gresham vs . aaron arbo vs . ar fox vs . rich swann vs . ryan mcbride vs . ty hagen . hieracon ' s chikara allies the osirian portal ( amasis and ophidian ) came down to the ring and did their hypnotism routine , which started a dance party to michael jackson ' s\nbeat it ,\nbringing out several other wrestlers . amidst the dancing , people were still doing wrestling moves , since the match was still in progress . mia yim took off her shirt in the ring , so she was there in her bra and shorts . at one point , she climbed up to the top turnbuckle and hit a somersault senton onto a bunch of wrestlers who were at ringside .\ni don ' t watch it regularly but whenever they are close by i get to tickets and go to the shows . i have gone to tournament of death for the last 2 years which is about a 5 hour drive for me and well worth it . honestly the wrestling is top notch as good as roh imo . i really like danny havoc , drew gulak , masada , lucky 13 , shane strickland and biff busick . greg excellent is funny and i am a fan of the boss man dj hyde . i really like the death matches but it is not for everyone . they are pretty brutal but so awesome . she is not part of czw but they have had her on this girl candace larule who is also awesome . she had a match at a show i went to against shane strickland which was hand down the best performance i have have seen a female do . anyway even if you don ' t like death matches their regular matches are worth checking out imo .\ni haven ' t watched in a while . i use to go to live events a lot and when i went it was really enjoyable . crowd can be a little hostile depending on how the match goes but that is the same for any wrestling match . there are plenty of regulars that go and people are generally very nice . it is a bit more on the\nhardcore\nside . they label their\nhardcore\nas\nultraviolent\n. they normally don ' t get\nstars\nto make the guest appearances . the last\nstar\nthey had was sonjay dutt and we was already signed to tna . a few current wwe / nxt stars i have come to love worked in czw . for example , cesaro ( claudio castagnoli ) sami zayn ( el generico ) , dean ambrose ( jon moxley ) , and soon it will also be kevin owens ( steen ) . overall worth it to watch live , enough to youtube but not worth it buy any of the dvds in my opinion .\nczw tag team division alumni the super heavyweights ( hurrican kid & towel boy ) the irish drinking team ( ian knoxx & chris stylez ) new school ( chris ca $ h & gq ) the rachies ( adam flash & danny rose ) hi - v ( messiah & backseats & b - boy & a . flash ) the backseat boyz ( trent acid & johnny kashmere ) rebel\u2019s army ( rockin\u2019 rebel & derek frazier & greg matthews ) the briscoe brothers ( mark & jay ) the overboys ( joey corman & samir ) dirty rotten scoundrels ( kc blade & ec negro ) all money is legal ( pusha & murda & kash ) the sat ( jose & joel maximo ) ckny ( cory kastle & niles young ) beef wellington & excalibur the king\u2019s of wrestling ( chris hero & claudio castagnoli ) the h8 club ( nick gage & justice pain ) babyface fire ( shiima xion & jason gory ) checkmate ( lionel knight & christopher bishop ) pandora\u2019s box ( led by pandora ) the iron saints ( the thomaselli brothers ) the olsen twins ( jimmy & colin olsen ) the canadian superstars ( ? ? ? ? ? ? & ? ? ? ? ? ) up in smoke ( cheech & cloudy ) 2 . 0 ( jagged & shane matthews )\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nnot logged in or registered . | log in | register | password lost ?\ndisplaying items 1 to 163 of total 163 items that match the search parameters .\nif you buy stuff from amazon using this link , we receive a minor promotional bonus - - from amazon , not from you . : )\nif you like this site , please consider a small donation that will keep the site alive and advertising - free in the future . thank you very much in advance .\nthis website uses cookies . since we are based in europe , we are forced to bother you with this information .\nall information about cookies and data security can be found in our impressum 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[ available online ]\nsculptural mouldings is our latest addition to the art for everyday family . this collection consists a few very elegant and modern moulding pieces .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nour strategic partnership with art for everyday designs allows us to offer a selection of fine hand - carved decorative accent pieces and provides a convenient source for all of your kitchen design needs .\nif you want to learn more about contemporary art in everyday life , go to yellowkorner . com\nart de vivre \u2013 art de vivre group \u2013 the art de vivre group pledges to make a real difference in people\u2019s everyday life by propagating the concept of the art of living with a certain french flair .\nall of the significant art of today stems from conceptual art . this includes the art of installation , political , feminist , and socially directed art .\nart everyday is located in reidsville , north carolina . this organization primarily operates in the art gallery business / industry within the museums , art galleries and botanical and zoological gardens sector . this organization has been operating for approximately 10 years . art everyday is estimated to generate $ 67 , 036 in annual revenues , and employs approximately 2 people at this single location .\nnovitz , david , 1992 , the boundaries of art : a philosophical inquiry into the place of art in everyday life , philadelphia : temple university press .\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2007 , \u201creasons for the continuing use of an aesthetics discourse in art education , \u201d art education , march 2007 : 46\u201351 .\nart de vivre collection is a global distributor of lifestyle and contemporary art brands . we are inspired to integrate varied art brands together and deliver a complete solution for world\u2019s prestigious artisans .\nthe art de vivre group pledges to make a real difference in people\u2019s everyday life by propagating the concept of the art of living with a certain french flair .\nkupfer , joseph , 1983 , experience as art : aesthetics in everyday life , albany : suny press , 1983 .\naffirming difference : everyday aesthetic experience after phenomenology roberdeau , wood . 2011 . affirming difference : everyday aesthetic experience after phenomenology . contemporary aesthetics , 9 ,\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 ( ed . ) , 2011b , everyday life , abingdon , oxon .\nno phone calls please . we thank all applicants for responding ; however , only those selected for interview will be contacted .\n, but also rekindled a widespread interest in idea - based art throughout the contemporary art world .\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2009 , \u201ceveryday aesthetics , \u201d the minnesota review , 71\u201372 : 171\u2013179 .\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2011a , ordinary lives : studies in the everyday , oxon : routledge .\n( 1964 ) , seemed to contradict what previously had passed for art . but it is important to understand conceptual art in a succession of avant - garde movements (\nthis trajectory of everyday aesthetics is welcomed by a number of thinkers for its contribution to enriching life experience , encouraging mindful living , and facilitating satisfaction without problematic consequences that often accompany a hedonistic lifestyle ( irvin 2008b ; melchionne 2014 ; shusterman 2013 ) . at the same time , some point out the danger of over - emphasizing defamiliarization as a precondition for everyday aesthetics . that is , this way of accounting for everyday aesthetics risks losing the very everyday - ness of everyday experience , thereby becoming unable to capture the aesthetic texture of everyday life characterized by its familiar , ordinary , and mundane quality ( haapala 2005 ; felski 2002 , 2009 ; highmore 2004 , 2011a ) . the challenge then becomes how to capture the very ordinary everyday - ness of everyday life while engaging aesthetically . that is , experiencing and appreciating the ordinary as extraordinary follows a rather well - trodden path in aesthetics discourse , while experiencing and appreciating the ordinary as ordinary poses a specific challenge to everyday aesthetics discourse .\nart de vivre investments empowers and partners with industry leading companies that are poised for global growth and disrupting social stigma . it pledges to deliver superior returns for clients over the long run .\nwood is a member of the following learned societies : association of art historians ; centre for studies of home ; edinburgh environmental humanities network ; society for literature , science and the arts .\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2010 , everyday life and cultural theory : an introduction , oxon : routledge .\na majority of ultratech ' s state - of - the - art manufacturing units are accredited with the highest quality standards and certifications such as iso 9001 for quality systems , iso 14001 for environmental management systems and ohsas 18001 for occupational hazard and safety management systems .\nto continue the practice of language - based art and to push the boundaries of art and its definitions .\nthe art de vivre group is the vehicle with which founder and ceo arthur de villepin introduces art into everyday life . it is his genuinely held belief that the best elements of french culture and tradition can transcend borders and adapt to new horizons , for the pursuit of art and pleasure is one important factor which unites mankind .\njohnstone , stephen ( ed . ) , 2008 , the everyday , cambridge : mit press .\nhighmore , ben ( ed . ) , 2002 , the everyday life reader , oxon : routledge .\nnorman , donald a . , 1990 , the design of everyday things , new york : doubleday .\nzande , robin , 2007 , \u201cchairs , cars , and bridges : teaching aesthetics from the everyday , \u201d art education , 60 ( 1 ) : 39\u201342 .\nother notable early works specifically addressing issues of everyday aesthetics include melvin rader and bertram jessup\u2019s art and human values ( 1976 ) , joseph kupfer\u2019s experience as art : aesthetics in everyday life ( 1983 ) and david novitz\u2019s the boundaries of art : a philosophical inquiry into the place of art in everyday life ( 1992 ) , as well as thomas leddy\u2019s \u201ceveryday surface aesthetic qualities : \u2018neat , \u2019 \u2018messy , \u2019 \u2018clean , \u2019 \u2018dirty\u2019\u201d ( 1995 ) and \u201csparkle and shine\u201d ( 1997 ) . marcia eaton devotes considerable attention to aesthetic issues beyond art , with a particular emphasis on aesthetics\u2019 intersection with the ethical , in her aesthetics and the good life ( 1989 ) and later in merit , aesthetic and ethical ( 2001 ) .\nwhiteley , nigel , 1993 , design for society , london : reaktion books .\njanet morton has exhibited extensively throughout canada and abroad . she has received numerous awards and accolades for her work that playfully and critically examines our relationship to the natural world and everyday objects .\nattfield , judy , 2000 , wild things : the material culture of everyday life , oxford : berg .\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2013 , \u201cthe definition of everyday aesthetics . \u201d contemporary aesthetics , 11 . [ available online ]\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2014 , \u201cthe point of everyday aesthetics , \u201d contemporary aesthetics , 12 . [ available online ]\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , forthcoming , \u201cthe aesthetic pulse of the everyday : defending dewey , \u201d contemporary aesthetics , 13 .\nat art de vivre investment , we invest in and partner with industry - leading companies that are poised for global growth and disrupting social stigma .\ndezeuze , anna , 2006 , \u201ceveryday life , \u2018relational aesthetics\u2019 and the \u2018transfiguration of the commonplace\u2019 , \u201d journal of visual art practice , 5 ( 3 ) : 143\u2013152 .\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2005 , \u201cthe nature of everyday aesthetics , \u201d in andrew light and jonathan m . smith ( eds . ) , the aesthetics of everyday life , new york : columbia university press , pp . 3\u201322 .\nart for everyday inc . \u2122 al , ar , dc , la , ks , mt , mo , ms , nm , nv , ok , tn , wa , wv , wy , me , ma , nh , rh , vt , pa .\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2012a , the extraordinary in the ordinary : the aesthetics of everyday life , peterborough : broadview press .\nsaito , yuriko , 2001 , \u201ceveryday aesthetics , \u201d philosophy and literature , 25 ( 1 ) : 87\u201395 .\nmuch conceptual art is self - conscious or self - referential . like duchamp and other modernists , they created art that is about art , and pushed its limits by using minimal materials and even text .\nlafebvre , henri , 1991 , critique of everyday life , john moore ( tr . ) , london : verso .\nthinkglass of montreal , creates stunning and useful furniture and features for both home and business .\ncafka is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to assist with various aspects of our programs and operations .\nwelcome to art for everyday the leader in original architectural woodcarving design and production . here you\u2019ll find inspiration and ideas for your own signature designs composed using the beauty of natural wood . choose from our unique selection of over 1200 decorative corbels , capitals , mouldings , corner posts , island posts , mantels , appliqu\u00e9s , rosettes , custom woodcarvings , and other decorative architectural components .\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2012b , \u201cdefending everyday aesthetics and the concept of \u2018pretty\u2019 , \u201d contemporary aesthetics , 10 . [ available online ]\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2004 , emotional design : why we love ( or hate ) everyday things , new york : basic books .\nvisser , margaret , 1997 , the way we are : astonishing anthropology of everyday life , new york : kodansha international .\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2005b , \u201cideas for a social aesthetic , \u201d in the aesthetics of everyday life , andrew light and jonathan m . smith ( eds . ) , new york : columbia university press , pp . 23\u201338 .\nratiu , dan - eugen , 2012 , \u201cremapping the realm of aesthetics : on recent controversies about the aesthetic and the aesthetic experience in everyday life , \u201d proceedings of the european society for aesthetics , 4 : 385\u2013411 .\n, but they rejected minimalism ' s embrace of the conventions of sculpture and painting as mainstays of artistic production . for conceptual artists , art need not look like a traditional work of art , or even take any physical form at all .\nt arts 402 eco - art : art created in response to the environmental crisis ( 5 ) vlpa investigates how art can address the environmental crisis . experiment with contemporary art practices , creating work that reflects concerns about the environment . discussions focus on the ways contemporary artists define eco - art , the history of the art that looks at nature , the landscape , and current ecological theory . view course details in myplan : t arts 402\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2012 , \u201ceveryday aesthetics and world - making , \u201d contrastes : revista internacional de filosofia , supplemento 17 : 255\u2013274 .\nleddy , thomas , 1995 , \u201ceveryday surface aesthetic qualities : \u2018neat , \u2019 \u2018messy , \u2019 \u2018clean , \u2019 \u2018dirty\u2019 , \u201d the journal of aesthetics and art criticism , 53 ( 3 ) : 259\u2013268 .\nthe art de vivre group is committed to making the concept of art of living accessible to everyone . whether it is via the group\u2019s wine collection , restaurant or juicery , art , design or production company , the art de vivre group endeavours to trigger emotions through experiences in various aspects of life .\nmandoki , katya , 2007 , everyday aesthetics : prosaics , the play of culture and social identities , aldershot , hampshire : ashgate .\npuolakka , kalle , 2014 , \u201cdewey and everyday aesthetics - a new look , \u201d contemporary aesthetics , 12 . [ available online ]\nroberdeau , wood , 2011 , \u201caffirming difference : everyday aesthetic experience after phenomenology , \u201d contemporary aesthetics , 9 . [ available online ]\nfor more information on what the timeless material co . does , visit : www . timelessmaterials . com\u201d\nncr keeps checking off boxes for world ' s firsts . but . . . why stop there ?\nt arts 406 labor , globalization , and art ( 5 ) vlpa explores issues of labor and globalization through the art process . experiments with contemporary art practices , making projects that examine work histories and that follow the global journey of a commodity . discussions focus on the history of labor art and how art is intersecting the global justice movement . view course details in myplan : t arts 406\n\u201cdale kennington\u2019s art of the everyday rises to the level of the extraordinary because of her sure handling of the elements of painting : composition , perspective , palette . it is not hyperbole to say that dale kennington is , for those many of us who admire and respect her work , a regional and even a national treasure . \u201d \u2014william u . eiland , director of the georgia museum of art\nif dewey\u2019s aesthetics can be considered as the classic for everyday aesthetics discourse , arnold berleant\u2019s early works on aesthetic field and engagement continue the trajectory . despite focusing on the experience of art and without specifically referring to the term \u2018everyday aesthetics , \u2019 berleant\u2019s early works provide a phenomenological account of aesthetic experience by emphasizing the interactive process between the experiencing agent and the object of experience . this notion of \u2018engagement\u2019 as a model for aesthetics is applicable to one\u2019s experience beyond art . indeed , his subsequent works on environmental aesthetics , both natural and built , and more recently on social aesthetics and negative aesthetics have been consistently opening the scope of aesthetic inquiry .\nartqube is an international art consulting and sourcing company with headquarters in hong kong .\n\u201cthe biggest thing for me is knowing they are always there . \u201d \u2013 patients seeing more . . .\nde certeau , michel , 1988 , the practice of everyday life , steven rendall ( tr . ) , berkeley : university of california press .\nhaapala , arto , 2005 , \u201con the aesthetics of the everyday : familiarity , strangeness , and the meaning of place , \u201d in andrew light and jonathan m . smith ( eds . ) , the aesthetics of everyday life , new york : columbia university press , pp . 39\u201355 .\nmaskit , jonathan , 2011 , \u201cthe aesthetics of elsewhere : an environmentalist everyday aesthetics , \u201d aesthetic pathways , 1 ( 2 ) : 92\u2013107 .\nwood teaches conceptual ecologies , a core course on the ma in contemporary art theory . for the ba in history of art and ba in fine art / history of art , he convenes space & time ( year 1 ) , inhabitations ( year 2 ) and cohabitations ( year 2 ) . past ba teaching has included core module introduction to art history ( year 1 ) , london art worlds ( study abroad students ) , postmodernities ( years 2 and 3 ) and core module contemporaneities ( year 2 ) . from 2016 - 2019 , he takes up the key departmental role of chair of learning and teaching .\nlynes , russell , 1985 , \u201ckudos for clutter , \u201d architectural digest , 41 ( 3 ) : 34\u201338 .\nwhen objects are presented within the context of art ( and until recently objects always have been used ) they are as eligible for aesthetic consideration as are any objects in the world , and an aesthetic consideration of an object existing in the realm of art means that the object ' s existence or functioning in an art context is irrelevant to the aesthetic judgment .\n, whose readymades had rattled the very definition of the work of art . like duchamp before them , they abandoned beauty , rarity , and skill as measures of art .\ndewey , john , 1958 , art as experience , new york : capricorn press .\nlopes , dominic mciver , 2014 , beyond art , oxford : oxford university press .\ntavin , kevin , 2007 , \u201ceyes wide shut : the use and uselessness of the discourse of aesthetics in art education , \u201d art education , march 2007 : 40\u201345 .\ngumbrecht , hans ulrich , 2006 , \u201caesthetic experience in everyday worlds : reclaiming an unredeemed utopian motif , \u201d new literary history , 37 : 299\u2013318 .\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2011 , \u201caesthetic experience in everyday life : a reply to dowling , \u201d british journal of aesthetics , 51 ( 4 ) : 437\u2013442 .\nin 1967 , a collective of british artists formed the group art & language while teaching art in coventry , england . through a series of published journals the group showed an outspoken distaste for entanglement of modern art and the marketplace . over the next several years many would join the group , whose rotating membership would reach approximately 50 artists before its dwindling in the late 1970s .\n. the principle that united these developments was the rejection of traditional ways of judging works of art , the opposition to art being a commodity , and the belief in the essentially conceptual nature of all works of art . because it circumvented aesthetics , it is difficult to define conceptual art on stylistic grounds other than a delivery that seems objective and unemotional . while a conceptual work may possess no particular style , one could say that this everyday appearance and this diversity of expression are characteristics of the movement .\nconceptual art is a movement that prizes ideas over the formal or visual components of art works . an amalgam of various tendencies rather than a tightly cohesive movement , conceptualism took myriad forms , such as performances , happenings , and ephemera . from the mid - 1960s through the mid - 1970s conceptual artists produced works and writings that completely rejected standard ideas of art . their chief claim - that the articulation of an artistic idea suffices as a work of art - implied that concerns such as aesthetics , expression , skill and marketability were all irrelevant standards by which art was usually judged . so drastically simplified , it might seem to many people that what passes for conceptual art is not in fact\nart\nat all , much as\n\u2018ellsworth kelly , untitled\u2019 roberdeau , wood . 2003 . \u2018ellsworth kelly , untitled\u2019 . in : , ed . dallas museum of art : 100 years . dallas museum of art .\nt arts 404 art in a time of war ( 5 ) vlpa examines art that addresses the topics of war and peace . analyzes contemporary popular media and how they frame war and violence . students create art , read and discuss how art might prompt our society to visualize new ways of resolving conflict . view course details in myplan : t arts 404\nlight , andrew and jonathan m . smith , ( eds . ) , 2005 , the aesthetics of everyday life , new york : columbia university press .\nrautio , pauliina , 2009 , \u201con hanging laundry : the place of beauty in managing everyday life , \u201d contemporary aesthetics , 7 . [ available online ]\nleonhardt , gay , 1985 , \u201can eye for peeling paint , \u201d landscape , 28 ( 2 ) : 23\u201325 .\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 1995 , the green imperative : natural design for the real world , new york : thames and hudson .\nas the effervescent figure that greets visitors entering bloom collaborative , it\u2019s a wonder the job wasn\u2019t created solely for her .\nwe offer a one - stop artwork sourcing service for office projects . keeping both aesthetics and costs in mind , we create art programs tailored to the needs of our client to enhance wellbeing at their workplace .\nallan kaprow was an american painter , collagist , assemblagist and performance artist . kaprow was best known for trailblazing the artistic concept\nhappenings ,\nwhich were experiential artistic events rather than single works of art .\nif you want to learn more about artworks and art events , go to carredartistes . com\nt arts 283 art and culture in japan ( 5 ) vlpa / i & s examines material production of value and meaning for contemporary japanese people . explores a framework for interpreting the present in relation to the past , and recognizing common cultural strategies for cultivating a respected self in japanese culture . includes topics of family , gender , work , business , and aesthetics as they relate to various identities . view course details in myplan : t arts 283\nalthough saito\u2019s work includes extensive discussion of japanese aesthetics , the first explicitly and specifically multi - cultural exploration of everyday aesthetics appeared in the form of an anthology , aesthetics of everyday life : east and west ( 2014 ) , edited by liu yuedi and curtis carter , with a number of pieces on chinese aesthetics .\njoseph beuys was a german multi - and mixed - media artist best known for incorporating ideas of humanism , social philosophy and politics into his art . beuys practiced everything from installation and performance art to traditional painting and\nsocial sculpture .\nhe was continually motivated by the belief of universal human creativity .\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2004 , \u201chomework : routine , social aesthetics and the ambiguity of everyday life , \u201d cultural studies , 18 ( 2 / 3 ) : 306\u2013327 .\nart for everyday is the publisher of unique fine poster calendars featuring maine artists , kate libby , janine moore , and erica leigh . our calendars are designed in maine and produced in new england with original paintings ; each has become a time honored collectible . our artist calendars are available in 11 x 14 or 5 x 7 poster formats with custom companion frames to display them . contact us , either by phone or online to order or to receive our catalog for 2014 . wholesale inquiries welcomed at\njohn baldessari , born in 1931 , is an american conceptual artist . he often combines image and languages in his art . his early works were canvas paintings that were empty except for painted statements derived from contemporary art theory . his juxtaposition of image and text is reminiscent of rene magritte ' s surrealist paintings .\nhappenings were both large - scale and elaborate or small and intimate depending upon the artist . for example , allan kaprow had started out looking for a way to extend the action of painting beyond the canvas and into the space of the viewer . he achieved this by building environments for viewers to be inside of and adding sound and various objects for the viewer to interact with . robert watts also created pieces similar in size and scale , utilizing created environments that the audience would partake in .\nthis bibliography includes only contemporary works in english . for classical philosophical works and non - western traditions , consult respective entries .\nsc global commissioned students from the design school of nanyang polytechnic to design furniture for the lift lobbies at martin no . 38\nat art for everyday , we celebrate the beauty of natural wood by designing and creating exquisitely crafted architectural woodcarvings . wood is the palette in which we create , devoting ourselves to this medium with larger statement pieces such as decorative corbels , wood mantels and architectural columns , and in smaller details that add to the perfect look , such wood finials , wood appliques and wood onlays .\nt arts 200 studio foundation i : contemporary art strategies ( 5 , max . 15 ) vlpa provides hands - on experience in studio art with a variety of visual and performative strategies while introducing them to narrative and symbolic forms . explores how to use images , objects and interventions in time and space , and learn skills for conceptually - based art making . view course details in myplan : t arts 200\nwho declared that art did not have to meet expectations about what\nart\nwas supposed to look like also influenced the artists who created happenings . additionally , the dadaist use of the element of chance heavily guided the evolution of happenings as an art form . the ideas of composer\noriginal works of art and design are powerful inspirations within our everyday life . through our sponsorship of major international art exhibitions and our project work with local design students , sc global hopes to inspire the next generation of asian artists to question traditional boundaries and find their own voice creating original concepts , whilst giving students a rare international platform to display their talents .\nt arts 405 cultural identity and art ( 5 ) vlpa examines the concept of cultural identity and fear of difference . through reading , analysis of contemporary media and art , and studio artwork , students make art pieces that explore cultural identity using digital photography and text , photocollage , site - specific installation , and community - based art . view course details in myplan : t arts 405\n, etc . ) that succeeded in self - consciously expanding the boundaries of art . conceptualists put themselves at the extreme end of this avant - garde tradition . in truth , it is irrelevant whether this extremely intellectual kind of art matches one ' s personal views of what art should be , because the fact remains that conceptual artists successfully redefine the concept of a work of art to the extent that their efforts are widely accepted as art by collectors , gallerists , and museum curators .\nyou are only permitted to claim ownership and remove one company profile . you have previously claimed ownership and removed the profile for :\ni am currently visiting macedonia for the urban resonances project . with a group of artists and teachers from the utrecht school of music and technology we travel from our home base skopje through the country for concerts and master classes at schools and faculties of music .\npapanek , victor , 1992 , design for the real world : human ecology and social change , chicago : academy chicago publishers .\nyuedi , liu and curtis l . carter ( eds . ) , 2014 , aesthetics of everyday life : east and west , newcastle upon tyne : cambridge scholars publishing .\nsomething that people always then say to me is \u2018i\u2019m not an artist\u2014i can\u2019t draw . \u2019 that\u2019s what they immediately think of\u2014\u2018i draw stick figures\u2019 . and i tell them , \u2018hey art isn\u2019t just what you do on a canvas . you can do art in all other areas of your life , whether it be how you dress or how you like to cook , there\u2019s art in everyday living . \u2019 for me that\u2019s what i really like about this job is letting people know , \u2018hey , you really are an artist whether you realize it or not . ' there\u2019s something artistic and creative in everybody .\nshusterman , richard , 1992 , pragmatist aesthetics : living beauty , rethinking art , oxford : blackwell .\nfor more than 130 years , ncr has helped companies better connect , interact and transact with customers . here\u2019s how we did it .\nwelcome to the world , omni - channel ! a world where physical and digital boundaries begin to blur for the ultimate customer experience .\nbelow is the work , in all its beautiful framed glory , with asher the gallery dog helping out as a reference for scale .\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2013 , \u201ceveryday aesthetics of embodiment , \u201d in rethinking aesthetics : the role of body in design , ritu bhatt ( ed . ) , new york : routledge .\nart de vivre investment pledges to deliver superior returns for clients over the long run . beyond capital preservation \u2013 fundamental as it is \u2013 the investment branch actively seeks companies with substantial potential and sustainable competitiveness based on management quality and competitive strength .\n\u2018sol lewitt , wall drawing # 398\u2019 roberdeau , wood . 2003 . \u2018sol lewitt , wall drawing # 398\u2019 . in : , ed . dallas museum of art : 100 years . dallas museum of art .\nt arts 240 landscape in contemporary art ( 5 ) vlpa develops alternative means of expressing and communicating ideas about landscape through a variety of art projects and proposals . examines the changing role of landscape in art and the influences of environmentalism , politics and global culture in those changes . includes : field trips , art projects , reading , process book , and project proposals . view course details in myplan : t arts 240\njoseph kosuth is an american conceptual artist , philosopher and essayist . his most celebrated work is one and three chairs ( 1965 ) , which doubles as a piece of commentary on plato ' s theory of forms . he is likewise well - known for his 1969 essay\nart after philosophy ,\nconsidered a key text of postmodern art writing .\nt arts 395 community - based arts practice ( 5 ) vlpa investigates community - based art through experiential learning and exposure to contemporary art theory and history . students create a community - based art project and work with local artists who are developing projects in the community . view course details in myplan : t arts 395\npast research has investigated the tenets of the american and european neo - avant - gardes so as to explore contemporary art\u2019s remobilization of everyday poetics by locating corresponding tensions within sociology , phenomenology and metaphysics . questions concerning human subjectivity and agency , as well as the ontology of objects and materiality , have since led to a focus on geopoetics and the activation of visual art within philosophical post - humanism .\nthis dual expertise makes art de vivre investment a reliable and efficient actor to deliver excellent expertise in investment .\nreflecting our passion for art and design , the group has a notable corporate art collection that is on display throughout the grounds of our individual properties and show galleries . the collection encompasses many different styles and mediums of contemporary art , with works by sculptors fernando botero , ju ming , sun yu li and jaume plansa , as well as a collection of artworks by andy warhol , chua ek kay , ye jian qing , wee shoo leong and lim tze peng .\nthe purpose of happenings was to confront and dismantle conventional views of the category of\nart .\nthese performances were so influential to the art world that they raised the specter of the\ndeath\nof painting .\nthe timeless material co . is looking for a material processing labourer to join our team . should have experience using power tools . experience in the wood industry , a valid g licence and personal transportation also an asset . general responsibilities will be to process material for inventory and custom orders .\nprices vary widely depending on the project , but range from $ 225 to $ 400 a square foot . for more information , visit urltoken .\nthis week , and today , april 9th 2010 it is exactly 150 years ago this sound was recorded . for some , like the people from\nt arts 367 ideas through objects : a conceptual approach to art ( 5 ) vlpa explores the metaphorical possibilities within objects through various contemporary art - marking techniques . emphasis on the development of meaning through the creation or manipulation of objects . instruction in both formal and conceptual art making . view course details in myplan : t arts 367\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2009b , \u201caesthetics of the everyday , \u201d in a companion to aesthetics , second ed . , davies , stephen , et al , malden : blackwell publishing , pp . 136\u2013139 .\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2014 , \u201ceveryday aesthetics , \u201d in encyclopedia of aesthetics , michael kelly ( ed . ) , second edition , oxford : oxford university press , second vol . pp . 525\u2013529 .\nsartwell , crispen , 2003 , \u201caesthetics of the everyday , \u201d in the oxford handbook of aesthetics , jerrold levinson ( ed . ) , oxford : oxford university press , pp . 761\u2013770 .\nthe first anthology on this topic , the aesthetics of everyday life , edited by andrew light and jonathan m . smith , published in 2005 , includes many articles that together lay the groundwork for more recent literature on everyday aesthetics . a more recent collection is the special volume on \u201cartification\u201d ( 2012 ) , edited by ossi naukkarinen and yuriko saito , published in contemporary aesthetics . articles in this collection explore the increasingly popular strategy of employing an artistic approach in various dimensions of life , ranging from business and education to science and sports .\namong the first to pursue the notion of idea - based art to its logical conclusion was joseph kosuth , who evolved a highly analytical model premised on the notion that art must continually question its own purpose . advocating his ideas most famously in a three - part essay entitled\nart after philosophy\n( 1969 ) , kosuth argued that it was necessary to abandon traditional media in order to pursue this self - criticism . he questioned the notion that art necessarily needed to be manifested in a visual form - indeed , whether it needed to be manifested in any physical form at all . many , like lawrence weiner , similarly stated the need to relinquish the practice of creating physical works of art . by striving to minimize the materiality of art , artists strove to remove aesthetic criteria and the commodity status out of the artistic equation . the\ndematerialization of art object ,\nas the art critic\nbishop , claire , 2012 , artificial hells : participatory art and the politics of spectatorship , london : verso .\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2014 , \u201cthe art of medicine : aesthetic deprivation in clinical settings , \u201d urltoken 383 : 1032\u20131033 .\nspaid , sue , 2002 , ecovention : current art to transform ecologies , cincinnati : the contemporary arts center .\nt arts 320 improvisational theater and performance in everyday life ( 5 ) vlpa explores and practices theatrical improvisation as a form of creative expression , with an emphasis on fundamentals such as risk taking , status , support and trust , agreement , teamwork , active listening , and creative problem solving . also examines connections between theatrical performances and everyday behaviors . view course details in myplan : t arts 320\nq : for many people who visit bloom , you\u2019re the smiling face that greets them . what is it about this job that suits your personality ?\nwhen marcel duchamp nominated a urinal as a work of art and reissued later editions of his readymades , he delivered clear blows to the west ' s collective notion of artistic creativity . in keeping with this model , sol lewitt ' s\nparagraphs on conceptual art\nadvocated the idea that the work need not necessarily be fully ' authored ' by the artist .\nwhen an artist uses a conceptual form of art , it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair . the idea becomes a machine that makes the art .\nthis idea of an automated or machine - like execution of the art - idea is symptomatic of conceptualism at large . for instance , in\nthe roosevelt terrace feels familiar even as you enter for the first time . transported by the warm air on \u201ca summer evening , \u201d romance , nostalgia or by \u201cthe beauty of their dreams ; \u201d one could easily lose their bearings , forget time and place , fall for the distraction of a decoy .\nhappenings culminated with the infamous 1963 yam festival , a month - long series of events held on george segal ' s farm and in other locations in and around new york . after this event , happenings began to dwindle in the mid sixties as other new art forms and theories gained prominence , such as conceptual art , body art and feminist art . nevertheless , most of these newer movements had some roots in happenings in their emphasis on interaction and embodied experience .\nkatrin hahner is a multidisciplinary artist working in the fields of music and visual art . her education includes studies at akademie der bildenden k\u00fcnste / stuttgart and kunsthochschule berlin weissensee . under her alias miss kenichi she has released three critically acclaimed albums of her music . the compositions are used in film and she purposefully collaborates with filmmakers and other artists , for example swedish composer and audiovisual artist marcus fjellstr\u00f6m or german director irene von alberti for music videos . she performs her music all over europe in various constellations and spaces , often blurring the line between art and pop . across the disciplines her work centers itself around mapping out the inner landscape , the search for identity and the interplay of absence versus presence\nconceptual art was conceived as a movement that extended traditional boundaries , and hence it can be difficult to distinguish self - conscious conceptualism from the various other developments in art of the 1960s . conceptualism could take the form of tendencies such as\nrader , melvin , and bertram jessup , 1976 , art and human values , englewood cliffs : prentice - hall .\ndescription : \u201cwanted : materials manager ( reclaimed wood ) . looking for a self motivated individual to coordinate an extensive inventory of reclaimed wood and building components ( incoming / outgoing ) . basic knowledge of tools , wood species and operation of skid steer an asset ( s ) . opportunity for growth with company .\nfor instance , art de vivre investment built a strong partnership with lamivoie a family office headquartered in hong kong , which focuses on wealth and capital management and with ace & company a global private equity group specialized in co - investment , buyout and secondary investment based in switzerland .\nadopted text as the chief element of a visual work of art . unlike their predecessors , this generation had pursued college degrees , which in part accounts for their intellectualism and the influence of recent studies in linguistics . the language used was meant to signify itself and an artistic idea . text - based art would often use abstract formulations , often in the form of abrupt commands , ambiguous statements , or just a single word to create associations for the viewer . while first - wave conceptualists like weiner and baldessari remain active today , they inspired younger artists from\nwith the establishment of environmental aesthetics , efforts to open the field of aesthetics beyond the fine arts started during the latter half of twentieth century . almost all writers on everyday aesthetics derive inspiration from john dewey\u2019s art as experience , first published in 1934 . in particular , his discussion of \u201chaving an experience\u201d demonstrates that aesthetic experience is possible in every aspect of people\u2019s daily life , ranging from eating a meal or solving a math problem to having a job interview . by locating \u2018the aesthetic\u2019 in the character of an experience rather than in a specific kind of object or situation , dewey paves the way for everyday aesthetics advocates to explore diverse aspects of people\u2019s aesthetic lives without a pre - configured boundary .\nchoreographies emerge from the assembly of objects witnessed by the camera but also from the movements of the people creating these assemblies , arranging object , light , camera - as alchemists extracting the magical from everyday material .\nwe are highly ethical , genuine and trustworthy . we keep our promises , and we always hold ourselves accountable for our work and how it ' s achieved .\nartbabble has been an enterprising cultural education site for those who love and have an interest in the arts . originally created by newfields lab ( then ima lab ) in 2009 and re - envisioned in 2012 , the site won multiple prestigious awards for its pioneering concept and design . conceived , designed , programmed , and launched by a cross - departmental collection of individuals at newfields in collaboration with contributing cultural institutions , the site fostered an online community for digital materials about art and artists . artbabble linked video content from more than 50 institutions from around the world , giving rise to a unique cultural resource .\npont des arts has been creating exclusive art and wine collections since 2010 and is now available in more than 20 countries .\nconceptual artists recognize that all art is essentially conceptual . in order to emphasize this , many conceptual artists reduced the material presence of the work to an absolute minimum - a tendency that some have referred to as the\ndematerialization\nof art .\ndanto , arthur , 2003 , the abuse of beauty : aesthetics and the concept of art , chicago : open court .\ngraves , jane , 1998 , \u201cclutter , \u201d issues in architecture art and design , 5 ( 2 ) : 63\u201369 .\nt arts 407 art and the public ( 5 ) vlpa explores issues associated with the creation of public art . investigates the individual ' s role in community establishment , cultural politics , memorialization , and visual response to social and political events that shape our communities . studio course , personal supplies and art display permission required . view course details in myplan : t arts 407\nfor each guest entering the campus on east 26 th and holland streets , sara ' s as quick to offer a smile as she is a cup of coffee .\n\u201cthese guys are the viral experts , and they show you the way in clear , concise language . this is the first recipe for virality that i buy . \u201d\nt arts 203 body image and art ( 5 ) vlpa explores questions about body image through contemporary art making strategies . examines how the human body is portrayed in popular visual media , considers relevant art history , and uses drawing , collage , photography , and site - specific projects to investigate the students ' stories about the body . view course details in myplan : t arts 203\narthur de villepin is the founder and ceo of the art de vivre group . son of former french prime minister dominique de villepin , arthur de villepin was born in the united states and spent his childhood in india , as his father was posted to the french embassies in the said countries . his mother is the celebrated sculptor marie - laure de villepin , who instilled in arthur de villepin a genuine love for art .\nthe idea of creating a \u2018sound corridor\u2019 is not new , i\u2019ve heard about similar projects before , a buildings hallway seem like a suitable place for a sound installation . things change all the time , people move up and down the corridor , creating an ever changing pattern for an artist to capture and use to generate or influence sounds .\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2011 , the one and the many : contemporary collaborative art in a global context , durham : duke university press .\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2013 , the power of glamour : longing and the art of visual persuasion , new york : simon & schuster .\nwith in - depth knowledge , substantial experience and steadfast integrity as the bedrock of success , the investment branch pledges to deliver superior returns for clients over the long run .\ndale kennington has called dothan , alabama , home for most of her life . her work has been featured in dozens of exhibits throughout the united states and is held in the collections of many regional and national museums . among her many awards and accolades , in 2007 she was selected to represent alabama as an ambassador for the arts to italy .\nprinciple , art gallery , virginia , old town art gallery , alexandria art gallery , art , paintings , kevin fitzgerald , lynn boggess , gc myers , martin poole , washington dc , virginia , torpedo factory , oil paintings , king street , century gallery , studio gallery , old town , american realism , shops , 19th century , thomas s . buechner , jeremy mann , geoffrey johnson , mia bergeron , design , home decor , decorating , art , contemporary , fine art , luxury , charleston , sc , charleston , wypych , hollingsworth , portrait , landscape , still life , furnishings , valerio d ' ospina , casey childs , colin fraser , alejandro rosemberg , rosemberg , mann , greg gandy cityscape , city scape , paula rubino gavin glakas , jill basham , designer , interior design , gallery , extraordinaryalx , dc , waterfront , louise fenne , kerry dunn , john stobart , framing , custom framing , fime art\nrepatriating to france at the age of ten , arthur de villepin completed secondary education in his native country and graduated with a degree in international relations in the united kingdom . arthur de villepin had the unusual experience of perceiving france before actually living there , which would help shape his views on french culture and life in general . a staunch believer in the art of life and one with his own insights , arthur de villepin sets out on his journey to advocate and propagate art in everyday life .\nthe investment branch of the art de vivre group comprises functions of a private equity firm as well those of a venture capital firm .\na withdrawing vital material roberdeau , wood . 2017 . a withdrawing vital material . take on art magazine , 3 ( 1 ) ,\nkester , grant h . , 2004 , conversation pieces : community and communication in modern art , berkeley : university of california press .\nmollar , dan , 2014 , \u201cthe boring , \u201d the journal of aesthetics and art criticism , 72 ( 2 ) : 181\u2013191 .\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 1999 , \u201csomaesthetics : a disciplinary proposal , \u201d journal of aesthetics & art criticism , 57 ( 3 ) : 299\u2013313 .\nstabb , jo ann , 2002 , \u201ctransformations : trash to art , \u201d surface design journal , 26 ( 2 ) : 14\u201319 .\nfor more information about our products talk to us today about how you can use custom woodcarvings to make spectacular design statements in the custom kitchen and other parts of the home .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\nworking in unison with one another , our commercial branch has a comprehensive and diverse portfolio of offerings , united by a common passion of life and artistic adventure . the art de vivre group is a unique journey through art with the aim to cultivate , enjoy and celebrate .\nt arts 151 fundamentals of acting ( 5 ) vlpa explores fundamentals of acting , including introductory understanding of selected systems and perspectives from respected practitioners ( e . g . , stanislavsky ) . develops skills valuable in acting , for example , relaxation , concentration , creativity , script analysis , and action execution for performance . view course details in myplan : t arts 151\nit is long - lasting memories , not material items , that the art de vivre group seeks to create . without falling into the trap of consumerist lifestyle , the art de vivre group focuses on pure quality to bring back to modern life the value of good old times .\n\u00a92018 the art story foundation . all rights reserved | privacy policy | sitemap web services & hosting by the computer studio | designed by desartlab\nirvin , sherri , 2008a , \u201cscratching an itch , \u201d the journal of aesthetics and art criticism , 66 ( 1 ) : 25\u201335 .\n\u2013\u2013\u2013 , 2009a , \u201caesthetics and the private realm , \u201d the journal of aesthetics and art criticism , 67 ( 2 ) : 226\u2013230 .\nrobert smithson was an american artist best known for his innovations in land and earth art . smithson ' s large - scale projects employed earth and other natural resources to construct works that both manipulated and preserved the natural landscape . his most famous work is spiral jetty in utah , constructed entirely from basalt , earth and salt .\nand other readymades for the sidney janis gallery in new york . these acts sparked a resurgence of interest in his work , which not only brought the emergence of neo - dada led by\nthe analysis of art that was pursued by many conceptual artists encouraged them to believe that if the artist began the artwork , the museum or gallery and the audience in some way completed it . this category of conceptual art is known as ' institutional critique , ' which can be understood as part of an even greater shift away from emphasizing the object - based work of art to pointedly expressing cultural values of society at large .\nt arts 281 art and culture in india ( 5 ) vlpa / i & s examines contemporary india in historical and comparative contexts . emphasizes production of diverse material objects and how they produce and represent value and significance for south asian conceptions of self , society and the real world . view course details in myplan : t arts 281"]}
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", "topic": 5}], "title": "maxim healthcare services", "paragraphs": ["glassdoor has 1 , 499 maxim healthcare services reviews submitted anonymously by maxim healthcare services employees . read employee reviews and ratings on glassdoor to decide if maxim healthcare services is right for you .\nof licensed practical nurse employees at maxim healthcare services think they are paid fairly .\nmaxim healthcare services today announced the appointment of kellie lanier as senior vice president of clinical operations .\nwe are an established leader in home healthcare , behavioral care , healthcare staffing , personal ca . . .\na five - year federal investigation found that maxim healthcare services inc . , one of the country ' s largest providers of home healthcare services , submitted $ 61 million in false claims for services to the federal government ' s medicaid and veterans affairs health programs over an 11 - year period from 1998 to 2009 .\nnewark , n . j . \u2013 maxim healthcare services inc . , one of the nation\u2019s leading providers of home healthcare services , has entered into a settlement to resolve criminal and civil charges relating to a nationwide scheme to defraud medicaid programs and the veterans affairs program of more than $ 61 million .\ninvestigators found that maxim had claimed more than 700 hours of services that were not provided .\nthe deal with maxim , one of the biggest providers of home health care and other services . . .\nmaxim healthcare services , a privately held company with 360 offices nationwide offering home health care services , has agreed to pay about $ 150 million to settle civil and criminal charges over claims of false billings to medicaid and the department of veterans affairs , the department of justice announced monday .\nmaxim healthcare services , the columbia - based home health care and medical staffing provider with 360 offices nationwide , has agreed to pay $ 150 million to settle claims of false billings to medicaid and the department of veterans affairs .\nsearch maxim ' s nursing jobs and healthcare professional openings near you . we openings for rns , lpns , cnas , hhas , corporate employees and more .\nthe settlement requires payment of approximately $ 130 million to medicaid programs and the veterans affairs program to resolve false claims act liability for false home healthcare billings to medicaid programs and the veterans administration under civil agreements relating to this matter . the settlement resolves allegations that maxim billed for services that were not rendered , services that were not properly documented , and services performed by 13 unlicensed offices . maxim has agreed to pay approximately $ 70 million to the federal government and approximately $ 60 million to 42 .\nprograms for services not reimbursable . this was a common practice seen between 2003 - 2009 ,\nwe offer a variety of health information management ( him ) and medical coding , auditing and clinical documentation improvement ( cdi ) solutions for healthcare facilities throughout the country . our team places qualified healthcare professionals in short - term , long - term and permanent positions nationwide .\none of the best opportunities for someone straight out of college looking to grow with a leading healthcare staffing organization . treated very well . promoting from within . company culture . you will buy into maxim .\nlaw360 , new york ( september 12 , 2011 , 5 : 01 pm edt ) - - maxim healthcare services inc . will pay a $ 150 million settlement to end criminal and civil allegations that it engaged in a decadelong , nationwide billing scheme that allegedly defrauded medicaid and u . s . department of veterans affairs programs , prosecutors said monday .\nwith hundreds of office locations nationwide , we have experience providing homecare services for adult , senior , and pediatric patients with a variety of conditions and needs . maxim\u2019s home health team includes skilled nurses , therapists and home health aides ( hhas ) . services provided may vary by office location . find an office near you to learn more .\nwest , who received home nursing services through maxim , became suspicious when medicaid officials told him he had reached his maximum under medicaid rules . west had kept detailed records and knew that wasn ' t possible .\nwe are a partner of choice for local , regional , and national medical facilities across the u . s . our staffing services include :\nour dedicated home healthcare staff is fully screened and credentialed , and has experience providing care for patients with a variety of ailments . our staff is accessible 24 hours a day , including weekends and holidays .\nthe u . s . attorney\u2019s office this morning is expected to announce the settlement with maxim healthcare , a maryland - based medical staffing and home health care company . a press conference is scheduled for noon , but the u . s . attorney provided no details other than to announce \u201cthe resolution of criminal and civil charges , including a nine - figure settlement , against one of the nation\u2019s leading providers of health care services . \u201d\nhow can you improve the services your facility provides while working with fewer resources and a limited budget ? the answer may lie in nurse engagement .\nthank you for the positive review . we appreciate your dedication to maxim . regards - steven\nthe patient had maintained detailed records and challenged the veracity of maxim\u2019s invoices - - and subsequently initiated a lawsuit as a relator on behalf of the federal and state governments . according to the patient\u2019s records , during a 15 - month period between 2003 and 2004 , maxim claimed more than 700 hours of services that were not provided .\nthe investigation was conducted by the federal departments of justice , health and human services and veterans affairs and the fbi . several state agencies also assisted .\nthe investigation was conducted by the federal departments of justice , health and human services and veterans affairs and the fbi . several state agencies also assisted .\nas part of the dpa , maxim has stipulated to a statement of facts which mirrors the language of the criminal complaint . in the event that maxim fails to comply with the provisions of the dpa , maxim has agreed that the u . s . attorney\u2019s office may proceed with its prosecution of maxim and use the agreed - 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( julio cortez / ap )\n\u201cmaxim , including senior executives , defrauded a system providing needed services to turn money meant for patient care into corporate profits , \u201d acting new jersey u . s . attorney j . gilmore childers said in a statement . \u201cit is our hope that maxim , in cleaning up its own house , will be a lighthouse influencing best practices across the industry . \u201d\nthe criminal complaint accuses maxim , a privately - held company based in columbia , md . , with hundreds of offices throughout the united states , of submitting more than $ 61 million in fraudulent billings to government health care programs for services not rendered or otherwise not reimbursable . the investigation revealed that the submission of false bills to government health care programs was a common practice at maxim from 2003 through 2009 . during that time period , maxim received more than $ 2 billion in reimbursements from government health care programs in 43 states based on billings submitted by maxim .\naccording to state officials , the matter came to light when the then - 55 year - old patient , who has muscular dystrophy and was receiving home nursing services staffed through a maxim office located in ocean county , discovered his benefits had exceeded a monthly medicaid cap .\nbrad bennett , maxim chief executive since october 2009 , said in a statement : \u201cwhile we regret the circumstances that led to these agreements , the resulting enhancements have clearly made maxim a better and stronger company . \u201d\nthe dpa requires maxim\u2019s acceptance and acknowledgment of full responsibility for the conduct that led to the government\u2019s investigation .\nthank you for the great review ! we appreciate your hard work and dedication to maxim . regards - steven\ni really enjoyed working for maxim . i love all the staffs . they always there whenever you needed .\nthe maxim team celebrates the 4th of july by wearing patriotic colors . have a safe and happy 4th !\nparent of a former maxim patient pleaded guilty . this goes to show that it is important to have a\neffective clinical documentation improvement strategies are a priority for healthcare facilities across the country . by implementing a successful cdi program , our team assists facilities in proactively supporting your medical staff by minimizing incomplete documentation , increasing medical record quality and enhancing patient care communications .\nwe take your privacy seriously . as detailed in our privacy policy we will use your personal information to administer your account and provide the products and services that you have requested from us .\nthe investigation stems from a 2004 whistleblower lawsuit filed by new jersey resident richard west , a medicaid recipient who alleged in court documents that maxim billed medicaid in his name for home health care services he never received . under the false claims act , west is entitled in $ 15 . 4 million in whistleblower recoveries .\nestablished in 1988 to respond to the nursing shortage , we have a solid history of providing superior service in medical staffing . our company has grown from a small team of eager healthcare recruiters to a corporation with satisfied clients across the country . the force behind our growth is our demand for excellence in healthcare recruitment , retention , and customer care . our performance history speaks for itself and our clients can rest assured that the future brings with it new opportunities for continued success . many of our offices have earned the prestigious joint commission\u2019s gold seal of approval . \u2122\nto date , nine individuals \u2013 eight former maxim employees , including three senior managers and the parent of a former maxim patient \u2013 have pleaded guilty to felony charges arising out of the submission of fraudulent billings to government health care programs , the creation of fraudulent documentation associated with government program billings , or false statements to government health care program officials regarding maxim\u2019s activities .\nmaxim healthcare services makes all employment decisions , including recruitment , hiring , placement , promotion , discharge , retirement , compensation , benefits , transfer , corrective action , or any other decisions affecting the terms , conditions , or privileges of employment , without regard to race , gender , color , religion , national origin , age , disability , veteran status , genetic information , or other protected characteristics in accordance with all applicable laws , directives , and regulations of federal , state , and local government entities . all qualified applicants , including individuals with disabilities , \u201cdisabled veterans\u201d , or veterans with service - connected disabilities , are encouraged to apply . maxim values the service veterans have given to our country and we strongly support the hiring of returning service members .\noften , patients realize that their illness restricts activity in their daily lives , making living alone too difficult . they want to improve their circumstances and stay in the comfort of home , but prefer not to become a burden to their family . many find hope with us . we have nearly three decades of experience providing long - term , continuous care to chronically ill patients , providing home healthcare , sitter , and companion services to those in need and ensuring continuity of care within the familiar surroundings of home .\n\u201cmaxim , including senior executives , defrauded a system providing needed services to turn money meant for patient care into corporate profits , \u201d said acting u . s . attorney childers . \u201cwe will continue to prove our commitment to investigating and prosecuting both companies and individuals whose misconduct robs our nation\u2019s health care programs and those who count on them . it is our hope that maxim , in cleaning up its own house , will be a lighthouse influencing best practices across the industry . \u201d\n\u201c they ( caregivers ) worked with my needs , and established a shift that met my needs and my family needs . maxim patient\n\u201cfalse billing to government health care programs has become a blight on our state , \u201d said attorney general paula dow . \u201ccompanies like maxim , that provide health care services to medicaid patients , are expected to take necessary steps to prevent fraud and abuse by instituting strong compliance programs and maintaining effective internal controls . failure to do so will not be tolerated . \u201d\nfraudulent billing for services not rendered uses patients as pawns in a game of corporate greed that puts cash over care and wastes precious taxpayer dollars ,\nassistant u . s . attorney general tony west said in a statement .\n\u201cfraudulent billing for services not rendered uses patients as pawns in a game of corporate greed that puts cash over care and wastes precious taxpayer dollars , \u201d said assistant attorney general west . \u201cat a time when we ' re all looking for ways to reduce public expenditures , settlements like this one recapture taxpayer dollars lost to fraud and abuse , and help ensure that funds are available for the vital health care programs and services that people depend on day in and day out . \u201d\nas detailed in the criminal complaint , maxim , through its former officers and employees , falsely and fraudulently submitted billings to government health care programs for services not rendered or otherwise not reimbursable by government health care programs from 2003 through 2009 . in order to conceal the fraud , maxim\u2019s former officers and employees engaged in various conduct during that time period , including creating or modifying time sheets to support billings to government health care programs for services not rendered . they also submitted billings through licensed offices for care actually supervised by offices which operated without licenses and whose existence was concealed from government health care program auditors and investigators . additionally , they created or modified documentation relating to required administrative functions associated with billings submitted to government health care programs , including documentation reflecting required training and qualifications of caregivers .\nin addition , nine current and former maxim employees , including three senior managers , have pleaded guilty since 2009 to felony charges , the government said .\nthank you for the great review . we are happy to have you on the team . maxim will take your advice into consideration . thanks - steven\nseveral regional account managers , a home health aid and a clinical services director also pleaded guilty to criminal charges , government officials said . they could face as much as $ 250 , 000 in fines and jail time for their roles in the fraud .\nthe dpa obliges maxim to continue cooperating in the government\u2019s ongoing federal and state criminal investigation of former maxim executives and employees responsible for the alleged conduct at issue , and to develop and operate an effective corporate compliance and governance program that includes adequate internal controls to prevent the recurrence of any improper or illegal activities .\nmaxim employees gathered at the community action council of howard county last week packing cleaning supplies to help restore ellicott city after the severe flood damage last month .\nto date , eight former maxim employees , including three senior managers , have pleaded guilty to felony charges in federal court in trenton , n . j .\nas part of the settlement , announced last week by the new jersey u . s . attorney\u2019s office , maxim will pay $ 130 million in civil penalties and $ 20 million in criminal penalties to settle claims that the company submitted more than $ 61 million in fraudulent billings to government health care programs between 2003 and 2009 . during that time , maxim received more than $ 2 billion in reimbursements from government health care programs in 43 states as a result of doctoring time sheets and training records of caregivers to support billings for services that were not rendered , prosecutors said .\nmaxim heath care has reached a $ 150 million settlement to resolve allegations that it defrauded medicaid and the department of veterans affairs for more than a decade . d\nas part of the agreement , maxim will also hire an external monitor , the baltimore law firm gallagher , evelius & jones , to review its business operations .\nmaxim said it had fired several senior executives and other employees , created new positions including chief compliance officer , chief cultural officer , and vice president and general counsel .\nthe maxim investigation began after richard west , a medicaid patient in ocean city , n . j . , filed a lawsuit in 2004 under the false claims act .\nthe settlement is part of an agreement to defer prosecution for two years if maxim cooperates with investigators and continues to reorganize its internal leadership structure to ensure better oversight .\nmaxim officials said they take full responsibility for the violations . the company said it hired a new ceo in 2009 and changed its business practices to protect against a repeat .\ninvestigators said managers and workers at maxim repeatedly modified time sheets and documents to cover up the fraud , creating a culture in which submitting false claims became\ncommon practice .\n\u201ctoday\u2019s announcement demonstrates the department of veterans affairs office of inspector general\u2019s commitment to focus investigative resources on companies that choose to pursue profit over the public\u2019s health , \u201d said va oig special agent in charge hughes . \u201cva oig applauds the hard work of the department of justice and our law enforcement counterparts in bringing about this successful conclusion by aggressively pursuing and prosecuting those who committed fraud against our nation\u2019s federal healthcare programs , including va\u2019s . \u201d\nin addition to the fines , maxim also has been charged criminally with conspiracy to commit health care fraud . but the company could avoid conviction if it meets requirements outlined in the settlement .\ngood afternoon . we are sorry to see this low star review . i urge you to speak to your manager about these concerns so we can improve your experience at maxim . regards - steven\ni enjoyed working at maxim especially my in home clients . i just need a more permanent jobi dont have any further comments . i was part time most of the years i worked there .\nthe fate of short - term rehabilitation centers , known as skilled nursing facilities , hovers in a state of limbo . a combination of new payment systems that reward lower cost post - acute care has health providers striving to cut overall rehabilitation costs by keeping recovery treatments in hospitals or deferring rehabilitation to home care services .\nmary shelly janvier - pierre , 42 , of lake worth , fla . , and sandy cave , 39 , of west palm beach , fla . , pleaded guilty to health care fraud on feb . 1 , 2010 , and june 21 , 2010 , respectively . during their plea hearings , janvier - pierre , who had been employed by maxim\u2019s west palm beach office as a licensed practical nurse ; and cave , the mother of a former pediatric patient of maxim , admitted to their roles in a scheme to fraudulently bill medicaid through maxim for services that were not rendered . janvier - pierre and cave acknowledged that they agreed to submit billings as if janvier - pierre was taking care of cave\u2019s child , when in reality she was not . janvier - pierre and cave then split the money janvier - pierre received for purportedly providing the care . as a result of the scheme , maxim was paid more than $ 70 , 000 by florida\u2019s medicaid program . janvier - pierre and cave are scheduled to be sentenced on sept . 21 , 2011 , and oct . 24 , 2011 , respectively .\nfraudulent billings and false statements to health officials became \u201ca common practice at maxim from 2003 through 2009 , \u201d according to a statement from the united states attorney\u2019s office in newark , n . j .\ngood morning . thank you for the review . maxim sends an employee survey each year so our team members can provide feedback on ways we can improve our operations . i would recommend discussing this with\n\u201cwe take full responsibility for these events . . . and we are pleased to reach a settlement that will allow us to move forward , \u201d maxim chief executive brad bennett said in a statement .\nmaxim was charged today in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to commit health care fraud , and has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement ( dpa ) with the department of justice . the agreement will allow maxim to avoid a health care fraud conviction on the charges if it complies with the dpa\u2019s requirements . as required by the dpa , which will expire in 24 months if the company meets all of its reform and compliance requirements , maxim has agreed to pay a criminal penalty of $ 20 million and to pay approximately $ 130 million in civil settlements in the matter , including to federal false claims act claims .\na multi - state investigation included the new jersey attorney general\u2019s office , through its medicaid fraud control unit , the u . s . attorney\u2019s office , as well as the u . s . department of justice , fbi , u . s . department of health & human services and u . s . department of veterans affairs .\nthe $ 2 . 25 million we ' ve recovered will help maryland families who need the health care services this money provides ,\nsaid attorney general douglas f . gansler .\nthis is an example of how maryland can put these whistleblower cases to work in the future now that we have a false claims law in place .\nthe $ 2 . 25 million we ' ve recovered will help maryland families who need the health care services this money provides ,\nsaid attorney general douglas f . gansler .\nthis is an example of how maryland can put these whistleblower cases to work in the future now that we have a false claims law in place .\nmarion morton , 45 , of north charleston , s . c . , was employed as a home health aide and personal care assistant by maxim\u2019s charleston office . he pleaded guilty on may 3 , 2010 , to one count of making false statements relating to health care fraud matters . during his plea hearing , morton acknowledged that , at the instruction of maxim employees , he fabricated timecards reflecting work he had not done . on multiple occasions , maxim submitted bills to medicaid based on timecards which showed he worked more than 24 hours on certain days . morton was sentenced on may 24 , 2011 , to a three - year term of probation and ordered to pay a $ 5 , 000 fine .\n\u201cit is our hope that maxim , in cleaning up its own house , will be a lighthouse influencing best practices across the industry , \u201d j . gilmore childers , acting united states attorney for new jersey , said in a statement .\nmaxim , which has more than 300 offices across the country , was founded by stephen bisciotti , the majority owner of the baltimore ravens . a company spokeswoman said bisciotti is currently a minority shareholder and not involved in the company\u2019s operations .\ndonna ocansey , 49 , of medford , n . j . , was employed as a director of clinical services ( supervising nurse ) in maxim\u2019s cherry hill , n . j . , office . she pleaded guilty on may 28 , 2010 , to making false statements relating to health care fraud matters . ocansey , a registered nurse , had responsibility for , among other things , ensuring that medicaid - required supervisory visits of patients were conducted periodically \u2013 meaning that a registered nurse periodically visited each patient to check each patient\u2019s condition and the care the patient was receiving from maxim home health aides , who lack the skills and training of registered nurses . during her plea hearing , ocansey acknowledged that she fabricated documentation in order to make it appear that other nurses had conducted medicaid - mandated supervisory visits , when in fact they had not . ocansey stated that she fabricated documentation in response to pressure from her superiors at maxim , who expected her to make sure that all supervisory visits were completed without providing adequate resources for her to do so . ocansey is currently scheduled to be sentenced sept . 20 , 2011 .\nthat is hardly crippling ,\nsaid joe newman , a spokesman for the project on government oversight , which tracks government contractors .\nit is certainly something that stings maxim ' s pocketbook , but they will be fine after that .\ngregory munzel , 35 , of charleston , s . c . , was employed as a regional account manager , reporting directly to a vice president , responsible for maxim offices throughout the southeastern united states . he pleaded guilty on dec . 4 , 2009 , to one count of making false statements relating to health care fraud matters . during his plea hearing , munzel admitted that he was aware individuals he supervised were submitting time cards for work that had not actually been done \u2013 a practice munzel said was in response to pressure from maxim superiors to increase revenue . munzel also acknowledged forging caregiver credentials such as cpr cards throughout his time at maxim , in order to make it appear that the caregivers were properly credentialed , when they were not . munzel indicated he learned the practice from his supervisors when he first joined maxim , and that those under him engaged in the practice when he took on a leadership role with the company . munzel is currently scheduled to be sentenced sept . 29 , 2011 .\nin addition , the company must also retain and pay an independent monitor , who will review maxim\u2019s business operations and regularly report concerning the company\u2019s compliance with all federal and state health care laws , regulations , and programs . the monitor was selected by the u . s . attorney\u2019s office , consistent with u . s . department of justice guidelines , after a review of monitor candidates and in consultation with the company . maxim will be monitored by peter keith of the law firm gallagher , evelius & jones , which is headquartered in baltimore .\nit ultimately evolved into a criminal case that has been kept secret for more than a year , as several low - level employees of maxim from around the country were charged and pleaded out in proceedings here in new jersey that the u . s . attorney\u2019s office kept quiet .\nthe company has identified and disclosed to law enforcement the misconduct of former maxim employees , including providing information which has been critical in obtaining the convictions of some of the individuals who have pleaded guilty to date . the company has also significantly increased the resources allocated to its compliance program .\nmatthew skaggs , 39 , was employed as a regional account manager , reporting directly to a vice president , responsible for maxim\u2019s offices in texas . he pleaded guilty on sept . 23 , 2010 , to making false statements relating to health care fraud matters . during his plea hearing , skaggs acknowledged having knowingly made false statements to a surveyor from texas\u2019 medicaid program , who was investigating the operation of an unlicensed maxim office in houston . skaggs was sentenced on june 10 , 2011 , to a three - year term of probation and ordered to pay a $ 4 , 000 fine .\nmaxim , established in 1988 and based in columbia , md . , was charged in a criminal complaint unveiled on monday with conspiracy to commit health care fraud . it entered a deferred prosecution agreement , promising to cooperate with continuing investigations , and a corporate integrity agreement , agreeing to further oversight .\nlocum tenens is derived from a latin phrase meaning \u201cto hold the place of . \u201d through our partner provider , maxim locum tenens and advanced practitioners , we offer this flexible solution to help your facility or practice adequately prepare for physician and advanced practitioner staff absences , and to offset national staffing shortages .\nover the past two years , we have worked diligently to build an infrastructure of systems , policies , and controls to ensure that employees at every level of the organization not only adhere to all applicable laws and regulations , but also honor our company ' s own protocols and code of conduct ,\nmaxim ceo brad bennett said in a statement .\nbryan lee shipman , 38 , of athens , ga . , worked for maxim for 13 years , the last eight as a regional account manager , reporting directly to a vice president . he pleaded guilty on june 17 , 2010 , to one count of health care fraud . during his plea hearing , shipman acknowledged that maxim\u2019s gainesville , ga . , office operated without a license from 2008 through 2009 , and that he and others directed billings from that office to be submitted as if they were from another , licensed office to be approved for reimbursement by the medicaid program . at one point , when maxim employees believed a state regulator would be visiting the office , lower - level employees were directed to provide false information to the state regulator in an effort to prevent the medicaid program from learning about the unlicensed operation of the office . shipman said his superiors demanded levels of growth based \u201cnot on any market analysis , but simply on a belief that dramatic growth was necessary regardless of market conditions . \u201d shipman is currently scheduled to be sentenced nov . 16 , 2011 .\nwe offer cost - effective and innovative staffing solutions to successfully maintain your health staffing levels from nursing to allied health and therapists . across the nation , our dedicated travel staffing teams specialize in locating and placing travel health professionals to meet your local facility\u2019s specific requests . our stringent screening and interviewing process ensures the quality of each professional that we place . from recruitment to placement , we handle every aspect of the travel staffing process and provide a level of service that is unparalleled in the industry . we provide customized travel nursing jobs and direct placement nursing jobs to registered nurses and licensed practical nurses throughout the united states . we offer top pay rates and benefits to all of our nurses on day one . we work with thousands of healthcare facilities nationwide to provide unique opportunities . we offer travel and direct placement candidates for the following disciplines and specialties :\nhours are not guaranteed , which is unfortunate considering if you have medical benefits through maxim and you drop below 30 hours ( through no fault of your own - schools out for summer , kids are on vacations . . . etc ) not only is your paycheck small from lack of work , but now you ' re also paying out of pocket for your health coverage .\nandrew sabbaghzadeh , 29 , of clay , n . y . , was employed as an account manager ; and jason bouche , 27 , of paradise valley , ariz . , was employed as a recruiter at maxim\u2019s tempe , ariz . , office . they pleaded guilty to health care fraud on nov . 4 , 2009 , and april 23 , 2010 , respectively . during their plea hearings , sabbaghzadeh and bouche acknowledged creating fraudulent time cards in order to bill government programs . they acknowledged that in some instances , maxim employees cut signatures from legitimate time cards and pasted them onto forged time cards in order to submit them for reimbursement . sabbaghzadeh is currently scheduled to be sentenced on sept . 26 , 2011 ; bouche is currently scheduled to be sentenced on nov . 17 , 2011 .\ntoday\u2019s announcement was made by tony west , assistant attorney general of the civil division of the department of justice ; j . gilmore childers , acting u . s . attorney for the district of new jersey ; tom odonnell , special agent in charge of the health and human services office of inspector general ( hhs - oig ) region covering new jersey ; michael b . ward , special agent in charge of the fbi\u2019s newark , n . j . , field office ; and jeffrey hughes , special agent in charge of the u . s . department of veterans affairs , office of the inspector general ( va oig ) , northeast field office .\n\u201cover the past two years , we have worked diligently to build an infrastructure of systems , policies and controls to ensure that employees at every level of the organization not only adhere to all applicable laws and regulations , but also honor our company\u2019s own protocols , \u201d bennett said . \u201cwhile we regret the circumstances that led to these agreements , the resulting enhancements have clearly made maxim a better and stronger company . \u201d\nwe have meticulously developed the resources to respond to your planned or unplanned absences in a cost - effective , efficient manner with qualified temporary providers . our doctors and advanced practitioners go through regular credential , training and licensing reviews . your new , temporary staff can work full - time or part - time , and on assignments ranging from a few days to multi - year agreements . maxim staffs a wide range of medical specialties , including but not limited to :\ni started as a new graduate and began my position with the novice nurse program . if it wasn\u2019t for this opportunity my life time goal of working as a pediatric nurse would of been hindered until i received my bachelors in nursing . i am blessed for the opportunity and education as well as experiences i have gained in my three years here . i love the office staff and the maxim family . it\u2019s not work when you love what you do and who you work for .\nthe government\u2019s involvement in this case is part of the united states\u2019 emphasis on combating health care fraud and another step for the health care fraud prevention and enforcement action team ( heat ) initiative , which was announced by attorney general eric holder and kathleen sebelius , secretary of the department of health and human services in may 2009 . the partnership between the two departments has focused efforts to reduce and prevent medicare and medicaid financial fraud through enhanced cooperation . one of the most powerful tools in that effort is the false claims act , which the justice department has used to recover more than $ 5 . 9 billion since january 2009 in cases involving fraud against federal health care programs . the justice department\u2019s total recoveries in false claims act cases since january 2009 are more than $ 7 . 5 billion .\n\u201chealth care fraud is a considerable problem in new jersey with residents being victimized by an estimated $ 7 . 5 billion in care - related frauds in 2010 , \u201d said fbi special agent in charge ward . \u201cthe criminal conduct by maxim in this instance was significant and systemic , which resulted in both the company and individuals being liable for their actions . the newark division of the fbi is committed to its stance of being among the most aggressive offices in pursuit and ultimate prosecution of health care fraud offenders . \u201d\nthe government\u2019s willingness to enter into a dpa with maxim is due , in significant part , to the company\u2019s cooperation and the reforms and remedial actions the company has taken \u2013 beginning particularly in may 2009 \u2013 including significant personnel changes : terminating senior executives and other employees the company identified as responsible for the misconduct ; establishing and filling of positions of chief executive officer , chief compliance officer , chief operations officer / chief clinical officer , chief quality officer / chief medical officer , chief culture officer , chief financial and strategy officer , and vice president of human resources ; and hiring a new general counsel .\nwe understand that technology and information are the keys to successful staffing of positions that are in high demand . our cutting edge nurse search agent provides instant access to the latest lpn and rn candidates who match your staffing needs . we effectively market your open lpn and rn positions on thousands of websites nationwide to generate qualified candidate profiles from which you can select .\nfederal prosecutors have been highlighting their efforts to root out health care fraud in recent years . the government has added scores of health care investigators and prosecutors since 2009 .\nthe acts included falsification of time sheets , training records and caregiver qualifications , the government said in a criminal complaint . most of the nine people await sentencing in the united states district court in trenton . two have been sentenced to probation .\nthe payments include a criminal penalty of $ 20 million and civil payments of about $ 70 million to the federal government and $ 60 million to 42 states .\na whistleblower will receive about $ 15 . 4 million of the civil recovery under the false claims act , a federal law that encourages people to report fraud .\nprescriptions tracked news in the health care industry , including coverage of patients , insurers , medical professionals and drug - makers . coverage of these and related issues continues in the business and health sections , as well as on the well blog .\namericans are using more prescription drugs , but the financial burden of those drugs on families is falling , according to a new study . a big reason is the rise of generics . read more\u2026\npharmaceutical companies have cut spending on television advertising by 20 percent over the last five years , according to a nielsen study . analysts expect drug advertising to continue to fall as more brand - name drugs face generic competition . read more\u2026\nthe drug , erivedge , made by genentech , was approved for adults with basal cell carcinoma that has spread elsewhere in the body or those who are not candidates for surgery or radiation . read more\u2026\ndrug companies are finding lucrative foreign markets for their brand - name drugs after patents expire in the united states and unleash generic competition . read more\u2026\n\u201ccompanies scheming to profit by deceiving patients and defrauding taxpayer - funded government health care programs can expect close scrutiny and aggressive investigation , \u201d said hhs - oig special agent in charge odonnell . \u201cwe will continue to carefully guard the nation\u2019s vital health programs against those who put greed over patient care . \u201d\nalso included in the settlement is a corporate integrity agreement with hhs - oig , which requires additional reforms and monitoring under hhs - oig supervision .\naccording to documents filed in these cases and statements made in trenton , n . j . , federal court :\nall of the defendants pleaded guilty before u . s . district judge anne e . thompson in trenton federal court .\nthe health care fraud charge to which shipman , sabbaghzadeh , bouche , janvier - pierre and cave pleaded guilty carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of $ 250 , 000 , or twice the amount of loss caused by their offenses . the false statements relating to health care fraud matters charge to which defendants munzel , skaggs , ocansey and morton pleaded guilty carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a maximum fine of $ 250 , 000 , or twice the amount of loss caused by their offenses .\nthe settlement arises from a lawsuit filed under the false claims act . under the qui tam , or whistleblower , provisions of the act , private citizens may file actions on behalf of the united states and share in any recovery . the whistleblower will receive approximately $ 15 . 4 million as his share of the recoveries from the federal government and the states .\nthe criminal complaint , dpa , civil settlement agreement and guilty pleas are the culmination of a multi - year investigation conducted jointly by special agents and investigators from hhs - oig , under the direction of special agent in charge odonnell ; fbi , under the direction of special agent in charge ward ; and va oig , under the direction of special agent in charge hughes . the national association of medicaid fraud control units ( namfcu ) and the medicaid fraud control units of the new jersey , virginia and massachusetts attorney general\u2019s offices also assisted in coordinating the settlements with the various states .\nthe government is represented in the prosecution of the criminal case by assistant u . s . attorney jacob t . elberg of the u . s . attorney\u2019s office health care and government fraud unit in newark ; and in the civil agreement by sara mclean of the department of justice\u2019s commercial litigation branch , frauds section and assistant u . s . attorney alex kriegsman of the u . s . attorney\u2019s office\u2019s civil division .\nwe understand a client\u2019s need for highly qualified , expertly trained medical professionals . with access to thousands of medical and administrative professionals across the country , we are able to quickly fill requests with highly qualified personnel . with offices nationwide , we are able to serve you with personalized attention 24 - hours a day , seven days a week and we collaborate with customers to build cost - effective solutions . our employee - client matching program supports our focus on recruiting , hiring and training remarkable employees to meet the needs of each individual client . likewise , we work with medical professionals to find medical jobs and employment opportunities that fit their personality and their needs . we are able to attract high - quality medical professionals by offering a wide range of benefits and our staffing team provides each candidate with personal attention , ensuring that they are carefully screened and qualified before matching them with the perfect position .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\na columbia - based health care firm has agreed to a $ 150 million settlement with the federal government and 43 states to resolve criminal and civil charges that it submitted claims for millions of dollars of work that it did not perform and operated offices that were not properly licensed , officials said monday .\nthe settlement includes a $ 20 million criminal fine and $ 130 million in civil settlements .\none watchdog group called the penalty a drop in the bucket for a company that had $ 2 billion in reimbursements from 2003 to 2009 .\nthey won ' t be barred from the medicaid program . that would hurt them .\nmaryland is due to receive $ 2 . 25 million , which officials said would be returned to state medicaid funds . none of the unlicensed facilities was in maryland .\nstate officials said that settlement shows the effectiveness of the false claims act , a federal law that encourages whistleblowers to come forward by allowing anyone with knowledge of a false medicaid claim to file a lawsuit and share a percentage of damages .\none of the employees submitted time sheets claiming he had worked more than 24 hours in a day , according to documents outlining the settlement . another created false documents claiming nurses had made visits to patients when they hadn ' t . a third employee cut signatures from real time cards and placed them on false ones .\nthe company said it also doubled the size of its compliance and ethics departments and added new software to better track compliance .\nwith those changes , federal officials say they will allow the company to be monitored for two years before deciding whether to act on the criminal charges .\nthe misunderstood ' rule of thumb ' misconception : many feminists for years thought the phrase\nrule of thumb\nreferred to british common law ' s tolerance of wife - 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{"id": 54516, "summary": [{"text": "bossa studios ltd is a british video game developer based in london , england .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "founded in october 2010 by henrique olifiers , ric moore , imre jele and roberta lucca , it was acquired by shine group in september 2011 for an undisclosed fee .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "the core development team mainly are former employees from bullfrog productions , jagex , ubisoft , and playfish .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "bossa launched its first title monstermind in september 2011 which has seen over one million facebook users play the game and in 2012 won a bafta award in the \" online \u2013 browser \" category .", "topic": 5}, {"text": "the company announced its third title merlin : the game in june 2012 , which is based on the merlin tv series and released in 2013 .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "bossa developed the bafta 2014 nominated surgeon simulator 2013 , which originally was the product of a game jam .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "the game has gone on to sell over 2 million copies worldwide across microsoft windows , os x , linux , playstation 4 , ios and android .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "in 2015 , bossa was nominated for yet another bafta for its mobile game twelve a dozen , which required players use their heads to solve mathematical platforming puzzles .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "later in 2015 , bossa saw its next major release with i am bread , which sets the player into the form of a living piece of bread that wants to toast itself .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "bossa is currently developing the massively multiplayer online adventure game world 's adrift , an open world platformer . ", "topic": 30}], "title": "bossa studios", "paragraphs": ["bossa studios raises $ 1 . 35 million to boost online game worlds adrift | gamesbeat\nbased in shoreditch , east london , bossa studios creates games for social networking sites including facebook and myspace . eleven - month old bossa studios is set to unveil its first facebook game , dubbed monstermind , next week .\nbossa studios has raised $ 1 . 35 million in funding from venture capital firm london venture partners . london - based bossa is working on an ambitious massively multiplayer online game world dubbed worlds adrift .\nelisabeth murdoch ' s shine tv production company has acquired the london - based social gaming startup , bossa studios , for an undisclosed fee .\nhenrique olifiers , a co - founder of bossa studios , said :\nwe are delighted to be both launching monstermind and joining the shine group .\n505 games abstraction games b . v . agharta studio aldin dynamics atom universe ltd auroch digital avalanche studios beatshapers ltd . big ant studios bitcomposer interactive gmbh bithell games black forest games gmbh blitworks blunt instrument studios boneloaf bossa studios bulkhead interactive ccp games chroma coda climax studios coatsink codemasters \u00ae crytek dakko dakko deck13 interactive digital confections dovetail games escapist games ltd fabrik fierce kaiju fireproof games futurlab gaijin entertainment goati entertainment pty ltd grip digital s . r . o . hammerlabs hello there honor code housemarque just add water ( development ) , ltd just funny games kite & lightning llamasoft ltd . lucid games micro\u00efds milestone srl . mindfield games mint games mixedbag narayana games ndreams neko entertainment ninja theory nnooo nosebleed interactive paw print games penny black studios pentadimensional games poppermost productions prideful sloth psytec games ltd pub games rebellion recluse industries samurai punk secret sorcery limited sigtrap simian squared slightly mad studios ltd s\u00f3lfar studios spunge games pty ltd stellarvr stirfire studios sumo digital ltd tammeka tarsier studios techland the farm 51 toxic games triangular pixels ubisoft untold games vertigo games virtual toys vr bits vtime limited wales interactive white paper games wonderstruck zen studios ltd . zo\u00eb mode zoink games\n[ editor ' s note : bossa studios is owned by british media company shine group , who itself is a wholly owned subsidiary of news corp , who also owns ign entertainment . ]\ncreated by bossa studios , whose previous titles include the bafta - 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how to start hi everyone ! in this video oliver age 24 and malford give some advice and tips from bossa studios about how to get started with making your own video games . we ' d love to hear any questions you have and if there ' s anything you ' re curious about to do with game development . much love , oliver age 24 and malford bossa studios game engines : unity 3d - urltoken unreal - urltoken rpg maker - urltoken gamemaker - urltoken worlds adrift island creator : http : / / store . steampowered . c . . . . . . art software : gimp ( free image editor ) - urltoken blender ( free 3d modelling software ) - urltoken resources : reddit gamedev - urltoken gamasutra - urltoken show less\nshine has shown a great support for bossa studio ' s creative - led mission and together , in addition to launching entirely new concepts , we hope to offer hundreds of millions of tv viewers and social gamers the opportunity to experience some their most - loved programmes in an entirely fresh , immersive way .\n\u201cthe fantastic team at bossa , composed of veterans from landmark studios such as bullfrog , jagex , ubisoft , and playfish , has been consistently innovating with games that turn genres on their heads , \u201d said david laukee , partner at london venture partners , in a statement . \u201ctheir bafta\u00ad - 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rt & follow page - tag 3 friends in comments ( who must also follow page ) comp ends midnight 8 / 6 ! urltoken\nthe title is a \u201csandbox\u201d game where players can create their own flying pirate ships to explore islands that float in the clouds of a fantasy world . london venture partners , which funded successes such as finland\u2019s supercell and playfish , joins a number of private investors who have already invested in bossa . the game is something like a minecraft for a new generation , according to edge magazine .\nhenrique olifiers , ceo of bossa , said in a statement , \u201cwe\u2019re at the edge of a transformation in the games industry that will fundamentally change the way players interact with games . advancements in artificial intelligence , near - limitless processing power in the cloud , and large\u00ad - scale simulations are aligning to empower a new kind of entertainment that is built on the fly for the players and by the players . the games of tomorrow will be unique , tailor\u00admade experiences for each individual , whose actions will fundamentally affect the world around them , influencing everyone else\u2019s experiences in unexpected and interesting ways . \u201d\nacquire corp . active gaming media inc . arc system works co . , ltd . atlus bandai namco entertainment inc . bandai namco studios inc . bimboosoft capcom co . , ltd . colopl , inc . cygames , inc . d3 publisher inc . digital works entertainment inc . fromsoftware , inc . gemdrops , inc . grasshopper manufacture inc . gree , inc . gungho online entertainment , inc . idea factory co . , ltd . kadokawa corporation kadokawa games , ltd . koei tecmo games co . , ltd . konami digital entertainment co . , ltd . level - 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to - shoulder with the likes of merlin and arthur . the game will allow players a large degree of flexibility when creating characters , so if you ' re not entirely sold on the rigid melee playstyle of the knight you can mix and match it with spells from the magician .\nwe ' ve been given all of the set designs and the costumes , and a wealth of resources to play with . we ' ve got complete freedom . . . as long as we don\u2019t kill their lead characters !\ndespite the fact that it ' s a facebook game , everyone on the team is adamant that this doesn ' t mean it ' s only for casual gamers . imre stresses ,\ni\u2019m a hardcore player at home on my xbox , but when i\u2019m out and about i\u2019m casual . we\u2019ve focused on ensuring that hardcore players will find a lot of stuff to do here when not in front of their consoles , especially with the awesome story .\nthe game is expected to enter a closed beta this summer at comic - con international , which takes place on july 12 - 15 , where the cast of the series will also be present to try out the game . gamers and fans who want to step into camelot to help test the game can do so by registering at the official site now .\nmerlin the game will launch later in the autumn to coincide with the start of the fifth series of merlin on bbc one .\nbafta guru is bafta\u2019s content hub for career starters packed full of inspirational videos , podcasts and interviews . whether you\u2019ve taken your first steps in the industry or are just starting out , you\u2019ll find plenty here to motivate and help you along the way .\nbafta\u2019s destination for youngsters to come and discover the magical worlds of film , television and games . enter challenges , watch videos , and take part in our annual vote to decide the best film , tv show and game of the year .\nygd is a gaming initiative for 10 - 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' photograph : sarah lee for the guardian\nthe acquisition is shine group ' s first foray into the nascent social gaming market , and comes just months after news corporation bought the tv firm for $ 673m .\nmurdoch said on friday :\nas a global content company , we are committed to producing exceptional experiences across multiple platforms and developing direct - to - consumer models .\nthe acquisition will enable shine to add facebook and social gaming elements to some of its most popular programmes , including masterchef and merlin .\ninvestor appetite in social gaming firms has grown in the past 12 months , driven largely by the rise of zynga , the company behind hugely popular facebook games farmville and cityville .\naccording to public offering documents filed at the securities and exchange commission ( sec ) on thursday , zynga valued itself at $ 11 . 5bn at the end of the first quarter of 2011 . the company plans to raise $ 1bn in one of the most hotly anticipated ipos of the new generation of internet firms later this year .\n\u00a9 2018 guardian news and media limited or its affiliated companies . all rights reserved .\nwe ' ve detected that javascript is disabled in your browser . would you like to proceed to legacy twitter ?\ncalling all would - be surgeons ! ! we\u2019re back at the operating table , sewing together a few new ideas & need a second opinion ! so if you\u2019d like to donate your bod\u2026 ahem , i mean \u2018help\u2019 us out ( monday appointments available ! ) , please send an email to playtest @ bossastudios . com ! urltoken\n) will be delivering a must - see keynote about the future of ai in games creation . more details here >\ncalling all would - be surgeons ! ! we\u2019re back at the operating table , sewing together a few new ideas & need a second opinion ! so if you\u2019d like to donate your bod\u2026 ahem , i mean \u2018help\u2019 us out ( monday appointments available ! ) , please send an email to playtest @ bossastudios . com ! urltoken\ntitled ' the future of ai in games creation ' . it has cats , ai and old man yells at cloud . so it ' s brilliant . make sure to see him live in brighton next thursday morning .\nbone - shattering news ! ! let us know when it . . . clicks . urltoken\nso @ lady _ jeanette and @ imrejele that was a test coin to play with how a setting would fit , i did a little polishing on the process to show ya what it should look like . urltoken\n\u2019s 5 year anniversary , we\u2019ve plunged elbow - deep into the gargantuan back catalogue of \u2018let\u2019s play\u2019 videos , and stitched together the 5 funniest moments ever ! ! bob\u2019s had his sides splits enough times . now it\u2019s your turn\u2026 watch now\nthere ' s another guy at work called oliver , and he ' s also 24 , so naturally , we filmed this . . . @ bossastudios @ oliver _ thurston urltoken\ntwitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup . try again or visit twitter status for more information .\nyou can add location information to your tweets , such as your city or precise location , from the web and via third - party applications . you always have the option to delete your tweet location history . learn more\nhere ' s the url for this tweet . copy it to easily share with friends .\nby embedding twitter content in your website or app , you are agreeing to the twitter developer agreement and developer policy .\nnot on twitter ? 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( this may be a long list depending on your purchasing activity . )\nthere are a few differences between the paid and free version . the core game is the same , apart from the first 5 dungeons have been slightly rebalanced ( they are basically shorter now ) . you can also no longer buy revive tokens , even with in game money . they can only be found by completing secret endings in dungeons , which means there is a finite number of them in the new version . the equipment shop in the premium version has less powerful equipment , but it ' s also cheaper , and high - level skills are cheaper as well .\nthe oculus rift\u2019s motion controllers come out on december 6th , and oculus just announced the list of over 50 touch - compatible games and apps that will be available on the oculus store at launch .\nthere are 53 launch titles in all , ranging from smaller indie games to major studio productions . some of these titles were already in the store and are just getting updated with touch support , while others are completely new and specifically designed to take advantage of the motion controllers .\nadditionally , all oculus touch preorders will include a free copies of insomniac game ' s wizard dueling title the unspoken and sanzaru games ' s vr sports challenge . oculus is also including copies of art apps quill and medium , plus shooter dead & buried , with all oculus touch sales . and oculus ' own toybox demo experience is also getting a final release on december 6th , and will be available for free to download in the oculus store alongside the touch launch .\nby signing up , you agree to our privacy policy and european users agree to the data transfer policy .\nthis article has a component height of 11 . the sidebar size is medium .\nmy biggest worry for the playstation vr , is one of support . sony having to be the gatekeeper between title and audience is a complicated proposition , with the quality and quantity of support in the first few years of the device undoubtedly deciding its fate .\nwell , it would seem as though there is a lot in the works right now at least . sony have now published this entire list of 230 developers currently making content on the playstationvr . there are some surprises who turn up too , such as from software , techland and konami , who we have heard nothing from in terms of vr . there are also some names missing though such as hello games ( many suspected no man\u2019s sky in vr ) , sucker punch , media molecule and naughty dog .\nto get you digging though , here is a full list of the games coming . thanks eurogamer !\nbeijing phantomisreal technical co . , ltd . beijing shi guang meng huan technology ltd . beijing wansiwei culture development co . , ltd fighter network tech co . , ltd gamepoch , inc . geronimo interactive co . , ltd hangzhou yuanqu technology co . ltd . happy elements joycity corporation nekcom entertainment netease ( hangzhou ) network co . , ltd ourpalm co . , ltd perfect world co . , ltd roi games shanghai famiku co . \uff0cltd . shanghai renyou network technology limited shanghai sinceme network technology shanghai xindong network corporation limited skonec entertainment suzhou snail digital technology co . , ltd tianshe media co . , ltd ultimate creators technology ( beijing ) co . , ltd userjoy technology co . , ltd . winking entertainment corporation xiamen happiness technology , ltd . , co xpec entertainment inc .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nyou are currently browsing with javascript disabled . many features of the store will not be available to you .\npreferably there ' s some way to export all this information and then reformat it . i ' m using dokuwiki on the new site .\nthis aims to be a comprehensive list of developers who explicitly allow\nlet ' s play\nstyle videos of their games to be created , shared , and monetized .\nrecently , nintendo caused a controversy by not allowing montezied let ' s play videos of their games . however you feel about their actions , what ' s clear is that the let ' s play community needs an unambiguous , comprehensive list of where developers stand on this issue . this wiki aims to be that list .\nthis originally started as a reddit thread , but it needed a more permanent home , and one that anyone could contribute to without waiting on me ( lars doucet , developer of defender ' s quest ) as a bottleneck .\nyes means yes to all of that . no means no to some or all of it . for instance , 2k games lets you make & share videos , but not monetize them . so that ' s a\nno\nto the above question . maybe is only for when it ' s not quite clear because there ' s not enough information , or conflicting information .\nthe gold standard : a\nvideo policy\non the developer ' s site that explicitly addresses the issue . 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", "topic": 3}], "title": "jam ip", "paragraphs": ["jam . html - jam man page - a terse description of jam and its language .\nthe unix application development symposium paper on jam - jam product overview ( 1994 ) .\njam ip is a cisco advanced technology partner and kingston has said the buy fits in with its growing ip contact centre strategy .\nkingston communications , parent company of var affiniti , has acquired jam ip , an ip contact centre reseller , for an initial consideration of \u00a32 . 56m .\njam . c - contains jam ' s main ( ) as well as an introduction to the code , for serious hackers .\njam has been around since 1993 and has a long history of use in many different settings . here are some white papers and examples of jam in use :\nwildwork\u2019s increasingly popular virtual world animal jam has decided to go deep into latin america .\nip is a business tool , not a plaque to hang on the wall .\nfixed the defect that paperstream ip may stop responding when using web applications to scan .\n\u00a9 2017 - ip . education , inc . and ethical collaboration association , inc .\ngetting started with jam - a tutorial ( pdf ) - from the 2001 perforce user conference .\nfixed the defect that an application may end abnormally when modules of paperstream ip are loaded .\ndevelopers can enhance / extend jam by creating user defined rules to utilize other built - in directives .\njam includes flow - control statments , variables , and a few other features of general purpose languages .\njam i p ltd . free business summary taken from official companies house information . free alerts . registered as 05201921\nlike no 3 ) a pair of ip man style swords . swords for sale on site for \u00a3130 .\njam is small , it has negligible cpu overhead , and it doesn ' t create or leave behind temporary files .\nglobal licensing agency centa ip has quickly become the new kid on the block with its award - winning ip portfolio , new executive hires , national retail programs , and the recent acquisition of australian - based licensing agency the fusion agency .\nprtg makes it easy for administrators to indicate which ip addresses are relevant . prtg pings all ip addresses and automatically begins to monitor their associated devices . you will therefore save lots of precious time and can rest assured that everything is covered .\nplease note : perforce is no longer actively contributing to the jam open source project . the last perforce release of jam was version 2 . 6 in august of 2014 . we will keep the perforce - controlled links and information posted here available until further notice .\nip education , inc . 1635 foxtrail drive , ste 321 loveland , co 80538 usa + 1 . 970 . 624 . 6866\nanimal jam\u2019s branded toys first launched in june 2016 with a walmart exclusive and additional items debuted at target and toys \u2018r\u2019 us in march .\nlet our ip monitor work for you . so you can concentrate on day - to - day tasks with total peace of mind .\nconstructing a large product with jam - an experience report from scm7 , the 7th international workshop on software configuration management , boston , may 1997 .\nwe provide on - site and web - based seminars , as well as one - on - one mentorship and counseling about ip matters .\nprtg automatically generates the optimal ip address sensors for your environment . in contrast to many other ip monitoring tools your monitoring will be set up and ready to go in no time at all . 92 % of our customers report improved it system reliability - thus saving them time and trouble .\nbecause jam understands c / c + + dependencies , there is no need to declare header or object files . the built - in jam rule\nmain\nhandles header file dependencies and object files both automatically and on - the - fly . table 1 compares a makefile and a jamfile for building a simple program .\nfixed the defect that [ automatic size ] in [ cropping ] does not become available in some applications that set \u201cicap _ automaticdeskew\u201d to paperstream ip .\nthe bart cham dao sometimes called batt jam dao literally means eight cutting knives . baat is the number 8 , cham is to cut or slash and dao refers to a single edged blade like a knife or sword . this is usually the final form taught to a wing chun student . ip man only taught a hand full ( seven ) of students this form in his entire life . ip man is said to have learned the form off of leung bik .\njam is a software build tool that makes building simple things simple and building complicated things manageable . it has been freely available as c source for many years from the perforce workshop and is widely used to build commercial and academic software . jam is a very good solution for conventional c / c + + compile - and - link builds .\njam is able to build large projects spread across many directories in a single pass and can manage and distribute build steps to multiple processors on one or more networked machines .\nutah - based peeko that handles worldwide licensing rights for animal jam will work directly with exim latam to bring on new partners in the region and grow the licensing programme .\nfixed the issue of scansnap manager for fi series not working in the environment where paperstream ip ( twain ) 1 . 10 . 0 . 3690 is installed .\njam runs on unix , vms , nt , os / 2 , mac os x , and mac mpw . most jamfiles ( like the sample above ) are also portable .\nenter the printer ' s ip address into the url field followed by / se ( ex : http : 157 . 146 . 23 . 251 / se ) .\nnick cooke joins centa ip with more than 20 years\u2019 experience in consumer products licensing , working for both ip owners and top - tier retailers . cooke has a background and proven track record of business growth in licensing sales , buying and brand management with companies such as dreamworks animation , tesco , toys \u2018r us and the disney store .\n, the account will be suspended from logging into animal jam for a set period of time , and an email notification will be sent to the parent email address tied to that account .\nwhen retrying to scan again after paper jam has occurred with the imprinter installed , an error message , \u201can unexpected error is received from the scanning device . ( ds50005 ) \u201d , will be displayed and scanning may end suddenly .\nmonitor your ip addresses comfortably , around the clock . and enjoy the design of an intuitive web interface . the built - in alert feature is quick to react - leaving no room for system trouble or failure .\nwhether the error recovery guide runs automatically during windows\u00ae startup or not can be selected during installation of paperstream ip driver . to exclude error recovery guide from the windows\u00ae startup , clear the checkbox for [ error recovery guide tool ] .\nopened a food processing plant ( in takematsuhonmachi , omura ) . began development and manufacturing of processed fruit goods , including jam and jelly . separated the company into a fruit and vegetable business sector and a food business sector . created the original tarami fruit jelly .\n\u201ccenta ip\u2019s primary focus is to build sustainable value for our partners . it\u2019s just that simple . to be doing it with such an incredible group of people makes this goal both a reality and a whole lot of fun , \u201d said rosenhain .\ni was a straight - up hip - hop kid in high school . . . matt , on the other hand , was more of a reggae head , and into jam bands . he loved bob marley and phish , had dreadlocks , and was sort of a free spirit .\n( internet protocol address ) is a numerical representation that uniquely identifies a specific interface on the network . ip addresses are binary numbers but are typically expressed in decimal form ( ipv4 ) or hexadecimal form ( ipv6 ) to make reading and using them easier for humans .\njam i p ltd was founded on 10 aug 2004 and has its registered office in hull . the organisation ' s status is listed as\ndissolved\n. it had 3 directors at the time it closed . the company ' s first directors were adrian mccann , john alexander kinghorn .\n\u201ethose wishing to set up ip monitoring should be ready to go in depth . our snmp sensors provide for a quick overview . but our packet sniffing and netflow sensors ensure users get a closer look . only then is it possible to optimize one\u2019s network on a continual basis . \u201d\nrebekah belzer comes to centa ip with 17 years of retail and consumer products experience overseeing sales for some of the world\u2019s most recognizable entertainment and lifestyle brands such as pantone , masterchef junior , dwell magazine , power rangers , paul frank , as well as establishing the high - profile disney bridal business .\nas an administrator , you want to keep a close eye on your traffic . and for good reason : one single ip address can use up so much bandwidth that this can ultimately have negative consequences on your entire network . thanks to prtg , you will prevent traffic problems over the long term and optimize the performance of your network .\ncenta ip is headed by ceo geoff rosenhain , a serial entrepreneur known for building fast growth companies in several industries including licensing , promotional products , technology and real estate . \u201cwe have quickly built an agency with a - class executives , multiple award winning properties , national retail placement in key markets , all supported by the industry\u2019s best licensees\u201d , said rosenhain .\najhq takes the safety and security of their players very seriously , and they want all jammers to have a safe , inviting , and fun online experience . whether they are exploring jamaa , chatting with their buddies , or engaging in roleplay , jammers should always follow the animal jam rules . every player must agree to the animal jam rules when creating a player account , and players found in violation of the rules may be subject to disciplinary actions . to help keep jamaa safe , ajhq has a team of highly - trained moderators that constantly review in - game activity , chat , and player reports . if the moderators see behaviors such as bullying , cheating , scamming , using inappropriate language , or engaging in inappropriate roleplay , disciplinary action will be taken on the player account ( s ) at fault . types of disciplines\ncenta ip has secured licensing veterans gail mitchell as vice president asia - pacific located in sydney , rebekah belzer as vice president sales & licensing located in los angeles and responsible for the americas , and nick cooke as vice president sales & licensing located in london and responsible for the uk and europe . together with a robust support team they are quickly building musically - inspired and award - winning brands , including emmy award winner and netflix original series , beat bugs , inspired by music of the beatles , and motown magictm , inspired by the music of motown . the acquisition of fusion also brings children\u2019s series kazoops ! and monster teddies into the fold . centa ip has also recently been appointed the us , australasian and uk licensing agency for zafari , an exciting new property from ink group out of europe .\nan alternative theory is that the form was developed as an adaptation of other styles of kung fu that existed in southern china at the time , possibly fujan white crane . fujan white crane does use two dao and rotates the blades during the form . however their form does not resemble the more modern baat cham dao form as done by ip man and ip ching . therefore , to me , it seems likely that the wing chun form was inspired by other chinese martial arts that existed at the time , but it had the wing chun principles of economy of motion , non - commitment and directness applied . this theory is supported by the fact a number of other southern chines martial arts like choi lee fut and hung gar etc , also use a pair of dao . although again , they use them differently . in addition there is a fair amount of evidence [ 2 ] to suggest wing chun ' s hand forms are themselves and adaptation of fujan crane style and snake style kung fu .\nhow much traffic runs via your network in all ? the snmp traffic sensor provides you with a summary of the total amount of traffic which comes in and goes out . does the christmas season put added pressure on your online store ? or perhaps marketing campaigns and major updates ? with ip monitoring by prtg , you can identify weekly , monthly , and seasonal fluctuations . you ' ll see how traffic develops over longer periods of time , and can promptly take measures to accommodate scenarios such as continual growth .\nmany users of open source solutions such as nagios are in search of alternatives to their ip or network monitoring . it is true that the basic versions of open source software are free . but with prtg , implementation and maintenance are significantly more straightforward , such as can be seen with the configuration of the customizable alarm and notification system . you ' ll therefore save time and worry - and in the long run , a lot of money . these costs should be taken into consideration when comparing the various tools available .\nyour next step is to have a look in greater detail . via packet sniffing , or with netflow sensors for cisco devices , you\u2019ll be able to analyze your traffic more precisely and fine - tune your ip monitoring . the dashboard displays the amount of mail traffic , web traffic , voip , file transfers , chat protocols , and much more . where does such data come from ? who is the recipient ? which protocols are used ? this fine - tuning lets you identify bandwidth hogs - whether they be individual users or certain applications or computers together .\ngail mitchell managed hasbro\u2019s consumer products division for the asia - pacific region for many years before setting up her own company \u2013 the fusion agency in 2010 . during this time , fusion has won multiple awards including the ata boys license of the year for moshi monsters in 2011 , the ata boys license of the year in 2016 for yo - kai watch and most recently the ata girls license of the year for trolls in 2017 . with a proven track record of success in australia and new zealand , fusion joins the centa ip family with classic brands such as dreamworks animation , miffy and newcomers such as masha and the bear , kazoops ! and monster teddies .\nmatt , on the other hand , was more of a reggae head , and into jam bands . he loved bob marley and phish , had dreadlocks , and was sort of a free spirit . he was earlier to the drug scene than i was ( though i never did more than smoke weed ) , and lived a much more experimental lifestyle . but regardless of our differences , it was pretty impossible to hang out in new york in the early \u201990s and not be completely inundated with hip - hop . this was the time of nas , wu - tang , and biggie . we were living through our very own golden era . it was influencing all of us , and matt certainly had an authentic appreciation for it .\nmatt and i had gotten closer over the years , mostly due to our shared interest in music . we\u2019d hang out when i was home in new york and anytime i had a show i would invite him to come down to college park and perform with me . he would hop on during my set , rocking a crazy adidas track suit or something , spit an insane verse , then start beatboxing . ironically , he had a rhyme back then that started off like , \u201ci close my eyes and see visions of hasidics . . . \u201d he was always a bit of a throw - off for the crowd , like , \u201cwho\u2019s ip\u2019s friend ? dude is kind of ill . \u201d\nin this webinar datto svp mark banfield will lay out the vendor\u2019s post - merger plans , and offer an insight into how partners can differentiate themselves in an increasingly crowded market .\nthe european channel leadership forum is a unique 2 day conference . it brings together leading ceos from european vars and msps to discuss pressing issues , technologies and developments facing the industry , and also to network with no agenda .\nattend the 2018 channel conference msp to hear real - life case studies from your peers and meet with leading industry vendors to find out about the latest technology to capitalise on .\nnew for 2018 : women in channel awards . designed to recognise the female role models that will inspire the next generation of females in the channel .\na survey conducted by crn in june 2018 reveals why some resellers are embracing propositions with enthusiasm and driving customer migration , while others are resisting the increasingly intense pull of the cloud .\nto grow , to remain relevant to the customers , and to remain profitable , it channels ( in all their forms ) will have to master a number of business model transformations in the cloud and digital transformation era . read more to learn about the key transformations that it channels will need to address , in order to bring new capabilities to customers and be successful in the future .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\ncustomer notice : you are either running a browser which does not support javascript or a browser which currently has javascript disabled . many parts of this site require javascript in order to function correctly .\nby listening to and learning from our customers , we design and deliver the right communications and integration services to connect them with the things that matter .\nwe provide a full range of integration and api services designed to help our customers develop a forward looking it roadmap aligned to their business strategies . our consultants draw on a wealth of experience to help you accelerate business transformation , rapidly introduce new capabilities and make informed technology decisions .\nwe provide a range of bespoke services designed to help our customers create a truly connected organisation . our solutions enable organisations to modernise their legacy footprint and extend their enterprise to their customers , partners and suppliers .\nwe\u2019re helping customers take advantage of the power of the cloud . our consultants and architects can develop your path to the cloud , working with you to migrate business applications , develop new services or create new cloud - 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circular punched hole ( see a sample below ) can be removed ( [ hole punch removal ] is not available in fi - 6110 or fi - 65f ) .\naccuracy of detecting barcodes in documents where two or more barcodes exist has been improved .\n\u201cdevice stage\u201d feature has been removed from the installer to reduce its size , and thereby the download time is shortened ( device stage is not included in the installer for fi - 5950 , fi - 6800 , fi - 6400 , fi - 6770 , fi - 6750s , fi - 6670 , or fi - 5530c2 ) .\n[ accuracy ] in the [ priority ] settings of [ cropping ] - [ automatic size ] settings has been enhanced , aiming for reducing possibility of cropping failure caused by vertical streaks on the image ( the [ priority ] settings are not available in fi - 6750s , fi - 6110 or fi - 65f ) .\nthe window to select a scanner has been added to the software operation panel . the scanner to configure can be selected during startup of software operation panel when two or more scanners are connected .\n[ vertical streak detection ] displays a popup balloon from error recovery guide tool when vertical streaks are detected ( fi - 7280 / fi - 7180 / fi - 7260 / fi - 7160 only ) .\nadded [ target pages ] and [ margin ] settings to [ blank page detection ] , whereby the target pages of the detection can be selected ( except fi - 65f ) .\n1 . 1 . the [ target pages ] allows you to select whether index - tabbed pages will be included in the target of the detection . note : to use this feature , go to [ configuration ] > [ image processing ] and set [ index tab ] to [ output ] .\n1 . 2 . the [ margin ] allows you to set the ( width of ) margin area from the document edge which will not be screened for the blank page detection .\nadded [ automatic ] feeding feature to [ continuous scan ] , whereby the scan starts automatically after loading documents on the adf chute ( except fi - 65f ) .\n[ deskew method ] can be also set from [ normal dialog ] . configurations in the [ normal dialog ] can be saved to a profile so that you can select a different [ deskew method ] for each document . note : to use this feature , go to [ configuration ] > [ image processing ] and set [ deskew method ] to [ add to scan settings ] .\nrenamed [ background color ] in [ background ] of [ deskew ] to [ document color ] .\nsetup . exe runs automatically after running ( extracting ) the compressed execution file of the driver installer .\nfixed the following defect that a part of image is not outputted or unnecessary image is outputted in flatbed scanning ( it doesn\u2019t occur in fi - 65f ) : - the edge of image is cut by cropping . - the inside of the document is cut by cropping . - cropping is out of place when running [ deskew ] .\nfixed the defect that [ select scanner ] is not available in some applications .\nfixed the defect that [ hole punch removal ] does not work properly with some type of documents ( it doesn\u2019t occur in fi - 6110 / fi - 65f ) .\nadded [ left to right ] for [ print direction ] in [ digital endorser ] . it enables to print a text from left to right .\nadded [ aztec code ] of two - dimensional codes for [ type ] in [ barcode detection ] . note :\n2d barcode for paperstream 1 . 1 . 0\u201d or later is required to use [ aztec code ] .\nadded [ background ] in [ deskew ] setting of [ cropping ] feature . [ background color ] enables to specify the document color as background color .\nimproved the followings in [ blank page detection ] window ( except fi - 65f ) : - improved the captions of [ sensitivity ] . - changed [ black & white dots ratio ] setting into [ black dots ratio ] and [ white dots ratio ] separately .\nimproved the followings in [ assisted scan ] window : - only selectable buttons are displayed in [ automatic color detection ] switch button . - changed [ save profile ] option to a button . - improved button layout in an arabic environment .\nfixed the defect that insufficient memory error may occur when specifying [ scanning area ] and scan long page .\nfixed the defect that an image rotated by 180 degree may be outputted when back - side scanning is configured .\nfixed the description of [ endorser ] of [ normal dialog ] in a russian environment .\nfixed the defect that [ tiff conversion failed ] error may occur when a large amount of documents are scanned with paperstream capture .\nan internal error may occur in the driver when [ rotation ] is set to [ automatic ] and when a document has a particular pattern .\nreplaced the [ restore original ] , [ undo ] , and [ redo ] buttons with the respective icons in .\nmoved the [ save profile ] button into the [ option ] button which is newly added .\nadded [ black & white dots ratio ] in the [ blank page detection ] methods ( except fi - 65f ) .\nthe default parameters are revised as below ( only when the user locale is set to english ( united states ) , english ( canada ) , or french ( canada ) ) : paper source : [ feeder ( front side ) ] to [ feeder ( both sides ) ] blank page detection : [ off ] to [ on ] image output : do not output edge filler : [ off ] to [ on ] fill color : white filled area : 0 . 1 inch paper size : [ letter ] to [ double letter ] ( a3 unit ) , letter ( a4 unit ) dropout color : [ green ] to [ none ] hole punch removal : [ off ] to [ on ] fill color : background color\nfixed the defect that the driver window may appear in a place where the user cannot operate when it is reopened in multi - display environment . this occurs after the driver window is closed and then the number of displays is reduced or the arrangement of the displays is changed before the window is reopened .\nfixed the defect that automatic image quality checker ( aiqc ) may not be notified correctly when scanning with both [ blank page detection ] and [ multifeed detection ] enabled .\nfixed the defect that the existing exported file is lost when using the scanning profile exporter and cancelling the overwriting of the file .\nfixed the defect that the application may stop responding when the user scans , selecting the profile where [ color by length ] is enabled , in a scanner which [ color by length ] is not supported .\nfixed the defect that a horizontally - striped - pattern image may be outputted in black and white .\nfixed the defect that the scanning profile cannot be switched from the sdk application with the standard user authority .\nfixed the defect that the driver window cannot display or that scanning is not available with a particular application .\nfixed the defect that there may be the difference between the counter number included in the strings that is notified to the application and the counter number printed by the imprinter after performing [ continuous scan ] .\nmoved the indicator during scanning from the center of the main display to the center of the application window .\nfixed the defect that the error message \u201cprocessing error occurred with the scanner . \u201d is notified if a different data type from the twain agreement is set to \u201ccap _ xfercount\u201d .\nfi - 6240z / fi - 6230z / fi - 6140z / fi - 6130z are supported .\nrevised the design of the icon for switching between normal / simple screen to be more user friendly .\nimproved the [ edge correction ] feature to create a more natural result of edge correction for color image .\nadded the feature to notify the result of [ blank page detection ] in the application ( supported by api ) when specifying to output a blank page .\nenable to detect a page with a bleed - through as a blank page by judging the outputted image when performing duplex scan .\nenable to specify the [ scanning area ] even when selecting [ automatic size ] for [ cropping ] .\nadded the feature to specify individual [ scanning area ] in the case when each scan setting for multiple images is configured separately ; and when [ multi image output ] , [ automatic color detection ] , [ paper length detection ] , and [ use separate settings for front and back side ] are on .\nenable to specify the timing of cropping [ scanning area ] in [ configuration ] : whether to crop image before or after rotation can be selected by configuring the setting of [ rotation ] .\nenable to specify [ the maximum number of barcodes to be detected per page ] to up to 20 .\nadded [ data matrix ] format to two - dimensional codes . note : two - dimensional codes is available when 2d barcode for paperstream has been installed .\nfixed the defect in the software operation panel that [ none ] is set for [ dropout color ] even if [ white ] is specified ( it occurs only in fi - 6770 / fi - 6750s / fi - 6670 ) .\nfixed the defect that the counter value of [ digital endorser ] is initialized when performing continuous scan without displaying the driver dialog .\nfi - 5950 / fi - 6800 / fi - 6770 / fi - 6750s / fi - 6670 / fi - 5530c2 / fi - 6110 was added to the supported model .\nadded the function to save the scan settings in the profile when using assisted scan . \u201csave profile\u201d button is added to the assisted scan window .\nable to specify scanning area in long page scanning mode . ( except fi - 5950 , fi - 6770 , fi - 6750s and fi - 6670 )\nable to specify shadow and highlight when specifying [ black & white ] in image mode and selecting custom in tone adjustment .\nthe dialog of assisted scan may not display properly when specifying \u201cuse separate settings for front and back side\u201d in option ( except fi - 6750s , and fi - 65f ) .\nthe settings of color cleanup may not be configured from the dialog when outputting in [ color ] or [ grayscale ] image mode .\nmarking pages may not operate when using the driver in paperstream capture and selecting [ mark pages when multifeed is detected ] checkbox ( except fi - 65f ) .\nin rare cases , launching software operation panel or changing the settings on software operation panel may cause the scanner device to hang up . ( fi - 5530c2 and fi - 6110 only )\nthe settings of dropout color may not be applied when outputting in black & white or grayscale . ( fi - 6110 only )\nlaunching software operation panel or setting change on software operation panel may rarely cause a hang - up of the scanner device or destruction of data in eeprom .\nin rare cases , the program automatically ends when scanning with edge repair function enabled .\nin rare cases , the \u201cscansnap manager for fi series\u201d automatically ends when scanning .\nwhen selecting \u201cstop and show image\u201d after multi - feed is detected , an error message of \u201cnot enough memory available\u201d will be displayed , and the scanning may end suddenly .\non an account , they will temporarily disable that account ' s trading and gifting abilities . this is done to help keep every jammer and their items safe .\non an account , they will temporarily demote that account ' s chat setting to bubble chat . this is done to ensure that every jammer can play in a safe environment .\nto help jamaa stay a safe and fun place for all jammers , ajhq moderators cannot lift any disciplines from player accounts . if your account was suspended or banned and you don ' t understand why , your parent can view your account ' s discipline history on their parent account .\nif you have questions that aren ' t addressed in our help section , please submit a request , and we will get back to you shortly .\nthe quid pro quo \u2013 how bad patents can harm a company new inventors are often unaware of the quid pro quo that is fundamental to the patent system . the inventors must show the world their innermost secrets of how to make or use their invention . in exchange , the government grants a limited right in the form [ \u2026 ]\nfind helpful articles , papers , videos , and more from our seasoned experts .\nproga : data . o main . o io . o cc data . o main . o io . o - 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10 % of the form . however there are numerous slashes in the form that cut through 8 angles ( hence the name of the form ) . therefore as the from encourages slashing , it seems reasonable that the early dao were not created for wing chun rather , wing chun adapted the weapons that already existed . this idea supports the theory that the form is likely the evolution of an existing style in southern china at the time .\nevidence , suggests the the shorter blades , that are more optimized for slashing evolved at the very end of the 19th century or start of the 20th century . this suggested that the baat cham dao forms appearance in wing chun is reasonably recent , perhaps only 50 - 120 years ago .\nthe form has 8 sections . many people mistakenly believe this is where the forms name comes from . however the eight actually refers to the number of different angles the blade cuts through whilst performing the techniques in the form . hence the name\neight cutting blade\n.\nobviously the form teaches the wing chun student how to use a pair of wing chun dao ( knives / swords ) . butterfly knives are often confused with bulls ears swords . they look very similar however the difference in the handle of the weapon will dramatically reduce the functionality of a bulls ear sword compared to a pair butterfly knives .\ninitially a student may ask\nalthough it may be fun to learn , and nice from traditional perspective , why should i learn the bart cham dao in this day and age ? i am never going to use it in the practical sense .\nso what else does learning the bart cham dao help with ?\nperhaps most importantly it reinforces the underlying wing chun principles seen in the other hand forms , for instance economy of motion , deflection etc . it will also teach the practitioner a new type of stepping that can be used in certain situations . furthermore as an added bonus learning the bart cham dao will drastically improve wrist strength if trained properly and regularly .\nfurthermore because the knives used in the form are not as big as traditional chinese swords the techniques translate well into improvised weapons you may find in a modern lifestyle .\nbefore the bart cham dao can be learned it is very important to have a solid grasp of all the other hand forms first . this is because , amongst other things , the stepping in the bart cham dao is not effective without the stepping from the second and third hand forms ( chum kiu and biu gee ) . the system is designed to grow from the sil lim tao to bart cham dao and it is not wise to try and miss sections or rush through .\nthe below video shows samuel kwok performing some of the bart cham dao form at the world wing chun conference .\nsamuel kwok performing some of the bart cham dao form at the world conference .\n3 & 4 . a social and visual history of the hudiedao ( butterfly sword ) in the southern chinese martial arts . posted by benjudkins\norganisations including the food standards agency and the department for work and pensions will be able to see uk citizens\u2019 entire internet browsing history within weeks .\nthe investigatory powers bill , which was all but passed into law this week , forces internet providers to keep a full list of internet connection records ( icrs ) for a year and to make them available to the government if asked . those icrs in effect serve as a full list of every website that people have visited , rather than collecting which specific pages are visited or what ' s done on them .\nicrs will be made available to a wide range of government bodies . those include expected law enforcement organisations such as the police , the military and the secret service , but also includes bodies such as the food standards agency , the gambling commission , councils and the welsh ambulance services national health service trust .\ndesigned by pierpaolo lazzarini from italian company jet capsule . the i . f . o . is fuelled by eight electric engines , which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph .\nelectrification guru dr . wolfgang ziebart talks about the electric jaguar i - 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{"id": 54536, "summary": [{"text": "the air quality egg ( aqe ) is an open source hardware internet of things platform and hobbyist device for crowdsourced citizen monitoring of airborne pollutants .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the device won widespread recognition when it was named a best of kickstarter 2012 project , and has been featured in newspaper , magazine , peer-reviewed scientific journal and prominent blog articles .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "crowdsourced data from citizen owners of the devices is uploaded to xively where it becomes publicly accessibly on the air quality egg website .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the device is supported by 3rd party mobile apps such as acculation 's aqcalc .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the aqe grew out of internet of things meetup groups in new york city and amsterdam , led by pachube evangelist ed borden .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "wickeddevice llc , the company that manufacturers and sells the aqe off its website , is a tech start-up headquartered in ithaca , ny .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "there are two versions of the device : an arduino shield for use by hobbyists , and a more consumer-ready \" hobbyist kit \" device .", "topic": 35}, {"text": "the latter consists of two identical-looking plastic enclosures vaguely resembling white eggs .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "one unit , the base unit , is connected to the user 's ethernet lan connection .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "the second unit monitors no2 and co levels and reports these readings every few minutes back to the base unit via a custom wireless protocol .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "the base unit , in term , reports these readings to xively and the aqe website .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "add-ons are available for purchase off the website that add pm2 .5 dust , ozone , and voc sensors .", "topic": 35}, {"text": "despite being labelled a not-consumer-ready \" hobbyist \" device by the manufacturer , the aqe is one of the few de facto commercially available , comprehensive internet of things pollution monitors on the us market .", "topic": 35}, {"text": "a number of competing devices have been announced , such as the chemisense wearable in the us or the alima in france , but these do not appear to be commercially available in the us at time of writing .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "citizensensor is another us crowdsourced air quality monitoring device , but it is listed an \" outgoing project \" , \" diy \" , and apparently not available for purchase .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "in terms of a comprehensive internet of things air pollution monitoring solution , the most direct competitor may be china 's ikair ( pronounced \" i care \" ) , although this uses a closed , proprietary platform rather than the aqe 's open source hardware and open data design .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "unfortunately , at time of writing the ikair 's companion smartphone app does not appear to be available in english or for download in the us .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "ibm recently announced a partnership with the government of china for analytics software to process data from pollution sensors , so both the software and hardware aspects of this market may be heating up .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "a major potential criticism of the aqe is that it is still a hobbyist device despite the appearance of consumer-ready packaging .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "in an effort to get these devices to end-users more quickly , the aqe 's sensors have not yet been fully calibrated by the manufacturer .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "no doubt these issues will be addressed as more competing devices enter the market . ", "topic": 35}], "title": "air quality egg", "paragraphs": ["use the air quality egg app to configure the egg . available in google play .\nyou can hear more about the ideas behind the air quality egg in the video below .\na community - led air quality sensing network that gives people a way to participate in the conversation about air quality .\nsimilar community initiatives are underway with the air quality egg in boston and the country of georgia , he said .\n# airqualityegg : a community - led air quality sensing network that gives people a way to participate in the conversation about air quality .\nthe air quality egg project does more than just give localized data though . users can register their egg at urltoken and their data is automatically mapped , creating a real - time source for local , regional and even global air quality .\ntell me if i\u2019ve understand all : air quality egg from wicked device is sold for $ 185 ( shipping in eu ? ) and contains the base station ( first egg ) and the sensors ( second egg ) .\nfrom the air quality egg website : \u201ca community - led air quality sensing network that gives people a way to participate in the conversation about air quality . the air quality egg is a sensor system designed to allow anyone to collect very high resolution readings of no2 and co concentrations outside of their home . these two gases are the most indicative elements related to urban air pollution that are sense - able by inexpensive , diy sensors . \u201d\nwithout commenting specifically on the air quality egg , he said\nmost of these devices have value for low - cost citizen science .\nair quality sensor arduino shield + shipping costs to any non - us address .\nair quality egg on - site workshop for 30 people . we will come to you with parts to build 30 wired air quality sensor boxes and build them with you . travel costs are included to locations in the us and europe .\nwhile those monitors are meant to characterize air quality across a region , air pollution can be different from neighborhood to neighborhood .\nair quality egg . fully assembled , plug and play , wireless air quality sensing system . generates no2 , co , temperature and humidity data and displays it on a web - based dashboard accessible from anywhere . shipping to us address included .\nair quality egg + o3 , voc , radiation , and dust / particulate sensor upgrades . shipping to us included , add $ 13 for international shipping .\nthe sensors egg can be updated adding inside the same egg others sensors ( dust \\ radiation \\ voc \\ ozone \\ \u2026 ) .\nway back in march 2012 i backed my first kickstarter project , the air quality egg from wicked device , a project to build a community - led air quality sensing network . it has been a long time coming but despite royal mail\u2019s best efforts it has finally arrived .\nthe air quality egg ( aqe ) is a collective , diy , air quality sensor and network that emerged in 2012 out of an international collaboration of people involved in exploring aspects of the internet of things . the egg sensors measure concentrations of nitrogen dioxide ( no2 ) and carbon monoxide ( co ) , because as noted on the project\u2019s webpage , \u201cthey are the most indicative elements related to urban air pollution that are sense - able by inexpensive diy sensors . \u201d although the egg can be implemented with other sensors , in this case the aspects of air quality that are measured depend on the technologies available .\nshipped from ithaca , new york , by first - class post , an air quality egg has arrived in our citizen sense project lab . written on its cardboard box is the message , \u201ccare about your air ? problem solved . \u201d designed to make the air we breathe more visible , the project consists of a kit that enables the collection of air quality data within our local environments .\nonce armed with your updated eggs you need to go to the air quality egg website and enter the mac address of your base egg ( on a sticker on the inside lid of the box ) as well as a location and a name and optional description and elevation .\nupdate 2 \u2013 i\u2019ve now updated the script to import the air quality egg data into emoncms to use the cosm api instead of scraping the urltoken site which is less likely to be broken by external changes .\nconfigure the egg with the phone app and connect it to your wifi network then it will publish the data to our servers allowing you access to any historical data from your egg .\nyes the $ 185 kit is for the base egg with ethernet and the sensor egg with temperature , humidity , co and no2 sensors as stanard with other sensors as an option .\nto measure air pollution now , cities use large sensors called municipal air quality monitors , which cost between $ 70 , 000 and $ 150 , 000 , according to hubbard .\nin january 2013 , withings announced that its connected scale , called the withings body analyzer measures air quality as well as heart rate and weight . at the time , the company said that co2 can build up in confined spaces like bedrooms , leading to poor air quality that can negatively affect health , so having access to air quality readings can be part of an overall health strategy .\ndear nathan just tried to connect to the open energy monitor web site and it doesn\u2019t recognise it . also \u2013 wonder if there are any further meetings in the uk to further the aims of the air quality egg ? regards\nthe air quality egg is a sensor system designed to allow anyone to collect very high resolution readings of no2 and co concentrations outside of their home . these two gases are the most indicative elements related to urban air pollution that are sense - able by inexpensive , diy sensors .\na project aiming to give citizens a way to participate in the conversation about air quality . it is composed of a sensing device that measures the air quality in the immediate environment and an on - line community that is sharing this information in real - time .\nthe air quality egg was launched in 2012 , part of what the u . s . environmental protection agency calls the next generation of air monitoring . there are also businesses that have developed small monitors that connect to smart phone applications , providing instant readings of what their users are breathing .\nberkeley , california - based chemisense has developed a wristworn wearable air quality monitor that helps people detect chemicals and pollutants in the air around them , according to a report from mit technology review .\nplace your egg in the desired location and let it run , it automatically uploads data to the internet .\nrepresent diy air quality monitoring with a t - shirt and sticker set that we promise will not be lame . shipping to us address included .\nwhen the base egg is first plugged into a network it will get an ip address via dhcp and attempt to connect to cosm to register itself and obtain a feed number . the base egg also broadcasts its unique mac address for 30 seconds when it is first turned on and waits for a reply from the remote sensor egg , once this has been received the two are paired together . the rgb led in the base egg will light the egg up to indicate what is happening , there is a diagram here showing how that works .\nswart acknowledged that their data can ' t match the quality of official government monitors .\nall the data will be sent automatically to the air quality egg website , as well as a special website being developed for louisville , which will include other information such as the location where people who are participating in a related project are having asthma attacks .\nthe wearable device will identify carbon monoxide , sulfur oxides , nitrous oxides , volatile organic compounds , and ozone . the data gathered from the wearable device will be sent to a connected app . the company plans to use air quality data added to the app to crowdsource heat maps of air quality .\na community - led air quality sensing network that gives people a way to participate in the conversation about air quality . it includes pollution sensors , a phone app and a web dashboard . using the app , you can monitor your pollution levels . you can also follow other eggs , and compare them .\nthe device consists of a sensing system that gets plugged into the wall outside your home and communicates wirelessly to the egg - shaped base station inside , which transmits the data to the internet . the egg also contains the user buttons and lights .\nthey sample for a variety of pollutants , such as ozone and the smallest of particulates , and have shown that in recent decades , air quality locally has improved .\ntouillon notes that the alima is different from other air quality sensors because there will be an emphasis on developing predictive algorithms . the idea is that you can tell in advance when you\u2019re going to experience hazardous air levels , and provide you with steps to prevent that from even happening at all . also , it\u2019s designed to be a way for everyone to work together collaboratively to improve their air quality experience .\nthe air quality egg is developed by a community effort , born out of groups from the internet of things meetups in nyc and amsterdam . we are designers , technologists , developers , architects , students , and artists . read about the history of the development of this project here and here .\ndr . james sublettsaid he plans to buy several and put them inside and outside of his family allergy & asthma clinics , to check difference between indoor and outdoor air quality .\nsmith said he plans to seek advice from the louisville air district and and its health department on where to place the air monitors that people donate .\nthat way , gordon garner said , they can compare air quality and temperature at an urban and semi - rural location . he ' s especially interested in tracking the temperature differences .\nthe air quality egg also proposes a material agency for the sensing kits themselves . instead of enhancing an invisible ubiquity of sensors , the project developers attempt to make them visible . both the sensors and the base station have been encased within an egg - shape plexiglass case that is tactile and illuminated , thereby presenting an embodied and distinctly materialized relationship with the sensing process . there have been multiple \u201cdesign\u201d efforts to make sensors more engaging ( such as the speck project ) , but the aqe aims to gain engagement through the shape of the object and through interactivity : by making the egg glow .\nthe special louisville website will also compare egg readings to an index , giving people a sense of what the data means , smith said .\nboth parts of the kit are housed in identical flattened egg shaped cases . the remote egg consists of an smt nanode ( without the ethernet hardware fitted ) with a custom sensor shield containing an attiny88 microprocessor , an i2c multiplexer , mac / eeprom chip , dht22 temperature / humidity sensor , an e2v mics 2710 no2 sensor and a mics 5525 co sensor as well as voltage regulators for the sensors heaters . there are also sockets for up to four more i2c sensors . in the bottom of the egg is a fan to ensure that fresh air is constantly drawn in through the egg to circulate around the sensors . due to the power usage of the fan and heaters for the co and no2 sensors the remote egg is mains powered via a transformer and not battery powered .\n2 ) egg base station : an egg - shaped base station , which gives this project its name , receives the wirelessly transmitted data from the sensor box outside . it then relays that data to the internet via a wired ethernet connection . the egg also acts as a user interface , so it also has an led light and a button . these are configurable by applications which will be developed in the future by the community .\narnita gadson , executive director of the kentucky environmental quality commission , said officials working on new air - monitoring initiative will have to be careful about how they communicate with the public , because there are many types of air pollution , and the personal monitors only track a few .\nyou can create aggregations of data from multiple eggs and share them with other egg users , and search the world wide network off eggs and data .\napplication beta tester . even if you don ' t collect your own data , you can still benefit from applications developed by the community that uses the aggregate open data from air quality eggs around the world .\napplications : each egg that comes online contributes data that , in aggregate , will provide what is essentially an\nair quality api\n. this will be a platform for web developers who want to apply this information in innovative ways via web apps , mobile apps , visualizations , interactive installations , and more . the egg base station also has the ability to convey information through a colored light and also has a button for user feedback . these elements can be programmed and re - programmed for all kinds of interactions .\nwith accurate , real - time data about beijing ' s air quality , the government will be in a position to address environmental issues rapidly by altering production at specific factories or alerting citizens about developing air quality issues . in addition , the chinese government has established a goal of obtaining 13 percent of its consumable energy from non - fossil fuels by 2017 , while enabling the construction of the world ' s largest renewable grid .\nas the sensemaker team says , those two gases\nare the most indicative elements related to urban air pollution that are sense - able by inexpensive , diy sensors .\nwhat ' s great about the air quality egg is that it can be used by anyone to get readings right where they are , as opposed to relying on federal data which is collected on a regional level and not very informative for someone wondering what it ' s like outside their home .\n90 % of the world ' s population breathes air which exceeds world health organization standards .\nthe egg ' s sensor system has been prototyped and refined several times . the current iteration which will go to production has been designed by joe saavedra , building on work from a previous project , urltoken . the wireless system has been designed by wickeddevice , who will also be managing the production of the finished egg system .\nanother successful kickstarter project that has the potential to make huge waves in the clean tech community is the air quality egg . after exceeding their funding goal by $ 100 , 000 back in april , sensemakers , the team behind the device , has been working on developing the compact sensor system that gathers very high resolution readings of no2 and co concentrations from wherever it ' s placed .\nupdate 4 / 12 : you can now upgrade the air quality egg ( including the diy versions ) with sensors for o3 ( $ 25 ) , voc ' s ( $ 25 ) , radiation ( $ 60 ) , and particulates ( $ 40 ) ! add the cost directly to your pledge ( we will confirm your order after the campaign ends ) . see here for more info !\nin the aqe , sensing is meant to be configured for participating in a public debate about the environment through the deployment of the sensing kit . by shifting the question from the quality of the data to what it enacts and which worlds and actions it makes possible , it proposes that there are other aspects that matter in air sensing , such as the measuring process itself . measuring the air is a practice of engagement that unfolds through the making of a technical device , and which might be seen to be a contested strategy of dealing with air quality and public infrastructures .\nbrown announced the program to deploy the first 100 so - called air quality eggs thursday evening at a cocktail supper for 200 guests at her northeast louisville home . they will monitor for nitrogen dioxide , carbon monoxide , particulates , temperature and humidity .\nin general , people who live in more polluted cities don ' t live as long , said aruni bhatnagar , a professor of medicine at university of louisville . and there can also be places in cities where air quality is worse , he said , calling them hot spots where air pollution can also damage people ' s bodies and make them sick .\nthe electronics all seems well designed and well made and the egg hardware and firmware is open source with schematics and board designs available on solderpad and the arduino based firmware available on github .\nas expected , people\u2019s rising awareness of air pollution in china is rendering air purifiers a new favorite of chinese households\u2019 . but with the proliferation of air purifiers comes the uncertainty of which manufacturers are reliable and whether they can solve people\u2019s real concerns \u2013 to improve health in the long term . ikair wants to answer that .\nfor those who want to track more pollutants , they may purchase an egg directly from the wicked device website , adding packages that detect ozone and volatile organic compounds , which contribute to smog .\nfrench company and 2014 hardware battlefield contestant alima thinks people want to know what makes up the air they breathe , and they previously launched a successful indiegogo campaign to prove that it is indeed something consumers want . once known as airboxlab , the paris startup ran an indiegogo campaign in 2013 to fund its cylindrical home air quality monitor , which measures and reports on the volume of carbon dioxide , carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds ( voc ) in the air where you live .\nlooking for air pollution hot spots with micro - monitors louisville is getting ready to monitor air pollution on a micro - level , potentially shedding light on city\nhot spots .\ncheck out this story on urltoken urltoken\nair district staff are willing to do that , said keith talley sr . , executive director of the agency .\ndifferent from an air purifier , ikair is a smart sensor that provides an intelligent readout of indoor environmental factors like air quality and noise level , and then recommends solutions for improvement . in other word , it is not the final solution to indoor pollution but essential to finding the right solution . but what\u2019s the point of a having a smart sensor without actually owning a clean device ?\nsetting the egg up should be pretty seamless unless like me you have one of the earlier ones with a bug in the automatic cosm provisioning ( caused by a change at cosm ) but there is an update to fix that here . there has also been a bug fix this week for high readings being reported by the sensor egg so it would make sense to update both the base and sensor eggs before starting .\nthe effort harkens back more than a decade when louisville was gripped in a fight over toxic air from industrial sites .\nair pollution is more than just something that clouds your vision on a sunny day ,\nfounder and cmo will hubbard said in a presentation .\nin fact , the world health organization just labeled air pollution as a class 1 carcinogen , in the same ranks as asbestos and cigarette smoke . and so most people don ' t even appreciate the fact that this leads to millions of premature deaths every year , which in turn leads to the reality that billions each year are spent on issues directly related to air quality .\n, which aims to safeguard the health of approximately 700 million people living in urban areas . the city of beijing will invest more than $ 160 billion to improve air quality and deliver on its target of reducing harmful fine particulate matter ( pm 2 . 5 ) by 25 percent by 2017 .\ncustom air quality sensor shield for arduino with ability to sense no2 , co , temp , humidity . this will allow you to build your own sensor system with your own arduino and participate in the community by generating data with the same sensors as everyone else . shipping to us address included .\nit is a community - developed , open source project that is driven by people who care about the air they breathe .\nthe base egg is a fully populated smt nanode with a small shield containing an rgb led and a dc power socket for connection of the mains adapter . there is also space for a push button but this isn\u2019t fitted .\n1 ) outdoor sensors : a small electronic sensing system plug into the wall and sits outside your home taking regular readings . it has an rf transmitter , which sends the data wirelessly to an egg - shaped base station inside .\nlouisville is getting ready to monitor air pollution on a micro - level , potentially shedding light on city\nhot spots .\n.\nas the general public demands a better environment and improved quality of life , it is important for the government to respond and adopt a more sustainable approach to economic development .\nwhile not as reliable as government sensors , the readings do give people an approximate idea of pollution levels immediately nearby , so they can be more informed in seeking better air quality , said dirk swart , a co - founder of the company that makes the monitors , wicked device llc of ithaca , n . y .\nthere is lots of stuff in the air , and we care about the air , so we want to know what we are breathing . we have many sensors to choose from , currently we have 5 models to choose from measureing a total of 7 different pollutants .\nwhere ' s the data ? look outside your window - - have you ever wondered what the quality of the air is out there ? i mean right . out . there . 12 inches from your face . if so , you are out of luck . the air quality data collected by the government is likely sampled from far , far away and then applied to you on a regional level - - not very useful from the standpoint of trying to understand or change the local dynamics of pollution that affect you . if you ' re interested in joining a community of people who are going to change that , you are in the right place !\nthe chinese government is taking steps to deal effectively with the country ' s growing air pollution problem by deploying advanced analytics and other tech tools .\ngordon garner , a consulting engineer and environmental advocate who attended brown ' s kickoff event , said he purchased two air - quality eggs . he will place one at the home he shares with his wife , joyce garner , in leafy prospect , and the other at joyce garner ' s art studio , garner narrative , on east market near downtown louisville .\nstep 1 ) 3 - 6 weeks . the current prototype design will be consolidated into a single board by dirk swart and vic aprea of wickeddevice , who have already done customized volume runs of the nanode , the open source microcontroller board which provides the platform for the egg . the egg enclosure / injection molding will also be developed at this time , based on 3d print runs we ' ve done and will iterate on . a small run of completed test units will be produced in - house to verify the compatibility of the design .\nwe are living in an extraordinary time . . . with all these new tools we have not had available before ,\nhe told those at thursday ' s event .\nyou may not understand this egg thing , but go ahead and become a civic entrepreneur .\nthe chemisense wearable will help people will asthma identify places where the air is more polluted , which will in turn help them identify triggers and avoid certain places .\nlouisville is getting ready to monitor air pollution on a micro - level , potentially shedding light on city\nhot spots\nthat could be damaging people ' s health .\nbut how one is meant to respond to the glowing egg has been left to the user to decide . the egg can be seen as an open design that enhances participation , although it would be interesting to research when deployed whether it achieves these material and political effects . data is also not seen through the object itself , is not inscribed where it has been measured , but it is uploaded to a collective platform of sensor data ( xively , formerly pachube and cosm , one of the most active supporters of the egg ) . this platform has the advantage of making the data public and comparable ( it is in fact this platform that transforms individual measurements into a network ) . however , the measurements can only be compared in real time , since the sensing kits are not building datasets . this opens the question of the purpose of a real - time network of independent sensors , and the kind of socio - political changes they might enable .\nwired ( ethernet / power to outside sensor box ) air quality sensor box only , in diy kit form ( parts in a bag with tutorial ) . this will allow you to enjoy the reduced cost of building the sensor system yourself while having all of the necessary parts and instructions delivered to you ready to go . generate the same data as the rest of the community with the same sensor system . shipping to us address included .\nthe name came from the $ 75 plastic buckets that citizens could use to collect air samples , compared with the several thousands of dollars that the official equipment cost at the time .\nfocusing on hot spots is a great addition to a larger strategy for reducing our exposures ,\nsaid eboni cochran , a leader in the group rubbertown emergency action , which helped press the local air district to adopt a toxic air reduction program in 2005 after the u of l and epa data found excessive health risks from cancer - causing chemicals like 1 , 3 - butadiene .\nas china has grown into a global economic powerhouse , air pollution has become a major health problem . smog in major urban areas such as beijing has worsened in recent years , and it now reaches\nin addition to louisville ' s six official monitoring stations , indiana and kentucky run several others in the region that are used to determine the community ' s compliance with federal clean - air rules .\n3 ) data sent to internet : the air quality data will be sent in real - time to pachube , an open data service , which both stores and provides free access to the data . the service includes embeddable graphs and the ability to generate triggers for tweets and sms alerts ( it looks something like this ) , as well as a robust api which allows for developers in the community to unlock the potential of this new dataset by building mashups , maps , and applications .\nanother selling point is its personalized user experience . besides flexible module combinations , ikair uses the data gathered to refine its recommended solutions for users . yet , like all \u201cinternet of things , \u201d smart sensors face the question of how effectively they actually work . at the end of the day people want practical and instant solutions whereas environmental problems in china are as vast as the country itself . ikair states that its air quality sensing system was approved by department of building science & technology at tsinghua university .\nwhile the egg shape does seem to make some sense for the sensor unit , the way the two halves fit together does give me some concerns about how it will stand up to the wonderful british weather so i\u2019ve put some insulation tape round the join just to add a little bit more protection and made sure it is as well sheltered as i can , only time will tell how well it fares . the egg shape isn\u2019t as suited for the base station in my mind , it makes it larger than it needs to be and can make it awkward to find a space for but i understand the economical benefits to using identical cases for both units and this is a small complaint . it does look quite nice when it lights up too .\nsmith said the effort will also involve purchasing 50 air monitors developed by a louisville company , durham labs , for deployment on bikes used by students . details on the bike monitors would be made public in may .\nyet , china is turning to more than political discourse and new policies to address its air pollution problem . in july , the chinese government inked a 10 - year deal with ibm to embark on an initiative dubbed\nsensor up a city . let ' s do a big rally to kick it off . we ' ll come with 100 air quality eggs , run a clinic , do some talks about sensing / science / community , have an exchange of ideas . our travel is included to anywhere in us / europe . 100 people will take home eggs . instant critical mass . this is a great way for corporations who want to sponsor this project to get involved , either to give back to the community or engage their own employees in the movement .\nat the citizen cyberscience summit in london in january , we were able to deploy a small number of egg sensor boxes and saw our first data collection . we are slowly getting a small run of prototype - level sensor boxes into the hands of beta testers ( example : urltoken ) . we are running workshops in london and amsterdam which will have people building up their own units and bringing them home .\nthe need to clear the air is apparent to a wide range of observers , including researchers .\nchina ' s rapid economic development has introduced heavy environmental costs ,\nstates tao wang , resident scholar in the energy and climate program at\nthe makers are very focused on taking advantage of the internet of things with this project . the data is not just community - sourced and presented , but as the website states\nthe air quality data will be sent in real - time to pachube , an open data service , which both stores and provides free access to the data . the service includes embeddable graphs and the ability to generate triggers for tweets and sms alerts ( it looks something like this ) , as well as a robust api which allows for developers in the community to unlock the potential of this new dataset by building mashups , maps , and applications .\none thing to be aware of is that the co and no2 sensors are uncalibrated , the firmware does support calibration but it just isn\u2019t practical at this price point for every individual sensor to be calibrated in a lab when building the kits . out of the box the calibration value is set to a value in the middle of the datasheet range which should be good enough to determine if the air quality in a location is good / ok / bad and how it changes over time and there are people trying to work out a method of diy calibration or ways to use data processing techniques like mean - variance and blind calibration to improve accuracy .\nof course , alima\u2019s real value is in the data it collects , so presenting that information to users in a way that\u2019s easy to understand is key . the alima manages to do this with an app - based dashboard that lets you view readings from the sensor in easy - to - understand graphs and charts , complete with warnings and notices that prompt you to act if things are going wrong . it could suggest you open a window , or prescribe more drastic solutions like installing a professional air filter into your home\u2019s air circulation system .\nsmith said people can donate the eggs so a project team can place them in strategic locations . that way they can search for potential pollution hot spots that may be missed by the louisville metro air pollution control district ' s network of six monitoring stations , he said .\nusing new technology tied to the internet , louisville philanthropist christy brown is helping to deploy a fleet of micro - monitors about as big as a softball that will continuously sniff the air and provide individuals \u2014 as well as the public \u2014 a quick view of the pollution surrounding them .\nnow rebadged as alima , the startup is looking to move from its initial small production run to a much broader wide consumer launch . the alima will refine the design of its hardware somewhat , but the eye - catching cylindrical tower perforated with holes designed functionally to collect air samples and aesthetically to look clean and fresh will remain the same .\nthe network functions through a multiplicity of nodes , and not necessarily through the quality of the data that each of them provides . such multiplicity of sensors reconfigures the scale and space of a public infrastructural network . however , there is still the assumption that technological devices will be the drivers of a political change into a non - representational democracy by providing the tools to coordinate and decide collectively about environmental concerns , which raises questions about the implicit expectations of relying on technology as the means of social and political change .\nin july , researchers at germany\u2019s karlsruhe institute of technology announced that they had developed a smartphone - connected tool that can sense dust levels , also developed to test air pollution . when tested , the technology showed a good initial performance , but a paper describing the research explained that future iterations of the tool will offer increased sensitivity so that the device can detect even lower concentrations of dust .\nted smith , the mayor ' s innovation czar , said friday that the party ' s participants purchased as many as 100 of the monitors . when bought from brown ' s new nonprofit institute for healthy air , water and soil , each monitor costs $ 200 a piece . that ' s less than the $ 243 that the company charges for the same package on its wicked device website .\nthe urltoken website is still pretty rudimentary at the moment , all you can do is see the current reading from the eggs and it is missing some obvious things like units for the measurements ( no2 and co are measured in parts per billion ( ppb ) , temperature in \u00b0c and humidity in % ) but hopefully it will improve with time . you can also view graphs of the data over time on urltoken ( here\u2019s my cosm feed ) and i know i\u2019m not the only one also thinking of ways to feed the data into other things like emoncms , this could be done by pulling the json or xml feeds from cosm , modifying the egg base firmware to send to emoncms as well as cosm or perhaps receiving the sensor eggs transmissions on my existing gateway .\nthe alima is launching on indiegogo to drive that community interest . pricing during the campaign for backers will be $ 199 , and then going up to $ 249 for a single unit , and the retail price after that will be $ 299 , touillon says . turning inside air into the next frontier for quantified self - measurement seems a likely area for potential growth , it\u2019s just a question of whether alima\u2019s take is the right one .\nthe economical aspect of sensing is prioritised toward the quality of the data . this opens up one of the main controversies between scientific and citizen science , which revolves around accuracy and what counts as valid data . such an approach constructs a distinction between primary ( accurate and technical ) and secondary ( subjective , soft ) data . if , as bruno latour , annemarie mol and other sts - based thinkers propose , there is a need to eliminate this distinction and level the two epistemic modes of knowing , the question that arises is how to evaluate types and modalities of data , as well as the practices that they generate and organise .\nthe sensor kit , built in parallel or even in opposition to institutional measuring networks , intends to give voice to citizens in environmental issues , thereby raising the environment and its management as a matter of concern . but to make the air matter as an issue of common interest , a whole new assemblage of people , environments and technologies is required , which configures another way of understanding urban infrastructures . this assemblage is articulated around two main differences : the material conditions of the apparatus and who engages in undertaking its deployment .\nbut there is another level of care , which comes out of the material properties of the sensors . sensors and their assemblage are not stable and need monitoring ( their technology is fragile and requires repair , recalibration and attention ) , so monitoring the air with these sensors implies the monitoring of the sensing kits themselves , thereby producing a new relationship : caring for the environment requires caring for the machine . however at the same time it may reduce the spectrum of citizens that can be implicated in this conversation , as technical and electronic knowledge is needed for this care .\nby focusing the sensing process on mattering and its capacity of raising matters of concern , the aqe kit operates in a way that problematises institutional modes of sensing . it does so by making public the deployment of the kit , revealing doubts and uncertainties as a way of opening up science to citizens to produce engagement . as a result , what matters are the normative implications of the kit and the practices that it enables as the spaces for political action . however the sensor kit also challenges some of the presuppositions of the scientific - policy making sensing process , showing how the fact that the object can be touched ( and built ) makes air sensing relevant for a community of practice . it also proves that content and hardware cannot be separated and demonstrates that the material conditions of the apparatus matter . by shifting a few conditions such as the price of the sensors or who deploys the network , a whole sensing process is reconfigured , transforming the type of infrastructure that it constitutes , as well as its effects in relation to environments .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nlast march , and the country has announced that it will work with regional and local officials that do not address the issue adequately .\n.\nits goal is to boost renewable energy and improve energy optimization , while putting systems and data to work in order to better understand the underlying sources of pollution and the steps required to address the challenge .\nibm ' s china research laboratory will spearhead the effort and tap into a network of 12 global research labs to create an ecosystem of partners from across government , academia , industry and private enterprise . green horizon will rely on advanced technologies and computing methods\u2014including weather satellites , next - generation optical sensors , structured databases , big data analytics and the internet of things\u2014to gain deeper insights into weather prediction and climate modeling . cognitive computing systems will analyze and learn from streams of real - time data .\nby applying supercomputing processing power , scientists from ibm and the beijing government hope to generate visual maps at street - scale resolution showing the source and dispersion of pollutants across beijing 72 hours in advance .\nthis project will provide beijing with a much better understanding of how pollution is produced and spread across the city , so the government can address it more effectively ,\nwang explains . in addition to monitoring real - time data , scientists and researchers will use historical data to better\ncalibrate\nthe model , he adds .\nscience - based decision support systems combined with sophisticated data analysis are exactly what the chinese government needs to address the country ' s energy and environmental issues ,\nwang concludes .\nselect job title c - level / president manager vp staff ( associate / analyst / etc . ) director\nby submitting your information , you agree that urltoken may send you baselinemag offers via email , phone and text message , as well as email offers about other products and services that baselinemag believes may be of interest to you . baselinemag will process your information in accordance with the quinstreet privacy policy .\nthe sensors used are a diy combination of off - the - shelf and cheap components that can be expanded and reconfigured . this approach is meant to allow citizens to deploy the eggs in all their phases ( funding , designing , managing , monitoring , and making data public ) . as a consequence , the spaces for the construction of the prototype have been displaced from high - tech international companies to international media labs and art and technology institutions such as eyebeam , de waag or medialab prado .\nthe goal , brown said , is to\nfind a new way to care for each other .\nand mayor greg fischer , who frequently speaks about the need for compassion and innovation , is endorsing the effort .\nthe goal is to make information actionable ,\nby making it immediate and personal , he said .\nthe best possible outcome is a closer connection between health and well - being and our environment ,\nhe said .\nin the last two years , we have seen an explosion around these technologies ,\nsaid ron williams , a research chemist with the epa ' s office of research and development .\nhe said epa has been conducting laboratory and field tests to determine how accurate the personal monitors are , and said\nthat has yet to be determined . it ' s certainly not regulatory grade .\nthat ' s where the micro - level reporting may be especially helpful \u2014 helping to identify potential hot spots and their sources .\nhe said he believes louisville ' s west end and downtown are such hot spots , and said the new monitors could help researchers investigate them as a screening tool .\nu of l can attempt to confirm any elevated readings with more sophisticated monitors , he said .\neven as university of louisville was operating its own network of monitors specially designed to detect dozens of toxic chemicals and heavy metals that are not tracked by the city , citizen volunteers working with the late rev . louis coleman ' s justice resource center operated a\nbucket brigade\nin 2003 .\nmy hope is that it brings us many steps closer to full disclosure about what we are being exposed to , and sparks an interest in the use of safer chemicals from sources like rubbertown ,\nshe said .\nhe said it ' s too soon to evaluate the citizen monitoring program but said it\ncould point out some stuff we need to look at .\nthe biggest impact , he said , may be\nthe community awareness it will bring .\nfor heat - island research , it could be amazing ,\nhe said .\nbrown is also asking people to contribute money to pay for more of the special inhalers , too , which have sensors on them , and transmit that data to a wisconsin company that is working with louisville .\nthe specialized louisville website should go live in about a month , said smith , who is volunteering his time with brown ' s new institute . southern indiana residents may also participate , he said .\nreach reporter james bruggers at ( 502 ) 582 - 4645 or on twitter @ jbruggers .\nthese sites are part of the usa today network . their content is produced independently from our newsrooms .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 / / en\nurltoken\nto use google groups discussions , please enable javascript in your browser settings , and then refresh this page .\nthe company ' s product has been in the works for two years and as of march the company planned to sell it for $ 150 . hubbard says they have developed breakthrough technology , called chemiresistors , to sense pollutants while keeping costs low .\nchemisense first plans to target younger people with asthma , which the company estimates is a population of 2 . 49 million children .\nour product adds a lot of value when children are trying to learn to avoid their triggers ,\nhubbard explains .\nand second , the parents of these children are emotionally invested in preventing their attacks . something our market research shown has greatly affected their willingness to pay .\neventually the company wants to expand into other industries outside of healthcare including mining , oil and gas , defense , agriculture , and research labs .\na similar dust - sensing system was developed in 2012 . doctoral students from the university of california san diego developed an app in 2012 that connected to pollution sensing wearable devices . the group used to tool to conduct a study in which 16 people who used different methods of transport but all had a 20 minute daily commute measured pollution while traveling . the study found that the participants\u2019 measurements varied significantly from those provided by official regional pollution monitoring stations .\nchoose the pollutants you wish to track , realtime backlite lcd displays current readings or download published data from the cloud .\nmonitor , manage eggs and data collections from your phone as well as a convienent webpage .\njoining the worldwide network of eggs is easy . see your data , and compare it with other eggs .\nview realtime readings , or analyse your data and compare it to other eggs .\ncollect and graph pollutants with integrated graphing , including : - dual axis graphs - 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maggie brooks , monroe county executive ; harlan calkins , chairman and ceo of rmc ; and glenn paynter , president of rochester midland . lenhard presented a framed certificate of congratulations to harlan calkins . the dedication was followed by a tour of the new building and refreshments for guests .\nrochester midland corporation has been a leader in the specialty chemical manufacturing industry since 1888 and has a pioneering position in the development of sustainable programs . we partner with our customers to provide integrated solutions to solve problems and help them reach their strategic business objectives and environmental goals .\nour goal is to build exceptional customer loyalty by participating in our customer ' s success . we will develop relationships that continuously identify their needs and design quality solutions that meet their challenges and contribute to their profitability . rochester midland corporation is an equal opportunity employer . rmc offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package . rmc also offers\ni thought you might be interested in this item at urltoken title : democrat and chronicle . publisher : rochester , n . y . : [ rochester print . co . ] , 1884 - oclc : 54011137\njune 6 , 2018 , rochester , ny - rochester midland corporation ( rmc ) is exhibiting at the international association for food protection ( iafp ) in salt lake city , ut july 8 - 11 , 2018 , booth # 201 . rmc will feature the auditguard\u00ae solution , a component of the brandguard\u00ae food safety program , which focuses on eliminating the gap in deficiencies in a food safety program to meet the global food safety initiative ( gfsi ) standards .\nrochester midland corporation ( rmc ) was founded in rochester , new york , in 1888 and incorporated in 1897 , the same year in which what is now known as the sanor appliance was patented . the corporation manufactures and sells several - hundred specialty chemicals for water treatment , food safety , building maintenance , and the printing industry . the focus of rmc ' s mission today is to provide the complete service to the customer : identification of needs , appropriate products and their applications , follow - up , and ongoing consultation to enable the success of the customer today . rmc conducts business in every state , as well as internationally . rmc ' s field representatives are trained to identify manufacturing and sanitation problems and to assist our customers in the design of effective and economical systems .\nrochester midland dedicated their worldwide headquarters in ogden on july 20 . shown are ( l to r ) brad calkins , president global division rmc ; maggie brooks , monroe county executive ; harlan calkins , ceo of rmc ; gay lenhard , ogden town supervisor ; glenn paynter , president of rmc ; and kathy lindahl , president specialty chemicals division rmc .\nrochester midland corporation are a speciality water treatment company . we supply our own range of treatment chemicals that are manufactured by us to iso 9001 qa procedures . these are used to treat industrial and domestic heating , cooling and waste water systems . to compliment this we also supply dosing , control and pre - treatment equipment and plant , on site analytical and consultancy services , monitoring and inspection , and cleaning and disinfection services . our aim is to be able to give our customers complete compliance to all accepted codes of practice and legislation and to that end we also provide record keeping systems , legionella risk assessments and training services .\ni have been with rochester midland for over 5 years now . i started as a temp and knew from the first day , this was the company i was meant to retire from ( when that time comes ) . i was brought on full time , and there was no stopping me from there ! i had all the backing and encouragement from every department i ' ve work with and especially upper management to go after what i want with rochester midland , because the opportunity is here . the advancement and growth potential are bar none the best . not only that , but we are a team . there are no ego ' s here , were are all on the same playing field , and that right there makes coming to work everyday , worth it . the opportunities we have to work as a team outside of the office with our community , is also another benefit to me , that is very important , giving back is definitely encouraged , and you ' re giving back right alongside with the ceo ' s and president of rmc . you will not find a better company that looks at you not just as a member of the team , but a member of our family .\nwestside news is your free weekly community newspaper distributed to over 33 , 000 homes in the western suburbs of rochester , new york including bergen , brockport - sweden , chili , churchville - riga , clarendon , clarkson , hamlin , hilton - parma , holley , kendall , murray , north chili , north greece , and spencerport - ogden .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nbusiness week : domestic edition . 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gop but anti - incumbency .\nthe nativism that has swept much of the continent imperils the german leader and the whole eu project .\nhighres biosolutions says its gear can do the work of 20 to 30 people with fewer errors .\nthe university\u2019s endowment returns may lag the ivy league average , but wall street\u2019s elite make the school a fundraising powerhouse .\nunder the new code , cases must be resolved in nine months , instead of the typical four years .\nnationalists are gaining support as more people complain about the sustainability of the cradle - to - grave system .\nthe hearing process has raised questions about fairness , according to workers and their attorneys .\nterms of service trademarks privacy policy \u00a92018 bloomberg l . p . all rights reserved\nrmc plans to use the new 191 , 000 square foot headquarters facility , located at 155 paragon drive , in ogden to upgrade and expand their current production and warehouse / distribution capabilities . the new facility brings even more value to rmc\u2019s customer base with more space to meet the growing customer demand , expanded r & d microbiology and water treatment labs , and a new high tech training facility for hands - on and classroom training for customers and employees , all of which creates a stronger platform for rmc to build on their past , current and future sustainability successes .\nthe arc of monroe , a not - for - profit organization supporting people with . . .\na celebration of the longevity , strength , diversity and evolution of . . .\nchili \u2013 saturday , june 30 , 2018 at age 89 . . . .\nchili \u2013 saturday , june 30 , 2018 at age 89 . predeceased . . .\nnorth chili \u2013 age 88 . gordon charles herrick died wednesday , . . .\n, an extensive line of environmentally preferable products for all markets , as well as many other bio - based products .\nprograms save energy through improved heat transfer efficiency by removing existing deposits and preventing future deposits . the wastewater treatment programs increase water reuse , decrease solid waste and ensure compliance with\nat rmc we believe that protecting water for the health and safety of people is paramount . that is why we created healthguard tm , a program that keeps focus on potable water disinfected in the most effective way .\nwith healthguard in place your facility will be in compliance with policies and procedures that inhibit microbial growth in water systems . this reduces the risk of growth and spread of legionella and other opportunistic pathogens in water .\nrmc\u2019s brandguard program is a haccp and gmp - based food safety and sanitation program . rmc partners with food and beverage manufacturers looking for a comprehensive and quality sanitation program that is focused on innovative chemical cleaning options , process improvements , training , technical support , sustainable solutions and safety .\nhosts an annual meeting , providing attendees with information on current and emerging food safety issues , the latest science , innovative solutions to new and recurring problems , and the opportunity to network with thousands of food safety professionals from around the globe . this meeting has grown over the years to become the leading food safety conference worldwide . iafp is attended by more than 3 , 600 of the top industry , academic and governmental food safety professionals from six continents . this renowned event owes its reputation and success to the quantity , quality and diversity of each year\u2019s program ; the quality and relevance of exhibits sharing the latest in available technologies ; leading experts speaking on a variety of timely topics ; and special recognition of outstanding professionals and students for their contributions in the food safety field .\nrmc , founded in 1888 , is a leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals for food sanitation , industrial cleaning , and water treatment , as well as specialty institutional cleaning and personal care products . our haccp - based brandguard program offers solutions to food manufacturers across all aspects of food safety including brand protection and sustainable solutions . rmc is the leader in green housekeeping and manufactures enviro care , an extensive line of environmentally preferable products for all markets , as well as many bio - based products . for more information on the brandguard program , please email lauri calarco or call at 585 . 336 . 2310 .\nrequest access : if you are a current customer or distributor and would like to request access to our customer / distributor support portal .\nrmc uk is a wholly owned subsidiary of rmc , with its office , manufacturing and training facility located in cwmfelinfach , wales . established in 1996 as a water and wastewater treatment company , rmc uk supports a technical sales team throughout the uk and ireland . we have expanded programs that serve the food and beverage industry for food safety cleaning and sanitizing , institutional cleaning products and full service cleaning , chlorination and hygiene programs that meet bs6700 , l8 and acop requirements .\nrmc uk offers sustainable water management programs that are green , financially viable and add social value for the user and their community . they meet the 3 p ' s of sustainability ( people , planet and profit ) . we will work with you to identify return on investment or joint process improvement approaches that include such things as increased heat transfer efficiency , reduced water use , safer chemicals to handle and improved wastewater treatment efficiency to name a few .\nfor more information on the comprehensive global programs provided by rmc uk as a subsidiary of rmc as well as the unique programs provided to meet the regional requirements in your area , please follow the links on this page .\ni have really enjoyed working at rmc . i have had growth opportunities and feel that my work is valued and rewarded . i really appreciate and am grateful for the work / home life balance i have with this job . the culture has definitely changed for the better in recent years . i feel like there is more transparency between leadership and team members and that has been a positive shift . the company values align with my personal values . the newly implemented bring your dog to work day program once a month is fantastic . the most enjoyable part of my job is that my passion and creativity in my work is valued here by my colleagues and senior management .\nthanks for your comments ! we are working hard to bring about change in our culture by giving our team members the training and freedom to make decisions , contribute and be creative .\nbasic office employee don ' t have a voice there no appreciation . no training , no one knows what he ' s doing . mgt cares about sales rep and managers only\nthanks for your comments , and i ' m sorry you didn ' t have a positive experience before you moved onto another company . i can assure you that we care deeply about all of our team members , not just our field sales and managers . we are building a culture of openness and honesty , so i ' d encourage others reading this to reach out to me directly , or to any senior leaders if you are having similar issues .\nadvancement doesn ' t exist there ! no training . hr doesn ' t defend employee , only managers . tons of work and zero recognition from management ! run ! ! ! ! ! !\ni appreciate your candor , but i wish you had voiced your feelings before you left so we could address your concerns . we are working hard on recognition , through the many promotions , mvp awards and other daily\nthank you\nnotes for our hardworking team members . in addition , we developed a formal learning structure that has been rolled out to a number of departments in rmc that provides key areas for our team members to work on , and resources as well . in our manufacturing area , we ' ve developed a terrific training and development program called\npay for skills\n, that provides cross - training for our team members , and a chance to maximize your earning potential . for our field sales and service teams , we provide sales training , coaching skills , franklin covey my4dx training , as well as a lot of technical training skills .\nthanks for your comments , and we strive to give people the opportunity to reach their potential here at rmc . we believe a career\nladder\ndoesn ' t always have to be in one direction . there are many interesting opportunities by moving around to new areas , and we ' ve recently promoted some of our team members into different departments to provide additional development opportunities !\nbeing a company that ' s 130 years old , it has been an adventure to evolve from a local family based business to a company that now conducts business globally . there has been great years as well as challenging years but the one thing remain constant , the desire to continually improve not only the success of the company but the quality of life for the employees as well .\ni have been with the water energy group for over 10 years . rmc is a great , family focused company . competitive pay and job security . innovative products and competitive pricing in the market .\ncompany is focusing on training and development and empowering it ' s employees . if you ' re willing to work hard , then there are lots of potential to build a career here .\nit was a typical warehouse job . the work was not hard it was just not for me . i was actually a temp to hire and the company decided to go a different route . i had no paid vacations and no sick time . not something i needat the time , but now that i have kids those benefits are important as well .\nthanks for posting a review , but we have not had employees in riverside for over a year and a half , so maybe you ' ve posted this in the wrong area . that being said , to earn benefits with rmc , you have to be an employee of the company . like most companies , temporary workers wouldn ' t qualify for those benefits .\nhi , so sorry you feel that way and have had that experience . i would encourage you to please get in touch with hr to discuss your concerns , as we absolutely don ' t believe in not being open and honest with our team members so we would like to get your concern addressed . one of our core values is to\nsupport each other and our communities\n. we believe this strongly and seek to improve your situation .\nits a job , not much more . management is alright and packaging staff easy to get along with . not much compensation but paid time off , health benefits , and 401k .\nthe company is fantastic , most everyone here is amazing . i just do not agree with them keeping slack employees when the rest of us are busting our hind ends and one in particular is able to come in any time , and use lame excuses for anything and has had no discipline . it ' s still a great place to work .\nthanks for your comments . glad you enjoy the work ! i agree with you too - if someone on your team is slacking it can absolutely be frustrating . please raise the issue with your team leader , or , i ' m happy to talk it over with you directly , so feel free to call or email me . - kathy lindahl , ceo\nthey will have trouble attracting and keeping workers in my previous position . car allowance is poor . reimbursement is below par . insurance benefits are weak with employee paying majority of benefits .\na typical day at work is always busy . at work i have learned how to work with different people . i get along with all of my co - workers . the hardest part of my job is lifting the boxes . .\nworst manager ever ! purchasing department has experienced incredible turnover the past few years . upper management and hr has been made aware that department manager is a problem , yet nothing is done . saying that people skills are lacking is an understatement . ownership is very nice , but seem to overlook the obvious changes that could make them a much more profitable company . they seem to accept failure after failure from those in upper management . ( sales and marketing )\nthe individual positions were properly structured which made for a good work environment ; however , there were too many occasions when procedures were altered to suit management .\nit was a great company to work for but they moved the ga location to nc .\ni was responsible for customer service , a / r , a / p and tax matters . i learned a lot about customer service from this job as it was one of my first industrial type customer service jobs . management was great and down to earth including upper management . my co - workers were like family . there was not hard part of the job . i enjoyed going to work every day .\nthey have been in business for over 100 years , yet can barely generate a profit . they have great products , but do not understand how to treat their sales people , or how important a stable sales force is . they don ' t approve of customer entertainment , whether it is a nice dinner or golf , etc . they claim to be a family oriented business , but the family is cold and heartless . they will not survive under the current management . my job was eliminated by the regional manager so he could cut his costs , improve his profitablility and make the annual company cruise\nsorry that you must have not enjoyed your time with us at rmc . while i don ' t post confidential information , we are very solidly profitable . you mentioned our annual chairman ' s club trip which is a great incentive for those high - performing salespeople , it ' s awesome , lots of fun and gives recognition to our great team of hard working sales and sales management teams . the criteria for making the trip is all based on sales performance , so your termination decision definitely wasn ' t a factor in your manager making chairman ' s club .\nfun place to work - - got along with everyone i developed products and got to watch there sucess in the marketplace .\nit is a wonder they stay in business with the interaction of management and employee .\nnot enjoyable to work there . few people were enjoyable to work with . very confusing as to their direction in the marketplace . management not trustworthy and not fun to work with many of them . hardest part of the job is knowing what products will be dropped or kept .\ni enjoyed my job at rmc and even when the economy was down , they still held everyone ' s job . great family oriented company and flex time was a plus . they do care for their people ."]}
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commerce team on this project will enhance nectar ' s e - marketing campaigns .\ncelerity universal fiber optic next generation tool - free , error - free , detachable fiber optic cables . bi - directional , plenum rated , up to 1000 ' . supports displayport 1 . 4 , 21 . 6 gbps , up to 8kx4k .\npositive and inclusive culture . the team works hard to make celerity a fun place to work while still focusing on individual and professional growth . upper - level management is transparent with employees at all levels and has a complete open - door policy .\n\u201ccelerity has been the best capital partner to execute a buy and build strategy for the motorcoach industry\u2026 [ they ] have led the acquisition effort providing due diligence , business modeling , capital sourcing and contract negotiation , leaving operating management free to run the business . \u201d\ncelerity universal fiber optic next generation tool - free , error - free , detachable fiber optic cables . bi - directional , plenum rated , up to 1000 ' . supports hdmi 2 . 0 , up to 18gbps 4k @ 60hz ultrahd 4 : 4 : 4 .\njason lark , managing director of celerity , said :\nour confidence that our new service fulfils the market need is demonstrated by our willingness to confirm the increased number of hits available ahead of any outlay .\nif you have an opinion on this or any other issue raised on brand republic , join the debate in the forum .\nintranet / portal - 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putting . the iris homepage recognizes logged - in employees individually and serves them desired information \u2014 such as a personal calendar and social following activity alongside the news and a poll widget \u2014 helping keep the employee\u2019s finger on the organization\u2019s pulse .\nthe triptic team ( left to right , standing ) : tim didderi\u00ebns , frank kemps , anne blommaert , martijn wernaert , onno marsman , lieke huenges wajer , willem van berlo , tatiana morokko , and jos rouw ; ( left to right , sitting ) : roel knapen , rick cuijpers , and arthur turksma .\nusing iterative design and focusing on change management , the executive and employee communications team and the intranet strategy and development team at wellpoint\u2019s medicaid business unit combined forces to create an intranet that informs employees and enhances communications through thoughtful design .\nthe wellpoint team ( top to bottom , left to right ) : peter lobred , jamisson fowler , thomas caudron , jason marlowitz , peggy callaway , nealy gihan , katie landry , leila roche , daniel whitehead , rebecca lambert , arlen vargas , brendan mcgarrett , melissa carter , anthony francisco , jaclyn payne , brian king , andrew flowe , susanna cagle , and kaitlin kelly .\nwe notice you ' re visiting us from a region where we have a local version of inc . com .\nhe used to sing in a boy band . now he ' s making millions by tweeting ( a lot )\npack your bags - 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know - whats , then we aren\u2019t the agency for you . we have fun and we\u2019re darn good at what we do ! in fact , we think we\u2019ve stumbled across this crazy model for success : deliver a quality product at a quality price and be quality people . turns out its been doing us just fine so far as a myrtle beach web design and marketing company just remember , if it doesn\u2019t feel like work , you might be doing it right !\nweb design is our specialty . killer , completely marketable and search engine friendly web design is our pleasure . don\u2019t just settle for your neighbor\u2019s nephew\u2019s former college roommate . this is your business and we ' ll take it to the next level .\ni don\u2019t want to burst anyone\u2019s bubble here but there is more to social media than funny cat pictures and seeing how fat people got since high school . there is an extremely large market of new potential customers ripe for the picking .\nokay , lets just agree that you\u2019re not coke and you probably will never be . that doesn\u2019t mean your brand identity is any less important though . everything your company says and does is its brand . let us help create the right message !\nfrom basic website design , to custom deep level database development interactive marketing is that focus that includes the design or development of element ( s ) that will live on the internet or on a handheld device .\nwant to take a peek behind the curtain here at three ring focus but don\u2019t feel like having to see our ugly mugs in person ? well you\u2019re in luck , because we\u2019ve got an awesome google tour . you\u2019ll have to actually stop by if you want a real beer . . .\nbefore web design & marketing we tried our hand at modeling and not only were we unsuccessful but we were emphatically asked to stop showing up . so that brought us to myrtle beach where we\u2019ve become the coolest nerds on the block . if you\u2019re looking for a couple of suits with sticks up their you - know - whats , then we aren\u2019t the agency for you . we have fun and we\u2019re darn good at what we do ! in fact , we think we\u2019ve stumbled across this crazy model for success : deliver a quality product at a quality price and be quality people .\n\u00a9 2018 three ring focus don\u2019t let us catch you stealing our shit . we will tell yo mamma what you did !\nthree ring focus is a myrtle beach web design and marketing company that specializes in getting your company ' s web site looking great and ranking high on search engines such as google , bing & yahoo . three ring focus is a full service myrtle beach marketing firm that not only offers web design but also print design , business cards , brochures , search engine optimization , email design , social media , photography , videography , brand identity and more . we pride ourselves in creating high quality but affordable web sites and taking your business to the next level . whether you ' re in myrtle beach or any other part of the country three ring focus can handle all your marketing needs .\nwe address our customers ' biggest challenges across the full spectrum of hybrid it .\nfrom mainframe to mobile , we have the portfolio depth and breadth to cover challenges across devops , hybrid it , security & risk , and predictive analytics .\nyou need to bridge the gap between legacy infrastructure and the digital enterprise . micro focus solutions are easy to consume and deploy in any environment , reducing it costs and time to value . we harden the latest technologies to make them work for you .\nas a modern devops enterprise , you need to accelerate time to market and increase quality . micro focus provides an easy - to - use , seamless tool set that scales across the sdlc . from on - premises to cloud and from mainframe to mobile , we address all your devops needs .\nfrom compliance issues to the most advanced cyber threats , you need to safeguard your enterprise . micro focus protects what you value most : users , data , and applications .\neveryone has data , everyone has analytics , but that\u2019s not enough . with predictive and proactive analytics , micro focus helps you to not only deliver insights , but drive greater intelligence and productivity across your enterprise .\nfinansbank gathers 120 gbytes from 15 , 000 data sources to identify security anomalies .\ndie mobiliar increases user satisfaction by lowering mean time to resolution by 50 % .\ndennis fairclough , george canova , darin field , and jack davis are co - founders .\nphilippe kahn ' s borland software quickly becomes a world leader in pc compilers and development tools .\na pioneer of electronic records management software , tower developed trim and influenced the iso 15489 standard .\namnon landan and arye finegold ' s software company is set to quickly become the world leader in software quality .\nthese acquisitions set an early course for leadership in it operations , cloud computing and application security .\nacquisitions at this time also include compuware ' s software testing business and netmanage .\nfurther investments in security position hp as an emerging market leader in e2e security software .\nthe value of data and analytics is recognized and quickly added as a strategic asset set to benefit the larger portfolio .\nthe company sets out in a new direction to separate focus between consumer and enterprise products .\nour talented team thrives on solving the problems that matter to you . we turn ideas into solutions that solve your most complex enterprise - scale challenges . we take pride in building quality products so that you can get the most out of your investment in us .\nwe help you bridge the old and the new so that you can take advantage of all technologies , from mainframe to mobile .\nmicro focus launches securedata sentry\u2014accelerating time to value for protecting data across hybrid it while simplifying security of cloud w . . .\nexperience the best content from micro focus universe\u2014customer best practices , roadmaps and demos .\ngdpr regulations go into effect on 25 may 2018 . learn how to manage and protect your data now .\nmicro focus uses cookies to give you the best online experience . if you continue to use this site , you agree to the use of cookies . please see our cookie policy for details .\nthe translated version of this page is coming soon . in the meantime , content will appear in standard north american english .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 0 transitional / / en\nloose . dtd\nin just a very short period of time , the world wide web ( www ) has changed how we think about computing . new companies and new products arise almost overnight changing the computing landscape . yet , the interactivity made possible by the web has been around for quite some time .\nthe origins of the web can be traced to research projects sponsored by the u . s . government in the 1960s and 70s to build a network infrastructure capable of withstanding any number of possible disasters . the result was a loosely - coupled network of computers called the internet .\nthe internet was unique in that it didn ' t have one centralized host nor did it rely on predefined connection paths to move information . the genius of the internet was that packets of information\nfound their own way\nthrough the network from source to destination . the result was a network that would continue to function despite the failure of one or more nodes .\nthroughout the 1980s and early 90s the internet was used primarily by large corporations and universities for e - mail and document transfer . however , it wasn ' t until the development of web browsers and a language called html that things really took off . html ( hyper text markup language ) was developed by tim berners - lee while he worked as a researcher in switzerland . the original intent of html was to provide a quick and easy way to facilitate information transfer among scientists . the basic idea behind html is the insertion of tags ( for example < em > ) within plain ascii text and the interpretation of those tags by a software program called a browser .\nthe first browser , mosaic , became an instant success . users were able to view text and graphics located on other computers by clicking on specially highlighted words or links . the low overhead and simplicity of html led to its quick acceptance by internet users everywhere . the result is what we see today - a simple data transfer protocol , sitting on top of a robust , fault - tolerant network infrastructure - the world wide web .\nfor many individuals , surfing the web has become part of everyday life . corporations are moving quickly to establish a web presence to take advantage of what the web can provide in terms of advertising , multimedia and electronic commerce . as a result , the web has not only changed how we think about information transfer and data lookup but is changing how organizations do business . two recent extensions of the basic ideas behind the web are the intranet and extranet .\nwhile the internet has captured media and public attention , internal internets , or intranets , are growing as companies look for new ways to disseminate information and applications within corporations . through the use of firewalls , software that keeps outsiders from accessing company data , intranets are being used for company - wide information distribution , keeping employees up - to - date on everything from corporate leave policies to enterprise - critical planning . intranets , just like the internet , use web browsers sitting on pcs or workstations connected to company servers .\nweb browsers have the advantage that text , graphics , audio or video can be displayed without any programming effort . browsers now come multimedia - ready , capable of displaying different standard file formats . for corporations looking to improve the way they do business , the web is an effective vehicle for improving scheduling , report distribution , conferencing , or any activity that involves managing the extraordinary flow of information that is generated internally and externally on a daily basis across a variety of technical platforms .\nmany companies have already developed intranets and are now expanding their reach to include selected sites outside the company . the new network structure known as an extranet extends an intranet to include sites integral to enterprise operations . for example , a manufacturing company may want to expand its intranet to include suppliers of critical goods and materials , making information from those suppliers available to corporate planners . ge , for example , is creating its own application called trading process network ( tpn ) where qualified subcontractors can search ge databases and submit bids via secure links to ge ' s intranet web servers . web connections make this possible , opening up new ways for companies to meet customer needs .\nthe web has forced a rethinking of traditional client / server computing . in the 1960s and 1970s , corporate information resources were housed in mainframes that talked to dumb terminals used primarily for data capture and display . as pc ' s and desktop platforms grew in power , local area networks ( lans ) made it possible to partition applications , taking some of the burden off centralized mainframe servers .\nthe result was a client / server model of computing that distributed processing among powerful clients . because client platforms required more memory and disk space to carry out their responsibilities , they became known as fat clients , distinguishing them from the earlier generation of dumb or thin clients that served only for display and data entry .\nin the past , is managers had to be careful about the kinds of platforms deploying client / server applications within an organization since application portability was always an issue . today , with the move to fully networked environments , the functionality that matters is the functionality that can be shared with partners , colleagues and customers independent of platform .\none direct result of the new network - centric view of client / server computing is the resurrection of the mainframe as an important corporate resource . in a thinner - client world where both data and programs can be delivered from the server , it is important to have servers with horse - power , and that typically involves mainframes .\nalthough the web browser - to - server connection may appear on the surface as a traditional client / server connection , the web adds a new twist since any web browser can connect to any web server - anywhere in the world ! this broadening of the traditional meaning of client / server has generated tremendous excitement in the computing world since applications can transcend their conventional bounds whether it be limitation by ethernet lan or sna connection . it also means an opportunity to leverage the millions of lines of cobol that sits at the heart of many corporations .\nfor organizations with cobol applications and cobol programmers , the web opens up a wide range of new options and opportunities . for legacy applications , the web means that cobol programs can take on new life by adding web connections through simple net express statements . it also means that cobol programmers can use cobol to program the connections between important enterprise applications , data and the rest of the world . the implication for cobol is significant . the value of legacy cobol applications goes up , particularly with net express ' s built - in features for accepting and displaying information on the web .\nnet express also opens up a new role for cobol as a language for writing web server applications . what is more natural for a language that has been the workhorse for mainframe applications for over thirty years ? thus , rather than risking rewrites of existing cobol applications in new languages , legacy programs can be extended and made web - ready through net express ' s built - in web access languages features . however , before looking at how net express does this , let ' s look at the how information is transferred back and forth between a web browser and a web server .\nthe basic principle behind the web is simple . programs known as web browsers ( such as netscape navigator and microsoft internet explorer ) located on one computer request web pages from web servers .\nrequests for web pages result in documents being transferred from the web server to the client web browser . we can think of the world wide web ( www ) as consisting of the following components :\n: web browsers such as netscape navigator or microsoft internet explorer are software programs that allow you to display web pages on your computer screen . users of web browsers generally type in urls ( uniform resource locators ) such as\nto view web pages received from remote computer sites . in order to use a web browser , your computer must be connected to the internet . this requires a modem or other network connection .\n: web sites are computer systems maintained by organizations or individuals who make their web pages available for downloading by a web browser . individuals visit web sites . web sites are categorized as commercial , government or educational . you can tell the kind of web site you are connecting to by examining its extension .\n: web documents are files that reside on a web site for download by a web browser . web documents usually contain links to other documents on the web . users clicking on a link connect to either the same or different web sites to view other web documents . moving from document to document via web links is commonly known as surfing the web .\n: web servers are software applications running on web sites that handle requests from web browsers . servers\nserve up\nweb pages to a web browser . web server software returns web pages ( including pictures , audio and possibly video ) , encoded in html , back to their web browser clients . more importantly , web servers can capture information from users and start up other server - resident programs . this opens the door to accessing corporate databases and legacy cobol applications from the web .\ngateway programs : software that accepts and handles requests from a web server on behalf of a user . because visual object cobol supports the web standard cgi , the common gateway interface , cobol can be used to write web gateway programs . gateway programs open up the door to providing flexible responses to user requests . gateway programs can create dynamic web pages on - the - fly as well as query databases and package results for a user .\nweb browsers such as netscape navigator and microsoft internet explorer allow users to view web pages transferred to their computers from web servers . while the look of different web browsers may vary , they all share the ability to display web resources - files of information that reside on a web server . the exciting thing about the web is that the files are not limited to text but can include graphics , sound , animation , video and even virtual reality , making the web a truly universal platform for distributing many different kinds of information . in fact , web browsers not only let you view web pages but also have built - in support for email , connecting to usenet discussion groups , and downloading load files via ftp ( file transfer protocol ) . the secret to all of this is the url .\ncomputers on the internet use the url to make a connection between a web browser and the target web server . the url also carries information that tells a web server exactly where on its disk to look for a resource of interest .\ntyping in the above name at the top of web browser will take you to the main micro focus home page . while urls often correspond to company names , they do not have to .\nsometimes you will see urls with more than one item after the company address . for example :\nin addition to connecting to company home pages , urls can also be used to connect to individual documents stored on a web server . clicking on web page links often takes you to specific documents within subdirectories at web server locations . by typing in the full url name in a web browser you can go directly to a document without having to navigate links . for example , the url :\nwill take you to a specific document on the micro focus server that describes net express .\na protocol is a set of rules for communication between two entities . the us department of state maintains a protocol book for how to communicate with dignitaries of foreign countries . protocols for computer - to - computer interaction serve a similar purpose : to define the rules for transmitting and receiving data .\nthe most common protocol on the web is http , the hypertext transfer protocol . http specifies the rules for communication between a web browser ( client ) and a web server . although http is the mostly widely used protocol , it is not the only protocol used on the web . other protocols include ftp ( file transfer protocol ) for transferring data and program files across the web , gopher for transferring menus of files and mailto for e - mail .\nactually , as the request goes out from a web browser onto the web , the text domain name is converted into a numeric ip ( internet protocol ) address that is used to locate the web site . the internet protocol is the basis for computer - to - computer communication across the internet , and is part of a lower level communication protocol known as tcp / ip . each ip address consists of four numbers separated , in groups of three , by periods .\nany text after the host computer name is interpreted as the path name of the document to be retrieved . in the above example , the path is / ads / dc / products / netex30 . asp where / ads / dc / products is the directory containing the file netex30 . asp . if no path is specified , the http protocol defaults to search for a directory named public _ html and a file called index . html .\nwhen you connect to a web server from your web browser you can perform several web activities at once . for example , you can download a web page , transfer a file using ftp and check email , all from the same server . to keep things straight , the server uses different ports for different activities . to make life easy for users , there are default ports for different protocol - based connections . thus when entering the url :\na port number of 80 is assumed . sometimes however , you may need to specify port numbers in your url . port numbers appear as part of the host computer name and are preceded by a colon as in :\nthe most common internet protocol is http which is an abbreviation for hypertext transfer protocol . the basis for http is html , the hypertext markup language .\nfor every web page you see , there is a text file coded with html tags in the background . in fact , it is ascii text with tags that is sent from web server to web browser . the job of the web browser is to interpret the tags and draw a web page based on the tags and the text .\nhtml has codes for headings , lists , forms and other elements of a web page . it is important to realize that html does not specify how a web browser is to format the display . html merely states the fact that portions of a document are headings , text , lists or forms . it is up to the web browser to interpret the html and provide the display . this greatly simplifies the data transfer between web servers and web browsers . it also means , however , that pages may display differently on different browsers . thus , it is important that web page developers view their pages on different browsers to make certain no unwelcome surprises occur .\nhtml tags are embedded within a web document . when a web browser sees a tag , it interprets that tag and supplies a format . for example , the html tag < em > indicates that subsequent text should have emphasis . however , how emphasis is provided is browser - dependent . some browsers may emphasize the text with italics , others as bold text and others with color . again , this underscores the fact that different browsers should be used to test one ' s web pages .\nthe html tags within the text of a html document provide information to a browser about the structure and form of a page . the following summarizes some of the more common html tags .\nweb browsers open the door to the display of various kinds of multimedia . web browsers are now able to display many different kinds of information including text , graphics , video , audio and even virtual reality . web browsers are able to support different multimedia formats through the use of plug - ins and add - ons that tell the browser how to display the different kinds of standard files that may be sent from web servers .\nfor example , web designers can add graphic elements to a web page by including an html tag for images < img . . . > and an internal code that specifies the file name that holds the image . for example :\nloads the image contained in the file mypicture . gif from the web server for display in the web browser .\nthe following sections provide a brief overview of the kinds of standard multimedia components that one can use in internet , intranet or extranet applications .\nthe most common graphic images that are used on the web are gif ( graphics interchange format ) and jpeg ( joint photographic experts group ) . gif files support up to 256 colors and are best suited for simple graphics and drawings . jpeg files support over a million colors through the use of 24 - bit graphics and are appropriate for photographic images .\nweb audio is based on 8 - bit sampling which is good for voice and low quality music . common audio file formats are . wav and . au so it is useful to have your browser configured to handle these files .\nweb video is often in mpeg ( motion pictures expert group ) format , apple ' s quicktime or intel ' s indeo format . both quicktime and indeo support synchronized audio and video .\none method of web - based animation , the combination of moving images and audio , is possible through the use of small programs called applets that can be downloaded from web sites . applets are written in the java programming language developed by sun microsystems . the more recent browsers have the capability of running java applets .\nthree - dimensional shapes and landscapes can be transferred from web servers to web browsers through the use of vrml ( virtual reality modeling language ) formatted files . vrml is seen as having the potential to open doors to new ways of modeling and displaying data .\nwhile web browsers support the display of a mix of text , graphics , sound and video , much excitement about the web has been generated by java , the new programming language for internet applications developed at sun microsystems . programs written in java are compiled into an intermediate bytecode representation and shipped to web browsers . the web browser then interprets the byte - coded program and runs it on the client ' s machine .\nthe advantage of this approach is that applications , or applets , written in java are accessible to any platform with a java - enabled browser . the underlying operating system and hardware is irrelevant . the reason that corporations are so excited about this technology is that it provides a simple , easy way to distribute software and documentation over the web .\njava , like net express , is object - oriented . this means that programs written in either language can easily communicate with each other over anobject - based infrastructure such as microsoft ' s dcom . this opens the door to new possibilities for cobol applications in web - centric computing environments . not only can the scope of existing cobol programs be expanded by web connectivity but cobol itself can be used to develop new and innovative web server applications that leverage their connection to web browsers , the universal client , all over globe .\nuntil recently , the web was a static medium . documents , stored on servers , were downloaded to web browsers for passive viewing . however , it is now possible to obtain information directly from web users via html forms . forms work by packaging user supplied information within the http : / / message . this information , when arriving at the server , can be used to trigger other programs on the server . the key to making this happen is cgi , the common gateway interface .\ncgi or common gateway interface is a standard interface , supported by all web servers , that allows information to be passed between web browsers and wed servers . programs on the server that understand the cgi specification can retrieve information from users running web browsers and incorporate database or legacy application connections to build dynamic web pages tailored specifically to meet the needs of users .\nthe common gateway interface ( cgi ) has revolutionized our conception of clients and servers . cgi - based gateway programs open the door to the web as a universal network for applications . with potential clients all over the world , cgi - savvy programs can send forms to users , accept input , use that input to search databases or begin transactions , and then download screens of data appropriate to the user ' s requests .\none of the most important features of net express is its ability to open up web programming to the cobol programmer . until net express , cgi programming meant two things . first , one had to learn the details of the cgi interface specification . and second , one had to master a new language in order to parse the url string that came in from the web browser . perl , a rather cryptic language for string parsing , is currently one of the more popular languages for deciphering incoming urls and data streams .\nyet , while perl is a popular language for building web server programs , it has major drawbacks . languages such as perl do not integrate well with existing cobol programs nor do they leverage the skill of cobol programmers or cobol ' s preeminence as a data manipulation language .\nnet express takes cobol ' s data manipulation capability to new heights by hiding the complexity of cgi , while making web programming as easy as manipulating familiar cobol record structures . net express accomplishes this by introducing one new clause , external - form , and by extending the syntax of the cobol verbs , accept and display . cobol programmers familiar with accept can simply accept data from a html form into a predefined data record . similarly , the familiar display statement is used to map data elements from a cobol program directly to client web pages .\nno additional training is needed to get cobol programmers up and running developing web applications .\nexisting legacy programs that make use of accept and display can be viewed as immediately web - enabled . the interactive programs that use accept and display to build program input and output from terminals , now can get that same input and output from the web , scaling up to a potentially limitless user / customer base overnight ."]}
{"id": 54579, "summary": [{"text": "in chemistry , a molecular knot , or knotane , is a mechanically-interlocked molecular architecture that is analogous to a macroscopic knot .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "a molecular knot in a trefoil knot configuration is chiral , having at least two enantiomers .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "examples of naturally formed knotanes are dna and certain proteins .", "topic": 34}, {"text": "lactoferrin has an unusual biochemical reactivity compared to its linear analogue .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "other synthetic molecular knots have a distinct globular shape and nanometer sized dimensions that make them potential building blocks in nanotechnology .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "the first knot was synthesised by jean-pierre sauvage in 1989 .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "the term knotane was coined by fritz v\u00f6gtle et al. in angewandte chemie international edition in 2000 by analogy with rotaxane and catenane .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "the term , however , has yet to be adopted by iupac .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "several synthetic knotanes have been reported .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "a pentafoil knot prepared using dynamic covalent chemistry has been reported .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "later in 2016 , a fully organic pentafoil knot was also reported , including the very first use of a molecular knot to allosterically regulate catalysis .", "topic": 6}, {"text": "in january 2017 an 8 \u2081\u2089 knot ( the tightest knot yet synthesized ) was reported by david leigh 's group . ", "topic": 36}], "title": "molecular knot", "paragraphs": ["now leigh and his team have made a knot with eight crossings , making it the most complex molecular knot ever tied .\nsauvage ' s knot was the simplest knot possible - a ' trefoil knot ' that looked kind of like a three - leaf clover . but it took scientists another 25 years to achieve another molecular knot .\nthe eight - crossings molecular knot is the most complex regular woven molecule yet made by scientists .\nthe first molecular knot \u2013 one of the most mathematically simple kinds called a trefoil knot \u2013 was tied in 1989 . from then until 2011 , chemists only knew how to coax molecules into that one type of knot .\nbraiding a molecular knot | january 16 , 2017 issue - vol . 95 issue 3 | chemical & engineering news\nthe first molecular knot was created by chemist jean - pierre sauvage , one of three scientists who won last year ' s nobel prize in chemistry for work in creating parts for future molecular machines .\nin 2011 , leigh was part of the first team to create a synthetic pentafoil knot . whereas the strands of a trefoil knot cross over one another three times , those in a pentafoil knot have five crossings .\nscientists have successfully manipulated strands of molecules to create the tightest physical knot ever , with eight crossings twisting molecules into a celtic knot - structure .\nfor the first time , scientists have synthesized a three - stranded molecular braid that twisted into a knot with eight crossings , as in this rendering .\n\u201cthe eight - crossings molecular knot is the most complex regular woven molecule yet made by scientists , \u201d professor leigh said in a statement . \u201cwe \u2018tied\u2019 the molecular knot using a technique called \u2018self - assembly\u2019 , in which molecular strands are woven around metal ions , forming crossing points in the right places just like in knitting \u2013 and the ends of the strands were then fused together by a chemical catalyst to close the loop and form the complete knot .\na molecular knot with twelve amide groups - one - step synthesis , crystal structure , chirality extracts were presented during a talk at the universit\u00e4t . . . - pubmed - ncbi\nthe first molecular knot was tied back in 1989 by chemist jean - pierre sauvage , who went on to win last year ' s nobel prize in chemistry for related work .\nscientists have twisted molecules into the tightest knot ever : the two - way this new knot has eight crossings , far more than previous molecular knots . the\nrope\nis very short \u2014 just 192 atoms long , or 500 times smaller than a red blood cell .\nmolecular knots are common in nature . polymer chains can often form them , and even circular dna and about 1 percent of known proteins show knotted structures . there are more than 6 billion known molecular knots possible and so far only three nontrivial knot topologies have been made by scientists .\nthis new knot has eight crossings , he says , and what ' s more , it ' s the tightest knot ever , which he says is defined by just\nthe length of your rope , and then how complex the knot is , how many crossings you have .\nusing iron atoms to guide their molecular building blocks , chemists have now constructed the first braided knot ( science 2017 , doi : 10 . 1126 / science . aal1619 ) . this new knot , crafted by david a . leigh and coworkers at the university of manchester , is considerably more complex than previous examples of molecular knots , which were based on just two twisted strands .\nwe ' tied ' the molecular knot using a technique called ' self - assembly ' , in which molecular strands are woven around metal ions , forming crossing points in the right places just like in knitting - and the ends of the strands were then fused together by a chemical catalyst to close the loop and form the complete knot ,\nexplained leigh in a press release .\nfor the first time , scientists have synthesized a three - stranded molecular braid that twisted into a knot with eight crossings , as in this rendering . stuart jantzen / biocinematics . com / science hide caption\nmolecular orbital conformational analysis of prototypical organic systems . 1 . ethylene glycol and 1 , 2 - dimethoxyethane\nto form these crossings , the team wrapped the molecular strands around metal ions to manipulate their formation .\nhis knot had loops that made it look a bit like a three - leaf clover . this\ntrefoil knot\nis the simplest kind of knot possible , leigh says ,\nand then for the next 25 years , chemists weren ' t able to make any more - complicated knots than that .\nthis latest knot is the tightest and most intricate yet . it looks a lot like a celtic knot , with three strands , and eight crossings holding it together . here it is in all its glory :\nit looks a lot like a celtic knot and is designed to effectively tie itself in a test tube . molecular strands wrap around metal ions that act like knitting needles and set up strand crossings in just the right spots .\nover the past few years , leigh and his colleagues , along with several other teams , have managed to produce a few more molecular knots - but they ' ve been limited to two molecular strands , and little more than three crossings .\nmolecular knots , held taut by zinc ions , can capture bromide by cleavage of carbon - bromine bonds and thereby promote catalysis .\nover the past decade , chemists have used metal ion templating to prepare a wide variety of knotted molecular strands . marcos et al . now show that one such pentafoil knot can be applied to catalysis . when held taut by zinc ions , the knot can capture a chloride or bromide ion from a halocarbon , thereby unleashing the reactivity of the residual cation for applications such as lewis acid catalysis . removing the zinc ions lowers the knot ' s affinity for the halides , offering a reversible modulation mechanism for the catalysis .\na molecular knot with twelve amide groups - one - step synthesis , crystal structure , chirality extracts were presented during a talk at the universit\u00e4t d\u00fcsseldorf on january 11 , 2000 . we thank dr . christian seel and dr . rudolf hartmann for suggestions and measurements .\nmolecular knots occur in dna , proteins , and other macromolecules . however , the benefits that can potentially arise from tying molecules in knots are , for the most part , unclear . here , we report on a synthetic molecular pentafoil knot that allosterically initiates or regulates catalyzed chemical reactions by controlling the in situ generation of a carbocation formed through the knot - promoted cleavage of a carbon - halogen bond . the knot architecture is crucial to this function because it restricts the conformations that the molecular chain can adopt and prevents the formation of catalytically inactive species upon metal ion binding . unknotted analogs are not catalytically active . our results suggest that knotting molecules may be a useful strategy for reducing the degrees of freedom of flexible chains , enabling them to adopt what are otherwise thermodynamically inaccessible functional conformations .\nknots are being discovered with increasing frequency in both biological and synthetic macromolecules and have been fundamental topological targets for chemical synthesis for the past two decades . here , we report on the synthesis of the most complex non - dna molecular knot prepared to date : the self - assembly of five bis - aldehyde and five bis - amine building blocks about five metal cations and one chloride anion to form a 160 - atom - loop molecular pentafoil knot ( five crossing points ) . the structure and topology of the knot is established by nmr spectroscopy , mass spectrometry and x - ray crystallography , revealing a symmetrical closed - loop double helicate with the chloride anion held at the centre of the pentafoil knot by ten ch\u00b7\u00b7\u00b7cl \u2013 hydrogen bonds . the one - pot self - assembly reaction features an exceptional number of different design elements\u2014some well precedented and others less well known within the context of directing the formation of ( supra ) molecular species . we anticipate that the strategies and tactics used here can be applied to the rational synthesis of other higher - order interlocked molecular architectures .\na crystal structure of the leigh group\u2019s braided knot with ions . gray = c , blue = n , red = o , purple = fe , green = cl , turquoise shows one repeat unit of the knot . counter ions and hydrogen atoms have been omitted for clarity .\nthe ' rope ' that they used was just 192 atoms long - or 500 times smaller than a red blood cell - and yet , they were able to put an unheard - of eight crossings in it , knitting the structure together into the tightest molecular knot ever created .\nthe tightest knot ever is also one of the tiniest . made of strings of molecules braided together , the knot is only 20 nanometres long , and its properties are as yet unknown . but researchers hope that these tied - up molecules could lead to lighter body armour or more flexible surgical sutures .\nnow , in the journal science , a team of chemists says it has made a huge advance \u2014 manipulating molecules to create the tightest knot ever .\nthe researchers created the knot using a technique called \u201cself - assembly , \u201d wherein molecular strands are woven around metal ions , forming crossing points in the right places \u2014 in this case , eight places . the ends of the strands were then fused together by a chemical catalyst to close the loop .\nthree molecular strands get braided together in this knot , he adds ,\nand being able to braid , like you braid a girl ' s hair in elementary school , allows you to make much , much more complicated knots and ultimately opens the door for weaving as well , which will be very exciting .\nknots may ultimately prove just as versatile and useful at the nanoscale as at the macroscale . however , the lack of synthetic routes to all but the simplest molecular knots currently prevents systematic investigation of the influence of knotting at the molecular level . we found that it is possible to assemble four building blocks into three braided ligand strands . octahedral iron ( ii ) ions control the relative positions of the three strands at each crossing point in a circular triple helicate , while structural constraints on the ligands determine the braiding connections . this approach enables two - step assembly of a molecular 8 19 knot featuring eight nonalternating crossings in a 192 - atom closed loop ~ 20 nanometers in length . the resolved metal - free 8 19 knot enantiomers have pronounced features in their circular dichroism spectra resulting solely from topological chirality .\nit is not uncommon when braiding hair or bread to intertwine three different strands . at the molecular level , however , synthetic knots have thus far been restricted to architectures accessible from two - strand braids . danon et al . used iron ion coordination to guide three organic ligand strands to form a knot geometry with eight separate crossings .\ntying a knot can be tricky . just ask any kid struggling with shoelaces . and scientists have it even harder when they try to make knots using tiny molecules .\nthey knew it was possible - mathematicians have predicted billions of possible molecular knots - but it ' s much harder to get chemicals to weave together than it sounds .\nknots are extremely useful in everyday life , even at the nanoscale level . now , researchers from the university of manchester have just created the first three - strand molecular braid .\n\u201ctying knots is a similar process to weaving so the techniques being developed to tie knots in molecules should also be applicable to the weaving of molecular strands , \u201d leigh added .\nmolecular knots like this are probably more analogous with the knots in mathematics , which are closed loops twisted into different shapes , than with the knots in your phone charger\u2019s cord .\nbut in just the past few years , scientists including leigh have managed to produce a few more complex knots . his team ' s latest knot is the most intricate yet .\nin order to create it , the researchers actually had to take three molecular braids , and get them to self - assemble in a test tube and tie themselves up into the structure .\nonce the knot structure is assembled , the chemists remove the iron ions , as well as a chloride ion the structure sequesters at its center , to generate a metal - free knot . this molecule , leigh points out , is chiral . despite having no chiral centers , it can be made in two distinct forms that are nonsuperimposable mirror images of one another that can be separated using chiral chromatography .\n\u201cthe strands that we\u2019re knotting are so small that you can\u2019t grab the ends and mechanically tie them like you would a shoelace , \u201d leigh , who was part of the first team that created a synthetic pentafoil knot in 2011 , told new scientist . \u201cunlike tying your shoelaces , where you do them one at a time , with self - assembly we can tie many billions of molecular knots at the same time . \u201d\nthat might not sound too impressive , but researchers have only ever managed to tie a few , very simple molecular knots to date . and figuring out how to make these braided formations will be the key to unlocking powerful new materials .\nknots should be just as important at the molecular level , but we can ' t exploit that until we learn how to make them , and that ' s really what we ' re beginning to do ,\nadded leigh .\n\u201cthis is the long - awaited step into totally new molecular knots , \u201d adds amar flood , an expert in self - assembly at indiana university bloomington . \u201cthe design with circular helicates is elegant and expedient , and the execution masterful . \u201d\ntrying to knot tiny molecules together is a task that is exactly as difficult as it sounds . however , manipulating molecules into ever tighter knots is a goal that many researchers eagerly pursue , and not just for the daunting challenge it provides .\nleigh and his team used a precise mix of ions under controlled conditions to braid the strands of molecules together in a process called self - assembly . the final knot is made up of 192 atoms and includes chlorine , hydrogen and nitrogen , among other elements .\nleigh hopes to use what his group learned from making the braided knot to create even more complex braided knots and possibly even woven polymers . \u201cwhat we\u2019re really interested in doing is finding general ways that could be used to make whatever sort of knot that you want . there are six billion knots that have been tabulated by mathematicians , and chemists have only been able to make three of them up to now . this is the fourth , \u201d he says . \u201cclearly there\u2019s a huge unexplored area of chemical space out there . \u201d\nleigh\u2019s group made the 192 - atom knot with eight different crossing points by first assembling a circular triple helicate . helicates are helical complexes that contain metal ions . in this case , four iron ions were used to coordinate three bipyridine moieties on four identical ligand strands .\nscientists believe that making different types of molecular knots can be used as a method to probe how knotting affects strength and elasticity of materials . this , in turn , can lead to the creation of polymer strands that can be used to build stronger and more flexible materials .\nthe team , led by professor david leigh , have developed a technique that uses iron ions to carefully direct and braid 192 atoms that intersect at eight distinct points . the breakthrough , published this week in science , represents the most complex knot synthesized in a lab so far .\na team of researchers from the university of manchester has now created a record - breaking knot . it contains eight crossings in a 192 - atom closed loop , and is roughly 10 , 000 times thinner than a human hair \u2014 the most tightly knotted physical structure ever created .\na team of researchers from the university of manchester has created a record - breaking knot . the structure contains eight crossings in a 192 - atom closed loop , and is roughly 10 , 000 times thinner than a human hair \u2014 making it the most tightly knotted physical structure ever created .\n\u201cin our everyday world , we know the benefits of weaving fabrics , \u201d he says . \u201cyou get materials that can stretch in different directions , hold their shape , they\u2019re light and strong and flexible \u2013 hopefully we can use the same principles and get related effects at the molecular level . \u201d\n\u201ctying knots is a similar process to weaving , so the techniques being developed to tie knots in molecules should also be applicable to the weaving of molecular strands , \u201d david leigh from the university of manchester , one of the authors of the a study detailing the achievement , said in a statement . \u201cfor example , bullet - proof vests and body armor are made of kevlar , a plastic that consists of rigid molecular rods aligned in a parallel structure \u2014 however , interweaving polymer strands have the potential to create much tougher , lighter and more flexible materials in the same way that weaving threads does in our everyday world . \u201d\n\u201cthe strands that we\u2019re knotting are so small that you can\u2019t grab the ends and mechanically tie them like you would a shoelace , \u201d says leigh . \u201cunlike tying your shoelaces , where you do them one at a time , with self - assembly we can tie many billions of molecular knots at the same time . \u201d\nbullet - proof vests and body armour are made of kevlar , a plastic that consists of rigid molecular rods aligned in a parallel structure - however , interweaving polymer strands have the potential to create much tougher , lighter and more flexible materials in the same way that weaving threads does in our everyday world ,\nsaid leigh .\nthe chemists heated the metal - ligand mixture , allowing it to arrive at its thermodynamic minimum , which corresponds to the braided structure . they then used metathesis chemistry to link olefins at the ends of the ligand strands together to produce the knot . the tough part , leigh says , is designing the ligand strand so that it will coordinate the iron ions and so that the strand ends will meet up in just the right way .\nhistorically , knotting and weaving have led to all kinds of breakthrough technologies ,\nsays david leigh at the university of manchester in the u . k . , who notes that knots led to prehistoric innovations such as fishing nets and clothes .\nknots should be just as important at the molecular level , but we can ' t exploit that until we learn how to make them , and that ' s really what we ' re beginning to do .\n\u201csome polymers , such as spider silk , can be twice as strong as steel so braiding polymer strands may lead to new generations of light , super - strong and flexible materials for fabrication and construction , \u201d continued leigh . \u201cfor example , bullet - 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haired child will tell you , it takes skilled hands to master the technique . braiding a molecule poses an even greater challenge because no hands are nimble enough to entwine structures on such a small scale .\n\u201cit looks like magic , but it\u2019s not , \u201d says alberto credi , an expert in supramolecular chemistry at the university of bologna , of the synthesis . \u201cthis work is an impressive demonstration that sophisticated structural programs can be executed by self - assembly through a careful design . \u201d\nthis article has been translated into spanish by urltoken and can be found here .\ndear colleagues , the principle of the construction around the metal in octahedral complexes had been proposed by myself in 1973 ( russ . chem . revs ) and then within my book\nintroduction to theoretical stereochemistry\n, russian version , moscow , 1979 , updated english translation , gordon @ breach , london , 1991 . this has been recognised by j - p . sauvage in the first publications leading to nobel prize . in one of previous papers david leigh referred to my work , but not here where his team reached the big success . probably , he did not expect that i am still acting scientist . viacheslav i . sokolov , institute of organoelement compounds , moscow , russia\ncomments by first - time contributors will be reviewed prior to appearing on the site . this review is done by humans and not always immediately . you may be laudatory or critical , but please stay on topic and be respectful of the author and your fellow readers . we reserve the right to remove any comments that are profane , obscene , abusive , or otherwise inappropriate . email addresses are required so that we can verify you are not a robot overlord and in case we need to contact you about your comment privately . they will not appear on the site .\nyour idea however original , is not something that any skilled chemist wouldn ' t be able to come up with . ideas are cheap , it is the execution that should be prized . a little modesty mr . sokolov .\nyes ! i ' d like to receive the c & en weekly newsletter .\ncopyright \u00a9 1999 - 2018 john wiley & sons , inc . all rights reserved\nenter your email address below . if your address has been previously registered , you will receive an email with instructions on how to reset your password . if you don ' t receive an email , you should register as a new user\nthe ability to weave complex molecules together can open the door to many applications for nano - knotted materials , from textiles to electronics .\nthis technology has potential applications in the production of many different types of knots and might soon be in a breakthrough material near you .\nthis website uses cookies to improve user experience . by continuing to use our website you consent to all cookies in accordance with our cookie policy .\na selection of top articles hand - picked by our editors available only to registered users .\n\u201cthere are over 6 million different sorts of knots known to mathematicians , and chemists had been able to make just one , which was pretty pathetic , \u201d says david leigh at the university of manchester , uk .\n\u201cthis is a synthetic masterpiece , formed in a very simple and extraordinarily elegant manner , \u201d says thorfinnur gunnlaugsson at trinity college dublin , ireland .\nthe method may enable chemists to synthesise more types of knotted molecules in large batches .\n\u201cit is quite likely that these knotted molecules will show properties different from un - knotted ones , but nobody\u2019s done the research yet to show what those might be , \u201d says sophie jackson at the university of cambridge .\nleigh says the practical applications of knotted molecules will probably only be discovered when chemists try to weave them together , a process that is similar to knotting . he imagines these woven materials could be used to make anything from lighter bulletproof vests to more flexible surgical sutures .\nthat ' s surprising , he says , considering that mathematicians have come up with billions of possible knots .\nyou can ' t tie the knots by grabbing the ends and mechanically tying them like you would a shoelace in our everyday world ,\nleigh says .\ninstead , you have to use chemistry .\nit ' s fantastic ,\nsays edward fenlon , a chemist at pennsylvania ' s franklin & marshall college who has a special interest in knots but was not part of this research team .\nit ' s really impressive that they ' ve been able to go beyond some of the more simple knots with just three crossings .\nin this case , the\nrope\nis very short \u2014 just 192 atoms long , or 500 times smaller than a red blood cell , leigh says .\nknots are really fascinating objects or geometric shapes . they have always been around ; you observe them in art , in nature . as a boy scout you learn how to tie knots ,\nsays rigoberto advincula , a chemist at cleveland ' s case western reserve university , who notes that knots also are found in dna and proteins .\nit ' s one of the fascinating things to stretch chemistry in terms of your ability to make synthetic objects .\nthe two - way was an npr blog that ran from 2009 to 2018 .\nthe two - way is the place to come for breaking news , analysis and for stories that are just too interesting \u2014 or too entertaining \u2014 to pass up .\nthank you for visiting nature . com . you are using a browser version with limited support for css . to obtain the best experience , we recommend you use a more up to date browser ( or turn off compatibility mode in internet explorer ) . in the meantime , to ensure continued support , we are displaying the site without styles and javascript .\nall prices are net prices . vat will be added later in the checkout .\nthe authors thank the diamond light source ( uk ) for synchrotron beamtime on i19 ( xr029 ) , the engineering and physical sciences research council ( epsrc ) national crystallography service for data collection , and the epsrc national mass spectrometry service centre ( swansea , uk ) and c . l . mackay ( sircams , university of edinburgh ) for high - resolution mass spectrometry . j . e . b . and d . s . are swiss national science foundation postdoctoral fellows . this research was funded by the epsrc and the academy of finland ( k . r . , projects 212588 and 218325 ) .\ndepartment of chemistry , nanoscience center , university of jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 , p . o . box 35 , 40014 jyu , finland\nj - f . a . , j . e . b . , r . t . m . and d . s . carried out the synthesis and characterization studies , helped plan the experiments , and participated in the preparation of the manuscript . k . r . solved the crystal structure . d . a . l . helped plan the experiments and prepare the manuscript .\nnature is part of springer nature . \u00a9 2018 springer nature limited . all rights reserved .\njust picture bullet - proof material that ' s as light and flexible as cotton .\nhistorically , knotting and weaving have led to all kinds of breakthrough technologies ,\none of the researchers , david leigh , from the university of manchester in the uk , told nell greenfieldboyce at npr .\njust think about clothes , fishing nets , even shoe laces - all inventions that came about thanks to our ability to tie knots .\nyou can ' t just grab two molecules like shoelaces and wrap them around each other - you actually need to nudge chemicals to bond with each other in specific ways .\nthe fact that the team is now able to take regular molecules and braid them together means we could be on the verge of creating materials with fascinating new properties .\nfor example , if we could learn to weave together the molecules in bullet - proof vests , we could develop materials that are lighter , more flexible , but even stronger than kevlar .\nsome polymers , such as spider silk , can be twice as strong as steel so braiding polymer strands may lead to new generations of light , super - strong and flexible materials for fabrication and construction .\nit could also lead to applications beyond what we can picture at the moment , seeing as knots also play an important role in the formation of dna and proteins .\nknots are really fascinating objects or geometric shapes . they have always been around ; you observe them in art , in nature . as a boy scout , you learn how to tie knots ,\nchemist rigoberto advincula from case western reserve university , who wasn ' t involved in the study , told npr .\nit ' s one of the fascinating things to stretch chemistry in terms of your ability to make synthetic objects .\nthe end product contained , among other elements , chlorine , hydrogen and nitrogen atoms , and its structure was confirmed using x - ray crystallography ."]}
{"id": 54592, "summary": [{"text": "the international vale tudo championship is an mma fighting promotion based in brazil starting in 1997 .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the first events were no holds barred contests inspired by the ultimate fighting championship and gained an international reputation for its hardcore nature .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "head butts and groin strikes were not forbidden .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "head butts render fighters on the bottom in the guard position more vulnerable .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "founded by sergio batarelli , it became one of the most important vale tudo tournaments in brazil during its existence .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "while the ufc fights were held in an octagon , the ivc kept the normal ring shape .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "a fight lasted a maximum of 30 minutes .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "it was not uncommon for fighters to get a hand broken , lose teeth or receive cuts in their faces .", "topic": 5}, {"text": "an ivc in 1999 concluded with 8 out of 10 matches finished with strikes .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "after 14 events , the state of s\u00e3o paulo ( where the promotion was based ) prohibited the sanctioning of the vale tudo fights , and the event entered an hiatus period .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "in january 2011 , during an interview to channel combate , sergio batarelli announced the return of the ivc in mid-2012 with a new ruleset ( based on the ufc rules ) and acting as a feeder promotion to the ufc .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "ivc makes a return via kickboxing on saturday , august 20 , 2016 in sorocaba , sao paulo , brazil .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "the main event at ivc 15 is felipe micheletti vs. rogelio ortiz for the world kickboxing network super cruiserweight world title .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "the event also includes mma and kickboxing tournaments . ", "topic": 21}], "title": "international vale tudo championship", "paragraphs": ["to date , international vale tudo championship has held 17 events and presided over approximately 114 matches .\na highlight reel of old footage from international vale tudo championship . headbutts , soccer kicks , young chuck . . . and wandy , jesus .\na highlight reel of old footage from international vale tudo championship . headbutts , soccer kicks , young chuck . . . and wandy , jesus . : mma\nvale tudo fights from the 90 , s check the fight fabio gurgel vs mark kerr 59 min . and other awsome fights\n1994 . 07 . 29 ( 04 ) - rickson gracie vs . david levicki [ vtj 1994 - vale tudo japan 1994 ]\nthe international vale tudo championship was a brazilian vale tudo promotion which ran 13 events from 1997 to 1999 . while the mma in north america at the time was running towards ever greater regulation , the ivc reveled in its renegade reputation , pitting bare - knuckle fighters against each other in single round , 30minute no - holds barred brawls inside of a ring . nevertheless , mma luminaries like chuck liddell , wanderlei silva and dan severn competed in ivc . now , almost two decades on , ufc fight pass gives subscribers the chance to witness 1990s brazilian vale tudo fighting for themselves .\nfuture ufc veteran mike van arsdale brought top - class american wrestling to the no - holds - barred squared circle of the ivc at the fourth international vale tudo championship event . some predicted his grappling skills would have as dramatic an effect on the ivc as dan severn\u2019s had in the ufc . click here to see what happened .\nalong with the new moniker and as - yet - unannounced guidelines , ivc mma will trade its vale tudo - era net - lined ring for a cage upon its return .\nin fact , the biggest mma organization in asia ( one fc ) allows soccer kicks , not to mention that vale tudo fights like in the video are still going on in brazil .\nthe promoter of the show is sergio batarelli . he is a former world kickboxing champion as well as a founder of international vale tudo council ( ivc ) . in addition , over the years batarelli has been involved in k - 1 and ufc promotions in brazil . he has also managed a professional boxer esquiva florentin .\nworld championship kickboxing felipe micheletti v rogelio ortiz headlines ivc sorocaba fight night on saturday , 20th august 2016 in sao paulo , brazil .\nduring his 30 - minute talk with \u201cface to face , \u201d batarelli also recalled his days as a kickboxing champion and discussed his brazilian confederation of vale tudo , also founded in 1997 , which he believes could be an excellent solution for the lack of athletic commissions in brazil .\nin retrospect , ivc 6 was an historic card because it featured future legendary rivals chuck liddell and wanderlei silva in action . \u201cthe iceman\u201d liddell \u2013 fresh from his ufc 17 debut \u2013 had his second professional fight , albeit under vale tudo rules . \u201cthe axe murderer\u201d silva , meanwhile , was anxious to make up for his previous ivc loss in the main event against ivc 4 tournament winner mike van arsdale .\nparviz iskenderov is a muay thai fighter from perth , australia . he is a former national champion of belarus , and also a finalist of ifma european cup . he is an editor and journalist at fightmag . iskenderov is also the wkn ( world kickboxing network ) international coordinator for australia .\nivc sorocaba is a mixed show of kickboxing and mma bouts . in the main event brazilian felipe micheletti is facing rogelio ortiz from argentina . they will challenge a vacant wkn super cruiser - weight world title under k - 1 rules . also this challenge is a highly anticipated rematch . the two will square the differences following their 2013 encounter . back then the bout ended in the third round . although ortiz seemed keen to continue the referee stopped the contest . as a result micheletti earned a tko victory .\nivc sorocaba also includes two tournaments . kickboxing 8 - man eliminator will go side by side with mma 4 - man tourney . the event reportedly airs live on pay - per - view .\nthe ivc is one of the first original promotions for mixed martial arts . it saw legends from wanderlei silva to chuck liddell . the wkn brought ivc to europe . moreover , it made history as the first ever organization to promote mma contests on european continent .\nthis year wkn scheduled two ivc events in brazil . ivc sorocaba is the first show . the next event is happening in november .\nsave my name , email , and website in this browser for the next time i comment .\nfightmag is an australian online magazine that covers kickboxing , muay thai , boxing and mixed martial arts internationally . fightmag exists only to create excellent journalism in the field of combat sports .\nwrite css or less and hit save . ctrl + space for auto - complete .\ndaniel cormier knocks out stipe miocic to become two - division champion . . .\nufc 226 bonuses : cormier , pettis , rountree , costa capture $ 50k . . .\nufc 226 prelims : undefeated paulo henrique costa stops uriah hall , . . .\nufc 226 \u2018miocic vs . cormier\u2019 play - by - play , results & . . .\nquick pictures from thursday ' s pfl 3 card in washington d . c .\nthank you bellator for hiring big john mccarthy and for saving the . . .\nnick and nate will be ok - stockton , ca will give a $ 500 monthly stipend . . .\nurltoken is a property of mandatory , an evolve media , llc company . \u00a92018 all rights reserved . mobile app | privacy policy | terms of use | rss | advertise | contact | adchoices\nsergio batarelli and marcelo alonso chat on the set of \u201cface to face . \u201d\nand many others is primed to return to brazil after a 12 - year absence .\nin 1998 . \u201cthey said the ufc needs a top event in brazil to select fighters , like i used to do in the \u201890s . after talking with them , i got together a group of top sponsors , and the ivc will be back in the middle of the year with a new name , ivc mma , and new rules . \u201d\nand many others , ivc was the first brazilian event that foreigners wanted to take part in . they knew it would be a shortcut to japan and the u . s . a .\nare good examples of that , \u201d said batarelli , who intends to continue featuring brazil - u . s . confrontations as a staple of the show .\ndaniel cormier brock lesnar doesnt like to get punched and im gonna punch . . .\nyou have reached the maximum number of favorite videos . please remove some favorite videos before adding more .\nyou have reached the maximum number of favorite fighters . please remove some favorite fighters before adding more .\nivc 14 : usa vs brazil from november 11 , 2001 in caracas , venezuela .\nthe final ivc event of its original incarnation , ivc 13 featured stoppages in every single bout . the promotion went out as violently as it had exploded on the still developing mma scene just two years previously .\nfeaturing fights ending with a broken limb and a submission to exhaustion , ivc 12 did little to diminish the renegade brazilian promotions reputation as one of the most extreme leagues in the world .\nreturning to the grueling eight - man tournament of earlier show , ivc 11 was one of the most action - packed events of its era .\nby his third year as a professional fighter wanderlei silva had begun to resemble the champion who would reign over the pride organization for half a decade . the axe murderer\u2019s appearance at ivc 10 vs ufc veteran eugene jackson reconfirmed that he was now ready to compete with anyone in the world . also on the card , the talented pedro otavio and carlos barreto went to war in the main event .\ncoming off his ufc 17 . 5 loss to vitor belfort , wanderlei silva was in a nasty mood going into ivc 9 \u2013 and let andrian serrano know all about it in 22 brutal seconds . also on the card , milton bahia broke tulio palahres\u2019s sternum in a fight and future ufc champion coach rafael cordeiro competed .\nivc 8 featured a series of spectacular finishes from a roster of talented brazilian fighters , including rising prospect \u2013 and future ufc title challenger - babalu sobral \u2013 and carlao barreto , who holds wins over ben rothwell and former ufc champion kevin randleman .\nthe seventh ivc event featured lighter weight fighters \u2013 along with brutal kos , a disqualification and one of the more bizarre submissions you\u2019ll ever see .\nwith seven stoppages \u2013 including one from legal headbutts \u2013 the fifth ivc card featured a wild eight - man tournament conducted under no - holds barred rules . the star attraction was jose landi - jons \u2013 known as pele \u2013 who never fought in the ufc but is well known today for beating both pat miletich and matt hughes during his long career .\nthe second no - holds barred tournament from brazil is remembered for the emergence of future pride fc and ufc superstar wanderlei silva , who stormed his way through the early rounds only to suffer the first defeat of his career in the shocking finale .\nthe inaugural event from the infamous bare - knuckle league saw ufc veteran gary goodridge enter an eight - man , no - holds barred tournament . the canadian kickboxer\u2019s performances earned him his spot in the first pride fc event later that year . also on the first ivc card , ufc legend dan severn collided with dangerous veteran \u201cpitbull\u201d braga .\nwomen\u2019s mma has come so far in 13 years . it\u2019s unbelievable . you guys are going to be blown away by tuf 20 . yeah , there\u2019s a ronda rousey on this season of \u2018the ultimate fighter . \u2019 absolutely .\ndiogo d ' avila vs . jesus ocampos ends in a no contest , accidental eye poke\nedit tapology wikis about fighters , bouts , events and more . help build mma knowledge online : update wiki\nurltoken : the daniel cormier vs . brock lesnar matchup is so ridiculous , it\u2019s perfect\nthis is the official website of mixedmartialarts llc . commercial reproduction , distribution or transmission of any part or parts of this website or any information contained therein by any means whatsoever without the prior written permission is not permitted .\npress j to jump to the feed . press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts\ni love watching gary goodridge highlights . that was one of the strangest submissions i ' ve ever seen . haha\nagreed . gary may not have the best record , but damn if he wasn ' t exciting to watch fight . and when he would win , he dominated guys .\nthey didn ' t show the fight where he squeezes some guys balls with his toes . i was waiting for that highlight the whole time lol\ni thought the same , but it was effective , cranks your head down to your chest , ouch . . .\nno wonder he got dementia pugilistica ( or so i read somewhere ) . those bare - knuckle strikes must not be very good for your brain .\nthey are much much much much much worse for your knuckles and hand . they are actually better for your brain compared to gloves .\nlegal move ! ! sport has evolved a little , hasn ' t it .\nseriously . anyone who wants to knock on the guys from previous generations in comparison to those coming up through a modern mma background needs to appreciate how these guys were cutting their teeth back in the day .\ndidn ' t his son fight in pride ? i remember him in someone ' s corner .\nsomething about the no gloves that makes it a bit more real and scary .\ndid he just tap ? i better head butt him to make sure . brutal .\ni miss stomps and soccer kicks in mma , as some types of knees .\none fc is getting big in asia and soccer kicks are legal but stomps are only legal to the body / legs . . . better than nothing .\ni don ' t . i believe that the sport got better since the ban .\nwhat i meant is that they were mad illegal by athletic comissions in the states . i know that aside of one fc there are few others that allow soccer kicks .\nprobably about the same percent that are juicing today , if not even less .\nit ' s effective enough . sometimes boxers will heabutt punches to hurt their opponents . i forget what it ' s specifically called , but nick diaz does it a lot .\nusing the top of the forehead towards more sensitive spots on the opponents face such as the nose .\nuse the part of your head above your eyebrows to hit parts of their head below the eyebrows .\ni dunno if you ' ve ever hit your head very hard let ' s say around your hairline , but it doesn ' t really hurt much . the skin getting smashed does , but your head itself doesn ' t really hurt at all . it ' s a mild annoyance that you probably wouldn ' t even feel in a fight , but your opponent will certainly feel a broken nose or orbital bone .\nif you ever question rampage ' s toughness you should watch the first 20 seconds of this .\ndat moment when wanderlei silva hits his opponent so hard he starts trying to fight the ref .\nonly a few years back you could get most of the ivc on pretty much any torrent site . . . now your lucky to find a dream event\nit ' s insane to realize just how much punishment all the ufc greats took before mma exploded . so much hespect .\ninteresting . . i was expecting more of those gloveless punches to result in knockout . i wonder if fighters change their form / power when fighting bare - fisted to protect their hands , resulting in fewer knockouts .\nthat ' s a correct assertion . that ' s why old bare knuckle boxers fought so different . that weird , underhand style . it was to keep their wrists straight and not hit the top or side of the skull .\nbare knuckle fights actually make the fighter punch weaker , because they ' re not taped up and covered in padding .\ngloves provide protection , but their main function is to allow the fighter to punch harder . if you hit someone ' s head anywhere near as hard as you are able , you will almost certainly break your hand . if not the 1st time , then surely the 2nd or 5th or whatever . that is no good if you are supposed to be punching for 15 - 45 minutes straight .\nthat and skin of the opponent . less cuts . more cuts = more premature ' technical ' stoppages .\nthankfully , you do not define what is or is not sporting competition . these guys , with or without gloves , are 100x the athletes and competitors that golfers claim to be ."]}
{"id": 54593, "summary": [{"text": "' boland 's bakery ' was the largest bakery in dublin in the late 19th century .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "it was founded by the boland family .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "the company would have sold a number of products such as bread , biscuits , cakes , confectionery and flour , although over the years the biscuit became the company 's main product .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "the original bakery was off capel street between mary ( abbey ) street and little mary street .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "the boland family lived on capel street .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "following the death of patrick boland ( father of future mp and olympic champion john pius boland ) , in 1888 the company was floated by the executor of his will bishop nicholas donnelly , his brother in law .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "a number of members of the boland family remained shareholders in the company .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "the company had a number of production facilities around the city such as the buildings around grand canal street and dock as well as a distribution network .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "vans with the company name on it were a familiar sight up until the last quarter of the twentieth century .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "boland 's bakery building on the corner of grand canal street and macken street ( then great clarence street ) , now the treasury building , played an integral part in the 1916 rising and was occupied by \u00e9amon de valera .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "also during a dispute when unemployed demonstrators , led by the writer liam o\u2019flaherty , occupied the rotunda hospital , boland 's bakery in capel st. donated 500 loaves to the demonstrators .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "in the late 1970s boland 's merged with jacobs biscuits ltd. , to form irish biscuits ltd. with much of the production moved to premises in belgard , tallaght .", "topic": 34}, {"text": "although many products were now being produced in britain and labeled as the irish brands .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "in 2004 production at the tallaght facility stopped .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "irish biscuits were taken over by a number of foreign companies eventually ending up being owned the french groupe danone .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "in 2004 it was sold to the irish fruitfield food group .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "the name survives today in a number of brands produced by jacob fruitfield food group , such as custard creams , cream crackers and bourbon creams .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "the name boland 's mill on grand canal dock is still clearly visible . ", "topic": 36}], "title": "boland ' s bakery", "paragraphs": ["1907 25\u2033 historic ordnance survey map of boland\u2019s bakery site on grand canal street .\n1880s \u2013 boland\u2019s bakery , 9 georges st . , dun laoghaire , co . dublin\n1880 \u2013 boland\u2019s bakery , 14 cumberland st . , dun laoghaire , co . dublin\nthe great clarence street ( now macken street ) entrance to boland\u2019s bakery in the 1940s . source : urltoken\nalso known as the city of dublin bakery , this large complex was sited across grand canal dock from boland\u2019s own steam mills .\ndesigned as a bakery for patrick boland and incorporating an earlier presbyterian church in mary\u2019s abbey ( a laneway to the rear ) .\nview from the railway , of the former site of boland\u2019s bakery and the dispensary 1916 h . q . on grand canal street\ndr john gibney describes the activity around boland ' s mill during easter week 1916 .\ngrand canal street entrance to boland\u2019s bakery . taken in the 1940s by the air corps . the railway yard can be seen in the distance . image : urltoken\neast facing wall of boland\u2019s bakery stable block , the plaster scars show exactly where the troughs and air vents were for each stable . image : alva mac gowan\none of the boland\u2019s retail shops around dublin , this shop on george\u2019s street was a fine victorian building , with ornate stucco and shopfront .\nexcellent article \u2013 and great pictures of the old boland\u2019s bakery . one small clarification - the old bakery was demolished in the late 1940s to be replaced by a five - story bakery building . this , re - clad and re - purposed in the 1990 - 91 , is now the treasury building . see urltoken\nthe front of boland\u2019s bakery in the 1940s , the railway yard and track , guinness stores on grand canal street , the distillery where the flag was hoisted can be seen in the distance . image : urltoken\nboland\u2019s mill the 3rd battalion under commandant eamon de valera occupied boland\u2019s bakery around the corner from the \ufb02our mills , one mile to the south - east of the gpo , on grand canal dock . the battalion was at a key location as it controlled the railway line and the main road from dun laoghaire ( then kingstown ) to the city centre .\nboland\u2019s bakey at one time had a network or shops as well as bakeries around dublin . there was two outlets in dun laoghaire ,\nthe first casualty at boland\u2019s was volunteer radigan . \u201che was crossing over the wall separating the bakery from the railway when his strap caught in the trigger of his rifle and the shot wounded him in the leg . he had to be carried down a long stable roof into the bakery . \u201d bmh . ws1768\nboland ' s bakery , grand canal street ,\nheld by assoc . prof . joseph brady . \u00a9 unknown . digital content by dr . joseph brady , published by ucd library , university college dublin < urltoken >\nboland ' s bakery , grand canal street ,\nheld by assoc . prof . joseph brady . \u00a9 irish airways . digital content by dr . joseph brady , published by ucd library , university college dublin < urltoken >\nabstract : construction of boland ' s bakery , grand canal street , rebuilt and expanded by g . & t . crampton in 1948 - 1951 . the architects were samuel stephenson & sons . the building is now the treasury building .\nthe former boland\u2019s mill building was stripped back to its concrete framed structure and redeveloped into an office building in the late 1980s by treasury holdings .\nabstract : aerial view of boland ' s bakery , grand canal street , rebuilt and expanded by g . & t . crampton in 1948 - 1951 . the architects were samuel stephenson & sons . the building is now the treasury building .\n\u201c\u2026the route from the bakery to the railway was through a hole very high in a horse\u2019s stall . you walked or crawled up a gangway through the hole and out on to the railway , which was much higher than the bakery . \u201d bmh . ws1768\nan engineer broke a hole into the railway wall into a horse stall in the bakery yard to serve as a line of communication between the bakery and the railway which was now occupied from westland row to landsdown road . after knocking it open a gangway had to be built from bakery level to railway level .\nformer mill building , part of the large boland\u2019s milling complex . the remainder of the complex has been demolished for redevelopment . the two six - storey stone warehouse buildings date from the 1830s .\nthe thing is , during easter week de valera never set foot in the building . his headquarters were actually in a since demolished dispensary on the corner of grand canal street next to boland\u2019s bakery ( above ) , a complex of low buildings nestled into an embankment near the railway . physically the bakery wasn\u2019t as commanding in appearance , this was completely intentional as its unassuming and discreet demeanor and strategic location next to the railway made it ideal .\nthe following day , the british gunboat helga sailed up the liffey and began shelling boland\u2019s bakery and mill . a second naval gun was taken ashore from the helga and set up in percy place . de valera deftly neutralized the danger by flying a rebel flag from a nearby distillery , which attracted much of the subsequent shelling . an interesting memo survives , written by de valera to the british intelligence officer , urging that permission be given to provide food and water to the 90 van horses used by the bakery . with the british army now firmly focused on the rebels in the gpo and the four courts , there was no concerted assault on the boland\u2019s bakery area . by the friday , the rebels at boland\u2019s had seen little action . all week they expected a major assault by the british but it just didn\u2019t happen . one night , de valera and some men slipped out to a nearby railway embankment where they silently watched the city burning to the west .\nireland : rosie ' s place , co . carlow - a sculptress at home\nireland : skeaghyvagh , co . kildare - lighting up the fox ' s den\nas lowe was now focusing mainly on the gpo and the four courts , there was no further concerted assault on the boland\u2019s bakery area . the garrison held out until sunday when nurse o\u2019farrell brought the news of the general surrender . commandant de valera was sentenced to death , but the sentence was commuted to penal servitude for life .\nusing the railway line as a vital artery , eamon de valera and 120 men of the 3rd battalion thinly spread themselves across various outposts in the area surrounding grand canal dock and ringsend including the gas works , a dispensary , boland\u2019s mills , boland\u2019s bakery , a railway workshop , the dublin distillery and the guinness granary stores opposite the bakery . the intention was to prevent the advance of any enemy force which might come from the direction of ringsend to sandymount or from the river liffey . further down the line they seized westland row station , damaging tracks and signalling equipment to ensure british troops landing at dun laoghaire harbour could not travel into the city , sentries were also posted on each of the railway bridges in this area .\nthe former ( great clarence street , now macken street ) entrance to boland\u2019s bakery , which is now bricked up with a yellow brick . the original gate posts are still evident . the former guinness stores building can be seen in the distance to the left . the covered car park is now on the other side of this wall . image : alva mac gowan\nwhen \u00e9amon de valera stepped down as president of ireland on june 24th 1973 , one of his first stops was at boland ' s bakery , now the treasury building , at the southern entrance to the grand canal docks . this was where de valera had gained his first real revolutionary experience a staggering 57 years earlier . during the easter rising of 1916 , known locally as \u2018the poet\u2019s rebellion\u2019 , the young mathematician made his name as the last of the rebel commandants to surrender to the british .\nheadquarters were located in boland\u2019s bakery on grand canal street lower , the volunteers having given the bakers a holiday . outposts were set up at positions covering the entrance to beggar\u2019s bush barracks on haddington road , around mount street bridge ( mckenny bridge on map ) on the main road from kingstown to the city centre , and at westland row railway station . the volunteers ripped up the railway tracks leading to kingstown to prevent troop trains getting too close . apart from minor skirmishes and the major action at mount street bridge on wednesday , there were no direct assaults on the boland\u2019s bakery positions until thursday . the british shelled the complex from the gunship helga on the li\ufb00ey and also with a naval gun taken ashore from the helga and set up in percy place close to the complex . commandant de valera neutralized the danger , however , by having a \ufb02ag \ufb02own from a nearby distillery which attracted most of the subsequent shelling .\nuncheck the box labeled never allow websites to request your physical location if it ' s already checked .\n\u201cwe put \u201ckaiser\u201d and \u201cmack\u201d into two of the best stalls we could find in the bakery stables and made sure they had plenty to eat . \u201d bmh . ws0198\neamon de valera let all the horses loose from the stables at boland\u2019s bakery \u2026 his concern for animals didn\u2019t stop there . there was a cats and dogs home north of the railway , since there was no one to feed them de valera famously asked that they be set free , after this they were often seen wandering on the railway and streets below . one wonders what happened to all of these animals after the rebellion .\nclick here to listen to podcasts of turtle ' s ' hidden histories ' on newstalk breakfast , 2013 .\nthe dispensary and bakery site is now occupied by the treasury building , home of the national asset management agency . the bakery that was there in 1916 was built in 1888 and demolished in the late 1940s , in 1951 it was replaced by a 5 - storey building in 1951 which was re - clad and modernised in 1991 . during a recent site inspection we found the northern boundary wall which separated the bakery from the railway yard and the western boundary wall which formed part of the stables have been retained and incorporated into a covered car park .\nin the 1893 thoms directory , bolands is shown as having the model bakery at no 14 cumberland st . , and as having a bakery at number 17 . in fact , number 14 was the location of the bakery shop , on the seaward side of the street . the actual bakery , called bolands model bakery was on the opposite side of the street at number 17 . in the 1850s , the site was that of the police station ( there were two police stations in the town at that time ) , but is shown as vacant in 1870 . the actual baking there ceased at some stage probably about the 1960s , but the premises continued to be used as a distribution centre for some time . in the 1970s , the technical school was established there . much of the site is now occupied by dun laoghaire further education institute ( formerly dun laoghaire college of further education ) ( see map , right ) .\nreferring to the 1907 historic 25\u2033 ordnance survey map , which clearly depicts the bakery\u2019s location in relation to the railway line . the macken street ( formerly great clarence street ) entrance to the bakery was bricked up , however the gate posts can still be seen today in this boundary wall . the stables were in the gate to the left . layers of plaster , air vents and brick work that are still evident today on the eastern face of this wall helped us identify the separate stalls for the horses .\nearly ad for the model bakery . from the days when phones were rare or non - existent . you could send a postcard asking the van ( probably horse - drawn ) to call to your house\nthis shows a boland ' s bakery team who won a tug - o - war event at a sports in the grounds of beaufort in , i ' d say , the early 50s . the only names i can remember : b / row : ( ? ) , ( ? ) , jack matthews , paddy matthews , tom holden , ( ? ) . f / row : ( ? ) , maurice walsh , mick duane , ( ? ) , ( ? ) , eddie boyle , ( ? ) connel\n\u201ckaiser\u201d was a donkey and \u201cmack\u201d a pony . the animals were lent by the walsh\u2019s , a family of green grocers from great brunswick street ( now pearse street ) , their sons\u2019 thomas and james walsh were members of the \u201cb\u201d company in the 5th battalion that occupied the bakery . the two animals helped carry all the company\u2019s equipment on any route marches which included a trek to pine forest in the dublin mountains , so they were well used to military activity .\nthe 3rd battalion under commandant eamon de valera occupied boland\u2019s bakery and \ufb02our mills , a mile to the south - east of the gpo . the battalion was in a crucial location as it controlled the railway line and the main road from kingstown ( dun laoghaire ) to the city centre , kingstown being the port through which british reinforcements would arrive . partly due to the confusion arising from macneill\u2019s countermand , only about 100 volunteers reported for duty ; about half had modern ri\ufb02es and many had to make do with shotguns or pistols . the plan was to hold a large area stretching along the railway line from sandymount to westland row railway station , which they also took over .\nin 1916 land marks at grand canal dock such as the gas works , boland\u2019s mills and the distillery building were all considered to be obvious outposts and therefore targets , they were lightly manned and used as decoys . the gas works were dismantled to plunge the city into darkness and confuse the enemy , then left empty due to lack of men . boland\u2019s mills were occupied by a skeleton of volunteers who were rumored to have looted the flour and brought it home to their families who lived locally . the tall distillery was used as a decoy by raising a green flag on its roof which drained the enemy of ammunition and prevented them from occupying the strategic location themselves .\naside from the battle at mount street bridge on wednesday , there were no direct assaults on boland\u2019s until thursday . the garrison held out until sunday when nurse elizabeth o\u2019farrell brought news of the surrender . plans to develop the mills as a triple - tower multistorey hotel and office complex , complete with public plaza and restaurant , were rejected in october 2007 .\nshortly after noon on easter monday 1916 , de valera and approximately 100 members of the third battalion stormed the boland\u2019s premises and told all the bakers working there to take a half - day . both the mill and bakery had been identified as vital strategic locations . control could enable the rebels to prevent british reinforcements crossing the two bridges over the grand canal docks , as well as the bridge by lower mount street . they would also provide a key vantage point over the railway lines running between sandymount and westland row , and the main road between the por t at kingstown ( d\u00fan laoghaire ) and the city centre .\nboland ' s mills was situated in south dublin , near grand canal dock and overlooking the grand canal itself ( the current treasury building is built on the site of the original mill ) . this complex of buildings was seized by members of the 3rd battalion of the irish volunteers led by \u00e9amon de valera : perhaps as few as 100 - 130 poorly armed volunteers were involved .\nlocalwiki is a grassroots effort to collect , share and open the world\u2019s local knowledge . we are a 501 ( c ) 3 non - profit organization .\nif you ' re still having trouble , check out google ' s support page . you can also search near a city , place , or address instead .\nif you ' re still having trouble , check out opera ' s support page . you can also search near a city , place , or address instead .\nif you ' re still having trouble , check out safari ' s support page . you can also search near a city , place , or address instead .\nif you ' re still having trouble , check out firefox ' s support page . you can also search near a city , place , or address instead .\nthe continued presence of some the structures associated with the site\u2019s occupation in 1916 helps in giving legs to the witness statements . street names have changed , vistas blocked and others opened up . it is however , comforting to know that some of the dockland\u2019s original fabric has been woven into the modern metropolis of grand canal dock .\nhaving secured boland\u2019s , de valera sent a sizeable detachment of volunteers to set up an outpost in westland row railway station . the men quickly ripped out the railway tracks on the kingstown line to prevent troop trains getting too close . de valera established his own headquarters in the dispensary beside the bakery . he ordered the removal of essential par ts from the gas works and the electricity supply station in ringsend , thus cutting off the gas supply and immobilizing the electric trams . some men were sent to mount street bridge and others to cover the entrance to the british military barracks at beggars bush . due to a lack of manpower , de valera was unable to organize scouting parties and he was thus unaware that the barracks were in fact virtually empty .\nrt\u00e9 . ie is the website of raidi\u00f3 teilif\u00eds \u00e9ireann , ireland ' s national public service broadcaster . rt\u00e9 is not responsible for the content of external internet sites . images courtesy of urltoken and getty images .\none of the myths of the rebellion is that eamon de valera and his men used boland\u2019s mills , as their headquarters during the occupation of ringsend . in 1916 , the mill building would\u2019ve commanded a forceful position over looking the victoria bridge draw - bridge on the ringsend road and grand canal dock , towering over its contemporaries as an impressive landmark evoking images of de valera and his men inside plotting , planning and firing from . today , the mills are dwarfed by modern developments as the area is gradually succumbing to high rise progress .\nclick here for turtle ' s travel stories from national geographic traveler ( 2014 ) & other magazines , including australia , ireland , sicily , sri lanka , the usa , nova scotia , france , mexico , zimbabwe , spain , jersey , gozo .\nboland ' s mill was to serve as the headquarters of the volunteers in a large region of dublin ' s south inner city that was quite diverse in socio - economic terms : it incorporated commercial and industrial regions in dublin ' s docklands . the residential districts within the area seized by the volunteers ranged from slum tenements near the docks to the middle - class residential districts in and around merrion square , and between the canal and ballsbridge . the location of the area was significant , as it contained important transport links that connected dublin to the southern ferry port of kingstown : the rail terminus at westland row , and the roads leading into the city that crossed the grand canal at mount street . there were apparently plans to seize a number of buildings within the district , but these were curtailed . the volunteers established outposts outside beggars bush barracks , near mount street bridge , and near westland row , where rail tracks were torn up in order to disrupt rail transport . this region also saw some of the heaviest fighting of the rising , as british reinforcements who had disembarked at kingstown were ambushed as they attempted to cross the canal at the junction of northhumberland road and mount street .\nflanked by british soldiers , the rebels made their way to grattan street where the order was given to \u2018ground arms\u2019 . it galled de valera to see the local people coming out from their homes to offer cups of tea to the british soldiers while ridiculing the volunteers for their actions . when the british led de valera out from the mills , he murmured to the crowd outside : \u2018if only you had come out , though armed with hay forks only\u2019 . as with all battalion commandants , commandant de valera was tried by court martial and sentenced to death . however , the shocking executions of the main ringleaders earlier in the week had such a marked effect on public opinion that de valera\u2019s death sentence was commuted to penal servitude for life . contrary to popular belief , his us citizenship was not used in his favour and he himself made no claims on that basis . although his garrison did not see anything like as much action as those in the city centre , de valera\u2019s men racked up a high tally of enemy casualties . indeed , by dint of their defence of mount street bridge , the heaviest casualties inflicted on the british army that week were by the irish garrison stationed in boland\u2019s mills .\nduring the lead up to the rebellion like all the volunteers , \u201cthe brothers walsh\u201d had to buy their uniforms in installments . in their witness statements they give a vivid account of the various goings on at the bakery including a fr mcmahon from westland row who was using a bread van as a confessional , after his confession was heard thomas walsh recalled saying his penance with his brother jim\u2026 \u201d in a nook in a huge stack of flour bags\u201d bmh . ws0198\noops ! we don ' t recognize the web browser you ' re currently using . try checking the browser ' s help menu , or searching the web for instructions to turn on html5 geolocation for your browser . you can also search near a city , place , or address instead .\na make - shift green flag with a gold harp was even hoisted on a pike on the water tank of the tall nearby irish distillery building as a decoy to encourage the british to shell the building , thereby making it useless as a covering position for themselves . the ploy worked , and the first shell to hit the flag was from the h . m . y . helga gun boat in the liffey , it was logged to have fired 14 rounds at the distillery . lieutenant joseph o\u2019byrne and a small group of volunteers from the local ringsend company occupying the upper loft in boland\u2019s mills counted as over 75 shots were fired at the national emblem . whether both accounts are true or not , the damage was done .\nthe garrison held out until sunday when nurse elizabeth o\u2019farrell of cumann na mban , the women\u2019s auxiliary of the irish volunteers , brought news of the general surrender . she handed de valera the order signed by p . h . pearse . at first de valera thought this was simply a british ploy to coax his men out . when he was finally convinced the order came from pearse , he ordered all arms held by the volunteers to be put out of action lest they be of use to the enemy . no volunteer was willing to carry the white flag of surrender so a red cross worker was persuaded to hold it while de valera\u2019s vice - commandant , joseph o\u2019connor , marched the men out .\nthis is just a personal account of my working life in boland ' s biscuits . i started in 1961 as a 17 year old . i think that in was 1957 / 8 that the factory opened when i was interviewed for the job i was told that my wages would be \u00a36 . 00 and it was with some disappointment that when i received my first wage packet there was only \u00a33 . 12 . 0 . it seems that some sharp - eyed cost clerk noticed that there was no wage agreement for males under 18 so i went onto the female rate . and the times been what they were on becoming 18 i got the \u00a36 . 00 but the females got no such increase ,\nthe good old days\nyeah and i wouldn ' t mind but i always thought that packing the biscuits , which was done by the females was far more onerous than a lot of the work the males did .\nwhen i worked there first there were 3 main ovens which baked cream crackers and plain biscuits . in 1962 / 3 an extension was built and cream and chocolate biscuits were added to the range . the factory was expanding , it had a big contract with marks and spensers an expanding export business in america and more people were being employed , things were looking good . there was plenty of overtime and people could plan a future . an evening shift 5 to 10 was introduced and a lot of married women were taken on . this was a great boost to the area as prior to that women had to surrender their jobs when they got married . so the additional income and independence that women got from this made big changes in their lives . when we first heard the rumours that jacob ' s planned a takeover we were surprised and then we were told that the reason they were interested was that there was room for expansion in deansgrange where no such space existed in bishop ' s street . all lies , it was a simple matter of closing down a competitor . we tried to get political support but to no avail , even sit - ins were considered but did not have sufficient support . i took redundancy in 1971 as did a number of people others went to bishop st . and then finally headed to the new factory in tallaght . the factory closure was a big economic loss to lots of people in dun laoghaire , it had influenced so much of our lives and so many of us met our partners there . i ' ve only good memories of boland ' s , met lots of life long friends and i would probably have spent my working life there if it had not closed .\ntwo days later , some 2 , 000 british troops came marching up northumberland road from d\u00fan laoghaire , en route to oust the rebel leaders from the general post office on o\u2019connell street . they paused at the royal dublin society ' s premises in ballsbridge where lord rathdonnell was attempting to host the spring show . the soldiers were given lemonade and then advanced onwards . as these two battalions of sherwood foresters approached mount street bridge , they came in for a big surprise . de valera had surveyed the westland row and grand canal district in the weeks preceding the rising . he had considered the military possibilities and now his planning was to pay off .\nthe volunteers at mount street bridge secured perfect positioning for a cross - fire ambush . the forresters walked into a death trap . their attempts to charge the rebels were utterly suicidal . in a battle that ultimately lasted from noon to 8pm , 234 british officers and men were killed or wounded , marking almost half of the total british military losses for the whole week of the rising . only four volunteers were killed in the same battle . during the early part of the action , mick malone slipped down to the battalion hq in the bakery and warned de valera that they needed a fast firing weapon urgently . the bespectacled commandant unbuckled his own mauser , handed it over with 400 rounds of ammo and said \u2018sorry i cannot do more for you\u2019 . when the superior british firepower eventually overwhelmed the volunteers , malone was among the four killed in the final assault . a memorial to the slain volunteers stands by the bridge today . there is no such record of the unfortunate forresters who perished , although a number of them do seem to have been buried in the military cemetery at grangegorman .\nsince the recession , plans to redevelop the mills are still a subject of debate . the national asset management agency ( nama ) has offices close by at the national treasury management agency ( ntma ) hq . it is housed at treasury building , grand canal street dublin 2 .\ndescriptions created by staff of ucd library , university college dublin based on information provided by assoc . prof . joseph brady and dr . ruth mcmanus . \u2014 metadata creation date : 2016 - 02 - 19\ndue to modern redevelopment , probably more so than any of the other locations around the city that were formerly occupied by the volunteers , this part of the city has changed significantly since 1916 . using the witness statements and the railway line , we managed to peel back the contemporary city to reveal what remains of the 1916 battlefield at grand canal dock and ringsend .\nvolunteer brothers , thomas and james walsh . taken in 1914 . source : national museum of ireland .\nthe two brothers were then transferred to an outpost around the corner at clanwilliam house which was heavily involved in the shooting of sherwood foresters crossing mount street bridge .\nthe northern boundary wall between the former stables and railway , it is now rendered with concrete , in 1916 a hole was pierced through with a gang plank to gain access to the railway . image : alva mac gowan\nto the british the docklands with its many empty warehouses , dead ends and darkened bridges could have had a sniper covering every corner . but the location was an important one as regards access to the city . it was a tricky one to man , since so few volunteers turned up and de valera famously sent home all underage ( under 18 ) volunteers on the tuesday and also refused any aid from cumann na mban , which meant perfectly good foot soldiers had to undertake their duties including feeding the troops and attending casualties .\nmany thanks for your valuable feedback . we were unsure of the date of the images from the air corps \u2013 none have dates but 1940s makes sense as the witness statements were collected at this time also . this project is a work in a progress which includes putting the information out there in the hope that we will get closer to the truth .\nprivacy & cookies : this site uses cookies . by continuing to use this website , you agree to their use . to find out more , including how to control cookies , see here : cookie policy\nphoto : manchester guardian , history of war 1916 . full collection available in the national library of ireland\n# onthisday in 1917 activist muriel gifford drowned while swimming off the coast . . . more \u00bb\na meeting heard this week in 1914 that small farmers in ireland were living in . . . more \u00bb\nthis week in 1915 viceroy of ireland , lord wimborne , blamed the censorship of . . . more \u00bb\nthe century ireland project is an online historical newspaper that tells the story of the events of irish life a century ago .\n\u00a9 rt\u00e9 2013 - 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an urban voyage \u2019 is a work in progress , commissioned by the dublin docklands development authority , and due to be published in 2009 .\nwith thanks to michael purcell , larry o ' brien , frank fagan and others .\nemail : turtlehistory @ urltoken : : web : urltoken : : \u00a9 turtle bunbury 2005 - 2014 . all rights reserved . site design by bristlebird\nthe national library of ireland , kildare street , dublin 2 . telephone : + 353 1 603 02 00 | email : info @ urltoken\nabout 1964 . the girls in the top row are showing engagement rings . top l to r , dolores o ' neill . june doyle , winnie o ; dowd , marie kavanagh , kitty kenny , bottom l to r , maura mc callick , marie coffey , frances o ' brien , nuala kelly , nora o ' keeffe , marie flynn , and one other click the picture to enlarge\nbolands were established in the dublin area in the 1800s , and had flour mills , bakeries for bread and confectionery , and biscuit factories . their mills in dublin were the scene of fighting during the 1916 revolution .\nwartime rationing . the government had its ration books , but bolands also had a system of controlling supplies . bread was a very important staple diet then .\nin the 1893 directory , retail shops are shown at 14 cumberland street and at 9 upper georges st . both had exceptionally ornate design .\nthe cumberland st shop was located in the position where the offices of goal charity is now .\nthe shop at 9 upper georges st was just 1 door away from the junction of mulgrave street , at the point where the bernardos charity shop now stands . however , in 1901 , the street was widened at that point . the street widening involved the demolition of the frontages of all shops in that block , and the rebuilding of new frontages about 14ft back . the shop did not re - open , and the site was idle for some time before the kingstown picture house was constructed there about 1912\nthe shop at 115 upr georges st opened some time in the late 1930s , but was one of the buildings demolished to make room for the building of dun laoghaire shopping centre which was built about 1975 .\ni started in the stores . mr , conway was the store manager he was from rialto , he was very meticulous but fair and i enjoyed working there . one of my jobs was to receive and store all the paper goods and other incidentals that were required in the running of a factory of 2 to 3 hundred people . another was to fulfil the requisitions , as they were called , for the materials to wrap the biscuits . each morning a list of items was submitted and i would deliver them to the different areas where they were required . one of these areas was known as the hand wrapping band and i can ' t say that i ever enjoyed delivering to it . these bands were staffed by anything up to 40 girls and you felt that all their eyes were on you and they were just waiting to slag you and no one was immune to their clever and savage wit . i remember one time i ' d been going out with a girl for some months and i had decided that it was a little too young to be going steady so i told her . the next morning as i was walking down by the hand wrapping table they all broke into singing\nto young to go steady\n, by that table i thought i ' d never get . you just could not put a foot wrong and that went for everyone . looking back on it now it was great fun and them girls were just so smart in the use of song to heighten peoples embarrassment . you always knew that walking the gauntlet of the wrapping table that some song would be sung that would hit a sensitive nerve .\nexcept where otherwise noted , this content is licensed under a creative commons attribution license . see copyrights ."]}
{"id": 54606, "summary": [{"text": "eleven , llc is a product development studio with offices in boston , massachusetts and new york city , new york .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the studio was founded in 1996 by ben beck , dave harting , doug marsden and glen walter .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "since then the company has designed products and experiences across multiple categories : from consumer goods and housewares , to electronics , medical machinery , sporting goods , and furniture .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "the company has between 11 and 20 employees providing services including industrial design , mechanical engineering , communication design , business strategy , and design research .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "the company has developed an unusual business model , in which the traditional fee for service work is supplemented with licensing and royalties-driven work .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "the studio has licensed a wide range of its own consumer products .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "much of their early licensing work was for products in the pet industry .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "working with aspen pets , the company designed the walkabout retractable dog leash .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "later , the company designed petmate cat litter boxes such as the clean step litter box , which is enclosed to prevent the cat from trailing litter out of the box and to provide added privacy for the pet .", "topic": 28}, {"text": "they developed burton \u2019s snowboarding step-in boot technology , si and psi , when the company was emerging as an early leader in equipment for the sport .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "since designing the si line , eleven has continued to work with burton on their binding designs , and provided periodic platform overhaul .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "the company teamed up with stx lacrosse to design a gary gait signature line .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "the company also designed oxo 's barware line , incorporating the good grips technology into drinking paraphernalia .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "the studio has worked with procter & gamble on household products and strategic brand innovation for brands including cascade , gillette , secret , duracell , febreze , tide , vicks , mr. clean , folgers and sunny d.", "topic": 31}], "title": "eleven llc", "paragraphs": ["eleven dimensions media , llc - media tech distribution & development . for the multiverse\nmedia tech distribution & development . for the multiverse - eleven dimensions media , llc\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 eleven dimensions media ( tm ) , llc . all rights reserved .\neleven eleven pennsylvania , llc v . commonwealth , pics case no . 17 - 1297 ( pa . commw . aug . 14 , 2017 ) simpson , j . ( 19 pages ) .\nchamplin , nikola .\ntwelve angry men characters : eleven .\nlitcharts . litcharts llc , 6 aug 2015 . web . 8 jul 2018 .\nchamplin , nikola .\ntwelve angry men characters : eleven .\nlitcharts llc , august 6 , 2015 . retrieved july 8 , 2018 . urltoken\nchamplin , nikola .\ntwelve angry men characters : eleven .\nlitcharts llc , august 6 , 2015 . retrieved july 8 , 2018 . urltoken\neleven eleven pennsylvania , llc v . commonwealth , pics case no . 17 - 1297 ( pa . commw . aug . 14 , 2017 ) simpson , j . ( 19 pages ) . | the legal intelligencer\neleven dimensions media , llc is a distributor and representative of cutting edge audio software and hardware from the following brands : audifed , auro 3d , esi audiotechnik , naonext , ploytec , psi audio , sound radix , teknosign , and ultramixer . eleven dimensions media , llc also provides marketing , sales , business and software development services to media technology companies worldwide .\nthe east rutherford zoning board of adjustment unanimously granted variances and site - plan approval to park one eleven , llc on june 2 for an investors bank , retail space and a 7 - eleven at the intersection of hackensack street and union avenue .\n\u00a9 copyright hrboost , llc . all rights reserved . toll - free phone : 866 . 840 . 6585 we respect your privacy .\nthe east rutherford zoning board of adjustment unanimously granted variances and site - plan approval to park one eleven , llc on june 2 for an investors bank , retail space and a 7 - eleven at the intersection of hackensack street and union avenue . the . . .\neast rutherford approves plans for 7 - eleven , bank , retail space the east rutherford zoning board of adjustment unanimously granted variances and site - plan approval to park one eleven , llc on june 2 for an investors bank , retail space and a 7 - eleven at the intersection of hackensack street and union avenue . the . . . check out this story on urltoken urltoken\nto contact tichenor ventures , llc , please visit . company data is provided by s & p ; global market intelligence . please use this form to report any data issues .\neleven leads an ongoing collaboration with students at the dsk design school in india .\nthe deal with 7 - eleven is expected to close by the fourth quarter .\n\u201cwith eleven , we were finally able to combine lightweight protection and maximum movement . \u201d\nterms of use | privacy policy | \u00a9 copyright 2017 of eleven media . all rights reserved\neleven . i beg your pardon . maybe you don\u2019t understand the term \u201creasonable doubt . \u201d\npark one eleven , llc submitted an application for preliminary and final , major site - plan approval and minor subdivision for 246 - 248 hackensack street and 111 union avenue , also known as block 96 , lots 1 , 2 and 2 . 01 - a total of 1 . 33 acres .\nthe team at eleven is improving mobility , comfort , style and value in sled hockey equipment .\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 penske business media , llc . all rights reserved . hollywood\u2122 & design \u00a9 2018 hollywood chamber of commerce . the hollywood sign is a trademark and intellectual property of hollywood chamber of commerce . all rights reserved .\neleven : i beg your pardon , but maybe you don\u2019t understand the term , \u201creasonable doubt . \u201d\neleven eleven pennsylvania , llc petitioned for summary relief , seeking a declaration that the state board of cosmetology\u2019s regulation requiring a lavatory within a salon was pre - empted by the construction code act . petitioner further sought to enjoin the state from enforcing the lavatory regulation . the beauty culture law established the board , and authorized it to prescribe regulations . the board subsequently promulgated regulations for the physical requirements of salons , including the requirement for a lavatory within a salon\u2019s square footage .\nthe agreement provides that 7 - eleven will continue to use the sunoco brand at currently branded sunoco stores . as part of the deal , 7 - eleven also is buying the laredo taco restaurant brand and the stripes convenience - store brand from sunoco . the stripes brand is likely to be subsumed into the much bigger 7 - eleven .\nquotes below are all either spoken by eleven or refer to eleven . for each quote , you can also see the other characters and themes related to it ( each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon , like this one :\neast rutherford has given approval for a bank , a 7 - eleven and retail space on hackensack street and union avenue .\neleven\u2019s current client list includes four holding companies , three global advertising and media networks , and two world - famous creative boutiques .\neleven says he thought that in america a man was entitled to have an unpopular opinion . . . . ( full context )\njuror seven is angry because he believes that juror eleven is being condescending . . . . insinuating he believes him to be stupid .\neleven leverages its culture of design to evaluate , fund and grow new business ventures . ventures are original ideas that have value . they flourish in diverse and dynamic environments . eleven utilizes its unique powers of perspective in an organic process to interpret , evaluate and design new ventures .\nalso based in dallas , 7 - eleven inc . is owned by seven & i holdings co . ltd . of japan . the company said the sunoco acquisition will allow its 7 - eleven subsidiary to\nexpand its store network and offer greater convenience , while also improving profitability .\nthe timeline below shows where the character eleven appears in twelve angry men . the colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance .\nnine thanks eleven for reminding them of their opportunity to be unbiased judges . four says he ' s glad that . . . ( full context )\njust then , juror eleven gets up to close the window , which starts an argument between him and juror seven . . . . ( full context )\nthe goods , nbc7 san diego , deal current network , ticket sauce , and la urltoken are just a few of the companies evan & eleven endeavors has worked with .\nthe sale of these retail assets to 7 - eleven is the beginning of an exciting evolution for sun into a premier nationwide fuel supplier , \u201d owens said in a statement . \u201cour supply agreement with 7 - eleven provides sun with a predictable long - term income stream , and this transaction quickly allows sun to improve its financial profile .\nthe nation\u2019s largest convenience - store operator , 7 - eleven inc . will get about 1 , 110 stores in the deal , mostly along the east coast and in texas .\neleven warriors is the largest independent sports site on the internet and is a one - stop shop for ohio state news , analysis and community \u2014 and it ' s all free .\neleven warriors is where ohio state fans gather . as an independent site , we ' re committed to delivering buckeye fans the news and analysis they deserve , all while remaining free .\nbut when it came to actually voting for the death penalty itself , one juror balked . eleven others spent more than three hours trying to convince her that silver deserved to die .\njuror eleven makes a suggestion that one of the others does not understand\nreasonable doubt\n. to whom is he directing his remark , and why is the other juror angry ?\nsunoco is selling most of its convenience stores to 7 - eleven in a deal valued at $ 3 . 3 billion as it looks to focus more on its fuel supply business .\nfor the first four years , 7 - eleven will be committed to increase that amount by 500 million gallons a year , said robert w . owens , sunoco ' s chief executive .\n. . . three tries to calm juror five down , and there is a long silence . eventually , juror eleven comments that he can understand why juror five is sensitive . ( full context )\nin 2010 , ( along with his role as vice chairman at bbdo ) he launched a new business consultancy called eleven . the goal of eleven was to work with ceos of agencies and sales - oriented corporations to create a culture of winning inside their companies . the business was so rewarding ( intellectually and fun - wise ) that in 2012 mark made a full - time commitment to growing it .\ninstead of baking up ideas from scratch , the cofounders of eleven , a boston - based design firm , have developed a process for identifying low - tech products that can be elevated to new heights .\ntwelve says that they ought to admit they are a hung jury . eleven asks seven if he truly believes there is no reasonable doubt . seven says yes , and . . . ( full context )\n\u201cthe design process , communication , artwork , and production was uncomplicated and efficient . we always felt that studio eleven stayed focused on our interests and didn\u2019t sidetrack us from what we wanted to accomplish . \u201d\neleven canterbury is a global expert network driven by expertise and experience . we are dedicated to providing the highest quality insight and to assisting our clients in building or transforming their businesses . this referral only network of sen\n. . . cashier . he appeals to the jury to be understanding of the boy sneaking in . juror eleven says he never once snuck in\u2014they didn\u2019t have movies when he was growing up . ( full context )\nthe applicant will have to apply to the mayor and council if they want the 7 - eleven to be open 24 - hours ,\nsaid board member al levy , noting the neighborhood commercial zone rule .\nin the united states and canada , 7 - eleven owns 8 , 707 stores . it operates , franchises or licenses more than 62 , 000 stores in 17 countries , including 10 , 900 in north america .\nthree says that he ' s ready to declare a hung jury . four asks eleven , two , and six why they changed their minds . six says it seems the old man . . . ( full context )\n. . . but he put himself through college and didn\u2019t go to the extreme of killing . juror eleven can relate to the accused kid\u2019s hardships because he grew up in europe in a . . . ( full context )\n. . . the distance from the bed to the bedroom door plus the length of the hallway . eleven points out that the old man had to be helped into the witness chair and . . . ( full context )\njuror eleven makes a suggestion that one of the others does not understand \u201creasonable doubt\u201d . to whom is he directing his remark , and why is the other juror angry ? | 12 angry men questions | q & a | gradesaver\n. . . seven and juror three insist that they want to know who changed his vote . juror eleven interrupts , reminding them that this was a vote by secret ballot . three says that \u201cthere . . . ( full context )\n. . . four points out that the old man swore under oath that it took 15 seconds . eleven , the foreman , and four acknowledge that there is a dramatic difference between 15 and 39 . . . ( full context )\nwe ' ve grown over the years , but we still believe ohio state fans deserve buckeye coverage free of click - bait , obtrusive ads or paywalled premium content . at eleven warriors , that ' s what you ' ll always get .\nif you love our work , then help us keep eleven warriors free by spreading the word , donating , shopping , advertising or visiting urltoken through this link because we ' ll earn a small commission on purchases at no cost to you .\n. . . man downstairs . he wants to know who among the jurors lives in an apartment building . eleven says he doesn ' t , but he remembers visiting the scene of the crime with the other . . . ( full context )\n. . . his glasses to bed . eight points out that the woman who testified was wearing glasses . eleven excitedly remembers that she wore bifocals . four says it\u2019s funny that he hadn ' t thought of . . . ( full context )\n. . . \u201cguilty\u201d too . juror seven , juror four , juror twelve and the foreman quickly agree , while juror eleven agrees more slowly . the men write down their votes and pass them to the foreman . . . . ( full context )\n. . . is silent . eventually four points out that he can ' t see why they ' re behaving like children . eleven says they have an important responsibility to decide on the guilt or innocence of another . . . ( full context )\n. . . proposes another vote to determine whether or not the jurors think they ' re a hung jury . eleven says they can ' t even agree on whether or not the window should be open . the . . . ( full context )\nan immigrant from somewhere in europe , eleven exhibits an awareness of , and awe for , the idealistic principles behind the american legal system . he changes his \u201cguilty\u201d vote quickly , after defending the right of any man to have an unpopular opinion in america following the\n. . . and wants to talk some more . he says he ' s \u201csort of swinging back toward guilty . \u201d eleven says he is now in real doubt . five says , \u201cguilty . i was right the first . . . ( full context )\nsunoco lp , the retail fuel - marketing remnant of the former philadelphia oil company , announced thursday that it is selling most of its convenience stores to 7 - eleven for $ 3 . 3 billion to allow it to focus more on its wholesale fuel - supply business .\nafter the sale , sunoco said about 29 percent of its wholesale fuel business will be to 7 - eleven outlets , 25 percent to sunoco dealers , 13 percent to commercial fuel buyers , and 31 percent to distributors of sunoco and other branded fuels such as chevron , exxon , and valero .\nwe believe in the old adage : it ' s not work if it ' s something you love . every member of the eleven warriors team was raised as a buckeye fan and the majority are ohio state university alums . we are here because we enjoy being a part of an amazing online community .\nso saddle up ! the content on eleven warriors will always be free and adding your voice to the conversation is as simple as registering for an account , joining tens of thousands of registered users in our online community . you can also follow the fun by liking us on facebook and following us on twitter .\neleven : please . i would like to say something here . i have always thought that a man was entitled to have unpopular opinions in this country . this is the reason i came here . i wanted to have the right to disagree . in my own country , i am ashamed to say that .\nsunoco lp , which was sold to energy transfer partners in 2012 and moved its headquarters to dallas in 2015 , will enter into a 15 - year take - or - pay fuel - supply agreement with 7 - eleven , under which sunoco will supply about 2 . 2 billion gallons of fuel a year .\nwhen you work with hrboost , we begin with a comprehensive assessment of your hr function . this assessment covers all eleven functional areas of your practice and is designed to give you a detailed overview that identifies gaps and outlines opportunities to help your business attract and retain the talent it needs to grow and thrive .\npure art is a noble pursuit . applied art is a business . that ' s one reason design firms have been so eager of late to add consulting and manufacturing to their core aesthetic competencies . it ' s also the rationale behind the mission of eleven , a five - year - old , 15 - employee company that specializes in elevating prosaic items to new heights , not of beauty but of function .\nwe didn ' t start this company to fall into the trap of producing a wave of sexy , seductive translucent crap that no one buys ,\nsays glen walters , a co - founder and eleven ' s managing member .\nfrom its humble roots as one fan ' s passion for the buckeyes in 2006 , eleven warriors has grown into a leading media outlet with four full - time beat writers and a weekly television show on spectrum sports . we break news , dissect game film , host a podcast , and keep track of recruiting while still maintaining a whimsical , community - driven culture .\nor executives from fortune 500 companies is available on demand for insight , clarity and leadership when you need it most . eleven canterbury offers clients a unique value proposition by providing specific expertise quickly and for as long as it is needed . our network of executives has decades of experience in the most senior roles in the financial services , technology , energy , telecom , retail and healthcare industries . visit our website to learn more : urltoken\nthe tribeca film festival ( tff ) today announced members of juries in 11 competitive categories for its upcoming 15th stand . the group includes actors , filmmakers , writers , entrepreneurs , artists and cultural leaders . the jury will be divided among eleven competitive festival categories . winning films , filmmakers , actors and storytellers in each category will be announced at the tff awards night ceremony on april 21 . the 2016 festival runs april 13 \u201324 .\neleven : we have a responsibility . this is a remarkable thing about democracy . that we are . . . ummmm . . . what is the word . . . ah , notified ! that we are notified by mail to come down to this place and decide on the guilt or innocence of a man we have not known before . we have nothing to gain or lose by our verdict . this is one of the reasons why we are strong . we should not make it a personal thing .\naccording to cnn , one juror has reported that ten out of 12 jurors in the case were ready to convict cosby on two counts of aggravated indecent assault . two jurors refused to proclaim cosby guilty , leading to a deadlock . more specifically : 10 of the 12 jurors agreed that cosby had digitally penetrated victim andrea constand without her consent , 10 out of the 12 jurors agreed that cosby had drugged constand , and eleven of the jurors voted to acquit cosby on a charge that he digitally penetrated constand while she was unconscious or unaware\nthe 111 union ave . address is . 4132 acres . the hackensack street lots were thriving businesses in the 1980s and ' 90s , prior to the economic downturn . the applicant gained approval for a minor subdivision to eliminate the existing interior lot lines and to create two new , compliant lots and for construction of a freestanding , 2 , 756 - square - foot bank with three teller stations and two drive - through lanes , a 4 , 444 - square - foot retail space and a 2 , 656 - square - foot 7 - eleven .\nstill , functionality is not what springs to mind when you visit eleven ' s offices , on the outskirts of boston ' s flat iron district . the atmosphere is creativity chic : young , black - clad employees sit side - by - side , sketching to the beat of their own individual soundtracks , delivered via headphones . in walters ' office , beatles figurines crowd the desk and a dr . seuss book lies next to the computer . the white board is blank save for a lone verse from\nall you need is love .\nwe keep it loose , creative , and chaotic long enough to let the sparks fly ,\nwalters happily explains .\nloose and creative were walters ' watchwords and visual flair his goal back when the manager was working as a freelance product designer . then , in 1990 , walters met an independent inventor who introduced him to the possibilities inherent in the most mundane of goods . the inventor ' s own innovations included the fastek buckle , a plastic snap - together clasp that is ubiquitous on gym bags and backpacks ; and the foldable pack & play playpen . his financial - - and from a designer ' s view artistic - - success , persuaded walters that\ncreating breakthrough products that achieve record sales at wal - mart could be more rewarding - - and certainly more lucrative - - than stylizing products selected for their aesthetic beauty to be displayed on permanent collection at the moma .\nin 1996 , walters recruited another designer and two engineers , and the four launched eleven .\nfrom almost the beginning , walters and his partners - - benjamin beck , dave harting , and doug marsden - - pursued contracts to design products for other companies . 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fallon\u2019s substantial growth . the wins includes brands with no reason to hire an agency in hennepin county , mn , such as citi , bmw , sony , nordstrom , holiday inn , united airlines , qualcomm , nikon , and others . in the mid 90\u2019s mark wrote what bmw considered the definitive description of their customer , which continues to drive all marketing communications today .\nmark grew up as a writer and copy supervisor at leo burnett before becoming creative director and then agency president at earle palmer brown , where he helped grow the agency from $ 3 million to $ 410 million in billings .\nin recent years mark synthesized all his new business experience into a two - day executive workshop , that\u2019s been called \u201chead and shoulders above any new business training imaginable\u201d by the director of bbdo university . these workshops have been held on four continents and all with the same result : agency ceos and cmos go back home and their win rate increases dramatically . better yet , their agencies function with more enthusiasm and collaboration .\nmark is also chairman , americas , of grace blue , the advertising industry\u2019s leading global c - level search firm .\nadvertising age named him to their inaugural \u201c40 brightest under 40\u201d \u2013back when he was under 40 . he has served on the board of northwestern university\u2019s medill school of journalism since 1992 . and in april of 1997 he was a member of the inaugural group inducted into medill\u2019s hall of achievement . and mark served for six years on hp\u2019s executive board of advisors for its imaging and printing group .\nmark received a bsj and msj in advertising from northwestern university . he lives in naples fl with his wife linda . his favorite things are collecting contemporary art , listening to music at high volumes , and not talking to his seatmate on airplanes .\nuh - oh ! this company profile is unclaimed and lacking data . if you\u2019re a manager , 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.\npetitioner was a designer and developer of salons subject to the board\u2019s regulations . its business model involved construction of multiple , separate salons within a retail space , which petitioner licensed out to independent cosmetologists . however , petitioner only included lavatories for the shared use of all salons within each facility , rather than within the square footage of each individual salon in the facility as required by the lavatory regulation . accordingly , petitioner filed the present action , seeking variances from the lavatory regulation .\nthe department of labor and industry promulgated the uniform construction code , which incorporated the 2009 international building code pertaining to plumbing and the 2015 ibc exceptions to employee and public toilet facilities . the cca , under which the ubc was promulgated , pre - empted construction regulations adopted by a state board or agency . petitioner argued that it complied with the ucc , and thus under the express preemption of the cca the board was precluded from enforcing the lavatory regulation .\nfollowing the filing of petitioner\u2019s challenge , the board granted petitioner\u2019s requested variances . the board therefore contested the ripeness of petitioner\u2019s challenge , the lack of undisputed material facts , and the right to relief . the board further noted the safety purposes underlying the lavatory regulation , and the bases for granting or denying variances from the regulation . the board also disputed whether the regulation conflicted with the ucc to trigger pre - emption , asserting that it merely imposed a license criterion based on safety risks with salon operations .\nthe court first ruled that petitioner had presented an actual controversy , since the board enforced the lavatory regulation against petitioner and had discretion to deny licensure based on noncompliance and to deny a variance excusing compliance . the court held that the board\u2019s grant of petitioner\u2019s current variance applications did not remove the ongoing harm .\nturning to the merits , the court noted that while the ucc pre - empted construction regulations adopted by the state board , and the lavatory was such a regulation , there were exceptions to the express pre - emption , including federal and state licensure requirements for facilities for mentally ill or disabled persons , regulations of the departments of aging , health , and human services , and regulations of the board that exceeded the requirements of the cca . the court further found that the ucc provided all the construction details necessary to determine the number and location of lavatories in beauty salons . thus , the court ruled that because the board\u2019s lavatory regulations had different requirements , the regulation was pre - empted by the cca . the court rejected the board\u2019s assertion that state agencies could add requirements to those found in the ucc , holding that only 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entirely new coaching staff to ohio state , including strength and conditioning coach quadrian banks .\nbanks came to ohio state after spending four years in the nfl as a strength and conditioning coach with both the indianapolis colts and the philadelphia eagles . he also spent two seasons with the gardner - webb basketball program ( 2011 - 13 ) , when holtmann was the runnin ' bulldogs head coach .\nwith a new staff comes a new mindset and culture . meeting with members of the media thursday afternoon , banks said one of the first things he noticed that needed changed within the ohio state locker room had nothing to do with strength or skill .\nattention to detail ( and ) work ethic ,\nbanks said when asked what he thought ohio state needed to improve on when he first arrived .\nwe will get stronger , we will get faster and we will lift the right kind of weight . it is just a day in and day out consistency .\nohio state hoops going through its quick station workout . bike , jump rope 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{"id": 54646, "summary": [{"text": "duke street records was a canadian independent record label .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "the label was established in 1984 by andrew hermant and ceased operations in 1994 .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "the universal music group took over the label when it disappeared .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "the label released albums in a wide variety of genres , by artists such as art bergmann , the front , jane siberry , fm , rik emmett , willie p. bennett , rob mcconnell , scott merritt , chalk circle , valdy , manteca , don ross , eye eye and barbara lynch .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "in 1995 , hermant donated his entire archive of duke street material to the music archives at the national library of canada .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "this 24-year collection includes over 2,100 audio tapes , and a 30 cm stack of textual records , including promotional material and photographs . ", "topic": 37}], "title": "duke street records", "paragraphs": [". 2006 . duke street records . the canadian encyclopedia urltoken ( accessed july 9 , 2018 ) .\n. 2006 . duke street records . the canadian encyclopedia urltoken ( accessed july 9 , 2018 ) .\n. r . the canadian encyclopedia . ( 2006 ) . duke street records . retrieved july 9 , 2018 from urltoken\n. r . the canadian encyclopedia . ( 2006 ) . duke street records . retrieved july 9 , 2018 from urltoken\n.\nduke street records .\nin the canadian encyclopedia . historica canada , 1985\u2014 . article published february 8 , 2006\n, r . the canadian encyclopedia . ( 2006 ) . duke street records . retrieved july 9 , 2018 , from urltoken\n.\nduke street records\n. the canadian encyclopedia . toronto : historica canada , 2006 . web . 8 feb 2006 .\n.\nduke street records\n. the canadian encyclopedia . toronto : historica canada , 2006 . web . 8 feb 2006 .\n.\nduke street records\nin the canadian encyclopedia . historica canada , 1985\u2013 . article published february 7 , 2006 . urltoken\nduke street records\nthe canadian encyclopedia . eds . . toronto : historica canada , 2006 . web . 9 jul . 2018 .\nthere is a 75 year closure period on medical records of adults , and a 100 year closure period on medical records of minors .\nduke street records fonds . - 1970 - 1994 . - 30 cm of textual records . - 49 photographs . - 2 , 154 audio tape reels . - 191 digital audio tapes . - 4 audio discs . - 2 videocassettes . - 6 video reels . - 173 computer disks .\nduke street records . independent toronto label established by andrew hermant in 1984 as a division of paja company ltd . under hermant ' s direction as president it has pursued an ambitious , if eclectic , recording policy devoted exclusively to canadian musicians .\nscope and content the fonds contains records pertaining to the activities of duke street records . it contains , among other items , artists ' files including agreements , promotional material , photographs , correspondence , financial material , press clippings , song lyrics and tour itineraries ; and duke street records recording sessions ( complete ) for approximately 100 artists and musical groups including ronney abramson , art bergmann , liona boyd , chalk circle , richard clapton , bruce cockburn , hagood hardy , moe koffman , manteca , neo a4 , orpheus choir of toronto , oscar peterson , platinum blonde , quintessence , eric robertson , jane siberry and wild bunch .\nif you seek patient records within these periods , or information regarding your own treatment , you should contact the archivist .\nthe eastern district hospital ( usually known as duke street hospital ) was built as a 240 bed acute hospital by glasgow parish council and opened in 1904 . it has been suggested that the hospital contained the first psychiatric assessment wards to be incorporated in a scottish general hospital . in 1930 it was transferred to glasgow corporation and in 1948 came into the national health service under the board of management for glasgow royal infirmary . a new maternity unit was added in the 1940s and upgrading of facilities continued through the 1950s . a psychiatric out - patients department was opened in 1970 . duke street was placed in the eastern district of the greater glasgow health board in 1974 . in 1977 the maternity unit was transferred to the new rutherglen maternity hospital . thereafter the hospital became a geriatric unit . it closed in 1992 .\nwhile every effort has been made to follow citation style rules , there may be some discrepancies . please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions .\nindigenous ( aboriginal ) peoples are the original inhabitants of the land that is now canada .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nthis archived web page remains online for reference , research or recordkeeping purposes . this page will not be altered or updated . web pages that are archived on the internet are not subject to the government of canada web standards . as per the communications policy of the government of canada , you can request alternate formats of this page on the contact us page .\nadministrative history a record label founded by andrew hermant featuring only canadian musicians . includes pop ( art bergmann , chalk circle , jane siberry , etc . ) , jazz ( aaron davis , moe koffman , manteca , etc . ) , folk ( willie p . bennett , don ross , etc . ) , classical music ( orpheus choir of toronto , steven staryk , etc . ) and jazz fusion ( purple changes , vito reza , etc . ) .\nwe are updating our terms of service , privacy policy , and cookie and internet advertising policy effective may 25 , 2018 ! 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{"id": 54650, "summary": [{"text": "ubis ( asia ) public company limited ( ubis ) is a manufacturer and distributor of sealing compounds , lacquers and coatings used in can production and bottle closure for the food , beverage and general industries based in thailand .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "it is listed on the market for alternative investment on may 9 , 2007 . 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{"id": 54665, "summary": [{"text": "a modillion is an ornate bracket , a corbel , underneath a cornice and supporting it , more elaborate than dentils ( literally translated as small teeth ) .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "all of these words are commonly used as verbs in a historic tense to describe neatly any particular structure , such as a parapet or eaves .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "they occur classically under a corinthian or a composite cornice , but may support any type of eaves cornice .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "modillions may be carved or plain . ", "topic": 17}], "title": "modillion", "paragraphs": ["\u2018the ceiling is a lavish confection of modillion cornice and a centre rose . \u2019\n\u2018the craftsmen removed and replaced 335 modillion brackets and 1200 feet of two - layered cornice running the perimeter of the roof level . \u2019\nwhat made you want to look up modillion ? please tell us where you read or heard it ( including the quote , if possible ) .\n\u2018the windows are surmounted by rusticated wooden jack arches with superimposed keystones , and a heavy modillion cornice crowns the bold georgian proportions of the facade . \u2019\nthese example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word ' modillion . ' views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of merriam - webster or its editors . send us feedback .\nmodillion double dry hopped ipa is packed with some of the juiciest and most popular hops in the world - citra , mosaic , galaxy and simcoe . the malt bill is simple , designed to allow the hops to really shine . show less\n1922 : the familiar classic console or modillion is an example : although in general contour it is well adapted to its function as a supporting bracket , embedded in , and projecting from a wall , yet the scroll - like ornament with which its sides are embellished gives it the appearance of not entering the wall at all , but of being stuck against it in some miraculous manner . \u2014 claude fayette bragdon in the beautiful necessity : seven essays on theosophy and architecture , essay ii , unity and polarity\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nillustrations from the american vignola by robert w . ware ( fourth edition , 1905 )\nin the doric order , the abacus is a square slab that sits on top of the column ' s capital and supports the architrave or arch . the function of an abacus is to broaden the support provided by the column .\na rounded element that spans an opening is called an arch . a basic element of construction , arches apear in all types of achitecture . arches can be decorative or structural . early civilizations building arches include the mesopotamians ( as early as the 2nd millenium bce ) the egyptians and the greeks . roman architecture adopted the arch from the estuscans and used it extensively in building , bridges and their famous aqueducts .\nthe architrave is the lowest element of the entablature , and rests on top columns .\na common base used for columns in classical architecture , the attic base is made up of an upper and lower torus , separated by a scotia with fillets .\nin architecture a base is the lowest part or lowest main division of a structure . for columns , the base is the lowest portion of three parts , from top to bottom : the base , the shaft and the captical . typically , egyptian columns and greek doric columns have no base and are placed directly on the floor . ionic columns may have an elaborate base built up of groups of mouldings and fillets .\na convex moulding , usually semi - circular . there are a variety of different types of beads . examples include : angle bead , nosing bead , double bead and so forth .\na structural member that caries a load . beams are usually placed horizontally and care a vertical load where the weight is transferred to walls , girders or columns .\nthe moulding that appears under the projecting cornice . it is considered part of the cornice .\nin reference to columns , the bell is a bell - shaped part of the capital between the neck moulding and the abacus . it is common to columns in the corinthinian order where it is decorative with acanthus leaves .\nin architecture , a cap is the top element in a division or structure .\nthe uppermost elements of a column . in classical architecture capitals are one of the most distinctive elements defining the different orders .\na vertical support element . in classical architecture , columns are visually distinctive elements that help define the order .\none of the five orders of classical architecture developed by the romans . as the name implies , the composite order combines elements from the corinthian and ionic orders .\none of the five orders of classical architecture . typically , corinthian columns are slender and fluted . their capitals are bell - shaped and ornately decorated with acanthus leaves .\nthe top element of the entablature including the following elements : the cyma , the corona and the bed - moulding .\na moulding with a double curvature is called a cyma or sometimes , a wave moulding . used as the uppermost element in a cornice .\na small cyma is called a cymatium . when a cyma is used as the crown moulding of an entablature , it is called a cymatium .\ntooth - like blocks used in a close repeating pattern . dentils are used in some doric order buildings in place of mutules . dentils also appear on the bed moulding of ionic , corinthian and composite orders .\non a pedestal , the die is a rectangular block that separates cap from the base .\none of the five orders of classical architecture , which also include : tuscan , ionic , corinthian and composite . the doric order was developed in greece and adopted by the romans . identifying features include columns that are stouter than the other orders , often 6 to 7 times as tall as the diameter at the base . in greece doric columns rested directly on the floor without the benefit of a pedestal or base moulding . roman doric columns tend to be slimmer and sit upon an attic base . the doric entablature is characterized by the triglyphs and metopes .\nthe edge of a roof . in most structures the eaves project beyond the surface of the wall protecting it from rain and snow .\nin classical architecture , the uppermost elements supported by columns are referred to as the entablature . components of the enblature include : the architrave , the frieze and the cornice .\nfrom the word\nbowed ,\nentasis describes the subtle curve of a column .\nthe convex curve formed by the outer edge of an arch . the inner edge is called the intrados .\na flat horizontal surface . in classical architecture , fascia are often used in multiple bands , each projecting beyond the one below .\na narrow band with a vertical face . fillets are often interposed between curved mouldings .\nsitting below the cornice and above the architrave , the frieze is the central element of the entablature . the frieze may be left plain or decorated in relief .\ngothic architecture developed in europe during the medieval period , from about 500 ce to 1500 ce . evolving from romanesque architecture it fell from vogue with the renewed interest in classical architecture during the renaissance , from about 1400 ce to 1500 ce .\nan inclined section of the roof connecting two sloping roof planes that meet at the ridge .\none of five orders of classical architecture , the others being : tuscan , doric , corinthian and composite . the ionic and doric styles were widely used in ancient greece and later adopted by the romans . ionic columns are characterized by volutes in the capital .\nthe inside curved soffit of an arch . the opposite face is known as the extrados .\nthe lean - to is one of the simplest roofs formed by a single sloping plane .\na horizontal beam spanning the opening , such as one made by a door or window .\nbrackets that appear beneath the corona . frequently used in the corinthian and composite order .\na variety of decortive strips . mouldings come in a variety of shapes and forms .\na rectangular block that hangs from the soffit of the cornice in the doric order . mutules appear over the triglyphs .\non a doric column , the necking appears as a plain section beneath the capital and above the astragal .\na convex moulding , among woodworkers it is referred to as a\nquarter round .\nin classical architecture columns may sit on a pedestal , usually having a square die , a base and cornice .\na square pillar or the part of a wall that sits between doors or windows .\nthe lowest part of the base of a column or pedestal . the plinth helps to distribute the weight born by the column more evenly .\nsometimes called reed moulding or reeding , a series of convex mouldings running parallel .\ndeveled in italy and western europe , romanesque architecture appeared after the roman classical period and prior to the gothic period .\na concave moulding between two fillets . a scotia is one of the elements used in the attic base of columns .\nthe triangular space formed by the extrados of an arch and other wall elements .\na semi - circular , convex moulding . the torus is one of the distinctive elements in the attic base used by columns in classical architecture .\na rectangular detail , representative of the beams used in post and beam construction . in the doric order , regularly spaced triglyphs appear on the frieze . the spaces between the triglyphs are called metopes .\none of the five orders of classical architecture . the tuscan order was developed in rome and does not appear in ancient greece . added to the classical orders by renaissance architectural scholars who felt that the tuscan order predates the greek doric and ionic . tuscan colums are unfluted with a simple base and unadorned capital and entablature .\na spriral form which is a distinctive element of the capital of ionic columns .\nthe living areas , for example , are embellished with vertical fluted columns , handmade cornice moulding , starburst chandelier medallions , even several swoopy modillions .\nthe story of an imaginary word that managed to sneak past our editors and enter the dictionary .\ntake this quiz and discover 12 words for things you didn ' t know had words .\nwe use cookies to enhance your experience on our website . this website uses cookies that provide targeted advertising and which track your use of this website . by clicking \u2018continue\u2019 or by continuing to use our website , you are agreeing to our use of cookies . you can change your cookie settings at any time .\na projecting bracket under the corona of a cornice in the corinthian and other orders .\n\u2018a heavy cornice with dentils and modillions and a boxlike parapet with a decorative panel at the center crown the facade . \u2019\n\u2018the romans invented a distinct cornice for the corinthian order , characterized by large projecting modillions embellished with acanthus leaves . \u2019\nmid 16th century : from french modillon , from italian modiglione , based on latin mutulus \u2018mutule\u2019 .\nstay up to date with our latest news and receive new words updates , blog posts , and more .\nin this article we explore how to impress employers with a spot - on cv .\narchaic words have a charm that never fades away , from french sounding to wondrously mysterious ones .\nan ornamental cantilever beneath the corona or similar member of a cornice , stringcourse , etc .\nurltoken unabridged based on the random house unabridged dictionary , \u00a9 random house , inc . 2018\ncollins english dictionary - complete & unabridged 2012 digital edition \u00a9 william collins sons & co . ltd . 1979 , 1986 \u00a9 harpercollins publishers 1998 , 2000 , 2003 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2009 , 2012\nan ornamental block or bracket placed under a projecting cornice , esp . in the corinthian order\nwebster\u2019s new world college dictionary , 4th edition . copyright \u00a9 2010 by houghton mifflin harcourt . all rights reserved .\nthe interrogative pronouns who , whom , and whose are used only for reference to people . the interrogative pronouns which and what are used for reference to things . subject object possessive . . .\nimpress your friends , family and colleagues with this unusual collection of football lingo .\ncatch up on the latest words in the news this june with robert groves .\nall the latest wordy news , linguistic insights , offers and competitions every month .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 3 . 2 / / en\nan ornamental bracket or console , usually in the form of a scroll with acanthus , supporting the cornice .\nfound in classical greek and roman architecture and derivatives , including beaux arts classicism , federal , georgian revival , greek revival , neoclassicism , renaissance revival styles .\nwhether you ' re a student , an educator , or a lifelong learner , urltoken can put you on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement .\ndon ' t have an account yet ? sign up . it ' s free and takes five seconds .\nan ornamental bracket used in series under a cornice , especially a cornice of the corinthian , composite , or ionic orders .\n( architecture ) architect one of a set of ornamental brackets under a cornice , esp as used in the corinthian order . compare mutule\nan ornamental block or bracket beneath the corona or similar member of a cornice , stringcourse , etc .\nand found\nan ornamental cantilever beneath the corona or similar member of a cornice , stringcourse , etc .\nall content on this website , including dictionary , thesaurus , literature , geography , and other reference data is for informational purposes only . this information should not be considered complete , up to date , and is not intended to be used in place of a visit , consultation , or advice of a legal , medical , or any other professional .\nddh beers age . this is a great example . bitter sweet juicy citrus , super cushable , # teamoldipa . thank you jason !\nthis page was last edited on 12 november 2017 , at 18 : 03 .\ntext is available under the creative commons attribution - 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{"id": 54667, "summary": [{"text": "abuelita is a brand of chocolate tablets , or powdered mix in individual packets , made by nestl\u00e9 and used to make mexican-style hot chocolate , also known as chocolate para mesa ( english : \" table chocolate \" ) .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "it was originally invented and commercialized in mexico since 1939 , by f\u00e1brica de chocolates la azteca .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "the name is an affectionate spanish word for \" grandma \" ( literally translated as \" little grandmother \" or \" granny \" ) .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "since 1973 , mexican actress sara garc\u00eda has been the image for the brand before it was acquired by the swiss company in the 1990s .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "the chocolate usually comes in hexagonal tablets that can be split into wedges , and then melted into milk .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "the drink can also be mixed with spirits such as kahl\u00faa .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "the product ingredients ( in order of percentage ) : sugar , chocolate processed with alkali , soy lecithin , vegetable oils ( palm , shea nut and/or lllipe nut ) , artificial cinnamon flavor , pgpr ( an emulsifier ) .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "abuelita has been a staple mexican product for more than 60 years , and can be identified by its unique taste and packaging .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "other \" mexican chocolate \" tablet brands are ibarra and moctezuma .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "one suggested method for preparing abuelita is to bring a saucepan of milk ( or water ) to a boil , and add the tablet of chocolate and stir continuously with a whisk or molinillo ( a whisk-like wooden stirring spoons native to meso america ) until melted and frothy or creamy .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "the drink is served cool or chilled in preparation for mixing with alcoholic drinks .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "chocolate abuelita is often prepared for special occasions , such as las posadas , ( christmas season ) and el d\u00eda de los muertos ( the day of the dead ) , a day in which people remember their family and friends whose spirits have gone to the afterlife . ", "topic": 0}], "title": "abuelita", "paragraphs": ["enjoy a delicious cup of abuelita anytime with abuelita granulated or abuelita instant hot chocolate .\ni hate that powdery shit , i went and bought some abuelita last night .\nfor generations , nestl\u00e9\u00ae abuelita\u2122 chocolate has been an essential part of the hispanic kitchen .\ntoday , abuelita offers the classic tortilla , plus a complete line of flour tortillas , flavored tortilla wraps , and tortilla chips . we have been in the market longer than our competitors and have proven brand name recognition . abuelita is the name for quality mexican foods .\nnow you can enjoy nestl\u00e9\u00ae abuelita\u2122 more often with the new chocolate 10 tablets ! with 10 thinner , individually wrapped tablets , your . . .\n\u00a9 2018 , s & k ; industries t / a abuelita mexican food products . 9209 enterprise court , manassas park , va 20111 \u2022 703 - 369 - 1730\nwelcome to abuelita mexican foods . abuelita started when eugene suarez , sr . and eugene suarez , jr . produced their first corn tortilla on june 3 , 1971 in a tiny tortilla factory in herndon , virginia . from these humble beginnings grew a company with a 36 , 000 square foot facility and over 60 employees based in manassas park , virginia .\nas they get inside the house , they are received by abuelita ' s grandson , tuco salamanca . she tries to explain to tuco the situation , but the twins continue to threaten to call the police and that they need money , lars even calls abuelita a\nbiznatch\n, which annoys tuco . he then calms down his grandmother and convinces her to go to her room and watch her soap opera as he deals with the twins . later on , after hearing strange noises , abuelita leaves her room and spots tuco cleaning blood from the carpet , which he convinces her that it ' s only salsa that he spilled and she goes back to watching her soap opera\nbut in a technology - based age , we can\u2019t survive on abuelita knowledge alone . there have been other avenues for folks to start advocating for their own and each other\u2019s reproductive health that go against the westernized grain . buzzfeed\u2019s spin - off channel , pero like , has released videos about periods that help normalize conversations around cycles through a latino lens . will abuelita knowledge , which a lot of us hold as sacred , become commodified by buzzfeed ? at what cost does representation in media ( especially in an industry like youtube ) come ? will the earnest - yet - humble habits of our grandmothers become tropes in the end ? how can outlets like buzzfeed , which align themselves as allies to marginalized communities through culture - specific channels , find a way to make abuelita knowledge accessible without co - opting it ?\nindeed , many black and brown young folks learn through abuelita knowledge passed down generationally well before they\u2019re indoctrinated with the westernized perspectives and conventional wisdom about reproductive health that are part of the menstruation - industrial complex . these include menstrual products that are expensive , wasteful , and toxic to the body and a westernized birthing industry that scoffs at and forbids indigenous birthing practices\u2014to say nothing of a larger culture that shames immigrant communities and their inventive methods of treating illness and pain , like my grandmother\u2019s tortilla technique . through community activism in their home of los angeles and online knowledge shares that reach participants globally , la loba is making space for people to strengthen communities , and elevating young folks who rely on abuelita knowledge to take care of themselves .\nour tradition has always been to serve champurrado and tamales . in the spirit of the posada season , i wish to share with you the famous champurrado recipe . just in case , champurrado is a special hot chocolate thickened with masa and flavored with piloncillo and aniseeds . when i say special , i mean the famous \u201cchocolate abuelita\u201d . here is the recipe and enjoy !\nour institutional foodservice products are purchased by numerous distributors and sold throughout the eastern united states to include : virginia , maryland , new york , pennsylvania , district of columbia , delaware , connecticut , rhode island , massachusetts , north carolina , south carolina , new hampshire , vermont and georgia our nana\u2019s cocina and abuelita tortilla chips are available in retail stores throughout the united states .\nsuch noncommercialized ways of thinking about and treating ailments are what la loba loca refers to as \u201cabuelita knowledge . \u201d the self - described \u201cqueer , chocolla , andina , south american migrant , artist , researcher , writer , handpoke tattooist , full spectrum companion / doula , aspiring midwife student , seed - saver , gardener , and yerbetera\u201d is dedicated to preserving and sharing this knowledge as a political and social practice .\n. frightened by the situation , she drives off from the scene and the twins follow her home . as she parks the car in front of the garage , the twins threaten her , accusing her of breaking cal ' s leg and that they want her to do something about the situation . abuelita clearly doesn ' t speak too much english , she invites the twins inside her home so they can find a solution\nthe classic 6 - inch corn tortilla was the first product ; inspired by the cooking and recipes of carmen \u2013 the matriarch of the suarez family and the inspiration of abuelita . whole kernel corn cooked in small batches , then ground with traditional lava stones , create the great taste and texture of truly authentic corn tortillas . now the suarez\u2019 have expanded the product line and offer custom pack services . the original process is still the fundamental basis for all of the corn tortillas and tortilla chips .\ni n g r e d i e n t s 1 / 2 cup fresh masa ( corn dough ) or 1 / 2 cup masa flour ( masa harina ) mixed with a 1 / 4 cup hot water to blend 2 1 / 4 cups milk 1 1 / 2 cups water 1 disk mexican chocolate ( chocolate abuelita , chocolate ibarra , etc . ) 3 tablespoons piloncillo , chopped or 1 / 3 cup brown sugar plus 2 teaspoons molasses 1 / 4 teaspoon crushed aniseeds ( optional )\ni love this place because it reminds me of my mom ' s cooking , almost on point . the owners are grandma and grandpa and treat you like you are one of theirs . i was super sick and kept buying caldo de res every other day to soothe my throat , the third time i went\nabuelita\nhanded me fresh cinnamon sticks and gave her recipe to a good hot tea to help me fight the cold . they ' re just the best and their food is made with so much love , never lacks flavor or heat . definitely one of my top 5 whole in the wall mexican restaurants in la .\ni came here a while ago and their food and customer service was good . i actually really felt like the server was treating me like if she was my abuelita . i tried there chilaquiles con carne asada plate ( half red and half green sauce ) and it tasted really good . however , i do wish that the tortilla chips were thicker ( their too thin for me ) . i like their red sauce better than the green , if you were to ask me . they also served complimentary chips and salsa which it tasted really good . for drink i got horchata which it tasted homemade . overall , great food , good quality , great customer service and will probably come by again if i happen to be around the area .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nchocolate came originally from mexico , and hot chocolate is the drink of choice at mexican religious and cultural celebrations , including day of the dead , christmas , easter , and a host of others . in other places , hot chocolate is often made with cocoa powder , which , to me , gives it a chalky taste . in mexico it is traditionally made with chopped mexican - style chocolate . following are two recipes : one for tradtional mexican chocolate and the other a deliriously rich concoction !\nif you cannot find mexican chocolate , use semi - sweet chocolate and add 1 teaspoon sugar and 1 / 2 teaspoon cinnamon . in mexico , hot chocolate is often made with water , rather than milk , and you can certainly use it . however , i prefer the extra richness of milk . for a truly luxurious , although not traditional version , see the recipe following this one .\nbreak or chop the mexican chocolate into small pieces . place it in a saucepan , add the milk , and bring it to a simmer . stir the mixture until the chocolate is melted and completely combined . beat the chocolate to a froth as suggested above . makes 2 cups chocolate .\nthere are a many hot chocolate mixes on the market , some of them in elegant packages with high prices . most of them are a combination of cocoa powder and dried milk , with the latter making up much of the bulk . the following hot chocolate involves making a base using grated or chopped chocolate and cream , and it is rich and delicious .\n1 . make the base . chop the chocolate into very small pieces . ( if you wish , after doing this you can then pulverize it in a food processor , which will make melting it easier ) . bring the cream to a boil in a small saucepan . quickly stir in the chocolate , chile powder , allspice , and cloves , remove from the heat and cover the saucepan for 1 minute . after 1 minute , whisk or stir the chocolate until it is completely melted . if not using it immediately , allow the base to cool and refrigerate it .\n2 . make the chocolate . combine the base with an equal amount of milk and bring to a simmer . you may also add some kalhua , creme de cassis , or one of the many other chocolate liqueurs .\n3 . serving the chocolate . mexicans like their chocolate beaten to a froth . this is traditionally done with a wooden implement called a molinillo . to imitate its action an immersion blender works well . you can also use a regular blender , but be careful to blend only a small amount at a time , using a brief pulse then releasing steam by raising the lid , as hot ingredients have a tendency to explode out of the blender bowl . for one cup , a small milk frother also works very well . makes 1 1 / 2 cups base , or 3 cups hot chocolate . ( it is quite rich and 3 / 4 cup is a reasonable amount per serving ) .\nthe first time that i was exposed to a posada was during a visit to guadalajara , jalisco , mexico when i was around 10 years old . since then , my sister and i initiated the tradition of having a posada in our neighborhood . we made a pact that our posadas would be as traditional as the one we participated in mexico , all i can say is that we tried . we had them for years at my parents\u2019 house and every year the attendance would get larger . the most rewarding part was seeing the children get so excited over their candy bags and the pi\u00f1atas .\nposadas are a way to reenact mary and joseph\u2019s cold and difficult journey from nazareth to bethlehem in search of shelter ( posada ) . every night is filled with both religious and social celebrations . in our home , the evening started with the group singing outside the house asking for posada ( shelter ) until shelter was offered and that was when the religious part ended and the party begun !\nin mexico , every neighbor takes turns to host a posada party a different night from december 16th and it lasts until december 24th when jesus is born . there is plenty of food and drinks with candies and fruit for the children . we had a hard time convincing our neighborhood to have one every night , therefore , our home was the only one to host every year . we didn\u2019t mind at all , as a matter of fact we loved teaching people the traditions of my parents\u2019 home country . traditionally , \u201cboys and girls dressed in silver and gold robes to make up the procession , followed by the adults and musicians . everyone sung melodious songs as they walked slowly along , carrying their lit candles . when they reached the house , the group divided in two . one half remained outside and begged for shelter from the other half , which was inside the house . the doors were then opened , the religious part of the celebration ended , and the fun begun . the happy end to each posada has always been the pinata . \u201d\ni n s t r u c t i o n s place the water and the masa into the jar of a blender and blend until smooth . transfer to a medium sized saucepan .\nadd the milk , chocolate , piloncillo ( or sugar , molasses combination ) and the aniseeds if you wish to use them . bring the mixture to a simmer , whisking with a molinillo or whisk until the chocolate and sugar is melted and well - blended . strain the mixture through a medium sieve ( optional ) and serve hot , in mugs\nwe believe that everyone should have access to important local news , for free .\nhowever , it costs money to keep a local news organization like this one\u2014independently owned and operated here in long beach , without the backing of any national corporation\u2014alive .\nif independent local news is important to you , please consider supporting us with a monthly or one - time contribution . read more .\nnote : we ' re not a non - profit , so so your contribution is not tax deductible , but you will know you ' re doing your part to support local journalism in long beach .\nplease support the long beach post by adding us to your whitelist in your ad blocker , or making a direct contribution . find out how .\njavascript isn ' t enabled in your browser , so this file can ' t be opened . enable and reload .\nthe version of the browser you are using is no longer supported . please upgrade to a supported browser . dismiss\nput the baby bonnet on the baby before taking him out in the sun .\nwe ' ve combined the most accurate english to spanish translations , dictionary , verb conjugations , and spanish to english translators into one very powerful search box .\nspanishdict is devoted to improving our site based on user feedback and introducing new and innovative features that will continue to help people learn and love the spanish language . have a suggestion , idea , or comment ? 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' ll certainly pop in here again the next time i ' m in the area .\n1 . horrible parking 2 . slow service 3 . i guess they tend to cater to the regular customers only 4 . waited long time for our food . 5 . i had a menudo . . . yuck . . bland . undercooked meat . since when does menudo come with hominy also , not sure if they confused the herbs they cooked it with but it tasted like mint . . 6 . hand made tortillas were good . 7 . green chilaquiles and beans were ok . urltoken is nicely decorated love all the mexican decor . . 9 . not once did they come and ask if we needed more coffee . 10 . ordered 2 tamales . huge but not good . . they tasted like they were sitting in the fridge for a week . 5hey were stiff they had been reheated so many times . .\nquaint little place with the cutest little old lady and man who take your order and make you feel right at home . the food is great , but i did order the tamales twice and the first time was great ! however , for some reason the second time i ordered they added something else to it . i wish it was consitent becasue i wish i had the same thing as before . love the pupusas ! happy there is a place in the middle of all the asian food i can get good pupusas . i know it does take time to make , but i do wish the food time didn ' t take so long . overall , great food and great service !\na mom and pops type restaurant with mexican home - style cooking . the dining area is decorated with colorful fabric banners , hearts , butterflies , trinkets , lanterns , and other random assortment of embellishments , it ' s borderline gaudy , but still interesting to look at while waiting for our food to arrive . the portions are extra large . i got the super nachos and they were a very generous sized portion . they were pretty good . my daughter had the chicken quesadilla , and she only ate one slice because it was gigantic . service was good , they didn ' t talk much to us , but the server was nice enough to give my daughter a little bracelet as a gift .\ni really enjoyed my dining experience here the food was really good and the service was very friendly and cordial . i will definitely be returning to this location to try their other dishes .\namazing service , didn ' t wait for our table . our waitress was extremely sweet and welcoming . the meals came out hot and so tasty ! ! ! the cafe de la olla was really good ! ! ! im definitely coming back and bringing friends .\nreally good food , portions are small and a bit expensice . very sweet urltoken parking space in the back . 3 . 5 stars .\ndelicious food and service ! very clean and you can tell they used fresh ingredients . . the pupusas were delicious and the salsa very hot . i really recommend this place\nvery good . great taste , good service . if you are looking for authentic home made mexican food this is the place to go !\ntry it or skip it ? an awesome mom and pop family restaurant . i always enjoy dining here . big fan of there mexican style coffee , or as the owner calls it ,\ncoffecito\neverything i ' ve tried , from the mole enchilada , to the machaca breakfast plate has been terrific . she also makes a mean coconut juice from the fresh coconuts they have . oohhhh man . her staff of cooks are also very friendly and accommodating . great mexican soul food most definitely give this place a try .\nnice little mom and pop restaurant . the small interior is very colorful and intimate . food selection is typical for a mexican restaurant . the food is homey , very good , and served in generous portions . the house hot sauce is spicy , but addicting . the service is friendly and prompt . the restaurant has a small private lot in the back , but there is also ample street parking . will be back .\nparking : small private lot or residential parking . $ 10 a plate for lunch / brunch . yes , this restaurant looks like a little house ! i ordered the tongue plate with salsa verde , rice , beans , and tortilla . i liked it and it was enjoyable but i felt like the tongue was nothing special . it did not have your usual kbbq texture ; it was more like a shredded meat . it was soaked in green salsa but i don ' t think it was very flavorful . - the decor is cozy chic with a mix of home . - decent prices - very friendly service , however , i do not think they speak english well . they mixed up my mom ' s order but it ' s fine . honest mistake - bring cash would i go back ? no\nso happy to find this little gem . food tasted well like my grandma ' s food . the pozole by far the best , the flavor and the pork just melts in your mouth . the menudo is also great . not to mention it comes with some homemade tortillas . the ladies working there and owner so sweet . exceeded my expectations !\ni wandered in one day craving for a wet burrito . i asked for carne asada wet burrito with everything . the lady who felt like my abuela gave me a choice of red or green sauce . i opted for the red sauce since that ' s what she recommended . i sat down and enjoyed the ambiance as i waited for my burrito to be made . about 5 - 10 minutes later , my massive burrito was ready to be taken home to be feasted upon . she made light conversation as we waited for her newly acquired credit card machine with a chip card reader to work its magic . fast forward , i ' m taking a bite out of my burrito . it ' s lacking . . tortilla everywhere . second bite , better . i ' m tasting more ingredients . third bite , even better . from then on , it was a variation of those three bites . the ingredients weren ' t thoroughly mixed , as most burritos aren ' t . it ' s good , but there ' s definitely a lack of magic . . . i ' d walk back here , since it ' s my neighbor , but yeah . . .\nthis is the 3rd time i have been here . the pupusas are so delicious and the cheese enchiladas melted in my mouth . i love the decor of the place . none of the itemsare scattered around and have any rhyme or reason to them but they fit perfectly . the service is not always quick , but they treat you like family . you feel at home\nwe had high hopes per the reviews and pics on yelp . since we were staying nearby , we decided to visit around 7pm on a sunday evening . it is setup as a very colorful interior setting when you walk in . i approach since i didn ' t know if we sat ourselves or wait for a hostess . an older lady who i assume is the owner poke her head from a room and ask how many in our party . i inform her two adults and two children , she instructed us to go sit over there and someone would be with us . menus are on the table along with silverware . now believe me , just initial vibe , i honestly thought i stumbled on my tia concha kitchen where the aroma is inviting and you always ask for seconds . not the case , an older gentleman appeared ready to take the order , his mustache resembled the famous mexican actor cantiflas . although there a lot to choose for , i opted for the carne asada hurache and specifically asked for it to be well done . hubby ordered the mojarra frito . when food arrived , the fish was not fully cook inside as taste like it had been old . no flavor or seasoning . now my hurache comes out and the hurache is white as the napkin next to me . of course i couldn ' t ask then to send it back since it was full of lettuces , cream , and carne asada . i decided to bite into it and yes not fully cook . believe me i ' m a firm believer to support mom & pop shops and truly feel we may have came on an off day but seriously would not come again and recommend this place . there was a total of three parties including our so its not like it was dead and we were the only ones there .\nclaim this business to view business statistics , receive messages from prospective customers , and respond to reviews .\n\u201ci was driving around looking for something to eat and found this place because i saw pupusas on the green awning outside . \u201d in 44 reviews\n\u201cfor food , i ordered cheese enchilada with green sauce , al pastor taco , and chicharron pulpusa . \u201d in 13 reviews\nhow big is it inside ? coming in a group of 8 and one is in a wheelchair . . . wondering if we will fit .\ni ' ve actually had a party of 10 and yes they can accommodate you . you do need to call ahead and let her know . they have a lower seating area and you go down a ramp . read less\ni ' ve actually had a party of 10 and yes they can accommodate you . you do need to call ahead and let her know . they have a lower seating area and you go down a ramp .\nyes . they are more hearty than other tortillas i ' ve had . read less\nyour trust is our top concern , so businesses can ' t pay to alter or remove their reviews . learn more .\nheads up : from now on , other yelpers will be able to see how you voted . want to chime in ?\nwe calculate the overall star rating using only reviews that our automated software currently recommends .\nwhen i was younger and my family was in between houses , we lived with my grandparents . there , my grandmother instilled in my sisters and me rituals and practices she learned growing up in mexico , and then later , as an immigrant to the united states . these ranged from reusing food containers ( the royal dansk cookie tin that stored sewing supplies , the butter container filled with salsa roja ) , to mixing the last of a disinfectant soap with water to get more a few more washes . growing up in her small rancho in zacatecas , my grandmother did not have access to many modern menstrual products , much less the midol and lunapads that are now staples of young women\u2019s coming of age .\none night after i first started my cycle , my grandmother came into the bedroom i shared with my sister holding tortillas she had warmed on the stove . she instructed me to lay down and placed a circular cloth tortilla warmer on my lower abdomen in place of a heating pad . short on money and access , she and the women before her were inventive , resourceful , and inadvertantly eco - conscious in their use of washable menstrual rags , cramp - soothing concoctions , massage , and more .\nalthough there are undoubtedly other yerbeteras , brujas , and healers in communities across the nation who are actively resisting white / eurocentric ways of healing and treating reproductive health , la loba loca is a central figure in making this movement more mainstream and accessible to communities of color displaced by gentrification or other effects of white supremacy , who are often left without access to moon circles or community shares of resources like handsewn menstrual pads or essential oils and teas . la loba loca responds to this by offering \u201crad menstruation\u201d webinars , plant and medicine seedlingships ( seed swaps ) , and a radical and conscious mooning knowledge share ( \u201cmooning\u201d is another word for a menstrual cycle ) . although there are fees to participate , la loba also offers scholarships on a need basis , and they often travel to other parts of the united states , holding seedling swaps and other service exchanges with black and brown communities to pass on the hand - me - down traditions of immigrant and working - class communities . la loba\u2019s focus is educating folks who are often left out of reproductive - health conversations .\nvanessa borjon is a teaching artist based in chicago , il . she graduated from columbia college chicago in 2015 where she received her ba in creative writing - poetry . her writing focuses on the split identity of being a daughter of mexican immigrants and growing up in rural illinois . she has been previously published in the corazonland review , quaint magazine , the shade journal , and nepantla .\nthe content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly .\nnew york ' s public transit agency is squeamish about ads that mention menstruation ."]}
{"id": 54679, "summary": [{"text": "tokai carbon co. , ltd. ( \u6771\u6d77\u30ab\u30fc\u30dc\u30f3\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e t\u014dkai k\u0101bon kabushiki-gaisha ) is a japanese company .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "the company is a developer and stockist of graphite material for use in nuclear power , particularly electrical discharge machining electrode , high temperature , and mechanical applications .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "the company was founded in 1918 as tokai electrode mfg. co. ltd. with a plant in nagoya and the head office in tokyo .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "in 1975 it changed to its present name , tokai carbon co. , ltd . it is listed on the first section of the tokyo stock exchange and is a constituent of the nikkei 225 stock index .", "topic": 36}], "title": "tokai carbon", "paragraphs": ["tokai carbon usa is a wholly owned subsidiary of the tokai carbon group . tokai carbon group has been a global leader in carbon materials since 1918 . from continuous research , development and global manufacturing facilities , tokai produces the highest quality carbon and graphite products . tokai carbon usa produces a full range of engineered carbon and graphite products for demanding applications for a variety of industries . tokai carbon usa specializes in cvd sic coatings , purification of ourgraphite materials . tokai trades inglassy carbon , carbon / carbon composites , sic heating elements , eafelectrodes , carbon black and friction materials .\ntokai carbon is a global leader of carbon materials , commencing operations as a pioneer in the industry in 1918 . tokai carbon italia is the european representative of our sister company tokai konetsu kogyo of japan manufacturers of silicon carbide heating elements , silicon nitride ceramic high temperature products , and ceramic resistors .\nimagine . with carbon . leading carbon and ceramic solutions for your industrial business .\nfine carbon products : glassy carbon : erema sic heating elements : graphite electrodes : tc japan : company : sitemap : contact copyright \u00a9 2018 tokai carbon usa . all rights reserved .\ntokai carbon co . , ltd . is a japan - based company engaged in the manufacture and sale of various carbon products . the company operates in four business segments . the carbon black segment manufactures and sells rubber products u\ntokai carbon manufactures of a wide range of carbon materials . each of our six main business areas contribute to our growth both independently and through technological and business links with other areas .\na pioneer in japan ' s carbon industry , tokai carbon aims to build strength through innovation and achieve greater profitability . we put top quality and customer satisfaction first and are on our way to being a global leader in carbon materials .\ntokai carbon co . , ltd . engages in the manufacture and sale of carbon - related products . it operates through the following segments : carbon black , graphite electrode , fine carbon , industrial furnaces and related products , and others . the carbon black segment sells seast , tokablack , thermax , and hydrophilic carbon black . the graphite electrode segment researches and develops products related to carbon and graphite materials . the fine carbon segment produces products including isotropic graphite , carbon brush , solid sic , glassy carbon , and c / c composite tokarec . the industrial furnaces and related products segment manufactures erema ( silicon carbide ) heating elements , heating equipment , and super refractories .\ngroup headquarters : tokai carbon co . , ltd . aoyama building 2 - 3 kita - aoyama 1 - chome , minato - ku , tokyo 197 - 8636 japan\n5 - 3 tokai - machi , tokai - shi , aichi 476 - 0015 , japan tel . + 81 - 52 - 604 - 3249 fax . + 81 - 52 - 604 - 2593\ntokai carbon co . , ltd . engages in the manufacture and sale of carbon - related products . it operates through the following segments : carbon black , graphite electrode , fine carbon , industrial furnaces and related products , and others . the carbon black segment sells seast , tokablack , thermax , and hydrophilic carbon black . the graphite electrode segment researches and develops products related to carbon and graphite materials . the fine carbon segment produces products including isotropic graphite , carbon brush , solid sic , glassy carbon , and c / c composite tokarec . the industrial furnaces and related products segment manufactures erema ( silicon carbide ) heating elements , heating equipment , and super refractories . the others segment includes friction materials and property leasing . the company was founded on april 8 , 1918 and is headquartered in tokyo , japan .\ntokai carbon ' s sister company tokai konetsu kogyo co . , ltd . ( tkk ) , began operations with silicon carbide heating element products in japan in 1936 and it obtained a leading market position in the furnace and other related ceramic products industry . in 1997 , tkk established shanghai tokai konetsu co . , ltd . ( stk ) , in china as part of its international deployment .\ntokai carbon has dedicated to develop carbon products that are indispensable to various industries for more than a century as a comprehensive carbon manufacturer . we possess products with world top class quality with highest share in the market and strive for developing carbon materials to meet the future demand which will contribute to the future direction humanity will head in . with our global network , our activity is giving a solution worldwide to contribute to the diversifying market request .\n7 steps to your customized carbon brush for industry , rail and wind energy .\non monday , tokai carbon co ltd ( 7tc : fra ) closed at 14 . 87 , - 17 . 62 % below its 52 - week high of 18 . 05 , set on jun 04 , 2018 .\nwe are a global leader in the development , manufacture and application of carbon and ceramic solutions .\non monday , tokai carbon co ltd ( 5301 : tyo ) closed at 1 , 935 . 00 , - 18 . 46 % below its 52 - week high of 2 , 373 . 00 , set on jun 04 , 2018 .\nglobal megatrends such as mobility , digitalization , energy efficiency and urbanization call the shots , and carbon is becoming increasingly important for many applications . we are sgl group , a leading global manufacturer of carbon - based products . we know this material in all its variety and work hand - in - hand with our customers to find innovative solutions made from carbon , graphite and carbon fiber for key global industries .\ntokai carbon co . , ltd . is a japan - based company engaged in the manufacture and sale of various carbon products . the company operates in four business segments . the carbon black segment manufactures and sells rubber products use , black color use , conductive carbon black products . the graphite electrode segment manufactures and sells graphite electrode for electrical steel furnaces . the fine carbon segment is engaged in the manufacture and sale of fine carbon , electric brushes and others . the industrial furnace and related products segment is engaged in the manufacture and sale of industrial electric furnaces , gas furnaces , silicon carbide heating elements , ceramic resistors , among others . the company is also engaged in the manufacture and sale of friction materials , the leasing of real estate , the development and sale of computer software and the operation of golf practice centers .\nwe have two machine shops that are regionaly located to service your graphite and carbon machining needs . we are equipped with the latest in cnc machining center capabilities . we also have the ability to handle and machine large carbon based products .\nwe fulfill our customers\u2019 graphite and carbon needs via a wide portfolio of products and services , produced solely for their application .\ndiscover your career opportunities all over the world \u2013 and your \u201cpassion for carbon\u201d ! you can also find specific countries on the right side .\ngraphite sales , inc . provides carbon and graphite products including graphite electrodes , primary bulk graphite , graphite grains and flours , and specialty machining .\nmanufacturing a complete line of specialty carbon and graphite cylindrical and rectangular blocks . also available are a wide selection of industry leading grades of material .\nse , black color use , conductive carbon black products . the graphite electrode segment manufactures and sells graphite electrode for electrical steel furnaces . the fine carbon segment is engaged in the manufacture and sale of fine carbon , electric brushes and others . the industrial furnace and related products segment is engaged in the manufacture and sale of industrial electric furnaces , gas furnaces , silicon carbide heating elements , ceramic resistors , among others . the company is also engaged in the manufacture and sale of friction materials , the leasing of real estate , the development and sale of computer software and the operation of golf practice centers .\nproviding custom crushed carbon and graphite granules , milled powder , or flour to exact customer specifications . with an ultra - fine grinding system , we can process customer supplied materials into products as fine as talcum powder .\ngraphite sales , inc . has several locations in the united states to service your graphite and carbon needs . we provide graphite and carbon products to a variety of industries including the steel , aluminum , chemical , silica , silicon carbide , silicon nitride , heat treating , diamond tooling , and automotive industries to name only a few . graphite sales , inc . is a fully integrated graphite processing company . our portfolio of products and capabilities include the following :\narrow artboard created with sketch . artboard created with sketch . title chevron cross eye icon facebook icon icon facebook google plus icon layer 1 instagram created with sketch . linkedin icon icon linkedin shape created with sketch . icon mail contact path layer icon mail menu burger icon opinion quote positive arrow icon print rss icon icon search site title title chevron twitter icon icon twitter youtube icon\nas well as being able to load content faster than ever before , you ' ll now find it ' s much easier to find all the content you need about the asian business world .\nmitsubishi ufj kokusai asset management co . , ltd . 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{"id": 54692, "summary": [{"text": "champion broadband is no longer in business .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "its customer base was acquired by giggle fiber .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "although gigglefiber reportedly acquired the internet provider services , champion still operates the cable tv services .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "both companies are still owned and run by mark and dave haverkate . ", "topic": 23}], "title": "champion broadband", "paragraphs": ["my parents signed up with altrio back almost a decade ago . ever since champion took over service has\u2026\nwhen you see this , call champion & ask them to refresh your equipment . better make sure it ' s during hours they ' re open though !\nchampion broadband is excellent if you like speeds ranging from 10bps to maybe 2mbps ! ! ! ! ! every weekday i have to stop working on my computer once 5pm hits and am lucky if i get 2mbps . i am losing money , every day . they are constantly telling us they are\nupgrading\ntheir lines and send a rep over at 10am on a weekday , when of course the speeds are optimal . don ' t waste your money unless you are stupid like i am and have had it with timewarner . the reps are nice and they at least try and help . i just wish they wouldn ' t advertise 10mbps speeds and not actually give you that . there is no reason for it to fluctuate that much . epic fail .\ni don ' t know what everyone is complaining about . i have had champion now for over a year and everyone their is so friendly . although i did have some internet issues during peak hours for a while it stopped happening a long time ago . earlier i had an outage but it was actually due to a power outage in the area . i didnt really know and the champion lady i spoke to said their appeared to be a power outage but should be back soon . she was pretty friendly and funny enough i am back up . almost as i hung up . . . . lol .\ni don ' t know why everyone is hating on champion . if they ' re not happy with their service after months and months , then they should just switch providers ! i ' ve been with champion from the start . ever since it was altrio back in 2001 ( earlier ? ) . i haven ' t had any cable , internet speed , or any other service issues with these guys and the instant i called when i ever did , they got right down to fixing the problem and did so right away . any once in a long while that i have to stop by the office to take care of any small issue from paying a bill to swapping out a modem for an upgrade , it was done in a very timely manner . you go , champs .\ni am hoping that timewarner buys out champion very soon . the internet service is not up to modern standards . i pay for 20mbps and i end up with a wide range of speeds depending on the time . weeknights are often around 3mbps . latency ( i currently play diablo 3 ) during those times range from 120ms to 1600ms . my only other high speed internet option is verizon dsl ( no fios in my area of monrovia ) with a max of about 3mbps , which i may consider instead . their tv service may be a wonderful value but a company that offers a service should provide adequate service 24 / 7 , not some of the time . make sure to ask if champion is the only\nhigh\nspeed option before you consider moving to monrovia ( or arcadia ) . if it is , try moving somewhere else .\nextremely poor customer service . period . just when i thought time warner couldn ' t be any worse , ta - da ! champion ! not only they did not return my calls ( seriously ? when i already told the sale representative that id like to sign up for internet service . . . ) , they basically don ' t care about anything . they kept on saying they ' d get back to me , but they never did . . . . i guess i ' m stuck with time warner . . . . . . . sigh\ni don ' t watch much tv , so the quality of internet is more relevant to me . so apparently champion offers some international channels that my family watches sometimes . the internet access & speed is terrible . tested the speed in jan 2014 , download ranges 2 . 90 mbps / upload 0 . 77 mbps . at times i often experience isp has no internet available , or sometimes in evenings online audio / video meetings become jittery and delay . impossible to watch video streams . overall you just got this frustration doing stuffs online . it ' s 2014 , no developed world resident should experience such limiting living standard !\nmy parents signed up with altrio back almost a decade ago . ever since champion took over service has been in a decline . my parents recently\nupgraded\nto the 10 mbit connection from the 1 . 5 mbit they ' ve been using since they signed up . i get to my parents house today and hop online . hmmmm it ' s kind of slow , let me speedtest this thing . what . . . 500 + ms latency ! ? unheard of ! power cycle the modem and connect my macbook directly to it . . . . 0 . 38 mbit down ! ? ! wtf is this ! pinging google gives the same latency if not worse ! this is absolutely unacceptable . without me my parents would be getting absolute shit service . do not sign with this company . even time warner is better than this . on another note : verizon bring fios internets please damn it !\nerror . page cannot be displayed . please contact your service provider for more details . 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{"id": 54703, "summary": [{"text": "istanbulkart is a contactless smart card for fare payment on public transport in istanbul , turkey .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "it was introduced on march 23 , 2009 in addition to , and to eventually replace , the akbil , an integrated electronic ticket system ( akbil ibuttons are now being phased out as of 2015 ) .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "the card was developed and put into practice by the information technology company belbim of the metropolitan municipality .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the istanbulkart is valid for boarding buses , funiculars , lrt , subway , commuter trains , ferryboats and trams operated by the metropolitan municipality and private companies .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "cash payment on these transport systems is not possible .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "reduced fees are applicable for up to five transfers within two hours to other vehicles on the transportation network .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "there are four different types of the istanbulkart , one ordinary and three special .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "the special cards are issued upon the holder 's legal eligibility , and are therefore personalized : ordinary card : for full fare payment , mavi kart ( blue card ) ( season ticket ) : seasonal ticket discounted on monthly use basis , discounted card : for students , teachers , senior citizens ( over 60 years of age ) free card : for handicapped or disabled persons , senior citizens ( over 65 years of age ) and government employees underway on duty .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "the ordinary cards may be acquired from offices at major transport interchanges for a nonrefundable deposit of 10 tl .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "it can be purchased for 6tl from vending machines located at metro entrances .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the remaining sum will be deposited on the card .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "afterwards , the cards can be loaded with credits up to 300 tl at these offices , special purpose machines , vending machines on the metro or at news-stands and small shops which offer this service .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "cards for a limited number of passes ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 5 or 10 ) are also available .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "unlike the ordinary cards , the special cards are issued on a named basis , so they require an application to be made at one of the 13 application centers , or on the internet .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "to pay the fare , the smart card is brought into close proximity , up to 8 cm ( 3.1 in ) , with a contactless reader during boarding of the transportation vehicle or at the toll gates of the station .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "it is not necessary for the card to touch the reader , cards inside a wallet or a handbag can be also read for rapid payment .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "the reader device signals confirmation of the fare payment with an audible sound , and the screen turns green showing the payment and the remaining deposit after a split second .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "in case of insufficient deposit on the smart card , the card reader shows the warning message \" yetersiz bakiye \" ( insufficient deposit ) on its display along with an audible warning .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "counterfeit cards will be confiscated by the bus driver or security personnel at the turnpikes .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "the istanbulkart is compatible with international standards such as iso/iec 7816 and iso/iec 14443 and is built using nxp 's desfire technology .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "its use is planned to be extended to payments at municipality operated parking lots and theatres , as well as for privately owned taxis , dolmu\u015f ( share taxis ) and movie theatres .", "topic": 13}, {"text": "the personalized type of the smart card can also be used in a more general form for admission to an event or establishment or for municipality provided social welfare purposes . ", "topic": 21}], "title": "istanbulkart", "paragraphs": ["istanbulkarts are sold by istanbulkart vending machines and supposedly by biletmatik machines , but the latter sometimes will not sell you an istanbulkart .\ncan someone please let me know what the current fare prices are for the istanbulkart .\nthe istanbulkart , which has superceded the older akbil transit pass , benefits from discounted fares . more . . .\nistanbulkart rfid fare card , istanbul . this is an anonim kart , the best one for short - term visitors .\nthe istanbulkart project envisions that eventually the istanbulkart will be used to pay for parking fees , taxi fares , admission to museums , cinemas , theaters and other cultural venues , and even for personal identification . you may find other ways to use it for small payments .\nby the way you get a substantial discount by using an istanbulkart . normal fare is 3 tl / ride by using the tokens , but with the istanbulkart it drops down to 1 . 95 tl for the first ride ( a 35 % discount over regular fare ) and you get further and deper discounts for transfer rides within 2 hours of initial usage . so istanbulkart is the way to go .\njust a short question . what is the price for istanbulkart - 6 or 10 tl . since there are both information here on the forum .\nthe public transportation in istanbul is an integrated system administrated by the local government . most vehicles may be accessed by tokens or istanbulkart ; but some such as busses can only be accessed by the istanbulkart . having this card will give you access to all public transport means in istanbul except private ones .\nwell , following the forums very closely , i have never seen those reports . istanbulkart has always been sold at the metro station at the ataturk airport .\n2 . place your card flat on the sensor pad labeled istanbulkart ( it ' s to the right of the display screen and buttons in the photo below ) .\nxl p , i wonder how such figures float in the internet . the deposit ( refundable ) on the istanbulkart is 6 tl . so basically , it is free .\ndo kiosks and vendors sell the istanbulkart at the airport , or is the istanbulkart only available at the airport metro station ? i guess i could head out to the metro station to buy the card before heading back to hunt for a cab , but that ' s more work than i want to ask of myself after arriving at an unfamiliar airport after a long flight .\ni also could buy the istanbulkart the first time i use transit the next day . is it sold at all metro stations , or ( better still ) both metro and tram stations ?\nif you were to buy tokens for each ride , you would be looking at a cost of approximately 5try ( $ 1 . 50 usd ) per ride per person . instead of that , you can purchase the istanbulkart from the yellow machines located in all stations of the public transportation system except the bus station . with the istanbulkart your per person cost will be as follows :\nthere are no daily or weekly istanbulcards . just one kind , and that is the istanbulkart . you just load the card with credits ( fares ) anytime and as much as you want .\ni ' ve seen conflicting reports about whether you can get a refund on the 10 lira deposit when you return your istanbulkart . has anyone actually gotten one ? was it for 10 lira or another amount ? is there any particular place i should buy and / or return my istanbulkart to get a refund ? do i need to hold onto a receipt or anything else to get it ?\nyou can buy an istanbulkart at some newsstands for tl 7 or 8 , with no fare credit on it . some hotels may sell istanbulkarts to their guests at various prices , as a convenience .\nistanbulkart is an rfid\nelectronic wallet\ncard to be used in istanbul , turkey . ( similar rfid cards are used in many other cities : oyster card in london , navigo in paris , charlie card in boston , etc . )\nyou may also be able to buy an istanbulkart at commercial kiosks ( little stands that sell newspapers , snacks , cigarettes , chewing gum , etc . ) near major transit stops such as emin\u00f6n\u00fc , sultanahmet , beyaz\u0131t / kapal\u0131 \u00e7ar\u015f\u0131 ( grand bazaar ) , taksim square , etc . ( the easiest place to find one is probably emin\u00f6n\u00fc . ) look for the word istanbulkart or akbil or phrase dolum noktas\u0131 ( refill point ) on kiosks\u2014they ' ll probably have istanbulkarts to sell and load .\nchris , istanbulkart is not sold at the arrivals hall at the airport but at the metro station at the underground level which can only be accessed by the escalators going down to the station after you exit from the terminal building . plus there is a bit of a walk at the station to the vending machines . so my advice is skip this process , take a taxi to your hotel directly , and the next day get your istanbulkart from the tram or metro station you want to use first .\nonce the card is loaded , you will be able to ride with discounts . at stations or within the busses where the istanbulkart is accepted , there will be card readers ; just bring your card close once for each passenger you want to pay for .\nyou can use one istanbulkart to pay for several passengers . place the card on the sensor , allow a passenger to go through the turnstile , place the card on the sensor again , second passenger goes through , etc . if you transfer to another vehicle in the transport system , thefare for the first passenger using the card is discounted , but fares for any additional passengers using the card are full - fare ; so if you plan to do a lot of traveling on public transport , you may want an istanbulkart for each passenger .\nthe first and obvious use of the istanbulkart is as a transit pass : you place the card on the turnstile sensor ( say , at a metro or ferryboat turnstile , or when boarding a city bus ) and the amount of your fare is deducted from the card .\nyou first need to credit money to the card in order to be able to use it for your rides . crediting the card is simple . nearly at all public transport stations , there are atm - like machines where you simply scan your card and deposit cash to load your istanbulkart .\nistanbulkart is available at the saw airport . use the vending machine ( which works with lira bills and credit card ) to obtain one . you can also use the vending machines to top up your card with as much credit as you ' d like . the machines in the city works only with lira bills .\ni ' ll be arriving at ataturk airport late in the evening , and plan to take a cab to my hotel . i hope to do most of my traveling by transit on following days , and so would like to buy an istanbulkart as soon as i arrive at ist , before heading out to the taxis .\ntravel from europe to asia for 2 . 15tl ? yes you can\u2014with an istanbulkart aboard a bosporus ferry . if you\u2019re planning to use public transportation in istanbul , then it pays to buy an istanbulkart . the swipe card provides discounted fares for istanbul\u2019s metro ( train ) , marmaray , trams , funiculars , ferries and buses . instead of paying 4tl ( us $ 2 . 00 ) per person per trip for a jeton ( token / ticket ) , pay only 2 . 15tl\u2014sometimes less\u2014with an istanbulkart . that\u2019s a significant saving if you\u2019re staying for a few days , and it ' s the cheapest ticket for travel from europe to asia ! to buy the card , look for magazine and confectionary kiosks near tram and metro stations displaying the words ' istanbulkart ' or ' akbil dolum noktas\u0131 ' ( refill point ) . ask the shopkeeper for an istanbulkart , pay 10tl for the card , and add credit for your journeys . one card can be used for up to five people . to board a tram , metro , marmaray , funicular or ferry simply swipe the card for each person at a turnstile near the platform / port . a screen on the turnstile will display your ticket price and the credit remaining . buses do not accept cash fares , so swipe the card at the machine at the front of the bus as you enter . when credit wanes , top - up at selected ticket machines near tram and train platforms or at the kiosks . note : the price above is for an adult fare ( people aged over 7 years ) for most journeys . special journeys , such as those to the princes ' islands , will charge more . children under 7 are free .\ni have a question regarding the istanbulkart ; i understand that you can you use it to pop in credit and just pay as you go . i am going with my wife soon and i wanted to know whether they have an option for you to get like a daily or weekly pass for discounted rate ( just like in london or paris ) or you just have to pay for each trip separately ?\ni could , and i might well , do that . but i would feel better about doing so if i knew for a fact that it was a choice made sincerely out of generosity and not just as a byproduct of a flawed system . so i still want to know , is there any particular place i should buy and / or return my istanbulkart to get a refund ? do i need to hold onto a receipt or anything else to get it ?\nyou can purchase the i\u0307stanbulkart from the yellow machines located in every station of the subway , trams , metrobus , funiculars and some kiosks located near most stops of the public buses . as of 2018 , the cost of the card is only 6 turkish liras ( from the machines ) or 7 turkish liras ( from most kiosks ) and you need to credit it only with as low as you need for your ride . 1 card can be used by multiple people .\ni just came back from istanbul and i confirm that the deposit for the istanbulkart is 6 tl . you load it with as many credits as you wish , depending on your journeys around the city and how long you ' ll stay . i ' d load it with a 20 tl credit for a start . each time you use it , you see in the machine the rest of your credit . so , when it ' s little left , you can reload it .\ntygerwillow , the deposit on the istanbulkart is a mere 6 tl . ( 3 . 40 usd ) get it from hundreds of kiosks ( where they sell nespapers , magazines , etc ) all around the city . and when you leave just give it as atip to someone who deserves it or to another fellow traveller . or keep it as a sovenir that can be used at your return to istanbul . the balance of credits on the card comes on the screen every time you use it .\nistanbul kart ( istanbul card ) is in essence an all - round public transportation boarding pass . to immediately answer the question raised in the title : yes it is worth getting one if you plan to use public transportation multiple times during your stay in istanbul . so , unless you prefer to do everything on foot or take a taxi to get around , please do continue reading to find out where to get it , how to use it , and the advantages it has .\nthe card was introduced in 2009 . it\u2019s a contact less or rfid ( radio - frequency identification ) card for public transportation fare payment . it has the exact same size as a regular credit card , so it fits perfectly in your wallet . the card is pre - paid and easily rechargeable .\nthere are quite a few advantages to getting an istanbul kart as opposed to buying a token or a ticket every time you\u2019re going to use public transportation .\nmulti - purpose \u2014 this single card enables you to pay for multiple types of transportation : buses , metros , ferries , funiculars , and tramways ( yes , even the nostalgic one running on istiklal caddesi ) . moreover , most of these transportation types no longer accept cash payments , so you\u2019ll have to buy some kind of token or ticket before boarding anyway .\npre - paid \u2014 istanbul kart is a prepaid and rechargeable card . this means that you don\u2019t have to stand in line ( and maybe miss the bus or tram ) to get a valid boarding pass every time you plan to make use of public transportation . and uploading more credits can be done at designated machines , most of the times without a queue in front of you .\nease of use \u2014 it is not necessary to bring the istanbul kart in contact with the reader . you can pay for your fare by \u2018waving\u2019 the smart card within 8 cm ( 3 . 1 in ) of the reader . in most cases you don\u2019t even have to take it out of your wallet , purse or light hand bag . upon making a successful payment , the reader will make a sound and the screen will light up showing the amount left on the card . in case of insufficient funds , the screen will read kont\u00f6r yetersiz .\nmultiple travelers \u2014 there is no need to buy multiple cards since one istanbul kart can be used for up to 5 passengers . after paying the fare for the first passenger , let him or her hop on or pass through the turnpike , wait a few seconds , and again wave the card in front of the reader . personally , i recommend not to use the card for more than 3 people .\ndiscounts \u2014 by using the card , you already benefit from a 40 % discount over the normal fare . instead of paying 5 tl per ride , you pay 3 tl . and there is more . you can make until five transfers / connections within a two hour period , and you\u2019ll pay less for every transfer , already only 1 . 9 tl for the first transfer .\nthe easiest way to get the istanbul kart is at major transit stops such as the airport , sultanahmet , and emin\u00f6n\u00fc . to buy an istanbul kart , you need to pay a non - refundable 10 tl fee ( for the actual card and the service ) , and of course an amount of your choice to load onto the card .\nto reload the card , you can either go to newsstands and small shops ( look for the phrase akbil dolum noktas\u0131 ) which offer this service , or use self - service special purpose machines at major transit stations . the machines accept notes of 5 , 10 , and 20 tl and have instructions in multiple languages . it writes on the machines that it accepts 50 tl too , but it has been cancelled .\nthere are several types of cards . the anonim kart is the best for short - term visitors : you just put money on it and use it . other cards are those for turkish students , monthly commuters , retired and handicapped , etc . , but the anonim kart is the one for you .\nyou put a tl 10 note into the machine to buy the card , which costs tl 6 and comes with tl 4 in fare credit on it . if you want more fare credit , you can insert more bills to load more credit . i ' d suggest at least tl 10 in credit ( three + fares ) for a single traveler , or tl 20 for a couple . here are the fares .\nistanbulkarts are also on sale at the atat\u00fcrk airport ( ist ) metro station . more . . .\nit ' s quite simple to put more money on your card when you understand the process . there ' s a display screen and recorded voice prompts with english - language option , but you can ignore them . ( imagine : a learning curve you don ' t have to climb ! )\n3 . wait 5 to 10 seconds for the sensor to identify it . ( the display screen will change and the recorded voice will say something . )\n4 . slide a tl5 , 10 or 20 note into the ka\u011f\u0131t para giri\u015fi / banknotes money slot .\n5 . wait 10 seconds for the money to be loaded . ( the display will change and the voice will say something different . )\nanother version : put your card flat on the pad to the left , stick a banknote in the slot at top right . ( ka\u011f\u0131t para giri\u015fi =\npaper money entrance\n)\nunfortunately in istanbul , unlike in many cities in europe , there are no daily or weekly unlimited public transportation options and the service is charged per ride . for that reason , we provide 24 - hour access to the hop - on & hop - off bus tour and 1 - loop / 1 - day free access to the hop - on & hop - off boat tour .\nthe card is not personal and can be used my multiple individuals . you do not have to scan ( pay ) for kids that are under the age of 6 .\nbuy istanbul tourist pass to get free public transportation discount card and & more . .\nthis card does not have a validity in terms of days or hours . the card will come without any balance , so you need to put money in it at any public transport station . as long as it has enough balance , it can be used at any time .\nthe card is valid almost at all public transport vehicles such as busses , tram , metro , funiculaire , cable car , ferries , ships etc . instead of buying a token , just scan the card once for each passanger .\nwe noticed that you ' re using an unsupported browser . the tripadvisor website may not display properly . we support the following browsers :\nbest of istanbul : 1 , 2 , or 3 - day . . .\ni bought one last june and it cost tl . 6 and then you load it with the amount of credits you want . it might have gone up since then but i would not have thought to that amount .\nthis information was written by people who returned from istanbul a week ago . maybe they were victims of a fraud ?\nhello ! where to buy istanbul carthage and was loading it them ? we land at sabiha gocken . . are they there or at taksim ? / mathias\ni know that i need to put money for rides but fort the cost of the card itself there are two information .\nero , look at the dates of info . it is 6 tl . 10 tl is the old info .\n* tripadvisor llc is not a booking agent and does not charge any service fees to users of our site . . . (\ntripadvisor llc is not responsible for content on external web sites . taxes , fees not included for deals content .\ntygerwillow , you can get a refund for the deposit at any of the manned newsstands that sells these cards . they are at main hubs like taksim , kadikoy pier , eminonu , etc .\nif we are 2 people , can we use the same card ? or do we need 2 separate cards . i am not worried about the deposit , i like your idea of passing it along or saving it for a return trip .\nssbelltx , you can use the same card for 2 or more people . sure . but of course you will be travelling together all the time . in this case though , only the first user gets the transfer discounts , the second user pays 1 . 95 tl / ride for all his / her rides .\nthank you enigma . so , it definitely makes sense to each get one . i appreciate the advice .\nthis topic has been closed to new posts due to inactivity . we hope you ' ll join the conversation by posting to an open topic or starting a new one .\nwe remove posts that do not follow our posting guidelines , and we reserve the right to remove any post for any reason .\nmembers who are knowledgeable about this destination and volunteer their time to answer travelers ' questions .\nback in march this year when i visited , it was 3tl for the first journey and then 2 . 15tl after that if you got the tram / ferry within a certain time i think . is this still the case or are there new rates ?\nthe reason i ask is that there will be 6 of us visiting so i ' m trying to work out on how many i should get between the 6 of us to use .\nit depends what form of transport you ' re using . but you only get the discount once , not if you use the same card for multiple people .\nthanks and yes i know you only get the discount once . i will mainly be using the card for tram and ferry . i just wanted confirmation as to whether there is a standard charge of 3tl or 2 . 5tl or is it 3tl for first trip and then 2 . 15 for the second trip .\ni am thinking of getting 3 cards for 6 people so that the first person pays 3tl and the second pays 2 . 15tl if that makes sense .\nboat , proper answer to your question is\nnone of your choices\n. the first ride ride is 2 . 15 tl and the subsequent rides are progressively cheaper . here are the regular fares and the transfer discounts within 2 hours of initial use of the card :\nurltoken\n. these discounts apply to the first user only . subsequent users always pay 2 . 15 tl .\noh ! thanks enigma - i must have got it all wrong but never mind .\nyou can buy one from the arrivals hall at the airport before you leave to find a taxi . i don ' t know how late you ' ll arrive but public transport runs until midnight .\noh that ' s new then as others have reported buying from the kiosk in arrivals near some of the telephone company stands . perhaps it ' s been moved now .\nthanks , sarikanarya and enigma2007 , for your responses . i ' ll keep an eye out for a likely kiosk when i arrive . if i don ' t find one , i ' ll plan to pick up the card when i take my first transit ride the next day .\ni do not know where you stay , but straight down from the g\u00fclhane tram stop there is a shop , red something that sells . also above left of the sultanahmet tram stop there is a kiosk selling ."]}
{"id": 54708, "summary": [{"text": "popboomerang is an independent record label based in melbourne australia .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "the label was established by scott thurling in 2000 but did n't release its first recordings until 2002 .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "thurling originally started popboomerang as an internet \" swap shop \" around 1997 , trading australian recordings to overseas fans in return for recordings unavailable in australia .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "\" i would make cd samplers of the aussie bands for the overseas fans and enjoyed this so much the idea started to form of legitimising things to form a proper label . \" \u2014 scott thurling the label has released over 80 recordings , from the first release by sarah sarah , sing til it hurts , in late 2002 .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "notable releases include frente 's 2005 ep , try to think less , the band 's first release in eight years , skipping girl vinegar 's critically acclaimed 2008 debut album , sift the noise , as well as albums from tamas wells and the killjoys 's fifth album , pearl .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "in response to the decline in the sales of physical recordings across the music industry the label has placed its entire back catalogue online .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "popboomerang has also turned to crowd funding to finance its tenth anniversary compilation album , aches & shakes : 2002-2012 \u2013 a decade of popboomerang records , which thurling believes is the future of the independent music industry .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "\" initially it was word of mouth which steered me in the crowd funding direction .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "i supported a few projects on pozible so i gained some confidence from a fan perspective that the model was above board and sound . \" \u2014 scott thurling", "topic": 25}], "title": "popboomerang", "paragraphs": ["pb : 100 is the 100th release on the popboomerang label , a compilation of 32 newly commissioned recordings and unearthed songs from the vault of the popboomerang records roster and musical friends .\nfree pass to a 10th birthday popboomerang web only concert . early bird free digital download of the compilation .\nthe 10 th birthday of popboomerang records is a fitting time to celebrate the defining songs in the label\u2019s history so far .\nincludes unlimited streaming of ( pb002 ) shake yer popboomerang via the free bandcamp app , plus high - quality download in mp3 , flac and more .\nshake yer popboomerang is a collection of rare and previously unreleased pop material . it ' s the second release from melbourne based independent label popoomerang who released the sarah sarah ep , ' sing till it hurts ' late 2002 . shake yer popboomerang reads like a road map of australian guitar - pop talent .\nthis is however an expensive project to finish & popboomerang does need some help to bring the project to life . please have a peek at the funding options below and see if one takes your fancy ? ( all include postage where applicable ) we have made a little promo video as a teaser to remind you of some of the great popboomerang songs over the decade . ( please excuse any small mistakes or sound / vision glitches ) the final running order of the album will be revealed soon !\npopboomerang records is an australian music label . the company was formed by scott thurling in the year 2000 . the label specialises in all forms of melodic pop and rock ( power pop , jangle , folk & punk pop ) and predominantly works with australian bands .\ncd copy ( and digital download link ) of the limited edition aches & shakes : 2002 - 2012 \u2013 a decade of popboomerang ! < br / > < br / > < br / > < br / > includes your name as a credit in liner notes ( if you wish ) < br / > < br / > < br / > < br / > free pass to a 10th birthday popboomerang web only concert . < br / > < br / > < br / > < br / >\navailable for sale at all good online retailers from the 5th of october , 2013 . the solicitors are a new wave band from melbourne , australia . the solicitors - quicksand - 2013 written by lee jones recorded & mixed by john baxter at mountain sound studio mastered by craig pilkington at audrey studios video directed and edited by jonathan stavridis to follow the solicitors and stay up to date on upcoming gigs and releases visit www . urltoken . for general enquiries contact info @ urltoken or for bookings contact bookings @ urltoken . for retail enquiries contact scott of popboomerang records at info @ popboomerang . com . show less\ncd copy ( and digital download link ) of aches & shakes : 2002 - 2012 \u2013 a decade of popboomerang ! < br / > < br / > < br / > < br / > includes your name as a credit in liner notes ( if you wish ) < br / > < br / > < br / > < br / > plus 10th birthday t shirt , stubbie holder & poster < br / > < br / > < br / > < br / > free pass to a 10th birthday popboomerang web only concert . < br / > < br / >\nif you ' re listening to the stoneage hearts '\nshake your popboomerang\n, the first song on the identically - titled shake yer popboomerang , you may find yourself thinking ,\ngosh , it ' s pretty darned coincidental that a song with this title should be the lead - off track of a disc bearing the exact same title .\nif you do , indeed , find yourself thinking this , it may well be an indication that you ' re a little stupid , because , of course , it ' s absolutely no coincidence at all ; the song was written specifically for the compilation .\nthere are a few bummers here and there ( superscope ' s\nuntitled demo # 1\nis about as well thought out as you ' d expect with a title like that ) , but , overall , it ' s hard to call shake your popboomerang anything other than a qualified success ; like its spiritual predecessor , pop on top ! , it spotlights an often - unheralded side of australian music and whets ones appetite for full - length platters by the artists included . whether popboomerang records will become the not lame of down under remains to be seen , but , at the very least , this album certainly finds them headed in the right direction .\nand indeed\nshaking\nand grooving is exactly what you ' ll be doing when listening to this cd .\nshake yer popboomerang\nis an album chock full of addictive , melodic rock ' n ' roll . it ' s an essential purchase for collectors of fine pop music . clearly one of the finest compilations the world has ever seen !\nthe second volume in popboomerang\u2019s series of australian guitar pop compilations . as has become the tradition of these compilations , the bulk of the material here is rare and exclusive . again , there is a great mix of more established acts such as sneeze , even and peabody and the nations next wave . ( the suits , tamas wells , shifter , hovercrafts ) .\na decade on and looking back , there have been heartaches , headaches and , of course , a few mistakes along the way , but the joy of hearing popboomerang songs on the radio , reading a positive review , attending a sold - out gig or receiving rave fan emails makes everything worthwhile . watching an industry change before our eyes has been difficult but exciting .\ncd copy ( and digital download link ) of aches & shakes : 2002 - 2012 \u2013 a decade of popboomerang ! < br / > < br / > < br / > < br / > includes your name as a credit in liner notes ( if you wish ) < br / > < br / > < br / > < br / > plus 10th birthday t shirt , stubby holder , cap , mug & poster < br / > < br / > < br / > < br / > plus 5x cd\u2019s of your choice from urltoken ( most titles still available ) < br / > < br / > < br / > < br / > free pass to a 10th birthday popboomerang web only concert . < br / > < br / >\nthe popboomerang compilation may promise the electric and eclectic , but in fact it\u2019s all about folk rock of the whimsical , cheeky and poignant kind , full of astute observations ( and occasional flippant ones ) about love , life and loss , that are all special and precious gems in their own individual way . safe though it may be , it\u2019s extremely pleasant listening that has thankfully seen the light of day from beyond the underground .\nhart moved to los angeles and formed the band splendid with her guitarist husband , jesse tobias . in 2004 , she began writing again with austin , who lives in new york . after u . s . club dates as a duo , they called bill mcdonald ( bass ) and peter luscombe ( drums ) for australian shows in january and released the ep\ntry to think less\non melbourne - based popboomerang records .\ndon\u2019t let the name popboomerang records presents : electric and eclectic rarities fool you , this collection isn\u2019t about unearthing the obscurest of the obscure . and it certainly hasn\u2019t got any songs by polyphonic throat singers , beatle barkers , or strange ambient noises that some may argue doesn\u2019t even constitute \u201cmusic\u201d . nope . instead , this is about folk and pop / rock music from indie and underground artists who , when put together , prove that there is a great amount of talent to be mined from our fine land ( both metaphorically and actually ) .\npopboomerang records first sprung onto the scene late in 2002 , when they released sing till it hurts , the debut ep by sarah sarah , who , perhaps inevitably , also make an appearance on this collection . in fact , their contribution ,\nignorance & arrogance\n, may well be a viable theme song for the australian power pop community :\nrefuse to play our demo on the air / for our vocal stylings , you don ' t care / you say you ' re an australian show , but you ' re only airing the people that you know\n.\nsome of australia ' s finest musicians can be found amongst the 23 tracks on shake your popboomerang , among them dom mariani ( the stems , the someloves , dm3 ) , joe algeri ( jack & the beanstalk ) , charles jenkins ( ice cream hands ) , and one of the brightest rising stars in the power pop community , danny mcdonald . in fact , mcdonald collaborates with algeri on\n' til the end\n, though it ' s interesting to find that the partnership took place completely by e - mail ; as of the date the press release was written , the two had never actually met .\non this record you will discover debut recordings from some of the australia\u2019s freshest and most exciting new pop talent . amazingly , at the time of writing , the decembers ( previously the movies ) , magneto ( ex alcotomic ) and andy star ( ex holden caulfield and dinsdale ) have not even played performed live under their current monikers and line - ups . the majority of songs featured here on the compilation were recorded specifically for the project . none more obviously so than the stoneage hearts who contributed the garage rock stomper \u201cshake yer pop boomerang\u201d . and indeed \u201cshaking\u201d and grooving is exactly what you\u2019ll be doing when listening to this cd . \u201cshake yer popboomerang\u201d is an album chock full of addictive , melodic rock\u2019n\u2019roll . it\u2019s an essential purchase for collectors of fine pop music . clearly one of the finest compilations the world has ever seen !\nlabels shouldn ' t turn a person off but some labels seem to have a knack for whetting the appetite of people . if you want metal or hardcore rock , check out relapse or the end . if you want punk , epitaph or victory is a good start . but some of the lesser known labels consistently put out great material , and australia ' s popboomerang is one the leaders when it comes to issuing sinfully delightful pop . after growing in stature over the last few years , the label has taken the time to release a large 46 - track , two - disc collection of nuggets created by bands both in australia and the rest of the world ( disc one ) as well as in the good ol ' u . s . a ( disc two ) . regardless of where these groups hail from , they can certainly create highbrow , smart infectious melodies that will make the disc fly from start to finish .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nat the cornerstone of this set is the humble , olde acoustic guitar . sure , it\u2019s commonly found at campsites , and is the weapon of choice for hard , liquor - swilling countrymen , buskers , and traveling vagabonds ; but it has also provided the heart and soul of some of australia\u2019s greatest music . just ask the triffids , the go - betweens and adopted aussies crowded house if you\u2019re unconvinced .\nleading the charge is \u201cstraight into darkness\u201d by a guy that sounds like tim rogers\u2019 twin brother . russell crawford is joined by one sweet - voiced female , caitlin harnet , and collectively they offer an angus and julia stone - like folk number on the piano . the bon scotts are up next , and they are one heck of an interesting lot . with a name borrowed from the late ac / dc frontman , a track title that seems inspired by a hunters & collectors song , and a sound that seems like they stole ben lee \u2019s kiddie piano from \u201ccatch my disease\u201d , they couldn\u2019t be more quintessentially aussie if they tried . \u201cdrape those caring arms around me\u201d seems like the equivalent of wearing a flag on our national day ( a balmy , summer\u2019s day , naturally ) while having a barbie with mates , with the cricket on in the background . basically , it\u2019s an endearing take on traditional folk with tongue placed firmly in cheek , and homemade instrument comfortably at hand .\nelsewhere , we get plenty of soft and whimsical folk ( d . rogers \u2019 \u201clearning to hurt\u201d and celadore \u2019s \u201chow do you feel ? \u201d respectively ) . \u201cfor a short time\u201d by the aerial maps , meanwhile , is like one of j . mascis\u2019 most recent creations ( think honest acoustic ) , but that is if the dinosaur jr . frontman was to trade his own lazy drawl for a seasoned , old bloke\u2019s voice with a stubby in hand and winnie blues in pocket .\ncompleting the set are underminers \u2019 \u201ctrouble man\u201d , with an alternative version that features freya hollick ( who sounds like regina spektor ) , and a cover of \u201cwake up little susie\u201d by danna and the changes . finally , the closer ( the crustaceans \u2019 excellently titled \u201ci love you but i\u2019m leaving\u201d ) is very reminiscent of bob evans , who in turn was channeling bob dylan \u2019s finest .\ncopyright \u00a92008 - 16 heath media & the au review . all content solely the opinion of the author .\nmarch 30 - 31 run at london ' s astoria . the trent reznor - led group will play march 23 in fresno , calif . , the following day in reno , nev . , and march 25 in davis , calif . tickets for all three shows go on sale tomorrow ( feb . 12 ) . dresden dolls will support in the u . s . and london .\nin indio , calif . two days later , the group will release its first album since 1999 ,\nwith teeth ,\nvia interscope .\nquirky australian pop / dance act frente is prepping its first album in eight years . its 1992 debut ,\nmarvin the album ,\nshipped 750 , 000 units worldwide , according to australian label mushroom ; a cover of new order ' s\nbizarre love triangle\nreached no . 10 on billboard ' s modern rock tracks chart . the four - piece based around vocalist angie hart and guitarist simon austin split acrimoniously in 1996 after sophomore set\nshape .\nhart says frente ' s album will likely have an early 2006 release . she adds that she hopes to avoid the mistakes of frente ' s previous success :\ni was 17 at the time , and i didn ' t handle it well .\nup - and - coming san diego rock outfit louis xiv will release its debut album ,\nthe best little secrets are kept ,\nmarch 22 via atlantic . first single\nfinding out true love is blind\njumps 37 - 33 this week on billboard ' s modern rock tracks chart . the album has already been flagged for a parental advisory sticker not for its content , but for its cover image of a nude woman with the song titles written on her back .\n, louis xiv will begin a north american tour with hot hot heat on feb . 21 in seattle .\nthe online extension of billboard magazine , urltoken is the essential online destination for the music business .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nwe\u2019ve updated our privacy policy to give you more control over your information and support new european data protection laws . you can review the changes here .\n( pb074 ) the bon scotts : we will all die at the hands of c . g . i .\nspecialising in melodic pop , jangle , folk and rock and predominantly working with australian bands with the aim to building their careers locally & internationally .\nincludes unlimited streaming via the free bandcamp app , plus high - quality download in mp3 , flac and more .\nincludes unlimited streaming of ( pb098 ) : four hours sleep via the free bandcamp app , plus high - quality download in mp3 , flac and more .\nfour hours sleep are not a band to rush things . the group\u2019s new self - titled record has arrived eight years after the epic 2006 release love specifics which itself landed ten years after the iconic ( out of print ) debut album more of her . drawing on the same core group of musicians ( bill mcdonald , angie hart , stephen cummings , peter luscombe & dan luscombe ) plus a few new surprising guests , the music of four hours sleep has grown in depth and sophistication , yet maintains the deceptive simplicity and emotional directness of the traditional rock trio . angie hart and stephen cummings tackle the bulk of vocals with guests vika and linda bull and lilith lane taking the lead on other tracks . the diverse and eccentric musical guests , from the very funky arne hanna to billy miller on ebow celloguitar and peter knight from the australian art orchestra on trumpet , show the range and depth of experience brought to the music . the album was mixed by shane o\u2019mara and mastered by casey rice . all the great singers give sparkling performances , which partially explains the long hiatus between four hours sleep albums : \u2018getting these people together was never going to be easy , so recording would take place whenever and wherever possible , from a series of studios around the country to a mini - disk recorder at a train station , \u2019 says bill mcdonald . the last four hours sleep album was described as \u2018a soundtrack to a non - existent film\u2019 and this album takes that theme to an even higher level . the songs shimmer with a cool cinematic quality and an evocative groove .\nwe begin the journey in melbourne and find contributions from upbeat pop starlings sarah sarah ; mod rockers her majesty ' s finest , the smooth crooning icecream hands front man charles jenkins and the elliot smith esq tim reid . also making appearances are psychedelic rockers the treetops , the harmonious and melodious smallgoods , leaders of the pop - rock movement groundswell and gippsland ' s favourite son\ndanny mcdonald . hitting the road and venturing north of the victorian border to sydney , we discover the teenage fanclub inspired starky and jangle popsters the dreamdayers .\non a very full tank of gas , we travel the dusty highways ' til we reach the power pop capital of australia , perth , where we pick up the incredible talents of dom mariani ( stems , someloves , dm3 ) , superscope and showbag . this compilation also contains a unique contribution from jack & the beanstalk leader joe algeri ( recently relocated to sweden ) who teams up with danny mcdonald ( ex p76 ) on their collaborative track ' til the end ' . this song was recorded in melbourne and sweden with both musicians sending the song back and forth over email to each other . email has never been so productive !\non this record you will discover debut recordings from some of the australia ' s freshest and most exciting new pop talent . amazingly , at the time of writing , the decembers ( previously the movies ) , magneto ( ex alcotomic ) and andy star ( ex holden caulfield and dinsdale ) have not even played performed live under their current monikers and line - ups . the majority of songs featured here on the compilation were recorded specifically for the project . none more obviously so than the stoneage hearts who contributed the garage rock stomper\nshake yer pop boomerang\n.\nthis friday , saturday & sunday i ' m supporting paul capsis at memo music hall . paul will be fronting a rockin ' band that includes my dear friends\nbrilliant review by jack rabid for the new nick batterham and adrian whitehead albums in the current issue of the big takeover . pick yourself up a copy or subscription of this great magazine and also both albums !\nwe are updating our terms of service , privacy policy , and cookie and internet advertising policy effective may 25 , 2018 ! you can preview the new version and see details about the updates here .\nhello ! we have selected english as your language preference . if you would like to browse in a different language , please choose a language using the dropdown . deutsch english espa\u00f1ol fran\u00e7ais italiano \u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\nyour current browser isn ' t compatible with soundcloud . please download one of our supported browsers . need help ?\nwe ' ve detected that javascript is disabled in your browser . would you like to proceed to legacy twitter ?\nexciting news - nick batterham \u201cgolden boy\u201d vinyl has arrived . presales posted this week - snare a copy at\nnick batterham will be chatting with crispian winsor on 3pbs radio city today at 2 : 30pm about the golden boy album and saturday ' s launch at the wesley anne . listen live on your radio dial or on the net\nnick batterham launches his new album golden boy this saturday at the wesley anne in melbourne . still tix available at\ndear @ ricktw1tter , we ' ll buy you a brand new vacuum cleaner if you dj for us after the melbourne gig you massive yorkshire dreamboat . @ shedseven\nthe brand new adrian whitehead album \u201cnerd from the suburbs\u201d is ready for sampling and mailorder ! 10 years in the making . media download codes go out this weekend .\nmy review of the superb , new nick batterham record , golden boy . out now on pop boomerang\nsongs from my new album get their first airing on radio today . firstly on crispian winsor ' s show on 3pbs from 1pm . . .\ndownload codes for the new nick batterham album \u201cgolden boy\u201d are going out ! media peeps let me know if i have missed you or not got to you yet . presales from this thursday !\ntwitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup . try again or visit twitter status for more information .\nyou can add location information to your tweets , such as your city or precise location , from the web and via third - 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powered garage pop . starky ' s\nyesterday i drove your girlfriend home\nbegins with a trumpet , while smallgoods '\nlisten to the radio ,\nthough a bit underproduced , contains five - part harmonies . the dreamdayers ' contribution ,\ni will listen\n, is reminiscent of the connells ' best work .\nthe elements produce one of the album ' s most perfect songs with\nordinary day\n, a piano - laden pop track featuring the group ' s first attempt at a string arrangement ; rest assured , the result is exquisite . immediately following is\ndancing girl\n, by tim reid ( not the one who played venus flytrap on wkrp in cincinnati ) , which variously resembles jon brion , neil finn , and , as the press release suggests , perhaps even a bit of elliot smith ; suffice it to say that these comparisons are intended to be complimentary . another particular highlight from the second half of the album comes from showbag ! , whose\ngoodbye friend\nwas mixed by michael carpenter , a fine australian popster in his own right .\nlike many of the best comedies and tragedies , this weimar - era silent film understands how each mode is often a hair ' s breadth from the other .\nit ' s a testament to zevin ' s understanding of multiple age groups that she ' s able to capture a variety of women at various life stages . her portrayals feel honest and true .\nvisual artist / silos frontman walter salas - humara preps new album , walterio , which speaks to his punk / roots origins .\njean - michel blais manages to transform simple motifs into weightless complex structures into ( as paul simon noted in a different context )\nangels in the architecture\n.\nthe happy fits take inspiration from alabama shakes on\ngrow back\nand transform it into an unforgettable pop song .\nlee mcintyre ' s ' post - truth ' is a history lesson and a call to action asking liberals to defend the concept of objective truth . but is it the best approach to the problem ?\njared putnam ' s latest is the last to be recorded for his new march divide album , anticipation pops , capping things off with a breezy clap - along tune .\nwashington ' s album son of pain is a lost treasure of r & b ; an album rich in bluesy southern drawls , honeyed harmonies and street - smart rhythms .\nexploding with captivating melodies , genre - splicing resourcefulness , and remarkable cohesion , automata ii exemplifies what makes between the buried and me so skillful , striving , and singular .\n\u00a9 1999 - 2018 urltoken . all rights reserved . popmatters is wholly independently owned and operated .\nroughly 150 minutes , 46 songs , roughly 40 bands , two discs , one label . pure pop fanatics rejoice . friends , australians , pop music - trymen , lend us your ears .\nas japan ' s the oranges start out with\nbeautiful\n, you ' ll find yourself wanting to start driving and going back into a ' 60s time machine . the accents are thick , but the simplicity of the song and the melody are its charm . several tracks here are exclusive , but they all follow a similar pattern , sort of like a weezer - lite feel , especially on\nno matter where you go\nby shiner 22 . by song three you ' ll lose count of the\nba da bahs\nand clap - along choruses but\nthat extra mile\nby britain ' s ricky is almost too sugary for its own good , complete with the horns and light , flighty beatles - esque feel . however , dead somebody ' s\nscrambled eggs\nis pure bliss , despite it being a french band beating the brit popster groups at their own game , sort of like an early version of keane but with guitar . even more keane - ish is\nspector ' s dead\nby aussie native adrian whitehead . we ' re not sure if phil would approve as it involves his recent run in with the law , but the lennon - like melody is indeed beautiful .\nsome of the songs come off too schmaltzy , or with that early ' 70s carpenters - like sound , particularly on somber\nblink of an eye\nby scotland ' s green peppers . cosmic rough riders '\ni call her name\nshines in spite of the group ' s monotone singing . thankfully , there are some rockier moments with a remix version of\ninvisible hold\nby kelly ' s heels complete with a raucous tambourine added in . but chris murphy ' s\nconfide\nis a paltry attempt at mixing neil finn with john mayer . and tim reid ' s\nthis time ' round\ntends to fall into the same vein . yet the joy of the album is that each of these bands pack as much punch , often in under three minutes , that several bigger bands can in five or six minutes .\nperhaps the highlight of the first disc - - or at least sleeper pick - - is\nif i could see you\nby the rumours . maybe i ' ve been listening to new order ' s\nkrafty\ntoo much , but this tune has a lot of assets going for it in the sumner and hook vibe . a close second , though , has to be michael carpenter ' s\nmiracles\n, which brings to mind elliott smith or michael penn - - witty and extremely melodic despite the odd twist and turn . the last few tunes on disc one are just as stellar with the jangle of idiot grin ' s\nreluctant guy\nbeing the keeper of the last trio . oops , strike that . i mean the ensuing\nnorwegian\nby new zealand ' s vocoder .\nso now that the label has shown the u . s . what it has to offer , disc two replies almost as strongly . not with the rather pompous\nstar spangled banner\nperformed on guitar by jeremy . just a bit over the top to say the least ! fortunately , the disc returns to form with the catchy , up - tempo\nstaying inside\nby the lolas , bringing to mind the kinks in some respects . one notices that the american bands rely on the guitar hooks to carry the songs , not necessarily the melodies . the same can be said for spinning jennies '\nbig deal\n. but then again , there is more than one way to skin a cat ( sorry peta people ! ) . it ' s a different route but ends up in the same happy - go - lucky pop spot .\na few songs don ' t have that spark or intangible , beginning with\ncleopatra\nby dutch elms , a tune which sounds like the delgados on a sugar rush . however , the good tends to outweigh the average or poor here judging by the retro - riffs of brad harvey ' s\nblinded by your love\n. and then there is the well - crafted , brendan benson - like\nbeautiful mess\nby maple mars . the lone roots - sounding effort comes during the fine duet on\nevery whisper from you\ncourtesy of mark decarbo and vocalists eve selis . then there is also the soft , singer - songwriter side of neilson hubbard ' s\nif the memories lose their minds\n. for the most part , it is gems such as chris richards (\ni ' m no better than you\n) and bobby sutliff churning out\noh lorelei\nthat make the second disc as strong as the first one . jeremy , the capo de tutti capo when it comes to shimmering pop that keeps hiding under the radar , lends his hand again with\nhere to stay\nbefore blue ash rounds things out with its own one - two punch . on the whole , lengthy , exhaustive but almost vital to your record collection !\nback on the road and determined to take the country by ' storm ' , zz ward belts the blues and prepares to hit the high notes at her top tour stop . ( second in a series on\nwomen who rock\n. )\nmartyn ' s voids is reflective of an artist who has survived a life - changing trauma and , in doing so , visited the very darkest places a mind can go .\nwhatever anger has landed on her heart in the jungles of trumplandia , patti smith consistently performs the miracle of putting it down , as seen in her recently published prose - poem , the new jerusalem .\ngorillaz ' s sixth album is damon albarn hunched over his instruments , reflecting on the king kong he ' s created .\nthe talent and diversity of early spanish synthpop music are downright astonishing , as the second interferencias volume proves .\nin the development of television ,\ncolor wars\nare analogous to the adoption of vhs over betamax and blu - ray over hd - dvd technologies . murray ' s study shows how the adoption of standards in media technology directly impact audiences to this day .\nnorth carolina ' s the nude party prove there is still lots of life left in good old rock ' n ' roll on their debut album releasing this friday .\nin this beautiful excerpt from lorna simpson collages , chronicle books shares with popmatters readers ' selections from the renowned artist ' s collection and a poignant introduction by award - winning poet , elizabeth alexander .\nas we head into a brief summer publication break to enjoy the summer sun for a few days , it ' s the perfect time to take stock of the year in music so far .\nthis month nick and eric discuss the economics of robot sentience in subsurface circular and the tricky trust issues of alien first - contact in quarantine circular .\norder now and we ' ll ship when it ' s back in stock , or enter your email below to be notified when it ' s back in stock .\nsign up for the cd baby newsletter your email address will not be sold for any reason .\nto listen to tracks you will need to update your browser to a recent version .\nyour cd baby online session is due to expire shortly . would you like to extend your session and remain logged in ?\nformat : cdlabel : wizzard in vinylcatalogue : wiv - - 019cdcountry : japanyear : 2003 condition : new nice norwegian teenage fanclub inspired pop . scarce japanese release . . . .\nformat : cdlabel : bip bip recordscatalogue : bcd011country : spainyear : 2000 condition : new still sealed . really nice cd from this spanish band . see . . .\nformat : cdlabel : kinky starcatalogue : country : belgiumyear : 2003 condition : new ( storage wear ) 01 . new friend02 . a lidl03 . oh my god04 . . . .\nformat : cdlabel : bip bip recordscatalogue : bcd009country : spainyear : 2000 condition : new still sealed . live . 01 . semidirecto a torello 02 . la proxima vez 03 . mala . . .\nsubscribe to our newsletter and always be the first to hear about what is happening .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nyou have no items in your shopping cart . browse our store , or close this menu and use the search feature to find what you ' re looking for .\nformat : cdlabel : half a cowcatalogue : ha 77country : australiayear : 1999 condition : item is new but some stock wear to the . . .\neverything under the sun was the third release on torpedo records out on the 12th of . . .\nformat : cdlabel : half a cowcatalogue : ha 74country : australiayear : 1998 condition : new ( but storage wear ) new and unopened . cover stock . . .\nfacts tracklist condition listen australian indie rock band active since the early 1990 ' s . format : 7\nlabel : summershinecatalogue : shine . . ."]}
{"id": 54711, "summary": [{"text": "storm financial limited was a financial advice company , based in townsville , queensland , australia .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the company was founded by emmanuel cassimatis and his wife julie cassimatis as a private company initially with the name cassimatis securities pty ltd on 23 may 1994 .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "as part of the company 's expansion outside of townsville the company changed its name from a personality based name to ozdaq securities pty ltd on 10 april 2000 .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "this name remained intact until 1 feb 2004 when it was relinquished consequent to trademark objections from the nasdaq stock exchange in the united states .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "the company then traded as storm financial pty ltd from 2 feb 2004 until 14 jun 2007 at which time the company became an unlisted public company and continued trading as storm financial ltd from 15 jun 2007 in preparation for making an initial public offering ( ipo ) in december 2007 .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "this ipo was subject to a storm financial prospectus which was dated 14 nov 2007 and lodged with the australian securities and investment commission ( asic ) on the same date .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "storm financial ltd continued to trade until external administrator worrells solvency and forensic accountants were appointed on 9 jan 2009 .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "the main creditor commonwealth bank appointed receivers and manager kordamentha on 15 jan 2009 . ", "topic": 39}], "title": "storm financial", "paragraphs": ["the storm financial fiasco underscores much of what is wrong in the financial planning industry , writes paul resnik .\nif storm financial has dogged the reputations of financial planners , mike taylor writes that the findings of the . . .\nproceedings against the executive directors of storm financial limited , emmanuel and julie cassimatis .\noverview of current and past actions arising from asic ' s investigation into storm financial .\nstorm financial\u2019s stumble into administrator\u2019s hands wasn\u2019t just a result of the financial crisis \u2013 its strategy left it badly exposed and distracted .\nstorm financial founder mr cassimatis in 2009 , when investors lost up to $ 3 billion .\nthe financial planning industry has been rocked by a series of scandals , such as storm .\nhearings this week into the storm financial collapse could reveal the unauthorised version of just why the financial planner failed so spectacularly - with storm ' s senior managers and banks firmly in the spotlight .\nthe former directors of storm financial broke the law by allowing inappropriate financial advice to be given to vulnerable clients , the federal court has found .\n' ' i am one of the many devastated , completely guttered and ruined clients of storm financial .\nthe collapse of townsville - based financial planning group storm financial has placed a dark shadow over the savings of 13 , 000 storm clients , who had invested more than $ 4 billion with the company .\nstorm was an ostensibly \u2018independent\u2019 financial planning group but had seemingly strong ties to a number of financial institutions that provided investment and lending products and facilities ( not unlike many other \u2018independent\u2019 financial planning groups ) .\nsummary of recommendations made in 2009 by the parliamentary joint committee on corporations and financial services inquiry into financial product company collapses , including storm and opes prime .\nstorm financial primarily monitored its investors ' loans so they could be increased , bringing in more fees for storm , rather than to protect investors from market falls , the failed financial planner ' s liquidators have found .\nboq has reached a $ 19 . 7 million settlement with asic and borrowers who were advised by storm financial .\na number of storm clients have told businessday however that they never spoke with a banker , just the storm representative .\nthe parliamentary joint committee on corporations and financial services chaired by mr bernie ripoll mp , conducted an inquiry into recent financial product company collapses , including storm and opes prime .\na former storm financial adviser has had a charge against him dropped after an elderly witness deemed critical to . . .\njust something i posted in relation to banksia , another financial advising outfit , which has gone * * * * up and taken many good peoples money as storm financial did .\na man who campaigns for higher standards in financial planning is principal of sydney based quantum financial services , tim mackay .\nin other words , the\nsales culture\nat storm financial stunk to high heaven but at least it was legal .\nthe liquidators also found the collapse of storm financial was inevitable due to its reliance on fees from over - leveraged investors .\nvictims of the collapse of storm financial will not get a second chance to pursue asic over perceived failures to . . .\nthe letter blamed their financial destruction on the gfc and it believed the financial advice don nguyen had given them was appropriate .\nfuture of financial advice - read about the australian government ' s future of financial advice ( fofa ) reform package . urltoken\nthe financial planning association of australia @ australiafpa - the fpa is australia ' s leading professional community of financial planners . urltoken\nthe minister for financial services , superannuation and corporate law , chris bowen mp , said that the future of financial advice reforms are designed to tackle conflicts of interest that have threatened the quality of financial advice that has been provided to australian investors , and the mis\u2011selling of financial products that culminated in high profile corporate collapses such as storm financial , opes prime , and westpoint .\nstorm financial victim sean mcardle with some of the huge pile of paperwork that piled up in the court case against the company .\nthe community will continue to lose confidence in the players of the financial system , particularly bankers , fund managers and financial planners .\nthey rolled their own standards setting body , in effect announcing that accountant financial planners are just the same any other financial planners .\nfinally , the financial planning association ( fpa ) appears too meek to condemn a misuse of financial products so blatant that it clearly breaches the fiduciary responsibilities inherent in the role of the financial planner .\nas hundreds of thousands of victims of commonwealth bank financial planning , macquarie private wealth , storm financial , opes prime , westpoint , great southern plantations , etc , can attest , that is so true .\ndemystifying financial advice | choice | 26 sep 2011 - the proposed new\nbest interest duty\nfor financial advisers is long overdue .\nasic has argued since 1994 storm financial operated a system considered to be one - size - fits - all investment advice for all clients .\nmany storm clients were geared to 85 % and even higher in storm - branded index funds . now many are losing their homes . this email arrived this week from a storm client who wished to remain anonymous :\nsydney based financial planning practice , bfg financial services is a rarity in that it ' s compliant with apes 230 in its original form .\nbraund ' s financial planner ' s note | 2002 - this handwritten note by the braund ' s financial advisor , don nguyen , clearly states the couple had a conservative financial profile . [ pdf 63kb ]\nthe claim alleges that westpac breached its contracts with the storm clients , that it engaged in \u201cunconscionable conduct\u201d , and that it is liable as a \u201clinked credit provider\u201d of storm for misrepresentations and breaches of contracts by storm .\nstorm financial\u2019s stumble into administrator\u2019s hands wasn\u2019t just a result of the financial crisis \u2013 its strategy left it badly exposed and distracted . james thomson picks over the remains and looks at the salient lessons for every entrepreneur .\nthe rudd government is today announcing reforms to financial advice that will improve the trust and confidence of australian retail investors in the financial planning sector .\n3 parliamentary joint committee on corporations and financial services , inquiry into financial products and services in australia , paragraph 3 . 37 , page 22 .\nthe consumer financial protection bureau has published a rule barring financial companies from using arbitration to shut down class - action suits . video provided by newsy\nas the pjc inquiry concluded when examining the storm financial collapse ,\nfor at least a sub - set of storm ' s investment clients - the advice to engage in aggressive leveraged investment strategy was clearly inappropriate .\n3\nthis package represents a comprehensive government response to the recent inquiry into financial products and services in australia by the parliamentary joint committee on corporations and financial services ( the pjc inquiry , see attachment a ) , which was set up in the wake of collapses such as storm financial and opes prime .\nwe are now in the endgame of the storm financial saga , when judges , barristers and forensic auditors make their quid from the misery of investors .\ncustomers who were caught up in the storm financial collapse are soon set to receive a $ 17 payout from the bank of queensland ( boq ) .\ncommonwealth bank of australia had long been storm\u2019s key lender and an important partner , with many storm clients holding margin loans with cba and its subsidiaries . but as storm has inched closer to the brink , the relationship has deteriorated quickly .\nthese reforms are the government ' s response to the parliamentary joint committee on corporations and financial services ' inquiry into financial products and services in australia .\nthe financial ombudsman service offers a free , fair and accessible service to consumers who are unable to resolve a dispute with a financial services provider . urltoken\nhowever , the future of financial advice ( fofa ) reforms , which flowed out of the ripoll inquiry into the collapse of storm financial , were always a compromise between vast competing interests - with the big banks , who largely control the financial planning industry , at one end and consumers at the other .\njust ask the 13 , 000 clients of one of the nation ' s biggest financial planning groups , storm financial , which faces a $ 4 billion crisis this weekend after the big banks pulled the rug from under the company .\nin 2012 , in the wake of financial planning scandals such as those at storm financial and others where thousands of people lost their life savings , the accounting and professional ethical standards board ( apesb ) decided to take a stand .\nan unfortunate behaviour i suspect is common to many other financial planners and planning groups is the projection of the financial planner\u2019s risk tolerance on to their clients .\nstorm\u2019s founders could never have predicted the severity of the financial crisis , but it was not until october 2008 that they advised clients to start getting out of equities and into cash . by then it was too late for storm and its clients .\nlet ' s make financial planning a trusted profession ,\nthey said .\ncommonwealth bank offers customers review of dodgy financial advice | 3 jul 2014 - the commonwealth bank is offering reviews to customers who feel they received poor financial advice .\nrampant litigation in the financial sector will only create more risk for australia\u2019s banks .\nstorm financial was a boom - time business . while the company was established 35 years ago and had seen off incidents including the sharemarket crash of 1987 , the asian financial crisis and a couple of gulf wars , it really only rose to prominence in the last five years as world financial markets entered a roaring bull market .\nstorm will not be the last financial advisory outfit to be engulfed in this crisis . financial advisers at every level from the white shoe brigade in queensland ( wouldn ' t you know it the head office of storm is in townsville ) to tailored spivs at our leading banks have been\ngearing up\ntheir clients for years .\nthe storm financial investment model encouraged investors to borrow against their assets and buy indexed share funds , but the stock market collapse has left them owing millions of dollars .\nunregistered managed investment scheme ( umis ) proceedings initiated by asic against storm financial limited , commonwealth bank of australia limited , bank of queensland limited and macquarie bank limited .\ncba , macquarie and bank of queensland had provided the margin loans to storm clients .\nyou only need to visit storm\u2019s website to see how desperate it was to grow its financial planning group at virtually any price . \u201cwe\u2019re expanding across australia and now buying quality financial planning practices for top dollar , \u201d the website says . storm promised to pay financial planners \u201cabove industry standard\u201d for the businesses , and pay in a shorter time than is usual ( 50 % upfront and 50 % in 12 months ) .\nwhen financial planning firm storm financial collapsed with $ 3 billion in investment losses , many of its investors were left destitute . a parliamentary joint committee inquiry into the company\u2019s demise was conducted in response and , in 2010 , then financial services minister chris bowen announced a series of sweeping reforms aimed at giving greater protection to retail investors .\n1 the reference to the term ' financial adviser ' in this information pack generally refers to those who provide ' financial product advice ' under the corporations act 2001 .\nsunshine coast investors burnt by the $ 3 billion collapse of storm financial are furious that a landmark inquiry into the company\u2019s demise failed to take the banking industry to task .\nwestpac has unilaterally moved to end grandfathering with respect to its financial advice . . .\nfinancial planner ( voiceover ) : mr stevens , tell me about your . . .\ndon\u2019t include personal or financial information like your national insurance number or credit card details .\njustice edelman stated a reasonable director would have known that the storm model when applied to these clients was likely to lead to inappropriate advice and that consequences would be catastrophic for storm .\nstorm\u2019s attempt to float on the australian stock exchange in late 2007 was an absolute disaster .\nwith the harvey disaster unfolding , the question is whether the storm could become another katrina .\nsecond , the float seemed poorly organised . storm was forced to delay its ipo by one month because of conflicts with its reporting dates , and fund managers who saw storm\u2019s presentations remember a shabby and disorganised sales pitch , with storm executives openly bickering with the company\u2019s corporate advisers .\nadele ferguson : inside the frankston branch , the financial planner asks noel stevens a series of questions about his job , his financial status and , crucially , his medical history .\ncoast - based storm investors consumer action group co - chairman mark weir said lender liability should have been at the heart of the parliamentary joint committee for corporations and financial services report .\nyet the guts of this investor calamity is that storm - unlike mortgage funds such as city pacific or failed corporates such as allco , centro and babcock - was a financial planner .\nwhether this is in the form of a payment , from a product provider , or from any financial services business , in relation to the distribution or advice for retail financial products .\nwhat an enlighteningly misinformed comment . you fail to realise that financial planners are . . .\nthe main issue with financial planners transitioning to conflict free is their mind set .\ni don ' t go with financial advisers and don ' t know much about them .\nby late 2008 and early 2009 , many of storm ' s clients had suffered significant losses .\nanswers to frequently asked questions about compensation , legal proceedings and asic actions in relation to storm .\nit gives me great pleasure to announce significant reforms to the provision of financial advice , which i believe will improve the quality of advice , strengthen investor protection and underpin trust and confidence in the financial planning industry . these reforms should ultimately encourage more people to seek financial advice .\nthe commonwealth bank secretly struck a deal with class action lawyers for storm financial group which left victims in a $ 1 billion claim against the bank with a return of just $ 34 million .\nthese reforms will see australian investors receive financial advice that is in their best interests , rather than being directed to products as a result of incentives or commissions offered to the financial adviser .\nadele ferguson : inside the commonwealth bank , the financial planner looks at noel ' s details .\nmuch of what is wrong in financial planning will be found in the very public unravelling of the storm financial group . time and the courts will tell if there has been any form of illegality . in the meantime , the nature of their business model will become more open to public view .\nthis is best exemplified in this exchange reported in the townsville bulletin on january 7 this year between business editor tony raggatt , and emmanuel and julie cassimatis , the founders of the storm financial group .\nthe storm draft prospectus shows ignite had contracts to supply not only software support services to storm and its authorised representatives but also business services , research and analysis , education and training , and other services .\nstorm - related class action proceedings against commonwealth bank of australia limited and colonial first state investments ltd .\nstorm is shaping up to be the case study for everything that is wrong with the investment market in 2008 . storm made its name as one of the\nhigh energy\nfinancial planning groups that coaxed investors into using their home equity to finance their investments , and then boosted those investments through borrowing .\nany form of payment relating to volume or sales targets ( including employee sales and volume targets ) from any financial services business , relating to the distribution and provision of advice for retail financial products .\nthe committee recommends that asic immediately begin consultation with the financial services industry on the establishment of an independent , industry\u2011based professional standards board to oversee nomenclature , and competency and conduct standards for financial advisers .\nlevitt robinson has brought a class action in the federal court of australia against westpac bank on behalf of former storm financial clients who had mortgages with westpac . the lead applicants are john and glenda lee .\nin the case of storm however , the lawyers are lining up their attack on the assumption that storm was an agent of the banks . it appears that in some cases , client income was overstated on credit applications and in many cases the documentation was struck at storm offices or over the phone to the banks .\nfinancial planning has a blueprint to become a trusted profession . it ' s the original apes 230 .\ncba harvested customers for in - house advice | financial observer | 11 apr 2014 - the whistleblower at the centre of commonwealth bank of australia ' s ( cba ) financial advice saga has claimed the bank harvested client databases and used banking staff to funnel customers to its in - house financial advice businesses .\nthe consumer financial protection bureau said monday financial companies will no longer be allowed to force customers to use arbitration to settle group disputes , restricting the industry ' s favored legal tool after years of review .\nbut the liquidators dismissed this argument , finding that storm would almost certainly have been insolvent early last year .\nfirst , the riskiness of the plans and product recommendations seem to have been unrelated to the risk tolerance of storm clients . rather , there are fears they have been structured to maximise revenue for the storm business .\nsecondly , last year\u2019s dividend paid to the founders of storm is mystifying when judged against conventional accounting standards .\nit seems all in storm believed their message . it is claimed everyone lost money , staff and clients alike . it would appear , to an outsider , storm simply projected its corporate risk tolerance onto its clients .\nlicence fees under the software deal entailed storm paying 35 % of all platform fees ( calculated monthly ) and 0 . 175 % of the gross asset value of funds in storm - branded product after two years .\nsettlement agreement with the commonwealth bank of australia ( cba ) for compensation for losses suffered on storm investments .\nthe hurricane , which has weakened to a tropical storm , is the first category 4 storm to hit the united states since charley in 2004 . harvey has destroyed homes , severed power supplies and caused severe flooding .\nhowever , sean mcardle , the lead litigant in the storm class action lawsuit against the bank confirmed over the weekend he and other storm victims were not made aware that any deal had been struck with the bank .\n2 a retail financial services product , under the corporations act 2001 , is defined as a financial product ( see s763a for the general definition ) that is held by a retail client ( see s761g for the meaning of retail client and wholesale client ) . section 764a lists the specific things that are defined as financial products . if the client is classified as\nretail\n, then the financial product is a\nretail financial services product\n, and the investor protection provisions contained in chapter 7 of the act apply\nthe committee recommends that asic immediately begin consultation with the financial services industry on the establishment of an independent , industry - based professional standards board to oversee nomenclature , and competency and conduct standards for financial advisers .\nas part of its defence strategy storm is exploring the possibility of legal action against commonwealth bank ' s colonial funds group . colonial dumped storm funds from its client lists , triggering a round of margin calls on storm clients . in turn , these margin calls will create forced share sales that will mean multimillion - dollar losses for investors .\nthe federal court may have found that emmanuel and julie cassimatis breached their duties as directors of storm . . .\na significant number of storm\u2019s clients were aggressively double geared , which is widely regarded as a very risky strategy .\ntwo other former storm staff called to give evidence , kristy devney and carmela richards , who were also former commonwealth bank staffers , argue in detail that the bank ' s lending to storm was hardly an isolated townsville issue .\nthey used their powers as directors to create an environment in which [ as they were aware ] it was almost inevitable that the storm model would be applied to people with a high degree of financial vulnerability .\nstorm , the speculative townsville - based financial advice firm , collapsed in january 2009 amid the global financial crisis and was shunted into liquidation shortly afterwards . it owed $ 3 . 6 billion to some 14 , 000 investors who had been recklessly advised to use high levels of debt to invest in shares during the bull market .\nthe business could no longer meet its financial obligations as they fell due and is now being wound up .\nit was the local frankston commonwealth bank , inviting noel to come in and speak with their financial planner .\nthe cfpb has enacted a new rule , banning financial companies from insisting on arbitration to settle group disputes .\nin a similar case , beset by a number of class actions following the failure of storm financial , commonwealth bank was forced to settle with asic for a sum totalling $ 270 million to its customers who had lost in storm\u2019s collapse . again there was no admission of liability by commbank . nor , as it turns out , did the commbank board take any responsibility . in the mean time , other class actions related to storm continue for commbank .\nthe inquiry looked at the role played by financial advisers , the state of the general regulatory environment , remuneration models ( such as commissions ) , the role of marketing and advertising in financial product distribution , the licensing arrangements of those who sold the financial products and services , and the consumer protection and insurance arrangements in place .\nin early january , storm released a media statement declaring the court had agreed with its claims , when in fact justice greenwood had dismissed storm\u2019s application and said the matter needed to be tested at trial . cba was deeply unimpressed .\n[ the federal court ' s ] decision also highlights the significant obligation of financial services licensees to provide financial advice that is appropriate to the persons to whom it is given ,\nasic commissioner greg tanzer said .\nstorm never had the capacity , or the intention , of closely monitoring and managing client ' s debts and portfolios .\none of the more confronting issues that emerged over recent days is the relationship between lenders , fund managers and storm .\napart from bull * * * * and promises , the storm strategy was about debt , and lots of it .\nthe prime minister of antigua and barbuda said the islands had been levelled by the storm , with 90 % destroyed .\ncertainly , neither macquarie nor boq has plans to concede , with the latter issuing a press statement to say , \u201cit is our intention to defend this action vigorously . \u201d boq went on to say it had \u201cnever provided margin loans , never promoted storm financial products , never managed geared equities and never [ taken ] any commission from storm . \u201d\nthe key benefit of the reforms will be that consumer trust and confidence in the financial planning industry is strengthened .\nwhile asic is right to pursue more timely breach reporting by financial planning firms it should acknowledge that . . .\nclaire mackay is a financial planner , accountant and lawyer who was appointed to the apesb in july last year .\nadele ferguson : if the teller succeeds in getting noel to see a financial planner and sign up for a bank product , he stands to get a bonus worth hundreds of dollars and the financial planner will get even more .\nadele ferguson : banks now own or control up to 80 per cent of the country ' s financial planners .\nfinancial planner jeff morris was discovering dozens of don nguyen ' s victims who were also losing their life savings .\nhe said it was important the federal government introduced stricter laws regarding financial advisers to stop similar incidents from happening .\ncfpb : financial firms can no longer force consumers to use arbitration in group disputes the cfpb has enacted a new rule , banning financial companies from insisting on arbitration to settle group disputes . check out this story on urltoken urltoken\ni welcome the significant efforts of industry , including the investment and financial services association ( ifsa ) and the financial planning association ( fpa ) to remove commissions . the reforms clearly support their efforts by introducing enhanced standards that apply across the retail financial services industry . the reforms will greatly reduce the incidence of investors being recommended financial products as a result of sales incentives offered to advisers . clearly , clients should receive advice that is in their best interests .\nyet these financial collapses happened at almost exactly the same time : bernie madoff was led away in handcuffs in december 2008 , just as storm\u2019s banks pulled the plug on the big townsville - based financial planner and its unfortunate clients . there are , of course , huge differences between the two cases , not least that bernie madoff pleaded . . .\nstorm were not communicating from 20 december to 5 january ( they say because they had an agreement with the\nregulators\n. asic have twice indicated to me that they did not instruct storm - so who are the regulators ? ' '\nsome of those selected are not sticking to the neat script of the commonwealth bank ' s submission , that argued its storm problems were an isolated issue chiefly revolving around some former commonwealth bank staff who moved to storm ' s head office .\ni welcome the significant efforts of industry , including the investment and financial services association ( ifsa ) and the financial planning association ( fpa ) to remove commissions and improve professional standards . these reforms clearly support their efforts .\nit seems storm\u2019s clients did exactly as they were told . they stumped up cash again and again , even as the market fell . trusting their advisers , they walked into the fire . quite reasonably , they may also have put their faith in asic , which gave storm the government\u2019s tick of approval by licensing manny and his boys to dispense financial advice .\nstorm collapsed with the loss of almost $ 3 billion in investor funds , leaving many among its 3000 former investors destitute .\nthe ignite application was made in late november last year , just before commonwealth bank began contacting storm clients to advise them of margin calls against their positions and selling down its storm - branded funds . ( challenger had begun selling in october ) .\nmay i wish all storm investors a merry christmas , and hope for you all that 2013 will see some justice done .\nnot surprisingly , institutional investors laughed storm out of town and the float was eventually pulled due to a lack of support .\non 24 december , storm went to the federal court to apply for an injunction preventing commonwealth bank from further communicating with its clients , arguing that letters the bank sent to storm clients in early december were misleading and may have exacerbated client losses .\nlet ' s return to the recommendations from a parliamentary inquiry into the collapse of storm financial services . the collapse of the townsville - based group left hundreds of investors , big and small , with losses of about $ 3 billion dollars .\nin minimising these distortions , financial advice should not be put out of reach of those who would benefit from it .\nit also wants the australian securities and investments commission to be able to deny , suspend or cancel financial services licences .\nfor the chief executives of financial services companies struggling to fund the cost of compliance in an ever - . . .\npublished by tiso blackstar and distributed with the financial mail on the last thursday of every month except december and january .\nthe aim : to ensure accountant financial planners operated to the highest ethical standards and could be trusted by their customers .\nstorm ' s lack of capacity to manage clients ' margin loan positions included a reliance on data provided by the loan providers .\nmay i wish all storm investors a merry christmas , and hope for you all that 2013 will see some justice done . gg\ngiven a decade of generally bad publicity for the financial planning sector , it is a wonder that planner numbers . . .\nits british parent company provident financial has issued its third profit warning this year - saying it may lose up to \u20ac131m .\nof that $ 34 million in compensation for australia\u2019s most devastating financial scandal , legal fees came to almost $ 10 million .\nthe storm investment approach advocated clients borrowing against their homes and other assets to buy into the share market . despite the protestations of the financial planners association that it is acceptable for planners to spruik margin lending and home equity withdrawal to unsophisticated retail clients , the reality is that leverage is reckless except for investors who are not retired and who have a solid understanding of financial markets .\nyet these financial collapses happened at almost exactly the same time : bernie madoff was led away in handcuffs in december 2008 , just as storm\u2019s banks pulled the plug on the big townsville - based financial planner and its unfortunate clients . there are , of course , huge differences between the two cases , not least that bernie madoff pleaded guilty and storm\u2019s founder , emmanuel cassimatis , didn\u2019t steal investors\u2019 money . but there are also strong similarities ; these two super salesmen helped wreck the lives of thousands of elderly investors .\ncba had been advising storm of the client positions in a daily update as they fell into arrears . earlier , in a self - serving missive to clients on october 8 , storm had advised its faithful to switch to 100 % cash but not to pay down their debt . storm reaped fees on the gross assets and clients extinguishing their borrowings would have meant choking off the fee - flow .\nlicensing is the rock on which asic\u2019s regulation of the financial planning industry is founded . if you visit the regulator\u2019s website you\u2019ll see dire warnings of the dangers of taking advice from an unlicensed financial planner . but the experience of the storm case suggests a licence from asic doesn\u2019t necessarily make investors safe . those who lost hundreds of millions of dollars in property group westpoint also found little protection .\nearlier this year asic chairman , rod sims , told a senate inquiry ,\nwe still regard the financial advice sector as one of the riskiest sectors that we regulate\n, adding ,\nwe need a financial advice sector that australians can trust .\nadele ferguson examines a sales - driven culture inside the commonwealth bank ' s financial planning division described as profit at all cost .\nheavy - polluting countries should bear their share of the financial burden of severe weather caused by climate change , mr browne added .\nif asic succeeds , it could establish an important principle for future investors : that the banks who lent money to storm\u2019s clients were \u201clinked credit providers\u201d under section 73 of the trade practices act ( tpa ) and can therefore be sued for any damage inflicted by storm\u2019s misdeeds .\nfor example , how was it that - for all of storm ' s talk of\ndams\nand safety of its strategy - margin calls were never received by many of those who invested through storm , leading to a disastrous evaporation of their cash\nbuffer\n.\non this occasion they ( colonial geared investments ) appear to have had an oh s * * t moment and realised that their systems have failed ,\nmr dalle cort wrote in his submission .\nthe storm financial failure was due to product failure .\nbut nothing matches the devastation of the present client base , once some 13 , 500 clients - strong according to storm , boasting $ 4 . 5 billion under management when the cassimatises sought to float their company at the height of the market in december 2007 . emboldened by their bull - market success they had built a national presence by absorbing a number of other financial planning businesses into the storm network .\nover time , more investors will develop the confidence and trust to seek financial advice as attitudes about perceived conflicts within the industry change . the reforms will improve the quality of financial advice , particularly with respect to product recommendations , and provide strong safeguards for investors .\nthe advice recommended clients , to invest substantial amounts index fund , using the what was called the\ndouble - gearing storm\nmodel .\ngiving debt to many of storm\u2019s clients was akin to giving whisky to a two - year - old child . does society ban whisky ?\nthe government recognises the important role played by financial advisers 1 in assisting people to plan for their future . longer term challenges such as the ageing of the population , as well as recent events such as the global financial crisis , underscore the need for quality advice .\nthe distinction between a retail and wholesale client is important in the regulation of financial services . the obligations placed on financial services providers in relation to retail clients recognise the greater protection that unsophisticated investors need . this distinction has not been reviewed since its introduction in 2001 .\nbut it stopped short of calling for legislation that would outlaw commissions in financial planning , with the issue thrown back at the government .\nfinancial planners have had several opportunities to give their profession a good name , but have eschewed them in favour of conflicted commission payments .\nthe cba says it has since cleaned up its act and there is no place for so - called ' rogue ' financial planners .\nadele ferguson : jeff morris worked as a senior financial planner at the chatswood branch because it was a quick train ride to home .\nfile photo taken in 2015 shows richard cordray , director of the consumer financial protection bureau , at a hearing in denver , colorado .\nteasing out who was exactly to blame will take a degree of persistence on the committee ' s part . mr dalle cort and other former storm staff have a clear interest in blaming the banks for either a systemic failure or a blithe ignorance to the dangers of the storm model .\na critical failure however with the storm model was the aggressive topping up of loan positions . clients were urged to increase their borrowings at every opportunity ( and interest was capitalised ) - a classic conflict of interest for financial planners earning their fees on the size of an investment .\ni work in financial planning and we received an email recently showing what constituted a ' statement of advice ' for storm . if it was legit , it is a joke of a document and discloses little while getting you to sign off on an open , unexplained investment plan .\nwe need to find and apply a higher standard of personal behaviour . i suspect that can be found in the process of seeking clients\u2019 properly informed commitment to both their financial plans and the riskiness of the products , which is the core of a robust financial planning process .\nit seemed to primarily monitor its investors ' position to allow storm to increase customers ' level of borrowing - and consequently increase its own fees .\nthe report found mr cassimatis and his wife julie were paid $ 500 , 000 a year and were primarily responsible for the operations of storm .\ntheir host , and storm founder , emmanuel cassimatis confided to one client that the banks were picking up the bill . not that cassimatis needed to dig into the marketing budgets of the bankers and margin lenders . clients were paying for the holiday anyway , and besides , storm charged some of the most heroic fees in the financial services business and , as it turned out , for some of the most fundamentally - flawed advice .\nit was mid - 2007 , the height of the stock market boom , and clients of storm financial group partied the night away in the banquet halls of bracciano castle , a magnificent fifteenth - century edifice towering high above the azure waters of lake bracciano on the outskirts of rome .\nchoice : advice on investing | @ choiceaustralia - independent and trusted investigations and guides to the financial planning industry and your investment options . urltoken\nstorm financial went into administration on january 9 and liquidation on march 26 when last year ' s sharemarket falls ended its business model of recommending clients withdraw money through a mortgage on their homes , then use the proceeds as the basis for a further margin loan to invest in the stockmarket .\nthe federal government also wants to make changes to the financial advice legislation that would reintroduce some of the commissions and kickbacks that had been banned under the previous government . if the reforms go ahead it will potentially mean financial planners are less , not more , accountable to their clients .\nsuch legal uncertainty , if it were to become prevalent throughout the industry , may even undermine australia\u2019s hopes to be a regional financial hub in the asian century . perhaps it is time for the peak regulator , the council of financial regulators , to address this potentially significant systemic risk .\nmany storm clients were not told of the deterioration in the value of their investments , so they were unable to take action to reduce the losses .\nhavana fared better than expected but the storm surge still inundated two blocks into the cuban capital , with 11 - metre waves crashing over the famous malec\u00f3n . other cuban regions fared much worse , after irma made landfall as a category5 storm on friday , tearing roofs from houses and flooding communities . it was the first category 5 storm to hit cuba since 1932 , but by sunday tourists in the varadero area were ready to return to their holiday .\ncassimatis\u2019 ex - partner , ron jelich , who sold his financial planning business on the gold coast to storm and became a key player in the group , told a parliamentary inquiry in 2009 that the collapse had inflicted \u201ctotal horror , emotional despair and psychological terror\u201d on \u201cthousands of loyal , innocent , trusting , decent storm clients\u201d , whose lives had \u201cbeen shattered , in many instances , beyond repair\u201d . yet more than two years later , emmanuel and julie cassimatis , the two principals of storm , have not been punished , no adviser has lost his financial services licence \u2013 as far as we know \u2013 and the banks who put up the money for investors to gamble with have not been made to pay . or , not by asic .\nironically , asic searches reveal that ignite , a company associated with emmanuel cassimatis , has applied for a financial adviser ' s licence with the regulator . the approval is ' ' pending ' ' . ignite is owned by emmanuel and julie cassimatis and earned royalties from storm for providing software services .\npresident trump signed a federal disaster declaration for the state , and long said the move freed him to unify efforts and send in federal resources . trump\u2019s declaration made federal financial assistance available to victims of the storm ; they will have to apply for federal aid and can find information at urltoken .\nthe u . s . department of treasury ( dotreas ) activated the financial and banking information infrastructure committee ( fbiic ) communications protocols and will continue monitoring key financial sector infrastructure in the hurricane irma impact zone . treasury also assists with preparation and priority restoration of financial institution operations , and continues working as necessary to mitigate any impact on the financial system . the department provided personnel and facilities to assist with fema\u2019s response efforts and provided tax payers with guidance for storm preparation and recovery , and any available tax relief . in addition , a \u201ctreasury quick response team\u201d of special agents is deployed in miami assisting with recovery operations . finally , treasury closed facilities in the virgin islands , florida , georgia , south carolina , and alabama .\nthe storm creditors ' meeting is slated for tomorrow and it promises to be a dramatic affair . whether the founders will turn up is anyone ' s guess . storm funds under management are now believed to be down by 80 % from their highs . should evidence emerge that the cassimatises or other associates of storm have been the beneficiaries of any payments from the failed group prior to it unravelling last year , tempers will surely boil over , for starters .\nthe committee recommends that section 920a of the corporations act be amended to provide extended powers for asic to ban individuals from the financial services industry .\nadele ferguson : at the frankston cba branch , noel stevens turned up for his 11 : 30 appointment with the bank ' s financial planner .\ncba admits failings in nguyen investigations | financial observer | 11 apr 2014 - commonwealth bank of australia ( cba ) has told a senate inquiry it made the wrong decision in failing to alert the corporate regulator sooner of misconduct claims made against one of its former financial advisers five years ago .\nearlier this year , storm\u2019s high - flying founders emmanuel and julie cassimatis were valued at a staggering $ 450 million by brisbane newspaper the sunday mail , after the pair had led the company on a turbo - charged growth spree , acquiring a large number of financial planning businesses along the eastern seaboard .\nwhen you are geared big time there is no way out , but to sell out . the letter to storm clients six weeks ago admitted as much .\nthe liquidators spent considerable effort reporting on propositions put by mr cassimatis in a court action launched in december 2008 blaming commonwealth bank for storm ' s collapse .\nif you were a storm client and you had a mortgage from westpac , contact us to see if you are eligible to register for the class action .\nthirdly , despite claiming independence , storm appears to have had many links to institutional product suppliers that appear inconsistent with the ordinary use of the term \u2018independent\u2019 .\nin the statement of advice i reviewed , the fee to storm was not paid by the fund managers but as a direct reduction from the moneys borrowed .\nfor the life of me i can\u2019t see why some people continue to hold the view that very few people could have seen risk in the storm model .\nan expert advisory panel will be established which will review professional standards in the financial advice industry , including conduct and competency standards , which may include a code of ethics for financial advisers . the advisory panel may include members from the industry , professional associations , academia , consumer representatives and asic officers .\nthe grey area of agency needs to be explored with some care . the client\u2019s financial plans often demanded that at least one loan be taken out .\nappeal judgement : commonwealth financial planning ltd v [ teghan ] couper | 16 dec 2013 - transcript of the court appeal in noel stevens ' matter .\nthe landmark dodd - frank wall street reform act , which was passed in 2010 following the financial crisis , created the cfpb and ordered the agency to assess financial firms ' use of mandatory arbitration clauses . the agency issued a draft of the rule in may , 2016 and asked for public comments .\nit\u2019s far from a storm in a teacup ; it just might be a storm that leads to a senate inquiry . and remember , that senate is no longer controlled by a finance sector - friendly liberal government and any inquiry will occur in an environment where \u2018good government\u2019 just might be \u2018heavy - handed regulation\u2019 government .\nwhistleblower claims the existence of 100 cba rogue advisers | financial standard | 24 mar 2014 - former commonwealth financial planning adviser and whistleblower jeffrey morris has\nno doubt\nthat a proper investigation by the australian securities and investments commission ( asic ) would reveal at least 100 current or former rogue cba advisers .\nwhile the\nmums and dads\nat storm were borrowing up to the eyeballs , the managers were doing their bit to make them feel more relaxed \u0097 it ' s estimated that storm paid the bill for overseas holidays for at least 1000 clients over the past two years , mostly to sun city in south africa .\ncolonial ( owned by commonwealth bank ) also offered lower interest rates and higher loan valuation ratios and was super keen to get storm\u2019s business . in mid 2007 it spent heavily to sponsor a glamorous gala for storm investors in the fifteenth - century odescalchi castle in italy , where celebrities tom cruise and katie holmes were married .\nthe committee recommends that the government consult with and support industry in developing the most appropriate mechanism by which to cease payments from product manufacturers to financial advisers .\n\u201cthey\u2019ve aimed the big guns at the financial services industry and the regulators , but they\u2019ve aimed a pop gun at the banks , \u201d mr weir said .\nwarren mckeown is a certified financial planner who advises clients on investment and superannuation matters . the licensee is not associated with any bank or industry superannuation fund .\nin 2007 , don nguyen ' s legendary ability to sign up new customers scored him number one in the bank ' s internal financial planning league table .\nthe committee recommends that the government consult with and support industry in developing the most appropriate mechanism by which to cease payments from product manufacturers to financial advisers .\naccording to sources , the regulator again fielded complaints about storm last year and responded that it had looked at storm and was satisfied there was no need for an investigation . ' ' a clean bill of health ' ' was the way the source put it . asic was contacted late last week and declined to answer questions .\nstorm was able to produce impressive returns for investors by advising them to borrow heavily to \u201camplify\u201d the performance of their portfolio . while markets were soaring , the model worked brilliantly , and client numbers and funds - under - management grew quickly . but when the market turned , the margins calls started , and storm was sunk ."]}
{"id": 54716, "summary": [{"text": "indus aviation is an american light aircraft manufacturer founded in 1994 and is headquartered in dallas , texas at the dallas executive airport .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "the company manufactures variants of the thorp t-211 and the t-111 , originally designed by john thorp .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "sub-assembly and component manufacturing is contracted out to the indian company taneja aerospace & aviation with final assembly in the company 's dallas factory .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "indus aviation is currently developing an improved version of the thorp t-211 which they call the thorpedo lp .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "by february 2010 the company had 28 aircraft in customer hands and registered with the faa , including one t-11 sky skooter and 27 t-211s .", "topic": 6}, {"text": "in march 2010 , due to the ongoing economic situation , the company was undergoing a reorganization .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "by march 2017 the company reorganization was still indicated as underway . ", "topic": 23}], "title": "indus aviation", "paragraphs": ["\u00a4 indus electro controls p \u00a4 indus electric \u00a4 indus crafts & arts \u00a4 indus craftique \u00a4 indus cosmeceuticals \u00a4 indus control & automati \u00a4 indus constructions \u00a4 indus connections \u00a4 integrated network produ \u00a4 indus collections \u00a4 indus castings pvt . ltd . \u00a4 indus biotech pvt . ltd . \u00a4 indus associates \u00a4 indus art export \u00a4 indus art \u00a4 indusa infotech services \u00a4 indus \u00a4 indu marketing corporati \u00a4 indukumar & brothers \u00a4 indu jewelz \u00a4 indu inc . \u00a4 indu gupta art \u00a4 indu fashions ( india ) \u00a4 metshine industries\nindus aviation systems provides realtime feedback from the aircraft , and aircraft ' s position .\ndirectors of indus aviation products private limited are ravi kiran kota and sriram sarma kota .\nan indus aviation employee works out the kinks in the thorpedo with a fun flight over dallas .\nindus aviation products pvt . ltd . - - indus aviation complex , 898 / 1 , 80 ft . road , 6th block , koramangala , , bangalore | | business nature is manufacturer , exporters\nindus aviation expertise in ads - b ( automatic dependent surveillance broadcast ) for ground handling and operation .\nindus aviation is able to outfit their retro aircraft with modern accessories like this garmin 530 avionics suite .\nin the busy streets of downtown bangalore , indian aviation enthusiasts are able to check out a fully functional thorpedo in indus aviation\u2019s pilot store and flight school .\nfor more information about indus aviation , visit [ http : / / www . indusav . com ] .\nindus aviation complex , 898 / 1 , 80 ft . road , 6th block , koramangala , bengaluru - 560095\nram pattisapu , the owner of indus aviation , is firmly committed to improving the general aviation world in the united states ( his adopted homeland ) and his birthplace of india .\nindus aviation systems llp - service provider of gprs products , managment services & engineering services since 2005 in pune , maharashtra .\ndr ram pattisapu , president , indus aviation , at the company ' s aircraft showroom and general aviation facility at koramangala in bangalore , on tuesday . g . r . n . somashekar\nproduction this year will peak at about 50 airplanes , but indus aviation says that number may triple within just a few years .\nindus aviation complex , 898 / 1 , 80 ft . road , 6th block , koramangala , , bangalore ( karnataka ) 560095\noutside indus aviation\u2019s manufacturing hangar at dallas executive airport ( rbd ) , a robust lineup of t - 211s wait for customer delivery .\ntexas - based indus aviation will open india ' s first aircraft showroom in june apart from launching a flight - training academy in bangalore .\nin fact , dr . pattisapu\u2019s vision stretches far beyond building airplanes in a hangar outside of dallas . he imagines a day in which indus aviation is not only manufacturing thorpedos for both american and international customers , but also supercharging the asian aviation industry with flight schools and other aviation enterprises .\nsubscribe below to get regular updates from indus aviation systems llp . for our weekly newsletter , join the mail list . a weekly newsletter containing a curated selection of the best news and events from aviation industry , plus all the latest jobs and happening .\ndr pattisapu said general aviation , which involves recreational and business aviation , was not popular in the country . hence it was necessary to ease regulations for the sector to grow .\nindia can do for aviation what it has done for it ,\ndr pattisapu said .\nhe is action - oriented , strong business decisions and strategists , known for clear insight and vision for organization , always focused on operational excellence , setting new benchmarks for indus aviation systems to grow rapidly .\nindus aviation systems is a global leader in consulting , technology , and outsourcing and next - generation services . we enable clients in many countries to outperform the competition and stay ahead of the innovation curve more\n\u201c in my opinion , indus aviation demonstrated a complete knowledge and understanding of the required functionality . their ability to work as a partner helps us refine our approach and process with a world class quality . \u201d\nhow do you break into the emerging aviation market in asia ? build your own fleet of airplanes , of course . that\u2019s the ambitious plan being executed by dallas - based indus aviation , which intends to make waves in both india and the united states with its remarkably retro production aircraft , the t - 211 thorpedo .\nwhile indus will continue to work with taal , pattisapu is also scouting in bangalore for a facility in which indus aviation\u2019s indian operations will function independently . the company has also opened up a storefront in downtown bangalore , complete with a fully functional thorpedo , to sell aircraft and pilot supplies as well as flight lessons using simulators and classroom training .\nmeanwhile , back in dallas , the company occupies two 11 , 000 - square - foot hangars at dallas executive airport , formerly redbird airport . it\u2019s an airfield that everyone at indus aviation prizes among the company\u2019s greatest assets .\nthe indus aviation president , dr ram pattisapu , told a news conference on tuesday that the company also plans to manufacture a four - seater aircraft later this year . he said the showroom , which will open on june 10 , will have a two - seater aircraft on display and sell aviation - related merchandise and pilot supplies and books and magazines on aviation . the company also sponsors the build - a - plane programme for youngsters .\nindus aviation products private limited ' s annual general meeting ( agm ) was last held on 18 august 2005 and as per records from ministry of corporate affairs ( mca ) , its balance sheet was last filed on 31 march 2005 .\ntogether , they and indus aviation\u2019s 15 u . s . employees and a handful of overseas employees will produce 50 of the sharp little airplanes in a hybrid process that taps into pattisapu\u2019s international vision . overseas , indus has partnered with taneja aerospace & aviation limited to integrate a small production facility into taal\u2019s 100 , 000 - square - foot facility near bangalore , india . some of the aircraft\u2019s primary components such as the fuselage and control surfaces are manufactured there and then shipped to dallas for final assembly and flight testing .\nan international team of employees assembles airframes for the t - 211 thorpedo at the bangalore headquarters of taneja aerospace & aviation limited .\nindus aviation products private limited ' s corporate identification number is ( cin ) u35301ka2005ptc035392 and its registration number is 35392 . its email address is ravi @ urltoken and its registered address is no . 898 / 1 80 feet roadkoramangala bangalore bangalore ka 560004 in , - , .\nindus aviation systems as name suggest defines , designs and delivers it - enabled business solutions for aviation systems and satcom systems . our solutions focus on providing strategic differentiation and operational superiority to clients . ias creates solutions for its clients by leveraging its domain and business expertise along with a complete range of services right from product conceptualisation to the product end of life . with deep experience in different industrial segments like aerospace , aviation , communication , satellite communication , we have developed a wide range of next - gen solutions to tailor our customer\u2019s business .\natul has initiated multiple venture startup including indus aviation systems , sandriver technologies , cityclicks , aviationstore and punetribune atul is experience in bid management , business development , pricing , responding to rfx / eoi , prospect research , technical / domain research , win - loss analysis , business case .\n\u201c we have been very satisfied with both the cooperation and the quality of work provided by indus aviation in support of our cargo and mail operations . they are very professional in what they do and we would like to continue the work with them on a long term basis . \u201d\nindus , which plans to start a flight - training academy , will train pilots for ppl ( private pilot licence ) and cpl ( commercial pilot licence ) .\nindus aviation systems llp ( ias ) creates solutions for its clients by leveraging its domain and business expertise along with a complete range of services . ias is located pune in india which being the it hub of india and have reach to most of the multinational companies , ias has head office in this city .\nthe company has been able to take advantage of the new light sport rules , which are supervised by a committee of the american society for testing and materials . by sitting on the committee and helping create the rules , indus aviation is able to be more efficient than it might have been under the stricter faa guidelines .\n\u201cthe faa has given the industry a prerogative to self - regulate instead of direct faa oversight , allowing great freedoms that we must protect , \u201d said lama president tom gunnarson . \u201cby conducting an external audit , indus aviation demonstrates its commitment to comply with astm standards specifically developed for the faa light - sport rule . \u201d\natul has experience with companies like infosys , hcl , polaroid and ramco and executed projects valued right from 100k to 24m usd experience in the software industry spanning heterogeneously in embedded & engineering systems ' software while working on healthcare , semiconductor , aviation , retail domain - more prominently in aviation and satellite communication .\nswapnil has joined indus as avp sales .\nbuilding my own dreams to make world a better no best place\nhis motto in life . he is young , passionate and enthusiastic person with good knowledge on aviation field . many connects in the pilot community . he has proven ability to build new business relationships and new territories .\nlike the legend cub , the thorpedo is also attracting a range of buyers from first - time owners to retired flyers looking to recapture their early joys of flight . at indus aviation , the team that resurrected the t - 211 is balancing their devotion to thorp\u2019s vision with modern amenities such as speed modification and new garmin 530 avionics .\nsoon after indus aviation was born , he was able to recruit scott severen , a veteran ultralight flight instructor who once ran one of the busiest ultralight training schools in the country . coming into the t - 211 is a full circle for the enthusiastic severen , who first got his pilot training in a cherokee piper designed by john thorp .\nindus aviation products private limited is a private incorporated on 06 january 2005 . it is classified as non - govt company and is registered at registrar of companies , bangalore . its authorized share capital is rs . 10 , 000 , 000 and its paid up capital is rs . 100 , 000 . it is inolved in manufacture of aircraft and spacecraft\nin late july , the light aircraft manufacturers association announced that indus aviation had successfully completed the first light - sport aircraft standards external compliance audit . although astm standards require a yearly internal compliance audit , the external audit is voluntary . the company utilized lama\u2019s audit program services to verify that their aircraft meet astm standards for design , performance , testing and quality assurance .\n\u201cthis plane will outlast me , \u201d filip testified . \u201ci liked its design , especially the fact that it uses a real engine instead of a hang glider engine , like some light - sport aircraft . this aircraft had history and offered a lot of credibility in its design . i\u2019ve been very satisfied with the service and help that indus aviation has provided . \u201d\na few years ago , the perfect set of circumstances came together for dr . pattisapu\u2019s plan . first , the faa passed the light sport rule , allowing manufacturers like indus aviation and the american legend aircraft company to resurrect classic designs and build them to suit the flight category . secondly , the thorp t - 211 rose to the surface after many years of obscurity .\nthe assembly of indus aircraft has been outsourced to taneja aerospace . indus provides raw material , design , hardware and the engine . it exports these aircraft to the us , the uk and european markets . tanjea said last month that it has won orders from indus for supply of about 25 two - seater light sports aircraft , thorp . out of this , four kits of the aircraft have already been despatched and five more will be exported in another month . an additional 15 kits will be exported over a period of 10 months . each of these aircraft cost about rs 40 lakh .\nmost of all , indus aviation is honoring john thorp\u2019s original idea for a fun and fabulous airplane . the thorpedo is the first u . s . manufactured airplane to earn the special airworthiness certificate under the light - sport aircraft ruling . indus is manufacturing a couple of variations on its aircraft . they include the sky skooter , a variation on thorp\u2019s original t - 11 certified in 1946 and featuring an 85 - hp jabiru engine , as well as faa - certified and light sport versions of the t - 211 thorpedo , which was recertified by the faa in 1990 .\ntoday , indus aviation has resurrected thorp\u2019s vision with a number of variations on the sky skooter , juicing up the t - 211 with a robust jabiru 3300 120 - horsepower , six - cylinder engine and full dual stick controls . it even has a sliding canopy that harkens back to the days when adventurous young aviators flew the skies over america , following the highways and railways for navigation .\nresearch by ryan wang tag aviation europe has introduced the first bombardier global 5000 ultra long - range aircraft equipped with a premier cabin for charter service in europe , it said . read more\nresearch by ryan wang changi airport group plans to open a 10 , 000 - sq . - m business aviation terminal at singapore\u2019s seletar airport to handle 700 , 000 passenger movements a year . read more\nthorpedo t 211 - urltoken - dan johnson gives us a quick look at the t 211 thorpedo , light sport aircraft from indus aviation during the e . a . a . sport aviation convention at lakeland florida . made in the usa , the indus thorpedo is a storied american design ( hint : the 1950s version was the predecessor to the piper cherokee ) . now the texas company builds it with the potent 120 - hp jabiru 3300 to make it a performer designer john thorp never envisioned . this all - metal design has the mmost interesting wing structure among slsa . urltoken related search terms . experimental aircraft , experimental amateurbuilt aircraft video , homebuilt aircraft , homebuilt aircraft kits , home built aircraft , homebuilt aircraft plans , sport aircraft , light sport aircraft , light sport aircraft kits , light sport aircraft for sale , light sport aircraft manufacturers , sport planes , sport aircraft , light sport planes , urltoken urltoken\nyou\u2019ll hear no complaints from indus aviation\u2019s customers , who are the first to spread the gospel of john thorp\u2019s vision . richard filip , the ceo and regional owner of re / max of texas , uses his thorpedo to commute between his ranch in fayetteville , texas , and his hangar at west houston airport ( iws ) . using his airplane for pleasure , you\u2019ll often find the successful businessman taxiing into airports around texas , canopy down , jimmy buffett playing from his ipod .\nseveren also admits that it\u2019s sometimes difficult to resist the urge to evolve the design even further . while indus did extend the wing area of the light sport version to meet faa technical regulations , for the most part , the aircraft remains true to thorp\u2019s 1946 design .\nto list an event , send information in calendar format to donna thomas at donna . thomas @ aviationweek . com . for a complete list of aviation week network\u2019s upcoming events , and to register , visit urltoken ( bold type indicates new calendar listing . ) read more\nanother unusual feature is the aircraft\u2019s sliding canopy , an amenity on airplanes that hasn\u2019t traditionally been seen since the golden years of american aviation . by sliding it back and flying the smooth - moving airplane on a warm summer\u2019s day , you can almost imagine it\u2019s 1946 again .\nour people are our greatest asset and biggest differentiator . they are passionate about results , and also believe in having a lot of fun along the way . all with one thing in common : a real passion for quality and timely delivery . not to mention - the curiosity for aviation .\nthis graceful aircraft , now being produced at dallas executive airport ( rbd ) , was the brainchild of legendary aeronautical engineer john willard thorp ( 1912 - 1992 ) . thorp , who spent most of his life designing aircraft and teaching at boeing , was an imaginative yet conservative designer whose purpose in life was to create fun , utilitarian aircraft . his most famous design , outside of his work on the piper cherokee and the t - 18 homebuilt , may be the t - 211 , now reborn as the thorpedo from indus aviation . it\u2019s a variation on an aircraft thorp first designed in 1946 called the \u201csky skooter . \u201d\n\u201che had his eye out for an aircraft that would fit the light sport market , because he sees it as a great way for students to learn to fly in the united states , and it lowers the threshold for pilot training in other parts of the world where general aviation isn\u2019t as strong as it could be , \u201d severen recalled . \u201cthere are 12 airlines opening up in india in 2007 , and those airlines need pilots . right now , they\u2019re robbing pilots from all around the world . our thought is to create the pilots and have them trained in the thorpedos for their primary flight training . he\u2019s tackling this opportunity from all sides by providing the aircraft , the flight schools and the aviation infrastructure . \u201d\ndr pattisapu had earlier said the company had already sold 10 two - seater t211e worth about rs 40 lakh to customers in the us . indus makes two types of two - seater aircraft : the vfr ( visual flight rules ) - equipped aircraft which costs about rs 35 lakh and ifr ( instrument flight rules ) - equipped aircraft which costs about rs 40 lakh . both these aircraft can be used for business flying , surveillance and even for tourism .\n\u201che\u2019s just an awesome visionary , \u201d scott severen , director of sales and marketing for the fledgling aircraft company , said of his boss . \u201che understands how general aviation works and knows the value and utility of aircraft , as he\u2019s used them here in the united states . he sees how it helps in terms of commerce and believes there\u2019s no reason it can\u2019t help growing economies like those of india and china . \u201d\nthe company was founded when indian - born american surgeon dr . ram pattisapu began closely following the new light sport rules , which have significantly eased faa regulations for producing aircraft , as well as the arcane rules for learning to fly these particular types of planes . he\u2019s been working as a laparoscopic surgeon since the 1960s but became smitten with aviation , which led him to becoming a 1 , 000 - hour private pilot with instrument and multi - engine ratings .\nour development facility is in pune which has world - class infrastructure and abundance of talent pool ensuring best place in india to have a technical team we currently work with customers in us , australia , europe , canada , uae , japan , uk and india .\nalthough we have worked on adm ( application development ) , our inclination is towards the product engineering where we provide end to end services in product development such product development , maintenance , release management and localization and product testing including compliance and conformance testing for various deployment platforms .\natul joshi is a serial entrepreneur with 20 years of industry experience of software design , development monitoring and tracking , project management , leading and mentoring technical teams and experience spanning technology start - ups , international business consulting & private equity .\nhe has project leadership and management experience for various software life - cycles like product development , maintenance , outsourced software services , odc ( offshore development center ) and specialised in product engineering .\nhe has rich experience in product development life cycle . he worked with business partners to determine and interpret business requirements into technology solutions . lets walk together to achieve the goal is always his strategy .\nhe always tries to ensure synergy between teams and client to achieve set goal . his style of leadership involves being flexible : prepared to adapt goals in the light of changing situations .\n\u201c we know and understand how important safety is for us , our crewmembers , mechanics , etc . and we appreciate that level of concern and care for us by your engineers . they worked hard to make sure that software is bugfree all the time and all the releases . \u201d\nwe pride ourselves of having had the opportunity of working and executing some of the most challenging projects across the verticals for our esteemed clientele .\namazing products building requires next generation cutting - edge technology skills , team of subject matter experts provide best - in - class solutions , on time execution , brainstorming & commitments .\non a horizontal side , we do have experience working in firmware development , software development , mobile app integration and enterprise app development for clients in these domain . get more information about our credentials in this area and expertise in this domain \u2013 please get in touch with us at sales @ urltoken .\noffering all core elements of the stages of design , right from design inputs to design outputs and validation .\n2d and 3d imaging as well as 360 degree surround view with support for real - time image / video interfacing , capture , pre - processing , analytics , display , and networking functionalities .\nprovides support for crew scheduling , crew tracking , alerts , crew notification , crew pay and disruption recovery .\nfor an operator to improve and monitor its operational safety and to enhance flight safety .\ncarroll shelby\u2014from curtiss to cobra . born january 11 , 1923 flown west may 10 , 2012\nrichard filip , ceo of re / max texas , says that he\u2019ll wear out before his beloved thorpedo t - 211 does .\nlight venture aircraft , a small builder that was making the t - 211 available in kit form , approached pattisapu . for a fair price , pattisapu was able to acquire the type certificate for the t - 211 and all the original tooling and jigs built by john thorp in 1946 that were needed to manufacture the aircraft , and even purchased enough parts for 25 aircraft .\nthe thorpedo\u2019s unique external ribbed skins are part of john thorp\u2019s original design , adding strength and reducing the weight of the t - 211 .\n\u201cwe procure raw materials here and then send them over to india to be processed with our tooling and jigs , \u201d severen explained . \u201cthey\u2019re sending our processed parts back here . the model we\u2019re moving toward is for them to build more and more of the subassembly so we can just do the final assembly and let it rip . \u201d\n\u201cbeing at dallas executive makes the manufacturing and test flying very easy , \u201d severen said . \u201cone of the great things about being here is that it\u2019s a very underutilized airport . with its multiple runways and long lengths , it\u2019s perfect for what we\u2019re doing . \u201d\n\u201cthe nice thing about the astm process is that it\u2019s not cast in concrete like part 23 , where it takes years and an act of congress to change the rules , \u201d severen said . \u201cit\u2019s to the benefit of the consumer , because products can now be changed and improved instead of being locked into a design . \u201d\nas far as flying , severen , and many others say the thorpedo handles like a dream .\njohn thorp , the creator of the original t - 11 , was a visionary aircraft designer who worked on the boeing 247 and the p2v neptune naval bomber .\n\u201cit\u2019s very similar to the ercoupe in its handling qualities , \u201d he said . \u201cthe airplane doesn\u2019t stall or spin and it\u2019s very forgiving . at the same time , it\u2019s very nimble . it has very light , well - harmonized and balanced controls . while it\u2019s not aerobatic , it is pretty frisky . it\u2019s easy to get up there and play around with it . \u201d\nby the same token , the all - metal frame , the jabiru engine and john thorp\u2019s unique ribbed wing design all contribute to the aircraft\u2019s solid flight characteristics . it can take off in 400 feet , and with tri - oleo landing gear , it\u2019s a solid choice even for turf runways . a comfortable side - by - side interior also makes the thorpedo a reasonable choice even for cross - country flights .\n\u201cthis follows john thorp\u2019s philosophy of building simple and straightforward aircraft , \u201d severen said . \u201ceven with six cylinders it\u2019s completely smooth . you could set a cup on water on that wing and not shake it . you can also leave your feet on the floor for hours when you\u2019re flying cross - country . it\u2019s very stable and wants to go in one direction . \u201d\n\u201cwe\u2019re not the fastest airplane in the pack , but we\u2019re trying to preserve the t - 211\u2019s graceful lines that are so indicative of the mid - 1940s , \u201d severen said . \u201cone thing that really attracts people is the thorpedo\u2019s graceful looks . we\u2019re very happy in that niche , but i think we may be able to pick up a little speed . while the flight schools don\u2019t require it , the reality of the retail market in america is that people always want to go faster and climb better . \u201d\n\u201cwe\u2019ve been very diligent in honoring john thorp\u2019s original design but as men , that\u2019s hard to do , \u201d severen laughed . \u201cwe want to change things ; it\u2019s genetic . it\u2019s been a real discipline not to mess with it but john thorp hit the nail on the head with his design for a no - frills airplane and we are sticking to it . \u201d\nthe aircraft starts at $ 79 , 900 for the sky skooter and $ 84 , 900 for the thorpedo . both include basic flight and engine instruments , a transponder , emergency locator transmitter and strobe lights . for additional fees , the company can also outfit each aircraft with a range of avionics and radio packages from garmin and other manufacturers .\n\u201cit\u2019s a straightforward aircraft , and by its very nature , the operating costs are simple as well , \u201d severen said . \u201cwe sell a fun , stable , rugged airplane . \u201d\nflying the aircraft is a favorite pastime for thorpedo pilot jack allmon , a dallas printer who keeps a small landing strip affectionately billed as the \u201crocking a airport\u201d in whitney , texas . he praised the thorpedo , which he now uses as his primary aircraft , after nearly 30 years of flying everything from stearmans to king airs .\n\u201cnumber one , it\u2019s a proven aircraft design by john thorp , \u201d allmon said . \u201cnumber two , it flies like a real airplane and not a light airplane . it is , but it doesn\u2019t fly like one . it\u2019s relatively fast , and the jabiru engine is very efficient where fuel consumption is concerned . it\u2019s just a good , true airplane . \u201d\n\u201cwe have the production capabilities to knock out 75 and we could force the range up over 100 , but we\u2019re being conservative about business in the beginning , \u201d severen said . \u201cwe have the capacity , but we\u2019re trying to be realistic . hopefully , we\u2019ll get our doors blown off with orders , but for now , we\u2019re being smart . \u201d\ncarl williams\u2019 father once sold 30 heads of steer to purchase an . . .\nemily howell warner was the first woman to pilot a scheduled - 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", "topic": 9}], "title": "bookish", "paragraphs": ["obviously , neither corneille nor the characters who laugh at excessively bookish speech avoid literary convention .\nthe category page for bookish podcast by bob johnson of the gutter bookshop . all things book related .\nas an archivist , former librarian , kind of a bookish person , my job is to catalog everything .\nas for zola , which was founded by literary agents , the acquisition of bookish underscores the founders\u2019 considerable ambitions .\nbookish / beauty and the beast inspired / much ado about nothing necklace featuring metal book charm on beaded necklace .\nsuch technology , he said , had cost bookish millions to develop and was worth the price even if the site was not yet making money .\nwhat made you want to look up bookish ? please tell us where you read or heard it ( including the quote , if possible ) .\nthe bookish young kennedy looked up to these charismatic figures , and a happy childhood with friends in the neighborhood offers a particular lens on his jurisprudence .\nlet ' s be book buddies ! subscribe to the bookish newsletter and we ' ll share giveaways , book recommendations , exclusive author content , and more .\nolivia is both bookish and feral , the kind of smart girl whose confusion has led to an adolescence filled with allen ginsberg and full - time pajamas .\ni love this tag , mostly because i enjoy getting to know other book bloggers a little better . and how better to learn about them than their bookish history ?\nbook industry insiders had speculated on how much longer the site would survive in its current form . of bookish\u2019s 22 employees , about half will lose their jobs , a company spokeswoman said .\nholden starts as a textbook groff character : neat , bookish , pretty , an f . b . i . choirboy who becomes a teacher and researcher after a hostage situation goes wrong .\n\u201cwe are very pleased to have found a new owner for the site whose goals and interests are so closely aligned with the bookish mission , \u201d said michael pietsch , chief executive of hachette .\ninsiders will recognize real - world touches : the bookish spectacles one defendant dons for court , the feral dogs that roam gang neighborhoods , the civilian police employee who passes tips to her gang - member nephew .\nrose city book & paper fair : lovers of all things bookish are invited to the 12th annual rose city book & paper fair , which will feature more than 60 dealers in used , rare and antiquarian books and ephemera .\nbookish is a books podcast from dublin , ireland brought to you by bob johnston of the gutter bookshop and margaret madden of the bleach house library book blog via the headstuff podcast network . this month we\u2019re discussing the latest \u2018book\u2026\nin fact , citkowitz possesses literary bona fides that are not immediately apparent , having worked as a screenwriter and coming from bookish stock : her mother was anglo - irish novelist lady caroline blackwood and her stepfather was poet robert lowell .\nbookish , a struggling website started by three large book publishers less than a year ago , has been sold to zola books , a start - up e - book retailer , the parties announced monday . the purchase price was undisclosed .\nthese example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word ' bookish . ' views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of merriam - webster or its editors . send us feedback .\nconnolly , c . ( 2014 ) ' a bookish history of irish romanticism ' in fermanis , p . and regan , j . ( eds . ) rethinking british romantic history , 1770 - 1845 . oxford : oxford university press .\nregular listeners to bookish will know that shane always gets away with shoehorning a sports book reference or two into the most unsuitable of conversations . having quickly become accustomed to bob ' s glazed - over expression , he ' s in his\u2026\njoe regal , zola\u2019s chief executive , said he would operate bookish in its current form until he developed a plan for how to integrate it into zola\u2019s own site . he said the site\u2019s chief attraction was the sophisticated \u201calgorithmic software\u201d that offers readers suggestions .\ni love bookish first . when i first found you guys i thought , \u201cthis sounds too good to be true . \u201d but no , it\u2019s all true . you guys are like a reader\u2019s dream come true . i never thought i would actually wi\nin episode 7 of bookish , shane and bob belatedly usher in the new year with a first podcast of 2016 . on the show , philip pullman and his decision to step down as patron of the oxford literary festival over its payment policy ; gender\u2026\nis there anything like the joy of diving into a novel ? if there is , we sure haven\u2019t found it yet . grab your favorite reading chair and get cozy . we\u2019ve got all of the fiction content you\u2019ll need to be your most bookish self .\nthis is episode 8 of bookish , the irish podcast about books and reading , with bob johnston from the gutter bookshop in temple bar and dalkey and shane breslin of blackbird books in navan . on the show this month : - post - hibernation bears - \u2026\nbetter late than never ? well , we ' ll let you be the judge of that . on the april edition of bookish with bob johnston of the gutter bookshop and shane breslin of blackbird books . - awards season ! again ! we take a look at the recently\u2026\nthat was my feature friday for today ! i hope you enjoyed what you read . if you end up checking out these websites or if you\u2019ve used them before i\u2019d love to hear your thoughts about them ! also let me know if you have any other fun bookish websites that you know about because i always like to explore new ones .\nnew orleans is absolutely drenched in old literary history , and over the summer , i was lucky enough to visit for a few days with a friend of mine and get a taste of this history for myself . a few years ago , cassandra neace highlighted her favorite bookish spots and book stores around the city , but if you\u2019re itching for more literary awesomeness , check out some of these historical locations :\nthree of the five top publishers \u2014 the hachette book group , simon & schuster and penguin usa \u2014 conceived of bookish in 2011 as a book recommendation site to compete with amazon . but it had unsure footing from the start , churning through a handful of chief executives before a belated debut in early 2013 . over the last year , the site has grown to a respectable but unremarkable 300 , 000 unique visitors a month .\nlonestar literary life , a website for texas books and texas readers that is committed to\nconnecting texas books and texas writers with those who most want to discover them ,\nhas named angelina and nacogdoches counties as one of their top ten texas bookish destinations in 2017 . the article , which includes a description of the authors ' visit to the history center , can be found here . they highlighted several other locations in the area including absolutely fiction bookstore , kurth memorial library , t . l . l . temple memorial library , and stephen f . austin state university .\ndeclaration of michael r . bromwich ( with exhibits ) ( december 30 , 2013 )\nplaintiff ' s memorandum of law in opposition to apple inc . 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excerpt of the first chapter !\ni have yet to receive my first free book . i don\u2019t like to give a negative review and i have loved to books on the site so far . it\u2019s a good concept but i don\u2019t believe there is a lot of organizati\ni have spoken with two people and it took them a while to get back to me . the book i was supposed to receive is due out next week and i know it\u2019s not bookishfir\ncompany , but i wish there was a tracking number to confirm the books are being shipped out rather then hope it gets to me . i got another book coming so lets hope it gets here . \ufffd\nn a book but there\u2019s hardly a week goes by that i don\u2019t win at least one i choose from . and most of the time , it\u2019s a real book , paperback and some times hardback ! and it\u2019s all free ! of course , i leave a review when the book is released but that\u2019s not a hardship . i\u2019m in heaven . i appreciate\nand it\u2019s not really a complaint but a wish , i wish you offered more than one or two books a week and a wider variety of genres like you did in the beginning .\nromance . it\u2019s mostly chick flick reads as i call them lol . but i have to admit , i found myself liking even them once i tried them . i recommend you guys to everyone i know and show them how to sign up . they , like me , ask what the catch is and can\u2019t believe how you not only get books free , you also get points and get to choose a book for free when you get so many . thank you for all you do !\nurltoken unabridged based on the random house unabridged dictionary , \u00a9 random house , inc . 2018\n, pius xi ( achille ratti ) spent years as a vatican librarian before becoming a diplomat and cardinal .\nset frets about the ipad , kindle , and the future of publishing , the cool kids are eating their lunch .\ncollins english dictionary - complete & unabridged 2012 digital edition \u00a9 william collins sons & co . ltd . 1979 , 1986 \u00a9 harpercollins publishers 1998 , 2000 , 2003 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2009 , 2012\n. in sense of\noverly studious\nit is recorded from 1590s . related :\nfrom a child i was fond of reading , and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books .\ninclination at length determined my father to make me a printer , though he had already one son ( james ) of that profession .\nthis page was last edited on 27 may 2018 , at 01 : 26 .\ntext is available under the creative commons attribution - sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site , you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\njavascript is disabled for your browser . some features of this site may not work without it .\n\u00a9 2014 , oxford university press . reproduced by permission of oxford university press .\nthis chapter argues that authors of irish romantic novels and national tales , such as maria edgeworth and john and michael banim , are not only concerned with the extent to which their novels sought to copy from irish culture but are also worried about the slightness of the novel form in relation to the copiousness of that culture . such concerns led to attempts by thomas crofton croker and others to add texture and tactility to their depictions of the irish past , through antiquarian methodologies but also facsimiles , lithography , and other developments in print culture . the chapter demonstrates the ways in which irish literary texts were concerned not only to accurately and minutely detail the past , but also to adduce evidence of such historical and cultural authenticity , working against teleological accounts of the birth of the modern historical method , which see romantic history as unconcerned with the evidentiary foundations of the past .\nthis website uses cookies . by using this website , you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with the ucc privacy and cookies statement . for more information about cookies and how you can disable them , visit our privacy and cookies statement\nhello dears ! i\u2019ve not been posting much more than tags , and i apologise . i\u2019ve been doing quite a bit of reading and also writing ! i finally know where my story is going and i\u2019m quite excited about that . i swear i\u2019ll write a review soon , and do other normal posts , but for now , it\u2019s tags !\ni was tagged for this by aralyn . thank you so much ! she actually started this tag , and it\u2019s a very cool tag which i cannot wait to begin !\nlet\u2019s take a moment to appreciate how easy and low - pressure these rules are ! i\u2019m going to go ahead and use her questions because i happen to think she\u2019s better at creating questions than she gives herself credit for .\nthe more i thought about this , the more favourites i remembered . my mother used to read me freckle juice and little house on the prairie . i loved anne of green gables , the secret garden , black beauty , hoot , and little women . i loved bridge to terabithia , holes , treasure island , and sarah , plain and tall . i loved reading about mischievous little girls like me , so i adored ramona and junie b . jones . i adored ( and read almost all of ) the babysitter\u2019s club books . i loved historical fiction from a very young age ( all those little house books , i expect ) and discovered the dear america series and the royal diaries series by the time they were a bit below my reading level . i liked them for that reason , however , because it meant i could devour them in an afternoon . i may have read all of them ; i certainly read every one i could hunt down .\nhmm , that\u2019s a good question . i think it was mostly just the books mentioned above . i don\u2019t know if there was a specific one that i could definitively say got me nto loving reading . i just loved reading . always .\ni don\u2019t think so , because i always liked a variety of genres . i just have never really been tied to any particular genre .\ni think every book i\u2019ve read does ? even books i\u2019ve almost forgotten about\u2014i\u2019ll see a book in a bookstore and all the memories of it will come flooding back to me . books\u2014good ones , anyway\u2014really stick with you . so if i started listing all the ones i felt special about , we would be here all night .\nheh well usually i\u2019m writing blog posts at my desk , where my bookshelf is right behind me , but this weekend i\u2019m hanging with some sweet pups while their owners are out of town .\ni also talked about my history as a reader in this post and this post , if you\u2019re interested in knowing more for some reason .\ni feel the same way about the condition of my books . i\u2019d rather get the most out of a reading experience by annotating and highlighting then try to keep all of my books pristine . where\u2019s the fun in that ? \ud83d\ude42\ni like this tag . i also can\u2019t think of any one book or series that started my love of reading . i\u2019ve always loved reading .\nah , i\u2019m so glad you did it ! love the answers , too ! especially the love of books for what kind of bookworm you are . and your first question\u2019s answer gave me a good idea for another question i thought would fit well\u2026 i may have to add it to mine\u2026 * mumbles * you read quite a few books in your childhood ! i remember read anne of green gables , but it wasn\u2019t one of my favorites . i have a terrible memory x )\nhaha , well i\u2019m a bit of a rebel . plus i just think if i was an author and saw someone\u2019s copy of my book and they had written in it and read the heck out of it , i would be really , really touched . so i don\u2019t feel like i\u2019m disrespecting the book , i feel like i\u2019m getting the most out of it . but everyone feels differently about it and guess what ? if you own it , it\u2019s yours ! if you want to keep it pristine that is 100 % ok . \ud83d\ude42\nenter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email . ( no spamming , promise ! )\nprivacy & cookies : this site uses cookies . by continuing to use this website , you agree to their use . to find out more , including how to control cookies , see here : cookie policy\nwe use cookies to enhance your experience on our website . by continuing to use our website , you are agreeing to our use of cookies . you can change your cookie settings at any time .\n\u00a9 the author ( 2017 ) . published by oxford university press on behalf of the leo baeck institute . all rights reserved . for permissions , please email : journals . permissions @ urltoken\nyou could not be signed in . please check your email address / username and password and try again .\nmost users should sign in with their email address . if you originally registered with a username please use that to sign in .\nto purchase short term access , please sign in to your oxford academic account above .\noxford university press is a department of the university of oxford . it furthers the university ' s objective of excellence in research , scholarship , and education by publishing worldwide\nfor full access to this pdf , sign in to an existing account , or purchase an annual subscription .\non our first full day in new orleans , my friend and i wandered around the french quarter and decided that 3 : 30 on a monday afternoon was the perfect time to get tipsy . we stopped in the old absinthe house on bourbon street , which was a favorite haunt for authors like mark twain and oscar wilde , and which also served as the legendary secret meeting place between andrew jackson and the pirate jean lafitte as they planned the military strategy for the battle of new orleans . the bar top is actually the original bar from the early 1800\u2019s , and if you look past the football memorabilia hanging from the ceiling , it\u2019s easy to imagine mark twain sitting at the bar with that spectacular mustache and a glass of absinthe in hand .\nwe also ventured up to the second and third floors , which are fully functioning restaurants in the evenings , but were still closed when we got there . on the third floor , we bumped into one of the head chefs ( \u201cjust call me chef q\u201d ) , who thankfully did not scold us for wandering around the empty restaurant , but instead gave us an impromptu mini tour and shared a few of his favorite ghost stories from working there . so for those of you keeping score at home , the old absinthe house is literary and haunted ! bonus points !\nthe carousel bar & lounge is exactly what its name implies : a bar set around a rotating merry - go - round . the bar / lounge is located inside the famous hotel monteleone , which has seen its fair share of literary guests , including ernest hemingway , william faulkner , john grisham , and anne rice . truman capote was also a frequent guest of both the hotel and the carousel bar , and he ( erroneously ) claimed that he had actually been born in the hotel itself .\nthe hotel was designated as an official literary landmark by the friends of the library association , one of only three hotels in the country to receive that distinction . and although we didn\u2019t stay in the hotel itself , you can tell it\u2019s well worth a visit . it\u2019s also one of the city\u2019s most well - known haunted locations . ( that\u2019s two haunted places on this list , if you\u2019re keeping track , and yes , i totally plan to spend a night there one day . )\nby day , jackson square and the place d\u2019armes is a popular shopping and entertainment attraction in the heart of the french quarter . but by night , it\u2019s overrun with dozens of stray cats that congregate behind the iron bars in the square . seriously . it\u2019s like a kitty convention center . italian writer italo calvino described the feline occupants of jackson square in his story , \u201c the garden of stubborn cats , \u201d saying \u201cthere were striped cats , black cats , white cats , spotted cats , tabbies , angoras , persians , family cats and stray cats , perfumed cats and stinky cats . marcovaldo understood that he finally reached the heart of the kingdom of cats , their secret island . \u201d\nsadly , i did not see any cats when we walked by , but if you read the comments from other nighttime tourists , it sounds like the cats really do make frequent appearances in the square . i\u2019ll just have to plan another visit and wait for the kitties to come out .\nwhen i first signed up to write this article , my first thought was \u201ci totally have to stalk anne rice\u2019s house . \u201d i\u2019ve only read the first two books in the vampire chronicles , but to me , anne rice is the living embodiment of new orleans . her house even made its way into the witching hour , the first book in the mayfair witches trilogy \u2013 address and all !\nanne rice doesn\u2019t live in the house anymore , so to the average pedestrian , it just looks like another stately historic home in the garden district , save for a bronze plaque on the front gate with her name . there aren\u2019t any tours inside the house , so i only got to look at it from behind the iron fence . but with the gorgeous columns and massive moss - covered trees in the front yard , i almost felt like i could see lestat peering out from one of the second story windows . and the fact that she doesn\u2019t live there anymore made me feel less guilty about fan - girling in full view of the street with my mouth agape .\njust a few blocks away from the rice house is lafayette cemetery no . 1 , one of new orleans\u2019 most famous above - ground cemeteries . and not surprisingly , the cemetery has ties to anne rice . she supposedly used one of its most famous tombs , the jefferson fire company # 22 tomb , as inspiration for the tomb of the mayfair witches , and one of the cast iron tombs was apparently used to create lestat\u2019s tomb in the film version of interview with the vampire . anne rice even staged her own mock funeral in the lafayette cemetery to promote the release of her novel , memnoch the devil .\nwhen i actually visited the cemetery , it started to pour the moment my friend and i stepped out of the car , so we knew our visit was going to be cut short . the cemetery is absolutely huge \u2013 about the size of a square city block \u2013 and we could easily have spent hours exploring the pathways and marveling at the creepy history in front of us , but it started to storm in earnest and we hightailed it back to the car in a hurry lest we be turned into human lightning rods .\nthere is so much literary history to appreciate in this city , and i know i haven\u2019t even begun to scratch the surface of what new orleans has to offer . all this means , though , is that i have to start planning my next visit asap , and this time , i\u2019ll make sure to carve out enough time to wait for the kitties in jackson square .\nwe have a $ 250 barnes & noble gift card to give away ! go here to enter , or just click the snazzy image below . good luck !\ncan ' t get enough ? good . cos we ' ve got enough podcast material to keep you occupied for roughly 2 years and 147 days .\n# 07 | president michael d . higgins at the opening of seamus heaney : listen now again\nthis feels like a milestone - we ' ve reached double figures ! let us celebrate by removing our helmet and raising a bat to the pavilion in silent salute . this month : - another week , another irish winner of a major award . congratulations to\u2026\nit ' s the most wonderful time of the year . snow and mistletoe , holly and ham ( hopefully not on the same plate ) . . . and so many books . books for every manner of man , woman and child have found their way from the printing presses to the\u2026\non the show this month , shane and bob recap on all things awards , most notably the bord gais energy irish book awards . in our regular book club slot we discuss kevin barry ' s goldsmith prize - winning beatlebone , our second look is jonathan\u2026\nurltoken is a collaborative hub for the creative and the curious . we all spend so much of our time clicking through reams of content and sometimes not reading anything of interest at all . headstuff is all about putting buckets of interesting stuff in one place . so it ' s easy for you to find and enjoy high quality content from our wonderful contributors . we get up every morning to make your daily journey through the internet more interesting and productive . we ' re all about the quality , and support good writing and reading .\ncookies are yum so we use them to make your headstuff experience more yummy . if you want to know more about our chocolate chips , please visit our privacy policy page .\nquestions of election tampering and voter fraud abounded in american politics last year and will continue to do so this year . the specter of voter fraud was repeatedly raised ( primarily by republican - leaning voices ) over the course of the 2016 election , and elections in general \u2014 though recent elections have indicated that actual instances of voter fraud are hard to find . a washington post article from september bore the headline \u201cno , voter fraud actually isn\u2019t a persistent problem , \u201d and an august new york times primer on the subject argued that voter fraud was unlikely to ever swing the vote on a meaningful level : \u201cexperts also say that the risk of widespread , decisive misconduct in a national election is extremely slim , in part because of the number of regulators from both parties and the constitutional structure of presidential balloting . \u201d and for all of the president - elect\u2019s charges of voter fraud this year , there\u2019s little evidence to back him up .\nlocal races are potentially more vulnerable , but even there , supposed cases of voter fraud are frequently more complicated than they look . recently , the new republic published an essay by brooks skerritt in which he describes his own experience of being accused of voter fraud in this year\u2019s election . in short , skerritt is a north carolina voter pursuing a doctorate out of state who has regularly voted via absentee ballot ; this year , his ballot was challenged . his description of his own experiences , and the gray areas around finding proof of residency , suggest some of the hurdles that those in this position must overcome .\nthat doesn\u2019t mean that voting can\u2019t be swayed in untoward ways : the involvement of russian intelligence and hacked data in the 2016 presidential election ( along with several house races ) remains an urgent news story . those looking for a primer on vladimir putin\u2019s intelligence background and its implications for contemporary russia may find steven levine\u2019s putin \u2019 s labyrinth or masha gessen\u2019s the man without a face both useful and terrifying .\nand while voter fraud may no longer be a contemporary political concern , there are a number of instances where it has played a part in the elections of decades and centuries past . while modern elections , be they general or primary , seem like relatively restrained ( even scientific ) occasions , american history has featured irregularities , political machinations , and violence around the ballot box . here\u2019s a look at five .\nrigged elections played a significant role in the return of white supremacist policies to the american south following reconstruction . in an article for vox exploring this period in history , dara lind wrote that the american political group with a history of having rigged elections in favor of their preferred candidate was \u201cwhite supremacists trying to maintain white power in the face of a diverse electorate . \u201d over the course of this harrowing article , she details the many ways in which this played out in the late 19th century , from multiple ballots being simultaneously submitted to acts of violence , including murder . eric foner\u2019s forever free : the story of emancipation and reconstruction offers a history of this period for readers seeking a more in - depth look ."]}
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", "topic": 34}], "title": "batchelors", "paragraphs": ["eastfield road on the batchelors farm estate . behind the houses is batchelors farm recreation ground which runs along the cole valley .\nbatchelors \u00ae has been creating top quality food products for well over 100 years .\nbatchelors is a registered trade mark of premier foods group limited and used under licence .\nbatchelors solicitors is authorised and regulated by the solicitors regulation authority . firm no . 223568\nbatchelors is a registered trade mark of premier foods group limited and used under licence .\nthe batchelors walk massacre the . . . - irish history 1916 through to 1923 | facebook\nafter that date the new batchelors labels will say : \u201cformerly campbell\u2019s . same great taste . \u201d\nthe batchelors range of canned soups remains a kitchen essential . another batchelors speciality is its range of canned peas which continues to be the perfect accompaniment to traditional british meals such as fish and chips .\nit will be re - named batchelors condensed soup from march next year although the recipe remains unchanged .\nthe remaining campbell\u2019s cans will carry the message \u201csoon to be batchelors\u201d until the change over in march .\n1895 william batchelor discovered a way to can vegetables , such as mushy peas , and formed batchelors foods .\nthis includes such well known kitchen staples as oxo cubes and the popular batchelors cup - a - soup range .\n\u201cbatchelors recently analysed our spend with them and offered advice on where we could better manage costs without compromising services . \u201d\na new consumer foods brands company , valeo foods group , has been formed with the merger of batchelors and origin foods .\n\u201cthe batchelors team is accessible out - of - hours which is very important given the nature of our client group . \u201d\nbatchelors peas feature the red tractor logo , providing trusted assurance and demonstrating they have been grown , packed and processed in the uk .\nfor that reason it will re - name all 22 soup flavours as batchelors condensed soup from march next year , before its licence to use the trademark expires .\nat batchelors we recognise this problem and have developed our firm with one aim in mind - to serve your personal and business interests in as friendly a way as possible .\nthe head of origin foods , peader kearney , will become ceo of valeo while aidan o ' bryrne , finance director of batchelors , will become cfo of the new company .\nbatchelors coffee company is delighted to announce that the new conti cc100 traditional coffee machine ( barista coffee machine ) has now been launched into the irish market . this machine is available\u2026\n\u201ci have always found batchelors ' advice fast , accurate and affordable . especially important to me is that legal advice is pragmatic and relevant to the context in which we work . \u201d\nbatchelors garden peas are produced using deliciously fresh peas nurtured by our specialist growers and harvested at their best then delivered to our factory within three hours so you get the best quality vegetables possible .\nfrom time to time we may like to send you information by email of batchelors offers or products that we think might be of interest . please confirm below if you wish to receive this information\nfor more than 100 years , the batchelors brand has been helping the busy british public to stay fuelled with quick , easy and delicious meals , making cooking simple through the very latest food technology .\nstarted by william batchelor in 1895 , he soon established the brand as a market leader by adopting breakthrough canning technology . this has enabled batchelors to continually provide great tasting and convenient food products to british households .\nvaleo , in which origin will have a 45 % equity stakeholding , has also reached a deal to buy 100 % of the branded food business of origin ( origin foods ) and the irish food company batchelors .\nthis is a 1920s municipal housing estate built on the fields of batchelors farm at the east end of bordesley green . the estate no longer retains the name , but the recreation ground along the river cole is still known by that name .\nwe understand that planning tasty meals every night of the week and keeping your hungry household happy is far from easy . so for meal inspiration all week round , why not use our weekly meal planner , full of your favourite batchelors peas recipes .\nbatchelors pasta pot shots products are available in three enjoyable flavours ; chicken , creamy cheese and tomato & herb , the ideal filling snack for when you\u2019re at work . they contain no artificial colours or preservatives and they don\u2019t contain any added msg .\nthe legal advice you take must be from someone who is experienced in that aspect of legal work . at batchelors we have departments dedicated to specialist areas of the law , individual services , commercial services and a devoted area for our extensive work within social housing .\n2001 january : unilever took over bestfoods . in order to be allowed to take over that company , unilever had to sell off some brands for monopoly regulation . it sold off batchelors and oxo to campbell ' s soups , whose uk operations were acquired by premier foods in 2006 .\nthe batchelors cup a soup to go product is the nation ' s favourite soup in a cup . with 2 tasty flavours to choose from ; chicken & vegetable and tomato & vegetable , this warming single serve soup is ideal for when you\u2019re on the go . just add boiling water and stir .\norigin foods owns three of the country ' s most known food brands - odlums , shamrock and roma . it also has extensive manufacturing facilities and services the major retail , bakery and foodservice channels . as well as its well known beans and peas brands , batchelors owns erin , squeez juices , amigo and lustre .\nthe batchelors brand is of course also behind britain\u2019s favourite \u2018cup a soup\u2019 product of which 250 million mugs are consumed in britain each year . the brand has been known for leading the way in packaging and product innovation and its portfolio includes the \u2018cup a pasta\u2019 product and its newest product the launch deli box range .\nbatchelors coffee company is part of the batchelors group , an irish company . we are the appointed distributor in ireland for lavazza coffee spa and douwe egberts coffee owned by sara lee . we have been operating in the food service market for over 20 years . recently we have moved to our new purpose built premises which includes state of the art offices , call centre , workshop and warehouse facilities . we are also proud to be appointed as the official and only lavazza training centre in ireland number 44 in lavazza\u2019s global training programme . we offer our customers ; nationwide delivery , nationwide technical support , training , account management & the best coffee equipment at competitive prices . we are also the official equipment supplier for rancilio , macco and marco in ireland .\nlaunched in 2012 , the deli box range is a quick , tasty and satisfying snack that can be enjoyed in a moment , perfect for a hot and healthy lunch at work . taking inspiration from the stylish cardboard noodle cartons popular in america , the new batchelors new deli boxe products are available in 3 great flavours ; chicken , bbq beef and mild curry , are up to 75 % less fat than pot noodle * and they contain no artificial colours or preservatives . just peel back the top , add hot water , stir and leave to stand to create a tasty treat that you don\u2019t need to feel guilty about enjoying . * bbq beef & mild curry\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nfamily favourite campbell soup has splashed out one billion euros ( \u00a3632m ) to expand from its traditional products and start selling powdered soups and sauces .\nus firm campbell soup is to acquire its new packet soup business from dutch food giant unilever .\nthe sale also includes household names in the wider european market such as lesieur mayonnaise in france , bla band in scandinavia and heisse tasse of germany .\nfood analysts saw the price as a good one for campbell , giving it a powerful array of new goods to stock shelves and notch up sales .\nunilever is a food and detergent giant , whose well known trade names include magnum ice - cream , lipton tea and vaseline intensive care .\nthe dutch firm was forced to sell off its soup business due to competition concerns arising from its acquisition of the bestfood ' s group which sells knorr soup and hellmans mayonnaise .\nnestle was reportedly a front runner in the race to snap up unilever ' s discarded products , but was pipped to the post by soup giant campbell .\ncampbell ' s share price reacted positively to the news , adding 2 . 54 % to its value by midday local time ( 5pm london time ) .\nstock in the soup company was trading at $ 32 . 75 on the new york stock exchange .\nyour browser does not support javascript . please turn javascript on to get the best experience from urltoken\norigin enterprises has agreed a deal to set up the new company with backing from uk - based private equity company capvest .\nthe deals are all subject to a number of conditions including clearance from the irish competition authority .\nunder the terms of today ' s deal , origin enterprises will sell origin foods to valeo based on an enterprise value of \u20ac78m . it will hold a 45 % stake in valeo and will receive \u20ac26m on completion of the deal with another \u20ac35m to be paid later . capvest will own the remaining 55 % .\n' the creation of valeo marks a signficant repositioning of the origin group and facilitates a sharpening of our strategic focus as we prioritise the development of the group ' s agri - services platform , ' commented origin enterprises ' ceo tom o ' mahony .\nshares in origin enterprises closed up 7 . 6 % at \u20ac2 . 70 in dublin .\nrt\u00e9 . ie is the website of raidi\u00f3 teilif\u00eds \u00e9ireann , ireland ' s national public service broadcaster . rt\u00e9 is not responsible for the content of external internet sites . images courtesy of urltoken and getty images\nthe campbell\u2019s condensed soup brand made famous by artist andy warhol is to disappear from uk shop shelves .\nthe re - branding follows the takeover of campbell\u2019s uk by food giant premier foods last year .\nas part of the deal , premier foods was granted a limited licence to use the campbell\u2019s trademark in the uk until the middle of next year .\nalthough premier foods acquired the campbell\u2019s condensed soup recipes it was not given the option of permanently buying the campbell\u2019s brand name in the uk .\npremier foods marketing controller stefan kerridge said he was confidant uk shoppers would back the re - branding .\n\u201cwe are aware that consumers have this heritage with the campbell\u2019s brand in the uk and that is why we are doing this change on a slow basis , \u201d he said .\nbut it cannot sell the produce in the uk for another five years after the current tradthe campbell\u2019s condensed soup brand made famous by artist andy warhol is to disappear from uk shop shelves .\nbut it cannot sell the produce in the uk for another five years after the current trademark agreement with premier foods expires in mid - 2008 .\nthe firm could in theory export campbell\u2019s condensed soup to the uk after mid - 2013 but in practice it would be unlikely to be commercially worthwhile , mr kerridge said . emark agreement with premier foods expires in mid - 2008 .\nthe firm could in theory export campbell\u2019s condensed soup to the uk after mid - 2013 but in practice it would be unlikely to be commercially worthwhile , mr kerridge said .\n\u2013 a juicy steak , fish and chips or the good old sunday roast . so go on ,\npeas please ! nothing beats the flavour of british peas . we source the very best so they\u2019re full of taste . they\u2019re great in many recipes but our bigga peas are the perfect partner for fish\u2019n\u2019chips .\npeas please ! nothing beats the flavour of british peas . we source the very best so they\u2019re full of taste . they\u2019re great in many recipes but our mushy peas are the perfect partner for fish\u2019n\u2019chips .\ni enjoy working with them ; they work with us and they always accommodate us . they provide a personal service .\n\u201cpersonable and a great lawyer \u2013 he understands his clients ' needs and reacts to them wonderfully .\nany situation involving the law can be daunting , and finding the right solicitor can be almost as stressful .\nyou will be given the direct line number to your solicitor , and their email address in order to make contacting them as easy as possible .\nbut this is not enough . we also ensure that our lawyers are sympathetic , independent and objective and will secure the best results possible for you .\nit seems that you have already subscribed to this list . click here to update your profile .\nmonthly draw opens 26 . 2 . 2018 , closes 31 . 12 . 2018 . canada draw closes 31 . 5 . 2018 late entry draw 31 . 12 . 2018\nto enter , simply find the code inside the wrapper and complete the following form .\npromotion opens 26 . 2 . 2018 , closes 31 . 12 . 2018 , canada draw closes 31 . 5 . 2018 late entry draw 31 . 12 . 2018 . for full terms please click here customer service : 01772 770766 | email : promotions @ urltoken | princes website terms and conditions\nwe use cookies on this website to help us improve your experience . by continuing to use the site , you consent for us to use cookies .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nlavazza ' s tradition of devoting special attention to the development of new techniques and products make the company both uniquely dynamic and sensitive to the customer ' s requests . please join us and appreciate the world of lavazza .\nwithin both retail and out of home markets , douwe egberts has a strong heritage having built up its coffee credentials to convey quality , craftsmanship , and warmth , it ' s a brand you can trust . douwe egberts has achieved a high awareness across all food service channels . consumers only want the best experiences in hospitality , food and beverages . it is our mission to offer this to you and your reward is loyal customers who comeback time after time and support your business .\njavascript is the technology behind many of the extra features on our site , making it easier to find what you want . our site still works perfectly well without it , but we recommend you enable javascript for a better experience .\nwe use a feature of your web browser called a cookie to help you get the most out of using our site . for example , we can use the cookie to recognise you and complete your username or email address and securely retrieve your shopping details if you move to different parts of the sainsbury ' s website .\nwe recommend that you enable cookies and turn on javascript in your web browser before using the site . please see your internet browser help section for information on how to do this , or if you are at work , please contact your it support team . once you have done so , please click on continue below .\nin order to buy products from us and check out of the website you need to enable cookies in your web browser before using the site . please see your internet browser help section for information on how to do this , and then click on \u2018i ' ve enabled cookies\u2019 to continue .\nlots of you responded to my request for help and we had many tenners donated to the restoration of castle bromwich bells . you helped us raise over \u00a3100 , 000 for a complete refurbishment and augmentation .\ngoogle maps - if you lose the original focus of the google map , press function key f5 on your keyboard to refresh the screen . the map will then recentre on its original location .\nabout | privacy policy | cookie policy | sitemap \u00a9 william dargue 2008 - 2018 a history of birmingham places & placenames from a to y . reuse permitted under creative commons cc by - nc - sa 3 . 0\ncookies improve the user experience and help make this website better . by continuing to use the site , you agree to our cookie policy : more details here : cookie policy\ngrace ' s guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in britain . this web publication contains 129 , 256 pages of information and 204 , 258 images on early companies , their products and the people who designed and built them .\n1913 august : whilst on holiday in bridlington he died aged 53 . his daughter ella ( who became ella gaskin ) , aged 22 , took over leadership of the company and developed it to include processed peas , eventually becoming a household name .\nwwii due to staff difficulties and rationing in the war , the company was bought by james van den bergh of unilever in 1943 , where it became part of van den bergh foods ( later based in crawley ) .\n1948 , ella gaskin retired and her younger brother maurice batchelor took over . the company took over poulton and noel , another soup company .\nthis page was last modified on 19 october 2016 , at 14 : 31 .\ngrace & apos ; s guide web site design is copyright \u00a9 2018 by grace & apos ; s guide ltd . the text of this web site is available under the creative commons attribution - sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site , you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy .\n1957 con & dec went to o ' connell schools in dublin , where dec joined the school harmonica band and learned how to play the mouthorgan , whilst con joined the school choir . con also learned to play the harmonica at home , and having spent many hours at the fireside playing together they formed a harmonica group called ' the harmonichords ' . under their new name they performed their first concert at the boxing stadium in dublin , then went on to play on many other shows around dublin , honing their stagecraft skills . they often played on air with the radio eireann light orchestra , and appeared in all the major theatres in their home city of dublin . during this time they appeared on hughie green ' s ' opportunity knocks ' on radio luxemburg having time off school to do so .\ncon & dec played in ' fit ups ' ( put together shows ) all over ireland and with the encouragement of karl denver added singing and playing guitars to their accomplishments . this meant they could now do two acts during a show - thus earning more money ! ! all this whilst still at school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nthey appeared on the ' ed sullivan tv show ' in america . they also appeared in ireland on a 25 week prime time radio series with eamonn andrews called ' odd noises ' which was an irish version of ' the goon show ' . they thank fred o ' donovan the producer of ' odd noises ' who , if anybody , started them on their career .\nthey learned about recording techniques , both vocal and instrumental , primitive though they were at that stage . ( the engineer used a tube from a vacuum cleaner to create a delay effect - you had to use ingenuity in those days ! ) . con & dec were also taught the skills of stage make - up , although what that had to do with appearing on the radio was a mystery to them at the time . later however it came in very useful .\ntheir reputation grew , and they became household names throughout ireland . this resulted in them becoming so busy that they performed 37 shows in one week . . . . . . . . . . . . and they were still at school ! !\n1961 now well established in ireland they travelled the length and breadth of the country performing on the harmonicas and also singing to their own accompaniment on guitar and bass . little did they know that their fame was spreading abroad and that things were about to change for them . they were asked to perform in glasgow for two weeks at the pavilion theatre followed by two weeks at the hume hippodrome in manchester . the same promoter , phillip solomon was to make them a life changing offer the following year .\na typical poster for one of the many shows they appeared in all over ireland both north and south of the border . unfortunately their co - star on this particular show\nothmar remy arthur was killed in a car crash on the naas road just outside dublin on his way home from a show . he was driving a v . w . beetle at the time .\nthey continued to hone their skills on their instruments practising every night after school .\nplease note that this is a historical site for reference only . this site does not purport to be a promotion of dec cluskey and con cluskey as ' the bachelors ' . con and dec [ who recorded every bachelors ' hit ] are familiarly and legally known as con and dec the bachelors .\nin britain , batchelor\u2019s has a major trade in tinned peas , but is probably best known for its convenience foods such as cup - a - soup and super noodles .\nwilliam batchelor ( 1861 \u2013 1913 ) was a sheffield tea dealer . from a modest lincolnshire background , he was a puritanical primitive methodist .\nbatchelor opened a factory in the basement of a primitive methodist chapel in 1899 . he grew the business almost entirely from company profits . the business was mainly concerned with dried peas by 1912 .\nthe firm had grown to employ 50 people when batchelor died in 1913 . with his sons at war , and an invalid wife , if was left to his daughter , ella hudson gasking ( 1891 \u2013 1966 ) , to run the company as managing director .\nfollowing the first world war , gasking was assisted in management by her two brothers , maurice william and frederick lewis batchelor .\na pea canning factory was established at lady\u2019s bridge , sheffield in 1930 . canned peas proved to be an immediate success . \u201cbigga\u201d marrowfat peas were introduced from 1932 .\nin 1936 batchelor\u2019s was converted into a public company with an authorised capital of \u00a3720 , 000 . it had the highest sales of canned and dried peas in the world . turnover was just under \u00a31 million .\nin 1937 , a new factory was opened at wadsley bridge , sheffield at a cost of \u00a3100 , 000 . it was the largest canning plant in britain . situated on a 12 acre site , it was equipped with playing fields and speaker radios for the staff .\nshortly afterwards , a small factory was opened at worksop , which concentrated on the dried peas trade .\nella gasking became one of the most prominent businesswomen in britain , and one of sheffield\u2019s best - known industrialists . she was noted for her charm and vitality ; her humility and accessibility .\nby 1939 the company had 1 , 000 employees , with a further 1 , 000 indirectly employed .\nin 1943 the company was acquired by unilever for \u00a3750 , 000 . that year , ella gasking was awarded an obe .\nin 1960 a factory in portadown , northern ireland was acquired . in 1961 a former chivers factory in huntingdon was leased .\nin 1969 , \u00a3750 , 000 was spent on extending the factory in worksop .\nby 1971 - 2 batchelor\u2019s held around a third of the canned pea market in britain .\nin 1972 cup - a - soup was launched . in other countries it is branded under other brands from the unilever stable , such as lipton .\nin 1977 around 1 , 200 workers at the batchelor\u2019s factories in sheffield and worksop went on strike for nine weeks regarding pay . as a result , batchelor\u2019s lost over \u00a35 million to wasted food .\nin 1980 a steel strike saw batchelor\u2019s production reduced to one third of capacity due to a lack of supply of cans .\nin 1982 batchelor\u2019s closed its factory in sheffield with the loss of 650 jobs . production was concentrated at worksop .\na condition of unilever acquiring best foods ( hellmann\u2019s , knorr ) in 2001 was that it sell some brands . in 2001 batchelor\u2019s and oxo were sold to campbell\u2019s soup for \u00a3633 million . at this time the batchelor\u2019s site in worksop employed 515 people .\nin 2006 the uk and ireland business of campbell\u2019s was acquired by premier foods for \u00a3460 million . the worksop factory employed around 410 people as of 2007 ."]}
{"id": 54748, "summary": [{"text": "arise india ltd. is a manufacturer of electrical goods based in delhi , india and provides a range of consumer electronics.the company deals with a variety of products including televisions , inverters ( ups and sinewave ) , water pumps ( monobloc , submersible , and centrifugal ) , home and kitchen appliances ( mixer grinder , induction cook tops , juicer mixer grinders , water heaters , and smart android based televisions .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "avinash jain is the chairman and md of the company .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "he along with his brother amit jain have led the development of the company .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "arise india ltd. has over 3000 employees and 45 offices in india .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the corporate office is located in dwarka , delhi and there are two specialized manufacturing plants in haryana and himachal pradesh .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the company has more than 6000 distributors and 100,000 dealers in india . ", "topic": 11}], "title": "arise india", "paragraphs": ["electrical goods maker arise india today forayed into e - commerce space with the launch of arise one stores .\nnew delhi : india ' s largest manufacturer of electrical & electronic products\u2014arise india has bagged the title sponsorship rights of asia cup 2014 from star sports . this star india owned company has recently announced about the latest deal with arise india .\narise india launches pure android led tvs ; pricing starts at rs . 32k 4 years ago\nteacher , law . ( november 2013 ) . income deemed to arise in india . retrieved from urltoken\narise india limited , a leader in electrical and consumer electronics for over 25 years in india , today launched their kitchen appliances and home entertainment in chandigarh .\nincome deemed to accrue or arise in india has different categories of incomes within its ambit . they are as follows :\nnew delhi : india ' s largest manufacturer of electrical & electronic products\u2014arise india has bagged the title sponsorship rights of asia cup 2014 from star sports . this star india owned company has recently announced about the latest\nany capital gain within the meaning of section 45 of the act by the transfer of a capital asset situated in india , is deemed to accrue or arise in india .\narise india ltd . , one of the india\u2019s fastest growing , consumer durable brand has been signed up as the principal sponsor of kings xi punjab , for ipl 2013 .\nstar sports has the broadcast and the ground sponsorship rights of asia cup 2014 . now , after its deal with arise india , the tournament will be named as arise asia cup 2014 powered by cycle pure agarbathies .\nmr . avinash jain presenting the arise asia cup to the winning sri lanka team .\nurltoken has received press release from arise india , according to which star sports is no longer title sponsors of asia cup \u2013 2014 .\nexplanation 1 to the above provision seeks to bring only such income as deemed to be accrued or arise in india that is reasonably attributable to operations that are carried out in india .\nincome deemed to arise in india .\nlawteacher . net . 11 2013 . all answers ltd . 07 2018 < urltoken > .\nlawteacher . income deemed to arise in india [ internet ] . november 2013 . [ accessed 9 july 2018 ] ; available from : urltoken\nall answers ltd , ' income deemed to arise in india ' ( lawteacher . net , july 2018 ) < urltoken > accessed 9 july 2018\nlawteacher . november 2013 . income deemed to arise in india . [ online ] . available from : urltoken [ accessed 9 july 2018 ] .\narise india ltd . which is one of the leading electronics and technology manufacturers in the country , understands the need of uninterrupted power . . .\narise india , a kitchen and home appliances brand , has introduced a line of induction cookers . the five models emit no smoke or odour .\narise india manufacturers led\u2019s , inverters , batteries , gas & electrical geysers , pumps , r . o . systems & air conditioners and sells them all over the world . as per the press release , arise india is \u201cone of india\u2019s largest integrated manufacturers of submersibles , monoblocs , inverters , batteries , gas & electric geysers from past 29 years\u201d .\nat present , arise sells its products through online marketplace portals like urltoken and flipkart . com .\narise publishers & distributors - service provider of books & other products in new delhi , delhi .\nmain tera hero\n&\narise\nasso . event coverage @ pvr select city walk\nthe mastermind of the arise asia cup 2014 , shares his plan in an interview in dhaka .\nincome deemed to arise in india .\nlawteacher . lawteacher . net , november 2013 . web . 9 july 2018 . < urltoken > .\narise india limited , one of the leading electronics and technology manufacturers in the country , has introduced its \u2018sinewave\u2019 range of home ups solutions . . .\nm / s arise india ltd , b - 38 cabin office no . 1 , 2nd floor jain chowk , mangla puri , palam new delhi - 110045\nas per section 5 the \u2018scope of total income\u2019 for the three categories of residents contains within its ambit , \u2018income deemed to accrue or arise in india\u2019 .\nwith his patience perseverance and passion to do business , avinash jain , md arise india limited , has been scripting success stories in all his business endeavours .\njammu : arise india , one of the largest integrated manufacturers of monoblocs & submersible pumps , inverters , batteries & marketer of all appliances & mobile phone etc .\ntherefore it can be inferred that section 9 which deals with \u2018income deemed to accrue or arise in india\u2019 applies to all categories of residents irrespective of their residential status .\n3 ) income from \u201csalaries\nwhich is payable by government to a citizen of india for services rendered outside india .\nincome deemed to accrue or arise in india is covered under section 9 of the income tax act of 1961 . the words \u2018accrue\u2019 and \u2018arise\u2019 must be viewed in contradistinction to the word \u201creceive\n. income is said to be received when it reaches the assessee ; on the other hand when the right to receive the income becomes vested in the assessee it is said to accrue or arise .\n( iii ) as per section 9 ( 1 ) ( iii ) income chargeable under the head \u201csalaries\nis payable by the government to a citizen of india for service outside india . however there is an exception under section 9 ( 2 ) by which any pension payable outside india by the government to its officials and judges who permanently reside outside india shall not be deemed to accrue or arise in india .\nany form of income in the form of interest , royalty or fees for technical services are deemed to be income that accrue or arise in india and can be taxed .\narise divine 42 inch led tv | divine 4 . 2 led tv series for android | home appliances - urltoken\n[ \u2026 ] android will certainly help them achieve their targets . last time arise india was in news when they partnered with star sports to sponsor asia cup early this [ \u2026 ]\nsection 9 serves the sole purpose of including within the tax net certain incomes which under normal circumstances would not be taxed by the department . it employs a deeming provision whereby through a fiction of law ; tax can be levied on certain incomes of residents / non residents which may be deemed to accrue or arise in india . it includes within its ambit , income of residents that accrue or arise outside india as well as incomes of non residents that accrue or arise in india . the constitutionality of section 9 was tested and upheld in numerous cases .\narise india ltd has introduced its ' sine wave ' range of home ups solutions , available in ratings capacity of 700va - 12v , 900va - 12v & 1500va - 24v . . .\narise gifts a bumper prize to the \u2018predict & win\u2019 contest winner along with lot of prizes to more than 10 winner .\n\u2018property\u2019 in the above clause has been given a wide import . it includes ( movable , immovable , tangible and intangible property ) . therefore any income accruing even to a non resident from rent paid outside india for the use of machinery or buildings situated in india shall be deemed to accrue or arise in india by virtue of this clause .\n\u201c disclaimer : : star sports is still the official sponsor of asia cup \u2013 2014 . arise india is only the title sponsors . it seems that the heading of the post is generating some discrepancy in the overall message of the aforementioned brands . please clear all doubts . star sports is the overall sponsor of the event , and arise india is only the title sponsors . inconvenience is deeply regretted . \u2013 editor\u201d\nelectrical and electronic products manufacturer arise india has bagged the title sponsorship rights of asia cup 2014 . campaign india spoke with avinash jain , md , on the association with asia cup , focus on \u2018national and international\u2019 campaigns , measurability of such associations and the company\u2019s marketing budget . edited excerpts :\narise india ltd today said it is aiming over seven fold increase in turnover at rs 6 , 000 crore by fy 2020 , to be driven by foray in new product categories and increasing customer base . . . .\nhari singh appealed to the indian government for military assistance and fled to india . he signed the instrument of accession , ceding kashmir to india on october 26 .\nyes , we intend to come up with international advertising campaigns too but can\u2019t mention much about it at this stage . nationally , the most recent associations by arise india include india - new zealand cricket series , india - south africa cricket series and the association with kings xi punjab in the indian premier league ; along with the association with the filmfare awards 2014 and with balaji telefilms for their movies .\nis payable ( in respect of any debt , or moneys borrowed / in respect of any right , property or information used or services utilized , respectively ) and is used for the purposes of a business or profession outside india or for the purposes of making or earning any income from any source outside india , the income will be deemed to accrue or arise in india . the nature of the definition is broad and it only excludes income used for business or profession outside india clearly showing the intention to bring within the tax net all income used in india , in keeping with the source rule .\n{ { cite web | last = teacher | first = law urltoken | title = income deemed to arise in india | publisher = lawteacher . net | date = november 2013 | accessdate = 9 july 2018 | location = nottingham , uk } }\nrest period or leave period which is preceded and succeeded by services rendered in india and forms part of the service contract of employment , shall be regarded as income earned in india .\nthe journey of christianity to india in late antiquity : networks and the movement . . .\nthe indian captain believes india have the right balance to trump england in their home conditions .\nwe are looking rs 1 , 550 crore turnover this fiscal . being a customer centric company , we want to provide our consumers greater choices , convenience and cost - effectiveness and hence this foray into the e - tail sector ,\narise india managing director\nalso on board are trip factory , mcdowells , britannia , pepsi , flying machine , prayag bath fittings , frontline securities , r n sports and amazon - team continues its existing relationship with arise india , acc cement , kingfisher and tk sports for this year .\n105 / 10 , 5th cross narayarppa garden , tavarekere , bangalore - 560029 , karnataka mob . : + 91 - 9886038555 e - mail : mpc . arise @ urltoken\n2 ) income which falls under the head \u201csalaries\n; if it is earned in india .\n. to supersede the judgment , the finance act of 1983 amendment stated that income chargeable under the head \u201csalaries\npayable for service rendered in india will be regarded as income earned in india .\nthe two teams had clashed in the inaugural edition in 2012 as well with india emerging victorious .\ninterestingly , nitin kukreja , head of sports business , star india , said , \u201cwe are delighted to have arise india as the title sponsor of asia cup 2014 . the tournament is getting interesting traction from the advertising fraternity . we are focusing on monetizing the on - air sales while we have partnered with technology frontiers to focus on asia cup 2014 ground sponsorship management . \u201d\nfirstly , a new clause ( c ) was added after clause ( b ) of the explanation to section 9 ( 1 ) ( i ) . it basically stated that in the case of a non resident engaged in the business of running a news agency or of publishing newspapers , magazines or journals , no income shall be deemed to accrue or arise in india to him through or from activities confined to collection of news and views in india for transmission out of india .\nindia ordered the jets not to stray into pakistani territory ; but those that did were shot down .\nhaving won eight of the nine matches , hosts india were tournament favourites and they lived to their top billing . needing 198 runs to clinch the title , india chased down the target without much trouble .\nspeaking on the occasion , nitin kukreja , head of sports business , star india , said , \u201cwe are delighted to have arise india as the title sponsor of asia cup 2014 . the tournament is getting interesting traction from the advertising fraternity . we are focusing on monetizing the on - air sales while we have partnered with technology frontiers to focus on asia cup 2014 ground sponsorship management . \u201d\non retail network expansion , jain said the company plans to add 1 , 000 shop - in - shop outlets under its ' arise one ' concept by the end of this fiscal .\nirrfan khan to be the brand ambassador of arise ' s game - changing television \u2013 divine 4 . 2 boom led tv - first led tv to offer pioneering features for android ( tm )\nthis tournament is known for witnessing the most competitive cricket in the sub - continent , and herein with our association with the event , we seek to create an even stronger audience connect for the brand . the association with asia cup is a part of arise india\u2019s ambitious national and international advertising and media campaigns .\nindia declared war on december 3 , 1971 after pakistani air force planes struck indian airfields in the western sector .\nby the end of the sixth century b . c . , india ' s northwest was integrated into the persian achaemenid empire and became one of its satrapies . this integration marked the beginning of administrative contacts between central asia and india .\ncongress , library o .\nthe history of ancient india .\nancient history encyclopedia . last modified december 15 , 2011 . urltoken\nin order to fully understand the application of the section an examination of its legislative history becomes pertinent . section 9 provisions relating to \u2018income deemed to accrue or arise in india\u2019 were present in different places in the 1922 act . it was later grouped together under section 9 of the 1961 act , ever since section 9 has been subjected to numerous changes by the yearly enacted finance acts .\n\u201cexplanation \u2013 for the removal of doubts , it is hereby declared that for the purpose of this section , income of a non resident shall be deemed to acrrue or arise in india under clause ( v ) or clause ( vi ) or clause ( vii ) of sub section ( 1 ) and shall be included in the total income of the non resident , whether or not . -\ncongress , l . o . ( 2011 , december 15 ) . the history of ancient india . ancient history encyclopedia . retrieved from urltoken\ni want to create a user id and have read the terms and conditions for the same . i authorize india infoline limited to contact me via email / short messaging service / call for the products offered by india infoline limited overriding my registry on ndnc / ndnd / ncrp .\nthe court held that the income by way of fees for technical services by a non resident will not necessarily fall within the purview of section 9 ( 1 ) ( vii ) . to substantiate this position the court took assistance from section 9 ( 1 ) ( i ) which states that all income accruing or arising , whether directly or indirectly , through or from any business connection in india , or through or from any property in india , or through or from any asset or source of income in india or through the transfer of a capital asset in india .\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 bennett coleman & co . ltd . all rights reserved . | the times of india . for reprint rights : times syndication service\npakistan withdrew its forces later that month . however , skirmishing continued , and in august india shot down a pakistani reconnaissance plane , killing 16 .\nseven decades in the making , our history is definitive of the growth of modern india . it is a story with an upward curve , of how an indian company \u2014 and all the associations that arise with that phrase \u2014 rose to become a global powerhouse . we\u2019ve come a long way since the willys , and as we accelerate into the 21st century , our journey as a global brand is well under way .\n( ii ) as per section 9 ( 1 ) ( ii ) income under salaries , can be taxed , if it is earned in india .\nthe board of control for cricket in india ( bcci ) would like to congratulate the indian cricket team for successfully defending the blind t20 world cup title . india registered a comprehensive nine - wicket win over pakistan in the final held on sunday ( february 12 ) at bengaluru\u2019s m . chinnaswamy stadium .\nwhen asked about the current contribution of online sales to the total turnover , jain said ,\nonline sales at present contributes to about 2 - 3 % to the total sales . we expect it to go up to rs 60 crore with launch of our arise one store .\nindia and pakistan both tested nuclear devices in may 1998 , and then in april 1999 test - fired missiles in efforts to perfect delivery systems for their nuclear weapons . pakistan tested its ghauri ii missile four days after india ' s testing of its long - range ( 1 , 250 km ) agni ii .\nwe work with adolescent boys to support them in becoming gender equitable adults . we develop and implement behaviour change programmes ; conduct research and support organisations across india who work with women and girls to start engaging boys in their existing work . our mission is to raise every boy in india to be gender equitable .\nindian and pakistani forces thus fought their first war over kashmir in 1947 - 48 . india referred the dispute to the united nations on 1 january . in a resolution dated august 13 , 1948 , the un asked pakistan to remove its troops , after which india was also to withdraw the bulk of its forces .\nthe times of india reported that section 144 has been imposed in some areas , including around the district magistrate ' s office , treasury building and the courts .\ncongress , library o .\nthe history of ancient india .\nancient history encyclopedia . ancient history encyclopedia , 15 dec 2011 . web . 09 jul 2018 .\n. thirdly a plain sense reading of section 9 ( 1 ) ( vii ) ( c ) would definitely indicate that as long as the income from a non resident by way of fees for technical services is utilized for any business or profession in india or for making or earning any source of income in india such income would be deemed to be accrued in india and would fall within the ambit of section 9 ( 1 ) ( vii ) ( c ) of the income tax act , 1961 .\nj c mahindra left his position as the head of the entire commercial division of tata iron & steel co to serve as iron and steel controller of india during wwii .\nmr . avinash jain , managing director of arise india ltd , said , \u201cwe all know the strong emotional connect that cricket has with us indians & the asia pacific . it is thus to support the greater thrust of the sport that we have decided to be the title sponsor of the upcoming asia cup . this tournament is known for witnessing the most competitive cricket in the sub - continent , and herein with our association with the event , we seek to create an even stronger audience connect for the brand .\ne - commerce in india is growing at a very fast pace and we decided to have our own presence . e - commerce will also help us reach our turnover target .\nmr . avinash jain , managing director of arise india ltd , said , \u201cwe all know the strong emotional connect that cricket has with us indians & the asia pacific . it is thus to support the greater thrust of the sport that we have decided to be the title sponsor of the upcoming asia cup . this tournament is known for witnessing the most competitive cricket in the sub - continent , and herein with our association with the event , we seek to create an even stronger audience connect for the brand . \u201d\ncontacts established with the hellenistic world during the reign of ashoka ' s predecessors served him well . he sent diplomatic - cum - religious missions to the rulers of syria , macedonia , and epirus , who learned about india ' s religious traditions , especially buddhism . india ' s northwest retained many persian cultural elements , which might explain ashoka ' s rock inscriptions - - such inscriptions were commonly associated with persian rulers . ashoka ' s greek and aramaic inscriptions found in kandahar in afghanistan may also reveal his desire to maintain ties with people outside of india .\non my first visit to wag i helped the team rescue cats and dogs , however since then i have been fortunate enough to be involved in the rescue and care of many other species including cows , snakes , goats , horses , camels , turkeys , chickens , owls and civet cats . i often get upset at the terrible state of some of the animals and feel such disbelief at how certain injuries arise , however this makes me more determined and driven to promote the messages of wag and improve animal welfare in india .\na business connection is also established where he habitually secures orders in india mainly or wholly for the non resident . such is the case even when non residents are controlled by non residents .\nproject raise is the first of its kind collaborative in india focused on the single outcome of raising gender equitable boys . we have developed and demonstrated the effectiveness of our programmes and programme materials . it is an initiative to democratise these materials . get free access to the evidence based pool of resources and pan - india network so that you don\u2019t have to walk the road alone .\nhas and habitually exercises in india , authority to conclude contracts on behalf of the non resident , provided that such authority is not limited to purchase of goods or merchandise for the non resident .\nwhen india began patrolling the kargil heights that summer , it found to its horror that many key posts vacated in the winter were occupied by infiltrators . a patrol was ambushed in the first week of may 1999 . india belatedly realised the magnitude of the occupation - which was around 10 km deep and spanned almost 100 km of the loc - and sent mig fighters into action on may 26 .\nindia contended that the infiltrators were trained and armed by pakistan , and based in\nazad kashmir\nwith the full knowledge of the pakistani government - and that afghan and other foreign mercenaries accompanied them .\nan alumnus of st . xavier\u2019s , mumbai , and the birla institute of technology , alan\u2019s spell at mahindra began in 1962 until he retired as an executive director in 2005 . an incisive marketing man , alan was at the helm of affairs when mahindra launched the bolero and the scorpio , revamping the company\u2019s image and disrupting india\u2019s automobile market . mahindra is today india ' s largest manufacturer of utility vehicles .\neasydna currently has no job vacancies but we do encourage you to send in your cv . we will keep this in our records and should any vacancy arise that we feel is suited to your experience and qualifications , be sure that we will get back to you . we also suggest you return to this page from time to time to see if any vacancies have arisen .\nboth india and pakistan had other important domestic problems which kept kashmir on the back - burner . in 1975 indira gandhi declared a state of national emergency , but she was defeated in the 1978 general elections .\nwhereas in 1948 india took the kashmir issue to the un and was all for a plebiscite , by the 1990s it hid behind the simla agreement and thwarted any attempts at un or third - party mediation .\nthe indian independence movement first gained momentum at the beginning of the 20th century , and after world war i gandhi organized the first of his many effective passive - resistance campaigns in protest of britain\u2019s oppressive rule in india . in the 1930s , the british government made some concessions to the indian nationalists , but during world war ii discontent with british rule had grown to such a degree that britain feared losing india to the axis .\nmr . manish bhardwaj , marketing & media head , arise india ltd . says , \u201cassociating with the asia cup is a fantastic opportunity for us to garner great brand awareness across the sub - continent wherein we seek greater market penetration across the concerned markets . we are confident that this association will aid in pushing through our consumer electrical appliances into these markets . for the same we have planned a gamut of marketing initiatives which will help us in garnering greater share of mind . we are sure that both the entities will derive maximum benefit from the association , and will have a long and fruitful partnership . \u201d\nin the event that he has no such authority but if he habitually maintains in india stock of goods or merchandise from which he regularly delivers goods or merchandise on behalf of the non resident a business connection is established .\nover the decades the plebiscite advocated by india ' s great statesman jawaharlal nehru became a dirty word in new delhi . these developments have led many to believe that delhi has squandered the kashmiri people ' s trust and allegiance .\nmeanwhile , the indian army had made significant advances , capturing vital territory on july 4 . despite the apparent efforts to mediate , the us maintained that it was not interfering in what india still claims to be a bilateral issue .\njagdish chandra mahindra , better known by his moniker jc , was born in 1892 in ludhiana , punjab . the loss of his father at an early age thrust the responsibility of his family\u2019s welfare on his young shoulders . the eldest of nine , jc strongly believed in the power of education and ensured all his brothers and sisters studied hard . after receiving an engineering degree from veermata jijabai technological institute ( vjti ) , mumbai - one of india\u2019s premier engineering and technical institute - he began his career at tata steel , serving as the senior sales manager from 1929 to 1940 . recognition of his excellence arrived when the government of india appointed him as india\u2019s first steel controller during the second world war . as india\u2019s inevitable independence loomed large , jc was prescient about the opportunities that indian entrepreneurs would have to contribute to the growth of a new nation . it led him to found mahindra & mohammad , in partnership with his brother k c mahindra and ghulam mohammed . his vision of india\u2019s post - independence economic development enabled mahindra & mahindra to grow to the size it is today , and the rest , as they say , is one for the history books .\n309 , narain manzil , 23 , barahkhamba road , connaught place , new delhi - 110001 , india . tel . : + 91 - 011 - 45047150 fax : + 91 - 011 - 45047150 e - mail : corporate @ urltoken\nin 1957 , kashmir was formally incorporated into the indian union . it was granted a special status under article 370 of india ' s constitution , which ensures , among other things , that non - kashmiri indians cannot buy property there .\nsince 2003 , we\u2019ve directly supported over 12 , 000 children in india , kenya and zambia . we\u2019ve trained over 1 , 100 suas volunteers to work as teaching assistants in some of the world\u2019s most marginalised , under - resourced communities .\nwitnessing the extent of suffering that many animals endure in india was simply unacceptable to me . i was so deeply touched by the efforts of wag to alleviate animal suffering whilst working towards long term goals of improving animal welfare throughout goa .\nkailash chandra mahindra , known to all as kc , was born in 1894 in ludhiana , punjab , the second of nine children . when their father died at an early age , his older brother jc became head of the family , and kc his best friend and future business partner . kc attended government college , lahore , where his scholastic aptitude shone through . at cambridge , he earned honours , played hockey , and took a keen interest in rowing . after graduating , he joined messrs . martin & company , where he edited the monthly magazine india and , briefly , the hindustan review . in 1942 , kc was appointed head of the indian purchasing mission in the united states . returning to india in 1945 , he was appointed the chairman of the indian coal fields committee of the government of india and also of the automobile and tractor panel . his contribution to developing strategic coal policies and applying the latest methods of coal mining in india helped shape the industry , and his coal commission report became a seminal document in the industry . during these years , he also wrote sir rajendranath mookerjee\u2019s definitive biography . in 1946 , kc moved to bombay to found mahindra & mohammed . under his 13 - year stewardship as chairman , mahindra & mahindra established itself as a major indian industrial house in several sectors . a glittering career also saw kc serve as a director of the reserve bank of india , air india , and hindustan steel .\nin 1971a third war , resulting in the formation of the independent nation of bangladesh ( formerly known as east pakistan ) . a war had broken out in east pakistan in march 1971 , and soon india was faced with a million refugees .\nin view of this , the interpretation of the court that in respect of income of resident by way of fees for technical services being taxed only if a territorial nexus is established seems like a departure from the intention of the framers of the legislation . secondly the researcher believes that the court erred in reading in section 9 ( 1 ) ( i ) while interpreting section 9 ( 1 ) ( vii ) ( c ) in order to justify territorial nexus as section 9 ( 1 ) ( vii ) is a special provision to determine income deemed to accrue or arise in india by way of fees for technical services for a non resident as was explained in cit v . copes vulcan inc\nb - 38 , jain chowk , mangla puri , palam , new delhi - 110045 ( india ) tel . : + 91 - 011 - 25055322 , 25035322 fax : + 91 - 011 - 25035322 , e - mail : marketing @ urltoken\njust over 4 years ago , a combined love of animals and travel landed me in goa , india . my plan was to help feed stray dogs , do some travelling , then return home to continue with my non - veterinary related career .\nthe official number of indian troops lost in kargil was around 500 , with almost double that number of\ninfiltrators\nkilled . nevertheless , india did not declare war against pakistan - instead , mr vajpayee ambigously announced a\nwar - like situation\n.\nmy story : when a girl passed by , my friends and i would whistle ; this was 6 years ago \u201ci am shivraj . i\u2019m 21 years old and i reside in premnagar , pune . like many others in india , i live . . .\n\u2018\u2018sri venkateswara temple at tirupati is governed by the ap hindu religion and charitable institution act , which lays out how the money is to be spent . there is an audit every year . the trust which runs the temple is accountable for every penny . so where does the question arise of the trustees pocketing the money ? \u2019\u2019 asks anita shah akella , financial advisor and chief accounts officer , tirumala tirupati devasthanams ( ttd ) . agrees sanjay madhukar bhagwat , ceo , shree siddhivinayak\nwe are also present on news channels . since all our products are consumer products , we are already a known brand pan - india and the advertising is aimed at giving a good push . we are spending rs 50 to 60 crore towards establishing the brand .\nthe kashmir dispute dates from 1947 . the partition of the indian sub - continent along religious lines led to the formation of india and pakistan . however , there remained the problem of over 650 states , run by princes , existing within the two newly independent countries .\nbecause of its location , kashmir could choose to join either india or pakistan . maharaja hari singh , the ruler of kashmir , was hindu while most of his subjects were muslim . unable to decide which nation kashmir should join , hari singh chose to remain neutral .\nthe court did not employ the source rule embedded in section 9 ( v ) , ( vi ) and ( vii ) but instead categorically nullified the rule by stating that the location of the source of income within india would not render sufficient income to tax that source .\nthis was despite the word \u201crendered\nnot being mentioned anywhere in the definition . the court applied the principle of apportionment and held that fees for technical services for off shore services could not be taxed as there was no evidence to show that it was being utilized in india .\nindia , having taken the issue to the un , was confident of winning a plebiscite , since the most influential kashmiri mass leader , sheikh abdullah , was firmly on its side . an emergency government was formed on october 30 , 1948 with sheikh abdullah as the prime minister .\na northwestern university alumnus , pk palit\u2019s tryst with mahindra began at venn severin in chicago , a company owned by mahindra & mahindra limited . he rose to head the company\u2019s purchase function , including procuring a mammoth 16 , 000 components for mahindra\u2019s auto and tractor divisions in india .\na precocious and keen golfer , rk pitamber attended oxford university , after which he joined the group in 1959 . as mahindra\u2019s managing director from 1994 - 97 , he oversaw the group\u2019s growth and its successful expansion in india\u2019s newly open economy thereby laying the foundations for the 21st century .\nsection 9 also includes within its ambit income by way of dividend paid by an indian company outside india . all dividends paid by an indian company are sought to be taxed by this provision . however dividends mentioned in section 115 - o are exempt from tax in the hands of the shareholder .\nby a person who is a non resident : in case of a person who is a non resident , the scope of income falling within the tax net is restricted due to the application of the source rule . it only includes such income where the interest / royalty / fees for technical services is payable ( in respect of any debt , or moneys borrowed / in respect of any right , property or information used or services utilized , respectively ) for the purposes of a business or profession outside india or for the purposes of making or earning any income from any source outside india .\nas pointed out in mint , the all india gorkha league began a movement for a separate state in 1949 . but as the moderate movement , which only demanded autonomy for darjeeling , fizzled out by the 1980s , subhash ghisingh of the gorkha national liberation front started a more violent uprising for a separate state .\nthus in 1999 , in a war limited to one sector , india suffered casualities within its own territory . despite much pressure from the military and the public , the government decided not to cross the loc . pakistan too suffered criticism at home for limiting its war to artillery fire across the loc and shooting down indian aircraft .\nthe indian independence bill , which carves the independent nations of india and pakistan out of the former mogul empire , comes into force at the stroke of midnight . the long - awaited agreement ended 200 years of british rule and was hailed by indian independence leader mohandas gandhi as the \u201cnoblest act of the british nation . \u201d however , religious strife between hindus and muslims , which had delayed britain\u2019s granting of indian independence after world war ii , soon marred gandhi\u2019s exhilaration . in the northern province of punjab , which was sharply divided between hindu - dominated india and muslim - dominated pakistan , hundreds of people were killed in the first few days after independence .\ni decided to volunteer with welfare for animals in goa ( wag ) and within just 2 weeks , i realised my true life purpose was to become a vet . when i returned to london , i did everything i could to get into vet school so i could achieve my ultimate goal of being a charity vet in india .\nafter the disintegration of the mauryan empire in the second century b . c . , south asia became a collage of regional powers with overlapping boundaries . india ' s unguarded northwestern border again attracted a series of invaders between 200 b . c . and a . d . 300 . as the aryans had done , the invaders became\nindianized\nin the process of their conquest and settlement . also , this period witnessed remarkable intellectual and artistic achievements inspired by cultural diffusion and syncretism . the indo - greeks , or the bactrians , of the northwest contributed to the development of numismatics ; they were followed by another group , the shakas ( or scythians ) , from the steppes of central asia , who settled in western india . still other nomadic people , the yuezhi , who were forced out of the inner asian steppes of mongolia , drove the shakas out of northwestern india and established the kushana kingdom ( first century b . c . - third century a . d . ) . the kushana kingdom controlled parts of afghanistan and iran , and in india the realm stretched from purushapura ( modern peshawar , pakistan ) in the northwest , to varanasi ( uttar pradesh ) in the east , and to sanchi ( madhya pradesh ) in the south . for a short period , the kingdom reached still farther east , to pataliputra .\nstarting from february 25 , the grand tournament will see the participation of major asian countries\u2014india , pakistan , sri lanka , bangladesh along with afghanistan . it will feature 11 one day internationals and each team will held horns with each other once . top two teams will be qualified to play the final match to be held on march 8 , 2014 .\nthe finance act of 1976 by which clauses ( v ) , ( vi ) and ( vii ) were appended to section 9 ( 1 ) clearly employed the source rule to include income within the tax net . it is the situs of the payer and the situs of the utilization of services which will determine the taxability of such services in india .\nthe military exploits of the first three rulers - - chandragupta i ( ca . 319 - 335 ) , samudragupta ( ca . 335 - 376 ) , and chandragupta ii ( ca . 376 - 415 ) - - brought all of north india under their leadership . from pataliputra , their capital , they sought to retain political preeminence as much by pragmatism and judicious marriage alliances as by military strength . despite their self - conferred titles , their overlordship was threatened and by 500 ultimately ruined by the hunas ( a branch of the white huns emanating from central asia ) , who were yet another group in the long succession of ethnically and culturally different outsiders drawn into india and then woven into the hybrid indian fabric .\nyet this , by all accounts of soldiers and top indian army officers involved , was a war in which india lost men engaged in hand - to - hand combat with pakistani soldiers in the heights of kargil - a war that could be compared with the one of 1948 - 49 , which was limited to kashmir , with the other border regions remaining peaceful .\ngandhi and other nationalist leaders rejected as empty the british promises of indian self - government after the war and organized the nonviolent \u201cquit india\u201d campaign to hasten the british departure . british colonial authorities responded by jailing gandhi and hundreds of others . anti - british demonstrations accelerated after the war , and in 1947 the indian national congress reluctantly accepted the creation of pakistan to appease the muslim league and conclude the independence negotiations . on august 15 , 1947 , the indian independence bill took effect , inaugurating a period of religious turmoil in india and pakistan that would result in the deaths of hundreds of thousands , including gandhi , who was assassinated by a hindu fanatic in january 1948 during a prayer vigil to an area of muslim - hindu violence .\narun is the man who built mahindra\u2019s real estate and hospitality businesses . a pioneer in urban living , arun chairs a number of our businesses . as chairman emeritus of the indo - french chamber of commerce and a member of the governing board of the council of eu chambers of commerce in india , his many honours include the chevalier de la legion d ' honneur .\nthe entrepreneurial seed was probably sown when i left india for the us in 1973 with barely $ 8 ( rs 64 ) in hand . after a master ' s degree from the harvard school of engineering and applied sciences , i joined the us steel in december 1976 . three years later , i returned to india and joined coca - cola . till 1998 , i worked with three other companies . on returning to india , i had observed that most financial transactions were carried out through cash . firmly focused on easing cash transfers , in december 2002 , i decided to set up a company , suvidha starnet private limited ( beam being the brand name ) , which would act as a cash transaction facilitator . i invested rs 2 crore , pooled in from my own savings and borrowings from family . the profits finally started pouring in from 2005 - 6 , when we registered a turnover of rs 10 crore . we closed our books at rs 90 crore in fy12 and hoped to earn rs 125 crore in 2012 - 13 . today , we offer cashless payment for various services , such as domestic money transfers , banking transactions , utility bill payments , home delivery , shopping .\nby clicking on submit button , you authorize iifl & its representatives & agents to provide information about various products , offers and services provided by iifl through any mode including telephone calls , sms , letters etc . . you confirm that laws in relation to unsolicited communication referred in national do not call registry as laid down by telecom regulatory authority of india will not be applicable for such information / communication .\nafter this new development , star sports will only be the broadcast and have ground sponsorship rights of asia cup 2014 , which is starting from february 25 , 2014 in bangladesh . all major asian teams such as india , pakistan , sri lanka , bangladesh and afghanistan will compete 11 one day internationals , thereby competing against each other atleast once . the final would be played on march 8 , 2014 .\nalthough sanskrit was the language of learning and theology in south india , as it was in the north , the growth of the bhakti ( devotional ) movements enhanced the crystallization of vernacular literature in all four major dravidian languages : tamil , telugu , malayalam , and kannada ; they often borrowed themes and vocabulary from sanskrit but preserved much local cultural lore . examples of tamil literature include two major poems , cilappatikaram ( the jewelled anklet ) and manimekalai ( the jewelled belt ) ; the body of devotional literature of shaivism and vaishnavism - - hindu devotional movements ; and the reworking of the ramayana by kamban in the twelfth century . a nationwide cultural synthesis had taken place with a minimum of common characteristics in the various regions of south asia , but the process of cultural infusion and assimilation would continue to shape and influence india ' s history through the centuries .\nbusiness connection is not defined under the income tax act , 1961 and recourse must be taken to the definitions attributed by the courts . there was much confusion and uncertainty as to what was meant by business connection . business connection had to be established based on the factual matrix of each case . the courts progressively started identifying certain parameters to establish business connection in india in different cases . the most important cases being cit v . r . d . aggarwal\nstephanie changed careers in her late twenties in order to become a vet . going into her 4th year at the rvc , stephanie is more than half way through her training and between studies she travels frequently to india to partake in animal charity work . in addition to her commitment to enhancing animal welfare particularly in developing countries , stephanie is also passionate about the integration of complementary medicine with conventional medicine with a focus on a preventative and holistic approach where possible .\nopened a pandora\u2019s box with respect to interpretation of income deemed to accrue or arise in india by way of fees for technical services payable by a non resident . it was decided by a bench comprising of sinha s . b . j and dalveer bhandari j . the factual matrix of the case is as follows ishikawajima a japanese company along with other members of the consortium entered into a contract with petronet lng ltd . for setting up a liquefied natural gas facility at dahej in the state of gujarat . it was a turnkey project involving 1 ) offshore supply 2 ) offshore services 3 ) onshore supply and 4 ) onshore services and 5 ) construction and erection . there was no dispute relating to the taxability of onshore supplies , however dispute arose in relation to taxability of off shore supplies . question that arose was whether the fees for technical services would fall within the tax net under section 9 ( 1 ) ( vii ) of the income tax act , 1961 . the revenue contended that the contract was a composite contract , executable on a turn - key basis and was non severable ( the onshore activities are not severable from the off shore activities ) and therefore the fees for technical services would fall within the tax ambit in india . the company contended that on the basis of the contract onshore services were considered distinct from off shore services and the same could be severable ( payment was demarcated as per the contract ) , the apportion clause of section 9 ( 1 ) would be applicable and income attributable to fees for technical services could not be taxed in india . the court while subscribing to the view of the company held that there was consensus ad idem between the parties as to the two activities being distinct from each other . secondly , the court also held that if the contention was upheld then there would be a situation wherein income arising out of operation in more than one jurisdiction would have territorial nexus with each of the jurisdiction on actual basis . stating that if that was the case , it may not be correct to contend that the entire income ' accrues or arises ' in each of the jurisdiction . the court held that such a situation was not envisaged under indian tax law system . the court , while adopting a conjoint reading of section 5 ( 2 )"]}
{"id": 54776, "summary": [{"text": "barring out is the former custom in english schools of barring a schoolmaster from the premises .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "a typical example of this practice was at the school in bromfield , cumbria , where it was the custom \" for the scholars , at fasting 's even ( the beginning of lent ) to depose and exclude the master from the school for three days . \"", "topic": 28}, {"text": "during this period the school doors were barricaded and the boys armed with mock weapons .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "if the master 's attempts to re-enter were successful , extra tasks were inflicted as a penalty , and willingly performed by the boys .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "on the third day terms of capitulation , usually in latin verse , were signed , and these always conceded the immediate right to indulge in football and a cockfight .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "the custom was long retained at eton college and figures in many school stories , including the story \" the barring out : or party spirit \" in the parent 's assistant by maria edgeworth ( 1796 ) , and the 1948 billy bunter story \" barring out \" . ) more serious incidents of barring out reportedly took place at the royal school , armagh , and belfast royal academy in northern ireland ; and at the royal high school , edinburgh .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "dr. samuel johnson reports a story that joseph addison , when a schoolboy , was the ringleader of a barring out at his school .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "the custom extended to some early american colonial schools , such as william and mary college in virginia , where students barred out dr. james blair and shot at him with pistols when he attempted to enter .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "according to david hackett fischer , the custom became common in the southern highlands and the ohio and mississippi valleys , though occasionally taking place elsewhere in the colonies .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "barring out continued in falstone , a village in northumberland , until 1940 when the headmaster william moody , who was unaware of the custom , demanded entrance to his school and the students eventually relented and let him enter . ", "topic": 0}], "title": "barring out", "paragraphs": ["are we missing a good definition for barring out ? don ' t keep it to yourself . . .\nurltoken the barring out . : a tale . by maria edgeworth . ( 9781170955758 ) : maria edgeworth : books\ngoddamnit i & apos ; m all barred out , shut it off . damned barred , im all barred out . i & apos ; m all barred out tonight dudes .\nwhat made you want to look up barring - out ? please tell us where you read or heard it ( including the quote , if possible ) .\n& apos ; man i & apos ; m all barred out , turn it off . & apos ; & apos ; after that night i was all barred out . & apos ;\ndude , i can & apos ; t remember anything from last night . after a third xanie , i barred out\nthey ' ll remember your face . and they ' ll remember the stupid things you did when you were barred out .\nwhat ' s crazier than jumping out of a plane ? ( although i ' ll probably try indoor skydiving first . )\njoe :\nyo , dude you wanna come chill at my place ?\nmike :\ncan & apos ; t man . my mom is barring - out about the 6 pack she found under my bed .\njoe :\nshit , see ya next month\nbarr , bitch , pms , disappointment , pouting\na form of anterograde amnesia resulting from taking too much xanax ( or any other benzodiazepine . ) similar to\nblacking out .\nbut with the rest of you who abuse xanax , i\u2019m mad at you . if you and your buddies find it \u201cfunny\u201d to get \u201cbarred out\u201d every few nights and wake up not remembering what you did just for the hell of it , please remember that there are people out there who suffer from mental illness and sometimes , xanax is their only hope .\nbut when you decide to get barred out with your buddies then chug your subpar , cheap vodka along with it , i get angry . millions of people across the country are angry at you . because the truth of the matter is , if your \u201cfriends\u201d are egging you on to take another bar just so you can black out and be ignorant whilst mentally and physically impaired , they aren\u2019t your friends .\ni bet if i got my friends to come with me , it would be like the suite life of zach and cody episode , minus the ghost coming out of the wall but you never know .\nthe practice of barring - out , was a savage license , practised in many schools to the end of the last century , by which the boys , when the periodical vacation drew near , growing petulant at the approach of liberty , some days before the time of regular recess , took possession of the school , of which they barred the doors , and bade their master defiance from the windows . it is not easy to suppose that on such occasions the master would do more than laugh ; yet , if tradition may be credited , he often struggled hard to force or surprise the garrison . the master , when pigot was a school - boy , was barred - out at lichfield , and the whole operation , as he said , was planned and conducted by addison .\nbecause everyone under this umbrella of anxiety disorders is already angry at you . really , really , angry . quit making light and jokes out of a drug that helps us on a weekly , if not daily , basis .\nwell i & apos ; m from houston , and down here\nbarred out\nmeans to be messed up on xanex\nbars .\nbars are the most potent of xanex pills in front of blue and purple\nfootballs .\nusually you drink on them and get really fux0rdz .\nnot to name the school or the masters of men illustrious for literature is a kind of historical fraud , by which honest fame is injuriously diminished : i would therefore trace him through the whole process of his education . in 1683 , in the beginning of his twelfth year , his father being made dean of lichfield , naturally carried his family to his new residence , and , i believe , placed him for some time , probably not long , under mr . shaw , then master of the school at lichfield , father of the late dr . peter shaw . of this interval his biographers have given no account , and i know it only from a story of a barring - out , told me , when i was a boy , by andrew corbet of shropshire , who had heard it from mr . pigot his uncle .\na widespread custom , up to the 19th century , was the \u2018barring - out\u2019 of the schoolteacher by his pupils . on a day sanctioned by custom ( but varying from place to place ) , the pupils contrived to bar the door with the teacher outside , often with his connivance , and refused to let him in until he agreed to their terms , which were usually for a half - holiday , or something similar . by the 19th century the custom was relatively controlled , but in previous generations had been much rougher . on at least one occasion , in scotland in 1595 , a magistrate who was helping the teacher gain access to the school was shot dead by one of the pupils . not surprisingly , local authorities waged a continual war against such activities and gradually succeeded in taming and , eventually , eliminating the custom .\nand more importantly , quit ticking us off . quit ticking off the 18 percent of americans who suffer from an anxiety disorder , and quit ticking off the 2 . 8 percent who suffer from panic disorder . and while you ' re at it , quit giving people with anxiety or panic disorder a bad name . i hope you realize every time you get barred out , black out , and wake up on the couch of someone you don ' t know , those people know you did xanax . and when you tell them thinking you look like a badass , all they ' ll remember when they hear someone suffering from severe anxiety is you .\nprinted from oxford reference ( www . oxfordreference . com ) . ( c ) copyright oxford university press , 2013 . all rights reserved . under the terms of the licence agreement , an individual user may print out a pdf of a single entry from a reference work in or for personal use ( for details see privacy policy and legal notice ) .\nwhen he returned to england ( in 1702 ) , with a meanness of appearance which gave testimony of the difficulties to which he had been reduced , he found his old patrons out of power , and was therefore for a time at full leisure for the cultivation of his mind , and a mind so cultivated gives reason to believe that little time was lost .\nso before i go further , please , if you or someone you know suffers from addiction , please seek out your nearest counseling center or call an addiction hotline ; there are several great hotline resources available online . ( one of which is 1 - 800 - 662 - help [ 4357 ] , powered by the u . s . department of health and human services ) .\nso please , on behalf of those who actually benefit at times from our xanax prescriptions that you don\u2019t , can\u2019t and won\u2019t obtain , please stop . stop making xanax into a joke . stop making prescription drugs in general into a joke . there are people out there who need them , who rely on them , who trust them to get through their hours , days , weeks or months of severe panic and fear .\nthe 18th century was a wealth of knowledge , exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record - keeping made possible by advances in the printing press . in its determination to preserve the century of revolution , gale initiated a revolution of its own : digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind . now for the first time these high - quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print , making them highly accessible to libraries , undergraduate students , and independent scholars . western literary study flows out of eighteenth - century works by alexander pope , daniel defoe , henry fielding , frances burney , denis diderot , johann gottfried herder , johann wolfgang von goethe , and others . experience the birth of the modern novel , or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses . + + + + the below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title . this data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification : + + + + < sourcelibrary > bodleian library ( oxford ) < estcid > t301012 < notes > drophead title on p . [ 3 ] :\nthe barring out ; or , party spirit\n. signatures : a - f { 8 } ? p ? sg { 5 } . final page is blank . < imprintfull > london : : printed for j . johnson , . . . by c . woodfall , . . . , 1800 . . < collation > 105 , [ 1 ] , p . ; 8\u00b0\nbut from someone who suffers from severe anxiety and panic disorder , while you\u2019re taking xanax bars and abusing them to make your saturday a little more interesting , there are people out there who rely on xanax to get through some days , some hours even . let me be clear : i am in no way downplaying addiction . and xanax , being highly addictive , is a recipe for disaster if it gets into the hands of someone who doesn\u2019t genuinely need it .\nxanax abuse on college campuses has become an epidemic , no doubt about it . the popularity of using xanax in combination with alcohol has become widespread , as the effects of xanax are heavily increased if taken with alcohol . but you guessed it \u2014 from a prescription standpoint , it clearly states combining xanax with alcohol can result in horrible side effects , including suicidal thoughts and tendencies , impaired judgment and seizures . not to mention , it\u2019s a surefire way for college kids to \u201cblack out\u201d if xanax is taken with alcohol .\ni\u2019m not just angry , though . i feel sorry for you people . i feel sorry for the ones who can only find fun in abusing drugs and alcohol . i feel sorry for the ones who think xanax is some big joke when you can\u2019t relate to those who suffer from panic attacks and severe anxiety . i feel bad that the only place you can find comfort or fun is within a bar and a bottle of green label evan williams . i feel bad that you have stooped that low to impress your friends , or a guy , or a girl by getting blacked out of your mind .\nhis works will supply some information . it appears from his various pictures of the world , that , with all his bashfulness , he had conversed with many distinct classes of men , had surveyed their ways with very diligent observation , and marked with great acuteness the effects of different modes of life . he was a man in whose presence nothing reprehensible was out of danger ; quick in discerning whatever was wrong or ridiculous , and not unwilling to expose it . there are , says steele , in his writings many oblique strokes upon some of the wittiest men of the age . his delight was more to excite merriment than detestation , and he detects follies rather than crimes .\naddison had enough of the zeal of party , but steele had at that time almost nothing else . the spectator , in one of the first papers , showed the political tenets of its authors ; but a resolution was soon taken , of courting general approbation by general topicks , and subjects on which faction had produced no diversity of sentiments ; such as literature , morality , and familiar life . to this practice they adhered with very few deviations . the ardour of steele once broke out in praise of marlborough ; and when dr . fleetwood prefixed to some sermons a preface , overflowing with whiggish opinions , that it might be read by the queen it was reprinted in the spectator .\njoseph addison was born on the first of may , 1672 , at milston , of which his father , lancelot addison , was then rector , near ambrosbury in wiltshire , and appearing weak and unlikely to live , he was christened the same day . after the usual domestic education , which , from the character of his father , may be reasonably supposed to have given him strong impressions of piety , he was committed to the care of mr . naish at ambrosbury , and afterwards of mr . taylor at salisbury .\nto judge better of the probability of this story , i have enquired when he was sent to the chartreux ; but , as he was not one of those who enjoyed the founder ' s benefaction , there is no account preserved of his admission . at the school of the chartreux , to which he was removed either from that of salisbury or lichfield , he pursued his juvenile studies under the care of dr . ellis , and contracted that intimacy with sir richard steele which their joint labours have so effectually recorded .\nof this memorable friendship the greater praise must be given to steele . it is not hard to love those from whom nothing can be feared , and addison never considered steele as a rival ; but steele lived , as he confesses , under an habitual subjection to the predominating genius of addison , whom he always mentioned with reverence , and treated with obsequiousness .\naddison , who knew his own dignity , could not always forbear to show it , by playing a little upon his admirer ; but he was in no danger of retort : his jests were endured without resistance or resentment .\nobdurate creditor but the sneer of jocularity was not the worst . steele , whose imprudence of generosity , or vanity of profusion , kept him always incurably necessitous , upon some pressing exigence , in an evil hour borrowed a hundred pounds of his friend , probably without much purpose of repayment ; but addison , who seems to have had other notions of an hundred pounds , grew impatient of delay , and reclaimed his loan by an execution . steele felt with great sensibility the obduracy of his creditor ; but with emotions of sorrow rather than of anger .\nin 1687 he was entered into queen ' s college in oxford , where , in 1689 , the accidental perusal of some latin verses gained him the patronage of dr . lancaster , afterwards provost of queen ' s college ; by whose recommendation he was elected into magdalen college as a demy , a term by which that society denominates those which are elsewhere called scholars ; young men , who partake of the founder ' s benefaction , and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships .\nhere he continued to cultivate poetry and criticism , and grew first eminent by his latin compositions , which are indeed entitled to particular praise . he has not confined himself to the imitation of any ancient author , but has formed his style from the general language , such as a diligent perusal of the productions of different ages happened to supply .\nhis latin compositions seem to have had much of his fondness ; for he collected a second volume of the musae anglicanae , perhaps for a convenient receptacle , in which all his latin pieces are inserted , and where his poem on the peace has the first place . he afterwards presented the collection to boileau , who from that time conceived , says tickell , an opinion of the english genius for poetry . nothing is better known of boileau , than that he had an injudicious and peevish contempt of modern latin , and therefore his profession of regard was probably the effect of his civility rather than approbation .\nthree of his latin poems are upon subjects on which perhaps he would not have ventured to have written in his own language . the battle of the pigmies and cranes ; the barometer ; and a bowlinggreen . when the matter is low or scanty , a dead language , in which nothing is mean because nothing is familiar , affords great coneniences ; and by the sonorous magnificence of roman syllables , the writer conceals penury of thought , and want of novelty , often from the reader , and often from himself .\nin his twenty - second year he first showed his power of english poetry by some verses addressed to dryden ; and soon afterwards published a translation of the greater part of the fourth georgick upon bees ; after which , says dryden , my latter swarm is hardly worth the hiving .\nabout the same time he composed the arguments prefixed to the several books of dryden ' s virgil ; and produced an essay on the georgicks , juvenile , superficial , and uninstructive , without much either of the scholar ' s learning or the critic ' s penetration .\nhis next paper of verses contained a character of the principal english poets , inscribed to henry sacheverell , who was then , if not a poet , a writer of verses ; as is shown by his version of a small part of virgil ' s georgicks , published in the miscellanies , and a latin encomium on queen mary , in the musae anglicanae . these verses exhibit all the fondness of friendship ; but on one side or the other . friendship was afterwards too weak for the malignity of faction .\nin this poem is a very confident and discriminative character of spenser , whose work he had then never read . so little sometimes is criticism the effect of judgment . it is necessary to inform the reader , that about this time he was introduced by congreve to montague , then chancellor of the exchequer : addison was then learning the trade of a courtier , and subjoined montague as a poetical name to those of cowley and of dryden .\nby the influence of mr . montague , concurring , according to tickell , with his natural modesty , he was diverted from his original design of entering into holy orders . montague alleged the corruption of men who engaged in civil employments without liberal education ; and declared , that , though he was represented as an enemy to the church , he would never do it an injury by withholding addison from it .\nsoon after ( in 1695 ) he wrote a poem to king william , with a rhyming introduction addressed to lord somers . king william had no regard to elegance or literature ; his study was only war ; yet by a choice of ministers , whose disposition was very different from his own , he procured , without intention , a very liberal patronage to poetry . addison was caressed both by somers and montague .\nin 1697 appeared his latin verses on the peace of ryswick which he dedicated to montague , and which was afterwards called by smith the best latin poem since the aeneid . praise must not be too rigorously examined ; but the performance cannot be denied to be vigorous and elegant .\nhaving yet no public employment , he obtained ( in 1699 ) a pension of three hundred pounds a year , that he might be enabled to travel . he staid a year at blois , probably to learn the french language ; and then proceeded in his journey to italy , which he surveyed with the eyes of a poet .\nwhile he was travelling at leisure , he was far from being idle ; for he not only collected his observations on the country , but found time to write his dialogues on medals , and four acts of cato . such at least is the relation of tickell . perhaps he only collected his materials , and formed his plan .\nwhatever were his other employments in italy , he there wrote the letter to lord halifax , which is justly considered as the most elegant , if not the most sublime , of his poetical productions . but in about two years he found it necessary to hasten home ; being , as swift informs us , distressed by indigence , and compelled to become the tutor of a travelling squire , because his pension was not remitted .\nat his return he published his travels , with a dedication to lord somers . as his stay in foreign countries was short , his observations are such as might be supplied by a hasty view , and consist chiefly in comparisons of the present face of the country with the descriptions left us by the roman poets , from whom he made preparatory collections , though he might have spared the trouble had he known that such collections had been made twice before by italian authors .\nthe most amusing passage of his book , is his account of the minute republick of san marino ; of many parts it is not a very severe censure to say that they might have been written at home . his elegance of language , and variegation of prose and verse , however , gains upon the reader ; and the book , though a while neglected , became in time so much the favourite of the public , that before it was reprinted it rose to five times its price .\nhelped by halifax but he remained not long neglected or useless . the victory at blenheim ( 1704 ) spread triumph and confidence over the nation ; and lord godolphin lamenting to lord halifax , that it had not been celebrated in a manner equal to the subject , desired him to propose it to some better poet . halifax told him that there was no encouragement for genius ; that worthless men were unprofitably enriched with public money , without any care to find or employ those whose appearance might do honour to their country . to this godolphin replied , that such abuses should in time be rectified ; and that if a man could be found capable of the task then proposed , he should not want an ample recompense . halifax then named addison ; but required that the treasurer should apply to him in his own person . godolphin sent the message by mr . boyle , afterwards lord carleton ; and addison having undertaken the work , communicated it to the treasurer , while it was yet advanced no further than the simile of the angel , and was immediately rewarded by succeeding mr . locke in the place of commissioner of appeals .\nin the following year he was at hanover with lord halifax ; and the year after was made under - secretary of state , first to sir charles hedges , and in a few months more to the earl of sunderland .\nabout this time the prevalent taste for italian operas inclined him to try what would be the effect of a musical drama in our own language . he therefore wrote the opera of rosamond , which , when exhibited on the stage , was either hissed or neglected ; but trusting that the readers would do him more justice , he published it , with an inscription to the duchess of marlborough ; a woman without skill , or pretensions to skill , in poetry or literature . his dedication was therefore an instance of servile absurdity , to be exceeded only by joshua barnes ' s dedication of a greek anacreon to the duke .\nhis reputation had been somewhat advanced by the tender husband , a comedy which steele dedicated to him , with a confession that he owed to him several of the most successful scenes . to this play addison supplied a prologue .\nwhen the marquis of wharton was appointed lord - lieutenant of ireland , addison attended him as his secretary ; and was made keeper of the records in birmingham ' s tower , with a salary of three hundred pounds a year . the office was little more than nominal , and the salary was augmented for his accommodation .\nemployed by wharton interest and faction allow little to the operation of particular dispositions , or private opinions . two men of personal characters more opposite than those of wharton and addison could not easily be brought together . wharton was impious , profligate , and shameless , without regard , or appearance of regard , to right and wrong : whatever is contrary to this , may be said of addison ; but as agents of a party they were connected , and how they adjusted their other sentiments we cannot know .\naddison must , however , not be too hastily condemned . it is not necessary to refuse benefits from a bad man , when the acceptance implies no approbation of his crime ; nor has the subordinate officer any obligation to examine the opinions or conduct of those under whom he acts , except that he may not be made the instrument of wickedness . it is reasonable to suppose that addison counteracted , as far as he was able , the malignant and blasting influence of the lieutenant , and that at least by his intervention some good was done , and some mischief prevented .\nwhen he was in office , he made a law to himself , as swift has recorded , never to remit his regular fees in civility to his friends :\nfor ,\nsaid he ,\ni may have a hundred friends ; and , if my fee be two guineas , i shall , by relinquishing my right lose two hundred guineas , and no friend gain more than two ; there is therefore no proportion between the good imparted and the evil suffered .\nhe was in ireland when steele , without any communication of his design , began the publication of the tatler ; but he was not long concealed : by inserting a remark on virgil , which addison had given him , he discovered himself . it is indeed not easy for any man to write upon literature , or common life , so as not to make himself known to those with whom he familiarly converses , and who are acquainted with his track of study , his favourite topicks , his peculiar notions , and his habitual phrases .\nthe tatler if steele desired to write in secret , he was not lucky ; a single month detected him . his first tatler was published april 22 ( 1709 ) , and addison ' s contribution appeared may 26 . tickell observes , that the tatler began and was concluded without his concurrence . this is doubtless literally true ; but the work did not suffer much by his unconsciousness of its commencement , or his absence at its cessation ; for he continued his assistance to december 23 , and the paper stopped on january 2 . he did not distinguish his pieces by any signature ; and i know not whether his name was not kept secret , till the papers were collected into volumes .\nto the tatler , in about two months , succeeded the spectator ; a series of essays of the same kind , but written with less levity , upon a more regular plan , and published daily . such an undertaking showed the writers not to distrust their own copiousness of materials or facility of composition , and their performance justified their confidence . they found , however , in their progress , many auxiliaries . to attempt a single paper was no terrifying labour : many pieces were offered , and many were received .\nto teach the minuter decencies and inferior duties , to regulate the practice of daily conversation , to correct those depravities which are rather ridiculous than criminal , and remove those grievances which , if they produce no lasting calamities , impress hourly vexation , was first attempted by casa in his book of manners , and castiglione in his courtier ; two books yet celebrated in italy for purity and elegance , and which , if they are now less read , are neglected only because they have effected that reformation which their authors intended , and their precepts now are no longer wanted . their usefulness to the age in which they were written is sufficiently attested by the translations which almost all the nations of europe were in haste to obtain .\nthis species of instruction was continued , and perhaps advanced , by the french ; among whom la bruyere ' s manners of the age , though , as boileau remarked , it is written without connection , certainly deserves great praise , for liveliness of description and justness of observation .\nbefore the tatler and spectator , if the writers for the theatre are excepted , england had no masters of common life . no writers had yet undertaken to reform either the savageness of neglect , or the impertinence of civility ; to show when to speak , or to be silent ; how to refuse , or how to comply . we had many books to teach us our more important duties , and to settle opinions in philosophy or politicks ; but an arbiter elegantiarum , a judge of propriety , was yet wanting , who should survey the track of daily conversation , and free it from thorns and prickles , which tease the passer , though they do not wound him .\nfor this purpose nothing is so proper as the frequent publication of short papers , which we read not as study but amusement . if the subject be slight , the treatise likewise is short . the busy may find time , and the idle may find patience .\nthis mode of conveying cheap and easy knowledge began among us in the civil war , when it was much the interest of either party to raise and fix the prejudices of the people . at that time appeared mercurius aulicus , mercurius rusticus , and mercurius civicus . it is said , that when any title grew popular , it was stolen by the antagonist , who by this stratagem conveyed his notions to those who would not have received him had he not worn the appearance of a friend . the tumult of those unhappy days left scarcely any man leisure to treasure up occasional compositions ; and so much were they neglected , that a complete collection is no where to be found .\nthese mercuries were succeeded by l ' estrange ' s observator , and that by lesley ' s rehearsal , and perhaps by others ; but hitherto nothing had been conveyed to the people , in this commodious manner , but controversy relating to the church or state ; of which they taught many to talk , whom they could not teach to judge .\nit has been suggested that the royal society was instituted soon after the restoration , to divert the attention of the people from public discontent . the tatler and the spectator had the same tendency ; they were published at a time when two parties , loud , restless , and violent , each with plausible declarations , and each perhaps without any distinct termination of its views , were agitating the nation ; to minds heated with political contest , they supplied cooler and more inoffensive reflections ; and it is said by addison , in a subsequent work , that they had a perceptible influence upon the conversation of that time , and taught the frolick and the gay to unite merriment with decency ; an effect which they can never wholly lose , while they continue to be among the first books by which both sexes are initiated in the elegances of knowledge .\nthe tatler and spectator adjusted , like casa , the unsettled practice of daily intercourse by propriety and politeness ; and , like la bruyere , exhibited the characters and manners of the age . the persons introduced in these papers were not merely ideal ; they were then known and conspicuous in various stations . of the tatler this is told by steele in his last paper , and of the spectator by budgell in the preface to theophrastus ; a book which addison has recommended , and which he was suspected to have revised , if he did not write it . of those portraits , which may be supposed to be sometimes embellished , and sometimes aggravated , the originals are now partly known , and partly forgotten .\nbut to say that they united the plans of two or three eminent writers , is to give them but a small part of their due praise ; they superadded literature and criticism , and sometimes towered far above their predecessors ; and taught , with great justness of argument and dignity of language , the most important duties and sublime truths .\nall these topicks were happily varied with elegant fictions and refined allegories , and illuminated with different changes of style and felicities of invention .\nit is recorded by budgell , that of the characters feigned or exhibited in the spectator , the favourite of addison was sir roger de coverley , of whom he had formed a very delicate and discriminated idea , which he would not suffer to be violated ; and therefore when steele had shown him innocently picking up a girl in the temple and taking her to a tavern , he drew upon himself so much of his friend ' s indignation , that he was forced to appease him by a promise of forbearing sir roger for the time to come .\nthe reason which induced cervantes to bring his hero to the grave , para mi solo nacio don quixote , y yo para el , made addison declare , with an undue vehemence of expression , that he would kill sir roger ; being of opinion that they were born for one another , and that any other hand would do him wrong .\nit may be doubted whether addison ever filled up his original delineation . he describes his knight as having his imagination somewhat warped ; but of this perversion he has made very little use . the irregularities in sir roger ' s conduct seem not so much the effects of a mind deviating from the beaten track of life , by the perpetual pressure of some overwhelming idea , as of habitual rusticity , and that negligence which solitary grandeur naturally generates .\nthe variable weather of the mind , the flying vapours of incipient madness , which from time to time cloud reason , without eclipsing it , it requires so much nicety to exhibit , that addison seems to have been deterred from prosecuting his own design .\nto sir roger , who , as a country gentleman , appears to be a tory , or , as it is gently expressed , an adherent to the landed interest , is opposed sir andrew freeport , a new man , a wealthy merchant , zealous for the moneyed interest , and a whig of this contrariety of opinions , it is probable more consequences were at first intended , than could be produced when the resolution was taken to exclude party from the paper . sir andrew does but little , and that little seems not to have pleased addison , who , when he dismissed him from the club , changed his opinions . steele had made him , in the true spirit of unfeeling commerce , declare that he would not build an hospital for idle people ; but at last he buys land , settles in the country , and builds not a manufactory , but an hospital for twelve old husbandmen , for men with whom a merchant has little acquaintance , and whom he commonly considers with little kindness .\nof essays thus elegant , thus instructive , and thus commodiously distributed , it is natural to suppose the approbation general and the sale numerous . i once heard it observed , that the sale may be calculated by the product of the tax , related in the last number to produce more than twenty pounds a week , and therefore stated at one and twenty pounds , or three pounds ten shillings a day : this , at a halfpenny a paper , will give sixteen hundred and eighty for the daily number .\nthis sale is not great ; yet this , if swift be credited , was likely to grow less ; for he declares that the spectator , whom he ridicules for his endless mention of the fair sex , had before his recess wearied his readers .\ncato the next year ( 1713 ) , in which cato came upon the stage , was the grand climacterick of addison ' s reputation . upon the death of cato , he had , as is said , planned a tragedy in the time of his travels , and had for several years the four first acts finished , which were shown to such as were likely to spread their admiration . they were seen by pope , and by cibber ; who relates that steele , when he took back the copy , told him , in the despicable cant of literary modesty , that , whatever spirit his friend had shown in the composition , he doubted whether he would have courage sufficient to expose it to the censure of a british audience .\nthe time however was now come , when those who affected to think liberty in danger , affected likewise to think that a stage - play might preserve it : and addison was importuned , in the name of the tutelary deities of britain , to show his courage and his zeal by finishing his design .\nto resume his work he seemed perversely and unaccountably unwilling ; and by a request , which perhaps he wished to be denied , desired mr . hughes to add a fifth act . hughes supposed him serious ; and , undertaking the supplement , brought in a few days some scenes for his examination ; but he had in the mean time gone to work himself , and produced half an act , which he afterward completed , but with brevity irregularly disproportionate to the foregoing parts ; like a task performed with reluctance , and hurried to its conclusion .\nit may yet be doubted whether cato was made public by any change of the author ' s purpose ; for dennis charged him with raising prejudices in his own favour by false positions of preparatory criticism , and with poisoning the town by contradicting in the spectator the established rule of poetical justice , because his own hero , with all his virtues , was to fall before a tyrant . the fact is certain ; - the motives we must guess .\naddison was , i believe , sufficiently disposed to bar all avenues against all danger . when pope brought him the prologue , which is properly accommodated to the play , there were these words , britons , arise , be worth like this approved ; meaning nothing more than , britons , erect and exalt yourselves to the approbation of public virtue . addison was frighted lest he should be thought a promoter of insurrection , and the line was liquidated to britons , attend .\nnow , heavily in clouds came on the day , the great , the important day , when addison was to stand the hazard of the theatre . that there might , however , be left as little to hazard as was possible , on the first night steele , as himself relates , undertook to pack an audience . this , says pope , had been tried for the first time in favour of the distrest mother ; and was now , with more efficacy , practised for cato .\nthe danger was soon over . the whole nation was at that time on fire with faction . the whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned , as a satire on the tories ; and the tories echoed every clap , to show that the satire was unfelt . the story of bolingbroke is well known . he called booth to his box , and gave him fifty guineas for defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator . the whigs , says pope , design a second present , when they can accompany it with as good a sentence .\nthe play , supported thus by the emulation of factious praise , was acted night after night for a longer time than , i believe , the public had allowed to any drama before ; and the author , as mrs . potter long afterwards related , wandered through the whole exhibition behind the scenes with restless and unappeasable solicitude .\nwhen it was printed , notice was given that the queen would be pleased if it was dedicated to her ; but as he had designed that compliment elsewhere , he found himself obliged , says tickell , by his duty on the one hand , and his honour on the other , to send it into the world without any dedication .\nhuman happiness has always its abatements ; the brightest sunshine of success is not without a cloud . no sooner was cato offered to the reader , than it was attacked by the acute malignity of dennis , with all the violence of angry criticism . dennis , though equally zealous , and probably by his temper more furious than addison , for what they called liberty , and though a flatterer of the whig ministry , could not sit quiet at a successful play ; but was eager to tell friends and enemies , that they had misplaced their admirations . the world was too stubborn for instruction ; with the fate of the censurer of corneille ' s cid , his animadversions shewed his anger without effect , and cato continued to be praised .\npope had now an opportunity of courting the friendship of addison , by vilifying his old enemy , and could give resentment its full play without appearing to revenge himself . he therefore published a narrative of the madness of john dennis ; a performance which left the objections to the play in their full force , and therefore discovered more desire of vexing the critic than of defending the poet .\naddison , who was no stranger to the world , probably saw the selfishness of pope ' s friendship ; and , resolving that he should have the consequences of his officiousness to himself , informed dennis by steele , that he was sorry for the insult ; and that whenever he should think fit to answer his remarks , he would do it in a manner to which nothing could be objected .\nthe greatest weakness of the play is in the scenes of love , which are said by pope to have been added to the original plan upon a subsequent review , in compliance with the popular practice of the stage . such an authority it is hard to reject ; yet the love is so intimately mingled with the whole action that it cannot easily be thought extrinsick and adventitious ; for if it were taken away , what would be left ? or how were the four acts filled in the first draught ?\nat the publication the wits seemed proud to pay their attendance with encomiastick verses . the best are from an unknown hand , which will perhaps lose somewhat of their praise when the author is known to be jeffreys .\ncato had yet other honours . it was censured as a party - play by a scholar of oxford , and defended in a favourable examination by dr . sewel . it was translated by salvini into italian , and acted at florence ; and by the jesuits of st . omer ' s into latin , and played by their pupils . of this version a copy was sent to mr . addison : it is to be wished that it could be found , for the sake of comparing their version of the soliloquy with that of bland .\na tragedy was written on the same subject by des champs , a french poet , which was translated , with a criticism on the english play . but the translator and the critic are now forgotten .\ndennis lived on unanswered , and therefore little read : addison knew the policy of literature too well to make his enemy important , by drawing the attention of the public upon a criticism , which , though sometimes intemperate , was often irrefragable .\nwhile cato was upon the stage , another daily paper , called the guardian , was published by steele . to this addison gave great assistance , whether occasionally or by previous engagement is not known .\nthe character of guardian was too narrow and too serious : it might properly enough admit both the duties and the decencies of life , but seemed not to include literary speculations , and was in some degree violated by merriment and burlesque . what had the guardian of the lizards to do with clubs of tall or of little men , with nests of ants , or with strada ' s prolusions ?\nof this paper nothing is necessary to be said , but that it found many contributors , and that it was a continuation of the spectator with the same elegance , and the same variety , till some unlucky sparkle from a tory paper set steele ' s politics on fire , and wit at once blazed into faction . he was soon too hot for neutral topicks and quitted the guardian to write the englishman .\nthe papers of addison are marked in the spectator by one of the letters in the name of clio , and in the guardian by a hand ; whether it was , as tickell pretends to think , that he was . unwilling to usurp the praise of others , or as steele , with far greater likelihood , insinuates , that he could not without discontent impart to others any of his own . i have heard that his avidity did not satisfy itself with the air of renown , but that with great eagerness he laid hold on his proportion of the profits .\nmany of these papers were written with powers truly comic , with nice discrimination of characters , and accurate observation of natural or accidental deviations from propriety ; but it was not supposed that he had tried a comedy on the stage , till steele , after his death , declared him the author of the drummer ; this , however , steele did not know to be true by any direct testimony ; for when addison put the play into his hands , he only told him , it was the work of a gentleman in the company ; and when it was received , as is confessed , with cold approbation , he was probably less willing to claim it . tickell omitted it in his collection ; but the testimony of steele , and the total silence of any other claimant , has determined the public to assign it to addison , and it is now printed with his other poetry . steele carried the drummer to the playhouse , and afterwards to the press , and sold the copy for fifty guineas .\nto the opinion of steele may be added the proof supplied by the play itself , of which the characters are such as addison would have delineated , and the tendency such as addison would have promoted . that it should have been ill received would raise wonder , did we not daily see the capricious distribution of theatrical praise .\nhe was not all this time an indifferent spectator of public affairs . he wrote , as different exigencies required ( in 1707 ) , the present state of the war , and the necessity of an augmentation ; which , however judicious , being written on temporary topicks , and exhibiting no peculiar powers , laid hold on no attention , and has naturally sunk by its own weight into neglect . this cannot be said of the few papers entitled the whig examiner , in which is employed all the force of gay malevolence and humorous satire . of this paper , which just appeared and expired , swift remarks , with exultation , that it is now down among the dead men . he might well rejoice at the death of that which he could not have killed . every reader of every party , since personal malice is past , and the papers which once inflamed the nation are read only as effusions of wit , must wish for more of the whig examiners ; for on no occasion was the genius of addison more vigorously exerted , and on none did the superiority of his powers more evidently appear . his trial of count tariff , written to expose the treaty of commerce with france , lived no longer than the question that produced it ."]}
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approve an electronic form for the purposes of the definition of electronic signature in subsection ( 1 ) .\n( 2 ) nothing in this act permits the crown to be prosecuted for an offence .\nto avoid doubt , a charge or penalty under this act is not tax deductible for the purposes of any law dealing with income tax .\nthis part provides for the creation , trading and extinguishing of renewable energy certificates .\nthe certificates are used to avoid or reduce the amount of renewable energy shortfall charge that liable entities who acquire electricity have to pay . the liable entities will generally acquire the certificates by purchasing them .\nthe certificates are created by people who generate power from accredited power stations using eligible renewable energy sources where the amount generated exceeds the relevant 1997 eligible renewable power base line . the certificates are also created for approved installations of solar water heaters or small generation units .\na person needs to be registered under division 2 before they can create a certificate .\na power station needs to be accredited under division 3 before a certificate can be issued in relation to power generated by it .\na certificate must be registered when it is created . every transfer of the certificate must also be registered .\nwhen a certificate has been surrendered by a liable party , it ceases to be valid .\n( 2 ) however , if a person\u2019s registration has been suspended under section 30 or 30a , the person cannot be registered during the period of the suspension .\n( d ) be accompanied by the fee ( if any ) prescribed by the regulations for the making of applications for registration .\nif the regulator receives an application that is properly made under section 10 , the regulator must approve the application unless the person has previously been registered . if the person has previously been registered , the regulator must refuse the application .\nif the regulator approves an application , the regulator must allocate the applicant a unique registration number and advise the applicant of the number .\n( 1 ) a registered person may apply to the regulator for provisional accreditation of the proposed components of an electricity generation system that the person considers would , if assembled , be a single power station .\n( f ) be accompanied by the fee ( if any ) prescribed by the regulations for the making of applications for provisional accreditation .\n( ii ) the power station will be eligible for accreditation if subsection 14 ( 2 ) is satisfied .\nthe regulator must , by written notice given to the applicant , refuse the application .\n( 3 ) regulations made for the purposes of section 14 , in relation to determining the components of a power station , apply in a corresponding way to this section .\n( b ) if , before the end of that period , the regulator and applicant agree to a longer period\u2014that longer period .\n( 2 ) if the regulator has not decided the application within the period applicable under subsection ( 1 ) , the regulator is taken , at the end of that period , to have made a decision under section 12b refusing the application .\n( b ) owns all , or a part , of those components ( whether alone or together with one or more other persons ) .\n( f ) be accompanied by a statement in writing from each other person ( if any ) specified under paragraph ( baa ) indicating that the other person agrees to the making of the application .\n( 3 ) the regulator must enter details of the application on the register of applications for accredited power stations .\nnote : a determination under paragraph ( a ) may be varied : see division 10 .\nthe regulator must determine , under paragraph ( 1 ) ( a ) of this section , that the components specified in the application under section 13 are taken to be a power station for the purposes of this act .\n( 2a ) however , a power station is not eligible for accreditation if the regulator is satisfied that a previous determination under paragraph ( 1 ) ( a ) should be varied to include the components of the system specified in the application for accreditation .\n( b ) any energy sources used by the power station that are not eligible renewable energy sources .\nnote : the 1997 eligible renewable power baseline for a power station may be varied : see division 12 .\n( 4 ) the regulator must determine the matters specified in paragraphs ( 1 ) ( a ) and ( 3 ) ( a ) in accordance with guidelines prescribed in the regulations .\n( b ) the 1997 eligible renewable power baseline for a power station may be nil .\nif the regulator determines that a power station is eligible for accreditation , the regulator must approve the application . in any other case , the regulator must refuse the application .\nnote : the accreditation of an accredited power station may be suspended : see division 11 .\n( 2 ) if the regulator has not decided the application within the period applicable under subsection ( 1 ) , the regulator is taken , at the end of that period , to have made a decision under section 15 refusing the application .\nif the regulator approves an application , the applicant becomes the nominated person for the accredited power station .\nnote : the nominated person for the power station is able to create certificates for electricity generated by the power station : see section 18 . the nominated person may change : see division 9 .\nif the regulator approves an application , the regulator must allocate the power station a unique identification code and advise the applicant of the code .\n( 3 ) for the purposes of this act , the regulations may provide that an energy source referred to in subsection ( 1 ) or ( 2 ) has the meaning prescribed by the regulations .\n( 4 ) for the purposes of this act , the regulations may make provision for and in relation to limiting the meaning of an energy source referred to in subsection ( 1 ) .\n( 5 ) for the purposes of this act , the regulations may make provision for and in relation to extending the meaning of an energy source referred to in subsection ( 2 ) .\n( 1 ) the nominated person for an accredited power station may create a certificate for each whole mwh of electricity generated by the power station during a year that is in excess of the power station\u2019s 1997 eligible renewable power baseline .\n( 1a ) a certificate must not be created in respect of a whole mwh of electricity generated partly in 1 year and partly in the following year .\n( 2 ) if the amount of electricity generated by an accredited power station during a year that is in excess of the power station\u2019s 1997 eligible renewable power baseline is less than 1 mwh but greater than or equal to 0 . 5 mwh , the nominated person for the power station may create 1 certificate in respect of the electricity generated during the year .\n( 3 ) the amount of electricity generated by an accredited power station is to be worked out in accordance with the regulations .\n( b ) to the extent that the electricity was generated during any period of suspension of the accreditation of the accredited power station under section 30d or 30e .\n( 5 ) the nominated person for an accredited power station must not create any certificates during any period of suspension of the person\u2019s registration under section 30 or 30a .\na certificate may be created at any time after the generation of the final part of the electricity in relation to which it is created and before the end of the year after the year of generation .\nnote : for offences related to the creation of certificates , see section 24 .\n( 1 ) the regulator may amend an electricity generation return if the nominated person for the accredited power station concerned requests , in writing , an amendment within 12 months of the return being given .\n( 2 ) the regulator may also amend an electricity generation return on his or her own initiative if the amendment is made within 4 years of the return being given .\n( 3 ) if the regulator refuses to amend an electricity generation return upon a request by a nominated person for an accredited power station , the regulator must notify the person accordingly .\n( 1 ) if a solar water heater is installed on or after 1 april 2001 , certificates may be created after the heater is installed .\n( 2 ) the certificates may only be created within 12 months after the installation of the solar water heater .\n( 3 ) the regulations may make provision in relation to the time at which a solar water heater is taken to have been installed .\n( 1 ) the number of certificates ( each representing 1 mwh ) that may be created for a particular installation of a solar water heater is to be determined in accordance with the regulations .\n( b ) require the regulator to have regard to specified guidelines when making such determinations .\n( 1 ) the owner of the solar water heater at the time that it is installed is entitled to create the certificate or certificates that relate to the solar water heater .\n( 2 ) however , the owner may , by written notice , assign the right to create the certificate or certificates to another person . if the owner does this , the owner is not entitled to create the certificate or certificates but the person to whom the right was assigned is entitled to create the certificate or certificates .\n( 3 ) despite subsections ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) , a person who is not registered may not create a certificate that relates to the solar water heater .\nthe regulations may make provision for and in relation to the regulator keeping a register of solar water heaters .\n( 1 ) if a small generation unit is installed on or after 1 april 2001 , certificates may be created after the small generation unit is installed .\n( 2 ) the regulations may make provision in relation to the time at which a small generation unit is taken to have been installed .\n( b ) the period within which certificates may be created in relation to a small generation unit .\nthe number of certificates ( each representing 1 mwh ) that may be created in relation to a small generation unit is to be determined in accordance with the regulations .\n( 1 ) the owner of the small generation unit at the time that a right to create a certificate or certificates arises in relation to the small generation unit is entitled to create the certificate or certificates .\n( 2 ) however , the owner may , by written notice and in accordance with the regulations , assign the right to create the certificate or certificates to another person . if the owner does this , the owner is not entitled to create the certificate or certificates but the person to whom the right was assigned is entitled to create the certificate or certificates .\n( 3 ) despite subsections ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) , a person who is not registered may not create a certificate that relates to the small generation unit .\n( b ) in relation to the kind of persons to whom the right may be assigned .\n( 5 ) subsection ( 4 ) does not limit the regulations that may be made for the purposes of subsection ( 2 ) .\na person must not create certificates under subdivision a in respect of electricity generated by a small generation unit , unless an election is made under section 23e in relation to that unit .\n( 1 ) the owner of a qualifying small generation unit at the time that it is installed may give the regulator a notice in writing electing that this subdivision does not apply to the creation of certificates that relate to the unit .\n( 2 ) the owner must make the election within the period of 28 days beginning on the day the unit is installed and before any certificates are created under this subdivision that relate to the unit .\n( 3 ) if an election is made , a person must not create certificates under this subdivision that relate to the unit .\nnote : a person may be able to create certificates under subdivision a that relate to the unit .\nqualifying small generation unit means a small generation unit of a kind prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section .\nnote 1 : chapter 2 of the criminal code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility and chapter 3 of the criminal code contains general principles relating to penalties .\nnote 2 : for strict liability , see section 6 . 1 of the criminal code .\nnote : chapter 2 of the criminal code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility and chapter 3 of the criminal code contains general principles relating to penalties .\n( 4 ) to avoid doubt , a penalty may be imposed in respect of each certificate in respect of which a person is guilty of an offence .\nexample : an individual who commits an offence under subsection ( 1 ) by creating 20 certificates that the individual was not entitled to create would be subject to a maximum penalty of 20 penalty units . if the offence were under subsection ( 3 ) , the individual would be subject to a maximum penalty of 100 units .\n( 5 ) in determining whether a person was not entitled to create a certificate , the fact that the certificate has been registered by the regulator under section 26 is to be disregarded .\nnote : this ensures that a person cannot raise as relevant evidence the fact that a certificate has been registered .\n( 1 ) certificates under subdivision a of division 4 are to be created in an electronic form approved in writing by the regulator .\n( d ) a number in an unbroken sequence , that is used for all certificates issued in respect of electricity generated by the power station in that year , that starts at one and has increments of one .\n( 1 ) certificates under subdivision b or ba of division 4 are to be created in an electronic form approved in writing by the regulator .\n( 1 ) a certificate is not valid until it has been registered by the regulator .\n( 2 ) the regulator must be advised of the creation of a certificate by electronic transmission in the manner determined , in writing , by the regulator .\n( 3 ) when the regulator is notified that a certificate has been created , the regulator must determine whether the certificate is eligible for registration .\n( 3a ) a certificate is not eligible for registration unless the regulator has been paid the fee ( if any ) prescribed by the regulations for the registration of the certificate .\n( 4 ) if the regulator determines that a certificate is eligible for registration , the regulator must create an entry for the certificate in the register of renewable energy certificates and record the person who created the certificate as the owner of the certificate .\n( 5 ) if the regulator determines that a certificate is not eligible for registration , the regulator must notify the person who created the certificate .\n( 6 ) the regulator may at any time ( whether before or after the registration of a certificate ) require the person who created the certificate to provide to the regulator a written statement containing such information as the regulator requires in connection with the creation of the certificate . the person who created the certificate must provide the statement within the period ( not being a period of less than 14 days ) specified by the regulator .\ncertificates that have been registered under section 26 may be transferred to any person .\n( 1 ) the regulator must be notified of each transfer of a certificate .\n( 2 ) the notification must be by electronic transmission in the manner determined , in writing , by the regulator .\n( 2a ) the notification must be accompanied by the fee ( if any ) prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection .\n( 3 ) when the regulator is notified , the regulator must alter the register of certificates to show the transferee as the owner of the certificate .\nthe registered owner of a certificate may surrender the certificate to the regulator under this section .\nnote 1 : the register of renewable energy certificates under section 140 must contain the name of the current registered owner of each certificate .\n( 1 ) where a certificate is surrendered under section 28a , 44 or 95 , the certificate ceases to be valid .\n( 2 ) when a certificate ceases to be valid , the regulator must alter the entry relating to the certificate in the register of certificates to show that the certificate is no longer valid .\n( 1 ) if a registered person has been convicted of an offence under subsection 24 ( 3 ) , the regulator may suspend the person\u2019s registration for such period ( not exceeding 2 years ) as the regulator considers appropriate in all of the circumstances .\n( 2 ) if a person whose registration has previously been suspended under subsection ( 1 ) is convicted of another offence under subsection 24 ( 3 ) , the regulator may suspend the person\u2019s registration for such period ( including permanently ) as the regulator considers appropriate in all of the circumstances .\n( 1 ) the regulator may , by written notice , suspend the registration of a registered person if the regulator believes on reasonable grounds that the person has committed an offence against this act or the regulations .\n( 2 ) the registration is suspended for such period ( not exceeding 12 months ) as the regulator considers appropriate in all of the circumstances . that period must be specified in the notice .\n( 3 ) the regulator may , by written notice , suspend the registration of a registered person if the registration was obtained improperly .\n( 4 ) the registration is suspended for such period ( including permanently ) as the regulator considers appropriate in all of the circumstances . that period must be specified in the notice .\n( 1 ) a registered person who is a stakeholder in relation to an accredited power station may apply to the regulator for approval to become the nominated person for the power station .\nnote : the nominated person is able to create certificates in respect of electricity generated by the power station : see section 18 .\n( e ) be accompanied by a statement in writing from each other stakeholder ( if any ) in relation to the power station indicating that the other stakeholder agrees to the making of the application .\n( 3 ) if the regulator receives an application that is properly made , the regulator must , by writing , approve the applicant as the nominated person for the power station .\n( 4 ) otherwise , the regulator must refuse to so approve the applicant and must notify the applicant accordingly .\n( 1 ) the regulator may , by writing , vary a determination under paragraph 14 ( 1 ) ( a ) . the regulator may do so only in relation to an accredited power station .\n( 2 ) the regulator may do so on his or her own initiative or upon application by the nominated person for the accredited power station .\n( 4 ) if the regulator refuses the application , the regulator must notify the applicant accordingly .\n( d ) the regulator is satisfied that more certificates are able to be created in respect of electricity generated during the year by any excess station than would be able to be created if any shortfall station had generated electricity during the year at least equal to its 1997 eligible renewable power baseline for the year .\n( 2 ) the accreditation is suspended for such period ( including permanently ) as the regulator considers appropriate in all of the circumstances . that period must be specified in the notice .\nnote : any electricity generated by the power station while its accreditation is suspended is to be excluded from all calculations under section 18 : see subsection 18 ( 4 ) .\n( b ) the amount of electricity generated by each power station during a year using that supply is able to be coordinated in order to allow more certificates to be created in respect of the total electricity generated by the power stations during the year using that supply than would otherwise be able to be created .\n( 4 ) in deciding whether or not to suspend the accreditation of an accredited power station under subsection ( 1 ) , the regulator must have regard to any information available to him or her that demonstrates that either or both of the outcomes referred to in paragraphs ( 1 ) ( b ) and ( c ) were not the result of a gaming arrangement .\n( 4a ) in considering whether the outcomes referred to in paragraphs ( 1 ) ( b ) and ( c ) were or were not the result of a gaming arrangement , the regulator must have regard to any matter prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection .\n( 5 ) the regulator may have regard to such other matters as he or she thinks appropriate .\n( 6 ) a gaming arrangement is an arrangement to coordinate the amount of electricity generated by each power station in the group during the year using the relevant supply in order to allow more certificates to be created in respect of the total electricity generated by the power stations in the group during the year using that supply than would otherwise be able to be created .\n( 1 ) the regulator may , by written notice , suspend the accreditation of an accredited power station if an electricity generation return for a year , in respect of the station , has not been given to the regulator in accordance with section 20 .\n( 2 ) the accreditation is suspended until the return is given to the regulator in accordance with that section . the notice must include a statement to that effect .\n( 3 ) the regulator may , by written notice , suspend the accreditation of an accredited power station if the regulator believes on reasonable grounds that the power station is being operated in contravention of a law of the commonwealth , a state or a territory .\n( 4 ) the accreditation is suspended until the regulator believes on reasonable grounds that the power station is not being operated in contravention of that law . the notice must include a statement to that effect .\n( 5 ) the regulator may , by written notice , suspend the accreditation of an accredited power station in any other circumstances prescribed by the regulations .\n( 6 ) the accreditation is suspended for such period ( including permanently ) as the regulator considers appropriate in all of the circumstances . that period must be specified in the notice .\nnote : any electricity generated by the power station while its accreditation is suspended under this section is to be excluded from all calculations under section 18 : see subsection 18 ( 4 ) .\n( 1 ) the regulator may , by written determination , vary the 1997 eligible renewable power baseline for an accredited power station in the circumstances prescribed by the regulations .\n( 2 ) the regulations may make provision for the 1997 eligible renewable power baseline for an accredited power station to be varied if an action or policy of the commonwealth government reduces the power station\u2019s ability to generate electricity for a sustained period .\n( 3 ) subsection ( 2 ) does not limit subsection ( 1 ) .\n( 4 ) if a determination increases the 1997 eligible renewable power baseline for an accredited power station , the determination has effect only for the years following the year in which the determination is made .\n( 5 ) if a determination decreases the 1997 eligible renewable power baseline for an accredited power station , the determination has effect for the year or years specified in the determination .\n( 1 ) there are 2 types of relevant acquisitions of electricity . these are :\n( c ) the electricity is later acquired by nemmco or a person or body prescribed by the regulations .\n( 3 ) the amount of electricity acquired under a relevant acquisition and the capacity of a grid are to be determined in accordance with the regulations .\n( b ) the grid becomes connected , directly or indirectly , to a grid that has a capacity of 100 mw or more .\n( 2 ) to avoid doubt , subsection ( 1 ) does not apply where an end user acquires electricity from the person who generated the electricity and subsection 33 ( 2 ) applies to create a notional wholesale acquisition in connection with that acquisition .\n( 3 ) if there is a wholesale acquisition of electricity under this section , then no other acquisition in relation to that electricity is a relevant acquisition ( regardless of when the other acquisition occurs ) .\n( 1 ) there are 2 situations in which a notional wholesale acquisition of electricity takes place .\n( 2 ) the first situation is where the end user of the electricity acquires the electricity from the person who generated the electricity and the end user is not registered under the national electricity rules . in this situation , the person who generated the electricity is taken to be 2 persons ( the notional generator and the notional wholesaler ) , and this act applies as if the notional wholesaler acquired the electricity from the notional generator at the time that the end user acquired the electricity . that acquisition is a notional wholesale acquisition .\n( b ) the electricity is transmitted or distributed between the point of generation and the point of use and the line on which the electricity is transmitted or distributed is used solely for the transmission or distribution of electricity between those 2 points .\nin this situation , the person who generated the electricity is taken to be 2 persons ( the notional generator and the notional wholesaler ) , and this act applies as if the notional wholesaler acquired the electricity from the notional generator at the time that the electricity is used . that acquisition is a notional wholesale acquisition .\ndespite section 31 , no acquisition of electricity by nemmco or a person or body prescribed by the regulations is a relevant acquisition .\na person who , during a year , makes a relevant acquisition of electricity is called a liable entity .\n( 1 ) subject to subsection ( 2 ) , if a liable entity has a renewable energy certificate shortfall for a year , renewable energy shortfall charge is payable in respect of the shortfall .\n( 2 ) no renewable energy shortfall charge is payable by a liable entity for a year if its renewable energy certificate shortfall for the year is less than 10 % of the liable entity\u2019s required renewable energy for the year . however , the renewable energy certificate shortfall becomes a carried forward shortfall for the year .\n( 3 ) renewable energy shortfall charge imposed in respect of a liable entity\u2019s renewable energy certificate shortfall for a year is payable by the liable entity .\nrate of charge is the rate of charge as specified under the renewable energy ( electricity ) ( charge ) act 2000 .\nthe following method statement shows how to work out a liable entity\u2019s renewable energy certificate shortfall for a year .\nstep 1 . work out the total amount , in mwh , of electricity acquired by the liable entity during the year under relevant acquisitions .\nstep 2 . multiply the total electricity acquired by the renewable power percentage for the year and round the result to the nearest mwh ( rounding 0 . 5 upwards ) . add to the result any carried forward shortfall from the previous year or subtract any carried forward surplus for the previous year . the result is the liable entity\u2019s required renewable energy for the year .\nstep 3 . subtract the total value , in mwh , of renewable energy certificates surrendered to the regulator for that year by the liable entity from the required renewable energy for the year .\nresult : if the result is greater than zero , the liable entity has a renewable energy certificate shortfall for the year equal to the result .\nif the result is zero , the liable entity does not have a renewable energy certificate shortfall for the year .\nif the result is less than zero , the liable entity has a carried forward surplus for the year .\n( 1 ) the renewable power percentage for a year is the percentage specified in the regulations . the regulation specifying a percentage for a year must be made on or before 31 march in the year .\n( a ) for the year commencing on 1 january 2001\u20140 . 24 % ; and\n( c ) the amount by which the required gwhs of renewable source electricity for all previous years has exceeded , or has been exceeded by , the amount of renewable source electricity required under the scheme in those years .\n( 3a ) if , at the time the minister takes into consideration the matters referred to in subsection ( 3 ) , the amount applicable under paragraph ( 3 ) ( c ) is not known , then the minister may take into consideration an estimate of that amount instead .\n( 5 ) a failure to comply with subsection ( 3 ) does not affect the validity of the regulations .\nthe liable entity is liable to pay for the year an amount of renewable energy shortfall charge equal to the amount that , in the regulator\u2019s opinion , the liable entity would have been liable to pay if the arrangement had not been made .\n( 1 ) the commonwealth is not liable to pay renewable energy shortfall charge , penalty charge or interest charge that is payable under this act . however , it is the parliament\u2019s intention that the commonwealth should be notionally liable to pay renewable energy shortfall charge , penalty charge and interest charge .\n( 2 ) the minister for finance may give such written directions as are necessary or convenient for carrying out or giving effect to subsection ( 1 ) and , in particular , may give directions in relation to the transfer of money within an account , or between accounts , operated by the commonwealth .\n( 3 ) directions under subsection ( 2 ) have effect , and must be complied with , despite any other commonwealth law .\n( 1 ) this section cancels the effect of a provision of another act that would have the effect of exempting a person from liability to pay charge payable under this act .\n( c ) be signed by or on behalf of the liable entity making the statement .\n( 4 ) the statement must be accompanied by details of all renewable energy certificates being surrendered for that year under that section . a certificate cannot be specified unless the liable entity is recorded in the register of certificates as the owner of the certificate at the time that the statement is lodged .\n( 5 ) the regulations may prescribe the fee payable for the surrender of a certificate under this section .\n( b ) of the fee payable by the entity in respect of the surrender of those certificates .\n( 7 ) the liable entity must pay the fee within the period of 28 days beginning on the day the entity receives the notice under subsection ( 6 ) .\n( 8 ) if the fee is unpaid at the end of that period , it is a debt due to the commonwealth and is recoverable by the regulator in a court of competent jurisdiction .\n( 9 ) a notice under subsection ( 6 ) is not a legislative instrument .\n( c ) the liable entity is recorded in the register of certificates as the owner of the certificate at the time that the statement is lodged .\n( 1 ) the regulator may amend an energy acquisition statement if the liable entity requests , in writing , an amendment within 12 months of lodging the statement .\n( 2 ) the regulator may also amend an energy acquisition statement on his or her own initiative if the amendment is made within 4 years of the liable entity lodging the statement .\n( 3 ) if the regulator refuses to amend an energy acquisition statement upon a request by a liable entity , the regulator must notify the entity accordingly .\nnote : an amendment of an energy acquisition statement under this section may also result in the regulator issuing an assessment under section 48 or amending an assessment under section 49 .\n( f ) the statement has effect as if it were a notice of assessment signed by the regulator and given to the liable entity on the day on which the assessment is taken to have been made .\nthe regulator may make an assessment of the liable entity\u2019s renewable energy certificate shortfall for the year , taking into account any certificates surrendered , and of the renewable energy shortfall charge ( if any ) payable on the shortfall .\nthe regulator may make an assessment of the liable entity\u2019s renewable energy certificate shortfall for the year , assuming that no certificates have been surrendered , and of the renewable energy shortfall charge ( if any ) payable on the shortfall .\n( 3 ) for the purposes of making an assessment under subsection ( 1 ) or ( 2 ) , the renewable energy certificate shortfall is taken to be the amount that , in the regulator\u2019s opinion , might reasonably be expected to be the shortfall .\n( 4 ) renewable energy shortfall charge in relation to an assessment for a year made under this section is taken to have become payable on 14 february in the following year .\n( 5 ) an assessment under this section may not be made until after 14 february in the following year .\n( 1 ) the regulator may , subject to this section , at any time amend any assessment by making any alterations or additions that the regulator thinks necessary , whether or not renewable energy shortfall charge has been paid in relation to the assessment .\nnote : this division does not apply in relation to an assessment under section 102 : see section 53a .\namend the assessment by making any alterations or additions that the regulator thinks necessary to correct the assessment .\n( 3 ) subject to subsection ( 5 ) , an amendment effecting a reduction in a liable entity\u2019s liability under an assessment is not effective unless it is made within 4 years from the day on which the assessment was made .\n( 4 ) if an assessment has , under this section , been amended in any particular , the regulator may , within 4 years from the day on which renewable energy shortfall charge became payable under the amended assessment , make , in or in relation to the particular , any further amendment in the assessment that , in the regulator\u2019s opinion , is necessary to effect such reduction in the liable entity\u2019s liability under the assessment as is just .\nthe regulator may amend the assessment when considering the application , even if that period has elapsed .\n( b ) a decision to reduce any particular following the liable entity\u2019s objection or pending any review or appeal .\n( b ) in any other case\u2014on the day on which charge under the original assessment became payable .\n( ii ) apply any overpaid amount against the person\u2019s liability ( if any ) to the commonwealth and refund any part of the amount that is not so applied .\nexcept as otherwise expressly provided by this act , an amended assessment is taken to be an assessment for all the purposes of this act .\nas soon as practicable after an assessment is made under section 48 or is amended under section 49 , the regulator must give written notice of the assessment or amendment ( as the case may be ) to the liable entity concerned .\nthe validity of an assessment is not affected because any provision of this act has not been complied with .\n( 1 ) a liable entity who is dissatisfied with an assessment may object in the manner set out in this division .\n( 2 ) this division does not apply in relation to an assessment under section 102 .\nnote : however , a person may seek review of a decision to make an assessment under section 102 : see division 2 .\n( c ) state in it , fully and in detail , the grounds that the liable entity relies on .\nif the objection is made against an amended assessment , then a liable entity\u2019s right to object against the amended assessment is limited to a right to object against alterations or additions made as part of the amendment of the assessment .\n( 1 ) if the 60 days specified in paragraph 55 ( b ) have passed , the liable entity may nevertheless lodge the objection with the regulator together with a written request asking the regulator to deal with the objection as if it had been lodged within the 60 days .\n( 2 ) the request must state fully and in detail the circumstances concerning , and the reasons for , the liable entity\u2019s failure to lodge the objection with the regulator within the 60 days .\n( 3 ) after considering the request , the regulator must decide whether to agree to it or refuse it .\n( 4 ) the regulator must give the liable entity written notice of the regulator\u2019s decision .\n( 5 ) if the regulator decides to agree to the request , then , for the purposes of this part , the objection is taken to have been lodged with the regulator within the 60 days ."]}
{"id": 54782, "summary": [{"text": "fasthosts internet ltd is a provider of internet access and hosting services based in gloucester , england .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the company also operates the domain name registration service ukreg .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "fasthosts was originally started by andrew michael , then aged 17 , as part of an a-level school project .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "it became a limited company in 1999 , and launched ukreg in 2000 .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "the company specialised in providing services for small businesses , and in 2002 was listed as the second fastest growing technology company in the united kingdom by the sunday times .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "in 2005 the company had a turnover of \u00a3 20 million and made \u00a3 5 million profit .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "the company also became known for hosting lavish staff christmas parties ; an event in 2005 costing \u00a3 600,000 featured appearances from jonathan ross , the darkness and boney m. in 2006 fasthosts was sold to german internet service provider united internet for \u00a3 61.5 million , netting michael \u00a3 46 million for his 75 % stake .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "michael remained as ceo until 2009 , when he left to found livedrive .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "a hacking incident in 2007 prompted fasthosts to temporarily shut down customers ' websites .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "the company noticed that its servers had been accessed in october and wrote to customers recommending that they change their passwords ; in december after noticing \" unusual activity \" on some sites it closed down those that had yet to change their passwords until new passwords could be issued by post .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "in 2008 fasthosts acquired reseller streamline.net , and also launched a reseller hosting service in the united states .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "cloud infrastructure service rise was launched in 2010 .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "fasthosts was the sponsor of the great exhibition 2012 .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "in october 2014 rise was quietly divested to outsourcery for an undisclosed sum as of 2017 , fasthosts has approximately 415,000 customer contracts spread over a variety of products from domain registrations to email , web hosting and server products . ", "topic": 9}], "title": "fasthosts", "paragraphs": ["those interested in applying for a job at fasthosts should go to fasthosts . co . uk .\nto report suspected misuse of fasthosts ' systems , including email spam , please follow our guidelines .\nfasthosts was set up as an a - level project by mr michael and his friend alex wilding .\nhe added that the sale of fasthosts would allow him to pursue his childhood dream of owning a helicopter .\nfasthosts provides e - mail and other web services to small businesses across the uk from its headquarters in gloucester .\nmr michael , who owns a 75 % share in the company , has sold fasthosts for \u00a361 . 5m .\nfasthosts is the trading name of fasthosts internet limited . company registration no . 3656438 . registered in england and wales . vat no . 720821857 . registered office : discovery house , 154 southgate street , gloucester , gl1 2ex , united kingdom .\n@ fasthosts email and website still offline since friday 8th july . hope this can be rectified soon . steve info @ urltoken\nfasthosts , which provides email and other services for small companies , was snapped up by german company united internet earlier this week .\nhe said :\ni always had very high hopes for the company and i ' m ambitious so i wanted fasthosts to succeed .\nif you already have your own domain name you can transfer it into fasthosts for use with your standard email package , or you can register a domain name from fasthosts . you can then use this domain name to create up to 7 personalised email addresses \u2013 each with their own mailbox .\n@ fhtechteam still offline 24 hours later and still no idea as to what happened or when they might be back online . truly abysmal @ fasthosts\nandrew michael , 26 , started up web technology firm fasthosts as a sixth form project from the bedroom of his cheltenham home , aged just 17 .\nfasthosts left some customers without access to their backups for roughly six days \u2013 after it tore down systems it feared were vulnerable to the wannacry malware .\nprices for domain names can vary based on the extension . at fasthosts we offer domain names starting from \u00a31 . you can check domain name prices at urltoken\nof course ! transferring your domain names to fasthosts is easy and completely free . for a detailed guide on how to transfer your domain name visit urltoken .\nfasthosts boasts that it is the\nuk ' s number one web host\n. sales have soared from \u00a3240 , 000 in 1999 to \u00a320m last year .\nmr michael said he would certainly avoid this fate . he declined to comment on rumours that u2 are in the running to headline this year ' s fasthosts christmas party .\nof course ! with fasthosts you can register as many domain names as you want , and can manage them all in the same place with our award winning control panel .\nhosting provider fasthosts has been hit with an outage lasting four days , which has knocked some customers ' sites offline due a number of its cloudy services being out of action .\nas soon as you register a domain name with fasthosts , we\u2019ll give you full domain name server ( dns ) control so you can host your email and website wherever you like .\nfasthosts met with customer james thurlow - craig , md and founder of create designs , to find out why they opted for cloudnx . find out more via our latest case study :\nfasthosts hires people who push themselves and want to be challenged every day . all our employees are focused on developing the business and delivering the very best service to customers through leading internet technology .\nfasthosts said it was worried its server would be vulnerable to the panic - inducing ransomware that spread around the world on friday and over the weekend , causing it admins and executives alike major headaches .\nfasthosts had concerns over these particular accounts and proactively disconnected the service platform , to protect against the malware risk ,\na spokesperson told el reg .\nwe can confirm that no compromise occurred .\nfor the non - stop sailing around the world challenge later this year . you can support alex buy buying ' pixels ' , available to purchase via his website , hosted by fasthosts . find out more :\nweb - hosting specialist fasthosts has branched out into the cloud with the launch of a wholly - owned cloud infrastructure - as - a - service venture called rise , pitched at smbs through both it and comms resellers .\nspeaking to microscope , fasthosts and rise ceo andy burton said that many smaller firms had caught the gist of the cloud , but were not clear on how to adapt it , which was where channel players came in .\nsince 1999 , fasthosts has been designing new ways to give customers everything they need to manage and control their online space . innovation drives everything we do , ensuring we offer the latest internet technology across our range of services .\nfasthosts made headlines last year after an office bash that featured jonathan ross , the rock band the darkness , free cristal champagne and fire - jugglers . yesterday it was bought by united internet , a german internet service provider , for \u00a361 . 5m .\nno \u2013 fasthosts has different mail packages for different budgets and requirements . you can start with cost effective standard email , and upgrade to exchange essentials at any point . we also offer our email with other services ( e . g . web hosting ) as part of cost - effective bundles .\nasked why he has sold the business , mr michael said simply ,\nit was the right time\n. it is thought that an earlier attempt to sell fasthosts to pipex communications , a telecom company that is building a wi - max network in the uk , failed at the final hurdle .\nonce you have 50 domain names registered with fasthosts , you ' ll automatically be eligible for discounted prices on any new domain registrations , renewals or transfers you make . for example , if you want to register , renew or transfer in a urltoken domain \u2013 and you already have 50 registered domains of any type in your account \u2013 then you ' ll be charged\nupdated at 12 . 20pm to add : simon yeoman , general manager at fasthosts , said :\nfirstly please allow me to take the opportunity to emphasise our sincere apologies to any of our customers that have been affected by this outage . although it has only impacted a very small proportion of our virtual cloud server customers we understand the inconvenience caused by issues of this nature .\nsince 1999 , fasthosts has been designing new ways to give customers everything they need to manage and control their online space . innovation drives everything we do , ensuring we offer the latest internet technology across our range of services including domain names , shared web hosting , business - class email , dedicated servers , cloud servers , secure online storage and online backup . we also maintain a highly successful reseller channel .\nfortunately , the new backup platform appears to be working . if there ' s a silver lining to this whole ordeal , it is that backup data previously hosted on a vulnerable machine is now running on a new , secured box , fingers crossed . fasthosts claimed 82 customers were affected by the outage , however we believe those customers vary in size \u2013 for example , some are it contractors for small businesses . \u00ae\nbased in the uk and operating 24 / 7 from our dedicated uk data centres , we keep over a million domains running smoothly and ensure over 42 million emails are delivered safely each day . all our services can be self - managed through the award - winning fasthosts control panel . by focusing on the needs of our customers and employing great people , we ' ve created a profitable , fast moving and market - leading organisation .\nthe brit web hosting biz confirmed to the register that it pulled the plug on gear hosting some of its customers ' online storage service last friday . these systems were running microsoft windows server 2003 , which is no longer officially supported and is potentially susceptible to the wannacrypt ransomware that did the rounds on friday . in other words , worm smashes server 2003 machines worldwide , fasthosts pulls plug on server 2003 hardware , customers go for days without access to online data .\nthere are a few options to get email on your domain name . unlimited email address forwarding is completely free with all domains registered with fasthosts . create unlimited personal email addresses using your own domain name , e . g . you @ yourdomain . co . uk , and use our free email address forwarding service to redirect mail to your existing address , e . g . your gmail or hotmail account . unlike many providers , we don\u2019t add our own signature text or advert links to your emails , even though our email address forwarding service is free .\na computer company well known for throwing the most lavish christmas parties in britain was sold yesterday , leaving the 26 - 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", "topic": 34}], "title": "depository trust company", "paragraphs": ["a limited purpose trust company is a trust company that has been . . .\na chill is when the depository trust company ( dtc ) places one . . .\nthe depository trust company ( dtc ) is one of the world ' s largest securities depositories . the dtc , founded in 1973 and based in new york city , is organized as a limited purpose trust company and provides safekeeping through electronic recordkeeping of securities balances . it also acts as a clearinghouse to process and settle trades in corporate and municipal securities .\ndtcc ' s subsidiary , the depository trust company ( dtc ) , established in 1973 , was created to reduce costs and provide clearing and settlement efficiencies by immobilizing securities and making\nbook - entry\nchanges to ownership of the securities .\nthe depository trust and clearing company ( dtcc ) owns the dtc . the dtcc manages risk in the financial system . formerly an independent entity , the dtc was consolidated with several other securities clearing companies in 1999 and became a subsidiary of the dtcc .\na depository is a facility such as a building , office , or warehouse . . .\nthe rising interest in blockchain has attracted none other than the depository trust & clearing corporation ( dtcc ) , an entity at the core of post - 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2018 iolo technologies , llc . | all rights reserved . industry - leading pc performance software .\nsales performance management : align sales performance with sales strategy through more effective and efficient territory management , channel management and incentive compensation management .\nfor more than 30 years , performance technologies has been providing clients with business consulting and specialized training designed to achieve one simple outcome .\nsee how any topology , attribute or code change impacts application performance \u2013 and track back with timelines to reveal when and why performance changed .\nproposals shall explicitly address performance and cost targets together with relevant key performance indicators , expected impacts , as well as provide explicit exploitation plans .\nfor more than 30 years , performance technologies has been providing clients with business consulting and specialized training designed to achieve this one simple outcome .\nbusiness performance management combines management and analytic processes to enable enterprises to achieve higher performance and meet targets . in today ' s workplace , performance enhancement and management has become highly crucial . an effective performance management system enables managers to evaluate and measure performance of various business activities to optimize productivity and meet strategic business objectives . performance management focuses on the performance of an organization , a department , employee , or even the processes to build artifacts of services , by aligning their resources , systems and employees .\nuse ca blazemeter with ca application performance management to optimize apps and detect issues faster by incorporating test scenarios and performance metrics into your business analysis .\nworking at performance technologies was a good experience in getting my foot in the door into the oilfield industry and experiencing a whole different work ethic .\nca technologies offers database performance management tools for db2 for z / os that address the overall database management system , as well as database structures and sql performance . the company also supports distributed systems database performance management via its unified infrastructure management , or uim , network and system management product line .\n\u00a9 2014 performance technologies . all rights reserved . info @ urltoken | 937 - 267 - 1396 1 oakwood avenue # 562 , dayton , oh 45409\nca technologies offers an array of database performance management products for db2 for z / os and a scalable system and network monitoring product for distributed databases .\nmclaren performance technologies was selected as a finalist in the 2007 automotive news pace award competition for its opti - power innovation used on engine cylinder heads .\nfor more than 20 years , performance technologies has provided us with professional guidance , coaching and leadership in several areas . american trim has greatly benefited from our strong business partnership . from insights to execution , performance technologies has been critical to our long - term success . \u2014 bob stead , vp , american trim\nisolate complex performance issues across modern stacks \u2013 including hosts , containers and applications .\nca application performance management ( apm ) is everything you need to gain performance insights and automate feedback across the software lifecycle\u2014and release better apps faster , for less .\nweigh the pros and cons of technologies , products and projects you are considering .\ngain aggregated views into total service performance with detailed app , api and microservice instrumentation .\nca application performance management helps our customers succeed . don\u2019t take our word for it .\nmany executives are looking for more business value from their enterprise collaboration technologies and tools .\nimproving plant productivity\ncovers ai technologies applied at process improvement in manufacturing facilities .\nhere are some of the awards , honors and recognitions that hcl technologies has received .\ni have read hcl technologies\u2019 privacy policy and agree to the terms and conditions . *\nautomatically correlate multiple data sources from app to infrastructure , giving you a complete performance picture .\nhow can executives use collaboration tools to truly transform workplace performance ? three strategies can help companies achieve the large gains in productivity , decision making and innovation they seek from these technologies .\nreal - time analytics for application and business performance monitoring . correlated metrics that give you answers .\nautomatic and dynamically constructed performance baselines , anomaly detection , and alerts to code - level diagnostics .\nfor sql and application performance , ca offers the ca sql performance suite for db2 for z / os . this suite consists of ca detector for identifying high - resource - consuming sql statements and ca plan analyzer for examining the sql and offering suggestions to improve its performance . ca also offers database performance tools for ims , a pre - relational hierarchical database management system ( dbms ) on the mainframe .\nthe new standard for drilling performance drill smarter and faster with patterson - uti drilling\u2019s comprehensive fleet of pad - capable rigs featuring advanced walking systems to enhance your operations so you can reach your apex performance .\nshift monitoring left with ca application performance management and jenkins continuous integration to improve app quality before production .\nhonoring outstanding performance , productivity and a commitment to continuous improvement in it & engineering staffing & solutions .\ncloud computing model and technologies are making an undeniable distinct approach to modernizing the information systems ' infrastructures . performance , since 2008 , has been using virtualization and cloud computing evolving principles and technologies to provide customers with practical solutions and services to carrying out their it - as - a - service paradigm .\ndiagnose the exact cause of performance issues before production in your apis , transactions , code and database calls .\nour performance technologies are powered by web - based analytic platforms grounded in best practice research . we pair these applications with a dedicated support team and collaborative cohort networking to help members address their most critical challenges , including physician performance , population health , revenue cycle , referral growth , surgical profitability , and supply / service cost .\n\u201cfive criteria for choosing enterprise agile development software , \u201d apprize360 intelligence report commissioned by ca technologies , 2016 .\ndeveloping a portfolio of advanced efficiency solutions : plug load technologies and approaches for buildings ( phase ii ) .\nat csm , we are committed to give clients a performance edge across their technologies , operations and business to help them boost revenues . we combine the ingenuity and dedication of our global community of experts , proactive quality culture and specialist focus on innovative solutions to help our clients meet ever - increasing demand and ensure a perfect business performance .\niolo technologies , llc 150 s . los robles avenue , suite 500 pasadena , ca 91101 u . s . a\nwe are inspired to influence how the world is built . we are dedicated to the development of high - performance products , the continued pursuit of advancement in construction technologies , simplifying the complexities of construction worldwide and delivering value to our customers .\nperformance technologies ( pt ) contributes to communications convergence . the company makes networking equipment used to integrate traditional telephone and internet protocol ( ip ) data networks . its products include gateways , routers , and embedded ip switches designed for . . .\nsee why gartner names cisco ( appdynamics ) a leader for 6 straight years in the magic quadrant for application performance monitoring suites .\nas experts in high - performance design and technology , we partner with pioneers and visionaries who share our ambition \u2013 to produce breakthroughs in performance and change the game . this has given us both the capabilities and the courage to deliver genuine innovation across diverse markets .\nperformance technologies is a service company covering it - development and creative services within the performance media group . the performance media group is an online agency group with over 230 employees , with more than 40 of those working in the belgrade office . the scope of the groups work ranges from strategic media consulting to implementation , monitoring and optimization of the individual measures for media planning and buying . performance media manages planning mandates from a wide range of industries . focus industries of our clients are banking , fmcg , insurance , telco and travel . since our foundation in 2005 , we have been the fastest - growing company in the field of digital media planning in germany .\nwe are inspired to influence how the world is built . we are dedicated to the development of high - performance products , the continued pursuit of advancement in construction technologies , simplifying the complexities of construction worldwide and delivering value to our customers . learn more about us .\n- cambridge , ma \u2013 gcp applied technologies inc . ( nyse : gcp ) ( \u201cgcp\u201d ) announced today the closing of its previously\u2026\nenvironment , economic and social issues including health and safety should be considered and appropriately addressed . a methodology that permits robust and reliable sustainability assessment of the environmental ( notably in terms of ghg performance ) , economic and social benefits with respect to current technologies should be included .\nanant gupta , ceo , hcl technologies , has been appointed as the chair of world economic forum\u2019s steering committee on industrial internet of things .\nthe right technology can put you ahead of the curve\u2014and the competition . whether you ' re building your advisory practice from the ground up or looking for ways to advance an established firm , turn to schwab performance technologies \u00ae for the technology and support you need to power your business .\nca application performance management ( apm ) is available as an on - premises or saas solution . either way , you\u2019ll have the ability to :\nmake sure every level of your organization understands best practice performance and has the tools and support to get there . learn about our research platform .\ningenious technologies uses cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website . further details can be found in our privacy policy .\nhcl and aegon jointly launched a digital innovation lab in hague , netherlands focused on delivering customer experience excellence through the adoption of latest digital technologies .\nvineet nayar , vice chairman & ceo , hcl technologies has been adjudged the \u201cceo of the year - india\u201d by bloomberg utv cxo awards 2011 .\nexecutives are right to expect more from the new wave of collaborative technologies . adding social networking and crowdsourcing to collaborative tools provides new potential to improve organizational agility , increase productivity , aid decision making and spark idea generation . rather than accept just modest improvements from these technologies , executives should aim high and pursue the greater gains that can come by embedding collaboration into specific processes , incentivizing collaborative behaviors and thinking more strategically about these important technologies .\nthere are five key dysfunctions that can dilute or diminish the performance of teams within your organization . with this team - building system , we leverage the strengths of each individual to help your teams develop the skills , processes and tools of communication that will elevate the performance of your organization as a whole .\ncertainly there is no lack of collaboration technologies in the marketplace . vendors are offering businesses a growing range of these tools , including facebook - like social platforms such as chatter , yammer and jive , as well as employee crowdsourcing tools such as answerhub and spigit , to the list of collaboration technologies .\nanant gupta , president & ceo , hcl technologies has received the \u20182014 women\u2019s empowerment principles ( weps ) leadership award \u2013 7 principles\u2019 from united nations .\nhcl technologies has been declared as one of britain\u2019s top employers for 2011 for the fifth consecutive year by the corporate research foundation ( crf ) institute .\nhcl technologies recognized as a \u2018leader\u2019 in the iaop global outsourcing 100tm rankings for 2017 , an annual listing of the world\u2019s best service providers by the iaop\u00ae . additionally , hcl has achieved the distinction of being \u2018super star of the global outsourcing 100\u00ae\u2019 , attributed to exceptional performance and scores achieved in iaop\u00ae evaluation .\nsap sapphire now 2018 , which took place on june 5 to 7 in orlando , had a wealth of information about sap technologies and how . . .\n- cambridge , mass . , april 17 , 2018 - - gcp applied technologies inc . ( nyse : gcp ) , a leading global provider of construction\u2026\noperations analytics provides a ' day of operations ' display of the performance of the operation across the entire network in terms of punctuality , delays and related impacts .\nuim is designed to support agile operations and can be configured with out - of - the - box monitoring for more than 140 technologies . probes , purchased as add - on units , provide performance management capabilities for the technologies of interest to your organizations , including multiple uim probes for database performance management . for example , the jdbc sql queries response monitoring probe monitors the connection to java database connectivity databases . this probe executes custom sql queries to database servers through the jdbc client interface and measures the response time . it supports monitoring sql queries on ibm db2 , ibm informix , microsoft sql server , mysql , oracle database and postgresql .\nand executives are sold on the need for enterprise social technologies to improve collaboration , especially in supporting the work of today\u2019s enormous global organizations . a 2013 avanade survey found that 77 percent of decision makers are using such technologies , and 82 percent of businesses that use collaboration tools want to use even more in the future .\nchrysler utilized the opti - power technology on the production releases of the 2008 dodge viper srt v10 engine . by working with specialists from mclaren performance technologies as well as ricardo inc . , srt engineers began by following the racer ' s basic formula for more power : bigger displacement , more efficient breathing and higher engine speed .\nca application performance management ( apm ) uses dynamic baselining and differential analysis to learn app behavior\u2014so you\u2019ll only get alerted when the problem\u2019s real . these analytics can also :\nover the past five years of extensive consulting , training and continuous reinforcement , performance technologies has transformed our sales organization into a highly competitive , formidable force in our industry . our sales results reflect our determination and ptc\u2019s commitment to helping us win . \u2014 brian moriarty , svp global sales strategy and north american sales , general cable corporation\nfor distributed dbmses , ca provides probes for its uim product . uim is a system and network management product capable of monitoring and managing performance and availability across complex environments . it ' s modular and scalable , enabling an organization to assemble a performance management architecture customized to its needs and with the ability to grow as their infrastructure changes .\nadaptive solutions group amzur technologies , inc . benchmark it llc blue chip talent cosourcing partners digital prospectors forte consulting group itech solutions , inc . kavaliro kyyba , inc . lorven technologies , inc . mainz brady group saxon global inc software specialists , inc . trc staffing services , inc . usm business systems , inc . vivo whitridge associates , inc .\nin addition to overseeing performance technologies\u2019 daily operations , kris handles all financial aspects of the business , including human resources . she is passionate about the behind - the - scenes preparations that allow our team to deliver exceptional work to a distinguished list of clients . prior to joining our organization , kris gained 15 years of experience in mortgage banking and finance .\nhcl technologies bestowed with the everest group peak matrix \u2018service provider of the year\u2122 2017\u2019 award for \u2018cloud and infrastructure services ( cis ) \u2019 . hcl was recognized as \u2018star performer of the year\u2019 in the cis category for demonstrating consistent performance across all four cis segments , including \u2018workplace services\u2019 , \u2018private\u2013cloud enabled services\u2019 , \u2018hosted private cloud services\u2019 and \u2018it security services\u2019 .\nhcl was invited to speak at mit technology review\u2019s emerging technologies conference emtech 2012 on big data and consumer electronics in bangalore attended by academicians and technology enthusiasts from across the world .\non february 7th 2019 the learning and performance institute will host its annual learning awards to recognise outstanding examples of high standards , best practice , innovation and excellence in learning and development .\nthis website uses cookies and similar tracking technology for a number of purposes , including to enhance your experience when you visit our websites . you can learn more about our use of these technologies in our privacy policy . by continuing to use this website , including clicking off or closing this banner , you consent to the use of these technologies by this website .\nknown as the driveline to the power of ' e ' initiative , linamar is researching and developing powertrain solutions that will integrate and aid with new technologies used in future vehicle electrification .\nhas your organization struggled to establish a unified vision and a clear strategic direction ? with performance technologies as your trusted advisor , you will be called upon to both ask and answer the hard questions that will put you on the path to vivid clarity of direction and a strategic plan for achieving success . you\u2019ll also acquire the processes , tools and systems that ensure flawless execution .\nshape the collaborative behaviors that drive results simply making collaboration technologies available is not enough . equally important is engaging in the change management activities that shape , encourage and incentivize desired collaborative behaviors .\nperformance management is often used as the \u201cbackbone\u201d for evaluation and measurement of essential business activities . therefore , the search for solutions should not be limited to the so - called best practices and tools , but instead should start with a deep debate within the executive team about their philosophy and strategic people objectives regarding performance differentiation . then the focus can shift to how best to achieve those outcomes .\nproposals should aim at developing the next wave of sustainable liquid biofuels by moving technologies from trl 3 - 4 to trl 4 - 5 ( please see part g of the general annexes ) .\nin addition to providing products with outstanding performance , functions , and quality , we create new value with solutions that make the most of relationships with customers developed through such products , thereby contributing to society .\noilfield technology reimagined for customized solutions to your evolving needs , warrior rig technologies designs , manufactures and services high - spec rig components and pipe handling equipment that provide ultimate efficiency , innovation and serviceability .\nthe company\u2019s product line , distinguished by its flagship performance optimization suite system mechanic\u00ae , is sold through more than 23 , 000 retail storefronts around the world and its software can also be purchased from leading major e - tailers , as well as a multitude of domestic and international distributors and resellers . founded in 1998 and headquartered in los angeles , california , iolo is a wholly owned subsidiary of phoenix technologies ltd .\nour goal is strong financial performance for our shareholders as we operate a business that creates value for customers , offers opportunities for employees and supports our communities , while maintaining a focus on workplace safety and the environment .\nthe livestock and poultry production industry , regulatory agencies , and researchers lack a current , science - based guide and data base for evaluation of air quality mitigation technologies . data collected from science - based review of mitigation technologies using practical , stakeholders - oriented evaluation criteria to identify knowledge gaps / needs and focuses for future research efforts on technologies and areas with the greatest impact potential is presented in the literature database tab on the air management practices tool ( ampat ) . the ampat is web - based ( available at urltoken and provides an objective overview of mitigation practices best suited to address odor , gaseous , and particulate matter ( pm ) emissions at livestock operations . the data was compiled into excel spreadsheets from a literature review of 265 papers was performed to ( 1 ) evaluate mitigation technologies performance for emissions of odor , volatile organic compounds ( vocs ) , ammonia ( nh 3 ) , hydrogen sulfide ( h 2 s ) , particulate matter ( pm ) , and greenhouse gases ( ghgs ) and to ( 2 ) inform future research needs .\nembed collaboration technologies within business processes new collaboration technologies do more than just digitize old ways of doing things ; they make new ways of doing things possible . this is accomplished in part by embedding the technologies into the way work is performed so that using them becomes a natural and accepted part of the job . it\u2019s also important to set objectives in specific terms related to an industry and to job roles , and to measure results . for example , for an insurance company , the goal of \u201cincreasing knowledge sharing\u201d is noble but vague . a better goal would be , \u201cimproving underwriters\u2019 speed and effectiveness in pricing insurance policies . \u201d\nshiv nadar , chairman and chief strategy officer , hcl technologies was conferred \u2018sir jehangir ghandy medal for industrial and social peace\u2019 by premier management school xlri jamshedpur in recognition of outstanding contributions to industrial and social peace .\n\u2018worldblu list of most democratic workplaces tm 2012\u2019 featured hcl in recognition of its exemplary democratic practices contributing to high performance , engagement , innovation and profitability . hcl has been included in this list for the fourth consecutive year .\nca also offers uim probes that provide in - depth dbms system performance metrics for ibm db2 for luw , microsoft sql server , mysql , oracle database and sap sybase ase . although the exact performance details returned by each of these probes differs , the type of information provided will include things such as configuration details , uptime metrics , buffer and cache hit ratio , memory allocation , locking and deadlock details , and cpu and i / o utilization .\nwe have driven a great deal , so you can drive a great volvo . buying a new car is a significant investment , so it pays to get the best possible deal . the learning and performance institute has teamed u\nshiv nadar , founder , hcl and chairman , hcl technologies and shiv nadar foundation , has been featured as the leading philanthropist from india in the forbes \u201848 heroes of philanthropy\u2019 list in asia pacific released in june 2011 .\nworked for performance technology for over 2 - 1 / 2 years and dont regret one day of it . the team work that was there i will always miss . the team supervisors are knowledgeable and willing to share their knowledge .\nyet many executives sense they should be getting more value from these tools . according to a 2011 forrester research report , 64 percent of executives surveyed said their companies were realizing only a subset of potential benefits from collaboration technologies .\nin keeping with the original boss mustang , ford designed a high - performance , naturally aspirated power plant based on its all - new coyote 5 . 0l v - 8 , one of ward ' s 10 best engines for 2011 .\nsince its inception , the united technologies research center ( utrc ) has taken curiosity to another level \u2014 not just questioning what\u2019s possible , but making it happen . it\u2019s the difference between our society getting by , and getting better .\napex winners have demonstrated leadership and achieved exceptional business results by leveraging the alegeus consumer directed healthcare platform . award recipients were recognized at the 2015 alegeus technologies client conference that was recently held on may 6 - 8 in san diego , ca .\nthe techserve alliance excellence awards were developed to shine a spotlight on the performance leaders in our industry . the awards honor and acknowledge it & engineering staffing and solutions firms that deliver outstanding performance , productivity and commitment to continuous improvement . the pursuit of excellence reflects a commitment to the future of your business , the quality you deliver to clients and the career opportunities you provide as an employer of choice . winning a techserve excellence award is a demonstration of that commitment and a clear differentiator in the marketplace .\nhcl technologies has emerged as the fastest growing it services brand in the world as per the 2017 brand finance global 500 report , moving upwards by 122 ranks over the last year . hcl\u2019s brand value surged by 38 % over the last year .\nroshni nadar malhotra , non - executive director on the board of hcl technologies , has been conferred the \u2018ndtv indian of the year - india\u2019s future award in philanthropy\u2019 and selected as a \u2018young global leader\u2019 by the world economic forum ( wef ) .\nnot based off performance rather who you knew . new supervisor has less than six months of electronic experience . however he help the main boss with a super charger . now he is in management . cannot calibrate a denso but let him run the department .\nyoungstown , ohio - united technologies research center ( utrc ) has been selected for award by the u . s . department of defense ' s\namerica makes\ninitiative for its maturation of advanced manufacturing for low - cost sustainment ( mamls ) program .\nalku consultnet llc genuent , llc intelliswift software , inc . lasalle network mastech digital mitchell martin , inc . oxford global resources randstad technologies and randstad engineering tekpartners , a p2p company us tech solutions , inc . v - soft consulting ventech solutions , inc .\nwe also did some flow analysis on it ,\nsays mark stoddart , linamar ' s chief technology officer and executive vice president - marketing .\nbut the big thing is really the process . the process was originally developed by our mclaren performance technology group .\npowerobjects , an hcl technologies company , won the 2017 microsoft worldwide partner of the year award for dynamics 365 consulting and systems integration . the company was honored amongst the top microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on microsoft technology .\nmclaren performance utilizes some of the world ' s most advanced driveline system testing equipment . the scope of testing capabilities include nvh / te , durability , environmental and electric hybrid powertrain . review the following driveline testing cell details for a full explanation of each specialty testing cells .\nlinamar is committed to investing in the latest available technologies . from advanced automation and cnc machining equipment used in the manufacturing process , to the testing equipment and software managed by engineering teams to the innovative product solutions the company provides to customers , linamar is on the leading edge .\nroshni nadar malhotra , director on the board of hcl technologies , has received the \u2018world\u2019s most innovative people award in philanthropic innovation\u2019 by world summit on innovation and entrepreneurship for her efforts in building vidyagyan , a path - breaking initiative in rural leadership development by the shiv nadar foundation .\nhcl technologies announces a global reseller agreement with sap se . sap will now resell the hcl next - generation maintenance , repair , and overhaul solution under the brand name sap\u00ae enterprise asset management ( sap eam ) , add - on for mro by hcl for sap s / 4hana\u00ae .\nshiv nadar , founder , hcl and chairman , hcl technologies , has been conferred the \u201cphilanthropist of the year\u201d award at the asian awards 2011 . the asian awards pay tribute to inspirational role models in the fields of business , sports , entertainment , philanthropy and popular arts and culture .\nshiv nadar , founder , hcl and chairman , hcl technologies and shiv nadar foundation , has been conferred the honoree 2011 award by the american india foundation ( aif ) for his unparalleled efforts in philanthropy . the award was presented at the 10th anniversary of the aif in new york .\nin the future , these same concepts and technologies are likely to be applied to more kinds of knowledge work . take , for example , an automotive engineer in germany who needs help creating engineering drawings . that engineer could use enterprise collaboration technologies to route a request for help to the company\u2019s most relevant intranet sites . a retired engineer in michigan or a young engineer in europe could offer to assist , and receive not just pay but a reputation - enhancing public review for completing the job well . mechanisms like these could help companies quickly and seamlessly plug their skills gaps .\nanant gupta , president & ceo , hcl technologies has received the \u20182014 women\u2019s empowerment principles ( weps ) leadership award \u2013 7 principles\u2019 for developing and implementing a comprehensive internal and external strategy based on the weps\u2019 seven principles for advancing and empowering women in the workplace , marketplace , and community .\nsome information in this publication is based upon ca\u2019s experiences with the referenced software product in a variety of development and customer environments . past performance of the software product in such development and customer environments is not indicative of the future performance of such software product in identical , similar or different environments . ca does not warrant that the software product will operate as specifically set forth in this publication . ca will support the referenced product only in accordance with ( i ) the documentation and specifications provided with the referenced product , and ( ii ) ca\u2019s then - current maintenance and support policy for the referenced product .\nthe hybrid power unit can be integrated with virtually any existing standard two - wheel drive powertrain design to achieve an awd hybrid system . the combination of conventional front - wheel drive and electric rear - wheel drive greatly improves fuel economy , vehicle stability and performance , at a reduced overall system cost .\nconsumers increasingly want the safety of all - wheel drive , the fuel efficiency of a hybrid , and the power of an internal combustion engine ,\nsaid mark stoddart , cto , linamar corporation .\nthe hybrid power unit answers all of those needs without sacrificing performance or adding significant cost .\npatterson - uti is a leading provider of diversified energy services focused on innovative solutions , operational excellence and tier 1 performance . our expertise includes contract drilling services with industry leading super - spec rigs , pressure pumping services , rental services and directional drilling services that provide proven paths of success for our customers .\nhcl has been placed among leaders in the iaop global outsourcing 100 tm rankings for 2017 , an annual listing of the world\u2019s best service providers by the iaop\u00ae . additionally , hcl achieved the distinction of being \u2018super star of the global outsourcing 100\u00ae\u2019 , attributed to exceptional performance and scores achieved in iaop\u00ae evaluation .\nafter decades of success on the track and in progressive collaborations , we have both the drive and the capabilities to win . our high - performance design approach is led by rigorous analysis of simulated and real - time data . allowing us to deliver customised outcomes , shaped by insights gathered from this predictive intelligence .\nca ' s db2 database performance management products are licensed based on the size of the machine or logical partition where they run . pricing is based on mainframe msus ( millions service units ) . ca also offers an enterprise site license option . support ( 24 / 7 ) is offered online and by phone .\nin the statement , the jury praised ingenious technologes on \u201cits ability to become a long - term partner for zooroyal by a marriage of man and machine . the use of a 1st - party tracking engine enabled zooroyal to gain transparency into its marketing performance , which resulted in smarter choices for the business . \u201d\nroshni nadar malhotra , non - executive director on the board of hcl technologies , has been selected as a \u2018young global leader\u2019 by the world economic forum ( wef ) . \u2018the forum of young global leaders\u2019 is a unique , multi - stakeholder community of exceptional young leaders participate actively in driving the global agenda at wef .\nas a showcase for the most innovative thinking on high - performance business , outlook focuses on six core themes : redefining competitiveness , digital disruption , global operating model , open innovation , sustainability and workforce of the future . we feature original content devoted to these topics as well as a selection of unique insights offered by professionals throughout accenture .\ncompanies need their critical workforces to perform smarter , faster and more productively . achieving that goal requires embedding collaborative technologies deep into processes and incentivizing collaborative behaviors\u2014ultimately transforming the way organizations turn knowledge into action . collaboration platforms should do more than help employees talk about their work ; they should create new ways for employees to do their work .\ninstitute of company secretaries of india awarded \u2018certificate of recognition to hcl technologies\u2019 for adopting excellent practices in corporate governance in the year 2011 . the jury was headed by hon\u2019ble mr . justice r c lahoti , former chief justice of india . the institute congratulated hcl for its dynamic leadership and inculcating a culture of good governance in the organization .\nin june of 2018 , united technologies research center hosted chris fall , deputy director , u . s . department of energy ( doe ) advanced research projects agency - energy ( arpa - e ) and sonja glavaski , program director at arpa - e to discuss the mission and vision of their organization as it relates to utc and its business units .\nthe harvard business press book \u201cemployees first , customers second - turning conventional management upside down\u201d authored by hcl technologies\u2019 ceo vineet nayar , was launched in japan and talked about widely by leading analysts and publications . the book , available globally in english since june , is already being translated into several languages , including spanish , portuguese , complex chinese and korean .\nfocusing on four business areas ( social infrastructure , energy , electronic devices , and digital solutions ) that support people ' s lives and society , we will create innovative technologies and globally promote r & d to solve various societal issues by integrating solutions and services . we will also continue to enhance collaboration with external organizations to provide greater value to society more quickly .\nwhether your business is a small start - up or a fortune 500 corporation , ptc can assist you in developing and executing a strategic plan ; transform the senior members of your sales and corporate teams into extraordinary leaders ; help your sales force excel both tactically and strategically ; and leverage the strengths of all your team members to elevate the performance of your organization as a whole .\nwe ' re an entrepreneurial team , applying expertise to challenges that few can overcome . never just satisfied with new ideas , but focused on creating real value - through the type of innovation that makes the difference between success and failure . the power of mclaren inside can transform the output of your organisation . together we can take on your challenge and reach new levels of performance .\nwaltham , ma \u2014 may 26 , 2015 \u2014 alegeus technologies , the market leader in consumer directed healthcare solutions , recently announced the recipients of its second annual apex awards , recognizing client successes in nine major categories \u2013 including revenue growth , innovation , market leadership , operational efficiency , customer experience , consumer engagement , service excellence , strategic partnership and client of the year .\nopti - power takes esoteric , high - performance technology from the world of motor racing and offers it for oem mass production at a normal production price . the benefits of 5 - axis cnc machining ( contour milling ) of cylinder head ports and combustion chambers have been associated with the racing industry for several years . opti - power makes this technology viable to the mass production marketplace .\npace stands for premier automotive suppliers ' contribution to excellence . it is an award presented each year by automotive news . it recognizes innovation , technological advancement and business performance . the automotive news pace award is open to suppliers that contribute products , processes , materials or services directly to the manufacture of cars or trucks . the award is accepted around the world as the industry symbol of innovation .\nhcl technologies has won three remmy ( the recruitment marketing awards ) awards for 2011 . these annual awards , presented by the times group , recognize and felicitate the creative genius behind the best advertisements in the field of recruitment marketing . hcl won the best recruitment ad in it and telecom industry , the best art direction , and the grand prix award ( best recruitment ad across industries ) .\nca sysview performance management option for db2 for z / os allows users to monitor subsystems and applications . the product ' s capabilities include real - time db2 subsystem and thread activity , historical tracking , online and batch reporting , and an enhanced explain facility . dbas can set thresholds and monitor exceptions ; identify expensive processes ; and customize the product , creating new displays and reports using the insight query language .\nportfoliocenter\u00ae , portfoliocenter hosted\u2122 , schwab advisor mobile connect , and schwab advisor portfolio connect are products of schwab performance technologies\u00ae (\nspt\n) . schwab advisor services\u2122 includes the custody , trading , and support services of charles schwab & co . , inc . (\ncs & co\n) , a registered broker - dealer and member sipc . spt provides technology solutions to independent investment advisors , while cs & co provides them and their clients with custody , trading , and related support services . spt and cs & co are separate companies affiliated as subsidiaries of the charles schwab corporation , but their products and services are independent from each other . spt ' s intelligent integration solutions integrate data about accounts custodied at cs & co . schwab advisor mobile connect displays data about accounts custodied at cs & co .\nunleash the full power of enterprise talent effective collaboration technologies support not only how people work today but how they will need to work in the future . increasingly , companies are embracing new operating models in which multiple organizations\u2014the company , its vendors , its outsourcers , its partners and others\u2014work together toward a unified goal . such an operating model will be successful only if people from the different organizations collaborate effectively .\nthe new developed technology pathways should improve the economic , environmental and social benefits of biofuels . favourable energy and ghg balances are expected , as well as a significant cost reduction , which would permit these fuels to compete favourably with conventional biofuels . a favourable performance on secure and affordable energy supply and diversified , cheap feedstock supply are expected . in addition , positive impacts on enhancing europe ' s competitiveness should be anticipated where appropriate .\n\u201cwe are excited to recognize these clients who have realized exceptional business results through the use of our technology , \u201d said steve auerbach , chief executive officer at alegeus technologies . \u201cwhen our clients are successful , alegeus is successful . it\u2019s great to see so many examples of our clients winning in the marketplace \u2013 growing revenue , offering differentiated value to their customers , increasing operational efficiency , and improving the consumer healthcare experience . \u201d\nconsider how crowdsourcing and the social web are already enabling firms to hand off some tasks to workers outside the enterprise . urltoken uses liveops\u2019 \u201ccloud contact center\u201d to deliver global customer support services , which involves tapping contractors who work from home and set their own hours . the platform tracks performance and rewards high performers with recognition , more work and better pay . one advantage of this approach : it allows organizations to scale their customer contact needs quickly to respond to sudden spikes in demand .\nhcl has been honored with \u2018partner of the year\u2019 awards at the dell emc global partner summit \u2013 \u20182017 dell emc americas alliances partner of the year award\u2019 , and \u20182017 dell emc global alliances growth partner of the year award\u2019 , recognizing hcl\u2019s growth and commitment across the dell emc portfolio . hcl has a dedicated center of excellence featuring dell emc technologies , with deep technical & domain strengths across enterprise software , software defined infrastructure , cloud storage , security and enterprise content management .\nin the area of social infrastructure , we will provide highly reliable technology and services to customers in a wide range of industries , including public infrastructure , buildings and facilities , and railroad and industry systems , in order to realize a safe , secure and reliable society . in the area of energy , we will promote the stable supply and efficient use of conventional energy . in addition , we will contribute to realizing a low - carbon society by providing the world with technology and services that create , distribute and store clean energy , including hydrogen . in the area of electronic devices , with a view to building infrastructure for a big data society , we will develop cutting - edge technologies\u2014including new semiconductor and storage products\u2014for various industries , such as memory / storage , industrial and automotive applications , and wireless communications . in the area of digital solutions , we will work together with customers to create digital services that make the most of our industrial know - how and iot / ai technologies .\nhcl foundation , the csr arm of hcl technologies , announced the launch of hcl grant with an aim to identify , empower and support ngos and individual social leaders who are doing exceptional work in rural india . the grant committed a corpus of rs 100 crores over the next 5 years . the winner , selected amongst applicants from all over the country through a robust selection process led by an \u201cindependent\u201d eminent jury , was presented the grant by hon ' ble president of india , shri pranab mukherjee .\nwe work closely with our clients to develop and implement strategic initiatives that transform and consolidate their it environments leveraging state of the art virtualization and cloud computing technologies . we design and deliver fast , flexible and dynamic it architectures that align with the business needs and priorities . we deliver cost - effective solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to slash capex and opex ; to increase agility and time to market ; to become resilient , running their business as usual despite disasters , malfunctions , mishaps or human errors .\ninformationweek conferred valuehonors\u2122 awards on eight hcl customers including avago technologies , cathay pacific airways , cummins inc . , electrolux , old mutual wealth management , purdue pharma , xerox and a fortune 500 pharmaceutical company . informationweek evaluated more than 100 fortune 1000 and global 2000 companies from across the globe for these awards . there was a stringent nomination process in which enterprises demonstrated objective evidence of value creation across five categories : best service desk , best data center transformation , best cloud strategy , best transition management and most responsive to business .\nas a service group , the level of service for our clients is mainly dependent on the experience and motivation of our employees . therefore , we place very high demands on the academic performance and analytical skills of our employees . we believe in multidisciplinarity : in addition to staff from the media industry , also employees from top - tier it companies or formerly working in the top management consulting and investment banking industry ( eg . from bcg , jp morgan , mckinsey & co , oliver wyman , roland berger , ubs ) add their perspectives .\nyou need your sales force to consistently execute a consultative sales process that differentiates your business from its competitors . our foundational \u201cget - real\u201d program , designed primarily for your \u201cin - the - trenches\u201d field sales reps , uses how - to modules and hands - on tools that give your team the skills and processes to heighten their performance . included is a critical module to help your sales managers become more effective coaches . the get - real curriculum is highly tactical in focus , and addresses multiple facets of the optimal sales process , including :\niolo technologies , llc develops patented technology and award - winning software that repairs , optimizes , and protects computers and digital devices , enabling users to enjoy their full computing potential by keeping devices running fast and reliably . with a global sales presence in 33 countries and products in 11 languages , tens of millions of people have used iolo\u2019s products for their pc optimization , security , and data recovery needs since 1998 . today , iolo is widely recognized by both consumers and industry experts as a worldwide leader in the system utility software market .\nca offers two products for managing database structural performance : ca database analyzer and ca rapid reorg . database analyzer collects information on db2 database structures and offers suggested improvements . dbas can use this information to schedule database reorganization only when needed . ca rapid reorg can further improve the process of reclaiming space used by dropped tables , reclustering data , removing overflow pointers , re - establishing free space , rebalancing index trees and reducing the number of index levels required . the product can be used to reorg db2 table spaces and indexes while the applications remain online .\nlinamar is using its deep understanding of gears to develop new innovations such as the recently launched hybrid power unit electric rear axle . testing of the unit on a demonstrator vehicle began earlier this year . by installing the battery - powered , electric hybrid power unit system into the vehicle ' s rear axle , it offers oems a modular solution to turn front - drive architectures into awd . the hybrid power unit allows for increased fuel savings when the unit operates in ev / hybrid mode ; or increased performance , control and stability when it is in awd mode .\ncollaboration technologies can also provide guidance about how particular processes can be optimally performed to improve quality and increase productivity . for example , \u201csocial workflow platforms\u201d provide a collaborative environment that can guide groups through an optimized and standardized workplan , with roles , tasks and templates laid out in advance . team members can then use the platform to hand off work , conduct discussions , share updates , review checklists and obtain approvals . the platform\u2019s tagging , searching and messaging features make it easier to ask for help , locate documents that can be reused and share best practices .\nopti - power is an end - to - end design / development / manufacture process . it originates with the functional design of the cylinder head for air flow performance ,\nwet - flow\ncombustion technology , valve - train packaging , 5 - axis cnc\nflexible machining\n, and a unique method to fixture the part to permit all critical machining in one setup . the fixturing eliminates all stack - up variance caused by multiple setups or machine - to - machine variances allowing a degree of precision in the final product not previously seen in mass production cylinder head manufacturing .\nthrough the use of collaboration technologies that improve the manner in which work is done , companies have achieved impressive results . for example , by sharing experiences and ideas via an online platform , employees in cemex\u2019s alternative fuels program reduced co2 emissions by 1 . 8 million metric tons per year , saving the company more than $ 140 million while earning $ 80 million in sales of co2 credits . by more readily sharing documents and quickly locating experts to answer questions , sales teams at ge aviation were able to complete in minutes work that had previously taken more than one week ."]}
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' s email format | email format for urltoken\nbesides , walton brand of televisions and their components are manufactured in walton ` s plant in gazipur under walton micro - tech corporation , another sister concern of r . b . group .\nwalton micro - tech corporation\u2019s factory is situated near the walton hi - tech industries limited\u2019s factory at chandra in gazipur . all kinds of walton brand of televisions , including 3d led , led , lcd and crt televisions and their spare parts are designed , manufactured and packaged here .\ntelevisions : walton brand of high - quality televisions , ranging from 19 - inch to 55 - inch , are manufactured at walton micro - tech corporation , another sister concern of r . b . group . walton televisions\u2019 picture quality is so clear , sharp , bright and flicker - free that consumers have cordially accepted the walton brand of televisions . as many as 26 different models of televisions are manufactured at walton micro - tech corporation . the latest and sophisticated technology is used to make picture quality sharp , smooth and vivid .\nwalton micro - tech corporation ltd . uses 8 email formats , with lorem ipsum . . . ( ex . lorem ipsum . . . ) being used 12 . 5 % of the time . rocketreach validates emails and finds alternate emails & phone for free .\nthere are eight sister concerns under r . b . group and walton hi - tech industries limited is one of them\nwalton has now turned into a leading home appliances , electronics and automobiles manufacturing company in bangladesh . it manufactures refrigerators , freezers , air - conditioners , motorcycles , mobile phones , dvd players , microwave ovens , washing machines , diesel generators and irons . besides , walton brand of 3 - dimensional led , lcd and crt televisions are manufactured under walton micro - tech corporation , another sister concern of r . b . group .\nwalton hi - tech industries limited , commonly referred to as walton , is a private limited company of bangladesh . it is a sister concern of r . b . group . walton is one of the largest electrical , electronics and automobiles manufacturing companies in south asia . its headquarters is situated at dhaka , bangladesh .\nwalton recieved dipto nritya kala academy award - 2011 for walton fuel efficient motorcycle .\nwalton recieved trab award - 2006 for best tvc ( walton power tiller ) .\nwalton recieved ashiyan city trab award - 2010 for best tvc ( walton refrigerator ) .\nwalton recieved bestway - trab award - 2008 for best tvc ( walton refrigerator ) .\nwalton recieved television dorshok forum award - 2004 for best tvc ( walton motorcycle ) .\nwalton recieved television dorshok forum award - 2003 for best tvc ( walton refrigerator ) .\nr . b . group\u2019s sister concern walton hi - tech industries limited was formed in 2002 and s . m . ashraful alam took over the charge of it as managing director . walton\u2019s manufacturing plant was built at chandra in kaliakoir , gazipur near dhaka in 2006 and it went into commercial production in 2008 . since then walton has been moving forward .\nwalton recieved personi usa - babisas award - 2006 for best tvc ( walton television ) .\nwalton recieved television dorshok forum award - 2005 for best tvc ( walton microwave oven ) .\nwalton recieved rup - aroma trab star award - 2011 for best tvc ( walton motorcycle ) .\nwalton recieved icl group - dcca performance award - 2008 for best tvc ( walton television ) .\nwalton recieved gtc - term group - babisas award - 2010 for best tvc ( walton motorcycle ) .\nwalton recieved best brand ( number five as local brand ) award - 2011 .\nwalton product line also includes mobile phones , generators , washing machines , iron etc .\nexports its products to 20 different countries of the world . with this success , walton\nwalton has a plan to export its products to 50 countries of the world by 2015 .\nat present , walton has the capacity of manufacturing 1 . 4 million refrigerators and freezers annually .\nwalton has emerged as the most popular brand among all consumer brands of electrical , electronics and automobiles products in bangladesh . now , walton brand is known at every household of the country . it proves that walton has achieved a degree of success which is unparallel in the country\u2019s business domain .\nwalton also offers replacement warranty for its products , particularly for all kinds of refrigerators and freezers .\nwalton is committed to manufacturing environment - friendly products through innovation and technological progress . walton\u2019s research and development teams are continually working to improve the energy standards of its products , bringing eco - friendly appliances into homes nationwide . walton uses cfc - free gas in the entire manufacturing process . it uses eco - friendly polyisocyanurate insulation in refrigerators and air - conditioners . walton also avoids 2 - stroke engines in its motorcycles .\nthe electrical , electronics and automobiles manufacturing factory of walton hi - tech industries limited is situated at chandra in gazipur . it is an automatic and full - fledged factory in bangladesh . the total area of the factory is 2 . 16 million square feet . there are several units inside the factory where various components of refrigerator , freezer , motorcycle , air - conditioners and their spare parts are designed , manufactured and assembled . this factory is exceptional and wonderful in this sense that all kinds of components and spare parts required for assembling refrigerators , freezers , motorcycles and air - conditioners are manufactured here . besides , quality control is strictly followed at all stages of manufacturing , assembling and packaging processes .\nwalton has also planned to manufacture automobiles where a large number of local people are likely to get employment opportunities .\nwalton brand of refrigerators and freezers hold 70 - 75 per cent market share of refrigerators and freezers in bangladesh .\nwalton\u2019s motto is \u2018service first . \u2019 walton provides after - sale services for its products from its extensive servicing networks , which is the largest in bangladesh . walton customers of home appliances , electronics and automobiles receive after - sale services at free of cost from any parts of the country within only two hours . known as \u2018walton service management system , \u2019 walton service centers are the only service centers in bangladesh which has iso certification . equipped with full - fledged computerized system and latest technology , these service centers remain open for customers seven days a week . even these service centers remain open on holidays . more than 700 engineers and technicians work round - the - clock at these service centers where all kinds of spare parts of the walton products are available . customers are highly satisfied receiving after - sale services from walton service centers .\nwalton provides committed , reliable and excellent after - sale services to its customers through its service centres all - over bangladesh .\nwalton has the capacity of manufacturing one million television sets annually . it offers 3d led , led and lcd televisions at affordable prices . it lasts long and consumes less electricity . improved digital technology is used in all models of walton brand of television .\nmoreover , walton has also planned to manufacture desktop , laptop , tablet pc and notebook computers under walton electrocomp limited , another sister concern of r . b . group . the company is now actively working on the issue . walton has already launched an initiative of market survey to know about the demand , supply and size of the market of laptop , tablet pc and notebook computers in bangladesh .\nbesides , walton brand of televisions has been judged as the second best brand in the brand ranking race . walton has also been ranked as the 5th best brand among all best local brands , while the 18 th best brand among all local and foreign brands of bangladesh .\nwalton manufactures very high quality and durable refrigerators , freezers , air - conditioners and motorcycles at its state - of - the - art plant at chandra in kaliakoir of gazipur district , some 40 km ( 25 miles ) north of the capital dhaka . it started its commercial production and marketing since 2008 with the slogan \u2018 walton at every home . \u2019 walton consistently applies leading global technologies in manufacturing of its products .\nwalton has recently launched world - class refrigerators and freezers using the nanotechnology to keep food fresh and intact for a longer period of time . all the walton models of refrigerators are manufactured using the silver nano particles which helps keep food free from many harmful bacteria and unpleasant odours .\nair - conditioners : walton manufactures world - class air - conditioners , ranging between 1 , 1\u00bd and 2 tons . at present , walton is manufacturing split - type air - conditioners . soon it will start manufacturing window - type air - conditioners . walton brand of air - conditioners are manufactured in combination with high - quality raw materials and latest technology . walton air - conditioners , which are available in different models and colours , contain led display and 100 per cent copper condenser . it gives assurance of optimum performances . quality control is strictly maintained at every phase of production .\nbesides , walton will manufacture both smartphones and feature phones of various configurations , designs and prices . walton smartphones are likely to have the latest mobile operating system , with more advanced computing capability and connectivity . they will also have high - resolution touchscreens and web browsers that display standard web pages .\nwalton has recently planned to manufacture world - class non - frost and luxurious refrigerators , keeping the taste and demand of customers of developed countries in mind .\nwalton is the 1st electronic manufacturing company of bangladesh producing led / lcd tv , mobile phone , home appliances , electronic appliances , rotary fan , switch socket etc .\nwalton is constantly striving to improve lifestyles of people providing best quality products with extraordinary performances . it always pays utmost attention to the customer\u2019s need , choice and satisfaction .\n\u2018it\u2019s our product\u2019 ( in bangla : amader ponno ) \u2014a major slogan of the brand , leaves a strong impression about walton\u2019s commitment to deliver the best with bangladesh identity .\nwalton has a plan to manufacture 3 million compressors of refrigerators and air - conditioners every year in future . the company will manufacture high - quality compressors at a separate plant and export them after meeting the domestic demand . country\u2019s electronics goods manufacturing , assembling and marketing companies will be able to use these compressors to manufacture their respective brands of refrigerators and freezers at walton factory .\nwalton has the largest marketing network across bangladesh and it sells its products through more than 5 , 000 outlets , including 140 plazas or company owned showrooms , and exclusive distributors\u2019 and dealers\u2019 showrooms .\nsome 600 , 000 units of refrigerators and freezers are being manufactured at walton\u2019s factory annually . besides , its new production line is going to produce 800 , 000 units of refrigerators and freezers soon .\nwalton has directly and indirectly employed more than 30 , 000 people in bangladesh . they include engineers , technicians , officers , employees and workers . it takes pride being one of the largest and preferred employers in bangladesh . on an average , five people are dependent on each of these employees . so , walton has been contributing to the livelihoods of an estimated 150 , 000 people in the country .\nwalton brand of refrigerators has been adjudged the best among all local and foreign brands of refrigerators for their quality , affordability and durability at the just concluded best brand award 2011 giving ceremony in dhaka recently .\nwalton\u2019s products have already won the hearts of the millions of people in bangladesh for their outstanding designs , uncompromising quality and affordable prices . it has now become a trusted brand name in every household of bangladesh .\nwalton is an iso 9001 : 2008 qms and iso 14100 : 2004 ems certified company . it is endeavouring to translate its dream of becoming one of the leaders by manufacturing superior quality electrical and electronics products using the best technologies .\nwalton is greatly indebted to s . m . nazrul islam , a visionary business leader and an extraordinary entrepreneur , for its today\u2019s name , fame and success . mr islam , also the founder chairman of r . b . group and walton , was born in an aristocratic business family of tangail in bangladesh in 1926 . he has acquired all the techniques of trade and commerce from his businessman father s . m . atahar ali talukder ( 1901 - 1982 ) .\nrefrigerators and freezers : walton manufactures world - class refrigerators and freezers at its modern and fully automatic plant , which is one of the biggest in south asia . refrigerators and freezers are manufactured using latest technology and high quality compressors . the technology ensures longer cooling system , low energy consumption and exact moisture for maintaining food value . condenser is made of 100 per cent copper in accordance with international standard . walton refrigerators offer different models with eye - catching designs and colours . spare parts including doors are changeable and available everywhere in the country .\none of the unique characteristics of s . m . nazrul islam is that he can still take decisions very quickly in any situation . he remains a great source of inspiration for all in r . b . group . all in walton share the great privilege and responsibility of translating his dreams into reality .\nmotorcycles : walton manufactures different models of motorbikes at its state - of - the art plant . walton motorcycles are powered by five different capacity engines - - 140cc , 125cc , 110cc and 100cc . they offer high - quality performances and different mileages . the first one is xplore which is available with 140cc and 125cc capacity engine ; the second model is fusion , which is available with 125cc and 110cc engines , while the third one is prizm with 110cc capacity engine and the fourth model is cruize which is available with 100cc capacity engine . all these motorcycles have single cylinder , air - cooling system and 4 - stroke engines .\nthe management of r . b . group firmly believes that if bangladesh moves forward , walton will also move forward . to them , the interest of the country should get first priority . they also believe that bangladesh will be able to get rid of the shackles of hunger , poverty and unemployment only through the rapid industrialization .\nmr islam joined his father\u2019s business after britain had left the indian sub - continent in 1947 . his joining marked a significant turning - point in his family business . in his long and eventful life , mr islam has brought many innovations and diversifications in his business . he formed walton\u2019s parent company rezvi and brothers in 1977 and moved it forward through his dynamic , farsighted and stronger leadership .\nhigh speed precision in - line spi with exclusive twenty - five mega pixel isis\u00ae vision system - mirtec ms - 15 series .\naatconveyor aqueos washer . new condition 10hp wash 2hp rinse 10hp air knife 25hp dry . will entertain offers . jimm8300 @ gmail\ni am interested in your products . please contact me back on email / phone .\ntips on getting accurate quotes . please include product name , order quantity , usage , special requests if any in your inquiry .\nprivacy policy - terms of use \u00a9 1999 - 2017 infocom network limited . all rights reserved .\nthis site uses cookies . by using our site you agree to our privacy policy . by closing this banner , scrolling this page , clicking a link or continuing to browse otherwise , you agree to the use of cookies .\ngood day , today i am very happy because my friend tom lieu ( coming from china mobile company v - 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", "topic": 26}], "title": "stratton ( financial services )", "paragraphs": ["\u00d7 do you have a blog and have reviewed stratton financial services ? add your review to ibegin .\nstratton partners independent financial brokers are a customer focused proactive company , with an important mix of experience and youth in its advisory team . stratton partners offer a vast range of financial services products . our goal is to give comprehensive financial advise on investments and personal financial advise , rather than simply selling financial products . stratton partners staffs are highly qualified in the financial services industry \u2013 some have the qualified financial advisor ( qfa ) qualification .\nfinancial services firm - firms must be authorised to provide regulated products and services , including banking , investments , insurance , mortgages and other financial products and services in the uk .\nwe invite you to a free no obligations meeting to review your financial affairs and to determine if we can work together . the following are some of the financial services products available through stratton partners independent financial brokers :\nnot - for - profit body - not - for - profit bodies may be covered by a group licence to provide financial services , debt management services and credit information services .\ntogether , we\u2019ll bring your financial plan to life with proven financial products and quality solutions .\nstratton advisors is a comprehensive , fee - only financial planning firm that works with you to develop a customized financial strategy to meet your unique needs .\npayment services agent - a firm that can provide payment services on behalf of a payment institution .\nstratton partners independent financial brokers stratton house bishopstown road cork phone \u2013 021 - 4341483 email \u2013 info @ urltoken opening hours : monday - friday 9am - 5 . 30pm\ni\u2019ll then analyze your financial situation and develop recommendations that can help you and your family achieve financial security .\nrequirements are rules placed on the firm that apply to all of the financial services activities that it can operate .\nthe products and services referenced are offered and sold only by appropriately appointed and licensed entities and financial representatives . financial representatives and their staff might not represent all entities shown or provide all the services discussed on this web site . not all products and services are available in all states .\nstratton partners stratton house , bishopstown , cork telephone : 021 4341483 fax : 021 4342862 email : info @ urltoken web : www . urltoken\nwe have a particular specialism in working with highly regulated professional services companies and as such our clients include many law firms , pharmaceutical businesses , financial services companies and care service providers .\nother products permanent health nsurance ( phi ) , private healthcare , critical illness cover , long term care , hospital cash benefit , group schemes , etc . are just some of the other types of cover available through stratton partners independent financial brokers . contact stratton partners for full details of the wide range of cover available at the moment . whatever your financial needs : contact stratton partners to arrange your financial planning session .\npayment services firm - firms must be authorised or registered to provide payment services , including issuing credit cards and money transfer operations .\nivop issued - this firm has interim permission to run consumer credit business and was already authorised to provide financial products and services .\nivop provisionally granted - the firm has interim permission to undertake consumer credit business and was already authorised to provide financial products and services .\ncody stratton carpenter is primarily licensed in missouri and may be licensed in other states .\nthe payment services exclusion allows businesses to provide certain services without needing to be regulated however , these businesses are required to notify the fca of their activity .\nbriggs & stratton was able to provide power for innumerable applications including agricultural and military applications .\nin 1908 , an informal partnership was formed between inventor stephen f . briggs and investor harold m . stratton . this partnership eventually developed into briggs & stratton as it is known today .\nin 2016 , briggs & stratton unveiled its new branding you . powered . , which is aimed at the millions of dedicated and passionate customers who achieve amazing things using briggs & stratton products .\nrepresentative of northwestern mutual wealth management company\u00ae , milwaukee , wi ( fiduciary and fee - based financial planning services ) , a subsidiary of nm and federal savings bank .\nover 6 , 400 financial advisors and professionals nationwide find an advisor chevron right arrow .\nauthorised firm - a firm that is given permission to provide regulated products and services .\nauthorised payment institution - a firm that we have given permission to provide payment services .\nhave purchased two vehicles through stratton finance and each time the service has been fantastic . s . . .\nwe start by understanding exactly what you are looking to buy and collect some basic financial details .\nlearn more about the business planning , products and solutions under the services tab on this website .\ni ' ve purchased 3 vehicles using stratton and every time it has been hassle free . not hidden nasties . . .\nexempt professional firm - some firms ( such as solicitors , accountants and chartered surveyors ) can perform limited regulated financial activities as part of their normal professional services , without being authorised or an agent of an authorised firm .\nin 2000 , briggs & stratton purchased generac portable products systems , which produced pressure washers , generators , pumps and other home products .\nauthorised firm \u2013 suspended - a firm that has to stop providing regulated products and services for a period of time .\nlinda is a member of napfa ( national association of personal financial advisors , www . napfa . org ) and the alliance of comprehensive planners ( acp ) . she has served her clients with a fiduciary standard of care since stratton advisors began in 2006 .\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 financial conduct authority ( fca ) : 25 the north colonnade , london , e14 5hs . company no . 01920623\npensions & retirement planning pensions and retirement planning can be very complex areas . stratton partners pride themselves on their ability to cut through the complexity and assist consumers in planning for retirement . some of the headline products they cover are : self employed pensions , company pensions ( individual ) , single premium pensions , prsas , group pensions , self administered pensions . stratton partners independent financial brokers will assist you with all your retirement planning needs .\nour financial services group represents canadian banks , global financial institutions , governments , private lenders and corporate clients on significant , complex domestic and cross\u2010border financings , as well as with enforcement , restructuring and exit from distressed exposures . inter\u2010disciplinary teams provide industry\u2010specific depth in financings in key canadian economic sectors including real estate , mining and resources , insurance , pharmaceuticals , media and telecom , aviation and automotive .\n\u201ci am committed to providing you with peace of mind as we create intelligent solutions to your financial needs . my recommendations will be focused on your best interests . the success of my financial planning practice is based on helping you meet your goals . \u201d \u2013 linda\neven small changes in your life can impact your financial plan . we\u2019ll help you adjust your plan as needed to stay on track .\nby business type and current status common searches ( e . g . exchanges , markets , prohibited individuals and open banking services ) downloads\ninsight and analysis of domestic regulation of banking , securities , stock exchange matters , and other financial products and transactions is increasingly important to a compliance - focused world . we keep our clients up - to - date and armed with the tools to effect financial compliance efficiently .\nthe lawn and garden market grew as a result of rapid growth of suburbs . mowers powered by briggs & stratton engines became an integral part of suburban life .\nnorthwestern mutual is the marketing name for the northwestern mutual life insurance company and its subsidiaries . life and disability insurance , annuities , and life insurance with long - term care benefits are issued by the northwestern mutual life insurance company , milwaukee , wi ( nm ) . long - term care insurance is issued by northwestern long term care insurance company , milwaukee , wi , ( nltc ) a subsidiary of nm . securities are offered through northwestern mutual investment services , llc , ( nmis ) a subsidiary of nm , broker - dealer , registered investment adviser , member finra and sipc . fiduciary and fee - based financial planning services are offered through northwestern mutual wealth management company\u00ae ( nmwmc ) , milwaukee , wi , a subsidiary of nm and a federal savings bank . products and services referenced are offered and sold only by appropriately appointed and licensed entities and financial advisors . not all products and services are available in all states . not all northwestern mutual representatives are advisors . only those representatives with the titles\nfinancial advisor\nor\nwealth management advisor\nare credentialed as nmwmc representatives to provide advisory services .\nmajo is our in - house technical guru . he has over 15 years of it experience working in services , project management and innovation .\nauthorised electronic money institution - a firm that we have given permission to issue electronic money ( e - money ) and provide payment services .\nconnexion was established by james stratton in 1994 . his vision was to harness the capabilities of technology to deliver it solutions that create genuine business value for his clients .\ncertified financial planner board of standards inc . owns the certification marks cfp\u00ae , certified financial planner\u2122 cfp\u00ae ( with plaque design ) and cfp\u00ae ( with flame design ) in the u . s . , which it awards to individuals who successfully complete cfp board ' s initial and ongoing certification requirements .\nthen , take the first and most important step toward creating a lifetime of financial security . contact me to set up a meeting . and in the meantime , consider downloading and completing our guide for the future . it\u2019s designed to help you record important information and clarify and document your financial goals .\na ( eea ) country that can offer certain products or services in the uk . the firm must meet minimum standards agreed across all eea countries .\ndepending on the products and / or services being recommended or considered , refer to the appropriate disclosure brochure for important information on the northwestern mutual wealth management company , its services , fees and conflicts of interest before investing . to obtain a copy of one or more of these brochures , contact your representative .\nrob has worked as an it technician and project manager with connexion for 14 years before moving into his current role as head of the technical services team .\nelectronic money agent - a firm that can issue electronic money ( e - money ) and provide payment services on behalf of an e - money institution .\nno longer authorised firm - a firm that can no longer provide regulated products and services , but previously was authorised by the pra and / or fca .\ncody stratton carpenter uses carpenter financial as a marketing name for doing business as representatives of northwestern mutual . carpenter financial is not a registered investment adviser , broker - dealer , insurance agency or federal savings bank . northwestern mutual is the marketing name for the northwestern mutual life insurance company , milwaukee , wi ( nm ) ( life and disability insurance , annuities , and life insurance with long - term care benefits ) and its subsidiaries . cody stratton carpenter is an insurance agent of nm and northwestern long term care insurance company , milwaukee , wi , ( long - term care insurance ) a subsidiary of nm and a registered representative of northwestern mutual investment services , llc ( nmis ) ( securities ) , a subsidiary of nm , broker - dealer , registered investment adviser and member finra ( urltoken ) and sipc ( urltoken ) .\nwe\u2019ve been helping professional service organisations to make their technology work harder for over 20 years . with specialist knowledge of it compliance and best practice in the professional services , financial , legal , pharmaceutical and care service sectors , we help organisations get their it working as hard as possible whilst carefully managing risk and compliance .\nsmall payment institution - a firm that can provide payment services . these firms are \u2018registered\u2019 ( rather than \u2018authorised\u2019 ) , which affects how we regulate the firm .\nno longer authorised - this is a firm that can no longer provide regulated products and services , but was previously authorised by the pra and / or fca .\nunauthorised firm - some firms provide products and services without the required authorisation , or is knowingly running a scam . we strongly suggest you avoid dealing with unauthorised firms .\nappointed representative \u2013 former - an appointed representative that can no longer provide regulated products and services , but previously could act on behalf of another firm ( its principal ) .\nbriggs & stratton responded by reorganizing into product - focused divisions , expanding product lines to include the industrial / commercial and vanguard \u00ae engine lines , as well as expanding its presence in lucrative foreign markets .\ntoday we are proud to be the trusted it partner of mid - size businesses of up to 800 users throughout the uk , delivering it support , it consultancy and it services .\nclone - this is an unregulated firm that uses the details of a fca regulated firm when offering products and services . this makes the unauthorised firm appear as if it is regulated .\nnew briggs & stratton president and ceo todd teske , along with outgoing ceo john shiely , continued carving out a future of maintained success for the company . this future includes the entry into the end - products business .\nour staff will assist you through the maze of products currently available in the market place and help you to identify the product most suitable to your needs at the most competitive price . stratton partners independent financial brokers add value to their clients by bringing a wide range of knowledge , expertise and experience to the table . factors such as life cover , income protection , serious illness , retirement planning and investments are all linked together in one financial plan . we take great pride in the long term relationships that we have built up with our clients over many years which are built on trust and a quality service .\nyou\u2019ll be supported by a team of experts who specialize in business planning \u2013 such as employee benefits , insurance and exit planning \u2013 alongside those who specialize in personal financial planning and estate planning .\ntake the first step regardless of whether or not you own a business , our personalized approach to financial planning is much like building a custom home \u2013 designed to your specifications , built to meet your goals .\nand although your financial strategy will be unique to you , we\u2019ll ensure that it\u2019s built on a solid foundation to help you protect against the unexpected , accumulate wealth and preserve what you\u2019re working so hard to achieve .\nexchange \u2013 rm - this is a multilateral system operated and / or managed by a market operator , which brings together or facilitates the bringing together of multiple third - party buying and selling interests in financial instruments .\nsmall electronic money institution - a firm that can issue electronic money ( e - money ) and provide payment services . these firms are \u2018registered\u2019 ( rather than \u2018authorised\u2019 ) , which affects how we regulate the firm .\nhere you can read testimonials , opinions and reviews straight from the mouths of our customers , covering the full range of services we offer - car finance , equipment finance , property finance & home loans , insurance and more .\nlinda stratton is a certified financial planner ( cfp\u00ae ) and a registered investment advisor with the state of arizona . she is an enrolled agent , admitted to practice before the internal revenue service . she holds an mba from northern arizona university and an undergraduate degree in classics from brown university . linda is a member of the oro valley rotary club and the executive women\u2019s golf assocation . she lives in oro valley , arizona with her husband of over 30 years , wes ward , a retired geologist .\nwhether you\u2019re just starting out , well on your way to living your dream or eagerly approaching retirement , make sure you\u2019re financially prepared to achieve a lifetime of goals . i can help you reach them with a personalized financial plan .\nwith a growing presence in the end - products business , the company was restructured to more effectively meet the demands of its markets . in 2006 , briggs & stratton organized our various segments into four main business groups : engine , yard , home and international products groups .\nlife assurance the cost of live insurance has dropped in recent years . check if you are paying too much . stratton partners specialise in outlining the various types of life assurance available . they will assist you decide on a particular type and level of cover \u2013 best suited to your needs . examples of the options available are level term , level term with convertible options , decreasing term ( typically mortgage protection ) and whole of life cover . other types of cover available are business protection insurance , keyman insurance , and capital acquisition tax planning . whatever your life assurance needs \u2013 stratton partners is best placed to give you independent advice and choice across all the products available in the market place . once you have chosen the type and level of cover best suited to your needs , stratton partners will then search the market for the best price for you .\nin 2012 , briggs & stratton acquired branco , which provides broad range of outdoor power equipment used primarily in light commercial applications in brazil . in 2014 , the company acquired allmand , a leading designer and manufacturer of high quality towable light towers , industrial heaters and solar led arrow boards . in 2015 , briggs & stratton acquired billy goat industries , a leading manufacturer of specialty turf equipment . these acquisitions have allowed the company to diversify strategically within both its product portfolio - to expand into commercial and rental markets - and geographical footprint and break into new markets to drive profitable sales growth .\non the heels of this strategic advance the company also unveiled a new branding message , the power within . aimed at sharing an emotional connection with its customers , the campaign emphasizes the company ' s 101 - year - old legacy , corporate strengths and the value of the independent spirit beyond its product lines . briggs & stratton believes there is an engine inside everyone that drives him or her forward . evidence of this is seen in our company\u2019s customers , who have an extreme sense of pride and satisfaction in a job well done . briggs & stratton is committed to giving our customers the products to accomplish that .\nlee is the leader of the financial services group at gardiner roberts . lee practices in the areas of financing , business law ( with a special emphasis on wholly - owned canadian subsidiaries of multi - national enterprises ) , competition law , commodity taxes and international trade . his varied experience with privately - held businesses , with regulators and government officials , and his ability to resolve tax controversies make him a valued general counsel . lee has lobbied the federal and provincial governments for policy and legislative changes and litigated various tax and trade issues . lee serves as a director of several private corporations .\nbryant & stratton college was founded in 1854 based on a desire to provide a practical education that gave our students the theory and experience to succeed in their careers . a lot of things have changed over the past 160 years , but our commitment to our students and staying at the forefront of career education and the workplace has not . from dr . j . c . bryant\u2019s business practice \u201clearning lab\u201d of the 1850s to the active learning of today and from early correspondence courses to the launch of online education and training in 1997 , bryant & stratton college has evolved into an educational institution poised for the 21st century , committed to the same principles set forth by its founders : education and career preparation .\ndisclaimer : this web site is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a complete description of our investment services or performance . this web site is in no way a solicitation or offer to sell securities or investment advisory services except , where applicable , in states where we are registered or where an exemption or exclusion from such registration exists . information throughout this site , whether stock quotes , charts , articles , or any other statement or statements regarding market or other financial information , is obtained from sources which we , and our suppliers believe reliable , but we do not warrant or guarantee the timeliness or accuracy of this information . nothing on this website should be interpreted to state or imply that past results are an indication of future performance . there are no warranties , expressed or implied , as to accuracy , completeness , or results obtained from any information posted on this or any ' linked ' web site .\nover the last 6 years she has gained extensive knowledge , particularly in sme finance and currently is responsible for all financial matters at connexion . with a real drive to build not only a strong internal finance team , catherine also has a passion in ensuring that connexion ' s customers benefit from a strong business relationship .\nmortgages our staff can arrange residential , buy - to - let and commercial mortgages . mortgages for purchases of investment properties abroad are currently very popular . stratton partners can identify the most competitively priced mortgage on the market for you . contact us today to help you get your mortgage at the most competitive rate and look after all the paperwork and red tape associated with the application process .\nalthough we are known for our reliable engines and outdoor power equipment , we have a rich history . for more than 109 years , briggs & stratton has cultivated a legacy of innovation that will last for years to come . products as diverse as electric refrigerators , battery eliminators and coin - operated paper towel dispensing machines mark the company ' s dedication to finding ways to add value to the business .\ninvestments the number and choice of investment products is ever increasing . currently some of the products available are single premium unit linked funds , guaranteed trackers , endowments etc . regular premium investment plans , u . c . i . t . s . and fixed and variable term cash deposit accounts are also available . stratton partners will help you identify the investment product ( s ) and term ( s ) that suit you .\nthe requirements of the workplace have continuously evolved since 1854 , and as we transition from the industrial to the information age , the evolution has accelerated . keeping up with these contemporary needs requires the college to continually revise and enhance the curriculum , modify outcomes , and embrace or develop new teaching and learning methodologies . while the words in the college\u2019s mission have changed over the years , the fundamentals have remained constant : bryant & stratton college is dedicated to offering a personalized career education and experience so that our graduates are prepared , not only for their careers but also for life\u2019s adventures\nwe may be a finance company , but we\u2019re nothing like other finance companies ; no stuffy old bankers , no bean - counters and no corporate bureaucracy ; just a dynamic and fast - growing business .\nwe\u2019re successful and love what we do because we do things differently . with a dynamic and high achieving culture , our organisation is focused on delivering customers the best finance solutions . we also pride ourselves on retaining client relationships for life with exceptional service , efficiency and expertise .\npart of the carsales network , we find you the perfect fit from a panel of lenders .\nour high - quality products , personal service and efficient online systems are what set us apart from the rest . we always look for the best solution and lowest overall cost for our clients - not just the cheapest repayment option .\nin 2014 , we were lucky enough to join the urltoken family when they bought a significant share of our business . since then , we\u2019ve been able to tap into their network\u2019s unlimited knowledge of the motoring and marine sectors to deliver unbeatable solutions to thousands of australians . we support everyone from bike riders and car drivers to superyacht buyers and more , drawing on our collective expertise to secure the right deal for you .\nwe ' ve made it easy for you to find everything you need here .\ni\u2019ll keep this simple , if you want the best advice , the best service and the best product for your c . . .\nas part of the carsales network , we have an exclusive panel of specialist lenders and industry partners that will protect and treat you right every step of the way .\nfor 20 years we have been helping australians to buy it , finance it and own it .\nour team delivers excellent service and tailored solutions for every customer , every time .\nno matter the time or place , we ' ve got the technology to get you a great deal , fast .\npart of the carsales network , we connect you with industry leaders and premium lenders .\nthere ' s a reason we ' re australia ' s largest car finance broker . we can find you a better deal on finance .\nthe best possible boating experience starts with flexible and affordable finance . it ' s plain sailing ahead .\nheeding the call to adventure ? nothing should stand between you and the open road \u2013 least of all issues with finance .\nwhether you\u2019re looking to invest in equipment , machinery or people , we\u2019ll find the right solution for you .\nwe work for you - simple . we take the hard work and stress out of getting a fair and transparent finance deal , so you can own it sooner .\nnow you sit back and relax . we will work with our panel of lenders to find the right fit of product and price for you .\nwe will present you with a number of independent finance options . you won ' t see this service at a car dealership or a bank .\nlife can be hectic . sometimes you might feel like your time is a far more valuable commodity than money . so , when it com . . .\nso , you\u2019ve found the perfect used car , and it\u2019s within your budget range ( hopefully you\u2019ve even been pre - approved ) . you\u2019 . . .\nas a business owner , it\u2019s important to prioritise . we know you\u2019d rather be focusing on your customers and growing you . . .\ndon\u2019t be shy . our team is on - hand and ready to help .\nwith 25 + locations across australia , we\u2019re exactly where you need us to be .\nlook below to check out our nationwide locations and find support near you . if you don\u2019t have the time to drop by for a face - 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{"id": 54833, "summary": [{"text": "a hockey card is a type of trading card typically printed on some sort of card stock , featuring one or more ice hockey players or other hockey-related editorial and are typically found in countries such as canada , the united states , finland and sweden where hockey is a popular sport and there are professional leagues .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "the obverse side normally features an image of the subject with identifying information such as name and team .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "the reverse can feature statistics , biographical information , or as many early cards did , advertising .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "there is no fixed size or shape of hockey cards , running the gamut from rectangular to circular , however modern north american cards have typically standardized on a 2.5 by 3.5 inch ( 6.35 cm by 8.89 cm ) rectangular format . ", "topic": 35}], "title": "hockey card", "paragraphs": ["browse our database of hockey card sets which features set checklists , product highlights , reviews and hockey card price comparisons .\n* * * free * * * hockey card giveway till nhl season starts . . . .\nget a free pack of upper deck nhl\u00ae cards on national hockey card day ! fans can visit participating retailers to get national hockey card day packs and uncut sheets ( exclusive to canada ) on saturday , march 3 , 2018 . make sure to share your national hockey card day experience on social media by using the hashtag # nhcd and check out the national hockey card day facebook page .\nbobby orr is the greatest hockey player ever , and his 1966 topps rookie card is a limited edition card and is worth about $ 10 , 000 graded .\nhockey is a game for two players only , using a standard 52 - card deck with no jokers .\n* * * free * * * hockey card giveway till nhl season starts . . . . week 2\npieced together from the three - card urltoken the five newly added high numbers . the 20 - card set .\nstarted with an 80 card wantlist . finished with a 55 card wantlist . that ' s a decent turnaround .\nthe hobby tradition continues with 2018 upper deck national hockey card day ! free cards headline the annual ud event .\n[ for sale - priced ] 15 / 16 - upperdeck hockey card lot = $ 10 . 00 = dvld\nin 1998 , he was ranked number 1 on the hockey news ' list of the 100 greatest hockey players .\nwayne gretzky is arguably the best hockey player ever , and his 1979 o - pee - chee rookie card has normally been the highest valued hockey card out there . one with a high grade can fetch about $ 50 , 000 .\npull a 93 leaf card . show the back . it is the same for hockey as it is for baseball .\njacks had no special property . the only way to clear the ice was to play a card matching the previous card .\nhockey card collectors have long been the smallest segment of the trading card market out of the\nbig 4\nsports . however , what the consumer base lacks in size , it makes up for in terms of its passion for collecting hockey cards .\nfirstly , if you ' re a hockey card fan on twitter and you ' re not following @ opeecheestars , you should be .\nincorporating multiple card technologies and some very limited options , 2017 - 18 upper deck synergy hockey debuts on the ice and with nhl fans .\nis a perfect book for little tykes as there are few words but a ton of full color images through the book ' s 28 pages . from ice hockey to watching hockey to road hockey , mr . crysler captures a number of images of people enjoying the game of hockey .\nwhether it ' s a vintage bobby orr card from the 1960s , a wayne gretzky card from the 1980s , or a sidney crosby one from this past decade , having a rookie card of a star player is quite valuable .\nalthough his rookie card came a few years earlier , gordie howe ' s 1954 topps card values at about $ 13 , 000 with a high grade .\nalthough the sports trading card market isn ' t as profitable as it once was , there are still many vintage hockey cards that hold a high value .\nupper deck signs exclusive trading card license with nhl , nhlpa . what now ?\nthis is a willie o ' ree signed 2016 upper deck 50th anniversary card .\nbobby hull ' s rookie card in 1958 for the chicago blackhawks is his most expensive card , and with a high grade values about $ 13 , 000 .\nat a high grade , this card is worth over $ 40 , 000 .\n[ for sale - priced ] 150 card lot , jerseys and autos . .\n[ for sale - priced ] 125 card auto jersey and auto jersey lot .\n[ for sale - priced ] quick sale . . . 16 card mixed lot\nthe most boring 100 . 00 marc - andre fleury card ever . . .\nand nothing better to wrap things up with than an on - card auto .\nall things inevitably come to an end , and in the case of the old incarnation of in the game , an era of hockey card history is about to close with the release of 2015 - 16 in the game final vault hockey .\ncollections of hockey cards are also important in the canadian history it can explain .\n[ for sale - priced ] hockey cards for sale . long list with prices\nwe strive to bring our customers a large selection of hockey cards at the best prices . here you will find boxes , cases , packs , and sets of hockey cards from upper deck , in the game , and other major manufacturers . we stock all of the newest releases in hockey card hobby boxes and cases our selection dates all the way back to vintage hockey cards of the 1970 ' s .\nthe trading card bubble of the 1990s had burst as quickly as it had grown .\n[ buying ] wtb : 2015 - 16 young guns paying . 50 usd per card\n$ 125 . 00 canadian email money transfer for a real nice card or 2 .\n8 $ for best toews , price or p . kane card . lmk : )\n[ for sale - priced ] 1 card at a time . . . . .\njesus guzman - as is the second card ! i ' m already ahead of things two card in . i promise . no more individual needs . just interesting cards .\nhockey cards were merely an accessory , similar to toys in a box of cereal .\nthe upper deck company , llc , also known commonly as upper deck or upper deck authenticated , ltd . , is a private trading card company founded in 1988 . not only do they produce sports trading cards , including ice hockey , but they also produce figurines and die - cast toys . since march of 1990 , they have been licensed to produce hockey cards by the national hockey league and the national hockey league players association .\ncollect the top nhl rookies ahead of time in 2018 - 19 upper deck artifacts hockey . the relic - heavy set includes one rookie redemption card per box and three hits .\nwith on - card autographs throughout , 2017 - 18 upper deck premier hockey lives up to its name ! each hobby box averages one rookie auto patch and four other hits .\nstorage boxes : made of corrugated cardboard , these boxes work well for trading card storage . they are an economical way to safely store and organize large amounts of hockey cards .\nlooking to buy a high end card [ $ 60 to $ 450 ] paypal ready .\nwtb 14 - 15 ud update # 519 devante smith - pelly base card . . .\n[ for sale - priced ] small 10 card mixed lot $ 8 u . s .\nsuch as these . these were actually the two visible cards in the cube . a card from the 2007 national and a card for the mask binder . seemed good to me .\ncoach who started d . c . minority hockey program is up for nhl\u0092s community hero award\nhe participated in many sports growing up , and belonged to countless baseball and hockey teams .\nwanna blog ? start your own hockey blog with my hockeybuzz . register for free today !\n[ for sale - priced ] the\nbefore ebay / comc\nhockey tradebait sale .\nhockey hall of famer and canadiens legend guy lafleur ' s first ever rookie card came in 1971 , and was worth over $ 12 , 000 with a perfect or near perfect grade .\nupper deck signs exclusive trading card license with nhl , nhlpa . what now ? - puck junk\n[ for sale - priced ] john tavares future watch auto rookie card ! graded 9 . 5\nwanted - best jonathan toews or patrick kane card for $ 50 . 00 cnd instant paypal gift\n[ for sale - priced ] small 10 card lot mixed , $ 8 u . s .\n[ for sale - priced ] small 10 card lot for $ 10 u . s delivered obo\nget free 2018 upper deck spring expo hockey packs with the show\u2019s wrapper redemption program . the packs are only for collectors who buy select ud boxes at the spring sport card & memorabilia expo .\nconnor mcdavid and jack eichel are igniting the hockey card hobby a blaze , but before this rich crop of stars had their special pieces of cardboard , there is complex history spanning 80 years .\nin 1997 , prior to his retirement , the hockey news named a committee of 50 hockey experts ( former nhl players , past and present writers , broadcasters , coaches and hockey executives ) to select and rank the 50 greatest players in nhl history . the experts voted gretzky number one .\nfrom the cover ' s dust jacket ,\nbarry melrose is one of the few athletes who has played and coached in all three major organizations within the sport of hockey : junior hockey , the american hockey league , and the national hockey league . as an nhl coach , he took the los angeles kings - and wayne gretzky - to the stanley cup finals in 1993 . for the past fifteen years , melrose has been a commentator and hockey analyst for espn tv .\nthe new\nheroes and prospects\nset , scheduled for release in november , will feature selected top prospects from the ahl , canadian junior hockey leagues and at least one top european player , along with retired nhl legends . the set is a culmination of licensing deals with the canadian hockey association ( chl ) , the american hockey league and the phpa ( professional hockey players\u00ed association ) .\nas this posts close , here ' s a goalie pulls card of craig anderson . with this card , the inside of it is acetate and you can pull that out . hence the name .\nalso in the interest of full disclosure , if upper deck loses it\u2019s exclusive license again , i would like to see one given to two of my favorite former hockey card producers\u2026classic and ultimate sportscards .\nsal barry is the editor and webmaster of puck junk . he is a freelance hockey writer , college professor and terrible hockey player . follow him on twitter @ puckjunk view all posts by sal barry\nbecause you just can ' t go wrong with any on - card auto on a 1987 themed card . any on card . whether it is a guy who would have been coming off a cy young winning season in 1987 , or some guy who was coming off a career - ending injury .\nin the game \u2014 who has not had an nhl or nhlpa license since the 2003 - 04 season \u2014 is also shut out once again . the company applied for a trading card license with the nhlpa in october 2013 . getting one seemed possible , since it was the nhlpa who first offered in the game a trading card license in 2012 \u2014 one they wisely turned down \u2014 for the 2012 - 13 season . we all know how that year played out for hockey card collectors and card companies .\n8 thoughts on \u201cupper deck signs exclusive trading card license with nhl , nhlpa . what now ? \u201d\na near mint 2018 hot shot prospects rookie card of rasmus dahlin . auctiva ' s free counter .\na highly graded card of his 1951 - 52 parkhurst rookie is worth over $ 1 , 500 .\n[ for sale - priced ] 8 card lot mixed stuff $ 8 u . s . delivered .\ntrading card albums : these albums are 3 - ring binders that hold plastic pages you slide your hockey cards into . while they require more of an investment and more time , trading card albums are an excellent way to organize , display , browse , and keep track of your sports trading cards collection .\nbut , my beloved bills only for one card . it being this predictor card of thurman thomas , complete with pring so fine on the back i ' d screw my eyesight up even worse than it already is trying to read it . but , this leads into hockey most of the way home .\nhockey itself has significant cultural relevance to canada , and this collection was my first exposure to this .\nis definitely a treasure for a hockey fan . the hockey history is so rich and vivid , and there ' s definitely something on the pages that even the most knowledgeable hockey fan won ' t know . i know i found myself shaking my head at some of the facts presented in this magazine .\nthrough writing this entry and reflecting upon my past , it has become evident that the hockey card collection on its own probably his little historical significance personally , or as a part of the canadian historical record .\ncopyright \u00a9 2000 - 2014 trading card central . all rights reserved . advertise partners links about us contact us\nget the latest sports card and hobby news and information delivered right to your email with our free newsletter .\n[ for sale - priced ] 2013 - 14 patrick roy cup tag auto 1 / 1 beautiful card .\n[ for sale - priced ] small 8 card lot of mixed stuff , $ 6 u . s .\n[ for sale - priced ] two 10 card mixed lots for $ 8 u . s . delivered each\nnot visible , but three different bruins jerseys on the same card is pretty interesting in terms of layout .\notherwise such data would have to be accessed through the newspaper , books , or possibly a hockey almanac .\na game that was widely popular in my childhood was throwing hockey cards , which had two main versions .\na trip to the dollarama means grabbing ( at least ) one surprise box , and digging into the hockey cards within . this one contained a card that i really wouldn ' t expect to find in a repack .\nif a card is played which matches the rank of the top card of the pile ( for example an 8 is played on an 8 ) , this creates a breakaway for the person who played the matching card . also , any time that a jack is played , this creates a breakaway for the player of the jack .\nfrom a / 2012 card . to a / 49 card . to a / 1 card . my first buffalo bills printing plate , and my first one period with an autograph on it . with one on the way courtesy of comc ' s black friday sales , i now have at least one for all of my teams .\nand the big surprise came from the rookie pack . given the nature of the repack beast , i would have bet that the visible card once the box was open , the borsato , was the guaranteed rookie . i was really surprised to see the ovechkin pop out , and the card actually being from his rookie season . while is from a 50 card separate set honouring the rookie class and not an actual rookie card technically , it still would cost me more to get this single card through comc than i spent for the repack box , so there ' s that . and at least i can say i ' ve got a 2005 - 06 ovechkin card .\na turn consists of playing one card from your hand face up to the centre of the table . the cards played by both players are stacked in a single pile so that only the most recently played card is visible .\nas usual played cards carry over from deal to deal within a period ( you can match the last card from one deal with the first card from a new deal ) , but not from one period to the next .\nthis 1986 - 87 topps rookie card of patrick roy is valued at over $ 300 with a high grade .\n[ for sale - priced ] small 8 card lot ud game jerseys and others . $ 6 us delivered .\nlooking for a nice gretzky oilers hard signed card to add to my collection . can be a dual or triple\nand this might be even tougher to find a home for , as this card is wider than your typical 2 * 3 card . i might have to wait until the expo to find an appropriate binder page for it .\nthis was a card that was already in my senators collection , but not in my mask collection . perfection !\nyes . this is an actual card of someone that , at some point , got paid to play baseball .\nso . a triple diamond rookie , a senator and a trade card highlights this . tomorrow , prizm basketball .\nfirehouse cards - 1983 - 84 o - pee - chee hockey wax pack break . ( vintage break 4 )\ncollecting hockey cards with my dad and younger brother as a child produced the only collection that still exists today .\n1999\nlove of hockey\ncertified auto book with 92 hofers : howe , gretzky , orr , etc .\ni have really been hitting the books over the last couple of weeks , and i can honestly say that i ' m enjoying myself by taking in the literary hockey world rather than the hockey world in reality . from funny stories to unknown facts to just general entertaining writing , the hockey world is being lit up with some great books about hockey in general . today ' s addition is no different as teebz ' s book club is proud to present\nwhile it ' s great to see that some people are devoting more time to their relationships , it just goes to show how important hockey is in canada . while hockey is one of our official sports and certainly a topic that is talked about ad nauseum in this country , it really goes to show how important hockey is to canadians !\nmatt thornton - first card out is a need ! woo - hoo ! even if it is a yankee ! actually , this might be the one of the only things that could get me to lead with a yankees card .\n2017 / 18 hit parade autographed officially licensed hockey jersey hobby box - series 1 - b . orr & connor mcdavi\nupper deck provides the nhl hits with 2017 - 18 ultimate collection hockey ! each hobby box includes three premium pulls .\nso now collecting hockey cards became something similar to the stock market with prices fluctuating , and profits to be had .\n[ for sale - priced ] 15 - 16 sp game used + trilogy , black diamond hockey - free shipping .\nin 1997 , prior to his retirement , the hockey news named a committee of 50 hockey experts ( former nhl players , past and present writers , broadcasters , coaches and hockey executives ) to select and rank the 50 greatest players in nhl history . the experts voted gretzky number one , ahead of the once seemingly incomparable bobby orr and gordie howe .\nhad included in this magazine . this is easily one of the best publications this year in the world of hockey .\n\u201cwe are disappointed to learn of the nhl and nhlpa\u2019s decision to go in another direction in the trading card category\u2026during the term of our agreement we faced many challenges , including a late start to the agreement and an nhl work stoppage . through all of the challenges we established trading card hockey brands that collectors came to love and look forward to\u2026\u201d ( link )\nhere ' s another panini collection card , and it is one that hits my 3 / 24 pc in clowney . since he doesn ' t have any game shots , this , so far , is my favourite card of his for that collection . next to him is a / 499 card of a candidate for offensive rookie of the year - mike evans .\nif a player who creates a breakaway then matches the next card played by the opponent , the player scores a goal .\nthe time ventured on weekends going to comic book / trading card stores as well as the flea market was well spent .\nwtb : jersey , auto , patch , gu cards - $ . 50 - $ 1 / card ( cdn funds )\nrubby de la rosa - and my last normal card before thumbing my way through a run of all - star cards .\nlet ' s look at the 10 most valuable hockey cards of all - time , based on monetary value and popularity .\n[ for sale - priced ] wts hockey singles all cards listed are $ . 25 or 10 for $ 2 . 00\nheroes and prospects will be available in both a hobby version and an arena version . each hobby box will include 24 packs with each pack containing five cards plus one he shoots , he scores decoy / redemption card or game - used memorabilia card . hobby boxes will yield an average of two autograph cards and each is guaranteed to contain one game - used memorabilia card .\nthe national hockey league biography of a season was a set of 30 cards that preserved the greatest moments of the 2008 - 2009 nhl season . one was available each week through this nhl season by redeeming five wrappers of the 2008 - 2009 upper deck hockey cards at an upper deck certified diamond dealer hobby shop . the first four hockey cards in this exciting series included :\nthe other was a sheer display of strength as whoever could throw their card the furthest distance in an open field would win .\n[ for sale - priced ] small 10 card sale thread , patch , auto , jersey , rc with scans and prices .\nandrew brown - but my pick for the best photo prior to the insert portion was this mets card . mets fandom bias .\nin 1998 , he launched a line of menswear , [ 36 ] and signed a licensing agreement with a phone card company .\nstephen laroche is the editor of beckett hockey , beckett basketball , and beckett sports card monthly magazines . have a comment , question or idea ? send an e - mail to him at slaroche @ urltoken or follow him on twitter @ stephen _ laroche .\nyielding two nhl autographs along with several inserts and parallels , 2017 - 18 sp authentic hockey brings collectors their annual spa fix .\nled by the rookie - based ice premieres cards , 2017 - 18 upper deck ice hockey features two hits per hobby box .\nusually building our sets of hockey cards by purchasing individual packages , on one occasion we decided to just buy a complete set .\n[ for sale - priced ] hockey cards starting at . 20 - cents each to . 50 - cents each . . .\nbig 2015 / 16 hockey rc sale : bgs slabs , mcdavid , eichel , larkin , panarin , more . . . .\npaul fletcher has developed a version of card hockey using special cards . it can be played by two players , or as a four - player partnership game , and he has also devised a tournament format . he intends to release a computer version of this game .\nthe bright and colorful ways continue for 2017 - 18 o - pee - chee platinum hockey ! each hobby box contains one autograph .\nfrom personal experience , hockey cards also explain a portion of the social interaction that took place between young children through mediums they provided .\n[ for sale - priced ] hockey cards for sale : long list with prices . $ 1 autographs / jerseys etc . . .\nwayne douglas gretzky , ( born january 26 , 1961 in brantford , ontario ) is a retired canadian - american professional ice hockey .\nin 2008 as one of the few hockey humor blogs , and has since grown it to his own media empire ( almost ) ! while he makes fun of a lot of hockey topics , sean rarely insults those he is talking about and almost always finds the people involved laughing about his jokes . he is , in this writer ' s opinion , the best hockey humor writer in society today .\naway from the lcs today with 2 hobby packs each of some recent releases . black diamond hockey and prizm basketball . 5 cards each pack . no hits from either , but i still want to show off the goodies from all 4 packs , starting with the hockey .\nseeing a pack of 1990 upper deck brought back memories . it was actually the first of the 3 card packages i busted . i didn ' t do that badly , getting a john tucker for my rangers alumni collection , along with a pair of cards for my\nhey , this hockey card is kinda neat\n, collection . bubble blowing really isn ' t something you see enough of on cards .\nthe playoff corporation started business as a football card manufacturer in 1992 . since then , it has absorbed the assets of several other card companies that were going out of business , including donruss , pinnacle / score ( which had previously bought out action packed ) and now pacific .\nin the game still alive : the other card company most affected by the nhl lockout , in the game , recently announced its first 2004 - 05 card set - - and while it\u00eds not an nhl - licensed set , it should prove to be a very popular issue .\nnon - dealer plays her last card - a jack - creating a breakaway . dealer plays his last card - a 10 - and deals the next cards . if the non - dealer has a 10 in her new hand , she can play it and score a goal .\nthe actual card as historical record would lose its status as the information age progressed , however what made it so powerful was its accessibility .\nthis gordie howe rookie card from 1951 is smaller than most cards and is incredibly difficult to find , and find in a good condition .\n[ buying ] take my $ $ $ $ - buying any card ( s ) for $ 2 - 4 . . . seriously !\n[ for sale - priced ] teemu pulkkinen 14 - 15 rookie card lot fs , cup , patches , autos , etc . . .\nsalvador perez - and this was the only need card i pulled from the mega box . making the box a perfect skunking in retrosepct .\nuser alert system provided by advanced user tagging v3 . 2 . 8 ( pro ) - vbulletin mods & addons copyright \u00a9 2018 dragonbyte technologies ltd . super pm system provided by vbsuper _ pm ( pro ) - vbulletin mods & addons copyright \u00a9 2018 dragonbyte technologies ltd . sports card forum provides sports card collectors a safe place to buy , sell and trade sports cards . baseball cards , football cards , basketball cards , hockey cards and nascar cards . \u00a9 2001 - 2018 all rights reserved by sports card urltoken digital point modules : sphinx - based search\na joint press release \u2014 issued by upper deck , the nhl and the nhlpa \u2014 hit the hockey card industry like a ton of pucks yesterday when it was announced that upper deck has signed an exclusive , multi - year deal with the nhl and the nhlpa . the agreement , which starts in the 2014 - 15 season , makes upper deck the sole manufacturer of licensed nhl trading cards . this is a huge win for upper deck , a huge loss for panini america and in the game \u2014 and a bit of both for hockey card collectors .\nputting collectors in the middle of the memorabilia action , 2017 - 18 leaf in the game used hockey features five relic cards per box .\nfollowing in the tradition of baseball and football , many americans also collect ice hockey trading cards . they are a fun way to commemorate iconic and successful players as well as memorable seasons and the game in general . collecting them is a hobby for many hockey and sports fans .\nhockey cards have never stopped being made , however after losing status as valuable collectibles , most interest had declined ( especially among adults ) .\n[ for sale - priced ] ( 6 ) hockey ip / ttm autographed cards - $ 6 . 00 delivered ! * all scanned *\ninstead of\nbreakaways\nthere are\nshots\n, but they function in a rather similar way . matching the card just played by your opponent play creates a shot . then if your opponent plays a different card and you also match this second card you score . example : a plays a 7 , b plays a 7 ( shot ) , a plays a 9 , b plays a 9 ( scores ) .\nthere have been a lot of questions as to what hockey fans seem to be doing with their extra time now that there are no hockey games to attend or watch . for me , i ' ve been trying to read more hockey books to fill the time , but it appears the city of edmonton is looking for a population boom . while the image above might be a little extreme when it comes to people ' s activities behind closed doors , it appears that the people of edmonton are engaging in some close , personal time where hockey once existed .\nselling one card at a time . . . . . . please check > > > l @ @ k < < < < some goodies\nhere ' s my second on - card auto . andrew was a second round pick , but he has struggled at a ball this past season going 7 - 9 with a 5 . 38 era . at least the photo here is more flattering than the one on his sterling card .\n2018 gold rush hockey value card . \u2022 each item you buy = 1 ( one ) random team in the break . 1 random team that gives you a . once all the spots are sold , i will send you the link for the live break which will occur on youtube !\n2017 - 18 upper deck chl marks the return of ud as the exclusive option for canadian hockey league cards . each box contains one autograph .\nthere was probably not an exact date , but a situation where a couple hockey cards lying around the house would grow into something much more .\nwhile little space in history teachings or textbooks is devoted to hockey , the sport has a huge impact within the everyday lives of average canadians .\n[ for sale - priced ] 2016 - 17 ud tim hortons hockey cards - scan heavy - franchise force clear cuts profiles etc . . .\ni ' ve been to edmonton during the stanley cup playoffs , and i know hockey fever grips the city like nothing else during the playoffs . it seems , however , hockey has a solid grip on the city throughout the entire season if the increase in boutique sales is any indication .\nsports card collection could be one of the most popular collection in north america . there are so many kind of sports card . some of them are really expensive right ? is this the way that every teenage boy to connect themselve to the sports community ? it is really a excited topic !\ntrading card sleeves : also known as penny sleeves , these individual clear plastic covers keep your hockey cards clean and dry , while still allowing you to see them . these sleeves are available in a few different sizes and do an excellent job of keeping the corners of your trading cards nice .\nhere is a partnership version of card hockey , described on a student drinking games site . players sitting opposite each other are partners . there are three deals in each period : the first of five cards each and the second or third of four cards each . in this version a breakaway is known as a\npass\n: this enables your partner to score a goal if he can match the card played by the opponent after you .\n\u00a9 dave and adam ' s card world | 55 oriskany dr . tonawanda , ny 14150 | 1 - 888 - 440 - 9787 | contact us\nyou are buying a complete 30 card 2017 - 18 wilkes - barre / scranton penguins ( ahl ) team set . set contains the following cards .\nafter several years , sometime in the mid 1990s the trading card market had become over saturated , along with prices declining , and people losing interest .\nmaurice richard led the montreal canadiens to multiple stanley cup titles and his 1951 parkhurst rookie card is worth over $ 15 , 000 if highly graded .\nselling gretzky , brett hull , eichel autos ! bgs 9 . 5 , captain tag patch 1 / 1 , 10 / 10 on card auto !\nhere are all the card backs . as always , panini makes the design match the era of the photo , with the damon getting matching purple .\n2017 - 18 leaf masked men hockey focuses solely on the netminders with autographs , relics and metal cards for some of the top goalies in history .\ngetting together to trade hockey cards with friends was a common occurrence in attempting to complete a set , or simply to trade for your favourite players .\nthen again , maybe without pressure from direct competition , upper deck will double down , innovate , and transform hockey card collecting \u2014 much like t . j . oshie got to work his magic during the shootout in the olympics , with unlimited time and room and no defender trying to knock him down .\nnon - dealer plays an 8 , her last card , and dealer plays his last card which is also an 8 : breakaway for dealer . the dealer deals the new cards and the non - dealer plays a 5 . if the dealer has a 5 he can score a goal by matching the 5 .\n! if i ' d done it a couple months ago , as least i would have had an address to send this card for a ttm auto .\nat the time of his retirement , gretzky was the second - to - last wha player still active in professional hockey , mark messier being the last .\naccording to several adult retail shops , the sales of items from their stores has increased since the lockout began . personally , i never believed hockey was that big of a distraction for me when it came to some horizontal manoeuvrings with my better half , but apparently the city of edmonton craves hockey quite badly .\nsports card forum provides sports and non - sports card collectors a safe place to discuss , buy , sell and trade . scf maintains tools that will allow collectors to manage their collections online , information about what is happening with the hobby , as well as providing robust data to send out for autographs through the mail .\nthe players pick up the cards they are dealt , look at them , and play in turn . the first card is played by the non - dealer .\nnow that this game has spread quite widely in canada , different groups of players have adopted different variants of the rules , as happens with traditional card games .\nthe front of the card is a photograph , a moment in time , depicting an athlete that may be a hero to some , or villain to others .\nthis simulation of ice hockey using playing - cards is played mainly in canada . ida a spence tells me that she invented the original version of the game in eddystone , manitoba during the hockey season 1961 - 62 . in the mid 1960 ' s many of the players moved to winnipeg and introduced the game there .\nhockey trading cards are known to exist as early as 1910 where they were dispersed into cigarette packages . ( http : / / www . canadianhockeycards . com )\nbefore the internet had become such a great source of information , hockey cards were a mode for especially children to have readily available access to these historical records .\n[ for sale - priced ] selling huge hockey lot 1500 + cards ! ! 10000 $ bv . only 2500 $ ! ! ! ! ! and extra baseball\nneat ! my significant other happened to be reading over my shoulder just now and he enjoyed you post . i like to think that things like pond hockey , street hockey and collecting cards are indeed an important part of the lives of young boys at a certain time in history , so your collection may be more historically significant than you think . do you think that perhaps such things like card collecting is dying art , like letter writing and other things dependent on the print medium ?\nglad you enjoyed it . it ' s nice to hear that some girls have similar collections , as it seemed only boys had hockey card collections when i was growing up . i have yet to ask my mom what she thought of the whole collecting process as she was not involved , and not a hockey fan . i wonder if she sees the same merit as i do in the time spent forming the collection . hopefully such collections are able to demonstrate how parents pass on personal interests to their children . hockey seems to have a huge impact on a sense of community within canada . from playing street hockey , shinny , and on organized teams seem to made up a large part of many canadians ' lives . this goes further to parents and relatives supporting children and bringing family and friends closer together .\nbut seriously , my gut says this is going to be a good thing ( as i sort of alluded to on my blog post about this yesterday ) but my brain can\u2019t help but think this is going to be cool for a year or two and quickly kamikaze itself into the hull of the hockey card collecting ship .\nmario lemieux is one of the greatest players of all - time , and his 1985 topps rookie card is worth over $ 14 , 000 at a high grade .\n2015 - 16 o - pee - chee platinum hockey cards feature 100 % on - card rookie autographs ! find your top prospect autographs - highlighted by connor mcdavid ! o o - pee - chee platinum retro - inserted 1 : 4 . o o - pee - chee platinum retro , rainbow / / - inserted 1 : 20 .\nthis card of montreal canadiens legend jacques plante is worth about $ 12 , 000 . finding one is difficult because they were distributed in cereal boxes and were easily ruined .\n2 / 14 cards come in all shapes and sizes . here ' s a new mini for the collection - and yet another champ ' s card in the set .\nonly two base guys , although i did end up with 4 of wright and 2 of mcluster overall . that ' s awful collation for a case though , as the third < = 100 guy didn ' t appear on any base card . that ' s not to say i didn ' t get a jake locker card . . .\nteam : vegas golden knights . display cases . category : hockey team sets . product id : 8512532 . signed jerseys . view all . signed pucks . signed photos .\nlike baseball cards at the time , hockey cards in the 1910s were distributed as tobacco cards , and vezina ' s from 1911 values at about $ 13 , 000 .\nfrom a 300 count base set , the raptors landed 8 cards . but , with a set that has a significant portion for retired players , an expansion team probably should be glad to have one , getting a dino uniform era vince carter . the other noteworthy card for me is the will cherry rookie card . because that is a zero year raptors card . he never played a regular season game for toronto , and is now in cleveland . that ' s with a season that isn ' t even two months old .\nget an early start on the nhl season with 2018 - 19 upper deck mvp hockey ! the annual product pays tribute to 20 years of mvp with various inserts and parallels .\ndwight j stockham describes the version of hockey he used to play in the 1960 ' s . the rules insofar as they differ from the above versions , are as follows .\nhockey , i ' m sure i can do that here . rounding that out is a diamond king and a pair of jays . pretty good keeper ratio from this set .\nmanufacturer : upper deck . collection : full force . hard case included ? . : top loader sleeve . asking price is set for each card . we are happy to consider !\nthis auto rookie card from sp authentic is one of alexander ovechkin ' s most sought after cards , and with a high grade can be bought for over $ 2 , 000 .\nget your stick on with 2018 - 19 panini nhl stickers collection . the large set offers approximately 500 hockey stickers including the first options for young stars brock boeser and charlie mcavoy .\nwayne douglas gretzky , oc ( born january 26 , 1961 ) is a retired canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently part - owner and head coach of the phoenix coyotes .\nunless there has been unheard of growth in a certain industry in the city , the fact that it ' s getting colder and there ' s no hockey would certainly push some folks into finding other activities to fill the time normally taken up by hockey . especially if they are younger individuals with no children and in the right economic group with some available money .\nminor - league hockey teams are known for their wild and crazy promotions . there used to be\nfight nights\nin the southern united states when certain teams with specific tough guys rolled through town , and the local southern hockey team wanted to draw fans by capitalizing on the violence . there have been halloween jerseys , christmas jerseys , and all sorts of other jerseys produced by minor - pro teams to celebrate whatever they felt was necessary . tonight ' s game for the rockford icehogs may have just hit a new low in the hockey spectrum .\nwith a throwback design showcasing modern stars , 2018 - 19 o - pee - chee hockey continues its run as a popular ud product to help kick off the new nhl collecting season .\nthe rebel league : the short and unruly life of the world hockey association , p . 221 , mclelland and stewart , toronto , on , isbn 0 - 7710 - 8947 - 3\nthe rebel league : the short and unruly life of the world hockey association , p . 219 , mclelland and stewart , toronto , on , isbn 0 - 7710 - 8947 - 3\nthe rebel league : the short and unruly life of the world hockey association , p . 239 , mclelland and stewart , toronto , on , isbn 0 - 7710 - 8947 - 3\nthe rebel league : the short and unruly life of the world hockey association , p . 241 , mclelland and stewart , toronto , on , isbn 0 - 7710 - 8947 - 3\nis geared towards the pre - school crowd as each page has a simple one - line introduction for the picture behind it . there are no words that kids won ' t understand , and the images are bright and clear . if you have a little one who needs their hockey fix , this book will set them on the right path for the love of hockey .\none version was standing equal distance from the school wall ( typically 15 - 20 feet away ) , and whoever could throw or \u201cflick\u201d their card nearest to the wall would win the cards wagered .\ni don ' t think i could have pulled a duller pack of gq if i put one together myself . only the pulling of a mini and base card for the same player is notable .\ngretzky again acted as executive director of canada ' s men ' s hockey team at the 2006 winter olympics in turin , italy , though not to the success of 2002 ; the team was eliminated in the quarterfinals and failed to win a medal . he was asked to manage canada ' s team at the 2005 ice hockey world championships , but declined due to his mother ' s poor health .\ni\u2019m really going to miss score hockey from panini , but other than that let \u2019em focus on football . and unlicensed baseball . their high end products have been disappointing to me to say the least .\ncollect the stars of nhl from your computer with 2017 - 18 upper deck compendium hockey . the digital set has an extensive physical component that allows for in - hand versions of the entire base release .\nurltoken ' s _ ice _ hockey _ gold _ medal _ game _ - _ us _ vs . _ canada _ at _ 2010 _ winter _ olympics _ 2010 - 02 - 25 . jpg\nand it was a pretty nice one at that . i ' m not a big man of manupatches outside of ones for the teams / guys i collect , but add some ink to it and you ' ve got a nice card . even better , just a week before christmas , i get an on - card ( or at least on something other than a sticker ) autograph of someone named noel .\nborn in brantford , ontario and nicknamed\nthe great one ,\ntotal hockey : the official encyclopedia of the nhl calls gretzky\nthe greatest player of all time\n. [ 1 ] he is generally regarded as the best player of his era and has been called\nthe greatest hockey player ever\n[ 2 ] by many sportswriters , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] players , [ 6 ] coaches , and fans . along with his many awards and achievements , he is the only player to ever have his playing number , 99 , officially retired across the entire national hockey league .\nif you are not dealing for the current period , it is good idea to use your jack as your last card to put out in the hand . you will go on a breakaway and your opponent will lay down his final card not being able to choose a card based on past cards that have been laid down . you now have 5 ( 6 if it ' s the final hand of a period ) , new cards any of which might score . laying down the jack at this time gives you the lowest probability of losing the breakaway and the highest probability of scoring with it in the next hand .\nonly one player can be on breakaway at any time . when a player makes a breakaway by matching a card , the opponent may match it again , making their own breakaway and cancelling the previous one .\nsome play that when your opponent creates a breakaway by matching your card , if you then play a third matching card it cancels your opponent ' s breakaway , but does not create a new breakaway for you . example : a : 9 , b : 9 ( breakaway ) ; a : 9 ( breakaway cancelled ) , b : 2 ; a : 2 ( breakaway for a - not a goal ) .\ni ' m not exactly a fan of terrance west , but i am a fan of the dog background . i guess i can call this a canine card and group it as such when it arrives .\nrefractor - y freeman , mariano rivera and a prospect out of chrome . shiny is always nice . i probably would have preferred either other card as the refractor one , but they ' re still nice .\ncases of 2015 - 16 in the game final vault hockey contain 10 boxes and price noted through his personal blog that a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the make - a - wish foundation .\ngretzky again acted as executive director of canada ' s men ' s hockey team at the 2006 winter olympics in turin , italy , [ 29 ] though not to the success of 2002 ; the team was eliminated in the quarterfinals and failed to win a medal . he was asked to manage canada ' s team at the 2005 ice hockey world championships , but declined due to his mother ' s poor health .\npack 2 has another multi - coloured prizm , again not numbered . i ' m now 2 / 18th of the way to the jerry west rainbow , two packs in . i really love the ralph sampson base card , since he hasn ' t really shown up in the retired portion of many sets . and the fact it is a houston card can act as a segue into the archives auto i picked up ."]}
{"id": 54835, "summary": [{"text": "finarte is an italian auction house based in milan .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "it is one of the most renowned auction houses in italy with great importance on the international market .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "it went bankrupt in fall 2011 , though it has been relaunched in 2014 , with the backing of italian investors .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "besides offering financial services in every art field , it provides consultancies in sales , private funding , pre-fundings , extensions on acquisitions , sales on commercial portfolios and heritage amministration .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "finarte has been listed on the milan stock exchange from 1970 .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "it has operational bases in milan , rome and venice . ", "topic": 38}], "title": "finarte", "paragraphs": ["finarte , milan : address , phone number , finarte reviews : 3 . 5 / 5\nin march 1997 finarte hosted its 1000th auction in it\u2019s 35th year . two years later finarte launched the website www . finarte . it .\nfinarte share price . fcd - stock quote , charts , trade history , share chat , financials . finarte casa d aste finarte casa d ' aste\nfinarte trademark of finarte s . p . a . - registration number 5010022 - serial number 79165188 : : justia trademarks\n1987 : establishment of finarte s . a , swiss company with the goal of integrating finarte in the international market .\nin 1989 finarte achieved its most important historical period with a declared sales volume of about 150 billion . in 1993 finarte opened a new headquarter in london .\n1988 : acquisition of pitti auction house in order to expand finarte\u2019s business in italy .\nfinarte was growing so quickly that in 1972 a new headquarter was launched in rome and a second one opened in milan in 1981 . in 1986 a capital increase occurred and the company grew from 8 billion to 42 , 5 billion . in 1989 finarte achieved its most important historical period with a declared sales volume of about 150 billion . in 1993 finarte opened a new headquarter in london . in march 1997 finarte hosted its 1000th auction in it\u2019s 35th year . two years later finarte launched the website www . finarte . it .\nfinarte . asta di porcellane antiche e di una raccolta di tabacchiere . : - editoriale umbra sas\n1994 : joint venture with afinsa ( spanish company ) : foundation of finarte casa d\u2019aste espa\u00f1a .\n1992 : thanks to finarte forty artworks from the jucker collection are purchased from the district of milan .\n1972 : opening of the new finarte headquarter in rome , at palazzo hercolani del drago alle quattro fontane .\nat finarte in milan \u00f9e\u00ae cru monovitigno\u00ae picolit , vintage 1984 , la murrina is auctioned for \u20ac 2 . 169 , 00 .\ncon il successo dell\u2019asta a brescia , finarte \u00e8 diventata la prima casa d ' aste italiana nel settore automobilistico per numeri e immagine .\nthe mark consists of the word\nfinarte\nin stylized font with an underline . the wording appears in a stylized double lined rectangularborder with two curved ends .\n1990 : thanks to finarte and il ponte the sculptures of the monument to gaston de foix by bambaia is sold for more than 3 billion to the district of milan .\nwithin a few years finarte managed to stand out as a leader in the italian art market . by the end of the \u201860s there were around 15 auctions , this number duplicated in the \u201870s .\nfinarte was growing so quickly that in 1972 a new headquarter was launched in rome and a second one opened in milan in 1981 . in 1986 a capital increase occurred and the company grew from 8 billion to 42 , 5 billion .\n1968 : foundation of eunomia gallery that organizes exhibitions dedicated to paintings and sculptures in order to integrate this activity with finarte auctions ( exhibitions were dedicated to vespignani , ferroni , chagall , klee , redzwill , morandi , modigliani , morlotti ) .\nthe 10th of april 2001 casimiro porro is re - elected for the third time as president of a . n . c . a . ( associazione nazionale case d\u2019aste ) . during these years finarte had embraced every aspect of collecting and gained invaluable experience .\nfinarte was founded in 1959 , by the milanese banker gian marco manusardi , with the purpose of assisting collectors in the acquisition and trade of artworks . from the very beginning the strategy of the auction house appeared to be clear : focusing on specialized auctions , from old masters to contemporary art , from silver to jewelry , from numismatics to porcelains and all other main collecting sectors . within a few years finarte managed to stand out as a leader in the italian art market . by the end of the 1960s there were around 15 auctions , this number duplicated in the 1970s .\n1988 , he organized auctions in italy in association with finarte . in 1990 , he established the company , historica selecta which advises museums , manufacturers and collectors in the field and publishes the classic car auction yearbook , the reference publication in the field . his family owned the maserati company from 1937 until 1968 , so , in some way , his personal\u2026 read more \u00bb\ncompetition is strongly related with the market segment shothebys is addressing , but at a first glance we can indicate some active players on this arena ; the traditional \u201chigh end\u201d art and antiquities auction houses like christies ( london ) , finarte - semenzato ( milano \u2013 italy ) and philips , de pury ( new york ) and other substitutes to the live auctions that are playing successfully in the online world like ebay and other internet retailers like amazon .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\ndo you like italian art ? are you looking for a great italian souvenir ? are you interested in buying a painting of a contemporary italian painter or some bric - a - bracs ? would you like to take part into an art auction ? urltoken can give you some useful links about auction houses in rome that offer precious advices and opinions and that are specialized in the sale of paintings , ancient jewels , sculptures , furniture and not only .\ncopyright \u00a9 2009 contents belong to sweb srl - vat number 09467341005 . reproduction without permission is forbidden . | support | contact | privacy corporate details art . 42 law 88 / 2009\nquesto sito fa uso di cookie anche di terze parti . si rinvia all ' informativa estesa per ulteriori informazioni .\nour experts are available for free and confidential evaluations in milan , via brera 8 . make an appointment\nin july , our offices will be open : monday to thursday , 9 . 00am - 1 . 00pm / 2 . 00pm - 6 . 00pm friday , 9 . 00 \ufeff\ufeff - 14 . 00\nour offices will be closed from monday the 6th to sunday the 26th of august .\nthe auction has been closed with over 70 % of the estimated value of the lots sold for a total value of 2 . 2 million euro . auction record for cagnaccio di san pietro and giacinto cerone . \ufeff\nthe positive trend of the autumn auction is confirmed with a result of about \u20ac 250 , 000 .\nthe auction totaled more than \u20ac 500 , 000 , achieved sales for more than \u20ac 500 , 000 , selling over 50 % of the lots .\nwe use cookies to understand how you use our site and to improve your experience . this includes personalizing content and advertising . to learn more , click here . by continuing to use our site , you accept our use of cookies , revised privacy policy and terms and conditions .\nthere are no current sales available for this auction house , but new sales are added every day .\n\u00a9 1986 - 2018 invaluable , llc . and participating auction houses . all rights reserved .\nwe noticed that you ' re using an unsupported browser . the tripadvisor website may not display properly . we support the following browsers :\nnote : your question will be posted publicly on the questions & answers page .\n* tripadvisor llc is not a booking agent and does not charge any service fees to users of our site . . . 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professionalism and love for their work are their distinctive mark . orazio nonino , the founder of the family , is ultimately followed by luigi , antonio , benito with giannola , cristina , antonella and elisabetta . orazio nonino establishes his own distillery in ronchi di pavia . until this point it had been only a moveable still assembled on wheels .\nantonio , vigi\u2019s son and benito\u2019s father , marries silvia milocco , who becomes the first woman to produce grappa in italy . the distillery moves from ronchi to percoto\nantonio nonino in compliance with the law dated 27 . 11 . 1933 regio decreto ( royal decree ) n . 1604 art . 1 , which obliges to make the bottling and packaging of grappa in bottles with a regular label and the state seal , creates the label that reproduces the \u201cfogolar furlan\u201d , a great fireplace , always lighted , the center of the ancient friulian house around which the family gathered to work , chat and drink a good \u201cbussul\u201d of grappa .\nbenito marries giannola bulfoni . together they embark on passionate research , striving to turn grappa from a \u201ccinderella\u201d into a \u201cqueen\u201d . as a result of their marriage , three daughters , cristina , antonella and elisabetta are born .\nthe noninos introduce their \u201caquavitae optima\u201d , obtained from the distillation of single varietal pomace from prestigious grape growers : the label indicates the year , the quantity distilled , the litres obtained and the number of the bottle . it is the first of a series of tests which would lead to the creation of \u201cmonovitigno\u201d ( single varietal ) grappa .\nthe new era of grappa begins in percoto . benito and giannola create the first cru single varietal grappa : not by chance this time but as the result of their love for their work , study , research and experimentation . for such an important event they choose the rarest and most prestigious vine of friuli : picolit .\nsecond distillation of picolit single - grape grappa , first distillation of ribolla single - grape grappa .\ngiannola nonino starts the bureaucratic procedures for the request of acknowledgement of such vines sending an official letter to the regional center for vine - growing of friuli venezia giulia , to president orfeo salvador , and stimulating with sensibility , passion and persistence the vine - growing experimental institute of conegliano , whose director had joined the jury of the prize .\nwith d . m . 14 . 06 . 1977 ( ministerial decree ) , the autochthonous vines of friuli , which before were forbidden , are authorized and in 1983 the nonino risit d\u2019aur prize obtains the eec regulations nr . 382 by which the vines authorized in 1977 become recommended and today they are the flagships of friulian vine - growing .\nthe nonino\u2019s distillery grows from 12 to 24 stills . 1200 quintals of pomace a day are distilled with discontinuous apparatus , working 24 hours a day , holidays included . there is no more silo - stored pomace but immediate distillation for red fermented pomace and 48 hours of ensilage for white pomace ( sweet pomace ) . in the old forge where at the turn of the century giannola\u2019s father built ploughs , a small distillery dedicated to cristina , antonella and elisabetta nonino is born : it is made up of 6 particular and exclusive stills created by benito for the distillation of single varietal grappa and fruit distillates .\nthe noninos mark a new turning point . they distil the whole grape and create the grape distillate \u00f9e\u00ae . the ministerial authorization for the production of the grape distillate ( d . m . 20th october , 1984 \u2013 g . u . n . 318 of 19th november , 1984 ) is granted following a specific request by the noninos .\nto highlight the preciousness of this new distillate , the noninos ask venini , the master glassmaker in murano , to hand - blow a bottle with an image of a bunch of grapes contained within the glass . thus began the precious nonino collection \u00f9e\u00ae grape distillate cru monovitigno\u00ae picolit which every year is stored in specially dated , hand - blown bottles by venini , baccarat and riedel .\nthe nonino distillery marks its 90th year as a \u201cpermanent location\u201d : the occasion calls for great celebrations and a book about the noninos is written by emilio rigatti and illustrated by altan . in the cellars of cristina , antonella and elisabetta begins the ageing process of \u00f9e\u00ae grape distillate . this process is unique for innovation and research .\nthis is an unforgettable date : the honourable filippo maria pandolfi , minister for agriculture , officially inaugurates the distillery of cristina , antonella and elisabetta .\nthe noninos plant 40 hectares of experimental vineyard with picolit , ribolla gialla , fragolino , schioppettino and sauvignon grapes in buttrio \u2013 friuli . these grapes will be used to produce grappa and \u00f9e\u00ae grape distillates of unmatched quality and characteristics .\nthe celebrations of the centenary of the family start with \u201coh les beaux jours\u201d by samuel beckett , directed by peter brook and starring natasha parry . it is a magic moment underlined by the presence of peter brook and many friends .\naltan dedicates to \u201cben \u2013 noah\u2019s fourth son\u201d the graphic novel that recounts in sketches the nonino family saga . on the occasion of the xxii edition of the nonino prize , the \u201cnonino vineyards\u201d are introduced : \u201cthe merlot\u201d , \u201cthe tocai\u201d , \u201cthe chardonay\u201d of single varietal grappa . \u201cthe sauvignon\u201d , \u201cthe malvasia\u201d , \u201cthe refosco\u201d of single varietal \u00f9e\u00ae are launched to celebrate the hundred years of distillation .\nfor the celebration of the hundred years of distillation , the 1986 vintage \u00f9e\u00ae cru monovitigno\u00ae picolit distillate , aged in nevers barriques , is bottled in 400 numbered bottles , made of hand - blown riedel glass and designed by luca cendali .\ngiannola bulfoni nonino is awarded \u201ccavaliere del lavoro\u201d by the president of the italian republic : the most important labour honour . giannola is among the only 25 women awarded in the history of the republic with the following statement : \u201csince she was very young she has devoted herself to distillation and to improving the intrinsic value of grappa , bringing the product up to the level of the most demanding and sophisticated of consumers . she has introduced innovation in the production process so as to create grape distillate . she started , with her husband benito , the building of a new distillery which was technologically advanced but respectful of tradition and of the environment and , in 1976 , she created the nonino prize with the clear aim of defending the values of rustic civilization\u201d .\na concert by the mahler chamber orchestra conducted by claudio abbado for the twenty - fifth anniversary of the nonino prize .\nafter years of research into honey , which in ancient times was thought to be a miracle of nature , cristina , antonella and elisabetta , introduce gioiello\u00ae , the distillate of \u2018purity\u2019 obtained from the distillation of honey alone in all the varieties of its tastes , from acacia to chestnut and from sunflower to wildflower honey , each with its delicate , intoxicating and winning spirit , the perfect embodiment of purity .\nat christie\u2019s in london , at the most important italian wine and distillates auction ever held until that moment , some pieces of the nonino collection are put up for auction and they fetch from gb\u00a3 1 , 540 \u2013 \u20ac 2531 , 00 vintage 1990 , to gb\u00a3 1 , 595 \u2013 \u20ac 2664 , 00 vintage 1989 .\nat the \u201csalone del gusto\u201d of turin , alain senderens chef de \u201clucas carton\u201d paris , and alfonso iaccarino chef de \u201cdon alfonso 1890\u201d , sant\u2019agata sui due golfi , are the \u201cgodfathers\u201d of \u00f9e\u00ae la riserva \u2018dei cent\u2019anni\u2019 , placing it alongside all the great cognacs , armagnacs and rums in respect of its quality , pleasure and sensations , and consider it a perfect partner to cuban cigars and excellent with exceptionally flavourful cheese .\nthe university of udine and mr . claudio dematt\u00e8 launch the volume \u201cil caso nonino , lo spirito d\u2019impresa\u201d ( the nonino case : the spirit of enterprise ) by cristiana compagno , edited by utet - isedi .\njewels and jewels , the nonino collection is introduced in rome in the jewels world temple : bulgari , via dei condotti .\nyokohama . at the exhibition \u201citaly in japan 2001\u201d mounted by andrea branzi for the triennale of milan , the grappa nonino \u00f9e\u00ae cru monovitigno picolit and the nonino collection is exhibited in the section \u201cdesign as a life style \u2013design of senses\u201d .\nthe ais , italian association of sommeliers awards the nonino family the prestigious prize \u201coscar del vino 2002\u201d ( wine oscar 2002 ) \u2013 special prize of the jury with the following motivation : \u201c\u2026 for the extraordinary work that a family has been doing \u2026 in favour of a totally italian product . it recognizes the noninos\u2019 outstanding image , high quality , careful research and experimentation . plaudits come from all over , from the president of the republic to the most prestigious national and international acknowledgements\u201d .\nthirty years ago benito and giannola nonino revolutionized the way of producing and presenting grappa in italy and around the world . it was the birth of single varietal grappa , monovitigno\u00ae nonino , in which the pomace of picolit grapes is distilled separately . their success was so great that most italian and foreign producers felt compelled to follow the nonino model .\nin bordeaux , gioielo\u00ae , the nonino citrus fruit honey distillate , is the only product selected by the bordeaux vinexpo 2003 committee to represent italy in the publication \u201cthe world in anticipation\u201d .\nthe milan triennale in honour of the thirtieth anniversary of the nonino monovitigno\u00ae dedicates to the nonino the story of a passion : an exhibition about the nonino family .\nthe president of the italian republic , carlo azeglio ciampi , awards giannola and benito nonino the prestigious \u201cleonardo prize for italian quality\u201d for \u201cthe absolute quality level , research and innovations which characterize a brand that conveys to the outside world , above all , the importance of family and commitment to one\u2019s work . the noninos are well - known , true ambassadors for italian grappa throughout the world\u201d .\nthe new york times chooses to dedicate its \u201csaturday profile\u201d section to the nonino family on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the creation of the single - varietal nonino monovitigno\u00ae grappa .\nthe international herald tribune dedicates a whole article \u201ca dynamo and her daughters turn leftovers to gold\u201d to the nonino family and puts the article on the front page .\n\u201cback to the beginning\u201d in their great - great grandfather\u2019s distillery . the noninos re - established their artisanal batch steam stills , 12 for each member of the family , plus one for each grandchild as a sign of continuity of the distillation art , at ronchi di percoto for the production of the nonino distillate , respecting the tradition and the rhythms of true craftsmanship .\nthe university of udine confers a special honorary degree in business economics to giannola bulfoni nonino with the following justification : \u201cas a cultural entrepreneur she enhances the intrinsic value of grappa , ennobles it and ensures that it is known throughout the world with the help of an exceptional marketing tool , the nonino prize . this awards body which commands high profile cultural patronage and holds important international significance was created by her and she has now directed it in her indefatigable manner for thirty years\u201d .\nthe frankfurter allgemeine zeitung devoted a whole page to the nonino grappa in its prestigious sunday economic supplement .\nat the san francisco world spirits competition , \u201cthe largest competition in america with 800 spirits from 63 countries\u201d , the nonino grappa cru monovitigno\u00ae picolit is awarded the double gold medal for excellence in design which recognizes excellence in package design for its artistic merit and brand - enhancing communicative qualities .\nduring the navarra gourmet event in pamplona , spain , giannola nonino is awarded the international eva prize 2009 , empresaria del a\u00f1o ( entrepreneur of the year ) , reserved to the women bound to the world\u2019s oenogastronomy , with the following motivation : \u201cgiannola nonino is one of the most important entrepreneurs in the italian oenogastronomic overview . her company , well known all over the world , has been the protagonist of the renaissance of italian grappa , the most ancient distillate of northern italy . the nonino tradition started in 1897 with orazio and has come to our days with giannola and benito . since 1928 the distillery has been in percoto , province of udine , where , under the same roof , there are 5 artisan distilleries , one for each member of the family , for a total of 12 discontinuous steam stills for each ember of the family , with the addition of 6 for their grandchildren , as a sign of continuity in the art of distillation . giannola nonino and her family are famous also for the nonino prize , established in 1975 for the improvement of rustic civilization , acknowledged at international level\u201d .\nin occasion of the first ultimate spirits challenge , held in new york , competing with over 520 distillates from 42 countries , grappa nonino il merlot ins the chairman\u2019s trophy , the most important acknowledgement of the category world brandy , grappa & grape distillate .\nhigh \u201cspirit\u201d craftsmanship . the nonino collection \u00f9e\u00ae cru monovitigno\u00ae picolit joins the permanent collection of italian design of the triennale design museum . the collection represents one of the most important examples of high craftsmanship that combines the art of distillation of the nonino family with the ancient processing of the glass - making tradition of venini in murano and the most important european traditions of baccarat and riedel crystal . unique example in the world of the excellence of the made in italy .\nfendi presents the whispered directory of craftsmanship a guide to made in italy , strictly handmade . borsalino , buccellati , fendi , maserati , nonino distillatori , riva , rubelli , slow food , venini\u2026 brands with different places of origin , but joined by a great passion for craftsmanship , for the attention to details , for a mix of tradition and innovation that converge in a unique product . the first guide to the excellence of the made in italy , published by mondadori electa where fendi tellsthe history of handmade in italy : each entry is associated to the names and places of the craftsmen and their stories .\nf . paul pacult , defined by forbes \u201camerica\u2019s foremost expert on distilled spirits\u201d , selects grappa nonino cru monovitigno\u00ae picolit among the five extraordinary distillates in the \u201chall of fame\u201d of the prestigious quarterly spirit journal . grappa nonino is the only grappa in the most prestigious pantheon of distilled spirits in the world , which rises above ratings and reviews as a reference point of excellence for its category in all the years to come .\ngrappa nonino will be the protagonist of fos\u2019s work of art in the danish pavilion at the 54 international art exhibition la biennale of venice . katerina gregos , the curator of the danish pavilion has selected a group of artists that will develop their works on the theme \u201cspeech matters\u201d , object the freedom of expression . fos\u2019s osloo will be part of this program and he has chosen grappa nonino as a part of his work because grappa , with its distillation process , is a perfect metaphor for fos\u2019s artistic approach as it metaphorically represents the social situations that they want to create on osloo .\nthe nonino collection \u00f9e\u00ae cru monovitigno\u00ae picolit has been selected in order to represent the excellence of distillation in the exhibition olc25 options of luxury by italo rota at the triennale of milano . together with the nonino collection the most prestigious brands of international luxury : gucci , salvatore ferragamo , giorgio armani , ferrari , montblanc , chanel , tiffany , roger vivier and many others . next exhibition venues : new york , seoul , shanghai .\nf . paul pacult , defined by forbes \u201camerica\u2019s foremost expert on distilled spirits\u201d , reconfirms grappa nonino cru monovitigno\u00ae picolit among the extraordinary distillates of the world in the \u201chall of fame\u201d of the prestigious quarterly spirit journal .\nrai 5 , the italian radio and television company dedicates a documentary to the nonino family and grappa : dynasties \u201cstories , tales and events of who has made italy great\u201d to tell of a part of italy that has breathed history and has been part of it creating something innovative , a symbol of the made in italy also abroad .\ngrappa nonino is taken as an example and icon of artisanal grappa in \u201chow it\u2019s made\u201d , the famous documentary broadcast on the american network of discovery channel , the thematic channel that satisfies all sorts of curiosities .\nharrods , the icon of luxury in the world celebrates the theme \u201cstealing beauty\u201d capturing beauty . the legendary grappa nonino is made an object of desire in the impressive london window dedicated to the most precious destillates in the world . grappa nonino embodies the expression of italian excellence in the invitation to a sensory experience impossible to resist to .\ngrappa nonino cru monovitigno\u00ae picolit is reconfirmed once more the only grappa present in the list of the top world distillates , in the \u201chall of fame\u201d of the prestigious quarterly spirit journal .\ngrappa nonino is ready to take off with alitalia : the representative in the world of the italian excellence in the production of grappa and distillates and in the culture of distillation , the nonino is selected together with some of the greatest italian brands , like diego dalla palma , ferrari , frau and lavazza , to represent the maximum expression of the made in italy in the skies of the whole world .\n1897 \u2013 2017 : from orazio to benito , from benito to cristina , antonella and elisabetta . the celebrations for the 120 years of distillation with artisanal method open .\nthe nonino revolution \u201cfrom cinderella to a queen of the market\u201d , carried on by giannola \u2013 the wife of benito , an exceptional distiller \u2013 is chosen as a case study by the london school of economics ( lse ) business review , one of the most influential academic reviews in the world .\nin \u201c how to turn a product from cinderella into a queen of the market \u201d it tells the nonino revolution \u201c carried on by giannola \u2013 the wife of benito , an exceptional distiller \u201d and of how nonino thanks to passion , determination , commitment and authenticity elevated the status of grappa , making it become a hedonistic must , on the same level as whisky and cognac .\nd\u00fcsseldorf , germany : the 13 th edition of the meininger award awarded the coveted prize to the noninos for \u201c repeatedly providing breakthrough innovations in the grappa market and consolidating its position as a pioneer of quality \u201d . giannola nonino received the prize , together with antonella , elisabetta and francesca , cristina\u2019s daughter . it is the first time this prize is awarded to grappa .\ngrappa nonino supports p ( our ) the no - profit organization of the bartender community with thirst of knowledge . the international charitable project created by alex kratena , simone caporale , monica berg , xavier padovani , jimmeehan , joerg meyer , ryan chetiyawardana wants to create a global community of bartenders , barmen , sommelier , brewers , distillers and wine producers which can stimulate and reinvent the beverage world through new ideas , knowledge , inspirations , experiences and values .\nto celebrate 120 years of the nonino distilleries , the family introduces grappa nonino riserva aged 22 years under seal . 883 numbered bottles . it is distilled by benito in copper batch steam stills in the distilleries in ronchi di percoto , 100 % with artisanal method , and aged 22 years under seal and permanent surveillance by the customs and monopoly agency in the nevers oak barrique no . 1062 and in the ex - sherry small cask no . 362 in their own the ageing cellar no . 1 . 0 % color additives . rare and precious , with a light smoked scent , natural .\nhaving read the privacy policy , i consent to the use of my personal data for the newsletter and marketing communications by nonino . 207\nsede legale : via aquileia , 104 - fr . percoto - 33050 pavia di udine ( ud ) italia - p . iva 02588990305 - rea ud 272676\nc . f . e n . iscrizione 02588990305 capitale sociale \u20ac2 . 500 . 000 ( i . v . ) - unico socio .\nthe layout , all the texts and images in the site are property of nonino distillatori s . r . l .\nfrom the very beginning the strategy of the auction house appeared to be clear : focusing on specialized auctions , from old masters to contemporary art , from silver to jewelry , from numismatics to porcelains and all other main collecting sectors .\n1961 : first modern art auction , with artworks from the estorick collection in london paintings from picasso , el lissitsky , kandinsky , morandi .\n1962 : first old masters auction and second modern art auction ( in collaboration with ketterer ) .\n1963 : first auction of archeological objects , first auction of interior design and first majolica auction .\n1964 : interior design auction from palazzo labia in venice in collaboration with maurice e philippe rheims , commisseurs priseurs of paris .\n1968 : first auctions dedicated to coins and medals , silver and contemporary graphics .\n1961 : \u201cmostra della critica italiana\u201d at the museo d\u2019arte moderna in milan and the quadriennale in rome .\n1966 : exhibition of 32 unreleased paintings by giacomo ceruti curated by giovanni testori .\n1967 : exhibition dedicated to giovanni boldini ( visconti di sanvito collection ) curated by giorgio mascherpa and enrico piceni .\n1970 : first watch auction , first rug auction and first post - impressionist auction .\n1976 : exhibition of xiv and xv century paintings ( catalogues curated by carlo volpe ) .\n1981 : auction of interior design from villa caracciolo di brienza in rivarolo canavese .\n1981 : auction of interior design from villa la rotonda , ex villa castiglioni , in induno olona .\n1986 : auction of xix century paintings and the purchase of fiumana by giuseppe pellizza da volpedo reaching the record of 1 billion and 400 million ( the artwork was then donated to brera museum ) .\n1986 : auction of modern and contemporary artworks from the private collection of movie producer alberto grimaldi in roma .\n1988 : auction of the most important collection of gall\u00e9 vases that have ever appeared on the market .\n1989 : exhibition of the sculptures from the private collection of professor federico zeri at poldi pezzoli .\n1982 : the first volume of \u201carte all\u2019incanto\u201d is published in collaboration with longanesi .\n1991 : first auction in lugano , dedicated to works on paper by boccioni from the malbin collection , etchings by morandi and a swiss collection of modern and contemporary art .\n1992 : four auctions hosted in lugano , two of modern art and two of old masters paintings .\n1993 : important house sale of the interior design from villa prinetti in montesiro .\n1995 : the district of milan purchased two important artworks by canaletto , \u201cil molo verso ovest con la colonna di san teodoro sulla destra\u201d and \u201cla riva degli schiavoni verso est\u201d for 9 . 5 billions\n1996 : auction of the private collection of artworks by giorgio morandi ( 120 incisions from the bolognese artist , drawings , miniatures , prints and some jewelry owned by his sister maria teresa ) .\n1997 : auction of vintage jewelry and interior design of ottone rosai and giovanni carnovali in favor of the institute of pharmacological research mario negri .\n1997 : auction in rome of modern and contemporary artworks and an important collection of paintings by giorgio de chirico .\n1997 : auction \u201cdipinti disegni e grafica - nuove tendenze : 1980 - 1990\u201d .\n1998 : auction in mantova of artworks and paintings from villa maraini guerrieri di palidano di gonzaga .\n1998 : auction of a collection of lombard painters in favor of the foundation \u201cla benefica ambrosiana\u201d in milan .\n1999 : auction dedicate to ancient and modern books from the library of j . b . hartmann .\n1999 : participation with tajan , kollere dorotheum , to the esposizione dell\u2019association of auctioneers ( ia ) in monaco di baviera in the prestigious palazzo della residenza .\n1990 : important conference about leonardo studies in honor of madonna litta in milan , lent by the ermitage museum in saint petersburg .\n1994 : important exhibition in london dedicated to giorgio de chirico followed by another exhibition of modern art .\n2000 : first auction in catania of modern and contemporary artworks and a collection of xix century paintings in the prestigious palazzo biscari .\n2000 : old masters auction during which a painting from alessandro bonvicino ( moretto ) was sold for 987 , 5 millions . a record for an old masters painting sold in italy .\n2000 : auction of an important collection of european porcelains in milan for a total record of 57 million lira .\n2001 : record at auction for the artwork by paolo uccello , \u201csanta monaca e due fanciulli oranti\u201d , for 3 . 075 . 500 . 000 lira ( euro 1 . 588 . 363 ) , italian record for an artwork sold at auction .\n2001 : participation for the third time at the modern art auction together with the other auction houses associated to international auctioneers .\n2001 : \u201cyoung art\u201d auction , dedicated to young artists , at the ex - cantiere vannucci in milan .\n2000 : first online catalogue ( of ancient and modern books from the private collection of santo varni ) .\n2000 : first modern art auction connected directly with the other auction houses associated to international auctioneers .\n2001 : casimiro porro is elected for the third time as president of a . n . c . a . , associazione nazionale case d\u2019asta .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nwe use cookies to gather web statistics , remember your settings and target ads . read more about cookies here or close tab now .\ndas forum von pompeji am vesuv technik : stahlstich auf papier unterhalb der darstellung in der druckplatte signiert und bezeichnet zustand : guter zustand . ganzseitig kleinteilige stockflecken . entlang der kanten verbr\u00e4unt . entlang der rechten blattkante produktionsbedingte l\u00f6cher im papier . die linke untere blattecke diagonal geknickt . gr\u00f6\u00dfe : 19 , 5 x 29 , 3 cm ( darstellung ) epoche : romantik haben sie weitere fragen ? kontaktieren sie unsfragen zum artikel ? , das forum von pompeji am vesuv , technik : stahlstich auf papier unterhalb der darstellung in der druckplatte signiert und bezeichnet zustand : guter zustand . ganzseitig kleinteilige stockflecken . entlang der kanten verbr\u00e4unt . entlang der rechten blattkante produktionsbedingte l\u00f6cher im papier . die linke untere blattecke diagonal geknickt . gr\u00f6\u00dfe : 19 , 5 x 29 , 3 cm ( darstellung ) epoche : romantik , technik : stahlstich auf papier , technik : stahlstich auf papier unterhalb der darstellung in der druckplatte signiert und bezeichnet zustand : guter zustand . ganzseitig kleinteilige stockflecken . entlang der kanten verbr\u00e4unt . entlang der rechten blattkante produktionsbedingte l\u00f6cher im papier . die linke untere blattecke diagonal geknickt . gr\u00f6\u00dfe : 19 , 5 x 29 , 3 cm ( darstellung ) epoche : romantik , unterhalb der darstellung in der druckplatte signiert und bezeichnet , zustand : guter zustand . ganzseitig kleinteilige stockflecken . entlang der kanten verbr\u00e4unt . entlang der rechten blattkante produktionsbedingte l\u00f6cher im papier . die linke untere blattecke diagonal geknickt . gr\u00f6\u00dfe : 19 , 5 x 29 , 3 cm ( darstellung ) , epoche : romantik , haben sie weitere fragen ? kontaktieren sie uns , haben sie weitere fragen ? , kontaktieren sie uns , kontaktieren sie uns , fragen zum artikel ?\nautor : marc chagall . t\u00edtulo : \u00e9xodo # 466 . descripci\u00f3n : litograf\u00eda firmada a la punta seca y numerada 1725 / 1800 . medidas sin marco 59x54 cm . obra en buenas condiciones .\nconsole italienne avec miroir de style louis xvi . meubles du 20\u00e8me si\u00e8cle en bois richement sculpt\u00e9 , laqu\u00e9 et dor\u00e9 . console avec dessus en marbre\nescuela espa\u00f1ola , fles . del s . xvii . san francisco . escultura en madera tallada , policromada y dorada . alt . : 45 cm . presenta faltas . estimaci\u00f3n : 550 - 650 \u20ac .\nen handv\u00e4ska fr\u00e5n mulberry i svart krokodil - pr\u00e4glat l\u00e4der . v\u00e4skan st\u00e4ngs med dragkedja . insidan har en liten \u00f6ppen ficka och en ficka med dragkedja . v\u00e4skan kan b\u00e4ras i handen eller \u00f6ver axeln med justerbar axelrem .\nmaterial & measurements model : 16864 091 type : dress watch diameter : \u00f8 24 mm thickness : 5 mm weight : 22 grams case : brushed / polished 18 carat yellow gold back case rear : solid bracelet : black leather dial : white with roman numerals and index markings buckle : tang type buckle made of 18 carat yellow gold bezel : 18 carat yellow gold , brushed / polished movement & functions movement type : quartz ( battery powered ) seconds hand : ticking date : date other : screw down crown description case number : 20627xx box : original box included instruction manual : yes other : fitting wrist up to 17cm . condition case : 3 of 5 back case : 3 of 5 crown : 4 of 5 bracelet : 5 of 5 , aftermarket bracelet buckle : 4 of 5 , aftermarket buckle bezel : 4 of 5 dial : 4 of 5 glass : 4 of 5 hands : 4 of 5 markings : 4 of 5 box : 4 of 5 overall condition : 3 of 5\nbidders ' and sellers ' strategies in sequential auctions . new evidence about the afternoon effect | springerlink\nbidders ' and sellers ' strategies in sequential auctions . new evidence about the afternoon effect\nusing dynamic panel data econometric techniques , we analyzethe price structure of sequential auctions of modern and contemporary art that took place initaly during the period 1983\u20131996 . contrary to previous empirical studies , we do not find any\u201cafternoon effect\u201d , or decline of auction prices relative to estimated values . taking intoconsideration the structure of the auctions and the dynamic nature of price determination , we proposean interpretation of the empirical results that encompasses previous contributions .\nattanasio , o . p . , l . picci and a . e . scorcu ( 2000 ) ' saving , growth and investment : a macroeconomic analysis using a panel of countries ' ,\nbaltagi , b . h . and j . m . griffin ( 1997 ) ' pooled estimators vs . their heterogeneos counterparts in the context of dynamic demand for gasoline ' ,\nchanel , o . , l . a . gerard - varet and s . vincent ( 1996 ) ' auction theory and practice : evidence from the market for jewellery ' , in v . a . ginsburgh and p . m . menger , eds ,\nvon der fehr , n . ( 1994 ) ' predatory bidding in sequential auctions ' ,\nekelund , r . b . , r . w . ressler and j . k . watson ( 1998 ) ' estimates , bias and \u201cno sales\u201d in latin - american art auctions 1977 - 1996 ' ,\nengelbrecht - wiggans , r . w . ( 1994 ) ' sequential auctions of stocastically equivalent objects ' ,\nmilgrom , p . r . and r . j . weber ( 1982b ) ' a theory of auctions and competitive bidding , ii ' , mimeo , stanford university .\nweber , r . j . ( 1983 ) ' multiple - object auctions ' , in r . w . engelbrecht - wiggans , m . shubik , and r . m . stark , eds ,\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\nms . quirina louwman inherited her love for classic cars from her father , evert louwman , who has been very involved with cars all of his life . her grandfather started collecting cars in 1934 whilst building a business as an importer and distributor of cars . her father\u2019s biggest passion is in early cars ( vintage and veteran ) but\u2026 read more \u00bb\nwolfgang blaube , a very famous german motor journalist and a crackerjack in vintage automobile and motorization . before becoming the expert of motor journalism , he worked at various retailers for sports cars , racing cars and classic cars in hamburg , munich , and los angeles , mainly as a buyer and also as a writer for various publishing houses\u2026 . read more \u00bb\nborn in 1954 , peter larsen has been a chronic gearhead all his life . together with ben erickson , he is the author of talbot - lago grand sport : the car from paris and jacques saoutchik , ma\u00eetre carrossier . his forthcoming book is titled the kellner affair , and he is currently working on joseph figoni , le grand couturier de la\u2026 read more \u00bb\nmarco makaus is theowner of makaus communication and an automotive and classic car consultant . he is particularly experienced in the strategy and management of super - luxury and luxury brands : understanding the peculiarities of a brand and planning its business in terms of positioning , product , communication and distribution , in order to match in the most efficient way\u2026 read more \u00bb\nj . philip rathgen is a journalist and true enthusiast of vintage cars . in his role as ceo of classic driver \u2013 the leading international online magazine for classic and collectors cars \u2013 he found a way to perfectly combine his passion with his profession . as a true collector he is interested in motoring memorabilia as\u2026 read more \u00bb\nborn january 6 , 1974 , in paris , france , mathias doutreleau is the founder and chairman of the concoursd\u2019elegance suisse . he began his career in the field of event marketing and automobile in 1996 , creating unique events for high net - worth automobile collectors . he developed private rallies in europe and collaborated in various motorsports and lifestyle events . after\u2026 read more \u00bb\nborn and educated in south africa , professor gordon murray designed , built and raced his own sports car , the img ford , in the national class in sa during 1967 and 68 . he joined the brabham formula 1 team as technical director in 1969 , winning two world championships in 17 years there . he joined mclaren racing as\u2026 read more \u00bb\nfounder and chairman of maserati club of japan - officially recognized organization by maserati s . p . a journalist , many serial articles on japan and korea magazines , car and other lifestyle categories . he has authored several books , \u201cgiorgettogiugiaro\u201d , \u201cbranding of the legend\u201d , \u201cmaserati complete guide\u201d and is recognized by maserati fans around the world . his long - term work with italian car\u2026 read more \u00bb\nthe analysis of a case can be addressed under several perspectives , the financial , the operational , the strategic , etc . the topic we are covering today , the harvard case \u201c urltoken \u201c , will be adressed with focus on the basic principles of supply chain and marketing , nevertheless nothing is absolute and less in the enterprise world , so a multidisciplinary approach will not be forgotten .\nthe case and the facts related are dated on 1998 and 1999 , we will consider that period of time along the write up although it is written in the middle of 2009 , when it is really difficult remove from our minds the omnipresence and growing relevance of websites and business networks on the global economy .\nthe relevance of sothebys in the art , antiquities and luxury goods is unquestionable . why this \u201ctraditional\u201d house embraces the internet revolution just in the \u201cdot com\u201d hurricane crisis ? the clue most probably rely on a careful look to the financial performance of the company , their operations nature and , undoubtedly , their competitors movements and market situation . along this write up we like to analyze the financial situation of the company , where the revenues come from , where is the market growing . this implies to make the market segmentation of the antiquities and luxury goods auctions , the target market of the company and the way sothebys is building the brand positioning . we would like to know why people is attending a sothebys auction , what are the insights for purchasing and what are the intricate operations behind the transactions performed , the actors involved and their roles . considering these factors all together we can conclude jumping into the internet arena was not only a good decision of the company but the \u201cright\u201d one if any ."]}
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", "topic": 39}], "title": "soyo group", "paragraphs": ["glassdoor has 1 soyo group reviews submitted anonymously by soyo group employees . read employee reviews and ratings on glassdoor to decide if soyo group is right for you .\nhome > california > ontario > audio visual equipment > soyo group , inc .\nglassdoor gives you an inside look at what it ' s like to work at soyo group , including salaries , reviews , office photos , and more . this is the soyo group company profile . all content is posted anonymously by employees working at soyo group .\npacermonitor document view - 6 : 09 - bk - 19355 - soyo group , inc . bankruptcy , docket item 1\ndata as of jun 27 2018 . currency figures normalised to soyo group inc ' s reporting currency : us dollar usd\nsoyo group , inc . ( soyo ) is a distributor of consumer electronics , communications and computer parts . through the consumer electronics division , soyo offers a line of liquid crystal display ( lcd ) televisions and monitors , as well as bluetooth wireless devices . through the communications division , soyo offers discount telephone service through voice over internet protocol ( voip ) . the hardware to cre\nsoyo does not produce the components that it distributes . approximately 95 % of soyo group , inc . ' s products are supplied by companies located in taiwan and china . soyo uses contract manufacturers to produce its products in taiwan , china and mexico . soyo group ' s products are sold through an extensive network of authorized distributors to resellers , system integrators , and value - added resellers ( vars ) . these products are also sold through major retailers , mail - order catalogs and e - tailers to consumers throughout north america and latin america .\nyear on year soyo group inc grew revenues 95 . 43 % from 56 . 76m to 110 . 92m while net income improved 605 . 53 % from 470 . 00k to 3 . 32m .\nsoyo group wholesales computer motherboards , networking equipment , and peripherals . the company entered the market for voip products and services in 2004 and formed a specialty displays division in 2006 . consumer electronics account for nearly half of sales . to raise awareness . . .\nsoyo group , inc . ( soyo ) , incorporated on august 3 , 1994 , is a distributor of consumer electronics , communications and computer parts . through the consumer electronics division , soyo offers a line of liquid crystal display ( lcd ) televisions and monitors , as well as bluetooth wireless devices . through the communications division , soyo offers discount telephone service through voice over internet protocol ( voip ) . the hardware to create and run voip services is also available for sale . the company offers a line of designer motherboards and related peripherals for intensive multimedia applications , corporate alliances , telecommunications and specialty market requirements . the breadth of the product line also includes bare bone systems , flash memory , as well as small hard disk drives for corporate and mobile users , internal multimedia reader / writer and wireless networking solutions products for any home and office ( soho ) users .\nwe can ' t find your pdf viewer . please click here to download this document .\nthe company competes with motorola , jabra , plantronics , nokia , sony , lg , samsung , blue ant , jawbone , dell , hewlett - 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2022 chapter one motherboard market overview 1 . 1 global motherboard market sales volume revenue and price 2012 - 2022 1 . 2 motherboard , by platform 2012 - 2022 1 . 2 . 1 global motherboard sales market share by platform 2012 - 2022 1 . 2 . 2 global motherboard revenue market share by platform 2012 - 2022 1 . 2 . 3 global motherboard price by platform 2012 - 2022 1 . 2 . 4 intel platform 1 . 2 . 5 amd platform 1 . 3 motherboard , by cpu 2012 - 2022 1 . 3 . 1 global motherboard sales market share by cpu 2012 - 2022 1 . 3 . 2 global motherboard revenue market share by cpu 2012 - 2022 1 . 3 . 3 global motherboard price by cpu 2012 - 2022 1 . 3 . 4 386 motherboard 1 . 3 . 5 486 motherboard 1 . 3 . 6 586 motherboard 1 . 3 . 7 686 motherboard\nchapter two motherboard by regions 2012 - 2017 2 . 1 global motherboard sales market share by regions 2012 - 2017 2 . 2 global motherboard revenue market share by regions 2012 - 2017 2 . 3 global motherboard price by regions 2012 - 2017 2 . 4 north america 2 . 4 . 1 united states 2 . 4 . 2 canada 2 . 5 latin america 2 . 5 . 1 mexico 2 . 5 . 2 brazil 2 . 5 . 3 argentina 2 . 5 . 4 others in latin america 2 . 6 europe 2 . 6 . 1 germany 2 . 6 . 2 united kingdom 2 . 6 . 3 france 2 . 6 . 4 italy 2 . 6 . 5 spain 2 . 6 . 6 russia 2 . 6 . 7 netherland 2 . 6 . 8 others in europe 2 . 7 asia & pacific 2 . 7 . 1 china 2 . 7 . 2 japan 2 . 7 . 3 india 2 . 7 . 4 korea 2 . 7 . 5 australia 2 . 7 . 6 southeast asia 2 . 7 . 6 . 1 indonesia 2 . 7 . 6 . 2 thailand 2 . 7 . 6 . 3 philippines 2 . 7 . 6 . 4 vietnam 2 . 7 . 6 . 5 singapore 2 . 7 . 6 . 6 malaysia 2 . 7 . 6 . 7 others in southeast asia 2 . 8 africa & middle east 2 . 8 . 1 south africa 2 . 8 . 2 egypt 2 . 8 . 3 turkey 2 . 8 . 4 saudi arabia 2 . 8 . 5 iran 2 . 8 . 6 others in africa & middle east\nchapter three motherboard by players 2012 - 2017 3 . 1 global motherboard sales volume market share by players 2012 - 2017 3 . 2 global motherboard revenue share by players 2012 - 2017 3 . 3 global top players motherboard key product model and market performance 3 . 4 global top players motherboard key target consumers and market performance\nchapter four motherboard by consumer 2012 - 2017 4 . 1 global motherboard sales market share by consumer 2012 - 2017 4 . 2 pc 4 . 3 mobile pc 4 . 4 server system 4 . 5 consuming habit and preference\nnorah trent wiseguy research consultants pvt . ltd . + 1 646 845 9349 / + 44 208 133 9349 email us here\nle fournisseur cloud suisse n\u2019cloud . swiss ag certifi\u00e9 iso 9001 : 2015 et iso / iec 27001 : 2013"]}
{"id": 54868, "summary": [{"text": "durable water repellent , or dwr , is a coating added to fabrics at the factory to make them water-resistant ( or hydrophobic ) .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "most factory-applied treatments are fluoropolymer based .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "durable water repellents are commonly used in conjunction with waterproof breathable fabrics such as gore-tex to prevent the outer layer of fabric from becoming saturated with water .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "this saturation , called ' wetting out , ' can reduce the garment 's breathability ( moisture transport through the breathable membrane ) and let water through .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "as the dwr wears off over time , re-treatment is recommended when necessary .", "topic": 13}, {"text": "many spray-on and wash-in products for treatment of non-waterproof garments and re-treatment of proofed garments losing their water-repellency are available from sources of sporting apparel .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "older methods for factory application of dwr treatments involve applying a solution of a chemical onto the surface of the fabric by spraying or dipping .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "more recently the chemistry is applied in the vapor phase using chemical vapor deposition ( cvd ) machinery .", "topic": 13}, {"text": "the advantages of cvd include eliminating the use of hazardous and environmentally harmful solvents in the application process ; requiring less chemical ; and an extremely thin waterproof layer that has less effect on the natural look and feel of the fabric .", "topic": 35}, {"text": "later advances have eliminated perfluorinated acids , considered to be potentially hazardous to human health by the us environmental protection agency and numerous research studies , from the application process .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "an overview of the current situation on use of per - and polyfluoroalkyl substances ( pfass ) within repellent clothing has been written by three industry experts", "topic": 28}], "title": "durable water repellent", "paragraphs": ["make raingear shed water like new again with revivex durable water repellent spray . our best - performing waterproofing spray , revivex durable water repellent is a breathable dwr that repels water , oil , and stains .\nwaterproof jackets are only able to repel water whilst their dwr ( or ' durable water repellent ' ) coating is working .\nnearly every piece of technical outerwear today is treated with a durable water repellent ( dwr ) finish before leaving the factory .\nif the water sinks in and absorbs into the material , your jacket is\nwetting out\nand needs to have the durable water repellent finish reapplied .\nnormal detergents can adversely affect the durable water repellent ( dwr ) finish and leave a hydrophilic residue , so they should never be used .\nadd durable water repellency treatment to the wash , following the instructions on the bottle .\nif the water beads up , staying on the outside of the garment like dew drops , your jacket does not need to have the durable water repellent finish reapplied .\nfollowed directions and it worked . nylon rain jacket is now water repellent again !\nfollowing spray application , tumble dry your garment for 20 minutes to reactivate the durable water - repellent ( dwr ) treatment on the outer fabric .\nonce it is dry , tumble dry your garment for 20 minutes to reactivate the durable water - repellent ( dwr ) treatment on the outer fabric .\nvirtually all rainwear have their exteriors treated with a durable water repellent ( dwr ) finish . it is rainwear ' s first line of defense against precipitation .\n10 . 5 oz 10 . 5 oz durable + 10 fl oz pro cleaner 10 . 5 oz durable + 10 fl oz down cleaner\nurltoken covers dwr ( durable water repellent ) and explains what it is , how it works , why it is important , and demonstrates how easy it is to compromize the effectiveness of dwr .\nmany articles of clothing are treated with water repellent substances , but these substances break down over time . there is more\ndwr is durable water repellency , another way of coating the fabric after a laminate or membrane has been applied to form a protective wall from water droplets on the outer layer .\ndwr is a water repellent coating added at the manufacturing stage to a product . usually dwr is used not only used to help repel water , but to increase breathability .\nto retreat a dwr coated product , simply wash it and then apply a special reproofer , which can be a wash in or spray in water repellent .\nthis is a test in which a tube of water 1\nin diameter is filled with water .\nthree - ply gore - tex is more durable as there is no friction on the actual membrane and it is completely protected .\nthe first step to revive durable water repellent finishes on clothing is to clean the garment . often , removing surface oils and dirt will help restore the fiber\u2019s hydrophobic qualities . next , expose the article of clothing to heat . place the clothing in a dry and tumble dry on low to medium heat . always follow the garment\u2019s care directions on the label .\nwhen the factory applied treatment can no longer be reactivated , apply a new water - repellent treatment available as a pump - spray or a wash - in product to the garment ' s outer fabric .\nwhen a glass capillary is is placed in liquid water , water rises up into the capillary . the height to which the water rises depends on the diameter of the tube and the temperature of the water but not on the angle at which the tube enters the water . the smaller the diameter , the higher the liquid rises .\ndepending on how old your jacket is \u2014 and how often you use it \u2014 you may need to restore the water repellent treatment on the outside of the fabric . luckily , there ' s an easy fix .\nfluoropolymers break down over time when exposed to water and chemicals . laundry soap will eventually decrease the treated garment\u2019s ability to repel water by leaving a residue that attracts water and dirt , so re - treatment becomes necessary .\nwater repellent garments are usually treated with a substance called fluoropolymers . a fluoropolymer is characterized by many strong fluoride - carbon bonds . it is resistant to liquids , solvents and various chemicals . this substance is most well known as teflon .\nthe material is comparatively heavy . it is questionable whether it is sufficiently durable to be recommended for serious mountaineering use . it has no hydrostatic head . when it needs reproofing water can be pushed through the fabric , e . g . by the weight of a rucksack ; however the water will disappear soon after the pressure is released .\nmany manufacturers of high performance outdoor clothing use outer fabrics that are treated with durable water repellent . the vast majority , despite differences in marketing names and claims , are based on flouropolymers . these are ptfe molecules that are applied to the surface and cured at high heat to make them adhere better and increase performance . these compounds have a fluorine atom at one end which is highly hydrophobic . heat causes them to align themselves with their flourines exposed . water tries to move away from the flourines resulting in beading . this allows the water to roll off without wetting the fabric .\nwater droplets should roll right off of the jacket when you pick it up .\na two - ply gore - tex is more durable than a one layer creation , yet the fabric is more susceptible to abrasion on the inner surface than a three ply or xcr gore layer .\ndwr is not permanent , though . regular wear and tear , plus exposure to dirt , detergents , insect repellent , and other impurities can shorten its lifespan . the good news is that restoring the water repellency of your gore - tex shell is extremely easy .\nto prevent wet out , all gore - tex shell fabrics are treated with an ultra - thin treatment called dwr , adurable water repellent polymer that is applied to the outermost fabric layer . dwr penetrates the fibers and lowers the surface tension of the fabric , causing water to bead up and roll off this outer layer of fabric , instead of being absorbed .\nideally you should look at dwr treatments as a way to improve or enhance existing water resistance .\nparamo works like the fur of an animal whereas conventional waterproofs work more like a sheet of plastic . there are three constituent components : two layers of fabric and a waterproofing agent . the fabric is impregnated with nikwax tx direct treatment t hat leaves a water - repellent finish on each individual fibre so that the outer layer , as well as being fully windproof , will deflect at least 90 % of water that hits it .\nafter the treatment has been applied , apply your garment to a heat source , such as an iron , tumble dryer or a radiator , which will encourage the activation of the water repellent properties . ( this should be on a low setting so as to not harm the fibres and cause further abrasion to the garment . )\nall waterproof jackets , including gore - tex jackets , rely on a durable water repellent finish in order to keep you dry . these treatments also keep the surface fabric of your garment dry , maintaining the breathability of the fabric . over time , however , these dwr treatments will wear off and become less effective . when this happens , they need reapplying . once you start to notice that you don ' t get the same level of beading on the jacket as you did previously , it ' s time to give your garment a thorough clean , and a fresh dwr treatment .\nif , however , the water sits on the fabric and that section begins to darken slightly , water is making its way to the fibers and wetting the fabric . it ' s time to revive your dwr .\nyour jacket has got your back . it follows you on adventures , keeping you warm and dry even through the stormiest weather . so return the favor\u2014keep your jacket healthy and strong by reapplying the dwr ( durable water repellent ) finish to your jacket . this guide will show you how to test whether your jacket needs to be treated and how to treat it . you ' ll want to start with a clean jacket . dirt , oil and use can wear the dwr finish off your jacket , allowing water to penetrate into the fabric . fortunately , reapplying a dwr finish is easy . a trip through the wash is all it takes to give your jacket new life\u2014making it ready for rain or shine .\nin addition , the waterproofing treatment causes the garment to treat water directionally , so that any water that hits it is deflected . it also means that any moisture that is created on the inside will be drawn away .\nadding soaps and detergents that disrupt the intermolecular attractions between adjacent water molecules can reduce the surface tension of water . because they affect the surface properties of a liquid , soaps and detergents are called surface - active agents , or\nthis is then tested over 24 hours to see how many millimeters of water the fabric can withstand before leaking .\na close - weave synthetic fibre that is inherently windproof , and dwr - treated to improve water resistance . any water that does get through will not make the wearer cold since it is warmed up upon meeting the body heat of the wearer within the fibres of the inner . the water transmission system is driven by the wearer\u2019s body heat .\nthis beading process aids breathable membranes such as gore - tex as it keeps water from clogging the pore based construction .\nthe same phenomenon holds molecules together at the surface of a bulk sample of water , almost as if they formed a skin . when filling a glass with water , the glass can be overfilled so that the level of the liquid actually extends\ndwrs work by increasing the\ncontact angle\nor\nsurface tension\ncreated when water contacts a textile . basically , a high contact angle creates a microscopically\nspiky\nsurface that suspends water droplets on the outer fringe of the fabric .\ndwr is a chemical spray which is created using fluoropolymers or silicone . working like a teflon which is typically used on items that need a non stick surface such as frying pans , these polymers allow water to bead straight off as a water droplet .\ntested in lab conditions to keep out a certain amount of water , waterproofing has set standards by which it can be meaured .\nsome dwr coatings can enable the jacket to be waterproof , some can only offer water repellency . always check before you buy .\nif washing and drying the clothing does not work , there are some at home products that may be used to reinforce and refresh the fluoropolymers . one method is a spray on treatment . the directions are simple . spray the durable water repellent product directly on the clothing . make sure to spray the garment as evenly as possible . next , place the article of clothing on an ironic board . use an iron with a synthetic clothing setting to iron the treated garment . re - treating with a spray on solution is much like starching a shirt . even coverage , and careful , thorough ironing will lead to the greatest amount of success . before choosing this method , make sure the clothing to be treated can be ironed .\nwasher and dryer safe articles that have no dwr can also be treated with permanent water - guard . in order to maximize performance , there are two formulas of permanent water - guard . the 17oz trigger bottle item # 1356 is optimized for 100 % cotton or cotton blends . the 10 \u00bd oz aerosol item # 1357 is optimized for 100 % synthetics like nylon , polyester , acrylic , etc . these can be used to create your own highly breathable yet water repellent \u201csoft shell\u201d system . # 1356 can also be used as a wash - in and will exceed the performance of competing brands , but why not just do it right and enjoy our 25 wash guarantee .\nif you don ' t have a dryer , use an iron on a low setting to heat - set the water repellency treatment .\nby reproofing little and often and applying heat as instructed , your dwr treated garment should retain it\u2019s water repelling properties season after season .\nwash - in on the other hand is very inefficient . most of the chemical goes down the drain . worse yet , it eliminates wicking and other moisture management throughout the entire garment . after a few washes in their recommended detergent the wash - in repellency is gone . this is a great benefit to the retailers of water repellent clothing because it suggests to users that it is time to reproof or replace / recycle the item .\nthis is a membrane where the outer layer sheds most of the water . when water penetrates the outer it comes into contact with the \u201cpump liner\u201d or drop liner , which forces any moisture back out of the jacket . the \u201cpump liner\u201d effectively dries faster than it can get wet as the waterproof element is within the lining .\nfigure \\ ( \\ pageindex { 2 } \\ ) : the effects of the high surface tension of liquid water . the full video can be found at urltoken .\nthe phenomenon of capillary action . capillary action of water compared to mercury , in each case with respect to a polar surface such as glass . differences in the relative strengths of cohesive and adhesive forces result in different meniscus shapes for mercury ( left ) and water ( right ) in glass tubes . ( credit : mark ott )\nthis is the point wear many wearers of a membrane such as gore - tex or e - vent feel that their waterproof is just not working , when in actual fact the pores cannot breathe . this causes the garment that was once water repelling to hold onto water , like a sponge . condensation may form from vapours being stuck in the garment , which then gives the illusion of leaking water . many people presume this is a leaking jacket , when in fact the breathability has been hindered .\nif the garment cannot be ironed , or the spray on method seems too difficult there are several wash in products available . some popular products are even biodegradable and safe to use in a home washing machine . the process for re - treating with a wash in durable water repellent is much like washing normal laundry . pretreat the most worn areas of the garment with some of the wash in product . use a soft bristled brush or a sponge to work the solution into the fibers . next , place the clothing into the washing machine . limit the number of items washed in one load to increase the product\u2019s effectiveness . add the wash in product according to the directions . wash the garment as recommended on the care label . follow up the wash in product treatment with a heat treatment . use either a clothes dryer or iron depending on the care instructions . sometimes , as second treatment is necessary to fully restore the garment\u2019s hydrophobic qualities .\n, which are the attractive forces between a liquid and the substance that composes the capillary . water has both strong adhesion to glass , which contains polar sioh groups , and strong intermolecular cohesion . when a glass capillary is put into water , the surface tension due to cohesive forces constricts the surface area of water within the tube , while adhesion between the water and the glass creates an upward force that maximizes the amount of glass surface in contact with the water . if the adhesive forces are stronger than the cohesive forces , as is the case for water , then the liquid in the capillary rises to the level where the downward force of gravity exactly balances this upward force . if , however , the cohesive forces are stronger than the adhesive forces , as is the case for mercury and glass , the liquid pulls itself down into the capillary below the surface of the bulk liquid to minimize contact with the glass ( figure \\ ( \\ pageindex { 4 } \\ ) ) . the upper surface of a liquid in a tube is called the\nin a nutshell , to stay dry ! dwr can diminish in performance due to a number of factors \u2014 like dirt , sweat , abrasion and constant use . usually the dwr treatment will encourage water to bead up and roll off the surface of your garments . but as the treatment begins to fade , the fabric will start to absorb water instead .\nhydrophilic coatings rely on the behavior of water molecules so heat generated by the body inside the garment drives body moisture down the polymer chains in the coating to the external face .\nthe same phenomenon holds molecules together at the surface of a bulk sample of water , almost as if they formed a skin . when filling a glass with water , the glass can be overfilled so that the level of the liquid actually extends above the rim . similarly , a sewing needle or a paper clip can be placed on the surface of a glass of water where it \u201cfloats , \u201d even though steel is much denser than water . many insects take advantage of this property to walk on the surface of puddles or ponds without sinking . this is even better describe in the zero gravity conditions of space as figure \\ ( \\ pageindex { 2 } \\ ) indicates ( and more so in the video link ) .\nfirst step : cleaning . follow the cleaning instructions for the type of rainwear you own . washing away dirt and oils does much to restore a dwr ' s water - shedding abilities .\nmanufacturers generally measure dwr effectiveness by a spray test . water is sprayed onto a textile , and the amount that sticks is visually assessed . a score of 90 points indicated that roughly 90 % of the fabric has no water sticking to it . the higher the number , the better the performance . the test is then repeated after a number of washings to determine durability .\nit contains a flouro - chemical and is water - based . it\u2019s recommended by gore - tex products . the garment is washed and then treated with the products in the washing machine .\nadjustable cuffs are common on jackets and waterproof clothing as they close off the sleeves , one of the main access points for water to enter . full storm flap protection on all openings .\nfluids and nutrients are transported up the stems of plants or the trunks of trees by capillary action . plants contain tiny rigid tubes composed of cellulose , to which water has strong adhesion . because of the strong adhesive forces , nutrients can be transported from the roots to the tops of trees that are more than 50 m tall . cotton towels are also made of cellulose ; they absorb water because the tiny tubes act like capillaries and \u201cwick\u201d the water away from your skin . the moisture is absorbed by the entire fabric , not just the layer in contact with your body .\nthe alternative is permanent water - guard . when properly applied , it is guaranteed to still bead water after 25 washings in sport - wash residue free detergent . sport - wash will also restore good factory dwr at least 25 times . sport - wash completely restores all the features and benefits of your high performance clothes , eliminating the need to replace / recycle or even reproof your treasures .\nthis unique system of water transfer control , insulation and waterproofing is derived from observations of how an animal\u2019s fur works . the inner layer is a very short - haired fleece which is reversed , so that as water enters the fleece and moves down towards the base of the fibres , it comes under increasing pressure ; eventually it cannot get any further and is pushed back up the fibres .\nfigure \\ ( \\ pageindex { 1 } \\ ) presents a microscopic view of a liquid droplet . a typical molecule in the interior of the droplet is surrounded by other molecules that exert attractive forces from all directions . consequently , there is no net force on the molecule that would cause it to move in a particular direction . in contrast , a molecule on the surface experiences a net attraction toward the drop because there are no molecules on the outside to balance the forces exerted by adjacent molecules in the interior . because a sphere has the smallest possible surface area for a given volume , intermolecular attractive interactions between water molecules cause the droplet to adopt a spherical shape . this maximizes the number of attractive interactions and minimizes the number of water molecules at the surface . hence raindrops are almost spherical , and drops of water on a waxed ( nonpolar ) surface , which does not interact strongly with water , form round beads ( see the chapter opener photo ) . a dirty car is covered with a mixture of substances , some of which are polar . attractive interactions between the polar substances and water cause the water to spread out into a thin film instead of forming beads .\nyou should retreat your waterproof garments every 4 - 6 months , depending on usage . washing and applying heat ( either via a tumble dryer or iron ) revitalises the water repellency of the treatment .\nthe phenomenon of capillary action . capillary action seen as water climbs to different levels in glass tubes of different diameters . credit : dr . clay robinson , phd , west texas a & m university .\nin the graphic above , the pegs created by the dwr coating are represented in red above the face fabric . as your can see the water droplets , represented in blue , bead up and roll off the coating .\na representation of surface tension in a liquid . molecules at the surface of water experience a net attraction to other molecules in the liquid , which holds the surface of the bulk sample together . in contrast , those in the interior experience uniform attractive forces .\nthe dwr treatment is the first line of defense against wet weather conditions and prevents the face fabric from becoming saturated . when you see water beading up and rolling off your gore - tex jacket or down puffy , that\u2019s actually the dwr technology at work .\nthe psi relates to the amount of water pressure that a garment can withstand both from the pressure within the garment ( the wearer ) and the external conditions ( the weather ) . psi can also be converted into mm of pressure for a simple reading .\nbreathable membranes consist of an extremely thin film containing microscopic pores that are large enough for body moisture to pass through , but small enough to keep water droplets out . most microporous membranes are laminated to a face fabric and are available in two - and three - layer versions .\ndon\u2019t replace / recycle your high performance favorites . restore them with sport - wash andpermanent water - guard . with the time , money , and resources you save you can enjoy the outdoors more . request a free sample of sport - wash and learn more at atsko . com .\ndwr fabrics can be washed with nikwax polarproof which provides a dwr finish for soft garments such as fleeces , or with granger\u2019s extreme wash - in which is a water based product containing flouro - chemicals . this is the go outdoors recommended product for applying to most dwr coated products .\ndwr is applied at the manufacturing stage , laying directly onto the individual fibres of a thread , which is crucial in helping the garment to allow water to bead off , without hidering breathability . the factory applications are more thorough than a home coating , and seams are typically sealed as well to allow 100 % waterproofing .\n, and the shape of the meniscus depends on the relative strengths of the cohesive and adhesive forces . in liquids such as water , the meniscus is concave ; in liquids such as mercury , however , which have very strong cohesive forces and weak adhesion to glass , the meniscus is convex ( figure \\ ( \\ pageindex { 4 } \\ ) ) .\nthe problem with dwr\u2019s is that they must be very clean to work well . anything that contaminates the surface can mask the effects of the flourines , giving the water a place to contact and attack . over a period of a few months , sulfides and other pollutants in the air can settle on the fabric and reduce repellency even if the garment is not worn .\ndwr is a polymer applied to the face fabric that creates microscopic pegs , or hairs , that protrude from the fabric . ( you didn\u2019t know that you were bristling like a hedgehog in your new ski jacket , did you ? ) these pegs encourage the water droplets to band together and roll off , instead of spreading out along the face of the fabric and soaking through .\nif liquids tend to adopt the shapes of their containers , then , do small amounts of water on a freshly waxed car form raised droplets instead of a thin , continuous film ? the answer lies in a property called surface tension , which depends on intermolecular forces . surface tension is the energy required to increase the surface area of a liquid by a unit amount and varies greatly from liquid to liquid based on the nature of the intermolecular forces , e . g . , water with hydrogen bonds has a surface tension of 7 . 29 x 10 - 2 j / m 2 ( at 20\u00b0c ) , while mercury with metallic ( electrostatic ) bonds has as surface tension that is 15 - times higher : 4 . 86 x 10 - 1 j / m 2 ( at 20\u00b0c ) .\n. in the 1960s , us navy researchers developed a method of fighting fires aboard aircraft carriers using \u201cfoams , \u201d which are aqueous solutions of fluorinated surfactants . the surfactants reduce the surface tension of water below that of fuel , so the fluorinated solution is able to spread across the burning surface and extinguish the fire . such foams are now used universally to fight large - scale fires of organic liquids .\ntrue , a waterproof / breathable membrane ( e . g . , gore - tex \u00ae , event \u00ae , rei elements \u00ae ) will stop water from penetrating a rain jacket ' s interior . but a dwr prevents precipitation from saturating the jacket ' s exterior . without a dwr , a rain jacket ' s exterior becomes waterlogged and heavy ; the damp fabric tends to sag and cling to your skin .\ngore - tex is the most established brand of microporous membrane . it consists of a wafer - thin expanded ptfe - poly - tetra - fluoro - ethylene ( teflon ) , in which each pore is 20 , 000 times smaller than a water droplet , yet some 700 times larger than a body moisture molecule . the fabric thus has excellent levels of waterproofing and breathability . it is laminated to either one or two surfaces , the different processes then being described as two - and three - ply .\nn . the values of the surface tension of some representative liquids are listed in table \\ ( \\ pageindex { 1 } \\ ) . note the correlation between the surface tension of a liquid and the strength of the intermolecular forces : the stronger the intermolecular forces , the higher the surface tension . for example , water , with its strong intermolecular hydrogen bonding , has one of the highest surface tension values of any liquid , whereas low - boiling - point organic molecules , which have relatively weak intermolecular forces , have much lower surface tensions . mercury is an apparent anomaly , but its very high surface tension is due to the presence of strong metallic bonding .\nhowever , the effectiveness of a dwr treatment becomes compromised over time by exposure to dirt , grease , sunscreen , smoke , bug spray , hair , etc . the little pegs lose their perkiness , and start getting clogged , flattening out , and losing their ability to ward off water . if you notice that rain or snow is saturating your jacket instead of rolling off it , the dwr treatment needs some maintenance . it\u2019s a common misconception that technical outerwear , like gore - tex rain pants , for example , should be washed as little as possible ; that couldn\u2019t be further from the truth . regular washing , if done correctly , actually reactivates the dwr treatment so it works the way it\u2019s supposed to .\nto clean a garment , place it in a front - loading washing machine ( the agitator in older top - loading machines could damage the garment , especially if it\u2019s a down puffy ) and set it on a warm cycle with a low spin . it\u2019s important to use the right detergent : ideally , a liquid detergent designed specifically to clean technical garments , such as nikwax tech wash . commercial liquid detergents will work in a pinch , too , but keep in mind that they may contain perfumes , conditioners , bleaches , softeners , or other waxes or oils that will adhere to the surface of the garment . these residues will attract water and thus limit the effectiveness of the dwr , so be sure to rinse the garment twice to get as much out as possible .\nsurface tension , capillary action , and viscosity are unique properties of liquids that depend on the nature of intermolecular interactions . surface tension is the energy required to increase the surface area of a liquid by a given amount . the stronger the intermolecular interactions , the greater the surface tension . surfactants are molecules , such as soaps and detergents , that reduce the surface tension of polar liquids like water . capillary action is the phenomenon in which liquids rise up into a narrow tube called a capillary . it results when cohesive forces , the intermolecular forces in the liquid , are weaker than adhesive forces , the attraction between a liquid and the surface of the capillary . the shape of the meniscus , the upper surface of a liquid in a tube , also reflects the balance between adhesive and cohesive forces . the viscosity of a liquid is its resistance to flow . liquids that have strong intermolecular forces tend to have high viscosities .\nhelp and advice help and advice . . . can i use fabsil on my car\u2019s soft - top roof ? are any granger\u2019s products suitable for removing mould and mildew from tents and awnings ? how long will fabsil and fabsil gold take to dry ? are fabsil and fabsil gold suitable for re - proofing my car\u2019s soft - top ? what can i use to clean my paint brushes after using fabsil of fabsil gold ? can i apply fabsil and fabsil gold using a spray gun , or another spray mechanism ? what is the best way to apply fabsil and fabsil gold ? how should i apply granger\u2019s footwear repel ? what temperature should i use when washing my garment ? can i use granger\u2019s performance wash and granger\u2019s clothing repel in the same wash cycle ? i don\u2019t have access to a tumble dryer - is there another way to dry my garment ? what effect will washing my garment with standard detergent have on its level of water - repellency ? my garment isn\u2019t suitable for tumble drying . can i still wash it with granger\u2019s clothing wash + repel ?\nviscosity ( \u03b7 ) is the resistance of a liquid to flow . some liquids , such as gasoline , ethanol , and water , flow very readily and hence have a low viscosity . others , such as motor oil , molasses , and maple syrup , flow very slowly and have a high viscosity . the two most common methods for evaluating the viscosity of a liquid are ( 1 ) to measure the time it takes for a quantity of liquid to flow through a narrow vertical tube and ( 2 ) to measure the time it takes steel balls to fall through a given volume of the liquid . the higher the viscosity , the slower the liquid flows through the tube and the steel balls fall . viscosity is expressed in units of the poise ( mpa\u2022s ) ; the higher the number , the higher the viscosity . the viscosities of some representative liquids are listed in table 11 . 3 . 1 and show a correlation between viscosity and intermolecular forces . because a liquid can flow only if the molecules can move past one another with minimal resistance , strong intermolecular attractive forces make it more difficult for molecules to move with respect to one another . the addition of a second hydroxyl group to ethanol , for example , which produces ethylene glycol ( hoch 2 ch 2 oh ) , increases the viscosity 15 - fold . this effect is due to the increased number of hydrogen bonds that can form between hydroxyl groups in adjacent molecules , resulting in dramatically stronger intermolecular attractive forces .\nwe ' ve made some changes to urltoken . if the information you are looking for is not here , you may be able to find it on the epa web archive or the january 19 , 2017 web snapshot .\nthe documents refine the scope of the initial 10 risk evaluations under amended tsca .\nepa has developed a strategic plan to reduce the use of vertebrate animals in chemical testing .\nthe proposed rule would provide a sustainable source of funding to defray costs of implementing new responsibilities under amended tsca .\non june 22 , 2018 epa issued guidance to increase transparency around confidential business information ( cbi ) . learn more about :\nread the press release announcing several actions on the second anniversary of the lautenberg act .\nepa will hold a june 25 , 2018 webcast regarding pbt exposure and hazard information . learn more .\ncontact us to ask a question , provide feedback , or report a problem .\nquestions ? call our pros : 1 - 866 - 784 - 3308 | free shipping on all orders over $ 25 shipped in the u . s . a . *\nmost home treatments suggest re - treating clothing every six to eight uses . garments can last a very long time with proper care and treatments .\nwill fowler is the marketing director for the concrete protector and sani - tred in wapakoneta , ohio . will designed his first website when he was 15 , and loves all things in design , wordpress , and apple . will enjoys writing about home improvement , basement waterproofing , and decorative concrete coatings . will lives with his beautiful wife , four rambunctious children in ohio .\nhelp spread the word ! the libretexts project is the now the highest ranked and most visited online oer textbook project thanks to you .\n( textbook _ maps / general _ chemistry / map : _ chemistry _ ( zumdahl _ and _ decoste ) / 16 : _ liquids _ and _ solids / 16 . 02 : _ the _ liquid _ state ) , / content / body / pre , line 2 , column 9\nalthough you have been introduced to some of the interactions that hold molecules together in a liquid , we have not yet discussed the consequences of those interactions for the bulk properties of liquids . we now turn our attention to three unique properties of liquids that intimately depend on the nature of intermolecular interactions :\n, which is defined as the energy required to increase the surface area of a liquid by a specific amount . surface tension is therefore measured as energy per unit area , such as joules per square meter ( j / m\n) , as shown in figure \\ ( \\ pageindex { 3 } \\ ) .\npolar substances are drawn up a glass capillary and generally have a concave meniscus .\nthere is also a correlation between viscosity and molecular shape . liquids consisting of long , flexible molecules tend to have higher viscosities than those composed of more spherical or shorter - chain molecules . the longer the molecules , the easier it is for them to become \u201ctangled\u201d with one another , making it more difficult for them to move past one another . london dispersion forces also increase with chain length . due to a combination of these two effects , long - chain hydrocarbons ( such as motor oils ) are highly viscous .\nmotor oils and other lubricants demonstrate the practical importance of controlling viscosity . the oil in an automobile engine must effectively lubricate under a wide range of conditions , from subzero starting temperatures to the 200\u00b0c that oil can reach in an engine in the heat of the mojave desert in august . viscosity decreases rapidly with increasing temperatures because the kinetic energy of the molecules increases , and higher kinetic energy enables the molecules to overcome the attractive forces that prevent the liquid from flowing . as a result , an oil that is thin enough to be a good lubricant in a cold engine will become too \u201cthin\u201d ( have too low a viscosity ) to be effective at high temperatures .\nthe viscosity of motor oils is described by an sae ( society of automotive engineers ) rating ranging from sae 5 to sae 50 for engine oils : the lower the number , the lower the viscosity ( figure \\ ( \\ pageindex { 5 } \\ ) ) . so - called single - grade oils can cause major problems . if they are viscous enough to work at high operating temperatures ( sae 50 , for example ) , then at low temperatures , they can be so viscous that a car is difficult to start or an engine is not properly lubricated . consequently , most modern oils are multigrade , with designations such as sae 20w / 50 ( a grade used in high - performance sports cars ) , in which case the oil has the viscosity of an sae 20 oil at subzero temperatures ( hence the w for winter ) and the viscosity of an sae 50 oil at high temperatures . these properties are achieved by a careful blend of additives that modulate the intermolecular interactions in the oil , thereby controlling the temperature dependence of the viscosity . many of the commercially available oil additives \u201cfor improved engine performance\u201d are highly viscous materials that increase the viscosity and effective sae rating of the oil , but overusing these additives can cause the same problems experienced with highly viscous single - grade oils .\nbased on the nature and strength of the intermolecular cohesive forces and the probable nature of the liquid\u2013glass adhesive forces , predict what will happen when a glass capillary is put into a beaker of sae 20 motor oil . will the oil be pulled up into the tube by capillary action or pushed down below the surface of the liquid in the beaker ? what will be the shape of the meniscus ( convex or concave ) ? ( hint : the surface of glass is lined with si\u2013oh groups . )\ndetermine whether the forces interact with the surface of glass . from the strength of this interaction , predict the behavior of the oil and the shape of the meniscus .\na motor oil is a nonpolar liquid consisting largely of hydrocarbon chains . the cohesive forces responsible for its high boiling point are almost solely london dispersion forces between the hydrocarbon chains .\nb such a liquid cannot form strong interactions with the polar si\u2013oh groups of glass , so the surface of the oil inside the capillary will be lower than the level of the liquid in the beaker . the oil will have a convex meniscus similar to that of mercury .\npredict what will happen when a glass capillary is put into a beaker of ethylene glycol . will the ethylene glycol be pulled up into the tube by capillary action or pushed down below the surface of the liquid in the beaker ? what will be the shape of the meniscus ( convex or concave ) ?\ncapillary action will pull the ethylene glycol up into the capillary . the meniscus will be concave .\nthe libretexts libraries are powered by mindtouch\u00ae and are based upon work supported by the national science foundation under grant numbers : 1246120 , 1525057 , and 1413739 . the california state university affordable learning solutions and merlot are the project ' s primary partners . unless otherwise noted , the contents of the libretexts library is licensed under a creative commons attribution - noncommercial - share alike 3 . 0 united states license . permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at delmarlarsen @ urltoken .\nwant to stay d - r - y when it rains ? you need outerwear with a high - performing dwr .\ndwrs diminish in performance due to a number of factors\u2014dirt , body oils , abrasion and repeated launderings .\noften they can be revived by a washing and a few minutes of tumbling in a clothes dryer set on low or medium heat .\nwith heavily used garments , dwrs eventually need to be reapplied by a spray - on or wash - in product .\ntest your rainwear by sprinkling or spraying some drops on its exterior . does it bead up and roll off ? your dwr is in good shape . if you give the fabric a single strong shake , does most of the moisture fly off ? ditto .\ngood news : dwr coating does not impair your jacket ' s breathability . rather than coating a textile ' s entire surface , dwr coats individual fibers , leaving the space between the fibers open for breathability .\nnext step : apply heat . after washing , exposure to heat does the most to bring a dwr back to life . generally speaking , you should place the garment in a dryer set for low or medium heat for up to 15 minutes .\ngore - tex : w . l . gore recommends touching up gore - tex items with a steam iron ( at a warm setting ) . first - time users are advised to place a towel between the iron and garment during the touch - up .\nevent : the maker of event does not encourage the use of dryers , advocating hang drying . it commonly promotes touch - ups with a steam iron ( at a warm setting ) . as with gore - tex , it ' s safest to place a towel between the iron and the fabric .\nnote : if not badly soiled , a garment may only need a short spin in a clothes dryer at medium heat .\nif the steps above\u2014cleaning and heating\u2014aren ' t enough to revive your dwr ( i . e . , rain still soaks into the exterior fabric of your jacket ) , it ' s time to reapply a new dwr coating .\nthis step eventually becomes necessary due to excessive abrasion from rocks , repeated contact with hipbelts and shoulder straps or simply years of multiple launderings .\nthe fix : a dwr can be reapplied ( perpetually , in fact ) via a spray - on or wash - in dwr revival product from companies such as granger ' s , nikwax , mcnett or penguin .\nselective use : here ' s a tip often used by mountain guides to revive a jacket ' s high - abrasion areas : 1 . spray worn abraded areas with a dwr aftercare product . 2 . use the synthetic setting on an iron ( one with a trusted thermostat ) to apply low to medium heat . it ' s a process similar to starching the collar of a dress shirt . important : the garment must be able to accept ironing . check the garment ' s care instructions before trying this .\nan optimized dwr keeps droplets in a rounder shape\u2014like a dome - shaped bead . the rounder the droplet , the easier it rolls off the fabric . a low contact angle permits droplets to assume a flatter shape , one that can spread out like a splotch , cling to the fabric ' s surface and eventually seep into it .\ntest scores and the number of washings are combined to create a rating . for example , a 90 / 10 rating means the spray test achieved a total of 90 points after 10 washes .\n80 points after 20 washes . marmot , for example , uses this as its minimum rating for outerwear .\ncheck your inbox for your first email ( and a little surprise ) from rei . we & apos ; ll send you a few emails every week . you can easily unsubscribe at any time .\nat rei , we believe that a life outdoors is a life well lived . we ' ve been sharing our passion for the outdoors since 1938 . read our story\njoin the rei co - 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free . all other soaps and detergents leave residue of surfactants , fragrances , and uv brighteners which all reduce repellency . the residue also destroys all other features like wicking , breathability , insulation , and rapid drying .\nmost reproofing products can be spray applied or washed - in in the rinse cycle . spraying , brushing , wiping , etc . is a very efficient use of product . it is applied just where it is needed .\npasswords are case - sensitive , be at least 8 characters in length , and must contain at least one special character .\nbackcountry gearheads are your partners in adventure . they ' re outdoors experts with the knowledge and experience to guide you to the right gear and apparel .\nonce the dirt and contaminants have been washed out , heat is required to reactivate the dwr . you can either dry it in the dryer or hang - dry it and then tumble it in a warm dryer for 20 minutes . if the garment\u2019s cleaning instructions prohibit the use of a dryer , you can apply heat by passing a warm iron over the surface of the fabric ; just be sure to place a towel between the garment and the iron to avoid damage .\nregular cleaning will help your garment perform better , but there will come a point when you might need to restore the dwr . wash - 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", "topic": 32}], "title": "vacu vin", "paragraphs": ["shop from the vacu vin brand for a range of barware accessories , not forgetting the famous vacu vin wine saver .\nvacu vin was founded in 1983 by mr bernd schneider . it all started with the vacu vin wine saver that was produced with help from his brother john , an engineer . now the vacuum wine saver is used in over 35 million households along with other vacu vin homeware items .\ninternational innovation company has added more bar tools and wine accessories to the vacu vin brand . . .\nvacu vin is a dutch family - owned brand with products that are designed , developed and assembled in the netherlands .\nvacu vin has introduced its latest line of bar accessories , including an active cooler , two new flask . . .\nvacu vin\u2019s in - house social work facility is there to help people that are not capable to work in an ordinary work environment .\nwe use this product on wine bottles as well as with a separate vacu vin kit that we bought to hold coffee beans . works great and never loses pressure .\ngot leftover wine ? let the vacu vin wine saver come to the rescue . the vacuum pump and reusable rubber stopper work together to extract air straight from the bottle to lock in freshness . the patented click will let you know when sealing is complete . you ' re on your way to wine that stays fresher for longer with vacu vin .\nthis sleek and effective vacu vin wine saver pumps out air to preserve opened wine longer . it also comes with two stoppers to use after you are done using the pump .\nthe vacu vin wine saver works great , i love the reassuring smell of the air as you pump the vacuum . i haven ' t made vinegar since i bought this item .\nin reality , that ' s a whole lot of doomsaying over a stocking stuffer , and for short - term wine keeping , vacu vin works better than detractors claim . in fact , in my two - day test , the vacu vin wine earned my highest score . i couldn ' t tell it apart from a fresh bottle . but things went south\u2014way south\u2014after a week . at the seven - day mark , the vacu vin wine had become extremely musty and was completely undrinkable , lending credence to some of the theories about its long - term effectiveness . for short - term storage , vacu vin is foolproof and works fine , but if you need to keep an open bottle for more than 48 hours , look elsewhere .\nvacu - vin wine saver system . the only thing sadder than pouring spoiled wine down the drain is not opening it at all because you can ' t finish the bottle at one meal .\ni bought the vacu - vin for my daughter and her husband . i have owned and enjoyed this product for 4 years . it lets you store the wine on it ' s side in the refrigerator .\nused in over 35 million households worldwide , the vacuum wine saver is vacu vin ' s most popular product . they also make a variety of other wine products that are perfect for entertaining in practical style .\nthe one and only , original vacu - vin , used in more than 10 million homes worldwide , is the easiest , most affordable way to preserve opened wines . the vacu - vin pump removes the air ( and the oxygen that spoils wine ) from opened bottles . place it over the reusable stopper and pump out the air . the more stoppers you have , the more bottles you can save ! one - year warranty . includes one pump and two stoppers . gift boxed .\nbest thing to ever happen to wine and wine drinking . a\nmust have\nfor those of us who only want a glass or two , without having to finish the bottle . quite often , the wine is even better the next day having been corked overnight with vacu vin . the investment pays for itself after the first expensive bottle you save by using it .\ni ' ve been using the vacu vin saver for over a year now and it is still\nclicking\nevery time . i live alone so a bottle of wine lasts a while and with this product , it stays ok for longer . you can hear the pop when you take the stopper out , even after a few weeks . i ' ve bought it for friends and family . . . it ' s one of my favourite things !\nthe vacu vin vacuum wine saver is one of the most popular wine accessories ever . it removes the air from opened bottles of wine and prevents oxidation . place the re - usable stopper in the bottle and extract the air from the bottle . a\nclick\ntells you when you have reached the optimum vacuum level . simply re - seal the bottle with the rubber stopper . open , reseal and enjoy your favorite bottles as often as you like .\nthe vacu vin wine saver vacuum pump extracts air from the wine bottle and re - seal the bottle with a rubber stopper . the wine saver gives the user feedback with a \u2018\u2019click\u2019\u2019 sound when the vacuum is achieved . the wine saver is suitable for all non - sparkling wines . the vacuum seal will prevent the oxidation process which causes the deterioration of the wine . the design is highly durable and will tolerate regular prolonged usage . the stoppers can easily be cleaned in the dishwasher . with this set you can save your precious wine for days !\nurltoken review wine should breathe a little , but not overnight . putting an end to the oxidation process , which turns a favourite merlot into vinegar , is easy with the vacu vin wine saver . the stoppers are made from high - quality rubber , which will not affect the taste of the wine , the wine saver uses a vacuum - style pump to release air to keep a wine fresh . and it ' s easy to use - - just place a stopper in a bottle ' s neck , place the pump over the stopper , and pump air out until some resistance is felt . this process is suitable for preserving all but sparkling wines , and will save chiantis , syrahs and others for up to two weeks . - - madeleine miller , urltoken\nin the day of the screw cap bottle you might think you don ' t need these anymore but you ' d be wrong . assuming you don ' t finish a bottle in one go then this wine saver will help to prevent your wine degrading in a way that just sticking the cap back on or wedging the cork back in won ' t . the major changes that occur in a bottle of wine once opened are mostly down to oxidising of the complex compounds at least in the short term , by removing the air from the bottle you help slow down this process . if you then stick it in the fridge you slow down any changes that are due to microbes . whilst the wine is never quite as good the day after with the vacu vin you will keep it much better than just sticking the cap back on .\nin theory it ' s a perfect solution : if air is the enemy , then no air is the answer . getting the air out of the bottle should theoretically protect the wine indefinitely . the trouble is the part where you create a vacuum by hand . how much air can you realistically pull out of a wine bottle with a $ 10 piece of plastic ? some have actually measured the strength of the vacuum created and calculated that it ' s only about 70 percent complete , and that ' s on a fresh pull . that leaves plenty of air in the bottle , plus , over time , there ' s fear that a vacu vin seal leaks , letting in even more air every day . furthermore , some have speculated that the process of creating the vacuum sucks out the volatile esters from the headspace in the bottle , essentially removing flavor compounds along with oxidizing elements .\nthis vacu vin wine set includes everything a wine lover needs to open , pour , chill , and save wine . open the wine with the corkscrew twister . simply place the corkscrew on the wine bottle and twist the spiral until the cork is extracted . pour the wine with the wine server crystals , which allow a perfect , non - drip pour every time . cool the wine with the rapid ice cooler , which chills wine quickly and keeps it cold . simply place the rapid ice in the freezer until cold , then put it into the cooler and place wine bottle inside . lastly , save your wine with the wine saver vacuum pump and vacuum wine stoppers . the wine saver is a vacuum pump , which extracts the air from an opened bottle and re - seals it with a re - usable rubber stopper . place one of the re - usable vacuum wine stoppers in the bottle and extract the air from the bottle using the wine saver pump . a\nclick\nsound tells you when you have reached the optimum vacuum level . the vacuum slows down the oxidation process which makes it possible to enjoy your wine again on a later date .\nsubscribe now to get 6 months for $ 5 - plus a free portable phone charger .\nin the world of wine , air is the enemy . or more specifically , oxygen is the enemy .\nlet me step back a second . air serves a very important purpose when you ' re drinking wine . most importantly , it\nopens up\na wine and helps to bring out its character . when you slosh wine from a bottle into a glass , a lot of air gets mixed in . this causes those aromatic compounds to fill the glass and makes the experience of drinking a good wine all that much better . there are decanters and aerating gadgets to speed up this process , too , if swirling ' s not your thing .\nbut once air gets to the wine , the cat is out of the bag . while it will taste fantastic for a few hours , it will then slowly lose its fruitiness , its aroma , its body , and just about everything else . eventually the wine will oxidize due to exposure to o 2 in the air , which starts a chain reaction in the wine , forming hydrogen peroxide , then acetaldehyde , neither of which you want to be drinking a lot of . once a wine is uncorked ( or once the cork starts to fail ) , this process begins in earnest .\nso what do you do if you want to drink a single glass of wine but not throw away the other four - fifths of the bottle ? you turn to a wine preservation system . there are three main tactics to arrest oxidation , and gadgetry is available for each . they are :\n1 . suck the air\u2014including the oxygen\u2014out of the bottle , leaving a vacuum . 2 . replace the bad air with good air ; some inert gas that won ' t interact with wine . 3 . form a physical barrier between the wine and the air . ( you can also do this by pouring the remainder of a larger bottle of wine into a half - bottle and resealing it such that no air is left between the wine and the cork . )\nwhich one works best ? i ' ve been writing about wine for more than a decade and have tried all three of the above strategies many times over . i have developed opinions about each method , but until now i ' d never done any formal , controlled testing between multiple devices . for this report , i used my informal test results as a guideline but am largely relying on this fresh , formal analysis .\ni purchased seven bottles of the same wine ( a california cabernet sauvignon ) . five were opened and tasted to ensure they weren ' t tainted in some way , and the same amount of wine was poured or extracted from each bottle . the five bottles were each sealed for two days using one of five different preservation systems . after 48 hours , the wines were tasted blind ( i . e . , with no advance knowledge of which glass was which ) and were rated based on how close they tasted to a freshly opened bottle . the wines were then resealed for another five days . on day seven , the blind testing was repeated against another fresh bottle of wine . my wife , who is a wine industry professional and seasoned taster , also tasted all the wines with me . our marks were very similar across the board .\ni ' m not the first person to attempt this test , so remember that every vendor can and will point to its own results that show that without a doubt that its product is the best at preserving wine . they might actually be right : different wines keep better under different conditions . a big chardonnay may keep for days under a vacuum seal in the refrigerator , but a delicate old burgundy could fade in hours unless it ' s treated with the dignity it deserves .\nis the preservation system just about everyone starts on . it ' s cheap , brainlessly simple to use , and for overnight preservation , it usually works well . just pop a special rubber stopper into the bottle ' s mouth , then press the hand pump to the top . pull back a few times and air gets sucked out of the bottle , creating a ( somewhat weak ) vacuum . a clicking noise alerts you when the pump can ' t extract any more air .\nthe most affordable wine preservation system this side of sticking a cork in the bottle . easy to apply to multiple bottles at once . fast and idiot - proof .\ncompletely ineffective after a couple of days . easy to accidentally bump seal and break vacuum . sealed bottles can ' t reliably be stored on their side .\n. this can of inert gasses\u2014nitrogen , carbon dioxide , and argon\u2014feels empty when it ' s full . to use it , first you read the instructions . ( there ' s enough text emblazoned on the surface of the can to make dr . bronner jealous . ) then , following the steps outlined , just remove one of the wd - 40 style mini - straws , connect it to the nozzle , and insert it into a partially - consumed bottle of wine . a specific sequence of long and short compressions ( described on the canister ) sprays a blanket of this invisible gas atop the wine , then you quickly seal it shut , ostensibly sealing in what ' s inside .\ndid you do it right ? well , there ' s no way of knowing until the next time you pour a glass from the bottle .\nthat said , if you do use private preserve correctly , it really does seem to do the trick . blind tastes of wines preserved for two days and seven days with the product earned some of the highest marks in my comparison . i couldn ' t tell much of a difference between a fresh bottle of wine and one preserved with private preserve for a week . and after just two days , i actually thought the private preserve bottle tasted better than a freshly opened one . the bottom line is that air may be an invisible killer , but the stuff inside private preserve is clearly even stronger . at a price that equates to less than a dime per use , this is a low - risk way to keep your wines intact .\nperhaps the best overall at preserving wine ; the company says it ' s had wines opened for over four years under private preserve no ill effects . cheap . usable on multiple bottles simultaneously ( and other non - wine products , too ) .\nbottles must be stored upright . cork jammed back into the top of a bottle doesn ' t scream elegance . instructions vary on website versus bottle . practice before trusting your petrus to it .\nnot the most elegant of wine preservation systems , the air cork at first looks a bit like something you ' d find at spencer gifts . the idea behind it is simple : you insert a deflated latex balloon into the neck of the bottle . it ' s connected via a hose to a hand pump , which you squeeze to inflate the balloon until it forms a seal against the sides of the bottle . getting the height right so there ' s minimal air trapped between the balloon and the surface of the wine is tricky , but making tweaks is easy enough . a valve releases the air out of the balloon so you can remove the mechanism when you want another drink .\nthe overall appearance of the air cork , whether inflated or not , is a little disconcerting , but the impact it had on my test bottle was worse . in blind testing , the wine was decidedly unpleasant by day two , with a distinct chemical taste to it . things were only marginally worse at day seven , though at least the chemical notes had faded considerably , leaving behind a merely dull , lifeless wine with no fruit left in it \u2014 worse than a wine that had been sitting with just a cork in it at that point . my theory is that the wine ' s contact with the rubber in the balloon affected it even more than the air , although the company explicitly claims it will not .\nthat said , i had better luck with air cork on other test bottles ( not tasted blind ) , so i won ' t write it off completely . but there are better options available .\nwired seals bottle without extra height ( making it more likely to fit on a refrigerator shelf ) .\ntired relatively ineffective , even for short - term use ; even the company says a seal is good for just three days before re - pumping is required . looks juvenile . requires cleaning . unclear what long - term impact of rubber on the wine might be .\nthe kickstarter - launched savino ( save + vino ) is the only product in this roundup that requires you to take the wine out of the bottle for it to work . on one hand , that ' s good : the savino is elegant and sophisticated and lets you pretend your yellow tail is chateau lafite . on the other hand , that ' s just more stuff you have to clean before bedtime . the idea is similar to the air cork . pour the wine into the savino , then drop a hollow plastic disc on top . the disc floats to the top of the wine , and a silicone ring around the edges blocks virtually all of the wine ' s surface from being exposed to air .\nthat ' s the idea , anyway . results with the savino were mixed and , in fact , a little baffling . after two days , the wine in my blind taste was at its worst , a funky , musty wine that had begun to taste astringent and was developing some of the same chemical notes as the air corked wine . but on day seven , things had settled down . at this point , the wine was tasting fresh and fruity , with none of those off notes . in less formal tests , i ' ve also had inconsistent results . one wine will taste fine after four or five days , another will turn sour after 24 hours .\nwhat to make of all of this ? maybe it ' s best to use savino as a simple decanter , and drop in the preservation disc topper if you don ' t happen to finish it off . . . then hope for the best .\nwired handsome . easy to use : dump in wine , drop in the float .\ntired inconsistent performance . lots of stuff to clean ( disassembles into five separate pieces ) . needs special care to avoid sunlight and jostling the carafe . one wine at a time only . seems pricey .\neasily the most sophisticated preservation system on this list , the steampunky coravin 1000 is the only device i ' ve seen that can remove wine from a bottle without ever opening it . designed by a medical device inventor , the coravin works by inserting a long needle ( inspired by a spinal needle ) directly through the cork and capsule of an unopened bottle of wine . push a button and argon goes in , which allows wine to come out through the same needle . when you ' re done , remove the coravin and the cork reseals , leaving virtually no evidence that the wine ' s been consumed . in a sense , the wine ' s original preservation system\u2014the cork\u2014does the real work .\nmechanism : needle inserts argon while extracting wine $ 350 ( est . ) , refills about $ 10 / capsule . launches later this year . urltoken\nit ' s a fascinating concept that lets you sample a wine before committing to it , perfect for those who want to check if a wine is ready to be consumed . got a cellar full of old mouton ? now you can sample it every few months so you don ' t miss the optimal drinking window . of course , if you want to use it to drink one glass of wine a night for a week , you can do that too . ( high - end by - the - glass service at restaurants is a major target for the company . )\nat the same time , the coravin has some issues . it ' s far from intuitive , it doesn ' t work with synthetic stoppers or screwcaps , and wine pours slowly and somewhat inelegantly , full of spurts and splatters . even storing the device is tricky , and the whole affair is crazy expensive ( not even mentioning the cost of argon refills ) .\nonce you get the hang of the device , it really performs well . along with private preserve , the coravin 1000 was the only product i tested to offer solid preservation results at both the two - day and seven - day mark , with almost no noticeable changes to the wines over that time . coravin has beta testers using this device on oversize magnum bottles in wine bars , where the wines are often slowly drained over the course of a few weeks ( and sold at $ 30 a glass ) .\nthe investment\u2014both upfront and ongoing , as each argon canister is good for only about 15 glasses\u2014will be prohibitive for most , but for drinkers with five - or six - figure cellars who are constantly kicking themselves that\ni shoulda drank this a year ago ,\nthe coravin 1000 is a unique and soon - to - be essential piece of gear . formally launching late summer 2013 .\nwired try your wine without ever opening it ? we ' re sold . top - notch preservation . usable on unlimited bottles simultaneously , which can then be re - stored however you like ( even returned to the cellar ) .\ntired composite corks don ' t reseal . extremely expensive . tends to make a mess even after you get the hang of it .\nwhen you buy something using the retail links in our product reviews , we earn a small affiliate commission . read more about how this works .\nuse of and / or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our user agreement ( updated 5 / 25 / 18 ) and privacy policy and cookie statement ( updated 5 / 25 / 18 ) . your california privacy rights . the material on this site may not be reproduced , distributed , transmitted , cached or otherwise used , except with the prior written permission of cond\u00e9 nast . ad choices .\neverything you need to know about subjects related to wine , beer and cocktails . news , blogs , recipes , product introductions and more .\nwe share our wine , beer and cocktail knowledge , allowing you to create the complete drinking experience .\nit ' s our goal to develop innovative and creative products in a sustainable way of production .\nwe aim to continuously improve our products and services to ensure consumers and retailers can enjoy and benefit of our quality products .\nsorry , we just need to make sure you ' re not a robot . for best results , please make sure your browser is accepting cookies .\namazon ' s choice recommends highly rated , well - 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{"id": 54892, "summary": [{"text": "revision3 was a san francisco-based multi-channel internet television network that created , produced and distributed web television shows on niche topics .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "founded in 2005 , it operated as a subsidiary of discovery digital networks since 2012 .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "the network produced technology and gaming oriented programming in tandem with traditional comedic , political , diy , and movie-related content .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "on march 31 , 2017 , discovery communications closed the website .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "revision3 links now redirect to seeker . ", "topic": 24}], "title": "revision3", "paragraphs": ["that\u2019s the scenario martin sargent , director of acquisitions at revision3 , is betting on for the online media company\u2019s latest venture : revision3 beta .\nthe discovery channel is announcing that it has acquired online video company revision3 , as reported in allthingsd . revision3 has also confirmed the deal in a press release .\nrevision3 will continue operating with 50 employees under its current management , led by ceo jim louderback .\nrevision3 marks the biggest acquisition of an indie online video network since youtube snapped up nextnewnetworks last year .\nepic fu and wine library will no longer be distributed through revision3 , although the shows are still available at their respective sites . ( and epic fu will still be available on revision3 through december . )\nthe new web venture is a virtual studio to test - drive shows before they hit revision3\u2019s main site .\nrevision3 is a pioneer in the online programming space , having built out 23 digital channels filled with programming mostly aimed at technology and video games including series \u201ctekzilla . \u201d based in san francisco , revision3 currently reaches 27 million unique monthly visitors .\nwe\u2019re continuing to develop and invest in new properties . we launched seven new shows last month , for instance , on revision3 beta , and we\u2019ve got high hopes for an expanded lineup there \u2013 and seeing some of that first crop graduate to revision3\neven though we\u2019re sad to see these shows end on revision3 , in today\u2019s economic climate it\u2019s essential for us to focus on what we do best , and where the best opportunity for success lie ,\nwrote jim louderback , revision3 ceo , in an official blog post .\nwe remain huge fans of these two shows , even though they don\u2019t fit our long - term plans at revision3 ,\nwrote louderback .\nrevision3\u2019s game plan might sound like just another web venture offshoot , but the project makes sense : it\u2019s a low - cost and low - risk way for revision3 to expand its line of programming while offering up - and - coming creators a platform that isn\u2019t overrun with music videos and amateur clips .\nrevision3 kicked off the project with seven original ideas submitted by budding video producers , and gave the directors tools to take their series to the next level .\nrevision3 has partnered with videoclix to offer viewers clickable web videos . videoclix\u2019s technology allows viewers to click on different objects within a video , including show hosts and product\ndiscovery communications has acquired digital video network revision3 , the conglom announced thursday . the purchase will give discovery more inventory for selling online video advertising . revision3 is a pioneer in the online programming space , having built out 23 digital channels filled with programming mostly aimed at technology and video games including series \u201ctekzilla . \u201d based in san [ \u2026 ]\ngeek chick celebrity veronic belmont has signed to co - host revision3\u2019s tekzilla show . belmont resigned from the mahalo daily podcast last week after only 5 months , with a relatively cool send of\neven though we\u2019re sad to see these shows end on revision3 , in today\u2019s economic climate it\u2019s essential for us to focus on what we do best , and where the best opportunity for success lie .\nhere\u2019s a video match made for the web . revision3 , the video playground of digg founders kevin rose and jay adelson , is teaming up with urltoken to syndicate all of its shows . that includes diggna\nrevision3 was founded by digg founders jay adelson and kevin rose ( who also hosts its most popular show , diggnation ) . it raised $ 8 million just last june . but producing video shows can be very expensive .\nthat ' s what revision3 has teamed up with charity : water to make a difference . charity : water donates 100 % of the money it raises to building wells and bringing clean water to communities in need . each show on revision3 , as well as revision3 staff , clients , and partners , are reaching out to our viewers , fans , friends , and family to raise money to build wells . it takes $ 5 , 000 to build a well that can provide clean water to an entire village , so we need your help . donate here , or on campaign pages for any of our shows to get involved . go to urltoken and urltoken to learn more .\nrevision3 will reportedly continue to operate from its san francisco headquarters and produce its own web shows , though the plan is to start incorporating discovery channel content eventually . the company previously said it has 800 million video views in 2011 .\nthe new media landscape is getting more and more crowded ,\nsaid sargent , who hosts revision3\u2019s hit web show , internet superstar .\nas it gets easier to make these shows , it gets harder to corral audiences .\nrevision3 beta\u2019s lineup includes hackcollege , a lifehacking show aimed at the university set ; your weekly music lesson with walt by walt ribeiro ( aka\nthe internet\u2019s music teacher\n) ; and bottles , brews and blends , a drink review show ( embedded ) .\nsargent sifted through the submissions and hand - picked several candidates , then supplied each team with seed money to cover production costs , studio time with green screens , tech advisers and equipment . the show producers also get a portion of ad revenue earned by revision3 beta .\ndiscovery may be the most conservative among media companies when it comes to repurposing its tv content online , with no deals in place among major distributions for tv everywhere either . revision3 will help fill that vaccuum , though the conglom will continue to consider tv and digital largely separate platforms .\n\u201cwith revision3\u2019s industry - leading management team and roster of great talent , we look forward to cultivating more original content and fresh personalities that resonate with passionate communities online and across all platforms , while enhancing our innovative marketing solutions for advertising partners , \u201d discovery chief digital officer jb perrette says in the release .\ndiscovery will look to continue the growth of revision3 , partly with intellectual property from discovery\u2019s vast library of intellectual property and pacts to come that will reel in new independent talent online already building followings in the parent company\u2019s key verticals of science , technology and wildlife . that growth will fuel additional cross - platform opportunities for discovery ad sales .\nweb video production house revsion3 is canceling three shows , cutting back staff , and ending distribution agreements with wine library tv and epic fu . rumors started swirling earlier today about layoffs , when rocketboom founder andrew barron put out a tweet about one of the layoffs . revision3 ceo jim louderback confirms in a blog post that three in - house shows have been canceled ( the long - running pixel perfect , as well as popsiren , and internet superstar ) . in addition , revsion3 will no longer be distributing smashface\u2019s epic fu or gary vaynerchuck\u2019s wine library tv , possibly because those required upfront payments to the producers of those shows which revision3 had been hoping to make up over time in advertising revenues .\nhulu , the online video site created as a joint venture between nbc and news corp . , will distribute shows from content startup revision3 , which focuses on shows broadly related to technology . now you can easily switch between wwe wrestling matches and watching alex albrecht and kevin rose getting drunk without having to turn off your laptop . [ silicon alley insider\ntoday the company announced it will be put into use in all of revision3 ' s programming - - starting with the latest episode of diggnation filmed last week in amsterdam . other revision3 shows will follow , including tekzilla , the totally rad show , and internet superstar . in its first version , users were required to download the video and play it back in apple ' s quicktime player to get the technology to work . however , in the latest model , the self - contained flash player now includes small overlays that pop - up from the right side of the player and link off - site . there ' s also an entire list of embedded objects users can browse . clicking any of them will skip ahead to the part of the show .\nmy boss eric eldon wrote on monday night that an acquisition was in the works , with a price between $ 30 million and $ 40 million . looks like he was right : discovery isn\u2019t releasing the terms , but allthingsd is also hearing that the price was $ 30 million . revision3 had raised $ 10 million from investors including greylock partners , marc andreessen , and mark cuban .\ndirector dan trachtenberg is suddenly in a position most movie fans dream of . in a sort of internet - infused millennial version of jean - luc godard \u2014 going from critic at cahiers du cin\u00e9ma to becoming a renowned movie director \u2014 trachtenberg has followed a path of movie geekdom : chatting about movies on the internet with his friends to making movies his internet friends would talk about . and it all started with revision3 .\npublished reports pegged the value of the deal at $ 30 - 40 million . discovery declined comment on terms of the deal . while discovery already has plenty of online real estate between the dot - com extensions of its cable channels as well as acquisitions ranging from urltoken to howstuffworks . com , most of those properties are reliant on display ad dollars . revision3 will double the company\u2019s video inventory and open the door to more lucrative integration opportunities .\nhe does not say how many people were laid off . i\u2019ve asked him via e - mail . ( i count at least five . caroline mccarthy at cnet counts nine , which would be about one third of employees . if anyone knows the exact number , please submit it to our layoff tracker . update : kevin rose lists ten people ) . smashface , for its part , is laying off three staffers as a result of losing the revision3 licensing revenue .\nin the mid - to late - aughts , trachtenberg built his online cred by molding a few different series on revision3 , the network of shows about geek - friendly niche topics . in 2006 , he directed a cooking comedy show called ctrl alt chicken , featuring media personalities like alex abrecht cooking recipes without really knowing how . he also co - hosted geekdrome , a sort of precursor to the well - loved pop culture series called the totally rad show he co - fronted with albrecht that made waves in internet fandom circles .\nlast year videoclix . tv demoed an early version of its creepy , yet intelligent video advertising technology in an episode of revision3 ' s diggnation , the popular podcast starring urltoken ' s kevin rose and co - host alex albrecht . the technology , which inserts clickable advertising in every element of the video , gives users a way to be linked up to online retailers for any product or service that ' s seen in videos . it also lets users click on things not for sale to see any related information from elsewhere on the web - - a handy service that ' s usually ended up with horribly annoying results when applied to text ads ( see intellitxt ) .\nprobably left the theater more entertained by a trailer that preceded the movie than the movie itself . with zero fanfare , j . j . abrams\u2019 production company bad robot released a mysterious clip about a woman who wakes up in a doomsday bunker , captive to a man raving about the apocalypse . the trailer was for\n. without warning , fans were denied answers . what was the trailer actually about , and who could pull off such a switcheroo ? the answer , it turns out , was one of us .\nfounded in 2007 , the totally rad show was a video podcast whose inclusive diy charm attracted a large following for five years before its end in 2012 . a sort of pop culture panoply , the totally rad show \u2014 or trs as it was affectionately called \u2014 covered anything and everything that fell under the banner of geek - related movies , video games , tv shows , and comic books . basically , trachtenberg , albrecht , and co - host jeff cannata gave their unique takes on major releases of the week , like a siskel and ebert for the comic book crowd .\nhere\u2019s trachtenberg and his co - hosts talking about j . j . abrams\u2019 super 8 from 2011 :\ntowards the end of trs , trachtenberg bolstered his filmmaking credits , and worked for commercials for brands like lexus , nike , coca - cola , mitchell & ness , and more before he graduated to sci - fi - tinged short films .\n2011 , then , was his banner year . in march 2011 , he released more than you can chew , a six - minute short film about two paramedics who take a potentially deadly 911 call . it debuted on blackboxtv , the twilight zone - esque youtube channel that showcases anthologies of horror and sci - fi stories from independent filmmakers . five months later came trachtenberg\u2019s real big break . he released portal : no escape , a live - action short based on the popular video game portal .\nin retrospect , his gritty and realistic take on a woman trapped in a cell ( she later escapes ) has parallels to 10 cloverfield lane . millions of views on youtube later , it also proved he could do a lot with a little . suddenly , his name was associated with several new sci - fi features in hollywood .\nin august 2011 , universal signed him to a deal to create a time - travel heist movie called crime of the century , based on his original idea . while the film was trapped in development hell , trachtenberg was also adapting a big - screen version of y : the last man , a comic book \u2014 with a reputation of being unadaptable \u2014 also suspended in development hell .\nbut by 2014 , his y movie fell apart , and he was courted by bad robot for a mystery project called \u201cvalencia\u201d this elusive film ended up being 10 cloverfield lane , trachtenberg\u2019s directorial debut . in typical abrams fashion , bad robot kept basically everything about the movie a secret , even to the actors involved , right up until the trailer debuted before 13 hours .\nnearly everything about trachtenberg\u2019s trajectory \u2014 and the movie itself \u2014 is surprising . both represent the drastic changes and huge opportunities offorded to filmmakers like rian johnson , colin trevorrow , and others .\nyou talk about movies on a podcast and make a short film on youtube one day and you\u2019re working with j . j . abrams the next . you\u2019re shooting a movie called \u201cvalencia , \u201d and suddenly it\u2019s a cloverfield movie set for release in two months . we\u2019re still waiting to unlock the mystery of his movie , but it\u2019s no secret that dan trachtenberg has the track record to pull it off .\neden ' s shocking punishment in episode 12 of ' the han . . .\nwe may already know bioware ' s next big game after ' a . . .\nwhy ' the first purge ' s breakout star refused to watc . . .\n' fortnite ' fans found a real - life durr burger sign i . . .\nthe rock responds to math explaining why he ' d die in . . .\nseeker exists where technology , innovation , and the future collide . we celebrate relentless curiosity with an insatiable drive to question , inspire , and create . seeker media connects with its audience through daily stories published on youtube , facebook , and seeker . com . we produce best - in - class science content , short documentaries , and groundbreaking virtual reality experiences . seeker media is part of group nine media and located in san francisco , ca .\nwe are always on the lookout for talented , creative people to join our team . click here to see our available positions .\nthis new pill could help doctors fight cancer by making tumors glow and they can even detect some as small as 2cm . here\u2019s how it works .\nthe fda has approved the first cannabis - based drug . here\u2019s what that means\ndevil rays are mysterious sea creatures that are rarely seen in the wild . with their population dwindling , biologists are racing to learn more about these rays before they disappear .\nto prevent mega - wildfires from spiraling out of control , technicians set landscapes ablaze on purpose .\na pulsar orbited by a white dwarf star , which are both orbited by another white dwarf , provide confirmation of the principle of universality of free fall .\nextraterrestrial life in the universe might be rarer than scientists thought ; here\u2019s why .\nthe telescope will allow astronomers to study some of the earliest stars and galaxies in the universe , as well as hunt for alien life .\ncan helicopters be quiet as a mouse or is the technology so secret because it\u2019s not real ? and riding a helicopter is always going to be loud . find out how this technology works and how close are we to the stealth helicopter reality .\nscientists are making\nmassive\nstrides towards understanding quantum entanglement , one of the most complicated and promising arenas of physics .\ngrandma orcas are wise and powerful , so much so that their sons cannot live without them . here\u2019s why grandmas are the coolest members of the orca family .\nplastic pollution is threatening thousands of gal\u00e1pagos animals , many of which exist nowhere else on earth . # theswim # benlecomte be sure to follow the swim on seeker and discovery !\na storm during ben lecomte\u2019s 5 , 500 - mile swim journey has triggered motion sickness among the crew .\nscientists can now manipulate the memories inside the brains of mice ! here\u2019s how this new discovery can change the way we look at our own brains .\nthe titanium microbots could one day provide a minimally invasive method for delivering therapies in humans .\ngender identity is complicated , but how it works in the brain is even more so .\ncreating stem cells out of adult cells . amazing . winning a nobel prize . amazing . saving lives potentially ? outstanding . check out this video from < a target =\n_ blank\nhref =\nurltoken\n< img src =\nurltoken\n> success in online video is relative to how much time , effort , and money you put into it . andrew baron of < a href =\nhttp : / / www . r\ni was at flickr\u2019s fourth birthday party tonight in san francisco with a few hundred flickr fans , tech geeks , press and yahoo / flickr employees . at some time around 8 pm dan farber , the new editor\ntoday , web - based im and chat room provider meebo is releasing full - fledged apis for its meebo rooms that will allow websites to embed chat functionality in an automated fashion . currently , meebo rooms\nas you may have heard , today we had to make some tough staffing decisions as we ended the run of a few of our shows .\ndeal marks the first major digital move under chief digital officer j . b . perrette , who joined discovery six months ago after exiting a similar post at nbcuniversal .\n\u201cwhen i came in , i said , \u2018we\u2019re the number - one non - fiction video company on tv but there\u2019s this next wave of video that is growing and building but we\u2019re not really in the game , ' \u201d he said .\ndakota fanning , k\u014dichi yamadera join cast of rooster teeth ' s ' gen : lock ' starring michael b . jordan\n\u00a9 copyright 2018 variety media , llc , a subsidiary of penske business media , llc . variety and the flying v logos are trademarks of variety media , llc . powered by urltoken vip\nit looks like you may be having problems playing this video . if so , please try restarting your browser .\nit ' s an essential natural resource , and yet contained water is the cause of 80 % of diseases . it ' s responsible for more deaths per year than war , and it effects nearly a billion people .\nthis campaign brought clean water to mbalame community , malawi and 3 other projects .\nthis campaign closed on feb 6 , 2011 and the money is being sent to the field . still want to donate ? you can give directly to charity : water .\ndiseases from unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation kill more people every year than all forms of violence , including war . your donation will help change that .\nprivate donors cover our operating cost so that 100 % of all public donations can go directly to water project costs .\n$ 720 for the tekzilla challenge plus my own contribution . thanks for doing this !\nthis campaign raised $ 6 , 940 . that money is hard at work in the field .\n100 % of the money raised by this campaign is being used to bring clean water to help those in need . in 21 months we\u2019ll be able to show you exactly where the money went and who it helped .\nonline video network , cut a few shows and distribution agreements , in the wake of a deteriorating economy .\nthe three shows that got cut were :\npixel perfect ,\npopsiren\nand\ninternet superstar .\nthe latter two , louderback notes ,\nnever really found their audience .\nthe company also reportedly cut a number of jobs , but we ' re still waiting for more information from the company .\nupdate : the company declined to comment beyond what was written in the official blog post .\nuse of and / or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our user agreement ( updated 5 / 25 / 18 ) and privacy policy and cookie statement ( updated 5 / 25 / 18 ) . your california privacy rights . the material on this site may not be reproduced , distributed , transmitted , cached or otherwise used , except with the prior written permission of cond\u00e9 nast . ad choices .\nsubscribe now to get 6 months for $ 5 - plus a free portable phone charger .\nas more digital media studios experiment with new content , the trick isn\u2019t always coming up with viable ideas \u2014 it\u2019s connecting solid shows with a sizable audience .\nwe were getting a staggering number of e - mails from people with show ideas ,\nsaid sargent .\nand while they weren\u2019t quite ready for our main site , they were good enough for promotion .\nthe media site , which is already home to epic fu , wine library tv and kevin rose\u2019s diggnation , tallied 6 . 5 million pageviews in august , according to sargent .\nnot all of the beta shows are guaranteed to graduate to the big leagues .\nideally , every one one of these shows will become a successful moneymaker for us ,\nsaid sargent .\nbut just like regular tv pilots , not everyone will make it .\nstill , he says , he\u2019s accepting submissions and will continue to introduce new players into the beta lineup .\nand submissions aren\u2019t restricted to technology or educational shows .\nthere\u2019s no limit on what we would accept \u2014 animated , scripted entertainment \u2014 as long as we can make it work on the budget ,\nsargent said .\nwhat the technology brings to the table is an alternative to the pre , post , and video overlay models of advertising usually seen in web video . services such as asterpix have been moving toward such a model , linking to information or reference sites over advertising alone . personally i find it much more useful and fun to use than current iterations of overlay ads , although i ' m sure video purists will be turned off by how much product placement can be intentionally packed into videos without them even realizing it .\nyou can test out the new technology with the latest episode of diggnation here . you can also check out the earlier iteration of the technology from a show filmed in 2007 .\nvideoclix . tv ads show up as small overlays on the side of the video . seen here is clicking on alex albrecht ' s red laptop , which links up to the product page on best buy . creeped out yet ?\nbe respectful , keep it clean and stay on topic . we delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read . discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion .\nafter the big bang , there was darkness . this is what came next .\nis the dystopian future already here ? delve into some of china\u2019s emotional surveillance and citizenship assessment technologies and find out whether black mirror is coming true .\nthis robotics company created the world ' s first medically certifiable & customizable 3d printed arm .\nengineering \u2018the black rifle\u2019 : why the ar - 15 is the most popular gun in the u . s .\nblue footed booby mothers can choose favorite children before they are even born . here\u2019s the science experiment that revealed this bizarre phenomenon .\nrabbit moms have a never - ending job , and can birth a new litter every 30 days ! in order to keep their babies alive , moms have to keep their distance .\nhow do migrating birds know where to go ? new research suggests \u201cspooky action at a distance\u201d might be involved .\nneurotheologists are discovering new information that suggests that religion and science may have more in common than we think .\nresearchers have found a new way to grow hair using stem cells , and it\u2019s showing some promise for treating baldness .\nnew research shows that people from all over the world can understand the meaning of music , even from other countries . does this mean music is universal ?"]}
{"id": 54900, "summary": [{"text": "icue ltd is a british company focused on using mobile phone ( cellphone ) technology to deliver written word content , that is , books and other publications .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the technology takes the form of a java application which is downloaded to the user handset via cellular wireless networks .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "once downloaded , the user can access all books on their mobile phone at any time , with or without wireless network coverage .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "the program is freely available from icue , when accessed from a united kingdom network .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "books are read using one of three techniques : flicker , ticker or page .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "icue has partnerships with many of the uk 's largest publishing houses including penguin , harper collins , pan macmillan , random house , egmont , transworld , a&c black and kogan page .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "these partnerships provide icue users with access to books from diverse writers such as philip pullman , julie burchill , and charles dickens .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "funds from the sale of books are split between the publishers , mobile network suppliers , and icue .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "icue is a private business co-owned by senior management and benchmark capital , a uk-based venture capital firm .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "part of the profits from the business will be used to fund charities that focus on improving reading skills amongst uk teenagers and adults . ", "topic": 2}], "title": "icue", "paragraphs": ["fixed a problem that could prevent importing of files from itunes document folder under certain circumstances . added word doocument ( . docx ) file support . updated itunes icon added buttons to icue remote to load file , get file or get all files from icue . html file format support\nset aside the dates of the scuba show on your calendar and plan to attend iq 2018 ! scuba show attendees can access the icue seminars with the purchase of a daily or advance - purchase seminar package .\nlook no further - i ' ve tried a few of them and this is the best teleprompter on the appstore with great features . combined with its icue remote app , it is just what you are looking for .\nicue 2018 , room seaside 7 : engage with a variety of industry experts and professionals who will discuss challenges to maintaining and growing the popularity of our sport , approaches to teaching and learning , dive safety and leadership rescue training , new frontiers in diving technology , and more . scuba show attendees can access the icue seminars with the purchase of a daily or advance - purchase seminar package . visit urltoken to purchase your seminar pass today !\nlucinda bridges is the daughter of lloyd and dorothy bridges and sister of jeff and beau bridges . she is enthusiastic about joining icue as a special guest and plans to share captivating stories about the man we all knew and aspire to as deep sea adventurers .\nwhat makes icue stand out from many of the other 50 - plus functions of a mobile that are often ignored is ease of use . it has done for books what shozu has done for transferring photos from a phone to a website : it has made the operation very easy to do . for that alone it deserves some success .\nicue is initially doing quite a bit of marketing but also hopes that word of mouth or viral marketing will come into play since you can send the first chapter of a book you like to a friend free . otherwise the library of books - which ranges from julie burchill to philip pullman - will cost up to \u00a34 . 50 each .\nthis application is completely missing any security feature to limit who connects to the icue setup . if i were to run this in a live environment , i would want a password protection option so that people can ' t just download the remote app and start controlling the prompters at a press conference when they ' re on a wireless network .\nin 1969 , naui launched the international conference on underwater education ( icue or simply iq ) . the conference became a yearly diving event , predating the dema show by several years . divers and instructors from across the globe attended , and iq became so popular that registration finally had to be limited . the location was usually a large hotel that could accommodate the crowds .\nthe company has plans to try to capture the elusive youth market , which is notoriously difficult to persuade to buy books , and there are also opportunities for developing countries . the person behind icue , marc lewis , who has the majority of the shares , is giving his proceeds to charity . other shares are owned by senior management and benchmark capital , a british venture capital firm .\niq 2017 was held in conjunction with the scuba show in long beach , california , on may 6 & 7 . after nearly two decades of silence , the international conference on underwater education ( icue ) re - emerged at the long beach scuba show with a loud and definitive statement that naui\u2019s commitment to quality education for divers has not diminished . spread over three days , icue 2017 offered everything from a connection with diving legends to engaging and informative presentations spanning topics as diverse as diving in antarctica and creating a culture of diving leadership that produces positive growth . use the linked images below to get a recap of the weekend ' s events and access the iq 2017 proceedings . images and posts can also be found on the official naui facebook page and by searching\n# iq2017\n.\nhoused in the college of education at the university of north carolina at charlotte welcomes you the website of the biennial international conference on urban education ( icue ) . this solutions - based conference is a global gathering of people who want to see our youth in urban schools reach their full potential . we welcome you to consider serving as a sponsor or exhibitor or simply attend the conference to learn how you can make a difference .\nstarting up was surprisingly easy . you simply send a text message to 64888 with the word icue typed into the text section . you soon receive another text message inviting you to click on a web address . after three or four clicks you are on its website and free to choose from a number of books . i chose the free one , charles dickens ' a christmas carol , and opted to store it on a memory card rather than on the phone itself . it is claimed to work on most cameraphones .\nlook no further - i ' ve tried a few of them and this is the best teleprompter on the appstore with great features . combined with its icue remote app , it is just what you are looking for . however , the menus and buttons are a bit dated and hope the developer would spruce the ui to make it look like an ios app . also , when i switch the remote to gestures mode , three is no way to switch it back to button mode - i have to uninstall and reinstall the app to reset it . please fix this .\nit works ok , sometimes has syncing issues when using two ipads at once with a 3rd ipad or iphone as the remote . this application is completely missing any security feature to limit who connects to the icue setup . if i were to run this in a live environment , i would want a password protection option so that people can ' t just download the remote app and start controlling the prompters at a press conference when they ' re on a wireless network . sure i can set up my own separate network / ap and have that password protected , but thats one more thing to haul around / set up when most buildings i would be using this in already have an enterprise wifi environment deployed .\nn recent years , i have kept a list of all the functions packaged into a mobile phone that could in principle be sold separately . the tally is now more than 50 and includes well - used functions such as cameras , browsers , emailers , video and music players as well as offbeat uses in asia such as electronic insect repellents . this week , i must add another : books . or maybe i should say libraries because icue , which was launched yesterday , claims to enable users to download and keep up to 400 books on a normal mobile phone memory card , a literary rival to apple ' s ipod . if this proves popular , it could open up new vistas for reading , with the chance of capturing people who don ' t currently read books . it has been possible before to download books or parts of books , but never on this scale .\nnew feature : ftp sharing new feature : any changes made in the style menu will be sent to connected remotes , including icue remote and other icues . this will keep both files in sync as changes are made . new feature : any changes made when formatting ranges of text in edit mode will be sent to connected devices . new feature : any text changes , adding characters , deleting characters , etc , will be sent to connected devices . this will allow text changes on the fly , that update all connected devices real time without the need to resend the file . new feature : when using the ios remote feature , devices communicate which version is being used and the user is notified if they need to update the app . fixed problem that could make markers get out of sync while changing line spacing or indentation . fixed a problem that could cause the app to crash when opening settings menus quickly . fixed a problem that could display strange characters after unicode characters in rtf files created with word . for example \u00fc might be followed by an extra ' 9f . fixed a problem that would not display the text correctly while the text is mirrored during editing . fixed a problem that would not display the text mirrored after rotating device . fixed a problem that would prevent text from scrolling completely during editing , while connected to external monitor . fixed a problem that could cause a crash when launching the app , preventing access completely . removed script feature from applewatch that would display the text on the watch and allow scrolling with the crown . this will be reintroduced at a later date .\nit didn ' t take long to download and i was soon choosing from among three ways of reading it : full screen , words scrolling continuously across the screen or - the recommended way - a succession of single words flashing on the screen . there is a slight pause after full stops and a smaller one after commas . apparently it is a method used by the american air force and takes about four minutes to get accustomed to . people who have used it claim it is twice as fast as ordinary reading .\nit takes some getting used to but you can adjust the size of the text and the speed at which new words appear to suit your needs by using the navigation bar of the phone with the menu on the screen . you can pause at any moment by hitting any key . it remembers where you are and can do fast forward or rewind .\nthere are some obvious problems , such as whether you need to keep the screen lit up all the time to read , which would be rather heavy on the battery , but otherwise there is no reason why this should not be a breakthrough in the use of mobile phones .\nyou can , of course , already download novels , plays and poetry as audio books to your ipod or phone . this is very much a niche market and hasn ' t caught on in a big way . the same may happen to phone text books . everything will depend on consumer reaction . but a lot of people who don ' t want to carry a book with them all the time on the offchance they may have some free time to read it might be attracted by having one on their phones that they can return to at odd moments .\n\u00a9 2018 guardian news and media limited or its affiliated companies . all rights reserved .\nfixed issue with external displays using lightning adapters . fixed layout issues involving the external monitor menu . added increase and decrease font size tools to the tool bar . added timed speed feature to determine a speed for the script from a desired overall duration . this is available from title bar tool button as well as the controller . fixed a layout issue with advanced features menu . added ability to upload files , change speed rate , ff / rw rate , font size and speed range from web server remote . modified web server remote to not reload the page for every control press . fixed text layout issues involving the use of the split keyboard . added support for iphone x . added automatically connect option for ios remote , allowing devices to reconnect when coming out of the background . it is not necessary to select a host from a list and the host will not need to agree to allow a device to join . added configuration support for airturn digit iii and ped and changed the graphic for the digit ii . newest airturn framework . fixed problems with some title bar tools . added close buttons to menus for ipad , pressing the same menu item no longer closes the menu . press the settings button will . fixed layout for color picker to better accommodate smaller devices and different orientations . various bug fixes and optimizations .\nfixed layout issue with remote settings on iphone . changed the default next and previous line key commands to use command key , in addition to the arrow keys . this solves conflict with airturn devices . compiled under ios 11 . 1 .\nfixed an issue that could crash when sending files using the ios device file sharing . changed remote menu to a table allowing easier selection of a remote .\nnew feature : key commands . use key combinations to control most prompter features . customize the key combinations . includes the use of command , option , control , shift and caps as key modifiers . for use with external keyboard . improved the joystick control for speed and scroll while using the game controller remote . fixed a problem importing docx files that would only apply the current format the part of a word . various bug fixes and optimizations .\nadded recording preview , providing a video frame over the script of what is being recorded by the camera . added ability to record video with either camera . added game controller remote to use mfi game controllers to control the script . added speech recognition remote to use voice commands to scroll the script and control prompter functions . added two marker guide , which puts triangular markers on both sides of the script . access the text presets from all files . added tail indent to indent the right side of the text . added a customizable title bar . now any control , remote or setting can be added directly to the title bar . updated dropbox for the current requirements of apiv2 . updated the dropbox ui to be consistent with other file sharing features . added ability to create and use folders in the app dropbox folder . added line - by - line control to move up and down by single lines . this is available as a tool for the customizable title bar and several remotes . added touch recording remote . record your interactions with the script and then play them back . added feature to duplicate files . added control for the customizable title bar to change the scroll speed by entering a text value as a percentage . added option to enable or disable touching the screen to start and stop the script . added option to allow touching outside of a menu to close the menu . added option to enable or disable touching the status bar to scroll to the top of the script . fixed an issue that would not import tab characters from word files . added basic numbers and bullet support for word files . moved remote options , title bar options and controller options into advanced settings in the prompter menu . various optimizations and bug fixes .\nfixed a problem that could cause a crash when changing various text formatting while the cursor is at the end of the text .\nnew feature : marker functions can be included in marker tags while authoring the text and automatically extracted when markers are created from tags . fixed some layout issues with buttons on the remote settings configuration . improved the calculation to advance by a line , or multiple lines for ff & rw . style settings use global text presets .\nfixed a layout problem that would occur when the titlebar is at the bottom of the screen . fixed a problem that would hide the titlebar during editing when it was at the bottom of the screen . fixed a problem that would remove the text from an external monitor during editing . the hide status bar option is saved in files and applied when a file is opened . fixed layout issues that would occur on the device while using an external monitor . when files are sent to remotes while the global file option is enabled . a combined file is created and sent to the remote to ensure that all settings are consistent on both devices . find and replace feature is displayed over the titlebar to save space during editing . increased the size of the titlebar on iphone devices . fixed an issue that would use file settings for count down settings , even when global settings are enabled . updated google sign - in . the new mechanism is required by google , more secure and allows the app to sign once .\nfixed a problem that would not display the configuration for the keyboard remote on ipad .\nfixed a problem that would crash when opening settings on old iphone devices running ios7 . fixed a layout problem when searching text in portrait orientation on iphone . fixed a problem that would not display keyboard remote configuration properly on iphone when using the keyboard . fixed a problem that could crash the app while sending a file using the older ios device sharing method . fixed a problem that wouldn ' t send some commands from the built - in remote control used in ios remote . fixed a problem that wouldn ' t display the dropbox login when the dropbox app is not installed .\ncorrected issue that would select incorrect camera while recording videos . corrected issue that would not properly display a video for playback when selected from the video ' s detail screen .\nfixed a problem that could crash the app when pressing the record option on iphone devices .\nfixed a problem that could cause a crash during launch on devices running ios versions less than 10 . fixed a problem that could give a warning about incompatible remote versions when not using the ios remote .\nfixed a problem that would prevent the ios remote from connecting when one device was running ios 9 and one device ios 10 .\nversion 6 . 1 . 1 fixed problem that could cause a crash when text is being formatted while editing . if there is no text selected and a format tool is used that requires text to be selected , a small message will be displayed above the format bar to indicate this . when editing text and formatting text with a tool that requires the slider , such as font size , spacing , etc . , the slider will be updated with the proper values when the text selection changes . fixed the known issues link in the email support instructions . fixed the support site link in the email support instructions .\nfixed a problem that would not display the circular countdown on ipad fixed a problem that could display the format warning in the appearance menu several times at once added indent slider to adjust the indent of the entire text at once . various bug fixes and optimizations .\nfixed a problem that would cancel the mirroring on the ios device when the script is stopped , while using an external monitor .\nupdated for ios 9 universal binary , now works on iphone or ipod . apple watch support for remote control improved touch tone remote fixed problem with long scripts crashing device . improved word file importing to avoid crash with unknown fonts . fixed problem that would not allow keyboard remote to function properly . fixed a problem that would leave the keyboard on the screen after searching for a file added 2 line marker , displays two lines around marker area , adjustable line size . added inverted marker style , obscures script outside of marker area . swiping down on format bar while editing text will minimize the format bar to provide more space for editing text . new help with step - by - step instructions and graphics . fixed issue that could prevent prompter file type from appearing in icloud drive . improvements on ios remote when using multiple prompters together . keyboard appears automatically when script text is unlocked . a best guess will be made to where editing should begin based on scroll position . improved email support feature that includes device and app information in email automatically . when using ios remote feature , new sharing options are available for sending files or databases between devices . various bug fixes and optimizations fixed minor issue that would display line height for ff and rw speeds in wrong direction .\nimproved word file support . added global settings option . this makes it possible to have prompter settings global and affect all files , including timer , countdown , guide , mirroring , controller , titlebar , deceleration , and status bar . added support for icloud drive added airturn digit ii view for airturn remote settings to allow for easy configuration . added ability to paste html code . a prompt will ask to convert it to formatted text . added support for line spacing . several bug fixes and optimizations .\nfixed issues with crashing on devices running systems lower than ios7 . added html file support for devices running ios7 or greater . added ability to choose from old remote or new remote technology to allow communication between old ios and new ios .\nthis started off seeming like a good prompter app when i bought and tested it , but kept crashing when i got in front of the client . i had everything set , tested and ready to go , but then the controller app on my phone crashed . it force quit and every time i opened it again it would force quit again immediately . after about 5 - 10 tries , i gave up and had to buy a different prompter app , download , and learn it while everyone waited on me . i used prompter people prompters for years and the pc software was not very polished ( but worked ) . i had higher hopes for their ipad / phone apps .\nit works ok , sometimes has syncing issues when using two ipads at once with a 3rd ipad or iphone as the remote .\nsure i can set up my own separate network / ap and have that password protected , but thats one more thing to haul around / set up when most buildings i would be using this in already have an enterprise wifi environment deployed .\nhowever , the menus and buttons are a bit dated and hope the developer would spruce the ui to make it look like an ios app .\nalso , when i switch the remote to gestures mode , three is no way to switch it back to button mode - i have to uninstall and reinstall the app to reset it . please fix this .\nrequires ios 9 . 0 or later . compatible with iphone , ipad , and ipod touch .\nwith family sharing set up , up to six family members can use this app .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nurltoken\n\u00a9 2016 , ties \u00b7 all rights reserved \u00b7 version : 2016 . 05 . 13 \u00b7 presvmwb007\nwelcome to the website for the industrial and commercial use of energy conference to be held in cape town from the 13 to 15 august 2018 .\nplease use the following template . the evaluation criteria are listed in the paper template document , which can be found here .\nthe copyright transfer form can be found on the submissions page in both docx and pdf formats .\nnaui is dedicated to providing the most comprehensive and safest diver training available in the world . \u201cdive safety through education\u201d is more than just a motto ; it\u2019s how naui professionals combine safety and fun into an adventure for a lifetime .\nthe best divers in the world are naui divers ! whether you are just starting your underwater adventure or are a seasoned explorer , connect here to join the community of naui divers .\nsince the beginning of scuba , naui professionals have led the way in every major development in the sport . more than any other group of professional educators , naui leaders have defined the trends in diving and inspire the future .\nare you ready to share your knowledge and skills with others ? naui leaders are recognized worldwide for their exceptional skills and expertise . be a leader , be naui !\nnaui dive centers and dive destinations are recognized as operations of excellence for diver training and safety . naui affiliates enjoy the benefits of a member - driven system of products and support designed to help your business succeed .\nconnect with the naui community to learn more about the oceans and opportunities for exploring them around the world .\nthe overall purpose of the conferences was \u201cmaking diving safer . \u201d each iq lasted several days and were filled with presentations and seminars on all aspects of diving and the business of diving : the latest ideas and developments in educational theory and practice , diving sciences , equipment improvements , diving medicine , retailing and travel . each year\u2019s abstracts and papers were published in a volume of iq proceedings .\npapers on topics such as emergency skills , first aid , teaching techniques , team teaching , physics and physiology , younger students and special - needs students , store / instructor ties , specialty diving ( cave , ice , wreck , etc . ) and diving hobbies were solicited and welcomed . in other words , the same areas that concerned them in the 1970s concern us today .\nhistorically , this event was regarded as the best educational experience available in the international diving community . the exhibit halls were always filled with booths displaying the wares and offerings of equipment manufacturers , retailers , travel vendors and resorts . an underwater photography contest and exhibit was always a popular attraction .\nwhen the annual dema show began in the late 1970s , it started to siphon off some of the attendance at iq . it was difficult for most people to afford the time and expense to attend two such major events each year . the last iq was held in 2000 and was sponsored by naui asia pacific in kuala lumpur .\ntoday , scuba is again in a period of change . new challenges to maintaining and growing the popularity of our sport , changing methods and approaches to teaching and learning , new frontiers in diving technology and techniques , including development and popularization of specialty diving fields , new marketing techniques and the use of media options need the attention of all of us .\nfor all these reasons , naui is revisiting and bringing back iq with two days of presentations and seminars to be held in conjunction with the 2018 scuba show in long beach , california .\nstay tuned for updates on special events and making arrangements to attend . for event location details ,\nas part of this year\u2019s program , we have several events that will recognize the legacy and contributions made to scuba diving by lloyd bridges and the cast of sea hunt in honor of the show\u2019s 60 th anniversary year .\nmemorabilia that fills the restaurant . see bottom page section for details on door prizes and silent auctions .\ncalifornia\u2019s nelson\u2019s restaurant is named in honor of mike nelson , the hero from the \u2018sea hunt\u2019 tv series ( 1958 - 61 ) . the adventure show captivated audiences with the vast pacific ocean coastline serving as one of sea hunt\u2019s filming locations . just north of los angeles , at the former marineland of the pacific and now terranea resort , nelson\u2019s is situated near the bluff overlooking the craggy coast . the restaurant\u2019s walls have entertaining posters from many of the episodes , all action - packed with the legendary mike nelson as the champion . click here to reserve your seat at the sea hunt table !\nseating is limited and registration is required . for additional event and payment details , contact shannon mccoy at + 1 813 - 628 - 6284 .\n) . the party also serves as a fundraiser for \u201cno kid hungry , \u201d one of bridges\u2019 favorite charities .\nzale parry began scuba diving in the 1950s . in 1954 , she set a deep diving record of 64 meters ( 209 feet ) . she attended the los angeles county underwater instructor certification course in 1955 and graduated as its third female instructor . in 1961 , she became a naui member as naui a12 .\nin the television series kingdom of the sea ( 1954 - 1959 ) , she starred as a diver and presented a concluding segment of each show on diving safety . in sea hunt ( 1958 - 1961 ) , parry was co - star with lloyd bridges in several episodes , a stunt double and a technical director . ( she also taught bridges how to dive . )\nher many recognitions include the nogi award ( 1973 ) , dema reaching out award ( 1993 ) , women divers hall of fame ( 2000 ) , naui hall of honor ( 2000 ) , naui ambassador of scuba diving award ( 2010 ) and naui lifetime achievement award ( 2017 ) . in 2006 , the academy of underwater arts and sciences honored her by creating a scholarship in her name . the zale parry scholarship is awarded annually to an outstanding young diver who is enrolled in an academic program or engaged in accredited fieldwork in undersea exploration , marine conservation , hyperbaric medical research or equipment technology . the scholarship\u2019s goal is to encourage and enable future generations of divers to carry on her legacy .\ni did not do a sea hunt adventure with my father the week it was scheduled . i came down with a cold ! mom wouldn\u2019t let me go seeing as i was 6 years old , and of course , the episode involved being trapped somewhere in the ocean . i did however have the joy of working with my father in other television series : the lloyd bridges show and the loner .\nwe also spent time in summer theater back east . while i enjoyed acting , i chose the ' family route ' of homemaker , having three children . they\u2019re now all grown up . my brothers and i were christened at the edge of the ocean so to speak , rolling in the surf with our parents .\nwe still have a family beach house in malibu . we\u2019ve had it since 1959 when there were only about 10 homes from point to point . the visibility was beautiful back then . i still live in malibu , up in the mountains , and enjoy traveling ( especially to islands ! ) , making art , and keeping up with helping our planet during these challenging times .\nall paid dinner reservations include a ticket for the door prize drawing for a 7 - night dive vacation at scandi divers in puerto galera philippines on big la laguna beach . package includes deluxe accommodations ( poolside or oceanfront ) , all meals , coffee and filtered water , unlimited internet access , unlimited scheduled boat diving ( up to 20 dives , including night dives and verde island trip ) , air fills , tanks , weights and weight belts . one complimentary resort massage and four starbucks drinks per day are also included . estimated value of $ 1 , 900 usd .\nnot included : airfare ( domestic or international ) , transfers , dive courses , dive equipment rental , nitrox fills , local tours , marine park fee , sodas , alcohol , personal purchases , gratuity and any additional taxes or local fees ( when applicable ) .\nall iq attendees and scuba show booth visitors are eligible to bid on the silent auction for a 7 - night dive vacation at scandi divers in puerto galera philippines on big la laguna beach . package includes deluxe accommodations ( poolside or oceanfront ) , all meals , coffee and filtered water , unlimited internet access , unlimited scheduled boat diving ( up to 20 dives , including night dives and verde island trip ) , air fills , tanks , weights and weight belts . one complimentary resort massage and four starbucks drinks per day are also included . estimated value of $ 1 , 900 usd .\nall iq attendees are eligible to bid on the silent auction for henderson divewear certificates for ( 1 ) men\u2019s and ( 1 ) women\u2019s henderson thermoprene pro shorty wetsuits . estimated value of $ 125 ( mens ) and $ 100 ( womens ) . several\nswag bags\nhave also been donated for use as give - aways during iq seminars .\nall iq attendees are eligible to bid on the silent auction for a 7 - night dive vacation for one person at either atlantis puerto galera or atlantis dumaguete . package includes deluxe accommodations , all meals at toko\u2019s restaurant , coffee , tea and filtered water , unlimited internet access , unlimited scheduled boat diving ( typically 5 dives per day including night diving ) , air fills , tanks , weights and weight belts . estimated value of $ 2 , 600 usd .\nnot included : airfare ( domestic or international ) , transfers , dive courses , dive equipment rental , nitrox fills , verde island dives ( puerto galera ) , local tours , marine park fee ( dumaguete ) , spas , sodas , alcohol , personal purchases , gratuity and any additional taxes or local fees ( when applicable ) .\n191 little lonsdale street ( 7 , 875 . 83 mi ) melbourne , victoria , australia 3000\nthe snooker table is not very clean , and the middle hole trap which collects the snooker ball is faulty and hasn ' t been fixed for a year .\narea which is cluttered and dirty . please have it removed and cleaned up . the sofa near the snooker table is dirty and the cushions are in a sorry state . please have it fixed and cleaned . apart from that it is generally pleasant . keep toilets tidy and clean with no broken apparatus . thank you\nrward place . u pay u play the games . everytime im there , only seen one person working . not much to it really .\nnot a bad place to hang out with a couple mates . even if u dont know how\nbut they wouldnt let us finish a game we started and we played for 1 . 5 hrs\nhi guys ! this is an announcement that mahjong tournament will be delayed until end of june due to lack of attendance . apologies for those interested , but please keep an eye on the notices as more will be coming soon . happy pooling !\nwe promise to never spam you , and just use your email address to identify you as a valid customer .\nthis product hasn ' t received any reviews yet . be the first to review this product !\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nthere are over 280 societies at the university of edinburgh - so you ' re sure to find one to help you meet new people , and develop your skills and interests .\nto find a society for you , search in the box below or check out what ' s available by category .\nnot found what you ' re looking for ? email societies @ urltoken or think about setting up your own society .\nwe play african drums : djembes , duns and loads of percussion . sessions are twice weekly and concentrate on having fun and playing some african rhythms ! no experience necessary . get yourself along !\naiesec ' s the world ' s largest student organisation . we aim to discover every student ' s leadership potential by equipping you with strong transferable skills , and by facilitating international exchange .\nwe are part of a worldwide movement of ordinary people standing up for human rights through campaigning , lobbying , protesting and fundraising . we meet on tuesdays at 7 pm upstairs in the chaplaincy .\nan comann ceilteach is the university ' s oldest society , open to gaelic speakers and non - teuchters alike . come join the fun !\nthe anarchist society exists to promote and further the principles of liberty , equality and respect . we believe in non - hierarchical organisation and run things by consensus .\ndedicated to sharing japanese animation - anime - with students of the university , we provide weekly showings suitable for both complete newcomers as well as veterans of the hobby .\nthe abs aims to promote bellydance for all levels of dancers by offering weekly classes at edinburgh ' s most affordable prices . classes are taught by a professional bellydance teacher , moyra banks .\nfortune and glory ! archsoc is the edinburgh university archaeology society , run by students , for anyone who is interested in archaeology .\nartsoc is a friendly community of creative people , a society for everyone interested in art . with various weekly events covering practical art and art appreciation , there ' s something for all abilities\nopen to all ! we meet in the chaplaincy at 7pm on wednesdays for discussions , service projects , games , music , potlucks , films , devotionals and socials .\nthe ballroom dancing society offers professional ballroom and latin tuition and compete in competitions across the uk . no partner required . come along and give it a go !\nedinburgh university bridge club welcomes everyone wanting to learn this wonderful card game , as well as those wanting to polish their skills and improve .\nwelcome to eu buddsoc , the society for all things buddhist related ! for all those with an interest in buddhism , from mild curiosity to seasoned zen masters .\nbizsoc aims to enhance the university experience of students , particularly those with an interest in business . we host careers , social , international and sporting events throughout the year .\ncapoeira is a brazilian martial art rich in culture , which combines kicks and acrobatic movements to music and song to form a playful game .\nwe are proud , well okay , fairly pleased , to have served the celtic supporters of the universities of edinburgh , and non - university members alike , for over 26 years .\nedinburgh university chamber choir is a small auditioned classical choir , singing music from the renaissance to the present day , with a focus on a cappella music .\nthe society seeks to promote the collaboration and involvement of chilean students at the university of edinburgh with professors and entities from that university , interested in the chilean reality .\nedinburgh university chinese students and scholars association ( eucssa ) is a non - political , non - religious and non - profit organization .\nedinburgh university chinese student association ( eusca ) is a society run by students for those who are currently studying in the city of edinburgh . it is a non - profit organization which tries to rais\neucu is an open community of christians which exists to support , encourage and explore what the good news of jesus means as we go through university together , living for and speaking about jesus .\nedinburgh university clarinet choir is a unique society for any clarinet players interested in playing together in a non - auditioned smaller , clarinet - focused group .\nedinburgh university classics society - home of togas , classical drama and drinking like a god . open to all with an interest in ancient history regardless of degree .\nthe columnist is a student - run current affairs , social commentary and culture opinion magazine based in edinburgh .\ncommunity building for ecological and environmental science students , as well as other university students with similar interests such as sustainability , the environment , and conservation .\na student - run orchestra dedicated to rehearsing and performing the works of students at the university . we welcome players and composers alike .\neucua was founded in 1862 to promote conservative political philosophy on campus and in the surrounding area , and has a distinguished alumni including many high profile political figures .\ncreatesoc is a creative community aimed to provide the space , inspiration and supplies to write or make something new each week .\nthe dance music society explores the best of edinburgh ' s club scene and provides the opportunity for djs to perform in the city ' s most popular clubs .\nwe are the second oldest society at the university of edinburgh and for the last 126 years the union has functioned as the student\u2019s centre for social and political dialogue .\nwe are the university of edinburgh ' s oldest society , for 231 years we have been the centre of free thought and discussion in the scottish capital .\na non - auditioning choir and orchestra composed of students and staff from the rdsvs as well as non - vet students . new members are welcomed regardless of skill level so come and share our love of music !\nthe economics society aims to provide academic , career , social and real research experiences . we are one of the largest student run organisations in scotland , with members from 115 different degrees .\nentrepreneurship is about creating and seizing opportunities , accepting challenges . it\u2019s about passion and innovation . we aim to find , inspire and connect future entrepreneurial leaders .\nedinburgh global partnerships ( egp ) is a student - run charity that supports community - lead development projects overseas .\nwe make movies ! our society spends the year creating films , learning about film production and generally having a good time . we are also happy to help other societies with film queries .\nthe edinburgh revue is a comedy society dedicated to the writing and performing of sketches and stand - up . we put on several shows through the year culminating in a run at the edinburgh fringe .\njoin us and be part of a network of empowered students who wish to grow professionally , discover their unique career path and learn from inspiring female leaders .\na society for education in the fields of embedded development and robotics . we host talks , workshops and hackathons and aim to make all of our events free and accessible for everyone .\neuems is a student led society dedicated to the art of preventing and handling the unforeseen illness .\nputting the power in your hands to change the world for the better . using stem to develop solutions to sustainability and humanitarian development issues through local and international projects .\nedinburgh estonian society is a society for everyone who is interested in our country and its enriching culture .\nthe european union society is the society about europe and the eu . we hold academic and social events for everyone interested in the eu , europe , its states and peoples .\neusci is a student - run science communication group . we publish a bi - annual magazine , run seminar series and organize workshops , and follow local science events .\nthe society for fans of both card and board games . come along and enjoy games with us !\nfemsoc are a group of people interested in discussing feminist issues and campaigning for the liberation of self - defining women and non - binary people .\na society of students dedicated to designing , manufacturing and building an f1 - style racecar from scratch . giving students a chance to gain hands - on experience , the goal of eufs is to promote stem .\nfreshair is edinburgh ' s student radio station . broadcasting 24 hours a day , we offer the opportunity to do shows live on air , learn to dj , join our news , arts and music teams . . .\ngame development society is for anyone interested in making games and meeting like - minded people , beginners and hobbyists alike .\nthe edinburgh gp society is an organisation that meets up several times a semester for socials and events . everyone is welcome to join , whether you ' re just curious or want to be a gp .\nwelcome to geogsoc ! our aim is to enhance the geographical community of edinburgh university by strengthening friendships between geography - minded students of all years .\ngeolsoc is a fantastic opportunity to network with other students within the geoscience community at edinburgh . hosting regular socials throughout the year , lectures and a weekend residential tri\nthe edinburgh university global health society aims to inspire and educate individuals , groups , organisations and communities about global health issues .\nglobal kitchen society provides a platform for students to learn to cook and taste foods from all over the world . it is also a great chance to create connections with people from various countries !\nthe graduate law society is for students studying on the 2 - year accelerated programs for graduates or postgraduate programs ( such as llms ) . we provide support for our member and organise activities .\nedinburgh hindu societies brings to together students and the wider community in celebrating the hindu festivals from across india , including diwali , holi , makarsankrati , navratri .\neuhas provides support to those interested in history of art . we run events including socials , our annual ball , gallery trips , and careers events . see our website for more details !\neuhkis is open for everyone , especially for those who are interested in asia . we represent he hong kong community , aiming to provide members a friendly environment and deliver the best to all members .\nthe university of edinburgh humanist society is a freethinking , progressive community based on humanist values of reason and compassion , without any supernatural belief .\nhyped is developing elon musk ' s hyperloop transport . we work on technical ( spacex finalists ) and commercial ( hyperloop one winners ) competitions to bring elon musk ' s concept to the uk .\niess tries to make edinburgh feel like home for all students , especially from abroad or on exchange . come join us as we travel scotland , chill in edinburgh , connect with others students and more !\nedinburgh university international development society ( euid ) is a student - led society that promotes discussion and debate centered on topics of international development .\nwe believe the best scientific innovations come from interdisciplinary work . we aim to encourage conversation and collaboration between scientists of different disciplines and members of the public .\nat the islamic society ( isoced ) , we aim to provide a space to meet and gather for all who are interested in islam . we invite students from all backgrounds to our events , so join us to stay up to date !\nwe organise film screenings , wine tastings , socials at italian restaurants and numerous cultural activities . come along whether you are studying italian , speak the language or just really like italy !\nhere we invite anyone from japan , or who is interested in japanese culture . we organise events to teach edinburgh the japanese way of culture and tradition .\nedinburgh university jazz orchestra ! the university ' s official big band , and one of the finest in edinburgh .\nedinburgh jewish society is a friendly , welcoming , pluralist society that caters to students from all backgrounds . we hold weekly bagel lunches and regular friday night dinners and other social events\nedinburgh university ' s one and only french society . come along whether you are studying french , are french or just love french culture !\naffiliated to the labour party and national labour students , edinburgh labour students are active campaigners on campus and in communities .\nlamps ( the late antique and medieval postgraduate society ) was founded by students who wished to create a cross - disciplinary medievalist forum in edinburgh .\nthe latamsoc is your point of contact at edinburgh uni with the stunning latin america ! it doesn ' t matter your nationality , we wish to offer a latin american experience for everyone ."]}
{"id": 54907, "summary": [{"text": "bechtel jacobs company llc is a limited liability company owned by bechtel and jacobs engineering group that served as the primary contractor to the u.s. department of energy ( doe ) for waste management and environmental remediation activities on doe-managed federal government properties in oak ridge , tennessee .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "bechtel jacobs was established as the environmental management contractor for doe 's oak ridge operations ( including sites in paducah , kentucky and piketon , ohio , in addition to oak ridge ) in 1997 , when a $ 2.5 billion management and integration contract was issued to the company .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "in 2003 bechtel jacobs was awarded a new 5-year cost-plus-incentive-fee contract with an estimated value of $ 1.8 billion .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "bechtel jacobs was replaced as the environmental remediation contractor for the portsmouth gaseous diffusion plant site in piketon in 2005 , after doe awarded a new contract to lata/parallax portsmouth , llc , a joint small business venture of los alamos technical associates ( lata ) and parallax , inc . bechtel jacobs involvement at the paducah gaseous diffusion plant site ended in 2006 after doe entered into a new contract with paducah remediation services llc ( a partnership of shaw environmental and infrastructure and portage environmental ) for environmental management work there .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "bechtel jacobs ' role in oak ridge ended in 2011 after the environmental management contract for doe properties there was awarded to ucor , a partnership of urs corporation and ch2m hill . ", "topic": 18}], "title": "bechtel jacobs", "paragraphs": ["glassdoor has 4 bechtel jacobs reviews submitted anonymously by bechtel jacobs employees . read employee reviews and ratings on glassdoor to decide if bechtel jacobs is right for you .\ni don ' t have any cons . i was very happy working for bechtel jacobs .\nbechtel jacobs employs 157 people out of its kevil offices and oversees another 400 subcontract workers with various cleanup firms . it was not immediately clear if all the bechtel jacobs workers will move to paducah remediation services , although that largely was the case when bechtel jacobs took over for lockheed martin energy systems in 1998 .\nnearly 200 union members do environmental work with bechtel jacobs and subcontract firms . cossler said the union contract has a transition clause for hourly cleanup workers .\nhow much do bechtel jacobs employees make ? glassdoor has salaries , wages , tips , bonuses , and hourly pay based upon employee reports and estimates .\nbut protests came from other bidders , including portage and shaw , forcing doe to rebid . bechtel jacobs\u00b4 contract was repeatedly extended without explanation as procurement again dragged on .\nbechtel wins delivery partner and project manager ( definition ) roles for western sydney airport .\nbechtel has locations around the world on six continents , find an office near you .\nthe department of energy ( doe ) announced today that the bechtel jacobs environmental cleanup project at oak ridge , tennessee , began demolition work at the k - 25 building , the first facility ever built to enrich uranium .\nthe bechtel build 100 sustainability blog brings together bechtel and other experts to share insights , innovations , and projects around global sustainability issues that will have an impact over the next 100 years .\nthe contract , to paducah remediation services llc , will run through sept . 30 , 2009 . following a transition period , the company will replace longtime cleanup contractor bechtel jacobs , whose contract expires april 23 , doe said tuesday .\nbechtel has received full notice to proceed for the construction of train 3 expansion of the corpus christi liquefact . . .\nbechtel is one of the most respected global engineering , construction , and project management companies . together with our customers , we deliver landmark projects that create long - term progress and economic growth . download the about bechtel fact sheet ( pdf )\ndoe announced two years ago that bechtel jacobs would be replaced with a smaller firm to try to be more cost - efficient . after repeated delays , north wind paducah cleanup co . was named the successor last january , and a separate firm was named to head cleanup work at the closed uranium enrichment plant in piketon , ohio .\nconstructed in 1944 , as part of the manhattan project to develop the first atomic weapon , the k - 25 facility was used to enrich uranium for defense and commercial nuclear power uses . it was closed in 1964 . in 2003 , doe awarded bechtel jacobs the $ 2 . 25 billion cost - plus - incentive - fee contract for accelerated environmental site cleanup at oak ridge . read the doe\nin making the announcement , bechtel oil , gas & chemicals president bill dudley said , \u201cwe are delighted to have been selected by motiva to design and build this important expansion in the refining capacity of the united states . the project is of major importance to all stakeholders\u2014industry as well as community . its impact will be far reaching and we are committed to building a safe , reliable , state - of - the - art facility . \u201d jacobs group vice president pete evans stated , \u201cwe are pleased about the opportunity to provide motiva the proven resources of our two organizations to execute one of the largest refinery expansions ever undertaken in north america . our established working relationship and knowledge of the port arthur refinery enables us to develop programs and approaches that are tailored to the unique aspects of this project . we look forward to continuing to be part of the port arthur community . \u201d bechtel is one of the world\u2019s premier engineering , construction , and project management companies . since its founding in 1898 , bechtel has successfully completed more than 22 , 000 projects in 140 countries . jacobs , with over 42 , 000 employees and revenues approaching $ 7 billion , provides scientific , technical , professional , and construction services globally . any statements made in this release that are not based on historical fact are forward - looking statements . although such statements are based on management ' s current estimates and expectations , and currently available competitive , financial , and economic data , forward - looking statements are inherently uncertain . we therefore caution the reader that there are a variety of factors that could cause business conditions and results to differ materially from what is contained in our forward - looking statements . for a description of some of the factors which may occur that could cause actual results to differ from our forward - looking statements please refer to our 2005 form 10 - k , and in particular the discussions contained under item 1 - business ; item 3 - legal proceedings ; and item 7 - management ' s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations . we also caution the readers of this release that we do not undertake to update any forward - looking statements made herein .\nbechtel is one of the most respected global engineering , construction , and project management companies . together with our customers , we deliver landmark projects that foster long - term progress and economic growth . since 1898 , we\u2019ve completed more than 25 , 000 extraordinary projects across 160 countries on all seven continents . we operate through four global businesses : infrastructure ; nuclear , security & environmental ; oil , gas & chemicals ; and mining & metals . our company and our culture are built on more than a century of leadership and a relentless adherence to our values , the core of which are safety , quality , ethics , and integrity . these values are what we believe , what we expect , what we deliver , and what we live . urltoken\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 0 transitional / / en\nafter two years of procurement delays , the department of energy has awarded a $ 191 . 6 million contract to a firm founded by shaw environmental and infrastructure and portage environmental to do cleanup work at the paducah gaseous diffusion plant .\nrepeated attempts to reach senior executives of shaw , based in baton rouge , la . , and portage , based in espanola , n . m . , were unsuccessful tuesday .\nportage\u00b4s web site says michael spry , majority owner and president , is a mississippi band member of the minnesota chippewa tribe . he grew up on the white earth indian reservation in northern minnesota .\nportage , classified as a small , disadvantaged business , is the managing partner of the joint venture with shaw , according to doe .\nboth portage and shaw list extensive cleanup experience , notably with closed doe plants such as in hanford , wash . , and fernald , ohio . shaw , a subsidiary of shaw group , has more than $ 1 billion in annual business .\ntuesday\u00b4s announcement took plant union officials by surprise . bill cossler , president of united steelworkers 5 - 550 , said he wasn\u00b4t aware that a successor had been named .\n\u0093we\u00b4re glad that at long last they\u00b4ve named a new contractor and we look forward to working with the new company , \u2019 he said .\nthe kentucky congressional delegation has been scrutinizing the elongated paducah contract situation . in the fall , congress passed legislation sponsored by rep . ed whitfield , r - hopkinsville , to protect the pensions and retiree medical benefits of displaced uranium enrichment workers who find jobs with doe cleanup firms .\ncontract issues are among those slated for a field hearing at 10 a . m . jan . 19 at paducah city hall by whitfield , a senior member of the energy and commerce committee . he said he will conduct the hearing through his role as chairman of the committee\u00b4s oversight and investigations subcommittee .\nsen . jim bunning , r - southgate , said energy secretary samuel bodman called him tuesday with the contract news .\n\u0093the contract has been awarded , and now we just need to make sure this work gets done , \u2019 bunning said . \u0093those living and working in and around paducah deserve a better environment for their families . \u2019\nbunning said that if expectations are not met , he would continue using his influence as a member of the senate energy committee \u0093to bring accountability to the process and the contract . \u2019\nthe committee has oversight over doe , including paducah plant cleanup . bunning has held committee field hearings on plant matters .\njohn anderson , director of the paducah area community reuse organization , said he was \u0093extremely pleased\u2019 that a new contractor was finally named . \u0093for the community\u00b4s sake i think it\u00b4s time to more forward and have something for the workers to be able to plan on , \u2019 he said .\nhowever , anderson pointed out that the contract award is subject to a grace period to allow other bidders to protest .\nanderson\u00b4s economic development group wants the energy department to relax a ban on the commercial use of low - level radioactive scrap metal at the plant if it can be fully decontaminated . doe included language about the scrap metal in rebidding the work .\npaducah remediation services will oversee cleanup , including a $ 40 million project to extract soil contamination around a plant cleaning building that is the leading source of billions of gallons of groundwater pollution . construction will begin next year , and by 2007 workers are expected to begin heating the ground far below the surface and vacuum out vaporized contamination for carbon - filter treatment .\ntwo pump - and - treat systems on the northeastern and northwestern plant boundaries remove about 16 million gallons of contaminated groundwater a month , and have cleaned up more than a billion gallons . but the systems only remove the highest concentrations of the contamination , which covers much of the area from the plant to the ohio river .\nother responsibilities of the new contractor include cleaning up contaminated soil , removing old waste , cleaning up and tearing down closed contaminated buildings and operating plant waste - 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{"id": 54910, "summary": [{"text": "the shogakukan manga award ( \u5c0f\u5b66\u9928\u6f2b\u753b\u8cde sh\u014dgakukan mangash\u014d ) is one of japan 's major manga awards , sponsored by shogakukan publishing .", "topic": 5}, {"text": "it has been awarded annually for serialized manga since 1955 and features candidates from a number of publishers .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "the current award categories are : children 's ( \u5150\u7ae5\u5411\u3051\u90e8\u9580 jid\u014d muke bumon ) boy 's ( \u5c11\u5e74\u5411\u3051\u90e8\u9580 sh\u014dnen muke bumon ) girl 's ( \u5c11\u5973\u5411\u3051\u90e8\u9580 sh\u014djo muke bumon ) general ( \u4e00\u822c\u5411\u3051\u90e8\u9580 ippan muke bumon ) initially , there was only one general award .", "topic": 5}, {"text": "in 1976 , the general category was introduced .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "the boy 's / girl 's category was introduced in 1980 , then split in 1984 into separate boy 's and girl 's awards .", "topic": 5}, {"text": "the children 's category was introduced in 1982 .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "from 1976 to 1989 , the general category was called the seinen/general category ( \u9752\u5e74\u4e00\u822c\u5411\u3051\u90e8\u9580 seinen ippan muke bumon ) .", "topic": 5}, {"text": "special awards are also occasionally given out for outstanding work , lifetime achievement , and so forth . ", "topic": 5}], "title": "shogakukan manga award", "paragraphs": [", awards new manga artists in the comedic manga category . the award is named after the manga pioneer\nfor best general manga in 2014 and was nominated for the 3rd taisho manga award in 2010 .\nhere ' s a photo of the very cool award itself , and the special award ribbon that i wore .\nin addition , late manga creator kenichir\u014d takai received the jury ' s special award .\nmatsuda launched the manga in shogakukan ' s monthly spirits magazine in 2012 . the manga was nominated for the 18th annual tezuka osamu cultural prize\nreader award\nin 2014 , and it inspired a live - action television series in april .\nmatsumoto launched the manga in 2010 and ended the manga last year . viz publishes the manga in north america .\nthe prize winners of the 61st shogakukan manga awards to honor excellent works of manga artists were announced yesterday on january 21 . it was established in 1955 , and has four categories : children manga , shonen manga , shoujo manga , and general manga . the winners receive a bronze statue and 1 million yen ( about 8 , 470 us dollars ) prize money . the award ceremony will be held in tokyo on march 3 .\nthank you for the information ! i were wondering what kind of award is . one and his amazing manga really deserve it !\nthe manga creator one ( one - punch man ) launched the mob psycho 100 series on ura sunday in 2012 and later in shogakukan ' s manga one app in 2014 . the manga inspired a television anime last summer .\nthe shogakukan manga award started in 1955 . among the number of manga awards in japan , this has the longest history , according to [ this twitter ] ( urltoken ) from mp100 anime account . by 2003 , the award has been divided in four categories ; kids , shoujo , shounen , and seinen ( later relabeled as\ngeneral ( readers ? )\n) .\nthe judging committee of the 62nd shogakukan manga awards announced this year ' s winners on monday . each winning title will be honored with a bronze statuette and a prize of 1 million yen ( about us $ 8 , 800 ) . shogakukan itself publishes all five winners .\nthe judging committee of the 61st shogakukan manga awards announced this year ' s winners on thursday . each winning title will be honored with a bronze statuette and a prize of 1 million yen ( about us $ 8 , 500 ) . shogakukan itself publishes three of the five winners .\nthe judging committee of the 60th shogakukan manga awards announced this year ' s winners on wednesday . each winning title will be honored with a bronze statuette and a prize of 1 million yen ( about us $ 8 , 520 ) . shogakukan itself publishes all five of the winners .\nthe manga follows a ghost girl named yomi as she tells the reader various scary stories . the manga\n: mr . minoru naiki won the\nspecial contribution\naward for his gendai manga toshokan ( modern manga library ) , which has been the sole place in japan where researchers can read old manga for a small fee . like almost every manga researcher , i personally am indebted to mr . naiki and his library .\nhis year i didn ' t make it to the tezuka award ceremony in japan , but here are the announced winners .\nthe judging committee of the 59th shogakukan manga awards announced this year ' s winners on tuesday . each winning title will be honored with a bronze statuette and a prize of 1 million yen ( about us $ 9 , 600 ) at a march 3 ceremony at the imperial hotel in tokyo . shogakukan itself publishes four of the five winners .\nnatsuo sekikawa is a primarily non - fiction writer who has authored many fine books on a wide variety of subjects , ranging from korea to manga criticism . jiro taniguchi is a veteran manga artist who has created several other highly acclaimed manga with sekikawa . he is famous , among other things , for his hard boiled action series , and also several series about animals . in 1992 , he won the 37th shogakukan manga award for his series , inu o kau (\nowning a dog\n) , and in 1993 he and sekikawa also won the japan cartoonists ' association award of excellence for\nbotchan\nno jidai .\naward in the children ' s category in 1985 , and the series inspired a television series and film in 1982 - 83 .\nkawahara ( high school debut ) launched the manga in 2012 , and viz media is publishing the manga in north america . the manga inspired a television anime and a live - action film .\n: fusanosuke natsume , a good friend , won the\nspecial contribution\naward for his extraordinary contributions to manga criticism . for years , natsume has been explaining and analyzing the manga scene , in both japan and overseas . unlike other critics , however , he is himself a manga artist , and thus has been able to explain manga from the perspective of design and construction , as well as story .\nit ' s an annual award given by the manga publishing company shogakukan . this is the link to the shogakukan hp ( japanese ) . some of the well known works that were awarded in the past are :\nyu yu hakusho\n( 1993 ) ,\ninuyasha\n( 2001 ) ,\nfullmetal alchemist\n( 2003 ) ,\nbleach\n( 2004 ) ,\nmagi\n( 2013 ) . last year , it was\nhaikyuu !\n. one ' s twitter :\ni am surprised . thank you very much . all thanks to everyone !\nishizuka ( gaku ) launched the manga in big comic in may 2013 . ishizuka ended the series in august , but started the blue giant supreme sequel series in september . the manga was nominated for the eighth and ninth manga taisho awards .\nthe manga focuses on the people involved in a manga magazine named\nvibes\n: creators who publish their manga , editors , salespeople , advertisers , plate - makers , printers , designers , distributors , and booksellers . the manga follows the workers who are involved in each stage of a manga ' s production that will influence how it will sell , until the final product is delivered to the consumer .\nviz media will start publishing the manga in north america this july . the manga inspired a television anime with a\nsecond season\nsequel and two compilation movies .\n: none other than yours truly won the special award for 2000 , for helping to popularize manga overseas . having worked on the nominating committee previously , and having had a long affiliation with osamu tezuka himself , this was a huge honor for me . during my acceptance speech , delivered before a crowd of hundreds of contemporaries and manga luminaries , i nearly choked .\n\u201cthere are more offers coming from china now , and we\u2019ve signed deals there for both tv and films recently , \u201d says ichiro takase , acting division manager of the international business operations at one of the largest manga publishers , shogakukan . \u201cchinese producers tend to be interested in older \u2018masterpiece\u2019 types of manga because they read them when they were younger . even though only about 10 japanese manga are officially approved for release in china each year , actually producers have read a lot . \u201d\nadds stuart levy , founder of the tokyopop imprint that introduced so many american fans to manga : \u201cmanga creators have recognized that adaptations of american comics are being done very well . \u201d\nthe 18th japan media arts festival award list has been announced . the recipients include those from japan , belgium , france , germany , china , thailand , and others . an . . . read more\nalthough i couldn ' t attend , i was very pleased that both of the manga winners were works that i personally had also nominated . others that i nominated that didn ' t make the final cut were ping pong , by taiyo matsumoto , and spirit of wonder , by kenji tsuruta . i had also nominated isao shimizu , the manga historian , for the special award , before learning of shotaro ishinomori ' s death .\n2 based on the top manga page . please note that ' r18 + ' titles are excluded .\n(\nnaniwa financiers\n) , by aoki yuji . serialized weekly in kodansha ' s adult magazine manga ,\n; [\nyoung girls\n] story compiled into a long paperback series as part of shogakukan ' s\npetite flower\nline of books . it ' s the tale of a young boy who is sexually abused by his step father and various others in his life , and a great example of how the manga format can be used to depict something as complex as the destruction of the human ego .\nshows how this period forms the basis of much of modern japan ' s identity . an extremely literate manga , reading\nbut it\u2019s not just hollywood that\u2019s interested in tapping japan\u2019s manga empire . despite the vast amount of material available , u . s . studios are likely to find themselves bidding on some of the same manga properties as their chinese counterparts .\n: this year ' s special award was postumously granted to shotaro ishinomori , who passed away january 28 , 1998 , for his great contribution to both manga and the manga industry . it was a logical choice . ishinomori was one of the all - time greats of japanese comics . a brilliant protege of osamu tezuka , he was a pioneer in the\nproduction\nsystem in the manga world , and as a result was able to turn out an extraordinary large number of works . at one point he held a record of sorts for churning out 500 pages per month . some of his most famous works include\nwas held at the imperial hotel in tokyo . the award is given to manga works published within the year in paperback format , which exemplify the spirit of the late osamu tezuka . i was a member of the nominating committee for the award , and the only foreigner among 25 people on the committee , so it was a true honor to be able to attend . it was a much fancier , bigger event than i had imagined it would be , and i immediately wished i had brought a suit coat , instead of just appearing in a shirt and tie and jeans . the mass media was out in force , and there were several hundred artists and publishers in attendance . lots of manga luminaries were there , too including leiji matsumoto , go nagai , and fujiko fujio ( a ) . all members on the nominating committee had a seat assigned to them up on a huge stage , so i took my assigned place next to a couple of famous manga critics . the 25 members are mostly manga critics , with a few artists and historians , collectors , and luminaries . i already knew several people personally , including toshio okada , and tomofusa kure , and most of the others i knew from their work . the winners this year of the award were :\nshiina ( seifuku no dilemma , sensei , sotsugy\u014d ) launched the manga in cheese ! magazine in december 2013 and ended its first serialization run in november 2014 . the manga resumed in may 2015 and inspired a live - action drama that summer .\nthe manga based on level - 5 ' s soccer role - playing game ran in monthly corocoro until october of last year .\nand for a lesser but still worthy work , a million yen . the award also has third place honorable mentions for contestants deemed worthy , that includes half a million yen . these cash prizes may not be awarded ( as is often the case ) if the judges deem none of the candidates worthy .\n\u201cthe tendency in hollywood is for productions to be much like the proverbial bull in the china shop in terms of mentality toward the source material , a bit insensitive to the culture of manga and anime , \u201d notes michael arias , a tokyo - based filmmaker and the first american director of a japanese anime with his adaptation of the tekkonkinkreet manga . that film won him the japanese academy award for best anime feature in 2008 . arias says he now frequently fields calls from u . s . producers looking for properties and that there\u2019s \u201ca sense of a gold rush in the air . \u201d\n, by naoki urasawa . this is a fabulous adventure - suspense story , in the best tradition of lengthy japanese story - manga . originally serialized in\nhowever , with the japanese film market destined to shrink along with the population , many manga authors and publishers now have become more open to u . s . adaptations of their work . in addition to ghost in the shell , a number of high - profile manga adaptations are currently in the works in hollywood , including netflix\u2019s death note , based on tsugumi ohba\u2019s original manga about a teenager who discovers a mysterious notebook that grants him the power to kill , and warner bros . \u2019 reboot of the classic akira manga , which brought on daredevil showrunner marco j . ramirez to script the project .\ngroup , which focused more on artists of long , narrative works . during his life , he won nearly all the awards there are to win in the manga world . with his work on the japanese economy , he almost single - handedly pioneered the now - huge genre of\ninformation manga .\n) and rumiko takahashi ( ranma 1 / 2 , inuyasha ) , who were still new in the manga creation world and were not known by many .\nanother recurring problem over the years has been a lack of agent / management representation for manga authors who own the copyright to their works , with publishing houses assuming the de facto role . this is a void that cork , a tokyo - based management company representing around 20 manga creators and novelists , has tried to fill .\nthough much will depend on the success or failure of ghost , the deep well of stories within japanese manga gradually is becoming better known and easier to access in the u . s . the multibillion - dollar japanese manga industry already has a lucrative revenue stream in licensing its content for domestic tv dramas and big - screen adaptations , both live - action and animated . so it\u2019s little surprise that publishing houses and manga artists haven\u2019t always felt it necessary to bend over backward to option their properties to hollywood .\nthe \u201cwhitewashing\u201d furor over the casting of scarlett johansson as kusanagi in the upcoming dreamworks / paramount version of the cult manga ghost in the shell may not be the last . there are a handful of other manga adaptations in various stages of development at hollywood studios , and offers are landing on the desks of tokyo publishing houses for many more .\n, by minetarou mochizuki . a hair - raising suspense manga about young students in an apocolyptic world after a train they ' re on is wrecked in a tunnel . originally serialized in\nfour manga that should get the hollywood treatment assassins , criminals and a japanese game of thrones \u2014 these comics just might have what it takes to make the leap to the big screen .\nreiji kikukawa is known as a troublesome member of the police force due to his tendency to enforce justice through his own morals . he goes undercover to infiltrate a gangster syndicate . the manga is\n, and at the height of american interest in the japanese economy attracted great interest on the part of businessmen as well as manga fans . subsequent volumes in the series are currently being issued by\nthe winners for 2014 ' s shougakukan manga awards in each category are as follows : general aoi honoo by kazuhiko shimamoto ( anime tenchou , honoo no tenkousei ) asa . . . read more\nthe story of the manga takes place in the early 1980 ' s . a male student at the osaka university of arts named hon\u014d ( literally ' flame ' ) aims to become a manga artist while taking lectures on tv , movies , and anime . however , this is just a dream , and honoo does not even know the first step to becoming one . one day , while he was reading\n( ' the monkey king ' and other chinese legends ) , by daijirou moroboshi . currently over sixteen volumes , created over a period of fifteen years , by one of the great artists of modern manga .\n. like tezuka , he was an extraordinarily active man , and drew in a wide variety of fields , ranging from boys ' and girls ' comics to adult material , and played a major role in raising the status of manga in japan to their current level , which is nearly equivalent to films and novels in other nations . ishinomori was also active in the main manga - related organizations in japan , and helped form the\nfeels like reading a meiji period novel . i can ' t recommend it highly enough , although for students of japanese language it is probably much more difficult than most manga , as there are few pronunciation keys for the more difficult\n\u2015 five years ago , i wrote a column about some of the works of nobuyuki fukumoto , a manga artist sometimes affectionately called fkmt by his fans . it was a celebration of milestones like akagi and kaiji , and several . . .\n(\nthe prodigy\n) , by akira sasou . a highly original story about a child prodigy with perfect pitch and a gift for playing the piano , issued as a four - volume series by the veteran manga publisher , futabasha .\nit\u2019s also been a decade since the japanese live - action adaptation of the death note manga sparked interest from hollywood . at various points in its development , everyone from gus van sant to shane black has been rumored to be attached to the adaptation .\n\u2015 due to the success of the first season , the seven deadly sins made its return to netflix with a second season earlier this year . a movie is set to be released later . the popular series is based off a manga created . . .\nthe fable by katsuhisa minami a slow - burner of a story about a highly skilled gangland assassin , whose abilities to kill any target have made him legendary in the underworld , and his partner , set in the kansai region ( the area around osaka ) . the life of \u201cthe fable\u201d undergoes a transformation when he receives an unexpected order from the boss . japanese fans compare this stylishly violent manga to golgo 13 , the country\u2019s longest - running manga series , which has been previously optioned in hollywood but didn\u2019t come to fruition .\nthe perception gap between hollywood and the manga industry , undoubtedly exacerbated by american - japanese cultural differences , coupled with the traditionally lengthy process to greenlight any movie project , has meant a slow path to adaptations . ghost in the shell took 10 years from the start of negotiations to production .\nthose familiar with the full range of storytelling and genres in manga point out that the surface has barely been scratched in terms of what could be adapted . \u201cfor every death note , there are 50 death note - quality things in japan that nobody outside has ever heard of , \u201d says terada .\nthe manga centers around momoko , a novice sick day care provider . she takes care of children too sick for their parents to leave in a normal nursery , but nevertheless have to go to work . although she is an unsociable woman famous for never laughing , momoko always prioritizes the smiles of the children .\n\u201cthere is more interest from hollywood , \u201d says sam yoshiba , executive director of international business at kodansha , publisher of the original ghost in the shell manga by masamune shirow . \u201coffers have increased and negotiations are ongoing on a number of manga properties , though apart from ghost in the shell , it\u2019s still early days in terms of projects actually moving ahead . \u201d yoshiba concedes that some of the fault for the slow progress over the years can be attributed to \u201ca lack of knowhow in terms of doing business internationally and even of people who could translate for negotiations\u201d at the publishers , though he says this situation has improved .\nshogakukan has been awarding this prize since 1956 ( for works published in 1955 ) . recent winners have included yumi hotta and takeshi obata ' s hikaru no go ( 2000 ) , rumiko takahashi ' s inuyasha ( 2002 ) , naoki urasawa ' s 20th century boys ( 2003 ) , mine yoshizaki ' s keroro guns\u014d ( 2005 ) , kotomi aoki ' s boku no hatsukoi o kimi ni sasagu ( 2008 ) , kanoko sakurakoji ' s black bird ( 2009 ) , kenta shinohara ' s sket dance ( 2010 ) , ch\u016bya koyama ' s space brothers ( 2011 ) , y\u016bki kodama ' s kids on the slope ( 2012 ) , hiromu arakawa ' s silver spoon ( 2013 ) , shinobu ohtaka ' s magi ( 2014 ) , and noriyuki konishi ' s y\u014dkai watch ( 2015 ) .\nshogakukan has been awarding this prize since 1956 ( for works published in 1955 ) . recent winners have included yumi hotta and takeshi obata ' s hikaru no go ( 2000 ) , rumiko takahashi ' s inuyasha ( 2002 ) , naoki urasawa ' s 20th century boys ( 2003 ) , mine yoshizaki ' s keroro guns\u014d ( 2005 ) , kotomi aoki ' s boku no hatsukoi o kimi ni sasagu ( 2008 ) , kanoko sakurakoji ' s black bird ( 2009 ) , and kenta shinohara ' s sket dance ( 2010 ) . 2011 ' s winners were yumeiro p\u00e2tissi\u00e8re , \u014doku , ushijima the loan shark , and space brothers , while 2012 ' s winners were inazuma eleven , nobunaga concerto , pin to kona , and kids on the slope . last year ' s winners included mysterious joker , silver spoon , piece , and i am a hero .\nthe story follows ry\u016b ichij\u014d , a young boy who dreams of becoming japan ' s representitive of soccer . along with his friends , the twin brothers y\u016bto and yuki , he first aims to win at the little league national competition . . the manga begins with little league soccer , and progresses into the high school version of the sport .\ni always liked ishinomori , and he was very kind to me when i interviewed him in the past . there is a photograph of him on p . 141 of my manga ! manga ! the world of japanese comics , in front of a little pyramid that he built on the roof of his house . at one point , he claimed , he used to enter his pyramid space in the hopes that it would stimulate his creativity with\npyramid power .\nbut\ninstead of thinking up new stories ,\nhe lamented ,\ni usually wind up drinking sake and admiring the moon .\nas befits a good cartoonist , he also had a good sense of humor .\n( not in education , employment , or training ) . seeking a life outside of music , he begins seeing a high school girl named riko koeda . however , what aki does not know is that riko is actually a huge fan of aki ' s music . even with his girlfriend , aki cannot escape the world of music . the manga\nbut on top of language and cultural barriers , there also is the challenge of acquiring rights to chain titles . because almost all manga movie adaptations were done via co - productions between many parties , nabbing rights free and clear can be exceedingly complicated . but because ghost in the shell and death note finally are moving forward , interest is high once more .\nshogakukan has been awarding this prize since 1956 ( for works published in 1955 ) . recent winners have included yumi hotta and takeshi obata ' s hikaru no go ( 2000 ) , rumiko takahashi ' s inuyasha ( 2002 ) , naoki urasawa ' s 20th century boys ( 2003 ) , mine yoshizaki ' s keroro gunso ( 2005 ) , kotomi aoki ' s boku no hatsukoi o kimi ni sasagu ( 2008 ) , kanoko sakurakoji ' s black bird ( 2009 ) , and kenta shinohara ' s sket dance ( 2010 ) . 2011 ' s winners were yumeiro p\u00e2tissi\u00e8re , \u014doku , ushijima the loan shark , and space brothers , 2012 ' s winners were inazuma eleven , nobunaga concerto , pin to kona , and kids on the slope , and 2013 ' s winners were mysterious joker , silver spoon , piece , and i am a hero . last year ' s winners included zekky\u014d gakky\u016b , magi , and mogura no uta .\nalibaba is a teenager who dreams of conquering one of the mysterious dungeons that have popped up in the world to become powerful and wealthy . one day he comes across a strange boy named aladdin who carries a magical flute , and the two agree to conquer a dungeon together . the manga has inspired two television anime series , the second of which is currently airing .\nthe story of the historical fantasy manga revolves around aki , the princess of akoku who is treated coldly despite her status . since she was young , she acted bright and cheerful while taking care of her mother . one day , she meets a boy with hair like gold and eyes like the heavenly skies , hakusei . overcoming their differences in status , they form a strong bond . however , dangers await them .\nthe manga centers on dai miyamoto , who is in the basketball club in middle school . one day , his friend takes him to a live jazz performance , which touches him on a deep level . from that point on , he begins to practice the tenor sax by himself , with no formal education , and no ability to read sheet music . he aims to become the world ' s best saxophone player .\nshogakukan has been awarding this prize since 1956 ( for works published in 1955 ) . recent winners have included yumi hotta and takeshi obata ' s hikaru no go ( 2000 ) , rumiko takahashi ' s inuyasha ( 2002 ) , naoki urasawa ' s 20th century boys ( 2003 ) , mine yoshizaki ' s keroro gunso ( 2005 ) , kotomi aoki ' s boku no hatsukoi o kimi ni sasagu ( 2008 ) , kanoko sakurakoji ' s black bird ( 2009 ) , and kenta shinohara ' s sket dance ( 2010 ) . 2011 ' s winners were yumeiro p\u00e2tissi\u00e8re , \u014doku , ushijima the loan shark , and space brothers , 2012 ' s winners were inazuma eleven , nobunaga concerto , pin to kona , and kids on the slope , and 2013 ' s winners were mysterious joker , silver spoon , piece , and i am a hero . 2014 ' s winners included zekky\u014d gakky\u016b , magi , and mogura no uta , and 2015 ' s winners were yo - kai watch , be blues ! - ao ni nare , jo\u014d no hana , asahinagu , and aoi hon\u014d .\nafter the presentation of the awards there were short speeches by the award recipients , words of greetings from luminaries such as etsuko tezuka , the widow of tezuka , and representatives of the asahi organization , and then toasts and comments by acquaintances of the winners . in a way , it reminded me of the testimonials given at japanese weddings by friends , family members and coworkers . after that it was a matter of snacking and drinking around the huge , ice - sculpture decorated buffet tables . i had myself photographed with go nagai , leiji matsumoto , abiko , and other stars , and i hope the photos come out ! the vast majority of the people in attendance were extremely well dressed , but i didn ' t feel so bad about not wearing a coat when i saw a couple of the celebrities . toshio okada , also a nominating committee member , had on a loud hawaiian shirt ; leiji matsumoto was dressed exactly as he ' s been dressed for the last twenty - five years , with his safari jacket and his black skullcap emblazoned with a pirate emblem .\nkurosagi \u2014 the black swindler by takeshi natsuhara this series , which ran from 2003 to 2008 , follows the exploits of a young man whose family suffered a fatal tragedy after becoming victims of a conman who took their life savings . the young man becomes a fraudster himself , though one who preys only on other swindlers and also helps victims recover their losses . the manga was adapted for a popular live - action tv series by tokyo broadcasting system that ran in 2006 , which two years later led to a feature film with tomohisa yamashita reprising his lead role .\nthe tenth prism by masahito soda this fantasy tale follows tsunashi , a young prince as he struggles with his destiny to revive his fallen kingdom . the unassuming prince , who according to legend possesses great , hidden powers , prefers to spend his days lost in books rather than developing his martial skills . as the danger to his people increases , tsunashi must unlock the secret behind the patch on his eye , which he can\u2019t remove . the tenth prism creator masahito soda\u2019s other works have sold more than 15 million copies and been adapted into a tv series , an anime and a live - action film in japan . the global success of game of thrones has not gone unnoticed by manga authors , and this is one of a number of fantasy series with potential global appeal that have appeared recently .\nno account yet ? registering is free , easy , and private . discuss in the forum , contribute to the encyclopedia , build your own myanime lists , and more .\nwe need your help . good journalism costs money , and advertising doesn\u2019t bring in what it used to . for just $ 1 a month you can help secure anime news network\u2019s future .\nthe story follows goku\u014d - kun , a\nlie specialist\nwho loves to lie and to expose other people ' s lies . with his pet nekokarasu , he exposes the lies that are rife in his school .\never since he saw the legendary player known as the ' little giant ' compete at the national volleyball finals , shoyo hinata has been aiming to be the best volleyball player ever ! he decides to join the team at the high school the little giant went to - and then surpass him . who says you need to be tall to play volleyball when you can jump higher than anyone else ?\nafter losing his first and last volleyball match against tobio kageyama , the king of the court , shoyo hinata swears to become his rival after graduating middle school . but what happens when the guy who is supposed to be his rival ends up being his teammate ? !\ntakeo goda is a giant guy with a giant heart . too bad the girls don ' t want him ! ( they want his good - looking best friend , sunakawa . ) used to being on the sidelines , takeo simply stands tall and accepts his fate . but one day when he saves a girl named yamato from a harasser on the train , his ( love ! ) life suddenly takes an incredible turn !\nthe story takes place in kamakura , and revolves around yoshino , the middle of three sisters . one morning , after she wakes up in a man ' s room , her father ' s obituary is delivered to her . yoshimi hadn ' t met her father in a long time , since her mother divorced him . after not seeing him for so long , she doesn ' t know how to feel at the announcement of his death . only at her father ' s funeral do the sisters meet their half - sister whom they had never seen before .\nthe slice - of - life story focuses on children at star kids home orphanage . an abandoned yellow car , su\nny , the children can escape their circumstances and go on imaginary adventures around the world and beyond .\nthis year ' s judging committee included kiyoko arai ( beauty pop ) , author mitsuyo kakuta , eiji kazama , kaiji kawaguchi , kenshi hirokane , and columnist bourbon kobayashi .\nthe summer anime season has begun , and we ' re reviewing every new anime of the season . check back daily for new reviews ! now available : drop kick on my devil ! - holmes of kyoto - phantom in the twilight - asobi asobase - master of ragnarok - music girls - planet with - chio ' s school road - angels of death - harukana receive - seven senses of the re ' union - banana fish - and much more !\nthis season ' s kaiji spinoff mr . tonegawa : middle - management blues sets mike off on a journey through the long history of anime spinoffs - the good , the bad , the confusing and the sublime !\njustin goes in - depth on the numerous reasons your favorite unlicensed anime remains unlicensed , from music clearing headaches to personal grudges between licensing parties .\n\u2015 tony asked : one of my favorite anime in the early 90 ' s , dragon quest : the adventure of dai , in japan got a vhs release , but never got a single dvd release . it aired in japan in october 1991 , and got all 46 episodes released on . . .\njames digs into a terribly uneven 2006 tv special from madhouse about a japan plagued by natural disasters , and paul breaks down all this week ' s new anime releases .\n\u2015 i didn ' t go to see fireworks on the 4th last week , but i did go to see fireworks the anime movie on the 3rd . that ' s some clever timing on the part of whoever ' s in charge of promoting the film . the movie itself is alright , and it ' s cert . . .\nthis focus story for orario ' s toughest tavern elf offers plenty of colorful new details about the story ' s world in a must - read for danmachi fans .\n\u2015 ( note : because the main character ' s name is consistently transliterated as lyu rather than ryu in this novel , that spelling will be used throughout this review . ) in a franchise full of colorful characters , lyu leon is far from being among the most dynamic . . .\n\u2015 the kingdom hearts orchestra \u2013 world tour 2018 launched on june 9th with an unforgettable sold - out show at the dorothy chandler pavilion in los angeles . with composer yoko shimomura on stage , and surprise special appearance by director tetsuya nomura that announced the long - awaited release date of kingdom hea . . .\nflcl progressive started out pretty low - key - especially compared to the original - but the plot becomes a noisy riot of abstract ( yet familiar ) elements in this finale .\nboth the english and japanese voices of the seven deadly sins hero melodias - bryce papenbrook and yuuki kaji - were on hand to answer a few questions from their fans at anime expo 2018 .\n\u2015 july 5 - 8 2017 , los angeles , california cosplay galleries day one day two what ' s going on in the entertainment hall ? ( gallery ) premiere reports jojo ' s bizarre adventure : golden wind world premiere my hero academia : two heroes world premie . . .\nstudio trigger enlists the help of inferno cop director akira amemiya to reboot tokusatsu series ssss gridman ( known to the us as superhuman samurai syber - squad ! ) , and they showed the first episode at anime expo 2018 .\n\u2015 during trigger ' s industry panel before the ssss . gridman premiere at anime expo , hiromi wakabayashi emphasized the point of trigger ' s younger staff heading the show . akira amemiya ( dir . . .\n\u2015 friday at anime expo was even bigger than i expected with a packed main floor , crowded dealer ' s hall and premiere line - ups capping hours in advance in the blistering heat . i found myself between two choices . brave the giant crowds or begin my hunt for a casual space to relax . i ' d already checked ou . . .\nit won ' t stream on netflix until this fall , but anime expo 2018 provided an early look at shinji higuchi and mari okada ' s fascinating new show , with a twist on dragon riding you won ' t believe .\n\u2015 dragon pilot : hisone and masotan has a strong pedigree . the new series , streaming this fall on netflix , was helmed by shinji higuchi and hiroshi kobayashi , produced by masahiko minami , and written by mari oka . . .\nall the details from this weekend ' s trigger panel at anime expo 2018 , including new details and a sneak peek at hiroyuki imaishi ' s explosive new action show , promare .\n\u2015 if there was any way to describe trigger ' s anime expo 2018 panel , it would be \u201cfull of adrenaline . \u201d this isn ' t too off the mark for the studio , but trigger really played to their high - energy reputation to a totally packed house on fri . . .\n\u2015 2018 is an explosive year for bkub okawa ' s pop team epic , as it transformed from a 4 - koma to an epic 12 episode anime with some of the biggest voice acting talent in japan . with 24 pairs of actors , innovative meta gags , and . . .\nanime expo 2018 : jojo ' s bizarre adventure : golden wind u . s . premiere\n\u2015 jojo ' s fans got a very special treat at anime expo this year . only weeks after the anime adaptation of jojo ' s bizarre adventure part 5 was announced , anime expo announced it would host the u . s . premiere months before its planned television premiere in oct . . .\n\u2015 warning : this article contains some spoilers for recent episode of my hero academia season 3 . startling changes transformed my hero academia ' s\nsymbol of peace\nin the series ' third season . all might ' s stalwart role as a beloved hero for u . a . ' s students , deku in p . . .\nall material copyright \u00a9 1998 - 2018 anime news network . all rights reserved . served by mayu - chan cloudflare ray # 437da44851fc5534 - ord\nthe story begins when k\u0113ta discovers an old capsule toy vending machine in the forest . k\u0113ta receives a mysterious watch and meets a ghost butler named whisper . whisper tells k\u0113ta that the watch allows him to see supernatural creatures \u2014 both good and evil \u2014 that he could not see before in everyday life . with whisper and his other companion jibanyan , k\u0113ta explores his town for other ghosts to battle and befriend .\nthe story revolves around asahi t\u014djima , a first - year in high school . she had been in the art club throughout middle school , but begins training with the naginata ( japanese halberd ) , saying that even people without talent in sports one day can shine in the nationals the next . along with her beloved upperclassman maharu miyaji , her classmate with experience in kendo sh\u014dko yasomura , and sakura konno , a girl who has worries about her height , she forms a new group of\nnaginata girls .\nthis year ' s judging committee included kiyoko arai ( beauty pop ) , akira oze ( hatsukoi scandal ) , fujihiko hosono ( gallery fake ) , author mitsuyo kakuta , kaiji kawaguchi , kenshi hirokane , and columnist bourbon kobayashi .\nthe summer anime season has begun , and we ' re reviewing every new anime of the season . check back daily for new reviews ! now available : asobi asobase - master of ragnarok - music girls - planet with - chio ' s school road - angels of death - harukana receive - seven senses of the re ' union - banana fish - how not to summon a demon lord - and much more !\n\u2015 july 5 - 8 2017 , los angeles , california cosplay galleries day one day two premiere reports jojo ' s bizarre adventure : golden wind world premiere my hero academia : two heroes world premiere studio trigger ' s ssss . gridman premiere headlines : . . .\nall material copyright \u00a9 1998 - 2018 anime news network . all rights reserved . served by mayu - chan cloudflare ray # 437d6125b6367149 - ord\nthe story centers around aki ogasawara , a\nsound creator\nwho composes for the popular band crude play and earns over 100 million yen ( about us $ 1 . 3 million ) a year . despite this , he conceals all of this and calls himself a\nthis year ' s judging committee included mitsuru adachi , akira oze , author mitsuyo kakuta , kaiji kawaguchi , chiho sait\u014d , kenshi hirokane , columnist bourbon kobayashi , and buronson .\nthe summer anime season has begun , and we ' re reviewing every new anime of the season . check back daily for new reviews ! now available : holmes of kyoto - phantom in the twilight - asobi asobase - master of ragnarok - music girls - planet with - chio ' s school road - angels of death - harukana receive - seven senses of the re ' union - banana fish - and much more !\nall material copyright \u00a9 1998 - 2018 anime news network . all rights reserved . served by mayu - chan ads by ezoic ( off ) cloudflare ray # 437d8c63f36e5534 - ord\nthe story revolves around\nmob ,\na boy who will explode if his emotional capacity reaches 100 % . this boy with psychic powers earned his nickname\nmob\nbecause he does not stand out among other people . he keeps his psychic powers bottled up so he can live normally , but if his emotional level reaches 100 , something will overwhelm his entire body .\n2016 ' s winners were usotsuki ! goku\u014d - kun , haikyu ! ! , my love story ! ! , sunny , and umimachi diary .\nthis year ' s judging committee included kiyoko arai ( beauty pop ) , author mitsuyo kakuta , eiji kazama , kaiji kawaguchi , kenshi hirokane , fujihiko hosono , and columnist bourbon kobayashi .\nall material copyright \u00a9 1998 - 2018 anime news network . all rights reserved . served by ruka - chan ads by ezoic ( off ) cloudflare ray # 437d9e33558271c1 - ord\nwelcome back . just a moment while we sign you in to your goodreads account .\nthe story takes place in kyushu in the ' 60s and is about students who make friends through jazz music . it ' s serialized in monthly flowers and recently got green - lit for anime :\nserialized in cheese ! , it ' s the story of two kabuki actors , one who comes from an established family and one who rose through the ranks due to his hard work . you can imagine they ' re already rivals , but they even end up falling for the same girl . . .\nthis one is also up for the cartoon grand prize . via a time slip , a normal high schooler ends up living as oda nobunaga during the warring states period under the pressure that he can ' t change history by not uniting japan .\nthe actual ceremony will take place march 2nd . in addition to a bronze trophy , winners receive a\nsupplementary prize\nof 1 , 000 , 000 yen ( almost $ 13 , 000 us ) .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nthis site uses cookies to deliver our services , improve performance , for analytics , and ( if not signed in ) for advertising . by using librarything you acknowledge that you have read and understand our terms of service and privacy policy . your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms .\ncopyright librarything and / or members of librarything , authors , publishers , libraries , cover designers , amazon , bol , bruna , etc . | static : /\npress j to jump to the feed . press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts\neach winner will be presented with 1 million jpy and a statuette . the statuette is called\nminori\n( oh no ) .\ni ' m so happy for one . he deserves it ! i ' m hoping this will be a push into confirming a season 2 by bones .\ngotta love how murata was the first one to retweet the news , what a bro . even the anime staff congratulated him !\none really deserves all the love he gets for his incredible work on mob .\nit ' s the best . his fun project , opm , is commercially successful and his serious project is critically and commercially successful . long may he continue to wield his excellent pen and wit . : )\n, the sci - fi robot cat character much beloved by all japanese children . fujiko f . fujio , doraemon ' s creator , passed away early in the year , so his widow represented him at the ceremony . it would be hard to overestimate the impact that doraemon has had on several generations of japanese ; he ' s a true cultural icon at this point .\n[\na cruel god dominates\n] by moto hagio ( runner up ) . this is a gripping\nwhile i was in the midst of chatting with some people , i was dragged up on the stage and asked to say a few words . not having any thing prepared i did the best i could but felt like - - and probably sounded like - - an idiot . nonetheless , it was a great deal of fun , and an honor to be able to attend . unfortunately , none of the works i nominated won a prize , but one - -\n, by natsuo sekikawa and jiro taniguchi . this is a wonderful series about the literary and intellectual world in japan ' s meiji period . it ' s published as part of a five volume series by futaba - sha ( after a decade - long serialization in\nmagazine , and each volume is a hefty 300 + pages bound with tastefully designed covers . the meiji period ( 1868 - 1912 ) was a extremely pivotal period in japan ' s history , when the country changed from a feudal state to a modern industrial nation .\nin the united states , in 1990 viz communications published another fine work by sekikawa and taniguchi , titled hotel harbor view . both sekikawa and taniguchi are also mentioned briefly in my 1996 book , dreamland japan .\nfor many years starting in 1990 , this tale of loan sharks in the osaka area reads almost like a fyodor dostoyevski novel . it ' s also drawn in a completely original , blocky neo - primitive style . in reading this work you can learn more about the street level japanese economy than in reading a dozen textbooks . my book ,\nthis year ' s awards ceremony was held on june 9 , 1998 , at the imperial hotel .\n, then compiled into eighteen paperbacks , in 2004 it was also shown on television as an animated series . urasawa is also famous for previous works such as his immensely popular judo - themed series ,\nthis year ' s awards ceremony was held on june 9 , 1999 . it was my last year to serve as a member of the nominating committee .\nmagazine and then compiled into ten paperback volumes , the story was also made into a live action movie in 2003 .\ni cut off my hair for the ceremony . please ignore the bad haircut !\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nthe source code for the wiki 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the mozilla foundation , google , and apple . you could also do it yourself at any point in time .\nwould you like wikipedia to always look as professional and up - to - date ? we have created a browser extension .\nit will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the wiki 2 technology .\ni use wiki 2 every day and almost forgot how the original wikipedia looks like .\nof perfecting techniques ; in live mode . quite the same wikipedia . just better .\nand is designed to cultivate new artists . the prize for a top selected work is two million\nhistorically the recipients have been in their early twenties , although two notable winners were over 90 years of age .\nfujio akatsuka ( 1989 - 2008 ) . due to his failing health , this title was merely a formality during the years leading up to his death on august 2 , 2008 , with his duties handled by akira toriyama in his absence .\nthese are the most prominent members of the committee only . other adjudicators are also present in the committee .\nthis page was last edited on 11 april 2018 , at 04 : 33 ."]}
{"id": 54912, "summary": [{"text": "pornography in japan is a large and intertwined business of adult entertainment with unique characteristics that readily distinguish it from western pornography .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "reflecting japan 's views on sexuality and culture , japanese pornography delves into a wide spectrum of heterosexual , homosexual , and transgender sexual acts in addition to unique fetishes and paraphilias .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "starting with erotic stories and wood block prints from before the 20th century , japanese pornography evolved into distinct subcategories with the media that in addition to pornographic videos and magazines featuring live actors , there are categories of pornographic manga ( within japanese comics ) , pornographic computer games ( for both pc and game consoles ) , and pornographic anime ( animated depictions of sexual activity ) .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "by japanese law , any lawfully produced pornography must censor the genitals of actors and actresses and up until the mid-1990s so was the depiction of pubic hair .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "anuses are only censored at contact or penetration .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "this type of censoring also extends to comics , video games , and anime made for adults .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "in the attempts to circumvent this type of censoring ( and to cater to particular fetishes ) , actors and producers have featured subject matter unseen or rarely depicted in western pornography .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "bukkake , gokkun , omorashi , and tentacle erotica are a few uniquely japanese genres known to western viewers .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "lolicon and its contribution to the controversy regarding the regulation of pornography depicting minors has been a major issue concerning free speech inside and outside japan . ", "topic": 27}], "title": "pornography in japan", "paragraphs": ["email \u201cchild pornography is still widely available in japan , a year after it was criminalised\u201d .\njapan is notorious for their lax rules and regulations concerning child pornography in western media . however , there are laws which prohibit child pornography in japan . the following information comes from urltoken :\nfeedback on \u201cchild pornography is still widely available in japan , a year after it was criminalised\u201d .\nin australia , karaoke is popular in bars in front of strangers . in japan , it is in private boxes .\n4 ripley et al . , \u201csexually explicit japan manga evades new laws on child pornography . \u201d\nnewsweek also referred to the hrn report on child pornographic material in an article on the record high distribution of child pornography in japan in 2016 . newsweek [ 17 / 03 / 10 ] : japan : child abuse and child pornography cases hit record highs in 2016\ninaccurate headline . this article is about a tokyo ordinance , not about japan ' s pornography laws .\nmeanwhile , production of child pornography through the use of spy cameras became a punishable offense in 2014 . possession of child pornography was criminalized in 2015 .\nmade - in - japan child pornography is available internationally on the internet , says tyler , adding that\non - line , most of the discussion on where to obtain child pornography magazines and videos focuses on japan .\njones , g . ( 2003 ) . \u201cladies\u2019 comics\u201d : japan\u2019s not - so - underground market in pornography for women .\njapan on wednesday finally fell into line with other developed countries and made the possession of child pornography illegal .\nmade - in - japan child pornography is available internationally on the internet , says tyler , adding that\non - line , most of the discussion on where to obtain child pornography [ magazines and videos ] focuses on japan .\nfor more on japan , check out 6 japanese subcultures that are insane ( even for japan ) and 9 beloved characters made horrifying by japan .\njapan is the last oecd nation to criminalize possession of child pornography , although it outlawed production and distribution in 1999 , and has long been considered a safe haven for those buying child pornography .\njapan is the last oecd nation to criminalise possession of child pornography , although it outlawed production and distribution in 1999 , and has long been considered a safe haven for those buying child pornography .\njapan passes new law , which carries a maximum jail term of one year , criminalising possession of child pornography .\njapan has passed a bill outlawing child pornography , but as cnn ' s will ripley reports there are loopholes .\njapan has banned the possession of child pornography , with some notable exceptions : manga , animation and computer graphics .\njc 2009 : japan customs and tariff bureau , trends in illicit drugs and firearms smuggling in japan ( 2009 edition ) . ministry of finance .\nin 2012 , she published a paper discussing child pornography in japan , which has come under international pressure to tighten its laws on the depiction of underage sex .\ni want to end with a caveat about pornography in general . i am not condemning pornography nor suggesting that people not view it . there are certainly those who will view and use pornography that will never engage in deviant or violent behavior . what percentage of pornography users never experience negative impact from viewing pornography is difficult to estimate . this article focused on how pornography may inspire more deviant thinking and behavior especially for the physically aggressive offender and sexual offender .\ncheck [ 21 ] found that both sexually violent pornography and non - violent dehumanizing pornography have antisocial effects on the viewer . repeated exposure to either sexually violent pornography or non - violent dehumanizing pornography increased men\u2019s self - reported proclivity for rape and forced sex acts [ 21 ] .\npornography involving younger children in japan seems to be a practice imported from the west and one that did not gain widespread popularity until the early 1980s .\nthe japanese produce more pornography than any other nation in the world . why ? eszter gafalvi takes us through the intricate maze of japan\u2019s elaborate sexuality .\ncrimes related to child sexual abuse have reportedly been on the rise in japan .\nthe forced appearance in pornography occurs under schemes where the young women are recruited and enter into contracts with various agencies . they are then dispatched to pornography companies as actresses .\nhaving a pornography collection implies at least some degree of preoccupation with pornography as well as an investment in the collection . anecdotally , this author has found that the majority of cases of sexual offenders and physical abusers regularly used some form of pornography .\njapan\u2019s inaction prompted criticism from overseas , with urltoken describing the country as \u201can international hub for the production and trafficking of child pornography\u201d .\non september 5 , 2016 human rights now ( hrn ) released an investigative report on the status and challenge of ending child pornography in japan . the investigations revealed that child pornography material was sold openly in tokyo and online . however there is a lack of proper enforcement in the recent anti - child pornography law as well as competing definitions of what constitutes child pornography . hrn advocates for a zero tolerance policy on that issue .\nso japan ' s child pornography industry - the world ' s largest - finds its subjects in southeast asia and other parts of the world . at home the industry profits from the absence of any law that specifically addresses child pornography .\nthere is also a thriving genre [ citation needed ] of underground pornography in japan ( called urabon ) [ citation . . . ( truncated at 1500 characters )\npornography that is widely available in japan , such as at junior i . . . . . . e audience , but is much less popular than yaoi .\nfacing growing scrutiny , the child pornography industry established some new ground rules . producers and publishers stopped selling child pornography that explicitly displayed genitals or sexual activity .\nthose figures do not make japan ' s the highest suicide rate in the world in a developed nation .\nthe arrests come as japan tries to clean up its image ahead of the 2020 tokyo olympics . in 2014 , responding to criticism that it was lax in protecting minors from sexual exploitation , japan revised the law to ban possession of child pornography .\ncampaigners had long urged japan to toughen its stance on child pornography , complaining it was a major source of the material for global markets .\njapan has a large pornography industry , and visitors to the country note the ubiquity of sexual imagery and the huge volume of material available .\nlast year , the u . s . state department labeled japan the\ninternational hub\nfor the production and trafficking of child pornography .\nlast year in japan , more than 25 , 000 people took their own lives .\nso the men in japan are that sex crazed . . . for little girls ?\nnegotiating\ncool japan\nin research and teaching\nby mark j . mclelland\njapan in 2014 joined other major developed nations and criminalised the possession of child pornography following calls by campaigners who complained it was a major international source of such material .\nthere is a huge amount of pornography available in japan , much of which depicts violence and degradation against females ; rape - themed videos account for about 20 % of the pornography at chain video - rental stores ( associated press , 2003 ) . rape - centred pornography is also widely available in manga ( cartoon ) form . pornography is considered so normal that men will often read violent manga pornography , or men\u2019s weekly magazines with high pornographic content , openly on the train , even when sitting next to female passengers .\nas i have stated on numerous occasions , when men masturbate to pornography , they reinforce the negative aspects being portrayed in the pornography . for example , that the expressions on the faces of the women in pictures and videos often are clearly negative , that is , the women appear fearful , crying , pleading to be freed , etc [ 38 ] . in addition , the sexual positions and the stories portrayed in the pornography reinforce dangerous and misogynous views of women , views that support and encourage sexual violence and domestic abuse . these men become more prone to act - out with their sexual partners what they see and read about in pornography . pornography use may even become part of the couple\u2019s sexual behavior , using the pornography as a precursor to being sexual with each other . granted , not all users of pornography will become violent or engage in sexually abusive or assaultive behavior . however , domestic batterers and sexual offenders tend to spend significant amounts of time viewing pornography , collecting pornography , and becoming preoccupied with pornography . the vast majority of sexual offenders and domestic batterers i have forensically assessed have had pornography collections and admitted to viewing pornography hours per week . to summarize , although the use of pornography in general may not encourage or result in harm to anyone , violent offenders and sexual offenders consistently spend more time viewing and make a significant investment in pornography .\nin 2004 , when japan revised the law against child prostitution and pornography , it was asked if the portrayal of fictional children should be included in the ban . this provoked a fierce debate about sexual expression in manga .\nin a complaint common to advocates in other countries , activists in japan say there is too little recognition of children ' s human rights .\njapan\u2019s multibillion - dollar pornography industry suffered a shock last month after police arrested three men connected with one of the country\u2019s top talent agencies , in a rare crackdown on illegal practices in the business .\nalthough producing and distributing child pornography is illegal in japan , its possession is not criminalised , and images of\nnon - existent\nunderage characters in manga , anime and video games are legal .\nunder japan ' s current child pornography laws , images that use real models under the age of including drawings , can be classified as child pornogra .\nthis japanese film was heavily criticised for its depiction of ww2 and attracted protests in japan .\nbanned in australia , unreleased in the uk . attracted controversy in every country it was released in .\noverseas application ok ! teach english in a professional environment in the major cities of japan . click to apply now .\npornography , ( 1970 ) . report of the u . s . commission on obscenity and pornography ( technical report ) : u . s . commission on obscenity and pornography . washington , d . c . : u . s . government printing office .\nthe islands of japan lie across the sea from korea , and , further west , china . both korea and china have played huge roles in japan\u2019s history .\nchild pornography , which initially appeared in art books , became a\nbig hit ,\nsays the editor .\nthis week , it was announced that japan finally outlawed child pornography . the ban does not cover 2d sexualized representations of children in manga and video games . cnn international wonders why .\ncheck jvp , guloien th ( 1989 ) reported proclivity for coercive sex following exposure to sexually violent pornography , nonviolent dehumanizing pornography , and erotica . in d . zillman and j . bryant ( eds . ) , pornography : research advances and policy considerations . hillsdale , nj : erlbaum .\nyourtango -\nin japan , anti - censorship laws make a ban . . . | facebook\nreligiosity and pornography use are often closely connected . relatively few studies , however , have examined how this religion - pornography connection plays out within the context of committed romantic relationships . moreover , virtually all studies of religion and pornography use conceptualize religiosity as a quality intrinsic to the person that typically reduces pornography viewing . focusing . . . [ show full abstract ]\nchild protection campaigners are welcoming a new law passed by mps in japan , which criminalises the possession of child pornography . japan has long been considered a safe haven for the sex industry . but the japanese crackdown doesn ' t include popular comics and animations .\njapan on wednesday finally fell into line with other major developed countries and made the possession of child pornography illegal , but the sometimes graphic images of paedophilia in manga comic books remain legal .\njapanese nationals in possession of child pornography have one year to discard of the material before finding themselves liable for prosecution .\nin a story about paedophilia in japan , the bbc quotes kazuko ito on the issue of \u201cchaku ero\u201d ( \u201cerotically clothes\u201d ) material that does not involve nudity , \u201cchaku ero is child pornography . that\u2019s the reality . \u201d she directly refutes the argument that this type of video do not fall in the definition of child pornography . bbc three [ 2017 ] : is japan turning a blind eye to paedophilia ?\nconcerned over libellous flaming and the ease with which children can access pornography online , japan ' s communications ministry is suggesting the government starts regulating the internet by 2010 .\nas with all behavior , sexual aggression is caused by a confluence of factors and many pornography consumers are not sexually aggressive . however , the accumulated data leave little doubt that , on the average , individuals who consume pornography more frequently are more likely to hold attitudes conducive to sexual aggression and engage in actual acts of sexual aggression than individuals who do not consume pornography or who consume pornography less frequently .\njapan is known as an \u201cinternational hub for the production and trafficking of child pornography , \u201d according to the 2013 u . s . department of state\u2019s human - rights report . in 2012 , the police reported investigations involving 1 , 264 child victims featured in pornography \u2014 a 98 % increase from the previous year .\nthere are not many ways to express anger or frustration in japan ,\nsays mr nishida .\n\u201cthere is no such thing as manga and anime child pornography , \u201d he said . \u201cchild pornography entails the involvement of children , and we must confront it for that reason . [ de boer - buquicchio ] meant sexualised depictions of childish looking characters in manga and anime . many male and female artists in japan draw characters in an art style that looks childish to western eyes . therefore it is a rejection of an art style popular in japan . \u201d\nthe problem that exists here are serious . as the offenders increase their use of pornography , and increase the amount of time masturbating to the pornography and they are likely to develop unrealistic expectations of what their sexual partners should be willing to engage in , and without discussion or exception . the use of pornography creates a wonderful fantasy based set of sexual and power expectations . in addition , the more frequently the offender uses pornography , the more likely the offender begins to experience difficulties in relating to others . the pornography may become preferred and may begin to replace real people in the offender\u2019s life .\nrapp ' s thesis is called :\nspeech we hate : an argument for the cessation of international pressure on japan to strengthen its anti - child pornography laws .\nthe team then presented participants with the evidence of the discrepancy between reported and actual pornography use .\nnow more than ever , we must address the impact pornography has on sexual violence against women .\nchild pornography prevention act , 18 u . s . c . \u00a7 2256 ( 1996a ) .\nchild pornography prevention act , 18 u . s . c . \u00a7 2252a ( 1996b ) .\nabramson , p . r . , & hayashi , h . ( 1984 ) .\npornography in japan : cross cultural and theoretical considerations\n. in m . n . malamuth & e . donnerstein ( eds . ) , pornography and sexual aggression ( pp . 173 - 183 ) . new york : academic press .\none thing that has been misrepresented is the age of consent in japan . while japan does officially set their age of consent to 13 , most prefectures have raised the limits themselves .\nbyrne d , kelley k ( 1984 ) pornography and sex research . in n malamuth and e donnerstein ( eds . ) . pornography and sexual aggression ( pp . 1 - 10 ) . new york : academic press .\nit is difficult to talk about pornography without infusing the conversation with personal opinion and conjecture . even the way researchers view and interpret the data can be influenced by their own biases and agendas . most people who view pornography are not sexual predators ; most sexual predators would be sexual predators , regardless of whether or not they viewed pornography . statistically speaking , pornography does not lead to sexual assault .\nif a 15 - 17 - year - old teenager in america travels to japan and ends up having an affair with an 18 - 30 - year - old citizen in japan , what would happ . . .\nzillmann d , bryant j ( 1984 ) effects of massive exposure to pornography . in n malamuth and e donnerstein ( eds . ) pornography and sexual aggression ( pp . 114 - 137 ) . new york : academic press .\nthe purpose of this paper is to discuss various issues regarding pornography on the internet in japan . internet pornography , in japan , is considered as being an obscene image on the internet . we will begin by focussing on the legal definition and aspects of obscenity in japan . then we will briefly describe the first internet cyber - porn case in japanese legal history . finally , we will discuss the current on going legal debate that deals with dissemination of obscene material over the internet . this debate has arisen in many countries . this paper aims to contribute to this on - going discussion .\ndussich , j . , y . fujiwara and a . sagisawa ( 1994 ) , \u2018decisions not to report sexual assault in japan\u2019 , in\nblack men are seen as sex objects in japan . there was even a phenomenon in the early 1990s about\nyellow cabs\nwhich capitalized\nkutchinsky , b . ( 1991 ) .\npornography and rape : theory and practice ? evidence from crime data in four countries where pornography is easily available\n. international journal of law and psychiatry , 14 , 47 - 64 .\njapan ' s adult sex industry has long been accused of human rights abuses .\nto deal with an aging population , japan is allowing some brazilians of japanese descent to migrate to japan . these people are classed as brazilians , not japanese .\n51 \u2018yakuza eye cleanup profits\u2019 , the japan times , june 15 , 2011 .\nfinancial anxiety and insecurity are compounded by japan ' s culture of not complaining .\ncheck jvp ( 1993 ) the effects of violent pornography , nonviolent dehumanizing pornography , and erotica : some legal implications from a canadian perspective . in c . itzen ( ed . ) . pornography , women , violence , and civil liberties : a radical view , ( pp . 350 - 358 ) . new york : oxford university press .\nthis is understandable in that people are more likely to view pornography that is of interest to them versus pornography that they have less arousal or interest in . engaging in child pornography related offenses appears to justify the diagnosis of pedophilia even without having actually engaged in a sexual contact offense against a child . child pornography related offenses may include taking or possessing sexually explicit photos or videos of children or possession of or viewing of photos / videos of children engaged in sexual acts . for the diagnosis of pedophilia , dsm - iv ( apa , 2000 ) criteria met would involve :\ncitation : johnson sa ( 2014 ) pornography and the violent offender : importance of finding the offender\u2019s pornography stash . j forensic res 5 : 229 . doi : 10 . 4172 / 2157 - 7145 . 1000229\ndonnerstein e ( 1984 ) pornography : its effect on violence against women . in n . malamuth and e . donnerstein ( eds . ) . pornography and sexual aggression ( pp . 53 - 80 ) . new york : academic press .\nthus , censorship continues in the visual depiction of sex . uncensored movies exist in japan , but are made for export \u2014 or produced illegally .\ntokyo , japan , \u2013 they stare wide - eyed from the pages of magazines , childlike in stature but engaged in extremely explicit sexual activities .\na recent un report weighed into a debate that provokes intense controversy in japan , by including manga in a list of content with violent pornography . the bbc ' s yuko kato went to meet one of japan ' s leading female manga artists , keiko takemiya , seen as the woman who opened the floodgates to sexually explicit manga .\nthe japanese child pornography market is presently the largest in the world , says sgt . r . p . tyler of the san bernardino county , calif . , sheriff ' s department . sergeant tyler , who specializes in tracking the distribution of child pornography , says the amount of such material for sale in japan now exceeds the quantities produced by european pornographers during their peak years in the 1970s and early 1980s .\nperhaps this attitude stems from the fact that japan has been and is still an international centre for the production and distribution of child pornography , according to a 2013 us state department report .\nripley , will , hilary whiteman , and edmund henry . sexually explicit japan manga evades new laws on child pornography . cnn ( june 2014 ) . accessed july 20 , 2014 . urltoken\nsexual offenders also create their own pornography and i have found that some sexual offenders modify the pornography they posses , cut - and - pasting additional photos to their magazines , and several who included pictures of their victim ( s ) in their collection as well as one who videotaped a rape onto a commercial bought pornography tape ( taping over what was originally on the tape ) . the information lost from not reviewing the offender\u2019s pornography collection can be significant .\nthe law should be revised to include tougher penalties for existing provisions and address child pornography , tsuda says .\nrapp also claimed there was only\nsketchy correlations between child pornography and the actual abuse of children\n.\nwalton , m . ( 2005a ) . possession of child pornography . retrieved july 15 , 2005 , from\nwhen investigating violent offenses including domestic abuse and sexual offenses , it is important to search for and seize the offender\u2019s pornography stash . pornography use has been correlated with both physical and sexual violence and even with general criminality . the pornography represents the offender\u2019s preferred sexual preference and violent fantasies , which in turn strongly relate to the offender\u2019s violent behavior . although the pornography does not cause the offender to act out , it contributes to the offender\u2019s fantasy which in turn relates to the offender\u2019s choice of behavior .\nthe devices feature a bunch of switches and nobs to zoom in on the pixelated area . the machines proudly read ,\nmade in japan\n.\nhowever , this isn\u2019t the first time nor will it be the last time that young characters are sexualized in japan .\nthe insurance system in japan is very lax when it comes to paying out for suicide ,\nhe says .\nwhen you try to define child pornography , it should be discussed in the context of freedom of speech ,\nsays shinichiro takagi , an official of japan ' s national police agency . but even one of the pornography industry executives interviewed says that the authorities are now\ntoo generous\nbecause of their war - era excesses .\nthe us laws on child pornography are much more expansive when compared to japanese laws . japan has been labeled a child pornography hub according to the u . s . state department partly due to its\u2019 lax laws . in 2014 , japan passed an update to it\u2019s child pornography law , but excluded computer graphics , comics , and anime , some people in those industries claim its\u2019 a free speech issue , and banning those images will not actually protect children . this is a very controversial subject . does pornographic media have an effect on a persons sexual health and or preferences ? there is some researcher who suggests that pornography does affect sexual tastes in men . if there is an effect , and if that effect extends to computer graphics , comics and anime , then all types of media depicting child pornography should be banned .\ngenital and pubic hair censorship is infamous in japan due to pornography on the web . the law was enacted in the early 1900s and has never been changed . japan initially enacted this laws to mirror western laws at the time , and to ensure public health . for more information on this topic , i highly recommend reading james r . alexander\u2019s essay on censorship in japanese cinema .\nthe exact amount of pornography available now or at any time in the past , is , difficult to determine . unlike sex crime statistics , such data are not accurately amassed by any government or private agency in japan . many , if not most , of the manufacturers or distributors of pornography are legitimate companies whose production figures are kept confidential as commercially proprietorial . additional illegal manufacturers of pornography have products which are available but whose production figures are not . in japan , however , it is safe to say that whatever definitions of sem and pornography are used , there are more such materials publicly available now than there were in the 1970s and 1980s . indications are that the amount and types of such items have been increasing over time as measured in numbers of units produced or in yen value . where available , actual figures for the amounts and types of pornography or sexually explicit materials are given below . in other cases qualitative measures or descriptions are offered .\nanother aspect that is different is access to pornography . in america , it is not uncommon to see playboy magazines hidden by some sort of slip - cover . however , this is not the case in japan . in japan , it is common to have pornographic magazines out in the open in convenience stores . furthermore , some people read these magazines in the store . when i studied in japan during high school , one of my friends would always try to get me to read porn with him in the local 7 - 11 . not sure if that\u2019s actually common , or it was something that my friend just liked doing .\nhistory also helps explain why there is no specific regulation of child pornography . the militaristic rule of pre - world war ii japan included strong controls on expression , so much so that freedom of speech is now one of the most widely respected elements of japan ' s postwar constitution .\n\u2015 tony asked : one of my favorite anime in the early 90 ' s , dragon quest : the adventure of dai , in japan got a vhs release , but never got a single dvd release . it aired in japan in october 1991 , and got all 46 episodes released on . . .\njapan ' s parliament voted on wednesday to outlaw possession of child pornography after years of international calls for a crackdown , but avoided a clampdown on sexually explicit manga comics and animation depicting young children .\njapan ' s cg child ' pornography ' defendant sentenced to fine after appeal earlier sentence also included prison time the tokyo high court met on tuesday for the appeal trial of designer akashi takahashi who .\nthe person has acted out on these sexual urges ( e . g . , \u201cacted out\u201d includes : has viewed the child pornography , probably has masturbated to the child pornography , has collected the child pornography ) ; the sexual urges or fantasies have caused marked distress or interpersonal difficulty ( the child pornography user likely has anxiety about getting caught , has to keep their material secret , and likely experiences difficulty engaging in age - appropriate activities , may experience shame or depression about their sexual arousal to children and use of child pornography ) . and the person is of course over age 18 .\nthe upper house of parliament overwhelmingly voted in favour of a bill revising laws under which only the production and distribution of child pornography were banned .\n\u2022 fan appropriations of and contributions to manga culture in japan and beyond \u2022 commonalities and differences in fandom - based creation and criticism between japan and other countries \u2022 ethical and legal challenges in the production and consumption of manga ( copyright , representations of violent and sexual content , potential fictional \u201cchild abuse\u201d images etc . ) \u2022 institutional support for or criticism of manga culture \u2022 the use of manga in japan studies and japan language pedagogy \u2022 the future of \u201cmanga studies\u201d \u2013 theory and methods\na 2011 study published in sexual addiction & compulsivity analyzed the effects of pornography use on sexual attitudes and behaviors of fraternity college men . it found that 83 % of those who used \u201cmainstream\u201d pornography expressed greater intent to commit rape , should they be assured they wouldn\u2019t get caught . additionally , men who used sadomasochistic - and rape - themed pornography were significantly more likely to report belief in rape myths .\nchristensen , f . m . ( 1990 ) . pornography : the other side . new york : praeger .\nit makes sense that pornography depicting rape sends harmful messages about the importance of consent . xhamster clearly decided to \u201cget out\u201d of this deplorable , and highly popular , genre of pornography before public scrutiny could be turned on it .\nin japan , if you are under 18 you cannot see pornographic movies or rent pornographic videotapes ,\nnotes ms . noda , the lawmaker .\none of my questions is , why can you be used in pornography if you ' re under 18 ?\n@ overlordarhas : you realise that reporting sexual assault in japan is much more difficult than in north america , right ? the shame is on the victim .\nbut things are starting to change in japan , thanks to a few enterprising \u201cadult - oriented\u201d companies who are targeting females .\nyeah except that it ' s not a law , it ' s a rule . plenty of uncensored porn in japan .\nin june 2014 , japan ' s parliament voted to ban the possession of real images of child sexual abuse . production and distribution of these images had been illegal since 1999 , but japan was the last country in the oecd to outlaw possession .\ndore , r . p . ( 1958 ) . city life in japan . los angeles : university of california press .\n\u201cthat was the beginning of the two parallel tracks in my life : television and japan , \u201d mr . spector said .\nin japan , a definite upswing in concern regarding pornography occurred at the beginning of the present decade . conservative groups and the media began to call for government action to stem the rising tide of pornography they saw occurring . for instance the citizens of wakayama prefecture loudly called for the control of sexually explicit manga [ comic books ] directed at children ( mainichi - shinbun , 1990 ) .\nthe results follow a recent series of revelations by young women who came forward with stories of being coerced into making adult videos against their will . japan has drawn international criticism for its tolerance of pornography .\nthe researchers also asked participants what traits they believe are linked with pornography use . this time , 252 people participated in the survey . the more religious participants said moral values , race and financial status were more related to pornography use than religiosity . they also expressed\npenrod s and linz d ( 1984 ) using psychological research on violent pornography to inform legal change . in n malamuth and e donnerstein ( eds . ) . pornography and sexual aggression ( pp . 246 - 273 ) . new york : academic - press .\nthe beach is to australia what the hot spring is to japan . karaoke is popular in australia but it tends to be in pubs in front of strangers instead of private boxes with friends .\nthe japan cartoonists association , as well as the japan magazine publishers association and the japan book publishers association , have all posted statements of opposition to the bill containing a proposed new amendment to the country ' s current child pornography laws . japan ' s ruling party , the liberal democratic party ( ldp ) , along with co - sponsors new komeito party and the japan restoration party , submitted the amendment to the lower house of the national diet of japan on wednesday . the parties look to make possession of child pornography a crime . the amendment would make possession of sexual images of individuals under 18 illegal , with a fine of 1 million yen ( about us $ 10 , 437 ) and less than a year in jail if the subject is found to have the images for\nthe purpose of satisfying sexual curiosity .\nthe bill would also provide for greater measures to prevent child pornography from being transmitted online .\nin sum , the concern that countries allowing pornography would show increased sex crime rates due to modeling or that adolescents in particular would be negatively vulnerable to and receptive to such models or the society would be otherwise adversely effected has not been vindicated . it is certainly clear from our data and analysis that a massive increase in available pornography in japan has been correlated with a dramatic decrease in sexual crimes and most so among youngsters as perpetrators or victims . we have mentioned some possible influential factors .\nthese rules makes the de - facto age of consent of japan at least 18 and can be interpretted as 20 in cases . this makes japan have the highest age of consent in the developed world along with turkey and several states in the united states such as california and florida .\npornography makes women \u201crape - ready\u201d in the mind of its users by portraying the conquering and using of female bodies as the ideal display of masculinity .\n\u201cby outlawing the possession of child pornography with the intent to satisfy sexual interest , we make it harder for people to trade in such material . \u201d\nseveral aspects of japan ' s culture and history help explain the existence of the country ' s child pornography industry . japan largely lacks religious notions of sex as immoral , says daisaburo hashizume , a sociologist at the tokyo institute of technology , and the result is a\nfree attitude\nabout physical pleasure . pornography involving adults is widely available ; even serious - minded weekly magazines include displays of naked women .\nnicholas groth , a specialist in the treatment of sex offenders , has written\nrape is sometimes attributed to the increasing availability of pornography and sexual explicitness in the public media . although a rapist , like anyone else , might find some pornography stimulating , it is not sexual arousal but the arousal of anger or fear that leads to rape . pornography does not cause rape ; banning it will not stop rape . in fact , some studies have shown that rapists are generally exposed to less pornography than normal males ( groth , 1979 , pp . 9 ) .\nkitashiba 2003 : kitashiba ken , nippon higoho chitai ( japan\u2019s illegal zone ) . fusosha .\nassociation . rating of adult video games has not . . . . . . e japan\nkutchinsky , b . ( 1985a ) .\nexperiences with pornography and prostitution in denmark\n( revision of chap v in j . kiedrowski and j . m . van dikj : pornography and prostitution in denmark , france , west germany , the netherlands and sweden . stencilserie nr . 30 ) : kriminalistisk instituts stencilserie . 20 pages .\nas pornography use continues to increase in the united states , studies have sought to understand its potential influence on marital relationships . yet , the primary focus of such studies has been pornography ' s association with marital quality , not stability . consequently , we still know relatively little about whether pornography consumption at one time predicts marital disruption later on . . . . [ show full abstract ]\nmale and female sexualities are socially constructed as different in many countries of the world . however , in japan there are specific conditions \u2013 particularly the prevalent sex industry and the widespread availability of violent pornography \u2013 which have an important impact on the understanding of male and female sexuality .\nin addition , massive exposure to pornography significantly increased men\u2019s sexual callousness toward women . some findings provided by hazelwood ( 1998 ) suggest that : 1 ) 61 % of serial killers ( not necessarily sexual murders ) used and / or had pornography collections ; and 2 ) at least 90 % of pedophiles used and / or had pornography collections . regular pornography users very likely experience frustration and are more likely to be unaccepting of a partner refusing their sexual demands [ 9 ] . both violent and nonviolent pornographic material appear to strengthen the relationship between sexually aggressive attitudes and behavior in men , although the relationship is strongest for violent pornography [ 33 , 35 ] .\ndon ' t think that everyone in japan hates the pixels as some enjoy them , saying they leave more to the imagination . and don ' t think japan is a country of prudes . it ain ' t .\nthose who produce child pornography can be imprisoned for up to three years or fined as much as three million yen .\nnews corp australia sighted hundreds of hardcore pornography videos and images on the seemingly innocent # nsfw hashtag during its investigation .\nhuman rights now released a report , based on their investigation into the unconsented filming of pornography on 3 march 2016 .\nit ' s also the latest export market to be dominated by japan . the country lags far behind the u . s . in the hottest industry of the 1990s , electronic commerce . japan has just two of the world ' s top 100 information - technology companies , according to a business week survey , compared with 57 from the u . s . in one area of dubious distinction , however ,\nurltoken\ncompetes with the best : child pornography . according to estimates from interpol , as much as 80 % of the child porn available on commercial sites worldwide originates in japan . a police study found more than 3 , 000 websites based in japan distributing pornography , 40 % of them featuring children .\npolicing porn on the internet is difficult anywhere ,\nsays ralf mutschke , assistant director of interpol ' s criminal division .\nbut most of the world at least has laws that prohibit child pornography .\njapan doesn ' t .\nit ' s a description which supporters of manga strongly reject . but as the olympics approach , outside eyes will turn to japan , exerting a powerful pressure for manga and anime to be part of what people see as\ncool japan\nrather than\nweird japan\n.\nthis sexualisation of schoolgirls extends to themed bars in red - light districts and exploitative\njk cafes\n( jk stands for joshi kosei or high school girl ) where adult men pay to chat to teenage girls , have their fortunes told or have their ears cleaned . manga pornography depicting schoolgirls is also widely and openly available . it was only in 2014 that japan criminalised the possession of child pornography .\nthis sexualisation of schoolgirls extends to themed bars in red - light districts and exploitative\njk caf\u00e9s\n( jk stands for joshi kosei or high school girl ) where adult men pay to chat to teenage girls , have their fortunes told or have their ears cleaned . manga pornography depicting schoolgirls is also widely and openly available . it was only in 2014 that japan criminalised the possession of child pornography .\ndark side of the rising sun is a monthly column that takes a behind - the - scenes look at news in japan .\nat the same time , the number of cleared child pornography crime cases rose to 1 , 596 , the highest ever recorded , the paper said . most \u2014 85 % \u2014 were internet - related . the figures inspired the u . s . state department to label japan as an \u201cinternational hub\u201d for producing and trafficking child pornography .\nby outlawing the possession of child pornography with the intent to satisfy sexual interest , we make it harder for people to trade in such material .\nhowitt , d . , & cumberbatch , g . ( 1990 ) . pornography : impacts and influences . a review of available research evidence on the effects of pornography . london : commissioned by the british home office research and planning unit .\nthis string of worldwide incidents surrounding manga , and the uproar in western media about japan\u2019s \u201crefusal\u201d to criminalize \u201cvirtual child pornography\u201d , shines a light on how little attention most countries outside japan have paid to the question of whether it makes sense to extend anti - child pornography laws to depictions of entirely fictional children . some countries , like australia and canada , do extend their definitions of \u201cchild pornography\u201d to media that contain absolutely no real children , only fictional characters . in the us , this cannot be prosecuted as child pornography , but it can be prosecuted under general obscenity laws if it meets the standard for obscenity ( as judged by community standards , patently offensive sexually explicit depictions that lack literary , artistic , political , or scientific value ) .\nthe number of victims of child pornography rose to a record 781 in the first half of last year , compared with 384 in the same period the previous year , according to police data .\ndonnerstein , e . ( 1984 ) .\npornography : its effect on violence against women\n. in n . m . malamuth & e . donnerstein ( eds . ) , pornography and sexual aggression ( pp . 53 - 81 ) . new york : academic press .\nin the very same statement from the national resource center on domestic violence , the researchers state emphatically , \u201c\u2019does pornography cause rape ? \u2019 \u2015 the answer is clearly no . \u201d the website points out that men who commit rape and men who don\u2019t commit rape both view pornography .\ninterestingly , scholarly works continued to be produced in chinese right up to the end of the tokugawa period . just as latin was the language of learning in medieval europe , so latin was in japan .\nchild abuse in japan is on the rise , however , this may be reflective of a better understanding of what child abuse is , access to better information , and a more proactive in determining what child abuse is . japan doesn\u2019t have statistics pre 1990 , and\nbut in may 1987 police arrested a publisher and photographer , saying the child pornography they were producing violated japan ' s obscenity laws . in 1988 and 1989 , a printing plant employee named tsutomu miyazaki killed four girls aged between 4 and 7 , crimes that combined violence with sexual abuse .\nwhen i mentioned the role pornography plays in fostering sexual violence to notable attendees at the white house summit , i could see the flashes of understanding and recognition in their eyes . several of the advocates commented to me that the link between pornography and sexual violence makes common sense . yet , nobody is considering this connection in attempts to curb sexual violence .\ntesting japan\u2019s sold - online love potion : mr . sato makes his coworkers drink the romantic mixture\nthis article deals with japan\u2019s civilization \u2013 its religion , literature , art and so on . it provides only a brief historical outline . for a more detailed history of japan , go to the series of maps which trace the story of japan from ancient times through to the 21st century .\nsimon scott is a tokyo - based freelance journalist and japan correspondent for the new zealand herald .\nunder japan\u2019s law , anyone who \u201cpossesses child pornography for the purpose of satisfying his / her sexual interest\u201d faces imprisonment of up to one year or a fine of up to one million yen ( \u20ac8 , 667 ) .\nprevious research suggests that pornography use , under certain circumstances , may negatively influence the quality of romantic relationships . yet we still know relatively little about whether watching pornography is associated with the stability of romantic relationships later on . this study examined whether americans who use pornography , either at all or more frequently , are more prone to . . . [ show full abstract ]\ncanada . ( 1985 ) . report of the special select committee on pornography and prostitution : ottawa ; supply and services .\nbloomberg notes that the legislation ' s passage makes russia the biggest industrialized nation without laws banning the possession of child pornography .\nperhaps the most interesting thing about japanese pornography for me ( in a completely sociological sense of course ! ! ! ) is that the stuff which is fairly mainstream to us westerners ( for example lesbian pornography ) is considered fetish here . it needs a re - shuffle for sure .\naustralians are usually quick to denounce anyone exploiting loopholes or problems in societies . ( dealing with pornography is perhaps an exception . technically , pornography is illegal in every australian state . even so , the porn industry thrives due to a mail - order business operating out of the australian capital territory and the northern territory . )\nbecause both boys and girls are seeing it and learning that in japan the purpose of women is to be sex toys for men .\nanonymous . ( 1991a , 31 march ) . racy comics a labeled lot now in japan . sunday honolulu star bulletin and advertiser .\nfrench kissing can be censored in japan . it is censored on public t . v . major spoilers below for densha otoko below .\nthe fastest growing suicide demographic is young men . it is now the single biggest killer of men in japan aged 20 - 44 .\nmost significantly , despite the wide increase in availability of pornography to children , not only was there a decrease in sex crimes with juveniles as victims but the number of juvenile offenders also decreased significantly .\nhowever , i believe that the japanese government also understands that such genres are socially acceptable in japan , thus there is no such ban in the anime and manga industry .\nin november , a court in tokyo became the first in japan to issue a temporary injunction ordering google to delete search results relating to the arrest of a dentist who had been arrested for illegal dental practices .\nnaomi campbell wows in flamboyant feathered gown . . . while ashley graham sizzles in plunging lace dress as they walk in dolce & gabbana show in italy\ngovernment officials , adds junko miyamoto , a tokyo - based staff member of the japan women ' s christian temperance union ,\ndon ' t have the viewpoint of seeing child pornography as the sexual abuse of children .\nas mentioned above , japan has adopted a strict standard for obscene material . although freedom of expression is guaranteed by constitutional law and the fact that censoring publications is prohibited , control over pornography has been enforced to this very .\ntokyo \u2014 david spector is a relative unknown in his native chicago , but here in japan he is a household name . with his bleach - blond hair , and ability to deliver one - liners in flawless japanese , mr . spector has been a fixture in this nation\u2019s often raucous talk - show world for three decades , making him perhaps the most recognizable american living in japan .\nan additional measure of erotica available in japan is that reported by greenfeld ( 1994 ) . in 1994 he wrote that approximately 14 , 000\nadult\nvideos were being made yearly in japan compared with some 2500 in the u . s . and the average japanese watched nearly an hour more of tv a day than did americans . sex crimes\npre - modern japan was traditionally less patriarchal , according to emiko ochiai , a sociologist and historian at kyoto university .\nin the ancient period , japan had female kings , but it became rare in the later period . in the medieval period , there were female warriors or generals ,\nochiai says .\nthis present study concentrates on the offenses of rape , sexual assault and public indecency in japan and analyzes how their occurrence correlates with the increasing availability of pornography . for comparison and as\ncontrol\nmeasures we also look at the incidence of murder and nonsexual violent crimes for the same period . we particularly attend to any influence the introduction of widely available pornography might have had on juveniles ."]}
{"id": 54921, "summary": [{"text": "apple store is a chain of retail stores owned and operated by apple inc . the stores sell mac personal computers , iphone smartphones , ipad tablet computers , ipod portable media players , apple watch smartwatches , apple tv digital media players , software , and select third-party accessories .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "the first apple stores were originally opened as two locations in may 2001 by then-ceo steve jobs , after years of attempting but failing store-within-a-store concepts .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "seeing a need for improved retail presentation of the company 's products , he began an effort in 1997 to revamp the retail program to get an improved relationship to consumers , and hired ron johnson in 2000 .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "jobs relaunched apple 's online store in 1997 , and opened the first two physical stores in 2001 .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "despite initial media speculation that apple would fail , its stores were highly successful , bypassing the sales numbers of competing nearby stores and within three years reached us$ 1 billion in annual sales , becoming the fastest retailer in history to do so .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "over the years , apple has expanded the number of retail locations and its geographical coverage , with 498 stores across 22 countries worldwide as of july 2017 .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "strong product sales have placed apple among the top-tier retail stores , with sales over $ 16 billion globally in 2011 .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "in may 2016 , angela ahrendts , apple 's current senior vice president of retail , unveiled a significantly redesigned apple store in union square , san francisco , featuring large glass doors for the entry , open spaces , and rebranded rooms .", "topic": 5}, {"text": "in addition to purchasing products , consumers can get advice and help from \" creative pros \" - individuals with specialized knowledge of creative arts ; get product support in a tree-lined genius grove ; and attend sessions , conferences and community events , with ahrendts commenting that the goal is to make apple stores into \" town squares \" , a place where people naturally meet up and spend time .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "the new design will be applied to all apple stores worldwide , a process that has seen stores temporarily relocate or close .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "many apple stores are located inside shopping malls , but apple has built several stand-alone \" flagship \" stores in high-profile locations .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "it has been granted design patents and received architectural awards for its stores ' designs and construction , specifically for its use of glass staircases and cubes .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "the success of apple stores have had significant influence over other consumer electronics retailers , who have lost traffic , control and profits due to a perceived higher quality of service and products at apple stores .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "apple 's notable brand loyalty among consumers causes long lines of hundreds of people at new apple store openings or product releases .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "due to the popularity of the brand , there are numerous job applications , many of which from young workers .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "although apple store employees receive above-average pay , are offered money toward education and health care , and receive product discounts , there are limited or no paths of career advancement .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "a may 2016 report with an anonymous retail employee highlighted a hostile work environment with harassment from customers , intense internal criticism , and a lack of significant bonuses for securing major business contracts . ", "topic": 27}], "title": "apple store", "paragraphs": ["states with an apple store ( plus one store in d . c . )\nreviews and ratings are critical to to app store optimization in the apple app store .\napple ' s store in cupertino is the only store that sells official apple t - shirts , like these ones .\nand are part of a wider set of apple store renovations apple has undertaken .\nfind out how to prepare your product page metadata for the app store for apple watch , the app store for apple tv , and the app store for imessage .\nhave you been to apple store ginza ? have you ever attended the opening of an apple store ? leave your comments below .\napple store worker : i worked at apple from 2011 . i stopped working at apple in late 2015 .\nupon opening the apple store app , users will be asked whether they want to install in - store notifications .\nsince apple\u2019s store in leawood opened in 2008 , the store has welcomed more than 3 . 7 million customers .\napple was running one of its student tours through the apple store while we were there .\nofficial apple store u . s . - 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u . s . apple store was located in tokyo , japan .\ntime at apple : i worked for apple in a connecticut store from october 2010 through may 2012 .\nbuying 10 gold $ 100 apple store gift cards as a place holder for the apple watch edition .\nthe apple store app is already capable of knowing if a customer is in an apple store , but the ibeacon geofence technology will greatly improve location accuracy .\napple is bringing big changes to the apple store app for ios today with a huge update that adds product recommendations to the store for the first time .\n10th anniverary , 10thanniverary , anniversary , apple , apple store , apple store 2 . 0 , applestore , applestore2 . 0 , ipad , ipad 2 , ipad2 , retail , video\nemail us at tips @ urltoken with your apple store 2 . 0 pictures !\ntwo t - shirts on display at apple ' s retail store in cupertino .\ngallery :\nsmart signs\napple store 5th ave . nyc | 16 photos\napple recently completed a remodel of its \u20185th avenue cube\u2019 store in new york .\napple store soho presents : meet the filmmakers : mike cahill an . . .\n\u2022 learn about helpful workshops and exciting events happening at your nearest apple store .\napple is working on an exciting new store opportunity with the historic carnegie library .\napple hosted reporters on wednesday for a tour of its grand central apple store , which opens on friday .\napple store in # nyc re - opened with the famous glass cube late 2018 . will let sunlight into the store redesign . # apple # iphone8 # iphonex urltoken\nwhile there isn\u2019t much consumer - facing signage that promotes the \u201capple store\u201d brand , apple does have its \u201capple store\u201d app for iphone and ipad that allows users to purchase products and accessories from its online store . it remains to be seen if the app name will follow suit with the retail store branding .\n@ rsgnl was at danbury store yesterday . looks like new store will be c221 + c220 ( very big expansion ) . pop - up store is portion of c223 .\nthe apple store on boylston street in boston boasts a remarkable spiral staircase . photo :\nforum for various cities . you can also submit your own apple store lineup photos to\nnot just any box can grace an apple store . here is one startup\u2019s story .\nnew jersey has one of the highest concentrations of apple store locations of any state .\napple senior vice president of retail ron johnson ( left ) at the opening of the boston boylston street apple store .\napple expands its retail chain outside the united states , opening its 73rd apple store in tokyo\u2019s trendy ginza shopping district .\n\u25aa in the case of items returned with a gift receipt , apple will offer you an apple store gift card .\nnew york city ' s newest apple store maintains grand central ' s historic architectural design , with an apple twist .\ncupertino , california - - the store at apple ' s headquarters is back in business .\nsome of apple ' s new silicone iphone cases on display at its store in cupertino .\nsince earlier this year . it will be the 10th apple store in new york city .\napple releases itunes 12 . 7 with major changes , including no built - in app store\nthe christiana mall store has helped over 1 , 000 businesses get running with apple devices .\n- various improvements and performance enhancements . - make the most of your visit to the apple store with new in - store notifications . we\u2019ll send helpful information to your iphone and give you fast access to store services based on your location in an apple retail store . ( u . s . only )\nto a nearby empty storefront that formerly housed the fao schwarz toy store . plans to renovate the fifth avenue store were first\ntoday\u2019s report notes that apple store employees have been notified of the gradual change taking place , although \u201capple store\u201d doesn\u2019t appear on signage in stores , it looks like the company will encourage employees to refer to locations without using the current \u201cstore\u201d branding .\nscreenshots of apple\u2019s impressive new daily download ipad app , as more apple store 2 . 0 news ( 9to5mac . com )\napple employees help a customer in the selection of an apple watch at apple ' s flagship retail store in san francisco , california june 17 , 2015 .\nget up and running with personal setup shop at an apple store or on apple . com , and we\u2019ll help you enjoy your apple product right away .\nit ' s easier to get into harvard than it is to work at an apple store .\napple ' s new redesigned retail store at the company ' s headquarters in cupertino , calif .\napple store celebrates 10th anniversary with 2 . 0 experience , ipads locked in lucite ( video )\nfinally the european capital gets an official apple store ! way too late but it\u2019s finally here .\napple store opens to large crowd in va , jim dalrymple , macworld , 22 october 1999 .\nthe apple honolulu store is a global tourist destination and had over 2 million visitors in 2016 .\n, its own online store , but the company is quickly expanding middle east operations under a broader international apple store push mapped out by svp of retail angela ahrendts .\nyup . i live local and when i visit the apple store the genius bar is always packed ( not too dissimilar from the rest of the store though ) .\nthe new san francisco store is really the ultimate proof of concept of the next generation of apple stores . in addition to gigantic sliding glass doors , this new apple store boasts a public plaza .\n, like the union square location in san francisco . apple has always referred to that store as just apple union square , and over the course of the last few days , the company has updated all of its retail store webpages to remove the\nstore\nbranding . what was once\napple store , fifth avenue ,\nfor example , is now just\napple fifth avenue .\neach store is set to open up for the first time at 10 a . m . local time on march 25 and apple has invites on each of the respective store pages , encouraging people to attend . indeed apple claims that at the bricknell , miami store , there will be \u201csomething special in store , \u201d for anyone attending .\napple budgeted $ 1 million for the staircases of its new san francisco flagship apple store , reports curbed , using data from buildzoom .\nwe knew it was coming but today apple has pushed live an update for its \u2018apple store\u2019 ios application , debuting new features that will make it easier for apple customers to select , reserve and pay for products on the move or when visiting an apple retail store .\nsunday ' s heist follows a series of thefts at apple stores around the bay area . last month , thieves robbed an apple store in san francisco , and there was a similar robbery at the burlingame apple store just last week .\nmore ways to shop : visit an apple store , call 0800 048 0408 or find a retailer .\napple\u2019s investment in store within a store retail with compusa was estimated to cost apple between $ 25 - 75 , 000 each month , but it was delivering results that partnerships with other retail stores weren\u2019t .\nforget about the apple glass cube . this store has been presented today at the santa monica planning \u2026\nthe first apple store to open its doors is located in tysons corner center in mclean , virginia .\nwe went to the apple store in the sydney cbd to see what all the fuss was about .\ntrade in your eligible device for an apple store gift card , or have it recycled for free .\nsince the apple store in anchorage opened in 2011 , it has welcomed 2 . 2 million customers .\nmore than 100 apple store customers are victims of follow - away burglaries in l . a . region\n. . . well , it still looks like any other apple store . same macs . . .\na shopkeeper dressed as an apple store employee looks out from a window of a shop masquerading as a bona fide apple store in downtown kunming , in southwest china ' s yunnan province . photograph : ap\n) , and reports that apple has hired over 300 employees to work at the store . the new store is also complete with a spiral glass staircase in the center .\nless than two weeks ago , browett visited china to open apple\u2019s third store in beijing , on the famous wangfujing shopping street . the store took the title as the largest store in asia and browett shared stories of his time in china as a student , visiting the corner where the new store is located .\nearlier this year , apple ceo tim cook hosted a large meeting with apple store leadership with the goal of heralding solutions to dramatically increase iphone sales in apple stores . as part of that , a previous apple store iphone app update shipped with the ability to provide customers with paid apps for free . this upcoming ibeacons service will likely further enhance the apple store shopping experience .\nthe mysterious black barricade around the store ' s large perimeter says only that a new store is coming in the spring of next year .\napple decided against worker commissions even before the first apple store opened . the decision was made because apple did not want to create competition between employees , something that apple felt would hurt the retail operations .\nwhile the design of the new apple store bags is still unclear , it\u2019s certainly going to be a change for die - hard apple fans that have come to love and collect the plastic apple store bags since they were introduced years ago .\nan apple store in beijing . facing a slowdown in sales of iphones in the united states , apple is looking to china for growth .\none angle on apple ' s headquarters in cupertino , california - - and on the newly redesigned campus store . the store reopens to the public saturday morning , september 19 .\nthe store reopens to the public saturday , sept . 19 , 2015 . the opening marks the first time apple will sell its full line of products at the company store .\n, a leading provider of app store optimization and app store intelligence services . feel free to message me for more information and check out our blog\nadvertising the success of its new online store , apple took great pains to mention the importance of its retail relationship with compusa . after outfitting san francisco\u2019s downtown compusa store , macs sales had jumped from 15 % of overall store sales to 35 % .\nthe new store is bright and open , with the clean , minimal design aesthetic apple is known for .\nt - shirts on display at the newly redesigned store at apple ' s headquarters in cupertino , california .\nbi : you were at apple for four years . why couldn ' t you become a store manager ?\napple store 2 . 0 gets official : interactive ipads replace paper signs , more ( 9to5mac . com )\ncompusa is much better , but they obviously don\u2019t have the selection of products that the apple store does .\nthe store\u2019s 270 employees include native new yorkers as well as staff who join from 49 different apple stores .\napple releases itunes 12 . 7 with major changes , including no built - in app store - mac rumors\nthe quality and quantity of reviews definitely makes a difference when it comes to the apple app store ranking .\napple nanjing jinmao place is the first store in china to feature a stone staircase with integrated recessed handrails .\napple ' s new store in new york city ' s grand central terminal was set to open friday .\nlast year our little rock store helped nearly 1 , 000 businesses get up and running with apple devices .\nthe mid - south has an i - thief and the latest apple store burglary was caught on tape .\nalso launching within the app is apple\u2019s personal pickup service , which adds new options to purchases within the apple store app . now , a customers can buy within the the app and then choose to pick up their order at any apple retail store .\napple store employees are unique individuals whose varied talents and experiences bring value to the way they connect people with apple . so whether you\u2019re analytical or creative , tech savvy or a people person , the apple store provides an ideal opportunity to challenge yourself .\n, which has shared several photos of the storefront . the store has not yet been listed on apple ' s website , but store hours and grand opening details should be available soon .\nthe current apple store is near a microsoft store , which opened last year and has more floor space . continuing the high - stakes game of one - upmanship , the new apple store is even larger , and from the balcony in front , customers can look down on microsoft ' s shop .\nan apple staffer ponders an igadget . the previously dark campus store has been opened to light from the outside .\napple enthusiasts camp outside the 5th avenue store in new york city in advance of the release of the ipad .\nhearing that there is a big deal apple retail store meeting sunday . details coming soon to @ 9to5mac # credo\n- adds 3d touch support for applicable devices . - the apple store app is now available in korea , russia , and thailand . - you can now apply for the iphone upgrade program right from the apple store app .\nthe latest smash - and - grab looting hit the apple store in suburban square , pennsylvania on july 14 .\nan apple store in beijing . developers have complained that the company\u2019s app policies violate chinese pricing and antitrust laws .\napple store senior staff , like the geniuses and creatives , are flown there for training , all expenses paid .\nthe apple store is located in providence place mall , at 20 providence place in downtown providence , ri . traveling on i - 95 , take exit 22c . the apple store is on the first floor , near macy ' s . closest parking for the apple store is in the mall parking garage at the south entrance , level l1 .\napps for your iphone , ipad , ipod touch , or apple tv : search the app store on your ipad , ipod touch , or apple tv .\nsteve jobs appears at an apple keynote event on november 10 , 1997 to debut the online store and other products .\nthe convenience of the apple store app on your apple watch . get real - time order status updates , quickly get your pick up order started , check in for genius bar reservations and discover nearby in - store events and workshops .\nas apple plans to open its first store in argentina , several third - party retailers will also start selling apple products . starting in 2017 , electronics chain fr\u00e1vega will open 15 store - within - a - store locations that offer a range of apple products . it is not known , however , if the fr\u00e1vega locations will be offering the iphone .\n. . . except visit the on - campus apple store , which is open to the public . from the outside , it looks much like any other apple store anywhere else in the world . but on the inside . . .\n\u201cbe humble , be understanding , and don ' t be entitled , \u201d advises one apple store employee via reddit . indeed , apple store workers can choose to be your best friend or your worst enemy , depending on your attitude .\nin the southampton area , the westquay store had no workshops scheduled until saturday .\nmight not be an entirely good thing , their store arranging has gone downhill .\n2 . they hate when you use the store computers for your own business .\nwe\u2019ve also heard that apple might do away with merchandise bearing the apple logo for the new store as part of these changes . so you\u2019ll want to hit up the store before it closes as they clear out current stock if you want an apple t - shirt or hat .\ni would love my local apple store to be some kind of great meeting space , but i already avoid my local apple store because it is a crowded mess full of kids hogging all the devices so they can check their facebook accounts .\nangela ahrendts , apple\u2019s senior vice president of retail , has appeared in a new video interview with cbs this morning where she discussed her time at the company and new apple store initiatives . the major new apple store effort centered around customer engagement is called \u2018today at apple\u2019 and will launch at the end of next month .\nas we said , the mobile app store market is dominated by two major actors : apple and google . as an app developer or marketer it is essential to take their specificities into account before starting working on aso . tweaking an app for the google play store or for the apple app store is not the same thing .\n\u201cwe\u2019ve also heard that apple might do away with merchandise bearing the apple logo for the new store as part of these changes . so you\u2019ll want to hit up the store before it closes as they clear out current stock if you want an apple t - shirt or hat . \u201d\na : no . i can only speak for our store , but over four years , none of our in - store employees were promoted to a leadership role .\napple store openings are typically rather impressive affairs , and these are likely to be no different . both the schildergasse and jinmao , nanjing store openings have a number of events and workshops planned around the release ( thanks 9to5mac ) and the miami store is expected to be much the same .\natienza said apple may consider holding local events for the community in its corporate store , similar to efforts in other cities .\napple store workers are paid so little many cannot afford the products they sell and some go into debt to buy them .\napple is planning to expand its fifth avenue store to double the size of the original location . the store is growing from 32 , 000 square feet to 77 , 000 square feet , giving apple more space at its flagship new york location .\napple has constructed a creative barricade with colorful artwork that confirms its first apple store in belgium will open on saturday , september 19 . the retail store will be located on avenue de la toison d ' or in the capital city of brussels .\n\u201c ( apple\u2019s ) announcements are unique , \u201d toro said . \u201ci\u2019ve seen the store , and it is spectacular . \u201d\nthe glass at the apple store in germantown is repaired and they are back in business but police still need your help .\nthe apple store , infinite loop is located next to the main entrance of apple headquarters . parking : opposite the store entrance in the visitor lot . public transit : caltrain to sunnyvale station ; transfer on vta bus 55 to deanza & mariani .\napple needs chinese approval to sell its hardware and software in china and allow people to access its app store and services .\nvandals attached a giant windows logo to an apple store in hamburg , germany , even though they mixed their colors up .\n- apple store app supports ios 10 rich notifications for many activities . - buy accessories from your favorites with a single tap on your apple watch using apple pay . - various improvements and performance enhancements .\nan apple employee uses apple pay on his iphone to purchase an iphone case .\napple continued to iterate on the online store after this , but apple ' s attention to innovating the service once again began to wane . the online store ' s engineering team was eventually moved under apple ' s internal it department , effectively demoting them to being a tech support team .\na : normally when you go into an apple store everyone is so happy , everything ' s great . you get this idea , when you go into an apple store , what the staff is going to be like . that day it was the complete opposite . everyone was sad and quiet . the apple light on the front of every store was half - dimmed .\nit should be mentioned that in any apple store robbery , all of the devices that make it out of the store ' s wi - fi range become useless thanks to apple ' s built - in security measure that bricks each smartphone and tablet .\ncupertino , calif . \u2014 even apple employees wait in line to get into an apple store sometimes . it ' s a friday afternoon and i ' m outside an apple store next to a line of people that stretches out far enough that i can ' t quite make out the end .\nhe is flying to nyc to line up at the fifth ave . store tonight !\nmy local store . that\u2019s excellent news , it was always a terribly busy experience .\non exploring changes that could be made to the app store to introduce further improvement .\nby contrast , the new store is bright . it has a glass facade , a wall of wooden shelves and hundreds of lights overhead . it ' s reminiscent of the apple retail store at your local mall .\nthe store , which has been closed for some time while undergoing renovations , reopens to the public saturday morning . the opening also marks the first time the company is selling iphones and apple watches in the store .\napple will begin promoting this new service on wednesday in its stores by asking store employees to discuss the new apps with customers as they walk into the apple store . our original report from last week noted that apple will take over the space currently accommodated by smart signs with additional mac and ios device demo units . apple will also begin further promoting both apple music and the apple watch in its stores , with watches paired with live iphones being specifically carried around the store and shown off by retail employees . apple originally launched smart signs in 2011 .\napple will begin the switch to paper retail store bags on april 15th . you can see the note sent to employees below :\ni\u2019m in los angeles , and this is true here as well . macs cost the same as they at the apple store .\napple has continued to expand its retail footprint in asia after the iphone - maker opened its first store in taiwan this weekend .\nsimon property group plans to expand the dadeland mall , including a more prominent location for the apple store and a new hotel .\nthieves stole four macbooks and at least 10 iphones from demo tables at the apple store in fashion valley , according to employees .\nup above is an apple patent drawing from 2002 , showing the apple store glass staircases many of us know . the staircase sides are made from separate panes of glass .\nan archived page for the fifth avenue apple store has the older branding as of august 12 , suggesting this is a fairly recent change to apple ' s retail plan .\nan apple store in palo alto . angela ahrendts , the burberry chief executive , will be charged with reshaping both apple\u2019s physical and online stores so they are equally admired .\nto remove a 35 percent import tariff on computers , laptops , and tablets , which , along with a local apple store , could lower prices for argentinian apple customers .\nthe apple store app says that enabling the feature will allow the app to send in - store notifications . this includes notifications about orders , product reviews about the items that you are currently looking at in the store and more . to receive ibeacon notifications , bluetooth and background app refresh must be enabled .\nthe retail stores were definitely the poster child . the online store was just there to support sales or people who didn ' t want to go to the store ,\nthanks for shopping at apple . we appreciate the fact that you like to buy the cool stuff we build . we also want to make sure you have a rewarding experience while you\u2019re exploring , evaluating , and purchasing our products , whether you\u2019re in an apple retail store , on apple . com , through the apple store app , or on the phone with the apple contact center . ( to make it visually easier on both of us , we\u2019ll refer to these entities as the \u201capple store\u201d in this policy . )\na redesign of urltoken that went live today removed the standalone \u2018store\u2019 tab , and the \u2018store . apple . com\u2019 domain entirely . this is an enormous change for one of the biggest online retail stores in the world .\nthe new store also gives prominent display to games . games are expected to make up 75 percent of all revenue for apple\u2019s app store , according to app annie , which collects and analyzes market data on mobile apps .\nthe apple app store and the google play store are both working differently . although some parts of the aso process are similar , both of these stores need to have a respective strategy in order to drive organic downloads .\nthe campus ' apple store was actually totally renovated recently , meaning it was the first time a lot of this merchandise was ever available anywhere . after the conclusion of the apple shareholders meeting , there was a mad rush to the store to buy their merch .\nthat its danbury fair mall store in danbury , connecticut has temporarily closed , presumably to become one of the company ' s latest retail locations to be updated with a next - generation design . a temporary store has opened directly behind the existing store during the renovations .\napple\u2019s original tv shows and series : apple to produce english - language . . .\napple releases tvos 11 . 4 . 1 for 4th and 5th generation apple tv models\ncan ' t wait for apple to open an apple in this town . . .\nthe new apple store at 1 infinite loop , home of the california company ' s hq , features far more product than was previously available there , including the apple watch .\nwith the release of apple\u2019s newest operating system , there will be changes made to the apple store . these changes should be of interest to everyone here writing a cs game .\nthere ' s really only one place on the apple campus that welcomes visitors : a small apple store , located right at 1 infinite loop , and open to the public .\nless than a year after acquiring next in the final days of 1996 , apple\u2019s new store went online on november 10 , 1997 .\n\u25aa should you wish to return ten or more of the same product , you must return to the apple store where originally purchased .\nif all goes according to plan , apple\u2019s flagship store will be back up and running at it\u2019s new full capacity come the holidays .\ndisney is currently looking for store space , so keep your eyes peeled in your mall .\nbefore today , developers could change several attributes of their app store listing at any time .\napps that you get through the app store : check the app ' s information page .\nbelieve me , anything is better than the tiny store they have there at the moment .\ngreater china , which includes hong kong and taiwan , is one of apple\u2019s largest markets after the united states . its mainland app store has been a crucial part of its success . in june , the app store in the mainland accounted for almost a third of apple\u2019s worldwide app store revenue , according to app annie , a firm that tracks metrics for apps .\nas rumored last month , apple updated its apple store ios app on thursday , expanding its in - store pickup pilot program to all of its u . s . retail locations and adding a new easypay feature that lets customers buy some items simply by scanning their barcodes .\nso how does apple plan to revamp the store ? we\u2019re told that part of the plan will be to modernize the space and possibly include historical items from the company . historical items could turn the store into a half - museum of sorts and make the store an even more popular stop for visitors to the campus .\nas consumers became increasingly comfortable shopping online and apple introduced more successful products , traffic and sales on the online store surged . apple generated $ 16 million in revenue from its online store in the second quarter of 1998 , shortly after it launched . by 2006 , it was generating millions in revenue a day from the online store . in fact , the online store team used to compete against the offline store team to see which drove more sales , according to several former employees we spoke with . the two were often neck and neck for years .\nin 1996 , dell pioneered the online store and dell ' s online store has become , up till now , the standard of ecommerce sites ,\njobs said in his presentation .\nwe ' re basically setting a new standard for online ecommerce with this store .\nthe apple app store allows you to upload four screenshots while google play accepts up to eight . make sure to use all of them . screenshots , app promos and walkthrough videos are prime real estate in any app store description .\ngoogle play store works more like a real search engine driven by semantics ( a bit like google itself ) . therefore its algorithm often provides more precise results than the apple ios app store , which is driven by phrases essentially .\napple will soon dismantle and remove the iconic glass cube entrance at its fifth avenue apple store in manhattan , new york , which is in the process of being renovated and expanded .\nskeptics outnumbered believers when steven p . jobs , then apple\u2019s chief , pitched the apple store concept to his board in 2000 . ultimately , approval was given for just four stores .\n\u25aa for returns to an apple retail store for cash , cash equivalent , and check transactions over $ 750 , apple will mail a refund check to you within 10 business days .\nthe double height grand hall of apple schildergasse in cologne germany features a circular , suspended glass staircase . patently apple reported on the new store opening in schildergasse back on march 07 .\napple has 265 retail stores in the united states , employing roughly 100 people at each one . that\u2019s a lot of apple store workers with stories to tell about the culture and customers of one of the world\u2019s most iconic retail boutiques . here are a few things you might not know about your friendly apple store employee .\nthe store is also the only place where you can snag official apple - branded gear like t - shirts , mugs and other souvenirs .\nthe online store , once a focus for apple , had increasingly been overshadowed inside the company by the brick - and - mortar operation .\ndo you have a story of having your product on the shelves of an apple store ? tip us at codtips at fastcompany dot com .\nthe apple store currently at the dadeland mall is inside the 1 . 5 million - square - foot mall without a dedicated exterior entrance .\n\u2022 scan a product at a participating apple store to get more information , make sure it\u2019s compatible , and buy it from your iphone .\napple expanding it ' s fifth avenue store , and bringing back the glass cube , and adding skylights to the subterranean space . # appleevent\nin january , tencent gave users the option to open \u201cmini - apps\u201d in wechat , essentially allowing ios users to bypass apple\u2019s app store .\non opening day , thousands of apple fans \u2014 possibly the biggest queue in apple history \u2014 line up around the block in the rain to gain early access to the store , which offers five full floors of apple product goodness .\nthere were so many architectural issues with the online store . it was built at a time when no one anticipated online commerce being as big as it would be ,\nsays joe nuxoll , who joined apple in late 2005 as a user interface engineering manager for the online store .\nwhen apple announced a new product , the store would just get crushed .\nestimate pegs holiday apple watch sales at 5 . 2m , giving apple a 63 % marketshare\nas with any shopping experience , there are terms and conditions that apply to transactions at an apple store . we\u2019ll be as brief as our attorneys will allow . the main thing to remember is that by placing an order or making a purchase at an apple store , you agree to the terms set forth below along with apple\u2019s\nthe new store also gives prominent display to games . games are expected to make up 75 per cent of all revenue for apple ' s app store , according to app annie , which collects and analyses market data on mobile apps .\napple brings with it a young , creative spirit ,\nsaid zhang youdai , a beijing radio dj and apple user , who arrived not long before the store ' s opening .\nthe apple store app is free and requires a device running ios 4 . 2 or later ; though it runs on an ipad , it still lacks a native interface for apple\u2019s tablet .\ncarmine gallo , communications coach and author of\nthe apple experience : secrets to building insanely great customer loyalty ,\nhas put together a presentation detailing the secrets of the apple store .\na : it ' s very difficult at apple . we had between five and eight store managers during my time at the store , of varying kinds . only one of them had started at apple the rest had been recruited from elsewhere . from , say , dixons or hmv .\ni\u2019ve been in that store dozens of times from 1985 through 2000 and always picked up things .\nthis is good news . the store was small for a flagship , and always very cramped .\n, schiller said there ' s a\nrenewed focus and energy\naround the app store .\nhas nowadays become inevitable for any app developers or marketers wishing to succeed in the app store .\nwhen you look around kickstarter projects , or the stores of a best buy , know there\u2019s probably a good reason everything looks like it was boxed by apple . everyone wants the apple halo effect\u2013whether they\u2019re in the apple store or not .\nnearly a decade later , cue gave an impromptu speech to a group of apple online store employees . he talked about the store ' s early days and revealed the story of that initial meeting when jobs said cue ' s mockup sucked .\nthe apple store app redesign features a simplified ui that focuses on making it easier for users to see their reservations , check if a product is in stock at a nearby store , find out when an order is ready and much more .\nin december of 1997 , apple announced that $ 12 million in online orders had been placed within the new store\u2019s first 30 days of operation .\nfurther job listings suggest that apple plans a second belgian store , in antwerp , with the former trade fair building suggested as a possible location .\n* people who have apps apple later removed from the app store for various reasons ? i still have imame on my itunes ' app collection .\nthe today tab , which is a new way to discover apps , is apple\u2019s big first step toward making the app store feel more alive .\na small firestorm erupted after apple removed vpn software from its app store in china , which might provide a template for other countries to follow .\nover 400 apple enthusiasts lined up saturday morning - - some queueing since friday night - - to be among the first customers at the opening of china ' s first apple store in beijing .\n\u2022 veteran apple store workers asking about pay disparities ( namely , that new hires were being paid more than many employees who had been at the apple store for a year or more ) are told that \u201cmoney shouldn\u2019t be an issue when you\u2019re employed at apple . \u201d rather , the chance to work at apple \u201cshould be looked at as an experience\u201d worth more than competitive pay alone .\nimagine a world where every online store sells drm - free music encoded in open licensable formats . in such a world , any player can play music purchased from any store , and any store can sell music which is playable on all players . this is clearly the best alternative for consumers , and apple would embrace it in a heartbeat .\napple stores were conceived as a way for apple to promote its entire smorgasbord of products and to control their presentation . typically sleek and minimalistic with uncluttered display counters and no cash registers , each store is a representation of the apple brand .\nwhile the old store \u2014 filled with t - shirt racks , shelves of souvenirs and primary colors at every turn \u2014 looked like a gift shop , the new store sports a sleeker , more modern look that feels much more like apple ' s other retail stores . carefully arranged displays of beats headphones , iphone cases and apple watch bands line the walls while the center of the store is dedicated to display cases of the apple watch .\napple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the macintosh in 1984 . today , apple leads the world in innovation with iphone , ipad , mac , apple watch and apple tv . apple\u2019s four software platforms \u2014 ios , macos , watchos and tvos \u2014 provide seamless experiences across all apple devices and empower people with breakthrough services including the app store , apple music , apple pay and icloud . apple\u2019s 100 , 000 employees are dedicated to making the best products on earth , and to leaving the world better than we found it .\napple likely displays more items that have the highest turnover . ( apple watches and ipads ) .\napple originally launched its \u2018today at apple\u2019 program at its union square san francisco location last year .\napple ceo steve jobs ( left ) hired ronald johnson away from target to run apple stores .\njohnson , whose firm advises both retailers and institutional investors , said his 16 - person field team\u2019s apple store checks in the u . s . and u . k . in more than 60 shopping venues found that apple retail store sales had peaked , as comparable sales have declined \u201csignificantly\u201d for the first time . he estimated same - store sales dropped by 5 % , hurt by both fewer store visits and the percentage of shoppers making purchases . he said the decline marked the first significant drop his firm has observed since it began detailed tracking of apple store performance three years ago . he said it also marked the first big drop since apple opened its first stores more than a decade ago .\napple doesn\u2019t discuss their relationship with third - party vendors , but not just any retail box can grace an apple store . as you might expect , apple has guidelines as to what it\u2019ll stock . and then members of apple\u2019s retail , marketing , and distribution teams weigh in with practical advice .\nbusiness insider caught up with ahrendts at the grand opening of a new apple store at the world trade center , and she told us how apple stores are changing in terms of layout and design .\napple plans to shut down the company store on june 12 as wwdc wraps up in nearby san francisco and reopen later this year in the fall .\napple store 2 . 0 revealed : startup sessions , interactive ipad signage , new sound / display systems , new app ? ( 9to5mac . com )\nshare your skills and inspire creativity in every apple store visitor . as a creative , you\u2019re the foundation of the apple store\u2019s uniquely welcoming environment . you provide customer training and teach our customers how to bring their projects to life . nothing gives you a greater thrill than helping someone create something wonderful .\nthat is why \u201ciosphere\u201d accessory makers say securing a spot in the apple store is akin to having their products stamped with a tacit seal of approval .\nthe falls is located at 1 and s . w . 136th street . the apple store is located on the south side near bloomingdale ' s .\nthe apple store will be one of the staples in the avalon expansion in alpharetta . ( mitchell northam / mitchell . northam @ ajc . com )\nbut that may have backfired last week , when the grand central apple store found its way into the spotlight for reasons other than its attractive layout .\nyou ' re not supposed to call it a store . it ' s an enlightened destination ; )\nwithin two years , and these pair of new store openings fulfill that milestone after just 18 months .\nmore than 180 billion apps have been downloaded from the app store by its 500 million weekly visitors .\nthe app store is packed with original stories and editorial , updated daily in a new today tab .\ngames is the most popular category on the app store , and now has its own dedicated home .\n\u2022 find out if a product you\u2019ve added to favorites is available when you visit a participating store .\nin 2016 the boise towne square store participated in over 350 hours of volunteer time with local organizations .\napple designs macs , the best personal computers in the world , along with os x , ilife , iwork and professional software . apple leads the digital music revolution with its ipods and itunes online store . apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iphone and app store , and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with ipad .\nto get aso done effectively , it is important to try to understand how the algorithm of each app store works . indeed , it is this algorithm that will classify and rank apps , but also make them match for specific keywords . each app store has its own specific algorithm and therefore includes various factors and / or weights them differently . therefore , each app store differs in terms of app store optimization .\nmakes a ton of sense . 1 ) no confusion with the app store 2 ) it ' s no longer only a store ; definitions are important 3 )\napple , the experience\n, vs .\napple ' s commercial front - end\n4 ) it ' s shorter > more elegant\napple has now officially confirmed the opening date of its first belgian retail store , opening in brussels on 19th september . the date is shown on the hoarding outside the new store , located on avenue de la toison d\u2019or ( also known as gulden vlieslaan ) , and was confirmed by apple to anv .\nthere is no shortage of college graduates eager to dedicate themselves to apple\u2019s vision , on apple\u2019s terms . that includes people like asher perlman , another former technician from a store in chicago , who joined apple three years ago , when he was 22 .\napple ' s senior vice president of retail angela ahrendts launched the 2016 most powerful women summit on monday , and talked about her path leading to apple , initial reluctance to take the job , and successes in tailoring the apple store experience for customers ."]}
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how integrated .\ni was able to put in place best practices within the team and then engage with customers . . .\nin the world of presales there are not many guidelines out there . many companies have their own process around technical sales . some of them might want the role to be mainly technical but others would be looking for someone who is a sales person in disguise . because my role as a sales engineer was not clearly defined within my previous company , i purchased this book . it was a revelation for me , i was able to put in place best practices within the team and then engage with customers and sales reps in a whole different way . the book includes many real life story to which you can relate too . there are also many advice based on your experience , as a skilled se or a se manager . i am now using this book as a reference in my day to day activities .\nworth every penny . the best presales book on the market . nothing else comes close .\ni ' ve been working in presales / technical sales at a large global software company for 10 years . no one has written a better guide book for it . if you ' re working or planning to work in the presales / solution consulting / technical sales field , this is the best book on the market . nothing else comes close . john care distills real world experience into a clear set of steps to be great in this role . there are lots of books on how to pitch and demo software solutions . the big difference with this book is that it walks you through all of the skills that you need to put together to be a great presales rockstar . if you want to get into presales , start here . if you ' re already doing it , pick this book up and learn how to add even more value to your sales team . if you ' re a presales manager , you can ' t live without this .\nfirst of all this is among the few sales engineering books that exist . sales engineering is a complex job . technical skills can be taught . plus the engineering team can back up se with the technical challenges . however , learning how to manage sales reps , the prospects , getting to the essence of the problem is never taught . it is just by experience . that takes time . this book shortens that learning time , by a lot !\ni ' ve got 20 years in technical sales / sales engineering including managing multiple se teams . i found the book to have a lot of very practical ideas on how to move through the requirement gathering process , demonstration process , and ultimately move to closure . while certainly i had already been using many of the approaches , this book helped consolidate my thoughts and gave me documentation to force myself to follow . i bought copies for everyone on my team and forced them to give it a read as well . highly recommended !\ni run a worldwide sales engineering team . i found mastering technical sales about four years ago and immediately made it my team ' s\nbible .\nduring that time , we ' ve experienced a lot of growth in the company and it has continued to provide a foundation for my organization which is second to none . every incontact sales engineer receives a copy of mts , when they come on board . i will continue to use it as a part of my onboarding process and i personally use mts as a reference , regularly . i highly recommend this book as well as john care as a speaker . he ' s provided excellent training to my organization on two seperate occasions and it was money well spent .\nprime members enjoy fast & free shipping , unlimited streaming of movies and tv shows with prime video and many more exclusive benefits .\nafter viewing product detail pages , look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in ."]}
{"id": 54966, "summary": [{"text": "oman lng is a lng plant in qalhat near sur , oman .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "the company was established by the royal decree of sultan qaboos of oman in 1994 .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "the construction was launched in november 1996 , and the plant was commissioned in september 2000 .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "the main shareholder is the government of oman ( 51 % ) in cooperation with royal dutch shell ( 30 % ) , total s.a. ( 5.54 % ) , korea lng ( 5 % ) , partex oil & gas ( 2 % ) , mitsubishi corporation ( 2.77 % ) , mitsui & co. ( 2.77 % ) , and itochu corporation ( 0.92 % ) .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "the lng plant is supplied from the gas gathering plant at saih rowl in the central oman gas field complex through 360 kilometres ( 224 mi ) long 48 inches ( 1,200 mm ) pipeline with a capacity of 12 billion cubic meters per annum of gas , operated by petroleum development oman .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "the gas origins from barik , saih nihayda and saih rawl gas fields .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "the lng plant consists two 3.3 million tons per annum liquefaction trains , which were constructed by chiyoda-foster wheeler .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "in addition , the plant employs air products ' ap-c3mr technology and has two storage facilities capable of holding 240,000 cubic metres ( 8,500,000 cu ft ) of lng .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the total construction costs were us$ 2 billion .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "in october 2013 , it was announced that oman lng and qalhat lng would merge to become a single entity .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "this would increase the nameplate capacity of the combined entity to 10.3 million tons per annum . ", "topic": 13}], "title": "oman lng", "paragraphs": ["as of september 1 , 2013 , oman lng officially integrated with qalhat lng . the integrated entity operates under the name of oman lng .\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 oman lng l . l . c . all rights reserved .\noman liquefied natural gas llc ( oman lng ) is a limited liability incorporated joint venture company established by a royal decr . . .\nflashback : supported by oman lng , oman sail established a sailing school in sur , the historic hub of oman\u2019s illustrious seafaring past , to be a source of sporting talent for national and international competitive sailing . # odf _ day urltoken\nto further strengthen its robust csr efforts with more focus , oman lng\u2019s board of directors decided to establish a separate legal foundation . july 1st 2015 marked the operational start - up of oman lng development foundation ( odf ) . # odf _ day urltoken\nin 2015 , the oman lng development foundation was established , channeling all oman lng\u2019s csr activities . this shift has enabled for better csr - providing a robust , sustainable and innovative platform that further builds and develops sustainable csr programmes . # odf _ day urltoken\nthe nameplate capacity of the site is 10 . 4 million tonnes per annum . oman lng\u2019s activities contribute to the government of oman\u2019s objective of diversifying the economy away from its current dependency on oil .\nhouston \u2013 ( may 18 , 2017 ) \u2013 kbr , inc . ( nyse : kbr ) announced today that it has been awarded a front - end engineering design ( feed ) and project management services contract for oman liquefied natural gas llc ( oman lng ) in qalhat , oman . oman lng operates three liquefaction trains with a total nameplate capacity of 10 . 4 million tonnes per annum ( mtpa ) .\nflashback : bringing the past back to life : renovation of sunaisilah fort through oman lng support to bolster oman ' s tourism potentials and foster the preservation of its rich cultural heritage . # odf _ day urltoken\n\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0633\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0633\u0645\u064a \u0644\u0644\u0634\u0631\u0643\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0644\u0644\u063a\u0627\u0632 \u0627\u0644\u0637\u0628\u064a\u0639\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u0627\u0644 . \u062a\u0627\u0628\u0639\u0648\u0646\u0627 \u0644\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0631\u0641 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0622\u062e\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0639\u0627\u0644\u064a\u0627\u062a \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 . the official account for oman lng , featuring events and updates .\nthe company ' s activities contribute to the government of oman ' s objectives of diversifying the economy . oman lng ' s liquefaction plant is located on the coast at qalhat near sur in the south sharqiyah governorate and its head office is in muscat .\noman lng undertakes , directly or indirectly , project operations and related activities essential to liquefy , store , transport and market oman ' s natural gas and to deliver lng to customers . the company operates 3 liquefaction trains - at its site in qalhat near sur with a nameplate capacity of 10 . 4 million tonnes per annum ( mtpa ) .\noman lng\u2019s commitment to social investment started before the company shipped its first volumes of liquefied natural gas in 2000 by the establishment of sur general hospital . # odf _ day urltoken\nthe sultanate ' s two producers of liquefied national gas ( lng ) \u2014oman lng ( olng ) and qalhat lng ( qlng ) \u2014have merged , 18 months after the idea was first publicly mooted . the merger is unlikely to lead to large reductions in operating costs , but will create a unified face for omani lng exports . the main hurdle preventing both companies from operating at full capacity in recent years has been competing demands for oman ' s limited natural gas feedstock . this will remain a constraint for the new company , but may ease from 2016\u201117 as new supply comes on stream .\nthis contract confirms kbr ' s strong reputation as one of the world ' s preeminent leaders in lng facilities and demonstrates the trust that oman lng has placed in kbr following the successful development of the original front - end engineering design ( feed ) of this world - class lng facility ,\nsaid jay ibrahim , kbr president : europe , middle east & africa .\nwe are committed to expanding our footprint in the middle east and are delighted at this opportunity to reestablish kbr in oman and contribute to oman ' s in - country value ( icv ) initiatives .\nthe laws of the sultanate of oman . the company engages in the business of producing and selling liquefied natural gas ( lng ) and its by - product , natural gas liquids ( ngls ) .\nthe years of operating below capacity have been , and continue to be , costly for oman given the high prices available for lng . in the medium term the outlook is for prices to trend down given large amounts of new supply hitting the market . as such , any increase in lng exports from oman after 2017 may serve to protect current levels of gas earnings rather than lead to a significant revenue boon .\noman lng llc is a limited liability incorporated joint venture company established by royal decree in 1994 and operating under the laws of the sultanate of oman . it produces and sells liquefied natural gas ( lng ) and a byproduct , natural gas liquids ( ngl\u2019s ) . the company undertakes , directly or indirectly , project operations and activities necessary to liquefy , store , transport and market natural gas . the company\u2019s head office is in muscat , and it operates three liquefaction trains at its site in qalhat , near sur , in the sharqiyah region :\nthe merger is also aimed at creating a unified face for omani lng exports in global markets according to the oil and gas minister , mohammed bin hamad al\u2011rumhi . global demand for gas is expected to rise considerably over the next decade , meaning there is a strong incentive for oman to boost lng exports if it can . there has also been speculation that the merger may have more to do with redistributing the commercial gains of the two projects between the respective shareholders .\nkbr is a recognized leader in lng with over 40 years of continuous experience and depth of capability , know - how and engineering talent that is unmatched in the industry . this project represents kbr ' s reentry into the oman market and supports our strategic focus on gas monetization in the middle east region .\n\u200bour vision :\nthe best at what we do .\nour mission : to produce , market and deliver lng safely , reliably and profitably to devel . . .\nthe main hurdle preventing both companies reaching their full potential in recent years has been competing demands for oman ' s limited natural gas feedstock . both companies have been operating well below capacity\u2014according to bp , oman exported 8 . 2m t / y in 2012\u2014ever since the third train began operations in the mid\u20112000s . gas production has risen from 19 . 8bn cu metres in 2005 to 29bn cu metres in 2012 , according to the 2013 bp statistical review of world energy , in addition to which oman has been importing a limited amount of qatari gas via abu dhabi ' s dolphin energy since late 2008 . however , over this same period competing demands for gas have escalated rapidly . in 2005 the lng plants were by far the largest consumer of oman ' s natural gas , utilising 40 % of total production . the government system , which feeds power and desalination plants and major industries , used just under 20 % , with a further 16 % being used for oil production . by 2011 the amount of gas being used by the government system had increased by over 50 % , and 64 % more gas was being used in the oilfields for energy - intensive enhanced oil recovery . by contrast 20 % less gas was being supplied to the country ' s two lng producers , and they had fallen to less than 24 % of total gas production . however , although the natural gas supply has decreased , the government has guaranteed to supply sufficient feedstock to ensure that the plants can meet their commitments under long\u2011term contracts ; oman ' s main export markets for lng are in japan and south korea .\nthe government has presented the merger as an opportunity to increase value by reducing operating costs . however , as both companies were already highly integrated prior to the merger , the operational benefits are likely to be limited . the two liquefaction trains belonging to olng , and qlng ' s single train , occupy adjacent sites on the outskirts of the eastern town of sur . both companies use natural gas feedstock supplied by petroleum development oman and both use oman shipping company ' s lng tankers for distribution . furthermore , since the qlng train came into operation in late 2005 , it has been operated by olng .\np . o . box 888 sur , p . c . : 411 , sultanate of oman . tel . : ( + 968 ) 25547777 fax : ( + 968 ) 25547700 email : info @ urltoken\nthe government began planning oman ' s entry into the lng market in the mid\u20111990s , forming olng in 1994 , the company ' s two\u2011train liquefaction plant , which has a capacity of 6 . 6m tonnes / year ( t / y ) , made its first shipment in 2000 . just three years later the government established qlng for the purposes of building a third train . the combined capacity of the new company is 10 . 7m t / y .\nghala , p . o . box 560 , c . p . o , p . c . 116 sultanate of oman . tel . : ( + 968 ) 24609999 fax : ( + 968 ) 24625406 email : info @ urltoken\nour social responsibility story in numbers . we will continue our journey in # touchinglives of people all over oman in an effort to translate his majesty the sultan\u2019s vision towards the improvement of social welfare and safety of the people . # odf _ day urltoken\nin 2012 olng ' s chief executive at the time , brian buckley , said that the company was expecting to increase production by up to 20 % by 2016 or 2017 as reserves of tight gas reserves come on stream . as the government seems to be on the brink of a deal with bp over the commercial development of these gas reserves ( and there is a chance that oman may finally make progress with plans to import iranian gas ) , the newly merged lng company may be able to look forward to getting up to full capacity in the not too distant future .\nthe government was the largest shareholder in both companies , 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{"id": 55021, "summary": [{"text": "healthboards is a long-running social networking support group website .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "it consists of over 280 internet message boards for patient to patient health support ( also referred to as a virtual community or an online health community ) .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "healthboards was one of the first stand alone health community websites .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "health communities prior to it had generally been part of large web portals ( webmd , yahoo , ivillage , etc. ) .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "the healthboards members post messages to share information and support on a wide range of health issues such as cancer , back pain , autism , and women \u2019s health .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "as of october 2013 the site had over 1 million registered members , 5 million posted messages , and over 10 million monthly visitors . ", "topic": 9}], "title": "healthboards", "paragraphs": ["healthboards is a private company . for every employee , healthboards generates $ 1m in revenue . healthboards ' s main competitors are fido property services , sf children ' s therapy and wingz design .\nowler has collected 14 screenshots of healthboards ' website since may 2014 . the latest healthboards website design screenshot was captured in sep 2017 .\nhealthboards was founded in 1998 . healthboards has an estimated 10 employees and an estimated annual revenue of 10 . 0m . . . .\nsite owned and operated by healthboards . com\u2122 \u00a9 1998 - 2018 healthboards . com\u2122 all rights reserved . do not copy or redistribute in any form !\nsite owned and operated by healthboards . com\u0099 \u00a9 1998 - 2018 healthboards . com\u0099 all rights reserved . do not copy or redistribute in any form !\n\u201ci prefer healthboards regulations because i can do my own research . . . . \u201d\nwingz design has been one of healthboards ' s top competitors . wingz design ' s headquarters is in , , and was founded in null . wingz design generates nan % of healthboards ' s revenue .\nadvice / insight on lab results / history and talking to dr . - thyroid disorders message board - healthboards\nhealthboards is an example of a ( n ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ social network .\nthe owners of healthboards reserve the right to remove , edit , move or close any thread for any reason .\nsf children ' s therapy is healthboards ' s # 2 competitor . sf children ' s therapy is a private company that was founded in san francisco , california in null . sf children ' s therapy has 132 more employees vs . healthboards .\nhealthboards has employees and is the seventh highest among it ' s top 10 competitors . the top 10 competitors average 74 .\ni need help ! . . . kissed a person with history of std ' s - hiv prevention message board - healthboards\nfido property services is the biggest rival of healthboards . fido property services is headquartered in roseville , california , and was founded in null . fido property services is in the business support services field . fido property services generates 40 % the revenue of healthboards .\nhealthboards ' s revenue is the second highest among it ' s top 10 competitors . the top 10 competitors average $ 2 . 7m .\nalthough the administrators and moderators of healthboards will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum , it is impossible for us to review all messages . all messages express the views of the author , and neither the owners of healthboards , nor jelsoft enterprises ltd . ( developers of vbulletin ) will be held responsible for the content of any message .\nbarbara coll : i\u2019m barbara coll . i want to talk to the gentleman here who thought healthboards here was \u2013 didn\u2019t have any good content on it . it\u2019s one of the things\u2014\nthe blog system gives you your own personal space at healthboards . depending on how the administrator has configured the blog , you will be able to create your own entries and control who may view them .\ni want to just make a comment about one of the sites and that was healthboards . i don\u2019t understand the rating . i don\u2019t know what \u2013 i haven\u2019t seen the ratings of the lower ones . healthboards is a site where anybody can go on . if you\u2019re a health professional , they don\u2019t want you , they want consumers to write in and tell about their experiences and ideas . i can\u2019t think of a more unreliable site , that\u2019s absolutely worthless .\npeter goldschmidt : okay . but if we choose , if we\u2019re online , and we choose the healthboards , you\u2019ll see what we say about it . the healthboards is basically a site , as dr . barrett said , where consumers can go online and share experiences . so , if it has any value , it is in the shared experience . information on this site is highly unreliable and , if we look at the weaknesses \u2013 can you click on weaknesses ? \u201cit has no authoritative information , anyone can post any claim . there are some dead links and no credentialing\u201d and so on .\nthe top 10 competitors in healthboards ' competitive set are fido property services , sf children ' s therapy , wingz design , m6 solutions , truex metier , panorama , bjm pest control , affordable maid and janitor services , foxinternational and reachedgedemo3 . together they have raised over 0 between their estimated 514 employees .\nwe have tried pinging healthboards website using our server and the website returned the above results . if urltoken is down for us too there is nothing you can do except waiting . probably the server is overloaded , down or unreachable because of a network problem , outage or a website maintenance is in progress . . .\ni registered and got banned on my first post ! i politely asked for peoples experience about elimination diets and stated i intended to create a 100 % free app to help people with their elimination diets . about 5 minutes after posting that , i was banned from the entire forum and my post was deleted . the reason given was\nno projects\nwhen i asked where is that in forum rules i was provided documentation that says all bans are private and final . i searched and no such rule exists . nothing even close . who ever runs this really doesn ' t appear to give a damn about helping people . i ' m not alone . google\nbanned from healthboards\nand you ' ll see a distinct pattern here .\ni have been a member of many support sites , and a moderator on one for a british medical charity . i was astonished at the way admin on healthboards treat the members , they are terribly bad mannered , and they ban for whatever they like . it seems that the rules are open to their own interpretation and they can do no wrong . any outside site even research from pubmed seems to be off limits which is ridiculous on a ' so called ' healthboard . it is far too restrictive to be of help to people . they also appear to dislike people who are well informed and able to advise people as much as admin can . . . jealousy ? there is something really wrong with this board and i would advise all with any medical condition to find a forum elsewhere , probably it is best to find one dedicated to the condition they have . if you do get banned , save your time writing to admin ( the message tells you to do this ) . i didn ' t even get a reply and i tried twice . my advice , avoid , they seem to have some agenda , what kind i have no idea , but bet it involves money . especially if they are now selling an app . glad i didn ' t spend any money to find out how bad the forum was .\ni joined healthboards a few days ago and will probably be leaving very soon , if i don ' t get banned first . i have participated on many internet forums and for lack of usefulness and general snottiness ( on the part of the mods ) , this forum is in a class by itself . i spent a long time writing a cogent , detailed post on my condition and situation . at the end of the post , i asked for advice . my message was taken down within the hour and all i got for my effort was a message from the moderators saying that i had violated the forum rules because i . . . wait for it . . . asked for medical advice ! only my doctor can give me advice about a medical condition and everyone else in the world is entirely ignorant and unhelpful . well , they didn ' t phrase it exactly like that , but that was their drift . they also suggested i was stupid for asking for medical advice in a forum . so , not only did they slap me on the wrist for doing what any rational person would attempt to do on a * * health forum , * * but they were rude about it to boot . as you might suspect , there are many , many post on this forum asking for medical advice . i have a hunch that they just didn ' t want someone too articulate and informed on there . if i were you , i ' d stay far away from this place .\njoin our campaign to get you the best deals , and help us fight for real competition in the media marketplace .\nbeau brendler : okay , so now we\u2019re going to shift gears a bit , topically , we\u2019re going to be talking about health sites and , specifically , the top 20 health information web sites that consumer webwatch and the health improvement institute have come together to rate .\nso i want to introduce to you peter goldschmidt . he\u2019s actually going to describe for you his background when he stands up . peter has had a very long and interesting and varied background and history in this kind of work . he\u2019s going to talk about that and also about the ratings that webwatch and hii have done together , which go live today in beta .\npeter goldschmidt : i\u2019m the president and founder of the health improvement institute based in bethesda , maryland . and by way of disclosure , i am a physician , i have a doctorate in public health and i went to business school . and i\u2019ve spent my professional career doing two things : one is assessing the effectiveness of medical intervention and , secondly , measuring and improving the quality of medical care .\none of the foundations of medical practice is the evidence , the scientific evidence that underpins medicine . in 1976 , we started to investigate that under a contract for the secretary of health and human services . and some of the work that you\u2019ll hear today has conceptual underpinnings that come from that time and they also bring together a focus on how consumers can evaluate healthcare and how we can contribute to consumers\u2019 ability to do that .\nso what i\u2019d like to do today is to describe to you this project . what i\u2019ll do is i\u2019ll talk about the partnership , i\u2019ll talk about the methods that were used to rate the websites . we\u2019ll talk about the results and some of the conclusions that come from those results .\nlet me talk a little bit about the partnership . i\u2019m very delighted to say that this has been a very successful partnership over the last many years . and i\u2019d like to thank consumer reports webwatch for the productive relationship that has developed . and also the institute volunteers who rated some of these web sites . some of them are here today , so they can give you their personal experiences of how that process went .\nthe key events that occurred that led us to the point we are , was the institute in 1997 held a workshop in which 60 people \u2013 or 60 organizations , i should say ; some people sent two representatives \u2013 looked at what the quality of information was on the internet and how it could be improved . from that initiative came several other initiatives , one of which was this quest to rate individual health web sites .\nthe purpose of the ratings is twofold : one , to give consumers the opportunity to have independent ratings from the point of view of enabling them to be better consumers of health information .\ni should also thank the medical library association for their active support of this project and , as you may know , health librarians , librarians who specialize in healthcare are a focal point for both professionals and the public to find information , both in published literature and on the web .\non the next slide , i\u2019ve shown many of the efforts that are underway or have been undertaken to try to provide help to consumers . they take the form of criteria , codes of conduct and trust marks . there\u2019s a growing literature on these activities and also growing literature on the quality of the web sites . so the question becomes , what\u2019s new ? as i think you\u2019ll see today , two things are really new : one is independent commitment to ratings , and the other would be the focus on consumers .\nour philosophy for rating web sites is really to try to understand what they are about in terms of their disclosures and the ease with which they can be used . now , health web site ratings have practical value and they\u2019re twofold : one is a predictive value , that is , people can find out whether or not the site is worth looking at ; and secondly , they may illuminate issues that consumers would not be able to undertake for themselves .\nfor example , we\u2019re all familiar with restaurant reviews . one of the reasons that we like them , other than they\u2019re entertainment value , is that they guide us as to which restaurants we might want to try and which we might want to avoid . they can also provide you with information you may not be able to get as a consumer , because after all , if you go to a restaurant , you can tell whether you liked it or not , but you may not get some of the background information that a reviewer may have .\nso what we\u2019re looking at in the health web sites is not only some of the things that a consumer can judge for him - or herself , such as ease of use , for which they may want predictive information , that is , if i go there , will it be easy to find what i\u2019m looking for ? but we can also provide them with information on , for example , the editorial adequacy of the site that they themselves may find very difficult to judge .\nso that\u2019s basically the underlying thoughts behind the way in which we\u2019ve set up the conceptual framework for what we\u2019re looking for on these web sites .\nthe other thing that\u2019s very interesting to us is that not all health information sites are the same . we have differentiated different types of web sites . the health communication web sites , of which health information is one part , can be differentiated , for example , from behavior modification sites . on the next slide , we show some of these different types of sites .\nthe criteria you need to evaluate these sites are somewhat common , but they\u2019re also somewhat specific . and so we decided to start with health information sites ; the information sites are those sites with the intention of providing consumers with access to information about topics that will help them with their healthcare . and these can be clearly differentiated from sites where the goals are somewhat different . we intend to go on to rate these other types of web sites later on .\nso that\u2019s the basic , underlying philosophy of how we\u2019ve approached the problem and what i\u2019d like to do now is give you many more specifics about how we actually went about doing it .\nthere are on here four lines of activities . and they\u2019re distinct and necessary in order to get to the end point , which are the ratings described . the first thing we have to do is to decide how we\u2019re going to select web sites , and so far we\u2019ve focused on the most frequently visited sites , according to nielsen ratings . we took the top 20 of those sites to provide information and ratings .\nthe second thing one has to do is have some kind of instrument by which you\u2019ll do the ratings . we started off , as some of you may know , in 2003 by looking at all of the criteria that had been used to evaluate the quality of health information web sites . from that , we then had a process of evaluating those criteria , coming up with an instrument \u2013 and i\u2019ll tell you how we did that in a few moments .\nthe third stream of activities has to do with who\u2019s going to make these judgments . what we have done is put in place a credentialing process by which we select volunteers in order that they can be put onto panels to rate web sites , and i\u2019ll describe that process .\nthe final stream of activities has to do with how can we present these informational ratings to the public in a way that is attractive and useful to them . so that\u2019s the fourth stream of activities .\nwhat i\u2019ll do now is go through each of these and describe to you in brief terms how we\u2019ve approached them .\nthe first thing we had to do was to come to grips with what is it we\u2019re going to evaluate . we distinguished three things that are very important . one is a generic set of activities , of which you\u2019ve heard a lot about today , that have to do with transparency and the accountability of web sites .\nthe second one is the editorial adequacy \u2013 how content is selected , rated , reviewed and presented on web sites , and that\u2019s one of our contributions that we\u2019re going to make with these ratings .\nand the third one is basically the information reliability , the one ultimately that people want to know : is it true ? that is a question that transcends web sites and really is all about the practice of medicine , is asking the question : what do we know and how well do we know it in the whole field of medicine ? that\u2019s an impossible question for an organization such as ours to undertake . the reason for that is following .\none , the web site may contain thousands and thousands of subjects . to evaluate those subjects , you need experts in that particular subject . and thirdly , it\u2019s no more or no less than trying to evaluate the entire state of the science of medical practice \u2013 a very large undertaking and , as we concluded , one that we couldn\u2019t undertake . so what we decided to focus on was the first two , the transparency and accountability and the editorial adequacy of health web sites .\nit doesn\u2019t matter whether you\u2019re on a web site , you\u2019re in a printed article , you\u2019re reading a textbook of medicine , you still have to face the final question , and we\u2019ll talk more about that in this afternoon\u2019s panel .\nas i mentioned , we did start with the top 20 of the hundred most - trafficked sites . we intend to expand those ratings in two ways : one , more sites , and the second would be different types of sites , like behavior modification sites , sites which present information on ratings . that\u2019s going to become more important ; we\u2019re going to see more and more sites giving you ratings on doctors and hospitals .\nand , finally , and what\u2019s more important ultimately , is the fact that these ratings have to be reviewed and , if necessary , revised periodically , and we intend to do that every six months .\non the next slide , we look at the rating instrument and the rating instrument has two parallel sides to it . as i mentioned , one is the accountability side and the other is the editorial adequacy . consumer reports webwatch undertook to refine their instrument for looking at editorial accountability and transparency and what we did was undertake the task of coming up with a set of criteria and instruments that would actually rate the editorial adequacy of health web sites . these instruments are available .\nwe ourselves like to be very transparent and tell everyone how we do things , with the point of view of getting feedback so we can improve the process and the outcome and therefore the usability and utility of the resultant ratings for consumers .\nwe move on to the next one . this was the contents of our instrument . it had four major parts : one , as i mentioned , the transparency ; the second one was editorial adequacy . we also , from a research point of view , looked at the hon [ health of the net foundation ] code compliance , an important issue \u2013 how trustworthy are trust marks ? and , finally , we wanted to get feedback from raters about how we could improve the process , so that we could refine the instrument going forward and every iteration being an improvement on the last .\nthe five areas in which we look for accountability and transparency were the identity of the web site ; advertising and sponsorships ; ease of use ; whether they had a policy about corrections ; and finally , one about privacy . all of these terms are defined and each of them has a set of criteria which are in the instrument and you can access .\nin terms of the editorial adequacy , we\u2019re looking at adequacy not only in a general sense , which might apply to print publications as well as web sites , but also principles that apply specifically to web sites . what we asked our volunteer raters to do was to go through two sets of activities . one was a set of checklists , was the a column . and b , to write some brief narratives as a result of doing their checklist .\nthe advantage of this approach \u2013 that is , a highly structured checklist plus then an interpretative narrative \u2013 is that you get the best of both worlds . you get some structured information and you also get some perceptive information \u2013 having been through the process , what do you as an expert conclude from having these results ? and that creates a richness of information that we as developers of instruments and providers of ratings can use to refine the process and then pass on to consumers .\nwhat we\u2019re looking at in terms of editorial adequacy is how they select information , how they grade information , what they say about the authors , what they say about the reviewers , what kind of quality assurance checks do they have before it goes on the web site and what kind of policies do they have to make corrections , bring to attention things that are new and revised and so on . these are in terms of very structured information items . and then , as i said , interpretative , evaluative items that they used to enrich the information we have available .\ngo on to the next slide . i\u2019ll talk about how we found the people who did the ratings from the institute point of view . the consumer reports webwatch ratings , the ones on transparency and accountability , were done by their staff . but what the institute does is rely on volunteer experts in order to do ratings and participate in other programs we run .\nwe periodically issue a call for raters . they send us biographical information . we have a committee that looks at that information and decides whether or not they meet the criteria that we have established to become a rater . those criteria are called credentialing criteria . if they meet those criteria , they then go into the pool . for any one web site , we take three of them and try to match their expertise , so that we have a more complete , rounded view .\nalso , our ability to use panels allows us to have more than one set of eyes , because sometimes you just may misinterpret something and , secondly , you get a much more full perspective , because everybody comes to this from a slightly different background . i\u2019ll tell you the backgrounds of the people who actually did the ratings in this first wave .\nmay we go on ? this next step was then to actually do the ratings and the way it was done was a consumer reports webwatch staff did the first set on transparency . our volunteers did the second set on editorial adequacy . we then integrated the ratings and , from that integration , we produced a final overall rating and then displayed that on the web site .\nthe ratings web site has as its purpose , obviously , to communicate to the public of the rating results and we tried to come up with a terrific design for that and consumer webwatch , with its background in publishing , was the driving force behind that . you can judge for yourself the result .\nbut , basically , it was fairly straightforward . we wanted a way for people to have an easy way to find the ratings , understand the ratings and , hopefully , use the ratings in selecting sites . and , finally , to provide us feedback about how that site was useful to them , what other sites we could rate , how we could improve the process , what else they\u2019d like to know and so on and so forth . the process of feedback is absolutely critical to our success in being able to convince people that these ratings have utility and to find out from them the extent to which they do .\nnow , i expect you want to know what the results were . what we\u2019ll do is go through the sites we rated , what the results were in overview . we\u2019ll give you some idea of the ratings web site and then go on to some conclusions about that . we invite you very much to look at the ratings on healthratings . org , which is the site that we set up for this purpose .\nthe types of raters that we used , it turned out we used 14 volunteer raters to rate these 20 web sites . they were assembled into three rater panels , so that we mixed and matched their expertise . you have to remember that they were all credentialed , they all met the minimum criteria and that was , to remind you : at least five years relevant experience in fields that related to rating web sites . it happened that two of them were health practitioners ; five of them were health information experts , including , for example , experienced health librarians , information archivists and so on ; two of them were health education specialists ; and five were in other related fields , including people who designed health web sites , health journalists and so on .\nwe came up with ultimately a final set of ratings that conform to the consumer reports type of rating , where you get a little red dot meaning excellent and you get a black dot if you\u2019re poor . and you\u2019ll see those on the web site .\nthe final set of attributes that we came up with were identity , advertising and sponsorship , ease of use , corrections and currency , privacy , design coverage , accessibility , contents and then an overall rating .\nnow , some of these things can easily be guessed and evaluated by consumers . a consumer can tell you how easy it is to use a web site , and here we\u2019re giving people information of a predictive type . if you go to this site , you\u2019ll find it easy to use .\nnow , when we get down to some of these things , like the contents , it\u2019s very difficult for consumers to understand and evaluate the editorial policies and procedures that some of these sites use . so here we\u2019re giving them information that they normally would not be able to discern themselves .\nif we go on to the next slide . these are , in fact , in order of the frequency of visit , the top 20 sites . this does not say that this is the best site , this is just the order of use , the number of hits , according to nielsen . we then assigned these to panels of people to rate and we came up with some ratings .\nthis is the result in all of the 20 sites taken together . what we decided to do was to show you the median attribute . that is , if you take all the ratings and line them up from the best to the worst , what\u2019s the one in the middle look like ? the one in the middle looks like this . it has an excellent identity , so therefore , you know , it tells you who owns the site , who pays for it and so on and so forth . they all did a great job of that .\nthe second one was advertising and sponsorship . did a good job of that , too . you could tell what content was advertising and the content that was not advertising .\nease of use was a surprising one and also with design , they weren\u2019t as good as you might think they would be . those results were rather interesting to us , because we thought they might be better rated at that than they were .\none area which was found to be somewhat deficient was corrections and currency . a few of the sites had places so obvious where you could go to say , \u201cwhoops , we made a mistake and we should have told you this , but we told you that . \u201d\nin terms of the four areas that have to do with the editorial adequacy , design was good , but coverage \u2013 by which we mean other things that the site said it covered \u2013 how well did it cover them . and that was very good .\naccessibility , and that covers three things . the navigation ability \u2013 when you go on the site , can you move around and find things ? search engine site map and so on . reading level , which is absolutely critical , because you have to be able to comprehend what you\u2019re looking at in order to gain anything from it . and the third was accessibility to people with special needs . that would include , for example , foreign languages , visually impaired and so on .\nand then , finally , the contents , which dealt with the editorial policies , such as how you found things , what topics you selected , how it ensured the quality and so on .\nthese are the distributions of the top 20 . as you\u2019ll see , six of them were rated excellent overall , which is 30 % of the total . five were very good . eight were good , one was fair and none of them were poor .\nnow , you have to remember that these were the top 20 most - trafficked sites . now , these results are not generalizable necessarily to every web site of a health type that\u2019s out there . we did , by way of comparison , do some ratings of other sites and we did in fact find some that were poor . but these were for our own quality control purposes .\nthese are , in fact , the five \u2013 rather , six of the top 20 sites that were rated excellent . and you\u2019ll notice there\u2019s a mixture in here of commercial sites and non - commercial sites and the two non - commercial sites are kids health , which is a non - profit , and the nih [ national institutes of health ] , which is a government - run site .\ninterestingly enough , the only site really that was compliant with the special needs is the nih site , because all government sites must be compliant by law . but the other sites were not compliant with those special needs .\nthis is an example of the ratings web page . it is a beta site and by beta , we mean that it is a site that we have put up for feedback and comment in terms of its design and usability for consumers . the actual information displayed here is correct and current . but we would really like to get feedback about how this works . this is obviously a static picture , it\u2019s a pro forma . when you go to the site , it\u2019s much more dynamic , and we encourage you to do that and to give us feedback about how well you think we\u2019ve succeeded in providing a site that communicates information about the ratings that we have made as to the utility of web sites to consumers .\nthere are some conclusions we can draw from having done these 20 sites . the first one , i think , may be obvious to everyone , but does bear mentioning that it\u2019s very costly , very complicated and very challenging to provide consumers with high quality , reliable health information . this is not an easy job .\nthe second thing , and a corollary of this , is it\u2019s a very difficult thing to evaluate these sites , but we think it\u2019s necessary to provide consumers with this predictability and with this independent assessment of the sites\u2019 utility to their particular needs .\nsix of the sites were rated overall and ultimately all of these sites were all limited by the state of medical science . no site can go beyond that . all they can do is try to do the best job to provide information that gets us close to the state of medical science as possible .\nin the next slide , there are some general points we found where some improvement could be made . one is that the editorial policies were often not described , poorly described and in some cases , we suspect , needed improvement . so this is one area where some improvement could be made and the topic areas that we thought improvement was necessary was the search for [ grading ] information , the naming of authors and reviewers , their credentials \u2013 did their credentials have to be relevant to what they were writing about ?\nthey should state in the pieces or the articles when they were last reviewed and updated , and that didn\u2019t occur all the time . there should be references to the basic facts . where were these facts found from , so there would be links to citations or at least names to citations .\nand then , finally , there should be criteria for linking to other web sites . if somebody goes and says , \u201cwell , here\u2019s a resource , \u201d what was the criterion you were using to say that this was a good thing for you to do , to go look for more information on this site ?\nwe think that there certainly can be some improvement in the design and ease of use . that was one of the surprising things to us , is how poorly the sites rated on these issues . clearly , there needs to be more attention paid to accessibility . there was only one of these sites that had a foreign language , a spanish version of it . others were all in english only .\nthe second thing we noticed was that the reading level was at a higher level than most consumers could really read . many independent studies beyond ours have shown that most of the health information on the web is written at a college level . now , that may be appropriate for the people who go in and look for things , but ultimately , as the web gets more and more exposure and more and more people get on , we\u2019ll have to be concerned with how well people can read it and understand what they read .\nfinally , in terms of the feedback , we\u2019d like to get your feedback on the utility of these ratings , how we can improve the process , what should be rated and also we\u2019d like to get people involved in rating web sites who have an interest in doing that .\nthat\u2019s an overview of what we found . we\u2019re very delighted to be able to announce the ratings of the first 20 web sites and we encourage you to visit healthratings . org . and i\u2019d also like to answer any questions you may have .\nspeaker : [ unintelligible ] design . can you please explain once again the difference between accessibility and ease of use ?\npeter goldschmidt : yeah . ease of use , as measured here , was what the consumer reports webwatch raters found in terms of structural measures , such as search engine , site map and so on . what our people were concerned about was the navigability of finding information that they had on a site , the accessibility in terms of reading level and , thirdly , the accessibility to people with special needs .\nas you may know , the federal government has a set of standards , 508 standards , and there are certain ways in which you can become compliant to them ; only the nih site was compliant . it\u2019s very important for people who are visually impaired . for example , a number of the sites did have a choice of typeface , so you could make it bigger , easier to read .\nand the other one that\u2019s obvious is also the foreign language , that some people looking for information who don\u2019t speak english very well are going to have a hard time on these sites , because they\u2019re mostly geared to people who have a college education level . and one of the sites , medscape , is actually geared to health professionals . so you have to be very good at being able to read those articles if you\u2019re going to get the full information from them .\ntom eng : thanks , peter , very good job . i\u2019m tom eng with helia and ehealth institute . about six years ago , i was involved in a project , as you know , with a science panel on interactive communication health , so i\u2019m delighted to see that a lot of the template factors and disclosure statements are actually reflected in this instrument . two questions and then just one comment .\nfirst question is do you know what percentage of the market for health information those top 20 sites represent , number one . and two is , i might have missed it , but did you actually have multiple people review the web sites and , if so , did you look at the inter - rater reliability , coefficients and all that kind of thing .\nand then the third comment is just that i just went on healthrings . org , and i noticed that it was not actually wc3 compliant [ unintelligible ] , so i would suggest you do that .\npeter goldschmidt : okay . beau , do you know the answer to the first question of what the percentage of these sites , 20 is in terms of hits ?\npeter goldschmidt : right . in terms of the second one , yes , there were multiple raters of these two sites . consumer reports webwatch had two people review each site and what they did was then come to a consensus judgment . and what we did was to have three raters review each site independently . they didn\u2019t talk among themselves , but what we did do was to look at the different scores that they had for each of the attributes . and the reliability is quite good . we haven\u2019t yet gotten to the point of calculating that statistically , but that is a guide to how to improve the instruments . because you want people , when they rate things , to come up with fairly consistent ratings among themselves .\npatricia thomas : pat thomas , university of georgia . you know , peter , this is a huge undertaking and a lot of this is really impressive , but i am troubled by one thing and that is , if i understand you correctly , you seem to be saying you can\u2019t evaluate the quality , ultimately , the quality of the information provided , because we\u2019re not at the end time yet and medical research goes on and is always changing .\nbut , from a consumer\u2019s point of view , they have to make real life decisions based on imperfect information every day and that\u2019s why they\u2019re looking at these web sites . so it feels like in a way to me that you\u2019re sort of dodging the issue on the quality thing and that bothers me . why did you do that ?\npeter goldschmidt : well , i could tell you why we did it . if anybody here would like to make a billion dollar down - payment , we\u2019d undertake the job . it is a tremendous job to be able to evaluate the quality of evidence for medical practice . we\u2019ve done this for professionals , we\u2019re now looking at the issue from the point of view of consumers . and the difficulty is \u2013 not we\u2019re dodging the bullet , we\u2019d love to do the job \u2013 we need the tools with which to do it , the money .\ni do agree with you that ultimately consumers want to know if i\u2019m recommended to have this treatment for breast cancer , is it the best for me ? that\u2019s a question that today is very difficult to answer . what we can do at the fringes is to identify , what shall we say , interventions that are clearly beyond what medical science can support . people having coffee enemas , we don\u2019t think that\u2019s going to do them much good . but if you tell me , is the current recommended treatment by oncologists the best treatment for my condition ? that\u2019s something that oncologists will have a problem with , because they will argue among themselves as to whether that\u2019s necessarily true .\npatricia thomas : well , peter , just a footnote , i never meant to suggest that any web site should ever prescribe or diagnose an individual , that would be in steve barrett\u2019s [ of quackwatch . com ] realm of quackery . but i do feel that presenting consumers with comparisons and relative merits of different courses of treatment is worth trying , even if we don\u2019t have that ultimate outcome study that of course you would like to do and we would all like the answers to .\npeter goldschmidt : well , i think it is worth trying and the question becomes how difficult and how costly it is to actually undertake to do that . what we have said is the best we can do with our resources is to look at how the web sites approach that problem . what kind of search they do for the information , how they grade it . what kind of experts they have write the articles , what kind of experts review the articles and how they assure the quality of what they post on their web site .\nwe cannot , because of our limited resources , judge the outcome of that process and say , yep , they\u2019ve got it right or , nope , they didn\u2019t get it right .\npravin patel : pravin patel , with patel communications . two questions i have . number one , what is the accuracy of this information \u2013 we are talking about the quality and accessibilities and so forth . but i think as the consumer , accuracy is more important or as much important to me , because as we all know , error rate is one of the killer factors for many , many deaths and so forth .\npeter goldschmidt : yes , i\u2019d be delighted to answer the last question first , because it\u2019s easy , i\u2019ll say , yes , you may have a copy of this and give me your email address , i\u2019ll email it to you . we\u2019d like to make things available , we\u2019ll put it up on our web site .\ngoing back to the first question , which is ultimately a very important question , again , just to reiterate , we did not look at the content . if you look at the contents of a site like webmd , it is enormous . or the contents of nih , there are millions of pages in there . it\u2019s very hard to say , well , all of the information or some of the information is true and this bit isn\u2019t true .\nthere have been other studies that have been done on looking at the accuracy of information on web sites . and , in summary , what they say is that some of it\u2019s accurate and some of it isn\u2019t accurate . and that\u2019s true in the print media , it\u2019s true in medical textbooks , it\u2019s true of medical science in general . that\u2019s why you always come to the same conclusion . it is extremely difficult to actually undertake that task . it\u2019s one that i believe should be undertaken , but it will require a tremendous amount of money to do that .\nstephen barrett : yeah , steve barrett from quackwatch . i was one of the raters , i rated six sites . and i looked at the content , the quality of content of each site . this did not reflect in the ratings .\ni think there\u2019s something in - between , though , and that is that \u2013 pat brought up the idea that , can we help consumers know whether a site has reliable content ? your response was , well , that gets into all of medicine . the issue is not whether the site recommends the best treatment . it really ought to be , does the site reflect the best medical knowledge of today ? and i think there are techniques that can be used . it\u2019s very easy to screen out sites that don\u2019t . i\u2019ll talk about how to do that this afternoon . but how good is the quality of a good site ?\ni don\u2019t know how this \u2013 i haven\u2019t seen how you applied this system . but this does not \u2013 you talk about these sites being excellent , but you don\u2019t get into the \u2013 somebody might think you\u2019re talking about quality of content and it doesn\u2019t necessarily correspond . i imagine this was the fair one ?\npeter goldschmidt : well , what was the overall rating on that ? yeah , it was rated with an open circle , which is good , but if you look at where it says \u201ccontents , \u201d it was not applicable and we say why .\nstephen barrett : they have people there who are selling things . they don\u2019t want professional input . if they catch you being professional , they\u2019ll throw you off . there couldn\u2019t be a site set up that\u2019s \u2013 the only thing that could be worse is a site that\u2019s run by a quack who wants to sell you something . how the hell can it get a good rating ? i love what you\u2019re doing , but something\u2019s wrong .\npeter goldschmidt : well , in terms of the actual content , we say it hasn\u2019t got any . but the reason it had a good rating is it complied with the other criteria . and , secondly , it has some value to people who want to exchange information among themselves .\nbonnie lawrence : well , this is fairly simple . i\u2019m bonnie lawrence , with family caregiver alliance and the national center on caregiving , and we\u2019re continually discussing the level of the information we put on our web site . what is now the consensus of the literacy level of acceptable \u2013 i mean , we even talked about having two versions , a very simplified one and a more detailed one , but you lose some of the precision when [ unintelligible ] a very simplified language ."]}
{"id": 55022, "summary": [{"text": "the ferro alloys corporation limited ( facor ) was floated in 1955 by the house of sarafs and mors to become the first major producer of ferromanganese in india .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "the year 1956 , marked the beginning of the ferro alloys corporation limited at sriramnagar , garividi , vizianagaram district , andhra pradesh .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "the founder was seth shriman durgaprasadji saraf ( 1911 \u2013 1988 ) .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "the registered office is at tumsar , bhandara district , maharashtra .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "ferroalloys are used as deoxidizers and alloy additives in the steel manufacturing process .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "the ferromanganese plant started production in 1957 , equipped with three furnaces for production of high carbon ferromanganese and ferrosilicon .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "in 1969 , a reduction furnace and a slag furnace were commissioned for production of ferrochrome .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "the company independently , set up a 16 mva furnace in 1981 .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "facor acquired a small steel plant at nagpur in maharashtra .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "in 1979 , facor developed the technology to produce charge chrome in their own r&d wing .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "they have established a charge chrome plant at d.p.nagar , randia in bhadrak district of orissa in 1983 .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "it is a 100 % export oriented project with a production capacity of 50,000 tons per annum .", "topic": 13}, {"text": "facor signed an agreement with marc rich and co . ag switzerland , as the sole selling agent of their entire charge chrome output for 10 years .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "the plants at sriramnagar have facilities for raw material handling , metal and slag casting , crushing , sizing and other ancillaries apart from furnaces for smelting of ferro alloys .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "the raw materials are manganese ore , chromite and quartzite ores with principal elements of manganese , chromium and silicon respectively .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "they are obtained from the andhra pradesh , orissa , madhya pradesh and bihar states .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "the ferro alloys produced are high carbon ferro chrome , low carbon ferro chrome , silico chrome , silico manganese and magnesium ferro silicon , ferro manganese etc. , these alloys are tapped from electric arc furnaces in molten state .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "they are prepared to the required size from 25 mm to 150 mm and transported to the various steel companies .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "the furnaces are connected to two-stage venturi scrubber systems to maintain a clean environment in and around the production area .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "facor has been accredited under iso 9001:2000 .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "the existing manpower at sriramnagar is about 784 regular employees with 107 supervisory personnel , besides 1070 contract workmen .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "in 2003 , the charge chrome division along with the mining division in orissa has been demerged as facor steels ltd and the ferro alloys division at garividi as facor alloys ltd .", "topic": 10}], "title": "ferro alloys corporation", "paragraphs": ["ferro alloys corporation ltd . stock price , share price , live bse / nse , ferro alloys corporation ltd . bids offers . buy / sell ferro alloys corporation ltd . news & tips , & f & o ; quotes\nthe company history page lists out the major events in chronological order for ferro alloys corporation ltd .\nferro alloys corporation - disclosures under reg . 29 ( 2 ) of sebi ( sast ) regulations , 2011\n\u00bb results of e - voting and poll for 60th agm of the ferro alloys corporation limited read more . . .\nferro alloys corporation revised disclosures under reg . 31 ( 1 ) and 31 ( 2 ) of sebi ( sast ) regulations , 2011\nferro alloys corporation revsied disclosures under reg . 31 ( 1 ) and 31 ( 2 ) of sebi ( sast ) regulations , 2011\nindian metals & ferro alloys q2 profit slumps 82 % to rs 7 . 37 crore\nferro alloys corporation ( facor ) as an old as the indian ferro alloy industry . starting out with limited facilities to manufacture ferro manganese in 1957 , it has grown today to become the largest producer of ferro alloys , producing almost all kinds of ferro alloys . it has production facilities in maharashtra for various ferro alloys ( inst . cap . : 72 , 500 tpa ) , rolled steel ( 45 , 000 tpa ) and a 100 % eou for charge chrome ( 50 , 000 tpa ) .\nferro alloys corporation statement of investor complaint under reg . 13 ( 3 ) of sebi ( lodr ) regulations , 2015 for quarter ended december 31 , 2016\nindian metals and ferro alloys net profit up at rs 63 . 87 crore in quarter ending dec 31 , 2017\nferro alloys corporation ltd . , incorporated in the year 1955 , is a small cap company ( having a market cap of rs 94 . 30 crore ) operating in metals - non ferrous sector .\n\u00bb public announcement { under regulation 6 of the insolvency and bankruptcy board of india ( insolvency resolution process for corporate persons ) regulations , 2016 } for the attention of the creditors of ferro alloys corporation limited read more . . .\nthe group that started its journey with a ferro manganese plant in shreeramnagar , andhra pradesh to produce ferro manganese , diversified into various types of ferro alloys . further , it established a large chrome ore mining complex at bhadrak in the state of orissa followed by the first charge chrome plant in 1981 . facor also diversified into alloys and steel production in nagpur , maharashtra .\nthe eldest son of the founder and the chairman & managing director of the group . ferro alloys corporation limited , widely known as facor group , today is one of the india ' s largest and established producers and exporters of high carbon ferro chrome / charge chrome worldwide , an essential ingredient for the manufacture of steel and stainless steel .\n\u00bb facor group signs annual contract for supply of ferro chrome read more . . .\nthe company has restructured its capital by implementing the following : 1 . trifurcation of the company into 3 independent entities as follows : a . ferro alloys division consisting of plant at garvidi in andhra pradesh is transferred to a new company being formed in the name of facor alloys ltd . b . steel division consisting of steel melting & rolling plant at nagpur , maharashtra is transferred to a new company being formed in the name of facor steels ltd . c . charge chrome division consisting of charge chrome plant and mines in orissa will remain with the existing company ferro alloys corporation ltd .\nthe ferro alloys division was reopened during the year 2000 - 2001 , after a gap of 14 months and it operated only 2 furnaces out of 16 furnaces with available 16 mw ntpc power .\n2 . the equity share capital of the company shall be split amongst the above mentioned three entities in the following ratio : i . facor steels limited - 20 % - face value per share rs . 2 / - . ii . facor alloys limited - 40 % - face value per share rs . 4 / - . iii . ferro alloys corporation limited - 40 % - face value per share rs . 4 / - .\nferro alloys corporation ltd . key products / revenue segments include ferro alloys which contributed rs 482 . 37 crore to sales value ( 79 . 95 % of total sales ) , chrome ore which contributed rs 111 . 34 crore to sales value ( 18 . 45 % of total sales ) , export incentives which contributed rs 9 . 04 crore to sales value ( 1 . 49 % of total sales ) , by products which contributed rs . 55 crore to sales value ( 0 . 09 % of total sales ) for the year ending 31 - mar - 2016 .\nsubsequent to the above split up of share capital , the nominal and paid up value of equity shares held by the shareholders in each of the above 3 companies will be written down / derated by 90 % i . e . , from rs . 2 / - , rs . 4 / - , and rs . 4 / - per share to rs . 0 . 20 , rs . 0 . 40 & rs . 0 . 40 per equity share in facor steels limited , facor alloys limited & ferro alloys corporation limited respectively and consolidation of such reduced shares into shares of paid up value of re . 1 / - each in all the companies .\nthe fortunes of the ferro alloy industry are linked to the ups and downs of the steel industry , as ferro alloys are used in the production of steel . it is a power - guzzling industry and power tariff constitutes 35 - 40 % of the production cost in india . the ever - increasing power tariff has led facor to enter into several disputes with the sebs and , today , its outstanding litigation fees amount to around rs 14 cr .\nthe ferro alloys division of the company at shreeramnagar in andhra pradesh has been under lock out since 19 / 3 / 99 due to some labour problems . the bifr have declared the company a a sick industrial company and appointed icici ltd as the operating agency to examine the viability of the company and formulate a rehabilitation scheme for its revival .\nferro alloys corporation limited ( facor ) incorporated in 1955 is one of the india ' s largest producers and exporters of ferro alloys , an essential ingredient for manufacture of steel and stainless steel . it exports to several countries like korea , japan , italy , netherlands , usa , turkey , china and taiwan . facor group , started its journey in 1956 from a ferro manganese plant at shreeramnagar in andhra pradesh has come a long way . today , facor stands synonymous to a name , which employs experience , resources and technical know - how , not only in technology but in quality as well . post trifurcation of the facor group into 3 independent entities in 2004 under a demerger scheme , facor has the capacity to produce 65 , 000 tpa of charge chrome / ferro chrome and 2 , 50 , 000 tpa of chrome ore at its plant in orissa . it has also established a mining complex at bhadrak in orissa for the mining of chrome ore , the main raw material for the production of charge chrome / ferro chrome . stringent quality control for both raw materials and finished products is maintained . facor has been accredited with iso 9001 : 2000 standard , which coupled with other control measures adopted by the company , enables it to maintain its world wide status as a producer of quality products . alongwith strengthening its industrial activities , which include marketing , production and technology development , facor continuously strives towards creating new products of high technology .\nfacor has the capacity to produce 65 , 000 tonne per annum ( tpa ) of ferro chrome and 2 , 50 , 000 tpa of chrome ore at its plant in orissa . it has also established a mining complex at bhadrak in orissa for the mining of chrome ore , the main raw material for the production of ferro chrome .\nferro alloys is in the mining & minerals sector . the current market capitalisation stands at rs 94 . 30 crore . the company management includes r k saraf - chairman & managing director , manoj saraf - managing director , ashish saraf - joint managing director , rohit saraf - joint managing director , vineet saraf - director , a s kapre - director , umesh khaitan - director , pinaki misra - director , m b thaker - director , urmila gupta - director . it is listed on the bse with a bse code of 500141 and the nse with an nse code of ferroalloy . its registered office is at charge chrome plant : d p nagar , , p . o randia , bhadrak dist . , orissa - 756135 . their registrars are beetal financial & computer services ( p ) ltd\ndate sources : live bse and nse quotes service : tickerplant | corporate data , f & o data & historical price volume data : dion global solutions ltd . bse quotes and sensex are real - time and licensed from the bombay stock exchange . nse quotes and nifty are also real time and licenced from national stock exchange . all times stamps are reflecting ist ( indian standard time ) . by using this site , you agree to the terms of service and privacy policy .\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 bennett , coleman & co . ltd . all rights reserved . for reprint rights : times syndication service\nby continuing to use this site you consent to the use of cookies on your device as described in our cookie policy unless you have disabled them . you can change your cookie settings at any time but parts of our site will not function correctly without them .\narcelormittal , the world\u2019s largest steel maker , is eyeing another strategic buy in india .\nthe promoters of facor \u2014 the saraf family \u2014 are planning to diversify into the power business and want to divest a part of their stake to raise funds . facor is valued for its chrome ore mining complex in orissa .\n\u201c arcelormittal has shown interest in the stake buy and the due diligence will start soon , \u201d said an official familiar with the development .\nthe facor stock closed at rs 23 . 5 a share on the bombay stock exchange today . at the current price , the company has a market capitalisation of rs 435 crore . however , the deal is expected at rs 35 a share , about 50 per cent premium to the current market price .\n\u201cwe would like to dilute the promoter\u2019s equity to raise funds for expansion in power business , \u201d said ashish saraf , joint managing director in the company which has appointed ernst & young to do the valuation and look for a strategic partner .\nthe company needs rs 2 , 500 crore for setting up a 500 mw power plant .\nsaraf declined to quantify the stake the promoters are willing to dilute , nor did he want to specify the target price .\n\u201cthey ( arcelormittal ) may have shown interest but we are directly not in touch . ernst and young is yet to come back to us with the names of interested companies , \u201d he said .\nbillionaire laksmi n mittal promoted arcelormittal signed a co - promotion agreement with mumbai based uttam galva in september . it completed the buyout in march , paying an estimated rs 500 crore for the 33 . 8 per cent stake in the company .\nfollowing this , both arcelormittal and the current promoters of uttam galva are equal partners in the company .\n\u201carcelormittal is finding it tough to start its green field project , so it is buying stakes in small ventures to get hold in the indian market , \u201d says giriraj daga , an analyst with mumbai based brokerage khandwala securities . \u201csince ferroalloy is used as raw material for steel making , it would be valuable for any steel maker to have a strategic tie up , \u201d he said .\narcelormittal plans to build greenfield steel production capacity of 30 million tonne per annum in india . while orissa and jharkhand will have 12 million tonne capacity each , karnataka will have a plant with a capacity of six million tonnes .\nnew : get seamless access to urltoken at a great price . no additional sign - up required .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nfacor group exports its products to several countries like china , germany , korea , japan , italy , netherland , taiwan , turkey and usa .\nthe group plans to expand in the power sector and to capitalize on the opportunities in this sector , it has lined up major power ventures . . .\nalongwith strengthening its industrial activities , which include marketing , production and technology development , facor continuously . . . .\ncreating value for our investors , partners , vendors and to the society at large , lies at the root of our fundamental business strategy . . .\nmr . ashish saraf , jmd with the prime minister of india mr . narendra modi\nmr . ashish saraf , jmd with the hon\u2019 chief minister andhra pradesh mr . n . chandrababu naidu\n\u00bb disclosure dated 12 / 3 / 18 under regulation 30 of the sebi ( lodr ) , regulations , 2015 read more . . .\n\u00bb disclosure under regulation 44 of sebi ( lodr ) , regulations , 2015 read more . . .\n\u00bb we , at facor , believe that we have a responsibility towards our community and we shall endeavor to shoulder that responsibility . as part of our csr initiatives , we have built science block \u201cd p saraf science block\u201d within the campus of rameshwar mahavidyalaya situated in randia , bhadrak district , orissa . the science block is named after our founder late shri . durga prasad ji saraf . the building will be inaugurated shortly . read more . . .\n\u00bb our mining division in orissa state had organized a mega free health camp at shreeram u . p . school , kathpal\u2013 about 100kms from bhadrak district , orissa . read more . . .\nalongwith strengthening its industrial activities , which include marketing , production and technology development , facor continuously strives towards creating new products of high technology . known for its positive attitude , every facor venture is a milestone in itself .\n\u00bb we , at facor , believe that we have a responsibility towards our community and we shall endeavor to shoulder that responsibility . as part of our csr initiatives , we have built science block\nd p saraf science block\nwithin the campus of rameshwar mahavidyalaya situated in randia , bhadrak district , orissa . the science block is named after our founder late shri . durga prasad ji saraf . the building will be inaugurated shortly . read more . . .\n\u00bb our mining division in orissa state had organized a mega free health camp at shreeram u . p . school , kathpal - 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03 - 2018 , the company has a total of 185 , 268 , 241 shares outstanding .\nthe producers are not able to pass over the increase in the cost of production , mainly due to the presence of a large number of small - scale units which enjoy exemptions from excise duty and sales tax , and power tariff concessions . enjoying a market share of more than 50 % , they have pushed many established units , including facor , into the red . facors charge chrome unit , too , has performed badly as international prices touched rock bottom . to meet its working capital requirements , the company raised rs 18 . 34 cr through a rights issue of equity shares in may 93 ( premium : rs 25 ) . in terms of a rehabilitation package , the company has agreed to issue zero - interest convertible debentures to financial institutions to the extent of the amount of funded interest , aggregating about rs 34 cr .\nduring the year 1997 - 98 , the company was referred to bifr since its networth stands fully eroded . during 1995 - 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{"id": 55027, "summary": [{"text": "covenant health is largest catholic health care provider in canada .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "it was established on october 7 , 2008 , by patrick dumelie , following the amalgamation of alberta 's regional catholic health care providers under a single administration .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "the organization is governed by a board of directors consists of 11 individuals , who are appointed by , and accountable to , the catholic bishops of alberta , which itself includes 5 latin bishops and 1 ukrainian catholic bishop .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "covenant health employs over 14,000 staff , physicians and volunteers in 16 facilities in 11 communities across alberta in cooperation with alberta health services .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "services provided include acute care , continuing care , assisted living , hospice , rehabilitation and respite care , and seniors ' housing . ", "topic": 1}], "title": "covenant health ( alberta )", "paragraphs": ["covenant care is a non - profit partner in alberta\u2019s integrated health system serving seniors of all faiths and backgrounds . . . .\nas one of canada\u2019s largest catholic providers of health care , covenant health positively influences . . .\ncovenant health physician dr . chris nichol engages and inspires future rural health care professionals . read more .\ncovenant health offers a competitive compensation and benefits package . bonnyville health centre . undergraduate degree in health care discipline required . . . .\nif you are interested in helping to support health research initiatives at covenant health , please donate through the covenant foundation and indicate in the drop down menu that you would like your donation to support \u201ccovenant health research centre ( chrc ) \u201d .\nedmonton \u2013 hundreds of health care workers rallied outside the edmonton general hospital wednesday to changes being made by covenant health .\nmore than 1 , 300 covenant health diabetes patients may have been exposed to hepatitis b and c , the health agency revealed on wednesday .\n\u00a9 2018 covenant health . all rights reserved . | privacy statement | compassionnet | e - people\nthe covenant health research centre is dedicated to promoting innovation , facilitating inquiry , developing partnerships , and integrating research into practice in alignment with covenant health\u2019s mission , vision , values and strategic directions .\nvulnerable populations , including addictions and mental health services , seniors health , rural health , as well as palliative and end of life care .\nthis covenant health facility provides a range of healthcare services . there is no emergency department at this location .\nthe faculty of nursing at the university of alberta has a new rural nursing preceptorship research website . read more .\nalberta ' s wealth has not been adequately shared within and beyond our provincial boundaries . this can be seen in the increased inequality and poverty in alberta at a time of multi - billion dollar budget surpluses . the situation of child poverty is especially significant .\ncovenant health calls the change a necessary \u201crealignment\u201d to provide more assistance at peak care times . the health provider says it\u2019s meeting all legislative requirements regarding the number of nursing hours required to provide continuing care .\nthe success of international responses of global ecological challenges will be linked to the decisions we make or fail to make in alberta . the issue of global climate change being pushed by rising fossil fuel consumption and deforestation goes to the heart of alberta ' s economic priorities .\n\u201cit makes people feel really bad and unappreciated knowing that covenant doesn\u2019t care . \u201d\ncompleted recognized health care aide certificate . in accordance with covenant care\u2019s mission , vision , and values , this position is responsible for ensuring . . .\nthis christian environmental ethic poses a major challenge to us in alberta . alberta has been blessed with a superabundance of natural resources . albertans have worked hard to exploit these resources , and a significant number of us have achieved a privileged lifestyle by canadian and even more by global standards .\nwe provide quality health care to all albertans . our mission calls us to serve with compassion , uphold the sanctity of life at all stages and serve the whole person body , mind and spirit . we are proud to be a valued service provider in alberta ' s integrated health system .\nthe clerk iv performs these tasks in accordance with established standards , and the mission , vision , values , policies and procedures of covenant health . . . .\nthe clerk iii performs these tasks in accordance with established standards , and the mission , vision , values , policies and procedures of covenant health . . . .\nthe secretary ii performs these tasks in accordance with established standards , and the mission , vision , values , policies and procedures of covenant health . . . .\nmore than 1 , 300 covenant health patients being treated for diabetes may have been exposed to hepatitis b and c during insulin training sessions , the organization revealed on wednesday .\nwatch : nurses from three long - term care facilities in the capital region took to the street today to protest major staffing realignments by covenant health . tom vernon reports .\nchild health float pool gnch . the unit clerk performs a variety of duties in support of the health care team including processing physician orders and liaising . . .\ncreated in 2008 , covenant health is a catholic health - care organization which operates 18 hospitals and care facilities across the province , including the grey nuns , the misericordia , the edmonton general continuing care centre , st . joseph ' s auxiliary hospital and villa caritas .\nthe\nincorrect training practice\nwas stopped as soon as it was discovered , dr . owen heisler , chief medical officer for covenant health told a news conference at the grey nuns community hospital in mill woods .\nbonnyville health centre . the clerk ii performs a variety of straightforward program support tasks . . . .\ncommitment to the mission , purpose and vision of kingdom covenant academy . identifies student needs and cooperates with other professional staff members in . . .\nan\nincorrect training practice\nthat potentially exposed more than 1 , 300 diabetic patients to hepatitis b and c during insulin training sessions was stopped as soon as it was discovered , dr . owen heisler , chief medical officer for covenant health , tells a news conference wednesday at the grey nuns community hospital . ( cbc )\nthe unit clerk performs a variety of duties in support of the health care team including processing physician orders and liaising with other departments . . . .\nfunding for health research comes from different places : many studies are funded by pharmaceutical or other private sponsors ; some studies are supported through grants \u2013 both public and private ; and still many projects are funded by the researchers themselves ( i . e . physicians , nurses , allied health and other healthcare professionals ) .\nhealth care aide . the hca is responsible for the provision of care in accordance with established standards , and the mission , vision , values , policies and . . .\nin alberta , we are having to face the environmental costs of many years of large - scale logging often without adequate reforestation , inadequately planned resource development , industrial expansion and toxic waste disposal , and non - sustainable agricultural practices . the loss of parks , wilderness areas and other wildlife habitats poses an increasing threat to endangered species and brings about the loss of biodiversity .\naccording to the world health organization , most people who get hepatitis b don ' t end up progressing to chronic hepatitis b , but hepatitis c tends to develop into chronic symptoms .\nhealth canada is holding public engagement asking that canadians share their ideas , innovations and lived - experience related to palliative care to help develop a framework for canadians . consultation closes july 13 , 2018 . read more .\nthe health agency has mailed letters to a total of 1 , 307 patients who may be at risk due to\nan infection control breach\nat the grey nuns and misericordia hospitals between 2013 and early 2016 .\nwhile providing a full spectrum of care from birth to end - of - life , our unique focus is on four of the most vulnerable populations : seniors , mental health and addictions , palliative end - of - life and rural care .\nhuman sin results in the alienation of people from god , from each other and from the rest of creation . the prophet hosea describes how as a result of greed and injustice the beasts of the field , the birds of the air and even the fish of the sea perish ( hosea 4 : 3 ) . god ' s continuing love and concern for all creation is shown in the covenant god makes with noah , with his descendants , and with all living creatures ( genesis 9 : 8 - 10 ) .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nlast year , in our easter message , we spoke of the necessity of choosing life in a society where too often human dignity is not respected and vulnerable human life is endangered . today , on the feast day of st . francis of assisi , the patron saint of ecology , we are issuing a call to celebrate life by caring for god ' s creation and responding to the ecological crisis that is manifesting itself all around us in so many ways .\nevery day in the media we hear about new ecological problems . climate change from global warming and the depletion of the ozone layer are changing the conditions for life over the whole planet .\nin canada , fish stocks on both the atlantic and pacific coasts are endangered , presenting both an ecological and an economic crisis .\npope john paul ii , in his 1990 statement peace with all creation , reminds us that present practices cannot continue and that fundamental change is required :\nfaced with the widespread destruction of the environment , people everywhere are coming to understand that we cannot continue to use the goods of the earth as we have in the past .\nhopeful initiatives are already emerging ranging from global treaties to eliminate ozone destroying chemicals to neighbourhood recycling organizations . much more needs to be done , however , if future generations of our children and grandchildren are not to be saddled with a life - threatening environmental deficit .\necological crisis impacts on life , including human life . for christians and all human beings , this must be a priority concern . the catechism of the catholic church affirms that the seventh commandment enjoins respect for the integrity of creation ( no . 2415 ) . pope john paul ii repeatedly emphasizes that ecological crisis must be seen as a spiritual and moral issue .\nin order to understand and respond to this great challenge , we need to reexamine our fundamental values . as christians , we need to step back and reflect on our place in the midst of all that god has created in such abundance and beauty .\ngenesis contains a clear and repeated message that creation , sun and stars , land and seas , animals and plants , is good in god ' s eyes . all creation is called to give praise to god ( daniel 3 : 35 - 68 ) . humans , very much part of god ' s creation , are created male and female in the image and likeness of god and have a special role and responsibility within creation . humans are called to exercise dominion over the earth , a dominion of service , wisdom and love .\nanother genesis passage describes the task of women and men to be one of cultivating and caring for creation ( genesis 2 : 15 ) .\nthe biblical sabbath and jubilee ( leviticus 25 ) provide a model for an ecological ethic . every seventh day , the people and their domestic animals were to refrain from work in order to celebrate the sabbath .\nevery seventh year , the people and the land were to rest and to be restored . during the jubilee year , the sabbath of sabbaths , the land was to be restored to the original owners who may have lost it through bankruptcy or family misfortune .\npope john paul ii describes how the celebration of the jubilee was a reminder that those who owned the land and its wealth were really only stewards , ministers charged with working in the name of god . . . since it is god ' s will that created goods should serve everyone in a just way ( on the coming of the third millennium , 13 ) .\nthe biblical jubilee contains what we call today an eco - justice message , bringing together a call for social justice among all peoples and right relationship with the land and all creation .\njesus in the gospel of luke describes his ministry in terms of jubilee ( luke 4 : 15 - 21 ) . jesus ' proclamation of salvation and liberation is to overcome all alienation , reconciling everything in heaven and on earth ( colossians 1 : 18 - 20 ) .\npart of human sin has been to see ourselves as separate from the rest of creation , seeing the natural world only as a source of profit and personal gain . to overcome this sin , we need to affirm our place within the dynamic web of creation which supports and sustains all life .\nwe can learn much from the spiritual traditions of our aboriginal brothers and sisters which celebrate our kinship with the rest of creation and seek to strengthen the sacred circle of all creation .\ncatholics see creation in a sacramental way . the abundance and beauty of god ' s creation reveals to us something of the generosity of the creator . god is present and speaks in the dynamic life forces of our universe and planet as well as in our own lives . respect for life needs to include all creation .\ncatholic spirituality and sacramental practice are rooted in the belief that basic materials such as water , grain made into bread and grapes made into wine can communicate and convey god ' s saving action into our midst .\necological destruction and the loss of biodiversity obscure our ability to see and experience god and are an affront to the creator . the fate of the natural world and human life are fully intertwined . ecological destruction harms human life , and human social injustice inevitably has ecological consequences .\na continuing theme in catholic social teaching has been the common good . this refers to the whole society being organized through its social , political and economic institutions so that all individuals , families and communities can thrive and seek their own good .\ntoday , clearly this traditional understanding of the common good needs to be expanded to include a healthy natural environment . also , since our major ecological challenges , such as greenhouse warming and depletion of the ozone layer , are increasingly global in scope , we need to speak of a global common good going beyond all provincial and national boundaries .\nin recent years , pope john paul ii has spoken often of solidarity . in canada and across the globe , all people are called to be in solidarity . an authentic understanding of development needs to include all , especially the poor and marginalized , and to address all the different dimensions of human flourishing over both the short and long term .\nour private property and accumulated wealth are not an absolute right because these carry a social mortgage at the service of the global common good .\na christian ecological ethic also needs to include the principle of sufficiency . this principle cuts two ways . one is that everyone has the right to access the goods of creation to meet basic needs and to live a life of dignity .\nsimilarly , in a world of increasing population and widening inequality within nations and between nations that is already approaching real ecological limits , sufficiency means that those consuming a disproportionate share of the earth ' s natural resources , including energy resources , need to examine critically their lifestyles and levels of consumption . the traditional saying that the earth can provide for everyone ' s needs , but not for everyone ' s greed , is certainly relevant today .\nthe economy and the whole society need to become sustainable . as a society in canada and globally , we need to live within our ecological means . everything we do from the expansion of agribusiness to extensive logging , coal mining , and oil and gas exploration and production needs to pass the ethical test of sustainability .\nour christian ethic needs to expand to include an intergenerational ethic where the needs of future generations are included in present - day decisions .\nover the years , albertans have lived as if the abundant forests , minerals , oil , gas and coal deposits , fertile prairie topsoil and clean air and water extended without limit . the striking beauty of mountains , foothills , parkland and prairie landscapes have appeared as indestructible . however , times have changed . our stewardship of this abundance is now being questioned . our economic model of maximizing profit in an increasingly global market is unsustainable .\nthe move to large - scale corporate agriculture in search of greater economic efficiencies runs the risk of destroying the agricultural foundations of fertile topsoil , clean air and water as well as the social ecology of vibrant rural human communities .\nthe rapid , widespread harvesting of the boreal forest is testing the limits of ecosystem integrity and risks the future of what should be a renewable resource for future generations .\nas we look around us and read the\nsigns of the times ,\nwe face a challenging time of crisis and opportunity . this is a time to make important decisions . in religious terms , this time is a call to conversion .\nwe need to re - examine the ways we think and act , to affirm and support better what we are presently doing that is environmentally responsible and to critique and challenge what is irresponsible and unsustainable .\nscientists are telling us that in the face of rising global population and increased energy and natural resource consumption , we have a limited window of opportunity to change our environmentally destructive ways of relating to the earth . failure to act in a timely and decisive manner will threaten the ability of the earth to nurture and sustain life as we know it . this time of jubilee preparation is a call for a new beginning . the eco - justice message of the biblical jubilee is a challenge for us to embrace a right relationship with god , all human beings and all creation . this jubilee call is a call for us here and now to celebrate life , to care for creation .\ncanada\u2019s oldest diocese , the archdiocese of quebec , was established in 1674 . most reverend fran\u00e7ois de laval was its first bishop .\ncome to one of our evening seminars for the straight facts on hormone therapy and other options . . . . read more .\npatients choose their own meals and dining time . . . . read more .\ntalking with someone who is dying can be uncomfortable for many of us . our experts from the palliative institute have some advice about how to say good - bye . . . . read more .\nlast chance to voice your thoughts on improving palliative care in canada . read more .\ncould the timing of when patients take blood pressure medication impact their lifespan ? read more .\n32nd annual margaret scott wright research day in edmonton . abstract deadline september 14 , 2018 read more .\nthe food services attendant i portions , packages and / or serves food items according to menu , diet protocol , portion control and temperature standards within . . .\nthe housekeeping attendant i is responsible for cleaning and disinfecting public , patient and office areas including the collection of waste . classification : . . .\nthe resident services aide is responsible for cleaning and disinfecting public , patient and office areas including the collection of waste . classification : . . .\nthe laboratory assistant is responsible for a variety of tasks associated with procurement of specimens ; basic laboratory tests and lab - related administrative . . .\nby creating a job alert or receiving recommended jobs , you agree to our terms . you can change your consent settings at any time by unsubscribing or as detailed in our terms .\nplease note that all salary figures are approximations based upon third party submissions to indeed . these figures are given to the indeed users for the purpose of generalized comparison only . minimum wage may differ by jurisdiction and you should consult the employer for actual salary figures .\ntip : enter your city or province in the\nwhere\nbox to show results in your area .\nit ' s not always greener on the other side . especially if it ' s not being watered\nthe edmonton general has played a big role in the theresa burwell ' s major life events . she was born in the hospital , worked as a nurse , gave birth to her 3 children and now resides in the continuing care unit . everything has come full circle .\nit looks like you may be having problems playing this video . if so , please try restarting your browser .\nbullying staff in public to the\nmean girl staff\ngossiping about other workers , maybe that should be kept private or behind close doors .\ni have met so many inspiring staff . people who live their values and make a difference\ntoday is world cancer day , a global effort to spread awareness about fighting and preventing cancer . let\u2019s look back at the incredible work lorrie and her fellow volunteers at healing connections are doing to help people with breast cancer .\nhappy new year ! we hope you and your loved ones enjoy the first day of 2016 .\nthe breach relates to saline - filled demonstration pens and pillows used during the practice sessions where patients with diabetes or gestational diabetes take part in one - on - one lessons on the use of insulin pens .\nthough the needles were changed between each use and were never shared between patients , the saline reservoirs in the pens may not have been changed out properly . the\npractice pillows\nmay also have been shared between patients .\nthe pens are meant for demonstration purposes only , but some of them were being injected into patients after they had been used on the contaminated pillows .\nwe saw what it was and we stopped it ,\nsaid heisler .\nwhile the risk is considered to be very low , we are erring on the side of caution and advising that anyone who receives a notification letter be tested .\nthe risk to patients is considered\nvery low .\nas a precaution , all patients will be tested for both strains of the virus . children born to pregnant women who were exposed do not require testing , heisler said .\nthe notification applies to patients with diabetes or gestational diabetes who received insulin training at the grey nuns education centre between march 2013 and feb . 19 , 2016 , or at the misericordia between may 2014 and feb . 19 , 2016 .\nthe problem was first discovered in february 2016 . the provincial risk assessment panel was notified one month later .\nheisler said the\ncomplexity\nof those investigations is to blame for the 16 - month delay in notifying patients .\nimmediately upon us finding out , our first efforts were that we identified the practice , we saw what it was and stopped it .\nand at that point , in the province there is a risk assessment panel that has the expertise to look at these kind of events in healthcare , to tell us what the risk is . . . and it takes a fair amount of time to do that .\nand once we knew that , then part of our effort was making sure that we had a good list of who the patients were , to make sure we had the adequate information so we could let them know , and be as transparent with them as possible .\nhepatitis infections can cause acute and chronic disease , including jaundice , and in more serious cases , scarring of the liver and liver failure .\nthe virus is transmitted through contact with the blood or other body fluids of an infected person .\npatients named in the exposure are encouraged to contact their family doctor and get a standard blood tested as soon as possible .\nthis is a very low risk event and we ' re apologetic that we ' re also creating anxiety in a lot of people ,\nheisler said .\nbut we want to do the safe thing and we encourage them to be tested right now .\naudience relations , cbc p . o . box 500 station a toronto , on canada , m5w 1e6\nit is a priority for cbc to create a website that is accessible to all canadians including people with visual , hearing , motor and cognitive challenges .\nclosed captioning and described video is available for many cbc - 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", "topic": 23}], "title": "printing . com", "paragraphs": ["urltoken offers design and marketing expertise and produces printed collateral for local businesses . the first high street urltoken studio opened in 1998 in edinburgh . since then , we\u2019ve constantly expanded and innovated .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nurltoken studios are independently owned and operated under licence . design & print direct limited . registered in new zealand . no . ak1256958 . registered address : urltoken whangarei , 13 reyburn street , whangarei . gst registration no . : 83 - 806 - 222 .\nwe have a creative and passionate design department here at urltoken thorndon , who are always looking for exciting new projects to dive into .\nurltoken thorndon , level 1 , 202 thorndon quay , thorndon , 6011 . t : 04 499 5499 e : use our contact form\nurltoken glasgow , 995 argyle street , glasgow , g3 8lz . t : 0141 2489700 f : 0141 222 2629 e : use our contact form\nurltoken whangarei , 15 reyburn street , whangarei , 0110 . t : 09 438 7596 f : 09 438 5777 e : use our contact form\nurltoken hastings , 205 king st south , hastings , 4122 . t : 06 870 4259 f : 06 870 4269 e : use our contact form\nhiring an independant poster designer can often be cheaper and more effective than working through an agency . there are websites dedicated to crowdsourcing and connecting freelance designers with companies . the first places you should check are urltoken and urltoken , two leading platforms held in high - regard in the design community that help you find and hire an international poster designer online .\nwe asked urltoken to re - design our existing website to make it responsive or ' mobile friendly ' . kobie tweedie was a pleasure to deal with and the urltoken team created a website that looked great . we and the urltoken team worked together to hone the website to perfection . all of our requests were incorporated exactly as we wanted them . as a result we are now getting twice the customer enquiry that we got with our original website . we could not be more pleased with the outcome . money well spent !\ndesigners post examples from their portfolio and links to their personal websites with customer references and success stories . behance and dribble both offer verified customer reviews from other small businesses without having to worry about bias . other options that can introduce you to designers are urltoken and urltoken . think of using these online communities as a way to get familiar with more poster designers and agencies that you wouldn\u2019t come across otherwise .\nthere are hundreds of urltoken studios across the uk , ireland , france , new zealand and the us . they mainly operate in retail locations , ideally placed to help local businesses promote themselves in the area .\nget in touch with us online or through social media @ chilliprinting . on urltoken , click \u201ccontact us\u201d and you\u2019ll find links to our newsletter that covers inspirational ideas , marketing tips , and how - 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person what you are looking for in your poster designs .\nthe team really listened to us , and robyn ' s artwork has captured our vision beautifully . many people have said how much they love the logo . the colours are fantastic and the design is organic but strong . one of the highlights of this project was the encouragement , ideas and confidence that we gained from andrea ' s wealth of experience and knowledge . thanks team ! i am a really happy customer and what i have said about urltoken goes here .\nthousands of industry specific designs , fully loaded with marketing text and striking images , ready to edit & go online .\nalready have a print - ready design ? choose from our huge range of low - cost options , printed in hi - definition .\nbusiness cards , flyers and flyers from 50 to 50 , 000 . all delivered fast with our on time or it ' s on us guarantee . see our special offers \u2192\nalready a customer ? check the progress of your order , place a reorder or send us a message . sign in now\nin a hurry ? start with one of our most popular designs , then make it your own . . .\nproviding relevant products is a serious business for us . that ' s why our flavours of month reflect products that your business needs at this time of year .\nour local studios provide a wide range of services to help with your business needs .\nin today ' s ever - 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owned , but the majority are partner studios that were started by entrepreneurs who saw our business model and the value it could bring them . is it time you joined us too ?\nbusiness cards printing , with your design , create your own with our business card templates or our local studios will design for you .\ncompare our range of business cards products , with all the available sizes and finishing options .\nupload your print - ready files when you ' ve chosen the perfect finishing combination for your print .\nordering business cards is easy at printing . com . we provide lots of options to find the best card for your needs . click upload your files to see similar products and pick the best specification for your needs . don\u0092t have any experience designing business cards ? create your customised business card online . choose from thousands of business card designs that professional graphic designers have made for you . pick your industry type and personalise it for your business within minutes .\nwould you prefer to have a unique design made by one of our friendly team of designers in a studio near you ? with studios around the uk , there\u0092s always a helping hand nearby . we ' ll work with you to create a business card design that suits your organisation and impresses your clients .\nwe ' ve a broad range of business card products and finishes including silk , uncoated , gloss or matt laminated , spot uv , embossed , foiled , folded and shaped business cards \u0096 so whatever you fancy , we ' ve got a business card for you .\ntell us what you ' re looking for and we ' ll be in touch within 24 working hours .\nget a free sample pack with ideas on how we can help make your marketing more effective .\nplease note : our studio directory and database is our intellectual property and is only available to those wishing to make an enquiry about placing an order . if you wish to sell products or services to the network please enquire about our network partner programme .\nwe\u2019ve been operating since 1999 from this iconic building in finnieston , glasgow\u2019s newest creative quarter . we\u2019re ideally located between the city centre , the west end and the exhibition centre . our designers are multi discipline , so you ' re in safe hands whether your project is online or offline .\nwe\u2019d love to talk to you about any print , design or web project you\u2019re thinking about . pop down for a coffee and a chat !\njonny started the incus way back in 2003 and had seen it evolve to include from litho printing to design , digital print production and recently web development . he runs the business and is the numbers man . he also looks after the nettl\u00ae and printing . com\u00ae businesses in scotland . if you\u2019re interested in opening your own print / web design studio , he\u2019s the man to talk to . he still keeps his hand in at snowboarding and playing football , but seems to have developed a nasty addiction to golf . happens to so many as they\u2026er\u2026mature !\nrachel is the studio manager and she runs the show here from day to day . she has worked in marketing for her whole career and has been running things at argyle street for the past 6 years . she is the proud mother of two however that doesn\u2019t stop her coo - 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con and cried when jon snow died\u201d kind of geek ! she also has time to be a very talented graphic designer , and is our social media queen - bee . she originally studied computer animation at paisley university but chose , on finishing her degree , to pursue a career in graphic design . she has worked as a freelancer for many years as well as working in social media , digital production , tattoo design and dress making to name a few .\nwe are a team of creative specialists who provide high quality graphic design , branding , marketing , print and web services . we pride ourselves on having big ideas and a big passion for producing creative and effective solutions to help our clients achieve their business goals . we shape and position brands so that they are engaging , distinctive and memorable in the minds of consumers to enable growth . in short , we ensure brands appeal to their target markets across digital , print and physical touch points . our client base is made up of all shapes and sizes , from start - ups to well established corporate organisations , from a colourful mix of industries .\nyou\u2019d be forgiven for thinking that selling online is a different kettle of fish . truth is , although it may be a different kettle , the fish are pretty much the same .\nwe\u2019ve been exploring how getting the most out of selling online shares an awful lot of practices and philosophies with good old fashioned bricks and mortar commerce . up \u2019til now , we\u2019ve discussed :\na guide that explains the similarities between a good retail display and showcasing your swag online .\nthere are lots of indicators in the real world in regards to trust . this article explains what we can do to send out the same reassuring signals online .\nuser experience originates from the real world around us but here are 5 website specific ui / ux tips to help you get some quick wins on the board .\nall of the above are incredibly important areas to consider when setting out your online stall . but the fact remains , however convincing your website is\u2026 however wonderful your web shop is\u2026 it will be a fantastical flop \u2013 if no one knows about it .\na beautiful shop means little if there isn\u2019t the footfall . and even then , a store needs enticing reasons to bring people off the street and through the doors .\na website is no different . but rather than targeting passers by , we\u2019re looking for destination shoppers .\ndriving customers to your site falls into two broad categories , online and offline marketing . targeted promotion of your products , services or website via online marketing can bring fantastic results .\nbut just like the high street shops and out of town superstores , your promotional efforts should include a mix of many different activities , both online and offline to get the most \u2018bang for your buck\u2019 . even giant superstores like tesco need to mix up their activity to maximise overall return . but you don\u2019t need a supermarket budget , just a keen eye on who you\u2019re customer really is , and a little creativity .\neverybody wants to be number one on google . the reality is , it requires a large ongoing budget and significant resource .\nlaying the foundations for a search engine friendly site should be your starting point if you\u2019re serious about the future rankings of your website . search engine optimisation ( seo ) is complex and ever changing . put very simply , it\u2019s about relevance and authority .\nrelevance , or on - page seo , is all about whether search engines can find information on your site that is relevant to the user\u2019s search term . authority , or off - page seo , is how much search engines trust your website and determines where you rank .\nthe rules for both are varied and complex . they change regularly according to the search engine and its algorithms . you can start by making your site relevant to what your audience is searching for .\nthe adverts you see at the top of google search results are paid - for adverts . they are a way of driving traffic to your website instantly .\nincreasingly for transactional websites and local searches , google adwords campaigns are used to push traffic . google adwords focus on specified keywords that your customers are currently looking for online . as a google partner , we are an approved agency that help tailor and manage these online advertising campaigns for you .\nwe can advise you on budget , advert content and the best approach to ensuring your business gets found by customers .\nwith pay - per - click advertising , you only pay when someone clicks on your advert and visits your website . how much you budget daily , weekly , or monthly is up to you .\nmeasure your success . by seeing which ads get clicked and which don\u2019t , you\u2019ll see where to invest .\nthe right message , to the right person , at the right time and in the right place across all devices .\nan effective way to re - market to your customers is via email marketing . it\u2019s important to send a combination of both general and focused emails as clients respond differently to both . the way it looks , what you say and a clear call to action all will impact on a campaigns\u2019 success .\nhowever , the starting point of any promotion , in any industry , is how well you collect and maintain your client data . if your ultimate goal is for clients to contact you then this needs to be the focus of your website journey . collecting data in the right way is as important as receiving the enquiry itself . this information allows you to re - market to your clients in a targeted way .\nwe are experts in designing e - shots for maximum impact and then reporting back on their effectiveness .\noffer something of perceived value , like vouchers or ebooks , in exchange for email .\ngoogle likes fresh , new , relevant content , but so do real people ! sure , a lively blog will help your search engine rankings but it will also indicate that you\u2019re open , active and on top of your game .\nblogs are great for attracting new visitors and increasing email subscriptions , helping to build that database of potential suitors .\nfrequent updates will encourage users to come back for more , it can help position you as an expert in your field , and it will create the confidence that leads to web enquiries .\nkeep blog posts going out at consistent , regular intervals , so visitors can know when to expect new content .\ndo or do not \u2013 there is no try . a blog feature on your website , with no news in the last 6 months looks terrible and could actually be detrimental compared to none at all .\ngive before asking to receive . it\u2019s ok to use a blog post to promote your products and services . but don\u2019t always be selling . provide plenty of valuable , useful content , for free .\nspeak to us about our monthly concierge services that can publish fresh regular ongoing content onto your blog , and keep everything up to date .\nwith the emergence of different online media for promoting your business , offline marketing still offers some of the best return on your investment .\nmail shots , handouts and magazine inserts are just some of the ways offline marketing can get in front of your customers . we offer a varied range of printed products meaning that we have something for everyone . we can help plan , design and print your campaign .\nyour online marketing will not be as effective if it is not backed up by offline marketing .\nat the end of a client meeting , a networking event or a presentation , you can\u2019t leave your website behind . you need to leave a lasting positive impression using tactile printed collateral such as business cards , leaflets , hand - outs , company brochures and folders .\nwe have lots of ideas and experience on how to use print to promote your business and drive traffic to your website . let\u2019s talk .\nto win in web , you have to be there whenever your consumer needs you , to listen to the things they like and to react to the things they don\u2019t .\nit\u2019s all about the \u2018micro - moments\u2019 . potential customers will need to engage with your business across lots of different channels and devices before taking the next step . you need to be ready to connect with them in whatever medium they want to communicate .\nengaging can build lifelong customers . so what are the routes to engagement for your business ?\nbeing present on social media channels is the first step . facebook helps you show off the good things you do , twitter helps you listen to your target demographic , answer questions and join relevant conversations .\npick up the phone and talk to your clients or engage with them at networking events .\neverything we do is about helping you to engage . for more information on social media management , arrange an appointment .\n[ \u2026 ] so there you have it , 5 simple steps to take your existing shop online . once you have that preparation in the bag , we can get you up and running with your ecommerce shop in no time . there\u2019s arguably a step 6 , which is promotion . we haven\u2019t included it because this was about taking your shop online . but it\u2019s not enough to just put a website online . you need to let people know about it . regularly . but fear not , we\u2019ve already published a popular guide on attracting customers . [ \u2026 ]\nposters are one of the most cost effective ways to get new customers and raise your brand awareness . great posters are memorable , to the point , and create instant connections with potential customers . they also allow you to get creative with your marketing plans and smart brands use posters to leverage unique guerilla marketing tactics in their promotional campaigns . furthermore , posters are proving to stay relevant even in the digital age , especially as we discover new ways to incorporate online channels and track the roi of your poster marketing campaign .\nwith all the endless platforms and online service providers , the risk is high that you hire the wrong poster designer to create your work . here we will outline how to find a trusted partner to create your perfect poster and masterfully communicate your message .\nmaybe someone you know has told you about a talented creative agency . a first impression isn\u2019t just based on giving a quick lookover a website . an agency centered on design should have a well - designed , interactive website showcasing their portfolio and client references . if you like what you are seeing you need to touch all parts that a first impression can encompass , especially customer relationships . search engines can be our friends here . with a simple google search , search for agency name and reviews . not all agencies or designers have reviews around the web but you might get lucky and find some very happy customers in local forums or the agency name mentioned in a newsletter or blog of a customer not on their website .\nto find a good partner you also need to do a quick check to see what their relationship is like with customers . ask yourself : do they have a newsletter ? do they have a blog ? do they show work they\u2019ve done for customers ? all of these things are indicators for how an agency treats their customers and invests in their own brand .\nlet\u2019s say that a potential partner passes your first impression test , now what ? sleep on it . let a few days pass and think about what aspects of their work have resonated with you the most . is their portfolio giving you that lasting impression and inspiration you\u2019re looking for , or have you completely forgotten about it ?\nworld - class designers let their work speak for itself . they put in the audience research and strategic thinking in the front - end so it penetrates throughout the entire piece of art . the selection colors , imagery and text work together and leave the viewer with a persisting impact lasting days or even weeks after first seeing the art .\nthe fastest way to see a designer or creative agency\u2019s reputation is to look at the case studies and the customer references on their website , however take these testimonials with a grain of salt . an agency or freelancers might put up a customer reference on their website because they are friends or it could genuinely be a satisfied customer . you can always ask for a contact on the customer references , but be sure to also ask for a contact in one of their case studies . this way you can make sure that the agency or designer helped them in the long - run and really get a feel for what their challenge was and how the agency helped solve it .\nthis can sometimes be the best and most reliable option for your poster design work , especially if you want to create a long - term relationship with someone you can meet face - to - face . finding a local design professional might not be as difficult as it sounds ; ask around . local design schools will be thrilled to introduce students and recent grads who want to build their portfolio and book of business . there are also professors at these colleges that still work commercially in the world of design . maybe you know someone who just had a logo or business card designed by an agency or local freelancer . ask them to put you into contact as these agencies likely offer poster and graphic design as well . this way you can find out about an agency through someone you already know and trust .\nthere are many factors that go into finding a great poster designer for your business and there are a few easy steps to make sure that you are hiring a partner that believes in cultivating long - term customer relationships . to get the best results , a simple first impression or conversation isn\u2019t enough . there are a lot of creative agencies and designers out there , but you will need to put in some effort to find and hire the best in class . there still remains a justified danger that the freelancer or agency you hire will not meet the requirements you set out to make your poster memorable . however , it\u2019s possible through due diligence and research to find someone that creates brilliant posters and listens to their customers needs as well .\nwe work seamlessly with some of the largest and most creative marketing departments , designers and brokers . their trust in our ethics and confidentiality has allowed cottrell to win several awards in this community , year after year . we also team up with our clients on graphic concept , redesign and branding methods to keep their marketing personal and relevant .\nchoosing one vertical market to get your brand out there is great , but it is not enough in today\u2019s world . sure , printing is still the cornerstone in advertising and marketing , but we suggest that you \u2018continue your conversation\u2019 through other channels of marketing such as web and mobile . but unless you want to pay major bucks to an advertising agency to handle this , it can be a struggle to even know where to start .\nwe can work from almost any designer software , and are here to help . for best results , we suggest the image resolution be at 300 dots per inch ( dpi ) at full file size , convert rgb files to cmyk , add 0 . 25 inch bleed , flatten transparency and outline the fonts . supplying images and fonts is suggested . need additional help ? just give us a call .\noffer your customers an easy way to derive more information about your business by applying a qr code on your next print marketing piece . these square codes allow you to guide a potential client to any mobile website , video link or easily share your contact information directly onto their phone .\nfortunately , cottrell printing has a solution . we can assist and help support your different channels of advertising , and make sure that there is a consistency between all media streams . we also can add unique call - to - actions on your printed piece that will help in response rate times and the overall sales process .\neach qr code is uniquely developed to be readable by any smartphone camera through various application platforms . and with our team to help create and place these codes into your material , you can be confident that cottrell printing will help get more out of your print .\napplication suggestions : there are a lot of them out there . most are free and do great . we suggest going to your smartphone application storefront on your phone and searching qr code reader to find the best fit for you .\nwe are innovators , problem solvers , and trendsetters who geek - out about branding products correctly . and with an arsenal of quality promotional products second to none , your days of \u2018crossing your fingers\u2019 on what you order blindly online are over . our mission is to help you catapult your marketing efforts , resulting in a lasting impact and stronger relationships . your mission is to cross - off that task on your list , grab an iced - coffee and enjoy your afternoon .\nthe power of having your logo and company name on pens , t - shirts , bags and thousands of other great items , is not to be underestimated . not only will your brand\u2019s visibility\nbe dramatically increased , it\u2019ll also help to increase brand loyalty , the chance of future sales , and help your staff to feel motivated , committed and valued . simply put , incorporating promotional merchandise and company gifts into your marketing plan will quickly help increase your company\u2019s chances for success .\nhaving any old branded corporate stock isn\u2019t enough . it\u2019s vital that your promotional products are of the highest quality and with the most professional branding .\nmarketing your business needs to be fast , personal and relevant . at cottrell , we will create and help maintain an online ordering storefront that will allow individuals within your organization to log - in 24 / 7 to personalize and order predetermined items , without time - consuming conversations with the marketing department and without jeopardizing brand integrity . by setting permissions , purchasing limits and access levels , by per - user basis , an online ordering storefront will allow both freedom and confidence in ordering , managing and garnishing reports that benefit almost any business in any industry .\ntrelleborg ' s rollers & belts operation continues to push forward the boundaries of what can be achieved in the field of tissue converting .\nfounded 40 years ago , the fox co . is known for their incredible quality in offset . recently , they have had a growing demand from customers for digital printing . after thinking about going digital for a while , the company decided upon the versafire cv from . . .\nsai to highlight the multitude of design workflow benefits accessible with its \u2018go - to\u2019 enroute cad / cam software .\nelectronics for imaging , inc . ( nasdaq : efii ) announced the first european installation of the efi vutek .\nhaving solimar join the long list of sgia specialty printing organizations is an important statement to the print industry .\nwith more than 1 , 600 versafire installs worldwide and growing , u . s . versafire customers were recently invited to the print media center atlanta to learn about heidelberg\u2019s new digital presses : the versafire ev and ep . kicking the day off , customers . . .\nthe advertising specialty institute ( asi ) announced its increasingly popular industry internship program continued its strong momentum .\nrollem international\u2019s insignia die cutting division is announces two installations of the insignia sheet - fed flexo - magnetic die cutters .\nkompac announced they\u2019ve appointed scorpio sp . z o . o . as their newest distribution partner for poland .\non july 2 , 2018 , winterbell converting in high point , nc became a division of case paper co . , operating as case paper winterbell .\nricoh usa , inc . announced the availability of an incredibly versatile sheet - fed series that builds on ricoh\u2019s successes of making unprecedented and unmatched color printing affordable . the ricoh pro c7200 series , featuring graphic arts edition and 5th . . .\nthe great lakes graphics association ( glga ) has announced that mcgrath printing custom apparel received three 2018 graphics excellence awards .\non 12th june , mark andy co - hosted a special event with esko at its european headquarters in warsaw .\naspen paper products is boosting output of high - quality paper table top products and achieving production efficiencies .\ntechnological advances and application - driven requirements drive developments in the wide - format digital printing market .\npresses are rapidly changing thanks to new technological advancements , which are creating several new trends in our business .\nperhaps the biggest deterrent for a young workforce in joining the print industry is the incorrect notion that it\u2019s a dying field .\nfor the last few years , whenever isa asks about the greatest concerns facing sign , graphics and visual communications companies , workforce is always at the top .\nbefore you can dive into expanding or revising your direct mail marketing strategy , an assessment of existing practices must take place to determine the gaps .\nthe prepress department can either be a big money maker or a big money loser . it is up to management to focus on the department\u2019s costs and its contribution .\niwco direct ' s karen weil has made a tremendous impact on the print industry , offering over 30 years of experience .\none of the more intricate and necessary components that can be found in printing lies in the successful reproduction of digital imagery in the pre - press stages .\nholidays like thanksgiving and black friday are slated closely together , so printing companies have little time for hesitation or waiting around\u2014customer demands pile up quickly .\nwe\u2019ve all heard of social media marketing before . businesses should be on social media , professional individuals should be on social media , social media is the new way of marketing , everything . of course , there\u2019s \u201cthe big three\u201d : facebook , twitter and linkedin . all are very important to be knowledgeable about and to be involved with .\nbut there\u2019s one social networking site that has enormous potential for businesses , organizations and professional individuals , and that\u2019s instagram . instagram is a great resource for marketing personal or professional brands . if you\u2019re still not sold on the site , we\u2019ve got some reasons why you should be on instagram .\nfind new users . here\u2019s the truth : instagram is a massive platform with millions of users that are just waiting to connect . according to the huffington post , instagram has over 500 million monthly active users and more than 300 million daily active users . it generates about 4 . 2 billion likes a day , with over 95 million photos or videos shared daily .\nthis breaks down to about 216 , 000 photos posted every second on the site . that\u2019s a whole lot of people , businesses and organizations connecting . engaging on instagram gives you the opportunity to find and meet these users , and share your brand with them .\nconnect across channels . if you or a business is already on facebook , twitter or linkedin , you may be wondering : \u201cwhy do i need another social media site ? \u201d existing across different media gives you the chance to connect with various individuals on different channels .\nyou\u2019re able to build a more solid relationship when they see your imagery on different sources . rather than being that one weird facebook account they followed a few years ago , you can be the instagram account that\u2019s posting new , engaging content , and really making them feel connected to the brand .\nengage with more followers . finding new users and connecting across different channels also allows you to engage with more followers . many businesses will offer photo contests on instagram . this means users are going out , taking pictures and promoting the business\u2014often on their personal instagram account to their own followers .\ncommenting , tagging and now the new stories feature on instagram also allows you to share fun , interesting , engaging information with followers that may be slightly different than what you would share on other social networking sites . you have the opportunity meet followers where they\u2019re at , and share your content with them on a relational level .\ngenerate more sales . finally , marketing a business or personal brand better is never going to hurt sales . building up networks on a new platform is going to show more people who you are , and they\u2019re going to be more inclined to build a professional relationship with you . draw in consumers and constituents and generate new sales new connections or business sales .\nif you\u2019re not on instagram yet , give it a try . try out some new social media marketing tactics and see how they benefit your personal or professional image . because the more you connect , the more you can grow .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 0 transitional / / en\nsorg printing \u0095 10361 b automall parkway \u0095 d ' iberville , ms 39540 phone 228 - 392 - 3299 \u0095 fax 228 - 392 - 4520 \u0095 e - mail us . . . copyright \u00a92018\nafter viewing product detail pages , look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in .\nprime members enjoy free two - day shipping and exclusive access to music , movies , tv shows , original audio series , and kindle books .\nin today\u2019s fast paced world there is no doubt people are addicted online users . often before their first cup of coffee they have checked their email , logged into facebook and responded to their text messages .\nhere\u2019s five reasons why print is not going away and why you might consider a \u201cturn around\u201d in your thinking .\n1 . print is beautiful . it doesn\u2019t matter how gorgeous your jpgs are , a beautifully printed piece will blow away your screen graphics any time .\nprint has a richness , depth , and allure that mobile devices and laptops can\u2019t match .\n2 . print communicates beyond the subject line . when you communicate by email , recipients can\u2019t see beyond the subject line unless they open the message\n. with clear envelopes , windows , and exterior envelope printing , you can communicate a tremendous amount of information in print before people even open the envelope .\n. not everyone will respond to your message through the same channel or at the same time . print remains a critical channel in the overall mix .\n4 . print influences buying decisions . marketers once thought that , as e - commerce became mainstream , printed catalogs would fade away . history indicates otherwise .\nto make online purchases at the retailer\u2019s web site as those who do not .\nunless it comes from a known brand , people are skeptical of claims made by email alone , and for good reason . print still carries greater weight and authenticity than digital marketing . combine that with personalization and you have a communication people\nprint remains a critical component in today\u2019s fast - paced , \u201cwhat\u2019s in it for me ? \u201d world .\nwhile e - marketing is a necessary component in our multi - channel marketing environment , print \u2014 particularly 1 : 1 print \u2014 brings benefits that online channels just can\u2019t touch .\nno matter how hard you push the envelope it will still be stationery . business cards are often a company\u2019s first\u2026 read more\ncontact printing has been the primary supplier for all our print needs since our company\u2019s inception in 2007 . as a graphics company we rely heavily on having a reliable , local source for quality printing . i consider dave and the contact team to be key players in our business success . they are truly committed to customer satisfaction and are heavily involved in the local community . i would not hesitate to recommend contact printing to anyone looking for professional service , quality production and orders that are delivered on time .\nit\u2019s simple . just press the blue button and follow the directions . you can upload all kinds of projects from stationery and brochures to catalogs and business cards . let\u2019s get printing !\n\u00a92018 contact printing and mailing ltd . all rights reserved . privacy policy | powered by blueberries\nbusiness owners want to use a well - coordinated marketing plan using different promotional methods with consistent brand messaging that reaches across non - traditional as well as traditional marketing channels . print materials and online visuals alike , must have the same recognizable elements of color , visual stimuli , and brand representation across paid advertising , public relations , social media , owned assets , and promotional items . you want to relate to your prospects and customers in a consistent manner whenever you contact them . high - level marketers will develop your marketing plan and direct your investment toward :\nhave promotional opportunities like contests , coupon giveaways , freebies , premiums , rebate news releases , and special events . take part in related trade shows using advertorial company booths , product demonstrations , and glossy handouts at the exit . become and active participant in your business locality . join in on volunteering opportunities , with your staff decked out in identifiable t - shirts , water bottles and baseball caps .\nweaving an effective integrated marketing campaign together successfully means you have leveraged every communication channel available to your company to achieve engagement with your target audience having a noteworthy effect . with familiarity , your potential clients will examine communications according to the brands\u2019 perspective , a \u201cone sight , one - sound\u201d approach that directs consumer responses and loyalty .\nin a world of tight timelines and shifting priorities it is essential to work with a company like robert & sons because they hold themselves to high standards . we enjoy working with roberts printing through the years because of their attention to detail , ability to deliver quality , and affordable prices ."]}
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' twas just an inevitability , really . update : jeebus , had it backwards . long live mio !\ncorporate news ! get the latest information on mio ' s activities around the world .\nmio digiwalker is ranked the no . 2 handheld maker in europe . ( source : canalsys )\nmio digiwalker ranks among the top 5 handheld vendors in the world . ( source : idc )\nto get you up and running as fast as possible , mio moov 500 is ready to go , straight out of the box . [ mio18b - 1 ] for sale is a mio moov 500 unit that features a 4 . 7\ncolor lcd touchscreen ! mio moov 500 . . .\nby mio . tested and in good working order . usb cable not included but takes very standard style .\nmio digiwalker is ranked the no . 1 handheld brand in south korea and taiwan . ( source : idc )\nselect the sub - directory on mio _ data where the tracks are stored . this is / dodge / tracks /\nmio digiwalker is again ranked the no . 1 handheld brand in south korea and taiwan . ( source : idc )\nthe mio m401 auto gps will get you to your destination in no time . starting with a large 4 . 3 - inch display screen , this road companion provides you the convenience of selecting either english or french as the language of your choice . directions are readable and crystal clear , so you know where youre going at all times . stay within the speed limit with the speed alert feature , and make your way across highways and unknown streets with lane guidance . with maps of both the u . s . and canada , the mio m401 auto gps is equipped with roughly 4 million points of interest , ensuring you have nearby access to a gas station , restaurant , hospital and more . let the predictive keyword search guide you to your point of interest , and use the miomore desktop suite for tips on how to make your ride smooth and stress - free . grab your car keys and get going with the mio m401 auto gps today !\n[ mio23 - 1 ] for sale is a mio digiwalker c310x unit that features a 3 . 5\ncolor lcd touchscreen ! mio digiwalker c310x unit . play standard digital audio files like mp3 with the built - in audio player . they . . .\nyou will see now that you have two extra devices with removable storage : mio _ system ( x ) and mio _ data ( y ) . note that x and y are just an example . it depends on other available devices attached on your pc .\nto get you up and running as fast as possible , mio moov 300 is ready to go , straight out of the box . the most striking feature of mio moov 300 is the 4 . 3\u201d widescreen display . and more is better . it\u2019s . . .\nmio digiwalker enters european , middle eastern , and african markets and achieves a top 5 ranking in the region within the first year .\nplus , it has great features such as bluetooth hands - free calling , pre - loaded safety alerts , live local searches and 3d landmarks . mio moov 360 . 2 year warranty complete peace of mind knowing your mio moov is covered by a 2 year manufacturers warranty .\n[ 1 ] for sale is a mio moov s501 unit that features a 4 . 7\ncolor lcd touchscreen ! mio moov s501 unit . suction window mount . slip case . text - to - speech preloaded in three languages . they work very hard to get quality products to you quickly .\nto get you up and running as fast as possible , mio moov 300 is ready to go , straight out of the box . the most striking feature of mio moov 300 is the 4 . 3\u201d widescreen display . and more is better . it\u2019s a widescreen world out there \u2013 you need widescreen directions .\nby registering your profile and product information , you will automatically become a mio advantage member . complete the fields below , then click the register button to save .\ngeotab ' s gps tracking system for fleet vehicles links to the vehicle ' s engine computer to extract rich data , allowing for accurate reporting . expand the capabilities of your device even further with many powerful add - ons found in the geotab marketplace .\nthe moov r403 was designed with all the essential features to make the driving experience faster , easier and safer . no pc download required . the mio moov r403 works straight out of the box .\nthe moov r403 was designed with all the essential features to make the driving experience faster , easier and safer . no pc download required . the mio moov r403 works straight out of the box . usb cable .\nthe mio fuse is a band based fitness tracker with a 1 . 2 inch led matrix display , real - time heart rate monitor , step counting , calories burned and has a built - in data readout .\nthe moov m301 was designed with all the essential features to make the driving experience faster , easier and safer . the new mio moov m301 will get you where you want to go , with added fun along the wa . . .\nthe moov a470 supports bluetooth wireless technology . the screen is obviously one of the most important features of the mio moov range . this enables you to orientate yourself in unfamiliar or complex locations with the help of prominent and recognisable 3d landmarks .\nnever miss a turn with 3d indicators and clear voice turn - by - turn guidance . you can also use the multi - stop trip planner function if you ' re running several errands . [ mio17 - 1 ] for sale is a mio moov 30 . . .\nthis is the original mio release ( not the bootleg ) that says\nknight rider\nat the top of the case . featuring the original voice of k . i . t . t . , william daniels , for turn - by - turn driving directions from navtones .\nthis is the original mio release ( not the bootleg ) that says\nknight rider\nat the top of the case . featuring the original voice of k . i . t . t . , william daniels , for turn - by - turn driving directions from . . .\ngps units in electronics \u2514 electronics all categories alcohol & food antiques art baby books , magazines business cameras cars , bikes , boats clothing , shoes , accessories coins collectables computers / tablets & networking crafts dolls , bears electronics gift cards & vouchers health & beauty home appliances home entertainment home & garden industrial jewellery & watches movies music musical instruments pet supplies phones & accessories pottery , glass services sporting goods stamps tickets , travel toys , hobbies vehicle parts & accessories video games & consoles lots more . . .\ngetslideid : 7 gettitle : all about you getimgsrc : slider7 . jpg getsubtitle : at mio , we do wonderful things that better people ' s lives getsortorder : 0 getdescription : getstatus : 1 geturl : getswitch : 1 getbuttontext : getbuttonurl : gettextcolor : main getbuttoncolor : main gettextanimationeffect : disable gettextanimationdelay : gettexthorizontalalignment : center getmask : off getmobileimage : getmobilebgimage : slider - mobile _ bg _ image - 091425 - 7 . jpg getpcbgimage : slider - pc _ bg _ image7 . jpg getvideourl : getvideoplaymode : auto gettype : type1 getvideovolume : mute gettheme : left gettextverticalalignment : middle\nbest for track maniacs : polar ' s m400 was almost as good as a flesh - and - blood coach , feeding detailed stats in the heat of workouts and assiduously collecting body data . it issued screen or audible alerts when we were caught on our butts for too long and estimated vo2 max ( maximal oxygen uptake , a key fitness indicator ) . using heart rate , it automatically rated the difficulty of runs and tailored workouts to a runner ' s readiness . and with an internal gps , the m400 offered a bounty of beeps and detailed feedback , mile after mile . the separate heart - rate strap can seem more high - maintenance compared with wrist - based sensors . battery life was short at a few days with all sensors on . and while the m400 works as an activity monitor , it was bulky for comfy sleeping . $ 180 ( with heart - rate strap , $ 230 ) , urltoken\nitem is in working condition but i don ' t know how long the battery lasts for . there is the car charger but the pin is bent so i have no idea if it ' s working . i don ' t have a car so i can ' t test it with a car . i have two usb cords and i know one is working . i don ' t know if the other one is . it has the windscreen mount which is working really well in that the gps fits into it well i should say . i don ' t know whether it actually suctions onto a screen well because i don ' t drive a car . you might want to take this back to it ' s factory state using software maybe from the manufacturer ' s website . i don ' t have that information or a software cd . please initiate payment within 3 days of the close of auction or pick up within a week and pay cash\nbest for run - track minds : the powerful new fitbit surge flaunts the same good design as earlier ' bits : it ' s full of encouragement for all - day step activity , and dead simple to use . but it also packs a gps antenna for speed , distance , and splits . it has an altimeter for translating elevation into floors climbed ( e . g . , a hilly 12 - mile run can be the same as climbing the empire state building ) . and it houses an optical heart - rate sensor , though testers found they had to run at least two miles before the unit posted precise numbers . distances aren ' t accurate on the bike , and it ' s not waterproof for swimming . but once the heart rate part worked , the device displayed lucid graphs showing current beats per minute as well as recent trends in running effort . finally , this comes in three sizes and three colors\u2014black , blue , and tangerine . $ 250 , urltoken\nbest for overscheduled exercisers : chock - full of sophisticated electronic sensors , microsoft ' s first fitness tracker , the band , sports an onboard gps for running , a motion sensor for workouts , and a uv light sensor to warn users about overexposure . we liked keeping up on work messages and missed calls while out on runs ( the band shuttles messages from a cell phone ) , and paying for starbucks coffee with store credit we preloaded onto the watch . the unique curved design felt great , but the band can ' t be dunked , only splashed , prompting concerns from one tester who was caught in a driving rain . finally , the band has an onboard heart - rate monitor , but after many tests , the device still displayed numbers way off during activity . ( strangely , it was accurate when testers were standing still . ) battery life wasn ' t the best , either ; every 48 hours we needed to charge it for 90 minutes . $ 200 , urltoken\nbest for apple fans : tap - tap . . . that ' s how apple wants you to know that you have run a mile , received a text , should head to that meeting . no beeps ( so public , so last year ) , just a tasteful tap on the wrist from sensors in the long - awaited apple watch , on sale this month . the brushed - aluminum sport version , is apple ' s first - ever running . . . ironically ,\nwatch\ndoesn ' t capture it . equipped with a heart - rate monitor ( via those sensors ) , a gps ( via bluetooth link to an iphone ) , a speaker and microphone ( sorry , no swimming ) , and software that bestows virtual medals for personal milestones , it employs a pleasing trio of circles to display progress , with details a screen - swipe away . will it , in apple fashion , change everything ? ( check out our first look at the apple watch here . ) $ 349 , urltoken\nthe mio fuse is a band based fitness tracker with a 1 . 2 inch color matrix led display , real - time heart rate monitor , step counting , and calories burned . the manufacturer claims a battery life of 6 days . it is available in small , medium , regular , and large sizes . it has the following sensors : optical heart rate , 3 - axis accelerometer . it has socialization features : share fitness data and results with others . it has extra features such as : heart rate training in zone alert mode which assigns 5 color codes to leds , one for each heart rate zone , and also vibrates each time a new zone is entered , has breathable strap with holes , included accessories : usb charging dock . its dimensions are 1 . 2 x 0 . 6 inches ( width / thickness ) and it weighs 1 . 3 ounces .\nbest for heart - rate runners : mio ' s latest all - in - one heart sensor and band turned out to be our testers ' favorite way to learn from heart - rate data while running . the subtle , colored leds display heart - rate zones , and the band buzzes when switching zones . such tactile feedback made gauging effort level easy without testers ' needing to look at the watch ( or take it out of a jacket cuff on frigid days ) . the fuse measures heart rate by registering changes in blood volume in the arm ( no cumbersome heart - rate strap needed ) , yielding highly accurate results . disappointingly , distances\u2014tracked by an internal motion sensor\u2014were off by as much as a half mile in every five miles of running , and the band does not track sleep . some testers found the bright sweeping digits in the battlestar galactica\u2014style readout laughably ugly ; others embraced its retro charm . $ 150 , urltoken\nhidden code for a ' visual search ' feature hints at snap ' s next move .\nlaw enforcement may have a tough time cracking your phone with a usb device .\ntapping into the same creative well as ' minecraft ' could be the key to long - term success .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nnew digital edition : the june / july 2018 issue of traffic technology international is now online . \u2022 click here to read digital version \u2022 click here to subscribe\nnew digital edition : intertraffic world 2018 showcase is now online . \u2022 click here to read digital version \u2022 click here to subscribe\nnew digital edition : tolltrans 2018 is now online . \u2022 click here to read digital version \u2022 click here to subscribe\nthis websites use cookies . by continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies .\njavascript seems to be disabled in your browser . you must have javascript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website .\ngetslideid : 21 gettitle : getimgsrc : getsubtitle : mivue\u2122 7 series wifi dash cam getsortorder : 2 getdescription : a better , safer driving experience ! 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{"id": 55065, "summary": [{"text": "in imaging science , image processing is processing of images using mathematical operations by using any form of signal processing for which the input is an image , a series of images or a video , such as a photograph or video frame ; the output of image processing may be either an image or a set of characteristics or parameters related to the image .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "most image-processing techniques involve isolating the individual color planes of an image and treating them as two-dimensional signal and applying standard signal-processing techniques to them .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "images are also processed as three-dimensional signals with the third dimension being time or the z-axis .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "image processing usually refers to digital image processing , but optical and analog image processing also are possible .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "this article is about general techniques that apply to all of them .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "the acquisition of images ( producing the input image in the first place ) is referred to as imaging .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "closely related to image processing are computer graphics and computer vision .", "topic": 35}, {"text": "in computer graphics , images are manually made from physical models of objects , environments , and lighting , instead of being acquired ( via imaging devices such as cameras ) from natural scenes , as in most animated movies .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "computer vision , on the other hand , is often considered high-level image processing out of which a machine/computer/software intends to decipher the physical contents of an image or a sequence of images ( e.g. , videos or 3d full-body magnetic resonance scans ) .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "in modern sciences and technologies , images also gain much broader scopes due to the ever growing importance of scientific visualization ( of often large-scale complex scientific/experimental data ) .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "examples include microarray data in genetic research , or real-time multi-asset portfolio trading in finance .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "microscope image processing specializes in the processing of images obtained by microscope . ", "topic": 22}], "title": "image processing", "paragraphs": ["digital image processing has dominated over analog image processing with the passage of time due its wider range of applications .\nimage processing toolbox\u2122 provides a comprehensive set of reference - standard algorithms and workflow apps for image processing , analysis , visualization , and algorithm development . you can perform image segmentation , image enhancement , noise reduction , geometric transformations , image registration , and 3d image processing .\nthe digital image processing deals with developing a digital system that performs operations on an digital image .\nthe two types of methods used for image processing are analog and digital image processing . analog or visual techniques of image processing can be used for the hard copies like printouts and photographs . image analysts use various fundamentals of interpretation while using these visual techniques . the image processing is not just confined to area that has to be studied but on knowledge of analyst . association is another important tool in image processing through visual techniques . so analysts apply a combination of personal knowledge and collateral data to image processing .\nimage processing apps enable you to quickly access common tasks through an interactive interface .\nexplore documentation for image processing toolbox functions and features , including release notes and examples .\nsignal processing is an umbrella and image processing lies under it . the amount of light reflected by an object in the physical world ( 3d world ) is pass through the lens of the camera and it becomes a 2d signal and hence result in image formation . this image is then digitized using methods of signal processing and then this digital image is manipulated in digital image processing .\nimage processing \u2013 this research incorporates structural and functional mri in neurology , analysis of bone shape and structure , development of functional imaging tools in oncology , and pet image processing software development .\nanalog image processing is done on analog signals . it includes processing on two dimensional analog signals . in this type of processing , the images are manipulated by electrical means by varying the electrical signal . the common example include is the television image .\nout of all these signals , the field that deals with the type of signals for which the input is an image and the output is also an image is done in image processing . as it name suggests , it deals with the processing on images .\nimage processing toolbox apps let you automate common image processing workflows . you can interactively segment image data , compare image registration techniques , and batch - process large data sets . visualization functions and apps let you explore images , 3d volumes , and videos ; adjust contrast ; create histograms ; and manipulate regions of interest ( rois ) .\nthere are many ways to start using image processing toolbox . download a free trial , or explore pricing and licensing options .\nthe abundance of cameras has created overwhelming amounts of image and video data , and the demand for image processing has only increased in order to decipher and understand the data .\nthe wolfram image processing solution seamlessly integrates specialized capabilities\u2014like state - of - the - art 2d and 3d image processing functions , easy import of data , and an interactive interface\u2014with the speed and performance benefits of gpu computation , parallel processing , out - of - core technology , and instant deployment on the web and through apis .\nis a method to convert an image into digital form and perform some operations on it , in order to get an enhanced image or to extract some useful information from it . it is a type of signal dispensation in which input is image , like video frame or photograph and output may be image or characteristics associated with that image . usually image processing system includes treating images as two dimensional signals while applying already set signal processing methods to them .\ni am new to image processing . i got a project on fuzzy c means and to implement it to enchance the image . can anyone help me share me links on it\noutput is the last stage in which result can be altered image or report that is based on image analysis .\nwork with c / c + + and hdl code ; run image processing algorithms on pc hardware , fpgas , and asics ; and develop imaging systems .\nit is among rapidly growing technologies today , with its applications in various aspects of a business . image processing forms core research area within engineering and computer science disciplines too .\nanalyzing and manipulating the image which includes data compression and image enhancement and spotting patterns that are not to human eyes like satellite photographs .\ndigital mammograms \u2013 this is used to detect the breast tumour . mammograms can be analyzed using image processing techniques such as segmentation , shape analysis , contrast enhancement , feature extraction , etc .\ndrag and drop images into lines of code or equations ; apply sophisticated image processing algorithms ; and analyze , visualize , and generate interactive applications\u2014all in one system , with one integrated workflow .\nprocessing is an open project intiated by ben fry and casey reas . it is developed by a team of volunteers .\nsignal processing is a discipline in electrical engineering and in mathematics that deals with analysis and processing of analog and digital signals , and deals with storing , filtering , and other operations on signals . these signals include transmission signals , sound or voice signals , image signals , and other signals e . t . c .\nexplore the fundamentals of image processing with matlab . download image processing resource kit : urltoken get a free matlab trial : urltoken ready to buy : urltoken cameras are everywhere , even in your phone . you might have a new idea for using your camera in an engineering and scientific application , but have no idea where to start . while image processing can seem like a black art , there are a few key workflows to learn that will get you started . in this webinar we explore the fundamentals of image processing using matlab . through several examples we will review typical workflows for : image enhancement \u2013 removing noise and sharpening an image image segmentation \u2013 isolating objects of interest and gathering statistics image registration \u2013 aligning multiple images from different camera sources previous knowledge of matlab is not required . about the presenter : andy the ' holds a b . s . in electrical engineering from georgia institute of technology and a b . a . in business from kennesaw state university . before joining mathworks , andy spent 12 years as a field applications engineer focused on embedded processors at texas instruments , and 3 years as a product marketing manager for real - time software at intervalzero .\nbest defination . i am a information systems student . for image processing there is an open online community . and please help me to compose the research proposal . . . send me on mr . g75 @ urltoken\ndigital processing techniques help in manipulation of the digital images by using computers . as raw data from imaging sensors from satellite platform contains deficiencies . to get over such flaws and to get originality of information , it has to undergo various phases of processing . the three general phases that all types of data have to undergo while using digital technique are pre - processing , enhancement and display , information extraction .\nwe all are in midst of revolution ignited by fast development in computer technology and imaging . against common belief , computers are not able to match humans in calculation related to image processing and analysis . but with increasing sophistication and power of the modern computing , computation will go beyond conventional , von neumann sequential architecture and would contemplate the optical execution too . parallel and distributed computing paradigms are anticipated to improve responses for the image processing results .\nhii . . . . i am ph . d student and i am new to video processing . . i want real life time concept based on video processing like biomedical , upload videos in youtube etc . , so , anybody knows na plz reply me as soon as possible .\ngood day everyone . i am a computer science student . rigth now we doing our thesis about automated waste segregation i just want to apply image processing inthis topic because i think it is more usefull to have this in our thesis .\nthe image ( ) function draws an image to the display window . images must be in the sketch ' s\ndata\ndirectory to load correctly . select\nadd file . . .\nfrom the\nsketch\nmenu to add the image to the data directory , or just drag the image file onto the sketch window . processing currently works with gif , jpeg , and png images . the img parameter specifies the image to display and by default the a and b parameters define the location of its upper - left corner . the image is displayed at its original size unless the c and d parameters specify a different size . the imagemode ( ) function can be used to change the way these parameters draw the image . the color of an image may be modified with the tint ( ) function . this function will maintain transparency for gif and png images .\nincrease the signal - to - noise ratio and accentuate image features using custom or predefined filters .\nthis reference is for processing 3 . 0 + . if you have a previous version , use the reference included with your software in the help menu . if you see any errors or have suggestions , please let us know . if you prefer a more technical reference , visit the processing core javadoc and libraries javadoc .\nthe above figure is an example of digital image that you are now viewing on your computer screen . but actually , this image is nothing but a two dimensional array of numbers ranging between 0 and 255 .\nexplore different approaches to image segmentation , including automatic thresholding , edge - based methods , and morphology - based methods .\ncomputer graphics deals with the formation of images from object models , rather then the image is captured by some device . for example : object rendering . generating an image from an object model . such a system would look something like this .\nartificial intelligence is more or less the study of putting human intelligence into machines . artificial intelligence has many applications in image processing . for example : developing computer aided diagnosis systems that help doctors in interpreting images of x - ray , mri e . t . c and then highlighting conspicuous section to be examined by the doctor .\nthe value of f ( x , y ) at any point is gives the pixel value at that point of an image .\nautomatic surface inspection systems \u2013 in metal industries it is essential to detect the flaws on the surfaces . for instance , it is essential to detect any kind of aberration on the rolled metal surface in the hot or cold rolling mills in a steel plant . image processing techniques such as texture identification , edge detection , fractal analysis etc are used for the detection .\nimaging technology \u2013 development in image technology have formed the requirement to establish whether new technologies are effective and cost beneficial . this technology works under the following areas :\nsince capturing an image from a camera is a physical process . the sunlight is used as a source of energy . a sensor array is used for the acquisition of the image . so when the sunlight falls upon the object , then the amount of light reflected by that object is sensed by the sensors , and a continuous voltage signal is generated by the amount of sensed data . in order to create a digital image , we need to convert this data into a digital form . this involves sampling and quantization . ( they are discussed later on ) . the result of sampling and quantization results in an two dimensional array or matrix of numbers which are nothing but a digital image .\npimage img ; void setup ( ) { / / images must be in the\ndata\ndirectory to load correctly img = loadimage (\nladefense . jpg\n) ; } void draw ( ) { image ( img , 0 , 0 ) ; image ( img , 0 , 0 , width / 2 , height / 2 ) ; }\nyour virtual face or picture . pictures larger than 75x75 pixels will be scaled down . if the image is beyond the maximum dimensions , it will be resized to fit within the maximum dimensions .\nan image is nothing more than a two dimensional signal . it is defined by the mathematical function f ( x , y ) where x and y are the two co - ordinates horizontally and vertically .\nheart disease identification\u2013 the important diagnostic features such as size of the heart and its shape are required to know in order to classify the heart diseases . to improve the diagnosis of heart diseases , image analysis techniques are employed to radiographic images .\npimage img ; void setup ( ) { / / images must be in the\ndata\ndirectory to load correctly img = loadimage (\nladefense . jpg\n) ; } void draw ( ) { image ( img , 0 , 0 ) ; }\nmachine vision or computer vision deals with developing a system in which the input is an image and the output is some information . for example : developing a system that scans human face and opens any kind of lock . this system would look something like this .\nsince anything that conveys information or broadcast a message in physical world between two observers is a signal . that includes speech or ( human voice ) or an image as a signal . since when we speak , our voice is converted to a sound wave / signal and transformed with respect to the time to person we are speaking to . not only this , but the way a digital camera works , as while acquiring an image from a digital camera involves transfer of a signal from one part of the system to the other .\nthe two dimensional signals are those that are measured over some other physical quantities . the example of two dimensional signal is a digital image . we will look in more detail in the next tutorial of how a one dimensional or two dimensional signals and higher signals are formed and interpreted .\nautomatic inspection of incandescent lamp filaments \u2013 this involves examination of the bulb manufacturing process . due to no uniformity in the pitch of the wiring in the lamp , the filament of the bulb gets fused within a short duration . in this application , a binary image slice of the filament is created from which the silhouette of the filament is fabricated . silhouettes are analyzed to recognize the non uniformity in the pitch of the wiring in the lamp . this system is being used by the general electric corporation .\n\u2013 aerial surveillance methods are used to continuously keep an eye on the land and oceans . this application is also used to locate the types and 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{"id": 55069, "summary": [{"text": "shirpur gold refinery ( bse : 512289 | nse : ageegold ) is india 's first and asia 's largest gold refinery headquartered in mumbai .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "it is a green field precious metal refinery with installed capacity to refine 217 mt p.a. of gold and silver respectively in shirpur , dhule and maharashtra .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "sgrl is a public ltd company with its shares listed in bse & nse .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "it is a state-of-the-art refinery , occupying a 50-acre ( 200,000 m \u00b2 ) complex set up at a cost of \u20b9 2.5 billion ( us$ 37 million ) .", "topic": 5}, {"text": "it is among the most advanced in the world and also owns its own airport with 24-hour landing facilities .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "shirpur gold refinery - key fundamentals market cap ( rs cr . ) : 222 eps - ttm ( rs ) : 3.62 p/e ratio ( x ) : 21.19 face value ( rs ) : 10.00 latest div .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "( % ) : nan div .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "yield ( % ) : n.a. book value / sh . ( rs ) : 82.75 p/b ratio ( x ) : 0.92", "topic": 24}], "title": "shirpur gold refinery", "paragraphs": ["during the year 2002 , the name of the company was changed to shirpur gold refinery ltd .\nshirpur gold refinery ( sgrl ) incorporated in 1984 , has set up a greenfield precious metal refinery with installed capacity to refine 217 mt per annum . of gold and silver respectively at shirpur & nbs . . . ;\nthe refinery & registered office is situated in shirpur tal , dist . dhule , maharashtra state . shirpur is on nh3 , about 410 km away from mumbai .\nshirpur gold refinery statement of investor complaint under reg . 13 ( 3 ) of sebi ( lodr ) regulations , 2015 for quarter ended december 31 , 2016\nshirpur gold refinery statement of investor complaint under reg . 13 ( 3 ) of sebi ( lodr ) regulations , 2015 for quarter ended september 30 , 2016\nshirpur gold refinery ltd . , incorporated in the year 1984 , is a small cap company ( having a market cap of rs 260 . 92 crore ) operating in mining sector .\nsir , shirpur gold has run from 80 level to 116 . whats your view here . hold or buy - deepak\nin distant shirpur , the inauguration of the rs 257 - crore precious metals refinery of agee gold refiners ltd was reason to celebrate . this was more than evident in the huge turnout at the venue .\nshirpur gold refinery ltd . 18th floor , ' a ' wing , marathon futurex , n . m . joshi marg , lower parel , mumbai - 400 018 . tel : 022 - 71061234 fax : 022 - 71545940\nshirpur gold refinery limited ' s wholly owned 100 % dubai subsidiary ( wos ) , namely ' zee gold dmcc ' has commenced it ' s commercial activities w . e . f . january 05 , 2016 . the wos was incorporated with the main objects of dealing in precious metals .\nuy shirpur gold bse code 512289 @ 200 / = for a target of 15000 . guys grab it . it is zee group comapny . production starting anytime now .\nthe company has set up indias first private sector gold refinery at shirpur , maharashtra at an estimated cost of rs 257 crore on the growing demand for the metals . the refinery has an installed capacity of 217 tonnes for gold and a similar capacity for silver . the refinery has been set up using imported equipment from singapore . the furnaces are from australia and new zealand , while the laboratories are from us . the plant is equipped to cater to a wide range of value added end products like tt and kilo bars , wafers , coins and other intermediates . refining of gold and silver will involve two - stage process . in the first stage , impurities will be removed with the help of chlorine for gold and oxygen for silver and in the second stage , which is an electrolytic process , contaminants will be removed bringing the gold to a 99 . 99 % purity .\nshirpur gold 512289 code for latest update : kirtiscripscan . net words nahi hai thareef karne ke liye , hamara great guru sharma ji , kya bole ga sacchi niklega . great . great . great . . he told only one thing . 100 shares of shirpur in comming years is equivalent to one mercedes benz . it is true . shirpur is going to rock . . hold it . dont sell it . its goldmine . . . .\nhowever , euphoria over the setting up of a refinery seems misplaced , though applauses came in thick and fast for statements by political dignitaries .\npromoted by the politically inclined patel brothers of autoriders fame , agee gold refiners in its full capacity is expected to produce 217 tonnes of gold and 217 tonnes of silver .\nshirpur gold refinery ltd . key products / revenue segments include metals precious which contributed rs 1085 . 44 crore to sales value ( 63 . 78 % of total sales ) , gold which contributed rs 597 . 09 crore to sales value ( 35 . 08 % of total sales ) , other operating revenue which contributed rs 19 . 20 crore to sales value ( 1 . 12 % of total sales ) for the year ending 31 - mar - 2017 .\nthe refinery , set up with the latest technology provided by the us - based precious metals technologies inc ( pmt ) , has jobs for 120 people .\ndo hold your stock . buy / accumulate more on dips . if held long then the stock of shirpur gold will be goldmine and could prove another jai corporation . i too have holding in this stock at 163 level . thanks .\nshirpur gold refinery ltd ( sgrl ) , a part of essel ( subhash chandra ) group is one of the leading players in the precious metals market in india . at sgrl we strive to meet the highest expectations of our quality - conscious consumers . with state - of - the - art refining & minting processes and professionally driven management coupled with experienced manpower , we take pride in ourselves in producing gold & silver bars and coins which meet the strictest international standards in quality . read more : urltoken\nthe inauguration of the airport , with night - landing facilities at shirpur , therefore , assumes importance as the logistics of importing raw material becomes easy .\ndomestically produced gold is something new for the indian gold market , the largest in the world . the company officials point out that ` preferred ' buyers will be appointed and they will act as bullion dealers .\nthe gold , to be produced in 10 - tola bars , will be branded zee gold , made possible by an arrangement with zee network . agee gold refiners will pay 20 per cent of its net profit as royalty for using the brand . silver will be produced in 1 kg , 5 kg and 35 k g bars .\nshirpur gold was promoted by the patels of autoriders group and it it is the first and largest gold refinery in india . the prestige and dream of autoriders group - at a cost of 300 crore plant - started commercial production in 2001 but unfortunately due to the death of its main promoter - mr mukesh patel - immediately after the starting of commercial production , company could not ramp up its business . despite several attempts by the group , company operations derailed due to lack of working capital . after all of these unfortunate incidents , due to non payment of loans company went into the hands of asset re - construction company of india . from there jayneer capital private ltd jcpl ( zee group ) acquired the financial assets of the company through a bid process which was awarded in their favour by arcil . jcpl have also acquired 40 , 00 , 000 shares of shirpur gold refinery from oriental bank of commerce . these transactions involved a pay back of loans worth rs . 227 crore . jayneer transferred these loans to one of its subsidiary kala kosh auctions pvt ltd\naccording to officials of pmt , india was chosen for transferring the technology as it is the largest market for gold in the world .\nthe technologists maintain that the technology used in the plant is the latest . ` ` refining of gold and silver involves a two - stage process . in the first stage , impurities will be removed with the help of chlorine for gold and oxygen for silver . in the se cond stage , which is an electrolytic process , contaminants will be removed bringing the gold to a 99 . 99 per cent purity , ' ' the official said .\nit has also joined hands with the essel group to use the zee brand to market their gold . to be called zee gold , the yellow metal will be available in both 10 - tola bars and in shots . zee will get a royalty of 20 % of the net profit for the brand usage .\nnow , after two years of acquisition by zee group , kala kosh is going to merge with shirpur gold itself . this merger will nullify a loan of massive 227 crore which is a great relief to shirpur . if we can believe the various signals from the company , the long waiting is going to end within few months . if investors are ready to pay such a huge premium to a company which is even not operational for almost ten years , what will be the story if there is some official announcement about the commercial production and the realization of encouraging results going forward . but this game is only for brave hearts . cmp is rs . 161\nin the fiscal 2001 , the company has completed the precious metal refinery project in the record time of about one year . the plant was inaugrated in mar . 01 . it also alloted 50 , 00 , 000 equity shares of rs 10 / - each on preferential basis at a premium of rs 152 / - per share .\nwhile the company has targeted at refining 10 % of the total gold imports , it has not yet finalised its plans on refining the huge quantity of old jewellery that already exists in the country .\n` ` as gold inventory involves huge cost , the product will be air - speeded to the buyers , ' ' said an official of the company adding that the marketing system will evolve with time .\nannual reports and quarterly unaudited financial results awards & recognition material events notices / information 31 . 8 . 2015 - precious metals updates from mr . jeffrey rhodes , ceo at zee gold dmcc , dubai .\nagee gold refiners , formerly known a autoriders industries discontinued its operation of the limouzine busses since the project was not viable . due to which the company changed its line of business from automotive to precious metal .\n( agee gold refinery bse code - 512289 ) is a hot subject among investor for a long time . arguments are flowing for / against this company in message boards and blogs . critics are saying that there is no justification for current high price for a company which is not yet started commercial production . supporters are also having lot of arguments . but majority are not questioning the scope of company , its profitability , its uniqueness . . etc , but concerned about the delay of starting the production . most of them are also unaware that this company once started commercial production in 2001 .\nthe raw material in the form of ` dore ' , or gold ore , will be imported from the mining countries including south africa and canada , said an official of pmt . annual imports would amount to $ 2 billion .\nshirpur gold : latest update : kirtiscripscan . net i am realistic and optimistic too i am here in stock market for making money and not for promoting any company i just shared information i got it is upto the individual to believe it or not you can take example of jai corporation roumour / news way back in 2006 when it was quoting 200 + no one believed it and not a single expert made any recommendation to buy it but it went upto 25000 and even now stock is available at 262 but 1paid up and 1 : 1 ex bonus means still at 5000 + on a 10 paid up and before bonus still jai corp is in doldrums but stock price you see why just because anand jain close friend of mukesh ambani friends here it is zee group fantasti promoter excellent credentials proven track record has taken over company a year back . he has invested billion rupees to see the company in action and make profit yes it takes time because of several legalaties etc etc now all these things are settled and company is about to run anytime now i have learned and i know one thing that in such stocks one should buy it when available without stop loss . yes without stop loss otherwise you will be out and can never buy it guy ` s go for it with full faith atleast in zee management only thanks . . .\nan estimated 16 , 000 people had turned up at the venue , 450 km north - east of mumbai , for what seemed more like a political rally considering the number of political dignitaries present at the inauguration .\nthe sale will be on the basis of international prices and , therefore , a tie - up with reuters has been necessitated for price information .\nhowever , bullion dealers in mumbai are sceptical about the product . says mr mukul sonawala , president , bombay bullion association , ` ` this is a new brand in the market . there will be a lot of reluctance to pick up this product . it is a new company inexper ienced in the area of bullion business . ' '\nhis reasoning stems from the fact that , traditionally , precious metal dealings have been based on trust .\nrepublication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of the hindu business line .\ndisclaimer : this blog , its owner , creator & contributor is neither a research analyst nor an investment advisor and expressing opinion only as an investor in indian equities . he / she is not responsible for any loss arising out of any information , post or opinion appearing on this blog . investors are advised to do own due diligence and / or consult financial consultant before acting on any such information . author of this blog not providing any paid service and not sending bulk mails / sms to anyone .\nsir , i am holding 1k shares of this wonderful stock @ avg price of 130 since from oct 2009 . you analysis strengthen my confident level . i would request you to tell me what level it can go and i would be glad to hear from you : ) . i am long term investor with min holding time 3 years . my id : mmp dot cse at gmail dot com . would love to hear from you : ) .\nkopran bse code 524280 @ 42 / = is a great turnaround story of 2010 . exactly the same happend with lupin when it was quoting at 62 / = way back in 2002 and looking at the low price i bought the stock in huge quantity . lupin is now trades at 1900 + ex 1 : 1 bonus . i feel same thing is happening here with kopran and looks super multibagger from hereon . in fact , it is another lupin in making . good opportunity to grab such stocks and held on for super duper profits . cheers .\nan investor in indian stock market for the past 24 years . . mail me at - 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{"id": 55080, "summary": [{"text": "the life and casualty insurance company of tennessee was a life insurance company based in nashville , tennessee , founded in 1903 by a. m. burton ( andrew mizell burton ) , great-grandfather of singer amy grant .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "burton was a regional manager for the western & southern life insurance company , based in cincinnati , ohio , when it decided to discontinue operating in tennessee .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "burton was going to be discharged , but according to company lore , was told by his superior , \" if you 're the man that i think that you are , you 'll start your own company , \" and he did so .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "for many years , the firm sold a mixture of \" industrial life insurance \" policies , with small face amounts and costing low premiums , to working-class individuals and small farmers and \" ordinary life \" policies for middle class and affluent persons .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "much of this business was sold on the \" debit \" or \" home service \" plan , where ausually the one who sold the policy initially , personally called on the client to collect the premiums when they became due .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "in 1957 the company occupied its new home office , the 31-story life & casualty tower , located at 4th avenue north and church street in downtown nashville ; the building was briefly the tallest one in the southeast .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the company was also known for its ownership of radio and television stations wlac , properties it held until the 1970s .", "topic": 34}, {"text": "in the mid-1960s , the company was sold to the american general insurance company of texas , but its operations remained largely unchanged until the early 1980s .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "in 1968 the former knights life insurance company of pittsburgh , pennsylvania ( then a part of american general insurance ) had its operations transferred from pittsburgh to nashville .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "when american general acquired longtime nashville rival national life and accident insurance company in a hostile takeover it implemented plans to merge the two companies .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "by the end of the 1980s this had been largely accomplished , and the l&c tower , still a nashville landmark but no longer its tallest building , was sold to outside interests .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "the company burton founded went through a series of mergers and acquisitions which now form american general life and accident , now headquartered in the nashville suburb of brentwood , tennessee as part of american international group ( aig ) . ", "topic": 32}], "title": "life and casualty insurance company of tennessee", "paragraphs": ["the case presents the same question as life & casualty insurance company of tennessee v . mccray ,\nlife & casualty insurance company of tennessee , appellant , v . margaret w . gurley , appellee\ncurrently there are no reviews for ' life & casualty insurance company of tennessee ' . be the first to write a review for them !\nprovident life and casualty insurance company , a corporation of the state of tennessee , plaintiff - respondent , v . bruce a . fein , defendant - appellant .\nlife & casualty insurance company of tennessee , appellant , v . margaret w . gurley , appellee , 229 f . 2d 326 ( 4th cir . 1956 )\nthe company was issued an order of liquidation in 1993 . the state life and health guaranty associations helped arrange for lincoln life & casualty insurance company to assume all policies .\nlife & casualty insurance company of tennessee , appellant , v . margaret w . gurley , appellee , 229 f . 2d 326 ( 4th cir . 1956 ) : : justia\na mutual company owned by policy holders . officers and employees of allstate insurance company serve as directors and officers of allstate county mutual insurance company\namerican heritage life insurance company ( subsidiary of american heritage life investment corporation ) associated insurance services , inc . ( georgia ) fidelity international company , ltd . ( bahamian corporation ) first colonial insurance company ( florida ) st . johns bluff timber company ( florida ) ahl select hmo , incorporated ( florida ) columbia universal life insurance company ( texas ) concord heritage life insurance company inc . ( new hampshire ) keystone state life insurance company ( pennsylvania )\nunison international life insurance company , an insurer domiciled in oklahoma , was licensed to operate in 15 states . the company offered whole life , limited pay life , endowment , term and group life , immediate and deferred annuities , and individual guaranteed renewable health insurance .\nsuit was commenced in the superior court of alamance county , north carolina , by margaret w . gurley , as beneficiary under a life insurance policy , against life & casualty insurance company of tennessee ( hereinafter called the company ) . upon petition of the company , the case was removed to the united states district court for the middle district of north carolina .\nnote : lincoln life & casualty company originally assumed the unison policies . since then , the company merged with reassure america life , a subsidiary of swiss re . in 2012 , jackson national life acquired swiss re including reassure america life . policyholders are asked to contact the company at the number and address on their previous correspondence from reassure america life .\nallstate life insurance company ( subsidiary of allstate insurance company ) afdw , inc . ( oregon ) allstate distributors , l . l . c . ( delaware ) afd , inc . ( illinois ) allstate financial advisors , llc ( delaware ) allstate financial services , llc ( delaware ) alfs , inc . ( delaware ) allstate life insurance company of new york ( new york ) allstate assignment company ( nebraska ) allstate settlement corporation ( nebraska ) charter national life insurance company ( illinois ) glenbrook life and annuity company ( arizona ) intramerica life insurance company ( new york ) lincoln benefit life company ( nebraska ) lsa asset management , llc ( delaware ) northbrook life insurance company ( arizona ) provident national assurance company ( tennessee ) pt asuransi jiwa allstate ( indonesia )\nallstate holdings , inc . ( subsidiary of allstate insurance company ) allstate floridian insurance company ( illinois ) allstate floridian indemnity company ( illinois )\nfrom business : liberty mutual offers quality and affordable auto insurance and home insurance life insurance . get a free quote today !\n\u00a9 2018 metropolitan life insurance company , new york , ny 10166 - all rights reserved .\nallstate new jersey holdings , inc . ( subsidiary of allstate insurance company ) allstate new jersey insurance company ( illinois )\nthe information on this page refers to policies issued and serviced by american general life insurance company and the united states life insurance company in the city of new york . in addition , policies from the following companies are serviced :\nin the years that followed , a . m . burton achieved distinguished leadership in many fields of endeavor and became nationally and internationally known and appreciated . the business that he founded in 1903\u2014the life and casualty insurance company of tennessee\u2014and over which he presided as president for forty - eight years is now one of the nation ' s largest and strongest insurance firms with nearly three billion dollars of insurance in force .\nfrom business : liberty mutual offers quality and affordable auto insurance , home insurance & life insurance . get a free quote today !\nwelcome to the tennessee life and health insurance guaranty association (\nguaranty association\n) web site . we hope you find this site helpful in providing information regarding the purpose of the guaranty association and how it protects resident policyholders in the event of an insurance company insolvency .\nher husband , the late a . m . burton , was one of the five founders of the life & casualty insurance company . brother and sister burton made gifts estimated at more than twenty million dollars during their lifetime .\nvision \u2014he possessed the ability to see farther and clearer than other men . at the turn of the century , he dreamed of building the life and casualty insurance company ; and more than twenty - five years before the life and casualty tower was erected he had a picture produced by an artist of what the building would look like . he kept this picture on his desk through all those years .\npafco underwriting managers inc . ( subsidiary of allstate international insurance holdings , inc . ) pembridge insurance company ( ontario )\n\u00a9 2001 - 2018 all rights reserved . the national organization of life & health insurance guaranty associations\nallstate insurance company ( subsidiary of the allstate corporation ) allstate holdings , inc . ( delaware ) allstate holdings , llc ( delaware ) allstate indemnity company ( illinois ) allstate insurance company of canada ( canada ) allstate international inc . ( delaware ) allstate life insurance company ( illinois ) allstate new jersey holdings , inc . ( delaware ) allstate property and casualty insurance company ( illinois ) allstate texas lloyd ' s , inc . ( texas ) forestview mortgage insurance co . ( california ) general underwriters agency , inc . ( illinois ) the northbrook corporation ( nebraska ) willow holdings , llc ( delaware )\nwhen one approaches nashville from any direction , the first building that comes into view is the life and casualty tower\u2014a monument in the business world to the memory of a . m . burton .\namerican heritage life investment corporation ( subsidiary of the allstate corporation ) american heritage life insurance company ( florida ) american heritage service company ( florida ) amherst investment company ( florida ) colonial reinsurance , ltd . ( british virgin islands ) e . r . j insurance group , inc . ( florida ) florida associated services , inc . ( florida )\nthe liquidator , by court order , becomes the sole owner of the company ' s assets and administers the estate of the company .\nto determine if a company uses credit information for private passenger automobile or homeowners insurance .\nthe domiciliary state is the state in which an insurance company is incorporated or organized .\nhis generosity was expressed in numerous little ways , as well as in the larger , more monumental gifts . he liked to fill his pockets with tiny rosebuds and hand them out to office workers and others whom he met along the way as he went by the college or at the life and casualty insurance company .\nclaims examiners are typically involved in health and life insurance , and review medical records to determine the proper payout for major medical procedures .\na . m . burton came to nashville at the age of eighteen armed with only twenty months of formal education in trousdale county schools . he went from a day laborer to a leading insurance executive - having founded life & casualty in 1903 .\nan naic number is a five - digit number assigned to every insurance company by the naic ( national association of insurance commissioners ) . because each company has its own unique number , the naic number can be used to identify a particular company .\nthe allstate corporation ( delaware holding company ) allstate insurance company ( illinois ) allstate international insurance holdings , inc . ( delaware ) allstate non - insurance holdings , inc . ( delaware ) allstate bank american heritage life investment corporation ( delaware ) kennett capital , inc . ( delaware ) willow insurance holdings inc . ( delaware )\nwhile agents often specialize in a particular category of insurance , some sell several different types of insurance . agents can work for a larger insurance company or operate independently , selling policies from several different insurers .\nto receive a payout for an insurance policy , the policyholder must file a claim with the insurance company . the basics of the process are straightforward , but can vary depending on the type of insurance .\nclaims adjusters and examiners a claims adjuster or claims examiner is an employee of an insurance company , and the person responsible for evaluating claims and determining if the company will reimburse the policyholder at the amount provided . an adjuster inspects claims related to property damage , as in the case of auto or home insurance policies . claims examiners are typically involved in health and life insurance , and review medical records to determine the proper payout for major medical procedures .\npolicy loans and withdrawal requests can be requested by completing a policy loan application or policy withdrawal request form from the life insurance forms above .\nthe company ' s agent , w . g . ware , solicited henry t . gurley to take a mortgage retirement insurance plan of life insurance ; on july 17 , 1952 , gurley executed an application requesting such a plan . at this time , gurley gave checks , payable to the company , totalling $ 99 which was represented by the agent and stated in the application to be the first full premium ; ware executed and delivered to gurley the company ' s printed form of receipt . these checks were cashed by the company and deposited to its account on july 19 , 1952 . the application and a report of a medical examination were sent by the company ' s agents to its home office at nashville , tennessee . the company approved the application and ordered the issuance of a policy for the plan and the amount of insurance applied for by gurley . the company applied a\nclass b\nrate which increased the quarterly premium to $ 122 . 31 and declined to grant a request for waiver of premium in the event of disability .\na claims adjuster or claims examiner is an employee of an insurance company , and the person responsible for evaluating claims and determining if the company will reimburse the policyholder at the amount provided . an adjuster inspects claims related to property damage , as in the case of auto or home insurance policies .\nwhen considering the company ' s complaint index and ratio , be sure to review the company history information displayed below for recent acquisitions , mergers , or other events that may affect the figures displayed for this company .\nthe very thought of a poor country boy without formal education founding and building an insurance company was amazing - and still is . he persuaded five others , including among them mrs . helena johnson , to invest with him , and established the new company .\nfor names of the company\u0092s current officers , please contact the company at the phone number listed in the contact information above or on their website .\nlife insurance when someone dies unexpectedly or is injured severely enough to be unable to work , it can be a financial disaster for their family or loved ones . many people choose to purchase a life insurance policy to support their family in the event their regular income is suddenly lost . life insurance comes in two basic types : term and universal . with a term life insurance plan , you pay a premium for a predetermined amount of time , usually 10 years or more . if you die at any point in that timeframe , your family receives a death benefit . if you ' re still around when the term is over , the coverage is canceled and you receive nothing . universal life covers your entire life , and usually delivers a minimum benefit at death .\ngrant didn\u2019t know her great - grandfather well\u2014she was only 5 when he passed away\u2014but that hasn\u2019t lessened her appreciation for what he accomplished during his lifetime . the founder of life and casualty insurance co . of tennessee , a . m . constructed the 31 - story l & c tower , nashville\u2019s first skyscraper and , at the time of its completion in 1957 , the tallest building in the southeast . it remains a prominent landmark on the nashville skyline . he also happened to be a notable philanthropist who gave back generously to the community .\nlocated in crossville tennessee - the plateau group , inc . is an insurance holding company that specializes in the business of credit insurance and other loan related products for financial institutions , automobile dealers , consumer finance companies and other retail lenders . at plateau , we market , manufacture , administer and reinsure products that meet the needs of our customers while providing the highest levels of service and courtesy in the business . at plateau , we are always striving to be \u201cyour first choice\u201d .\non march 1 , 2017 , penn treaty network america insurance company ( penn treaty ) and its wholly owned subsidiary , american network insurance company ( anic ) , were placed in liquidation by orders of the commonwealth court of pennsylvania . click here for a set of faqs addressing the penn treaty / anic liquidations .\nconfirmed complaints : the number of confirmed complaints closed against the company for the line of insurance and year indicated . a complaint is confirmed if the department receives information indicating that a company committed any violation of an applicable state insurance law or regulation , a federal requirement the department has authority to enforce or the term or condition of an insurance policy or certificate . a complaint is also confirmed if the complaint and company ' s response , considered together , suggest that the company was in error or that the complainant had a valid reason for the complaint .\npolicies of an insolvent company are often transferred to a financially sound insurance company . if policies are not transferred to another company , the policies are continued and claims administered by either the guaranty associations or a third - party administrator ( tpa ) working on behalf of the associations . please contact the company / tpa listed below or the guaranty association in your state of residence for more information about your policy .\ncomplaints against an insurance company are not part of the complaint tally above if the insurance company served only as a third party administrator ( tpa ) , a company hired simply to administer the paperwork of a health plan . instead , they are included in the complaint record of the insurance company or hmo that hired the tpa . if a bonafide self - insured benefit plan hired the tpa , no complaint numbers are recorded as a part of the company / tpa ' s profile . neither are profiles available for self - insured plans , as such plans are regulated under federal law .\nyes , we offer our most frequently requested forms on - line for immediate download . see links above under life insurance forms . you can also\naddress change requests can be made securely through our eservice site . you can also download an address change form from the life insurance forms above .\nfrom business : globe life has been making life insurance easy to buy since 1951 . there are no medical exams - just a simple application . it ' s easy to apply and there is no waiting period . full coverage starts as soon as your policy is in effect . benefits will never be canceled or reduced for the life of the policy if premiums are paid on\u2026\ncomplaint ratios : the ratio , expressed as a percentage , is the number of closed confirmed complaints divided by the number of policies the company had in force for the line of insurance and year indicated .\nan insurance syndicate organized under the laws of texas . allstate texas lloyd ' s , inc . ( a direct wholly - owned subsidiary of allstate insurance company ) is the attorney - in - fact for this syndicate .\nplaintiff , provident life and casualty insurance company , sued in the chancery division to rescind a disability insurance policy issued to the defendant , bruce a . fein ; alternatively , provident sought a declaratory judgment that defendant was not disabled under the terms of the policy . defendant filed a counterclaim for breach of contract , claiming entitlement to the policy ' s benefits . both parties sought summary judgment on the issue of rescission . provident prevailed , and defendant filed this appeal . since we believe provident was not entitled to rescind the policy , we reverse and remand for trial on the issue of disability .\napproval of your application for reinstatement under the underwriting rules and practices of the company in effect for the type of policy for which reinstatement is requested .\non behalf of a vast host of people who will always appreciate the life and work of a . m . burton , our prayers and best wishes reach out to mrs . burton , who shared with him an abundant life for more than sixty years , and to every member of the family in the loss of one so dear to so many .\nbeneficiary change requests can be made securely through our eservice site . you can also download a beneficiary change form . see links above under life insurance forms .\namerican general life companies the united states life insurance company in the city of new york 800 - 888 - 2452 tdd : 888 - 436 - 5256 fax : 713 - 831 - 3028 standard usps : p . o . box 2808 amarillo , texas 79105 - 2808 overnight : attn : claims 1050 north western street amarillo , texas 79106 - 7011\nmargaret w . gurley sought to recover $ 20 , 000 as the beneficiary of a mortgage cancellation policy on the life of her deceased husband , henry t . gurley ( hereinafter called gurley ) . the company denied the policy had ever been issued and delivered to the applicant gurley and denied that the first full premium had been paid . in short , the company contended that no contract of insurance had ever been consummated between it and gurley .\nhe was born in very modest circumstances and was reared on a farm in trousdale county , tennessee . his total formal education consisted of no more than twenty months of schooling . as a lad , he worked in the tobacco fields for fifty cents a day .\nin hardy v . aetna life insurance co . , 154 n . c . 430 , 70 s . e . 828 , 832 , the court quoted with approval this extract from vance on insurance , page 169 :\neven under these circumstances , he managed to save something of what he earned each day . he got a job selling insurance in nashville , and his excellent native abilities soon brought him to the position of state agent . when that company went out of business , he decided to form a company of his own .\nflorida associated services , inc . ( subsidiary of american heritage life investment corporation ) realty advisers corp . ( florida )\nhe walked a cow to nashville - a distance of forty miles from his home - to provide milk for a baby of a kinsman . in nashville he secured work as a day laborer at the tennessee centennial grounds for a dollar a day .\nthey sent one company to a fix leak in dishwasher . still leaked so they sent a different company . i had to pay for two separate service calls . cance\u2026\npembridge america inc . ( subsidiary of allstate international insurance holdings , inc . )\nlexisnexis is publishing a new volume of our authoritative treatise on the nation\u2019s insurance law , the new appleman on insurance library edition . it is entitled \u201cinsolvency and bankruptcy . \u201d\nwe find no merit in the company ' s contention that gurley was uninsurable on september 18 , 1952 . the record is devoid of any substantial evidence to support that contention . indeed , the evidence of dr . fewell , the company ' s witness , favored gurley rather than the company .\nfoscue v . greensboro mutual life insurance co . , 1928 , 196 n . c . 139 , 144 s . e . 689 and burch v . provident life & accident insurance co . , 1931 , 201 n . c . 720 , 161 s . e . 313 , cited by the majority as apparently holding that a soliciting agent , such as ware , can waive written conditions and requirements connected with the inception of the insurance contract and payment of the first premium , were not so construed by the north carolina courts .\nto file a death claim on a life insurance policy , please call the customer service center at 800 - 888 - 2452 . to expedite the call , please visit the claims section of our website and have the appropriate information ready when calling to file a claim . or you can download the life claims kit and mail the necessary document to the address below .\nin describing the conversion of her husband , baxter recalled during this service how instrumental sister burton was . she said he was baptized by c . m . pullias who had been his boyhood friend when they were growing up near hartsville , tennessee .\nfrom business : switch to nationwide and get $ 100 off your auto insurance deductible for every year of safe driving . you\u2019ll also get car insurance coverage that includes : - a 100\u2026\nfrom business : welcome to hazard insurance agency ! hazard insurance agency was established in 1915 to serve hazard , perry county and the surrounding area . originally called the \u2026\nallstate international insurance holdings , inc . ( subsidiary of the allstate corporation ) allstate international holding gmbh ( germany ) allstate life insurance company of the philippines , inc . ( philippines ) allstate investments , k . k . allstate reinsurance ltd . ( bermuda ) allstate services , inc . ( japan ) pafco underwriting managers inc . ( ontario ) pembridge america inc . ( florida )\nthe following organizations rate insurance companies on their financial strength and stability . some of these companies charge for their services .\napparently , a soliciting agent such as ware , in north carolina , has the power to waive certain written conditions and requirements connected with the inception of the insurance contract and the payment of the first premium though not as to subsequent premiums nor as to the coverage or the operation of the policy . foscue v . greensboro mutual life insurance co . , 196 n . c . 139 , 144 s . e . 689 ; burch v . provident life & accident insurance co . , 201 n . c . 720 , 161 s . e . 313 .\nthese provisions seem to me to have been deliberately designed to prevent the possibility of recovery in a case such as this , and to be adequate for that purpose . their validity has been frequently upheld . ray v . security trust & life insurance co . , 1900 , 126 n . c . 166 , 35 s . e . 246 ; whitley v . peidmont & arlington life insurance co . , 1874 , 71 n . c . 480 ; ormond v . fidelity life association , 1887 , 96 n . c . 158 , 1 s . e . 796 ; sturgill v . new york life insurance co . , 1927 , 195 n . c . 34 , 141 s . e . 280 ; north carolina bank & trust co . v . pilot life insurance co . , 1934 , 206 n . c . 460 , 174 s . e . 298 ; curtis v . prudential insurance co . , 4 cir . , 1932 , 55 f . 2d 97 .\nin this chapter , five insurance insolvencies are discussed in detail to illustrate a number of the issues that are presented in the management of troubled insurers . the companies discussed are the legion insurance group ( see section 104 . 01 ) , shenandoah life insurance company ( see section 104 . 02 ) , lumbermens mutual casualty company ( sometimes referred to as the \u201ckemper companies\u201d ) ( see section 104 . 03 ) , reciprocal of america ( see section 104 . 04 ) , and ambac assurance corporation ( see section 104 . 05 ) . no suggestion is made that these represent the largest , most important , most unusual , or even the latest significant insolvencies . indeed many others from among the thousands of u . s . insurers subjected to rehabilitation or liquidation proceedings might have been included on this list . instead , the authors have selected these cases because they illustrate both the typical issues that arise in insurance failures and also certain unusual challenges or results .\nhe often spoke of the fact that his success in business related back to the poor and underprivileged people who were the first to buy policies in the life and casualty insurance company . he had a genuine concern for the underprivileged , regardless of the reason for their poverty , and often was heard to say that high taxes were a blessing\u2014a strange statement , in the eyes of many , for a man of great wealth . in this connection , he liked to quote leviticus 25 : 10 , 11 :\nand ye shall hallow the fiftieth year , and proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof : it shall be a jubilee unto you ; and ye shall return every man unto his possession , and ye shall return every man unto his family . a jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you .\nthe key phrase in this statute is , \u201cin connection therewith . \u201d the evident purpose of this phrase is to provide an insured with the earliest reasonable notice that the insurance company is not simply accepting the overdue premium payment and reinstating the policy as a matter of course . the phrase implies that the receipt of the payment and the issuance of the conditional receipt will be linked together . obviously , the insurance company cannot be expected to act instantaneously . however , the phrase , read in conjunction with the proviso , clearly intends that in asking for an application , the insurance company must simultaneously issue the conditional receipt , and these two joint steps must be done promptly in relation to acceptance of the late premium payment .\nandrew mizell burton was an extraordinary man from every point of view . he lived in a fabulous era of progress and development . he was a part of that era , and a factor in its marvels . his life was a fulfillment of the american dream that any boy can rise to the heights of success and achievement .\n( 1 ) was the contract of insurance in force at the time of the death of the insured ? this involves several subsidiary questions .\nin o ' donovan , supra , louisiana ' s intermediate appellate court construed its essentially identical reinstatement statute as permitting the insurance company a reasonable period of time to demand reapplication and issue a conditional receipt to avoid automatic reinstatement of the policy as a result of an overdue premium payment . 305 so . 2d at 646 . however , the court held that a thirteen - day delay by the insurance company in issuing the conditional receipt was unreasonable . ibid .\numbrella insurance is extra coverage from liability for other insurance policies , usually home or auto insurance . consumers may choose to purchase an umbrella policy if their home or car is more expensive than a typical policy would be able to cover .\nthe lumbermens case , involving an illinois insurer , showcases many of the complexities in dealing with very large casualty company failures but also presents an innovative run - off effort that adopted the unusual technique of policy buy - backs . it also highlights the difficulties with voluntary rehabilitations occurring outside of court proceedings . sections 104 . 03 [ 2 ] and 104 . 03 [ 3 ] discuss the attempts to resolve the company\u2019s problems through a run - off outside receivership , including the use of policy buy - backs and novations . section 104 . 03 [ 4 ] addresses the eventual involvement of regulators in the efforts to rehabilitate the company . section 104 . 03 [ 5 ] considers the role of guaranty associations as the voluntary run - off gave way to formal proceedings .\nthere is no evidence whatever that the officials of the company had any notice that the local agent was collecting weekly installments from the insured , or that the agent remitted same or any part thereof to the company . had there been any such evidence , and had the company had notice of the situation as it actually was , an entirely different case would be presented for our consideration .\nin north carolina bank & trust co . v . pilot life insurance co . , 1934 , 206 n . e . 460 , 174 s . e . 298 , 300 , the exact question posed , and answered in the negative was :\nin saying that the insurance company must act \u201cpromptly\u201d we are not holding that the conditional receipt necessarily must be issued at the same precise time or even on the same day the company receives the late payment . however , the amount of time required for the simple act of sending the conditional receipt with the reinstatement application should not be measured against the time an insurance company might desire for investigation of the matter . that approach would be inconsistent with the cases discussed above and with the general principle , accepted in this state , that \u201c [ a ] n insured cannot be penalized for an insurance company ' s internal procedures . \u201d meier v . new jersey life ins . co . , 101 n . j . 597 , 609 , 503 a . 2d 862 ( 1986 ) . in this context , where the purpose of the statute is to provide an insured with the earliest possible notice that he or she might have to seek insurance elsewhere , the concept of a reasonable time should be measured in relation to the time required to prepare and transmit the necessary paperwork .\nthese case studies may certainly not be viewed as a comprehensive survey of all the material issues that arise in insurance receiverships or rehabilitations . however , they provide a useful collection of problems and approaches illustrative of what receivers and creditors must address in the case of troubled insurers . these cases are likely to serve as precedent for some time in key areas of insurance insolvency law and practice .\nas stated in waters v . security life & annuity co . , supra , 57 s . e . at page 439 :\nit is not required at all that the acceptance by the company should be indicated by a manual delivery of the policy to the insured , for , as said in some of the cases cited , ` it is not the physical possession of the policy , but the legal right thereto , which is determinative of the question . ' * * * and where a policy which complies with the application has been unconditionally delivered , in the absence of fraud , it is held to be conclusive evidence that the contract of insurance exists between the parties . rayburn v . [ pennsylvania ] casualty co . , 138 n . c . 379 , 50 s . e . 762 ; * * grier v . [ mutual life ] insurance co . , 132 n . c . 542 , 44 s . e . 28 * * .\ninsurance agents selecting the right insurance involves careful research and evaluating many different options for coverage . this is why many people use an insurance agent to assist with making the right choice depending on their needs and financial situation . agents often interview potential or current clients to get an idea of which insurance policies would benefit them the most . based on their needs and individual risk , agents can often give potential customers a quote , which serves as a cost estimate for a specific policy . this is only a rough idea of what the policy will cost , because evaluating the risk associated with a given customer can take time . insurance companies often compile an insurance score to quantify the risk an individual poses and calculate premiums accordingly . credit scores play a major role in insurance scores , but past insurance - claim history is also taken into account .\nto check on the status of a death claim on a life insurance policy , please call the customer service center at 800 - 888 - 2452 , monday through friday 7 a . m . \u2013 7 p . m . central time .\nhave been without a . m . burton , i realize the debt owed to him by so many for so long .\nthe man who is now president of the life and casualty insurance company , guilford dudley , jr . , expressed well what so many feel as they think of a . m . burton ' s life :\na . m . burton has ' gone away . ' somehow or other even though i was well aware that he was 87 years old on his last birthday , february 2 , i always thought he would outlive us all . somehow i think i was right and though i was a pallbearer at his funeral , i still think he will outlive us all . . . . yes , i think he will outlive us all , for he was a truly great man , and his good works will live after him .\nalmost anything of value can be insured to protect against loss due to a variety of circumstances . insurance policies are very specific in the items they protect and in what event the policy holders will be reimbursed . some of the most common insurance policies cover things we all use .\nproperty insurance also may cover certain major events outside of your control . these are known as perils , and may include fire , flooding , natural disasters and other catastrophic events . you may want to purchase insurance against one or more of these perils if you live in a high - risk area . flood insurance is an exception , however , and can be purchased through the government - sponsored national flood insurance program . your lender may require this if you live in a flood - prone area .\ncollege and the nashville christian institute and made personal contributions to numerous educational institutions throughout the nation and the world .\nfrom business : we provide free insurance quotes from many leading providers . we can help you purchase an insurance policy that is not only affordable but also provides the best \u2026\nthe bank case , which impressed the district judge , is clearly distinguishable upon the facts . there , the agent made it clear to the applicant that the insurance was not in effect until he paid the premium , none of the premium had been paid , and the insurance company had no knowledge that the first full premium had not been paid .\nif the beneficiary is a business , the person signing the form must be an officer or owner of the company . the company ' s name must be given and the title of the person signing ( for example , \u201cjohn doe auto sales , pat jones , president\u201d ) . a\ncertificate of incumbency\nshould accompany the claim statement .\nformed as a special purpose vehicle solely for the purpose of issuing certain debt instruments to institutional investors in europe . the proceeds of such issuances are deposited with allstate life insurance company ( alic ) under the terms of several funding agreements . neither the allstate corporation nor its subsidiaries are shareholders . established as part of alic ' s funding agreement backed emtn program ( european medium term note program ) to access longer dated fixed maturity contracts in europe .\ncomplaint index : indicates how a company ' s ratio of the number of complaints to the number of policyholders compares to the average for all insurers . the index is calculated by dividing the company ' s percentage of complaints for a specific line of insurance by the company ' s percentage of the policies in force for the same line of insurance . the average index is 1 . 00 . a number less than 1 indicates fewer complaints than average ; a number greater than 1 indicates more complaints than average . for the most recent completed year , a given insurer ' s index may change over time , as policy count data is received by tdi . this will affect each insurer ' s percentage of the total .\nof course , in this instance grant could just as easily be talking about life in a broader sense . like music , it is best experienced in the company of others and is soul - enlarging in its own way . as grant figures it , there\u2019s no greater blessing than being part of a community that cares , and the least she can do is take the light she has been given and shine it toward those who need it most .\nreciprocal of america ( \u201croa\u201d ) , a virginia insurer , is in many respects a more typical property and casualty receivership but its case demonstrates the complexity of affiliate reinsurance , the contrast between risk retention groups and conventional insurers , the difficulty of managing workers\u2019 compensation insurance ( especially when a significant portion is not covered by guaranty associations ) , and an unusual wind - down technique . section 104 . 04 [ 1 ] reviews the company\u2019s rapid growth particularly in the workers\u2019 compensation market , and the creation of risk retention groups in another state ( tennessee ) to fuel that growth by avoiding regulatory requirements . sections 104 . 04 [ 2 ] \u2013 104 . 04 [ 4 ] provide a detailed and helpful guide of some of the mechanics of such a receivership , including the use of deputy receiver directives and a receivership appeal procedure . section 104 . 04 [ 5 ] examines the difficult relationship this receivership has had with guaranty associations , including the unprecedented effect of net worth exclusion provisions . sections 104 . 04 [ 6 ] and 104 . 04 [ 7 ] consider issues that arose between roa and its quasi - affiliate offshore reinsurer and also those involving the risk retention groups it reinsured . section104 . 04 [ 8 ] describes some of the asset recovery efforts that ultimately proved critically important in the ability to pay policyholder claims in full , as discussed in greater detail in section 104 . 04 [ 10 ] . section 104 . 04 [ 9 ] describes the rescission efforts of the company\u2019s directors\u2019 and officers\u2019 liability insurer due to management\u2019s alleged fraud , illustrating an issue of which receivers should always be mindful .\npet insurance pet insurance is a relatively new product that may help cover the costs of medical care for a dog , cat or other domestic animal . medical care for animals can be very costly , particularly because insurance for them is rare . by paying into a premium , you can help offset the cost of unexpected emergencies as well as routine checkups and medication . while virtually unheard of a few years ago , pet insurance has become more popular as the cost of veterinarian care has continued to rise .\ncounsel for the company have made a forcible argument for reversal , relying primarily on curtis v . prudential ins . co . , 4 cir . , 55 f . 2d 97 , and north carolina bank & trust co . v . pilot life insurance co . , 206 n . c . 460 , 174 s . e . 298 . we find neither case controlling on the facts before us .\nthe district court , sitting without a jury , awarded gurley ' s widow , as beneficiary of this insurance policy , the sum of $ 20 , 000 , less $ 23 . 31 , the unpaid portion of the first premium . from this judgment the company has appealed to us .\nit is elementary that an insurer may waive any provision for its benefit and may waive any representation , warranty , condition or limitation in the policy upon which it would otherwise be entitled to rely . since provisions for payment of premiums and reinstatement are considered to be for the benefit of the insurer , they may likewise be the subject of waiver , thus rendering the insurance company liable for loss occurring during a time when , according to its contract , it would be relieved of liability . see graham v . security mutual life insurance company , 72 n . j . l . 298 [ 62 a . 681 ] ( e . & a . 1905 ) ; 16 j . a . appleman , insurance law and practice [ hereinafter cited as appleman ] , \u00a7 9083 ( 1944 ) , and see annot . , 7 a . l . r . 3d 414 ( 1966 ) . cf . ciccone v . the colonial life insurance company , 110 n . j . l . 276 [ 164 a . 444 ] ( e . & a . 1933 ) holding that an insurer which refused the tender of a premium payment because the assured had failed to make timely payment and on this basis declared the policy had lapsed , was precluded in a later action on the policy from urging it had lapsed on another ground not asserted in declaring the default .\nthe claims process begins when a beneficiary contacts the customer service center to notify the insurance company of the intent to file a death claim . beneficiaries must request the claimant statement , complete the form and submit it , along with the required documentation , to the customer service center .\nattract and retain top talent with employee benefit solutions that are compelling\u2014and cost effective .\nsubscribers to the library edition are given free access to previous editions of the appleman treatise , amounting to an incomparable collection of insurance law analyses .\nin price , supra , the court of civil appeals of texas , confronted by the same statutory language , held that the insurance company was entitled to a reasonable period of time after receipt of an overdue premium to decide whether it wanted a reinstatement application from the insured as a condition of reinstating the lapsed policy . 590 s . w . 2d at 645 - 46 . thirteen days passed before the company asked for the application . the court had this to say :\numbrella insurance umbrella insurance is extra coverage from liability for other insurance policies , usually home or auto insurance . consumers may choose to purchase an umbrella policy if their home or car is more expensive than a typical policy would be able to cover . for example , most car insurance liability policies cover at least $ 25 , 000 per person or $ 50 , 000 per accident . but if the accident involves a very valuable car , or the victim is willing to pursue legal action , insurance may not even begin to cover the full cost . you may want to hedge your risk by purchasing umbrella insurance to add extra protection to your existing policy .\nhow to make a claim filing an insurance claim can be stressful and confusing , but you need to begin the process as soon as possible to make certain you can recover your losses . it ' s important to note that in the case of emergencies , you should always call 911 first . the safety and health of yourself and others takes precedent over insurance .\nb . waiver of prepayment of premium . having found a constructive delivery , the majority then find that such delivery constituted a waiver of the policy requirement of prepayment of the first premium . grier v . mutual life insurance co . , 1903 , 132 n . c . 542 , 44 s . e . 28 , relied upon by the majority , was a case in which there had been an actual delivery , and a tender in cash of the first premium . the court expressly raised the question ( 44 s . e . at page 29 ) , whether a contract would have existed in the absence of actual delivery . pender v . north state life insurance co . , 1913 , 163 n . c . 98 , 79 s . e . 293 , expressly limits waiver of prepayment of premiums to conduct of the company , or of an agent having authority to execute and issue contracts , and even then only in the case of an\nabsolute delivery\n. this is clearly stated as follows ( 79 s . e . at page 295 ) :\nwoodlawn cemetery , nashville , tennessee , is located behind the 100 oaks shopping center that faces i - 65 just south of the i - 440 interchange . from 100 oaks travel east on thompson lane and turn right at the first entrance to woodlawn ' s south side park ( across from main part of cemetery ) . take the first left and road will bear around to the right . stop the car around the trashcan and look to your left . about mid - section of lakeview is a tree . go just about to the tree and look to the left .\nclass beneficiaries : an affidavit showing the names and dates of birth of each must be submitted .\nconcern for the poor \u2014unlike many men of wealth and power , a . m . burton never lost the common touch . throughout his life he was deeply concerned about the poor , the blind , the orphan , and the crippled . he had a special collection of the scriptures translated into braille and made available without cost to the blind .\nthe company issued policy no . 493585 august 1 , 1952 , to gurley and fixed the date of the second quarterly premium as november 1 , 1952 . the policy issued to gurley was acted upon or reviewed in five different departments of company ' s home office . it was a fully executed policy containing all the schedules and provisions applicable to this particular insured ; the signatures of the president and secretary of defendant ; an effective date of august 1 , 1952 , at which date it was carried on defendant ' s books , and the 41 - year endowment period calculated , as well as the due date of future premiums ; and a serialized number by which it appears on many different records of the company . in short , it received the same home office action accorded to all other similar policies in full force and effect .\nin addition to reviewing your policy or contacting the customer service center for advice and guidance , you may also contact your state insurance department .\nautomotive insurance millions of americans drive a car to get from place to place each day , so it makes sense that auto insurance is one of the most commonly used types . in most states , the law requires drivers to maintain an active insurance policy on any car , up to a certain amount . most car owners are required at minimum to purchase liability insurance , which protects against damage for which the policyholder is at fault . liability insurance covers damage to property as well as any injuries sustained in an accident . it ' s important to note liability insurance only covers damage or injuries of others , not the policyholder themselves . in addition to liability insurance , car owners can also purchase coverage for their own vehicle and medical expenses in the event of an accident . for this purpose , liability , vehicle and medical coverage are often packaged together in a single policy .\nfind local listings of businesses and services near you . get driving directions , reviews and ratings , phone numbers , addresses and more on local . com .\nthe question of the prepayment of the first full premium is precluded , we feel , by waiver on the part of the company , in its actions and in those of its agent , ware . under north carolina law , delivery of an issued policy constitutes a waiver , in the absence of fraud , of such a written requirement . grier v . mutual life insurance co . , 132 n . c . 542 , 44 s . e . 28 ; see , also , pender v . north state life insurance co . , 163 n . c . 98 , 79 s . e . 293 . counsel have failed to cite north carolina decisions making a distinction between\nactual\nand\nconstructive\ndelivery on this specific question , other than our language in curtis v . prudential insurance co . , 4 cir . , 1932 , 55 f . 2d 97 which was prior to erie r . co . v . tompkins , 304 u . s . 64 , 58 s . ct . 817 , 82 l . ed . 1188 , and is of little aid here .\nthe company contends that the application , premium receipt and policy required ( 1 ) delivery of the policy and ( 2 ) payment of the first full premium , both during the lifetime and continued insurability of the applicant . it is asserted that these are valid and enforceable conditions precedent to the validity of the policy , neither of which was complied with here by the applicant gurley and the agent ware ; that there was no waiver , and in addition , that on september 18 , 1952 , applicant gurley was not insurable ."]}
{"id": 55081, "summary": [{"text": "maybourne hotel group is a british luxury hotel operator , that owns and manages the berkeley , claridge 's and the connaught .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "in 2004 , irish businessman derek quinlan formed takeover vehicle coroin ltd , majority owned by his own company quinlan private , to take over the then savoy group of hotels and london properties .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "other shareholders included irish property entrepreneur patrick mckillen , who took a 36 % stake .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "after selling the savoy , the company was renamed on january 24 , 2005 as the maybourne hotel group .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "after quinlan fell into financial difficulties during the financial crisis of 2007 \u2013 2008 , the group sought additional investors to offset its outstanding \u00a3 660m debt .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "the barclay brothers who also own the ritz hotel , took a minority stake in 2011 .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "by this time , the irish national asset management agency had taken control of the outstanding bank debt , and later agreed sale to the barclay brothers .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "this resulted in a london high court case between the barclays and mckillen to resolve control of the \u00a3 1bn asset group .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "in august 2012 the high court found in favour of the barclays , a ruling confirmed in the court of appeal in july 2013 .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "however , by march 2014 mckillen was still seeking control of the company via his own and quinlan 's shareholdings in coroin .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "on 22 december 2012 maybourne hotel group announced that it had completed its planned refinancing with a loan of \u00a3 547 million in five year debt facilities arranged by blackstone real estate debt strategies ( breds ) .", "topic": 35}, {"text": "the loan was underwritten by bank of america merrill lynch ( baml ) , the royal bank of canada ( rbc ) , wells fargo bank ( wells ) and breds .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "this followed a rights issue of \u00a3 145 million concluded earlier the same week with its existing shareholders .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "the group stated that this would enable it to repay its current \u00a3 660 million loan and continue to invest in its hotels .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "in may 2015 the middle eastern group qatar 's constellation hotels gained a 64 % stake in the company . ", "topic": 36}], "title": "maybourne hotel group", "paragraphs": ["50 % food & beverage discount across maybourne hotel group . preferential room rates for yourself and family across maybourne hotel group . . . .\nmr faber also confirmed that an agreement has been reached ending litigation related to maybourne hotel group .\nto start the journey towards working for maybourne hotel group , please feel free to get in touch .\nall current vacancies within the maybourne hotel group are listed below . please apply online for any positions that may be of interest .\nmaybourne hotel group owns and manages claridge ' s , the connaught and the berkeley \u2013 three of the most renowned hotels in london .\na career with maybourne hotel group will put you alongside people who craft amazing , individual experiences for our guests , and aim for perfection in everything they do .\nit is not clear whether maybourne is currently in negotiations about taking on other hotel management contracts in those locations .\nthe battle for control of maybourne hotel group , owner of claridge ' s , the connaught and the berkeley sets irish property entrepreneur patrick mckillen against sir david and sir frederick barclay , owners of telegraph media group , parent company of the daily telegraph . they also own the ritz hotel in london .\nquinlan private also owns the jurys inn hotel chain , having acquired the budget group in a deal worth \u20ac1 . 165bn ( \u00a31 . 12bn ) in 2007 .\nconstellation hotels has become a major investor in the luxury hotel market in recent years , including the intercontinental london park lane in 2013 and le grand hotel in paris last year .\nconstellation hotels - which is owned by qatar holding , the sovereign wealth fund backed by the qatari royal family - has bought a 64pc stake in coroin , the holding company which owns the maybourne hotel group , made up of claridge ' s , the berkeley and the connaught .\nclaridge\u2019s first - ever cookbook celebrates the best - loved dishes and drinks from the hotel\u2019s past and present .\nmaybourne is run by stephen alden , an experienced hotelier who has run luxury properties in new york and venice .\nmr mckillen controls 36pc of coroin , parent company of maybourne . he claims his pre - emption rights over other shareholdings in coroin have been breached by sir david and sir frederick ' s stake - building in the \u00a31bn group .\nmaybourne ' s hotels are among the best - known in the world . mr quinlan renamed the group after selling the savoy , which is located on the strand , to the saudi prince alwaleed bin talal for \u00a3230m in 2005 .\nmr quinlan , who is the controlling shareholder in maybourne hotel group , which owns and manages the berkeley , claridge ' s and the connaught , has asked lazard to identify opportunities to help him expand the company internationally . among these will be the recruitment of outside investors or a stock market listing that would be expected to value the company at more than \u00a31bn .\nlord grabiner made no issue about his clients ' wish to take control of the hotel group . he said :\nat all times my clients have been keen to acquire these assets . they want to own them . there is no secret about that .\nmr mckillen ' s involvement with the company dates back to 2004 when maybourne was taken over by a consortium including derek quinlan , backed by irish debt . although the hotels traded well when the credit crisis hit maybourne ' s \u00a3660m debt was taken over by the irish bad bank nama .\naccording to accounts filed at companies house , maybourne is controlled by its parent company , coroin ( which means\ncrown\nin gaelic ) .\nsir david and sir frederick are the owners of telegraph media group , publisher of the daily telegraph . the value of the transaction has not been disclosed .\nhowever , he argued the matter before the court was not about how sir david and sir frederick had taken control of the group but about how mr mckillen had lost it .\nthrough his private equity and real estate investment firm , quinlan private , mr quinlan had led a consortium of wealthy individuals who bought the then savoy group for \u00a3750m in 2004 .\nour indulgent offers are designed to help you make the most of london and spend the rest of your time enjoying the luxury of the capital ' s most glamorous hotel .\nmr quinlan also owns a large chunk of property adjacent to the berkeley and has retained lord foster , the leading architect , to devise a plan for a substantial expansion of the hotel .\nmaybourne hotels never stand still . we are constantly innovating and updating , with ideas that we hope will delight and inspire our guests . whether it\u2019s the introduction of a cocktail - tasting concept , the publication of a groundbreaking cookbook or the opening of a new restaurant , we are always on the go . drop in here to read about what\u2019s new in the world of maybourne .\nthe maybourne hotels have been the subject of persistent speculation about their future ownership , including the suggestion \u2013 subsequently denied \u2013 that the italian designer giorgio armani was in discussions to buy the berkeley .\nan outright sale of the business is understood not to be on mr quinlan ' s agenda , and a final decision about the route that maybourne will ultimately pursue could still be some time off .\nset in mayfair , claridge ' s is known and loved for its splendour , charm and impeccable service . the hotel ' s original art deco interiors have been sensitively interwoven with modern flourishes , such as contemporary suites and a michelin - starred restaurant .\nalongside mr quinlan , coroin ' s investors include patrick mckillen , the irish property mogul , moya doherty and john mccolgan , the promoters of riverdance , and kyran mclaughlin , who is the chairman of elan corporation , the irish pharmaceuticals group , and is also a director of budget airline ryanair and davy stockbrokers .\nbetween knightsbridge and belgravia , the berkeley treads its own path . this hotel has an independent spirit and eye for style , with rooms by leading designers , and a creative take on afternoon tea . from the blue bar up to the top - floor spa and pool , the berkeley is at once intimate and inspiring , sophisticated and surprising .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\na qatari investment vehicle has taken a majority stake in three of london\u2019s most prestigious hotels in a landmark deal .\nthe sellers of the stake were the family interests of sir david and sir frederick barclay , and irish businessman derek quinlan .\nthe barclays first bought in to coroin in january 2011 , buying interests held by property investors the green family .\nspeaking on behalf of the barclay interests , representative richard faber said : \u201cthe business has performed strongly during the four years of our involvement and this has been a very successful investment for us . . . we are pleased to have concluded this transaction . \u201d\na long - running legal dispute about the ownership of three of london ' s most famous hotels opened in the high court today .\nthe dispute centres around actions taken by sir david and sir frederick in first buying equity stakes in coroin then buying the associated debt from nama .\nmr mckillen alleges he was frozen out of the deals contrary to shareholder agreements drawn up when the hotels were first acquired .\nhis barrister philip marshall qc told the high court in london :\nthe question is that what they [ sir david and sir frederick ] have sought to do was unlawful and in breach of mr mckillen ' s rights .\nthe allegation was refuted by sir david and sir frederick ' s barrister lord grabiner qc .\nhe said :\nmr mckillen thought if he threw enough mud at my clients they might be prepared to settle . the truth is it is mr mckillen who has behaved badly .\nwhat mr mckillen does not want or like is that he may be squeezed out of coroin because he cannot afford to stay in it ,\nlord grabiner submitted .\nsir david and sir frederick cannot be held responsible for this .\nit is a fact of life that if you want to be a shareholder of a company with a value approaching \u00a31bn but have no money , you are likely to lose out in the end .\nderek quinlan , the former property tycoon who owns some of london ' s most lavish hotels , has appointed investment bankers to assess an expansion plan that could include a lucrative stock market flotation .\nthe injection of third - party capital into the company will be looked at seriously ,\na person close to mr quinlan said .\nmr quinlan believes there is an opportunity to grow the business by managing top - end hotels in other\ngateway cities\n, such as dubai , moscow , new york and paris .\nalthough mr quinlan , who began his career at coopers & lybrand , the accounting firm , and then worked with the irish revenue commissioners as a tax inspector , has had a large number of approaches to buy each of his individual hotels , it is understood that none of the enquiries have met his valuations of the assets .\nsince then , he has invested tens of millions of pounds in the three remaining properties , including new spa and leisure facilities at the connaught , which is situated between green park and bond street in london ' s west end .\namong the rival bidders it beat to win the auction were the irish horse - racing magnates jp mcmanus and john magnier .\nquinlan private was established in 1989 and now includes a division which focuses on developing real estate investment opportunities in central and eastern europe .\namong the other assets in its portfolio are an estate of 47 four - and five - star marriott hotels located across britain and the headquarters of bank of ireland and eircom , two of dublin ' s largest commercial property developments .\nto ensure you receive the best user experience , our site will use cookies to store information in your browser . to find out more view our cookie policy , continued use of this site indicates you have accepted this policy .\nfound at the heart of mayfair village , the connaught offers a discreet blend of tradition and freshness . it has always been the choice for connoisseurs of the art of living well \u2013 where personalised service and a passion for traditional craftsmanship mix with contemporary flair .\ndesigned for living , crafted for entertaining : andr\u00e9 fu\u2019s contemporary glass penthouse is the sensational new definition of \u2018wow\u2019 .\nindoor - outdoor living merge seamlessly in our stunning andr\u00e9 fu - designed glass penthouse \u2013 the new height of contemporary luxury .\nfrom turf - smoked trout to lancashire custard tart , the new lunch menu at marcus is the creation of five inspired chefs .\nfera at claridge\u2019s launched an own - label artisan gin , inspired by the innovative flavour combinations found in our michelin - starred cuisine .\ndiscover our exciting new restaurant at the connaught , open for all - hours informal gourmet dining .\nlong known for our artistic associations , the connaught has launched a series of outdoor painting masterclasses .\nfrom michelin stars and traditional tea to inimitable cocktails and creative canapes , our restaurants and bars offer some of london\u2019s most sought - after experiences .\nfor the most memorable gift imaginable , treat someone special to one of our carefully - curated experiences at claridge\u2019s , the connaught or the berkeley .\nthe season is our own , most particular guide to the best events of the modern british social , cultural and sporting calendar .\njoin the winning team of people who take tremendous pride in working for london\u2019s finest hotels .\nfind out more of the finer details about claridge\u2019s , the connaught and the berkeley .\nthis service is manned from 8 . 00am to 7 . 00pm gmt . calls may be monitored and recorded for quality control and training purposes . please quote\nwebsite\nwhen contacting our reservations department . this will enable us to monitor and improve the service we provide via our website .\nour hotels are available on the global distribution systems under the chain code vy .\nour hotels have histories that stretch back over a century . and , while each one retains its timeless appeal and individual nature , we are committed to ensuring they are always in tune with the wants and wishes of today\u2019s discerning guests .\nlooking for stories , facts or images for print or digital publication or broadcasting ? you\u2019ve come to the right place . in this area you can download press releases and find the relevant contacts for information and images of claridge\u2019s , the connaught and the berkeley , including our stylish restaurants , bars and spas .\nto ensure you receive the best user experience , our site will use cookies to store information in your browser . to find out more view our cookie policy , continued use of this site indicates you have accepted this policy .\nset in the heart of mayfair , claridge\u2019s is an art deco icon and a byword for timeless elegance . since the 1850s , claridge\u2019s has excelled at the finer things in life : glamorous design , inspiring dining , impeccable service . today we draw on this history but also look to the future , blending innovation with the traditions of the past . above all , we are here to ensure your visit is an experience you will never forget . there are many 5 - star hotels in london but nowhere quite like claridge\u2019s .\na time - honoured english tradition . dainty finger sandwiches , freshly - baked scones and pastries , accompanied by specially - selected teas .\nanything you can imagine , we can make it come true . a wedding at claridge\u2019s is london\u2019s most envied invitation .\nthe fun - filled experience of discovering london as a family starts at claridge\u2019s , with two rooms and treats for all . from \u00a31 , 080 .\nsome weekends you never want to end . with breakfast included each day , this will be an experience to savour . from \u00a3510 .\nsettle into a suite and toast a memorable stay over your complimentary bottle of champagne . from \u00a31 , 560 .\ndiscover the suites at claridge\u2019s \u2013 each one a unique combination of beautiful design , comfort and glamour .\nwe have partnered with children\u2019s entertainers sharky & george to turn your family stay into an unforgettable adventure .\ntreat someone special to a taste of claridge\u2019s with one of our beautiful gift vouchers .\nlady mary returns to london , a century of royal weddings , roger federer on wimbledon : find them all in the latest edition of claridge\u2019s magazine \u2013 the high society issue , out now .\ntip : enter your city or postcode in the\nwhere\nbox to show results in your area .\nby creating a job alert or receiving recommended jobs , you agree to our terms . you can change your consent settings at any time by unsubscribing or as detailed in our terms .\ncookies help us deliver our services . our cookie policy describes how we use cookies and how to disable them . learn more \u00b7 ok\nantonio sitzia may have been born in beautiful sardinia , but this man is no island .\nhe is the opposite , a personality that\u2019s magnetic , embracing and always engaging . speaking to antonio one morning during breakfast , a guest approached , gently placed her arm around antonio , looked at me and said , \u201cthis man is very special , we love him\u201d .\nfor a brief moment it seemed that i was being allowed into a secret world , a world that is the collins room , that holds antonio and his heart within . let\u2019s go back to the story about how he came to be here at the berkeley , because he very nearly didn\u2019t make it , which would have been a great loss to us all .\nantonio\u2019s father was a businessman , running a family chain of butcher shops in and around quatu , a coastal town on the north of the island .\nfollowing in sardinia\u2019s seafaring tradition , antonio attended a nautical school and dreamed of becoming the skipper of his own boat . however , the family business called , and antonio started at the bottom sweeping floors . knowing antonio you understand that he is driven to be the best , and he eventually became head butcher on his own merit , no leg up from his father required !\nnow he had proven himself , antonio decided he wanted bigger challenges . he set about following a new dream \u2013 and that\u2019s when he came to london .\nin his own words he , \u201cstarted the adventure of london\u201d , by \u201cstanding on his own two feet\u201d . luckily he had a cousin who lived in london , giving him a solid base from which to launch into london life .\nand even more fortunately , his cousin had a cousin who was working at the berkeley . antonio worked hard to learn english , having never spoken the language , and was speaking like a genuine londoner in no time .\nhe first worked in the events team , and pushed himself hard , worked as many hours as was needed , improved his english , and built a reputation for always being there .\nand he also learnt that he loved being with the guests . this insight propelled him to the collins room , a place he could see would allow him to really get to know and look after guests , and above all make a difference .\nantonio describes the collins room as a room without a door , quite true in an architectural sense , but what he really means is that it is \u201can open house\u201d , \u201cit embraces everybody\u201d .\nwhile he won\u2019t admit that he has a favourite time of day , he does enjoy meeting new people , and often that is during pr\u00eat - \u00e0 - portea , the unique celebration of the traditional english afternoon tea .\nwhen antonio is not on duty he will be at his other home , in rochester in kent , and he will be reading historical novels , cooking some sardinian ravioli , or pottering around his garden with its apple tree and resident fox .\nbut his thoughts always drift to the collins room . it has somehow captured his imagination and soul , like nothing in his life ever has , or ever will . it has his signature . he was born for it .\nalan noone\u2019s chief role is to keep everyone happy , from the guests to the staff .\nfor mourad khiat , the genius behind pr\u00eat - \u00e0 - portea , inspiration comes from all sorts of places ."]}
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", "topic": 38}], "title": "flytxt", "paragraphs": ["glassdoor has 48 flytxt reviews submitted anonymously by flytxt employees . read employee reviews and ratings on glassdoor to decide if flytxt is right for you .\nin an interaction with fiercetelecom , dr . vinod vasudevan , ceo , flytxt explains how flytxt\u2019s flag\u2026\nflytxt is the independent market leader in intelligent customer engagement technology . flytxt ' s ente . . .\nglassdoor gives you an inside look at what it ' s like to work at flytxt , including salaries , reviews , office photos , and more . this is the flytxt company profile . all content is posted anonymously by employees working at flytxt .\nthe flytxt solution enables more informed interaction with customers , enhancing the network experience , he said .\nflytxt is a software product company that specializes in big data analytics enabled advanced mobile marketing and advertising for telecom industry .\nflytxt , a firm that provides analytics - driven platforms to telecom companies , has gone live in three \u2018mtn markets\u2019 in africa .\nprateek kapadia , chief technology officer , flytxt , said telecom companies are among the most complex it environments for deploying analytics platforms .\ni applied through a recruiter . the process took 6 + weeks . i interviewed at flytxt ( thiruvananthapuram ) in march 2015 .\nflytxt has signed a group - 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channel experience and we are confident that flytxt solutions will help us offer more personalised and relevant offers to our 47 million customers . \u201d\na sea of possibilities awaits you flytxt team come from diverse cultures , background and geographies . work is blended with fun as people here create solutions that shape the future . an atmosphere of innovation and collaboration is complemented by an open work culture where talent is recognized and rewarded . flytxt offers its people the opportunity to work with some of the leading brands across the globe . read more > >\nenterprises harness flytxt ' s expertise in artificial intelligence , analytics and marketing automation to understand the behavior of their customer , predict their needs as well as respond in real time , creating relationships that are longer and deeper .\nat flytxt , we firmly believe in the power of data . the exploding consumer data holds the future for communication service providers and mobile enterprises . are you ready to join us in our pursuit of new horizons in discovering the opportunities hidden in this goldmine of data ? join us . everyday is a new challenge for us at flytxt . we work together as a team , and challenge ourselves to solve some of the most challenging business problems of our customers through big data analytics .\ndr . vinod vasudevan , ceo , flytxt said , \u201cwe are delighted to partner with zain group in their digital transformation journey . we are looking forward to a strong , long - term partnership with zain , creating sustained measurable economic impact for them . \u201d\ndr . vinod vasudevan , ceo , flytxt spoke to the hindu businessline on how companies are adopting data analytics to drive digital transformation . according to him , the ability to analyse data , interpret insights , derive intelligent decisions and act on them has become a competitive differentiator for enterprises .\nthe cvm solutions powered by flytxt flagship product neon - dx leverage packaged analytics to provide mobile operators with actionable insights that help them take faster decisions across business work flows and touch points . these solutions further enable them to personalise their services to customers and optimally utilise opportunities for enhancing customer lifecycle value .\n, a fast growing customer data analytics software company , announced today that it has entered into an agreement to deploy its customer value management ( cvm ) solutions for zain group , a leading mobile telecom innovator in eight markets across the middle east and africa . flytxt , through its cvm solutions , will deliver deeper customer insights to enhance customer experience and revenue for zain group operations .\nas senior vice president , hetarth patel oversees world - 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ups , applied r & d ; and large telecommunications companies like reliance communications , india , newstakes inc , usa , krdl , singapore and ntt , japan . an industry thought - leader , dr . vasudevan holds several patents and has won many awards . he is an alumnus of indian institute of technology , kharagpur .\nwe are now seeing the birth of the era of ai - enabling every facet of our lives , from autonomous driving to virtual assistants and marketing automation . ai is the catalyst for a fundamental shift in the way business and their customers engage . this presents incredible opportunities for flytxt as we look to the future and build on our incredible first 10 years in business . we aim to become the leading provider of intelligent digital customer engagement solutions for enterprises by growing our sector portfolio , as well as extending our reach into new heights . this will be achieved by leading the way in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in customer engagement .\nzain is a leading telecommunications operator across the middle east and africa providing mobile voice and data services to over 47 million active customers as of 31 december , 2016 . with a commercial presence in 8 countries , zain operates in : kuwait , bahrain , iraq , jordan , saudi arabia , sudan and south sudan . in lebanon , the group manages \u2018touch\u2019 on behalf of the government . in morocco , zain has a 15 . 5 % stake in \u2018inwi\u2019 , through a joint venture . zain is listed on the kuwait stock exchange ( stock ticker : zain ) . we recommend the investor community download the \u201czain group investor relations\u201d mobile app . for more please email info @ urltoken or visit www . urltoken ; urltoken ; urltoken ; urltoken ; urltoken ; urltoken\nthis site uses cookies . by continuing to browse this business wire site ( and / or any other business wire website ) , you accept the use of cookies .\nmtn group connects subscribers in 22 countries across africa , asia and the middle east .\nthe platform has gone live in ghana , rwanda , guinea - 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{"id": 55110, "summary": [{"text": "\" so in love with you \" was the third and final uk single ( two further singles being released in germany ) to be taken from scottish band texas ' third studio album ricks road .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "it was the biggest hit from the album and reached # 28 on the uk singles chart in february 1994 . 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{"id": 55114, "summary": [{"text": "fermentum is a practice of the early christian church whereby bishops affirmed their communion with one another .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "the custom of the fermentum was first practiced as early as 120 ad .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "a particle of the eucharistic bread was carried by a minister of the church from the bishop of one diocese to the bishop of another diocese .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "the receiving bishop would then consume the species at his next celebration of the eucharist as a sign of the communion between the churches .", "topic": 5}, {"text": "the term fermentum was probably a reference to the eucharist as the leaven of the christian life , and as the instrument by which christians spread throughout the world were united in the one body of christ as a leaven to the world .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "in the 2nd century , popes sent the eucharist to other bishops as a pledge of unity of faith , this being the origin of the expression to be in communion with each other , and such communion already considered essential to christianity in the 2nd-century writings of st. ignatius of antioch and st. irenaeus .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "on occasion , bishops also sent out fermenti to their priests . john .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "d. zizioulas ( the metropolitan of pergamon ) in his doctoral thesis ( university of athens , 1964 ) takes the position that by the mid-3rd century the bishops were exercising fermentum with the ( local to the metropolitan ) parishes that did have a presiding bishop in order to communicate/retain the unity of the church under the bishop .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "while this was due to the growth of the christian church it is also due to extensive persecution of the church , especially aimed at the bishops .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "at papal masses around 700 ad klausen states : \" saying the salutation ' pax domini sit semper vobiscum ' \u2013 [ the peace of the lord be always with you ] \u2013 the pope immersed the particle which came from the previous day 's mass in the chalice and at the same time broke off a piece of bread which he had consecrated , and which was to serve as a fermentum at the next service \"", "topic": 17}], "title": "fermentum", "paragraphs": ["l . fermentum ameliorates ethanol - induced gastric injury in mice ( r ) .\nl . fermentum can reduce inflammation of the upper small intestine in mice ( r ) .\ngreen tea extract and l . fermentum protect liver cells against ethanol exposure ( r ) .\nl . fermentum decreases rac , p38 , and nf - kappab activation ( r ) .\nl . fermentum reduces gastrointestinal and upper respiratory tract infections in infants ( r , r ) .\nl . fermentum increases lactobacillus , bifidobacterium and eubacterium levels in mice ( r , r ) .\nl . fermentum significantly alleviates liver damage in alcoholic liver disease mice ( r , r ) .\nl . fermentum increase in the proportion of natural killer ( nk ) cells ( r ) .\nl . fermentum both increases ( r ) and decreases il - 4 ( r , r ) .\nl . fermentum reduces the duration and severity of respiratory illness in highly trained distance runners ( r ) .\nl . fermentum increases iga ( r , r , r ) , and decreases ige ( r ) .\nl . fermentum increases the activity of antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase , catalase , and glutathione peroxidase ( r ) .\nl . fermentum stimulates mucosal immunity , by stimulating tracheal lymphocyte proliferation and increasing lung macrophage population ( r ) .\nl . fermentum reduced the severity of gastrointestinal and respiratory illness symptoms in male but not female cyclists ( r ) .\nl . fermentum inhibits the growth of gardnerella vaginalis ( r ) and e . coli ( r ) in mice .\nl . fermentum attenuates colitis and accelerates colitis recovery in mice and rats ( r , r , r , r ) .\nl . fermentum increases the igg2a response over igg1 , indicating a th1 - biased humoral response ( r , r ) .\nl . fermentum both increases ( r , r , r ) and decreases il - 10 ( r , r ) .\nl . fermentum decreases il - 1 \u03b2 , tnf - \u03b1 , and inos ( r , r , r ) .\nl . fermentum was shown to increase the bioavailability of calcium , phosphorus , and zinc in fermented goat milk ( r ) .\nl . fermentum alleviates pain and reduces the load of staphylococcus in the breastmilk of women suffering from painful breastfeeding ( r ) .\nl . fermentum normalizes the composition of gut microbiota and alleviates ampicillin - induced inflammation in the colon in mice ( r ) .\nl . fermentum reduces anxiety - like behavior and alleviates the ampicillin - induced impairment in memory retention in mice ( r ) .\nl . fermentum elevates mineralocorticoid and n - methyl - d - aspartate receptors in the hippocampus after ampicillin treatment ( r ) .\na strain of l . fermentum agr1487 causes a pro - inflammatory response in the host and should be avoided ( r ) .\ni hope if someone else knows of another product that has the lactobacillus fermentum me - 3 , that they will let us know .\nl . fermentum alleviates immunosenescence by enhancing antioxidant enzyme activities , and was shown to reduce e . coli infection in aging mice ( r ) .\nl . fermentum improves resistance against lethal influenza infection in both mice and chicken , by activating the th1 response and augmenting iga production ( r ) .\nboth live and dead l . fermentum have been demonstrated to attenuate the inflammatory process and diminish inflammatory mediators in laboratory experiments ( r , r ) .\nl . fermentum enhances the protective effect of ssanghwa - tang ( sht ) , a traditional herbal medicine formula , on rat liver ( r ) .\nl . fermentum increases il - 2 ( r , r ) and decreases il - 6 ( r ) and il - 8 ( r ) .\nl . fermentum inhibits both c . albicans and c . glabrata , the two most common pathogenic yeasts of humans , in the laboratory ( r ) .\nl . fermentum increases ifn - \u03b3 ( r , r , r , r ) ( a study where it was decreased : ( r ) ) .\nthe results demonstrated that l . fermentum uco - 979c is a very good candidate as a probiotic for the protection of humans against h . pylori infections .\nl . fermentum degrades \u03b1s1 - casein and lowers the recognition and the binding of this casein to ige from the blood of patients with cow\u2019s milk allergy ( r ) .\nl . fermentum is one of the less studied probiotic strains that shows many promising health benefits , such as boosting the immune response , improving liver health and lowering cholesterol levels .\nlactobacillus fermentum is a gram - positive lactic acid bacterium , commonly found in fermenting animal and plant material . it is also commonly found as a component of the human microbiota .\nl . fermentum combats streptococcus pneumoniae ( r ) , pseudomonas aeruginosa ( r ) , s . typhimurium infection in mice ( r , r ) and salmonella infection in mice ( r ) .\nthe third pillar is composed of the offer to enterprises / companies which in their daily hard work and achieved successes can rely on humulus et fermentum to provide them with a well deserved treat .\nl . fermentum reduces total blood cholesterol , total triglyceride levels and low - density lipoprotein ( ldl ) cholesterol in mice . it also decreased body weight and liver weight / body weight ratio ( r ) .\nl . fermentum increases occludin , egf , egfr , vegf , fit - 1 , i\u03bab - \u03b1 , nnos , enos , mn - sod , cu / zn - sod , cat ( r ) .\nl . fermentum suppresses the growth of staphylococci , enterotoxigenic enterobacteria and candida albicans ( r ) . it was shown to combat s . aureus and p . aeruginosa , common pathogens in hospital - acquired infections ( r ) .\nl . fermentum is commonly found in fermented food products and is considered a \u201cgenerally recognized as safe\u201d ( gras ) organism by the us fda ( r ) . it was found to be safe in infants and children ( r , r ) .\nthe food & beer revolution is gaining more and more momentum world wide ! craft beer is the adequat alternative to other luxurious drinks . humulus et fermentum s\u00e0rl is your local reference for craft beer , providing objective information about the products and its quality .\nfermentum was located 30 minutes from our hotel in northern rome ( not its fault ) . definitely a better choice for those coming from colosseum or south . located next to a huge nature area bisected by a roman aqueduct that runs for miles . definitely worth a look . . . .\nhelicobacter pylori is considered as the main risk factor in the development of gastric cancer . in the present study , we performed a detailed characterization of the probiotic properties and the anti - h . pylori activity of a previously isolated lactobacillus strain \u2014 lactobacillus fermentum uco - 979c \u2014 obtained from human gut .\noral administration of l . fermentum potentates the immunologic response of an anti - influenza vaccine and may provide enhanced systemic protection by increasing the th1 response and virus - neutralizing antibodies . the incidence of an influenza - like illness during 5 months after vaccination was decreased in the group that consumed this probiotic ( r , r ) .\nfollowing an application from biosearch life , submitted for authorisation of a health claim pursuant to article 14 of regulation ( ec ) no 1924 / 2006 via the competent authority of france , the efsa panel on dietetic products , nutrition and allergies ( nda ) was asked to deliver an opinion on the scientific substantiation of a health claim related to lactobacillus fermentum cect 5716 and decreases the staphylococcus load in breast milk . high staphylococcus load in breast milk is a risk factor for infectious mastitis . the scope of the application was proposed to fall under a health claim referring to disease risk reduction . the panel considers that lactobacillus fermentum cect 5716 is sufficiently characterised . in the context of this application , the staphylococcus load in breast milk can be considered a risk factor for the development of infectious mastitis , as long as evidence is provided that the consumption of lactobacillus fermentum cect 5716 reduces the staphylococcus load in breast milk as well as the incidence of infectious mastitis . three human intervention studies investigated the effect of lactobacillus fermentum cect 5716 on the staphylococcus load of breast milk in lactating women . one of these studies was conducted in lactating women free of infectious mastitis at baseline . the panel considers that no conclusions can be drawn from this study for the scientific substantiation of the claim owing to important methodological limitations . the other two studies were conducted in lactating women with infectious mastitis and , therefore , the effect of the intervention on the incidence of infectious mastitis cannot be assessed . the panel concludes that a cause and effect relationship has not been established between the consumption of lactobacillus fermentum cect 5716 and a reduction of the staphylococcus load in breast milk which reduces the risk of infectious mastitis .\nsmall pieces of the consecrated bread from the episcopal mass , called fermentum ( leaven ) , were sent to parish churches and placed in the consecrated wine at the eucharist to signify the unity of the christian assembly with their bishop . this practice dates from the fifth century in rome . it continues today in some dioceses of the episcopal church on maundy thursday . a fragment of bread from a eucharist celebrated by the bishop during holy week is placed in the cup after the eucharistic prayer at the evening parish liturgy . a related custom is called commixture , in which the presider places a fragment of consecrated bread in the cup at every eucharist . it is infrequently practiced in the episcopal church today . see commixture .\nthe strain tolerated ph 3 . 0 ; grew in the presence of 2 % bile salts ; produced lactic acid and hydrogen peroxide ; aggregated in saline solution ; showed high hydrophobicity ; showed high adherence to glass ; caco - 2 and gastric adenocarcinoma human cells ( ags ) cells ; showed an efficient colonization in mongolian gerbils ; and potently inhibited the growth and urease activity of h . pylori strains . l . fermentum uco - 979c significantly inhibited h . pylori - induced il - 8 production in ags cells and reduced the viability of h . pylori . with regard to innocuousness , the strain uco - 979c was susceptible to several antibiotics and did not produce histamine or beta - haemolysis in blood agar containing red blood cells from various origins .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nplease help support the mission of new advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download . includes the catholic encyclopedia , church fathers , summa , bible and more \u0097 all for only $ 19 . 99 . . .\n1 . soter , bishop of the church of rome , died after an episcopate of eight years , and was succeeded by eleutherus , the twelfth from the apostles . in the seventeenth year of the emperor antoninus verus , the persecution of our people was rekindled more fiercely in certain districts on account of an insurrection of the masses in the cities ; and judging by the number in a single nation , myriads suffered martyrdom throughout the world . a record of this was written for posterity , and in truth it is worthy of perpetual remembrance .\n2 . a full account , containing the most reliable information on the subject , is given in our collection of martyrdoms , which constitutes a narrative instructive as well as historical . i will repeat here such portions of this account as may be needful for the present purpose .\n3 . other writers of history record the victories of war and trophies won from enemies , the skill of generals , and the manly bravery of soldiers , defiled with blood and with innumerable slaughters for the sake of children and country and other possessions .\n4 . but our narrative of the government of god will record in ineffaceable letters the most peaceful wars waged in behalf of the peace of the soul , and will tell of men doing brave deeds for truth rather than country , and for piety rather than dearest friends . it will hand down to imperishable remembrance the discipline and the much - tried fortitude of the athletes of religion , the trophies won from demons , the victories over invisible enemies , and the crowns placed upon all their heads .\nchapter 1 . the number of those who fought for religion in gaul under verus and the nature of their conflicts .\n1 . the country in which the arena was prepared for them was gaul , of which lyons and vienne are the principal and most celebrated cities . the rhone passes through both of them , flowing in a broad stream through the entire region .\n2 . the most celebrated churches in that country sent an account of the witnesses to the churches in asia and phrygia , relating in the following manner what was done among them .\n3 . the servants of christ residing at vienne and lyons , in gaul , to the brethren through out asia and phrygia , who hold the same faith and hope of redemption , peace and grace and glory from god the father and christ jesus our lord .\n4 . then , having related some other matters , they begin their account in this manner : the greatness of the tribulation in this region , and the fury of the heathen against the saints , and the sufferings of the blessed witnesses , we cannot recount accurately , nor indeed could they possibly be recorded .\n5 . for with all his might the adversary fell upon us , giving us a foretaste of his unbridled activity at his future coming . he endeavored in every manner to practice and exercise his servants against the servants of god , not only shutting us out from houses and baths and markets , but forbidding any of us to be seen in any place whatever .\n7 . first of all , they endured nobly the injuries heaped upon them by the populace ; clamors and blows and draggings and robberies and stonings and imprisonments , and all things which an infuriated mob delight in inflicting on enemies and adversaries .\n8 . then , being taken to the forum by the chiliarch and the authorities of the city , they were examined in the presence of the whole multitude , and having confessed , they were imprisoned until the arrival of the governor .\nand his neighbor , interfered . his life was so consistent that , although young , he had attained a\nand fervent in spirit . such being his character , he could not endure the unreasonable judgment against us , but was filled with indignation , and asked to be permitted to testify in behalf of his brethren , that there is among us nothing ungodly or impious .\n, being well pleased even to lay down his life in defense of the brethren . for he was and is a\nand the proto - witnesses were manifestly ready , and finished their confession with all eagerness . but some appeared unprepared and untrained , weak as yet , and unable to endure so great a conflict . about ten of these proved\n, which has perhaps a little stronger manuscript support . but valesius points out that the former word is more unusual , and therefore more likely to have been changed into the latter by a copyist than the latter into the former . ]\n12 . then all of us feared greatly on account of uncertainty as to their confession ; not because we dreaded the sufferings to be endured , but because we looked to the end , and were afraid that some of them might fall away .\n13 . but those who were worthy were seized day by day , filling up their number , so that all the zealous persons , and those through whom especially our affairs had been established , were collected together out of the two churches .\n14 . and some of our heathen servants also were seized , as the governor had commanded that all of us should be examined publicly . these , being ensnared by satan , and fearing for themselves the tortures which they beheld the saints endure , and being also urged on by the soldiers , accused us falsely of thyestean banquets and \u0153dipodean intercourse , and of deeds which are not only unlawful for us to speak of or to think , but which we cannot believe were ever done by men .\n15 . when these accusations were reported , all the people raged like wild beasts against us , so that even if any had before been moderate on account of friendship , they were now exceedingly furious and gnashed their teeth against us . and that which was spoken by\n16 . then finally the holy witnesses endured sufferings beyond description , satan striving earnestly that some of the slanders might be uttered by them also .\n18 . for while we all trembled , and her earthly mistress , who was herself also one of the witnesses , feared that on account of the weakness of her body , she would be unable to make bold confession , blandina was filled with such power as to be delivered and raised above those who were torturing her by turns from morning till evening in every manner , so that they acknowledged that they were conquered , and could do nothing more to her . and they were astonished at her endurance , as her entire body was mangled and broken ; and they testified that one of these forms of torture was sufficient to destroy life , not to speak of so many and so great sufferings .\n19 . but the blessed woman , like a noble athlete , renewed her strength in her confession ; and her comfort and recreation and relief from the pain of her sufferings was in exclaiming , ' i am a christian , and there is nothing vile done by us . '\n20 . but sanctus also endured marvelously and superhumanly all the outrages which he suffered . while the wicked men hoped , by the continuance and severity of his tortures to wring something from him which he ought not to say , he girded himself against them with such firmness that he would not even tell his name , or the nation or city to which he belonged , or whether he was bond or free , but answered in the roman tongue to all their questions , ' i am a christian . ' he confessed this instead of name and city and race and everything besides , and the people heard from him no other word .\n21 . there arose therefore on the part of the governor and his tormentors a great desire to conquer him ; but having nothing more that they could do to him , they finally fastened red - hot brazen plates to the most tender parts of his body .\n22 . and these indeed were burned , but he continued unbending and unyielding , firm in his confession , and refreshed and strengthened by the heavenly fountain of the water of life , flowing from the bowels of christ .\n23 . and his body was a witness of his sufferings , being one complete wound and bruise , drawn out of shape , and altogether unlike a human form . christ , suffering in him , manifested his glory , delivering him from his adversary , and making him an ensample for the others , showing that nothing is fearful where the love of the father is , and nothing painful where there is the glory of christ .\n24 . for when the wicked men tortured him a second time after some days , supposing that with his body swollen and inflamed to such a degree that he could not bear the touch of a hand , if they should again apply the same instruments , they would overcome him , or at least by his death under his sufferings others would be made afraid , not only did not this occur , but , contrary to all human expectation , his body arose and stood erect in the midst of the subsequent torments , and resumed its original appearance and the use of its limbs , so that , through the grace of christ , these second sufferings became to him , not torture , but healing .\n25 . but the devil , thinking that he had already consumed biblias , who was one of those who had denied christ , desiring to increase her condemnation through the utterance of blasphemy , brought her again to the torture , to compel her , as already feeble and weak , to report impious things concerning us .\n26 . but she recovered herself under the suffering , and as if awaking from a deep sleep , and reminded by the present anguish of the eternal punishment in hell , she contradicted the blasphemers . ' how , ' she said , ' could those eat children who do not think it lawful to taste the blood even of irrational animals ? ' and thenceforward she confessed herself a christian , and was given a place in the order of the witnesses .\n27 . but as the tyrannical tortures were made by christ of none effect through the patience of the blessed , the devil invented other contrivances \u2014 confinement in the dark and most loathsome parts of the prison , stretching of the feet to the fifth hole in the stocks , and the other outrages which his servants are accustomed to inflict upon the prisoners when furious and filled with the devil . a great many were suffocated in prison , being chosen by the lord for this manner of death , that he might manifest in them his glory .\n28 . for some , though they had been tortured so cruelly that it seemed impossible that they could live , even with the most careful nursing , yet , destitute of human attention , remained in the prison , being strengthened by the lord , and invigorated both in body and soul ; and they exhorted and encouraged the rest . but such as were young , and arrested recently , so that their bodies had not become accustomed to torture , were unable to endure the severity of their confinement , and died in prison .\n29 . the blessed pothinus , who had been entrusted with the bishopric of lyons , was dragged to the judgment seat . he was more than ninety years of age , and very infirm , scarcely indeed able to breathe because of physical weakness ; but he was strengthened by spiritual zeal through his earnest desire for martyrdom . though his body was worn out by old age and disease , his life was preserved that christ might triumph in it .\n30 . when he was brought by the soldiers to the tribunal , accompanied by the civil magistrates and a multitude who shouted against him in every manner as if he were christ himself , he bore noble witness .\n31 . being asked by the governor , who was the god of the christians , he replied , ' if you are worthy , you shall know . ' then he was dragged away harshly , and received blows of every kind . those near him struck him with their hands and feet , regardless of his age ; and those at a distance hurled at him whatever they could seize ; all of them thinking that they would be guilty of great wickedness and impiety if any possible abuse were omitted . for thus they thought to avenge their own deities . scarcely able to breathe , he was cast into prison and died after two days .\n32 . then a certain great dispensation of god occurred , and the compassion of jesus appeared beyond measure , in a manner rarely seen among the brotherhood , but not beyond the power of christ .\n33 . for those who had recanted at their first arrest were imprisoned with the others , and endured terrible sufferings , so that their denial was of no profit to them even for the present . but those who confessed what they were were imprisoned as christians , no other accusation being brought against them . but the first were treated afterwards as murderers and defiled , and were punished twice as severely as the others .\n34 . for the joy of martyrdom , and the hope of the promises , and love for christ , and the spirit of the father supported the latter ; but their consciences so greatly distressed the former that they were easily distinguishable from all the rest by their very countenances when they were led forth .\n35 . for the first went out rejoicing , glory and grace being blended in their faces , so that even their bonds seemed like beautiful ornaments , as those of a bride adorned with variegated golden fringes ; and they were perfumed with the sweet savor of christ , so that some supposed they had been anointed with earthly ointment . but the others were downcast and humble and dejected and filled with every kind of disgrace , and they were reproached by the heathen as ignoble and weak , bearing the accusation of murderers , and having lost the one honorable and glorious and life - giving name . the rest , beholding this , were strengthened , and when apprehended , they confessed without hesitation , paying no attention to the persuasions of the devil .\nafter these things , finally , their martyrdoms were divided into every form . for plaiting a crown of various colors and of all kinds of flowers , they presented it to the father . it was proper therefore that the noble athletes , having endured a manifold strife , and conquered grandly , should receive the crown , great and incorruptible .\n37 . maturus , therefore , and sanctus and blandina and attalus were led to the amphitheater to be exposed to the wild beasts , and to give to the heathen public a spectacle of cruelty , a day for fighting with wild beasts being specially appointed on account of our people .\n38 . both maturus and sanctus passed again through every torment in the amphitheater , as if they had suffered nothing before , or rather , as if , having already conquered their antagonist in many contests , they were now striving for the crown itself . they endured again the customary running of the gauntlet and the violence of the wild beasts , and everything which the furious people called for or desired , and at last , the iron chair in which their bodies being roasted , tormented them with the fumes .\n39 . and not with this did the persecutors cease , but were yet more mad against them , determined to overcome their patience . but even thus they did not hear a word from sanctus except the confession which he had uttered from the beginning .\n40 . these , then , after their life had continued for a long time through the great conflict , were at last sacrificed , having been made throughout that day a spectacle to the world , in place of the usual variety of combats .\n41 . but blandina was suspended on a stake , and exposed to be devoured by the wild beasts who should attack her . and because she appeared as if hanging on a cross , and because of her earnest prayers , she inspired the combatants with great zeal . for they looked on her in her conflict , and beheld with their outward eyes , in the form of their sister , him who was crucified for them , that he might persuade those who believe in him , that every one who suffers for the glory of christ has fellowship always with the living god .\n42 . as none of the wild beasts at that time touched her , she was taken down from the stake , and cast again into prison . she was preserved thus for another contest , that , being victorious in more conflicts , she might make the punishment of the crooked serpent irrevocable ; and , though small and weak and despised , yet clothed with christ the mighty and conquering athlete , she might arouse the zeal of the brethren , and , having overcome the adversary many times might receive , through her conflict , the crown incorruptible .\n43 . but attalus was called for loudly by the people , because he was a person of distinction . he entered the contest readily on account of a good conscience and his genuine practice in christian discipline , and as he had always been a witness for the truth among us .\n44 . he was led around the amphitheater , a tablet being carried before him on which was written in the roman language ' this is attalus the christian , ' and the people were filled with indignation against him . but when the governor learned that he was a roman , he commanded him to be taken back with the rest of those who were in prison concerning whom he had written to c\u00e6sar , and whose answer he was awaiting .\n45 . but the intervening time was not wasted nor fruitless to them ; for by their patience the measureless compassion of christ was manifested . for through their continued life the dead were made alive , and the witnesses showed favor to those who had failed to witness . and the virgin mother had much joy in receiving alive those whom she had brought forth as dead .\nwere restored , and re - begotten , and rekindled with life , and learned to confess . and being made alive and strengthened , they went to the judgment seat to be again interrogated by the governor ;\n47 . for c\u00e6sar commanded that they should be put to death , but that any who might deny should be set free . therefore , at the beginning of the public festival which took place there , and which was attended by crowds of men from all nations , the governor brought the blessed ones to the judgment seat , to make of them a show and spectacle for the multitude . wherefore also he examined them again , and beheaded those who appeared to possess roman citizenship , but he sent the others to the wild beasts .\n49 . but all the others were added to the church . while these were being examined , a certain alexander , a phrygian by birth , and physician by profession , who had resided in gaul for many years , and was well known to all on account of his love to god and boldness of speech ( for he was not without a share of apostolic grace ) , standing before the judgment seat , and by signs encouraging them to confess , appeared to those standing by as if in travail .\n50 . but the people being enraged because those who formerly denied now confessed , cried out against alexander as if he were the cause of this . then the governor summoned him and inquired who he was . and when he answered that he was a christian , being very angry he condemned him to the wild beasts . and on the next day he entered along with attalus . for to please the people , the governor had ordered attalus again to the wild beasts .\n51 . and they were tortured in the amphitheater with all the instruments contrived for that purpose , and having endured a very great conflict , were at last sacrificed . alexander neither groaned nor murmured in any manner , but communed in his heart with god .\n52 . but when attalus was placed in the iron seat , and the fumes arose from his burning body , he said to the people in the roman language : ' lo ! this which you do is devouring men ; but we do not devour men ; nor do any other wicked thing . ' and being asked , what name god has , he replied , ' god has not a name as man has . '\n53 . after all these , on the last day of the contests , blandina was again brought in , with ponticus , a boy about fifteen years old . they had been brought every day to witness the sufferings of the others , and had been pressed to swear by the idols . but because they remained steadfast and despised them , the multitude became furious , so that they had no compassion for the youth of the boy nor respect for the sex of the woman .\n54 . therefore they exposed them to all the terrible sufferings and took them through the entire round of torture , repeatedly urging them to swear , but being unable to effect this ; for ponticus , encouraged by his sister so that even the heathen could see that she was confirming and strengthening him , having nobly endured every torture , gave up the ghost .\n55 . but the blessed blandina , last of all , having , as a noble mother , encouraged her children and sent them before her victorious to the king , endured herself all their conflicts and hastened after them , glad and rejoicing in her departure as if called to a marriage supper , rather than cast to wild beasts .\n56 . and , after the scourging , after the wild beasts , after the roasting seat , she was finally enclosed in a net , and thrown before a bull . and having been tossed about by the animal , but feeling none of the things which were happening to her , on account of her hope and firm hold upon what had been entrusted to her , and her communion with christ , she also was sacrificed . and the heathen themselves confessed that never among them had a woman endured so many and such terrible tortures .\n57 . but not even thus was their madness and cruelty toward the saints satisfied . for , incited by the wild beast , wild and barbarous tribes were not easily appeased , and their violence found another peculiar opportunity in the dead bodies .\n58 . for , through their lack of manly reason , the fact that they had been conquered did not put them to shame , but rather the more enkindled their wrath as that of a wild beast , and aroused alike the hatred of governor and people to treat us unjustly ; that the scripture might be fulfilled : ' he that is lawless , let him be lawless still , and he that is righteous , let him be righteous still . '\n59 . for they cast to the dogs those who had died of suffocation in the prison , carefully guarding them by night and day , lest any one should be buried by us . and they exposed the remains left by the wild beasts and by fire , mangled and charred , and placed the heads of the others by their bodies , and guarded them in like manner from burial by a watch of soldiers for many days .\n60 . and some raged and gnashed their teeth against them , desiring to execute more severe vengeance upon them ; but others laughed and mocked at them , magnifying their own idols , and imputed to them the punishment of the christians . even the more reasonable , and those who had seemed to sympathize somewhat , reproached them often , saying , ' where is their god , and what has their religion , which they have chosen rather than life , profited them ? '\n61 . so various was their conduct toward us ; but we were in deep affliction because we could not bury the bodies . for neither did night avail us for this purpose , nor did money persuade , nor entreaty move to compassion ; but they kept watch in every way , as if the prevention of the burial would be of some great advantage to them .\n62 . the bodies of the martyrs , having thus in every manner been exhibited and exposed for six days , were afterward burned and reduced to ashes , and swept into the rhone by the wicked men , so that no trace of them might appear on the earth .\n63 . and this they did , as if able to conquer god , and prevent their new birth ; ' that , ' as they said , ' they may have no hope of a resurrection , through trust in which they bring to us this foreign and new religion , and despise terrible things , and are ready even to go to death with joy . now let us see if they will rise again , and if their god is able to help them , and to deliver them out of our hands . '\nchapter 2 . the martyrs , beloved of god , kindly ministered unto those who fell in the persecution .\n1 . such things happened to the churches of christ under the above - mentioned emperor , from which we may reasonably conjecture the occurrences in the other provinces . it is proper to add other selections from the same letter , in which the moderation and compassion of these witnesses is recorded in the following words :\nfrom the wild beasts , covered with burns and scars and wounds \u2014 yet they did not proclaim themselves witnesses , nor did they suffer us to address them by this name . if any one of us , in letter or conversation , spoke of them as witnesses , they rebuked him sharply .\n4 . they showed in their deeds the power of ' testimony , ' manifesting great boldness toward all the brethren , and they made plain their nobility through patience and fearlessness and courage , but they refused the title of witnesses as distinguishing them from their brethren , being filled with the fear of god .\nthey humbled themselves under the mighty hand , by which they are now greatly exalted . they defended all , but accused none . they absolved all , but bound none . and they\nfor , through the genuineness of their love , their greatest contest with him was that the beast , being choked , might cast out alive those whom he supposed he had swallowed . for they did not boast over the fallen , but helped them in their need with those things in which they themselves abounded , having the compassion of a mother , and shedding many tears on their account before the father .\n7 . they asked for life , and he gave it to them , and they shared it with their neighbors . victorious over everything , they departed to god . having always loved peace , and having commended peace to us they went in peace to god , leaving no sorrow to their mother , nor division or strife to the brethren , but joy and peace and concord and love .\n8 . this record of the affection of those blessed ones toward the brethren that had fallen may be profitably added on account of the inhuman and unmerciful disposition of those who , after these events , acted unsparingly toward the members of christ .\nchapter 3 . the vision which appeared in a dream to the witness attalus .\n1 . the same letter of the above - mentioned witnesses contains another account worthy of remembrance . no one will object to our bringing it to the knowledge of our readers .\n2 . it runs as follows : for a certain alcibiades , who was one of them , led a very austere life , partaking of nothing whatever but bread and water . when he endeavored to continue this same sort of life in prison , it was revealed to attalus after his first conflict in the amphitheater that alcibiades was not doing well in refusing the creatures of god and placing a stumbling - block before others .\n3 . and alcibiades obeyed , and partook of all things without restraint , giving thanks to god . for they were not deprived of the grace of god , but the holy ghost was their counselor . let this suffice for these matters .\n4 . the followers of montanus , alcibiades and theodotus in phrygia were now first giving wide circulation to their assumption in regard to prophecy \u2014 for the many other miracles that , through the gift of god , were still wrought in the different churches caused their prophesying to be readily credited by many \u2014 and as dissension arose concerning them , the brethren in gaul set forth their own prudent and most orthodox judgment in the matter , and published also several epistles from the witnesses that had been put to death among them . these they sent , while they were still in prison , to the brethren throughout asia and phrygia , and also to eleutherus , who was then bishop of rome , negotiating for the peace of the churches .\n2 . we pray , father eleutherus , that you may rejoice in god in all things and always . we have requested our brother and comrade iren\u00e6us to carry this letter to you , and we ask you to hold him in esteem , as zealous for the covenant of christ . for if we thought that office could confer righteousness upon any one , we should commend him among the first as a presbyter of the church , which is his position .\n3 . why should we transcribe the catalogue of the witnesses given in the letter already mentioned , of whom some were beheaded , others cast to the wild beasts , and others fell asleep in prison , or give the number of confessors still surviving at that time ? for whoever desires can readily find the full account by consulting the letter itself , which , as i have said , is recorded in our collection of martyrdoms . such were the events which happened under antoninus .\nchapter 5 . god sent rain from heaven for marcus aurelius c\u00e6sar in answer to the prayers of our people .\n1 . it is reported that marcus aurelius c\u00e6sar , brother of antoninus , being about to engage in battle with the germans and sarmatians , was in great trouble on account of his army suffering from thirst . but the soldiers of the so - called melitene legion , through the faith which has given strength from that time to the present , when they were drawn up before the enemy , kneeled on the ground , as is our custom in prayer , and engaged in supplications to god .\n2 . this was indeed a strange sight to the enemy , but it is reported that a stranger thing immediately followed . the lightning drove the enemy to flight and destruction , but a shower refreshed the army of those who had called on god , all of whom had been on the point of perishing with thirst .\n3 . this story is related by non - christian writers who have been pleased to treat the times referred to , and it has also been recorded by our own people . by those historians who were strangers to the faith , the marvel is mentioned , but it is not acknowledged as an answer to our prayers . but by our own people , as friends of the truth , the occurrence is related in a simple and artless manner .\n4 . among these is apolinarius , who says that from that time the legion through whose prayers the wonder took place received from the emperor a title appropriate to the event , being called in the language of the romans the thundering legion .\n5 . tertullian is a trustworthy witness of these things . in the apology for the faith , which he addressed to the roman senate , and which work we have already mentioned , he confirms the history with greater and stronger proofs .\n6 . he writes that there are still extant letters of the most intelligent emperor marcus in which he testifies that his army , being on the point of perishing with thirst in germany , was saved by the prayers of the christians . and he says also that this emperor threatened death to those who brought accusation against us .\nwhat kind of laws are those which impious , unjust , and cruel persons use against us alone ? which vespasian , though he had conquered the jews , did not regard ; which trajan partially annulled , forbidding christians to be sought after ; which neither adrian , though inquisitive in all matters , nor he who was called pius sanctioned . but let any one treat these things as he chooses ; we must pass on to what followed .\n8 . pothinus having died with the other martyrs in gaul at ninety years of age , iren\u00e6us succeeded him in the episcopate of the church at lyons . we have learned that , in his youth , he was a hearer of polycarp .\n9 . in the third book of his work against heresies he has inserted a list of the bishops of rome , bringing it down as far as eleutherus ( whose times we are now considering ) , under whom he composed his work . he writes as follows :\n2 . anencletus succeeded him , and after anencletus , in the third place from the apostles , clement received the episcopate . he had seen and conversed with the blessed apostles , and their preaching was still sounding in his ears , and their tradition was still before his eyes . nor was he alone in this , for many who had been taught by the apostles yet survived .\n3 . in the times of clement , a serious dissension having arisen among the brethren in corinth , the church of rome sent a most suitable letter to the corinthians , reconciling them in peace , renewing their faith , and proclaiming the doctrine lately received from the apostles .\nevarestus succeeded clement , and alexander , evarestus . then xystus , the sixth from the apostles , was appointed . after him telesphorus , who suffered martyrdom gloriously ; then hyginus ; then pius ; and after him anicetus ; soter succeeded anicetus ; and now , in the twelfth place from the apostles , eleutherus holds the office of bishop .\n5 . in the same order and succession the tradition in the church and the preaching of the truth has descended from the apostles unto us .\nchapter 7 . even down to those times miracles were performed by the faithful .\n1 . these things iren\u00e6us , in agreement with the accounts already given by us , records in the work which comprises five books , and to which he gave the title refutation and overthrow of the knowledge falsely so - called . in the second book of the same treatise he shows that manifestations of divine and miraculous power continued to his time in some of the churches ."]}
{"id": 55117, "summary": [{"text": "miwadi is an irish soft drink brand owned by britvic , and formerly by cantrell and cochrane ( c&c ) , bottled in dublin , cork and belfast .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "its name comes from the initial letters of c&c 's predecessor company , mineral water distributors , which was formed in 1927 .", "topic": 34}, {"text": "the range includes blackcurrant , lemon , lime , and orange & pineapple fruit squashes , with additional flavours produced on a seasonal basis , such as peppermint , and clove .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "the slogan of miwadi is \" it 's not your wadi , it 's miwadi \" , seen on miwadi bottles and commercials .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "the drink suffered declining sales during the 1990s , occupying only 16.4 % of the market share by 1995 , but as of 2005 it accounted for 37 % of fruit squash sold in the irish market . 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{"id": 55122, "summary": [{"text": "the palmer drought index , sometimes called the palmer drought severity index and often abbreviated pdsi , is a measurement of dryness based on recent precipitation and temperature .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "it was developed by meteorologist wayne palmer , who first published his method in the 1965 paper meteorological drought for the office of climatology of the u.s. weather bureau .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "the palmer drought index is based on a supply-and-demand model of soil moisture .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "supply is comparatively straightforward to calculate , but demand is more complicated as it depends on many factors , not just temperature and the amount of moisture in the soil but also hard-to-calibrate factors including evapotranspiration and recharge rates .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "palmer tried to overcome these difficulties by developing an algorithm that approximated them based on the most readily available data , precipitation and temperature .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the index has proven most effective in determining long-term drought , a matter of several months , but it is not as good with conditions over a matter of weeks .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "it uses a 0 as normal , and drought is shown in terms of negative numbers ; for example , negative 2 is moderate drought , negative 3 is severe drought , and negative 4 is extreme drought .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "palmer 's algorithm also is used to describe wet spells , using corresponding positive numbers .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "palmer also developed a formula for standardizing drought calculations for each individual location based on the variability of precipitation and temperature at that location .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "the palmer index can therefore be applied to any site for which sufficient precipitation and temperature data is available .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "critics have complained that the utility of the palmer index is weakened by the arbitrary nature of palmer 's algorithms , including the technique used for standardization .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "the palmer index 's inability to account for snow and frozen ground also is cited as a weakness .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "the palmer index is widely used operationally , with palmer maps published weekly by the united states government 's national oceanic and atmospheric administration .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "it also has been used by climatologists to standardize global long-term drought analysis .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "global palmer data sets have been developed based on instrumental records beginning in the 19th century .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "in addition , dendrochronology has been used to generate estimated palmer index values for north america for the past 2000 years , allowing analysis of long term drought trends .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "it has also been used as a means of explaining the late bronze age collapse .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "in the us , regional palmer maps are featured on the cable channel weatherscan . ", "topic": 23}], "title": "palmer drought index", "paragraphs": ["percent area of contiguous u . s . in palmer drought index moderate to extreme\nmonthly maps of drought conditions in the contiguous u . s . as measured by the palmer drought severity index , palmer hydrological drought index , palmer modified drought index , and palmer z - index ( palmer , 1965 ) are provided for january 1900\u2014june 2018 . animations of any set of monthly maps for any period desired can be viewed by selecting the beginning and ending dates of interest .\nwells , nathan , steve goddard , michael j . hayes , 2004 : a self - calibrating palmer drought severity index . j . climate , 17 , 2335\u20132351\nthe palmer drought severity index ( pdsi ) and crop moisture index ( cmi ) are indices of the relative dryness or wetness affecting water sensitive economies . the data is provided in graphical and tabular formats , for the contiguous united states .\nto quantify drought and monitor its development , many drought indices have been developed and applied . among them , the palmer drought severity index ( pdsi ) is the most prominent index of meteorological drought used in the united states for drought monitoring and research , and its variants have been used to quantify long - term changes in aridity over land in the 20\nalley , w . m . , 1984 : the palmer drought severity index : limitations and assumptions . j . climate appl . meteor . 23 , 1000 - 1009\ndai , a . , 2011a : characteristics and trends in various forms of the palmer drought severity index ( pdsi ) during 1900 - 2008 . j . geophys . res . , 116 , d12115\ndai , aiguo & national center for atmospheric research staff ( eds ) . last modified 12 jul 2017 .\nthe climate data guide : palmer drought severity index ( pdsi ) .\nretrieved from urltoken\npalmer , w . c . , 1968 : keeping track of crop moisture conditions , nationwide : the new crop moisture index . weatherwise , 21 , 156 - 161 .\ndai , a . , k . e . trenberth , and t . qian , 2004 : a global data set of palmer drought severity index for 1870 - 2002 : relationship with soil moisture and effects of surface warming . j . hydrometeorology , 5 , 1117 - 1130\npalmer , w . c , 1965 : meteorological drought . res . paper no . 45 , 58pp . , dept . of commerce , washington , d . c .\nthe palmer drought severity index ( pdsi ) uses readily available temperature and precipitation data to estimate relative dryness . it is a standardized index that spans - 10 ( dry ) to + 10 ( wet ) . it has been reasonably successful at quantifying long - term drought . as it uses temperature data and a physical water balance model , it can capture the basic effect of global warming on drought through changes in potential evapotranspiration . monthly pdsi values do not capture droughts on time scales less than about 12 months ; more pros and cons are discussed in the expert guidance .\nnational drought mitigation center the national drought mitigation center works closely with nidis to provide drought - related resources and information . for more news and impacts information , visit the ndmc .\nusda federal drought assistance for information on resources available to help aid in the recovery from this year\u2019s drought , visit the usda .\nhome > monitoring and data > u . s . climate data > drought monitoring\nkeyantash , john , john a . dracup , 2002 : the quantification of drought : an evaluation of drought indices . bull . amer . meteor . soc . , 83 , 1167\u20131180 .\nrecently , the pdsi was criticized for its inability to depict droughts on time scales shorter than 12 months when monthly pdsi values were used . this is not unexpected as the pdsi was designed to be strongly auto - correlated in order to account for the impact of land memory on drought conditions . however , the palmer model also computes the un - smoothed z - index which can be used to track short - term agricultural drought , since it responds quickly to changes in soil moisture . for quantifying long - term changes in aridity and droughts , the relatively long intrinsic time scale of monthly pdsi should not be a problem .\nfrom this perspective , the pdsi and sc _ pdsi may be considered superior to other statistically based drought indices . this is because the pdsi and sc _ pdsi can account for the basic effect of global warming through palmer ' s water balance model on droughts and wet spells . the effect of global warming may have already occurred during the 20\ncomprises seven federal agencies which work collaboratively to support state , tribal , local , and private sector approaches to managing drought risks and impacts .\ndai , a . , 2011b : drought under global warming : a review . wiley interdisciplinary reviews : climate change , 2 , 45 - 65\nthe national drought mitigation center website was recently updated , so it ' s possible the url of the page you were looking for has changed .\nrichard r . heim jr . , 2002 : a review of twentieth - century drought indices used in the united states . bull . amer . meteor . soc . , 83 , 1149\u20131165\nzhao , t . , and a . dai ( 2015 ) : the magnitude and causes of global drought changes in the 21st century under a low - moderate emissions scenario . j . climate , , 28 , 4490\u20134512\n[ 1965 ] with the intent to measure the cumulative departure in surface water balance . it incorporates antecedent and current moisture supply ( precipitation , p ) and demand ( potential evapotranspiration , pe ) into a hydrological accounting system , which includes a 2 - layer bucket - type model for soil moisture calculations . the pdsi is a standardized measure , ranging from about - 10 ( dry ) to + 10 ( wet ) with values below - 3 representing severe to extreme drought . the standardization used by palmer was based on limited data from the central u . s . and tends to yield more severe pdsi in the great plains than other u . s . regions . to improve the spatial comparability ,\nthe pdsi is also imprecise in its treatment of all precipitation as immediately available rainfall ( i . e . , no delayed runoff from melting snow ) , its lack of impact of vegetation or frozen soils on evaporation , and some other processes . despite all these caveats , dai et al . [ 2004 ] and dai [ 2011a ] showed that the pdsi values are significantly correlated with measured soil moisture content in the warm season and streamflow over many regions over the world , and satellite observed land water storage changes , and these correlations are comparable over the u . s . and many other parts of the world . this suggests that the pdsi can be used as a measure of drought over land , especially over the low and middle latitudes . this is largely due to the fact that the normalization in the palmer model minimizes the errors associated with many of the assumptions made by palmer [ 1965 ] and that actual evaporation is often determined , to a large degree , by the availability of soil moisture ( and thus affected by precipitation ) , not only by pe , over many land areas . also , using annual values should minimize the seasonal effect of snowfall on the surface water balance .\nburke , e . j . , and s . j . brown ( 2008 ) , evaluating uncertainties in the projection of future drought , j . hydrometeorol . , 9 , 292\u2013299 , doi : 10 . 1175 / 2007jhm929 . 1\nwest : outside the withdrawal of d0 from a small area in northeast montana , where most locations recorded between one and two inches of rain , the drought monitor depiction is unchanged from the previous week . significant rains from the southwest monsoon have yet to reach most of arizona , and only scattered locations across southern and eastern new mexico recorded over an inch of rain this past week . but a late start to the monsoon is hardly unusual , and conditions do not warrant drought degradation yet .\nmidwest : a few inches of rain wiped out the abnormally dry area in central iowa , and a re - assessment of earlier rains led to the removal of d0 conditions from central indiana as well . in contrast , a relatively dry week kept abnormally dry conditions unchanged in east - central michigan , scattered areas across northern and western minnesota , and northeastern illinois . areas of drought cover southern iowa and both the northern and southwestern parts of missouri . abnormally dry conditions ( d0 ) covered much of the rest of the show - me state , but moderate to heavy rains eliminated a large area of d0 in southeastern missouri . despite areas of significant rainfall in some other parts of missouri , no marked changes in dryness or drought were noted , though a small area in north - central missouri slipped into d2 ( extreme drought ) conditions .\ntrenberth , k . e . , a . dai , g . van der schrier , p . d . jones , j . barichivich , k . r . briffa , and j . sheffield ^ , 2014 : global warming and changes in drought . nature climate change , 4 , 17 - 22\nnortheast : most areas of dryness and drought recorded at least light precipitation , with a few swaths receiving 1 to locally 2 inches ; however , these amounts were insufficient to improve conditions significantly , especially with the heat wave that enveloped the region late in the period . the only change introduced was a small expansion of abnormal dryness into a few additional counties in upstate new york .\non the positive side , the pdsi is based on a physical water - balance model , uses both precipitation and surface air temperature ( and other variables when pe _ pm is used ) as input , and takes the precedent condition into account , in contrast to most other drought indices that are based purely on past statistics of certain climate variable ( s ) , which often includes precipitation alone .\nhigh plains : in colorado and wyoming , most areas remained unchanged ; most of wyoming remained out of dryness , and conditions worsen progressively moving south , with extreme to exceptional drought covering southern colorado . deficient precipitation and enhanced evaporative loss over the past few months led to limited expansion of d0 and d1 in areas near the central part of the border . farther east , dryness led to some deterioration in kansas . d3 pushed into part of south - central kansas while extreme drought expanded into a larger part of northeastern kansas . in the dakotas , very heavy rains and flooding late in the period covered a swath across east - central south dakota , leading to a band of 1 - to 2 - category improvement , with southern reaches of the old d2 area climbing to d0 . this area will have to be assessed next week to get a better sense of how this intense rainfall episode changed the drought situation there . moderate to heavy rains ( but only isolated minor flooding ) pelted western north dakota as well , prompting the removal of abnormal dryness over much of the western part of the state . small - scale improvements were made in a few other dry areas where rain was heaviest .\nthe discussion in the looking ahead section is simply a description of what the official national guidance from the national weather service ( nws ) national centers for environmental prediction is depicting for current areas of dryness and drought . the nws forecast products utilizedinclude the hpc 5 - day qpf and 5 - day mean temperature progs , the 6 - 10 day outlooks of temperature and precipitation probability , and the 8 - 14day outlooks of temperature and precipitation probability , valid as of late wednesday afternoon of the usdm release week . the nws forecast webpage used for this section is : urltoken\nsouth : heavy rain \u2013 3 . 5 to locally over 8 . 0 inches \u2013 dowsed much of the dry area in tennessee , eliminating most of the abnormally dry area , though a few patches remain in central and northern parts of the state . in contrast , most areas in the lower mississippi valley and southern great plains recorded little or no rainfall , with moderate to isolated heavy amounts limited to parts of central oklahoma , western texas , and the louisiana bayou . the rains brought regions of improvement ( but not broad - scale relief ) to western texas , including the big bend . farther north , a re - assessment of conditions led to some improvement being introduced in the texas panhandle ( especially northern sections ) and eastern parts of the oklahoma panhandle and adjacent western oklahoma . meanwhile , the dry and hot week prompted substantial deterioration across central and eastern texas , louisiana , arkansas , and ( to a lesser extent ) eastern oklahoma . as a result , moderate to severe drought became more widespread , especially in a swath from southern to northeastern texas . san antonio , tx reported just over 2 inches of rain for april - june 2018 , compared to a normal of over 10 . 6 inches ( third driest such period in 134 years of record ) . also , grass fires have become unusually common across the dallas - ft . worth metro area . in southwestern texas , to the north and northwest of laredo , a broad area of extreme drought ( d3 ) was introduced , with an area of exceptional drought ( d4 ) introduced in part of this region along the rio grande river . most of the new d3 area recorded only 2 to 4 inches of rain in the last 90 days , and 3 - month totals of only 0 . 5 to 1 . 5 inches ( with widely isolated higher amounts ) were recorded in the new d4 region .\nregional climate impacts and outlook documents summarize seasonal conditions four times a year , in march , june , september and december . regions include the northeast , gulf of maine , southeast , south , midwest , great lakes region , missouri river basin , western region , alaska and northern canada , and hawaii and the pacific . select and download the most recent outlook for your region here\nsoutheast : moderate to heavy rain ( one to several inches ) made a patchy pattern across the southeast , typical of summer thunderstorms . heavy rain was most widespread across florida while most areas in the central and eastern carolinas , northwestern alabama , and northern mississippi recorded only light rain , if any . deficient precipitation was noted on a variety of time scales in the central carolinas , leading to the introduction of abnormally dry conditions . farther west , enough rain fell to end dryness in northeastern and southwestern alabama , but dryness persisted over most of mississippi and some adjacent locales . the d0 area expanded to cover a bit more of southwester mississippi while d1 in a small part of that region remained unchanged .\nalaska , hawaii , and puerto rico : in puerto rico , another relatively dry week along the southern tier kept abnormally dry conditions intact , with some expansion part of central puerto rico where rainfall deficits have begun to increase . across alaska and hawaii , existing areas of abnormal dryness remained unchanged .\nfor the remainder of this week ( through june 8 , 2018 ) , moderate precipitation ( 0 . 5 to 1 . 2 inches ) is forecast across a broad area in the southeastern great plains , the ohio and lower half of the mississippi river valleys , and the eastern seaboard . heavy rain ( 2 to locally 5 inches ) is forecast in southeastern texas and the southern tier of louisiana , and amounts could reach 2 inches in eastern pennsylvania and southwestern florida . farther west , moderate to heavy rain ( 0 . 5 to locally 2 . 5 inches ) is forecast for parts of the central and northeastern great plains , and far northern mississippi valley . rainfall should be light with isolated moderate totals in the rest of the country east of the rockies while little or no rain is expected from the rockies to the pacific ocean . average daily minimum temperatures should be above - normal throughout the contiguous states , with the largest departures ( 6 to 10 degrees f ) expected in the southern rockies , parts of the great basin and northern great plains , and throughout the ohio valley and northeast . daily high temperatures will not differ as far from normal , with 5 - day anomalies exceeding 3 degrees f more than normal limited to the northwest , the intermountain west , most of the rockies , the great lakes , and new england . the subsequent 5 - day period ( june 9 - 13 , 2018 ) , odds favor above - normal rainfall in central and southern sections of california , the intermountain west ( including the great basin ) , and the rockies , with surplus precipitation most likely in northern arizona . farther east , wet weather is also favored in the lower mississippi valley , most of the southeast , the southern and eastern ohio valley , and the middle atlantic states . southern alaska also has enhanced chances for above - normal precipitation . in contrast , subnormal rainfall is favored from central and southern texas northward through the plains , the western great lakes , the northern intermountain west , and the pacific northwest . temperatures are expected to average above normal across most of the contiguous states , with the exceptions of southeastern arizona , southwestern new mexico , and part of southern alaska , where cooler than normal conditions seem more likely .\npercent area in continental u . s . - weekly change ( full statistics )\npercent area in continental u . s . - monthly change ( full statistics )\nwhen autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select .\nrcc region pages , organized by state groupings , offer links to applied climate research .\ndews are partnerships of federal , tribal , state , local and academic entities within specific watersheds and / or states .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 0 transitional / / en\ntopsoil moisture maps - the cpc produces top soil maps based on the usda data .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml + rdfa 1 . 0 / / en\nurltoken\nlacks multi - timescale features of indices like the spi , making it difficult to correlate with specific water resources like runoff , snowpack , resevoir storage , etc .\ncentury . the pdsi has also been widely used in tree - ring based reconstructions of past droughts in north america and other regions .\n[ 1965 ] based on data from the central u . s . the sc _ pdsi performed better than the original pdsi during the 20\n, 2008 ] , as the thornthwaite pe ( pe _ th ) is based only on temperature , latitude and month . this error can be minimized , however , by using the more sophisticated penman - monteith equation [ referred to as pe _ pm , which accounts for the effects of radiation , humidity and wind speed and works best over australia in a comparison of various pe formulations\n[ 1965 ] chose the pe _ th mainly based on practical considerations as data for computing pe _ pm and other types of pe may be unavailable . this is especially true for global analyses .\ncentury , comes mainly through potential evapotranspiration . as precipitation and surface air temperature are the only two climate variables with long historical records , the pdsi makes full use of these data and can be readily calculated for the last hundred years or so for most land areas . the impact of the choice of pe _ th or pe _ pm is relatively small for the 20th century , the use of pe _ th tends to overestimate the impact of the globalwarming for the model - projected 21st century climate . dai ( 2011a , jgr ) compared the various versions of the pdsi and recommended the use of the sc _ pdsi with the pe _ pm ( i . e . , sc _ pdsi _ pm ) , especially for model projections . all the references cited here can be found in dai ( 2011a , jgr ) and in the key references below . # #\ndata access : please cite data sources , following the data providers ' instructions .\nhobbins , m . t . , a . dai , m . l . roderick , and g . d . farquhar ( 2008 ) , revisiting potential evapotranspiration parameterizations as drivers of long - term water balance trends , geophys . res . lett . , 35 , l12403 , doi : 10 . 1029 / 2008gl033840\nvan der schrier , g . , k . r . briffa , p . d . jones , and t . j . osborn ( 2006a ) , summer moisture variability across europe , j . clim . , 19 , 2818\u20132834 , doi : 10 . 1175 / jcli3734 . 1\nvan der schrier , g . , k . r . briffa , t . j . osborn , and e . r . cook ( 2006b ) , summer moisture availability across north america , j . geophys . res . , 111 , d11102 , doi : 10 . 1029 / 2005jd006745\nvan der schrier , g . , p . d . jones , and k . r . briffa ( 2011 ) , the sensitivity of the pdsi to the thornthwaite and penman - monteith parameterizations for potential evapotranspiration , j . geophys . res . , 116 , d03106\nlong - term pdsi over the continental us through january , 2014 . retrieved on 31 jan 2014 from urltoken\neof 1 & 2 patterns : psdi : 1900 - 2005 . ( climate data guide ; a . dai , d . shea )\neof 1 & 2 timeseries : psdi : 1900 - 2005 . ( climate data guide ; a . dai , d . shea )\nacknowledgement of any material taken from this page is appreciated . on behalf of experts who have contributed data , advice , and / or figures , please cite their work as well .\nvisit the update bookmarks page to see the new url for more pages . if you have any questions , feel free to email us at ndmc @ urltoken .\nfollow the ndmc on social media to receive the latest information and updates about our work .\ncopyright 2018 american meteorological society privacy policy and disclaimer allen press , inc . assists in the publication of ams journals technology partner atypon systems , inc ."]}
{"id": 55151, "summary": [{"text": "perpendicular recording ( or perpendicular magnetic recording , pmr ) is a technology for data recording on hard disks .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "it was first proven advantageous in 1976 by shun-ichi iwasaki , then professor of the tohoku university in japan , and first commercially implemented in 2005 .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "the first industry-standard demonstration showing unprecedented advantage of pmr over longitudinal magnetic recording ( lmr ) at nanoscale dimensions was made in 1998 at ibm almaden research center in collaboration with researchers of data storage systems center ( dssc ) \u2013 a national science foundation ( nsf ) engineering research center ( ercs ) at carnegie mellon university ( cmu ) . ", "topic": 35}], "title": "perpendicular recording", "paragraphs": ["fig . 1 illustrates an example perpendicular magnetic recording system 100 . the perpendicular magnetic recording system 100 includes a read / write head 102 , which generates a magnetic field perpendicular to a perpendicular magnetic recording stack 104 .\na book on perpendicular recording is recently published by kluwer academic press : s . khizroev and d . litvinov \u201cperpendicular magnetic recording\u201d , 2004\nperpendicular recording : a new approach to writing on magnetic media that aligns bits vertically , perpendicular . . .\non next page we will explain how perpendicular recording works and we will compare it to longitudinal recording .\nreproduced voltage versus linear bit density characteristics for perpendicular magnetic recording with various recording layer thickness , \u03b4 .\nfig . 1 is a schematic representation of a perpendicular magnetic recording system with a prior art patterned perpendicular medium .\nperpendicular recording is a method of recording data to a hard disk drive ( hdd ) . perpendicular recording aligns data bits vertically \u2014 perpendicular to the disk , which allows for additional room on a disk to pack more data , thus , enabling higher recording densities . contrast with longitudinal recording .\nperpendicular magnetic recording systems , such as systems including a perpendicular recording head and a perpendicular magnetic recording stack with a coupled granular / continuous ( cgc ) structure having a dual continuous layer , can exhibit ultra high density recording capability resulting in an increased storage capacity .\nthe above analysis of both the tilted perpendicular recording and the perpendicular recording based on micromagnetic simulations suggests that , the tilted perpendicular recording system can significantly increase the medium thermal stability as compared to both the longitudinal and the perpendicular recording . for example , a possible gain in stability from 50 % to about 100 % may be achieved over the perpendicular recording . a feasible smaller transition parameter and a larger snr can be achieved in the tilted perpendicular recording than the perpendicular recording . an almost instantaneous switching in the tilted medium is obtained in the tilted perpendicular recording . this switching may be used to achieve a data rate above 2 ghz . the tilted recording system has much less fringing problem as compared to both the longitudinal and the perpendicular recording .\nthe perpendicular recording system is suitable for high density recording because of the strong magnetic coupling between neighboring magnetic bits .\nthe invention is also a magnetic recording disk drive that incorporates the above - described patterned perpendicular magnetic recording disk .\nfig . 2 illustrates an example perpendicular magnetic recording stack having a dual continuous layer .\n4 . the perpendicular magnetic recording medium of claim 1 , wherein the interlayer comprises ru .\ninformation may be stored on a perpendicular magnetic recording stack . such information may be written to and / or read from the perpendicular magnetic recording stack using a read / write head .\nconsidering the evolution to the novel perpendicular magnetic recording , i particularly examined the complementary relation to conventional longitudinal recording , which is the complementary nature between the two recording modes .\nperpendicular ( solid lines ) and in - plane ( broken lines ) hysteresis curves of co - cr perpendicular recording media with various cr contents .\nyear - by - year trend of the number of papers related to perpendicular magnetic recording for journals of the ieee magnetics society , and for the perpendicular magnetic recording conference ( pmrc ) .\nthe present tapered write head designs and the tilted perpendicular recording media are in part based on recognition of certain technical limitations of the in longitudinal and perpendicular recording systems with conventional write heads .\nthe following sections first describe examples of tapered single pole write heads and titled perpendicular recording media . next , certain limitations of longitudinal and perpendicular recording systems with conventional write heads are discussed to illustrate some of the advantages and benefits of the combinations of the tapered single pole write heads and titled perpendicular recording media . in addition , various designs of tapered single pole write heads are described . such tapered single pole write heads may be used with various perpendicular recoding media including the tilted perpendicular recording media as illustrated in the specific examples in this application and non - tilted perpendicular recording media such as various perpendicular recording media .\nflux flow in a double - layered perpendicular magnetic recording medium . horseshoe - shaped bits are formed with the perpendicular and in - plane anisotropy films .\n3 . the perpendicular magnetic recording medium of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic layer comprises cocrpt .\nhowever , as the perpendicular recording components were developed , numerous disadvantages were discovered . here is a list of some of the disadvantages of the perpendicular system :\nin a perpendicular recording media , magnetization is formed easily in a direction perpendicular to the surface of a magnetic medium such that bits stand up and be perpendicular to surface , resulting from perpendicular anisotropy in the magnetic recording layer . on the other hand , in a longitudinal recording media , magnetization is formed in a direction in a plane parallel to the surface of the magnetic recording layer , resulting from longitudinal anisotropy in the magnetic recording layer .\nfig . 5 shows simulation results of the a m - h loop for typical perpendicular recording media .\ndue to at lest the above reasons , the thermal stability is a problematic in the perpendicular recording .\n5 . the perpendicular magnetic recording medium of claim 1 , wherein the interlayer comprises and metal oxide .\nfig . 3 illustrates example operations for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording stack having a dual continuous layer .\nthe long argument between longitudinal and perpendicular recording was settled at last . it can be said that it was a moment at which the true value of perpendicular magnetic recording was recognized for the first time widely and to a great degree . for this very reason , the strong impetus for development of perpendicular recording resumed .\nperpendicular recording is the hard drive industry ' s answer to the superparamagnetic effect . as its name implies , perpendicular recording aligns bits vertically\u2014perpendicular to the disk surface . this recording method allows drive manufacturers to increase a disc ' s areal density without shrinking bits to a point where they become vulnerable to the superparamagnetic effect .\nfig . 2 illustrates an example perpendicular magnetic recording stack 200 having a dual continuous layer . in one implementation , the perpendicular recording stack 200 includes a substrate 202 , an underlayer 204 , a magnetic granular recording layer 214 , a dual continuous layer 224 , and an overcoat 230 . however , the perpendicular magnetic recording stack 200 may have more or less layers .\nperpendicular recording technology achieves 1 . 8 - inch drive that holds the industry largest 80 - gigabytes of information\nthe structure of perpendicular pole head with soft underlayer provides an immediate advantage of perpendicular recording over longitudinal : the magnitude of the recording field in this configuration is increased by approximately a factor of 2 over longitudinal medium .\nfig . 3 illustrates example operations 300 for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording stack having a dual continuous layer .\nthis invention relates generally to patterned perpendicular magnetic recording media , such as disks for use in magnetic recording hard disk drives , and more particularly to patterned disks with data islands having improved magnetic recording properties .\none advantage for the perpendicular recording is that the medium thickness can be larger than that in the perpendicular recording . however , as the recording densities increase , the medium thickness of the perpendicular recording is also limited . large thickness medium can cause the write field to decrease . this decrease is undesirable because it limits the h k of the medium that can be written on .\n, it is readily apparent that demagnetization caused by random thermal fluctuation is very much suppressed in perpendicular magnetic recording .\nread - back resolution of perpendicular recording medium is lower compared with longitudinal medium due to the presence of sul .\n2 . longitudinal recording system ( conventional ) recorded magnets repulse and weaken each other in longitudinal recording .\nin the storage device industry to commercialize perpendicular magnetic recording , and the company has applied the technology to hdd that achieve unsurpassed recording density and high operating reliability . this success rests on development of a new magnetic disk structured to support perpendicular recording , a new high performance perpendicular magnetic head , and disk and head integration technology that maximizes their combined performance .\nin the longitudinal recording , the medium coercivity h c is approximately in the range of between 0 . 5 hk and 0 . 6 h k due to the perpendicular component of the write field at the tips and boundaries from the write poles . in the perpendicular recording , the medium h k is in the perpendicular direction . the largest component of write field from single pole head with sul is also in the perpendicular direction , parallel to the medium anisotropy . as can be seen in fig . 4 , for same h k media , a larger write field is required in the perpendicular recording as compared to the longitudinal recording . by doing so , the values of h k for perpendicular media that can be written in the perpendicular recording are not much higher than the longitudinal recording .\nthe figure shows how recorded magnetization changes according to the thermal fluctuation as the recording density is increased . with longitudinal recording , recording bits become increasingly unstable as the recording density is increased , in contrast , in perpendicular magnetic recording , the recorded magnetization becomes more stable at high densities . this is a typical difference derived from inherent essential natures of the two recording modes . as a consequence , it can be concluded that perpendicular recording is fundamentally appropriate for high - density recording . in perpendicular magnetic recording , the head and disk strongly interact with each other , which brings stability against ambient circumstance such as temperature and air pressure , which in turn affects spacing of the head and medium .\nafter these experiments , i once more inferred that two possibilities would become particularly important in the future of perpendicular magnetic recording .\nthis application provides , among others , perpendicular magnetic recording systems that use tapered single pole write heads . suitable magnetic recording media include tilted perpendicular recording media where the anisotropy directions of a layer of magnetic grains for recording are tilted from the direction perpendicular to the layer , and non - tilted perpendicular recording media where the anisotropy directions of a layer of magnetic grains for recording are substantially perpendicular to the layer without tilting . the tapering of the single pole write heads may be designed to produce large down - track field strength and field gradient to produce sharp transitions in writing data and to produce large off - track field gradient to avoid erasure of neighboring tracks in high density media .\nthe recording medium is characterized by the recording layer thickness , distance between recording layer and the soft underlayer and the thickness of the soft under - layer . each of the head and media parameters influences the recording process .\nprototyping of a hard disk drive using perpendicular magnetic recording ( 52 . 5 gb / in 2 ) and its recording bit image on the disk , by hitachi ltd . 15 )\nfig . 7b shows simulation results of the medium switching field distribution along the center track for the perpendicular and longitudinal recording media .\nwhat is needed is a patterned perpendicular magnetic recording medium that has a narrow sfd and is less susceptible to adjacent track overwrite .\nduring that work , it became clear to me that the increase of recording density was most important for research on magnetic recording . the invention of metal tape described above and the establishment of the theory of high - density magnetic recording were both achievements along that path of development . moreover , i had noticed by 1975 that magnetization perpendicular to the plane of the recording medium was an extremely effective means to improve the recording density . 3 ) , 4 ) these speculations and four discoveries are shown as major milestones in the early research on perpendicular magnetic recording that guided the beginning of perpendicular magnetic recording , as the following .\nfig . 9 shows simulation results of the switching field distribution with respect to the write field angle for the titled perpendicular media and conventional perpendicular media .\nfig . 10 shows simulation results of the switching speed as a function of the damping constant for both the titled perpendicular media and conventional perpendicular media .\nmagnetic recording traditionally uses a longitudinal recording method where a recording medium is configured to have its anisotropy easy axes along the longitudinal directions within the magnetic recording medium plane . the storage density based on this method is known to be limited due to the thermal instability of the magnetic grains . an improved method based on a perpendicular recording configuration has been developed to mitigate some technical limitations in the longitudinal recording devices , e . g . , to achieve better thermal stability than the longitudinal recording . typically , a perpendicular recording configuration uses media with their medium anisotropy easy axes perpendicular to the medium plane and a single pole head with a soft magnetic under layer to enhance the write field . another magnetic recording technique called \u201ctilted longitudinal recording\u201d has also been developed to use an inductive head with a tilted medium .\nfig . 7a shows simulation results of the spatial profiles of the perpendicular field , filed angle , and the medium coercivity relative to the field anisotropy along the center track of the perpendicular and longitudinal recording media .\nin one embodiment , the invention generally provides a perpendicular recording medium comprising a magnetic layer , wherein the magnetic layer exhibits improved corrosion resistance while maintaining the magnetic properties suitable for high density perpendicular recording . one embodiment provides a perpendicular recording medium comprising a magnetic layer , wherein the magnetic layer comprises cobalt ( co ) , platinum ( pt ) , and at least one of molybdenum ( mo ) and chromium ( cr ) , the magnetic layer having perpendicular magnetic anisotropy . another embodiment provides a granular perpendicular recording medium comprising a granular magnetic layer , wherein the magnetic layer comprises co , pt , and at least one of mo and cr , the granular magnetic layer having perpendicular magnetic anisotropy .\ncomparison of longitudinal and perpendicular recording can be found in : h . n . bertram and m . williams \u201csnr and density limit estimates : a comparison of longitudinal and perpendicular recording\u201d \u2013 ieee trans . magnetics , vol . 36 , pp . 4 - 9 , 2000\nfig . 1 illustrates an example of a single pole write head for writing on a titled or non - titled perpendicular recording medium .\ncan be derived with respect to the magnetic head , recording medium , signals , and recording method . this complementarity relation\nthis comparison of normalized roll - off curves is not completely honest \u2013 it is difficult to achieve a longitudinal pw50 as narrow , as the ones which be obtained with perpendicular recording . assuming the same pulse width can be achieved , the perpendicular recording has intrinsically lower resolution .\nmagnetic flux distribution of a perpendicular head in an enlarged model experiment . this photograph appeared on the cover of a magazine , nikkei electronics , of august 7 , 1978 , 5 ) which reported perpendicular magnetic recording .\nfig . 4 shows simulation results of the angles of media coercivity fields with respect to media anisotropy in both perpendicular and longitudinal recording systems .\n2 . the perpendicular magnetic recording medium of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic layer comprises argon ions on a surface of the magnetic layer .\nfig . 8 also shows that the nucleation field of the tilted medium , defined as the negative field with the first medium grain reversed , is also much larger ( than that of the perpendicular medium . the absolute value of hn for tilted perpendicular media is smaller than that for the perpendicular media , the ratio of abs ( hn / how ) for tilted perpendicular recording media is much larger than that for conventional perpendicular recording media . based on the data in fig . 8 , in the illustrated tilted perpendicular recording medium , this ratio is about ( 0 . 4 / 0 . 65 ) = 0 . 61 while the ratio for the conventional perpendicular recording medium is about ( 0 . 6 / 1 . 35 ) = 0 . 44 . this implies less medium noise and larger thermal stability in both the high density and the low density recording .\nthe first data of recording magneto - motive force versus reproduced output characteristics of a double - layered perpendicular medium and a single - pole head in comparison to a single layer perpendicular medium ( may 19 , 1978 ) .\nfig . 5 is a schematic of the write process on patterned perpendicular media .\nis seagate ' s barracuda 7200 . 10 as good as it sounds ? and what ' s the deal with perpendicular recording technology , anyway ?\nthe storage capacity of a perpendicular magnetic recording stack may be improved by increasing the areal density of a magnetic granular recording layer . however , as the areal density of a magnetic granular recording layer increases , other performance factors may become more relevant , including without limitation the thermal stability of the magnetic granular recording layer , recording ease ( i . e . , writability ) , and media noise .\n. therefore , it is very structure - oriented . for the perpendicular magnetic recording , in contrast , because its resolution depends entirely on the playback head resolution , the smallest bit on the recording layer can be formed as small as the size of fine grains of the magnetic film . perpendicular magnetic recording can be said to be more material - oriented .\nin perpendicular magnetic recording , because the bit magnetization is aligned in an anti - parallel way , the recording bits are mutually attracted with respect to the magnetic force , which allows them to be packed densely to produce a highly dense configuration . in similar fashion , because the head and medium are also mutually attractive , the writing head field distribution becomes steeper and more focused as the medium approaches the head . for that reason , a narrow track recording is readily realized . it can attain a high linear recording density and can simultaneously accommodate even a narrow track recording . therefore , the areal recording density is more easily increased using perpendicular recording than using longitudinal recording . 13 )\nthe answer is simple : nobody knows for sure . the history of perpendicular recording started many decades ago , almost simultaneously with longitudinal recording . many attempts have been made to develop a perpendicular recording system , however the industry was successfully introducing new generations of longitudinal components , achieving high areal density . the development of high density systems required complicated optimization of recording heads and media , consuming efforts of large groups of scientists and engineers . the few parts , which were produced never demonstrated any advantages over longitudinal recording components . the research in perpendicular recording was left to several university groups and was not considered to be worth much of attention .\nin the above examples of the tilted perpendicular recording , tapered single pole write heads are used to produce large down - track field and field gradient and to generate a large off - track field gradient . in addition , the tapering effectively reduces the footprint of the write pole on the recording media and thus allows for higher data densities . these and other desirable properties of the tapered single pole write heads may be used to improve performance of other perpendicular recording media such as non - tilted perpendicular recording media where the anisotropy axes of the magnetic grains are substantially perpendicular to the media surface .\na single pole head with the sul and the tapered neck with a small throat height can achieve large perpendicular recording field with large field gradient . in the perpendicular recording , the medium coercivity decreases with the write field . the effective write field gradient is small . in the present tilted perpendicular recording , the recording system can be optimized with respect to the medium tilted angle so that the direction of the optimum recording field at the transition center can be close to 45\u00b0 with respect to the perpendicular direction . therefore , close to the transition center where the largest perpendicular field gradient occurs , the medium coercivity increases with decreasing write field . under these conditions , a large effective field gradient is produced and thus the medium transition parameter can be reduced .\nthermal stability of recording bits of a hard disk drive , indicating that the higher the density of perpendicular magnet recording , the less the decrease the stability becomes , thereby showing sufficient stability , by toshiba . 17 )\n7 . the perpendicular magnetic recording medium of claim 1 , the magnetic layer comprising cobalt , platinum , and at least one of molybdenum and chromium .\n. however , what i found is that another mode exists in which we can align magnets perpendicularly to the tape plane , as depicted in ( b ) of the figure . this is the \u2018perpendicular mode\u2019 , or perpendicular magnetic recording .\nthe idea of perpendicular magnetic recording came to my mind first and foremost when i considered the possibility of using the perpendicular component of the magnetization directly for high - density magnetic recording because it always appeared in the pursuit of high - density recording , as described above . in the following , i will describe the early experiment that made me think of that idea ( see\nthe majority of hard disk drives found on the market today use a recording technology called longitudinal , where bits are stored side by side on the magnetic surface . this recording technique has been used since the first hard disk drives . a new recording technology , called perpendicular , is being used on newer hard disk drives , allowing a higher recording density . in this tutorial we will explain you everything you need to know about perpendicular recording and how data is stored on the hard disk drive magnetic surface .\nthe breakthrough that transcended this areal density limitation was perpendicular magnetic recording . the dotted line in the figure marks the density trend of perpendicular magnetic recording . it extends the trend more than 100 gbit / inch 2 with a linear development , possibly entering into the terabit density domain . the fact that the trend of perpendicular recording shows a linear line throughout the entire period from the experimental age to the actual mass - production age proves that the combination of the principle and its associated devices to achieve high - density recording was correct .\ns ince the first time\nget perpendicular\ngot stuck in our heads , we ' ve anxiously anticipated the arrival of perpendicular recording technology . the wait has been long , especially on the desktop , but perpendicular recording has finally arrived in seagate ' s barracuda 7200 . 10 hard drive . and it ' s arrived in style . seagate has exploited the new recording technology to offer a drive with a monstrous 750 gb capacity\u201450 % more than any other drive on the market .\nlee , k . j . , et al . ,\nrecording physics of perpendicular recording with single layered medium and ring head ,\njournal of applied physics , 91 ( 10 ) : 8700 - 8702 , may 2002 .\n3 . the magnetic recording head as in claim 1 , wherein the tapered neck has a straight profile along tracks on the recording medium .\nthe shape of the perpendicular recording signal read - back also depends on the track width . the narrower the recorded track , the less is the field cancellation effect ( fce ) and the read - back waveform is closer to rectangular . this is easily understood from the fact that for perpendicular recording media both down - track and cross - track directions are equivalent ( they are perpendicular to the medium magnetization direction ) .\nfigs . 2a , 2 b , 3 a , and 3 b show two examples of tapered single pole write heads and an example of titled perpendicular recording media .\niwasaki , s . ,\nperpendicular magnetic recording ,\nieee transactions on magnetics , mag - 16 ( 1 ) : 71 - 76 , jan . 1980 .\nan example of a tilted perpendicular magnetic recording medium is also described to include a magnetic layer and a soft magnetic under layer beneath the magnetic layer . the magnetic layer includes magnetic grains with anisotropy easy axes tilted with respect to a perpendicular direction that is perpendicular to the magnetic layer . when combined with a tapered single pole write head , such a recording medium may provide better recording performance than other recording systems , such as improved thermal stability , a higher anisotropy field h k , smaller switching field distribution , reduced noise , and faster switching speed . high storage densities above 10 2 gbits / in 2 , e . g . , at the level of tbits / in 2 , can be obtained in such a tilted perpendicular recording system .\nthe medium 102 has a structure for perpendicular recording and may be implemented as a tilted perpendicular medium or a non - tilted perpendicular medium . the medium 102 may be a disk having multiple layers formed on a substrate . as one example , the medium may include a magnetic medium layer , a growth layer beneath the magnetic medium layer , and a soft under layer beneath the growth layer . as an example of the non - tilted perpendicular recording media , the magnetic medium layer may include magnetic grains that are grown along the perpendicular direction and have their anisotropy directions in the perpendicular direction . alternatively , the magnetic medium layer may include magnetic grains that are grown along the perpendicular direction but have their anisotropy directions tilted at a predetermined angle or angles with respect to the perpendicular direction . a tilted perpendicular medium may also be constructed to have at least one magnetic layer with perpendicular anisotropy between two magnetic exchange coupling or anti - ferromagnetic coupling layers . the magnetic interactions of these layers produce an effective tilted anisotropy of the multi - layer structure . two or more such multi - layer structures may be stacked .\nperpendicular media grains are strongly oriented . this results in smaller medium noise and a sharper recorded transition . the high orientation of the perpendicular medium also improves side - track writing and edge noise .\nfig . 8 shows simulation results of the remanent m - h loops for the titled perpendicular media and conventional perpendicular media where the cone angle distribution for the anisotropy axes is within 3 degrees .\nthe next important development was the perpendicular recording medium . a medium material was required for which the magnetic surface poles of n and s were retained on the surface plane , which is designated as a perpendicular anisotropy film . we found in 1975 that a thin film made of cobalt ( co ) and chromium ( cr ) alloy was the most promising perpendicular medium material . luckily enough , that material was available as a result of research work of magneto - optical recording , which was being conducted parallel in our laboratory at that time . this finding ultimately created the most effective means of accomplishing perpendicular magnetic recording .\nfigs . 7a - 7e are sectional views of a single discrete magnetic island on a patterned perpendicular magnetic recording medium for different implementations of the medium according to this invention .\n6 . the perpendicular magnetic recording medium of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic layer comprises a co - containing magnetic material that forms less than 10 atomic percent coox in the co - containing magnetic material after exposure of the perpendicular magnetic recording medium to an environment having 80 % relative humidity at 80 degree c . for at least four days .\nmagnetic recording hard disk drives with patterned magnetic recording media have been proposed to increase data density . in conventional continuous magnetic recording media , the magnetic recording layer is a continuous layer over the entire surface of the disk . in patterned media the magnetic recording layer on the disk is patterned into small isolated data islands arranged in concentric data tracks . patterned - media disks may be longitudinal magnetic recording disks , wherein the magnetization directions are parallel to or in the plane of the recording layer , or perpendicular magnetic recording disks , wherein the magnetization directions are perpendicular to or out - of - the - plane of the recording layer . perpendicular media will likely be the choice for patterned media because of the increased data density potential of perpendicular media . to produce magnetic isolation of the patterned data islands , the magnetic moment of the spaces between the islands are destroyed or substantially reduced to render these spaces essentially nonmagnetic . alternatively , the media may be fabricated so that that there is no magnetic material in the spaces between the islands . u . s . pat . no . 5 , 820 , 769 describes a type of patterned perpendicular media and its fabrication method .\nmagnetic recording techniques , devices , and systems under a tilted perpendicular recording configuration . an implementation of such a system may include a magnetic head having a single pole to produce a magnetic field along a perpendicular direction ; and a storage medium having a top surface to be substantially perpendicular to the perpendicular direction and positioned to interact with the magnetic field , wherein the storage medium includes ( 1 ) a magnetic medium layer that has anisotropy easy axes tilted at a tilting angle with respect to the perpendicular direction , ( 2 ) a growth layer beneath the magnetic medium layer , and ( 3 ) a soft under layer beneath the growth layer .\ntherefore , the roll - off ( amplitude versus recorded density ) behavior of the perpendicular system is quite complicated with signal shape and amplitude depending on numerous factors , such as recording density , track width , sul thickness , distance to the sul etc . intrinsically larger amplitude of the perpendicular signal at lower densities rolls off faster at higher recording density . therefore , it is not clear how to estimate gains and losses of the perpendicular system read - back . also , it is very difficult to compare perpendicular read - back signal with longitudinal .\nperpendicular prml channels were described in : m . madden . m . oberg , z . wu and r . he \u201cread channel for perpendicular magnetic recording\u201d \u2013 ieee trans . magnetics , vol . 30 , pp . 241 - 246 , 2004 r . cidecian , e . eleftheriou and t . mittelholzer \u201cperpendicular and longitudinal recording : a signal processing and coding perpective\u201d \u2013 ieee trans . magnetics , vol . 38 , pp . 1698 - 1704 , 2002\nprior to the perpendicular method , the bits were written horizontally on the recording surface of the disk platter . ( assistance with these illustrations courtesy of hitachi global storage technologies . )\na higher recording field is very advantageous for magnetic recording . not only does the cylindrical structure of perpendicular medium grains provide better thermal stability , the ability to overwrite high coercivity medium allows higher anisotropy and improves thermal stability even further . also , the higher coercivity medium has a smaller transition parameter and allows recording at higher linear density .\nlooking back at how the perpendicular anisotropy magnetic film was found , the major factors were the following .\nshielded pole heads are becoming popular in perpendicular recording . the idea is to place a high permeability shield next to the recording pole . this shield \u201csucks\u201d some of the head flux and improves the head gradient , while slightly reducing the deep gap field . the shielded head has an additional advantage \u2013 a larger horizontal magnetic field component helps to switch perpendicular media .\ngenerally , lowering exchange coupling of perpendicular recording media causes their magnetic hysteresis loops to become more sheared , and correspondingly have a larger difference between coercive field ( hc ) and nucleation field ( hn ) . there are many prior examples of this relationship between exchange coupling and hc - hn for cocr - based and reactive oxygen - based sputtered perpendicular recording media .\n7 . the magnetic recording head as in claim 1 , wherein the single - pole magnetic write tip comprises a plurality of magnetic layers along the direction substantially perpendicular to the recording medium , wherein two adjacent magnetic layers have equilibrium magnetizations in substantially opposite directions .\nin one implementation , the perpendicular magnetic recording stack 104 includes a substrate 106 , one or more underlayers 108 , one or more magnetic granular recording layers 110 , and a dual continuous layer including a first continuous layer 112 and a second continuous layer 114 .\nin america , at around 1982 , several venture companies of perpendicular recording had been founded . in a similar fashion , from around 1985 , american universities started supporting magnetic recording research centers one after another . i believe that happened because of the impact of our 144 committee on magnetic recording in japan society for the promotion of science ( jsps ) , which was described above in section 3 . subsequently , ibm proposed a new read head using the magneto - resistive ( mr ) effect , which produced a separate stream from perpendicular recording in the roadmap , however even during that time , our committee continued steadily with its activities to promote perpendicular recording ; now we have had meetings more than 190 times .\nhitachi will present these achievements at the 8th perpendicular magnetic recording conference ( pmrc 2007 ) , to be held 15th - 17th october 2007 , at the tokyo international forum in japan .\nas the technology progressed , it has become clear that the thermal stability gains are smaller than expected , but there are many other , less evident advantages of the perpendicular recording scheme .\nthe numerous theoretical predictions and experimental evaluations of the perpendicular recording potential are all over the place . the most optimistic scenarios predicted that the optimized perpendicular system may achieve a factor of 4 - 5 over the best longitudinal areal density , resulting in approximately 500 gb / in2 . pessimistic evaluations consider that the advantages of the perpendicular recording are compensated by the disadvantages , resulting in the complete wash - out between the longitudinal and the perpendicular schemes . the realistic estimates are in the range of doubling the areal density achievable with longitudinal media , around 200 - 300 gb / in2 .\ntalking to people of hitachi gst , fujitsu , hitachi , and toshiba , they say that about 75 % of hard disk drive shipments will be of perpendicular products . in 2010 , probably all such products requiring memory will have adopted perpendicular recording drives . in this way , such large companies as toshiba , hitachi , fujitsu , and seagate technology are all concentrating on producing perpendicular disk drives .\nfor example , one of such problems is the thermal stability . as the recording densities increase , due to the constraint caused by the thermal stability , the track width decreases faster than both the down track and the perpendicular dimensions . the perpendicular recording write field decreases faster with the track width as compared to the longitudinal recording . although the tapered neck structure with a very small throat height on the write pole may be used to increases the write field significantly , the total write field still decreases when the recording density increases .\nthe tilted perpendicular recording design shown in figs . 2a and 2b can be used to produce large write fields and thus provide improved recording performance than conventional longitudinal recording and perpendicular recording . in order to enhance the write field magnitude , the write pole tip is designed to have a tapered neck structure with a very small throat height . the medium is designed to have the anisotropy easy axes tilted at a desired angle , e . g . , 30\u00b0 or 45\u00b0 , with respect to the perpendicular direction . the medium easy axes may be parallel to one another with a small cone angle of , for example , 5\u00b0 or less .\nthe industry highest recording density in commercially available as of december 14 , 2004 .\na read head for detecting the magnetized recording layer structure on the pillar tops .\ndue to above reasons , it is difficult for both the longitudinal recording and the perpendicular recording to exceed areal densities higher than 200 gbit / in 2 . one of the main limitations in these systems is the low write field produced by various conventional write heads and thus media with a high medium anisotropy cannot be used to improve the recording performance .\nthe above tilted perpendicular recording may be used to achieve a high write field from write head to write highest anisotropy magnetic media . the media h k may be increased by a factor of about 1 . 6 with this method . the neighboring tracks becomes more stable as the hk of the media increases . a larger write field , almost 50 - 80 % higher than the highest write field in other systems , may be used in the present system . this high h k can be used to significantly solve thermal stability problem . for example , if the current grain sizes in other magnetic media are used , the tilted recording media may have an extreme long data decay time and can be practically used to store written data indefinitely . the media switching field distribution can be decreased by 80 % . the switching speed , which may be at least 5 times faster than that in the perpendicular recording , is comparable with longitudinal recording . the tilted perpendicular recording allows for a large write field , almost 50 - 80 % higher than the highest write field in other systems . for example , the write field can be close to the saturation field bs by introducing the tapered neck structure with very small throat height for single pole tip ( spt ) with sul . the tilted perpendicular recording significantly reduces the media switching field distribution so that a sharp transition can be achieved with a small transition width . this leads to a higher storage linear density . the tilted perpendicular recording also increases the media energy barrier at the track edge and the neighboring tracks as compared to conventional perpendicular recording . this allows for a reduction in the erase band by 50 % or more in comparison with other recording methods . notably , a storage density at or above 1 tera bit / in 2 may be achieved in systems under this tilted perpendicular recording configuration . the tilted perpendicular recording may be suitable for various recording applications such as hard disk recording , pattern media , thermal assistant ( pattern ) media and other magnetic recording applications .\na perpendicular magnetic recording stack with a dual continuous layer and a method of manufacturing the same . the perpendicular magnetic recording stack includes a substrate , one or more magnetic granular recording layers , and a dual continuous layer having first and second continuous layers . the first continuous layer , disposed between the second continuous layer and the magnetic granular recording layers , has an intermediate lateral exchange coupling , which is higher than the lateral exchange coupling of the magnetic granular layers . the second continuous layer has a higher lateral exchange coupling than the first continuous layer .\na straightforward argument from the vertical field estimate is that the perpendicular pole head can in principle write media with twice the coercivity of the longitudinal medium . however , the realistic gain is much smaller due to different switching processes of longitudinal and perpendicular media . longitudinal grains have larger dispersion of easy axis orientation and are easier to switch , while perpendicular grains are typically well oriented in the vertical direction . in practice , the coercivity gain of a perpendicular recording system over longitudinal medium may be close to 50 - 70 % .\n6 . the magnetic recording head as in claim 4 , wherein the tapered neck has a straight profile on a trailing edge along the tracks of the recording medium .\nreferring back to fig . 8 , the medium h k ( h n ) in the tilted perpendicular recording system is significantly larger than the medium h k ( h n ) in the perpendicular recording . in the cross track direction , any in - plane field changes the angle between the write field and the medium anisotropy direction away from 45\u00b0 . as shown in fig . 4 , the energy barrier of the medium grains increase with this angle . as go off track , the energy barrier increases . both the h k increases and the angle changes in the tilted perpendicular recording increase the energy barrier of the medium grains in the neighboring tracks . as a result , the adverse effect of the fringing field from the write head is reduced in the tilted perpendicular recording .\niwasaki , s . ,\nperpendicular magnetic recording focused on the origin and its significance ,\nieee transactions on magnetics , 38 ( 4 ) : 1609 - 1614 , jul . 2002 .\nimplementations described and claimed herein provide perpendicular magnetic recording stacks with a dual continuous layer . in one implementation , the perpendicular magnetic recording stack includes a substrate , one or more magnetic granular recording layers , and a dual continuous layer having first and second continuous layers . the first continuous layer , disposed between the second continuous layer and the magnetic granular recording layers , has an intermediate lateral exchange coupling , which is higher than the lateral exchange coupling of the magnetic granular layers . the second continuous layer has a higher lateral exchange coupling than the first continuous layer .\na method of digital recording on a magnetic disk in which the bits are in a vertical arrangement instead of horizontal in order to take up less space . also called\nvertical recording ,\ntoshiba and seagate introduced perpendicular recording drives in the 2005 - 2006 time frame . other drive vendors followed , and areal densities reached 400 gigabits per square inch by 2009 .\nthe demagnetization field in the perpendicular medium is small at the transition region . this allows writing narrower magnetic transitions and improves thermal stability of high density data ( this is opposite to longitudinal medium ) . also , the non - linear transition shifts in the perpendicular medium are less critical , compared with longitudinal recording .\nin may 2005 , toshiba ( japan ) announced the shipment of a new music player with an installed hard disk drive , which for the first time in the world , used perpendicular magnetic recording . it was in 1977 that i first presented perpendicular magnetic recording at the international magnetic conference in los angeles . therefore , it took all of 28 years until that technology first appeared in the marketplace .\nperpendicular flexible disk drive with a co - cr / ni - fe double layered recording medium and a single pole head . the auxiliary magnetic pole was located on the rear side of the disk .\nthe prior perpendicular recording is also limited by the signal to noise ratio ( snr ) due to the media switching field distribution , the small write field gradient , and effect of the magnetostatic interaction .\ntable 1 compares magnetic properties and recording parametric for perpendicular magnetic recording stacks having a single continuous layer with perpendicular magnetic recording stacks having a dual continuous layer . the magnetic properties include : coercivity field , h c , nucleation field , h n , and magnetization thickness product , mrt . the recording parametric include : writing plus erasure , wpe , reverse over - write , rev _ ow , on track bit error rate , pe , off track bit error rate , otc , media signal noise ratio , esmnr , and total signal noise ratio , esnr . as shown in table 1 , the dual continuous layer improves the magnetic properties and recording parametric .\nsignal processing for readback signals has been changed . that is simply a matter of course because longitudinal recording was fundamentally appropriate for analog signals . therefore , standing on the concept of \u2018complementarity\u2019 , which means the accomplishment of a total world by adding perpendicular recording to the conventional longitudinal recording world , is important . this is not a concept of \u2018duality\u2019 or a dual entity .\nwith reproduced waveforms indicating a single - peaked pulse resembling that of a conventional recording .\n4 . the magnetic recording head as in claim 1 , wherein the tapered neck has a third tapered profile on a leading edge along the tracks of the recording medium .\n5 . the magnetic recording head as in claim 4 , wherein the tapered neck has a fourth tapered profile on a trailing edge along the tracks of the recording medium .\nbase layers , i . e . all layers lying under the first magnetic recording layer\nperpendicular recording can enhance the thermal stability in comparison with longitudinal recording . as the areal density increases , the medium grains in the down track and cross track dimensions are decreased in order to maintain good signal to noise ratio ( snr ) . so the only way to enhance thermal stability for a given anisotropy medium is to increase the medium thickness . for a medium thickness greater than the grain diameter , the medium anisotropy directions are more likely to have perpendicular component as the thickness of the medium increases . however , there are still some intrinsic problems in perpendicular recording that cannot be easily solved satisfactorily .\nthe difference between longitudinal and perpendicular recording is the orientation of the media grains . in the case of longitudinal recording the grains magnetization is lying in the plane of the magnetic medium . when the media is magnetized by the recording head , the average magnetization is pointing in the down - track direction ( figure 7 . 1 ) . when perpendicular head and media are used , the media grains are oriented in the \u201cdepth\u201d of the medium and their magnetization is pointing either \u201cup\u201d or \u201cdown\u201d .\nonce again , it is worth noticing , that the particular perpendicular roll - off curve strongly depends on the head and medium optimization . with all the advantages , draw - backs and limitations of the perpendicular recording system , recent experimental studies demonstrated about a 20 - 40 % gains in the highest achievable areal density .\nthe principle of conventional magnetic recording is that magnetic fields are applied parallel to the plane of the magnetic medium . as described in this paper , the invention and development of a new method of placing the magnetized information perpendicular to the plane of the magnetic recording medium is presented . the yield in the mass production of high - density hard disk drives ( hdds ) for perpendicular recording is much higher than that of hdds for conventional recording . consequently , it is estimated that as many as 75 % of the 500 million hdds to be shipped this year will use this technology .\nvictora r . ( 2001 ) perpendicular recording media . in : plumer m . l . , van ek j . , weller d . ( eds ) the physics of ultra - high - density magnetic recording . springer series in surface sciences , vol 41 . springer , berlin , heidelberg\nto understand the \u201cu\u201d - shape , we have to analyze the structure of the stray fields in the case of perpendicular recording . the schematic diagram of these fields is shown in figure 7 . 10 .\nthese recording techniques , however , have difficulties to address various limitations or barriers for further increasing the storage densities , such as the thermal stability issue , the medium noise , the bit error rate limitations , and the limited data rate due to the limited medium switching speed and other limitations . the thermal stability issue is particularly limiting in the longitudinal recording . the large media switching field distribution and transition width can lead to certain limitations in the perpendicular recording in addition to the limitation due to the media switching speed problem . in both longitudinal and perpendicular recording , the write field decreases with track width and this aspect of such methods limits the storage densities . furthermore , the fringing field and the erase of neighboring tracks in both longitudinal and perpendicular recording are also barriers to achieving high storage densities ."]}
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", "topic": 27}], "title": "satmap", "paragraphs": ["satmap map card ofdartmoor and exmoor national parks . suitable for use in the satmap 10 and 12 .\nsatmap carry case & neck strap & battery . fit : for satmap 10 / 12 . = satmap lithium battery ( i think unused , but not tested ) 3 . 7v - 2700mah . the convenient carrying case for your satmap active 10 / 12 is . . .\ni have various problems with it . sent back regularly to satmap for repairs .\nsnap - to - road routing comes as standard , along with satmap adventure mapping .\nsimply insert a satmap mapcard into the slot on the satmap gps device , and navigate . richly detailed maps are available in a range of scales , making the satmap gps device ideal for travel throughout britain , western europe , and other parts of the world .\nif you already own the satmap standard power bundle , a spare 2700mah lithium polymer battery can really extend the use of your satmap active 10 and active 12 between recharging opportunities .\nfile converter - this application allows users to convert files to and from the satmap file format ( . map ) enabling files to be transferred to and from your satmap gps device .\nsatmap 1 : 25k explorer digital map for use on active 10 / 12 . excellent condition\nsatmap 1 : 25 platinum os whole u . k . great britain active 10 & 12 gps\nmap card of ayrshire for satmap 10 only used a couple of times . uk bidders only ,\nsatmap has built an excellent range of mapping for straightforward plug and play use on all our devices .\nthis item is now available for order here online , or from our leading irish satmap authorised dealers .\nsatmap map card - france aquitaine 1 : 50000 ign also have other maps available in separate listings .\nthe active 20 gb edition bundle from satmap has everything you need for your future adventures in the uk .\n2x brotect\u00ae hd - clear screen protector for satmap active 10plus . brotect\u00ae hd - clear screen protector for satmap active 10plus - crystal - clear , hard - coated , anti - fingerprint , easily mountable and removabl . . .\nsatmap develop software applications including an online route planner delivering ordnance survey and international mapping to a large customer base .\nthe satmap standard power bundle includes a 2700mah rechargable lipol battery , usb cable , wall charger with multi region interchangeable heads and a car charger . this power bundle is compatible with both the satmap active 10 and active 12 devices .\na video to show how to view the sd card mapping on your satmap active 10 or active 12 gps device .\nsatmap xpedition provides quick and easy planning and viewing of routes on a variety of map data , including ordnance survey .\ndie satmap active 20 de edition umfasst eine deutschland gesamt 1 : 50 000 map - karte , lipol akku mit ladeger\u00e4t .\ndie satmap active 20 at edition umfasst eine \u00f6sterreich gesamt 1 : 50 000 map - karte , lipol akku mit ladeger\u00e4t .\nimportant information on the legal terms and conditions governing the use of the active 10 and mapping products supplied by satmap systems .\nsince its launch , satmap has been undergoing rigorous testing by rescue teams and other non - commercial organisations across the world .\nhaving used a top of the range garmin touchscreen i have no hesitation in saying that the satmap active12 is superior in screen clarity and general useability . im a devotee of long distance walking and for me the satmap 12 is an essential piece of kit\nbattery for satmap etc . satmap active 10 / active 12 . capacity : 2700mah . replaces the following original types of battery 1x filter for bosch gas 35 l afc ; gas 35 l sfc gbp 10 , 58 . battery for apple ip . . .\na box opening of the satmap active 12 gb edition showing what included in the box . the gb edition is available here : urltoken\nrarely has a new device been so eagerly anticipated as has satmap ' s active 10 . combining all the features of a traditional handheld outdoor gps with full colour mapping from ordnance survey , the active 10 is waterproof and hailed by satmap as ' the ultimate sports gps ' .\nfor the first time , get the satmap active 12 with 1 : 25k os explorer mapping ( and 1 : 50k landranger mapping ) for the whole of gb with this exclusive os bundle . also comes with a free os maps subscription worth \u00a325 . 99 and satmap proshield .\nsatsync is satmap ' s pc software for the importing and exporting of routes . it is windows only software ( come on satmap , mac users have been around for a long time now , there really is no excuse for not providing mac compatible software ) and allows you to :\nthe satmap active12 gb adventure edition includes a rechargeable lipol battery with charging accessories , carry case and lanyard . mapcard included is the full gb satmap adventure mapping at 1 : 24 . 000 scale . this refurbished bundle offers great value , with warranty protection , and country - wide map coverage .\nsatmap works with a wide range of mapping agencies to provide high quality mapping that looks superb on satmap active devices . we are proud of the way our maps work on our devices utilising unique features , like the ability to\ntoggle\nbetween different map scales and types over the same location .\ndie satmap active 20 alpenverein edition umfasst eine alpenvereinskarte 1 : 50k & 1 : 25k ( dav & oeav ) , , lipol akku mit ladeger\u00e4t .\nwhen initially launched , satmap ' s active 10 had many bugs , some very irritating . it is testament to satmap that the majority of the bugs that were present have now been resolved and better still , features that were suggested by the early adopters and modifications to the user interface have been implemented .\nthe satmap active12 solo edition includes a rechargeable lipol battery with charging accessories , carry case and lanyard . perfect for active10 owners who are looking to upgrade .\nthe satmap active 12 gb edition includes a great britain ordnance survey 1 : 50k map , a rechargeable lipol battery with charging accessories , carry case and lanyard .\nfit to the device models : satmap active 10 , active 12 . compatible with the battery part numbers : 1s2pe583759 - 02x , act10 - bat - 00146 .\nan overview of the features of the satmap active 12 gps device and its new features verses an active 10 device . buy the device from our website here : urltoken\nsatmap active 10 / 12 1 ; 25k various areas of the uk . perfect condition . can be used with active 20 if put on a micro sd card .\nthe bike mount has been designed to allow the satmap active 10 and active 12 devices to be fitted to bikes for every sport , from mountain biking to cycle touring .\nthe satmap active 12 fr edition includes a france 1 : 50k ( ign ) map , free black proshield , a rechargeable lipol battery with charging accessories , carry case and lanyard .\n1 x active 12 plus , 1 : 50k full gb mapping , rechargeable power pack , carry case , mulit - country adaptors and access to online route planner satmap - xpedition .\nbought the older model and personally i ' m feed up with having to send it back to satmap for replacement rubber charging plug that tears off after repeatedly charging and the . . .\nthe satmap active 20 is purpose - built for the great outdoors , offering a long battery life in a waterproof and shockproof casing . it has some of the most advanced navigation technology available :\nhere is a selection of our great satmap gps units and bundles ; please use the\nfilters\non the right - hand - side to search for the right gps bundle for you .\nwe first made mention of satmap ' s active 10 back in march 2007 having seen it on display at the nec outdoors show . shortly afterwards we had another opportunity to see it when satmap attended our gps expo at sandown park in april . even though the halls were filled with gps users all used to seeing all manner of devices it still caused many ooh ' s and ah ' s when shown . the device was still at an early stage in its conception and the software was far from complete but it was clear even then that satmap were onto a winner .\nif the map area you require is not covered on one card satmap have a custom service which allows you to create your own custom map region ( available in 30 to 90km tiles ) .\nthe proshield ( orange ) is a silicone rubber protective case for your satmap active 10 or active 12 unit that dramatically improves impact resistance and offers fantastic protection against water , dirt and dust .\nthe proshield ( black ) is a silicone rubber protective case for your satmap active 10 or active 12 unit that dramatically improves impact resistance and offers fantastic protection against water , dirt and dust .\nsatmap active 20 handheld gps for walking and hiking urltoken the active 20 gps is purpose built for the great outdoors . offering unrivalled ip68 waterproofing , ik7 shock - proofing , very long ba . . .\nfor the review i received the southern gb landranger map at 1 : 50k . pressing the power button reveals the satmap splash screen shortly followed by a brief flash of arrow cursor hinting at the windows ce operating system that runs underneath before the gps status screen is displayed . our units was running v1 . 15 which was the latest at the time we received the unit , current units will now be running v1 . 16 . although currently , firmware updates can only be carried out using an sd card supplied by satmap it is planned to make such updated available on satmap ' s web site in future .\ncustom mapping options available from satmap . fast imx6 cortex a9 1ghz processor for smooth operation . quick start user guide ( full user guide available online ) . 1m micro usb cable for charging & data transfer .\nshowing how to connect a bluetooth smart heart rate monitor to a satmap active 12 , which is the same procedure for other cadence sensors . buy the wahoo cadence and heart rate monitors from our webs . . .\nsatmap active 10 . careful owner from new . good working condition . reliable gadget from my previous experiences with it . standard mapping already on gps . ( for detailed walking maps buy separate sd card . . .\ntransferring route data between satmap active 12 devices wirelessly via bluetooth . note : with the latest software you can now transfer ooi ' s ( objects of interest ) including poi ' s ( points of interes . . .\nthe multi - award winning satmap active 12 gps is purpose - built for the great outdoors and accurate to within one metre . this bundle includes 1 : 50k full gb maps , a proshield and free os maps subscription .\nthe satmap active 10 plus is a rugged , weatherproof and shockproof , handheld gps unit . very easy to use , its large colour screen displays high quality maps and pinpoints your exact position on a digital ordnance survey map .\nmap for satmap active 10 and 12 . areas of ireland and boasts many beautiful and charming attractions , amongst these the bustling towns of galway and sligo . for rock climbing , head to donegal ' s bluesta . . .\nwe review the new satmap active 10 plus gps . this is a brilliant personal navigator which we have tested in forests , hills and mountains and are very impressed with the unit . an excellent primary navigator for the outdoors .\nbluetooth wireless data sharing , allowing peer to peer route and poi sharing via bt le . bluetooth smart heart rate monitors and bike speed / cadence support . wi - fi for data sync with online planner : satmap xpedition .\nthis allows you to transfer your favourite trails to view on xpedition and other route planner applications ( e . g . google earth ) , or downloading road directions from google maps to view and follow on your satmap gps device .\njust arrived for review is the new satmap active 12 gps unit , the brand ' s new upgraded outdoors - specific navigation unit which we first saw in the flesh late last year and is arriving in shops right about now .\nsatmap active 10 plus . cracked screen ( dropped ) and now not working properly , hence offering for spares or repair . it doesn ' t recognise map cards without a reset . also selling map cards separately , an . . .\nsatmap active 10 , active 10 plus , active 12 , active 12 plus . garmin forerunner 205 / forerunner 206 / forerunner 301 / forerunner 305 . plugs into cigarette lighter 12v . blaupunkt travelpilot 40 , 50 , 5 . . .\nno , it ' s not an essential per se , but in world of sharp - screened smartphones , it brings the satmap bang up to date . the other changes are more subtle : the altimeter should mean more accurate elevation data for those who log their runs and rides and simply want more accuracy , it also puts the satmap on an instrumental par with the latest garmin unit - you can choose from between map elevation , gps elevation and barometer readings . . .\nfree satmap proshield silicone case and a 12 - month subscription to os maps ( worth \u00a325 . 99 ) , our online map printing and route planning tool . a subscription code will be emailed to you within five working days of purchase .\nmap for satmap active 10 and 12 . norfolk boasts fantastic walks through forest , fen , coast and countryside and is host to the beautiful peddars way & norfolk coast national trail . > > norfolk 1 : 25k & 1 . . .\nmap for satmap active 10 and 12 . it will link the ancient forest of charnwood and needwood , and has more than 700 miles of paths to explore , the gentle undulating landscape . > > the national forest 1 : 2 . . .\nmap for satmap active 10 and 12 . the bustling capital city , dublin , is just one of the . hiking up to view the ancient seat of the high kings of ireland on the hill of tara , climbing up the wicklow mou . . .\ngoogle earth \u2013 satmap gps devices are compatible with google earth as they convert kml / kmz files . it can be used to create aois , lois , pois and routes , to share pois between users , to generate road directions and to download panoramio photos .\nthe satmap active 20 gps incorporates the latest gps technology . the platinum bundle includes 250k scale base mapping plus both 1 : 25k os explorer and 1 : 50k os landranger mapping for the whole of gb . bundle includes 12 month premium access to os maps .\nsatmap agree that these rubber usb covers on the active 20 are a design issue . they very easily fall out when you need to connect the usb cable to the device . trying to replace one outside is virtually impossible with out the use of tweezers ! now we find that satmap make a charge of \u00a37 for three replacements covers ? again unfortunately they have no stock of them in their online store either . having used my active 20 for several months now , i am delighted with the device apart from this design issue .\ngeocaching - the active gps devices support geocaching files - even allowing hints and tips to be displayed on screen in rich text and images too . . loc waypoint files , gpx exchange files and pocket query zip files all can be transferred to your satmap gps device .\nmap for satmap active 10 and 12 . > > warwickshire 1 : 25k & 1 : 10k ( t ) < < . warwickshire is a county full of history and beauty . the warwickshire villages trail covers a large part of the . \u2022 topographical . . .\nset of two sd cards with os maps for all of great britain full , including both 1 : 25k ( os explorer ) , 1 : 50k ( os landranger ) maps , plus street view for your satmap gps cards both in great condition and c . . .\nthrough the close collaboration with these professionals , satmap has been able to continuously implement new functions and features , designed especially to improve safety , reliability and ease of use ; crucial factors during any rescue operation ( users are advised to carry paper mapping as a backup ) .\nthe multi - award winning satmap active 12 is a large screen gps for walking , cycling and other sports . used widely by professionals and hikers , the active 12 has twice the resolution of its predecessor and adds a barometric alitmeter , bluetooth connectivity and many more great features .\nplease note that xpedition - 2 is currently in beta release , pending formal release very soon . any free or premium accounts will fully carry across when the formal release is made please use the link below to jump straight to xpedition - 2 premium subscription details on the satmap shop .\nthe satmap active 20 is the upgraded version of the multi - award winning active 12 . it ' s designed to cope with any outdoors challenge with a large , bright map display , a choice of either button or touch - screen controls and a robust waterproof and shockproof case .\nthe satmap active 12 gps unit comes with 1 : 50 000 ordnance survey map card . the unit also comes pre - loaded with gb 1 : 250 , 000 and 1 : 1 million os road mapping and also world base mapping 1 : 5 million and 1 : 200 million .\nmap for satmap active 10 and 12 . > > offa ' s dyke path 1 : 25k & 1 : 50k < < . length of path 285km / 177miles . \u2022 topographical ordnance survey ( os ) 1 : 25 , 000 explorer of national trail . \u2022 topographical ordnance . . .\nmap for satmap active 10 and 12 . with history and culture . \u2022 topographical ordnance survey ( os ) 1 : 25 , 000 explorer . > > east inverness - shire 1 : 25k & 1 : 10k < < . this map is orginally sealed and unused ! by . . .\nmap for satmap active 10 and 12 . > > the cotswold way 1 : 25k & 1 : 50k ( t ) < < . length of path 160km / 100miles . \u2022 topographical ordnance survey ( os ) 1 : 25 , 000 explorer of national trail . \u2022 topographical ordn . . .\nthe original satmap active 10 was the first gps unit designed from the ground up to use ordnance survey mapping on an outdoors electronic navigation tool . we love it for the easy - to - use , hassle - free , button operated menu , general knock - about reliability and decent mapping reproduction .\nour unit failed on first use in the rain and it turned out that the case was faulty and let in water where one of the face screws is positioned and was loose . before it packed in it was working like a dream . we contacted satmap directly and their customer service was brilliant ! we were sent a new unit as soon as we retuned home and they covered cost of postage for the unit we returned for them to investigate . i would have rated at 5 before it failed and 1 after it failed but because satmap customer service was amazing i am giving it a 4 star rating .\nmap for satmap active 10 and 12 . > > nottinghamshire 1 : 25k & 1 : 10k ( t ) < < . \u2022 topographical ordnance survey ( os ) 1 : 25 , 000 explorer . this map is orginally sealed and unused ! with over 2 , 000 miles of foot . . .\nfor \u00a3680 you would expect everything to be top of the range . not so . the usb charger cover is appalling . flimsy , easily breaks and cannot be replaced in wet weather . satmap are aware of this and are redesigning it . until they do . . . . don ' t touch it .\nthere is currently no provision for an owner to record their details in the unit which given its cost is an omission i hope satmap rectify in a future update . something as simple as an owner screen , displayed on every start - up would suffice with the data being secured by a pin number perhaps ?\nthe latest accessories available are the wahoo speed and cadence sensor and heart rate monitor which are the world ' s first bluetooth smart ( 4 . 0 ) sensor made for the new low energy band of bluetooth . they are easy to pair to the satmap active 20 and 12 . sensors protection mounts power cases & lanyards\ngarmin and magellan have dominated the market for years , and apart from the odd novelty act , there simply haven\u2019t been that many others in the mix . satmap , a small uk startup , is aiming to remedy that situation , however , with its active 10 \u2013 the most innovative handheld gps device i\u2019ve come across in years .\nonce again satmap have excelled themselves , this time with a gps unit that boasts a large & brightly lit , hvga screen with gorilla glass for excellent durability . the dualcontrol allows you to use both touchscreen and buttons depending on what you require , and it is easy to switch between mapping so you can take full advantage of the clarity and detail that the screen offers .\nsatmap are clearly very proud of their device and the packaging reflects that . it has clearly been given a lot of thought . not only is the box it comes in made from re - cycled card ( no blister pack plastic in sight here ) but it presents the device and accompanying accessories in a pair of drawers that concertina out from either end of the box .\nquite frankly , as a u . k . qualified mountain leader i would give this device a zero star rating . this is my second one , the active 10 lasted two years and i replaced it with the active 12 about eighteen months ago . it has been used about four times and , on arrival in austria last week , discovered that yet another one had failed . completely blank screen and the knowledge that satmap customer service is zip means that i will be now buying another device from a more hardier manufacturer . the satmap is just rubbish , cheap material but expensive to buy . they must be laughing all the way to the bank . i have another device by someone else that has lasted over ten years and has never failed me !\nthe active 12 , however , has orange buttons , which distinguishes it from the black - buttoned active 10 . there are also high resolution os maps available for great britain and germany . to get that mapping does require extra cost though ; so a satmap active 12 with , for example , high resolution great britain 1 : 50k ordnance survey mapping will set you back \u00a3450 .\nthis is the latest upgrade of the original satmap active 10 gps receiver , which i ' ve been a big fan of for many years . the active 12 takes all the great features of the active 10 , such as the large screen , big buttons and easy - to - use - interface ; then adds an improved high - resolution screen , barometric altimeter and bluetooth wireless connectivity .\nwe would consequently always recommend that if you insist on using aa cells you stick to the type as supplied by satmap , namely energizer lithium cells . these are the most powerful aa batteries available to date and will give you the best run time albeit at a cost , at time of writing this was approximately \u00a35 per set of 4 although we have also seen them at \u00a37 for two !\nthe other major addition is a bluetooth module which opens up all sorts of possibilities . you can use it with a bluetooth heart rate monitor to measure your heart rate on the move , cyclists can hook up to speed and cadence sensors and a shared data facility allows you to share gpx files wirelessly with other satmap users . it ' s compatible with both classic and le bluetooth peripherals it says here .\nin fact the screen has approximately twice the resolution of the original version and has also been optimised to run the newly available high resolution version of the ordnance survey maps - note you can use the new maps on the old unit , but at lower res and if you already own satmap mapping from the active 10 , that will work fine with the active 12 as well , which is good to know .\nand the bluetooth means that for runners and cyclists who want to use their gps as a training aid as well as a navigational tool , the satmap suddenly just got a whole lot more versatile . you can choose to display hr or cadence on the move - we have a wahoo bluetooth hrm to play with and our own cardiosport belt paired seamlessly with the unit and seems to work just fine , at least sat at a desk it does .\ni bought this because it looked rugged and blurb said you could add maps to it . what was not said was that you have you buy expensive packages from satmap - they want \u00a3104 - whole of wales or none at all . ordinance survey should not be selling these as they are not os map compatible . so its paper or the downloaded os maps on my phone . this was not made clear in any of the sales pitch so as well as feeling very robbed by satmap - i feel duped and robbed by ordinance survey . [ editors note : this package includes the 1 : 25k and 1 : 50k mapping for the whole country . you can buy the ' solo ' option with no maps , which clearly says only base mapping is available . if kirsty can get in touch we can probably help her get the maps working on the device - they come on the sd card in the box ]\nwe go prepared and take all the tools available to us to make sure we have an enjoyable and safe trip up the mountains . that means a map and a compass of course . if you need an escape route , or there\u2019s an emergency , or there\u2019s a technology failure , or a battery dies , you need a map and compass , plus the skills to know how to use them . but for the other times , well then there\u2019s a satmap active 12 .\nthere are a few issues still present in the software but in the short time it has been available satmap have worked very hard to resolve them and it is already a much better and more stable device than it once was . i would like to see an on screen heading vector , one that clearly shows your current direction overlaid on the map , many other topographical packages offer this and it is the one feature i did miss on the active 10 but it ' s a small omission that could easily be rectified in software .\nso has it been worth the wait ? the active 10 went on sale late last year and such was the demand , satmap had problems fulfilling orders let alone supplying units to press for review . however our turn finally came and pocketgpsworld have had a review unit for a few months now . i think it only fair to let you in on a little secret , it ' s a bit of a gem ! it ' s not without problems but despite the odd niggles it offers functionality never before available in a single water tight package and what it does is done well .\ni was more than happy with my well used old satmap 10 plus so not sure \ud83e\udd14 the benefit of the 12 - wow the screen definition alone made the choice instantly worth it - my much loved 10 plus is now a very competent reserve with the 12 a great addition already well used - geocaching , running \ud83c\udfc3 , walking , cycling \ud83d\udeb5 , horse riding , rock climbing , and about to try a microlight . . . . . set up how i like to use it . no wonder it is used by so many mountain rescue services - still have my map and compass though\nbut using them with most outdoor gps devices is a pain . you have to first read off your grid coordinates from the device and then use those to work out your position on paper . the satmap active 10 takes these maps , digitises them , and makes them available on the screen of a rugged pda . and , just like an in - car sat - nav , the active 10 displays your position live on a 1 : 50 , 000 or 1 : 25 , 000 os map so you know exactly where you are , instantly . if you\u2019ve ever been lost on a hillside in the fading light , you\u2019ll know how valuable this can be .\nalthough the product is excellent and offers many features , i still have to question whether it is value for money . i will , at this stage , confess that as my item was slightly marked i did get a good discount . however if i ' d paid the full price i would have been underwhelmed . firstly , although it is a better navigation device than a mobile phone , is that much better at the price ? for the occasional user i would have to say ' no ' , but if you are orienteering in the wilds of scotland then the answer would be ' yes ' . so basically think before buying . a couple of other issues include a ) the screen marks very easily and b ) the protective cover over the charging point is poorly designed and mine snapped off within days . overall the satmap is a great product offering a wide array of options , but it is a complex piece of gadgetry to use and in all honesty i think it is well overpriced .\neu legislation regarding cookies : uk and eu laws now requires websites hosted on eu servers to ask for users ' consent when placing cookies on their devices . each time you use this web site , you signify your acceptance and provide consent , without limitation , to place cookies on your pc ( laptop or desktop ) or mac or mobile device . as a registered user of satmap systems , you should be aware that cookies are necessary for user session , registration , login and downloading data . these cookies also allow our websites to provide enhanced and more personal features . if you do not agree with the above , or you do not have the legal authority to agree to and accept this agreement , then you may no longer use the website . if you proceed with the login process , by clicking the\nlog on\nbutton , you are giving us consent to download cookies on your pc or mac or mobile device . more information about the cookies : information commissioner ' s office : eu cookie law .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\njavascript seems to be disabled in your browser . you must have javascript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website .\nthe active 12 is our 2nd generation sports gps device . with a brand new highres screen for even more clarity when viewing maps of all scales and low energy bluetooth to allow for wireless route sharing between devices . all within our robust weather resistant casing .\n- the active 20 is our new high end outdoor dual button / touchscreen gps device . with a brand new\nwith the all - new xpedition - 2 it is quick and easy to plan and view routes on a variety of national topographic mapping , share your favourite tracks and much more .\nplease note that xpedition - 2 is currently in beta release , pending formal release very soon . any free or premium accounts will fully carry across when the formal release is made use the links below to jump straight into xpedition - 2 .\nwith xpedition - 2 premium you ' ll have access to a raft of features and improvements to help you better plan for your next outdoor adventure . for just \u00a320 a year you get ,\nquad lock out front bike mount kit ( inc . backplate ) - active 20\nwelcome to our widest range of mapping ever \u2013 keeping you\nway ahead\nfor the outdoor life .\nthis bundle includes great britain ordnance survey mapping at 1 : 10k , 1 : 25k & 1 : 50k scales & a rechargeable lipol battery .\nactive 12 ie edition bundle with irish mapcard included - ( ie - cy - 50 - sd - 001 ) . this contains 1 : 50k coverage of eire ( and 1 : 210k coverage of n . ireland )\nsatsync is a desktop application which allows your computer to recognize the active gps devices , when they ' re plugged into a usb port . this enables the import and export of various information and other key features , such as :\ntransfer of supported files including routes and ooi\u2019s ( . gpx , . kml , . kmz , . loc , . zip , . txt , . png , . xol , . tcx , . jpg , . map ) between the computer to the active gps ( either internal or sd card storage ) . *\neasy links to third party applications - create , share , download and transfer routes , shapes and oois between the active gps and sites like bergportal . ch , geocaching . com , geocaching australia , urltoken , gipfelbuch . ch , google earth , google maps , urltoken and a number of other websites .\nimport direct from google maps - the active gps are compatible with google maps , a similar tool to google earth , which can also be used to share pois , create aois , lois , pois and routes with rich text and pictures , and is even better for generating road directions . * *\n* please note that mapping data provided on the sd cards cannot be transferred via satsync . on mac this may require the use of the standalone file converter program provided .\n* * you must be signed into a google account to use this feature .\nif so , please go to the help section for information on how to access xpedition .\nwe use cookies on this website in order to make your visit run more smoothly and to give us statistics that help us plan future enhancements . learn more about the cookies we use .\nwhen faced with a scottish white - out or a yomp over moorland in the fog , the active 12 is now my navigational tool of choice when i don ' t want to count paces and use a magnetic compass .\nphysical dimensions : 7 . 5 cm w x 13 cm h x 3 . 5 cm d\nthis is a great piece of kit and the package of ' extras ' that came with it made it good value . it is light , comfortable in the hand and has great battery life . the only criticism i have , is that it is difficult to see the screen clearly in direct sunlight , but i had seen this mentioned in previous reviews and was prepared to deal with it .\nall paper maps and books come with free uk delivery ( royal mail , 3 - 5 working days ) , or the option of courier delivery ( 2 working days ) from date of dispatch .\nthe os gps range ( velo , horizon , trail and aventura ) and accessories come with free uk next day delivery ( by courier ) . other gps devices , clothing , other tech and outdoor gear all have courier delivery ( up to 5 working days ) for security . this is either \u00a33 . 99 or \u00a35 . 99 depending on the product . some large items , such as framed maps , may be more . total delivery cost will be calculated in the checkout before you pay .\nall products can be returned within 14 days for a full refund , except for items made to order such as personalised custom made maps . click here for more information on delivery options and a full overview of our returns process .\nthe active 20 includes advanced features such as wi - 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' navigation . welcome ' : ' login / register ' | translatewithvalue : vm . getuserfirstname } }\nyour email address has not been registered . please fill in your email address and click the \u201cregister\u201d button in order to register .\nplease enter your email address . we will send you a link to set a new password .\noops , something went wrong . no e - mail was send to this e - mailaddress . please try again .\nif your email address is registered with us you will receive an email to reset your password .\nyour email address has already been registered . if you forgot your password , please click \u201cforgot password\u201d .\n{ { ' pdp . size . deliverypromise . txt ' | translatewithvalue : option } } { { option . deliveryunit | translate } }\nthis product is not available online . we will gladly help you in one of our stores .\n{ { ' pdp . notaddedtobasket ' | translate } } { { ' pdp . tryagainlater ' | translate } }\na barometric altimeter offers excellent pressure and elevation readings while the 3 axis electronic compass and accelerometer will guide you on your way . connectivity via wifi and bluetooth allows you to share routes between units and download software updates easily as well as take advantage of compatible devices such as heart rate monitors and cadence sensors ( sold separately ) .\nthis gb edition bundle includes ordnance survey landranger mapping ( 1 : 50k ) for the whole of great britain as well as world and european base mapping at scales down to 1 : 1m , uk os base map at 1 : 250k scale and uk postcode data .\nfull spectrum gnss enabled ( gps , glonass , galileo , sbas etc . )\nall the information you need when using the active 10 with software version 1 . 5 . ( note : use the bookmarks tab to navigate to specific topics of interest ) .\nall the information you need when using the active 10 with software version 1 . 5 .\n( note : use the bookmarks tab to navigate to specific topics of interest ) .\nplease note , the english print and german editions of this user guide are 18 . 3mb and 11 . 3mb respectively .\nsafety and care tips for your active 10 to ensure it provides you with many years of accurate and reliable usage . includes important information on taking care of your unit in extreme weather conditions and what to do in the case of water contact .\na step - by - step guide to installing the platform software upgrade for 1 . 5 onto the active 10 from an sd card .\nwe don ' t know when or if this item will be back in stock .\nthis item at this price , sold by amazon . com , is currently reserved exclusively for prime members .\nprime free trial and invitee customers : we will automatically apply an urltoken gift card to your gift card balance in the amount equal to the prime exclusive discount after you become a paid prime member . if you cancel your paid prime membership or return the qualifying smartphone within the first 3 months of your paid prime membership , we may void your gift card or charge you in the amount of the gift card . terms and conditions apply .\nthis shopping feature will continue to load items . in order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading .\nexplore our full range of clothing and equipment for any sport or activity in the sports & outdoors store .\nfind your favourite sports , fitness and outdoor brands for less in the sports & outdoors outlet .\ninstantly receive a \u00a310 urltoken gift card if you\u2019re approved for the amazon platinum mastercard with instant spend . representative 21 . 9 % apr ( variable ) .\ncredit offered by newday ltd , over 18s only , subject to status . terms apply .\nplease make sure that you ' ve entered a valid question . you can edit your question or post anyway .\nthere was a problem completing your request . please try your search again later .\ndelivery destinations : visit the delivery destinations help page to see where this item can be delivered . find out more about our delivery rates and returns policy\nfor those occasions when the user wants to plan a detailed route in advance , this can either be done on the gps device itself , using the fully featured internal route planner , or on a convenient pc ( internet access required ) and downloaded to the active 10 via the usb port .\nbought as a birthday gift . uses on all the walks . brilliant . would recommend .\nit ' s an outstanding product but very complicated to use . if you have the time and intelligence to learn how to use it then you ' ll be well satisfied with this device .\nnot cheap , but worth every penny . three years in , after - sales still excellent . repair service quick , cost effective & efficient ! and it was my fault !\nlove it but a few problems but company always been helpful - the battery opening ring is awful and i have broken it twice - a great tool but could be better . .\na quite excellent piece of kit . rugged and smart . but having switched to a mac i have found it virtually impossible to make it work on that .\nprime members enjoy fast & free shipping , unlimited streaming of movies and tv shows with prime video and many more exclusive benefits .\nafter viewing product detail pages , look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in .\nupdate the platform and software version of your active 10 with this platform updater card .\ncapacity : 2700mah . active 12 . active 10 . helpful links . pricing guns . price gun labels . price gun ink rollers . featured categories .\nactive 12 . active 10 . rate : 9 . 99wh . color : black . capacity : 2700mah . helpful links . pricing guns . price gun labels .\nactive 12 . active 10 . capacity : 2700mah . helpful links . pricing guns . price gun labels . price gun ink rollers . if ordered by 3pm .\ncopyright \u00a9 1995 - 2018 ebay inc . all rights reserved . user agreement , privacy , cookies and adchoice\nthis page was last updated : jul - 09 12 : 41 . number of bids and bid amounts may be slightly out of date . see each listing for international postage options and costs .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nhi ! we see you\u2019re using an ad - blocker . we\u2019re fine with that and won\u2019t stop you visiting the site . but as we\u2019re losing ad - revenue from this then why not make a donation towards website running costs ? . or you could disable your ad - blocker for this site . we think you\u2019ll find our adverts are not overbearing !\nwe ' ll try to cover every facet of this device in our review and we may even add sections if we discover areas that we have missed or that deserve closer scrutiny . this is a warts and all review and so we will mention any failings so that you are in possession of all the facts .\nwe have always made a big thing of the packaging and perhaps in this carbon conscious climate we ought not to do so . but i make mention of the packaging for one simple reason . well designed and thought out packaging demonstrates a pride and commitment to the product contained within .\nin one drawer you will find the active 10 unit itself whilst in the other under a lid ( that contains the quick - start guide , warranty card , end user licence agreement and map catalogue brochure ) is a case , lanyard and usb - mini - usb cable .\nall that needs to be done before proceeding is to insert the supplied disposable batteries ( these are the energizer lithium cells which are the most powerful aa battery available to date ) and switch on . the unit has been designed such that it requires no interaction with a pc at all . as supplied , the active 10 comes with three types of pre - loaded base maps . a whole of great britain map at 1 : 1 , 000 , 000 , a large scale uk road map at a scale of 1 : 250k and a vector based detailed street map that contains minor roads , railways , waterways , rivers and coastlines in a standard map colour scheme .\nto get the most out of its intended purpose you will need to purchase an ordnance survey map card containing the area ( s ) and scales you need and we will cover this in more detail later .\nhowever , all the functionality of the unit is present whether a detailed ordnance survey map card is present or not . because of the pre - installed map and the fact that additional maps are supplied ready to go on sd memory cards you can simply insert them and get going , no need to mess about installing maps from a pc , for some that will be music to their ears , even for a seasoned computer geek i don ' t relish all the messing about that such a process often entails !\nthe active 10 has a familiar design similar to many pdas with a portrait format screen and a size that sits well in the hand . it has a tough abs shell and a rubberised coating on many of its panels which aid in gripping the unit . rubber covers are present over the sd card slot and mini - usb port .\nhowever , unlike the vast majority of pdas available , the active 10 does not have a touch screen . instead a number of multi - function buttons surround the screen , two at each side and two at the bottom accompanied by a small thumb operated joystick .\nthis may at first glance appear to be an odd decision but once out in the field you quickly understand why this design makes the ultimate sense . all the features of the unit can be operated using gloved hands with no stylus required or there to be inevitably lost . it also means no delicate touch screen is required and instead a user replaceable polycarbonate screen cover is present that can be replaced quickly and easily if it becomes damaged .\nthe battery cover at the rear is protected by a gasket around its circumference . the cover is opened by turning the small metal ' d ' buckle which unlatches and releases the cover ."]}
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", "topic": 36}], "title": "wwe", "paragraphs": ["subsidiaries tapout ( 50 % ) tsi realty company event services , inc . wwe studios wwe music group wwe properties international wwe japan wwe australia wwe international wwe canada wwe sports wcw , inc . wwe animation wwe jet services wwe germany wwe asia pacific wwe middle east and africa wwe libraries\nthree magazines about wwe ( wwe magazine , wwe kids , and wwe presents ) were also published .\nwwe nxt airs in more than 60 countries worldwide and also on wwe . com . wwe nxt showcases wwe\u2019s brightest young talent as they battle to become the elite wwe superstars of tomorrow .\nthe wwe\u2019s wellness policy does not apply to brock lesnar ( wwe . com )\nwatch wwe smackdown , wednesdays at 8 : 30pm and wwe raw , sundays at 5pm .\nmeanwhile , the wwe has been struggling with the costs associated with launching the wwe network .\nbuff bagwell filed suit against wwe in august 2016 for royalties payment from the wwe network .\nwwe does not have\nfans\n. rather , they have the collective\nwwe universe\n.\nwwe\u2019s top priority is the health and wellness of our superstars . wwe performers are the company\u2019s greatest asset \u2013 without our performers , wwe would not exist .\nwwe implemented its talent wellness program on february 27 , 2006 . the wwe talent wellness program is administered independent of wwe by the following team of physicians :\nfull match - roman reigns vs . aj styles - wwe world heavyweight title match : wwe extreme rules 2016\n\u201cwwe talent are expected to be free of the influence of alcohol when performing for wwe , \u201d the policy reads . \u201caccordingly , wwe talent are prohibited from using or consuming alcohol at any time within a twelve hour period prior to any wwe event or wwe scheduled performance . \u201d\nseveral portions of wwe wrestler ' s contracts were submitted as part of the wwe trademark application for their names .\nwwf sounds way more bad ass than wwe . i still hate the wwe name . the world wrestling federation !\nto keep former wwe talent up - to - date with current wwe news , wwe distributes a digital \u201calumni newsletter\u201d on a quarterly basis . the newsletter includes information on wwe news , archives , wellness , professional development and more .\nbetween the success of the wwe network and this new deal with nbcu , wwe appears to be healthier than ever .\n1997 would be a very hard year for the wwe . wcw was killing wwe in the ratings and wwe came very close to going out of business . despite the low ratings , wwe would continue to put on some memorable matches .\nit ' s clear that wwe is sacrificing a lot of revenue streams to get the wwe network off the ground .\nrene dupree sued wwe for wwe network royalties in april 2016 . his 2003 contract was included in the initial filing .\n7 years ago today from atlanta , georgia , wwe presented the 2009 wwe draft on a special edition of raw .\nworld wrestling entertainment inc . ( wwe ) hall of famer bobby \u201cthe brain\u201d heenan died on sunday , according to wwe .\ndespite that value investors will raise another interesting question about wwe . that question would be : is wwe generating any float ?\nthe last - minute delays in officially launching the wwe network in the united kingdom underscores the wwe ' s difficult balancing act .\n\u201cwwe\u2019s talent wellness program does not apply to part - time performers such as brock lesnar , \u201d a wwe spokesperson told tmz .\n3 though wwe considers this title separate from the wcw world title and spun off from the wwe undisputed title , commentators in wwe programming and certain wwe susperstars still claim the wcw world title ' s lineage to this title ' s history when it was active .\nvince mcmahon , chairman of the board & chief executive officer of wwe , inc . ( wwe ) , is a third generation promoter who has made wwe into the global phenomenon it is today .\nwwe also extends a professional development program to former wwe talent , and in some cases , their family members . this professional development program aims to provide guidance and support beyond talent\u2019s tenure with wwe .\nwwe ' s popularity in germany continues to grow with viewing options that now include sky deutschland , prosieben maxx , and wwe network .\n# repost @ wwe with @ repostapp . \u30fb\u30fb\u30fb the # wwe universe in # wwewinnipeg knew exactly who # theboss was . @ sashabankswwe\nwith wwe active , the app includes live match continuation , backstage content , polls , trivia and information on wwe superstars and divas .\nhowever , the wwe could opt to bring the television title to the wwe , and it could end up being a huge success .\nwith the way things were going in the wwe , bret decided after his 12 years in the wwe it was time to leave . there was only one problem ; he was still the wwe champion .\ncheck out the different openings to raw from the attitude era . more action on wwe network : urltoken subscribe to wwe on youtube : urltoken must - see wwe videos on youtube : urltoken visit urltoken urltoken\nno . 1 contenders can be chosen through twitter followers , voting on the wwe app and through wwe ' s beloved tout . this belt could make the wwe universe active in what will happen with one of wwe ' s championship belts for the first time in history .\nwwe create a wwe superstar . easy connect system . endless ways to build . create your next champ . pick up is also available .\nhad won the exclusive television rights for wwe programming . bskyb signed a new five - year with wwe which extended their partnership through 2019 .\njerry mcdevitt , wwe ' s longtime attorney , said wwe has not tried to lure flair or any other wrestlers under contract with tna .\na wwe official notified tna on may 7 about wittenstein\u2019s breach , but the lawsuit claims wwe waited three weeks before telling tna . wwe fired wittenstein after they learned what he did , according to the lawsuit .\nhere we are it\u2019s another thursday on urltoken and the wwe championship series continues . with nxt take over 2 taking place tonight on the wwe network , i think it\u2019s only right to continue the wwe championship series with the top 5 wwe championship matches from the \u201cnew generation era . \u201d\npopular wwe superstar and former wwe champion eddie guerrero died of a heart attack in his hotel room following a heart disease linked to steroid abuse .\ni struggle to estimate the oibda for 2015 because wwe ' s accounting , particularly around the wwe network , seems to evolve by the quarter .\nfiled in california , sakoda ' s 2004 wwe booking contract was filed as part of the wwe ' s motion to transfer venue to ct .\nsports entertainment company wwe has updated its flagship app to include wwe active , a second screen experience that includes the delivery of live match continuation , backstage content , polls , trivia and information on wwe superstars and divas .\nformer wwe diva dawn marie filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the wwe that would forever make the promotion think twice about who and how they terminated .\ndustin runnels returned , and started to speak out against wwe\u2019s edgy storylines and characters , a subtle shot from wwe to their real - life detractors .\ndolph ziggler has reflected on what he has accomplished as a member of the wwe roster . the current wwe intercontinental champion recently appeared on . . .\nadditional information on wwe ( nyse : wwe ) can be found at urltoken and corporate . urltoken . for information on our global activities , go to\nadditional information on wwe ( nyse : wwe ) can be found at urltoken and corporate . urltoken . for information on our global activities , go to\nwwe\u2019s ability to fine , suspend or terminate a wwe talent will not be , however , limited or compromised in any manner in the event incontrovertible evidence of such illegal misconduct is presented to wwe . section 9 . 13 ( a ) of the wwe booking contract , commonly known as the \u201cmorals clause\u201d , provides wwe with broad discretion and authority to act under such circumstances .\nthe story also said tna said wwe can now steal its wrestlers by offering better deals , and that wwe fired former tna employee brian wittenstein when he disclosed the information to wwe . a hearing is set for june 11 .\nwwe champion aj styles is closing in on tying a record that was set by a wwe hall of famer . reddit user falconarrow123 recently . . .\nas head of wwe\u2019s global sales & partnerships division , brody will be a key member of the company\u2019s senior management team , responsible for providing strategic vision for wwe\u2019s sales operation on a global basis while expanding wwe\u2019s media partnerships .\nwwe studios segment established in 2002 and re - branded in 2008 , wwe studios creates a diversified mix of filmed entertainment by means of strategic production , financing , distribution and acquisition partnerships . learn more about wwe studios segment > >\nbarrios said wwe will also looking to see if the brand split helps wwe network business \u2013 will they get new subscribers from increased awareness for wwe , will it help improve subscriber turnover by adding more live ppvs , etc . ?\nwwe raw primer 7 / 9 : will wwe address lesnar\u2019s ufc appearance , potty crasher , reigns - lashley drama continues , dr . shelby , no apologies\nstarting off with espn , wrestlezone reported yesterday that coachman , a former wwe announcer , has said that he will no longer cover the wwe for espn .\npre - existing features include breaking news , videos , photos and wwe universe , a localized social feed that shows users who is tweeting about wwe nearby .\nok ok , so the wwe internet championship was never really a sanctioned wwe title per se , but you have to admit it is a novel idea .\nwwe has zero tolerance for matters involving domestic violence , child abuse and sexual assault . upon arrest for such misconduct , a wwe talent will be immediately suspended . upon conviction for such misconduct , a wwe talent will be immediately terminated .\ncharlotte is still champion only now she is officially the new wwe women\u2019s champion .\nwwe , susan g . komen tag team for third year to fight breast cancer\nthe effort includes three public service announcements that wwe has produced featuring its talent .\nretired former wwe wrestler jbl says he has no desire to wrestle again , but he would be open to a guest appearance on wwe tv in the future .\nbackstage details on the contracts of wwe ' s nxt u . k . talents\nsteve austin\ntaking his ball and leaving\nthe wwe will always leave a black eye on his legacy as arguably the greatest wwe superstar of all time .\ntop 10 smackdown live moments : wwe top 10 , aug . 9 , 2016\nronda rousey has commented on making her in - ring debut with the wwe at madison square garden . wwe held a live event on saturday night . . .\n5 mega - money matches that wwe could still do at future . . .\nwhy is world wrestling entertainment , inc . ( wwe ) stock falling today ?\nwwe power rankings : seth rollins is back , but he\u2019s not no . 1\nwelcome to the first edition of the weekly fox sports wwe power rankings . each week , we\u2019ll be evaluating the wwe roster based on their performances on raw , smackdown and pay - per - views and their roles in current wwe storylines .\nwwe going back to two world titles would be huge for guys like cesaro .\nwwe network to launch in the u . k . , ireland jan . 19\nthe company needs to retain lucrative domestic and international television rights contracts . meanwhile , wwe is transforming their global distribution strategy with the expansion of the wwe network .\na 10 - year\nbroadcast and multimedia agreement\nwith the wwe . rogers\n2014 has been a huge year for announcements of tv deals by the wwe .\nworld wrestling entertainment , inc . ( wwe ) stock spikes on strong q4 earnings\nwwe content garnered more than 8 billion views on youtube ; wwe was the most followed sports channel on youtube and the second most followed sports brand on facebook .\nfiled in california ,\nbig\nruss mccullough ' s wwe booking contract was filed as part of the wwe ' s motion to transfer venue to ct .\neddie guerrero died of heart failure in november 2005 . ( wwe . com )\non may 21 , 2010 , carlito was released by the wwe after being popped by the program and subsequently refusing to enter a wwe - sponsored rehabilitation program .\nangle would sign a contract with tna wrestling soon after his wwe contract expired .\nhowever , the packaging on those games had all wwf references replaced with wwe .\nwwe apparently approached tna to inform them that wittenstein was openly discussing when contracts were expiring , which led to his departure from wwe . tna claims that wwe did not let them know about this until several weeks after wittenstein was let go .\nthe wwe could stand to sign the top talents while they ' re young .\nlet ' s face it folks , the wwe united states championship is dead .\nin the end , wwe ' s new domestic television rights deal didn ' t meet the high expectations that had sent the wwe stock soaring in the prior months .\nfiled in california , luther reigns ( matthew wiese ) ' s wwe booking contract was filed as part of the wwe ' s motion to transfer venue to ct .\nwhen wwe was readying for its draft to split raw and smackdown into separate brands last summer , paul \u201ctriple h\u201d levesque had one request of wwe boss vince mcmahon .\nby 1997 wwe and wcw were not alone . a revolutionary alternative wrestling company known as ecw ( extreme championship wrestling ) was beginning to get noticed . ecw would invade wwe raw in march 1997 and wwe would give them promotion for their first ppv .\nhowever , reruns of those shows will be available on the wwe network after their original airings . wwe network will also start out with between four to six hours of original programming , according to george barrios , chief strategy and financial officer for wwe .\na much - beloved u . k . indie wrestling promotion may head to wwe network\nwwe superstars jimmy and jey will be a part of wrestlemania 31 at levi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s stadium .\nwwe superstars jason jordan and goldust sign autographs at the 2018 special olympics usa games .\nwwe ( nyse : wwe ) and full sail university announced today an innovative partnership that moves live tapings of wwe nxt series to full sail live , the university\u2019s state - of - the - art performance venue , and creates a new student scholarship fund .\nwwe returns to liverpool ' s echo arena on 7 may . book tickets here .\nhogan would be the first major wwe star to head down south and work for wwe ' s rival company , ted turner ' s wcw ( world championship wrestling ) .\nfull - length match : smackdown - triple h vs . the rock - wwe championship\nfull - length match - smackdown - triple h vs . british bulldog - wwe championship\nduring the monday night wars , and against those who left wwe on bad terms .\nwwe wwf wcw | classic / deluxe superstars figure unopened ( \u00a35 . 99 each )\nwwe raw is\nthe longest - running weekly episodic television program in history .\nlaunched wwe network in china with pptv ( a suning media company ) . the service showcases wwe\u2019s major live events , ground - breaking original series , documentaries and classic matches\non behalf of the wwe board of directors , i greatly appreciate your continued support .\nandrew martin ' s uscis alien file contained a copy of his 2006 wwe contract .\nto learn more about the wwe & impact\u2122 concussion management program , please click here .\nwwe performers are not only barred from using illegal substances and performance enhancing drugs . they also can not consume alcohol , at least within 12 hours of a wwe show .\nrandy orton has failed two drug tests throughout his career . ( wwe . com )\nwhat a difference a week can make in the career of a top wwe superstar .\nrodriguez also brushed off online chatter that wwe was trying to break the couple apart .\nwwe star ric flair claims he once slept with hollywood mega - star halle berry .\nthis site is in no way affiliated with wwe or any other company or entity .\nin this piece , craig will take in another now defunct titles from wwe history .\nsamoa joe stands up to baron corbin : wwe nxt , aug . 12 , 2015\nin this april 5 , 2014 file photo provided by the wwe , james hellwig , aka the ultimate warrior , speaks during the wwe hall of fame induction at the smoothie king center in new orleans . ( jonathan bachman / ap images for wwe , file )\nin january , 1993 , the wwe would debut a brand new show that would become the most famous wrestling show in history and wwe ' s signature program that still airs today . it would forever change not only the wwe , but the entire wrestling world .\nmattel will sponsor the wwe hall of fame ceremony on march 31 and , like other wwe partners , have presence at wrestlemania axxess , wwe\u2019s four - day interactive and sponsor - laden fanfest ( march 31 - april 2 in the orange county convention center ) .\nin fact , lesnar isn\u2019t subject to wwe\u2019s wellness policy . a wwe spokesperson confirmed to tmz sports that lesnar\u2019s part - time status means that he isn\u2019t tested under the policy .\nmany fans are excited with the wwe potential of a samoa joe or a kevin owens . however , these are short - term options in terms of wwe ' s future .\nwwe held itself out to the world as the effective continuation of wcw and ecw , merging the two companies into profitable wwe brands and integrating the wrestlers into wwe storylines and performances . through its actions , wwe assumed the liabilities necessary for the uninterrupted continuation of the businesses of ecw and wcw , such as their obligations under ordinary vendor and utility contracts .\nas a result of wcw and ecw\u2019s continuity of enterprise with wwe , ecw , wcw , and wwe are jointly and severally liable to the plaintiffs as a successor in interest .\nwwe\u2019s creative team saved jason jordan from obscurity last night . raw general manager and wwe hall of famer kurt angle revealed last night that jordan was his long - lost son .\nlaunched localized weekly tv shows in india and middle east . wwe sunday dhamaal in hindi with sony pictures networks and wwe wal3ooha in arabic with osn feature highlights of raw and smackdown\nmany european wrestling fans were greatly disappointed with monday ' s revelation from the wwe that the launch of the u . k . version of the wwe network has been delayed .\nlaunched localized weekly tv shows in india and middle east . wwe sunday dhamaal in hindi with sony pictures networks and wwe wal3ooha in arabic with osn feature highlights of raw and smackdown\nwwe is unable to provide a reconciliation of third quarter guidance to gaap measures as , at this time , wwe cannot accurately determine all of the adjustments that would be required .\nwwe generated 790 million social media fan engagements in 2015 ; sprinklr\u0092s social business index ranked wwe as the 6 th most social brand worldwide , ahead of many other media properties .\nin october 2008 , as part of wwe ' s response to independent contractor lawsuit , the booking contract for kanyon was included as exhibits of wwe ' s motion to dismiss .\nin october 2008 , as part of wwe ' s response to independent contractor lawsuit , the booking contract for sanders was included as exhibits of wwe ' s motion to dismiss .\nin october 2008 , as part of wwe ' s response to independent contractor lawsuit , the booking contract for levy was included as exhibits of wwe ' s motion to dismiss .\nit ' s lights , camera , action as goldust talks about the flickering light that is his former cohort r - truth . more action on wwe network : urltoken subscribe to wwe on youtube : urltoken must - see wwe videos on youtube : urltoken visit urltoken urltoken\nwwe offers all wwe talent the opportunity for referral to qualified health care professionals who can help them with issues that may arise from time to time . under the supervision of dr . maroon , wwe has established relationships with renowned specialists in psychiatry , orthopedics and endocrinology .\nright ? like they made camp wwe a thing . they can do whatever they want .\nkane is back in the mix in wwe . . . while running for mayor at home\nanother pleasant surprise as nxt star baron corbin sees of seasoned wwe stars for the win .\nwwe , susan g . komen tag team for third year to fight breast cancer \u2013 variety\n( neither wwe nor its be a star partners provided a comment for this story . )\nin 2017 , mcmahon established and personally funded a separate entity from wwe , alpha entertainment .\nfull - length match - raw - kurt angle vs . steve austin - wwe championship match\nfull - length match - raw - triple h vs . the rock - wwe championship match\nthe general business operations of wcw , ecw and wwe are the same . wwe intended to incorporate wcw and ecw into wwe\u2019s business with as much continuity of structure and operation as possible . this included a continuity of key personnel such as wcw and ecw executives and performers .\nwwe stock quote - world wrestling entertainment , inc . class a common stock price - nasdaq\nworld wrestling entertainment , inc . class a common stock ( wwe ) quote & summary data\nwhy is world wrestling entertainment , inc . ( wwe ) stock falling today ? | investorplace\ncomplete nonsense from andrew again . the wwe is not hiring you . get a job .\nsmark \u2013 a fan that admits to wwe being scripted but still enjoys watching the matches .\nwith such an uncertain financial future for the wwe network , it makes a lot of business sense for the wwe to shift gears and continue to shore up their lucrative television rights .\nin that context it makes more sense why wwe agreed to such a long - term deal in canada which included launching the wwe network as a premium cable channel . when asked ,\nwwe touting record revenue for 2016 , 1 . 5 million paid network subscribers - cageside seats\nworld wrestling entertainment , inc . ( wwe ) stock spikes on strong q4 earnings | investorplace\npaige will return from her 30 - day suspension in september . ( wwe . com )\nuntil the office gets in tune with the culture , wwe will keep losing viewer ship .\nfederation ( wwwf ) , and later the world wrestling federation ( wwf ) . wwe promotes\nwwe just never sounds right . i miss them being able to say world wrestling federation champion\nmauro ranallo has been absent from \u2018smackdown live\u2019 for several weeks . ( wwe . com )\nnote : the post was changed after publication to correct joey mercury\u2019s employment status with wwe .\ni bet wwe knew when shelly and flairs deals were up , long before this guy showed up working for them , as they probably called wwe ( which is not illegal ) .\naccording to the suit , wwe is now using that information to poach wrestlers from tna .\nhow wwe is doing to the world what they did in the us 20 years ago .\nbut wwe stresses , it\u2019s not using the second screen just to collect more advertising dollars .\nroman reigns , charlotte and more display their new training gear as tapout partners with wwe .\ncedric alexander breaks up with alicia fox : wwe 205 live , jan . 10 , 2017\nthe new day celebrate their place in wwe\u2019s tag team division : aug . 26 , 2015\nwrestlemania 32 surprise rumor , shinsuke nakamura vs . sami zayn video package , wwe twitter emoji\nwwe said sponsorship has increased four times overall since 2010 and not just due to wrestlemania .\ntake wwe with you wherever you go \u2013 any time , day or night \u2013 with the official wwe app for your iphone , ipod , ipad , or ipad mini . in addition to enjoying the latest wwe videos , news and thousands of photos , join your fellow wwe universe members at the next wwe live event near you \u2013 for which you can find complete details within the wwe app . explore our full schedule of events around the globe , find out which superstars will be in action , set reminders and order your tickets for the experience of a lifetime . the wwe app provides instant access to your favourite wwe superstars , divas and legends . view superstar profiles for a quick look at extensive career milestones , biographies , video highlights and twitter feeds . if you want to outfit yourself like your favourite superstar , enjoy the wwe shop experience right from your device , where official wwe shop merchandise is available at the swipe of your fingertip . the wwe app is your key to unlocking a revolution !\n\u201cthe new business model of the company better reflects what wwe is all about , being a global entertainment company , \u201d stated vince mcmahon , chairman and ceo , wwe . \u201cwe will always be loyal to our core business that made wwe a globally known entity , however , the future of wwe will be the addition of new entertainment content opportunities beyond the ring . \u201d\n( nyse : wwe ) and sky deutschland today announced a new multi - year agreement to distribute wwe ' s premier pay - per - view events starting this monday with survivor series\u00ae and televise wwe ' s flagship programs raw\u00ae and smackdown\u00ae live on sky sports beginning april 2017 .\nall we know is that right now wwe is taking things slowly when it comes to rolling out the wwe network in the united kingdom . while this may be frustrating for european wrestling fans , remember that it ' s all part of a larger calculated risk for the wwe .\nthe sooner @ jclayfield leaves wwe the better . # firejbl if you truly believe\ndon ' t be a bully , be a star\n@ wwe you should release him asap .\n\u2013 wwe anticipates having 6 , 000 hours of footage on wwe network by the end of the year . barrios noted they started with 1 , 600 when the network launched two years .\nthe\nexclusive distribution partner of all wwe pay - per - view events throughout canada .\ninstead of being distributed over - the - top , the canadian version of the wwe network\nit hasn ' t ever been formally introduced , but the wwe internet championship seems right up the wwe ' s alley , and could be something they look into in the near future .\non monday ' s raw , everyone seemed careful to refer to dean ambrose ' s title as the wwe championship rather than the wwe world heavyweight championship . jay hunter of the old school wrestling review pointed out the verbiage for that title has changed on wwe . com , too :\nwwe launched its own subscription 24 / 7 web - stream and on - demand service , the wwe network , on february 24 , 2014 , which carries wwe ' s pay - per - views and b - shows , as well as nxt , a number of original documentary / reality programs , and selections from the wwe / wcw / ecw / world class tape vaults .\nsgt . slaughter continues to work with wwe behind the scenes . he was a member of the wwe hall of fame class of 2004 and has made several on - screen appearances including a 2014 confrontation with rusev . in a 2016 interview , slaughter revealed that he currently does ambassador work for wwe , including charity work with organizations like make - a - wish and the special olympics . in 2016 , he voiced himself in the wwe network adult animated comedy , camp wwe .\na much - beloved u . k . indie wrestling promotion may be added to wwe network soon\ntotal divas airs wednesdays on e ! ( 8 / 7 pm ct ) and season 2 of total bellas returned to e ! in september . wwe nxt airs on wwe network each wednesday .\nwow , it took 10 years , but i am a lot happier wwe fan now . thanks to wwe corporate for realizing it was worth whatever money they spent to make their fans happy .\nurltoken reported ranallo is not expected to appear again on wwe television . he also deleted all mentions of wwe from his twitter account . he will remain the lead play - by - play commentator for showtime boxing . a statement released by wwe only said ranallo was under contract until august .\nthe wwe wellness policy requires that all talent \u201cunder contract to wwe who regularly perform in - ring services as a professional sports entertainer\u201d undergo testing , but it doesn\u2019t specify what constitutes regular performance .\nwhile the giant samoan overcame his handicap to claim the wwe\u2019s top prize , others weren\u2019t so fortunate as the action unfolded at the wwe\u2019s marquee event , spread over two shows totalling seven hours .\nwwe network : monday , oct . 12 schedule - raw pre - show , sting dvd preview\nhas yet to speak out in regards to his absence from wwe television . neither vince mcmahon nor\nthe von erich family is the wwe equivalent to the kennedys , except with more substance abuse .\nthe wwe steroid trial of 1994 was as close to the fall of wwe ' s roman empire as the company came before wcw ' s brief boom period in the mid - ' 90s .\nhulk hogan returns to wwe to help bob backlund : championship wrestling , jan . 3 , 1984\nstone cold\nsteve austin ' s wwe debut - raw , jan . 8 , 1996\non september 13 , 2010 , wwe updated their list of banned substances to include muscle relaxers .\nwell , they discontinued wwe magazine , but kept the kids ' version of it . . .\necw\u2019s particular business of professional wrestling was uniquely maintained after wwe\u2019s acquisition , and upon information and belief , its corporate model was mostly left intact , even maintaining a continuity of ownership by carrying over high level management such paul heyman , and the ring - announcer joey styles . notably , ecw wrestlers rob van dam and tommy dreamer performed for wwe as early as july 2001 . wwe maintained continuity of ownership with ecw by fictionally announcing that stephanie mcmahon\u2019s bought an ownership interest in ecw after the acquisition . paul heyman , the founder of ecw , was hired by wwe on march 5 , 2001 indicating ecw\u2019s acquisition by wwe on monday night raw . paul heyman continued to work for wwe , including as head - writer for wwe\u2019s smackdown ! from 2002 - 03 and wwe\u2019s developmental program ovw from 2005 - 06 . mr . heyman was also directly involved with ecw\u2019s brand relaunch in 2005 and 2006 . mr . heyman left wwe in 2006 , but returned in 2012 and currently performs for wwe . further , ecw\u2019s ring - announcer joey styles was hired by wwe and would ultimately become the lead commentator for wwe\u2019s ecw on sci - fi from 2006 - 08 .\ndean ambrose . dean ambrose - series 84 . perfect for recreating all the mayhem from wwe .\nkevin owens . kevin owens - series 84 . perfect for recreating all the mayhem from wwe .\nwwe raw seemed to be the start of yet another rivalry between roman reigns and seth rollins .\nwwe legend jim ross wrote on his blog that he believes ambrose could benefit from a break .\nwwe stock drops after paying u . s . ott subscribers decline with this year ' s wrestlemania\nit appears that wwe is increasingly focused on maintaining a strong relationship with their television distribution partners .\nfor more analysis on wwe financials , be sure to follow me on twitter at @ mookieghana .\nanalyst brad safalow of paa research thinks the network could be a game - changer for wwe .\nwwe showed the two in attendance at a taping for the mae young classic that aired on the wwe network on monday . sb nation ' s cageside seats shared a screenshot from the feed :\nin january 2017 , wwe filed heavily redacted versions of signed contractor nostalgia agreement with paul orndorff .\ncontinuing education : wwe offers financial scholarships to former wwe talent in the amount of $ 5 , 000 per calendar year to be used for obtaining a college degree or completing a certificate program .\nthis is extreme song was copyrighted to ecw wrestling and wwe brought the media library of ecw .\nwwe now knows the confidential details of tna ' s business affairs including its marketing and business strategy and analysis , which leaves tna vulnerable to wwe ' s unfair position in the market .\nalex shelley was also expecting a call from wwe , this might put all that on hold .\nwwe has 10 . 7 million likes on facebook and 1 . 9 million followers on twitter .\nwwe is proud to support uncf and the ad council , especially during february\u2019s black history month .\nafter roberts book was released , meltzer said he was contacted by several former wwe employees who said they were bullied by layfield , and approached by more in orlando during wwe\u2019s wrestlemania event last weekend .\nstephanie mcmahon is chief brand officer of wwe , a publicly - traded ( nyse : wwe ) global media company . in this role , she is responsible for wwe\u2019s brand , community relations , and pop culture strategy , which includes celebrity integrations and partnerships within the entertainment industry . stephanie represents the company as its global brand ambassador , and also plays a character who appears regularly on wwe programming .\njust one year after his debut , the undertaker would defeat hulk hogan for the wwe championship at the 1991 survivor series with the help of another legendary superstar who had just arrived in the wwe .\nbeginning on november 1 , 2007 , wwe claimed that all violations of its talent wellness policy would be made public . here is a list of the first wrestlers to be publicly suspended by wwe .\nhowever , wwe is able to offer better deals , so if i was tna wrestling , i would make sure i ' d say wwe can now offer tna wrestlers\neven better deals .\nthe story making the rounds is that wwe approached tna to inform them that wittenstein was openly discussing his knowledge of when contracts were expiring and that it was a factor in wwe letting him go .\nto better reflect the company\u2019s global entertainment offerings , world wrestling entertainment , inc . ( nyse : wwe ) announced today a new business model for future growth , including formally rebranding itself , wwe .\nof wwe universe , miller says , \u201cif you\u2019re in chicago , sacramento , or bridgeport , you can localize yourself in the app and see who\u2019s tweeting about [ wwe ] in your town . \u201d\nthe debut episode of the new home of wwe\u2019s cruiserweight division \u2013 wwe 205 live \u2013 kicked off with an action - packed and game - changing evening . the bollywood boyz and jack gallagher scored impressive debuts , as rich swann proved he is among the division\u2019s elite by capturing the wwe cruiserweight title .\nthe company ' s licensing segment consists of royalties or license fees related to various wwe themed products , such as video games , toys and apparel . its wwe branded video games include wwe 2k , which is available on playstation and xbox platforms , and on ios and android devices , and wwe supercard , which is available on ios and android devices . its wwe 2k and wwe supercard video games can be downloaded through the internet and also contain downloadable content that can be purchased to add additional characters and game modes . in addition to its own composed music , it licenses music performed by artists .\nusa is about to flip wwe fans\u2019 expectations for one of the wrestling programs it airs every week .\nlet congress investigate the wwe all it wants . somehow , vince mcmahon always gets the last laugh .\nformer wwe ring announcer justin roberts accuses john ' bradshaw ' layfield of bullying him at the company .\nat least the wwe universe is standing up to him . @ jclayfield should be fired ! # firejbl\nwwe held a press conference this morning in london to announce the inauguration of the united kingdom wrestling championship tournament , a 16 - man single - elimination tournament to crown the first wwe united kingdom champion .\nwwe will hold a meet and greet reception for ny national guard first responders to 9 / 11 and hurricane sandy . wwe superstars and divas will participate in the event , sign autographs and take photos .\nabg , which will handle the distribution of the tapout products , approached wwe around six months ago . wwe sparked to the idea of a joint venture , given that the company had been looking to expand into the lifestyle fitness ring with its own products . wwe previously had a deal with under armour .\nwhat does the future hold for wwe ? paul \u201ctriple h\u201d levesque lays it all out for us .\nover the last three decades the wwe and has provided events that have changed the wrestling world forever .\non march 29 , 1998 stone cold would defeat shawn michaels for the wwe championship at wrestlemania xiv .\nthat is how big wwe got in the late ' 90s . everyone was getting hooked on it .\nwwe was riding high in early ' 99 as the attitude era was at its peak . it would not be long until tragedy would strike . on may 23 , 1999 the wwe and entire wrestling would be brought to a standstill when owen hart fell to his death at a live wwe ppv event .\nwhile wwe stock is down today , it is currently up 15 % year - to - date .\nwwe figures - elite series 59 - mattel - brand new - boxed - special offer \u00a314 . 95\ndiva \u2013 female talent of wwe . this includes women wrestlers , interviewers , ring announcers and managers .\nwwe network revenue up 60 % , with 1 . 2 million internet video subs at end of 2015\ninstead , it ' s possible that wwe may follow the example of canada ' s rogers communications .\nadditional information on wwe ( nyse : wwe ) can be found at urltoken and corporate . urltoken . for information on our global activities , go to http : / / www . urltoken / worldwide /\nlesnar , who earns \u00a32 . 3million a year , is the highest paid wrestler in the wwe .\n, wwe legend george \u201cthe animal\u201d steele claimed that for 30 years he wrestled for wwe without a contract . in 2011 , during a shareholder\u2019s meeting , vince mcmahon revealed he and the rock still had an\nrumor has it that wwe has presented you guys with contracts . is there any truth to that ?\nwwe\u2019s professional development program for former talent focuses on two major initiatives - financial education and continuing education .\nbut what is this wwe wellness policy which has rocked the company to its very core . . .\nhere is the complete list of wwe talent known to be suspended since the implementation of the policy .\nroman reigns has been handed a 30 - day suspension by wwe for violating the company\u2019s \u2018wellness policy\u2019 .\na statement on the wwe\u2019s official website said :\nwwe has suspended joe anoa ` i ( roman reigns ) for 30 days effective immediately for his first violation of the company\u2019s talent wellness policy .\ni think wwe wants to bring in flair so he can maybe manage his recently signed daughter ashley . i also think wwe wouldn ' t mind having a few names currently on the tna wrestling roster .\nmcdevitt said that wwe never asked wittenstein to disclose the information and that the company fired him when he did . furthermore , wwe told tna officials about the breach and sent back the information wittenstein leaked .\nthe wwe app launched for ios and android devices in august . it has more than 2 . 7 million downloads . the app had 20 , 000 downloads when it added wwe active on december 3 .\nwwe\u2019s operations are organized around the following four principal activities : media division ( consisting of wwe network and pay - per - view , television , home entertainment and digital media segments ) , live events segment , consumer products division ( consisting of licensing , venue merchandise and wweshop segments ) and wwe studios segment .\nfrazier ' s widow , cassandra frazier , sued the wwe in 2015 in tn . ( see filings . ) the case was later combined with the other concussion lawsuits in ct . wwe included frazier ' s four contracts when they were arguing venue and noted his annual earnings while employed with wwf / wwe .\nrevenue increased 21 % to $ 658 . 8 million , the highest in the company\u2019s history , including record levels of revenue from wwe\u2019s network , television , live event , venue merchandise , and wwe shop businesses\nwwe has yet to issue a public statement about layfield ' s alleged behavior . but news of what happened to ranallo has dug up more incidences of bullying within wwe that go back more than two decades .\nthe timing of layfield\u2019s departure seems coincidental in light of the harassment issue surrounding him and the wwe in recent months , with numerous wrestlers and announcers voicing their displeasure with the bullying environment wwe\u2019s seems to allow .\nwhat i find laughable is tna is saying wwe is trying to steal talent by offering better deals , considering its common knowledge that tna pays pennies on the dollar to what wwe offers its lowest level people .\nthough you may not believe it , wwe is one of the most charitable sports organizations in history . this may sound surprising to some , since every sports organizations works for charity , and wwe doesn ' t\nadditional information on wwe ( nyse : wwe ) can be found at urltoken and corporate . urltoken . for information on our global activities , go to http : / / www . urltoken / worldwide / .\nwwe continued to brand programs and pay - per - view shows as ecw events . for example , the wwe\u2019s documentary \u201cthe rise and fall of the ecw\u201d published in 2004 was the second highest selling dvd in wwe history . in 2005 , wwe held a pay - per - view event titled \u201cecw one night stand\u201d and featured the named plaintiffs terry brunk , aka sabu , jon rechner , aka balls mahoney , and brian knighton , aka axl rotten . in 2006 , wwe aired a 191 - episode series titled ecw on sci - fi which aired from june 13 , 2006 until february 16 , 2010 . other ecw pay - per - view events , programs , and media were produced by wwe , through which wwe profited .\nfor the first and only time in wwe history , the winner of the 1992 royal rumble match was to be awarded with the vacant wwe championship . ric flair would enter at no . 3 and outlast 29 other superstars to win the title . 1992 would also see the rise of new stars in the wwe .\na much - beloved u . k . indie wrestling promotion may be added to wwe network soon\nwwe u . k . champion tyler bate vs . mark haskins in a u . k . championship match\nwwe u . k . champion tyler bate vs . joseph conners in a u . k . championship match\nwwe u . k . champion tyler bate vs . pete dunne in a u . k . championship match\n\u00a9 2010 - 2018 wrestling dvd network . all rights reserved . independent from wwe , inc . privacy policy\nphoto galleries : vader ( leon white ) wwe money in the bank | nxt takeover : chicago legends of the ring | wwe backlash | cauliflower alley club reunion the scoop : visit our news & rumours page .\nwwe\u2019s association with tapout will be teased this week online and on the wwe network . the timing comes as wwe will produce its annual \u201c wrestlemania \u201d ppv \u2014 its version of the super bowl \u2014 on march 29 , hosted this year from san jose\u2019s levi\u2019s stadium . this will be the company\u2019s 31st \u201c wrestlemania . \u201d\nmauro ranallo , the noted mma play - by - play specialist and co - host of wwe smackdown live , has allegedly been the victim of bullying from john bradshaw layfield , who is longtime wwe performer jbl .\nmore : wwe was a topic on celebrity mastermind last night . how many questions can you get right ?\ntomorrow morning , at 11 am , wwe will host their q1 conference call . earlier that morning , they\nso why is the time right for wwe to revive the wcw brand ? here are my five reasons .\nwwe : nyq price reached a new 52 - week high of 77 . 27 at 10 : 30 bst\nwwe : nyq price reached a new 52 - week high of 76 . 03 at 10 : 30 bst\nwwe : nyq price reached a new 52 - week high of 75 . 08 at 16 : 34 bst\nwwe power rankings : seth rollins is back , but he ' s not no . 1 | fox sports\nrevenue increased 21 % to $ 658 . 8 million , the highest in the company\u0092s history , including record levels of revenue from wwe\u0092s network , television , live event , venue merchandise , and wwe shop businesses .\njinder mahal is the current wwe champion and successfully defended his title against orton at money in the bank .\nthanks to wwe\u2019s sec filings , however , we know a few earnings numbers with exact certitude . and those figures go a long way toward showing just how lucrative wwe ' s performance - based pay can be .\neva marie was suspended just a few weeks after being drafted to \u2018smackdown . \u2019 ( wwe . com )\npaige has been suspended by the wwe for 60 days for her second violation of the talent wellness policy .\nimmediately following the announcement , the former wwe world heavyweight champion issued a statement on twitter regarding his suspension .\nbeginning on november 1 , 2007 , wwe claimed that all violations of its substance abuse and drug testing policy would be made public . here is a list of the first wrestlers to be publicly suspended by wwe .\ncorey graves , who broadcasts on wwe\u2019s raw , will step into layfield\u2019s smackdown role , according to urltoken .\nthe lawsuit claims that former tna employee brian wittenstein went to work for wwe and then leaked the information .\n\u201cwwe active\u201d enables viewers to determine which match will take place during its three - hour \u201craw\u201d through voting .\nwith more of its viewers holding a smartphone or tablet during broadcasts of its shows , wwe is the latest producer to chase viewers to the second screen as it tries to keep audiences engaged with its programming . but in launching \u201cwwe active\u201d as part of the main wwe app two months ago , the company [ \u2026 ]\n5 - hour energy has signed on as presenting sponsor for wwe\u2019s developmental series nxt takeover ( april 1 in orlando\u2019s amway center ) and the nxt takeover pre - show on wwe network , complete with heavy digital and social presence across wwe\u2019s global platforms , including a sponsored instagram \u201cstory\u201d the day after wrestlemania ( april 3 ) ."]}
{"id": 55175, "summary": [{"text": "portable media center ( pmc ) is a defunct hard drive-based portable media player ( pmp ) platform developed by microsoft .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "announced at the 2003 consumer electronics show ( ces ) , and released in early 2004 , it was originally positioned as a competitor to apple 's ipod .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "the platform was conceived in line with microsoft 's windows media center strategy , where the idea was to have a single media management interface that would be used on both pcs and in consumer devices , including televisions and handhelds .", "topic": 35}, {"text": "the strategy was developed by microsoft 's windows embedded group in partnership with the ehome division , which formed in february 2001 and started partnerships with companies like samsung with the goal to \" develop new technologies so consumers can enjoy whole-home entertainment , communications and control experiences where , when and however they want them \" and \" develop an entire ecosystem of pcs , digital devices , intelligent home appliances and services that will easily and cost-effectively transform average households into next-generation digital homes . \"", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the windows media center name was created with the release of a windows xp product edition , windows xp media center edition , geared towards this ecosystem .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "codenamed media2go , it was later rebranded as windows mobile software for portable media centers , before being named portable media center .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "its operating system was a specialized version of windows ce , .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "in 2007 , microsoft discontinued licensing the platform .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "the first portable media center product released was the creative 's zen portable media center .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "all pmcs are able to play audio files in mp3 and display images in jpeg .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "also , they support microsoft 's proprietary formats : windows media audio ( wma ) and windows media video ( wmv ) .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "other video formats will either be supported by each individual pmc , or transcoded though windows media player .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "media transfer protocol ( mtp ) is used for transferring data .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "all players use a graphical user interface ( gui ) modeled after media center , a software portal bundled with windows xp media center edition .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "manufacturers include creative , philips , iriver , samsung , and toshiba .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "the portable media center was succeeded by zune , and served as the basis for its software .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "zune had similar aims to provide a unifying media platform across pcs , devices , and televisions ( 3-screen strategy ) . ", "topic": 23}], "title": "portable media center", "paragraphs": ["for a first iteration , the creative zen portable media center delivers on the promise of pmcs and windows media player 10 .\nbottom line : for a first iteration , the creative zen portable media center delivers on the promise of pmcs and windows media player 10 .\nfor a first iteration , the creative zen portable media center is polished and for the most part delivers on the promise of pmcs and the new windows media player 10 .\nwe don ' t normally dedicate a lot of time to new hardware and gadgets , but we love a good media center , so it ' s great to see how solid the zune hd actually is as a portable media center . head over to gizmodo for their full rundown . [ gizmodo ]\nthe portable version of media center is seen as a natural extension of the platform . the idea frequently touted of how it might be used is that you record your favourite show in the evening on your media center pc , and copy it across to your portable media player to watch on the train to work in the morning . iriver even includes a protective case in the box so you can keep it safe in your bag .\neight months after its announcement , the creative zen pmc is finally here . despite its bulk , the player is solid , but it ' s the microsoft portable media center software that deserves most of the praise .\nintuitive onscreen interface ; big and colorful screen ; solid battery life ; impressive integration with windows media player 10 . 0 and windows xp media center edition ( mce ) .\ni was attracting stares on the train . and it wasn ' t because i had snagged a seat in the crowded car ; it was because of the device in my hands : a shiny new creative zen portable media center .\nit\u2019s not often that microsoft consigns an os to the recycle bin but it was revealed this week that the software colossus has deep - sixed the portable media centre .\nour siblings - in - tech over at gizmodo have gotten their hands on microsoft ' s new zune hd ( available next month ) , and apart from looking like a solid digital media player and web browser , zune hd has one more surprise up its sleeve : it ' s also an impressive portable media center .\nthe $ 499 handheld multimedia player is the first device based on microsoft ' s new portable media center platform . i found a lot to like about the zen , but i ' m not convinced i ' d be willing to shell out the cash to buy one .\nthe sleek black plastic of the case and display reflects the polish of the creative zen portable media center , a well - finished first pass at a pmc . but the polish is also the biggest drawback : the reflective screen bounces back room light and fingerprints as well as the images .\nmicrosoft updated the pmc to a slicker version 2 . 0 in early 2006 to \u201cenable partners to build smaller less expensive and more competitive devices\u201d according to microsoft employee david bono who confirmed the pmc\u2019s death notice in the a newsgroup posting ( on urltoken center . portable ) this week .\nthe portable media centre os was written using the same windows ce framework as windows mobile but with an interface modelled on that of the windows xp media centre . the first pmc players were introduced by launch partners creative and samsung with toshiba later joining their ranks and were intended as go - anywhere companion to your multimedia - packed xp computer .\nall pmcs require a windows xp or windows xp media center edition pc . you connect the device to your pc via usb 2 . 0 and transfer content using microsoft ' s newly - released windows media player 10 . i tested out the creative zen on a pc running windows xp pro and found it easy to install ( though my pc wouldn ' t recognize the pmc before i upgraded to windows media player 10 ) .\nthis site is part of future plc , an international media group and leading digital publisher .\n( wmp10 ) . the zen pmc is designed as the portable counterpart to wmp10 and its library ; therefore , the majority of content on the device can mirror your pc , though typically in a more compressed form . this includes everything from mp3s to jpeg photos to movie downloads to home movies . throw a windows xp media center edition ( mce ) pc into the mix , and the zen pmc turns into a portable playback - only tivo - like device , as it will allow you to watch your recorded mce broadcasts on the road . those without an mce pc can still record and transfer tv using a tv - tuner card and third - party software .\nfuture is aop & ppa digital publisher of the year and bma media company of the year .\nif you use a pmc with a tv - connected media center pc ( or even a standard xp - based pc with a tv tuner card ) it becomes a much more useful device . you can record television programs and transfer them to your pmc to watch while you commute or travel .\nportable media centers , or pmcs , display still images and play audio and video ( including tv programs and full - length movies ) stored on their hard drive . they do not feature wireless connectivity and they do not stream video or audio . the creative zen is shipping now ; pmcs from samsung and iriver are due later this year .\nthe zen pmc ' s controls are highlighted by the windows - icon - clad start button , which instantly takes you to the top menu . given the feature - laden device ' s deep menu options , the button is critical for comfortable navigation and will be found on all pmcs and media center edition remotes .\nthe players went beyond the mandatory syncing with windows media player to load tunes and photos \u2014 they could also download and replay video content recorded on your media centre system . however with so few people running a true media centre pc in the first place most buyers found the pmcs to be over - engineered ( and over - priced ) for more modest mainstream needs .\nover the past year microsoft has clearly been focusing its efforts on strengthening its hold on the place in your home that it sees as its future \u2013 the lounge . several media center pcs have made their way into the trustedreviews labs over the past few months and with the improvements found in the 2005 version of the operating system things certainly seem to be coming together .\nof course the key advantage of a microsoft product is that it\u2019s likely to have a decent interface . we have the linux based iriver pmp - 140 in the office to play with , and the interface on that is really not great at all . conversely , the interface for windows media center 2005 is fantastic to use , and it\u2019s pretty good on the pmc - 120 too .\npmcs support several content formats , including windows media video , windows media audio , mp3 , and jpeg . the device and included software also make it easy to convert files in other formats - - mpeg , mpeg2 , mpa , wav , and avi , for example - - into formats you can use .\nthe toughest part about building a digital media delivery device is striking the balance between making a secure platform content producers can trust , while at the same time offering consumers more freedom with their media than they\u2019ve previously had . swing too far in one direction , and no one will buy into it ; go too far the other way and out come the lawyers . has microsoft gotten the balance right , and are the new pvps based around windows media technology something to put on your holiday wish list ? turn the page to find out .\nmicrosoft\u2019s windows media player strategy has been leading up to today , where the company formally unveils the new windows media player . as its partners begin to ship their personal video players ( pvps ) , microsoft is betting big on subscription - based content models , though company officials did acknowledge that they expect content illicitly downloaded from p2p networks to help drive early adoption .\nunlike music files , video content isn ' t exactly spilling out of the woodwork . you can purchase or rent specially formatted movies from sources such as cinemanow ( which is conveniently integrated into wmp10 ) and mlb . com , load up your own home movies , or watch tv broadcasts that you ' ve recorded with your media center pc . if you have tons of content that you ' ve downloaded from p2p apps , it ' s likely that a number of those files won ' t be supported without a third - party decoder .\nbulky design ; lacks a built - in kickstand ; reflective screen not ideal for outdoors use ; no audio - or video - recording capabilities ; works with windows xp and windows media player 10 . 0 only .\nbut microsoft clearly considers pmc to be yesterday\u2019s platform . bono ( the microsoft staffer not the rock star ) says that from now on microsoft will focus its \u201cproduct and marketing resources on building media experiences on connected windows mobile powered devices\u201d .\nan all - new windows mobile os would likely combine the technology subsets of those devices along with enhanced multimedia capabilities in the same way that windows vista integrated xp\u2019s bolt - on tablet and media centre editions into the core operating system .\nthe iriver pmc - 120 offers a 3 . 5in screen with a resolution of 320 x 240 and a 20gb hard disk , providing a theoretical maximum of 80 hours of video storage if recorded at native resolution at 500kps . iriver has experience of producing portable media players with its pmp - 120 and pmp - 140 linux based devices having been available for some months . the pmps offer support for avi , asf , and versions three , four and five of the divx codec \u2013 without any need for transcoding . by contrast , this unit , the pmc - 120 , only supports video files encoded in wmv format \u2013 though as a microsoft device that\u2019s hardly a surprise . it also supports mp3 and wma audio and jpeg images . you can import other video formats aside from wmv , but they have to first be transcoded using windows media player 10 . this inevitably means that the pmc - 120 doesn\u2019t offer drag - and - drop convenience with many of the video files you are likely to already have on your pc .\nthe zen also features a / v out slots that let you connect the device to a tv to watch a movie or television show . unfortunately , watching stored video on my 27 - inch television wasn ' t pleasant , as the image appeared distorted . it reminded me of watching video recorded on an old vhs tape . but the zen is really meant for mobile use , and it does that job fairly well . still , i ' m not convinced it ' s worth the money for most people . frequent travelers or tv lovers ( especially those with a media center pc ) might find it to be a dream device , but for the rest of us the price is just too high .\nwe use cookies on this website to deliver content to you , personalise content and ads , provide social media features , and analyse our traffic . click ' i accept ' to consent to the use of cookies . more information on cookies and how to manage them click here\nas any user of windows mobile can attest the platform\u2019s pocket media player remains one of its most lack - lustre components . video synchronisation is limited to an eclectic mix of formats which must meet arcane encoding specs and there\u2019s no ability to whip up even a simple mp3 playlist on the fly .\nthe zen is also one of the first devices to support microsoft ' s new windows media digital rights management 10 ( formerly code - named janus ) , which will let you transfer subscription - based content from your pc to another janus - compliant device . should your subscription run out , the content also expires on the player .\nplaying back audio , video , and still images on the zen was a breeze . the device powers on in less than 5 seconds , and the opening screen shows a basic start menu that lets you choose from\nmy tv ,\nmy music ,\nmy pictures ,\nor\nmy videos .\nselect one , and you can browse through your media collection and play back your files . the zen includes both a headphone jack and a built - in external speaker . the included earbuds are serviceable , and the speaker will do in a pinch , but you ' ll really want better quality headphones to best enjoy the audio .\nto transfer content to the zen , i selected the\nsync\ntab in wmp 10 . from there , the app presented me a screen split in two ; on the left i could build a list of content i wanted to transfer to the zen , and on the right i could select the zen itself ( you also have the option of syncing content to your cd or dvd drive , or other forms of removable media storage ) . then , with one click , the sync began . transferring a three - hour baseball game ( a 469mb wmv file ) i downloaded from urltoken ( a microsoft content partner ) took just a few minutes . you can also set wmp 10 to sync content automatically .\noh creative : your fat form factor felt so great stretching my jeans pocket \u2026 or not .\nintroduced in early 2004 the pmc was intended to combat the seemingly unstoppable ipod by combining microsoft\u2019s strengths in os development and pc penetration and its relationships with the heavy hitters of the hardware world .\nhowever when microsoft moved onto phase 2 of their ipod - smashing campaign with the development of the zune ( built by pmc partner toshiba ) it chose to bypass the pmc in favour of writing a new os \u2014 albeit one based on the same ce foundation as the pmc and its pda and smartphone sibling windows mobile .\nasked about the implications for their existing pmc - based gigabeat range a toshiba spokesperson told urltoken that \u201ctoshiba will continue to support the pmc operating system through our gigabeat range\u201d with microsoft continuing to work with toshiba as they\u2019re classified as an \u2018existing partner\u2019 .\nthe timetable could be right for a significant pmc - inspired overhaul of the player in the forthcoming windows mobile 7 os codenamed \u2018photon\u2019 .\nbeing built on the new windows ce 6 framework photon is rumoured to be the release which will unify the windows mobile platform as a single os rather than the current offering of three versions for three different types of products \u2014 pdas pda - phone combo devices and smartphones ( devices without a pda touchscreen ) .\nputwindows mobile 6 has already taken a step away from being device - specific by branding the different flavours of the os as classic standard and professional .\nthen again considering vista\u2019s laggard performance and substantially increased hardware hit we wonder if an uber - os for mobile devices would be a good thing . . ?\n\u00a9 future publishing limited , beauford court , 30 monmouth street , bath ba1 2bw . all rights reserved . england and wales company registration number 2008885 .\nsorry , we just need to make sure you ' re not a robot . for best results , please make sure your browser is accepting cookies .\nproductos vintage u obsoletos . . . en este video creative zen google + : urltoken facebook : urltoken twitter : urltoken flickr : urltoken instagram : urltoken\nthe left half of the zen pmc includes a circular four - way navigational pad with a nested select button and an essential back key . the right half has two dedicated volume buttons and another circular controller for play / pause , forward , and rewind commands . you ' ll experience a tactile pop with each press , along with an accompanying and strangely appealing system chime , which is on by default . along with a power button , four numbered keys line the top of the unit and are designated as programmable presets . pressing one takes you directly to your favorite movie ( complete with a bookmark ) , song , album , artist , or photo . we like this thoughtful feature , as we all know how difficult it is to fish for content in a 20gb sea . except for the start key , which lights up green , and the preset buttons , all keys are backlit in a dim and mystic blue when activated . expect to use both hands for most operations . once in a while , you ' ll catch yourself erringly pressing the play button with your right hand instead of the left - handed select . aside from this , the controls are extremely intuitive , thanks in big part to the windows interface ( more on this later ) .\na power port resides on the device ' s left side , and a hold switch , an a / v - out jack , and an\nintelligent\nheadphone jack line the right side . a dock - style usb 2 . 0 connector is located on the zen pmc ' s bottom side . the silver backside features a removable lithium - ion polymer battery . it ' s important to note that unlike many pvps out on the market , the zen pmc lacks a built - in kickstand to prop itself up . instead , the device ships with a carrying case with a flap cover that substitutes as a stand . the case is worth bringing along on your travels since holding the zen pmc to watch a movie for an extended period of time can be taxing on your hands , your arms , and your neck .\nyou ' ll also find a tiny speaker on the bottom - right corner of the zen pmc . surprisingly , it doesn ' t sound terrible and tinny . and if your headphones accidentally pull out of its jack , the system saves you from potential embarrassment and mutes the audio .\nour chief design complaint is the zen pmc ' s sheer bulk . granted , it has a terrific screen indoors and swiss army knife - like functionality , but its thickness just doesn ' t feel right , especially when used for audio . creative claims that the device is small enough to fit comfortably in your pocket . our advice : don ' t wear tight jeans . the zen pmc would also be better off with a docking cradle , which will be available as an optional accessory in october .\nthe zen pmc ships with an a / v line - out cable , a proprietary usb 2 . 0 cable , a carrying case with a built - in stand , a pair of earphones , a quick start guide , an install cd , and an inconvenient two - line - and - a - brick - style power adapter .\nall this content may sound nice , but what formats does the zen pmc actually support ? all pmcs support wmv ( versions 7 , 8 and 9 ) at 320x240 pixels , 30 frames per second , and with a constant bit rate of up to 800kbps . similarly , all pmc devices can play back wma ( including protected wma , wma lossless , and wma voice ) , mp3 , and jpeg files . if you have other types of files , such as mpeg , mpeg - 2 , dvr - ms ( microsoft recorded tv ) , tiff , wav , avi , and so on , they need to be transcoded into a compatible pmc format and size . this may sound confusing , but never fear , wmp10 takes care of all the transcoding automatically in the background so that the files are ready to roll the next time you sync the device . the original files remain untouched , and in most cases , you won ' t even know it ' s happening . it ' s important to note that popular file formats such as mpeg - 4 and divx are not compatible with the zen pmc unless you ' ve purchased a third - party decoder plug - in for wmp10 . pmc oems can add support for other formats .\nwhile transcoding content decreases quality , that ' s not necessarily a bad thing in the pmc ' s case . imagine trying to transfer 85 hours of video or tens of thousands of photos from your pc to the pmc . without reformatting , you ' ll quickly run out of space . where the decrease in quality will show up is when you hook up the zen pmc to a tv ( ntsc or pal ) .\nbe respectful , keep it clean and stay on topic . we delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read . discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion .\nall will have common features required by microsoft , including minimum specs for hard drives , display , and resolution . the shipping zen i tested had a 20gb hard drive and a 3 . 8 - inch display with a screen resolution of 320 by 240 . the zen , which is about twice the size and weight of my ipod , feels sturdy and features firm , shiny buttons and a shiny black case . unfortunately , that shine can cause light to reflect off the screen at times , making images hard to see .\nhowever i wasn ' t entirely pleased by the way wmp 10 managed the zen . first , it was hard to find the correct software button to safely disconnect the pmc from my computer - - there was no equivalent of the\neject ipod\nbutton found in itunes . i had to manually shut down the device using the icon in my system tray . second : when i built a playlist of songs using wmp 10 and then tried to transfer it to the pmc , only the songs on the list were transferred - - not the playlist itself .\nthe zen includes a removable rechargeable lithium ion battery . creative says the battery will power up to 22 hours of audio playback or 7 hours of video playback between charges .\nvideo quality was mixed , depending on the source . movies from cinemanow were crystal clear , but the baseball game i downloaded would occasionally blur , much the way streaming video appears on my pc . despite its small size the screen proved easy to see , even when watching big - picture events like a baseball game .\ncreative creative ' s new pmc is handy for playing back audio and video on the go , but it sure is pricey . $ 499 urltoken\nto comment on this article and other pcworld content , visit our facebook page or our twitter feed .\npcworld helps you navigate the pc ecosystem to find the products you want and the advice you need to get the job done .\nthis site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page . terms of use .\n\u201cwho can play what , where , how many times ? \u201d those eight words encompass most of the tussle that\u2019s come to be known as digital rights management ( drm ) .\nokay , so it\u2019s more complicated than that , but this phrase does convey the crux of the problem . it\u2019s an issue that often pits consumers against producers , and quite often neither side is playing fair . the riaa has its lawyers . users have kazaa . content producers often act like thugs , using their lawyers as muscle , and some consumers act like thieves , downloading as much \u201cfree\u201d content from p2p networks as they possibly can . can anyone negotiate a truce between these two sides ? is anyone foolish enough to even try ? if that truce takes the form of legally downloadable content with some playback restrictions , the answer is yes .\nthis newsletter may contain advertising , deals , or affiliate links . subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our terms of use and privacy policy . you may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time .\n\u00a9 1996 - 2018 ziff davis , llc . pcmag digital group extremetech is among the federally registered trademarks of ziff davis , llc and may not be used by third parties without explicit permission .\nkinja is in read - only mode . we are working to restore service .\npcmag reviews products independently , but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page . terms of use .\nscreen is susceptible to glare and smudges . recorded video looks bad on a full - size tv . no kickstand .\nthe unit measures 3 . 2 by 5 . 7 by 1 . 1 inches ( hwd ) and weighs 0 . 8 pounds . our early production unit delivered exceptional battery life : 7 hours , 25 minutes when playing video . the controls have a solid feel and didn ' t require too much pressure to manipulate . volume buttons , however , are confusing : the up button ( a speaker icon and a plus sign ) makes sense . but the down button shows a minus sign and a tiny speaker icon facing left ; the combination looks like a right - facing arrow . on the top of the unit , four buttons for presets work like buttons on a car radio : they take you to a favorite playlist , video , slide show , or what have you ( essentially , the\nmy grandchildren\nbutton ) .\non our hands - on tests , audio and photo playback worked well . you can start music playing , then start a slide show , and the music continues playing in the background . with video , we found an occasional stutter , but not enough to detract from the overall enjoyment . there is a composite video output ( rca jacks , not s - video for video ) so you can hook up to a tv\u0097but the unit ' s 320 - by - 240 resolution video does not look good on a typical tv , and the occasional artifact looks worse spread across 32 inches . the biggest impediment to extended video watching is the lack of a kickstand to prop the unit up on a desk or tray table ; both the iriver and samsung pmcs have them , and we suspect users will demand a fix from creative . synchronization is via a proprietary usb connector . creative plans to offer a docking module for about $ 40 ( not available for testing ) , and we ' d recommend adding that .\nbill howard is the editor of technoride . com , the car site for tech fans , and writes a column on car technology for pc magazine each issue . he is also a contributing editor of pc magazine . bill ' s articles on pcs , notebooks , and printers have been cited five times in the annual computer press association awards . he was named as one of the industr . . . see full bio\nthis newsletter may contain advertising , deals , or affiliate links . subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our terms of use and privacy policy . you may unsubscribe from the newsletters at any time .\n\u00a9 1996 - 2018 ziff davis , llc . pcmag digital group pc , pc magazine and pc urltoken are among the federally registered trademarks of ziff davis , llc and may not be used by third parties without explicit permission .\nfor a cutting - edge piece of technology the pmc looks fairly mundane . riyad described it as utilitarian , which is a fair description . it does a job but you\u2019re not going to be impressed by it in the same way you will be when you hold something like a sony psp . the device weighs 10 . 2oz / 289g , which isn\u2019t super - light but feels right for a device like this . the 3 . 5in diagonal screen sits in the centre with the controls on either side . on the under side of the pmc is a hold key , so you can avoid accidental button presses . though it\u2019s nothing special to look at , build quality is reasonable , aside from some dubious points like an easily losable flap covering a docking connector . currently there\u2019s nothing to connect the docking port to but iriver informed me that it\u2019s there , \u201cfor possible future accessories or upgrades\u201d .\ngetting to the crux if the matter , it has to be said that there are a couple of major issues with the display . first , it has a 4 : 3 aspect ratio . surely somebody should have told microsoft that widescreen is really quite popular these days . all major tv programmes are now recorded and broadcast in widescreen , so a 4 : 3 screen is a big disappointment . things get even worse once you try to import widescreen content but we\u2019ll get onto that particular debacle later .\nquality wise , the screen is decent but nothing to write home about . it is bright enough but it\u2019s not at all vibrant . though the screen isnt\u2019 that big , at the relatively low resolution you can make out the chicken - wire effect of the lcd on the screen as you watch . even worse , viewing angles are poor . to get the best from the screen you need to be looking directly at it so if you want to share the viewing experience then both of you will see a poor image . there is a two - position stand at least , so you can rest it on a flat surface in front of you without you having to hold it ."]}
{"id": 55184, "summary": [{"text": "the \" at home \" day was a social custom in victorian britain , where women of gentle status would receive visitors on a specific day of the week .", "topic": 13}, {"text": "the woman would print calling cards indicating she would be \" at home \" e.g. on \" fridays in april \" .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "those of her acquaintances who had received the card could then call on her that day .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "it was considered impolite to visit unannounced on any other day , or to visit without having received a card .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "guests should visit between three or four and six in the afternoon , and stay for a period from a quarter of an hour to an hour , depending on the level of intimacy with the hostess .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "the custom of \" at home \" days was also observed in the british colonies , such as in wellington , new zealand .", "topic": 13}, {"text": "here the tradition served to uphold barriers between the different social classes among the colonists .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "the invention and proliferation of the telephone \u2013 facilitating the planning of visits on a shorter notice \u2013 did much to make away with the convention of \" at home \" days .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "it was made further obsolete by the great war , when many women immersed themselves in the war effort , and largely ignored many previously held social obligations .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "a further consequence of the war was that economic scarcity made domestic servants less common , a trend that made the old calling system impractical . ", "topic": 14}], "title": "at home day", "paragraphs": ["we do fire drills at school . we do them at work . now let\u2019s do them at home .\nshall i compare thee to a summer\u2019s day - sonnet 18 - by william shakespeare - a summer\u2019s day connotes beauty .\njanuary 14 get started early on this year ' s spring cleaning and organizing on organize your home day .\nlearn more about make safe happen and our partners , and help spread the word about home fire drill day .\nclick the button below to get instant access to these worksheets for use in the classroom or at a home .\ncopyright \u00a9 2016 starts at home . promoted by the national housing federation . contact us . a hands up project .\nroutines are currently available in the u . s . other countries use my day .\nto find our more information about this program or how to apply , contact the manager of day and stay program at 519 - 756 - 2920 ext . 4286 .\njoan of arc facing harsh criticism and burning at the stake for her beliefs .\n\u200bprize : for the rest of the day , everyone gets to go by ninja names .\nduchess kate stayed home with the couple ' s three children , including baby prince louis , who was born in april ( and is to be christened on july 9 at at the chapel royal in st . james\u2019s palace in london ) .\nthe hawks will play two home exhibition games at georgia tech\u2019s mccamish pavilion ( oct . 9 and oct . 12 ) as philips arena undergoes renovation .\ncalendars calendar 2018 calendar 2019 monthly calendar pdf calendar add events calendar creator adv . calendar creator holidays on this day\nnationwide\u2019s make safe happen program and our partners are launching home fire drill day on october 13th , 2018 - the last day of fire prevention week . home fires are one of the biggest safety threats facing american families today - there\u2019s one every 86 seconds . our goal is to encourage and empower parents to teach their children what to do in the event of a home fire . together , we can # makesafehappen .\nfor example , confronting a bully or asking out a secret crush out on a date both require certain levels of bravery . therefore , acts full of courage can happen on the grand scale , but also on the smaller , day to day life level .\ntake a look at the following list of hyperbolic phrases . how many of them have you heard or used before ?\nif multiple users are using the same google home , everyone who wants to hear personal info on google home must link their google account and voice to google home , even the person who set up google home . if you ' ve already linked your google account and voice , skip these steps .\nnew taylor morrison homes at grand vista are priced from the upper $ 100 , 000s to the $ 400 , 000s .\nthe starts at home campaign launched in 2016 to ensure that people who need extra support will always have a safe home that meets their needs . this is achieved through supported housing , which provides secure homes and vital services to a range of people in communities across the country .\nsupported housing has given pauline and carol a place they can finally call home .\nwant more home fire safety tips ? how about a stopwatch designed just for home fire drills ? download the make safe happen app for all of this and more .\nit may sound like a lot of work , but you will thank us later . your home will be organized , ready to receive company at a moment\u2019s notice and more importantly , if you keep it up throughout the year , you will have an organized home next year this unofficial holiday rolls by .\nstarts at home is an important initiative : it reminds us all that a decent home is the first essential for people who need society\u2019s support to live independent and fulfilling lives . and to make this a reality , government now has the opportunity to place the funding of supported housing on a sound and stable footing .\nget daily help with your personal routines . simply say one command and your google assistant will do multiple things . my day is now the good morning routine .\nit\u2019s important to know how to escape if the smoke alarm goes off at night . can you get out in under two minutes . . . in the dark ? practice your home fire drill at night , with all the lights turned off . if everyone makes it to the safety spot in two minutes or less , it\u2019s a win . recommended for kids over 6 .\nexplain to your kids that when the smoke alarm beeps , they need to get out of the house quickly and meet at that safety spot .\ntroopers were looking for 36 - year - old garry lawrence jr . around 11 p . m . friday evening at a home on hartzog loop in north pole for a warrant , according to a dispatch posted on the troopers ' website saturday .\nthe aim of work wise week and national work from home day is to promote modern \u201csmarter\u201d working practices such as agile , flexible , remote and mobile working , as well as working from home . we invite employers , employees and the self employed to use their social media channels to say what they are doing to encourage smarter working referencing # workwiseweek and # nwfhd\nnote : must be initiated via an android or ios device . not supported on home devices .\nmusic and loud voices could be heard from a home across the street in the tony neighborhood .\ngetting down payment help now . sharing home\u2019s gain ( or loss ) later . ,\nour mission is to provide affordable high - quality childcare for at - risk children in a nurturing environment while empowering families to reach their potential .\nmake sure your phone or tablet is connected to the same wi - fi network as google home .\nneed some help drawing your home fire escape plan ? don\u2019t worry , there\u2019s a worksheet for that .\nthe organization said restaurant workers must wash hands , often use disposable gloves and stay home when sick .\nthis story tells of a playful grasshopper who loves to play all day . he teases poor ant who is hard at work all day long during the spring and summer about wasting his life away working . in the end , winter comes and grasshopper starves while ant makes it comfortably through the winter . again , this can be read as a tragic story of the death of a grasshopper , or an allegory for how those who are hardworking and prepared will be able to survive setbacks and hard times . read it for yourself below .\nmake sure your mobile device or tablet is connected to the same wi - fi as your google home device .\nelise is a google home expert and author of this help page . leave her feedback below about the page .\njust recently , davidson and grande purchased a $ 16 million starter home in the chelsea neighborhood of new york city .\nmake sure there\u2019s a smoke alarm on every level of your home , and one in each bedroom . learn more here .\nmake an organization itinerary . attack a room or an area every week and you will have an organized home in no time .\nthen , someone\u2019s got to take the script , go home , write the whole thing up and put it in the format .\nexamples of allegory abound in literature . in fact , you no doubt have already read many . below we will look at some examples of allegory you may be familiar with , and why they are allegories .\nyou can enjoy as a family \u2013 like staying up late together for pajama movie night \u2013 if everyone aces your home fire drill .\navant stayed home with darell jr . and his younger child , who was 1 year old , for the rest of the evening .\n\u201ca day was twenty - four hours long but seemed longer . there was no hurry , for there was nowhere to go , nothing to buy and no money to buy it with , nothing to see outside the boundaries of maycomb county . \u201d\ncourage comes in many shapes , sizes and forms . while racing into a burning building to save lives and helping out a person who is being robbed are certainly courageous and admirable acts , even smaller occurrences can count as acts of courage . for example , confronting a bully or asking out a secret crush out on a date both require certain levels of bravery . therefore , acts full of courage can happen on the grand scale , but also on the smaller , day to day life level .\ncontinuous as the stars that shine and twinkle on the milky way , they stretched in never - ending line along the margin of a bay : ten thousand saw i at a glance , tossing their heads in sprightly dance .\njohn noble home gladly accepts donations . your donation will be used to enhance the lives of the residents that we serve on a daily basis . a donation receipt will be forwarded to you for income tax purposes . to make a donation please send a cheque to \u201cjohn noble home\u201d c / o finance department , 97 mount pleasant street , brantford , ontario , n3t 5t6 . please indicate if the donation is for long term care , the day & stay program , or bell lane terrace aparments . we sincerely thank you for your support .\na home fire happens every 86 seconds , yet half of parents say their kids wouldn\u2019t know what to do if their smoke alarm went off .\nwhat made you want to look up home ? please tell us where you read or heard it ( including the quote , if possible ) .\nfire drill games teach kids how to escape a home fire in ways that are fun and memorable . use your awesome parenting powers to make up fun\nmcdermott , a 26 - year - old small forward , has yet to find a home in the nba after being drafted 11th overall in 2014 .\nfemale sea snipes , which impregnate the males , and leave them to stay home and rear the young , have higher testosterone levels than their mates .\nengaging in small acts such as the ones mentioned above can eventually lead you down the road toward more global acts of courage . simply getting involved with a volunteer opportunity at the local level can open doors to bigger projects involving human rights or rescue opportunities .\nlove our fire drill games ? ready to spread the word about home fire drills ? download our fire safety resource pack to share with your friends and community .\nthe sick - time benefit was designed to promote a healthy workplace by encouraging employees to stay home and recuperate rather than come to work and make others sick .\nhold an organizing party , and have friends help you . you can thank them by making them their favorite meal or by helping them organize their home in return .\nverify that the google account that is listed is the one linked to google home . to switch accounts , click the triangle to the right of the account name .\nkerr comes home after stops in little rock and austin ( joe cavaretta ) fort lauderdale hired its first african - american fire chief , otis latin , in 1997 .\nand on a day we meet to walk the line and set the wall between us once again . we keep the wall between us as we go . to each the boulders that have fallen to each . - mending wall by robert frost - the wall may connote segregation and rebuilding it perseverance .\ni ' ll bet you didn ' t know that dr . seuss was an expert allegorist . nearly all of his full - length books for children are in fact allegories of important political or moral issues targeted at adults . see two of his most famous below .\nverify that the google account listed is the one linked to google home . to switch accounts , click the triangle to the right of the account name and email address .\nin the top right corner of the app ' s home screen , tap devices . find the device card or the device you ' re setting up with voice match .\nyou can walk out of your home in two minutes . but can you crawl out ? if there\u2019s smoke , you\u2019re supposed to stay low . so practice escaping on all fours from different rooms in your home . when you get outside , get back on your feet and dash to your family\u2019s safety spot . recommended for kids over 6 .\nother scandals , including one over a luxury home built for the first lady by a government contractor , hammered the popularity of mr . pe\u00f1a nieto and his ruling party .\nthe day and stay program is for individuals that live in brantford and brant county that have memory loss . this program is located within the john noble home . it is a home like setting designed and built especially for persons with dementia . the purpose of the program is to provide structured activities that help individuals maintain an optimum level of physical ability , intellectual function and social interaction . the program provides stimulation for the client and allows the caregiver the opportunity to have time for themselves . the goal is to delay placement in long term care and improve quality of life for both the individual with dementia and the care provider . staff are sensitive , compassionate persons with additional education in interacting and caring for persons with memory problems .\nbelow , five french fashion insiders sound off on their favorite fitness finds , from a secret body - sculpting barre class to a kundalini yoga studio tucked away in a private home in montmartre .\nwe use cookies to enhance your experience on our website . this website uses cookies that provide targeted advertising and which track your use of this website . by clicking \u2018continue\u2019 or by continuing to use our website , you are agreeing to our use of cookies . you can change your cookie settings at any time .\nto get the most out of google home , choose your help center : u . s . help center , u . k help center , canada help center , australia help center . need help ? speak to a google home support specialist : u . s . : 1 - 855 - 971 - 9121 , u . k . : 0800 026 1217 , canada : 844 - 701 - 7229 .\nin this example , the author is using hyperbole to emphasize how slow and boring the town is . the hyperbolic phrases in this sentence help the reader to understand the situation as , without them , the sentence doesn\u2019t appear as emotive . have a go at re - writing harper lee\u2019s sentence above without the hyperbole and see how it sounds !\n\u00a9 2018 . nationwide mutual insurance company and affiliated companies . nationwide investment services corporation , member finra . in mi only : nationwide investment svcs . corporation . home office : one nationwide plaza , columbus , oh .\nresidents have fallen onto one side or another of a familiar dividing line , turning the city into parable of our time : an example of what happens when the din and discord of national politics comes home to roost .\nthese example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word ' home . ' views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of merriam - webster or its editors . send us feedback .\nmake a pledge to practice your home fire drill twice a year and get your friends to do the same . spread the word about fire drill games , and we ' ll send a virtual high five and one million warm fuzzies your way .\nthis bundle contains 5 ready - to - use hyperbole worksheets that are perfect to test student knowledge and understanding of what hyperbole is and how it can be used . you can use these hyperbole worksheets in the classroom with students , or with home schooled children as well .\nkids watch tv on saturdays , and commercial breaks are about two minutes long . what a coincidence \u2013that\u2019s how long it should take you to safely escape your home in a fire . so let\u2019s practice fire drills during commercial breaks . the challenge : can your family get from the tv to the safety spot in under two minutes ?\neveryone in your family needs to know all the ways out of each room in your home . challenge your family to think like ninjas . whoever can identify the most ways out of every room is the biggest ninja . use our worksheet to draw all the ways out that you think of . ninja wisdom : not every exit is a door .\ndr . seuss was a political cartoonist during wwii . he drew many cartoons mocking hitler and the nazis .\nyertle the turtle\nis an entertaining story of a turtle king who continues to reach for more an more power at the expense of his turtle subjects . he keeps reaching until he is dethroned . sound familiar ?\nyertle the turtle\nhas been called an allegory of the rise and fall of adolf hitler . whether it is or not , the story can definitely be read ( and is intended to be read ) as an allegory that criticizes totalitarian and autocratic forms of government and how they destroy the individualism and freedom of the people . check it out for yourself below .\nthe john noble home ( jnh ) has a proud and long standing care - giving tradition , dating back to 1881 . today , we offer several different quality programs devoted to senior housing , care , and services that operate within our care campus . all meet and serve the needs of both brant county and the city of brantford and their respective constituents as we are a municipally operated and governed facility . read more about the jnh .\nthis classic fable from aesop tells the story of a plucky hare who acts the bully and teases tortoise for being so slow . tortoise challenges hare to a race and , because of hare ' s overconfidence and laziness , wins . while this story can be enjoyed as just a fun story where a turtle beats a rabbit in a footrace , it is obviously meant , like all other fables from aesop , to teach a lesson , and therefore this story is considered an allegory . the hidden meaning , or moral , here is that some people are born with natural talents but waste them to idleness or laziness . the tortoise ' s character is meant to show how despite natural talents , perseverance , hard work , and focus can win the day . adults read this fable and see both the tortoise and hare as people they know in real life or have heard about . the race , read allegorically , is actually life itself . see the story for yourself below and try to read it allegorically .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nthe story of the treasure seekers ; being the adventures of the bastable children in search of a fortune .\nthe story of the treasure seekers ; being the adventures of the bastable children in search of a fortune . nesbit , e . ( edith ) , 1858\u00961924 .\ntitle : the story of the treasure seekers ; being the adventures of the bastable children in search of a fortune . author : nesbit , e . ( edith ) , 1858\u00961924 . publication year : 1899 source : london : t . unwin , 1899 . 296 p . genre : adventure fiction subject : treasure troves - - juvenile fiction brothers and sisters - - juvenile fiction children ' s literature , english bookmark : urltoken\nto oswald barron without whom this book could never have been written \u201cthe treasures seekers\u201d is dedicated in memory of childhoods identical but for the accidents of time and space .\nsome chapters of this story have appeared in the pall mall magazine , and in the windsor magazine , and some portions were printed by the illustrated london news and in nister\u2019s holiday annual . to the editors of these journals my thanks are due . \u2014e . nesbit . ]\n\u201cthe old gentleman caught him by the collar , and called him a young thief\u201d from a drawing by gordon brown .\n\u201cwe followed her on tiptoe , and alice sang as she went\u201d from a drawing by gordon brown .\n\u201ci don\u2019t suppose he was used to politeness from boys\u201d from a drawing by gordon brown .\n\u201cthe uncle was very fierce with the pudding\u201d from a drawing by gordon brown .\nsupported housing enabled ex - raf squadron leader tom to manage his recovery from a heart attack and stroke .\nfor years pauline and carol struggled without heating or hot water . feeling safe has made a huge difference to their lives .\nfollowing extensive consultation with members , the national housing federation submitted responses to the government consultation . thank you to everyone who has engaged with this process .\ni would like to receive email updates about this campaign . unticking will stop all existing and future communications .\n\u00a9 2018 american city business journals . all rights reserved . use of and / or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our user agreement ( updated 5 / 24 / 18 ) and privacy policy and cookie statement ( updated 5 / 24 / 18 ) . the material on this site may not be reproduced , distributed , transmitted , cached or otherwise used , except with the prior written permission of american city business journals .\nbeing organized can balance your life . it can reduce stress and makes you more productive . it can stop you looking for things , of having to buy new things that you don ' t need . if you make it your way of life today , it can soon become a habit and you will reap the benefits for years to come .\nrope in your family to help you organize , give everyone a task and award them for finishing them .\n\u2026that cleaning can help burn calories ? on average , mopping the floors for an hour will help you lose about 160 calories .\nhonor one of the most sought after flavors of ice cream , by treating yourself to a scoop ( or two ) of strawberry ice cream .\npersonal results must be turned on to hear personal information , like calendar events and reminders .\ntap menu and make sure the google account listed is the one you want to link to your voice . to switch accounts , click the triangle next to the account name and choose the correct account .\nfrom the device card , tap the blue banner labeled multi user is now available , link your account , or get personal results with voice match continue .\nif you haven\u2019t already agreed to what is required to get help from your assistant , you\u2019ll see a screen outlining the permissions . tap i agree .\nif you ' ve never set up voice match and trained your voice , follow the prompts to teach your assistant to recognize your voice . you ' ll say\nok google\u201d twice and \u201chey google\u201d twice .\n\u200bif you ' ve set up voice match before , you won ' t need to teach your assistant to recognize your voice .\nto hear personal information , you must turn on personal results . tap i agree .\nto invite others to set up voice match for tailored results , tap invite , choose your communication method , and send the invite . to skip this step , tap no thanks .\ntap more settings routine s choose a routine tap the box next to an action .\nnote : you can adjust the settings for individual actions by tapping next to the action .\ntake your phone off silent ( only when initiated via an android device ) .\nput your phone on silent ( only when initiated via an android device ) .\nsleep sounds . note : sleep sounds will play for one hour if not turned off .\nsay\nhey google , let ' s go to work\n. . .\ntap add commands enter the phrase you want to say to trigger the routine ok .\ntap add action enter what the assistant should do . you can enter any google assistant command or choose from popular actions add . note : you can ' t assign multiple voice queries to an action .\ntap the circle next to the media source . note : you can customize what plays by tapping next to the source .\nduring the week , we published a series of guest blogs from some of our strategic partners as well as the heads of organisations who have already experienced the benefits of smarter working .\nimplementing a smarter working policy can lead to significant gains in productivity as well as increased work / life balance which is a win / win for employers and employees .\nstronger economic growth has clearly boosted the number of people in work , but it has not yet boosted productivity and raising productivity is the real key to long term prosperity in our very competitive world . the question we all have to address is , \u201chow to reach the goal of full employment and create greater productivity and prosperity\u201d .\nincreasing labour productivity is not a question of working harder or longer hours , it\u2019s a question of working smarter or more productively and that means making the best possible use of people , process , premises and technology . fully understanding the critical relationships in balancing and investing in these key resources is essential to creating greater business efficiency and generating greater value from working time .\nincreasing productivity means improving performance in all areas . investing in development and training to create an innovative , flexible , highly skilled workforce . reviewing all key work activities and processes cutting out unnecessary and wasteful steps in the value chain . reviewing premises needs , improving or reducing to accommodate a flexible mobile workforce and providing the right technology and importantly the training to use it . this will deliver results needed , make us more competitive and push the uk up the productivity league .\nwe invite all organisations , of any size and from all sectors to share their experiences with others and play their part in helping to create a more productive , smarter working , uk .\nguest blog : we can ' t stop the clocks going back , but we can take positive action to improve our well being - by ian mckay , chairman , how ' s my driving .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\ncopyright \u00a9 2016 fanniebattle . org . all rights reserved . 108 chapel ave . , nashville , tn 37206 p : 615 . 228 . 6745 f : 615 . 228 . 8773 e : info @ urltoken\nput one adult in charge of sounding the smoke alarm and running the drill .\nnext , sound the smoke alarm , start the timer and have everyone book it to the safety spot .\nonce everyone gets to the safety spot , stop the timer . if you all made it in under two minutes , you each get an imaginary gold medal . if not , give it another try .\nin a real fire , get to the safety spot , then call 911 and keep everyone close until firefighters arrive .\ngot it ? good . now have fun with it and play some fire drill games .\nprize : beat the challenge and get to watch an extra tv show before bed .\nhow fast can your family get to the safety spot without running ? race against the two - minute timer to speedwalk from your bedrooms to the safety spot . want to raise the stakes ? get there in less than one minute . but no running .\nprize : under two minutes ? breakfast for dinner . under one minute ? ice cream for dessert .\n\u200bprize : stargaze in your yard on blankets , or tell ghost stories inside , with mugs of hot chocolate .\nprize : if the family makes it in two minutes , everyone gets to sleep in a pillow fort .\nhelp kids get familiar with the sound and meaning of a beeping smoke alarm with this twist on musical chairs . when the music starts to play , move around the chairs ; when the music stops playing , quickly sit in a chair . every few rounds , beep the smoke alarm and have all the players ( adults and kids ) abandon the game to get to the safety spot .\nprize : whoever reaches the safety spot first without running gets to be the dj for the next round .\ndid your family pass all the challenges ? did you think of an awesome new fire drill game ? tweet about it using # homefiredrillday to spread the word to other families .\nsource 2 : survey conducted online by harris poll on behalf of nationwide insurance from november 4 , 2015 to november 13 , 2015 .\nsource 3 : the app is owned by nationwide children\u2019s hospital and developed by the safety experts in its center for injury research and policy . it was made possible in part by a grant from the nationwide foundation .\nview the current multi - sector accountability agreement ( pdf ) with the ministry of health .\nnote : to view a pdf document on this page , a pdf program such as adobe acrobat reader is required .\ncourage comes in many shapes , sizes and forms . while racing into a burning building to save lives and helping out a person who is being robbed are certainly courageous and admirable acts , even smaller occurrences can count as acts of courage .\njesus christ continuing to follow his faith , beliefs and mission despite being hanged on a cross , brutally beaten and attacked .\nthe pilgrims coming to the united states without any idea of what they were about to face .\nanne frank and her family living in secret and quiet to hide from the nazis .\nthe police , firefighters and citizens who rushed into buildings to save lives on september 11 , 2001 .\nthe people aboard flight 93 who prevented the terrorists from attacking the united states capitol .\nmother teresa living amongst the poorest of the poor and helping them to thrive , learn and grow .\nall those who have fought and who fight today for civil rights and equal rights .\nwomen and men who put their lives and reputations on the line fighting for voting rights for women .\npeople working for peace with global movements such as the red cross , unicef and the peace corps .\nthese acts , and similar acts , demand great deals of courage . many of these people put themselves in harm ' s way in order to do what is right .\nnot all acts of courage need to be known worldwide to be defined as brave . here are some examples of ways to be courageous in daily life .\ndoing something that might be a little risky such as sky diving or riding a bike for the first time .\nhelping out a person or animal in need , even if it might put you in a little bit of danger .\nleaving a job that you don ' t like and trying to find a new one .\nchecking out a soup kitchen , volunteer program , etc . to see if they offer any connections in helping to be more courageous .\nexamples of courage .\nyourdictionary , n . d . web . 08 july 2018 . < urltoken > .\nplease set a username for yourself . people will see it as author name with your public flash cards .\nan allusion is a figure of speech that makes a reference to a place , person , or event . this can be real or imaginary and may refer to anything , including fiction , folklore , historical events , or religious manuscripts . the reference can be direct or may be inferred , and can broaden the reader\u2019s understanding .\nallusions engage the reader and will often help the reader remember the message or theme of the passage .\nallusions allow the writer to give an example or get a point across without going into a lengthy discourse .\nallusions are contingent on the reader knowing about the story or event that is referenced .\n\u201ci was surprised his nose was not growing like pinocchio\u2019s . \u201d this refers to the story of pinocchio , where his nose grew whenever he told a lie . it is from the adventures of pinocchio , written by carlo collodi .\n\u201cwhen she lost her job , she acted like a scrooge , and refused to buy anything that wasn\u2019t necessary . \u201d scrooge was an extremely stingy character from charles dickens\u2019 a christmas carol .\n\u201ci thought the software would be useful , but it was a trojan horse . \u201d this refers to the tale in homer ' s iliad where the greeks built a large , hollow wooden horse to hide soldiers in . it was given as a gift to the enemy during the trojan war and , once inside the enemy ' s walls , the soldiers broke out . by using trickery , the greeks won the war .\n\u201che was a real romeo with the ladies . \u201d romeo , the lead character in shakespeare\u2019s play , romeo and juliet , is considered to be a true romantic hero , and won over juliet against her family ' s wishes .\n\u201cchocolate was her achilles\u2019 heel . \u201d this means that her weakness was her love of chocolate . achilles is a character in greek mythology who was thought to be invincible . his mother dipped him in magical water when he was a baby , and she held him by the heel . so his heel was the only part of him not protected by the magic .\nthere are many biblical allusions that are used in our everyday language and in writing .\n\u201che was a good samaritan yesterday when he helped the lady start her car . \u201d this refers to the story of the good samaritan who was the only one to stop and help a man in need .\n\u201cshe turned the other cheek after she was cheated out of a promotion . \u201d this comes from the sermon on the mount , where jesus teaches that you should forgive someone who has wronged you and not seek revenge .\n\u201cthis place is like a garden of eden . \u201d the garden of eden was the paradise god made for adam and eve .\n\u201cyou are a solomon when it comes to making decisions . \u201d this refers to the story of king solomon , who was given great wisdom by god .\n\u201cwhen the volcano erupted , the nearby forest was swallowed up in dust and ash like jonah . \u201d in the bible , jonah was swallowed whole by a whale .\n\u201cit is raining so hard , i hope it doesn\u2019t rain for 40 days and 40 nights . \u201d this refers to the story of noah and the ark he built when he was told by god that it would rain for 40 days and 40 nights and flood the land .\nallusions are a useful literary tool as they can convey a great deal of information in just a few words . however , because allusions make reference to something other than what is directly being discussed , you may fail to understand it if you do not know the underlying event , tale or other reference point . so think about the pros and cons of allusions when using them in your writing .\nexamples of allusion .\nyourdictionary , n . d . web . 08 july 2018 . < urltoken > .\nconnotation is an implied meaning that is associated with a word in addition to its literal meaning . this association can be cultural or emotional .\nhere are examples of pairs of connotations that describe the same thing or situation . the first has a negative connotation and the second is positive .\nthere are many connotations in george orwell\u2019s the animal farm , including : the pigs connote powerful , corrupt people ; boxer connotes the laborer class ; and the animals represent the revolution .\nshe is all states , and all princes , i . - the sun rising by john donne - the two are wealthier than other in the world because of their love .\nfriends , romans , countrymen , lend me your ears . - julius caesar by william shakespeare - ears connote listening .\nas he swung toward them holding up the hand half in appeal , but half as if to keep the life from spilling - out , out by robert frost - life connotes blood .\nall the world\u2019s a stage , and all the men and women merely players ; they have their exits and their entrances ; and one man in his time plays many parts - as you like it by william shakespeare - stage connotes the world and players connote their lives .\nhie thee , gentle jew . the hebrew will turn christian : he grows kind . - the merchant of venice by william shakespeare - this is a negative connotation towards jews and positive towards christians ( kindness ) .\nwhat\u2019s montague ? it is nor hand , nor foot , nor arm , nor face , nor any other part belonging to a man . o ! be some other name : what\u2019s in a name ? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet . - romeo and juliet by william shakespeare - connotes that the names of things do not matter .\nthese connotation examples show how words can take on extra , implied meanings depending how they are used .\nin many writing exercises , whether they be writing a job application , creating a speech , or business writing , you will probably have been told to use everyday words and keep your language simple . that is often very sound advice , and helps keep communication simple and effective .\nin some contexts , though , you may wish to use a less common , more elevated word . this list of words below would largely be used in writing that was intentionally seeking a literary tone . that might be a poem , or ( if you are writing fiction ) in the dialogue of a literary character - or even a pretentious one .\non the other hand , you may simply want new words for language games , or hope to impress friends and family ! whatever the reason , the list below will offer literary equivalents for everyday words ( behold for see ; lightsome for nimble ; dulcify for sweeten ) , terms relating to greek mythology ( rhadamanthine , stygian ) , and words with unexpected meanings ( crapulent , for example ) .\nstay up to date with our latest news and receive new words updates , blog posts , and more .\nin this article we explore how to impress employers with a spot - on cv .\narchaic words have a charm that never fades away , from french sounding to wondrously mysterious ones .\na metaphor is a word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two things . they can be very useful , and we use them all the time in daily conversation , and we do not even realize it ! here are some examples of famous metaphors :\n\u201cart washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life . \u201d \u2013 pablo picasso\n\u201c all religions , arts and sciences are branches of the same tree . \u201d \u2013 albert einstein\n\u201call the world\u2019s a stage , and all the men and women merely players . \u201d \u2013 william shakespeare\n\u201ci am the good shepherd\u2026and i lay down my life for the sheep . \u201d \u2013 the bible , john 10 : 14 - 15\n\u201call our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind . \u201d \u2013 khalil gibran\n\u201clet us be grateful to people who make us happy , they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom . \u201d \u2013 marcel proust\n\u201cadvertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket . \u201d \u2013 george orwell\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 literary devices . all rights reserved . - privacy policy - terms and conditions\none of the first examples of allegory that most people read and understand as an allegory is the collection of short stories knows as aesop ' s fables . while there are many fables given to us from aesop ( a greek writer who lived almost 2 , 600 years ago ) , a few are most prominent in many of our minds because of their strengths as allegories .\nthe sneetches\nis a favorite dr . seuss story for all kids who have read it . it tells the story of some silly creatures who spend their all their days thinking about how special / terrible they are because of the star they have / don ' t have on their bellies . a opportunistic person comes along and gets them to spend all their money changing their belly stars . in the end they learn that the stars didn ' t really matter after all ( duh ) because they were more alike than different . though kids don ' t usually understand the allegory of this story , older readers understand immediately how brilliantly dr . seuss has illustrated the ridiculousness of racism and the harm it can cause through this beautiful allegory . read it for yourself below .\nthere are many other examples of allegory you may be familiar with already . below are a few more famous ones of which you ' ve probably heard .\nall content on this site can be reused or modified for educational purposes in accordance with this creative commons licence .\nthe federal emergency management agency\u2019s temporary sheltering assistance program had paid for the hotel stays since thousands of puerto ricans were displaced from their homes by hurricane maria last fall .\nfederal judge in mass . temporarily extends housing program for hurricane maria evacuees ,\nthis cost can be offset later by selling some of the materials and historic items saved from the homes .\nduncan was accepted with cotton into the organization to also be re - homed .\nduring his remarks , trump homed in on rep . mark sanford , r - s . c . , who recently lost his primary .\ndetectives first homed in on a business partner of lyman smith , but those charges were dropped and dna testing from the body of charlene smith , who had been raped , cleared that person .\nglines , a jam - band aficionado who revered the grateful dead and the allman brothers band , homed in on the relationship between the two guitarists in the song .\nby making a fluorescent tag that homed in on the worm\u2019s tetraspanin , the researchers were able to isolate just this one cell type , dubbed neoblast subtype no . 2 ( nb2 ) , for further testing .\nthe popular website surveyed which homes its customers mark as their favorites and tracked data on visits to the site in order to determine which city would claim the top spot .\nthe story of an imaginary word that managed to sneak past our editors and enter the dictionary .\ntake this quiz and discover 12 words for things you didn ' t know had words .\nediting resources is available exclusively for kidskonnect premium members . to edit this worksheet , click the button below to signup ( it only takes a minute ) and you ' ll be brought right back to this page to start editing ! sign up\nthis worksheet can be edited by premium members using the free google slides online software . click the edit button above to get started .\nhyperbole is when you use language to exaggerate what you mean or emphasize a point . it\u2019s often used to make something sound much bigger and better than it actually is or to make something sound much more dramatic . hyperbole is a figure of speech .\nmean that there\u2019s enough food in the cupboard to feed the hundreds of people in the army . instead , the speaker is using hyperbole to exaggerate the amount of food that they have .\nhyperbole can also be used to make something sound much worse than it actually is . for example : \u201cthis is the worst book in the world ! \u201d \u2013 the speaker doesn\u2019t\nmean that the book is the worst one ever written , but is using hyperbole to be dramatic and emphasize their opinion .\nin american and british english , hyperbole is pronounced \u2018hi - pur - bow - lee\u2019 .\nhyperbole is often used in poems and books because it helps to emphasize part of the story and evoke a response from the reader . hyperbole can help the writer to get their point across so that you understand the emotion , seriousness or humor of the situation .\nin this example , macbeth is using hyperbole to say that not even an entire ocean could wash his hands clean . macbeth is using hyperbole to exaggerate the situation .\nthe following poem by shel silverstein , titled \u2018rain\u2019 , shows some great examples of hyperbole . can you identify them ?\nif you reference any of the content on this page on your own website , please use the code below to cite this page as the original source .\nthese worksheets have been specifically designed for use with any international curriculum . you can use these worksheets as - is , or edit them using google slides to make them more specific to your own student ability levels and curriculum standards .\nkidskonnect is a growing library of high - quality , printable worksheets for teachers and homeschoolers .\nthis site uses cookies to improve your experience . to find out more , see our cookie policy .\nimagery is the literary term used for language and description that appeals to our five senses . when a writer attempts to describe something so that it appeals to our sense of smell , sight , taste , touch , or hearing ; he / she has used imagery . often , imagery is built on other literary devices , such as simile or metaphor , as the author uses comparisons to appeal to our senses .\n1 . i could hear the popping and crackling as mom dropped the bacon into the frying pan , and soon the salty , greasy smell wafted toward me .\n3 . the golden yellow sunlight filtered down through the pale new leaves on the oak trees , coming to rest on jessica ' s brown toes that were splayed in the red georgia mud .\na host , of golden daffodils ; beside the lake , beneath the trees , fluttering and dancing in the breeze ."]}
{"id": 55198, "summary": [{"text": "the toledo opera is an american opera company based in toledo , ohio .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "founded in 1959 , the company 's first general director was lester freedman with conductor joseph hawthorne of the toledo symphony orchestra serving as music director .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "in 1960 freedman founded the dayton opera and for many years he led the two organizations simultaneously - an arrangement which cut down on production costs for both companies .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "in 1983 freedman was forced out of his position by the toledo opera 's board after several years of financial problems and in-fighting among the company 's leadership .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "several interim directors kept the company going over the next three years , including david bamberger and johan van der merwe .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "in 1986 conductor james meena became the company 's new permanent director .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "in 1994 a major financial boon was given to the company by toledo philanthropists theodore and lucille gorski who gave a 1 million dollar challenge grant to the company which enabled them to establish an endowment for the organization .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "that same year the company played a major role in supporting the renovation of the historic valentine theatre in toledo ; a decision which saved the theatre from demolition .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "the renovations of the theater took several years , and toledo opera could not move into its new permanent home until 1999 .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the company had the honor of opening the newly renovated theater for toledo opera 's 40th season gala night on october 22 , 1999 with a production of giacomo puccini 's tosca , featuring diana soviero in the title role .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "in 2000 renay conlin succeeded meena as the director of toledo opera after he left to become director of opera carolina .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "her husband , thomas conlin , is a grammy award winning conductor who conducted several operas for toledo opera during his wife 's tenure .", "topic": 5}, {"text": "their daughter , mezzo-soprano vanessa conlin , has also performed several roles with the company .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "during conlin 's tenure the company premiered many 20th-century operas including the turn of the screw , susannah , candide , the crucible , sweeney todd , the rake 's progress , ariadne auf naxos and the rape of lucretia , along with standard repertory .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "david shengold in opera magazine , london uk , february 2006 , vol 57 , no 2 issue said that \" toledo 's proudest legacy of its glory days of glass and automobile manufacturing is its astonishing museum of art , free to all and with a collection to make strong curators weak .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "but operatically-minded visitors should not overlook the worthy toledo opera , housed in the impressive yet intimate valentine theatre , a beautiful 900-seat house built in 1895 .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "as general director since 2000 , renay conlin has promulgated high standards and valiantly performed 20th-century repertory .... \" .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "charles parsons in american record guide , vol 74 , no 2 march/april said of toledo opera 's production of the rake 's progress that \" under the dynamic leadership of general and artistic director renay conlin , toledo opera has entered a brave new world .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "now the name of the game is quality .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "in opera magazine in september 2009 , a review states that toledo opera \" owes its place among north america 's finest smaller companies to the high artistic standards and casting shrewdness of the intendant , renay conlin . \"", "topic": 27}, {"text": "in 2005 , conlin launched a capital campaign to increase the endowment and was able to raise $ 2 million .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "ms. conlin was also able to secure the company 's first nea grant .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "in march 2011 , conlin resigned from toledo opera to take a position as ceo of the napa valley museum in california .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "her departure followed the resignation of some members of the toledo opera board 's financial committee who were working on behalf of the valentine theatre to take over the opera .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "they alleged that the company had \" serious problems with cash-flow shortages \" and had \" earned a reputation in the community for not paying its bills . \" .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "the toledo opera board rallied against this group and demanded their resignation .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "the board of directors appointed a former development director , suzanne rorick , as toledo opera 's new executive director .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "under rorick 's leadership , the company has focused on fundraising and has undergone an artistic re-organization that saw the return of several former toledo opera colleagues , including james meena , who currently serves as guest conductor and artistic adviser . ", "topic": 1}], "title": "toledo opera", "paragraphs": ["toledo opera , toledo symphony , wayne f . anthony , vanessa , valentine theatre\n45 % of your event registration is a tax deductible gift benefitting the programs of the toledo symphony & toledo opera .\nplease call the toledo opera offices for additional information : 419 - 255 - 7464 .\nnot all the funds raised by the toledo opera go toward mainstage productions , and the coming young artist program may offer the most optimistic view of the future for opera in toledo .\njennifer rowley sings the title role in toledo opera ' s staging of ' vanessa . '\nrenay conlin ' s resignation letter to president of the toledo opera board of directors andy stuart .\nadd - on the winter opera gala ( $ 300 each or $ 150 each for toledo opera guild members or those under 40 years old ) and the toledo symphony orchestra kathleen battle concert at the peristyle ( $ 75 ) to your subscription with exclusive sections specifically for toledo opera subscribers . please contact the toledo opera box office for additional information ( 419 - 255 - 7464 ) .\nas a subscriber , you receive 20 % off additional ticket you purchase for toledo opera performances .\nso many people have given so much to sustain and advance live opera in toledo through the toledo opera that it is important the company be given every chance possible to survive this recent economic downtown ,\nsaid meena , who for 14 years was artistic director and conductor of the toledo opera .\nthe production is a staged concert rather than a full grand opera . the toledo symphony , under the baton of conductor sara jobin , sits on stage in full view of the audience with the toledo opera chorus behind .\nthe toledo opera\u2019s spring production of samuel barber\u2019s vanessa is , in short , art with a capital \u201ca . \u201d\na significant portion of the toledo symphony\u2019s annual income derives from rehearsals and performances for the opera . venues like the valentine theatre and the toledo museum of art also count on revenue from productions\nthe toledo symphony is likely to play an even larger part in the reformed toledo opera . principal conductor stefan sanderling is eager to conduct performances and symphony staff conductor robert mirakian will lead rehearsals .\nplease return payment by mail to : toledo symphony orchestra p . o . box 407 toledo , ohio 43697 indicate golf outing on the memo line\njoin us for this unique outing featuring a scramble format and distinctive play - along - the - way experiences including cigar rolling , whiskey , and of course music from toledo symphony and toledo opera .\narts executives such as kathy carroll from the toledo symphony and brian kennedy at the toledo museum of art signaled a readiness to commit to greater involvement .\nblock added :\nwe must continue supporting the toledo opera because we\u2019ve had it for so long . it defines us at a higher level . we cannot backslide because it will hurt toledo\u2019s image .\nawarded the pulitzer prize in 1958 after an unqualified success at the metropolitan opera in new york , vanessa marks the third year of toledo opera\u2019s commitment to staging works by contemporary american composers .\nrenay conlin , who served 10 years as general director of the toledo opera association , would like to stay on as artistic director .\nthe final installment in toledo opera\u2019s \u201cseason of three barbers\u201d opens this week with samuel barber\u2019s vanessa , one of the darkest operas ever written .\na student night at the opera performance will be 7 p . m . wednesday sponsored by the andersons ; tickets are $ 5 . interested students and teachers should contact the toledo opera box office .\n\u201ckristine mcintyre from the staff of the met is making her debut as stage director for the toledo production , \u201d jobin said . \u201cshe has a specialty in american opera , and we\u2019re pleased to invite her to toledo . \u201d\ntoledo opera is very dear to my heart ,\ncresswell said .\na great deal of my childhood came from the toledo opera . i sang in the children ' s chorus every sunday night . we would perform at the galas . and there was the summer camp .\nthe first former toledo opera co - worker rorick recalled was loviah aldinger , an educator and administrator with a ph . d . , a laid - back foil for rorick\u2019s deep intensity . jenny cresswell , now artistic administrator , went into high gear with the annual opera on wheels program \u2014 the only part of the toledo opera operation fully funded .\nconlin said she would be willing to stay on as artistic director of the toledo opera , but she no longer wants to oversee the business operations .\nheather buck , left , is zerbinetta and markus beam is harlekin in a toledo opera production of ' ariadne auf naxos ' in september , 2010 .\nin line with the new team spirit of the toledo opera , they will make a brief appearance saturday afternoon during the crosby festival of the arts .\nthe toledo symphony orchestra has events all year round . view our upcoming performance schedule now .\nwhen the toledo opera in march announced the cancellation of its final 2010 - 2011 production , verdi\u2019s la traviata , the pessimists predicted the demise of this region\u2019s proud 50 - plus - year tradition of presenting live opera .\ncurrent board member valerie garforth disagreed with sordyl ' s characterization and said that conlin and her husband , tom , who served as the opera ' s principal conductor , helped toledo go through a\nrenaissance\nin opera .\nbrown , a banker , said that in the past two months the toledo opera has secured pledges to cover all the debt except for the line of credit .\npianist and coach kevin bylsma , a major figure in the region\u2019s operatic life , will rejoin the toledo opera to work with the chorus and do staging . and singers from the all - volunteer opera chorus have already begun working .\nwhat i think is important is that the community support and work through whatever changes are coming ,\ncresswell said of the toledo opera ' s current turmoil .\nthose philosophical differences are typical in arts organizations , said keith burwell , president of the toledo community foundation .\nafter 10 years as general director of the toledo opera association , renay conlin is taking a job as president and chief executive officer of the napa valley museum in yountville , calif .\nmeena , who will be back in town to conduct the performances for the toledo opera , helped steer his own company through budget - driven cutbacks which have allowed it to move forward .\nif you would like to order a 2017 - 2018 season subscription by phone or to renew your current subscription , please call the toledo opera box office at 419 - 255 - 7464 .\ni can do it from anywhere , but i would maintain a residence in toledo ,\nshe said .\nfrom opera carolina in raleigh , executive director james meena got in touch at once . so did michigan opera theatre\u2019s founder and artistic director , david dichiera .\nevery opera tells a story and if you were looking for a lively plot , you could find it within the 52 year - old toledo opera association . its current season has bubbled not only with professionally staged productions but also with explosive behind - the - scenes drama .\nplease call toledo symphony gift coordinator kim ferguson at 419 . 418 . 0021 to process your registration by credit card .\n\u201cthe opera cannot continue like this , there\u2019s no way , \u201d lucille said .\nmr . stuart , general manager of clear channel communications inc . \u2019s toledo radio operation , was not able to convince his company to financial support the opera two years ago , offering free radio time instead . block communications , however , is a major financial supporter of the opera .\njennifer cresswell , who grew up in the toledo opera when james meena was general and artistic director , has returned to run the coming series of school programs designed to build a new generation of audiences .\ncopy the ticket order form to your computer and email the completed form to lovialdinger @ toledoopera . org . you can also mail the form to toledo opera , loviah aldinger , associate director , 425 jefferson ave . suite 601 , toledo , oh 43604 . for more information , call 419 - 255 - 7464 x 3 .\nshe studied voice at mannes college in new york city , then the manhattan school of music , and has performed professionally , including with the toledo opera . she and her husband , wgte - fm classical music director brad cresswell , moved to toledo when they started their family , in part because of the active arts scene here .\nher resignation will be effective the day after the final production of the season , la traviata , at the toledo museum of art peristyle .\ni would be happy to stay because i love toledo opera as the artistic director . . . , but after 10 years i ' m tired [ of the general director job ] , to be honest ,\nshe said .\nconlin\u2019s departure follows the mass resignation of members of the opera\u2019s nancial committee on feb . 15 .\na member of the board since 2009 , brown understood that the opera , like nearly all performing arts , cannot sustain itself on ticket sales alone . nor can presenting live opera be the only purpose of a regional company such as toledo\u2019s .\nwe need a model that emphasizes education , outreach , and performances that attract new audiences ,\nbrown said .\nas conservatories and music schools churn out more and more highly trained singers , opera companies like toledo\u2019s gain a new role , aldinger added .\nwe are a training ground for careers , not just singing but producing , designing , staging , directing .\n\u201cmusically i would tell the audiences to come ready for a post - romantic , gothic adventure , \u201d said sara jobin , associate conductor of the toledo opera . \u201cthe score is powerful and beautiful , and it\u2019s in english , but don\u2019t expect rossini . \u201d\nthe new century has not been an auspicious time for opera companies across the united states , noted meena .\nlatecomers policy toledo opera encourages all patrons to allow ample time for pre - opera dining as well as traffic , parking and weather conditions . owing to the unique nature of operatic performances , latecomers may not be seated until intermission or an appropriate interval . friday performances begin at 8 : 00 p . m . ; sunday matinee performances begin at 2 : 00 p . m .\nperformances begin at 7 : 30 p . m . today and 2 p . m . sunday at the valentine theatre , 400 n . superior st . tickets are $ 40 - $ 90 and available from the toledo opera box office at 419 - 255 - 7464 or urltoken .\npublic performances are 7 : 30 p . m . friday and 2 p . m . sunday at the valentine thetare , 410 adams st . , toledo . tickets are $ 40 to $ 90 and available at the opera box office at 419 - 255 - 7464 or urltoken .\nher resignation from the general director job with the opera comes amid criticism from some former opera board members that the organization ' s finances are in shambles . the six - person finance committee recently resigned en masse , saying in a joint resignation letter that the opera is\nfollowing an untenable business model and cannot pay its obligations to various vendors .\nindividual tickets are available to order online , by phone at 419 - 255 - 7464 , or by visiting our offices in downtown toledo on tuesday , september 6th at 9am .\nsince 1982 , the percentage of adults attending live opera has dropped to 4 . 9 million americans , about 2 percent of the population . moreover , the report noted , the age of opera fans is rising as fast as attendance is falling .\nto allan block , chairman of block communications , inc . , the parent company of the blade , , a serious promoter of the city , and a long - time fan and supporter of the toledo opera , the answer to the question of the company\u2019s continued existence was unequivocably ,\nyes .\ncarroll at the toledo symphony also worked with her board and musicians to adjust costs so the 65 - year - old orchestra could continue in its central artistic role for the region .\neven in toledo , where ticket prices are far lower than in larger cities , single tickets start at $ 30 , and those sales don ' t cover the cost of the production .\nin their resignation letter they said that the opera is\npoorly governed and poorly managed\nand that the organization is effectively insolvent .\nannounced at the feb . 12 toledo opera gala , the next season is to include verdi ' s don giovanni in the valentine theatre , plus frank loesser ' s the most happy fella , a broadway hit often considered to be operatic ; the annual gala , and beethoven ' s rarely heard fidelio , all in the peristyle .\nthe board will have to decide whether she stays on in that position and they were to be informed of her napa valley job tuesday night . moving from running an opera to a museum is not a huge leap for conlin , who was commissioner of west virginia ' s division of culture and history for three years before coming to toledo .\ni think toledo is extremely lucky to have her and tom here . you don ' t need to go to the met , you have excellent opera right here on the doorstep . i would not support her if i didn ' t believe that . i wouldn ' t support it if it were not excellent ,\nshe said .\nthey believe the opera has serious problems with cash - flow shortages and has earned a reputation in the community for not paying its bills .\nthe toledo native brought decades of organizing and fund - raising experience in some of the area\u2019s most respected not - for - profit operations as well as deep experience in the for - profit sector to her new role .\ntoledo opera brings to your school everything that is necessary for the production , including four vocal artists , a collaborative pianist , a piano , scenery and costumes . you only need to provide a space - we love to perform in gymnasiums ! for many k - 8 students , this is a first step toward developing a life - long love for opera and theater performed live . students\u2019 rapt attention during performances shows that they are amazed by all that is happening ; they are caught up in the story and in awe of the talent , both singing and acting , that the artists display . the word , awesome , appears frequently in young students\u2019 responses to an opera on wheels performance .\nnot only was the toledo opera , like violetta valery , verdi\u2019s tragic libertine heroine , in debt up to its wigs and false eyelashes , but its longtime general and artistic director renay conlin , who received international praise for the quality of local productions , had departed for a new career . she took with her thomas conlin , her husband , who had been chorus master and conductor .\nyour contribution will help us empower young people with the toledo symphony ' s superb music education programs , igniting a lasting appreciation of music and the arts , enhancing overall academic achievement , and opening doors to a world of opportunities .\nwe came back because we care about the opera . we\u2019re a scrappy little team . we stopped the bleeding at the right moment ,\nadded rorick .\nwe ' re lucky if ticket sales cover one - third of the cost ,\nsaid ann sanford , a financial manager and longtime opera board member .\nthe latest twist occurred tuesday when renay conlin , in her 10th season as general and artistic director of the opera , suddenly announced her resignation , effective april 2 .\na regional casting call attracted music faculty and artists from the university of toledo , bowling green state university , the cincinnati college conservatory of music , the indiana university jacobs school of music , and educational institutions in ann arbor and pittsburgh , among others .\ntheir key concern is that the organization\u2019s finances are a mess and they\u2019re not getting any better until the opera adopts what sordyl described as a \u201c financially viable business model . \u201d\nour financial statements are from financial reports from the opera and information that renay supplied us , and if in fact she ' s saying it ' s not true , then why didn ' t she give us different information ?\nhe said .\nand secondly , if things are so rosy with the opera why did she seek employment elsewhere ?\neven with the departure of the finance committee members , the president and his remaining board members knew they would have to move quickly to draft a future for the beleaguered opera company .\nopera has significantly lost market share in the past decade , according to a 2008 study published by the national endowment for the arts and based on u . s . census data .\n\u201ci had to take a slow and deliberate approach to learning this opera , \u201d she said . \u201cthe music is full of meter changes , difficult entrances , and tough intervals . \u201d\nthe opera board of directors was in an uproar . regular staff had all but vanished through cutbacks . raising money was hampered by an f grade given in 2008 by the better business bureau because of incomplete and inconsistent financial reporting . and the opera owed not only $ 150 , 000 in unpaid bills but also had a sizable balance due in its bank line of credit .\nin a society obsessed with money , status , and gadgets , opera can be a harder sell than , say , a high - profile artist with a packaged show on a tour .\nsenior tickets senior discount tickets are available for 10 % off regular ticket prices and are available online , over the phone , and in person during regular business hours at the opera offices .\nvanessa flees with anatol , and erika is left to face the baroness alone . as the opera ends , the mirrors are once - again covered . it is erika\u2019s turn to wait .\nvanessa will be presented in a semi - staged format : action , costumes , and set pieces will be paired with projected images to establish the scenes . as with porgy and bess last season , the toledo symphony will share the stage with the singers ; jobin will conduct .\n\u201cmany students appreciated the vocal talent and power of the singers , as well as the accompaniment of the keyboard player . [ opera on wheels ] will long be remembered at raymer elementary school . \u201d\nwhen the opera faced a substantial deficit last year , block communications stepped up first to provide $ 30 , 000 , with matching contributions rolling in from keybank , health care reit , and the andersons .\nvanessa is sung by ohio native jennifer rowley , who on monday heads off to the new york met . she stopped off this week to sing her inaugural vanessa in toledo . she exquisitely crafts barber\u2019s excruciatingly difficult vocal lines into emotional vehicles which at times border on neurotic madness . she is brilliant .\nmike sordyl , an opera board member for four years who was one of the finance committee members who stepped down , said he stands by the group ' s position on the organization ' s fiscal standing .\ntogether and with support from opera lovers in the business and performing worlds , they began drafting new directions for the company . in the opening to what has become a manifesto for reform , they addressed the key issue :\nhorace tabor builds an opera house in the mining town of leadville , colorado in douglas moore\u2019s most famous and frequently performed opera from 1956 . what follows is a distinctly american tale of scandal and betrayal ; love and beginning anew ; and the loss of a fortune . peppered with real figures from u . s . history like president chester a . arthur and william jennings bryan , the ballad of baby doe is also known for the beauty of its heroine\u2019s arias .\nmy whole take on this thing is it was miscommunication - - members of the financial committee who didn ' t understand how the opera works . they made a bigger deal out of it than was warranted ,\nshe said .\nindividual tickets for the 2016 - 17 season will go on sale starting tuesday , september 6th at 9am through our box office located at 425 jefferson ave , suite 601 in downtown toledo by calling 419 - 255 - 7464 . please email collin stegeman , box office manager , for any questions or if you have any difficulties at boxoffice @ toledoopera . org .\nit ' s an expensive art form ,\nsaid jori jex , who has been general manager at the valentine theatre since last may . last spring conlin estimated the price of a full production of an opera at $ 200 , 000 .\nthe opera wasn\u2019t that broken . it was our reputation in the community that was in trouble ,\nsaid suzanne rorick , former development director under conlin , who was brought in by the board to fill the executive director position within a few weeks .\nit ' s very intangible ,\nsaid board member valerie garforth .\nit ' s not something you can grab hold of easily . opera is a personal experience and draws from a collective memory . any kind of performing art is like that .\nstudents will be both thrilled and challenged by a live arts performance that combines music , drama and story elements . what are the academic benefits ? when opera on wheels comes to your school , students have the opportunity to achieve a variety of standards , including :\nthis was an amazing event for my students [ i dream ] . it sparked more thoughts and dialogue than i could have ever imagined . plus , as an opera format , it gave them a new experience that they truly enjoyed . thank you !\n\u201crowley is certainly one of the main attractions vocally ; she heads straight to the met after the second performance is over , \u201d jobin said . \u201ceveryone in toledo should hear her , know who she is , and look forward to following her career . vanessa is a powerhouse role for a soprano , and it\u2019s great that we are able to give her a first shot at it . \u201d\nappointed director of education in december , a part - time position , cresswell , 30 , has auditioned singers and musicians , written an adaptation of giacomo rossini ' s comic opera , the barber of seville , and supervised creation of moveable sets and easy - on costumes .\nas an introduction to the work , the opera will host a free talk samuel barber : from adagio to vanessa at 5 : 30 p . m . tuesday in the secor gallery at registry bistro , 425 jefferson ave . a wine reception ( $ 10 ) will follow .\n\u201cthere are so many questions that i get to creatively answer for myself . the most interesting to me being , if history really did repeat itself full circle in the opera , did vanessa have a child at one point as well ? was it ever born ? what made her cover the mirrors and windows to shut out reality \u2014 all reality ? there is also her sanity , and if what happens in the opera is even happening , or if it is some sort of altered state that she lives in ? so many questions and so many possible answers ! \u201d\nrorick calls opera\nthe extreme sport of performance art .\nto pull off even a seemingly simple production requires careful collaboration and split - second coordination among the many elements involved : singers and instrumentalists , costume , set , and lighting designers , directors , conductors , and backstage crew .\nintimate in scope , the opera features a cast of only seven characters : vanessa , erika ( her niece ) , the baroness ( vanessa\u2019s mother ) , anatol ( the son of vanessa\u2019s former lover ) , and three others ( the doctor , nicholas the majordomo , and the footman ) .\nhaving accepted conlin ' s resignation , and considering her offer to stay on in a consulting role as artistic director , stuart was sure of one thing .\nwe are pursuing this with the intention of the toa continuing to produce high - quality opera . we will produce traviata ,\nstuart said .\nstuart ' s view of the opera is surprisingly sanguine .\nit ' s a complicated problem , and solving it won ' t be easy ,\nhe said .\nhowever , we can do it . i ' m looking forward to solving this situation and leading us into the future .\nnearly a dozen opera companies have gone out of business since fall , 2008 . they all exhibited the same traits : poor programming decisions , leadership being behind the curve in recognizing and / or acknowledging the problem is long - term and not short - term , and a lack of financial resources to weather the storm .\nvanessa is a haunted work , filled with music that demands absolute focus and concentration by all involved : the singers on stage , the orchestra in the pit , and the conductor who must navigate the metrically shifting , complex score . the libretto was written by another american composer , gian carlo menotti , a giant of modern opera composition in his own right .\nfinancial forms filed with the internal revenue service show that the organization ' s revenue fell from $ 2 , 038 , 363 in 2008 to $ 936 , 294 in 2009 . part of the loss can be attributed to the end of the capital campaign and the collapse of the local economy , but saggese said the opera should be able to withstand those factors to offset the drop in revenue .\nfoil to her is christine amon singing vanessa\u2019s naive - but - soon - to - know - better niece , erika . she performs the most famous aria from the opera , \u201cah ! must the winter come so soon , \u201d with heartfelt purity . her slow transformation into the tormented lover betrayed by her own inner struggles is conveyed in a sea of vocal timbres which move expertly from simple and lyric to darkly dramatic .\nthe composer georges bizet would also embrace a form of opera that incorporated spoken dialogue for his iconic carmen . written a little overa century after the magic flute , carmen continues to be one of the most beloved and performed operas . arias like habanera and the toreador song are at once familiar , but also fascinating to see in their original context . the audience witnesses the \u201ccigarette girl\u201d carmen\u2019s full range of emotion - - savage fierceness , beguiling sensuality and tragic indifference . the soldier don jose\u0301 and carmen have a relationship that is , well , complicated . is carmen a feminist hero ? a victim without freedom ?\nshe will begin the job in the\nnext month ,\nshe said in a phone interview tuesday from the museum ' s offices .\nthe museum tracks the culture and history of california ' s napa valley , a region north of san francisco known for its abundant vineyards . yountville is in the heart of the region , southeast of sacramento and north of oakland .\nthe artistic director oversees production of the operas , scouts for talent , and selects each season ' s repertory , among other things .\nconlin disputed that characterization although she cited the\ndiscord\nin her resignation letter to board president andy stuart .\nwhile i greatly appreciate the support of so many members of the board and executive committee , given the discord that has occurred these last several months , i no longer feel able to continue in this dual capacity ,\nshe wrote .\ntuesday she said the finance committee was\ncompletely wrong and misguided in their statement .\nanother board member , ann sanford , said that renay conlin was\nprobably underpaid\nat about $ 100 , 000 a year and said the finance committee was off base in its concerns .\nguidelines : please keep your comments smart and civil . don ' t attack other readers personally , and keep your language decent . comments that violate these standards , or our privacy statement or visitor ' s agreement , are subject to being removed and commenters are subject to being banned . to post comments , you must be a registered user on toledoblade . com . to find out more , please visit the faq .\nthat\u2019s when the optimists stepped up , gathered the many loose ends , and began to generate forward momentum .\nthat attitude \u2014 pragmatism tempered by a vision of the city continuing to exist as a cultural center amidst a prolonged and deep national and local recession \u2014 was essential , said rorick .\nshe , aldinger , and the new board were surprised and gladdened to learn how many people were ready to pitch in on this project .\nboard leadership was cut from 40 to 20 members ; former board chairman andy stuart resigned , and existing and new members stepped up to leadership posts . banker maureen brown and businessman chuck mira took over leadership of the finance committee . the new acting board chairman is ann sanford .\na single production typically costs $ 100 , 000 to $ 200 , 000 from an annual budget of $ 1 . 5 million . however , unlike touring entertainment of all kinds , much of that money stays in the community .\nwe need to build bench strength ,\naldinger said .\nwe are supposed to be serving the community . we need to do more than just put on productions . we\u2019re looking to emphasize education , hold master classes , and perhaps start a children\u2019s chorus .\nfund - raising has begun to launch the 2011 - 2012 season with la traviata in mid - october at the valentine theatre .\n\u201cwhile i greatly appreciate the support of so many members of the board and executive committee , given the discord that has occurred these last several months , i no longer feel able to continue in this dual capacity , \u201d wrote conlin from yountville , calif . , where she already had accepted the president and chief executive officer position at the napa valley museum .\nin a multipage letter detailing their grievances \u2014 with detailed financial documents attached \u2014 board members joel r . gorski , lucille f . gorski , brian kennedy , malcolm richards , ken saggese , and michael sordyl stepped down from their positions .\ntheir recommendations were to cancel the remaining production of the season , go into hiatus for the 2011 - 2012 season , and to lay o ff the general director and development director .\n\u201cthere comes a point where the train is heading down the tracks and it\u2019s time to get o ff , \u201d joel gorski said .\nhis mother , lucille , and father , ted , have given the organization about $ 3 million over the years , including $ 1 million for the recent crescendo capital campaign , but they no longer plan to donate unless significant changes are made in the business model and accounting procedures .\nadding to the upheaval was conlin ' s decision to leave . scrambling to salvage operations and achieve financial stability , board president andy stuart was blindsided by her resignation .\nwe have work to do and we are doing it ,\nstuart said .\nthe board [ tuesday ] created a handful of scenarios that i ' m going to pursue .\nstuart said he expects to have results of his investigations at a meeting scheduled for tuesday .\nby moving all but one production out of the valentine and by cutting back on sets and costumes , conlin had estimated that the next season would cost $ 300 , 000 less than the current one .\nthat covers artist and director fees and expenses ; set and costume rental , rental and royalties for music , printing and rental of supertitles , advertising , box office , and leasing of the hall , and stage crew and union charges .\nwe ' re always trying to raise money to pay for operas ,\nshe said .\nthere ' s a different operating paradigm than what a lot of for - profit worlds use .\nnonprofits always have to rob peter to pay paul ,\nsanford added .\nit ' s typical to use next year ' s ticket money to pay bills this year .\nthis model is unacceptable to members of the finance committee , several of whom are accountants and financial advisers .\nit does not have the capability to pay its current bills , and the likelihood of raising funds , relative to projections , is not likely based on history ,\nthey wrote .\nthey also argue that the organization\nhas developed a reputation for fiscal irresponsibility within the community , produced by frequent late payments to vendors and persistently high levels of debt .\nhe acknowledged that there was a split on the board between members who are financially oriented and those who leaned more toward the artistic side of the operation , but he does not accept the\nrob peter to pay paul\nargument .\nyou can ' t simply say that it ' s an arts organization and we ' re immune or excused from our obligations to run it in a professional manner ,\nhe said .\nrunning it as a business will help it succeed in its artistic mission ,\nhe said .\nwhen you ' re doing it by the seat of your pants , the art product suffers because of the lack of predictability and stability in the financial situation .\nthey ' re ongoing . . . you have those who lean more toward culture and art and the price tag doesn ' t matter - - they want a good performance , good visual art , a good experience culturally ,\nhe said .\nand you have the other side of the equation that says that ' s all good , but we have to pay for it . and that ' s always the ying and yang and struggle in these organizations .\nher budget is between $ 25 , 000 and $ 30 , 000 for the two - month project . a chunk of that funding provides free visits to schools that cannot afford to pay for the production .\nindeed , as budgets are being slashed in public schools locally and around the country , children ' s first - hand experiences with all the arts are one of the first programs to go .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 1 / / en\nurltoken\nfans of the 1984 film amadeus will remember the raucously enthusiastic audience reception of the magic flute . why ? written in german and incorporating spoken dialogue , mozart\u2019s 1791 masterpiece captured the imagination of the viennese at the end of the 18th century . it continues to captivate today . prince tamino seeks to save the sweet pamina from the high priest sarastro , who has stolen her away from her mother the queen of the night . through trials and song , he and his comic relief sidekick papageno attempt to navigate a brilliant fantasy world and save the day .\nseason add - on ! for information and to purchase tickets , contact the box office at 419 - 255 - 7464 .\nhighest priority for selecting the best seats in the house . keep or upgrade your seats from year to year .\nsave up to $ 66 over single ticket prices by subscribing to our three performance series .\nwe know that things come up , and we are there for you . simply call the box office before the performance ( 48 hours in advance ) to exchange your seat for another date or event ( some fees may apply ; some restrictions may apply ) .\nall tickets are mailed to you prior to the start of the season . if you should lose a ticket , we will re - print it for free , even the day of the performance ! subscribers get first priority when it comes to all ticketing situations .\nthat reinvents the don himself as the infamous big bad wolf . little red riding hood and the three little pigs must work together to show the wolf the error of his ways . using the music and themes from one of mozart\u2019s greatest operas , young audiences learn the dangers of bullying , the power of friendship , and the ability of music to bring people together .\nfor grades k - 8 \u25a0 cost : $ 500 \u25a0 duration : 45 minutes \u25a0 max . audience : 500\n\u201cthis was the best performance ever ! the kids laughed so much and loved the experience . the costumes were so beautiful and the voices were lovely . thank you ! \u201d\nlistening to , identifying and responding to music of different composers , historical periods and world cultures .\nfor additional information , please contact loviah aldinger , associate director , 419 - 255 - 7464 or email lovialdinger @ toledoopera . org .\nstudents were impressed with the quality of the performance [ bizet ' s the pearl fishers ] , aesthetically and linguistically .\nthis was a remarkable experience . our students were so appreciative of and moved by this performance [ douglas tappin ' s i dream ] .\ngroup rates bring the entire ensemble ! groups of 10 or more receive special single ticket discount prices at our performances . call 419 - 255 - sing ( 7464 ) for more information .\nstudent rush - $ 10 cash no reservations will be taken for student rush tickets ; they will be sold on an \u201cas available\u201d basis until all remaining tickets are sold . student rush tickets may be obtained only at the valentine theatre box office , 30 minutes before curtain time on the date of performance . students must show a valid , current student id in order to purchase student rush tickets . please call ahead to check availability . cash only ( $ 10 ) .\nenglish translations what a brilliant idea ! with english \u201csupertitles\u201d projected above the stage for foreign language operas , you\u2019ll know exactly what\u2019s going on \u2013 and what\u2019s going on is great ! audiences love it , and you will too .\nspecial needs wheelchair seating is available . please be sure to indicate your special needs when ordering your subscription . if you have other special needs throughout the season , please let us know at least 72 hours in advance .\nparking parking is available for a reasonable fee directly across the street from the valentine theatre . additional paid parking is available within a block from the theatre . limited on - street parking is available in the vicinity of the theatre ; on - street parking is free weekdays after 5pm and on the weekends .\n( v ) orchestrate or arrange ( a piece of music ) , typically for a specified instrument or instruments .\neditor\u2019s note : the role of the old baroness was performed by diane scoff .\nthis riveting drama lays , brick by brick and note by note , a masterful framework of musical genius that leaves the listener at curtain call wondering whether to sit weeping at its pathos or stand speechless at its beauty .\nthe evening is a dark and seething morass of intrigue and tension . stage director kristine mcintyre has made brilliant artistic choices which underscore why the 1958 musical drama won the pulitzer prize .\nthe action takes place on the stage apron . the extremely minimalist set consists of one wingback chair , an ottoman , a small table , and two side chairs . video projections designed by michael baumgarten create the illusion of space and mood .\nthe music begins and within two minutes the mind fills in everything that is missing . the orchestra disappears . as if by magic , the audience finds itself lost in a mansion somewhere in the middle of europe . snow and ice are everywhere , both on the ground and in the hearts of those whose lives we are soon to plumb .\nthe drama unfolds and the lack of stage decoration pushes the emotional grinding forward with a palpable intimacy , demanding the audience\u2019s attention .\nthe all - star cast , only seven singing roles , interacts with ferocious tension that can be cut with a knife .\ntenor sean panikkar plays the rakish anatol with a panache that is heartbreaking for its effect on vanessa and erika . his ability to milk every high b for the drama it deserves is outstanding .\ncomplimenting this trio are three characters who add depth to the story . the doctor , kenneth shaw , is a robust basso with the ability to conjure ennui and nostalgia with touching sadness . the old baroness , diane scoff , a last - minute addition to the cast , has an evil eye which could drop a horse at 50 feet . nicholas , the major domo , provides comic relief with his passionate love of fur coats over women .\nparticular mention should be made of two exquisite dramatic moments : the second - act scene where vanessa and erika share the glory of grand ballroom dances gone by , and the quintet finale that prophetically reveals the awaiting fate of each of the principals .\nconductor jobin\u2019s musicianship at the head of the orchestra is sensitive and balanced , to the point that the ensemble dissolves into the web of the evening\u2019s spell .\nthere is the occasional video image that approaches the edge of puerility , and vocal and instrumental lines that suffer from the sheer difficulty of their own execution . yet the whole of this vanessa packs an aesthetic impact that approaches artistic perfection .\neditor\u2019s note : this story has been corrected to show the correct ticket prices for the show .\nbarber is a dark horse among the canon of recognized 20th century writers . though not vast , his output has had a remarkable effect on american classical music . his celebrated works include the overture for the school for scandal , the essays for orchestra , and the nostalgic american vocal portrait knoxville summer of 1915 , to name a few . he is probably best known , however , for his adagio for strings , which came to national attention when it was played at the funeral of president john f . kennedy .\nthe baroness and vanessa have lived together for years without speaking in vanessa\u2019s country house , where every mirror is covered and the curtains are always drawn . vanessa awaits the return of anatol , her former lover and the apparent reason for the estrangement between the mother and daughter .\nanatol arrives only to reveal to the niece erika that he is actually the son of vanessa\u2019s ex - love . he proceeds to seduce erika , then woo a now close - to - deranged vanessa . when erika realizes she is pregnant , she attempts to end the life of the child she carries .\nohio native jennifer rowley , singing the title role , concurs : \u201ci am enjoying figuring out who vanessa is as a person and a character . what fascinates me most is what happened in the past with the elder anatol to make her the way she is .\n\u201cthis is clearly a family with a history full of juicy secrets , and the libretto doesn\u2019t give us many clues about how these characters came to be where they are , \u201d amon said . \u201ci have enjoyed the challenge of inventing what those family secrets might be , and i think the audience will as well . \u201d\none hour before both weekend performances , bgsu musicologist eftychia papanikolaou will give an introductory talk to interested ticket holders in the grand lobby of the valentine theatre .\nvanessa is made possible by the generous support of the lavalley family foundation and elizabeth t . wolfe for the wolfe family foundation ."]}
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", "topic": 29}], "title": "simonds of botesdale", "paragraphs": ["simonds of botesdalecompanies house extract company no 2299468 simonds of botesdale limited is a bus and coach operator based in diss . they currently operate nine bus services in the diss , norwich , long stratton and bury st edmunds areas of east anglia as well as coach charter services and school buseslocal bus service simonds of botesdale\nsimonds of botesdale limited t / a simonds coach & travel is an appointed representative of itc compliance limited which is authorised and regulated by the financial conduct authority ( their registration number is 313486 ) and which is permitted to advise on and arrange general insurance contracts .\nsimonds is registered in england with company number 02299468 . our vat number is 102982777 .\nsimonds of botesdale limited was registered on 23 sep 1988 with its registered office in diss . the business has a status listed as\nactive\n. it currently has 2 directors . the business currently employs 50 - 99 people .\nsimonds buses and coaches are a common sight on the roads of norfolk and suffolk . we operate a large number of county council routes providing local bus services linking the rural villages to the counties , towns and cities . these vehicles operate under the branding of simonds country link .\ndiscover a rich tapestry of entertainment in york and beyond . york has an incredible wealth of things to see and do , with the ancient walled centre offering more attractions per square mile than any other destination in the uk . as one of . . .\nwhy not join us on one of our popular mystery tours and enjoy a scenic tour to a mystery destination for an included dinner .\nsandringham flower show is one of the most prestigious horticultural events in the east of england . now in its 137th year , it is much more than just a flower show . it is a unique event offering not only the best in horticulture but also . . .\nthe pavilion theatre is now the only theatre at the end of a pier that produces an in - house show every summer and winter season . the cromer pier show is one of the few true live variety shows in britain , showcasing live variety acts at t . . .\nfind out if this company is financially regulated to ensure that the companies you are working with are fully regulated , minimising the risk of customers being rejected by internal credit teams .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\nwe are back from what was a truly memorable trip to normandy . thank you for helping me to arrange it . the experience will stay with me for the rest of my life .\nwe are made up of 50 uk local county websites . over 3 million people a month visit our sites and we have over 700 , 000 local businesses listed ! find out more about who we are\nwoburn abbey first opened to the public in 1955 and has welcomed visitors from all over the globe ever since . the 22 rooms , house one of the most significant private art collections in the world . visitors will also discover 18th century . . .\na river cruise is the best way to take in york\u2019s rich roman , viking , medieval and industrial past . it is also the perfect way to start the day , as a tranquil journey through the heart of the city provides a fantastic alternative to . . .\nthank you for your enquiry . we will review your message and get back to you shortly .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nthe website was last checked on : 13th march 2018 and was confirmed to be working correctly .\nexperience a day out at bletchley park , the central site for british codebreakers during world war ii .\nif you love shopping then you will be spoilt for choice with over 200 shops to choose from .\nthe show offers an all - encompassing day out with specialist nurseries , gardening sundries , expert advice and demonstrations , as well as the chance to explore the garden in full bloom .\nhere you will learn about the royal navy , past , present & future with fantastic attractions , historic ships and museums .\nduedil ' s information security management system ( isms ) has been certified to the iso 27001 : 2013 standard .\nduedil provides access to company information via a free account , enterprise package or the api .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow ."]}
{"id": 55216, "summary": [{"text": "pointr is a startup company based in london who do indoor positioning and navigation utilising ibeacons , which are bluetooth low energy devices formalised by apple inc . pointr have created a gps-like experience with true position and turn-by-turn navigation that is supported by most modern smartphones operating on both android and ios .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "analytics and messaging modules can be added on to help communicate with users and understand venue usage respectively .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the features are provided through a software package ( sdk ) which aims to improve user experience whilst connecting the online and offline worlds .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "many of the features are available without an internet connection , including sending messages between users with a form of mesh networking , however for intelligent offers and live analytics then an internet connection is required .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "the markets where the technology is most frequently used are retail , exhibition centres , airports and museums , but there are a number of uses in hospitals , warehouses , offices and entertainment venues as well .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the majority of software development is done in their office in istanbul , with specialist modules created in london .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the technology is commonly used in permanent installations where the sdk is offered with a license fee model , however some installations have been temporary and hence one-off payments have been used . ", "topic": 26}], "title": "pointr", "paragraphs": ["this video shows how pointr easy remote support runs on epson moverio bt2000 smart glasses .\nsimple design , complex interior . introducing the updated design for pop ( pointr of presence ) .\nthis video shows how pointr easy remote support runs on odg r7 smart glasses . download : urltoken\ndelta cygni labs develops pointr easy remote support \u2013 augmented reality based remote collaboration solution for industry and professionals . it gives your customer service and field support teams an unbeatable response time . pointr enables productivity improvements in all technical troubleshooting .\nbraving temperatures of - 15\u00b0c , pointr\u2019s deep location technology has set sail to help passengers of stena line\u2019s ship danica find their way .\npointr is the leading provider of indoor positioning and navigation using true position . pointr uses bluetooth le to provide a gps - like experience indoors while being incredibly reliable and cost effective . the sdk is built to work seamlessly on android and apple devices either by standalone app or integration in an existing app . pointr makes setup , configuration and use very quick and easy thanks to a simple ui and smart backend .\nexchanging business cards in a seamless way \u2013 pointr at the ace of m . i . c . e exhibition in istanbul , turkey .\npointr easy remote support enables you to solve problems rapidly . pointr users can solve 2 - 3x more cases giving our customers up to 70 % increase in service margins . this is achieved by effectively collaborating with customers and co - workers on any problem , from anywhere , remotely !\nbenefits : create new customer services , reduce downtime and respond to customer cases with unbeatable response time . pointr streamlines processes in various industrial applications .\npointr easy remote support experiences shared by matti lahtinen , customer support manager of pemamek discussing new business possibilities through ar based remote support . visit us : urltoken\nat pointr we have been working closely with a number of airports and airlines in europe and asia . we are also an active world business partner of airports council international\u2026\nhere at pointr , we specialise in working with bluetooth technologies and we find that many curious individuals ask us about what these really are , their potential and everything in between\u2026 .\npointr is the best app for remote support . it is fast and easy to use , just like making a phone call . support your friends , customers or co - workers on any problem , from anywhere , remotely ! or maybe you just need to assist your child on homework while you are traveling ? anything is possible with pointr ! pointr allows you to offer totally new services . reduce downtime and offer unbeatable response time to your customers . pointr streamlines processes in various industrial applications : \u2022 it support \u2022 repair & off - nominal maintenance \u2022 service level agreements ( sla ) \u2022 installation & ramp - up \u2022 upgrades & retrofit \u2022 on - the - job training \u2022 quality & safety assurance \u2022 warranty time support \u2022 sales support pointr enables you to solve problems rapidly . it gives your customer service or field support team an unbeatable response time . it enables your organization to benefit from performance improvements in all technical communication . urltoken\nadvantages : robust and easy - to - use pointr teleservice is multi - platform and can be easily deployed corporate - wide . it is designed for extreme network conditions , industrially used between continents and through satellites .\nhowever , pointr\u2019s work has already caught the eye of major players beyond microsoft . \u201cboth apple and google have heard of our department store deployment and approached us to see it in live action , \u201d says katalan . \u201cit\u2019s at the very early stages . \u201d\npointr is an indoor positioning and navigation technology working on multiple platforms . their sdk also includes support for contextual messaging based on ibeacon , and data analytics component . the goal is to connect the online and offline world , which is exactly what\u2019s happening at level39 . the accelerator has a growing ecosystem , where entrepreneurs and investors join together everyday to meet , grow and start something exciting . pointr has deployed estimote beacons onto the 30 , 000 square feet of space to help level39 make sense of the ever - changing scene .\n, and it\u2019s recently completed microsoft ventures\u2019 london accelerator programme . its technology is in some ways typical for indoor navigation : as with urltoken , a smartphone app built on pointr\u2019s software stack uses an array of bluetooth beacons dotted around a venue to triangulate your position and guide your movements .\nit\u2019s still early days for pointr . it relies on a different app for every venue , which is much less convenient than a single universal framework for indoor navigation would be . creating the de facto standard for indoor navigation is the endgame , but there are many suitors to that particular throne .\nbeyond improving how you get around supermarkets , galleries , museums , conferences and more , katalan sees huge potential benefits for accessibility . pointr is already working on a project for airports and public transport that will provide turn - by - turn audio prompts to help blind and partially sighted travellers get around unassisted .\nperhaps the most disruptive possibilities come not from you better knowing where you are , though , but from pointr\u2019s ability to keep tabs on you . it\u2019s able to lock on to individual users anonymously , following them as they walk through venues , noticing where they pause and how they use the app to search .\ndelta cygni labs is solving technical human - to - human communication problems for industry , by applying scientific results and fundamental concepts of cybernetics , human - machine - systems and augmented reality . our product pointr is a smartphone application that enables the next level of communication through real - time ar annotations , live video streaming and voice chat .\nmembers and visitors of this shared space can use the level39 app to find their location on the floor and locate colleagues from their own or other companies . making their main office space smarter with beacons has worked great for level39 . already in the works , pointr plans to launch beacons in other high growth spaces and the congicity accelerator offices .\npointr ' s person - tracking capability also has implications for health and safety . the company is working with a mine in turkey that had two fatal shaft collapses in 2014 . \u201cthere were miners who were not located in time . at the moment there\u2019s no technology that accurately positions where every miner . we\u2019re able to count real - time where every single miner is down to a metre accuracy . \u201d\nlondon\u2019s level39 is one of the biggest technology accelerators in europe . rapidly growing startups involved with finance , retail , cyber - security and future city technology are grown from this space . due to the chaotic nature coworking and incubator spaces , navigating the office to locate colleagues or for first time visitors it can be a problem to track down the right people . this is where pointr and estimote beacons came in handy .\ndoes that mean google maps integration with pointr is on the cards ? katalan is cautiously hopeful , and is just as excited about the possibility presented by apps such as google now . \u201cif this integration between google and our technology existed then you would be able to put in your flight number and it would tell you exactly how many minutes and seconds it would take to get you from your seat at home to your flight .\nthat\u2019s where pointr comes in . it\u2019s not the first indoor nav solution , but the startup\u2019s founder axel katalan claims it to be the \u2018highest - performance\u2019 - and most crucially , it works now , with just about any modern smartphone . it already has an adopter in \u2018an iconic uk department store\u2019 , and it\u2019s about much more than just navigation . indeed , the data it ' ll harvest could even change the way our buildings are constructed .\naugmented reality , ar , virtual reality , vr , app , pointr , delta cygni labs , boris krassi , sauli kiviranta , nirdharsh shetty , igor levochkin , teemu kumpum\u00e4ki , android , ios , remote support , easy , pointr . it , dcl , finland , tampere , tampereallbright , helpdesk , software , human machine systems , service business , maintenance , repair , off - nominal , maintenance , installation , ramp - up , upgrades , retrofit , on - the - job , training , quality , assurance , warranty , support , robust , multi - platform , industrial , industry , standard , tool , customer service , reduce downtime , response time , streamline , app , application , app store , google play , annotation , field support , service level agreement , sla , technical , communication , kone , valtra , valmet , tekes , ramirent , pema , altec , thales , john deere , gardner denver , fastems , w\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 , wartsila , tekes , finnvera , next level of communication , industry standard tool , download , customer support , digitalization , digital , iot , innovation , strategy , smartphone , startup\nthe 30 - year - old technology that\u2019s made old fashioned things like knowing where you are and where you\u2019re going seem wasteful hasn\u2019t managed to get its head around millennia - old technologies such as bricks .\nif it could , the world would be a better , more navigable place . imagine if citymapper couldn\u2019t just tell you how long it\u2019ll take to to get to westfield , but how to get to uniqlo when you arrive . or if google now didn\u2019t just know how to get to gatwick airport , but how to avoid the whisky aisle on the way to your gate .\nwe\u2019ve seen other novel approaches to tackling the problem - inside uses a device ' s sensors to work out how you\u2019re moving around a venue , and thus doesn ' t require any further hardware to work .\nthe benefit of using bluetooth beacons , claims katalan , is consistent accuracy down to a metre , and the fact that the tech works on any bluetooth le - enabled smartphone . \u201cothers claim they have 1cm accuracy - i highly doubt that , \u201d he says . \u201cin any case , side - by - side you can see how laggy competitors are - the blue point actually jumps around . with us it\u2019s smooth , continuous , real - time . \u201d\nperformance is key as venues aren\u2019t just interested in having indoor navigation that\u2019ll show you where the toiletries section is : they want to be able to show you exactly which rack that oral b toothbrush you\u2019re after is sitting on , providing what katalan describes as \u2018google search for real shops . \u2019 jerky - nav simply won\u2019t do .\n\u201can architectural firm with 200 employees is using this ,\nsays katalan .\nwe can understand how people interact with spaces : what are the busiest routes , whether people actually do have chats by the water cooler and how the meeting rooms are used .\nthat data provides analytics that can be used to inform everything from how fixtures and fittings are laid out to how a future building will be constructed in the first place .\n\u201cwith this data , they will be able to go to their future clients and they can say , look , this sort of design is the one that will deliver results . \u201d\n\u201cyour gate , the queue length , the security pass , the walking distance within the terminal - 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33720 tampere finland location on google maps\nstartup listings for tech . london are powered by gust , the world\u2019s largest platform in startup funding . you can update your profile at any time via the gust dashboard .\nyou\u2019ll also have a free account on gust . com , where you can share your profile with investors to get funding .\nget london tech news , jobs , and a preview of upcoming events straight to your inbox each week for free .\nthis could be a security feature you have enabled , or that you are using a really outdated browser . this is a single page application , meaning that it requires javascript to run .\nto provide the best possible features , unacast also utilizes some of the latest html5 technologies . that means that you should also use an evergreen browser . that is a browser that always updates in the background so that all features are available and good to go . if you have any questions or anything that is unclear about this , do not hesitate to contact us at support @ urltoken .\nconsumers have grown used to talking to machines . from navigating the menus of customer helplines , to asking siri to beatbox , humans have learnt how to issue voice commands . half of smartphone owners use voice technology on their phones ; of them , a third use it daily .\nit was an incredible couple of days at london\u2019s retail business technology , retail digital signage and retail design expo . the focus this year was squarely on solutions that empower customers \u2013 and how retailers can offer them with the least effort .\ncustomer experience is transforming retail for the better . we\u2019ve shown how focusing on your customer\u2019s needs translates into business gains . but it\u2019s not just customers who will benefit from a focus on cx . your staff will too .\nthe customer is always right in retail , and it doesn\u2019t look set to change . technology hasn\u2019t yet decimated the high street \u2013 in fact , it looks set to complement brick - and - mortar shops to meet customer needs .\nairports are in the business of moving people . as air travel continues to become more affordable , passenger numbers increase , and technology creates a more frictionless booking experience , passengers are expecting a better quality of service at the airport .\nlast year , we speculated on the technology behind amazon go , and the impact its solution will have on the retail space . now that it\u2019s opened its doors , we\u2019d like to revisit the future of retail , and the technology that will be underpinning it .\ncustomers are becoming more and more accustomed to helpful mobile in - store technology experiences and soon will come to expect them wherever they go .\narkit is an exciting release because by combining it with our existing data and tracking technologies , we believe we can create applications that transcend novelty and present even more genuinely useful features to the user .\nwwdc 2017 : apple invests more resources in indoor maps and ar . what does it mean for our industry ?\ngatwick airport installs 2000 indoor navigation beacons enabling augmented reality wayfinding \u2013 a world first for an airport .\n2017 is set to be a pivotal year for retail . with e - commerce , social media , and changing buyer behavior , retailers were in a state of flux during 2016 . while 2017 still\u2026\nwith amazon go opening its first no - checkout - required store , the reality suddenly hits home . previously confined to industry expos and speculative articles the new futuristic store format is setting pace for\u2026\nindoor navigation technologies bring significant operations use cases for the retailing industry . it is known that e - commerce companies such as asos and amazon have the channels that collect and arrange\u2026\nin addition to the many changes and advancements we\u2019ve seen in 2016 , business intelligence and analytics began to take on a culture of their own . pc mag refers to this\u2026\ntoday\u2019s retail environment is more competitive than ever . buyers are comparing prices within seconds , researching your brand within minutes , and posting reviews that have the potential to cause a domino\u2026\nour chief marketing officer axel has recently interviewed cate trotter , who is the head of trends at insider trends . cate has vast experience in retailing and advising big brands such\u2026\nlast friday ( 4th march 2016 ) was the launch of the hacktrain accelerator \u2013 a programme dedicated to driving innovation within the railway industry through the introduction of new technologies .\npeople and assets are tracked in many areas of life to serve a number of purposes , some with good intentions and some bad . these processes range from high tech applications\u2026\nindoor location is not a new problem . it has been around ( unsolved ) for years now and it is by no means news for us that google and apple are working\u2026\npreviously we talked about how checking - in is one of the more stressful processes associated with flying , but many will agree that the security check is even more so .\nanyone who has travelled by plane in the past 10 years will know how much easier the check - in process has become . gone are the winding queues when you don\u2019t even\u2026\nso it\u2019s now official , google confirms its intentions to join the ble ( bluetooth low energy ) game . it is called eddystone and it\u2019s a new open - source ble protocol .\nthere are almost two million people in the uk living with visual impairment , according to access economics . visual impairment is sight loss that cannot be fully corrected using glasses or\u2026\nwe are thrilled to be nominated as one of the 5 hottest iot companies of europe by the europas awards ( which has techcrunch as the exclusive media partner ) . in honour\u2026\ntl ; dr \u2013 wifi and bluetooth definitely have their differences , but the benefits of installing bluetooth beacons in your venue justifies their minimal cost . wifi is great for internet but when it\u2026\n\u201cwhy isn\u2019t this a touch screen ? \u201d \u2013 asks a modern day youngster while pressing an information panel for more information about the skeleton . children nowadays take it for granted that\u2026\nwe recently connected with various airports and airlines at the routes europe aviation conference in the uk and here are our top findings . there are a few areas airports and\u2026\nhere are our insights as to how to make the most of mobile world congress in barcelona . with more than 93 , 000 visitors from 200 countries , one can easily lose track of\u2026\nwe are proud to announce that last month , along with the hardware support of one of the leading ibeacon providers , kontakt . io , we supplied our technology for the ace of m . i . c . e\u2026\nclarification a second filed cs01 ( statement of capital ) was registered on 14 / 09 / 2017 .\nthis document is currently unavailable , a copy can be ordered from the contact centre . telephone + 44 ( 0 ) 303 1234 500 . there is a \u00a33 . 00 charge per document .\nworld ' s best 50mm lens ? leica noctilux f / 0 . 95 review\n$ 230 google glass by shenzhen topsky , android 4 . 3 , kopin 640x400 , ingenic\ndji mavic pro augmented reality fpv experience featuring the epson moverio bt - 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{"id": 55218, "summary": [{"text": "andrews kurth kenyon llp is a houston , texas based international law firm founded by frank andrews and u.s. congressman thomas henry ball in 1902 and later joined by melvin kurth in 1913 .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "the firm currently has over 420 attorneys in its offices in major energy , financial , and political centers worldwide , including london , beijing , dubai , austin , dallas , new york city , research triangle park , nc , silicon valley , washington , d.c. , and houston .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "the firm is currently led by bob jewell as managing partner and thomas perich as chairman .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "andrews kurth played a pivotal role in representing texas railroad firms in the early 1900s and the firm has maintained a prominent reputation in the global energy industry for over a century .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "they also represented both the reconstruction finance corporation and federal national mortgage corporation as part of fdr 's new deal .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "famous clients include howard hughes .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "andrews kurth litigated his inheritance , irs , and spruce goose cases .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "they also oversaw the public sale of hughes shares in twa .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "famous employees include former u.s. secretary of state james baker who worked at andrews & kurth after receiving his j.d. in 1957 until becoming undersecretary of commerce for u.s. president gerald ford in 1975 .", "topic": 5}, {"text": "in 2016 , andrews kurth welcomed approximately 55 attorneys from new york-based kenyon & kenyon llp , an intellectual property boutique .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the additions boosted the firm 's ip practice from approximately 35 to nearly 90 attorneys .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "following the transaction , andrews kurth llp legally changed its name to andrews kurth kenyon llp to reflect the firm 's expanded expertise in intellectual property and technology .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "andrews kurth kenyon is regularly recognized for its diversity and women 's programs by legal publications such as the national law review and multicultural law magazine . ", "topic": 2}], "title": "andrews kurth", "paragraphs": ["glassdoor has 42 andrews kurth reviews submitted anonymously by andrews kurth employees . read employee reviews and ratings on glassdoor to decide if andrews kurth is right for you .\n2016 salary increase , andrews kurth , andrews kurth llp , associate salaries , biglaw , bob jewell , money , moneylaw , robert v . jewell , texas\nthe group hire creates a 400 - plus lawyer law firm , that will be known as andrews kurth kenyon everywhere \u2014 except texas where it will continue as andrews kurth .\nunless otherwise indicated , lawyers listed on this website are not certified by the texas board of legal specialization . a past performance or prior result is no guarantee of a similar future result in another case or matter . hunton andrews kurth llp is responsible for the content of this website . hunton andrews kurth llp is a virginia limited liability partnership . hunton andrews kurth , the hunton andrews kurth logo , hunton ak and the hunton ak logo are service marks of hunton andrews kurth llp . hunton andrews kurth ( uk ) llp is authorized and regulated by the solicitors regulation authority of england and wales ( sra registration no . 598542 ) . andrews kurth kenyon dmcc is registered and licensed as a free zone company under the rules and regulations of dmcca . attorney advertising .\nprior to the hires , andrews kurth intellectual property group consisted of 33 lawyers , and it will now grow to 88 lawyers . andrews kurth partner jeff dodd will co - chair the firm\u2019s intellectual property and technology practice with colbert .\nandrews kurth offers a sophisticated insolvency practice , representing creditors and debtors nationwide in large , complex bankruptcy cases . the bankruptcy / restructuring practice ranks among . . .\nandrews kurth has a seasoned intellectual property practice dedicated to ensuring our clients\u2019 ip assets , business brands and global presence are consistently , strategically and effectively . . .\nandrews kurth kenyon represents idb and idb invest in cop600 billion ( approx . us $ 220 million ) facilities to idb and idb invest from financiera de desarrollo nacional\n\u201cwe\u2019ve been looking to expand our intellectual property space for several years under the leadership of jeff dodd , \u201d said bob jewell , managing partner of andrews kurth .\nthe beijing office of andrews kurth , established in 2005 , provides counsel and representation on the acquisition and disposition of oil and gas interests , infrastructure development . . .\nmelanie is head of international arbitration for andrews kurth . she focuses her practice on international arbitration and is experienced in all forms of alternative dispute resolution ( . . .\nthat\u2019s right . if you cross andrews kurth off this list of non - raising firms in texas , the two remaining names are norton rose fulbright and jones day .\nsince 1902 , andrews kurth kenyon has built its practice on the belief that \u201cstraight talk is good business . \u201d real answers , clear vision and mutual respect define the firm\u2019s relationships with clients , colleagues , communities and employees . with nearly 430 attorneys and 11 locations worldwide , andrews kurth kenyon represents a wide array of clients in multiple industries .\nandrews kurth kenyon represents cifi in a $ 10 million secured revolving loan facility to thesan clean energy latam s . a . s . in colombia and thesan usa corp .\nfor more than a century , andrews kurth lawyers have combined legal skill , business experience and aggressive advocacy to achieve our clients\u2019 litigation objectives . backed by a proven . . .\nerika finn is part of the bankruptcy and financial restructuring practice at andrews kurth . erika advises investment banks and hedge funds on legal issues related to the purchase and sale . . .\ngregory is an associate in the intellectual property section of andrews kurth . he concentrates his practice on the preparation and prosecution of patents , patent appeals , patent opinions , . . .\nshemin is the managing partner of the washington , dc office of andrews kurth kenyon and she divides her time between the washington and houston offices . she represents major energy . . .\nhunton andrews kurth llp is a law firm created by the 2018 merger of two preeminent firms , each more than a century old : hunton & williams and andrews kurth kenyon . with 1 , 000 lawyers in the united states , asia , europe and the middle east , the firm serves clients across a broad range of complex transactional , litigation and regulatory matters .\nbritney is an associate in the litigation section of the firm\u2019s dallas office . for more than a century , andrews kurth lawyers have combined legal skill , business experience and aggressive . . .\njocelyn is an associate in the tax section of the houston office . one certainty about taxes is that the codes and statutes governing businesses are complex and ever changing . andrews kurth . . .\nthis doesn\u2019t come as a huge surprise \u2014 we predicted it a few days ago \u2014 but it\u2019s still welcome news . we\u2019re happy to report that andrews kurth just raised associate salaries to the cravath scale .\npresumably andrews kurth\u2019s settlement in that giant malpractice case wasn\u2019t too financially onerous ( or was covered in whole or in part by insurance ) . congratulations , ak associates , and welcome to the moneylaw club !\nafter months of losing partners , the intellectual property firm kenyon & kenyon announced on monday it will dissolve \u2014 but its 55 lawyers will jump en masse to the houston - founded law firm andrews kurth .\nandrews kurth offers competitive salary , decent benefits , and is an old , well established firm . there is a lot of history attached to the firm . they are large and , at this point , multi national .\n\u201ci\u2019ve known andrews kurth for a long time \u2026 we think it\u2019s a terrific cultural fit , \u201d said colbert , who is based in washington , d . c . and whose famed brother stephen hosts \u2018the late show\u2019 .\nin december 2015 , colbert traveled to texas and spent half a day in andrews kurth offices meeting with jewell , dodd and others , about whether a combination would make sense . over the past eight months , the discussion grew more serious .\nby joining forces with the full - service law firm andrews kurth , colbert said the kenyon lawyers would be better positioned to meet their clients\u2019 needs , who increasingly want \u201cefficiencies\u201d and \u201cintegrated solutions , \u201d meaning law firms with a larger geographic and practical footprint .\nlast week , urltoken reported that the firms had merged , and noted kenyon lawyers in washington , d . c . were already moving in to the andrews kurth office . colbert said that was only because his firm\u2019s lease was set to expire this month and it made sense .\nhunton andrews kurth brings together multiple widely recognized industry - leading practices , including privacy and cybersecurity , intellectual property , environmental and p3 , public finance and infrastructure . both legacy firms have received recognition and accolades in the league tables and rankings outlets for their work in these , and other , practice areas .\nhunton andrews kurth ( uk ) llp is a limited liability partnership registered in texas , usa and is authorised and regulated by the solicitors regulation authority ( sra registration no . 598542 ) whose rules can be accessed via this link . vat registration no . 671810145 . head office : 16 old bailey , london ec4m 7eg , uk .\nkenyon & kenyon posted $ 108 million in gross revenue in the most recent data available , from 2014 , making it the 190th largest firm with $ 740 , 000 revenue per lawyer , according to alm . in 2015 , andrews kurth reportedly posted $ 297 million in revenue , ranking 108th and with $ 930 , 000 revenue per lawyer , alm reported .\ndecades ago , our founder frank andrews envisioned a firm where every individual practiced law in a manner \u201cthat the firm would have always the full confidence of clients and the trust of . . .\nandrews kurth kenyon consistently receives high marks from chambers & partners , legal 500 , thomson reuters , the american lawyer scorecard , bloomberg , managing intellectual property and other respected ranking bodies . we are proud of this recognition\u2014because it tells us that we practice at the highest levels . we want clients to have high expectations of us . it makes us all the more determined to deliver excellent representation and service .\ngrowing from historic roots in texas and virginia , hunton andrews kurth now has more than 150 lawyers each in houston , new york , richmond and washington . other locations in the united states include atlanta , austin , boston , charlotte , dallas , los angeles , miami , norfolk , raleigh , san francisco and the woodlands . offices internationally are located in bangkok , beijing , brussels , dubai and london .\nwhile we focus on providing the highest quality legal services , we also take great pride in our commitment to community and client service . because we believe that we are better\u2014and serve our clients better\u2014in diverse teams , diversity and inclusion are at the core of our values . at hunton andrews kurth , we remain focused on giving back to the communities we serve , and intend to continue our extensive pro bono work . we are confident in the belief that the practice of law , first and foremost , is a service to society .\ntoday , andrews kurth kenyon is proud to be recognized as a firm that manages complex legal matters in all major industries and areas of business law and litigation . we build the best team for each client by using a multidisciplinary approach that combines knowledge , experience and individual strengths . the result ? our clients obtain legal guidance that\u2019s efficient and effective . this way of practicing has garnered the firm a diverse group of clients . in fact , many of them have entrusted their legal issues to us for a very long time . we are proud that our consistent and thoughtful approach has forged these close and loyal relationships .\nare core values and our approach is strategic , hence the tagline : collaborate * align * perform . having diversity and inclusion as core values is more than just the right thing to do\u2014it is a key to our growth and success , as well as the success of our clients . we may have been first among our peers to have a partner dedicated full - time to diversity and inclusion strategy . we recognize that women and members of historically underrepresented groups bring distinct views and life experiences that allow us to transcend cultural , gender and political issues around the globe . we have a diversity committee and a\n, which works to recruit , retain and advance our female lawyers through networking and mentoring opportunities and innovative policies such as flex path , a reduced hour partnership track . we strive to lead the way in the area of diversity and inclusion , creating and retaining a high - performance team of diverse legal professionals for our clients .\npaul ' s practice involves all aspects of intellectual property law with an emphasis on patent litigation and trial . he has represented clients in a wide range of popular forums for patent . . .\nmark practices in the public law and real estate areas . his work includes all facets of commercial real estate and construction practice , with an emphasis on the development , construction . . .\njerry beane\u2019s practice focuses on antitrust and commercial litigation . he has more than 45 years of experience defending federal and state antitrust cases and governmental investigations in . . .\nandrew is an associate in the public law section of the austin office . he is also a certified public accountant . while in law school , andrew was a judicial intern for the honorable marvin p . . .\nalan bickerstaff is a corporate and securities partner who focuses on representing entrepreneurs and public and private emerging growth companies on formation , operations and corporate . . .\nzaed has a decade of experience with patent litigation in u . s . district courts and the u . s . international trade commission . he also has substantial experience with inter partes review . . .\nrobert , a qualified barrister ( called 2004 ) , is a litigation associate who concentrates his practice on international arbitration , and acts as advocate in arbitrations and court proceedings . . .\nmichael is an associate in the intellectual property section of the firm\u2019s new york \u2013 battery park office . he focuses his practice on patent litigation and dispute resolution , especially in . . .\nmichele\u2019s experience includes representing chemical and energy clients in complex environmental matters including defending clients in state cost - recovery and enforcement actions and . . .\nkaty is an associate in the litigation section of the houston office . she has experience in all stages of the trial and appellate processes . she served as law clerk to the honorable j . dale . . .\njeremy litigates intellectual property rights underlying brands and innovations within a variety of industries , including banking and financial services , pharmaceuticals , fashion , . . .\nemily ' s legal practice focuses on executive compensation and employee benefit arrangements ( including their related tax , accounting , securities and corporate governance issues ) . . . .\nelizabeth is an attorney and diversity practitioner with a successful record of working with business leaders , executives and teams to accomplish organizational goals . in her role as . . .\nross is active in the firm\u2019s corporate and financial restructuring practice groups . he regularly advises clients on the negotiation and execution of complex business transactions , . . .\nsushila represents clients at both the trial and appellate levels in federal and state court . her primary area of practice is complex civil litigation with a focus on intellectual property . . .\njerry ' s practice covers a wide variety of general corporate and securities matters , including public offerings , private placements , mergers and acquisitions and joint venture transactions . . . .\nmark focuses his practice on representing domestic and foreign high - technology and medical device clients in patent infringement and related litigation , as well as opinions , licensing and . . .\nedward ' s practice focuses on representing debtors , secured lenders , unsecured creditors\u2019 committees and general commercial litigation parties . more specifically , he has in - depth experience . . .\njohn is a partner and practices in the corporate and securities area . he has extensive experience representing issuers and underwriters in public offerings and private placements , guiding . . .\nedward is co - chair of the firm ' s intellectual property and technology practice . he has over 30 years of experience handling litigation , licensing and other adversarial proceedings . . .\nbob practices in the areas of real estate , public law and litigation . his clients include landowners , raw land developers , major multifamily and retail developers . bob\u2019s practice centers . . .\ntad is a member of the firm ' s bankruptcy and financial restructuring practice , where his practice includes representing debtors , secured and unsecured creditors , and various committees in . . .\nlee ' s practice focuses on intellectual property ( ip ) and technology and includes advice and counseling , procurement , licensing and acquisition , and litigation regarding all aspects of . . .\nruss has experience representing clients in mergers and acquisitions , proxy solicitations and other contests for corporate control , corporate governance and sec compliance and disclosure . . .\njay\u2019s practice focuses on internal investigations , crisis management , regulatory and civil enforcement , trial work , and white collar criminal defense . jay is a white collar litigation . . .\ncorporate , securities and corporate finance : experience in diverse domestic and international corporate transactions , including representing issuers and underwriters ( and investment bankers . . .\nlinda has specialized in private financing since 1978 . her transactional practice includes representation of banks , insurance companies and other institutional investors , and borrowers and . . .\nthe energy industry by its nature is complex , and so are its legal matters . businesses that explore , develop , produce , store , market , transport and process energy resources are among the . . .\ntony ' s legal practice focuses on executive compensation and employee benefit arrangements ( including their related tax , accounting , securities and corporate governance issues ) in the united . . .\nmarkus is a dispute resolution lawyer who focuses his practice on international arbitration . he has experience arbitrating matters under the major international rules , including icc and . . .\ncarolyn assists clients in capital market transactions and advises clients regarding periodic reporting and corporate governance obligations under the federal securities laws as well as the . . .\nandy has a general corporate tax practice , focusing on acquisitions , restructurings , inbound and outbound transactions , tax controversies and state tax matters . representative experience . . .\nkatrin is a german as well as u . s . educated lawyer whose practice focuses on representing international companies in intellectual property disputes . katrin is fluent in german , her native . . .\ntanya practices in the public law area . her focus is public finance , serving as bond counsel , disclosure counsel and underwriters ' counsel in tax - exempt bond transactions for school . . .\ntom ' s practice includes experience in the federal income taxation of business transactions and business entities , including formations , mergers and securities offerings of partnerships ( . . .\nbrad foster represents clients in securities litigation and other complex business disputes . his experience includes securities class actions , mergers and acquisitions ( m & a ) litigation . . .\nthrough the years , wiley has resolved a wide variety of complex commercial disputes through trial , arbitration , motion practice and settlement . he has considerable first - chair experience . . .\narmin\u2019s practice focuses on patent litigation with an emphasis on electrical , mechanical and telecommunication arts . he has a broad background in litigation matters , including defending . . .\nted ' s practice includes corporate and securities law , predominantly in the context of entrepreneurial and emerging growth companies . ted represents several publicly traded companies with . . .\ncarmelo has practiced corporate and securities law throughout his 25 - year legal career . carmelo is known as a leader in the texas venture capital and private equity community and was . . .\nkendall is a board certified civil appellate specialist who has represented clients in state and federal appellate courts such as the u . s . supreme court , the u . s . courts of appeal for the . . .\ntonya ' s practice encompasses complex civil and commercial litigation matters at both the trial and appellate levels and in both federal and state court . she has significant experience in . . .\nchristopher focuses his practice on patent litigation and prosecution , primarily in the electrical and mechanical arts . christopher has experience in various phases of post - grant review . . .\nlydia has a broad - based regulatory , transactional and litigation practice involving domestic and latin american environmental law . she has extensive experience advising clients on . . .\nmatt ' s practice focuses on tax matters with an emphasis on employee benefits . matt works with clients in the design , implementation , maintenance and termination of defined contribution . . .\nhenry ' s practice involves a broad range of domestic and international corporate and securities matters . henry has represented securities issuers , investment banking firms , private equity . . .\njames practices in the public law area and also has experience in corporate and securities and real estate law . his focus in the public law area primarily has been in public finance , . . .\nignacio is an associate in the corporate / securities section of the dallas office representing domestic and international clients . his practice focuses on a variety of general corporate and . . .\nmatt has broad experience in employment , personal injury , commercial and fiduciary litigation . he practices in both state and federal courts , and he handles litigation at both the trial and . . .\nclay is an associate in the public law section of the houston office . he has experience serving as bond counsel , underwriter ' s counsel and bank counsel in tax - exempt financings for cities , . . .\ndon ' s practice is devoted exclusively to representing employers in all aspects of labor and employment law , including employment discrimination litigation , wrongful discharge litigation , . . .\nmarshall focuses his labor and employment practice on representing employers in litigation involving title vii , age discrimination in employment act (\nadea\n) , americans with disabilities . . .\ndavid advises investment banks and hedge funds on legal issues related to the purchase and sale of loans and securities of distressed and bankrupt companies , including bank debt , notes , . . .\njohn handles a variety of patent - related matters , including litigation in federal district court and appeals before the u . s . court of appeals for the federal circuit , client counseling , . . .\njane\u2019s experience mainly involves international business development and multinational project execution primarily in the oil and gas industry . in the four years when she was in - house . . .\ngregg has delivered tax opinions as bond counsel or special tax counsel in connection with financings for states , cities , counties , school districts and other political subdivisions . he has . . .\nfred focuses his practice on civil litigation and appeals . his background includes litigation involving public law issues and real estate and commercial disputes . fred has represented . . .\nerik\u2019s practice focuses on providing clients , primarily in the computer arts , with litigation , licensing and counseling services . he regularly advises on patent , copyright , trademark , trade . . .\nandrew focuses his practice on patent litigation before federal courts and the international trade commission and patent prosecution and post - grant proceedings before the u . s . patent and . . .\nmarc is the chair of the firm ' s labor & employment section and focuses his practice on management - side labor and employment litigation and counseling . his experience includes drafting , . . .\nstephanie is in the firm\u2019s public law section and concentrates her practice on electricity regulation and transactions . she brings substantial expertise on all issues related to electric . . .\njerry practices in the public law area . with a focus in public finance , he serves as bond counsel or underwriters ' counsel in tax - exempt bond transactions . jerry has been active in . . .\nterri focuses her practice on personal tax planning , with particular emphasis on structuring estate plans for high wealth individuals . she also has developed extensive experience in . . .\nbarbara provides tax advice in connection with tax - exempt financing transactions for cities , counties , states , school districts , charter schools , housing authorities , higher education . . .\nparker focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions , joint ventures , strategic and private equity investments , project development and project finance matters for clients in the energy . . .\ngary is of counsel in the intellectual property section , after a lifetime of experiences spanning between a patent litigation partnership in a washington firm to in - house counsel . . .\nfor 11 years jerry handled , managed and supervised certain of legal affairs of china\u2019s largest national oil and gas company . his experience involves international business development . . .\nsusanna represents clients in complex copyright and trademark matters , as well as patent litigation . while in law school , susanna taught copyright in harvard law school\u2019s copyrightx class . . . .\nlindsay\u2019s practice focuses on patent litigation , primarily in the mechanical and electrical arts . she also has experience with preparing and prosecuting patent applications involving . . .\ngene practices in the public law area . he is the former city attorney for the city of houston . he is experienced in various state and local government subjects , including constitutional . . .\nmark , a former chief of the new york office of the u . s . securities and exchange commission\u2019s division of broker - dealer enforcement , focuses his practice on complex securities - related . . .\nallison ' s practice includes experience in various federal income tax matters with an emphasis on domestic business transaction planning . she has significant experience advising both private . . .\neric r . markus is a partner in the firm ' s corporate / securities practice . eric has a broad practice that encompasses complex corporate transactions , mergers and acquisitions , securities law . . .\nlisa marshall is an associate in the litigation section of the firm ' s dallas office , where she practices general commercial litigation . our litigation practice consists of more than 100 . . .\njohn mcdowell is a first - chair trial lawyer hired for complicated , large - scale litigation in federal courts across the united states . he also appears in texas state court for long - time . . .\nbonnie is a senior attorney in the business transactions section . she has worked extensively representing developers , lenders and equity investors in the wind energy industry . her . . .\nlee concentrates his practice on employee benefits and compensation issues . particularly , lee designs and drafts incentive compensation , bonus , retention , change - in - control and severance . . .\nrobert\u2019s practice focuses on advising u . s . based businesses and investors on federal income tax matters with an emphasis on business transaction planning . robert regularly counsels publicly . . .\ngail practices in the corporate and securities and business transactions areas of the firm , with extensive experience in a variety of corporate transactions and a particular emphasis in . . .\nshawn focuses his practice on patent prosecution , counseling and litigation . his practice covers a large number of technological fields , including microprocessor system design , bus . . .\nmike is a member of the policy committee and co - chair of the corporate / securities practice . mike has an extensive corporate securities and mergers and acquisitions practice with particular . . .\nscott practices in the firm ' s corporate / securities section . his experience includes public and private offerings of equity and debt securities for corporations , master limited partnerships . . .\nadrian ' s practice focuses on public finance and public law matters . in public finance matters , he serves as bond counsel , underwriters counsel and disclosure counsel for bonds for cities , . . .\ndragan represents firm clients in patent litigation matters and in the patent trial and appeal board proceedings . in addition , he prepares and prosecutes patent applications and provides ip . . .\ntom is experienced in real estate income tax matters , in structuring and implementation of u . s . and international asset securitization and in mergers and acquisitions of corporations . he . . .\ngreg porter has extensive experience representing and advising companies in all aspects of patent and trade secret law , including acting as lead counsel in successful jury trials and . . .\nrose\u2019s practice focuses on patent litigation and licensing in the mechanical , electrical and computer science arts . with over 10 years of experience in ip litigation , she has represented . . .\naustin is an associate in the litigation section of the firm\u2019s houston office , where he practices general commercial litigation . our litigation practice consists of more than 100 lawyers , . . .\npaul has experience in a variety of areas of intellectual property law with a particular emphasis on patent litigation in trial and appellate courts and at the international trade . . .\nallison ' s practice focuses on employment matters involving federal and state employment laws , including title vii , tchra , adaaa , adea , flsa , fmla , fcra and userra . she counsels businesses , . . .\njonathan has over 30 years\u2019 experience in litigation , licensing and counseling matters in copyright , trademark , unfair competition and right of publicity law , particularly for clients in . . .\ngeorg focuses on intellectual property litigation . he has experience in all phases and aspects of patent infringement cases in u . s . courts . georg also counsels clients on trademark and . . .\nangela ' s practice includes experience in various federal income tax matters with an emphasis on domestic business transaction planning . she has significant experience advising publicly - . . .\nrocky robinson is a partner of the firm and practices in the litigation area . his practice focuses on complex commercial and business litigation and arbitration . he has tried more than 60 . . .\nms . rodr\u00edguez has a transactional practice concentrated on a broad range of domestic and international corporate , finance , energy and real estate transactions in a variety of sectors . ms . . . .\nken advises investment banks , broker - dealers , hedge funds and other financial institutions on legal issues related to the purchase and sale of domestic and international par and distressed . . .\njoseph is a member of the firm ' s bankruptcy section , where his practice includes representing numerous debtors , secured and unsecured creditors , and various committees in chapter 7 and . . .\nrobin russell co - chairs the firm ' s national bankruptcy practice . her practice combines a depth of experience in bankruptcy restructuring and litigation with financial transaction work . she . . .\ntom counsels both issuers and underwriters in almost every aspect of tax - exempt financing and infrastructure development . tom emphasizes his practice in the realm of school finance , . . .\nkelly is a partner in the firm\u2019s litigation group . she focuses on the representation of businesses and governmental entities in high - profile cases in the state and federal courts . through . . .\nben is an associate in the litigation section of the dallas office . his experience includes patent litigation and domestic and international trademark and copyright enforcement and . . .\njohn counsels foreign and domestic clients on the antitrust aspects of litigation , mergers and acquisitions , dominant firm practices , joint ventures and intellectual property licensing . he . . .\ndaniel focuses his practice on electro - mechanical patent matters . his practice includes preparing and prosecuting u . s . , p . c . t . and foreign utility and design patent applications ; patent . . .\nvaibhav is an associate in the intellectual property section of the firm\u2019s new york \u2013 battery park office . intellectual property issues are critical to the success of any business , . . .\nryan\u2019s practice focuses on patent litigation , primarily in the mechanical and electrical arts . he has represented plaintiffs and defendants in u . s . district courts , in the u . s . . . .\nlisa ' s practice focuses on environmental , health and safety counseling , compliance and liability . she has extensive experience analyzing environmental , health and safety issues associated . . .\npaul silverstein is a member of the firm ' s executive committee , a member of the policy committee and co - chair of the bankruptcy / restructuring practice . paul ' s practice includes the . . .\nsusan handles all phases of patent and trademark litigation , including motions practice , discovery , claim construction , trial and appeal . in the patent area , she has had particular . . .\nksenia\u2019s practice focuses on ip litigation and client counseling across a wide variety of modern technologies . she has substantial experience in all aspects of litigation , representing both . . .\nrob practices in the areas of corporate finance , international and domestic project development and project finance , securities , bank finance , derivatives , structured finance and energy - . . .\njonathan focuses his practice on counseling , enforcement , and litigation matters concerning trademarks , trade dress , domain names , copyrights , advertising , sweepstakes , and promotions . he . . .\nmark has led transactions across varied sectors of the energy and infrastructure industries during his career , including oil and gas , thermal power , renewable energy , lng , carbon . . .\npatricia is an experienced commercial projects lawyer advising clients on the full life cycle of energy and infrastructure projects , from acquisition and financing to project development . . . .\njerry has over 40 years of experience in public finance and has served as senior attorney in connection with the representation of various public clients , including state agencies , . . .\nwilliam\u2019s practice focuses on patent litigation in the u . s . district courts and before the u . s . international trade commission , primarily in the electrical and mechanical arts . his . . .\nclifford devotes his practice to patent litigation , post - grant review proceedings before the uspto , patent counseling , patent portfolio analysis and patent prosecution ( both foreign and . . .\nkelly concentrates her practice in the area of executive compensation / employee benefits . she works with both private and public companies on an array of employee benefits , including . . .\ndr . wang\u2019s practice focuses on all aspects of intellectual property law , including patent prosecution , patent interference and patent litigation . dr . wang has drafted , filed and prosecuted . . .\ndavid focuses his practice on complex commercial , business and intellectual property litigation . he has litigated numerous cases involving shareholder disputes , mergers and acquisitions , . . .\njames is an associate in the intellectual property section of the firm\u2019s houston office . intellectual property issues are critical to the success of any business , regardless of its size . . . .\nclaire is an associate in the corporate / securities section of the firm\u2019s dallas office . claire has a broad corporate / securities practice with a focus on private m & a transactions ( . . .\nrick practices in the public law area . his focus is public finance , serving as bond counsel , bank counsel , disclosure counsel or underwriters ' counsel in tax - exempt bond transactions for . . .\nsean\u2019s practice focuses on advising clients on their intellectual property needs ( including patents , copyrights , trademarks and trade secrets ) and other areas of law related to technology . . . .\ncrystal is an associate in the litigation section of the dallas office . she focuses her practice on civil litigation with an emphasis on securities matters and oil and gas disputes .\nbrian focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation and counseling , including patent , copyright and trademark infringement , and trade secrets . brian has also handled a variety of . . .\nmichael\u2019s practice area is intellectual property , especially in the fields of biotechnology , chemistry , bioinformatics , pharmaceuticals and medical devices . he works directly with inventors . . .\nvic has a broad corporate and securities practice that focuses on a variety of matters . vic has extensive experience in m & a transactions ( for both buyers and sellers ) , including . . .\ndavid ' s practice includes workouts and commercial bankruptcy proceedings in a wide range of industries . he has represented debtors , secured creditors , and individual creditors as well as . . .\nqi has over eight years of experience in assisting clients on patent matters . she has handled more than 100 opinion matters in the areas of pharmaceuticals , chemicals and medical devices . . . .\nmintz , levin , cohn , ferris , glovsky and popeo , p . c .\nyou are responsible for reading , understanding and agreeing to the national law review ' s ( nlr\u2019s ) and the national law forum llc ' s terms of use and privacy policy before using the national law review website . the national law review is a free to use , no - 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{"id": 55224, "summary": [{"text": "the bedtime record is a defunct record label that began in chattanooga , tn in 1997 by jake cunningham .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "the label was born from an idea to release 7 \" compilations with four bands on each record , two from the united states and two from europe .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "all releases were limited edition ( 500 - 1000 copies ) in vinyl format .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "the label also released several 7 \" singles and a 10 \" split .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "the bands included golden , the microphones , wookieback , orange cake mix , bob hund , le mans , spring , dent , the ruby dare and fegan among others .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "many of the bands featured in these releases were in the early stages of their musical careers and went on to gain wider recognition .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "most notably , phil elvrum of the microphones released his critically acclaimed album the glow pt. 2 , which received a 9.1 rating from pitchfork.com .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "two members of washington , dc 's golden went on to form the international benga-rock band extra golden and sign to thrill jockey records .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "in 2007 , extra golden gained much attention when two of their kenyan members had visa issues prior to the chicago world music festival .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "then-senator barack obama stepped in to help the two musicians gain permission to enter the us .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "wookieback leader , john ringhofer , released multiple records as half-handed cloud , as well as collaborations with sufjan stevens and daniel smith of danielson and sounds familyre .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "in 2008 , jake cunningham founded an artist management company in new york city , long time management , and currently represents 2011 uncut music award nominee hans chew . ", "topic": 32}], "title": "the bedtime record", "paragraphs": ["homme\u2019s bedtime story will air on friday 6 th october on cbeebies at 6 . 50pm .\njosh homme \u2013 the lead singer of rock band queens of the stone age \u2013 will be the next celebrity to read a cbeebies bedtime story .\nwhen you\u2019ve completed set - up , bedtime will explain the importance of keeping consistent sleeping habits and sleeping and rising at around the same time .\nyou can already get self - hypnosis apps to help you get a good night\u2019s sleep , such as relax & sleep well or sleep well hypnosis . bedtime does not offer the same features , but is designed to help you improve your own sleeping habits by helping you go to sleep and rise at appropriate times . bedtime is available from within the clock app , just tap the bedtime item at the bottom of the screen .\nwhen you begin using bedtime ( tap \u2018get started\u2019 in the bedtime screen ) you will need to answer a few simple questions before it is enabled . you will be guided through these questions across a series of pages , where you will be asked :\nand as with any landscape , the way the songs on the glow pt . 2 are perceived greatly affects the impact of the record . this album simply must be listened to on headphones . hearing the record on regular speakers is like staring at the grand canyon through a viewmaster . the illusion of depth is weak at best , and easily broken . with headphones , the sounds contained within the record absolutely come to life , bouncing and slithering from ear to ear . the use of stereo panning is as integral a part of the disc as the melodies and instrumentation .\nuniversity of pennsylvania \u201csleep doctor\u201d , professor , mathias basner , thinks the strength of bedtime is it may help promote discussion of the benefits of healthy sleep .\nonce setup is complete tapping the bedtime screen will provide you with a display that lets you see when you should wake and rise at a glance .\nmiguelito making phonograph record copyright by geoffrey o ' hara , new york , n . y . library of congress prints and photographs division\n- released on the bedtime record ( bed06 ) ( p . o . box 9142 , chatanooga , tenn . 37412 ) sometime in 1998 . in an interview in jimi sharp ' s fib zine phil mentions that this 7\nwas going to be coming out\ndecember ' 98 , maybe\n.\nin the dance club songs chart ' s history , in addition to her unmatched 46 no . 1s , madonna owns the record for the most top 10s : 60 . janet jackson follows with 33 .\nyou can choose between nine gentle wake up tones . bedtime starts playing these tones quite quietly and then gently raises them for five minutes until you rise .\n* ok , turns out there is an insert that came with some copies of this record . it was just a little two - sided label insert ( the bedtime record ) , black and white , photocopied . i do not at the moment have a copy of this insert and if anyone does i ' d love you forever if you ' d make me a copy and send it to me . but , barring that it is viewable here in some pics i grabbed from someone ' s ebay auction .\nonce - weekly dulaglutide versus bedtime insulin glargine , both in combination with prandial insulin lispro , in patients with type 2 diabetes ( award - . . . - pubmed - ncbi\nmadonna is the no . 1 billboard dance club songs artist over the last 40 years , dating to the chart ' s 1976 inception . the icon reigns thanks largely to her record total of 46 no . 1s , the most of any artist on any single billboard chart , and her consistently dazzling performance on the tally since her 1982 debut .\nthe cover and the song credits both have the band name as just\nmicrophones\n, no\nthe\n. but the masthead on the vinyl inner label does indeed have the\nthe\nattached .\nhistorical recordings may contain offensive language . this selection is presented as part of the record of the past . it is an historical document which reflects the attitudes , perspectives , and beliefs of different times . cyberbee does not endorse the views expressed in this recording , which may contain content offensive to users .\nand lastly , the inner groove on this record , in addition to the usual info ( knw - yr - own bed06a and b ) , appears to have someone ' s signature engraved . it is illegible and very short . it kind of looks like a cursive\nmes\n.\nused in combination with the daily activity tracker and the relaxed state heart rate testing you get when you use apple\u2019s breathe app , bedtime suggests the company to be working very hard to develop an ecosystem of quantified health sensors that when used together will support better self - care and professional analysis of a person\u2019s general condition .\nonce - weekly dulaglutide versus bedtime insulin glargine , both in combination with prandial insulin lispro , in patients with type 2 diabetes ( award - 4 ) : a randomised , open - label , phase 3 , non - inferiority study .\nthe online extension of billboard magazine , urltoken is the essential online destination for the music business .\nnowhere on this album are there short , straightforward pop songs like it was hot ' s cover of eric ' s trip\nsand\nor\nkarl blau .\ninstead , the record ebbs and flows gracefully between fragile acoustic numbers like\nheadless horseman ,\nand overpowering swells of noise , with all points in between represented . the flow between songs on the glow pt . 2 is absolutely flawless - - the album functions as one giant piece of music as well as it does a collection of songs . themes of flesh and blood , water and wood , and life and death permeate the record , connecting well enough to create a sense of something greater without beating you over the head with its concept .\nmurray was born in philadelphia , pennsylvania in 1877 . in 1882 , at the age of five , he moved with his parents to denver , colorado . during his youth he became interested in theater and joined a vaudeville troupe . he also performed in minstrel shows . by 1903 , he was recording for the major record companies .\nthe icon is the queen of the chart ' s first 40 years . plus , pet shop boys are the top duo / group & enrique iglesias is the top solo male .\ndigital health means figuring out how connected devices can help quantify what you already do in order to enable you to do better . in many cases , you\u2019ll achieve big results through smaller , incremental changes , and that\u2019s what ios 10\u2019s little - used \u2018bedtime\u2019 feature tries to provide .\nthe most prominent performer of spoken word recordings on edison cylinders was elocutionist harry e . humphrey . featured on cyberbee are recordings he made of poetry recitations and monologues of famous speeches , including ones by james whitcomb riley , abraham lincoln , patrick henry , and george washington . edna bailey is featured telling bedtime stories , the three bears and chicken little .\nwhen the technology changed from an acoustic recording horn to the electric microphone in the 1920s , his \u201chammering\u201d style of singing didn\u2019t work as well . although , he was less in demand , murray continued to record , did voices for animated cartoons , and worked in radio . he died of a heart attack in 1954 . he was married three times . the first two ended in divorce . he was survived by his third wife , madeleine .\nthe microphones : bass drum dream / the storm / where i . . .\nhover over the profile pic and click the following button to unfollow any account .\n( this is the same format that the track list for the\nbass drum dream\n7\nhad followed as well . )\nwhen you see a tweet you love , tap the heart \u2014 it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love .\nmadonna ' s record - extending 46th and most recent no . 1 , the diplo co - production\nb * * * * i ' m madonna ,\nfeaturing nicki minaj , topped the chart on aug . 15 , 2015 . the third leader from her most recent studio effort , rebel heart , was remixed by sander kleinenberg , sick individuals and fedde le grand , among others . on dec . 9 , fans can revel in a full broadcast of madonna ' s rebel heart tour on showtime .\nwe are again informed that we should contact the fine folks at the knw - yr - own label for more information on\nthe microphones\n.\n- cover art by phil and justyn pogue . the liner notes ( which are printed on the inside of the sleeve , no other , loose , insert\nthe sheer power of omari ' s drumming propels this guitar - focused record forward . he never stops , never settles , and yet somehow never overplays . this tricky balancing act is common in african dance music , although that does not make drummers necessarily good at it . take a listen to post - fela vintage recordings in nigeria and kenya , before hi - life became hip - life , and you can hear the caffeinated spears and rim shots of ambitious rhythm makers . with such heated guitar lines dancing over the melodies , you ' d expect the drumming to hang in the back ; none of that happens here . and yet there is still space . as relentless and driven as omari is , the storm never quiets , even - - especially - - on the quieter numbers . but the opening\ngimakiny akia\nsuffices ; one wonders how any of the musicians pushed that hard for the nearly eight - minute track .\nand that ' s that pretty much . the inside and cover art looks a lot like justyn pogue ' s stuff in the zine which accompanied the original release of the\ndon ' t wake me up\nlp . it also riffs really heavily on the cover of the previous 7\n,\nbass drum dream\n/\nthe storm\n( in fact , it uses the exact same drawing of the weird cloud ) . i guess , to that end ,\nweird storm\nmight even be some kind of follow up to\nthe storm\n.\nthere are a couple pages in jimi sharp ' s lovely fib zine , issue # 8 , where he\ninterviews\nphil about his upcoming life plans and record release schedule and at that time he talks about having this 7\ncoming up and that he and justyn will be doing the cover art . he mentions that the possible tracks to be included were\nfeedback ( life , love , loop )\n,\nwhere it ' s hotter\nplus more . this comes on the heels of him discussing the 7\nwhich will precede it , the one on up records . at this time he says that the songs that might end up on that one are\nbass , drum dream\nand\nin sleep i float around\nplus more . it is definitely worth noting that , in the conceptual stages this 7\nwas originally going to feautre , among others , what would end up being the b - side the the first microphones 7\nand that this 7\nwas originally going to feature , the as yet unreleased track ,\nin sleep i float around\n.\nyou can easily define new wake and rising times by tapping and moving the big circle in the middle of the screen . you can also explore the all - important sleep analysis tools and a \u2018more history\u2019 item that takes you to the sleep analysis data you have gathered in your health app over time .\nin which we perform an excavation , a dig into the dirt , run our fingers over these bones , pull organs from the dessicated body like flowers , flowering rivers , this endless autopsy , in an attempt to reconcile , to understand , to align these unknowable constellations , this will be the body , to the ghost , the relic , the coffin and the corpse , from which this spell still issues , which still produces this terrifying magic .\nthe fastest way to share someone else\u2019s tweet with your followers is with a retweet . tap the icon to send it instantly .\nultimately , the glow pt . 2 is the sound of one man working through a changing landscape - - a single voice challenging its surroundings while also accepting that it ' s powerless to alter them . the disc ends with a throbbing heartbeat , the most basic sign of life having braved through the stormy trek that precedes it . the glow pt . 2 is unpredictable , volatile , vibrant , terrifying , and comforting . the glow pt . 2 is alive .\nthe first woman to achieve widespread acclaim as a professional recording star was ada jones ( 1873 - 1922 ) who was called \u201cthe first lady of the phonograph . \u201d with her clear , strong voice and excellent diction , jones was one of the first women to successfully record on commercial cylinders and discs . her repertoire included dialect sketches , conversational duets , and comic songs . jones was born in lancashire england in 1873 and in 1879 traveled with her family to philadelphia , pennsylvania . ada\u2019s earliest stage performances were in juvenile roles in the 1880s and a brief recording stint with the north american phonograph company until their demise . in 1905 , edison and victor both released titles by jones . she recorded a number of duets with billy murray and len spencer . her popularity declined when jazz took center stage . ada jones died of kidney failure in 1922 . she was survived by her husband hugh flaherty and one daughter .\nthe singer will join the long list of celebrities who have sat in the cbeebies \u201cstory corner\u201d including suranne jones , tom hardy , chris evans , damian lewis and david tennant , to name a few .\nthe app attempts to gamify your sleeping patterns by challenging you to keep the sleep analysis bars aligned by sleeping and rising at the same time each night . this sounds interesting , but does it work ?\nmiss christine miller , the noted concert contralto , demonstrated in a recital at symphony hall , boston , how thoroughly edison has made it possible to reproduce all shades of tone and sweetness of the human voice . miss miller , standing beside one of the phonographs , singing in unison with herself , it being impossible to distinguish between the singer ' s living voice and its re - creation . she sang a few bars and the instrument blended perfectly with her voice . she ceased and the instrument continued the air with the same beautiful tonal quality .\nno insert , but there is info printed on the inside of the cover . also worth noting , on the vinyl labels , under the band name , on each side are two of phil ' s little extraneous exclamation / alternate titles . though , in this case , they are not attributed to the songs , but , seemingly to the actual name of the band . side a ' s says\nsomething ' s in my head\nand side b ' s says\ncover me up\n. a song with the name\ncover me up\nwould later appear on the\nwindows\ncd .\namong the others at the snake - dance was geoffrey o ' hara , whom secretary of the interior lane has wisely appointed instructor of native indian music . mr . o ' hara ' s purpose is to perpetuate and develop the wealth of indian music and poetry\u2014and ultimately the rhythmical dancing that goes with the music and poetry . the indian children already know most of the poetry , with its peculiarly baffling rhythm . mr . o ' hara wishes to appoint special indian instructors of this music , carefully chosen , in the schools ; as he said :\nif the navajo can bring with him into civilization the ability to preserve his striking and bewildering rhythm , he will have done in music what thorpe , the olympic champion , did in athletics .\nmiss curtis and mr . o ' hara represent the effort to perpetuate indian art in the life of the indian to - day , not only for his sake , but for our own . this side of indian life is entirely unrevealed to most white men ; and there is urgent need from the standpoint of the white man himself of a proper appreciation of native art . such appreciation may mean much toward helping the development of an original american art for our whole people .\nthe options button gives you other options , including the capacity to state on which days you want the feature activated , when you want to be reminded it is time for bed , what sound to wake you up with and how loud you would like the alarm to be .\n*\nfeedback ( life , love , loop )\nappears in several permutations . on the back cover it appears as\nfeedback ( the loop in life and love )\non the actual 7\ninner label it loses the qualifiers and picks up a colon ,\nfeedback : ( life , love , loop )\n. on the inside of the cover it appears as\nfeedback ( life , love , loop ) ( no colon this time ) . later , on the\nperhaps the problem is that most pop music doesn ' t put enough faith in the listener . everything must be laid out in the most obvious of terms , and eventually , that obviousness obscures whatever the music originally intended to convey . if you want to invoke the quiet beauty of the ocean , for example , you can write a pop song that says ,\nhey , the ocean is really beautiful ,\nor you can try to come up with a sonic approximation of that beauty .\nas previously mentioned , i won this from the same kid at the same time as the first microphones 7\n, what a day . and , as also mentioned , this is early phil , but not all\nas an inexplicable side note i will add that , at some point , while downloading some of these things on soulseek , back in the day , i loaded a version of this that had a fourth untitled track . it ' s clearly phil . it ' s about 1 : 17 long and it ' s just noise , a passage of sound . when i got the 7\n, however , i was able to confirm that this track is not on it . where it came from or what it is i have no idea . it seems very likely that it ' s from some other phil release and just mistakenly tacked onto someones files for this 7\n. if i can ever figure this out i ' ll be sure to update . for the record , while the three real actual songs from this 7\nhave been used in mixology , the phantom fourth song has not .\nit ' s a huge undertaking to attempt to capture something so visual in a song . but for phil elvrum , it seems to be second nature . the glow pt . 2 , the follow - up to last year ' s gorgeous brainmelt it was hot , we stayed in the water , captures the sea , the sky , and the mountains in a sonic panorama that seems to live without beginning or end . a sprawling , swirling composition that is both as varied and as consistent as the landscape itself , the glow pt . 2 exceeds even its predecessor in capturing the simultaneous wrath and fragility of nature . and sounding really , really cool .\nthe microphones\nsong islands\ncd ( k records , 2002 . . .\nwarning : the ncbi web site requires javascript to function . more . . .\ntap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you .\nva - the\nlullaby , lullaby\ncompilation cd : i listen . . .\nthe microphones : feedback ( life , love , loop ) / weird . . .\nare you ground down by the grind ? perhaps you need to go to bed .\nthe app will calculate the number of hours you spend in bed by analyzing your motion and device usage . it will store this data inside apple ' s health app .\nof course , phantasy\u2019s founder erol alkan is never far from the label\u2019s busy release schedule . in 2018 , his critically acclaimed \u2018reworks volume 1\u2019 collection revisited a decade of his finest remixes and total reimaginings of some of the most feted artists in pop , rock and dance music , while as part of \u2018beyond the wizard\u2019s sleeve\u2019 , drew equal plaudits across truly esoteric ground on the previous year\u2019s critically acclaimed album , \u2018the soft bounce\u2019 .\nedison advertisement . the milwaukee journal , december 2 , 1915 , p . 9 .\nborn a slave , george w . johnson became the first african american recording artist in 1890 . his tune , the laughing song was a huge hit . by 1895 , johnson ' s tunes were the best - selling recordings in the united states . the total sales of his wax cylinders between 1890 and 1895 are estimated to have been at 25 , 000 to 50 , 000 , each one recorded individually by johnson . he continued recording throughout the 1890s and eventually was recorded by berliner , edison , and columbia .\ndave c ( room control records / seascape ) from the early days of acid house dave c has always been involved in the house music scene . starting off in manchester run\nthe microphones ( ' singers ) : i can ' t believe you ac . . .\nwhat the heck fest items ( booklets , letter - pressed tickets etc . . . )\nsamsung has taken the \u2018make in india\u2019 initiative to another level by launching \u2018 . . .\nhere ' s the url for this tweet . copy it to easily share with friends .\nthis is the first time we see phil ' s trademark vinyl inner label design , albeit in a somewhat earlier design and in lighter shade than the usual\nold book\nyellow .\ncanadian - born geoffrey o\u2019hara was a composer , singer , music professor , and ethnomusicologist . he moved to the united states in 1904 and began recording for edison records in 1905 . in 1913 , he was appointed by the secretary of the interior to be an instructor of native music . he collected and recorded songs of the navajo indians on wax cylinders . o\u2019hara sang several of the navajo songs on a 1914 edison cylinder titled , navajo indian songs . theodore roosevelt had this to say about o\u2019hara in a book - lover\u2019s holidays in the open published in 1916 .\nthat was one of the better cuts on their sophomore album ; unfortunately it did not live up to the sheer intensity of their debut , which was recorded in three hours in a tin - roofed concrete room in nairobi . spontaneity wins out . the first album was cut with a singer named otieno jagwasi , onyango ' s brother , who tragically died at 34 of liver cancer . the band offers tributes to many , especially this fine singer ; with their third album , they have returned to the fine form which won them honors in the first place . thank you very quickly is one of the top albums of this young ( though quickly passing ) year .\nhomme will narrate the tale of zog , an accident - prone student of madam dragon\u2019s school .\nsince his early ep contributions to the label , daniel avery has maintained a home on phantasy , quickly evolving into of the world\u2019s most exciting techno artists . capturing an unexpected zeitgeist with his stunning take on classic acid house throughout his debut lp \u2018drone logic\u2019 , this was followed by the \u2018new energy\u2019 remix collection , and the breathtaking \u2018sensation / clear\u2019 ep . more new material follows in 2018 .\nsong islands\ncd , it would appear as simply\nfeedback\non the back cover and\nfeedback ( life , love loop ) ( no second comma ) in the liner notes .\nwe are updating our terms of service , privacy policy , and cookie and internet advertising policy effective may 25 , 2018 ! you can preview the new version and see details about the updates here .\nspoken word on edison diamond discs ( 1912 - 1929 ) . edison sound recordings the national phonograph co . and thomas a . edison , inc . american memory collections at the library of congress .\nspoken comedy on edison diamond discs ( 1912 - 1929 ) . edison sound recordings the national phonograph co . and thomas a . edison , inc . american memory collections at the library of congress .\nchristine miller was regarded as one of the most important concert singers in the united states . she performed in many concert tours . in several venues she demonstrated tone tests to promote edison disc recordings .\nwe did this 52 week , randomised , open - label , phase 3 , non - inferiority trial at 105 study sites in 15 countries . patients ( aged \u226518 years ) with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled with conventional insulin treatment were randomly assigned ( 1 : 1 : 1 ) , via a computer - generated randomisation sequence with an interactive voice - response system , to receive once - weekly dulaglutide 1\u00b75 mg , dulaglutide 0\u00b775 mg , or daily bedtime glargine . randomisation was stratified by country and metformin use . participants and study investigators were not masked to treatment allocation , but were unaware of dulaglutide dose assignment . the primary outcome was a change in glycated haemoglobin a1c ( hba1c ) from baseline to week 26 , with a 0\u00b74 % non - inferiority margin . analysis was by intention to treat . this trial is registered with clinicaltrials . gov , number nct01191268 .\n) say\nthe cover : snow in anacortes , 1900 / the chair : justyn pogue . and , as such , the art appears to be a collage of justyn ' s very distinctive drawing style ( we ' ll see it again , all over the\ndon ' t wake me up\nlp ) and what appear to be heavily xeroxed and re - xeroxed pics , presumably by phil .\nthe microphones : moon , moon / i lost my wind 7\n( k r . . .\nclick to view larger image edison advertisement the milwaukee journal , december 2 , 1915 , p . 9\nthe greatest of all time top dance club artists ranking is based on weekly performance on billboard ' s dance club songs chart , from its aug . 28 , 1976 , inception through aug . 27 , 2016 . artists on the all - time chart are ranked based on the combined point totals of all their dance club songs chart entries ( with songs ranked based on an inverse point system and weeks at no . 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at lower spots earning the least ; due to changes in chart methodology over the years , eras were weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates over various periods ) .\nva - the way things change ( volume 2 ) 7\n: you ' re sta . . .\nthe collection of information about your use of the content , and combination with previously collected information , used to measure , understand , and report on your usage of the service . this does not include personalisation , the collection of information about your use of this service to subsequently personalise content and / or advertising for you in other contexts , i . e . on other service , such as websites or apps , over time .\nyou can add location information to your tweets , such as your city or precise location , from the web and via third - party applications . you always have the option to delete your tweet location history . learn more\nit turns out that the app reflects at least some scientific research . in 2015 , the american academy of sleep medicine and sleep research society both updated their advice to recommend adults sleep seven or more hours each night .\nlike it was hot ' s\nthe pull\nbefore it ,\ni want wind to blow\nopens with subtle manipulations of acoustic guitars across stereo channels . there ' s an amazing sense of open space to the track as overtones from a low , rhythmic rumble , and from the stereo acoustic guitars , create a wash of barely audible noise floating through the mid - frequencies .\ni want wind to blow ,\nlike a good portion of the glow pt . 2 , uses repetition and understatement to transform itself from a simple song into a landscape .\nthe researchers found that even though people who regularly do not get enough sleep become used to the sensations of this , they do in fact suffer from significant reduction in cognitive performance - - they are just not aware of this .\nby embedding twitter content in your website or app , you are agreeing to the twitter developer agreement and developer policy .\nnot on twitter ? sign up , tune into the things you care about , and get updates as they happen .\nthere is some impact from modern ways of life , according to the sleep research society , which notes that lack of sleep , regularly shortened sleep , or insomnia may elevate the risk of diabetes , stroke , depression and other problems .\nroosevelt , theodore . a book - lover\u2019s holidays in the open . new york : charles scribner\u2019s sons , 1916 .\nthe collection and processing of information about your use of this service to subsequently personalise advertising and / or content for you in other contexts , such as on other websites or apps , over time . typically , the content of the site or app is used to make inferences about your interests , which inform future selection of advertising and / or content .\nin praise of this governmental intervention , the band recorded what may have been the first obama tribute song , titled simply\nobama ,\nand released on their 2008 effort , hera ma nono ( thrill jockey ) . unlike the numerous over - sentimentalized and sappy accolades that would emerge afterwards - - recording obama songs seemed as much a pr stunt as honest homage after a while - - extra golden ' s eight - minute guitar - driven track stayed true to the benga tradition of praise , as danceable , airy ( reminiscent of the better of king sunny ade ) and socially relevant .\nmadonna , who rose out of new york city nightclubs like danceteria , debuted on dance club songs ( then known as the dance / disco top 80 ) at no . 40 with\neverybody ,\nproduced by mark kamins , on the chart dated nov . 6 , 1982 . the song reached no . 3 on jan . 8 , 1983 , the first of four top five hits from her self - titled debut album . on sept . 24 , 1983 , madonna hit no . 1 for the first time with the double - sided\nholiday\n/\nlucky star ,\nwhich ruled for five weeks . in 2000 ,\nmusic\n( also the most recent of madonna ' s 12 billboard hot 100 no . 1s ) tied\nholiday / lucky star\nfor madonna ' s longest no . 1 reign .\nupon being informed of their visa issues , minoff was undeterred . with a scheduled show at the chicago world music festival , he called then - senator barack obama ' s office and pleaded his case . with the help of obama ( minoff had hoped that his kenyan heritage would help win sympathy ) , opiyo bilongo and onyango wuod omari were permitted access into the us ; the band instantly won over numerous hearts , and from that success they recently embarked on a 22 - city tour across the uk and us today , in support of their new album , thank you very quickly ( thrill jockey ) .\ntake this mobile device management course from pluralsight and learn how to secure devices in your company without degrading the user experience .\nwhat are you doing to accelerate it agility ? learn about the it model that serves as a catalyst for digital transformation .\nnext up , madonna will be honored as billboard ' s 2016 woman of the year . the 11th annual women in music event is scheduled for friday , dec . 9 , in new york and will air on lifetime monday , dec . 12 .\n- recorded in 1998 at the business in anacortes , wash . and dub narcotic in olympia , wash . by phil elvrum .\n- these songs ( same versions ) would all later be collected , in order , on the\nsong islands\ncd .\ngeoffrey o ' hara , composer , singer and lecturer ( 1882 - 1967 . the virtual gramophone : canadian historical sound recordings .\nwith this stereo enhancement , parts of the glow pt . 2 are absolutely breathtaking . and perhaps the single most breathtaking song on the album is its title track , which may or may not be a thematic follow - up to\nthe glow ,\nthe 11 - minute - long centerpiece of it was hot , we stayed in the water . opening with blasts of fuzzy guitar and massive drums ,\nthe glow pt . 2\nsegues somewhat abruptly into another segment of stereo acoustic guitars , before giving way to a drop - dead gorgeous wash of multitracked organs . on top of this , elvrum lets loose what could be the most striking lyrics he ' s ever penned :\ni faced death . i went in with my arms swinging . but i heard my own breath and had to face that i ' m still living . i ' m still flesh . i hold on to awful feelings . i ' m not dead . . . my chest still draws breath . i hold it . i ' m buoyant . there ' s no end .\nelvrum delivers these lyrics in a melodic stream - of - consciousness style that ' s structured enough to be musically riveting , but loose enough to sound spontaneous and sincere . as the last words of the song fade , the swell of organs segues into a trebly acoustic guitar and hi - hat section highly reminiscent of early modest mouse .\nearly . early enough that he ' s still doing that thing where he literally sings about microphones and equipment .\nfeedback . . .\nfeels like the little sister of the\ntests\ncd . it starts out with that same\nscience - y guy talks about the physical properties of sound\nthing before dissolving into a low - key whispery song about microphones loving speakers .\n- other details of note on the cover of this 7\n. i read over on a brothers - in - arms site (\nit ' s an amazing thing when pop music expresses beauty through ambiguity . after being pummeled over the head for years . . .\nunlock the potential of your data . how well are you harnessing information to improve business outcomes ? a new cio playbook will help .\nthe 2007 kenyan general elections did not bode well for many - - some 1 , 000 people died and a quarter - million were displaced due to the reportedly rigged voting process which propelled mwai kibaki over raila odinga . the intra - country effects affected both local and international travel . a year earlier , two of the country ' s artists were in a similar situation , invited to play alongside ian eagleson and alex minoff of the washington dc - based band golden . their band , extra golden , had received numerous accolades for their 2006 debut recording , ok - oyot system ( thrill jockey ) , and everyone was excited to spread this interesting rock - benga sound .\nthe collection of information , and combination with previously collected information , to select and deliver content for you , and to measure the delivery and effectiveness of such content . this includes using previously collected information about your interests to select content , processing data about what content was shown , how often or how long it was shown , when and where it was shown , and whether the you took any action related to the content , including for example clicking on content . this does not include personalisation , which is the collection and processing of information about your use of this service to subsequently personalise content and / or advertising for you in other contexts , such as websites or apps , over time .\nlike all these releases i wish i could be providing the exact numbers of how many were pressed and in what format and so on , but , alas , that info seems lost to the pages of time . i ' m gonna try to look into it as best i can .\nwe use cookies to give you the best experience on our website . by using our website , you are agreeing to our use of cookies .\nthis should enable healthier habits for all users , which in itself should reduce the impact of poor habits on health insurance providers and national health services .\ncal stewart was known for his comic monologues as josh weathersby who lived in an imaginary new england town , punkin\u2019 center . the stories featured rural humor that focused on topical events such as groundhog day at pumpkin center or modern life such as uncle josh in a photograph gallery . his boisterous laugh at the beginning and end of the recordings was a cal stewart signature . cal stewart\u2019s wife , rossini waugh stewart , played aunt nancy on the early uncle josh recordings . later , ada jones , assumed that role . cal stewart died from a brain tumor in 1919 and his wife died in 1943 .\nghost culture\u2019s self - titled 2015 lp introduced a unique voice to the wider musical landscape , combining earnest , singer - songwriter led pop with experimental electronics , which later came further to the fore on his subtle and intelligent singles . that same flair of experimentation is also outlandishly established throughout the truly uncategorizable music of babe , terror , a mysterious brazilian artist whose trippy and ethereal music combines elements of ambient , shoegaze and minimal , while sounding like little else .\nhe married constance dougherty in 1919 , the same year he became a naturalized american citizen . they had two children . o\u2019hara went on to teach at the teachers\u2019 college columbia university ( 1936 - 37 ) , huron college , and the university of south dakota where he received an honorary doctor of music degree in 1947 . his biggest hit was k - k - k - katy written in 1918 . o\u2019hara was also a popular lecturer until his death in 1967 .\noccupying a completely different but equally compelling space , new zealander connan mockasin specialised in offbeat and visionary psych - pop . his sophomore album \u2018caramel\u2019 earned huge critical acclaim , while his stunning debut , \u2018forever dolphin love\u2019 , was celebrated as recordstore\u2019s album of the year in 2012 and is considered a modern classic amongst those in the know\na copy of the maybe non - existent\nprivately released cdr distributed to guests at a wedding in chicago\n( ft .\nwhere is my tarp ?\nknown as the denver nightingale , billy murray was one of the most popular entertainers of his day . he was best known for his comic and novelty songs , although he performed ballads and romantic numbers as well . tunes like casey jones , grand old rag ( flag ) , come josephine in my flying machine , the little ford rambled right along , and in my merry oldsmobile were big hits . he also sang duets with ada jones and aileen stanley and was a member of several quartets .\nthe storage of information , or access to information that is already stored , on your device such as advertising identifiers , device identifiers , cookies , and similar technologies .\nif anyone has any questions or additional information about anything i have on this blog or if you just want to say\nhi , i ' m reading what you ' re writing , you ' re not alone in the wilderness . . .\nplease drop me a line . i need all the help with this i can get !\n, in fact , concerns artwork . the band ' s first two album covers offered a quaint , vintage and slightly kitschy feel : badly photoshopped cutouts of each band member pasted upon some romanticized if somewhat generic background , tied together by an obnoxiously loud font . they were brilliant . this latest : a muffled sunset over a mountain from the perspective of an ocean , with purple and pink swirls reminiscent of sixties psychedelica and teenage girls ' hello kitty journals . perhaps if the four men were fighting godzilla and mothra on top of the mountain or something - - anything . alas , not all of our dreams can be fulfilled ; we can be thankful for what we get , and with\nthe collection of information , and combination with previously collected information , to select and deliver advertisements for you , and to measure the delivery and effectiveness of such advertisements . this includes using previously collected information about your interests to select ads , processing data about what advertisements were shown , how often they were shown , when and where they were shown , and whether you took any action related to the advertisement , including for example clicking an ad or making a purchase . this does not include personalisation , which is the collection and processing of information about your use of this service to subsequently personalise advertising and / or content for you in other contexts , such as websites or apps , over time .\nmadonna has scored two sets of seven consecutive no . 1 dance club songs singles . the first began with\ncausing a commotion\non oct . 31 , 1987 , continued through three leaders from like a prayer , among others , and culminated with the mtv - banned , lenny kravitz - co - produced and william orbit - remixed\njustify my love\non jan . 19 , 1991 . the second streak started on march 13 , 1999 , with madonna ' s third topper from ray of light ,\nnothing really matters ,\nand lasted through her fourth no . 1 from music , the promo - only , peter rauhofer - remixed\nimpressive instant\n( nov . 17 , 2001 ) .\ntaboo and peaky blinders actor hardy has been a mainstay of the format this year , recording four separate tales which have aired throughout 2017 including instalments on valentine\u2019s day and mother\u2019s day .\nas apple applies machine intelligence to digital health data drawn from the sensors it is putting inside its products , it seems likely ios users can look forward to increasingly accurate personalized health recommendations .\nour roster includes erol alkan , daniel avery , ghost culture , connan mockasin , beyond the wizards sleeve , james welsh ( aka kamera ) , cowboy rhythmbox , u and babe terror .\nfounded in london in 2007 , phantasy has steadily transformed into one of the uk\u2019s most artistically ambitious labels . neither rooted in electronic or alternative music , phantasy ' s small but expanding stable of artists work closely with founder erol alkan , to achieve the best possible sound and vision for a diverse audience . all phantasy releases are pressed on vinyl as well as released digitally .\nmadonna ' s lone full - length remix album you can dance hit no . 1 on dance club songs in 1988 , as full - length albums ( a la michael jackson ' s thriller and many others ) were allowed to chart as single entries at the time ( until feb . 23 , 1991 ) . powered by the previously unreleased\nspotlight ,\nproduced by stephen bray and remixed by john\njellybean\nbenitez , along with remixes of album tracks like\nover and over ,\na nile rodgers - produced like a virgin tune , and true blue ' s\nwhere ' s the party\n( in addition to\nholiday ,\ninto the groove\nand more ) , dance kept fans and djs busy for months .\nlas vegas - based independent house label , soulsupplement records was founded in 2006 by bruno browning and curtis bledsoe . their goal was to create a las vegas sound . in may 2006 , soulsupplement released their first 12\ntitled lessons , and quickly followed it up in 2007 with their second 12\nrelease , light . although 2007 would sadly mark the last of soulsupplement\u2019s vinyl releases , the change in format has provided for a more consistent release schedule as well as the release of bonus mixes that might not have made it onto a vinyl release due to space limitations .\nhello ! we have selected english as your language preference . if you would like to browse in a different language , please choose a language using the dropdown . deutsch english espa\u00f1ol fran\u00e7ais italiano \u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\nin 1990 , madonna , with shep pettibone , surfaced an underground dance trend while name - dropping movie stars whose careers largely predated her fans with the no . 1\nvogue .\nin 1993 , she transformed jazz - pop standard\nfever\n( released in the u . s . as the b - side to ballad\nbad girl\n) into a topper with murk boys mixes . in 1997 , madonna re - worked evita classic\ndon ' t cry for me argentina ,\nremixed by pablo flores and javier garza , into a club leader , while , in 2000 , she took don mclean ' s classic rock story - song\namerican pie ,\nwith its richard\nhumpty\nvission and victor calderone remixes , to the summit .\nweird storm\nand\nheavy eyes\n, on the other hand , sound a lot closer to where he must have already been headed , the first\nproper\nmicrophones album\ndon ' t wake me up\n. there ' s more of that pretty melody in a cocoon of noise and percussion thing happening here that will become so much more prevalent on subsequent releases .\nthe vinyl on this is black , but it ' s that very light vinyl that , when held up to a light , appears to be a sort of translucent brown . as seen here :\nit will be a change of scenery for homme , whose natural habitat is singing songs like \u201csick , sick , sick\u201d and \u201cburn the witch\u201d on stage in front of thousands of moshing rock fans .\npeople who suffer from sleeplessness ( including myself ) will really only become aware of the difference on those nights when they do achieve uninterrupted sleep , when they become more capable , positive and alert .\nbetween dec 9 , 2010 , and sept 21 , 2012 , we randomly assigned 884 patients to receive dulaglutide 1\u00b75 mg ( n = 295 ) , dulaglutide 0\u00b775 mg ( n = 293 ) , or glargine ( n = 296 ) . at 26 weeks , the adjusted mean change in hba1c was greater in patients receiving dulaglutide 1\u00b75 mg ( - 1\u00b764 % [ 95 % ci - 1\u00b778 to - 1\u00b750 ] , - 17\u00b793 mmol / mol [ - 19\u00b744 to - 16\u00b742 ] ) and dulaglutide 0\u00b775 mg ( - 1\u00b759 % [ - 1\u00b773 to - 1\u00b745 ] , - 17\u00b738 mmol / mol [ - 18\u00b789 to - 15\u00b787 ] ) than in those receiving glargine ( - 1\u00b741 % [ - 1\u00b755 to - 1\u00b727 ] , - 15\u00b741 mmol / mol [ - 16\u00b792 to - 13\u00b790 ] ) . the adjusted mean difference versus glargine was - 0\u00b722 % ( 95 % ci - 0\u00b738 to - 0\u00b707 , - 2\u00b740 mmol / mol [ - 4\u00b715 to - 0\u00b777 ] ; p = 0\u00b7005 ) for dulaglutide 1\u00b75 mg and - 0\u00b717 % ( - 0\u00b733 to - 0\u00b702 , - 1\u00b786 mmol / mol [ - 3\u00b761 to - 0\u00b722 ] ; p = 0\u00b7015 ) for dulaglutide 0\u00b775 mg . five ( < 1 % ) patients died after randomisation because of septicaemia ( n = 1 in the dulaglutide 1\u00b75 mg group ) ; pneumonia ( n = 1 in the dulaglutide 0\u00b775 mg group ) ; cardiogenic shock ; ventricular fibrillation ; and an unknown cause ( n = 3 in the glargine group ) . we recorded serious adverse events in 27 ( 9 % ) patients in the dulaglutide 1\u00b75 mg group , 44 ( 15 % ) patients in the dulaglutide 0\u00b775 mg group , and 54 ( 18 % ) patients in the glargine group . the most frequent adverse events , arising more often with dulaglutide than glargine , were nausea , diarrhoea , and vomiting .\nit ' s an amazing thing when pop music expresses beauty through ambiguity . after being pummeled over the head for years and years with i love yous and you are so beautifuls , the most direct way of expressing images of love and beauty have pretty much lost all impact . melodic tricks can wear thin just as easily . hooks are all well and good , but when you ' ve seen a hook enough times , you know not to bite .\nfittingly , following madonna on billboard ' s greatest of all time top dance club songs artists list is ms . jackson at no . 2 . rihanna ranks at no . 3 , followed by beyonce ( no . 4 ) and pet shop boys ( no . 5 ) , the top duo or group ; depeche mode ( no . 10 ) , erasure ( no . 19 ) and new order ( no . 25 ) follow in the duo / group category . enrique iglesias , at no . 14 overall , is the top male soloist , followed by prince ( no . 24 ) , michael jackson ( no . 26 ) and david guetta ( no . 27 ) .\nfantasies of the orient\ntones it down ever so slightly , with a line - for - line vocal in english and luo . unlike african\nfusion\nprojects , this does not sound like two music forms trying to play nice ; it is simply benga - rock , and if it didn ' t exist before it does now . ( in truth the similarities between the african and american guitar traditions are many , so this doesn ' t surprise . ) six songs deep and a lean thirty - seven - and - a - half minutes in length , fierceness and intensity overrides patience and temperance . these men are consumed by their mission , and stop at nothing to fulfill it ."]}
{"id": 55240, "summary": [{"text": "novus leisure ( also a3d2 ltd ) is a british company which operates 47 bars and nightclubs in the united kingdom .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "tim cullum and gregor grant are in charge of the company .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "the company is owned by lgv capital and hutton collins , who purchased novus for \u00a3 100m in 2012 .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "their operations include the tiger tiger chain of nightclubs , and a number of venues in the city and west end areas of london . ", "topic": 7}], "title": "novus leisure", "paragraphs": ["glassdoor has 27 novus leisure reviews submitted anonymously by novus leisure employees . read employee reviews and ratings on glassdoor to decide if novus leisure is right for you .\ncopyright \u00a9 novus leisure limited 2017 | registered in england and wales no . 06934120\nask a question about working or interviewing at novus leisure . our community is ready to answer .\nvenues which are part of novus leisure ' s late night london portfolio . | venues & events - square meal\nnovus leisure , the 52 - strong bar and nightclub operator , has been bought by lgv capital and hutton collins for \u00a3100m .\n50 % food & drink discount in all novus leisure venues . tank & paddle heddon street \u2013 bars managers . . . .\nnovus property solutions * . the successful candidate will have strong experience in construction / minor build and refurbishment within the leisure , retail , . . .\n\u201cthese attributes have resulted in keen interest by the private equity community to invest in the next stage of novus\u2019 development and in lgv and hutton collins we have secured investors who have an enviable record of backing successful businesses in the leisure sector . we really look forward to working with them over the next few years and to maximise the growth potential of novus leisure . \u201d\nhospitality / leisure sector experience ( service / sales / marketing ) . head of marketing . . . .\nrothschild advised novus , barclays ventures and rbs strategic investment group . deloitte advised lgv . zolfo cooper advised hutton collins .\n\u201clooking further forward novus also has the potential to expand outside its london core to cities such as manchester , bristol and leeds . \u201d\n\u201cwhen investing we look for a differentiated product , strong growth prospects and a high performing management team , novus ticks all those boxes and we\u2019re looking forward to helping the company to grow . \u201d\nrichards said : \u201cnovus has a resilient model that has served it well over the years . our focus and investment in our pre - booked system has given us the ability to take market share and deliver predictable high quality earnings .\nworking under novus can be stressful sometimes , it gives the best of example of ' it ' s a small word ' as everyone knows literally everyone . none the less , it ' s an exciting company to work for .\nbill priestley , a managing director at lgv capital , said : \u201cwe are delighted to have completed this acquisition . novus has one of the best collection of bars and venues in the uk , which , together with its website , urltoken has enabled it to outperform its market and peer group for some years .\nthe move is set to see novus continue its expansion in london and further afield , with the group given access to tens of millions of pounds of growth funding to strengthen its existing footprint and double profitability . the deal will also consolidate and strengthen the group ' s market leading position in the premium bar london market .\nlgv and hutton collins said they have backed the existing management team led by chief executive steve richards , effectively ending speculation linking him with the vacant ceo position at mitchells & butlers . john kelly will remain as non - executive chairman .\nlgv capital and hutton collins will take joint ownership of the highly - regarded operator . the statement said that the deal has \u201cprovided a value exit\u201d for the incumbent majority shareholders barclays ventures and rbs strategic investment group .\nthe statement said : \u201clgv and hutton collins will support the group\u2019s future strategy to double its central london portfolio over the next three years .\n\u201cwe are backing a first class management team , led by steve richards , and look forward to developing the business by growing the estate through acquisitions . \u201d\n\u201cthis will be lgv\u2019s fifth investment in the pubs and bars sector . we backed the original start up of enterprise inns before it floated in 1995 , co - funded the acquisition of the unique pubco , which was sold to enterprise inns in 2004 , backed the 2008 management buy - out of the liberation group , the channel islands\u2019 leading pub company and brewer and acquired amber taverns , the northern community pub specialist in 2010 . \u201d\ngraham hutton of hutton collins said : \u201calthough hutton collins has not invested in this specific sector before , we have a depth of knowledge in the closely related dining sector , having previously made successful investments in pizza express and loch fyne , and having significant continuing investments in caff\u00e8 nero and wagamama .\nconfirmation statement made on 03 / 02 / 18 , with updates - \u00a34 . 99\nprivacy policy - terms - contact - copyright \u00a9 companies in the uk ltd 2018 all rights reserved .\nabbey is an eclectic , eccentric escape from the daily grind . with a restaurant , bar and club abbey is the perfect place to relax and recharge by day , then party through the night . at abbey we ' re all about the good times . join us for after drinks , dance into the early hours and refuel with our delicious and ever - evolving menu . enjoy our happy hour every day - the perfect after work treat . challenge your friends to a game of ping pong , shake it on the dance floor or relax back in our reserved booths . enjoy the lighter side of life .\nforge bar is in the heart of london ' s city , near ba . . .\nfantastic opportunity at balls brothers victoria ! bar staff and wait staff wanted \u00a37 . 50ph + service charge balls brothers victoria is a contemporary venue moments from buckingham palace , victoria station and some of london\u2019s most popular stage productions . . . .\narea chef de partie \u2013 balls brothers ltd full time position ( approx . 40 hours per week ) up to \u00a310 ph + service charge / tronc balls brothers is a strong and successful brand , with an excellent reputation within the industry , holding 10 venues across london . this is an . . .\nsales manager \u2013 tiger tiger manchester we are a looking for a talented sales manager with a proven track record to lead and develop the team and business here at tiger tiger , manchester . tiger tiger has stood out as one of manchester\u2019s biggest bar , nightclub and event spaces for over . . .\nthere are currently no vacancies listed , please check again soon for any new vacancies that arise .\nglassdoor will not work properly unless browser cookie support is enabled . learn how to enable cookies .\nyour trust is our top concern , so companies can ' t alter or remove reviews .\nabsolutely nothing , the worst company your could ever work for . your simple health and safety rights are breached , let alone your are never paid for the hours you actually do . hours are cut from your pay without reason and when you bring it to attention you are told you ' ll be paid for next pay but the same thing happen over and over .\nstaff are seen as animals and are used and abused by management . no prospect to progress as you need to know management or offer yourself to them sexually in order to be promoted . good simple hard work definitely does not pay of !\nchange your organisational traits , otherwise one day soon it ' ll catch up with you in the news and papers .\nlow payments on all level bully managers people there , turn blind eyes over unacceptable treatment towards staff more than breathing air . incompatible people with atrocious behavior in general manager position profit over people always\nsenior management fill your head with lies and dreams , ask & expect you to jump through hoops with promises of pay rises and promotions then do not deliver when promised . awful hr - refuse to deal with hr complaint and encourage you to be quiet and just transfer sites . one of the area sales managers has had more than 8 hr complaints and it has just be brushed under the carpet . started full of life , committed , happy to put in all the extra hours and now i am just disheartened and drained .\nstop selling dreams , pushing people out to cover yourselves , oh and walking into venues spreading your employees private business . this is a business not a school !\nthis will replace the current featured review for targeted profile . are you sure you want to replace it ?\ncopyright \u00a9 2008\u20132018 , glassdoor , inc .\nglassdoor\nand logo are proprietary trademarks of glassdoor , inc .\nthis website uses ' cookies ' to give you the best , most relevant experience . using this website means you ' re happy with this . you can find out more about the cookies used by\nsorry , but your web browser is too old to display this page properly . please update it to the latest version or switch to a more modern browser , like firefox , opera , google chrome or safari or internet explorer 11 ( they ' re all free ) .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\ntip : enter your city or postcode in the\nwhere\nbox to show results in your area .\nthese include a share save scheme , life assurance , holiday buy and many more designed to suit your own personal lifestyle , such as retail , health & wellbeing . . .\nexperienced floor service staff required for very busy covent garden cocktail bar and club . applicants must be confident , highly presentable and excellent . . .\nwe are looking for a full time senior chef who is able to work solely and on busy shifts with junior trainee in late night venue , current menu consists of . . .\nruby blue in leicester is looking for cocktail bar staff & vip waitress / waiter , host & hostess and restaurant supervisor . job types : full - time , part - time . . .\nby creating a job alert or receiving recommended jobs , you agree to our terms . you can change your consent settings at any time by unsubscribing or as detailed in our terms .\ncookies help us deliver our services . our cookie policy describes how we use cookies and how to disable them . learn more \u00b7 ok\nalot is expected from you . difficult company to work for as there is constant pressure . not alot of job security but knowledge gained and good experience\nme han tratado estupendamente todos los a\u00f1os que estuve con ellos . me dieron la oportunidad de ascender desde limpia platos a ayudante de cocina y me ense\u00f1aron una profesion . luego me dieron la oportunidad de seguir ascendiendo y movi\u00e9ndose por distintos restaurantes de la compa\u00f1\u00eda , por el \u00fanico echo de seguir aprendiendo\nlovely company to work for - you can learn a lot ! you will meet lot of people and make new friends - very easy to move on to a different company as you get experience in lot of different sectors .\nthe job role in it self was a great one . i not only got to work there was a lot of play involved . i was one of the lucky ones to stay in the role for as long as i did . a lot of people did not last in the role for longer than a few weeks . its very demanding and needs someone who can handle that type of pressure .\nproductive and fun workplace , each day is different . more emphasis could be put into training . working environment could be worked on . diverse individuals and diverse events to indulge in .\nmy work day varied as the beginning of the week i would deal with more sales part of the business , where i would have to review my weekly shows , i would usually work a month in advance . i would look to see if there was any way to up sell my clients to a 3 course meal and maybe a private area in the club after their show and meal . draw up seating plan for the upcoming show and liase with chef regarding any food pre orders . generally making sure everything was prepared for the weekend coming . on the weekends i would be overseeing at least 20 staff to ensure the bar was stocked and all bar tenders and waiters / waitress were positive and productive to drive sales and ensure repeat busines . make sure all my comedians were on time and my show would run smoothly and efficiently . deal with any mix ups or customer complaints on the night . this is something i was very good at as customer satisfaction was so important to me and also ensuring we delivered what the sales team had promised . cashing up at the end of each shift and closing down tills . drawing up the profits in table to forward to the gm . i would basically be the 1st point of contact and the last . i enjoyed my job , it was very hands on and every day was different . we really like on little family and all had the same motive which was to make money .\nthe shifts are mainly organised during the weekends , and they are looong . christmas period is the crazy one , where you possibly will work 6 or 7 days a week . it ' s good to work in such a job if you ' re a student , but i don ' t think you can make a living from it of what they ' re paying to bar support and bartenders . some of the management is ok , but gm ' s are mostly very rude and has no interest in their staff ( just my own experience ) . hardest thing when you ' re working as a bartender is the cleaning process after a 12 / 14 hours shift on a sunday morning . sometimes you can ' t even stand on your feet anymore and you still have to do this . if there is a great team working with you by the bar , you make really good memories , because the surrounding itself is fun and entertaining .\n\u2022 maximise advanced sales , encompassing all aspects of corporate and pre - booked sales ( i . e . corporate events , guest lists , booth bookings and all reservations ) . reactive and proactive selling . \u2022 work to pre - determined targets for advanced sales as set by the venue sales manager , maximising all opportunities to achieve these \u2022 manage the sales executive , ensuring their weekly working diary is arranged each week for the following . \u2022 continually build and validate a database of contacts with key employers , organisations and private customers . ( crm trained ) . \u2022 ensure smooth delivery of key events from concept to execution . \u2022 plan effectively for successful delivery of the crucial christmas and new year\u2019s eve business targets \u2022 be creative , resourceful and provide feedback to other areas of the business such as commercial and operational .\nmy day mainly consisted of a lot of calls and meetings with clients to discuss their event requirements . i have learned never to assume anything . i always got on with everyone that i have worked with , management and co - workers . the hardest part of the job were the cold calls which i am not looking to make again . the most enjoyable part of the job was meeting and organising my client ' s events .\nlong and late hours in a very busy bar good team ethic management sometimes a little wayward .\ni am in charge of all the advanced sales and events management in my venue . i manage a team of 3 , everyone has their tasks and works to increase the venue performance in advanced sales and develop existing and new business relationships . i have a great relationship with all of my colleagues and superiors . great team spirit . proactive sales are very challenging but nothing that you can ' t do with a great team . the part of the job that i like the most is dealing with corporate clients and organizing big events .\nwhile here i gained extensive knowledge of peaks and troughs , current and past trends within the hospitality and events sector . a typical day at work would be contacting previous customers or clients to encourage them to return and inform them of any upcoming events . the hardest part of the job would be the long hours but even they weren ' t unmanageable . the most enjoyable part of the job would be my colleagues ."]}
{"id": 55243, "summary": [{"text": "driven media ( or a branded vehicle ) is the practice of covering or wrapping any vehicle in vibrant , custom-designed vinyl sheets , turning a vehicle into a mobile billboard .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "it can also be defined in general terms as a medium that is stimulated by some type of driver , as in a debt economy , where the medium is all markets and its driver is what a participant owes to another participant , or fear propaganda , where the medium is the message and its driver is a disinformed emotion .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "the purpose of this is to provide advertising impressions .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "popular vehicle choices are the mini cooper , smart fortwo , nissan s-cargo , and myers motors nmg .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "in the uk , driven media can most commonly be seen on taxis and buses . ", "topic": 13}], "title": "driven media", "paragraphs": ["you\u2019re a media agency or outdoor specialist looking to create campaigns for your clients .\njust over two - thirds of companies ( 68 per cent ) are taking a more joined - up approach to media planning as a result of media convergence , research from mediaocean and econsultancy has found .\ncmos ranked social media as the most effective media investment , rating it as the top driver for brand awareness surpassing digital and traditional advertising and search . high performing marketing organizations that use attribution models to maximize and unlock the value of social media channels were 10 percent more effective at using social media to drive brand awareness , over 9 percent more effective at generating customer engagements and over 9 percent more effective at obtaining prospective customer responses .\nastoundingly , high performing cmos are 50 percent more effective at determining the impact of offline and online media , as well as emerging media types , device types and non - media factors ( e . g . weather , traffic , economy ) on marketing performance and growth than their cmo counterparts . fifty - two percent of high performing marketers adopted people - based targeting to incorporate more data about media , touch points and deliver higher levels of transparency , attribution and connection to financial outcomes .\nthe acnielsen hong kong homescan panel captures actual consumer purchase information via a permanent , syndicated and representative sample of a studied universe . in july of 2003 acnielsen administered a self - completed media habits questionnaire to its entire panel in the interest of examining the effectiveness of various media in reaching early users of a new shampoo . this case study highlights that the media habit data , when superimposed on the category behavior data of the same respondents , can provide rich insights on the media behavior of groups exhibiting a certain category behavior pattern .\nhowever , 84 per cent of agencies felt that clients had a limited understanding of the impact of changing media consumption habits on their business .\nthe research highlights that the highest performing marketers ( those that exceeded their growth plans by over 25 percent ) are more data - driven and effective in the way they measure and manage marketing performance . cmos are far more confident in their media allocation decisions , forecastability and impact on sales , particularly offline sales attribution . amidst the current downward industry trend in marketing budget cuts , leading cmos advise spending aggressively on marketing measurement rather than trimming it in order to achieve greater media effectiveness and efficiency .\nit was also found that over half ( 59 per cent ) of companies say that media convergence has resulted in higher budgets for digital at the expense of offline budgets .\nhigh performing marketers were significantly more data - driven in their approach to measuring , optimizing and reallocating their offline and online investments . those marketers built significantly ( 27 percent ) larger internal staff dedicated to marketing performance measurement . over a quarter of the highest performing marketers are investing over 10 percent of their working media budget on performance measurement and analytics \u2013 three times the level of the rest of the sample . these trailblazers are 3 times more likely to say they will beat their sales targets by 25 percent or more .\nthe research , which included in - depth interviews with 13 agency and cmo executives and an online survey amongst 150 agencies , found that agencies believe convergence delivers tangible return on investment ( roi ) ; with 60 per cent believing it delivers more measurable campaign effectiveness , and 41 per cent stating it has driven direct sales uplift .\naround a third ( 31 per cent ) of the agencies surveyed noted that their clients were actively restructuring their organisations to manage their integrated campaigns more effectively , while 73 per cent of agencies believe a siloed organisational structure is preventing clients from taking a more integrated approach to media planning .\nthe methodology looks quite similar to the one that michal kosinski once developed . cambridge analytica also uses , nix told us ,\nsurveys on social media\nand facebook data . and the company does exactly what kosinski warned of :\nwe have profiled the personality of every adult in the united states of america\u2014220 million people ,\nnix boasts .\nlinus gregoriadis , research director for econsultancy , added : \u201cthis study makes two things clear . first , marketers are shifting their working models dramatically to adjust for the new media consumption . second , many marketers still aren\u2019t sure how they\u2019ll keep pace with the change . we\u2019re happy to have shed some light on what the smartest marketers are doing to transform with the times . \u201d\nif you share your content on social media , monitor the traffic that comes through that source and how it behaves by utilizing utm parameters that are linked to your analytics account . keep track of how people are responding to your content by paying attention to audience follower growth and the amount of likes , shares , comments , and retweets on each of your pieces of content .\nthe copywriting portion of content marketing is the fun part , but in order to truly get the most out the content you produce it\u2019s vital that you begin thinking about how effective your content is analytically . a truly effective content marketer combines both the creative and analytical aspects of proper content marketing to produce engaging , hard - hitting copy that is backed by significant amounts of quantitative research to inform what is being discussed . the following are some of the most important elements of proper data driven content marketing to keep in mind to help give your content marketing program a substantial edge over your competition .\non november 9 at around 8 . 30 am . , michal kosinski woke up in the hotel sunnehus in zurich . the 34 - year - old researcher had come to give a lecture at the swiss federal institute of technology ( eth ) about the dangers of big data and the digital revolution . kosinski gives regular lectures on this topic all over the world . he is a leading expert in psychometrics , a data - driven sub - branch of psychology . when he turned on the tv that morning , he saw that the bombshell had exploded : contrary to forecasts by all leading statisticians , donald j . trump had been elected president of the united states .\non the same day , a then little - known british company based in london sent out a press release :\nwe are thrilled that our revolutionary approach to data - driven communication has played such an integral part in president - elect trump ' s extraordinary win ,\nalexander james ashburner nix was quoted as saying . nix is british , 41 years old , and ceo of cambridge analytica . he is always immaculately turned out in tailor - made suits and designer glasses , with his wavy blonde hair combed back from his forehead . his company wasn ' t just integral to trump ' s online campaign , but to the uk ' s brexit campaign as well .\npretty much every message that trump put out was data - driven ,\nalexander nix remembers . on the day of the third presidential debate between trump and clinton , trump ' s team tested 175 , 000 different ad variations for his arguments , in order to find the right versions above all via facebook . the messages differed for the most part only in microscopic details , in order to target the recipients in the optimal psychological way : different headings , colors , captions , with a photo or video . this fine - tuning reaches all the way down to the smallest groups , nix explained in an interview with us .\nwe can address villages or apartment blocks in a targeted way . even individuals .\nhillary clinton , on the other hand , relied heavily on the legacy of the first\nsocial - media president ,\nbarack obama . she had the address lists of the democratic party , worked with cutting - edge big data analysts from bluelabs and received support from google and dreamworks . when it was announced in june 2016 that trump had hired cambridge analytica , the establishment in washington just turned up their noses . foreign dudes in tailor - made suits who don ' t understand the country and its people ? seriously ?\nsurf a little the key to ensuring that what you\u2019re writing is engaging is making sure that you\u2019re staying on top of trends in your industry , and being aware of what your audience finds valuable . a fairly simple way to do this is to monitor social media conversations on twitter and facebook to stay abreast of news and developments . regularly check industry news outlets and the social profiles of industry influencers to see what \u201chot topics\u201d are circulating amongst your audience . the content you create should offer some fresh perspective or an appropriate response / reaction to the particular topic .\n\u201cthe unfortunate and inaccurate title of \u2018non - working media\u2019 in many marketing budgets is leading to continuing reductions in these expenditures . that is exactly the wrong outcome as measurement and data expenditures actually make the entire marketing investment more effective and efficient , \u201d said tony pace , former subway cmo and marketing accountability standards board chair . \u201cmarketers need to start thinking about the data they collect on their marketing efforts as a line item on the balance sheet and use it to fuel further marketing growth . it\u2019s oxymoronic to think you can cut non - working dollars and reallocate it to working - dollars to achieve higher marketing performance . \u201d\njust how precisely the american population was being targeted by trump ' s digital troops at that moment was not visible , because they attacked less on mainstream tv and more with personalized messages on social media or digital tv . and while the clinton team thought it was in the lead , based on demographic projections , bloomberg journalist sasha issenberg was surprised to note on a visit to san antonio\u2014where trump ' s digital campaign was based\u2014that a\nsecond headquarters\nwas being created . the embedded cambridge analytica team , apparently only a dozen people , received $ 100 , 000 from trump in july , $ 250 , 000 in august , and $ 5 million in september . according to nix , the company earned over $ 15 million overall . ( the company is incorporated in the us , where laws regarding the release of personal data are more lax than in european union countries . whereas european privacy laws require a person to\nopt in\nto a release of data , those in the us permit data to be released unless a user\nopts out .\n)\nwritten by a network of activists , writers , and academics from strike debt , the debt resisters\u2019 operations manual reveals how the predatory debt system works to increase inequality , undermine democracy , and ruin lives . it provides detailed strategies for fighting common forms of debt and lays out an expansive vision for a societal movement of debt resistance . the full text of the manual is available here for free .\nthat debt is neither inevitable nor ethical is one of the powerful assertions of strike debt , whose brilliant manual is both a practical handbook and a manifesto for a true debt jubilee : an economic rebirth in which the indebted are freed and financial institutions are reinvented . it ' s a stunning intersection of ferocity ( against the debt industry ) and compassion ( for the people whose lives are broken by debt ) . in years to come , we may look back on it as a landmark in social transformation ; right now it is both useful and exhilarating .\nthe impact of the neoliberal assault on the u . s . population in the past generation has rightly been designated a ' failure by design . ' this failure is sharply class - based - for the designers it has been a grand success , and a failure for most of the rest . the same is true of debt . that sets two tasks for those who care about the health of the society : change the design , and find ways to cope as effectively with the failures it imposes . this valuable monograph by strike debt provides a good guide to undertake both .\nthis manual is a practical guide that will aid anyone who is struggling with debt . but even more important , it is a political guide that illuminates the myriad kinds of debt relationships that define our society and helps us imagine how we can begin to organize collectively against debt .\nthe debt resisters ' operations manual is a powerful tool for resistance and creation . it shows how we can say ' no ! ' to debt - resist and refuse - while at the same time opens the possibility of alternative ways of relating and creating real value together - based on solidarity and care .\nthe debt resisters ' operation manual is a sober , practical book that will save its readers much money and many sleepless nights . at the same time it is a visionary text that goes into the bowels of the debt machine to chart a collective way out of the state of debt - induced indentured servitude that millions of americans face . it is the new debt resisters ' movement ' s opening challenge to wall street that is making the bankers anxious . get a copy and join the movement .\nthe debt resisters ' operations manual is a guide for every debtor living in the united states . given that more than 75 % of american households are in debt right now , its relevance cannot be overstated . the manual is ambitious in subject matter but grounded in tone : plain and clear english is the best weapon if we want to understand 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%\noverdrive : cars , transport & culture a weekly radio program featuring motoring & transport news from australia & around the world , road tests , feature interviews and quirky stories . overdrive is broadcast across australia . hosted by motoring broadcaster david brown with regular contributors errol smith , david campbell , brian smith , paul murrell and brent davison .\ninterview with ron goodman . aussie class win in # porsche 356 against american big $ at leguna seca @ andersonknight urltoken\n@ kiaaustralia # stinger - stylish car with some raunchiness . can it fill the gap that commodore and falcon have lef\u2026 urltoken\n@ audiaustralia road test of latest # q5 and # sq5 suvs . quiet , smooth , great awd system . more car like than ever . \u2026 urltoken\nlatest insights , case studies and news from agencies , tech vendors , freelancers and other organisations .\nthe enhanced personalisation potential of online channels sees agencies expecting to deliver more targeted messaging on behalf of clients ( 61 per cent ) , while 60 per cent of respondents expected their clients to see more customer interaction online .\nsarah lawson johnston , mediaocean managing director for uk & ireland , said : \u201cconvergence is delivering greater transparency in both data and analytics , however marketers are struggling to grapple with how they\u2019ll handle the last mile of breaking down siloes . this study gives answers to what\u2019s being done . \u201d\n\u201cclients should be leading the strategy . it\u2019s in our interests as companies to take the message to customers and do it in the best way possible , \u201d said kristof fahy , cmo of william hill . \u201cagencies are there to help you . i want agencies to bring me the little things that are interesting . most marketers i meet are avid consumers of blogs , always on the lookout for the next trend and this is something the agency partners should be doing and bringing to us . \u201d\nmediaocean and econsultancy will share the full research results at a live event in london on 14 november .\nbuild your marketing knowledge by choosing from daily news bulletins or a weekly special .\nhit the c - suite spot . 75 % of the drum magazine readership are senior management or above .\n\u00a9 carnyx group ltd 2018 | the drum is a registered trademark and property of carnyx group limited . all rights reserved .\nthere\u2019s no question that producing a well strategized and maintained content stream is crucial for the success of any digital business . the benefits are numerous and include everything from an increase in visitor engagement onsite , improved search engine rankings through seo , and if your content marketing initiatives are done correctly , the establishment of a \u201csticky\u201d factor that keeps people coming back to your site .\nleverage google trends as a tool for your research efforts to see what terms and trends are significant in searches and just how many people are expressing interest in these terms . the tool also allows you to see a forecast for any given term and topic allowing you to gauge the projected amount of interest users will have in this subject as time progresses . build this data into your planning phase so that you can identify which topics and subjects users are seeking to learn the most about , and ultimately allow it to help you define what your content should be related to and how effective it will be in providing value to readers . the content you create should always be substantiated by correlating data so that you know your efforts aren ' t going to be useless . to highlight the benefits of utilizing google trends , consider the idea of a relatively new subject within your space and perhaps there isn ' t a lot of existing content on it . take a look at google trends to see if this subject may gain traction within the next few months , allowing you and your organization to get an edge over competition , and be one of the first to provide insights on the topic of interest .\nkeyword research once you have a relevant topic , you\u2019ll want to do your site a favor by ensuring that the final product benefits your search engine rankings and is easily accessible to users . to do this , create content that contains keywords appropriate to the article topic as well as your business\u2019 products or service offerings . a great tool for this is google keyword planner . the goal here is to find keywords that have a high monthly search volume mixed with low competition , which greatly improves the chances of your content appearing prominently on the search results page when a user searches for the particular set of terms or keywords that you\u2019ve identified . these keywords cannot simply be plugged into your content in any way possible , but instead should be naturally occurring in a way that provides an excellent and relevant user experience while simultaneously giving you as much seo value as possible .\nhopefully you\u2019re using a tool like google analytics on your website to help you monitor your site\u2019s performance . if so , allow a week or so to pass after posting your content to allow data about how users are interacting with your content to aggregate . once you do , dig through the following metrics to analyze the performance of your content and it\u2019s effectiveness in reaching the goal of the content . identify what types of content is repeatedly producing the best results , and what content could use some improvements , is one of the best ways you can enhance your seo by using data to drive your content marketing initiatives .\nwhile it shouldn\u2019t be the only metric that informs whether or not your content marketing initiatives are successful , page views are a solid metric that can be extremely helpful when it comes to comparing different pieces of content . it will inform you about what your audience is interested in and also help you identify what pieces of content are the most important on your site for generating traffic .\nyou\u2019ll want this as low as possible , as it indicates the content was engaging enough to send people elsewhere through the site . remember that if you\u2019re posting content on a blog a bounce rate at or just slightly below 90 % is perfectly normal .\nthese metrics are tied to bounce rate , and reiterates a visitor\u2019s engagement with the content . the longer the average time is that users are interacting with your content the more likely they are to be finding that content helpful .\nlooking at these two metrics for the overall site will give you a good idea of how effective the content you\u2019re producing is to the overall user experience , and how extensively users are engaging with your website as a whole as a result .\nwith data backing what you produce , you can work on continual topic optimization and mold your content program into a tool that cannot only increase your business\u2019 success in terms of online traffic and sales , but also position you and your team as thought leaders in your respective industries . by utilizing tools and programs that allow you to optimize your content , and then examining what\u2019s working and what\u2019s not , you can proactively develop a content program that is tailored to most closely fulfill the needs of your audience , and significantly improve rate that your business grows .\nbrian is a marketing manager born and raised in nyc . in between bouts of saving the world with his superhero team , he likes to write and eat pizza .\nseptember 12 , 2017 ( sterling , va . ) \u2013 neustar , inc . , a trusted , neutral provider of real - time information services , today released the findings of a marketing accountability report in collaboration with the forbes cmo practice . an analysis of over 800 cmos showed that high performing marketing organizations see measurement as a real driver of short - and long - term financial success : 5 percent improvement in marketing investment performance and 7 . 5 percent better business growth outcomes versus average performers .\n\u201canalytics need to be at the heart of every marketing organization . i established this in my first 100 days to set the expectation for the relationship for the leadership team and the tone of every conversation going forward , \u201d said denise karkos , cmo , td ameritrade . \u201cto make this happen , my first priority was to build a world class analytics team . we brought in marketing mix model and a range of partners to build an analytics foundation that demonstrates where marketing is contributing incremental growth . \u201d\nall - in - one marketing software , starting at $ 0 / month .\nall - in - one sales software , starting at $ 0 / month .\nall - in - one customer service software , starting at $ 400 / month .\nfind a hubspot - certified marketing agency or sales consultant who can help you grow .\nthere seems to be an error with the form . please try again later !\nwe ' re committed to your privacy . hubspot uses the information you provide to us to contact you about our relevant content , products , and services . you may unsubscribe from these communications at any time . for more information , check out our privacy policy .\nas marketers find more innovative ways to attract audiences , video has become a meaningful part of the strategic conversation .\nvideo marketing is long past the status of an\nup - and - coming\ntactic . it ' s here , and it ' s an increasingly powerful way to communicate your brand story , explain your value proposition , and build relationships with your customers and prospects .\nthe most recent statistics show that video content isn ' t just effective - - the demand for it is growing at an impressively rapid pace . did you know , for example , that\nto learn more about how video marketing can help convert customers and increase engagement with your brand , check out the infographic below from vidyard ( and for even more information , check out its video in business benchmark report ) . it breaks down 16 compelling video marketing statistics in the context of viewing platforms , distribution channels , business video consumption habits , and more .\nwant more tips for creating videos ? check out these promotional product video examples .\neditor ' s note : this post was originally published in august 2015 and has been updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness .\nhow cambridge analytica used your facebook data to help the donald trump campaign in the 2016 election .\naccording to facebook , aleksandr kogan lied about deleting data that he obtained from a facebook personality test and improperly passed it to third parties . as we and others have reported , cambridge analytica ultimately partnered with the donald trump campaign to leverage the data of millions of facebook users to target them with advertisements and campaign material . the original investigation into cambridge analytica , published on motherboard in january 2017 and in german in das magazin in december 2016 , follows below .\nfor a long time , kosinski watched the trump victory celebrations and the results coming in from each state . he had a hunch that the outcome of the election might have something to do with his research . finally , he took a deep breath and turned off the tv .\nof these three players\u2014reflective kosinski , carefully groomed nix and grinning trump\u2014one of them enabled the digital revolution , one of them executed it and one of them benefited from it .\nanyone who has not spent the last five years living on another planet will be familiar with the term big data . big data means , in essence , that everything we do , both on and offline , leaves digital traces . every purchase we make with our cards , every search we type into google , every movement we make when our mobile phone is in our pocket , every\nlike\nis stored . especially every\nlike .\nfor a long time , it was not entirely clear what use this data could have\u2014except , perhaps , that we might find ads for high blood pressure remedies just after we ' ve googled\nreduce blood pressure .\non november 9 , it became clear that maybe much more is possible . the company behind trump ' s online campaign\u2014the same company that had worked for leave . eu in the very early stages of its\nbrexit\ncampaign\u2014was a big data company : cambridge analytica .\nto understand the outcome of the election\u2014and how political communication might work in the future\u2014we need to begin with a strange incident at cambridge university in 2014 , at kosinski ' s psychometrics center .\npsychometrics , sometimes also called psychographics , focuses on measuring psychological traits , such as personality . in the 1980s , two teams of psychologists developed a model that sought to assess human beings based on five personality traits , known as the\nbig five .\nthese are : openness ( how open you are to new experiences ? ) , conscientiousness ( how much of a perfectionist are you ? ) , extroversion ( how sociable are you ? ) , agreeableness ( how considerate and cooperative you are ? ) and neuroticism ( are you easily upset ? ) . based on these dimensions\u2014they are also known as ocean , an acronym for openness , conscientiousness , extroversion , agreeableness , neuroticism\u2014we can make a relatively accurate assessment of the kind of person in front of us . this includes their needs and fears , and how they are likely to behave . the\nbig five\nhas become the standard technique of psychometrics . but for a long time , the problem with this approach was data collection , because it involved filling out a complicated , highly personal questionnaire . then came the internet . and facebook . and kosinski .\nmichal kosinski was a student in warsaw when his life took a new direction in 2008 . he was accepted by cambridge university to do his phd at the psychometrics centre , one of the oldest institutions of this kind worldwide . kosinski joined fellow student david stillwell ( now a lecturer at judge business school at the university of cambridge ) about a year after stillwell had launched a little facebook application in the days when the platform had not yet become the behemoth it is today . their mypersonality app enabled users to fill out different psychometric questionnaires , including a handful of psychological questions from the big five personality questionnaire (\ni panic easily ,\ni contradict others\n) . based on the evaluation , users received a\npersonality profile\n\u2014individual big five values\u2014and could opt - in to share their facebook profile data with the researchers .\nfollowers of lady gaga were most probably extroverts , while those who\nliked\nphilosophy tended to be introverts .\nkosinski had expected a few dozen college friends to fill in the questionnaire , but before long , hundreds , thousands , then millions of people had revealed their innermost convictions . suddenly , the two doctoral candidates owned the largest dataset combining psychometric scores with facebook profiles ever to be collected .\nthe approach that kosinski and his colleagues developed over the next few years was actually quite simple . first , they provided test subjects with a questionnaire in the form of an online quiz . from their responses , the psychologists calculated the personal big five values of respondents . kosinski ' s team then compared the results with all sorts of other online data from the subjects : what they\nliked ,\nshared or posted on facebook , or what gender , age , place of residence they specified , for example . this enabled the researchers to connect the dots and make correlations .\nremarkably reliable deductions could be drawn from simple online actions . for example , men who\nliked\nthe cosmetics brand mac were slightly more likely to be gay ; one of the best indicators for heterosexuality was\nliking\nwu - tang clan . followers of lady gaga were most probably extroverts , while those who\nliked\nphilosophy tended to be introverts . while each piece of such information is too weak to produce a reliable prediction , when tens , hundreds , or thousands of individual data points are combined , the resulting predictions become really accurate .\nkosinski and his team tirelessly refined their models . in 2012 , kosinski proved that on the basis of an average of 68 facebook\nlikes\nby a user , it was possible to predict their skin color ( with 95 percent accuracy ) , their sexual orientation ( 88 percent accuracy ) , and their affiliation to the democratic or republican party ( 85 percent ) . but it didn ' t stop there . intelligence , religious affiliation , as well as alcohol , cigarette and drug use , could all be determined . from the data it was even possible to deduce whether someone ' s parents were divorced .\nthe strength of their modeling was illustrated by how well it could predict a subject ' s answers . kosinski continued to work on the models incessantly : before long , he was able to evaluate a person better than the average work colleague , merely on the basis of ten facebook\nlikes .\nseventy\nlikes\nwere enough to outdo what a person ' s friends knew , 150 what their parents knew , and 300\nlikes\nwhat their partner knew . more\nlikes\ncould even surpass what a person thought they knew about themselves . on the day that kosinski published these findings , he received two phone calls . the threat of a lawsuit and a job offer . both from facebook .\nonly weeks later facebook\nlikes\nbecame private by default . before that , the default setting was that anyone on the internet could see your\nlikes .\nbut this was no obstacle to data collectors : while kosinski always asked for the consent of facebook users , many apps and online quizzes today require access to private data as a precondition for taking personality tests . ( anybody who wants to evaluate themselves based on their facebook\nlikes\ncan do so on kosinski ' s website , and then compare their results to those of a classic ocean questionnaire , like that of the cambridge psychometrics center . )\nour smartphone , kosinski concluded , is a vast psychological questionnaire that we are constantly filling out , both consciously and unconsciously .\nbut it was not just about\nlikes\nor even facebook : kosinski and his team could now ascribe big five values based purely on how many profile pictures a person has on facebook , or how many contacts they have ( a good indicator of extraversion ) . but we also reveal something about ourselves even when we ' re not online . for example , the motion sensor on our phone reveals how quickly we move and how far we travel ( this correlates with emotional instability ) . our smartphone , kosinski concluded , is a vast psychological questionnaire that we are constantly filling out , both consciously and unconsciously .\nabove all , however\u2014and this is key\u2014it also works in reverse : not only can psychological profiles be created from your data , but your data can also be used the other way round to search for specific profiles : all anxious fathers , all angry introverts , for example\u2014or maybe even all undecided democrats ? essentially , what kosinski had invented was sort of a people search engine . he started to recognize the potential\u2014but also the inherent danger\u2014of his work .\nto him , the internet had always seemed like a gift from heaven . what he really wanted was to give something back , to share . data can be copied , so why shouldn ' t everyone benefit from it ? it was the spirit of a whole generation , the beginning of a new era that transcended the limitations of the physical world . but what would happen , wondered kosinski , if someone abused his people search engine to manipulate people ? he began to add warnings to most of his scientific work . his approach , he warned ,\ncould pose a threat to an individual ' s well - being , freedom , or even life .\nbut no one seemed to grasp what he meant .\naround this time , in early 2014 , kosinski was approached by a young assistant professor in the psychology department called aleksandr kogan . he said he was inquiring on behalf of a company that was interested in kosinski ' s method , and wanted to access the mypersonality database . kogan wasn ' t at liberty to reveal for what purpose ; he was bound to secrecy .\nat first , kosinski and his team considered this offer , as it would mean a great deal of money for the institute , but then he hesitated . finally , kosinski remembers , kogan revealed the name of the company : scl , or strategic communication laboratories . kosinski googled the company :\n[ we are ] the premier election management agency ,\nsays the company ' s website . scl provides marketing based on psychological modeling . one of its core focuses : influencing elections . influencing elections ? perturbed , kosinski clicked through the pages . what kind of company was this ? and what were these people planning ?\nwhat kosinski did not know at the time : scl is the parent of a group of companies . who exactly owns scl and its diverse branches is unclear , thanks to a convoluted corporate structure , the type seen in the uk companies house , the panama papers , and the delaware company registry . some of the scl offshoots have been involved in elections from ukraine to nigeria , helped the nepalese monarch against the rebels , whereas others have developed methods to influence eastern european and afghan citizens for nato . and , in 2013 , scl spun off a new company to participate in us elections : cambridge analytica .\nkosinski knew nothing about all this , but he had a bad feeling .\nthe whole thing started to stink ,\nhe recalls . on further investigation , he discovered that aleksandr kogan had secretly registered a company doing business with scl . according to a december 2015 report in the guardian and to internal company documents given to das magazin , it emerges that scl learned about kosinski ' s method from kogan .\nkosinski came to suspect that kogan ' s company might have reproduced the facebook\nlikes\n- based big five measurement tool in order to sell it to this election - influencing firm . he immediately broke off contact with kogan and informed the director of the institute , sparking a complicated conflict within the university . the institute was worried about its reputation . aleksandr kogan then moved to singapore , married , and changed his name to dr . spectre . michal kosinski finished his phd , got a job offer from stanford and moved to the us .\nall was quiet for about a year . then , in november 2015 , the more radical of the two brexit campaigns ,\nleave . eu ,\nsupported by nigel farage , announced that it had commissioned a big data company to support its online campaign : cambridge analytica . the company ' s core strength : innovative political marketing\u2014microtargeting\u2014by measuring people ' s personality from their digital footprints , based on the ocean model .\nafter the brexit result , friends and acquaintances wrote to him : just look at what you ' ve done .\nnow kosinski received emails asking what he had to do with it\u2014the words cambridge , personality , and analytics immediately made many people think of kosinski . it was the first time he had heard of the company , which borrowed its name , it said , from its first employees , researchers from the university . horrified , he looked at the website . was his methodology being used on a grand scale for political purposes ?\nafter the brexit result , friends and acquaintances wrote to him : just look at what you ' ve done . everywhere he went , kosinski had to explain that he had nothing to do with this company . ( it remains unclear how deeply cambridge analytica was involved in the brexit campaign . cambridge analytica would not discuss such questions . )\nfor a few months , things are relatively quiet . then , on september 19 , 2016 , just over a month before the us elections , the guitar riffs of creedence clearwater revival ' s\nbad moon rising\nfill the dark - blue hall of new york ' s grand hyatt hotel . the concordia summit is a kind of world economic forum in miniature . decision - makers from all over the world have been invited , among them swiss president johann schneider - ammann .\nplease welcome to the stage alexander nix , chief executive officer of cambridge analytica ,\na smooth female voice announces . a slim man in a dark suit walks onto the stage . a hush falls . many in attendance know that this is trump ' s new digital strategy man . ( a video of the presentation was posted on youtube . )\na few weeks earlier , trump had tweeted , somewhat cryptically ,\nsoon you ' ll be calling me mr . brexit .\npolitical observers had indeed noticed some striking similarities between trump ' s agenda and that of the right - wing brexit movement . but few had noticed the connection with trump ' s recent hiring of a marketing company named cambridge analytica .\nup to this point , trump ' s digital campaign had consisted of more or less one person : brad parscale , a marketing entrepreneur and failed start - up founder who created a rudimentary website for trump for $ 1 , 500 . the 70 - year - old trump is not digitally savvy\u2014there isn ' t even a computer on his office desk . trump doesn ' t do emails , his personal assistant once revealed . she herself talked him into having a smartphone , from which he now tweets incessantly .\nit is my privilege to speak to you today about the power of big data and psychographics in the electoral process .\nthe logo of cambridge analytica\u2014 a brain composed of network nodes , like a map , appears behind alexander nix .\nonly 18 months ago , senator cruz was one of the less popular candidates ,\nexplains the blonde man in a cut - glass british accent , which puts americans on edge the same way that a standard german accent can unsettle swiss people .\nless than 40 percent of the population had heard of him ,\nanother slide says . cambridge analytica had become involved in the us election campaign almost two years earlier , initially as a consultant for republicans ben carson and ted cruz . cruz\u2014and later trump \u2014was funded primarily by the secretive us software billionaire robert mercer who , along with his daughter rebekah , is reported to be the largest investor in cambridge analytica .\nso how did he do this ?\nup to now , explains nix , election campaigns have been organized based on demographic concepts .\na really ridiculous idea . the idea that all women should receive the same message because of their gender\u2014or all african americans because of their race .\nwhat nix meant is that while other campaigners so far have relied on demographics , cambridge analytica was using psychometrics .\nthough this might be true , cambridge analytica ' s role within cruz ' s campaign isn ' t undisputed . in december 2015 the cruz team credited their rising success to psychological use of data and analytics . in advertising age , a political client said the embedded cambridge staff was\nlike an extra wheel ,\nbut found their core product , cambridge ' s voter data modeling , still\nexcellent .\nthe campaign would pay the company at least $ 5 . 8 million to help identify voters in the iowa caucuses , which cruz won , before dropping out of the race in may .\nnix clicks to the next slide : five different faces , each face corresponding to a personality profile . it is the big five or ocean model .\nat cambridge ,\nhe said ,\nwe were able to form a model to predict the personality of every single adult in the united states of america .\nthe hall is captivated . according to nix , the success of cambridge analytica ' s marketing is based on a combination of three elements : behavioral science using the ocean model , big data analysis , and ad targeting . ad targeting is personalized advertising , aligned as accurately as possible to the personality of an individual consumer .\nnix candidly explains how his company does this . first , cambridge analytica buys personal data from a range of different sources , like land registries , automotive data , shopping data , bonus cards , club memberships , what magazines you read , what churches you attend . nix displays the logos of globally active data brokers like acxiom and experian\u2014in the us , almost all personal data is for sale . for example , if you want to know where jewish women live , you can simply buy this information , phone numbers included . now cambridge analytica aggregates this data with the electoral rolls of the republican party and online data and calculates a big five personality profile . digital footprints suddenly become real people with fears , needs , interests , and residential addresses .\nhe opens the screenshot .\nthis is a data dashboard that we prepared for the cruz campaign .\na digital control center appears . on the left are diagrams ; on the right , a map of iowa , where cruz won a surprisingly large number of votes in the primary . and on the map , there are hundreds of thousands of small red and blue dots . nix narrows down the criteria :\nrepublicans\n\u2014the blue dots disappear ;\nnot yet convinced\n\u2014more dots disappear ;\nmale\n, and so on . finally , only one name remains , including age , address , interests , personality and political inclination . how does cambridge analytica now target this person with an appropriate political message ?\nalexander nix at the 2016 concordia summit in new york . image : concordia summit\nnix shows how psychographically categorized voters can be differently addressed , based on the example of gun rights , the 2nd amendment :\nfor a highly neurotic and conscientious audience the threat of a burglary\u2014and the insurance policy of a gun .\nan image on the left shows the hand of an intruder smashing a window . the right side shows a man and a child standing in a field at sunset , both holding guns , clearly shooting ducks :\nconversely , for a closed and agreeable audience . people who care about tradition , and habits , and family ."]}
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sight on . . .\nenvironment . exhibits exceptional problem solving skills using creativity , innovation and a solution - focused attitude . experience with\u2026 the senior consultant , people development is a senior learning professional who is innovative and adaptable to an everchanging\u2026\ncreative thinking & innovation ; the department of social development is seeking an individual to join the wellness branch provincial team as a wellness . . .\nand maintainable ; with a keen focus on craftsmanship and creativity . responsibilities translate business requirements\u2026 javascript , and building solutions that scale ; you are a consultant first . you work well with team members and enjoy sharing your\u2026\nappropriate human interaction , respect and communication . creativity - this will be evaluated by how active the employee is in\u2026 pa . in addition to new business acquisition , the packaging consultant will work towards strengthening the business relationship\u2026\nas an innovative thinker and creative problem solver , you will bring external perspective , latest thinking and apply bench marking trends and supplier knowledge . . .\nmichael wynn , owner and partner at full blast creative / inkplot , focuses on interactive / social / strategy . michael also founded wingsnbeer . com , the most comprehensive online chicken wing resource . his creative and talented crew develop an endless array of web and print projects , social media campaigns , with sage advice and fresh thinking . the team at inkplot / fbc happily engage our client list with tight deadlines and top notch work . specialties : some general areas would include : roi , creative development , graphic & web design , complex print jobs , site management , marketing plans and creative briefs .\ndo you regularly question the norm and come up with creative solutions to problems ? pgl environmental consultants\u2019 vancouver office is seeking an entry / junior . . .\ncompensation consultant opportunity in hr total rewards compensation ideal candidate will have a bachelor ' s degree in business\u2026 experience with at least five years in physician compensation consulting , design , and administration . prefer candidates with a master ' s\u2026\nas a world - changing , world - leading university , we offer an exciting , positive , creative , challenging and rewarding place to work . . . .\nbrightview design group offers a creative studio atmosphere with a diverse employee , client and project base . work with fellow designers , project managers , and . . .\ncalling all hardworking , creative and passionate individuals looking for experience : . we are looking to build our team in order to help more people become . . .\nevery member of our staff is creative , unique and outstanding at what they do . we are an experienced software company built on foundations of professionalism . . .\nyou know that delivering creative , game - changing lifestyle , health and wellness pr can be challenging \u2013 and that\u2019s exactly why you love it ! . . .\nranked number one in 2013 by design week national creative league table and clocking more than 250 national and international awards , the chase has garnered attention for their innovative corporate branding and print design . these self - proclaimed \u201ccreative consultants\u201d offer an interesting sampling of skills including calendar design , museum exhibits , and sports stadium branding .\nvalue hard - work , flexibility and curiosity and collaborate to creatively solve problems , constantly improve and implement meaningful\u2026 achievements and is inspired by success . as a diamond jewelry consultant service , you are in the front lines , working directly with\u2026\ndreaming and doing takes planning : a workshop with patricia huntsman presentation at arts bc cultural commons : empowering bc\u2019s creative community , penticton , bc i am . . .\nwhile some use the term creativity consultant to describe specific services such as copywriting , presentation development and design work that ranges from information to interiors and products , creativity consultants often provide a combination of project consulting and training to client companies and organizations .\nopen , creative , risk - taking , collaborative and innovative are just some of the expressions you\u2019ll hear . our consultants use their passion for travel to surpass . . .\nfor many consultants , while they may not view themselves as such , they in effect are entrepreneurs . if they have multiple ongoing contracts , they are a consultant and not a contractor . and making that distinction can be an important one to make .\nwith more than 20 years experience in leadership and senior management roles in the creative field , patricia is recognized for her intuitive , engaging , and dedicated client - centered approach .\nlike anything , there needs to be competition to drive success . as a consultant , if you ' re just starting out you may feel the need to advertise your business in newspapers , online or through google adwords . but be wary of this approach because some will view this as a cheapening of your brand . and when you ' re a consultant , you ' re selling your name and your skills . if you have to spend money to do that , are you really as good as you say you are ?\ndiligence , financial modeling calculations , purchase accounting consulting , and forensic accounting . assist business owners throughout\u2026 statistics critical and logical thinking abilities creative problem - solving skills willingness and ability to travel\u2026\nexperience in consulting roles using digital marketing solutions . background as research / analyst experience consulting customer\u2026 for continuous learning and improvement enthusiastic and creative leader with the ability to inspire others excellent communication\u2026\nnot if creativity consultants have their way . it ' s the american way to use consultants in response to crises and challenges , and that ' s just what we ' re looking at today , according to author richard florida , who points out in his new book , the flight of the creative class , that we face tough , worldwide competition for creative talent .\nwe can offer you a fulfilling role , an inspiring and creative place to work , and the chance to change the health care system ( for the better ) \u2013 and oh yeah , . . .\nhi everyone . from a client\u2019s point of perspective , i would strongly recommend milestone indonesia and makki makki . two of the best brand consultant and brand agency in indonesia . others are followers and they claim to be good but in fact , they\u2019re followers and cannot beat milestone and makki makki .\nlocal . director of consulting services we currently have an opening for the director of consulting services . the director\u2026 recommendations for the improvement of the department come up with creative ways to make projects more profitable and successful\u2026\nincrease merchant count and partner education ; influence and creatively motivate / inspire sales offices for increased production and\u2026 regarding pricing , monthly residuals and certain escalations . creative problem solving skills . self - motivated and ability to motivate\u2026\nflux ? you must be joking ! if i have to choose the best design agency for graphic design in jakarta , hence in indonesia , it will be leboye and for branding consultant it will be makkimakki . these are the best graphic design companies in indonesia with the longest history . no doubt of it !\narts , communication , broadcast , design , electronics and entertainment . spin also prides themselves on their proactive responses to creative briefs\u2014which includes in - depth background research on their clients and even workshops with target - demographics if necessary .\nqualities of a smithe designer - entrepreneurial . driven . creative . enthusiastic . this is an outstanding opportunity for a\u2026 if you are goal driven and sales - oriented , enjoy building consultative relationships and have a passion for interior design and\u2026\nkyle nylund is an artist and a social media consultant for inkplot and full blast creative in calgary , alberta . kyle completed his bachelor or fine art with a major in fibre . he has designed and constructed two collections for alberta fashion week , and won the title of \u2018wearable art designer of the year\u2019 from metro news . following his degree , kyle became the lead in visual presentations at the hudson\u2019s bay where he designed and implemented visual marketing strategies . after being selected as a finalist for a digital alberta award for best social media campaign , an artistic collaboration with crystal decnodder of inkplot , kyle has joined decnodder\u2019s creative team at inkplot . kyle loves art , dance , and theatre . he is currently working on a painting collection and wearable art piece for the endeavour arts gallery , as well as hula hoop dancing at various events around the city .\nenvironment ? have an entrepreneurial mind ? if so , we are looking for creative - thinking individuals like you to join our team . buxton offers\u2026 buxton sales consultants are dynamic , customer - facing individuals who have experience in applying technology , software or software\u2026\nheadquartered in bucharest , brandient design firm delivers branding solutions for a variety of big romanian companies as well as entrepreneurs and start - ups . they pride themselves in succeeding in \u201cdifficult markets\u201d with a multidisciplinary approach that bridges marketing and business with creative thinking .\nshe is a member of the professional association arts consultants canada , the creative city network , and the canadian public relations society ( candidate ) . she holds a special interest in museum planning and is a member of the canadian museums association and the british columbia museums association .\nregardless the type of consulting work you are doing , you are in the customer service business . it ' s imperative to consider this relatively minor point , but consider the people you work with\ncustomers\nand not\nclients\n. a\nclient\nimplies that the consultant is superior , as opposed to the term\ncustomer ,\nwhich suggests that you are beholden . customer service and relationship management is perhaps the most important aspect of your job as a consultant . other than doing your job well , perhaps the best way to advertise your services is to publish original , technical content that can easily be found by others ( whether on a blog , website or in a magazine ) . much like favorito writes his blog posts and various articles , keeping your name out there in the public eye across various outlets is only going to add to your experience and allure for potential clients . when prospective customers are investigating a potential consultant , a quick google search that shows articles and your website lets the customer find out for him or herself that you ' re qualified rather than relying on you to simply claim that you are . communicating your message well is a skill you should constantly be improving . dig deeper : how to deliver great customer service\na tokyo - based design firm , eat creative specializes in branding , web design , print and content creation . with more than 10 years of experience in the japanese marketplace , they\u2019re no stranger to the importance of adapting to different cultural points of view , especially when introducing a western brand .\ngreat list ! i don\u2019t think 15 is enough . . this 15 could be famous but i am not sure if they are only \u201cbest\u201d . in this creative world , you should judge by work not by the popularity . i know some small companies who provides world class design . but any way thank you for the resource\ntriboro is the brooklyn - based design duo of david heasty of texas and stefanie weigler of germany . just because you have a small team doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t make a big splash . their work is colorful , creative and hip\u2014it shepherds their clients to new and exciting territory . it\u2019s also known for its high integrity and quality ( as shown by their numerous industry awards ) .\nfranklyn claims to be the \u201ccreative studio you\u2019ve been searching for all your life . \u201d their approach comes from a boutique mind - set , or in other words a mindset that is simultaneously fashionable yet not out - of - reach to smaller customers . coming from brooklyn , they also aren\u2019t afraid to show their hip personality through the use of slang like \u201ctrill\u201d ( true and real ) .\none big area of interest for companies using creativity consultants is with their marketing tasks , such as choosing effective product names and slogans . synectics inc . , a creativity consulting firm in cambridge , massachusetts , helps clients with their marketing efforts as well as assists them with the development of new products and services . and while synectics serves the coca cola ' s and nestles of the world , most new creativity consultants begin serving smaller companies and non - profit organizations . in fact , volunteering your services is a good way for a beginning consultant to develop a track record .\nfounded in 1990 , creative consortium started as a modest two employee firm . working tirelessly with commitment , dedication and hard work towards delivering functional design outcomes , aesthetically pleasing for past 25 years , the firm has grown multiple folds and is recognized for its pan - india multi - crore projects spanning a vast array of typologies like residential , commercial , educational , retail and civic designs . read more \u00bb\nthe easiest way to promote yourself is to do your job really well with the clients that you already have ,\nsays lorin beller blake , an entrepreneur , consultant and owner of big fish nation , a san diego - based development firm designed for female business owners .\nwe might throw dollars out thinking it ' s going to be a shortcut . but what we really need is that due diligence , every day repetitiveness and social networking , talking to people on the phone and stuff like that . it almost never has anything to do with investing money in something .\n\u2022 speak at events : there is no better way to promote yourself than to get in front of a room full of people ( both existing and potential clients ) and speak on a topic you are an expert in . you ' ll add serious credibility and get great audio / video clips that you can post to your website . these are just some simple tips . being a successful consultant takes hard work , commitment and in the early days a lack of sleep . but if you do it the right way , you can gain business without ever spending a dime . dig deeper : the new rules of branding your business online\ncrystal decnodder is a freelance writer and marketing consultant . after completing her bachelor\u2019s degree from the university of lethbridge in 2002 , crystal began her career in the oil and gas sector as a project coordinator on behalf of glj petroleum consultants ltd . based in calgary , alberta . since 2012 , crystal has worked with non - profits , emerging business groups , tourism / recreational organizations and technology / startup companies to help share their unique stories and develop their online presence . when crystal isn\u2019t working , she enjoys spending time with her family , playing guitar , sampling craft beer , traveling as often as possible and keeping her nose in a good book .\noriginally known as mcmurry tmg , manifest is made up of over 350 creatives working on dozens of brands and has amassed over three - hundred creative awards and counting . as for that client list , it includes the likes of thompson reuters , cbs , hp , and the ritz - carlton . few agencies focus on content alone , and understand the power of everything from muppets to faucets to train travel . mcmurry is a content jack - of - all trades .\nin the age of global capital flows , only centers of innovation will be able to permanently capture the interest of investors ,\nsays the world bank in its advice to nations . in today ' s evolving global economy , companies disregard being innovative at their peril . apple computer , for example , exists today because of innovation - - ironically , not its own initially . the fact is , xerox passed on innovative product ideas , like the computer mouse and graphical user interfaces , and let apple run with them . could the united states follow in xerox ' s path by allowing other nations to develop the creative ideas of the future ?\nkevin luc is a fourth year student of marketing in the bachelor of business administration at mount royal university and is currently working as an intern with the team at inkplot . before taking on the position as the social and pr intern forinkplot , kevin finished up one of his final semesters \u2013 one that had given him the greatest experience to this date . most notable courses were professional brand studio , and creative entrepreneurial experience . kevin\u2019s experience combined with his desire to understand all facets of digital marketing as well as social media positioned kevin as a natural contender for the position . we\u2019re happy to work with him and look forward to the projects we believe he will contribute to immensely .\nmarketing has changed drastically in the last five years . that\u2019s great for weary - eyed consumers who are tired of being talked at , or worse , screamed at through ads . our agency partners play an integral role in the success of many of our clients , and we\u2019ve learned that as enterprise brands rely on agencies for their content marketing strategies , they need the technology in place to execute on a global scale and stay organized . since marketing is not the same , neither are agencies . this is why our list ( in random order ) of the 33 most creative and influential content agencies covers all the bases , from firms who practically invented advertising to new ventures who are showing all of us how it\u2019s done .\nadweek\u2019s agency of the year 2014 has far more staying power than most firms . the agency has a long track record in identifying and leveraging larger societal trends and pushing boundaries ; they were , after all , the first to put a woman in a bra on television . pairing brands with relevant creative and cultural touchstones is a major strength here , whether employing the likes of jamie foxx and ron howard to draw attention to canon in 2013 or rigging up pianist son lux and a piano with razors that tap out a tune and showcase the product\u2019s differentiating point in a way that garners 1 . 6 million youtube views . pulling elements together to create a whole that sings isn\u2019t simple , but grey does it regularly with a dash of panache .\ntip : enter your city or postcode in the\nwhere\nbox to show results in your area .\nby creating a job alert or receiving recommended jobs , you agree to our terms . you can change your consent settings at any time by unsubscribing or as detailed in our terms .\nplease note that all salary figures are approximations based upon third party submissions to indeed . these figures are given to the indeed users for the purpose of generalized comparison only . minimum wage may differ by jurisdiction and you should consult the employer for actual salary figures .\ncookies help us deliver our services . our cookie policy describes how we use cookies and how to disable them . learn more \u00b7 ok\ntip : enter your city or zip code in the\nwhere\nbox to show results in your area .\nview all cossetta ' s inc . jobs in saint paul , mn - 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encompassing public . notable pr includes charitable events , service days , educational sessions , and awards to name a few .\nby browsing our website , you agree to our use of cookies . find out more about our privacy and cookie policy here\nthe 2014 cannes innovation lion winner also got a brand new , much - admired new york office that year \u2013 one that\u2019s made waves in architectural and design quarters . while indicative of the firm\u2019s desire to provoke ideas and reactions , that\u2019s not all they\u2019ve been up to this year . staying in tune with its tech - savvy roots , barbarian recently worked with ge to launch # droneweek on periscope , allowing viewers a backstage pass across all of ge\u2019s facilities where jet engines and extreme , high - tech machinery are tested \u2013 all from a bird\u2019s eye view via ge\u2019s branded drone .\nthere\u2019s no mistaking buzzfeed\u2019s superiority when it comes to sponsored content . except , of course , when you\u2019re too busy sharing and quiz - 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of - mind for clients for years to come .\n2016 has been a great year for droga5 , snagging four awards including the cannes lion 2016 independent brand of the year award and creativity agency of the year award . these awards are attributed to their popular pieces of video content , including the \u201cwe know acne , we don\u2019t know teens\u201d commerical , which is apart of the clearasil\u2019s larger \u201clet\u2019s be clear\u201d campaign . this commercial was successful because it presented the brand in a painfully honest way \u2013 they know teen acne but not teens . filled with humorous clips of what the typical adult might think teens want , from pizza to memes , each clip ends with a voiceover admitting , \u201cwe know your acne , we just don\u2019t know you . \u201d\ncolumn five was founded in southern california by three upstart bloggers in 2008 , who quickly realized that developing and promoting great content was the best way to grow an online community of loyal readers . after some early momentum , namely as the result of helping to popularize the use of infographics in content marketing ( they literally wrote the book on the topic ) they decided to double down on building an agency to help brands stand out and grow revenue . initially focused on working with startups , after their success with microsoft on the child of the 90\u2019s campaign , column five began bringing on more household brands . this independent , full - service content agency ( strategy , creation , distribution ) boasts an eclectic roster of some of the world\u2019s most respected tech brands , such as microsoft , linkedin and sap , as well as a number of leading universities and non - profits . you might even recognize our gifographic from our 2016 # thinkcontent summit included in their work !\nwhether it\u2019s giving the most interesting man in the world something to do for halloween or providing couples with \u201cfundawear\u201d courtesy of durex , there\u2019s usually something fun going on in an ad from havas worldwide . beneath the creativity , of course , are serious , of - the - moment considerations about demographic shifts \u2013 such as their no child brides campaign , in collaboration with child survival india , which won the grand prix at the apac effie awards and gold at the 2015 cbi awards . in just 45 days , the campaign generated 22 million social media impressions and 1 . 5 million supporters . it\u2019s clear that clients who are looking for an agency with serious infrastructure across mediums and the ability to shift focus from humor to serious , culture defining content should keep havas on their rfp shortlist .\nfunny , honest , and authentic : that was hill holliday\u2019s approach to modern moms when tasked with creating awareness among the demographic for lg\u2019s ahead - of - the - curve home appliances . the \u2018 mom confessions \u2019 social and digital content was similarly engaging and easily shareable . this work is indicative of a larger trend at the agency : an earnestness to their approach and , regularly , wholesomeness . this isn\u2019t to be confused with a lack of spunk or hipness \u2013 hill holliday , for one , revitalized dunkin donuts and made it a true starbucks competitor \u2013 it\u2019s really refreshing content in an age where irony in ads reigns .\ncontent can be naked , boring , and an imposition without awesome design and friendly user experience surrounding it . not many agencies have pinpointed how to marry both creativity and beauty with simplicity for the consumer or reader . but this year , huge delivered for not only new york city , but urltoken , two enormous communities . the agency untangled nyc . gov\u2019s one million pages and put them back together again . their recent redesign of urltoken was one for the ages , too . would - be clients , remember : if you\u2019ve got a huge project , you\u2019d best call huge .\nthis personality - filled chicago - based agency puts content and thought leaders front and center . it\u2019s a fairly revolutionary approach to marketing , and an intelligent one : it\u2019s taking a minute for agencies to fully realize and act on the power of influential forces in the digital space . one example of how imagination is reimagining thought leaders and their relationship to content : their work for us foods positioned the distributor as a trusted source of information about food and leveraged influencers across print , digital , and social to reach a foodie audience , including discerning chefs . it won content marketing awards in the process . savvy brands looking to gain clout through thought leadership should keep imagination in mind .\none of the industry\u2019s incumbents has put their money where their mouth is in terms of content marketing , recently announcing a publishing partnership with the huffington post . coming in strong on the forefront of content is going to set agencies up for success as consumers continue to embrace authenticity and storytelling from their favorite brands . with a client roster that includes ubiquitous brands like pfizer , coca - cola , and kellogg\u2019s , leo burnett is making smart moves . notable content work : the award - winning # likeagirl for always , which hits on cause marketing and storytelling authentically , showing they\u2019ve got their finger on the pulse of culture in a meaningful way .\ncan a brand capture 50 million users in 12 different countries without spending a penny on advertising ? the brand republic grand prix winner is adept at tapping into the reality of how consumers want to interact with brands on their devices and responding with experiences that go with the flow rather than trying to redirect the entire river . agencies have a habit of ignoring the individual user experience , especially when working with big brands . lowe profero , on the other hand , keeps humans in mind . their work with brick - and - mortar retailer primark tackled a daunting challenge to generate online engagement for a brand with no click to buy . lowe profero did this by encouraging consumers to interact with primark by uploading pictures of their outfits using the hashtag # whatiworetoday onto primark . com , creating a user - generated library of over 10 , 000 looks . the mobile optimized site lets consumers save their favorite items and looks , creating a favorites list users can shop from next time they\u2019re in store ."]}
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", "topic": 7}], "title": "baldinger ' s market", "paragraphs": ["copyright \u00a9 2012 - 2018 baldinger ' s candy . powered by slg web design\nbaldinger ' s market is located at 519 perry way in zelienople and has been in the business of retail - grocery stores , independent since 1933 .\nbut as news of burnham ' s pending purchase spread through the north hills and beyond , generations of baldinger ' s customers started to fret that the old - fashioned , wood - floored market might be closed and torn down .\nfor 63 years , workers at baldinger ' s market have gotten along just fine with a 19th - century wooden cash register that won ' t ring up a sale higher than $ 9 . 99 .\nbaldinger ' s market , a low - slung frame structure that looks more like a shed than a supermarket , sits at routes 19 and 528 , smack in the middle of the land burnham hopes to acquire .\nto the joy of the mccreary girls and other fans of the market , their fears may have been premature .\nthe phone ' s been ringing off the wall . it ' s been an upsetting time ,\nsaid sabo , 72 , of zelienople , who went to work at baldinger ' s as a teen - ager and stayed for 56 years .\nthere ' s no place like it . it ' s got its own charm ,\nsaid debby mccreary of cranberry , whose daughters , who are 8 and 11 , got wind of the market ' s rumored closing and sent her to amass a serious stash of their favorite candies .\nfrom the highway , [ the market ] doesn ' t look like much , but then you come in and you can ' t believe it ,\nsaid smith ' s friend , dorothy brooks , 60 , of vanport , whose husband discovered baldinger ' s more than 40 years ago while working as a truck driver .\ncybele of candy blog reports that beloved candy store baldinger ' s market is closing in june due to the passing away of owner lois dodge . the store has been in operation in zelienople , pennsylvania since 1933 and is known for its incredible candy selection . cybele says ,\nburnham has a sales agreement to purchase that property from relatives and heirs of the late allan and dorothy baldinger , who sold a treasured stamp collection and used the proceeds to open a market and restaurant in 1936 .\nthe store ' s owner , dorothy baldinger ' s sister , lois dodge , didn ' t want the store to go out of business , but has retired and now spends much of her time in florida .\nbetty sabo , manager of baldinger ' s , sorts through some of the many cookie cutters in the store . ( darrell sapp , post - gazette )\nbaldinger\u2019s was a family owned and operated candy store with incredible candy selections numerous types of candy . baldinger\u2019s candy boasts a wide collection of candies including bulk candy , hard - to - find items like anise squares , wax lips and mary janes , and chocolate candy such as candy bars . we also carry a great selection of dutch and other european licorice as well as limited edition candy , and unique cookie cutters . baldinger ' s candy has the solution and can help you with your holiday needs .\nmexican , spanish , chinese , japanese and middle eastern ingredients are organized by country and stacked on rustic wooden shelves nailed to mustard - yellow walls or on tables in the center of the market ' s three rooms .\nbut after the past month , baldinger ' s manager betty sabo said she had nearly been driven to install an electronic gadget she once swore she would never need . so many people have been dialing the market to inquire about its future that sabo said she might have to plug in an answering machine if she wants to get any work done .\noffering hard - to - find candy and much more . . . baldinger ' s was a family owned and operated candy store with incredible candy selections numerous types of candy . baldinger ' s candy boasts a wide collection of candies including bulk candy , hard - to - find items like anise squares , wax lips and mary janes , and chocolate candy such as candy bars . we also carry a great selection of dutch and other . . .\nbaldinger ' s boasts an extensive selection of candy and specialty food inside a antique - style store . more than 100 types of penny candy is offered and sold on 19th century cash registers . old - fashioned candy and specialty - foods store near zelienople . with more than 100 types of penny candy and two cash registers that are more than a century old . baldinger ' s has been seen on cbs news sunday morning and the food network . cash and checks only .\na trip to baldinger\u2019s will make you feel like a kid in a candy store ( literally ) ! the store still uses an old - fashioned crank cash register and has penny candy that actually costs one cent . a favorite is the triple - dipped malted milk balls \u2013 some people buy them by the case ! besides candy , baldinger\u2019s has the largest collection of cookie cutters around and old world christmas ornaments which are 10 % off year - round . cash or checks only !\nto sabo , that ' s news as sweet as the jelly beans she has ordered for next easter in a gamble that the store will still be open . she ' s not taking chances , though .\nbehind the main counter is dorothy baldinger ' s hat collection , with flower - trimmed pillboxes , a feathered cloche , a burgundy velvet beret and a bonnet from the early 1800s that , with its first owner , rode across the country in a conestoga wagon .\nbaldinger\u2019s boasted an excellent collection of candies . much of it was bulk items and classic hard - to - find items like anise squares , nik - l - nips , wax lips and mary janes . they had seasonal candies as well , as that\u2019s half the fun of candy along with candy bars from all over the country , limited editions and not the just the biggies .\nat first glance , baldinger ' s isn ' t flashy . the narrow parking lot is unpaved and sloping . white paint applied years ago is peeling and flaking from the outer walls . above the front door , the store ' s philosophy of\nfoods from all nations\nis painted in fading red and black , just below a roof that isn ' t too dependable in a heavy rain .\nthere ' s been a great deal of interest from various parties who want to renovate and preserve the store ,\nhe said .\nit ' s certainly premature to predict the outcome of those discussions , but it has caught our attention .\ni always bring people here with me because i was so excited to see it . it ' s a destination , not a store .\nshe asks the many customers who quiz her about the store ' s future to write a letter or sign a petition asking township and burnham officials to draft a development plan that would save the store .\nburnham ' s proposal calls for 1 . 2 million square feet of warehouse space , as well as at least two hotels on the wooded , rural property . burnham also has offered to donate 13 acres to be used to build a ymca .\nfor the gourmet cook , there are fancy , ribbon - tied tubes of soup mix and packages of white chocolate or raspberry cappucinno mix . there ' s scone mix from scotland and crocks of gooseberry , lingonberry or quince preserves to spoon on top .\ntry not to gag at the pink lamb ' s tongues floating in jars , the lollipops with worms in the center or the bikini - clad stud pictured on the label of the\nhot buns on the beach\nbrand of hot - pepper sauce .\nthen there ' s the candy . an entire room , once used as a restaurant , is chock - full of tables , each bearing 80 to 100 glass bowls filled with licorice and swedish fish , wacky taffy and smartees , juice - filled wax bottles and candy - filled paper straws . grab a paper bag and start filling it - - each piece is really just a penny .\nchelsea marowsin , 4 , just can ' t decide what candy she wants while her sister , noelle , 2 , inspects her selections . each girl was allowed ton pick 10 pieces . ( darrell sapp , post - gazette )\nthey never needed price scanners or even a hand - held calculator to figure out how much a customer owed them . they didn ' t take credit cards , either , just cash or checks .\nit makes me sick to think it might not be here anymore . but we ' re all hoping for the best and asking people who love the store to speak up for us .\nprompting the slew of questions is chicago - based burnham partners . the developer announced plans in september to build a $ 100 million business park on 170 acres in jackson , between cranberry and zelienople .\nburnham has not closed on the sale of the land or store , and its plans are so tentative that they haven ' t been submitted to jackson officials for review . company president rob halpin said last week that he didn ' t expect that to happen for a couple of months .\nit would be such a shame to tear it down . i can tell you , a lot of people would miss it .\nhalpin , who has never been in the store , said he was startled recently to be contacted by people from western pennsylvania who want to take over and run the store . until then , he hadn ' t realized the store had so many devoted customers .\nhalpin declined to identify the people who have contacted him , but said his company now saw the possibility of retaining the store as\nan interesting component to our development .\nbut inside the bright - red front door is a staggering display of foil - wrapped , imported swiss truffles , an array of italian cream - filled cookies and seven kinds of kuchen , a rich , fruit - filled cake from germany .\ncookie cutters , from the size of a quarter to a life - size duck , spill from bins that line an entire wall . on the opposite wall are baking supplies , and cooking utensils take up another wall .\nneed tea ? more than 50 kinds are available in boxes and tins . ditto for coffee . how about rice ? choose from arborio from italy , sweet from japan , short - grain , long - grain or wild grains from minnesota .\npaper pinatas and flags hang from the ceiling . handmade christmas ornaments of wafer - thin glass from germany and elaborately hand - painted nesting dolls from russia - - some as small as a thimble with even tinier dolls inside - - hold places of honor on tables and in glass cases .\nyou can ' t close this place . i just found it ,\nfirst - time visitor bonnie smith , 50 , of brighton , told sabo last week as she browsed among sweets she ' d loved as a child . seconds later , she squealed with delight to discover boxes filled with both red - wax\nsugar lips\nand black\nfun fangs .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\n/ / > < ! - - sfhover = function ( ) { var sfels = document . getelementbyid (\nmenu - ms\n) . getelementsbytagname (\nli\n) ; for ( var i = 0 ; i < sfels . length ; i + + ) { sfels [ i ] . onmouseover = function ( ) { this . classname + =\nsfhover\n; } sfels [ i ] . onmouseout = function ( ) { this . classname = this . classname . replace ( new regexp (\nsfhover \\ \\ b\n) ,\n) ; } } } / / - - > < !\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml + rdfa 1 . 0 / / en\nurltoken\nmazza vineyards and the south shore wine company feature a wide range of varieties and styles of wines from dry to sweet to please any palate . some unique offerings include traditional italian varietals , fruit wines , sparkling wines , fortified wines , hopped wine , mulled wine , and our award - winning ice wine .\nbounceu , , where birthdays come to life . your party is always private .\nthe t - shirt loft features items customized through screening printing or embroidery . local town\nadventures is a therapeutic animal and horticulture program that offers individual and group lessons to children and adults with mental and physical disabilities as well the typical population .\n\u00a9 butler county tourism and convention bureau . all rights reserved . 310 east grandview avenue , zelienople , pa 16063 , phone : 724 - 234 - 4619\nn on the wine was awesome . we went for candy , but bought wine instead ! disappoint\nputting their hands in the bins and one youth had candy picked out and in a bag and took it out and put it back in the bin . . . afte\nss ! i am not saying his hand were dirty but come one why didn ' t his parents correct this ? i could think of a better set up for this the bins in a u shape and the workers measure out the candy . . .\nthis place is awesome ! the selection of candy they have is amazing ! they have candy \ufffd from my childhood and candy i have never even heard of ! there is only one problem i have . my sister and both my da\nthe cashier was . she just wasn ' t very friendly or helpful which is just the opposite of what an employee of a very happy place should be .\nyou can smell the candy as you walk in the door . all flavors of licorice , old time candy like bottle caps , razzies , mary jane , along with the current stuff . other people have told me about unfriend\nthis place is the best candy shop i ' ve ever shopped at . if they don ' t have it , it doesn ' t exist .\nlove this place ! love the old fashion cash register ! love that they add up my order either in their head or with paper and pencil and i love how very kind and patient they are with everyone . thank you !\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html + rdfa 1 . 1 / / en\nurltoken\nrobyn lee used to take and edit many of the photos for serious eats . she ' d also doodle cute stuff when necessary . read more from robyn at her personal food blog , the girl who ate everything .\npost whatever you want , just keep it seriously about eats , seriously . we reserve the right to delete off - topic or inflammatory comments . learn more in the comment policy section of our terms of use page .\nif you see something not so nice , please , report an inappropriate comment .\nknow more about this business than we do ? cool ! please submit any corrections or missing details you may have .\nbaldingers is a family owned and operated candy store with incredible candy selections numerous types of candy is offered and sold on our 19th century cash register that will tally no more than $ 9 . 99 . baldingers boasts a wide collection of candies including bulk candy , hard - to - find items like anise squares , nik - l - nips , wax lips and mary janes , and chocolate candy such as candy bars from all . . .\ni ' m told this used to be an old - school candy place in a different location . now it just feels like a spot to get junky candy . the banner outside proclaims\nfood from all nations\n, but i spotted . . .\nbest in western pa . has just about every type of candy ( and some other hard to find spices and such ) that you could ask for . prices are reasonable . they only take cash for purchases under $ 20 . . . .\nuse of and / or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our user agreement ( updated 5 / 25 / 18 ) and privacy policy and cookie statement ( updated 5 / 25 / 18 ) .\n\u00a9 2018 advance local media llc . all rights reserved ( about us ) . the material on this site may not be reproduced , distributed , transmitted , cached or otherwise used , except with the prior written permission of advance local .\ncommunity rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site ."]}
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( more )\nsir what about eminent technologies , they called me today and asked me rs . 300 / - for registration , , is it a good consultancy ? is it worth to register .\nacropetal technologies has informed that pursuant to regulation 29 of the sebi ( listing obligations and disclosure requirements ) regulations , 2015 , notice is hereby given that a meeting of the board of directors of the company will be held on friday , the 28th april 2017 , at 4 . 00 pm , to consider and approve the audited financial results of the . .\nyou will be deputed to client location will get good exposure in the client location . no one from the acropetal will come and meet , not at - least once in a month .\nability insight . we help our customers comprehend the information technologies ' talent landscape . we offer tweaked arrangements in talent fulfillment over all levels of development . our customers incorporate the greatest names in the innovation space .\n\u00a92018 regency technologies | when you\u2019re done with it , we\u2019re just beginning | cleveland \u2022 atlanta \u2022 tampa \u2022 chicago \u2022 phoenix corporate offices : 1831 east highland road | twinsburg , ohio 44087 | 440 . 248 . 3991 | site map\nacropetal technologies ltd . was incorporated in the year 25 - 04 - 2001 . its today ' s share price is 1 . 67 . its current market capitalisation stands at rs 6 . 49 cr . in the latest quarter , company has reported gross sales of rs . 315 . 86 cr and total income of rs . 444 . 79 cr . the company ' s management includes veera reddy suma , madhu sudhana reddy m , ravi kumar d , ravi kumar d . it is listed on the bse with a bse code of 533330 , nse with an nse symbol of acropetal and isin of ine055l01013 . it ' s registered office is at # 74 / 75 , 3rd cross , 1st main , n . s . palya , bannerghatta roadbengaluru - 560076 , karnataka . their registrars are acc ltd . it ' s auditors are k gopalakrishnan & co\nacropetal tech is in the computers - software sector . the current market capitalisation stands at rs 6 . 61 crore . the company management includes d ravi kumar - chairman & managing director , m madhu sudhana reddy - independent director , veera reddy suma - additional director . it is listed on the bse with a bse code of 533330 and the nse with an nse code of acropetal . its registered office is at # 74 / 75 , 3rd cross , 1st main , n s palya , , bannerghatta road bengaluru , karnataka - 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s3g inc , defendant , represented by david max seeberger , the gibson law group .\nsenthil angamuthu , defendant , represented by david max seeberger , the gibson law group .\nbefore the court is the defendants clientis - s3g , inc . and senthil angamuthu ' s motion to dismiss ( doc . 8 ) , filed january 9 , 2015 . after considering the motion , briefs , record , and applicable law , the court denies defendants clientis - s3g , inc . and senthil angamuthu ' s motion to dismiss ( doc . 8 ) for lack of personal jurisdiction .\non january 9 , 2015 , defendants moved to dismiss the action against them under federal rule of civil procedure 12 ( b ) ( 2 ) for lack of personal jurisdiction . instead of responding to the motion to dismiss , plaintiffs filed their motion in opposition to defendants ' motion to dismiss on february 2 , 2015 , presumably because the deadline to respond to the motion to dismiss had expired . the court construes plaintiffs motion as a response to the motion to dismiss . defendants did not file a reply in support of their motion .\na federal court has jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant if the state long - arm statute confers personal jurisdiction over that defendant , and if the exercise of jurisdiction is consistent with due process under the united states constitution . ruston gas turbines , inc . v . donaldson co . , inc . , 9 f . 3d 415 , 418 ( 5th cir . 1993 ) . because the texas long - arm statute extends to the limits of federal due process , schlobohm v . schapiro , 784 s . w . 2d 355 , 357 ( tex . 1990 ) , the court must determine whether ( 1 ) the defendants have established\nminimum contacts\nwith the forum state ; and , ( 2 ) whether the exercise of personal jurisdiction over the defendants would offend\ntraditional notions of fair play and substantial justice .\nruston gas , 9 f . 3d at 418 ( citing international shoe co . v . washington , 326 u . s . 310 , 316 ( 1945 ) ) .\ndefendants contend that they do not have minimum contacts with texas and , contrary to plaintiffs ' assertion , they do not do business in the state . defendants contend that plaintiffs ' claims arise from their contacts with plaintiffs in india , the place where the parties entered into a loan agreement and memorandum of understanding . defendants assert that plaintiffs fail to explain that the $ 150 , 000 loaned to defendants was wired from india to a bank in georgia , where defendants are citizens . defendants assert that if , as plaintiffs contend , there was any fraud in the transaction , it would have taken place in india , not texas . defendants contend that the loan documents and postdated checks referred to by plaintiffs were signed in india and the other documents relied on by plaintiffs do not provide a basis for personal jurisdiction . defendants contend that , other than plaintiffs ' allegation regarding a\nfinal meeting in dallas ,\nthere is no specific allegation in the complaint regarding acts by defendants undertaken in texas , and plaintiffs ' allegations instead refer to their own business activities in texas . defendants contend that plaintiffs ' business activities in texas and one meeting in dallas do not show that defendants had purposeful contacts with the forum sufficient for the assertion of personal jurisdiction . defendants assert that specific jurisdiction cannot be conferred , because none of plaintiffs claims arises from defendants ' contacts with texas . in support of their motion , defendants submitted the declaration of angamuthu .\n5 . in the course of purchase and sale negotiations defendants provided plaintiff with detailed operation , asset and holding information . in september 2011 defendant provided plaintiff with a due diligence report ( attached as exhibit a ) . contrary to angamuthu ' s sworn declaration that neither he nor clientis ever conducted any business in the state of texas ( see exhibit b - affidavit of senthil angamuthu ) , defendants not only conducted business in texas , but maintained a sales office in texas ( see exhibit a page e4 ) .\n6 . additionally , clientis - s3g ' s website , which prominently features senthil angamuthu , identifies cypress , texas 77429 , as one of its four sales offices ( see exhibit c , clientiss3g website pages ) .\n7 . defendant claims that most of the meetings between the parties occurred in india , and only five\nvisits\ntook place in dallas . however the same amount of meetings occurred in both locations ( see exhibit b - affidavit of senthil angamuthu ) .\n8 . finally , although defendant downplays the relevance and purpose of his five visits to dallas , referring to them as ` personal , short and initiated by ravi kumar , ' these meetings were in fact initiated by defendant , as evidenced by the attached email wherein angamuthu thanks plaintiff for agreeing to meet with him in dallas ( see exhibit d ) ; and it is clear from this email that the purpose of the meeting was certainly not\njust a personal short visit ,\nbut was in fact a business meeting .\nfor the reasons stated , the court denies defendants clientis - 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{"id": 55300, "summary": [{"text": "paymate is a leading provider of electronic business-to-business ( b2b ) payment solutions based in mumbai .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "paymate helps large enterprises and smes transition from traditionally slow and costly forms of payments like cash and checks to real-time and efficient digital payments .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "paymate provides business customers the ability to automate and seamlessly manage vendor payments ( ap ) , customer payments ( ar ) , invoicing , and cash flow .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "in addition , businesses can easily apply for working capital financing at competitive rates .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "multiple forms of electronic payment channels are supported including cards , net-banking , ach , neft , rtgs , and imps .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "all services are delivered via its proprietary cloud based , payments platform and can be accessed on any web enabled desktop or mobile device .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "processing of high volume transactions , payment settlement , mitigating risk , and security are core elements of the proprietary platform .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "paymate is a pci-dss compliant and adheres to the highest standards and industry best practices for compliance , security , and risk .", "topic": 28}, {"text": "paymate is a key player in the travel industry in india with over 13,000 registered agents and processing relationships with key airline and rental car companies .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "it 's banking partners include state bank of india , hdfc bank , axis bank , corporation bank , kotak bank , syndicate bank , south indian bank , dena bank , abn amro abn amro .", "topic": 34}, {"text": "paymate india was funded in 2006 by silicon valley-based venture capital companies kleiner perkins caufield & byers and sherpalo ventures .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "additional investors include mayfield fund and lightbox ventures .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "in 2008 , paymate expanded to sri lanka by partnering with the bank of ceylon .", "topic": 34}, {"text": "paymate is also present in nepal , partnered with a number of banks there .", "topic": 34}, {"text": "in 2012 , paymate launched a paypos application , which allows small businesses to accept credit and debit cards and process electronic transactions directly on their mobile phones at the point of sale ( pos ) .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "in 2013 , paymate made a pivot to focus on b2b payments .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "in 2016 , paymate establishes itself as the clear leader in b2b payments in india .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "announced it has crossed $ 2b in annualized gross processing volume ( gpv ) . ", "topic": 21}], "title": "paymate", "paragraphs": ["mobile payments company paymate is surrendering its wallet licence to the reserve bank of india ( rbi ) . the rbi website shows that the surrender process began in february 2017 . the company has a pre - paid payment instruments known as paymate wallet .\ncopyright \u00a9 2000 - 2016 paymate the paymate service is provided by paymate pty ltd abn 42 154 594 199 , which holds australian financial services license n0 415833 . any general financial product advice provided in this website has not taken into account your objectives , financial situation or needs . please read and consider the combined financial services guide and product disclosure statement before acquiring or using the service .\npaymate started urltoken to facilitate monetary and gift remittances across international borders . urltoken , launched in may 2008 as a branch of pay mate online , is the brainchild of ajay adiseshann . earlier he founded coruscant tec , a successful mobile content developer and aggregator company . \u201cwe are confident that nris will see great value in using mygiftmate for gifting their friends and family back home in india , \u201d says ajay adiseshann , founder and ceo of paymate . \u2018\u2019the emerging gift card market in india is forecast to see explosive growth and paymate with its mygiftmate product is well positioned for growth . the nri market is a key piece of our growth strategy for giftmate , \u201d he adds .\nmerchants receive money on a t + 2 working day basis in their linked bank account . however for the initial two months paymate will hold back 30 % of the merchant\u2019s transaction amount . the remaining 30 % amount will be settled by paymate after every 15 days from the day of the transaction along with other due payments . after 45 days of satisfactory performance , the company will not hold back the 30 % and will settle the complete amount .\naccording to paymate , each paypos application has a unique and secure login , and customer card data is never stored on the handset . the company says that all communication between the application and the payment gateway server is encrypted .\npaymate : - smart secure and safe online payments . simple and hassle free mobile application that allows you to pay your phone bills and purchase e - vouchers . we offer topup , bill pay & vouchers for kuwait telecom operators viva zain and oreedoo and international topup to 33 countries . get the largest collection of gift and utility vocuhers . paymate showcases the largest online collection of e - vouchers from itunes : - us , uk . playstation : - us , uk , kw . google play : - us , uk . steam , zain , viva , ooredoo , cashu , facebook , xbox , amazon , onecard , imuv , ticketchart . make cashless payments with paymate vallet ! ! ! ! ! you can enjoy cashless shopping and earn awesome vallet points for your online purchases via paymate . later you can redeem these points to cash and make payments . note : - we support knet and cashu gateways\nmumbai : abn amro bank has tied up with mobile - payments provider paymate to provide its customers with mobile payments and ticketing services . existing customers of the bank\ufffd\ufffd\ufffds mobile - banking service can sign up for the service , while new customers will automatically be registered for the service when they opt for mobile - banking services . the service will allow users to make utility bill - payments as well as airline and movie - ticketing through their mobile phones . paymate had also recently tied up with lic and corporation bank to enable their customers to pay insurance premia via the mobile phone . the company is also in talks with sbi to play a part in their mobile - banking offering , said ajay adiseshann , managing director and founder , paymate .\nidbi bank paymate service presenting a simple , convenient and secure way to make payments . shopping was never so simple . with the sole aim of making payments for your shopping online or over the counter , even more convenient , we have introduced a revolutionary mobile phone based payment service in association with paymate . with this service , your mobile phone can now be used as a payment medium , similar to a credit or a debit card . the facility provides our customers an easy , secure and simple payment service platform anytime , anywhere .\npaymate raised $ 14 million as indicated by crunchbase . it had raised $ 9 million in 2008 from mayfield fund , kleiner perkins caulfield and byers ( kpcb ) and sherpalo ventures . it had raised $ 5 million in a round of funding in 2006 kpcb and sherpalo ventures .\npaypos currently supports visa and master card credit cards and debit cards . apart from charging the customers , the paypos app also allows them to track sales , manage reports , create promotions that merchants can send out to their customers , and view customer lists . at the time of writing this , we have downloaded the app on our smartphone but haven\u2019t received any signup confirmation email from paymate .\nsadanand heads compliance and risk at paymate . with a deep understanding of financial models , risk assessment , regulatory requirements , and a keen eye for detail , sadanand keeps a watchful eye on our business . a chartered accountant by training , he has 10 + years of experience in various industries , including 8 years in financial services and technology . sadanand follows cricket and formula one racing with a passion .\nmangesh has over 17 years of experience in engineering , architecture , product management and delivery management . he has built and led a number of cross functional and cross national teams . before joining paymate , he served as cto of decimal factory uk , my mobile payments ltd . , and realteam systems . previously he held increasing levels of responsiblity as a programmer and project lead . mangesh is an avid music fan .\npaymate pivoted from a business - to - consumer ( b2c ) business to a business - to - business model ( b2b ) in november 2014 . at the time , it had mentioned that was targeting small and medium business operating in the travel segment . it company claimed that it is on its way to get on board 20 , 000 smbs . in february the company had over 13 , 000 registered businesses on its platform .\nravi is a certified chartered accountant and also a qualified cost accountant . prior to paymate , ravi built his own consultancy practice that focused on helping technology and financial services companies . before that he worked at a f ferguson & co , a leading accounting firm , and consulted on corporate , strategic , financial and legal issues to some of the biggest businesses in india . ravi is a sports buff who loves distance running and playing soccer .\nprobir has over 20 years of experience in technology , operations , strategy and leadership roles in diverse technology related industries . he has held senior positions in international atomic energy agency , department of atomic energy , india , newscorp ' s star tv india and eurorscg interactive before getting bit by the entrepreneurial bug in webresource and coruscant tec , prior to paymate . probir likes to write and his articles have been published in various leading publications like business standard and economic times .\nupdate : paymate co - founder and managing director , ajay adiseshann , informs that the solution supports debit cards and receipts are sent to end - users via e - mail . at the moment , paypos does not accept debit cards , so it\u2019s only limited to payments from customers with credit cards , and fit for payments at mobile kiosks or card on delivery . but then , successful transactions would also depend on the mobile internet connectivity ( 2g / 3g / evdo ) , and payment gateway up - time . so we still don\u2019t think it\u2019s an out and out pos terminal replacement . however , it\u2019s a good step in terms of initiating a mobile based merchant side payment solution , since we don\u2019t have something like square or paypal here , available in india . perhaps paymate could extend the functionality of the service by adding a physical reader or maybe use the phone\u2019s camera for scanning cards . adiseshann also informs that the company intends to introduce card readers , shortly .\nmahesh has over 20 years of experience in the information technology industry and over 15 years in it management . his experience includes it operations management , developing and implementing it policies and procedures , compliance , risk assessment and management , all aspects of security , third party vendor management , and team building . prior to paymate he worked at ibm global services as head it . he has also worked at enron , vfs , escotel mobile communications ltd . mahesh loves to play and follow cricket .\nit is said that good things come in small packages . but now you can say good things come the sms way . the short message service ( sms ) is not a new phenomenon , but it has gained wider applications in the recent past . now there is an additional benefit to sms \u2013 sending a gift voucher to your loved ones anywhere across the world within a few minutes time by a simple text message . thanks to the new and innovative mobile gifting service launched by paymate , a mobile payment service company .\nthe paymate service has a tie up with various merchants across india ( click here for the list of merchants ) . you can now shop with any of these merchants and can pay simply through your mobile phone . idbi bank offers this service to its customers absolutely free of charge . customers can enroll for this revolutionary service by submitting a registration form at our nearest branch ( click here for the form ) . for more information , please visit any of our branches or call our 24 - hour toll free phone banking numbers .\najay is a serial entrepreneur with experience in building and leading successful technology companies . prior to paymate , he founded and grew coruscant tec , an early leader in mobile content that was sold to mukta arts ( bse : 532357 , nse : muktaarts ) . before that he founded and led webresource , a web development company . ajay also invests in tech startups and serves as a mentor and advisor to a number of technology entrepreneurs in india . an avid runner , he is also a big fan of indie music which he listens to on his favourite app - npr music . you can follow ajay on twitter @ aj _ meister\nthe gifting process is simple . you register with paymate which automatically qualifies you to shop with any of their validated online or offline merchants . while registering , you can assign your bank or credit card account and the amount for the gift voucher will be debited accordingly from the account you specify . you then get to choose a dynamic alpha code with a four digit pin which helps you send unlimited gift vouchers at your discretion to your loved ones in india . this procedure is convenient , safe and secure , and easy to use . you can sms the gift voucher to your loved one in india who will be able to use the gift voucher along with the code supplied at the outlets of thousands of offline and online merchants .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\ni found an interesting article on siliconindia and thought it might be of significance to you as well .\nit was a busy week for this young techie in los angeles , and hence remembered about his younger sister\u2019s birthday only one day before . he knew he had no time left to ship a gift to india , but was sure that his sister on the other side of the globe would be expecting her gift to reach . he soon logged on to mygiftmate . com , a mobile gifting service and selected the amount to send and entered his email address along with the recipient\u2019s valid mobile number in india and email address . then he proceeded to google check out to complete the purchase . back home , the young 16 year old was just back from her classes and was surprised when she checked her mobile to receive a gift voucher viasms . happy and thrilled she began to list out the things she would shop for with the gift voucher .\nmygiftmate is much more technologically advanced than traditional money transfer companies . the recipient can spend the gift voucher at several merchants at any given time . in addition to merchants several banks , including the bank of ceylon , have registered with pay mate to help customers pay bills using their cell phones . mygiftmate , however , goes a step further by actually helping people send gift vouchers .\nmygiftmate is highly selective of the merchants they validate by making sure that their businesses are genuine , and their products are of high standard and quality . many online and offline merchants are now getting on board this novel way of shopping that uses simple sms technology . it gives them an added alternative to grow and expand their business through cell phone technology , to add new virtual shoppers to their existing database , while it encourages them to stock new inventory . all this means one thing to the customer \u2013 unlimited possibilities in the world by cell phone shopping .\nto augment its growth , tata indicom , a leading mobile solutions provider in india , has joined hands with pay mate , the original entity , to make all transactions successful in real time . this will make shopping by cell phone a raving technology of the present . pay mate is building a network of platform and services that enable simple , secure , and convenient payments between individuals , person - to - person ( p2p ) and between consumers and businesses ( b2c ) . \u201cthe pay mate network of platform and services has universal appeal . pay mate , in the coming months , will build out its network and go more mainstream , \u201d says dhruv singh , vice president .\nadiseshann and his team do not want to remain contented with what they have achieved . they are funneling $ 9 million in various stages into promotions and business development \u2013 focusing intensely on achieving a superior platform of technology by enhancing security and advanced ease of features for all mobile users . pay mate and gift mate are setting their sights on providing services globally , not just limiting their services to asian americans .\nit goes without saying that this cool startup is marching ahead , by not only building some cool products , but building technology which has the power to enhance people\u2019s lives . the company also has chalked out a well laid out roadmap to move forward . while they roll out new things , you can send a quick gift for someone you love through urltoken\na requiem for our fellow professionals , corporates , business schools , and parents . are you listening ?\ndhruv has extensive background in developing and implementing business strategy , building new markets , assembling teams , and leading revenue generation efforts at both large technology companies and startups . he has worked for and consulted with leading technology and financial services companies including amd , ati technologies , 3dlabs , creative labs , and nexus ( an exclusive ibm partner ) . dhruv is an avid reader , cyclist , and a passionate sports fan who follows cricket with as much vigor as he follows baseball and american football\nashutosh has over 20 years of experience in leading products across mobile , telecom , digital media and online platforms . he has led cross - functional teams and his experience includes product management , business development , strategic alliances , customer acquisition & retention . previously , he was instrumental in launching new products and initiatives at urltoken ( times internet limited ) , reuters market light ( thomson reuters ) , onmobile global , comviva and vodafone . ashutosh loves listening to music and spends his free time with his kids .\nin the end , the politics of national pride derailed the deal as south africa did not want mtn to lose its independent identity . it wanted an assurance from the indian government that it would amend laws to allow dlcs . while prime minister manmohan singh assured south african president jacob zuma that the indian government would discuss all issues , this was evidently not enough for the south africans .\nthis also marks the seventh attempt by mtn to enter into a merger or strategic alliance with global communication majors . the south african giant has in the past been in failed discussions with the likes of vodafone , china mobile and reliance communications .\npallavi ambekar , analyst , coronation fund managers , cape town , a shareholder in mtn , is relieved that the deal has been called off . \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdwe are shareholders of mtn and we are quite positive that the deal has been called off . we felt that the deal in its initial format was quite complicated and felt that the price being offered undervalued mtn itself . i can\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdt comment on any new deal because we haven\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdt seen any new deal that was being presented . the deal was complicated . several things would have come in the way of actually concluding the deal , not necessarily just the sa government , \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd she said in an exclusive chat with et now soon after the bharti statement .\nnaturally , friends and well - wishers of sunil mittal are disappointed . dabur india chairman anand burman , mr mittal\ufffd\ufffd\ufffds close friend for over 20 years , castigated government officials for derailing what would have been the country\ufffd\ufffd\ufffds largest cross - border deal . \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdit is a bit of a setback for sunil . but he\ufffd\ufffd\ufffds a go - getter . he will go for something bigger than mtn . it\ufffd\ufffd\ufffds rather sad that india\ufffd\ufffd\ufffds best company with the largest number of subscribers and the pioneer of the low - cost business model had to fall prey to the technicalities of some government babus somewhere , \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd mr burman said .\nironically , the transaction under discussion did not involve any loss of national identity for mtn . it was a cash - cum - stock deal which would have resulted in bharti airtel getting a 49 % stake in mtn and the south african telco and its shareholders getting a 36 % economic interest in bharti . but the south africans wanted assurances for the future , which the indian government was not in a position to give as it said that allowing dual listing will need major amendments to key corporate laws and cannot be done in haste .\nfinance ministry officials had earlier told et that dlcs do not figure anywhere on the government and rbi\ufffd\ufffd\ufffds radar at the moment because that implied a situation close to full capital account convertibility , which the indian government and rbi were unwilling to consider .\nfollowing bharti\ufffd\ufffd\ufffds statement , the south african government said : \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdwhen companies structure their relationships outside the current exchange control regulatory framework for such transactions , they require the approval of the minister of finance . this was the case with the proposed mtn - bharti merger , which required certain exchange control and other approvals . \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ndespite the south african government\ufffd\ufffd\ufffds failure to approve the deal , bharti airtel defended the proposed deal structure and said that \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdthe broad structure being discussed by the two sides had taken into account the sensibilities and sensitivities of both companies and both their countries\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd .\nthe indian telco also said that since both companies were the national champions in their respective countries , the proposed deal structure had taken into account their leadership in their respective geographies to ensure continuity of business \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd including listing , tax residencies , management , brand etc .\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdthis transaction would have been the single largest foreign direct investment into south africa and one of the largest outbound fdis from india . the deal would have been a significant step in promoting south - south cooperation \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd a vision of the two countries , \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd bharti airtel\ufffd\ufffd\ufffds statement added .\nbut the indian company has not totally given up , if its statement has is anything to go by . \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdwe hope the south african government will review its position in the future and allow both companies an opportunity to re - engage . \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd bharti airtel also added that it would \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdcontinue to explore international expansion opportunities that are consistent with its vision and bring value to its shareholders\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd .\nthe indian telco even politely observed that it \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdenjoyed its engagement with the mtn management and its board and wished them continued success . \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nlast month , bharti group chairman sunil mittal told et now that the company\ufffd\ufffd\ufffds second attempt to forge an alliance with mtn was a well thought out move . \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdi would not call it an audacious move . this is our second attempt at forging a deep and meaningful alliance with mtn . it is a very well considered move and there is a very strong rationale . our business model is ready to go out and that\ufffd\ufffd\ufffds why i am exploring the mtn opportunity . \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nover the past month , mr mittal had aggressively wooed the indian political establishment to help bharti clinch the deal . the bharti group head had met the prime minister three times and held discussions with with finance minister pranab mukherjee as well as top government officials in a number of ministries .\nbharti also indicated its gratitude to the indian government for its support : \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdbharti is grateful to the various indian government authorities , in particular the minister of finance , the minister of commerce and industry and the minister of corporate affairs . we express our profound gratitude to the honourable prime minister of india for his strong support to what could have been a transformational partnership . \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nit was clear from the beginning that regulatory barriers would be the biggest obstacle in consummating the bharti - mtn deal . looking ahead , the indian government needs to think about the changes in our capital account regime that will facilitate the large cross - border transactions that indian companies aspire to . shares are a common currency for acquisition and indian companies would be shut out of overseas buyout opportunities if they are not allowed to issue them .\nwhile dual listing is a step towards capital account convertibility , it is not necessarily a giant one . the indian capital account is open for fiis and in case of fdi . the companies act will also have to be amended to take into account taxation and accounting implications for a dual - listed company . but the risks of capital outflows may not be huge .\nwe probably have more money flowing out due to over and under - invoicing on the trade account . as the government gradually opens up the capital account , issuing ordinary shares to overseas investors ought to be on the agenda .\nthe government wants indian cars to be safer . but is the supply chain ready ?\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 bennett , coleman & co . ltd . all rights reserved . for reprint rights : times syndication service\nchoose your reason below and click on the report button . this will alert our moderators to take action\n, the mobile payment company , has launched a paypos mobile application , which allows small businesses to accept credit and debit cards and process electronic transactions directly on their mobile phones at the point of sale ( pos ) .\nthe application has no setup fee , rentals , variable fees or minimum transaction threshold .\nmerchants with a smartphone or tablet ( android , iphone , and ipad ) can download the payos app on their phone . the merchant , after registering with the service , will be provided a merchant id ( mid ) and a device id ( did ) that will enable him to use his mobile phone as a pos device and have the merchant name show in the customer\u2019s card statement . following that , he just needs to enter his mobile number and the amount on his smartphone . the customer enters the card details and the secure password or otp . the transaction is then processed in real time .\nthe credit card payment gateway fee of 2 . 95 % + taxes will be charged over and above transaction amount during settlement . however , merchants can also pass on the fee to the customers by including it in the total amount they charge their customer on the app while initiating the payment . in the international markets , payments company paypal charges 2 . 7 % for payments through its \u2018paypal here\u2019 mobile payments solution , while square charges 2 . 75 % .\nbut this is essentially using an online payment gateway for offline transactions , and will also involve an additional step for the customer - of entering the card details including the card number , cvv code and the 3d secure pin or an otp , which would make it a little cumbersome compared to swipe and pay terminal solutions . also , some customers could be finicky about paper receipts .\nwe did report that paypal intends to apply for a domestic payment license in india , but then we don\u2019t know if it\u2019ll extend \u2018paypal here\u2019 to india , and whether the regulatory framework in the country would permit it .\nanupam - thanks for your feedback . our card readers are shipping shortly . the revised build will support this . our gateway supports debit cards as well . the second factor auth for debit card transactions vary from bank to bank . email receipts are mailed to customers . this app is targeted at small businesses who might not have a terminal and are on the move along with mom and pops to begin with . we have additional tools like sales reports and promotions built into version 1 .\npolicybazaar\u2019s parent etechaces gets infusion of rs 190 . 5cr from info edge & macritchie\nbhim saw 16 . 3m transactions in june 2018 accounting for only 6 . 6 % of upi payment\nupi transactions jump 30 % to 246 . 4m in june 2018 ; rs 40 , 834 cr transacted\nmedianama is the premier source of information and analysis on digital and telecom businesses in india . more about medianama , here .\n\u00a9 2008 - 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{"id": 55304, "summary": [{"text": "buick city was a massive automobile manufacturing complex in the northeast of flint , michigan .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "elements of the 235-acre ( 950,000 m \u00b2 ) complex dated from 1904 , where all aspects of buick vehicles were constructed , and it became known as buick city in 1985 .", "topic": 6}, {"text": "operations ceased completely in 2010 .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "the site was vacated by gm employees and site responsibilities were transferred to motors liquidation company as of december 6 , 2010 .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "the final cars built at buick city were the pontiac bonneville and the buick lesabre .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "manufacturing operations were transferred to orion assembly .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "the original factory at one time was the largest in the world , consisting of 24 separate buildings contributing to the manufacturing process , until 1928 when the ford river rouge plant was completed and began operations .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "in the beginning , all components were manufactured in one location , to include wheel bearings , nuts , bolts , and screws , to transmissions , suspension components , wheels and interior components .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "operations were carried out in this fashion well into the 1940s and beyond .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "after world war ii , when vehicle production resumed , buick city was the primary location where all components were created , with knock-down kits distributed to assembly plants in major metropolitan us cities , where the vehicles were locally assembled and distributed in their respective regions .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "the plant originated with buick before the formation of general motors .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "other elements were built by early manufacturers and suppliers like fisher body .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "the buick city concept represented a successful attempt by general motors to experiment with just-in-time manufacturing methods in response to japanese manufacturers .", "topic": 28}, {"text": "the experiment included successes : the 1989 buick lesabre built in buick city was ranked the top car in the j.d. power and associates rankings for that year ; it was the first american built car to appear on the list .", "topic": 5}, {"text": "in 1999 , the year the plant was closed , buick city won j. d. power 's platinum award for assembly plant quality .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "as of 2016 , it is the only general motors plant to win the award .", "topic": 5}, {"text": "the closing of gm 's manufacturing plants in flint , and its subsequent economic toll on the community was chronicled in michael moore 's documentary film , roger & me .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "the plant 's acreage became an epa cleanup site .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "in 2013 , american cast iron pipe co. announced plans to construct a new 200,000 square foot manufacturing plant on the former buick city complex . ", "topic": 5}], "title": "buick city", "paragraphs": ["to anyone outside of flint ,\nbuick city\nmeans flint . to anyone who lives in flint ,\nbuick city\nmeans the buick site . to anyone who works at\nthe buick\n,\nbuick city\nmeant the vehicle assembly and metal fabrication operations .\nbuick city complex to be home of new american cast iron pipe co . plant\nat the old buick city complex and putting 50 - 60 people to work .\n\u201cbuick city\u201d by sara carson reviewed in flint\u2019s east village magazine \u201c . . bold dispatches from ruin , hope\u2026\u201d \u201cbuick city\u201d by sara carson reviewed by karen j weyant\ngallery : buick city complex to be home of new american cast iron pipe co . plant\nthe buick lacrosse is one of two cars built at the general motors fairfax in kansas city , kan .\nwhile many workers worry about how buick city ' s demise will affect both their city and themselves , others say it might not have such a drastic impact . wilcox , for one , thinks the change could help the city .\nthe buick city automobile complex on flint ' s north side opened in 1904 and became known as\nbuick city\nin 1985 . abandoned by gm during its bankruptcy , the last buick rolled off the plant ' s assembly line in 1999 , and the plant ' s operations ceased completely in 2010 .\ngm spokeswoman carolyn normandin says the company hopes buick city workers continue to make high - quality products in their new jobs .\nbuick city plant manager amy d . farmer agrees with gm ' s reasoning in closing the plant , but sees how people can get sentimental about a factory . farmer herself is a\nflintstone\n- - a flint native - - whose grandfather worked in buick city .\ni was saddened by the sight . a significant part of the city of flint was the old buick city where buicks were made . as an old buick owner , i was intrigued by what i saw . the general motors parade was going to show a 100 - year history of gm cars .\nit goes deeper than not being able to drink water , freeman says . privileges that people have grown used to are now daylong struggles in buick city .\nthe weston - mott factories at buick industrial & amp ; hamilton avenue 1915 .\nofficials said american has a purchase agreement for the northern - most parcel at buick city , about 18 acres with pierson road as the parcel ' s northern boundary .\nshe and other workers say gm ' s reasoning for closing buick city doesn ' t make sense , especially after years of promoting the idea that improved quality could save the plant . the plant ' s buick lesabre has done well in customer quality surveys , and buick city was rated one of gm ' s most efficient plants by a recent industry report - - beating the two plants that will get its production .\nmillion dollar hoods : why l . a . cages more people than any other city\nflint , mi - for the first time in 18 years , a new automobile - related manufacturing plant may be coming soon to flint ' s former buick city complex .\nbuick became the top seller in 1908 , even outselling ford motor co . that same year , owner william c . durant merged buick and several other automakers to form gm . gm employed more than 75 , 000 in the flint area as recently as 1978 , and a large sign at the edge of town welcomed motorists to buick city .\nsince then , sales of the large sedans that make up the heart of buick ' s lineup have been falling as many buyers turn to sport utility vehicles instead . in 1997 , the company said it would close buick city ' s car assembly lines and transfer production to two michigan plants that can handle more models . gm will keep buick city ' s engine and parts factories running , as well as a nearby truck plant .\nsouthfield - based lear corp . has received a grant from the michigan economic development corp . to build a $ 30 million plant at the old buick city complex in flint .\ncaptured the city\u2019s decline : \u201cin flint , every day is like a virginia tech . \u201d\nthe following is from my book buick muscle cars by : bill holder and phillip kunz .\non june 29 general motors closed the doors of its buick city complex in flint , michigan , its last operating assembly plant in the city . the plant closure deals a further blow to the industrial city , the birthplace of both the giant car company and the united auto workers union , that has lost tens of thousands of auto jobs over the last two decades .\nhonky tonk maestro whitey morgan has a new live album ready for the holiday season . below you can get a taste of what ' s to come by streaming\nbuick city\n.\non monday , june 26 , city council voted to approve a development agreement with southfield - based auto supplier lear corporation for a 150 , 000 to 155 , 000 square foot building at 902 e . hamilton ave . - - the location of the former buick city administration building .\ncrumbling buildings of buick city , now almost completely shut down . parking lots are desolate , there\u2019s no smoke from the chimneys and no humans \u2013 hardly any guards protecting the structures . ( bottom )\nthe rapper said he didn\u2019t want to be a part of a hashtag trend - - his assistance to the city is more than just a pop culture nod toward a struggling city facing its newest test .\nbill callen , a spokesman for revitalizing auto communities environmental response trust , declined to comment on the development agreement or racer ' s role in brokering a sale of part of the old buick city property .\ndarlene morris skipped the recent\nfamily day\nfestival at the buick city factory , not quite seeing the lure of gleaming white tents with children ' s games , ice cream and free coffee mugs .\nspecial thanks goes out to dennis for clarifying what happened to perhaps one of buick\u2019s ultimate performance cars .\nmost of the 390 - acre buick city closed in 1999 , creating one of the state\u2019s largest brownfield sites . gm\u2019s powertrain flint north closed in 2010 and ended more than a century of manufacturing at the site .\ngreat site , love anything about\nbuick\n. i worked for gm canada for 34 years third generation\nlear corporation said it intends to purchase the property from racer properties , llc and\ndevelop the property to contribute to the economy of the city of flint and promote the city ' s economic goals and objectives .\nthis ghost image shows the buick factory in 1910 at the same location as shown above & amp ; below .\n\u201cthe issue has not been our products , \u201d said tony disalle , vice president of buick and gmc marketing for gm . \u201cit\u2019s a perception that buick is for older people . we have a lot of upside here . \u201d\nthere still will be just under 30 , 000 gm employees in flint after buick city closes , and the automaker plans to spend $ 1 . 5 billion in the next several years to update and build factories in and around flint .\nat its peak , buick city employed over 28 , 000 . the figure varies depending upon who you ask . in 1999 , most of this plant was shut down . there is a small force of 1 , 000 still employed in flint , but the v6 engine factory of 700 employees is scheduled to close in august , leaving buick city virtually desolate . in the 1950s , the detroit area had the highest median income , and highest rate of home ownership , of any major us city . but times are very different now . california\u2019s silicon valley now enjoys higher income than the detroit area .\nthis article from my muscle review magazine ( no longer published ) dated july 1999 tells a short story about a pretty rare 1970 buick . this article also happens to mention the opening of the ( then new ) buick museum in flint .\nthe area was hit hard by thousands of gm layoffs in the 1980s , a period documented by flint native michael moore in his film\nroger & me .\nbut in the same period , gm spent about $ 300 million to modernize buick city .\ngm ' s roots in the city 57 miles north of detroit date to 1903 , when a flint wagon company bought david dunbar buick ' s struggling gasoline engine shop . the first buick built in flint came out the next year , little more than a buggy ' s frame bolted to a 21 - horsepower engine and a steering wheel , with a love seat stuck on top .\nthe lacrosse has the same grille and shares a family resemblance with the avenir , buick vice president duncan aldred said in september . the avenir \u201cshattered expectations of what a buick could be , \u201d aldred said , promising that the lacrosse would do the same .\nin 1984 gm brought together a half dozen factories to form the massive complex and dubbed it buick city . this was supposed to be gm ' s answer to rival toyota city and a symbol of the us carmaker ' s determination to fight foreign competition . since then , however , the company ' s share of the car and truck market share has declined from around 40 percent to 30 . 7 percent in 1997 .\nflint \u2014 economic development officials in flint are making a push to revitalize the former manufacturing site that once produced every buick that general motors made .\nwe are proud to be the first manufacturing company to build ( at buick city ) ,\nhook said .\nwe believe this site and this community are a good fit for our organization ' s plans for growth , and we believe we have a lot to offer . . .\nit was an amazing sight to see buicks dating from 1915 to brand new ones lined up in parking lots , exhibited for visitors . buick started production in 1904 . i didn\u2019t see any earlier models , but i saw the photo of a replica of a 1904 model b buick in a news article .\nbuick city is a building , but it just contains everything i ' ve known for all these years ,\nshe said wednesday .\nthe last few days have been - - well , it ' s too quiet . everybody is just kind of closed up . it ' s very sad .\nby submitting your email address or phone number , you allow us , city buick chevrolet cadillac & gmc , to include you on our contact lists to send you information about our products , services and promotions . you may revoke consent at any time by clicking on the\nunsubscribe\nlink in your email .\ngm is ending buick production in flint , where the large model cars have been made since 1904 . the 235 - acre buick city facility had only 1 , 200 workers left\u20141 , 000 full time employees and 200 temporary workers\u2014a fraction of the 28 , 000 auto workers who once produced cars there during the peak production years of the mid - 1980s . many of higher - seniority workers are expected to retire or will be forced to transfer to other plants throughout the country .\nsikivu hutchinson : the ubiquitous tents and shambling motorhomes that dot l . a . \u2019s side streets are simply the most glaring symbols of the city\u2019s spatial apartheid .\nin 1997 when gm announced its plans to shut the assembly plant at the heart of the buick city complex , uaw local 599 argued that this was an unwise business decision and pledged that the union would work to increase speedup , impose more forced overtime and carry out whatever measures were needed to boost production and profits .\nshowcasing the lacrosse in a hip urban setting like l . a . is in keeping with the division\u2019s \u201cthat\u2019s a buick ? \u201d ad campaign , which makes a self - deprecating case that its newer cars are too cool for its geriatric reputation . the average buick buyer is 66 , according to san diego - based consulting firm strategic vision . by contrast , bmw\u2019s average buyer is 50 and lexus , also known for comfort like buick , has an average owner age of 59 .\nflint mayor dayne walling said there have been discussions with the company about what financial incentives are available from the city , but\nno requests yet\nfor assistance .\ntold in prose poems , buick city is a coming - of - age tale about growing up in the deindustrialized midwest \u2013 about trailer park kids fending for themselves while laid - off parents navigate their new minimum wage jobs ; about teenagers inventing sex on the loading dock behind the convenience store ; about young people yearning for a life beyond making a living and fighting with customers at the 24 hour supermarket . from neighborhood casanovas to part - time hitmen to grandmothers run - ragged , the portraits of life in buick city offer a glimpse into the world beyond factory closings and rustbelt blight and into the life of a place teeming with desperation , joy , and hope .\nthe local 599 leadership went so far as to spend $ 4 million to place full - page ads in the wall street journal and investor ' s business daily , aimed at convincing gm stockholders that they would get a better return on their investment if the buick city plant were kept open , and a different uaw plant was closed down . the ad featured the results of an internal gm quality report , comparing the performance of 19 gm assembly plants , including lake orion , detroit / hamtramck and lansing , michigan . under the headline , \u201cthe standings , \u201d the ad lists buick city in second place , topped only by the joint gm - toyota operation in california .\nwe saw buicks from models from 1915 onwards . not every year was covered , but it was a massive display . buick had used golf legend tiger woods to advertise its fleet of cars . the leading truck had a huge picture of tiger woods about to strike a ball with his club , along with the picture of a buick .\na positively painful broken aesop from years ago :\nthe city of new orleans\n, about the death of the railroad industry , being used as a car commercial .\nbritish shoe company clarks used\nbirdhouse in your soul\nby the same group as a stealth pun . the ad in question featured giant kids running around a city .\nin the u . s . , the biggest battle will be to change perceptions . even though buick makes crossover suvs and nimble sedans like the regal , it has conventional wisdom and pop culture to overcome . in the 1977 movie \u201cannie hall , \u201d woody allen famously says the spider in the bathroom is \u201cthe size of a buick . \u201d\n, distributed by interscope records , under the tutelage of legendary producer dr . dre . he has religiously worn clothing with the words of his city printed on them during appearances .\nafter 95 years of making buicks in the city where general motors corp . was born , the automaker is shutting the sprawling auto plant and ending 1 , 300 jobs . it ' s both the end of an era for a place that has defined the city ' s identity for nearly a century , and the start of more uncertainty for an already wobbly economy .\nare right up your alley . whether you choose to purchase a buick , chevrolet , cadillac or gmc we are confident that your buying experience at our dealership will be a positive one .\nthis would be the most photographed entrance of the buick factory in flint , michigan . this photo is included in the newest book published about flint by author gordon young . the book is titled\u2026\nsarah carson has an imaginative gift for transporting us within the nuances & netherworld of her hometown . i can\u2019t imagine are more dead - eye illumination of the region\u2014told with incredible wit & a rough - minded passion . many might steer you from the town itself , but missing out on buick city would be a decidedly wrong turn . i will gladly enjoy returning to these pages\u2014and often . \u2014\ncircuit city used ' just what i needed ' by the cars for one ill - fated advertising campaign near the end of their corporate lifespan . the song is about a one - night stand .\nthe final phase of the integrated car assembly and metal stamping production at buick motor division & apos ; s former headquarters . idled and tore down in 1999 . or , alternatively , the entire production site that included axles , springs , motors , etc . ( pretty much the entire car ) . also adopted by flint , michigan as a nickname because buick and general motors were created there .\nnot long ago we received a letter from dennis manner , a now - retired buick / gm engine engineer who has vast first - hand knowledge of not only buick\u2019s engine development in the sixties and seventies ( including his direct involvement with the 455 , 455 stage 1 and 455 stage 2 equipment ) , but also the development of the gsx stage2 prototype and its true demise . according to dennis :\nabout 100 of the 1 , 400 workers employed at buick city when it closed will stay on to strip the plant of equipment . some 200 workers are temporary hires who were let go . most of the rest are either retiring or going on\nprotected status ,\nin which they still get a paycheck , but don ' t have a job right away . they will eventually be offered jobs at other factories .\nthe flint location is in competition with mexico , where overall costs are lower , for the subassembly operation , the memo said . the city of flint offered a tax abatement to reduce property taxes by 50 percent .\nit ' s been here over 90 years ,\nshe says .\nwhen you have this giant sitting in the middle of the city , it ' s understandable how you ' d get attached to it .\ni don\u2019t know how the story ever got started about the prototype car ever catching on fire which was not true and i have been trying to correct that statement ever since . in addition to the stage 2 development car i used as a workhorse at buick engineering , we built a prototype gsx car in flint in buick engineering and sent it out to california for exposure and evaluation for the dealers , the racers and the magazine writers . upon its return to michigan long after we had decided to not factory produce the package and we were about to retire the vehicle , one of our buick engineers missed a shift driving it at our gm proving grounds and put a rod through the side of the block . it did not catch fire . we then disassembled the car , scrapped it out but the special hood was donated to the jones / benesick buick drag car they raced in california .\ns worked for . sit down strike . black lake . what happened ? time to take our city back ! i\u2019ll post pictures i have if can figure out how ! have a blessed day and keep faith ! much love clara\n\u201cbuick stands for comfort and is known by older generations , \u201d said alexander edwards , president of strategic vision . \u201cif they want to attract people from more lively brands , they need to talk to a different kind of buyer . \u201d\nmy dad worked at buick from 1943 - 1975 and always was so proud . in the 50 ' s he ' d tell me how it was the only self contained plant . from foundry to driving it away , all at one place !\ngm is consolidating its large car production because of greater demand for its more profitable light trucks and sports utility vehicles . production of buick lesabres will transferred to more modern large car plants in detroit / hamtramck and lake orion , near pontiac , michigan .\nwe also stopped to eat at a beautifully constructed but empty restaurant , makuch\u2019s red rooster \u2014 \u201cthe pinnacle of fine dining . \u201d established in 1959 , the once swank restaurant featured flaming desserts and tableside cooking . it entertained gm executives on their heyday . we were the only two customers at our late lunch . the waitress was pleased to get some business . she was unhappy about the plant closings and the loss of business in town . many houses near buick city were boarded shut , and mostly in dilapidated condition .\nthis article is from my december 2012 issue of hemmings muscle machines and contains new information concerning this rare buick . i actually took this copy from the hemmings site because i gave my issue to another enthusiast ( my dentist ) who needed another article for the 409 chevy engine he has .\nmercifully without glibness , derision or rancor , the sinewy poems in buick city chronicle the petty crimes taking place outside love motels and flavored with instant cocoa ; the heart of the culture found in the break room at the back of a 24 - hour supermarket . like updike\u2019s \u201ca & p\u201d retold by a rust belt girl born in 1984 , sarah carson boldly goes where few poets dare\u2014straight into a ( mid ) western consciousness redolent with pop rocks , black pepper , diet coke and weed . i\u2019m so grateful we have this desperate , hopeful , utterly american work . \u2014 arielle greenberg\nbrian quinn was born on march 14 , 1976 in staten island , new york city , new york , usa as brian michael quinn . he is a producer and actor , known for 12 monkeys ( 2015 ) , vulgar ( 2000 ) and metamorphosis : the alien factor ( 1990 ) .\nron ferguson , owner of ferguson furniture , says flint can absorb the cuts better today than 20 years ago . he says the city has almost evolved into a bedroom community for the northern suburbs of detroit . and he says there are enough gm retirees with good incomes to keep some business humming .\nthe hope is that the lacrosse , which is one of two cars built at gm\u2019s fairfax assembly plant in kansas city , kan . , will turn heads . the car\u2019s bold styling is based on the avenir , which in january was named \u201cbest concept vehicle\u201d at the north american international auto show in detroit .\nspeaking of chrysler , for super bowl xlv in 2011 , the company aired a 2 - minute commercial for the chrysler 200 with the instrumental riff of eminem ' s\nlose yourself\nin the background . the spot ends with eminem himself taking the stage at detroit ' s fox theatre and saying\nthis is the motor city . and this is what we do .\nof course , it must be noted that the spot was more about detroit ' s ( both the city and the us auto industry ) comeback from economic catastrophe than it was about the car itself . . . which may well have appealed to eminem .\nlast summer two strikes erupted at gm parts plants in flint , which virtually closed the automaker ' s north american operations . while hundreds of thousands of auto workers in flint and elsewhere were seeking to fight gm ' s attack on jobs , the uaw agreed to a contract that eliminated 1 , 300 of the 9 , 200 strikers ' jobs , paved the way for further plant closings and layoffs and included a pledge not to call any further strikes until the settlement of 1999 national contract . throughout the 44 - day strike the uaw international leadership made it clear that it was not challenging gm ' s decision to close buick city .\ni traveled to lapeer in michigan recently to visit an old , dear friend . lapeer happens to be near the motor city of flint . i was given a tour of flint by his wife sue . flint was getting ready to have a \u201ccelebration\u201d of gm\u2019s 100th anniversary ( if you can call it a celebration ) .\nprematurely white - haired character star who began as a supporting player of generally vicious demeanor , then metamorphosed into a star of both action and drama projects , lee marvin was born in new york city , the son of courtenay washington ( davidge ) , a fashion writer , and lamont waltman marvin , an . . .\nthis is the same gate as shown below only in 1974 . that is body receiving shown in the foreground and mentioned below . that is factory # 44 being built . i entered this gate more than any other in my 30 years with g . m . and it was also my first and last at buick .\nsal vulcano was born on november 6 , 1976 in staten island , new york city , new york , usa as salvatore edward anthony vulcano . he is a producer and actor , known for 12 monkeys ( 2015 ) , the comedy roast of jesus christ ( 2007 ) and just another romantic wrestling comedy ( 2006 ) .\njames murray was born on may 1 , 1976 in staten island , new york city , new york , usa as james stephen murray . he is a producer and actor , known for 12 monkeys ( 2015 ) , awakened ( 2018 ) and say whaaat ? ( 2017 ) . he was previously married to jenna vulcano .\nand starting in 2013 , party city used repurposed versions of the song for their 2013 ad campaigns , with lyrics changed to talk about what they had for what holiday or special occasion was coming up , and they even did a generic version to promote regular birthday party supplies . it was first used around saint patrick ' s day .\nformer lead guitarist for hard rock super group kiss , best known for his\nspace ace\ncharacter , on stage stagger , cackling laugh and smoking guitar effects . frehley was born paul daniel frehley on april 27th , 1951 in the bronx , new york city and received his first electric guitar at age 14 . a . . .\nchristopher d ' olier reeve was born september 25 , 1952 , in new york city , to journalist barbara johnson ( n\u00e9e barbara pitney lamb ) and writer / professor f . d . reeve ( franklin d ' olier reeve ) . he came from an upper - class family ; his paternal grandfather was ceo of prudential financial , and one of his . . .\nstill can\u2019t find what you\u2019re looking for ? we are a proud member of the humberview group , with 20 stores representing 17 car brands located throughout ontario . this gives us access to a massive used car network and cost savings that we pass on to you . come visit us today and learn why we\u2019re the best buick , chevrolet , cadillac and gmc dealership in toronto !\nhemmings muscle machines subscribers ( and those who pick it up on the newsstand ) may recall from our recent all modified issue the buick pictured above : a contemporary recreation of the 1970 buick gsx stage2 prototype . the six - page feature recalls frank urbinati\u2019s desire to recreate the lost factory gsx , how gransport auto body built it , and how it ended up in the hands of its current owner , bob ortolani , who continues its 9 . 51 - second quarter - mile legacy . the story also provides some background as to the one and only original prototype , including its oft - repeated demise \u2013 set in motion by the rapid swing away from muscle cars in 1971 \u2013 that began with dismantling , followed by its complete destruction in a fire .\nwe are the premier gm dealership for customers who are shopping for new or used vehicles in toronto and the surrounding areas of the markham , scarborough and the rest of the greater toronto area . we have a large inventory of new cars , trucks , and suv\u2019s from buick , chevrolet , cadillac and gmc as well as used vehicles of all makes and models at great prices .\nbut wooing california buyers won\u2019t be easy in a state where foreign luxury cars are status symbols , american brands struggle and buick has market share of less than 0 . 5 percent . the brand has only a 1 . 3 percent market share in the u . s . but 4 percent in china , the world\u2019s largest auto market , where 80 percent of buicks are sold .\njoe gatto was born on june 5 , 1976 in staten island , new york city , new york , usa as joseph anthony gatto jr . he is a producer and actor , known for superdude & friend ( 2005 ) , 12 monkeys ( 2015 ) and soccer baller ( 2006 ) . he has been married to bessy gatto since september 2 , 2013 . they have two . . .\ngeorge c . scott was an immensely talented actor , a star of screen , stage and television . he was born on october 18 , 1927 in wise , virginia , to helena agnes ( slemp ) and george dewey scott . at the age of eight , his mother died , and his father , an executive at buick , raised him . in 1945 , he joined the . . .\nlarry the cable guy was born in pawnee city , nebraska , as daniel lawrence whitney . he is an actor and producer , known for cars ( 2006 ) , cars 2 ( 2011 ) and cars 3 ( 2017 ) . he is also an original member of the blue collar comedy tour . he has been married to cara whitney since july 3 , 2005 . they have two . . .\n\u201cthose of us in flint know that our community is worth investing in and we\u2019re excited to see lear building a huge truck seating manufacturing plant right here in the city ,\nsaid senate minority leader jim ananich ( d\u2013flint ) in a written statement .\nhaving lear in the neighborhood will mean hundreds of new , quality jobs prioritized for flint residents , ensuring that more folks in my town will have the opportunity to get a leg up .\ngm employment in the flint area has fallen from 77 , 000 workers in manufacturing and office centers in 1978 to 33 , 000 today . the number of gm jobs is expected to dwindle further to 22 , 000 in the next few years . the official unemployment rate in the city is 9 . 7 percent , more than double the state average , and the bulk of better - paying auto jobs have been replaced with low - wage employment in the service sector .\nso mom could be back before older siblings had to get up for school ! i remember the bump on court daddy would speed up to make my belly jump and i would giggle like a three year old because i was . then seeing weather ball and telling my parents what the three colors ment and what the weather was going to be that day ! oh the glorious memories ! what have we done to let our elected officials ruin our city take away the way of life our forefather\n\u201cflint needed help before the water crisis . there was a breakdown of my city before this . this is level 10 of the problem , \u201d freeman said . \u201cwith the automotive industry leaving , that was the first thing . going to work in the auto industry was like a kid in flint going to the nba . when that went away , the feeling of hopelessness seeped in . people felt lost . they didn\u2019t know what to look forward to . the morale went way down . \u201d\nin 1968 , jim morrison vetoed a request from buick , which the other members of the doors approved of , to use the song\nlight my fire\nin a commercial . in a bit of self - parody over the affray , when robbie krieger penned the song\ntouch me\nlater that year , he ended it with the four - note sting from an ajax commercial popular at the time , and the final lyrics are ajax ' s then - slogan ,\nstronger than dirt\n.\nsue made a driving mistake and drove into the closed off streets of the buick car displays . a gm employee walked up to us . he said that he was part of the last group of 700 employees about to be laid off in august . sue\u2019s car was foreign and she was trapped not able to figure out where to go . from the passenger seat , i said that i owned a saturn , a gm car . that apparently caused the gm employee to relax . he walked over to the end of street and lifted one of the barricades and let us out of the area .\nthis is form a 1979 promotional laserdisc that i found it is for 1980 model year buick ' s . at the beginning of this disc you will hear some audio tones , these where used to program the pr - 7800 laserdisc player , and you will also see single frames of what is on the entire disc as well as still pictures of each model of buick available that year this was the first interactive video experience , the on board cpu in the pr - 7800 allowed you to program the viewing and interact with the disc using the remote control . the pr - 7800 was intorduced 3 years before the ibm pc - xt in 1978 gm contracted with pioneer and mca / discovision to put the pioneer pr - 7800 laserdisc player into its dealerships , the discs where to be used for demonstrations as in this disc or for training purposes . now in the early days of laserdisc manufacture there was a very high failure rate , sometimes as high as 85 % during the mastering / pressing process , so that left a lot of sides of discs that where unusable . well these where used to fill the blank side of a disc , the\ndead\nside was then coated with a special plastic that was clear to the human eye , but it would not reflect the laser beam , thus the side would not play . well the coating can be removed with rubbing alcohol , which is what i did . these reject discs will only play on the older style of laserdisc player that uses a laser tube\nit may not be a well known fact , but there was also a so - called stage 2 . in 1968 , the buyer of a gran sport skylark could check off the stage 2 package , which offered a pure race option consisting of an ultra - high - performance engine and some other performance options that had to be installed by the dealer . few knew that the option even existed . obviously the option was designed for drag racers . the stag 2 package was again available in 1970 with a trunkful of performance goodies . included were mickey thompson headers , an 850 cfm holley carburetor , 12 . 5 : 1 compression ratio forged pistons , a high - performance cam , and new high - flow heads . there was also a 4 . 78 geared rear end . all the equipment was reportedly dealer installed . how many stage 2 cars were modified is not known , but rest assured , the numbers are few . in fact , it has been noted that only three are known to exist , showcasing possibly the most daring buick adventure into high performance .\namerican cast iron pipe co . plans construction start soon , 50 - 60 employees to open flint plant | urltoken\namerican cast iron pipe co . plans construction start soon , 50 - 60 employees to open flint plant\nflint , mi - - american cast iron pipe co . says it won ' t waste any time building a\nwe could be doing foundation work in january ,\nsaid patrick hook , vice president of operations for american spiralweld pipe , a division of acipc .\nwe are out for bids right now .\nhook and american got a warm welcome at a news conference to announce the development wednesday , nov . 13 , at the flint & genesee county chamber of commerce in downtown flint .\ncompany in line to supply materials for the new karegnondi water authority pipeline , will begin producing spiral - welded steel pipe for that project at the new flint plant , using a single shift of workers to start .\nbut hook said the company envisions supplying other developments with pipe from flint in the future , saying the physical location of the facility\nopens up some additional markets for us .\nthe kwa will be very good for us ,\nhe said .\nas we ( find ) additional business , we would add additional shifts .\nthe hourly jobs at american in flint are expected to pay a starting wage of $ 17 to $ 22 an hour , and hook said candidates with a background of working in heavy industry and welding would have an advantage .\nthere may be a few people in our ( other ) plants that may want to come back here ( but ) our plan is to hire people locally .\nrevitalizing auto communities environmental response trust would comment on the proposed sale price of the property , and hook would not say how much the company plans to invest in its new building and equipment .\nwalling called wednesday ' s announcement important on two fronts : it provides an\nimmediate , positive economic impact\nand optimizes construction on the kwa pipeline .\namerican ' s new plant will produce strictly spiral - welded pipe , the same type that will be used in construction of the kwa pipeline . only one other company plant , located in columbia , s . c . , produces that type of pipe for american .\nthe pipeline from genesee county to lake huron will also include ductile iron pipe , which american also produces and will supply for the project , but that pipe won ' t be manufactured in flint .\nas low bidder for the kwa project , american is the likely supplier of more than $ 84 million in materials for the pipeline .\ngenesee county drain commissioner jeff wright said the company would have received the contract whether it decided to build the flint plant or not .\nfounded in birmingham , ala . , in 1905 , american employs about 3 , 000 people nationwide , including 2 , 000 at its headquarters plant and offices in birmingham , ala . , and about 1 , 000 at subsidiary plants .\ntim herman , chief executive officer for the flint & genesee chamber of commerce , said the company ' s track record makes it the kind of business that any community would want .\nherman called wednesday ' s announcement\nevidence of a strong workforce and world class transportation infrastructure that make this region a great place to locate a viable business .\nuse of and / or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our user agreement ( updated 5 / 25 / 18 ) and privacy policy and cookie statement ( updated 5 / 25 / 18 ) .\n\u00a9 2018 advance local media llc . all rights reserved ( about us ) . the material on this site may not be reproduced , distributed , transmitted , cached or otherwise used , except with the prior written permission of advance local .\ncommunity rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site .\nphoto showing factory # 31 during demolition . go to the following link to view all of dennis\u2019 great photos .\nbirdseye view of the oak park factories as viewed from east of the flint river . notice the suspension bridge over the river leading to the factories\u2026this would be removed in 1911 . it looks like the river is just receding after a flood .\nthis is a rather rare booklet from the clippings department in the flint public library . i had to turn over my drivers licence and sit in view of the library attendant to view this . this copy was donated by the author himself george h . maines .\ni know it\u2019s hard to believe but i have never posted this photo before . you are looking north up industrial avenue from hamilton avenue in 1910 during a shift change or lunch .\nhere is a little different view of the same intersection taken from the roof of the w . f . stewart body factory in 1910 showing the oak park subdivision after it has been built . that is the weston - mott factory on the right with the new industrial bank now located just west across industrial avenue . the bank was originally located in the stewart factory .\nthis view facing northwest is the same gate as shown in the photos above and below . that is body receiving in the background . i like the sign at left : beat old age & amp ; gout 30 & amp ; out . these workers are the reason i am enjoying retirement today instead of laying in a casket .\ndivision street revisited . division street during 100 years . division street 1947 body receiving 1960\nmany different versions of this engine and the cars history are still clouded . some say 2 were built by the factory and some say 15 dealer installed\u2019s were built . some also say around 75 sets of the special heads required were made . i like the first story at the beginning that leads off with : the final chapter which i find doubtful .\nprivacy & cookies : this site uses cookies . by continuing to use this website , you agree to their use . to find out more , including how to control cookies , see here : cookie policy\nwhile doug daugherty , vice president of global facilities and real estate for lear , told the council a\nmuch grander , formal announcement\nis on the way , he could say that the building will be used for manufacturing automobile seats .\nthis is something lear corp . is extremely excited about ,\nhe said , noting that while some employees will move from oakland county to the flint location , there\nwill be opportunities\nand union jobs for flint residents .\ncriteria for employment at the company will also be announced later , daugherty said .\ndaugherty said the company hopes to begin construction in september and open for operation in the spring of 2018 .\nhe told the council that manufacturing would be a clean process with no output and that the plant plans to use treated water rather than raw .\nthe trust was established by the u . s . bankruptcy court to sell off unwanted gm assets .\nin december 2014 , american spiralweld pipe co . began operation on the site ' s northernmost edge , supplying water transmission pipe for the karegnondi water authority pipeline .\nsunny , along with a few afternoon clouds . high 86f . winds wsw at 5 to 10 mph . .\npartly cloudy . a stray shower or thunderstorm is possible . low 69f . winds light and variable .\nwe ' re always interested in hearing about news in our community . let us know what ' s going on !\nif you ' re interested in submitting a letter to the editor , click here .\nmorris has built buicks for 23 years , a job that ended when the flint , mich . , plant closed last tuesday . to her , the festival was like clapping at a funeral .\nthere are not a lot of jobs around here that pay $ 17 an hour , or $ 20 an hour , like gm does ,\nsays raymond faris , the owner of faris furniture & jewelry in downtown flint .\nover the years , gm has built and torn down dozens of buildings to add new models and take out old equipment . the result is a jumble of towering factories that ' s hard to see as a single building without driving around the entire two - square - mile site .\nthe plain buildings , with few windows and dozens of stubby smokestacks , conceal giant conveyor belts that carry car bodies through four stories .\nmorris , 42 , has built her life around the plant . a flintstone as well , she ' s the daughter of a man who spent 44 years building parts for gm . she went to work at the plant when she graduated from high school and wanted money for college .\nthe next thing i knew , 22 years went by ,\nshe said .\nsince 1994 , morris has spent much of her free time working on a musical ,\nrats ! ,\nabout working on the assembly line and the history of the union . the play takes its name from\nshoprats ,\na slang term for assembly workers , and had a five - show run at a flint theater last summer .\nthey ' ve been preaching to us that our job security is to build a good car with high quality , and we ' re still closing ,\nsays don wilcox , 41 , who worked in the plant ' s paint shop for 11 years .\nmorris says that if gm offers her a transfer to saginaw or pontiac , she ' ll take it . but right now the future is unclear .\nthat ' s one of the worst things - - not knowing , not being able to make a plan ,\nshe says .\nunited auto workers union leaders say gm ' s $ 1 . 5 billion investment in flint factories will create several hundred jobs , not nearly enough to make up for the losses of the past few years . they say gm ' s plans for two new factories near lansing make them question the company ' s overcapacity claims .\nthat plant should not be closing ,\nsays art mcgee , president of uaw local 599 and a third - generation gm autoworker .\nthey ' ve got the best team in the company right here\u2026you don ' t split up the team that wins the championship for you .\nwe would not be ceasing production at this facility if we could sell as many vehicles as we produce in three plants ,\nshe said .\nthere ' ll be fewer jobs within gm itself , and a lot of those jobs will take more education than picking someone up off the street and saying , ' put this part on the car , '\nhe says .\nin flint , it might help diversify the workforce as a whole .\nmaybe we ' re a one - horse town , but it ' s like the horse had a few ponies ,\nhe says .\ncopyright 1999 associated press . all rights reserved . this material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten or redistributed .\n\u00a9 copyright 2018 the herald - palladium , 3450 hollywood road st . joseph , mi | privacy policy\nsubscribe today for full access on your desktop , tablet , and mobile device .\nthe flint & genesee chamber of commerce was awarded a $ 197 , 000 federal grant to allow work to be completed at the site that prioritizes development locations , creates marketing materials and identifies and assists prospective tenants .\nthe grant will also help with conceptualizing building designs and developing construction costs for projects requiring 40 , 000 - square - feet of space , the flint journal reported .\n\u201cthe approach that we\u2019ve taken is to kind of think about the whole site but also recognize that very few projects would need the whole site , \u201d said janice karcher , vice president of economic development for the chamber . \u201cmany of the requests that we\u2019ve received are companies that want to occupy 50 - or 100 , 000 - square - feet and those kinds of facilities can locate on five to 10 acres and don\u2019t need 390 . \u201d\nthe grant also allows officials to identify services at the site that could be vital to potential developers , such as transportation access , size and location of water lines , size and location of sewer lines and where gas and electric services are .\n\u201cthis level of information allows us to get in front of more prospective companies , developers and be able to say , \u2018look , we\u2019ve done our homework to make it easier for you to evaluate the site . \u2019 that\u2019s the real goal here , \u201d karcher said . \u201cthat\u2019s really helpful in being able to avoid surprises in potential projects but also to help zero in an optimal portions of the site . \u201d"]}
{"id": 55310, "summary": [{"text": "wicked weasel ( pty. ltd. ) is an australian manufacturer of \" risqu\u00e9 \" swimwear and lingerie for women .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "it is especially known for its microkinis .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "the company was founded in 1994 by peter gifford , formerly the bass player for midnight oil , and named after his girlfriend 's nickname .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "initially , the company 's products were trial-marketed to melbourne area strippers .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "the first wicked weasel retail store was opened in cairns in 1995 , but it moved to byron bay the following year , where the company headquarters has remained since .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "additional stores at bondi and in melbourne have been opened a number of times with inconsistent success .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "wicked weasel launched urltoken in mid-1999 , the first australian swimwear maker to do so .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "by 2003 , it was the largest australian retailer of clothing via the internet .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "as of 2007 , the website receives over 100,000 unique visitors per day .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "wicked weasel has 45-50 employees as of 2011 .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "as part of a contest , wicked weasel also publishes online pictures of women who wear their products . ", "topic": 31}], "title": "wicked weasel", "paragraphs": ["microminimus is brought to you by wicked weasel . \u00a9 1998 - 2018 wicked weasel pty ltd ( abn 23 003 927 553 )\ncopyright \u00a9 1998 - 2018 wicked weasel pty ltd abn 23 003 927 553 .\nafter consuming a big bowl of chili beans , my girlfriend serenaded me with her wicked weasel duck call .\nturning heads since 1994 . wicked weasel is so much more than just sexy clothing . it\u2019s a way of life . tag us in your photos ! # wickedweasel\ntwo australian companies have had great success selling swimwear on the internet . lustythreads has sold its bikinis to buyers in germany , the uk and twenty other countries . the first australian bikini manufacturer to utilise electronic commerce was wicked weasel , based in byron bay in new south wales . wicked weasel is now the largest australian retailer of clothing over the internet . the company has a turnover of millions of dollars . wicked weasel discovered that men made up the majority of purchasers of bikinis on the internet . \u2026\nwicked weasel has been bringing bikini lovers together for years and what better way to show them off than in the most exotic locations across the globe . take the tour \u00bb\nthere is no commitment . pay aud $ 99 . 00 for one year membership to our exclusive club . no rebilling . no surprises . your card will be billed as \u201cwicked weasel\u201d . take the tour \u00bb\namerica west ' s managers , on the other hand , responded that\nafter reviewing the frontal nudity depicted in the ( wicked weasel e - mail ) and comparing them to the e - mails sent by other members of the department , none of which contained frontal nudity and most of which contained no nudity at all , ( we ) made the determination to terminate ( the wicked weasel offenders ) and to provide progressive counseling to the other affected members of the department .\nplaintiff also retained an e - mail entitled\nwicked weasel\nin his company in - box that had been sent to him by a co - worker on august 25 , 2002 , and which depicts scantily clad women with nipples , pubic hair and genitalia visible .\npay just aud $ 99 . 00 for a one year membership to the microminimus community . our secure website supports amex , visa , mastercard and jcb . your billing will be displayed as \u201cwicked weasel\u201d . alternatively , contact us to pay by direct deposit . join today\nthe irony was not lost on america west , which promptly investigated its employee for violations of the company ' s sexual - harassment policy . the probe unearthed a smoking gun : an e - mail in sheville ' s in - box from two years earlier titled\nwicked weasel ,\nshowing scantily clad women with nipples , pubic hair and genitalia visible . ( wicked weasel is an australian manufacturer of skimpy bikinis . it is unclear from the court opinion whether the clothing in question was being worn , removed or somewhere in between . )\nafter scrutinizing the\nwicked weasel\nimage and other incriminating evidence , america west fired sheville and the employee who had sent him the contraband . the airline also disciplined five other employees - - but did not fire them - - because their e - mail messages\ndid not contain frontal nudity .\nthanks for all the great comments and thank you to all of the other microminimus posters who share their fun , while wearing their wicked weasels , with us .\nalexandria , va . , jan . 4 - - the trademark microminimus ( reg . no . 4075786 ; international reg . no 1061925 ) was issued on dec . 27 , 2011 by the uspto . owner : wicked weasel pty ltd corporation australia 156 jonson street byron bay nsw 2481 australia . the trademark application serial number 79091351 was\u2026\nan america west employee with multiple sclerosis claims that he was unlawfully fired over pornographic e - mail .\npolice blotter\nis a weekly cnet urltoken report on the intersection of technology and the law .\nwhat : an employee at airline america west claimed that he was fired in violation of the americans with disabilities act after the company nabbed him with pornographic e - mail .\nwhen : u . s . district judge neil wake in arizona ruled on monday .\nwhat happened , according to court documents : martin sheville worked for america west as a load planner , calculating aircraft weights and balances , from october 1995 to december 2004 . he agreed to the usual corporate boilerplate about not using his company pc for anything\nsexual in nature .\nbut sheville circulated racy e - mail messages to co - workers and one supervisor , including\nfive ways to hypnotize a man ,\ndepicting a voluptuous woman gyrating her naked breasts in five different directions . another was\nhow to get men to read the sexual harassment policy ,\ndepicting a woman in a translucent tank top with , as the judge would later stress ,\nher nipples visible .\nsending dirty jokes through work e - mail is hardly unusual , though getting fired over it does take some work . what makes this case odd is that sheville filed a lawsuit claiming that he had been discriminated against because he has multiple sclerosis - - he was diagnosed in mid - 2000 - - and alleging that his termination violated the americans with disabilities act .\nthe ada prohibits an employer from discriminating\nagainst a qualified individual with a disability because of the disability .\nsheville claims that he was singled out and fired even though\nall co - workers sent the same type of e - mails during work hours .\nhe introduced as evidence what the court described as a\nmultitude of scatological , depraved and sometimes pornographic e - mails that other members of the load - planning department\nexchanged .\none of sheville ' s former colleagues even testified in a deposition that sending , receiving and viewing pictures of naked women on america west ' s computers during working hours was unexceptional , since\nthe whole time ( he ) was there , everybody was doing it . . . everybody saw it .\nthe judge agreed with sheville that america west , which has since merged with us airways , may have been blind to a certain\nlocker room atmosphere that pervaded its load - planning department ,\nbut he rejected the ada allegations .\nthere was no evidence , wake said , that the airline fired sheville because of his disability . for one thing , a supervisor with the same medical condition remained an employee . but more importantly , wake ruled , sheville\nhas not adduced sufficient evidence , circumstantial or otherwise ,\nto make anyone believe multiple sclerosis had anything to do with his involuntary departure .\nexcerpts from court opinion : defendant alleges , and plaintiff does not deny , that plaintiff sent the following graphic e - mails from his company computer to various co - workers and one supervisor : ( 1 )\nwhite elephant\nsent november 20 , 2004 , and depicting women wearing see - through skirts ; ( 2 )\nfive ways to hypnotize a man\nsent october 29 , 2004 , and depicting a large - breasted woman gyrating her naked breasts in five different directions ; ( 3 )\nhow to get men to read the sexual harassment policy\nsent november 20 , 2004 , and depicting a large - breasted woman in a cutoff , wet , see - through tank top with her nipples visible through the text of a corporate sexual - harassment policy ; and ( 4 )\nprivates on parade\nsent november 26 , 2004 , and depicting a male guard clad in a kilt with his genitalia visible .\nin november 2004 , america west ' s director of operations , john daley , was made aware of employee misuse of company internet and e - mail systems by one of plaintiff ' s co - workers . daley instructed his operations manager , larry bowdler , to investigate the report . after reviewing the results of this investigation , bowdler , daley and . . . the senior manager for employee relations decided to terminate plaintiff ' s employment\nfor violations of the company ' s policy prohibiting harassment and discrimination in the workplace and the company ' s internet / e - mail usage policy .\nplaintiff ' s employment discrimination claim is governed by the same three - stage burden - shifting analysis that is applied to lawsuits arising under title vii of the civil rights act of 1964 . under this framework , plaintiff shoulders the initial burden of proving a prima facie case of discrimination by a preponderance of the evidence .\nplaintiff identifies two theories in support of his contention that america west terminated his employment on december 1 , 2004 , because of his disability , rather than for his violation of his employer ' s computer , e - mail and harassment policies . first , plaintiff notes that defendant singled him out for especially harsh discipline after the november 2004 investigation of computer misuse in the load - planning department was completed .\nall co - workers ,\nurges plaintiff ,\nsent the same type of e - mails during working hours using the company ' s computers and e - mail system ,\nyet only he and ( another employee ) were terminated .\nplaintiff bolsters this claim of disparate treatment by drawing the court ' s attention to a multitude of scatological , depraved and sometimes pornographic e - mails that other members of the load - planning department , including team leader noel thorpe and supervisor roger bradley , exchanged during the very time that defendant ' s investigation into computer misuse was being conducted .\none of plaintiff ' s load - planning colleagues explained that , prior to plaintiff ' s termination , sending , receiving and viewing pictures of naked women on defendant ' s computers during working hours was unexceptional , since\nthe whole time ( he ) was there , everybody was doing it . . . everybody saw it .\nwhile plaintiff was terminated for sending similar e - mails , many of his colleagues in the load - planning department did not even receive a warning , much less formal discipline from management . the only explanation for such disparate treatment , contends plaintiff , is that plaintiff has multiple sclerosis , while his colleagues do not .\nbut the essential predicate to plaintiff ' s claim of discriminatory discharge under the ada - - that he was terminated because of his disability - - is not established by these facts . the record is barren of direct evidence showing that america west ' s decision to terminate plaintiff was motivated by his disability .\nbe respectful , keep it clean and stay on topic . we delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read . discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nin ways of web , those who bare , win . - australasian business intelligence | highbeam research\nthis article has been saved ! you may organize and add notes about this article below .\nin ways of web , those who bare , win .\naustralasian business intelligence . comtex news network , inc . 2003 . highbeam research . 9 jul . 2018 < urltoken > .\nin ways of web , those who bare , win .\naustralasian business intelligence . 2003 . highbeam research . 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age version of a very old problem in the economy .\nthe sentry is one of great valley awning\u2019s exceptional screen products which gives you the ability to control your living space . no matter if you are covering your windows , doors , patio or lanai , the sentry can be your solution . each sentry screen is custom built up to 18\u2032 wide with a 12\u2032 drop . the sentry retractable screen combines ease of use with class in one quality retractable screen .\nvery good engineering management team . i learn a lot of products , ie : fan , pump , planet gearing train and controller stuff .\nwhatever the reason , palantir\u2019s offer comes at a time of great debate in silicon valley over employee compensation . traditionally , workers received options on a four - year vesting schedule . when they left a company , they would have 90 days to exercise those options or forfeit them .\ngreat company work for . nice people , not over crowded , constantly looking for ways to improve and help other departments . nice benefits and decent salaries .\nsilicon valley is often held up as the pinnacle of american achievement and the core driver of this country ' s future economic success .\nthere is obviously truth to this . but reality is more complicated than silicon valley ' s defenders often suggest . yes , silicon valley ' s gadgets and services are innovative . tech companies ' market capitalizations are massive . but the benefits to the broader economy are often massively oversold .\na great aerospace company , employees are encouraged to bid on open positions , safety is practiced , cross - 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( i was really young when i bought it ) the third one is perfect . $ 500 . 00 us + shipping based on your location . paypal gift . please feel free to ask any questions ! thanks ! joe\nnegahban , ashkan , and jeffrey s . smith .\nthe effect of supply and demand uncertainties on the optimal production and sales plans for new products .\ninternational journal of production research 54 , no . 13 ( 2016 ) : 3852 - 3869 .\none of the american economy ' s biggest ongoing mysteries is the slowdown in productivity growth \u2014 the rate at which the economy can produce more value with less labor and resources . rising productivity increases living standards . and in the mid - century , productivity grew pretty fast . then it collapsed around 1980 and has stayed low since , other than a brief burst of speed in the late 1990s and early 2000s , largely thanks to silicon valley . following the great recession , productivity growth fell to all - new lows .\nthe right shift key does work . the little taped\nf204\nis a reminder that the password for the provideo post program is f204 . take it off if you must . other than that it looks great for its age . figure 15 pounds and a 20x 20x9 box .\nco - workers great to work with . some processes can take 3 times the amount of time to get a thing done . tribal knowledge is heavy . can be difficult to navigate who your internal resources are . my way or the highway from previous management . you are called out on your productivity short comings in cell meetings daily ! !\nthe item\ncommodore amiga a500 & great valley products gvp a530 turbo scsi hard drive & ps\nis in sale since wednesday , september 06 , 2017 . this item is in the category\ncomputers / tablets & networking \\ vintage computing \\ vintage computers & mainframes\n. the seller is\nskipaccess\nand is located in joliet , illinois . this item can be shipped to united states , canada , united kingdom , denmark , romania , slovakia , bulgaria , czech republic , finland , hungary , latvia , lithuania , malta , estonia , australia , greece , portugal , cyprus , slovenia , japan , sweden , south korea , indonesia , taiwan , south africa , thailand , belgium , france , hong kong , ireland , netherlands , poland , spain , italy , germany , austria , russian federation , israel , mexico , new zealand , singapore , switzerland , norway , saudi arabia , ukraine , united arab emirates , qatar , kuwait , bahrain , croatia , malaysia , brazil , colombia , costa rica , panama , trinidad and tobago , guatemala , honduras , jamaica , chile .\nwhat\u2019s the secret to brozin\u2019s success in a world with no shortage of chicken joints ? he and his employees rally around an insurgent mission . every day they make a conscious choice to be world - class at the few extraordinary capabilities that make it possible to deliver a better product or service to customers . great founders focus ruthlessly on these capabilities \u2014 and they accept that they cannot be world - class at everything , only the things that truly matter .\nthose post - jobs details were largely crafted by foster + partners and ive\u2019s design team , who custom - developed almost every aspect of the building , down to the wash\u00adbasins and faucets . for ive , it was not the first time he\u2019d imagined what an absent jobs would\u2019ve wanted . \u201cthere was a point in time when he was involved in the products and then a point in time when he wasn\u2019t , \u201d ive says of the months leading up to jobs\u2019 death . \u201csadly this was no different . \u201d\nthis doesn ' t necessarily mean there ' s no innovative value in all the apps and tech and tools silicon valley has invented . but it does mean those creations don ' t appear to be spreading out to make the economy more productive . and if you pay workers less for the same work , that doesn ' t necessarily make you more productive : the work ' s contribution to the economy hasn ' t changed , it ' s just your profit margin that ' s gone up .\nof course , the old establishment of\nstodgy\ncorporations are no better . it ' s not a good thing that most companies have the power to unilaterally fire an employee for causing a heated political argument . and it ' s not a good thing that wall street enjoys such outsized control across many companies in all sectors . but it doesn ' t make silicon valley entrepreneurs a bunch of saints that , being defiant pirate - types , they ' ve ( sometimes ) resisted these trends .\nsilicon valley arguably stands close to the center of this shift . like railroads and highways and water lines and telecommunication networks before them , facebook and google have pioneered arenas of human activity that just aren ' t naturally amenable to multiple players and competition . they ' ve also enthusiastically jumped another big transition in the economy , where companies rely on contractors to perform everything that isn ' t a core function . that in turn has driven down wages for workers who perform everything other than those core functions .\nbefore the start of the meeting , kris wang , a cupertino council\u00admember , looked out the window at the back of the room and saw him walking toward the building . he moved with obvious difficulty , wearing the same outfit he had been seen in the day before when he\u2019d introduced new products to the world\u2014which is to say , the same outfit that anyone had ever seen him wear . when it was his turn to address the council , he walked to the podium . he began to speak , tentative at first before clicking into the conversational yet hypnotically compelling tone he used in keynotes .\ncompanies still run by their founders have a certain magic . that\u2019s not just a hunch \u2014 among public companies since 1990 , returns to shareholders were three times greater at firms where the founder is still part of the management team . in an upcoming book and in a recent article in harvard business review , my coauthor christopher zook and i identify the qualities of \u201cthe founder\u2019s mentality\u201d and show how all organizations , even those whose founders have long retired , can harness its vitalizing effects . we believe that a company\u2019s best hope to sustain profitable growth is to stay true to the characteristics that great founding management teams naturally possess .\napple park may be an architectural tour de force , but foster has grasped its essential truth : at heart it is the realization of a dying man\u2019s wish to eternally shape the workplace of the company he founded . yes , apple insists that by working in a place where artificial hills are dotted with pines transplanted from christmas tree farms in the mojave desert , its employees will make better products . but didn\u2019t apple create its marvelous apple ii in a bedroom and its ground\u00adbreaking macintosh in a low - slung office park building ? the employees who work at the new campus are leaving behind the buildings that provided sufficient inspiration to invent the iphone .\nthis has caused a lot of consternation among silicon valley ' s fans \u2014 and the industry ' s own entrepreneurs . if the tech sector is creating such amazing new advances and innovations , why aren ' t those advances showing up in productivity growth ? a lot of theories have been put forward : we ' re measuring the data wrong , the shift from manufacturing to services inevitably slows down economies , technological innovation takes time to be integrated into mainstream american workplaces , or we went through a uniquely valuable and never - to - be - repeated burst of technological innovations in mid - century .\nthe board approved foster + partners\u2019 design in 2012 . just as apple\u2019s consumer products are obsessively prototyped , its new headquarters would be no different . there would be working models of various sections of the ring scattered around the area : a mocked - up stretch of a tunnel in one of the hp buildings before it was demolished ; an actual working caf\u00e9 near infinite loop that served as a scaled - down replica of the apple park version . \u201cwe viewed the construction process as a manufacturing project and wanted to do as much outside of here as possible . then you begin to put together legos , \u201d says cook , who built his reputation as a master of supply chain efficiency .\nsomething similar applies to silicon valley ' s vaunted institutional culture . yes , netflix and facebook and apple still want to see themselves as upstart disruptors ( even though they ' ve become the pre - eminent powers in the economy ) . but this attitude shouldn ' t be lionized in and of itself . every business starts out as a small outsider in its industry , facing major competitors . moralizing that situation \u2014 seeing yourself as fundamentally better because you ' re the upstart and the underdog \u2014 is a common human temptation . as is holding on to the self - justifying moral story long after circumstances have changed .\nyorgancioglu has been passionate about maintaining an owner mindset at mey , especially as it moved from private equity to corporate ownership . \u201cif our team thinks like owners , we know we can retain our speed and agility , \u201d he says . one way he maintains that speed is with a monday meeting where his leaders can get together and rapidly solve issues . \u201cone of the hardest things to do culturally is to make everyone understand that conflict is ok . i want my supply chain team fighting to rationalize , to look for scale benefits . and i want my marketing guys fighting for new variants , new products . my job is to make sure that we address the conflicts that inevitably arise when our people are doing their job . \u201d\nit\u2019s probably more accurate to say that apple park is the architectural avatar of the man who envisioned it , the same man who pushed employees to produce those signature products . in the absence of his rigor and clarity , he left behind a headquarters that embodies both his autobiography and his values . the phrase that keeps coming up in talks with key apple figures is \u201csteve\u2019s gift . \u201d behind that concept is the idea that in the last months of his life , jobs expended significant energy to create a workplace that would benefit apple\u2019s workers for perhaps the next century . \u201cthis was a hundred - year decision , \u201d cook says . \u201cand steve spent the last couple of years of his life pouring himself in here at times when he clearly felt very poorly .\nwe go upstairs , and i take in the view . from planes descending to sfo , and even from drones that buzz the building from a hundred feet above it , the ring looks like an ominous icon , an expression of corporate power , and a what - the - fuck oddity among the malls , highways , and more mundane office parks of suburban silicon valley . but peering out the windows and onto the vast hilly expanse of the courtyard , all of that peels away . it feels \u2026 peaceful , even amid the clatter and rumble of construction . it turns out that when you turn a skyscraper on its side , all of its bullying power dissipates into a humble serenity .\nin 2014 , large - scale disasters such as the gymnasium roof collapse at mauna ocean resort in gyeongju , sewol - ho ferry disaster and the ventilation shaft collapse at the techno valley in pangyo have brought widespread concern on the issue of safety . the government installed the ministry of public safety and security in november to prepare for large - scale disasters on the national level and strengthen the safety management system . posco also improved the organization and system to greatly reduce disasters and conducted various safety activities such as safety education customized for each rank . we also focused on practical activities such as the good driver campaign and are striving to build a safe and happy work place by fostering and internalizing self - directed safety activities .\napple\u2019s answer is that the perfection here will inspire its workforce to match that effort in the products they create , that the environment itself is meant to motivate engineers , designers , and even caf\u00e9 managers to aspire for ever - higher levels of quality and innovation . ( francesco longoni , the maestro of the apple park caf\u00e9 , helped apple patent a box that will keep to - go pizzas from getting soggy . ) \u201cwe\u2019re amortizing this in an entirely different way , \u201d ive says . \u201cwe don\u2019t measure this in terms of numbers of people . we think about it in terms of the future . the goal was to create an experience and an environment that felt like a reflection of who we are as a company . this is our home , and everything we make in the future is going to start here . \u201d\nevery business , big or small , is fundamentally\nan algorithm for making profit ,\nas hamilton nolan put it . and those incentives apply to management , private investors , and public shareholders alike . whether they make that profit in the\nright\nway \u2014 with a do - gooder maverick ' s scrappy spirit \u2014 or the\nwrong\nway \u2014 by disregarding google ' s longheld\ndon ' t be evil\nmantra \u2014 may trouble individuals in the company , but it makes no difference to the institution as a whole . that ' s why silicon valley has reacted to its good monopolistic fortune the same way the railroad barons of old did . the\npirate\nmentality to loot and pillage is universal and inherent among participants in capitalism .\napple will ultimately plant almost 9 , 000 trees . muffly was told that the landscape should be futureproof and that he should choose drought - tolerant varieties so his mini forest and meadows could survive a climate crisis . ( as part of its ecological efforts to prevent such a crisis , apple claims , its buildings will run solely on sustainable energy , most of it from solar arrays on the roofs . ) jobs\u2019 aims were not just aesthetic . he did his best thinking during walks and was especially inspired by ambling in nature , so he envisioned how apple workers would do that too . \u201ccan you imagine doing your work in a national park ? \u201d says tim cook , who succeeded jobs as ceo in 2011 . \u201cwhen i really need to think about something i\u2019m struggling with , i get out in nature . we can do that now ! it won\u2019t feel like silicon valley at all . \u201d\nas with the suppliers for its consumer products , apple was demanding with its contractors , requiring them to solve problems they had never contemplated before . such as : how does one create the largest , strongest pieces of glass in the world ? oh , and they have to be curved . \u201csteve loved the idea of huge pieces of glass , \u201d behling says . in designing its retail stores over the years , apple has developed a relationship with a german company , seele group ; the previous pinnacle of their collaboration was the huge glass cage on new york city\u2019s fifth avenue store . the ring makes that widely praised wonder look like a security barrier at a check - \u00adcashing counter . its \u201cwalls\u201d are 45 - foot - tall panels of safety glass . seele already owned the only machine for forging such panels , but even that could bake only one panel at a time . since the process takes 14 hours and apple needed 800 panels , seele\u2019s capacity was insufficient . so seele worked with its autoclave manufacturer to develop a much bigger cooker that could stack five panels at once . \u201cthe one we had was the biggest in the glass industry by far . this new one is just \u2026 giant , \u201d says nelli diller , seele\u2019s managing director .\nwith rev 2 . 2 partitions greater than 32 mb are unusable and the clock is wrong - rev 2 . 23 fixes this bug )\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nthe gvp series ii hd8 + and hd + ( * ) is a high performance scsi controller and memory expansion for the a500 / + . it connects to the left side expansion slot of the a500 / + , and closely matched the case aesthetics . the unit has 4x 30 - 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based , and monte carlo ) in manufacturing system design and operation and marketing - operations management interface . he has also developed several video - based e - learning series which have received world - wide publicity and are used by faculty from leading institutions around the world .\nnegahban , ashkan , mohammadnaser ansari , and jeffrey s . smith .\nadd - more : automated dynamic display of measures of risk and error .\nin proceedings of the 2016 winter simulation conference . ieee , 2016 .\nnegahban , ashkan , and jeffrey s . smith .\nsimulation for manufacturing system design and operation : literature review and analysis .\njournal of manufacturing systems 33 , no . 2 ( 2014 ) : 241 - 261 .\nnegahban , ashkan , and levent yilmaz .\nagent - based simulation applications in marketing research : an integrated review .\njournal of simulation 8 , no . 2 ( 2014 ) : 129 - 142 .\nnegahban , ashkan , levent yilmaz , and trenton nall .\nmanaging production level in new product diffusion : an agent - based simulation approach .\ninternational journal of production research 52 , no . 17 ( 2014 ) : 4950 - 4966 .\nansari , mohammadnaser , ashkan negahban , fadel m . megahed , and jeffrey s . smith .\nhistoria : a new tool for simulation input analysis .\nin proceedings of the 2014 winter simulation conference , pp . 2702 - 2713 . ieee , 2014 .\nazadeh , a . , a . negahban , and m . moghaddam .\na hybrid computer simulation - artificial neural network algorithm for optimisation of dispatching rule selection in stochastic job shop scheduling problems .\ninternational journal of production research 50 , no . 2 ( 2012 ) : 551 - 566 .\nazadeh , ali , mohsen moghaddam , s . m . asadzadeh , and ashkan negahban .\nan integrated fuzzy simulation - fuzzy data envelopment analysis algorithm for job - shop layout optimization : the case of injection process with ambiguous data .\neuropean journal of operational research 214 , no . 3 ( 2011 ) : 768 - 779 .\nthe sentry screens serve as more than just a retractable screen , you can choose a custom fabric to meet the needs of your unique home and environment .\nbug screens for insect protection solar mesh for sun protection opaque fabrics for privacy room brightness control clear vinyl windows for rain and cold protection without losing your view and with its exclusive fabric retention system , you can rely on your sentry retractable screen to operate in any weather conditions .\nthe sunroll retractable screen is one of our quality solar screens that will provide you with total vertical sun control of your covered outdoor space . available in motorized or manual options , the sunroll is an affordable and versatile option for individuals interested in purchasing one of our retractable solar screens . it can be customized to fit your unique space with widths up to 24\u2032 and heights up to 12\u2032 .\njoin a company with lots to offer . make money from day one with a guaranteed base wage and incentives .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nthe posco family established a safety and health policy to eliminate hazard elements at the plant floor and improve the employees ' health and quality of life , while promoting continued improvements through the pdca cycle . moreover , we are creating a safe working environment by making sure everyone thoroughly fulfills the roles , responsibilities and procedures of their respective ranks , which is the core of safety management .\nmajor accidents * ltifr of 2014 , according to osha ( occupational safety and health administration ) standard of 200 , 000 working hours is : total ( 0 . 04 ) , direct operations ( 0 . 06 ) , subcontractors ( 0 . 01 ) . second number after decimal was cut - off\nwith safety our core value and systematically implement safety management , we newly installed an organization and changed the name of some existing organizations . the steel production strategy office was renamed as safe production strategy office , and the safety & health executive office was changed to global safety & health group , to emphasize the importance of safety . next , we combined the safety team , disaster prevention team and health promotion team , and newly installed the safety disaster prevention department , focusing on the safety , health and disaster prevention function . in addition , the position of the safety master in charge of safety management of the production departments was elevated to safety leader to spread the awareness of the importance of safety at the field .\nmeggitt was a fast paced environment and employees worked long hours . the tools for the most part were in place to get our job done however some processes needed improvement - employees were good to work with\ngained experience using mastercam and programming 5 axis machines . the manager had an open door policy . i could have a conversation with him about business matters at a comfortable level .\nthere is so much work to do that it starts to pile up . this is in part due to a need for more employees in certain departments . upper management is difficult to get a hold of . in the few instances where i was able to meet with them , my concerns were not taken seriously and i felt mocked . this surprised me most when the director of human resources also treated me in this manner . a lot of resources are at the disposal of employees , but at the expense of working in a hostile environment .\nthe company charges to much for heath care for a family they pay good but you pay it out to health care insurance . a lot of people getting paid at the top . they want to get rid of the union .\ngood company , sharp people , fine management . too bad they closed a facility in corona , had to let many good people go . sad deal . the announcement was made almost a year in advance , giving people a good while to decide on their future moves . rather rare to give that kind of notice in an aerospace company . .\ni learned a lot about heat exchangers during my short time with meggitt . nice co - workers who were supportive good hours\nuk mis leadership gives no strategic guidance to us . the uk leadership style was authoritarian and awkward to this us manager . the salary was below market for the amount of salaried work they expect per week . too many projects and not enough resources , the internal sbu ' s suffer for mis lack of focus and strategy since us has their hand ' s tied by uk ' s upper leadership . a poor choice to move if you want a stable career . the usa shared service organization was chaotic and disorganized , could not even hire new talent , since there was no central strategy to hire , just on how to eliminate us positions . layoffs are common and only due to uk missing a forecast on the shareholders board .\nchallenging and diversified work with a friendly and knowledgeable co - workers and management .\nchallenging and diversified work with a friendly and knowledgeable co - workers and management . enjoyed my co - workers the most and the hardest part was the difficulty with the document control process .\nthe company is in reorganization process and restructuring at the present time with the objective to be more efficient , better organized , and better focused on its core business . expected moving of operations to different location .\nmanagement is disconnected from working staff , most especially their own direct reports . management is not held accountable for their failure to lead . employees stress levels are much too high , in many instances their workloads need to be split in half . employees are constantly looking for other positions outside the company and feel disrespected and unheard . the expectation to work beyond a 60 to 80 hour week is strongly pushed . this company is the most unprofessional place i ' ve ever worked . work methods are antiquated and while there is a lot of discussion about improving it is seldom done .\ncompany was good and people were good . learned and helped incorporate sap business system into company .\nask a question about working or interviewing at meggitt control systems . our community is ready to answer .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\npalantir , a data analytics firm , is one of the largest start - ups around , with a valuation reaching more than $ 20 billion last year . it is offering $ 7 . 40 a share to buy back up to 12 . 5 percent of an employee\u2019s shares ( and in some cases , those of former employees ) , or $ 500 , 000 worth of shares , whichever is lower .\nthe offer has some interesting characteristics , to say the least . palantir\u2019s worth , measured by the price at which its stock trades in the private share market , has been deflated . the price palantir is offering is above the private market price and the value assigned to the stock by some prominent mutual funds .\na critical story by buzzfeed last month reported that the company was struggling to keep employees and collect on bookings . with the negative news and the general decline in valuations , there is a sentiment that palantir is no longer the $ 20 billion behemoth it once was . morgan stanley recently marked down the value of palantir\u2019s shares to $ 5 . 92 each from a high of over $ 11 . no one knows if this valuation is right , by the way , because prices in the private market are largely guesses .\npalantir\u2019s offer , though , is at least a cheap way to tell the market that palantir thinks it is still worth a lot .\nthe repurchase comes with conditions , as buzzfeed reported earlier . palantir is requiring that current and former employees who sell their shares agree that they will not compete with palantir for 12 months or solicit any palantir employees during that time . it also makes them agree to a nondisclosure arrangement that forbids them from even talking about the repurchase and waive any claims they might have against the company . and the offer extends to some but not all former employees .\npalantir has said the offer is intended to increase the morale of employees by offering them \u201cliquidity . \u201d some employees have been with the company since its founding 11 years ago and are still waiting for that pinnacle event in the life of a hot tech start - up : the initial public offering of stock .\nunlike them , the former employees can already sell their shares in the private market . they might take this offer because it is a higher amount . palantir\u2019s motives for including them in the buyback are unclear . palantir gets all of the benefits of the nondisclosure and other agreements , but any employee who takes the offer is not likely to be doing those things anyway . perhaps palantir is doing this out of the goodness of its heart .\nin earlier times , this was not much of a problem because companies backed by venture capital went public rather quickly , in some cases before employee shares even vested . but now , the average venture - backed company waits about eight years to go public , creating a headache for employees .\nscott kupor , a managing partner at andreessen horowitz , highlights the issue in a recent blog post . basically , employees who leave their jobs now must exercise their options almost immediately . but to do that , they need cash \u2013 cash they might not have . once the former employees exercise their options , the stock they receive is often illiquid and not sellable . a private secondary market for these types of shares grew up around pre - i . p . o . facebook stock , but many venture - backed companies place restrictions on the ability of employees to sell the stock they receive in an option exercise until there is a liquidity event like an initial offering or sale .\npalantir did not impose restrictions on employees or stockholders selling shares in the private market . perhaps as a way to get current and former employees to participate , palantir\u2019s repurchase offer threatened to make it harder to resell the company\u2019s stock in the private market .\nemployees need to consider another headache \u2013 taxes . not only must employees put up cash to exercise their options , they must pay taxes , which can be an extraordinary amount if the private company has a high valuation . but because the company is not public yet , one cannot even be sure that valuations will materialize , particularly in the era of the overvalued start - up . this was a problem in the day of the tech bubble . employees exercised options worth millions of dollars but found that when taxes were due , their companies and stock were worthless .\nmr . kupor recommends extending the vesting period to conform with the longer time it takes for a company to go public . he also suggests a longer period for employees to exercise options after they leave , up to 10 years . that figure is endorsed by y combinator in an argument that any lesser period is unfair to employees . palantir gives departing employees three years to exercise their options . other companies have adopted the 10 - year period for employees leaving after two years . the downside is that this solution can lead to a mass exodus after two years as employees race to their next start - up , options safely in hand .\nmr . kupor notes that extending the exercise time for former employees makes their options more valuable at the expense of employees and investors . ( it does so because former employees have a longer time to exercise their options and dilute the other shareholders . ) mr . kupor has no solution other than to allow companies to extend the time at their discretion . but as we see in the palantir case , companies can pick and choose favorites , or even refuse to accommodate former employees .\nthe palantir repurchase and andreessen horowitz\u2019s ruminations highlight a more fundamental point : compensation at venture - backed companies needs to be rethought in an age when many of these companies are staying private longer .\nin this new world , employees face sale restrictions that only their companies can lift . this forces these companies to provide periodic liquidity events . for instance , airbnb , the short - term rental site , is making annual stock repurchases . in the public realm where companies are steadily profitable , stock buybacks are a familiar occurrence . more than half a trillion dollars was spent on stock buybacks in the public markets in 2015 . but as the value of private , venture - backed companies deflates , they will struggle to give liquidity to their employees .\nthe founder\u2019s mentality has three components : it requires that companies view themselves as business insurgents , fighting on behalf of an underserved customer ; that they have an obsession with the front line , where the business meets the customer ; and that they foster an owner\u2019s mindset , which keeps them fast , bold , and infused with a deep sense of responsibility for long - term results . as part of our research to understand these attributes , we interviewed scores of founders and ran dozens of workshops with leaders of the founder\u2019s mentality 100 ( a network of fast - growth , mostly founder - led companies ) . almost all of the founders we interviewed provided useful lessons , but three ceos in particular exemplified each of the qualities that make the founder\u2019s mentality so powerful .\nin 1987 , a portuguese audio engineer named fernando duarte took a friend , south african entrepreneur robbie brozin , to a small takeout restaurant in a suburb of johannesburg . brozin found the chicken there so delicious that he made a radical move : he bought the restaurant , renamed it nando\u2019s , in honor of fernando , and made plans to expand . in the years since , nando\u2019s has become one of the most successful chicken restaurant chains in the world , with more than 1 , 200 restaurants in 23 countries .\nthis \u201cspikiness\u201d is the key to staying competitive , but it isn\u2019t easy . to make everybody happy , to serve every need , to hedge every bet , many ceos spread resources around democratically as their companies grow \u2014 and they lose the spikiness on the cost sheet that is the telltale sign not of profligacy but of focus . the result is a slide into mediocrity .\nbrozin knew exactly where to spike nando\u2019s resources : on its amazingly tasty chicken . it was his love for that chicken , after all , that got him into the business in the first place . everything else \u2014 even the industry norm of speedy service \u2014 was secondary . \u201cin our industry , all the talk was about fast , cheap food , \u201d he told us . \u201ci remember folks telling me that if we couldn\u2019t cook our chicken within three minutes , we were doomed . but we rejected that thinking . we argued that the quality of our chicken would be remembered long after the wait was forgotten . \u201d\nthe lesson for other companies : neither your customers nor your employees want you to do everything well . declare war on \u201cfunctional excellence\u201d programs that consume money and management time , and refocus resources on the few capabilities where you must be amazing . seize control of your strategy and budget processes , which too often are designed to ensure every bureaucrat holds on to last year\u2019s resources , and demand a real discussion of where you must redeploy resources . focus is undemocratic . embrace that truth , and refuel your insurgency .\nsuccessful founders understand the economics of customer loyalty . in their early days they know every customer by name . keeping that up becomes impossible as they grow , but nevertheless they remain obsessed with making sure that someone is looking out for every customer at all times .\nfew business leaders have developed this attention to the front line as effectively as m . s . oberoi , the founder of the oberoi group , a chain of luxury hotels in india . oberoi obsessed about every detail in his hotels that might affect the customer experience . even in his eighties he kept visiting his hotels to make sure employees were getting everything right , and in doing so he established a culture by which all employees shared in his obsession .\npoornima bhambal , the assistant manager of the front office at the oberoi udaivilas , in udaipur , described for us the company\u2019s empowerment program , which encourages all employees to do what it takes to delight customers and even gives them access to small amounts of money in order to do so . \u201cwe love to surprise and delight guests with little gifts and niceties , \u201d bhambal said , \u201cand the empowerment program allows this to happen . \u201d\none example , related to us by vikram oberoi , a grandson of m . s . oberoi who now serves as the group\u2019s ceo , was what happened when the staff at one hotel discovered that an american family occupying two rooms was taking all the toiletries \u2014 twice a day . this seemed a bit much to the housekeeping staff , and the manager\u2019s first instinct was to go to the family and politely point out that they probably had enough toiletries .\nbut instead , says oberoi , after some coaching , \u201che created a basket of soaps and shampoos and oils used at the hotel\u2019s spa , and wrote a note that was signed by the housekeeping staff . the note said , \u2018we notice you like our toiletries and wanted to give you a supply you can take home and share with friends . \u2019 the family loved this . they wrote us after , saying that we were the most fantastic hotel and that they would tell all their friends to visit . that\u2019s a wonderful business result from the investment of a box of lotions ! \u201d\nof course , everyone can recite the mantra customers first . but it is striking how few organizations are actually set up to deliver that promise . you can\u2019t put customers first unless you also put the people who serve those customers first . and you also can\u2019t put customers first until senior leadership meetings are filled with the voices of the customers and front line . check your last executive committee meeting agenda . did customers drive the agenda ? was the focus to empower the front line and reorient center activities to help your front line do their job better ? or was the agenda designed to serve the needs of the senior leadership , as they reported out their activities and demonstrated how busy they are ? at most founder - led companies , ceos spend all their time in the field and very little behind their desks . why ? they know which voices they need to listen to .\nleaders with a strong founder\u2019s mentality also have what we call an owner\u2019s mindset : they think about every expense as if it were their own money ( which it often is ) and hate any sort of bureaucracy that slows the company down . their bias is toward action . one leader who exemplifies this is the ceo of mey , a leading spirits company in turkey that makes raki , the country\u2019s national drink . once a government monopoly , the company was privatized , in 2004 , and bought by a set of construction entrepreneurs , for $ 292 million . two years later , they sold it to tpg , for about $ 810 million . in 2011 , tpg sold it to diageo , for about $ 2 . 1 billion \u2014 not a bad value - creation story . the first employee those original entrepreneurs hired was galip yorgancioglu , who remains ceo today .\nembracing conflict , he explains , keeps mey agile . \u201cthe whole company knows that we\u2019ll deal with the issues that come up each monday , so they raise any issues that are stopping them from taking action . it\u2019s a social contract , and if we do it right , it ensures that we move faster than our competitors . \u201d\nas yorgancioglu notes , speed is a competitive asset . but too many companies lose sight of this and fall victim to the growth paradox : growth creates complexity , and complexity kills growth . while yorgancioglu\u2019s meetings are designed to rapidly resolve conflict and eliminate problems , too many companies have meetings that add new processes , new analysis \u2014 even new meetings . as companies lose the elements of the founder\u2019s mentality illustrated above , they lose the antibodies to complexity . ask yourself : how\u2019s your company\u2019s immune system holding up ?\njames allen is a partner in bain & company\u2019s london office and a co - head of the firm\u2019s global strategy practice . he also leads bain\u2019s founder\u2019s mentality 100 initiative . he is a co - author of a number of bestselling books including profit from the core and the founder\u2019s mentality : how to overcome the predictable crises of growth ( harvard business review press , june 2016 ) .\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 harvard business school publishing . all rights reserved . harvard business publishing is an affiliate of harvard business school .\njoin the nceo membership includes our newsletter ; free live webinars ; the right to contact us with questions ; discounts on all our offerings ; and access to our members area , including the document library .\nto be on the list , companies must be at least 50 % owned by an esop or other qualified plan or by one or more other kinds of plans in which at least 50 % of full - time employees are eligible to participate . employment includes all full - and part - time employees in the u . s . and worldwide . in 2017 , the top 100 employee - owned companies employ more than 615 , 000 people . data is collected from direct correspondence with companies , corporate websites , or , if these are not available , the most recent public data available . companies marked with an asterisk are 100 % employee - owned . when more than one company has the same number of employees , they share the same rank , and the next rank is numbered as if the previous companies were numbered consecutively ( e . g . , 16 , 16 , 16 , 19 , 20 ) . additions and corrections are welcome ; please contact us at\ndataset that compiles data on the characteristics of all the esops in the u . s"]}
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many of whom migrated to new zealand - to return .\nhe says the economic benefits of mining could rival that of tourism for the small nation .\nhe says further exploration is needed to determine the size of gold and copper deposits and their exact location on niue .\nthe series of silver and gold commemorative coins feature some of disney ' s most recognised characters and have a face value of $ 2 .\nmickey mouse money might refer to fake or valueless cash but on the small island country of niue , it is the real deal .\nniue says it is negotiating with an australian company about gold and copper mining on the coral atoll .\nthe coins feature queen elizabeth ' s head on the reverse side and are legal tender in niue .\nniue has embraced the internet , earning money from the sale of its suffix , and in 2003 became the first territory to offer a free wireless internet service to all residents .\nwe are using the effigy for stamps as well as for coins [ and ] we find that people become aware of niue through the coin collections and through the stamps .\ni ' m sure that some of them would , but i ' m sure that they will tell their friends about the fact that a place like niue exists .\nthe coins have become collectors items around the world and are creating global awareness of the tiny country , 4 , 000 kilometres east of sydney .\nthe coral atoll operates in free association with new zealand , its main source of aid and biggest trading partner . all niueans are new zealand citizens with wellington handling niue ' s defence and foreign policy .\nif you have inside knowledge of a topic in the news , contact the abc .\ncommemorative coins from doctor who , featuring a dalek and the 11th doctor played by matt smith , are worth $ 2 in niue .\nhundreds of people shed their clothes on a chilly melbourne morning and drape themselves in sheer red fabric to be part of the latest photo shoot by internationally renowned photographer spencer tunick .\nlying between tonga and the cook islands , niue was settled by samoans in the first century ad . britain ' s captain james cook sighted the island in 1774 and british missionaries arrived in the 19th century . niue was subsequently administered from new zealand , becoming self - governing in 1974 .\ncyclone heta devastated niue in 2004 . fishing , agriculture and tourism are economic mainstays and the island attracts whale - watchers , divers and yachting enthusiasts .\nbut i certainly believe that they will know that there is such a place as niue and they may very well visit at some point .\nabc teams share the story behind the story and insights into the making of digital , tv and radio content .\nmr talagi said that as with previous issues , the series is likely to yield a steady amount of revenue .\nthe beautiful game has shown an ugly side in russia , with the treatment of the referees coming into sharp focus .\nthe connection at the moment , between a collector and whether they decide to come and visit necessarily , is not clear ,\nniue premier toke tolagi told radio australia ' s pacific beat program .\nbut with a sale price of $ nz108 and $ nz755 respectively , there ' s nothing ' mickey mouse ' about their worth .\npacific islands report is a nonprofit news publication of the pacific islands development program at the east - west center in honolulu , hawai\u2018i . offered as a free service to readers , pir provides an edited digest of news , commentary and analysis from across the pacific islands region , monday - friday .\nmr talagi said that the country has not performed any marketing analysis to determine the value they are delivering to the island nation , but said :\ni ' m pretty certain that anything that helps promote niue is very helpful .\nthis year ' s release follows the star wars series from three years ago which featured characters like darth vader , yoda and princess leia , and whovians can expect to be transported by doctor who coins which are also legal tender in niue .\npeter sagan is a triple world champion and the most charismatic rider in professional road cycling . he is now the leader of the 2018 tour de france , writes rob arnold .\ncould you bring yourself to support england ? are the french or belgians more your cup of tea ? we want to know who your pick is to take out the 2018 world cup title .\ntoke talagi was first elected in june 2008 to serve a three - year term . he gained the backing of parliament for another term in may 2011 and was re - elected in april 2014 .\nat the moment there is a lack of staff ,\nshe said .\nwe are operating under very stressful conditions . my first priority is to build up the confidence in the staff .\nit ' s no surprise the plight of the soccer team has received global media attention . but it does raise some interesting questions about how we extend empathy and concern to people we don ' t know .\nit ' s hard to tell with these things - they are collectors after all . i ' m not sure whether they will necessarily wish to visit all the countries they have a numerous amount of collections with .\nthe disney series will be released over two years , starting with a coin featuring mickey mouse in a scene from steamboat willie , the first film to feature him and one that is considered a landmark in the history of animation .\ni ' m very pleased with the fact that we ' ve managed to generate a bit of income from that , it ' s not overly large but at the same time it contributes to revenue streams we have on the island .\nthe first agreement with new zealand mint was signed in 2008 and part of the reasons for that was that we had a contract with another company that wasn ' t generating sufficient , or in fact any income ,\nhe said .\nso we negotiated with new zealand mint and we agreed on terms and we have continued that relationship since that time .\njeremy hunt is named as the new foreign secretary after boris johnson quits over the pm ' s brexit strategy .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml + rdfa 1 . 0 / / en\nurltoken\nthe station is well equipped , but unfortunately for the past year they have been floundering around without a general manager and doing the best that they can ,\nshe said .\npitt said at this point she ' s not sure if the bcn is in a position to add more local content for television production .\npitt praised the bcn staff , saying they are highly skilled . she said with a little guidance and encouragement the team should make some advancement within the next six months .\nfor additional reports from radio australia / pacific beat , go to pacific islands report news / information links : radio / tv news / radio australia / pacific beat .\naddress : 1601 east - west road \u2013 honolulu , hawai\u2018i , 96848 , usa . | phone : 808 . 944 . 7111 . | email : pidp @ urltoken\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nsamsung has taken the \u2018make in india\u2019 initiative to another level by launching \u2018 . . .\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 bennett , coleman & co . ltd . all rights reserved . for reprint rights : times syndication service\na new dinosaur has been discovered . but did it walk on two legs or four ?\nthis service may include material from agence france - presse ( afp ) , aptn , reuters , aap , cnn and the bbc world service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced .\npremier toke talagi says his government is negotiating the commercial arrangements for long - term mining .\npremier talagi says he expects the government will issue an exploration licence this year .\nwe ' ve ranked the top 50 wimbledon players over the last 50 years .\nwith just 1 , 600 people to power its economy , the pacific island nation is putting disney characters on its currency and raking in the cash .\nthe most recent deal signed with the new zealand mint is estimated to be worth around $ nz6 million over 10 years .\nfuture releases will showcase classic characters such as donald duck , goofy , pluto , snow white , cinderella , ariel from the little mermaid , and pocahontas .\nhobart ' s old zoo is famous as being where the last thylacine in captivity died , but in its heyday people could view elephants , zebras , monkeys and even see a girl walking her pet leopard . what happened to the beaumaris zoo ?\nwhile they like to think you need a thick skin in politics , our representatives are notoriously quick to reach for the lawyers when they don ' t like what they read .\ntrinka beat a heroin addiction that began before birth . now she helps others who are struggling"]}
{"id": 55340, "summary": [{"text": "banco del estado de chile ( in english : bank of the state of chile ) , commercially operating under the brand bancoestado , is the only public bank in chile and was created by government decree in 1953 .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "it provides financial services to consumers and companies , with a focus on national coverage in terms of geography and social sectors and a particular emphasis on the unbanked and small and medium enterprises , although it serves all types of businesses .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "it is the country 's largest mortgage lender and largest issuer of debit cards .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "in addition , bancoestado performs all of the chilean government 's financial activities through a single account managed by the general treasury of the republic of chile .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "the bank was created by decree no. 126 of 1953 , which merged the national savings bank ( caja nacional de ahorros ) , mortgage credit savings bank ( caja de cr\u00e9dito hipotecario ) , agrarian credit savings bank ( caja de cr\u00e9dito agrario ) and industrial credit institution ( instituto de cr\u00e9dito industrial ) into a single institution .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "by the end of 2009 , bancoestado was the third-largest bank in chile , covering all areas of the country via branches or delegate banking contact points called cajavecina ( spanish trade name roughly translatable as ' neighbourhood savings bank ' ) .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "as of 2014 , the bank had 364 branches , 107 smaller offices ( serviestado ) , 3488 automated services ( atms , dispensers and letter boxes ) and 13,520 cajavecina contact points .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "it is the only bank with presence in all municipalities in the country ( with the exception of antarctica ) , reaching geographically isolated areas where no other bank is present .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "until 2014 , the bank reached 77 localities that had no other banking services since 2012 , global finance magazine has ranked bancoestado as the safest bank in latin america , while in 2015 it was ranked as the 48th-safest bank in the world ( 6th-safest in the southern hemisphere ) . ", "topic": 16}], "title": "banco del estado de chile", "paragraphs": ["below you can find the local branches for banco del estado de chile in chile .\nbanco del estado de chile and bnp paribas investment partners announce the launch of an asset . . .\nentity : banco del estado de chile ( bancoestado ) or its successor , its subsidiaries and affiliates .\nglassdoor gives you an inside look at what it ' s like to work at banco del estado de chile , including salaries , reviews , office photos , and more . this is the banco del estado de chile company profile . all content is posted anonymously by employees working at banco del estado de chile .\npol\u00edtica de privacidad y uso . defensor\u00eda del cliente . fatca . canal de denuncias . pol\u00edtica pep . inf\u00f3rmese sobre la garant\u00eda estatal de los dep\u00f3sitos en su banco o en urltoken \u00a92015 bancoestado . todos los derechos reservados .\nbancoestado subsidiaries and affiliates : bancoestado centro de servicios s . a . bancoestado contacto 24 horas s . a . bancoestado corredores de seguros s . a . bancoestado s . a . administradora general de fondos bancoestado s . a . corredores de bolsa bancoestado servicios de cobranzas s . a . sociedad de servicios transaccionales cajavecina s . a . bancoestado microempresas s . a . asesor\u00edas financieras\nentity : empresa de transporte de pasajeros metro s . a . ( metro ) or its successor , its subsidiaries and affiliates .\nentity : televisi\u00f3n nacional de chile ( tvn ) or its successor , its subsidiaries and affiliates .\nchile ' s programa de credito con aval del estado ( cae in its spanish acronym ) is uniquely positioned to help hundreds of thousands of qualified - but - financially - needy chileans attend and finish tertiary education . the cae program was designed to improve . . . exibir mais +\nchile ' s state - guaranteed student loan program ( cae ) : programa de cred . . .\nentity : empresa nacional del petr\u00f3leo ( enap ) or its successor , its subsidiaries and affiliates .\nentity : corporaci\u00f3n nacional del cobre ( codelco ) or its successor , its subsidiaries and affiliates .\nentity : empresa nacional de miner\u00eda ( enami ) or its successor , its subsidiaries and affiliates .\ncomprueba la ruta ingresada o prueba volviendo al inicio del sitio , tambi\u00e9n puedes utilizar el buscador que se encuentra en la cabecera .\n* a vers\u00e3o do texto \u00e9 um ocr incorreto e est\u00e1 inclu\u00eddo unicamente em benef\u00edcio de usu\u00e1rios com conectividade lenta .\nchile has 33 state - owned enterprises ( soes ) . all of them are commercial companies . the most relevant of them are the national copper company ( codelco ) ; the national hydrocarbons company ( enap ) ; the national postal system ( correos de chile ) ; the public tv station ( tvn ) ; and the state - owned bank ( banco estado ) . 30 of 33 chilean soes are non - listed in the stock exchange and fully owned by the government . the remaining three are majority owned . 10 chilean soes operate in the port management sector ; eight in the services sector , three in the defense sector , three in communications ( including ) , two in the water sector , two in transportation and four in the mining sector . the state also holds a minority stake in four water companies as a result of a privatization process . total assets of soes , excluding banco estado , amounted to usd 44 . 9 billion in 2014 . total assets of soes , including banco estado , amounted to usd 61 . 9 billion in 2014 . soes employed 49 , 229 people in 2014 .\nthe chilean banking system is sound , competitive , and meets basel standards . there are currently 24 banks operating in chile , and 4 are foreign - owned representational branches . only one bank is completely owned by chilean private shareholders ( bci ) . the rest have some level of incorporation with foreign institutions . there are also seven local savings and loan corporations , and one state - owned bank , banco estado , which is the nation\u2019s third largest . private banks manage most corporate business .\nchile has an investment chapter in the fta in force between chile and the u . s . since january 1 , 2004 .\nwe don\u2019t seem to have an account link with that email address { 0 } . please try again . if you need further assistance , please contact us at info @ urltoken or call us at + 56 ( 2 ) 2941 - 0300 ( business hours , santiago de chile time )\nfdi to chile in 2015 represented 8 . 5 percent of chile\u2019s gdp . total fdi stock from the u . s . stood at usd 27 . 6 billion in chile at the end of 2014 ( most recent information available ) .\nmost soes in chile fall under the supervision of the public enterprises system ( sep ) , which is the main ownership entity of the government responsible for overseeing soe governance , as well as exercising minority rights in four water companies . still , sep exercises this role for only 22 of the country\u2019s 33 soes . two of chile\u2019s most important soes fall outside of sep jurisdiction\u2014codelco , the world\u2019s largest copper producer , and enap , an oil exploration company . the 11 exceptions have their own supervisory structures but are still responsible to a separate government agency : codelco , enap and enami to the ministry of energy and mining , tvn to the ministry of the secretary - general of government , corfo and banco del estado to the ministry of treasury , and the three defense soes to the ministry of defense . all 33 soes are accountable to congress , the president and the general comptroller office . in accordance with oecd guideline 5c , all soes ( whether under seps authority or not ) are subject to an external independent audit with resulting information made publicly available . each soe under sep must have an internal audit committee , as recommended in oecd guideline 5b . chile\u2019s public enterprises system website is the following :\nchile ' s capital markets are well - developed and open to foreign portfolio investors .\nthere is general awareness of corporate social responsibility among both producers and consumers in chile .\nchile has signed and ratified the organization of american states ( oas ) convention against corruption . chile is also an active member of the open government partnership ( ogp ) .\nchile has signed and ratified both the un anticorruption convention and oecd convention on combatting bribery .\nother treaties trough which chile grants bilateral or plurilateral investment protection include the laia treaty , the additional protocol of the pacific alliance and the brazil - chile cooperation and facilitation investment agreement .\nreal and intellectual property ( ip ) rights are generally respected , but chile is not fully compliant with the obligations concerning ip set forth in the u . s . - chile fta .\nnon - resident companies that invest in chile , irrespective of the form taken by the investment .\nsecured interests in property , both movable and real , are recognized and generally enforced in chile . chile ranked 56 out of 189 economies in the world bank\u2019s 2015 doing business report for property registration .\nchile is not a party to the government procurement agreement . it has only observer status under the agreement .\nthe chilean government enforces domestic labor , employment , consumer and environmental protection laws . there has been no dispute settlement cases against chile related to the labor and environment chapters of the free trade agreements signed by chile .\napart from the u . s . - chile treaty , chile has other seven double taxation treaties or conventions pending ratification with : argentina , china , czech republic , italy , japan , south africa and uruguay .\nchile has 41 bilateral investment agreements in force , and 24 other investment agreements in force , including the investment chapters of the fta with the u . s . and other ftas signed by chile , the latin american integration treaty and the protocol of the pacific alliance . additionally , chile is a party to the convention of the world bank ' s multilateral investment guarantee agency ( miga ) . a u . s . - chile bilateral treaty to avoid double taxation has been ratified by chile , and is currently awaiting ratification in the u . s . senate .\nindividuals or legal entities not resident or domiciled in chile that plan to participate in companies as partners or shareholders .\nno high - profile , controversial instances of corporate impact on human rights have occurred in chile in recent years .\npersons not resident or domiciled in chile that open agencies or branches in the country or undertake activities through a permanent establishment .\nthe chilean state has never faced a dispute case from a foreign investor under chile\u2019s dispute settlement systems in free trade agreements .\nchile is a member of the international working group of sovereign wealth funds ( iwg ) and adheres to the santiago principles .\na bilateral investment agreement between chile and the united states , through the overseas private investment corporation ( opic ) , took effect in 1984 . chile is a party to the convention of the world bank ' s multilateral investment guarantee agency ( miga ) .\nsince 1991 , chile has been a member state to the international centre for the settlement of investment disputes ( icsid convention ) . in 1975 chile became a signatory to the convention on the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards ( 1958 new york convention ) .\nchile is a coastal country located in the southwest region of south america . chile is an attractive destination for investors , boasting an open market economy , well - developed institutions that support financial growth and strong rule of law . the country has a positive disposition toward foreign direct investment ( fdi ) , viewing it as key to sustaining chile\u2019s impressive economic trajectory over the last three decades . its laws and regulations encourage investment by foreigners and very few restrictions upon fdi exist . chile\u2019s conversion and transfer policies are similar to those found in highly - developed countries like the u . s . the government does not apply performance requirements in reviewing proposed investment projects . chile ' s capital markets are well - developed and open to foreign portfolio investors , and the regulatory system in chile is generally transparent .\nchile is an oecd member , but is not participating actively in the implementation of the oecd due diligence guidance for responsible supply chains of minerals from conflict - afflicted and high - risk areas . chile is not part of the extractive industries transparency initiative ( eiti ) .\nother investment incentives have been introduced through the \u201cchile competes plan . \u201d the plan includes an exemption from the income tax normally paid by institutional investors , such as mutual funds and pension funds , on earnings from the transfer of corporate stock that is publicly traded , or bonds or other publicly offered securities representing debt issued by the central bank of chile , the chilean government , or by companies incorporated in chile .\nthe government of chile has conducted an investment policy review in the context of the trade policy review published by the wto on june 2015 . the oecd has not conducted an investment policy review for chile since 1997 , and the country has not been covered by unctad\u00b4s investment policy reviews .\nchile is classified as a country \u201cof concern\u201d in the bureau of international narcotics and law enforcement\u2019s 2015 international narcotics control strategy report ( incsr ) .\nchile and the united states have signed in 2010 the u . s . - chile treaty to avoid double taxation . the chilean congress ratified the treaty in september 2015 . in may 2012 , president obama submitted the treaty to the u . s . senate for ratification , which is pending .\nchile does not have investment incentives that may lead waivers or derogations from labor laws in special economic zones ( also see section 15 - labor ) .\nchile ' s programa de credito con aval del estado ( cae in its spanish acronym ) is uniquely positioned to help hundreds of thousands of qualified - but - financially - needy chileans attend and finish tertiary education . the cae program was designed to improve access to and equity in tertiary education . in 2010 , after only four years of operation , the program had 216 , 000 active borrowers or 23 percent of the 940 , 000 students in pre - grado . even as the annual number of new beneficiaries levels off , the portfolio will increase for the next several years until reaching a steady state with approximately 460 , 000 active borrowers by 2016 . this report is part of the 2010 joint studies program between the government of chile and the world bank . the purpose of the study is three - fold . first , to evaluate the impact of this program on access to and equity in higher education , taking into account the effectiveness of targeting qualified but financially needy students and its complementarities with other major student aid mechanisms . second , to understand the size of the economic commitment the chilean government has made with this program , both in terms of its investment to date and its contingent liabilities . third , to formulate recommendations for improvements going forward . the first chapter summarizes cae ' s legal framework and institutional arrangement , explains how the cae system functions , and describes the main characteristics of the loan product . the second chapter presents a brief overview of cae ' s structural cost according to current program design and briefly describes the model used to calculate cae ' s actual cost . the results of the latter are then included throughout the rest of the report as appropriate . the remaining parts of the chapter focus on cae ' s stakeholder ' s students , tertiary education institutions , financial entities , and the government of chile and explore and analyze the impact the cae program has had on them . the third and final focuses on recommendations for improving cae : increasing loan repayment rates , lowering capital costs of loan origination , and increasing the coordination of cae with other student aid programs . the end of the chapter then shows what the financial impact of these recommendations might be for the government of chile . exibir menos -\naccording to the imf\u2019s coordinated direct investment survey ( cdis ) , u . s . fdi stock position in chile in 2014 amounted to usd 33 . 2 billion . the united states , the netherlands , spain and canada accounted for 42 % of chile\u2019s inward fdi stock . the fifth largest source of fdi is bermuda , a tax haven , which suggests that the ultimate source of 5 . 4 % of chile\u2019s inward fdi represented by bermuda might be elsewhere . chile\u2019s outward direct investment stock in 2014 was concentrated in south america , where brazil , peru , colombia and argentina together represent 38 % of total chilean outward direct investment position .\nthe legal system of chile is based on civil law . the basis for its public law is the 1980 constitution which was most recently reformed in 2005 . chile\u2019s legal and regulatory framework provides for effective means for enforcing property and contractual rights . laws governing issues of interest to foreign investors are found in several statutes , including the commercial code of 1868 , the civil code , the labor code and the general banking act . chile has specialized courts for dealing with tax and labor issues .\nfor over three decades , chile has made fdi an essential part of its national development strategy . chile ' s sound , market - oriented policies have created significant opportunities for foreign investors to participate in the country ' s steady economic growth . chile ' s business climate is generally straightforward and transparent . foreign investors receive treatment similar to chilean nationals and there are no overall economic strategies or policies that have discriminatory effects on foreign investors or foreign - owned investments . a broad political consensus on the advantages of foreign investment has meant that , despite having recently reformed its regulatory framework , the general orientation of chile ' s policies toward fdi has been maintained .\nmediation and binding arbitration exist in chile as alternative dispute resolution mechanisms . a suit may also be brought in court under expedited procedures involving the abrogation of constitutional rights .\nratification of the trans - pacific partnership ( tpp ) would also improve the overall ipr protection in chile , including a reiteration of the obligation to implement upov 91 .\nthe oecd \u201cregulatory policy in chile\u201d report issued in april 2016 finds that chile has taken steps to improve its rule - making process , but still lags behind the oecd average in assessing the impact of regulations , consulting with outside parties on their design and evaluating them over time . the report criticizes that most regulators in chile prepare new norms without clear evidence that regulation is the best way to intervene . one of the main findings is chile\u2019s lack of a regulatory oversight body , and the oecd report recommends the creation of one to oversee the rule - making process currently managed by different government departments . it also recommends that chile develop mandatory standards and guidelines for the preparation of laws and regulations , including compulsory consultation practices and forward planning . regulatory management tools such as regulatory impact assessments and ex - post evaluations are also recommended .\nlegal disputes can take several years to reach conclusion in the courts , making arbitration and mediation attractive alternatives for resolving business controversies . chile is a signatory to the 1958 new york arbitration convention and a member state to the international centre for settlement of investment disputes ( icsid ) ; disputes under the u . s . - chile bilateral free trade agreement ( fta ) are resolved under the latter framework . chile is compliant with its world trade organization agreement on trade - related investment measures ( wto / trims ) obligations .\nchile has made progress in recent years , including in 2015 , to reduce processing times for patents , to increase ip enforcement actions , and reduce the rate of unlicensed software use .\nchile\u2019s corporate criminal liability law explicitly provides credit for corporate compliance programs by which corporations are obliged to prevent specific crimes like bribery . the corporate criminal liability law provides that corporate entities can have their compliance programs certified . chile\u2019s securities and insurance superintendence ( svs ) authorizes a group of local firms to review companies\u2019 compliance programs and certify them as sufficient . certifying firms are listed on the svs website . additionally , chile transparente ( chilean branch of transparency international ) developed a corruption prevention system to provide assistance to private firms to facilitate their compliance with the corporate criminal liability law .\nchile is not listed in the ustr\u2019s notorious markets list , neither as home to a physical market for counterfeit and pirated products , nor as a base for online sites that facilitate ipr infringement .\nthe government of chile recognizes the diversity of definitions for responsible business conduct , indicating the united nations\u2019 r\u00edo + 20 conference statements as its principal reference . the council on social responsibility for sustainable development , coordinated by chile\u2019s ministry of economy , developed an action plan for 2015 - 2018 with 17 new measures to help bolster rbc , and is currently developing a national policy on social responsibility .\ncorruption exists in chile but on a much smaller scale than is the case with most latin american countries . chile has a favorable ranking of 23 out of 167 countries on transparency international\u2019s 2015 corruption perceptions index . a presidential committee against corruption and conflicts of interest created in 2015 issued a report recommending an anticorruption agenda composed of 236 new measures , laws and regulations , of which nearly half has already materialized .\nlaw no . 19 , 912 gives customs officials ex officio authority to detain goods entering chile , but only for five days ; after that , a formal seizure order is required to retain the goods .\nunemployment in chile stood at 6 . 2 percent on average during 2015 . the labor participation rate was 60 percent as of december 2015 , when immigrants accounted for 4 . 2 % of the labor force . chilean workers are adequately skilled and some sectors such as mining , agriculture and fishing employ highly skilled workers . there is an adequate availability of technicians and professionals . data on informality is not available for chile at the ilo databases , but different estimations made by academics situate informal employment in chile , depending on the specific data and methodology utilized , between 10 % and 20 % of the non - agricultural workforce .\nchile does not maintain any measures which it has notified the world trade organization are inconsistent with its trade investment measures ( trims ) requirements , and does not maintain measures alleged to violate the country\u2019s trims obligations .\nan estimated figure for seizures of counterfeit goods in chile coming from reports made by the national customs service , indicates that 2 , 200 , 000 pirated items were seized during the first 11 months of 2015 .\nresolving insolvency has been made easier by a new legal and institutional framework , and as a result chile has moved up 14 places from 2014 to 2015 in world bank\u2019s doing business report\u2019s ranking for this particular area .\nunder the u . s . - chile fta , u . s . insurance firms have full rights to establish subsidiaries or joint ventures for all insurance sectors , with limited exceptions . a program was undertaken to phase in insurance branching rights and to modify chile\u2019s legislation to open cross - border supply of key insurance sectors such as marine , aviation , and transport insurance , and insurance brokerage of reinsurance . u . s . banks and securities firms are allowed to establish branches and subsidiaries and may invest in local firms without restriction , except under very limited circumstances . u . s . financial institutions are also able to offer financial services to citizens participating in chile ' s privatized voluntary saving plans , and they have gained increased market access to chile ' s mandatory social security system . u . s . - based firms are allowed to offer services in chile in areas such as financial information , data processing , and financial advisory services , with limited exceptions . under the measures outlined in \u201ccapital market reform iii , \u201d chilean mutual funds are permitted to use foreign - based portfolio managers .\npolitical violence is rare and unlikely to affect foreign investors , but there is one region in the south of chile where violence episodes linked to land disputes between indigenous groups and farmers and forestry businesses are becoming more frequent .\nnon - resident individuals in chile as company representatives , tourists and international officials and their accompanying family members and other non - residents if they invest in the country through , for example , the acquisition of real estate .\nnational arbitration law in chile includes the civil procedure code ( law num . 1552 , modified by law num . 20 . 217 of 2007 ) , and the law num . 19 . 971 on international commercial arbitration .\nin general terms there is no distinction regarding foreign ownership in the availability of subsidies for research and development . under chile\u2019s r & d law , there is a tax incentive for private investment on research and development , designed for \u201cchilean entities\u201d , which means that they have to pay corporate income tax in chile and use standard accounting systems . however , these beneficiaries can be chilean branches of foreign companies , or chilean firms owned by foreign capitals .\nfor an individual or legal entity wishing to undertake an economic activity in chile , the first step is to obtain a tax identification number or rut ( its spanish acronym ) from the internal tax service ( sii ) . applications can be submitted at any of the sii\u2019s offices around the country ( see www . sii . cl ) . a rut , which must be held by all taxpayers in chile , is required for foreign investors in the following cases :\nchile\u2019s regulation ensures that capital markets are well developed and open to both foreign portfolio investment and fdi . in may 2000 , chile eliminated the one - year withholding period requirement for foreign capital entering the country under chapter xiv . this type of investment capital may now be repatriated immediately without penalty . also in 2000 , chile ceased to implement capital controls on short - term inflows , known as \u201cencaje , \u201d which required foreign investors to deposit 30 percent of foreign - sourced loans and portfolio investment with the central bank in a non - interest - bearing account for up two years . however , the central bank reserves the right to re - impose this mechanism if needed in the future .\naccording to unctad\u2019s database urltoken , chile has other investment treaties with 29 countries , of which 24 are in force . apart from u . s . - chile fta , chile\u2019s other ftas with investment chapters are the agreements signed ( in chronological order ) with : venezuela , bolivia , colombia ( 1993 agreement ) , mercosur , canada , mexico , the central american common market , the european union , the european free trade association , india , the p - 4 parties ( brunei darussalam , new zealand and singapore ) , china , panama , peru , colombia ( 2006 agreement ) , japan , ecuador , australia , turkey , malaysia , viet nam , hong kong , and thailand .\narticle 17 . 6 . 1 ( a ) ( non - commercial assistance ) , with respect to the production and sale of a good in competition with a like good produced and sold by a covered investment in the territory of chile .\nindependent ngos in chile promote and monitor freely rbc . examples include ngo acci\u00f3n rse : urltoken , and the catholic university of valparaiso\u2019s center for social responsibility and sustainable development ( vincular ) , prohumana foundation and the andr\u00e9s bello university\u2019s center vitrina ambiental .\nthere is growing awareness of the importance of responsible business conduct ( rbc ) in chile . the government has recognized a number of \u2018soft law\u2019 instruments related to rbc and developed national action plans related to business social responsibility , sustainable development and human rights .\nwith respect to article 17 . 6 . 1 ( a ) ( non - commercial assistance ) , the entity may receive non - commercial assistance with respect to the production and sale of mineral resources or by - products in the territory of chile .\nat nyu molly is focusing on human rights and development , taking such classes as law and development , transitional justice and the international organizations clinic . furthermore , molly worked as a research assistant for grainne de burca , investigating the role that civil society has played in the implementation of the united national convention on the rights of persons with disabilities and completed two term time internships working both for the institute for justice and democracy in haiti and the international centre for transitional justice . molly is particularly interested in the relationship between economic policies , human rights and development . she co - authored a report on the influence of the international monetary fund on the social protection policies of countries with whom the imf work and assisted with a research project , for the centre for economic and social rights , on the meaning of \u2018maximum available resources\u2019 .\nthe government encourages foreign and local enterprises to follow generally accepted rbc principles . chile adhered in 1997 to the oecd guidelines for multinational enterprises , and has recognized four other \u201csoft law\u201d instruments related to rbc : the ilo tripartite declaration of principles concerning multinational enterprises and social policy ; the united nations guiding principles on business and human rights ; un global compact\u2019s ten principles ; and the iso 26000 guidance on social responsibility . chile is in the process of developing a national action plan on business and human rights based on the guiding principles .\nthe extent of corruption in chile is relatively limited : chile ranked 23rd out of 167 countries in transparency international\u2019s 2015 corruption perceptions index ( with 70 out of 100 maximum score ) , two places below uruguay and above all other countries from latin america . however , a series of corruption scandals related to tax fraud and campaign financing during 2015 , which involved major firms and politicians across the spectrum , has caused concern . investigation and prosecution of these cases remains ongoing , and criminal and civil charges against those implicated have been pursued .\nfdi is subject to pro forma screening by chile ' s apie . businesses in general do not consider that such screening mechanisms constitute a barrier to investment , because approval procedures are expeditious and , with the exception of a few sensitive sectors , all investments are approved .\nneither chile ' s foreign investment promotion agency nor the central bank applies performance requirements in its review of proposed investment projects . the investment chapter in the u . s . \u2013chile fta establishes rules prohibiting performance requirements that apply to all investments , whether by a third party or domestic investors . the fta investment chapter also regulates the use of mandatory performance requirements as a condition for receiving incentives and spells out certain exceptions . these include government procurement , qualifications for export and foreign aid programs , and non - discriminatory health , safety , and environmental requirements .\nunder the u . s . - chile fta ' s investment chapter , there have not been any claims that reached beyond the initial consultations stage . no cases where the claimant is from the u . s . and the respondent is chilean are recorded in the icsid website .\nfrancisco de abreu duarte obtained his bachelor of laws degree from university of lisbon in 2015 , where he graduated summa cum laude as the top student of his class . during his time as a student , francisco actively participated in several research projects as an assistant researcher of the lisbon centre for research in public law ( cidp - ul ) on projects related to global administrative law , international law and eu law , and participated in several moot courts such as the jean - pictet moot court competition on international humanitarian law ( 2015 ) and the philip c . jessup international law moot court competition ( 2014 ) . after his graduation , he began his academic career publishing papers on international affairs related to responsibility to protect , global rule of law and the principle of autonomy of the european union , and served as a coach of the portuguese teams to the jessup cup in 2015 and 2016 .\nwith some exceptions , chile has a relatively strong intellectual property regime , as a result of successive amendments to its legal structure . according to the world intellectual property organization ( wipo ) country profile study , chile has modified its ip law several times during the past two decades , strengthening ip protection significantly by adapting the national legislation to the standards set forth in the trips agreement and several free trade agreements signed by the country . the last amendment to chile\u2019s ip law entered into force in february , 2012 , and incorporated certain provisions agreed by chile through the signature of the trademark law treaty ( tlt ) and the patent cooperation treaty ( pct ) . according to the u . s . chamber of commerce\u2019s international ip index , chilean legislation provides for fair and transparent use of compulsory licensing ; legal measures provide necessary exclusive rights to copyright holders and voluntary notification system ; and there are civil and procedural remedies in legislation . however , pharmaceutical and agrochemical products suffer from relatively weak patenting procedures , the absence of an effective patent enforcement and resolution mechanism , and some gaps in regulation governing data protection . the framework to promote action against online piracy , as well as trade secret protection , is considered insufficient . furthermore , despite obligations in the bilateral fta , chile still has not passed legislation to outlaw the theft of encrypted program - carrying satellite signals , which is a serious problem in the country .\nchile has been included on the special 301 priority watch list ( pwl ) since january 8 , 2007 , and remains on the 2016 priority watch list . the main challenges are related to concerns regarding longstanding ipr issues under the u . s . - chile free trade agreement and addressed by the recently finalized negotiations of tpp : the implementation of protections measures against circumvention of technological protection measures and protections for encrypted program - carrying satellite signals ; remedies for rights holders and satellite and cable service providers , including measures related to decoder boxes ; pending implementation of upov 91 ; the implementation of an effective system for addressing patent issues expeditiously in connection with applications to market pharmaceutical products ; adequate protection for undisclosed data generated to obtain marketing approval for pharmaceutical products ; and amendments to chile\u2019s internet service provider liability regime to permit effective action against internet piracy .\nin january 2011 , the ministry of economy , through corfo , established a usd 40 million program , known as \u201cstartup chile , \u201d whereby selected entrepreneurs receive a usd 40 , 000 grant and a chilean work visa to develop a \u201cstart up\u201d business in chile . upon admittance into the program , an entrepreneur is given six months to develop a project and then promote it through a series of pitches and seminars at local universities , corporate meetings and other community outreach . on january 2015 , the program launched the call for its 12th generation , with 100 new vacants .\nrights to the broad range of private ownership and establishment are observed in chile . mineral , hydrocarbon , and fossil fuel deposits within chilean territory are restricted from foreign ownership , but may be licensed by the government to private enterprise . in practice , the government does not expropriate assets or holdings .\nchile\u2019s legal framework for attracting and protecting foreign direct investment ( fdi ) is solid . a new institution in charge of attracting foreign investment , the foreign investment promotion agency ( apie ) , was created to replace the foreign investment committee ( ciechile ) , the former fdi authority . chile\u2019s 2014 tax reform derogated a law that created tax invariability schemes for foreign investors , as well as a tax benefit for mergers through acquisitions . however , virtually all the rest of previous guarantees for fdi remained in place , and these changes have been implemented with transition periods and respect for previously concluded investment contracts .\nthe legislation process in chile allows for public hearings during discussion of draft bills in both chambers of congress . draft bills submitted by the executive branch to the congress are readily available for public comment . this has also been the case for the legislation that replaced the decree law 600 regulating foreign investment .\nin 2015 , chile approved law n\u00b0 20 . 848 , in force since january 1 , 2016 , which establishes a new institutional framework for foreign investment . its stated aim is to transition from a \u201cpassive fdi reception policy\u201d to an \u201cactive fdi attraction policy . \u201d law n\u00b0 20 . 848 derogates and replaces law decree 600 ( dl 600 ) , which had been the main regulatory norm for fdi in chile for the last 40 years and under which foreign investors could sign contracts with the government of chile ( goc ) establishing investment terms . law n\u00b0 20 . 848 creates the obligation for the president to decide on a log - term fdi attraction strategy , with the advice from a ministers committee . the foreign investment promotion agency ( apie ) , created by the new law as the legal successor of the foreign investment committee ( ciechile ) , will implement the national fdi in coordination with provincial authorities .\nin the specific index for quality of land administration ( which includes reliability of infrastructure , transparency of information , geographic coverage and land dispute resolution ) , chile obtains a score of 15 out of 30 . there are no restrictions to foreign and / or non - resident investors regarding land lease or acquisition .\nsince 2013 , opic has partnered with u . s . solar energy developers to finance five large - scale power facilities throughout the atacama desert in northern chile . other opic - financed projects in the country include the run - of - river hydropower project alto maipo , and the toll road vespucio norte express .\nthere are no limits on foreign ownership or control of firms in chile ; foreigners can hold up to 100 % of an enterprise\u2019s ownership . there are no time limits for the property rights acquired by foreigners to remain in force . there are no restrictions on foreign ownership of buildings and land , with the only , national security - related , exception of land located in border territories , which may not be owned by nationals of border countries , or by juridical persons which have their head office in such country or are owned 20 percent by nationals of such country , or controlled by them , unless prior authorization of the president of chile .\narbitration and mediation are attractive alternative dispute mechanism for resolving business controversies because litigation can take several years to reach a conclusion . rule of law and governance are strong within chile . generally , judgments and arbitral awards , including international judgments and awards , are recognized and enforced in chile without issues . however , chilean courts apply the rules of the international commercial arbitration act , which means that the supreme court may refuse to recognize an arbitral award issued abroad if the award has not yet become binding on the parties , or has been set aside or suspended by a court of the country in which , or under the law of which , that award was made .\nin general , private enterprise is allowed to compete with public enterprise under the same terms and conditions ( e . g . , there are many private copper mines and private banks ) . however , there are specific areas where this does not hold and soes enjoy special advantages . for example , enap is the only refining company in chile .\nchile has 26 double taxation treaties in force with : australia , austria , belgium , brazil , canada , colombia , croatia , denmark , ecuador , france , ireland , malaysia , mexico , new zealand , norway , paraguay , peru , poland , portugal , russia , south korea , spain , sweden , switzerland , thailand and the united kingdom .\nchile has and generally enforces laws and regulations in accordance to the internationally recognized labor rights of : freedom of association and collective bargaining ; the elimination of forced labor ; child labor , including the minimum age for work ; discrimination in respect to employment and occupation ; and acceptable conditions of work related to minimum wage , occupational safety and health , and hours of work . the maximum number of labor hours allowed per week in chile is 45 . the national minimum wage is nearly usd 350 a month for all occupations , including domestic servants , more than twice the official poverty line . there are no gaps in compliance with international labor standards that may pose a reputational risk to investors . see more at : urltoken\nas an oecd member , chile adheres to the oecd guidelines on corporate governance for soes . according to the world bank ' s 2014 publication \u201ccorporate governance of state - owned enterprises in latin america : current trends and country cases\u201d , chile has made significant progress in the harmonization of standards across soes in the areas of information disclosure , accounting provisions , and auditing . each soe submits an annual report and has the obligation to publish quarterly management reports . all soes are required to have internal auditors and are subject to an annual external audit by independent auditing firms . all soes are headed by a board of directors and there is a clear definition and division of the roles played by the soe board and the ceo .\nwith respect to article 17 . 6 . 1 ( a ) ( non - commercial assistance ) , the entity may receive non - commercial assistance with respect to the production and sale of energy products , such as hydrocarbon products or electric power from any source of generation , for the purpose of ensuring adequate power supply in remote or underserved areas of chile .\nsome private sector representatives think that chile does not , in fact , have an open public consultation process on draft bills before they are submitted to congress , and any change to them once already in congress is more difficult . some open comment periods for new draft bills have reportedly taken place without real access to the text and did not sufficiently allow for a technical debate .\nin 2014 , the ministry of environment published a handbook for sustainable public procurement . chilecompra , the agency in charge of centralizing chile\u2019s public procurement , which amounts to 3 . 5 % of gdp incorporates , as part of its criteria for assignment of public purchases , the existence of a clean production certificate and an iso 14001 - 2004 certificate on environmental management , among others .\nscope of non - conforming activities : with respect to article 17 . 4 . 1 ( a ) ( non - discriminatory and commercial considerations ) and article 17 . 4 . 1 ( b ) , the entity may accord preferential treatment to enterprises in the territory of chile in up to 10 per cent of the total value of its annual purchases of goods and services .\nscope of non - conforming activities : with respect to article 17 . 4 . 1 ( a ) ( non - discriminatory treatment and commercial considerations ) and article 17 . 4 . 1 ( b ) , the entity may accord preferential treatment to enterprises in the territory of chile in up to 10 per cent of the total value of its annual purchases of goods and services .\nforeign investors are not required to seek a ruling before investing on the potential competition implications of a planned investment . chile\u2019s anti - trust law , the chilean free competition act ( 1973 ) , prohibits mergers or acquisitions that would prevent free competition in the industry at issue . an investor may voluntarily seek a ruling by an antitrust court that a planned investment would not have antitrust implications .\nthe judicial system in chile is generally transparent and independent . the likelihood of government intervention in court cases is low . if a state - dependent firm is involved in the dispute , the goc may become directly involved through the state defense council . in cases where courts determine a firm is bankrupt , a receiver is named to distribute the debtor ' s remaining assets to the creditors .\nwith respect to article 17 . 4 . 1 ( a ) ( non - discriminatory treatment and commercial considerations ) , and article 17 . 4 . 1 ( c ) ( i ) , the entity may accord preferential treatment in its sales of energy products , such as hydrocarbon products or electric power from any source of generation , to consumers in remote or underserved areas of chile .\nscope of non - conforming activities : with respect to article 17 . 4 . 1 ( a ) ( non - discriminatory treatment and commercial considerations ) and article 17 . 4 . 1 ( b ) , the entity may accord preferential treatment in its purchases of energy products , such as hydrocarbons or electric power from any source of generation , for resale in remote or underserved areas of chile .\nchile has a free floating ( flexible ) exchange rate system . exchange rates of foreign currencies are fully determined by the market . the central bank reserves the right to intervene under exceptional circumstances to correct significant deviations of the currency from its fundamentals , so the chilean system is sometimes called \u201cdirty float . \u201d in practice , however , this right to intervene is used sparingly ( if at all ) .\naccording to the world bank\u2019s doing business report , this new insolvency framework has resulted on chile making significant progress in making resolving insolvency easier . the country had the worst rating relative to the rest of the world in this area of the report and , as a consequence , it was where the bigger change in ranking was achieved ( from 72 nd place in 2014 to 58 th place in 2015 ) .\nchile does not subsidize foreign investment . there are , however , some incentives linked to isolated geographical zones and to the information technology sector . these benefits relate to co - financing of feasibility studies as well as incentives for the purchase of land in industrial zones , the hiring of local labor , and the facilitation of project financing . other important incentives include accelerated depreciation accounting for tax purposes and legal guarantees for remitting profits and capital .\nin 2011 , chile made business start - up easier by introducing an online system for registration and for filing the request for publication and , in 2014 , it created a new online system for business registration . since 2012 , an immediate temporary operating license is provided to new companies , eliminating the requirement for an inspection of premises by the tax authority before new companies can begin operations and allowing free online publication of the notice of a company\u2019s creation .\nduring 2014 , 214 legal strikes took place in sectors where collective bargaining is permitted ( nearly two times the number of strikes in 2005 ) , and 41 , 939 workers were involved in total ( nearly four times the number of workers participating in 2005 ) . strikes have been concentrated in the manufacture industry and commercial , education and transportation service sectors . as legal strikes in chile have a restricted scope and duration , they have not supposed a risk for foreign investment .\nremittances of profits generated by investments can be made any time after tax obligations are fulfilled ; remittances of the capital can be made after one year since the date of entry into the country . in practice , this one - year permanency requirement for capital has not constituted a restriction for productive investment , because normally projects need more than one year to mature . under the investment chapter of the u . s . \u2013chile fta , the parties must allow transfers of covered investments to be made freely and without delay into and out of its territory . these include transfers of profits , royalties , sales proceeds , and other remittances related to the investment . however , for certain types of short - term capital flows , this chapter allows chile to impose transfer restrictions for up to 12 months as long as those restrictions do not substantially impede transfers . if restrictions are found to impede transfers substantially , damages accrue from the date of the initiation of the measure .\nchile has negotiated numerous bilateral investment treaties ( bits ) . according to icsid , chile had signed 55 bits , of which 41 are in force to date . there are agreements in force with argentina , australia , austria , belgium and luxembourg , bolivia , china , costa rica , croatia , cuba , czech republic , denmark , ecuador , el salvador , finland , france , germany , greece , guatemala , honduras , iceland , italy , malaysia , nicaragua , norway , panama , paraguay , peru , philippines , poland ( 2 treaties ) , portugal , romania , south korea , spain , sweden , switzerland ( 1999 treaty ) , ukraine , the united kingdom , uruguay ( 2 treaties ) , and venezuela . bits signed but not in force include those with brazil , colombia , dominican republic , egypt , hungary , indonesia , lebanon , netherlands , new zealand , south africa , switzerland ( 1991 treaty ) , tunisia , turkey and vietnam .\nsince 1958 , chile has been party to the convention on the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards ( new york convention ) . it is also party to ( i ) the pan - american convention on private international law ( bustamante code ) since 1934 ; ( ii ) the inter - american convention on international commercial arbitration ( panama convention ) since 1976 ; and ( iii ) the washington convention on the settlement of investment disputes between states and nationals of other states since 1992 .\nsome employers view chile\u2019s labor laws as cumbersome . the government submitted a labor reform bill in 2015 that has been approved by both chambers of the chilean congress , but as of the publication date of this report the government was still determining how to move forward after a ruling by the country\u2019s constitutional court invalidated a portion of the law . the reform will extend collective bargaining to more employees , limit replacement or workers during strikes , and strengthen the negotiating position of unions in the collective bargaining process .\nindividuals and legal entities not resident or domiciled in chile who invest there in order to obtain income by buying and selling shares in listed corporations , fixed - income instruments , instruments of financial intermediation and quotas in mutual funds or through certain contracts can use a simplified mechanism for obtaining a rut through institutions that act as custodians . if a custodian is not used , investors may obtain a rut through their stockbrokers . more information on the next steps to start a business can be found here : urltoken\nlimited expropriations in chile have occurred typically as a consequence of infrastructure and urban projects . article 19 . 24 of the constitution establishes that expropriations can take place only under a general or special law authorizing expropriation for public purpose or national interest reason . courts can hear on claims by those affected by expropriations , who have the right to cash compensation for their loss , either upon agreement with the state or by decision from the courts . law decree . n\u00ba 2186 of 1978 regulates the compensation procedures ."]}
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( \u201cfirst evanston\u201d ) today jointly announced the receipt of the required regulatory approval from the illinois department of financial and professional regulation learn more\nidentity theft can happen to anyone , and the risks are high . attempting to prevent and resolve identity fraud issues on your own can be complicated and overwhelming . that\u2019s why first bank & trust has partnered with kroll , the world\u2019s leading risk consulting company , to offer you three great levels of id theftsmart \u2013 tier 1 , tier 2 , and tier 3 . learn more about this great product and find out how to sign up .\nfirst merchants provides third party links for your convenience . first merchants is not responsible for the products , services , content , privacy policy , and security policy on third party websites . you can click cancel now to stay on the current page .\nat waypoint bank , we greet you with a smile , then roll up our sleeves to make things work for you . you\u2019ll find everything you need in a bank , right here .\nfirst trust bank is a trade mark of aib group ( uk ) p . l . c . 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( stc ) , globalt , a separately identifiable division of stc and creative financial group , a division of ssi . trust services for synovus are provided by stc .\ndo you wish to leave the first merchants website ? by clicking continue , you will be leaving urltoken and be taken to another website where the privacy and security policies may differ from our site .\nthe information and materials contained in this site , including text , graphics , links or other items - are provided\nas is\n,\nas available\n. first bank & trust company does not warrant the accuracy , adequacy or completeness of this information and materials and expressly disclaims liability for errors or omissions in this information and materials . no warranty of any kind , implied , express or statutory , including but not limited to the warranties of non - infringement of third party rights , title , merchantability , fitness for a particular purpose and freedom from computer virus , is given in conjunction with the information and materials .\nwe have been in business for 60 years as fremont ' s only 100 % locally - 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in - education ) or archbishop bergan catholic elementary school ( our corporate companion ) , ringing bells for the salvation army , raising funds for the ymca , encouraging the progress at midland university or collecting hats and mittens for the low income ministry . while it is impossible to represent all of the causes we care about , know that strengthening fremont and its citizens is our focus .\nour bankers will support you and your business with vision and the resources to back it up .\nwe\u2019re committed to and focused on our clients , giving them a flexible and easy to manage program .\nyou deserve more than just a bank . you deserve a lasting relationship with a local decision - maker who always has your best interests at heart . learn more \u203a\nsynovus is the bank of here . we ' re proud to serve communities across the southeast \u2013 from major cities to main - street hometowns . stop by your local branch and let us help with all your financial needs .\nif you plan to transfer money to another bank or building society , or pay any credit card , store card or finance bills , you will require a card reader or code card .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\nfind details of specific current security threats to our online and mobile banking customers and alerts that you should be aware of .\nalternatively , you can download and complete the paper application and post this to your local branch . once your form has been received and validated , your registration details will be sent to you .\nthe service is available to personal customers ( aged 12 and over ) , personal business customers and partnerships . once registered for online banking , you can also use our mobile and phoneline banking services .\nimportant : before entering this site please take time to read our site legal notice and privacy statement . by proceeding further you are deemed to have read and accepted our site legal notice and privacy statement .\nthe 21st century brings many new and exciting changes to the banking industry . we could promise you that the continued emergence of internet banking will help you manage your money and conduct your banking 24 - 7 . we could also share that products like health savings accounts could change the face of health care spending . first state ' s vision , however , remains constant . . . continue to provide you with the highest level of customer service , the latest technology and innovative products .\n* our business hours are monday to friday from 9am to 5pm , excluding bank holidays . although we aim to provide you with a decision within 3 business hours , this period may be extended for technical or other legitimate reasons .\nnotice . please read these terms and conditions carefully . by accessing this site and any pages thereof , you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions below . if you do not agree to the terms and conditions below , do not access this site , or any pages thereof .\nthe mississippi delta region comprises much of coastal louisiana and adjacent mississippi , stretching from the atchafalaya bay on the west to the chandeleur islands on the east , and includes the metropolitan area of new orleans . the delta complex contains major river channels and levees , numerous bayous , swamps and marshes , lakes , tidal flats and channels , barrier islands , and shallow sea enviroments . water chemistry grades from fresh to brackish to marine . the climate is subtropical ; freezing conditions occur rarely , almost never near the coast . the major climatic events are hurricanes that strike the region every few decades , and floods derived from upstream runoff . economic activities include shipping , traditional fishing and farming enterprises , as well as oil production and petrochemical processing . recreation and tourism are likewise quite siginificant for the local economy .\nsave paper and reduce your effect on the environment by stopping your paper statements .\nwe provide comprehensive solutions and personal service in pursuit of a secure financial future .\ncraig h . johnson retired vice president of finance and cfo larson manufacturing co .\nsynovus mortgage corp . , a subsidiary of synovus bank , lends in the states of alabama , georgia , florida , tennessee , north carolina and south carolina . this communication is directed to properties in those states . loans subject to approval , including credit approval . synovus mortgage corp . , nmls # 179119 , is an equal housing lender .\nsimply call phoneline banking on 0345 793 0000 \u2020 , press hash ( # ) and one of our customer service advisers will be happy to help you . our advisers are available between 8am and 12am ( midnight ) , 7 days a week and will register you and activate the service for you while you are on the phone .\nour personal credit cards offer you reliability and worldwide acceptance at over 30 million locations .\nbegin by finding the login section . use your existing username and click log in .\nour new personal resource center has insights to help you learn and manage your finances .\nwhen a lobe of the delta is abandoned by a shift in drainage , that portion begins slowly to subside into the sea and is further reduced by erosion . some of the sediment may be reworked by wind and waves into barrier islands ; the chandeleur islands are an excellent example of this situation . another example is grand isle ; it is the only barrier island accessible via highway in louisiana . grand isle has a long history of agricultural , recreational , and industrial development . first colonized by the spanish in the 1700s , the island was shifting sand without any tree cover . french creole settlers took over in the 1800s with agriculture and fishing . gradually woodland vegetation became established on the dune sands - - oaks and oleander . salty meadows , marshes and lagoons occupy the lower terrain . the island remained relatively inaccessible until offshore oil production began in the late 1940s . electricity and telephones arrived in the 1960s along with a recreational boom .\nsimply call phoneline banking on 0345 793 0000 \u2020 log in and choose option zero ( 0 ) and one of our customer service advisers will be happy to help you . our advisers are available between 8am and 12am ( midnight ) , 7 days a week .\nfor more information on alerts and how to set up a balance alert , click here .\nyou can now view and update your telephone numbers and email address at any time through online banking . you will need your card reader or code card to update your telephone numbers .\nstay up - to - date on services , special offers , news , and community happenings .\nadd convenience and prestige to your checking account with a no fee private banking visa debit card .\nno spam , just occasional updates and announcements . ( you can opt out at any time . )\nyou have certain rights under federal law related to resolving errors and requesting information about your mortgage account , and you may learn more about your rights by contacting synovus mortgage corp . , or by visiting urltoken\nu . s . coast guard station to right , recreational houses and boat sheds to left , and barataria bay visible in background . kite aerial photograph , 3 / 04 ; \u00a9 j . s . aber .\nwe are proud to offer you great savings and packages when you sign - up for a tuition loan .\nyou can open a new regular saver account or fixed rate saver account online \u2013 it\u2019s quick and easy .\nopen a money market savings account and let your money work for you ! smart . effective . trusted .\nby clicking continue above , you will be leaving urltoken to visit covr ' s life insurance site . insurance products and services are offered through synovus securities , inc . , a licensed insurance agency , and are not available in all states . the information you enter may be retained by these companies and may be shared with insurance companies . these companies will maintain and manage your information in accordance with their policies and procedures , please review them . synovus securities , inc . receives compensation from insurance companies or their affiliates in the form of commissions .\nyou will be asked to input your registration number , three random digits of your pac and a third piece of personal information to confirm your identity before you will be allowed to view your accounts and complete simple transactions .\nview over vegetated dunes at grand isle state park . the woodland consists of oaks and oleander . a salty meadow and lagoon appear in the left background . photo date 3 / 04 ; \u00a9 j . s . aber .\nhurricanes are a way of life in the mississippi delta and adjacent gulf coast region . for example , major hurricanes impacted grand isle in 1893 and 1965 . the hurricane season of 2005 was the most devastating in recent times , when hurricane katrina struck new orleans and hurricane rita came onshore in western louisiana . some 100 square miles ( 260 km\u0113 ) of marshes were converted into open water , as a consequence of erosion during storm surges . most of this wetland loss was attributed to hurricane katrina and took place east of the mississippi river in st . bernard and plaquemines parishes and in breton sound . hurricane rita caused marsh loss west of the mississippi river to the texas border .\ncertificates of deposit ( cds ) with special rates ! save for short and long - term goals . learn more \u203a\nplease note , online services may be unavailable between 3 : 00am and 7 : 00am daily due to essential maintenance .\nonline banking is responsive and resizes to suit each device . be it a desktop , tablet or phone , you have the flexibility of banking at a time and place that suits you . our security precautions mean your money is kept safe .\nthe foundation of the modern mississippi delta was constructed during the pleistocene ( ice age ) , when melt water from ice sheets poured down the ohio , missouri and mississippi valleys . these melt - water floods transported huge volumes of sediment that accumulated in the delta . since the end of glaciation , the delta has undergone continual change during the past several millennia . as distributary channels ( passes ) build farther and farther into the sea , river gradient is reduced . eventually the channel gradient becomes too low for water to flow readily . when this happens a new channel , with a shorter route and steeper gradient , may be carved during flooding , and then a new delta lobe begins to build . in this way , the water flow within and across the delta shifts back and forth , and many delta lobes have been constructed during past centuries .\nonce the service is activated , you can access our online , mobile and phoneline banking services by using these secure numbers .\nto get started has never been easier . you can register now and start to use the service within a few minutes .\nfor the fourth consecutive year , synovus has been ranked one of the country\u2019s most reputable banks by reputation institute and american banker .\nthird - party sites aren ' t under our control , and we are not responsible for any of the content or additional links they contain . we don ' t endorse to guarantee the goods or information provided by third - party sites , and we ' re not responsible for any failures or inaccuracies . third - party sites may contain less security and may have different privacy policies from ours .\nif the address we hold for you is incorrect , please call phoneline banking on 0345 793 0000 \u2020 , log in and press zero ( 0 ) to speak to a customer service adviser . our advisers are available between 8am and 12am ( midnight ) , 7 days a week and will be happy to change your address . you will need your card reader or code card to complete this process .\nthere are however cut off times and transaction limits that apply to any value transactions that you are sending , setting up or cancelling .\nviewing your account balance and seeing what is available for you to withdraw or transfer . this will include your overdraft ( if you have arranged one )\nwhether a you can make it into a branch or you are banking from a phone or computer , a banker and a conversation are here to help .\ncustomers who hold joint accounts should be aware that all account holders are jointly and severally liable for all transactions carried out on their accounts through online services .\ncancel your direct debits . you can also view the details of your current active direct debits and of any direct debits you have cancelled within the last 6 months .\nthey will also talk you through how to use the service and order you a card reader or code card if you plan to complete transactions or services that require these .\na shred event hosted by fb & t ; at the downtown evanston farmers ' market . bring up to 25 pounds of paperwork to be safely shredded and recycled . specific directions .\nyou can now login to your accounts and services , plus find any other conversion information at southside . com . bookmark or save the southside home page to favorites for quick access .\nin order to better assist you , we will need to gather some information . please fill out the information below and click the start chat button to talk to a customer service representative .\nyou have selected a link that is going to navigate you away from our domain . we are not responsible for and have no control over the content or subject matter of this link .\nchoose to make these payments on a one - off basis , or for convenience you can save these bill and account details if you plan to pay to them on a regular basis .\nthis is a slider that displays 4 slides at a time on desktop and tablets , or one slide at a time on mobile portrait view . inactive slides ( on mobile ) are hidden for all users , and the use of next / previous buttons or swiping is necessary to view all slides . all content contained in the slider is available in website navigation or elsewhere in the page . skip slider\nrecreational development in foreground includes raised houses , boat sheds and canals . an oil terminal can be seen in the background . kite aerial photograph , 3 / 04 ; \u00a9 j . s . aber .\nyou can apply for a fixed rate personal loan and you can apply for an overdraft facility on your classic current account . we aim to decision your fixed rate personal loan application within 3 business hours * .\ncloseup view of tidal - flat meadow and upland forest . deciduous trees are just beginning to leaf out in this early spring scene . kite aerial photograph , 3 / 04 ; \u00a9 j . s . aber .\nseaward view over vegetated sand dunes and beach . the elevated walkway provides access to the beach without disturbing the dunes at grand isle state park . photo date 3 / 04 ; \u00a9 j . s . aber .\nthat ' s what our customers can expect . whether you can make it into a branch or you are banking from a phone or computer , a banker and a conversation are here to help . learn more \u203a\nyou can contact us in a number of ways . fill in the enquiry form , find the relevant phone number and location , or contact us on one of our social media channels . choose whatever suits you .\nneed to fix up the house , want to take a trip or maybe you\u2019re looking for a way to pay for college ? do it all and more with a home equity line of credit ( heloc ) .\nif you would like to assert there has been an error made with the servicing of your consumer mortgage loan , or if you would like to request information about the servicing of your consumer mortgage loan , and if you would like your assertion or request to be treated in accordance with the procedures provided in 12 c . f . r . parts 1024 . 35 and 1024 . 36 , then you must send written notice to us at synovus mortgage corp . , attention : customer service , 800 shades creek parkway , ms 100 , birmingham , al 35209 . otherwise , we will treat your assertion or request per our standard policies and procedures .\nview toward the southwest ; open sea to left , protected water of barataria bay to right . notice the recreational housing and industrial development . kite aerial photograph , 3 / 04 ; \u00a9 j . s . aber .\nupon registration , you will be issued with two sets of secure numbers , an eight digit registration number and a five digit personal access code ( pac ) . you can change your pac to make it easier to remember .\nif your joint account was set up so that any one of you can sign solely to complete transactions , then full access will be granted and you will be able to complete value transactions on this account through online services .\nto get the best possible experience and added internet security using our website , we require you to upgrade your current web browser or install another web browser . a list of the most popular web browsers can be found below .\nspace - shuttle photograph of the mississippi delta region , southeastern louisiana and southwestern mississippi . a - grand isle , b - head of passes , mississippi river , c - chandeleur islands , d - mississippi sound . adapted from nasa\nwe understand how important the security and confidentiality of your information is to you . your security is our highest priority . for added piece of mind visit our security centre on urltoken which provides tips on how to stay safe online .\n* funds can only be added to your fixed rate saver account during the initial account opening period , two days from account opening and when the account is in the pre - maturity window , five business days before the maturity date .\nlandsat tm false - color image of the modern mississippi delta . pink and red depict active , emergent vegetation ; cyan shows water rich in suspended sediment ( mud ) ; dark blue to black is relatively clear water . image obtained from nasa\ncoastal louisiana has experienced rapid loss of wetland habitats , in which wetlands become open - water environments . rates of loss exceeded 100 km\u00b2 per year in the early 1980s . these rates have declined to 60 - 70 km\u00b2 yearly loss more recently , which remains the greatest wetland conversion for any state in the nation . the losses are due to a combination of natural and human factors , including land subsidence , rising sea level , and human drainage modifications . for more information , see\ndue to regulatory changes , as of july 1 , 2018 , all checks deposited into your account via mobile banking must include the following in the endorsement : \u201cfor mobile deposit only at fb & t ; \u201d and your signature . learn more\njust click on the icons to get to the download page . please note : these links will navigate you away from our domain . we are not responsible for and have no control over the content or subject matter of these external links .\nthe long - term wetland retreat in the mississippi delta region ( see above ) may have contributed to severity of damage during the hurricane season of 2005 . loss of coastal wetlands has reduced the capacity to absorb storm surges . flooding has become more frequent and deeper in some delta areas . the exact contribution of wetland loss to storm damage is difficult to quantify , but it is undoubtedly significant . efforts to mitigate this situation will be quite expensive ( $ 2 billion ) and require decades to put into place , as detailed in the\nview inland near buccaneer state park , mississippi showing a tidal - flat meadow with a meandering stream in foreground and artificial reservoir in background . forests occupy dry , sandy soils of higher ground . kite aerial photograph , 3 / 04 ; 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mile boundary with ireland .\nlike what you read ? give ireland ' s technology blog a round of applause .\nadditional pack available in ireland to which other packs or subscription channels can be added .\nk2 - in ireland the sd versions of these channels have identical programming to the uk versions but carry adverts tailored to ireland . the hd equivalents of these channels have uk adverts in both countries so the hd swap does not therefore take place in ireland .\nsky will invest \u20ac1 . 25 billion in ireland over the next five years , the company\u2019s chief executive jeremy darroch said tonight .\nnorthern ireland secretary james brokenshire said the uk government wants to uphold the common travel area , which allows free movement between the united kingdom and ireland for british and irish citizens .\nthe availability of third party channels in ireland on sky and other tv platforms is ultimately a matter for the broadcasters themselves . we understand that that there are currently programming rights issues which prevent certain channels becoming available on the sky platform in ireland . sky , as an open platform , would welcome the channels availability in ireland and would facilitate its availability if requested to do so by the broadcaster .\nsky ireland fibre unlimited & talk anytime which \u20ac52 . 50 per month for the first 12 months and \u20ac62 . 50 per month thereafter\nto watch sports , movies or box sets in ultra hd you\u2019ll need the sky sports , sky cinema and sky box sets subscriptions .\nthe basic pack available in ireland to which other packs or subscription channels can be added .\n25 of the best bars in ireland . . . according to people who work in bars\nif you don ' t have sky tv or sky broadband , please choose this option .\nsky ireland original bundle + fibre unlimited & talk freetime which \u20ac65 per month for the first 12 months and \u20ac84 . 50 per month thereafter\nsky ireland original bundle + fibre unlimited & talk anytime which \u20ac72 . 50 per month for the first 12 months and \u20ac92 per month thereafter\nsky ireland variety bundle , fibre unlimited & talk freetime which \u20ac74 . 50 per month for the first 12 months and \u20ac94 per month thereafter\nthe thing is that 11 million households in britain do not have sky sports \u2013 that figure may be somewhere around 4 million ( sky does not release these figures ) ; what the \u201811 million\u2019 have is sky tv , a platform like sky tv or upc in ireland . 8\ndiscover the most talked - 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month contract : sky entertainment ( \u00a315 pm ) and 18 - month contract : sky fibre unlimited ( incl . line rental ) ( \u00a325 pm ) and 18 - month contract .\n6 months half price sky sports & sky cinema offer : sky sports & sky cinema \u20ac24 . 50 extra pm for 6 months , then standard price ( currently \u20ac49 extra pm ) unless you cancel giving at least 31 days\u2019 notice . replaces existing sky tv offers . allow 24 hours for activation .\nthe drawn 2014 all - ireland hurling final was the only match shown on sky sports 1 ( the rest were shown on sky sports 3 ) and was shown on a weekend in which there were no other live events to compete with .\nsky multiscreen : provides same sky tv channels as main sky tv subscription on another box . to receive sky hd channels on your multiscreen box you need a sky hd box and the hd pack . if you have home broadband , your internet - enabled sky boxes must be connected to your router if we\u2019ve provided the equipment you need to connect ( e . g . an on demand connector ) . multiscreen includes sky go extra at no extra cost . sky go terms apply .\nstate ' s bank stakes should be sold sooner rather than later - 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fi . after 2 months you will continue to receive sky go extra at \u20ac6pm extra unless you call us to cancel at least 31 days before the end of the 2 month period .\nadditionally , going into saturday ' s game ireland had won four of the last nine games against south africa since 2000 .\nwe read all electricity meters in northern ireland every 3 months and provide them to your electricity supplier who will issue your bill .\nas the government publishes its plan , sinn fein claims the tories will use ireland as\ncollateral damage\nin eu talks .\nmr darroch said people were right to ask why it took sky so long to open a hub for its irish operations in dublin given that the company has been in ireland for 20 years .\nall sky q kit is loaned to you at no cost and must be returned at the end of your subscription . sky q 1tb box : 700gb personal storage . sky q 2tb box : 1 . 7tb personal storage . 300gb storage reserved by sky .\nsky hub : inclusive for new sky broadband customers . range may be affected by home environment . speeds vary significantly with location .\nsky\u2019s tv service is one of the best out there , so many people choose to add a tv plan on to their sky broadband - or even opt for a standalone tv deal with sky .\nsky + boxes aren\u2019t compatible with ultra hd . you\u2019ll need to have a sky q 2tb box and the sky q multiscreen subscription to watch sports events , tv shows or movies in ultra hd .\nno . there ' s no option to add the premium sky atlantic channel to freeview . you need one of now tv ' s entertainment passes or a sky tv subscription to watch sky atlantic .\nif you love movies , then you ' ll adore our sky cinema hd pack with 11 sky cinema hd channels and 12 standard sky cinema channels . your only problem is deciding what to watch .\non demand : available to sky tv customers with compatible sky box . downloading content requires compatible black sky box , broadband connection ( minimum recommended speed 2 mbps ) , on demand self set - up using built in wi - fi or own cable . downloads count towards any usage caps and may expire from your planner . content depends on your sky tv / hd subscription . sky store costs extra . sky cinema 1 & 2 or sky sports 1 & 2 required for sky cinema or sky sports . downloadable hd content takes longer to start viewing . sky go : uk , ireland & the eu where eligible - see urltoken . streamed via broadband / 3g / 4g / wifi ( charges may apply ) . available on two registered compatible devices ( content may vary ) . some live tv programmes will be unavailable ( go to - go . sky . com ) . for compatible device and software requirements click here . sky go is not currently compatible on pcs with windows 8 or macs with os x mountain lion . sky tv customers : live tv and on demand content available in line with your sky tv subscription at no extra cost . you\u2019ll need sky cinema 1 & 2 or sky sports 1 & 2 packs for on demand sky cinema or sky sports . non - sky tv customers : subscriptions \u20ac29 . 50 - 88 per month . monthly subscriptions renew automatically until you unsubscribe .\ndelport was complimentary of ireland , but says losing to 14 men on home soil is among the worst defeats in recent springbok history .\n@ kovo _ one @ skyireland @ skyhelpteam @ skyhelpireland is there anything reported . . . broadband issues ? ? ? carlow , ireland\ndirector | ireland\u2019s technology blog ( www . irelandstechnologyblog . com ) love tech of any kind , fast cars and just one woman !\nthe viewing figures quoted in this section have been sourced from official television ratings agencies , broadcasters and public relations firms . the ratings in ireland are produced by tam ireland ( television audience measurement ireland ltd ) , which oversees an audience measurement system for the whole of the television advertising industry . tam ireland is made up of the majority of commercial broadcasters operating in ireland ( rt\u00e9 , tv3 , tg4 , channel 4 , bskyb ireland , utv , viacom and setanta ireland ) and the main irish media buying agencies . it commissions nielsen tv audience measurement to carry out the actual measurement service . the ratings in the united kingdom are produced by the broadcasters\u2019 audience research board ( barb ) . barb was set up in 1981 to provide the industry standard television audience measurement service for broadcasters and the advertising industry . it is owned by bbc , itv , channel 4 , channel 5 , bskyb and the ipa ( institute of practitioners in advertising ) .\nsky have us by the balls yet again . we will never see bbc one hd or even itv hd on the sky box .\nyes . sky subscribers can either watch the channel using the sky q set - top box on a tv , or by downloading and using the sky go app on a computer , tablet or mobile .\nif you want basic tv , you could choose sky\u2019s original tv bundle , which comes with 55 channels , including sky atlantic , sky living , comedy central and more . if that\u2019s not enough channels for you , the sky variety tv bundle comes with over 100 channels .\nthe entertainment pass gets you 11 channels : sky atlantic , comedy central , discovery , fox , uk gold , mtv , nat geo wild , sky one , sky arts , sky living and syfy , as well as on - demand content from abc studios and viceland .\n1916 sir edward heath , british conservative prime minister ( 1970\u20134 ) whose government imposed direct rule on northern ireland in march 1972 , born .\nsky ireland offers broadband speeds of up to 100mb and has recently announced a partnership with siro , which means it will be starting to offer lightning speed broadband - up to 1 , 000mbps - in 2018 .\nchoose between our two call packages sky talk anytime and sky talk freetime . keep in touch with your loved ones at home and away .\nin terms of equipment at your home , you simply need a landline which your sky box will be connected to . the sky engineer will supply any other equipment such as your sky q box and dish .\nsky broadband shield is switched on automatically for all sky broadband customers , so you\u2019ll be protected from the very first time you go online .\nsky cinema comparison : comparison against online movie subscription services without sky cinema using top 100 from uk box office over 12 months . see urltoken\nat northern ireland electricity networks ( nie networks ) , we own and maintain the wires and meters for everyone , no matter who bills you for your energy usage . our 1 , 300 employees work around the clock to plan , build , repair and develop northern ireland\u2019s electricity network .\nsky wi fi : for sky broadband unlimited / sky fibre / sky fibre unlimited & sky fibre max customers . available on 6 registered devices . experience varies by location and number of users . app requires ios 6 . 0 or later ( apple devices ) or compatible android devices running os 2 . 2 . 2 and later or 4 . x .\nyou can also add - 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dignity health in arizona and abrazo health , two of the state\u2019s largest health care organizations , further solidified a commitment to grow their accountable care footprint in arizona , with abrazo health signing an agreement enabling investment in the funding and expansion of arizona care network . under the terms of the agreement , abrazo health , which is owned by tenet healthcare corporation , will take a 50 percent ownership stake in the arizona care network .\nabout abrazo health as the second largest health care delivery system in arizona , abrazo health is committed to providing excellent medical care to the residents of maricopa county . the abrazo system includes six acute care hospitals : arrowhead hospital , maryvale hospital , paradise valley hospital , phoenix baptist hospital , west valley hospital and arizona heart hospital ; with a combined 1 , 029 licensed beds . in addition , the system consists of two health plans ; school - based health centers ; and abrazo medical group with 17 valley locations . abrazo health is owned by tenet healthcare corporation , a leading health care services company that through its subsidiaries operates 77 hospitals , 183 outpatient centers and conifer health solutions , a leader in business process solutions for health care providers serving more than 700 hospital and other clients nationwide .\nat arrowhead campus , our highly qualified people \u2013 our experienced physicians , our skilled nurses and our dedicated support staff \u2013 make the positive difference in providing the best possible patient care . together , we relentlessly pursue excellence in medical quality and safety .\nwhether you need a specialty physician or a primary care doctor , both are important to your overall health and well - being . abrazo community health network is happy to help you find a physician within our system .\nas part of the transaction , the two organizations are entering into a joint venture that will continue to grow the arizona care network and allow dignity health and abrazo health to more effectively pursue population health management arrangements to improve efficiency and patients\u2019 outcomes and experience .\nthis directory lists physicians on abrazo community health network medical staff who choose to participate . the physician is solely responsible for the medical services provided to you . some listed physicians are employed by an affiliate of abrazo community health network , are participants in an accountable care organization , and / or offer on - line scheduling . the physicians in these categories are listed first in the rotation of providers who meet your search criteria . neither you nor the physician are charged for this service . if some physician reviews or ratings are shown , they are not the hospital\u2019s opinions or endorsements ; they are public comments made to the zocdoc website , and are only provided for your ease of reference . if additional reviews are available for these physicians , you can find them at zoc doc website .\nhere ' s p . a . derek w burkum bullcrap response to amending my records ! he ' s so full of it , & i ' m filling against him & abrazo scottsdale campus to the arizona medical board . this is an unacceptable amendment in my eyes . i ' m not trying to be difficult , but for goodness sakes . let ' s get it straight derek . i ' m being honest , i don ' t appriciatte passive aggressively being called a liar . you claim you only write what you ' re told . but that ' s not what i told you !\nso you ' re still calling me a liar .\nyou were obviously forced by higher ups to do this . because you refused amending it the first time . either that or kathy evans round filled it & denied it on her own . since none of my info was forwarded to the corporate office . which i was told by jill in corporate over a recorded line . so it ' s clear you ' re pissed about having to amend\nyour words\nnot mine ! but let ' s be real here buddy . i have no reason to lie ! there ' s nothing to gain by it ! you obviously have to keep your job . so yeah , you ' re gonna do whatever it takes . it pretty apparent in this document !\n\u201cthis new joint venture will allow dignity health and abrazo health to be more competitive in the marketplace by establishing innovative , value - based care delivery contract arrangements with payers and employers focused on enhanced care coordination and improving the health status of our communities , \u201d said ken howell , ceo of tenet healthcare\u2019s phoenix market . \u201ctenet healthcare has a history of successful aco collaborations and we are pleased to continue advancing innovation in value based relationships care coordination through our integrated care networks . \u201d\n\u201cby collaborating with abrazo health , we have chosen to participate in a model of integration , which ultimately benefits all of the patients we serve , \u201d said linda hunt , president and ceo of dignity health in arizona . \u201cutilizing both health systems\u2019 deep relationships throughout arizona , we are creating an integrated health care delivery network that connects patients with physicians , care teams , and advocacy services . the network\u2019s evidence - based clinical practices and quality standards are designed to drive the best possible outcomes for our patients . \u201d\nthis hospital carries an unfavorable reputation with many people i know , so i was a little nervous and wasn ' t sure what to expect when the time came to deliver my son . i am happy to say that the quality of care i received in labor and delivery , postpartum care , and the nursery exceeded my highest expectations . i delivered a healthy baby boy and both he and i were closely monitored by all staff - the nurses across the board are not only competent but wonderful and sweet . my epidural was expertly administered and i had no complications whatsoever . when the time comes to bring a second child into the world , i won ' t hesitate to deliver at abrazo again .\ni had an emergency c section two months ago and was extremely grateful for the nursery during recovery ! all of the nurses in the maternity ward were prompt and personable . the room was large and you can control the temperature in it - which being a postpartum mom was extremely important to me . i overall had a fantastic experience and absolutely plan on having my future children at this hospital ! the maternity ward nurses were amazing ! i also chose this hospital because the ward was so much smaller than scottsdale shea honor health - this meant less patients , meaning better care in my case . i recommend this hospital to any expecting mothers - it ' s one of the only ones with a nursery , and trust me , after giving birth ( vaginally or c section , ) you ' re going to want the option to sleep before you go home . thank you to the maternity ward nurses for making my stay pleasant !\nabout arizona care network arizona care network is a physician - led , physician - governed accountable care organization and clinically integrated network that fosters collaboration and improved quality through shared resources , advanced technology and clinical best practices that align with emerging models of care delivery . this collaborative network aims to reduce costs , improve outcomes and provide a superior patient experience . composed of more than 2 , 000 physicians , nine acute care hospitals as well as more than half of all recognized patient centered medical home models in arizona , arizona care network is helping shape the future of health care through its progressive models of care delivery . arizona care network was formed through collaboration between dignity health and abrazo health , two market - leading organizations that have established relationships with strategic partners and premier health care providers throughout the state . for more information , see www . azcarenetwork . org .\nwow . . . i felt so cared for ! ! having not been in a hospital overnight since having kids 25 + years ago . this entire staff from the er staff , whom made me feel so at ease , i ' m sorry i didn ' t take down all your names . to my nurses , may , rosy , alma # 1 & alma # 2 , patty who did the ultrasound of my heart to cory who did my stress test . thank you all ! never was my obesity brought up to make me feel uncomfortable , these people are top notch ! ! and they offered every service i needed to complete and assure me that my heart was good and healthy ! each and every one of you went out of your way to make sure i was comfortable and i can ' t thank you enough - please know i appreciated you all very much ! if there is a way for me to let your boss ' s or a ceo of abrazo know , please give me the information , i have told everyone about my great experience , if you can say that when going to an er with chest pains , and i can after experiencing this with you all ! thank you from the top & bottom of my heart ! ! - candice yatsinko , cottonwood , az\nplease note : due to the number of entrants in every category \u2013 the system may take a moment to load each page . thank you for your patience .\nplease note : you can click the \u201cblue down arrow\u201d next to a category to reveal sub - categories .\nstep 1 : you will register your email one time by clicking on \u201calready entered ? \u201d in the teal box .\nyou may need to check your junk folder and approve the address so it will go to your inbox . the login will be good for 90 days then\nstep 2 : select one of the 10 main categories . please note : you can click the \u201cdown arrow\u201d next to a category on the left to reveal sub - 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based tenet healthcare corp . is also getting \u201cthe best acquisition team\u201d in the industry , company president and ceo trevor fetter said .\nand he quickly plans to put that team \u2014 paired with tenet\u2019s own acquisition specialists \u2014 to work .\n\u201cwe\u2019re very interested in expanding in markets we serve and expanding into new markets with scale , \u201d fetter said in an interview .\ntenet said tuesday that it had completed the deal with nashville - based vanguard , announced in june . the company , which operates around the country , now employs more than 100 , 000 people and has 77 acute care hospitals , 173 outpatient centers , five health plans and six accountable care organizations .\nannual revenue will be between $ 15 billion and $ 16 billion , fetter said .\ntenet paid $ 21 a share for vanguard stock and assumed $ 2 . 5 billion of vanguard debt , making the total value of the deal $ 4 . 3 billion .\nfetter was especially pleased with the terms his company secured for financing the deal . tenet priced a total of $ 4 . 6 billion in secured and unsecured notes at interest rates of 6 percent and 8 . 13 percent .\n\u201cthe company has been in business 45 years , and these are the cheapest rates at which we have ever borrowed money , \u201d fetter said . \u201cit\u2019s amazing how great the markets have been . \u201d\ncompletion of the vanguard deal came on the same day the insurance exchanges debuted and a day after dallas - based baylor health care system and temple - based scott & white healthcare completed their merger , creating the largest not - for - profit health system in texas .\nas the affordable care act moves to full implementation , this is a time of great change in the industry . more patients will be covered by insurance , but reimbursements from medicare and medicaid , which cover the elderly and poor , will be lower .\n\u201cit went a lot faster than we anticipated , \u201d he said of gaining approval from state regulators where the company operates .\nin the deal , tenet acquires hospitals in san antonio and south texas , which will double the company\u2019s annual revenue in texas to $ 3 billion .\nhe said tenet alone ranked first or second in 14 markets , about 60 percent of the places it operated . the merged company ranks first or second in 19 markets , or 70 percent of the places it operates , he said .\n\u201cwhen we go into new markets , we would have to be in a very strong position \u2026 or see a pathway to building a strong position , \u201d fetter said .\nvanguard was especially adept at acquiring not - for - profit hospitals , and fetter sees them as candidates for acquisition .\n\u201cabout 80 percent of all hospitals are not - for - profit , \u201d he said .\nin trading tuesday , tenet stock closed at $ 41 . 37 a share , up 18 cents . vanguard stock no longer trades .\nour community is growing , and with that comes a greater demand for medical care . like most hospitals , we offer a broad range of services to meet your needs when you walk through our doors . unlike other hospitals , we offer those services with the human touch that only a smaller community hospital can provide . that means less frustration for you .\nlinda curry was driving her daughter home when she fell unconscious at the wheel without any warning signs . linda didn\u2019t have a pulse and was experiencing a full cardiac arrest . read\nshe\u2019s not paid to say that . she sees it every day as a volunteer .\nbecause it never hurts to be recognized for excellence , we were named a top performer on key quality measures by the joint commission , a recognition of exemplary performance in using clinical processes that improve care .\nlet us help you find what you ' re looking for . call us at ( 877 ) 934 - 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ray , sling , pain medication and he was out the door . it was quick , we were diagnosed fast , we had the right amount of attention and they got back to helping really sick patients . i can ' t thank the staff enough .\ni think the nurses in er are the best . where i had my problem was the so called cardiologist who really could tell me nothing . i really am in still . in a lot of pain and i feel nobody cared except the older er nurse . i would like to speak to a admin patient advocate . they need some work in the way they talk to people . please contact me asap\nso i preregistered online for the emergency room and even got here about 30 minutes before that time . it is now 3 hours later and the only thing that has been done , was i was triaged and then sent back out into the lobby . i asked the person at the window after 2 hours how long of a wait it would be , and was told\ni ' ll ask the nurses .\nit ' s been another hour since then , i ' m the only person in the waiting room , and don ' t see an end in sight . i overheard them tell another patient that even if they left , they would still be charged because triage has already been done . this is ridiculous and there is no reason that an emergency room with less than 5 patients at 3 : 30 pm should still have a patient waiting to be seen at 6 : 4never again . well at 7 : 30 i was finally brought to the back where i waited another 3 hours before i was told that i would need to be transferred to another hospital . i ended up wasting about 8 hours of my time just to be told that they couldn ' t help me . so i was transported by ambulance to a much better facility at st . joseph ' s . i will say , once again , i will never set foot in this facility again .\ni was so disappointed in this place . i called ahead and talked to them about bringing my son who had choked on a piece of steak and the steak was still stuck in his throat . after being told to bring him in , i checked him into the er , they walked us down to a room and immediately told me that he would need to go to phoenix children ' s hospital . i was so upset that they allowed me to check in . they wanted to transport him by ambulance . which i didn ' t allow , instead i drove him straight to phoenix children ' s and they admitted him . 2 weeks later i get a bill from abraso for almost $ 500 . we were there for 20 mins tops . and they did nothing ! ! if you have a child that needs to go to the hospital take them straight to phoenix children ' s don ' t bother with this hospital .\ni really want to give this place 5 stars , the staff was very friendly , place was clean , we had no issues . but unfortunately they randomly assigned to us a\nprovider\nduring the birth of our child that was out - of - network with our insurance company without letting us know or giving us the option to choose a different pediatrician immediately after the birth . great place but if you are having a baby proceed with caution and ask about all of the providers who may interact with your family and provide services . some of them may just be out - of - network . do your research , ask the questions . it will be ultimately your financial responsibility .\nheard bad things about this hospital , but was worse than i imagined . er staff unfeeling , not thorough , just in hurry to discharge . even had to ask for bandages for my cut hands as i was being discharged . no instructions , not concerned at all . worst hospital ever ! ! should have listened to everyone who warned me not to go there . dont go to this hospital ! period .\nget rid of your er check in time because it literally means nothing . i ' ve now been waiting for going on 2 hours for my 630 check in time and i was told\nwell those times don ' t actually mean anything . it ' s the time you get to the hospital .\nreally ? ! because that ' s literally what it says . check in and wait at home . nope ! not here . another lady here had a 545 check in and she is still waiting . it ' s 820 .\nmy dad was recently sent there for heart issues they ended up doing a stent to open up arteries he had a heart attack during the procedure . they revived him and spent 3 days in icu . the nurses were great in icu . but they released him to soon to a regular room per the cardiologist . he ended up getting aspirated pneumonia after that . then released him after a week . they transferred him to a acute care center and was there 24 hours and had to go back in the hospital . but not back to this one . the care he received in his normal room was just adequate and ended up getting pneumonia because of it . the nurse on his 1st day in his normal room could never be found . am care was below average case management staff was excellent .\nincredibly happy with every nurse that helped my wife during her labor and the delivery of our baby girl . during her 3 day stay , each of her assigned nurses kept her very comfortable and was always there when we needed them . the hospital was very quiet each day and night . our family had a private waiting room all to them selves . the staff maid my wife and i feel very special , as if we were their only priority . could not have been more comfortable .\nif i could give this hospital 0 stars i would . absolutely the worst hospital out there . i hurt my wrist and barely could move it and all they did was prescribe me ibuprofen , give me a sling and was told to call my primary doctor tomorrow . i was treated as a\nnumber\nrather then a patient . i ended up going to the mayo clinic that very same night where i was treated like a patient and got x - rays . so caring compared to this crap hospital . this isn ' t the first time this has happened to me here either . all they want is your money . they don ' t care about your health , they want you out as fast as possible . if you are hurt and want legitimate answers , do yourself a favor and go elsewhere .\ni am so happy with the care that my friend is getting the best care by dr . jalal and his team . icu 3rd floor was amazing . joe really cared for paul . nurse brenda on the 3rd floor is the best ! ! ! maria is so good to paul . i can ' t be there all the time . someone has to work ! ! ! ' keep up the great work . the nurse who gave paul his pills this morning was so gentle , i appreciate all of you . i deleted all my negative posts .\ncame here for their wound care clinic after a nasty bought of cellulitis . dr sekowsky was knowledgeable and always clearly answered my questions . took very good care of my wound . at first i didn ' t want to come to this location when referred by my doctor because of bad experiences with this hospital many years ago . this experience helped change my mind .\ni went for an outpatient procedure , and as i recovered from anesthesia , the hopital staff told me oops a machine we used on you was not cleaned properly and you may be exposed to hiv , hep c , hep b etc ! ! ! ! ! they took 4 vials of blood and said they will follow up by the end of the week . i never heard from for 2 weeks until after the dr who performed the procedure called them and asked wtf ? they were apologetic and flaky and then told me it was low risk so i could just forget about further blood tests ? ! hell no , this is my life and i will have to take blood tests for the next six months now to be sure i am in the clear . i will never set foot in this shit show hospital ever again and i recommend you avoid this dump like the plague . unless you want the plague ?\n\u201cthey also offer great additional services that were important to me like a fantastic lactation consultant who also does follow free follow up visit . \u201d in 3 reviews\n\u201c several nurses came in and out while i was in a room , and each asked me if i was comfortable or would like to watch tv . \u201d in 2 reviews\n\u201ci am happy to say that the quality of care i received in labor and delivery , postpartum care , and the nursery exceeded my highest expectations . \u201d in 7 reviews\nyour trust is our top concern , so businesses can ' t pay to alter or remove their reviews . learn more .\nheads up : from now on , other yelpers will be able to see how you voted . want to chime in ?\nwe take patient complaints very seriously and would like to follow up with you directly . please\u2026\nwe take patient complaints very seriously and would like to follow up with you directly . please email your contact information to patientexperience @ teneth\u2026 .\nso i preregistered online for the emergency room and even got here about 30 minutes before that time . it is now 3 hours later and the only thing that has been done , was i was triaged and then sent back out into the lobby . i asked the person at the window after 2 hours how long of a wait it would be , and was told\ni ' ll ask the nurses .\nit ' s been another hour since then , i ' m the only person in the waiting room , and don ' t see an end in sight . i overheard them tell another patient that even if they left , they would still be charged because triage has already been done . this is ridiculous and there is no reason that an emergency room with less than 5 patients at 3 : 30 pm should still have a patient waiting to be seen at 6 : 45 pm . never again .\nwe ' re very sorry to hear about your experience , sarah . we will address this with the appropriate\u2026\nwe ' re very sorry to hear about your experience , sarah . we will address this with the appropriate departments .\ndenise , your feedback matters to us . this will be addressed with hospital leadership .\nthank you for reaching out to us , aidan . we will look into this situation right away .\nwell i messaged you , of course there ' s no response either . there ' s no doubt you all don ' t care\u2026\nwell i messaged you , of course there ' s no response either . there ' s no doubt you all don ' t care about your patients or there community .\nwent to this e . r . on xmas eve for a cut to my fingers . i was asked what happen . so i proceeded to\u2026\nthank you for reaching out to us again , kenny . you should receive a letter from the department\u2026\nthank you for reaching out to us again , kenny . you should receive a letter from the department director who can assist you further shortly .\nhi lisa , we are sorry to hear about your experience , but appreciate you voicing your concerns . we\u2026\nhi lisa , we are sorry to hear about your experience , but appreciate you voicing your concerns . we will address your concerns with hospital leadership immediately .\nthank you for your feedback , eric ! we will pass along your kind words .\nhi b w , we ' re committed to providing high - quality care and patient satisfaction . your feedback is\u2026\nhi b w , we ' re committed to providing high - quality care and patient satisfaction . your feedback is important and we would like to speak to you personally . we are going to send you a private message . thank you .\ni am so happy with the care that my friend is getting the best care by dr . jalal and his team . icu\u2026\ni am so happy with the care that my friend is getting the best care by dr . jalal and his team . icu 3rd floor was amazing . joe really cared for paul . nurse brenda on the 3rd floor is the best ! ! ! i deleted all my negative posts .\nwe calculate the overall star rating using only reviews that our automated software currently recommends .\nso i preregistered online for the emergency room and even got here about 30 minutes before that time . it is now 3 hours later and the only thing that has been done , was i was triaged and then sent . . .\nread more read { { review . expanded ? 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threatening inflammation throughout the body .\nall hospitals strive to offer great medical care\u2014but some do a better job than others . use healthgrades to research hospital performance in treating patients with sepsis and talk to your doctor about what\u2019s right for you .\na bowel obstruction , also called intestinal obstruction , is a blockage of the bowel ( intestine ) that prevents passage of intestinal material .\nall hospitals strive to offer great medical care\u2014but some do a better job than others . use healthgrades to research hospital performance in treating patients with bowel obstruction and talk to your doctor about what\u2019s right for you .\ncolorectal surgeries correct problems of the colon ( large intestine ) and rectum . surgeries include full or partial removal ( resection ) of the colon or rectum ; removal of the left or right side ( hemicolectomy ) , the lower part ( sigmoidectomy ) , or the upper part ( cecectomy ) of the colon ; and attaching the colon to an opening ( stoma ) in the abdominal wall ( colostomy ) .\nall hospitals strive to offer great medical care\u2014but some do a better job than others . use healthgrades to research hospital performance in colorectal surgeries and talk to your doctor about what\u2019s right for you .\nesophageal and stomach surgeries correct problems of the esophagus and stomach , including bleeding and ulcers . surgeries include full or partial removal of the stomach ( gastrectomy ) , removal of the vagus nerve responsible for stomach acid ( vagotomy ) , and intestine resection and anastomosis .\nall hospitals strive to offer great medical care\u2014but some do a better job than others . use healthgrades to research hospital performance in esophageal / stomach surgeries and talk to your doctor about what\u2019s right for you ."]}
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{"id": 55383, "summary": [{"text": "real deal records , llc was an american recording company founded february 11 , 1999 by boxer evander holyfield and business partner rochester johnson jr . musicians signed to real deal records include r&b quartet shalom , saison , a popular filipino singer , nuwine , a rapper from houston , exhale , a trio of unique r&b singers , and gospel singer lexi .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "holyfield emphasized the immense diversity in the music that came out of his label . ", "topic": 37}], "title": "holyfield ' s real deal records", "paragraphs": ["evander holyfield ' s real deal records , fairburn ga . - fairburn , georgia - local business | facebook\n\u00a9 2001 holyfield ' s real deal records produced by r . smith for tumblin dice ent . / i . hayes iii for i . h . iii ent . / c . pettaway for pettaway productions .\nin his first post - boxing career move , former heavyweight champion evander\nthe real deal\nholyfield will announce on wednesday ( april 19 ) the advent of his own gospel / hip - hop record label \u0097 real deal .\nboxer makes move to music industry with real deal , including artists nuwine and gospel gangstaz .\nthe atlanta - based real deal will also include gospel / hip - hop group grit , west coast r & b ; female trio exhale and philippine vocalist cezanne . the offices of real deal will be in holyfield ' s old gym , where he trained for title bouts with mike tyson , buster douglas , and lennox lewis .\nholyfield is employing former motown vice president oscar fields , who helped boyz ii men in their rise to stardom . to help get real deal off the ground for real , fields will be joined by three top marketing executives from motown .\nthe announcement will come at the holy hip - hop show , at\nthe church\nin nashville , where real deal labelmates nuwine and gospel gangstaz will perform along with gospel vocalist lexi . holyfield will co - host the event with play , from the ' 90s rap group kid n ' play .\nnew york , ny / louisville , ky \u2013 may 25 , 2017 \u2013 evander holyfield\u2019s real deal sports & entertainment , in association with top knotch boxing and kentucky venues , haa announced that the company\u2019s promotional debut will be a quadruple - header televised live on cbs sports net , from freedom hall in louisville , ky . the boxing event will be part of the local \u201ci am ali\u201d festival in honor of muhammad ali , one year after the champ\u2019s passing . headlining the card , will be the always - exciting heavyweight contender derric rossy facing puerto rican carlos negron in a 10 - round bout with the vacant wbc continental americas title at stake .\n\u201ci am proud to bring this exciting card to louisville , ky , as well as to the boxing fans around the world , \u201d said evander holyfield , co - owner of real deal sports & entertainment . \u201cwe have entertaining fights featuring fearless competitors and this is how we want to set the standard for our company . \u201d\ni just bought it but it ' s an excellent tape . it should be recommended to every young person who needs a life change .\n\u201creal deal sports & entertainment is determined to put on quality , competitive , entertaining bouts , and we believe thatthis debut event is undoubtedly representative of our company\u2019s vision , \u201d said eric bentley , coo of real deal sports & entertainment . \u201cthe main event on june 24 is truly a crossroads bout , with highly touted puerto rican olympian carlos negron stepping up to challenge the seasoned derric rossy , who has been in with the best and will be hungry to keep his world title hopes alive . in the co - feature , puerto rican olympian enrique collazo faces his toughest challenge in the battle - tested and always dangerous steven martinez . we will also be showcasing our newly - signed , extremely talented junior lightweight contender toka kahn clary , as he continues his comeback in a special attraction eight - round bout as well . a clash of welterweight prospects will open up the card with pete dobson and jeremy nichols willing to risk their undefeated records . \u201d\nrecorded on evander holyfield ' s real deal records , nuwine delivers a relatively good batch of god - oriented but still ghetto rap tunes . there are too many skits on the album and there are a few stupid songs [ like ' ' hell ' ' ] , but otherwise , the album ' s fun and has some good west coast - style beats . ' ' one million souls ' ' , ' ' revelation ' ' , ' ' player ' ' , and especially ' ' lunchbox ' ' [ a very energetic track and the best one on the album ] are the highlights of this album . nuwine isn ' t really the best lyricist i ' ve heard [ as evidenced by the lyrics inside the cd booklet ] , but , if his cool southern voice is put over the right kind of beat , it could make for some pretty entertaining music . i reccomend this to fans of scarface , 2pac , and c - murder . hope the review helped . be blessed .\nquotation marks \u2014enclosing a multiword phrase in quotation marks tells the search engine to list only sites that contain those words in that exact order . the following must appear in all caps and with a space on each side . and \u2014indicates that the records found must contain all the words joined by the and operator . for example , to find objects that contain the words wizard , oz , and movie , enter wizard and oz and movie . or \u2014records found must contain at least one of the words joined by or . for example , to find objects that contain the word dog or the word puppy , enter dog or puppy . and not \u2014indicates that the records found cannot contain the word that follows the term and not . for example , to find objects that contain the word pets but not the word dogs , enter pets and not dogs .\nthe stacked undercard off - tv will include real deal sports & entertainment prospects devaun \u201cunique\u201d lee ( 7 - 2 - 1 , 3 kos ) , a middleweight from queens , ny , and louisville lightweight carlos dixon , a nationally ranked amateur and three - time regional golden gloves champion , in his pro debut . two amateur bouts will open up the event .\nthis brings so many memories of my childhood . this is about all we could listen to growing up and i love it ! ! i love all of his cd ' s . wish he would do more .\ntickets for the live event on june 24 , promoted by real deal sports & entertainment in association with top knotch boxing and kentucky venues , are priced at $ 105 , $ 79 , $ 58 and $ 41 . tickets are on sale now and can be purchased via ticketmaster , online at this link or by calling 800 - 745 - 3000 . doors open at 6 : 00pm et , with the first bout scheduled for 7 : 00pm et .\noh yeah . if you like any type of rap such as dr . dre or snoop dogg , this is your cd . it sounds just like rap , you dont know the difference ! ! ! i reccomend this a great deal ! ! ! !\nin the televised co - feature , san juan , puerto rico\u2019s hard - hitting prospect enrique collazo ( 11 - 0 - 1 , 9 kos ) , a 2012 olympian , will square off against steven martinez in an eight - round middleweight contest , in what will be his toughest test to date . collazo won the wbc fecarboxmiddleweight title on april 22 , 2016 , with an eight - round unanimous decision over oscar riojas , then defended the belt last september . having fought most of the bouts at home in puerto rico and the dominican republic , this will be collazo\u2019s first fight in the us since his february 2013 pro debut that ended in a draw .\nas nuwine proclaims himself in one of the interludes , this album is real . the association with evander holyfield in distribution was a pleasant surprise . this is one of the best rap cd ' s i have ever listened to . give it a few more rotations and i might call it the best . the one thing that sets this album apart from any other is the realness . except for the minority of underground listening hip - hop heads , the\nthug\nimage - - language and lifestyle - - has consumed the hip - hop market . ghetto mission is full of inner - city tales , futuristic beats and a rough voice that yells frustration and stresses revolution . the difference is this is no money - hungry bum killing off his own while being co - opted and further corrupted . i know that nuwine would agree with me in saying , there is still hope though . his name is jesus , and you ' re completely blind if you can ' t feel this album .\nnuwine presents a somewhat diffent album from his previous albums with ' ghetto mission ' . because all his other albums besides ' da bloody 5th ' kind of stunk , he came out with this one to make a comeback . joining evander holyfield ' s record label , nuwine chose some of the best producers i ' ve heard . but , out of the 21 tracks featured , half of them weren ' t that good . the other half was , though . another problem i have with this album is nuwine ' s sudden change of rapping style . i don ' t know if he was trying to immitate dmx or mystikal , but i much prefer his style back on ' da bloody 5th ' . for instance , on the track\nlunchbox\n, he doesn ' t really rap , except on the chorus , which is pretty darn good . and on\nhell\n, he pretty much wastes the incredible background music , not counting his 30 seconds of rapping . but , despite my complaints , he did come out with a good album . the best songs that make this album worthwhile are\ndrownin '\n,\nguitar slim\n, and\ntest\n. i also like\nbad day\n, which is total 2pac - style . well , even though i have some problems with it , i rotate it about every day , just listening to\ndrownin '\nalone sometimes . nuwine fans , check it out ; other people , check out\ncontroverse all - star\nby lil ' raskull first .\nreleased in 1988 , the sega mega drive heralded the coming of the 16 - bit era and inaugurated the console wars of the 1990s . a year later , sega released the mega drive in the united states . dubbed the genesis , this version was developed with the american market and consumer in mind . in addition to porting over popular coin - op games , sega executives worked hard to lure developers away from nintendo . these efforts were often successful , as sega marketed the genesis as hip , cool , and edgy . sonic , released in 1991 , had attitude . sega also focused attention on its better graphics , speed , and sound , especially after the release of sonic . the genesis could do things that the nes simply couldn ' t . the mega drive / genesis also supported a number of add - on components ( 32x , cd , power base converter ) , making it one of the most flexible systems ever developed . with seven distinct versions , it also has the largest number of licensed versions of any console . the first successful 16 - bit system , the mega drive ' s 14 - year lifespan places it second only to the nintendo game boy . games continued to be released internationally as recently as 2002 . mega drive games also received re - release as part of collector ' s editions for the sony ps2 and psp , and other systems , as well as being available for download on the nintendo wii virtual console . this game is part of a large collection of mega drive games in the strong\u2019s collection that represent nearly 100 % of all games released for that system .\nwelterweight up - and - comers \u201cpistol\u201d pete dobson ( 8 - 0 , 5 kos ) , of the bronx , ny , and jeremy \u201cj flash\u201d nichols ( 7 - 0 - 1 , 2 kos ) , of las vegas , nv , put their undefeated records on the line in the eight - round televised opener . a new york golden gloves champion , dobson is a fan - friendly , aggressive volume - puncher who can box as well as brawl . while still an amateur , nichols , originally from long beach , ca , gained invaluable experience as a sparring partner for floyd mayweather jr . leading into the mega fight with manny pacquiao . nichols is intent on testing himself , as dobson will be his fourth unbeaten adversary since turning pro in october 2015 . both dobson and nichols will compete in their first scheduled eight - rounder .\nlast year , nuwine released ghetto mission , while the gospel gangstaz issued i can see clearly now , both of which highlight the rappers ' gang - banging pasts and renewed christian beliefs .\n\u00a9 2018 viacom international inc . all rights reserved . mtv and all related titles and logos are trademarks of viacom international inc .\nwe are updating our terms of service , privacy policy , and cookie and internet advertising policy effective may 25 , 2018 ! you can preview the new version and see details about the updates here .\nhello ! we have selected english as your language preference . if you would like to browse in a different language , please choose a language using the dropdown . deutsch english espa\u00f1ol fran\u00e7ais italiano \u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\nthe new solr search is live on musicbrainz as of 12 : 00 gmt , 30 june 2018 . for more details see this blog post .\nbrought to you by metabrainz foundation and our sponsors and supporters . cover art provided by the cover art archive .\n\u201cfacing negron is another great fight in the right direction for my career , \u201d said rossy . \u201ca tall , athletic and tough boxerlike negron is going to be a difficult task , but at this point in my career , there are no easy fights . i am looking forward to getting in the ring with negron with the wbc continental americas belt on the line . the heavyweight division is creating excitement once again and a win on june 24 will get me back in the rankings and ready to make some noise . \u201d\ncarlos negron ( 19 - 1 , 15 kos ) is a 2008 puerto rican olympian , from san juan . standing at 6\u20196\u201d , he turned pro in 2009 , and his only loss came in 2011 . currently riding a six - fight winning streak , negron won the wbc fecarboxtitle on september 9 , 2016 , with a first - round tko over 20 - 3 andy perez . in his last bout , negron knocked out 17 - 0 cristian galvez in two rounds , on december 19 . the june 24 fight will be his first stateside appearance since 2010 .\n\u201ci\u2019m very excited to be back and put up a great fight and show for the fans louisville , kentucky , \u201d negron said . \u201crossy is a good fighter , but i am ready to win this fight and get the wbc continental americas heavyweight championship . i can\u2019t wait to get to louisville and get back in the ring on june 24 . \u201d\nborn in bayamon , puerto rico , but now based out of the bronx , ny , steven martinez ( 17 - 3 , 13 kos ) , is trained by marco suarez and has been a pro since 2009 . on december 19 , 2015 , martinez earned his most impressive win , stopping 29 - 5 - 1 jorge melendez inside two rounds . he has never been knocked out , and two of his losses came via split and majority decisions . as an amateur , martinez accumulated a 103 - 17 record and was a three - time new york golden gloves champion , three - time new york metro champion , two - time empire state games championand a national golden gloves champion in 2008 , where he was voted the \u2018most outstanding boxer\u2019 of the tournament .\njunior lightweight contender toka kahn clary ( 21 - 1 , 15 kos ) will continue his quest for a world title , competing in an eight - round special attraction bout . he has rebounded from his only loss last september with two wins by knockout . born in monrovia , liberia , kahn clary immigrated to the united states as a child , initially living in philadelphia , pa , before settling in providence , ri . trained by peter manfredo sr . since his amateur days , kahn clary turned pro in 2012 . a highly accomplished amateur with a 119 - 11 record , kahn clary began boxing at age 14 and was a national golden gloves champion and a five - 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{"id": 55395, "summary": [{"text": "andrex is a british brand of toilet roll .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "it is owned by the american company kimberly-clark .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "the \" andrex puppy \" , a labrador retriever puppy that appears on the company 's television adverts , is synonymous with the brand .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "its sister brand in the u.s. and australia is kleenex cottonelle , and in germany as just cottonelle .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "in the netherlands , andrex is known as page .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "in belgium , italy , spain and portugal it is branded as scottex .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "in australia , the puppy is known as the \" kleenex puppy \" and kleenex is a partner and supporter of guide dogs australia . ", "topic": 34}], "title": "andrex", "paragraphs": ["with embossed sheets featuring the andrex\u00ae logo , andrex\u00ae classic clean is thicker , designed for a better clean , and undeniably andrex\u00ae . what\u2019s more , our \u2018experts\u2019 say it leaves you feeling \u2018as clean as a man called david\u2019 .\nthe panet house at 189 laurier avenue east is acquired by andrex for conversion into office space . later , andrex ' s restoration receives national attention .\nwe asked vloggers including emily norris & anna cribb to review andrex supreme quilts .\nsaving it from demolition , andrex fully restores the davidson house at 190 bronson avenue .\nhow andrex\u00ae do you feel ? click here to find out more urltoken being clean is fundamentally important to our wellbeing \u2013 both physically and emotionally . andrex\u00ae wants eve . . .\nthe andrex commercial little boy was the first of its kind to show the product in situ . it has also been the most successful puppy commercial in the history of andrex advertising .\nwe\u2019re celebrating 75 years of andrex . guess the year this pup got in a tangle .\nwatch how vloggers and their kids reacted when we gave them andrex skin kind to review .\nhow andrex\u00ae do you feel ? click here to find out more urltoken being clean is fundamentally important to our wellbeing - - both physically and emotionally . andrex\u00ae wants ever . . .\nhow andrex\u00ae do you feel ? click here to find out more urltoken being clean is fundamentally important to our wellbeing - - both physically and emotionally . andrex\u00ae wants eve . . .\nhow andrex\u00ae do you feel ? click here to find out more urltoken being clean is fundamentally important to our wellbeing - - both physically and emotionally . andrex\u00ae wants every . . .\namateur historian bill bayliss , of chingford , has researched the history of andrex in walthamstow .\narielle heads to bristol to introduce a group of friends to andrex washlets \u00ae and to see what they think of them . to find out more about andrex washlets \u00ae click here : urltoken\nwe asked vloggers and their kids to give us a review of andrex supreme quilts and washlets .\n\u201candrex has gone on to become one of the uk\u2019s most recognisable and celebrated brands and now , we supply uk households with over 8 . 25 million miles worth of andrex every year . \u201d\nandrex proudly provides financial or other support for these organizations carrying out great work within the community .\nandrex\u00ae are always trying to be a forefront of toilet tissue innovation , and in 1992 were the first to launch moist tissues . they\u2019ve recently been relaunched as andrex\u00ae washlets . have you tried them ?\nwe asked vloggers ( and some very special guests ) what they thought of new andrex supreme quilts .\nandrex marketing manager sophie woodford told the guardian : \u201cwe are very proud of our east london heritage .\nin 2001 andrex was relaunched with new look packaging which replaced the andrex logo with one of three phrases , inviting customers to hold me , feel me and touch me in order to experience product improvements first hand .\nandrex\u00ae , one of the uk\u2019s most recognisable and celebrated brands , launched in 1942 . we have been the nation\u2019s favourite toilet tissue ever since . uk households use over 8 million miles worth of andrex\u00ae every year .\nthe heritage canada foundation awards andrex with its corporate prize for andrex\u2019s 30 + years as a recognized leader in the redevelopment of landmark buildings . presented to sandy smallwood by the honourable norman kwong , lieutenant governor of alberta .\nandrex holdings is founded by sandy smallwood , with the vision to acquire , restore and adaptively reuse historic buildings .\ndescription : andrex puppy running through garden maze with toilet tissue trailing behind it . a young girls is chasing the puppy and follows the toilet tissue trail to find it . overhead shot shows andrex toilet roll throughout the maze . voiceover : male\nandrex\u00ae wants everyone to feel as clean as possible . since 1942 , we have been committed to delivering outstanding quality and helping the nation ' s families to feel clean and confident . 75 years on , we proudly continue that tradition with andrex\u00ae classic clean . embossed for a fresh and confident clean , it perfectly balances softness and strength and is undeniably andrex\u00ae . we recommend using andrex\u00ae classic clean alongside andrex washlets\u00ae to help you feel cleaner and fresher than using dry toilet tissue alone . the andrex\u00ae clean routine 1 . use 3 - 4 sheets per wipe 2 . wipe from front to back until clean 3 . use 1 - 2 washlets\u00ae to feel cleaner 4 . pat dry with toilet tissue 5 . always wash hands with soap\ndespite its longevity , andrex is still recording significant growth . between 2001 and 2002 independent sources attributed a 16 . 6 % increase in value to andrex , ranking it the uk ' s fifteenth fastest growing brand ( source : acnielsen 2002 ) .\nthe first press advertising for andrex appeared in the early 1960s and featured the james bond star george lazenby holding a baby .\narielle is in manchester , chatting bums with this group of work mates . what will they think of andrex washlets ? urltoken\nin 1978 the manufacturer of andrex was awarded royal warrants of appointment . by 1991 over 81 % of andrex sales were generated through multiple grocery outlets . a growing concern at this point was the increase in green products made from recycled paper , which then accounted for 20 % of the market . andrex responded by informing consumers through its advertising that it was an environmentally aware brand and took part in a programme of planting new trees . in addition andrex mass production facilities converted to non - chlorine gas bleached pulps .\nanother milestone in the brand ' s history is , of course , the introduction of the andrex puppy tv adverts in 1972 .\nin addition to cultural and heritage organizations that andrex contributes to , featured below are some of our favourite online resources and blogs .\nandrex sponsors its popular lecture series , featuring a wide range of speakers and topics central to ottawa ' s history and heritage .\nin an nfo worldgroup survey commissioned by superbrands , the andrex puppy was found to be the most preferred guest to attend a wedding .\nregeneration of heritage buildings is what we do . over the years , andrex has renewed buildings so that they can endure into future generations .\nyxlon international was founded 1998 by the merger of philips industrial x - ray and the danish andrex a . s . and grew quickly .\nandrex brand has been one of the united kingdom\u2019s most loved brands for 70 years . this high quality toilet tissue is an outstanding value and the andrex puppy , who made his tv advertising debut in 1972 , is now one of the united kingdom\u2019s most recognizable brand icons . .\nthe andrex toilet tissue range has been greatly extended in recent years . it can be purchased in a range of colours and pack sizes which have been continuously developed since 1957 when andrex launched its first colour variant ; magnolia . in 1966 a full range of coloured variants were introduced .\nthe andrex\u00ae clean routine can give parents and children a helping hand when it comes to teaching and practising cleanliness , equipping them well for independence .\nthe andrex\u00ae clean report aims to start a conversation that is meaningful and beneficial to all of us . after all , talking clean isn\u2019t dirty .\nthe design was soon tweaked with a new version , given the futuristic - sounding name ' andrex ' \u2013 and an iconic brand was born .\nthe newest extensions to the andrex brand share the key attributes of softness and strength that have made the parent brand so successful . andrex moist toilet tissues , with natural aloe , are lightly moistened to cleanse and refresh , and are available in both tub and refill formats . andrex aloe vera , available in four and nine - roll packs , has soft ripples that are enriched with both aloe and vitamin e for an extra level of care .\nthe queen granted us a royal warrant in 1978 as a mark of recognition that andrex\u00ae is a regular supplier of toilet tissue to the royal households .\nconsumers might feel they are getting a bum deal after andrex reduced the number of sheets in a standard toilet roll without lowering the price to match .\nandrex has been the leader in the toilet tissue market for over 40 years and has consequently become a household name - - driven by high profile advertising .\nto celebrate the 25th year of puppy advertising , andrex sponsored an appeal for the guide dogs for the blind association , raising \u00a3270 , 000 for the charity . andrex continues to work with the national canine defence league and a new fundraising partnership with the irish guide dogs for the blind was announced in 2002 .\nby 1955 it had around 400 employees and was taken over by the bowater company , the first of many times that the andrex brand would change hands .\nandrex takes pride in preserving and enhancing heritage buildings in our community . this extends beyond restoring our own buildings to sharing approaches and heritage resources with others .\nthis 1889 building not only serves as our office space , it stands as an example of what andrex does best - bringing new life to special buildings .\nthe andrex puppy has become inextricably linked with the brand itself , symbolising the qualities of softness and strength that are at the core of the andrex brand . the puppy has featured in nearly 120 commercials to date , generally appearing in the family home but also with various other animals including an elephant and a giraffe .\naround 1 . 5 million rolls of andrex toilet tissue are sold in the uk each day - - enough tissue to encircle the world one and a half times .\nsupershoppers is set to discuss andrex as well as other big - name brands cashing in on the economic phenomenon in a new episode at 8 . 30pm this tuesday .\nthe name andrex comes from the st andrew ' s mill in walthamstow , london where it was first produced in 1942 ( rolled toilet tissue was invented in 1879 ) .\nclick here to find out more urltoken being clean is fundamentally important to our wellbeing \u2013 both physically and emotionally . andrex\u00ae wants everyone to feel as clean as pos . . .\naward of excellence from the city of ottawa for the adaptive reuse of panet house , recognizing andrex ' s excellent architectural work in keeping with the historical character of the neighbourhood .\nproduct development and innovation is a consistent focus for the brand . in 1992 , andrex successfully launched a moist toilet tissue variant which contributed to a 45 % growth in the moist category during its launch year . andrex moist toilet tissue has been brand leader since 1993 and enjoys a 61 % value share within the moist category ( source : acnielsen august 2002 ) .\npsychologist pat spungin discusses why it\u2019s so important for parents to establish good toilet habits with their children and how following the andrex\u00ae clean routine ensures everyone in the family f . . .\nthe andrex puppy is arguably one of the most famous dogs in the country . but few know the little dog owes its name to a quiet street in walthamstow off blackhorse lane .\ncensus records can tell you a lot of little known facts about your andrex ancestors , such as occupation . occupation can tell you about your ancestor ' s social and economic status .\nin appreciation of andrex\u2019s heritage conservation achievements in preserving , protecting , and promoting ontario\u2019s rich heritage , the ontario heritage foundation presents sandy smallwood with a community heritage recognition program achievement award .\n2002 marked 60 years of the brand and 30 years of the andrex puppy , which first made its debut on our tv screens in 1972 , in an advertisement entitled ' puppy ' .\nandrex achieved the number six position in marketing magazine ' s ' biggest brands ' listing in august 2002 - - based on acnielsen ' s annual top 50 ranking of uk brands . andrex was placed ahead of such brands as ariel , pampers and robinsons with sales in excess of \u00a3240 million , a figure that was beaten only by coca - cola , walkers snack foods , muller , nescafe and stella artois . having been listed behind persil in 2001 , andrex emerged from the latest ranking as the uk ' s biggest non - food brand ( source : acnielsen 2002 ) .\nin 1966 we couldn\u2019t resist the growing love of pattern and colour anymore we had our own makeover , introducing coloured packs of andrex\u00ae into bathrooms across the country . andy warhol would be proud .\nhow andrex\u00ae do you feel this christmas ? click here to find out more urltoken there\u2019s no better time to feel clean and confident than at christmas , when all your loved ones . . .\nthis is a standard roll of toilet tissue . with so many luxury and quilted brands this seems quite thin but being andrex its of a decent quality . does the job its intended for .\nin 1999 , after over 25 years of successful puppy advertising , it was felt that a new approach was needed in order to re - establish the well - known brand icon . that year , andrex offered consumers the chance to apply for an exclusive andrex bean puppy . more than one million buyers responded to the offer , helping to raise over \u00a3110 , 000 for the national canine defence league . it also reaffirmed the popularity of the puppy amongst customers . the promotion was awarded the institute of sales promotion ( isp ) grand prix award for the most successful promotion of 1999 and helped reassert the position of andrex as the uks favourite toilet tissue brand . when , in 2001 , the promotion was offered to customers again , andrex still received over half a million applications for bean puppies .\n1972 saw the first uk screening of the andrex\u00ae puppy commercial . the original concept was blocked by television regulators as it was thought that the image of a little girl running through her house trailing a roll of andrex\u00ae would encourage wastefulness . so , the little girl was replaced by a playful labrador puppy and the campaign went on to become one of the best - known commercials in the country .\nandrex\u00ae understands the importance of teaching kids how to keep themselves clean . we\u2019ve discovered that 63 % of parents don\u2019t believe their children are ready to go to the toilet alone when they start school .\nin the latest example of ' shrinkflation ' - where producers freeze prices but make their goods smaller in size or quantity - andrex sneakily reduced the number of sheets per roll from 221 to 220 .\naward of excellence from the city of ottawa for the restoration and conservation of the fleck - paterson house , recognizing andrex ' s excellent architectural work in keeping with the historical character of the neighbourhood .\nthe famous andrex puppy commercials were first screened in 1972 . the original concept included a little girl running through her house trailing a roll of andrex . however , this was blocked by television regulators who believed it would encourage children to be wasteful . so the little girl was replaced by a playful labrador puppy and the campaign went on to become one of the best - known commercials throughout the country .\nandrex has maintained its reputation as one of the highest quality products on the market . there are six colours in the range and three standard pack sizes - - two roll , four roll and nine roll .\ncensus records can give you a fascinating window into the day - to - day lives of your andrex ancestors - like hours worked per week , level of education , veteran status , employers , and more .\nandrex was endorsed by hollywood film stars of the day who demanded that studios stock softer toilet tissue rather than the ubiquitous shinies . by 1961 the brand achieved market leadership ; a position it has retained ever since .\nandrex\u00ae was endorsed by hollywood films stars of the day , who demanded that studios stock softer toilet tissue . by 1961 the brand achieved market leadership \u2013 and it has stayed there ever since . thank you divas !\ndermatologically tested and fragrance - free , andrex\u00ae gentle clean was launched to give you and your family a really gentle clean . and better still , it\u2019s designed with soft , embossed puppies on every sheet . cute .\nthere is uncertainty over exactly when production was moved out of walthamstow \u2013 even the andrex itself was unable to provide a date to the guardian \u2013 but by 1995 its main centre of production had transferred to barrow .\nitem 2 . acquisition or disposition of assets on september 2 , 1999 , levcor international , inc . ( the\nregistrant\n) entered into an asset purchase agreement , dated september 2 , 1999 ( the\npurchase agreement\n) , with andrex industries corp . (\nandrex\n) , a new york corporation , pursuant to which the registrant purchased ( 1 ) andrex ' s inventory ; ( 2 ) andrex ' s machinery and equipment ( the\nmachinery and equipment\n) ; ( 3 ) andrex ' s furniture , fixtures and supplies located at 1071 avenue of the americas , new york , new york 10018 ; ( 4 ) andrex ' s sales orders ; and ( 5 ) andrex ' s trade name\nandrex knits\n. the registrant plans to sell the machinery and equipment . the purchase price comprised : ( 1 ) cash in the amount of $ 660 , 000 ; ( 2 ) a promissory note (\npromissory note 1\n) , in the principal amount of $ 282 , 450 ; and ( 3 ) a promissory note (\npromissory note 2\n) , in the principal amount equal to the book value as of july 1 , 1999 of the inventory transferred to the registrant , which promissory note is to be delivered to andrex promptly following the valuation of the inventory . promissory note 1 and promissory note 2 will both bear interest at 6 % per annum . the registrant will file an amended form 8 - k when it completes the valuation of the inventory and determines the principal amount of promissory note 2 . the purchase agreement was filed as an exhibit to the registrant ' s current report on form 8 - k filed on september 17 , 1999 . a copy of the registrant ' s press release announcing the effectiveness of the acquisition was filed as an exhibit to the registrant ' s current report on form 8 - k filed on september 17 , 1999 . 2\nandrex\u00ae wants everyone to feel as clean as possible . since 1942 , we\u2019ve been committed to delivering outstanding quality and helping the nation\u2019s families to feel clean and confident . 75 years on , we proudly continue that tradition .\nmultipacks of andrex now cost less , at \u00a37 . 50 , but that is only a 35p saving for the equivalent loss of two full toilet rolls , according to channel 4 ' s consumer affairs show , supershoppers .\nandrex was developed from a design for gentlemen ' s disposable handkerchiefs that were sold exclusively in harrods , london ' s famous department store . the tissue took its name however from st andrews mill in walthamstow , where it was first produced in 1942 . before soft toilet tissue such as andrex was introduced , the market consisted of much harsher products often known as shinies , which were sold mainly through chemists - - famous brands included bronco and izal .\nwatch what our vloggers and their families had to say about this year ' s winning products of the year * , andrex supreme quilts and washlets . * winners of household paper ( supreme quilts ) and persona . . .\nitem 7 . financial statements , pro forma financial information and exhibits ( a ) financial statements of andrex : 1 . balance sheet of andrex as of september 27 , 1998 , together with the statement of operations and retained earnings and cash flows for the years ended september 27 , 1998 and september 28 , 1997 and the report thereon by grant thornton llp , independent accountants . 2 . unaudited balance sheet of andrex as of june 30 , 1999 and the related statement of operations and retained earnings and cash flows for the nine - month periods ended june 30 , 1999 and 1998 . ( b ) pro forma financial information : 1 . unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed balance sheet of the registrant and andrex as of june 30 , 1999 . 2 . unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed statement of operations of the registrant and andrex for the six - month period ended june 30 , 1999 and the year ended december 31 , 1998 . ( c ) exhibits : 1 . asset purchase agreement , dated september 2 , 1999 , between andrex and the registrant . ( filed as exhibit 1 to the registrant ' s current report on form 8 - k filed on september 17 , 1999 ) . 2 . press release , dated september 7 , 1999 ( filed as exhibit 2 to the registrant ' s current report on form 8 - k filed on september 17 , 1999 ) . 3\nhave you ever felt as clean as a pufferfish ? we gave people the andrex\u00ae clean routine to try and asked them how clean they feel after going to the loo ? the reaction we received from the children wa . . .\n2002 marked 30 years of the andrex puppy winning the hearts of the nation . famous as the star of the uk ' s longest running consistent television advertising campaign , the puppy has now stolen the show in well over 100 commercials .\nmost recently , in 2001 , andrex launched an aloe vera variant of the brand invigorating a totally new category in the paper products market . the same year , through relaunching the core brand with product improvements , fewer sheets per roll and a lower pack price , andrex achieved significant increases in sales and overall volume share - - which was up to 25 . 8 % in june 2002 from 21 . 8 % the previous year ( source : acnielsen august 2002 ) .\nour \u2018little boy\u2019 advert was one of the most successful in the history of andrex\u00ae advertising and was voted the favourite commercial of 1991 by viewers . people still remember it to this day , despite not being televised for almost 15 years .\ncan you imagine life without access to a decent toilet ? this 360\u00b0 video is a real eye - opener . 1 in 3 people don\u2019t have access to a decent toilet . andrex & wateraiduk are working together to help . . .\nhave you ever felt as clean as a squid ? we gave people the andrex\u00ae clean routine to try and asked them how clean they feel after going to the loo ? the reaction we received from the children was ver . . .\nandrex ' s parent company , kimberly - clark , has been contacted for comment about the altered packages , which are believed to have started appearing on supermarket shelves last autumn but have only just been highlighted by a consumer affairs programme .\nandrex\u00ae takes its name from the st andrew\u2019s mill , walthamstow , where it was first produced in 1942 . it was originally developed from a design for a gentleman\u2019s disposable handkerchief , sold exclusively in harrods department store , london . how very posh !\nandrex maintains a library of various resources to assist in the restoration and maintenance of heritage buildings , mainly geared toward heritage apartments and commercial buildings . our reference material is located in ottawa and is accessible at no charge to accredited persons and groups .\ndespite an unglamorous product category , andrex has achieved a remarkable position as the uk ' s number one non - food brand , its sixth largest grocery brand and the market leader for over 40 years . moreover , the brand is still growing . andrex has always developed high quality products that aim to provide the best value for families due to its key attributes : softness , strength and length . the renowned puppy advertising has been running successfully for over 30 years and ensures the brand is instantly recognisable .\nlevcor international , inc . and andrex industries , inc . notes to unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial statements ( continued ) statement of operations for the year ended december 31 , 1998 and the six - month period ended june 30 , 1999 : ( d ) to record interest on debt used to finance the purchase of assets . ( e ) to remove interest expense on long - term obligations of andrex not acquired by levcor for the year ended december 31 , 1998 and the six months ended june 30 , 1999 . ( f ) to remove provisions for doubtful accounts recorded during the year ended december 31 , 1998 and the six months ended june 30 , 1999 relating to andrex receivables for sales prior to january 1 , 1998 . f - 19\nitem 7 ( b ) pro forma financial statements of levcor international , inc . to reflect the acquisition of andrex industries , inc . unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial statements the following unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed balance sheet has been prepared by taking the june 30 , 1999 balance sheets of levcor international , inc . ( the\ncompany\n) and andrex industries corp . (\nandrex\n) and giving effect to the purchase of assets of andrex by the company as if it occurred as of june 30 , 1999 . the pro forma combined condensed balance sheet has been prepared for information purposes only and does not purport to be indicative of the financial condition that necessarily would have resulted had this transaction taken place at june 30 , 1999 . the following unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed statement of operations has been prepared by taking the statements of operations for the year ended december 31 , 1998 and the six - month period ended june 30 , 1999 of the company and andrex and giving effect to the purchase of assets of andrex as if it occurred as of january 1 , 1998 . andrex ' s operating results for its fiscal year ended september 27 , 1998 were adjusted by adding the subsequent period september 28 , 1998 to december 31 , 1998 and subtracting the interim period september 29 , 1997 to december 31 , 1997 . andrex ' s operating results for the nine months ended june 30 , 1999 were adjusted by subtracting the interim period september 28 , 1998 to december 31 , 1998 . the revenues and results of operations included in the unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed statement of operations for the year ended december 31 , 1998 and the six - month period ended june 30 , 1999 are not considered necessarily to be indicative of anticipated results of operations for periods subsequent to the transaction , nor are they considered necessarily to be indicative of the results of operations for the periods specified had the transaction actually been completed at the beginning of the year . these financial statements should be read in conjunction with the notes to the unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial statements , the financial statements of the company and related notes thereto ( as previously filed on form 10 - ksb ) , and the financial statements of andrex and related notes thereto , included herein . f - 13\na new century and more product innovation in the form of andrex\u00ae skin kind , enriched with the naturally caring touch of aloe vera and vitamin e . it has a lightly scented inner core to give you a softer , stronger and kinder roll . lovely .\nwith the help of some highly imaginative school children we launched the talking clean campaign and the phrase \u201cas clean as gold pants\u201d was born . alongside this we released the andrex\u00ae clean routine , using a combination of washlets and dry paper for our cleanest feeling ever .\nour commitment to tackling the global sanitation crisis began in 2014 when we partnered with unicef to help support community - led programmes across angola . donations from special packs of andrex\u00ae goes to help educate children and families about the importance of sanitation and how to build their own toilets .\nandrex is recognized by the city of ottawa for the restoration of the windsor arms\u2019 stone and brick parapets . the parapets had previously been dismantled in the 1990s for safety reasons , and the restoration work executed two years earlier by keystone traditional masonry reinstated the building\u2019s original massing and presence .\nthe andrex\u00ae clean routine is a simple five - step guide that can help everyone ( kids and adults alike ) feel as clean , fresh and confident as possible . our downloadable starchart will help bring some fun to your kids in learning how to clean themselves in the best possible way .\nan unusually short lifespan might indicate that your andrex ancestors lived in harsh conditions . a short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in your family . the ssdi is a searchable database of more than 70 million names . you can find birthdates , death dates , addresses and more .\nindex of financial statements of andrex industries corp . page - - - - report of independent certified public accountants f - 2 financial statements balance sheets f - 3 statements of operations and retained earnings f - 5 statements of cash flows f - 6 notes to financial statements f - 7 - f - 12\nif you are shopping for flexible hose or conduit product , andrex inc . can supply your requirements . we offer extremely flexible cable that can be , strip wound , helically formed , or convoluted . they can endure prolonged vibration , high temperatures and extreme pressures with excellent emi , rfi , and emp protection .\nandrex restores the main entrance doors of the windsor arms . the original exterior leaded stained glass panels are brought back to life by northern art glass . at the same time , the panels of the inner entrance doors - damaged and removed decades earlier - are recreated based on the design of the exterior doors .\n1 in 3 people still don\u2019t have access to a clean , safe toilet . so in 2016 , we extended our toilets change lives programme and launched a second partnership with wateraid . andrex\u00ae has committed to donating at least \u00a3100 , 000 to improve sanitation facilities to change the lives of communities in dhaka and chittagong , bangladesh .\nit was not until 1991 that the product was actually shown in the bathroom . the little boy execution was one of the most successful in the history of andrex advertising and was voted the favourite commercial of 1991 by the public . it is still recalled by consumers , despite the fact it has not been televised for over ten years .\nthicker , embossed and designed for a better clean , we believe that andrex\u00ae classic clean is our best toilet tissue ever . and we\u2019re not alone . in the world\u2019s largest consumer - voted award for product innovation , thousands of uk households voted it their favourite toilet tissue , letting it win the coveted title of product of the year 2017 .\nas a brand icon , the puppy is also used in a variety of other marketing and promotional devices . this has included calendars as well as a joint activity with disneys 101 dalmatians , and several soft toy promotions . in 1999 the andrex puppy appeal raised \u00a3110 , 000 for the national canine defence league which helped them care for over 11 , 000 dogs .\nkimberly - clark ltd , the manufacturer of andrex toilet tissue , is committed to maintaining its number one position in the marketplace . development is continuously underway to improve product quality - - a priority due to the rising competition from retailers ' own brand and other named brands . a number of relaunches have strengthened andrex considerably . the 1996 new feel relaunch reintroduced 1 . 5 million consumers to the product , resulting in a 7 % rise in value ( source : acnielsen 1996 ) . the softest ever relaunch in january 1999 achieved a further 7 % growth within the year ( source : acnielsen 1999 ) . in addition , the 2001 product enhancements and simultaneous change in price drove a 4 % increase of the brand ' s volume share ( source : acnielsen 2002 ) .\nthe andrex puppy has also now found a kennel on the internet . consumers can meet the puppy and play online games and collect tokens for merchandise at the award winning www . andrexpuppy . co . uk . the site has the younger visitor in mind and in addition to the other activities available , gives visitors the opportunity to email comments about their puppies in the bark back section of the site .\nkimberly - clark is a leading global health and hygiene company employing more than 55 , 000 people globally . the company\u2019s best known brands include kleenex , scott , andrex and huggies . in 2006 , kimberly - clark reported sales of $ 16 . 7 billion . today the company has operations in 37 countries , sales in more than 150 countries and a customer base of 1 . 3 billion people .\nfor more than 30 years , andrex holdings limited of ottawa , ontario , has been a recognized leader in the redevelopment of landmark buildings . from acquisition and adaptive reuse to long - term management , the company has been dedicated to providing clients with an unparalleled urban living and working environment . in several instances , the company\u2019s intervention has saved buildings from demolition . among the examples cited by the awards jury were wallis house \u2013 built as a hospital in 1873 which had fallen into disrepair , andrex holdings ltd . , converted it into 40 loft - style condominium apartments , and davidson house , a stately queen anne residence built in the 1890s that the company restored and converted into their own offices . other significant projects include the restoration of the panet house and the fleck - paterson house \u2013 two initiatives which received a city of ottawa award of excellence for adaptive reuse .\noperational circular 563 / 38 : field operations directorate - andrex smart 300 portable industrial x - ray generators is part of the occupational health & safety information service ' s online subscription . bringing you a comprehensive selection of legislation , regulations , guidance , standards , including bsi and best practice which is updated daily , you can find documents on a wide range of subject areas such as food & drink , environmental health , environmental management , fire & offshore safety .\nabstract : this oc , which is based on td minute td / 10a / inf / 1 / 91 , describes an incident involving a smart 300 x - ray generator , being of a type where there is a risk of exposure from residual radiation after the high voltage supply has been switched off . this oc draws attention to an incident involving a smart 300 x - ray generator manufactured by andrex radiation products , copenhagen , denmark . the uk agent / supplier is itw magnaflux , south dorcan industrial estate , swindon , wiltshire , sn3 5he . a copy of the manufacturer ' s specification is given in the appendix .\nandrex industries corp . notes to financial statements ( continued ) september 27 , 1998 and september 28 , 1997 ( information relating to june 30 , 1999 and 1998 is unaudited ) note e ( continued ) 2 . on december 21 , 1992 , the company entered into a $ 87 , 000 promissory note for the purchase of a computer system . the note is payable in sixty monthly payments of $ 1 , 858 , representing interest at 10 . 36 % and principal . the note at september 27 , 1998 has been paid in full . as of september 28 , 1998 , the maturity of long - term obligations is as follows : 1999 $ 605 , 000 2000 282 , 000 - - - - - - - - $ 887 , 000 = = = = = = = = note f - commitments and contingencies 1 . the company leases office space under the terms of an operating lease that expires in 2002 . the lease requires annual payments , including electricity . future minimum payments under noncancellable operating leases consisted of the following at september 28 , 1997 : operating leases - - - - - - - - - 1999 $ 243 , 000 2000 225 , 000 2001 225 , 000 2002 56 , 000 - - - - - - - - - $ 749 , 000 = = = = = = = = = rent expense , including escalation provisions was $ 282 , 000 and $ 270 , 000 in 1998 and 1997 , respectively , and $ 146 , 000 and $ 144 , 000 for the nine - month periods ended june 30 , 1999 and 1998 . f - 10\nandrex industries corp . balance sheets june 30 , september 27 , assets 1999 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ( unaudited ) current assets cash $ 31 , 000 accounts receivable , including $ 1 , 376 , 000 and $ 3 , 363 , 000 due from factors - net of allowances for doubtful accounts and sales returns and allowances of $ 294 , 000 and $ 221 , 000 for 1999 and 1998 , respectively $ 1 , 263 , 000 2 , 720 , 000 amounts due from related party 283 , 000 480 , 000 inventories raw materials and supplies 174 , 000 work - in - process 568 , 000 finished goods 359 , 000 - - - - - - - - - - 2 , 081 , 000 1 , 101 , 000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - other assets 73 , 000 75 , 000 notes receivable - current portion 21 , 000 21 , 000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - total current assets 3 , 721 , 000 4 , 428 , 000 property , plant and equipment - at cost land 8 , 000 8 , 000 building and improvements 661 , 000 661 , 000 machinery and equipment 3 , 207 , 000 3 , 231 , 000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 , 876 , 000 3 , 900 , 000 less accumulated depreciation and amortization 3 , 081 , 000 2 , 889 , 000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 795 , 000 1 , 011 , 000 notes receivable - long - term 5 , 000 710 , 000 other assets - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $ 4 , 521 , 000 $ 6 , 149 , 000 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = the accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements . f - 3\noriginally published in ' consumer superbrands volume v ' , march 2003 . the book reviews the uk ' s strongest consumer brands as judged by an independent judging panel .\nglamorous it may not be but , as an essential household purchase , toilet tissue is one of the uk ' s largest grocery product categories - - and it is a sector that is increasingly diverse and competitive . consumers spend some \u00a3815 million on toilet tissue annually ( source : kimberly - clark ) . uk toilet tissue is generally recognised as the softest in europe and , as such , it is often used for secondary functions such as make - up removal and nose blowing . all products in the category have improved , becoming softer , more absorbent and offering better wet strength . due to such improvements , toilet tissue has become less restricted to the main purpose for which it is bought . the result has been heightened competition in both the toilet tissue and facial tissue markets , in addition to an increased number of players in these sectors .\nsignificant investment was made in sales promotion activity focusing on the puppy to support the 30th anniversary celebrations in 2002 . a national , on - pack ' finders keepers ' promotion rewarded customers with the opportunity to win one of 30 , 000 special prizes ' buried ' by the puppy .\n\u00ae registered trademark of kimberly - clark worldwide , inc . or its affiliates . \u00a9kcww 2016 .\nthe uk government will match all donations from the public until 31 january up to \u00a35 million .\ncharity donation service . texts cost \u00a33 plus standard network rate message . wateraid receives 100 % of the donation . by texting yes to 70700 you agree to us contacting you by phone & sms to tell you about our work and what you can do to help . text yes no to 70700 to give \u00a33 and receive no further contact by phone & sms .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nto retain its position as the quilted ass - polisher of choice , cottonelle has launched a campaign called\nbe kind to your behind .\nwith the debut of the comfort haven bus , which will travel across north america , this is supposed to be kimberly - clark ' s biggest non - traditional marketing campaign ever .\nthe bus is outfitted like the cottonelle puppy . it features\nrelaxation stations\nwhere people can see first - hand - - and hopefully in privacy - - how soft and comforting cottonelle can be . a fitness expert will be present to share exercises with people who sit for long hours .\njudy greer of miss guided will appear for the launch . no word on whether atreyu will be making a cameo .\nurltoken caught the activists ' response . given their medium i ' m surprised you didn ' t .\nand receive the daily contents of this site in your inbox each business day . or subscribe to our\ntalking clean shouldn\u2019t be a touchy subject . so we had a chat with some totally honest racing car drivers , milkshake - bubble - blowers , tree climbers and daisy chain artists and asked them what it means to have a clean bottom .\nuse a good quality soft toilet paper , and use 3 - 4 sheets per wipe until the paper is clean to avoid chafing your delicate , intimate skin .\nonly wipe from front to back , and never re - fold toilet paper to avoid coming into contact with harmful bacteria .\nuse 1 - 2 sheets of moist toilet tissue to help you get even cleaner and feel even cleaner .\nfinish by patting dry with dry toilet paper to protect your intimate area and achieve the right moisture levels .\nalways wash your hands with soap and dry thoroughly it\u2019s the single best way to stop the spread of disease .\nshock . disbelief . realisation . this world toilet day , see what happened when we gave commuters a chance to visit bangladesh to experience what it feels like when there\u2019s no toilet at all . # andrexwa . . .\nsince 1942 , we\u2019ve been committed to helping families feel clean and confident . 75 years on , we proudly continue that tradition . join our celebrations with our new tv advert .\nevery child should have a clean , safe toilet . in partnership with unicef , we are working to make this happen . find out more about how we are empowering communities in angola to build their own clea . . .\nnews corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media , news , education , and information services .\nthe brand , who claim their product is \u201csoft , strong and very , very long\u201d , boasted 221 sheets per roll .\nhowever now they ' re not quite as long . . . just 200 sheets .\nthe cut means multipacks of 16 are missing the equivalent of two full rolls of tissue compared to only a few months ago . packs now cost less at \u00a37 . 50 but that is just a saving of 35p .\nstunning home with 1km go - 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and said it was due to cuts in the levels of sugar .\nthe spicy peperami snacks have been trimmed from 25g to 22 . 5g , but the recommended sales price has remained the same at 79p .\nthere has not been any reduction in the price of multi - packs despite the smaller size .\nlarge , so - called sharing bags of doritos , have been reduced from 200g to 180g , but remain onsale at the same average price of \u00a31 . 99 .\nand mars has cut the size of a large bag of galaxy minstrels from 232g to 210g while the price has stayed at \u00a32 . 50 .\nthe firm ' s m & m ' s crispy bag has shrunk from 141g to 121g for \u00a31 . 50 and a large bag of maltesers is down from 184g to 166g at \u00a32 . 50 .\npeperami is also affected by ' shrinkflation ' with a 25g packet ( pictured ) being reduced to 22 . 5g , a 10 per cent drop in size\nmeanwhile a large box of coco pops has been reduced from 800g to 720g , while the 550g packet now weighs 510g - but prices in most supermarkets have stayed at \u00a33 . 75 and \u00a32 . 69 respectively .\na spokesman for kellogg ' s said : ' the fact is the price shoppers see in the supermarket are shelf prices and these are set by the retailer . so the manufacturers ' recommended retail price is not always the price people pay .\n' kellogg\u2019s corn flakes packs reduced in recommended retail price and size from \u00a32 . 09 ( 500g ) to \u00a31 . 79 ( 450g ) in august 2016 . however the prices used on the show are shelf prices which , by law , we cannot control .\n' kellogg ' s coco pops packs reduced in weight due to a recipe change which removed sugar and changed the coating . although the packs now weigh less , the number of coco pops in each box increased by more than 10 per cent .\n' it would be misrepresentative to claim that these changes were for any other reason . '\nthe reduction in pack sizes is part of a trend that has been blamed on the vote to leave the eu and the resulting fall in the value of the pound , which make imports more expensive .\nin fact , manufacturers and supermarkets have been using the tactic for more than a decade and long before a vote on eu membership was a possibility .\neverything from chocolate bars to packs of nappies and even the amount of tea in some big brand teabags have been shrunk .\nthe effect of cutting pack sizes is to sneak through a price rise without customers realising what has happened .\nin april , retail analysts highlighted the first food price rises in two years with the cost of filling a shopping basket up by 2 . 3 per cent on a year ago . it seems the real figure would be much higher if the changes to pack sizes were taken into account .\npeperami ' s manufacturer , who is based in germany , blamed ' rising commodity costs and foreign exchange pressure ' for shrinking packs .\na spokesman told the grocer magazine : ' we always endeavour to reduce the impact of such movements to ensure our brands are as affordable as possible for our loyal consumers and have limited this impact to a reduction in the size of our sticks from 25g to 22 . 5g , whilst maintaining the number of sticks sold in multipacks . 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{"id": 55396, "summary": [{"text": "harvest operations corp. is a canadian oil and natural gas company based in calgary , alberta .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "unlike many oil and gas trusts , which consist only of production fields , harvest had both \" upstream \" ( oil and gas wells ) and \" downstream \" ( refining and distilling ) components .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "it operated as an open-ended investment trust in canada , and was one of the equities known as \" canroys \" \u2013 short for \" canadian royalty trusts . \"", "topic": 39}, {"text": "in 2009 the korea national oil corporation made a buyout offer for harvest , which was accepted , with shareholder approval .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "the trust was delisted from the toronto stock exchange and the new york stock exchange in december 2009 .", "topic": 28}, {"text": "the former harvest energy trust 's oil fields are mainly in alberta , with two in saskatchewan ; it also has assets in northern british columbia known as the hay river field .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "oil sand deposits and all natural gas properties were in alberta .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "as of the end of 2007 , harvest claimed a production of 61,000 boe/d ( barrels or equivalent per day ) , and a probable lifespan of existing assets of about ten years , before depletion .", "topic": 13}, {"text": "it claims a total original oil in place ( ooip ) amount of 2 billion barrels ( 320,000,000 m \u00b3 ) , and another 1 billion barrels ( 160,000,000 m \u00b3 ) in oil sands .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "future plans include drilling approximately 1,000 new oil and gas wells on about 880,000 acres ( 3,600 km \u00b2 ) of land which has previously not been developed for oil and gas production .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "harvest energy trust was formed in july , 2002 .", "topic": 34}, {"text": "in 2006 it purchased the 115,000 bbl/d ( 18,300 m \u00b3 / d ) north atlantic refinery in come by chance , newfoundland and labrador from vitol refining group , b.v. , and in so doing became the first canadian energy trust to own its own refinery .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "harvest had 924 employees and a market capitalization of us$ 3.22 billion at the end of 2007 .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "on 22 december 2009 , harvest closed its plan of arrangement with the korea national oil corporation , which offered c$ 10.00 per unit through its canadian subsidiary , knoc canada ltd . unitholders received cash payouts in late december , with non-canadian holders receiving payouts based on the exchange rate as of the date of closing .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "the harvest energy trust paid a high dividend , for example yielding an annual rate of 16.0 % in early 2008 ; it also paid out monthly , a relative rarity for equities listed on the new york stock exchange .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "its dividend payments were not taxed at the regular dividend rate , but rather at a 15 % \" qualified dividends \" rate ; this is an additional tax advantage in the united states , and applies to many royalty trusts . ", "topic": 28}], "title": "harvest operations", "paragraphs": ["glassdoor has 20 harvest operations corp . reviews submitted anonymously by harvest operations corp . employees . read employee reviews and ratings on glassdoor to decide if harvest operations corp . is right for you .\nmoody ' s confirms the ratings for harvest operations corp . ; outlook is stable\ni worked at harvest operations corp . full - time ( more than 3 years )\ni worked at harvest operations corp . full - time ( more than 8 years )\ni worked at harvest operations corp . full - time ( less than a year )\nmoody ' s places the ratings for harvest operations corp . under review for possible downgrade\ni have been working at harvest operations corp . full - time ( more than 5 years )\nin the conventional operations , harvest employs a disciplined approach to acquiring , developing and operating large resource - in - place producing properties . harvest ' s conventional operations are located in the western canadian sedimentary basin .\nwellpads at harvest operations ' blackgold oilsands project remain off line . the company took a $ 509 million loss on it in 2015 .\nmoody ' s assigns b3 to harvest operations corp . sr . unsecured notes ; b2 senior implied rating ; sgl - 3 liquidity rating ; stable outlook\ncalgary , alberta - - ( marketwired - aug . 8 , 2017 ) - harvest operations corp . (\nharvest\nor the\ncompany\n) announced its financial and operating results for the second quarter ended june 30 , 2017 .\nharvest operations corp . - investor & media contact : greg foofat manager , investor relations and corporate communications toll free investor mailbox : ( 866 ) 666 - 1178 information @ urltoken www . urltoken\nassessment of pre and post harvest losses of rice and red gram in karnataka .\nassessment of pre and post harvest losses in tur and soyabean crops in maharashtra .\nassessment of pre and post harvest losses in rice and wheat in west bengal .\n( 1 ) excludes volumes from harvest ' s equity investment in the deep basin partnership .\npost - harvest losses in latin america and the caribbean : challenges and opportunities for collaboration .\n) . the losses were maximum during storage operations due to a lack of availability , poor structures , presence of rodents , and improper drainage .\nharvest operations corp . is a wholly - owned subsidiary of korea national oil corporation ( knoc ) . harvest is a significant operator in canada ' s energy industry offering exposure to exploration , development and production of crude oil and natural gas ( upstream ) and an oil sands project under construction and development in northern alberta ( blackgold ) .\nkorean - owned harvest operations corp . has shuffled its executive officers , reduced its staff by a third and signalled it will cut spending and try to ease a credit crunch this year while absorbing a $ 1 . 8 - billion loss for 2015 .\nmoody ' s confirms harvest ' s ba2 cfr and downgrades sr . unsec ' d notes to ba2\nmoody ' s raises harvest ' s cfr to ba2 ; sr . unsec ' d notes to ba1\nharvest intends to enhance the long - term value of harvest ' s existing western canadian assets with proven development strategies . the corporation uses infill and step - out drilling to develop the potential of its assets .\nmagan n . , aldred d . post - harvest control strategies : minimizing mycotoxins in the food chain .\ngrover d . , singh j . post - harvest losses in wheat crop in punjab : past and present .\nshukla b . d . , patil r . t . post - harvest management , fight hunger with fao .\nharvest corporate profile harvest is a wholly - owned , subsidiary of korea national oil corporation (\nknoc\n) . harvest is a significant operator in canada ' s energy industry offering stakeholders exposure to exploration , development and production of crude oil and natural gas ( upstream ) and an oil sands project under construction and development in northern alberta ( blackgold ) .\nthe terrifying harvest golems are mechanical constructs programmed to hunt down and terminate the human inhabitants of westfall . though their origin is uncertain , some believe that only the wily goblins could have created these mechanical monstrosities . others speculate that the defias brotherhood had the harvest golems built to scare off the local inhabitants of westfall so that they could run their smuggling operations with greater impunity . whatever the case may be , the harvest golems have done their jobs well - eliciting terror in anyone foolish enough to roam the fallow fields of westfall alone . [ 3 ]\nharvest is a significant operator in canada ' s energy industry with two operating segments : conventional and oil sands . harvest ' s shareholder , knoc , is a leading international oil and gas exploration and production company wholly owned by the government of korea\nif you are interested in joining the harvest team , please send your resume indicating the desired position to careers @ urltoken .\npost harvest loss and technical efficiency of rice , wheat and maize production system : assessment and measures for strengthening food security .\npathak o . p . , gupta r . a . a study on post - harvest losses of food grains in rajasthan .\na harvest golem poses as a simple scarecrow long enough for its victims to enter partial charge range . it then charges , utilizes its backstab ability to rip the throat out of its nearest opponent . while mindless , a harvest golem possesses a degree of innate cunning a touch above that of most golems , modifying its tactics somewhat in response to its enemies\u2019 attacks . a harvest golem never retreats .\ncash contributions from harvest ' s conventional operations for the three and six months ended june 30 , 2017 was $ 16 . 6 million and $ 43 . 7 million , respectively ( 2016 : $ 15 . 4 million and $ 16 . 2 million ) . the increases in cash contribution were mainly due to lower operating expenses and general and administrative expenses .\nharvesting timing and method ( mechanical vs . manual ) are two critical factors dictating the losses during the harvesting operations . a large amount of losses occurs before or during the harvesting operations , if it is not performed at adequate crop maturity and moisture content . too early harvesting of crop at high moisture content increases the drying cost , making it susceptible to mold growth , insect infestation , and resulting in a high amount of broken grains and low milling yields [\nthe harvest golems were named by the dwarven explorer brann bronzebeard , who was attacked by one of the constructs while traveling through westfall . [ 2 ]\n] conducted a study to estimate losses in postharvest operations of wheat in the state of karnataka , india . the estimations were based on a comprehensive survey from 100 farmers , 20 wholesalers , 20 processors and 20 retailers from the major producer district of each crop in the karnataka state . the overall losses in the wheat supply chain from harvesting to retailer were estimated as 4 . 32 % . field level operations contributed 75 . 9 % among the total postharvest losses (\nto access the conference call dial 1 - 866 - 223 - 7781 ( international callers ) or 1 - 416 - 340 - 2219 ( toronto local ) a few minutes prior to start and request the harvest operations conference call . the call will be available for replay by dialing 1 - 800 - 408 - 3053 and entering the passcode 2923692 . the replay will be available up to and including august 16 , 2017 .\nyusuf b . l . , he y . design , development and techniques for controlling grains post - harvest losses with metal silo for small and medium scale farmers .\nsubsequent to june 30 , 2017 , harvest received approval for knoc ' s guarantee on refinancing to replace the 6 7 / 8 % senior note due in october 2017 .\nbasavaraja h . , mahajanashetti s . , udagatti n . c . economic analysis of post - harvest losses in food grains in india : a case study of karnataka .\nbaoua i . , amadou l . , ousmane b . , baributsa d . , murdock l . pics bags for post - harvest storage of maize grain in west africa .\nharvest golems are lethal mechanical golems [ 1 ] mainly found in westfall . they resemble giant scarecrows and possess blazing orange eyes and razor - sharp metal claws . [ 2 ]\nognakossan k . e . , tounou a . k . , lamboni y . , hell k . post - harvest insect infestation in maize grain stored in woven polypropylene and in hermetic bags .\nanalyst paresh chari of moody\u2019s investor\u2019s services said harvest\u2019s situation has not changed much from december when its debt as a standalone company was assessed at caa3 , \u201cone notch above the lowest rating we give . \u201d\ntapondjou l . , adler c . , bouda h . , fontem d . efficacy of powder and essential oil from chenopodium ambrosioides leaves as post - harvest grain protectants against six - stored product beetles .\nharvest has two sets of u . s . denominated senior notes outstanding , one for $ 500 million that matures in 2017 and another for $ 630 million maturing in 2018 . its total debt is about $ 3 billion .\nconference call harvest will hold a conference call to discuss our second quarter 2017 results on thursday , august 10 , 2017 at 9 : 00 a . m . mountain time ( 11 : 00 a . m . eastern time ) .\nhe pointed out that $ 1 . 3 billion of harvest\u2019s $ 1 . 8 billion net loss was related to non - cash asset impairment charges and $ 300 million came from foreign exchange affects on u . s . dollar denominated debt .\nabass a . b . , ndunguru g . , mamiro p . , alenkhe b . , mlingi n . , bekunda m . post - harvest food losses in a maize - based farming system of semi - arid savannah area of tanzania .\nthe central processing facility (\ncpf\n) was substantially completed in early 2015 , but completion of sanctioning and commissioning activities was subsequently postponed due to the bitumen price environment . during 2017 , harvest plans to complete sanctioning and re - commence commissioning activities .\nharvest added 3 , 300 boe / d in the quarter as its share of the deep basin partnership , up from 940 boe / d a year earlier . it owns 82 per cent of the joint venture it struck in april 2014 with kerr canada co . ltd .\ngoblins created the first harvest golems to serve as guardians , setting the constructs to patrol the fields of westfall . the goblins\u2019 first attempts were too effective ; the golems killed so quickly and ruthlessly that no victims remained to spread tales of the horrifying guardians . goblin tinkers thus hamstrung one of their creations just long enough for a survivor to spread the word . within weeks , the fields of westfall stood empty save for their silent , shambling caretakers . harvest golems have since spread to other territories , leaving fear and mutilated corpses in their wake .\na harvest golem seems a simple scarecrow , but a crafter must lace its innards with sachets of expensive powders and ground herbs . in addition , the caster inscribes animating runes inside the golem ' s fabric body , which requires a rare ink made of powdered arcanite . [ 5 ]\nthere are multiple models used for harvest golems : the most commonly used scarecrow - like one , one which lacks coverings and the hat , and a re - skin of the second version that rearranges the textures to make it seem less complete ( with a hole for a face ) .\non a conference call monday , new chief operating officer jeff tooth \u2014 he replaced john wearing in february \u2014 said harvest recently laid off 67 people in calgary and in the field , including two vice - presidents it named in a news release , controller phil reist and erik van noort of technical services .\naulakh j . , regmi a . , fulton j . r . , alexander c . estimating post - harvest food losses : developing a consistent global estimation framework ; proceedings of the agricultural & applied economics association\u2019s 2013 aaea & caes joint annual meeting ; washington , dc , usa . 4\u20136 august 2013 .\nharvest is interested in self - starters who are experienced and results - focused . our value - driven approach promotes accountability , provides hands - on involvement and gives people an exciting and entrepreneurial environment in which to work and grow . we reward individuals who thrive in an environment of achieving results quickly and effectively .\nharvest recorded an impairment of $ 509 million in 2015 related to its 10 , 000 - barrel - per - day blackgold thermal oilsands project in northern alberta . the project , built for about $ 900 million , was ready to switch on in early 2015 with the completion of its central processing facility but activity was suspended .\nharvest reported production averaged 38 , 100 barrels of oil equivalent per day in the fourth quarter , down from 42 , 500 boe / d in the same period of 2015 , thanks to assets purchases and sales and natural declines . its average realized price fell to $ 37 . 65 from $ 62 . 75 per boe .\nduring the crop transition from farm to consumer , it has to undergo several operations such as harvesting , threshing , cleaning , drying , storage , processing and transportation . during this movement , crop is lost due to several factors such as improper handling , inefficient processing facilities , biodegradation due to microorganisms and insects , etc . it is important to understand the supply chain and identify factors at various stages that cause food losses . the section below will discuss the various stages in grain supply chain and type of losses occurring at each stage .\n\u201calthough the current economic environment poses significant challenges for all industry participants , including harvest , we believe the continued adherence to our longterm strategy will enable us to emerge from this cycle in a position of strength , \u201d tooth said , noting oil prices that have fallen 64 per cent and gas prices that are down 52 per cent since june 2014 .\n] , the losses in the rice value chain from producer to retailer were estimated as 10 . 74 % to 11 . 71 % ( 10 . 74 % for aman , 11 . 71 % for boro , and 11 . 59 % for aus ) in bangladesh . most of the losses ( 85 . 28 % \u201387 . 77 % of the total ) happened in the farm level operations , with storage losses ( 33 . 92 % \u201340 . 99 % of farm level losses ) being the main contributor . alavi et al . [\ntefera t . , kanampiu f . , de groote h . , hellin j . , mugo s . , kimenju s . , beyene y . , boddupalli p . m . , shiferaw b . , banziger m . the metal silo : an effective grain storage technology for reducing post - harvest insect and pathogen losses in maize while improving smallholder farmers\u2019 food security in developing countries .\nthe milling or processing operations vary for different grains . in the case of rice , the purposes of milling are to remove the husk and bran layers of paddy to provide cleaned and whole white rice kernels for human consumption . the operation can be performed manually or using milling machines . traditionally , in rural areas , milling is performed manually by repeated pounding . milling yields are highly dependent on the milling method , skills of the operator , and crop conditions before the milling process . milling of paddy containing foreign materials results in a high amount of cracked and broken kernels and can also damage machines . inadequately maintained milling machines result in a high amount of broken kernels and low milling yields . alavi et al . [ 26 ] reported that milling losses are highest among the losses during postharvest operations of rice in five southeast countries : china , thailand , indonesia , the philippines , and vietnam . milling yields of rice in all these five countries were reported well below the theoretical yield of 71 % \u201373 % . the yields from village level small mills were as low as 57 % due to small scale , poor calibration , and lack of maintenance . high moisture and an inadequately cleaned paddy aggravate the situation and reduce yields .\nharvest ' s share of deep basin partnership (\ndbp\n) volumes for the second quarter and six months ended june 30 , 2017 increased 293 boe / d and 746 boe / d , respectively , as compared to the same periods in 2016 . these increases were due to dbp ' s successful drilling program in the fourth quarter of 2016 with the addition of three new wells that began producing in the first quarter of 2017 which more than offset natural declines .\nrice , wheat , and maize are major cereal grains in most of the developing countries . in countries such as bangladesh , rice accounts for more than 90 % of food produced and about 70 % of calories intake [ 32 ] . in west africa , nigeria is currently the largest producer of rice with an annual production of about 3 . 3 million tonnes [ 18 ] . in spite of the large production and huge rice imports every year , a large number of people are undernourished in nigeria . similarly , bangladesh is the fourth largest producer of rice worldwide , however , it is still food deficient and imports more than one million tons of rice every year . saving the cereal crop lost during postharvest operations can help in meeting the food demand and reduce the load on the economy . a report from the world bank , estimated 7 % \u201310 % of grain loss in postharvest operations at field level , and 4 % \u20135 % loss at the market and distribution stage in india for the year 1999 [ 25 , 33 , 34 ] . estimates also suggest that these , approximately 12 to 16 million metric tons of grains wasted each year , could meet the food demand of about one - third of india\u2019s poor population [ 35 ] . however , despite the criticality of the issue , availability of consistent and reliable postharvest loss data is still a challenge . very few loss assessment studies have been conducted in important developing economies such as india , china , and brazil . after the fao report in 2010 , various institutes are making efforts to conduct comprehensive household surveys , interviews , and field measurements to determine the actual status of losses along food supply chains in various countries . this section discusses the status of losses in major staple crops based on the available literature data .\nwhile fulfilling the food demand of an increasing population remains a major global concern , more than one - third of food is lost or wasted in postharvest operations . reducing the postharvest losses , especially in developing countries , could be a sustainable solution to increase food availability , reduce pressure on natural resources , eliminate hunger and improve farmers\u2019 livelihoods . cereal grains are the basis of staple food in most of the developing nations , and account for the maximum postharvest losses on a calorific basis among all agricultural commodities . as much as 50 % \u201360 % cereal grains can be lost during the storage stage due only to the lack of technical inefficiency . use of scientific storage methods can reduce these losses to as low as 1 % \u20132 % . this paper provides a comprehensive literature review of the grain postharvest losses in developing countries , the status and causes of storage losses and discusses the technological interventions to reduce these losses . the basics of hermetic storage , various technology options , and their effectiveness on several crops in different localities are discussed in detail .\nthe net change to the credit facility during the three and six months ended june 30 , 2017 was $ 16 . 2 million net borrowings and $ 465 . 8 million net repayment , respectively ( 2016 : $ 5 . 9 million and $ 38 . 9 million net borrowings ) . the net repayment on the credit facility for the six months ended june 30 , 2017 was made with $ 500 million in funds drawn from the term facility in the first quarter of 2017 . as at june 30 , 2017 , the term facility had an outstanding balance of $ 500 million ( december 31 , 2016 : $ nil ) . at june 30 , 2017 , harvest had $ 415 . 7 million drawn under the credit facility ( december 31 , 2016 - $ 893 . 5 million ) excluding letters of credit of $ 10 . 9 million ( december 31 , 2016 : $ 9 . 9 million ) .\nreaders are cautioned that the forward - looking information may not be appropriate for other purposes and the actual results may differ materially from those anticipated . although management believes that the forward - looking information is reasonable based on information available on the date such forward - looking statements were made , no assurances can be given as to future results , levels of activity and achievements . therefore , readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward - looking statements as there can be no assurance that the plans , intentions or expectations upon which they are based will occur . although we consider such information reasonable at the time of preparation , it may prove to be incorrect and actual results may differ materially from those anticipated . harvest assumes no obligation to update forward - looking statements should circumstances , estimates or opinions change , except as required by law . forward - looking statements contained in this press release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement .\nmeeting the food demand of a rapidly increasing global population is emerging as a big challenge to mankind . the population is expected to grow to 9 . 1 billion people by the year 2050 , and about 70 % extra food production will be required to feed them [ 1 , 2 , 3 ] . most of this population rise is expected to be attributed to developing countries , several of which are already facing issues of hunger and food insecurity . increasing urbanization , climate change and land use for non - food crop production , intensify these concerns of increasing food demands . in the last few decades , most of the countries have focused on improving their agricultural production , land use , and population control as their policies to cope with this increasing food demand . however , postharvest loss ( phl ) , a critical issue , does not receive the required attention and less than 5 % research funding has been allocated for this issue in previous years [ 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ] . approximately one - third of the food produced ( about 1 . 3 billion ton ) , worth about us $ 1 trillion , is lost globally during postharvest operations every year [ 8 ] . \u201cfood loss\u201d is defined as food that is available for human consumption but goes unconsumed [ 9 , 10 ] . the solutions to reduce postharvest losses require relatively modest investment and can result in high returns compared to increasing the crop production to meet the food demand .\npostharvest loss includes the food loss across the food supply chain from harvesting of crop until its consumption [ 9 ] . the losses can broadly be categorized as weight loss due to spoilage , quality loss , nutritional loss , seed viability loss , and commercial loss [ 11 ] . magnitude of postharvest losses in the food supply chain vary greatly among different crops , areas , and economies . in developing countries , people try to make the best use of the food produced , however , a significant amount of produce is lost in postharvest operations due to a lack of knowledge , inadequate technology and / or poor storage infrastructure . on the contrary , in developed countries , food loss in the middle stages of the supply chain is relatively low due to availability of advanced technologies and efficient crop handling and storage systems . however , a large portion of food is lost at the end of the supply chain , known as food waste . \u201cfood waste\u201d can be defined as food discarded or alternatively the intentional non - food use of the food or due to spoilage / expiration of food [ 12 ] . in 2010 , estimates suggested that about 133 billion pounds of food ( 31 % of the total available food ) was wasted at retail and consumer level in the united states . among different agricultural commodities , the studies estimated that on a weight basis , cereal crops , roots crops , and fruit and vegetables account for about 19 % , 20 % , and 44 % losses respectively [ 8 , 13 ] . on a calorific content basis , losses in cereal crops hold the largest share ( 53 % ) . cereal grains , such as wheat , rice , and maize are the most popular food crops in the world , and are the basis of staple food in most of the developing countries . minimizing cereal losses in the supply chain could be one resource - efficient way that can help in strengthening food security , sustainably combating hunger , reducing the agricultural land needed for production , rural development , and improving farmers\u2019 livelihoods .\nthese companies , originally structured as canadian royalty trusts ( canroys ) , are oil and natural gas producers . as trusts , they didn ' t pay federal income taxes if they distributed their income to shareholders . the resulting double - 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c level management are are not only bullies , they show nothing short of disrespect for canadians . employees are no longer able to make any decisions necessary to their jobs without top level approval . nobody will sign anything , not even the co & o due to the fact if something goes wrong , they will be held personally responsible . daily the company wraps itself up in more red tape and reporting - this company will come to a grinding halt due to the management style . i have never witnessed so much finger pointing at a company - it has become a very sad and unhappy environment for anyone below co & o level , even the vp ' s .\nlearn the oil & gas business . your lack of knowledge when making major decisions is bringing the company to it ' s knees .\nthis will replace the current featured review for targeted profile . are you sure you want to replace it ?\ncopyright \u00a9 2008\u20132018 , glassdoor , inc .\nglassdoor\nand logo are proprietary trademarks of glassdoor , inc .\nuse of this site is subject to , and your continued use constitutes your express agreement to be bound by , the terms of use and privacy statement . any unauthorized use of this site is strictly prohibited .\nxbrl voluntary filing program visit the csa\u0092s xbrl website for information about xbrl and the voluntary program . click here for information about xbrl software and viewing xbrl financial statements .\nspecies extinction is now happening at 1 , 000 times its normal . . .\nthe calgary - based intermediate oil and gas producer reported it had breached its covenant on $ 924 million in bank debt as of dec . 31 but has since negotiated a waiver from its lending syndicate . the debt is guaranteed by its parent , korean national oil corp . , and it said it is in talks with knoc regarding options in advance of the april 2017 debt maturity date .\nthe company said president and chief executive kyungluck sohn resigned last month and piljong sung , chief strategy officer and corporate secretary , is filling in as interim ceo .\ntooth said monday it will remain stalled until oil prices and the company\u2019s financial liquidity improve .\n\u201cwe will continue to discuss with our parent , knoc , to look at options to increase our liquidity and to reduce our debt balances , \u201d he said .\nhe said the company has us $ 51 million left from a us $ 171 million one - year loan made by knoc last april . the loan\u2019s maturity date has been extended until the end of 2017 .\n\u201cthey are in a bit of a difficult situation , \u201d he said . \u201cit\u2019s a liquidity issue , they have debt maturities in 2017 . they need to get some support from knoc to help them through and where and when that support comes in , i don\u2019t really know . \u201d\noilfield services group asks ottawa to fund $ 500 - 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released for the three and six months ended june 30 , 2017 .\noperating netback per boe prior to hedging for the three and six months ended june 30 , 2017 was $ 13 . 04 and $ 13 . 81 , respectively , increases of $ 4 . 19 and $ 7 . 03 from the same periods in 2016 . the increases from 2016 were mainly due to higher realized prices per boe as a result of commodity benchmark price increases , partially offset by higher royalties , operating expenses , and transportation and marketing expenses per boe .\npre - operating losses for the three and six months ended june 30 , 2017 were $ 3 . 5 million and $ 6 . 9 million , respectively ( 2016 : $ 2 . 7 million and $ 7 . 2 million , respectively ) . the pre - operating losses were mainly due to pre - operating and general and administrative expenses .\nthe strengthening of the canadian dollar against the u . s . dollar for the three and six months ended june 30 , 2017 resulted in net unrealized foreign exchange gains of $ 48 . 8 million and $ 62 . 5 million , respectively ( 2016 : $ 13 . 0 million loss and $ 105 . 4 million gain , respectively ) .\n( 3 ) this is a non - 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champaign , urbana , il 61801 , usa ; ude . sionilli @ atilakp\n* correspondence : ude . sionilli @ dramuk ; tel . : + 1 - 217 - 300 - 1929\nthis article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the creative commons attribution ( cc - by ) license ( urltoken ) .\npostharvest loss accounts for direct physical losses and quality losses that reduce the economic value of crop , or may make it unsuitable for human consumption . in severe cases , these losses can be up to 80 % of the total production [ 14 ] . in african countries , these losses have been estimated to range between 20 % and 40 % , which is highly significant considering the low agricultural productivity in several regions of africa [ 15 ] . according to the world bank report , sub - saharan africa ( ssa ) alone loses food grains worth about usd 4 billion every year [ 16 ] . these losses play a critical role in influencing the life of millions of smallholder farmers by impacting the available food volumes and trade - in values of the commodities . in addition to economic and social implications , postharvest losses also impact the environment , as the land , water and energy ( agricultural inputs ) used to produce the lost food are also wasted along with the food . unutilized food also results in extra co 2 emissions , eventually affecting the environment . a report from the food and agriculture organization of the united nations ( fao ) using the life cycle perspective , estimated about 3 . 3 gtonnes of co 2 equivalent emissions due to food that was produced but not eaten , without even considering the land use change [ 17 ] . the blue water footprints ( water use during life cycle of food ) for the wasted food globally was estimated to be about 250 km 3 [ 14 , 17 ] . similarly , the land used to grow the food is another valuable resource that goes to waste due to these losses . a study conducted on rice postharvest losses in nigeria estimated that the lost paddy accounted for 19 % of the total cultivated area [ 18 ] . on the global scale , about 1 . 4 billion hectares of land was wasted by growing food that was not consumed in the year 2007 , an area larger than canada and china [ 19 ] .\nconsidering the criticality of phl reduction in enhancing the food security , it becomes very important to know the pattern and scale of these losses across the world , especially in developing countries , and identify its causes and possible solutions . although losses occur at each stage of the supply chain from production to consumer level , storage losses are considered most critical in developing countries . this paper provides a comprehensive review and discussion on the status of storage losses of major cereal crops , major factors that lead to these losses and possible solutions . technology interventions play a critical role in addressing the issue of phl , and several efforts have been made to develop and disseminate these technologies for smallholders in developing countries . however , there is a lack of compiled evidence - based information on the effectiveness of these technologies for various crops . this paper discusses in detail the technology interventions , especially the use and effectiveness of hermetic storage in reducing storage losses particularly for smallholders in developing countries .\nharvesting is considered as the first step in the grain supply chain and is a critical operation in deciding the overall crop quality . in the developing countries , crop harvesting is performed mainly manually using hand cutting tools such as sickle , knife , scythe , cutters . almost all of the crop is harvested using combine harvesters in the developed countries .\n] . however , leaving the matured crop un - harvested results in high shattering losses , exposure to birds and rodents attack , and losses due to natural calamities ( rain , hailstorms etc . ) [\n] . most of the harvesting is performed manually in the developing countries , which is a highly labor intensive and slow process . during peak harvesting season , even the countries such as india and bangladesh encounter labor shortages , which results in delays in the harvesting and subsequently large losses . according to a study conducted in punjab , india , due to high shattering losses , the wheat harvesting losses were found increased by about 67 % ( 2 . 5 % from 1 . 5 % ) by delay in harvesting [\n] . another postharvest loss study in india estimated a 10 . 3 % increase ( 1 . 74 % to 1 . 92 % ) in paddy harvesting losses due to delayed harvesting because of a lack in adequate harvesting equipment [\nmaturity moisture content of various crops ( source : de lucia and assennato [ 24 ] ) .\nthe purpose of the threshing process is to detach the grain from the panicles . the process is achieved through rubbing , stripping , or impact action , or using a combination of these actions . the operation can be performed manually ( trampling , beating ) , using animal power , or mechanical threshers . manual threshing is the most common practice in the developing countries . grain spillage , incomplete separation of the grain from chaff , grain breakage due of excessive striking , are some of the major reasons for losses during the threshing process [ 20 , 25 ] . delay in threshing after harvesting of crop results in significant quantity and quality loss , as the crop is exposed to atmosphere , and is susceptible to rodents , birds , and insect attack [ 26 ] . as in the case of harvesting , lack of mechanization is the major reason for this delay that causes significant losses . high moisture accumulations in the crop lying in the field may even lead to start mold growth in the field .\nthe cleaning process is performed after the threshing to separate whole grains from broken grains and other foreign materials , such as straw , stones , sand , chaff , and weed seed . winnowing is the most common method used for cleaning in the developing countries . screening / sifting is another common method of cleaning , which can be performed either manually or mechanically . inadequate cleaned grains can increase the insect infestation and mold growth during storage , add unwanted taste and color , and can damage the processing equipment . a large amount of grains are lost as spillage during this operation , and grain losses during winnowing can be as high as 4 % of the total production [ 27 ] .\n, the grains are usually harvested at high moisture content to minimize the shattering losses in the field . however , the safe moisture content for long - term storage of most of the crops is considered below 13 % [\n] . even for the short - term storage ( less than 6 months ) , the moisture should be less than 15 % for most of the crops . inadequate drying can result in mold growth and significantly high losses during storage and milling . therefore , drying is a critical step after harvesting to maintain the crop quality , minimize storage losses and reduce transportation cost .\ndrying can be performed naturally ( sun or shade drying ) or using mechanical dryers . natural drying or sun drying is the traditional and economical practice for drying the harvested crop , and is the most popular method in developing countries . sometimes , whole crop without threshing is left in the field only for drying . for example , after wheat harvesting , stacks are made of 10\u201315 bundles of tied crop , and left in the field for drying . sun drying is weather dependent , requires high labor , is slow , and causes large losses . grains lying in the open for sun drying are eaten by birds and insects , and also get contaminated due to mixing of stones , dust , and other foreign materials . unseasonal rains or cloudier weather may restrict the proper drying , and the crop is stored at high moisture , which leads to high losses due to mold growth . about 3 . 5 % and 4 . 5 % losses were reported during maize drying on raised platforms in zambia and zimbabwe respectively [ 15 , 28 ] . some farmers use mats or plastic sheets for spreading the grains , which reduces the contamination with dust and makes the collection of grains easy . mechanical drying addresses some of the limitations of natural drying , and offers advantages , such as reduction in handling losses , better control over the hot air temperature , and space utilization . however , they suffer with the limitations of high initial and maintenance cost , adequate size availability , and lack of knowledge to operate these dryers , especially with smallholders . due to these limitations , these dryers are rarely used by smallholders in the developing countries [ 26 ] ."]}
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{"id": 55404, "summary": [{"text": "fintage house is an independent company that deals with film , tv and up until the end of 2016 , music rights .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "it was established in 1986 and is co-chaired by robbert aarts and niels teves .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "fintage is based in leiden , the netherlands and provides its services through an affiliated office in budapest , hungary as well as representatives in the united states , canada , australia , japan , italy and spain .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "in 2008 the company had approximately 70 employees worldwide with 50 of these based in europe .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the company 's expertise lie in revenue collection and reporting for rights owners through the protection of money streams as well as actively finding new revenue streams .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "fintage house were the first to account for revenue streams on a monthly basis rather than annually .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "initially the company dealt primarily in film & tv but have since focused on the music business until the sale of the division to kobalt .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "fintage house still operates in the film , tv realm with services such as collection account management and audiovisual producer rights .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "fintage house 's music clients included britney spears , the elvis presley estate , anna netrebko , jason mraz , the black .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "eyed peas and foo fighters .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "fintage film & television represents production and sales companies .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "in 2002 fintage house announced that maarten p melchior was to head the film and television division .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "fintage serve over 1000 film and tv companies including : terminator 3 , crash , the hurt locker , district 9 , paranormal activity , terminator salvation , single man , broken embraces , precious , the messenger , nine , an education , young victoria , food , inc. , the last station .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "the company linked with mediapeers in 2010 , offering an online platform for sellers and buyers of content e.g. films & tv series .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "fintage house made an investment in uk-based rights agency limited in june 2012 .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "cash\u00e9t card llc was launched in july 2012 with the backing of fintage house and film finances , inc . the card is designed for film and tv productions to provide companies with cash back when used .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "the card was first used in the film better living through chemistry .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "every year to coincide with the world famous cannes film festival , fintage house and akin gump organise the jorge gallegos memorial trophy , annual boules tournament .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "this prestigious event combines the sport of p\u00e9tanque with a relaxed and informal cocktail party and is attended by the who \u2019s who of the film and television world .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "this year \u2019s tournament took place on 20 may on the promenade de la croisette , cannes , france .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "all proceeds from the boules event directly benefit humanitarian organisation , filmaid international .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "in 2013 fintage house signed a deal with iip , the creators of fuga , to create a new online platform for rights-holders .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "together fintage and iip plan to create a fully automated service for rights holders including : global distribution of master recordings , promotion and revenue collection .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "in a traditionally slow and convoluted part of the business , this new platform will put the information at the client \u2019s fingertips .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "on september 27 , 2016 , fintage agreed to sell its music publishing and neighboring rights divisions to kobalt music group . ", "topic": 36}], "title": "fintage house", "paragraphs": ["film finances and fintage house , the companies behind cash\u00e9t , are big in the entertainment financial industry .\nin 2012 , fintage brought in one - time rights agency ltd into its family , adding clients such as phil collins and mumford and sons to the fintage house roster .\nrobbert aarts , co - ceo fintage house added : \u201cwe began our rights journey in the film and tv business three decades ago .\nin this clip from urltoken - robert aarts is co - ceo of fintage house , an entertainment - asset management firm based in the netherlands .\nniels teves , co - ceo for fintage house said , \u201cfor 30 years we have been creating leading services engineered by experience and as such provided a platform where transparency can thrive .\nfinancial services and royalties collection outfit fintage house has completed a management buyout as well as appointing entertainment lawyer maarten p melchior to head the company ' s film and television collection account management division .\nkobalt music group has fully acquired the music publishing and neighbouring rights businesses of fintage house \u2013 one of the biggest players , and kobalt\u2019s toughest rivals , in the multi - billion dollar nr space .\nandrew gummer , president of the music division at fintage house , added : \u2018in my view the music industry still has a long way to go to best serve the interests of recording artists and composers .\nral has entered into a strategic business investment agreement with fintage house - a tv / film and music rights collection business and publisher , whose clients include the elvis presley estate , britney spears and jason mraz and which recently picked . . .\na new credit card , cash\u00e9t card llc , has been launched jointly by film finances , inc and fintage house . the basic idea is that the companies will give one percent cash back to film and tv productions every time the card is used .\n2 . out of the residual reserve we then pay the payroll house the total amount invoiced and in turn the payroll house pays the guild members ( through the guilds ) along with any sums due for applicable benefit , pension , health and welfare plan . any excess in the residual reserve is liquidated per the remainder of the recoupment schedule .\n\u201cthe innovative and service orientated approach adopted by fintage house combined with kobalt\u2019s long - term commitment to transparency and empowerment has convinced us that the combined forces of the two companies will provide by far the best and most influential service available in the neighbouring rights and music publishing sectors . \u201d\nteves was joined in this disbelief by his fintage co - founder , robbert aarts ( pictured , right ) .\nwillard ahdritz , kobalt founder and ceo commented , \u201cwe\u2019re incredibly excited to work with the roster of creators that fintage represents .\nif fintage isn\u2019t a name that immediately comes to mind when the subject of music biz revolution is raised , it\u2019s probably deliberate .\nunlikely as it may seem , within these very sober , very serious surroundings , fintage unleashed a quiet revolution for the music business .\n\u201cwe were kind of like coutt\u2019s bank of the netherlands , \u201d explains fintage co - ceo niels teves ( pictured , left ) .\nhaving built what would become fintage within this banking environment , teves and aarts bought out the company and set up as an independent .\nmelchior previously worked with fintage co - chairmen robbert aarts and niels teves in the early nineties at the company ' s forerunner , meespierson communications .\nfintage convinced cher\u2019s team that there was much more money owed to her around the globe than she was previously receiving\u2026 and then proved the theory .\nanother key ambition of fintage is to continue to build its publishing division \u2013 its first entry point into the music business all that time ago .\n1 . once every quarter , the payroll house , which is to be contracted by the producer , calculates the residuals due on the basis of amongst others the cast lists ( talent and crew ) and our statements , and provides this information by way of an invoice to both producer and ourselves .\nother investments by fintage have included fuga , the digital delivery and aggregation platform that now counts ministry of sound amongst its 5 , 000 label clients .\nit goes without saying that fintage\u2019s connections to tinseltown also bring the very real possibility of its music catalogue being a go - to destination for sync .\na good example of this movie / music cross - pollination came in 2012 , when a fintage client won a publishing award for the first time in the company\u2019s history .\nfilmaid\u2019s founder caroline baron flew in from new york and will be joined by guests including richard dreyfuss , radha mitchell and lea seydoux . michelin - starred chef james atherton is cooking dinner and alison moyet will perform . already this week , 350 people showed up on monday afternoon for a boules tournament benefitting filmaid , hosted by fintage house and akin gump . the afternoon event brings out the entertainment industry\u2019s financial bigwigs for a heated jeu - de - boule competition . among those there were banker joe woolf , endgame\u2019s doug hansen , film finances\u2019 kurt woolner and event host robbert aarts , fintage\u2019s co - ceo . the boules winners were cja / vita\u2019s chris johnson and and coutts & co . \u2019s neil phelps .\nin addition to nr , kobalt\u2019s acquisition brings fintage\u2019s well - regarded music publishing operation into its ranks , with a transition of all clients set to take place in the coming months .\nfintage cam has launched its new online cam live portal ! the tool , developed by using the moviechainer technology , allows fintage cam\u2019s clients to follow and track all up - to - date revenues of their entire portfolio , as well as their collection statements , at any time and from anywhere around the world . through the use of various advanced search [ \u2026 ]\nwithin a few years , their music rights division had expanded beyond publishing into two more blossoming areas : digital distribution and neighbouring rights \u2013 where fintage really turned the music business on its head .\nfintage is part of a powerful group trying to overturn us laws which continue to block recorded music rights - holders from being paid royalties when their tracks are played on terrestrial radio and tv .\nfintage catapulted to market leadership in the neighbouring rights space partly due to a strategic business investment with damian pulle\u2019s rights agency ltd . ( ral ) in 2012 , which provided global scope and advanced infrastructure .\nfintage ' s management is buying the company , which has offices spanning europe , australia , japan and the us , from the netherlands ' meespierson bank . the buyout is financed by fortis bank and equity investors .\nhe isn\u2019t telling fibs about that client list : no less than 19 movies involved with fintage were nominated for oscars and golden globes this year , including brooklyn , the big short , the hateful eight and spotlight .\nin fintage\u2019s anniversary year , the company continues to grow \u2013 not least thanks to new neighbouring rights opportunities in countries such as nigeria , which has just begun pursuing the licensing of sound recording rights for commercial performance .\nthe hope for teves is that societies in both publishing and recorded music rights will eventually begin allowing agents like fintage and rival kobalt onto their boards \u2013 where they can begin wielding political influence on behalf of creators .\nfintage house is a privately owned global film and tv rights company . we have developed unique business lines ranging from collection account management for film & tv production to digital rights management and custom - made services for the audio - visual industry . the company is involved in various aspects of financing , production and distribution of audio - visual content . cultivating innovative and successful ventures with experts in the industry to service client needs with precision is what we do best , we have been doing it for more than 30 years . we are guiding our clients through the opportunities and pitfalls of the digital age carefully and always bearing in mind our core values of great service and innovation .\n( teves won\u2019t be delighted that we\u2019ve snuck out even this small sample of fintage\u2019s client list . maintaining the discreet demands of his private banking days , he visibly bridles at any attempt by mbw to breach client confidentiality . )\nteves and aarts are both very proud of fintage\u2019s independent status , and the fact that \u2013 without private equity ownership breathing down their necks \u2013 their business is secure , profitable , debt - free and growing at a pace .\nour collection account management ( fintage cam ) service ensures that all parties with a financial interest in a film or television production , from producer to financier to profit participant , will receive their pre - agreed share of the revenues collected .\ninsiders at fintage tell us that the company\u2019s neighbouring rights operation got off the ground after it began representing cher for her global smash believe \u2013 a track actually recorded in the uk , and therefore eligible for big global performance rights revenue .\nthe move also meant that the talents and contact book of damian pulle \u2013 widely seen as the father of neighbouring rights in the uk , with a tough reputation for banging on the doors of unscrupulous collection societies \u2013 joined fintage\u2019s ranks .\nneighboring rights is now fintage\u2019s biggest music division by some distance , with the company acting as a direct representative for a string of superstars \u2013 ensuring the amount of money paid back to these musicians for performance rights around the world is maximised .\nif fintage did ever want to shout from the rooftops , it might like to mention that its neighbouring rights division now boasts clients including bruce springsteen , faith hill , sia and ed sheeran , amongst many other megastars we\u2019ve been banned from mentioning .\nthe deal brings fintage\u2019s nr roster of artists \u2013 including katy perry ( pictured ) , bruce springsteen and britney spears \u2013 into kobalt , which already looks after neighbouring rights for acts such as paul mccartney , sam smith , ariana grande and many more .\n[ update : to be clear , kobalt has acquired fintage\u2019s music operation , but the dutch company\u2019s brand , plus its film / tv division \u2013 incorporating collection account management , avpr , international licensing and protocol \u2013 are not affected by the deal . ]\nnetherlands - born fintage recently celebrated its 30th anniversary and featured in an mbw interview to mark the occasion \u2013 in which its co - ceo robbert aarts predicted \u201cthe [ neighbouring rights ] market is going to double if not triple in terms of size as more countries open up . \u201d\nann tausis , md of kobalt neighbouring rights at kobalt , added , \u201cwith a combined fintage and kobalt neighbouring rights business , our clients will have access to a team of people with more experience than anyone else in the industry , together with an incredible suite of products built for them , including our newly launched neighbouring rights app .\nbecomes involved in a project , a collection account is opened at a bank into which the worldwide revenues of the film or tv production are to be paid . this account can be opened as soon as the title of the film is known , so that the sales agent can invoice distributors immediately . the parties involved , but in any case the producer , the sales agent and fintage\ncombined , their budgets are over $ 3 billion as they annually take part in over 300 new film and tv productions . film finances has bonded about 200 films a year , some being \u201cthe hunger games , \u201d \u201cmoonrise kingdom , \u201d \u201cking\u2019s speech , \u201d \u201cthe descendants , \u201d \u201cblack swan\u201d and more . fintage\u2019s films include \u201cparanormal activity , \u201d \u201cterminator : 3 , \u201d \u201ccrash , \u201d and on a whole , they were involved with movies that got 75 oscar and golden globe nominations . it\u2019s no doubt that\nneighbouring rights collections \u2013 the the money obtained after an artist or label\u2019s recorded material is publicly performed , particularly on tv or radio \u2013 are a fast - growing sector of the global music business .\nlast year , nr generated $ 2 . 09bn for rights - holders , according to the ifpi \u2013 $ 200m + more than spotify paid out in the same period .\nkobalt\u2019s neighbouring rights revenues grew 127 % last year , up to $ 20 . 9m . the division generated a $ 935 , 000 profit ( not including kobalt music group - wide common costs ) .\nkobalt said the buyout would \u201cbolster [ our ] \u201d reach globally for clients and set a new industry standard for neighbouring rights collections and payments\u201d .\n\u201cthis deal strengthens our ability to collect more income for more creators from more places around the world . \u201d\n\u201cthis deal strengthens our ability to collect more income for more creators from more places around the world . with a larger roster , we\u2019re also excited to put more technology investment into neighbouring rights global collections . \u201d\n\u201ci really believe we can achieve more for the music industry and its clients by merging our forces and values , than we could apart . i have a lot of respect for the technological advances that kobalt has built and for the portfolio that it currently represents .\n\u201ctogether , this business deal will continue to help the music business grow up and service clients better\u2019 .\n\u201cwe are very keen to continue to build on what we have created in kobalt in a relatively short space of time and take this increasingly important revenue stream to new levels .\n\u201cthere has never been a better time for music creators to be with kobalt , and we\u2019re committed to continuing to raise the bar and create positive changes for them in this field . \u201d\n\u201cwe are very proud that we were able to successfully bring our values and expertise to the music industry as well as nurturing strategic partnerships in the digital arena . we will focus even more now on our film and tv business lines alongside exploring additional avenues . \u201d\nthe best of mbw , plus the most important music biz stories on the web . delivered for free , direct to your inbox each day .\nmbw will occasionally send important promotional emails that involve strategic collaborations with industry partners . we don ' t send rubbish and they help us continue to exist . tick this next box to ensure you get ' em .\nthe music business just got spanked by google . surely it ' s now time to speak with one voice .\nin her latest film files column , sharon swart recaps the recent string of theft to hit the fest , and previews tuesday night ' s big philanthropic bashes .\ntorrential rain . gale - force winds . multiple thefts and muggings . are locusts next in cannes ? ( well , reportedly , one big hotel on the croisette has bedbugs . )\nlast week\u2019s downpours and the $ 1 - million chopard jewelry heist were just the tip of the iceberg here in cannes . i\u2019m hearing almost daily reports of people who have been robbed in some way over the course of the festival .\na banker was mugged late at night near the cannes train station a few days ago . and a five - bedroom villa rented by a group including cit managing director kevin khanna and silver pictures coo steve richards was emptied of its valuables yesterday evening . ( at least the burglars left everyone\u2019s passports . )\nthough thefts always have been part of the reality here , this year it\u2019s an epidemic \u2014 but not exactly incomprehensible . with the increasing amount of opulence on display during the film festival \u2014 startlets dripping in diamonds , ferraris and maseratis everywhere \u2014 it\u2019s no wonder that cannes is a magnet for crime . especially when france\u2019s economy is still in the toilet .\non a brighter note this week , some of that opulence will be used for good . among the big charity events happening here tonight are the heart fund\u2019s dinner at the carlton hotel , and filmaid and naked heart foundation\u2019s beach ball at plage royale . ( full disclosure , i am a member of filmaid\u2019s board of directors . ) all three charities are making their cannes fest dinner debuts .\nthe heart fund event is co - chaired by sony pictures classics\u2019 tom bernard . the charity fights cardiac diseases in developing countries and will be raising money to build a hospital in port - au - prince , haiti . one hundred red heart - shaped flying lanterns will be released from the carlton hotel tonight , celebrating the event and the 100th anniversary of the carlton hotel . among those expected to be in attendance are prince norodom ravichak of cambodia , actor gary dourdan and tichina rolanda arnold .\nthe filmaid and naked heart foundation dinner and auction is co - hosted by inside llewyn davis actor oscar isaac and model natalia vodianova , who founded the latter charity . naked heart foundation supports russian children and families raising kids with special needs . filmaid uses the power of film and media to bring life - saving information , psychological relief and hope to refugees and other communities in need .\non the radar for later this week is cannes charity behemoth amfar , which will be celebrating its 20th cinema against aids gala . hosts include sharon stone , jessica chastain , janet jackson , heidi klum , milla jovovich , carine roitfeld and harvey weinstein . duran duran and shirley bassey will be among the musical performers at the hotel du cap - based extravaganza .\nthis site uses cookies . by using this site you are agreeing to our privacy and cookie policy .\nteves said that the new - look operation would continue to have a preferential arrangement with fortis and meespierson for all banking requirements . he added that the company would '\ncontinue to operate in the same manner as we have over the last fifteen years , during which time we have represented thousands of feature films .\nscreen international is the essential resource for the international film industry . subscribe now for monthly editions , awards season weeklies , access to the screen international archive and supplements including stars of tomorrow and world of locations .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\nfilmmakers will usually do anything to cut costs . but is cash\u00e9t card the panacea they\u2019ve been looking for ? it depends . to give you a better idea of how the card works , here are five ways that cash\u00e9t pitches itself toward the budgetary needs of today\u2019s filmmakers .\ncard usage is said to save production companies money in the areas of travel , lodging , transportation , construction materials and equipment rental through discounts . let\u2019s take \u201cavatar 2\u201d as an example ; the first film shot in places like hawaii and new zealand . if james cameron were to swipe this card , it seems he could , if we take the travel route , cut back from spending airfare to fly out cast and crew to international locales to shoot scenes . international airfare is costly for one person\u2013add in multiple people to that and expensive equipment and this card might be saving cameron a ton of money . keeping thousands of dollars , or millions at bay then becomes a godsend for producers who don\u2019t exceed their budgets but can now use that \u201cextra\u201d money to finance other areas of their projects that may be lagging .\nbut it begs asking the question : what about amateur filmmakers who are monetarily restricted from the beginning ? where travel is running to the nearest store , not new zealand ? the card seems to be very beneficial for producers who might overspend or just have a lot of money to work with , but it seems like film size and budget are important factors to take into consideration for the success of this card .\nthe card can be used at any time during the production process , allowing directors to have control over how much they spend in each department . budget is not so much an issue , either\u2013producers could be working with $ 5 million or $ 100 million , according to cash\u00e9t coo paul rogers . but it seems production companies will need to be somewhat financially stable to take advantage of this card ( sorry , amateur home movie directors ) . again , movie size seems like it might matter for filmmakers to take advantage of the card .\ncompanies must have security and be able to pay off the card every seven days , so maxing it out isn\u2019t really an option . meaning , the card is not going to help with monumental epic that runs over budget everytime the camera rolls . with power comes great responsibility\u2026this card sounds very beneficial , but will producers have the time , or want to deal with a card that they have to keep track of on a weekly basis ? if they forget to pay off their costs every week , they\u2019re suddenly being pulled into debt , not out of it .\nthe card has been used in eight films so far since its soft launch in may .\nit was used for the first time in the indie film \u201cbetter living through chemistry\u201d with olivia wilde , michelle monaghan , sam rockwell and jane fonda . producer joe neurauter praised cash\u00e9t for its easy set - up and additional financial oversight , especially in regards to\nusing the card\u2019s online monitoring and accounting tools . other producers noted similar reactions , happy with the wide range of production expenses they could put on the card as well as the cash back they would receive . but it\u2019s worth wondering how specifically this movie and the other seven films have benefited from getting cash back and discounts on the noted areas of travel , transportation , etc .\ncash\u00e9t is backed by talent that knows what it\u2019s doing . but how much money have the films that have worked with this card been able to save ? perhaps with\nsign up : stay on top of the latest breaking film and tv news ! sign up for our email newsletters here .\neric kohn and anne thompson discuss their favorite films of the year so far . they also debate several new releases and share some streaming recommendations .\nin an episode dedicated to the show within the show , \u201cglow\u201d illustrates its grand capacity for storytelling , and the very good tv podcast breaks down how .\nrules weren\u2019t meant to be broken when it comes to tv episode lengths , but these 10 examples \u2014 introduced on the very good tv podcast \u2014 are clear exceptions .\nafter studying under cinematographer ed lachman , shevaun mizrahi forged her own unique filmmaking path with its own set of rules .\nthe actress and director both love the genre , but as they told indiewire , they also knew it needed to be retrofitted to tell the true story of catherine weldon and sitting bull .\nlane and schoenbrun discuss how her interest in morgellons disease patients ( \u201cthe pain of others\u201d ) and his exploration of the slenderman myth ( \u201ca self - induced hallucination\u201d ) led them to make archival films from youtubes .\nrights agency limited ( ral ) was widely acknowledged as the uk ' s first ever neighbouring rights operation when founded by damian pulle in 1988 . the firm now counts artists as high profile as sir paul mccartney , eric clapton and phil collins amongst its clients .\nto access this article you need to be a subscriber . if you are a subscriber login below .\nregister for a music week trial to access this article . sign up today and you will receive :\nif you have previously taken a trial you will need to subscribe to access this article .\nfilm , tv , digital & beyond . instant data access and world class service .\nthe annual boules tournament during the cannes film festival has become a true tradition ; it\u2019s the place where a variety of people come together to network , make deals , catch up and meet ( potential ) clients while having the chance to throw and roll the boules in p\u00e9tanque . p\u00e9tanque , originally called pieds tanques , which means \u2018feet anchored\u2019 , [ \u2026 ]\nwe have crafted tailor - made and direct collection models for the industry , ones that our competitors are using today and we continue to pave the way in how rights collection works for the client . our business ethic is to rely on our nuts and bolts knowledge and operational excellence allowing us to produce results beyond expectation for our clients . we have a global reach with our multi - cultural staff with 18 nationalities and 16 languages based across 11 countries breaking down industry and cultural barriers .\nwith the market rapidly evolving into a tech driven mechanism , it must be highlighted that the essentials cannot be forgotten \u2013 the operational fundamentals and the intelligence behind the way our mechanics work . our company focus from day one was to develop pro - active and intelligent collection models for our clients that really protect their rights . we have offices in the netherlands and hungary with consultants in australia , france , germany , italy , japan , north and south america , south east asia , spain and the uk .\nnon music related royalties due on film or tv program broadcasts throughout europe , north america , argentina , japan and australia .\nour cam service ensures that all parties with a financial interest in a film or tv production will receive their pre - agreed share of the revenues collected .\nlasso is the leader in online rights management for independent film & tv , monetising 200m + views monthly .\nshall receive all revenues and administrate , allocate and pay the same on behalf of the parties in accordance with the pre - agreed recoupment schedule or waterfall .\nsets aside a percentage ( which percentage depends on which guilds are involved ) of all collected revenues as a residual reserve , there should always be sufficient money in the collection account to pay residuals .\nif required , we can provide you with the contact details of the payroll houses that we know are acceptable to the guilds to calculate , receive and disburse the residuals due .\nexclusive consultants in amongst others australia , france , japan , mexico , north america , spain and the united kingdom which minimizes time zone challenges and language barriers .\nletter agreement may be beneficial . this ensures that distributors already pay into the collection account , whereby the sales agent receives its fees and expenses from the collected revenues which are normally retained in the collection account until the long form\nreporting system . the purpose of this online service is to give you a convenient and immediate way of viewing your collection statements and distribution agreements online \u2013 thus keeping you informed about your entitlements and the financial position on each film or tv production . what information is available ?\nfiles of all collection statements that have been issued for each film or tv production you have with us .\nthey begin in a dingy basement , or in a dingy record store \u2013 or in the dingy recesses of a party - addled mind .\neventually , such environments lead an impresario to strike on the right band , the right cultural movement , or the right crazy entrepreneurial scheme .\n\u201ceventually , that led to the chance to be involved with other entertainment rights . so we looked at the music business and thought : \u2018this is crazy ! ' \u201d\n\u201cwe were told that in music , you expected biannual accounting plus 90 days . it was ridiculous to us . \u201d\nthe duo , bamboozled by the labyrinthine nature of music publishing royalties , decided to do what they could to fix the system ; to apply the rigor of the wealth management industry to the looser fiscal elements of the music business .\n\u201cwe discovered our film clients had music publishing rights but we had no real idea what that was , \u201d continues teves . \u201cthen we looked into it , and it was a complete mess !\n\u201cwe were used to the film business , where you make money and then within five days , you\u2019re paid .\n\u201cwe were being told that , in music , we were to expect biannual accounting plus ninety days ! it was ridiculous to us . so we decided to do something about it . \u201d\nit\u2019s a fight teves and aarts are still undertaking \u2013 but no - one could deny they\u2019ve made an impressive amount of progress .\n\u201cwe have a discreet approach that goes back to our days in banking . it\u2019s not very \u2018music business\u2019 , but it\u2019s how we run things . \u201d\n\u201cwe have a discreet approach that goes back to our days in banking , \u201d says robbert aarts . \u201cit\u2019s not very \u2018music business\u2019 but it\u2019s how we\u2019ve always run things .\n\u201cwe attract our clients through word of mouth , rather than shouting from the rooftops . it\u2019s a completely opposite strategy to some others in the marketplace . \u201d\nthat , however , doesn\u2019t mean that strategic acquisitions are outside of their remit .\n\u201cthe ambition now is to grow further , \u201d says teves . \u201cbut our main focus is definitely helping to open up new territories in neighbouring rights .\n\u201cthere are so many big countries who do not pay , like argentina , where we know a lot of money is being collected , as well as indonesia and china \u2013 huge countries with huge possibilities . we want to be at the forefront of that . \u201d\nin this regard , the us is the only major \u2018first world\u2019 nation which doesn\u2019t fiscally reward artists with broadcast performance royalties .\n\u201ci\u2019m very optimistic about the future of neighbouring rights \u2013 the market is going to double if not triple in terms of size as more countries open up , \u201d says aarts .\n\u201cwe have spent a long time building relationships with the societies and the artists in this area , and we have more experience in this field than anybody else . people come to us because they know we\u2019re the experts . \u201d\n\u201cwe remain quite niche compared to the majors in music publishing , \u201d explains teves . \u201cbut with our rich client base in hollywood and elsewhere , we offer unique opportunities for songwriters to consider working on film and tv projects . \u201d\ncomposer alex heffes picked up an ivor novello for best original film score for the first grader .\n\u201ci\u2019d like to keep building the structure of the publishing company so it\u2019s appealing to big clients , \u201d adds teves . \u201cour model is no - nonsense and about creating opportunities .\n\u201cin the world of pop you need huge advantages that sometimes don\u2019t make financial sense . that\u2019s not a game we want to play . \u201d\n\u201cin the pop world of music publishing you need huge advances that sometimes don\u2019t make financial sense \u2013 we don\u2019t want to risk our security or compromise our ownership , so that\u2019s not a game we want to play . \u201d\nadds aarts : \u201cthe reason we are very confident is that we\u2019re a debt - free company . we don\u2019t have private equity telling us what to do , and we don\u2019t pay stupid advances .\n\u201cwe are truly in the service business \u2013 our no . 1 priority is just to serve our clients better than anyone else , and that means staying very secure . \u201d\nin addition , it recently teamed up with one of the largest independent publishers in the world , imagem , to launch a joint neighbouring rights venture , fim .\n\u201cthe system between the collecting societies is still very dysfunctional , unfortunately , \u201d says teves . \u201cthere is the international performer database ( ipd ) but frankly it doesn\u2019t work like it should .\n\u201cas an artist\u2019s neighbouring rights representative , we don\u2019t get access to it \u2013 we want to help clean up the data but they don\u2019t want us to . that\u2019s very frustrating . \u201d\n\u201cthings are better than they were , but we need societies to pay out more frequently , \u201d adds teves .\n\u201cthe likes of ppl and soundexchange are much better now because they pay on a quarterly basis , but a lot of societies still pay on an annual basis and are three years behind .\n\u201cwe cannot force collection societies to pay faster , but at least we know their deadlines for registrations , so we carefully plan the year to ensure our clients get paid as soon as possible . \u201d\nteves admits that the disappointment in his words reflect his natural high standards \u2013 a residual effect of \u201cthe private banker left in me\u201d .\nit can surely be no bad thing for the music business to be held accountable to such demands \u2013 especially when they\u2019re working directly for the betterment of artists and songwriters .\nit pays out more than spotify and is growing fast . neighbouring rights : the music biz\u2019s unsung hero .\nmusic industry defeated over article 13 vote in european parliament . . . but it ' s not over yet"]}
{"id": 55408, "summary": [{"text": "loi hein company limited ( burmese : \u101c\u103d\u101a \u101f\u102d\u1014 \u1038\u1000\u102f\u1019 \u1015\u100f\u102e ) is a major myanmar-based company specializing in fast-moving consumer goods ( fmcg ) .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "loi hein is known for its soft drink products , including the alpine bottled water brand , and an energy drink line called shark .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "ibtc was founded in 1996 by sai sam htun , an ethnic shan . ", "topic": 32}], "title": "loi hein company", "paragraphs": ["working at loi hein ( singapore ) pte . ltd . company profile and information | urltoken singapore\nloi hein company ltd ( lhc ) is founded by dr sai sam htun , and is officially registered and established as a company .\nloi hein ( singapore ) pte . ltd . does not have any active jobs right now .\nloi hein singapore pte ltd is engaged in manufacturing , marketing , sales , and distribution of beverage products . the company holds leading positions in many beverage categories in myanmar , a country that is one of the fastest growing emerging markets in the world . loi hein ( singapore ) pte ltd is the regional trading and investment office for the parent company loi hein co located in myanmar .\nlet others know what it ' s like to work at loi hein ( singapore ) pte . ltd .\nloi hein co . , ltd is an organization engaged in manufacturing , marketing , selling and distributing consumer products in myanmar . since 1992 , loi hein has successfully developed international partner ' s brands as well as own brands into category leaders .\nwe don ' t have enough reviews for loi hein ( singapore ) pte . ltd . yet to show an average rating .\nloi hein distribution company ( lhdc ) is engaged in the distribution , marketing and sales of products throughout myanmar . with depots and sales teams strategically located throughout the entire country , lhdc\u2019s extensive coverage and local expertise unlocks the door for companies to reach 55 + million consumers .\nour vision is to develop loi hein and its group of companies into the leading consumer goods and services company in myanmar . we aspire to have the strongest consumer brand portfolio , with products and services ranging from food & beverage , logistics and distribution , and finance . through organic growth , acquisitions , and strategic partnerships , we intend to be a $ 1 billion turnover company within the next 10 to 15 years .\n\u201c 2018 marks a quarter century that loi hein company has been in business . reflecting on our journey , i am proud of the heritage built and struggles we have overcome in myanmar . looking forward , i believe that these are very exciting times for our group and country . myanmar is entering a new era of development , transformation , and modernization . as a company , we look forward to growing and transforming together with our country and people . our vision is to develop loi hein and its group of companies into the leading consumer goods and services company in myanmar . we aspire to have the strongest consumer brand portfolio , with products and services ranging from food & beverage , logistics and distribution , and consumer financial services . through organic growth , business diversification , and strategic partnerships , we intend to be a $ 1 billion turnover company within the next 10 to 15 years . we continually strive to become the first publicly listed fmcg company in the country . our entrepreneurial spirit , combined with our methodical approach and consumer - centric focus , can be attributed to the success of many of the leading products and services in the marketplace . we are strongly committed to doing business with integrity , professionalism , and competency . nothing compares to the sweet taste of success and we are determined to deliver more of it . working hard today and being ready for tomorrow will allow our company and all of our partners to enjoy a bright future ahead . \u201d\nimport , export , warehousing , transportation , delivery , and customer service have all been fundamental functions of the company over the years . in 2017 , our logistics service company was formed in order to provide these third party logistics services to other consumer products companies aiming to capitalize on the growth of the myanmar market .\ntries ( mfi ) . strong business acumen strengthened by hard work and the dedication of a small team of associates quickly delivered impressive results . mfi went on to trust dr . sai sam htun with more consumer goods products ranging from soft drinks to beer and rum . in 1996 , loi hein company ltd . was established . in 2000 , in association with osotspa co . , ltd . ( thailand ) lhc launched shark energy drink and quickly gained market leadership . in 2002 , lhc launched his first own brand , alpine , that quickly became the market leader in bottled purified drinking water . in 2008 , in association with green spot co . , ltd . ( thailand ) lhc developed and launched a non - carbonated california orange soft drink . in 2009 lhc was appointed exclusive distributor for spy wine cooler manufactured by siam winery co . , ltd . ( thailand )\nproducing high quality products is at the heart of what we do . our company operates five manufacturing facilities which have a combined bottling capacity of approximately 150000 bottles and cans per hour . we plan to meet future demand of our growing market by continually building new manufacturing facilities and modernizing existing facilities .\nthrough our portfolio companies , we provide consumer lending , micro - finance , and corporate financial services to help various stakeholders meet their personal and business needs . although this is still an emerging industry in myanmar , we believe it will be one of the core businesses of our company in the future .\nwe love to touch the hearts and minds of the consumer . with over 25 years marketing experience , our in - depth knowledge of markets , consumers , trends , and trade practices cannot be matched . our company has a unique brand building heritage in myanmar . we are very proud to have multiple top brands in the market which were all developed in - house .\nour company is the leading distributor of fmcg products in myanmar with our 60 , 000 outlets serviced . we have access to the entire market in every region and state , from modern supermarkets to traditional shops , from luxury hotels to neighborhood restaurants , our products reach every corner of myanmar . we have distribution hubs and depots strategically located all throughout the country . and we have a vast network of wholesalers , retailers , and agents . the ability to effectively distribute products to consumers throughout the entire country is one of the key factors to our success . that is why many of the brands we distribute hold leading positions in their respective market categories .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nalpine is natural water that has been filtered by nature through layers of mineral elements for years before being carefully treated by ozone , uv and ceramic filters . alpine is the leading drinking water in myanmar .\nin 1992 , dr . sai sam htun was offered to assist with the distribution and marketing of a local cigarette brand - duya - manufactured by myanmar foodstuffs industries ( mfi ) . strong business acumen strengthened by hard work and the dedication of a small team of associates quickly delivered impressive results . mfi went on to trust dr . sai sam htun with more consumer goods products ranging from soft drinks to beer and rum .\nin 1998 , in association with osotspa co . , ltd . ( thailand ) lhc launched shark energy drink and quickly gained market leadership .\nin 2002 , lhc launched his first own brand , alpine , that quickly became the market leader in bottled purified drinking water .\nin 2008 , in association with green spot co . , ltd . ( thailand ) lhc developed and launched a non - carbonated california orange soft drink .\nin 2009 lhc was appointed exclusive distributor for spy wine cooler manufactured by siam winery co . , ltd . ( thailand )\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\nwe have one of the strongest fmcg food & beverage brand portfolios in myanmar . the portfolio includes products with leading positions in drinking water , soft drinks , energy drinks , dairy , and juices . the consumer is at the heart of everything we do . and we strive to keep developing products and services for the growing needs of our consumers .\nstrong distribution capability has always been one of our core competencies . we have proprietary distribution hubs spread out throughout the country . this key asset allows us to successfully distribute our products to consumers in urban and rural areas of myanmar .\nlhc launches shark energy drink in association with osotspa co ltd ( thailand ) and quickly gains market leadership .\nlhc launches alpine brand purified drinking water that quickly becomes the market leader in its category .\nlhc launches blue mountain , quickly becoming one of the market leading soft drink brands in the country .\nasahi group of japan and lhc form a strategic partnership in myanmar with the two companies formally entering into a joint venture .\nlhc forms a strategic partnership with osotspa co ltd ( thailand ) to form one of the largest energy drink joint ventures in myanmar .\nlhc launches alpine dairy brand of milk and dairy products that has becomes the quickest growing segment in the portfolio .\nour consumers are at the heart of everything we do at lhc . by offering high quality products at an affordable price our aim is to make our myanmar consumers fee\nl good and contribute to their life enjoyment . we believe in brands that create strong emotional bonding with consumers . we conduct our operations with integrity and respect for the many people , organizations and environments our business touches . we are curious and are always looking ahead . we like to learn from the best and believe in growing together in a fair and mutually rewarding way . we move fast and are not afraid of taking risks . we like to win but also have the ability to overcome and rebound from failures . our appetite for challenge is almost limitless and is characterized by the optimistic , enthusiastic and almost physical desire to grow and take the lead .\nour consumers are at the heart of everything we do at lhc . by offering high quality products at an affordable price our aim is to make our myanmar consumers feel good and contribute to their life enjoyment .\nwe conduct our operations with integrity and respect for the many pe . . ."]}
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treasurer and his staff .\nin the middle of the 12th century , the military order of the knights templar built a fine round church by the thames , which became known as the temple church . two centuries later , after the abolition of the order in 1312 , lawyers came to occupy the temple site and buildings . they formed themselves into two societies , the inner temple and middle temple , first mentioned by name in a manuscript yearbook of 1388 . interestingly , the area on the edge of the site , known as the outer temple , did not house a separate legal society .\nabout cbs interactive | contact | jobs | advertise | privacy policy | cookie policy | ad choice | terms of use \u00a9 cbs interactive inc . all rights reserved .\nthis is a preferred partner property . it ' s committed to giving guests a positive experience with its excellent service and great value . this property might pay urltoken a little more to be in this program .\nafter booking , all of the property\u2019s details , including telephone and address , are provided in your booking confirmation and your account .\ni guess the rate is pretty good . the free continental breakfast was appreciated .\ni forgot an item and emailed the hotel and got a response from the hotel very soon after i sent the email .\nclean room . tv excellent . quiet . housekeeper friendly and helpful . 15 min walk to downtown .\nexcellent location , 15 min drive from casino rama , staff very friendly , nice complimentary breakfast , bed very comfortable , nice room .\nthe room was extremely clean , especially the bathroom . we ' ve stayed here twice now , and both times we were impressed . the cleaning staff do an amazing job . good sized flat - 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anonymous reviews . additional sorting options might be available ( by type of traveler , by score , etc . . . ) .\nthis rating is a reflection of how the property compares to the industry standard when it comes to price , facilities and services available . it ' s based on a self - evaluation by the property . use this rating to help choose your stay !\nif you sign in or create an account , you ' ll unlock unlimited access to your lists from any computer , tablet or smartphone . they won ' t go away unless you say so .\n\u201ci guess the rate is pretty good . the free continental breakfast was appreciated . \u201d\n\u201ci forgot an item and emailed the hotel and got a response from the hotel very soon after i sent the email . \u201d\n\u201cclean room . tv excellent . quiet . housekeeper friendly and helpful . 15 min walk to downtown . \u201d\n\u201cexcellent location , 15 min drive from casino rama , staff very friendly , nice complimentary breakfast , bed very comfortable , nice room . \u201d\n\u201cthe room was extremely clean , especially the bathroom . we ' ve stayed here twice now , and both times we were impressed . the cleaning staff do an amazing job . good sized flat - screen tv on the wall with good reception and full hd signals ( and the tv was configured properly - no out - of - ratio pictures on this one as opposed to a lot of hotels we ' ve stayed at ) . very comfortable beds . fridge and microwave worked well . staff efficient and friendly . great location to get to all places of interest in the area . \u201d\n\u201ccheck in and out were quick , room was clean , bathroom had sufficient towels , there was a loveseat in our room . continental breakfast included cereal , waffles , toast , juices and coffee . \u201d\n\u201cgreat front desk staff . good location . free wi - fi . breakfast option . \u201d\n\u201croom was very clean . for the money we paid was way better than i expected . would stay there again\u201d\nadjacent to a public bus stop and 3 minutes\u2019 walk from rotary place recreation facility , this orillia university residence features rooms equipped with a refrigerator .\nlocated in downtown orilla , ontario , this motel is 1 km from the couchiching golf club and a 10 - minute drive from victoria point . it offers air - conditioned rooms with free wi - fi .\nthis econo lodge is located in downtown orillia , ontario , just 2 . 3 km from the georgin college orillia campus . it serves a complimentary breakfast every morning and features free wi - fi access .\nthis orillia , ontario motel is 3 km from couchiching beach park and 8 km from casino rama . free wi - fi is available along with cable tv in the the modern rooms .\n\ub209 did not like the fact that check - out time is 11 a . m . and my entrance card was turned off around 10 : 25 . i must have looked like a burglar trying my card in the door again and again . i tell the guy that i can ' t get in my room . he takes my card and puts it in his pocket . what ? ? ? i tell him that i need to finish loading my car . he opens my room . i take another load outside and now i ' m locked out of the building .\n\ub207 i guess the rate is pretty good . the free continental breakfast was appreciated .\n\u201cseemed staff and management were trying to get away with doing the minimum whilst maximising profit . \u201d\n\ub209 staff gave impression of doing absolute minimum . breakfast worst we have had , minimum provision . hallways very dirty . not good value for money\n\ub207 i forgot an item and emailed the hotel and got a response from the hotel very soon after i sent the email .\n\ub209 no coffee maker in room . needs kurigs and k - cups in every room with sugar and powdered milk packets . needs cutlery in every room . needs body lotion and conditioner in every bathroom . needs peanut butter , marmalade and cheese whiz for breakfast toast , not just one kind of jam . sink in breakfast room dirty . juice containers directly under paper towel dispenser so people ' s wet hand drippings went into juice . should have lids and placed elsewhere . should have better quality coffee cups - not styrofoam . needs another table in breakfast room . desk person should smile more , but she was helpful with our inquiries . better pillows needed .\n\ub207 clean room . tv excellent . quiet . housekeeper friendly and helpful . 15 min walk to downtown .\n\ub207 excellent location , 15 min drive from casino rama , staff very friendly , nice complimentary breakfast , bed very comfortable , nice room .\n\ub209 couldn ' t get the tv to work . power outage during the night .\n\ub209 an in - room coffee machine would have been nice . the bathroom door needed service as it scrapped the floor when it was closed . i informed the staff of this . hopefully it will be attended to .\n\ub207 the room was extremely clean , especially the bathroom . we ' ve stayed here twice now , and both times we were impressed . the cleaning staff do an amazing job . good sized flat - screen tv on the wall with good reception and full hd signals ( and the tv was configured properly - no out - of - ratio pictures on this one as opposed to a lot of hotels we ' ve stayed at ) . very comfortable beds . fridge and microwave worked well . staff efficient and friendly . great location to get to all places of interest in the area .\nyou ' re subscribed ! your welcome email will arrive in your inbox soon .\nurltoken b . v . is based in amsterdam in the netherlands , and is supported internationally by 198 offices in 70 countries .\nurltoken is part of booking holdings inc . , the world leader in online travel and related services .\nwe have more than 70 million property reviews , and they ' re all from real , verified guests .\nthe only way to leave a review is to first make a booking . that ' s how we know our reviews come from real guests who have stayed at the property .\nwhen guests stay at the property , they check out how quiet the room is , how friendly the staff is , and more .\nafter their trip , guests tell us about their stay . we check for naughty words and verify the authenticity of all guest reviews before adding them to our site .\nif you booked through us and want to leave a review , please sign in first .\nby creating an account , you agree to our terms and conditions and privacy statement .\na text message with a 6 - digit verification code was just sent to the phone number associated with this account .\nwe noticed that you ' re using an unsupported browser . the tripadvisor website may not display properly . we support the following browsers :\nthe price you found is 17 % lower than this hotel ' s average rate of $ 111 / night .\nwe analyze rates over a 60 day period , and compare your selection to the average rate of comparable stays to ensure you ' re getting the best possible deal .\nprices are the average nightly price provided by our partners and may not include all taxes and fees . taxes and fees that are shown are estimates only . please see our partners for more details .\n{\ncontainerclass\n: null ,\ncontainerattributes\n: null ,\nwidget\n: {\nname\n:\nibex _ photo _ carousel\n,\ntemplate\n:\nibex _ photo _ carousel _ _ widget\n,\ndivclasses\n:\nprw _ rup prw _ ibex _ photo _ carousel\n,\njs\n: {\nhandlers\n:\n( ta . prwidgets . getjs ( this , ' handlers ' ) )\n} ,\ndust\n: {\nnav _ controls\n:\nibex _ photo _ carousel _ _ nav _ controls\n} ,\nmodulelist\n: [\nhandlers\n] } ,\nscriptflags\n: null }\nplease visit one of our 8 partner sites to see rooms from $ 92 .\ni am very adamant about searching reviews before i book a hotel . i booked this hotel on priceline for july 1st - 3rd 2018 . i booked in advance for our 30th wedding anniversary . this is nothing like the pictures protrayed or the same price . we were charged . . .\ni reserved three rooms for my family in this wonderful hotel . . . everything is new . . the hospitality was wonderful and available at anytime . very near to niagara falls just 10 mins walking . . and near to wego bus stations . nice place . . . thanks\nthis is an excellent place to stay . . also rooms are affordable . . . . last month i visited niagara and stayed in an another hotel besides niagara they charged me extra money for car parking $ 15 also hotel service charge $ 10 but here only $ 10 for car parking . . . i . . .\nfabulous hotel in a great location . all aspects of hotel and staff were commendable . rooms were airy , specious , fresh and clean . all staff courteous , professional and so willing to help . facilities , food and location could not be bettered . will come back . . . . . .\nthis is a bliss . an amazing place to spend the best of times . i loved the interiors and ethnic designs . its just the place where you want to spend quality time . excellent pool and rooms , the property is designed beautifully . it has been a mesmerising . . .\nnote : your question will be posted publicly on the questions & answers page .\ni will be staying there in may with 2 teenagers girls im worried i hear good and bad about the hotel anyone stayed recently could give me an idea what expect how the rooms are . . .\nthere was 4 adults in our group staying a 1 room with 2 double beds . we found this motel very good with good facilities and clean . there is parking outside your room . we did not need the car at all . we walked every where as . . .\nthere was 4 adults in our group staying a 1 room with 2 double beds . we found this motel very good with good facilities and clean . there is parking outside your room . we did not need the car at all . we walked every where as it is only about 5 mins to the centre of town . also it is only 600 metres to applebees for cheap meals . we would stay there again with no worries .\ni ' m assuming the kitchenette has a small stove or hot plate . are pots , pans , plates , and utensils included in the room ?\nno hot tub but does have all other items . there is a well kept pool . this motel is only 5 mins walk to main tourist area .\nalways ask for non - smoker room , also room close to the office is much better then other room .\nsecond floor seems a bit more private . good view for the evening fireworks .\nground floor rooms excellent if you happen to be a smoker with direct access outside .\nown or manage this property ? claim your listing for free to respond to reviews , update your profile and much more .\n* tripadvisor llc is not a booking agent and does not charge any service fees to users of our site . . . (\ntripadvisor llc is not responsible for content on external web sites . taxes , fees not included for deals content .\nthis franchise listing is currently inactive , as entrepreneur does not have current data on the company . if this is your company , please email franchise @ urltoken to request instructions on how to activate your free listing .\nadd your favorite articles , videos , podcasts , and more to your queue so you can enjoy them anytime on any device .\nbe the first to get inspirational content - handpicked and delivered to your inbox .\ntake control of what content you see . from inspiration on starting a business to learning more about how to find solutions - make our site yours and never miss a beat .\nbutton on any author page to keep up with the latest content from your favorite authors .\nthe inns of court are unincorporated associations which have existed since the 14th century .\ninformation on joining the inner temple , scholarships and events and programmes to support you to become a barrister .\nthe inns of court play a central role in the recruitment of student members and training of aspiring barristers .\ncheckout the amazing indoor and outdoor facilities available to member of the inner temple .\nthey called qualified practitioners to the bar , as barristers with a monopoly to plead in the central law courts . the inns of court , which taught english common law , developed the three levels of membership still in use today : masters of the bench ( or benchers ) , elected from amongst the eminent members of the profession ; barristers , qualified to practise on call to the bar ; and bar students . the inns also appoint honorary benchers , academic benchers and royal benchers .\nthe 16th century was an age of expansion for the inner temple and new buildings were constructed to accommodate its growing membership , although not all the students joining at this time intended to pursue a legal career . the great fire of london of 1666 destroyed many of the inner temple buildings and a series of subsequent fires and 20th century war damage were responsible for further losses . the hall , treasury office , benchers ' rooms and library were all reconstructed after world war ii . however , the best preserved chambers buildings in the inner temple , which date from the 17th century , can be found in the fine terrace at the east end of the site , known as king ' s bench walk after the king ' s bench office which was based there until the 19th century .\nthe worst laccommodation ever . the room was old ( very ) and dirty . the pool wasn ' t cleaned and the hotel / roons are also available for long term rental . terrible option for those who travel with children . . . plus the air conditioning does not work .\nwe booked this after our cruise . the front staff were nice and noel was even willing to print our air tickets . however , the room was weird as were the surrounding rooms as it seem like people were living in them . we did get maid service with new towels , soap , etc each day . the public lobby bathroom was really dirty and smelly with sewer flies . the wifi passcode did not work so i could not get online the whole time .\nworth the $ 90 price due to how near the beach is ! literally , @ 7min walk to north beach where hallandale beach blvd meets ocean drive . outdoor heated pool was pristine clean and not at all busy on a warm sunny day . more than enough poolside chaise loungers and adequate tho small room . tho who needs the room with the pool & beach so near . i ' d give it 5 stars .\nwas looking for a bargain but when we got there the showers were gross and cockroaches were everywhere . the beach is not as close as other reviews are saying you need to cross a bridge ! the staff is also super rude ! we complained about bugs and being bitten at night and they did nothing and charged us for the two nights even though we only stayed for 1 . do not stay here ! also you can never reach the manager . he is never taking calls . this place is a scam do not stay here ! ! !\nthis hotel is for extended stay people . kitchen with refrigerator and appliance . i would only recommend for people who are not picky about details and highend features of a hotel . for the area next to beach cheap .\nthis review is the subjective opinion of a tripadvisor member and not of tripadvisor llc .\nthe price you found is 11 % lower than this hotel ' s average rate of $ 126 / night .\nmanagers apartment great guest rooms pool total remodel in 2001 convenient highway access revenue growth has been 10 + % for the last three ye . . .\nrecent renovations : new a / c units . new carpets . new beds . new bathroom area counters . new furniture . re - 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room motel and four 3 - br , single - family homes which are included in the p . . .\non 4 / 3 / 15 , sellers drastically reduced the asking price from $ 2 . 7 to $ 1 , 950 , 000 . on 9 / 14 / 14 , this property was appraised for $ 2 . 7m ; sellers . . .\ngood location . 88 miles to san francisco . 45 miles to sacramento . close to mall and the university of the pacific . income : $ 550 , 000 . e . . .\nmotel for sale . motel is interior corridor and flagged with a well known , national brand . this property recently under went a complete renov . . .\nless than 10 miles from the french quarter , this hotel serves a continental breakfast each morning .\nthis hotel is 16 minutes from the louisiana superdome , home of the new orleans saints football team . harrah ' s new orleans casino and hotel is less than 11 miles away .\nactivities : when it comes to fresh - air pursuits , new orleans has a range of outdoor activities from which to choose . spend a day saltwater fishing on a chartered boat , hop into a kayak for urban sightseeing or rent a bicycle to explore new orleans ' neighborhoods .\nairport : louis armstrong new orleans airport advance baggage check - 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{"id": 55426, "summary": [{"text": "bayliner is the world 's largest manufacturer of recreational boats .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "established in 1957 by orin edson , bayliner currently has over 400 dealers in over 60 countries around the world .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "the company operates as part of the brunswick boat group , a division of the brunswick corporation .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "bayliner was acquired by brunswick from orin edson in 1986 for $ 425 million .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "bayliner facilities are located in knoxville , tennessee , dandridge , tennessee and arlington , washington , in the united states ; and in reynosa , tamaulipas , in mexico .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "bayliner also has a plant in portugal for the european market and in brasil for the south american market .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "bayliner offers 25 different boat models , with the most popular being the 175 bowrider , a favorite among first-time boat buyers . ", "topic": 19}], "title": "bayliner", "paragraphs": ["thank you for building your bayliner ! the dealer ( s ) below will be forwarded this information and could be contacting you shortly .\ni think that doug peterson designed many of the us yacht hulls . i am not sure that bayliner built the original molds or they purchased them from another mfg . there is some indication that pearson purchased some of the molds after bayliner decided to discontinue building these boats . check the prices on buc and nada for some comparable prices .\ni ' ve had a request to review this sloop for a friend interested in buying it . i ' m unfamiliar with bayliner sailboats . any sailors recommend these boats ?\ni have the option to pick up a us yacht 25 built by bayliner in 1982 . it looks like a pretty cool little sloop . anyone know anything about them ?\nbayliner\u2019s new vr series bowriders take usable space , performance and style to the next level . learn more about next generation design and the evolution of the ever - popular bowrider .\nof a bayliner sailboat my father has a bayliner yatch which is a wonderful vessel so i could assume it would be a quality boat . but since they dont make them anymore and you dont see them this would lead me to belive that its for a reason . do your research and have it hauled out first for a survey ! good luck jeff russell h23\nselling a variety of bowriders , deck boats and cruisers , bayliner marine corporation offers a full line - up of pleasure crafts in various fiberglass hull configurations . bayliner boat\u2019s history derived from a single boat dealer in washington state before flourishing to several factories through the 1970s . today , the company has accepted several high - profile honors of recognition for their products and technology .\nbayliner\u2019s patent - pending m - hull\u2122 is the foundation of our evolutionary element family of deck boats and center consoles . learn more about this unique design and what it can add to your boating enjoyment .\ni had a bayliner bucaneer several years ago . it was about 18 ' did all right by me . had a swing keel and very small encosed bow . sloop rigged . it was pretty quick , got up on a plane .\nget the basic dimensions of the boat and look up sailing performance here : urltoken the boats are listed as\nus\nor\nus bayliner\ni would think the most important consideration in a boat this old is what condition is it in .\nyou all are associating the name bayliner with the early to mid eighty ' s powerboats . bayliner cut a lot of corners in this generation of boats by trying to be everything to everybody . the got into a lot of trouble financially and nearly went out of business . the early bayliners , including the sailboats are excellent examples of coastal capable vessells . a well maintained bayliner buccaneer should not be excluded from the list of quality boats . look at the boat , determine if it will fit your bill , and consider it as a viable option . i would put one up against a same vintage macgregor or the like any day . but , a 30 year old boat should obviously be viewed with eyes wide open . just my two cents . . . ross in tampa 1979 oday 25\nlola\nthe information contained within this website is believed to be correct and current . prices , options and features are subject to change without notice . model year boats may not contain all the features or meet specifications described herein . confirm availability of all accessories and equipment with an authorized bayliner dealer prior to purchase .\n25 ' us yachts / bayliner . build in 1981 . 9 . 8hp nissan two stroke outboard , fiberglas hull , cruiser , fin keel , masthead sloop , draft 4 . 6 ' displacement 3750lb . ballast 1250lb . sleep 5 max on board 8 persons , comes with 5 ' hard shell dinghy , on the water in bellingham wa\nif you are not familiar with us yachts , they were around in the early 1980\u2019s to almost 1990 out of seattle , washington . they bought pearson hull molds for 25 , 27 , and 30 foot sailboats , so in essence the hulls are pearson and very thick compared to todays boats . bayliner bought them out and continued the line and supplied the decks for us yachts even before the purchase . i believe bayliner changed the name to the buccaneer line of sailboats . several buccaneer clubs can be found on the internet . they shipped with few options except for engine size , a single cylinder 8 hp volvo - penta diesel and a 2 cylinder 16 hp engine of the same manufacturer .\nthe bayliner 29 & 33 hulls were coming out of the ex - chaser yachts molds . really not very well done and hideous decks of their own \u201cdesign . \u201d strangely , they used some really racy ( for the time ) , small sectioned proctor rigs . dp got stiffed more than once on design royalties and people pulling molds off existing hulls .\nfounded by j . orin edson who had been a dealer for small powerboats and motors since 1955 . at some point he purchased the bayliner name and began building sailing craft around 1970 . it is said that bayliner , which historically , had been a manufacturer of power boats , got in to the sailboat business in response the fuel crisis of the early 1970 ' s . of course , the higher fuel prices didn ' t make them less expensive to build . whatever the reasoning , they were called buccaneers and they built a lot of them before they sold off the entire devision in 1979 ? and went back to building powerboats only . many models were based on ' splashed ' copies of boats from other builders ( most notably the columbia 23t and columbia 26t ) with changes that emphasized interior amenities with sailing performance as a secondary consideration . and yet some might say , they have their own unique aesthetic . these boats ranged from the 17 ' buccaneer 180 up to 27 ' . others included the doug peterson designed buccaneer 335 at 33 ' . these were also built from tooling purchased from other companies . many of the same models ( with minor differences were built by us yachts which was a division owned by bayliner . us yachts , ( not the same company that was associated with grampian yachts ) also built some larger boats ( the largest was the us 42 ) that did not appear in the bayliner line . rb 2009\nfirst - time and experienced boaters alike have enjoyed bayliner bowriders for decades . that\u2019s because boaters worldwide appreciate the versatility , open layouts , storage capacity , value and performance these boats have to offer . whether you\u2019re into water sports , fishing , coving , or cruising , our lineup from 16 to 22 foot models\u2014in both sterndrive or outboard power options\u2014have what you need .\ncompare our deck boat line up to the competition and find out why bayliner deck boats have the capacity to do just about anything . thanks to our superior use of space and storage , plus our smooth - running hull designs , these deck boats have maximized capacity in every sense of the word . from coving to cruising , fishing , water sports and more , these versatile craft are in a class by themselves .\ndepends . if it ' s the deep keel version and you equip it with good hardware - all the stuff that bayliner didn ' t include and most of the susequent owners never suspected existed ( like a vang and a backstay adjuster . . . ) prep it well and put on good sails , it ' s a perfectly nice cheap phrf weekend warrior / family cruiser . sails pretty well .\nallegedly\nbased a gary mull hull and foils . ( not like those ' bathtub full of windows ' models they are known for . )\ni knew someone that had one several years back . he didnt know anything at all about sailing and bought the ( used ) bayliner because it had an attractive price . very uncomfortable feeling on it . it always felt like it was going to roll over . it never did , but felt that way . was also very slow . like sweettrade said\nsince they dont make them anymore and you dont see them this would lead me to belive that its for a reason .\nstick to the major manufacturers and you will be much better off .\nbayliner built them in ' 82 , then pearson built them in ' 85 . pearsons build quality was better , but this is also the\ndark years\nof production boat building and lots of\nexperiments\nwhere conducted in regard to cost reductions and material choices . blisters on moored version can be an issue as can a host of other , often just age related things , need to be looked at . there are some things you just have to exspect from 1 / 3 a century old production boats , particularly those that were at the low end of the quality scale , like this one .\na bucaneer 272 ( made by bayliner ) was my first keelboat . i had a great learning experience with the boat and owned it for 8 years and had lots of great times on it . no thru hulls whatsoever to sink the boat . i installed a head on it and used a water bladder to fill the toilet . did alot of work on it and sailed it like there was no tomorrow . bought a hunter 34 and sold the boat for 1200 more than i paid for it . i can not bash one of those old sinkin lincolns at all . it was a great first boat , and was not a balsa core hull . solid fiberglass . tim welsh\ni ' ve got the chance to buy a little us yachts ( bayliner ? ) 21 . i know the owner quite well and have even sailed on the boat several times . with a v berth and smallish cabin , she scoots right along . after google research , she doesn ' t seem to have been made for very long , if only one year - 1982 . her target market seems to be for the casual racer who wants to sleep below . i think she is faster than a buccaneer of same length or a u20 . i know the boat is immaculate , i can see my reflection in the gelcoat . i ' m not too savvy on other aspects of her , but all the parts are there , trailer included , and even some extras . the owner takes care of things ! he ' s a good friend so i can verify this ( i hope he doesn ' t check this forum out . . . might be a little strange ) . i ' ve got a laser and an hobie 16 w / traps . i ' ve been fantasizing about a build , but all advice says\ni co - owned a us 27 with my brother for quite a few years . generally they are a good boat . the windows tend to leak , but are easily sealed . we found the construction to be better than anticipated . as to sailing ability . the boat sails beautifully . we had her on lake erie for over 3 years and sailed in some very rough conditions . we had no trouble when other boats were being damaged due to the conditions . the boat points higher than most and sails with a very light helm . the bad rep bayliner had due to the buccaneer line unfortunately followed undeservingly to the us yacht line . in my opinion they are much better built than the hunters of the time , equal to the catalinas . if you can get one for a descent price get one . one thing , the cockpit is a little small , but because of this they have the best interior rivaling most boats up to 32 ' ' long . by the way i currently sail a us 21 . pearson did build exactly the same boat for 1 year , identical down the fabric used in the iterior . here is a url for the pearson version . urltoken\nlearn how pop yachts can help you sell your vessel , while also giving you unique advantages over traditional brick and mortar dealers .\nat this time , we also only accept listings valued at $ 12 , 500 or more .\nplease check our map to make sure we have a representative in your area . we only accept new listings where we have a local rep .\nwe will notify you by email every time a new article has been published to the blog .\nplease log in or sign up to get emails . it ' s free , easy and very quick .\nwe are # 1 , 602 on the list of america ' s fastest growing companies . read the full press release .\nwe are rated 9 . 2 / 10 based on 1 , 019 reviews on trustpilot\ncapacity goes beyond number of passengers . when it comes to our deck boats , that means the capacity for fun , fishing , cruising and even turning water into air .\nall prices reflect msrp in us dollars and are applicable in the us only . dealer sets the actual price . pricing does not include dealer preparation fees , taxes , registration fees , or other fees that may apply . see participating dealer for details .\nenjoy this walkthrough tour and learn just how unique the new element xr7 really is .\npeople capacity : 5 overall length : 16\u20192\u201d ( 4 . 93 m ) max engine power : 100 hp learn more >\npeople capacity : 6 overall length : 17\u2019 6\u201d ( 5 . 33 m ) max engine power : 130 hp learn more >\npeople capacity : 8 overall length : 18\u2019 0\u201d ( 5 . 49 m ) max engine power : 170 hp learn more >\nmodel shown in graphic mock - 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( * * * ) includes the value of the outboard motor ( s ) .\n\u00a9 2018 national appraisal guides , inc . , a wholly - owned subsidiary of j . d . power . all rights reserved .\nwe are thinking of buying a 1982 us yachts - 27 footer as our first sailboat . i have done a lot of\nlooking\non the internet for information , but have not been able to find information on that particular year . i know the buccaneer series were built in the 1970 ' ' s , but when i read descriptions about them , they do not match up to the boat we are looking at . does anyone have any information on us yachts - 1982 ? the asking price is $ 9 , 900 and the boat looks to be in great shape ( so far ! ) thanks for any info !\ni am no expert on the subject , but i was looking at a us yacht boat once . the guy told me that pearson bought out the remaining us yacht hulls when the company went under in the early eighties . hope that helps .\ni owned and sailed a us27 for 10 years on the chesapeake . if you want to email me for more info feel free donsadler17 @ cs . com . 7 . 5 volvo penta has sail drive performed well , parts should still be available . i didnt care for the water pump impeller being in the lower unit . i changed the impeller every second year , just to be sure . would have to pull boat if the waterpump went out during season .\ni have a us27 , love the boat , currently upgrading the interior , put in new stove and replaced all the cabin lights with upgraded fixtures . the us27 is my 4th boat and i really like it , lots of room for a 27 , lots of old school wood in the cabin . with a hand laid hull it is pretty strong , but like all us yachts i have been challenged with window leaks . the aux power is a 8hp honda outboard . by all respects it is a fun boat to sail and given proper care it should last a good long time . as i recall the us27 was only in production for about 3 years . gk\ngkesti - are you aware that you ' re replying to a thread that was dead and hasn ' t seen any activity in over five years . please don ' t un - earth dead threads .\nto view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater . you currently have 0 posts .\nyou know what the first rule of sailing is ? . . . love . you can learn all the math in the ' verse , but you take a boat to the sea you don ' t love , she ' ll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds . love keeps her going when she oughta fall down , tells you she ' s hurting ' fore she keens . makes her a home .\nif you ' re new to the sailnet forums . . . please read this\nanyone have an opinion about the us yacht 27 footers . . . . i ' m looking at one also . . .\ni have owned a us yacht 33 for the lats 4 years and love it . i was looking for a catalina 30 when i came across my 33 . very roomy interior and sails great and is much better equipped than the catalina 30s i saw . i am currently looking for a mast and boom for my 33 . does anyone know where i might find these ?\nnew poster on an old dead thread . . . likely frowned upon but i need some real advice . i bought a cherry us yachts 21 last summer . cherry aside from the lifting dagger . i ' m looking for some repair advice . i realize i might be barking up the wrong tree , or perhaps a tree that has long since fell over . it ' s worth a try . thanks , bigfork .\nus 21 ? i thought they only made a 22 ? i learn something new every day . i know of us 18 us 22 us 25 us 27 us 30 us 33 gets fuzzy from there , but i know they made a pilothouse , in a 42 ? my bad , i see they made the 21 . this is the boat i was thinking of\nquote message in reply ? by choosing to post the reply above you agree to the rules you agreed to when joining sailnet . click here to view those rules .\nin order to be able to post messages on the sailnet community forums , you must first register . please enter your desired user name , your email address and other required details in the form below . please note : after entering 3 characters a list of usernames already in use will appear and the list will disappear once a valid username is entered .\nplease enter a password for your user account . note that passwords are case - sensitive .\nshow sailboats located in : alabama alaska arizona arkansas california colorado connecticut delaware florida georgia hawaii idaho illinois indiana iowa kansas kentucky louisiana maine maryland massachusetts michigan minnesota mississippi missouri montana nebraska nevada new hampshire new jersey new mexico new york north carolina north dakota ohio oklahoma oregon pennsylvania rhode island south carolina south dakota tennessee texas utah vermont virginia washington washington d . c . wisconsin wyoming\nurltoken \u00a9 2001 - 2018 boat design net . / ) directory . forums . gallery . / ) cookies . privacy policy . terms of use\nyour first trailer - sailer for 1 / 3 the price of an equivalent build ( unless you have many parts lying around and have a penchant for misery ) .\ni guess i ' m just looking for somebody who is familiar with the model of boat and can help shore up my confidence in the purchase . as i said before , i know she scoots right along and would be a great addition to my fleet . plus , the mrs and i could overnight for the weekend . anyone have one of these , rode on one , or capable of speaking on the model ' s behalf . . . tall order , i know .\nyep , she ' s a not a bad boat and she was later built and called the triton 21 .\nher lifting keel ( only 200 pounds ) worked though if not in good repair can have issues . she can display all the issues of boats built in this era .\ni do know of one minor issue . the board she has now is not the original . the boat was once on her side and the dagger pin wasn ' t in . the 200 lb board came out of the top with force and straight to the bottom . when sailing , we ' ve had a bit of a hassle getting the new board to go down . it takes some wet lube and a firm stomping from the foot . the thought was that the parts that are a little tight would eventually rub off and the board would move with more ease . eventually the board will seat and the pin installed , but it can be a task . my friend has put no real effort into solving the tight spots , just dealt with the initial wrestling match . would something non - toxic like olive oil work to grease the skids ? a squirt bottle with olive oil seems like an easy solution . would there be any bad effects to the inside of the dagger sleeve ?\n- - the boat has all 3 sails in fine shape with a tattered e - bay storm jib .\n- - stored under cover for last 5 years and it shows ! can comb your hair in the reflection on her belly .\n- - has minkota and deep cycle batteries ( cabin wiring might be a little dodgy as most 30 - - year old boats seem to be . . . no biggy , just a redo . )\nasking price is 3000 $ . when i look on craigs list or e - bay for a similar vintage or size , 3k buys you a turd that\nsail and certainly needs tlc . likely no trailer or some other deal - killer . i know this boat is in fine shape . 3k seems fair and even a deal when compared to the others i see out there . plus , it ' s 10 miles from home ! i don ' t have to travel to get it !\nwithout having the boat in front of me , it ' s difficult to tell , but i ' m leery of 30 + year old boats with a shinny buff job , as i ' m inclined to think the buff is just to distract you from the real issues . i would think in your area , he ' s pretty much over a barrel , that you ' ve brought with you . not many folks will spend 3k on a 30 year old , less than mainstream pocket yacht , so offer 2k and see where the deal goes . the real question is , will the purchase price be worth it to you . lastly buying a boat from a friend is often a problem , so pick your poison carefully .\nwhere did the time go ? they were an inexpensive boat at the time , and most boats of the era , even the expensive ones , have had their share of problems . check it carefully , and by all means sail it . they were a light boat , but not really light for a racer , and seemed to me to be under ballasted - in morc righting tests , they did not have any reserve . a modern foil with a bulb would change their performance and righting moment for the better .\nimo , the sails , motor and trailer would all have to be in very good condition to bring 3k , even to a friend .\nthey were fairly light on an 18 ' lwl , but as bruce mentions , not exceptionally so . similar racer / cruisers , would be a few hundred more pounds on an 18 ' lwl . the real key figure that stands out is her sa / d and ballast ratio . her firmish bilges standup to her nearly 25 sa / d , but she ' s over powered quickly , as you ' d imagine a second generation ior with barely a 12 % ballast ratio . the only one i know that was actively campaigned carried internal ballast , as she needed to be reefed pretty early other wise .\ni don ' t think a bulb could be placed on that inclined board - it would just bind and jam at that angle , without major surgery ( winch , rollers or high modulus plastic slides , etc . ) . i do think she could use and would benefit greatly from a significant increase in ballast . typical racer / cruisers of the era would carry several hundred pounds of ballast . at 40 % , she ' d need nearly another 500 pounds , but if this was all in a bulb and the rig could take the moment increase , well then . . .\nthank you for all the comments . the model is fairly rare ; doesn ' t seem to be that many around . the 2nd previous owner to my friend puttered around with 3 different variations of the us 21 since the mid 80 ' s . he really likes them !\nabout the under - ballast part . . . i too have thought this ! i ' m not super savvy on boat engineering terms but i do have a basic understanding of the forces as work . i did have to look up\nsa / d\nto see what it meant . i ' ve sailed on this exact boat maybe 10 times over the last 5 years . when she gets overpowered , she heels hard , rudder cavitates , and she rounds up . those events would tell us to reef . . . we almost never left the dock reefed though , just waited for a knock over before getting to it\nhow do people add weight under the floor ? whatever is used must be set firm so as not to bang about and do damage under the floor . . . maybe sandbags or other\nsoft\nweight ? ?\ni ' m going to talk to the 2nd owner going back and see why he likes them so much . . . enough to have owned several . i know the sails are like new , trailer is decent but could likely use a bearing job ( i can do that easy enough )\nwhat about the deck and hull ? i am considering this boat , and would like to know where to look for bad core ( if any . )\ni know this may sound a little crude , but on a small light boat , the loads are low enough that there are only a few critical areas . the rest\ncan\nbe about as stiff as an inflatable and not make very much difference , but should be factored into the price .\ncheck the high load areas - around the forestay / bow deck and hull , chain plates , mast step inside and on deck , board and trunk , and rudder attachments . also check where the trailer supports the hull , mis - loading or over loading ( from standing water and such ) can also cause damage that may not be worth repairing . in florida , ice damage should not be much of an issue , but can destroy a boat in one winter in northern areas .\nthat ' s a great point . still , that stuff has to be fixed at some point .\nloads are relative and though seemingly low , particularly compared to other craft , typical engineering details address these loads with similarly seemingly skimpy scantlings .\nfor example the shroud chainplates may only need to support twice the displacement of the vessel in a severe knock down and the working strength of the\nweak link\nmay be 2 . 5 to 3 times the displacement , perfectly tolerable with a margin , but the backing plate and laminate also will be sized to this expected load / margin and may very well fail in an unanticipated event , such as a swell driving the boat into a wharf .\njust because the loads may be modest , doesn ' t mean they can ' t be exceeded and that the scantlings and laminate schedule are equally sized .\nsimply put , small craft generally are simple structures , so there ' s less to look at , but these areas are none the less as important as a larger , more complex structures . since you ' re having difficulty with some portions of an inspection , it would be wise to have the boat surveyed or at the very least , to bring along someone that is quite familiar with these types of boats .\nthe boat was constructed by two different companies . is anyone familiar with build quality variations ?\ni don ' t understand your question ? there are lots of differences between a\nlow end\nbuild and a\nhigh end\nand they are usually obvious once you glance around the deck of a small production sailboat . a classic example of a low end build will have deck hardware through bolted , but just fender washers under the deck , while a high end build will have an inert backing plate , bedding oozing out all around and still some fender washers under the same fasteners .\nforum posts represent the experience , opinion , and view of individual users . boat design net does not necessarily endorse nor share the view of each individual post . when making potentially dangerous or financial decisions , always employ and consult appropriate professionals . your circumstances or experience may be different .\njoined jun 12 , 2004 1 , 181 posts , 0 likes allied mistress 39 ketch us kemah , tx .\njoined jun 14 , 2008 6 , 521 posts , 155 likes hunter legend 40 . 5 us long beach , shoreline marina , ca\nas i recall , there were really two generations of these . the first were sort of mega trailererables which had shoal fixed keels and super high freeboards . sort of looked like puffer fishes . there were the ones that gave them a ' bad ' rep , but i ' m not inclined to pile on since i met a family who had cruised the islands including cuba and a good chunk of the us on a 25 . i think a lot of it had to do with looks . the second generation boat , which this one looks like , had some name designers and were very contemporary . they even had a 1 / 4 and 1 / 2 tonner under the ior rule as i further recollect . so , my point is that it ' s certainly worth considering , but should be looked over just like any older used boat . i believe the second generation boats had nice gear on them at that time too . rick d .\nher lines look pretty nice to me . how could you knock it if the components are in good condition and higher quality . bayliners are very popular among the powerboat crowd because they are priced right .\nbut that boat looks like she is in really fine condition . somebody may have put in a lot of care and made improvements already . william , have you seen the boat in person yet ?\njoined dec 2 , 1999 15 , 179 posts , 9 likes hunter vision - 36 us rio vista , ca .\na friend had one several years ago , it had a nice hot water heater . the best thing that hapened to it was it got totaled by another boat !\nlike almost all of them , it was cored with balsa below the water line which also meant it had a rotten core below the water line . i have a spare rudder for a 24 ' bucc , if anyone needs one , the rest of the boat was killed in wilma in its slip . . . with the really shallow draft , it was a good boat to learn on though . . .\nthis one looks like the model that us yachts took over from . i think the first\nbuccaneers\nwere due to the cost of fuel in the 70 ' s and there wasn ' t much design to them ( the ones with the million ports ) . this one became the us yachts which the built in 22 ' , 25 ' , 27 ' , and a 30 something . it is an ok first or second boat for protected water .\ni owned a us yachts 25 for 8 years . i sailed her on sf bay ( which is not protected water ) . never had any problem with the boat in those 8 years . the deck was cored with plywood in the high stress areas , and the hull was a solid laminate . i know the hull was not cored because i installed the speedo and depth transducers myself . there was no coring anywhere in the hull . i bought the boat new in 1981 and she is still sailing the bay . she rated 210 sf bay phrf and generally would sail to that rating . she was indeed designed by doug peterson . if that boat is in good shape , deck solid , no damage at the keel to hull joint , i would buy it if the price was right . later the molds were sold to pearson yachts and were made by them for awhile . going by the color scheme on the boat you ' re looking at , it could be a peason built us 25 . the us yachts built boats were an off white color and my ' 81 model was off white with beige gel coat on the topsides . the pearson built one were pure white . rodney s / v sashay sf bay\ninnovative new product made of flexible , laser cut stainless steel . must see !\ni found some more info about the us yacht boats online , which indicates it is a nifty craft . here are some owner reviews of the us yacht 27 , a us yachts owners group , and a yacht information gallery that provides some rigging and layout info .\nshe has a beam of 9ft 3in , weights around 8 , 000 pounds and would require a special permit to haul it on the highways . i have attached a few pictures and what data i have about her , i am the third owner . the pictures are of a sister ship , but it is the identical boat . all the sails have been recut and a brand new selden roller - furling was installed prior to lay - up , i never had the chance to use it . the genoa is a 150 % sail and really moves her along quit well by it self . the sailcover is new and she sports a bimini , could use a dodger to extend the season . the bilge cover sole pieces are bad ; however , i have new teak sole already cut to size and was in the process of installing them before i became ill .\nshe has been on dry land since 2002 ; however , every system worked at the time of lay - up . i have been over to check on her several times , and just this past weekend as well . she needs some cleaning on the inside , but all of the cushions ( which have been cleaned ) , sails , sailcover , anchor rode and chain have been stored in my garage , along with a full compliment of life vests .\nshe has been a great boat for my wife and i and very dependable . she brought us home in the worst storm to hit the chesapeake bay in 50 years ( the wind and waves capsized and sank a 65 ft skipjack ) . i was not out there by choice i can assure you . we had the genoa only up in order to beat against the wind , driving rain and 8 ft waves , but she brought us home .\nthis entry was posted in sailing and tagged sea scouts . bookmark the permalink .\nwordpress hashcash needs javascript to work , but your browser has javascript disabled . your comment will be deleted !\nadventure calvary chapel of tacoma ceremony childhood sexual abuse christian christian homeschooling community fun & magic giving & receiving gregg harris happiness homeschooling hunter 38 delivery inner growth irene williams jb parkes kindness lagoon 42 leadership learning legal case love mary pride michael boutot mike farris pastor joe williams personal calling personal growth pharisees resilience sailing sailing angel sea scouts seelhoff seelhoff v . welch sherman anti - trust sue welch unschooling\nlook for rot in the sole , interior structure , and the bulkheads . hull is not cored , nice for durability but makes it heavy .\ngary mull hull ? who told you this because it sounds awfully unlikely . the 29 ' buccaneer that looks like a real sailboat is supposedly based on a peterson design , although i heard that peterson never got paid , they just modified a hull enough to avoid legal issues . i would guess that ' s the case with the 25 as well . but the 25 is a pig .\nain ' t gettin into it again , but it is . ( a few of their models were apparently cribbed off others according to unsubstantiated innuendo and rumor . ) search around and find pics of the ranger 22 , then the us22 and us25 . ignore the decks , look at the hulls and foils . astounding similarity . then ask bob perry about it . and duck . . . .\nthanks , i will look for the trouble spots . slower , it will race ph . anyone know what it may rate ? ugler . . . yea maybe . . . for the price it can not be beat for a day sailor out of waikiki . i like the deep cockpit with a three year old son .\nin all fairness to the us 25 - it has decent interior volume for a 25 ' boat ; a workable cockpit and a reasonable underbody somewhat resembling the hull of a peterson 1 / 4 tonner . they typically rate 6 - 8 secs slower than a san juan 24 , with a much larger , more modern interior .\nif optimized and well sailed ( few are ) they can be competitive . build quality , if reasonably well preserved , is passable . generally for the amount of money you can pick one up for , assuming it ' s not water logged , they are great value and a good entry level boat . just don ' t buy one without a survey .\nsomeone i know bought one 2 weeks ago for $ 2200 on a trailer . average condition , needs some elbow grease and upgrades . can ' t beat it for that price !\nsailing , racing , working on boats , talking about sailing , reading about sailing , drinking beer while sailing . . . .\nhave a good look at the deck for compression under the mast . water rots out the wood and the deck concaves . its a problem with the us 27 and 30 ' s too .\nwe had one of the us25 ' s at our club one time ( the owner gave my j / 24 a tow once when we needed it . nice guy . ) . anyway , a fairly nice looking boat . as i recall it had a pretty tall rig on it . may not have been original . this guy was a racer . that particular us25 surprised me with it ' s looks and rig . as i say , may not be original , but if you got yours inexpensively then it ' s probably a fine boat .\ni had a good look at her today . very clean . the current owner took great care of her and had a deck cover in place to stop water leaks . it look like it has a j24 rig . no rust on the keel bolts or the chain plates . bulkheads show no water damange . i will take her for a sail tomorrow morning . it should be trades , 10 - 15kts .\nthanks for the great advise . i sailed her this morning in 8 - 15 off waikiki . it is the deep keel and it was very tender . outside of a set of sails and updating the hardware it is ready to play .\noxygen mask , red dragon , rudimentary , ozzie , drinks on me when you get to oahu . rothcomm @ urltoken\nbe sure to check it . it ' s not cheap to build a replacement . i know few of them have suffered strcutural failure due to inadequate initial build quality / strength .\ni just bought one of those from a guy on my dock who was moving and could not sell it . fixed it up and now am selling . sailed it last weekend for the first time . wow is it slow , and i think a mac26x without the board down would point higher ."]}
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( asi ) begins work with barrick gold on first major autonomous haulage project in the united states\nthe aim of rtcma is to facilitate the realisation of a fully - autonomous , integrated mining operation by undertaking research in autonomous systems , orebody modelling and systems optimisation relevant to rio tinto operations .\nwelcome to the lincoln centre for autonomous systems research ( l - cas ) in the school of computer science at the university of lincoln .\nrobotics and autonomous systems will carry articles on the theoretical , computational and experimental aspects of autonomous systems , or modules of such systems .\nhermes is a sarcos humanoid , a hydraulic full body humanoid robot with 44 degrees of freedom , an active vision system with two moving eyes , actuated hands , an inbuilt kinect 3d camera , and various touch and imu sensing devices . the robot is part of the usc human centered robotics lab for research in robot control , autonomous learning , and human - robot interaction .\nhusky is trusted by hundreds of researchers and engineers globally . numerous research papers have been published using husky as the test set - 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chair of the third international conference on autonomous agents and multi agent systems ( aamas2004 ) .\nour team of mobile robot experts can help you select and integrate payloads then configure the robot at the factory . husky is plug - and - play compatible with our wide range of robot accessories and our system integrators will deliver a fully integrated turn - key robot .\nthe most downloaded articles from robotics and autonomous systems in the last 90 days .\nautonomous driving and driver assistance systems vitor santos | angel sappa | . . .\nthe selection committee for the sigart autonomous agents research award is pleased to announce that dr . makoto yokoo of the ntt communication science laboratories is the recipient of the 2004 award . dr . yokoo has made significant and sustained contributions to the research on autonomous agents and multi agent systems . in particular , dr . yokoo made seminal contributions to the area of distributed constrain satisfaction , which has become a flourishing research area in multi agent systems . dr . yokoo has also contributed to the areas of mechanism design in anonymous environments and secure protocols for combinatorial optimization problems . in addition to his substantial research contributions , dr . yokoo has served the autonomous agents research community , most recently as a technical program co - chair of the second international conference on autonomous agents and multi agent systems ( aamas 2003 ) and has been a leading figure in the autonomous agents community in japan and asia / pacific rim .\nthe goal of the project was to create a prototype platform for mobile autonomous manufacturing .\ne5 ( 1991 - 1993 ) first autonomous locomotion model had a large head cover .\nrobotics and autonomous systems , volume 88 , pages 104\u2013115 , elsevier , february 2017 .\nrobotics and autonomous systems 61 ( 10 ) : 1106 - 1115 , october 2013 .\ntake autonomous technology further with asi\u2019s research and development in innovative sensor fusion or rewrite the way vehicles are tested with asi autonomous durability testing . achieve higher safety , pinpoint accuracy , and vastly improved efficiency in testing . ford and other major oem\u2019s have already begun this movement .\nacm sigai , in collaboration with the international conference on autonomous agents , in 2000 has instituted an annual award for excellence in research in the area of autonomous agents . the award is intended to recognize researchers in autonomous agents whose current work is an important influence on the field . the award is an official acm award , funded by an endowment created by acm sigai from the proceeds of previous autonomous agents conferences . prior to 2014 , it was known as the acm / sigart autonomous agents award . read more about the award at the acm awards site .\ncyber - security in robotics and autonomous systems vicente matell\u00e1n | giedre sabaliauskaite | . . .\nthe turtlebot robot is a small non - holonomic mobile robot , fully integrated with ros , and including a netbook and kinect for onboard computation and navigation .\nno team is allowed to win two awards , unless one of the awards is for robot performance . robot performance is the only category based solely on score .\n\u201cif stanley kubrick directed \u2018dr . strangelove\u2019 again , it would be about the issue of autonomous weapons , \u201d said michael schrage , a research fellow at the massachusetts institute of technology sloan school of management .\nrobotics and autonomous systems will carry articles describing fundamental developments in the field of robotics , with special emphasis on autonomous systems . an important goal of this journal is to extend the state of the art in both symbolic and sensory based robot control and learning in the context . . .\nthe selection committee for the acm / sigart autonomous agents research award is pleased to announce that prof . manuela m . veloso of carnegie mellon university is the recipient of the 2009 award . prof . veloso has made significant and sustained contributions to autonomous agents and multiagent systems in the areas of planning and control learning in multi - agent systems . prof . veloso ' s research is particularly noteworthy for its focus on the effective construction of teams of robot agents where cognition , perception , and action are seamlessly integrated to address planning , execution , and learning tasks . she has made significant contributions to agents in uncertain and dynamic environments , including distributed robot localization and world modeling , strategy selection in multiagent systems in the presence of adversaries , planning by analogical reuse , and more recently , robot learning from demonstration . her research contributions have also been realized concretely in the form of teams of robot soccer playing agents that have won several international championships at the annual robocup robot soccer competitions . her impact and visibility has been consistently high over the past two decades for her technical contributions , for her impressive robot teams , and for her leadership within the research community .\nin proceedings of rss 2008 workshop on interactive robot learning , z\u00fcrich , june 2008 .\nas a robot extends its three - 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( laptop is recommended . )\nautonomous systems are set to transform not only production and logistics , but business models and user behavior .\nthe selection committee for the acm / sigai autonomous agents research award is pleased to announce that dr . catherine pelachaud , director of research at cnrs at telecom paristech is the recipient of the 2015 award . dr . pelachaud is honored for her sustained and substantial contributions to the area of intelligent virtual agents . her seminal work in this area helped launch the area of intelligent virtual agents , and her many subsequent publications have exerted a strong influence on virtual agent research at aamas and the intelligent virtual agents conferences . furthermore , her research on the role that bodily communication plays in face - to - face interaction has helped set the agenda of embodied agent research . in the process , it has firmly established a research area of modeling the body , its relation to the mind and its role in social interaction . overall , this work has filled critical gaps in agents research often ignored by the larger community .\nthe mast consortium has worked collaboratively to develop a management structure that embraces this paradigm shift through an integrated research plan that incorporates arl researchers with the consortium and cross - cutting themes to join the four research centers together as one .\nthe selection committee for the acm / sigart autonomous agents research award is pleased to announce that dr . michael wooldridge of the university of liverpool , uk is the recipient of the 2006 award . dr . wooldridge has made significant and sustained contributions to the research on autonomous agents and multi agent systems . in particular , dr . wooldridge has made seminal contributions to the logical foundations of multi - agent systems , especially to formal theories of cooperation , teamwork and communication , computational complexity in multi - agent systems , and agent - oriented software engineering . in addition to his substantial research contributions , dr . wooldridge has served the autonomous agents research community , in a variety of ways including foundin g of the agentlink network of excellence in 1997 and most recently as the technical program co - chair of the fourth international conference on autonomous agents and multi agent systems ( aamas2005 ) .\nirobot\u2019s roomba is introduced . using a cleaning algorithm , the autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner could clean a room while detecting and avoiding obstacles . rodney brooks , co - founder of irobot , previously performed research at mit\u2019s mobile robotics lab . the research focused on using insect - like reflex behavior instead of a central \u201cbrain\u201d to create purposeful behavior .\nthe dragonbot is a five degree of freedom dragon robot designed by the mit personal robotics group . the aesthetics of the robot as seen here were designed by viva la puppet .\nchallenge our research division and engineering staff to develop a completely new vehicle automation solution to solve productivity and safety problems .\nonline optimal trajectory generation for robot table tennis okan ko\u00e7 | guilherme maeda | . . .\nhere you can find resources to help you in using , maintaining and troubleshooting your adept mobile robots or activmedia research mobile robot development platform and software , including information on pioneer 2 / 3 dx and at , pioneer lx , amigobot , powerbot , seekur , seekur jr . , peoplebot , research patrolbot and guiabot robots , and with\nwhat happens when systems transition from merely following programs to being autonomous ? the answer : one of the most revolutionary developments in industrial history . this dossier demonstrates how siemens is moving ahead with the development of autonomous systems .\nkatia sycara of carnegie mellon university has been awarded the acm sigart autonomous agents research award for 2002 . dr . sycara has made significant contributions to a number of subareas of agent research , including agent architectures , middle agents , and multi - agent negotiation . she has played a major role in organizing the journal autonomous agents and multi - agent systems , and the international conferences on autonomous agents . in recognition of this award , dr . sycara gave an address at the first international conference on autonomous agents and multi - agent systems , in bologna , italy , july 17 - 19 , 2002 . the title of her presentation was\nagents supporting humans and organizations in open , dynamic environments .\nan overview of the trends driving the most fundamental change ever witnessed in industry : the birth of autonomous machines .\nin proceedings of 14th international conference on intelligent autonomous systems ( ias ) , shanghai , china , july 2016 .\nin proceedings of 13th international conference on intelligent autonomous systems ( ias ) , padova , italy , july 2014 .\nin proceedings of 13th international conference on intelligent autonomous systems ( ias ) , padova , italy , july 2014 .\naccepted for robocup 2017 : robot world cup xxi , lncs , springer , to appear 2018 .\na : it is not possible to win the robot performance award without doing the project . teams must participate in all 3 judged areas ( project , core values and robot design ) and the robot game to be eligible for any core awards and robot performance is a core award . this rule encourages teams to embrace the spirit of discovery and focus on all aspects of the challenge .\ninternational journal of robotics research ( ijrr ) 37 ( 4 - 5 ) : 437 - 451 , sage publications , 2018 .\ninnovative optic - flow based algorithms resembling those used by insects will help the robot control its speed .\nthis utilitarian approach is certainly laudable but the participants were willing to go only so far . \u201c [ participants ] were not as confident that autonomous vehicles would be programmed that way in reality\u2014and for a good reason : they actually wished others to cruise in utilitarian autonomous vehicles , more than they wanted to buy utilitarian autonomous vehicles themselves , \u201d conclude bonnefon and co .\nthe robotic systems lab designs machines , creates actuation principles , and builds up control technologies for autonomous operation in challenging environments .\nthe concepts behind honda ' s robot r & d the main concept behind honda ' s robot r & d was to create a more viable mobility that allows robots to help and live in harmony with people .\nwhen authors co - submit and publish a method article in methodsx , it appears on sciencedirect linked to the original research article in this journal .\nin addition to her substantial research contributions , prof kraus has served the autonomous agents research community in many ways . she was pc chair of the fourth international conference on multi - agent systems ( icmas2000 ) , and general co - chair of the fourth international conference on autonomous agents and multi agent systems ( aamas2005 ) . she has been an associate editor of the aamas journal since its founding , and an editor of ai journal since 2000 . sarit is also an adjunct professor of computer science at the institute for advanced computer studies , university of maryland .\nthe selection committee for the acm / sigai autonomous agents research award is pleased to announce that dr . craig boutilier , principal research scientist at google , is the recipient of the 2018 award . over the years , dr . boutilier has made seminal contributions to research on decision - making under uncertainty , game theory , and computational social choice . he is a pioneer in applying decision - theoretic concepts in novel ways in a variety of domains including ( single - and multi - agent ) planning and reinforcement learning , preference elicitation , voting , matching , facility location , and recommender systems . his recent research continues to significantly influence the field of computational social choice through the novel computational and methodological tools he introduced and his focus on modeling realistic preferences . in addition to his reputation for outstanding research , dr . boutilier is also recognized as an exceptional teacher and mentor .\nadults are strictly prohibited from directing team members or interfering with the judging process or robot rounds in any way .\ne6 ( 1991 - 1993 ) autonomous control of balancing when going up and down the stairs or slopes or stepping over an obstacle .\nin proceedings of 15th international conference on intelligent autonomous systems ( ias - 15 ) , baden - baden , germany , june 2018 .\nin frontiers of intelligent autonomous systems , pp . 5 - 16 , studies in computational intelligence , volume 466 , springer , 2013 .\nthe selection committee for the acm / sigai autonomous agents research award is pleased to announce that prof . michael wellman of the university of michigan is the recipient of the 2014 award . prof . wellman has had a profound and broad impact across an array of research challenges in autonomous agents and multiagent systems . prof . wellman ' s contributions range from his pioneering work that helped introduce economic paradigms in multiagent systems , to significant contributions to computational game theory and electronic commerce , including mechanism design and market - based systems . additionally , prof . wellman played an instrumental role in launching the annual trading agent competition ( tac ) , one of the oldest and most well - known research competitions in multi - agent systems .\nthe centibots project , funded by the defense advanced research projects agency ( darpa ) , sought to prove that up to 100 robots could survey a potentially dangerous area , build a map in real time , and seek items of interest . centibots communicated with each other to coordinate their effort . if one robot failed , another took over its task . the robots were completely autonomous , requiring no human supervision .\neach challenge has three parts : the robot game , the project , and the core values . teams of up to ten children , with at least two adult coaches , participate in the challenge by programming an autonomous robot to score points on a themed playing field ( robot game ) , developing a solution to a problem they have identified ( project ) , all guided by the first core values . teams may then attend an official tournament , hosted by our first lego league partners .\nwhen authors co - submit and publish a data article in data in brief , it appears on sciencedirect linked to the original research article in this journal .\nleading global mining group rio tinto and the university of sydney have celebrated the 10th anniversary of their multimillion dollar research partnership aimed at increasing innovation in mining .\nthe selection committee for the acm / sigai autonomous agents research award is pleased to announce that prof . peter stone of the university of texas at austin is the recipient of the 2016 award . prof . stone ' s work is exceptional in both its breadth and depth in multiagent systems . some of his most influential work has been in reinforcement learning and multiagent learning as applied to robot soccer , autonomous traffic management , and trading agents . his contributions are ongoing , as evidenced by the growing influence of one of his recent innovations , the formulation of ad hoc teamwork as a new research area . in addition to the impact of his research , his teams ' successes in international competitions , including robocup and the trading agent competition , are particularly notable . prof . stone has also served the multiagent systems , ai , and robocup communities in various leadership roles .\njacob regenstein , an engineer , held a fake rifle during a test of an autonomous drone in august on cape cod , in massachusetts .\nif you find the work we\u2019re doing in autonomous robotics to be exciting , and you have a background in computer vision , autonomous path planning , flight controls , or drone cellular connectivity , we\u2019d love to hear from you . please visit us at urltoken to submit your resume .\nin proc . of the 12th international conference on intelligent autonomous systems ( ias - 12 ) , jeju island , korea , june 2012 .\nthe idea of creating a fully autonomous security robot that never needs to take a smoke break , and could continuously patrol without getting tired or bored , brought one of the largest electronic companies in the world to combine forces with asi and form asi security .\na robot may not injure a human being or , through inaction , allow a human being to come to harm .\na robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second laws .\nrobocup 2012 , robot soccer world cup xvi , lncs 7500 , pp . 89 - 93 , springer , 2013 .\nrobocup 2012 , robot soccer world cup xvi , lncs 7500 , pp . 94 - 105 , springer , 2013 .\nresearch began by envisioning the ideal robot form for use in human society . the robot would need to be able to maneuver between objects in a room and be able to go up and down stairs . for this reason it had to have two legs , just like a person . in addition , if two - legged walking technology could be established , the robot would need to be able to walk on uneven ground and be able to function in a wide range of environments . although considered extremely difficult at the time , honda set itself this ambitious goal and developed revolutionary new technology to create a two - legged walking robot .\nduring autonomous path planning , the robot builds a 3d roadmap of safe waypoints and collision - free edges between them . the drone picks the minimum cost ( shortest ) path to the goal on this graph but may change its path whenever obstacles come into view .\nif you are not a research / education mobilerobots customer , but are instead a user , integrator , reseller or partner with an omron , adept or motivity industrial mobile robot such as ld , lynx , mt400 , mt490 , speciminder , laserplans , arcs core , motivity core , adam , etc . , or for support with non - mobile omron adept technologies industrial robot arms and controls , please visit\nthe australian centre for field robotics ( acfr ) has been instrumental in developing breakthrough technologies , conducting world - renowned research and developing field robotics principles and systems .\nour biomedical engineering research teams work across a range of application areas such as prosthetics , obstetrics , imaging and orthodontics to enable better health outcomes for our society .\nin proceedings of taros 2009 : towards autonomous robotic systems , pp . 149 - 156 , univ . of ulster , uk , september 2009 .\nsmart sensing within the robot ' s structure will be used to detect the position and force of contact with the environment .\nin : robocup 2016 : robot world cup xx , lncs 9776 , pp . 478 - 490 , springer , 2017 .\nin : robocup 2016 : robot world cup xx , lncs 9776 , pp . 625 - 633 , springer , 2017 .\nauthors submitting their research article to this journal are encouraged to deposit research data in a relevant data repository and cite and link to this dataset in their article . if this is not possible , authors are encouraged to make a statement explaining why research data cannot be shared . there are several ways you can share your data when you publish with elsevier , which help you get credit for your work and make your data accessible and discoverable for your peers . find out more in the guide for authors .\nvideo from an autonomous drone as it flew above a replica of a middle eastern village at a military testing range at camp edwards , in massachusetts .\n\u201csispis are part of a larger picture that we define as siemens agile manufacturing systems ( siams ) and they represent the core of our autonomous systems research here in princeton , \u201d says dalloro , who explains that the spider - like bots are essentially fully autonomous additive manufacturing devices with legs . \u201cwe are looking at using multiple autonomous robots for collaborative additive manufacturing of structures , such as car bodies , the hulls of ships and airplane fuselages . \u201d additive manufacturing , also known as 3d printing , is a technology in which products or surfaces are created or refined by depositing layer after micro - layer of a selected material .\nhusky is a medium sized robotic development platform . its large payload capacity and power systems accommodate an extensive variety of payloads , customized to meet research needs . stereo cameras , lidar , gps , imus , manipulators and more can be added to the ugv by our integration experts . the husky\u2019s rugged construction and high - torque drivetrain can take your research where no other robot can go . husky is fully supported in ros with community driven open source code and examples .\na robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings , except where such orders would conflict with the first law .\nin : robocup 2011 : robot soccer world cup xv , lncs 7416 , pp . 51 - 62 , springer , 2012 .\nin : robocup 2012 : robot soccer world cup xvi , lncs 7500 , pp . 1 - 12 , springer , 2013 .\nin : robocup 2011 : robot soccer world cup xv , lncs 7416 , pp . 78 - 89 , springer , 2012 .\nin : robocup 2011 : robot soccer world cup xv , lncs 7416 , pp . 306 - 317 , springer , 2012 .\nin : robocup 2011 : robot soccer world cup xv , lncs 7416 , pp . 198 - 209 , springer , 2012 .\nin : robocup 2011 : robot soccer world cup xv , lncs 7416 , pp . 149 - 161 , springer , 2012 .\nin : robocup 2011 : robot soccer world cup xv , lncs 7416 , pp . 495 - 506 , springer , 2012 .\nin proceedings of 17th ieee international symposium on robot and human interactive communication ( ro - man ) , munich , august 2008 .\nthe centre ' s mission is to undertake research to develop new field robotics and intelligent systems theories and methods , and apply them in industrial , social and environmental settings .\nit is possible for a team to receive a 1st place core values , project , or robot design award but not advance to championship if their robot performance score is ranked below the top 75 % of teams at the event . a team may win 1st place in robot performance but not advance to championship due to not having performed well in one or more of the three judged areas .\n- the three core research thrusts ( mce , spp , cnc ) address capability gaps at the level of component technologies . the jx thrust serves as a focal point to integrate and evaluate technical capabilities on platforms performing elements of mission - like scenarios , through a set of research tasks that involve collaboration between multiple centers and between the consortium and arl .\nhusky was the first field robotics platform to support ros from its factory settings . use husky to integrate with existing research and build upon the growing knowledge base in the thriving ros community to get started producing research results faster . husky uses an open source serial protocol and we offer api support for ros , and options for c + + and python .\nin robot operating system ( ros ) , the complete reference ( volume 2 ) , pp . 487 - 524 , springer 2017 .\nrobocup 2013 : robot world cup xvii , lecture notes in computer science 8371 , pp . 135 - 146 , springer , 2014 .\nrobocup 2013 : robot world cup xvii , lecture notes in computer science 8371 , pp . 56 - 67 , springer , 2014 .\nin proceedings of ieee international symposium on robot and human interactive communication ( ro - man ) , paris , france , september 2012 .\nin proceedings of 5th acm / ieee international conference on human - robot interaction ( hri ) , osaka , japan , march 2010 .\nthe core values poster and the robot design executive summary are additional tools that may be used to help facilitate discussion in the core values and robot design judging sessions at official events . your partner will distribute the instructions to teams outlining the information to be included if your region plans to require the core values poster and / or the robot design executive summary at its events . please contact your partner for further information . the core values poster and the robot design executive summary will be used as part of the judging at world festival .\nthe winner of the 2001 award is tuomas sandholm , of carnegie mellon university . dr . sandholm has conducted an intensive research program in electronic markets and multi - agent systems , and has also done work in other areas of autonomous agents . the breadth and depth of his contributions over a relatively short period of time are impressive . in addition , he has been an active contributor to the autonomous agents community , contributing regularly to the aa conference since its inception . in recognition of this award , dr . sandholm presented an invited lecture at the 2001 international conference on autonomous agents . the title of his presentation was\nagents in combinatorial markets .\nessentially fully autonomous additive manufacturing devices with legs , spider robots being developed at siemens corporate technology in princeton could work collaboratively to manufacture a wide range of structures .\nthe ava is a fully - holonomic mobile robotics platform designed and manufactured by irobot . it features integrated autonomous navigation capabilities supported by an impressive set of sensors .\nthe selection committee for the acm / sigart autonomous agents research award is pleased to announce that prof . jonathan gratch and prof . stacy marsella from the university of southern california institute for creative technologies are the joint recipients of the 2010 award . prof . marsella and prof . gratch have made significant and sustained contributions to autonomous agents and multiagent systems in the area of virtual agents , in particular in emotion modeling and social simulation . their agent models have vastly contributed to the field of embodied conversational agents . their work balances theoretical and engineering achievements , allowing the understanding of the factors and processes underlying how emotion affects behaviors . they have also proposed a novel way to validate computational models of human emotions . their work has been applied to large projects in multiple application domains such as interactive drama and serious games . prof . marsella has served the autonomous agents research community , in a variety of ways , including chairing the virtual agent track of the ninth international conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems ( aamas 2010 ) . prof . gratch is the current president of the humaine association for research on emotions and human - machine interaction as well as the founding editor of the ieee transactions on affective computing . they have won the best innovative system / application paper award at the second international conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems ( aamas 2003 ) .\nromo is comsumer robot by romotive . it has an animated face that works on either an iphone or ipod touch and a mobile base .\nin proceedings of 18th ieee international symposium on robot and human interactive communication ( ro - man ) , toyama , japan , september 2009 .\nthe selection committee for the acm / sigart autonomous agents research award is pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2012 award is professor moshe tennenholtz ( technion / microsoft research israel ) . professor tennenholtz is honoured for his substantial and sustained contributions to the foundations of multi - agent systems . his contributions range from the first formal studies of social laws for multi - agent systems , through contributions to the computational theory of auctions , multi - agent learning , computational social choice theory , reputation and ranking systems , and the notion of program equilibrium . in addition , prof tennenholtz has a substantial track record of outstanding community service , including serving as an editor - in - chief of jair : the journal of ai research .\nieee robotics and automation letters ( ra - l ) , special issue on learning and control for autonomous manipulation systems : the role of dimensionality reduction , april 2018 .\nwe participate in a large number of collaborative research projects with other academic and industry partners , funded by epsrc , innovate uk and horizon 2020 , among others . we also collaborate closely with the university of lincoln\u2019s research institutes in agri - food technology and health , and the national centre for food manufacturing , which are focussed on delivering real - world impact in those domains .\naiming for function in the human living space honda wants to create a partner for people , a new kind of robot that functions in society .\na user - friendly humanoid robot torso platform , developed by living creatures , details found here . additional images of this platform are found here .\ndefense officials say the weapons are needed for the united states to maintain its military edge over china , russia and other rivals , who are also pouring money into similar research ( as are allies , such as britain and israel ) . the pentagon\u2019s latest budget outlined $ 18 billion to be spent over three years on technologies that included those needed for autonomous weapons .\nfirst lego league challenges kids to think like scientists and engineers . during the into orbit season , teams will choose and solve a real - world problem in the project . they will also build , test , and program an autonomous robot using lego \u00ae mindstorms \u00ae technology to solve a set of missions in the robot game . throughout their experience , teams will operate under the first signature set of core values , celebrating discovery , teamwork , and gracious professionalism \u00ae .\nthe selection committee for the acm sigart autonomous agents research award is pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2011 award is professor joe halpern of cornell university , ithaca , ny . professor halpern is honoured for his substantial and enormously influential contributions to the logical foundations of multi - agent systems , in particular , the computational foundations and applications of epistemic logic and reasoning under uncertainty .\nthe selection committee for the acm / sigart autonomous agents research award is pleased to announce that prof . yoav shoham of stanford university is the recipient of the 2008 award . prof . shoham has made significant and sustained contributions to autonomous agents and multiagent systems in the areas of logic and game theory . he has made contributions on logics of knowledge and belief and on non - monotonic logic . he has proposed techniques of belief revision and importantly for mas , a theory of belief fusion . he defined the framework for agent oriented programming that represented a programming view of those theoretical notions studied . the paper describing aop and published in 1993 is still one of the most cited papers on agents research . his research on game theory includes seminal work on combinatorial auctions and on several topics on mechanism design . he performed early work on social laws and conventions . he has proposed algorithms and test beds ( cats and gamut ) that are widely used . on the practical side , he has founded two successful companies in the ecommerce industry . overall , his research covers formal and practical aspects , and the impact of his work has been consistently very high for the last fifteen years .\nthe qualifier advancement policy is based on champion\u2019s award criteria . as described above , champion\u2019s award criteria require that the team , performs well in all three judged areas ( core values , project , and robot design ) . teams are required to be ranked in the in the top 40 % of official robot game scores to be considered for champion\u2019s award and they must be ranked in the top 75 % of official robot game scores to be eligible to advance .\nseeking step change in safety , predictability , precision and efficiency for its mining operations , rio tinto approached the university of sydney\u2019s acfr directly to undertake a collaborative research project through the establishment of the rio tinto centre for mine automation ( rtcma ) . the centre\u2019s work will span 12 years , from 2007 to 2019 . it is believed to be the single largest investment in robotics research anywhere in the world .\nwith the exception of the robot performance award , awards are determined by a deliberation process , which is formulated around discussions of team performance in each category .\nthe selection committee for the acm / sigai autonomous agents research award is pleased to announce that prof . david parkes of harvard university is the recipient of the 2017 award . prof . parkes ' research has explored a variety of topics in multiagent systems and economics . his early work on combinatorial auctions made fundamental contributions to the theory of the field ; other pioneering early work includes an influential synthesis of mdps and mechanism design , a formalism for incentive - aligned , distributed mechanism design , and the development of market - based methods for resource allocation in sensor networks . recent research of prof . parkes has applied machine learning to produce new results and techniques for human computation , mechanism design , and social choice . he has also provided sustained service to the multiagent systems and econcs communities in key leadership roles .\nthe video shows the perching mechanism that allows indoor flying robots to attach to vertical surfaces . the gecko adhesive pad is optimized for maximum attachment force and is mounted on a mechanism that stays within the structure of the robot during flight and that can be deployed for perching . the perching maneuver is very simple ; the robot starts on the ground , takes off in the middle of the room , and when a perching maneuver is initiated by the pilot , the adhesive pad is deployed and the robot flies directly towards a wall . once the robot is attached to the wall , the motors are shut down to save energy .\nmovement speed is another social factor . if a robot is , say , two or three meters away from the nearest human , it should be able to move as fast as it needs to ; but if it is close to a person , it should move much more slowly . associated with this is the concept of robot movement \u201clegibility . \u201d in other words , as human workers and robots collaborate , the robot\u2019s movements will have to be slow enough and clear enough to allow humans to intuit what the robot will do next . \u201ccharacteristics such as these are being engineered into our motion planning system , \u201d says huber .\ndirk holz and sven behnke : approximate triangulation and region growing for efficient segmentation and smoothing of range images robotics and autonomous systems 62 ( 9 ) : 1282 - 1293 , september 2014 .\nthe project is run by the defense advanced research projects agency , known as darpa , which is developing the software needed for machines that could work with small units of soldiers or marines as scouts or in other roles .\nall team members attending an event are required to participate in all three ( 3 ) judging sessions , and be present as a team at the robot game matches .\nteams must participate in all elements of a first lego league competition including the robot game and all three judged areas in order to be eligible for any core award .\nin proceedings of the 6th acm / ieee international conference on human - robot interaction ( hri ) , pp . 481 - 488 , lausanne , switzerland , march 2011 .\nif a team does not exhibit core values at a tournament , they may be disqualified from winning any awards \u2013 including robot performance , no matter how well they scored .\nthe selection committee for the acm / sigart autonomous agents research award is pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2013 award is professor jeffrey s . rosenschein ( the hebrew university of jerusalem , israel ) . professor rosenschein is honoured for his pioneering work on the use of game theory in multi - agent systems . among professor rosenschein ' s many contributions in this area are techniques for automated negotiation , computational social choice , multi - agent planning , and mechanism design in computational settings . in addition , professor rosenschein has a substantial track record of community service , having been general co - chair for the aamas conference in 2003 , president of the international foundation for autonomous agents and multiagent systems ( ifaamas ) , and serving as co - editor - in - chief for the journal\nautonomous agents and multi - agent systems\n.\na : the robot performance award recognizes a team that scores the most points during the robot game . teams have a chance to compete in at least three 2 . 5 minute matches and only the highest score out of the three matches counts . while some events may hold elimination or alliance matches for the excitement and fun , these may not be used to determine the robot performance award . instead , any awards provided for elimination or alliance matches may only be local awards . note that scores from any alliance or elimination rounds will not be used to determine the robot performance bar ( at or better than the top 40 % ) needed to be met for qualifier advancement or champion\u2019s award consideration .\nalgorithms developed by dalloro\u2019s team allow multi - robot task planning so that two or more devices can collaborate on the additive manufacture or surface processing of a single object or area .\nmax schwarz and sven behnke : compliant robot behavior using servo actuator models identified by iterative learning control in proceedings of 17th robocup international symposium , eindhoven , netherlands , june 2013 .\nlivio dalloro , who heads the product design , modeling and simulation research group in the automation and control technology field at siemens corporate technology , sees the spiders as promising representatives of what could someday be a new species of industrial worker .\nthe omnibot 2000 remote - controlled programmable robot toy could move , talk and carry objects . the cassette player in its chest recorded actions to be taken and speech to be played .\nunimate , the first mass - produced industrial robot , begins work at general motors . obeying step - by - step commands stored on a magnetic drum , the 4 , 000 - pound robot arm sequenced and stacked hot pieces of die - cast metal . unimate was the brainchild of joe engelberger and george devol , and originally automated the manufacture of tv picture tubes .\nsri international\u00b4s shakey robot becomes the first mobile robot controlled by artificial intelligence . equipped with sensing devices and driven by a problem - solving program called strips , the robot found its way around the halls of sri by applying information about its environment to a route . shakey used a tv camera , laser range finder , and bump sensors to collect data , which it then transmitted to a dec pdp - 10 and pdp - 15 . the computer sent commands to shakey over a radio link . shakey could move at a speed of 2 meters per hour .\ndirk holz and sven behnke : registration of non - uniform density 3d laser scans for mapping with micro aerial vehicles robotics and autonomous systems , vol . 74 , pp . 318 - 330 , elsevier , december 2015 .\nin proceedings of workshop on how to make best use of a human supervisor for semi - autonomous humanoid operation , 14th ieee - ras international conference on humanoid robots ( humanoids ) , madrid , spain , november 2014 .\nin : gearing up and accelerating cross - fertilization between academic and industrial robotics research in europe - technology transfer experiments from the echord project , vol 94 of springer tracts in advanced robotics ( star ) , pp . 133 - 153 , 2014 .\nc3po and r2d2 play a critical role in 1977\u2019s blockbuster hit movie star wars . throughout the movie c3po served as an ambassador - like robot that is knowledgeable of customs , traditions and over 6 , 000 , 000 languages . c3po ' s companion robot , r2d2 , served as a mechanic , computer interface specialist and co - pilot for the film\u2019s main protagonist luke skywalker .\nbased on a japanese robot , ibm\u2019s 7535 was controlled by an ibm pc and programmed in ibm\u2019s aml ( \u201ca manufacturing language\u201d ) . it could manipulate objects weighing up to 13 pounds .\nofficial tournaments must follow the judging and awards structure determined by first lego league . although the audience mostly sees teams playing the robot game at tournaments , teams are also being judged on :\nit is widely recognised that we are on the verge of a disruptive change in the way mobility will be provided . the australian centre for field robotics is playing a key role by working on a variety of research innovations in air and land transport .\na pentagon directive says that autonomous weapons must employ \u201cappropriate levels of human judgment . \u201d scientists and human rights experts say the standard is far too broad and have urged that such weapons be subject to \u201cmeaningful human control . \u201d\nprof . jennings has undertaken a broad research agenda that continues to have a broad impact on the agent research community . his work is consistently among the most frequently cited agent researchers , both within the agent research community and in the computer science literature in general . he has developed a number of agent - based applications in a variety of domains . furthermore , the gaia methodology for agent - based software engineering , which he developed with michael wooldridge , is well recognized in the field . in addition , prof . jennings has made contributions to areas of automated negotiation and combinatorial auctions . prof . jennings has also been active in other technical areas that overlap with agent research , such as the semantic web and grid computing . prof . jennings has had good success in promoting the transfer of agent - based methods into industry . he acts as chief scientist at lost wax , and consults on a number of commercial agent projects . we believe that his efforts have helped fuel commercial interest in agent - based techniques .\nour joint facilities include dedicated robotics research labs , a demonstration farm , an experimental food factory , a fleet of diverse mobile and social robots , advanced compliant robotic manipulators , a swarm of micro robots , and state - of - the - art agricultural robots .\nother countries were not far behind , and it was very likely that someone would eventually try to unleash \u201csomething like a terminator , \u201d general selva said , invoking what seems to be a common reference in any discussion on autonomous weapons .\nvictor scheinman\u00b4s stanford arm robot makes a breakthrough as the first successful electrically powered , computer - controlled robot arm . by 1974 , the stanford arm could assemble a ford model t water pump , guiding itself with optical and contact sensors . the stanford arm led directly to commercial production . scheinman then designed the puma series of industrial robots for unimation , robots used for automobile assembly and other industrial tasks .\naria 2 . 8 . 0 , arnl , sonarnl and mogs 1 . 8 . 0 and all other libraries have been released for linux to support the new pioneer lx robot . reedhedges 23 august 2013\nhusky is an elegantly simple design built out of durable materials with very few moving parts . its high - performance , maintenance - free drivetrain and large lug - tread tires allow husky to tackle challenging real - world terrain . it will last for years of productive research .\nthe debate within the military is no longer about whether to build autonomous weapons but how much independence to give them . gen . paul j . selva of the air force , the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff , said recently that the united states was about a decade away from having the technology to build a fully independent robot that could decide on its own whom and when to kill , though it had no intention of building one .\nit is hoped that these innovative features will bring us closer to mimicking the impressive flying characteristics seen in insects and to understand the mechanics and control required to create a truly useful and robust indoor flying robot .\noutfitted with a mix of sensors and novel software , they might be able to work on an assembly line alongside human workers , alternately plugging cables into electronic devices , testing connections , and polishing screens , or even taking cues from human workers\u2019 movements to transition to new or changing tasks . and all of this would be accomplished without new programming . \u201cwhat we want to be able to do , \u201d says georg von wichert , who heads the robotics , autonomous systems and control research group at siemens corporate technology ( ct ) , \u201cis to tell a robot what it is supposed to do , but not how to do it . in short , we want it autonomously to decide what it needs to do to perform the assignment . \u201d"]}
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41 signaling implementations . during the same time , we started our global interstandard roaming service to support roaming between cdma ansi - 41 and gsm map networks . we also deliver millions of gsm map messages around the world , every day , through our gsm transport services , which resolve interoperability issues between ansi ss7 networks and itu c7 networks .\nazure has more global regions than any other cloud provider\u2014offering the scale needed to bring applications closer to users around the world , preserving data residency , and offering comprehensive compliance and resiliency options for customers .\nreveals . the document shows telstra , at that stage majority - owned by the howard government , and its partner pacific century cyber works ( now pccw ) , then controlled by hong kong businessman richard li , agreed to provide the fbi with around - the - clock access to reach ' s cables to spy on communications going into and out of the united states . it is signed by telstra ' s then - company secretary douglas gration , then - deputy assistant us attorney - general john g . malcolm , alex arena of pccw , alistair grieve of reach and larry r . parkinson of the fbi .\nas chairman , direct - to - consumer and international , kevin mayer oversees a global , multiplatform media , technology and distribution organization for high - quality content created by disney\u2019s studio entertainment and media networks groups .\nthe walt disney company ' s board of directors hail from renowned global organizations and industries , bringing a diverse range of knowledge , perspective and experience to guide and drive long - term value to the company .\njust starting out or looking for your next move ? either way , we\u2019ve got opportunities at all levels . develop yourself and your career in a supportive , inclusive environment . make it in a global business .\nanother way we\u2019re working to combat the cyber threat is by placing bureau cyber experts in fbi legal attach\u00e9 ( legat ) offices in strategic locations around the globe\u2014a critical step because cyber threat actors can and do operate virtually anywhere in the world , crossing national and international borders with a few strokes of a keyboard to reach their victims .\nas chairman of parks , experiences and consumer products , bob chapek oversees the global hub where disney\u2019s stories , characters and franchises come to life . he assumed leadership of the new segment with its creation in march 2018 .\nben sherwood is co - chair , disney media networks , and president , disney | abc television group , which includes the walt disney company\u2019s global entertainment and news television properties , owned television stations group , and radio business .\nwith more global regions than any other cloud provider , azure gives customers the flexibility to deploy applications where they need to . azure is generally available in 42 regions around the world , with plans announced for 12 additional regions .\nour global footprint allows us to service client needs wherever and whenever they arise . in addition to our own collective experience , the k2 intelligence team partners with a worldwide network of experts and practitioners in every field and capacity .\nnot only more countries but also more players are participating in global flows . governments and multinational companies were once the only actors involved in cross - border exchanges . but today , digital technologies enable even the smallest company or solo entrepreneur to be a \u201cmicromultinational , \u201d selling and sourcing products , services , and ideas across borders . individuals can work remotely through online platforms , creating a virtual people flow . microfinance platforms enable entrepreneurs and social innovators to raise money globally in ever - smaller amounts .\nwe now take for granted that we live in an interconnected world , but a closer examination of a broader range of global flows reveals a more complex and rapidly expanding web of connections than is commonly understood . the landscape now offers more entry points to a far broader range of players than it did in the past . not only the largest global companies and investors but also emerging countries , small businesses , and even individuals and entrepreneurs can play a larger role . for participants of all types\u2014countries , cities , businesses , governments , and individuals\u2014participating in global flows offers major economic opportunities . but smart strategies and policies will be needed to take full advantage\u2014and to avoid being left behind .\nour research finds that such flows matter for global gdp growth . today , we estimate , they add between $ 250 billion and $ 450 billion to it every year , or 15 to 25 percent of the total . in addition , we find that countries with a larger number of connections in the global network of flows increase their gdp growth by up to 40 percent more than less connected countries do . the penalty for being left behind is rising .\nsusan e . arnold , 63 , has been an operating executive of the carlyle group , an equity investment firm , since september 2013 . she retired as president \u2014 global business units of procter & gamble in 2009 , a position she had held since 2007 . prior to 2007 , she was vice chair of p & g beauty and health from 2006 , vice chair of p & g beauty from 2004 and president global personal beauty care and global feminine care from 2002 . she was a director of mcdonalds corporation from 2008 to may 2016 , and has been a director of nbty , inc . since 2013 . ms . arnold has been a director of the company since 2007 .\nto the world , mr . adnani is better known as the official spokesman of the islamic state , and the man who put out a global call this year for muslims to attack unbelievers wherever they were , however they could .\nwith smarter , innovative networks , you can seize today ' s converging world at full speed . we bring the carrier - to - carrier telkom experience through security , quality , global connectivity , hubs and a world renowned brand name .\nsteve is a partner and the chair of the firm ' s global data , privacy & cybersecurity practice . steve advises domestic and international businesses on the wide range of data and network security compliance and risk management issues that enterprises face globally .\nour clients are at the heart of everything we do . we develop solutions to meet their challenges . we listen to the global narrative shaping our industry and tell the stories that matter . and we invest in talent and innovation to help seize new opportunities .\nmicrosoft azure stack is an extension of azure\u2014bringing the agility and innovation of cloud computing to your on - premises environment and enabling the only hybrid cloud that allows you to build and deploy hybrid applications anywhere . we bring together the best of the edge and cloud to deliver azure services anywhere in your environment .\noperationally , the bureau is responding to this global threat in a variety of ways\u2014including through our cyber threat team model , the fbi - led national cyber investigative joint task force , our cyber action team , and regional cyber task forces in all 56 field offices .\nthe mission of the walt disney company is to be one of the world\u2019s leading producers and providers of entertainment and information . using our portfolio of brands to differentiate our content , services and consumer products , we seek to develop the most creative , innovative and profitable entertainment experiences and related products in the world .\na longtime veteran of the company , mayer previously served as senior executive vice president and chief strategy officer , where he was in charge of corporate strategy , business development , acquisitions , enterprise information technology , innovation , brand and franchise management , and global corporate alliances .\non 6 november , law enforcement and judicial agencies around the globe undertook a joint action against dark markets running as hidden services on tor * network . 16 european countries , * * alongside counterparts from the united states , brought down several marketplaces as part of a unified international action from europol\u2019s operational coordination centre in the hague .\nthe number of mobile subscribers utilizing mobile messaging technologies is growing exponentially . from traditional sms and mms communications , to p2p and a2p traffic termination , to the increasing popularity of messaging applications , these developments now make it more important than ever for companies , mobile network operators , internet service providers , and fixed - line operators to choose a mobile messaging partner that can help reach the right person , on the right device .\nthe company\u2019s program - sales operations\u2014including global distribution of film and tv content to the disney - branded direct - to - consumer streaming service , hulu and other third - party platforms , as well as movies anywhere\u2014are also part of the direct - to - consumer and international business segment .\nprior to becoming cfo of the walt disney company in july 2015 , ms . mccarthy served as executive vice president , corporate real estate , alliances and treasurer , the walt disney company . in that role , she was responsible for the enterprise - wide management of a variety of functions , including corporate finance , capital markets , financial risk management , international treasury , insurance , pension and investments , global cash management and treasury operations , and credit and collections . she also oversaw corporate alliances and the company\u2019s global real estate organization , including development , portfolio management and facilities management .\nwithin each type of flow , mgi finds that knowledge - intensive ones are growing faster than the labor - intensive or capital - intensive variety . exchanges of goods such as aircraft and automobiles , semiconductors , pharmaceuticals , and microelectronics , as well as professional services and foreign direct investment flows , are growing faster than others . in 2012 , knowledge - intensive flows reached $ 12 . 6 trillion , nearly half of total flows\u2014more than the combined 2012 gdp of china and germany . while the last era of globalization was driven largely by sourcing low - cost production , the next era will center on the rise of the global knowledge economy .\nthis global network\u2014made up of experts fluent in more than 40 languages\u2014enables us to operate with ease in more than 130 countries , obtaining on - the - ground results others can\u2019t . we couple this geographical diversity with technological diversity to ensure that we are able to solve our clients\u2019 most pressing problems .\nthe joint cybercrime action taskforce ( j - cat ) , located at europol\u2019s headquarters , supported the operation . the j - cat was created to serve as a platform for targeted operations against global criminal networks and infrastructure , carried out by ec3 and our colleagues in eu member states and beyond .\nour research addresses society ' s most important challenges and our teaching inspires our students by providing them with first - hand experience of leading - edge research and knowledge creation . we play an important global role , contributing to international academic and policy - related arenas and networks developing the fields of education and social science worldwide .\nboeing has a long tradition of aerospace leadership and innovation . the company continues to expand its product line and services to meet emerging customer needs . its broad range of capabilities includes creating new , more efficient members of its commercial airplane family ; designing , building and integrating military platforms and defense systems ; creating advanced technology solutions ; and arranging innovative financing and service options for customers .\nwhen all is said and done , what impact can cyber alats actually have on the overall cyber threat picture ? \u201cby building relationships , cyber alats can identify common threats and find unique opportunities to mitigate those threats with our international partners , \u201d said one recent cyber alat . \u201chistorically , law enforcement agencies ask each other to provide specific information to forward domestic investigations . but the global nature of cyber threats requires that the fbi and its foreign partners learn each other\u2019s strengths , priorities , and gaps . cyber alats create the bridge that allows the bureau and its partners to address both individual cyber cases and global cyber threats with the most impact . \u201d\nthe islamic state\u2019s attacks in paris on nov . 13 brought global attention to the group\u2019s external terrorism network , which began sending fighters abroad two years ago . now , mr . sarfo\u2019s account , along with those of other captured recruits , has further pulled back the curtain on the group\u2019s machinery for projecting violence beyond its borders .\nas senior executive vice president and chief communications officer , zenia mucha is responsible for global communications for the walt disney company , including acting as chief spokesperson and overseeing communication strategy and media relations for the company , its various business segments and its philanthropic and environmental initiatives . her role also includes oversight of internal communications , the walt disney archives and d23 .\nthe direct - to - consumer and international segment houses global advertising sales and ad technology for disney media properties , which include espn , abc , freeform and the disney channels . this centralization of ad sales provides advertisers a one - stop - shop for reaching diverse audiences across all of disney\u2019s media properties , including its online and direct - to - consumer platforms .\nthe internet continues to be the most democratic of all the mass media . with a very low investment , anyone can have a web page in internet . this way , almost any business can reach a very large market , directly , fast and economically , no matter the size or location of the business . with a very low investment , almost anybody that can read and write can have access and a presence in the world wide web . blogging has consolidated the social media and the people everywhere are expressing and publishing their ideas and opinions like never before .\ndisney is dedicated to identifying and engaging suppliers that share our commitment to quality , service , cost and sustainability . supplier sustainability serves to partner with and support not only our knowledgeable and talented sourcing & procurement team , but all other areas of the company , in working to identify , develop and implement sustainability - oriented business practices , evaluating and expanding our supply bases and delivering products and services whose life cycles have been taken into consideration .\nthe spread of the internet and of digital technologies is transforming all types of flows and creating new ones . global online traffic across borders grew 18 - fold between 2005 and 2012 , and could increase eightfold more by 2025 . digital technologies , which reduce the cost of production and distribution , are transforming flows in three ways : through the creation of purely digital goods and services , \u201cdigital wrappers\u201d that enhance the value of physical flows , and digital platforms that facilitate cross - border production and exchange . the enormous potential impact of digitization is only beginning to emerge . consider that international skype - call minutes grew to 40 percent of the present level of traditional international calls in just a decade . or that cross - border e - commerce has grown to represent more than 10 percent of trade in goods in less than a decade .\n\u201cworking closely with domestic and international law enforcement , the fbi and our partners have taken action to disrupt several websites dedicated to the buying and selling of illegal drugs and other unlawful goods . combating cyber criminals remains a top priority for the fbi , and we continue to aggressively investigate , disrupt , and dismantle illicit networks that pose a threat in cyberspace\u201d , says robert anderson , fbi executive assistant director of the of the criminal , cyber , response and services branch .\nmaria elena lagomasino , 69 , is the chief executive officer and managing partner of we family offices , an office serving high net worth families , and has held these positions since march 2013 . ms . lagomasino served as chief executive officer of genspring family offices , llc , an affiliate of suntrust banks , inc . , from november 2005 through october 2012 . from 2001 to 2005 , ms . lagomasino was chairman and chief executive officer of jpmorgan private bank , a division of jpmorgan chase & co . , a global financial services firm . prior to assuming this position , she was managing director of the chase manhattan bank in charge of its global private banking group . ms . lagomasino had been with chase manhattan since 1983 in various positions in private banking . ms . lagomasino is a member of the council on foreign relations , and is a founder of the institute for the fiduciary standard . she is a director of the americas society and served as a trustee of the national geographic society from 2007 to 2015 . she served as a director of the coca - cola company from 2003 to 2006 and from 2008 to the present , and she served as a director of avon products , inc . from 2001 to march 2016 . ms . lagomasino has been a director of the company since 2015 .\nboeing is the world ' s largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners , defense , space and security systems , and service provider of aftermarket support . as america\u2019s biggest manufacturing exporter , the company supports airlines and u . s . and allied government customers in more than 150 countries . boeing products and tailored services include commercial and military aircraft , satellites , weapons , electronic and defense systems , launch systems , advanced information and communication systems , and performance - based logistics and training .\nfred h . langhammer , 73 , is chairman , global affairs , of the est\u00b4ee lauder companies inc . , a manufacturer and marketer of cosmetics products . prior to being named chairman , global affairs , mr . langhammer was chief executive officer of the est\u00b4ee lauder companies inc . from 2000 to 2004 , president from 1995 to 2004 and chief operating officer from 1985 through 1999 . mr . langhammer joined the est\u00b4ee lauder companies in 1975 as president of its operations in japan . in 1982 , he was appointed managing director of its operations in germany . he was a director of central european media enterprises , ltd . , from 2009 to march 2014 and was a director of the shinsei bank limited from 2005 to 2009 and a director of aig from 2006 to 2008 . mr . langhammer has been a director of the company since 2005 .\nmayer\u2019s portfolio includes disney\u2019s international media operations and the company\u2019s direct - to - consumer businesses globally , including the upcoming disney - branded direct - to - consumer streaming service , the company\u2019s ownership stake in hulu , and the espn + sports streaming service , programmed in partnership with espn . disney streaming services , developer of the espn + and disney - branded streaming platforms , oversees all consumer - facing digital technology and products across the company as part of the direct - to - consumer and international segment .\nmayer rejoined disney in 2005 from l . e . k . consulting llc , where he was a partner and head of the global media and entertainment practice . prior to l . e . k . , mayer held leading positions at interactive and internet businesses , including chairman and ceo of clear channel interactive , where he managed all aspects of new media business , including content , sales , business and technology development , and distribution .\nsince february 2016 , pitaro had served as chairman of disney\u2019s consumer products and interactive media division , the world\u2019s largest licenser of consumer products . among his many responsibilities , he oversaw the creation of branded digital and physical products , including a robust digital game slate . he and his team brought to life the characters and stories of four iconic brands \u2013 disney , pixar , star wars and marvel \u2013 across toys , apparel , home goods , the world\u2019s largest children\u2019s publisher , hundreds of disney store locations worldwide , the e - commerce destination shopdisney , and the disney digital network of social and digital channels that reach one out of every three u . s . social media accounts .\nchristine m . mccarthy is senior executive vice president and chief financial officer of the walt disney company and oversees the company\u2019s worldwide finance organization ; investor relations ; strategic planning ; enterprise controllership ; tax ; treasury ; corporate real estate ; risk management ; global product and labor standards ; brand , franchise and customer relationship management ; corporate alliances ; enterprise technology ; innovation ; and enterprise social responsibility . in 2017 , ms . mccarthy was appointed chairman of the supervisory board of euro disney .\nhistory and growth of the internet from 1945 to 1995 before getting into the numbers , let ' s take a look at the fascinating history of the internet , from 1945 to 1995 , by courtesy of the world wide web consortium ( w3c ) . history and growth of the internet from 1995 till today today the internet continues to grow day by day making mcluhan ' s global village a reality . the following table shows the incredibly fast evolution of the internet from 1995 till the present time :\nthe parks , experiences and consumer products segment includes disney\u2019s iconic travel and leisure businesses , which include six resort destinations in the united states , europe and asia , a top - rated cruise line , a popular vacation ownership program , and an award - winning guided family adventure business . disney\u2019s global consumer products operations include the world\u2019s leading licensing business across toys , apparel , home goods , digital games and apps ; the world\u2019s largest children\u2019s publisher ; disney store locations around the world ; and the shopdisney e - commerce platform .\nas chro , ms . parker has overseen efforts that have resulted in : more effective and streamlined companywide talent acquisition practices that better utilize technology ; a companywide diversity and inclusion strategy , including initiatives to improve diversity at the executive level , expanded hiring of veterans , launch of a global workplace and women\u2019s initiative , and launch of a companywide hispanic initiative ; a redesigned retirement program ; an initiative to harmonize compensation and benefit programs across the company to promote efficient internal movement of talent ; and more thoughtful , comprehensive talent management and talent development programs . one of ms . parker\u2019s major contributions as chro has been opening an important dialogue between disney and its employees through a comprehensive bi - annual survey that engages employees at all levels and serves as the foundation for future change and progress . in addition , ms . parker has transformed disney\u2019s hr structure to include centers of excellence and shared services , as well as segment - specific support . in this model , hr leaders oversee both company and segment hr efforts , and the connectedness established has resulted in greater accountability , stronger collaboration among businesses , improved efficiency , and increased effectiveness in meeting both business and companywide priorities and needs .\njayne parker serves as senior executive vice president and chief human resources officer ( chro ) for the walt disney company . in her current role , ms . parker is responsible for leading disney ' s overall human resources strategy , global talent acquisition , leadership development , diversity and inclusion , organizational design and cultural development , employee education and development , compensation and benefits , hr operations and technology , employee relations , and security . as chro , she has changed the function , culture , and impact of hr across the company to support its business goals and strategies as well as the needs and aspirations of its 195 , 000 employees around the world . she has worked with leaders across disney\u2019s many lines of business to build and manage an hr organization that reflects and supports their dynamic needs . while ms . parker has been chro , disney has acquired marvel , lucasfilm , and a controlling interest in bamtech , and has grown its global employee population by more than 30 , 000 people . ms . parker was named executive vice president and chief human resources officer for the walt disney company in september 2009 .\npreviously , ms . parker served as senior vice president of human resources , diversity and inclusion for walt disney parks and resorts worldwide . in this position , she had responsibility for all human resources - related services for nearly 100 , 000 cast members , crew members , and imagineers globally , including : employee / labor relations , diversity and inclusion , compliance , recruitment , talent planning , learning and development , organizational development , compensation , benefits , and workforce planning . she led a team focused on developing and implementing strategies that drove business results , created a positive work environment and experience for cast , crew and imagineers and increased levels of employee engagement . she also served as a member of the walt disney parks and resorts executive committee .\nfrancis a . desouza , 47 , has been president and chief executive officer of illumina , inc . , a biotechnology company , since 2016 and served as president of illumina from 2013 to 2016 . prior to joining illumina , mr . desouza was president , products and services , of symantec corporation from 2011 to 2013 , and mr . desouza served as symantec ' s senior vice president , enterprise security group , from 2009 to 2011 . prior to that time he founded or worked in a variety of other technology businesses . he has served as a director of illumina since 2014 and was a director of citrix systems , inc . from 2014 to 2016 . he was elected a director of the company in december 2017 , effective february 1 , 2018 .\nthe action aimed to stop the sale , distribution and promotion of illegal and harmful items , including weapons and drugs , which were being sold on online \u2018dark\u2019 marketplaces . operation onymous , coordinated by europol\u2019s european cybercrime centre ( ec3 ) , the fbi , the u . s . immigration and customs enforcement\u2019s ( ice ) , homeland security investigations ( hsi ) and eurojust , resulted in 17 arrests of vendors and administrators running these online marketplaces and more than 410 hidden services being taken down . in addition , bitcoins worth approximately usd 1 million , eur 180 000 euro in cash , drugs , gold and silver were seized . the dark market silk road 2 . 0 was taken down by the fbi and the u . s . ice his , and the operator was arrested .\ndefense , space & security ( bds ) is a diversified , global organization providing leading solutions for the design , production , modification , service and support of commercial derivatives , military rotorcraft , satellites , human space exploration and autonomous systems . it helps customers address a host of requirements through a broad portfolio that includes kc - 46 aerial refueling aircraft , based on the boeing 767 commercial airplane ; ah - 64 apache helicopter ; the 702 family of satellites ; cst - 100 starliner spacecraft ; and the autonomous echo voyager . driven by the boeing vision to connect , protect , explore and inspire the world through aerospace innovation , bds is seeking ways to better leverage information technologies and continues to invest in the research and development of enhanced capabilities and platforms .\nprior to joining the walt disney studios in 2012 , horn served as president and coo of warner bros . entertainment , leading the studio\u2019s theatrical and home entertainment operations , including the warner bros . pictures group , warner premiere , warner bros . theatrical ventures and warner home video . during horn\u2019s tenure from 1999 to 2011 , warner bros . was the top - performing studio at the global box office seven times and released numerous critically acclaimed films and box office hits including the eight - film harry potter series , batman begins , the dark knight , charlie and the chocolate factory , happy feet , sherlock holmes , the departed , million dollar baby , the second and third matrix films and the ocean\u2019s eleven trilogy . he is an executive producer on the hobbit : an unexpected journey .\nshe has served as disney\u2019s representative on the board of fm global since 2010 . ms . mccarthy is a trustee of the westridge school in pasadena , california and a director of the board of advisors for ucla anderson . previously , she was a board member and chair of the finance committee of phoenix house of california , inc . , a director of the los angeles philharmonic association , and served as both the treasurer and a director of the alumnae association of smith college . she has received numerous awards and has been named multiple times to treasury & risk\u2019s \u201c100 most influential people in finance , \u201d the top 100 irish american business leaders , and business insider\u2019s \u201cthe 15 most influential women in finance . \u201d in 2015 , she was the recipient of treasury today\u2019s adam smith \u201cwoman of the year\u201d award . in 2016 she received los angeles business journal\u2019s \u201cexecutive of the year\u201d award and was honored as one of the entertainment diversity council\u2019s \u201ctop 50 most powerful women in entertainment . \u201d\nthe safety of all products bearing the brands , characters and other intellectual property of the walt disney company is of crucial concern to us . our product integrity program administers disney\u2019s policies , procedures and operating requirements designed to help us achieve our safety objectives and commitments . disney requires that all independent licensees and vendors engaged in the production of disney - branded products contractually commit to comply with all applicable regulatory requirements and any additional requirements that may be specified by disney . disney also requires that licensees and vendors contractually commit to follow reasonable and proper procedures for verifying that disney - branded products comply with all applicable regulatory requirements by conducting safety tests using accredited and independent testing facilities and following other procedures to confirm compliance with applicable requirements . to promote compliance with these undertakings and to help ensure the safety of disney - branded products , the product integrity program engages in monitoring activities that include requiring designated licensees and vendors to submit product safety testing reports or other compliance documentation to disney and subjecting disney - branded products to periodic , risk - based auditing programs to confirm continuing compliance . disney is committed to a continuous review of our product safety policies , procedures and operating requirements to help ensure that our approach results in disney - branded products that meet , or exceed , current regulatory requirements and any additional disney requirements , follows developments in our complex global consumer products business and reflects disney\u2019s commitment to product safety . disney implements changes to the product integrity program as appropriate and is committed to communicating our approach to all concerned parties ."]}
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", "topic": 2}], "title": "nina ' s hair parlour", "paragraphs": ["nina ' s hair parlour specialise in creating vintage hair and make up techniques .\ni had an interesting tuesday . i went over to visit the first vintage hair salon in the world ! nina\u2019s hair parlour !\nnina butkovich - budden collects ephemera from the queen \u2019s coronation . a vintage hair specialist , she is the owner of nina\u2019s hair parlour , a salon in alfies antiques market , london . she is single\n\u201ci ' ve been going to nina ' s hair parlour for almost 2 years now and had sami , cut , style and colour my hair every time . \u201d in 4 reviews\nnina ' s hair parlour is committed to sharing our skills with people who enjoy the exotic , theatrical and glamorous , those who want to indulge in fantasy or take a fun journey of true self expression to another era .\nnina ' s hair parlour , the uk ' s first ( and only ) vintage hair salon , has opened the doors of its new location nestled beside alfie ' s antique market in north west london . but this is no bland chain - salon experience - between nina ' s four walls visitors will find a retro haven of original 50s chairs and mounted dryers , where victory rolls and full - on beehives are the order of the day . now home to a barber and make - up artist , the brainchild of ' head dresser ' nina also offers classes on how to get the shampoo - and - set look at home . from \u00a335 , at nina ' s hair parlour , 13 , church street nw8 8dt\nnina ' s hair parlour is the first uk specialist in vintage and retro hair and beauty . we help men and women indulge in the glamour and decadence of years gone by in an authentic and one of a kind salon . within the parlour we stock a number of handpicked , rare and original period hats from the 1930 ' s - 1960 ' s , extravagant and unique hair accessories and retro l ' amour snoods , all of which are available for sale and hire .\nlocated at alfie ' s antiques market , the entrance is actually separate . upstairs , there ' s a lovely retro styled hair parlour with lots of decor to get you in that vintage mood .\ni just had my hair done at nina ' s by nina again and as always i come away feeling like a million dollars ! the parlour itself is fabulous , you are made to feel totally welcome like an old friend . they do all types of vintage and retro hair styles , i ' m a 50 ' s gal so can only comment on that and i think they are the best in the business ! since having my hair done at nina ' s i ' ve been nowhere else and i have no intention of going anywhere else , fabulous !\ntaking many of their cues from the golden era of hollywood , salons such as nina\u2019s hair parlour in north london ( ninasvintageand retrohair . com ) specialise in the kind of standout , red carpet glamour that can add a vintage statement to an otherwise modern outfit .\nfor pin - up worthy tresses , nina\u2019s hair parlour at alfie\u2019s antiques ( the uk\u2019s original vintage hair salon ) will take you from blah to bombshell in no time . the parlour\u2019s decor is gloriously kitsch , with an abundance of gold , animal print and retro trinkets . while the eponymous founder nina butkovich - budden and the fabulous issadora ( \u2018if madonna can go by one name , then so can i\u2019 ) immaculately recreate looks from the belle epoque to the decadent \u201980s from \u00a345 . if you\u2019re a vintage queen it\u2019s worth investing in a two - hour hair masterclass with one of the ladies ( \u00a3150 ) , who will show you how to recreate the styles of three eras of your choice .\nlamia hair & beauty salon ( 0 . 0 miles ) church street , st . john ' s wood , nw8 8ep\nkhloe kardashian shows off neon sign in true ' s nursery . . . as she reveals it ' s kris jenner ' s handwriting\ni ' ve been to nina ' s and have gone from having waist length black hair with a side fringe via a betty page cut to having my naturally black hair go platinum then back to dark with a 60s bob . there is no one else i would trust with my hair , so much so that leila and issy did the hair and makeup for my wedding and i had my hair styled like diana dors by nina for my birthday . so basically , this woman has done everything to my hair and everything shes done i ' ve loved ! when i went blonde and met new people they though i was a natural blonde ( including a passport control officer in istanbul when checking my passport ! ) and when i had my diana dors do people came up to me on the street to tell me i looked great ! besides from the great hair , i love the atmosphere in the salon , the decor is great , music spot on and the girls are amazing . i used to dread going to the hairdresser because they never seemed to get it right or id sit in the chair in silence , but since coming to nina ' s i look forward to my hair cuts . theres no one id trust more with my hair .\nit ' s easy to get the retro clothes ,\nsays nina - known professionally as nina the head dresser -\nbut the retro hair and makeup is a skill that needs to be learned .\na hairdresser for the past 15 years , butkovich - budden spotted a gap in the market after helping women at rockabilly and burlesque clubs attend to their tresses .\noutstanding ! nina ' s parlour does all kinds of vintage and retro hair , from victorian curls to 80s frosted shaggy dos . their specialty era appears to be 40s - 60s though . located at alfie ' s antiques market , the entrance is actually separate . upstairs , there ' s a lovely retro styled hair parlour with lots of decor to get you in that vintage mood . i had my hair done by leila , and she knew exactly what kind of hairstyle i meant when i described what i wanted . no other stylist has gotten it right , they all seem to want to add modern touches or don ' t understand how vintage hairstyles work . not so here ! my hair was expertly shaped into layers just right for old - school curling , and my fringe was turned into a perfect bettie page style . worth every penny , and highly recommended . i ' ll be back every time i ' m in london !\ni cannot recommend this place and the wonderful nina enough ! i actually travel from birmingham to get my hair done here and wouldn ' t go anywhere else to get a re - style . love it ! ! !\ntoday vancouver - born performer alisa is in butkovich - budden ' s hotseat , having her bleached hair rolled and curled . despite only living in britain for only eight months , alisa is already a devoted customer .\nnina ' s the only person who ' ll let me kill my hair with bleach ! other hairdressers will preach at me and tell me i ' m ruining my hair , but nina gets it . she knows exactly what i want .\nand what alisa wants is big , bold and beautiful 1950s hair and makeup ;\ni love the cartoonish femininity of it . growing up in vancouver , everyone wears thick fleeces and sweaters all the time , so i rebelled by wearing seamed stockings and looking like this !\nsensational hair styling by nina and her team ! first visit i went a dowdy brunette , left a dazzling blonde ! it was sammy who did the transformation , with nina styling . i felt fantastic , renewed and very looked after ! an excellent job ! ! the place is the perfect vintage parlour from the minty green walls adorned with 50s starlets , pin - ups and all manner of kitchy royalty . i make it a must to travel down to london to have my hair quoffed by the very best ! if you love the vintage look then why go anywhere else ? been back serveral times for roots and trims , a good hair cut can make you feel great . . . . . . . but one from ninas will make you feel ravishing !\ndown a side street in southwark sits a hairdressers ' that would make most modern stylists run screaming . nestled within the walls of the cut & clipper salon is nina ' s hair parlour , britain ' s first vintage hair salon . scattered around the shop are pictures of immaculately coiffed starlets - lauren bacall , gene tierney and olivia de havilland - all shampooed and set to within an inch of their lives . original hood dryers bulge ominously from the walls and sinister gas - heated tongs from the 1920s rest on art deco cabinets packed with pillbox hats . edith piaf trills softly in the background . it is like toni & guy never existed .\ni ' ve been going to nina ' s hair parlour for almost 2 years now and had sami , cut , style and colour my hair every time . when first going to the salon my hair was in bad condition and he adviced me on products and tips to make my hair stronger , previous salons hadnt said a word and just quickly did my hair without any thought apart from getting my money and ruining my hair without my knowledge . i run events and have my hair done by sami , always a new updo idea everytime ! he has always managed to impress me with his creative ideas and brilliant updos of all shapes ! ive never met someone who could create such a masterpiece ( and that also lasts for up to a week ! ! ) if i ' ve ever not be keen on a certain style or shape of my hair during the appointment i ' ve found him the easiest person to talk to change the direction of the style to suit me . i do understand it might be hard or embarrassing sometimes to ask whilst in the salon if you feel something is incorrect , but ive always found sami and nina extremely understanding and willing to go out of their way to make sure i ' m happy i also saw a comment on the cheap hairspray , there are plenty of expensive hairsprays and products in the salon but none seem to keep my hair up than the tre semme ! i sometimes get the up - do to last a whole week if im lucky !\nthe return of the beehive as the film hairspray is released , there seems to be a boom in the high maintenance hair of the past . we explore the heady heights of the beehive and other vintage hairstyles . are the days of wash\u2019n\u2019go finally giving way to the big , glamorous \u201cdo\u201d ? jane little is joined by retro hair specialist nina butkovich - budden and her can of hairspray .\ni came to visit nina because most of the times i use hair extensions , and there is nothing better then actually using your own hair . she was helping me realize that i can make nice hairstyles without any extensions . i am obsessed with 1940\u2019s so that\u2019s the style i really wanted . she was super quick and very detail oriented . i was really happy with the result , however i made a big mistake of using conditioner before seeing her , which you should not do because these hairstyles require a lot of maintenance with hairspray and conditioner doesn\u2019t help .\njill zarin admits she ' s ready to date again after being spotted with handsome businessman . . . following beloved husband bobby ' s death\nthose cabaret girls know a thing or two about silver - screen hair and retro make - up . we find out their beauty secrets\ni have had nina do my hair at various rockabilly weekenders , and thought that i would check out her salon in church street . what a dissapointment . the salon was tucked away up some stairs in an antique market , and hidden way in a corner . i was expecting a really nice little 40 ' s / 50 ' s style salon , and was dissapointed to see a dull , dingy room that looked really messy . the stylist grunted some kind of greeting , but i decided there and then not to part with my cash . nina may be a great stylist , but this salon is a real let down .\nafter much research and liaison with hair and make - up workers supporting the fashion industry ( editorial , shows , lookbooks , film , photography , promotion ) bectu published its first fashion hair and make - up ratecard in november 2015 . this is also attached to the page .\nsalon founder nina butkovich - budden says : \u2018when it comes to vintage make - up , less is definitely more . the most popular look is the classic pin - up .\na trip to a specialist vintage hair and make - up salon can inject class , allure and style into an outfit for a special occasion .\n' if you go on to the streets of london at the moment , you ' ll see a million and one kate mosses . it ' s just so boring !\nfumes hairdresser nina butkovich - budden .\nbut the vintage look ? well , it ' s a little bit of rebellion , isn ' t it ?\na growing minority of young women are eschewing modern style in favour of 50s glamour - there ' s even a new hair salon that caters for them . but aren ' t bullet bras and girdles uncomfortable , asks leonie cooper\nthe fashion designer ' s $ 24million party pad that no one . . .\n\u201ci had my hair done by leila , and she knew exactly what kind of hairstyle i meant when i described what i wanted . \u201d in 3 reviews\nthe retro look isn ' t restricted to showgirls , as helen barrell , a librarian based in birmingham , proves .\ni ' ve never been the kind of person to be dictated to about anything - i put my hair in vintage rolls because it looks great and suits me ,\nsays barrell .\ni don ' t know why we ' re told that during the day your makeup should be ' natural ' . what ' s wrong with lots of eyeliner ?\nin fact , barrell ' s look is comparatively low - maintenance . she only spends five minutes a day on hair and makeup , saving time by washing her hair just once a week - using setting lotion means it doesn ' t get greasy as quickly .\nmodern girls apparently wash their hair every day and use their straighteners each morning ,\nshe says , apparently shocked by this .\ni just fold my hair over and pin it !\nbectu ' s recommended going rates of pay for freelancers working in hair and make - up for television , mid - low budget feature films , pop promos , corporate videos and commercials ( 2012 ) are attached to this page for download .\nben affleck ' s $ 19m la mansion is surrounded by moving trucks . . . as it ' s revealed girlfriend lindsay shookus plans to spend more time on west coast\n' you broke your girl ' s heart ' : car racing legend craig . . .\n13 reasons why villain justin prentice says he ' s not bothered by social media trolls . . . and that getting attacked online means he ' s doing his job as an actor\nalfies antique market 13 church street , st . john ' s wood london , nw8 8dt\nnina butkovich - budden\u2019s first royal purchase as a young punk in zagreb , croatia , was god save the queen by the sex pistols . today she lives in london and has 200 pieces of royal memorabilia , all focused on the queen\u2019s coronation in 1953 . there is a tin of quality street ( empty ) , a small pocket knife , a silk scarf patterned with the procession route from westminster abbey .\ni ' ve been to nina ' s twice , its a fun place , there is a nice atmosphere and chit chat between the clients and the stylists . and its really different to any other salon , its a bit like a retro boudoir ! ! ! i was a bit too nervous to let them cut my hair so the first time i went i saw leila who didn ' t do exactly as i asked for ( loose waves ) but the end product was still nice - the front of my hair looked really good so i was pretty happy . the second time i saw a trainee and only paid \u00a315 ( so i won ' t moan too much ) i said she could put my hair up so long as she left some hair down around my face . she didn ' t do this though . i will say the style was pretty amazing - loads of twirls and waves ( i know i ' m not describing this very well ) but i just felt a bit funny about it because i don ' t like all the hair off my face . so all in all a cool salon but i think they would be 5 stars if they listened to clients a bit more .\njoanna gaines shares husband chip ' s unique birth tradition . . . as he cradles newborn son crew\nuncheck the box labeled never allow websites to request your physical location if it ' s already checked .\ni met nina over a facebook group i lead to connect women from balkan region in london . i was curious as i really love to experiment with my looks and she owns the first vintage hair salon in the world . nina owns this place with her friend jazz and this place is also know by the name mi casa es su casa . i took a bus to hackney , and it took ages , also i was late ! ( sorry nina ) , i was balancing krispy kreme donuts in my left hand as i was holding the handle and trying to look at the map on my phone in my right hand . i swear this one guy had mind sex with my doughnuts . as soon as i got out of the bus , i was scared . no seriously , i was thinking of swallowing my credit card because everyone looked as they were going to rob me ! or maybe its was just the doughnuts ? ! thankfully i\u2019m just a paranoid immigrant . i waited in front with my doughnuts ( intact ) and my credit card in my pocket as nina was coming back from the store . as her eyes met mine , there was this weird instant connection ( like when sims experience their first kiss and that weird music starts to play ) . even tho we have never talked in our lives , we immediately kicked off by talking about our london experiences and life in general . dare i say it , we made some pretty exciting conclusions which i will not be sharing in this post , because it is way to complicated and somewhat insulting . as we overindulged in the custard filled doughnuts to the point of hating ourselves , nina was checking my hair and informing me it is burned and i need to chop half of it off . which i am definitely not going to do ! ! there was a knock on the door , and a really charming lady walked in , all the way from san francisco . nina took her tools and started chopping her hair , we laughed and laughed .\nbutkovich - budden was born in zagreb , where her father was a film director , her mother a teacher . after leaving school she trained as a hairdresser , then specialised in hair design for ads and films . her love of the 1950s stems from this time . in 1994 , in her early twenties , she moved to london , during the croatian war \u2013 \u2018i knew there was no future over there\u2019 \u2013 and worked in a salon in belgravia , while also styling hair for the young vic theatre . she set up her own \u2018vintage hair\u2019 salon in waterloo in 2005 , buoyed by the rise of burlesque clubs \u2013 \u2018there were a lot of performers who didn\u2019t know what to do with their hair\u2019 \u2013 and the emergence of a 1950s scene . she moved to alfies antiques market in 2008 .\nher collecting , though , started about 10 years ago , triggered in part by raymond bessone , aka mr teasie - weasie , the celebrity hairdresser of the 1950s and 60s . \u2018he\u2019s my idol because he dyed people\u2019s hair pink , orange and purple when nobody was doing it . \u2019 she read his autobiography and scrutinised his suggestions for coronation styles in the hairdressing journal of march 5 1953 . around the same time , she also became interested in cecil beaton\u2019s photography . \u2018it all came together and i started getting stuff in . \u2019\nit\u2019s also worth giving nylon a wide berth \u2014 vintage store veterans will tell you how much it makes you sweat .\ni had my hair done by leila , and she knew exactly what kind of hairstyle i meant when i described what i wanted . no other stylist has gotten it right , they all seem to want to add modern touches or don ' t understand how vintage hairstyles work . not so here ! my hair was expertly shaped into layers just right for old - school curling , and my fringe was turned into a perfect bettie page style .\non the way back in the tube rachel ( san fran lady ) an i realized we have a lot in common so we exchanged numbers . i know i haven\u2019t lived in the 40\u2019s , but i miss those days when women just did their hair all day and gossiped about their husbands . and now i have to finish this post\u2026 .\nlook ! this folds out like a booklet , \u2019 arlene blanchard says of an unbelievably small , fiddly brooch which dates from the queen\u2019s coronation . it is designed like a gold photo album , and inside is a concertina of 10 miniature photos of a young - looking queen . \u2018it\u2019s got a hinge , it actually snaps shut and it\u2019s got a little pin . it would have cost coppers , a cheap object that somebody would have bought from woolworths , and yet it\u2019s amazingly well made . \u2019\n\u2018try a red lipstick , such as chanel rouge allure , a bit of rouge with max factor\u2019s miracle touch cream blusher in soft candy , liquid eyeliner such as mac liquidlast liner and a good mascara like ysl faux cils or maxfactor\u2019s 2000 calories . \u2019\nnumber of refugees accepted into the u . s . falls below the rest of the world combined for the first time since 1980\nkendall jenner boats in sheer dress . . . after snuggling up to her nba beau ben simmons at khloe kardashian ' s party\ncollecting isn\u2019t simply a hobby for robin hunt , it\u2019s a way of life . he wakes at 5am , and is on ebay by 6am , buying and selling . he breaks for breakfast with his wife at 8am . after a constitutional walk when he does some shopping , he\u2019s back , cataloguing and mounting . then it\u2019s lunch when he watches bargain hunt on television . then more \u2018fiddling\u2019 until early evening and coronation street , when he relaxes . \u2018it\u2019s a full - time job and it keeps me going , \u2019 he says .\nthe launch of lily allen ' s lucy in disguise fashion label is further proof that vintage is more than a fad . but what\u2019s the secret to wearing it without looking like a throwback ? we ask the experts how to wear \u2018grown - up\u2019 vintage . . .\niconic movie home where molly ringwald ' s sixteen candles was filmed finally sells for $ 1 . 135 million after two years on market\nblanchard and wells liked to spend sunday mornings at a flea market in the village of charnock richard , a sprawling paradise of stalls that was a family ritual for about 10 years . ( wells is a collector , too , of vintage tin toys and comics . ) blanchard\u2019s fascination is costume jewellery . \u2018it\u2019s better than real jewellery because there\u2019s so much about . in some ways this has forced me to focus . \u2019\nlauren conrad ' s son liam takes a handful of cake . . . as proud mom ' celebrates one year with our little guy '\nwhy is the collection so specific ? first , she likes the idea of the queen . \u2018i\u2019m not really a royalist but the queen is a very inspiring woman , \u2019 she says . \u2018for a woman to run a country , really , it\u2019s a hard thing . \u2019 this affection , she admits , may be heightened by the fact that she is foreign \u2013 \u2018for me this queen stuff is like a fairy tale . \u2019 but mostly it\u2019s because butkovich - budden is a 1950s enthusiast , as becomes obvious when you visit her hair salon . pictures of bettie page and marilyn monroe line the walls ; there\u2019s dean martin music , a pistachio - green colour scheme and a diner - style black - and - white chequered floor . her hair is styled with a victory roll , which actually dates from the 1940s , but she knows everything there is to know about 1950s styles , which were short and curly with hours spent pinning and rolling ( no blow dryers ) .\nblanchard has more than 300 brooches and badges , mostly mementos from the queen\u2019s coronation , but also victoria\u2019s diamond jubilee in 1897 and george vi\u2019s coronation in 1937 . all are kept in her \u2018miniature museum\u2019 , a cabinet spotlit by an anglepoise lamp , where the royals are set off by white doilies . blanchard is upholding design rather than royalty . \u2018i\u2019m not really a fan , \u2019 she says , \u2018they\u2019re just really interesting icons . \u2019\nbut the object that stirs her most is a coronation scrapbook with pristine blank pages . \u2018it\u2019s the whole idea of it , \u2019 she explains . \u2018\u201clet\u2019s do a scrapbook so people and kids can sit down and fill it with cuttings and pictures . \u201d it\u2019s a nice spirit . there was a connection among people that came out of the hard times of the war . people stuck together . can you envisage that now ? no . \u2019\nwhile many young women hanker after that just - crawled - out - of - bed - with - pete - doherty look ( denim hotpants , unbrushed hair ) , it seems that a growing minority are embracing good old - fashioned glamour . and not just a vintage dress here or a hint of a beehive there . across the country , you can find librarians , project managers , city workers and it experts sporting the full - blown hair , makeup and even underwear ( think bullet bras and girdles ) of 1940s and 1950s pin - ups .\nhead - to - toe vintage is a no - no says brix smith - start , vintage collector and co - host of tv\u2019s gok\u2019s fashion fix . not only is it ageing , it looks more like fancy dress than fashion : \u2018unless you\u2019re at a themed party or a vintage event like the goodwood\ni started doing it for friends and performers , and then more and more ' regular ' people became interested in it .\nlast year she began specialising in retro bouffants , helping create vintage hair designs for the young vic theatre , and offering one - to - one sessions with private clients - who range from students and office workers to an air hostess from dubai who flies over specifically to see her . then there ' s the couple whose lives revolve entirely around the 1940s ;\nshe ' s a land girl and he ' s a soldier from 1943 ,\nsays butkovich - budden . with a four - month waiting list for the intensive four - hour classes ( which come complete with drinks and chocolates ) , butkovich - budden teaches her customers hair and makeup styles of their choosing .\npeople bring in three pictures of the styles they would like to have . the most popular are rita hayworth , traci lords in cry - baby , oh , and bettie page . always the bettie page fringe !\nrapper del the funky homosapian falls off stage during gorillaz set . . . but he reassures fans he ' s ' alright ' as he recovers in hospital\ntristan thompson goes house hunting alone as he checks out $ 2m property in la with its own basketball court . . . just minutes from khloe ' s mansion\nif you ' re still having trouble , check out google ' s support page . you can also search near a city , place , or address instead .\nif you ' re still having trouble , check out opera ' s support page . you can also search near a city , place , or address instead .\nif you ' re still having trouble , check out safari ' s support page . you can also search near a city , place , or address instead .\nif you ' re still having trouble , check out firefox ' s support page . you can also search near a city , place , or address instead .\n\u2018i am , in a very minor way , a custodian , \u2019 hunt says , as we browse through a collection of posters advertising queen victoria\u2019s visit to the north of england in 1849 . \u2018it\u2019s far too pompous a word . but i have kept them , and after me , i hope somebody else will carry on . \u2019\nwhy madonna dated only toyboys and why , as she pushes 60 , she ' s finally got bored with them . . . by the writer who knows her best\nshe goes on . \u2018it\u2019s the old values ; the craft , that is what i like , and the queen was the last to look like a proper royal . \u2019\nkylie jenner gushes baby stormi is ' changing every week ' and ' has cutest personality ' . . . as new mom admits to binge watching the handmaid ' s tale\none woman who knows good girdles is katie halford , the founder of vintage - inspired pants emporium what katie did . after the boutique she was working for closed down , halford was desperate to get her hands on cheap seamed stockings again , so contacted her former employer ' s suppliers . soon , she was running her own mail - order service .\ni wasn ' t really thinking about other women when i started what katie did ,\nsays halford ,\ni was just thinking about myself !\nnow the fully fashioned website - complete with models with hair styled by nina - stocks everything from bullet bras , girdles and corsets to a large range of hosiery .\nthe popularity of vintage style seems to be growing daily ,\nsays halford .\nour bullet bra is the most popular as no one else manufactures them in europe . wearing one is the easiest way to get a retro - looking silhouette .\nsofia richie , 19 poses in a bikini top just after scott disick ' s ex kourtney kardashian , 39 , did the same . . . and fans call her out for it\nkhloe kardashian ' anxious but eager ' as she gets back to work for the first time since true ' s birth . . . and her alarm goes off at 4 . 35am\nhardy has also been visiting country houses since he was a teenager . again the big appeal is the \u2018layering\u2019 of information , the eclectic mix of art and antiques and what that tells you about the owners and their political allegiances . \u2018it\u2019s about walking into a room and seeing 300 - 400 years of history and understanding the reason why it\u2019s there . \u2019 his royal collection was a knock - on effect from that . \u2018i began to notice on the sideboard , oh , there\u2019s a signed image of queen mary , or a signed image of queen victoria . \u2019\nmel b ' is unable to pay her back taxes amid ongoing divorce battle with stephen belafonte . . . as it ' s estimated the pair owe up to $ 650k ' to the irs\nhardy isn\u2019t a royalist \u2013 indeed , he plans to escape the royal wedding by visiting a museum in vienna . \u2018it\u2019s not a fawning interest , \u2019 he explains . \u2018it\u2019s much more of a contextual interest . \u2019 from each photograph he can piece together a web of information about history , patronage , interior design , jewellery and fashion , all of which he adds to his own formidable database .\nbectu ' s production divisions urge every branch to publish a new ratecard each year . if you wish to get involved in this work , and help your branch to establish an updated ratecard , please email\nbectu is the uk ' s media and entertainment trade union ; sectors covered include broadcasting , film , independent production , theatre and the arts , it and telecoms , live events , leisure and digital media .\nassesment / advice of one ' s skin , skincare and makeup ( 2 hours ) . personal makeup / skincare shopping ( 3 hours ) . bespoke makeup lesson , 3 different looks ( 3 hours ) .\n' she didn ' t get those from me ' : kylie jenner says daughter stormi has dad travis scott ' s lips . . . as star reveals her breasts are ' three times the size ' post - baby\narlene blanchard collects royal jewellery . a former lecturer in art and design , she is married to tony wells , an artist . together they have written and illustrated more than 90 children\u2019s books . they have two grown - up children and live near ormskirk , lancashire\nburlesque artist millie dollar first asked her mother for help with creating 1940s hairstyles , but when she couldn ' t show her more than a simple chignon , she turned to the net .\ni was on my own really , but there are loads of sites to help you and you can always google it . i ' m now skilled enough at victory rolls and curls to whip them up quickly , but at first it takes a lot longer till you ' re practised .\nas well as full vintage hair , millie won ' t leave her house without a trademark smear of post - box red on her lips , but it wasn ' t always that way .\ni went through that dreadful teenage stage that everyone goes through where i didn ' t bother much with fashion , and wore baggy clothes to hide myself .\na chance viewing of the classic 1953 musical gentlemen prefer blondes changed all that .\nthe women looked perfect in every scene ; i wanted to look as graceful as them - they just oozed glamour , every outfit was perfectly made with such luxurious fabrics and styled in such an amazing way .\nmillie then bleached her hair in homage to one of the film ' s stars , marilyn monroe .\nwho doesn ' t want to look like marilyn ?\nshe says .\noops ! we don ' t recognize the web browser you ' re currently using . try checking the browser ' s help menu , or searching the web for instructions to turn on html5 geolocation for your browser . you can also search near a city , place , or address instead .\nnearly 40 years later , it is an obsession . and it\u2019s the gaps that drive him on . take the coronation of george vi . \u2018every town , every village , every hamlet , every city , every urban authority , even metropolitan ward brought out a coronation souvenir , a programme of celebrations . just think how many there would have been . \u2019 he has managed to track down only a few hundred . \u2018so , yes , the gaps are there . \u2019 ( he does not collect china or postcards . \u2018there\u2019s so much . i wouldn\u2019t know where to stop . \u2019 )\nhunt is a royalist . he admires the queen and george vi , both of whom he sees as upstanding and dutiful . but his collection isn\u2019t about fandom , it\u2019s a springboard into social history : how people lived , what they bought , how they celebrated national events . and what better to focus on than the royal family . \u2018they form such a recognised group , \u2019 he says . \u2018you can see what corporations did to celebrate [ royal events ] , what local people did , because everybody took part . \u2019 so for edward vii\u2019s coronation , in 1902 , for example , poor people had beer and bread and were told to bring their own knives and forks ; the gentry were invited to beef suppers with wine .\nborn in shanghai , where her father worked for an american electric power company , blanchard moved to britain when she was 11 . she studied art and design at liverpool college of art ( now john moores university ) . in 1982 she become a lecturer in art and design at a college in merseyside , and went on to collaborate with tony wells on children\u2019s books .\nit ' s a fact that when the future is wildly unpredictable , we romanticise the past . the cosmetics industry is no exception . right now , the world of beauty is head over heels for all things retro . hot starlets , such as scarlett johansson and katy perry , take their styling tips from bygone eras . both are spurring on young girls the world over to ditch the fake tan and dust off their mother ' s curlers . big beauty brands , including benefit and soap & glory , adorn their packaging with cutesy pictures of 1950s sweethearts , and the new evening make - up brand illamasqua has based its entire ethos on the glamour of the 1920s berlin club scene . even retro beauty parlours are cropping up all over the uk . the powder room salon in\u2026\nwell , cambridge - based project manager elizabeth stevenson , for one - although her style was also shaped by the film .\ni always preferred jane russell as dorothy to marilyn ' s lorelei ,\nstevenson says .\nshe had a knowing wryness about her . i have a copy of the top she wore in the swimming - pool scene from miss selfridge , circa 1983 . it no longer does up but i can ' t bear to part with it !\nsaturday afternoon double - bill matinees also introduced stevenson to the likes of ava gardner , liz taylor and gina lollobrigida , and she ' s now been sporting the vintage look for more than a quarter of a century . her recent wedding was no exception and was tiki - themed - 40s look - with every attendee wearing period outfits .\nat size 20 , barrell has also found that vintage clothing is far more flattering to her shape .\ni ' m blessed with curves and 50s dresses allow for an adult female figure with hips , a waist and a bust .\nshe is also a devotee of that oft - reviled vintage relic -\nshapewear\ngirdles and corsets .\nif you ' re wearing vintage clothes , you may as well wear vintage underwear ,\nshe says .\nfoundation wear is wonderful stuff , and it annoys me that some feminists seem to think that it ' s evil . yes , i ' ve accepted my size , but at the same time , it ' s really great to have these contraptions made of strong elastic which give you a smooth line . if you wear a bra to support your boobs ,\nsays barrell ,\nwhy not wear something to support your tummy ?\nthe collection is a wonderful history of popular art . none of the pieces is particularly rare ; most were bought for less than \u00a310 . but blanchard takes obvious delight in the style history of her collection : a baguette - cut \u2018diamond\u2019 on a sceptre brooch from 1953 ; the hand colouring on a coronation cameo portrait where elizabeth ii looks like a hollywood star ; and who would have thought that for george vi\u2019s coronation people wore badges that lit up . blanchard pulls out the odd contraption from its box : a badge with a weeny bulb and a tangle of wires . \u2018isn\u2019t that an amazing piece of engineering ! \u2019 she is especially keen to show me examples of marcasite jewellery , where tiny steel heads are polished to shine like diamonds \u2013 \u2018a bit of sparkle for the little housemaid . \u2019 she says modern mementos seem flimsy in comparison , which is why her collection mostly stops at the queen\u2019s coronation .\nthe royal collection started by default in 1983 , when blanchard was doing an ma in illustration and book production at what is now manchester metropolitan university . she was working on a book : how we lived in 1887 . the date \u2013 victoria\u2019s golden jubilee \u2013 was chosen to give the book a focus , and the jewellery started out as research . \u2018i was walking past an antiques shop in manchester and in the window was a penny coin from 1887 , and next to it a little brooch with victoria on it . \u2019 she bought both .\nhunt collects the small bits and pieces that arise from royal occasions : jigsaw puzzles , tickets , soaps , badges , biscuits , calendars , playing cards , model carriages . he has one box with at least 600 different handkerchiefs . \u2018you wouldn\u2019t believe how many were produced for the queen\u2019s coronation . \u2019 his most recent buy is a pack of souvenir condoms : crown jewels condoms of distinction , a purple pack with an image of kate middleton and prince william on the front ( commemorative condoms were also produced for the coronation of george vi ) ; his oldest dates from 1691 : the order of service for the funeral of mary ii .\nhunt says he spends about \u00a350 a week , mostly on ebay and at the ephemera society . everything is catalogued and stored in quantities of boxes and files . recently bought objects are kept on a shelf , waiting to be processed . when i visited , these included kate middleton chocolate coins , a diana and charles stick of rock , coronation brilliantine from 1953 and a toasting fork from the 1935 jubilee of george v . \u2018we have one or two very strict rules , \u2019 says anne , who finds her husband\u2019s habit hellish and thinks in terms of skips . \u2018nothing in the lounge , nothing in the morning room , nothing in the kitchen . \u2019\nimportant note : unless expressly stated , all bectu ratecards are rates that have been recommended by the relevant bectu branch to their members . neither the pact tv drama agreement ( effective dec 2017 ) or the major motion picture agreement ( effective april 2018 ) currently have agreed rates . it has come to bectu\u2019s attention that some productions , and some members have mistakenly concluded that the bectu ratecards are agreed bectu / pact rates . this is not currently the case . please also note that some branches have \u2018commercials\u2019 rates . these will generally refer to the rates in the apa agreement and they should be treated as \u2018agreed\u2019 for all productions that use the apa agreement .\nborn in plympton , devon , where his father was an accountant and his mother a teacher , hunt read hispanic studies at the university of liverpool , which is where he met his wife , anne . after graduating he became a french and spanish teacher , first at the liverpool institute , then , in 1972 , he became the head of department at peel moat comprehensive school in stockport . looking in junk shops for old newspapers with reports on the spanish civil war as a prop for lessons , he found one commemorating the queen\u2019s coronation . \u2018it triggered something . the spanish civil war was very narrow , but royalty was very wide indeed , i could go right back to the early papers on charles ii . it became an interest . \u2019\nchris hardy has a collection of more than 150 autographed royal photographs , from edward vii to kaiser wilhelm ii . these aren\u2019t any old prints , but formal thank - yous to various hosts and friends . so we have edward and mrs simpson with the dedication \u2018to reginald\u2019 , their valet . there is a signed image of queen alexandra , the wife of edward vii , which was probably presented to the british embassy in copenhagen while on a state visit . he bought his first photograph three years ago : prince victor emmanuel of italy and his wife princess elena of montenegro . \u2018they were visiting london in 1897 for queen victoria\u2019s diamond jubilee , and they were presented at chesterfield house , which is a large palace in mayfair that was bombed during the second world war . \u2019\nwhile these women may look like they ' ve just stepped out of a post - war , pin - up magazine , none of them has the slightest desire to be whisked back in time and live the real vintage life .\ni don ' t live in the past ,\nsays stevenson .\ni live now - with the comforts of modern life enhanced by some of the things that i love about the past . i enjoy my career and empowerment , which is all possible thanks to a lot of other women ' s efforts to secure equality .\nbarrell is in agreement ,\ni really wouldn ' t have wanted to live in the 1940s . rationing would have been bad enough , but why on earth would i want to sleep in a bomb shelter ?\n.\nthis is the best hairdressers i ' ve ever been to - and believe me i ' ve tried a few ! i ' ve been coming here for three years now and learn something new every time i visit . they also have a make up artist , so i ' ve picked up tips on that front too . i ' m always impressed with the level of creativity here and have come away with so many looks that i wouldn ' t even have thought of trying . this is a great place to come if you ' re feeling uninspired as these guys always have plenty of ideas and resources for research . they also offer classes so you can learn to do things for yourself at home . the team have worked with plenty of famous faces ( including lady gaga and kylie ) on numerous music videos and tv shows , so they really know their stuff . although they specialise in vintage / retro styling , they also do regular modern styles too , so don ' t be afraid to try this place even if victory rolls or an elvis quiff isn ' t what you ' re after ! tip : always book in advance as they get booked out pretty quickly ( especially at weekends ) and bring cash / cheque as there ' s no option to pay by card or atm on site .\nthis site makes use of cookies . if you continue we ' ll assume you are happy to receive them .\na number of bectu branches host meetings where members get together to produce a ratecard for their grades and for specific areas of production ( tv drama , factual tv , feature films etc ) .\neach branch has a right to produce any ratecard that it chooses to , subject to the approval of their division ( in this case the london production division ) . the rates offered here are the most recent ones to be published by your branch .\nwelcome to british vogue . this site uses cookies to improve your experience and deliver personalised advertising . you can opt out at any time or find out more by reading our cookie policy .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nthe way the queen looked in 1953 embodies all that butkovich - budden admires : glamour , femininity , effort . \u2018women looked like women , and quite a lot of effort was put into that . \u2019 she goes on , \u2018the queen had amazing style . now you see her in ice - cream - type ensembles , but then cecil beaton was taking the photographs and she had this whole dreamy 1950s britain look . \u2019\nshe buys from ebay , junk shops and dealers based at alfies antiques market , rarely spending more than \u00a310 . she describes her collection as private , but displays some in a 1950s glass cabinet in the salon . the largest amount she has spent is \u00a370 for a complete set of coronation cups and plates .\nrobin hunt has about 20 , 000 pieces of royal ephemera . a retired schoolteacher , he is married to anne , also a retired teacher . they have one son , and live in stockport , cheshire\nhunt also has a thorough sense of trends . soap is still popular , teapot stands have fallen out of fashion , ditto ties , matchbox labels , telephone cards . there are no longer coronation dresses as in 1953 , only t - 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{"id": 55456, "summary": [{"text": "wells fargo & company is an american international banking and financial services holding company headquartered in san francisco , california , with \" hubquarters \" throughout the country .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "it is the world 's second-largest bank by market capitalization and the third largest bank in the u.s. by assets .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "in july 2015 , wells fargo became the world 's largest bank by market capitalization , edging past icbc , before slipping behind jp morgan chase in september 2016 , in the wake of a scandal involving the creation of over 2 million fake bank accounts by thousands of wells fargo employees .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "wells fargo surpassed citigroup inc. to become the third-largest u.s. bank by assets at the end of 2015 .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "wells fargo is the second-largest bank in deposits , home mortgage servicing , and debit cards .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "the firm 's primary u.s. operating 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wells fargo 's sales scandal had extended from retail bankers to its brokerage employees , and the u.s. office of the comptroller of the currency placed new monitoring restrictions upon wells fargo 's hiring of new executives , payments of \" golden parachutes \" to exiting managers , and branch openings and closures .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "in december 2016 , bloomberg news reported that regulators in california and new jersey announced that wells fargo was under investigation to determine whether the bank signed up customers for prudential financial life insurance policies without their permission , and that prudential announced it was suspending distribution of such policies through wells fargo .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "in january 2017 , it emerged that wells fargo had kept its talks with the u.s. consumer financial protection bureau about the fake account investigation silent from shareholders for up to six months beginning as early as march 2016 .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "in 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backed mortgages\nconsent order amendment for wells fargo bank , n . a . ( pdf )\nwells fargo did not own the note and thus had no standing to foreclose .\ni have a mortgage with wells fargo . i would like to be included .\nyou don\u2019t want what wells fargo is selling . what should it do now ?\nthe city of portland currently holds $ 40 million in wells fargo corporate bonds .\nimportant : the name\nwells fargo\nand any representation of a stagecoach with\nwells fargo\nor variations on it is our corporate symbol and a registered trademark . please do not use the wells fargo stagecoach commercially or publicly without permission .\nhelp us build a better wells fargo . wells fargo & company , a diversified financial services company , is seeking an experienced attorney to join the community . . .\nthat set of locations appealed to wells fargo , said bank regional manager john gavin .\nwells fargo , qbe agree on $ 19 . 3m force - placed settlement | propertycasualty360\nenter your username and password to securely view and manage your wells fargo accounts online .\nwells fargo investment institute gives its views on investing in a late - cycle expansion .\ndavid kowach , president of wells fargo advisors , on building relationships and life experiences .\nwells fargo investment institute ' s guidance on choosing the right mix for investor portfolios .\ncbrm , business banking / wholesale ) . help us build a better wells fargo . business banking specialists at wells fargo provide a full range of business banking . . .\nif wells fargo wanted to rehabilitate its image , it failed miserably . senator elizabeth warren\nvisit the wells fargo history site for archives and to learn more about our heritage .\nplay a game of pong ! wells fargo invested in atari changing tech investments forever .\ncheck the wells fargo stock price and view historical quotes , dividends , and splits .\nin its statement , wells fargo trumpeted its intention to buy wachovia without such assistance .\nwells fargo applies markowitz and sharpe\u2019s research on modern portfolio theory to investment portfolio management .\nwells fargo bank agrees to pay $ 1 . 2 billion for improper mortgage lending practices\na customer prepares to leave a wells fargo bank branch office in califorina last month .\nwells fargo pays $ 1 . 2 billion settlement , admits deception in certifications - lexology\nhere is a page listing 116 lawsuits filed against wells fargo ( wfc ) . .\nclass action lori wigod vs . wells fargo case 1 : 10 - cv - 02348\nwells fargo fires former l . a . regional president , 3 other managers after scandal\nwells fargo exec ' s well - timed stock trades , and ot . . .\nwells fargo ' s improper sales practices were first reported by the los angeles times .\nmalta vs . wells fargo case # 10 cv 1290 ben ( nls ) and allen v . wells fargo auto finance , inc . , case no . cv 10 2657 w\nin connection with the agreement , wachovia is issuing wells fargo preferred stock representing 39 . 9 percent of wachovia ' s voting power . this increases the probability that the transaction gets consummated quickly and that wells fargo will receive a positive shareholder vote , wells fargo said .\nwells fargo , along with 16 other banks , is a lender to the dakota access pipeline project . wells fargo has $ 120 million in a $ 2 . 5 billion credit agreement funding the pipeline project , according to jessica ong , with wells fargo corporate communications .\nin a statement , wells fargo said it will\ncomply\nwith the new restrictions .\n, separate registered broker - dealers and non - bank affiliates of wells fargo & company .\ndeposit and credit products offered by wells fargo bank , n . a . member fdic .\n\u00a9 2017 wells fargo bank , n . a . all rights reserved . member fdic .\nsign on to wells fargo online , select your student loan account then make a payment .\nhelp us build a better wells fargo . wells fargo is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer , minority / female / disabled / veteran / gender identity / sexual . . .\nenvision \u00ae is a registered service mark of wells fargo & company and used under license .\nyou are leaving wells fargo canada and entering a website that wells fargo does not control . wells fargo has provided this link for your convenience , but does not endorse and is not responsible for the content , links , privacy policy , or security policy of this website .\nstatement of eligibility of wells fargo bank , n . a . on form t - 1\nstatement of eligibility of wells fargo bank , n . a . on form t - 1\nwells fargo to buy wachovia in $ 15 . 1 billion deal - the new york times\ns credit - impaired assets at fair value . the acquisition is expected to exceed wells fargo\nwells fargo shares were down . 69 percent at $ 33 . 04 in afternoon trading .\nwells fargo to pay $ 1 . 2 billion in mortgage settlement - the new york times\n\u201cbecause wells fargo misrepresented the posting order and overdraft charges to its customers , the appropriate form of restitution is to restore the unexpected charges to wells fargo\u2019s customers , \u201d alsup added .\nny ag eric schniederman announces that he will file a lawsuit against wells fargo and bofa .\nbased upon a wells fargo typo , wells fargo screwed larry delassus to the extent that he suffered a massive heart attack in court and died , on dec . 18 , 2012 .\nestate of curlee c . dennis vs wells fargo los angeles district court case number bc 493743\nduran vs . wells fargo case no . 12 - 20362 - civ - cooke / turnoff\nsecurian financial et al vs . wells fargo case # 0 : 11 - cv - 02957\nthis vaughns lawsuits against wells fargo list was last updated on 2018 - 05 - 19 .\nthe wells fargo class action lawsuit was filed in 2012 by a group of plaintiffs who allege wells fargo charged them over - inflated fees when they fell behind in their mortgage payments .\naccording to court documents , information about the wells fargo settlement will be posted at urltoken .\nback in october 2012 , wells fargo had attempted to compel the plaintiffs of the various overdraft fee class action lawsuits consolidated in the wells fargo mdl into arbitration . however , judge king found that the wells fargo arbitration clause included in the bank\u2019s account agreements are not mandatory , \u201ctherefore , wells fargo\u2019s arbitration - based argument is premature given the permissive nature of these agreements and the stage of this litigation , \u201d according to the wells fargo class action lawsuits .\na wells fargo bank branch in miami . ( photo : joe raedle / getty images )\nthe park 70 theater was located at the site of the current wells fargo building downtown .\nwells fargo employees created unauthorized bank accounts in order to boost sales , prompting the bank to fire 5 , 300 employees . wells fargo must pay massive fines and restitution to its customers .\nyet regulators do seem to be taking a tougher stance against wells fargo . the settlement between wells fargo and the occ gave the bank relief from needing to update regulators on personnel decisions .\nits global banking division , which serves us companies , foreign subsidiaries and multinational corporations engaged in international business , will be integrated into wells fargo corporate banking and wells fargo middle market banking .\nwells fargo ' s acquisition of wachovia late last year helped the bank generate a surprisingly healthy $ 3 billion in earnings for the first quarter , wells fargo cfo howard atkins told cnbc .\nin the 1970s , wells fargo did issue a commemorative belt buckle and a commemorative star - shaped badge . they are clearly marked on the back as copyrighted by wells fargo and company .\nwith most wells fargo private student education loans , you start making payments six months after you graduate or leave school , although for some loans like the wells fargo student loan for parents and the wells fargo private consolidation \u2120 loan , payments begin once the loan funds have been sent .\nfederal law requires public companies like wells fargo to warn shareholders about non - routine legal proceedings .\nwarren also asked the sec to probe whether wells fargo violated whistleblower protection laws . she cited a cnnmoney investigation on wells fargo employees who were fired after calling the bank ' s ethics hotline .\nfile photo taken in 2016 shows pedestrians passing a wells fargo bank branch in new york city .\nwells fargo may have not had its customers ' best interests at heart when making retirement recommendations .\nbartholomy said the government actions will remain on wells fargo\u2019s record with the bbb for three years .\nstill , wells fargo seems to have been caught off guard by the government ' s action .\nwells fargo slapped with $ 3 . 1 million fine for ' reprehensible ' handling of one mortgage\nask a question about working or interviewing at wells fargo . our community is ready to answer .\nwells fargo may have created 1 . 4 million more unauthorized accounts than we thought , attorneys say\nwells fargo education financial services p . o . box 10365 des moines , ia 50306 - 0365\nif it\u2019s more convenient , you can also bring your payment to any wells fargo bank location .\nheadquartered in california , wells fargo provides commercial and retail banking services in the us and internationally .\nimage : wells fargo corporate headquarters in san francisco . photo : courtesy of laimerpramer / wikipedia .\nwells fargo is embroiled in a scandal over assertions that bank employees opened accounts without customers\u2019 authorization .\nwells fargo officials said at the time that they\ndisagree with the allegations in the complaint and will vigorously defend against the misrepresentations it contains about wells fargo and all of the wells fargo team members whose careers have been built on doing the right thing by our customers every day .\nthat ' s why some on wall street are pushing wells fargo to close even more branches .\n) for part of wachovia . citigroup\u2019s bid included government backing , while wells fargo\u2019s did not . wells fargo said wachovia branches will keep their brand name at least for the \u201cnear future . \u201d\nin colorado , foraged feast is one ngo that receives volunteer and financial support from wells fargo .\nunder the terms of the deal , baltimore ' s suit against wells fargo will be dismissed .\nwells fargo has promised to vigorously defend its record as\na fair and responsible lender .\nfed lowers the boom on wells fargo after years of grotesque scandals they need to be destroyed .\narriaga et al v . wells fargo bank , na et al case number : 1 : 2009cv02115\ngerald t . reilly vs . wells fargo case no . 5 : 11 - cv - 743\nchandler , aarp vs . wells fargo 11 - cv - 03831 u . s . district court\nbibby and donnelly vs . wells fargo case # 1 : 06 - cv - 0547 - mhs\ntrademark notice :\nwells fargo\nis a registered trademark of wells fargo and company . this website is in no way affiliated with wells fargo and company or their affiliates , and the\nwells fargo\ntrademark is used solely for informational purposes . disclaimer : the above data comes straight from google search , which lists lawsuits filed against wells fargo bank in the us . all reported errors will be corrected after verification . this page contains a wells fargo parody image . the subject matter is dry - some levity is required . thank you very much for your time . .\nin a statement , wells fargo chairman stephen sanger said the pay cuts\nare part of the board ' s ongoing efforts to promote accountability and ensure wells fargo puts customer interests first .\nwhat did the cfpb do about wells fargo opening unauthorized accounts ? | u . s . pirg\na pedestrian walks past a wells fargo branch in oakland . ( justin sullivan / getty images )\nall transactions are subject to credit approval . some restrictions may apply . wells fargo equipment finance is the trade name for certain equipment leasing and finance businesses of wells fargo bank , n . a . and its subsidiaries . equipment financing transactions are provided in canada by wells fargo equipment finance company .\nthe vision , values , and goals of wells fargo details the enduring principles that guide all wells fargo team members in the work they do every day \u2014 in serving customers and helping each other .\nwells fargo and wachovia and their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from wachovia corporation shareholders in connection with the proposed merger . information about wells fargo\ntim sloan , wells fargo ' s ceo , defended the bank ' s role in the dakota access pipeline . he noted that wells fargo is just one of 17 banks providing a credit facility to\nat a conference on thursday , wells fargo chief executive tim sloan noted carroll\u2019s role in combining the wealth and investment management businesses of wells fargo and wachovia , after the two banks merged in 2009 . carroll came to wells fargo through that merger , having joined wachovia bank & trust company in 1979 .\nunder the terms of the deal , wachovia shareholders will receive 0 . 1991 shares of wells fargo common stock . based on wells fargo\u2019s thursday closing price of $ 35 . 16 a share , that amounts to $ 7 a share . in addition , three wachovia directors will join wells fargo\u2019s board .\nstumpf was quizzed by lawmakers in congress about why wells fargo didn ' t disclose the matter earlier .\nthe sec declined to comment on whether it ' s looking into wells fargo ' s disclosure practices .\nbut with the acquisition of merlin , wells fargo is making a significant move to broaden its business .\nharris ' office is seeking the same information for wells fargo customers who do not live in california .\nit looks like the regulators are tightening the straitjacket around wells fargo ,\nmayo told cnnmoney .\nwe can all work together to make a positive difference in our communities \u2014 and wells fargo can help . learn how local organizations are working every day with wells fargo team members to make a difference .\nwells fargo ceo tim sloan took over the company last year after it ' s fake accounts scandal .\nwells fargo ' s growth strategy has been simple lately : pick up what ge has been dropping .\nthere are currently over 100 institutional subscribers with ~ $ 50 billion benchmarked to wells fargo index products .\n\u201cwe have the opportunity in many cases to provide a unique wells fargo experience , \u201d codel said .\nthe board approved wells fargo ' s offer late thursday . the deal is still subject to wachovia shareholder and other regulatory approvals . wells fargo said it expects the deal to close by year - end .\nwells fargo opened for business on july 13 , 1852 , in san francisco and sacramento , california .\ndavid maris , wells fargo securities , discusses the outlook for generic drug companies in the pharmaceutical sector .\nwells fargo overdraft fees can be high . on its popular everyday checking account , overdraft fees are :\ntermination for wells fargo bank , n . a . ( pdf ) ( may 24 , 2016 )\nwells fargo , downtown , washington , d . c . ( freddie allen / amg / nnpa )\nwithin 60 days of account opening , make 10 purchases / payments with your wells fargo debit card .\nwells fargo received part of the commissions from those insurance sales until february 2013 . ka - ching .\nrichele messick , a wells fargo spokeswoman , said the san francisco - based bank plans to appeal .\nmccaig vs . wells fargo u . s . court of appeals fifth circuit case # 14 - 40114\ngarcia et al vs . wells fargo case # 8 : 14 - cv - 00558 henry and renee\njudge alsup of the federal 9th circuit court of appeals reinstated a $ 203 million against wells fargo .\nbyron keith bush vs . wells fargo case number : 12 - 57191 previous case : 2 : 2012cv04599\nwells fargo foreclosed on plaintiff ' s house , when plaintiff never even had a loan with them .\ni have a reverse mortage with wells fargo and do i qualify for reimbersement in this law suit .\nwells fargo is catching even more heat for alleged bad behavior , this time from the powerful sec .\n\u201cwe are taking decisive steps , \u201d said mark folk , a wells fargo spokesman . \u201cwe are focused on making things right for our customers , fixing the problems and building a better wells fargo . \u201d\nthe report and publicly disclosed documents are meant to imply that the cfpb went easy on wells fargo .\nseattle mayor ed murray supports the wells fargo legislation and plans to sign it , a spokesman confirmed .\n\u2022several significant cbd assets came to market in the second quarter , the most notable being wells fargo\u2019s announcement that it plans to sell one of portland\u2019s tallest buildings , the 38 - story wells fargo center .\nwells fargo offers student loan refinancing , which it calls private consolidation . by either name , it means replacing one or more student loans with a single lower - rate loan . wells fargo does not refinance federal loans . it\u2019s best for existing wells fargo customers who can qualify for discounts . for refinance customers who later encounter payment hurdles , wells fargo has some of the most generous forbearance and repayment options available .\nwells fargo said it already began issuing reimbursements to \u201csome customers\u201d as a disaster mitigation strategy before this blows up any further , as the other wells fargo scandals have . the rest of the victims will get letters and checks starting in august . in total , wells fargo will issue $ 80 million in reimbursements .\nsome of the bad practices at wells fargo were originally uncovered in a 2013 report published in the los angeles times . after concluding its own investigation , the cfpb found that wells fargo had broken the law and engaged in unfair and deceptive practices . the cfpb\u2019s subsequent enforcement action against wells fargo did the following :\nmerlin focuses mainly on the equity markets , but wells fargo is seeking to expand the list of services to fixed - income and commodities trading . wells fargo will also inherit merlin\u2019s roster of roughly 100 employees .\nwells fargo has been the city\u2019s bank for operations since 1999 . even if seattle pulls out its money , it\u2019s a pinprick for wells fargo , which collected $ 1 . 3 trillion in deposits in 2016 .\nwells fargo said it expects the deal to be completed by the end of the fourth quarter . in a statement issued by the company , wells fargo chairman dick kovacevich called the deal\nan incredible fit .\nwells fargo took its first step into prime brokerage on friday , agreeing to buy the midsize merlin securities .\nwells fargo slapped with $ 3 . 1 million fine for ' reprehensible ' handling of one mortgage | huffpost\na federal judge who has fiercely criticized how big banks service home loans is fed up with wells fargo .\nwith wells fargo online , you have secure online access to your accounts through your desktop and mobile devices .\nwells fargo investment institute shares its key takeaways from the federal reserve ' s decision to raise interest rates .\nmary mack leads community banking and consumer lending for wells fargo and oversees approximately 115 , 000 team members .\nwells fargo has said it is not aware of the sales abuses extending to the business overseen by carroll .\n* * offered through wells fargo securities , llc , a u . s . registered broker - dealer .\nin the 1990s wells fargo returned to its historic territory throughout the western , midwestern , and eastern states .\nshares of wells fargo closed wednesday at $ 29 . 48 , down just 2 . 4 percent for the year . the kbw bank index . bkx , which includes wells fargo , fell 50 percent in 2008 .\nadditionally , three members of the wachovia board will join the wells fargo board when the transaction is completed .\nplease write to : wells fargo historical services 420 montgomery st . a0101 - 026 san francisco , ca 94163\ni have a silver bar stamped with wells fargo and dollar amount . is it real or a souvenir ?\nwells fargo announces record $ 6 . 4 billion in environmental financing in 2012 | studio city , ca patch\na wells fargo bank is seen in del mar , california january 17 , 2012 . reuters / mike blake\nin his capacity as vice president of credit - risk \u2013 quality assurance at wells fargo , lofrano executed on wells fargo\u2019s behalf the annual certifications required by hud for the bank\u2019s participation in the direct endorsement lender program for certain years . lofrano also organized and participated in the working group responsible for creating and implementing wells fargo\u2019s self - reporting policies and procedures . in contravention of hud\u2019s requirements , that group failed to report to hud loans that wells fargo had internally identified as containing material underwriting findings . moreover , lofrano received wells fargo quality assurance reports identifying thousands of fha loans with material findings \u2013 very few of which wells fargo reported to hud .\ncheck out the latest wells fargo scandals and how they can improve their risk management practices in this blog .\nbut wells fargo held out , and its payment is the largest in fha history over loan origination violations .\nthe lawsuit alleged that wells fargo recklessly underwrote loans backed by fha insurance from at least 2001 to 2010 .\nus cfpb vs . wells fargo et al . case # 1 : 15 - cv - 00179 - rdb\nnational credit union ad . ( ncua ) vs . wells fargo securities case # 11 - cv - 2649\nas you can see , this page is but a small fraction of the lawsuits filed against wells fargo .\nwells fargo & company and wells fargo bank na have reportedly agreed to pay $ 50 million to settle a class action lawsuit claiming they imposed excessive and abusive fees on borrowers who were late on their mortgage payments .\nwells fargo bank teller wage : $ 10 . 63 / hour ( $ 22 , 100 / year )\nclass members of the wells fargo settlement include all u . s . residents who had a residential mortgage serviced by wells fargo or its subsidiaries and who paid for at least one bpo for an amount greater than the amount wells fargo paid a third - party vendor , from may 6 , 2005 through july 1 , 2010 .\nwells fargo\nmarked shotguns have become a problem among collectors of antique firearms . in general , each town ' s well fargo agent bought weapons from local stores carrying whatever was available \u2014 it was not a central headquarters function . just as with companies today , wells fargo ' s offices did not keep outdated records . therefore , there are no comprehensive lists of wells fargo firearms .\nbut in analyzing the deal , wells fargo assumed it would not sell any of the loans to the government .\nfema disasters . when fema declares a disaster , wells fargo customers may defer payments for a period of time .\nwells fargo brought in more than $ 80 billion in revenue last year and nearly $ 16 billion in profit .\ndeposits with wells fargo bank , national association , canadian branch are not insured by the canada deposit insurance corporation .\na sign is posted in front of a wells fargo bank on october 11 , 2013 in oakland , california .\nsubscribe to the wells fargo global focus newsletter to stay informed on the latest news for companies doing business internationally .\nin 2018 , wells fargo plans to shut down\nslightly\nmore than 200 branches . it ' s part of a broader wells fargo plan to save about $ 2 billion a year by the end of next year .\na ubs analysis found that more than 40 % of wells fargo branches lie within a five - minute drive of another wells fargo branch . ubs said that ' s among the highest\ncannibalization\nratios of any of the big banks , even though wells fargo doesn ' t have as big of an urban presence as other lenders .\nwells fargo shares fell 1 . 3 percent to $ 32 . 85 on a down day for bank stocks .\nthe plaintiffs argue that wells fargo\u2019s practices were deliberately deceptive and violated consumer protection laws and its consumer account agreement .\namended consent orders for wells fargo bank , n . a . ( june 17 , 2015 ) ( pdf )\na wells fargo branch in new york . the san francisco - based bank is the nation\u2019s largest mortgage lender .\nwells fargo uncovers up to 1 . 4 million more fake accounts they need to be chopped up into little pieces\nmccoy vs . wells fargo u . s . district court mississippi case # 3 : 17 - cv - 00360\nmitchell vs . wells fargo u . s . district court utah case # 2 : 16 - cv - 00966\njabbari vs . wells fargo reference : los angeles superior court case no . 4 : 15 - cv - 02159\nrousseau and rousseau vs . wells fargo case no . 56 - 2011 - 00398799 - cu - or - vta\non june 8 , the plaintiffs of five wells fargo overdraft fee class action lawsuits won class certification for their cases . these five cases are part of the larger , nationwide wells fargo overdraft fee multidistrict litigation ( mdl ) against wells fargo bank na , all alleging that the bank employs deceptive business practices with its bank overdraft fee policy .\nwe first address the receiver ' s argument that wells fargo ' s appeal is untimely . after finding that argument is without merit , we address whether wells fargo ' s security interests were properly terminated by the district court .\nb . the district court erred when it terminated wells fargo ' s security interest in the properties at issue .\nnew york \u0097 wells fargo emerged as the apparent victor in the battle for control of wachovia bank thursday night , after rival suitor citigroup broke off talks with wells fargo and federal regulators but vowed to have its day in court .\ncarroll came to wells fargo after the lender acquired north carolina - based wachovia corp . in 2009 . from 2005 until the merger with wells fargo , he was head of wachovia\u2019s capital management group , which included the retail brokerage .\nlocated in a historic 1928 beaux - arts building , the newest wells fargo history museum connects the california gold rush with the philadelphia mint , tying together the history of wells fargo and the rich heritage of the eastern united states .\nwe have two museum locations in sacramento ; inside the magnificent five - story atrium of wells fargo center downtown and in the historic hastings building in sacramento old town where wells fargo opened its second express and banking office in 1852 .\nin the lobby of the tall wells fargo building . lots of information about the history of wells fargo in general and its relationship to oregon and portland . well laid out and informative . we spent around an hour looking around .\nwells fargo ' s second proposal on october 2 , during the period citigroup and wachovia were negotiating a final merger agreement , the board of directors of wachovia received a communication from wells fargo that included an offer from wells fargo to acquire all of wachovia ' s stock by merger . contrary to its original communication days before that fdic assistance would be needed as part of a wells fargo bid , the new wells fargo proposal did not involve any direct financial assistance from the fdic . based on an irs notice issued september 30 , wells fargo had determined that certain u . s . federal income tax benefits resulting from the proposed wachovia transaction would allow it to acquire wachovia without fdic assistance .\nthrough our separate decision to no longer fund mortgages through independent mortgage brokers , we can control how that commitment is met on every mortgage that wells fargo makes ,\nsaid mike heid , president of wells fargo home mortgage .\ncustomers use a wells fargo atm at one of their bank branches in miami , florida . a class - action case in miami federal court against wells fargo asserts the bank violated consumer protection laws in how it handled debit fees .\nwells fargo execs behind sham account scandal forced to pay millions back to company\ntip of the iceberg\nnever bank with wells fargo . screwing you is their culture . get a clue . don ' t be stupid . .\nthe los angeles city attorney ' s office , which has been credited with starting the first investigation into wells fargo in 2013 , did not agree with republicans ' argument that the cfpb was asleep at the wheel regarding wells fargo .\nthe civil action charged that wells fargo bank and its parent , wells fargo & co . ,\nvictimized their customers by using pernicious and often illegal sales tactics to maintain high levels of sales of their banking and financial products .\nconsistently make loan payments on time . wells fargo will evaluate your payment history and debt - to - income ratio .\nall of a sudden , u . s . authorities are taking a tougher stance on scandal - ridden wells fargo .\nget a customized savings plan designed to help you achieve the retirement you want . offered by wells fargo advisors . +\n[ 2 ] atm access codes are available for use at all wells fargo atms for wells fargo debit , atm , and easypay \u00ae cards using the wells fargo mobile app . availability may be affected by your mobile carrier\u2019s coverage area . your mobile carrier\u2019s message and data rates may apply . some atms within secure locations may require a card for entry .\ntax - planning strategies , plus analysis from wells fargo investment institute on what the new law may mean for investors .\nwells fargo will work with the student borrower\u2019s school to ensure that the student is not borrowing more than they need .\nwats \u00ae electronic trading offered through wells fargo securities , llc , a u . s . registered broker / dealer .\n\u201cwells fargo displays the early banking items that were needed on the west after the gold rush . \u201d in 4 reviews\nasked about the california investigation , a wells fargo spokesman said that the bank was cooperating by providing the requested information .\nin many ways , wells fargo has only just begun to catch up with the trend of big banks closing branches .\nhopefully citigroups failed hedge fund manager pandit will fired after this latest disaster in losing wachovia to better run wells fargo .\n) and citigroup also have more assets than wells fargo . ( reporting by jonathan stempel ; editing by eric beech )\nwells fargo shares fell about 22 cents to $ 26 . 94 in morning trading on the new york stock exchange .\nwells fargo & company completes the acquisition of wachovia corporation ( the parent company of evergreen investments ) on december 31 .\na trial court judge in florida denied wells fargo\u2019s arbitration argument \u2014 which set up wednesday\u2019s appeals court argument in atlanta .\nwells fargo bank agrees to pay $ 1 . 2 billion for improper mortgage lending practices | opa | department of justice\na spokesman for wells fargo , tom goyda , said the bank strongly denied the claims made in the lawsuits and particularly disputed how the complaints characterized the bank\u2019s actions . wells fargo contends that the borrowers and the bankruptcy courts were notified .\nin 2012 , wells fargo agreed to pay $ 175 million to settle charges over similar practices during the housing boom .\nwells fargo finalizes record $ 1 . 2b settlement over fha lending program with the department of justice - philadelphia business journal\nthe settlement means wells fargo has to reduce 2015 profit by $ 134 million to account for the extra legal expense .\nwhen those details came out , wells fargo said in a 10 - k filing with the sec that the bank was also under investigation by a number of agencies over the mortgage operations of both wells fargo and its \u201cpredecessor institutions . \u201d\nanyway , back to the issues . i got to the wells fargo arena at about 8 : 30 pm tuesday .\nrichard jones , jr vs . wells fargo u . s . court of appeals west texas case # 16 - 10042\nwells fargo denies any liability but agreed to fund a $ 17 . 1 million settlement to fully resolve both matters .\nfiled\nwells fargo sold her home on january 19th 2013 , the auction date was february 7 , 2013 .\nfiled when a customer makes an atm error in the bank ' s favor , wells fargo simply keeps the money .\ncitigroup inc , wells fargo & co and capital one financial corp are among the larger banks that have not settled .\nyoung v . wells fargo & co . , case no . 4 : 08 - cv - 507 rp - cfb\nin illinois , wells fargo has 25 area bank branches , 24 retail brokerage outlets and employs about 3 , 700 .\nwells fargo stopped using its internal group to perform and mark up opinions in july 2010 , according to court documents .\nthe seattle city council on monday will hear a proposal to pull $ 3 billion in money from wells fargo bank .\nthis result is indicative of what we expect wells fargo to face in washington over the coming year ,\nhe wrote .\nthe pressure is to be tough on wells fargo and not let anything fall through the cracks .\nwith the wells fargo addendum , even if the bank has sold you the equivalent of an empty box , you have no recourse to wells . zero . zip . nada .\nwells fargo has 4 million shares in geo group and 50 , 000 shares in cca , most current security and exchange commission filings state . their combined prison holdings are valued upwards of $ 120 million . geo group is a client of wells fargo . wells fargo and geo share the same lobbyists in washington d . c . firm , the podesta group .\nin late 2015 , though , wells fargo struck a deal to acquire as many as 250 credit suisse group ag financial advisers , in efforts to better cater to ultra wealthy clients . about half , or roughly 115 , joined wells fargo .\nwells fargo said monday that it would mark wachovia\u2019s assets down to fair value , a potential sticking point for other banks because of the charges that would incur . a big - enough capital - raising campaign would alleviate pressure on wells fargo .\nin 2008 , wells fargo & company acquired wachovia corporation to create north america\u2019s most extensive distribution system for financial services , wells fargo provides banking , insurance , investments , mortgage , and consumer and commercial finance through more than 9 , 000 stores , 12 , 000 atms , the internet ( wellsfargo . com ) , and other distribution channels across north america and internationally . the integration of wachovia and wells fargo is complete , and all wachovia accounts have been moved to wells fargo .\nthe settlement with san francisco - based wells fargo ( nyse : wfc ) , the largest u . s . mortgage lender and the philadelphia region\u2019s largest deposit taker , also resolves claims against kurt lofrano , a former wells fargo vice president .\nwells fargo is also being investigated by the government over its mortgage tactics . wells fargo said on thursday it ' s in discussions with the taskforce spearheading the investigation , which could increase the bank ' s legal costs even more than expected .\nit is not clear why the cfpb chose 2011 as the original cutoff date for getting wells fargo to admit its sales practice problems . a wells fargo spokeswoman declined to comment on the date issue but said the bank is reviewing the report .\nregulators in april had rejected the living wills of most of the nation ' s big banks , including wells fargo . this time around , though , wells fargo stands alone , which is notable because of wells fargo ' s reputation as being a plain - vanilla bank compared with its peers , said jaret seiberg , an analyst with investment firm cowen & co .\nstipulated final judgment and order with respect to wells fargo bank , n . a . 11 . a judgment for monetary relief is entered in favor of the bureau and the cpd against wells fargo in the amount of $ 10 , 809 , 807 . 71 . 16 . wells fargo must pay a civil money penalty of $ 21 , 000 , 000 to the bureau . 21 . wells fargo must pay a civil money penalty of $ 3 , 000 , 000 to the bureau .\nyou\u2019ll save the most money by repaying the loan as fast as possible . repayment on your newly refinanced loan begins immediately . if you have difficulty making payments , wells fargo offers several options , including forbearance . wells fargo does not offer deferment .\nwells fargo student loan borrowers can choose to start making payments while they\u2019re in school or defer payments until after they graduate .\ndick kovacevich , former chairman and ceo of wells fargo , is credited with developing the bank\u2019s successful cross - selling strategy .\nwells fargo secured credit card is available to citizens , permanent resident aliens , and nonresident aliens of the u . s .\nwells fargo team members provide mentoring and other coaching to enhance the company\u2019s support to uncf and other education - based nonprofits .\nthese locations allow you to schedule an appointment to meet with a wells fargo banker at a time that works for you .\nfile \u2013 a wells fargo bank branch in new york in this file photo from april 7 , 2017 . about one million people who took out car loans from wells fargo were charged for auto insurance they did not need , . . . more\npeeved wells fargo customers , who had potentially unauthorized checking and credit card accounts opened , are one step closer towards receiving money for damages . victims of the wells fargo scheme found out monday that a federal judge granted preliminary approval over the weekend for wells fargo ' s $ 142 million national class action settlement . however , they may not receive any money until early 2018 , cnn money explained . wells fargo admitted back in september to opening the 2 million unauthorized accounts . federal and state regulators also fined wells fargo $ 185 million last year . then ceo john stumpf was forced to resign because of public outcry ."]}
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branded programming blocks on ifc , and original content development for television and digital platforms , plus new ad sales opportunities .\n\u201cwe\u2019re very excited to bring kellyn into our fold , and hopeful funny or die doesn\u2019t find out , \u201d said alterman . \u201cthey will be very disappointed . \u201d\nif you love to laugh then treasure island 2015 is the spot , because funny or die presents the blah blah blah comedy tent lineup at treasure island 2015 .\n\u201cwe always love to push the comedy boundaries at funny or die and this festival will do just that , \u201d funny or die topper dick glover said in a statement . \u201cit\u2019s the perfect blend of comedy and crazy that will for sure resonate with comedy fans looking for a one - of - a - kind experience . \u201d\n, but this new\nfunny or die\nclip is sure to stand out with its\nbiting social satire\nas carrey himself calls it in the parody .\n10 : 47 p . m . funny or die tweets a photograph of carmichael in the main room wearing headphones with a glass of wine on a bar stool .\nfunny or die put together a trailer for a faux tv movie about the counselor to the president ' s rise to fame called\nthe kellyanne conway story .\ncarney said in the daily press briefing that funny or die was the no . 1 referrer to urltoken on tuesday , but he didn ' t give specific numbers .\ni hear i love you , america stems from marrying an idea silverman had in the space with one the funny or die team , led by will ferrell and adam mackay , had been working on . funny or die has experience in the comedy comedy / talk show arena \u2014 the company produces comedy central\u2019s @ midnight with chris hardwick .\n\u201che\u2019s funny , clearly much smarter than all of us and bears a striking resemblance to \u2018tommy boy\u2019 - 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out 17 - city live tour .\nstarted in 2008 , funny or die is a comedic video website where users can vote on a video ' s funniness . both celebrities and users produce content for the site .\njohnny depp is blowing our minds with his take on republican candidate donald trump . [ credit : funny or die ] in a funny or die mockumentary , depp plays trump in a fake 1980s tv movie based on trump\u2019s book\nthe art of the deal . \u201d the 50 - minute film , which was kept under wraps for months , was shot in december . watch ! once the movie was posted , funny or die wrote ,\nwith donald trump somehow still in prime - position to become the next president of the united states , funny or die has released what might end up being the most politically important film in american history . well , certainly since dave .\nthe film also stars alfred molina , stephen merchant , patton oswalt , jack mcbrayer , andy richter , michaela watkins , paul scheer , and rob huebel . [ credit : funny or die ] this isn\u2019t the first time that funny or die has poked fun at the donald . the site also released a funny video called\nmexican donald trump ,\nwhich had george lopez playing the role of the former host of \u201cthe apprentice . \u201d\n\u201cbrockmire , \u201d from funny or die , is based on a character long - nurtured by azaria and previously featured in a 2010 funny or die short video . azaria plays a veteran baseball announcer who returns to the booth for a minor league team 10 years after he suffered an on - air meltdown . joel church - cooper ( \u201cundateable \u201c ) is writing with tim kirkby directing . azaria , church - cooper , kirkby and funny or die\u2019s mike farah and joe farrell are exec producing . \u201cbrockmire\u201d is targeted to debut early next year .\npresident obama is the latest guest on the funny or die web series hosted by zach galifianakis . yes , he ' s there to promote his healthcare plan , and make jokes .\nfunny or die\u2019s founders are gary sanchez productions \u2014 will ferrell , adam mckay and chris henchy \u2014 caa and michael kvamme . judd apatow is also a principal partner in the company .\nthe paris hilton video is the one that changed everything for funny or die . we moved from making small videos for ourselves to realizing , \u201cwe can have a huge platform . \u201d\nto illustrate the scale of the challenge , comedy central uk ' s youtube channel had just under 5 , 000 subscribers last week ; funny or die had 1 . 2 million .\ndavid litt , a former speechwriter for president barack obama , is joining funny or die as head writer and producer of the comedy site\u2019s washington , d . c . , operations .\nsometimes , two people just need a little push to realize they\u2019re meant for each other , and sometimes those people are actually a tv network and a website . we\u2019re specifically talking about ifc and funny or die , which are being brought together under one roof thanks to the cupid - like machinations of ifc\u2019s parent company , amc networks . according to a press release , amc has now purchased a minority ownership stake in funny or die , which will \u201callow two strong , leading comedy brands to expand their collaboration and create smart , culturally relevant comedy across television , digital , and social platforms . \u201d the goal is to have ifc expand into funny or die\u2019s online presence while also introducing funny or die - branded programming blocks on ifc .\ncomedy website funny or die is breaking beyond the internet into flesh - and - blood antics , teaming with live nation to stage a 13 - city summer tour headlined by dave chappelle and flight of the conchords . funny or die\u2019s oddball comedy & curiosity festival will kick off aug . 23 at austin360 amphitheatre in austin , texas , and run through sept . [ \u2026 ]\nerin gibson and bryan safi host this late \u00adnight series from funny or die based on their hit podcast , bringing their unique perspective on everything from politics to the latest pop culture nonsense .\nbrad : funny or die rented out a restaurant and we just shot that . scott gairdner directed that and he\u2019s the funniest . nathan davis jr , who is one of dem watercup boyz , is like an actual musician . the other guy is bill kottkamp , he\u2019s in a bunch of funny or die stuff . that was based on this duo called these white kids .\nit went so well , in fact , that funny or die ' s mike farah and joe ferrell saw the live show , met with with the duo and immediately greenlit a series .\ndavid litt , a former speechwriter for president barack obama , is joining funny or die as head writer and producer of the comedy site\u2019s washington , d . c . , operations . litt will report to brad jenkins , managing director and executive producer at funny or die dc , which has done creative campaigns for organizations such as the american heart assn . , [ \u2026 ]\nthe sketch - comedy web site\nfunny or die\nmakes the transition to tv series , with a list of comic actors that includes will ferrell , don cheadle and rob riggle .\nfunny or die \u2019s founders are gary sanchez productions \u2014 will ferrell , adam mckay and chris henchy \u2014 caa and michael kvamme . judd apatow is also a principal partner in the company .\nfunny or die released the video like it would any episode of between two ferns , but farah believes it took off in part because of how pervasive the 2016 presidential election has become . even donald trump supporter kid rock tweeted that the video was funny .\nabout funny or die ? funny or die launched in april 2007 and has become an award - wining top destination for comedy on the web . the site has over 19 million unique users per month , over 60 million video views per month , and has grown into a vertically integrated 21st century digital studio that produces high quality content over numerous platforms , operating a social media and marketing division with over 8 million twitter followers approximately 8 . 5 million facebook fans ( # 1 comedy brand on both twitter and facebook ) , and devoted followers on numerous social networking and sharing sites . funny or die has become the\nplace to be seen\nfor comedic celebrities , and the obvious destination for a daily comedy fix . funny or die ' s founders are gary sanchez productions ( will ferrell , adam mckay and chris henchy ) , creative artists agency ( caa ) , and michael kvamme . judd apatow is also a principal partner in funny or die .\ndemi adejuyigbe on twitter :\nfunny or die let us do an american sniper trailer parody that was out - of - date like , immediately . we still loved it . urltoken urltoken\non feb . 24 , zach galifianakis and the crew of his funny or die interview series set up their spartan black backdrop in the white house diplomatic room and then waited for their guest .\non tuesday , funny or die debuted the latest episode of galifianakis\u2019 spoof of celebrity interview shows , \u201cbetween two ferns , \u201d which passed more than 2 million views after about three hours online .\n' s proposed budget cuts to the environmental protection agency , calling the reductions in epa funding\nf - - - ed up\nin a new video for\nfunny or die .\nthough celebrity - and headline - driven videos kept funny or die in the news\u2014and helped usher us into an age of diy - friendly celebrities\u2014the site had also become a hub for oddball experimental sketches , both from the site\u2019s creative teams and from users worldwide vying for attention from funny or die\u2019s now - huge audience . out of that daily deluge came some surprising successes\u2014and some new comedy stars .\nfor the fourth consecutive year , live nation and funny or die announce the return of the world\u2019s biggest comedy tour . funny or die presents oddball comedy & curiosity festival tour 2016 features performances by the world\u2019s greatest comedians including : dane cook , sebastian maniscalco , tom segura , iliza shlesinger , bobby lee , ali wong , jermaine fowler , big jay oakerson and hosted by roastmaster jeff ross .\nas of 5 p . m . tuesday , 32 , 000 referrals came from funny or die , with a total of 575 , 000 visits to the site , according to a urltoken tweet .\nfunny or die is again betting aziz ansari and amy schumer will draw crowds of stand - up fans this summer , bringing the two popular comics back to headline its third annual comedy festival tour .\nfunny or die ceo dick glover has no idea what shows his site will be featuring when you read this . \u201cunless you tell me bp\u2019s going to do another oil spill , \u201d he says .\nthat\u2019s right , this year at treasure island you can get your comedy from the guys at funny or die , who will be curating a comedy tent for the first time in the festival\u2019s history .\nwe talked with rae einerson who has had a hand in the booking of the comedians along with funny or die about setting up a first time comedy tent at a festival that has been building up for nine years . einerson told us she\u2019s always been a huge comedy fan and so when the opportunity arose to suggest a comedy tent in conjunction with funny or die , she jumped at it .\n\u201cthe man who spray - tans the president is just too crazy to be a feature film ( or is it ? ) , \u201d mckay added . \u201cluckily , funny or die has a history of doing short films , so it was perfect . \u201d\nthe videos produced by funny or die tend to be , you know , funny \u2014 but its latest mashup , titled\ntrump ' s the handmaid ' s tale ,\nshows the frightening parallels between america ' s current political climate and the dystopia created by atwood .\nfunny or die\u2019s billy on the street with billy eichner is a pop culture game show that follows unfiltered and unapologetic comedian billy eichner as he hits the streets of new york city to test unsuspecting passersby .\ngibson is also known for creating and writing funny or die\u2019s \u201cgame of thrones\u201d recap show , \u201cgay of thrones . \u201d her acting credits include lending her voice to the comedy central animated series \u201ctriptank . \u201d\na couple months later , singer and actress jennifer hudson teamed up with funny or die to release a video on the eve of the obamacare website rollout , parodying the popular abc program\nscandal .\nall new episodes premiere every friday night at midnight only on hbo . for more information , visit urltoken . watch funny or die presents online at hbo go\u00ae urltoken . with hbo go , you can watch every episode of of every season of funny or die presents on your ipad\u00ae ( urltoken ) , iphone\u00ae ( urltoken ) or android\u2122 ( urltoken ) smartphone . free with your hbo subscription through participating tv providers . connect with hbo on facebook & twitter : urltoken urltoken\nlast month , litt left the white house to become head writer and producer of funny or die\u2019s new office in washington d . c . he tells the frame that it was when funny or die collaborated with the white house on the president ' s episode of\nbetween two ferns\nwith zack galifianakis that he realized the power of comedy to promote an issue \u2014 in that case the affordable care act .\nat the time , the mission wasn\u2019t just funny or die , it was a model : user - generated content plus a voting mechanism plus celebrity shareholders who were vested in its growth . we were going to try to put that chemistry together with other topics . we got tony hawk to do an action sports thing called shred or die . we did a deal with tom colicchio , one of the top chefs on tv , to do a thing called eat , drink , or die . we had pwn or die . others were being developed\u2014we were looking at weddings and pets and negotiating deals with people .\nin the new\nfunny or die\nsketch , carrey plays both heston and a member of a twisted country music band performing on\nhee haw ,\nthe popular cbs variety show from the 1970s .\nfunny or die\u2019s oddball comedy & curiosity festival will kick off aug . 23 at austin360 amphitheatre in austin , texas , and run through sept . 22 in phoenix , ariz . , at desert sky pavilion .\ntwitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup . try again or visit twitter status for more information .\nfunny or die , which counts will ferrell and adam mckay among its co - founders , was founded in 2006 as a comedy website , and has grown to include producing or co - producing tv shows , such as\nfunny or die presents ,\nand films , such as\ntim & eric ' s billion dollar movie\n( with more on the way ) . this project , however , will be the biggest project they ' ve undertaken on funnyordie . com .\ntour contact : ashley hamilton , spinlab communications , ashley @ spinlab . net , 818 - 763 - 9800 or john vlautin , spinlab communications , jv @ spinlab . net , 818 - 763 - 9800 ; or funny or die : carolyn prousky , prousky pr , carolyn @ prouskypr . com , 323 - 656 - 8047 ; or live nation : victor trevino , victortrevino @ urltoken\nthey don\u2019t really get to be the place where the celebrities are anymore , because that\u2019s everywhere . funny or die predates twitter . it predates instagram and snapchat and all these outlets where , like , \u201coh , this is so weird . i\u2019m watching taylor swift just mess around and make funny faces at her house . \u201d that didn\u2019t exist when funny or die happened . it opened up this area of seeing celebrities online in a new light\u2014and now that is a raging beast that\u2019s completely out of control .\nthe 51 - year - old hollywood actor appears in a new skit for the sketch comedy web site\nfunny or die\nsatirizing\nplanet of the apes\nstar charlton heston ' s love for firearms .\ncomedy website funny or die is breaking beyond the internet into flesh - and - blood antics , teaming with live nation to stage a 13 - city summer tour headlined by dave chappelle and flight of the conchords .\nthe series was created by the website funny or die and \u201cthe geniuses behind years of living dangerously , \u201d as franken describes the producers of the emmy award - winning climate change series in the hilarious first video .\nreally driving home the similarities between the truth and fiction is a brand new video released by funny or die over the weekend that combines footage from the handmaid\u2019s tale with clips of president trump and his wife melania .\ndeuteronomy 18 : 10 - 12 \u2013 \u201clet no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire , who practices divination or sorcery , interprets omens , engages in witchcraft , or casts spells , or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead . anyone who does these things is detestable to the lord . \u201d\nby the end of tuesday , more than 54 , 000 referrals had come from funny or die , and the site was the top referrer for the day , according to an email from aaron albright , hhs spokesman .\namc has long history of collaborating with funny or die through its us cable channel ifc on series such as the forthcoming brockmire and 2014 miniseries spoils of bablyon , and has now taken a seat on the platform\u2019s board .\nbrad : funny or die put on a screening where we played all of them back - to - back at the vista theater and a line that he improvised got one of the biggest laughs of the whole night .\nsarah silverman\u2019s hbo special , sarah silverman : we are miracles , will be coming to hbo this fall . the program will be taped in los angeles in may and will be presented in association with funny or die .\n( cnn ) \u2013 anyone who ' s watched funny or die ' s interview segment ,\nbetween two ferns\nwith comedic actor zach galifianakis , knows the interviewee is in for a few minutes of sheer awkwardness .\nwhether you think we\u2019re headed for the future atwood described or you believe the comparisons are too ludicrous to be taken seriously , this funny or die video that imagines trump and melania in gilead is so well - edited that you still may not know whether to laugh or shudder . ( just make sure you stick around for the ending . )\nspike lee needed only three video clips of jerrod carmichael to be sold on directing the young comedian ' s first special for hbo and funny or die .\nwe were ready to do the song and dance and it wasn ' t necessary ,\nsays anna wenger , funny or die ' s vp of production and one of the executive producers on the carmichael standup show .\nspike immediately got it that he was a major rising talent .\nfunny skits and more . based on the hit youtube channel\nawesomenesstv\n.\nseanbaby invented being funny on the internet at urltoken . follow him on twitter .\nthe\nfunny or die\nvideo ends with heston accidentally shooting his foot off , much to the amusement of lonesome earl ' s band - mates ( among them abraham lincoln ) and the\nhee haw\nstudio audience .\ngibson and safi are exec producing along with charlie siskel and funny or die\u2019s andrew steele , anna wenger and joe farrell . siskel , whose credits include comedy central series \u201ctosh . 0\u201d and \u201creview , \u201d will serve as showrunner .\n\u201c tig notaro : boyish girl interrupted\u201d was filmed in front of a live audience in the wilbur theatre in boston and will debut august 22 on hbo . it is co - directed by notaro and produced by funny or die .\npresident obama , in the latest unconventional appearance to promote signups for health insurance under the affordable care act , defended his interview with funny or die \u2019s \u201c between two ferns \u201d host zach galifianakis as in keeping with presidential tradition .\nto raise awareness for her\neat brighter\ncampaign , mrs . obama joined zany quizmaster billy eichner for a special edition of his\nbilly on the street\ncomedy game show , posted on the funny or die website .\nthe campaign names states it want to shame with a \u201ccriminals choice\u201d award , or a place in the \u201ctraffickers top ten\u201d . the lineup includes louisiana , virginia , kentucky , florida , arkansas and others , in addition to arizona and nevada which are singled out in the funny or die video .\nthe shakeups at the company capped off a year of uncertainty for funny or die . earlier in the year , the company \u2014 which has taken investments from hbo , caa , sequoia capital and sv angel \u2014 considered selling , including one option that ultimately did not pan out that would have seen it rolled up into viacom . tuesday ' s layoffs would help to make funny or die a more attractive acquisition target and could be indicative that sale talks will continue .\nfunny or die , created by farrell and his long - time collaborator adam mckay through their gary sanchez production company in 2007 , launched a uk version of the site backed by hat trick a year later but it closed in 2010 .\nfunny or die ' s billy on the street is a music and pop culture game show that invites you to join comedian billy eichner , unfiltered and unapologetic , as he hits the streets of new york city to test unsuspecting passersby .\nexclusive : hulu is entering the comedy / talk / variety show arena in a major way with i love you , america ( working title ) , a weekly half - hour topical show starring sarah silverman , from funny or die .\nfast forward to late february : a funny or die team came to washington to film the segment . with the march 31 deadline to enroll in obamacare fast approaching , farah said the president wanted to get\nmore personally involved .\ni think we simply need to get back to creating funny and topical stuff that forces people to say , \u201cdid you see that piece that funny or die did ? \u201d we need to focus on the blocking and tackling , if you will , of what led to the success of the site in the first place .\nthis week funny or die started posting a video version of the podcast . ( gibson and safi also write for fod . ) it ' s a condensed version of the regular podcast , which makes it perfect for lunchtime viewing / listening .\nifc president jennifer caserta noted that this also brings her closer to her \u201cultimate goal , \u201d which is to appear on a between two ferns video , and funny or die ceo mike farah added that caserta has been sending him \u201creally nice shirts\u201d since this deal started getting worked out . meanwhile , funny or die founders will ferrell and adam mckay made the same joke we made above , explaining , \u201cwe met on tinder , things moved fast , and now we\u2019re getting married . \u201d\nthat ' s the premise behind funny or die ' s latest series tween fest , developed from a popular upgrade citizens brigade ( ucb ) sketch show in los angeles . ( mashable debuts an exclusive clip of the latest episode above ) .\nfunny : isis attempts to shoot down russian jet and see what happens . . .\nand the u . s . hysteria was also addressed in another funny news segment .\nso yeah , it\u2019s not so much funny as it is incredibly bleak and upsetting .\nfunny or die is not just the name of the website co - founded by will ferrell . it is also the challenge facing comedy central , which last week announced its intention to create a british rival to the much - garlanded us website .\ntig notaro : boyish girl interrupted is produced for hbo by funny or die ; executive producers , mike farah , anna wenger , betsy koch , tig notaro , hunter seidman ; directed by tig notaro , jay karas ; written by tig notaro .\nit\u2019s the age of social media stars \u2014 so much so that they\u2019ve targets for parody . that\u2019s exactly what funny or die is out to do with tween fest , one of their two new eight - episode original series created in partnership with go90 .\nset to premiere early next year , the series is written by joel church - cooper and will be directed by tim kirkby . it will be executive produced by azaria , church - cooper , kirkby and funny or die\u2019s mike farah and joe farrell .\nwithin a year , with comedy videos bringing in eight - figure view counts , the company launched noncomedy sites , hoping that the funny or die formula\u2014big names + good videos + crowdsourced meritocracy = gold\u2014could work in other arenas . but not everything stuck .\nsarah silverman is set to headline her first hbo comedy special . taped in los angeles in may , the exclusive presentation ' sarah silverman : we are miracles ' will be presented in association with funny or die . let ' s enjoy the film .\ncorrection : march 19 , 2013 an earlier version of this post included an erroneous reference to a parody of \u201czero dark thirty . \u201d while funny or die did make a movie parody of that film , mr . perez was not involved with it .\nfunny or die\u2019s top post is its ferrell - starring \u201clandlord , \u201d in which the star begs his toddler landlord for a few more days , attracting 48 million views since april . a minute - long , paris - poking \u201csex tape\u201d shot in night vision with eva longoria has garnered another 3 million in recent weeks . but the question remains whether funny or die can sustain itself on user - generated clips , which to date have attracted only thousands , in between ferrell appearances and apatow - produced spots .\nurltoken gets traffic boost after obama ' s ' funny or die ' video president obama pitched enrolling on urltoken on the parody web talk show\nbetween two ferns\nwith the host , comedian / actor zach galifianakis . check out this story on urltoken urltoken\nthe paris hilton video is a crystallization of a kind of sensibility that i think was very much funny or die in the beginning : \u201clet\u2019s do relevant topical comedy and see if we can find people interested in helping us make that in the hollywood world . \u201d\nin addition to starring , gibson and safi will executive produce the series alongside funny or die ' s andrew steele , anna wenger and joe farrell , with charlie siskel ( review ) set as showrunner . the pilot for throwing shade was picked up in december .\nwebsite funny or die is bringing back its in - real - life oddball comedy festival for a second year , produced with live nation entertainment , with a lineup of comedians that includes amy schumer , aziz ansari , louis c . k . and sarah silverman .\nthe inevitble avalanche of accessories meant to maximize the experience of apple ' s new smart watch has already begun , but funny or die takes the icake with the 33 ideas they suggest in a new video satirizing the apple watch ' s dramatic unveiling on monday .\nwhat also helped is that the white house was familiar with funny or die , which had done topical political satire and humorous videos about healthcare reform , including one featuring jennifer hudson . \u201cwe built a great working relationship with the white house , \u201d farah said .\nkeeping in touch with the white house , farah said obama senior adviser valerie jarrett flew out to los angeles in september for a meeting with funny or die , where they floated the idea of doing an episode of\nbetween two ferns\nwith the president .\nbilly eichner from the hit tv show\nfunny or die ' s billy on the street\non fuse , talks to people on the streets of new york about the major issues of the day . follow billy on twitter @ billyeichner or add him on facebook for updates on live shows and new videos ! ! thanks for watching !\nall criminal against humanity deserves to die from the most horrid , slow and painful death as possible .\ni love that picture ,\nfarah says , gazing fondly .\nthat\u2019s what an academy award - winning actress should do : put fake tits on her forehead in the name of workplace equality . i just think that\u2019s what funny or die can be .\ni can assure you that the funny or die video will be one of the reasons we get young americans to healthcare . gov , one of the reasons we get young americans to enroll in health insurance programs , but not the only one ,\ncarney added .\nto raise awareness for her\neat brighter\ncampaign , mrs . obama joined quizmaster billy eichner for a special edition of his comedy game show , posted on the funny or die website . obama competed with big bird and past\nbilly on the street\nguest elena in a supermarket contest called\nariana grande or eating a carrot ?\nseth meyers to replace jimmy fallon ? meh . how about one of these funny ladies instead ?\n\u201cwhile funny or die has grown as a company over the last several years , we\u2019ve remained committed to creating premium comedy . as we move into the future , we ' ve decided to double - down and re - focus on making the kind of content that made us a\nthere was no upside to doing it back then\u2014it\u2019s not like your manager was saying , \u201coh , you should get on funny or die . \u201d i think that actually exists now , where you can see people on there that are trying to boost their cred in some way .\nlitt will report to brad jenkins , managing director and executive producer at funny or die dc , which has done creative campaigns for organizations such as the american heart assn . , urltoken and the league of conservation voters . the d . c . office was launched in april .\ncome on out as funny or die and nextgen climate bring comedy and democracy together in a historic fashion . they are bringing some of the biggest comedians in the world to berkeley and other colleges in california for free to promote voter registration and getting out to vote this november .\nthe fake website is \u201cpromoted\u201d in an accompanying spoof video made by a team at the comedy website funny or die , showing two \u201ccriminals\u201d boasting about where to go in america to buy guns , which the company created for national lobbying group the brady campaign to prevent gun violence .\nbut it turns out there was also a joker in the deck nobody knew about : funny or die , the comedy web site , said over the weekend that it had made its own jobs movie \u2014 \u201cisteve\u201d \u2014 and planned to unveil it online on april 15 . a biopic poking fun at biopics , \u201cisteve\u201d stars justin long ( \u201cnew girl , \u201d \u201cdodgeball : a true underdog story\u201d ) in the title role . at 60 to 75 minutes , the movie is the longest project to date for funny or die , which generally features bite - sized videos .\nthe treasure island music festival in san francisco will be the latest big time music and arts festival to add a comedy tent to its line - up . on oct . 17th and 18th , funny or die will host a comedy tent called the blah blah blah featuring performances by :\ncreators gibson and safi will star in and executive produce the pilot presentation , which goes into production thursday in los angeles . funny or die ' s andrew steele , anna wenger and joe farrell will exec produce with charlie siskel ( review ) , who will also serve as showrunner .\n\u201ci think most americans would flip out if they knew just how ridiculously easy it is for criminals to buy and carry guns in some of these states , \u201d said adam mckay , the writer , director and producer who made the video in conjunction with a funny or die team .\nhalloween is right around the corner , which means the horror movie marathons have begun . but do your psyche a favor and take a break with 16 minutes of spooktacular laughs from funny or die . everyone\u2019s favorite mistress of the dark , elvira , has teamed up with the comedy site to host four sketches guaranteed to send shivers down your spine as well as tickle your funny bone .\nparker moves to comedy central from funny or die , where he worked for over five years and served as vice president of partner content . during his tenure , he managed their award - winning partner content department and executive produced over 150 branded entertainment campaigns with brands such as fiat , universal pictures , adidas , microsoft , pepsi , sony electronics , among others . he also led the creative development and production for funny or die d . c . including the everybody votes ! project executive produced by judd apatow and the jokes for votes comedy tour headlined by sarah silverman .\ni think that people who don ' t live near d . c . , when hearing that funny or die is opening up a d . c . branch at the end of the obama presidency , it might seem like we ' re preparing for the end times . like things are about to get much funnier or darker . does the office feel that way ?\ni think it went really well . just yesterday the president announced that 20 million people have been insured under the affordable care act . that ' s a success . and it was amazing to see how something funny could help drive people to the website , change the narrative around the law . and that ' s what we ' re trying to do at funny or die d . c ."]}
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", "topic": 13}], "title": "john w . wilhelm", "paragraphs": ["drag images here or select from your computer for john w . wilhelm memorial .\n) , memorial page for john w . wilhelm ( unknown\u2013unknown ) , find a grave memorial no .\n) , memorial page for john w wilhelm ( may 1851\u2013unknown ) , find a grave memorial no .\ni thought you might like to see a memorial for john w wilhelm i found on findagrave . com .\non the c - span networks : john w . wilhelm is a president for the hospitality industry of unite here\ni thought you might like to see a memorial for john w . wilhelm i found on findagrave . com .\n8 . his first cousin is labor leader john wilhelm , former president of unite here international union .\njohn wilhelm plans to step down as national president of unite here effective nov . 29 , he announced in an email message .\njohn w . wilhelm , jr . has filed for patents to protect the following inventions . this listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the united states patent and trademark office ( uspto ) .\n5 . he ' s had three legal names : warren wilhelm jr . , warren de blasio - wilhelm and bill de blasio .\njohn w . wilhelm is the general president of the hotel employees and restaurant employees ( here ) international union . he was elected to this position effective august 1 , 1998 . prior to his election as president , he had served here in the position of general secretary - treasurer since 1996 . he has been employed by that union or its local unions since december 1969 . here represents 75 , 000 casino employees , more than any other union .\nwilhelm has been married to elizabeth b . gilbertson since 1969 . they are the parents of two sons .\nwilhelm graduated from yale college , 1967 , phi beta kappa , with high honors . after graduating from yale , wilhelm was actively involved with here ' s local unions in connecticut , serving as a business manager , a trustee , an organizing coordinator , and chief negotiator .\nwilhelm plans to recommend unite / here general vice president d . taylor as his successor when the general executive board meets on nov . 29 .\n12 . his paternal grandfather , donald wilhelm , graduated from harvard university , wrote nine books and collaborated with franklin d . roosevelt on a saturday evening post article .\nwilhelm , who\u2019s 67 , came to new haven to attend yale , then stayed to work for its unions . he continued working for the organization for 43 years .\nfor the past ten years , wilhelm has been the chief negotiator for the union ' s 45 , 000 - member local in las vegas . most of the union ' s nevada and new jersey members are employees of casinos and hotels .\nin 1982 , wilhelm was named the international vice president of here , a position he filled for the next 14 years . he has served as trustee of here ' s welfare / pension funds and the southern nevada culinary and bartenders pension fund .\nasked about his retirement plans , wilhelm responded by email : \u201ci have agreed to my successor\u2019s request to spend some time for the next year helping with the union\u2019s pension and health programs . other than that , i have no specific plans in mind . \u201d\namong his assignments with here , wilhelm has served as chief negotiator for the city - wide hotel contracts in boston in 1982 and 1985 ; san francisco in 1986 ; los angeles in 1988 and 1992 ; las vegas in 1989 , 1994 and 1997 ; yale university in 1982 , 1984 and 1987 ; along with numerous smaller contracts .\nwilhelm presided over the blue - collar union , local 35 ( formerly of the federation of university employees , then unite here ) , and then successfully led the organizing drive to create local 34 , which represents clerical and technical workers . he succeeded where several other union organizers had failed in the 15 years previous to the successful 1983 vote to form the union ; he then led a successful strike against yale to win a first contract .\nwilhelm rose to president of the national unite here union , a position he has held for the past 15 years . he helped negotiate a landmark union contract with las vegas casinos . he meanwhile kept a home in this area ( first new haven , then branford ) and remained personally active in local demonstrations and yale labor issues , helping the two sides transform one of the country\u2019s most contentious university - workforce relationships into a productive one . ( click on the play arrow to watch him address an afl - cio convention at the omni . )\nmeet new york ' s new mayor , bill de blasio . ( steve sands / getty images )\n1 . bill de blasio was born across the street from gracie mansion in the now - closed doctors hospital . his mother was 44 .\n2 . his mother graduated from smith college , one of only two italian - americans in her class of 1938 .\n3 . he grew up in cambridge , mass . , but claims he never had a boston accent since his parents were new yorkers .\n4 . he ' s the youngest of three : brother steven is 13 years his senior , and donald is eight years older .\n6 . he went to high school with patrick ewing , but says he can ' t dunk even though he ' s 6 - feet - 5 .\npatrick ewing sure can dunk , but his former classmate bill de blasio can ' t . ( linda cataffo )\n7 . his 1979 high school yearbook identified him as\nfuture president of the u . s . a . \u2014 the untied sneakers association .\n9 . he was baptized catholic , but is nonpracticing and describes himself as\nspiritual .\nrobert redford in ' the candidate , ' bill de blasio ' s favorite film . ( handout )\n13 . he was evicted from his first new york apartment , a soho walkup that he later found out was an illegal sublet .\n14 . his scariest moment was traveling through a war zone on the road to nuevo leon in nicaragua in 1988 .\ndi fara pizza in midwood , brooklyn , is tops with bill de blasio . ( johntracy for new york daily news )\n17 . he named his kids dante and chiara to honor his italian heritage .\n18 . his daughter chiara was a flower girl at the wedding of his friend patrick gaspard , now the u . s . ambassador to south africa .\n19 . he keeps louis armstrong lps that used to belong to his parents in his office .\n20 . his favorite book is\nnothing to fear\nby adam cohen , and his favorite movie is\nthe candidate .\n21 . he decorates his park slope living room with an anti - apartheid poster from the group art against apartheid .\nbill de blasio ' s beloved sports team is best left unsaid . ( handout )\n23 . his favorite athlete is david ortiz , star slugger for his beloved boston red sox .\n24 . he loves di fara ' s pizza in midwood , brooklyn , because it uses buffalo - milk mozzarella , beloved in his grandmother ' s province in italy .\n25 . if he could get one musician to appear at his inauguration , he said it would be bruce springsteen . 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", "topic": 31}], "title": "howard hughes engineering", "paragraphs": ["engineering international coordinator , howard r . hughes college of engineering [ 17138 ] - higheredjobs\nhoward r . hughes | howard r . hughes college of engineering | university of nevada , las vegas\nhoward r . hughes college of engineering is on facebook . to connect with howard r . hughes college of engineering , join facebook today .\ninventor and aviator : a farewell is being held for ballina hughes engineering ceo howard hughes .\nmr hughes founded his company howard hughes engineering in west ballina in the mid - 1970s as a boat building and general engineering business .\nhistory of the college | howard r . hughes college of engineering | university of nevada , las vegas\ncadence university program member | howard r . hughes college of engineering | university of nevada , las vegas\nwealthy beyond measure and weird beyond belief , howard hughes was an aerospace leviathan .\nthat ' s where howard hughes , the reclusive billionaire businessman , came in .\nsince 2010 , hughes engineering has been developing a state of the art flight training simulator .\nour cto mr . howard hughes interviewed at nor - shipping regarding our industry ' s hot topics .\nit is most appropriate that unlv ' s college of engineering is named for one of the most innovative aviators and engineers of the 20th century : howard r . hughes .\nour cto mr . howard hughes interviewed at nor - shipping regarding our industry ' s hot topics . | tototheo maritime\nlearn more about the namesake of unlv\u2019s basketball practice center and engineering programs for undergraduates .\nthe next two decades were a period of rapid expansion for the school . in 1984 , the university of nevada board of regents approved separate bachelor ' s and master ' s degrees in civil engineering , computer science , electrical engineering , and mechanical engineering ( aerospace studies / air force rotc was established in 2004 ) . william wells became the first director of the school of engineering in 1986 , and a year later , all eligible engineering programs had received accreditation through the national accreditation board of engineering and technology .\nin 1990 , the $ 10 million national supercomputing institute for energy and the environment took up residence in the engineering complex , enhancing the ability of engineering and computer science faculty to conduct numerical research . civil engineering became the inaugural engineering doctoral program approved by the board of regents , and marked the growth of research and advanced degree programs at the university .\nthe howard r . hughes college of engineering considers research centers and laboratories to be the primary vehicles for promoting scholarly research and technology transfer through partnership with industry . the following is a list of the centers associated with the college :\nin 1984 , eight years after his death , hughes ' summa corporation made a generous donation to unlv ' s engineering program , which resulted in the college taking hughes ' name .\na firm believer in perseverance , this engineering professor hopes to contribute to nevada\u2019s water conservation efforts .\nin 2010 , the college of engineering joined forces with the lee business school on a program to develop engineering senior design projects into business ventures . it has seen great early success so far .\nhoward robard hughes , one of the richest men to emerge from the american west during the 20th century , dies while flying from acapulco to houston .\nour chief technology officer mr . howard hughes interviewed at nor - shipping regarding our industry ' s hot topics on the 29th of may by safety4sea .\nthe replica of the h - 1 racer that hangs in the great hall of engineering is a reminder of hughes ' talent for turning vision into reality .\nunlv\u2019s howard r . hughes college of engineering is proud to incorporate the cadence products into our curriculum . within the college the products are used in classroom instruction , laboratory exercises , installed in our student computing labs , and in our research centers as research is conducted .\nkeep up - to - date with everything happening in the college of engineering . update your contact information !\nfar from the movie version of the engineering genius innovating in his lonely lab , howard robard hughes was known as an entrepreneur who also enjoyed flying airplanes and pursuing movie starlets . with his unique style , he brought excitement to and focused public attention on the aviation field .\nballina high flyer , inventor and businesses man howard ross hughes will be farewelled by family and friends at a tribute function in ballina from 2pm tomorrow ( friday ) .\nin 1988 , the school of engineering separated from the college of sciences to form the howard r . hughes college of engineering , named for one of the most innovative aviators and engineers of the 20th century and a central figure in the growth of las vegas . dr . wells became the college ' s founding dean . the next year saw the completion of the thomas t . beam engineering complex , where for the first time the college ' s programs were consolidated into a single , multidisciplinary space .\na new stem recruitment graduate fellowship was started in fall 2012 , with the goal of recruiting well - prepared students into engineering .\nben lyon and greta nissen in hell ' s angels ( 1930 ) , directed by howard hughes ; nissen was replaced by jean harlow when the movie was changed from a silent film to a talking picture .\nhughes was a man of many talents . he was a filmmaker ; the only stockholder in the hughes tool company ; the creator of hughes aircraft company , which became part of hughes medical institute ; and the man who built the globe - spanning twa airline .\nin 1909 hughes\u2019s father , howard r . hughes , sr . , invented a rotary bit for oil well drilling that made the family extremely wealthy . the younger hughes early showed a talent for engineering , and he later studied at the california institute of technology , pasadena , and at the rice institute of technology , houston . during this time , both his mother ( 1922 ) and father ( 1924 ) died . hughes quit school and took control of his father\u2019s business , hughes tool company , in houston . by the time he sold the company in 1972 , it had become a multibillion - dollar venture .\nbetter known as the\nspruce goose ,\nthe howard hughes flying boat was designed and built by hughes aircraft co . , to be the largest wood - constructed and the largest wingspan airplane ever built . as hughes perfected his craft , he added significantly to what is known in areas of large - lift capability and power - boost systems .\non this day in history , july 10 , 1938 , howard hughes began an around - the - world flight , which he completed in 91 hours . hughes , an american business tycoon , aerospace engineer , and filmmaker was one of the wealthiest people in the world during his lifetime .\n\u2026holding a national lottery , and howard hughes , who kept a suite at the desert inn throughout the 1950s and lived there permanently from 1966 to 1970 . some of the investments made by hughes proved to be failures , including the costly landmark casino , which went bankrupt , but others were outstanding successes\u2026\n\u2026studio and in 1945 joined howard hughes in forming california pictures corporation . sturges\u2019s first project for the new company was the screwball comedy the sin of harold diddlebock ( 1947 ) , starring erstwhile silent star harold lloyd . it was given a limited release but then was shelved by hughes , who edited and\u2026\n\u2026screen writers guild and producer howard hughes , who refused to credit paul jarrico because of the latter\u2019s alleged communist leanings ; hughes ultimately prevailed , though years later jarrico\u2019s name was added . stevenson then moved to television , working on such anthology series as the ford television theatre , cavalcade of america , and alfred\u2026 \u2026\nleft image : howard hughes in 1936 . ( bettmann / contributor / getty images ) right image : dave pasho and others helping establish the cover of the cia project as a deep - sea mining operation in 1972 . photo courtesy dave pasho\nin 1935 the industrialist howard hughes set a world landplane speed record of 352 miles ( 563 km ) per hour in a racer designed to his own specifications and powered by a 1 , 000 - horsepower twin - row radial engine built by pratt & whitney . the hughes h - 1 was a low - wing monoplane built with\u2026\nhoward hughes piloted the flying boat on its only flight , nov . 2 , 1947 , in long beach harbor , los angeles , california . the flight covered approximately one mile and reached an altitude of approximately 70 feet above the water ' s surface .\nto complete the autopsy , fowler interviewed hughes ' s former staff and evaluated newspaper reports , court depositions , old letters hughes ' s mother wrote about him and other documents ranging from transcripts of hughes ' s phone calls to his pilot logs .\nthe next year , doctoral programs became available in all four academic departments of the college of engineering . currently the college offers several master\u2019s degrees in aerospace , biomedical , construction management , materials & nuclear , and transportation engineering , in addition to those offered in the traditional areas ( civil & environmental , computer science , electrical & computer , and mechanical ) .\nhughes sr . died in january 1924 , when hughes jr . was just over 19 years old , so in terms of formal education and degrees he didn\u2019t have much to show . however , he went on to found and operate a great number of successful and highly technical companies and projects . between his aptitude gained at a young age and whatever independent study he was able to achieve over the years , perhaps also trained by the engineering staff who worked for him , it appears he was certainly well - versed in engineering .\nhughes did eventually find success with military flying machines . by 1976 , the hughes toolco aircraft division was reformed as hughes helicopters , which competed for both commercial and military helicopter contracts . the ah - 64 apache attack helicopter , still in boeing production today , received the collier trophy in 1983 . hughes helicopters was acquired by mcdonnell douglas in 1984 .\nwealthy beyond measure and weird beyond belief , howard hughes was a daredevil sportsman , legendary lothario , hollywood producer , las vegas mogul , and aerospace leviathan , a composite of myth and melodrama . no wonder he has inspired a cottage industry of biographies , memoirs , novels , and movies .\nhoward hughes piloted the flying boat on its only flight , nov . 2 , 1947 , in long beach harbor , los angeles , california . the flight covered approximately one mile and reached an altitude of approximately 70 feet above the water ' s surface . see asme website for more information\nramo and wooldridge had a lot to do with getting hughes started as a first rate electronics company . when they found that howard hughes was not willing to give them any ownership in the company they decided to leave and found their own , which they did with trw . trw proved them right . they were wise to leave if they wanted to make a lot of money .\nthe colleges of engineering and science are working together with allied health to form multicultural programs for stem - and health - related areas to recruit , retain , and graduate under - represented minorities .\nalways something of a loner , hughes went into complete seclusion in 1950 . however , in 1953 he established the howard hughes medical institute , using profits from the hughes aircraft company . according to hughes , the centre was established to explore \u201cthe genesis of life itself . \u201d it became a leading biological and medical research institute and was one of the world\u2019s largest and most powerful charities . the following decade he refused to appear in court to answer antitrust charges concerning twa and thus lost control of the business by default . in 1966 he sold his shares for more than $ 500 million .\nhughes and boeing would cross paths in different ways both during and after his life . not only would hughes - created products such as the ah - 64 apache helicopter and spacecraft from hughes space and communications eventually become part of boeing ' s portfolio of products , but hughes also would purchase a boeing stratoliner , the first airliner with a pressurized passenger cabin , for personal use .\nengineering at unlv has come a long way since 1957 , when herb wells , a local mining engineer , began part - time instruction . in 1961 , he offered 80 students courses that could lead to enrollment in the bachelor ' s program at university of nevada , reno . local growth led to the establishment of unlv ' s school of engineering in 1976 , which was housed within the college of science .\nfascinated with the new technology of airplanes , hughes also invested heavily in the burgeoning west coast aviation industry . with some training in engineering from the california institute of technology and the rice institute of technology , hughes designed his own aircraft and then had his hughes aircraft company build it . in 1935 , he piloted one of his airplanes to a new world - speed record of 352 . 46 mph . his reputation as an aircraft designer and builder suffered after an ill - fated wwii government - sponsored project to build an immense plane that hughes claimed would be able to transport 750 passengers . nicknamed the spruce goose , hughes\u2019 monstrosity flew only once : a one - mile hop on november 2 , 1947 .\n\u2026the tutelage of the demanding howard hughes , whose favour he enjoyed ( and which may have shielded him from the era\u2019s anticommunist crusade ) , ray directed the unremarkable born to be bad ( 1950 ) , the first of a number of films he made with robert ryan . in flying leathernecks ( 1951 ) ryan played a\u2026\n, who was cast in the title role , became a major star . hughes later produced and directed\nactive pursuit of stem education and related grant activities through the hiring of a grant writer through the center for math , science , and engineering education ( in collaboration with college of science and college of education ) .\nresearch laboratories is now called hrl incorporated and is jointly owned by raytheon and hughes electronics . half of the members of their board of directors are from raytheon and the other half from hughes \u2013 which is now a subsidiary of general motors . i consider that to be an unstable situation and i don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to last . on the other hand , it\u2019s gone better and lasted longer than i expected thus far . you were asking what was the motivating force behind the original thrust of the hughes aircraft company . the original thrust of hughes aircraft was to develop and polish the systems engineering end of things and build military systems .\nhughes\u2019s company website talks about the \u201cwonderful environment\u201d that surrounded the business in its early days on smith drive .\nmr hughes died peacefully at home on april 15 , aged 67 , with his wife jenny by his side .\nhughes owned countless aircraft , which he stashed all over the country and flew whenever he felt like it ' or not at all . the following are the ones that played the most significant roles in hughes ' aviation affairs .\nresearch within the college was boosted in 2009 by the opening of the brand new science and engineering building ( seb ) , which provides faculty and students with expanded opportunities for multidisciplinary research using state - of - the - art equipment .\na unique , one - of - a - kind interdisciplinary undergraduate degree program in entertainment engineering and design . a collaboration with the college of fine arts that began in 2007 , the program graduated its first class of four students in spring 2012 .\nthe college of education began offering a pedagogy course in fall 2012 to combine learning theory and the practice of teaching for ph . d . students in science and engineering . this is already blazing new trails to prepare future professors in stem areas .\nhughes demonstrated interest in science and technology at a young age . in particular , he had great engineering aptitude , building houston ' s first\nwireless\nradio transmitter at age 11 . he went on to be one of the first licensed ham radio operators in houston , having the assigned callsign w5cy ( originally 5cy ) . at 12 , hughes was photographed in the local newspaper , identified as being the first boy in houston to have a\nmotorized\nbicycle , which he had built from parts from his father ' s steam engine . he was an indifferent student , with a liking for mathematics , flying , and mechanics . he took his first flying lesson at 14 , and later attended math and aeronautical engineering courses at caltech .\nalthough hughes never directed another film , he continued to work as a producer . in 1948 he bought a controlling interest in\nthe ship was conceived in the midst of world war ii , when america had just lost 800 , 000 tons of supply ships to german u - boats . henry kaiser , industrialist and builder of\nliberty\nships , proposed a fleet of flying transports to meet troop and material transportation needs , flying just high enough to evade submarine attacks . kaiser approached howard hughes with his idea , and together they formed the hughes kaiser corporation and obtained an $ 18 , 000 , 000 government contract to construct three flying boats .\nhoward hughes - - the billionaire aviator , motion - picture producer and business tycoon - - spent most of his life trying to avoid germs . toward the end of his life , he lay naked in bed in darkened hotel rooms in what he considered a germ - free zone . he wore tissue boxes on his feet to protect them . and he burned his clothing if someone near him became ill .\nmr hughes helped to instil a love of flying in younger generations by taking school students on tours of his aircraft design businesses .\nyou mentioned some devices i\u2019m assuming were related to switching applications . did hughes get into microprocessors at all when they came along ?\nperhaps still fascinated by satellite capabilities , espionage and the cold war , hughes was rumored to have watched the film\nice station zebra\nhundreds of times during his last years . after many years as a recluse , hughes died on april 5 , 1976 .\nwith the december 2004 release of the film\nthe aviator ,\nhughes ' personal life , genius and exploits have again captured the public ' s attention . one of hughes ' last requests was that he be remembered for his contributions to aviation . looking at the strides and progress made by today ' s aerospace industry - many based on hughes ' work\u2014the aerospace world is honoring that request .\nthe man who headed up the ion implantation activity at hughes became a professor at caltech . i don\u2019t remember what connections he had .\nthe college of engineering has been steadily growing , enrolling more than 1 , 600 undergraduates and about 250 graduate students . research expenditures have consistently exceeded $ 6 million for the last eight years . the college is continuously seeking opportunities to improve the quality of its educational and research programs .\nin the years ahead , the college of engineering will continue to pursue its mission : to provide students with a solid foundation of practical and empirical knowledge that will enable them to solve wide - ranging problems , stay abreast of rapidly changing technology , and recognize their responsibilities to society .\nbetter known as the\nspruce goose ,\nthe howard hughes flying boat was designed and built by hughes aircraft co . , to be the largest wood - constructed and the largest wingspan airplane ever built . as hughes perfected his craft , he added significantly to what is known in areas of large - lift capability and power - boost systems . originally designated the hk - 1 in 1942 , it was designed to meet wartime troop and material transportation needs ( flying just high enough to evade submarine attacks ) . laminated wood ( mostly birch ) forms the airframe and surface structures of the seaplane , minimizing the use of critical war materials like aluminum . it was powered by eight pratt & whitney 3 , 000 horsepower engines .\nin the aviation world , hughes established early speed records in a specially designed h - 1 racing aircraft . hughes was recognized as an excellent pilot , and in 1938 , he was awarded the collier trophy for an around - the - world record flight in a lockheed model 14 .\nborn in houston , texas , in 1905 , hughes inherited an estate of nearly a million dollars when his father died in 1923 . hughes\u2019 father also left him the business that had created this fortune , the hughes tool company , which controlled the rights to a new oil drill technology that was in high demand . the young hughes quickly began to expand his business empire into new fields . in 1926 , he moved to hollywood , where he became involved in the rapidly growing movie industry . he produced several popular films , including hell\u2019s angels , scarface , and the outlaw .\nintended to carry 750 passengers , was not finished until 1947 . that year hughes was brought before a senate committee investigating war profiteering . in the highly publicized hearing , he sparred with sen . owen brewster and ultimately prevailed . hughes subsequently piloted ( 1947 ) the hercules , popularly known as the\nwhat surprised you the most in your research , after getting all the documents new and old , and piecing it together ? i didn ' t even slightly appreciate how audacious and vast and even ridiculous it was . i knew that the cia tried to steal a submarine that was deep under the ocean , that was the broad strokes of it . the engineering alone , even today , would be mind blowing . but in ' 71 to 73 , when they were building the ship , it was basically redefining what was possible on the ocean . it took me a while to digest and unpack the engineering and then figure out a way to write it so people who aren ' t engineers can understand , and wouldn ' t get bored by it , and appreciate the complexity without feeling bogged down by details . it ' s a spy story for sure , but the science and technology and engineering side to it is crazy .\nhughes ' creative and inventive mind extended well beyond the earth ' s atmosphere . at the age of 11 , hughes had built his own shortwave radio from scratch and taught himself morse code . he believed that , in the future , people everywhere would be able to communicate with one another instantaneously .\nhughes\u2019 first record - setter was a boeing 100a , a civilian version of the army\u2019s p - 12b pursuit aircraft . in january 1934 hughes won the sportsman pilot free - for - all at the miami , florida all - american air meet , averaging 185 . 7 mph over a 20 - mile course .\nthe phobia grew so severe that it might have contributed to hughes ' s increasing addiction to codeine and his reclusiveness in the two decades before his death from heart failure in 1976 . nearly two years after his death , hughes ' s estate attorney called on former apa ceo raymond d . fowler , phd , to conduct a psychological autopsy to determine hughes ' s mental and emotional condition in his last years and to help understand the origins of his mental disorder . fowler ' s findings were used in civil lawsuits filed by people who made claims to the billionaire ' s estate . hughes had died without a will .\nin adolescence , hughes was paralyzed for several months and unable to walk . after a few months , the symptoms disappeared . fowler believes hughes ' s paralysis - - for which no physical basis was found - - was psychologically based and an early manifestation of his lifelong pattern of withdrawing in times of stress .\ni\u2019d like to get a sense of how that was possible , particularly in a commercial environment and in a company like hughes that didn\u2019t have a special position like at & t . what was the big picture at hughes ? were they just trying out random things or was there a big scheme behind it all ?\nmr hughes also dedicated three years of his life to designing an affordable six - seater kit plane , in a bid to make flying more accessible for families .\nhoward loved the drama of flying ,\nsays robert w . rummel , who worked with hughes as a young engineer and later as a twa executive .\nhe was an outstanding pilot , and in the cockpit , he seemed to exult in the freedom of flight . of course , he was an astute businessman , and making money was one of the things that motivated him . but he had a sincere and abiding interest in aviation , and i think it was his one and only true love .\nnever an extrovert , hughes became increasingly reclusive after 1950 . operating through managers who rarely saw him in person , he bought up vast tracts of real estate in california , arizona , and nevada that skyrocketed in value . in 1967 , he became involved in the nevada gambling industry when he purchased the famous desert inn hotel on the las vegas strip . nevada gaming authorities welcomed hughes\u2019 involvement because it counteracted the popular image that the mafia dominated the gambling industry . by the early 1970s , hughes had become the largest single landholder in nevada , and with around 8 , 000 nevada residents on his payroll , hughes was also the state\u2019s largest employer .\nare there any actual heroes in a story like this , despite the project ' s shortcomings ? the scientists and the engineers of the cia . there ' s a whole division in the cia that [ was ] coming up with these audacious engineering concepts . in a period of less than 15 years during the cold war , they built the u - 2 , the highest altitude spy plane , still in service today . the sr - 71 blackbird is still the fastest plane by a long shot . the first spy satellite was also the first object to go into space and bring something back . and then the glomar explorer may be the most impressive feet of naval engineering in history .\nalthough science fiction writer arthur c . clarke originated the concept of satellites operating in a stationary , or geosynchronous , orbit above the earth , hughes made it a reality . with the invention of miniature circuit chips , the size of such a spacecraft could be greatly reduced , making it feasible to launch and place communications satellites in geosynchronous orbit . in 1963 , syncom , the world ' s first geosynchronous communications satellite , developed and built by hughes space and communications company , was launched . hughes also developed the first meteorological geosynchronous satellite , ats - 1 , launched in 1966 . boeing purchased hughes space and communications in 2000 , and it became boeing satellite systems .\n, whom hughes cast as a love interest and outfitted in highly provocative clothing . he designed a special brassiere to accentuate her assets , though the actress later stated that it was never used during filming . unsurprisingly , russell\u2019s wardrobe ran afoul of censors , and the lengthy battle between hughes and the hays office generated much publicity , helping make\nin addition , our dean ' s conference room houses hughes ' original conference table . at the center of the table is a replica of the h - 1 racer .\nhughes\u2019s penchant for privacy and seclusion often entangled him in controversy . this culminated in 1971 in a scandal over what were purported to be his memoirs , which were bought for book and magazine publication at sums totalling $ 1 million . the manuscript and letters concerning it that supposedly had been written by hughes were subsequently found to be fraudulent and forged .\nin 1926 hughes moved to hollywood , where he became known for making films that ran both over budget and afoul of censors . he produced several movies\u2014notably the academy award - winning\nin his new book , the taking of k - 129 : how the cia used howard hughes to steal a russian sub in the most daring covert operation in history , out september 5 , author josh dean takes readers on a fascinating\u2014and optimistic\u2014journey through this strange saga . vice chatted with dean by phone for insight into what was officially known as project azorian , why the us government was so intent on finding a partially destroyed sub , and how a cold war episode like this one resonates amid the frosty current relationship between ( some of ) the us government and moscow .\nit was almost like he was perfectly created for this character\u2014and i don ' t think there ' s anyone you could have hired or worked with who plausibly would do something so speculative and expensive . ocean mining was new , and to build a ship that cost [ so much ] and go out there and spend an additional who knows how much\u2014it ' s not believable . except with howard hughes , people are like , oh yeah , that guy is crazy . he built the spruce goose . he built a wooden airplane that didn ' t fly . he would do anything .\nthe hughes h - 4 hercules\nspruce goose\n. despite its nickname , the h - 4 was built almost entirely of birch , rather than spruce . photo source : urltoken\nthat research led fowler to believe that hughes ' s fear for his health most likely emerged from his childhood . hughes ' s mother was constantly worried about her son ' s exposure to germs , terrified that he would catch polio , a major health threat at the time . his mother checked him every day for diseases and was cautious about what he ate .\n. several directors also left the production , and eventually hughes took over . the film was finally released in 1930 . while the storyline\u2014two british pilots fall in love with a socialite during\nhughes harnessed the 1 , 000 horsepower of a pratt & whitney twin wasp junior to set an international speed record of 352 mph in 1935 before making a gear - up landing in a bean field . in 1937 , fitted with longer wings , the racer took hughes from coast to coast in seven hours , 28 minutes , breaking the transcontinental record he ' d set the previous year in a northrop gamma . hughes never flew the h - 1 again . it was retired to a quonset hut in southern california after a mere 42 hours of flight time .\nin 1942 , when german u - boats were taking a tremendous toll on u . s . world war ii liberty ships , shipbuilder henry kaiser conceived the idea of a large fleet of troop / cargo flying boats constructed of wood because of the wartime metal shortage . donald douglas turned down the project , and kaiser enlisted hughes . with a government contract of $ 18 million , the hk - 1 ( for hughes - kaiser ) was underway . development proved too slow for kaiser , and when he pulled out , hughes renamed the airplane the h - 4 hercules .\nthe latest hughes biopic , directed by martin scorsese and starring leonardo dicaprio , is titled the aviator , which may seem surprising to all but aviation enthusiasts . although hughes is remembered these days mostly for a pathological late - life fear of germs , he was once world - renowned as a record - setting pilot , a patron of pioneering aircraft , and a principal architect of the airline industry .\nattended harvard university for one year , but dropped out . he then attended law school at iowa state university , but apparently did not finish that program before completing the bar exam anyway . however , he went on to be granted patents on several key oil - drilling technologies , and founded and ran a tool - manufacturing company for 15 years , so he must have picked up some engineering aptitude along the way .\neventually , the world ' s largest flying boat was completed and moved overland from the hughes factory in culver city , calif . , to long beach ( calif . ) terminal island . because the airframe was mostly made of wood , it acquired the nickname\nspruce goose .\nhughes hated the name because the wood used was birch , and it belittled a masterful design and the dedication of hundreds of workers .\n, and his company had several government contracts , notably for the hughes xf - 11 and the h - 4 hercules . the planes ran over schedule , however , as did his movies , and were not completed until after the war . in 1946 he flew the hughes xf - 11 , a reconnaissance plane , on its maiden test flight and suffered a nearly fatal accident . the hercules , an eight - engine wooden\nthe mammoth aircraft was designated the hk - 1 ( hughes kaiser design number 1 ) in 1942 . laminated wood ( mostly birch ) forms the airframe and surface structures of the seaplane , minimizing the use of critical war materials like aluminum . it was powered by eight pratt & whitney 3 , 000 horsepower engines . after the war ' s end in 1945 , hughes invested his own money to keep the project going .\nthe college is especially proud of its faculty , some of whom have received national recognition \u2014 fellows of their respective professional organizations and national / international awards in recognition of their contribution to specific areas of research \u2013 while others exhibit great potential in many areas including biomedical , environmental , renewable energy , security , and transportation engineering . their achievements are reflected in the external funding they have received from federal and state agencies , as well as private industries .\nthe college of engineering connects with the community in various ways , including the sponsoring of hands - on and experiential field trip activities for local middle and high school students . through membership in their industrial advisory boards , the college continuously engages community and industry partners for their input on curriculum , research and development activities , scholarships , internships and career opportunities for students , while the bi - annual fred and harriet cox senior design competition is sponsored by local industries . for many years , the college of engineering has also been a supporter of las vegas regional first ( for inspiration & recognition of science and technology ) robotics competition , which brings more than 1 , 300 high school students to the campus annually . in addition , college faculty and students are actively involved in mentoring clark county high school teams to prepare for the competition , while also remaining involved in the first lego league , aimed at junior high students .\ndetermined to get a military airplane contract , hughes designed the xf - 11 , a twin - engine , twin - boomed , high - altitude reconnaissance airplane that was reminiscent of the famed lockheed p - 38 lightning . but during the airplane ' s initial flight in 1946 , hughes was almost killed in a crash when an oil leak caused the aft set of counter - rotating propellers on the starboard engine to go into reverse pitch .\nalthough the rumors of hughes\u2019 bizarre behavior have been exaggerated\u2013in part due to a fraudulent memoir published in 1971\u2013in his final years the billionaire became even more obsessed with privacy . he continually moved between his residences in las vegas , the bahamas , nicaragua , canada , england , and mexico . other than a few male aides , almost nobody saw hughes , and he sometimes worked for days at a stretch in a black - curtained room without sleeping .\nthat\u2019s interesting . i knew that a lot of people were working on storage tubes , but mainly in the context of computing where some people were thinking about memory type devices . was hughes interested in that kind of thing at all ?\nemaciated and deranged from too little food and too many drugs , hughes finally became so ill that his aides decided that he needed medical treatment . he died in his airplane en route from acapulco to houston at the age of 70 .\nduring his early years , hughes garnered more fame and notoriety as a movie director and producer than as an aviation pioneer . although he produced many movies on varying subjects , aviation was his first love . hughes wrote and directed the world war i epic\nhell ' s angels ,\nwhich began filming in 1928 . he assembled an array of 87 world war i aircraft and personally directed the aerial combat scenes over mines field ( now los angeles international airport ) .\nthe blue streak hughes went into the airplane business in 1934 . at 28 , he ' d already produced and directed hell ' s angels , a film epic about world war i aerial combat , and he ' d recently set a national speed record and won a race in a highly modified boeing 100a biplane . now he assembled a small team of employees into what would eventually become the hughes aircraft company and embarked on the project that anchored his place in aviation history .\ncabin class the racer whetted hughes ' appetite for more records . to set an around - the - world mark , he bought the sole douglas dc - 1 but dumped it almost immediately for an amphibian , which he could set down on water in case of an engine problem . hughes already had plenty of experience with a sikorsky s - 38 . he bought a new sikorsky s - 43 , a twin - engine amphibian that was 70 mph faster than the s - 38 .\nthe following year hughes bought the desert inn , a resort casino in las vegas . he reportedly made the purchase after being told to vacate its penthouse . this sparked a buying spree that included other casinos and large swathes of undeveloped land ; in the 1950s he had purchased property outside las vegas , and it would later become the planned community known as summerlin . hughes subsequently played an influential role in las vegas\u2019s development , changing the city\u2019s image\u2014which was strongly linked to the mafia \u2014and bringing more corporate investment .\nin 1952 i went to work for hughes aircraft company after finishing my graduate work at caltech and getting a ph . d . by that time william shockley , john bardeen and walter brattain had invented the transistor and the world of vacuum tubes essentially disappeared .\ni never doubted that i would go on to do postgraduate work , but before i got around to that i spent a year in st . paul working for the engineering research associates , which was organized by the reserve captain engstrom , who was in charge of the operation i was assigned to in washington . the captain that ran that operation realized that none of his decent engineers would likely want to stay in the navy or go into civil service , so he had the foresight to organize a little company and get funding for it .\nthe s - 43 proved to be unsuitable for around - the - world duty , but hughes continued to modify it until crash - landing in lake mead , near las vegas , in 1943 .\nthe [ center of gravity ] was just way too far forward ,\nsays bruce burk , who started working for hughes in 1937 and later oversaw his personal fleet .\nif it had happened on the ground , you would have called it a ground loop , so i guess this was a water loop .\nhughes and his four - man crew departed from floyd bennett field in long island new york in a lockheed 14 super electra . from there , the men continued to paris , moscow , omsk , yakutsk , fairbanks , and minneapolis before returning to new york city .\nironically , hughes ended up neglecting his own hygiene later in his life , rarely bathing or brushing his teeth . he even forced his compulsions on those around him , ordering staff to wash their hands multiple times and layer their hands with paper towels when serving his food .\nlet\u2019s back up again . it would be really helpful if you would give some sense of the dynamic between hughes and places doing similar research , such as bell labs and the various universities in california \u2013 stanford and so on . it is clear that ideas were being circulated around .\nbut sold the shares in 1953 . the following year he bought the whole company only to sell it again in 1955 . he remained chairman of the board of rko until 1957 , when he left the film industry . that year hughes , who had relationships with a number of prominent actresses , married\ni think it ' s difficult for readers who don ' t have a great sense of hughes as a cultural figure to understand why he was such an ideal front . can you talk about that ? once they solved the engineering problem , which was huge\u2014like , how can we actually pull a submarine off the bottom of the ocean 16 , 000 feet down ? it was a 3 million pound piece of steel that was going to be attached to millions more pounds of steel . but once they figured it out , they were like , how are we going to explain the fact that we ' ve got this big ship parked in the middle of the pacific in a region where ships aren ' t usually sitting and not that far from where the soviets lost a sub ? like , that ' s going to look really suspicious . they needed a cover . they needed some way to explain it . it could start a war .\nhughes was also a central figure in the growth of las vegas into an international resort destination . he spent most of the last years of his life in las vegas , where he owned an airport , a television station , a ranch , several hotel - casinos , and a great deal of valuable land .\non sept . 13 , 1935 , hughes ' vision of building the fastest plane in the world became a reality . he set a world - record speed of 352 . 39 miles per hour in the skies over santa ana , breaking the previous record of 314 . 32 held by raymond delmotte of france .\nfilming for\njet pilot ,\nstarring john wayne , began in 1949 and extended through 1951 . hughes continued to perfect the aerial scenes , and the film was not released until 1957 . in this era before computer - generated imagery , hughes needed real airplanes to film his scenes . thanks to his pioneering work in aviation , the u . s . air force was willing to help him out . segments included exceptional f - 86 aerial scenes with pilot chuck yeager at the controls of one of the sabre jets . moviegoers also saw footage of northrop ' s xf - 89 scorpion prototype\u2014which appeared as a russian fighter .\nthe no . 2 xf - 11 was modified , and the counter - rotating propellers were switched out for standard , variable - pitch blades . hughes would not , however , secure any military orders for the xf - 11 , as the army air corps opted for the boeing rb - 50 for high - altitude long - range reconnaissance .\nyes . i interviewed at rca , general electric , sandia corporation and los alamos , the latter two being the only work that would be reasonably high tech in new mexico . i had an attraction to new mexico , but had no hesitation to go to work for hughes . i was recruited by ruben mettler . he left hughes shortly thereafter , joined ramo and wooldridge , and eventually became ceo of trw . i knew ruben mettler mainly as a result of the fact that he and i were housemothers at two different student houses at the same time . caltech doesn\u2019t have fraternities . ruben mettler got his ph . d . a little before i did . we have remained good friends all these years .\none of the first things i did at hughes was to take a look at the various possible applications of lasers to figure out which ones would suit the company best . by far and away the most obvious was the laser rangefinder . building laser rangefinders , laser target identification equipment and the like turned into a big deal \u2013 a $ 100 million operation in the factory .\nthe very first digital watches used electroluminescent displays . only when they got liquid crystal displays did they stand a chance of having a decent battery life . in the beginning hughes was very competitive in this area , thanks largely to bob bauer\u2019s invention of the ion - implanted device . however they fell by the wayside in the long run . i don\u2019t think even ti is a major supplier of watches anymore .\nafter inheriting substantial wealth from his family ' s estate in 1923 , hughes embarked on a course to make his dreams of aviation come true . he became a successful businessman running several companies , including the airline twa . he lent his expertise in the design of the lockheed l - 049 constellation and flew the first\nconnie ,\nin twa livery , on a record - breaking cross - country flight .\ni couldn\u2019t say that they were ever a major manufacturer of integrated circuits . they had an operation that was trying to become a major supplier of integrated circuits , but it was not very successful \u2013 for a variety of reasons not necessarily related to lack of technology . at one point hughes was a prime supplier of watch circuits for digital watches , but texas instruments and japanese companies beat them hands down when they got into mass production .\nhughes ' s fear of germs grew throughout his life , and he concurrently developed obsessive - compulsive symptoms around efforts to protect himself from germs , fowler notes . for example , he wrote a staff manual on how to open a can of peaches - - including directions for removing the label , scrubbing the can down until it was bare metal , washing it again and pouring the contents into a bowl without touching the can to the bowl .\nthe replica of the world - record setting h - 1 that hughes and richard palmer designed is suspended from the great hall ' s high ceiling was built by leon starr , who incorporated much of the fine detail of the original , right down to the flush - mounted rivets from the same batch that held down the polished - aluminum skin of the original airplane . the original aircraft is in the smithsonian institution in washington , d . c .\nunder the guise of creating an undersea mining vessel , hughes tool company contracted with the u . s . central intelligence agency in november 1970 to build the glomar explorer , equipped with a giant retrieval claw to attempt a recovery of the submarine . in 1974 , the glomar explorer retrieved half of the hull containing three nuclear - 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partner fertility ( e . g . , guzzo and furstenberg 2007 ; manlove et al . 2008 ) .\nthe national maternal and infant health survey ( nmihs ) asked a large representative sample of women with live births during the year of 1988 to report the age of the father of their child , allowing researchers to estimate the number of births to men of different ages during that calendar year . lindberg and colleagues ( 1998 ) combined nmihs information on fathers\u2019 ages with data from the u . s . census bureau to estimate nonmarital fertility rates for teen men in the population . they used the nmihs estimates to externally evaluate young men\u2019s fertility reports from the 1988 and 1991 waves of the national survey of adolescent males ( nsam ) . for the calendar year of 1988 , they estimated a birth rate of 16 . 4 per 1000 unmarried teen men based on the nmihs and 14 . 1 based on young men\u2019s self - reports in the nsam . the ratio of these rates indicates that as many as 87 . 8 % of unmarried teen births were reported by men in the nsam .\nthe more complete reports found in nsam could reflect the fact that the interval between the birth and the interview in which fertility histories were first collected was considerably shorter than in other surveys . nsam\u2019s more complete reports could also reflect its innovative approach to collecting information about fertility . respondents were first asked to recall various sexual partners and then asked whether they had children with each partner . collecting fertility data within the context of relationship histories is intended to improve recall and appears to have been effective ( lindberg et al . 1998 ) .\nwhile both nsam and the nsfg collected information about births within the contexts of relationships , nsam obtained more complete reporting of births to teen men than did the nsfg . however , the assessments of male fertility data in these two surveys differ in some important respects . for instance , lindberg and colleagues ( 1998 ) relied on two waves of data to construct teen fertility rates .\nby using parallel measures of male fertility across different surveys , a single method for estimating male fertility in the population , and analogous subgroups , we can make explicit comparisons of the quality of data across surveys . these comparisons allow us to identify aspects of surveys that improve the quality of male fertility data . furthermore , these comparisons offer us indicators of data quality in the nlsy79 and nlsy97 , data sets that are widely used but have not been evaluated against an external standard .\neven a survey with adequate representation of men and closely - spaced interviews would have incomplete reporting of men\u2019s births if some men do not know about the birth of their children . the fragile families and child wellbeing study offers clues about men\u2019s awareness of their paternity . for example , fragile families asked unmarried mothers about their relationship with the father at the time of the birth . only 1 % of women could not identify the father of the birth , and another 9 % had little or no contact with the father ; the remainder of women reported they were in a friendship , marriage , or cohabiting relationship at the time of the birth ( carlson , mclanahan , england , and devaney 2005 ) . if we take an extreme position and assume mothers with little or no contact with the biological father at the time of the birth did not ever tell the father about the pregnancy , these results suggest that , at most , 10 % of biological fathers may not be aware that they have a child . it is likely that some of these mothers did tell the fathers about the pregnancy , bringing the true share below 10 % .\nin order to evaluate the quality of male fertility data , we compare age - specific fertility rates ( asfrs ) in surveys to population rates based on data from the vital statistics and the u . s . census bureau . these rates are calculated similarly to those for women in the population ( e . g . , hinde 1998 ; morgan , botev , chen , and huang 1999 ; preston et al . 2001 ) . we calculate the fertility rate at age x ( f x ) for men as follows :\nwhere b x is the number of births to men age x , and p x is the number of men age x in the population . we calculate asfrs that correspond to either periods or birth cohorts , depending on the focal survey , as we explain later . we estimate rates for all men and for different subgroups defined by race and marital status . we use birth certificate and population data that extend from 1972 to 2006 in order to cover the years that respondents in the surveys were at risk of having a birth .\nwhile the calculation of asfrs is relatively straightforward , generating reliable estimates of b x and p x from the survey data and from the population data requires some assumptions . we first describe our methods for calculating the asfrs from these data sources . we then discuss our assumptions and potential biases they may introduce .\nwe use multivariate imputation by chained equations ( allison 2001 ) to impute missing fathers\u2019 ages for each calendar year of risk based on other information on the birth certificate : age of the mother , race of the mother , education of the mother , and race of the father . typically , mothers who fail to report the age of fathers also fail to report their race . to impute the number of births to men of different racial groups , we assume that the race of the father , when missing , is the same as that of the mother . 2\nfollowing the national center for health statistics\u2019 procedures used for women , we compute marital - specific estimates of the number of men in the population by applying marital rates from the current population survey ( cps ) to our census estimates ( nchs 2004 ; king et al . 2009 ) . for instance , to estimate the number of married black men aged 18 in 2002 , we multiply the proportion that is married ( using three - year moving averages from the cps ) by the number of men in this group ( from the census data ) . 3\ncalculating fertility rates for the surveys similarly requires the number of births in the numerator and the number of men or women at risk in the denominator . for each survey , we create files of person - years lived by respondents to calculate fertility rates at each age from 15 to 24 . the denominator includes the weighted number of respondents who contribute observations to a given age , and the numerator includes the weighted number of births to these respondents . in some analyses , we stratify age - specific fertility rates by race and marital status , using measures comparable to those used for the population . for instance , we estimate a nonmarital birth rate at the age of 18 by including the weighted number of single births to men at this age as the numerator and the weighted number of men who are single in the middle of this age interval in the denominator .\nwe use data from the nlsy79 , the nlsy97 , and the 2002 nsfg . all three data sets include substantial minority over - samples that facilitate the estimation of race - specific fertility rates ; sampling weights for all three surveys adjust statistics so that samples are representative of their sampling frames .\nthe nlsy79 is a longitudinal survey that began with a representative sample of 14 to 21 - year - old men and women in 1979 . respondents were interviewed annually until 1996 and biennially since that time . our analysis is based on data from the 1979\u20131995 interviews , allowing us to create person - years files for all respondents that extend through age 25 . although the initial sample represents the civilian , noninstitutionalized population , the nlsy79 follows respondents if they become incarcerated or join the military , whenever possible .\nboth men and women in the nlsy79 were asked questions about their fertility behavior in each of the interviews . at the first interview , respondents were asked , \u201chow many children , altogether , have ( you ever given birth to / you ever had ) at any time , not counting babies that were dead at birth ? \u201d respondents who reported having any children were asked the dates of birth for each child . in subsequent rounds , the surveys alternated between updating from the previous survey ( 1980\u20131981 ; 1983\u20131994 ) and having respondents re - list any children they had ever had ( 1982 ; 1983 if missed the 1982 interview ) . the nlsy79 provides constructed fertility variables that incorporate several years of cleaning and editing ( center for human resource research 2006 ) .\nthe nlsy79 also includes detailed information about each respondent\u2019s marital history , including start and end dates of marriages and a measure of current marital status at each interview . the marital context of each birth is identified indirectly by examining respondents\u2019 marital status in the month the child was born .\ncycle 6 of the nsfg is , in contrast , a cross - sectional sample of women and men aged 15 to 45 in 2002 ( lepkowski , mosher , and davis 2006 ) . this cycle of the nsfg was the first to include men , but collected information on fertility using different instruments for men and women . cycle 6 collects information on male fertility with reference to specific sexual partners in hopes of eliciting higher reports of nonmarital fertility . men who report births are asked a direct question about whether he and the partner were married , cohabiting , or single at the time of each birth . in contrast , for nsfg women , fertility , marriage , and cohabitation histories are collected separately , and the relationship context of the birth is determined by comparing dates , as we do in the nlsy data .\nin estimating both the birth and population counts , we make several assumptions . to the extent that these assumptions lead us to misestimate the number of births or number of individuals at risk of a birth , they create bias in the fertility rates . to the extent that we overestimate fertility rates in the population , surveys will appear worse than they actually are , whereas to the degree that we underestimate the population fertility rates , surveys will appear more favorable .\nin estimating the number of men in the population , we assume that men who are in the armed forces overseas are at risk of having a birth in the united states . in results not presented here , we compared population asfrs for black and white men estimated with and without overseas armed forces men in two different calendar years ( 1991 and 2000 ) . at any given age , the largest difference between these two sets of estimates was 0 . 005 . presumably , the bias posed by including the overseas armed forces men is likely to be small because such a small percentage of young men fall into this category .\ndisplays the asfrs for three broad samples . results for women appear on the left , and results for men are displayed on the right . for all six groups , we display at each age the survey fertility rate , the population rate ( indicated by vs for vital statistics ) , the difference between the rates , and the ratio of the rates ( i . e . , the proportion of births reported ) . below the asfrs , we also present statistics that are averaged across five - year and ten - year age intervals . we weight each age equally in computing the averages for different age intervals , thus producing age - standardized ratios . for each ratio , we indicate whether the survey rate is significantly different from the population rate .\nnotes : fertility rates for different age groups are computed by averaging the asfrs comprising them ( weighting each age equally ) .\nall three surveys obtain almost complete reporting of women\u2019s fertility : the 10 - year age ratios range from 0 . 973 to 0 . 986 . the ratios for men are considerably lower and exhibit greater variability . the 10 - year age ratio for nsfg is 0 . 805 , while the ratios for nlsy79 and nlsy97 are 0 . 885 and 0 . 888 respectively . the ranking of these overall ratios for men is consistent with our hypothesis about the importance of longitudinal data , with the nlsys capturing a greater share of male births than the nsfg . the nlsy97 does not appear to be substantially better than the nlsy79 at capturing early male fertility , but these first analyses do not distinguish marital and nonmarital births . for these broad age intervals , the only survey rate that differs significantly from the population rate is for the nsfg men .\ncomparing the ratios averaged across ages 15\u201319 for the different surveys again suggests that the nlsy surveys do a better job of capturing births than the nsfg . the value for nsfg men indicates that this survey misses almost one - third of births to teen men . differences for the group aged 20 to 24 are less pronounced , but reveal a similar pattern .\nto facilitate interpretation , we present the remaining comparisons of survey and population asfrs in graphs . in\n, we compare vital statistics\u2019 rates ( using multiple imputation for missing father\u2019s age ) to estimates of male fertility based on the nsfg women\u2019s reports of the fathers\u2019 ages of their children born in this period ( 1991 to 2000 ) . the nsfg rates include the weighted number of births to men of different ages ( based on the nsfg female data ) in the numerator and the weighted population of nsfg men at different ages ( based on the nsfg male data ) in the denominator . it is reassuring to note that the rates based on the nsfg women\u2019s reports map closely to the population estimates . this suggests that our population - based rates are fairly accurate , and that any differences we see in the nsfg male asfrs are due to differences in the reporting of births ( the numerator ) rather than the representation of men in the survey ( the denominator ) .\nage - specific fertility rates for men by data source : 1991 to 2000 period ( ratio of rates r = . 805 * )\nnote : hollow circle means survey estimate different from population at p < . 05 ( two - tailed test ) .\nwe now turn to analyses that pertain to specific subgroups of men , beginning with the nsfg .\ndisplays six separate graphs for nsfg men in the 1990s . the first graph ( a ) copies survey and population estimates from\n. the second graph ( b ) drops foreign - born men who were not yet in the u . s . at a given age of risk to better capture men who were actually at risk of having a birth in the period . in this graph , and other analyses based on the nsfg ( not shown ) , we find that excluding this group does not make a substantive difference . in the remaining graphs , we include the foreign born because studies based on fatherhood in the nsfg typically include this group ( e . g . ,\n) . the following graphs compare the asfrs for four specific groups : white men ( c ) , black men ( d ) , single men ( e ) , and married men ( f ) . we do not take into account race and marital status simultaneously in our nsfg analyses because of small sample sizes for some subgroups , particularly black married men . results indicate that for white men , there is some underreporting of births (\n= . 824 ) . for black men , the gap between the population and survey estimates is much larger , and the gap increases with age . as expected , births to single men are underreported . in contrast , none of the survey estimates for married men differ significantly from the population estimates .\nnotes : line corresponds to rate estimated for the population using mice ; significant differences between the survey and population rate at any given age are indicated by the hollow circles .\n) : some differences are significant , but they are small in magnitude . as in the nsfg , births to black men are significantly underreported ; however , in the nlsy79 , the magnitude of underreporting is smaller , and it is statistically significant only in the early 20s . the results for single men resemble those for all men , with significant but small birth deficits among the three oldest ages . as expected , the asfrs for married men from the nlsy79 do not significantly differ from those for the population , with the exception of the rate at age 18 .\ndisplays these graphs for men from the nlsy97 . as in the case of the nsfg , the patterns for whites and single men from the nlsy97 closely resemble the overall patterns of men in this sample , with small deficits between the ages of 21 and 24 . it is reassuring to observe once again that the asfrs for men in the nlsy97 are close to those estimated for the population . in contrast to the other surveys , the nlsy97 does not show significant differences between the population estimates and the survey estimates for black men .\nin other analyses ( results not shown ) for blacks and whites from the nlsy79 and nlsy97 , we excluded those who had ever been in military barracks . we alternatively ran analyses that excluded respondents who were in prison or on military barracks during a given age of year of risk . none of these exclusions changed the overall pattern of results for white and black men . this partly reflects the fact that respondents in these institutions comprised a small proportion of the entire sample .\nour imputation methods assume that fathers with missing information on race ( who typically have missing information on age as well ) are the same race as mothers . we conducted sensitivity tests for men in the population from the 1980\u201384 birth cohort ( the group most likely to violate this assumption because of increases in interracial relationships ) to obtain an idea of how much distortion our homogamy assumption may create in the race - specific population asfrs ( results not shown ) . first , we assumed that the racial mix of parents at each age was the same for births with and without information on birth certificates . based on this assumption , we ended up reducing the number of births to white men at every age and increasing the number to black men , but the asfrs for black and white men barely changed . then , we repeated this exercise , assuming racial mixing was more common for births certificates with missing race . this alternative assumption did not dramatically change the patterns in these graphs .\nbecause marital status differs considerably by race , the confounding of race and marital status in these graphs makes it difficult to identify whether black men or single men are responsible for the observed underreporting of births .\npresents nonmarital asfrs for nlsy79 and nlsy97 by race . for men from the nlsy79 , we present two sets of these graphs : one set is based on the mott and colleagues\u2019 data removing births with low confidence births paternity codes ( a and c ) and the other based on the set of constructed variables without the mott and colleagues\u2019 changes ( b and d ) . as can be seen , the pattern of results does not differ according to which set we use ; however , there is an increase in underreporting for white men with the mott and colleague\u2019s changes ( i . e . ,\nresearchers have been concerned that incomplete reporting of men\u2019s births in surveys will bias the coefficients in multivariate models of the antecedents and consequences of early fertility . previous studies that have estimated parallel models of early parenthood find weaker effects of many family background variables for men compared to women ( e . g . , hynes et al . 2008 ; michael and tuma 1985 ) , but it is unclear whether these sex differences are due to differences in data quality or behavior .\n) . we use a sample of women for these simulations because we want to have initial models that are not biased by under - reporting or representation issues . we use the nsfg for these simulations . we limit the sample to women aged 20 or older at the time of the interview and estimate a logistic regression model predicting the likelihood of having a teen birth as a function of basic family background and demographic variables . we discard information on the exact timing of teen births in order to simplify our experiments . odds ratios for this model appear in column one of\nnotes : we examine whether the 95 % confidence interval corresponding to the estimate for each simulated includes the estimate from the model based on complete birth reports . confidence intervals do not include the point estimate are classified signficantly different .\nin our second experiment , we once again change 30 % of the teen births to the no birth category ; however , we assume greater underreporting among blacks than among other respondents based on their respective proportions of teen births underreported for our nsfg sample ( 43 % of teen births to black men and 23 % for non - black men ) . all other steps remain the same . for each variable in the two experiments that we conduct , we present the average of the 100 coefficients in columns 2 and 5 . in addition , we report the percent difference between the averaged coefficients and the original estimates ( columns 3 and 6 ) and the percent of the 100 models with coefficients that are significantly different from the original estimates ( columns 4 and 7 ) .\nthe results for the first experiment reveal a decline in magnitude of coefficients for each of the family background variables , with an average decline of around 10 % . still , the vast majority of coefficients from the first experiment fail to significantly differ from the original estimates . in the second experiment , the coefficient for \u201cblack\u201d declines by almost 50 % and is significantly different from the original estimate in all of the simulated samples ; this is consistent with the assumption of differential underreporting in this simulation . the attenuation of the other coefficients is generally weaker than in the first experiment . the results of these experiments suggest that underreporting attenuates coefficients in models of having a teen birth , especially the coefficients of variables associated with underreporting .\nresearchers are increasingly emphasizing the importance of men in studies of family formation ( bachrach 2007 ; forste 2002 ; goldscheider and kaufman 1996 ; greene and biddlecom 2000 ) . at the same time , they continue to express concerns about the quality of male fertility data in recent surveys . in response to these concerns , we estimated age - specific fertility rates during the teens and early twenties for men in nlsy79 , nlsy97 , and nsfg 2002 and compared them to male fertility rates estimated for the u . s . population . we found that in the nsfg , roughly four out of five early births were reported , and in the nlsy79 and nlsy97 , almost nine - tenths of early births were reported . in all three surveys , reporting deficits were especially pronounced for nonmarital births . reporting of births to women was virtually complete in all three surveys .\nin spite of the fact that nonresponse rates were considerably higher in the nlsy97 than in the nlsy79 ( aughinbaugh and gardecki 2008 ) , we found a slightly greater proportion of nonmarital births reported for this more recent cohort ( i . e . , . 858 versus . 829 ) . several factors could have improved reporting of nonmarital births , including the development of the fatherhood movement , greater paternity establishment , and increases in the proportion of nonmarital births that were to cohabiting parents ( kennedy and bumpass 2008 ; marsiglio , amato , day , and lamb 2000 ) .\nresults from our monte carlo experiments , which are based on levels of underreporting found for men in the nsfg , suggest that underreporting attenuates coefficients in models of early fatherhood . furthermore , the magnitude of attenuation depends on how strongly a given variable is associated with underreporting ; however , the attenuation of coefficients in models of teen births estimated for men from the nlsy79 and nlsy97 is likely to be smaller because a larger proportion of births in these surveys are reported .\nwhile we were not able to conduct separate analyses of hispanics due to limitations in the population data , we would be concerned about the reliability of these estimates nonetheless . the composition of the hispanic population changes across cohorts and even within cohorts at different ages due to immigration ( portes and rumbaut 1996 ) . the further we follow nlsy hispanics beyond the first interview , the less they will resemble hispanics from the same birth cohorts in the general population .\nthis study makes an important contribution to our understanding of the quality of male fertility data in major u . s . surveys . in the period following the nurturing fatherhood initiative , research on men\u2019s fertility has proliferated . yet , our understanding of the quality of male fertility data is based on studies that are now dated . our results reveal that the quality of male fertility data in the nlsy97 and the nlsy79 is better than that in the nsfg , suggesting that survey design matters to the quality of these data . they suggest that surveys collecting information on fertility for men prospectively are likely to be more successful than studies that collect this information retrospectively .\n1 information on marital status in the vital statistics data has varied across states and over time . the majority of states ask directly whether the mother was married \u201c at birth , conception , or any time in between , \u201d or alternatively , whether she was married to the father of the child . a few states determine marital status using inferential procedures ( see hamilton , martin and ventura 2006 and ventura and bachrach 2000 for greater detail on how marital status is measured in the vital statistics . )\n2 we also used the hotdeck method to impute missing fathers\u2019 ages . first , we stratified the birth certificate data by calendar year , mother\u2019s age , and father\u2019s race . then , for each stratum ( e . g . , births to black fathers and 18 - year - old mothers in 1980 ) , we randomly selected ( with replacement ) ages of fathers reported on birth certificates to fill in the father\u2019s age when it is missing . this alternative method of imputation produced estimates of the number of births to men that are remarkably close to those based on multivariate imputation .\n3 to develop comparable measures of race for data from years 2000 and beyond , we bridged the responses of those who reported more than one race to a single race using the largest group bridging method ( nchs 2004 ) .\naughinbaugh a , gardecki rm . attrition in the national longitudinal survey of youth 1997 . 2008 . working paper .\nbachrach c . taking stock : do surveys of men\u2019s fertility deliver ? in : hofferth s , casper l , editors .\nin federal interagency forum on child and family statistics , nurturing fatherhood : improving data and research on male fertility , family formation and fatherhood .\nu . s . printing office ; washington d . c . : 1998 . report of the working group on male fertility and family formation .\nu . s . census bureau ; washington , dc : 1996 . 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age disability : report from a technical working group .\ngarfinkel i , mclanahan s , hanson t . a patchwork portrait of nonresident fathers . in : garfinkel i , mclanahan s , meyer d , seltzer j , editors .\ngoldscheider fk , kaufman g . fertility and commitment : bringing men back in .\ngreene me , biddlecom ae . absent and problematic men : demographic accounts of male reproductive roles .\nhamilton be , martin ja , ventura sj . births : preliminary data for 2006 .\nhamilton be , martin ja , ventura sj . birth : preliminary data for 2007 .\nhernandez dj , brandon pd . who are the fathers of the today ? in : tamis - lemonda cs , cabrera n , editors .\nlawrence erlbaum associates , inc . ; mahwah , nj : 2002 . pp . 33\u201362 .\nhynes k , joyner k , peters he , yang f . the transition to early fatherhood : national estimates based on multiple surveys .\nkennedy s , bumpass l . cohabitation and children\u2019s living arrangements : new estimates from the united states .\nintegrated public use microdata series , current population survey : version 2 . 0 .\n[ machine - 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examining the link of early childbearing to marriage and to subsequent fertility .\nmott fc , hurst ds , gryn t . male relationship and fertility data in the nlsy . in : hofferth s , casper l , editors .\nnational center for health statistics vital statistics of the united states , volume i , natality .\npettit b , western b . mass imprisonment and the life course : race and class inequality in u . s . incarceration .\nqian z , lichter dt . social boundaries and marital assimilation : interpreting trends in racial and ethnic intermarriage .\nrendall ms , clarke l , peters he , ranjit n , verropoulou g . incomplete reporting of male fertility in the united states and britain : a research note .\nrindfuss rr . the young adult years : diversity , structural change , and fertility .\nseltzer j , brandeth y . what fathers say about involvement with children after separation .\nsorensen e . a national profile of nonresident fathers and their ability to pay child support .\nswicegood g , morgan sp , rindfuss r . measurement and replication : results from eight u . s . surveys spanning a quarter century .\nteachman j . race , military service , and marital timing : evidence from the nlsy - 79 .\nventura sj , bachrach ca . nonmarital childbearing in the united states , 1940 - 1999 .\nwildsmith e , raley rk . race - ethnic differences in nonmarital fertility : a focus on mexican american women .\nwu l , martin s , long d . comparing data quality of fertility and first sexual intercourse histories .\njob title : scale clerk operator ( part . . . - fort benning soldier for life - transition assistance program | facebook\nlegal status ( the legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion . google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed . )\ncurrent assignee ( the listed assignees may be inaccurate . google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list . )\npriority date ( the priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion . google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed . )\ninput arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer ; output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit , e . g . interface arrangements\npointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e . g . mice , trackballs , pens or joysticks ; accessories therefor\nimage processing system filed june 50 , 1965 2 sheets - sheet l 11 ckt 29 - d / a d / a co - v conv i 2 x3 3 2 y - b x2 34\n3 2 1 1 character end wa conv b r point gen i defl 21 register 3 , 25 comp reg decoder inventor william h . ass\n6 i ' m m attorney dec . 30 , 1969 william h . sass 3 , 487 , 202\nimage processing system filed june 30 . 1965 v 2 sheets - sheet 2 m endpoints ( x ' y ' ) de designation pattern mgscnou i 2 4 5 6 0 000 m 1 0 , 2 0 , 5 2 , 7 5 , 7 7 , 5 7 , 2 1 00 | 0 , 5 . 2 , 7 5 , 7 7 , 5 7 , 2 5 , 0 2 0 | 0 2 , 7 5 , 7 7 , 5 7 , 2 5 , 0 2 , 0 5 on j 5 , 7 7 , 5 7 , 2 5 , 0 2 , 0 0 , 2 4 100 u 7 , 5 7 , 2 5 , 0 2 , 0 0 , 2 0 , 5 5 | 0 | l 7 , 2 5 , 0 2 , 0 0 , 2 0 , 5 2 , 7\nunited states patent ofiice 3 , 487 , 202 . patented dec . 30 , 1969 3 , 487 , 202 image processing system william h . sass , ulster park , n . y . , assignor to international business machines corporation , armonk , n . y . , a corporation of new york filed june 30 , 1965 , ser . no . 468 , 413 int . cl . g061 : 9 / 00 us . cl . 235 - 616 4 claims abstract of the disclosure this invention relates to image processing and more specifically to a line or edge follower for tracing or following a line or object whereby the image may be reduced to digital data .\nit has become increasingly apparent that digital computers , especially those of the general purpose variety , may be useful in solving a variety of graphic design problems which range from the actual design to the storage and reproduction of graphic information . one of the essential features of any such system is the ability to examine an image and translate the information con tained therein into a format compatible with the computer system , such that the information may be assimilated into the computer , altered if desired , and reproduced either in its original or altered form at a later time .\nthe image may be examined in a number of different ways . however , of these the flying spot scanner has been the most successful . in this type system the image may be reduced to a transparency and illuminated by the moving beam of a cathode ray tube while a photo multiplier tube examines the light transmission through the film . since the position of the beam or flying spot is known at all times the output of the photo multiplier tube , in time sequence , indicates the transparency of the areas illuminated by the beam in the course of its movement over the image . the flying spot scanning device may also be implemented with an opaque image by detecting reflected light .\none object of the invention is to provide an image processing system in which the analog image data is directly converted in scanning to digital data for controlling the scanning operation and defining the image .\nanother object of the invention is to provide an image processing system which utilizes a selected portion of a polygon shaped tracking pattern for generating digital response indicative of image position .\na further object of the invention is to provide an image processing system which is compatible for use with digital processing equipment and which relieves the processor of many functions .\nthe invention contemplates an image processing system comprising means for generating in time sequence the successive end point coordinates defining one of a plurality of partial polygon patterns in response to a coded signal , means responsive to said end point signals for generating a plurality of time sequential scanning line segments for scanning an image , means for examining the image during scanning and generating a plurality of signals indicative of the transmissivity of the image during each line segment scan , and means responsive to the said signals for providing a digital signal indicative of the relative placement of the image with respect to the partial polygon pattern generated ."]}
{"id": 55477, "summary": [{"text": "kingsley-international pictures was an american film importing and releasing agency , located in new york , active between 1952 and 1962 with its product distributed by union motion picture distributors .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "the company specialized in importing foreign art house film , mainly french but also some independent british titles , such as carrington v.c. ( 1955 ) , lucky jim ( 1957 ) , the league of gentlemen ( 1960 ) , and only two can play ( 1962 ) .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "the company was started and run by edward kingsley ( 1914-1962 ) , a pioneer in \" art house \" film distribution in the us .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "kingsley began as a publicist for paramount pictures in 1933 .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "in 1949 , he began distributing french films in partnership with arthur mayer , another art house distribution pioneer , but after a few years he branched out on his own by starting kingsley-international pictures .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "the company is mainly famous for two things : in 1957 it introduced brigitte bardot to the american audience via and god created woman , which created a bardot fever in the usa , and it released the first film version of lady chatterley 's lover , the 1955 french film l'amant de lady chatterley , which in 1955 was banned by new york state board of regents , not because of any sex scenes , but because it \" promoted adultery \" .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "the film was eventually released in 1959 after the us supreme court ruled the banning unconstitutional .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "that court ruling is seen as a landmark decision forming modern us views on censorship .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "in 1956 , the company became the art house subsidiary of columbia pictures , not because of a sudden interest from columbia for foreign films in general , but as a way for the hollywood major to distribute and make money from and god created woman without having to submit the film to the pca for approval , which the company as member of the mpaa was obliged to do .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "when kingsley died in 1962 , at the age of 47 , the company was dissolved . ", "topic": 36}], "title": "kingsley - international pictures", "paragraphs": ["kingsley international pictures corp . v . regents of the university of the state of new york\nkingsley international pictures corp . v . regents 360 u . s . 684 ( 1959 )\nkingsley international pictures corp . v . regents 360 u . s . 684 ( 1959 )\nkingsley international pictures corp . v . regents 360 u . s . 684 ( 1959 ) .\nkingsley international pictures corp . v . regents 360 u . s . 684 ( 1959 ) | urltoken\nkingsley international pictures corporation , appellant , v . regents of the university of the state of new york .\nempire pictures distributing company , inc . , and kingsley international pictures corporation v . . . . , 273 f . 2d 529 \u2013 urltoken\nempire pictures distributing company , inc . , and kingsley international pictures corporation , appellants , v . city of fort worth et al . , appellees .\nkingsley international pictures corporation v . regents of the university of new york , 360 u . s . 684 ( 1959 )\nhome politics encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps kingsley international pictures corp . v . regents 360 u . s . 684 ( 1959 )\n\u00bb kingsley international pictures corporation v . regents of the university of new york , 360 u . s . 684 ( 1959 )\nkingsley international pictures corp . v . regents of the university of new york , 360 u . s . 684 ( 1959 )\nkingsley international pictures corporation , appellant , v . regents of the university of the state of new york . | us law | lii / legal information institute\nsee the concurring opinion of mr . justice harlan in kingsley international pictures corp . v . regents of the university of state of new york , 1959 ,\nkingsley international pictures corp . v . regents 360 u . s . 684 ( 1959 ) .\nencyclopedia of the american constitution . . retrieved july 09 , 2018 from urltoken urltoken\nkingsley international pictures corp . v . regents 360 u . s . 684 ( 1959 ) .\nencyclopedia of the american constitution . . encyclopedia . com . ( july 9 , 2018 ) . urltoken\nin kingsley international pictures corp . v . regents the state of new york had refused to issue a license for the motion picture lady chatterley ' s lover because it\nalluringly portrays adultery as proper behavior .\nthere was no claim that the film constituted an incitement to unlawful conduct . without deciding whether all licensing schemes for motion pictures were unconstitutional the supreme court held that the refusal to grant this license violated the first amendment . the court reaffirmed that motion pictures were within the scope of the first amendment and proclaimed that the amendment ' s\nbasic guarantee\nis\nthe freedom to advocate ideas ,\nincluding the idea that adultery may in some cases be justified .\nalleging that the case arises under the constitution of the united states , appellants empire pictures distributing company , inc . , a texas corporation , and kingsley international pictures corporation , a new york corporation , brought this action to have two ordinances of the city of fort worth , texas declared to be violative of their rights under the first and fourteenth amendments of the constitution of the united states , and to have their enforcement enjoined . the defendants , appellees here , are the city of fort worth , a municipal corporation , its mayor , city manager and chief of police , along with the members of the board of censorship created by one of the ordinances .\n' moving pictures are our only concern and , what is more to the point , only those motion pictures which alluringly present acts of sexual immorality as proper behavior . ' 4 n . y . 2d 349 , 175 n . y . s . 2d 39 , 48 , 151 n . e . 2d 197 , 203 .\nmoving pictures are our only concern and , what is more to the point , only those motion pictures which [ 700 ] alluringly present acts of sexual immorality as proper behavior .\n4 n . y . 2d 349 , 361 , 151 n . e . 2d 197 , 203 , 175 n . y . s . 2d 39 , 48 .\nthe motion picture division of the new york state education department was authorized to issue licenses for the exhibition , sale , lease , or distribution of motion pictures . licenses could be denied to any motion picture portraying in whole or in part , either \u2018\u2018expressly or impliedly\u2019\u2019 immoral , perverse , or lewd sexual acts as \u2018\u2018desirable , acceptable , or proper patterns of behavior . \u2019\u2019 when kingsley international pictures submitted a filmed version of h . d . lawrence\u2019s novel , lady chatterley\u2019s lover to the education division for a license , it was denied on the grounds that isolated scenes were immoral . the corporation appealed to the university of new york regents who upheld the decision after they concluded the film presented adultery as acceptable and proper behavior . a lower court annulled the regents\u2019 decision , but a sharply divided new york court of appeals reinstated the rescission and upheld the regents . the court of appeals declared that although lady chatterley\u2019s lover was not obscene , it nevertheless \u2018\u2018alluringly portrays adultery as proper behavior . \u2019\u2019\n343 u . s . 495 ( 1952 ) . we held there that\nexpression by means of motion pictures [ 701 ] is included within the free speech and free press guaranty of the first and fourteenth amendments .\nso long as the state has the responsibility for interdicting motion pictures which transgress the bounds of decency , we have the responsibility for furnishing guide lines to the agency charged with enforcing the law .\nid . , at 408 .\n' so long as the state has the responsibility for interdicting motion pictures which transgress the bounds of decency , we have the responsibility for furnishing guide lines to the agency charged with enforcing the law . ' id . , at 408 .\ncf . kingsley books , inc . , v . brown , 354 u . s . 436 , 77 s . ct . 1325 , 1 l . ed . 2d 1469 ; alberts v . state of california , 354 u . s . 476 , 77 s . ct . 1304 , 1 l . ed . 2d 1498 .\nsince 1921 , the education law of this state has required the licensing of motion pictures and authorized refusal of a license for a motion picture which is ' obscene , indecent , immoral ' or which would ' tend to corrupt morals or incite to crime . '\n' since 1921 , the education law of this state has required the licensing of motion pictures and authorized refusal of a license for a motion picture which is ' obscene , indecent , immoral ' or which would ' tend to corrupt morals or incite to crime . '\n' to hold that liberty and expression by means of motion pictures is guaranteed by the first and fourteenth amendments , however , is not the end of our problem . it does not follow that the constitution requires absolute freedom to exhibit every motion picture of every kind at all times and all places . ' [\nit was alleged that kingsley was the sole owner of the right to exhibit a motion picture film\nand god created woman\nin the united states , and that empire was owner of the rights to distribute the film in the state of texas , and that empire had contracted with a theater in fort worth to exhibit the picture , but it had been unable to do so because the city refused to issue a permit for such exhibition , without which permit appellants would be subject to the penalties of one of the ordinances . the complaint charged that the ordinances provided for a system of censorship of motion pictures and that the ordinances were , on their face and as interpreted by defendants , in contravention of their rights guaranteed by the first and fourteenth amendments of the constitution .\nthe opinion written by chief judge conway stated : ' ( i ) t is curious indeed to say in one breath , as some do , that obscene motion pictures may be censored , and then in another breath that motion pictures which alluringly portray adultery as proper and desirable may not be censored . as stated above , ' the law is concerned with effect , not merely with but one means of producing it . ' it must be firmly borne in mind that to give obscenity , as defined , the stature of the only constitutional limitation is to extend an invitation to corrupt the public morals by methods of presentation which craft will insure do not fall squarely within the definition of that term . precedent , just as sound principle , will not support a statement that motion pictures must be ' out and out ' obscene before they may be censored . ' 4 n . y . 2d 364 , 175 n . y . s . 2d 51 , 151 n . e . 2d 205 .\nsection 122\u0097a of the state education law was passed in 1954 to meet this court ' s decision in commercial pictures corp . v . regents , 346 u . s . 587 , 74 s . ct . 286 , 98 l . ed . 329 , which overturned the new york court o ap peals ' holding in commercial pictures corp . v . board of regents , 305 n . y . 336 , 113 n . e . 2d 502 , 505 , that the film la ronde could be banned as ' immoral ' and as ' tend ( ing ) to corrupt morals ' under \u00a7 122 . 1 the court ' s decision in commercial pictures was but a one line per curiam with a citation to joseph burstyn , inc . v . wilson , 343 u . s . 495 , 72 s . ct . 777 , 96 l . ed . 1098 , which in turn had held for naught not the word ' immoral ' but the term ' sacrilegious ' in the statute .\n7 . the opinion written by chief judge conway stated :\nit is curious indeed to say in one breath , as some do , that obscene motion pictures may be censored , and then in another breath that motion pictures which alluringly portray adultery as proper and desirable may not be censored . as stated above , ' the law is concerned with effect , not merely with but one means of producing it . ' it must be firmly borne in mind that to give obscenity , as defined , the stature of the only constitutional limitation is to extend an invitation to corrupt the public morals by methods of presentation which craft will insure do not fall squarely within the definition of that term . precedent , just as sound principle , will not support a statement that motion pictures must be ' out and out ' obscene before they may be censored .\n4 n . y . 2d , at 364 , 151 n . e . 2d , at 205 , 175 n . y . s . 2d , at 51 .\n305 n . y . 336 , 113 n . e . 2d 502 , that the film la ronde could be banned as\nimmoral\nand as\ntend [ ing ] to corrupt morals\nunder \u00a7 122 . [ note 1 ] the court ' s decision in commercial pictures was but a one line per curiam with a citation to\nblack and douglas shared the view thatnew york\u2019s law involved prior censorship of motion pictures and thus violated the precedent set in near v . minnesota ( 1931 ) barring prior restraint . black wrote separately to lament the court\u2019s \u2018\u2018individualized determination\u2019\u2019 of whether publications or motion pictures were obscene had converted it into a \u2018\u2018supreme board of censors . \u2019\u2019 frankfurter and harlan agreed with the majority\u2019s judgment but not its rationale . both thought the court\u2019s opinion failed to address the issue of \u2018\u2018vagueness , \u2019\u2019 which had been the grounds for earlier decisions against new york\u2019s law ; that the opinion misconstrued the views of the new york courts ; and that even though they agreed , new york\u2019s law was constitutional its application to lady chatterley\u2019s lover exceeded constitutional bounds .\nthe inflexible command which the new york court of appeals has attributed to the state legislature thus cuts so close to the core of constitutional freedom as to make it quite needless in this case to examine the periphery . specifically , there is no occasion to consider the appellant ' s contention that the state is entirely without power to require films of any kind to be licensed prior to their exhibition . nor need we here determine whether , despite problems peculiar to motion pictures , the controls which a state may impose upon this medium of expression [ 690 ] are precisely coextensive with those allowable for newspapers , [ note 12 ] books , [ note 13 ] or individual speech . [ note 14 ] it is enough for the present case to reaffirm that motion pictures are within the first and fourteenth amendments ' basic protection .\nkingsley sought judicial review of the regents ' determination . [ note 5 ] the appellate division unanimously annulled the action of the regents and directed that a license be issued . 4 app . div . 2d 348 , 165 n . y . s . 2d 681 . a sharply divided court of appeals , however , reversed the appellate division and upheld the regents ' refusal to license the film for exhibition . 4 n . y . 2d 349 , 151 n . e . 2d 197 , 175 n . y . s . 2d 39 . [ note 6 ]\nthe inflexible command which the new york court of appeals has attributed to the state legislature thus cuts so close to the core of constitutional freedom as to make it quite needless in this case to examine the periphery . specifically , there is no occasion to consider the appellant ' s contention that the state is entirely without power to require films of any kind to be licensed prior to their exhibition . nor need we here determine whether , despite problems peculiar to motion pictures , the controls which a state may impose upon this medium of expression are precisely coextensive with those allowable for newspapers , 12 books , 13 or individual speech . 14 it is enough for the present case to reaffirm that motion pictures are within the first and fourteenth amendments ' basic protection . joseph burstyn , inc . v . wilson , 343 u . s . 495 , 72 s . ct . 777 , 96 l . ed . 1098 .\nas the distributor of a motion picture entitled ' lady chatterley ' s lover , ' the appellant kingsley submitted that film to the motion picture division of the new york education department for a license . finding three isolated scenes in the film\nimmoral ' within the intent of our law , ' and division refused to issue a license until the scenes in question were deleted . the distributor petitioned the regents of the university of the state of new york for a review of that ruling . 4 the regents upheld the denial of a license , but on the broader ground that ' the whole theme of this motion picture is immoral under said law , for that theme is the presentation of adultery as a desirable , acceptable and proper pattern of behavior . ' kingsley sought judicial review of the regents ' determination . 5 the appellate division unanimously annulled the action of the regents and directed that a license be issued . 4 a . d . 2d 348 , 165 n . y . s . 2d 681 . a sharply divided court of appeals , however , reversed the appellate division and upheld the regents ' refusal to license the film for exhibition . 4 n . y . 2d 349 , 175 n . y . s . 2d 39 , 151 n . e . 2d 197 . 6\ni can take the words of the majority of the new york court of appeals only in their clear , unsophisticated and common meaning . they say that \u00a7\u00a7 122 and 122 - a of new york ' s education law\nrequire the denial of a license to motion pictures which are immoral in that they portray ' acts of sexual immorality . . . as desirable , acceptable or proper patterns of behavior . '\nthat court states the issue in the case in this language :\nas the distributor of a motion picture entitled\nlady chatterley ' s lover ,\nthe appellant kingsley submitted that film to the motion picture division of the new york education department for a license . finding three isolated scenes in the film\n' immoral ' within the intent of our law ,\nthe division refused to issue a license until the scenes in question were deleted . the distributor petitioned the regents of the university of the state of new york for a review of that ruling . [ note 4 ] the regents upheld the denial of a license , but on the broader ground that\nthe whole theme of this motion picture is immoral under said law , for that theme is the presentation of adultery as a desirable , acceptable and proper pattern of behavior .\nthe different standards which different people may use to decide about the badness of pictures are well illustrated by the contrasting standards mentioned in the opinion of the new york court of appeals and the concurring opinion of mr . justice frankfurter here . as i read the new york court ' s opinion this movie was held immoral and banned because it makes adultery too alluring . mr . justice frankfurter quotes mr . lawrence , author of the book from which the movie was made , as believing censorship should be applied only to publications that make sex look ugly , that is , as i understand it , less alluring .\nthe different standards which different people may use to decide about the badness of pictures are well illustrated by the contrasting standards mentioned in the opinion of the new york court of appeals and the concurring opinion of mr . justice frankfurter here . as i read the new york court ' s opinion this movie was held immoral and banned because it makes adultery too alluring . mr . justice frankfurter quotes mr . lawrence , author of the book from which the movie was made , as believing censorship should be applied only to publications that make sex look ugly , that is , as i understand it , less alluring .\ni can take the words of the majority of the new york court of appeals only in their clear , unsophisticated and common meaning . they say that \u00a7\u00a7 122 and 122\u0097a of new york ' s education law ' require the denial of a license to motion pictures which are immoral in that they portray ' acts of sexual immorality * * * as desirable , acceptable or proper patterns of behavior .\n( 4 n . y . 2d 349 , 175 n . y . s . 2d 39 , 151 n . e . 2d 197 . ) that court states the issue in the case in this language :\n' the language of the supreme court of the united states , in a recent opinion of this precise problem , should be noted :\nto hold that liberty and expression by means of motion pictures is guaranteed by the first and fourteenth amendments , however , is not the end of our problem . it does not follow that the constitution requires absolute freedom to exhibit every motion picture of every kind at all times and all places . ' ( ( joseph ) burstyn ( inc . ) v . wilson , 343 u . s . 495 , at ( page ) 502 ( 72 s . ct . 777 , at page 780 ) ) .\nattached to the complaint also was a copy of article 527 ( 509 ) of the texas code , vernon ' s ann . p . c . art . 527 , providing punishment of any person who should engage in exhibition of lewd , lascivious or depraved motion pictures , or any figure , image , article or thing portraying nude or partly denuded female figures in compromising and obscene poses . the action did not involve any state officer , however , and no part of the argument is devoted to an attack upon this state statute . in fact , in the argument it was conceded that the district judge properly refused to have a three - judge court convened upon the admission that no state statute was involved .\nordinance 3475 creates a board of censors for the city of fort worth . it is the duty of the board\nto supervise all motion picture exhibitions * * * and to cause the suppression of any such entertainment deemed by the board indecent or injurious to the morals of the citizens , or encouraging or promoting juvenile delinquency .\nan exhibitor must apply for a permit . but\nno permit shall be issued * * * for the showing of motion pictures * * * which are , in the opinion of the board , indecent or injurious to the morals of the citizens of fort worth , or which would tend to promote or encourage indecency , immorality or racial or sectional prejudices , or juvenile delinquency .\nit is the corruption of public morals , occasioned by the inciting effect of a particular portrayal or by what new york has deemed the necessary effect of obscenity , at which the statute is aimed . in the words of chief judge conway ,\nthere is no difference [ 707 ] in substance between motion pictures which are corruptive of the public morals , and sexually suggestive , because of a predominance of suggestive scenes , and those which achieve precisely the same effect by presenting only several such scenes in a clearly approbatory manner throughout the course of the film . the law is concerned with effect , not merely with but one means of producing it . . . the objection lies in the corrosive effect upon the public sense of sexual morality .\n4 n . y . 2d , at 358 , 151 n . e . 2d , at 201 , 175 n . y . s . 2d , at 46 . ( emphasis in original . )\nthe other ordinance , no . 3475 , creates a board of censors to supervise motion picture exhibitions and other forms of theatrical entertainment , requires a permit to exhibit a motion picture , prohibiting such exhibition without a permit , prescribes regulations for the granting or refusal of permits , regulates advertisements , etc . the board of censors was to consist of four men and four women whose duty it was to supervise all motion picture exhibitions , and its decisions were subject to appeal to a board consisting of its own membership supplemented by three named officials of the city of fort worth or tarrant county . the board was given the right to have motion pictures shown in advance to its membership ; had a right to refuse a permit\nif a majority of the board of censors * * * shall condemn said picture or other form of theatrical entertainment as being indecent or injurious to the morals of the citizens , or as tending to promote or encourage indecency , immorality , or racial or sectional prejudices , or juvenile delinquency .\n354 u . s . 476 . rather , the court found that the picture as a whole\nalluringly portrays adultery as proper behavior .\nas chief judge conway ' s prevailing opinion emphasized , therefore , the only portion of the statute involved in this case is that part of \u00a7\u00a7 122 and 122 - a of the education law requiring the denial of a license to motion pictures\nwhich are immoral in that they portray ' acts of sexual immorality . . . as desirable , acceptable or proper patterns of behavior . '\n[ note 8 ] 4 n . y . 2d , at 351 , 151 n . e . 2d , at 197 , 175 n . y . s . 2d , at 40 . a majority of the court of appeals ascribed to that language a precise purpose of the new york legislature to require the denial of a license to a motion picture\nbecause its subject matter is adultery presented as being right and desirable for certain people under [ 688 ] certain circumstances .\n[ note 9 ] 4 n . y . 2d , at 369 , 151 n . e . 2d , at 208 , 175 n . y . s . 2d , at 55 ( concurring opinion ) .\nthe court of appeals unanimously and explicitly rejected any notion that the film is obscene . 7 see roth v . united states , 354 u . s . 476 , 77 s . ct . 1304 , 1 l . ed . 2d 1498 . rather , the court found that the picture as a whole ' alluringly portrays adultery as proper behavior . ' as chief judge conways ' prevailing opinion emphasized , therefore , the only portion of the statute involved in this case is that part of \u00a7\u00a7 122 and 122\u0097a of the education law requiring the denial of a license to motion pictures ' which are immoral in that they portray ' acts of sexual immorality * * * as desirable , acceptale or proper patterns of behavior .\n8 4 n . y . 2d 351 , 175 n . y . s . 2d 40 , 151 n . e . 2d 197 . a majority of the court of appeals ascribed to that language a precise purpose of the new york legislature to require the denial of a license to a motion picture ' because its subject matter is adultery presente as being right and desirable for certain people under certain circumstances . ' 9 4 n . y . 2d 369 , 178 n . y . s . 2d 55 , 151 n . e . 2d 208 ( concurring opinion ) .\nin this context , the act comes within the ban of joseph burstyn , inc . v . wilson , 1952 , 343 u . s . 495 , 72 s . ct . 777 , 96 l . ed . 1098 . we held there that ' expression by means of motion pictures is included within the free speech and free press guaranty of the first and fourteenth amendments . ' id . , 343 us . at page 502 , 72 s . ct . at page 781 . referring to near v . state of minnesota ex rel . olson , 1931 , 283 u . s . 697 , 51 s . ct . 625 , 75 l . ed . 1357 , we said that while ' a major purpose of the first amendment guaranty of a free press was to prevent prior restraints upon publication ' such protection was not unlimited but did place on the state ' a heavy burden to demonstrate that the limitation challenged ' was exceptional . id . , 343 u . s . at pages 503\u0097504 , 72 s . ct . at page 781 . the standard applied there was the word ' sacrilegious ' and we found it set the censor ' adrift upon a boundless sea amid a myriad of conflicting currents of religious views * * * . ' id . , 343 u . s . at page 504 , 72 s . ct . at page 782 . we struck it down .\nthe opinion elsewhere , as indeed is also the case with \u00a7\u00a7 122 and 122\u0097a themselves when independently read in their entirety , is instinct with the notion that mere abstract expressions of opinion regarding the desirability of sexual immorality , unaccompanied by obscenity 5 or incitement , are not proscribed . see 4 n . y . 2d 349 , especially at pages 351\u0097352 , 354 , 356\u0097358 , 361 , 363\u0097364 , 175 n . y . s . 2d 39 , at pages 40\u009741 , 42\u009743 44\u009749 , 50\u009751 , 151 n . e . 2d 197 , at pages 197 , 199 , 200\u0097201 , 203 , 204\u0097205 ; and notes 1 and 2 , supra . it is the corruption of public morals , occasioned by the inciting effect of a particular portrayal or by what new york has deemed the necessary effect of obscenity , at which the statute is aimed . in the words of chief judge conway , ' there is no difference in substance between motion pictures which are corruptive of the public morals , and sexually suggestive , because of a predominance of suggestive scenes , and those which achieve rec isely the same effect by presenting only several such scenes in a clearly approbatory manner throughout the course of the film . the law in concerned with effect , not merely with but one means of producing it * * * the objection lies in the corrosive effect upon the public sense of sexual morality . ' 4 n . y . 2d at page 358 , 175 n . y . s . 2d at page 46 , 151 n . e . 2d at page 201 . ( emphasis in original . )\ni concur in the court ' s opinion and judgment but add a few words because of concurring opinions by several justices who rely on their appraisal of the movie lady chatterley ' s lover for holding that new york cannot constitutionally bar it . unlike them , i have not seen the picture . my view is that stated by mr . justice douglas , that prior censorship of moving pictures like prior censorship of newspapers and books violates the first and fourteenth amendments . if despite the constitution , however , this nation is to embark on the dangerous road of censorship , my belief is that this court is about the most inappropriate supreme board of censors that could be found . so far as i know , judges possess no special expertise providing exceptional competency to set standards and to supervise the private morals of the nation . in addition , the justices of this court seem especially unsuited to make the kind of value judgments\u0097as to what movies are good or bad for local communities\u0097which the concurring opinions appear to require . we are told that the only way we can decide whether a state or municipality can constitutionally bar movis i \u00a7 for this court to view and appraise each movie on a case - by - case basis . under these circumstances , every member of the court must exercise his own judgment as to how bad a picture is , a judgment which is ultimately based at least in large part on his own standard of what is immoral . the end result of such decisions seems to me to be a purely personal determination by individual justices as to whether a particular picture viewed is too bad to allow it to be seen by the public . such an individualized determination cannot be guided by reasonably fixed and certain standards . accordingly , neither states nor moving picture makers can possibly know in advance , with any fair degree of certainty , what can or cannot be done in the field of movie making and exhibiting . this uncertainty cannot easily be reconciled with the rule of law which our constitution envisages .\ni concur in the court ' s opinion and judgment but add a few words because of concurring opinions by several justices who rely on their appraisal of the movie lady chatterley ' s lover for holding that new york cannot constitutionally bar it . unlike them , i have not seen the picture . my view is that stated by mr . justice douglas , that prior censorship of moving pictures like prior censorship of newspapers and books violates the first and fourteenth amendments . if despite the constitution , however , this nation is to embark on the dangerous road of censorship , my belief is that this court is about the most inappropriate supreme board of censors that could be found . so far as i know , judges possess no special expertise providing exceptional competency to set standards and to supervise the private morals of the nation . in addition , the justices of this court seem especially unsuited to make the kind of value judgments - - as to what movies are good or bad for local communities - - which the concurring opinions appear to require . we are told that the only way we can decide whether a state or municipality can constitutionally bar movies is for this court to view and appraise each movie on a case - by - case basis . under these circumstances , every member of the [ 691 ] court must exercise his own judgment as to how bad a picture is , a judgment which is ultimately based at least in large part on his own standard of what is immoral . the end result of such decisions seems to me to be a purely personal determination by individual justices as to whether a particular picture viewed is too bad to allow it to be seen by the public . such an individualized determination cannot be guided by reasonably fixed and certain standards . accordingly , neither states nor moving picture makers can possibly know in advance , with any fair degree of certainty , what can or cannot be done in the field of movie making and exhibiting . this uncertainty cannot easily be reconciled with the rule of law which our constitution envisages .\nunder provisions of the new york education law which were construed by the court of appeals of new york as requiring the denial of a license to show a motion picture when\nits subject matter is adultery presented as being right and desirable for certain people under certain circumstances ,\nthat court sustained denial of a license to show a motion picture which it found\nalluringly portrays adultery as proper behavior .\nheld : as thus construed and applied , the new york statute violates the freedom to advocate ideas which is guaranteed by the first amendment and protected by the fourteenth amendment from infringement by the states . pp . 684 - 690 . [ 684 ]\nonce again the court is required to consider the impact of new york ' s motion picture licensing law upon first amendment liberties , protected by the fourteenth amendment from infringement by the states . cf .\nthe new york statute makes it unlawful\nto exhibit , or to sell , lease or lend for exhibition at any place of amusement for pay or in connection with any business in the state of new york , any motion picture film or reel [ 685 ] [ with certain exceptions not relevant here ] , unless there is at the time in full force and effect a valid license or permit therefor of the education department . . . .\n[ note 1 ] the law provides that a license shall issue\nunless such film or a part thereof is obscene , indecent , immoral , inhuman , sacrilegious , or is of such a character that its exhibition would tend to corrupt morals or incite to crime . . . .\n[ note 2 ] a recent statutory amendment provides that ,\nthe term ' immoral ' and the phrase ' of such a character that its exhibition would tend to corrupt morals ' shall denote a motion picture film or part thereof , the dominant purpose or effect of which is erotic or pornographic ; or which portrays acts of sexual immorality , perversion , or lewdness , or which expressly or impliedly presents such acts as desirable , acceptable or proper patterns of behavior .\n[ note 3 ]\nthe court of appeals unanimously and explicitly rejected any notion that the film is obscene . [ note 7 ] see\nwe accept the premise that the motion picture here in question can be so characterized . we accept too , as we must , the construction of the new york legislature ' s language which the court of appeals has put upon it .\naero mayflower transit co . v . board of r . r . comm ' rs ,\n332 u . s . 495 . that construction , we emphasize , gives to the term\nsexual immorality\na concept entirely different from the concept embraced in words like\nobscenity\nor\npornography .\n[ note 10 ] moreover , it is not suggested that the film would itself operate as an incitement to illegal action . rather , the new york court of appeals tells us that the relevant portion of the new york education law requires the denial of a license to any motion picture which approvingly portrays an adulterous relationship , quite without reference to the manner of its portrayal .\nwhat new york has done , therefore , is to prevent the exhibition of a motion picture because that picture advocates an idea - - that adultery under certain circumstances may be proper behavior . yet the first amendment ' s basic guarantee is of freedom to advocate ideas . the state , quite simply , has thus struck at the very heart of constitutionally protected liberty .\nit is contended that the state ' s action was justified because the motion picture attractively portrays a relationship which is contrary to the moral standards , the religious precepts , and the legal code of its citizenry . this [ 689 ] argument misconceives what it is that the constitution protects . its guarantee is not confined to the expression of ideas that are conventional or shared by a majority . it protects advocacy of the opinion that adultery may sometimes be proper , no less than advocacy of socialism or the single tax . and in the realm of ideas it protects expression which is eloquent no less than that which is unconvincing .\nadvocacy of conduct proscribed by law is not , as mr . justice brandeis long ago pointed out ,\na justification for denying free speech where the advocacy falls short of incitement and there is nothing to indicate that the advocacy would be immediately acted on .\n274 u . s . 357 , at 376 ( concurring opinion ) .\namong free men , the deterrents ordinarily to be applied to prevent crime are education and punishment for violations of the law , not abridgment of the rights of free speech . . . .\nin my judgment , this court should not permit itself to get into the very center of such policy controversies , which have so little in common with lawsuits .\nas one whose taste in art and literature hardly qualifies him for the avant - garde , i am more than surprised , after viewing the picture , that the new york authorities should have banned\nlady chatterley ' s lover .\nto assume that this motion picture would have offended victorian [ 692 ] moral sensibilities is to rely only on the stuffiest of victorian conventions . whatever one ' s personal preferences may be about such matters , the refusal to license the exhibition of this picture , on the basis of the 1954 amendment to the new york state education law , can only mean that enactment forbids the public showing of any film that deals with adultery except by way of sermonizing condemnation or depicts any physical manifestation of an illicit amorous relation . since the denial of a license by the board of regents was confirmed by the highest court of the state , i have no choice but to agree with this court ' s judgment in holding that the state exceeded the bounds of free expression protected by the\nliberty\nof the fourteenth amendment . but i also believe that the court ' s opinion takes ground that exceeds the appropriate limits for decision . by way of reinforcing my brother harlan ' s objections to the scope of the court ' s opinion , i add the following .\neven the author of\nlady chatterley ' s lover\ndid not altogether rule out censorship , nor was his passionate zeal on behalf of society ' s profound interest in the endeavors of true artists so doctrinaire as to be unmindful of the facts of life regarding the sordid exploitation of man ' s nature and impulses . he knew there was such a thing as pornography , dirt for dirt ' s sake , or , to be more accurate , dirt for money ' s sake . this is what d . h . lawrence wrote :\nbut even i would censor genuine pornography , rigorously . it would not be very difficult . in the first place , genuine pornography is almost always underworld , it doesn ' t come into the open . in the second , you can recognize it by the insult it offers invariably , to sex , and to the human spirit .\npornography is the attempt to insult sex , to do dirt on it . this is unpardonable . take the very lowest instance , the picture post - card sold underhand , [ 693 ] by the underworld , in most cities . what i have seen of them have been of an ugliness to make you cry . the insult to the human body , the insult to a vital human relationship ! ugly and cheap they make the human nudity , ugly and degraded they make the sexual act , trivial and cheap and nasty .\n( d . h . lawrence , pornography and obscenity , pp . 12 - 13 . )\nthis traffic has not lessened since lawrence wrote . apparently it is on the increase . in the course of the recent debate in both houses of parliament on the obscene publications bill , now on its way to passage , designed to free british authors from the hazards of too rigorous application in our day of lord cockburn ' s ruling , in 1868 , in\nl . r . 3 q . b . 360 , weighty experience was adduced regarding the extensive dissemination of pornographic materials . [ note 1 ] see 597 parliamentary debates , h . c . , no . 36 ( tuesday , december 16 , 1958 ) , cols . 992 et seq . , and 216 parliamentary debates h . l . , no . 77 ( tuesday , june 2 , 1959 ) , cols . 489 et seq . nor is there any reason to believe that on this side of the ocean there has been a diminution in the pornographic business which years ago sought a flourishing market in some of the leading secondary schools for boys , who presumably had more means than boys in the public high schools .\nit is not surprising , therefore , that the pertinacious , eloquent and free - spirited promoters of the liberalizing legislation in great britain did not conceive the needs of a civilized society , in assuring the utmost freedom to those who make literature and art possible - - authors , artists , publishers , producers , book sellers - - easily attainable by sounding abstract and unqualified dogmas about freedom . [ 694 ] they had a keen awareness that freedom of expression is no more an absolute than any other freedom , an awareness that is reflected in the opinions of mr . justice holmes and mr . justice brandeis , to whom we predominantly owe the present constitutional safeguards on behalf of freedom of expression . and see\n283 u . s . 697 , 715 - 716 , for limitations on constitutionally protected freedom of speech . [ note 2 ]\nin short , there is an evil against which a state may constitutionally protect itself , whatever we may think about the questions of policy involved . the real problem is the formulation of constitutionally allowable safeguards which society may take against evil without impinging upon the necessary dependence of a free society upon the fullest scope of free expression . one cannot read the debates in the house of commons and the house of lords and not realize the difficulty of reconciling these conflicting interests , in the framing of legislation on the ends of which there was agreement , even for those who most generously espouse that freedom of expression without which all freedom gradually withers .\nit is not our province to meet these recalcitrant problems of legislative drafting . ours is the vital but very limited task of scrutinizing the work of the draftsmen in order to determine whether they have kept within the narrow limits of the kind of censorship which even d . h . lawrence deemed necessary . the legislation must not be so vague , the language so loose , as to leave to those who have to apply it too wide a discretion for sweeping within its condemnation what is permissible expression as [ 695 ] well as what society may permissibly prohibit . always remembering that the widest scope of freedom is to be given to the adventurous and imaginative exercise of the human spirit , we have struck down legislation phrased in language intrinsically vague , unless it be responsive to the common understanding of men even though not susceptible of explicit definition . the ultimate reason for invalidating such laws is that they lead to timidity and inertia and thereby discourage the boldness of expression indispensable for a progressive society .\nthe new york legislation of 1954 was the product of careful lawyers who sought to meet decisions of this court which had left no doubt that a motion - picture licensing law is not inherently outside the scope of the regulatory powers of a state under the fourteenth amendment . the court does not strike the law down because of vagueness , as we struck down prior new york legislation . nor does it reverse the judgment of the new york court of appeals , as i would , because in applying the new york law to\nlady chatterley ' s lover\nit applied it to a picture to which it cannot be applied without invading the area of constitutionally free expression . the difficulty which the court finds seems to derive from some expressions culled here and there from the opinion of the chief judge of the new york court of appeals . this leads the court to give the phrase\nacts of sexual immorality . . . as desirable , acceptable or proper patterns of behavior\nan innocent content , meaning , in effect , an allowable subject matter for discussion . but , surely , to attribute that result to the decision of the court of appeals , on the basis of a few detached phrases of chief judge conway , is to break a faggot into pieces , is to forget that the meaning of language is to be felt and its phrases not to be treated disjointedly .\nsexual immorality\nis not a new phrase in this branch of law and its implications dominate the [ 696 ] context . i hardly conceive it possible that the court would strike down as unconstitutional the federal statute against mailing lewd , obscene and lascivious matter , which has been the law of the land for nearly a hundred years , see the act of march 3 , 1865 , 13 stat . 507 , and march 3 , 1873 , 17 stat . 599 , whatever specific instances may be found not within its allowable prohibition . in sustaining this legislation this court gave the words\nlewd , obscene and lascivious\nconcreteness by saying that they concern\nsexual immorality .\nand only very recently the court sustained the constitutionality of the statute .\nunless i misread the opinion of the court , it strikes down the new york legislation in order to escape the task of deciding whether a particular picture is entitled to the protection of expression under the fourteenth amendment . such an exercise of the judicial function , however onerous or ungrateful , inheres in the very nature of the judicial enforcement of the due process clause . we cannot escape such instance - by - instance , case - by - case application of that clause in all the varieties of situations that come before this court . it would be comfortable if , by a comprehensive formula , we could decide when a confession is coerced so as to vitiate a state conviction . there is no such talismanic formula . every term we have to examine the particular circumstances of a particular case in order to apply generalities which no one disputes . it would be equally comfortable if a general formula could determine the unfairness of a state trial for want of counsel . but , except in capital cases , we have to thread our way , term after term , through the particular circumstances of a particular case in relation to a particular defendant in order to ascertain whether due process was denied in the unique situation before us . we are constantly called upon to consider the alleged misconduct of a prosecutor as vitiating the fairness of a particular [ 697 ] trial or the inflamed state of public opinion in a particular case as undermining the constitutional right to due process . again , in the series of cases coming here from the state courts , in which due process was invoked to enforce separation of church and state , decision certainly turned on the particularities of the specific situations before the court . it is needless to multiply instances . it is the nature of the concept of due process , and , i venture to believe , its high serviceability in our constitutional system , that the judicial enforcement of the due process clause is the very antithesis of a procrustean rule . this was recognized in the first full - dress discussion of the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment , when the court defined the nature of the problem as a\ngradual process of judicial inclusion and exclusion , as the cases presented for decision shall require , with the reasons on which such decision may be founded .\n96 u . s . 97 , 104 . the task is onerous and exacting , demanding as it does the utmost discipline in objectivity , the severest control of personal predilections . but it cannot be escaped , not even by disavowing that such is the nature of our task .\nmr . justice douglas , with whom mr . justice black joins , concurring .\n283 u . s . 697 . if a particular movie violates a valid law , the exhibitor can be prosecuted in the usual way . i can find in the first amendment no room for any censor [ 698 ] whether he is scanning an editorial , reading a news broadcast , editing a novel or a play , or previewing a movie ."]}
{"id": 55482, "summary": [{"text": "a tube is a soft squeezable container which can be used for thick liquids such as adhesive , caulking , ointment , and toothpaste .", "topic": 6}, {"text": "basically , a tube is a cylindrical , hollow piece with a round or oval profile , made of plastic , paperboard , or aluminum .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "both ends of this tube are treated differently during the manufacturing process and filling .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "in general , on one end of the tube body there is a round orifice , which can be closed by different caps and closures .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "the orifice can be shaped in many different ways .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "plastic nozzles in various styles and lengths are just one good example .", "topic": 28}, {"text": "to attach caps and closures , in most cases a thread is tapped onto the opening structure .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "furthermore , something all aluminium tubes have in common is that the other open end is folded several times after the contents have been added .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "the tube is thus hermetically sealed and nearly germ-free due to the high temperatures during the production process .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "furthermore , it is possible to coat the inside of the tube with special coatings to prevent the material from reacting with the contents .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "tubes are not poured from liquid aluminium ; they are produced by the process of impact extrusion .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "in this process , the tube body is extruded from a small piece of aluminium with the round shape of a coin .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "unlimited printing designs can be applied to the tube , thanks to the wet-in-wet offset printing method .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "six tones can be printed with this printing procedure , which gives packaging designers great opportunities to express their creativity .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "the filled content can be easily squeezed out by the pressure of two fingers .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "the main characteristic of aluminium tubes is the total separation of the contents from the surrounding atmosphere ; therefore , such tubes are especially suitable for the packaging of highly perishable contents .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "aluminium tubes are used as packaging technology for cosmetics , pharmaceuticals , food , and technical products .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "plastic tubes : tube containers can also be produced in plastic , most commonly pe .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "the use of plastic tubes is very popular for the storage of cosmetics such as hand creams etc. and also some food stuffs .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "the plastic tube retains its shape after each \" squeeze \" unlike laminate tubes such as toothpaste tubes .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "plastic tubes can also be highly decorated or have a special additive such as soft touch to make the tube more appealing during use or point of sale ( pos ) .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "plastic tubes are produced using the extrusion process .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "a \" sleeve \" is first produced using a very specialised extrusion line .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "the \" sleeve \" must be produced to a very high standard ( for decoration purposes ) and also to very tight tolerances as automated processes are required post the extrusion operation .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "once the \" sleeve \" is produced the tube head is fitted using an automated heading machine .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "tube printing using complex and specialised printing machines such as silk screen printing applies the desired decoration .", "topic": 35}, {"text": "the open tubes are then most likely packed and despatched to another facility for filling and sealing .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "the growth of multi-layer plastic tubes has been significant over the last couple of years due to the \" barrier \" properties of the tube to enable a wider range of products such as food to be stored in them . ", "topic": 25}], "title": "tube ( container )", "paragraphs": ["2ml plastic test tube vials . internal push cap . test tube container craft powder\na collapsible tube container for dispensing semi - solid material comprising a tube with one flat stiff non - collapsible wall having a progressively engagable tube follower engagable over the tube that forces the material within the tube outwardly therefrom .\n2ml polystyrene test tubes vials with push cap . test tube container craft powder .\ntube container filed may 3 . 1929 s . boruss 1 , 817 , 732\n2 . the ring flip - top tube container according to claim 1 , wherein the ring flip - top tube container is in the arc shape , so that two sides of the tube body are recessed toward the inner side of the tube .\nfigs . 2 , 3 are illustrations showing a container during a process for manufacturing the multi - tube container in fig . 1 .\na collapsible tube container having a stiff non - collapsible wall portion with a progressively engagable tube follower for dispensing the material within the tube . the stiffened wall portion of the tube is engaged by the follower for progressive and controlled advancement along the length of the tube .\nthe invention relates to a ring flip - top tube container , more particularly to the ring flip - top tube container comprising a tube body , a tube neck , and a flip - top cap including a lower flip - top cap and an upper flip - top cap .\na cap 16 is threadably engagable on said threaded outlet 15 forming the collapsible tube container 10 .\nhollow or container type article [ e . g . , tube , vase , etc . ]\nfig . 1 is a schematic view of a laminate - tube container of the present invention .\ncontainer ' with puncturing drinking tube marinus a . van der spek , manhattan beach , calif .\nin the second embodiment of the invention , according to the first embodiment , the ring flip - top tube container is characterized in that : the ring flip - top tube container is in the arc shape , so that two sides of the tube body 4 are recessed toward the inner side of the tube .\nfig . 2 and fig . 3 are each a schematic view of a conventional laminate - tube container .\nfig . 4 is an illustration for describing use of the multi - tube container in fig . 1 ;\nthe laminated tube in the marchak container may be constructed so that it is impermeable to moisture , oxygen and volatile oils . according to marchak , the purpose of using such an impermeable tube is to prevent the passage of volatile oils and moisture from the product in the container through the tube to the exterior of the container .\n8 . in an arrangement of the character described , a liquid container having a frangible closure member , a drinking tube mounted on an outside wall of said container out of contact with the liquid which may be contained within said container , a cover completely covering said tube with a first portion thereof permanently affixed to said container , said tube having one of its ends disposed adjacent said frangible closure member . said first portion of said cover permanently affixing said one end of said tube to said container and permitting pivotal movement of said one end of said tube on said container to puncture said frangible closure member .\nthis invention relates to a multi - tube container in which multiple squeezable tubes made of a plastic material are arranged in parallel and made separable from one another and to a manufacturing method for the multi - tube container .\nfig . 3 is a view of a tube - container closed at one of its ends by a cork .\n3 . a liquid container having mounted thereon for guided movement with respect thereto a drinking tube , one end of the drinking tube being mounted adjacent a frangible closure member on said container and being strong enough to puncture said member , and means providing said guided movement of said tube end whereby movement of the tube produces puncture and insertion of said tube end through said frangible member , and a protective cover constituting a portion of said means secured to said container and disposed completely over said drinking tube .\nreferring again to the container structure shown in figures 1 through 3 , there is no diiiculty in the removal of the last amount of liquid in the container when the container is tipped or the vbottom of the container is closely adjacent the end of the drinking tube ii , or when the bond between the drinking tube i i and the wall of the container to which it is pivotally attachedis such to allov . t separationof the tube iil from the wall whereby . the tube ii . may be projected against the bottom wall of thea container . all of these alternate structures embody the present invention .\n10 . a packaging container according to claim 10 , characterized in that said packaging container is filled with contents and in that the combined tube packaging container is sealed at the end opposite the breast portions ( 3 , 3 ' ) , such that the seal at this location between the individual tube lengths is weaker than the seal of the individual tube lengths .\n4 . an article of manufacture , a liquid container having a frangible closure member , a tube mounted for guided movement on said container in a sealed position and on an outer surface of said container out of contact with the liquid which may be within said container , and said tube being effective upon said guided movement from said sealed position to move into engagement with said closure member to puncture the same and to be inserted into said container through said frangible member , and a protective sealing cover secured to said container completely over said tube to seal the same .\n9 . in an arrangement of the character described , a container having a frangible closure member therein , a drinking tube mounted on said container with one end thereof adjacent said frangible closure member , a cover member mounted on said container and completely covering said tube , said cover member having a rst portion thereof semi - permanently affixed to said container and a second portion thereof permanently affixed , both to said container and to said one end of said tube , said second portion being sufficiently resilient to allow pivotal movement of said tube with respect to said container , and said one tube end being sufliciently strong in relationship to said frangible closure member to puncture the same upon such pivotal movement .\nthe invention relates to a method of producing a packaging container and to a packaging container as defined in the first part of claim 9 .\n6 . in an arrangement of the character described , a liquid container having a frangible closure member , a drinking tube mounted on an outside wall of said container out of contact with the liquid which may be contained within said container , a strip completely covering said tube with a first portion thereof releasably axed to said container , and with a second portion thereof permanently axed to said container , a tear line separating said rst and second portions of said strip , a tab extending from said first portion of said strip to allow a person to grasp the same and detach said first portion of said strip from said container , said tube having one of its ends pointed and disposed adjacent said frangible closure member , said second portion of said strip permanently affixing said one end of said tube to said container and permitting pivotal movement of said pointed end of said tube on said container .\nthe object of my invention is to provide a tube - container whlch shows the colour of its contents without being brittle like glass .\nfig . 1 shows a side view of a container of the present invention with a portion of the tube wall shown in section .\nin a tube container , in combination , a tube - body consisting of cellophan , a metal strip pressed upon one fold u end of said tube , a cylindrical part fastened to the other end of said tube ending in a pipe provided with a screw - thread and a head adapted to be screwed upon said pipe .\nfigure ' 7 shows another modified container with associated drinking straw embodying the present invention , the upper end of the container being shown in section .\n' squeeze tube container filed oct . 20 , 1932 invento aito rney i patented dec . 256 , 1933 t t sounnzn tube container theodore adolphe joseph le blanc , montreal , quebec , canada , assignor of one - half to jean marie boulard , montreal , quebec ,\n7 . in an arrangement of the character described , a container having a frangible closure member therein , a drinking tube mounted on said container with one end thereof adjacent said frangible closure member , a strip mounted on said container and completely covering said tube , said strip having a first portion thereof semi - permanently afxed to said container and a second portion thereof permanently aixed both to said container and to said one end of said tube , a tear line in said strip separating said first and second portions thereof , said second portion being sufliciently resilient to allow pivotal movement of said tube with respect to said container , and said one tube end being sufliciently strong in relationship to the strength of said frangible closure member to puncture the f same upon such pivotal movement .\nmoreover , in the invention , with the decreased height of the header ring , the height of the cap is decreased ; hence , compared to the tube container in the prior art , the ring flip - top tube container in the invention may have more novel and elegant appearance .\nafter the container is removed from the mandrel , the container ' s contents may be introduced into its interior through the open bottom of the container . the bottom is then sealed , e . g . , by heat sealing .\nthe present invention relates to a laminate - tube container to be used for toothpaste , food , cosmetics , medicine , adhesives or the like .\nfigs . 9 ( a ) to ( c ) are illustrations showing another multi - tube container according to the sixth embodiment of the invention .\nreferring to the drawings in detail , a multi - tube container and its manufacturing method according to a preferred embodiment of the invention are shown .\ntotal capacity of the tube is 2ml . 10 x 2ml plastic test tube vials = 1 x 1ml pipette - free & included . 25 x 2ml plastic test tube vials = 3 x 1ml pipette - free & included . 50 x 2ml plastic test tube . . .\nin view of the above , it is an object of the present invention to provide a laminate - tube container having improved barrier properties at the shoulder thereof by utilizing the conventional laminate tube production process as such .\nl . an article of manufacture , a beverage container having a . frangible closure member on an end wall of the same , a drinking tube having one end mounted onl said end wall adjacent said frangible member and on the outside of said container out of contact with the beverage which may be within said container , said tube end being adapted to puncture said frangible member , and means pivotally mounting said drinking tube on said beverage container with the path of movement of said tubeend passing through said . frangle member whereby a pivotal movement of said drinking tube causes puncture ofsaid frangible member andv movement ofsaid tube end into said container , said container being collapsible and . having . vertical walls of accordion - like construction , said verticalfwallsrhaving an extended length substantially greater than the length of said . tube and , the dimensions of said end wall , said verticali walls . being thusex - tensible to allow said tube end to . be . immersed inv the beverage in said container after said fra - ngible member is thus punctured and ; when and as the . beverage within . said ` container is being ` consumed .\n2 . the multi - tube container as set forth in claim 1 , wherein sad at least one of said head portions and said neck portions have partition grooves , respectively , to separate one tube from the other .\nthe invention relates to a squeeze tube container , as described in the present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same .\nfig . 2 is a photo of a ring flip - top tube container according to the invention , showing the combined state of each structural part .\nour new protectr\u2122 tube is the only container closure system designed to be co\u2082 resistant and prevent damage to molecular and cellular solutions when using dry ice .\nlabcon protectr\u2122 tube is the only container closure system engineered to be co\u2082 resistant and stop costly damage to molecular and cellular solutions when using dry ice .\nthe present invention relates to a combination container and dispenser , and has for one of its objects the provision of a specially constructed container having incorporated therewith means whereby the contents of the container may be removed in a sanitary , convenient manner .\n2 , . a beverage container having a frangible closure memben , a drinking tube having one end mounted adjacent said frangible member and strong enough to puncture the same , means pivotally mounting said drinln ' ng tube on said beverage container with the path of movement . of said tube end passing through saidv frangible member to . puncture the same whereby apivotal movement . of . said . drinking tube causes puncture of . said frangible member and - movement . of said tubev end . into said container , and a protective cover constituting a part of saidpivotally mounting means which is secu - red to . said container completely over said . drinking . tube ` to . protect the same .\nfig . 1 is a sectional view of a ring flip - top tube container according to the invention , showing the combined state of each structural part .\nan object of the present invention is to provide an improved container having means associated therewith for normally maintaining a dispenser , such as a straw , within the container .\nthe container depicted in fig . 7 should be particularly useful when it is important that the interior of the container be entirely impermeable to the container ' s contents . for example , certain toothpastes include flavor - providing substances that will seep into the interior of the container during storage , if that interior is made from polyethylene . this phenomenon is particularly noticeable at the top of the container where the toothpaste lies close to the neck and upper shoulder portion of the container , resulting in an unsatisfactory\noff taste\nof the toothpaste first squeezed out of the container by the consumer .\nmy invention consists in a tube - container consisting of flexible transparent material . everybody to recognize the colour of their contents exactly without opening the tube and they can be transported and stored in any manner since they are not breakable .\n3 . the collapsible container of claim 1 wherein the shoulderpiece extends across the cylindrical neck of the molded headpiece so that foreign material cannot pass from the exterior of the container into the interior of the container via the cylindrical neck without breaking the shoulderpiece .\n2 . the collapsible container of claim 1 wherein the headpiece , inside surface of the shoulderpiece and the inside surface of the tube are made from a polyester .\n5 . the laminate - tube container of claim 1 , wherein said neck portion and said shoulder portion are integrally formed from said melt - blended resin composition .\ncards , coupons , or drinking straws located initially inside the container , whereby the straw is revealed only upon opening the container , e . g . pop - up straws\nfig . 8 shows a rear perspective view of the container of fig . 7 ,\nthe invention relates to a ring flip - top tube container , comprising a tube body ( 4 ) providing a space for accommodating cosmetic , a tube neck ( 3 ) and a flip - top cap including a lower flip - top cap ( 2 ) and an upper flip - top cap ( 1 ) . since the number of parts is reduced and the manufacturing process is simplified , in the process of producing the ring flip - top tube container , the use of raw material and energy may be reduced . therefore , the ring flip - top tube container is not only environmentally friendly but also conductive to increase production efficiency and lower production cost . in addition , this ring flip - top tube container is capable of reducing the height of the cap and hence an elegant design may be executed .\nthe tube will hold approx 10ml of liquid . once the screw cap is fully screwed on , the tube is leak - proof . length of tube is 9 . 6cm ( 9 . 9cm with the screw cap on ) .\nthis invention relates to collapsible tube containers having flexible wall surfaces in which the user collapses the same by squeezing the tube forcing the material within outwardly therefrom .\nthe collapsible container of the present invention preferably is constructed from three pre - formed components , namely , a molded headpiece , a laminated shoulderpiece and a laminated tube .\naccording to the invention , compared to the flip - top tube container in the prior art , the ring flip - top tube container reduces the number of the parts , simplifies assembly process , and saves and reduces raw materials and energy , thus not only being environmentally friendly but also conductive to increase production efficiency and reduce production cost . in addition , this ring flip - top tube container in the invention is capable of reducing the height of the cap and hence an elegant design is executed .\nfig . 3 is a photo of a structural part a ring flip - top tube container according to the invention , showing the disassembled state of each structural part .\nfigure 6 shows a portion of the container shown in figure 5 , but with the drinking straw moved to a position where it causes puncture of the wall of the container .\none advantage of a container having the cap described above is that one less step is required to manufacture that container , namely , the manufacturer does not have to screw a cap on to the container . in addition , the cap , together with its associated breakable section , provide tamper - proof closure of the container before purchase and use by the consumer .\ninc . all rights reserved . use of this site signifies your acceptance of the container store\nconsequently , a laminate - tube container according to the present invention is extremely useful as containers used for toothpaste , medicine , food , drinks , adhesives or the like .\nas to the ring flip - top tube container in the invention , a tube body 4 is used for providing a space accommodating cosmetic , and can be made of soft material , for example , pe . the lower part of the tube body 4 can be sealed with the adoption of the well - known technique in the prior art , and the upper part of the tube body 4 is opened . furthermore , the upper part of the tube body ( 4 ) is opened and connected with the lower part of the tube neck ( 3 ) and constitutes one body ;\nin u . s . pat . no . 3 , 648 , 895 , a collapsible tube container can be seen wherein areas of reduced wall thickness extend longitudinally oppositely disposed to one another so that the tube can be collapsed in a true flat fashion .\nanother advantage of the container of the present invention is that the molded headpiece of that container can be used with laminated tubes having widely varying diameters . the reason for this is that , unlike the containers described in the patents discussed above , the molded headpiece of the container of the present invention does not depend on the size of the container ' s laminated tube because it is not bonded to or in abutment with that laminated tube . the fact that containers having a number of different tube diameters can be made from a single size of a molded headpiece can result in substantial savings to the manufacturer of the containers .\nnov 11 , 1952 m . a . van der spek container with puncturing drinking tube filed july 5 , 1947 2 sheets - sheet 2 ' lll / iia 5 attorneys .\n3 . the multi - tube container as set forth in claim 1 , wherein a cap portion for plugging said neck portion is formed at a part of said head portion .\n4 . the multi - tube container as set forth in claim 1 , wherein a pin portion for plugging said neck portion is formed at a part of said head portion .\nit is important in the laminate - tube container according to the present invention that the material as selected above be used in the shoulder thereof . on the other hand , other parts of the container than the shoulder thereof may be composed of any conventional material , and also the conventional production process may be applied to the container of the present invention . it goes without saying that the whole of a tube container may be constituted of the melt - blended material comprising the aforementioned components ( a ) , ( b ) and ( c ) .\nyet another advantage of the container of the present invention is that the design of that container permits the use of a relatively thin impermeable shoulder as compared to the impermeable shoulders of prior art containers . as a result , the container of the present invention has a relatively soft shoulder as compared to prior art containers . this soft shoulder facilitates removal of the contents of the container .\nas there are relatively many parts of the container in the prior art , there are problems of increased raw material cost and complicated assembly process . therefore , it needs to be improved of production efficiency and process cost . moreover , as the flip - top tube container is formed by a plurality of parts , it is hard for the container to have elegant appearance .\nin f ig . 3 the tube 1 is closed at one end by being cellootherend by a cork 7 . the tube container may be made out . of long tubes cutting off short pieces according to the desired length of the container or by ' rolling plates of the same material over a mandrel and sticking the edges of the plates one to another .\nin order to solve the foregoing problem , the present inventors have intensively investigated a variety of shoulder materials for a laminate - tube container and finally accomplished the present invention on the basis of the finding that a specific resin blend is effective as a shoulder material for the container .\na threaded outlet 15 is formed integrally on the opposite end of said collapsible tube container 10 from said flexible wall member 13 as will be understood by those skilled in the art .\napplicant ' s device comprises a collapsible tube having a single stiff non - collapsible flat wall with a tube collapsing follower progressively engaging the flat wall and collapsible wall portion .\na second bottom portion formed at a fourth end of said second tube , said second bottom portion sealing said second tube and being detachably connected to said first bottom portion .\nstill ' a further object of the present invention is to provide an improvedbeverage container having incorporated therein a drinking straw which is normally sealed by a frangible member , which when severed to gain access to the straw , automatically causes puncturing of the container and insertion of the straw into the container .\n3 . the ring flip - top tube container according to claim 1 , wherein tamper occurs between the outer peripheral surface of the upper part of the tube neck and that of the lower part of the discharge outlet , so that the outer peripheral surface of the lower part of the discharge outlet is higher than that of the upper part of the tube neck .\nin addition to tube 9 , the container shown in fig . 1 also includes a shoulderpiece 13 and a headpiece 14 . the construction of those additional components and the manner in which the components of the container are joined together are shown in more detail in figs . 2 - 4 .\nfig . 5 shows a partial sectional view of another embodiment of a container of the present invention .\nfig . 6 shows a partial sectional view of another embodiment of a container of the present invention .\nfig . 7 shows a partial sectional view of another embodiment of a container of the present invention .\nfig . 8 shows a partial sectional view of another embodiment of a container of the present invention .\nfig . 9 shows a partial sectional view of another embodiment of a container of the present invention .\nfigure 4 is a plan view of a preferred container with associated drinking straw embodying the present invention .\n9 . a packaging container ( 1 ) comprising a flexible tube ( 2 ) and a hollow breast portion ( 3 ) at one end of said flexible tube ( 2 ) , wherein said packaging container ( 1 ) comprises at least one further flexible tube ( 2 ' ) and hollow breast portion ( 3 ' ) , said hollow breast portions ( 3 , 3 ' ) being secured together , characterized in that said flexible tubes ( 2 , 2 ' ) are lengths of extruded tube , and in that each of said hollow breast portions ( 3 , 3 ' ) is separately attached to each of said lengths of extruded tube by welding .\nthree types of laminate - tube containers having different shoulder materials from each other were produced .\nget out the measuring tape or ruler , because when it comes to mailing tubes and cardboard tubes , 2 things are of primary importance - the tube ' s diameter and the tube ' s length . if you select a mailing tube that ' s too small , you ' ll be forced to cram your documents into the tube , risking damage along the way .\npatented aug . 4 , 1931 stephen bonuss , or bunaresr . hungary tube container application filed may 3 , 1929 , serial no . 380 , 159 , and in hungary may 4 , 1928 .\nreferring to fig . 1 , the container consists in the tube 1 made of flexible transparent material and is closed at both ends by metal stitjlps 2 pressed upon the folded ends of the tu e .\nm . a . van der spek container with puncturing drinking tube nov . 11 , 1952 filed july 5 . 1947 2 sheets - sheet l w10 / ima . 090x / 5 % l m ,\nreferring now to fig . 8 , there is shown yet another embodiment of the container of the present invention . the components of this container are headpiece 54 , laminated shoulderpiece 53 and laminated tube 49 . as can be seen from fig . 8 , the shoulderpiece 53 is bonded to a bottom surface 55 of the headpiece 54 . the container depicted in fig . 8 is characterized by the fact that the shoulderpiece 53 extends across the cylindrical neck 56 of the headpiece . in use , this prevents any foreign material from being introduced into the interior of the container through the container ' s cylindrical neck until after the shoulderpiece is broken through .\nfig . 4 is a front plan view of the tube follower in fig . 2 ; and\nthe laminated tube has an inside surface and an outside surface . the upper portion of one of the surfaces of the laminated tube is bonded to one of the surfaces of the laminated shoulderpiece .\nas to the ring flip - top tube container in the invention , the tube neck 3 is connected with the upper part of the tube body 4 and may be made of soft material , for example , pe . the tube neck 3 is formed with a ring - shaped groove 5 being capable of fastening and fixing the lower flip - top cap 2 along the outer peripheral surface of the side part of the tube neck ; the center of the upper part of the tube neck 3 has a protuberance - shaped discharge outlet 6 used for discharging cosmetic . moreover , preferably , tamper occurs between the outer peripheral surface of the upper part of the tube neck 3 and that of the lower part of the discharge outlet 6 , so that the outer peripheral surface of the lower part of the discharge outlet 6 is higher than that of the upper part of the tube neck 3 .\n( c ) a laminated tube , said laminated tube having an inside surface and an outside surface , the upper portion of the outside surface of the laminated tube being bonded to a portion of the inside surface of the laminated shoulderpiece , said molded headpiece , laminated shoulderpiece and laminated tube being arranged and constructed so that the molded headpiece , including all its integrally molded parts , is spaced from the laminated tube by a distance at least about three times the thickness of the laminated shoulderpiece .\nthe container 13 may be of . any general type employed for dispensing liquids , but we have found that the invention herein is advantageously employed in connection with containers which are used for the collection of blood . such a container is evacuated and sealed in evacuated condition , employing a rubber or resilient closure 27 . a tube having ' needles at both ends is employed to connect the interior of the container with the vein of the donor , one needle entering the vein and the other needle being passed through the resilient closure or diaphragm thereof so as to communicate with the interior of . the ' container . the partial vacuum within the container facilitates the withdrawal of blood .\non the other hand , it is practicable to make the container depicted in fig . 7 so that the entire interior of the container is made from polyester . this can be done by making the headpiece 44 , the inner layer 46 of the laminated shoulderpiece 43 , and the inner layer 48 of the laminated tube 39 all out of polyester . good heat bonding between the components of the container can be achieved by making the outer layer 47 of the laminated shoulderpiece 43 and the outer layer 41 of the laminated tube 39 out of polyethylene .\n10 x plastic test tube . specification : color : nature clear like glass . material : plastic .\nlength of tube is 5 . 5cm ( 6 . 5cm with the screw cap full inserted ) .\nthe former multi - container type package , however , raises a problem that it cannot be molded easily because it requires to provide connecting pieces at respective caps and bodies , and to connect those connecting pieces breakably . the package further raises a problem that for respective containers are connected simply at the caps and bodies the package may not stably maintain its connection because the lower portions , or the bottoms , to which weights of the filled contents are exerted , of the container are not connected . the latter multi - tube container requires to connect the containers with each other by attaching thick connecting strings between the caps and between the bodies , so that the container cannot be molded easily . the container also raises a problem that the connecting strings cannot be cut easily when the respective containers are to be separated . as well as the above , the container further raises a problem that the container may not stably maintain its connection because the bottoms , to which weights of the filled contents are exerted , of the container are not connected .\nanother object of the present invention is to vprovide an improved beverage container wherein beverages of various kinds , such as milk , lemonade , soft drinks , and the like , may have incorporated therein a straw which is sealed for shipment and transportation , the container being of water - proof pasteboard , or any other suitable material , and the straw being sealed on the container , but upon breaking the seal , adaptable for use in drinking the contents of the container .\n4 . the collapsible container of claim 1 wherein the molded headpiece , including all its integrally molded parts , is spaced from the laminated tube by a distance at least about ten times the thickness of the laminated shoulderpiece .\nin fig . 2 , as well as in figs . 3 - 9 , the thickness of the shoulderpiece and tube are exaggerated relative to the diameter of the tube . accordingly , the distance between the headpiece and tube in terms of the thickness of the shoulderpiece is greater than would appear from these figures .\nin addition , the ring flip - top tub container in the invention may save and reduce raw materials and energy .\nas a container to be used for toothpaste , food , cosmetics , medicine , adhesives or the like , a laminate - tube type container is available ( refer to fig . 1 ) . the body of such a container is given a barrier property by an aluminum foil or an ethylene - vinyl alcohol copolymer , etc . however , since the shoulder ( part a of fig . 1 ) formed in the discharge side of the container is usually made of a material comprising a single resin such as polyethylene and has poor gas barrier properties , there have arisen various problems such that the contents of the container , such as perfume , are released through the shoulder , while gases contained in the outer atmosphere , such as oxygen , enter the container through the shoulder , thus changing the quality of the contents .\nin figures 4 , 5 and 6 , the drinking4 tube i . i . may be ' inserted into the container in exactly the same manner as is the corresponding drinking tube in the arrangement shown ` in figures , 1l , v 2 and 3 , and corresponding elements in figures 1 - 6 have identical reference numerals .\nin order to cope with these problems , there are available several methods , for example , a method in which a laminate - tube container is fitted with a doughnut - shaped member containing an aluminum foil at the inside or outside of the shoulder of the container ( rondelle type as shown in fig . 2 ) , a method in which a container is equipped with a cup - shaped member extending from the shoulder to the inside of the opening of the container ( membrane rondelle type as shown in fig . 3 ) , or a method in which a preformed member of a resin having a high barrier property , such as polybutylene terephthalate ( pbt ) , is installed on the container .\nnozlen document poster tube - black plastic storage tube expands from 24 . 5\nup to 40\nwith clear id card cap - water and light resistant - telescoping for posters , artwork and drawings model dt3001\none of the important features of the present invention is the collapsible feature of , the container shown in figure 5 , which allows the . use of a relatively short drinking straw , since the upper level of the remaining liquid within . the container may be moved at willand . raised above the lower end of the drinking tube inserted therein .\nan object of the invention is to provide a tube support adapted to support tubes firmly upon a container . a further object is to provide a collapsible support which may be readily attached to a bottle for firm support thereon while providing means for receiving test tubes upon the support . yet another object is to provide a support adapted to be employed with a container having a neck portion and a bail secured to its bottom portion , the support being equipped with means for engaging the neck of the container and with means at its opposite end for engaging the bail of the container to provide a tube support . a still further object is to provide a card support adapted to receive a tube and needle combination to protect the same during shipment and adapted also to be unfolded to provide a tube support adapted to be secured firmly to a bottle . other specific objects and advantages will appear as the specification proceeds .\na further object of the present invention is to provide an improved beverage container having incorporated therewith a drinking straw , the container being characterized by the fact that it is of accordion type of construction , allowin - g reduction of its size as the contents are being removed and a drinking straw of small length which may be enclosed in a frangible member , the severing of which automatically causes the drinking straw to puncture the wall of the container and to be inserted within the container .\ncapacity\uff1a2ml . disposable plastic centrifuge tube with cap . 100 x plastic centrifuge tube . quantity : 100pcs . made of pp material , heat resistance up to 150 degrees , no bubble without impurities . pointe . . .\ndsm brand - telescoping art tube . documents blueprints artwork hard plastic expandable carrying case . 30 - 50\ndsm brand - telescoping art tube . documents blueprints artwork hard plastic expandable carrying case . 25 - 40\nalvin storage and transport tube , size 2 . 75 x 25 inches , blue ( mt25 - bl )\nin the third embodiment of the invention , according to the first embodiment , the ring flip - top tube container is characterized in that : tamper occurs between the outer peripheral surface of the upper part of the tube neck 3 and that of the lower part of the discharge outlet 6 , so that the outer peripheral surface of the lower part of the discharge outlet 6 is higher than that of the upper part of the tube neck 3 .\ndisposable plastic centrifuge tube with cap . 50 x plastic centrifuge tube . capacity\uff1a0 . 5ml . made of pp material , heat resistance up to 150 degrees , no bubble without impurities . pointed bottom , flexibl . . .\nstill another object of the present invention is to provide an improved beverage container of paper , cardboard , and the like , wherein there is incorporated on the outside surface of the container a dispensing straw whereby the contents of the container may be conveniently consumed while , at the same time , the beverage is preserved pure and wholesome , and in a desirable condition for consumption .\n10 x 50ml plastic centrifuge test tube vial container . scale : 50ml . use : laboratory analysis , and with the use of centrifuges . shape of bottom : sharp bottom , round bottom , pointed round bottom , straig . . .\nprint parts to suit your needs and use different colours to identify sections / contents within your extendable tube container . colour coding makes it easy to find and access the items / section required while all other sections remain closed / sealed .\nclear round tube packaging from visipak can be selected with either two open ends or with one end permanently sealed creating a container . or , select one of our clear packaging options with a special feature such as the hang tube , with one end crimped forming the seal . all of our round clear plastic container sizes have a variety of caps and plugs available to complete the package . another style is our threaded tube with matching threaded caps . our small jars or vials are injection molded with threads and , a special dual - wall threaded cap provides an airtight , watertight solution .\n10 x plastic test tube . specification : color : nature clear like glass . material : plastic . 15x100mm .\n10\u00d7plastic test tube vials sample containers with lid cap 12 * 60 12 * 75 13 * 75 mm . *\na truly modular storage solution in a tube . you can custom configure it ' s length and the amount of storage per cavity inside . you can create one long tube of have it divided up into small segments to securely store small things separately from other items in different compartments . . . . but all within the same tube .\nmy invention relates to tube - containers , a strip ? and at its more particularly to tube - containers for coloured liquids or plastic material , for instance , toilet - water , honey , oil - paints , etc .\n5 . the invention defined in claim 4 characterized by the fact that the container has vertical side walls of accordion type construction of greater extended length than the length of said tube , and said tube is mounted on an end wall having said frangible closure member , said end wall having dimensions substantially less than the extended length of said accordion side walls .\n30 x 5ml plastic centrifuge test tube vial container . specifications : scale : 5ml ( permissible error 0 . 1 ml ) . for most laboratory analysis\u3002 . withstand temperature range : - 80 \u2103 121 \u2103 ; can be autoclaved . . .\nfig . 3 shows a partial sectional view depicting one stage in a process for making the container depicted in fig . 2 .\nfig . 4 shows a partial sectional view depicting another stage in a process for making the container depicted in fig . 2 .\nmale cap : the male end cap . this is very shallow so treat it as a cap to your tube .\nalvin mt25 - gr green storage & transport tube - 2 3 / 4 inches i . d . x 25 inches\n( b ) a breakable section connecting and joining together the bottom end of said cap and said cylindrical neck so that the cap and breakable section prevent the passage of foreign material from the exterior of the container into the interior of the container via the cylindrical neck .\npreferably , the components of the container 40 are bonded together by a heat sealing process . during heat sealing , portions of the container ' s thermoplastic layers may flow around the edges 16 of the middle layer 15 of shoulderpiece 13 and the upper edge 18 of the middle layer 10 of tube 9 . as shown in fig . 2 , a portion of thermoplastic flowed around one of the edges of the middle layer 15 to provide a barrier 17 that protects and insulates the contents of the container from that middle layer .\nas we all know , in the past , a flip - top tube container , having an outer cap , an inner cap and a flip - top cap , is used as the container for accommodating cosmetic , drugs and so on . as to this tube container , the flip - top cap has a screw structure or an undercut structure of a header ring of which the lower part is cut out . the header ring of the structure is fastened and fixed with the inner cap in the screw or under cut manner . the outer peripheral surface of the inner cap is fastened and fixed with the outer cap in the under cut manner .\n20 x 10ml plastic centrifuge test tube vial container . scale : 10ml ( permissible error 0 . 1 ml ) . for most laboratory analysis\u3002 . withstand temperature range : - 80 \u2103 121 \u2103 ; can be autoclaved at 121 \u2103 . the . . .\ndisposable plastic centrifuge tube with snap cap . 50 x plastic centrifuge tube . ideal for samples , food colourings , craft use , etc . pointed bottom , flexible cover , easy to open . made of pp material , n . . .\nthe cap comprises a cylinder with open and closed ends . before use by the consumer , the closed end is positioned toward the end of the cap closest to the cylindrical neck of the container . before the breakable section is broken by the consumer , the closed end and the breakable section prevent the passage of foreign material from the exterior of the container into the interior of the container via the cylindrical neck .\n' 2 claims . ( cl . 211 - 73 ) this invention relates to a container tube support , and more particularly to a card support for tubes adapted to be secured to a bail - equipped bottle . the invention is particularly useful in connection with a container . for blood plasma and the like , and for the supporting of test tubes employed in connection with the testing of blood .\na laminate - tube container having a shoulder with improved barrier properties is characterized in that the shoulder comprises a material composed of ( a ) 0 to 50 % by weight of polyethylene , ( b ) 10 to 50 % by weight of an ethylene - vinyl alcohol copolymer or a saponified ethylene - vinyl acetate copolymer and ( c ) 10 to 90 % by weight of a carboxylic acid - modified adhesive polyethylene resin . the laminate - tube is markedly improved in the gas barrier property at the shoulder thereof and , thus , the quality of the contents of the container can be maintained for a long period of time . the laminate - tube container according to the present invention is extremely useful as containers used for toothpaste , medicine , food , drinks , adhesives or the like .\na laminate - tube container according to the present invention can be greatly improved in gas barrier properties as compared with conventional products by the shoulder composed of a resin composition comprising the above - mentioned components ( a ) , ( b ) and ( c ) .\nin u . s . pat . no . 1 , 844 , 215 , a semi - collapsible metallic tube is shown having a wall stiffening member within the collapsed tube , the member having a half u - shaped configuration in cross section .\nnow a description will be given to resin materials for a laminate - tube shoulder to be used in the present invention .\nalvin mt43 - bl blue storage & transport tube - 2 3 / 4\ni . d . x 43\n,\nalvin mt43 - gr ice tubes green storage & transport tube 2 3 / 4 inches i . d . x 43 inches\nalvin ice tubes green storage & transport tube \u2013 2 3 / 4\ni . d . x 37\nmt37 gr\nalvin mt37 - cl ice tubes clear storage & transport tube 2 3 / 4 inches i . d . x 37 inches\nsteps e to h occur in a filling machine . in step e the open - ended , twin - tube packaging container is fed into the machine with its cap 4 downwards . at station f , filling is effected . filling may occur at high speed since the tube body presents a large open cross - sectional area , as opposed to the opposite end which has been conformed to the shape of the breast portion . this large cross - sectional area is thus allowed due to the nature of the tube being a simple extruded tube length for each of the tubes and by the separate conforming of the tube end before subsequent attachment of a breast portion thereto . by staggering the filler heads 22 and 23 as shown , parallel filling may also be achieved .\nu . s . pat . no . 2 , 809 , 771 discloses a baby food feeder having a tube - like body member , the end of which is held together by a spring clip so that the tube can be refilled with a semi - solid food and sealed . the tube is compressed extruding the food outwardly through a small opening to which a nipple is secured\nreferring iirst to the figures 1 - 3 , the container l0 may be of cardboard , impregnated or covered withparain , and of conventional size ."]}
{"id": 55490, "summary": [{"text": "james brown 's dry goods store is a historic dry goods store located at eastville , northampton county , virginia .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "it was built about 1880 , and is a two-story , three-bay , rectangular frame commercial building located in the center of the town 's historic main thoroughfare .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "it measures 32 feet wide by 100 feet deep .", "topic": 5}, {"text": "the front facade features a wide full-length porch , highly decorative molding over the transom of the display windows , and a stylized palladian window framed with stick / eastlake trim .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "it was listed on the national register of historic places in 2001 .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "it is located in the eastville historical district . ", "topic": 38}], "title": "james brown ' s dry goods store", "paragraphs": ["on the west side of the block were an a & p , jeffrey ' s luncheonette , brown ' s luncheonette , duggan bakery , getsinger ' s , the acme , p . brown real estate , fay lane , the spring lake barber shop , hemphill ' s gift shop , william potter ' s dry goods , cobb ' s department store , jahn electric , o . h . brown ' s .\nhad a great experience dealing with brown ' s bargain store ? share how great it was .\ndr . j . m . hoyt built a store on the corner east of brown ' s store on the ground now occupied by the brick block . this store being occupied at different times by mr . adams , mcfadden , and owen . james and ed tuttle and clutz . james humphrey also sold goods here at one time , later came r . s . howard , which changed to howard and weaver .\nthe top two photos are part of the james benson tindall , jr . collection . james resides in scottsville , virginia , and is the son of james benson tindall , jr . , and mary alice ( tapscott ) tindall .\nthird avenue looking south o . h . brown ' s is on the left\nmr . b . f . brown bought the duell business , living over the store until he built a store on the corner now occupied by fred parmenter ' s store . this was about 60 years ago .\non the east side of this block there were : james warner furniture , homer secor ' s colonial tea room , the bab ' s shop , phillips beauty salon , harvey chafey shoes , brown and carmen sporting goods , elsie rayne miller millinery , rosenson ' s , marcucci tailors , pedelfords piano store , crisanti shoe repair and the brighton movie theater .\nbancroft ' s highly fictionalised story was turned into radio broadcasts in the 1940s and was the basis of the broadway play ' the unsinkable molly brown ' , which was turned into a film . in james cameron ' s ' titanic ' ( 1997 ) , brown was played by kathy bates .\nthe first regular store to be established here was kept by william r . adams in 1833 . besides a regular stock of groceries and dry goods , mr . adams also dealt in whiskey which was easily diluted from the nearby lake .\nshe soon met james joseph brown , a mining engineer . they married and a son , lawrence palmer , was born in 1887 . their second child catherine ellen ' helen ' arrived two years later .\nmost of these stores were doing business in the days when goods were hauled from detroit with ox teams .\nj . frank cobb established his dry goods and general merchandise business here in july , 1907 . like potter , he too worked for the steinbach company of asbury park . he ran a very successful business here for many years . he sold dry goods and notions , bed and table linens , men ' s furnishings , shoes , boots , and stationery . when the survivors of the morro castle were brought to the first aid station on washington avenue , cobb sent his clerks up with blankets taken from his shelves .\noriginally a combination stationery store and soda fountain , brown ' s later expanded to include a luncheonette . brown ' s was very popular because of the excellent soda they made . their cherry cokes and lime rickies were particular favorites . the book cases along the south wall of sister ' s cafe were originally part of the soda fountain and were used for storage of glasses .\ntobin attended school until she was 13 years old and then went to work in a tobacco factory to help with the family expenses . when she was 19 , she moved to leadville , colorado and lived with her brother daniel , where she got a job at a dry goods store , sewing carpets and drapes .\ncomments : james benson tindall , sr . , began his career as a businessman at brown ' s landing ( now hatton ) in 1906 when he rented brown ' s store and renamed it ' j . b . tindall ' s groceries . ' in 1914 , tindall purchased the store from brown ' s descendants and managed it until his death in 1945 . this store was built on a strong foundation comprised of large stones that brown took from the james river and kanawha canal lock about one - half mile away . when tindall took the store over , there was a large stone outside its front door , which quite likely came from the old canal lock . the stone stood in full sun during the day and afforded tindall an outstanding location to grow tomatoes from seed . he filled a box with manure , planted tomatoes in it , and sat it on the sun - washed rock to thrive every year until just before he died in 1945 . tindall enjoyed great success with his tomato plants and gave away his extra plants free to customers who admired them . shown at right is tindall ' s son , jim , jr . , in 1919 as he posed for a photo on his father ' s tomato stone .\nthis country store sold dry goods , groceries , pills , baking soda and sugar in barrels , clothes , hardware , shoes , kerosene oil , and fresh produce with customers across the river in buckingham and the surrounding albemarle countryside . when the store ' s grocery shelves needed restocking , tindall rode the train to richmond and shopped at several wholesale houses there . he would get to richmond about 8am and catch the 5 pm train back to hatton , a three hour ride away . drummers also came to hatton to take orders for dry goods and shoes ; tindall would measure men for suits and hand the drummer a suit order to be placed . twice a year , the shoe salesman arrived via train from st . louis , missouri , to take shoe orders .\nthe east side of the block included : hills ' drug store , western union , m . coffey hairdresser , reed ' s steam laundry bradley manahan , bennett & height ' s , and a . s . gifford sea food .\nif you look to the second story of the store , you can still see the original structure of william potter ' s store . the porch was enclosed in 1956 , to provide a display window for ye town shop .\nin 1946 , o . h . brown ' s furniture was razed . quenzer ' s 5 and 10 was built in the late 1940 ' s . it was a popular place especially with the children of spring lake . in the early 1950 ' s , it became casagrande ' s 5 & 10 . george bratt owned it for a short time and in january , 1971 , dick and peggy height bought the store . a second generation of heights now own the business .\nin the late 1950 ' s , hills ' was purchased by dale ' s coffee shop . it remains a coffee shop today as who ' s on third ? .\nin 1932 , the\nunsinkable molly brown\ndied from a brain tumour and was buried next to her husband .\nmr . case at one time had a store on the place now occupied as a dwelling by george dickinson . a mrs . phillips also had a store in the same place .\noriginally this was h . p . brown ' s boarding and livery stables . brown ' s coaches met all trains and drove to hastings square ( the essex and sussex ) . he also boarded horses . by the early 1900 ' s it was smith and clayton ' s . smith left the business and it became clayton ' s in 1917 . about thirty horses were kept at the stable for hire and there was a special section reserved for boarders . the carriages were newly painted and rubber tired and could be outfitted with experienced drivers in livery .\nwhen james tindall , sr . , died unexpectedly in 1945 , his son , jim , jr . , took over management of j . b . tindall ' s groceries and became the hatton postmaster . he ran both facilities until his retirement in february 1973 .\nthere was at one time a store on the lake shore opposite the hotel corner . seth robinson once did business there . steve m . gage and woodman also ran a store there .\nthis business complex was built in 1959 . the bottle shop was the first business to be established here . prior to the business complex , this was an open grassy area . every year about a week before the fourth of july , carrie brown of brown ' s stationery set up a tent and sold fireworks here .\neast side of the block included : burke brothers drug store , o . s . camp liquor and grocery , miller ' s pool room , bennett sheet metal , casagrande ' s market , dale ' s coffee shop , h . todd electric , richard john shoemaker , r . newman plumbing , capelli grocery , langraf jewelry , loretta b . malloy real estate , conover buick agency , center food market .\none afternoon in 1946 , fran allison was having her hair done at the beauty parlor across the street , and she asked the hairdresser ,\nwhat did they ever do with that store ?\ncobbs had been vacant for some time . the hairdresser replied ,\nyou ' d be good with that business .\nmiss allison purchased the store and for the past 51 years she has been here serving 3 generations of customers . pat giblin , miss allison ' s niece , is the store ' s manager and buyer . she has been working in the store since the fifties . when she started as a high school student\nshe came from humble beginnings , but the ' unsinkable ' molly brown has gone down in history as the heroine who helped load the lifeboats on the titanic .\nwhen her children were young , she was involved in the early feminist movement in leadville and aided the establishment of the colorado chapter of the national american women ' s suffrage association . brown also worked in soup kitchens to assist the families of miners .\ninterior of casagrande ' s market ca . 1930 from the spring lake historical society collection\non the morning of 14 april 1912 , margaret brown was aboard the giant cruise ship , titanic . she had been vacationing in europe with her daughter helen when she was informed that her grandchild was ill . she travelled to new york while her daughter stayed behind in london , meaning hardly anyone knew brown was aboard the ' unsinkable ship ' .\nborn on july 3 , 1859 , william potter began his merchandising career as a clerk in his father ' s store where he worked until 1878 . that year , he went to work for steinbach brothers on cookman avenue in asbury park . in 1884 , he decided to enter the dry goods business on his own and he built his store on third avenue in what was then known as brighton . as was true with many of the early businessmen , he had diversified interests . in 1885 he took up the real estate and insurance business which he conducted from his store . he also served as councilman for the borough of north spring lake which is what brighton was then called , and served as vice president of the first national bank of spring lake . he served as mayor of spring lake briefly , but was unable to complete his term of office . he died unexpectedly following an operation for appendicitis . he died on may 25 , 1907 .\non the south side of the street there was heights garage , conover ford and buick dealership , and dangler plumbing . on the north side there was king ' s bicycle shop , an ice cream store , a candy store , the post office , erickson awnings , harry trainor upholstery . the double brick house was for the chaffeur and caretaker of ballingarry .\nthings we learned from ozzy during episode 7 of ozzy and jack ' s world detour .\nmr . duell afterward had a stock of goods here , kept in a red building standing on the north shore of the lake opposite the dwelling occupied by john pickett and east of his cooper shop , which also stood on the north shore .\ntindall ' s son , jim , jr . , started helping his father at the store at an early age . as his school schedule permitted , jim would accompany his father to richmond to buy groceries for the store . once as a young boy , jim caught the measles in richmond and , upon his return to hatton , infected 12 - 14 school children at his nearby country school plus one set of parents . after jim graduated from scottsville high school , he returned to hatton to work fulltime at the store , train station , and in his father ' s ferry and timber businesses .\nbrown was never known as molly or as unsinkable in her lifetime as this was a hollywood invention , first started by denver post reporter gene fowler and author carolyn bancroft in the 1930s .\nmargaret often travelled to europe to study drama , music , literature and languages . she had also become a founding member of the denver woman ' s club , which advocated literacy , education , suffrage and human rights in colorado and the us . brown raised funds to build the cathedral of immaculate conception as well as st joseph ' s hospital by the turn of the century .\njerry fabry originally worked the soda fountain at hills ' drug store and then at burke brothers drug store . he opened his own soda fountain here . howard parker worked at jerry ' s and then in 1973 bought the luncheonette . howard , known as the\nbig bopper\n, had originally been a singer with the max ryan band . under his ownership , jerry ' s provided live entertainment with lunch . howard was also an excellent baker and was well known for his pies .\nwest side of the block included : horatio clayton real estate , the royal elephant shop , davidson ' s hardware , alexander ' s , casagrande & raffetto grocery , myron morris real estate and insurance , clayton ' s garage , meyer lasky tailor , joe sing laundry , and crisanti shoe repair .\nthe third ave . store was open year round , but the store at the end of the lake operated only in the summer . daniel hills had apprenticed with charles a . bye , a spring lake pharmacist and the inventor of 3 in 1 oil . he was a graduate of the philadelphia college of pharmacy .\nafterward , on steve m . gage moving to the store owned by dr . j . m . hoyt , will parmenter engaged in business in this building .\nestablished in 1909 , it carried imported foods ,\nall the leading canned goods of american production\n, and fresh farm eggs that were brought in three times a week . they also sold liquor out of a barrel before prohibition , customers would come in with a jug to be filled .\nthe west side of this block included : the first national bank , patterson real estate and insurance , the post office , o . h . brown real estate , and h . h . moore real estate and insurance .\nthe son of a tailor , oliver huff brown was born on december 12 , 1852 near farmingdale . at the age of 18 , he entered the employment of william laird in a general store in new branch ( now avon ) . he worked there for about two years and then went to work in the furniture store of john a . githens of asbury park . he worked there for about eight years becoming the manager of the store . in 1879 , he took a leave of absence from the store to visit relatives in scotland and to visit the major cities of europe . there , he developed a taste for finer things than he was used to on the jersey shore . he returned to asbury park with lots of new ideas and with the $ 5 , 500 he was able to save up , he decided to enter business for himself . he\nwanted to cater to people of refinement and culture\n( spring lake gazette , july 6 , 1923 ) and so in 1882 , he purchased three lots on third avenue . he had originally hoped to locate near the railroad station where there were already a number of stores , but the owner of the property he was considering did not want a store on the property . o . h . brown had naturally good taste which was augmented by his frequent buying trips to europe . his store was an immediate success , and he was soon shipping merchandise to all parts of this country .\nthe brick building was the bakery store . the ovens were in a separate building adjacent to the store . ( gray building which looks like a barn to the west ) late at night between 10 : 00 and 11 : 00 , young people used to go down to voorhees and buy hot cinnamon buns as they came out of the ovens .\nthe drug store was operated by the burke triplets . walter p . burke , a graduate of the philadelphia college of pharmacy and chemistry , operated the pharmacy . the store was open from 8 : 00 am to 10 : 30 pm . here prescriptions were filled , sick - room supplies could he purchased , as well as cosmetics , and beach necessities .\nbuilt in 1920 , this beautiful art deco building served as casagrande ' s market until 1982 . casagrande ' s was a specialty grocery . they specialized in prime meats , fruit and vegetables that were hand picked from the farm markets by the proprietors , specialty foods , and service . customers called the store to place an order and would ask advice on what to serve with the main courses or how to cook it .\nhorses were kept to pull the delivery wagons . in the back the old red barn and the white building are part of the original laundry . the horses were stabled here and the boilers and heavy equipment were back there . there is still an old wood washing machine and an extractor ( used to spin the clothes dry ) in the barn .\nin 1993 , rick and lynn height took over the business . the spring lake variety store today , carries everything you could possibly need and even things that you forgot that you needed .\nnominations affiliated with archaeological sites or districts may not be posted for pubic access in order to protect the site or district\u2019s location .\ndaniel hills , a direct descendent of revolutionary war soldier , samuel griswold who fought at the battles of stony point and yorktown , came to spring like beach in 1890 . that year he opened hills ' drug store on the southeast corner of atlantic and first avenues . ( sundae times ) in 1901 , he built a new drug store on third avenue ( who ' s on third ) after the disastrous fire of 1900 wiped out the first avenue business district . for a while there were two hills ' drugs .\nclayton ' s also provided a taxi service which would pick up guests at the train station and then deliver them to the hotels .\nthis was the original dale ' s . it could hold about 25 people so every night people would line up outside waiting to get in . because it was so crowded , there was a delivery service . guests at the hotels and residents of spring lake would call in their orders . dale ' s advertisements in the spring lake gazette were rather unusual . he advertised :\nkeep your wife as a pet . eat at dale ' s\nand\nwe cheat you less than the others . eat at dale ' s\n.\nafter being brined , salted , and pickled in mid ocean i am now high and dry . . . i have had flowers , letters , telegrams - people until i am befuddled . they are petitioning congress to give me a medal . . . if i must call a specialist to examine my head it is due to the title of heroine of the titanic .\nwashington marucci is frank ' s son . he became borough clerk in 1963 and retired from that position on jan . 1 , 1979 .\nwilliam randolph ' s ice cream parlor elsie white tootell is behind the counter ca . 1927 - 28 from the spring lake historical society collection\nat holiday time , customers could order their meat , have it cooked , and delivered . this was a popular service at thanksgiving . the turkey was ordered , casagrande ' s took it to dale ' s to be cooked , and then it was delivered in time for dinner .\neveline ' s was famous for its doughnuts . every morning at six , manny would begin rolling out his doughnuts . customers soon learned that if you wanted one of manny ' s doughnuts , you had to get there early . among the famous guests who savored manny ' s doughnuts were : dustin hoffman , julius larosa , rex reed , joan rivers , telly savalas , suzie linden , and new york yankee ball players .\nwhen the automobile became the popular mode of transportation , the stable became a garage . because cars cannot be parked over night on the streets in spring lake , there was a need for places to store the autos that the wealthy summer guests brought with them . hotel guests would use their cars to go out to dinner or to see a show and then turn in their keys to the main desk . the main desk would then call the garage to have the car picked up . clayton ' s took care of the automobiles of the shoreham ' s and lakeview ' s guests . they charged $ 2 . 00 a night to store the vehicle and then returned it in the morning to the hotel . so many cars were stored in the garage that the drivers had to crawl out the windows because there wasn ' t enough room to open the doors .\nin 1891 , brown purchased stock in a mining company that soon struck gold and he suddenly became very rich . they moved to denver in 1894 and margaret filled her house with expensive furniture and decorations from around the world . she enjoyed being in the local spotlight and an important part of denver society .\nthe order would then be delivered to the customer ' s home . some customers would send a letter to casagrande ' s telling the market when the staff would arrive at the summer home and include a list of items they wished to have stocked in the pantry for the opening of the house for the season .\ncolrick , patricia , coordinator ,\nguide to businesses on spring lake ' s third avenue / property owners\n, spring lake design assistance committee , 1995 .\none of the early businesses on third avenue , bennett and height served the people and hotels of spring lake from the early 1890 ' s until the late 1960 ' s . before the days of refrigerated cases , bennett and height erected a large cold storage plant in manasquan in which to keep their meat . in the back section of this building was a . stulz giford and sons seafood . the butcher block was here after bennett & height ' s , followed by a number of banks .\nhe later moved his business to third avenue and replaced his horses with trucks . during good weather , baskets of fruits and vegetables lined the sidewalk in front of his store . these outdoor displays were very attractive to customers but also to a dalmation who lived down the street and belonged to a competitor . micky thought manahan ' s lettuces were irresistible and so he stole one every morning and brought it home to eat .\nthere was much activity in and around the store , ferry , and train station . two railroad tracks ran through hatton : the mainline and a sidetrack . often forty wagons a day , loaded with railroad ties , would cross the river via the hatton ferry from timber - rich buckingham . railroad ties or pulpwood was stacked between the landing road and the railroad track and left there to dry to reduce rail transportation costs . when the wood was dried , the railroad inspected the ties and paid tindall about $ 1 per tie . the ties were then loaded on freight cars for shipment . much of the pulpwood at hatton went to buena vista or covington . tindall hauled surplus ties to lexington where coal mine operators purchased them for shoring up mine tunnels .\nafter the second world war , more people made spring lake their permanent home . today , most spring lakers are year round residents and third avenue ' s businesses stay open all year .\nthis store which specialized in foreign and domestic groceries , was established in 1884 . staple and fancy groceries were offered as well as wines and imported liquors . his business was once located on jersey avenue but as the third avenue began to flourish , mr . getsinger purchased this property .\nthis was an old business established near the end of the 19th century . it was a two - story wood frame building which is what all the businesses were at that time . the driveway to the south of the building today , was originally the coal lot . there was a 100 horse power coal fed boiler used to clean the laundry . there had to be an engineer in attendance 24 hours a day to keep the boiler fed and regulated . before bleach , whites had to be boiled to keep them white . the laundry for the hotels and the bath and tennis club was done here as well as the laundry for some of the hotels in avon , and private residences in the area . two types of laundry were done here , wet wash and flat wash . wet wash involved washing the laundry , spinning it dry , and delivering it damp in laundry bags to private homes in town where it would be ironed by the household staff or the lady of the house . flat wash was washed , spun dry , and ironed before delivery .\nby the time the carpathia reached new york , she had established the survivor ' s committee , been elected the chair and raised almost $ 10 , 000 for those who had lost everything .\nthis coffee shop was a mom and pop store owned by eveline and manny . because they didn ' t drive , they came to work each morning in a taxi . most of the family was involved in the business . their son rick ran the counter and their grandchildren worked in the kitchen .\nmyron o . morris was otto morris ' s son and served as borough clerk for 38 years . because he was the borough clerk , a lot of borough business was conducted in the real estate office .\nmanny had come to this country as a young man from south america . he went to new orleans and found a job on a ocean liner as a pastry chef . when the voorhees bakery closed , eveline and manny decided that spring lake needed a place to get fresh baked goods so they opened their coffee and sandwich shop . everything was home made , the soups , the pastries and the sandwiches . they picked a perfect location for their business , right across the street from the bus stop . early morning commuters to new york would pop in for a cup of coffee and a homemade doughnut .\nbecause mr . crisanti was a perfectionist who never took shortcuts , his customers were very loyal . some of mr . crisanti ' s customers included jim ameche , gil mcdougald , a former yankee infielder , and mayor frank marucci .\noriginally located in a small wood building in the middle of the block on the east side , the business was established by orazio marucci in 1900 . orazio had come to this country from riccia , italy . he stayed in new york for a short time before moving to spring lake to start the family tailoring and dry cleaning business . his son otto morris ( he changed his last name ) was actually the first in the family to come to spring lake . in 1882 , he opened the otto morris shaving parlor near the railroad depot . he told his father that he would not go back to new york , so orazio came to spring lake .\nthe store also contained the hatton post office for which tindall was the appointed postmaster . some customers came four times a week to pick up their mail ; others , once a week on a trip that coincided with their need to buy groceries or other supplies . tindall employed several young men to help with such store duties as taking orders or stocking shelves . johnny jones , a young black man , came to work for tindall at age 15 and was of invaluable assistance . johnny could not read , but he excelled at stocking grocery shelves by matching the labels . he also was extremely honest ; if he found a piece of change on the floor , johnny would put it on the cash register with the statement ,\n' tain ' t mine !\none day a customer found a coin on tindall ' s floor and started to put it in his pocket . johnny saw him do it and said matter - of - factly ,\ntain ' t yours !\ni also found people who were interested in the history of spring lake , and they shared their research with the society . if you wish to know more about third avenue or spring lake ' s history , these are the people to talk to :\nhills ' pharmacy with its cool and inviting porch\n( spring lake gazette , july 11 , 1902 ) was a popular spot during the summer with spring lake residents and summer guests . here they enjoyed the ice cream soda for which hills had become famous . the store had a soda fountain , a prescription department , choice confections , druggists sundries , and a public telephone in 1902 .\nthe burkes had a soda fountain in their store which served soda , ice cream and sandwiches . customers could be served at the fountain or on the patio under the portico . the door which led to the patio can still be seen , although it is now boarded up . jerry fabrey operated the soda fountain and later opened his own soda fountain and lucheonette down the street , one block south .\nat one time , there were two a & p ' s in town simultaneously . this was the big a & p . it seems unusual to us today to have two a & p ' s , meat markets , fruit and vegetable markets , and fish markets on the same street . this was before large supermarkets . markets tended to be small and specialized . also , before refrigerators , people kept their food in 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veterinary college and school of comparative medicine , who had his office at the stable . according to a 1902 article in the spring lake gazette , he was known for his thorough knowledge of horses and could treat other domestic animals as well .\nthe macgowan agency , which was established in 1946 , rented the northern half of the building for many years ( where pappas and pappas is now ) . when mrs . voorhees decided to sell the bakery , the macgowans bought the building . for several years mr . macgowan ran back and forth between the real estate office and the bakery , waiting on customers and selling real estate . one business was enough to run , so he moved the real estate office to where the bakery store was and rented out the other half of the building .\nmargaret then used her fame to promote women ' s rights , becoming active in politics and , in 1914 ; she became the first woman to run for the us congress . she also helped erect the titanic memorial in washington and continued to serve on the survivors committee but was annoyed that as a woman she wasn ' t allowed to participate in the titanic hearings .\nafter the 1900 fire , the post office moved to third ave . for a short time it was in the new national bank building and then took up quarters where veronica ' s is now . the post office then moved to morris avenue to where the hobby shop is now and then up to 1410 third avenue . in december of 1996 , it moved to spring lake heights .\nall summer long , hooks whitened shoes in front of crisanti ' s for the guests staying at the hotels in town . he became a bit of a legend because of his skill in polishing two tone shoes , and so guests staying at the hotels , sent their golf shoes to hooks and to be polished . he often had so many shoes to polish that he worked until midnight .\nclick on the county or independent city below for a list of historic sites on the virginia landmarks register and the national register of historic places in each jurisdiction . click on a site listed within each jurisdiction for a photograph and summary description of the site\u2019s historical significance as well as a link to the nomination form ( pdf ) that earned the historic property or district a place on the registers .\nthe bank was organized in march 18 , 1901 with a capital of $ 25 , 000 and a paid - in surplus of $ 12 , 500 . it had all the modern facilities of the time including a manganese steel safe in a fire and burglar proof vault .\nthe spring lake bank is in the hands of men of unquestioned integrity and financial ability and the directory includes the names of some of our most solid and substantial citizens . o . h . brown is president , w . h . potter , vice - president , and fred f . schock , cashier . these with e . v . patterson and frank durand compose the board of directors .\nspring lake gazette , july 11 , 1902 ( three of these gentlemen served as early mayors of spring lake ) .\nthere has always been a barber shop here . in the early part of this century , it was owned by a mr . castellucci who loved the opera . customers were treated to opera music which he played all day long , with their hair cut . mr . castellucci ' s son became a painter . one of his painting hangs in the shop . another is in the patterson museum . damiano rabbeni , a native of sicily , bought the business in 1965 .\n( looking west on washington ave . ) where edmonds real estate is now , was once leonard newman plumbing and later dangler ' s plumbing . in september , 1934 , the morro castle caught fire off our coast . area residents manned boats and helped to rescue victims from the storm tossed sea . pathe ' news set up cameras on the second story porch and filmed the survivors being taken to the first aid building for treatment . the newsreels were shown in theaters throughout the country .\nthis was a favorite with the kids of spring lake because it was a good place to buy toys and novelties . almost every child invited to a birthday party in the 40 ' s bought his gift at this shop . the proprietors were mollie and birdie and there was a white elephant in the corner with a big yellow bow tied around its neck . tb shop here was an adventure for young spring lakers because the shop was dark , a little spooky , and filled with the scent of incense . two black cats used to sit in the windows .\nfran allison , mary benjamin , anne benz , jean cameli , fred casagrande , richard j . clayton , thomas g . clayton , patricia colrick , gale d ' luhy , jean duggan , sue fittin , elizabeth erbe freeman , pat giblin , dick height , lynn height , peggy height , rick height , marion king , joan kennedy , vinnie of lasala cleaners , margaret macgowan , walter macgowan , jr . , margaret maguire , maria marucci , carol megill , dick napolitan , howard parker , barbara bailey ratz , damiano rabbeni , andrew raffeto , helen raffetto , mary reilly , betty robinson , june rounds , henry s . schwier , jerry tricarico , vicky young , kathleen weeks , lissa wickham , bill wingard , marie wingard .\ndhr \u2013 virginia department of historic resources \u00bb historic registers , listings northwest no . 1 boundary marker\ndon\u2019t know the jurisdiction where the site may be located ? enter the site name in the dynamic search bar below .\nplease note , recently approved nominations are listed as quickly as staff time allows . for a comprehensive list of all registered historic resources in virginia , please click the \u201clist of sites in virginia\u201d link in the right menu box .\nsee the board activities page for historic resources recently approved for listing on the vlr or awaiting consideration for listing at the next joint quarterly meeting of the virginia board of historic resources and the state review board .\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 . all rights reserved . website support vlad . udachin @ urltoken general inquiries randy . jones @ urltoken\nnpgallery allows you to search the national register 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hand corner of the spreadsheet and using the find utility you can search for keywords such as \u201cfort\u201d . the default search searches all columns but you can restrict a search to a given column by highlighting the column . for example you can search for properties in fairfax county , virginia by highlighting the county column and searching for fairfax .\nnational historic landmark files : by name : use our npgallery database and select national historic landmark system as the\nrecord category\nor use the national historic landmarks spreadsheet to look up the reference number , then use the reference number to search in our npgallery database .\nnational park service properties : most nps properties have been scanned and are in npgallery . you can search by park name .\naddress search for national register listed properties : you can do an address search in the national register listed properties spreadsheet and in the weekly list search engine ( for new properties ) . many properties are within historic districts . you can look for likely districts based on the address field in the spreadsheet . federal listings can be found in these spreadsheets : federal listings : national register of historic places listed properties from federal agencies ( listings up to july , 2015 ) everything : national register of historic places properties : listed / returned / removed / eligible / ineligible ( up to december , 2017 )\ndeterminations of eligibility : does have not been scanned . you can download a federal determinations of eligibility spreadsheet for determinations up to july , 2015 .\nfor those of you who are interested in working with data in a gis environment , there is more information at national register of historic places program research page .\nfor a review cost of us $ 9 . 99 with urltoken and get valuable exposure for your business .\n\u00a9 2013 - 2018 city of pond creek p . o . box 6 pond creek , ok 73766 580 - 532 - 4915 email 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located on : capturing our heritage , cdjt01 jt4cdjt01 . tif jt4cdjt01 . jpg jt4cdjt01 . psd bottom image located on : capturing our heritage , cdkm05 km112cdkm05 . tif km112cdkm05 . jpg km112cdkm05 . psd\nin 1830 a trading post was established for the indians on the east shore of walled lake . it was kept by two men , king and prentice .\nanse austin and isaac taylor also did a mercantile business , in later years , occupying a small red building adjacent to the hotel kept by jesse tuttle .\nthis account was transcribed from a photocopy of a manuscript entitled\nwalled lake home comers historical and memorial association .\nminor corrections have been made .\nmargaret tobin was born on 18 july 1867 to irish immigrants john and johanna and attended a grammar school run by her aunt mary o ' leary .\nher husband soon became one of the most important and wealthiest mining men in the state as he turned his silver mine over to producing gold in 1893 to combat the 90 per cent unemployment rate in leadville .\nat 11 : 40 pm on 14 april a crewmember spotted an iceberg , but it was too late . three hours later the titanic sank to the bottom of the atlantic ocean . of the more than two thousand passengers on board only seven hundred survived , as the titanic did not have enough lifeboats for all the passengers and crew .\nmargaret was one of the lucky ones who survived . when they were rescued by the carpathia , she worked tirelessly , helping the other survivors by handing out food , drinks and blankets . as the ship arrived in new york , margaret found herself in the spotlight , as everyone had already heard about her bravery and good deeds .\nwhen world war i broke out , margaret travelled to france and helped establish a relief station for the soldiers .\nshe was awarded the french legion of honour in 1932 for her work for titanic survivors , her organisation of the alliance francais and her relief efforts during the war .\nlike a kid in a sweet shop , danny gets super excited as he sets eyes on a legendary collection of cars .\ndiscover about the long ship , and how it was created for the show .\n\u00a92018 aetn uk all rights reserved . use of this site constitutes acceptance of terms\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nwhen the historical society began working on this tour , i began searching for a 120 year old spring laker to talk to . such a person could not he found , but i was able to find a number of people who knew a good deal about spring lake and third avenue . many had been born in spring lake and had spent all of their lives here . others had spent much of their lives , or many summers in spring lake . fortunately , all had good memories and had been very observant while growing up .\nj . a . osborn livery and boarding stables ( extended from where the spring lake pizzeria is today , to the corner of passaic and third ) built in 1876 , this was one of several livery stables in spring lake . most people arrived by train and needed a means of getting about once they got here . others arrived in their own carriages and needed a place to board their horses . an early description stated :\nhis stables are large , well ventilated and particularly well adapted for the accommodation of boarders . . . about twenty head of good horses are hired to responsible parties for business or pleasure driving and experienced and careful drivers provided if desired . . . the carriages are newly painted and rubber tired . . .\nspring lake gazette , july 11 , 1902\nmr . charles lewis purchased the land the livery stable had been on , in 1920 and erected this business building a short time later . it was home to many fine stores and the colonial tea room which was located where kate & co . is now . the tea room served lunch and dinner and ice cream out on the patio during the summer .\nit is fondly remembered for the beautiful view of divine park that could be enjoyed with the meal .\nfrank , another son , took over the tailoring business at age 14 having apprenticed as a tailor at brooks brothers in new york city . in 1910 , frank built the marucci building as a new modern facility for the tailor shop . he used the northern half of the building for his shop and rented out the southern half .\nfrank marucci served as a borough councilman from 1916 - 1936 , and as the mayor from 1936 until his death on dec . 15 , 1956 . he was well thought of , and was elected for 40 consecutive years . in 1959 , marucci memorial park was dedicated and named in his honor .\notto morris built the building to include the otto morris shaving parlor and a theater . above the theater there was a ballroom . years after , criso crisanti bought the building .\nan earlier location of this business was the northwest corner of morris and third avenues . the business later moved to the southeast corner of morris and third . criso crisanti started working as a shoemaker with his father at the age of 5 in sorano , italy ( about 150 miles north of rome ) . he would get up at 5 a . m . and work several hours before going to school . during world war i , he served in the italian army ( then fighting on the allied side ) . he was captured by the austrians in the alps and held as a prisoner of war . in 1919 he emigrated to the united states with little money and even less english . after working as a cobbler in cranford , roselle park , and belmar , he moved to spring lake in 1925 . in that same year , mr . crisanti returned to italy and married his childhood sweetheart , fausta . she was not able to join her husband in spring lake until 1927 when mr . crisanti was able to get the necessary papers .\napparently , it was difficult to tell the triplets apart . an accomplished runner challenged one of the burke brothers to a long distance race from lakewood to asbury park . the challenger expected to win hands down and was very surprised to see that the burke brother had finished the race , and even more surprised by the fact that the burke brother seemed to have handled the race so much better than the challenger had . what the challenger didn ' t know is that the three brothers kept changing places during the race ."]}
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", "topic": 16}], "title": "virtual festivals", "paragraphs": ["go behind the scenes with king charles and virtual festivals . virtual festivals will be following charles as he plays at most of this year ' s festivals in the uk and europe , getting the inside track . . .\nvirtual festivals review : 10 / 10 we ' ve got a fantastic achievement under our belt . this is the second time in ba\u017eant pohoda ' s history that we got the highest score from the respected uk portal virtual festivals . according to author of the article , \u201cpohoda delivers the perfect festival package . \u201d\nvirtual festivals has published reports and reviews from festivals since 1999 . currently , more than 200 journalists write reviews on festivals such as glastonbury , t in the park , isle of wight , reading or leeds festival for the website on a regular basis . 19th year of ba\u017eant pohoda was reviewed by jon wright :\nsetting the stage for summer fun : the best websites for . . . music festivals\nmarking the festivals ' 70 th anniversary year , the virtual tour mixes abstracted digital modelling of edinburgh and short bbc archive highlights - all at the control of the viewer\u2019s gaze .\nthe great british summer has come to a premature end for the folks at reading and leeds festivals .\nwe\u2019re big fans of the potential of virtual , but a lot have wondered : how does it work ? well , we\u2019re not the first to have ventured into this field , so here\u2019s a look at some festivals and events in the virtual world to have come before us to give you an idea of what goes on .\nnow that more industries and artists are exploring virtual reality technology , they are also showing off their work and products at conferences and festivals . one of the best ways to keep up with what is going on in any industry is attending events such as these where you can hear from the pros , take workshops , see films and test equipment and new products . while there aren\u2019t many vr - only festivals , several of the major film and entertainment festivals are devoting time and space to vr practitioners . here is new york film academy\u2019s roundup of festivals to put on your list :\nfrom the website : \u201cthe virtual reality festival ( vrf ) is a community based organization dedicated to the development and expansion of virtual reality , augmented reality and other immersive entertainment technologies for use by both studio and independent artists , technologists , content creators , game designers and their audiences . \u201d\na new virtual reality app , supported by creative scotland and bbc scotland , is celebrating the craziness and vibrancy of the world\u2019s biggest arts festival .\nthe awards are the chance for the people who invest colossal amounts of work and creativity making music festivals happen , to be recognised for their efforts .\nedinburgh 70 is an immersive dip into the edinburgh festivals via the bbc archive , created by digital artists dennis & debbie club and designed for gear vr .\nkaleidoscope produces events around the world that showcase the best in virtual reality from independent artists . each season kaleidoscope produces curated , traveling exhibitions of work from vr creators around the world .\neach uses different visual language and ways of directing the viewers ' eyes to points of distinction . these are the threads of a virtual cinematic language that may someday be woven into a whole - cloth approach .\nfound by christopher crescitelli in 2014 , vr fest is a fully - curated touring virtual reality film and immersive technology festival . the festival co - sponsors with extreme tech challenge ( xtc ) and maitai global on a the global vr competition called the extreme virtual reality challenge , where vr / ar pioneers and entrepreneurs compete for a cash prize and a chance to display their work at the vr lounge on sir richard branson\u2019s private necker island during the xtc finals event .\n\u201cthis kind of experience is only possible in virtual reality . we\u2019ve been able to build a surreal collage of geography , history and entertainment \u2013 and it\u2019s all going on all around you . you can\u2019t really convey that in any other medium .\nfounded in 1987 in austin , texas , sxsw is best known for its conference and festivals that celebrate the convergence of the interactive , film , and music industries . the sxsw conference provides networking and educational opportunities as well as entertainment .\na great starting point if you ' re heading , or thinking of heading , to a uk festival . for all the main ones - glastonbury , reading , womad etc - you ' ll find detailed summaries with line - ups and ticket options , as well as critical reviews from previous years , and active forums that provide invaluable advice on thorny topics such as having a nice shower at glastonbury . search options allow you to find smaller festivals by date and region , and to identify where your favourite band or performer is playing this summer . some useful\nindispensable guides\ntoo , on subjects ranging from working at festivals , visiting a festival if you ' re disabled , and looking glamorous at festivals .\ndennis & debbie club first collaborated with glasgow short film festival to create and curate a virtual film theatre which featured at this year\u2019s event . the collaboration continued when the bbc invited them to work with their connected studios and explore their archive .\nthe long - established entertainment listings website covers much more than festivals , but the excellent search facility makes it a doddle to narrow down the listings to music festivals . you can also filter results to view free events , and events within one to 35 miles of any uk location - which can bring up some tempting , local offerings . i may well be heading to the free peasedown party in the park in june to catch scrumpy and western tribute act the mangledwurzels . . .\nfivars is the first canadian festival dedicated solely to vr storytelling and filmmaking . the festival was started in 2015 and is the first vr festival to be listed on urltoken \u2014 a marketplace for filmmakers to submit their works to film festivals , owned by urltoken\n\u201cthe specially selected bbc archive is essential to the overall experience , because it lets you see first - hand the festivals\u2019 amazing history and get a sense of the scope of all the amazing people and performances that have come to edinburgh through the years . \u201d\nreading and leeds festivals are the long established royal pairing , the king and queen of the festival calendar , and they return bigger than ever in 2013 . here ' s our recommendations for the ten acts likely to crown the weekend with their own monarchical mark .\nfrom the website : \u201cthe cyberia film festival is the first conventionally - styled filmfest to be held in a virtual reality environment . cyberia seeks to explore a new frontier in cinema appreciation , reaching across the globe to bring together an audience as diverse as its content . \u201d\nbut the healthy offering of virtual reality experiences and stories at the 13th annual dubai festival \u2014 including 10 vr\nmovies ,\nfive being world premieres from a global roster of filmmakers \u2014 proves that the format has become an essential component of the global film festival circuit .\ndubai \u2014 the robust menu of virtual reality installations offered at this month ' s dubai international film festival \u2014 the first time the format was featured here \u2014 would\u2019ve made it the world ' s largest , most celebrated vr - palooza of record just a couple of short years ago .\na neat , user - friendly website . you can search for festivals ( uk and abroad ) on calendars and on google maps , and for each event there ' s a pie chart showing what proportion of the music is rock / pop , hiphop / rnb , world / folk etc . click on one section of the pie chart , eg rock / pop , and the bands / acts that are performing rock / pop at the festival are highlighted . click on the band / act , and you ' re shown the other festivals where they are performing .\nwhether you are interested in film , game design , or other ways to use vr technology , the new york film academy likely offers the perfect course or workshop for you . start exploring our programs here . who knows ? we might see some of your work at one of these festivals in future !\nanother useful starting point . its search lets you find what festivals are on in croatia , spain and other countries , as well as in the uk . i like the readable , newsy magazine - style features on headline acts - did you know that the boomtown rats are reforming to play at the isle of wight festival in june ?\nexplains , \u201cour experiential program is what happens when artists create wildly different adventures that go outside traditional methods . here , stories are not passively watched , they are actually \u2018experienced\u2019 \u2014 you are a participant . today , virtual reality offers a new landscape for creating worlds and stories . at its best it can be a powerful vehicle for magically transportive explorations that test the limits of our imaginations and psyches . \u201d\nwe\u2019re still looking for creative narrative virtual reality ,\nshaoyu su , an arts laboratory specialist from usc ' s jaunt cinematic vr lab told mashable at the diff booth he was manning .\ni went to vrla twice and everyone is talking about camera solutions and new tech . . . . but i don\u2019t really see a rise in content creation [ ideas ] . that\u2019s what we\u2019ve been trying to figure out in the lab .\nin an era that has recalibrated economies , redefined social realms and rewired the connection between the individual and the world , we must also reimagine what it is to be human ,\nshari frilot , sundance film festival senior programmer and chief curator of new frontier said .\nthrough virtual reality , augmented reality and various crafted immersive experiences , new frontier this year challenges the very nature of perception and what we consider to be ' reality . '\nthese are just a few who have hosted full on festivals . the beauty of online is that these type of events exist on varying levels of scale , and in isolation , across the world . from author q & as to live streams , there\u2019s a lot that can be done online , wherever you are , and for minimal to no cost . we hope you like the look of what\u2019s gone before us , and maybe look forward to what we\u2019re planning all the more for june !\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\n/ / urltoken\nchile ? it ' s so cool . . . from glaciers to deserts and penguins to gauchos - no wonder peter duncan loves the world ' s longest country\nfrom highgrove to chateaux and even the caribbean . . . great green - fingered breaks : the 10 best garden holidays\ndon ' t fly straight over the u . s . midwest \u2014 its thriving amish community and rambling countryside are beguiling\nthe festival season is looming . want to know where your favourite band is playing ? need some advice on where to buy tickets , or what kit to take ? fancy avoiding the mud this year , and heading off to an overseas festival , but don ' t know what the options are ?\nit ' s definitely worth having a look around safeconcert ' s be ticket safe sections , which give hard - hitting , general advice on how to buy tickets safely . the unwavering stance taken is that you should always buy from a primary site / authorised agent , rather than take the risk of purchasing tickets via a secondary ticket seller . recommended ticket websites appear on the green list , while those\nyou should think twice before using\nand\nwe cannot recommend\ncome on the red list . you can also type a ticket website into a search box , and read feedback from previous users .\nthe website for the chain of outdoor stores has some excellent general advice for festival goers , covering such topics as choosing a festival tent , how to stay healthy , food and cooking ideas , a packing checklist , and what not to take .\na one - stop shop for festival camping kit - everything from tents and wellies to no rinse body wash and portable pee bags .\nif you ' re tempted to go to a festival in europe - perhaps dimensions , an underground electronic music festival in croatia , or the laundry day dance festival in belgium - you might want to turn to holiday company planet festival . it says it\nexists to make the world of festival travel simpler\n. on the website , you ' ll find most of the information you need , including details of the coach travel on offer , and ticket and accommodation packages .\nefestivals . some of its sections need updating , but it still ticks more boxes than its competitors .\n' we know where you live ' : angry protesters confront mitch . . .\n' diana would be ashamed ' : meghan ' s bitter half - sister . . .\npolice find the body of a missing four - month - old boy near . . .\n' prostitutes , orgies , group sex - all of it ' : ex - wife of . . .\nwoman , 38 , ' shoots her father in the head and then lives . . .\nalive ! four thai boys who made it out of cave in daring . . .\nbottleneck of 700 , 000 migrants wait in libya to cross the . . .\nwhat was agreed at chequers . . . and how the three - page . . .\n' this is no sell - out ' : theresa may insists she has chosen . . .\nsydney tower skywalk was ' shut down due to unsafe winds ' . . .\ndon ' t fly straight over the u . s . midwest - its thriving amish community and rambling countryside are beguiling\npopping out to the shops . . . in marrakech : lisa snowdon tries some serious relaxation and retail therapy in morocco\nmarried by a maori chief . . . in his shorts : carol drinkwater recalls her holidays of a lifetime\nhere we go again ! the croatian island where the new mamma mia ! movie was filmed will make your heart sing . . .\nwho wood live in a house like this ? kooky home adorned with tree trunks and branches hits the market for $ 7 . 6 million\nit ' s a bird , it ' s a plane , it ' s a . . . whale ? airbus ' oddly - shaped beluga plane gets a makeover making it more like its animal lookalike\nit ' s 34p in cairo and \u00a38 . 44 in london : the price of a one - mile taxi journey in 50 capital cities revealed\nnow that ' s a man cave ! inside the 65ft - deep underground world dug out by a builder over 23 years . . . using just a chisel and hammer\nfestival highlights : isle of wight festival 2017 . 06 . 10 highlights 1080i hdtv\nisle of wight festival 2017 . 06 . 10 highlights 1080i hdtv 01 . texas \u2013 inner smile 02 . the kooks \u2013 naive 03 . melanie c \u2013 i turn to you 04 . zara larsson \u2013 never forget you 05 . catfish and the bottlemen \u2013 7 06 . arcade fire \u2013 everything now 07 . arcade fire \u2013 ready to start 08 . arcade [ \u2026 ]\nsing out loud music festival 2018 feat . local , regional and national acts in st . augustine , fl ! follow us on instagram @ singoutloudfestival\nprivacy & cookies : this site uses cookies . by continuing to use this website , you agree to their use . to find out more , including how to control cookies , see here : cookie policy\nwe had thought for a while we were the first in scotland , but it turns out we aren\u2019t ! the earliest we\u2019ve heard about is distant voices , back in november 2009 . the one day poetry festival gathered poetry enthusiasts worldwide from the comfort of their own couches , organised by stanza , the brilliant international poetry festival in scotland . from mumbai and new york to sacramento and skye , their event really rallied an international audience and was years ahead of the curve .\n, the festival took on a theme each year and put on a massive amount of events : over 100 in 2012 , and a staggering 177 in 2013 across a month . their themes redefining reading and writing , beyond the margins and history and homecoming allowed them to explore these topics in massive detail , attracting thousands of visitors , and vibrant discussion . during the event\u2019s lifetime , ebooks moved from being on the margins of publishing to being a core factor in competitiveness .\n\u2018s latest year took over a weekend to discuss everything from brokeback mountain 10 years on , to the power of romance in young adult literature and movies that inspired authors\u2019 books . their mantra is that to truly be for the fans of the genre , they have to remain publisher neutral and put on what they believe to be the best programme for the audience .\nwas another all - encompassing celebration of genre . from hosting a short story competition and a film poster design one , there were lots of chances to get creative and involved . participants ranged from margaret atwood to space scientist erik laan via twitter chats to google hangouts , giving opportunity to delve into both the science and the fiction .\nsave my name , email , and website in this browser for the next time i comment .\ndon ' t worry , it ' s not going to rain . but forget the shades .\namerican pop - punk veterans blink - 182 showed their age again at reading festival with a riotous , joke - ridden rock show to close the final night of the festival .\nmore than 200 artists played over the three - day festival - but here are just ten of our top highlights .\nyou me at six\u2019s drummer dan flint was in high spirits as metro caught up with him backstage at reading festival today , fresh from playing the main stage at leeds festival yesterday ( august 22 ) .\narctic monkeys put their hit record am to bed with a debauched headline set on saturday night at reading festival 2014 .\nthe manics had to cancel their scheduled v festival appearance after the band were stranded in budapest .\n16 people were arrested at the hylands park v festival site on august 15 after allegedly trying to take drugs onto the site .\nstaffordshire and essex police forces have reasserted their aims of making v festival drug free .\nbritish summer time 2014 was a ten day extravaganza bringing together the best in live music , comedy and food across an eclectic programme of amusement in central london .\nt in the park concluded 18 legendary years at the festival\u2019s much - loved kinross - shire home of balado with a farewell party like no other .\narctic monkeys were on fine form as they topped t in the park for the third time .\nplaying the penultimate british summer time show for 2014 , neil young and crazy horse put on a typically eclectic , jam - packed show for fans . the event saw more than 50 , 000 festival - goers in london ' s hyde park for a day of live music and entertainment . here were just ten of our top moments .\nthousands of early - arrivers have been descending on balado airfield in kinross , scotland for the 21st edition of t in the park .\nt in the park celebrates 21 years in the festival scene with an scottish flavoured offering this weekend , with the festival headlined by both biffy clyro and calvin harris . if this weekend will be your first taste of t , or your 21st , we ' ve got some tips for having the best festival weekend of your life .\nt in the park - ers might not be able to look forward to a repeat of last year ' s scorcher , but the festival should at least avoid a mudbath year .\nfestival awards ltd is an independent company . we produce the uk festival awards and conference as well as festival awards europe ( in co - operation with yourope )\nthe majority of the awards are voted for by the general public through our online platform . voters can choose to be entered into our prize draw to be in with a chance of winning two tickets to every winning festival for the following year .\nthe more specialised categories are decided by panels of journalists and other informed industry experts . for example , judges in the ' line - up of the year ' category will examine how well the event has catered for its particular audience , taking into consideration the budget it had to work with .\nin order to create a level playing field for events , no matter their size , voting is weighted based on capacity and the number of tickets sold .\nthe winners are presented their awards at a gala ceremony which , in the uk , takes place at the o2 in london in november . uniting the entire industry under one roof for one night , this event is a unique opportunity for everyone in the business to let their hair down and celebrate the past year ' s hard work together .\nmcbusted signed off , for the time being , with a fun - packed british summer time headline set in london ' s hyde park .\nkanye west delighted and frustrated in equal measure as he played an eventful headline set to close the first day of wireless festival 2014\u2019s london leg .\nkanye west treated the wireless festival crowd to another of his infamous rants during his bill - topping set in london ' s finsbury park .\nthere\u2019s a star - studded line - up at the isle of wight festival this weekend , but with plenty going on beyond the big guns , we\u2019ve compiled a day - by - day guide to make sure you don\u2019t miss out on the must - sees .\ngood news for everyone headed down to the isle of wight festival this weekend \u2013 the latest met office forecast suggests that it\u2019s going to be a balmy one .\nthe isle of wight festival may have some of music\u2019s biggest names coming down this weekend , but there\u2019s much more going on than that . there\u2019s no need to miss out though \u2013 here\u2019s our insider\u2019s guide to what else is going on .\na music festival with a long and illustrious history , the isle of wight festival is once again upon us and , with a bill full of big hitters and top new talent , we\u2019ve found ten acts you can brag about seeing on the boat trip back .\nall aboard for the nautical themed tenth edition of bestival ! here\u2019s a quick day - by - day guide on what to see and do .\nbestival has an array of different areas ready to blow your mind this weekend \u2013 prepare yourself with our insider\u2019s guide .\nrob da bank ' s done it again \u2013 the bestival line - up is full to the brim with must - sees . here\u2019s 10 of our favourites .\nhow do you plan your reading & leeds weekend with such a head - spinning array of acts to sift through ? let us help you out with our day - by - day guide .\nthe main stage and the radio 1 / nme stage at reading & leeds will be heaving with huge acts this weekend \u2013 but there\u2019s a whole lot more going on . here\u2019s your guide to what the other stages have to offer .\nyou can\u2019t spend all your time at v festival 2013 making sure you\u2019ve got the dance moves to single ladies down , or ensuring your beard is as impeccably trimmed as caleb\u2019s , so find out what else is going on at with our insider\u2019s guide .\nv festival crams a lot into its two days , so here\u2019s a day - by - day guide to getting the most out of it .\nv festival is back this weekend , and full of massive names , so we\u2019ve picked out 10 acts to put on your must - see list .\nyou\u2019re in for a jam - packed weekend at camp bestival , and here\u2019s our day - by - day guide to the best of it .\ncamp bestival is back at lulworth castle this weekend \u2013 here\u2019s our inside guide on what to go see beyond the bands .\ncamp bestival returns to dorset\u2019s lulworth castle this weekend with a line - up bursting at the seams . here\u2019s ten acts to make sure you catch .\nlatitude has a head - spinning amount of bands and attractions going on this weekend . here\u2019s our day - by - day guide to the best of the suffolk spectacular .\nlatitude claims to be ' more than just a music festival ' \u2013 and you\u2019ll soon see how true that is . here\u2019s our insider\u2019s guide on what to see and where to go away from the main stages .\nthere\u2019s a mind - blowing array of stages to choose from at latitude . don\u2019t worry though , help is at hand - we\u2019ve picked 10 acts you need to see in suffolk this weekend .\nin the park will celebrate its 20th anniversary this weekend with far better weather than it saw last year , as the sun is set to shine upon scotland for the start of the three day music festival .\nthis weekend sees the twentieth anniversary edition of t in the park in balado , kinross , and with a star - studded line - up assembled once again , scotland\u2019s premier festival is bursting at the seams with must - sees . here\u2019s our day - by - day guide to keeping on top of it all .\nheading back to balado for the 20th instalment of t in the park ? or is this your first t - time ? either way , we\u2019ve highlighted a few things that you need to take in while you\u2019re there in our insider\u2019s guide . don\u2019t even finish packing before you\u2019ve read this .\nwhile bestival 2014 sadly concluded last night , this desert island disco edition is one attendees are sure to remember for a very long time . here are ten reasons why .\ndisco delegates chic feat . nile rodgers returned to bestival to play a triumphant sunday night show .\nfoals ' three album run can ' t quite compare to friday headliners outkast , but they still enliven the saturday night crowd .\nthe news that busta rhymes has cancelled his sunday bestival slot was offset with plenty of musical mayhem .\noutkast ' s outing attracts thousands upon thousands of bestival - goers at one of the last of their 2014 reunion shows .\ndon ' t leave port without looking at our day - by - day guide to the best island party around .\nrob and josie da bank have pulled off another killer line - up once again . here are the 10 best .\nwith the infamous reading and leeds festival approaching again already , we take a look at ten of the choicest acts from this year ' s suitably star - studded sell - out .\nreading and leeds festival may host the same acts but their seedy underbellies reveal very different delights . check out our guide here\nv festival 2014 was a wild festival weekender . take a look back at ten of our highlights .\nsure , this is the fourth time the killers have graced v festival but it was one of the most memorable .\nexclusive . having just swept off the densely - packed arena stage at v festival 2014 , metro found ella eyre in a surprisingly energetic mood .\nwith v festival 2014 just around the corner , we take a look at the biggest and brightest acts to be gracing the stage .\nwith pop idols , stadium rock giants and endless hijinks opportunities you ' re sure to never have a spare moment to yourself .\nlosing your v fest plates this weekend ? just looking for a v refresh ? check out our insider ' s tips and advice for making the most of v festival 2014 .\ncalvin harris ' sixth outing at t in the park certainly had all the glamour and none of the gab .\nnow celebrating 21 years as the leading scottish music festival , t in the park will say an emotional farewell to their kinross site this weekend , before moving to strathallan castle in perthshire next year .\nt in the park returns to its traditional kinross home for one final time on july 11 . here ' s our top ten acts to catch over the three day festival .\nbruno mars certainly closed london ' s edition of wireless festival in style , but the headline act was not without its cheesy moments . here are some of the corny favourites from the saccharine - sweet set .\nwireless festival 2014 saw a plethora of first - class performances , from pharrell williams ' hit - studded set to the long - awaited outkast reunion . here are just some of the best picks from the three - day event .\nkanye west ' s first performance at wireless festival london was seen as a disaster by many , the rap star ' s infamy for on - stage ranting causing boos all round . here are just some of the reasons why the second edition of west at wireless was better than the first .\njohn newman zipped from his solo slot at wireless birmingham straight to the finsbury park edition , guesting with rudimental on not giving in a mere three and a half hours later .\nslovakia , europe\u2019s most castellated country , is a land of dense forests , unspoilt wildernesses and craggy mountains . it is also home to pohoda , a broad church of a festival with a whole heap of spirit that this year , one ahead of its 20th birthday , proved the pitch perfect festival package . the disused military air base on the banks of the river vah has been overrun by the meticulously positioned stages and ephemera of one of eastern europe\u2019s most respected festival and all around , carpathian foothills cut into the expansive , cloudless sky . if you were to design an event site from scratch , you could do a lot worse . runways that used to carry planes , now carry the 30 , 000 annual pohodans as they taxi between the stages , meaning there\u2019s not a soundclash to be heard . there is no direct translation for pohoda , though most seem to settle on relax . heading to the orange stage to do just that with accompaniment from legendary czech electro band midi lidi ( 9 ) , their obscure lyrics lost in translation , but their brand of 80\u2019s synth - pop and infectious , angular attitude are not . an ideal clarion call to those dozing in the sun after a heavy lunch . slovakian food is heavy , sausage , grilled cheese , pancakes and from across the border in hungary , the versatile fried delight that is langose , perfect for those 4am hunger pangs outside the dance tent . franz ferdinand and sparks combine for ffs ( 8 ) , sounding best , ironically , on their recent single \u2018collaborations don\u2019t work\u2019 . believe them not - in this case , they do . less a collaboration actually , more a baton pass between the identities of each band , you get the best elements of both and pohoda loves them for it , a very worthy headline act .\nin a generous act of programming , einsturzende neubaten ( 10 ) take to the orange stage 15 minutes after ffs finish . blixa bargeld , once tipped\nthe most beautiful man in the world\nby nick cave , appears in a suit that sparkles in the light . around him the band members hammer , hit , throb and beat their way through nearly two hours of sonic excellence , while he , assured and delightful , delivers the lyrics in german and english like blessings on a reverential flock . \u201cthis is our first time in slovakia\u201d , bargeld states , \u201dbut i don\u2019t think that means anything\u201d . they are mesmerising , expansive and mind - blowing and remain the highlight of the festival , hands down . bjork ( 8 ) is an odd headline choice and her insistence on showing pohoda clips from life on earth while skipping around masked at the front of the stage takes a while to sink in . halfway through the set , however , her performance ascends in quality and power and she takes pohoda on an awesome journey into her peculiar little world . always pioneering and never dull , she remains an enigmatic and entrancing proposition live .\nmercury winners young fathers ( 9 ) are treated as returning heroes in the dance tent and deliver a hard - edged set , just the way pohoda likes it . don\u2019t let the geniality on the dance floor fool you , pohoda knows how to party . deep into the slovakian night , old warhorse roni size ( 9 ) delivers a blinder it seems most of pohoda attend . with his musical collective behind him , he\u2019s unstoppably infectious and ' brown paper bag ' , with its own melodic makeover , is a stand out moment . on sunday morning , vf asks michal kascak , slovakia\u2019s younger version of michael eavis , what he\u2019s planning for the 20th anniversary next year . \u201cbusiness as usual ? \u201d \u201cno . no . creativity as usual\u201d , comes the reply . this year , that attitude delivered the perfect festival . review by jon wright .\npohoda from artists\u2019 point of view\u2026 bj\u00f6rk thanked visitors and festival on social networks . after her show , she went see les ambassadeurs as well\u2026\nba\u017eant pohoda 2015 , or how to be sexi\nhave a look at what the austrian media fm4 and noisey and the polish rmf and urltoken wrote about us . it is very\u2026\nby checking this box , i agree that my e - mail address will be added to pohoda newsletter and used for marketing purposes .\nby using this website you agree to the use of cookies . ( more information ) i understand\nhas film screenings , musical performances , and other events around manhattan , the future of filmmaking is discussed and innovative work is on display at the hub . in addition to storyscapes , which features vr films , the hub is also where you can learn about the intersection of art and technology in media , gaming , music , and documentary filmmaking .\nfrom the website : \u201cfeaturing a variety of tracks that allow attendees to explore what\u2019s next in the worlds of entertainment , culture , and technology , sxsw proves that the most unexpected discoveries happen when diverse topics and people come together . \u201d\nthe 2017 festival sessions included panels on funding vr projects , production in extreme environments , how vr and documentary filmmaking connect , using vr in live events and for global engagement , and several mentoring sessions as well as demos and screenings .\nwill be organized by local vr creators in the following cities : new york , london , berlin , sydney , kyiv , los angeles , paris , leipzig , seoul , and hong kong .\nthe new frontier section of sundance features innovations in film and art . vr filmmaking has had an increasing presence at the festival . in addition to showings of new vr films , there are now panels about crafting narratives and audience interaction with vr films . on the festival website , you can also find a selection of films that were featured at the 2016 festival that can be viewed using cardboard . from the website : \u201cthe line up represents some of the most compelling narrative and documentary vr storytelling being independently created today . \u201d\nimagine a film festival that you can attend from your own living room . that\u2019s what the cyberia film festival does for vr fans and filmmakers . the free , three - day festival allowed viewers from around the world to watch scheduled films and participate in q & a sessions with filmmakers without having to travel anywhere .\nheld in amsterdam this year , vr days europe is a four - day festival that includes workshops , lectures , and demos that explore everything from feature film storytelling to business applications for vr filmmaking . the festival currently has an\nthe dubai international film festival ( diff ) launched its vr program , different reality , at the 2016 festival . the different reality program offers festival goers an international selection of vr films , including fiction , documentary , and animation . there is also a business hub of the festival that includes panels with vr creators , interactive installations , and the chance to network .\non the festival\u2019s website , diff\u2019s chairman , abdulhamid juma commented : \u201cwe have always been committed to discovering new talent and original storytelling to present exciting content that will entertain , educate and inspire diff audiences . vr gives filmmakers a new , immersive medium which is an exciting new direction for cinema and our compelling and engaging line - up of vr films push the technological boundaries of storytelling . we are extremely excited to bring some of the best vr experiences to diff this december and invite film fans to experience the future of storytelling firsthand . \u201d\nnow in its 25th year , the raindance film festival is the largest and most important independent film festival in the uk . in january 2016 , the festival announced it was launching raindance vr , a section of the festival dedicated to vr filmmaking . the 2017 festival takes place from sept . 21 to oct . 2 and is accepting\nraindance founder elliot grove says , \u201cwe believe vr is the most exciting change in cinema and filmmaking since the onslaught of internet distribution which started with youtube in 2005 . \u201d\nas the audience for it grows and the technology improves . filmmakers and other creative professionals are exploring ways to use\nhave you or an immediate family member served in the u . s . military ? * yes no\nyour privacy is important to us . by submitting this form , you give new york film academy your consent to contact you regarding our educational services using email , text or telephone . please note that you are not required to provide this consent to receive educational service .\nall programs and workshops are solely owned and operated by the new york film academy and are not affiliated with universal studios , harvard university , or walt disney world \u00ae resort .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nour website uses cookies . see our cookies page for information about them and how you can remove or block them . click here to opt in to our cookies\n\u201c edinburgh 70 is an artistic distillation of edinburgh at festival time over the last 70 years , \u201d explain dennis and debbie . \u201dwe\u2019ve built 3d representations of city landmarks and populated them with everything the festival experience has to offer . it\u2019s our attempt to capture the joyful carnival of serendipity and craziness .\ni\u2019m pleased to see this project launched on bbc taster alongside abstraction , which was also supported by creative scotland . this comes at the start of edinburgh\u2019s festival season , where technology driven experiences are an increasing feature .\ncreative scotland identified a gap in digital leadership and innovation in the arts and creative industries some time ago . as a means of addressing this gap we facilitated light bytes - a series of events and discussions in collaboration with creative dundee , creative edinburgh and we throw switches - and supported creative technologists to continue those conversations in collaboration with other artists and artforms .\nsound world\nwas one of many vr installations at the dubai film festival .\nthat distinction now lies somewhere between the expansive springtime vrla expo in los angeles and next month ' s sundance film festival , where a dozen installations seemed like a huge deal in 2015 ( this year well over 30 are coming to park city , utah ) .\nif you want to be a player , you gotta have vr , and you gotta go big .\na scene from\nwhen all land is lost ?\nfrom indian vr director faiza ahmad khan .\nthe festival ' s showcase section , dubbed\na different reality ,\nfeatured a sprawling open - air samsung vr\ncinema\nwith a dozen or more headset - equipped seats at the madinat jumeriah resort festival headquarters .\ntitles included new non - fiction vr works like when all land is lost ? , indian director faiza ahmad khan ' s opening documentary ( image above ) about injustice in india\u2019s polluted coal - mining district ; or canadian director adam cosco ' s surreal drama knives , about a spiraling housewife ' s encounter with a door - to - door knife salesman .\ninside the adjacent film market showroom floor , another dozen or so vr - related installations attracted curious festivalgoers . and the most popular were clearly of the experiential variety , like riding six flags\u2019 tatsu rollercoaster ( below ) , an installation that required sophisticated moving chairs to achieve the full effect .\nyou can ' t try this at home : dubai film festival fans take the roller coaster ride .\npeople were getting a kick out of it , as the constant yelps and screams that filled the space over the past two weeks would attest . but it ' s not exactly the kind of entertainment tech that\u2019s going to wind up in the home anytime soon .\nand that ' s . . . kind of the problem that vr is still grappling with : how to tell stories with it ?\nwhile gaming has gained a foothold and sophisticated amusement park ride - like installations are good fun , narrative storytelling in vr is still struggling to figure out its language and its place in the entertainment landscape .\nthe usc lab\u2019s demos at diff were nifty in execution , but nothing yet feels like a compelling blend of story and medium . the three that mashable strapped in for included a moment among a dancer and musicians twirling around the disney concert hall in downtown los angeles , a somewhat crudely cg - rendered ride - along on the wright bros . plane ( cool ! ) and a simulation of a first date , in which you\u2019re the potential suitor\u2019s wingman , guiding him by turns .\nso far , it seems like everyone\u2019s still learning the language of the platform and cranking out neato demonstrations that don\u2019t go much beyond proof - of - concept .\nreally , all the tools are already spreading around for vr ,\nsu said .\nwe\u2019ve been doing really well in traditional film narrative storytelling for about 100 years . the questions is , how [ do ] you translate that ?\nno one\u2019s completely cracked the storytelling part yet , though many have tried . some admirably .\nmashable has demo\u2019ed some promising outliers over the past year , like the well - directed bunnies - vs . - aliens short film invasion ( above ) , the pixar - like sundance vr debutante alumette and jon favreau\u2019s trolls and goblins with wevr studios , an enchanted - forest experience that ' s the most compelling case for vr ' s narrative future we ' ve yet seen .\nwhen radio came along , and television , and the internet , no one really knew or could predict how they were going to affect every aspect of society ,\nben outram , creator of sound world , an interactive psychedelic world of geodesic shapes and music ( see image , top of post ) , told mashable .\ni think vr is one of those \u2014 we\u2019re in this stage now where no one really knows what it\u2019s doing . but it represents a whole new level of an ability to communicate , an ability to empathize , there\u2019s more information being sent , there\u2019s more levels and channels of sensory perception and we can expect a whole multitude of ways that i think is going to change society just as much as the internet has .\nover time , that may be true . come mid - january , we ' ll get a first look at a whole new batch of vr\nmovies ,\nwhen the highly curated new frontier section at the sundance film festival \u2014 now entering its second decade \u2014 brings 20 vr experiences and 11 installations to three venues in park city . it ' s become the vr film festival of record over the past few years , the place where all the latest 360 - degree creations come to show off .\nthis year they ' ll include particle , the story of a two - dimensional light being who exists in the pages of a giant , hand - drawn comic book ; a kinetic dance performance inside an extravagant silent movie palace ; an\nelaboration\nupon vincent van gogh\u2019s provence landscapes ; and asteroids ! , baobab studios ' ( invasion ! ) cosmic journey aboard the spaceship of aliens mac and cheez .\neven if that reality is that the storytelling just isn ' t there yet .\nis a global , multi - platform media and entertainment company . powered by its own proprietary technology , mashable is the go - to source for tech , digital culture and entertainment content for its dedicated and influential audience around the globe .\nmashable is among the federally registered trademarks of ziff davis , llc and may not be used by third parties without explicit permission ."]}
{"id": 55516, "summary": [{"text": "in mathematics , symbolic dynamics is the practice of modeling a topological or smooth dynamical system by a discrete space consisting of infinite sequences of abstract symbols , each of which corresponds to a state of the system , with the dynamics ( evolution ) given by the shift operator .", "topic": 35}, {"text": "formally , a markov partition is used to provide a finite cover for the smooth system ; each set of the cover is associated with a single symbol , and the sequences of symbols result as a trajectory of the system moves from one covering set to another . ", "topic": 28}], "title": "symbolic dynamics", "paragraphs": ["simone pigolotti , sandeep krishna , mogens h . jensen ,\nsymbolic dynamics of biological feedback networks\n,\non the asymptotic measure of periodic subsystems of finite type in symbolic dynamics\n, arxiv : 0804 . 2551\nethan m . coven and zbigniew h . nitecki ,\non the genesis of symbolic dynamics as we know it\n,\nfor over thirty years , symbolic dynamics has been used in celestial mechanics to show the presence of chaos . this paper reviews this history and the more recent attempts at using symbolic dynamics as a method of global analysis in the three - body problem .\nsarika jalan , fatihcan m . atay and j\u00fcrgen jost ,\ndetection of synchronised chaos in coupled map networks using symbolic dynamics\n,\npeter beim graben , j . douglas saddy , matthias schlesewsky and j\u00fcrgen kurths ,\nsymbolic dynamics of event - related brain potentials ,\ndiana a . mendes , vivaldo m . mendes , j . sousa ramos ,\nsymbolic dynamics in a matching labour market model\n,\nthis is a cycle of seminars on the first five chapters of the book an introduction to symbolic dynamics and coding by douglas lind and brian marcus .\neven when the continuous dynamics are deterministic , for starters . so why do this ?\n- - - mappings into symbols where there is a one - to - one correspondence between continuous states and the symbol sequences they generate . in these cases , studying the symbolic dynamics is completely equivalent to studying the original dynamics . remarkably enough , even with a generating partition , the symbolic dynamics can be stochastic for an underlying deterministic system . in this way , for instance , one can show that some kinds of ( sufficiently chaotic ) deterministic dynamics are in a sense completely equivalent to sources of independent , identically - distributed random variables .\nljupco kocarev and david m . walker ,\ncompactness of symbolic sequences from chaotic systems ,\nthis homepage describes the textbook an introduction to symbolic dynamics and coding . the book is available from cambridge university press for $ 30 . 95 in paperback and $ 74 . 95 for hardcover .\nsymbolic dynamics is a rapidly growing area of dynamical systems . although it originated as a method to study general dynamical systems , it has found significant uses in coding for data storage and transmission as well as in linear algebra .\nliqiang zhu , ying - cheng lai , frank c . hoppensteadt and erik m . bollt ,\nnumerical and experimental investigation of the effect of filtering on chaotic symbolic dynamics\n, chaos 13 ( 2003 ) : 410 - - 419\nthis is a website devoted to presenting open problems in symbolic dynamics and tracking their solutions . i welcome suggestions for open problems , links to related problem sites and announcements of solved problems . the initial seed for the site is the survey\nthis book is the first general textbook on symbolic dynamics and its applications to coding . it will serve as an introduction to symbolic dynamics for both mathematics and electrical engineering students . mathematical prerequisites are relatively modest ( mainly linear algebra at the undergraduate level ) especially for the first half of the book . topics are carefully developed and motivated with many examples . there are over 500 exercises to test the reader ' s understanding . the last chapter contains a survey of more advanced topics , and there is a comprehensive bibliography .\nthis is a thorough introduction to the dynamics of one - sided and two - sided markov shifts on a finite alphabet and to the basic properties of markov shifts on a countable alphabet . these are the symbolic dynamical systems defined by a finite transition rule . the basic properties of these systems are established using elementary methods . the connections to other types of dynamical systems , cellular automata and information theory are illustrated with numerous examples . the book is written for graduate students and others who use symbolic dynamics as a tool to study more general systems .\nwhich sets up an opposition between computation , conceived in the usual symbol - manipulation sense , and continuous nonlinear dynamics . this seems to me\n[ explains\nhow to construct signals ( time series ) of continuous - time dynamical systems that exhibit a given symbolic dynamics . this is achieved without construction of the ordinary differential equations that generate the flow . this construction is of theoretical interest and is useful as a source of dynamical data that can be used to test various data analysis algorithms .\n]\nthis chapter presents some of the links between automata theory and symbolic dynamics . the emphasis is on two particular points . the first one is the interplay between some particular classes of automata , such as local automata and results on embeddings of shifts of finite type . the second one is the connection between syntactic semigroups and the classification of sofic shifts up to conjugacy .\nfrom\ngeometric and probabilistic structures in dynamics , 69 - - 118 , contemp . math . , 469 , amer . math . soc . , providence , ri , 2008 .\nj . m . finn , j . d . goettee , z . toroczkai , m . anghel and b . p . wood ,\nestimation of entropies and dimensions by nonlinear symbolic time series analysis\n,\n[ a really cool , if rather counter - intuitive , result about how one can get something which looks rather like quantum - mechanical\ncomplementarity\n( i . e . , incompatible observables ) from differing symbolic partitions of a single classical dynamical system . i hasten to add that this is\na useful method for studying discrete - time dynamical systems with continuous state spaces . the basic idea is to take the state space and partition it into a finite number of regions , each of which you label with some symbol . each point in the state space then gives you an infinite sequence of symbols : the symbol for the cell of the partition of the original point , the symbol for the cell of its first iterate , its second , and so forth . normally this involves some loss of information , since you ' re going from continuous to discrete values . the symbolic dynamics are often\nurltoken ; = 978 - 0 - 8218 - 9275 - 6 & pisbn ; = 978 - 0 - 8218 - 3157 - 1 & epc ; = psapm / 60 . e & ppc ; = psapm / 60 & title ; = symbolic % 20dynamics % 20and % 20its % 20applications & author ; = susan % 20g . % 20williams & type ; = r\nare drastically simplified . let me introduce some notation here . write \\ ( x \\ ) for the continuous state , \\ ( f \\ ) for the map , and \\ ( \\ phi \\ ) for the function taking states to symbols . then the symbol sequence \\ ( s = \\ phi ( x ) \\ phi ( f ( x ) ) \\ phi ( f ^ 2 ( x ) ) \\ phi ( f ^ 3 ( x ) ) \\ ldots \\ ) . now suppose i started with \\ ( f ( x ) \\ ) instead ; my sequence would be \\ ( \\ phi ( f ( x ) ) \\ phi ( f ^ 2 ( x ) ) \\ phi ( f ^ 3 ( x ) ) \\ ldots \\ ) . so the dynamics on the space of symbol sequences just consists of shifting to the right : \\ ( s _ 0 s _ 1 s _ 2 \\ ldots \\ mapsto s _ 1 s _ 2 \\ ldots \\ ) . ( this is called the\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\n; discrete mathematics ( cs . dm ) ; dynamical systems ( math . ds )\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\ni meant it as a way of learning something by teaching it to others .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nurltoken\n. ) this is completely trivial . all of the structure in the problem has been shifted from the map to space of sequences . for instance , certain subsequences may not occur at all , or differ in probability . but we have a lot of tools for studying sets of discrete symbol sequences - - - not just stochastic process theory , but the theory of\nr . l . adler and b . weiss ,\nentropy , a complete metric invariant for automorphisms of the torus\n,\nworks , and i ' m pretty sure it ' s not how beim graben and atmanspacher think it works . ]\np . - m . binder and juan m . pedraza ,\nnonregular languages in the kicked rotor ,\nmilena c . cuellar and p . - m . binder ,\nreducing noise in discretized time series\n,\nruslan l . davidchack , ying - cheng lai , erik m . bollt and mukeshwar dhamala ,\nestimating generating partitions of chaotic systems by unstable periodic orbits ,\n[ more algebraic and less dynamical or probabilistic than i ' d hoped . but useful . ]\nelena s . dimitrova , john j . mcgee , and reinhard c . laubenbacher ,\ndiscretization of time series data\n, q - bio . ot / 0505028 [ there are some interesting ideas here , and i like that they tested the ability of their discretization method to preserve information ( in some sense ) within and across time - series . but they don ' t compare its ability to preserve information with other discretization schemes ( say , applying randomly - chosen cut - offs ) , and gave me no sense of why the scheme itself should work . ]\nj . - r . chazottes , l . ramirez and e . ugalde ,\nfinite type approximations of gibbs measures on sofic subshifts\n,\non the preservation of gibbsianness under symbol amalgamation\n, arxiv : 0907 . 0528\npp . 306 - - 316 in dee denteneer , frank den hollander , evgeny verbitskiy , eds . ,\ne . arthur robinson and ayse a . sahin ,\non the existence of markov partitions for \\ ( \\ mathbb { z } ^ d \\ ) actions\n,\nin their references , so that future workers might easily find solutions in mathscinet by tracking citations .\nhe gives necessary and sufficient conditions for existence of a factor map from a transitive sofic shift s onto a transitive aperiodic sofic shift t in the case that h ( s ) > h ( t ) .\nthis problem was solved by pierre guillon and charalampos zinoviadis . the solution , part of a larger work , is available\nanswered by giordano , matui , putnam and skau in\norbit equivalence for cantor minimal zd - systems\n, invent . math . 179 ( 2010 ) , no . 1 , 119 - 158 ( and its\n( due to klaus thomsen ) ,\nmust a subshift factor of a beta shift be intrinisically ergodic ?\nwas answered in the affirmative by vaughn climenhaga and daniel j . thompson , in their arxiv preprint\n. their solution addresses much more than the beta shifts . the final paper appeared in israel j . math .\nthe author thanks richard montgomery for his comments on the first draft of this paper . the author also thanks ernesto lacomba for his years of support and kindness . any errors and frailties remaining in this paper are the fault of the author alone .\nfor ieee to continue sending you helpful information on our products and services , please consent to our updated privacy policy .\na not - for - profit organization , ieee is the world ' s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity . \u00a9 copyright 2018 ieee - all rights reserved . use of this web site signifies your agreement to the terms and conditions .\ncopyright \u00a9 1999 - 2018 john wiley & sons , inc . all rights reserved\nenter your email address below . if your address has been previously registered , you will receive an email with instructions on how to reset your password . if you don ' t receive an email , you should register as a new user\nordering on the ams bookstore is limited to individuals for personal use only . libraries and resellers , please contact cust - serv @ urltoken for ordering information .\nsorry , we just need to make sure you ' re not a robot . for best results , please make sure your browser is accepting cookies ."]}
{"id": 55545, "summary": [{"text": "dephosphorylation is the removal of a phosphate ( po \u2084 3 \u2212 ) group from an organic compound by hydrolysis .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "it is a reversible post-translational modification .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "dephosphorylation and its counterpart , phosphorylation , activate and deactivate enzymes by detaching or attaching phosphoric esters and anhydrides .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "a notable occurrence of dephosphorylation is the conversion of atp to adp and inorganic phosphate .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "dephosphorylation employs a type of hydrolytic enzyme , or hydrolase , which cleave ester bonds .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "the prominent hydrolase subclass used in dephosphorylation is phosphatase .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "phosphatase removes phosphate groups by hydrolysing phosphoric acid monoesters into a phosphate ion and a molecule with a free hydroxyl ( - oh ) group .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "the reversible phosphorylation-dephosphorylation reaction occurs in every physiological process , making proper function of protein phosphases necessary for organism viability .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "because protein dephosphorylation is a key process involved in cell signalling , protein phosphatases are implicated in conditions such as cardiac disease , diabetes , and alzheimer 's disease . ", "topic": 33}], "title": "dephosphorylation", "paragraphs": ["atp induces dephosphorylation of myosin light chain in endothelial cells . - pubmed - ncbi\ndephosphorylation of thylakoid proteins increases compactness of thylakoid membranes from wild - type plants .\nphosphorylation and dephosphorylation are not the only post - translational modifications that regulate the clock .\noccupation of atp acceptor site by atp and its analogs resists t308 dephosphorylation in vitro .\nphosphate analysis and dephosphorylation of modified tau associated with paired helical filaments . - pubmed - ncbi\ndephosphorylation is the process by which phosphate groups are removed from a molecule by a phosphatase . removal of phosphate groups from a dna fragment can prevent ligation . learn more about dephosphorylation and phosphatases .\natp dephosphorylation can be either enhanced or inhibited by ph - controlled interaction with a dendrimer molecule .\nphosphatases are hydrolases ; they use water to take away a phosphate from a substrate ( dephosphorylation ) .\nfigure 6 . 2 . figure 6 . 2 . the modification of proteins by phosphorylation and dephosphorylation .\nhuman akt2 with r274h mutation decreased cell viability and failed to resist dephosphorylation in the presence of atp .\ngaba ( a ) receptor dephosphorylation followed by internalization is coupled to neuronal death in in vitro ischemia .\nthe phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of glycogen / insulin controlling enzymes form part of a complex signaling cascade . what we want to highlight here is that in this instance is that the phosphorylation and dephosphorylation are directly linked .\ncorrection : atp dephosphorylation can be either enhanced or inhibited by ph - controlled interaction with a dendrimer molecule .\n) . these findings uncover a novel mechanism by which ceramide - induced dephosphorylation of bax increases its proapoptotic potency .\ndephosphorylation targets bcl - 2 for ubiquitin - dependent degradation : a link between the apoptosome and the proteasome pathway .\nprotein dephosphorylation has been observed in neoplasms , malignant neoplasms , tissue adhesions , retinoblastoma , carcinoma . the study of protein dephosphorylation has been mentioned in research publications which can be found using our bioinformatics tool below . related pathways to protein dephosphorylation have been researched including cell cycle , localization , cell death , mitosis , cell proliferation . protein dephosphorylation products complement our catalog of research reagents including antibodies and elisa kits against mapk , akt1 , cdk1 , cdkn1a , dusp1 .\natp dephosphorylation can be either enhanced or inhibited by ph - controlled interaction with a dendrimer molecule . - pubmed - ncbi\n) equivalent distribution for phosphatases . the data contains 43 dephosphorylation reactions , comprising 16 unique phosphatases and 32 unique targets .\nrole of protein phosphatase 1 in dephosphorylation of ebola virus vp30 protein and its targeting for the inhibition of viral transcription .\nto determine the specificity of atp acceptor site occupancy for dephosphorylation resistance , we tested the effects of several other atp - derivatives on myrakt1 dephosphorylation . atp , atp - \u03b3s , and a - 443654 significantly reduced akt dephosphorylation in the presence of i - t15a pseudosubstrate peptide ( fig . 3 a ) . on the other hand , adp and adp - \u03b2s were markedly less effective in blocking dephosphorylation at both 10 min and 30 min incubation time points ( fig . 3 a ) .\n) . dephosphorylation of psii was induced by incubation of the thylakoid suspension at 42\u00b0c for 40 min . the immunodetection analysis of thylakoid proteins with antiphosphothreonine antibodies confirmed dephosphorylation of the d1 , d2 , and cp43 proteins in the thylakoids treated at 42\u00b0c (\ngaba ( a ) receptor dephosphorylation followed by internalization is coupled to neuronal death in in vitro ischemia . - pubmed - ncbi\nthe number of colonies that do not contain an insert seems high . how can i tell if the quick dephosphorylation kit worked ?\nuses a signaling cascade of protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation reactions to control its flagellar motors in response to environmental chemical changes ( fig .\n) . these results indicate that the reduced d1 / d2 phosphorylation level in ws - 4 is not due to dephosphorylation reactions .\n1 % sds lyses everything , including phosphatase enzymes . it is important not to use 10 % sds prior to dephosphorylation treatment .\nthe rapid dna dephos & ligation kit enables fast and efficient dephosphorylation and ligation of sticky - or blunt - end dna fragments .\nproposed model of pp2a - induced bax dephosphorylation in regulating apoptosis . pp2a - induced bax dephosphorylation causes a conformational change in bax and facilitates bax translocation to mitochondria , insertion into mitochondrial membranes , and formation of oligomers , which lead to cyt c release and apoptosis . furthermore pp2a - induced bax dephosphorylation disrupts bcl2 / bax binding . this may prevent bcl2 from suppressing the proapoptotic function of bax .\niqbal k , zaidi t , bancher c , et al . alzheimer paired helical filaments . restoration of the biological activity by dephosphorylation .\nsynthetic polyammonium / polyamine receptors are known to enhance atp dephosphorylation in solution . atp interaction with a g - 3 poly ( ethylene imine ) dendrimer shows an unprecedented behaviour , the dendrimer catalyst being able to enhance or inhibit dephosphorylation of the nucleotide depending on the solution ph .\n) . these findings indicate that ceramide - induced bax dephosphorylation may induce a conformational change in bax leading to activation of its proapoptotic function .\ndo you know of cases where dephosphorylation is atp dependent . i certainly don ' t . you can add that info in your question .\nrole of protein phosphatase 1 in dephosphorylation of ebola virus vp30 protein and its targeting for the inhibition of viral transcription . - pubmed - ncbi\nwhat made you want to look up dephosphorylation ? please tell us where you read or heard it ( including the quote , if possible ) .\nthe quick dephosphorylation kit contains quick cip , a heat - labile version of calf intestinal alkaline phosphatase ( cip ) purified from a recombinant source .\nksiezak - reding h , liu wk , yen sh , et al . phosphate analysis and dephosphorylation of modified tau associated with paired helical filaments .\nis the junctional uncoupling elicited in rat ventricular myocytes by some dephosphorylation treatments due to changes in the phosphorylation status . . . - pubmed - ncbi\n) . molecules that bind akt , but fail to protect akt dephosphorylation will likely adopt conformation similar to adp . on the other hand , the dephosphorylation protective crystal structure of akt bound to a - 443654 ( pdb2jdr ) is nearly identical to the amp - pnp bound conformation ( pdb1o6k ) .\nheat shock induces rapid dephosphorylation of tau in both female and male rats followed by hyperphosphorylation only in female rats : implications for alzheimer ' s disease .\nliu f , iqbal k , grundke - iqbal i , et al . dephosphorylation of tau by protein phosphatase 5 : impairment in alzheimer ' s disease .\n) . an alkali extraction experiment was used to test whether ceramide - induced bax dephosphorylation can promote bax insertion into mitochondrial membranes . a549 cells were treated with c\nheat shock induces rapid dephosphorylation of tau in both female and male rats followed by hyperphosphorylation only in female rats : implications f . . . - pubmed - ncbi\nadherent cells : this protocol is not recommended for adherent cells due to non - optimal lysing conditions . the \u2018dephosphorylation of fixed protein on membrane\u2019 protocol is recommended .\ncitation : martins bmc , swain ps ( 2013 ) ultrasensitivity in phosphorylation - dephosphorylation cycles with little substrate . plos comput biol 9 ( 8 ) : e1003175 . urltoken\na model of a phosphorylation - dephosphorylation cycle for an allosteric substrate with multiple phosphorylation sites has two \u201csink\u201d states and multiple competitions between the modifying enzymes for the substrate .\nwang j - z , gong c - x , zaidi t , et al . dephosphorylation of alzheimer paired helical filaments by protein phosphatase - 2a and - 2b .\n) . these data suggest that ceramide - induced bax dephosphorylation can promote insertion of bax into mitochondrial membranes . to assess whether dephosphorylation affects the ability of membrane - inserted bax to form oligomers in the mitochondrial membrane , a cross - linking study using bis ( sulfosuccinimidyl ) suberate and disuccinimidyl suberate was carried out following treatment of cells with c\ndephosphorylation is a key regulator of bk channel function in many systems including in the nervous system ( reinhart , chung , martin , brautigan , & levitan , 1991 ) .\nrintamaki , e . , kettunen , r . , and aro , e . m . ( 1996 ) . differential d1 dephosphorylation in functional and photodamaged photosystem ii centers . dephosphorylation is a prerequisite for degradation of damaged d1 . j . biol . chem . 271 , 14870\u201314875 . doi : 10 . 1074 / jbc . 271 . 25 . 14870\nthe quick dephosphorylation kit contains quick cip , a heat - labile recombinant version of calf intestinal alkaline phosphatase ( cip ) purified from a recombinant source . quick cip nonspecifically catalyzes the dephosphorylation of 5\u00b4 and 3\u00b4 ends of dna and rna phosphomonoesters . it also hydrolyses ribo - and deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates ( ntps and dntps ) . quick cip is useful in many applications that require the dephosphorylation of dna or rna ends . in cloning , dephosphorylation prevents re - ligation of linearized plasmid dna . the enzyme can quickly dephosphorylate 5\u00b4 protruding , 5\u00b4 recessed , and blunt ends in just 10 minutes . quick cip may also be used to degrade unincorporated dntps in pcr reactions to prepare templates for dna sequencing or snp analysis .\nc ) . furthermore , pretreatment with mkp antisense oligonucleotides completely prevented erk dephosphorylation after 6 h of tnf - \u03b1 stimulation , whereas mkp sense oligonucleotides did not affect erk activity ( data not shown ) . this inhibition of erk dephosphorylation was associated with the complete inhibition of tnf - \u03b1 - induced apoptosis of huvec ( p < 0 . 05 ; fig .\n\u2013 the dissociation rate of the enzyme - substrate complexes \u2013 is much smaller than the other rates ) and a subsensitive minimum of 0 . purely distributive schemes of phosphorylation - dephosphorylation (\n) created a chey mutant ( chey - n59r ) that exhibited normal phosphorylation , autodephosphorylation , and chez binding but was highly \u201cresistant\u201d to chez augmentation of its dephosphorylation rate ( fig .\nwe have 1750 products for the study of dephosphorylation that can be applied to western blot , flow cytometry , immunocytochemistry / immunofluorescence , immunohistochemistry from our catalog of antibodies and elisa kits .\n) . thus , most likely , intrinsic binding of atp also shields phosphorylated mek and pkc from dephosphorylation by phosphatases . of note , we took account of and confirmed a previous report (\nthe dephosphorylation rate of p - lhcii at low light in vivo cannot be estimated with thr ( p ) antibody because of strong lhcii phosphorylation activity . however , the dephosphorylation rate of p - lhcii in vitro in phosphorylated thylakoids was very similar at both low and high light , the rates being very close to that estimated in vivo at high light ( table i ) .\nliu f , zaidi t , grandke - iqbal i , et al . aberrant glycosylation modulates phosphorylation of tau by protein kinase a and dephosphorylation of tau by protein phosphatase 2a and 5 .\nnext we determined whether occupation of the atp acceptor site regulated t308 dephosphorylation in cell extracts . to this end , constitutively phosphorylated myrakt1 was expressed in hela cells followed by rapid dry - ice freezing / extraction . upon further incubation of cell extracts at 30 \u00b0c , myrakt1 was dephosphorylated within 15 min and both , calyculin and the a - 443654 akt inhibitor independently blocked t308 dephosphorylation ( fig . 2 a ) . however , unlike calyculin , a - 443654 inhibited akt1 dephosphorylation but not dephosphorylation of gsk - \u03b2 , pras40 , or erk1 / 2 ( fig . 2 a , fig . s2 a ) . thus , in cell extracts devoid of kinase activity due to the presence of edta , a - 443654 specifically inhibited dephosphorylation of myrakt1 . this effect of a - 443654 extended to constitutive phosphorylated wt - akt in per - vanadate - treated hela cell extracts ( fig . s2 b ) . and in insulin - treated h9c2 cell extracts ( fig . s2 c ) .\nphosphorylation adds a phosphate group to proteins ( e . g . enzymes ) to signal their activation or deactivation . dephosphorylation entails the removal of a phosphate group from a protein ( e . g . enzyme ) signaling its deactivation or activation . in the case of phosphorylation , the addition of a phosphate usually , signals activation while in dephosphorylation it usually is the opposite . the major difference between phosphorylation and dephosphorylation are the enzymes involved . both processes work on \u201cas - needed\u201d basis . they may not necessarily always talk to each other , but they do serve opposing roles which are sometimes mediated by other players . the processes of phosphorylation and dephosphorylation are complex and important processes governed by strong regulatory controls . phosphate donors play an important role , as they provide the basis of these two processes .\nwe next used pp2 , a selective inhibitor of the src family of tyrosine kinases , as a positive control to assess the relative magnitude of the dephosphorylation effect . when slices were exposed to 10 \u03bc\nthe nature of chez has long been a mystery . is chez simply an allosteric effector that augments the rate of chey autodephosphorylation , or does chez catalyze a novel chey dephosphorylation reaction ? chez is known to bind tightly to phospho - chey and in this way might induce a conformational change that enhances the dephosphorylation reaction . however , the recently solved structure of a chez - chey cocrystal revealed that at least one chez residue , gln - 147 , plays a catalytic role in the dephosphorylation of phospho - chey ( 21 ) . thus , the chez - mediated reaction is distinctly different from chey autodephosphorylation .\nso , what is the difference between phosphorylation and dephosphorylation ? this is the million dollar question . these two processes are not necessarily as a result of the other one . you will see below that while they often work hand in hand they do not necessarily follow each other closely , they simply each identify a need and then proceed to fill that need . in some cases , it may very well happen that the phosphorylation happens following dephosphorylation but is some cases their relationship is indirect ( see below ) . phosphorylation refers to an addition of a phosphate group while dephosphorylation refers to the removal of a phosphate group\nszomolay b , shahrezaei v ( 2012 ) bell - shaped and ultrasensitive dose - response in phosphorylation - dephosphorylation cycles : the role of kinase - phosphatase complex formation . bmc syst biol 6 : 26 .\ndiscovery of a chey residue specifically needed for chez - mediated dephosphorylation . green diamond , chey ; red square , chez . ( a ) summary of chey dephosphorylation reactions . chey autophosphorylates at aspartate - 57 . the other active - site residues needed for that reaction are also involved in autodephosphorylation . chez residue q147 plays an active role in accelerating the dephosphorylation of chey . the chey - n59r mutation has no effect on autodephosphorylation but disrupts chez - mediated dephosphorylation , even though n59 itself has no role in the chez - mediated reaction . ( b ) mechanism of the chey - n59r effect deduced by silversmith et al . ( 15 ) . the arginine side chain makes a salt bridge to the carboxyl group of chey - e89 , which prevents it from participating , as it normally does , in the chez - mediated reaction .\nto study the activity of the psii core protein phosphatase , in vitro dephosphorylation experiments were carried out at 22\u00b0c and 44\u00b0c , the latter chosen since it is known that the phosphatase is activated by such elevated temperature [ 29 ] . western blots with anti - phosphothreonine antibodies of thylakoids at both temperatures indicated that d1 protein dephosphorylation proceeds with similar time course in ws - 4 and col - 0 , and is faster in l er - 0 ( figure 7c and d ) . it is not clear at present whether the faster dephosphorylation observed in l er - 0 has any physiological relevance since the steady state levels of psii phosphoproteins were found similar in l er - 0 and col - 0 ( figure 7a ) . these results indicate that the reduced d1 / d2 phosphorylation level in ws - 4 is not due to dephosphorylation reactions .\nvarious stresses activate the c - jun n - terminal kinase ( jnk ) , which is involved in the regulation of many aspects of cellular physiology , including apoptosis . here we demonstrate that in contrast to uv irradiation , heat shock causes little or no stimulation of the jnk - activating kinase sek1 , while knocking out the sek1 gene completely blocks heat - induced jnk activation . therefore , we tested whether heat shock activates jnk via inhibition of jnk dephosphorylation . the rate of jnk dephosphorylation in unstimulated cells was high , and exposure to uv irradiation , osmotic shock , interleukin - 1 , or anisomycin did not affect this process . conversely , exposure of cells to heat shock and other protein - damaging conditions , including ethanol , arsenite , and oxidative stress , strongly reduced the rate of jnk dephosphorylation . under these conditions , we did not observe any effects on dephosphorylation of the homologous p38 kinase , suggesting that suppression of dephosphorylation is specific to jnk . together , these data indicate that activation of jnk by protein - damaging treatments is mediated primarily by inhibition of a jnk phosphatase ( s ) . elevation of cellular levels of the major heat shock protein hsp72 inhibited a repression of jnk dephosphorylation by these stressful treatments , which explains recent reports of the suppression of jnk activation by hsp72 .\n2 . dephosphorylation of dna using shrimp alkaline phosphatase shrimp alkaline phosphatase , cat . no . p9088 is supplied as a solution in 50 % glycerol containing 25 mm tris - hcl , ph 7 . 6 , 1 mm mgcl 2 and 0 . 1 mm zncl 2 . dilutions can be prepared in 0 . 05 m tris - hcl , ph 8 . 5 containing 5 mm mgcl 2 . dephosphorylation should be carried out in 0 . 05 m tris - hcl , 5 mm mgcl 2 , ph 8 . 5 . heat inactivation : after the dephosphorylation reaction , the enzyme can then be inactivated by warming to 60 \u00b0c for 15 minutes .\nour results suggested that dephosphorylation of ser87 plays a predominant role as a signal for ubiquitin - dependent degradation of bcl - 2 . to demonstrate directly that tnf - \u03b1 indeed triggers dephosphorylation of ser87 , we transiently expressed myc - tagged bcl - 2 constructs in huvec . cells were lysed following treatment with or without tnf - \u03b1 . to determine ser87 phosphorylation , immunoprecipitation was carried out with an anti - phosphoserine - specific antibody , and western blot analysis was performed with an anti - myc antibody . bcl - 2 degradation in consequence to dephosphorylation was prevented by using degradation - resistant , lysine - free bcl - 2 constructs . as shown in fig .\nphospho - chey and phospho - cheb undergo rapid dephosphorylation , which enables the chemoreceptors to shift chey and cheb phosphorylation states on a short time scale by modulating the production of signaling phosphates by chea . both response regulators undergo self - catalyzed dephosphorylation , but phospho - cheb has a much shorter half - life than phospho - chey ( 17 ) . to compensate , another e . coli signaling component , chez , is specifically dedicated to accelerating chey dephosphorylation ( 6 ) . cells that lack chez are nonchemotactic and respond to stimuli with response latencies of seconds rather than milliseconds , demonstrating the critical importance of rapid phospho - chey turnover ( 8 , 13 ) .\nto rule out that atp or a - 443654 directly inhibited pp2a catalytic activity , we determined the effects atp and a - 443654 on pp2a - dependent dephosphorylation of a target unrelated to akt , phospho - pras40 . under conditions identical to those used in the akt dephosphorylation assay , neither atp nor a - 443654 affected the ability of pp2a to dephosphorylate pras40 ( fig . 3 b ) . finally , to determine whether wt - akt similarly resisted pp2a - c dephoshorylation in vitro , we immunoprecipitated prephosphorylated ha - tagged or flag - tagged wt - akt1 from hela cells . fig . 3 c shows that both ha - tagged and flag - tagged phospho - wt - akt1 resisted pp2a - c dephosphorylation in the presence of atp or a - 443654 . collectively , these data suggest that atp inhibited akt1 dephosphorylation , not by inhibiting pp2a activity , but by binding to akt kinase .\nlaverne is a handy bioinformatics tool to help facilitate scientific exploration of related genes , diseases and pathways based on co - citations . explore more on dephosphorylation below ! for more information on how to use laverne , please read the\n] . these are examples showing that inhibition of dysregulation of protein phosphorylation / dephosphorylation is a promising target to treat ad . further investigation of new compounds that can inhibit abnormal hyperphosphorylation of tau will likely provide new treatments for ad .\njeyaraman m , tanguy s , fandrich rr , lukas a , kardami e ( 2003 ) ischemia - induced dephosphorylation of cardiomyocyte connexin - 43 is reduced by okadaic acid and calyculin a but not fostriecin . mol cell biochem 242 : 129\u2013134\na number of photosystem ii ( psii ) associated proteins , including core proteins d1 , d2 and cp43 , and several proteins of the lhcii complex , are phosphorylated by a thylakoid - bound , redox - regulated kinase ( s ) . we demonstrate here that the compound propyl gallate is an effective inhibitor of lhcii phosphorylation in vivo while having little effect on psii core protein phosphorylation . using this inhibitor , we demonstrate that lhcii dephosphorylation is insensitive to light in vivo . taken together with our previous conclusion ( elich et al . , embo j . 12 ( 1993 ) 4857\u20134862 ) that psii core protein dephosphorylation is light - stimulated , our data suggest the presence of multiple phosphatases responsible for thylakoid protein dephosphorylation in vivo .\nrokka a , aro e - m , herrmann rg , andersson b , vener av ( 2000 ) dephosphorylation of photosystem ii reaction center proteins in plant photosynthetic membranes as an immediate response to abrupt elevation of temperature . plant physiol 123 : 1525\u20131536 .\nduthe f , dupont e , verrecchia f , plaisance i , severs nj , sarrouilhe d , herv\u00e9 jc ( 2000 ) dephosphorylation agents depress gap junctional communication between rat cardiac cells without modifying the connexin43 phosphorylation degree . gen physiol biophys 19 : 441\u2013449\nin cultured porcine aortic endothelial monolayers , the effect of atp on myosin light chain ( mlc ) phosphorylation , which controls the endothelial contractile machinery , was studied . atp ( 10 microm ) reduced mlc phosphorylation but increased cytosolic ca ( 2 + ) concentration ( [ ca ( 2 + ) ] ( i ) ) . inhibition of the atp - evoked [ ca ( 2 + ) ] ( i ) rise by xestospongin c ( 10 microm ) , an inhibitor of the inositol trisphosphate - dependent ca ( 2 + ) release from endoplasmic reticulum , did not affect the atp - induced dephosphorylation of mlc . mlc dephosphorylation was prevented in the presence of calyculin a ( 10 nm ) , an inhibitor of protein phosphatases pp - 1 and pp - 2a . thus atp activates mlc dephosphorylation in a ca ( 2 + ) - independent manner . in the presence of calyculin a , mlc phosphorylation was incremented after addition of atp , an effect that could be abolished when cells were loaded with the ca ( 2 + ) chelator 1 , 2 - bis ( 2 - aminophenoxy ) ethane - n , n , n ' , n ' - tetraacetic acid acetoxymethyl ester ( 10 microm ) . thus atp also activates a ca ( 2 + ) - dependent kinase acting on mlc . in summary , atp simultaneously stimulates a functional antagonism toward both phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of mlc in which the dephosphorylation prevails . in endothelial cells , atp is the first physiological mediator identified to activate mlc dephosphorylation by a ca ( 2 + ) - independent mechanism .\nbeardslee ma , lerner dl , tadros pn , laing jg , beyer ec , yamada ka , kleber ag , schuessler rb , saffitz je ( 2000 ) dephosphorylation and intracellular redistribution of ventricular connexin43 during electrical uncoupling induced by ischemia . circ res 87 : 656\u2013662\n\u2014our data suggest that ceramide - stimulated bax dephosphorylation occurs in a mechanism involving activation of pp2a . to test whether dephosphorylation of bax affects its conformational change , an anti - 6a7 bax antibody that specifically measures the conformational change of bax was used . the monoclonal antibody 6a7 , raised against the peptide amino acids 13 - 19 in the n terminus of bax , is not able to bind the soluble form of bax in healthy cells but can recognize bax after the conformational change associated with membrane insertion occurs in apoptotic cells (\nis protein dephosphorylation most commonly spontaneous ( without need of atp ) ? i came across some papers that mention it , as well as the opposite case ( atp - driven ) , but i can ' t figure out which is common or which is rare .\n) determined the crystal structure of chey - n59r complexed with a stable phosphoryl group analog . in a tightly reasoned series of experiments , they showed that glu - 89 of chey , not asn - 59 , was critical to the chez - mediated dephosphorylation reaction . the chez resistance of chey - n59r proved to be due to formation of a salt bridge between the side chains of arg - 59 and glu - 89 that prevented the glu - 89 carboxyl group from participating in the chez - mediated dephosphorylation reaction ( fig .\nwhat is phosphorylation ? phosphorylation refers to an addition of a phosphate group to a phosphate - accepting amino acid , such as serine and tyrosine . aphosphate group added onto a molecule ( usually a protein that is an enzyme ) activates it or , in some cases , deactivates it . what is dephosphorylation ? when this phosphate group \u201cfalls off , \u201d or is removed , once the protein has performed its function and needs to be deactivated ( in the case of phosphorylation - based activation ) . this is referred to as dephosphorylation .\nin theory , the lack of p - lhcii accumulation at high light could be caused by an efficient lhcii dephosphorylation activity induced by high light . therefore , the in vivo dephosphorylation rate of p - lhcii was determined both in darkness and at high light . accumulation of p - lhcii was first induced by incubating the leaves at low light , and subsequently the loss of p - lhcii was recorded after shifting the leaves either to high light or to darkness . the rate constant for p - lhcii dephosphorylation was 2 times higher in high light ( 0 . 020 min \u22121 ) than in darkness ( 0 . 011 min \u22121 ) ( table i ) . nevertheless , even in high light , the half - life of p - lhcii was as long as 34 min ( table i ) .\n. in endogenous conditions it is possible that non - distributive and distributive mechanisms coexist within the same phosphorylation - dephosphorylation cycle . some sites may be phosphorylated or dephosphorylated processively and others distributively , as has been suggested for the phosphorylation of the pho4 transcription factor in budding yeast\nbinding to d3 - phosphorylated phosphoinositide lipids anchors the akt1 protein kinase at cell membranes , enables activation loop phosphorylation ( t308 in akt1 ) , and induces akt kinase activity . similarly , targeting akt1 to the cell membrane with a fusion protein consisting of akt1 and myristoylation signal ( myrakt1 ) was associated with \u201cconstitutive\u201d t308 phosphorylation in h9c2 myoblasts as it occurred in culture medium lacking exogenous growth factors ( fig . 1 a ) . adding an allosteric inhibitor of the akt kinase ( inhibitor viii ) to these cells led to myrakt1 dephosphorylation ( > 90 % ) within 30 min and dephosphorylation was inhibited by phosphatase inhibitors , calyculin or okadaic acid ( fig . 1 b ) . furthermore , the atp - competitive akt inhibitor , a - 443654 , prevented inhibitor - viii - induced akt dephosphorylation even more effectively than the phosphatase inhibitors .\nto determine whether a - 443654 also inhibited dephosphorylation of wild - type ( wt ) - akt1 , h9c2 cells were stimulated with insulin for 20 min to induce endogenous akt phosphorylation . to effect akt dephosphorylation , cells were then incubated in growth factor - free medium with and without the pdk1 inhibitor , ucn01 , or the pi - 3 kinase inhibitor , wortmannin . under these conditions , a - 443654 delayed akt dephoshorylation at both t308 and s473 sites ( fig . 1 c ) . we further observed that , in growth factor - starved conditions , a - 443654 treatment alone only weakly induced akt1 phosphorylation , yet a - 443654 potently synergized with insulin to induce akt1 hyperphosphorylation at t308 ( fig . s1 a ) . these results are consistent with the hypothesis that a - 443654 induces akt hyperphosphorylation by inhibiting akt dephosphorylation .\ndephosphorylation is a common step in traditional cloning workflows to ensure that the vector does not re - circularize during ligation . if a vector is linearized by a single restriction enzyme , or has been cut with two enzymes with compatible ends , use of a phosphatase , such as the\nmany molecules are energy donors that serve to supply the phosphate group ; these include adenosine triphosphate ( atp , also famous in photosynthesis ) and guanosine triphosphate ( gtp ) . phosphorylation prepares molecules for the tasks they need to perform . this phosphate sticks around as long as the protein needs it and then is lost or dropped . there are different types of phosphorylation . in this article , we will look at a few examples of phosphorylation ( and dephosphorylation ) , and go through the importance of phosphorylation and dephosphorylation as well as how they differ from each other .\nthe present study reports for the first time the use of a thiol - functionalized graphene oxide nanocatalyst with impressive activity ( > 10 5 - fold ) in dephosphorylation reactions . the innovative and recyclable nanocatalyst has potential in designing artificial enzymes with targeted multifunctionalities and in detoxification of organophosphorus agents .\nchanges in protein phosphorylation represent a mechanism that is frequently employed by cells to regulate transcription factor activity . in response to alterations in the extracellular environment , signal transduction pathways target transcription factors , transcriptional coregulators and chromatin - modifying factors , leading to their phosphorylation by protein kinases or dephosphorylation by protein phosphatases . these modifications either positively or negatively regulate transcription factor activity to facilitate a program of gene expression that results in appropriate changes in cell behavior . protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation can directly regulate distinct aspects of transcription factor function , including cellular localization , protein stability , protein - protein interactions and dna binding . the phosphorylation - dependent modulation of the activities of transcriptional coregulators and chromatin - modifying factors can also control transcription factor activity . here we review recent studies that have led to a better understanding of the mechanisms by which protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation governs transcription factor function .\nactivating mutations in fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 ( fgfr3 ) and inactivating mutations of guanylyl cyclase - b ( gc - b , also called nprb or npr2 ) cause dwarfism . fgf exposure inhibits gc - b activity in a chondrocyte cell line , but the mechanism of the inactivation is not known . here , we report that fgf exposure causes dephosphorylation of gc - b in rat chondrosarcoma cells , which correlates with a rapid , potent and reversible inhibition of c - type natriuretic peptide - dependent activation of gc - b . cells expressing a phosphomimetic mutant of gc - b that cannot be inactivated by dephosphorylation because it contains glutamate substitutions for all known phosphorylation sites showed no decrease in gc - b activity in response to fgf . we conclude that fgf rapidly inactivates gc - b by a reversible dephosphorylation mechanism , which may contribute to the signaling network by which activated fgfr3 causes dwarfism .\nprotein phosphatases have also found a role in this pathway rich in phosphorylation events . protein phosphatase2a ( pp2a ) holoenzymes have been shown to participate in at least two steps . on the one hand , the activity and / or localization of pp2a presumably leads to the dephosphorylation of activated bri1 , accelerating its turnover and shutting off the response ( wu et al . , 2011 ) . on the other hand , regulatory subunits of pp2a associate with bzr1 ; upon inactivation of bin2 , dephosphorylation of bzr1 allows its rapid accumulation in the nucleus and the consequent transcriptional effects ( tang et al . , 2011 ) .\nrokka , a . , aro , e . - m . , herrmann , r . g . , andersson , b . , and vener , a . v . ( 2000 ) . dephosphorylation of photosystem ii reaction center proteins in plant photosynthetic membranes as an immediate response to abrupt elevation of temperature .\nthese different forms of phosphorylation that take place ( mostly during photosynthesis ) happen in response to the dephosphorylation of numerous atp molecules as they serve their many important functions . this all happens in a sort of divide and concur fashion , in a hurry to ensure that atp stocks are restored as speedily as possible .\nstudies during the last two decades have provided new insights into the molecular mechanism of alzheimer ' s disease ( ad ) . one of the milestone findings in ad research was the demonstration that neurofibrillary degeneration characterized by tau pathology is central to the pathogenesis of ad and other tauopathies and that abnormal hyperphosphorylation of tau is pivotal to neurofibrillary degeneration . this article reviews the recent research advances in tau pathology and the underlying dysregulation of the protein phosphorylation / dephosphorylation system . an updated model of the mechanism of neurofibrillary degeneration is also presented , and a promising therapeutic target to treat ad by correcting dysregulation of protein phosphorylation / dephosphorylation is discussed .\na443654 or atp binding inhibits akt dephosphorylation . ( a ) a443654 inhibits myrakt1 dephosphorylation in cell extracts . myrakt1 expressing hela cells were flash - frozen and extracted in ice . aliquots of cell extracts were treated with a443654 or calyculin on ice before incubation at 30 \u00b0c for 15 min . after incubation , protein extracts were subjected to immunoblot analysis using antibodies detecting phosphorylated akt ( t308 ) , gsk3\u03b2 ( s9 ) , and pras40 ( t246 ) and gapdh . ( b ) a443654 inhibits recombinant pp2a - mediated akt dephosphorylation . immunoprecipitated myrakt1 was incubated with recombinant pp2a ( 40 ng pp2a - c ) for 30 min , 30 \u00b0c in the presence of a443654 ( 2\u201320 um ) . images show myrakt1 t308 phosphorylation , ha - tagged myrakt1 and pp2a - c expression . graph shows the percentage pt308 dephosphorylation . * p < 0 . 001 for pp2a vs . pp2a + a44 at 30 min . ( c ) atp inhibits recombinant pp2a - mediated akt dephosphorylation in the presence of akt - specific pseudosubstrate peptide ( i - t15a ) . immunoprecipitated myrakt1 was incubated with recombinant pp2a for 30 min , 30 \u00b0c in a buffer containing 5 mm mgcl2 , 400 um sonicated lipid micelles , 25 um high affinity akt pseudosubstrate inhibitor ( i - t15a ) and increasing concentrations of atp ( 0 , 20 um or 100 um ) as indicated . immunoblot images show myrakt1 t308 and s473 phosphorylation , ha - tagged myrakt1 and pp2a - c expression . graph shows the percentage pt308 dephosphorylation in the presence pp2a alone ( n = 11 ) , pp2a with 100 um atp ( n = 8 ) , with 25 um i - t15a peptide ( n = 3 ) or both ( n = 7 ) . * p < 0 . 001 vs . pp2a , # p < 0 . 05 vs . pp2a / atp , ^ p < 0 . 05 vs . pp2a / i - 15a ( nonparametric anova , kruskal - wallis ) .\nto maximally activate endogenous akt , h9c2 cells were serum - starved for 4 h before stimulating with 1 ug / ml insulin for 20 min . to initiate dephosphorylation , insulin medium was replaced with serum - free medium in the presence of indicated inhibitors . after 10 min of incubation , cells were harvested for immunoblotting analysis .\nan additional issue of significant import is which tyrosine residue ( s ) on the nmda receptor subunits is / are responsible for the observed change in phosphorylation . there are many tyrosine residues on the nr2 subunits that could be subject to phosphorylation and dephosphorylation . moreover , both nr2a and nr2b subunits are known to be substrates of fyn kinase (\nhere , we describe a molecular mechanism regulating the phosphorylation state of akt kinases that depend on subcellular location and on occupancy of the atp binding pocket . specifically , we demonstrate that recruitment of akt1 to the plasma membrane confers resistance to dephosphorylation of pt308 and this resistance further depends on atp acceptor site occupancy by atp or atp - competitive inhibitors . in vitro , binding of either atp or atp - competitive inhibitors rendered akt1 phospho - t308 highly resistant to dephosphorylation by the pp2a phosphatase . we propose that atp occupancy facilitates intramolecular interactions of phosphorylated t308 with two residues in the akt1 catalytic cleft ( r273 , h194 ) that restrict phosphatase access . this mechanism provides an explanation for akt hyperphosphorylation induced by atp - competitive but not allosteric akt inhibitors . disrupting these interactions by mutation obviates phosphatase resistance of pt308 and enables rapid dephosphorylation . mutation of the homologous site in akt2 ( r274h ) , known to cause autosomal - dominant insulin resistance in humans ( 4 ) , also obviates atp - induced phosphatase resistance at the akt2 t309 site .\nphosphorylation state of cellular proteins reflects the balance between the activities of protein kinases and phosphoprotein phosphatases . the increase in cellular protein phosphorylation in response to stimuli can be achieved by either activating protein kinases and / or promoting the turnover of the protein phosphatases . this review will summarize current knowledge of the control of phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of protein in cells .\nwell of course why not . look at atp , which is not a stable molecule , because it can spontaneously dephosphorylate . whether a phosphate group can be spontaneously hydrolysed depends on the nature of the molecule it is a part of . are you asking about protein phosphorylations ? in almost all cases that i know of , dephosphorylation in not atp dependent .\nthis protein dephosphorylation method uses a two - step approach to focus on specificity and potency . the first treatment is done with a lambda phosphatase to specifically target phosphate groups from threonine , serine , and tyrosine amino acids for dephosphorylation . most phosphatases only dephosphorylate serine and threonine amino acids . if you are testing the phosphospecificity of a tyrosine phosphospecific antibody , lambda phosphatase is essential . the second dephosphorylation treatment is done with an alkaline phosphatase , a significantly more potent enzyme than lambda phosphatase . the alkaline phosphatase only dephosphorylates phosphate groups from threonine and serine amino acids , and therefore is not intended to be utilized alone to determine the phosphospecificity of tyrosine phosphospecific antibodies . when using both lambda and alkaline phosphatases in conjunction with each other , it is best to separate the treatments so the alkaline phosphatase doesn\u2019t inhibit the activity of the lambda phosphatase . there are a variety of phosphatases one may use to dephosphorylate proteins ; the ones listed in this protocol are recommended examples . the end user is highly encouraged to optimize their chosen phosphatase ( s ) before determining phosphospecificity of an antibody .\ndephosphorylation of plk1 following mitotic dna damage is independent of p53 and atm . a . dephosphorylation of plk1 is p53 independent . cells were synchronized with nocodazole and treated with 0 . 5 \u03bcmol / l adriamycin for 1 hour , replated with fresh media containing nocodazole , and harvested at the indicated times for plk1 lysate immunoblot analysis . top panel , ca46 cells ( mutant p53 ) . bottom panel , wmn cells ( wild - type p53 ) . b . caffeine does not affect dna damage\u2013induced plk1 dephosphorylation . mitotic ca46 cells were mock treated or pretreated with 2 . 5 mmol / l caffeine for 1 hour , after which 0 . 5 \u03bcmol / l adriamycin was added to medium for 1 hour . cells were washed and cultured in fresh media containing nocodazole without ( top panel ) or with caffeine ( bottom panel ) and harvested at the indicated times for lysate plk1 immunoblot . c . mitotic dephosphorylation of plk1 is independent of atm . nocodazole - arrested atm mutant gm08436a ( bottom panel ) , and a normal control cell line , gm09622 ( top panel ) , were treated with 0 . 5 \u03bcmol / l adriamycin for 1 hour , washed , and re - plated with media containing nocodazole . cells were harvested for lysate plk1 immunoblot analysis at the indicated times . experiments were conducted at least three times for a and b with similar results . experiments were conducted three times in two atm mutant cell lines and two normal control cell lines with similar results .\nit is commonly assumed that a simple phosphorylation - dephosphorylation cycle cannot generate ultrasensitivity if the enzymes are not saturated [ 44 ] . our model shows that this assumption is not true if biochemistry is modelled more closely to include docking sites for the enzymes on the substrate . given that there is little evidence for selection on the ratio of the in vivo concentration of kinases to their substrates ( as we have shown here ) , we expect that our mechanism may be common . phosphorylation - dephosphorylation cycles require energy to operate , but our results emphasize again that \u201cfutile\u201d cycles need not be expending energy needlessly but use that energy to generate ultrasensitivity , thus laying the foundation for sophisticated cellular responses such as irreversible switching and oscillations [ 4 ] .\ncellular decision - making is driven by dynamic behaviours , such as the preparations for sunrise enabled by circadian rhythms and the choice of cell fates enabled by positive feedback . such behaviours are often built upon ultrasensitive responses where a linear change in input generates a sigmoidal change in output . phosphorylation - dephosphorylation cycles are one means to generate ultrasensitivity . using bioinformatics , we show that\nthe file biogrid - organism - saccharomyces _ cerevisiae - 3 . 1 . 87 . tab2 , which lists annotated protein - protein interactions in yeast , is available from biogrid ( urltoken ) [ 18 ] . we wrote a script to extract the phosphorylation and dephosphorylation interactions and combined the resulting list with the protein expression data of ghaemmaghammi et al . [ 19 ] .\nplants . specific dephosphorylation of the d1 , d2 , and cp43 proteins induced by a heat shock treatment resulted in a faster gravity - driven sedimentation of the dephosphorylated thylakoids compared with the phosphorylated membranes . the identical heat shock treatment of thylakoids in the presence of phosphatase inhibitors prevented both dephosphoryation of thylakoid proteins and the increase in the density / compactness of the thylakoid membranes (\ndigested dna typically possesses a 5\u2019 phosphate group that is required for ligation . in order to prevent self - ligation , the 5\u2032 phosphate can be removed prior to ligation . dephosphorylation of the 5\u2019 end prohibits self - ligation , enabling the researcher to manipulate the dna as desired before re - ligating . generally , it is a good idea to dephosphorylate the linearized vector to facilitate ligation of recombinant dna molecules . in fact , vector self - ligation increases the background activity of the cloning process . dephosphorylation can be accomplished using any of a number of phosphatases , including shrimp alkaline phosphatase ( rsap ) ( neb # m0371 ) , calf intestinal alkaline phosphatase ( cip ) ( neb # m0290 ) and antarctic phosphatase ( neb # m0289 ) .\n21 , 404\u2013408 ) . inclusion of bpv ( phen ) , a potent phosphotyrosine phosphatase inhibitor , in the recording chamber prior to and during ethanol exposure significantly reduced the inhibitory effect of ethanol on nmdar field excitatory postsynaptic potentials . taken together , these data suggest that phosphatase - mediated dephosphorylation of nmdar subunits may play an important role in mediating the inhibitory effects of ethanol on the\nthe most important free - energy molecule in the body is atp . atp is a useful free - energy currency because it can lose a phosphate group in a very spontaneous reaction ; i . e . , the dephosphorylation reaction releases a large amount of free energy . the dephosphorylation reaction of atp is often coupled with nonspontaneous reactions to drive them forward . to produce atp , another set of coupled reactions , known as oxidative phosphorylation , is used . oxidative phosphorylation consists of two major components : ( 1 ) the oxidation of molecules generated during the breakdown of glucose , which releases energy that causes a proton gradient to build up across a membrane , and ( 2 ) the phosphorylation of adp to make atp , using energy from the proton gradient .\n) . we obtain 2850 phosphorylation reactions , comprising 98 unique kinases and 1136 unique substrates and 43 dephosphorylation reactions involving 16 unique phosphatases and 32 unique substrates . the data for phosphatases is scarce and thus not as informative , and so we focus on kinases . the distribution of ratios for kinases is unimodal , centred on a 1\u22361 kinase to substrate ratio , with a minimum of\nour data strongly suggest that pp2a can function as a physiologic bcl2 phosphatase to dephosphorylate bcl2 and regulate its association with p53 . to test whether pp2a is required for bcl2 dephosphorylation , bcl2 - expressing h7 cells were transfected with pp2a / c sirna to silence this phosphatase . results show that the pp2a / c sirna efficiently and specifically reduces pp2a / c expression by more than 90 % , whereas control sirna has no effect ( figure 5 a ) . importantly , the specific silencing of pp2a / c expression results in both enhanced bcl2 phosphorylation and inhibition of cisplatin - stimulated bcl2 / p53 binding in association with prolonged cell survival ( figure 5 ) . these findings suggest that pp2a may be required for dephosphorylation of bcl2 and facilitation or enhancement of p53 binding .\n( purely distributive case ) . section 3 compares a model of phosphorylation - dephosphorylation cycles , which expends energy and hence has irreversible catalytic reactions , with a monod - wyman - changeux model , which does not expend energy and has reversible catalytic reactions . we show that the monod - wyman - changeux model is not ultrasensitive in response to changes in the concentrations of the enzymes .\nif ethanol affects on nmdar function are indeed due to enhanced dephosphorylation of the receptor , we should be able to reduce ethanol ' s effect by blocking tyrosine phosphatase activity . to test this possibility , we examined the effect of ethanol on nmdar activity in the presence of the tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor bpv ( phen ) . pharmacologically isolated nmdar fepsps were recorded in area ca1 of hippocampal slices ( fig .\nthe present study sheds light on a unique molecular mechanism regulating phosphorylation states of akt1 and akt2 through binding of either atp or atp - competitive antagonists . the most salient findings of this study can be summarized as follows : ( i ) binding of atp or atp - competitive antagonists to akt1 restrained pp2a - mediated akt1 dephosphorylation ; and ( ii ) these effects were contingent on intramolecular interactions of phosphorylated t308 with h194 and r273 residues in the catalytic cleft of akt1 ; ( iii ) steady - state akt2 phosphorylation is similarly regulated by intramolecular interactions between t309 and r274 . the interactions between phosphorylated t308 and residues in the catalytic cleft of akt1 may restrict access of phosphatases to phosphorylated t308 , thus providing a \u201cmolecular cage\u201d to shield phosphorylated t308 from dephosphorylation ( schematically depicted in fig . 6 a ) .\nprotein phosphatases reverse the effects of kinases through catalyzing the removal of phosphoryl groups from the proteins . the discussion around phosphorylation and dephosphorylation may lead to the assumption that these two processes are the reverse of each other . do not fall into this trap ; this is not true . deactivation of proteins can only be guided with the aid of phosphatases , while activation is through the aid of kinases ( amongst other things ) . so , while they are antagonistic , they are not necessarily undoing the other one\u2019s job . strictly speaking , both processes are irreversible under natural physiological conditions . the rate of dephosphorylation and phosphorylation depend on enzymes and not each other . in other words , whether there are a hundred phosphorylated molecules or zero matters very little if the enzymes are not available or able to perform their function .\ndepletion of pp2a / c by rnai enhances bax phosphorylation in association with suppression of apoptosis \u2014our data strongly suggest that pp2a functions as physiological bax phosphatase to dephosphorylate bax . to test whether pp2a is essential for bax dephosphorylation , a549 cells were transfected with pp2a / c sirna as described under \u201cexperimental procedures . \u201d results showed that the pp2a / c sirna efficiently and specifically reduced pp2a / c expression in a549 cells , whereas control sirna had no effect ( fig . 5 a ) . importantly specific disruption of pp2a / c expression by rnai not only resulted in bax phosphorylation but also further enhanced nicotine - stimulated bax phosphorylation in association with prolonged cell survival following treatment of cells with cisplatin ( fig . 5 ) . these findings suggest that pp2a may be required for dephosphorylation of bax to activate its proapoptotic activity .\nto date , in vitro work on the e . coli signaling system has provided tantalizing hints that chez activity might be under stimulus control ( 20 ) , but the field still awaits an experimental slam dunk that resolves the issue . better understanding of the chez - mediated dephosphorylation reaction , including the role played by its chey substrate , may provide useful clues to the molecular nature of that elusive control mechanism .\nanalysis of the three - dimensional structures of akt bound to either atp or a - 443654 ( 18 , 19 ) suggested the possibility that the phosphorylated t308 interacts with h194 and r273 of the nucleotide - binding pocket ( fig . 4 a , fig . s3 b ) and that these intramolecular , atp binding - dependent interactions could shield pt308 from phosphatase attack . to test this hypothesis , we mutated either h194 or r273 in myrakt1 to alanine . cells expressing these mutants revealed markedly reduced steady - state t308 phosphorylation levels whereas inhibiting cellular phosphatases with calyculin restored high levels of t308 and s473 phosphorylation to the h194a and r273a mutants ( fig . 4 b ) . these results are consistent with the notion that these mutations primarily enhanced akt dephosphorylation . next , we isolated the r273a mutant protein by immunprecipitation and found that when myrakt1 or wt - akt1 r273 sites were mutated to alanine , neither atp nor nonhydrolyzable atp - \u03b3s were able to inhibit t308 dephosphorylation ( fig . 4 c ) . finally , mutating either h194 or r273 was sufficient to abolish atp - mediated dephosphorylation resistance ( fig . 4 d ) . these results support the hypothesis that molecular interactions of pt308 with h194 and r273 restrain pp2a access to this residue ."]}
{"id": 55551, "summary": [{"text": "studio moderna group is an e-commerce and direct-to-consumer advertising company , primarily operating across central and eastern europe .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "after a success with a computer company , which was established with a group of friends , livija dolanc and sandi \u010de\u0161ko started in april 1992 their small family company .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "the company was launched in slovenia with the idea to start a distribution of kosmodisk , a product against back pain .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "livija and sandi were sharing a great passion for perfection and being the best in the business .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "they built a winning business model and surrounded themselves with a great team , which led the company to the top .", "topic": 5}, {"text": "in 1993 and 1994 branimir brklja\u010d and daniel hubman have joined studio moderna , which has grown into one of the leading brand oriented and omni-channel direct-to-consumer retailer in central and eastern europe .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "the company today operates throughout central and eastern europe ( albania , bosnia & herzegovina , bulgaria , croatia , czech republic , estonia , hungary , kosovo , latvia , lithuania , macedonia , poland , moldova , montenegro , romania , russia , serbia , slovakia , slovenia , ukraine ) as well as uk , usa , canada , and it employs around 7000 people . ", "topic": 2}], "title": "studio moderna", "paragraphs": ["owler has collected 14 screenshots of studio moderna ' s website since jun 2014 . the latest studio moderna website design screenshot was captured in sep 2017 .\nstudio moderna currently has 281 followers on twitter . as of february 2015 studio moderna had 266 followers . that ' s a 5 percent increase in 2 years\nstudio moderna was founded in 1992 . studio moderna ' s headquarters is located in zagorje ob savi , salovci , si 1410 . studio moderna has an estimated 8 employees and an estimated annual revenue of 214 . 3k . . . .\nstudio moderna is headquartered in zagorje ob savi , salovci . studio moderna has a revenue of $ 214 . 3k , and 8 employees . as of may 2018 , studio moderna has 3 . 9k fans on facebook and 281 followers on twitter .\nsince 2016 , studio moderna has been a major shareholder of the pink panda brand .\nstudio moderna currently has 3 , 929 fans on facebook . as of february 2015 studio moderna had 2 , 923 fans . that ' s a 34 percent increase in 3 years\nhire , develop and retain studio moderna ' s employees and help make our company a great place to work .\ncopyright \u00a9 2016 - studio moderna / info . si @ urltoken / privacy statement / term & conditions / cookie statement\nstudio moderna brands international limited . free business summary taken from official companies house information . free alerts . registered as 07673785\n/ prnewswire / - - studio moderna holdings b . v . , (\nstudio moderna\n, the\ncompany\n) a leading multi - channel e - commerce and direct to consumer platform in the fast growing markets of central and\n( pr - inside . com ) studio moderna is the leading regional homeshopping vendor . it operates retailing bus . . .\n. studio moderna ' s platform is a key partner and gateway for brands aiming to sell their products in its fast - growing markets .\n. the company ' s platform targets over 400 million consumers in 21 countries and incorporates a vertically integrated , multi - channel sales , media , marketing and distribution model making studio moderna the ideal partner for brands aiming to reach its fast - growing markets . studio moderna develops and adapts product offerings to meet local market needs and employs its proven platform to market and sell proprietary and third party products to consumers . to learn more about studio moderna , see :\nstudio moderna brands international limited was incorporated on 17 jun 2011 and is located in high wycombe . the company ' s status is listed as\nactive\n. it currently has one director . the company ' s first director was kym michelle bramm . studio moderna brands international limited employs 5 - 9 people .\nstudio moderna brands international limited is an active company incorporated on 17 june 2011 with the registered office located in high wycombe , buckinghamshire . studio moderna brands international limited has been running for 7 years . there are currently 1 active director and 0 active secretaries according to the latest confirmation statement submitted on 17th june 2018 .\nstudio moderna is a fast - growing , multi - channel e - commerce and direct to consumer platform reaching more than 400 million consumers in 21 countries . it generated over\nthe dormeo brand started with one orthopedic mattress . studio moderna created a half - hour infomercial to tout its features and benefits , and the rest , as they say , is history .\nstudio moderna brands , which is based in london , is a multinational , multibrand corporation\u2014a subsidiary of studio moderna , which was founded by sandi cesko in 1994 to sell and distribute proprietary brands of home and beauty products in central and eastern europe . the company is known for supporting its brands with robust multichannel marketing programs , anchored in the extensive use of award - winning infomercials and tv home shopping networks .\n, managing director with ga .\nwe have been highly impressed by studio moderna ' s platform and extraordinary ability to identify and market the right products to the large and rapidly growing consumer markets in central and\ninspiring and dynamic , a career at studio moderna means staying ahead of the competition , bringing outstanding results and moving quickly as well as being part of great set of people to work with and providing the world with brands and products you ' re proud of .\nat studio moderna , we employ professionals in a range of functions . whether working in sales or marketing , it or r & d ; and sourcing , or as a part of the supply chain , legal or human resources , we ' re all obsessed with serving our customers .\n( templeton ) on the board of directors .\nstudio moderna has surpassed the expectations we had at the time of our initial investment and along with templeton and jhp , we are delighted to be able to continue our support for the company with ga as new partners ,\nsaid\nstudio moderna brands introduced its new dormeo octaspring brand last year . the mattresses are constructed of eight - sided , honeycomb - shaped foam cylinders that function as springs . dubbed \u201coctasprings\u201d by their belgian inventor , willy poppe , the cylinders are constructed from both polyurethane and visco - elastic foams .\n, managing director of insight venture partners . templeton , through the templeton emerging markets group , decided to commit further funding to studio moderna as they believe the company ' s multi - channel e - commerce and direct to consumer platform will continue to benefit from its unique position in central and\na key component of studio moderna ' s success is the company ' s ability to localise products and marketing to the specific needs of each country and local market .\nas we build out our scalable , data - and technology - driven platform across multiple product segments , markets and channels , we are delighted to welcome ga as investors in studio moderna . their deep experience in global e - commerce businesses will support the company as it continues its rapid international growth and development from being the region ' s leading multi - channel platform into the region ' s leading e - commerce retailer ,\nsaid\n\u201cit is important to remember that we are first and foremost a marketing company , \u201d says kym bramm , chief executive officer of both studio moderna brands and dormeo octaspring . it\u2019s bramm\u2019s job to oversee all of the proprietary brands beyond the corporation\u2019s european geographic core . she also is charged with transforming dormeo octaspring into a global brand .\npaul , weiss , rifkind , wharton & garrison llp , cms cameron mckenna llp , loyens & loeff n . v and o ' melveny & myers llp served as legal advisors to the investors . white & case llp acted as legal advisor to the company . arkas advised studio moderna and credit suisse advised general atlantic on the transaction .\ntop shop \u00ae multichannel selling proposition for 3 rd party tv shopping products and studio moderna brands . its mission is to make every day , routine tasks easier by offering innovative , but at the same time simple products and solutions . top shop \u00ae brand focus is not only on products , but on entire shopping experience , making it simple , easy to understand , convenient , safe and trustworthy .\nin revenues in 2010 and continued strong growth is expected . the company markets and sells a diverse range of high quality consumer products including home , fitness , health and fashion offerings and has proprietary technology , payments , logistics and customer service operations which allow consumers to transact through the platform across its 21 markets . in addition to marketing third party products under the top shop brand , studio moderna also develops and sells its own proprietary products under well - known brands including dormeo , delimano , wellneo and kosmodisk . studio moderna markets and sells these brands through its e - commerce platform , which includes over 120 websites , 190 dedicated retail stores , over 4 , 000 sales locations with major wholesale partners across the region and its own telephone - sales centres . the company also operates top shop tv home shopping channels in\ntop shop \u00ae multichannel selling proposition for 3 rd party tv shopping products and studio moderna brands . its mission is to make every day , routine tasks easier by offering innovative , but at the same time simple products and solutions . the focus of top shop \u00ae brand is not only on products , but on entire shopping experience , making it simple , easy to understand , convenient , safe and trustworthy .\nstudio moderna case study is used at the harvard business school and on many other business school programs globally . today we are a leading omni - channel e - commerce and direct - to - consumer platform in central and eastern europe , with a vertically integrated network , reaching more than 360 million consumers across 21 markets . we are the only european omni - channel company with proprietary product sourcing , portfolio of own brands , strong tv infomercial production know - how & in - house creative agency , own contact management centers and multi - media strategy . we are a team of around 8000 people dedicated to service our customers wherever they want to reach us . studio moderna is a customer - driven company that is focused on further developing distribution networks , homeshopping channels , video content , brand management , and customer - relationship management .\nlast year , in an aggressive campaign to establish a foothold in north america for its dormeo octaspring brand , studio moderna brands began assembling and distributing its mattresses in the united states . to facilitate the effort , it established an independently operated company , dormeo octaspring north america , and staffed it with bedding industry veterans . the company has backed that team\u2019s efforts with a multimillion dollar marketing campaign that is the linchpin of its drive to create a new product category for the bedding industry .\nwe believe in helping our people reach their full potential . that is why continuous learning , new skill development and real time feedback are increasingly integral to our culture . working in studio moderna offers many opportunities to build up your professional knowledge and skills . mentoring program , leadership workshops and courses on specific skills , lectures , workshops and language courses ensure that each employee is given the opportunity to maximise their potential . this kind of investment is not only good for our people , it ' s essential for our business . as the capabilities of our people improve , so does our overall service to our customers and partners .\ngame changer : executives at dormeo octaspring believe the company\u2019s foam springs , which are combined in multizoned layers , will create a new bedding category .\nthe company entered the bedding industry in europe 10 years ago when an italian manufacturer of memory foam mattresses approached executives about buying its product . bramm admits that she found the idea of marketing mattresses less than exciting , but was \u201cintrigued\u201d by the product\u2019s potential .\n\u201cdormeo has become a lifestyle brand in europe , \u201d she says . \u201ctoday , we sell hundreds of thousands of foam mattress , both wholesale to retailers and through our own stores . \u201d\nthe brand , she adds , has expanded to include more than 100 other products , including a range of pillows , toppers and headboards .\nthe mattresses are assembled in zones using different densities of foam to create a range of comfort and support options . a 1 \u00bd - inch layer of foam connects each layer of octasprings .\n\u201cwe acquired the octaspring patents and license two years ago and launched the product in the united kingdom last year , \u201d bramm says . rollouts in japan , canada and the united states quickly followed .\nhigh - end line : dormeo octaspring north america offers five mattress models , with prices ranging from $ 1 , 500 to nearly $ 4 , 000 . the best - selling 8500 model retails for $ 2 , 999 .\nbramm hired industry veteran chris henning to oversee dormeo octaspring\u2019s push into north america . before becoming the president of dormeo octaspring north america in february 2012 , henning served as senior vice president of strategic planning for licensing group comfort solutions . prior to that , he held key positions at kingsdown , tempur - pedic , the former international bedding corp . and simmons .\nhenning established the company\u2019s headquarters in plano , texas , part of the dallas exurbs , and began building the company from the ground up .\n\u201cin the bedding industry , it\u2019s still all about relationships , and everyone here is someone i\u2019ve worked with before , \u201d henning says . \u201cit\u2019s my dream team , and we\u2019ve hit the ground running . \u201d\nthe company leased a 30 , 000 - square - foot facility and began assembling mattresses in april 2012 from imported octasprings . it opened a permanent showroom at the world market center in las vegas in july 2012 and began shipping product in november of that year .\n\u201cright now , we\u2019re importing both octaspring rolled mattresses and octasprings to assemble , \u201d henning says . \u201cwe expect to have an extruder in place and operational by the end of the third quarter of this year . it is our full intention to be operating independently by the end of the fourth quarter . \u201d\nthe company signed a lease on a second manufacturing and distribution facility in winchester , va . , in the spring of this year . henning expects the 40 , 000 - square foot facility to be up and running by the middle of july .\nhe and bramm seem unfazed by the speed at which the brand has grown in north america .\n\u201cit\u2019s been an education for both of us , but the marriage seems to be working wonderfully . we\u2019ve been able to leverage my relationships with their marketing expertise , \u201d henning says .\n\u201cwe\u2019ve invested millions and there has been a great payoff , \u201d she says . \u201cwe will actually meet our four - year sales projections in year two . \u201d\ndormeo octaspring products are now available in more than 500 retail locations in the united states and 200 in canada , where they are sold through sleep country .\nthe company\u2019s business plan for the next five years is as energetic and aggressive as its startup has been .\n\u201cby 2015 , we hope to be in 3 , 000 to 4 , 000 doors in the u . s . and we\u2019re on track to do that , \u201d henning says \u201cour goal is to sell to the top 100 retailers in the country ; we\u2019re set up to service large accounts . \u201d\n\u2018in the bedding industry , it\u2019s still all about relationships , and everyone here is someone i\u2019ve worked with before . it\u2019s my dream team . \u2019 \u2014chris henning , president of dormeo octaspring north america henning and bramm believe that they have brought a compelling product to market\u2014one that expands sales options for retailers by offering consumers a new way to think about sleep comfort and support .\n\u201cthis is a new generation of mattresses that has a distinct and unique feel , \u201d bramm says .\nhenning adds , \u201cwe think we\u2019ve eliminated the issues that both spring and memory foam mattresses have . spring mattresses offer support , but have a tendency to create pressure points . the conformity to shape provided by memory foam offers pressure point relief , but heat is an issue . \u201d because octasprings are constructed with holes , they are self - ventilating , \u201cexchanging air in and out during sleep . \u201d\n\u201cthis is new technology that has the potential to create a whole new bedding segment , \u201d henning says . \u201cto date , there has been nothing significantly new since tempur - pedic . \u201d\ndormeo octaspring north america offers five mattress models , with suggested retail prices for queen sizes from $ 1 , 500 to nearly $ 4 , 000 . its best - selling mattress is the 8500 model , which is constructed with three layers of octasprings and retails for $ 2 , 999 .\n\u201cthe 8500 has memory foam springs on the top layer and then provides progressive resistance and multizoned anatomically correct support through firmer octasprings on the second and bottom layers , \u201d henning says .\nthe line tops out with the three - layer 9500 model , which has extra anatomical zoning and sells for $ 3 , 799 .\nthe company offers four pillow models , which range in price from $ 79 to $ 129 . instead of the 3 - inch springs used in mattresses , pillows are made of 1 - inch springs . firmer polyurethane springs provide neck support , while softer memory foam versions cradle the head . tufted divans and headboards are available , too .\nbramm is enthusiastic about the growth potential of the dormeo octaspring brand , particularly in north america .\n\u201cour price point is where the growth is and we can do things that brick - and - mortar companies can\u2019t , \u201d she says . \u201cwe have cash to invest and the time is absolutely right for this product . \u201d\nthe company is employing a \u201c360 - degree public relations and marketing campaign\u201d designed to build the brand quickly .\n\u201ci have been in international marketing for 20 years , \u201d she says . \u201call markets are different , but the common strand through them all is creating demand . \u201d\ndormeo octaspring is creating demand by using a sophisticated multichannel approach that includes a variety of social media , a youtube channel , e - commerce , websites and microsites , and tv infomercials . the brand\u2019s presentation at retail is unique .\n\u201cit\u2019s a wall of visual displays and includes a tablet for sales rep and consumer use , \u201d bramm says .\nthere is even room in the company\u2019s marketing program for print . dormeo octaspring has spared little expense on it product catalogs , which echo the point - of - sale thrust of making the bed the hero of the story .\n\u201cwe\u2019re all about design , \u201d bramm says . \u201cthe look and feel are upper class and european\u2014contemporary yet classic . \u201d\ncompany executives have been pleased by the reaction of retailers in the united states and canada to both the product and marketing program . and both bramm and henning are looking well beyond the initial excitement and growth spurt .\n\u201cwe think that we\u2019ve brought the next generation of mattress to the market , \u201d henning says . \u201cwe have a billion dollar corporation backing us in the drive to not only build brand awareness now , but for down the road , as well . and we own the intellectual property . our competitors are more worried about servicing large debt loads than diving in and competing with us . \u201d\nbramm concludes : \u201cthe opportunity is huge in the u . s . it\u2019s the most fragmented market in the world . the newness of our product and our price point are both relevant to the market . we\u2019re in a very sleepy industry and it needs this kind of shot in the arm . \u201d\nthe bedtimes 2018 supplies guide is the only comprehensive directory of suppliers , products and services specifically for the mattress and bedding industry .\nreceive bedtimes in brief in your inbox twice per month - - news , features and more from the editors of bedtimes magazine .\ngain access to global coverage from local journalists on the ground in 50 + countries working around the clock to break news , analyze , spot risks and opportunities .\nmarkets data delayed by at least 15 minutes . \u00a9 the financial times ltd 2018 . ft and \u2018financial times\u2019 are trademarks of the financial times ltd . the financial times and its journalism are subject to a self - regulation regime under the ft editorial code of practice .\nour first success came through a back - pain relief device named kosmodisk \u00ae . we were able to leverage the power of genuine satisfied customers to help generate a huge demand for this simple but highly effective product . in 1993 kosmodisk \u00ae was followed by launching viva , the monthly magazine for healthy living .\nfrom a product driven company we started with a retail business model , launching teleshopping . we started selling traditional drtv products under top shop brand and instantly achieved great success with our first hero products .\nin april 1997 top shop was launched in slovakia followed by opening warsaw office in october 1997 which was the start of rapid geographical expansion into eastern europe .\nibm aptiva project was a first premium third party brand which was launched with a huge success . in many ways it was an inspiration and experience for our own brands which have followed later . with drtv we instantly increased ibm ' s sales of personal computers as well as their market share .\nafter a decade of experience in drtv , hundreds of innovative products and thousands of stories told by our satisfied customers we saw an opportunity to create our own brands . this is when dormeo was born . great quality , new product features which were not found in traditional retail , new way of distribution model and perfect service with competitive prices were perfect ingredients for instant success and dormeo quickly became the leading sleep brand in most of our markets .\nin 2009 we started our telemarketing sales channel . with vast customer database which has been growing ever since we started our direct marketing business and the right approach , we used this new sales channel to its full potential and instantly reached outstanding results . today telemarketing is one of our strongest sales channels .\nbased on the dormeo success story many new brands have followed . they are the backbone of our successful growth and expansion on international markets .\nleading omnichannel , multi - 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( fri ) ( nyse :\n- based private equity firm focused on investments in growth - oriented middle - market consumer products and services companies . jhp distinguishes itself among private equity firms in that each of its principals has senior - level operating experience building middle - market consumer - related businesses and brands . jh partners currently manages approximately\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 pr newswire association llc . all rights reserved . a cision company .\nthe polish broadcaster tvn has sold its shopping channel mango media , the operator of the teleshoppin . . .\ndormeo \u00ae brand is infusing entire home with comfort , care , harmony and intimacy . feel it everywhere : while dreaming , waking up , relaxing , refreshing or even breathing . dormeo \u00ae brand mission is to find harmony between nature , people and comfort by developing innovative and quality products for sleeping and living .\ndelimano \u00ae brand brings innovative range of great quality kitchenware that is designed to provide healthy , tasty and enjoyable cooking experience . delimano \u00ae brand encourages passion for cooking and having fun in the kitchen - 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{"id": 55558, "summary": [{"text": "amoroso 's baking company is a family-owned company that specializes in hearth baked breads and rolls .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "over the years the amoroso sandwich roll has become synonymous with those philadelphia culinary institutions , the hoagie and the cheesesteak . ", "topic": 10}], "title": "amoroso ' s baking company", "paragraphs": ["amoroso ' s baking company p . o . box # 1145 bellmawr , nj 08099\nit ' s official : amoroso ' s baking co . will close its longtime southwest philadelphia bakery this fall and make bread and rolls at a new plant in bellmawr , the company told employees starting with the production shift wednesday night .\n151 foods is a baking company created to serve the requirements of the amoroso and mulloy families . each family closed an existing bakery \u2013 amoroso\u2019s in philadelphia and ginsberg\u2019s in atlantic city . both of these bakeries were aged and had the inherent inefficiencies in process flows and sanitation issues of older plants .\nleonard amoroso jr . , president and co - owner of amoroso ' s , which was founded in 1904 in camden , was not available for comment , a spokeswoman said thursday .\nthe report said the company has started notifying employees that they will be laid off prior to the move . about 200 employees will have to reapply for their jobs if they wish to stay with amoroso ' s when they go across the river .\nthe company was started in camden in 1904 but moved to philadelphia when they needed a larger facility , according to the report .\n151 foods selected a 385 , 000 sf warehouse - type facility in new jersey for their new baking production facility and chose the austin company\u2019s bakery design and construction team to plan , engineer , and implement the conversion of this facility into their state - of - the - art bakery . austin developed 285 , 000 sf of the building , which , prior to this project , was used as a book distribution center .\nphiladelphia - - the famous philadelphia amoroso ' s bakery will be moving to south jersey , but their employees will not be coming with them , according to a report by 6 abc .\nit ' s a sad thing ,\nsaid hank mckay , president of local 6 of the bakery , confectionery , tobacco workers and grain millers international union , which represents many amoroso ' s employees .\nwe knew that it was coming . they were moving to a bigger facility .\nabout 200 employees will be laid off . the layoffs will start oct . 6 , with the closure expected no later than dec . 4 , the company said .\noperating 24 hours a day , 7 days a week , amoroso ' s delivers daily . so freshness is a given . and our state - of - the - art , flash - freezing process captures that unique amoroso ' s taste and means the rolls that make philly sandwiches world - famous are now available in all 50 states , as well as in canada , puerto rico , guam , the philippines , bermuda and the dominican republic .\nthe creation of a new legal entity triggered the layoff notices by ginsburg and amoroso ' s under the federal worker adjustment and retraining notification act , requiring a 60 - day notice in the case of plant closings and certain other layoffs .\n151 foods selected the austin company\u2019s bakery design and construction team to plan , engineer , and implement the conversion of this facility into their state - of - the - art bakery . austin provided complete design - build services , utilizing our bakery facility best practices planning model in the new facility layout .\nmckay , the union president , said many of the amoroso ' s employees don ' t drive .\nthey take public transit . that will be a hindrance for them to be able to get over to this new plant in jersey ,\nhe said .\nthe owners of ginsburg bakery , the mulloy family , are already partners with the amoroso family in a contract bakery in vineland that makes rolls for wawa convenience stores and others .\nwe look forward to hearing from you . if you have comments or questions about ordering amoroso ' s hearth - baked bread & rolls - - fresh , frozen or par - baked - - please fill in the information to the left and we ' ll get back to you promptly . if you have stories , testimonials , or photos to share , send us an email . thank you for visiting our site .\nsince 1904 , the amoroso name has been a tradition of the highest quality hearth baked bread and rolls . for over one hundred years , they have been making the rolls that make philly sandwiches world famous . today their products are available in 39 states and counting . they are being featured on excursions tv as one of the best of philadelphia .\nin addition , a boiler room was provided . two large steam boilers were relocated and installed , along with steam and condensate piping to the ovens and other use points . austin\u2019s best practice design standards were used in the creation of support spaces , such as the maintenance shop , lunch and locker rooms and bathrooms , along with a circulation and food safety isolation corridor complete with personnel sanitation rooms .\nfamous philly bakery moving to n . j . , laying off 200 employees , report says | urltoken\nfamous philly bakery moving to n . j . , laying off 200 employees , report says\nfollowing a merger with a bakery in south jersey , the well - known brand will leave its south philadelphia facility for a newer one in bellmawr .\nalex young may be reached at ayoung @ urltoken . follow him on twitter @ alexyoungsjt . find the south jersey times on facebook .\nuse of and / or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our user agreement ( updated 5 / 25 / 18 ) and privacy policy and cookie statement ( updated 5 / 25 / 18 ) .\n\u00a9 2018 advance local media llc . all rights reserved ( about us ) . the material on this site may not be reproduced , distributed , transmitted , cached or otherwise used , except with the prior written permission of advance local .\ncommunity rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site .\nhearth - baked\nmeans our bread and rolls never see the inside of a pan and are free to form their own individual\npersonalities\nin the oven . each one is unique . all slightly different from each other . we can even custom - design a bread or roll to meet your own particular needs . all you have to do is ask .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\ni write about the business side of health care , higher education , and the broader nonprofit sector , with occasional forays into the food and alcoholic beverage industries .\nthe new bakery , in an industrial park near where interstate 295 intersects with route 42 , is a joint venture with the owners of ginsburg bakery inc . , which announced in april that it was closing its atlantic city operation and laying off 159 workers .\nthe new venture , 151 foods l . l . c . , received a $ 20 . 7 million tax credit , spread over 10 years , to help pay for the new jersey bakery , which involves total capital investment of $ 33 . 1 million , according to the new jersey economic development authority .\nthe 2012 application for those tax credits under the grow new jersey assistance program said the new bakery would help retain 205 jobs in new jersey and add 140 .\n151 foods , which bought its building for $ 4 . 94 million from houghton mifflin harcourt publishing co . in 2013 , also considered a site in morrisville .\naustin provided complete design - build services , utilizing our bakery facility best practices planning model in the new facility layout to separate production and support spaces with efficient access .\nthe straight line layout approach at the new bakery significantly improves production efficiency . some equipment was relocated from each of the closed bakeries and new equipment was purchased and installed to supplement the relocated equipment .\nthe project involved installation of extensive new underfloor plumbing and above - ground electrical systems . air handling units for the bakery that would normally be mounted on the roof were mounted on the floor inside the bakery , because the roof had no capacity to support large air handling equipment .\nfacility design and installation included a new electric supply room with transformers , switchgear and distribution of electric power to equipment distribution panels ; mechanical support systems , including chilled ingredient water and glycol / water for mixer jackets ; hot water systems ; air compressors ; and distribution piping to use points . a class ii division ii flour blower and sifter room was provided , along with an ingredients receiving and storage room ."]}
{"id": 55585, "summary": [{"text": "air pacific was a commuter airline based in the united states that operated regional flights wholly within the state of california .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "founded as eureka aero in 1970 , it was renamed air pacific in 1979 .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "its de havilland canada dhc-6 twin otter and dhc-7 dash 7 turboprop aircraft were capable of stol ( short takeoff and landing ) operations .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "air pacific merged with gem state airlines in 1981 to form golden gate airlines , which merged again in 1981 , with swift aire lines , but service was discontinued shortly thereafter . ", "topic": 34}], "title": "air pacific ( united states )", "paragraphs": ["the amount of air pollution in the western united states resulting from emissions from china is still very small compared with the amount produced by sources in the united states that include traffic and domestic industries .\nthe movement of air pollutants associated with the production of goods in china for the american market has resulted in a decline in air quality in the western united states , the scientists wrote , though less manufacturing in the united states does mean cleaner air in the american east .\njapan launched a surprise attack on the united states pacific fleet at pearl harbor , hawaii , on december 7 , 1941 . the attack severely damaged the american fleet and prevented , at least for the short term , serious american interference with japanese military operations . in response , the united states declared war on japan . following germany ' s declaration of war on the united states , the united states also declared war on germany .\nrecords of commander naval air force , pacific fleet , 1941 - 59 ; commander fleet air alameda , ca , 1942 - 59 ; commander fleet air seattle , wa , 1942 - 51 ; commander fleet air japan , 1950 - 54 ; commander fleet air hawaii , 1945 - 60 ; commander fleet air whidbey , wa ( fleet air wing 4 ) , 1947 - 56 ; commander fleet air wing 14 , 1942 - 48 ; fleet logistic air wing pacific fleet , 1947 - 57 ; and naval air transport service pacific , 1942 - 48 .\nthe asiatic and pacific squadrons remained separate until april 15 , 1907 , when they were combined to form the united states pacific fleet . in 1922 , the pacific and atlantic fleets were combined to form the united states fleet , which positioned a main body of ships in the pacific and a scouting fleet in the atlantic . for the first time , the major weight of american seapower was assigned to the pacific .\nbeijing \u2014 filthy emissions from china\u2019s export industries are carried across the pacific ocean and contribute to air pollution in the western united states , according to a paper published monday by a prominent american science journal .\n( germany and italy ) in 1940 , and its occupation of french indochina in july 1941 prompted the united states to respond that same month by freezing japanese assets in the united states and declaring an embargo on petroleum shipments and other vital war materials to japan . by late 1941 the united states had severed practically all commercial and financial relations with japan . though japan continued to negotiate with the united states up to the day of the pearl harbor attack , the government of prime minister\nbenefit information is collected from job descriptions and reviews about pacific air systems on indeed . com .\nyesterday , december 7th , 1941 - - a date which will live in infamy - - the united states of america was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the empire of japan .\nthe united states was at peace with that nation and , at the solicitation of japan , was still in conversation with its government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the pacific .\npacific air systems salaries vary between titles and locations . our data is collected directly from employees and jobs on indeed .\nrecords of commanding general fleet marine force pacific , 1941 - 58 ; commanding general air fleet marine force pacific , 1942 - 55 ; commanding general 1st marine air wing , 1952 ; and commanding general 1st marine division , 1942 - 55 .\nusing a modeling system called geos - chem , the scientists estimated that in 2006 , sulfate concentrations in the western united states increased as much as 2 percent , and ozone and carbon monoxide levels also increased slightly because of the transportation of pollutants from emissions that resulted from the manufacture of goods for export to the united states . because the eastern united states has a much denser population , the outsourcing of manufacturing to china still resulted in \u201can overall beneficial effect for the u . s . public health , \u201d even if western states suffered , the scientists wrote .\nchinese exports to the united states sagged in 2009 because of the global financial crisis but have resumed vigorous growth . by china\u2019s method of counting , which includes only direct shipments from mainland chinese ports to the united states and excludes goods that travel by way of hong kong , chinese exports grew to $ 368 . 5 billion last year from $ 252 . 3 billion in 2008 . by contrast , china imported only $ 152 . 6 billion worth of goods directly from the united states .\na watercolor by gunner william h . myers shows the pacific squadron ships uss united states , uss cyane , uss saint louis , uss yorktown , and uss shark . ( u . s . naval historical center photograph )\nrecords of commander naval air force , atlantic fleet , 1942 - 61 ; fleet air wings , atlantic fleet ( naval air facility weeksville ) , 1949 - 53 ; commander fleet air quonset point , ri , 1943 - 58 ; commander fleet air wing 7 , 1942 - 45 ; commander fleet air wing 12 ( key west ) , 1943 ; commander fleet air norfolk , va , 1944 ; commander 2d carrier task force , 1944 - 45 ; commander antisubmarine defense force atlantic , 1952 - 61 ; and commander naval air transport service command ferry wing , 1943 - 47 .\nby franklin d . roosevelt yesterday , december 7 , 1941\u2014a date which will live in infamy\u2014the united states of america was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the empire of japan . speech to congress , december 8 , 1941 .\nyet it was in the pacific rather than the atlantic that war came to the united states . when japan joined the axis powers of germany and italy , roosevelt began to restrict exports to japan of supplies essential to making war . throughout\u2026\ntextual records : records of commander fleet air west coast , 1942 - 49 . records of commander fleet air wing 4 , 1941 - 45 ; commander fleet air wing 5 , 1944 - 56 ; and commander fleet air wing 14 , 1949 - 54 . records of fleet airship wing 1 , 1954 - 61 .\ntoday the pacific fleet remains the world ' s largest naval command , extending from the west coast of the united states , into the indian ocean , encompassing three oceans , six continents , and more than half the earth ' s surface .\nand air strength in the pacific . however , the three aircraft carriers attached to the pacific fleet were not at pearl harbor at the time and thus escaped . of the eight battleships , all but the\nhe air force historical support division is part of the air force history and museums program and is located in washington , dc at joint base anacostia - bolling .\nthe latest paper explores the environmental consequences of interconnected economies . the scientists wrote that \u201coutsourcing production to china does not always relieve consumers in the united states \u2014 or for that matter many countries in the northern hemisphere \u2014 from the environmental impacts of air pollution . \u201d\nsmog enveloping beijing last summer . a group of researchers found that trans - pacific air pollution is a hidden price of the goods sent abroad from china .\njapanese expansion in east asia began in 1931 with the invasion of manchuria and continued in 1937 with a brutal attack on china . on september 27 , 1940 , japan signed the tripartite pact with germany and italy , thus entering the military alliance known as the\naxis .\nseeking to curb japanese aggression and force a withdrawal of japanese forces from manchuria and china , the united states imposed economic sanctions on japan . faced with severe shortages of oil and other natural resources and driven by the ambition to displace the united states as the dominant pacific power , japan decided to attack the united states and british forces in asia and seize the resources of southeast asia .\non august 6 , 1945 , the united states air force dropped an atomic bomb on the japanese city of hiroshima . tens of thousands of people died in the initial explosion , and many more died later from radiation exposure . three days later , the united states dropped a bomb on the japanese city of nagasaki . approximately 120 , 000 civilians died as a result of the two blasts . on august 8 , the soviet union declared war on japan and invaded japanese - occupied manchuria .\ncharts ( 23 items , in washington area ) : air navigation , u . s . cities and states and central and south america , 1939 - 40 . see also 313 . 10 .\nafter japan agreed to surrender on august 14 , 1945 , american forces began to occupy japan . japan formally surrendered to the united states , great britain , and the soviet union on september 2 , 1945 .\nrecords of commander battleship cruiser force , pacific fleet , 1942 - 49 ; and commander cruiser destroyer force , pacific fleet , 1949 - 59 .\nrecords of commander service squadron southern pacific , 1942 - 45 ; commander amphibious forces southern pacific , 1942 - 45 ; commander fleet aircraft southern pacific , 1942 - 44 ; commander southwest pacific , 1942 ; commander submarines southwest pacific , 1942 - 45 ; commander destroyer flotilla west pacific , 1950 ; northern pacific forces , 1951 - 59 ; commander naval forces far east , 1945 - 57 ; commander naval forces japan , 1950 - 61 ; commander naval forces kyushu , 1945 - 46 ; commander naval forces marianas , 1942 - 54 ; naval forces western pacific , 1945 ; commander naval forces philippines , 1944 - 45 ; commander naval forces ryukyu islands , 1945 ; commander formosa patrol force ( fleet air wing 1 ) , 1951 - 54 ; and commander taiwan patrol force ( fleet air wing 1 ) , 1957 - 60 .\nthe research is the first to quantify how air pollution in the united states is affected by china\u2019s production of goods for export and by global consumer demand for those goods , the study\u2019s authors say . it was written by nine scholars based in three nations and was published by proceedings of the national academy of sciences , which last year published a paper by other researchers that found a drop in life spans in northern china because of air pollution .\nfollowing the civil war , the pacific squadron conducted anti - piracy operations in the gulf of california . it was during this period , the 1870s , when the navy and hawaii became firmly intertwined . a warship of the pacific fleet helped quell riots following the election of king david kalakaua in 1874 , and the king later granted the united states the rights to use pearl harbor as a coaling station .\nthe american commanders in the pacific were sent a war warning on 24 november . president roosevelt also provided the british with informal assurances that the united states would give support if britain and japan went to war . there is no evidence that either president roosevelt or prime minister churchill had advance warning of the pearl harbor attack .\nmisawa air base , japan ( july 2 , 2018 ) - u . s . air force col . r . scott jobe , left , the 35th fighter wing commander , and japan air self - defense force maj . gen . kenichi samejima , right , the 3rd air wing commander , pose for a photo after a familiarization flight at misawa air base . the familiarization flight gave samejima an opportunity to experience the responsibilities of the f - 16 fighting falcon and further enhanced the understanding of the wings ' different missions . flickr\nbibliographic note : web version based on guide to federal records in the national archives of the united states . compiled by robert b . matchette et al . washington , dc : national archives and records administration , 1995 . 3 volumes , 2428 pages .\nthe united states , which does include goods briefly transiting hong kong in its trade figures with mainland china , has shown even larger american trade deficits with china for many years , because chinese companies use hong kong heavily for exports but much less for imports .\nthe spanish - american war of 1898 resulted in further expansion of american naval power in the pacific . commodore george dewey led america ' s asiatic squadron into manila bay for the first engagement of the war , on may 1 , 1898 . it was here that commodore dewey issued the famous order , \u201cyou may fire when you are ready , gridley . \u201d when the battle ended seven hours later , eight spanish warships had been destroyed . this decisive victory left the united states in possession of former spanish territory in the philippines and the mariana islands . more importantly , it established the united states as a major maritime power .\nindeed , one hour after japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in the american island of oahu , the japanese ambassador to the united states and his colleague delivered to our secretary of state a formal reply to a recent american message . and while this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations , it contained no threat or hint of war or of armed attack .\nthe study\u2019s scientists also looked at the impact of china\u2019s export industries on its own air quality . they estimated that in 2006 , china\u2019s exporting of goods to the united states was responsible for 7 . 4 percent of production - based chinese emissions for sulfur dioxide , 5 . 7 percent for nitrogen oxides , 3 . 6 percent for black carbon and 4 . 6 percent for carbon monoxide .\nair new zealand operate flights to australia , the pacific , asia , north america , south america and the uk . you can also connect to a huge range of destinations worldwide through our network of partner airlines .\nafhsd is primarily the historical research and book writing element of the air force history program . historians at afhsd also provide historical information , analysis and perspective to air force leaders and their staffs to support planning , policy development and decision making .\non december 7 , 1941 , japanese airplanes strike the u . s . naval base at pearl harbor , bringing the united states into world war ii . from \u201cthe second world war : triumph of the axis\u201d ( 1963 ) , a documentary by encyclop\u00e6dia britannica educational corporation .\nrecords of commander blockading and escort force , pacific fleet , 1950 - 55 ; commander escort carrier force pacific , 1944 - 45 ; and commander 1st carrier task force , 1944 - 45 .\nthe pacific fleet continues to be a credibly led , combat - ready and surge - ready fleet prepared in peace , crisis or war . the u . s . pacific fleet is a purposeful presence , building trust and cooperation with our partners to advance asia - pacific regional security and prosperity .\nbe the first to know about cebu pacific ' s airfare deals , travel promotion , and news .\nthe interdisciplinary research project was begun two and a half years ago by scholars in britain , china and the united states . the group included economists as well as earth and environmental scientists . the methodology applied various analyses and modeling to the chinese economy and to the earth\u2019s atmosphere and weather patterns .\nthe amphibious transport dock ship uss cleveland ( lpd 7 ) , served as the operation platform for the pacific partnership 2011 mission , which included visits to tonga , vanuatu , papua new guinea , timor - leste and the federated states of micronesia . over the years , pacific partnership missions have included personnel and units and civilian volunteers from many other nations .\nmaps and charts ( 3 , 310 items ) : strategic , tactical , and operations maps and charts , including flak maps , air and gunnery target maps , briefing charts , approach charts , and photomaps , of world war ii contested areas in the pacific , compiled or collected by the commander in chief pacific fleet / commander in chief pacific ocean areas ( cincpac / cincpoa ) , 1942 - 45 ( 1 , 125 items ) . cincpac / cincpoa plans and related reports pertaining to naval operations in the pacific and the occupation of japan , 1944 - 47 ( 100 items ) . war patrol track charts of u . s . navy submarines in the pacific whose names began with letters g through w , 1943 - 45 ( 1 , 400 items ) . tracks of ships overlays relating to the pacific and the malay archipelago , 1944 - 46 ( 450 items ) . action plots relating to naval operations in the western pacific , 1944 - 45 ( 225 items ) . air search plans in the pacific , 1944 - 45 ( 10 items ) . see also 313 . 10 .\n, were relieved of duty , and official investigations were begun at once . some historians and others went so far as to accuse president roosevelt of having invited the attack ( or at least done nothing to stop it ) in order to bring the united states into the war against the axis . (\ntextual records : records of the joint intelligence center pacific ocean areas ( jicpoa ) , 1942 - 46 . records of the trust territory of the pacific islands , 1923 - 51 ; and commander marshalls / gilberts area , 1942 - 46 . subject files of fleet logistical support , pacific , 1949 - 50 ( in san francisco ) .\nthe importance of u . s . pacific naval forces as an instrument of foreign policy blossomed in july 1853 , when commodore matthew c . perry delivered a letter from president millard fillmore seeking diplomatic and trade relations between the united states and japan . less than nine months later , in march 1854 , commodore perry negotiated and signed a treaty between the two countries , opening japan to trade with other nations for the first time in 300 years .\nfive years of peace following world war ii came to an end on june 26 , 1950 , when north korean troops attacked south korea . the pacific fleet responded by providing air strikes from offshore aircraft carriers and conducting the amphibious assault at inchon . control of the seas once again gave u . s . and other united nations forces the decisive advantage . a cease - fire signed on july 27 , 1953 , halted the fighting .\nexplosions rock the u . s . naval base at pearl harbor , hawaii , during the japanese surprise air attack on dec . 7 , 1941 .\nphotographs of the arizona\u2019s burning bridge , listing mast and superstructure in the aftermath of the japanese attack , and news of her sinking were published worldwide . the photographs symbolized the destruction of the united states pacific fleet at pearl harbor and the start of a war that was to take many thousands of american lives . indelibly impressed into the national memory , the image could be recalled by most americans when they heard the battle cry ,\nremember pearl harbor .\nfollowing a decade of peaceful operations , the pacific fleet was again called to war , this time in southeast asia . by the mid - 1960s the pacific fleet was actively engaged in the vietnam conflict , with more than 200 ships committed to operations in the south china sea at the height of the conflict . in addition to providing air support from aircraft carriers operating off the coast , pacific fleet sailors patrolled the mekong river in gunboats . the vietnam cease - fire was signed on jan . 27 , 1973 .\nin the hvac industry , some days are hectic and some are slow . it ' s important to know how to utilize your time properly to be productive in both circumstances . pacific air systems is very good at implementing procedures , which are necessary to be suc . . .\nscreen was told to ignore them , since a flight of b - 17s from the united states was expected at that time . the anchored ships in the harbour made perfect targets for the japanese bombers , and since it was sunday morning ( a time chosen by the japanese for maximum surprise ) they were not fully manned . similarly , the u . s .\nmore recently , the pacific fleet has taken a larger role in providing humanitarian relief throughout the region . uss abraham lincoln helped victims of the dec . 26 , 2004 , tsunami that devastated coastal areas from indonesia to africa . that operation led the u . s . pacific fleet to establish pacific partnership , an annual humanitarian assistance initiative that provides medical , dental , veterinary , engineering and agricultural civic action programs throughout southeast asia and the south pacific to promote interoperability between host nations and partner nations . pacific partnership promotes sustainable improvements in the quality of life for the citizens of host nations while improving the partner nations ' collective ability to respond to a natural disaster .\nrecords of commander amphibious force , pacific fleet , consisting of general correspondence , serial file , engine parts lists , and miscellaneous records , 1939 - 45 ; and additional records , 1943 - 57 . records of commander amphibious training command , pacific fleet , 1942 - 58 .\nrecords of commander motor torpedo boat squadrons , pacific fleet , 1943 - 45 ; and commander motor torpedo boat squadron 1 , 1940 - 45 .\nsoon after the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 , the fairfield - suisun army air base , later to become travis , was born on the windswept plain . . .\npacific ocean ( july 3 , 2018 ) - landing craft air cushion ( lcac ) 58 , assigned to assault craft unit ( acu ) 5 , approaches the well deck of the amphibious assault ship uss bonhomme richard ( lhd 6 ) . bonhomme richard is currently underway in the u . s . 3rd fleet area of operations . flickr\nmilitary leaders of the axis countries , germany , italy and japan , were hell - bent on world domination by military force . japan needed natural resources , especially oil , for its planned expansion . the japanese had successfully invaded manchuria in 1931 and china in 1937 . japan ` s antipathy toward america had been seething for a long time . the united states ` occupation of the philippines during the spanish - american war and america ` s refusal to acknowledge japan ` s authority in occupied china fueled japanese resentment . imperial japan ` s sphere of interest in the far western pacific was being threatened by america ` s incursions into the pacific at the very point in history when japan itself was vying for dominance in the region .\nagree to receive travel and loyalty programme - related offers , promotions and news from cathay pacific including cathay dragon , cathay holidays , and asia miles .\npearl harbor is located on the south coast of oahu island . at the time , the naval base was about 22 , 000 acres in size . the american fleet was under the command of admiral husband e . kimmel and the ground troops were commanded by lt . general walter c . short . pearl harbor was the hub of american naval power since king kalakua gave the right to the u . s . to develop a coal station there in 1887 . the harbor had recently been designated as the american pacific fleet ` s new home base because of concern over japan ` s increasing aggressiveness . most of america ` s military commands of the pacific region had headquarters on the base , yet the united states continued its isolationism .\ntextual records : records of the naval attache for air , london , 1943 - 44 . records of commander task force 24 , 1941 - 46 ; commander all forces , aruba , curacao , 1942 - 45 ; carrier division 19 , 1944 - 46 ; commander battleship squadron 1 , 1944 - 45 ; commander mine squadron 2 , 1942 - 45 ; commander transport squadron 12 , 1943 - 45 ; commander submarine squadron 3 , 1939 - 45 ; commander southeast pacific / commander cruiser division 3 , 1942 - 48 ; marine air group 33 ( 1st marine air wing ) , 1945 - 54 ; commander fleet training group western pacific , 1949 - 50 ; and commander blimp headquarters squadron 2 , 1943 - 44 . logbooks of airship squadron 1 , june 1 - october 31 , 1961 ( in philadelphia ) . records of airship squadron 3 , 1959 - 60 ( in philadelphia ) .\nin the post - vietnam period , the pacific fleet increased operations with allied navies , thereby ensuring freedom of the seas for all nations . pacific fleet responsibilities expanded to include the indian ocean , where aircraft carrier battle groups operate in support of vital u . s . national interests in that volatile part of the world .\n* * the appearance of hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the united states department of defense of the linked web sites , or the information , products or services contained therein . for other than authorized activities such as military exchanges and morale , welfare and recreation ( mwr ) sites , the department of defense does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations . such links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this website . * *\nin recent years , scholars have been studying the impact of china\u2019s total emissions on global air pollution and warming . residents of nations in the path of winds carrying pollutants from china have grown alarmed at what they believe to be deteriorating air quality in their countries because of that pollution . in japan , for instance , an environmental engineer has attributed a mysterious pestilence that is killing trees on yakushima island to pollutants from china .\nwe offer only non - stop service to hawaii from destinations in north america , asia and the south pacific , as well as service to every major hawaiian island .\nrecords of commander submarine force , pacific fleet , 1931 - 59 ; commander submarine flotilla 1 , 1949 - 55 ; and commander submarine squadron 7 , 1951 - 53 .\nin december 1998 , ships of the uss carl vinson ( cvn 70 ) carrier battle group and carrier air wing 11 participated in operation desert fox , striking key military targets in iraq with a combination of attack aircraft and cruise missiles , launched from uss antietam ( cg 54 ) , uss princeton ( cg 59 ) , uss paul hamilton ( ddg 60 ) and other pacific fleet ships .\nthe turning point in the pacific war came with the american naval victory in the battle of midway in june 1942 . the japanese fleet sustained heavy losses and was turned back . in august 1942 , american forces attacked the japanese in the solomon islands , forcing a costly withdrawal of japanese forces from the island of guadalcanal in february 1943 . allied forces slowly gained naval and air supremacy in the pacific , and moved methodically from island to island , conquering them and often sustaining significant casualties . the japanese , however , successfully defended their positions on the chinese mainland until 1945 .\njintai lin , the lead author of the paper , said in an interview that he and the other scientists wanted to examine the transborder effects of emissions from export industries to look at how consumption contributes to global air pollution .\nlate in 1944 , american forces liberated the philippines and began massive air attacks on japan . british forces recaptured burma . in early 1945 , american forces suffered heavy losses during the invasions of iwo jima ( february ) and okinawa ( april ) , an island of strategic importance off the coast of the japanese home islands . despite these casualties and suicidal japanese air attacks , known as kamikaze attacks , american forces conquered okinawa in mid - june 1945 .\nassigned to naval air facility misawa ( nafm ) , chief naval air crewmen kyle wilkinson of baldwinsville , n . y . assists in removing debris during a cleanup effort at the misawa fishing port in the days immediately following a 9 . 0 - magnitude earthquake that triggered a devastating tsunami on japan ' s eastern coastline . the wider relief effort was dubbed operation tomodachi . ( u . s . navy photo by mass communication specialist 2nd class devon dow )\nthe u . s . pacific fleet ' s contributions to our navy ' s proud heritage date back to 1821 , with the establishment of the pacific squadron . this small force confined its activities initially to protecting u . s . commercial shipping in the waters off north and south america and around hawaii , then expanded its scope to include the western pacific in 1835 , when the east india squadron joined the force . the pacific squadron mounted expeditions to sumatra in the 1830s to protect american merchant shipping and was instrumental in capturing what is now california during the mexican - american war of 1846 - 48 . the extent of its responsibility was further enlarged in the 1850s when california and oregon were admitted to the union .\ncreate a registered customer account to receive travel and loyalty programme offers , promotions , and news from cathay pacific including cathay dragon , subject to our privacy policy and terms and conditions .\ncharts ( 5 items , in washington area ) : atlantic coast , north pacific , howland island , panama canal , and hi , 1933 - 42 . see also 313 . 10 .\npowerful global winds called westerlies can carry pollutants from china across the pacific within days , leading to \u201cdangerous spikes in contaminants , \u201d especially during the spring , according to a news release from the university of california , irvine , where one of the study\u2019s co - authors , steven j . davis , is an earth system scientist . \u201cdust , ozone and carbon can accumulate in valleys and basins in california and other western states , \u201d the statement said .\nand what encouragement did japanese aggressors receive from america ? it came in two different ways . it came , first , from men who loudly proclaimed that whatever japan did in asia was no affair of ours ; that we should concern ourselves with nothing outside our own borders . it came , in the second place , from men who asserted that the united states need never fear any attack from any power whatever ; that war with japan was ( as oswald garrison villard wrote )\nimpossible\n; that japan could never hurt us and we could never hurt japan .\nin 2006 , usns mercy ( t - ah 19 ) visited the philippines , bangladesh , indonesia and timor - leste ( east timor ) , providing much - needed medical service to thousands of people in those nations . in 2007 , uss peleliu ( lha 5 ) deployed on a similar pacific partnership mission , providing medical and dental services as well as engineering work in the philippines , vietnam , the solomon islands , the marshall islands and papua new guinea . in 2008 , as part of the maritime strategy , usns mercy returned to pacific partnership for a humanitarian / civic assistance mission to the philippines , vietnam , the federated states of micronesia , timor - leste and papua new guinea .\nadmiral kimmel , c - in - c of the pacific fleet , and general short , c - in - c of us army forces on hawaii ( including air defence forces ) were dismissed a few days after the attack . some months later , the first us government enquiry found there had been dereliction of duty on the part of these two officers , and that they had made errors of judgment . consequently , they were retired from their respective services .\nin january 2003 , the pacific fleet deployed a seven - ship amphibious task force west , led by uss boxer ( lhd 4 ) and uss bonhomme richard ( lhd 6 ) , to the u . s . central command . in february , the pacific fleet also deployed the uss kitty hawk battle group there , to serve alongside the uss abraham lincoln and uss constellation battle groups in operation iraqi freedom .\nrecords of commander mine force , pacific fleet , 1941 - 56 ; commander mine squadron 3 , 1949 - 52 ; commander mine division 3 , 1943 - 45 ; and commander mine division 11 , 1946 - 54 .\nus troops land on guadalcanal , in the solomon islands group . guadalcanal was the focus of crucial battles in 1942\u20131943 . american victory in the solomons halted the japanese advance in the south pacific . guadalcanal , august 1942 .\nmarine corps base , hawaii ( july 5 , 2018 ) - u . s . marines with company c , 1st battalion , 3rd marine regiment , and malaysian soldiers conduct buddy rushes during assault amphibious vehicle familiarization training as part of rim of the pacific ( rimpac ) exercise on marine corps base hawaii . rimpac provides high - value training for task - organized , highly - capable marine air - ground task force and enhances the critical crisis response capability of u . s . marines in the pacific . twenty - five nations , 46 ships , five submarines , about 200 aircraft and 25 , 000 personnel are participating in rimpac from june 27 to aug . 2 in and around the hawaiian islands and southern california . flickr\nsome 26 japanese \u2018cruiser\u2019 submarines were concentrated around the hawaiian islands , their mission to pick off any american ships that survived the main air attack . in the event they achieved nothing during the main attack , although an american carrier was damaged near hawaii in january . five small two - man submarines , launched from larger submarines , attempted to enter the harbour early on 7 december but failed . an american destroyer sank one of the boats off the entrance to pearl harbor about an hour and 15 minutes before the air attack began , and nearly cost japan the element of surprise .\ntextual records : records of commander in chief pacific fleet , 1940 - 61 , including miscellaneous operations and maintenance files , 1943 - 44 ; and a microfilm copy of incoming and outgoing mail logs , 1940 - 44 ( 16 rolls ) . records of commander service force , pacific fleet , including general correspondence , 1938 - 45 ; records relating to ships , 1938 - 45 ; compass record of u . s . s . amber , 1941 ; captain ' s night order book , 1943 - 44 ; and additional records , 1938 - 60 . records of commander service squadron 1 , 1959 - 61 . records of commander training command , pacific fleet , 1943 - 58 .\nwere lined up on the airfields of the naval air station on ford island and adjoining wheeler and hickam fields to guard against sabotage , and many were destroyed on the ground by japanese strafing . most of the damage to the battleships was inflicted in the first 30 minutes of the assault . the\nmarine corps base hawaii ( july 2 , 2018 ) - u . s . marines with 3rd reconnaissance battalion and australian soldiers with 2nd battalion , royal australian regiment , load a combat rubber raiding craft onto a ch - 53e super stallion helicopter during amphibious operations as part of rim of the pacific ( rimpac ) exercise on marine corps base hawaii . rimpac provides high - value training for task organized , highly - capable marine air - ground task force and enhances the critical crisis response capability of u . s . marines in the pacific . twenty - five nations , more than 45 ships and submarines , about 200 aircraft , and 25 , 000 personnel are participating in rimpac from june 27 to aug . 2 in and around the hawaiian islands and southern california . flickr\nthe u . s . pacific fleet has maintained and secured america ' s presence in this vast and vital ocean area for nearly two centuries , providing a stabilizing influence or military force as conditions and the nation ' s goal demand .\npassengers departing the uk , and aged 12 to 15 , are exempted from the uk air passenger duty ( apd ) tax , effective 1 march 2016 . we are currently updating our system to reflect this change . passengers booking online can request an apd tax refund by contacting the local reservations office or global contact centres .\n, the commander in chief of japan\u2019s combined fleet , had planned the attack against the u . s . pacific fleet with great care . once the u . s . fleet was out of action , the way for the unhindered japanese conquest of all of\nthe pacific fleet established its new headquarters at pearl harbor on feb . 1 , 1941 . ten months later , on dec . 7 , japanese warplanes attacked ships and installations at pearl harbor and elsewhere on oahu without warning , thrusting america into world war ii .\nmarine corps base , hawaii ( july 5 , 2018 ) - malaysian soldiers practice loading and offloading assault amphibious vehicles during rim of the pacific ( rimpac ) exercise on marine corps base hawaii . rimpac provides high - value training for task - organized , highly - capable magtf and enhances the critical crisis response capability of u . s . marines in the pacific . twenty - five nations , 46 ships , five submarines , about 200 aircraft and 25 , 000 personnel are participating in rimpac from june 27 to aug . 2 in and around the hawaiian islands and southern california . flickr\nrecords of commander naval forces northwest african waters , 1943 ; commander naval forces eastern atlantic and mediterranean , 1942 - 58 ; commander fleet air eastern atlantic and mediterranean , 1952 - 55 ; commander naval forces mediterranean , 1943 - 48 ; commander mideast force , 1951 - 56 ; commander task group 80 . 1 , 1945 ; and commander battleship division 2 , 1956 - 57 .\ntextual records ( in san francisco , except as noted ) : records of msts pacific area , including subject files , 1950 - 56 , 1959 ; records relating to arctic operations , 1955 - 57 ; and ( in washington area ) general correspondence , command locators , and originator locators , 1958 . subject files of msts mid - pacific area , 1949 - 50 . records of msts san francisco , including subject files , 1949 - 55 ; and organization charts , 1951 - 54 . subject files of msts pearl harbor , 1950 - 54 . correspondence of msts service office , guam , 1956 .\nunder the tripartite pact , signed with japan and italy in september 1940 , germany was obliged to go to war only if the usa attacked japan , not if japan attacked the usa . but just before the outbreak of war the germans secretly agreed to support the japanese if they went to war with the usa for any reason , including a japanese attack on american territory . president roosevelt knew about this agreement from intercepted japanese diplomatic correspondence . as a result , when he asked congress for a declaration of war on 8 december roosevelt requested action only against japan . in view of isolationist sentiment in the united states , the white house deemed it advisable to let the germans make the first declaration of war , which hitler announced in the reichstag on 11 december . after this the president turned again to congress and received a unanimous declaration of war against germany and italy .\nfollowing the terrorist attacks on new york and washington , d . c . , on sept . 11 , 2001 , pacific fleet units again answered the call . on oct . 7 , less than a month after the attack , aircraft from uss carl vinson ( cvn 70 ) and surface ships conducted the first strikes on terrorist strongholds in afghanistan , launching operation enduring freedom . the following year , dozens of pacific fleet ships served in the arabian sea , including uss kitty hawk ( cv 63 ) , uss constellation ( cv 64 ) , uss john c . stennis ( cvn 74 ) and uss abraham lincoln ( cvn 72 ) .\nthe war in the pacific raised to glory some of history ' s finest naval commanders , legendary names including nimitz , halsey and spruance . likewise , america ' s most decisive blows toward total victory in world war ii were struck here , from the early triumphs at midway and the solomon islands to the climactic clashes of the philippine sea and okinawa . this turbulent chapter in world history finally ended with the formal surrender of the japanese aboard uss missouri ( bb 63 ) on sept . 2 , 1945 . at the time , the u . s . navy had 6 , 768 ships in service , most of them in the pacific .\non aug . 4 , 1990 , pacific fleet navy and marine corps forces began deploying to the persian gulf and north arabian sea in support of operation desert shield . more than 50 pacific fleet ships , including the uss independence ( cv 62 ) , uss midway ( cv 41 ) , uss ranger ( cv 61 ) and uss missouri ( bb 63 ) battle groups and approximately 20 amphibious ships were ultimately deployed . the ships and personnel were initially used to support economic sanctions set up against iraq after it invaded kuwait . operation desert storm began jan . 16 , 1991 , the day after iraq failed to meet the deadline to leave kuwait .\ntextual records : records of commander in chief u . s . naval forces europe , 1939 - 61 ; and commander naval forces europe , 1939 - 44 . records of commander naval forces germany , 1944 - 57 ; and commander u . s . ports and bases germany , 1944 - 45 . records of commander amphibious bases united kingdom ( commander task force 127 ) , 1943 - 45 ; and naval advanced amphibious base portland , weymouth , dorset , 1944 - 45 .\nin 2009 , usns richard e . byrd ( t - ake 4 ) traveled for the first time to samoa , tonga and kiribati and returned for a second visit to the solomon islands and the republic of the marshall islands , staying in each country for 10 to 14 days to deliver a variety of medical , dental , veterinary , preventive health , engineering and community relations programs . in 2010 , pacific partnership again involved usns mercy , which visited vietnam , cambodia , indonesia and timor - leste . visits by uss blue ridge ( lcc 19 ) at palau and hmas tobruk at rabaul , papua new guinea , were also part of pacific partnership 2010 .\nin may 2011 , u . s . pacific fleet ' s uss carl vinson ( cvn 70 ) , completing a deployment in support of u . s . central command , buried osama bin laden at sea after the mastermind of the sept . 11 , 2001 , terror attacks on america was killed in a navy seal raid .\nit is a myth to maintain that strategists of both nations considered pearl harbor too shallow , with an average depth of 45 feet , for an attack by torpedoes dropped from airplanes , which usually required about 75 feet of depth . while it seemed improbable , a hawaiian chief of naval operations memo states that no harbor is to be considered safe from attack . sabotage by japanese agents was considered to be the greater threat . the japanese had developed the technology , attack strategy and skill to successfully accomplish the impossible . the idea to attack pearl harbor had been conceived six months before . the american fleet was perceived as an obstacle to access the oil fields in java , so the plan was conceived to affect a surprise attack on pearl harbor to destroy america ` s pacific fleet . additional targets included warehouses , docks , airfields and aircraft .\npacific ocean ( july 3 , 2018 ) - an mv - 22b osprey , assigned to the\nred lions\nof marine medium tiltrotor squadron ( vmm ) 363 , lands on flight deck of the amphibious assault ship uss bonhomme richard ( lhd 6 ) during the squadron embarkation . bonhomme richard is currently underway in the u . s . 3rd fleet area of operations . flickr\njetstar airways pty ltd , abn : 33 069 720 243 . jetstar asia airways pte ltd , brn : 200403570d . jetstar regional services pte ltd , brn : 201229688k . singaporean travel agent license no . 02495 . jetstar japan co . , ltd . jetstar holidays k . k . commissioner of japan tourism agency registered travel agency no . 1829 . jetstar pacific airlines , brn : 0301103030\nthe deadly surprise attack on the us pacific fleet at pearl harbor , launched without a declaration of war , made 7 december 1941 \u201ca date which will live in infamy , \u201d declared president franklin d roosevelt . early that sunday morning , hundreds of japanese planes sank or damaged 21 warships and destroyed more than 150 planes on nearby airfields ; more than 2 , 000 americans lost their lives\nthere were a large number of us long - range aircraft in the pacific , but they were not used to safeguard hawaii . a force of b - 17 flying fortress heavy bombers had been sent by the us army to the philippines . the 80 pby catalina flying boats available to the navy were assigned to the philippines or earmarked for offensive actions against the japanese - held marshall islands .\nsouth china sea ( july 5 , 2018 ) - gunner ' s mate 3rd class shelby wilkes fires a . 50 - cailber machine gun during a weapon ' s qualification course aboard the guided - missile destroyer uss mustin ( ddg 89 ) . mustin is forward - deployed to the u . s . 7th fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the indo - pacific region . flickr\nindonesians from the village of tjalang , sumatra , indonesia , rush towards a sh - 60 seahawk helicopter , assigned to helicopter anti - submarine squadron 2 , as the helicopter touches down to drop off food supplies , jan . 8 , 2005 . helicopters assigned to carrier air wing 2 and sailors from the aircraft carrier uss abraham lincoln are supporting operation unified assistance , the humanitarian effort in the wake of the tsunami that struck southeast asia . ( u . s . navy photo by petty officer 2nd class philip a mcdaniel )\nalex l . wang , a law professor at the university of california , los angeles , who studies chinese environmental policy , said after reading the new paper : \u201cthis is a reminder to us that a significant percentage of china\u2019s emissions of traditional pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions are connected to the products we buy and use every day in the u . s . we should be concerned , not only because this pollution is harming the citizens of china , but because it\u2019s damaging the air quality in parts of the u . s . \u201d\nphilippine sea ( july 4 , 2018 ) - aviation boatswain ' s mate ( handling ) airman jennifer ceballos directs an ea - 18g growler assigned to electronic attack squadron ( vaq ) 141 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier uss ronald reagan ( cvn 76 ) . ronald reagan is the flagship of carrier strike group 5 , providing a combat - ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the indo - pacific region . flickr\nthe japanese plan involved two waves of attacking planes , separated by half an hour . nagumo , commander of the task force , was criticised for not rearming his returning aircraft and sending them back to finish off damaged american ships and oil storage tanks . but nagumo was obeying his instructions to make a swift getaway . the attack had always been a high - risk enterprise : the elite and well - trained japanese naval air force was limited in size , and higher losses could be expected if the americans located the task force . nagumo did not know where the three us navy carriers were , nor did he know how many american planes had survived the first attacks .\nthe operation was inspired by admiral yamamoto , commander - in - chief ( c - in - c ) of the combined fleet . the most important critic was an officer senior to yamamoto ; this was admiral nagano , the chief of the naval general staff . nagano had less confidence in air power and he was wary of risking so much of the fleet in a distant operation . he was especially reluctant to risk the entire carrier force so far from japan at a time when japan planned attacks thousands of miles away against malaya and the philippines . yamamoto demanded the use of all six big carriers , and had to threaten resignation to get a decision in his favour .\nthree more vessels ( the pennsylvania , maryland and tennessee ) suffered only minor damage . they were in dry - dock or moored inboard on battleship row . in any event , none of the six survivors was fast enough to operate with carrier task forces in later wartime operations . the pacific fleet\u2019s three aircraft carriers were away at sea on 7 december , and none of the heavy cruisers were damaged . three modern carriers were available to the us navy in the atlantic , as well as two modern battleships and six older ones .\nfive hills training area , mongolia ( june 27 , 2018 ) - traditional mongolian archers shoot at a target during the nadaam festival as part of khaan quest 2018 ( qa18 ) at five hills training area . kq18 is a regularly scheduled , multinational exercise co - sponsored by u . s . pacific command and hosted annually by the mongolian armed forces . this exercise is the latest in a continuing series of exercises designed to promote regional peace and security . this year ' s exercise marks the 16th anniversary of this training event . flickr\ntextual records : general report of fleet operations , 1909 . formerly security - classified intelligence reports of voyages of armed guard vessels received by the cruiser and transport force , 1917 - 18 . letters and endorsements sent by the second division , 1st squadron , 1906 - 7 . letters sent by rear adm . c . h . hockson , special service squadron , 1907 . letters and endorsements sent by the 3d squadron , 1905 - 6 . records of naval forces operating in european waters , including cablegrams and telegrams , 1917 - 19 ; issuances , 1917 - 18 ; historical files , 1917 - 18 ; admiralty orders , 1917 - 18 ; records of courts of inquiry , 1918 - 19 ; records relating to aircraft , 1917 ; muster rolls , 1917 - 19 ; press notices , 1917 - 18 ; publications , 1913 - 25 ; records of naval air stations , 1918 - 19 ; records of destroyer division twenty - six , 1925 ; general correspondence of naval air station ireland , 1918 ; reports of seaplane and motor inspection , 1918 ; beach log sheets , 1918 ; general correspondence of u . s . naval aviation forces , foreign service , 1918 ; records of commander cruiser and transport force , 1914 - 19 , including war diaries , 1917 - 19 ; records of the naval overseas transportation service , 1918 - 19 ; and general correspondence of commander torpedo flotilla , 1912 ."]}
{"id": 55616, "summary": [{"text": "credito fondiario s.p.a. is an italian bank based in rome , italy .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the bank is specializing in management of non-performing loans .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "chairman of the board of directors was piero gnudi . ", "topic": 18}], "title": "credito fondiario ( fonspa )", "paragraphs": ["following the banking sector deregulation reform , which removed the banking specialization by law , the bank changes its name to \u201ccredito fondiario e industriale \u2013 fonspa \u2013 istituto per i finanziamenti a medio lungo termine\u201d , and once again extends its activities , to include mid - to - long term industrial financing .\ncredito fondiario , with over 120 years of history , is an independent bank specialised in the investment , management and servicing of credit assets and portfolios , both performing and non performing . credito fondiario offers its products and services to other financial and banking institutions as well as to international institutional investors focussing on the secondary credit market .\nestablished in cagliari , sardinia on 28th april 1898 and named credito fondiario sardo ( sardinian land bank ) , the bank specialises in mortgage lending in both sardinia and the rome area .\nat the end of 2013 tages holding and the new top management team acquire the bank from morgan stanley , recovering the historical name of credito fondiario and reaching a leadership role in the newly created secondary credit market in italy .\nin the wake of wwii , credito fondiario sardo is an active player in the rebuilding of the country . the bank broadens its coverage to a national level , including in its activities public sector financing and industrial real estate backed lending .\nby virtue of an experience and track record built across 3 centuries , credito fondiario is now a key market player in the credit market in italy , acting as servicer , credit manager and investors and co - operating as partner of choice with both banks and institutional investors .\ncredito fondiario is controlled by tages holding and is part of the banking group tages group . the top management team own altogether a minority stake in the bank . in 2016 a leading institutional investor has subscribed a dedicated capital increase of the bank , thus becoming a minority shareholder .\nthe bank enters the \u201ciri network\u201d ( institute for industrial reconstruction , a public sector conglomerate ) , and is ultimately controlled by the three nationwide retail banks it owns : banco di roma , comit and credit ( 1960 ) . in 1965 the bank\u2018s name is shortened to credito fondiario .\nthe bank faces another change of mission following the acquisition by msref - t ( a us - law real estate fund managed by morgan stanley ) in 2000 , refocusing its activities on securitisation products and services ( the securitisation market in italy is introduced in 1999 with law 130 ) . in 2006 , morgan stanley acquires direct control of the bank and relaunches its retail mortgage lending business . the bank is rebranded \u201ccredito fondiario \u2013 fonspabank\u201d .\nwe visit the berkshires , in western massachusetts , to see what a local currency , the berkshare , can teach us about the value of alternative currencies .\nrichelieu dennis grew his community - based health and beauty products business into the multimillion - dollar sundial brands . what was his playbook ?\nmorgan stanley employees are giving back to their communities in june , starting with a 24 - hour around - the - world campaign on june 1st to fight child hunger .\nmorgan stanley ( nyse : ms ) announced today that it has acquired citymortgage bank , a leading moscow - based mortgage bank that specializes in originating , servicing and securitizing residential mortgage loans in the russian federation . terms of the transaction were not disclosed .\n\u201cmorgan stanley is committed to russia and since 1994 has been aggressively building a market - leading m & a and capital markets business , \u201d said rair simonyan , morgan stanley\u2019s country head for russia . \u201cparticipating in the fast - growing mortgage market represents an important expansion of our russian franchise . \u201d\n\u201cwe are very excited about the capabilities morgan stanley will provide , \u201d said nicholas chitov , ceo of citymortgage bank . we will gain access to global best practices in securitisation structuring , distribution and systems . in addition , their strategic vision is very much aligned with management ' s own ambitious growth plans for the bank . \u201d\nmorgan stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking , securities , investment management , wealth management and credit services . the firm ' s employees serve clients worldwide including corporations , governments , institutions and individuals from more than 600 offices in 30 countries . for further information about morgan stanley , please visit urltoken .\ncitymortgage bank ( cmb ) is a leading specialist mortgage bank in the russian federation . the bank was formed with the participation of rosgosstrakh , the leading russian insurance company , and started mortgage operations in moscow in march 2004 . currently cmb operates in 12 regions of the russian federation . since its inception , cmb has originated more than us $ 300 million in russian residential mortgages .\nmorgan stanley has a strong presence in the global rmbs markets and has a comprehensive mortgage origination and securitization platform . the firm\u2019s strategy is to build a global , vertically - integrated residential mortgage business . underlining the firm ' s commitment , morgan stanley has made a number of acquisitions as part of building its mortgage platform :\nin december 2005 , the firm purchased advantage home loans , a u . k . based mortgage packager .\ncontact : media relations , erik portanger , + 44 . 20 . 7425 . 8425\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\nthe bank\u2019s shares are listed on the milan stock exchange . they would be delisted only in 2001 , after a change of ownership .\ndeposit certificates placed with retail investors throughout the country are a key funding source for the bank .\nwe are using cookies to give you the best experience on our site . by continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies .\nthe tages group is an international investment firm active in asset management and banking , headed by tages holding , a company controlled by its founding partners . the tages group comprises also :\na milan - 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{"id": 55626, "summary": [{"text": "mutual mobile , inc. is a consulting firm specializing in mobile solutions with offices in austin , texas and hyderabad , india ( in hitec city ) .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the company specializes in the user experience , visual design , and software development for new products and digital systems , often with component applications ( apps ) built for ios , android , mobile web , and other platforms .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the company was founded in 2009 , is privately held and employs over 300 people worldwide .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "the company has built over 200 applications for clients such as audi , google , and cisco .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the company released a human interface guidelines for android in 2011 . ", "topic": 37}], "title": "mutual mobile", "paragraphs": ["why work for mutual mobile ? mutual mobile is a world leading agency in mobile and emerging technology innovation . . . .\nglassdoor has 98 mutual mobile reviews submitted anonymously by mutual mobile employees . read employee reviews and ratings on glassdoor to decide if mutual mobile is right for you .\nwhy work for mutual mobile ? mutual mobile is a world leading agency in mobile and emerging technology innovation and we are looking for an accomplished systems . . .\nfor the future . for everyone . for the better . how eero and mutual mobile revolutionized wifi .\nability to drive the mobile clinic . parking the mobile unit at approved , secure locations . each mobile clinic features relaxing reception areas and private . . .\nmutual mobile is an innovation consultancy . we bring digital experiences to life through our integrated approach to design and technology .\nability to drive the mobile clinic . parking the mobile unit at approved , secure locations . responsible for driving the mobile unit to and from health fair . . .\nstart to learn more about mutual mobile and our history , here : urltoken celebrating the places that tell our company ' s story .\nthe folks at mutual mobile have made a terrific effort to help bring parity to android apps with the release of their android design guidelines .\nmutual of omaha life insurance ( $ 200 , 000 . 00 ) . mutual of omaha dental vsp vision insurance mutual of omaha short - term disability ( 60 % of salary up to $ 2 , 000 . 00 . . .\nwe are currently developing our solutions on mobile and in the cloud ! we have a positive culture designed around the philosophy of mutual respect and the . . .\nmutual mobile , an austin , tex , - based mobile applications development company , launched an iphone application ,\narmy of eyes ,\nthat makes it easy for iphone users to snap a geo - coded picture of any red balloons they spot .\nknowledge of the mybrightwheel mobile app is a plus but not required . . use mybrightwheel mobile app to communicate with parents and report on students day . . . .\ntheir incentive ? to win $ 2 , 500 if they are the first to submit an accurate location . ( ristroph said mutual mobile won ' t keep any of the winnings . )\nmaintains a clean environment inside and outside of the mobile facility . may assist with set up of mobile facility upon arrival and pack up prior to departure . . . .\nthree ( 3 ) years of experience designing mobile and / or web applications . shape the functionality , look and feel of our global product across mobile , web and . . .\nthis looks like good stuff . if you\u2019ve got suggestions , send \u2019em to mutual mobile , and maybe a grassroots design standard can really take off , helping the android developers and users all over the world .\nlead a proactive , collaborative , and strategic account planning process that ensures mutual performance objectives , milestones , optimizations , risk assessment , . . .\nwe partnered with eero to deliver on the promise of easy , reliable , mobile wifi for all . check out our\nat our core , we create and design mobile apps and digital strategies that ignite businesses , while pushing the boundaries of what\u2019s possible .\nwe believe in collaboration , mutual respect , open communication , and opportunity for growth . supported the fema individual assistance program and / or hud cdbg - dr . . .\nproduce clean and scalable code for deployment on mobile platforms . digerati systems is seeking a skilled and experienced senior android developer to create . . .\nexperience with multiple technologies including windows , msoffice , exchange , active directory , vpn , voip , mobile communications , it security , network . . .\nmutual respect is the cornerstone for every realmanage relationship . as one of the largest ( # 10 out of 5 , 000 + firms ) and fastest - growing companies in the . . .\nmutual respect is the cornerstone for every realmanage relationship . as one of the largest ( # 8 out of 5 , 000 + firms ) and fastest - growing companies in the . . .\nfinancial services - 401 ( k ) rollovers , roth & traditional ira ' s , sep , simple , mutual funds , annuities , college savings plans and other investment opportunities . . . .\nthey are responsible for their own operating expenses , including their computer , printer , mobile phone , internet access , travel , entertainment and other . . .\nfrom always - on sensors , to mobile phones , and to the cloud . collaboration / communication \u2013 your ability to forge reciprocal relationships which are built upon . . .\nmickey ristroph , co - founder of the company , who previously competed in darpa competitions , said ,\nthis kind of challenge makes the most sense on mobile devices .\nmutual mobile is an innovation consultancy . we bring digital experiences to life through our integrated approach to design and technology . innovative solutions to complex problems require carefully constructed teams . that ' s why ours mix equal parts strategy , design , and engineering , with r & d as a shared responsibility . beneath this highly collaborative , iterative environment lies a passion for studying people that helps us craft experiences they love .\nplease do not apply if you don ' t feel 100 % competent with computers , iphones , mobile apps , learning new software , and consider yourself extremely tech savvy . . . .\nuntil today , the contest has lived only online , where players have launched facebook pages , twitter accounts , wikis , web sites , mobile device applications and more to promote their team and recruit members .\nthere\u2019s no denying that ios apps are , on the whole , polished . this is due in large part to apple\u2019s\n, a document that \u201cdescribes the guidelines and principles that help you design a superlative user interface and user experience for your ios app . \u201d there\u2019s no ambiguity about what\u2019s a good idea and what\u2019s not : apple tells you straight up what\u2019s a good idea . the polish and sophistication of ios apps is a benefit of the control that\nwields , as the single purveyor , over ios . android apps , by comparison , often suffer from a lack of polish and sophistication in large part because there\u2019s no single authority saying \u201chere\u2019s how you do it . \u201d add in the variety of hardware platforms running android , and android\u2019s programmer - centric development mentality , and it\u2019s little wonder that the state of android today is often compared to the state of linux from ten years ago : by geeks for geeks .\nandroid is crushingly programmer heavy . in my opinion , they have not given enough consideration to asset creation or creative direction . with apple , the moment you start designing an app , you know how they want you to build it . their design plans are so complete that you can immediately access it . i often dream that my house is an iphone app ; it has become comfortable . with android , there is a false sense of freedom to do whatever you want . unfortunately , when you start taking all the various screen sizes and resolutions into account , it doesn\u2019t realistically pan out that way . \u2026 as a disclaimer , i am a designer , and while my knowledge of programming has increased a fraction while creating a document , it should be known that android makes it difficult for anyone who is not a programming to decipher their rules . so with that in mind , understand that while my research has been abundant , this document should be considered a designer\u2019s translation of android and therefore subject to error .\nwhile it certainly is not my place to set a standard for google , in this document i intend to at least create a guideline for us to follow .\nit almost sounds like it ' s too much fun to have been hatched by the military : find 10 giant , red balloons hidden somewhere in the u . s . and you could win $ 40k ?\nbut it ' s true . today the defense department ' s defense advanced research projects agency , or darpa ,\nlaunched\n10 eight - foot - wide red balloons in a nationwide high tech treasure hunt .\nopen to anyone in the country , the darpa network challenge is designed to explore social networks and internet communication . finding balloons will require players to build and motivate nationwide networks of people to join the hunt .\nthe balloons , which will be visible only during daylight hours , are\nmoored , 8 - foot , red , weather balloons at 10 fixed locations in the continental united states ,\ndarpa explains on its web site . the agency added that the balloons will visible and accessible from nearby roads .\nthe first person or team to send in the correct geographic coordinates for all ten balloons will pocket the $ 40 , 000 prize . only those who have registered can submit locations and receive the prize , but they are free to divide the money however they ' d like .\nas of friday , at least 2 , 000 people had registered for the contest and darpa said the number continues to grow .\nwe ' re learning a lot about how social networks form \u2013 how people band together to solve problems . but relatively less is known about how those networks mobilize rapidly and what happens when trust relationships are crucial ,\nsaid peter lee , director of darpa ' s transformational convergence technology office .\nbut now that the balloons are deployed , the real fun starts . teams across the country are fielding and sharing messages , trying to separate accurate information from false leads .\nit ' s a race and money is involved . that injects a little twist . people now have an incentive to hold secrets ,\nlee said , adding that as players recruit other participants and solicit information they have to gauge whether or not they are legitimate .\ntimed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the launch of arpanet , the advanced research projects agency network , which eventually grew into the internet , lee said the contest was also intended to celebrate a crucial milestone in internet history .\non dec . 5 , 1969 , darpa succeeded in linking the first four nodes of the network that ultimately expanded to sustain millions of computers and modern - day social networks .\nsince darpa announced the project oct . 29 , lee said a number of inventive approaches have popped up \u2013 from using different kinds of economic and charitable incentives to relying on computer security or data - mining technology to harnessing plain , old fun .\njon cannell , a 39 - year - old small business owner in port charlotte , fla . , decided to join the contest early on . as an entrepreneur familiar with web development , he figured he had as good a shot as anyone and launched a web site , facebook page and twitter account to recruit members .\ni was excited by a challenge and thought maybe i could leverage some of my skills and learn new skills as they related to social media ,\nhe said .\nafter making his imprint online , he published a press release and asked friends and family to send messages about his project far and wide . to entice people to collaborate , he announced that the prize money would be split evenly among the people who submit winning coordinates .\nthough his facebook page counts just 20 people among its members , he believes the actual network of those aware of his team could be much larger and could still come through with valuable information starting saturday .\ni ' m not quite sure what to expect . it ' s basically a math problem \u2013 the more people in our network , the more the chance for success ,\nhe said .\nif it wins , project red balloon , a balloon search team organized by graduate students and professors at harvard business school , promises to donate the $ 40k to aids research and awareness .\nwe wanted to test the ability of 2 , 000 students and faculty on the harvard business school campus in cambridge , massachusetts to dig into their e - mail , their facebook , and their twitter networks to mobilize toward a common goal ,\nmba student bradley lautenbach said in an e - mail .\nthrough any means possible , he said their team is trying to engage the entire hbs community of current students and alumni across the country . he estimates that they ' ve already reached 50 , 000 to 100 , 000 people in nearly every state in the continental u . s .\nit ' s really a case of ' get out the eyes , '\nhe said .\nwe need as many people as possible , in as many places as possible , to be aware of what ' s happening on saturday .\nhopefully , if someone sees a balloon they ' ll remember project red balloon and report its location to them . lautenbach said each person who submits a winning coordinate has the option to keep $ 1 , 000 , but they hope each participant will choose to donate the money to charity .\nfor some tech professionals , the challenge is an opportunity to hone their skills and get their name out .\npeople will be on the road , or on foot , when they spot the balloons , he said . it ' s easier for potential participants to submit information immediately via smart phone than wait to go home and sit at their laptops .\nhaving successfully developed and launched dozens of iphone applications previously , he said his company was well - positioned to get\narmy of eyes\ninto the app store and into the public awareness . the application went live wednesday and so far has been downloaded about 8 , 000 times .\nlarry moss , a professional artist who creates balloon sculptures , said he knew he had to join the competition the day it was announced .\neighteen years ago he said he launched an online network for balloon artists in the internet ' s earlier days . that network \u2013 urltoken \u2013 is still thriving .\nto celebrate the internet ' s contribution to social networks , he ' s mobilizing his own , asking its more than 2 , 000 members to be on the lookout for the red balloons and spread the word about his project .\nif his team wins , he said he will use the prize money to create a 30 - foot - tall balloon cupcake , designed to fly with a pilot .\nyou can do all the math and whatever tactics to play the game but when it comes down to it , i think people will respond to having fun ,\nhe said .\nhe also said that since the network will grow from an already established community , false information and distrust will likely not be significant issues .\nit ' s the birthday of the internet \u2013 let ' s celebrate ,\nhe said .\nwhat better way than with balloons and a cupcake .\nsenate dem on trump court pick : ' never seen a president . . . make himself a puppet '\n211 e 7th st , suite 200 ( 1 , 477 . 66 mi ) austin , texas 78701\ndesigning an augmented reality experience demands a strategic understanding of the platforms required to power them , and we make this process enjoyable and efficient .\nfrom advanced training simulations to healthcare , and brand activations , our engineers create superior immersive experiences that help businesses learn and grow .\ngreat design , begets smart function . when it comes to a truly unified user experience , consistency and customization conduct the orchestra side - by - side .\nglassdoor will not work properly unless browser cookie support is enabled . learn how to enable cookies .\nyour trust is our top concern , so companies can ' t alter or remove reviews .\nmm is a great place to work . all of the employees are smart , dedicated to their craft and checked their ego at the door . the work environment is casual yet everyone is working hard and encouraging others to do their best . there is a sense of gratitude in the office that is refreshing . of course unlimited snacks is always nice too . mm also encourages it ' s employees to stretch their abilities and pursue whatever it is that one is passionate about , allowing for career growth .\nbecause of a temporary move , the employees will be split up in two different buildings while we wait for our new space to be built out . hopefully it will be worth the wait !\nkeep up the good work , stay focused on the fundamentals and maintain transparency with the employee population .\ngood people to work with . good pay and benefits . fun things to do at company events . good chance to use your skills if you get onto the right team .\ntoo many big egos and folks who just want told how good they are . extreme resistance to change or improvements on team . hardly using my skills due to others taking control . recent massive layoffs .\nlook at the real problems at the company . look at how people are interacting on teams and how directors interact with the team , project manager , and customer to see what needs to be fixed to improve culture and delivery .\nso many . . . - leadership ? a complete joke and has been for years . it ' s just a musical chairs of ineptitude and cronyism that has led to the company ' s atrophy . - no direction . this is akin to the leadership issues , but really there is no plan forward and really no identity . so much wasted time and money over the years trying to\nfigure it out\nonly to be led by the same bunch of clowns in some different configuration . - business development . there were some experienced sales people in here a year ago , but let them go and now just think that marketing ( with no real plan as to who or how to do it ) will somehow save the day . there is no miracle under armor account walking back through the door to save us , there needs to be an actual assessment of who and what we are and a message to tell that story . right now it ' s just vomit .\ni guess you are already doing what you want to do , which is to slowly kill off the company and watch all of the talent leave so everything can be shipped to india for less . bravo !\ncan ' t keep a client more than 6 months because there is an over promise and underdeliver mentality ( mvp ) that disappoints the buyer almost without exception .\nit got the second star because you would have had fun during the good times . but the outlook for the future is so bleak , it would be a mistake to talk up the pros \u2013 & nbsp ; they simply do not exist the way they once did .\nthey are in a temporary office space , indefinitely . outlook is , to be blunt but realistic , very bad . things have been downhill for years , and multiple rounds of layoffs have shattered confidence beyond repair .\nspeaking over several years , all advice has been either ignored or useless to this point , so apparently management needs to change entirely .\nmany brilliant people , flexible hours , opportunities to learn new things . some of the managers are awesome . reasonable holiday and pto policy .\nover the last 4 years there have been 4 major rounds of layoffs . it\u2019s practically an annual tradition . each time , tenured employees who were passionate , talented , and very smart were let go while executives and managers keep their jobs . office is currently interim and split over two co - 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{"id": 55635, "summary": [{"text": "national bank of oman ( nbo ) founded in 1973 , national bank of oman was the country \u2019s first local bank , forging a rich history with oman \u2019s local businesses and its economy at large .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "today , it is one of the largest banks in oman , with a paid up capital of omr ( omani rials ) 110.8 million ( us$ 288 million ) and a regulatory capital of omr 377.8 million ( us$ 981 million ) nbo serves its customers through over 60 branches and 173 atms and cash deposit machines across oman , in addition to three international branches \u2013 one in egypt ; one in dubai ; and , one in abu dhabi .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "the bank has had an international presence in the uae ( abu dhabi ) and in egypt for over 10 years .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "in 2013 , it secured a full banking license to offer conventional and islamic finance services in dubai , and is the only omani bank licensed to operate in dubai .", "topic": 26}, {"text": "the bank has grown its uae ( gross ) loan portfolio by over 134 per cent to omr 92.6 million as at 30 june 2014 , compared to omr 39.4 million as at 31 december 2013 . ", "topic": 16}], "title": "national bank of oman", "paragraphs": ["data as of jul 09 2018 . currency figures normalised to national bank of oman saog ' s reporting currency : omani rial omr\nshe is also the chairperson of oman ceramics saog , director and executive committee member of national pharmaceutical industries saog and director of oman oil marketing co saog .\nfind the national bank of oman branch , atm , cash deposit machine or sadara centre closest to you , as well as directions on how to get there .\nananth venkat is responsible for all of national bank of oman\u2019s financial affairs in oman and abroad . as cfo , he plays a crucial role in delivering long - term sustainable growth and promoting a culture of high performance and excellence across the organisation .\nshe has been a member on the board of a number of reputed companies and financial institutions in public and private sector in oman and in the region . chairperson in national bank of oman , deputy chairperson in oman oil marketing company , board member of oman national investments development company onidco ( tanmia ) . public companies she was the board member of oman oil company soac and its audit committee . chairperson of its equity and gcc funds . board member in international general insurance ( igi ) jordan , and national finance house ( nfh ) , bahrain . deputy chairperson of orix finance , national life & general insurance company saoc ( nlig ) and al ahlia insurance .\nhassan joined the bank in april 2004 . he is a seasoned professional with more than 20 years of wide - ranging experience of government banking , communication , public relations , marketing and branding , wealth management & financial services with organizations like commerzbank \u2013 zurich , majan international bank , national bank of oman .\nfaizal eledath has been national bank of oman\u2019s chief information officer since october 2012 . he leads the bank\u2019s it and enterprise project management office and is responsible for ensuring that new technologies and distribution channels are effectively leveraged to enhance customer experience along with the bank\u2019s overall productivity , effectiveness and competitiveness .\nnational bank of oman\u2019s internet banking makes it easy for you to bank from the convenience of your home or office , and even while you are on holiday ! our banking platform is completely secure and is protected by the internationally recognized verisign ssl certificate .\nbefore joining national bank of oman , eledath served as cio of dubai bank , an islamic bank in the uae that later became part of emirates islamic bank . prior to this , he was vice president , information technology solutions at mashreq bank , uae , with responsibility for all channels , including branch systems , call centres , internet banking , atms , credit card systems and crm systems . he began his career in 1992 as a senior systems analyst at oman computer services ( ocs ) .\nin addition to his executive responsibilities , sheikh rashid is the chairman of board of directors of takaful oman saog and a ' saffa foods saog . he is also a director on the boards of oman orix leasing company , minerals development company saoc , muscat national development and investment saoc , almouj muscat & oman hospitality company .\nhe brings to national bank of oman a depth of technical knowledge in areas such as enterprise application systems , technology infrastructure , application development methodologies , banking operations , outsource management , quality management , enterprise architecture and innovation management .\nsayyid wasfi al said is the acting chief executive officer at national bank of oman nbo . prior to his appointment , sayyid wasfi has held posts as cio and deputy head of wb , he is also a member of all the bank\u2019s management committees . sayyid wasfi played an instrumental role in the architecture of the five - year growth strategy for the bank , which centered around a vision to make nbo the bank of choice in the sultanate .\nms . najat is also a director and chairperson of audit committee of oman cement company saog .\nnational bank of oman saog ( nbo ) is an oman - based joint stock company that engaged in the provision of retail , wholesale and investment banking services . the bank provides its products and services through five segments : the retail banking segment offers a range of products and facilities to individual customers to meet everyday banking needs ; the corporate banking segment provides its products an\nyear on year national bank of oman saog had net income fall - 21 . 07 % from 55 . 78m to 44 . 03m despite a 7 . 72 % increase in revenues from 176 . 01m to 189 . 59m .\nal hajri is a member of the bank\u2019s executive management team ; he chairs the bank\u2019s tender board committee and the hr executive committee . he is also the deputy chairman of the bank\u2019s operations risk committee , and a member of bank management risk committee , compliance management committee , management of business technology committee and islamic risk committee .\ndubai , jan 12 ( reuters ) - national bank of oman ( nbo ) , the sultanate\u2019s third - largest lender by assets , posted on thursday a 19 . 9 percent fall in fourth - quarter net profit , according to reuters calculations .\nal rashdi has been an integral member of national bank of oman\u2019s senior management - prior to becoming the chief internal auditor ; he was chief risk officer ( july 2008 - october 2010 ) and a member of various management committees such as alco , risk , executive and tender committees .\nmr . rahul is also a director and an audit committee member of national pharmaceutical industries saog and al suwadi power co saog . he is also a director and nomination & remuneration committee member of oman united insurance company saog\nnasser al rashdi joined national bank of oman in june 1993 as the first management trainee . throughout his 20 - year tenure , he has made significant contributions to the development of the bank in various areas including corporate banking , risk management ( corporate , retail , operational risk , information security and business continuity ) , internal audit , asset - liability management , investment banking , strategic and business planning and remedial management .\nin his career of around 3 decades , he has worked at senior retail banking positions with leading financial institutions such as noor bank uae , abu dhabi finance , burgan bank \u2013 kuwait and commercial bank of qatar in the gcc . his global experience includes standard chartered bank whereby he worked at various senior level positions in singapore , malaysia , uae , ghana , bangladesh from 1984 to 2004 .\nbefore joining national bank of oman , venkat served as cfo of rakbank in the united arab emirates , prior to which he was cfo of saudi hollandi bank in saudi arabia . he has also held senior leadership positions at barclays africa , where he served as a board member of several barclays subsidiaries in sub saharan africa , and ahli united bank in qatar . he began his career in india as a financial consultant with a . f . ferguson & co . , before relocating to africa to work as a senior auditor with kpmg peat marwick , and , later , pricewaterhousecoopers .\nchairperson of the enrc . dr . sayyida rawan ahmed al said is the ceo of takaful oman saog . prior to joining takaful oman , she was the managing director and ceo of onic holding corporation . before moving to the private sector , rawan was the deputy ceo - investment for the state general reserve fund of oman , leading the execution of many mega investments internationally . she has almost 30 years of experience in the financial industry , 20 of which are in the public sector .\nsayyid wasfi served as chairman of national aluminum products company saog ( napco ) , deputy chairman of gulf energy llc and as a member of the investment committee for oman integrated tourism projects fund . he has held several board memberships across various industries including manufacturing , oil and gas , investments and tourism .\nmr . hamad mohammed al wahaibi has been a director of the bank since march 2014 . he has 18 years of experience in the gcc . he has been a director of investment with the ministry of defense pension fund for the past five years . mr . al wahaibi is also a member of the boards of voltamp energy company , oman cables company and acwa power company .\nprior to joining to nbo sayyid wasfi served as deputy director of investments at the state general reserve fund . additionally , he served as deputy chairman of the investment committee for domestic equities and as a member of the investment committee of the national investment funds company ( nifco ) and national equity fund ( nef ) . he was also a founding member of the investment advisory team for the investment stabilization fund .\nsayyida rawan remains to be the first and the only female who holds a ceo position in a public listed company in oman .\nmr al hashar joined nbo board as a representative of the public authority for social insurance ( pasi ) in march 2017 . he is currently the authority ' s director of investments . he has nearly 20 years of experience in finance and investment management , and represents pasi on the boards of numerous public and private companies . he is also the chairman of muscat fund management body and board director at oman national investments development company saoc ( tanmia ) .\nvenkat was appointed cfo in 2013 following more than two decades of experience with leading financial institutions across the middle east and africa . he bring expertise to national bank of oman in asset and liability management ( alco ) , strategic planning , corporate governance , risk and compliance , and developing relationships with investors , analysts and rating agencies . he also has extensive experience working within regulatory frameworks such as basel ii & iii , international financial reporting standards ( ifrs ) and sarbanes - oxley .\nal hajri leads the bank\u2019s operations , legal affairs , collections & remedial , projects , procurement & contracts and facility management .\nmr . abraham is the group chief executive officer of the commercial bank as well as vice - chairman of the board of directors of alternatif bank and a board director of the united arab bank , uae . he has extensive banking experience across both developed and emerging markets . before joining the commercial bank in june 2016 , he was ceo of anz indonesia ( australia and new zealand banking group ) based in jakarta , a position he served in from 2008 to 2016 . mr . abraham has an mba from the graduate school of business , stanford university , california and has worked in indonesia , singapore , hong kong , ghana , uk and india in various country and regional banking roles with a successful track record covering general management , corporate banking , strategy , product management as well as acquisitions and integrations . mr . abraham was appointed as a board member of alternatif bank in december 2016 .\n\u200bjohn is a malaysian national and a senior consumer banking professional with extensive experience in singapore , malaysia , south asia , africa , qatar , kuwait and the uae .\nmr . mohammed ismail mandani al emadi has been a director of the bank since november 2014 . he is also a member of the board for the commercial bank ( p . s . q . c . ) and a member of the board of alternatifbank a . s . ( abank ) , turkey and has over 30 years of banking experience . mr . al emadi has held a number of key roles at commercial bank until 2006 , after which he served as chief executive officer of qatar real estate investment company q . s . c . up to 2011 , and also served as its director from 2003 until 2005 .\nefg hermes had forecast the bank would make a quarterly net profit of 14 . 35 million rials , while gulf baader capital markets had estimated 13 . 50 million rials .\nh . e . sheikh abdulla bin ali bin jabor al thani has been a director of the bank since july 2005 and serves as a member of the board executive , nomination and remuneration committee ( enrc ) . his excellency is the chairman of the commercial bank ( p . s . q . c . ) in qatar , a member of the board of directors for united arab bank , p . j . s . c . in uae and is the owner of vista trading company ( qatar ) , a partner in dar al manar ( qatar ) , domopan qatar and integrated intelligence services company ( qatar ) .\nmr . fahad badar has been a director of the bank since may 2016 . he is also a member of the board for alternatifbank a . s . ( abank ) , turkey since september 2013 and a member of the board for alease , turkey since march 2016 . he is also a member of the board for united arab bank , p . j . s . c . in uae since july 2016 .\nmr . rahul kar has been a director of the bank since april 2016 . mr . kar is a chartered accountant with over 25 years of relevant experience and is currently working as the financial advisor to the chairman of suhail bahwan group holding llc .\nhassan worked in diplomatic field as omani commercial attach\u00e9 in south africa \u2013 1993 - 1995 , oman commercial attach\u00e9 in taiwan \u2013 1995 \u2013 1997 . he is a fellow of the institute of amba association \u2013 uk , holds an mba in general management from the university of nottingham .\nmember of the board audit committee ( bac ) and a member of the credit committee of the board ( ccb ) .\n\u200bsalma al jaaidi joined the bank in 2003 in the risk group . prior to becoming chief risk officer she was the deputy chief risk officer . she has a master ' s in business administration . with a career spanning over 29 years with various leading financial institutions such as standard chartered and majan international bank .\nchairperson of the credit committee of the board ( ccb ) and member of the executive , nomination and remuneration committee ( enrc ) .\neledath has overseen the successful implementation of several major it programmes during his time at the bank , primarily around customer centricity . this has included the launch of the muzn islamic banking window , the migration to chip and pin , the implementation of a new treasury system and new corporate loan origination system , the reengineering of end - to - end processes to reduce the overall turnaround time of key enterprise processes , and the upgrade of it and security infrastructure .\nchairperson of the board risk committee ( brc ) and member of the board audit committee ( bac ) .\nms . najat ali al lawatia was elected as a director of the bank at the agm in march 2017 . she holds a commerce degree in accounting and has attended various courses in diverse fields of financial management , audit , investments etc . she is working as the deputy director general - support services with civil service employees pension fund and has more than 20 years of relevant experience .\nal hajri sits on the board of directors of several organizations including , the public authority for mining and the youth development fund ( sharakah ) and is a member of the cipd .\n\u200bhe has over two decades of experience with various international financial institutions like standard chartered bank and anz grindlays , and held various senior level positions within the wholesale banking group . prior to joining nbo , keswani served as chief executive officer & managing director at standard chartered investment and loans ( india ) limited . \u200b\nshe is also a member on the investment committee of the public authority for social insurance , board member in public authority for the sme development ( riyada ) . chairperson of al kawther fund ( islamic compliant fund ) and a member of the investment committee of orphans & incapacitated funds in the ministry of justice . she has been recently appointed as a board member of the sultan qaboos university council .\nmr . badar ' s career at the commercial bank ( p . s . q . c . ) in qatar spans over 17 years . prior to his current role as executive general manager , international banking , he held a number of key roles in international banking , the government and public sector relations and the wholesale banking divisions .\nmr . badar holds an mba from durham university , uk and a bachelor of arts degree in banking & finance from the university of wales .\nbe aware of any software downloads and installations from untrusted sources , the software can be of a malicious nature and can retrieve personal information from your device .\nmr . abraham was appointed as a board member of nbo in may 2018 .\nvenkat holds a bachelor of commerce from madurai university , india . he is an associate member of the institute of chartered accountants of india and has completed numerous specialist finance courses on topics such as anti - money laundering , market risk , ifrs , basel ii , sarbanes - oxley , islamic banking , derivatives and options .\nthis was down from 17 . 07 million rials in the same period of 2015 .\nin 2011 , she was bestowed the business professional ( bizpro ) leader award . in 2012 , was ranked 14 th in forbes middle east for the ' most powerful arab business women in listed companies ' . in 2014 , rawan was named among the best chief executives in the region by trend in collaboration with insead ( the business school for the world ) . also she was awarded hall of fame by mara excellence awards . in 2015 , she was honored with two prestigious awards ; asian women leadership of the year from world leadership congress and in mena and business leader of the year from the middle east accountancy and finance excellency awards 2015 . in 2016 she was honored with honorary doctorate degree from commonwealth university in uk and she was awarded as the best takaful ceo from global business outlook , uk . in 2017 she won the best takaful ceo - oman , international finance , london . dr . rawan ranked 3 rd in oman for forbes the top 100 most powerful arab businesswomen 2017 .\nsheikh rashid has been a member of the board of directors since august 2017 , and is a renowned financial and investment banker , business executive , entrepreneur and philanthropist . sheikh rashid is also the ceo of tanmia , a company that actively contributes to the sultanate ' s economic development .\nmazaya banking is an exclusive and rewarding banking experience that takes care of all your banking and investments needs .\nthe lender made a profit of 13 . 68 million rials ( $ 35 . 5 million ) in the three months to dec . 31 , reuters calculated based on previous financial statements in lieu of a quarterly breakdown .\nmember of the executive , nomination and remuneration committee ( enrc ) and the board risk committee ( brc ) .\nwith over 20 years of experience in the fields of banking strategy , technology , operations and management , he has a proven track record of successfully implementing strategic , business - critical technology and operational initiatives . international data group ( idg ) , the leading technology media , events and research company , has twice named eledath among the region\u2019s top 20 cios .\nmarkets data delayed by at least 15 minutes . \u00a9 the financial times ltd . ft and \u2018financial times\u2019 are trademarks of the financial times ltd . the financial times and its journalism are subject to a self - regulation regime under the ft editorial code of practice .\nh . e . sheikh abdulla bin ali bin jabor al thani holds a bachelor of arts degree in social science from qatar university .\nms . amal suhail bahwan is the vice chairperson of suhail bahwan group holding llc . she has extensive experience in managing companies across the bahwan group .\nsayyid wasfi holds , business and finance degrees from the university of portsmouth , uk and el centro europeo de gesti\u00f3n de empresas , madrid , spain .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\nin 2000 , sheikh rashid was appointed ceo of tanmia , which was setting up its investment fund with the muscat securities market at the time . following his appointment , the board of directors decided to transfer the responsibilities of managing the fund to the company directly , and two new funds were set up subsequently ; a private equity fund , the gcc investment fund , and the sharia fund in 2013 . in addition , sheikh rashid also drove direct investments into various industries , including and not limited to real estate development ; the company played an active role in the development of the al mouj muscat project , and in the tourism sector , the company played a key role in setting up the kempinski hotel , muscat . in the industrial sector the company contributed to the establishment of octal petrochemicals , also extending into the retail sector by partnering with al meera group to set up its business in the sultanate .\nsheikh rashid holds a b . sc . in business administration from rollins college , usa . his career is marked by many significant achievements and milestones ; including a twelve year stint with the diwan of royal court , in addition to his involvement in various specialized committees , such as the omanization committee , the planning and budgeting committee until his appointment as the general manager of the arabian engineering services ( aes ) company .\nnbo reported a net profit for full - year 2016 of 55 . 8 million rials , down from 60 . 1 million rials in 2015 , a bourse filing showed . ( reporting by tom arnold ; editing by andrew torchia )\nmr . al wahaibi holds a masters of business administration ( mba ) degree , specializing in finance , and he is a chartered financial analyst ( cfa ) charter holder , as well as a chartered alternative investment analyst ( caia ) charter holder .\nany information that you receive via urltoken is at best delayed intraday data and not\nreal time\n. share price information may be rounded up / down and therefore not entirely accurate . ft is not responsible for any use of content by you outside its scope as stated in the ft terms & conditions .\neledath holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in computer science from bharathiar university , india , and a master\u2019s degree in computer science from the university of alabama at birmingham . he also has as an mba from southern new hampshire university , usa , and has attended executive education programmes at harvard business school on subjects including launching new ventures and the small business life cycle .\nall content on urltoken is for your general information and use only and is not intended to address your particular requirements . in particular , the content does not constitute any form of advice , recommendation , representation , endorsement or arrangement by ft and is not intended to be relied upon by users in making ( or refraining from making ) any specific investment or other decisions .\nd services to corporate customers that include lending , accepting deposits , trade finance and foreign exchange ; 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{"id": 55646, "summary": [{"text": "energy4all facilitates the creation and development of wind turbine cooperatives in the united kingdom , based on the experienced gained in the creation of the uk 's first wind co-op , baywind energy co-operative .", "topic": 28}, {"text": "it has gone on to raise at least \u00a3 6million on behalf of the co-operatives , through community share offerings .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "whilst not technically a co-operative itself , the organisation has helped create at least ten wind co-ops , including westmill wind farm co-operative and boyndie wind farm co-operative , who , along with baywind , own energy4all .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "one of the co-operatives it has created , energy prospects co-operative , specialises in taking early stage wind co-operatives through the development and planning application stages to the point where a community share offer , managed by energy4all , can be launched to fund the project .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "they won an ashden award in 2012 . ", "topic": 5}], "title": "energy4all", "paragraphs": ["energy4all . the foundation energy4all supports people in developing countries by promoting energy - related projects that stimulate economic development .\nview a short video filmed at the 2016 energy4all agm \u2013 our directors and co - operatives talk about energy4all and the renewable sector as a whole .\nenergy4all has dedicated development staff working throughout the uk , utilising key partnerships to promote community renewables . energy4all is owned by the co - op\u2019s it creates .\nif you are interested in receiving information about future energy4all projects please register your interest .\nenergy4all ltd are pleased to be working with the edinburgh community solar co - operative .\nenergy4all works with falck to introduce the idea of co - operative ownership to the communities .\nenergy4all was set up to enable people to share ownership of renewable electricity generation capacity . . .\nenergy4all has many more projects in the pipeline . in total nearly \u00a340million has now been raised through community share offers and the energy4all family of co - ops has over 10 , 500 members in total .\nenergy4all has many more projects in the pipeline . in total nearly \u00a340million has now been raised through community share offers and the energy4all family of co - ops has over 13 , 000 members in total .\nlocal investors are very important , westmill and energy4all are a model for how community ownership of renewable energy works .\nit\u2019s great to see energy4all\u2019s annette heslop featuring in the 2018 queen\u2019s birthday honours list . annette has worked incredibly hard\u2026\nuniquely in this sector , energy4all has developed the expertise to raise capital through fsa - approved regulated public share offers .\nenergy4all was set up to enable people to share ownership of renewable electricity generation capacity through becoming members of a co - operative .\nless talk - more rock !\nsustainable # energy4all supporters @ linkinpark came by our # climate2014 social media zone . urltoken\nby encouraging local ownership of wind farms , energy4all ensures that more of the money earned from renewable energy generation stays in nearby communities .\nin its relationship with falck renewables , energy4all is also pioneering a new form of co - operation for mutual benefit of commercial and social enterprises .\nenergy4all will help ecsc develop the project to a professional standard . they will also provide administration and management services to ecsc through a service agreement .\nenergy4all will help rces develop the project to a professional standard . they will also provide administration and management services to rces through a service agreement .\nthe first initiative of energy4all foundation ( nl ) is getting wings ! nice is a semi commercial franchising concept of small scale renewable energy and internet centers for local communities in developing countries driven by local entrepreneurs . nice is the first initiative of energy4all , a non - profit foundation based in the netherlands .\nco - operatives that wholly own a renewable energy facility are responsible for all stages in the project\u2019s development , construction and operation , with support from energy4all . for these co - operatives , the process usually starts with a group of interested individuals approaching energy4all . if energy4all takes on the project and the necessary agreements are signed , work starts on gaining planning permission for the potential site , and taking the steps required to set up a co - operative , including extensive financial modelling .\nenergy4all has been involved in the development of the project , and manages the day - to - day operations of westmill co - op through a management contract .\nwe are gearing up to build our first mini - grid that will bring modern energy for the first time in the lives of 1000 people . # energy4all urltoken\nenergy4all is a non profit distributing organisation dedicated to helping communities around the uk to own renewable energy schemes . energy4all itself is owned by the community co - operatives it creates and is unique in the uk . it was established in 2002 by the successful baywind energy co - op in cumbria and has now set up ( and administers ) 12 additional co - ops .\nenergy4all is a non profit distributing organisation dedicated to helping communities around the uk to own renewable energy schemes . energy4all itself is owned by the community co - operatives it creates and is unique in the uk . it was established in 2002 by the successful baywind energy co - op in cumbria and has now set up ( and administers ) 22 additional co - ops .\nthe majority of energy4all\u2019s revenue is earned through fees paid for development and for administration . development fees are paid to energy4all from the proceeds of the share offer , and are equal to around 5 % of the full capital cost of the project . these fees cover getting planning permission , setting up the co - operative and running a share offer , which for a free - standing wind project can easily cost over \u00a3200 , 000 . administration fees are paid by the co - operatives to energy4all to provide a package of management services . in this way all the co - operatives benefit from the economies of scale of having eight co - operatives in the energy4all \u2018family\u2019 . fees vary according to exactly what is required and the history of the project .\nenergy4all has grown to become a family of 23 independent renewable - energy co - operatives . our co - operatives have 13 , 250 individual members and have created 30mw of electricity capacity .\nonce a site is commissioned , all operating costs , and costs of finance , are taken out of the income from electricity sales . all of energy4all\u2019s established co - operatives are profitable businesses .\nenergy4all works with falck to introduce the idea of co - operative ownership to the communities , during the consultation and planning stages . once the wind farm has approval and construction is starting , energy4all then supports the co - operative board in marketing a share offer , so that by the time local co - operative members have bought their shares , the wind farm is ready to generate electricity .\nenergy4all has brought behaviour change to the world of investment , by making it possible for people in the uk to invest in renewable energy generation with as little as \u00a3250 . energy4all estimates that an investment of \u00a32 , 000 in one of its co - operatives enables the generation of at least as much electricity as an average uk home uses ( between 3 and 5 mwh / year ) .\nenergy4all co - operatives pay a return to their members , the level of which depends largely on the wind levels over time . there is also a commitment to return members\u2019 capital at the end of the project\u2019s life .\nenergy4all has dealt with these issues to enable community ownership of renewable energy . this is achieved by setting up co - operatives that own wind farm capacity and carrying out regulated share offers to allow communities to buy into them .\nenergy4all was established by baywind co - op on a not - for - profit basis in 2002 for the sole purpose of facilitating the ownership and operation of renewable energy projects by local or community - based co - operatives .\nenergy4all has always been keen to include technologies other than wind power , but only technologies that are financially viable on an appropriate scale can be supported by the its model , due to the costs of running a regulated share offer .\nownership of a complete wind farm is normally beyond the means of a community cooperative . energy4all therefore developed a model in which the community owns one or more turbines in a larger commercially - owned project , with the main developer looking after the planning and construction process . after experiencing significant challenges with this model , energy4all\u2019s policy is now only to adopt such projects if the division of the site can be incorporated from the start , to avoid legal and financial complications .\nin 2011 the total output from wind farm capacity owned by energy4all co - operatives was 45 , 290 mwh . this renewable electricity avoids fossil fuel generation and its associated environmental impacts , including greenhouse gas emissions , local air pollution and the impact of mining and drilling . energy4all uses a conservative figure of 430 kg co 2 e avoided per mwh of renewable generation . on this basis avoided co 2 emissions in 2011 were 19 , 500 tonnes of co 2 e .\nby encouraging local ownership of wind farms , energy4all ensures that more of the money earned from renewable energy generation stays in nearby communities . other local income is also generated through rent paid to the landowner , business rates paid to the local council , and any local staff employed for managing and monitoring of the wind farms . jobs have also been created at energy4all , with the staff growing from three when it was founded in 2002 to thirteen full and part - time employees in 2012 .\nif planning permission is granted , energy4all manages the raising of the required capital finance through share offers and commercial bank loans . the co - operative launches a share offer document , which explains the model and the risks , before inviting people to invest and become members . once finance is in place , work starts on implementing the detailed plans to build the wind farm . the timescale from initiation to commissioning for a wind project is often several years , making stamina a key attribute for both community groups and energy4all .\nfor remote areas where projects tend to be much larger , and populations much smaller , energy4all has developed another unique business model , in this case with a commercial developer , falck renewables . this is based on a revenue - sharing agreement where the co - operative raises capital ( around \u00a31 . 5 million ) to purchase a small stake in the project . falck deals with the planning , construction and operation of the site , while energy4all is responsible for creating , launching and supporting the new community co - operative .\nenergy4all has set up four different types of co - operative . in each case co - operative members can invest from \u00a3250 to \u00a320 , 000 , and if a share offer is oversubscribed , preference is given to maximising the number of local people sharing ownership .\nuniquely in this sector , energy4all has developed the expertise to raise capital through fsa - approved regulated public share offers . this process is relatively onerous and expensive , but has enabled energy4all to secure commercial bank finance to assist co - operatives with the capital cost of their projects . it only supports renewable energy projects that are potentially viable businesses and not grant - dependent ; to date , only wind power projects have met these criteria , though the introduction of the feed - in tariff may open other possibilities such as solar pv and hydro in the future .\nlooking forward to # seforallforum in # lisbon . hopefully with fruitful discussions & decisions reg . # climateaction # energy4all # endpoverty # minigrids # ruralelectrification # energyaccess # renewables # solar # sdgs # sdg7 # seforall # africa @ seforallorg @ devex @ sida @ worldbank @ dfid _ uk urltoken\nthe energy4all philosophy is to provide a lifetime support structure for community ownership of renewable energy , combining business efficiency with co - operative structures and ethics . it uses innovative business models to establish co - operatives that can develop and operate renewable energy schemes on an efficient scale and overcome the substantial barriers to entry that typically face community groups .\nenergy4all was established in 2002 by members of the baywind co - operative , which also provided the initial investment . it is a limited company , but its memorandum and articles commit it to operating on a non - profit - distributing basis . it has a relatively flat salary structure with none of its 13 employees earning more than three times the lowest salary paid and the directors\u2019 emoluments are lower than in a profit maximising company . each director has one share in energy4all , and each co - operative it has founded also has at least one share , resulting in the company running in a similar manner to a traditional cooperative . turnover was around \u00a3650 , 000 in 2011 / 12 .\nenergy4all is currently managing eight co - operatives , with between 500 and 2 , 500 members each ; in total there are 7 , 690 co - operative members , who together have invested over \u00a316 million to buy into wind farms , ( including \u00a31 million in energy prospects ) . the equivalent total generation capacity owned is over 20 mw .\nenergy4all promotes co - operation between its member co - operatives in order to encourage best practice and mutual support . it also provides information and advice on renewable energy cooperatives to many organisations , from government departments to small community groups . in particular it has provided long term support for the findhorn community in its efforts to become self - sufficient in energy .\nenergy4all demonstrates the power of co - operation in the renewables sector . we work with communities to develop innovative renewable energy projects , we then raise the funds those projects need to go forward , we bring high - quality project managers to support the construction process and finally we work with directors to help them manage the projects over the long - term .\nin the past , energy4all was limited by finance in the number of co - operatives it could be setting up at any one time . however , the partnership with falck and the establishment of the energy prospects co - operative have alleviated this , since falck funds the cash flow for launching co - operatives on its sites , and the energy prospects co - operative can fund the planning process for some new community owned wind farms .\nwhen energy4all sets up a new co - operative , the shares are marketed principally in the immediate vicinity of the planned wind farm , with limited publicity in the wider area , and the rest of the uk . this promotes local ownership of renewable energy generation , and also increases the acceptance of wind farms . co - operatives donate a proportion of their earnings to charitable work focused on sustainable energy in the local area , for example installing insulation in community buildings , or sponsoring educational initiatives in local schools including site visits .\nthere is growing interest in the uk in investing in renewable sources of electricity , but not everyone has a suitable location to install renewable energy equipment , or sufficient money to pay for an entire system .\npeople like to feel their investment is going into something worthwhile , as well as getting a reasonable return .\nwe are excited to announce the 2018 ashden award winners . ten innovative organisations have been chosen as the best in sustainable energy . read on to see who our four uk winners and six international winners are , and to learn more about their impressive work in the sector .\nwith uk energy supplies declining , electricity prices rising and co 2 emissions still too high , it\u2019s not surprising that a growing number people are interested in investing in renewable sources of electricity . however , not everyone owns a suitable house or land on which to install renewable energy equipment , or they may not have sufficient money to pay for an entire system themselves . joint community ownership is possible , but significant legal , financial and technical issues need to be dealt with for this to happen , and development of community - owned renewables in the uk is far behind many other countries in europe .\nin particular it has provided long term support for the findhorn community in its efforts to become self - sufficient in energy .\nat several of the wind farms with co - operative investment , measures have been taken to improve the habitat surrounding the turbines , to promote biodiversity .\ni feel so proud that my husband and i have enabled them to be part of the solution to the enormous problems that climate change is presenting humanity with , and i can\u2019t thank enough all those involved , for making westmill wind farm happen .\ncommunity involvement : members of the westmill wind farm co - operative \u2018hug\u2019 one of their turbines .\nthere may also be interesting new opportunities to develop regional co - operatives that link several individual turbines under the fit regime .\na warm welcome to lee , our new financial controller . lee will be assisting our finance director with the preparation of\u2026\nbelow are links to some of the other co - ops in the e4a family .\nclick on the video to see what our members have to say about why they invested in a renewable energy co - op .\nrenewable energy will never run out , does not produce carbon dioxide and is available to everyone regardless of their location .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nenergy . sustainable development needs energy . energy provides the basis for the development of modern forms of healthcare , education , transport , production and communication . many developing countries face a lack of affordable , reliable and clean energy . solutions to this shortage are usually found not in large - scale power generation , but rather in small - scale installations in the direct environment of the entrepreneur , school or household . these often concern renewable energy , tailored to the potential of the specific location .\na nice international ict4d failure nice international was offering telecenters with sustainable solar energy \u2013 so called nicecentres \u2013 to unleash the potential of people in developing countries .\nnew study : renewable energies provide great potential for socio - economic development in africa . new study : renewable energies provide great potential for socio - economic development in africa . the study can be downloaded at urltoken\n\u00a9 2015 edinburgh community solar limited trading as edinburgh community solar co - op all rights reserved .\nwe ' ve detected that javascript is disabled in your browser . would you like to proceed to legacy twitter ?\n# nfp building # cooperative ownership of # communityenergy . where people are at the heart of # renewableenergy\nwill be one of the world ' s largest single site solar power projects . a giant stride in renewable & sustainable energy .\nservices delivery sector . in a fancy hotel . funded by the company to be audited . how to reach affordable , reliable\ntwitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup . try again or visit twitter status for more information .\nyou can add location information to your tweets , such as your city or precise location , from the web and via third - party applications . you always have the option to delete your tweet location history . learn more\nhere ' s the url for this tweet . copy it to easily share with friends .\nby embedding twitter content in your website or app , you are agreeing to the twitter developer agreement and developer policy .\nnot on twitter ? sign up , tune into the things you care about , and get updates as they happen .\nthis timeline is where you\u2019ll spend most of your time , getting instant updates about what matters to you .\nhover over the profile pic and click the following button to unfollow any account .\nwhen you see a tweet you love , tap the heart \u2014 it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love .\nthe fastest way to share someone else\u2019s tweet with your followers is with a retweet . tap the icon to send it instantly .\nadd your thoughts about any tweet with a reply . find a topic you\u2019re passionate about , and jump right in .\nyellow pages vanuatu is the official on - 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{"id": 55651, "summary": [{"text": "air europe was a wholly privately owned , independent british airline , established in 1978 under the working title inter european airways .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "it adopted the air europe name the following year .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "its head office was in reigate , surrey , then in crawley , west sussex .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "its main operating base was at london gatwick airport where it commenced commercial airline operations in may 1979 with three brand-new boeing 737-200 advanced jet aircraft .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "air europe was the brainchild of errol cossey and martin o'regan , two former dan-air executives , and harry goodman , who had founded intasun leisure during the early 1970s .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "goodman became the airline 's main private financial backer , and in so doing expanded his role as chairman of the international leisure group ( ilg ) , the parent company of both companies .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "air europe was the main supplier of charter seats to intasun leisure , which grew during the 1980s to become the uk 's second-largest package tour operator ( after the market leader thomson ) .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "air europe expanded during the 1980s with a major scheduled presence on short-haul european trunk routes taking off and landing at london gatwick .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "towards the end of the decade it became the first non-state incepted airline to become pan-european , setting up subsidiaries elsewhere in europe and it acquired two small airlines , forming the nucleus of a new air europe express regional airline subsidiary .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "the acquired slots at gatwick enabled it to increase frequencies as well as launch new scheduled routes .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "by the end of the decade it had become gatwick 's largest resident airline operator .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "air europe 's success came to an end - the cost of borrowing rose ( to the detriment of highly debt-leveraged companies ) and financial problems beset its parent company from late 1989 thus ilg and its uk-based subsidiaries \u2014 including air europe \u2014 went bankrupt on 8 march 1991 . ", "topic": 24}], "title": "air europe", "paragraphs": ["united states air forces in europe > u . s . air force > fact sheet display\nwe analyse status and trends of air quality in europe from 2002 to 2011 .\nflight deal : u . s . to europe from $ 99 on primera air\nair europa : air europa is spain ' s third largest airline , headquartered in mallorca , spain . air europa flies to 44 destinations throughout europe .\nair leo airline business plan executive summary . air leo is a new regional airline aiming at linking western europe with the rapidly expanding markets of southeastern europe and turkey .\nwow air is launching $ 55 flights from the u . s . to europe .\nnorwegian air announces new routes from u . s . to europe , with fares from $ 65\nair quality in europe \u2014 2017 report\npresents an updated analysis of air quality and its impacts , based on official data from more than 2 500 monitoring stations across europe in 2015 .\ncurrent air quality legislation in europe will lead to significant improvements in particulate matter pollution , but without further emission control efforts , many areas of europe will continue to see air pollution levels . . .\nflight deal : u . s . to europe from $ 99 on primera air - cond\u00e9 nast traveler\nair berlin : maintaining flight hubs at both berlin ' s tegel airport and dusseldorf airport , air berlin offers flights to 114 destinations in europe and across the world . air berlin is germany ' s second largest airline and the ninth largest in europe .\nair pollution harms human health and the environment . in europe , emissions of many air pollutants have decreased substantially over the past decades , resulting in improved air quality across the region . however , air pollutant concentrations are still too high , and air quality problems persist . a significant proportion of europe\u2019s population live in areas , especially cities , where exceedances of air quality standards occur . more\nemissions of the main air pollutants in europe have declined in recent decades , resulting in generally improved air quality across the region ,\nthe report said .\nu . s . air forces in europe web banner . ( u . s . air force graphic by andy yacenda , defense media activity - san antonio )\nvan air europe a . s . has been offering services in the field of commercial aviation since 2004 in cooperation with\nnorwegian air announces new routes from u . s . to europe , with fares from $ 65 - cond\u00e9 nast traveler\nnorwegian airlines : norwegian air is one of the largest low - cost airlines in europe , offering flights to 132 destinations throughout europe . norwegian airlines ' flight hub is located at oslo airport .\nthe surf air europe fleet will be g - registered in the uk and operated by tag on its aircraft operator\u2019s certificate .\nwizz air : wizz air is a hungarian budget airline that operates primarily out of budapest ' s ferenc liszt international airport . wizz air is the largest airline in hungary , offering flights to 35 countries in europe and the middle east .\nin july 1997 , am joined several other carriers ( air comores , air france , air madagascar , and air seychelles ) in establishing a regional feeder airline called air ocean indien ( aoi ) . coordination difficulties between the founding airlines , however , prevented aoi from taking off .\n2016 europe : fedex corporation acquired tnt express , one of the world\u2019s largest express delivery companies , which offers road and air delivery services in europe , the middle east and africa , asia pacific , and the americas .\nair mauritius : managing director replaced at air company ,\nindian ocean newsletter , march 31 , 2001 .\nnearly a third of europe ' s urban population is exposed to air particles that breach european union limits , an official report said monday .\nthese changes bring air france more closely under the control of the air france - klm boss . they may also help to accelerate progress in industrial relations at air france .\nregions \u2013 africa , arabia , asia , asia pacific , europe and the americas .\nionides , nicholas ,\nair mauritius adds scheduled freighter services ,\nair transport intelligence , october 22 , 2002 .\nthe us air force said on friday that a handful of f - 35s would head to europe as part of an initiative to deter russian aggression .\nair mauritius ordered five airbus a340s , two of them leased , in 1993 . the next year , the carrier began operating joint flights to neighboring territories with air madagascar and air austral of reunion island . the air austral link included connections to nairobi .\nair - india , air mauritius to relook at fares ,\nbusiness line ( india ) , february 12 , 1999 .\nbut now , when nearly half of air journeys in western europe and the u . s . are on budget carriers , is there room left for growth ?\nnorwegian air stole headlines thursday morning ( feb . 23 , 2017 ) when it rolled out $ 65 one - way fares from three northeast airports to europe .\nas frigid air sweeps across europe , the arctic itself is seeing an unprecedented warm spell . what ' s going on and does it relate to global warming ?\na norwegian air shuttle jet arriving in oslo from new york . the airline expects to have 37 nonstop routes between europe and the united states by this summer .\nvery surprised to see their rating and they claim they are # 1 in europe .\ncontinued improvements in air pollution levels are expected under current legislation , but beyond 2030 only slow progress is expected . additional measures are needed if europe is to achieve the long - term objective of air pollution levels that . . . more\nnorwegian and italian fighters patrol the baltics during a nato air - policing mission from an air base in lithuania , may 20 , 2015 .\nair france : nearly 47 million passengers travel on france ' s national airline every year . air france uses paris ' charles de gaulle airport as its travel hub and offers flights to more than 190 destinations in europe and across the world .\nof air europa ' s international seat capacity , about 66 % is deployed on routes to / from western europe . this equates to almost 56 , 000 weekly seats .\nthe majority of countries are making progress towards meeting their 2020 targets under the 2012 revised gothenburg protocol . as a result , air quality in europe is slowly improving . more\ncontext - air quality remains an important issue for public health , the economy and the environment . exposure to air pollution is largely a multi - pollutant process and poor air quality has a significant impact on health , as it contributes to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases . european policies of air quality have had considerable success in the past in reducing air pollution .\nemissions of the main air pollutants in europe have declined in the period 2002\u20132011 . this resulted in improved air quality across the region \u2014 at least with respect to certain pollutants . however , a significant proportion of europe ' s population lives in cities , where air quality standards are still exceeded regularly . particulate matter ( pm ) and ozone ( o 3 ) pollution are associated with serious health risks , and exposure to high levels of organic pollutants , in particular polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ( pahs ) is a growing health concern in europe .\neurope aims to have a strong , growing and low - carbon industry with closed material cycles . currently , industry remains a significant source of pollutant releases to europe\u2019s environment . releases of pollutants to air and water by european industry have generally decreased during the last decade . environmental regulation and improved pollutant abatement technology , among other factors , have led to decreasing pollutant releases to air and water in europe . soil contamination in europe is , among other things , linked to industrial activity . waste transfers from industrial facilities in the eu have remained relatively stable in the last decade .\nsouthwest should initially pursue an alliance with low - cost carriers in markets such as europe and latin america .\nnevertheless , as our chart demonstrates , europe\u2019s fragmented market structure is an important factor in its low profitability .\nthe existence of the gulf stream makes possible the relatively temperate climates in europe and parts of north america .\nbut when emirates flies from dubai to new york by way of europe , they get worried .\ndespite considerable improvements in past decades , air pollution is still responsible for more than 400 000 premature deaths in europe each year . it also continues to damage vegetation and ecosystems . more\nwestern europe accounted for 22 % of all tourist arrivals as the western europe - maldives market grew by 4 % to about 220 , 000 . back in 2009 china accounted for only 9 % of tourists while western europe , which traditionally has been the largest source market for tourists in the maldives , accounted for 26 % .\nindoor air pollution from biological agents in indoor air related to damp and mould increases the risk of respiratory disease in children and adults by 50 % .\nsurf air europe chief executive simon talling - smith says the service is designed to bring \u201cvery large numbers of people into the private aviation space\nwho have never used business aircraft before .\nin the wake of this month ' s g20 summit in germany , several countries in eastern europe are moving to boost their air - defense capabilities , with the us aiding the effort .\nthis paper presents an overview and analysis of air quality in europe from 2002 to 2011 . it reviews progress towards meeting the requirements of the eu air quality directives , as well as the development of european air pollutant emissions over the last decade . an overview of the latest findings and estimates of the exposure of urban population and ecosystems to air pollution in europe is also given . the evaluation of the status and trends of air quality is based on ambient air measurements , in conjunction with data on anthropogenic emissions and their trends . the analysis covers up to 38 european countries , including eu member states and member countries of the european environment agency ( eea ) as of 2011 .\neurope\u2019s airline sector must press regulators to remove barriers to further consolidation , but this may be a lengthy process .\ngulf - based airlines etihad , qatar , and emirates have been rapidly expanding their networks in europe , from german feeder cities like berlin and cologne . but europe ' s flag carriers and their us allies are fighting back .\nparts of africa , eastern europe , india , china and the middle east are the biggest regional danger spots .\nthat\u2019s the lesson ( for me ) from europe . the vast majority of pilots in europe aren\u2019t interested in flying for transportation . it\u2019s about pure recreation . for that crowd , electric may be more practical than you think .\nair europa competes with iberia on seven of its ten largest international routes in terms of weekly seat capacity . madrid - paris orly is both carriers\u2019 largest route . eight of air europa ' s top 10 international routes ( based on seat capacity ) are within europe .\npoint of contact u . s . air forces in europe - air forces africa public affairs office ; unit 3050 , box 120 ; apo ae 09094 - 0120 ; dsn 314 - 480 - 6558 or commercial ( 011 ) 49 - 6371 - 47 - 6558 .\npublic company incorporated : 1967 employees : 2 , 500 sales : eur 360 . 44 million ( 2003 ) stock exchanges : mauritius ticker symbol : airm naic : 481111 scheduled passenger air transportation ; 481112 scheduled freight air transportation ; 481212 nonscheduled chartered freight air transportation ; 481211 nonscheduled chartered passenger air transportation ; 488190 other support activities for air transportation ; 721110 hotels ( except casino hotels ) and motels\nin france , transavia will focus on routes from paris orly to europe and from the french provinces to europe . it plans to reinforce its position on some routes to compete with the high speed train and the low cost carriers .\nmr gagey ' s role at air france has been split into two . the new ceo of air france is franck terner , who was previously executive vice president engineering and maintenance for the air france - klm group . the role of chairman of air france has been assumed by group ceo jean - marc janaillac .\nto be the acknowledged global leader in innovative air traffic solutions and airport performance .\nthere are specific requirements to being an air traffic controller , find out more .\n\u2013 since its inception the air transportation industry has been a dynamically changing industry .\n2017 paris air show produces an unexpected flurry of ordering . lessor purchasers were prominent\nthe strongest effects of poor air quality have been felt first in urban areas , where they cause health problems , and second in ecosystems , where air pollution impairs vegetation growth and where eutrophication due to air pollution has led to biodiversity loss .\na russian fighter jet flies near a us air force plane , june 2017 .\nzaventem , 26 may 2016 \u2013 sig air handling opened its 10th belgian distribution point in ostend this year . a noteworthy achievement that now gives the company no fewer than 100 distribution sites throughout europe .\nemissions of nox , sox , nh3 and nmvoc have decreased significantly in most countries between 1990 and 2012 . however , air pollution still causes significant harm to health and the environment in europe . more\nhe points out that in europe there are few markets able to support a stand - alone long - haul operation .\nright now in europe and u . s . no foreign company can dominate the domestic flights in the other country .\nthe irish market leader in the express movement of both groupage and full loads between ireland , the uk and europe .\nthey don ' t just claim it . they were voted best airline in europe in the skytrax world airline awards .\ntake advantage of our deals on flights to europe , whether for a last - minute getaway or an upcoming vacation .\nlondon has been found to be one of the most polluted places in europe . photograph : mike hewitt / getty images\nthe day before air france - klm ' s trust together announcement , it announced some key senior management changes at air france and at the group . fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric gagey , previously chairman and ceo of air france , has become the chief financial officer of air france - klm , as replacement for the departing pierre - francois riolacci .\nair facts was first published in 1938 by leighton collins , dedicated to \u201cthe development of private air transportation . \u201d it\u2019s a different world now , and it\u2019s a different air facts . relaunched in 2011 as an online journal , air facts still champions , educates , informs and entertains pilots worldwide with real - world flying experiences .\nthe air cargo or air freight segments make up a substantial portion of the industry as well . cargo sections are those that hold scheduled flights for shipment of cargo .\nhe added that there are two main air routes in and out of qatar - over saudi arabia and bahrain with the latter controlling most of the gulf air space .\neurope already has the highest penetration of lccs of any region in the world and lccs ' market share continues to grow .\nfor ge ,\na strong presence in europe brings a different perspective on the world ,\nsaid mr . procacci .\n1 . to establish and operate a new regional airline aiming specifically at linking western europe with the rapidly expanding markets of southeastern europe and turkey , and linking southeastern european destinations , via western european hubs , to trans - atlantic and global destinations .\ndue to the low fares , no personal convenience for the air traveler was included .\nnorwegian air shuttle\u2019s long - haul business model . \u201cflag of convenience\u201d or fair competition ?\nba increases share in air mauritius ,\ntimes , november 28 , 1994 .\nlower air mauritius profits ,\nindian ocean newsletter , september 27 , 1997 .\n132 cities in 23 countries are breaching eu laws on air quality . [ 3 ]\nsome 40 million people in the 115 largest cities in the european union ( eu ) are exposed to air exceeding who air quality guideline values for at least one pollutant .\nthe implementation of the single european sky ( various legislative packages , 2004 - 2014 ) has resulted in a considerable increase of air traffic and the number of air carriers .\nthanks to legislation , technology and moves away from heavily polluting fossil fuels in many countries , europe\u2019s air quality has been improving in recent decades . however , many people continue to be negatively affected by air pollution , especially in cities . given its complexity , tackling air pollution requires taking coordinated action at many levels . to get citizens involved , providing them timely information in an accessible way is essential . our recently launched air quality index does just that . improvements in air quality would not only benefit our health , but could also help tackle climate change .\nnow with a global subscription business model powered by zuora , as it launches into europe ( beginning with london , zurich , luxembourg , ibiza and cannes ) , surf air will continue to be able to forecast revenues and deliver a custom experience that far exceeds what is offered by legacy air carriers .\nflights from madrid depart from barajas airport to destinations all around europe including london , paris , amsterdam , rome , berlin and barcelona . madrid ' s barajas airport is a flight hub for iberia and air europa .\nnorwegian airlines has been teasing $ 69 flights to europe from select spots in the united states for almost a full year now .\nif finally confirmed , it would represent a momentous development for the industry in europe , since ryanair is europe ' s largest low - cost airline , while the scandinavian carrier has the most ambitious long - haul low - cost expansion program in the continent .\npartnerships , may therefore hold the key to the development of a proper long - haul low - cost airline industry in europe .\nour analysis reveals five broad categories of airline in europe , two of which cover full service carriers and three for the lccs .\nair europa also needs to develop connections and feed from europe to its growing latin american routes to compensate for the fall in demand in the spanish market . ( air europa ' s expansion in latin america will be analysed in a separate article focusing on the carrier ' s long - haul strategy . )\nthe city of london has been found to be one of the most polluted places in europe after monitoring equipment recorded dangerous levels of minute particles for the 36th time this year . under eu rules , britain is allowed no more than 35\nbad air\ndays in the whole year , and now faces court cases and unlimited fines by europe .\nworsening urban air pollution has been described as a \u2018public health crisis\u2019 and has led to growing demands from communities for urgent action . ensuring large power plants use the best available techniques to reduce pollution will lead to significant reductions in emissions and have a positive effect on air quality across europe , including in cities .\nfollowing the first of several international acquisitions , intercontinental operations began in 1984 with service to europe and asia . the following year , federal express marked its first regular scheduled flight to europe . in 1988 , the company initiated direct - scheduled cargo service to japan .\ncarbon monoxide is a colourless , odourless , tasteless gas that is slightly lighter than air .\nat the end of 3q2016 , air france had 105 widebodies and klm had 68 , so the new operation will represent less than 10 % of air france ' s long haul fleet and less than 6 % of air france - klm group ' s long haul fleet .\n2017 paris air show produces an unexpected flurry of ordering . lessor purchasers were prominent | capa\nthe success of the joint force depends upon air force capabilities , requiring ai . . .\nhappy # warthogwednesday ! the 190th fighter squadron of the idaho air national g . . .\nthis report presents an overview and analysis of air quality in europe , from around 2002 to 2011 . air quality remains an important issue for public health , the economy and the environment . exposure to air pollution is largely a multi - pollutant process and poor air quality has a significant impact on health , as it contributes to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases . it has an impact on the economy through medical costs and lost productivity , and it has an impact on the environment as well , affecting directly the health of the ecosystems , or through impact on the quality of water and soil . european policies of air quality have had considerable success in the past in reducing air pollution .\nthere are many cities in europe that are within hundreds of miles that southwest can provide cheap , enjoy able , unique flying experience .\nthroughout the 1980s the airline continued to thrive , and was one of the major carriers in western europe . but it didn\u2019t last .\n) and tiny pieces of harmful dust known as \u2018particulate matter\u2019 ( pm ) . these toxic substances are linked to a host of health and environmental issues including the development of asthma in children and polluting of europe\u2019s air and water .\nnorwegian air ' s $ 65 fares to europe : what\u2019s the catch ? the $ 65 one - way prices are \u201cintroductory\u201d fares , but it ' s the fees that really add up . check out this story on urltoken urltoken\nair india , not always seen as an innovative carrier , ties with uk ' s thomson in third place for number of new routes opened by the 787 . each has opened four . three of air india ' s new 787 routes are in europe ( birmingham , milan / rome served jointly and finally moscow ) . air india ' s fourth route is in australia , where melbourne and sydney are served jointly .\nseamless air freight service to and from any location world wide . together with exclusive partner hellmann world wide , ace express air can enhance the competitiveness , speed and reliability of every client .\nprimera air isn\u2019t the first airline to offer $ 99 transatlantic flights . iceland - based wow air launched $ 99 tickets from boston to paris and amsterdam in 2015 , and earlier this year , norwegian air kicked off $ 65 flights from providence to europe . like its competitors , primera air\u2019s almost too - good - to - be - true offering comes with some fine print . the biggest catch ? the flights are only one way , meaning you\u2019ll have to open your wallet again to get back to boston .\nflights from berlin reach most major destinations in both eastern and western europe . berlin ' s tegel airport offers flights to intercontinental destinations as well as major cities in europe from flag - carrying airlines , while berlin ' s sch\u00f6nefeld airport typically caters to budget airlines and their european destinations . berlin ' s tegel airport functions as a flight hub for air berlin and eurowings .\nu . s . air forces in europe shield ( color ) . image provided by the air force historical research agency . in accordance with chapter 3 of afi 84 - 105 , commercial reproduction of this emblem is not permitted without the permission of the proponent organizational / unit commander . the image is 6x6 inches @ 300 ppi\nthe eea regularly reports on the state of the pan - european environment as a support to the unece ' environment for europe ' process .\nnew trade agreements and the strategic collaboration with the grimaldi group confirm arcese as one of europe\u2019s main operators in the development of intermodal transport .\ncombine that with numerous labor strikes and the higher cost of doing business in europe , and the eu airlines find themselves in a bind .\nexactly what that translates to in terms of the future face of northern europe in particular , is , rahmstorf adds , impossible to predict .\nair pollution remains the single largest environmental cause of premature death in urban europe , and was linked to around 467 , 000 early deaths in 41 european countries in 2013 , according to an analysis of data from more than 400 cities .\nplay our games to discover if you have what it takes to be an air traffic controller .\nit ' s a conundrum that may well redefine the air travel experience for years to come .\nthis is what air france - klm has done with transavia and lufthansa with germanwings and eurowings .\nan example of a possible target acquisition could be access air based out of des moines iowa .\nair mauritius on its way out ,\nindian ocean newsletter , may 17 , 2003 .\nu . s . air forces central command published its monthly airpower summary june 18th . . .\nair defense has not been a priority for the last 15 years when nato was busy in afghanistan , dealing with piracy and peacekeeping ,\nhe said .\nthere was not much of an air threat but now that russia is building up air forces , it is different .\nwe will return to the subject of europe\u2019s weak margins and the prospects for european airline consolidation elsewhere in this report . at this point , suffice to say that further meaningful consolidation in europe is likely to be difficult as long as restrictions remain on market access and ownership and control .\nmay 8th was the 70th anniversary of ve day , victory in europe day , a day dedicated to celebrating the unconditional surrender of nazi germany ' s armed forced on may 8th , 1945 . some pretty incredible things happened in the skies over europe during the course of the war .\nin the past , it had been thought that the group was looking to develop a joint venture with etihad , with which both air france and klm have codeshare agreements . this has been stalled by air france - klm ' s ongoing anti - gulf rhetoric and , apparently , by etihad ' s strategic pursuit of minority equity investments in a number of airlines , including airberlin , darwin airline , air serbia and alitalia in europe .\nbeyond the listed airlines , europe has a large number of mainly small and unprofitable airlines , which drag down the aggregate margin of the continent\u2019s airline sector . europe\u2019s traffic growth and load factors are relatively healthy by world standards , but its margins are held back by its fragmented market structure .\nwith only small operations to destinations outside europe ( or none at all ) , most of them attempt to create virtual long - haul networks through codeshares and alliance membership . nevertheless , the benefits of global alliances are not universally appreciated by all of europe\u2019s small and mid size legacy airlines .\neurope\u2019s airlines in aggregate have the second lowest ebit margin among the world\u2019s regions . according to iata , only africa was less profitable in 2014 .\n[ 7 ] g . bisignani , \u201cstate of the air transport industry\u201d , address to the annual general meeting , international air transport association , vancouver , june 2006 , www . iata . org .\nhowever , although confrontation may not always yield the desired results , compromise often stores up problems for the future . air france - klm has persistently been the weakest of europe ' s big three legacy airline groups in financial results over many years .\nmarket factors favor inauguration of a new airline to meet the demand for additional , higher - quality passenger and cargo service linking western europe with the rapidly expanding markets of southeastern europe and turkey , and linking southeastern european destinations , via western european hubs , to trans - atlantic and global destinations .\nmove beyond air strikes . military engagement against the islamic state must not be limited to the air . it should also encompass ground operations by syrian and iraqi military groups that coordinate with the international coalition .\nlos angeles , june 27 , 2018 - air lease corporation ( nyse : al ; . . .\nlos angeles , june 20 , 2018 - air lease corporation ( nyse : al ; . . .\nlos angeles , california , june 11 , 2018 - air lease corporation ( nyse : . . .\naengus kelly , ceo of aercap , speaks to bloomberg tv asia at the singapore air show 2018 .\nair carriers should contact the irish aviation authority ( urltoken ) where approval is required for safety reasons .\nair europa will begin a four times daily madrid - valencia operation on 29 - oct - 2012 . the carrier has said it will use helitt atr 72s for this service . at present , air nostrum is the only operator of this route . air nostrum flights come under the iberia regional franchise brand .\nair mauritius ' s new organizational chart ,\nindian ocean newsletter , april 6 , 2002 .\nalmost nine out of 10 european city dwellers breathe air that is harmful to their health , though the continent ' s air quality is slowly improving , the european environment agency ( eea ) said wednesday .\nemission reductions have led to improvements in air quality in europe , but not enough to avoid unacceptable damage to human health and the environment ,\neea executive director hans bruyninckx said in a statement in connection with the agency ' s annual report .\nlaunched in 2013 in california , surf air is the easy and smart way to fly . the world\u2019s first membership club of its kind , surf air simplifies flying by providing limitless flights in the surf air network for a monthly fee . servicing california , vegas and european destinations , surf air is redefining the future of flying and living for its members . featured in the la times , wall street journal , bbc , cnbc , fox business and many other media outlets for disrupting the air travel industry , the airline provides exclusive service on executive aircraft to and from convenient airports in the us and europe including london , zurich and cannes with service to additional locations to follow . for additional information visit urltoken , or follow surf air at urltoken , urltoken and urltoken .\nhere\u2019s an incentive to finally plan that trip to europe : $ 99 nonstop flights to france and england will be leaving from logan airport next year .\nwilson , previously netjets europe coo , became president and ceo of the company in january 2013 . he is based at the company\u2019s headquarters in portugal .\nnew research suggests the gulf stream system that grants europe and parts of north america its temperate climate cannot weather global warming . should we be worried ?\nthe proposed new airline ' s mission , simply stated , is to fill a niche in the growing air - travel and cargo markets linking western europe , and points beyond , to southeastern europe and turkey ; to achieve high , and profitable , load factors by identifying and serving key routes and city pairs currently unserved , under - served , or poorly served , and where significant unmet demand exists ; and to set a new standard for air service and professionalism both within the target market region and beyond .\nthe airline offered 20 percent of its shares on the stock exchange of mauritius in november 1994 . british airways , which competed with air mauritius on an indian ocean route , owned about 13 percent of the company . at the time , air mauritius had a 60 percent share of the local air travel market .\n13 ) by may 8th , 1945 , the 8th , 9th and 15th air force ' s p - 51 pilots claimed 4 , 950 enemy aircraft shot down . that was about half of all usaaf claims in the european theater , the most claimed by any allied fighter in air - to - air combat .\nbritain\u2019s decision is , however , the latest indication of how swiftly governments and the public in europe have turned against diesel and internal combustion engines in general .\nwelcome to bravofly , the internet site you can use to find all traditional and low cost airline flights as well as belle air europe flights . put our search engine to the test , you will be amazed by the different solutions belle air europe it offers you . after 10 years experience looking for belle air europe flights , we at bravofly know that finding a flight that suits you perfectly is really difficult . that\u2019s why we give you the chance to refine your searches using various filters . if you are still not sure , have a look at the flight offers we have selected for you from the most frequent searches performed by our users for belle air europe flights . when you have bought your airline tickets , stay on our site a little longer and download the bravofly smartphone app . you can look for and buy flights and check their status in one free app . on bravofly , you not only find flights but anything that may be useful - when travelling , whether for business or pleasure , you can always rely on our services .\nlos angeles , june 26 , 2018 - today air lease corporation ( nyse : al ; . . .\nlos angeles , may , 11 , 2018 - air lease corporation ( nyse : al ) . . .\nmore information is available on www . airmalta . com , by calling air malta\u2019s call centre on + 356 21662211 , from air malta sales office at malta international airport or from travel agents in malta or tunis .\nair mauritius may extend south links ,\nbusiness line ( india ) , february 18 , 1999 .\nat the revenue level , air france - klm aims to develop its alliances and commercial integration with partners .\nvictoria embankment in london . there are rising concerns over air pollution in britain , particularly in large cities .\na defra spokesman said :\nthe mayor and london boroughs are responsible for local air quality in london . the mayor has published a draft air quality strategy which includes specific measures to reduce pm10 and no2 pollution .\nnew to air facts ? this list of popular articles is a great place to get started . read more\neurope is still a big market for the maldives , with all regions of europe accounting for 54 % of tourist arrivals in 2012 . carriers from the middle east now provide over 23 , 000 weekly seats in the male market , accounting for over 30 % of all international seats in the market . almost all of this capacity is allocated to passengers originating in europe as there were only 22 , 000 nationals from middle eastern countries that holidayed in the maldives in 2012 .\nlondon \u2014 scrambling to combat a growing air pollution crisis , britain announced on wednesday that sales of new diesel and gas cars would reach the end of the road by 2040 , the latest step in europe\u2019s battle against the damaging environmental impact of the internal combustion engine .\nwow air is taking an ever bigger bite of the europe - us market . last november it began flights to newark , while this summer will see the icelandic lclh ( low - cost long - haul ) carrier begin new flights from reykjavik / keflavik to miami ( in april ) and pittsburgh ( in june ) . only airberlin and norwegian have added more seats on routes connecting europe and the us between s16 and s17 .\nbenefiting from low fuel costs , strong demand and the collapse of air berlin , the german flag carrier has reported record profits for 2017 . but the air is getting thinner at the top of the european aviation business .\nalthough air pollutants and greenhouse gases often come from the same sources , international agreements generally treat them separately . one way that european policy seeks to connect climate and air quality policies is through the inclusion . . . more\nwhile norwegian ' s $ 65 fares to europe include taxes , the advertised return fares do not and are higher . how much higher depends on the route .\nwe are not an airline . we are one of the most popular air charter service companies in the global aviation market for providing comprehensive chartering and acmi / wet leasing options . in the middle east , europe , cis , africa , asia , americas and pacific regions .\nit is harder for these airlines to build sufficient scale , a drawback that air france - klm appeared to recognise when it announced plans to establish transavia europe with bases outside the netherlands and france , only to drop these plans in the face of opposition from its pilots .\nsee the people , places , and stories that make surf air the best - connected club in the skies .\n\u2013 growth potential in the global travel market has led to a drive for globalization in the air travel industry .\ndelta airlines provides air transportation for passengers and cargo throughout the united states and to various parts around the world .\nlos angeles , july 5 , 2018 - air lease corporation ( nyse : al ) will host . . .\nlos angeles , may 17 , 2018 - air lease corporation ( nyse : al ; \u201calc\u201d ) . . .\nair mauritius ltd .\ninternational directory of company histories . . retrieved july 09 , 2018 from urltoken urltoken\n1 . orbiting scroll member and 2 . fixed scroll member are mated to create compression chambers . the continual rotary movement of the orbiting scroll member compresses air from the atmosphere creating oil - free and contaminant - free air .\na star air boeing 767 - 200 freighter lands at toulouse - blagnac airport in france in may of 2015 .\ngrowing european expansion and increase in scale sig plc wants to significantly expand its air handling activities in europe . with the name change last year from air trade centre belgium to sig air handling belgium and its recent acquisitions , sig plc has strengthened its position on the international market . after the acquisition in september 2015 of the hc group ( with sites in the netherlands and great britain ) , profant in austria ( urltoken ) and interland techniek in the netherlands ( urltoken ) were also recently taken over .\nalmost economic and societal activities produce air pollutants in one form or another . policies implemented at the european , national and sectorial level have over time resulted in decreased emissions of many air pollutants and have led to acceptable air quality levels across europe for some pollutants , e . g . carbon monoxide ( co ) and lead ( pb ) . nevertheless , road transport , industry , power plants , households and agricultural activities continue to emit significant amounts of air pollution . biomass ( from agriculture and forestry or coal ) combustion has become a more important source of air pollution . this is because wood burning is often relatively cheap , and is thought to be an environmentally friendly source of energy since it is renewable and carbon - neutral .\nfinnair : finland ' s national airline offers flights to 108 destinations across europe and the world . finnair ' s flight hub is located at helsinki - vantaa airport .\nany flights from the middle east with a stop in a european city allow the carrier to sell tickets on the portion of the trip between europe and the us .\nthe f - 35s will arrive in europe at a time when russian aircraft outnumbers \u2014 and in some cases can outperform \u2014 legacy us and european aircraft stationed there .\nlast week it showed why in hosting the annual aero show , a weeklong gathering of pilots and aviation enthusiasts from across europe . what was once a regional exhibition of ultralights and gliders has grown into the premier general aviation show in europe . it boasts a diverse and interesting mix of airplanes , with a focus on emerging technology .\nsig air handling offers expertise on improving air quality in interiors , both at home and at work . a healthy air quality in an indoor environment is vitally important for people\u00b4s comfort , safety and health . sig air handling therefore offers customised solutions for keeping the quality of the indoor climate healthy . for example , it works out complete solutions for hvac projects of professional installers and design offices by supplying a complete line of gratings , fans , air conditioning , fire dampers and air groups . thanks to its expertise in the various market segments , sig air handling offers applications for different types of interiors , ranging from offices and warehouses to stores , hospitals and schools . in addition , sig air handling wishes to even better support its customers by expanding the product and system offer , including climate ceilings , parking garage and tunnel ventilation and new service activities . a unique , fast distribution . sig air handling has already opened many distribution points so as to optimally support its professional installers . ostend can now boast of being home to the 10th distribution point in belgium . on the european level sig air handling has also developed a strong network , with a total of over 100 distribution centres . these distribution points confirm sig air handling\u00b4s steadfast determination to improve indoor air quality . thanks to the presence of sig air handling on the local market , installers get quick access to both the right products and up - to - date product knowledge . flexibility and technical support are also major advantages . at sig air handling\u00b4s one - stop shop , customers will also find easy and always accessible e - commerce solutions .\nif this means that some routes will be transferred from air france to transavia , this is a welcome move . under agreements with air france pilots , this has not been permitted , with the result that transavia ' s french operation has grown either by creating entirely new routes , or by flying alongside air france on a number of routes .\nan additional nuance is that the statement refers to the regional airline as ' air france hop ' , rather than simply ' hop ' . this suggests that it feels the need to reinforce hop ' s association with air france .\nthe european pollutant release and transfer register ( e - prtr ) ensures public access to information on pollutant releases to the environment from europe\u2019s largest facilities . updated e - prtr data have recently been published by the eea , including information on pollutant releases to the environment from some 33 000 facilities in europe for the period 2007 - 2016 . this briefing , based on updated e - prtr data for 2016 , presents information on heavy metal releases to air and water . it applies an eco - toxicity approach ( usetox model ) to illustrate spatially the combined environmental pressures on europe\u2019s environment caused by releases of the selected pollutants .\nthe expansion of the widebody fleet will also enable vietnam airlines to expand its european operation . the airline operates 25 weekly flights to europe across seven routes , none of which are served daily . mr thanh said a new destination in europe is possible , but the focus is on consolidating its european operation and adding frequencies on existing routes .\ndownload the afn europe mobile app for your android or ios device today ! get quick access to current news , weather , exchange rates , afn tv schedules , and of course . . . afn 360 internet radio ! go either to the apple app store or google play , search for afn europe , and download the app for free !\nthese weaknesses make southwest competitively vulnerable in that the competition satisfies everyone of the needs air passengers are lacking with southwest .\nmany companies operate modern fleets with comfortable , reclining seats , wifi and air - conditioning . compare the services available .\n[ 2 ] air transport association of america ( ata ) , 2007 economic report , www . airlines . org .\nmost of its planes and routes were taken over by a new airline , swiss international air lines ( swiss ) .\nthe boeing 787 dreamliner is the backbone of the long - haul routes for the no - frills norwegian air shuttle .\naccording to air transport world , delta reported $ 10 billion in profits in 2013 and $ 659 million in 2014 .\nair pollution is the fourth - largest threat to human health , behind high blood pressure , dietary risks and smoking .\n2 february : cebu pacific air dc - 9 crashes into mountain in southern philippines , killing all 104 people aboard .\nlondon executive aviation ( lea ) was founded in 1996 with a single piston - engine aircraft . today it has 26 aircraft in its fleet and it is one of the largest executive air charter operators in europe . lea\u2019s legacy fleet has grown mainly through inter - owner recommendation . \u201cwe\u2019re certainly the largest legacy operator in europe and i guess we\u2019re becoming the first port of call for people who have an aircraft they want looking after , \u201d said margetson - rushmore .\nmadrid airport is the main base for air europa , iberia and iberia express , although air europa\u2019s presence is much smaller than iberia\u2019s . iberia , including the services operated by air nostrum and iberia express , deploys about 524 , 000 weekly seats to / from the airport . air europa offers less than a quarter of this ( about 129 , 500 seats ) , based on schedules loaded in innovata for the week of 08 - oct - 2012 to 14 - oct - 2012\ntoday\u2019s move provides a safety net of minimum expectations for europe\u2019s worst polluters , but more importantly it signals that the end for coal in europe is looming . eu governments now have a maximum of four years to adapt their energy systems to the new limits and ensure workers and communities facing an uncertain economic future are empowered to transition to new livelihoods .\nwhen announcing the three new short - haul routes , air europa ceo maria jose hidalgo explained they were \u201cpart of our strategy to offer more destinations in europe and at the same time continue to provide passengers with good connections to our long - distance network over our hub in madrid barajas airport\u201d .\nair europa also has also enlarged supply on three former routes where it competed with spanair : madrid to gran canaria , palma de mallorca and tenerife - norte . on all three routes air europa has increased its share of weekly seat capacity .\nscientific understanding of the interaction between air pollution and climate change has improved over the last two decades . in particular , there has been a greater realisation that some air pollutants also act as short - term drivers of global . . . more\nwhile it now allocates a large portion of its maldives seats to china ( roughly one - third ) , srilankan has historically carried a large number of passengers between the maldives and europe and between maldives and india . but srilankan has seen its europe - maldives traffic decrease over the last several years as gulf carriers have launched services and steadily increased their capacity to male . srilankan previously routed some of its flights between colombo and europe via male , including four weekly flights on a colombo - male - london heathrow routing until 2012 .\nthe business models of europe\u2019s low - cost carriers owe much to herb kelleher , the texan entrepreneur who co - founded southwest airlines , the us budget airline , in 1967 .\nlot polish airlines : poland ' s national airline offers flights to over 60 destinations in europe , the middle east , asia and north america from warsaw ' s chopin airport .\nwow air uses cookies to offer you a better browsing experience . by using our website you consent to our cookies policy .\ni agree to the air lease corporation privacy and cookie policy and state that i am at least 18 years of age .\nantigua - based liat and guadeloupe - based air caraibes also serve south america . but liat only serves georgetown in latin america , while air caraibes just servescayenne in french guiana with some flights continuing to belem in the northern amazon region of brazil .\nanother mooted potential jv partner is singapore airlines , with whom air france has reportedly held talks about a close commercial relationship ."]}
{"id": 55652, "summary": [{"text": "berlin promotion agency gmbh & co.kg ( bpa ) is a german provider of direct marketing services , sales promotion services and event support services .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "founded in early 2007 by a group of students around niss\u00e8ne krifa ( ceo ) and felix schaal ( chief operating officer ) , the company now employs 4,500 members of staff in germany and runs branch offices in berlin and hamburg .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "bpa manages campaigns for international clients in germany and to date the company has worked with clients from more than 13 countries in europe , the middle east , the us and central asia .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "it is also a major supplier of event marketing solutions .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "the portfolio of the company includes projects for 20th century fox , blackberry , fitness first , lenovo , the uefa , adidas and telef\u00f3nica germany . ", "topic": 20}], "title": "berlin promotion agency", "paragraphs": ["glassdoor gives you an inside look at what it ' s like to work at berlin promotion agency , including salaries , reviews , office photos , and more . this is the berlin promotion agency company profile . all content is posted anonymously by employees working at berlin promotion agency .\nabout die offizielle deutsche youtube - seite der berlin promotion agency . berlin promotion agency gmbh & co . kg kurf\u00fcrstendamm 234 10719 berlin - charlottenburg berlin , deutschland tel : + 49 ( 0 ) 30 577 026 112 fax : + 49 ( 0 ) 30 577 026 120\nthe berlin promotion agency is a leading german experiential marketing and events agency based in berlin . the berlin promotion agency supports companies that want to create an impact to turn events and promotional campaigns into lasting experiences for the customers and clients . our customers are berlin - based businesses and small and medium sizes companies as well as global industry leaders .\n( bilder : berlin partner / ftb - werbefotografie ; berlin partner / fritschfoto ; investitionsbank berlin ; sborisov / fotolia . com , bearbeitet ; istockphoto / banarfilardhi ; berlin partner - fritschfoto ; berlin partner f\u00fcr wirtschaft und technologie gmbh ; berlin partner )\nhere you can see a few pictures of -\nvisit berlin - 775 jahre berlin\n.\nzugang zu inhalten und news bzw . benachrichtigungen aus d (\nservice\n) gem\u00e4\u00df den verfahren der berlin promotion agency gmbh & co . kg zu liefern ;\ndie betroffene person kann die oben genannten rechte aus\u00fcben , indem sie sich schriftlich an berlin promotion agency gmbh & co . kg ; kurf\u00fcrstendamm 234 ; 10719 berlin deutschland oder an die e - mail adresse datenschutz @ urltoken wendet .\ncma global partners \u2013 german foods , is an independent importer , retailer and trade promotion agency based in washington , dc .\nthe promotionagentur berlin \u2013 potential allstars will provide all necessary elements for a successful promotion : the right personnel \u2013 matching clothes \u2013 target orientated briefing .\nbeim besuch unserer website werden automatisiert spezifische daten / informationen an unser system \u00fcbermittelt . die berlin promotion agency gmbh & co . kg nutzt diese zur individuellen angebotserstellung sowie zur abwicklung einer miete bzw . kaufes auf unserer website . zudem werden die daten genutzt , um spezifische inhalte ( produkte bzw . dienstleistungen ) zu kommunizieren , die sie interessieren k\u00f6nnten . die berlin promotion agency gmbh & co . kg gibt dabei keine personenbezogenen daten an partner bzw . dritte weiter , sofern keine notwendigkeit im rahmen der vertragsabwicklung besteht . durch die verwendung unserer website stimmen sie der erhebung / speicherung ihrer daten seitens berlin promotion agency gmbh & co . kg wie folgt zu :\ndie verantwortliche stelle f\u00fcr die datenverarbeitung auf dieser website ist : name : berlin promotion agency gmbh & co . kg adresse : kurf\u00fcrstendamm 234 , 10719 berlin - charlottenburg , germany tel . : + 49 ( 0 ) 30 577 026 112 kontaktm\u00f6glichkeit des datenschutzbeauftragten : email : datenschutz @ urltoken\nleading personalities of berlin ' s international business community introduce berlin in their first language as an exciting place for business and a great place to live .\ntel : + 49 30 300 94 300 mail : berlin ( at ) trustpromotion . de\nlet ' s discuss your project in detail and convince yourself that the berlin promotional agency is the\na - team\nof event staffing , promotional modeling and hostess hire .\nberlin partner for business and technology offers customized services to companies interested in settling in the region .\nitb berlin is the foremost business platform for global touristic offers . tuscany takes part at itb berlin to showcase its destination and tourism products with tuscan sellers together with the italian state tourist board . come and visit us ( read more )\nberlin partner for business and technology offers special service packages that are designed to fit your company ' s individual needs .\nprovides education , information and entertaining news to german food fans and all who appreciate modern culinary culture and lifestyle . this website is maintained by cma global partners \u2013 german foods , an independent import , marketing and trade promotion agency based in washington , dc .\nwelcome to the heart of the european union . if you consider relocating your business , you ' re welcome in berlin .\nder berlin promotion agency gmbh & co . kg ( nachfolgend auch \u201ebpa\n) ist der datenschutz unserer kunden sehr wichtig , deshalb erheben und verarbeiten wir daten nur soweit , wie sie f\u00fcr die funktionsf\u00e4hige bereitstellung unserer produkte und dienstleitung notwendig sind . zudem werden die personenbezogenen daten nur f\u00fcr den zeitraum gespeichert , der zur erf\u00fcllung des speicherungszweckes erforderlich ist . nachfolgend finden sie alle wichtigen informationen zum thema datenschutz .\npromotional staffing & modeling solutions that create extra value means understanding how to put a face with a brand and a character with a team of professional event staff . global industry leaders , communications companies and experiential marketing agencies from abroad love to hire the berlin promotional agency team when they are in need of attractive and high energy promo staff , brand ambassadors and event staff while aligning their brand with target influencers at an event , exhibition , retail promotion or trade show . as a leading experiential marketing agency based in central berlin , we ' re proud to say : our clients can rely on our expertise in identifying only the greatest talent available .\nida ireland actively plans for success . as ireland ' s inward promotion agency , we partner with established companies , both large and small , working with them every step of the way to achieve a smooth , fast and successful set - up of their operations in ireland .\n\u00bbfu\u0308r unsere promotionsaktionen war trust promotion eine super wahl . immer zu 100 % erreichbar , schnelle probleml\u00f6sungen und sehr zuverl\u00e4ssig auch bei last - minute buchungen . \u00ab\n\u201906\u2013\u201909 \u2014 health bells by working together with health promotion switzerland , wincare insurance and the swiss cancer association , we brought integrated communication to the swiss healthcare industry and experienced the power of staying healthy : the fruit and vegetable consumption in the agency boomed and our bmi rapidly improved .\nthe internet agency is set up . its business purpose is the creation of websites for customers in the pharmacy and healthcare industry .\nwe are the official partner of the itb berlin , providing support for the exhibitor catalogue , the quickfinder tool and the itb mobile guide .\ninvestors in berlin have numerous economic development funding and financing instruments available to them , which involve not only promoting investment , but also promoting innovation .\n\u201998\u2013\u201902 \u2014 big brother is touching you the berlin days . it started out as a little backyard project in berlin , but turned out to be much more than that . volkswagen , daimler - benz , deutsche bank and tea gschwendner fell in love with our highflying standards and swiss quality .\nthings to do in berlin this weekend and in the coming month , selected by our editors . subscribe now to our free newsletter ( german ) .\n4 . the federal employment agency has granted approval in accordance with section 39 or it has been determined by statutory instrument pursuant to section 42 ( 1 ) no . 1 or by intergovernmental agreement that the ict card may be issued without the approval of the federal employment agency ,\n4 . the federal employment agency has granted approval in accordance with section 39 or it has been determined by statutory instrument pursuant to section 42 ( 1 ) no . 1 or by intergovernmental agreement that the mobile ict card may be issued without the approval of the federal employment agency .\n( 2 ) a foreigner may be granted a residence title for the purpose of taking up employment if the federal employment agency has granted approval in accordance with section 39 or it has been determined by statutory instrument pursuant to section 42 or by intergovernmental agreement that such employment may be taken up without approval from the federal employment agency . any restrictions imposed by the federal employment agency in granting approval must be specified in the residence title .\non the business location center ' s youtube channel you will find films all about berlin . you can get an impression of the liveable and loveable capital city .\nour promoters will give your brand an unmistakable face and will make your promotion an unforgettable experience \u2013unforgettable and unique . we will help you with all aspects of your promotion \u2013 choosing the right promoter , forming a work schedule and realising a successful event . while we help you realise your ideas we always pay great attention to offering you qualified personnel and a realisation of the project within your financial limitations .\ni asked berlin promotion agency to quote me , then needed them to amend my quote . the 2nd quote that they sent was higher than the first - for exactly the same service . when i enquired why , they were excessively rude to me and told me their inconsistent pricing was my fault . when i told them i wasn ' t going ahead with their service they literally told me that i was lying and i obviously didn ' t have any event planned . honestly , avoid this company at all costs , their management stinks .\n2 . violations of the obligation to cooperate pursuant to section 60 ( 1 ) , sentence 1 , no . 2 of book one of the social code with regard to a department of the federal employment agency , a statutory health insurance , long - term care insurance , accident insurance or pension insurance agency , an institution providing basic security for job seekers or a social welfare agency , or violations of the obligation to report pursuant to section 8a of the asylum seekers benefits act ,\ngermany offers investors quick and unbureaucratic support for relocating . associations for the promotion of trade and industry are on hand to lend active support in the search for a location , enlistment of personnel and securing funding .\nover 200 , 000 of berlin\u2019s residents are of turkish origin , either guest workers from turkey or germans of turkish descent . this makes berlin the largest turkish community outside of turkey itself . as a result , turkish d\u00f6ners , traditional turkish restaurants or fast food kiosks serving marinated lamb kebob in flatbreads , salads with yogurt dressing and other turkish delicatessen , can be found at every street corner . it is estimated , that the 1 , 300 d\u00f6ner restaurants in berlin exceed the number of d\u00f6ners in istanbul ! d\u00f6ner kebab is a beloved specialty in berlin , as in all of germany ! the mix of meat is shredded and put in a pita , and served with curry sauce , making it international relations at its best !\nthe senates of the l\u00e4nder of berlin , bremen and hamburg shall be authorised to adapt the provisions of this act regarding the competence of authorities to the special administrative structures of their l\u00e4nder .\nwe are allocated a budget from hamburg messe and become their official trade fair media partner for the exhibitor catalogue , online list of exhibitors , the trade fair app , outdoor / indoor advertising , promotion , and non - space products .\n( 1 ) a foreigner may be issued a temporary residence permit for the purpose of basic and advanced vocational training if the federal employment agency has granted approval in accordance with section 39 or it has been determined by statutory instrument pursuant to section 42 or by intergovernmental agreement that such basic and advanced vocational training is permissible without the approval of the federal employment agency . any restrictions imposed by the federal employment agency in granting approval must be specified in the temporary residence permit . section 16 ( 4 ) , sentences 1 and 3 shall apply accordingly .\nthe pilot project \u2018berlin network for vulnerable refugees\u2019 aims to ensure that refugees identified as \u2018vulnerable\u2019 under eu law receive the necessary medical and material care . the network consists of four members responsible for different groups of vulnerable persons ( awo berlin , xenion , berliner zentrum fuer selbstbestimmtes leben behinderter menschen and refugium im paul - gerhardt - stiftung ) and is coordinated by the centre for refugee and migration services .\nthese are the terms and conditions subject to which you may use the websites operated and provided by berlin promotion agency gmbh & co . kg . (\ncollectively the websites\n) . these terms and conditions also explain how bpa uses any personal data ( as defined in the data protection act 1998 (\nthe act\n) ) you forward to it and what your obligations are in relation to such personal data . by accessing , using and downloading the websites you are indicating your acceptance to be bound by these terms and conditions (\nthe agreement\n) and you re - affirm that acceptance every time you access the websites .\nthe training measure must be suited to enabling recognition of the foreigner\u2019s professional qualification or access to the profession . if the majority of the training measure is carried out in a business enterprise , issuance of the temporary residence permit presupposes that the federal employment agency has granted approval in accordance with section 39 or it has been determined by statutory instrument pursuant to section 42 or by intergovernmental agreement that participation in the training measure is permissible without the approval of the federal employment agency . any restrictions imposed by the federal employment agency in granting approval shall be specified in the temporary residence permit .\n( 5 ) the federal employment agency may approve the granting of a permanent settlement permit pursuant to section 19 if employment of the foreigner does not result in any adverse consequences for the labour market .\nwe program the website und the exhibitor zone for ila berlin air show for the ninth time ( since 2000 ) and supervise the trade fair media from marketing to production . ( print media und ila mobile guide . )\na large number of attractive economic development funding and financing instruments are available , provided by the investitionsbank berlin , among others . berlin partner for business and technology offers special service packages which are tailored to the individual needs of businesses and which include customized economic development concepts , support with the search for real estate and qualified professional staff . the business immigration service also provides practical assistance , for example for foreign businesses in regard to visa matters .\nunlike the rest of germany , berlin pubs have never had official closing times . so , all day and all night long , pub goers drink their molle ( a glass of beer ) together with rollmops ( rolled fillet of marinated herring ) , buletten ( cold hamburgers without a bun , dipped in hot mustard ) and gherkins . the molle is usually a pilsner beer produced by the traditional berlin breweries such as engelhardt , schultheiss und kindl . bockbeers also have a long tradition in berlin . the berliner weisse is a real berlin specialty , very refreshing in the hot summer months and is served throughout berlin . it contains only around 2 . 8 % vol of alcohol , is top - fermented , slightly clouded and has a slightly lemony flavor . it is served in a large goblet with a straw and commonly drunk as weisse mit schuss , weisse with a shot of syrup , either raspberry syrup ( berliner weisse rot ) , lemon syrup ( berliner weisse gelb ) , or woodruff syrup ( berliner weisse gr\u00fcn ) . besides the typical neighborhood pub , berlin also features numerous beer gardens which are open as soon as the sun comes out . some beer gardens are beautifully located next to one of the many river embankments in the city . there are also romantic boat restaurants with a special ambiance for a nice summer evening !\nwe know that to achieve a successful promotion you need\nmore than beautiful people\n. in collaboration with you we define the desired characteristics of the promoters and will allocate a pre - selection of possible candidates from our promoter - pool . important criteria might be :\n( 3 ) subsection 2 shall also apply if approval from the federal employment agency is required in order to take up employment in cases of residence for other purposes covered in parts 3 , 5 or 7 .\nthere is a notable difference in the levels of training required for staff working for public and private organisations . in sweden , training for staff employed by the migration agency are governed by several public acts . in centres run by private companies commissioned by the migration agency , in contrast , there are no such requirements , since they are not public servants . similarly , in austria , private owners of asylum accommodation do not receive training .\n( 2 ) a residence title shall entitle the holder to pursue an economic activity insofar as this is laid down in this act or the residence title expressly permits pursuit of an economic activity . every residence title must indicate whether the pursuit of an economic activity is permitted . a foreigner who does not possess a temporary residence permit for the purpose of employment may be permitted to take up employment only if the federal employment agency has granted its approval or a statutory instrument stipulates that taking up the employment concerned is permissible without the approval of the federal employment agency . any restrictions imposed by the federal employment agency in granting approval must be specified in the residence title .\nand the foreigner is not employed on terms less favourable than apply to comparable german workers . german workers and foreigners of equal status shall also be deemed to be available if they can only be placed with assistance from the federal employment agency . the future or present employer of a foreigner who requires or has obtained approval for such employment must furnish the federal employment agency with information on pay , working hours and other terms and conditions of employment .\nwe now only work for the trade fair industry . as an internet agency we want to use our digital expertise to support trade fair organisers on their way into the digital age , an important factor in sustainable market success .\nat the berlin promotional agency , we believe in utilizing the power of professional people to enrich your event and activate your brand experience . that has been the proven success formula over the past years . our charming promotional models , hostesses and waitresses know how to literary electrify a branding experience and our event & bar staff has an excellent grasp of being great hosts and brand ambassadors . booking the faces that can be your brand in human form is just a click away !\n( 6 ) subsections 2 and 4 shall apply accordingly to the granting of a seasonal work permit . as for the rest , the legal provisions governing the approval by the federal employment agency shall be applied to the work permit in the absence of any law or statutory instrument to the contrary . the federal employment agency may determine demand - oriented admission figures with regard to approving the granting of a residence title for seasonal work and a seasonal work permit .\noverall , evidence suggests there is limited access to healthcare services beyond emergency . in sweden , adults seeking asylum are entitled only to medical treatment that cannot be postponed . in the longer term , the bulgarian state agency for refugees indicates that people with long - term disabilities can access benefits under legislation on integrating people with disabilities . the agency and the bulgarian red cross have referred persons with disabilities to disability certification authorities , supplying them with accompanying persons , interpreters and transport .\nfirst of all : we do not have \u201eready - to - go\u201c concepts \u2013 we will collaborate with you and design an individual concept that will create a successful promotion . for all planned promotions \u2013 no matter if you book our services for flyering , to help during a road show or to organise a tasting event \u2013 we can rely on years of experience and highly motivated promoters . to ensure that your product or service is presented in a trustworthy and responsible way we as promotionagentur berlin \u2013 potential allstars use target - specific briefings to enable our promoters to do just that .\n( 3 ) the temporary residence permit shall entitle its holder to take up employment if the federal employment agency has granted approval in accordance with section 39 ( 2 ) or it has been determined by statutory instrument pursuant to section 42 or by intergovernmental agreement that such employment may be taken up without approval from the federal employment agency . the temporary residence permit shall entitle its holder to take up self - employment , provided the requirements referred to in section 21 are met . where the residence title pursuant to subsection 1 is issued for study purposes or for other educational purposes , sections 16 and 17 shall apply accordingly . in the cases covered by section 17 , the residence title shall be issued without the approval of the federal employment agency .\nfor messe berlin we both develop the complete ila website and support their email marketing measures . the exhibitor zone developed and supported by us provides , among other things , system - based distribution support for exhibitors and a complete online registration tool including co - exhibitor support .\nhaving the pleasure to have our promo and event staff working on an almost daily basis for international and prestigious brands in berlin , our team learned fast : it ' s the professional approach that we need to maintain and our high quality levels in the field of event staffing , promotional staffing & modeling and talent hire to keep playing in the champion ' s league of experiential marketing . if you ' re a client and you want to learn more about what you can expect with regards to your event operations in berlin . we do :\n( 7 ) the foreigners authority may also consult the federal employment agency to establish whether the requirements of sections 17a , 17b , 18 , 18b , 19 , 19a , 19b , 19c and 19d are met in cases where its approval is not necessary .\none of the people who had the greatest influence on berlin\u2019s cuisine was not , as one might think , a trained chef , but a politician : frederick the great . in the early 18th century , this king of prussia ordered his subjects to eat primarily cucumbers and potatoes . these foods were brought to europe a few hundred years before from america . frederick the great encouraged the consumption of these crops because both were cheap and fit the frugal prussian lifestyle . to this day , they are still regional favorites in berlin and feature heavily in berliner food .\nfew world capitals have undergone so much change over the past 300 years as germany\u2019s capital city of berlin . this city was the seat of 5 different forms of governments and states . these governments were the margraviate of brandenburg up to 1700 , kingdom of prussia up to 1871 , german empire up to 1918 , german reich until 1945 , german democratic republic until 1990 and the federal republic of germany since then . it symbolizes destruct ion and rebirth , division and unification and , especially , friendship with the united states in modern times . today , berlin boasts 3 . 4 million inhabitants and is europe\u2019s third most visited capital . due to its nightlife , festivals , contemporary architecture and avant - garde arts , berlin has become a center for liberal lifestyle , modern zeitgeist and low - cost , high quality living . and the cuisine of this region is as colorful as the city itself !\n( 5 ) a foreigner may be granted a temporary residence permit in order to take an examination for the recognition of his foreign professional qualification if there is a concrete offer of a job for later employment in the profession which is to be recognised or which is covered by the authorisation to practise the profession applied for or by the permission to use the professional title applied for , foreigners are permitted to fill the vacancy in accordance with sections 18 to 20 and the federal employment agency has has granted approval in accordance with section 39 or it has been determined by statutory instrument pursuant to section 42 or by intergovernmental agreement that the employment is permissible without the consent of the federal employment agency . any restrictions imposed by the federal employment agency in granting approval shall be specified in the temporary residence permit . subsections 2 to 4 shall not apply .\n( 3 ) the temporary residence permit shall entitle the holder to pursue an economic activity which is not restricted in terms of time and whose requirements are closely connected to the specialist skills needed in the later employment if there is a concrete offer of a job for later employment in the profession which is to be recognised or which is covered by the authorisation to practise the profession applied for or permission to use the professional title applied for , this vacancy may be filled by foreigners in accordance with sections 18 to 20 and the federal employment agency has granted approval in accordance with section 39 or it has been determined by statutory instrument pursuant to section 42 or by intergovernmental agreement that the employment is permissible without the approval of the federal employment agency . any restrictions imposed by the federal employment agency in granting approval must be specified in the temporary residence permit .\npromotional staffing has been our core business since more than a decade . we love people and we ' re brand activation maniacs at heart . being a crew of local event professionals , brand ambassadors and talent managers ourselves , we have build an impressive track record of event staffing & promo modeling projects across the berlin area .\nin celebration of \u201c775 years berlin\u201d our promoters were working from 25 . august - 28 . october 2012 . at central point in the city there were info box houses and our promoters were informing visitors and other interested persons about the anniversary . it started with the \u201c31 . long night of the museums\u201d on 25 . august 2012 . during this summer night all museums in berlin stayed open until 2am and welcomed all interested visitors happily . the highlight of the anniversary festivities was the final celebration on 28 . october 2012 . more than 100 . 000 visitors came to see the special exhibitions in \u201cfeuerzauber\u201d such as \u201cmediaeval traces\u201d and the accessible city map . 12 of our promoter were daily informing tourists and locals in the info box houses during the anniversary time . for 65 days they were representing berlin \u2013 no matter if it rained or if the sun was shining . they were giving out information about the exhibitions , about the touristic sights and coordinated guided tours for the special anniversary exhibitions .\n( 1 ) a residence title which permits a foreigner to take up employment may only be granted with the approval of the federal employment agency , in the absence of any provisions to the contrary in statutory instruments . such approval may be granted if laid down in intergovernmental agreements , an act or a statutory instrument .\n( 3 ) the central allocation agency shall inform the authority which has requested allocation which reception centre is obliged to admit the foreigners concerned pursuant to sentences 2 and 3 . if the land whose authority has requested allocation has not filled its admission quota , the land\u2019s reception centre located nearest to this authority with available admission capacity shall be obliged to admit the foreigners concerned . otherwise , the reception centre designated by the central allocation agency on the basis of the allocation quota pursuant to section 45 of the asylum act and the available accommodation capacities shall be obliged to admit the foreigners concerned . section 46 ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) of the asylum act shall apply accordingly .\n( 3 ) the federal ministry of labour and social affairs may issue instructions to the federal employment agency on the implementation of the provisions of this act and the statutory instruments issued in connection with it , of the provisions enacted by the european union on access to the labour market and of the intergovernmental agreements on the employment of workers .\nalready for the third time we work for the itb berlin als official partner . our service is : we produce the official the itb mobile guide ( last years also the official show catalogues ) . we manage the complete datas of 10 . 000 exhibitors for the marketing , production and invoicing . we also provide an interface to the vmp ( virtual market place ) .\n( 1 ) a highly qualified foreigner may be granted a permanent settlement permit in special cases if if the federal employment agency has granted approval in accordance with section 39 or it has been determined by statutory instrument pursuant to section 42 or by intergovernmental agreement that the permanent settlement permit may be granted without approval from the federal employment agency in line with section 39 and there is reason to assume that integration into the way of life in the federal republic of germany and the foreigner ' s subsistence without state assistance are assured . the land government may stipulate that issuance of the permanent settlement permit pursuant to sentence 1 requires the approval of the supreme land authority or a body designated by it .\nthe swedish migration agency has developed an internal handbook which acts as a reference tool for staff working on migration cases , including case officers registering asylum applications . the handbook includes information about indicators that could help to identify persons with \u2018special needs\u2019 , including people with disabilities , people with mental and physical illnesses and people who have experienced torture during registration .\nwe\u2019re a global brand experience agency . we\u2019re best known for event & experiential marketing , integrated campaigns , digital & content marketing , sponsorship marketing and employee engagement . we also have special expertise with experiential technology , public events , exhibits , broadcast design and moving image . yep , we\u2019re multi - channel , multi - discipline and just plain multi - talented .\n\u201909\u2013\u201911 \u2014 thin red line the brand transition from winterthur to axa had successfully put us in the pole position as their leading marketing agency . we were able to overcome the well - known barrier between clients and agencies and have enjoyed a tight collaboration ever since . together we achieved greatness and kept the costs low . in addition , we took part in many exciting real estate projects around switzerland .\nthe four track 7\nvinyl single accompanying the book , credited to his alias koyxen mattsunagnen , takes matsunaga ' s music a step further towards a more dance oriented approach , as with his minimal techno project nhk and the recent nhk ' koyxen material released by the pan label , whilst still clearly and firmly rooted in the experimental music scene . the 7\nvinyl record was mastered and cut in berlin by rashad becker at dubplates & mastering .\n( 1a ) where deportation has been suspended pursuant to section 60a ( 2 ) , sentence 4 , a temporary residence permit must be granted for a period of two years after the foreigner has successfully concluded this vocational training for employment commensurate with the professional qualifications acquired if the conditions referred to in subsection 1 nos . 2 to 7 are met and the federal employment agency has granted approval in accordance with section 39 .\n( 2 ) a national visa , a temporary residence permit or an eu blue card which have been granted for the purpose of employment shall be revoked if the federal employment agency revokes the approval of employment pursuant to section 41 . in the case of sentence 1 , a national visa or a temporary residence permit which have not been granted for the purpose of employment must be revoked to the extent to which they permit employment .\n1 . types of employment for which no approval is necessary from the federal employment agency ( section 17 , sentence 1 , section 17a ( 1 ) , sentence 3 , section 17b ( 1 ) , section 18 ( 2 ) , sentence 1 , section 18d ( 1 ) , section 19 ( 1 ) , section 19a ( 1 ) , no . 2 , section 19b ( 2 ) , section 19d ( 2 ) ,\n( 3 ) when conducting job - related language training courses pursuant to section 45a , the foreigners authority , the federal employment agency , the institution providing basic security for job - seekers , the federal office of administration and the private and public institutions conducting the courses shall be permitted to transmit to the federal office for migration and refugees data relating to course participants concerning registration , length of attendance and the manner in which the course was concluded as far as necessary to grant admission to the course , ascertain and verify fulfilment of the obligation to duly attend , and to conduct and invoice the course . on request , the federal office for migration and refugees may forward the data transferred pursuant to sentence 1 to foreigners authorities , the federal employment agency , institutions providing basic security for job - seekers and nationality authorities as far as necessary to grant permission or entitlement to attend an integration course , verify fulfilment of the obligation to duly attend , grant a permanent settlement permit or an eu long - term residence permit , supervise the integration agreement or conduct the naturalisation procedure . the private and public institutions authorised to conduct the job - related language training may inform the competent foreigners authority , the federal employment agency or the competent institution providing basic security for job - seekers of a foreigner\u2019s failure to duly attend .\nanother culinary attraction is the sixth floor of the \u201ckadewe . \u201d this is an abbreviation for the kaufhaus des westens , a large upscale department store in the center of berlin . this huge department store has almost everything one could want , including food ! with more than 34 , 000 specialty and gourmet foods and beverages , the kadewe delicatessen section is one of the largest in europe and a true \u201cmust see , \u201d or \u201cmust taste\u201d for every visitor to the city !\nthe national institute for the promotion of migrant populations\u2019 health and the fight against poverty - related diseases ( inmp ) in italy reports that mental health issues including depression , ptsd , psychosis , bipolar disorder , anxiety , somatisation disorder , and maladjustment , are among the most common impairments among migrants . they are most prevalent among young men from conflict zones . in brandenburg , germany , clients with ptsd are found in all kind of groups : single women and men , women with children ( though no cases of men with children ) , children as well as men and women with family members .\n( 2 ) the approval of the federal employment agency pursuant to subsections 1 and 1a shall be decided without an examination of priority pursuant to section 39 ( 2 ) , sentence 1 , no . 1 . section 18 ( 2 ) , sentence 2 and ( 5 ) shall apply accordingly . the temporary residence permit shall entitle the holder to take up any employment after he has been in an employed position commensurate with his vocational qualification for a period of two years .\n( 6 ) the granting or extension of a residence title pursuant to subsection 2 , sections 17b , 18d , 19 , 19a , 19b , 19d , 20 or 20b , which does not require approval by the federal employment agency owing to provisions in this act , in a statutory instrument or an intergovernmental agreement , may be denied if there are grounds that would allow the authorities to deny the necessary approval pursuant to section 40 ( 2 ) no . 3 or subsection 3 .\n( 1 ) foreigners who enter the country unlawfully without applying for asylum and who , when their unlawful entry has been detected , cannot be placed in custody pending deportation and deported or expelled directly from custody must be allocated to the l\u00e4nder before deciding on the suspension of deportation or issuing a residence title . they shall not be entitled to be allocated to a specific land or a specific town or location . allocation to the l\u00e4nder shall be carried out by a central allocation agency to be appointed by the federal ministry of the interior . unless another formula for allocation has been agreed among the l\u00e4nder , the formula for the allocation of asylum applicants shall apply . each land shall appoint up to seven authorities to request allocation by the agency appointed in accordance with sentence 3 and to admit the allocated foreigners . if the foreigner furnishes evidence prior to allocation that a household community exists between spouses or parents and their minor children or that other compelling reasons exist which conflict with allocation to a certain place , this shall receive due consideration in the allocation process .\nthe european asylum support office ( easo ) developed a tool for the identification of persons with special needs ( ipsn tool ) to support member states . the tool lists indicators which officials involved in the asylum procedure and reception can use to spot possible vulnerabilities , even if they do not have expert knowledge in medicine , psychology or related fields . based on the easo tool , the bulgarian state agency for refugees ( sar ) will introduce a specific instrument to identify vulnerable asylum seekers , including asylum seekers with disabilities , later in 2016 .\nthe variety of identification practices means that in practice different actors are involved in identifying persons with disabilities . in italy , these are typically healthcare professionals . in some detention centres , ngos offering healthcare assistance or healthcare assistance professionals might identify disabilities . in bulgaria , identification of people with disabilities is shared among local ngos , unhcr and social workers from the bulgarian state agency for refugees . however , border and migration police authorities can perform initial identification , while the interviewer and doctors can do the initial identification for those who arrive directly at the reception and registration centres .\nsome basic assistive devices such as wheelchairs , canes , ramps and crutches are available in reception centres and detention centres in all of the seven member states . in bulgaria , the bulgarian state agency for refugees sometimes provides them directly , while in austria asylum seekers\u2019 health insurance covers basic technical assistive devices . in addition , it is possible to apply for special support to the regional authorities ; in some cases ngos , district administration authorities or donors cover the costs for special devices . where not provided by public authorities , ngos are often involved in supplying these devices .\n2014 the ministry of education and research and the ministry of ecology and technology started with the information event \u201ejob specific education \u2013 is beaten by nothing\u201c . 2015 they let organise a second run of the event . our promoter team was travelling through germany from february until december and showed the campaign in 30 cities on 40 different days . during these informational days youngster , newly employed people and other employees had the opportunity to inform their selves about binary apprenticeship and advanced training . during the tour the driver and promoters were responsible for keeping the tour schedule , handling of the technical equipment and needed to order independently new material if leaflets or give aways were nearly empty . during the event days the promoters did normal promoter activities such as handing out flyers and informing interested visitors . sometimes the driver and promoters got extra help of some of our hostesses . at fairs and at the open house day of the ministries in berlin the hostesses did a charming and professional job . neben den fahrern / promotern erg\u00e4nzten unsere hostessen zeitweise das promoter - team . auf messen und am tag der offenen t\u00fcr der bundesministerien in berlin sorgten sie mit einem charmanten und professionellen auftritt f\u00fcr einen unverwechselbaren messeauftritt . on the road with the information car : urltoken\nin 2011 the history channel had a road show through europe called \u201cexperience history\u201d . during its stop in germany our promoter were helping with the road show . in stuttgart and berlin the promoters were accompanying the visitors on an exciting and educational time travel through the history of the earth , humankind and the universe . beside this time travel in the \u201cinfo - bus\u201d , the visitors could watch spectacular documentaries in 3d in a nearby cinema tent . one male and one female promoter who were highly interested in history and technical development did the supervision during the whole day . they were actively helping visitors in german and english .\nsince 2012 , the bulgarian state agency for refugees has applied a questionnaire developed by the assistance centre for torture survivors aiming at identification of victims of torture . a 2013 - 2014 project monitoring the application of the questionnaire with persons seeking protection in bulgaria showed that this or similar instruments was used with just 7 . 1 % of the persons interviewed , and only 6 % were referred for health or psychological support . based on this data , the project concluded that the application of the questionnaire is limited , and that proper referral is closely related to the existence of a formal identification procedure .\n( 1 ) fees and expenses shall be charged for individually attributable public services rendered under this act and the statutory instruments issued in enforcement of this act . fees may also be set orally . sentence 1 shall not apply to individually attributable public services rendered by the federal employment agency pursuant to sections 39 to 42 . section 287 of book three of the social code shall remain unaffected . furthermore , sentence 1 shall not apply to the notification procedure in connection with the short - term mobility of students pursuant to section 16a , intra - corporate transferees pursuant to section 19c and of researchers pursuant to section 20a .\n( 2 ) foreigners shall be obliged to take a job - related language training course if they are drawing benefits pursuant to book two of the social code and participation in the course is included in an integration agreement pursuant to book two of the social code . labour market integration benefits pursuant to book two of the social code and active job promotion benefits pursuant to book three of the social code shall remain unaffected . participation in job - related language training shall not be open to foreigners who have permission to remain pending the asylum decision pursuant to the asylum act and who are not expected to be given permission to remain lawfully and permanently . it shall be assumed that asylum applicants from a safe country of origin pursuant to section 29a of the asylum act will not be permitted to remain lawfully and permanently .\n( 1 ) in conducting integration courses , the foreigners authority , the federal employment agency , the institution providing basic security for job seekers , institutions providing services under the asylum seekers benefits act , the federal office of administration and private and public institutions authorised to conduct integration courses shall be permitted to transmit data relating to participants to the federal office for migration and refugees , in particular data confirming entitlement to attend , permission to attend pursuant to section 44 ( 4 ) and registration for and attendance of an integration course as far as necessary to grant permission or entitlement to attend the integration course , to verify proper participation , to verify the fulfilment of the obligation to attend pursuant to section 44a ( 1 ) sentence 1 , to certify successful participation or to invoice and conduct integration courses . the private and public institutions authorised to conduct integration courses may inform the competent foreigners authority , the federal employment agency , the competent institution providing basic security for job seekers or the competent institution providing services under the asylum seekers benefits act of the failure by a foreigner obliged to participate in an integration course pursuant to section 44a ( 1 ) sentence 1 to duly attend an integration course . on request , the federal office for migration and refugees may forward the data transmitted pursuant to sentence 1 to foreigners authorities , the federal employment agency , institutions providing basic security for job seekers or institutions providing services under the asylum seekers benefits act and nationality authorities as far as necessary to grant permission or entitlement to attend an integration course , to verify the fulfilment of the obligation to attend , to extend a temporary residence permit , to grant a permanent settlement permit or an eu long - term residence permit , to supervise the integration agreement or conduct the naturalisation procedure . in other respects , the processing and use of personal data by the federal office for migration and refugees shall be permissible only to conduct and invoice integration courses and to conduct a scientific research project pursuant to section 75 no . 4a under the conditions set out in section 8 ( 7 ) and ( 8 ) of the ordinance on integration courses .\nall in all , the traditional berlin cuisine tends to be rustic and hearty , based on pork , goose , different types of fish , peas , beans and potatoes . three typical berliner dishes are currywurst , eisbein and berliner . currywurst is a grilled pork sausage cut into slices and seasoned with ketchup or tomato paste blended with curry and generous amounts of curry powder . some use ready - made curry ketchup , which is now also available in the united states . currywurst is often sold as a take - out food and usually served with french fries ( pommes frites ) or bread rolls . eisbein mit sauerkraut ( pork knuckle on sauerkraut ) is heavily marbled meat covered with a thick layer of crispy fat , or \u201ccrackling\u201d . the meat is tender and aromatic , but must be cooked or braised for a long time . usually it is sold cured and then used in simple , hearty dishes and often paired with berliner weisse , a light , fruity beer . the berliner is a doughnut made from sweet yeast dough fried in fat or oil , with a marmalade or jam filling and usually topped with icing , powdered sugar or conventional sugar . the name is used primarily outside berlin ; the real berliners call this pastry pfannkuchen . along with the popular spritzkuchen ( cream puffs ) , the berliner is a popular afternoon snack available at every corner bakery , and a \u201cmust eat\u201d on new year\u2019s eve and carnival . a common practical joke is to secretly fill berliners with mustard instead of jam and serve them together with regular ones .\nin other cases , specific arrangements are in place for people with disabilities . in the austrian province of styria , there are two houses targeting asylum seekers with specific needs , one for persons with mental health issues and one for persons with physical disabilities . other people with disabilities have places in regular accommodation , which receive additional funding to provide specialised support . there is also some barrier - free accommodation for persons using a wheelchair . in italy , sprar provides reception centres that target people with mental health issues and specific therapeutic needs . however , people with specific needs \u2013 including torture victims \u2013 are often accommodated in general reception centres . all reception units in sweden must report relevant information \u2013 including on vacancies in accessible accommodation , staff experience working with persons with disabilities , and local specialised services \u2013 to the migration agency , facilitating the placement of persons with disabilities in suitable accommodation ."]}
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", "topic": 12}], "title": "bubble o ' bill", "paragraphs": ["yet another features bubble o\u2019bill telling a gaytime and a splice to \u201cstick \u2019em up\u201d .\nbubble ' o ' bill pin - nearly gone ! \u2013 eat . me . do\nyou can still get these in australia . we call it bubble o ' bill .\nbubble - o - bill on a floating meringue island with raspberry and bubblegum coulis . . . . $ 35\nsend it back and they ' ll send you their experimental bubble o ' bill made entirely out of bubblegum noses .\ni love the old bubble o bill , tonight i choose to purchase bubble o bill in lieu of a drumstick . i could not wait to open it , but when i did i could not believ how small he has got over the years , still yum though . just needs to go back to his old size , become the good old big bubble o bill ! !\nanother references the beach with a splice in a bikini with a bite mark and a bubble o\u2019bill declaring : \u201ci can see your white bits\u201d .\nso it was no surprise to see phoebe burgess enjoying a delicious bubble o ' bill by the beach in sydney ' s vaucluse on sunday .\nbubble o ' bill - chocolate , caramel & strawberry ice cream with a bubble gum nose & a bullet hole through his hat . ahhh those were the days . . . | pinterest | chi\u2026\nddb sydney reworked the campaign , first conceived by adam & eve ddb , using local variants such as splice , cornetto , gaytime and bubble o\u2019bill .\ni\u2019d imagine bubble o bill and gaytime are targeted at adults who ate them when they were kids , given they\u2019ve been off the market for so long .\nbilly c \u2013 they\u2019re ads for icecream . they\u2019re meant to be funny and a bit silly . you don\u2019t expect a sophisticated / mature / serious approach for a bubble o\u2019bill , surely ?\nan australian icon ! bubble o ' bill is a classic blend of strawberry , chocolate and caramel ice confection , with a mega bubblegum nose , and a bullet hole through his hat .\nbut the man was adamant he had not been drinking and that the reading was caused by the bubble o & apos ; bill he had eaten when he stopped at a service station .\ni use to love buffalo bill when i was a little girl , that bubble gum nose was the best . what happened to him ?\nfolks , you ' re talking about the ice cream bar by the name of bubble - o bill ! ! buffalo bill was that crazy cross - dressing serial killer from silence of the lambs , remember ?\nit places the lotion in the basket .\nthe man claimed the alcohol reading was the result of eating a bubble o ' bill ice cream treat and magistrate rod crisp ordered a test to be performed to back up the claim . police recorded the man ' s blood alcohol content as 0 . 00 and performed the test a second time after he took a few bites of bubble o ' bill , yielding a 0 . 018 reading .\nwith the fun of randomly coloured bubblegum noses and the excitement of how impressively fast they would lose their flavour , the bubble o\u2019bill is a delicious and accurate tribute to the cowboy buffalo bill who famously had bubblegum for a nose and a head made of ice cream .\nsend them a note on facebook , they have a really active facebook community . might get hooked up with some free bubble o bills !\nit comes after a magistrate yesterday ordered him to buy and eat the offending confection to test his assertion that a bubble o & apos ; bill had given him a reading when he blew into his alcohol interlock device .\ndamn , i wish i had this chance 10 years ago . story : little kid goes with his pocket money to get a bubble o ' bill , opens it up , no bubble , on the verge of tears , goes home sad . now i check them every time , and i ' ve never found another bubble - less one . it hurts just thinking about it .\nthe scoring of the archetypes reflects a few realities about socioeconomic background and the bubble .\nthis song is about the ice - cream bubble o bill ' s . if you have no idea what they are , you are missing out and should google it just to see what they look like and weep in awe . much love grace .\nwith its colourful combination of flavours and made in the shape of a cowboy\u2019s head , the bubble o\u2019bill is a classic ice cream known for its bubblegum nose and for the hole in the cowboy\u2019s hat representing a bullet hole and also an annoying loss of ice cream .\n@ jeff \u2013 no but i don\u2019t expect adult concepts being used to sell ice creams that are clearly aimed at children either . how many adults buy bubble - o bills ?\nif you need an ice cream fix , grab a bubble o ' bill . it is lower in sugar and fat than other ice creams such as magnum & gaytime and the combination of ice cream flavours and the crackling chocolate make it a perfect treat . the only complaint is the bubble gum nose . when chewed , it quickly loses it flavour and the consistency of it gets all caught up in your teeth .\nby bill hayes ( bloomsbury \u00a316 . 99 ) . to order a copy for \u00a314 . 44 go to\ni work in fine dining , and bubble - o - bill is , to me , the pinnacle of desserts . chocolate , caramel , and strawberry icecream , with a milk chocolate backing , and bubblegum finish . so much variety for so much value , with a little bit of nostalgia as an aftertaste . classic .\nboth tv producer bill hughes and o\u2019sullivan frequented the iconic new york gay club the saint with hanley . it was built on the site of the fillmore east , a massive dance floor under a planetarium dome .\none of my all time favourite ice creams - you ' ve simply gotta love bubble ' o bill and its great tasting flavour . the ice cream is mainly chocolate and strawberry flavoured , with a hint of caramel throughout . its rich and deliciously creamy and has a blue , green , red , blue or yellow bubblegum nose .\nthe following are links about buffalo bill ice cream bar you may find interesting . also check out the other pages .\nhanley went between the hospital and o\u2019sullivan\u2019s mother\u2019s house on hatch street where she cared for him .\nroutledge sj , hewitt cj , bora n , bill rm . ( 2011 ) antifoam addition to shake flask cultures of recombinant\nin 2000 , the dot - com bubble burst , destroying $ 6 . 2 trillion in household wealth over the next two years .\nthis is the second version of the \u201cdo you live in a bubble ? \u201d quiz . you can find the original quiz here .\ngiuliana rancic takes a hike with bill . . . as the couple vacation with friends ahead of her return to e ! news\nyou gotta keep melt time in mind . i swear bubble o ' bills melt fucking twice as fast as any other icecream . not to mention the cunt who owns the deli always has his freezer on the piss weak setting , probably to save 30 cents on power cus the uppity wankers who own the iga are slowly sending him out of buisness . not that you care anyway , the owner gives you stinkeye every time you come in so you repay it by flicking through the quokka you have no intention of buying while dribbling bubble o ' bill all over it . cya next smoko you miserable old cunt .\nvincent hanley , the pioneering irish dj who died of aids in 1987 at the age of 33 . photograph : courtesy of bill hughes\nbut once i moved , o and i started spending time together and quickly got better and better acquainted .\n27 february 2015 i brought o a few of the letters and emails written in response to his new york times essay . i : \u201chow\u2019d it feel to read those ? \u201d o : \u201cgood ! \u201d i : \u201cyou have about 800 more to go . \u201d o : \u201ci\u2019d like to see all of them . \u201d\nhanley and o\u2019sullivan drove to dungannon for a dj gig . when hanley removed his shirt in a hotel room while he was changing , o\u2019sullivan saw how emaciated he was . that christmas , hanley finally confirmed his illness to his friend . \u201cat that stage there was no hope , \u201d o\u2019sullivan said . \u201cit was a death sentence . \u201d\na deliciously creamy ice cream . with a side of thin , snap cracking chocolate . . . a cold bubble gum ball to finish off the delight .\nvincent hanley and terry o\u2019sullivan who met in the late 1970s . \u201cit was not fame for fame\u2019s sake . . . he had a vision . he saw the prevailing winds of popular mass entertainment . \u201d photograph : courtesy of terry o\u2019sullivan\nthe following are comments left about buffalo bill ice cream bar from site visitors such as yourself . they are not spell checked or reviewed for accuracy .\necamilla - trevi\u00f1o ll , viader - salvad\u2032o jm , barrera - salda\u00f1a ha , guerrero - olazar\u2032an m . ( 2000 )\nhughes still has a photo of hanley in his office . the last thing hanley said to o\u2019sullivan was : \u201ci\u2019m sorry\u201d .\na portrait of sacks taken by bill hayes titled back home , march 2015 . hayes , whose pictures have been published in the new york times , the new yorker and granta , used photography as a way to getting to know new york following his move from san francisco in 2009 . photograph : bill hayes\no\u2019sullivan , a psychoanalytic - psychotherapist and founding member of the rutland centre , believes he would be in a better position than most to identify addiction , yet he still questions how he may have been in denial about what o\u2019sullivan says was hanley\u2019s cocaine use .\nif you grew up in a working - class neighborhood , you are going to have a high score even if you are now an investment banker living on park avenue . your present life may be completely encased in the bubble , but you brought a lot of experience into the bubble that will always be part of your understanding of the world .\nbill\u2019s teaching activities have been closely related to his research activity and has lectured in the areas of combustion theory and design , biomass energy , ccs plant design and conventional power . a particularly rewarding and enjoyable part of bill\u2019s activity is the supervision and development of the research students and early career researchers working on projects within the energy 2050 group .\nhanley\u2019s nickname for gogan was \u2018larry love - a - bubble\u2019 , and gogan and his late wife florrie were one of the few people permitted to visit hanley in his last days .\npopular author bill o\u2019hanlon offers an inviting and reassuring guide to the essentials of hypnosis , alleviating the newcomer\u2019s anxieties about how to make the most of this clinical tool . this brief book illustrates the benefits of solution - oriented hypnosis , which draws on the work of the pioneering therapist milton erickson ( with whom o\u2019hanlon studied ) and emphasizes doing what is needed to get results\u2015which , more often than not , means trusting that the client holds within him - or herself answers or knowledge that need only be tapped or released by the therapist . o\u2019hanlon covers the key aspects of hypnosis , including : using possibility words and phrases ; using passive language ; and inducing trance . o\u2019hanlon offers practical tips and friendly encouragement for the novice hypnotherapist\u2015in his characteristic warm , reassuring , and humorous style .\ni actually thought it was called bubbalo bill but that , to this day , is still my favorite memory of ice cream . had it in brooklyn ny and still remember chasing the truck\nas director of pgr studies , bill is a member of several departmental and faculty committees . externally , bill is an active member of the fuel and energy research forum , exec . committee , chair of the environ . division ; member of the energy institute yorkshire branch committee ; member of the epsrc peer review college and is an associate principal editor of the elsevier journal fuel .\ndemocratic presidential candidate martin o ' malley rolls up his sleeves as he speaks at the west des moines public library in west des moines , iowa on saturday .\n\u201cyou are swimming in the elements , \u201d i tell o , \u201cswimming in a pool of copper . \u201d \u201clovely , \u201d he murmurs , doing his backstroke .\no\u2019malley\u2019s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment , but the dnc indicated that o\u2019malley , along with leading democrats hillary clinton and bernie sanders , would be included in the debate . \u201cwe expect all three of our major candidates on stage next sunday in south carolina , \u201d dnc communications director luis miranda told national journal .\nlater\u2026 o just returned from his gp , who thinks he has some kind of gallbladder inflammation , maybe gallstones . did an ultrasound , but they\u2019re running more tests .\no\u2019sullivan thought the disease was something related to a deficiency in the immune system and perhaps had read something about it being transferred by cats to in - vitro babies .\ntake this 25 - question quiz , based on a similar one published in murray\u2019s 2012 book , \u201ccoming apart : the state of white america 1960 - 2010 , \u201d to find out just how thick your bubble is .\na slim zip wallet crafted in supersoft textured lambkin . the wraparound zip open to a twill - lined interior with a dividing zip pocket , 4 bill slots , and 12 card slots providing plenty of space .\nullah a , hong k , wang w , chilton s & nimmo w ( 2015 ) bubble - based emms mixture model applied to turbulent fluidization . powder technology , 281 , 129 - 137 . view this article in wrro\n26 august 2012 i , listening to bj\u00f6rk on my ipod ; o , reading and writing in his travel journal ; we : drinking champagne on a flight to reykjav\u00edk . i look over and see o making a list in his journal . he tells me he is writing out all the elements that are not present in the human body :\nbut something was wrong . the year before hanley died , someone remarked to o\u2019sullivan that he was looking thin . when a nudge - nudge - wink - wink article appeared in a newspaper , o\u2019sullivan rang hanley asking him if he had anything to worry about , \u201ci have a little problem with my eye , \u201d hanley replied , mentioning toxoplasmosis .\ni have to admit , buffalo bill ice cream was the best . it was a bk thing , man when my dad bought it for me , i loved it . i wonder if they still make it . : 0 (\nbased on current polling , o\u2019malley would only barely make the cut . his numbers in recent polls are well below 5 percent nationally , as well as in new hampshire and south carolina .\n7 july 2015 o , proudly , playing a new schubert piece , and with great flair demonstrating how it requires \u201ccrossed hands\u201d . i am quite amazed and impressed , and i clap .\nsjr is supported by the bbsrc . the author would like to thank professors roslyn m bill and david r poyner for helpful comments and charlotte bland from the imaging facility supported by archa , aston university for assistance with fluorescence microscopy images .\nyes . you ' d have to hold onto it while you tried not to eat your ice cream too fast in bubble gum anticipation , or drop it while concentrating on getting that last bit of ice cream that threatens to fall off the stick .\n15 january 2015 o\u2019s doctor phoned : \u201cpeculiar findings\u201d re : cat scan yesterday . so : am taking him to see a radiologist at sloan kettering . they want to see him this afternoon .\n22 april 2015 o : \u201cthe most we can do is to write \u2013 intelligently , creatively , critically , evocatively \u2013 about what it is like living in the world at this time . \u201d\n9 july 2015 o\u2019s birthday : at his party \u2013 o asks me to go get the bottle of 1948 calvados \u2013 a rare brandy given to him as a gift years ago and sealed in a wooden box . i open it for him . i : \u201cdo you want a glass ? \u201d o : \u201cno , \u201d he says , and takes a swig , eyes closed . \u201clovely , \u201d he pronounces and looks around the room . \u201cwho would like some ? \u201d later , he tells me he\u2019d forgotten that he had left the calvados to a friend in his will .\neli pariser is the author of the new york times bestseller the filter bubble : what the internet is hiding from you and the co - founder of upworthy , a website dedicated to drawing attention to important social topics . he\u2019s at @ elipariser on twitter .\nthere was no sign of him when he was due to be back in dublin . o\u2019sullivan went searching , eventually finding him on the top floor of o\u2019sullivan\u2019s mother\u2019s house , \u201cthere he was in bed , looking out the window . i said , \u2018what are you thinking ? \u2019 he said , \u2018i wonder will it ever be the same again ? \u2019 he was 33 years of age . \u201d\n8 july 15 the day before o\u2019s 82nd birthday , and we got bad news with his latest cat scan \u2013 bad \u2013 much worse than expected . not only have the tumours regrown , the cancer has spread : kidneys , lungs , skin . o wants to go ahead with his birthday party , and doesn\u2019t want people to know . \u201cauden always said one must celebrate one\u2019s birthday , \u201d he says .\neditor\u2019s note : bill aulet is the managing director of the martin trust center for mit entrepreneurship and a senior lecturer at the mit sloan school of management . he is the author of the recently released book , disciplined entrepreneurship : 24 steps to a successful startup .\nfirstly , i have yet to see such a perfect specimen of a bubble o bill emerge from its wrapper as are displayed in these promotions . usually a half - melted , then re - frozen blob of vague dimensions , crusted over with a layer of sparkly ice crystals . suggest pack shot fantasy vs . promo reality could be an area needing some attention from streets . secondly , along the same lines as the mla\u2019s current \u201clambasting\u201d over its savage and alarming vegan flamethrower attack , it doesn\u2019t take long for someone to connect a mildly amusing attempt at ice cream humour on a billboard with responsibility for the massive undermining of many years of noble work by charities and other agencies in the area of suicide prevention . is this really what we\u2019ve come down to ?\nnimmo w , daood ss & gibbs bm ( 2010 ) the effect of o - 2 enrichment on nox formation in biomass co - fired pulverised coal combustion . fuel , 89 ( 10 ) , 2945 - 2952 .\nthey are no weirder than we were . it\u2019s a comparison meant to be generous , since past generations , we think , turned out more or less o . k . this flatters the old , not the young .\nit was the first time o\u2019sullivan had heard any reference to what he would later understand to be the hiv - aids epidemic . information was sketchy and , like the poppers theory , often inaccurate . but something was wrong .\nhere\u2019s the upshot : yes , using facebook means you\u2019ll tend to see significantly more news that\u2019s popular among people who share your political beliefs . and there is a real and scientifically significant \u201cfilter bubble effect\u201d \u2014 the facebook news feed algorithm in particular will tend to amplify news that your political compadres favor .\ntoday , facebook\u2019s data science team has put part of the \u201cfilter bubble\u201d theory to the test and published the results in science , a top peer - review scientific journal . eytan bakshy and solomon messing , two of the co - authors , were gracious enough to reach out and brief me at some length .\nin new york , hanley shared an apartment with a man named philip , who o\u2019sullivan describes as a \u201cvery educated\u201d , camp , african - american guy from louisiana who worked in technology for one of the major banks in new york .\nbill o\u2019hanlon , is a founder of possibility and inclusive therapies and is the author or coauthor of more than thirty books , including out of the blue , becoming a published therapist , and quick steps to resolving trauma . he is a diplomate , board member , fellow and master therapist in the american psychotherapy association and was awarded the\noutstanding mental health educator of the year\nin 2001 by the new england educational institute . he lives in santa fe , new mexico . visit his website for more information : billohanlon . com .\no\u2019sullivan made him scrambled eggs and toast , and the next day , monday , brought him back to st james\u2019s hospital . defiant , hanley jumped down the steps out of the house three at a time . by the weekend he was dead .\nthere are a lot of really good books on the subject of ericksonian hypnotherapy - - thousands of pages and millions of words . now here comes bill o ' hanlon with a deceptively slender volume of the very best , very most important , very most powerful things every hypnotist should know to do this stuff elegantly and well . it would be hard to overestimate how much value this book contains per page , or how valuable it could be if gotten into enough hands - - especially those of the direct - suggestion hypnosis school . a guide to trance land is a marvel .\nterry o\u2019sullivan met hanley in 1976 and they became close friends . at the time , hanley was living in a mews in monkstown , co dublin , with charles self who was later murdered at the address in 1982 , in a crime which remains unsolved .\nhowever , while some beehive teams did achieve success , the overall rate was much lower than the accelerator teams . the rate of progress was noticeably lower as was the drive to get their team to achieve \u201cescape velocity\u201d \u2013 our term for being a strong enough team to move out of the \u201cmit bubble\u201d and establish itself as a standalone company .\nthere\u2019s one other key piece to pull out . the filter bubble was really about two concerns : that algorithms would help folks surround themselves with media that supports what they already believe , and that algorithms will tend to down - rank the kind of media that\u2019s most necessary in a democracy \u2014 news and information about the most important social topics .\nclonmel was proud of hanley and , as his profile grew , he couldn\u2019t walk down the street without being stopped multiple times . hanley wanted to be famous , o\u2019sullivan says , but not in a narcissistic way . he wanted to be good at his job .\nbill was appointed to reader at the university of sheffield in february 2015 and has since attracted new funding with a value of \u00a31m ( \u00a33 . 1m total ) with 7 active research grants in the areas of ultra supercritical fluidised bed combustion , anaerobic digestion , energy from waste and knowledge economy partnership ( kep ) funded by epsrc , innovate uk / epsrc / bbsrc , royal academy of engineering and the british council . bill\u2019s other funded activities are in the areas of pulverised coal / biomass oxy fuel combustion and corrosion studies related to future advanced power generation developments . he has published 146 papers including 74 refereed journal articles , 2 book chapters and 1 patent .\nthe origins of the netflix culture date to october 2001 . the internet bubble burst the year before , and netflix , once flush with venture capital , was running out of money . netflix had to lay off roughly 50 employees , shrinking the staff by a third . \u201cit was reed\u2019s first layoffs , \u201d mccord says . \u201cit was painful . \u201d\n\u201cbill o\u2019hanlon has done it again\u2026 . this short book is filled with useful information about trances and is written in an easy to understand and practical manner . i have already recommended this book to my students . i can easily recommend it to you as well . . . o\u2019hanlon\u2019s books are always filled with precious clinical nuggets . \u201d - milton h . erickson foundation newsletter \u201cfrom emphasizing through voice volume to creating rhythm in altered states , a guide to trance land is a fine addition to any health library . \u201d - bookwatch \u201c [ c ] harming , instructive book , easy to consume . \u201d - urltoken \u201ci highly recommend this to the serious clinician . . . this volume is probably the most concise opportunity for a practicing clinician to understand the breadth of permissive hypnosis . \u201d - tim brunson , ph . d . , the international hypnosis research institute\njon hamm seems like a really nice guy . to clarify : a really nice , tall , well - built guy who you probably wouldn\u2019t want to piss off . and yet , president donald trump and disgraced fox news host bill o\u2019reilly thought it would be a cool , fun idea to have some kind of alpha - male standoff with hamm during a saturday night live after - party last year ( for the snl episode that trump infamously hosted ) , and the whole thing just left our dear hammy a bit confused . \u201che was with bill o\u2019reilly , \u201d he explained to the new york times . \u201cthey\u2019re both tall dudes . and i\u2019m a tall dude . and they both do that tall - dude thing , which is try to intimidate you . and it doesn\u2019t work on me . i\u2019m like , \u2018i\u2019m as alpha as you . let\u2019s go . you\u2019re not going to chest - bump me . \u2019 it was a very weird night . it was the shortest i\u2019ve ever stayed at an snl after - party . \u201d think of all of the un - eaten canap\u00e9s and iced beverages that were sacrificed due to this ordeal . at least trump\u2019s inner circle is taking the anecdote well .\nin february , o\u2019sullivan collected hanley from dublin airport , \u201cyou could smell the death off him . \u201d hanley had been sitting next to the actor gabriel byrne on the flight over . he said goodbye to byrne and got in o\u2019sullivan\u2019s car . at st james\u2019s hospital , the doctor came out to o\u2019sullivan after about 15 minutes with hanley . \u201c\u2018look , terry , the bottom line here is that vincent is close to death . i know it\u2019s putting something on your shoulders , would you like me to let him go now ? \u2019 i thought about it and said , \u2018no , could you hold on to him for a while because i know he\u2019d like to say goodbye to people\u2019 . i regretted that terribly . i think it prolonged his suffering , and mine , to tell the truth . \u201d\nshe wandered into an upper room , and we followed . there , she showed us two custom - made instruments , a celeste and what looked like a harpsichord . both had been modified somehow through instructions from a programme on her mac . i could tell that o was completely lost as she explained how this worked . yet it was then , right then , that i realised how much she and o were alike \u2013 fellow geniuses , incredibly , intuitively brilliant \u2013 while being at the same time such an unlikely pair of friends .\nthe alithia guys also stopped us at a 7 / 11 and introduced us to something called \u2018australiana\u2019 . they got us some tim tams and also an ice - cream called bubble - o - bill , what a crazy country ! but we were still hungry , so we bought our favourite food , the famous wicked wings from kfc , which is something really special for us because in austria there is only one kfc in the whole country ! on the way to newcastle the weather cooled down and so did the warnings about the bush fires , so we stopped by a town called avoca and went to the beach there . the water was such a beautiful temperature and it was the perfect way to enjoy a sunday afternoon . after a short swim with the alithia guys , we went back on the road and got ready for the show . again we enjoyed some fantastic local supports bands and then a very wild and crazy local audience which gave us another fun night .\n' hi . i ' m linda o ' keefe . . . 45 years ago today , i disappeared and my killer was never found ' : police tweet as the 11 - year - old girl who was murdered in 1973 in a bid to publicize the cold case\n23 august 2015 \u201cwhat are your wishes , dr sacks ? \u201d said the hospice nurse . \u201chow would you like to pass ? \u201d \u201cat home , \u201d answered o in a clear , steady voice , \u201cwith no pain or discomfort , and with my friends here . \u201d\nfor me , this was part of the fascination with him . i was seeing a few other men during my first summer in new york , but dates with o were completely different . we didn\u2019t go to movies or to moma or to new restaurants or broadway shows . we took long walks in the botanical garden in the bronx , where he could expatiate on every species of fern . we visited the museum of natural history \u2013 not for the dinosaurs or special exhibitions but to spend time in the often empty , chapel - like room of gems , minerals , and , especially , the elements \u2013 o knew the stories behind the discoveries of every single one . at night , we might walk from the west village to the east , o talking excitedly nonstop , to have a beer and burger at mcsorley\u2019s old ale house .\nin 1986 , with rumours surrounding his health , hanley agreed to come home and see an ophthalmologist . o\u2019sullivan heard photographers and journalists were going to be at dublin airport , so asked a contact in aer lingus to take hanley off the plane at shannon , where he collected him .\ndaood ss , ottolini m , lu g , taylor s , ogunyinka o , hossain mm , yan y & nimmo w ( 2017 ) pollutant and corrosion control technology and efficient coal combustion . energy & fuels , 31 ( 5 ) , 5581 - 5596 . view this article in wrro\nearly 1980s new york and san francisco . the clubs , the scene , the hedonism , the height of edgy glamour . something was wrong . in 1981 or 1982 o\u2019sullivan was on holiday in ibiza with a doctor friend when a group of english guys approached selling poppers \u2013 amyl nitrate .\na few years ago , i gave a talk about how algorithms and social media shape what we know . i focused on the dangers of the \u201cfilter bubble\u201d \u2014 the personalized universe of information that makes it into our feed \u2014 and argued that news - filtering algorithms narrow what we know , surrounding us in information that tends to support what we already believe . here\u2019s the main slide :\n\u201che just upped sticks and went to new york out of the blue , \u201d o\u2019sullivan remembers . \u201ci was stunned . i didn\u2019t know what he was doing and why he was doing it . \u2018i want to make it big , \u2019 he said . he was barely in london two years . \u201d\ni love when writers write to the point . there is no bs in this book , no stories that drone on and on endlessly , so long you forget what the poi t even is or if it will ever come . the few examples are short , to the poi t and completely relevant . he gives the problem and solution . this book is mainly about a solution oriented approach to hypnosis and how to use it . i absolutely enjoyed this short and to the pint book . in these days who has time to sit around for weeks reading irrelevant words and experiences . i ' m going to be looking for more books by this writer , bill o ' hanlon .\n16 august 2015 \u201ci say i love writing , but really it is thinking i love \u2013 that rush of thoughts \u2013 new connections in the brain being made . and it comes out of the blue . \u201d o smiled . \u201cin such moments : i feel such love of the world , love of thinking\u2026\u201d\nhanley , however , thought he would live . he went back to new york for a month but became more and more ill . back home , o\u2019sullivan arranged for treatment in st james\u2019s hospital , where a doctor and nurse there were the main port of call for people with aids in ireland at the time .\nin the talk , i called on mark zuckerberg , bill gates , and larry and sergey at google ( some of whom were reportedly in the audience ) to make sure that their algorithms prioritize countervailing views and news that\u2019s important , not just the stuff that\u2019s most popular or most self - validating . ( i also wrote a book on the topic , if you\u2019re into that sort of thing . )\ni believe it was buffalo bill ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! i never thought i would see people actually writing about this . it is still one of my favorite memorys from my childhood . hey heres another one . . . . how about the green frog with m n m eyes ? ? ? ? ? yup deff a bk thing cuz thats where im from : 0 ) lol\nreturning to leeds , bill pursued a number of research projects related to coal , gas and oil combustion and gasification as a senior research fellow with particular emphasis on nox , and sox emission control in partnership with major uk power generation companies . recently , bill\u2019s research activities have been closely related to the development of the uk national ukccsrc pact facilities focused on carbon capture processes and in particular to pilot scale oxy - fuel combustion projects . additionally , significant research activity has been developed in the areas of fluidized - bed biomass combustion , corrosion associated with biomass and oxy - fuel combustion and small scale anaerobic digestion systems for both urban and rural locations in developing countries . he was appointed associate professor and since 2009 , he has contributed to research projects with a total value in excess of \u00a37m as principal or co - investigator .\nbill is a reader in the energy engineering group in the mechanical engineering department at the university of sheffield and is part of the team developing academic and industrial projects for the energy 2050 initiative . bill\u2019s background is in chemical and combustion engineering having gained his phd in fluidized bed waste gasification processes at leeds university in the mid 1980\u2019s . a period in industry followed , working on full scale coal gasifier development ( 350 tpd ) for british gas , westfield development centre , scotland , as part of the british gas sng programme in partnership with lurgi gmbh . projects involved the study of fuel bed behavior at full scale and process development for operation with caking and difficult coals . other projects involved commissioning and operation of pilot plant associated with gas cleanup and upgrading to substitute natural gas using real syn - gas from the full scale plant .\nin a year when college campuses were particularly visible as hotbeds of political activity , o\u2019keefe\u2019s stunt didn\u2019t make much of a splash . the administrator in the clip seems confused and skeptical , like an actress flubbing her lines , while the real - life vassar kids caught on camera look mildly inconvenienced rather than incensed . what stands out is that , in contrast to o\u2019keefe\u2019s other provocations , the clip could have served a variety of political viewpoints . as a parody of campus life , it tapped into a broader suspicion , shared across the ideological spectrum\u2014from right - wing watchdogs to high - minded progressives\u2014that college students these days are absurdly thin - skinned , unduly obsessed with \u201csafe spaces\u201d and political correctness .\n17 february 2015 in post - surgery recovery : cutting off blood supply to the tumours in the liver may sound somewhat benign , but the body revolts with full force against such an intrusion . o repeatedly tears off his hospital gown because he is in so much pain that even the thin cotton material causes discomfort . the young female nurses act scandalised by this and keep trying to cover him up . at one point , o yells out in exasperation : \u201cif one can\u2019t be naked in a hospital , where can one be naked ? ! \u201d i hear a nurse in the hallway join me in laughter . i cover his genitals with a washcloth when the morphine finally kicks in and he falls asleep .\ni remember an ice cream bar from the 80 ' s called buffalo bill , it had chocolate head , a vanilla face and bubblegum nose . it was pretty yummy too . i use to buy it from mr . softee . ( you know the ice cream truck ) hmm maybe it was a ny thing . lol that ice cream bar is defintely from the 80 ' s there is alo flintsone ice cream bars . i still see those around\no\u2019sullivan says hanley remained in denial . the week before he died in april 1987 he asked his doctor to let him off for a few days so he could go to ashford castle . it was an almost insane request for someone so close to death . hanley persisted , and got a taxi from dublin to cong , co mayo and spent the week there .\nin iowa , where the former maryland governor\u2019s campaign has focused the majority of its resources , he\u2019s right on the edge : the five most recent polls that meet nbc\u2019s standards have o\u2019malley at an average of exactly 5 percent . if his support dropped between now and debate day , that could jeopardize his position on stage depending on how willing nbc is to round up .\nthere was a small reception afterwards . nothing fancy \u2013 two bottles of san pellegrino and a couple bottles of wine \u2013 but no bottle - opener . o and i were talking with kevin when lauren hutton walked up to us : \u201cdo one of you kind gentlemen have an opener ? even a knife would do \u2013 i could pry it open with a penknife . \u201d\nyang x , clements a , szuh\u00e1nszki j , huang xh , farias moguel o , li j , gibbins j , liu zh , zheng cg , ingham d , ma l , nimmo w & pourkashanian m ( 2018 ) prediction of the radiative heat transfer in small and large scale oxy - coal furnaces . applied energy , 211 , 423 - 537 . view this article in wrro\nwhat do you miss most about oliver ? his companionship . i hope the reader gets a sense of what our relationship and conversations were like . we talked and laughed a lot . he was very funny and liked wordplay and puns . he could be very self - deprecating and eccentric . so most of all i miss the comfort of his company and the laughter . interview by lisa o\u2019kelly\n10 august 2015 o is working on a new piece : sabbath . every now and then , a little request comes , always phrased politely : \u201cif you would be so kind : look up something for me on your little box ? \u201d \u201clittle box\u201d is his name for an iphone , a name he finds too ugly to pronounce , to speak . \u201cit\u2019s not even a word , \u201d as he points out , \u201cit\u2019s a brand . \u201d sometimes he calls the phone my \u201ccommunicator\u201d , as if out of star trek . today , he wants me to look up the meaning of the latin \u201cnunc dimittis\u201d . as is almost always the case with o , it wasn\u2019t necessary : he\u2019d had the definition exactly right in the first place : nunc dimittis is \u201cthe final song in a religious service\u201d .\ndespite seeing similar nominal dollar losses , the housing crash led to the great recession , while the dot - com crash led to a mild recession . part of this difference can be seen in consumer spending . the housing crash killed retail spending , which collapsed 8 percent from 2007 to 2009 , one of the largest two - year drops in recorded american history . 2 the bursting of the tech bubble , on the other hand , had almost no effect at all ; retail spending from 2000 to 2002 actually increased by 5 percent .\nthe poor cut spending much more for the same dollar decline in wealth . this fact is one of the most robust findings in all of macroeconomics , and has been confirmed in the context of housing , fiscal rebate checks , and credit card limits . it also makes intuitive sense . if bill gates loses $ 30 , 000 in a bad investment , he\u2019s not going to cut back his spending . if a household with only $ 30 , 000 suffers a similar loss , they\u2019re going to massively slash spending .\nbut it\u2019s also not insignificant . for self - described liberals on facebook , for example , the algorithm plays a slightly larger role in what they see than their own choices about what to click on . there\u2019s an 8 % decrease in cross - cutting content from the algorithm vs . a 6 % decrease from liberals\u2019 own choices on what to click . for conservatives , the filter bubble effect is about 5 % , and the click effect is about 17 % \u2014 a pretty different picture . ( i\u2019ve pulled out some other interesting findings from the study here . )\nbj\u00f6rk urged us to sit and eat . the chairs were carved from tree stumps . the tablecloth was embroidered with seashells . on the table : warm , salted mixed nuts in tiny dishes . almost immediately , she brought out a steaming pan of baked trout , a salad and a bowl of boiled potatoes \u2013 \u201ci like it with the skins left on , \u201d she said , almost apologetically , \u201cdon\u2019t you ? \u201d o and i nodded .\nthis year , james o\u2019keefe , the conservative activist famous for his hidden - camera expos\u00e9s , visited vassar college dressed in costume as the constitution . vassar , where i teach , is one of those campuses that seems to typify , for some , how wacky and permissive higher education has become\u2014a readymade specimen for those seeking to depict the twenty - first - century american college at its most insular and navel - gazing . o\u2019keefe hoped to do this by handing out pocket - sized constitutions outside the campus\u2019 busiest building . one of his operatives , posing as a student , would then coax an administrator into destroying this replica of our nation\u2019s founding document . a video edited down from the day\u2019s footage shows an officer of the college awkwardly humoring the faux student , who is pitch - perfect in her recitation of how the offensively retrograde constitution had \u201ctriggered\u201d and traumatized her , helpfully suggesting that the officer use a nearby shredder .\n12 january 2015 got back last night from st croix in the us virgin islands \u2013 a birthday trip . i turned 54 ( equivalent to the atomic number for xenon , so o gave me four xenon flashlights ) . o did not feel well much of the time \u2013 nauseated , tired , slept a lot . we almost cancelled the trip , last minute . two nights before we left , he told me he had \u201cdark urine\u201d . i was sceptical \u2013 he\u2019s hypochondriacal even on good days , as he is the first to admit . but i could see he was worried , talked him into peeing into a clear glass so i could check , and was startled when he brought it into the kitchen ; his urine was the colour of coca - cola . it seemed to clear up some while we were in st croix . even so , he had made a doctor\u2019s appointment before leaving for the trip .\n\u201chundreds of men , all looking the same , \u201d o\u2019sullivan remembers , \u201call in white shirts , all in moustaches , some absolutely gorgeous looking . vincent tried to adopt that style , became sort of butched up . he was a queen trying to butch himself up ; it was just a bit silly . \u201d hanley wasn\u2019t a big drinker , preferring to sip on a glass of beer , but now switched to holding a pint to complete the butch aesthetic .\nwhat this book equaled out to be for me . erickson patterns volume 1 made easy and without all the crap . he basically made an erickson patterns book for dummies . there was alot of euriqe moments for me . thinking to myself o thats how you do that when before i was confused on some stuff i read in other books . he clears it up . still missing some stuff . but he did such a good job im still gonna give him 5 stars .\n25 july 2015 in the country : o is finishing one essay , working on two others \u2013 at least two others . \u201chow\u2019s the writing going ? \u201d i ask , waking from a nap . he smiles mischievously . \u201ci meant to stop , but i couldn\u2019t . \u201d and he goes back to it . i watch . he doesn\u2019t have a fancy desk here ; it\u2019s just a folding table . all he needs is a pad and his fountain pen and a comfortable chair .\nnot long after i moved to new york , michael jackson died . o had no idea who michael jackson was . \u201cwhat is michael jackson ? \u201d he asked me the day after the news \u2013 not who but what \u2013 which seemed both a very odd and a very apt way of putting it , given how much the brilliant singer had transmuted from a human into an alien being . o often said he had no knowledge of popular culture after 1955 , and this was not an exaggeration . he did not know popular music , rarely watched anything on tv but the news , did not enjoy contemporary fiction , and had zero interest in celebrities or fame ( including his own ) . he didn\u2019t possess a computer , had never used email or texted ; he wrote with a fountain pen . this wasn\u2019t pretentiousness ; he wasn\u2019t proud of it ; indeed , this feeling of \u201cnot being with it\u201d contributed to his extreme shyness . but there was no denying that his tastes , his habits , his ways \u2013 all were irreversibly , fixedly , not of our time .\nwhen i ask , he names each of them , following my finger as i go down the list . he interrupts himself at one point : \u201cthey like to be remembered and recited like this . \u201d \u201cthey ? \u201d o nods . he could not look more delighted , and it\u2019s not because of the alcohol . listed separately , under the heading \u201cno or infinitesimal\u201d , are the exceptions . he goes on to explain the difference between organic and nonorganic chemistry . i do not \u2013 and expect i never will \u2013 understand half of what he is saying .\n13 july 2015 very , very tired , i did the dinner dishes quickly , gathered my things , and earlier than usual , told oliver i was heading to bed and said good night . but as i headed for the bedroom , o called to me from his desk , \u201cdo you know why i love to read nature and science every week ? \u201d i turned . \u201cno , \u201d i shook my head . i was almost confused ; this seemed such a non sequitur . \u201csurprise \u2013 i always read something that surprises me , \u201d he said ."]}
{"id": 55658, "summary": [{"text": "yamato transport co. , ltd. ( \u30e4\u30de\u30c8\u904b\u8f38\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e yamato un ' yu kabushiki kaisha , tyo : 9064 ; listing is as yamato holdings ) is japan 's largest door-to-door delivery service companies with market share of 41 % , competing closely with sagawa express and nippon express .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "their head office is located in ginza , tokyo .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the company 's logo is a yellow oval with a black mother cat carrying her kitten in her mouth , symbolizing the company 's promise that they take care of items entrusted to them as though the items were their own family .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "the company is often colloquially referred to as \u9ed2\u306d\u3053 ( kuro neko ) which means \" black cat \" in japanese .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "the logo is as familiar in japan as the coca-cola logo is in the united states .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "the logo was developed by founder yasuomi ogura", "topic": 30}], "title": "yamato transport", "paragraphs": ["glassdoor has 13 yamato transport usa reviews submitted anonymously by yamato transport usa employees . read employee reviews and ratings on glassdoor to decide if yamato transport usa is right for you .\non october 2 , 1986 yamato transport europe ( yte ) was established as yamato transport nederland b . v . ( ytn ) ytn is a 100 % daughter of yamato transport co . ltd . in japan .\non june 1 , 2004 , yamato transport uk . ltd . followed this trend .\ncopyright ( c ) 2008 yamato transport co . , ltd . all rights reserved .\n\u00a9 yamato transport u . s . a . , inc . , all rights reserved .\non april 1 , 1994 , yamato transport france s . a . was integrated into yte .\non march 1 , 1994 the ytn organization changed its name into yamato transport europe b . v .\nstarting off in 1919 with 4 vehicles and 17 employees , yamato transport was offered a contract for distributing goods for japan ' s largest department store chain company mitsukoshi in 1923 . this contract growing every year and the gaining of new contracts , enabled yamato transport to set up a national transport network .\nyamato transport is a well known freight company in japan . the workplace has a casual atomosphere and a deversity of nationalities .\non april 1 , 2001 , yamato transport deutschland gmbh . was integrated into yte in order to meet our customer\u2019s european needs .\nhow much do yamato transport usa employees make ? glassdoor has salaries , wages , tips , bonuses , and hourly pay based upon employee reports and estimates .\nchanging logistics and business with yamato ' s quality , no . 1 in japan .\non november 1 , 2005 all shares of yte were transferred to the yamato holding co . ltd .\nthe black cat logo , developed in 1957 by the founder mr . yasuomi ogura himself , has become the national symbol for transport in japan and will be all over the world . in the eighties yamato transport established networks in south - east asia , the u . s . a . and europe , which were further greatly expanded .\nafter the economic boom in the sixties and the recession in the seventies , yamato transport made the right and daring decision to free themselves from the contracts and convert their takkyubin delivery system into a door - to - door delivery network for individual clients and consumers . from this point on the company grew and introduced other services like home - moving and refrigerated transport .\ntoday , yamato handles the most ambitious worldwide transport and moving challenges . with its innovative ta - q - bin and other advanced supply chain solutions that capitalize on ever - increasing urbanization , yamato stands at the forefront of service excellence and innovation . the advent of online shopping , ordering via smartphone , the need for time / temperature sensitive shipping solutions , along with just - in - time production , has yamato poised for a new era of growth . at the company\u2019s core lies a great resolve for sustainability through corporate responsibility to its employees and every market segment served .\nyamato began its operation in japan in 1919 as a short haul transportation company . as yamato approaches its 100 - year anniversary , it has grown to approximately 200 , 000 employees and over 7 , 000 business facilities worldwide . by applying time tested know - how , yamato provides total supply chain and logistical solutions by maximizing transport speed while still maintaining its high quality of service . the company logo , a cat carrying a kitten in her mouth ( symbolizing the care given every shipment ) is the best known logo on the island nation , as familiar to the japanese as the coca - cola logo in the united states .\nthose among you who know yamato transport ' s caring cat logo , will be relieved to see it in europe . those who don ' t will soon find out that it is a convenient ticket into this complex continent . and moreover it will be your successful guide into the japanese market . this is why we have proudly introduced our \u201csales assistance service\u201d , enabling you to use our specific know - how on the main economic markets of this world . our complete logistic concept allows you to either put the entire distribution in our hands or choose any service you require from warehousing to door - to - door distribution .\nprobably the best reason for anyone who wish to work for yamato is for the sake of practicing japanese language not culture per se . whether you wish or not , you will have to learn so much about japanese culture and how to convey business japanese in order to advance your career within the company . if you are not money hungry and have genuine interest in japanese language , then go for it .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\ntoday you will find the black cat at your service right on the spot where you need it . after 90 years it still stands for care and reliability .\non augist 14 , 1987 ytn opened its branch office at brussels airport , belgium .\non may 12 , 1997 yte ridderkerk was iso certified by bureau veritas quality international b . v . for the quality - system of warehousing and distribution - services .\non june 1 , 2000 yte ridderkerk moved to a new location covering approx . 12 . 000 m2 of warehouse - space .\non may 1 , 2005 the czech yte prague office was opened at the airport of prague .\non july 8 , 2009 yte netherlands , as first logistics service provider , concluded a covenant \u201chorizontal supervision\u201d with the netherlands tax - & customs authorities , which allows us in both fields the highest level of self - regulation .\nurltoken has more than 100 trusted sources , including encyclopedias , dictionaries , and thesauruses with facts , definitions , biographies , synonyms , pronunciation keys , word origins , and abbreviations .\nsocialized medicine publicly administered system of national health care . the term is used to describe programs that range from government operation of medical facilities to national health - insurance plans . in 1948 , great britain passed the national health service act that provided free physician and hospital services for all citizens .\nafghanistan , officially islamic republic of afghanistan , republic ( 2005 est . pop . 29 , 929 , 000 ) , 249 , 999 sq mi ( 647 , 497 sq km ) , s central asia . afghanistan is bordered by iran on the west , by pakistan on the east and south , and by turkmenistan , uzbekistan , and tajikistan on the north ; a narrow strip , the vakhan ( wakhan ) , extends in the northeast along pakistan to the xinjiang uygur autonomous region of china . the capital and largest city is kabul .\nglobal warming the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth ' s lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the industrial revolution . the temperature of the atmosphere near the earth ' s surface is warmed through a natural process called the greenhouse effect .\nimmigration entrance of a person ( an alien ) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence . motives for immigration , like those for migration generally , are often economic , although religious or political factors may be very important . high rates of immigration are frequently accompanied by militant , and sometimes violent , calls for immigration restriction or deportation by nationalist groups . see also naturalization .\nfrench revolution political upheaval of world importance in france that began in 1789 . origins of the revolution historians disagree in evaluating the factors that brought about the revolution . to some extent at least , it came not because france was backward , but because the country ' s economic and intellectual development was not matched by social and political change .\nunited nations ( un ) , international organization established immediately after world war ii . it replaced the league of nations . in 1945 , when the un was founded , there were 51 members ; 192 nations are now members of the organization ( see table entitled united nations members ) . organization and principles the charter of the united nations comprises a preamble and 19 chapters divided into 111 articles .\nfederal reserve system central banking system of the united states . established in 1913 , it began to operate in nov . , 1914 . its setup , although somewhat altered since its establishment , particularly by the banking act of 1935 , has remained substantially the same . structure the federal reserve act created 12 regional federal reserve banks , supervised by a federal reserve board . each reserve bank is the central bank for its district .\nfood adulteration act of intentionally debasing the quality of food offered for sale either by the admixture or substitution of inferior substances or by the removal of some valuable ingredient . the greek and roman classics contain allusions to wine makers and dealers who colored and flavored their wine .\ntiananmen square large public square in beijing , china , on the southern edge of the inner or tatar city . the square , named for its gate of heavenly peace ( tiananmen ) , contains the monument to the heroes of the revolution , the great hall of the people , the museum of history and revolution , and the chairman mao zedong memorial hall ( with mao ' s embalmed body ) . mao zedong proclaimed the founding of the people ' s republic in the square on oct . 1 , 1949 , an anniversary still observed there .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\n1 . please enter tracking numbers . about the tracking number 2 . after entering the tracking number , please click\ntrack\nbutton . need help ? contact us * tracking information is available for approximately 90 days from shipping date .\nglassdoor will not work properly unless browser cookie support is enabled . learn how to enable cookies .\nupload a resume to easily apply to jobs from anywhere . it ' s simple to set up .\nknow your worth\u2122 . get a free , personalized salary estimate based on today ' s job market .\nglassdoor has millions of jobs plus salary information , company reviews , and interview questions from people on the inside making it easy to find a job that\u2019s right for you .\ncopyright \u00a9 2008\u20132018 , glassdoor , inc .\nglassdoor\nand logo are proprietary trademarks of glassdoor , inc .\nyour trust is our top concern , so companies can ' t alter or remove reviews .\nplease always think about what you can do to serve customer better and to make a new employee work comfortably . please give the employees a training including yourself as to how they could build a happy and lively workplace . that is one of the essential elements for prosperity of business .\nany person can work even if there is no academic background . almost every year salary will go up .\nthere are many harassment with only japanese boss . it is a raise of three dollars in ten years .\nsalary is not competitive unless you work in the commercial ( logi ) department and do so well . if you go to a small local branch , you only get to employ japanese all day long . english is useless .\nthey are not considering the wellness of each employee and branch . they dont provide any solution to serious situations some branches are facing . we dont need any wicked ideas . we only need practical ones .\nthe staff members are generally great to work with . the management does not know how to utilize them .\nthe management is very expat oriented , and they cannot treat their staff very well . they just let good people leave the firm .\ngood health benefits and vacation time . yearly bonus even in the worst of times . flexible when time is needed off . the employees are friendly and work well together in most of the departments .\nemployees are not appreciated . managers are more interested in saving themselves then helping the employees . there is no training . instead of dealing with bad employees , they are either ignored or transferred ( if japanese ) to become the problem of someone else .\nmanagement needs to take employees opinions to heart and to really listen to what they have to say with an open mind . but i do not see that happening . too much infighting between managers .\nbasically good co - workers but it ' s too japan - oriented .\nit ' s a part of japan ' s biggest logistic company and the tie with japan side is tighter than you imagine . people working there were basically nice but you have to follow the japanese style management . salary was fair for the industry but the big difference between local and expats seemed to be too much which didn ' t make any sense . benefits were above par , i think .\nthe company was still targeting japanese market in u . s . which was ridiculous . too closed for non - japanese . i didn ' t see good sign for the company growth . most of the higher management were expats from japan and they tend to follow the rule and style of their parent company in japan .\nsome employees were talented and motivated but they were all wasted under the wrong management .\ndead end career , japanese style of business close mindedness , no innovation . ridiculous guidelines made by incompetent management , rules such as cell phone to work , or water bottle in non - designated area ( yes they have an area for you to keep your water bottles ) results in a warning or sometimes fire on the spot . almost impossible to climb up the ranks ( if you ' re not japanese speaking , good luck ) , no holiday compensations , poor working conditions ( for warehouse expediters ) , summer work is unbearable ( due to heat , and hardly any fans provided ) , strong show of favoritism , low pay , mediocre benefits , etc .\nmanagement , get your heads out of the sand , and start opening your ears to what your employees say . provide better working condition for the warehouse employees ( whom is the foundation to the entire business operation . ) higher pay to employees , most company employees are making little over minimum wage .\nrelatively low stress work environment , decent benefits after probationary period , relatively easy job .\nalmost 100 % of the employees in the branch are japanese . rotation management from japan rarely possess any english speaking ability . communication between employees and management is poor . a very japanese working culture is maintained despite the company being in america , which often makes communication , understanding of expectations , and work - life balance very difficult for non - japanese employees . the employees are stuck in an environment that promotes maintaining the small business that they have because that ' s what works in japan , rather than finding new ways to improve and expand .\nthe company needs to adapt its practices better to the countries that it operates in and hire management native to the countries it operates in .\nthis will replace the current featured review for targeted profile . are you sure you want to replace it ?"]}
{"id": 55673, "summary": [{"text": "berkeley models , inc. was an american company that manufactured model-airplane kits that pioneered such firsts as the nation 's first gas model plane kit , and which became one of the industry 's leading companies .", "topic": 34}, {"text": "founded in the brooklyn borough of new york city , new york , and later based in west hempstead , new york , it lasted from 1933 to 1962 .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "its founder , bill effinger , was elected to the academy of model aeronautics hall of fame in 1986 . ", "topic": 32}], "title": "berkeley models", "paragraphs": ["berkeley bandit ( hlsat ) berkeley models date added : 04 . 05 . 2012 13 : 23 comments : 0 downloads : 336\nberkeley brigidier ( hlsat ) berkeley models date added : 04 . 05 . 2012 17 : 32 comments : 0 downloads : 374\nberkeley astro hog ( hlsat ) berkeley models date added : 04 . 07 . 2012 13 : 45 comments : 0 downloads : 722\nberkeley banner executive ( hlsat ) berkeley models date added : 04 . 05 . 2012 13 : 33 comments : 0 downloads : 509\nberkeley beechcraft staggerwing ( hlsat ) berkeley models date added : 04 . 05 . 2012 13 : 27 comments : 0 downloads : 684\nberkeley buccaneer 36 ( hlsat ) berkeley models date added : 03 . 26 . 2014 13 : 27 comments : 0 downloads : 287\nberkeley buhl pup ( hlsat ) berkeley models date added : 04 . 06 . 2012 15 : 40 comments : 0 downloads : 478\nberkeley models bootstraps\na - rc\n1950s vtg . wood airplane kit 54\nwingspan\nberkeley at - 6 texan ( hlsat ) berkeley models date added : 04 . 08 . 2012 13 : 05 comments : 0 downloads : 908\nberkeley b - 25 mitchell ( hlsat ) berkeley models date added : 04 . 08 . 2012 13 : 05 comments : 2 downloads : 1630\nberkeley boeing b - 17g ( hlsat ) berkeley models date added : 04 . 08 . 2012 13 : 05 comments : 0 downloads : 1245\nberkeley boeing p - 26 ( hlsat ) berkeley models date added : 04 . 08 . 2012 13 : 05 comments : 0 downloads : 765\nberkeley bootstraps a - rc ( hlsat ) berkeley models date added : 04 . 07 . 2012 13 : 51 comments : 0 downloads : 429\nberkeley brigadier rc - 38 ( hlsat ) berkeley models date added : 03 . 26 . 2014 13 : 23 comments : 0 downloads : 246\nberkeley aero commander l - 26 ( hlsat ) berkeley models date added : 04 . 08 . 2012 13 : 05 comments : 0 downloads : 1116\nberkeley beech t - 34 mentor ( hlsat ) berkeley models date added : 04 . 08 . 2012 13 : 05 comments : 0 downloads : 933\nberkeley ai research ( bair ) is the the successor to the berkeley vision and learning center ( bvlc ) .\nberkeley american ace ( plan and parts ) ( hlsat ) berkeley models date added : 03 . 26 . 2014 13 : 25 comments : 0 downloads : 301\nberkeley bootstraps a - rc ( redrawn ) ( pd1 ) berkeley models date added : 07 . 23 . 2012 11 : 53 comments : 1 downloads : 407\nberkeley aeronca sedan ( plan & parts with floats ) ( hlsat ) berkeley models date added : 04 . 06 . 2012 15 : 12 comments : 0 downloads : 957\nonly one kit from berkeley still available ? obviously , the sig j - 3 is chuck hollinger\u2019s design which was a berkeley kit but the astro hog ( i know , not scale ) was also a berkeley kit , tho sig doesn\u2019t say their kit is descended from the berkeley .\nvintage berkeley ' s\nhelioplane\nbalsa model airplane kit nos . . unbuilt\na 1912 photo of the circle and the euclid - arlington line streetcar . photo : berkeley historical society\nreally nice scale kit\u00b4s plan from berkeley models it is a built up fuselage and wings , having a wingspan of 31\nrecommended engine range from . 19 to . 33 max rec weight of 28 ounces\nvintage berkeley republic p - 47 thunderbolt controliner kit # 1 - 10 - 295 , 21 . 5\n, 1959\ni sort of went \u2018all in\u2019 on an auction for a berkeley interstate cadet this week . in 30 hours , we will see if i won it or not . before this auction , i had no idea this kit existed in the berkeley line . do you know where i can find a complete listing of the 35 inch scale ff berkeley kits ?\nbob : thanks so much for your berkeley blog . it really touched a nerve when i first read it . in fact , your blog launched a renewed interest in me for revisiting the 35 inch span free flight civilian aircraft line from berkeley .\nnaimi b . usdm : uncertainty analysis for species distribution models . cran : cran ; 2015 .\ni have an old berkeley kit of a b - 25 was wondering what it was worth . that was not wasn\u2019t me .\ngrizzly peak model train\u2019s collection includes a sample of the vast network of trains and streetcars that used to run along berkeley\u2019s roads .\nboeing p - 26 very nice scale controline model of the boeing p - 26 made by berkeley models in the 1950\u00b4s this model has wingspan of 21 inches and is targeted around 09 to 15 engines range this kit . . .\nthanks , but that wasn\u2019t me . i remember reading that comment on the berkeley b - 26 someplace , but can\u2019t remember where .\nthis is a laser cut short kit for the berkeley ' s 61\nbird dog . this kit was designed by bill effinger for berkeley ' s in 1962 . also included are a full size printed set of plans . note : this is a short . . .\nso far grizzly peak\u2019s collection includes only a tiny sample of the vast network of trains and streetcars that used to run along berkeley\u2019s roads .\n3d - printed trains created by grizzly peak model trains , a new berkeley company exhibiting at maker faire on may 17 - 18 . photo : gpmt\nthere are many kits acquired from around the world . i am familiar with most of these models and did grow up in the hobby building and around this collection . 1 - kit as detailed above . berkley models . . .\nguisan a , zimmermann ne . predictive habitat distriution models in ecology . ecological modelling . 2000 ; 135 : 147\u201386 .\ni\u2019m just getting back into the hobby after a long absence and i\u2019d never heard of berkeley before . i\u2019ve been cruising through the balsa kits on ebay and mostly been checking out guillows , comet and sterling . i also found a nice selection of berkeley . you\u2019re not kidding when you say they command a premium price .\nat the art department : prophecies we are exploring how artistic approaches to the future can impact the world around us . this week we are very pleased to present professor of psychology etzel carde\u00f1a on how literature can open up different models of thinking about time . these models of time are brought to life by clips from the spectacular films of the one - and - only director and choreographer \u2013 busby berkeley .\nthe number of berkeley kits being listed on e - bay now are very few in number . the same applies to mccoy motors which i also collect . rl .\nberkeley based software engineer darby johnston will debut his 3d - printed grizzly peak model trains at the maker faire at san mateo event center on may 17 - 18 .\nthe maker faire presentation will be grizzly peak\u2019s first formal showing , although photos of the models have already received a positive response .\nan original postcard from 1910 of the southern pacific station on shattuck between addison and center . it was built in 1908 and demolished in 1938 . image : berkeley historical society\ni have collected berkeley kits for about fifteen years . what wonderful kits they are . i bought a berkeley b - 25 on e - bay in december 2009 . i paid $ 325 . 00 and thought that was a reasonable price . later i paid about the same price for a b - 26 invader , also on e - bay .\nboth testing and training auc values had high discriminatory power for im were excellent for 255 models , good for 72 models , fair for 35 models , poor for 8 , and failed for 0 . for the em auc values were excellent for 511 models , good for 156 models , fair for 60 models , poor for 10 , and failed for 3 . when averaged across decades auc test values were excellent for 22 , good for eight , and fair for seven species . for auc train values were excellent for 28 , good for eight , and fair for one species . the internal and external validations suggest that the im and em models are similarly parameterized and well calibrated ( s2 table ) . both of the transferability indices generally provide similar results and suggest that the models are highly transferable ( s2 table ) . the rrs statistic found that many models had values close to 0 indicating strong agreement between the im and em , however there were a number of models that suffered from over - and under - prediction ( s2 table ) . while under - prediction was more common than over - prediction , the magnitude of over - prediction was larger ( s2 table ) . the oi statistic revealed that for many models there was high - predicted overlap between the im and em models , although there were some exceptions ( s2 table ) . while most of the metrics suggest that the models are accurate , well fit , and transferable , there are some em that either over or under - predicted the im , as well as some em that had low overlap with the im , suggesting that these discrepancies arise either as an artifact of modeling , or that some other factor potentially related to life history characteristics affects model prediction and transferability .\nthe original kit was designed by paul delgatto for berkeley ' s in 1955 . we have recreated the classic model by laser cutting all of the original die - cut parts .\nguisan a , thuiller w . predicting species distribution : offering more than simple habitat models . ecology letters . 2005 ; 8 : 993\u20131009 .\nmcpherson jm , jetz w . effects of species ' ecology on the accuracy of distribution models . ecography . 2007 ; 30 : 135\u201351 .\nstockwell d , peterson at . effects of sample size on accuracy of species distribution models . ecological modelling . 2003 ; 148 : 1\u201313 .\npretty scale controline kit\u00b4s plan from berkeley full fuselage and built up kit having 28\nwingspan and engine range of 09 to 36 urltoken scale 1 . 5 inches equal to 1 . 0 foot\nenms can become erratic when transferring projections in space and time [ 6 , 10 ] . while this study used internal and external validations to ensure that models were well parameterized , accurate , and transferable , some models suffered from over - or under - prediction . over - prediction could emerge as an artifact of thresholding , or as a by - product of model parameterization . if a particular threshold was always more lenient ( lower ) than other thresholding approaches than ranges would always tend towards over - prediction , however this was not the case . if the models were over - parameterized then the expectation is that the transferred models would under - predict the range , while the converse is true for under - parameterized models . in some studies , maxent has been known to remove too many variables , resulting in over - predicted range sizes due to under - fit models [ 16 ] . here the high degree of over - prediction for some species suggests under - fitting , although the fit statistics indicate that the models are well parameterized .\nbob , came accross your website today ( saturday 4 - 23 - 2011 ) i can relate to the old berkeley\u2019s , as i\u2019m in my late sixty\u2019s . 1st berkeley was the culver v . over the years , i have collected the berkeley kits of which i now have close to 50 or so . along with others ( sterling , sig , comet , cleveland , etc . ) you are correct that the value has gone skyhigh on these kits . i guess when the lord takes me , i will build them up stairs . take care , steve douglas , charlotte , nc\nthe first two train lines arrived in the city the 1870s , said phil gale , mechanical engineer and treasurer for the berkeley historical society . the berkeley branch line , which later became southern pacific ( sp ) , ran from what is now emeryville to downtown berkeley , and was later extended to vine street . the other early line was a union pacific train that ran from 3 rd street to delaware street . shortly after , the first street railroad was built on telegraph avenue . in the following years additional lines were added elsewhere and companies began to electrify their lines around the turn of the century .\n< img src =\nurltoken\nclass =\nimg\nalt =\nvintage berkeley republic p - 47 thunderbolt controliner kit # 1 - 10 - 295 , 21 . 5\n, 1959\n>\nall of these contests related to either gliders or rubber models , because mr . hurst felt that the gasoline powered model was dangerous , and he resisted it .\ni had two of the carved fuselage control line models , a p - 51 and a p - 38 , both christmas gifts , but never got up the courage to try flying them even though i was by then pretty good with something like a ringmaster . i built a whole series of the 1 / 2a free flight models and tried to fly most of them without really knowing what i was doing . a few years later when i was a bit more grown up and a whole lot more skilled at model building , the quality of the entire berkeley line suffered from the use of really bad balsa as a cost control measure and before anyone really noticed , they were gone . these days you won\u2019t find the name berkeley on a hobby shop shelf anywhere , and most modelers have never heard of them . there is one balsa wood model airplane kit now on the market that can be traced back to the berkeley lines\u2026do any of you know what it is ?\ncolor rendered models from grizzly peak model trains : top to bottom \u2013 sacramento northern 107 , sp interurban electric railway red car , key system 1001 . image : gpmt\nwenger sj , olden jd . assessing transferability of ecological models : an underappreciated aspect of statistical validation . methods in ecology and evolution . 2012 ; 3 : 260\u20137 .\n\u201ci\u2019ve been really interested in the local history and the amazing public transportation system that berkeley had , \u201d he said . \u201ca lot of it has been replaced by more modern systems , but not necessarily better systems . \u201d\nin the early 60s i built a lot of ff scale models . somehow in the workshop there had always been a kit , berkeley b - 17 flying fortress , which challenged my imagination . i remember carving the fuselage for nearly a year , listening to tv and movies about the plane . i read every book and magazine , and went to airshows to enjoy the sight and rumble .\none day the school principal asked me to show him my models . he asked me to bring the models over and we flew them in the school auditorium . he was quite impressed , and told me that i could fly my models there any time . all i had to do was just ask the janitor to let me in . however , that didn\u2019t work so great because the janitor always seemed to want to hide when i came around , as he was always in a hurry to do something else .\nblackburn plan cf - xxx type model rc semi scale old timer . wingspan 61in . engine glow ? ? ? control 3 channels . designer vern zundel . magazine flying models\nsyphard ad , franklin j . species traits affect the performance of species distribution models for plants in southern california . journal of vegetation science . 2010 ; 21 : 177\u201389 .\nheikkinen rk , marmion m , luoto m . does the interpolation accuracy of species distribution models come at the expense of transferability ? ecography . 2012 ; 35 : 276\u201388 .\na primary assumption of environmental niche models ( enms ) is that models are both accurate and transferable across geography or time ; however , recent work has shown that models may be accurate but not highly transferable . while some of this is due to modeling technique , individual species ecologies may also underlie this phenomenon . life history traits certainly influence the accuracy of predictive enms , but their impact on model transferability is less understood . this study investigated how life history traits influence the predictive accuracy and transferability of enms using historically calibrated models for birds . in this study i used historical occurrence and climate data ( 1950 - 1990s ) to build models for a sample of birds , and then projected them forward to the \u2018future\u2019 ( 1960 - 1990s ) . the models were then validated against models generated from occurrence data at that \u2018future\u2019 time . internal and external validation metrics , as well as metrics assessing transferability , and generalized linear models were used to identify life history traits that were significant predictors of accuracy and transferability . this study found that the predictive ability of enms differs with regard to life history characteristics such as range , migration , and habitat , and that the rarity versus commonness of a species affects the predicted stability and overlap and hence the transferability of projected models . projected enms with both high accuracy and transferability scores , still sometimes suffered from over - or under - predicted species ranges . life history traits certainly influenced the accuracy of predictive enms for birds , but while aspects of geographic range impact model transferability , the mechanisms underlying this are less understood .\nhijmans r , graham ch . the ability of climate envelope models to predict the effect of climate change on species distributions . global change biology . 2006 ; 12 : 1\u201310 .\nscarce berkeley\u2019s bootstrap \u201ca - rc\u201d 54\u201d span being sold for parts only - it does not look complete to me since i cannot locate the wheels , the plans or the propeller . ships to you via usps priority mail . . .\nfound several models of berkeleys few days ago in ceilin of house that was purchased . most were damaged . original boxes an instructions . might put in garbage because i dont want them\nara\u00fajo m , pearson r , thuiller w , erhard m . validation of species\u2013climate impact models under climate change . global change biology . 2005 ; 11 ( 9 ) : 1504\u201313 .\nconverse to results from mcpherson and jetz [ 5 ] , this study found that the models for temperate migrants tended to have lower accuracy than those for neotropical migrants or resident species . different studies have come to different conclusions regarding how well models capture the distributions of migrant versus resident birds [ 63 , 72 ] , suggesting that this may vary across geographies and assemblages .\nalthough it has been suggested that collinear predictors do not affect maxent model building , but instead impact model interpretation [ 73 , 74 ] , the inclusion of variables that are collinear can lead to over - fit models and potentially to the elimination of biologically relevant variables [ 40 ] . these models are expected to under - predict the range [ 51 ] , and indeed , this accords with findings from braunisch [ 47 ] in which complex models ( retaining highly collinear predictor variables ) performed better than simpler models ( retaining independent variables ) , despite potential over - fit and under - prediction . although we did observe examples of under - prediction in this study , it was of small magnitude , suggesting that collinearity is not driving the results .\nelith j , leathwick jr . species distribution models : ecological explanation and prediction across space and time . annual review of ecology evolultion systematics . 2009 ; 40 ( 1 ) : 677\u201397 .\npearson rg , dawson tp . predicting the impacts of climate change on the distribution of species : are bioclimatic envelope models useful ? global ecology and biogeography . 2003 ; 12 : 361\u201371 .\nfielding a , bell j . a review of methods for the assessment of prediction errors in conservation presence / absence models . environmental conservation . 1997 ; 24 ( 1 ) : 38\u201349 .\nmanel s , williams hc , sormerod sj . evaluating presence - absence models in ecology : the need to account for prevalence . journal of applied ecology . 2001 ; 38 : 921\u201331 .\njime\u2032nez - valverde a . threshold - dependence as a desirable attribute for discrimination assessment : implications for the evaluation of species distribution models . biodiversity and conservation . 2014 ; 23 : 369\u201385 .\nhijmans rj , graham ch . the ability of climate envelope models to predict the effect of climate change on species distributions . global change biology . 2006 ; 12 ( 12 ) : 2272\u201381 .\nfor birds , some of the life history traits that have been examined with regard to enm performance include range size , conservation status , migratory behavior , rarity , endemism , body mass ( size ) , habitat structure , and wetland affinity ( reviewed in mcpherson and jetz [ 5 ] ) . of these traits , range size , migratory behavior , and wetland affinity have detectable impacts on model performance for south african bird species . narrow ranged species models performed better than those for common species , non - migrant species models were better than those for migrants , models for endemics outperformed models for non - endemics , non - wetland species models outperformed wetland species models [ 5 ] . however , the characteristics that contribute to a successful interpolative model ( e . g . a model built and projected within the same climatic and geographic environment ) , may not be the same as those that make for a successful extrapolative model ( e . g . a model built using one climatic and geographic environment and then projected to a different climatic or geographic environment ) [ 6 ] . therefore , transferability as it relates to life - history characteristics should ideally be evaluated explicitly .\nquaker flash plan kit s - 202 type model rc sport trainer . wingspan 34in . highwing . engine glow cox pw . 020 control 1 channels . designer herb clukey . company flyline models july 1979\np\u00f6yry j , luoto m , heikkinen rk , saarinen k . species traits are associated with the quality of bioclimatic models . global ecology and biogeography . 2008 ; 17 ( 3 ) : 403\u201314 .\nthis series invites an array of grammar types useful both as learning devices and as research tools . the freedom to break away from latin and greek grammar models , traditionally required , in particular of indo - european historical languages , is respected and even urged when appropriate . on the other hand , the valuable genetic study of language should remain a sought - after , well - developed endeavor , and should not be lost to the present and future world of learning . accordingly , the berkeley models of grammars series seeks forward - looking , theoretically sophisticated methodologies which are at the same time relatively exhaustive or complete grammars of a given language at any period of its existence .\na few months after i had moved from central california to burbank , california , the burbank club had a free flight contest . i had done quite a bit with towline models earlier , and i had\ncitation : wogan gou ( 2016 ) life history traits and niche instability impact accuracy and temporal transferability for historically calibrated distribution models of north american birds . plos one 11 ( 3 ) : e0151024 . urltoken\nlobo jm , jim\u00e9nez - valverde a , real r . auc : a misleading measure of the performance of predictive distribution models . global ecology and biogeography . 2008 ; 17 ( 2 ) : 145\u201351 .\nsince there are recent studies investigating model variation with regards to geographic transferability [ 37 ] and temporal transferability [ 11 ] and both have found strong support for high transferability of maxent models , i used maxent 3 . 2e [ 38 , 39 ] to build models and then project them into the \u201cfuture\u201d . enms using matched decadal occurrence records and climate data were generated for each decade , then projected forward in time , such that enms generated using 1950s occurrence points and 1950s climate , were projected to 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , and 1990s climates ( fig 1 ) . interpolative models ( im ) , are developed using occurrence data from a particular decade in conjunction with historical climate data from the same decade , and are expected to be good representations of the species\u2019 distribution [ 14 ] . the extrapolative models ( em ) , which are the interpolative models projected onto a \u2018future\u2019 climate are more prone to error because they are built using climate data that differs from the climate to which they are projected [ 16 ] .\ninteresting to hear the name of berkeley kits . in the 60\u2019s my uncle was briefly partners in a hobby shop . when it closed he gave my dad a berkeley models \u201cb26 invader\u201d model kit with 87 1 / 2 inch wingspan . its huge ! the kit was half built . a guy contacted wanting to \u201cborrow\u201d it . he let the guy take the plans with him only to find out he left a false phone number ! my uncle did not know the guy either so the plans were gone . i still have the kit and someday hope to figure out the proper locations for the fuselage bulkheads . the wings are built . to date i haven\u2019t found anyone who has ever heard of the kit let alone has a plans set .\nthese pages from vintage modeling magazines like american aircraft modeler , american modeler , air trails , flying aces , flying models , model airplane news , & young men captured the era . all copyrights hereby acknowledged .\nrandin cf , dirnbock t , dullinger s , zimmerman ne , massimiliano z , guisan a . are niche - based species distribution models transferable in space ? journal of biogeography . 2006 ; 33 : 1689\u2013703 .\nto gauge model transferability i examine the magnitude of over - or under - prediction and assess the overlap between modeled ranges . this approach assumes that the im better represents the true distribution than does the em [ 16 , 68 ] . external model evaluation was performed using two auc - based transferability indices to gauge the accuracy of the extrapolative models . both ti h ( ti h = auc ( em ) / auc ( im ) ) , developed by heikkinen et al . [ 37 ] and ti w ( ti w = ( 1 - ( auc diff ( em ) ) ) / ( 1 - ( auc diff ( im ) ) ) developed here , are simple ratios in which values less than one indicate that the interpolative models are providing more accurate predictions than the extrapolative models . values close to one are indicate equivalent accuracy of interpolative and extrapolative models . the second index , ti w differs from ti h by incorporating the internal evaluation into the ratio . i also use metrics to quantify mismatch between the interpolative models ( im ) and the extrapolative models ( em ) . the metrics used here are from [ 69 ] and include the relative range size ( rrs ) and the overlap index ( oi ) . they are intended to provide insight into the performance of the transferred extrapolative models ( em ) relative to the interpolative models ( im ) . the relative range size ( rrs ) ( if im < em rrs = em / im - 1 , else rrs = - 1 ( im / em - 1 ) is a measure of the over - or under - prediction of suitable area of the em relative to the im . a positive number means that the em over - predicts the range , a negative value means it under - predicts the range , and a value close to 0 indicates model similarity [ 16 ] . the overlap index ( oi ) ( oi = ( o / im ) ) quantifies agreement between the predicted and projected species range . oi records the amount of congruence between the im and em models . it is a simple ratio that quantifies the overlap between the im and em models with respect to the im . values range from zero to one . a value close to one indicates that the em performs well in predicting the species range . a low value indicates little agreement between the models .\nthe performance of enms built using historical climate and occurrence data varied in their ability to predict \u201cfuture\u201d species distributions . in this study models were projected to highly similar analogous environments , under the expectation that they should transfer well [ 61 ] . the testing auc scores for the models were overall quite high , and the models were well calibrated with only a slight tendency toward over - parameterization ( which is less problematic than under - parameterization [ 52 ] ) . although the transferability scores were generally high , the transferability of the models varied . while the glms did not find any of the life history traits to be significant predictors of transferability as measured by ti h or ti w , the oi statistic suggests that commonality versus rarity of species across their distributional ranges may play an important role in the predictive ability of extrapolated models . in this study , this was the only life history character that significantly predicted overlap . in contrast , the wilcoxon test suggests that there are statistically significant differences in transferability for narrow versus widespread species , but not for common versus rare species .\nmcpherson jm , jetz w , rogers dj . the effects of species ' range sizes on the accuracy of distribution models : ecological phenomenon or statistical artefact ? journal of applied ecology . 2004 ; 41 : 811\u201323 .\ni probably built half a dozen kindling wood models using lepages glue , which has to be the worst excuse for glue man ever invented , and covered them with wax paper . you know , it really is hard to get wax paper to stick to wood using lepages glue . somehow , i was able to get it done . some of my models actually flew eight or ten feet , especially if i threw them kind of hard .\nbede bd - 6 plan cf - 380 type model rc scale civil . wingspan 56in . highwing . engine glow o . s max . 20 control 4 channels . designer dan reiss . magazine flying models sep . 1975\nfor range , widespread versus narrow species distributions but not the commonness or rarity of the species impacted the model accuracy , with narrowly distributed species having higher model accuracy than widespread species ( fig 2 ) . to determine if this finding reflects an artifact of modeling or an effect of life history trait , auc scores for models for narrowly distributed species were re - evaluated with a reduced background extent and then compared to models with the full background extent . the two sets of models were found to be statistically significantly different ( auc test : t = 5 . 4379 , p - value = 0 . 000 ) which suggests that these differences arose as an artifact of modeling .\nthere are many kits acquired from around the world . i am familiar with most of these models and did grow up in the hobby building and around this collection . die cut and print wood parts . wood content . . .\nallouche o , tsoar a , kadmon r . assessing the accuracy of species distribution models : prevalence , kappa and the true skill statistic ( tss ) . journal of applied ecology . 2006 ; 43 ( 6 ) : 1223\u201332 .\nowens hl , campbell lp , dornak l , saupe ee , barve n , sober\u00f3n j , et al . constraints on interpretation of ecological niche models by limited environmental ranges on calibration areas . ecological modelling . 2013 ; 263 : 10\u20138 .\nmany studies examining the impact of life history traits have recovered a pattern whereby models for narrow ranging , endemic species have higher model accuracy than those for widespread species as assessed by auc scores [ 5 , 10 , 63 , 64 ] . however , for species occupying a restricted range relative to the extent of the background area modeled , auc scores can be elevated as an artifact of modeling due to sampling prevalence and sample size [ 57 ] , and pseudo - absences [ 14 , 65 , 66 ] . by explicitly evaluating the effect of background extent on auc scores for these species , the artifacts that arise from modeling should become evident [ 66 ] . to untangle artifacts of modeling from effects of life history traits , i generated a second set of models for narrow ranging endemics using a reduced background extent ( extent restricted to states where a cbc circle recorded a presence ) and then compared the auc scores from the two models sets using t - tests to assess if background extent impacted estimates of model performance . since sampling size and the number of background points were held constant , and therefore neither sampling prevalence or sample size should be affecting differences among the sets of models , a significant difference between the models ( full extent versus reduced extent ) suggests that pseudo - absence selection influences auc scores . if the models do not differ statistically , the higher auc scores recovered for narrow ranged species may reflect a true effect of the underlying species ecology .\nsmith ab , santos mj , koo ms , rowe km , rowe kc , patton jl , et al . evaluation of species distribution models by resampling of sites surveyed a century ago by joseph grinnell . ecography . 2013 ; 36 : 1017\u201331 .\nmodels for both neotropical migrants and residents had high levels of model accuracy , while models for temperate migrants had markedly reduced accuracy ( fig 2 ) . among the six major habitat categories included in these analyses , model accuracy for wetland species exhibited a large amount of variation , although the mean auc was high ( fig 2 ) . the wilcoxon test found support for significant differences in accuracy for both range components ( e . g . widespread vs narrow , common vs rare ) ( table 4 ) .\nwiens ja , stralberg d , jongsomjit d , howell ca , snyder ma . niches , models , and climate change : assessing the assumptions and uncertainties . proceedings of the national academy of sciences . 2009 ; 106 suppl 2 : 19729\u201336 . pmid : 19822750 .\nwe exemplify below various conceptions of time found in the work of some writers , and illustrate them with frivolous confections from busby berkeley\u2019s films , coupling the sacred with the profane . our list of conceptions is not exhaustive ( for instance , we do not cover time travel because it could be explained according to different models ) and many more examples could be adduced for the ones we discuss . [ / vc _ column _ text ] [ / vc _ tta _ section ] [ vc _ tta _ section title = \u201dsequential time\u201d tab _ id = \u201d1469474741281 - 7aacb64e - 1cbf\u201d ] [ vc _ column _ text ]\njohnston has nine finished products , most models of northern california trains , that will be on view at the maker faire . there are passenger and freight cars from southern pacific , sacramento northern , key system , and northern electric lines , and a san francisco muni street car .\ngarrison b , lupo t . accuracy of bird range maps based on habitat maps and habitat relationship models . in : scott j , heglund p , morrison m , editors . predicting species occurrences\u2014issues of accuracy and scale . washington dc : island press ; 2002 . p . 367\u201375 .\nif i recall correctly , he also did a pt - 19 which i believe berkeley also offered . too bad its not still available . speaking of pt - 19s , what plan or kit is the pt - 19 in your photo gallery ? nice pics but they could use some captions to explain what is going on . it looks like tissue covering . very nice little model .\nphillips sj , dudik m , elith j , graham ch , lehmann a , leathwick j , et al . sample selection bias and presence - only distribution models : implications for background and pseudo - absence data . ecological applications . 2009 ; 19 ( 1 ) : 181\u201397 . pmid : 19323182\nzuur a , ieno em , walker n , saveliev a , smith gm . mixed effects models and extensions in ecology with r . gail m , krickeberg k , samet jm , tsiatis a , wong w , editors . new york : springer science + business media , llc ; 2011 .\nberkeley\u2019s population more than tripled in the first ten years of the 20 th century , gale said . train construction boomed , accommodating the new residents \u2014 and then \u201cthe whole thing came crashing down in 1913 , \u201d due to major financial and legal problems throughout the system , gale said . streetcars and some trains ran until the 1940s and 1950s , until they were gradually replaced by buses .\ndo any of you old timers remember a berkeley sailboat model with a 36\u2033 preformed hull that was a yawl named the \u201ctiki\u201d as i recall . i wonder if these kits ever show up on ebay . if so , what sort of price might these go for . i built one of these back in the late fifties and i think the price might have been around $ 30 at that time .\nmuscarella r , galante pj , soley - guardia m , boria ra , kass jm , uriarte m , et al . enmeval : an r package for conducting spatially independent evaluations and estimating optimal model complexity for maxent ecological niche models . methods in ecology and evolution . 2014 ; 5 ( 11 ) : 1198\u2013205 .\ndear richard , i recently bought on ebay a 36 inch model sailboat described as tahati by berkeley . it is a yawl rig with blue sails and a raised cabin just forward of the cockpit . the hull is plastic and the deck is wood with some mahogany . the mast is snapped and the rc great is gone , but i am trying to restore it . any info you have would be much appreciated . larry\ni also built a flew several of the berkeley control liners ; a sr . puddle jumper was about the first . later , a p - 6e very neat model . also my first r / c was a henry struct \u201cbootstrap\u201d , then a \u201crc sea cat\u201d . i know i bought a scale b - 25 but never built it and i do not know where it got lost . i still have an in the box , control line stunt . 60 size \u201csnark\u201d .\na total of 555 models were constructed ( 15 models for each species ) . as previous analyses have demonstrated equivalent model performance with full versus subsets of environmental variables [ 16 ] , and i had no a priori information by which to select variables across the modeled set of species [ 40 ] , i used 19 bioclimatic variables for model building ( s1 table ) . however , there are two schools of thought regarding variable selection when using maxent [ 41 ] , one suggests including all reasonable predictor variables [ 38 , 42 , 43 ] , the other suggests removing collinear variables [ 41 ] . in maxent , allowing more predictor variables allows more complex model fitting , and by default maxent determines which predictors to use based on the number of occurrences in the dataset [ 44 ] . maxent uses weighting for variable selection , as well as an l1 - regularization procedure that penalizes models in which predictor variables with little or no contribution are included [ 41 , 45 ] , thus it is generally thought to be less sensitive to model over - fitting than other methods [ 42 , 43 ] ( but see [ 46 ] ) . furthermore , if the relationship among variables is not constant over time , the inclusion of multiple collinear predictors has been found to produce better performance and fit as compared to reduced variable models [ 47 ] . however , if variables are highly collinear , ecologically relevant predictors may be excluded if a collinear variable better explains the response variable [ 40 , 48 ] . from a purely statistical standpoint , reducing collinear variables reduces the potential for mis - identification of critical variables [ 40 ] . to better understand the potential impact of collinearity among the predictor variables in the maxent models , and the constancy of variable relationships across decades , i calculated variance inflation factors ( vif ) using the r package usdm [ 49 ] .\ni had to carve the fuselage thin enough to see light through , to keep weight low . i used 4 golden bee motors which performed so well for decades . the nose art was great , took first in cl scale at the nats . hard to describe how much fun and education i derived from that one berkeley b - 17 flying fortress kit . today it would have been rc , rc in the early 60s could not always be adapted too easily for some airplanes . .\nby this time the summer work was paying better , and i was able to buy a dennymite motor , which was one of the best ones built at the time . i built several different models around that dennymite motor , and i placed in quite a few contests , and won one ( free flight , i believe ) . in retrospect , the gas models were more of a challenge , but i learned more from building rubber models because they built easily , and because i was able to try out so many different thoughts . i learned quickly that a triangle fuselage was stiffer than a rectangular one , that diagonal verticals were stiffer than straight ones . regardless of what charles hampson grant said in his center of lateral area theories , i found that if i put the wing up front on a high pylon , it stayed right side up . i learned that if you wanted a model to catch and stay in a thermal , that you had to cut down the rudder area to the bare minimum . i learned that an all weather airplane , one that you could fly in the rain , won more hardware than a fair weather ship that was a tremendous flyer .\nthere are berkeley kits around , if you know where to look . check out model airplane swap meets , poke around in the stacks of dusty old kits you might be fortunate enough to run into , and you could be lucky enough to spot one of the old red , black and white kit boxes . they are considered collector\u2019s items , and the few that have survived the years in excellent condition command serious prices . i have never considered myself a collector , but i am very much interested in old time balsa wood airplane kits like the berkeley line that are no longer pristine or even complete but preserved well enough that a determined , skilled aeromodeller can actually build an airplane from them . for me , building a model airplane i remember from my youth , using all the skills i have acquired over the years to do a far better job than i could ever have dreamed of in those days , and then actually flying it using state - of - the - art micro radio control and electric power is a nostalgia trip to write home about .\ni found the caption page yesterday , finally . this is the page i had trouble finding again . i remember that easy built had a couple of kits that they touted as r / c models . i suppose the pt - 19 was one of them ? i did find a tigerkitten kit on ebay yesterday and its now on its way to me . i always liked the lines of that model .\njohnston is expecting his initial audience to be largely made up of collectors and historians , but he hopes to eventually tear kids away from their digital distractions and reintroduce them to the classic pastime . eventually , he hopes to collaborate with current transit agencies to make models of contemporary trains . he made himself a model of a bart car , which he keeps in his pocket as a lucky charm when he takes the train to work .\nlater , while i was at wright field , anderson finished the tool and sampled it . they then sent me sample parts . i was able to get a machine shop in dayton to machine up the parts for the first die cast . 59 . a few weeks later i was discharged from service . i took my newly made motor back to los angeles . at that time i didn\u2019t have any models or any place to build one .\nhello mr benjamin i picked up an old berkeley king size flying scale model kit it is a aeronca c - 3 it is a 1 1 / 2 scale 54 in . wing span . it is unbuilt in the box decals and huge single instruction sheet included copy write 1957 i cant say every peice is there but the box is packed with balsa strips , planks , different shaped blocks and several sheets that are covered with parts that you cut out . and the paper to cover the wings and fuseloge etc etc have no idea of value . i paid 30 bucks is this something you would like to own ? ? clayton 208 - 713 - 0632 thanks .\nin order to test the temporal transferability of enms , i build models using historical data from fifty years of field surveys ( 1950 to 1999 ) in combination with historical climate data and project them to the \u201cfuture\u201d ( in this study \u201cfuture\u201d refers to 1960 to 1999 ) . the projected models were validated through comparison with survey data from the time period to which they have been projected . model validation using serial temporal sampling is becoming more common ( for recent examples [ 19 , 25 ] ) , providing an independent means for assessing model accuracy [ 24 ] . since differences between modeling approaches are less impactful and insightful than other factors when evaluating transferability [ 6 , 7 , 11 ] , rather than focusing on the transferability of different modeling techniques ( see [ 11 , 37 ] for recent reviews ) , i use a single model type with high extrapolative ability . using historical data in this manner provides a more robust framework for evaluating temporal transferability than consensus modeling approaches since consensus approaches emphasis precision rather than accuracy [ 6 ] .\nthe house we had lived in was repossessed . fortunately , my father had owned a vacant lot and was able to buy a milk shed for $ 15 . 00 . we moved the milk shed onto the vacant lot . shortly after this the economy started easing up a little bit . no matter how tight things were , though , i was able to come up with 75 cents or $ 1 . 00 a month to send away for model building supplies , and i kept building models after school all of this period .\nthe decreased transferability found in this study could have potentially arisen due to some of the specific characteristics of the data utilized in these analyses . for some species , the range limits of the winter range extend beyond the borders of the continental united states , and these areas were not used in constructing enms . projecting to highly novel climates , can lead to decreased transferability if the entire geographic range is not sampled [ 85 ] . this arises because some combinations of climatic variables are not included during model building , which can result in models that do not capture the upper and / or lower ends of the environmental envelope [ 85 ] . this could underlie some of the instances of under - prediction found here , but does not explain over - prediction . furthermore , the climates in these analyses are analogous across all decades . there is no evidence to suggest that novel climatic combinations existed during the 50 years ( as assessed by the absence of clamping and with the mess statistic ) . as such , models should be both highly accurate and temporally transferable within the continental united states .\nhere i examine the relationship between life history characteristics and model accuracy and transferability for a subset of north american birds . i use historical occurrence records in combination with historical climate data to forecast to the current climate and to validate the models . using historical data to assess model accuracy and behavior is a highly informative approach to model validation , and is the only direct method to assess temporal transferability [ 11 , 15 , 19 , 24 ] . i quantify model accuracy , parameterization , and transferability , and then use generalized linear models to relate differences in these measures to differences in life history characteristics among species . this is done over a relatively short time period ( 50 years ) in a region where climate is roughly analogous , thus the expectation is that transferability should be very high unless they are impacted by either artifacts of modeling or life history characteristics . this study focused on species with relatively steady ranges over the past fifty years rather than those with documented range shifts . by doing so it becomes more straightforward to disentangle artifacts of modeling from the effects of life history traits on predictive accuracy and transferability .\nthe commonness or rarity of the species ( range ) was a significant predictor for oi but not rss ( table 3 , fig 3 ) . the oi was higher for rare birds indicating better agreement between the im and em models than for common birds , interestingly , glms did not find any of the life history characteristics examined here to be significant predictors of model transferability as measured by ti h or ti w metrics ( table 3 ) , although the wilcoxon test did recover significant support for differences in transferability for narrow versus widespread species ( table 4 ) ."]}
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", "topic": 36}], "title": "catalina swimwear", "paragraphs": ["now the swimwear designer is on her own at bikini guru , still making those frequent swimwear presentations .\ncatalina swimwear , inspired by sunny california and the leading ladies in hollywood , compliments your summer wardrobe with savings that suit your style .\nwomen ' s catalina two - piece bikini swimwear top large 11 - 13 bottom medium 7 - 9 black and white . light padded top .\nthe label is named after a real person , anne cole . the veteran swimwear executive launched the brand in 1982 after working in marketing and sales for years for her father , fred cole , who founded cole of catalina and catalina swimwear . anne cole , now in her late 80s , retired from the swimwear industry several years ago , but she still lives in beverly hills .\n70 ' s catalina swimsuit / swimwear : 70s - catalina - mens blue background polyester cotton blend with nylon liner swim shorts . solid color with white stripes and hem slits on the sides , and a drawstring waistband .\nretro 1980 ' s swimsuit / swimwear ( catalina ) : 80s - catalina - womens aqua blue background cotton polyester blend swim shorts with elastic waistband , full nylon brief lining , front side entry pockets with white trim down the side seams .\ndesigning swimwear and running a swimwear company are worlds apart . so why shouldn\u2019t a swimwear designer\u2019s studio be a world apart from corporate headquarters ? many are . the corporate suits may be in manhattan , but the bathing suits are on the beach , particularly in california . california has spawned some of the greatest historic names in swimwear\u2014catalina , cole of california , tyr and ocean pacific . that\u2019s why several swimwear designers whose corporate headquarters are on the east coast have set up shop not far from the pacific ocean . it\u2019s the perfect spot to inhale the sea air and soak up inspiration . three swimwear designers share how they work thousands of miles away from their bosses and still get the job done .\nnwt one collections by catalina bikini bottom . color coral freeze . tie sides .\nonce a month , kenney flies to new york for back - to - back meetings on seventh avenue with gary silverman , executive vice president at anne cole swimwear , and meredith glasser , vice president of sales at anne cole swimwear .\nallyn has spent nearly 30 years tracking swimwear trends . after studying at brooks college in long beach , calif . , and the university of california , los angeles , her first job in the swimwear industry was at apparel ventures in gardena , calif . she started out as a piece - goods buyer , becoming familiar with the vast world of fabric salespeople and swimwear resources . then marvin goodman , the swimwear company\u2019s founder , gave her a chance to help design swimsuits .\nvintage 80s swimsuit / swimwear : 80s - catalina - mens red background polyester and cotton , nylon brief lined swim trunks with tie off waistline , white piped trim and inset right hip pocket with zip top closure .\nvintage catalina fifties swimsuit / swimwear : 50s - catalina - mens faded navy blue background cotton swim shorts with drawstring waistband , full cotton thermal brief lining and a button down flapped coin pocket on the right front hip . tiny pinhead size navy blue spot on the back rear ( not very noticeable ) .\nlast year , real estate investor statewide acquisitions corporation purchased downtown la\u2019s historic catalina swimwear building with plans to repurpose the 1920s - era industrial structure as a live - work complex with a bit of ground - floor commercial space .\ncatalina black bathing swimsuit 1 piece polka dot ruched , adorable catalina black swimsuit with white polka dots , builded in bra , adjustable shoulder strap , ruched in each side for slimming effects , lined .\nafter nearly seven years of designing bathing suits at apparel ventures , allyn moved over to authentic fitness / warnaco , which had a number of swimwear labels such as anne cole , cole of catalina , catalina , calvin klein and speedo . she worked primarily on the juniors line sunset beach as well as the oscar de la renta and cole of california labels .\ncatalina 40 ' s vintage swimsuit / swimwear : 40s - catalina - mens dusty moss green background cotton classic style swim shorts . an embroidered design on the left leg , a button flap right front key pocket , mesh knit liner and elastic drawstring waistband . there is a minor mend on the waist and on the pocket , a few scattered faint tiny spots .\n, it adds a splash of color to your collection of summer swimwear . it ' s made of soft polyester with just the right amount . . .\nallyn\u2019s principal client as a freelance designer is a & h sportswear , the 77 - year - old swimwear and sportswear company in pennsylvania owned by the waldman family . the company is famous for its miraclesuit label as well as other misses swimwear brands , such as mainstream , cyberswim , penbrooke and eco swim .\ncomplete the look with this keyhole side scoop bottom from the collection by catalina line . this popular bottom silhouette provide\ncatalina one piece bathing suit . built - in bra . tummy lined . size s ( 4 - 6 ) .\nthis high waisted bottom from collections by catalina will elevate your style this summer . it features strappy side detail with ta\nkenney is one of a number of swimwear designers who have opted to keep their design studios close to the beach instead of grabbing a corner in the corporate headquarters .\nthis molded push up cup bandeau top from collections by catalina will elevate your style this summer . it features crochet trim and\nthis side tie scoop bottom from collections by catalina will elevate your style this summer . it features macrame detail and gold b\nthis molded push up cup bandeau top from collections by catalina will elevate your style this summer . it features blanket stitch a\nby catalina . tiered black tankini that has back peep hole together with classic swim skirt . attached brief . slimming effect .\nsummer long . the cute and conservative design provides control in the front and good coverage all over . the catalina . . .\nlook great by the pool or catch some waves with this collections by catalina solid coral freeze swim brief . gold toned and silver\nplus size tankini . top ties at neck . ruffle top from collections by catalina . bottoms are blue . inseam : 3\n.\nstep out in style this summer with the collections by catalina women ' s tropical sketch side tie bikini bottom . the fashionable an\nthe catalina women ' s crochet bandeaukini top lets you enjoy chic fashion at the pool or the beach . it features a geometric crochet\ntankini top . collections by catalina . watercolor floral . built - in shelf bra . shell : 82 % nylon 18 % spandex .\ncatalina halter tankini swimsuit top . for beach , cruise , resort , pool , vacation . colors : white , light and royal blue , aqua , pink . 3 rows of ruffles attached to the lining . label : catalina : xl ( 16 - 18 ) .\nthe idea of working out of new york was out of the question for swimwear designer rod beattie , whose label bleu / rod beattie was bought early this year by new york\u2013based amerex group .\naround this time , beattie was approached by a . h . schreiber\u2014a new york company whose swimwear labels include longitude , badgley mischka , delta burke and sirena\u2014to join forces and launch his own label with them . that was at the end of 2010 . this year , a . h . schreiber sold the brand to amerex , known more for its line of coats and jackets rather than swimwear . but the company is trying to round out its apparel offerings to cover all seasons . other swimwear labels it owns or produces include red carter , jessica simpson and jones new york .\nnt for your swim wardrobe . catalina offers many tankini tops to pair with this trendy & fashion forward swim skirt . get . . .\nthis catalina women ' s crochet skirted swimsuit bottom offers a versatile choice for hanging out at the pool or on the beach . the c\nthis catalina women ' s crochet brief swimsuit bottom offers a versatile choice for hanging out at the pool or on the beach . the cut\nthe catalina women ' s crochet bandeaukini top lets you enjoy chic fashion at the pool or the beach . it features a tribal crochet de\nyou ' ll look good whether coming or going all season long wearing the catalina women ' s solid crochet skirted bottom . cute and sassy\ncollections by catalina features elevated essentials to reinvent your style this summer . styles come with details like amazing prints , sequins , embroidery and beading .\nthe catalina women ' s solid side tie bikini bottom offers a versatile choice for hanging out at the pool or on the beach . the cute\nthis catalina women ' s ruched skirted swim bottom offers a versatile choice for hanging out at the pool or on the beach . the cute a\nmore than one year ago , allyn decided that after decades of designing at some of the top swimwear companies in california and new york , she was ready to venture out on her own as a freelancer .\neighties vintage swimsuit / swimwear : 80s - catalina - mens light yellow background polyester cotton blend totally 80s swim shorts with elastic drawstring waistband , full nylon brief lining , tan trim along the side seams and leg openings , a right front button closure flapped patch pocket on the right front hip and a red , white and navy blue - catalina - patch on the left leg front . two super faint 1 / 8 inch spots on the back right leg opening ( not very noticeable and may lessen with additional laundry ) .\nfor beattie , it would complete the design circle . after graduating from the fashion department at otis college of art and design in los angeles , his first job in the swimwear trade was designing coverups at apparel ventures .\nshe was at authentic fitness / warnaco for seven years before taking a job with in mocean , where she worked primarily designing the xhilaration swimwear label for target . \u201ci made a presentation every six weeks , \u201d allyn recalled .\neveritt says that , while the property was in escrow last year , its current owner discovered that it was designed by william douglas lee , who later went on to design hancock park\u2019s el royale apartments and the ch\u00e2teau marmont . built for pacific knitting mills , which later became the catalina swimwear company , the building was one of many elegantly designed industrial facilities constructed in the downtown area during the early 20th century .\nwhen in mocean came knocking at the door in 2011 and asked kenney to be the chief designer for anne cole swimwear , she was thrilled . the anne cole label exudes california , and she had worked on the label many years ago .\nalready , beattie is expanding on the swimwear line . with amerex\u2019s office in shanghai , the designer is looking forward to creating more pieces such as coverups that go with his label , geared for the woman between the ages of 25 and 55 .\n70s - catalina - mens blue background polyester cotton blend with nylon liner swim shorts . solid color with white stripes and hem slits on the sides , and a drawstring waistband .\nkenney has been designing swimwear for more than 20 years . most of that time was spent creating bathing - suit styles inside corporate offices for apparel ventures , authentic fitness , lunada bay and warnaco . at warnaco , she worked on the op label until it was sold to iconix brand group in 2006 . that same year , after some urging and help by former op chief executive dick baker , kenney decided to set up an independent swimwear design studio in manhattan beach , another seaside suburb of los angeles .\n80s - catalina - womens aqua blue background cotton polyester blend swim shorts with elastic waistband , full nylon brief lining , front side entry pockets with white trim down the side seams .\n80s - catalina - mens red background polyester and cotton , nylon brief lined swim trunks with tie off waistline , white piped trim and inset right hip pocket with zip top closure .\ntankini bathing suit swim top by catalina in floral pattern of yellow , purple , green , white and black . black lined bust as well ( see pictures ) . size 12 / 14 .\nallyn is in charge of the new eco peace by aqua green label , a juniors swimsuit label debuting in july made of sustainable fabrics made of recycled plastic bottles and other materials . the fabric is being knit by one of the top swimwear fabric makers in the los angeles area .\nthe black ruffled surplice mini skirtini is by catalina . tankini nautical halter top is by cole . the empire waist bodice is black & white striped with a drawstring that ties ( just for looks ) !\nthis is a very pretty , halter style tankini top . by catalina in a size 18 / 20 . we must adhere to this policy in order to generate as much profit for our charities as possible .\nkenney doesn\u2019t have to go far for inspiration when she designs the tankinis , one - pieces and bikinis that make up the anne cole collection of swimwear . but the corporate headquarters of in mocean group , which owns the label , is 2 , 800 miles away in the bustling and busy world of new york .\nbleu / rod beattie is a relatively new swimwear label that hit the poolside circuit in 2011 . for several years , beattie had been working on the la blanca by rod beattie line at apparel ventures in gardena , calif . after apparel ventures founder marvin goodman died in 2009 , the company was sold to manhattan beachwear .\ncatalina 3x ribbed red one piece bathing suit , new with no tags , but still has the hygiene insert , i ended up buying a bunch of swimsuits and ended up gaining a bunch of weight . . . will take best offer\ncatalina makes this tankini top in white splashed with purple and fuschia flowers with greenery ! the halter top ties behind your head , or can be tucked inside for a strapless top . inside is a soft - cup bra with soft pads .\ncatalina makes this tankini top in white splashed with purple and fuschia flowers with greenery ! the halter top ties behind your head , or can be tucked inside for a strapless top . cup size soft cup will fit c > > d .\ncatalina black lace cover up for women in size 1x 16w . new without tags . non - 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2 day delivery ( not available for alaska , hawaii , and puerto rico orders and select drop ship items ) . view shipping options\nwe understand that getting your swim gear quickly is important to you , so we make every effort to process your order quickly . with the exclusion of certain specialty items shipped directly from the manufacturer , we typically ship all orders received by 6 : 00 pm est the same business day .\nwe want you to be 100 % satisfied with every purchase you make at swimoutlet . com . we will gladly accept eligible returns ( see restrictions ) in new and unused condition , with tags intact and packaging included within 60 days of the order shipment date for a full refund or store credit at your discretion . for full details , please see our return policy . start a return >\nwith over 100 , 000 different items in stock , we offer the best selection anywhere online . we add new styles to our site on a daily basis so that our selection is always fresh and up to date . if you are able to place an item into your shopping cart , that means that the item is available for immediate shipment , with the exclusion of some specialty items .\neach letter entered will narrow the following list of brands choices . after entering the desired letters , select the desired brand .\nwe ' re sorry but search results products are not available to ship directly to .\ncombining different tops and bottoms can help create a customized two - piece suit . a simple black triangle top and bikini bottoms offers a timeless look for any beach beauty . toss on a crochet swim cover - up and a wide - brimmed women ' s hat for stylish poolside lounging . mix up your look with a tiered tankini top that flows in the breeze or a flutter bikini top with crochet overlay . enjoy the water in trendy women ' s swimsuits from kmart .\nthe swim bottoms are made of 85 % polyester and 15 % spandex for the shell and the lining is 100 % polyester . the swim bottom has a 2 . 5\nwide band at the waist and splits on both sides .\nburst 38\nwaist 38\nlong 41\nfrom neck to crotch depth . front 83 % nylon 17 % spandex .\nshell 82 % nylon 18 % spandex . bust 36\nwaist 34\nlength 30 . hand wash cold . contrast 82 % nylon 18 % spandex .\nthis swimdress offers full coverage . it has an empire waist for a cinched look . it is sure to flatter any shape . shell 95 % polyester 5 % spandex underpanty 80 % nylon 20 % spandex dot print center front bow soft cup sizexl / xg ( 16 - 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14 ) bust 39 waist 32 hip 42\nover - the - knee coverage for the beach or at the pool ensures that you can move comfortably and without self - consciousness in this swimsuit tunic . wearable over any traditional swim suit , this beach cover - up tunic has sheer all - over crochet details and is an excellent choice when you ' re headed to the water or drying off in the sun .\nshell : 82 % nylon 18 % spandex . front bust 40\nwaist 38\nlong 32\n.\nthe 1920s - era building was an early project for architect william douglas lee . via google maps\nbut the real deal reports that the company is now looking to sell the building . listing agent william everitt tells curbed that the adaptive reuse project is permit - ready , but that the seller is looking to \u201csecure the capital\u201d for the building\u2019s redevelopment .\nas the real deal notes , that could mean passing the property off to another investor or finding a development partner willing to buy a stake in the project .\nproperty records show that statewide acquisitions paid just over $ 20 million for the building in february of 2016 . since then , the toy district structure , located at 443 south san pedro street , has been added to the city\u2019s list of historic - cultural monuments .\nthe investment firm successfully pursued landmark status for the property , making it eligible for key tax breaks under california\u2019s mills act .\nlandmark status will also guide the building\u2019s redevelopment . any alterations to the property will have to be vetted by the city\u2019s cultural heritage commission to ensure the changes are in compliance with historical standards set by the secretary of the interior .\neveritt tells curbed he expects the building will fetch around $ 300 per square foot , which would equate to around $ 27 million .\nthe stars of the silver screen collided with the stars of architecture on a small strip of beachfront in santa monica .\nby signing up , you agree to our privacy policy and european users agree to the data transfer policy .\nthis article has a component height of 10 . the sidebar size is medium .\ndevelopers and builders will have to reassess the safety of\ntall buildings ,\nthe study\u2019s authors say .\nthe park to playa trail would connect some of the area\u2019s most popular walking and biking trails .\nas the paper moves out of the complex , a 1970s addition by architect william pereira is under threat .\nthe our malibu beaches app has entries for every potential beach access point along malibu\u2019s coast .\ndesign with a view : anna kenney ' s design studio in hermosa beach , calif . , has a rooftop view of the southern california beach scene .\nif you climb to the rooftop deck above anna kenney\u2019s southern california design studio , you can capture a sweeping view of white - capped waves cresting along the long , sandy beach located just a few blocks away . the hermosa beach pier sticks out into the pacific ocean like a big wooden stick . skinny california fan palm trees punctuate the picture - postcard view .\n\u201cthis is pure design here , \u201d said kenney , inside her studio , which is one of a handful of creative office spaces inside a contemporary - style commercial office building . \u201cit\u2019s nice to separate ourselves from the corporate office . \u201d\n\u201cthis is the new way , \u201d kenney said , surrounded by blasts of colorful fabric . \u201cthere is less interruption , and we can focus on design . \u201d\nthe studio is compact , with barely enough room for kenney and her new assistant designer , susan blahut , to move around . two large apple desktop computers anchor down opposite corners , an epson stylus printer commands a sizable space in another corner , and a lime - green surfboard is propped up in a fourth corner . in the middle is a rectangular table littered with colorful fabric swatches .\nbaker helped kenney wrangle some new accounts : one from warnaco , one from sperry top - sider and another from crocs . she also worked on the hot tuna label . \u201cthat was the beginning of my having a satellite office , \u201d kenney recalled . \u201cand after one year , i said , \u2018wow . it\u2019s working . \u2019\u201d\n\u201cthe spirit of anne cole is bright , fun , colorful and very sassy , \u201d kenney said , explaining why it was important to keep the design space in los angeles and near the beach .\nwith so many technological advances in communications , freight logistics and design , a satellite design office is no longer an impossible accomplishment . kenney uses skype for most of her meetings with new york executives . print designs and patterns can be uploaded by computer and emailed . samples and fabrics can be dispatched overnight with quick - acting logistic services .\n\u201ci show them my whole process , where i am going on color , prints and silhouettes . i do a whole blown - out presentation , \u201d kenney explained . \u201cand then i come back , and we do another round of prints and color . we have three or four meetings before the line is done . \u201d\nbut everything from design to patterns is done in los angeles . \u201call the color services are here , and the print studios are here , too , \u201d the designer said .\nfor patternmaking , kenney tracked down the original patternmakers for the anne cole label when it was made by authentic fitness , a division of warnaco , once headquartered in commerce , calif . the patternmakers now have their own company . \u201ci do all the fitting there and oversee it on a fit model , \u201d kenney said . \u201cthen when it\u2019s done , i send the patterns to new york . they do the finishing touches there and push it overseas for production . \u201d\nlaurie allyn\u2019s design studio may be 20 miles away from the pacific ocean , but an acid - blue tile floor could almost double as the bright blue sea .\ncolor is everywhere in this two - room space housed in a generic concrete and glass office building in woodland hills , calif . the hooked rug under the designer\u2019s vivid red desk has a field of psychedelic flowers woven into a soft turquoise background .\nthe walls are an explosion of swimsuits in all sorts of shapes , sizes , fabrics and hues . swatches of prints hang next to suits . straw baskets are filled with zippers , beads and braids .\nit really wasn\u2019t much of a stretch . for 14 years , she had been designing bathing suits for new york\u2013based in mocean , but she always maintained a design studio in the san fernando valley . \u201cwhen i started with in mocean , my son had been born . i didn\u2019t want the rat race of working in corporate life . i wanted to have my own setup and more flexibility , \u201d said the designer , whose company is called bikini guru inc . \u201cfor me , personally , the freedom of my thought process is much more efficient because i am not interrupted by the day to day that goes on in an office . . . . i like being able to start early with emails and get that done , and then in the afternoon i have time that is quiet . \u201d\nand allyn can organize her office exactly the way she wants . \u201ci like to keep my surroundings in a bit of chaos . i find it creatively more stimulating , \u201d she explained . \u201cthat is not always the best situation in an office . i always felt guilty if management came in and i had to be digging through things . \u201d\n\u201csustainability is on young people\u2019s conscience a lot more , \u201d said allyn , who is always tracking trends and consumers\u2019 attitudes .\nallyn flies back to pennsylvania every three or four months to meet with executives at a & h sportswear , detouring to manhattan to scope out trends in clothing , art and lifestyles . likewise , executives from the company fly to california to visit the designer\u2019s studio and go over color schemes , print ideas and silhouettes . \u201cthat has been the most productive , \u201d the designer said .\nallyn may be miles from the beach , but it is still close enough to visit quite often . she frequently ventures to zuma beach on the north side of malibu to get a handle on what young women are wearing at the popular sunbathing and surfing spot . \u201cthe girls at zuma are very indicative of what everyone is wearing in california , \u201d she explained . \u201ci also like to go to the midwest and look at the stores and what people are wearing at the lakes to see what is going on there . that customer should not be forgotten . \u201d\nthe trend she has spotted at zuma beach is the brief bikini bottom with a shirred back . \u201ci haven\u2019t seen that much butt cheek on the beach before , but they are all wearing it , \u201d the designer said .\nstylish young women right now are also in love with one - piece black maillots that have some pizazz with cutout sides and more skin showing .\nwater is very important to beattie . he used to be on his high - school swimming team . he has a pool in his backyard , and he often goes to the rose bowl aquatics center in pasadena , calif . , not far from his home , for some serious lap swimming .\nso everyone agreed that beattie would keep his design studio in south pasadena , a 10 - minute drive from his house , in a creative commercial office building that has 11 large spaces with exposed wood beams , polished concrete floors and a basketball hoop in the patio . his neighbors include a brand - management company , a sustainability consulting firm and a design company .\nsince amerex acquired the label in february , beattie and his senior designer , harriet fleming , have made a few trips back to new york to develop the first collection under amerex .\nso far , beattie\u2019s trips to the east coast could be likened to parachute designing . he flies in on a tuesday , makes presentations and does back - to - back meetings on wednesday , and then returns to the west coast on wednesday night .\nfor the most part , kelly logsdon , amerex\u2019s vice president of sales , ventures to beattie\u2019s spacious studio for several meetings to develop the collection . \u201cit is better when we work here because there are less disruptions , \u201d said beattie , surrounded by racks of swimsuits , swatches of fabric , plastic boxes of trims , long white tables for conferences and design strategy , and a wall of windows that let in a blaze of light . \u201cthere are not people constantly coming by and interjecting . it gives a little more intimacy and privacy working here . \u201d\nbeattie\u2019s design studio is divided into two separate offices . on one side , he and his senior designer hammer out the creative side of the collection . the room next door is all about production . beattie has two patternmakers , three garment sewers and one cutter who make his samples . \u201ci think amerex felt our pattern and sewing team was a valuable asset to leave here . when they work in new york , they don\u2019t have a sewing and pattern team . it is all done in asia , \u201d beattie noted .\nto keep up design communication , a flurry of emails is sent back and forth to new york as well as to amerex\u2019s office in shanghai , china , which handles fabric acquisition and production for the contemporary line , sold at nordstrom , bloomingdale\u2019s , everything but water and other stores around the country .\napparel news group tlm publishing corp . 110 e 9th street suite a777 los angeles ca 90079 213 - 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{"id": 55727, "summary": [{"text": "asia publishers ( hangul : \ub3c4\uc11c\ucd9c\ud310 \uc544\uc2dc\uc544 ; rr : doseochulpan asi-a ) is a seoul-based book publisher best known for producing multi-volume series of translated korean literature in bilingual format , generally at novella length and usually featuring a short biography of the author , a background of the social and historical setting of the work , and a brief collection of korean critical response to the works . ", "topic": 30}], "title": "asia publishers", "paragraphs": ["sopa was established in 1982 to recognize and celebrate the highest standards of journalistic quality and integrity in asia . today , the sopa awards for editorial excellence are regarded as the gold standard against which asia\u2019s best journalists and publishers are measured .\nasia book house , educational publishers has been rendering its services for the cause of education ever since its inception in 1984 . asia book house entered the field of publishing with a handful of workbooks based on english readers published by the govt . of\nasia publishers presents some of the very best modern korean literature to readers worldwide through its new korean literature series < bi - lingual edition modern korean literature > . we are proud . . .\nsingapore asia publishers pte ltd 219 henderson road # 10 - 04 henderson industrial park singapore 159556 tel : + 65 6276 8280 fax : + 65 6276 8292 email : info . sg @ urltoken\nthe views expressed here are those of the author , and do not necessarily represent the views of the asia pacific foundation of canada .\nkitlv aims to be a world - class research institute for the study of southeast asia and the caribbean in an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective .\nbi - lingual edition modern korean literature ( set 2 ) .\nwith the love for the stars\nby yun hu - myong . asia publishers present some of the very best modern korean literature to readers worldwide through . . .\n] . they found that 57 % of authors were from asia and 28 % from africa , with nigeria , china and india being the leading countries .\nbeall j . predatory publishers are corrupting open access . nature . 2012 ; 489 : 179\u20139 .\n] . at that time , the list of publishers included 614 items and the list of individual journals had 416 items . the publishers of the latter were classified as single - journal publishers in our study , leading to a total number of 1 , 030 publishers as a starting point . the next step was to review each publisher\u2019s website in order to count the number of journals published and to record the publisher\u2019s country of origin . we excluded 64 publishers from the entire population for the reason that they had invalid links , published no journals or provided no journal - related information . of the remaining 966 publishers , we found a total of 11 , 873 published journals . this preliminary analysis demonstrated the heterogeneity of predatory publishers in terms of their journal size ; most publishers are relatively small with less than ten journals , but there are several publishers with large fleets of journals .\nearly dissemination of important findings from asia which may lead to new concepts in catalyst design is the main aim of this journal . rapid , invited , short reviews and perspectives from academia and industry will constitute the major part of catalysis surveys from asia . surveys of recent progress and activities in catalytic science and technology and related areas in asia will be covered regularly as well . we would appreciate critical comments from colleagues throughout the world about articles in catalysis surveys from asia . if requested and thought appropriate , the comments will be included in the journal . we will be very happy if this journal stimulates global communication between scientists and engineers in the world of catalysis .\nsingapore asia publishers ( hk ) limited 6 - 8 yip wong road , flat 5 , 11th floor , luen cheong can centre , tuen mun , new territories , hong kong tel : + 852 2456 0233 fax : + 852 2454 6148 email : info . hk @ urltoken\npedagogically structured , innovatively created , and technologically engineered , singapore asia publishers group has helped millions of students benefit from and excel in curriculum based learning . by successfully developing a hybrid of both traditional print with digital contents , sap has accelerated students ' learning in more than 60 countries .\nishii , hiroshi , gellner , david n . and nawa , katsuo eds . , social dynamics in northern south asia ( in two volumes ) , volume 1 : nepalis inside and outside nepal new delhi : manohar publishers & distributors , 2007 xvii , 543 p . ; 22 cm . isbn : 81 - 7304 - 699 - 9\nbeall j . criteria for determining predatory open - access publishers . 2nd edition . denver , co : scholarly open access ; 2012 .\nagrarian structure and economic underdevelopment : kaushik basu , ( harwood academic publishers , chur , switzerland , 1990 ) pp . x + 95\nishii , hiroshi , gellner , david n . and nawa , katsuo eds . , social dynamics in northern south asia ( in two volumes ) , volume 2 : political and social transformations in north india and nepal new delhi : manohar publishers & distributors , 2007 xvi , 520 p . ; 22 cm . isbn : 81 - 7304 - 729 - 4\nprovides information about how publishers are distributed in each stratum . india dominates the single - journal publisher stratum where the share is 42 % .\nwe invite you to join in supporting the promotion , recognition and future growth of asia\u2019s dynamic and diverse publishing industry . please feel free to contact us with suggestions in how sopa can further serve its members and aid in professional development .\npublished since 1853 , bijdragen tot de taal - , land - en volkenkunde / journal of the humanities and social sciences of southeast asia ( bki ) is an interdisciplinary journal on southeast asia , with a strong focus on indonesia . in 2007 , it was rated \u2018a + \u2019 by the asian studies association of australia ( asaa ) . this is a full open access journal , which means that all articles are freely available , ensuring maximum , worldwide dissemination of content .\nthe main aim of catalysis surveys from asia is to disseminate as early as possible significant findings and trends from asia which may lead to new concepts in catalyst design . this quarterly journal focuses on surveys of recent progress and activities in catalytic science and technology and related areas . a major proportion of the contents consists of rapid , invited , short reviews and accounts from academia and industry . the journal stimulates global communication between the scientists and engineers in the world of catalysis .\ntenopir c , king d . towards electronic journals : realities for scientists , librarians and publishers . washington , dc : sla publishing ; 2000 .\nit would have taken a lot of effort to manually collect publication volumes and other data for all 11 , 873 journals , so the only practical solution was to make a sample of journals to generalize from . one option would have been a fully random sample , with each journal having the same chance of being selected . we suspected , however , that journals from small publishers often publish a much higher number of articles than those of large publishers , and this was verified in a small pilot test , using data from ten random journals from small and large publishers , respectively . hence , a fully random sample would probably have resulted in an underestimation of the total number of articles , since journals from the large publishers with large journal portfolios would have dominated the picture and very few journals from single - journal publishers would have been included in the sample . instead we chose a stratified multistage sampling based on the size of the publishers by first splitting the publishers into four size strata ( 100 + journals , 10\u201399 journals , 2\u20139 journals and single - journal ) and then randomly sampling publishers within each of these strata . the sampling process is illustrated in fig .\ndescribes the regional distribution of the 262 sampled corresponding authors , which is highly skewed to asia and africa . around 35 % of authors are from india , followed by nigerian authors ( 8 % ) and us authors ( 6 % ) .\nasia publishing has just put out 5 more bilingual translations of korean literature o n top of the 75 they\u2019ve produced over the last two years . there will soon be a web page with the books , reviews , author pictures / interviews , etc\u2026 .\nasia book house , educational publishers was established in the year 1984 with a commitment to enhance the academic excellence of the learning and teaching community with books of excellence . we ventured into the field of publishing with a handful of english workbooks . the enthusiastic reception our books received gave us sufficient impetus to publish textbooks as well . handful of workbooks based on english readers published by the govt . of andhra pradesh .\nbeall j . beall\u2019s list : potential , possible , or probable predatory scholarly open - access publishers . denver , co : scholarly open access ; 2013 .\nuntil 2012 , the growth in predatory article numbers occurred mainly through publishers who set up large ( 100 + ) journal portfolios , and who on average charge almost 800 usd , but during the past three years the 10\u201399 journal publishers , who on average charge only 104 usd , have started to dominate the market .\nthis page provides an overview of the books and journals published by brill academic publishers in collaboration with kitlv / royal netherlands institute of southeast asian and caribbean studies .\n] . ezinwa nwagwu and ojemeni studied 34 journals published by nigerian - based publishers , academic journals inc . and international research journals , both focusing in biomedicine [\nkarashima , noboru ed . , kingship in indian history new delhi : manohar publishers & distributors , 1999 x , 271 p . ; 22 cm . isbn : 8173043264\nsince journals for all 20 publishers in the 100 + strata were sampled and the total number of journals per publisher were known , we calculated the total article volume for the stratum by multiplying the average number of articles per journal for each publisher with that publisher\u2019s number of journals , and then summing up the results over the 20 publishers .\nover the studied period , predatory journals have rapidly increased their publication volumes from 53 , 000 in 2010 to an estimated 420 , 000 articles in 2014 , published by around 8 , 000 active journals . early on , publishers with more than 100 journals dominated the market , but since 2012 publishers in the 10\u201399 journal size category have captured the largest market share . the regional distribution of both the publisher\u2019s country and authorship is highly skewed , in particular asia and africa contributed three quarters of authors . authors paid an average article processing charge of 178 usd per article for articles typically published within 2 to 3 months of submission .\na negative consequence of the rapid growth of scholarly open access publishing funded by article processing charges is the emergence of publishers and journals with highly questionable marketing and peer review practices . these so - called predatory publishers are causing unfounded negative publicity for open access publishing in general . reports about this branch of e - business have so far mainly concentrated on exposing lacking peer review and scandals involving publishers and journals . there is a lack of comprehensive studies about several aspects of this phenomenon , including extent and regional distribution .\nover the studied period , predatory journals have rapidly increased their publication volumes from 53 , 000 in 2010 to an estimated 420 , 000 articles in 2014 , published by around 8 , 000 active journals . early on , publishers with more than 100 journals dominated the market , but since 2012 publishers in the 10 - 99 journal size category have captured the largest market share . the regional distribution of both the publisher ' s country and authorship is highly skewed , in particular asia and africa contributed three quarters of authors . authors paid an average article processing charge of 178 usd per article for articles typically published within 2 to 3 months of submission .\nsopa hosts topical events to promote industry dialogue , education and innovation through its media insider s eries , as well as forums that unite and strengthen our publishing community . this includes outreach and initiatives targeting asia\u2019s next generation of journalists through partnerships with universities including the hkbu - sopa award winners forum .\nkotani , hiroyuki ed . , caste system , untouchability and the depressed new delhi : manohar publishers & distributors , 1997 x , 299 p . ; 23 cm . isbn : 8173042047\nokahashi , hidenori ed . , emerging new industrial spaces and regional development in india new delhi : manohar publishers & distributors , 2008 197 p . ; 22 cm . isbn : 8173047332\n] . membership in the open access scholarly publishers association ( oaspa ) is also contingent on meeting quality criteria . an increasing share of respectable oa journals is also nowadays indexed by the isi .\ndescribes the distribution of the publishers across geographic regions . the distribution is highly skewed , with 27 % publishing in india . a total of 52 publishers quote addresses in several countries , for instance , often a combination of the usa or a western european country with a country from africa or asia . in order to establish how credible a usa / european address was , we took a closer look at the 3d street view of the address using google maps . if the result was a location that was not credible or , for instance , a po box , we classified the journal according to the alternative address . for some addresses that were very difficult to identify , we put them in the category of \u2018impossible to determine\u2019 .\nlast year , ms . park warned against \u201cideological prejudices\u201d in the current textbooks . the education ministry has since asked the publishers to make many changes in the texts , but their authors filed lawsuits against the interference .\neinoo , shingo and takashima , jun eds . , from material to deity : indian rituals of consecration new delhi : manohar publishers & distributors , 2005 x , 333 p . ; 22 cm . isbn : 8173046271\nluki\u0107 t , ble\u0161i\u0107 i , basarin b , ivanovi\u0107 b , milo\u0161evi\u0107 d , sakulski d . predatory and fake scientific journals / publishers \u2013 a global outbreak with rising trend : a review . geographica pannonica . 2014 ; 18 : 69\u201381 .\n] who studied 34 journals from two nigerian - based predatory publishers . the minor differences in the results can be explained by the much more limited journal samples in the above studies , for instance , the journals studied by ezinwa nwagwu and ojemeni [\nthe publishing of scholarly journals has , like so many other areas in business and society , undergone a radical transformation due to the emergence of the internet . mainstream publishers of subscription journals started publishing parallel electronic versions of their journals around the millennium shift [\nthe first question to be asked is how to define a predatory publisher ( as well as journal ) . for practical purposes it would have been impossible for us to construct a new or adapted list of criteria and then search the internet for publishers and / or journals fulfilling these criteria . instead , the work already done by beall in compiling his index of predatory publishers as well as individual predatory journals was used as the starting point for empirical data collection . beall has defined a detailed list of criteria [\nleading respectable oa publishers have not stood by silently as oa has been given a bad name by predators . rather than blacklisting journals , which jeffrey beall is doing , the strategy has been one of defining quality criteria and accreditations of journals that meet those [\nshima , iwao , sakata , teiji and ida , katsuyuki the historical development of the bhakti movement in india : theory and practice new delhi : manohar publishers & distributors , 2011 299 p . ; 22 cm isbn : 81 - 7304 - 884 - 5\nthe publishers would be pleased to receive submissions for this series . please contact series editor tom cooper via email ( tom @ acig . info ) , or in writing to helion & company limited , 26 willow road , solihull , west midlands , b91 1ue .\nin the first stage of sampling , we randomly selected a total of 290 publishers from the different strata . in the case of the 100 + stratum , we did not in fact sample but included all 20 publishers in that category . after that , a random number of journals were chosen among the included publishers . in the 100 + stratum , ten journals were sampled per publisher . both in the 10\u201399 and 2\u20139 strata , we sampled two journals from each publisher . in the single - journal strata , considering that such journals are more likely to produce more articles , more journals ( n = 127 ) than in the other strata were fully sampled so that more reliable results concerning the total article volumes from this stratum could be obtained . this resulted in a total sample of 613 journals .\nthis study is , however , concerned with a peculiar sub - class of oa journals using apcs , made possible by the global reach and cost - effectiveness of the internet . publishers of this type of journal seem to be in the scholarly publishing business only in order to collect apcs and provide rapid publishing without proper peer review for authors who need publications in their cvs . the information on the internet about the journals is often strongly misleading , and the publishers spam academics all over the globe with requests for submissions and reviews and for joining editorial boards .\n) . the large publishers dominated the market in 2010 and still in 2011 , but after that their absolute article numbers only increased slightly . in 2012 , journals from the 10\u201399 stratum rapidly took over market domination and have consolidated that position even when the two smallest strata also showed continuous fast growth .\nas of 1 january 2013 the production , distribution and sale of books by kitlv ( including verhandelingen en caribbean series ) and the publication of our journals bki and nwig are the responsibility of brill publishers . both journals are fully sponsored by the learned society kitlv , and therefore charges for open access publishing are waived .\nwe found 11 , 873 journals , published by 996 publishers ( of which 447 publish just one journal ) . of these journals , we estimate that around 67 % ( around 8 , 000 journals ) were active , in the sense that they published at least one article . the share of empty journal websites was particularly noticeable among the journals from publishers with journal portfolios of 100 or more journals ( 46 % ) and much lower in the smaller publisher strata ( 10\u201399 , 23 % ; 2\u20139 , 18 % ; and single , 2 % ) . the problem of empty placeholder journals is a problem specific to predatory journals .\nthe administrative directive to wrest control over history textbooks from private publishers came after months of heated public debate over how to teach children history . the controversy has focused largely on how to characterize the history of modern korea , including japan\u2019s colonial rule in the early 20th century and south korea\u2019s tumultuous , often bloody march toward democracy .\nour use of beall\u2019s list of predatory publishers as the main external data source can be questioned , since the list is highly controversial . our choice of using it as a starting point for data collection was dictated by practical resource constraints . nevertheless , the process of searching the websites demonstrated tangibly to us that the publishers and sampled journals usually fulfilled several of beall\u2019s criteria , although we did not systematically record our impressions . the multi - tier sampling method used was the most realistic option to keep the time used for manually searching for data reasonable , and also to enable us to study the variations between different publisher strata , which proved to be considerable .\nmayeda , sengaku the way to liberation : indological studies in japan ( in two volumes ) , volume 1 ( in collaboration with y . matsunami , m . tokunaga and h . marui ) new delhi : manohar publishers & distributors , 2000 xv , 289 p . ; 22 cm . isbn : 8173043671 ( set ) isbn : 8173043744\nkitlv publications are all the books published by brill academic publishers in collaboration with kitlv . only members of our vereniging / association are able to order their books through kitlv . in addition to the usual discount on kitlv books , they will receive a 25 % discount on all books published by brill . in addition , kitlv members can order a\nour data showed a big difference in apc levels depending on the stratum . the apcs by predators are , nevertheless , much lower than the apcs by more credible oa publishers , which on the other hand often offer waivers from the charges to authors from developing countries . the average of doaj journals with apcs is around 900\u20131 , 000 usd [\na side - effect of this transformation was the prospect it offered for a more radical rethinking of revenue models . new innovative publishers repositioned themselves as service providers to the authors , publishing with them , rather than seeing themselves as content providers to readers . in this model , authors pay the publishers for their services , including that the articles become freely accessible to anybody with internet access ( open access , oa ) . other than that , the peer review practices , layout , indexing , and so on , remain largely the same . a major difference is nevertheless that the journals are published only in electronic format and that the delay from submission to publishing is usually shorter compared to traditional scholarly journals .\n] for determining if a publisher / journal is predatory . the list is rather long with 48 criteria , for either the publisher or individual journal , and is grouped under four major headings ( editor and staff , business management , integrity and other ) . the criteria cover a vast array of direct and indirect indicators of the lack of a rigorous scientific quality control of the published articles as well as of the publishers trying to establish a reputable image in order to attract submissions . for instance , it is often very difficult to find out in which country the publisher operates in practice . at the same time , authors and institutions are often assumed to base their evaluation of journals at least in part based on the publisher\u2019s location , with a preference for us and western european locations . another indicator is that some publishers have rapidly created vast portfolios of journals covering just about all fields of science , many of which lack content . a third is that many publishers advertise very rapid turnaround times from submission to publication , which would defeat the purpose of peer review by competent researchers .\npredatory publishers have caused a lot of negative publicity for oa journals using apcs , partly due to the spam email that they constantly send out to researchers and partly due to a number of scandals involving intentionally faulty manuscripts that have passed their quality control . predatory oa is regularly discussed and warnings are issued in academic journals , in particular in editorials of scholarly journals [\nshows the development of the average number of articles per year . the overall averages grew from 30 articles per journal in 2010 to 53 articles in 2012 , but after that the number seems to have stabilized . the overall average in each stratum conceals the fact that the average is much higher for single - journal and 2\u20139 publishers than for the two uppermost strata .\nan interesting finding is the very low share of south america , both among publishers ( 0 . 5 % ) and corresponding authors ( 2 . 2 % ) . it would no doubt be an interesting question to study the reasons for this , which could be a combination of factors , where the infrastructure in latin america differs from countries like india and nigeria .\nregion : regional studies of russia , eastern europe , and central asia is a peer - reviewed international journal that explores the history and current political , economic , and social affairs of the entire former soviet bloc . in particular , the journal focuses on various facets of transformation at the local and national levels in the aforementioned region , as well as the changing character of their relationships with the rest of the world in the context of glocalization . this journal distinguishes itself from others in similar fields by its ( g ) locally oriented perspective . this journal regularly gives space to articles on concrete local issues written by local eurasianist scholars .\n] . this has led to a niche market for some local publishers , which have managed to get their journals into web of science , in the wake of thomson reuter\u2019s drive to index more regional journals during the latter half of the previous decade . djuric sent a purposefully flawed manuscript to one such journal , in which several of his university colleagues had published recently , and got an acceptance the next day with instruction on how to pay the apc .\nthe number of oa journals charging authors ( using article processing charges , apcs ) and the number of articles published by them has rapidly risen in the last decade , and some journals have reached a high scientific status in their field . publishers have also started experimenting with novel forms of peer review , in particular in so - called \u2018megajournals\u2019 , which only check for scientific rigor and validity , not for the significance of the results , which is left to the readers to decide [\nafter an initial scan of all predatory publishers and journals included in the so - called beall\u2019s list , a sample of 613 journals was constructed using a stratified sampling method from the total of over 11 , 000 journals identified . information about the subject field , country of publisher , article processing charge and article volumes published between 2010 and 2014 were manually collected from the journal websites . for a subset of journals , individual articles were sampled in order to study the country affiliation of authors and the publication delays .\nthe average and median publication time for journals and articles published in 2014 ( the two measures were calculated in the same way as for apcs ) were calculated . the results show that predatory publishers take an average of 3 . 6 months to publish if we calculated over journals and 3 . 3 months weighted by number of articles in 2014 . however , we consider the median ( 2 . 7 overall ) a more meaningful metric , since that eliminates the effects of a few outlier articles with very long delays .\nin the scatterplot of the sampled journals , there are four outlier journals ( indicated by numbers ) , which break the clear pattern of diminishing article volumes as a function of increasing apcs . journal 1 , 3 and 4 are published by large publishers ( 100 + ) , and in particular journal 4 ( remote sensing ) , which sticks out the most , has a jcr impact factor of 2 . 6 . journal 2 is the \u2018hijacked\u2019 journal experimental & clinical cardiology , which in 2014 still retained its impact factor .\nafter an initial scan of all predatory publishers and journals included in the so - called beall ' s list , a sample of 613 journals was constructed using a stratified sampling method from the total of over 11 , 000 journals identified . information about the subject field , country of publisher , article processing charge and article volumes published between 2010 and 2014 were manually collected from the journal websites . for a subset of journals , individual articles were sampled in order to study the country affiliation of authors and the publication delays .\nin this study , we used a multistage stratified sampling method to take a look into the predatory publishers and journals on beall\u2019s list and generated their development trend over time . we found that the problems caused by predatory journals are rather limited and regional , and believe that the publishing volumes in such journals will cease growing in the near future . open access publishing is rapidly gaining momentum , in particular through the actions of major research funders and policy makers . this should create better opportunities for researchers from countries where predatory publishing is currently popular , to get published in journals of higher quality , in particular since most journals have a policy to waive the apcs for authors from developing countries .\nit\u2019s called the \u201ck - fiction\u201d series and comprises five short books by young writers ( it was strongly emphasized at the event that this series is different from the previous \u201cclassic modern\u201d series in that it intends to only be contemporary ) : park min - kyu\u2019s \u201cdinner with buffett ( awesome ! ) , \u201d park hyong - su\u2019s \u201carpan , \u201d son bo - mi\u2019s \u201chot air balloon , \u201d oh han - ki\u2019s \u201cmy clint eastwood\u201d and choi min - woo\u2019s \u201cdishonored . \u201d\nthis time , young korean writers and editors have gathered to introduce contemporary korean literature . under the title \u201ck - fiction , \u201d the project has released korean - english translations of short stories by young , emerging korean writers .\n\u201cpreviously , we focused on classics and modern korean literature , while less on contemporary works , \u201d said lee kyung - jae , one of the series\u2019 editors , at a press conference last week in seoul . \u201cbut this time , we selected outstanding contemporary works that can resonate with both korean readers and international readers today . \u201d\nthe previous 75 books included authors like kim won - il , yi munyol , ch\u2019oe yun , and were all pretty much outstanding , so this is a great chance to dip your toe into korean literature . as noted , available on amazon\npresident moon jae - in will pay state visits to india and singapore from july 8 to 13 . while visiting the two key allies in seoul\u2019s new southern policy , president moon will hold summit meetings to discuss cooperation , and ask for support for the establishment of peace and denuclearization on the korean peninsula .\nindia now plays an active role in the international community after ending its long - term non - aligned policy , and singapore is the current chair of asean this year , \u201d said second deputy chief of the presidential national security office nam gwan - pyo during a media briefing at the chunchugwan press center at cheong wa dae on july 5 .\nfirst lady kim jung - sook spent an afternoon watching a bollywood film with a group of indian students studying in korea . the event was arranged in the run up to president moon jae - in ' s state visit to india next week from july 8 to 11 . the screening took place at an art - house cinema in sinsa - dong in southern seoul on july 4 . fifteen indian students pursuing their studies in fields such as electronic engineering , korean studies , dentistry , agricultural chemistry and international relations came to meet the first lady .\npresident moon jae - in said on july 3 that his administration will work with north korea to carry out projects to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the march first independence movement and the establishment of the former provisional government in exile . \u201cthe joint commemoration projects will help build another 100 years of the republic of korea on that foundation , \u201d said the president during a launch ceremony for a preparatory committee that will organize events that will commemorate next year\u2019s 100th anniversary of the march first independence movement , the fight against japanese colonial rule , and the establishment of the korean provisional government in exile .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\n5 - 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fiction series 15 , [ the world ' s most expensive novel ] by kim min jeong . this book is bilingual , translated into english by jeon seung hi . through its riveting plot , author kim illustrates . . .\nfocus on one skill at a time . completion of series gives students confidence in\nabsolute focus on science mcqs helps students gain foothold in understanding examination and syllabus requirements . detailed explanations to answers serve to teach concepts and applications so students learn immediately . students gain confidence in handling a wide variety of mcqs .\nunleash the mathematical prowess in your child with the \u2018maths olympiad\u2019 series . carefully selected\nprogressive approach to skills building in creative writing helps students to master important skills with ease . use of creative expressions and phrases gives students a vocabulary bank to use in\na great grade booster . highly recommended by teachers , tutors and parents . this series divides the\nget the \u2018trainer\u2019 to boost your students ' mathematical skills and expose him to higher order thinking questions . stategies and simplified methods help students gain confidence in handling challenging problems .\nsap publications ( m ) sdn bhd 40 , jalan bagan nira 26 / 8 , seksyen 26 , 40400 shah alam , selangor darul ehsan , malaysia . tel : + 603 5192 9622 fax : + 603 5191 0807 email : info . my @ urltoken\nsap education group , inc . 38 concorde street , airmens village , pulang lupa dos , las pinas city 1742 , philippines . tel : + 632 966 5262 email : info . ph @ urltoken\nstudents at a high school in seoul , south korea , last year . by 2017 , the country ' s schools must stop teaching from privately published history books , a practice in place since 2010 .\nseoul , south korea \u2014 south korea said on monday that beginning in 2017 , its middle and high school students would be taught history from government - issued textbooks , prompting criticism that president park geun - hye \u2019s conservative government was returning education to the country\u2019s authoritarian past .\nfor years , conservative critics have charged that left - leaning authors poisoned the current textbooks and students\u2019 minds with their \u201cideological biases . \u201d the critics were especially upset with the way the textbooks described north korea and the military dictators who once ruled south korea , including ms . park\u2019s father , park chung - hee , who seized power in a 1961 coup and remained in control using torture and martial law until 1979 .\nbut opponents of ms . park , including some civic groups and regional education leaders , vowed to protest the government\u2019s move , which they said would embarrass the country globally by creating a textbook system similar to the one in north korea .\nthe main opposition party said it would work on a bill to ban the government from writing textbooks . but ms . park\u2019s party , which dominates the national assembly , supports government - issued textbooks .\n\u201cthe house is not just leaking or requires small repairs here and there , but its very foundation and design are wrong , \u201d the vice prime minister and education minister , hwang woo - yea , said during a nationally televised news conference on monday , explaining why textbooks written by the government should replace the current books .\nms . park\u2019s critics said the idea smacked of her father\u2019s dictatorship , during which the government wrote history textbooks and used them to glorify his coup as a \u201crevolution\u201d and to justify his prolonged rule . these critics fear that ms . park\u2019s government will use the new textbooks to stifle opinion and whitewash the legacy of the old conservative elites , including her father , who served as an officer in japan\u2019s colonial military before overseeing south korea\u2019s rapid economic growth .\n\u201cthe father staged a military coup , and now the daughter is engineering a coup in history education , \u201d said park han - yong , a chief researcher at the center for historical truth and justice , based in seoul . \u201cthis is a history coup that supporters of pro - japanese collaboration and the past dictatorship have been preparing for 10 years . \u201d\nthe center recently revealed documents that it said showed that the father of kim moo - sung , the leader of the president\u2019s party , was a rich businessman and pro - japanese collaborator who once urged koreans to make donations to finance warplanes for japan\u2019s world war ii military .\nreflecting a prevailing conservative view here , mr . hwang said on monday that textbooks should focus on teaching \u201cthe proud history of south korea , which has achieved both democratization and industrialization in the shortest time in the world history . \u201d his deputy , kim jae - choon , said current textbooks uncritically cited north korean propaganda and failed to make it clear that the korean war was started by the north .\n\u201cone textbook , for example , used the term \u2018dictatorial\u2019 only twice when writing about north korea but as many as 28 times about south korea\u201d under its military rulers , mr . kim said .\nunder park chung - hee , south korea required schools to use a single government - issued history textbook . but since 2010 , schools have been free to choose among several privately published textbooks , although the education ministry still has to approve the books .\nsome of the books delved into long - hidden aspects of the recent past : collaboration with japanese colonialists , mass killings of civilians during the korean war and the abuse of political dissidents under the dictators . conservatives criticized what they called \u201cmasochistic historical views\u201d in the books and accused the authors of inculcating youngsters with \u201cleft - leaning nationalism\u201d that they said emphasized ethnic affinity with north korea while casting an unfavorable eye on the role of the united states in modern korean history .\nthe political opposition said the government\u2019s decision deviated from the standard practice in advanced countries . they called on mr . hwang to step down .\non monday , mr . hwang said his ministry would soon invite a panel of historians to write new textbooks , as well as a broad range of people to review them , to ensure that the books would be \u201cobjective and balanced . \u201d\nif you need more information on how to select a bisac code go to our , we have a page that walks you through the process . if you can ' t find the code you ' re looking for please go back and review other major subjects to find an alternate code or use our suggestion form to suggest revisions to the next version of the list .\nstep 2 : determine the specific term which describes your book . an asterisk ( * ) denotes a heading that is new for the 2017 edition .\nmultiple subjects in this and other sections may be used to describe a work fully : for example , a book about the spanish civil war could be assigned\nhistory / europe / spain & portugal\nand\nhistory / military / wars & conflicts ( other )\n; a book about u . s . diplomacy in the 19th century could be assigned\nhistory / united states / 19th century\nand\npolitical science / international relations / diplomacy\nif your title does not have subject content , i . e . a blank book , please use the non - 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{"id": 55734, "summary": [{"text": "nadeo sasu is a french video game developer based in paris .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "founded on 27 november 2000 , the company is best known for developing the trackmania series of video games .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "on 5 october 2009 , it was announced that nadeo was acquired by french publisher ubisoft . ", "topic": 20}], "title": "nadeo", "paragraphs": ["/ view / news / 116469 / ubisoft _ acquires _ trackmania _ developer _ nadeo . php\n\u00ac\u00a9 2017 ubisoft entertainment . all rights reserved . trackmania , ubisoft and the ubisoft logo are trademarks of ubisoft entertainment in the us and / or other countries . nadeo and the trackmania logo are trademarks of nadeo in the us and / or other countries . nadeo is a ubisoft entertainment company .\n\u00a9 ubisoft entertainment . all rights reserved . ubisoft , ubi . com , nadeo the ubisoft logo and the nadeo logo are trademarks of ubisoft entertainment in the u . s . and / or other countries . contact @ urltoken\n\u00a9 ubisoft entertainment . all rights reserved . ubisoft , ubi . com , nadeo the ubisoft logo and the nadeo logo are trademarks of ubisoft entertainment in the u . s . and / or other countries . privacy policy . eula .\nnadeo ' s team was keen for this acquisition to happen ,\nsaid florent casteln\u00e9rac , ceo of nadeo .\nlike players in a community , we see ourselves as being a complementary fit with ubisoft and believe that we can share and quickly move ahead together .\nvalve isn ' t the only developer makes moves to expand this week , as french publisher ubisoft has acquired nadeo , the also french developers responsible for the wildly popular trackmania racing game series .\nwe are excited about the idea of introducing trackmania to an ever - wider audience and sharing the expertise of nadeo ' s teams with our group ' s other developers ,\nguillemot said in a statement .\nthat ' s a good get , as not only does ubisoft fill a hole in its line - up\u2014the publisher is weak in the racing genre\u2014it also helps the company expand\nwithin the on - line gaming sector ,\naccording to ceo yves guillemot . trackmania has some 700 , 000 unique players per month , according to ubisoft , with 10 million registered players and nearly 15 million user created tracks .\nbut , hey , don ' t let this warmhearted mutual admiration for both corporate entities stop you from coming up with new trackmania titles , such as imagine : track driver , petz carz or my ramp jumping coach . it feels to good to deny oneself the pleasure .\nkinja is in read - only mode . we are working to restore service .\ndigital extremes ltd . \u2014 london , ontario , canada [ 07 . 09 . 18 ] video game data scientist\ngalvanic games , inc \u2014 seattle , washington , united states [ 07 . 06 . 18 ] multiplayer game engineer\ndeep silver volition \u2014 champaign , illinois , united states [ 07 . 06 . 18 ] senior project manager\ndeep silver volition \u2014 champaign , illinois , united states [ 07 . 06 . 18 ] project manager\na studio focused on creating the best possible gaming tools to put the ultimate power in the hands of the players .\nwhether you want to build , compete , exchange with the community or just have fun , you will feel right at home in maniaplanet . just like a traditional console , you can install , use , organize , create , compete & exchange community - created experiences based on trackmania and shootmania in total liberty .\n\u00a9 valve corporation . all rights reserved . all trademarks are property of their respective owners in the us and other countries .\n\u00a9 2018 valve corporation . all rights reserved . all trademarks are property of their respective owners in the us and other countries .\nvat included in all prices where applicable . privacy policy | legal | steam subscriber agreement | refunds\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 0 transitional / / en\nthe website you are about to visit is progenealogists \u00ae , operated by tgn services , llc , a subsidiary of ancestry .\nthis database contains family trees submitted to ancestry by users who have indicated that their tree can be viewed by all ancestry subscribers . these trees can change over time as users edit , . . ."]}
{"id": 55749, "summary": [{"text": "kontiki is a peer-assisted content delivery company headquartered in the united states .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "kontiki is characterized as peer-assisted because it uses a combination of central servers and peer-to-peer communications . ", "topic": 15}], "title": "kontiki ( company )", "paragraphs": ["seasoned executive strengthens kontiki ' s enterprise video industry leadership and positions company for next phase of growth .\n\u201csuddenly the meeting went from a select group participating to the entire company participating . it\u2019s changed how i look at running the company . \u201d\nin related news , starwood hotels implemented kontiki enterprise video platform and kontiki achieved sas 70 type ii certification .\nkollective helps schneider transform company culture using live video since 2015 , schneider electric . . .\nhaivision is a top competitor of kontiki . haivision is a private company that was founded in montr\u00e9al , quebec in 2004 . haivision operates in the it services industry . haivision has 77 more employees vs . kontiki .\nknow about who invested in a company , which sites covered the event , the funding history , etc .\nkontiki ' s ceo , daniel p . vetras , currently has an approval rating of 61 % . kontiki ' s primary competitors are\nowler has collected 16 screenshots of kontiki ' s website since apr 2012 . the latest kontiki website design screenshot was captured in sep 2017 .\nkontiki operates as a cloud - based content delivery provider . kontiki ' s headquarters is located in sunnyvale , california . for every employee , kontiki generates $ 71 . 2k in revenue . kontiki ' s latest funding round was a series c for $ 5 . 1m on feb 2012 . kontiki ' s top competitor is qumu , led by vern hanzlik , who is their president & ceo . kontiki has 101 followers on owler .\nkontiki currently has 202 fans on facebook . as of july 2013 kontiki had 76 fans . that ' s a 165 percent increase in 3 years\nas the company\u2019s president and chief executive officer , effective immediately . a seasoned technology executive with 30 years experience , dan will build on kontiki\u2019s superior technology , focusing on top line growth and market development .\nkontiki currently has 1 , 531 followers on twitter . as of july 2013 kontiki had 928 followers . that ' s a 64 percent increase in 4 years\nkontiki operates as a cloud - based content delivery provider . kontiki was founded in 2000 . kontiki ' s headquarters is located in sunnyvale , california , usa 94085 . it has raised 15 . 8m in 2 rounds . the latest round was in feb 2012 . some of kontiki ' s inv . . .\nsince kontiki was founded in 2000 , it has participated in 2 rounds of funding . in total kontiki has raised $ 15 . 8m . kontiki ' s last funding round was on feb 2012 for a total of $ 5 . 1m\nover the past two years , kontiki - saga reisen ag ' s board of directors has carefully reviewed various options for ensuring our company ' s successful positioning in a travel market which is changing at lightning speed .\n\u00a9 2000 - 2018 , streamingmedia . com , an information today , inc . ( iti ) company [ privacy / cookies policy ]\n\u201e the owners of kontiki - saga reisen ag , who are identical to the members of its board of directors , are firmly convinced that this important , strategic decision will guide the company towards a successful future \u201c .\nthe sunnyvale company said vetras has a track record of managing\ncritical growth transitions , establishing successful customer relationships and developing new markets .\nsince 2015 , schneider electric has produced an annual leadership forum event , a live video experience broadcast worldwide and designed to communicate company strategy directly to all employees .\nkontiki recently announced that its enterprise video suite is one of the top solutions when it comes . . .\nqumu is one of kontiki ' s top competitors . qumu was founded in 2002 , and its headquarters is in minneapolis , minnesota . qumu competes in the application software field . qumu has 17 more employees than kontiki .\nignite technologies is kontiki ' s # 2 rival . ignite technologies was founded in 2000 in austin , texas . ignite technologies competes in the it services industry . ignite technologies generates $ 12 . 6m more revenue than kontiki .\nkontiki , a leading provider of cloud - based enterprise video delivery , today announced it has launched . . .\nkontiki , the leading provider of enterprise video solutions and melcrum , the world ' s leading source . . .\nkontiki , the leading provider of cloud - based enterprise video solutions , today announced its status a . . .\narmstrong says kontiki will spend its new - found capital on hiring engineers , marketing and sales talent . the company has 34 employees today but expects to become a 50 - person operation within a year . it plans to deliver a product release that works on ios and android mobile devices within the year .\nkontiki , the leading provider of cloud - based enterprise video delivery , today announced it will be te . . .\nkontiki has employees and is the sixth highest among it ' s top 10 competitors . the top 10 competitors average 105 .\n, has raised $ 10 . 7 million in series b funding led by the company\u2019s earlier backers , mk capital , and joined by new world ventures and cross creek capital . kontiki aims to give big corporations their own private youtube , or a way to use video to connect and teach employees , decrease travel expenses and increase productivity .\nthe kontiki brand , which already enjoys a strong reputation in the swiss market , will be retained under kuoni ownership . kontiki - saga reisen ag will join kuoni group as an independent subsidiary and will continue to be operated by its existing management . thus kontiki - saga reisen ag will continue to enjoy small business advantages while drawing all the benefits of membership of a major group .\nkontiki ' s revenue is the third highest among it ' s top 10 competitors . the top 10 competitors average $ 3m .\nsunnyvale , calif . - - ( business wire ) - - kontiki expands self - service enterprise webcasting solution with . . .\nkontiki\u2019s software as a service costs about $ 1 - $ 3 per user , per month . kontiki\u2019s customers span a wide variety of industries , including starwood hotels , wells fargo bank , charles schwab , united technologies , coca - cola and most recently nationwide uk .\nthe sunnyvale , calif . company says it has been gaining ground in the enterprise market because its technology doesn\u2019t require companies to upgrade their networks to accommodate online video traffic , and it doesn\u2019t require equipment expenditure , or it maintenance .\n( 4 - traders . com ) kontiki closes 2013 by doubling the number of customers and adding a host of new vide . . .\nsunnyvale , calif . - - ( business wire ) - - kontiki stream for chatter brings scalable , high quality video to . . .\nwith the solid backing of the chinese citychamp watch & jewellery group ltd , which bought the company in 2011 from porsche design , eterna can continue to fully express its vocation for the in - house development and manufacturing of advanced mechanical movements and precision timepieces .\neterna marks the 70th anniversary of thor heyerdahl\u2019s legendary kontiki expedition with a bold new limited edition timepiece manufactured , for the very first time , out of bronze .\nafter two years as acting interim - ceo in switzerland , robert dreyfuss\u2019 mission at eterna came to an end in late 2016 . the lead of the company has been taken over by the longtime eterna top - management team and experienced directors of the citychamp watches & jewellery group dedicated to eterna and . . .\nnewly appointed ceo , dan vetras , will take advantage of strong market growth in enterprise video , building on kontiki ' s industry leading enterprise content delivery network and world - class customers .\n\u201ci am pleased to be joining kontiki , \u201c said dan vetras . \u201cthe unique combination of an industry leading technology platform , a long - tenured team and a market poised for accelerated growth is compelling . i am looking forward to helping the team take kontiki to the next level and meeting our customers , especially at our upcoming customer council event in charlotte , n . c . \u201d\nthe integration of kontiki - saga reisen ag into the market leading kuoni group opens new prospects for development and will also provide numerous synergies in the sales , distribution , it and purchasing areas .\naaron mccormack , ceo for bt conferencing has commented that video is becoming a ' must have ' tool for business communication programs , and the new bt solution offers a natural step for customers who are already using collaboration services and want to add or expand the use of live video webcasting or video on demand to their company - wide events .\nthe kontiki video solutions will enable bt conferencing to offer multi - national organizations the ability to quickly and cost effectively send broadcast quality video content to their employees ' pc ' s regardless of which network they are on .\n\u201cwe are excited to welcome dan to our team , \u201d said todd johnson , chairman of the board of kontiki . \u201chis proven track record of managing critical growth transitions , establishing successful customer relationships and developing new markets aligns perfectly with our needs . we spent a decade building the best enterprise video platform in the business and now we need to scale for market growth . dan\u2019s leadership inside and outside of kontiki will ensure we achieve our full potential . \u201d\nfounded in 2000 , kontiki offers an end - to - end enterprise video platform , delivering all of the capabilities you need for a complete video communications solution , while ensuring absolute security and control over your network and content . from live video webcasting and video on - demand to an employee video portal with social media capabilities , kontiki gives you the ability to build a video culture and align your organization , in the most engaging and effective way possible .\nthe board reached the conclusion that kontiki - saga reisen ag can continue to enjoy sustainable success if it serves its clearly confined fields of business with unique products and very high efficiency , in existing and , possibly , new markets .\nbt conferencing , a provider of audio , video and web collaboration services , has stated that they have expanded their unified communications ( uc ) portfolio by adding kontiki ' s video solutions which includes live video webcasting and video on - demand services .\nas enterprises continue to expand with global locations and remote workforces , it\u2019s never been more difficult for a company to feel connected . it\u2019s also never been more critical . kollective\u2019s cloud - based , smart peering distribution platform leverages your existing network infrastructure to deliver content faster , more reliably and with less bandwidth . our platform scales existing it infrastructure to accelerate content delivery to the edge of the enterprise while minimizing network congestion .\ndan formerly served as president and ceo of visible technologies , a leading provider of social media monitoring solutions . prior to that , dan held the position of president and ceo of talisma corporation , significantly growing revenues and managing a successful merger with moxie software . before talisma , he was president and ceo at captura software through its merger with concur technologies , where he was responsible for determining the company ' s strategic direction and operation .\nthe top 10 competitors in kontiki ' s competitive set are qumu , ignite technologies , haivision , vidizmo , harmonic , vbrick systems , wowza , mediaplatform , elemental and panopto . together they have raised over 150 . 3m between their estimated 2 . 3k employees .\ngartner researchers predict that video will grow to represent two - thirds of traffic over enterprise networks by 2015 . another enterprise video use - case that\u2019s popular among kontiki\u2019s customers , armstrong said , is the delivery of training and compliance materials by video - on - demand .\noffered as a software - as - a - service or software license solution , kontiki\u2019s technology is unique in the market in that our customers can securely deliver high\u2010quality video to all employees globally without deploying any networking or caching hardware . learn more about us at : urltoken\n\u201e our acquisition of kontiki provides kuoni switzerland with access to destinations in northern europe that have hardly figured before in our product offer , \u201d says armin meier , ceo of the kuoni group . \u201cit also underscores our overall group strategy of expanding our activities in promising niche markets \u201c .\nthe kuoni group has taken a further step in its declared acquisition strategy within the specialist travel segment : kuoni switzerland has acquired kontiki - 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ending flow of new and exciting content that ' s revolutionized the way people watch video . we ' ll also be accepting guest posts . if you ' re interested in contributing , watch this space or contact me to find out how .\nall kollective websites use cookies to improve your online experience . in compliance with gdpr we have updated our privacy and cookie policies . please click ok to continue , or click below to read more . you can also change you cookie settings in your browser .\ncount on the flawless execution of your video initiatives to ten of thousands of viewers around the world .\nhow kollective enabled nxp semiconductors to navigate a successful m & a using enterprise video .\nour platform maximizes your network\u2019s performance so your content gets to everyone on your network at the same time .\nour platform accelerates software distribution so you can easily update operating systems and deploy patches to devices across your network .\nour platform enables you to keep pace with major operating system updates and critical patches , keeping your network secure without impacting critical business applications .\nwe work with global companies like paypal , hsbc , basf , linkedin , and others to help them stay connected to their people and collaborate worldwide .\n\u201cif you are not a kollective customer and you are considering it , feel free first of all to reach out to me . kollective has been amazing \u2013 their products , their reliability , their support and the relationships have been phenomenal . \u201d\n\u201cwe are able to reach every user in remote locations without investing in hardware\u2026 from a network point of view , i don\u2019t hear about it , which means it\u2019s the perfect solution . one of the best we have . \u201d\n\u201cwe use built in polls , surveys and q & a to hear from our audience . our executives are very metric driven and ask for the results after every event . \u201d\n\u201cbefore kollective , the worry was , will the livestream even work ? kollective eliminated that concern and helped us expand what was possible with our live video programming . \u201d\nas the rise of multinational corporations , work from home and flexible hours have dispersed employees into different locations and time zones with many organizations struggling to maintain the concept of a single , unified workforce .\nlinkedin , the world\u2019s largest professional network with more than 530 million users in more than 200 countries , expands its live video programming to connect leadership and employees .\nfrom microcontrollers and processors to sensors , analog ics and connectivity , our technologies are fueling innovation in automotive , consumer , industrial and networking .\nall enterprise video programs begin with high hopes for seamless delivery , riveting content and improved employee engagement and communication . sometimes , though , technical troubles can hamstring an initiative , lead to lackluster participation and jeopardize support . . .\ndelivering video securely and to scale across the enterprise is a challenging task . there are countless new security and privacy risks to be conscious of , as well as ever - 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{"id": 55765, "summary": [{"text": "ajax films was an australian production company and studio that operated in the 1960s and 1970s .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "it was crucial to the revival of the australian film and tv industry in the 1970s because it was involved in many of the early feature films from that era , either as a production partner or provider of facilities .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "ajax also produced a large number of documentaries , cartoons and advertisements .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "it was established by brian chirlian , primarily to make tv commercials for the british tobacco company in a studio at argyle street in sydney .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "they eventually expanded to another location at the old warringah hall at neutral bay , with a second studio at bondi junction .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "this studio had previously been used by cinesound productions and southern international productions and was where ajax became involved with feature films , providing facilities for they 're a weird mob ( 1966 ) , among others .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "tv commercials and documentaries would be shot at the neutral bay studio .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "among the personnel who worked there were jack lee ( film director ) , tony buckley ( editor ) and bryce courtney ( ad agency creative director who did much work at ajax ) . ", "topic": 27}], "title": "ajax films", "paragraphs": ["ajax films limited . free business summary taken from official companies house information . free alerts . registered as 08403762\najax films limited is an active company incorporated on 14 february 2013 with the registered office located in london , greater london . ajax films limited has been running for 5 years 4 months . there are currently 2 active directors and 1 active secretary according to the latest confirmation statement submitted on 31st january 2018 .\ntom has made some notable films . he ' s on the way up , fast .\nin 2016 , he starred in the x - men film deadpool 2016 as villain ajax , opposite ryan reynolds and morena baccarin .\nrobert flanagan is a filmmaker and visual artist . he has been making movies since childhood , starting with claymation in super - 8 , continuing with feature films in 16mm and currently making documentaries on video . in 1990 robert founded ajax films in new york city and has been working in central america since 2000 . all of his films and paintings are guided by his personal vision and his interest in bringing the mystical into the light of day .\nmaxim\u00f3n \u2013 santo o diablo is joel\u2019s second project with ajax films . like his score for bird in the sky , joel was able to get inside the film , find the essence and translate it musically . his haunting melodies float in and out of the images like a lost spirit .\nafter several years working as a stage actor , mctavish began working in television and films during the 1980s . his television work before red dwarf included casualty , taggart and highlander . he also made the films erik the viking and the wind in the willows .\nin the 1970s , john wyman played\nthe mighty ajax\nin a series of uk television commercials for ajax cleaning products . the character would appear in a dirty kitchen and with a powerful slash of his arm , he cleaned it to a sparkle . he has also appeared in television series such as the onedin line , star maidens , blake ' s 7 , the fourth arm and tales of the unexpected .\nmiguel caroli , sound designer , graduated from escuela internacional de cine y tv , san antonio de los ba\u00f1os , cuba ( 2006 - 2009 ) . he is a member of best picture system , developing soundtracks for feature films , short films and music videos . caroli designed the sound for the documentary ergonomics for diana and composed the soundtrack for the documentary chaos in the city .\nthere was a bit of holly - wood about the atmosphere at ajax that day , a certain tenseness in the air , a hint of temperament . there was only the one star - type dressing room , striped curtains , couch , big mirrors , and a fan as well as a radiator . jason was in possession .\nhe played cliff ( based very loosely on nightclub bouncer cliff twemlow in the 1982 film tuxedo warrior , and in 1991 he appeared as donnor , the captain of the spaceship firestar , in the film ' firestar - first contact ' for ice international films directed by david kent - watson .\nhe then moved onto taking roles in films and television , appearing in the plan b film ill manors and originating the role of daario naharis in hbo ' s hit fantasy series game of thrones , where he ' d be succeeded by michiel huisman due to creative differences between himself and the producers .\nsuzan al - doghachi has lived in new york city , iraq , germany and is currently working in central america . she started her career as an editor for german public television . in 1993 she moved to new york city , producing , directing and editing feature films , shorts and documentaries . she also has been on the jury for the chicks with flicks film festival 2002 \u2013 2006 .\namongst a wide selection of diamond\u2019s work , his film scores include the believer , winner of the feature film competition for drama at sundance 2001 , the suicide club ( angelika films ) and heart of the garden ( pbs ) . he also has produced the scores for todd solonz\u2019s welcome to the dollhouse ( sony pictures and polygram records ) and david mamet\u2019s oleanna ( hallmark ) . he was selected by variety as one of 20 \u2018creatives to watch\u2019 .\npaul tickell paul tickell grew up in carlisle . he initially trained for the catholic priesthood but left the seminary to attend the university of east anglia followed by worcester college , oxford . in the 1970s he worked in music publishing and band management ( the pack , theatre of hate ) . this led him to a career in freelance journalism , writing for melody maker , nme , the face , time out and elle , amongst others . in the 1980s paul joined lwt as a researcher and later became a producer / director on south of watford , the london programme , network 7 and the south bank show . from there he moved into his current freelance career , directing dramas and feature films as well as continuing to make documentaries . for bbc\u2019s long - running arena series , he has made films on the sex pistols and the punk movement , what constitutes a relic , and the phenomenon of sanctity . his latest film , arena : 1966 \u2013 50 years ago today went out on bbc four in july 2016 .\nfemi elufowoju , jr femi elufowoju , jr is a london born nigerian performer and director . he trained as an actor at bretton hall , leeds university and has been directed by luminary theatre directors including sir richard eyre , nicholas hytner , yvonne brewster , john retallack , annabel arden , jude kelly and the late annie castledine . his extensive stage work include seasons at the royal court , national theatre , west yorkshire playhouse , manchester\u2019s royal exchange , theatre royal , stratford east and soho theatre . notable television appearances to date are the bbc comedy series little miss jocelyn , serial dramas moses jones and wire in the blood and scandinavian bafta award winner borgen . films includes the legend of 1900 for italian director giuseppe tornatore and recent hollywood franchise mechanic ; resurrection .\nmarcello worked for the globe theatre , national theatre , shakespeare theatre company , clwyd theatre and shared experience . he has worked with his wife kathryn hunter since 1987 and more recently projects including the co - creation with kathryn hunter in fragments 2006 \u2013 2015 , the valley of astonishment 2014 \u2013 2015 both directed by peter brook and arlecchino solo show directed by kathryn and jos houben . with peter brook he has also collaborated as a movement director in a magic flute by mozart and as a performer in the documentary the tightrope . further theatre includes : red demon and the bee ( hideki noda ) , mother courage ( nancy meckler ) , king lear and the rose tattoo ( helena kaut housen ) , the game of love and chance ( neil bartlett and mike alfred ) , les enfants du paradis ( mike alfreds and david glass ) the birds , comedy of errors , pericles and wise guy scapino ( kathryn hunter ) . directing credits include : spoonface steinberg , pinocchio , tell them i am young and beautiful , everyman . films include : \u2018mr . turner\u2019 , \u2018nine\u2019 , \u2018the adventures of pinocchio\u2019 and \u2018the lake\u2019 , and \u2018pingu\u2019 .\nnote : only lines in the current paragraph are shown . click on current line of text for options .\nparagraph operations are made directly in the full article text panel located to the left . paragraph operations include :\nzone operations are made directly in the full article text panel located to the left . zone operations include :\nleft , marcia and roy with the children . scott , 11 , louella ,\nthe national library of australia ' s copies direct service lets you purchase higher quality , larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages .\nclicking on the order now button below will open the ordering form in a new window which will allow you to enter the details of your request .\nto help safeguard the users of this service from spam , we require you to enter the characters you see in the following image .\nif you can ' t read the image , click here to listen to the same characters being read .\nscene in which jason , furious with his girlfriend ( played by his new real - life wife , patricia connolly ) , slaps her face . he later knocks her down . jason is cast as a big - time black - market operator in uranium .\ni some time later . then the if acting thing snowballed , i 1 got bigger parts . by this time\ni thought immodestly , in fact\njust when i thought i was right on top of it , and able to out - act anyone , the agent came back .\n' there ' s lots of money in it , ducks , ' she said , ' but don ' t go to hollywood . go to new york , enrol yourself in a good acting school , and learn something about acting .\n' when you ' ve learned to act , they ' ll come and get you . '\ni worked and waited . it was four years until they came and got me . but they did .\nthe best known in aus - tralia is the famous otto preminger film\nthe cardi - nal .\ntom loathed working for preminger , known as\nprussian preminger ,\nwho believes he gets the best work out of his actors when he keeps them rattled and on edge .\nrick jason , in his bright pink shirt and jewellery , is a tar cry from helmeted lieut . hanley of\ncombat .\nnote the wide , wide collar . jason is rather\nflash\nin his dress .\nr ec on st ruction ( left ) of the pink panther strip club for\ncolor me dead .\none hundred extras , with cigarettes provided , pro - duced a smoke - filled atmosphere as two\nit as a prelate used to it would , so he bought himself one and wore it all the time at home .\nit was quite amazing . it was just a small scene . the script called for him to leave his seat at the nightclub table , move across to the bar and order a drink , speak to a girl at the bar , then move out of camera range .\ntom was the only one there who didn ' t look as if he were acting . he looked real . he was definitely showing the result of that four years ' study at the new york\nit was quite a job . the strippers had to be at a certain stage of undress , the music had to be synchronised , the nightclub had to be smoke - filled to the right depth , the light had to be right before the cameras\ni left about 3 p . m . the australian pictures were in the bag , and they were about\neddie davis had called for reinforcements of cigar - ettes , wanted heavier smoke clouds . there was more\nsmoking ; people were drink - ing large quantities of black coffee ; and i was tired .\nsome people on the set were getting frayed at the edges , but not tom . nothing seemed to fray him .\ntom arrived , and he had to sit in a canvas chair with the mob on the edge of the set while somewhere was found for him . he under - stood and he didn ' t care .\njason would have per - formed properly about such a situation . as it was he was inclined to think the dressing room wasn ' t grand enough ,\njason was suave , smooth , with a new wife on his arm , and completely unrecognis - able as the tv serial '\ncom - bat\ncharacter lieut . hanley .\nthe other thing that sur - prised me was that he was so like don lane , all 6ft . 4in . of him . he ' s got something about him , the same kind of slickness , although he is 44 and gives don a good ten\njason , too , is a competent actor , and did a professional job . but he is what i ' d call\nput out when i said that , reading the cuttings about him , i had noticed he ' d always been a\npoor little rich boy .\nhe said with some choler that he had never thought of himself as a mike todd , but no one could ever say he ' d been poor .\ni explained that\na poor little rich boy\nwas merely an ironic description of someone who had been raised without the character building properties of having insufficient money , but he still went on .\npoor\nis evidently a dirty word to jason .\njason was born into a rich family , and early in the piece his dad set him up with a seat on the new york stock exchange , but jason wouldn ' t play .\nbarkeep , a liquor salesman , sold magazine subscriptions , cooked hamburgers , washed dishes , waited on table - all to learn the value of a dollar .\nhe learned it , he said , so he went on to spend it . he has always had money in some quantity and\nfor me , money is something to spend .\nhe has simple taste - simply likes the best of every - thing . he has married four\njason reckons following his first three , aria , uta , and shirley , his present wife , patricia connolly , whom he married in a shinto ceremony in japan shortly before he came to australia , is the one he ' ll stay with .\ntouching effect on me ,\nhe said .\nit was a very beauti - ful ceremony in its simplicity .\nnow here i am in aus - tralia for ' color me dead . '\nin the scene you are going to watch i am being paid to beat up my wife . what a honeymoon job !\njason had contracted to do every scene he was engaged in in the movie in one day , for a fee of $ 3000 , he said . the contract stated that even\nif he raised a finger in front of the camera the next day , he had to be paid another full day ' s pay .\neverything was geared to get jason through his part in that day , and jason co - operated .\nhe played scenes over and over , he knocked down his beautiful wife , who was wear - ing a striking dress - a black and - white mini over long , skinny , black pants .\ntaurants and clubs in america where pants weren ' t allowed . if it were necessary , you took the pants off in the ladies ' and you were acceptable , dressed in a mini - skirt .\nit was eye - opening to see the americans at work . they left our boys for dead with their ease and their compe - tence . they make everything look as if it ' s really happen - ing , not being acted .\nsomething to say or suggest , and , if necessary , jason would come up to scratch again , and run through the scene without a complaint .\ni thought he might have bunged on some hollywood star temperament , but he didn ' t . he was entirely tract - able , charming , co - operative .\nrick was making a film in japan ,\nshe said .\nwe wanted to get married there and go off travelling to - gether . i wanted a religious ceremony - it ' s my first marriage - but we are both jews , and one thing the japanese are short of is jewish rabbis .\nwe compromised with a civil ceremony , and a shinto one following it . we\nshe was emoting rout . with tony (\nhunter\nward , who took over hon don lane when shooting schedules made it impostibl for him to take thc role .\njason was a villain , too but not a murdering 0\nf he was a big - time operator in black - market uranium .\npatricia played his g ^ . friend , who was a ru0 . timing , good - time gj , ^ partial to tony as well ls\nmy final hassle witt\ncolor me dead\nwas or board the huge lloyd triestino liner galileo a ; circular quay , sydney .\ntom tryon and tom ward were doing one of th ( final scenes in which tryon chases ward up and dowe and all round the ship finally cornering him in the engine - room .\ni was only told about this because , as well as the cast , the cameramen , the movie - making crew , the directors , and prop men , there was me , staff photographer doj cameron , and , at a conser vative estimate , about 100 ( italians chasing them to set the film stars and get their autographs .\nwas resting , getting fresh ! or a renewed make - up . ii was certainly where every - one wanted to be .\nother , all the passengers ! well as the stars converged on the passageway . . 9\ni saw many strange sights . tom tryon buyini lemon squash for a mob ol kids , autographing boola and menus furiously ; rici jason , very conscious of hi long , lean look in a dinned jacket and ruffled shirt , on to make a tv appearance tony ward , mashing pat -\nricia connolly on cue for the cameras , in a secluded\ni saw tony later fighting with tryon . he ' s a good man in a fight .\nready to be interviewed and see a bit of the country , she was called back urgently on other commitments 1 , 1 america .\ncolor me dead\n: the film that proves australian knowhow ( 1969 , january 22 ) .\nwarning ! to get all of the features imdbpro offers , you must enable javascript .\nyou can share this page with anyone , including non - imdbpro subscribers . a shared page will expire 7 days after it is first opened .\nsubmit additional information and / or report errors on this page . if it is approved by imdb database managers , it will be added to the page in a future update .\nin his third feature , bird in the sky , flanagan explored the relationship between good and evil , he has taken this theme even deeper in his current documentary maxim\u00f3n \u2013 devil or saint .\nrobert states , \u201cbecause of a series of dreams and synchronistic events i felt i really had no choice but to make this film about maxim\u00f3n . it has been an incredible journey . \u201d\ninterested in different cultures , al - doghachi has been drawn to central america where she has collaborated with robert flanagan on several documentaries including the garifuna \u2013 an enduring spirit , the maya of toledo \u2013 ancient culture , modern lives , saving paradise , river to reef and currently maxim\u00f3n \u2013 santo o diablo .\n\u201cwhat i love about maxim\u00f3n is the sincerity and faith of the people . after spending so much time with the material in the editing room the situations are just as electrifying as the first time i experienced them , \u201d says al - doghachi .\nprofessor mario galindo was born in quetzaltenango , guatemala in 1960 ; his parents were both teachers and he is a descendant of the archeologist juan galindo ( 1802 - 1840 ) . he graduated as a teacher for primary education and worked in the rural area of mam , san marcos for more than ten years .\ngalindo returned to quetzaltenango where he taught spanish to foreign students and graduated from the san carlos university for spanish grammar and spanish as second language . at the same time , profoundly interested in anthropology , he worked many years with the anthropologist maury hutcheson ( montclair state university , usa ) for whom he deciphered paleographic writings .\nduring this time professor galindo began studying san sim\u00f3n . several reasons motivated him : the general lack of knowledge about this theme and the negative position of the christian - judaic church .\ngalindo saw this documentary as an opportunity to generate more respect for the indigenous beliefs and traditions . mario is our guide into the world of san sim\u00f3n . his knowledge , personal experience and enthusiasm about maxim\u00f3n play an indispensable role in this film .\nabelardo p\u00e9rez , born in spain , was ordained as a priest in 1972 . he is now professor and spiritual director of \u201cel seminario mayor del nuestra se\u00f1ora del camino\u201d in solol\u00e1 / chimaltenango , guatemala .\nsince 1991 he has also been working as an exorcist and is considered an expert in this field . he is the author of the book \u201cme llaman maxim\u00f3n , satan\u00e1s con corbata y sombrero\u201d ( they call me maxim\u00f3n , satan with tie and hat ) . the book documents his experiences with possessions in which maxim\u00f3n is used as a vehicle for the devil .\npadre per\u00e9z contributes his expertise , experiences and remarkable personality to our movie , revealing the dangers of maxim\u00f3n and the fate of those that have been afflicted by the dark side of this enigmatic figure .\njoel diamond is a grammy nominated composer , arranger , producer and performer based in new york city . his fusion of traditional orchestral and contemporary electronica creates a striking film - 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he has taught at the ecole jacques lecoq and leads workshops internationally all over the world : this year in turkey , usa , london and china . marcello is co - founder of complicite in london in 1983 , and has worked with the company for over twenty \ufb01ve years and performed in many shows including the visit , streets of crocodiles , a minute too late , the winter\u2019s tale , out of a house walked a man , help i am alive , foe , a dog\u2019s heart , more bigger snacks now and please please please .\nin 2015 he created and performed the theatre show marcel at the bouffes du nord and in 2013 created and performed hearts directed by robert lepage for ex machina in quebec city .\nnikola kodjabashia nikola kodjabashia is considered to be one of the most eminent representatives of the balkan and east european musical avant - garde and composer of four critically acclaimed albums . nikola has scored music for numerous internationally acclaimed and award winning theatre productions in the uk and internationally . theatre includes : bacchai ( sir peter hall , national theatre ) , kafka\u2019s monkey ( young vic , world tour ) , c . a . t . s . awards 2011 multiple winner the three musketeers and the princess of spain ( dominic hill , traverse theatre ) , c . a . t . s . 2014 awards multiple winners crime and punishment , hamlet , this restless house , a christmas carol and hansel and gretel ( dominic hill , glasgow citizen\u2019s theatre ) , death of a salesman ( joe douglas , dundee rep ) , scorched ( old vic ) , hecuba ( jonathan kent , donmar warehouse ) . other commissions include scores for la biennale di venezia 2004 , bbc singers 2010 , numerous scores for bbc tv and radio 2005 / 10 as well as the national theatre 2002 / 3 . his music is released by rer , described by the guardian as \u201cone of the most adventurous and coherent of avant - rock labels . \u201d\nluis f . carvalho luis f . carvalho attained \ufb01rst class degrees with hons . in fashion design and technical arts design from central st martin\u2019s college and wimbledon school of art respectively . luis has since worked extensively in theatre and opera throughout the world . most recent projects include collaborations with sophie gilpin \u2013 romeo & juliet , rose theatre kingston ; 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{"id": 55786, "summary": [{"text": "david sands was a convenience store chain located in fife , kinross and perthshire , scotland .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "at 200 years old , the family-owned enterprise had 28 outlets at its peak .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "according to a 2009 article on business7 , a publication of the scottish daily record and sunday mail , the company was \" a major employer across fife and perthshire . \"", "topic": 16}, {"text": "its head office was located in kinross .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "on jan 10th 2012 , the company announced that it would be purchased by the co-operative group. , the sale was approved by the office of fair trading in april 2012 , and by december 2012 the last david sands store was converted to a co-operative , bringing to an end the company 's 200-year existence .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "in october 2013 david sands himself announced the launch of his new brand \" david 's kitchen \" the instore concept , used in the previous david sands stores , for fresh hand made produce .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "david 's kitchen will trade under the nisa brand .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "the first store will open on caskieberran road in glenrothes .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "the site was a derelict pub which was demolished , and david 's kitchen building a brand new purpose built modern building . ", "topic": 19}], "title": "david sands", "paragraphs": ["management at david sands said they hoped the new owners would continue the commitment to sourcing produce from local suppliers .\nyoung david nevertheless became friendly with a quaker named edward hallock , of neigh\u00adboring new marlbo\u00adrough . hallock , like the sands , had relocated from long island , and encouraged david\u2019s spiritual searchings . while traveling on business , hallock introduced david to his first friends meeting at liberty street meeting in new york city .\nboxing legend dave sands was part of one of australia most famous sporting families , the fighting sands brothers .\nthe david sands chain of 28 convenience stores in fife , perthshire and kinross have been sold to the co - operative group for an undisclosed sum .\ndavid sands , chief executive of david sands ltd , added :\nwe believe that the acquisition of our business by the co - operative group , another responsible retailer , offers a fantastic opportunity for continued investment in our stores and our people , and a continued commitment to scottish local communities , local produce and local suppliers .\nbut moutinho\u2019s impressive run is made even more extraordinary because her boyfriend \u2014 poker pro david \u201cdoc\u201d sands \u2014 is also going strong in the tournament with 57 players remaining .\nby accessing boardedge , you can view bios , network , connections and references of industry leading executives like david sands . more specifically , you ' ll be able to :\ndavid sands was the son of presbyterian parents who had for\u00adfeited their home in sandring\u00adham , england , to the crown and had emigrated to the american colonies . in 1759 , when david was 14 years old , the family moved again from sands point , long island , to the hudson valley . there they ac\u00adquir\u00aded property in the queen anne land grant extending from storm king mountain west to firthcliffe .\ndavid sands is a partner and co - leader of the entertainment and digital media team . he is also the former co - practice leader of the firm ' s corporate practice group . david splits his time among the firm ' s los angeles , orange county , and century city offices . areas of practice mr . sands handles major strategic and institutional transactions involving corporate finance , mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures .\nwhen david reached the age of 21 he requested and was received into membership in nine partners meeting across the hud\u00adson river in dutchess coun\u00adty . a year after mar\u00adrying edward hallock\u2019s daughter clemen\u00adtine , under the care of the nine partners meeting , david moved into his parents\u2019 large home in cornwall . this house is still standing , and is called the \u201csands - ring home . \u201d hanging on the wall of the fellowship room in the meeting house is a portrait of david sands done in wedgwood style by an english sculptor named ellis , dated about 1800 .\nrichard broome , ' sands , david ( dave ) ( 1926\u20131952 ) ' , australian dictionary of biography , national centre of biography , australian national university , urltoken published first in hardcopy 2002 , accessed online 10 july 2018 .\ndavid sands ( phd , imperial college 1990 ) , professor of computer science since 2001 at chalmers university of technology in sweden . his main research research areas are programming languages , computer security , and their combination . he leads the\ndavid sands has been a member of our board since 2005 . mr . sands is a certified public accountant and a partner of buchbinder tunick & company llp where he is the head of the tax department . mr . sands is a member of the american institute of certified public accountants and the new york state society of cpas . mr . sands has also lectured at the new york university summer continuing education and the foundation for accounting education programs . mr . sands received a bachelor of science from suny at buffalo and a master of science in taxation from pace university .\nsands traveled widely , ministering and preaching . however , the sands - ring home was the seed of the cornwall meeting . david\u2019s parents , as well as some of his siblings , soon joined david\u2019s faith . on august 21 , 1772 , nine partners ap\u00adproved the following minute : \u201cthis meeting thinks proper to visit friends over the river and consider whither or no it would be best for them to hold a meeting . \u201d meeting for worship at cornwall first took place in the sands - ring house on april 16 , 1773 . meetings thereafter were alternately held in new marlborough .\npeter marks , chief executive of the co - operative group , said :\nthis major acquisition will significantly strengthen our food business in scotland , especially in fife , kinross and perthshire , and we look forward to working with the new team from david sands .\n\u201cduring my career i happened to fight russell sands , dave\u2019s younger brother \u201d once in brisbane and once in melbourne \u201d and i was so worried about fighting him because i had so much respect for the sands brothers and for dave . \u201d\u009d\nthe precinct of cornwall was organized in 1764 , and the first town meeting was held the following year . built in 1790 , the meeting house is not only the first quaker meeting house in orange county , but the oldest religious building of any faith in corn\u00adwall . the story of how this came to be is , in large part , the story of david sands .\nfuneral services for david sands wright , professor emeritus of the college , who died at his home friday morning , october 30 , 1931 , at 10 : 45 o\u2019clock , were conducted sunday at 2 : 30 p . m . at first methodist episcopal church . dr . howland hanson , college religious director , was in charge . burial was in the fairview cemetery in cedar falls .\nthe two lovebirds didn\u2019t tangle during their short time at the table sunday , but moutinho watched attentively as sands got involved in a big pot against erick lindgren on the final hand of the day . lindgren fired a bet of 340 , 000 on a board of ac - qd - 3h - 3d - 6d and sands moved all in , prompting a quick fold from the poker legend as sands collected a nice pot to finish the day .\nsands stood up proudly and announced that he\u2019d taken the household chip lead from his partner . \u201cyeah , moutinho ! just when you talk about how many nights you had the chip lead , \u201d he teased . moutinho had more chips than sands after four of the first five days of the tournament .\nlegend has it that david sands\u2019 12 - year old daughter , cather\u00adine , brought wrought - iron nails to the site of the construction from a smithy located in new wind\u00adsor , by riding there and back on horseback . those nails may be plainly seen embedded in the exposed timbers on the second floor of the meeting house . six years later , catherine was married to elias ring at the first of many weddings cele\u00adbrated in the meeting house .\nhe was one of australia\u2019s all - time great sporting legends . fifty - four years after his passing , a ceremony was held to honour the great dave sands .\ndave sands was a consummate fighter - boxer . the most gifted of the sands brothers , he was fast and quick - thinking , full of front - foot aggression and fierce counter - punching . he had the best left hook of his peers , and could punch heavily with both hands while absorbing the blows of the hardest hitters . overseas commentators and boxers thought that he could beat the best . robinson wanted ' a lot of money to fight that guy [ sands ] ' . when carl ' bobo ' olson ( whom sands had defeated twice ) took the crown on robinson ' s retirement , he remarked : ' this title should have belonged to dave sands . it would have been his had he lived ' . according to mitchell , sands fought 104 bouts : 60 won by knockouts , 33 won on points , one drawn , seven lost on points , one lost by a knockout , and two no - contests . according to tatz , he was defeated only ten times in 110 fights .\nof all the aboriginal boxing legends that have emerged over the year and etched their own unique chapter in australian sporting history , dave sands holds a very special place and remains an unforgettable icon .\nby all accounts , david was ( like george fox before him ) a young man of awkward religious anxiety . his initial attitude toward quakerism was a distaste for the plain clothing and man\u00adners of its practi\u00adtioners . his first recorded impression of seeing two quakers in the street was : \u201cit is impossible for me to be a quaker ; i would rather die . \u201d\nand sure enough , when sands\u2019 table broke late sunday night he was moved to moutinho\u2019s table on the espn featured stage , creating a fun dynamic for everyone tuning in . \u201coh my god . look who it is , \u201d moutinho exclaimed as her beau entered the table . ben lamb , a close friend of sands who was also seated at the table , added , \u201cthis is a crazy little thing right here . \u201d\ndespite an enthusiastic reception from the british press , sands began his campaign for a world title disastrously . in london on 4 april 1949 , while suffering from a swollen , recently vaccinated arm , he was outpointed by tommy yarosz . fifteen days later sands won , dismally , against a spoiler , lucien caboche . maguire then moved him to newcastle upon tyne , where friendly locals and a promoter joe shepherd restored his confidence . after two solid victories , he returned to london and in july thrashed the much fancied robert villemain in the ' fight of the year ' . on 6 september sands demolished dick turpin in 2 minutes 35 seconds for the british empire middleweight title .\n\u201cany words of mine , however generous they may be , will fail to provide justice to the memory of the late dave sands both as a boxer and a man , \u201d\u009d said michael j . clarke , a close friend of dave\u2019s and author of the book the fighting history of the sands brothers who spoke at the ceremony . \u201cthis was no ordinary sportsman , for in our long and glorious sporting history he was the greatest fighter australia has ever produced . \u201d\u009d\nshortly after his triumphal return to australia in november 1949 , sands survived a serious accident when the steering on his motorcar failed and the vehicle somersaulted into a creek . over the next eighteen months he contested and won nine fights , one of them a fifteen - rounder in september 1950 in which he took the australian heavyweight championship from alf gallagher . sands had become a leading contender for the world middleweight title and maguire vainly sought to arrange a bout with the american champion ' sugar ' ray robinson . in the tricky maze of international boxing - promotion , his efforts were marked by a ' paper - chase ' of offers and counter - offers . sands defeated mel brown in london in july 1951 in a preliminary to a title - fight between robinson and another contender randolph turpin . had maguire ' s negotiations succeeded , sands would have been in turpin ' s place and probably would have beaten an unfit robinson , as did turpin .\nin october sands won two fights in the united states of america . back home , he hoped for a world title - bout , but he was estranged from maguire . a new manager bede kerr reopened discussions with robinson ' s connexions , but ' the chance never came ' . on 11 august 1952 the truck sands was driving overturned at roadworks near dungog , new south wales ; he died of his injuries that evening in the local hospital and was buried in sandgate cemetery , newcastle . his wife , and their son and two daughters survived him ; their third daughter was born in november . sands had earned about \u00a330 , 000 , but it went on manager ' s fees , travel costs , tax , family expenses and generosity to his kin . a public appeal raised more than \u00a32500 , sufficient to pay off his stockton home and create a trust fund for his family .\ndavid sands ( 1926 - 1952 ) , boxer , was born on 24 february 1926 at burnt bridge , near kempsey , new south wales , fifth of eight children of george ritchie , a rodeo - rider and timber - cutter of mixed aboriginal and european descent , and his aboriginal wife mabel , n\u00e9e russell , both of whom were born in new south wales . dave ' s brothers clement , percival , george , alfred and russell also boxed , emulating their father and their maternal great - uncle bailey russell , a noted bare - knuckle fighter . ray mitchell recorded that , between them , the brothers contested 494 official fights , with 301 wins ( 209 by knockouts ) , 27 draws and 163 losses . colin tatz claimed that they fought 607 bouts in all . they also toured with boxing troupes .\nborn in kempsey in1926 , dave was part of one of australia\u2019s greatest - ever sporting families . the sands brothers \u201d clem , ritchie , george , dave , alfie and russell \u201d were all renowned in australian boxing at the time , but dave stood out from the others as something truly special .\nthe plaque was originally put in place at the site in 1952 by one of dave\u2019s close friends , tom laming snr , who trained with and also fought dave on two occasions . at the ceremony , tom\u2019s son tom jnr was on hand to pay his respects to dave sands\u2019 achievements and legacy .\nthe sands stores complement our existing food estate , which operates from the highlands and islands to the borders , and they will be a valuable addition to our portfolio as we forge ahead with our programme to grow the business by seeking new opportunities at the heart of local communities right across the uk .\n\u201cwhen i first joined the jimmy sharman boxing tent at 17 years of age , i thought to myself that this would be the first time i was going to meet an idol that i really loved , \u201d\u009d george said . \u201cthat was dave sands . unfortunately the accident happened and i never got to meet him .\nsands was soon boxing in twelve - round matches before excited crowds of up to ten thousand people in brisbane and sydney . in may 1946 he defeated jack kirkham for the australian middleweight title . three months later he knocked out jack johnson in four rounds to become national light - heavyweight champion . the rematches were even more one - sided : kirkham was defeated in five rounds and johnson fell after 2\u00bd minutes of furious punching . by 1948 sands had beaten all his local opponents and most american ' imports ' . his mauling of a french fighter tony toniolo in less than two minutes in february 1949 led the english promoter jack solomons to take an interest in him .\nin 1939 percy travelled to newcastle to train with tom maguire . he adopted the ring - name of ritchie sands , after ' snowy ' sands , a local railway guard and boxing fan . all six ritchie brothers fought under the name sands and wore green satin shorts with a white star . at the age of 15 dave joined percy ; both lived at maguire ' s gym . maguire also trained clem , george and alfie . clem was to hold the new south wales welterweight title in 1947 - 51 and alfie the middleweight title in 1952 - 54 . without maguire ' s knowledge , dave fought a four - round preliminary bout in august 1941 at newcastle stadium , swinging his way to victory in the first round . maguire disapproved , but quickly transformed him into a skilled boxer . by the end of 1942 he had knocked out a dozen opponents at newcastle . on 11 august 1945 he married 18 - year - old bessie emma burns at st paul ' s church of england , stockton .\nsands , a former member of the brunson 10 , bagged up 2 , 765 , 000 chips sunday night after beginning the day with 1 . 6 million . he and his girlfriend have been enjoying the ride of a lifetime as they\u2019ve each outlasted more than 6 , 800 players with the hope of attaining poker\u2019s ultimate goal , reaching the november nine .\na face - off at the table has to be a distressing thought for sands and moutinho , but it could be inevitable as we inch closer to the final table . while they won\u2019t be seated together to begin day 7 , it could very well happen again as the field trims down to 27 on monday . the november nine will be decided on tuesday .\nespn\u2019s kara scott spoke with the couple after the day ended and asked them what it was like playing together in the spotlight of the main event . \u201ci was excited to be there , \u201d sands said . \u201cit was a great experience and i think it\u2019s a really unique accomplishment for both of us individually and collectively . she played great and i\u2019m really proud of her efforts and my efforts . it was fun to be able to celebrate that at the end of the day . \u201d\nmoutinho is playing in her first wsop main event but got her feet wet in the final $ 1 , 000 no limit event of the series earlier this month , taking 416th place for just over $ 1 , 800 . sands , meanwhile , has 13 wsop cashes to his credit , including a pair of final tables . he took third place in this summer\u2019s $ 1 , 500 pot limit omaha event for $ 113 , 383 and finished eighth in a $ 1 , 500 no limit hold \u2019em event in 2010 .\nthe dark - eyed , snubbed - nosed sands , whose skills kept his handsome features unscathed , was widely respected for his quiet manliness and dedication . despite his devastating ability in the ring , he was modest and shy . to his family he was fun - loving and a good provider , even helping with domestic tasks such as sewing . he was extremely close to his brothers , with whom he shared a timber - cutting business . bessie recalled in 1997 : ' he was a gentle soul , a gentleman . we only had seven years together ' .\nmr . sands concentrates on the representation of companies involved in the media , entertainment and technologies industries and companies involved in the creation and distribution of financial products and financial services in a wide variety of key strategic transactions , including formation planning and initial capitalization , executive compensation structures , internet and e - commerce arrangements and institutional capital transactions and other forms of equity and debt offerings ( public and private ) , strategic alliances and partnerships , and merger and acquisitions ( including take private transactions ) . he has extensive experience in providing counseling and providing strategic planning for the firm ' s clients .\nby this time the num\u00adber of quakers worshipping at the sands - ring house was clearly beyond its capaci\u00adty , and the members ( now swelled by more families from long island , including the seamans , the cockses and the townsends ) deter\u00admined to raise 280 pounds for the purpose of pur\u00adchasing land and building a meeting house . in july 1789 , a parcel of approx\u00adimately 10 . 25 acres was deeded from lang\u00adford thorn to joseph thorn ( langford\u2019s son ) , nicholas townsend and william ti\u00adtus , in trust for corn\u00adwall monthly meet\u00ading . the land was improved by con\u00adstruc\u00adtion of the meeting house and the accom\u00adpany\u00ading horse sheds , the architectural de\u00adtails of which are described in a sub\u00adsequent chap\u00adter of this pamphlet .\ndave ' s death spurred on his youngest brother russell peter ( 1937 - 1977 ) . born on 20 february 1937 at burnt bridge , russell became a featherweight and fought as a southpaw due to his withered left leg . lacking mobility and a big punch , he developed excellent timing and ringcraft , and an uncanny ability to duck and weave . he enjoyed a reputation for courage , and showed that it was well earned in his twelve - round battle ( 1957 ) with ray riojas . in may 1954 he won the new south wales featherweight title on points ; in december that year he\u2014uncharacteristically\u2014knocked out young layton in two rounds for the vacant australian featherweight title . he surrendered it to bobby sinn in november 1955 . after breaking his leg in a motorcar accident , he retired in 1959 . russell sands had 48 fights ; he won 26 ( mostly on points ) , drew three and lost 19 . he died of bilateral pneumonia on christmas eve 1977 at mayfield east , newcastle , and was buried in sandgate cemetery with the forms of the seventh - day adventist church .\nthe acquisition is part of the co - op ' s plan to increase the number of stores by 300 across britain in three years .\nthe co - operative has 370 food stores in scotland , which are serviced from a new distribution centre in newhouse , near glasgow .\nit is the fourth largest food retailer in scotland with an annual turnover of more than \u00a31bn .\nthe pm says she was\nsurprised\nby the foreign secretary ' s resignation after the cabinet had backed her brexit plan .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\n$ 9 , 600 + 400 no limit hold ' em wpt championship # 51 2016 wpt l . a poker classic , los angeles\n$ 10 , 000 no limit hold ' em - 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out here .\nwith the eliminations of claudia crawford and amanda musumeci on sunday , erika moutinho is officially the last woman alive at the 2011 world series of poker main event . moutinho , a native of easton , conn . , finished day 6 with just over 2 million chips and has joined the likes of maria ho , tiffany michelle , leo margets and breeze zuckerman with the distinction of being the last woman standing in the poker\u2019s most prestigious event .\nand what a story it would make . it can virtually be assured that a couple has never made it this deep together in the main event and for both to make the final table would be a dream outcome for not only them , but the entire poker community .\npoker\u2019s emerging \u201cpower couple\u201d began facing more media attention on day 6 and among the many questions asked to moutinho was how she\u2019d feel about being placed at the same table as her boyfriend of five years .\n\u201che taught me how to play so i kind of know how he thinks so i may have a little bit of an edge there , \u201d moutinho told cardplayer\u2019s rebecca mcadam sunday evening . \u201cit would be interesting . \u201d\nstay tuned to poker news daily as we bring you continuous coverage of the world series of poker main event from the rio all suite hotel and casino in las vegas .\nsave my name , email , and website in this browser for the next time i comment .\npoker news daily is one of the top resources for poker strategy , news , player profiles , reviews and more .\nby 1776 the number of friends in the cornwall and new marlbo\u00adrough area had grown so great as to war\u00adrant separate , rather than alter\u00adnate , meetings . in 1777 corn\u00adwall became a \u201cpreparative\u201d meeting and , on december 22 , 1788 , was established as a monthly meeting in its own right .\nsilent worship each sunday 10 : 30 - 11 : 30 all are welcome to join us .\nthis young man from the bush went on to become australian middleweight , light - heavyweight and heavyweight champion ( at one stage holding all three titles simultaneously ) , and australasian light - heavyweight and british empire middleweight champion between the years of 1946 and 1952 .\nnot surprisingly , during this time dave quickly become the one of the most popular sportsmen in the country . so when he died tragically in a truck accident at the age of only 26 , australia mourned the loss of a true sporting hero .\nat the time of his passing , dave\u2019s record stood at 110 fights for 97 victories and one draw . he was internationally considered one of the great fighters in the world and was already regarded one of the greatest - ever australian boxers .\nto mark what would have been dave\u2019s 80 th year , a plaque in his honour which has stood on a busy intersection in inner - city sydney was restored and re - unveiled in a special ceremony which celebrated dave\u2019s amazing life and achievements .\nover 100 people attended the ceremony , including dave\u2019s friends and family , admirers , former opponents and members of the boxing community who came to honour the legend .\n\u201cwhen dave came to sydney , he trained at our gym in west moreland street , \u201d\u009d tom told the crowd . \u201cmy dad said that dave was electrifying ; all the people in glebe would come to the gym hours before to watch him train . my dad said it was like he was a movie star .\n\u201cwhen he came to sydney he lived in this hotel behind us called the university hotel and my dad used to tell me that when he would run around in victoria park across the street here people would stop in the street . the buses would stop ; people would get out of their cars just to watch him run .\n\u201cwhen my dad erected this monument to dave he erected it to a very good friend , a very good fighter and a very good gentleman . \u201d\u009d\namong the many former and current boxers in attendance was fellow indigenous fighting legend george bracken , who spoke about the inspiration dave provided to indigenous people during his career .\n\u201che was the first australian boxer , black or white , to venture overseas and achieve success , \u201d\u009d said michael . \u201cthose that had gone before brought no gold or title home with them , but dave came home with the middleweight championship of the british empire and a reputation as the most feared fighter in the world .\n\u201ci suppose it\u2019s quite possible for go d t o create a greater sportsman , a greater middleweight and a greater champion , but so far he hasn\u2019t . \u201d\u009d\n21st company ,\ndeseret news [ weekly ] , 18 september 1852 , 2 .\ntoday ' s hours : 7 : 00 a . m . - 5 : 00 p . m .\nthe son and three daughters of professor wright were here to attend the last rites for their father . professor wright taught the first class at the opening of the college , then named the iowa state normal school , on september 6 , 1876 . mr . wright was born december 7 , 1847 , on a farm in penn township , hyland county , ohio . his parents were both quakers , and his father was a quaker preacher .\nat seven years of age , he attended school in a \u201clone log structure , \u201d the squabble high school in ohio . in this and other country schools he developed an interest in literature and debate , and in 1866 became a schoolteacher in ohio . later he entered the national normal university at lebanon , ohio , where he obtained the bachelor of arts degree in 1871 and a master of arts degree in 1873 . he received a second master of arts degree at penn college at oskaloosa , iowa , in 1887 .\nin 1872 , he became associate principal of whittier college and normal institute at salem , iowa , a quaker academy established in a community of friends . professor wright was elected to the first faculty of the newly - organized iowa state normal school in 1876 . he taught english literature for five years and then switched to mathematics in 1881 .\nin 1916 he retired from the department of mathematics to become director of religious education at the college . mr . wright began his association with the iowa state teachers association in 1875 , and in 1904 was elected president of the organization . he contributed approximately 125 articles to the iowa normal monthly , a professional magazine for teachers , and wrote several books , among them a drill book in english grammar , geometrical outlines , and bible study outlines . the last book reached its third edition and was used extensively in iowa high schools where the bible was taught as a school subject . in 1926 , the state board of education presented him with a special award for his fifty years of service . that same year , professor wright published an anecdotal history of the school , fifty years at the teachers college . he was well known throughout the state for his sermons and lectures , and was recognized as an eloquent and forceful speaker .\nprofessor wright married eliza jane rawstern on june 24 , 1880 , the evening of the day in which she graduated from the iowa state normal school . professor and mrs . wright were an important part of school life for over fifty years .\nat the time of professor wright ' s death , their daughter , luella wright , was a professor of english at the university of iowa . their son , joseph wright , was a professor of physical education at frances parker academy , chicago . another daughter , mrs . ralph swanson , lived in vilisca , iowa . her husband was a lawyer there . mrs . william radcliffe , a daughter , lived at red oak , iowa , where her husband was a judge . all four attended the funeral services .\nthis is a heavily edited revision of an article that appeared in the college eye , november 6 , 1931 , page 1 ; university archivist gerald l . peterson ; last updated , february 10 , 2015 ( gp ) .\nyou can view the full record on microfilm at the society or you can buy a copy ( see instructions below . )\nnotes : due to wisconsin state law , we provide only uncertified copies of vital records . the full record available for purchase usually includes details not found in the index . records for events that occurred after september 30 , 1907 may be available through the wisconsin department of health services or the register of deeds office in the appropriate county .\nto view the full record on microfilm , visit the library at the wisconsin historical society in madison , wisconsin . print out this index page and present it to the librarian . the full record may include details not found in the index .\nour local area research centers may also have this reel available to view in person for counties around their areas .\nvital records are non - 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mexico border ) will empower ice officers\nto target and remove those who pose a threat to public safety , calls for the hiring of another 5 , 000 border patrol officers , calls for the tripling of the number of ice officers .\nimmigration detainers \u2013 voluntary requests from ice to law enforcement agencies to hold those arrested beyond their normal release so that agents can take them into custody and deport them \u2013 also rose , to 22 , 161 . that was a 75 percent jump from the year before . but many were issued in areas that do not necessarily comply with ice requests .\nimmigration and customs enforcement ( ice ) acting director thomas homan on tuesday said he plans to further crack down on undocumented immigrants by sending more resources and agents to sanctuary cities .\n\u201ci honestly believe that ice wants to send a message that this is what happens when you speak out , \u201d said boston immigration lawyer matt cameron , who represents the vermont activists .\nbut trump did not promise his supporters a compassionate immigration policy founded on humanism . he promised to make unpatriotic employers regret their decision to exploit undocumented workers , instead of hire american ones . in california , some ice agents appear to be doing the opposite . and , at present , trump\u2019s base doesn\u2019t seem to mind .\nice , an agency within the department of homeland security , has about 20 , 000 employees , including an estimated 5 , 800 deportation officers who identify , apprehend and remove deportable immigrants .\n\u201cice agents and officers have been given clear direction to focus on threats to public safety and national security , which has resulted in a substantial increase in the arrest of convicted criminal aliens , \u201d ice acting director thomas homan said in the statement . \u201chowever , when we encounter others who are in the country unlawfully , we will execute our sworn duty and enforce the law . \u201d\na spokeswoman for ice said her agency \u201cremains sensitive\u201d to victims and witnesses and helps them obtain visas or stays of deportation in some cases . but she said anyone in the united states illegally could be deported .\n\u201ci don\u2019t even think it\u2019s worth showing , \u201d said longtime s . v . u . cast member ice - t , who plays det . fin tutuola . \u201cit wasn\u2019t one of our best shows . \u201d\npresident trump campaigned on cracking down on illegal immigration and stepping up border security .\nin addition to bloodrunners , ice - t also has a new body count album on the horizon : bloodlust , the band\u2019s sixth studio album and their first since 2014\u2019s manslaughter , is scheduled for release on march 31 .\nothers fear ice is arresting immigrants in retaliation for asserting their rights , such as two dairy worker advocates in vermont , who have since been released on bond , and a community activist in new york , who is detained .\nivanka trump , assistant and daughter of us president donald j . trump , touches the western wall , judaism ' s holiest prayer site , in jerusalem ' s old city\ntrump\u2019s dhs is not embarrassed by pursuing immigrants with little or even no criminal record .\nif \u201cthe apprentice\u201d didn\u2019t get trump elected , it is surely what made him electable .\n\u201cthe only person i connect with in this administration is melania , because just like me she\u2019s foreign , she\u2019s a beautiful ice princess , and we both scan the room for the nearest exit whenever we read to children . \u201d \u2014 julio torres\nbut anabel barron , an immigrant activist in ohio , said she is facing deportation even though she is a domestic - violence victim who applied for a visa . she said ice officials have affixed an electronic - tracking device to her ankle .\ntrump\u2019s department of homeland security , unlike obama\u2019s before him , is not embarrassed by the fact that it has built its enforcement growth by pursuing those with little or even no criminal record . indeed , in its statement , ice touts this new reality . \u201cice will no longer exempt any class of individuals from removal proceedings if they are found to be in the country illegally , \u201d the announcement reads . \u201cthis is evident in the rise in non - criminal arrests over the same period , which increased from approximately 4 , 200 in 2016 to more than 10 , 800 in 2017 . \u201d\nthe ice field offices with the largest total number of arrests \u2013 more than 2 , 000 each \u2013 were in dallas , which covers north texas and oklahoma ; atlanta , which includes georgia and the carolinas ; and houston , which spans southeast texas .\nbut , more than anything , trump gave time a window into some of the oddities that make his white house unlike any in modern history , including the traits that make trump tick .\nwe are going to triple the number of [ immigration and customs enforcement ] deportation officers ,\ntrump said during an immigration speech in arizona in 2016 .\nwithin ice , i am going to create a new special deportation task force , focused on identifying and removing quickly the most dangerous criminal illegal immigrants in america who have evaded justice .\ntrump natural spring water is one of the purest natural spring waters bottled in the world . it\npolitifact is tracking the promises of president donald trump . see them all at politifact . com .\nfor a moment , he seems to be proposing a more civil public space in american democracy , one the trump campaign did little to foster and which the trump administration is unlikely to experience .\nit ' s not an admission , but it ' s a close as trump usually gets .\nice\u2019s atlanta office arrested the most immigrants who had never committed any crimes , with nearly 700 arrests , up from 137 the prior year . philadelphia had the biggest percentage increase , with 356 noncriminal arrests , more than six times as many as the year before .\nus president donald j . trump and his wife , us first lady melania trump are welcomed by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu upon arrival at ben gurion airport , in lod outside tel aviv , israel\nice noted that the\nnoncriminal\ncategory includes individuals who may have been charged with a crime that did not result in a conviction , and others who may have been previously deported . re - entering after being deported can lead to criminal charges under us law .\nthat last sentence is key , and is the crux of how the trump administration has pursued the expansion of its enforcement efforts . on january 25 , after barely a week in office , trump released an\ntrump ' s priority removals , especially for criminals , mirror the ones under obama ' s administration .\nwhy law & order : s . v . u . \u2019s donald trump episode will probably never se\u2026\nas for his ongoing work on s . v . u . , ice - t confirms that the series will continue to rip its stories from the headlines whenever possible . those bemoaning the fact that we may never get to see gary cole channeling donald trump may find solace in an upcoming plot line that ping - pongs off another high - profile story from the 2016 campaign .\ntrump rarely takes blame , and throughout the 2016 campaign he said he rarely , if ever , apologizes .\ncan trump lament acrimony in washington ? yes . but he also can elevate with seven - word sentence .\nthe first w . w . e . trump - based story was a bout between wrestlers dressed up as \u201ctrump\u201d and \u201crosie , \u201d a one - time experiment that flopped with fans . then , the spring that \u201cthe apprentice\u201d vanished from nbc , trump himself entered the ring as a w . w . e . character\u2014a preening , crudely macho version of his role on \u201cthe apprentice . \u201d in the story , \u201cmr . trump\u201d arrives to vanquish his former friend vince mcmahon , the insecure tyrant who owns the w . w . e . trump is introduced as an oz - like face on a giant screen , as \u201cfor the love of money\u201d plays and dollar bills tumble from the rafters . ( mcmahon\u2019s money , not trump\u2019s . ) their showdown is more of a bro - down : trump brags that his \u201ctrump towers\u201d are bigger than mcmahon\u2019s \u201cgrapefruits . \u201d the audience might be rooting for trump , mcmahon says , \u201cbut ninety - five per cent of them are idiots . \u201d trump replies , \u201cto me , they look like a very smart group of people . \u201d\nin january , he issued executive orders that made all undocumented immigrants at risk of deportation . in february , trump\u2019s press secretary said the \u201cshackles\u201d were off immigration and border agents , whose unions backed trump in the election .\ntrump ' s promise to triple ice ' s deportation officers depends on funding from congress . the president submits a budget to congress in february . based on the 1974 congressional budget act , the deadline for the final adoption of the budget resolution is april 15 , though final agreements may come later , notes a report from the congressional research service . the upcoming fiscal year starts oct . 1 , 2017 .\ntrump\u2019s former campaign manager is seeking pretrial release , despite the witness - tampering charges that landed him in jail .\nsince the election , trump and his officials have sent conflicting signals on how much he would intensify immigration enforcement .\nwhy law & order : s . v . u . \u2019s trump episode will probably never air | vanity fair\nan immigration detainee stands near an u . s . immigration and customs enforcement grievance box in the high security unit at the theo lacy facility , a county jail which also houses immigration detainees arrested by the u . s . immigration and customs enforcement ( ice ) , march 14 , 2017 in orange , calif .\nand you both do an incredible job , but you need help , you need more ,\ntrump said .\nbetween firings , the show paints a distorted picture of new york , and a very limited portrait of trump himself .\ntime reported that trump brought up how he is trying to mint an arms deal with an african leader who has decades - old human rights concerns , all in the name of spurring american business . trump declined to name the country .\nbut doing the time interview , as their dinner was wrapping up , trump appeared to have a moment of introspection .\nah , he ' s choking . ah , look ,\ntrump said after clapper declined to provide names .\nother recent ice enforcement actions give us some clues as to what the breakdown of criminal acts might look like . among the 675 people who were swept up in the splashy raids that the department of homeland security launched at the start of the year , half had either no criminal convictions or had been convicted of traffic violations ,\ntrump and his people told iowans not to worry about chinese retaliation against iowa soybean exports . now they\u2019re worrying for real .\nwhy law & order : s . v . u . \u2019s donald trump episode will probably never see the light of day\naccording to ice , nearly 75 percent of those arrested between january 22 and april 29 had been convicted of a crime . the release called out the most serious\u2014homicide , rape , kidnapping , and sexual abuse\u2014and said that violent crimes \u201caccounted for more than 2 , 700 convictions\u201d of the 41 , 318 people who\u2019d been arrested on immigration violations . the release did not give any further breakdown of how many had been convicted of such serious violations , nor did it mention the other sorts of crimes people had been convicted of . \u201cwe do not have statistics to the specificity of criminalities , \u201d rachael yong yow , a spokesperson for ice , said in an e - mail when\nin the america i grew up in , cities didn ' t shield people who violated the law ,\nhoman told the publication . \u201cwhat i want to get is a clear understanding from everybody , from the congressmen to the politicians to law enforcement to those who enter the country illegally , that ice is open for business .\n\u201cmy sense is that ice is emboldened in a way that i have never seen , \u201d dan satterberg , the top prosecutor in washington state\u2019s king county , which includes seattle , said thursday . \u201cthe federal government , in really just a couple of months , has undone decades of work that we have done to build this trust . \u201d\nthese days , ice - t has the luxury of only accepting the projects he actually wants to do\u2014like the aforementioned bloodrunners , a horror flick that hits home video on march 7 . the gig wasn\u2019t a stretch for the actor , who has a few other horror films in his back catalog\u2014including a little something called leprechaun in the hood .\nin an immigration policy speech in long island on friday the president is due to call for 10 , 000 more immigration and customs enforcement ( ice ) officers , the building of his border wall with mexico , a \u201csubstantial amount\u201d ( sic ) of legislation to expedite the removal of illegal immigrants from central america , a bill against sanctuary cities .\nthe trump administration didn\u2019t keep track of how many families it separated . now , it wants more time to figure that out .\npeople cheer as us president donald trump appears on stage at a rally in harrisburg , pennsylvania , on april 29 , 2017 .\nbut during his interview with time , trump took responsibility - - sort of - - for the combative tone of his administration .\naccording to homan , illegal border crossings have decreased by 70 percent under trump and arrests inside the country have increased by 40 percent .\nwhile trump ' s comments on deportations have often been vague , he has frequently declared his determination to deport millions , particularly criminals .\nseth meyers and other late - night hosts tried to wrap their heads around the recent thaw in president trump\u2019s relationship with congressional democrats .\nthroughout the eighties , as trump built trump tower , then the javits center , helping to make manhattan into a luxury playground , he played himself on television . he was omnipresent in pop culture , often as a punch line . he was the \u201cshort - fingered vulgarian\u201d of\nthe trump of \u201cthe apprentice\u201d is not a wholly foreign figure . in the second episode , he practically pulls the advertising c . e . o . donny deutsch off his feet with a handshake . he rates women\u2019s looks reflexively . he\u2019s also hung up on eugenics , an unspoken contradiction of the show\u2019s meritocratic themes . in one episode , sam is interrogated in the boardroom . \u201cyou don\u2019t believe in the genetic pool ? that what you have , you have ? \u201d trump asks sam . \u201ci\u2019ve got genetic pool big - time , mr . trump ! \u201d sam insists , gesticulating . \u201cjust like you got from your father , fred trump , and your mother , mary trump . \u201d\nus president donald j . trump arrives in a vehicle to saint damaso ' s court for a private audience with pope francis in vatican city\nwrestling\u2014even more than reality tv\u2014makes anyone who describes it sound like a lunatic . but the series climax , \u201cbattle of the billionaires , \u201d is so campily homoerotic , so rife with heat and humiliation , that it\u2019s a critic - proof fever dream . \u201cit\u2019s the hostile takeover of donald trump ! \u201d announcers shriek , as trump pounds mcmahon . trump\u2019s \u201csecond\u201d in the ring is a near - naked black wrestler named bobby lashley . mcmahon is represented in the ring by umaga , a samoan who grunts and screams . when trump wins , he shaves mcmahon\u2019s head .\nwatch them start to choke like dogs ,\ntrump said after sen . chuck grassley , an iowa republican , asked whether official asked for names of trump or his associates be revealed in an intelligence report .\nwatch what happens . they are desperate for breath .\nburnett never wavers . a brilliant entrepreneur , and one of the most powerful men in television , he had produced \u201csurvivor , \u201d on cbs , which exploded the economics and aesthetics of television , launching a transformative new genre . \u201cthe apprentice\u201d was the savvy workplace variation that he pitched to trump in 2002 . and yet burnett presents himself , whether humbly or cannily , as trump\u2019s acolyte : robin to trump\u2019s batman , he insists .\naccording to data from immigrations and customs enforcement provided to members of the media thursday evening , ice made 75 , 045 administrative arrests of undocumented immigrants from january to june of 2017 . administrative arrests are used for routine arrests made based on immigration status . of those , 19 , 752 of the undocumented immigrants were classified as non - criminals , which is 26 % of the total .\nduring the presidential campaign , trump branded himself as a law - and - order candidate whose administration would strictly adhere to and follow the law .\nwith the vice president sitting at one end of the table . with the salad course , trump is served what appears to be thousand island dressing instead of the creamy vinaigrette for his guests . when the chicken arrives , he is the only one given an extra dish of sauce . at the dessert course , he gets two scoops of vanilla ice cream with his chocolate cream pie , instead of the single scoop for everyone else . the tastes of pence are also tended to . instead of the pie , he gets a fruit plate .\ntrump , carrying on the tenor of his vicious 2016 campaign , has made washington a more acrimonious place . democrats , appalled by his victory , have grown more fearful , more vocal and more disgusted . trump has kept his foot on the gas , too , with near constant combative tweets .\ntrump has emphasized his desire to remove immigrants in the country illegally who have been convicted of crimes , saying they ' ve killed thousands of americans .\nin 1990 , trump appeared on a game show called \u201ctrump card , \u201d set at trump\u2019s castle , in atlantic city . as his life became unstable , rocked by divorces and bankruptcies , his tv persona stayed flush . he made cameos on sitcoms : on a 1994 episode of \u201cthe fresh prince of bel air\u201d ( carlton faints in admiration ) ; on a 1996 episode of \u201cthe nanny\u201d ( he dates fran ) . in 1999 , he ruined a perfectly good episode of \u201csex and the city . \u201d in these incarnations , trump is a manhattan fixture . and yet it feels as though he\u2019s shrunk to a fun - size trump : red tie , yellow hair , \u201cthe donald . \u201d he\u2019s less an icon than he is a retro cartoon .\nin early 2016 , while working as donald trump ' s top campaign lawyer , donald mcgahn came up with a novel idea whose reverberations are still being felt . although trump was surging toward the gop nomination , uncertainty about his ideology and how he would govern had unnerved many mainstream republicans and social conservatives .\nthe reality is that , for many years of his presidency , obama pursued a very similar agenda to trump . as president , trump has sought to build on that already robust deportation infrastructure , with the help of his baldly xenophobic rhetorical bent . wednesday\u2019s news is the first major confirmation of this new era .\nthe original show had painted the bankrupt trump as a respected mogul ; \u201cthe celebrity apprentice\u201d made the tightwad a philanthropist . during season 5 , trump filmed a special boardroom segment with ignacio , a child beneficiary of the make - a - wish foundation . ignacio , from milwaukee , had won an essay contest on \u201cwhy i\u2019m proud to be bilingual . \u201d his \u201cwish\u201d is to be fired by trump . instead , the host praises him and hands him a check .\nthe waiters know well trump\u2019s personal preferences . as he settles down , they bring him a diet coke , while the rest of us are served water ,\none of president donald trump ' s most polarizing talking points during the campaign was the deployment of a deportation force to remove people living in the country illegally .\neach president leaves his mark on the building , and trump has wasted little time making his . the modern art favored by the obama family is mostly gone , replaced with classic oils , including portraits of trump\u2019s favorite predecessors , like andrew jackson and teddy roosevelt . gold curtains have replaced the maroon ones in the oval office , and military - service flag stands have been added around the room , topped by battle ribbons and held in place by heavy brass bases that trump praises to visitors .\nus president donald trump looks on as u . s . secretary of state rex tillerson and saudi arabia ' s crown prince muhammad bin nayef exchange a memorandum of understanding\nking of saudi arabia salman bin abdulaziz al saud with us president donald j . trump and wife melania during a welcome ceremony at murabba palace , in riyadh , saudi arabia\nwatching clips of former director of national intelligence james clapper and former acting attorney general sally yates ' recent senate testimony , trump compared to the longtime government officials to dogs .\nthe labor commissioner\u2019s office , the state\u2019s labor enforcement arm , said that since november u . s . immigration and customs enforcement agents showed up at locations in van nuys and santa ana looking for workers who had brought claims against their employers . in january , ice also contacted a state official and asked for details about an ongoing investigation into labor violations at several construction sites across los angeles , according to julie su , the state\u2019s labor commissioner and the agency\u2019s head .\nafter season 1 , the ratings began to drop . each year , trump obsessed over and lied about them , needling reporters who cited them . even during the 2004 paley panel , which took place just over a week into the second season , trump complained that the show\u2019s launch did better because in january \u201ceveryone was watching tv , \u201d whereas , in september , \u201ceveryone was playing golf . \u201d as cable began its ascent , trump clung tightly to network values : quality measured only by ad dollars and nielsen ratings .\nat this point , it feels slightly superfluous to note that ice - t is a man who\u2019s not afraid to speak his mind . but this trait also means that he has an answer for everything , no matter how deeply into his back catalog you dig\u2026and this includes , we can now confirm , the fact that he was responsible for writing some of the raps for mr . t\u2019s legendary 1984 tv special\u2014and subsequent album\u2014 be somebody . . . or be somebody\u2019s fool !\ndonald trump is due to call for more 10 , 000 immigration officers and the building of his border wall to crack down on a notorious gang operating in new york state .\nus president donald j . trump with king of saudi arabia salman bin abdulaziz al saud during a welcome ceremony with traditional sword dancers at murabba palace , in riyadh , saudi arabia\nmr . trump recently traveled to florida to see the effects of hurricane irma . jimmy kimmel wonders whether he fit in a round or two of golf while he was there .\nnevertheless , trump ' s level of arrests are in line with earlier periods in the obama administration . in the first half of 2014 , 27 % of ice arrests , or 25 , 135 people , were noncriminal undocumented immigrants . that was a period before obama instituted deportation priorities - - a move that he only took after discussions to reform the nation ' s immigration policies fell apart in congress . in that time period , deportations were also far ahead of the administration ' s total in the first half of this year . from january to june 2016 , 160 , 442 people were removed from the country , with 44 % of them being noncriminal .\nmonths , it felt easier to avoid watching donald trump on television . it was like sniffing spoiled milk : you didn\u2019t need a sip to know it was bad . then , in june , the president held the first meeting of his complete cabinet . it aired live , as trump\u2019s early campaign rallies had , in full and without commentary , on cnn .\nduring his interview with the examiner , homan also praised the trump administration , saying it has\ntaken the handcuffs off law enforcement ,\nallowing them to address immigration more thoroughly .\nthe trump administration said the government would no longer encourage schools to use race as a factor in the admissions process , rescinding obama - era guidance meant to promote diversity among students .\nsaudi arabia ' s king salman bin abdulaziz al saud presents u . s . president donald trump with the collar of abdulaziz al saud medal at the royal court in riyadh , saudi arabia\nin one way , however , it departs radically from reality : no one criticizes the boss . instead , the trump of \u201cthe apprentice\u201d receives endless praise , even behind his back . all scandal and debt are erased ; trump\u2019s combative streak is alchemized into daddy\u2019s tough love . celebrities who sign up for reality shows often agree to be made fun of . on \u201cthe apprentice , \u201d while trump is outrageous , he\u2019s rarely ridiculous : if he insults people , they deserve it ( and often love it ) . he\u2019s a family man and a business genius . contestants are grateful for his attention , even negative attention , since he could be off doing deals . frequently , he narrates from a helicopter , hovering like zeus . early on , the prizes are tied to trump\u2019s biography : a visit to his louis quatorze apartment ( which he describes as being generally reserved for \u201cpresidents and kings\u201d ) , to meet his then girlfriend , melania ; dinner at the 21 club , where the winner is seated at the \u201cfred trump table . \u201d in the finale , the winner chooses which trump property to help manage . often , the winners\u2014who do , in fact , go on to work for trump , with a salary of $ 250 , 000\u2014tell him that they\u2019ve chosen the project that will let them be \u201ccloser to you . \u201d\nwhen burnett pitched trump to nbc , it was as the host of only the first season of \u201cthe apprentice\u201d ; after him , new tycoons , including mark cuban and martha stewart , were supposed to step in . according to the book \u201ctrump revealed\u201d ( 2016 ) , by michael kranish and marc fisher , the plan quickly changed . trump\u2019s comfort on camera , his ability to improvise\u2014including the \u201cyou\u2019re fired ! \u201d tagline\u2014cemented his value , as did the strong first - season ratings . burnett conceived of the show as \u201csurvivor\u201d in the \u201curban jungle , \u201d and it became nbc\u2019s flagship . trump\u2019s relationship with viewers was transformed : \u201che was a hero , and he had not been one before , \u201d jim dowd , then nbc\u2019s publicity director , told kranish and fisher .\nfive days after his inauguration , president donald trump signed an executive order to increase the number of immigration officers , a move that ' s in line with one of his top campaign promises .\nnearly 180 , 000 illegal immigrants with criminal records , ordered deported from our country , are tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens ,\ntrump said july 2016 at the republican national convention .\ntrump can\u2019t do anything about that , for the most part . but he can still tweet . so now he walks out of his dining room , followed by the same substantial entourage of senior aides . back in the oval office , he checks in with his waiting staff . \u201cdid you get that stuff out ? \u201d the president asks of the tweets he had prepared . \u201cthe russia - trump\nwearing a striped tie that rhymed with the flag behind him , trump sat at a massive table , smiling . \u201cmike ? \u201d trump said , and vice - president pence took the cue . \u201cthank you , mr . president . it is the greatest privilege of my life to serve as vice - president to a president who is keeping his word to the american people . \u201d as cameras clicked like cicadas , each appointee offered up an homage ; reince priebus , the white house chief of staff , thanked trump for the \u201copportunity and the blessing that you\u2019ve given us to serve your agenda . \u201d\nchina has offered new cooperation to prevent the further development of north korea\u2019s nuclear arsenal . american companies have been arm - twisted into staying in the country , while trump has personally inserted himself into a handful\nin practice , it feels much like his old corner office on the 26th floor of trump tower , minus all the clutter of memorabilia , a place to convene an audience , to broadcast his exceptionalism , to entertain , take photos , amaze and make deals . some aides still call him \u201cmr . trump , \u201d and everyone turns to listen when he speaks . his presence always seems to consume the room .\nbush asks surprisingly tough questions : he wonders whether burnett softened trump with an image \u201cmakeover\u201d ; he talks about whether reality television is a fad , and whether it\u2019s cruel ; and he asks what it felt like to lose the emmy . as the drip of praise slows , trump shows flashes of sourness , griping about old enemies , like the host of \u201cthe view\u201d\u2014\u201cthis fat slob joy behar who can\u2019t stand me . \u201d\nin a few minutes , president donald trump will release a new set of tweets , flooding social - media accounts with his unique brand of digital smelling salts\u2014words that will jolt his supporters and provoke his adversaries .\nthe next clip starts to play , this time showing iowa senator chuck grassley asking clapper and former acting attorney general sally yates if they ever requested that the names of trump , his associates or members of congress be identified by name , or unmasked , in a legal intelligence intercept . \u201cwatch them start to choke like dogs , \u201d trump says , having fun . \u201cwatch what happens . they are desperate for breath . \u201d\nis this real introspection or just more performance for his guests ? the answer isn\u2019t long in coming . within a day of the plates being cleared away , trump takes to twitter to attack \u201ccryin\u2019 chuck schumer , \u201d the democratic senate leader . he belittles connecticut senator richard blumenthal for once misrepresenting his military service\u2014\u201che cried like a baby and begged for forgiveness . \u201d no truce is around the corner . president trump fights on .\nwhich \u201crude and crude\u201d party girls were sent to finishing school\u2014a concept that , over two years , morphed into the britishized show \u201cthe girls of hedsor hall . \u201d the host was tara conner , a former miss usa , to whom trump had given a second chance after she broke pageant rules . the comedian rosie o\u2019donnell accused him of hypocrisy\u2014who was the womanizing trump to judge ? during a press conference for the show , in 2009 , trump spun the incident into a crass rant , speculating about o\u2019donnell\u2019s motivations : \u201ctara , i hate to tell you this , for reasons you don\u2019t want to know about , but rosie would have given you a\npeople who are criminals , gang members , security threats , who have overstayed their visas , recent illegal arrivals and\nthose relying on public welfare or straining the safety net\nare among trump ' s enforcement priorities .\nthe white house press secretary , sarah huckabee sanders , said that mr . trump had \u201cdone more for bipartisanship in the last eight days than obama did in eight years . \u201d trevor noah sees things a little differently .\narrests of immigrants with no criminal records more than doubled to 5 , 441 , the clearest sign yet that president trump has ditched his predecessor\u2019s protective stance toward most of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the united states .\nmoments later , the president watches as both clapper and yates testify that they had reviewed intercepts containing the unmasked identities of trump , his associates and members of congress . this , to trump , is yet another victory , the lead - lined proof of his still unproven claim that obama surveilled him before he was sworn in . \u201cso they surveilled me , \u201d he says . \u201cyou guys don\u2019t write that\u2014wiretapped in quotes . they surveilled me . \u201d\na clutch of aides follow him , including mcmaster , pence and press secretary sean spicer . the president raises a remote and flicks on the screen , sorting through old recordings of cable news shows , until he comes to what he is after : a clip from the senate hearing earlier in the day , as broadcast on fox news . the first clip he shows is of south carolina senator lindsey graham speaking to former director of national intelligence james clapper . graham asks if clapper stands by his statement that he knows of no evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and russia . trump waits quietly , until clapper admits that nothing has changed . trump pantomimes a sort of victory .\nin the interview published thursday , trump also expanded on his view of russian hacking during the 2016 election , refuted reports that he is unhappy with his current national security adviser and took a level of blame for his combative administration .\ntrump , notably , at times during the 2016 campaign demeaned his primary and general election opponents ' spouses and attacked a gold star family . more recently , he cast the entire media as the\nenemy of the state .\nrepublican sen . susan collins , a key vote on president donald trump ' s pick for the supreme court , said sunday she would oppose any nominee she believed would overturn the landmark roe v . wade decision that legalized abortion .\nalthough he admits to being a horror aficionado , ice - t has certain standar\u2019ds when it comes to his viewing habits . \u201ci\u2019m a fan , but it\u2019s got to be done right , \u201d he said . \u201ci was a big walking dead fan when it first came on , and now the story , they\u2019ve worked it so many different ways that now i watch it backwards : i root for the zombies . the kid with the hat [ carl grimes ] and the black guy with the stick [ morgan jones ] ? i watch the show with the intention of watching one of them die . that\u2019s my shit . \u201d\nin the fifth season of \u201cthe apprentice , \u201d ivanka trump chastises a contestant for bearing grudges . trump cuts her off : \u201cwho doesn\u2019t ! i do . nobody takes things more personally than me . when somebody says something personal about me , i hate them for the rest of my life . it\u2019s probably wrong , but i hate people . \u201d he pauses . \u201cdo you understand that ? i hate \u2019em . . . . i never recover from it . \u201d\nfor all the do - gooder icing , the deeper shift was toward more aggressive product integration . as always , trump touts his hotels and resorts , his water and his ties ; and the celebrities do the same for their albums and perfumes . the human brands praise the corporate ones , which benefit by association with the charitable ones . the structure echoes that of the trump foundation : each week , money is funnelled to philanthropy under trump\u2019s name , though none of it is donated by him . whereas the original \u201capprentice\u201d bore some resemblance to wall street training , \u201cthe celebrity apprentice\u201d was sheer shilling : its sponsors paid from five million to nine million dollars for a slot , according to an estimation by ad age . \u201cthere\u2019s never been another show where you\u2019ve had a product sold for two hours , \u201d trump told the magazine , in 2011 . \u201cthey do a 30 - second commercial , but where do they do two hours ? \u201d\nan unnamed white house official told the hill that immigration reform was a priority for the trump administration and pointed to the quick removal of illegal immigrants who are only suspected of gang membership even if they do not have a criminal record .\ni fully think apologizing is a great thing , but you have to be wrong ,\ntrump told jimmy fallon in september 2015 .\ni will absolutely apologize sometime in the distant future if i ' m ever wrong .\nice - t , who spoke with vanity fair in conjunction with the release of his new film , bloodrunners , may not think much of the episode\u2014but he did offer additional details about it . \u201cthere was this guy who was running for president\u2014he was very trump - ish , and girls were coming out of the woodwork saying he was raping them , \u201d he said . \u201cand me and mariska [ hargitay , who plays lt . olivia benson ] , we\u2019re on his bumper , and he\u2019s sweating it . but at the end of the day , it comes out that he was innocent . he didn\u2019t do it . so we\u2019ve got to apologize , and he\u2019s still doing his thing , talking his shit . and it turns out that his campaign advisor , who was his best friend , was booby - trapping him because he knew he would be terrible for america ! \u201d\nin 2015 , nbc fired trump . by that time , he\u2019d been an obama - baiting birther for four years , but his comments about mexican rapists went too far . he\u2019d alienated black and latino viewers . for others , the spell was cast : many of his biggest fans would continue to see him through the filter of burnett\u2019s tv hit , no matter what trump said or did . by 2017 , the media was his enemy . that included his old friend jeff zucker , who was now the president of cnn . one day , the president tweeted old footage from \u201cthe battle of the billionaires , \u201d repurposed as a bizarre meme . a cnn logo was superimposed on mcmahon\u2019s head as trump pummelled him .\n\u201cthe real story is the surveillance , \u201d the president responds , before ribbing his staff . \u201cbut my comms people can\u2019t get it out . \u201d they start laughing . but there are even more pressing matters . trump turns to mcmaster , who was the subject of a column on bloomberg earlier in the day , quoting anonymous sources saying the president was unhappy with his performance . it\u2019s another story that trump declares false . the president thinks he knows where the leak is coming from , which provides some comfort . but for now , he will counterprogram : \u201ci\u2019m so happy with him , \u201d trump says . \u201ci think he\u2019s wonderful . \u201d and with that , he decides , it is time to go home .\nmr . kimmel asked stephen colbert \u2014 who\u2019s been off the air this week , preparing to host the emmys on sunday \u2014 about two of the \u201clate show\u201d host\u2019s favorite topics : mr . trump and his former press secretary , sean spicer .\n\u201cthey were , like , \u2018oh , shit ! \u2019 and then they said , \u2018oh , my god , it\u2019s going to look like\u2026\u2019 you know , because law & order wants to be close , but not too close . also , i think [ cole ] , he channeled trump . so even though this guy he played wasn\u2019t trump , he acted like trump . i think nbc just said , \u2018you know what ? this might be cheesy or corny . \u2019 and to put it out now , it\u2019s old and stuff . so i think they just got rid of it . i don\u2019t know if they burned the shit or whatever . they paid me for it . i don\u2019t give a fuck , really . i got my money ! \u201d\n( cnn ) the trump administration continues to arrest higher numbers of undocumented immigrants , with especially higher rates of noncriminal immigrants as part of those arrests - - but deportations continue to lag behind the rates of the obama administration , according to new data .\nimmigration arrests rose 32 . 6 percent in the first weeks of the trump administration , with newly empowered federal agents intensifying their pursuit of not just undocumented immigrants with criminal records , but also thousands of illegal immigrants who have been otherwise law - abiding .\n\u201ci was just starting out : i wasn\u2019t ice - t on law & order with money in the bank , i was ice - t needing some money ! \u201d he said , laughing . \u201cand people forget , but at the time , mr . t was the shit ! he was like the rock back in the day . you couldn\u2019t get hotter than mr . t . he had his own cereal and everything ! but when they said , \u2018mr . t wants to do a rap album , can you teach mr . t to rap ? \u2019 my brain said , \u2018this guy might kick my ass or some shit like that if i try to tell him to rap in a different way ! \u2019 so they gave me the titles of the songs , and i wrote \u2019em\u2014somewhere there\u2019s actual tapes of me doing all his songs\u2014and i gave the tapes to him . well , a month or so later , we got in the studio . . . and mr . t ain\u2019t listened to \u2019em at all ! so we just tried to make him rap , but if you said , \u2018nah , \u2019 he\u2019d say , \u2018that\u2019s how i say it ! that\u2019s my style ! \u2019 and what are you gonna do , you know ? so they were able to manage to produce the record with a little studio magic . hey , man , it\u2019s called payin\u2019 dues in hollywood ! \u201d\nthe space is far larger than it looks from outside , with a long great hall , appointed with freshly cut yellow flowers . \u201cthis is the kitchen here , a beautiful kitchen , \u201d he says . \u201cthis is the dining room . here is a room where we have a guest room . \u201d trump shows off the presidential seal over the closed door to his suite and the yellow oval room , which opens out onto the truman balcony , where trump\u2019s security detail has discouraged him from spending too much time .\nin the first 100 days that donald trump has been in office , arrests for immigration violations have increased 38 percent over to the same period in 2016 , according to figures immigration and customs enforcement released wednesday . more than 41 , 000 people have been arrested .\n24 hours , trump will roil the nation again by announcing the firing of his fbi director , james comey , who is leading an investigation of his campaign\u2019s ties to russia . it will set off yet another firestorm . but for now , it\u2019s showtime once again .\non the campaign trail , trump said anyone in the united states illegally could be deported . after the election , however , he told \u201c60 minutes\u201d he would focus on criminals and said he would decide later what to do with undocumented immigrants who are \u201cterrific people . \u201d\nsome say criticism of trump\u2019s policies seems politically charged , noting that president barack obama deported thousands of immigrants without criminal records . and arrests this year are lower than obama\u2019s first weeks in 2014 , when agents arrested 29 , 238 immigrants , including 7 , 483 noncriminal ones .\n\u201civanka trump said that she doesn\u2019t speak out against her dad publicly because when you\u2019re part of a team , you\u2019re part of a team . i think what she meant to say was , when you\u2019re part of a will , you\u2019re part of a will . \u201d \u2014 jimmy fallon\none senior white house official recently outlined the three rules of trump for a group of reporters : when you\u2019re right , you fight . controversy elevates message . and never apologize . all of these rules have survived his time in office , if in slightly more modest forms . after bringing new levels of combativeness to the political process , \u201cthe only way you survive is to be combative , \u201d trump says now . \u201ci\u2019ll read stories in the new york times that are so one - sided . hey , i know when i am successful . i know victory . \u201d\n\u201cwow . one deal , now he\u2019s mr . bipartisan ? o . k . you can\u2019t call someone a philanthropist just because they tossed a quarter at a homeless person . it doesn\u2019t work that way . \u2018we hereby name this alley donald trump alley of giving ! \u2019\u201d \u2014 trevor noah\n\u201cyes . he was choking on that , \u201d the president chortles . \u201cis there any record at all of collusion ? he was the head of the whole thing . he said no . that\u2019s a big statement . \u201d trump leaves unmentioned the fact that there is an ongoing fbi counter\u00adintelligence investigation into\nbut for now , trump is focused on his tv . he watches the screen like a coach going over game tape , studying the opposition , plotting next week\u2019s plays . \u201cthis is one of the great inventions of all time\u2014tivo , \u201d he says as he fast - forwards through the hearing ."]}
{"id": 55834, "summary": [{"text": "asymmetric publications is a video game developer and publisher .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "it is responsible for the web-based role-playing game kingdom of loathing .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "currently , asymmetric is run by zack johnson ( who is known as jick in the game ) .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "employees of the company are known as the asymmetric team .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "as a result of the popularity of the game , asymmetric currently supports johnson and a few other individuals as full-time employees .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "in the past , asymmetric publications hosted various games and other attractions , including infinity plus one , an online fortune teller , bee on drugs , a bee who talks about the most random things imaginable , and krakrox the barbarian , a game widely noted as the precursor to the popular kingdom of loathing .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "a running gag was that the asymmetric publications ' website was not updated for almost six years after the announcement of a \" fun new game , \" kingdom of loathing .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "in late 2008 , it began to be updated again .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "the employees of asymmetric publications produce several weekly podcasts .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "one of them is related to kingdom of loathing , while the others are general shows about video games , pop culture , advice , and parenting .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "these latter podcasts are collected under an umbrella called the hot dog network .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "a second game , word realms was developed between 2008 and 2012 , and was released on may 21 , 2013 .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "in 2016 , a third game , west of loathing , was announced on steam greenlight .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "it is set for release in august 2017 . ", "topic": 37}], "title": "asymmetric publications", "paragraphs": ["asymmetric publications is developer of the satirical online role - playing game kingdom of loathing .\nwest of loathing is a black & amp ; white , stick figure , slapstick western from asymmetric .\njoin asymmetric ' s monthly - ish newsletter mailing list and learn about all of our important jokes and stuff .\nasymmetric publications was founded in 1999 by long - time friends zack\njick\njohnson and josh\nmr . skullhead\nnite . the urltoken website originally played host to an archive of bad jokes and a modest collection of java games such as\ninfinity plus one ,\ndancing tonto !\nand the realistically futile\nquest for schlitz\n.\nsince 2011 , the asymmetric staff have branched out into podcasts not directly related to the company ' s own games , including video games hot dog and advice hot dog .\nlovely . but i ' m actually here to inform you that its developer asymmetric publications has announced a new game : west of loathing . as you might have guessed from the title , it ' s set in the west country , and sees you drinking cider instead of health potions , and . . . no , wait , it ' s set in the wild west . the american one with all the cowboys and the farting and the beans . here ' s a teaser trailer :\nwest of loathing is an upcoming adventure rpg from asymmetric ( makers of the kingdom of loathing ) , due out in early 2017 . we were greenlit in just 9 days - - thanks so much for your votes and kind . . .\nwe just made this new asymmetric account to launch word realms , but the developers have individual accounts , and have backed a bunch of projects ( looks like around 30 different ones so far ) . plus we pledge to\nkick it forward\nin the future .\non february 11 , 2003 a new browser - based adventure game called kingdom of loathing was announced on the site . the game launched on february 23rd . the needs of hosting and maintaining the mmorpg grew to the point that several members of the game ' s community were hired on as permanent staff . as of 2012 , kingdom of loathing remains asymmetric ' s primary source of revenue and continues to see periodic content updates .\nwhen not developing games , zack and various members of the asymmetric team produce and host a variety of weekly podcasts . starting in 2004 , they began hosting live talk shows on kingdom of loathing ' s unofficial shoutcast radio channel . these twice - weekly programs include 120 minutes of jick & mr . skullhead , a podcast dedicated to addressing player questions and news of the kingdom , though usually the topic is derailed very early on .\nword realms , a word game rpg , became asymmetric ' s second major project . development began around 2008 , and a preview of the game was first made public at dragoncon 2010 . in 2012 , the company successfully funded the completion of the single - player version of word realms on kickstarter , gathering over $ 121 , 000 . the company has suggested that an online multiplayer version of word realms may be the next stage of development , if there is sufficient interest .\nthe scarcity of good word puzzles on pc is a scandal i tell you . but coming along to rescue this situation are the two fine men behind kingdom of loathing . word realms looks like exactly the right game to exist , an rpg in which you use the magic of spelling to cast spells and magic . with a story ! so , it\u2019s a bit bookworm adventures , clearly , and that is only a good thing , because popcap keep making more bloody match - 3 games instead of only generating me more bookworm adventures , as should obviously be their singular task . word realms has been secretly in development for a few years , and is due to be released this october . and there\u2019s inevitably a kickstarter .\ni\u2019m frankly astonished that a kickstarter from the kol people wouldn\u2019t instantly get its target quadrupled in the first half hour , but instead it\u2019s modestly crept to $ 40k of its $ 100 , 000 goal . with 29 days to go , it seems reasonable to expect it will get there . but get where ?\noriginally intended as a single - player prototype for an mmo , the project has taken four years so far ( developed alongside the upkeep of kol ) , including eight mini - games , puzzles , cutscenes and extras , as well as an endless mode for when the multiple - ending story is over . and that project is almost done . so why the kickstarter ? because the mmo plan is still in place . soooo , this is slightly weirdly a fundraiser for the online version , in which the minimum pledge tier is $ 11 , paying for the solo game . pay more and you can get in the beta . then they\u2019ll take reaching their $ 100k as a sign that it\u2019s worth pursuing the more elaborate version of the game , and use the funding to pay for that . and they\u2019re making plans for what they\u2019d do if they reached 400 % funding , so clearly they\u2019re optimistic .\nif you click our links to online stores and make a purchase we may receive a few pennies . find more information here .\ni think now is a good time to strap on my asshat and return to the kingdom of loathing .\ndo they still delete inactive accounts ? that\u2019s the only thing that keeps me from getting back to it .\nthey don\u2019t delete any accounts that have mr . accessory ( or related ) items .\ni love these people . i think this will be the first thing i help kickstart .\ndear god\u2026 $ 100 , 000 for a half - assed flash game ? just look at that art\u2026 horrible .\nyeah , that\u2019s basically terrible . hopefully they spend the kickstarter money on art .\ni\u2019d suggest not bagging on the art style until you\u2019ve seen the video . if you have watched it and still don\u2019t like it , then fine ! : ) but give it that chance at least . ( also , just watch the damn video anyway , even if you couldn\u2019t care one way or the other about the aesthetic . )\nwow i didn\u2019t think the animation could be worse then the art but it actually is . no real animation at all with just animation tweens on their horribly drawn assets . $ 100 , 000 really ?\ncheck out : link to urltoken modest budget , cool game , and they\u2019re stats have them generally more popular than most the kickstarters around their tier .\nhow can you avoid cybernetic rocket powered laser sharks ? it\u2019s like they\u2019re the \u201cron paul\u201d of kickstarter right now .\nyou guys do know that you sound like a slightly misguided attempt to emulate proper enthusiasm in the name of pr , don\u2019t you ? either it might be because it is , or you have been watching even more commercials on nickelelodeon than i have .\n( don\u2019t want to be rude . it\u2019s just that i think you\u2019d better told john about it , so he can include it in his round - up\u2026 looks like a bit of an attempt to hijack the post otherwise . )\nor maybe it is my way to say : could we get back to talking about words ? i love words , and so should you . you can even make laser - sharks out of them !\nwas not trying to be all pry , to be fair i just wanted to point out a project that i feel is being over looked oozo .\ni think it\u2019s a great change of pace for some of the games on kickstarters . it\u2019s been awhile since there has had something like \u201cthe typing of the dead\u201d , and i would love to see something like this get more adopted in educational settings . i think they are doing great , and hope they do well .\n\u201cbookworm adventures\u201d anyone ? that was a perfect game . this one , however \u2026 hmmmm . i must admit that i don\u2019t like the graphics either .\nstickman mmo kingdom of loathing has been going since 2003 , and i ' m just going to stop and think about how wonderful that is for a moment .\nwest of loathing is being described as an\nadventure rpg\n, and you can see what that means in the above video . basically , it means dialogue , sidescrolling , turn - based battles , comedy , and other exciting things .\nwest of loathing will be out\nearly 2017\n, so says the greenlight page , and that ' s entirely too far away .\nsubscribe to get the best content of the week , and great gaming deals , as picked by the editors .\nno spam , we promise . you can unsubscribe at any time and we ' ll never share your details without your permission .\npc gamer is part of future plc , an international media group and leading digital publisher . visit our corporate site .\nupdate : we made a video to give you a basic idea of the gameplay . here it is , showing some fights , a mini - game , and various other elements of the rpg play :\nalso : here ' s a link to the kickstarter - exclusive t - shirt design , and links to info on game features like milestones & zombies , items , player and monster skills , gentleman clack , gramlins , and subjunctors . and now , back to our regularly scheduled project description . . .\nwell , you may be a bit mentally disturbed , but you ' d also probably love our new game , word realms . we ' ve been developing it slowly over the past few years , and it ' s close to completion . and now we ' d like you to get involved !\nif you ' ve heard of us before , it ' s probably because of our awesome ( yet humble ) web - based roleplaying game called kingdom of loathing . we ' ve been adding content to kol nigh - constantly for nine years , and while we don ' t have any intention of stopping , we also want to make something new . since we seem to be decent at writing things that are funny , we figured that a word game would be a great project .\nwe decided to make a massively multiplayer online rpg where you ' d fight by making words out of letter tiles ( like a fisticuffs scrabble , without a board ) . first , though , we thought we should make a single - player version of word realms to ensure that it was fun and worth doing . what was imagined as a six - month task has turned into a four - year project \u2014 partly because we could only work on it half - or quarter - time ( kol soaks up a lot of our creative juices ) , and partly because the scope just kept creeping up and up .\nwe added one word - based mini - game , and then another , and then another , and now we have . . . eight ? we crafted puzzles , included cutscenes , hid some easter eggs , and commissioned an ever - increasing amount of awesome music ( by gaby alter , who is also known as gminor7 from mc frontalot ' s band ) . we expanded the storyline , added multiple endings , and made an\nendless\nmode where you fight ever - tougher opponents and get cool randomly - generated loot .\nthe time has come to wrap it up , and get started on the real goal \u2014 making an mmo . and this is where you come in ! if we ' re going to commit to making a word realms mmo , we need to know that people are as psyched about the idea as we are . show your support by pledging at least $ 11 , and you ' ll be able to download the single - player word realms game before it goes on sale to the riff - raff known as the\ngeneral public\n. or , if you want to leave a personal mark on word realms , you can back us at a higher level , and get some cool shwag in the process !\nif we reach our funding goal , we ' ll know that a bunch of real people with real wallets believe in us enough to move forward . if we surpass our funding goal , we can hire more artists and programmers , and make the mmo a reality even faster . every $ 50 , 000 could be one new person ' s salary for a year !\nif we reach 200 % funding , we will add some awesome easter eggs to the game . i don ' t want to spoil too much , but maybe these mock - ups will give you an idea of what we ' re thinking :\nif we get all the way up to 400 % funding , we ' ll commit to hiring someone to port the game to ipad , and maybe other tablets as well . if we get that far , and you have an ipad , we ' ll try to figure out how to get you a copy if you support the kickstarter .\nsince no one has asked anything yet , we don ' t have a faq . thus , these are nominal utility tidbits staged as questions .\nword realms will be delivered digitally , drm - free . it ' d be swell if you didn ' t pirate it , because that ' d be a kick right in the nutsaq . it should be playable on pc , mac , and probably linux unless you ' ve got some crazy distro whose interface is a pocketwatch or something .\noh , i almost forgot to mention one of the coolest things about the game ! in addition to all the story and standard descriptive stuff , we ' ve written tons of humorous\ntaunts\nthat players and npcs say during fights based on the words that are used to attack . one of our goals is to write something amusing for most common english words ! we already have several thousand done , and more will be written by october .\nunlike our video , the game will not be voiced . which is good , because we are terrible voice actors . also , those animated mouths are kinda creepy .\nsure ! a little bit is playing in the background of our video , and here ' s a sample of the main theme .\nyou will gain access to the word realms beta test ( and listed in the credits as a tester ) , and a copy of the game when it ' s done . as a special memento of the summer we spent beta - testing together , we ' ll also give you a cool item in the finished game .\nyou will get an in - game item in the kingdom of loathing exclusive to backers of this kickstarter , access to the word realms beta test and the special beta - tester item , be listed in the credits as a supporter of the game , and receive a copy of word realms when it ' s finished .\nyou will be listed as a sexy supporter of the game ( you know what they say about people with a bigger font size ) , plus the exclusive kol in - game item , plus beta access and special beta - tester item , plus a copy of word realms ( that ' s triple - plus good ) ! also , we will personally thank you in a future episode of the video games hot dog podcast . hear your name in lights !\nyou will get an exclusive word realms t - shirt made just for backers of this kickstarter . and everything that $ 69 will get you , too ( if you know what i mean ) .\nyou will get a lovingly hand - crafted cd ( or two ) with music from the game , plus some other awesome songs by the composer , gaby alter . plus everything from the $ 110 backer level .\nwe will work with you to create a name for an npc in word realms ' gauntlet challenge . you will also receive a signed and numbered limited - edition poster of the game ' s final boss , lord nightmare ! and everything from the $ 230 support level too .\nusing our character - creation tool , you ' ll get to decide what an npc from the gauntlet looks like , and we ' ll also print you up a custom t - shirt with a likeness of that character on it ! plus everything from the previous tier .\nyou can work directly with our artist , roy wasson valle , to make a humanoid npc in the gauntlet challenge with a totally unique look . and we ' ll print you up a custom t - shirt with a likeness of that character on it ! plus everything from the $ 370 backer level too .\nyou can work with roy and wes ( the artist and animator ) to make a humanoid ( or not , up to you ! ) npc with a unique look and animations for the gauntlet . evil unicorn , anyone ? plus the custom t - shirt , and everything from the $ 370 supporter tier .\nwe will fly you out to arizona for some mutually - scheduled weekend , and will hang out with you , perhaps in a bar , for an evening or two . maybe play some castle crashers ? and of course you get everything from the $ 2323 level . [ only folks from the 48 contiguous states , please ! if you ' re from abroad , see the next reward tier . ]\nfor those intrepid international high - rollers : we will fly you out to arizona at some mutually - agreed - upon time , and will hang out with you for a couple evenings . we could play a board game or something . ever heard of risk : legacy ? and of course you ' ll get everything from the $ 2323 tier as well , you rock star , you .\nsony santa monica makes us care about kratos in this stunning revival of the series .\nfar cry 5 ' s story is a real let - down , but the action still makes for a solid co - op experience .\nthere are some elements around the edges that haven ' t aged all that well , but burnout paradise is still a fantastic racing game .\npodcasts giant bombcast the giant beastcast giant bombcast ( premium ) the giant beastcast ( premium ) giant bombcast aftermath ! all systems goku premium podcasts giant bomb presents gaming minute 8 - 4 play alt + f1 bombin ' the a . m . with scoops and the wolf !\nbeware , you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits . make sure this is what you intended . this will likely increase the time it takes for your changes to go live .\nuntil you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other giant bomb users . this process takes no more than a few hours and we ' ll send you an email once approved .\nbecause you ' re new to wiki editing , we sent your submission off to our moderators to check it over . most changes are approved within a few hours . we ' ll send an email when it is .\npoints you ' ll be able to bypass this step and make live edits to our system . until then , gain points by continuing to edit pages .\na word battle fantasy rpg in which players form words from letter tiles to damage opponents in animated battles . the game is created by the developers of kingdom of loathing and was partially funded on kickstarter .\nwest of loathing is a single - player slapstick comedy adventure role - playing game set in the wild west of the kingdom of loathing universe . gameplay is a hybrid of point - and - click adventure and open . . .\nwest of loathing is a single - player slapstick comedy stick - figure wild west adventure role - playing game coming august 2017 . from the folks who brought you kingdom of loathing .\nthere is no trivia on file . if you have any interesting trivia about this company , please add it .\nas the number of kol players increases , so does the cost of hosting . i very much want to keep the game free , so please consider supporting the development and maintenance of the kingdom by donating .\nwith a donation of 10 dollars or more , you ' ll receive a snazzy gift ! check the donate page ( accessible from your top menu after you ' ve logged in ) for details .\nthe kol staff does a q & a ; podcast every week . check out the\nhotstuff apparently doesn ' t know when weeks end , and is very sorry about the continued delay of the iotm . it ' ll be another couple days . thanks for your patience !\njuly ' s item - of - the - month needs more explosive force , so we ' re waiting until all the fireworks are marked down after the 4th . look for it at the end of this week !\nwe recently migrated all media to a larger hard disk . please contact an admin if you experience any issues . please consider supporting the cutting room floor on patreon . thanks for all your support !\nif you ' ve blocked our ad , please consider unblocking it . we promise it isn ' t annoying . no flash , no sound , ever .\nthis page was last modified on 8 july 2015 , at 06 : 36 ."]}
{"id": 55868, "summary": [{"text": "mindray medical international limited is china 's largest medical equipment manufacturer , developing , manufacturing , and marketing a variety of medical devices , equipment and accessories for both human and veterinary use .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "the company is currently organized into three key business lines : patient monitoring & life support , in-vitro diagnostic products , and medical imaging systems .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "headquartered in shenzhen , china , mindray possesses a sound r&d , marketing and service network with 41 subsidiaries and branch offices in 31 countries in north and latin america , europe , africa and asia-pacific , as well as 32 branch offices in china .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "to date , mindray has around 8200 employees around the world .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "its north american headquarters are located in mahwah , new jersey .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "the patient monitoring & life support division develops and manufactures multi-parameter patient monitors , biotelemetry systems , anesthesia delivery systems , defibrillators , ecg machines , pulse oxymeters , hospital beds , mounting systems and it solutions for customers worldwide .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "in 2008 , mindray purchased the patient monitoring division of datascope corporation for $ 209 million to expand their presence outside of china .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "the in-vitro diagnostic division provides data and analysis on blood , urine , and other bodily fluid samples for clinical diagnosis and treatment .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "this segment offers a range of semi-automated and fully automated diagnostic laboratory instruments for laboratories , clinics , and hospitals .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "its products include hematology analyzers , biochemistry analyzers , reagents , a microplate reader and a microplate washer . ", "topic": 17}], "title": "mindray medical international limited", "paragraphs": ["palo alto , calif . \u2014 july 30 , 2007\u2014 frost & sullivan has selected mindray medical international as the recipient of the 2007 global excellence award in patient monitoring .\n) is a leading developer , manufacturer and marketer of medical devices worldwide . mindray maintains its global headquarters in shenzhen ,\nmindray medical international limited is a leading developer , manufacturer and marketer of medical devices in china with a significant and growing presence worldwide . established in 1991 , mindray offers a broad range of products across three primary business segments : patient monitoring devices , diagnostic laboratory instruments , and ultrasound imaging systems . mindray is headquartered in shenzhen , china , and has 29 local sales and service offices in china , as well as sales and service offices in boston , istanbul , london , mumbai , seattle and vancouver . for more information , please visit urltoken .\nmindray , founded in 1991 , is a leading global developer , manufacturer , and supplier of medical devices whose mission is to deliver high - quality , richly featured medical products making healthcare more accessible and affordable around the world . mindray provides solutions in three core businesses : patient monitoring and life support , medical imaging , and in - vitro diagnostics .\nterms of use | site map | cookie notice | privacy notice | compliance hotline | contact us | \u00a9 2017 shenzhen mindray bio - medical electronics co . , ltd . all rights reserved\nquality is built into every aspect of mindray\u2019s solutions and influences everything the company does . mindray follows the most stringent international and fda manufacturing and quality control standards in each of its state - of - the art manufacturing facilities , ensuring efficiency and traceability throughout the entire process .\n) limited is serving as the financial advisor to the special committee of the board of directors of the company ( the\nspecial committee\n) . shearman & sterling llp is serving as the u . s . legal counsel to the special committee and walkers is serving as the\n, its u . s . headquarters in mahwah , new jersey and has multiple sales offices in major international markets . from its main manufacturing and engineering base in china , mindray supplies through its worldwide distribution network a broad range of products across three primary business segments , namely patient monitoring and life support , in - vitro diagnostics , and medical imaging systems . for more information , please visit\nas no patient monitoring manufacturer has developed significant manufacturing practices in china for international exports , mindray\u2019s primary competitive advantage is expected to remain intact in the near future ,\nadds arani .\non the other hand , as its international market share is expanding , the company continues to build operations closer to its end users , thus providing better quality and efficient services to both its end users and distributors .\nmindray has been quite successful at gaining a strong foothold in the international markets in recent years . leveraging its brand recognition , global sales network covering 140 countries through over 800 distributors , world - class r & d platform , and competitively priced products , mindray has gained market share in an impressive array of market demographics .\nwith corporate headquarters located in shenzhen , china , and 42 international subsidiaries with branch offices in 32 countries , mindray has approximately 7 , 500 employees worldwide . eight global r & d centers and an industry leading investment of 10 % of annual revenue into research and development further demonstrates mindray\u2019s commitment to innovation and advancing technology in a global market .\ntoday , mindray products and services can be found in healthcare facilities in over 190 countries and regions .\nmindray\u2019s products have encountered a higher than average demand in europe , where for the first half of 2006 alone , european sales jumped from 8 . 1 percent to 16 . 9 percent of revenues . considering the similarity of the western european and the north american markets in terms of demand and competition , similar success in the north american medical imaging and patient monitoring markets is expected .\nalready a major participant both in established international markets such as germany , the united kingdom , france and italy as well as high - growth emerging markets which include india , russia , and turkey , mindray is poised to play a larger role in the global patient monitoring market . the company has also established an office in mumbai , india this year and offices are scheduled to be set up in five more locations ; russia , canada , brazil , mexico , and the netherlands .\nanother milestone was the 2013 acquisition of ultrasound technology leader zonare medical systems , based in silicon valley , california , solely dedicated to ultrasound excellence through its next generation , software - based zone sonography\u00ae technology ( zst ) . this innovative technology provides the platform for the company\u2019s living technology \u2013 a constantly evolving architecture to meet the changing imaging needs of the clinician .\nin 2008 mindray acquired datascope\u2019s patient monitoring business which offered a wide range of patient monitors in the or , emergency care , and critical care environments for over 50 years . with that acquisition , mindray has become the third - largest player in the north american and global patient monitoring markets , and the third largest supplier of anesthesia systems as well .\nmindray north america 800 macarthur blvd . , mahwah , nj 07430 tel : 201 . 995 . 8000 tel : 800 . 288 . 2121 ( us and canada only ) follow us on linked\nover the past three years , mindray\u2019s number of employees has grown from 880 in 2003 to over 2 , 700 people globally by the end of 2006 ,\nstates arani .\nthis rapid expansion of personnel is a testament to mindray\u2019s constant success and acceptance in new markets , and also its commitment in providing gold standard customer support in each geographic area that its products are sold in .\nmindray is a focused , innovative , and accessible provider of technologies and solutions for patient monitoring , anesthesia , and ultrasound . it is our mission to set the standard for all others to be measured .\nmindray north america is headquartered in mahwah , new jersey , and has large field sales and support teams covering the united states , canada and puerto rico . clinical education specialists provide your staff with comprehensive , on - site product training and in - service . our dedicated field service team and in - house technical support organization represent one of the largest direct service teams in the industry . mindray is fully committed to enhancing patient care while protecting your investment .\ncontinued r & d activities have been another key to mindray\u2019s exceptional success . historically , the company has allocated 10 percent of its total revenues to r & d spending . this attention to innovation has resulted in the introduction of 20 new products from 2003 to 2005 .\nthere are two engineering centers in north america . the innovation center , located in silicon valley , california , is focused on innovative ultrasound technologies including zone sonography\u00ae technology for premium and high end systems . engineering in the new jersey corporate headquarters is primarily focused on the user interface design and user experience for patient monitoring and anesthesia delivery systems .\nwhile improving the quality of patient care , we help reduce its cost by making advanced products more accessible to a broader global community , bringing healthcare within reach .\nthis award is presented in recognition of the leading chinese patient monitoring manufacturer\u2019s continuous global expansion through competitive pricing and the worldwide presence of its sales and marketing support teams .\nthe frost & sullivan global excellence award is bestowed each year upon the company which has demonstrated global excellence in a given business function such as sales , marketing , customer service , technology innovation , product quality , supply chain management , and growth strategy . the award recipient has distinguished itself through its proactive global integration strategies that position the company to emerge as a global leader .\nbest practices awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership , technological innovation , customer service , and strategic product development . industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in - depth interviews , analysis , and extensive secondary research in order to identify best practices in the industry .\n, a global growth consulting company , has been partnering with clients to support the development of innovative strategies for more than 40 years . the company ' s industry expertise integrates growth consulting , growth partnership services , and corporate management training to identify and develop opportunities .\nserves an extensive clientele that includes global 1000 companies , emerging companies , and the investment community by providing comprehensive industry coverage that reflects a unique global perspective and combines ongoing analysis of markets , technologies , econometrics , and demographics . for more information , visit\nto receive industry breaking news and analysis sign up for our mailing list . include your full contact details and specify your industry of interest .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\n, among the company , parent and merger sub . as a result of the merger , the company has ceased to be a publicly traded company and became a wholly owned subsidiary of parent .\nin cash per share without interest and net of any applicable withholding taxes , other than ( x ) shares beneficially owned by certain rollover shareholders ( the\nrollover shares\n) , ( y ) shares owned by shareholders who have validly exercised and have not effectively withdrawn or lost their dissenter rights under the cayman islands companies law ( the\ncicl\n) ( the\ndissenting shares\n) , and ( z ) shares represented by american depositary shares , each representing one share ( the\nadss\n) . each ads issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the merger ( other than adss representing the rollover shares ) has been cancelled in exchange for the right to receive\nper ads cancellations fees ) . the rollover shares have been cancelled for no consideration , and the dissenting shares have been cancelled for payment of their fair value to be determined in accordance with the cicl .\nshareholders of record as of the effective time of the merger who are entitled to merger consideration will receive a letter of transmittal and instructions on how to surrender their share certificates in exchange for the merger consideration . shareholders should wait to receive the letter of transmittal before surrendering such certificates . as soon as practicable after the date of this announcement , the bank of new york mellon , in its capacity as the ads depositary ( the\ndepositary\n) will call for the surrender of adss ( other than ads representing the rollover shares ) for delivery of the merger consideration . upon the surrender of adss , the depositary will pay to the surrendering holders\nthe company also announced today that it requested that trading of its adss on the new york stock exchange ( the\nnyse\n) be suspended . the company requested that the nyse file a form 25 with the u . s . securities and exchange commission ( the\nsec\n) notifying the sec of the delisting of its adss on the nyse and the deregistration of the company ' s registered securities . the deregistration will become effective 90 days after the filing of form 25 or such shorter period as may be determined by the sec . the company intends to suspend its reporting obligations under the securities exchange act of 1934 , as amended , by filing a form 15 with the sec in approximately ten days . the company ' s obligations to file with the sec certain reports and forms , including form 20 - f and form 6 - k , will be suspended immediately as of the filing date of the form 15 and will terminate once the deregistration becomes effective .\nskadden , arps , slate , meagher & flom llp is serving as the u . s . legal counsel to mr .\n, the executive chairman of the board of directors of the company ( the\nboard\n) , president and co - chief executive officer of the company , mr .\n, the chairman of the board , and mr . cheng minghe , the co - chief executive officer and chief strategic officer of the company ( collectively , the\nbuyer group\n) .\nthis press release may contain forward - looking statements within the meaning of section 27a of the securities act of 1933 , as amended , and section 21e of the securities exchange act of 1934 , as amended , and as defined in the u . s . private securities litigation reform act of 1995 . these forward - looking statements can be identified by terminology such as\nif ,\nwill ,\nexpected ,\nand similar statements . forward - looking statements involve inherent risks , uncertainties and assumptions . these forward - 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{"id": 55882, "summary": [{"text": "arduino is an open source computer hardware and software company , project , and user community that designs and manufactures single-board microcontrollers and microcontroller kits for building digital devices and interactive objects that can sense and control objects in the physical world .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "the project 's products are distributed as open-source hardware and software , which are licensed under the gnu lesser general public license ( lgpl ) or the gnu general public license ( gpl ) , permitting the manufacture of arduino boards and software distribution by anyone .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "arduino boards are available commercially in preassembled form , or as do-it-yourself kits .", "topic": 34}, {"text": "arduino board designs use a variety of microprocessors and controllers .", "topic": 35}, {"text": "the boards are equipped with sets of digital and analog input/output ( i/o ) pins that may be interfaced to various expansion boards ( shields ) and other circuits .", "topic": 35}, {"text": "the boards feature serial communications interfaces , including universal serial bus ( usb ) on some models , which are also used for loading programs from personal computers .", "topic": 35}, {"text": "the microcontrollers are typically programmed using a dialect of features from the programming languages c and c++ .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "in addition to using traditional compiler toolchains , the arduino project provides an integrated development environment ( ide ) based on the processing language project .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the arduino project started in 2003 as a program for students at the interaction design institute ivrea in ivrea , italy , aiming to provide a low-cost and easy way for novices and professionals to create devices that interact with their environment using sensors and actuators .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "common examples of such devices intended for beginner hobbyists include simple robots , thermostats , and motion detectors .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "the name arduino comes from a bar in ivrea , italy , where some of the founders of the project used to meet .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "the bar was named after arduin of ivrea , who was the margrave of the march of ivrea and king of italy from 1002 to 1014 . ", "topic": 36}], "title": "arduino", "paragraphs": ["arduino hardware consists of , arduino boards arduino shields arduino kits other accessories arduino boards - you can think of the . . .\nan arduino shield - any shield should do . all arduino shields should have a standard arduino footprint .\narduino compatible xxxxxx - use\nxxxxxx ( arduino - compatible )\ninstead .\nyou need to put the pins _ arduino . h in the same directory as the \u201carduino . h\u201d ( [ \u2026 ] \\ hardware \\ arduino \\ cores \\ arduino )\nlooking for something more ? aliexpress carries many module arduino color recognitions related products , including color module arduino , arduino module base , base module arduino , arduino base module , arduino module lot , lot module arduino , module arduino lot , arduino and module , blue module arduino . quality service and professional assistance is provided when you shop with aliexpress , so don\u2019t wait to take advantage of our prices on these and other items !\narduino llc and arduino srl ( formerly smart projects srl ) are both italian companies . arduino llc owns the trademark everywhere but italy , while arduino srl owns the italian trademark .\ncurrently , arduino srl continues to be the only designer and manufacturer of original arduino\u00ae products .\nthree different boards are referred to in this article : the original arduino uno board , arduino uno revision 2 and arduino uno revision 3 .\narduino ide is developed and maintained by the arduino team . the ide is licensed under gpl .\ngo to the arduino download page and download the latest version of the arduino software for windows .\ngo to the arduino download page and download the latest version of the arduino software for mac .\nthe problem is that arduino is an idea and arduino llc is the parent of that idea . however the \u201cofficial\u201d product is made by arduino srl .\nthe two stand \u201carduino\u201d present at the maker faire in san mateo : top , arduino . cc , below , the stand of arduino . org .\nthe \u201carduino srl is only and true arduino\u201d should be bogus . however , arduino llc is not real arduino also . either companies are the * half * of arduino . what we called arduino was a joint business with two companies , where smart projects srl was in charge of hardware design and manufacturing and arduino llc was in charge of software development .\nit\u2019s really easy , whoever has been cashing my checks made out to \u201carduino\u201d is the real arduino .\nthe arduino branding was not formally registered as a trademark in the early days , however . arduino llc\nand now arduino srl ( arduino . org ) may have added a gpl violation to their accomplishments .\natmega168 pinout with arduino labels ; the atmega168 and atmega328 are pin compatible . image courtesy of arduino .\nthe arduino playground linux section is a great resource for figuring out any problems with your arduino installation .\narduino based robotic arm : the arduino based robotic arm project is a simple robotics project which uses the arduino board to control the robotic arm . we can move this arm by sending commands through arduino .\nfrom what i\u2019ve read the founder who is part of arduino sel registered the arduino name in italy early in the life of arduino and didn\u2019t tell the founders until years later . since all were friends it looked like the name was in safe hands . arduino srl were a licenced manufacture of the arduino so arduino llc got a licence free for each arduino sold . arduino srl is the \u2018made in italy\u2019 manufacturer .\nwiimote controlled espresso machine arduino : this project is a simple arduino based coffee machine . the arduino will control the espresso machine by using a wii remote .\nsince early 2015 , arduino \u2014 not the arduino community , but the organization known as arduino \u2014 has been split in half . arduino llc sued arduino srl for trademark infringement . the case began when arduino srl , formerly smart projects srl and manufacturers of the arduino boards with a tiny map of italy on the silk screen , began selling under the arduino name . arduino llc , on the other hand , wanted to internationalize the brand and license production to other manufacturers .\nis a full featured arduino - compatible that includes the vast majority of the functionality of the arduino duemilanove .\nthis article shows the differences between the arduino uno and the arduino uno revision 2 and revision 3 boards .\narduino , the world\u2019s leading open - source ecosystem for educators , makers and iot developers of all ages , today announced that arduino llc ( aka arduino . cc ) and arduino srl ( aka arduino . org ) have settled their differences and signed a settlement agreement .\narduino ide compatible , you can use this with the arduino ide ( both desktop and cloud version ) by selecting ' arduino uno ' in the boards menu .\nfor the last two years , arduino llc ( the arduino . cc , massimo one ) and arduino srl ( the arduino . org , musto one ) have been locked in battle over the ownership of the arduino trademark . that fight is finally over . announced at the new york maker faire today , \u201carduino\u201d will now go to arduino holding , the single point of distribution for new products , and a non - profit arduino foundation , responsible for the community and arduino ide .\n[ . . . . ] myboard . name = my wonderful arduino compatible board myboard . build . core = arduino : arduino [ . . . . ]\nnote that we don ' t need to specify any architecture since the same architecture of\nmyboard\nis used , so we just say\narduino : arduino\ninstead of\narduino : avr : arduino\n.\narduino bluetooth android to arduino communication : this project is based on both the android and arduino , which lets you to control your arduino kit by using the bluetooth of the android smart phone . to communicate with the arduino , android need an interface , android . by using this interface , android sends the text commands to arduino .\nide every time . i see example code and libraries and support forums . and when i hear this hot new internet of things board is arduino compatible i think programming via the ide , not the mechanical layout of the pins . you can build arduino projects without arduino brand boards but you cannot build arduino projects without the arduino ide . the arduino community could move forward without another board ever shipped with the arduino logo on the silkscreen . but remove the arduino ide and there is no longer arduino .\nthe arduino ethernet has a number of facilities for communicating with a computer , another arduino , or other microcontrollers .\noptiboot is an easy to install upgrade to the arduino bootloader within arduino boards . it provides the following features :\nxxxxxx for arduino - products that work with official arduino boards ( e . g . shields or kits ) .\nbuild a simple cocktail drinkbot with arduino : here is a robot that can make cocktail using arduino is shown .\narduino running 600 pixel neopixel led panel : here is the 600 pixel neopixel led panel running using arduino uno .\nso while arduino llc hold the marks for now , they could be overturned if arduino srl successfully claim prior use .\nthe arduino diecimila has a number of facilities for communicating with a computer , another arduino , or other microcontrollers . the\nthe arduino duemilanove has a number of facilities for communicating with a computer , another arduino , or other microcontrollers . the\nthe arduino uno has a number of facilities for communicating with a computer , another arduino , or other microcontrollers . the\nthe usb connection is also how you will load code onto your arduino board . more on how to program with arduino can be found in our installing and programming arduino tutorial .\nplease look for keywords like ' arduino compatible ' or ' uno for arduino ' while buying online , because if the boards look like original arduino , they are mostly fake .\na typical example of the arduino board is arduino uno . it includes an atmega328 microcontroller and it has 28 - pins\narduino - controlled robotic drum : this arduino based project is used as drummer , controlled by the arduino . artificial sticks are moved according to the music and play the drum . the movement of the sticks are controlled by the arduino .\nbecause we don\u2019t build the uno . we pay arduino llc royalties for the official arduino boards we build . any royalties on the uno would be via an agreement between arduino llc and arduino srl since they build them . our relationship with arduino srl is that of a supplier , not a collaborator .\nshields are boards that can be plugged on top of the arduino printed circuit board ( pcb ) to extend its capabilities . the different shields follow the same philosophy as the original toolkit : they are easy to mount , and cheap to produce . mouser electronics lists original arduino and arduino certified products as \u201carduino . \u201d arduino shields are grouped according to which boards they are compatible with . not all arduino shields are compatible with all arduino boards . the arduino certified program is designed for companies using processors not currently supported by arduino who want to certify a basic level of compatibility with the arduino platform .\nthe lilypad arduino can be programmed with the arduino arduino software ( ide ) . select\nlilypad arduino\nfrom the tools > board menu ( according to the microcontroller on your board ) . for details , see the reference and tutorials .\nnow you can develop arduino sketches using an arduino device . this android application is a complete ide application that lets you develop , compile and upload your code to the arduino board .\narduino thumb piano : the arduino thumb piano employs arduino uno , some metal rods and accelerometer . a beautiful music can be played from this instrument . it is named as kalimbo .\narduino extreme v2 - \u201csecond production version of the arduino usb boards . this has been properly engineered by gianluca martino . \u201d\nthe arduino diecimila can be programmed with the arduino software ( download ) . for details , see the reference and tutorials .\nthe due can be programmed with the arduino arduino software ( ide ) . for details , see the reference and tutorials .\nmuch has been made about the on - going ( and seemingly far from over ) arduino v . arduino srl saga .\n[ \u2026 ] arduino , the world\u2019s leading open - source ecosystem for educators , makers and iot developers of all ages , today announced that arduino llc ( aka arduino . cc ) and arduino srl ( aka arduino . org ) have settled their differences and signed a settlement agreement . read more [ \u2026 ]\nif you\u2019re not sure which serial device is your arduino , take a look at the available ports , then unplug your arduino and look again . the one that disappeared is your arduino .\nit\u2019s clear to me that the model from the earliest days was that arduino llc would license out the arduino branding to board builders . arduino srl was merely the first . now they are claiming they are the \u201conly\u201d and the \u201cone true arduino . \u201d\ninstall the current upstream arduino ide at the 1 . 8 level or later . the current version is at the arduino website .\nok . i am confused . did the \u201cgood\u201d arduino ( srl ) win , or the \u201cbad\u201d arduino ( llc ) win ?\nthe arduino ethernet shield 2 allows an arduino board to connect to the internet . it is based on the wiznet w5500 ethernet ch\u2026\nalthough an arduino board is , as the arduino team states , just a basic atmel avr development board , it is the arduino software environment that sets it apart . this is the common experience for all arduino users , and the cornerstone of the arduino concept . chapter 5 covers the arduino ide , the libraries supplied with the ide , and the bootloader . chapter 6 describes the process of creating software for an avr mcu without using the arduino ide .\neasy solution : arduino lcc adds an entry to the license of the arduino software that forbids it to run on boards made by arduino srl . this will of cours not stop anyone from doing so , but this would put srl in a pickle since they are the \u201creal\u201d arduino but cannot ( oficcialy ) run arduino software !\nweb based servo controlled arduino : the web based servo controller project is designed based on arduino . the speed of the servo motor is monitored by arduino , and by connecting this arduino to the web server ( using our computer ) we can control its speed .\nthe current fight is a battle between two companies that both bear the arduino name : arduino llc and arduino srl . the disagreements that led to present state of affairs go back a bit further .\narduino wi - fi shield - this is the arduino ethernet shield sans wires . this shield can get your arduino connected to a wifi router , so it can host webpages and scour the internet .\narduino srl produces all the boards that users buy . so , in my opinion , has the right to say that it is \u201carduino\u201d\nthere\u2019s nothing stopping you from adding the arduino libraries to your project and using all the arduino functions , although i\u2019ve never done that .\na : yes , new software and new products are the life blood of arduino\u00ae . recently new products , arduino\u00ae zero pro , arduino\u00ae , 9 axes shield partnership with bosch and many more are coming .\narduino shields are boards that will expand the functionalities of your arduino . you just need to plug them over the top of the arduino board . there are countless types of shields to do countless tasks .\nin conclusion , arduino srl\u2019s letter to its distributors seems to essentially follow the line of reasoning in their trademark lawsuit in the us against arduino llc : since arduino srl is doing the manufacturing and using the arduino name , they\u2019re the true arduino . whether or not this will stand up in court , or whether arduino llc can make its case that srl was simply a licensed manufacturer , remains to be seen .\n- arduino boards are relatively inexpensive compared to other microcontroller platforms . the least expensive version of the arduino module can be assembled by hand , and even the pre - assembled arduino modules cost less than $ 50\nthe original arduino hardware is manufactured by the italian company smart projects . some arduino - branded boards have been designed by t . . .\nany other arduino board , except that the official arduino logo and silkscreen graphics are missing . other hardware - compatible products might not look anything like a typical arduino board , but do provide the pin sockets in the correct arrangement for using a standard arduino - type shield board .\ni made that statement because i do not think you should be purchasing from arduino srl who is not paying royalties to arduino llc and intentionally tearing down arduino llc . you obviously agree that arduino llc is in the right , because you are paying royalties on the other products to arduino llc . so i would prefer that sparkfun ditch a scoundrel .\n[ . . . . ] myboard . build . variant = arduino : standard myboard . upload . tool = arduino : avrdude myboard . bootloader . tool = arduino : avrdude [ . . . . ]\ntoday , there are arduino - based led cubes , twitter displays , dna analysis kits , breathalyser and so much more . there are arduino parties and arduino clubs . as a feather to its crown , google has recently released an arduino - based development kit for its android smartphone !\nnew ! we ' ve updated this product to our adafruit metro 328 , a fully assembled arduino - compatible . if using with the arduino ide , select\narduino uno\nin the board selection drop down .\nit is rather trivial to program the arduino - named boards without the arduino ide ( winavr or the avr toolchain on linux and so on ) . but i dunno what you mean with \u201carduino projects\u201d , so whatever\u2026\nrgb liquid crystal display tutorial by arduino : by using this project , we can change the color of the lcd display . the arduino board is connected to the lcd display to control it by the arduino programming .\nin general , we ' re happy to see people talking about arduino , writing tutorials about arduino , discussing projects that use arduino boards , using the arduino software with their hardware , etc . the project depends on the creations of the community , and we want to encourage these activities .\nof course , contributing to the arduino ide helps arduino srl as well , as they can just pull in any changes to their own fork .\n5 . close and re - open arduino ide , click file > sketchbook > phonecode , then the main code of arduino phone is open .\n. the arduino software includes a serial monitor which allows simple textual data to be sent to and from the arduino board . the rx and tx\ni cannot in good faith purchase unos that benefit arduino srl\u2026 sparkfun please licence from arduino srl please help keep the standard , keep the community .\nthis relay shield v2 . 0 from evil mad scientist is a simple arduino add - on that gives your arduino the ability to control a si\u2026\nthe arduino is a microcontroller ! why ? because i can make an arduino from nothing more then the atmel processor a couple of resistors and caps . what makes it an arduino ? the bootloader . . . . .\nfantastic arduino laser harp : the arduino laser harp is a musical instrument which produces light beams . when this arduino controlled laser harp is connected to any synthesizer , it will make some midi tunes along with light effects .\narduino powered mobile phone : the cell phone can charge the arduino by using its li ion battery . this arduino powered mobile phone project will be useful for charging applications , by using simple elements like diodes and resisters .\nblinking a led with arduino : this is a very simple arduino project which uses just a led and resister . the led is connected to the arduino board by a resister and by running the arduino code in our computer , we can make the led to blink with a present delay time .\ncodeblocks is a fully compatible ide for arduino boards , with a set of features including arduino core files and libraries , a compiler core files caches to speed up the compiling action , pre - configured avr compiler toolchain , dedicated project wizard for arduino development , it\u2019s able to upload hex to arduino boards , and it can be integrated with arduino api - level simulator .\nyou are arduino and we are honored and privileged to work with you \u2013 arduino isn\u2019t the company , nor the board , nor the software nor the founders \u2013 the arduino is you \u2013 you made arduino\u00ae what it is today and you\u2019ll continue to make it what it will be in the future .\ntruth is any one can manufacture / design ( pcb ) an arduino board . there\u2019s nothing ( highly ) challenging about it . that\u2019s arduino slr .\nit seems plain from that that arduino llc has owned the trademark in the us on both the name arduino and the logo since 2011 - 2012 .\nit will all come down to who was making licensing payments to whom . the payer is the fake arduino and the payee is the true arduino .\nthe arduino due is the first arduino board based on a 32 - bit arm core microcontroller . with 54 digital input / output pins , 12 analog inputs , it is the perfect board for powerful larger scale arduino projects .\ndownload the previous version of the current release the classic arduino 1 . 0 . x , or the arduino 1 . 5 . x beta version .\nmakeesparduino is a generic makefile for any esp8266 arduino project . using make instead of the arduino ide makes it easier to do automated and production builds .\ndo you make time to talk to your arduino ? maybe you should ! the easyvr shield 3 . 0 is a voice recognition shield for arduino b\u2026\nfor earlier versions of the arduino boards ( e . g . arduino duemilanove , nano , or diecimila ) check out this page for specific directions .\narduino 7 segment led display and counter : this arduino project is very simple and easy . arduino platform can be used for simple counting operations . it uses a lcd screen ( 7 segment lcd display ) to display the increment counting operation of the arduino from 0 to 9 . the seven segment display will display the numeric ( numbers ) by depending upon the arduino sketch .\n\u201cyou are arduino and we are honored and privileged to work with you \u2013 arduino isn\u2019t the company , nor the board , nor the software nor the founders \u2013 the arduino is you \u2013 you made arduino\u00ae what it is today and you\u2019ll continue to make it what it will be in the future . \u201d\nthe arduino uno can be programmed with the arduino software ( download ) . select\narduino uno from the tools > board menu ( according to the microcontroller on your board ) . for details , see the reference and tutorials .\ndiy arduino powered gopro panning rig : this is a demo and overview of my arduino powered camera panning rig . it used a arduino uno , lcd button shield , 5v stepper motor & driver and a bunch of misc hardware .\narduino icicle lights with leds : this icicle lights project will work using leds along with the arduino board . the leds will on and off in a sequence and the sequence of lights and the switching can be controlled by arduino .\narduino music player : arduino based mp3 player is a simple and easy project . arduino is capable of producing sound waves by implementing some components to it , like speakers . it will work on the principle of voltage divider circuit .\narduino painting machine : this arduino based paint machine is used to reduce the human effort and errors while painting the walls . this project uses the stepper motors and brush servos to paint the required areas , by using the arduino .\nthe arduino uno and arduino uno revision 2 both have an atmega8u2 usb microcontroller on board \u2013 this is upgraded to an atmega16u2 on the revision 3 board .\nat the time of this writing , there was an ongoing dispute between the company created by the original founders ( arduino llc ) and a different company started by one of the original founders ( arduino srl ) . as a result , arduino llc uses the trademark arduino within the united states and genuino elsewhere .\nmusto , the new ceo of the company now called arduino srl , has a bit of a history with arduino as well . his other manufacturing business had\nthe arduino that fuels the maker movement is the ide provided by arduino . cc . i believe everyone should stop purchasing arduino branded boards and purchase only boards that include the notice \u201ca portion of this sale is given back to arduino llc to help fund continued development of new tools and new ide features . \u201d\nhardware / arduino / avr / . . . - arduino - avr boards hardware / arduino / sam / . . . - arduino - sam ( 32bit arm ) boards hardware / yyyyy / avr / . . . - yyy - avr hardware / xxxxx / avr / . . . - xxx - avr\nonto the microcontroller on an arduino board . this is not required for normal use of an arduino or genuino board but is useful if you purchase a new\narduino bluetooth basic tutorial : interfacing of bluetooth module to the arduino is explained here . an example controlling an led sing blue tooth is shown in this project\narduino based gps tracker : we can locate the vehicle or human by tracking them using arduino . the arduino based gps tracking system uses gps module for locating the vehicle on maps . it requires simple elements like battery and antennas , but with very low cost we can design a tracking system by using arduino .\nautomatic camera shutter switch : the arduino is used to control the camera shutter after the elapsed time . this requires an interface between arduino board and a camera . by using some electronic components , the arduino can send commands to close the shutter of the camera , connected to the arduino board through a cable .\ntop 10 cool arduino projects / arduino uno projects . top 10 diy innovative arduino projects , this video shares cool ideas of some of advanced arduino projects . urltoken all these projects are based on arduino microcontroller and use some basic sensors like sonar , infrared , force sensor , some components like servos , motors , led ' s , displays , shields etc . the arduino uno r3 is a microcontroller board based on the atmega328 . it has 14 digital input / output pins ( of which 6 can be used as pwm outputs ) , 6 analog inputs , a 16 mhz crystal oscillator , a usb connection , a power jack , an icsp header , and a reset button . you too can make these amazing projects at home . don ' t forget to subscribe and like the video : d 10 . make your own arduino - urltoken 9 . arduino drawing machine - urltoken 8 . arduino self balancing robot - urltoken 7 . arduino smart watch - urltoken 6 . arduino spider quadruped robot - urltoken 5 . arduino quadcopter - urltoken 4 . arduino gesture controlled robotic arm - urltoken 3 . arduino rubik ' s cube solver - urltoken 2 . diy arduino 3d printer scratch build - urltoken 1 . arduino ball and plate pid control - urltoken\ni have written a couple of simple arduino sketches to control servos using an arduino uno . they may be helpful to people you are new to arduinos .\nthis fantastic story and these ideals will continue on the new website arduino . org , which has been developed to ensure we stay true to the vision of the beginning of arduino\u00ae and arduino srl and our distribution of these cool products .\nthrough the years , and more recently due to the affairs between arduino llc and arduino s . r . l . , i have received a lot of questions from people about the history of wiring and , of course , arduino .\n( included with the arduino software ) provide a virtual com port to software on the computer . the arduino software includes a serial monitor which allows simple textual data to be sent to and from the arduino board . the rx and tx\nwhile arduino and arduino have been tied up in court for the last few years , from the outside this has look like nothing else but petty bickering . arduino srl forked the arduino ide and bumped up the version number . later , an update from srl was pushed out to amazon buyers telling them urltoken was the real arduino . resellers were in a tizzy , and for a time maker faires had two gigantic arduino booths . no one knew what was going on .\nthe arduino hardware kit is a great way to get started programming tetrix \u00ae prime robots with the arduino programming language . this convenient hardware kit contains everything you need to add arduino control to your tetrix prime r / c robotics set :\narduino based battery charge : by using arduino , we can design a simple battery charger . the main aim of the project is to create the charger by using ni \u2013 mh batteries . the battery charging can be monitored by arduino .\narduino christmas led lights bar : working with this arduino based christmas lights project is very easy and fun . we can make the arduino board to work with leds to light as christmas light effect , by using just simple electronic components .\nfade led in and out with arduino : in this project , the arduino board is used to control the led switching . the led connected to the arduino will fade in and out , depending on the current flow through the resister .\nthe arduino robot is the first official arduino on wheels . the robot has two processors , one on each of its two boards . the motor board controls the motors , and the control board reads sensors and decides how to operate . each of the boards is a full arduino board programmable using the arduino ide .\nthe mega 2560 is an update to the arduino mega , which it replaces .\ncontact the arduino distribution team ( distribution ( at ) arduino . cc ) . we ' ll tell you what you need to know and make it happen .\nthe first arduino on wheels , the easiest way to get started with robotics .\nthe robot can be programmed with the arduino software ( download ) . select\narduino robot control board\nor\narduino robot motor board\nfrom the tools > board menu . for details , see the getting started page and tutorials .\nthe initial production version of the arduino mini was labelled\nstamp 02\n.\ndon\u2019t forget , if they\u2019re listed as arduino compatable , its pretty much ok .\nthe collective arduino couldn\u2019t have shot themselves in the foot harder if they tried .\narduino is only . cc the . com don\u2019t have a comunity , the only thing that make arduino different from funduino , olimexino and all the other clones .\nto be 1 / 3 smaller in both dimensions than the arduino\u00ae duemilanove board .\nuno\nmeans one in italian and is named to mark the upcoming release of arduino 1 . 0 . the uno and version 1 . 0 will be the reference versions of arduino , moving forward . the uno is the latest in a series of usb arduino boards , and the reference model for the arduino platform ; for a comparison with previous versions , see the index of arduino boards .\nour arduino library means one line of code and the table comes to life .\nnewer , smaller android and windows tablets make great hack and pack arduino programmers .\nin addition to the various board types designed or sanctioned by arduino . cc , there are many devices that are either hardware compatible or software compatible . what makes these devices arduino compatible is that they incorporate the arduino bootloader ( or something that works like it ) , and they can be programmed with the arduino ide by selecting the appropriate compatible arduino board type from the ide\u2019s drop - down list .\nto me arduino has always been little more than a really good marketing campaign .\nsparkfun could always simply drop the arduino , and start selling msp430 launch pads .\nwith new foundation , arduino seeks to a heal long - stewing trademark dispute .\npractically , arduino is the software , programming language specifically ( arduino c ) , that because you can upload your sketch using external programmer without using the bootloader .\nthe arduino motor shield allows you to control dc motors and read encoders . details\nprototyping shields don\u2019t add much functionality to the arduino , but they do help in other ways . these shields might do something as simple as breaking out the arduino pins to screw terminals . in general they make wiring to the arduino easier .\narduino based mp3 player : arduino based mp3 player is a cool project to work on . arduino is capable of producing sound waves by implementing some components to it , like speakers . it will work on the principle of voltage divider circuit .\nsensing hot and cold with arduino : we can sense hot and cold substances by using an arduino . the temperature sensors are connected to the arduino along with leds . the leds are used to represent the temperature of the substances by glowing .\n[ \u2026 ] banzi and federico musto , co - founders of the arduino project , have announced that they have settled their differences with the creation of a new arduino foundation . the new not - for - profit \u201carduino foundation\u201d will [ \u2026 ]\nthe pcb design of the arduino uno uses smd ( surface mount device ) components . i entered the smd world years ago when i dug into arduino pcb design while i was a part of a team redesigning a diy clone for arduino uno .\nbasic arduino robotic vehicle : this project , arduino robot is to build and control the robot by arduino programming . by this , we can control the robot with our computer by using motor controller and distance sensor and bluetooth slave in the robot .\narduino self timer : the arduino self - timer is a basic arduino project which can be used as a timer circuit . the timer will be displayed by using an led display . an led light is also used to indicate the timer visually .\nfor example , in the ongoing case between arduino llc and arduino s . r . l . , there is a claim , by the plaintiff , such that :\nmassimo banzi , co - founder of arduino llc , commented , \u201ctoday is one of the best days in arduino history . this allows us to start a new course for arduino made of constructive dialogue and disruptive innovation in the education , makers and iot fields . the arduino foundation will allow us to champion the core values of the arduino community within the open - source ecosystem and to make our commitment to open - source stronger than ever . this is really a new beginning for arduino ! \u201d\nsystem wide configuration file is \u201cn : \\ microcontrollers _ avr \\ arduino \\ arduino - 1 . 0 \\ hardware \\ tools \\ avr \\ etc \\ avrdude . conf\u201d\nhowever , i\u2019ve been looking forward to playing with the atmel samd21 in an arduino - shield compatible form - factor . hence my enthusiasm for the arduino zero : )\nthe authentic arduino ' s color is either a mix of green and blue , or the classic arduino teal . the counterfeits usually are blue to deep blue color .\nexcel arduino remote ( proof of concept ) : this project shows the concept of connecting arduino to the excel sheet . a step by step procedure is explained here .\ni also expect that the two versions of the classic arduino ide will be merged . the code is mostly the same ( though the urltoken version sometimes lagged a bit ) but the included board support is different . ( that leads to the problem that is impossible to have a single arduino installation that supports all the available arduino products without some extra work . ) a few new options will be good to have , such as supporting both the arduino m0 pro with its original bootloader and arduino m0 pro boards that have been reflashed with the arduino zero bootloader from arduino . cc .\nwhile this is sad it is time to spark a revolution in the arduino world and arduino needs to move to arm in the long run . now is the time for arduino to start up a whole new line of arduino\u2019s and bring the arm\u2019s into full light . i don\u2019t believe that arduino can survive as just an ide . it needs both the hardware and software to stay strong for the future to come .\n( included with windows version of the arduino software ) provide a virtual com port to software on the computer . the arduino software includes a serial monitor which allows simple textual data to be sent to and from the arduino board . the rx and tx\n[ \u2026 ] since its founding , arduino has been a company divided . there have been two companies , arduino llc and arduino srl , that have operated semi - independently of each other , but now the pair have now decided to work together and will merge into a single corporate entity known as \u201carduino holding . \u201d [ \u2026 ]\nin short , arduino llc has been working on developing the arduino platform , software , and community while smart projects / arduino srl was the major official producer of the hardware for most boards . both are claiming to \u201cbe\u201d arduino , and going after each other in court . so it\u2019s not strange that arduino srl would like to try to keep its hold on the distribution channels . which brings us to their letter to distributors .\narduino srl regestered trademark in italy and arduino llc in usa at later date . are trademark in one country valid in another country ? is there something like international trademark ?\nanalogreadserial - read a potentiometer , print its state out to the arduino serial monitor .\ndigitalreadserial - read a switch , print the state out to the arduino serial monitor .\nwow that ' s really a cool phone . great work on that arduino phone .\nin addition , arduino will form a not - for - profit \u201carduino foundation\u201d responsible for maintaining the open - source arduino desktop ide , and continuing to foster the open - source movement by providing support for a variety of scholarships , community and developer initiatives .\n[ \u2026 ] have been locked in battle over the ownership of the arduino trademark . that fight is finally over . announced at the new york maker faire today , \u201carduino\u201d will now to arduino holding , the single point of distribution for new [ \u2026 ]\ndc boarduino ( arduino compatible ) kit ( w / atmega328 ) - v1 . 0\nnext , click on \u201cdirectories\u201d immediately under \u201csymbols\u201d . add the directory for the arduino hardware core source code , which will be in your arduino install directory ( for example : c : arduino - 0022hardwarearduinocoresarduino ) . make sure all paths are non - relative .\njust guessing they used a lm3909 which is like an arduino without the extra rubbish .\nwith matlab \u00ae support package for arduino \u00ae hardware , you can use matlab to interactively communicate with an arduino board . the package enables you to perform tasks such as :\ncolor lcd shield - equip your arduino with a unique 128x128 cellular phone color lcd .\nwith those four pins soldered , try plugging the shield into your arduino to test the header\u2019s alignment . make sure your arduino\u2019s not powered while you do this alignment check .\nthis guide from arduino has some more details and troubleshooting tips if you get stuck .\nleap motion tilt marble maze : this leap motion tilt marble maze project is based on arduino . this project uses the motion sensor and arduino to control the maze tile .\narduino shields are modular circuit boards that piggyback onto your arduino to instill it with extra functionality . want to connect your arduino to the internet and post to twitter ? there\u2019s a shield for that . want to make your arduino an autonomous rover ? there are shields for that . there are dozens ( hundreds ? ) of shields out there , all of which make your arduino more than just a development board with a blinky led .\nthe history of arduino has been told by many people , and no two stories match . i want to clarify some facts around the history of arduino , with proper supported references and documents , to better communicate to people who are interested , about arduino\u2019s origin .\non one side is arduino , which was founded by massimo banzi , david cuartielles , david mellis , tom igoe and gianluca martino back in 2009 . this is the arduino where you have probably gone to participate in forums , download the arduino ide and more .\nmany arduino shields are stackable . you can connect many shields together to create a \u201cbig mac\u201d of arduino modules . you could , for example , combine an arduino uno with a voice box shield , and a wifly shield to create a wifi talking stephen hawking\u2122 .\narduino wireless animatronic hand : the wireless animatronic hand project is like robotic hand moment project . in this project , we will move the hand by controlling its operations by the arduino . the servos implemented in the hand glove will move according to the arduino instructions .\narduino siren sound alarm : the arduino siren sound alarm project is used to make an alert by powerful audio - visual alert device using the arduino platform . this circuit produces a loud , wailing sound as a warning signal . and one led provides the visual alert\nmetal detector made with arduino : in this project we design a metal detector by using an arduino . this device is used to detect the presence of a metal , without touching it . the arduino based metal detector will work on the principle of inductive sensing .\nthe y\u00fan can be programmed with the arduino software ( download ) . select\narduino y\u00fan from the tools > board menu ( according to the microcontroller on your board ) .\nall components come with mounting adapters , making it easy to attach to the tetrix building system hole pattern . arduino software ( ide ) must be downloaded from the arduino website .\nin a way , male headers are actually easier to align and install , because you can use your arduino as a jig . begin by inserting the headers into your arduino .\nnow that you\u2019ve got the arduino software installed on your system and tested it with your arduino board successfully , you\u2019re ready for your next steps into the world of embedded electronics .\narduino clock with neopixel ring animation : the project shows the arduino clock using rtc ic . time is displayed using a neopixel ring . neopixel ring is beautiful arrangement of leds .\nappliance remote control arduino project : we can control the home appliances better than gsm , by using arduino . the arduino is connected with an ir receiver and it receives the encoded signals from ir remote . the built in library of arduino will decode the received signals and controls the ac operated home appliances , like switch , fan and tv set etc .\nfor the past couple of years , there have been two arduinos : arduino , llc and arduino srl . they look the same , and offer similar ( but not necessarily compatible ) products , but they have in essence been in competition , to put it mildly . arduino srl represents arduino co - founder gianluca martino ' s unilateral break from the original group of five founders , while the llc is the primary licensor of the arduino brand .\nwooden arduino knocking calculator : this is a mathematical invention made by using arduino . in this project we design a calculator by implementing the knock sensor ( sound sensor ) in a wooden box . to perform the mathematical operations , we run the arduino program in computer .\narduino based heart rate monitor : this project is most helpful for the medical field applications . the arduino based heart rate monitoring system will use the finger pulse rate recording module along with the arduino . this pulse detecting sensor wills works depending upon the pulse \u2013plethysmography principle .\ninterface a rotary phone dial to an arduino : the main objective of the project is to interface the rotary phone dial with an arduino and making use of it . the arduino sketch is run in the computer to display the operation of rotary dial on the screen .\nthe inebriator an arduino powered cocktail maker : the inebriator project is used as cocktail maker in house parties . this arduino based project is used to mix the different types of liquors in particular amount . the quantity of alcohol to be mixed is controlled by using arduino .\nthe led brightness or fan speed with arduino : this arduino based project is used to control the brightness of the led or can control the fan speed by using arduino programming . this project uses simple parts like transistors and potentiometer to control the led and fan switching .\nan arduino hardware\u2013compatible device is one where the various i / o pins on the board have been arranged to match one of the existing arduino form factors . a hardware - compatible board can ( usually ) accept any of the shields and plug - in modules created for an official arduino board . the reasons behind this are covered in \u201cthe arduino naming convention\u201d .\nconversion of an old pinball playfield to an arduino - driven , fully working pinball machine .\ni want to make an arduino with a microcontroller not yet supported by the current software .\nthe original version of the arduino serial board . includes the url\nurltoken\n. more\nthe original arduino mega has an atmega1280 and an ftdi usb - to - serial chip .\nthe arduino nano 2 . x boards have an atmega168 and a four - layer pcb .\nyou forgot about the community , which is a huge part of the success of arduino .\nthose trademarks are currently being petitioned for cancellation by arduino srl . the grounds appear to be that arduino srl ( formerly smart projects ) were using the trademarks in commerce since 2005 .\nsimilar to an arduino uno , can be recognized by computer as a mouse or keyboard .\nhardware pixel - perfect collision detection means the arduino can detect whenever two sprites touch . details\nplaying back an 8khz audio sample , either from arduino memory or gameduino graphics memory . details\nthe esplora can be programmed with the arduino software ( download ) . select\narduino esplora\nfrom the tools > board menu . for details , see the getting started page .\n[ \u2026 ] ce matin j\u2019ai eu l\u2019agr\u00e9able surprise de voire sur le blog du site arduino , l\u2019annonce de la fin des hostilit\u00e9 et la cr\u00e9ation d\u2019une fondation arduino . [ \u2026 ]\ni use arduino 1 . 0 and the newest avr studio 5 . 0 . 1163 .\nof the arduino ide with experimental features . this version should not be used in production .\nall the arduino 00xx versions are also available for download . the arduino ide can be used on windows , linux ( both 32 and 64 bits ) , and mac os x .\nuse an arduino to send an email , whenever movement is detected with a pir sensor .\nesp8266 community forum is a well established community for questions and answers about arduino for esp8266 .\ni read this through and after that i didn\u2019t have a clue who now owns arduino .\narduino is not just the ide or just the pcb . it\u2019s the entire thing together .\nthis table shows a quick comparison between the characteristics of all the arduino and genuino boards .\nxxxxxx ( arduino - compatible ) - variations and clones which are software and hardware compatible .\nthe arduino xbee shield allows multiple arduino boards to communicate wirelessly over distances up to 100 feet ( indoors ) or 300 feet ( outdoors ) using the maxstream xbee zigbee module . details\nlipower shield - this shield allows you to power your arduino with a lithium polymer battery .\nthis shield generates negative voltage for arduino . it is useful if you need negative voltage .\narduino night security alarm with pir sensor : the arduino is very useful for home automation and security applications . this arduino based night security alarm is used to for providing security at night times . with this , we can provide safety and can prevent theft and theft attempts .\narduino based intervalometer : the arduino based intervalometer is used to monitor the things continuously , by the control cameras in it . we use the arduino to control the camera and the infrared led . the ice is set to take pictures for every pre - set time interval ."]}
{"id": 55937, "summary": [{"text": "north shore animal league america , headquartered in port washington , new york , is the largest no-kill animal rescue and adoption organization in the world .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "since 1944 , the league 's mission has been saving the lives of pets through adoption , rescue , spay/neuter and advocacy initiatives .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "every year , the league reaches across the country to rescue , nurture and adopt nearly 20,000 pets and to date , the league has placed close to one million puppies , kittens , cats and dogs into carefully screened homes .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "one of the first animal rescue agencies on the ground in the aftermath of hurricanes katrina and rita , the league rescued more than 1400 pets from the region .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "the league is also home to the alex lewyt veterinary medical center , which provides 24-hour care for the pets sheltered at the league .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "every year the medical center takes care of more than 10,000 outpatient visits , administers more than 15,000 vaccinations and performs over 11,000 free spay/neuter procedures for every adopted animal , preventing over 132 million potentially unwanted litters .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "additionally , the league \u2019s spay/usa program is a nationwide referral service for affordable spay/neuter services .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "the league is also home to a national shelter rescue and humane education team .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "north shore animal league america offers a wide variety of programs such as a mobile adoption program , adoption counseling , training and foster care for pets with special needs .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "in 2005 , a documentary series airing on animal planet aired 13 episodes portraying the dogs and workers at the league .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "it was entitled , animal house : a dog 's life . ", "topic": 26}], "title": "north shore animal league america", "paragraphs": ["glassdoor has 36 north shore animal league america reviews submitted anonymously by north shore animal league america employees . read employee reviews and ratings on glassdoor to decide if north shore animal league america is right for you .\ncomment from nicole w . of pet health centers at north shore animal league america business owner\ncomment from carol m . of pet health centers at north shore animal league america business manager\nsee all photos from kevin k . for pet health centers at north shore animal league america\nnorth shore animal league america is the world\u2019s largest no - kill animal rescue and adoption organiza . . .\nnorth shore animal league america is the world ' s largest no - kill animal rescue and adoption organization .\nthank you for being part of north shore animal league america and our no - kill mission .\nsince 1944 , north shore animal league america has been saving the lives of defenseless dogs , cats , puppies , and kittens \u2014 over 1 , 000 , 000 to date .\nanimal league america is a certified 501 [ c ] 3 not - for - profit , charitable corporation .\nnascar on nbc\npup\nseries visits orlando july 5 - 7 nbc sports and north shore animal league have teamed up for the nascar . . .\nwe\u2019d love to show you around ! learn how you can sign up for a tour of the animal league america campus .\nwe are sorry to hear that you had a bad experience and are no longer coming to animal league america for medical services . our chief of veterinary staff will be contacting you via direct message to resolve this issue . sincerely , the animal league america team\nsince 1944 , north shore animal league america has been saving the lives of innocent dogs , cats , puppies , and kittens - - over 1 , 000 , 000 to date . we have saved a million lives . help us save a million more .\nwhen was the last time your brought your furry pal in for a check - up ? don ' t panic ! our aaha accredited pet health centers at north shore animal league america has appointments available to make sure your pet is healthy during the warm summer months . call 516 - 883 - 2000 to schedule an appointment today !\njoin team animal league by running a tough mudder in your town . make some great muddy memories and help raise funds and awareness to our no - kill mission .\nour organization prides itself on taking a position on critical issues among the animal welfare spectrum .\nif i see photos of pets on the list , how do i see the particulates of the animal ? like age , gender , personality , the special needs of the animal .\nif you love puppies and kittens call this place heaven . this is a great place to adopt a pet . these animals are well cared for but they need loving homes . they receive plenty of exercise daily . i enjoyed watching the puppies play in the little play area . the north shore animal league offers great medical care for your new addition to your family . the adoption fee is very low cost . cheaper than most pet stores . so if your looking for a pet this is the place to go .\nwhen i visited north shore i got a great reception and a good feeling about what i was doing . i trust the staff and volunteers completely . they offer the services i need and give my lil pup the identity he needs to handle the world . in this rat race .\ni come here thinking they are top rated for animal care . my poor dog needed a dental cleaning and 2\u2026\nis the world ' s largest no - kill animal rescue and adoption organization . find out how you can get involved and save lives !\nour american animal hospital association ( aaha ) accredited pet health centers offer high quality , compassionate and affordable veterinary and wellness care for your beloved pet .\n4th of july fireworks can be frightening to your pets . besides the obvious danger of getting too close , the loud noise can also startle your animal . a tip is to make sure your pal stays by you during the display . click for more tips .\ni recently came to north shore to use their medical services for my cat , which i had found outside . i started the process to get him neutered . i had to go through a couple of pre - op appointments . each time i saw a vet except for the blood work appointment . the vet was so informative about the procedure and made sure i had no concerns . the day of the operation , i met another vet who was performing the surgery which explained everything to me again . so informative - - its great . they have a great system for the spay / neuters , drop off early morning and pick up later in the day . the wait time unfortunately is a hit or miss . one time we waited about 10 minutes and other times i waited close to 45 minutes and that was just to see the vet .\nif it ' s the search engine on the website or the listings on facebook , you can click on the image and it should tell you the basics ( gender / age / breed ) . as for the particulars , you really have to visit the adoption center to find out ( their search engine used to show you whether the animal have special needs . . . that seem to have vanished ) . keep in mind that for certain animals , their turnaround is so fast that either they don ' t have time to post it online , or by the time you see it , it ' s already adopted by someone else . they also keep animals remotely at petland discount stores or mobile adoption vans , so chances are fairly good that the animal you see online will not be the one you will eventually take home . read less\nwish i can say i love this place but i dont . i no longer bring my pets here because they failed to properly diagnose my cat twice and after taking him elsewhere we discovered he had end stage cancer and had to be put down . i am here today because my elderly parents cat is sick and because of the somewhat lower cost of vet services , they asked that i bring him here . he is very sick , lethargic , not eating and he has a history of urinary blockage where surgery was required and it was done here at this vet hospital . they are charging me $ 90 bc of no appt and that ' s in addition to the services . and i was just told that the cat can be turned away if they deem its not an emergency or if they determine they can ' t help him . read that again , an animal shelter that\nsaves\nanimals may turn away a sick cat . i volunteer in the rescue world and have been to many , many vets and not one of these places has ever turned me away if i had a very sick animal . this is a hospital . . how can they not have equipment to save a sick animal if needed ? ? seems quite ridiculous but that ' s what one of the employees at the front desk just told me . even though this is a np org they sure do not act like it and i would reconsider bringing my pet here if i were you .\nwish i can say i love this place but i dont . i no longer bring my pets here because they failed to properly diagnose my cat twice and after taking him elsewhere we discovered he had end stage cancer and had to be put down . i am here today because my elderly parents cat is sick and because of the somewhat lower cost of vet services , they asked that i bring him here . he is very sick , lethargic , not eating and he has a history of urinary blockage where surgery was required and it was done here at this vet hospital . they are charging me $ 90 bc of no appt and that ' s in addition to the services . and i was just told that the cat can be turned away if they deem its not an emergency or if they determine they can ' t help him . read that again , an animal shelter that\nsaves\nanimals may turn away a sick cat . i volunteer in the rescue world and have been to many , many vets and not one of these places has ever turned me away if i had a very sick animal . this is a hospital . . how can they not have equipment to save a sick animal if needed ? ? seems quite ridiculous but that ' s what one of the employees at the front desk just told me . even though this is a np org they sure do not act like it and i would reconsider bringing my pet here if i were you . nicole w . i chose not to leave him there because no diagnosis could be given until blood work came back from an outside lab since the in - house bloodwork could not definitively say what the issue was . i was told i would know in 24 hours . 3 days went by before i had to call your establishment to get results because the lab results had been sitting in the vets mailbox for 2 days .\ni cannot say enough wonderful thongs about this hospital . staff is professional , caring and concerned about the animal , not the amount of money they can get from you . . 2 weeks ago my much loved cat was diagnosed with stage 2 kidney disease . . . . the disease progressed so rapidly , that after only a short time it had gotten to the point that she would never get better . . . . we had to do the u unimaginable and put her to sleep . . . all thru the process the staff was by out side giving us guidance , answering questions and being supportive at a very difficult time . . i will nevet forget them . . .\npros : - convenient prices if you ' ve adopted your pet from here - adoption process is easy - wide selection of cats and dogs cons : - the medical center is terrible ! my cat received his first set of vaccines here , and was neutered here . i don ' t know what they did , but he ' s a different type of cat when we visit the vet . so much to the point , that i have stopped coming here and go to a different vet . no problems with other vets . - i came here on one occasion when my cat was sick and the vets were pushy for surgery . my cat had simply swallowed a rubber band and needed time to pass it . i didn ' t appreciate the attitude and pushiness of the vet to do surgery . - the medical center is filthy . i know it ' s a place for animals , but seriously , i ' ve seen animal piss in a room where my cat was coming for a check up .\ni come here thinking they are top rated for animal care . my poor dog needed a dental cleaning and 2 very small size lump removal . after meeting with the vet tech , i was told to come back to pick up between 4 - 5 pm . i was a little worried didn ' t meet the doctor and said my final goodbye to my dog . all my communications were through a vet tech . i got there at 5 pm and waited 45 minutes . i went up and asked if my dog is ready , i didn ' t get anything . i went back after 1 hour and 15 minutes you are next . and finally 1 hour and 30 minutes , i get to talk to vet tech . she gave me some simple directions . my first thought no problem small lump on neck and foot . when i saw my dog , i was freaking out . my dog came out looking like frankenstein . i asked the vet tech what happened ? she goes oh i don ' t know . the doctor probably took more margin . i am like this does not look so good does she need to stay over ? no , it is okay take her home . first , this place is not cheap and i expected better service . i should ' ve gone to my local vet where i can speak to the vet and expect what the outcome is going to be . my dog ' s foot is swollen and her neck is stitched up like her head has been replaced .\nrescued from nyc streets , suffering from dehydration and a severely injured front paw , barry allen looks at life anew .\nin a single year , our medical staff performed 58 , 000 exams and vaccinated 65 , 000 animals .\non average , we place nearly 18 , 000 pets into loving homes each year .\nwho could forget magoo ? the sweet young cat found almost frozen to death in a snow bank suffering from severe frostbite . today this brave feline is almost unrecognizable , and no longer left out in the cold .\nthe fourth of july is a time of patriotic celebration , which means fun with family , friends and , of course , fireworks . but our four - legged friends might not enjoy all the booming festivities . here are some important safety tips to help make your pets\u2019 holiday as fun and safe as possible .\nour house has gone formal in the past few weeks . so many tuxedo cats and kittens . did they all get the memo ? did it specify white gloves and , um , tails ? must be prom time , or maybe wedding season . actually , no . it\u2019s kitten season , and what a season it\u2019s been \u2026so far !\nintestinal parasites cause a year - round health risk to our pets . our pet health centers is offering a special promotion to make sure your pet is safe . make an appointment today to receive 10 % off fecal testing , and $ 5 off intestinal parasite dewormer .\nour program makes donating your automobile , truck , boat or even plane fast , easy and hassle - free\u2014and it earns you tax credits\u2014while offering another great way to help support our no - kill mission .\nget your rescue on with our rescue cuff and rescue tag , and tell the world that supporting and adopting rescue pets is the only option .\nall shelter pets are mutt - i - grees\u00ae \u2013 beautiful and healthy dogs , cats , puppies , and kittens who are waiting to find loving homes . by choosing to adopt one of these adorable animals , you\u2019ve become part of the mutt - i - grees\u00ae movement . now be counted .\nas the world\u2019s largest no - kill rescue and adoption organization , we always have hundreds of dogs , cats , puppies and kittens available , and that special one is waiting for you . adopt a pet , save a life and add to your loving family .\nsearch our available pets and begin one of the most rewarding journeys of your life . \u200b don\u2019t see what you are looking for ? give us a call or stop in , new pets in need arrive every day .\nspecial thanks to our partner , purina \u00ae , for providing nutritious meals for all our adoptable shelter pets .\nto locate a pet within your area , please visit one of our partner shelters below , or find a pet on urltoken .\nwe\u2019re sorry . at this time we do not have any pets on our web site matching your search criteria . however , new pets are arriving every day . please try your search again or give us a call at 516 - 883 - 7575 and we can help !\nwe\u2019re sorry . at this time we do not have any pets on our web site matching your search criteria . however , new pets are arriving every day . please try your search again or give us a call and we can help !\nwhen you make your choice , we want it to be the right one for you . visit our blog where you can get tips on how to complete a successful adoption .\nlearn about our adoption services to make the process easy and smooth for both the pet and adopter .\nregardless of our age , pets bring us joy , love , and companionship .\nour mobile adoption units may be rolling into your town . search for an adoption event near you .\na trusted source for information , education , and resources that increase adoptions and enhance the lives of adopters and their pets .\na future in which all companion animals find responsible , loving homes where they are free from abuse , hunger , fear , and loneliness and receive the care and respect they deserve .\nas a pioneer in no - kill , we are proud of our history .\ncollaborating with corporate and shelter partners , rescue groups , and celebrity ambassadors to save lives .\nat our sprawling port washington , n . y . campus , we provide a wide range of affordable services and innovated programs available to everyone in the new york metro area and beyond , including our pet adoption center , a pet health center offering high quality veterinary care , pet behavior services , and much more .\ncome meet your new four legged friend in our bright and spacious adoption center . join the millions of pet parents whose lives were changed by adopting a rescue pet .\nenroll in our pet behavior training program and receive guidance in raising your new canine family member .\nopen your heart and home to a pet that\u2019s not yet ready for adoption .\nlearn more about our pet - assisted therapy programs and how you can volunteer for our shelter pet outreach team ( spot ) program .\nfind everything you need for your pet , including a full line of premium pet foods , pet supplies , and toys .\ncome meet your new pet in our bright and spacious adoption center that features about 350 adoptable cats , dogs , puppies and kittens every day .\nsearch our available pets and begin one of the most rewarding journeys of your life . learn more\nsearch our available pets and begin one of the most rewarding journeys of your life .\nsugar ( r103847 ) is a senior cat brought to safety after being reclaimed from a local municipal shelter . she\u2019s enjoying the peaceful setting and gentle care our staff and volunteers are providing her . sugar will fit nicely into a family interested in experiencing a senior rescue . the rewards are plentiful because the recipient of deep gratitude is you . # nationalcatday # seniorsunday # purrfect # sheltercat # cat # catoftheday # catsofinstagram\nhappy # nationalsmileday ! here are some of our happy pups enjoying their day . not only do they make us smile daily , but we make them smile just as much ! show us how you and your furry friends are celebrating today by sharing a picture .\nour shelter partners at companion pet rescue were effected by the tornados that hit connecticut this past week . their shelter currently has no power . you can help them by sharing this post and adopting these precious puppies at the petsmart in meridan , connecticut ! # getyourrescueon\nvi rookies will be arriving soon and will need active training before they take the field ! please fill out the link below to start the process in becoming a foster parent to one or more of this year\u2019s catlete line - up .\nit looks like you may be having problems playing this video . if so , please try restarting your browser .\nfirst , try refreshing the page and clicking current location again . make sure you click allow or grant permissions if your browser asks for your location . if your browser doesn ' t ask you , try these steps :\nat the top of your chrome window , near the web address , click the green lock labeled secure .\nin the window that pops up , make sure location is set to ask or allow .\nyou ' re good to go ! reload this yelp page and try your search again .\nif you ' re still having trouble , check out google ' s support page . you can also search near a city , place , or address instead .\nat the top of your opera window , near the web address , you should see a gray location pin . click it .\nif you ' re still having trouble , check out opera ' s support page . you can also search near a city , place , or address instead .\nclick safari in the menu bar at the top of the screen , then preferences .\nunder website use of location services , click prompt for each website once each day or prompt for each website one time only .\nmacos may now prompt you to enable location services . if it does , follow its instructions to enable location services for safari .\nclose the privacy menu and refresh the page . try using current location search again . if it works , great ! if not , read on for more instructions .\nback in the privacy dialog , click manage website data . . . and type urltoken into the search bar .\nyou ' re good to go ! close the settings tab , reload this yelp page , and try your search again .\nif you ' re still having trouble , check out safari ' s support page . you can also search near a city , place , or address instead .\nat the top of your firefox window , to the left of the web address , you should see a green lock . click it .\nin the window that pops up , you should see blocked or blocked temporarily next to access your location . click the x next to this line .\nyou ' re good to go ! refresh this yelp page and try your search again .\nif you ' re still having trouble , check out firefox ' s support page . you can also search near a city , place , or address instead .\nclick the gear in the upper - right hand corner of the window , then internet options .\nuncheck the box labeled never allow websites to request your physical location if it ' s already checked .\nyou ' re good to go ! click ok , then refresh this yelp page and try your search again .\nat the top - right hand corner of the window , click the button with three dots on it , then settings .\nclick show more , then make sure only the box labeled location permissions is checked .\noops ! we don ' t recognize the web browser you ' re currently using . try checking the browser ' s help menu , or searching the web for instructions to turn on html5 geolocation for your browser . you can also search near a city , place , or address instead .\nsomething broke and we ' re not sure what . try again later , or search near a city , place , or address instead .\nwe couldn ' t find you quickly enough ! try again later , or search near a city , place , or address instead .\nwe couldn ' t find an accurate position . if you ' re using a laptop or tablet , try moving it somewhere else and give it another go . or , search near a city , place , or address instead .\nwalking you through a typical experience at nsala . you arrive an hour early and proceed to get in line . once the doors open , everyone rushes in with no regard to the line , everyone races to a cage w a puppy in it . from there you ' ll find yourself stuck in front of that same cage you chose for the next 45 minutes while you wait for an associate / volunteer to assist you . fire marshal would have a field day if they ever happened to make a visit , the lewyt ark has a capacity of maybe 50 - 75 people . . . most weekends it ' s well over capacity and many fire exits are blocked . next you ' ll be subjected to fill a simple application where they then proceed to profile you and call references . based on short conversation with one of the managers , you ' ll then be asked to wait while they verify all the information on your form , be advised that if you show up on the weekend , this process could take up to 6 hours . your best bet is to initiate with a manager from the start because for the most part the volunteers / associates are not properly trained and will most likely steer you the wrong way and end up making your day a lot longer at nsala . managers for the most part can be found in the managers office watching tv shows ( smallville and friends ) and eating snacks . if you give them attitude they take great pleasure in turning you down and love wasting your time . once they ' ve turned you down they then call they ' re muscle ( adoption services ) to escort you off the property and then blacklist you from ever adopting from them again . p . s . i def suggest adopting over shopping but nsala needs a refresher course in customer service . adopt from another shelter . contact bidaewee shelter , they currently house a lot of nsala older dogs who had to be moved because of construction .\nmy pets always receive remarkable care at this facility . the vets , techs and all staff are extremely friendly and helpful . my dogs require a lot of care and they are given the best possible treatment .\nwould not advise coming to the pet health center unless it ' s for basic vaccinations and generic issues . any serious surgeries and medical conditions pls go else where .\nfinally , on my third visit , i was in and out in 15 minutes . and this time i did see a vet and we went over my dog ' s surgery and dr . v removed her stitches . i wish my first 2 visits were like this . okay , they didn ' t jack up my dog . i was a little worried at first because my dog wasn ' t doing good after her surgery . and trying to get a vet to see my dog after some post - op issues was a nightmare . but i am very pleased after speaking with dr . v and my dog is doing very well . customer service is key .\nbrought my dog here for a vet visit the other day . i was extremely happy with the staff & service my pet & i received . i had utilized their request an appointment feature on the site and with in an hour was able to get an early appt for the next day . i was at the vet for no more then an hour . i don ' t live close by so i read reviews and took a chance & drove the hour down . glad i did ! the staff was friendly , respectful , knowledgeable and patient . everything was explained to me before , during and after the appt . service fees were explained and i wasn ' t forced to do excessive tests and blood work . nor was i blindsided with costs . i was even given options for meds that were needed for my dog and cost . everything was fairly priced . i walked in prepared to pay a decent amount . vets in general are never cheap . i look at it this way , you wants what ' s best for your pet . there isn ' t a price tag on a healthy happy pet . . . period . would recommend to ppl to give it a try & def coming back .\nthis place is an amazing no kill shelter . you would never knew that dogs and cats are everywhere because the volunteers keep the facility impeccably clean . no pee or poop smells only beautiful loving and amazing animals waiting for their forever home . when we visited i brought three cat carriers for donation . i have no idea how i ended up with three cat carriers because i have never had three cats at one time , but some how all of these carriers were in the rafters of my garage and i wanted them to go to a good home . i contacted nsal and they were happy to accept my donation . after leaving the carriers at the door we decided to visit with the dogs and the kitties . there were all sorts of dogs from big to small . the cat area did not have very many cats , but i imagine that will change when the spring and summer comes and the kitten population explodes . please everyone spay or neuter your animals and strays so no fur baby has to endure not having a forever home or even worse euthanasia . i adopted my beautiful cat from the nsal mobile adoption center years ago . she was so scared and alone because her owner had passed away and everyone in her owners family was allergic to her . she was approximately eight years old when i adopted her and she lived a wonderful life for 6 more years . she came when i called her and she was always waiting at the door when i came home from work . nothing says love like your fur baby sitting on the bathroom rug waiting patiently while you finish your business . so find it in your heart to adopt a fur baby of the cat or dog kind . they will love you unconditionally .\ni spent hours waiting to find the right match for my family , and do the right thing by getting a rescue over purchasing . they should post their guidelines for denying applications so 1 ) you don ' t waste your time 2 ) you don ' t waste their time 3 ) your children don ' t fall in love with a dog that won ' t be going home with them . about 10 years ago i was forced to give up our two dogs when my wife and i had our daughter . the dogs did not accept her and it was dangerous to keep them . we didn ' t craigslist them , didn ' t sell them , didn ' t abandon them . we found them a new home , got references and vet references for each ( aside from being family friends ) . aside from checking their backrounds out , and getting tax returns , we gave them supplies and a year of vip pet insurance . and didn ' t charge a penny for anything . the gentleman who claims he was the manager and the\nbuck stops here\nstated that because of that i am a unfit pet owner and would likely be giving up my dog again for whatever reason . i laughed . i said really , that was 10 years ago buddy , i did the most responsible thing a pet owner could ' ve done in my situation , i don ' t think there was a better way to possibly handle that unfortunate situation . he gave me a list of other places with lower standard , and essentially told me to leave . the rest of the staff was friendly and helpful , and they did a good job of keeping the lines moving . wish i could say i would be going back but as the boss man with the glasses said i ' m not welcome there . funny that you fight so hard for compassion and yet have none for fellow humans . thanks for nothing .\ni went here with my pup a few weeks ago to check out his ( my dog ) stomach . he had a lot of dry skin and seemed to be itching a lot . the staff was incredibly nice and i will definitely be coming back !\nwe attended clear the shelters to get our girl . do not under any circumstances go during one of these events . it is too much . we arrived at 1 : 30 and did not complete the process of getting our puppy until 9 : 30 . that should not deter you from going at any other time .\nvery pleasant staff and atmosphere ! everyone loves animals there . ailette , a volunteer for cats , was very kind and taught us the ropes even though i have no cat experience there . you can also get pre - approved and come back next to pick up a pet quickly !\nmy son & i spent an hour with a specific dog this afternoon at 3pm dealing with daniella in the processing . . . unfortunately my husband couldn ' t be verified , but i spoke to vanessa 2x . . . as soon as he came home , this was all accomplished , after 2 other references checked . after verifying everything , we were then told coldly the dog was\nsold\n20 minutes prior . why not say this at the beginning of the interview with my husband . we are in shocked , we had already picked her name , & making a bedding area . my son is heartbroken to say the least . despicable how this was handled .\nlike one reviewer , it ' s a good feeling . dogs are clean and quite a number of selection of dogs . needs better ventilation\noverall , i am satisfied with how the staff and dr . yoursy treated hazel . hazel was regarded with affection and consideration by all . she was noticeably more comfortable compared to her visit at banfield . hopefully her radiology appointment in the upcoming weeks will go equally as well . update : hazel ' s surgery for her acl went well ! no complications surfaced at all . we are all extremely pleased .\n\u201creptar was found in a puppy mill at about eight weeks old with broken ribs , a hernia , and left to die . \u201d in 14 reviews\n\u201cthey processed our paper work , checked out the dog , called our references & then we were able to take her home . \u201d in 36 reviews\n\u201cyou would never knew that dogs and cats are everywhere because the volunteers keep the facility impeccably clean . \u201d in 33 reviews\nif it ' s the search engine on the website or the listings on facebook , you can click on the image and it should tell you the basics ( gender / age / breed ) . as for the particulars , you really have to visit the adoption center to find out ( their search\u2026 read more\nyour trust is our top concern , so businesses can ' t pay to alter or remove their reviews . learn more .\nheads up : from now on , other yelpers will be able to see how you voted . want to chime in ?\nwish i can say i love this place but i dont . i no longer bring my pets here because they failed to\u2026\ni ' m sorry you had a poor experience with us when you brought your cat to our facility in the past . \u2026\ni ' m sorry you had a poor experience with us when you brought your cat to our facility in the past . regarding your most recent visit when you brought in your parent ' s cat , since we are a larger sized facility that is economical , we have a large demand for walk - in services . as we are not an emergency facility , we try to accommodate as much as we can within our means , but unfortunately we can not accommodate everyone who walks in along with our scheduled appointments . for us to manage this , we do have systems in place including having a walk - in fee for those who come in without an appointment . you wrote this review while in our waiting room and your pet was waiting to be triaged . this pet did indeed have an exam with one of our veterinarians this day ; you were not turned away . we did offer you medical services which you declined and left . we are striving to better our services to meet the needs of our patients as best as we can , so thank you for your feedback .\nthe power of yelp . i guess someone @ nsala saw my review and informed the chief vet . i received a\u2026\nthe power of yelp . i guess someone @ nsala saw my review and informed the chief vet . i received a call from dr . v and he explained the procedure and what had happened to my dog . he informed me if i have any additional issues to come and see him .\nplease do not take your pets here for the love of god . my dog had some post op issue with her foot\u2026\nplease do not take your pets here for the love of god . my dog had some post op issue with her foot being swollen for two days . she couldn ' t stand , walk , or sleep . so , i took a day off from work to make the appointment . the vet tech ( that is all you get to see when you come here ) said after the surgery to come back if i had any issues with my dog . i got here and i waited close to two fucking hours without seeing a vet . how do you do this to people especially a dog you jacked up ? i decided to leave and take her to another vet . this is my first time here and my last time here . and not once did i see a fucking vet to tell me what the fuck had happened to my dog . hello tell me oh we found some thing and we need cut off half her neck . tell me something , not some vet tech that doesn ' t know shit . after dropping over $ 1300 and my dog looking like frankenstein , i won ' t be coming back . ps there were other owners that went ahead of me . . . cause they claimed their pet was dying . my dog looks like frankenstein come on now !\nthe purina performance team showing everyone that shelter pets can be smart and well - trained .\noverall , i am satisfied with how the staff and dr . yoursy treated hazel . hazel was regarded with\u2026\noverall , i am satisfied with how the staff and dr . yoursy treated hazel . hazel was regarded with affection and consideration by all . she was noticeably more comfortable compared to her visit at banfield . hopefully her radiology appointment in the upcoming weeks will go equally as well .\nwe calculate the overall star rating using only reviews that our automated software currently recommends .\nglassdoor will not work properly unless browser cookie support is enabled . learn how to enable cookies .\nyour trust is our top concern , so companies can ' t alter or remove reviews .\nupper management is a disgrace . they drive away good people while rewarding dis - functional ones . top person in charge is very flaky and makes some very poor business decisions and second in charge is a bully at best .\nboard needs to clean house at the top . not going to happen though as all the members of the board are friends of the top individual ,\nits an awful place to work . dark dingy kennels for the animals . crowding and hoarding animals for events . promises made and not kept .\nlisten to your people . throwing more vacation days at them will not help . thats just hiding your inability to manage . watch your senior people . do john and valerie even come to work ?\nbeing able to work with dogs and cats while making a difference in not only their lives but the adopters .\ngood job , benefits , full time , paid every week , being able to help families find new additions to their household everyday . it ' s a good job you just need to learn to ignore the unnecessary things going on around you . do your work .\nkennel managers , kennel managers , kennel managers . the associates with there little attitudes and mood swings , the gossiping , the standing around doing nothing manager favorites . always having to watch what you say to certain associates because they will twist your words and run to a k . m . managers can be right in front of a dirty cage instead of helping the busy associates out and cleaning the cage they just walk away . associates can be in the middle of doing something and they will tell them to go do something else because they are too good to get dirty and help . they just hang out in main adoption playing on there phones or you don ' t even see them for most of the day and when you need one they are no where to be found because they are hanging out in other buildings . it ' s not about the animals to some of them it ' s really just a paycheck . poop , pee , hair don ' t think your gonna go home with clean clothes , you will always end up having something on you . especially the associates that actually do work , not the ones that sit around in main adoptions all day . they will give you new shirts if needed but don ' t hold your breath it ' s a few hours before one of the k . m . actually make the call to get shirts sent over . don ' t ask for raises or promotions it won ' t ever happen unless you are one of the mangers pets .\nkennel managers need to be rotated out or trained or something , they never talk to each other about what needs to be done . then they scramble around 10 mins before we leave to start barking orders like what were they doing all day . us associates do so much and never get recognized for it .\nthe animals in the shelter , you can always visit them , and the health benefits are amazing . co workers are friendly and nice to work with .\nthe pay is way too low , employees are promoted based on favouritism and there is no appreciation in the work place . co workers are great . . but the job is very stressful . not a place for career growth .\nif you are working at the shelter because you really love animals , you ' ll love it . they ' re pretty easy going and flexible with most things .\nyou can end up working way later than you ' d like to be if you ' re on the night shift and you ' re gonna get very poop and pee covered .\nmanagement is pretty good overall , but at times they ' re impossible to find and they rarely step up to help when the job is dirty .\njust leave already , you are awful , 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{"id": 55943, "summary": [{"text": "enhance international llc is a management consultancy advising the china insurance regulatory commission and the national health and family planning commission as china looks to reform health care with the china demographics challenge of an aging population and a shift from the old communist health system to one that has to catch up with china 's expanding economy and rapid growth of chronic diseases .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "enhance international llc held a conference with white house adviser and affordable care act architect dr. ezekiel emanuel and minister for health reform mr. liang wan nian under minister li bin ( politician ) .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "a key outcome of the meeting is the two commissions ' interest in building a model similar to the affordable care act , despite all recent controversy this program has received in the united states .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "enhance international llc is often quoted and published on china 's insurance reform , in most of the major financial news sources including : cnbc , bloomberg businessweek , the wall street journal , the economist , financial times and a. m. best 's best review .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "enhance international llc also worked with sean chen ( politician ) , the former premier of taiwan , when he was the chairman of the financial supervisory commission ( republic of china ) of taiwan and negotiating the financial memorandum of understanding with china . ", "topic": 24}], "title": "enhance international", "paragraphs": ["get email updates for the latest jobs containing\nenhance international limited\nin all locations . . . show all\nsam radwan , partner & co - founder of enhance international talks about building a safety net for the elderly in china .\nthe office of international students and scholars ( oiss ) is moving forward with several initiatives to enhance the experience of international students on campus and minimize barriers they may encounter while at st . thomas .\noiss has created an international student advisory board to formalize the feedback that is being received from international students . this group is made up of 11 diverse undergraduate and graduate international students who will meet twice per semester .\nthrough this program , new students will be able to connect with current international students and an oiss staff member , as well as other new international students from their orientation groups .\nrepresentation in this work group includes dining services , the business and card offices , dean of students , international admissions , academic counseling and support , several faculty members and current international students .\nin fall 2015 , xiaowen guan , associate professor in the communication and journalism department , and lori friedman , director of oiss , created the international student retention group to help minimize barriers for international students .\nas a part of the international student retention group , guan and friedman will send an email to all faculty with a first - year international student in their class beginning this fall . the email will provide useful tips for working with international students in the classroom as well as information for those seeking additional resources .\neig\u2019s leadership outreach program ( lop ) provides senior organizational leaders ( e . g . , c - suite to gm ) reliable guidance and practical advice on how to manage in a broad spectrum of business situations to enhance trust and respect .\ntaiwan also offers a ray of hope . sam radwan of enhance international , an insurance consultancy , observes that while china and taiwan both have extremely high rates of household savings , the former spends less than 4 % of gdp on insurance while the latter spends a juicy 17 % . in insurance , as in much else in china , it may pay to persevere .\nthis presented an opportunity for international students to be more integrated into the st . thomas experience and receive a similar preparation to other students .\nthe board provides feedback and advice to student affairs leaders ( namely residence life , dean of students , career development , counseling and health services , campus life and oiss ) to improve the international student experience and better understand the current challenges faced by international students at st . thomas .\nin fall 2016 , for the first time , oiss and the dean of students offices coordinated a joint orientation program for international and domestic students . in previous years , incoming international students went through a separate orientation . this year , the groups were blended , giving both populations the opportunity to build connections and relationships with each other from the beginning .\nin its resolution 4 / 2 , the conference of the states parties to the united nations convention against corruption decided to convene open - ended intergovernmental expert meetings on international cooperation .\nfast growth is , in one respect , just what china\u2019s insurance industry needs . the population will get much older in the coming decades , but the public pension scheme is still in its infancy . by supplementing public coverage with private policies , the government hopes that people may just manage to escape penury in their old age . at the moment the government covers roughly a third of medical expenses and insurance companies less than a tenth , leaving individuals to pick up more than half the tab themselves , according to enhance international , an insurance consultancy . that is an especially heavy burden , naturally , for the elderly .\nthe functions of the meetings are to assist it in developing cumulative knowledge in the area of international cooperation and encourage such cooperation , facilitate the exchange of experiences among states parties and assist the conference in identifying the capacity - building needs of states .\nbeginning this fall , oiss is implementing a six - week extended orientation program for new undergraduate international students that will help increase retention and allow for a smooth transition to life in the u . s . and at st . thomas in a cohort model titled orientation connect .\nthroughout the last year , they have worked with the career development center to include more resources for international students on their website , with faculty development and academic affairs to offer workshops to faculty , and coordinated activities with other stakeholders across the university on projects still in progress .\nfrom left : dr nkosazana dlamini zuma , chairperson of the african union commission ; dr margaret chan who director - general ; dr jim yong kim , president of the world bank group ; ms gunilla carlsson , minister of international development cooperation , sweden ; and dr shigeru omi , president of the health assembly .\nchina and who update delegates and international journalists on the avian influenza a ( h7n9 ) virus situation . from left , dr margaret chan , who director - general ; li bin , minister of national health and family planning commission , china ; dr . liang wannian , director - general , the chinese team leader of china - who joint mission on the avian influenza a ( h7n9 ) virus , national health and family planning commission , china .\nthis month regulators turned their attention to some of the insurers that have been among the boldest in expanding . first they sent inspectors to sino life insurance co , which has run down its capital in recent quarters . then they went to anbang , which has increased its assets some 50 - fold over the past two years . that inspection was a particularly important signal about the clout of regulators . many observers had assumed that anbang would receive preferential treatment , thanks to strong political connections ( its chairman is married to the granddaughter of deng xiaoping , a revered former leader ) . but regulators blocked its $ 14 billion bid earlier this year for starwood , a big international hotel chain , and now seem to be clipping its wings at home .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nall images may be downloaded and used , provided credit is given to who and photographers as mentioned with individual photos . credit for all photos should be given to who / pierre albouy unless mentioned otherwise .\nwho director - general dr margaret chan listens intently to discussions of member states in committee a .\ndr margaret chan who director - general and dr shigeru omi , president of the health assembly congratulate dr jim yong kim , president of the world bank group after his address to the plenary .\nexperts answer media questions at a press conference on the avian influenza a ( h7n9 ) virus situation . from left : dr . j . lubroth , chief veterinary officer of food and agriculture organization ( fao ) ; dr k . fukuda adg / hse , who ; dr . b . vallat , director - general , world organisation for animal health ( oie ) .\nto view this site , you need to have javascript enabled in your browser , and either the flash plugin or an html5 - video enabled browser . download the latest flash player and try again .\nindustrials and consumer stocks in the blitz . plus , what ' s brewing at starbucks\nit ' s dr . atul gawande ' s first day on the job as ceo of health care venture\nmarkets fairly valued with room for growth , says pro . here ' s what the experts see\nby any reasonable measure , china is an insurer ' s dream . with premium income topping 1 . 5 trillion yuan ( $ 220 billion ) , the market is enormous . it is also growing fast , with the life - insurance sector alone doubling between 2007 and 2010 . and insurance penetration ( premiums as a share of gdp ) , remains extremely low ( see chart ) . so why is it that both domestic and foreign insurers seem to be struggling ?\nchinese firms are now experiencing serious growing pains . to get an idea of the problems , take a look at the prospectus offered by new china life , a big local insurer , for its dual share placement , which will take place shortly on the hong kong and shanghai stockmarkets . by its own admission , the company needs to raise equity because of a capital shortfall .\nthis shortfall is caused by rapid growth : when you sign up vast numbers of new clients , your potential liabilities shoot up instantly , while the extra premiums roll in only gradually . ( another reason for the capital shortfall is that new china ' s investments in domestic chinese shares have done badly . )\nmany other local insurers also face a shortage of capital . china ' s insurance regulator is scrutinising the capital adequacy of insurers much more closely of late . for example , it wants firms to cut back on the amount of subordinated debt they issue . in the case of new china life , the company ' s solvency margin ( the cushion of capital that regulators require insurers to hold in case times turn rough ) fell below 87 % of total liabilities during the third quarter of this year . firms with ratios below 100 % now run the risk that regulators will limit which products they can offer and where they can invest .\nthese are not the only agonies that insurers face . standard & poor ' s , a credit - rating agency , believes that risk - management practices at chinese firms have not kept pace with expansion . it also worries about a mismatch between the industry ' s long - term liabilities and the typically short - term nature of its investments .\nthe boom has also attracted dozens of new firms and hordes of unsophisticated investors . stephan binder of mckinsey & co , a consultancy , argues that many people who have bought shares in new insurers do not understand the industry . he thinks they were dazzled by the public placement of ping an , an innovative chinese insurer that is also one of the world ' s largest , only to be \u201csurprised to find that you don ' t get any cash out of these businesses quickly and instead must keep putting in cash for years\u201d .\nforeign insurers in china know that sinking feeling all too well . a report published on november 30th by another credit - rating agency , moody ' s , calculates that of the 47 foreign insurance outfits in china in 2010 , only 11 made a profit ( and even that was generally a meagre sum ) . the aggregate market share of firms with substantial foreign ownership is still below 5 % . and recent months have seen new york life leave the market , axa and sun life reduce their ownership stakes in joint ventures and standard life attempt\u2014in vain\u2014to find a buyer for its local operation .\ncould this \u201cmark the beginning of a broader retreat\u201d ? asks sally yim , the report ' s author . perhaps ; but retreating could be unwise . though regulations are skewed against foreign insurers , mr binder believes they can still succeed in china if they correct some of their own mistakes .\nfor example , they could do a better job of nurturing local talent and adapting foreign business models to local conditions\u2014two areas where they have conspicuously failed in the past . he points to south korea , where foreign insurers lost money on a queered pitch for over a decade , but are now raking in handsome profits .\neach week , over one million subscribers trust us to help them make sense of the world .\npublished since september 1843 to take part in \u201ca severe contest between intelligence , which presses forward , and an unworthy , timid ignorance obstructing our progress . \u201d\ngain a global perspective on the us and go beyond with curated news and analysis from 600 journalists in 50 + countries covering politics , business , innovation , trends and more .\nmarkets data delayed by at least 15 minutes . \u00a9 the financial times ltd 2018 . ft and \u2018financial times\u2019 are trademarks of the financial times ltd . the financial times and its journalism are subject to a self - regulation regime under the ft editorial code of practice .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\neven for a country used to rapid growth , the expansion of china\u2019s insurance industry has been something to behold . assets managed by insurers have doubled in less than four years to 13 . 9 trillion yuan ( $ 2 . 1 trillion ) . their revenues from selling policies have accelerated , climbing 42 % year - on - year in the first quarter of 2016 ( see chart ) . most remarkable has been the increase in their workforce . over the past six months alone , they have added 2m to their sales force they now employ some 7 . 2m people , up 120 % since the start of last year . put another way , roughly one in every 50 workers in chinese cities is selling insurance products .\nbut excessively rapid growth , built on flimsy business models , risks doing more harm than good . there have been plenty of worrying signs . the most aggressive firms have scaled up by offering guaranteed returns of 6 % or more on short - term investment products , an extremely risky strategy for what is supposed to be a sober and reliable industry . to deliver these returns despite a lacklustre stockmarket , they have piled on debt and cut into their own margins . moreover , these short - term products do not necessarily help investors through retirement : people are free to cash out when their policies mature , leaving them with no coverage against death , illness or accidents .\nregulators appear to have had enough . in march they announced their strictest rules yet to curb speculative behaviour . they barred insurers from selling products with maturities of less than one year and began to phase out those with maturities of less than three years . these measures , though somewhat crude , should help prevent mismatches between long - term assets and short - term liabilities .\nmore fundamentally , china has also overhauled solvency rules , which should force insurers to change the way they operate . capital requirements had been based on simple gauges of size . now they are much closer to the norm in developed markets , varying in line with how quickly policies turn over and how premiums are invested . firms that rely excessively on short policies or that invest heavily in the stockmarket must hold a much bigger cushion .\nthe heyday of rapid expansion by opportunistic firms is over , predicts lee yuan siong of ping an insurance , one of china\u2019s biggest providers . \u201cthe government saw the danger early enough before it got out of control . \u201d if the new rules work , insurers will need to focus on persuading people to buy their policies for protection rather than as an investment . that is a safer bet , but a harder sell .\nyou have already set up a job alert using these keywords . edit your job alerts at myjobsdb\nsorry , you have reached the limit of 10 job alerts . please unsubscribe at least one of your job alerts before subscribing a new one .\n- top executives ( ceo , cfo , cto , gm , md etc . )\nwe are innovative business leaders who create practical and transformational solutions to help businesses work smarter and faster .\nmulti - 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{"id": 55955, "summary": [{"text": "ice-pick lodge ltd. ( russian : \u0430\u0439\u0441\u043f\u0438\u043a-\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0436 , \u043e\u043e\u043e , translit . ayspik-lodzh , ooo ) is a video game developer based in moscow , russia , established in 2002 .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "the studio became well known in russia after releasing its first project pathologic , which quickly gained critical acclaim and won several major russian awards . ", "topic": 5}], "title": "ice - pick lodge", "paragraphs": ["knock - knock is a kickstarter - funded adventure game by russian developer ice - pick lodge .\nice - pick lodge is a russian game development studio founded in 2002 . the studio has released four games :\nhey ice pick lodge . i ' m a big fan of the original pathologic and incredibly excited for this remake .\nice pick lodge have a funny way of talking which i\u2019m not sure i like . it\u2019s a bit defensive and faux poetic .\nthe game - developing company , ice - pick lodge , was established in 2002 in russia . the headquarters are in moscow .\n. i\u2019ll be producing the game from tinybuild\u2019s side , as we\u2019ve partnered up with ice - pick lodge to help finish this gem .\nwell , probably the only people with more knowledge at this point are ice - pick lodge , and i\u2019m not sure what answer they\u2019d give you .\nwe are a russian game development studio named ice - pick lodge . we ' re challenging death as it is once again . ask us anything .\nwe are a russian game development studio named ice - pick lodge . we ' re challenging death as it is once again . ask us anything . : iama\ngot the whole newsletter and it\u2019s an exemplary work of communication with fans ( as most of the previous ones are ) . ice pick lodge have my full trust in this , i can wait .\n\u201clook . pathologic is the thing for most people in the studio . it is the game that gave ice - pick lodge its identity ; it\u2019s like both a beloved parent and a firstborn to us .\njust remember that ice - pick lodge seems to posess quantum immortality . it doesn ' t matter how deep the hole we ' re in is , we ' re always somehow tunneled to a better place .\nice - pick lodge is certainly an interesting studio . i find their games a bit too difficult for my taste . and i don ' t know what to think of cargo . but they definitely deserve more attention !\nas you can see , there ' s a lot of ice - picks doing the answering .\nice - pick lodge have announced that the new take on pathologic [ official site ] , the diseased delight that put them on the map back in 2005 , won\u2019t be released until autumn 2017 . having spent some time playing a standalone demo at gamescom , where i also managed to pick the lodge\u2019s brains away from the chaos of the showfloor , i can appreciate why the game is taking so long to complete . the foundations of the original might be noticeable , if you scratch around in the dirt for long enough , but it has been completely rebuilt . and indeed rewritten , reorganised , reinterpreted , and reimagined .\nwe ' re ice - pickers , so we ' re just grubbing up the reality covered with a thick layer of ice . what lies beneath - nobody knows yet . we ' ll find it out in a year or two .\nice - pick lodge is a russian game development studio founded in 2002 . so far we\u2019ve released four games : pathologic ( 2005 ) , the void ( 2009 ) , cargo ! a quest for gravity ( 2011 ) , and knock - knock ( 2013 ) . we wouldn\u2019t go as far as call ourselves artists , but our general philosophy is that games should give players food for thought , not just fun .\nice - pick lodge is without question my favorite game developer . i have loved everything you guys have made and pathologic is my all - time favorite adventure game . i simply cannot wait for this redux to come out . may i ask , have you thought about what you might work on after this is complete , and did you really lock yourselves into an abandoned mental hospital when you made the void ? please say yes .\nas you are hopefully aware , the most important ipl - related question is whether the lodger\u2019s scarf is soft and fleecy enough ; and we are proud to announce that it has finally been answered . it is . need proof ? then welcome to our brand new ice - pick shop !\nin short , pathologic is a work of outstanding creative maturity and confidence . its rough edges are a product of its schedule and its budget , but what lies beneath is morose genius . ice - pick lodge are in the midst of crowdfunding an updated version , with a new , leaner english translation and ps4 / xb1 ports to boot . if you want to see more games with ambitious , challenging stories , hop over to their kickstarter and help make it happen !\nicepick lodge , you guys are great and i hope you have a great time remaking this game , and in all your future projects . i\u2019m a big fan !\ni still remember the first time i played pathologic . ice - pick lodge\u2019s grueling survival game had passed me by on its first english release in 2006 , and i only found it two years later thanks to quintin smith\u2019s three - part essay on rock , paper , shotgun . after reading the first few paragraphs , i decided to dive headlong into pathologic \u2018s plague - ridden steppes before spoiling myself any further , and what i found remains one of my favourite works of art .\never since i played the path , i ' ve been digging into the indie / arthouse game scene . i ' ve been a gamer ever since gaming meant hauling ass to the right of the screen and punching dudes , but this is a completely new experience for me . and i ' ve come across another game developer that deserves a lot of love : ice - pick lodge . if you enjoyed tale of tales games , i highly recommend you take a look at their games . they have three to date .\nhey ice pick ! i love your games , and pathologic is probably one of my all - time favorites . i ' ve always admired the original because decisions in gameplay had immediate ( and often drastic ) ramifications for players , and it was one of the first games for me where i decided that brute force was not going to be the most appropriate solution .\nas for the new ice - picks , alexandra says she ' d have thought that she ' s pretty sure it ' s illegal to interview her for a job since she ' s only 14 .\nalexandra here . i hate ice cream , sorry . i mean , you pay your money to eat snow . my mother used to tell me good girls don ' t eat snow . also it ' s cold .\n\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0436\u0430\u0435\u043c\u044b\u0435 ice - pick - lodge ! \u044f \u0438 \u043c\u043e\u0438 \u0440\u0435\u0431\u044f\u0442\u0430 \u043a\u0440\u0430\u0439\u043d\u0435 \u0440\u0430\u0434\u044b \u0432\u043e\u0437\u043c\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u043d\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0432\u0430\u043c , \u0430 \u0443\u0436 \u0442\u0435\u043c \u043f\u0430\u0447\u0435 \u0437\u0430\u0434\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0441\u043e\u0437\u0440\u0435\u0432\u0448\u0438\u0435 \u0432\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u044b . \u043c\u044b \u0434\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e \u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u0438\u043c \u0437\u0430 \u0432\u0430\u0448\u0438\u043c \u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u043c , \u0432\u0434\u043e\u0445\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043b\u044f\u0435\u043c\u0441\u044f \u0438 \u043f\u044b\u0442\u0430\u0435\u043c\u0441\u044f\n\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0432\u0435\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0438\u043c\n. \u043d\u0430\u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u044f\u043a\u0430 \u043c\u044b \u043d\u0435 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0432\u044b\u0435 , \u043a\u0442\u043e \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0443\u0442 \u0434\u043e\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0432\u0430\u0441 \u044d\u0442\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u0432\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0430\u043c\u0438 , \u043d\u043e \u043c\u044b \u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043d\u0430\u0434\u0435\u0435\u043c\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u0432\u0430\u0448\u0443 \u0441\u043d\u0438\u0441\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c : 1 ) \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0440\u0430\u0441\u043a\u0440\u0443\u0442\u0438\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f , \u0442\u043e \u0431\u0438\u0448\u044c \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0440\u0435\u043a\u043b\u0430\u043c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0441\u0435\u0431\u044f , \u0434\u043e\u043f\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043c , \u0441\u0432\u0435\u0436\u0435\u0438\u0441\u043f\u0435\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0443\u044e \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0443 \u0438\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0432 ? 2 ) \u043d\u0443\u0436\u043d\u043e \u043b\u0438 \u0441\u0432\u044f\u0437\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0441 \u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0438\u0437\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043d\u044b\u043c\u0438 \u0438\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e \u043b\u044e\u0434\u044c\u043c\u0438 , \u0434\u0430\u0431\u044b \u0438\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0438\u0445 \u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u0432 \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0438\u0433\u0440\u0435 \u0432 \u043a\u0430\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435 \u0437\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0439 , \u044e\u043c\u043e\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u043e\u0442\u0441\u044b\u043b\u043a\u0438 ? 3 ) \u043c\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e \u043b\u0438 \u0441 \u0432\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0432\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f ? \u0442\u043e \u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0443\u0442 \u043b\u0438 \u0441\u0445\u043e\u0434\u043a\u0438 , \u043c\u0435\u0440\u043e\u043f\u0440\u0438\u044f\u0442\u0438\u044f ? \u0438\u0431\u043e \u0431\u0435\u0437\u0443\u043c\u043d\u043e \u0445\u043e\u0447\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0432\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0435\u0441\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u043e \u0432\u0441\u0435\u0439 \u0432\u0430\u0448\u0435\u0439 \u0431\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0435\u0439 , \u0442\u043e \u0445\u043e\u0442\u044f \u0431\u044b \u043b\u0438\u0446\u0435\u0437\u0440\u0435\u0442\u044c \u0433\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0440\u0443\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0435\u043a\u0442\u0430 , \u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430\u044f ? \u0438\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u043d\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0435 \u0441\u043f\u0430\u0441\u0438\u0431\u043e \u0437\u0430 \u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0449\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0432\u0437\u043e\u0440 ! )\nis . . . um . . . well , it certainly is different . there ' s . . . well , there ' s naked dwarfs . you kick them in the rump for fun . there ' s . . . um . . . well , the masks . . . floating penguin ice fortress . . .\nget anything and everything ( a digital copy of pathologic + a digital soundtrack + a digital art book + an in - game item + a digital book + beta access to the game + a digital copy of original pathologic + a kickstarter - exclusive in - game event + your name in the credits + alpha access to the game + a physical copy of the soundtrack + a signed printed art book + a printed book + a physical map of the town + five huge high quality posters + an iron heart and a brand + pathologic tabletop game ) + a tragedian mask + a bendy tragedian + a limited edition physical copy of pathologic concept art + free keys to all ice - pick games released in the next ten years + an executioner mask . you\u2019ll be the one to get to the bottom of it all . you\u2019ll be the one who gets it . you\u2019ll be the one who buries the bodies afterwards .\nget tier 3 ( a digital copy of pathologic + a digital soundtrack + a digital art book + an in - game item + a digital book + beta access to the game + a digital copy of original pathologic + a kickstarter - exclusive in - game event + your name in the credits + alpha access to the game + a physical copy of the soundtrack + a signed printed art book + a printed book + a physical map of the town + a huge high quality poster + an iron heart and a brand + pathologic tabletop game ) + a tragedian mask + a bendy tragedian + a limited edition physical copy of pathologic concept art + free keys to all ice - pick games released in the next ten years . we won\u2019t be releasing those arts , so it\u2019s the only way to get them as a fine poster signed by the artist . we will hopefully be releasing more games though , and you\u2019ll be getting those too .\nten years is a long time . how many of you nine were there at the first attempt ? those who were : if you could give your younger self one hint about that development process , what would you have told him / her ? to those who were not : if you had been to a job interview 10 years ago , and the interviewer asked you that annoying\nwhere do you see yourself in ten years\n, and then a voice from the future tells you\nthou shalt breach the ice for misery and beauty\n, what would you have thought ?\nso , yes , the delay is saddening . but what i\u2019ve played of the game is absolutely splendid .\nthe demo that i enjoyed at gamescom will be available , in slightly spiffier form , to kickstarter alpha backers in the next couple of months . they\u2019re in for a treat . this new take on pathologic feels like ( and indeed is ) a new creative team tackling a familiar idea , under the guidance of the original creator . it\u2019s not just prettier and a little bit tidier , it\u2019s creepier , slier and wittier . within fifteen minutes of being reintroduced to the bachelor , one of three playable characters , i\u2019d laughed out loud at his indignant pomposity , which is such a beautifully absurd response to a dying world .\none of my favourite things about pathologic is that everyone in the game has their own specific interpretation of the plague , its origins and its purpose ( for plagues can indeed have purposes ) . logic collides with superstition , but folk remedies and parlour games can seem more rational than medicine and other scientific solutions . the bachelor\u2019s appeals to reason are increasingly nonsensical in a world that has amputated its reason and limps on regardless . that\u2019s horrifying , sure , but in the hands of a writer who understands the attraction of the absurd , it\u2019s also a great source of humour .\n\u201cfirst of all , we have a first playable\u2026 thing that will in a couple of months go to the backers of the questions and answers tier and higher ( basically , the alpha backers ) . this is not an alpha though , but rather a short spin - off story that we used to showcase the mood and setting of pathologic at gamescom . it doesn\u2019t feature every in - game mechanic and offers the content that won\u2019t be present in the final game . but first we\u2019ll need this couple of months to polish it so that it would run better and wouldn\u2019t require developers\u2019 hints to play properly . \u201d\n\u201cthe original plans for the release date were set with the basic scope of the game in mind . it seems a bit immodest to admit , but we did include our first stretch goal , the town expanded , into that ; but not the rest of them . the game has grown in scope now , so developing it properly requires additional time .\n\u201calso , the vision for this version of pathologic has shifted during the development . what started as a humble rejuvenation of a classic beloved by the studio turned into a full - fledged reimagining rather quickly , but it took us time to realize what that truly entails . the corners that we were planning to cut turned into diamond quickly . however faithful to the original vision , this pathologic is a new game in many aspects , from the engine to the concept art .\n\u201ccreating an open - world game in unity is trying . we are solving the riddles the game\u2019s code throws at us valiantly , but then again , there\u2019s no point in releasing a pretty , but stuttering thing , right ? and teaching it proper enunciation turned to require a bit more man - hours than we were hoping .\n\u201cour miscalculation was embarrassing , and we are fully prepared to accept the thoroughly - deserved stones you may be willing to throw in our general direction , but we want to do it right . if nothing else , the game itself deserves it . \u201d\ni\u2019ll be writing up more thorough thoughts about what i\u2019ve seen of the remake soon .\nif you click our links to online stores and make a purchase we may receive a few pennies . find more information here .\ni\u2019m planning to stay away from pathologic hd and concentrate on the real new pathologic once it is ready . unless people with more knowledge would recommend otherwise . for a person who\u2019s never touched pathologic before ?\neasy question . play pathologic hd . the new one is not a remake , it\u2019s a re - imagining . more like a pathologic 2 or maybe 1 . 75 ( that\u2019s how i\u2019m interpreting it ) . the hd version will give you a real sense for how this world works so you can dive right into the new one and not be completely confus\nbut i would recommend giving the original ( hdified ) a try . the worst thing that can happen is that you play a brilliant game twice , which is not a terrible outcome . ( also , pathologic is sort of three games in one , because each of the three protagonists has a quite different story , so you could play one of them in the old pathologic and another in the new pathologic and the third one in whichever you liked better . )\nthanks as well ! i\u2019ve been wanting to keep my knowledge of the game limited and since i read the praise articles about it a long time ago , i didn\u2019t even remember / know that dividing the game to three different protagonists .\nit\u2019s 2 - 0 to playing the hd now . perhaps , perhaps i will try the hd version eventually then .\ni mentioned it in the comments section here before ( and the translator for the game even replied to me ! ) but my favourite bit of the bachelor\u2019s dialogue ( and display of his ridiculous pompousness ) in the original game is a small exchange you can have with random guardsmen where the guard says to whistle if he gets in trouble and the bachelor gets a little defensive because he\u2019s not able to whistle .\nyeah , that\u2019s pretty great , reminds me of the trick you see in a few twine games when they want to reveal something about your character , and they allow another character to get the truth out of you according to your own failure to hide it . it\u2019s really satisfying when it works .\ni\u2019m curious what leads you to interpret it as defensive . one of the key reasons for my own optimism about the remake ( and the studio in general ) is the consistent skill and authorial voice throughout everything they write ( in english , no less ) .\nit might be a translation artifact . the original message is written in russian .\nas a matter of fact , more often than not updates are written in english first .\ni really enjoyed the original one , certainly one of the most unique gaming experiences around . i haven\u2019t played the 2015 remaster though since it\u2019s basically the same as the original . this new one might be worth a purchase though , if it appears on gog .\nnot really . the 2015 hd version was simply a polished re - release ; think of it as a blu - ray edition of a cult movie , with new subtitles and slightly fewer scratches in the picture , but it\u2019s still the same thing .\nthis is a , well , probably a reimagining ? same basic concept , but a quite different approach . it\u2019s a full remake made by the same director , but he\u2019s older and more experienced now and not afraid to make some radical changes .\ni am so damn glad they are remaking this . pathologic has interested me for more than a decade now , but i never got around to it . . but then i was happy to back the kickstarter and am really looking forward to finished game .\nbeing late doesn\u2019t worry me . i think pathologic belongs in that very special subsection of games like kentucky route zero where it exists when it\u2019s ready , like a fine wine or cheese .\nlike we said before , many game systems have already been locked in place , and most of our resources go into content creation these days . still , we keep fine - tuning interfaces and experimenting with sub - systems ! so let\u2019s dive right into them .\ntrade and barter are the bread and butter of the game\u2019s economy\u2014and since it is , in many ways , a resource management game , you will likely spend a lot of time buying , selling , and trading for items . the screens for trade and especially barter took us a while to fine - tune : it\u2019s oddly tough to visualize the idea of item value when it\u2019s not monetary , and convey the understanding that different characters value different goods differently .\nto be done : we\u2019re happy with our current trade and barter screens and are now mostly concerned with balancing economy .\nremember the simpler time , when veins were straighter and organs , less numerous ? and blood was drained from a knee ? ( this is an older version of the same screen . )\ntrade , however , is a common mechanic in video games , so there\u2019s a bunch of solutions that we can draw inspiration from . things become more fun when we work on a unique , lore - heavy system , like autopsy . even though the process is seemingly straightforward ( you take a body , you cut an organ out , you take it ) , it\u2019s not always trivial to communicate .\nto be done : in this case , we want to make clearer still what \u201corgan damage\u201d is and how it works .\nthat was the new district - by - district system of dynamic reputation , by the way , that ensures that if you choose to go on a murderous rampage , people will remember\u2026 but not in a magic \u2018stop right there , criminal scum\u2019 sort of way . only the local community cares , so if your reputation in a district drops , you try to avoid the place\u2026 unless you need something or someone there .\nthe system works as intended , but we need to balance what raises and lowers your reputation , because the townsfolk seem reeeeally unforgiving of petty theft now .\npicking herbs , that the haruspex needs for his concoctions , is a process that needs to be both streamlined ( i . e . the player should be able to find them with reasonable ease , not waste half an hour on a single blade of swevery ) and non - intrusive visually . the system we\u2019ve implemented works as intended , throwing something more on top of visual alerts .\nas you are hopefully aware , the most important ipl - related question is whether the lodger\u2019s scarf is soft and fleecy enough ; and we are proud to announce that it has finally been answered .\nwhile video games are regrettably immaterial , the sensory aspect has always been important to us . so it is with great pleasure that we announce that you can now actually\nsome things of our making . running this little production also helps us create a pipeline to make sure the backer rewards are of great quality when we finally produce them ( which is , by the way , soon now ) .\nafter backers receive their rewards , some of those goods will also become available in the shop .\nmore goods are to come , so if you\u2019re into this sort of thing , please stay tuned . we ship anywhere in the world .\nit\u2019s not a full report , mind you . but we haven\u2019t been sitting on our hands , and there is progress to share .\nis a very sensory game . it\u2019s depicts a disease that , among other things , is spread through bodily contact , so we want the player to always be conscious of what their avatar is touching . at the same time , showing a clunky animation each time you eat a slice of bread would be annoying .\nthe compromise was to make the inventory ui slick and minimalistic , while highlighting the high - resolution image of everything you\u2019re looking at . it doesn\u2019t emulate the feeling of touching objects with your hands perfectly , but it does make the process of using items less mindless . previously the hi - res image was only available on the item inspection screen .\nmore qol improvements , like tooltips better explaining the ways you can interact with items . and an improved item inspection screen .\nand don\u2019t let it get lost on its way , since it contains a link to theodor bastard\u2019s utopia\u2014a bonus album , the tracks from which you\u2019ll hear in the game . this beautiful , shamanistic , and at times downright scary music will either put you in a meditative trance or the state of utter dread . a perfect addition to any pathologic lover christmas party .\nyou will receive a direct link to the los\u0435less files , drm - free .\nwe have received a bunch of questions after the recent announcement . a perfect opportunity to make a real faq instead of inventing questions , like we do sometimes ! without further ado , here we go .\nq . tell us more . who is in control now ? who makes creative decisions ?\nwe kept our independence , ip , and creative control . tinybuild is an indie publisher . they work with small teams and have no reason to change our style . they merely want to make the game known to broader audiences\u2014a desire that we share .\nno one says stuff like , \u201clet\u2019s recolor the changeling\u2014blonds are all the rage now\u201d , or \u201ctwelve days are too much , how about five ? \u201d we always have the final say in all things creative .\nthat said , tinybuild are not silent , of course . they do provide feedback . \u201cadding a lamp made looting much more engaging . \u201d \u201ccurrently , recoil doesn\u2019t make it clear if you have more ammo or not . \u201d \u201cthe street ambience works really well , adding to the atmosphere ; can we have more of that ? \u201d an outsider\u2019s look is useful\u2014especially late in the development , when you tend to get tunnel vision .\nis heading as a franchise , and what this means for the game you\u2019ve kickstarted .\nin the good old days of game development , typically you\u2019d get a publishing deal in place \u2014 receive funding from a publisher , and lock yourselves in for a couple of years until you ship something . repeat every few years . it\u2019s clear this work method no longer works , not for us or for the industry as a whole . releasing\n. the build will have a slightly smaller town and a few systems in place to demonstrate the atmosphere and some of the upcoming gameplay mechanics . we will gather feedback from fans , and adjust the direction of development based on this feedback .\nin the old structure , we would spend months on getting complicated systems in place , and hope everything comes together in the end .\ntoday we spend shorter sprints on accomplishing smaller tasks , and playtest what we\u2019ve accomplished \u2014 figuring out if the direction is still the right one . this empowered us to come up with a few fun mechanics that\u2019ll be playable this weekend at paxwest in seattle .\nif the reception of the paxwest demo is positive , that\u2019ll be the first alpha we release to you guys . stay tuned .\ntake a look at the paxwest demo in action . this is all live gameplay .\nthe new pathologic will become unavailable for pledging this thursday . this means you will no longer be able to support the development of the game by preordering it ; it also means you will no longer be able to purchase add - ons such as posters , pendants , and other thingamajigs .\nat some point in the future , we\u2019re planning to launch a shop that will sell some of these items\u2014not as rewards , but simply as merchendise . but the plans are not set , so we\u2019re can\u2019t tell you when it happens and which particular items will be available , so if something on the backer portal has caught your eye already , do consider ordering it right now while the option is still there .\nif you\u2019ve already ordered something and your backer portal account is not empty , you will still be able to manage the funds as you please ( e . g . choose a different reward with the same cost ) . you just won\u2019t be able to refill the balance .\nof 2005 . the sick , foggy town . the dilapidated structures sprayed here and there . the odonghe and herb brides and kids , these little stray dogs roaming the streets . the languid townsfolk , suspicious of a stranger yet seemingly nonchalant about the odonghe and feral kids .\ndon\u2019t get us wrong , there were interesting choices in how some of the townspeople moved . drunks , determined to move in their swaying plod to their last day are just one example . kids also had a few lovely , albeit unpolished motions . moreover , there was\nsince there was little hope the amount of animation was going to get smaller , it was natural for us to turn to motion capture\u2014a technology that had long earned it place in the game development industry .\na dead doll on a stage . the machinery of a diseased town . a bizarre and unnerving beaked silhouette that follows the hero .\nmade by kol belov in 2003 and based on a song of a band called theodor bastard . we first saw it when the original\nwas still a work in progress\u2014and immediately felt certain kinship . \u201cwe were making the game in the comfort of knowing that next to us , other people were creating these wonderful , bizarre things , \u201d says nikolay dybowski . \u201cdepressing but magical things ; creepy things that are somehow oddly reassuring ! \u201d\nover the years he returned to the animated short many times , drawing inspiration from it . however , at the time we never got past watching this one movie . thankfully , when in 2016 an opportunity to team up with theodor bastard to make something together occurred to us , we were ready to jump at it .\nwe ' ve detected that javascript is disabled in your browser . would you like to proceed to legacy twitter ?\nhey look , it ' s a new progress report ! showing how pathologic 2 is doing in a bunch of gifs . behold :\nwant to know which features we were working on for the last few months ? we got you covered ! behold the new pathologic report . it has cool gifs .\n2017 was an exhausting year , but let ' s end it with a bang , shall we ? or rather with a huge gif - laden post highlighting the coolest aspects of pathologic 2 you haven ' t seen before . dive right in :\ntoday . eligible backers will receive a link to theodor bastard ' s utopia\u2014a bonus ost to pathologic 2 . perfect for making your christmas party a truly haunting experience . urltoken\nyou got questions ? we got answers . here ' s a recent news faq :\n, an open world survival horror game in a town consumed by plague . trailer :\nthe new pathologic will become unavailable for pledging this thursday . so now ' s your last chance to preorder stuff !\nknock - knock .\nwho ' s there ?\nxbox one .\nxbox one who ?\nxbox one\u2122 .\nknock - knock is available on xbox one now :\nto\nanimate\nsomeone literally means\nto breathe life into them .\nwe do it to our dolls too . more on that :\ntwitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup . try again or visit twitter status for more information .\nyou can add location information to your tweets , such as your city or precise location , from the web and via third - party applications . you always have the option to delete your tweet location history . learn more\nhere ' s the url for this tweet . copy it to easily share with friends .\nby embedding twitter content in your website or app , you are agreeing to the twitter developer agreement and developer policy .\nnot on twitter ? sign up , tune into the things you care about , and get updates as they happen .\nthis timeline is where you\u2019ll spend most of your time , getting instant updates about what matters to you .\nhover over the profile pic and click the following button to unfollow any account .\nwhen you see a tweet you love , tap the heart \u2014 it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love .\nthe fastest way to share someone else\u2019s tweet with your followers is with a retweet . tap the icon to send it instantly .\nadd your thoughts about any tweet with a reply . find a topic you\u2019re passionate about , and jump right in .\npathologic 2 is an open world survival thriller set in a town that\u2019s being consumed by a deadly plague . face the realities of a collapsing society as you make difficult choices in seemingly lose - lose situations . the plague isn\u2019t just a disease . you can\u2019t save everyone . get to know it , winning the affection of the locals and gaining allies , or try to carve your own path alone . explore the town , its inhabitants , and their traditions ; fight both the plague itself and its victims ; try to make a difference before the time runs out .\nfigure out who killed your father while fighting a deadly plague . it\u2019s up to you to assume his mantle of the town\u2019s chief medic . find your alleged twin sister . was she the one who had brought the plague to this town ? the local kids are hiding something . try playing by their rules .\nfight the disease . do you think a doctor\u2019s job is to ease pain ? what if it means you have to cut out someone\u2019s heart in order to produce medicine ? your instruments are crude , and the plague can be many things . it wanders the streets while you\u2019re searching for its source ; it waits for an opportune moment to corrupt your own body . and getting closed to your goal matters little if you\u2019re dying .\nthe epidemic is realistically simulated , which means that it\u2019ll unfold in real time , affecting both the gameplay mechanics and the plot . do you need to cut corners in a hurry , or perhaps you\u2019re looking for a butcher ? tough luck\u2014if the district you need is infected , it\u2019ll become a danger zone . shops\u2019ll close , houses\u2019ll lock down , and the air itself\u2019ll become poisonous . but you may not have another option .\nsurvival . you\u2019ll find no zombies here\u2014it\u2019s the real deal . hunger , thirst , fatigue , and immunity are all gameplay mechanics . your foe is merciless and ceaseless . each hour the plague claims more lives\u2026 and yet you still need to sleep ! bread from an infected house is dangerous\u2026 but what if you\u2019re starving and shops deny you service ? and does survival only mean the preservation of your body anyway ?\nscavenge , gather , trade . you\u2019ll always be hard pressed for resources , money not excluded . but money can\u2019t save your life\u2014you can\u2019t eat it , you can\u2019t heal with it , and you may find out money is worthless . so you\u2019ll barter with townsfolk , and that\u2019ll keep you afloat\u2026 if you\u2019re fine with taking bullets from kids and trading your only gun for a loaf of bread .\nfights are both simple and hard . you\u2019ll find threats here and there : bandits at night , looters , the sick insane with pain , and simply those who don\u2019t like you . pathologic 2 is not a shooter\u2014it doesn\u2019t take many bullets to kill someone . but you may only have one left , or your gun may misfire , or perhaps you simply won\u2019t like killing innocent victims . running or hiding is generally preferable , but you can\u2019t run forever .\nexplore both the town and the characters . in pathologic 2 nothing is accidental\u2014every place and every person has a story to tell . you are free to go anywhere making your own story , but remember that no one and nothing will wait for you .\n2005 : pathologic \u2014 a story of survival in a self - conscious city struck with an unknown disease . it required a lot of wandering , a great deal of reading and a fluid perspective of events .\n2008 - 2009 : the void ( also known as tension , russian : \u0442\u0443\u0440\u0433\u043e\u0440 / turgor ) \u2014 a story of survival in a monochrome world of the void where every living thing depends on color . every action there was done by drawing , and the hero was represented as a transparent human - shaped vessel . [ 1 ]\n2011 : cargo ! the quest for gravity \u2014 too crazy even for its creators , this story is set in a word that faced its apocalypse because of the loss of gravity . there you had to drop the flying islands back into the ocean and to convert the submersibles into the aircrafts .\n2013 : knock - knock \u2014 a story of a lonely forester haunted by strange nighttime visitors . there you had to analyze the causes of insanity , gradually getting to the understanding of being played with by the rules that differ from the initial conventions . [ 2 ]\n2015 : pathologic classic hd \u2014 a remaster of the 2005 cult classic . updated textures , higher resolutions support , new visual effects , brand new in - house english translation , and many other improvements .\n2018 : pathologic 2 \u2014 a reimagining and modern take of the 2005 cult classic . still in development .\nthis page was last edited on 1 september 2017 , at 22 : 02 .\ncontent is available under cc by - nc - sa 3 . 0 unless otherwise noted . game content and materials are trademarks and copyrights of their respective publisher and its licensors . all rights reserved . this site is a part of curse , inc . and is not affiliated with the game publisher .\n12 days in a town devoured by plague . it ' s an enemy you can ' t kill . it ' s a game where you can\u2019t save everyone\npathologic is a plot - driven survival open - world adventure game for pc / mac / linux , ps4 , and xbox one .\nwe have reached our funding goal already , but the road ahead of us is still long ! there are several stretch goals that would make pathologic an even more fulfilling experience if achieved . they are listed below . if you want to learn about the game , please scroll down to the original pitch .\nas is stated in \u201crisks and challenges\u201d below , we do have investments that would allow us to make pathologic in any case , and this whole kickstarter is like a huge stretch goal for us . the money we ask for is what we need to create a perfect game . we don\u2019t want to add superfluous entities on top . still , we do have more ideas that we believe will fit pathologic . these are things we really want to make , but they would require a bigger team ( or postponing the release , which is something we\u2019d like to avoid ) . if we get more funding , they will become possible by the planned release date , though .\nachieved the town extended ( $ 300 , 000 ) . this stretch goal seems pretty self - explanatory , and yet it\u2019s the toughest one to explain . we\u2019ve launched this whole campaign to make an extended version of the game after all , didn\u2019t we ? thing is , it\u2019s always possible to add more . more unique objects , more dialogue options , more questlines , more events happening around you . and it won\u2019t be filler content either . say , there are plot - dependent areas planned in the warehouse district ; but what if you could also find caches and hideouts there ? what if street npcs had additional reactions to your activities ? what if there were simply more questlines ? you would become even more hard - pressed for time , sure , but we\u2019ll balance it . the town is a finished place , but we can always improve it intensively , adding more small locations , hidden corners , nooks and crannies . also : more quests , more npcs\u2014more content in general .\nthe steppe extended ( $ 350 , 000 ) . the steppe is rather poor in terms of content right now , and that makes sense , since the plot of pathologic takes place mostly in a single location , the characters being unable to leave the town . while we don\u2019t intend to change that , we can sneak in some loopholes , inviting the characters to explore new and fresh locations in the steppe ( close to the town , of course ) . it can even lead to them having new activities there . that also obviously means more quests , more steppe npcs , more weird creatures , and generally more steppiness .\nlucid dreaming ( $ 400 , 000 ) . thoughts and ideas are an important part of pathologic , and it\u2019s known that the plague \u201cspeaks to its victims , scrutinizing them\u201d . we would like that to become an even more prevalent motif , adding dreams in form of interactive experiences . got infected ? go see the plague in person . found out new crucial information that completely changes everything ? same here . all those hints and omens dropped and mentioned everywhere will now appear in the flesh . also more weird and creepy imagery . and these are not random events\u2014they will depend on how you play and how the plot you create unfolds .\ntermitary and abattoir ( $ 450 , 000 ) . the original pathologic only showed you a chart of these behemoth constructions rather than their real innards . the poor interiors did nothing to reflect their grandeur . we\u2019ll change that in the remake anyway , sure , but reaching this stretch goal would allow us to make a full - fledged ethnographic expedition into the termitary and the abattoir . you\u2019ll be able to see the daily life , the traditions , and the culture of a very peculiar working community of steppe butchers that live inside and retain multiple traits of a primitive society . it\u2019s \u201ca town inside the town\u201d , and it\u2019ll contain loads of new content , quests , and experiences .\na small prequel ( $ 550 , 000 ) . pathologic is plot - heavy , and a lot of important stuff happens right before the start of the game . as a player , you\u2019ll uncover the partial truth behind the events that have shaped the current state of the town , but you\u2019ll never be able to see the perfect and complete picture . you\u2019ll never be able to see them at all\u2014only speculate . simply showing these events would be a spoiler , but we\u2019re keen on making an additional day - long story with unique content . it won\u2019t be kickstarter - exclusive . please keep in mind that it won\u2019t feature the same playable characters . the whole point of the prequel is to show you the things that the main trio would never be able to see and learn . but you will .\na mysterious and deadly disease breaks out in a remote town built upon old tanneries and butcheries . whilst the disease can be identified by physical symptoms , its roots and origins remain mysterious . the disease is highly infectious and deadly . it affects the neural and the blood - circulating systems , crippling both body and mind .\nto fight the epidemic the local authorities first send a learned doctor , then an inquisitor ordered to assess the situation , then a military commander . the first has to investigate the disease and find an optimal solution ; the second has to save as many lives as possible while executing said solution ; the third has the right to exterminate the whole town should the others run out of options .\nalong with the authorities\u2019 agents two volunteers find their way through the town along with the learned doctor , who goes by the name of the bachelor . one of them , the changeling , is a strange girl who believes she can heal with her hands , and the other , the haruspex , is a talented amateur who\u2019s fond of experimental surgery .\ntaking on the role of one of these doctors , you\u2019ll explore the town , its weird traditions , and the complex relationships of its inhabitants . you will only have twelve days to defeat the invisible enemy called the sand plague .\ntime will become one of your most precious resources . choices will haunt your every step . you\u2019ll want to get closer to your goal , but sometimes it\u2019ll all come down to mere survival . in a time when everyone is in danger , would you lend a gun to a person who may use it with ill intent ? would you try to save someone who claims they don\u2019t need to be saved ? would you share your medicine with important figures who will unveil the town\u2019s numerous secrets in return , or would you rather help an ordinary stranger in need ? or maybe even selfishly keep the pills in case you get sick ? and sooner or later you will\u2014pathologic is a bleak and harsh survival adventure that\u2019ll make sure of it .\nit\u2019s a place where the main factory is ruled by a five - year - old girl , where districts are named after body parts , where bulls can only be slaughtered by the initiated , and where ideas and projects banned from the capital somehow thrive .\nif there\u2019s one thing games are good at , it\u2019s creating a sense of place , immersive and real . imagine a remote town\u2014so small it doesn\u2019t even seem to have a name , a town where obscure traditions intertwine with progressive ideas and industrialization . you are an outsider here , and yet the town is yours . you\u2019ll be the one to secure its fate , you\u2019ll be the one it\u2019ll open up to , sharing its secrets and mysteries . its inhabitants will confide in you , its history will come back to life before your eyes , and its architecture will tell you stories .\nnow imagine this town ravaged by an invisible and merciless enemy . the sand plague .\nbut we\u2019re not just building a body\u2014a physical place . we want to make an immersive town that feels alive , yes , but our main goal is to create a town filled with ideas . we want to make you feel that every nook and cranny is worth investigating , that it\u2019s there for a reason .\nthe town is remote and thus relatively small , but it\u2019s also very dense , open for exploration . every second building has a name , every district is there for a reason , every street is a thread in the story . it\u2019s a steppe town formed around a behemoth slaughterhouse , but paradoxically the locals worship bulls . a huge construction defying the laws of physics , called the polyhedron , lies to the west . the air is thick , and for some reason there is a sacrificial site right inside the town . it\u2019s hard to understand how it all holds together .\nwhich is why you\u2019ll have to become a kind of sleuth . why is it forbidden to dig wells here ? how on earth does the polyhedron not fall ? do actors in the theatre really perform even when there\u2019s no audience to watch their plays ? we want to make each step you make intriguing and meaningful .\npathologic is hard to define , so we\u2019d rather describe what it feels like and what you can do there . if you\u2019re impatient or hard - pressed for time , it may be a good idea to scroll down to the feature list .\nthe plot of pathologic is broken down into twelve days , each of them carrying new stories , quests , and events . time flows mercilessly : if you fail to finish a task when it\u2019s due , the opportunity is lost\u2014as are human lives . you are completely free to roam and explore the town , bartering , talking to strangers and generally surviving ( which is hard enough to begin with and becomes harder and harder as time goes by and the sand plague becomes more and more deadly ) .\nyou\u2019ll have to keep your body healthy . the hero needs to eat and sleep , to take care of their immune system\u2014it\u2019s the only thing that can preserve them from being infected with the plague . to do all that , you\u2019ll need resources ( fresh water , bandages , bullets ; even bread and coffee beans ! ) , and procuring them in the town torn apart by the epidemic is not an easy task : inflation and panic will try to strip you naked , making merchants greedy and townsfolk suspicious . you\u2019ll have to be creative while bartering , try to avoid fights , even scavenge infected houses , and you\u2019ll still feel hard - pressed for stuff .\nbut your scariest enemy is not a bandit armed to his teeth , but rather the disease itself . man can kill man , but the plague slowly kills the whole town , devouring it district by district . so the sick will come to you begging you to save them\u2026 and exposing you to the infection . is compassion still possible even when it puts you in direct danger ?\nafter the district is ravaged by the disease , muggers and looters find their way there . they are searching for food , weapons , perhaps even clothing\u2014in other words , for resources you desperately need to survive ( or are you perhaps a marauder yourself ? ) . and the plague hides everywhere\u2014in every man and woman , in every object\u2014waiting to strike where it hurts most .\nso you , one of the best doctors in the town , will inevitably get sick . sickness doesn\u2019t necessarily mean imminent death though . you can fight the disease in your own body\u2026 but infection makes you a threat\u2014a vector , albeit an unwilling one . you will find yourself killing the town with your very hands while trying to save it . it will take all you\u2019ve got to bring more good than harm , and there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019ll do that not by providing medicine and pills , but by thinking outside of the box and uncovering the town\u2019s numerous mysteries ."]}
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", "topic": 31}], "title": "khlibnyi dar", "paragraphs": ["small ;\n> khlibnyi dar vodka is a product of the ukraine , a country known for a reputation of smooth vodkas . the khlibnyi dar is distinct in that it is a blend of grain - - using each wheat , rye , and barley - - instead of the customary 100 % wheet - based vodka ukraine is generally known for . the vodka is produced at the national vodka company of the ukraine and owned by the alcohol traditions company , also of ukraine .\nkhlibnyi dar klasychna\nclassic\n\u2014crystal , limpid artesian water extracted from the depths of the fertile cherkassy land . ideally clear , luxury - class spirit made of perfect ukrainian grain which has ripened under the hot sun . together , they create the classical , soft , noteworthy taste typical of vodka . best combined with a slice of smoked bacon on rye bread and pickles . khlibnyi dar ( meaning\nbread gift\n) is a combination of unique , natural artesian water from the fertile cherkassy land , lux - grain - class spirit , and the best aromatic wheat , rye , and barley alcohol . since it is made from only natural ingredients , no additional purification , artificial enrichment , or improvement is needed . khlibnyi dar is also environmentally friendly and self sufficient , like nature itself . this grain vodka with real bread flavor has long been called\nbread wine\nand chosen as a historical tradition . today , khlibnyi dar is the number - one grain vodka in ukraine . for 10 years in a row , its trademark has symbolized consistent quality and supported real values : strong friendship , family ideals , and loyalty to national traditions .\nhlebnyi dar is one of the most popular vodkas in the world . according to the millionaires\u2019 club - drinks international ranking of the biggest selling brands in the global spirits industry - hlebnyi dar is in the top 3 alongside such major players as smirnoff and absolut . for more than 10 years in a row , hlebnyi dar has been the symbol of unalterably high quality and real values of life : love for the motherland and loyalty to its traditions , respectful attitude to people and their labour . the brand line expended with primal position hlebnyi dar craft edition in 2017 .\nif you are the brand owner or marketer for this product , please resubmit this brand for a current tastings review by registering it at : urltoken if you have any additional questions regarding the submission process , please contact us .\nto be 87 points out of 100 on 10 / 24 / 2012 . please note that msrp may have changed since the date of our review .\njavascript seems to be disabled in your browser . you must have javascript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website .\ndue to restrictive state laws and regulations , we are prohibited to ship to the following states : illinois , indiana , iowa , kentucky , maryland , pensylvania , texas , utah and washington .\nfor the states of louisiana and new hampshire , we are planning to obtain permits to be able to ship to these states .\nevery effort is made to display accurate vintages ( the year the grapes were harvested ) on our wines , however some vintages may not have been updated . you have the option to either allow or decline a vintage substitution if we do not have the listed vintage in stock .\nas a retailer of wine and spirits , we require all shoppers to be at least 21 years of age .\nyou must be of legal drinking age to enter and use this site . to find out more about responsible consumption , visit the foundation for advancing alcohol responsibility and www . responsibility . org .\nthese wine ratings are based on a 100 - point quality scale , and are selected by each publication ' s unique criteria . some wine ratings are expressed as ranges . when this occurs we will list the highest score in the range and note the full range within the tasting note . while ratings may influence your decision , the ultimate judgment is your palate .\nurltoken is not sponsored by , affiliated or associated with pinotreport , burghound . com , wine spectator , wine enthusiast , the wine advocate , wine & spirits , international wine cellars , connoisseurs ' guide , the australian wine companion , jamessuckling . com , decanter or vinous .\nall images used are assumed to be promotional / marketing photos made available to the press for the purpose of describing and reviewing spirits . if any party feels that intellectual property rights issues exist or that images are being used without permission , please contact us and we will address the concern immediately .\nwe are currently working on tagging every bottle on our site with keywords ( that ' s over 10 , 000 bottles ! ) , but we haven ' t made it to this bottle yet .\nhere are the barcodes we have collected from various sizes of this bottle . if you have additional barcodes please\nsee an error ? 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( one should be mindful of the usage : horilka z pertsem refers to horilka bottled with hot chilli peppers , whereas pertsivka typically refers to horilka spiced with the essence of pepper . horilka z pertsem always refers to a ukrainian spirit , whereas pertsivka or pertsovka may refer to russian vodka . ) medova z pertsem is the combination of horilka with chili peppers and honey .\nmost of these preparations are aged with fruit for several weeks or months , then strained or decanted . some recipes call for the jars to be placed on the rooftop , for maximum bleaching by the sun . many include the addition of home - made syrup for a strong liqueur , others yield very dry , clear spirit . some involve the fermentation of fruit as well as addition of horilka . preparations which are baked in an oven , in a pot sealed with bread dough , are called zapikanka , varenukha or palynka .\nhorilka plays a role in traditional weddings in ukraine and in eastern slovakia and southern poland .\nthe word horilka is attested in 1562 ( \u0433\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043b\u043a\u0430 ) and 1678 ( \u0433\u043e\u0440\u0463\u043b\u043a\u0430 ) . dialectic variants are harilka , horilash , horilytsya , horilets\u2019 , horilukha , z\u00b7horivka , zorivka , orilka , as well as western ukrainian horivka , horychka .\nthe word comes from the same root as the verb hority , \u2018to burn\u2019 , similarly to belarusian harelka , south russian gorelka , czech ko\u0159alka , and slovak goralka , gor\u017eolka . it is considered to have come about following the polish example gorza\u0142ka , possibly as an abbreviation of a compound word like horile vyno ( \u2018burning wine\u2019 ; compare the older word hor\u011bloe vyno , \u0433\u043e\u0440\u0463\u043b\u043e\u0435 \u0432\u0438\u043d\u043e , attested in 1511 ) or horila ( ya ) voda ( \u2018burning water\u2019 ; compare early czech p\u00e1len\u00e1 voda \u2192 p\u00e1lenka or hungarian / transylvanian palinka ) . it may be an adaptation of the early old high german der brannte wein \u2192 branntwein . also compare english brandy , short for brandywine , from dutch brandewijn , \u2018burning wine\u2019 .\na pertsivka or horilka z pertsem ( english : pepper flavoured horilka ) is the most widely associated type of horilka outside of ukraine . it is made with whole fruits of capsicum put into the bottle , turning horilka into a sort of bitters . sometimes perstsivka can be made also using honey , which is then called pertsivka z medom or medova z pertsem ( honey - pepper flavoured horilka ) . nemiroff is a ukrainian brand actively promoting pepper horilka worldwide through the heavy use of product placement in cinema . the brand and company don ' t have long traditions but pertsivka production itself does .\nhorilka that is bottled and sold by companies is usually distilled from wheat or rye . horilka may also contain honey or be distilled from honey , or contain chili peppers , mint or birch bud . the self - distilled alcoholic beverage is called samohon ( literally\nself - run\n,\nself - steered\n) and is the homemade variety of horilka , akin to moonshine .\nall vodka , all the time . we talk about vodka ; straight - up , mixed , the history , debate your favorite , developments with vodka distillers and vodka in the news .\ni bought one bottle yesterday . but i feel i should buy a lifetime worth , while i can at this price .\npronunciation of foreign words has been placed ( in brackets ) , whilst translations are [ in square brackets ] , after a | bold vertical bar . nalewka is a polish word used for flavoured vodka , often sweet and usually stronger than a liqueur ; a nastoyka or nastoyanka is basically the same thing , but how russians and ukrainians respectively call them . finally , i\u2019m no expert , i\u2019m just an eastern european dude who loves vodka , happens to know a bit about it and has tried plenty of brands . the minimum criteria for a product to get on my list is at least 30 % alcohol but preferably closer to 40 % or more , and its base has to be distilled from cereal grains \u2013 such as rye , wheat , barley \u2013 or from potatoes . ciroc and similar beverages are not real vodka as they are distilled from fruit , so they are closer to rakija and \u015bliwowica .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal ( winter wheat ) grain with a rather typical flavour , one that is strong and has slightly more intensity than the average vodka .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal grain with a rather typical flavour , one that is neutral and has a normal intensity . the export version is called \u201cgraduate\u201d .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal ( rye ) grain with a delicate flavour , one that is quite neutral and has an intensity that is slightly smoother than the average vodka .\ndescription : clear vodka made from potatoes with a very delicate flavour , one that is slightly oily and has a smooth intensity .\ndescription : clear vodka made from potatoes with a very delicate flavour , one that is quite neutral and has a smooth intensity .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal ( rye ) grain with a very delicate flavour , one that is quite neutral and has a smooth intensity .\ndescription : fruit nalewka made using vodka from cereal ( rye ) grain and spiced cherries , one that has a sweet and slightly spicy flavour with a very intense aroma of cherry .\ndescription : aromatised vodka made from cereal grain and natural floral extracts with a slightly sweet flavour , one that has an intensity that is slightly smoother than the average vodka .\ndescription : flavoured vodka made from cereal grain and natural walnut extracts with a unique flavour , one that has a normal intensity and a light aroma of walnut .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal ( rye ) grain with a quite typical flavour , one that is neutral and has a normal intensity .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal ( barley ) grain with a rather typical flavour , one that is strong and has slightly more intensity than the average vodka .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal ( wheat ) grain with a delicate flavour , one that is quite neutral and has an intensity that is slightly smoother than the average vodka .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal ( wheat , rye and barley ) grain with a quite typical flavour , one that is strong and has noticeably more intensity than the average vodka .\nbrand : j . a . baczewski \u2013 monopolowa | ( bachevski monopolova ) [ j . a . baczewski \u2013 monopoly vodka ]\ndescription : clear vodka made from potatoes with a delicate flavour , one that is quite neutral and has a smooth intensity .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal grain with a rather typical flavour , one that is neutral and has a normal intensity .\ndescription : a sweet nalewka made using vodka from cereal grain . traditionally krupnik has a honey / herb and spicy flavour , but this variant has a powerful note of vanilla added to it as well .\ndescription : fruit nalewka made using vodka from cereal grain and spiced cherries , one that has a sweet flavour with a very intense aroma of cherry and a faint note of almond .\ndescription : a sweet nalewka made using vodka from cereal ( rye ) grain and herbs , one that has a sweet flavour with a very intense aroma of honey .\ndescription : honey - pepper nastoyanka made using vodka from cereal ( wheat ) grain , one that has a sweet and spicy flavour with a very intense aroma of chili pepper .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal ( rye and wheat ) grain with a rather typical flavour , one that is neutral and has a normal intensity .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal ( wheat ) grain with a delicate flavour , one that is quite neutral and has a smooth intensity .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal grain with a surprisingly delicate flavour , one that is quite neutral and has an intensity that is slightly smoother than the average vodka .\ndescription : honey - pepper nastoyka made using vodka from cereal grain , one that has a slightly sweet and very spicy flavour with an intense aroma of red pepper and herbs .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal ( winter wheat ) grain with a rather typical flavour , one that is neutral and has a normal intensity .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal ( barley ) grain with a quite typical flavour , one that is neutral and has a normal intensity .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal grain with a quite typical and uninteresting flavour , one that is also much less intense than the average vodka .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal ( rye ) grain with a surprisingly delicate flavour , one that is quite neutral and has an intensity that is slightly smoother than the average vodka .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal ( rye ) grain with a rather typical flavour , one that is strong and has slightly more intensity than the average vodka .\ndescription : nut nalewka made using vodka from cereal ( rye ) grain , one that has a sweet flavour with a very intense aroma of hazelnut .\ndescription : fruit nalewka made using vodka from cereal ( rye ) grain and ripe fruits , one that has a very sweet and slightly sour flavour with a very intense aroma of quince .\ndescription : fruit nalewka made using vodka from cereal ( rye ) grain and ripe fruits , one that has a sweet flavour with a very intense aroma of cherry .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal ( rye and wheat ) with a surprisingly delicate flavour , one that is quite neutral with a faint note of lemon and has an intensity that is slightly smoother than the average vodka .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal ( wheat ) grain with a rather typical flavour , one that is strong and has noticeably more intensity than the average vodka .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal grain with a quite typical and uninteresting flavour , one that is neutral and has a normal intensity .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal ( rye ) grain with a quite typical flavour , one that is strong and has slightly more intensity than the average vodka .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal ( wheat ) grain with a rather typical flavour , one that is neutral and has a normal intensity .\ndescription : herbal vodka made using many fruits and various herbs , one that has a herbal aroma and quite smoothly sweet flavour ( despite the name ) .\ndescription : herbal vodka made using many fruits and various herbs , one that has a strong mint aroma and quite smoothly sweet flavour ( despite the name ) .\ndescription : aromatised vodka made from cereal ( rye ) grain and bison grass extracts , one that has a slightly sweet and very strong flavour , whilst the aroma resembles vanilla or almonds .\ndescription : clear vodka made from cereal ( rye ) grain with a rather typical flavour , one that is neutral and has a normal intensity .\ndescription : flavoured vodka made from cereal ( rye ) grain as well as forest herbs , fruits and oak bark extracts , with a slightly sweet and very strong flavour , whilst the aroma is hard to describe .\ndescription : flavoured vodka made from cereal ( rye ) grain as well as fruits and maple leaf extracts , with a very sweet and slightly sour flavour , but its intensity is smooth .\ndescription : flavoured vodka made from cereal ( rye ) grain as well as pine shoot extracts , with a quite sweet and slightly bitter flavour , but its intensity is smooth .\nbest expensive clear vodkas : chopin \u2013 rye vodka , chopin \u2013 potato vodka , j . a . baczewski \u2013 monopolowa , chase vodka\nnot sure tbh , haven ' t had a chance to try it yet . i ' ve seen it at a shop somewhere at some point though , so i might get to it someday .\ni would give it a shot . for the price , i think it ' s the best you can get imo .\ni know you ' re skeptable , but i feel like you would enjoy it . let me know what you think if you do try it out .\nheh , not entirely , but close . here ' s how i would put it :\nlook for vodka from any of the traditional vodka belt countries ( poland , russia , ukraine , belarus , lithuania , latvia ) and you most likely won ' t be disappointed . estonia , finland , sweden , norway also aren ' t too bad at all , but i personally haven ' t had a chance to try many beverages from there .\nuk doesn ' t really have much to offer in terms of vodka , especially at the cheap end , which is understandable considering it doesn ' t have a centuries - old history with this beverage like poland or russia do . however , chase potato vodka is really nice and i can gladly recommend it ; it just happens to be very expensive as well . sipsmith ' s variants are not too shabby either , but not quite as nice as chase .\nsmirnoff i ' m definitely not a fan of , it is as bland as clear vodka can get - not too strong or too weak either , just all - round very average and has nothing to remember it by other than the wannabe - russian branding ( i know it used it to be a genuine russian product , but it hasn ' t been that for ages now ) .\npopov i have not had a chance to try yet , but i ' ve heard so many good things about it at this point that i ' m really looking forward to getting a bottle . : )\nthe real crime here is that you did not include popov on your list .\nwell , i did stop updating this list some time ago . but tbh i have not ever had an opportunity to try popov yet , will have to keep an eye out for it .\nthis is a pretty good list that has some vodka from the east i ' ve never heard of , but would be willing to try out . my only disagreement is belvedere being a 2 + and sharing the same spot with grey goose . side by side , you can tell there ' s a noticable palate difference between the two despite some similarity in terms of dull flavor .\nhowever , i gotta tell you , you really need to try belvedere unfiltered . thing ' s a different beast on it ' s own right .\ni agree that belvedere is probably a fair bit better than grey goose , but i still think they are both kinda overrated and overpriced .\ni ' ll have to try the unfiltered variant at some point , thanks for the suggestion .\ntbh i have never really questioned that . it ' s just that in the regions where vodka is most popular ( the so - called vodka belt of eastern europe ) - including the countries that are most often credited as places where vodka was invented ( namely poland and russia ) - everyone knows that real vodka is made from grain or potatoes .\nsure , we ' ve been flavouring our vodka with various infusions - using fruits , nuts , herbs , etc . for centuries to explore different tastes . but if the base alcohol that is used in these mixtures is not distilled from cereal grains or potatoes , then we usually give it a different name . for example : spirit distilled from plums is known as \u015bliwowica ( slivovitsa ) , p\u00e1lenka or p\u00e1linka are various types of fruit brandy , in the balkans they call it rakija , and so on .\nin fact , there was even a legal dispute about the naming conventions . you can read more about this here as well . sorry if i wasn ' t of much help , like i said i ' ve never really questioned this definition , maybe it ' s just a cultural thing .\nwow thank you for some reading material for the week , i was genuinely curious despite the username lol i appreciate the response , happy drinking .\nyou ' ve been mislead . vladivar isnt vodka it ' s liquid student nutrients . same with the supermarket own brand .\nyou ' ll be telling me that glen ' s doesn ' t stand up to siwucha next .\nvery interesting , thank you . but i can safely say from my own experience that tesco everyday value vodka is the overall worst product , you ' re lucky to not have tried it . you were almost right . : p\ni was considering the price and the quality ( so , for example , the legend of kremlin was pretty good but nowhere near worth the ridiculous price - whereas chopin was so amazing that it was worth the fairly expensive price tag ) .\ni ' m a bot , bleep , bloop . someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit :\nif you follow any of the above links , please respect the rules of reddit and don ' t vote in the other threads . ( info / contact )\nlate to the party ( saw your comment on the finlandia thread from a week ago that led me here ) but thanks ! i only know half of those so it will take some work to find and taste the others , but i will keep an eye out . how do you like the flavored soplica ? i tried most of them while in poland and i think it ' s among the best flavored alcohol you can buy , also very easy to drink .\ni would strongly advise you to try and find some babicka from czech republic \u2014 simply the best vodka i know , very smooth and sweet with hints of fruity flavours .\ni love soplica ' s line of nalewka , i agree it is some of the best flavoured vodka out there to be honest . and it makes a good gift as well , if you ' re unsure if the person likes vodka but know they enjoy sweet flavours . my personal favourite is the quince ( pigwowa ) variant .\nand thanks for recommending babicka to me , i can ' t believe i haven ' t heard about this one before ! i ' ll have to add it to my list of must - tries . i ' ve been to slovakia once and the bus drove though czechia , so i have been trying to find the time and money to visit prague ever since . now i guess i just have yet another reason as to why i should go there .\nwould love to see your thoughts on luksusowa which i recently bought along with tito ' s and a few other american made vodka ' s to see if they ' re up to snuff .\ni honestly can ' t remember if i had tried it - i may have , and it was probably ok , but i ' m not 100 % sure .\nedit : come to think of it , yes i have had luksusowa . i think it was on par with krakus , russian standard , and that kind of stuff . definitely not monopolowa level though .\nuse of this site constitutes acceptance of our user agreement and privacy policy . \u00a9 2018 reddit inc . all rights reserved .\nrendered by pid 92619 on app - 04 at 2018 - 07 - 09 18 : 57 : 08 . 805849 + 00 : 00 running c1130f8 country code : us .\ni ' m a polish wikipedian who is currently residing in the uk . my interests and editing areas include history , folklore and geography of eastern europe ( especially belarus - ukraine - poland ) , science - fiction novels , vodka , music , and occasionally video games . i am fluent in polish and english , but i also speak some russian and have mastered most of the cyrillic script ( though i ' m not as good with the south slavic variants of this alphabet ) . however , as a slav i can understand bits and pieces of practically every slavonic tongue - slovak , czech , ukrainian , and belarusian are the easiest for me as they are the most similar to polish . on the other hand , bulgarian and macedonian have always seemed the most difficult and different to me ."]}
{"id": 56013, "summary": [{"text": "francis clark and son was an engineering business in the early days of south australia , founded by francis clark ( 1799 \u2013 1853 ) , previously a silversmith and magistrate in birmingham , england .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "he founded francis clark and son , importers with his son j. howard clark as accountant soon after migrating to adelaide with his family in 1850 , then brought in a. sidney clark as manager becoming francis clark and sons , hardware importers and shipping agents of blyth street .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "with the death of the founder in 1853 , a. sidney clark became sole owner , shifting the company 's focus towards real estate , insurance and finance , and in 1871 , with the firm of clark and crompton ( see henry clark below ) , moved to offices in grenfell street close to king william street .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "it narrowly survived destruction when the adjacent photographic studio of townsend duryea was destroyed by fire on 18 april 1875 .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "they branched out into stationary engines and other machinery around 1875 , with day-to-day operations managed by joseph horwood in premises on gresham street and north terrace , moving to blyth street in 1878 .", "topic": 13}, {"text": "the company was declared insolvent in 1884 but was permitted by its creditors to continue trading .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "in 1886 , with the departure of m symonds clark , it became francis h. clark & co . the company ceased trading in 1893 .", "topic": 36}], "title": "francis clark and sons", "paragraphs": ["francis e . clark ( clark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 ) | the online books page\n( clark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 )\nhe was chairman and managing director of william clark & sons ltd in 1964 .\nephraim clark , henry clark , two tithes ; reyderus clark , one tithe .\nthe will of francis clark sr . left 200 acres on cross creek to a grandson , francis clark , son of john clark . this appears to be the same tract sold by francis clark and wife ann to john dykes in 1774 .\nclark , c . s . clark , l . s . clark , and a . s .\nephm . clark , henry 1 clark , rideras clark listed together as three tithes .\neales \u2013 clark wedding group ( december 9 , 1903 ) standing : ernie eales ; ? ; christopher clark ; peter clark ; george clark ; william burden ; ? ; francis ( \u201cfrank\u201d ) clark ; edith burden ( nee clark ) ; marion clark ( nee mcconnell ) ; tom clark with edith clark ; emily clark . seated : ada eales ; mary eales ; alfred eales ; mary jane ( \u201cmay\u201d ) eales ( nee clark ) ; george clark ; hannah clark foreground : arthur clark ; leonard clark ; muriel clark ; sydney eales\nrideras clark and nathaniel clark were empanelled to jury duty at the july court .\npromotions this weekend : foster clark ' s . . . - francis busuttil & sons ( marketing ) ltd . | facebook\nfind any and all information about francis clark . look up facts like where francis clark lives including full address history , public records , cell phone number , email address and more for free ! lookup francis clark ' s family members , old roommates , friends and more instantly .\nobituary | ralph francis masten | william h . clark funeral home , inc .\ncarrico zm , strobel kl , atreya me , clark ds , francis mb .\ncatalog record : francis clark of louisa county , virginia and . . . | hathi trust digital library\nefrem clark and rydarus clark are listed together as two tithes in lunenberg county , va .\n. . . clark and unknown hines . marion francis and mary elizah ashmead owned 160 acres homestead property in peel , arkansas in 1893 . children of francis marion and mary elizah clark are : william franklin ashmea . . .\nclark , francis , > d . 1769 > family . clark family . tennessee > genealogy . virginia > genealogy .\nfrancis clark of louisa county , virginia and his descendants in carroll county , tennessee : family members of michael clark of england and barbados , and his son francis clark of louisa county , virginia , the migration of his sons to anson county , north carolina and descendants to henry , weakley , and carroll counties of tennessee / compiled by thomas graves gilbert .\nhenry clark of pendleton county sold 270 acres of a 370 acre tract to hannah shotwell . 200 acres he gave to his son , isaac clark . his sons , henry clark jr . and benjamin clark witness the deed .\nlands at new bantam conn . to his sons thomas , samuel and jonathan .\nto send flowers to keith p . clark & sons funeral home please visit our sympathy store .\nclark \u2013 mcconnell wedding group ( march 1900 ) standing : ? ; mary jane \u201cmay\u201d clark ; edith hannah clark ; george henry clark ; eva mcconnell ; christopher clark ; alice mcconnell ; arthur mcconnell ; jack clark ; andrew mcconnell . seated : great g . m . mcconnell ; peter mcconnell ; mrs . p . mcconnell ( nee lee ) ; thomas william clark ; marion clark ( nee mcconnell ) ; hannah clark ( with muriel alice clark ) ; george clark ( sr . ) ; great g . m . mary marcus . foreground : peter joseph clark ; emily clark ; francis \u201cfrank\u201d clark ; leonard james clark\nabout 1782 , mary ann clark married francis whitesides of rutherford county , son of william whitesides and elizabeth stockton .\nfrancis i , son of william sr . , was born in gloucester county in 1651 and settled in stafford county , which was created in 1664 . he died there in 1726 . he was the sire of what became one of virginia\u2019s distinguished colonial families . he married alice savage , daughter of capt . anthony savage of gloucester county , and they are known to have had four sons and four daughters between 1674 and 1695 . their sons were francis , who was our second francis thornton ( francis ii ) ; william and rowland , named after their uncles ; and anthony . all four of these sons had children named francis , undoubtedly after their grandfather francis i , but only francis ii became a part of our francis thorntons .\nhad 3 sons and 1 dau . resource : cbt hb page 322 # 560 .\nfrancis ii married mary taliaferro and they are known to have had three sons \u2014 francis iii , reuben , and john \u2014 as well as five daughters . the sons married sisters ( frances , elizabeth , and mildred , respectively ) who were daughters of roger gregory and mildred washington , an aunt of president george washington .\ngeorge clark senior died on august 16 , 1920 , and hannah clark on april 9 , 1925 .\nmich . , and has one dau . , carol barnes , and twin sons , barnes and phelps ; 2 . mary grace ,\nreydias clark granted 200 acres on the south side of broad river touching on henry clark ' s line , ichabod clark ' s line and love ' s corner . 2 surveyor ichabod clark ; henry clark , chain beare .\nportraits and snapshots of bathurst , clark , crompton , gee , mcnee and wren family members , and others , various dates and many unidentified and undated .\nrussell married francis nore hollister . francis was born on 19 may 1761 . she died in may 1813 .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : the holy land of asia minor ; ( new york , c . scribner ' s sons , 1914 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nexperience of a lifetime : the seven lucky winners and clark francis tennis officials on the clay courts of roland garros .\nthink you know famous fathers and their celebrated sons and daughters ? take our father ' s day photo quiz and test your knowledge of celebrity dads and kids .\nson stanleigh jr . and with the aid of other sons along the way . he enjoyed hunting and at one time\nsons francis and christopher and their wives moved to anson co . nc in the 1750s . they appear in nc quaker records thereafter , associated with several different meetings over time .\nhenry clark was born to ephraim and elizabeth lyon clark - probably at elizabeth town , essex county , nj .\nsullivan county was officially organized . henry clark was appointed justice of the peace and nathan clark was named sheriff .\npapers of francis and caroline clark and descendants including john howard clark , matthew symonds clark , caroline emily clark , susan mary crompton and shirley kate beckwith . comprises extracts from letters , copies of journals , plan of north park lands , observation notebooks of m . s . clark relating to ornithology , school certificates , an account of the boarding - out society , literary manuscript greencreek , genealogy of clark / \u200bhill family , minutes of jubilee 150 clark family reunion committee , photograph album , visitor ' s book , printed material and literary manuscript by j . h . clark , and family tree of the descendants of francis and caroline clark compiled by james crompton .\nus census of 96th district , pendleton co . , sc . listed in one group were capt . benjamin clark , henry clark , john wheeler , isaac davis , and a little further down was ichabod clark . nathaniel clark , simon french and francis whitesides were listed on page 84 .\njuly 1844 canada - oct 23 , 1918 ; h / o maria d . clark ; 2 sons [ obit ]\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : the charm of scandinavia / ( boston : little , brown , 1918 ) , also by sydney clark ( page images at hathitrust )\nfrancis iii and his wife frances gregory had six children under the age of 13 years when he died in 1749 , including sons francis iv , william , george and john and daughters mildred ( who married charles washington , brother of president george washington ) and mary . in his will recorded in spotsylvania county , francis iii made bequests to his wife and to all his children .\ncolonel william christian and over 2000 men camped on henry clark ' s property at double springs . henry clark , benjamin clark and john wheeler joined the expedition to destroy the indian towns .\ndescendants of francis clark in anson co . , n . c . , & henry co . , tn\nwilliam sr . married elizabeth rowland in 1648 and they are known to have had three sons \u2014 william jr . ( born 1649 , died 1727 ) , francis ( 1651 - 1726 ) , and rowland ( 1654 - 1701 ) . so , now we have our first francis thornton ( francis i ) .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : the charm of scandinavia , ( boston , little , brown , and company , 1914 ) , also by sydney clark ( page images at hathitrust ; us access only )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : the gospel in latin lands : outline studies of protestant work in the latin countries of europe and america / ( new york : macmillan , 1909 ) , also by harriet e . clark and harriet e . clark ( page images at hathitrust )\ntombstone , charles hebbert clark ( 1901 - 1902 ) , haviland leard clark ( 1905 - 1911 ) , sons of ira haviland clark and lottie may leard . the peoples cemetery , mount stewart , queens county , prince edward island , canada .\nview upcoming funeral services , obituaries , and funeral flowers for keith p . clark & sons funeral home in winchester , ky . find contact information , view maps , and more .\n- to the rest of my sons , charles , marcus , daniel , and joseph 180 pounds each .\nlived at brownville , ny . died 1817 leaving a wife and 3 sons who rem . to canada .\nmary married daniel clark son of thomas clark in jun 1693 . daniel was born in jun 1693 .\nre : descendants of francis clark in anson co . , n . c . , & henry co . , tn\naccompanied by clark francis and tournament director andres gimeno , the winners are spending three days in paris to attend some matches and go sight - seeing before heading to euro disney .\njohn clark was married to lucy elliott , daughter of lewis and nancy elliott .\nmackenzie , kj and francis , mb . effects of nipam polymer additives on the enzymatic hydrolysis of avicel and pretreated miscanthus . biotechnology and bioengineering . 2014 .\nby about 1750 , deeds of sale of land began to mention the phrases thornton gap , f . t . road and the thornton river . because the lands of francis ii and francis iii encompassed these geographic features , it is obvious that they were named for the owners of the land , even though francis ii and francis iii did not live there .\n\u00a9 2018 dingmann and sons - funeral home - cremation service . all rights reserved . funeral home website by cfs\nparsonage long lot , which he gave to his sons - in - law , ebenezer gilbert and elnathan griffith .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : the gospel of out of doors ( new york , association press , 1920 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nand a half north , and the older and larger village and county seat , johnstown , three miles south . these\nhenry clark and ryderus clark were each granted 100 acres on camp creek in what is now located in lancaster co . , sc .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : danger signals ; the enemies of youth , ( boston , congregational sunday - school and publishing society , 1885 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : training the church of the future ; ( new york and london , funk & wagnalls co . , 1902 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : the christian endeavor movement / ( boston : united society of christian endeavor , 1890 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nwilliam jr . remained in gloucester county for his entire life . his 14th child was named francis ( 1692 - 1737 ) but he also remained in gloucester county and did not become part of our francis thorntons . ( by the way , this francis of gloucester county also had a son named francis . )\ni believe she was born at sea . . she was a twin . one of the twins died at sea from my understanding . i am a clark decendant . john & ann rogers clark dr . james raleigh clark 1847 - 1916 . dr . francis marion clark 1870 - 1966 . roderick clark miller roderickcmiller @ urltoken roderickcmiller @ urltoken\nhaving 3 sons and 4 dau . , he was for many years a deacon in the e . lyme cong .\nfrancis clark ( 1799 - 1853 ) , a silversmith , married caroline hill ( 1800 - 1877 ) in england circa 1823 and emigrated to south australia in 1850 . he founded francis clark and sons as a firm of accountants and merchants . daughter caroline emily clark ( 1825 - 1911 ) brought about the foster care of children formerly maintained in the destitute asylum from 1866 and was a founding member of the boarding - out society and later state children ' s council ( 1887 - 1905 ) . son john howard clark ( 1830 - 1878 ) was a proprietor and editor of the ' register ' , and a member of the adelaide philosophical society and south australian institute . son matthew symonds clark ( 1839 - 1921 ) was a noted ornithologist .\nin 1759 francis iv married ann thompson , the daughter of the reverend john thompson and butler brayne ( the widow of alexander spotswood , former governor of the virginia colony . ) they had one son , francis ( v ) and five daughters . when francis iv died in 1795 , he gave his land at \u201cfall hill\u201d to his wife and his only son , francis v .\n, linda starr ' s site . lots of information on clark and associated families !\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : the everlasting arms . ( new york and boston , t . y . crowell & co . , [ c1898 ] ) ( page images at hathitrust )\ncaptain henry clark and son , lt . benjamin clark , volunteered under colonel evan shelby and major charles robertson with a force of 900 men and floated 120 miles down the holston and tennessee rivers to lay waste to dragging canoe ' s new towns . nathaniel and ichabod clark were also on the expedition ' s payroll .\nthis large beautiful property , now owned by attorney james w . fletcher iii , was located within the 1731 land grant to francis ii . of the three sons of francis ii \u2014 francis iii , reuben and john ( who married the three gregory sisters ) \u2014 only francis ii had sons . reuben had no children , and john had four daughters ( one of whom married samuel washington , a brother of president george washington ) . probably because francis iii already owned significant tracts of land ( see above ) , reuben and john inherited their father\u2019s property along the thornton river . reuben died in 1768 , and he willed his share of the property to his brother john .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : world wide endeavor ; ( philadelphia , pa . , gillespie & metzger , [ 1895 ] ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : the children and the church and the young peoples society of christian endeavor as a means of bringing them together . ( [ 1883 ] ) ( page images at hathitrust ; us access only )\nclark / charles everett clark / 1870 - 1937 / his wife / mary estella ancerson / 1873 - 1972 .\njohn clark says that passing on the catholic faith and that love and sense of the faith , was his mother , mary kay clark ' s greatest gift to her children .\ntennessee state society sons of the revolution p . o . box 7322 knoxville , tn 37921\n' austrian bentwood furniture ' , as illustrated in : anthony hordern and sons ' [ catalogue ] , sydney , 1894 .\njohn clark remembers a family tradition that grows brighter with time - how a father showed by example the importance of christmas lights to his seven sons .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : christ and the young people , ( new york , chicago [ etc . ] fleming h . revell company , [ c1916 ] ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : fellow travelers ; a personally conducted journey in three continents , ( new york , revell , 1899 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : in christ ' s own country / ( new york , ny : the christian herald , c1914 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : world wide endeavor ; ( chicago , ill . : , w . s . reeve , 1895 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nmarcus clark & co ' s trade mark and logo : ' bound to rise ' .\ning , and in attempting to aid his brother george rogers clark in settling financial matters .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : the great siberian railway ; what i saw on my journey , ( london , s . w . partridge and co . , 1904 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : our italian fellow citizens in their old homes and their new . ( boston : small , maynard & co . , [ c1919 ] ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : young people ' s prayer - meetings in theory and practice : with fifteen hundred topics / ( chicago : funk & wagnalls , 1887 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\n[ s2101 ] anne clark - stewart ,\nanne clark - stewart ,\ne - mail message to david walker . hereinafter cited as\nanne clark - stewart .\ndoug tucker names two additional possible children for francis and cordelia , frances clark , who married benjamin dumas in about 1730 , and tabitha clark who married john moorman in 1751 at camp creek meeting . does anyone have solid proof that they belong in this family ?\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : life of william eugene harward / ( portland , me . : hoyt , fogg & donham , 1879 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nfind any and all information about carolyn clark . look up facts like where carolyn clark lives including full address history , public records , cell phone number , email address and more for free ! lookup carolyn clark ' s family members , old roommates , friends and more instantly .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : the children and the church , and the young people ' s society of christian endeavor , as a means of bringing them together . ( boston , congregational sunday school and publishing society , [ c1882 ] ) ( page images at hathitrust )\ntombstone , henry a . clark ( 1872 - 1944 ) , his wife maggie h . linkletter ( 1878 - 1963 ) , their son brewer c . clark ( 1903 - 1978 ) , his wife grace alberta bradshaw ( 1899 - 1994 ) , ernest l . g . clark ( 1910 - 1934 ) , son of henry clark and maggie linkletter , e . thane clark ( 1932 - 1933 ) and garth clark ( 1937 - 1937 ) , sons of brewer clark & grace alberta bradshaw . peoples cemetery , summerside , prince county , prince edward island , canada .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : our vacations [ electronic resource ] : where to go , how to go , and how to enjoy them / ( boston : estes and lauriat , [ 1874 ? ] ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nservice location : a . j . desmond & sons ( vasu , rodgers & connell chapel )\nservice location : a . j . desmond & sons ( vasu , rodgers & connell chapel )\nmary clarke 19 . 369 a sm \u00a3146 . 15 . 5 \u00a3181 . 15 . 8 feb 10 1742 executrix of francis clarke . sureties : james compton , thomas nicholas . received from : williamson henry , james stevens . payments to : mr . philip key , mr . john cartwright , john darnham , leonard clark per daniel dulany , esq . , samuel sotheron who married a daughter ( unnamed , her portion ) of francis clark . payments to ( in equal amounts , their portions , children of francis clark ) : thomas . morris who married a daughter ( unnamed ) , williamson hay who married a daughter ( unnamed ) , william clark ( under age ) , benjamin clark ( under age ) , john clark ( under age ) , francis clark ( accountant ) . executor : francis clarke .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : aids to endeavor . ( boston , lothrop publishing company , 1896 ) , also by e . m . castle ( page images at hathitrust )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : junior societies of christian endeavor [ electronic resource ] / ( boston : united society of christian endeavor , 1888 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : old lanterns for present paths . ( boston , chicago : united society of christian endeavor , [ 1900 ] ) ( page images at hathitrust )\njohn clark is a graduate of christendom college and holds a degree in political science and economics . he has written scores of articles about homeschooling and is a popular speaker at family and homeschooling conferences .\nfinbloom ja , han k , slack cc , furst al , francis mb .\nsangsuwan r , obermeyer a , tachachartvanich p , palaniappan kk , francis mb .\nrosen cb , kwant rl , macdonald ji , rao m , francis mb .\nparker bf , knight as , vukovic s , arnold j , francis mb .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : old homes of new americans ; the country and the people of the austro - hungarian monarchy and their contribution to the new world , ( boston and new york , houghton mifflin company , 1913 ) ( page images at hathitrust ; us access only )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : my mother ' s journal / ( [ s . l . : s . n . ] , 1900 ? ) , also by lydia fletcher clark symmes ( page images at hathitrust ; us access only )\nhenry clark jr . was married to betsy davis , daughter of james davis and deborah miller .\n[ s4517 ] cemetery marker : thomas clark , thomas clark cemetery marker ; david a . walker , 5 july 2010 .\nhenry clark granted 180 acres on the west side of broad river at loves corner . 2 nathaniel clark , chain bearer .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : the everlasting arms [ electronic resource ] / ( new york ; boston : t . y . crowell , c1898 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : the lookout committee and its work [ electronic resource ] / ( boston : united society of christian endeavor , 1890 ) , also by m . aronetta wilbur ( page images at hathitrust )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : in the footsteps of st . paul ; his life and labors in the light of a personal journey to the cities visited by the apostle , ( new york ; london , g . p . putnam ' s sons , 1917 ) ( page images at hathitrust ; us access only )\nhenry clark and wife , sarah , sell 180 acres on the south side of thicketty creek 2 adjoining zacharia bullock and stephen jones .\n- - francis ross . a house late closses ? 6d . ( francis ross the house at the foot of long greece as you come towards the hall . )\npaulette clark b . 1771 is my ancestor , and we know that he was the son of john clark and ann paulett . most genealogies of this family make this john the son of francis and cordelia , but a good case can be made based on estimated birth and marriage dates that he is actually their grandson rather than their son [ see my\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : the everlasting arms , ( new york , boston , t . y . crowell & co . , [ 1898 ] ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : old lanterns for present paths [ electronic resource ] / ( boston ; chicago : united society of christian endeavor , c1900 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\na painter in oils of landscapes with cattle and rural activities , dixon clark lived and worked in blaydon and whickham , durham , near newcastle , for several years , contributing 5 of his works to the royal academy between 1890 and 1902 . he frequently exhibited his work at the gateshead photographers ' shop run by his 2 sons . one of these sons was john clark , painter of miniatures . ( text from ' the artists of northumbria ' by marshall hall . 1973 )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : the great siberian railway ; what i saw on my journey , ( london : s . w . partridge and co . , 1904 ) ( page images at hathitrust ; us access only )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : . . . our business boys . ( what eighty - three businessmen say ) ( boston , d . lothrop and company , [ c . 1884 ] ) ( page images at hathitrust )\ninscription : in loving remembrance of / charles forsyth clark / clark / died sept . 27 , 1928 / age 18 years .\nthe leading case in this area is john pimblett and sons ltd v customs and excise commissioners [ 1988 ] stc 358 . the case report is set out at appendix 3 .\ntilley sd , joshi ns , francis mb . proteins : chemistry and chemical reactivity . in : wiley encycl . chem . biol . vol 4 . john wiley & sons , inc . ; 2009 : 158 - 174 .\n' a specimen dining room furnished by marcus clark and co ltd ' , as illustrated in : marcus clark & co , show furniture catalogue , sydney , c1914 .\nbenjamin clark ' s property was located on the south side of the saluda river between\ncolonel henry clark ' s old place and john wheeler ' s .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : aids to endeavor ; ( boston , d . lothrop company , [ c1890 ] ) , also by e . m . castle ( page images at hathitrust )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : memories of many men in many lands ; an autobiography , ( boston , chicago , united society of christian endeavor , c1922 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nbut what about thornton hill ? for this , we have to venture away from francis to two johns and a george .\nall these children except benjamin , who was already deceased , are named in the will written by francis clark on january 15 , 1769 . the will specifically names only two grandchildren , cordelia haley and john ' s son francis , although there were many others by this time .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : the holy land of asia minor : the seven cities of the book of revelation , their present appearance , their history , their significance , and their message to the church of to - day / ( new york : c . scribner ' s sons , 1916 , c1914 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : a new way around an old world / ( new york ; london : harper & bros . , 1901 ) ( page images at hathitrust ; us access only )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : reorganization [ electronic resource ] / ( boston : united society of christian endeavor , c1887 ) , also by united society of christian endeavor ( page images at hathitrust )\nanthony hordern & sons prided itself on selling almost any good imaginable , from the mundane to the magnificent .\nrevolution and war would change john and ann\u2019s world forever . their ties with england had faded long ago ; they were americans and patriots . all their sons except for little william , and all their sons - in - law , enlisted in the patriot cause . the elder clarks could only wait and worry as word reached them of battles in places like brandywine , monmouth , paulus hook , and germantown . three of the boys\u2013jonathan , john , and edmund\u2013were taken prisoner of war and held under hellish conditions . ( see our earlier post the clark brothers as prisoners of war . )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : the gospel in latin lands [ electronic resource ] : outline studies of protestant work in the latin countries of europe and america / ( new york ; toronto : macmillan , 1909 ) , also by harriet clark and central committee on the united study of missions ( page images at hathitrust ; us access only )\nnancy paulette clark ( 1802 - 1871 ) m . pleasant clark ( 1790 - 1867 ) , son of paulette ' s brother john\n[ s4542 ] cemetery marker : charles forsyth clark , charles forsyth clark cemetery marker ; david a . walker , 5 july 2010 .\nhomeschooling dad and blogger john clark opines on st . thomas aquinas , the virtue of perseverance , and its relation to the catholic homeschooling family .\nalice higgins award in women ' s studies the alice higgins award is presented in honor of long - time clark trustee and supporter of wgs , alice higgins , for outstanding contributions to women and girls at clark university and / or the wider community .\nleonard clark 44 . 29 sm \u00a324 . 13 . 11 jun 18 1750 sep 4 1750 appraisers : robert parker , thomas mattingly . creditors : philip key , james sothoron briscoe . next of kin : frances clark , elisabeth clark . administratrix / executrix : mary clark .\nno portraits of john and ann clark exist . i love thinking of them as\nthe waltons .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : the christian endeavor manual : a text - book on the history , theory , principles , and practice of the society , with complete bibliography and several appendixes / ( boston : united society of christian endeavor , c1903 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nloring homes and ruth dodd drama contest the loring homes and ruth dodd drama contest was established by clark university english and art professor loring holmes dodd and his wife , ruth esleeck dodd , to stimulate undergraduate interest in plays and playwriting . the award is for a play , preferably one - act , written by a clark undergraduate .\njohnson hr , hooker jm , francis mb , clark ds . solubilization and stabilization of bacteriophage ms2 in organic solvents . biotechnol . bioeng . 2007 ; 97 ( 2 ) : 224 - 234 .\npalla ks , * hurlburt tj , * buyanin am , somorjai ga , francis mb .\nglasgow je , asensio ma , jakobson cm , francis mb , tullman - ercek d .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : drawing the net [ electronic resource ] : for prayer meeting workers : familiar letters / ( boston : united society of christian endeavor , 1890 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : our business boys [ electronic resource ] : ( what eighty - three business men say ) / ( boston : d . lothrop , c1884 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nor , was the francis clark who inherited the land not the one born in 1748 ? this is my current working hypothesis . for my rationale , please see\nhenry clark paid taxes to washington county of 9 pounds , 5 shillings and 5 pense of 904 acres with improvements , slaves , horses and cattle .\nfrancis e . clark , sr . , 91 , of pine street , south lee , died monday , july 17 , 2017 at home with his family at his side . francis was born in tyringham on may 31 , 1926 , the son of wilbur and carrie mccarthy clark . he was educated in the tyringham school . mr . clark proudly served his country in the us army during wwii and was honorably discharged in 1946 . after the service , he worked on the farnham farm and kimball stables in lenox . mr . clark married the former betty farnham on june 1 , 1957 . he had most recently worked as a logger for several area loggers and retired from borgnis and sons in lenox dale . francis enjoyed horse pulling and was the new england heavy weight champion in 1953 at the northampton fair . besides his wife , betty , mr . clark leaves behind three sons : francis e . clark , jr . and his wife jennie , james s . and dale a . and his wife linda ; five daughters : terrie l . gardino and her husband ray , gail e . guarda and her husband carmello , jean m . robbins and her husband wayne , karen l . robarge and her husband randy and lori b . decker and her husband dennis ; his grandchildren : joseph and jennifer gardino , ellie and buddy clark , james clark , dale jr . , and matthew clark , michelle , dominic and christopher guarda , samantha , nicole and anthony robarge , katilyn and brooke decker , jamie hunt and erica baczek ; one great granddaughter , madison gardino . he also leaves behind his brother , t . martin clark . francis was predeceased by his brothers : wilbur , james , clifton , donald and robert ; and his sister , betty smith . services : funeral services will be held thursday , july 20 , 2017 at 11am at the kelly funeral with pastor van , officiating . there will be a calling hour from 10 am until the time of the service . burial will follow in the tyringham cemetery . in lieu of flowers donations may be made to the tyringham cemetery fund in care of the kelly funeral home , 3 main st . , lee , ma 01238 . if you would like to leave a message of condolence or share pictures please visit our web site at urltoken [ ml ( $ mjkelly . jpg ) ]\nthis came by email from tom dimond and susan dimond and is likely correct .\nshe married twice and had a large family and removed to central new york .\nthey should become settled . this generous offer was accepted and mr . burr and\nhopkinsvile . the will of ephraim clark was proven by the oath of isaac clark [ col . henry ' s son , nephew of ephraim ] , witness , and ordered filed .\nfrancis anna was b . nov . 6 , 1835 , m . charles h . parsons , of worthington , mass . , and\nn . y . , dec . 16 , 1847 , and had four sons : i . orlando burr , b . april 30 , 1849 , at\nhsiao sc , liu h , holstlaw ta , liu c , francis cy , francis mb . real time assays for quantifying cytotoxicity with single cell resolution . plos one 2013 ; e66739 .\nbilly ivas bonds . i am a clark decendent , my mother was gladys eva ( clark ) bonds . my grandfather was dr . francis marion clark 1870 - 1966 . my g grand father was dr . james raleigh clark 1847 - 1916 ( was a union civil war veteran ) . in fact , i am a decendent of four ( 4 ) union civil war veterans . they are : andrew jackson bonds , roan harness , dr . james raleigh clark , and john wesley privitt .\ncreate a free family tree for yourself or for william clark and we\u2019ll search for valuable new information for you .\nclark / ferno leith clark / oct . 1 , 1924 - / his wife / florence edna williams / aug . 1 , 1925 - .\nichabod clark granted 200 acres on west side of broad river , joining the mouth of thicketty creek . * * nathaniel clark , chain bearer .\nthe smaller court size adds a strong emphasis and advantage to net play and creates a fast and reaction - based game .\nin 1927 and had 9 children , 7 boys and 2 girls , 27 grandchildren and 6 gr grandchildren . he had one\n. . . milton rose , her soul mate and husband of 65 years ; son milton and wife jill , daughters bettsye and susan ; grandchildren marnie , kirsten and husband tim , jenny and husband jamie , aaron and girlfriend irene . . .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : our journey around the world ; an illustrated record of a year ' s travel of forty thousand miles . . . ( hartford , conn . , a . d . worthington , 1894 ) , also by harriet e . clark ( page images at hathitrust )\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : our journey around the world : an illustrated record of a year ' s travel of forty thousand miles . . . / ( hartford , conn . : a . d . worthington , 1895 ) , also by harriet elizabeth clark ( page images at hathitrust )\n. . . keokuk , ia . she survives in basco . other survivors include : 2 daughters : teresa ( and farris ) brotherton of peel , arkansas and cindy boley and steve woodworth of warsaw , il ; 2 sons : steve ( and susan ) symmonds o . . .\nnoriega r , finley dt , haberstroh j , geissler pl , francis mb , ginsberg ns .\n4 . arthur chapin , b . july 13 , 186o , in brooklyn , n . y . , m . and has three sons . he is in\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : looking out on life : a book for girls on practical subjects based on many letters from wise mothers ( boston : d . lothrop , c1892 ) ( multiple formats at archive . org )\njohn clark turns the too - often used counsel for young men upside down with this advice to his sons : ' think of what you will give up by not being a priest ' .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : fellow travellers [ electronic resource ] : a personnally conducted journey in three continents , with impressions of men , things and events / ( new york ; chicago ; f . h . revell , 1898 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\ncarleen nevargic , 81 clark\u2014carleen nevargic , 81 , passed away peacefully on wednesday , april 11 , 2018 at her home in clark surrounded by her loving family . carleen was born and raised in newark prior to moving to clark in 1968 . she finished her husband\u2019s term as a councilperson on the clark town council , after his passing in 2004 . carleen was an avid card player . she was predeceased by her beloved husband , peter p . nevargic , sr . and is survived by her two sons , peter jr . and . . .\njeffrey clark wickliffe hollingshead edward c . horton david kinney clark mccullough john a . moller george h . pearson h . l . boyer royal benjamin strong\ninscription : in memory of / thomas clark / died / dec . 17 , 1895 , / aged 74 years . / clark ( on base )\nthe probated will of ebenezer lyon of elizabeth town , nj , named his daughter , elizabeth , wife of ephraim clark , and their children : elizabeth , ephraim , hannah , darkis , henry , riderous , nathaniel and ichabod clark .\nhenry and rideruss clark served in the cherokee expedition under colonel richard richardson from camden district , craven county , sc .\nichabod clark was\nexonerated from paying taxes because of age and infirmity\non his property on the tradewater river .\nin 1817 mr . burr purchased from judge jacob and hon . isaac burnet and general\nand in financiering therefor . he is now also a member of the governing and building\njane thornton died in about 1819 , and on sept . 10 , 1820 , francis vi married susan beverly wormeley of frederick county , virginia . around 1840 the family moved to jefferson county , kentucky , where francis vi died in 1881 at the age of 87 years . with this , the last of our francis thorntons departed rappahannock county .\nwith leading brands such as mars , uncle bens , betty crocker , del monte , glenfiddich , taylor ' s and many more , backed by the francis busuttil and sons ( marketing ) team , we have the belief that we can make what ' s good into great . click on the ' read more ' below to see and discover more .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : ways and means for the young people ' s society of christian endeavor . a book of suggestions for the prayer - meeting , the committees , and all lines of christian work adopted by christian endeavor societies . ( boston , lothrop , [ c1890 ] ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nfrancis clark married cordelia langford or lankford , daughter of thomas lankford , in quaker meeting in new kent co . va in 1704 . previously we thought he was probably the brother of captain christopher clark who married penelope johnson , but dna analysis suggests otherwise . two descendants of francis clark match each other , but they do not match a putative descendant of christopher . we need more volunteers to be tested to settle this question . if you ' re a male with the clark surname , please consider participating .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : the christian endeavor manual : a text - book on the history , theory , principles , and practice of the society , with complete bibliography and several appendixes / ( boston ; chicago : united society of christian endeavor , [ c1912 ] ) ( page images at hathitrust ; us access only )\nand the virginia department of historic resources highway marker near the junction of main street and u . s . 211 in sperryville tells us that the town was \u201claid out by francis thornton jr . in 1817 . \u201d but , did you know that there were six francis thorntons ( with a few williams , johns , and georges thrown in ) associated with rappahannock county between the years of 1731 and 1840 ? so , which francis thornton is which ? let\u2019s start at the beginning .\nclark , harmon , st . mary ' s co . , 16th nov . , 1733 ; 16th nov . , 1733 . to bros . leonard and francis and sis . susan and mary , personalty . to bros . william , benjamin and john and sis . joan and ann , testator ' s interest in his father ' s estate . ex . : test : john branson , cornelius barber , ann branson . 22 . 315 .\nhistorical records and family trees related to william clark . records may include photos , original documents , family history , relatives , specific dates , locations and full names .\nclark , francis e . ( francis edward ) , 1851 - 1927 : looking out on life [ electronic resource ] : a book for girls on practical subjects based on many letters from wise mothers / ( boston : d . lothrop , c1892 ) ( page images at hathitrust )\nnathaniel and ichabod clark are listed on the muster roll of captain adam alexander ' s company of anson county , nc .\nthere are two excellent and well - researched historical novels by james alexander thom that i also highly recommend . long knife is an insightful account of gr clark\u2019s exploits in the revolution . from sea to shining sea is a powerful saga about the clark family that is one of my favorite books in my lewis and clark library .\ndied mar 24 , 1916 ; w / o mr . whitney & john ; sons : andrew & bert whitney [ obit ]\nrichmond - sidney francis garrett , 84 . visit 11am and funeral 1pm both wednesday september 20 , 2017 , pleasant green predestinarian baptist church , waco , ky . arrangements entrusted to keith p . clark & son funeral . . .\nas you can tell from the above , there have been many francis thornton \u201cjuniors . \u201d the one referred to in the sperryville highway marker was a descendant of francis iv who , when he was only a small child , inherited his father\u2019s ( francis iii\u2019s ) estate called \u201cfall hill\u201d in spotsylvania county in 1749 .\nfriendship between henry clark and joseph led in 1862 to the partnership of joseph , henry and his brother algernon sidney in the stonyfell vineyards on property bought by henry in 1858 . ill health prevented henry clark from doing his work as engineer and secretary to the east torrens council so joseph spent long hours supervising the building of roads and bridges although he was not an engineer . when henry died in 1864 joseph bought the interest of the clark brothers in the stonyfell property , but the company ' s name of clark & crompton continued until 1880 . since then the company has traded under the names of joseph crompton , crompton & son , crompton & sons ltd . starting as wine - makers and distillers , and wine and spirits merchants , they later handled wool , sheepskins , fur skins , hides and tallow .\nformerly prof . of greek and latin , at cambridge university , eng . , and afterwards\nthe study of law and was admitted to the bar and practiced in fairfield . he held\nforests and preparing the way for his children and the future generations . he was a man\none of the first scholars of his time . he was an astronomer and mathematician , and\non fifth avenue , between 4oth and 44th sts . , and bounded on the east by\nand literatures in yale university , son of the late rev . dr . henry lang and\narea in social services and was well known and respected in her field . she will be\nelizabeth clark ( d . before 1769 ) m . william ( ? ) haley\nnancy clark ( ca . 1773 - ? ) m . john w . mason\nsusan elizabeth newton clark ( 1812 - 1882 ) m . john s . payne\nmary ann tucker clark ( ca . 1875 - ? ) m . john faulkner\nthough not in the old clark \u201ccolony\u201d . his home , at 417 clark road , was built in 1889 by george cato , the first mayor of durban .\ntrying to trace hannah decker nee clark ' s parents . 20 jun 2018 .\nbrewer l . clark died on 29 october 1978 , at age 75 . 1\n[ s6281 ] cemetery marker - henry a . clark , henry a . clark & maggie linkletter cemetery marker ; david a . walker , 22 august 2011 .\ncalvin w . clark died on 17 august 1909 , at age 55 . 1\ncecilia e . clark died on 2 april 1912 , at age 51 . 1\n[ s2317 ] marion clark ,\nmarion clark , personal communication ,\ne - mail message ( montague , kings county , prince edward island ) to david a . walker . hereinafter cited as\nmarion clark , personal communication .\nhenry clark received a commission as lieutenant colonel from governor caswell of north carolina .\njohn wheeler sold their 105 acres on knob creek . witness : nathaniel clark .\nhenry ' s son , john clark , was appointed clerk of the newly created co . of christian . benjamin clark posted his security bond of 1000 pounds .\nnathaniel married ( 2 ) hannah clark . hannah died on 31 mar 1836 .\n1270 m i . george r . clark was born on 13 jul 1825 .\n1271 m ii . chester b . clark was born on 17 aug 1827 .\n1406 m xi . daniel m . clark was born on 26 sep 1844 .\n1407 f xii . josephine a . clark was born on 10 mar 1847 .\n1616 m i . john w . clark was born on 10 may 1855 .\n1617 f ii . alice e . clark was born on 30 aug 1856 .\n1618 f iii . stella m . clark was born on 7 oct 1857 .\n1621 m vi . harry e . clark was born on 26 jul 1861 .\n1622 m vii . charles e . clark was born on 26 sep 1862 .\n1623 m viii . clarence b . clark was born on 29 apr 1865 .\n1624 m ix . ralph a . clark was born on 3 dec 1866 .\n1626 f xi . edith m . clark was born on 22 apr 1871 .\nto honor the memory of dr . h . c . henry j . and erna d . leir , patrons of clark university , the leir luxembourg program - clark university ( llp - cu ) offers the henry j . and erna d . leir merit scholarships which recognizes the academic achievement of undergraduate students from clark university , and enables them to live and study in the grand duchy of luxembourg with the may term program .\ncarleen nevargic , 81 clark\u2014carleen nevargic , 81 , passed away peacefully on wednesday , april 11 , 2018 at her home in clark surrounded by her loving family . carleen was born and raised in . . .\nhe left to francis iv and his mother \u201cthe plantation i live on\u201d in spotsylvania county , which included \u201cfall hill . \u201d he left to william \u201call my lands in the great mountains of orange county about 2600 acres . \u201d this land comprised the six land grants that francis iii had received during 1731 - 1747 . on this land , william thornton ( who , remarkably , had no sons named francis ) built the home called \u201cmontpelier\u201d on f . t . valley road at the hazel river , which still stands today . land was also given to george and to john , and money and slaves were given to his two daughters .\nknight as , * kulkarni ru , * zhou ey , franke jm , miller ew , francis mb .\njohn hannah ' s will was probated in mecklenburg co . , nc . his wife was named mary , and children were ichabod , richard , hannah and elizabeth . his brother - in - law , henry clark , was named executor and ichabod clark was a witness to the will . evidently , mary was born after ebenezer lyon ' s will was written naming the clark grandchildren .\nhenry clark and wife , sarah , sell 180 acres on the west side of broad river 2 to john foster beginning at love ' s corner , with the house , outbuilding , orchard , garden , etc . witnessed by rydarus clark and william laughlin .\nhenry clark bought 260 acres in rutherford co . , nc , on the west fork of knob creek . witness : benjamin clark . also , another 240 acres on knob creek including a\ngreat bottom and cherokee path\nand forks of the creek .\nabout this time , benjamin clark married patience dillingham , daughter of vachel dillingham and his first wife , mrs . ann dillingham ."]}
{"id": 56016, "summary": [{"text": "gorb\u00fashka ( russian : \u0442\u0446 \" \u0433\u043e\u0440\u0431\u0443\u0448\u043a\u0430 \" , shopping center gorbushka ) is a marketplace for dealing in music , electronics and household equipment in moscow , russia .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "the word itself is an associative usage of an untranslatable russian word for the slice from a loaf of bread which contains mostly the crust .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "if the loaf is round , the shape resembles a hump ( russian : \u0433\u043e\u0440\u0431 ) .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "the word has many cultural associations in russia .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "before the year 2001 the name \" gorbushka \" referred to an open-air black market for software , music , videos and electronics .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "the market was in the city square by the gorbunov palace of culture ( \u0434\u043a \u0438\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438 \u0433\u043e\u0440\u0431\u0443\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430 ) , hence the name .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "the market dealt mostly in unlicensed music and software cds , videos , gaming consoles with mod chips , as well as video games .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "due to the copyright infringement issues gorbushka was in sights of the government for a long time .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "the market closed in 2001 .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "in its place a more legal shopping center gorbushkin dvor was opened .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "however , inexpensive unlicensed cds/dvds are still perfectly available in this new shopping center .", "topic": 6}, {"text": "major russian businessman alexey khotin is reported to possess the company nowadays . ", "topic": 32}], "title": "gorbushka", "paragraphs": ["the giant gorbushka complex is home to countless shops and stalls selling electronics . anything electrical can\nfirst is the chance to find everything you could ever want . if you\u2019re a music fan looking for rarities \u2013 go to gorbushka . if you just want the latest movie or music releases \u2013 go to gorbushka . and if you want to see movies before they are even officially released in moscow theaters \u2013 go to gorbushka .\ne veryone likes the crust of freshly baked bread . in russian , this is called the \u201cgorbushka . \u201d but there is another kind of gorbushka in moscow , which is loved by many but has nothing to do with food .\nwe got our electronics from gorbushka and were quite happy . it ' s quite a curious place where legit . . .\ngorbushka is a huge media and electronics market , located in the former rubin television factory near bagrationovskaya metro . several years ago it was a sprawling open - air market near the gorbunov concert hall , which is where the name \u201cgorbushka\u201d comes from .\nmany people were unhappy with gorbushka\u2019s move indoors . the prices grew to meet the higher rent , and the new gorbushkin dvor \u2013 or gorbushka\u2019s yard , as it is now officially called \u2013 boasts modern conveniences such as escalators , air - conditioning , and , finally , toilets . purists would say that gorbushka has \u201csold out , \u201d but it has still managed to keep its old charm .\nmy favourite record shop was not a shop , but a once illegal open - air market in moscow , russia that went by the name \u2018gorbushka\u2019 .\ngorbushka\u2019s many traders never miss the peak shopping days before christmas and new year\u2019s , as these are the days of their peak income . just as in the west , russians wait until the last minute to do their holiday shopping , and a great many settle on music , movies , or electronics , rushing to gorbushka for the best deals in town , as they have for so many years .\nsince it was a criminal market , the atmosphere at gorbushka was not always pleasant . there was a neo - nazi stand for instance , where you could buy skinhead punk music and vhs tapes of der fuhrer\u2019s greatest battles .\nsecond , it\u2019s cheap . gorbushka\u2019s traders take advantage of high - speed copying technology to offer high - volume , low cost pirated merchandise . prices for cds and dvds average around 100 - 150 rubles \u2013 only around four us dollars .\na greater part of gorbushka\u2019s charm is in its sellers . as its website boasts , gorbushka is a market run by and for music and movie lovers . most of the sellers are passionate about what they sell , and you will be sure to find good advice from a real aficionado on everything from the rarest recordings to the latest noteworthy releases . be sure to ask if you don\u2019t see what you\u2019re looking for \u2013 what you want may be hidden away , waiting to be shown to a fellow enthusiast like you .\nthen one day gorbushka did shut down , thanks to a conflict between rival gangs . i read that the head of the market - a one armed armenian - was walking in the street when he was bundled into a car and made to disappear . whether he ever reappeared i don\u2019t know . but shortly afterwards a new gorbushka opened inside an old soviet tv factory not far from the park . much of the building had been converted into a giant electronics showroom . there were hundreds of stalls selling freezers , hi - fi equipment , washing machines and\u2026er\u2026 pirate cds .\nrussians enjoy bringing their foreign friends there , just to see their \u201csticker shock\u201d at gorbushka\u2019s low prices . four dollars for an otherwise $ 100 piece of software would shock anyone . of course , trading in pirated goods is not the best thing to do , but somehow \u201ccheap\u201d is always irresistible .\nwe got our electronics from gorbushka and were quite happy . it ' s quite a curious place where legit shops are mingled with stands with , well wares of dubious origins . but they ' ve got a very good selection of music cds , movies on any kind of medium , samsung ' s . . .\ngorbushka was not just a zone of cd piracy . it was also home to a stalin - era \u2018palace of culture\u2019 where ballroom dancing and balalaika concerts had given way to more extreme sounds . i saw a very fine motorhead gig there , witnessed a rare live appearance by brian eno ( sharing the stage with franco - algerian rai - rocker rachid taha ) and was blown away by einsturzende neubauten , who seemed very much at home in this rotting soviet edifice . smashing things and bashing amplified bits of metal with hammers made a lot of sense at gorbushka , although at that time en were also heavily into gently blowing air down long pipes .\na large market of pirated merchandise is sure to catch the eye of officialdom , and gorbushka has had its share of government raids and closures . the original , open - air market was closed after a raid in 2001 , though it led to a step up , when they re - opened in the indoor , rubin factory location .\nsince gorbushka\u2019s move to the rubin factory , it has expanded into an electronics market , as well . the market sells everything from a vast choice of cell phones ( which russians call \u201cmobile phones\u201d ) to plasma screen tvs , home appliances , and computers . prices are moderate compared to other moscow stores , though not as cheap as the electonics market in mitino .\nthe last time i visited moscow in 2007 gorbushka was still open . friends tell me that these days pirates have largely been chased from the city streets . they\u2019re all online now . but furtive clicking in the dark will never compare to the experience of wandering through the broad alleys of a soviet park in 1997 , under full gaze of the police , marvelling at the size of the crowd hunting for cheap sounds .\nin 1995 gorbushka became a real brand as an outdoor market . it was not ideal \u2013 sellers had to cope with summer heat , november rains , and winter frost , with no cafes or even toilets . there were hundreds of tents selling all kinds of media products , from music and video to software and computer games , as well as print materials . the market became so popular that the filevskaya metro line added more trains and placed guards in the bagrationovskaya metro station just to manage with the thousands of visitors each weekend .\nbefore gorbushka for me associated with a place of attraction for all translators and publishers of rare movies that never were official publications . now , after the arrival of new owners and lease payments , the market is quite deteriorated . translators fled was here the last time in december and no longer arrive . strange benches inhabitants of neighboring countries , only the left drives , copied from the official movie and music discs , and even disgusting quality . persistent attempts to dilute you . nasty and uncomfortable in the once iconic place of all muscovites - movie lovers\noccasionally the market would disappear for a few weeks , causing panic among muscovites that the cops had finally shut it down . in fact , gorbushka vanished whenever bill gates or a senior american dignitary passed through town . it\u2019s a funny russian custom : hiding your business from the authorities . the thinking goes like this : if you can\u2019t see me , then i don\u2019t exist , even though you know that i do exist . in fact , you know that i know that you know that i exist . at some point in this game , money exchanges hands .\nsince it was a criminal market , the atmosphere at gorbushka was not always pleasant . there was a neo - nazi stand for instance , where you could buy skinhead punk music and vhs tapes of der fuhrer\u2019s greatest battles . nearby there was a poster of a naked woman impaled on a spear that entered through her arse and left via her gaping mouth . since russia was an extremely violent place , and everybody was cynical beyond belief ( and i was still very young ) , i thought it was real . later i discovered it was a famous scene from cannibal holocaust .\nlegend has it that in the early 90s you could buy just about anything at gorbushka - guns , ammo , possibly even a small nuclear device . its main business however had always been pirate cds , tapes and computer software . scruffy types would set up their stalls along the park\u2019s tree lined avenue every weekend , and the entertainment hungry denizens of the city would descend . cops would wander about , pausing only to collect payments from the stallholders , or maybe buy a cd . the market was completely illegal , and completely in the open \u2013 like all business in russia at the time .\nin many ways the new gorbushka was an improvement - you didn\u2019t get rained on or frostbitten as you perused the vendor\u2019s wares . but its clinical light lacked a certain piratical charm . it was also quite surreal : the management had hung up signs that read : don\u2019t give your money to pirates ! and pirates your days are numbered ! these signs hung directly over the heads of pirates who were selling the latest edition of windows for $ 2 . not much of a computer man , i was more amazed by the phenomenon of the mp3 disc : everything kraftwerk had ever done could be yours for $ 3 !\na friend of mine who used to work there was familiar with these raids . he was in the military , serving in the russian army\u2019s general headquarters on weekdays , and making his primary income by selling videos in gorbushka on weekends . a part of this income was reserved for bribes . raids were little more than shakedowns , with inspectors accepting \u201cfees\u201d to let the traders stay open . nothing much has changed , even after the market\u2019s move to its more upscale location . according to my friend , \u201cthey could easily have shut the whole pirating operation down long ago , but then they\u2019d be cutting off their own income . \u201d\nwe got our electronics from gorbushka and were quite happy . it ' s quite a curious place where legit shops are mingled with stands with , well wares of dubious origins . but they ' ve got a very good selection of music cds , movies on any kind of medium , samsung ' s got a showroom there and other major tech companies . there ' s also a very good kitchen section on the ground floor where many good quality kitchen utensils are available . some snacks are available too . cons : everywhere you walk , some seller will start talking to you offering this or that . quite a variety of customers . however you can ' t find it anywhere else , you ' ll be damn sure they ' ll have it here : )\nof course , this was all actually very bad and i am very sorry for , er , occasionally succumbing to weakness and buying a pirate tape or cd . the best albums i would later re - purchase as legitimate cds - for example , i picked up rammstein\u2019s catalogue again on a trip to berlin . but in the beginning at least it was no wonder that gorbushka thrived . imported western cds cost $ 20 - 30 a pop ; given that hardly anybody earned more than $ 150 a month , and many earned less than that , of course people were going to buy pirated discs . around 2003 however the record labels operating in russia acquired some brains and started pricing licensed cds only slightly higher than the pirates . the selection was poorer , yes , but it was occasionally very strange . for instance i picked up krautrock band cluster\u2019s rare zuckerzeit , legally , for $ 5 . why anyone thought they could sell lots of copies of that i have no idea .\ngorbushka was also a source of anthropological fascination as it revealed what russians enjoyed listening to . they worshipped the beatles of course , but were also very fond of the 70s hard rock , prog rock and heavy metal that had been banned in the ussr . bands like nazareth , smokie and uriah heep ( all of whom were constantly passing through town ) were held in high esteem , as were black sabbath , king crimson and slayer . richie blackmore was revered in all his manifestations , even his bizarre late 90s mutation into a wandering minstrel with blackmore\u2019s night . on the lighter side , russians were also very fond of eurodisco - stuff like haddaway and army of lovers . poodle rockers europe and pretty norwegians a - ha were touted as legends of rock . and then there was astor piazzola , the argentinian tango master , whose music was very popular . it was easy to track down weird electronic music such as autechre or aphex twin . quirky , fey and jangly indie pop of the sort favoured by pitchfork or nme was practically non - existent , fortunately . no sufjan stevens for you , ivan !\nwe noticed that you ' re using an unsupported browser . the tripadvisor website may not display properly . we support the following browsers :\ni went out of my way to go to gorbushkinsky market in search of cheap software and a mp3 player . i . . .\nthe oldest and largest electronics market it is represented by mobile phones , tablets , tvs , phone repair and more . sporting goods , kitchen utensils . there is also a food court . children ' s room .\ni went out of my way to go to gorbushkinsky market in search of cheap software and a mp3 player . i had heard that there was a crackdown on pirated software but that some of that was still going on . believe me there was no . . .\nnote : your question will be posted publicly on the questions & answers page .\n* tripadvisor llc is not a booking agent and does not charge any service fees to users of our site . . . (\ntripadvisor llc is not responsible for content on external web sites . taxes , fees not included for deals content .\nbought here \u2013 from tiny gadgets right up to fridges . the outlets vary from the major brand - name shops to tiny stalls specializing in just a few appliances . for electrical items prices aren\u2019t significantly cheaper or more expensive than elsewhere in the world and there is also very little difference in prices between the different stalls . upstairs at the complex there is a huge range of cheap pirate dvds , cds and software .\nif you have a question , please , post it in way to russia forum or tweet @ waytorussia . for comments and feedback about this article , use the form below .\nwhether you\u2019re after some ancient relics or traditional russian souvenirs izmailovsky market has it all .\nrespublika is a cool , new bookshop with a more modern feel than what you find in moscow\u2019s giant , old , rambling , confusing outlets .\nthe famous department store that stretches along one side of red square for some 242 meters , gum is a popular place with tourists .\nvisa support book a hotel rent a car airport transfers in moscow & st . petersburg travel insurance\nour 780 - page pdf e - book includes all the essential info you need while you ' re in russia . take it with you on your phone , computer or usb stick . \u2022 moscow & st . petersburg guides \u2022 off - the - beaten track locations \u2022 getting a russian visa with no ties \u2022 traveling trans - siberian on the budget \u2022 russian alphabet and phrasebook \u2022 200 pages on russian culture and customs\nway to russia is the leading travel guide to russia , established in 2001 and visited by more than 1 . 5 mln people every year .\nit ` s recommended by the lonely planet , rough guides , bbc and other reputable publications .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nin the early 1990\u2019s , gorbunov hall was the premier concert venue for alternative rock bands . it was the only place where music lovers and fans could regularly meet without being chased by the police . they also met to exchange music and movies with one another . over time the exchanges grew , fueled by the new market reforms into a large , informal market .\nmuscovites and visitors alike don\u2019t seem to mind . after all , why pay twenty - five dollars for a cd when you can pay just four dollars ? plus you can exchange your old disk for another one for just a dollar fee .\npart of that charm is in its spirit of subversiveness . one friend likes to visit the market once a month to buy music , which he then downloads onto his computer , bringing the cds back to exchange for new music for just one dollar per disk . this type of pirating is becoming increasingly rare , as sellers are moving into more , squarely \u201clegitimate\u201d trading , but it is still possible .\nwhen you buy something , be sure to get a receipt and guarantee , so you may return or exchange your purchase , if you need to . refunds work here much as they do in any moscow store .\nowner description : the oldest and largest electronics market it is represented by mobile phones , tablets , tvs , phone repair and more . sporting goods , kitchen utensils . there is also a food court . children ' s room .\nown or manage this property ? claim your listing for free to respond to reviews , update your profile and much more .\ngorbushkinskiy market is located in moscow . by using our moscow day trip site , you can arrange your visit to gorbushkinskiy market and other attractions in moscow .\nand gone ( hopefully ) forever . . . . remember the time the total deficit at all and as markets in moscow ( and not only ) saved on the first co - operation and visibility of active communism in the country . rump cap has always been associated primarily with the culture palace . gorbunova , where frequently visited western rockers and loved serve homegrown . but the\nyard\nhas long been the mecca of exquisite shopping in the world of gadgets and electronics at all . probably if you need spare parts ( any ! 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and the new summer internship at grace foods for a british young woman , of the same background , who is studying at brunel university .\namerican fisheries society .\ntidal power development and estuarine and marine environments .\npolicy statement . 2010 . cached may 30 , 2012 .\nthe tokio marine and fire insurance company , limited changed its name to tokio marine & nichido fire insurance co . , ltd . effective december 14 , 2004 .\nserb national federation ceased transacting business in canada . the society ' s order to insure in canada risks was revoked effective december 11 , 2002 .\n. parallel to these artful dissections of british life were the less high - minded but extremely successful \u201ccarry on\u201d comedies , which drew on the music hall tradition .\nwoman ' s life insurance society ceased transacting business in canada and all the risks undertaken by the canadian branch were reinsured , on an assumption basis , by faithlife financial , a canadian fraternal benefit society . the company ' s order to insure in canada risks was deemed revoked effective february 20 , 2012 .\nunited transportation union insurance association ceased transacting business in canada . the society ' s order to insure in canada risks was revoked effective march 14 , 1995 .\nthe workmen ' s circle ceased transacting business in canada . the society ' s order to insure in canada risks was revoked effective december 31 , 1996 .\nbc hydro .\ngreen energy study for british columbia .\ngreen & alternative energy division . report no . e44 . 2002 . cached may 30 , 2012 .\nsoon these friends attracted other professional black men to become leading contributors in reach society . by choosing to draw on their diverse personal experiences , educational qualifications and professional expertise the leaders of reach society are confident of their ability to encourage , motivate and inspire boys and young men from their cultural backgrounds to make similar transitions .\ncanadian foresters life insurance society , having had its property and business acquired by the independent order of foresters , ceased to be registered on february 26 , 1992 .\ncumis insurance society , inc . ceased transacting business in canada . the company ' s order to insure in canada risks was revoked effective january 1 , 2000 .\nnorwich union fire insurance society limited ceased transacting business in canada . the company ' s order to insure in canada risks was revoked effective june 24 , 1998 .\n( the no . 1 b & b ; in the world , and 5 of the top 10 , are british , according to millions of tripadvisor users worldwide . )\nwelcome to reach society , the social enterprise that encourages , motivates and inspires black boys and young black men to realise their potential and make viable transitions into adult life .\nthe race rocks tidal current turbine prior to installation just off the coast of victoria . this was the only operational tidal power plant in british columbia before it was decommissioned . gary fletcher\nclark , nigel .\ntidal barrages and birds .\nbritish ornithologists union , ibis . vol : 148 pg . 152 - 157 . 2006 . cached may 30 , 2012 .\nenergy bc is a comprehensive and objective resource on energy sources , uses and issues in british columbia . the project has been developed by dr . michael whiticar at the university of victoria .\ngarrett , c . & cummins , p .\nthe power potential of tidal currents in channels .\nproceedings of the royal society . 2005 . cached may 30 , 2012 .\nfidelity investments insurance company of canada was discontinued under the insurance companies act and was issued a certificate of continuance under the canada business corporations act under the name fidelity fiicc ltd . effective december 31 , 2009 .\nskandia insurance company ltd . ceased transacting business in canada and transferred its canadian liabilities to liberty mutual insurance company . the company ' s order to insure in canada risks was revoked effective february 19 , 2004 .\n, though contraceptive methods had been known and practiced by all sections of society for a considerable time before this . what was important in the interwar years was a development of contraceptive practices within\ndenny , e .\nthe economics of tidal power .\npower and energy society general meeting . irish research council for the humanities and social sciences . cached may 30 , 2012 .\namerican life insurance company ceased transacting business in canada and transferred its remaining canadian policies to american international assurance life company ltd . the company ' s order to insure in canada risks was revoked effective december 31 , 1996 .\npohjola group insurance corporation ceased transacting business in canada and transferred its canadian policies to pohjola non - life insurance company ltd . the company ' s order to insure in canada risks was revoked effective february 11 , 2002 .\njohn hancock life insurance company ceased transacting business in canada and has reinsured all of its canadian policy liabilities with manulife canada ltd . the company ' s order to insure in canada risks was revoked effective june 25 , 2009 .\nthere are two sets of recognition awards - one for self development , which will be awarded to children and young adults ; and the other for extra - ordinary contributions and long service to reach society .\nsons of norway ceased transacting business in canada and transferred its canadian policies to lutheran life insurance society of canada . the company ' s order to insure in canada risks was revoked effective january 10 , 2001 .\nseated : sir telford waugh and lady waugh , canon whitehouse on the left , on the right possibly colonel harold woods ( commercial secretary of the british embassy and son of sir henry woods pasha and sarah madeline whittall ) .\nthe hungarian reformed federation of america ceased transacting business in canada and transferred its canadian policies to toronto mutual life insurance company . the society ' s order to insure in canada risks was revoked effective may 28 , 1996 .\ntoday , the montbeliarde breed is the second largest dairy breed in france as well as in ireland , in both numbers of animals and in total milk production . it is the only breed that is currently growing in france thanks to its many economical advantages , in fact the breed has seen an increase of 37 % in the last 20 years .\nthe charterparty also incorporated no fewer than three clauses paramount but no point arose on their application ( adamastos shipping co . ltd . v anglo - saxon petroleum co . ltd . [ 1959 ] ac 133 ) nor as to which one was relevant . it was accepted that their effect was to incorporate an exception for loss or damage arising from the act , neglect or default of the master in the navigation or management of the ship in article iv rule 2 ( a ) of the amended hague rules .\npoliticians and administrators . it was the \u201ctotal war\u201d of 1939\u201345 that brought a degree of centralized control of the economy and society that was unparalleled before or indeed since . in some ways this was an expression of prewar developments , but the\nthe norwich union life insurance society ceased transacting business in canada and transferred its canadian policies to norwich union life insurance company ( canada ) . the company ' s order to insure in canada risks was revoked effective september 30 , 1997 .\nukrainian national aid association of america ceased transacting business in canada and transferred its canadian policies to croatian fraternal union of america . the foreign fraternal benefit society ' s order to insure in canada risks was revoked effective december 22 , 2003 .\nstate farm international life insurance company ltd . ceased transacting business in canada and all of its canadian policy liabilities were assumption reinsured by insurance companies within the f\u00e9d\u00e9ration des caisses desjardins du qu\u00e9bec . the company\u2019s order to insure in canada risks was revoked effective march 23 , 2017 .\nbritish columbia was also an early leader in tidal stream technology , boasting one of the world\u2019s first demonstration projects at race rocks just south of victoria . since then however the attitudes of the b . c . and nova scotia governments towards the tidal power industries has been a study in contrasts , and british columbia\u2019s tidal power industry has been left to wither on the vine . this is unfortunate as b . c . has world - class tidal resources and several companies with cutting edge designs that could revolutionize the industry .\npohjola non - life insurance company ltd . ceased transacting business in canada and has reinsured , on an assumption basis , all of its canadian policy liabilities with omega general insurance company . the company ' s order to insure in canada risks was revoked effective december 18 , 2009 .\nstate farm life insurance company ceased transacting business in canada and has reinsured , on an assumption basis , all of its canadian policy liabilities with state farm international life insurance company ltd . the company ' s order to insure in canada risks was revoked effective august 30 , 2007 .\nthe british aviation insurance company limited ceased transacting business in canada and has reinsured , on an assumption basis , all of its liabilities with omega general insurance company . the company ' s order to insure in canada risks was deemed revoked effective july 15 , 2011 .\nreach society will offer a range of services to generate income that will be used to cover all of its operational costs ; and all net income will be directed into building the capacity of the social enterprise to sustain its work in the long term .\nin reach society we fully understand the cultural , social and emotional factors that are ever present in the community and how they impact black boys and young black men . we also understand the development cycle of boys as they mature into men . reach society role models tend to be fathers who have successfully guided their children into adulthood ; or they are actively doing so . without exception , they will be trained in the unique ediles methodology for inspiring boys and young men to take responsibility for their development .\narch insurance company ceased transacting business in canada and has reinsured , on an assumption basis , all the risks remaining on the books of its canadian branch with arch insurance canada ltd . the company ' s order to insure in canada risks was deemed revoked effective february 28 , 2014 .\npartner reinsurance europe se ceased transacting business in canada and has reinsured , on an assumption basis , all the risks remaining on the books of its canadian branch with partner reinsurance company ltd . the company ' s order to insure in canada risks was revoked effective august 7 , 2015 .\nthe british hydropower association ( bha ) is the only non - governmental professional trade membership organisation solely representing the interests of the uk hydropower industry and its associated stakeholders at regional , national and global levels . our vision translates into a number of key aims and objectives .\nthe courts below discussed the question of deviation under bill of lading contracts or voyage charterparties . this was not directly material to a time charter where the contract is not a contract of carriage but a contract for the provision of the services of a crewed vessel . however there is a relationship between prosecuting a voyage with the utmost dispatch and doing so without unjustifiable deviation . thus , in relation to a voyage charter , lord porter said , reardon smith line ltd . v black sea and baltic general insurance co ltd . [ 1939 ] ac 562 at p . 584 :\nmmbtu : a unit of measurement which means a million btus ( british thermal units ) . a btu is roughly the amount of energy it takes to heat a half kilogram of water from 3 . 8 to 4 . 4 \u00e2\u00b0c . mbtu is used for a thousand btus .\nmembership of the british hydropower association is open to all types of businesses , generators , commercial organisations , academia , charities , community groups anyone involved in , or with an interest in hydropower . our membership is diverse , covering all sizes and types of hydropower from pico to pumped storage .\nthe first catholic slovak ladies association of the united states of america ceased transacting business in canada and transferred its canadian policies to toronto mutual life insurance company effective january 1 , 1999 . the society ' s order to insure in canada risks was revoked effective february 15 , 2002 .\nthe first catholic slovak union of the united states of america and canada ceased transacting business in canada and transferred its canadian liabilities to toronto mutual life insurance company effective january 1 , 1999 . the society ' s order to insure in canada risks was revoked effective september 9 , 2002 .\n. after 1945 a decisive shift had taken place toward the recognition of state intervention and planning as the norm , not the exception , and toward the idea that society could now be molded by political will . nonetheless , there was much popular dislike of \u201cgovernment controls , \u201d and the familiar\ndadswell , m . j . , r . a . rulifson .\nmacrotidal estuaries : a region of collision between migratory marine animals and tidal power development .\nbiological journal of the linnean society . vol : 51 : 1 - 2 . pp 93 - 113 . 1994 . cached may 30 , 2012 .\nat reach society we believe that black boys and young black men are born with unlimited potential . and that they , like all young people , need to be encouraged , motivated and inspired to discover their potential by taking the actions early that will lead to the formation of habits that are essential for the development of robust characters .\nthe total potential of tidal stream technologies will likely change as the technology matures and more countries begin carefully mapping their tidal resources , a task the leading countries only began recently . nevertheless , atlantis resources , a british tidal power company , estimates 90 , 000 mw of generating capacity could be built , for a total of 150 twh of power a year .\nanalogously , social life was marketized too , thrown open to the idea that the capacity for self - realization could be obtained only through individual activity , not through society . institutions like the nhs were reformed as a series of internal markets . these markets were to be governed by what has been called \u201cthe new public management . \u201d this involved a focus upon accountability , with explicit standards and measures of performance . the ethical change involved a transition from the idea of public service to one of private management of the self . parallel to this \u201cculture of accountability\u201d was the emergence of an \u201caudit society , \u201d in which formal and professionally sanctioned monitoring systems replaced the trust that earlier versions of relationship between state and society had invested in professional specialists of all sorts ( the professions themselves , such as university teaching , were opened up to this sort of audit , which was all the more onerous because , if directed from above , it was carried out by the professionals themselves , so preserving the fiction of professional freedom ) .\n, student protest , and the anti - vietnam war and civil rights movements in the united states were all part of the assault on the still - strong vestiges of victorianism in british society , as well as , more immediately , a reaction against the austerity of postwar britain . change in family life and sexual mores was represented in the 1960s by a range of legislative developments : the abortion act of 1967 ; the sexual offences act of 1967 , partially decriminalizing homosexual activity ; the 1969 divorce reform act ; and the abolition of theatre censorship in 1968 . moreover , debate concerning sexual mores continued in britain throughout the 20th century and into the 21st , not least regarding the ongoing attempts to change the legal\nthe british andrology society guidelines for the assessment of post vasectomy semen samples recommend that initial assessment is undertaken 16 weeks post vasectomy and after the patient has produced at least 24 ejaculates . the laboratory should examine a freshly produced seminal fluid specimen by direct microscopy and if no sperm are seen the centrifugate should be examined for the presence of motile and non - motile spermatozoa . it is recommended that the clinician should give clearance after the production of two consecutive sperm free ejaculates . in cases of persistent identification of non - motile spermatozoa the referring clinician should advise the patient regarding the cessation of other contraceptive precautions . surgeons are responsible both preoperatively and postoperatively for the counselling of couples regarding complications and the possibility of late recanalisation after clearance .\n\u2019s role in society . they were complemented by the growth of women\u2019s employment , particularly in part - time jobs and most notably in the service sector , so that after 1945 a different life cycle for women evolved that included the return to work after childbirth . these changes did not result in the equality of earnings , however ; for example , despite the\nforms , not only for the youth . the development of a uniform popular culture , at least as expressed through popular music , was greatly beholden to similar developments in the united states , where social identities were explored and developed in terms of black popular music , not just by african americans but also by young white americans . given the great importance of afro - caribbean immigration into britain after 1945 , and latterly south asian immigration , the experience of ethnic minorities in britain to some degree also paralleled that of the united states . concerns about national identity , as well as personal and group identity , became more important as britain became a multicultural society and as the growth of european integration and economic globalization increasingly called british\u2014and english , welsh , and scottish\u2014identity into question .\nwas well - meaning and highly intelligent , he was badly equipped to handle the science of economics and the depression . by the end of 1930 , unemployment was nearly double the figure of 1928 and would reach 25 percent of the workforce by the spring of 1931 . it was accompanied , after the closing of banks in germany in may , by a devastating run on gold in british banks that threatened the stability of the\nin terms of the occupational structure of britain , the aftermath of world war i saw the decline of the great 19th - century staple industries become increasingly sharp , and the interwar experience of textiles was particularly difficult . the great expansion of mining after 1881 became a contraction , particularly from the 1930s , and domestic service , which itself may be termed a staple industry , suffered similarly . in 1911 these sectors accounted for some 20 percent of the british\n. from 1974 the unexpected windfall of the discovery of large oil reserves under the north sea , together with the increase in oil prices that year , transformed britain into a considerable player in the field of oil production ( production soared from 87 , 000 tons in 1974 to 75 , 000 , 000 tons five years later ) . the political use of oil revenues was seen by some as characteristic of the failure of successive british governments to put them to good economic and social use .\nall of this made britain\u2019s decision , after fierce political discussion , not to join the planned eec , established by the treaty of rome on march 25 , 1957 , an event of signal importance . it meant that although economic conditions in britain did indeed improve in the last years of the 1950s and through 1960\u2014prime minister harold macmillan could remark with only slight irony that the british people had never \u201chad it so good\u201d\u2014britain nevertheless did not share in the astonishing growth in european production and trade led by the \u201ceconomic miracle\u201d in west germany . by the mid - 1960s there were signs that british prosperity was declining . increases in productivity were disappearing , and labour unrest was marked . prime minister macmillan quickly realized that it had been a mistake not to join the eec , and in july 1961 he initiated negotiations to do so . by this time , however , the french government was headed by charles de gaulle , and he chose to veto britain\u2019s entry . britain did not join the eec until 1973 .\nthe restructuring of the economy away from the manual and industrial sectors , which was a consequence of the rapid decline of manufacturing industry in britain in the 1990s , also meant the decline of the old , manual working class and the coming of what has been called \u201cpostindustrial\u201d or \u201cpostmodern\u201d society . within industry itself , \u201cpost - fordist\u201d ( flexible , technologically innovative , and demand - driven ) production and new forms of industrial management restructured the labour force in ways that broke up traditional\n, but by 1961 they accounted for barely 5 percent . manufacturing continued to be of great importance into the third quarter of the century , when the next great restructuring occurred . after world war i an increasing emphasis on monopoly , scale , and sophisticated labour - management became apparent in british industry , though there was still much of the old \u201carchaicism\u201d of the 19th century to be seen , both in respect to management practices and the entrenched power of certain skilled occupations . although different from its 19th - century\nwe are the research and analysis division of the economist group , the sister company to the economist newspaper . created in 1946 , we have nearly 70 years ' experience in helping businesses , financial firms and governments to understand how the world is changing and how that creates opportunities to be seized and risks to be managed . a british company , we are intensely global . we service clients across the world from our 24 offices , our staff speak over 25 languages and we embrace foreign cultures with a passion .\nwithin canada the provinces of nova scotia and bc are fantastically well suited for tidal development , given their tidal geography , and nova scotia is investing heavily in a future tidal power industry , and so far those investments appear to be beginning to pay off as foreign companies are setting up shop in the province to test out their tidal power designs . british columbia got an early lead in tidal stream development with the race rocks tidal project in 2006 , but has since fallen behind and the once promising industry is struggling to survive . below we talk about\nresearch still needs to be done in a number of fields , the most important of which is making the turbines durable enough to survive the hostile aquatic environment : a test turbine in nova scotia had its rotors ripped off by the immense tidal forces in the bay of fundy . corrosive salt water also takes a serious toll on equipment . they also need to be made more efficient and economical as the power they produce today remains prohibitively expensive . experiments are also ongoing on the best method for mooring the turbines to the seafloor . while most common are those put on concrete bases on the sea bed , some designs have been mounted on towers , or are even made to float in the water , tethered to the seafloor with cables . research is also being conducted on how best to hook these turbines up to the grid .\nwhat might be described as the scheduling of the vessel is of critical importance to the charterer so that obligations to others can be fulfilled , employment opportunities not missed and flexibility maintained . the ' utmost dispatch ' clause is , as lord sumner said in suzuki & co . ltd . v j . benyon & co . ltd . ( 1926 ) 42 tlr 269 at p . 274 , a merchants ' clause with the object of giving effect to the mercantile policy of saving time . as a matter of this mercantile policy and , indeed , as a matter of the use of english a voyage will not have been prosecuted with the utmost dispatch if the owners or the master unnecessarily chooses a longer route which will cause the vessel ' s arrival at her destination to be delayed . if the charterer has sub - voyage - chartered the vessel to another or has caused bills of lading to be issued , the charterer will be under a legal obligation to ensure that the voyage be prosecuted without undue delay and without unjustifiable deviation . the charterer is entitled to look to the owner of the carrying vessel to perform this obligation and that is one of the reasons why the ' utmost dispatch ' clause is included in the usual forms of time charter .\nthe aims of the bas guidelines on the assessment of semen samples after vasectomy are to give guidance to laboratory staff to ensure standardisation of seminal analysis protocols and reporting of results . after consultation with members of the british association of urological surgeons , the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists ( rcog ) , and the family planning association ( fpa ) , the committee and members of bas have produced these guidelines . the bas guidelines do not deal with the counselling of patients or discuss the indications for male sterilisation , all of which are considered in the rcog guidelines on male and female sterilisation . 4\n. the british are inveterate newspaper readers , and there was mass consumption of a nationally based daily and sunday newspaper press as early as the 1920s . this did much to create cultural uniformity , although , as with motion pictures , there were considerable differences of taste and preference regarding newspapers . however , after 1950 the emphasis on uniformity became more marked and was reinforced by the progressive concentration of ownership in the hands of a few proprietors . this circle of ownership became even smaller as time went on , so that at the beginning of the 21st century the empire of the most powerful of these media moguls ,\nthe ( majority ) arbitrators found that the owners were in breach of their obligation under the charterparty to ensure that the master prosecuted the voyages with the utmost dispatch and followed the charterers ' orders regarding the employment of the vessel . they then considered the defence ' error ' in navigation ( sic ) . following what they understood was the effect of the decision in s . s . lord ( owners ) v newsum sons & co . ltd . [ 1920 ] 1 kb 846 , they concluded that the planning of the voyage was not a matter of navigation ; it was not a case where the master had decided to alter course at sea .\nthe economic concern then of the british government in the 1950s and \u201960s and indeed through the 1970s was to increase productivity and ensure labour peace so that britain could again become an exporting country able to pay for public expenditure at home while maintaining the value of its currency and its place as a world banker . a drastic run on the pound had been one of the pressing reasons for the quick withdrawal from suez in 1956 , and throughout the 1950s and \u201960s britain\u2019s share of world trade fell with almost perfect consistency by about 1 percent per year . on the other hand , britain benefited from an unprecedented rise in tourism occasioned mostly by the attraction of \u201cswinging london . \u201d\nindicative of the status of tidal barrage technology today is the severn barrage which had been proposed for the mouth of the severn between bristol and cardiff . the idea of a tidal power plant on this spot dates to 1925 , but justifying the excessive power costs and the environmental damage that would result led the british government to all but kill the project in 2013 . tidal lagoons have been proposed for the site instead , and the first one is expected to be completed in 2019 . for these reasons it seems unlikely much further development of tidal barrages will occur , though tidal lagoons show some promise . the main remaining hope for tidal range technologies remains the gargantuan dynamic tidal power plants proposed for china , though these remain a long way off from being realized .\non the face of it tidal power would seem to be a total slam dunk from a political perspective . not only is it carbon - free and renewable , but unlike wind and solar power the tides are entirely predictable and reliable . furthermore they do not create unsightly views for locals , like wind power , or require large amounts of land like solar , thus neutralizing powerful nimby lobbies . yet the initial hopes placed in tidal barrage power turned sour when france\u2019s pioneering la rance project inflicted considerable environmental havoc on surrounding marine ecosystems and did not produce enough electricity to justify the construction costs . the only country currently pressing forward with aggressive tidal barrage development schemes is south korea , though the british government may eventually move forward with tidal lagoon schemes and china with dynamic tidal power .\neconomically , britain had been hurt severely by world war i . the huge balances of credit in foreign currencies that had provided the capital for the city of london\u2019s financial operations for a century were spent . britain had moved from the position of a creditor to that of a debtor country . moreover , its industrial infrastructure , already out of date at the start of the war , had been allowed to depreciate and decay further . the industries of the industrial revolution , such as coal mining , textile production , and shipbuilding , upon which british prosperity had been built , were now either weakened or redundant . the japanese had usurped the textile export market . coal was superseded by other forms of energy . shipping lost during the war had to be almost fully replaced with more - modern and more - efficient vessels .\nbecause of its geography and innovative entrepreneurs and engineers , canada is one of the world\u2019s leaders in tidal power . canada ' s enormous tidal energy potential exceeds 42 gw , making the country one of the best places for tidal development in the world . there have been 190 suitable sites identified , with bc having the most and nunavut the greatest total potential . so far most development of tidal power in canada has been limited to british columbia and nova scotia . the bay of fundy , which lies between new brunswick and nova scotia , is canada ' s \u2014 and possibly the world ' s \u2014 most promising location for tidal power development . each day , volumes of water in excess of 100 billion tons flow in and out of the bay . that ' s more than all the world ' s freshwater rivers combined .\ntidal current turbines have been on the minds of engineers and scientists since the 1970s , but only in the past eight years have they seen sustained investment . as of now the entire sector looks about ready to take off . the british company marine current turbines ( mct ) paved the way for tidal projects when it unveiled its seagen turbine in 2008 . the 1 . 2 mw tidal energy converter is located in northern ireland where it provides enough power for about 1 , 000 homes . since seagen ' s success , numerous plans for development and pilot projects have emerged , and about 40 different turbine designs are being tested out around the world with the united kingdom leading the development effort . they are supported by a small club of other countries , with the us , canada , norway and the netherlands having the most active development .\ntidal lagoon power is pushing a tremendously ambitious proposal for a series of six tidal lagoons off britain\u2019s western coast to be completed by 2027 , each one bigger than the last for a combined total of 15 , 900 mw of generating capacity . building these six facilities will cost some $ 65 billion , and in the process nurture a british tidal lagoon industry that can export their expertise around the world ( canada is at the very top of their list ) . unfortunately the costs will be high , at $ 4 million per mw . on the other hand the economies of scale provided by this gigantic plan and their 120 - year - lifespan would be huge advantages . a levelized cost analysis by poyry , an engineering consultancy , found the tidal lagoons would be cost competitive with wind and solar power , and even nuclear and gas power which are the cheapest power sources available .\ntherapia anglican church near the british summer embassy residence , that burnt down in 1911 , and this church probably survived that fire . the anglican church registers of istanbul record a wedding in tarabya chapel in 1921 . also there are earlier entries for therapia chapel in 1893 , 1891 and the earlier entries hard to decipher as it is in flowery script that have faded going back to the middle of the 19th century ( the land was donated by the sultan in 1847 ) but the wording of \u2018the chapel of the ambassador to the sublime porte\u2019 probably meant the embassy chapel in pera house . going further back in time it is clear that this building did not exist , and perhaps an earlier chapel existed inland : in 1802 a baptism is described in the chapel at \u2018belgrade forest\u2019 . and , in 1801 , there was a ceremony at the ambassador\u2019s \u2018b\u00fcy\u00fckdere palace\u2019 ! ( next neighbourhood to tarabya ) .\ntidal stream technologies are essentially a decade old , and have only begun making great strides in the past five years . as yet the price is very high but it is almost certain dramatic price drops will accrue over time . furthermore any scale of tidal stream turbines can be built as opposed to one giant project for barrages , giving developers much greater flexibility . farms don\u2019t have to be built in one go , like tidal barrages , but gradually expanded over time . an in - depth economic analysis by the carbontrust found the bulk of costs in early tidal stream farms will be in the installation , about 35 % of the total , with operations and maintenance ( 20 % ) , station keeping ( 20 % ) , power takeoff ( 10 % ) , the structure ( 10 % ) and grid connection ( 5 % ) accounting for the remainder . early british farms of about 10 mw will produce power at a range of $ 0 . 54 to $ 0 . 66 per kwh . this may sound expensive but we must remember this is roughly the cost of wind power in 1980 .\nanother difficulty for the owners ' argument is the fact that the owners have already agreed in the charterparty what are to be the limits within which the charterers can order the vessel to sail , for present purposes the institute warranty limits , and have undertaken that , barring unforeseen matters , the vessel will be fit to sail in those waters . it is not open to the owners to say that the vessel is not fit to sail from vancouver to japan by the shortest route within iwl . yet it was exactly this type of argument which the courts below entertained . in fact , upon the findings of the arbitrators , the vessel was fit to sail by the shorter northern route and the master did not have any good reason for preferring the longer southern route . it was not a good reason that he preferred to sail through calm waters or that he wanted to avoid heavy weather . vessels are designed and built to be able to sail safely in heavy weather . the classification society rules require , as does clause 1 of the nype form , the maintenance of these safety standards . it is no excuse for the owners to say that the shortest route would ( even if it be the case ) take the vessel through the heavy weather which she is designed to be able to encounter .\nmarriage was thus becoming a different kind of institution , at once more intimate and private , as well as an arena in which individual self - expression was becoming more possible than previously . in many respects , the privacy that was possible for the better - off in society in the mid - and late 19th century became increasingly possible for those less well - off in the course of the 20th century . however , the privacy that new kinds of family life and new economic possibilities made possible for poorer people differed from middle - class privacy . it was concerned with securing order and control of people\u2019s lives in economic conditions that were still often difficult . as a result , \u201cworking - class respectability\u201d differed from the respectability evident further up the social scale . for instance , privacy was evident in the slowly increasing possibility of separate rooms for separate functions ( kitchens , sculleries , and bathrooms , for example ) and the development of more - private sleeping arrangements . however , the respectability of this private life was also public in that it was on show to neighbours as a living proof of the family\u2019s capacity to create order in difficult lives : the elaborately presented front of the house and the purposefully opened curtains of the \u201cbest room\u201d of the home displayed the carefully presented if precarious affluence of the family .\nin the conditions of economic stability and prosperity at the turn of the 21st century , a relatively large middle group arose in terms of income , housing , and lifestyle that politicians and others began to refer to as \u201cmiddle england . \u201d in effect this meant scotland and wales as well , although in britain as a whole the old imbalance between west and east continued , in a similar fashion to that between north and south in england . however , even this middle was exposed to the vagaries of financial markets and an underperforming welfare state . moreover , the gap between the least well - off and the most well - off widened even further , so that alongside the new rich were the new poor , or underclass . social mobility either declined or stalled in comparison with the 1960s\u2014in particular , the capacity of the poorest parents to send their children to university . levels of poverty among children continued to be high . the reborn postindustrial cities of the north and midlands , such as manchester , came to symbolize much of the new britain , with their mixture of revitalized city centres and deprived city perimeters that were home to the new poor . however , as had long been the case , the economic centre of the country remained in london and the southeast . britain thus became a prosperous but increasingly unequal and divided society .\nin support of this argument , the charterers primarily relied upon larrinaga ss co v the king [ 1945 ] ac 246 . the vessel in question had suffered a marine casualty : in the early hours of 14 october 1939 , in a storm , she had stranded on a bank outside st nazaire . she was at the time under requisition by the british government on the terms of the t99a charterparty which effectively incorporated war risks insurance . this insurance includes cover for accidents occurring during or the consequence of\nwarlike operations\n. the vessel had at the time received an oral order from a sea transport officer to vacate the berth and sail to join a convoy proceeding to the bristol channel . as a result of the stranding the vessel was seriously damaged . her owners sought to recover the cost of repairs from the government . they put their claim on two bases , neither of which succeeded . first , they claimed that the casualty was a consequence of a warlike operation : it was not , nor was she engaged on such an operation at the time . secondly , they claimed under the charterparty indemnity clause on the basis that the casualty was caused by obeying an order regarding the employment of the vessel . this too failed for a number of reasons . the only order as regards the employment of the vessel was that requiring her to proceed from the french port to the english port ; that order did not cause the casualty ; in any event the order to leave st . nazaire had been a naval order not an order of the charterer . the relevant parts of the speeches are those relating to whether there was an order of the charterer regarding the employment of the vessel and whether the casualty was caused by that order or by the master ' s navigation of the vessel . the question of causation is a real one . lord porter stressed this at pp . 260 - 1 . he referred to the fact that employment related to the employment of the vessel and that the order had been to sail after discharge was complete . he said :\ngreat grandmother edith whittall ( 1840 - 1935 , m . 1862 , daughter of samuel barker of boudjah ) when young .\naunt edie ( edythe ) thompson ( b . 1905 , daughter of f . edwin whittall , married hugh thompson in 1935 ) and granny florence whitehouse , dressed in \u2018native garb\u2019 for some fun , in an armenian photo - studio ( r . khendamian ) in kad\u0131k\u00f6y , istanbul around 1900 .\ndaisy la fontaine ( 1882 - 1982 , daughter of edward augustus john la fontaine and blanche magdalen whittall , married 1905 charles goad in bornova - wedding photo ) and unknown - pantomines by canon whitehouse done each year around 1905 .\nanother episode of the pantomines : ( l > r ) daisy la fontaine , eilleen whittall ( b . 1889 , daughter of edwin whittall and adelaide helen la fontaine , married edward leonard la fontaine ) , edith hill ( b . 1887 , daughter of albert anderson hill and linda frances whittall , married john macmanaway ) ."]}
{"id": 56022, "summary": [{"text": "the rotary machine switching system , or most commonly known as the rotary system , was a type of automatic telephone exchange manufactured and used primarily in europe from the 1910s .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "formally named the no. 7-a machine switching system , it was developed in belgium by international western electric , a subsidiary of american telephone and telegraph ( at&t ) , at the same time when at&t 's american engineering division , western electric , was developing the panel switch in the united states .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "the rotary and panel systems were very different systems , but both used the same newly developed component technology , such as western electric 's latest relays , and the principles of the lorimer system of revertive pulsing and preselection .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "the rotary switches were smaller than the panel system , and served only 200 rather than 500 stations .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "the initial version was the model 7a .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "it was succeeded by 7a1 and 7a2 and a rural system had the designation 7d . ", "topic": 22}], "title": "rotary system", "paragraphs": ["the orange line shows the potential width of the cross directional bond in a blade system as compared to a rotary system .\n2 . 1 . the rotary system a . introduction b . kelly , kelly valves , and kelly saver sub c . rotary table and components d . the topdrive\ndownload : rotary steerable system technology case studies in the canadian foothills : a challenging drilling environment ( 1 . 17 mb pdf )\n5 . the main components of rotating equipment \uf0fc the main components are : \uf0d8 rotary table \uf0d8 kelly \uf0d8 top drive \uf076 equivalent to the kelly and rotary table , i . e . either top drive or kelly / rotary table \uf0d8 swivel \uf0d8 rotary hose \uf0fc the rotary horse power requirement is usually between 1 . 5 to 2 times the rotary speed , depending on hole depth . \uf0d8 hence for rotary speed of 200 rpm , the power requirement is about 400 hp . fall 14 h . alaminia drilling engineering 1 course ( 3rd ed . ) 6\n70 point de - laval rotary milking parlour . glenapp farm ayrshire . dairyco .\nrotary ultrasonic technology can offer a number of valuable advantages to your industrial processes .\nthus , a need exists in the art for improved retractable rotary turret and / or rapidly deployable high energy laser beam delivery system .\na pneumatic system and control system connected to said plurality of automated , rotary sonobuoy launcher units so that a sonobuoy in its sealed sonobuoy launch container from each of said plurality of automated , rotary sonobuoy launcher units can be individually and selectively launched directly from its sealed sonobuoy launch container .\nnon - fixed roofs ; roofs with movable panels , e . g . rotary sunroofs\n20 . the automated , rotary sonobuoy launch system of claim 16 , further comprising a control system that interacts with a launch valve of a pneumatic system and ensures sonobuoy launch only when a sonobuoy is positioned at the launch position and said gate valve is open .\nthe third machine - switching system developed before the first world war was the rotary of the ( american ) western electric concern ( western electric was the manufacturing arm of the bell system ) . during this period the company was very active in europe and felt the need for an automatic exchange system to sell here . rotary had been developed by the bell system in parallel with the panel system . rotary differed from the latter by using selecting switches with rotary rather than linear motion . both rotary and panel differed from strowger in that they used power - driven sequence and selecting switches controlled by revertive pulsing and also employed digit registers for the wanted number and translation . the rotary system was developed by a group led by f . r . mcberty and was considered less favourable for bell system use than rotary ; it was , however , thought fully adequate for use in europe and in 1911 mcberty was sent to western electric ' s european plants to set up facilities for further development ( antwerp ) and production ( north woolwich and antwerp ) .\n19 . the automated , rotary sonobuoy launch system of claim 16 , further comprising a control system that includes a motor , wherein said motor is connected to provide positioning of a selected sonobuoy at the launch position .\n27 . the method of launching sonobuoys of claim 25 , further comprising an operation of operating the rotary launcher from a remote workstation using a control system .\na pneumatic system connected to said rotary launcher and that forces the sonobuoy from its sealed sonobuoy launch container when the gate valve is open and the door is closed .\nabsolute rotary optical encoders use a disc to intercept light beams to create a pattern decoded by circuitry .\none approach provides a retractable rotary turret system . the system includes a base comprising two support arms . the system further includes a turret platform that is a truncated sphere having a substantially flat side and a substantially spherical side . the system further includes a turret support ring rotary coupled to the two support arms . the system further includes a turret device isolatively coupled to the turret support ring . the turret platform is rotatable along a first dimension for deployment of the spherical side and is rotatable along the first dimension for deployment of the flat side .\nfig . 5 shows the relationship of pressure dome 110 to slcs 105 when slcs 105 are loaded in rotary launcher 108 inside pressure dome 110 , e . g . , within cavity 130 . slcs 105 may be accessed via door 122 , shown in a closed position in the cut - away view of fig . 5 . fig . 6 shows one embodiment of a rotary launcher 108 in more detail . rotary launcher 108 may include receivers 142 for holding slcs 105 when loaded into rotary launcher 108 . rotary launcher 108 may include a pneumatic connector 144 for connecting each slc 105 of a loaded sonobuoy 302 to a pneumatic system\u2014such as pneumatic system 146 shown in fig . 7 \u2014so that sonobuoys 302 can be forcibly ejected pneumatically from rotary launcher 108 . rotary launcher 108 may also include structural supports 148 , for example , for securely attaching rotary launcher 108 to the airframe , floor 126 , or other structural members of an aircraft , such as jet aircraft 100 .\n10 . the system of claim 1 , wherein the turret device comprises a high energy laser pointing and tracking system , wherein the high energy laser pointing and tracking system is usable during deployment of the spherical side of the turret platform .\n7 . the stores launch system of claim 1 wherein stores are deployed pneumatically .\n9 . the stores launch system of claim 1 wherein the stores are sonobuoys .\nfig . 1 is a diagram of an exemplary beam deployment environment 100 . the environment 100 illustrates an aircraft 110 with a rotary turret system 112 and a target 120 ( in this example , a tank 120 ) . the rotary turret system 112 directs a beam 114 onto the target 120 . the beam 114 can be , for example , utilized by a sensor and / or laser beam system within the aircraft 110 to track the target 120 and / or damage / destroy the target 120 .\n5 . the cover system according to claim 4 , further comprising a control valve system connected between said first and second fluid inlets and a source of pressurized fluid .\nanother approach provides a turret payload system . the system includes a payload support ring rotary coupled to two support arms . the system further includes a payload device isolatively coupled to the payload support ring . the system further includes a payload windscreen shell in a shape of a truncated sphere having a substantially flat side and a substantially spherical side on opposite sides of each other . the turret payload system is rotatable along the elevation axis over a first dimension for deployment of the spherical side and is rotatable over a second dimension for deployment of the flat side .\nsaid hydraulic rotary actuator includes a pair of rotatable shafts , one each engaged to a corresponding one of said bail member arms .\nthe combination of casing drilling and a point - the - bit rotary steerable system results in a low risk drilling system to can drill and install casing in the softest and most unconsolidated formations without problems . all equipment sits inside casing so small stick - out ( < 1m ) and well protected .\nwhere f = frequency , hz \u2022 n = speed , rpm \u2022 r = resolution , counts per turn . system operating speed is usually known or dictated by tradeoffs such as system throughput versus scrap rates . inherent errors in a system will limit resolution .\nthe technology can include a retractable rotary turret system . the system includes a base comprising two support arms . the system further includes a turret platform that is a truncated sphere having a substantially flat side and a substantially spherical side . the turret platform includes a turret support ring rotary coupled to the two support arms and a turret device isolatively coupled to the turret support ring . the turret platform is rotatable along a first dimension for deployment of the spherical side and is rotatable along the first dimension for deployment of the flat side .\nmethod 200 may further include an operation 206 of selecting a sonobuoy 105 to be launched from a rotary launcher 108 by selecting a particular sonobuoy 105 from a launcher unit 106 , which may be a selected one containing the rotary launcher 108 , of a plurality of launcher units 106 in the cabin 112 of aircraft 100 . operation 206 may also include operating the rotary launcher 108 from a remote workstation 160 using a control system 158 to position the selected sonobuoy 105 at a launch position 151 .\nno further rotary exchanges were bought by the bpo , but from 1923 to 1929 six exchanges were supplied to the telephone department of kingston - upon - hull . after the 1914 - 18 war the production facilities were moved to antwerp ; world - wide the system had considerable success and rotary equipment manufactured in antwerp amounted to about nine million lines by 1973 .\nfig . 3b is a perspective diagram of the stowed turret system of fig . 3a ;\nfig . 4b is a perspective diagram of the deployed turret system of fig . 4a ;\nfig . 4c is another perspective diagram of the deployed turret system of fig . 4a ;\n17 . the automated , rotary sonobuoy launch system of claim 16 , wherein said gate valve is located above a launch tube and said gate valve is opened preparatory to a sonobuoy being launched through said gate valve and said launch tube .\na rotary launcher inside said pressure shell that rotates a sonobuoy launch container receiver into a loading position for installation of a sealed sonobuoy launch container containing a sonobuoy into said rotary launcher and into a launch position above said gate valve for launching the sonobuoy from its sealed sonobuoy launch container .\nrotary optical encoders , the most widespread encoder design , consist of an led light source , light detector , code disc , and signal processor .\ncontrol system 158 may be connected to a drive motor 178 for rotating slcs 105 in rotary launcher 108 so that any particular selected slc 105 may be rotated up to launch position 151 and aligned over gate valve 150 and launch tube 154 .\nanother thought - provoking comparison of these technologies is that of potential cross - directional bond width . in a stationary or blade system , the seal width is limited by the width of the horn blade , but in a rotary system , the horn can travel across the web and is only limited by the design of the process configuration .\nwhilst the strowger technique was the longest established system of automatic telephone switching , it was by no means the only option open to the post office when it decided to make its trials . three alternatives were the lorimer , rotary and betulander systems , and as we have already noted , a lorimer system was ordered for the caterham valley .\nonce you have made the decision to apply this technology to your application , you will need to choose between a rotary ultrasonic system and a stationary or blade ultrasonic system . there are some applications that will have an obvious solution , but most of the time , you will have to consider both avenues to understand which route will be most beneficial .\nrotary systems work well in both intermittent and continuous processes while the blade systems are more suitable for intermittent systems . rotary horns also provide higher continuous power delivery and more uniform horn amplitude . more power means faster , more consistent sealing and more uniformity delivers higher , more consistent and efficient seal performance .\n26 . the method of launching sonobuoys of claim 25 , further comprising an operation of providing power to the rotary launcher when the door is closed .\nin other designs of the system , an on - axis telescope is utilized with an auto - alignment system to align the sensor system and / or beam delivery system with a target . the use of the on - axis telescope simplifies the auto - alignment system . however , a central obscuration created by a secondary mirror results in a matching hole in the output beam . the on - axis telescope configuration , generally , does not operate correctly for beam systems that produce a solid beam profile with no central obscuration . an off - axis , unobscured telescope for the beam delivery system overcomes this problem .\na deployment mechanism for a stowable tarping system includes a hydraulic rotary actuator that is connected to the ends of the bail member of the tarping system . the rotary actuator is generally centrally mounted on the underside of the vehicle body with a pair of half shafts projecting outward toward the sides of the vehicle body . the half shafts are rotationally connected to the bail member so that torque and rotational force generated by the actuator is translated to a pivoting movement of the bail member . the actuator can be integrated into the vehicle hydraulics and can include a control valve system capable of controlling speed and direction of actuation .\nonly one system can deliver the superior drilling performance you need , reducing construction costs and improving production .\n8 . the stores launch system of claim 1 wherein said gate valve opens to a launch tube .\nthis article describes the design and simulation of a novel multi - functional hinge equipped with a rotary magnetorheological damper for solar array deployment system , which is comprised of a hinge , an angular sensor , a positioning and locking mechanism and a rotary damper . in order to achieve the compact design in structure , some components were reused in different function modules . it\u2019s the first to use magnet - rheological fluid ( mrf ) to dissipate the energy in solar array deployment system . the main advantage in using mr rotary damper instead of a viscous fluid rotary damper is that the damping force of mr damper can be adjusted according to the external magnetic field environment excited . a mechanic model was built and the structure design was focused on the mr rotary damper , a damping force model of this damper is deduced based on hydromechanics with bingham plastic constitutive model . a simulation of deployment motion was taken to validate the motion sequence of various components during the unfolding and locking process . it can be obtained that a constant damping coefficient can hardly balance the different performance of solar deployment system , then a simulation of the proposed deployment system equipped with rotary mr damper was carried out . according to the simulation , it can be obtained that the terminal velocity decreased by 75 . 81 % and the deployment time decreased by 72 . 37 % compared with a given constant damping coefficients . therefore , the proposed new type of rotary damper can reach a compromise with different performance utilizing an on - off control strategy .\nin the past , the rotary steerable system ( rss ) had rarely been utilized in pttep ' s gulf of thailand well drilling due to poor economic justifications . as the technology becomes mature and thanks to competitive market condition , the risks and the cost to run the system has come down to the level that its benefits and saving can now be reconsidered .\nthis article describes the design and simulation of a novel multi - functional hinge equipped with a rotary magnetorheological damper for solar array deployment system , which is comprised of a hinge , an angular sensor , a positioning and locking mechanism and a rotary damper . in order to achieve the compact design in structure , some components were reused in different function modules . it ' s the first to use magnet - rheological fluid ( mrf ) to dissipate the energy in solar array deployment system . the main advantage in using mr rotary damper instead of a viscous fluid rotary damper is that the damping force of mr damper can be adjusted according to the external magnetic field environment excited . a mechanic model was built and the structure design was focused on the mr rotary damper , a damping force model of this damper is deduced based on hydromechanics with bingham plastic constitutive model . a simulation of deployment motion was taken to validate the motion sequence of various components during the unfolding and locking process . it can be obtained that a constant damping coefficient can hardly balance the different performance of solar deployment system , then a simulation of the proposed deployment system equipped with rotary mr damper was carried out . according to the simulation , it can be obtained that the terminal velocity decreased by 75 . 81 % and the deployment time decreased by 72 . 37 % compared with a given constant damping coefficients . therefore , the proposed new type of rotary damper can reach a compromise with different performance utilizing an on - off control strategy .\nin some examples , the turret device includes a high energy laser pointing and tracking system , wherein the high energy laser pointing and tracking system is usable during deployment of the spherical side of the turret platform .\nrotary steerable systems ( rsss ) have greatly assisted in drilling these wells . from a\nclosed loop\nfeature , which automatically seeks a vertical profile in an openhole sidetrack with a carefully controlled dogleg severity ( dls ) , the rotary steerable tool is proving invaluable in drilling these complex wells and in reducing risks .\nas seen in fig . 7 , integrated sonobuoy launch system 102 may include a pneumatic system 146 and a control system 158 . control system 158 may include a workstation 160 , which may be located on aircraft 100 remotely from automated , rotary sonobuoy launch system ( launcher unit ) 106 and may include control panels , switches , and computer processors to enable human operators to control operation of launcher units 106 . pneumatic system 146 may include a pressure source 162 , which may be a gas bottle . pressure source 162 may be recharged , for example , from an air supply on the ground through ground charging port 164 or may be charged through on - board aircraft charging system 165 for example a bleed air system or auxiliary power unit ( apu ) ( not shown in the figures ) while in the air . pneumatic system 146 may include a pressure regulator 170 installed on pressure feed line 168 . pressure regulator 170 may operate , to ensure control and safety of gas pressure in pressure feed line 168 . pressure feed line 168 may be connected to launch valve 172 , which for example , may be a solenoid valve operated by an electrical signal on launch line 173 connected to workstation 160 of control system 158 .\n3 . the stores launch system of claim 1 wherein said door is opened when said cavity is pressurized .\n10 . the stores launch system of claim 1 wherein the stores in the sonobuoy launch containers are sonobuoys .\n6 . the system of claim 2 , wherein the primary window and the secondary window are substantially flat .\nif our standard rotary unions and slip rings aren ' t quite what you ' re looking for , we ' ve got you covered . we provide custom designed components for specialized applications . our engineers have over 80 years of combined experience in rotary unions and slip rings and will come up with the perfect solution for your needs .\n28 . the method of launching sonobuoys of claim 25 , further comprising an operation of selecting a sonobuoy to be launched from one of a plurality of rotary launchers .\n[ 0019 ] fig . 4 is a partial cut - away view of a hydraulic rotary actuator used in the embodiment of the invention depicted in fig . 3 .\n2 . the stores launch system of claim 1 wherein said cavity is pressurized when said gate valve is closed .\n23 . the jet aircraft of claim 21 , further including an electronic control system that activates said launch valve .\nanother approach provides a high power laser beam delivery system . the system includes a rotary turret platform rotatable along multiple axes for aiming of a high power laser beam . the system further includes a turret payload device coupled to the rotary turret platform that is a truncated sphere and configured to rapidly deploy from a vehicle and stow within the vehicle . the system further includes at least two conformal windows in a spherical side of the turret payload device . the system further includes an off - axis telescope coupled to the turret payload device , having an articulated secondary mirror for correcting optical aberrations , and configured to reflect the high power laser beam to a target through the first of the at least two conformal windows . the system further includes an illuminator beam device coupled to the turret payload device and configured to detect atmospheric disturbance between the system and the target by actively illuminating the target to generate a return aberrated wavefront through the first of the at least two conformal windows . the system further includes a coarse tracker coupled to the turret payload device , positioned parallel to and on an axis of revolution of the off - axis telescope , and configured to detect , acquire , and track the target through the second of the at least two conformal windows .\ni built the rotary hydroponic system around the earth exhibit at epcot that i remember as a kid . this the most difficult hydroponic garden that i ever built . it can grow up to 56 plant at time in an area that i would usually only be able to fit 24 .\nrotary ultrasonic technology has been custom engineered , developed and implemented on hundreds of bonding , sealing and converting applications . aurizon ultrasonics works with customers around the world to deliver rotary ultrasonic solutions that address your particular process . our patented technology provides a solid foundation for delivering cutting - edge products and processes . we will strive to gain a thorough understanding of your needs and consider key parameters such as horn metallurgy , acoustic design , component fabrication and system engineering .\nmingfu wen , miao yu , jie fu , zhengzhong wu ,\nmulti - functional hinge equipped with a magneto - rheological rotary damper for solar array deployment system ,\nproc . spie 9446 , ninth international symposium on precision engineering measurement and instrumentation , 944648 ( 6 march 2015 ) ;\n19 . dc slips , safety collar , casing slips and a rotary table \uf0fc a drill collar slips ( a ) , a safety collar ( b ) , and a casing slips ( c ) are shown in the figure . \uf0fc the rotary table receives power from the power system \uf0d8 ( either mechanical or electric . ) \uf0fc a gearbox allows several combinations of torque and speed . fall 14 h . alaminia drilling engineering 1 course ( 3rd ed . ) 22\ngruenhagen , h . , hahne , u . , alvord , g . , 2002 . application of new generation rotary steerable system for reservoir drilling in remote areas . presented at the iadc / spe drilling conference , dallas , texas , 26\u201328 february 2002 . spe - 74457 - ms . urltoken\nfig . 3a is a side view of a diagram of an exemplary stowed turret system 300 . fig . 3b is a perspective view of the turret system 300 of fig . 3a . the turret system 300 includes a base 310 and two supporting arms 320 ( second supporting arm is not shown ) . a flat side 340 of the turret system 300 conforms to an outer surface 330 of a deployment vehicle ( not shown ) . the conformance to the outer surface 330 of the deployment vehicle advantageously enables the turret system 300 to maintain characteristics of the deployment vehicle while simplifying the deployment mechanism .\nfig . 1a is an expanded view of a portion of the sonobuoy storage and launch system shown in fig . 1 ;\nfagen m . d . , a history of engineering and science in the bell system . bell telephone laboratories , 1975 .\nschaaf , s . , mallary , c . r . , pafitis , d . 2000 . point - the - bit rotary steerable system : theory and field results . presented at the 2000 spe annual technical conference and exhibition , dallas , texas , 1\u20134 october 2000 . spe - 63247 - ms . urltoken\nreturning to fig . 1a , integrated sonobuoy launch system 102 may include one or more automated , rotary sonobuoy launch systems 106 , ( e . g . , the launcher units referred to above ) . each launch system ( or rotary sonobuoy launcher unit ) 106 may have capacity for holding about 12 sonobuoys ready for deployment , but a launch system 106 with greater or lesser capacity may be found to be practical or advantageous , for example , in the range of 6 to 15 sonobuoys . each launch system 106 may include a rotary launcher 108 ( or \u201cstores launcher\u201d ) housed under a dome structure 110 , also referred to as a \u201cpressure dome\u201d or \u201cpressure shell\u201d , that may maintains a pressure difference between the interior and exterior of the pressure shell 110 . for example , cabin pressure may be maintained in a cabin 112 exterior to pressure shell 110 , while either cabin pressure or outside ambient atmospheric pressure may be maintained interior to pressure shell 110 . thus , integrated sonobuoy launch system 102 may maintain cabin 112 pressure for high altitude launch and deployment of sonobuoys 302 . integrated sonobuoy launch system 102 may also include additional features , such as manual pressurized sonobuoy launch tubes 114 and freefall chutes 116 . such additional features may be used , for example , for backup or to extend capabilities and mission flexibility .\n4 . the stores launch system of claim 1 wherein said door allows access to at least one sonobuoy at a loading position .\nin yet another embodiment of the present invention , a jet aircraft with integrated rotary sonobuoy launch system includes : a cabin ; storage racks in the cabin that store a number of sonobuoys in sonobuoy launch containers ; and at least one automated , rotary sonobuoy launcher unit in the cabin . the automated , rotary sonobuoy launcher unit has a door that allows loading of sonobuoys from the sonobuoys in sonobuoy launch containers in the storage racks . the automated , rotary sonobuoy launcher unit includes a pressure shell that when the door is closed provides a pressure boundary between pressure in a cavity inside the pressure shell and a cabin pressure outside the pressure shell . the automated , rotary sonobuoy launcher unit also includes a gate valve in a floor under the pressure shell that connects the cavity to an exterior of the aircraft . when the door is closed and the gate valve is opened the cavity is depressurized to ambient pressure outside the aircraft so that a sonobuoy can be launched , and when the gate valve is closed the cavity can be pressurized to the cabin pressure so that the door can be opened and the sonobuoys can be loaded from the storage racks . a rotary launcher inside the pressure shell rotates a sonobuoy into a launch position above the gate valve and a launch tube leading to the exterior of the aircraft .\nmy nephew and i both really enjoyed this museum . they had telecommunications , radio , tv and the history of the mail service . they have a neat hands - on exhibit of how a rotary phone works where you dial one phone from the other . for my nephew , who is to young to have ever used a rotary phone , it was something neat . i . . .\nin a further embodiment of the present invention , a modified transport aircraft with a cabin includes storage racks in the cabin that store multiple sonobuoys in sonobuoy launch containers and a number of automated , rotary sonobuoy launcher units in the cabin . each of the automated , rotary sonobuoy launcher units has a door that allows loading of sonobuoys from the sonobuoys in sonobuoy launch containers in the storage racks . each of the automated , rotary sonobuoy launcher units includes : a pressure shell that when the door is closed provides a pressure boundary between pressure in a cavity inside the pressure shell and a cabin pressure outside the pressure shell . a gate valve in a floor under the pressure shell and connecting the cavity to an exterior of the aircraft is disposed so that when the door is closed and the gate valve is opened the cavity is depressurized to ambient pressure outside the aircraft so that a sonobuoy can be launched . when the gate valve is closed the cavity can be pressurized to the cabin pressure so that the door can be opened and the sonobuoys can be loaded from the storage racks . a rotary launcher inside the pressure shell rotates a sonobuoy into a launch position above the gate valve and a launch tube leading to the exterior of the aircraft . a pneumatic system and control system connected to the automated , rotary sonobuoy launcher units is configured so that sonobuoys from each of the plurality of automated , rotary sonobuoy launcher units can be individually and selectively launched .\n17 . kelly bushing and master bushing \uf0fc figure shows a kelly bushing , master bushing , and rotary table assembly . fall 14 h . alaminia drilling engineering 1 course ( 3rd ed . ) 20\na rotary launcher inside said pressure shell that rotates a sealed sonobuoy launch container containing a sonobuoy into a launch position above said gate valve and a launch tube leading to the exterior of the aircraft .\nfigs . 6a - 6d are diagrams of exemplary deployed turret systems 600 a , 600 b , 600 c , and 600 d ( generally referred to as turret system 600 ) . fig . 6a illustrates deployment of a turret platform of the turret system 600 a . fig . 6b illustrates deployment of the turret platform of the turret system 600 b in a nadir position . fig . 6c illustrates 180\u00b0 rotation along an azimuth axis of the turret platform of the turret system 600 c from the position illustrated in fig . 6b while remaining in the nadir position . fig . 6d illustrates deployment of the turret platform of the turret system 600 d in an elevated position to a stop - limit ( e . g . , the minimum lookdown angle for the turret system 600 d configuration ) .\n* in 1975 the old western electric rotary equipment was phased out , and because it was the last of its kind in the uk , it was handed to the science museum in kensington , london .\nfor those applications where a linear transfer platform is needed , adaptek systems offers a solution with all the advantages of the rotary ring dial platform above . in addition , the linear transfer system is a \u201cbuilding block\u201d approach where additional linear modules can be linked offering the best option where a significant number of process steps are involved . the linear transfer is also your best option where large incoming part feeding systems are needed , several manual process stations may need to be included , or the number of process stations exceed the capabilities of the rotary ring dial .\nmingfu wen , miao yu , jie fu , zhengzhong wu ,\nmulti - functional hinge equipped with a magneto - rheological rotary damper for solar array deployment system\n, proc . spie 9446 , ninth international symposium on precision engineering measurement and instrumentation , 944648 ( 6 march 2015 ) ; doi : 10 . 1117 / 12 . 2181839 ; urltoken\nin other examples , the system further includes an auto - alignment system configured to communicate commands to the articulated secondary mirror configured to modify aiming of the high power laser beam and to one or more fast steering mirrors configured to modify the aiming of the high power laser beam .\nthe hydraulic system preferably has an inlet line 79 and an outlet line 80 . the hydraulic system for the actuator can be integrated into the vehicle hydraulic system . for a dump vehicle , the dump hydraulics can be used to feed the deployment actuator hydraulics . pressure within the hydraulic chamber 65 is increased by fluid traveling along the inlet line 79 and decreased by fluid being exhausted through outlet 80 . the system can further include a relief valve 77 that bleeds fluid pressure directly from the inlet to the outlet , and a check valve 78 that prevents fluid back flow .\na jet aircraft with integrated , rotary sonobuoy launch system has storage racks for a number of sonobuoys in sonobuoy launch containers ; and one or more launcher units in its cabin . each launcher unit has a pressure shell with a door allowing loading of sonobuoys in sonobuoy launch containers from the storage racks . with the door closed , the inside of the shell can be depressurized for launching a sonobuoy by opening a gate valve that connects the interior of the shell to the exterior of the aircraft . with the gate valve closed , the shell can pressurized so that the door can be opened and sonobuoys reloaded . a control system can be used to rotate a rotary launcher inside each pressure shell so that a selected sonobuoy is moved to a launch position above the gate valve and a launch tube , and a pneumatic system can be used to launch the sonobuoy .\nthe concept of an indexing dial is possibly the oldest and historically most efficient manufacturing method to advance parts and components through an automated assembly process . while a very cost effective method , there can be significant pitfalls if these systems are not designed correctly . adaptek systems utilizes a proprietary and patented servo driven , rotary transfer ring incorporating many advantages over the typical cam driven dial . the adaptek rotary ring dial system offers exceptional flexibility in design and future interchangeability , modularity , programmable motion and an exceptionally compact design for the smallest footprint per amount of automation of any other configuration .\nan efficient , safety - conscious wellbore drilling method features highly accurate wellbore placement , reduced drilling time , and improved safe drilling practices . rotary steerable system ( rss ) technology provided a cost - efficient solution in a high - volume environment for a us - based oil and gas exploration company drilling 80 to 100 wells per year in south texas , usa .\nin a still further embodiment of the present invention , a method of launching sonobuoys includes the operations of : loading a rotary launcher with sonobuoys through a door in a pressure dome ; closing the door and opening a gate valve at a floor above a launch tube to depressurize the inside of the pressure dome ; and launching a sonobuoy using a pneumatic system .\nthe techniques described herein can provide one or more of the following advantages . an advantage of the technology is that the turret system or parts thereof are rotatable along a single dimension for deployment of the spherical side and the flat side of the turret system , thereby eliminating the need to translate the azimuth base of the turret system . another advantage of the technology is that the deployment time of the turret system for the single dimension rotation for deployment is reduced to that of the axis rotation speed , thereby decreasing the deployment time . another advantage of the technology is that the single dimension deployment of the turret system advantageously reduces the dead space in the deployment vehicle ( e . g . , aircraft cargo bay ) , thereby maximizing the volume available for other components . another advantage of the technology is the use of conformal apertures ( i . e . , windows in the turret system ) for the spherical side of the turret system advantageously provides a consistent spherical shape in the airflow around the deployment vehicle , thereby maximizing the correction of aero - optic wavefront error ( wfe ) distortions and torque disturbances on the outer parts of the turret system .\nakinniranye , g . , kruse , w . d . , bautista gomez , . 2007 . rotary steerable system technology case studies in a high - volume , low - cost environment . presented at the 15th spe middle east oil & amp ; gas show and conference , kingdom of bahrain , 11 - 14 march 2007 . spe - 105468 - ms . urltoken\n21 . the top drive outlook \uf0fc the top drive is basically a combined rotary table and kelly . \uf0fc the top drive \uf0d8 consists of a dc drive motor that connects directly to the drillstring without the need or a rotary table . \uf0fc the top drive \uf0d8 is mounted on the rig\u2019s swivel , the swivel attaches to the travelling block and supports the drillstring weight . fall 14 h . alaminia drilling engineering 1 course ( 3rd ed . ) 25\nin a further aspect of the invention , a control valve system is provided between the fluid inlets to the hydraulic rotary actuator and the source of pressurized fluid . preferably , the source is the vehicle hydraulic system . the control valve system can include flow control valves associated with each inlet that are operable to vary the fluid flow rate from each inlet . this metered out flow rate can control the rate of rotation of the actuation shaft , and ultimately the bail member , in the deployment and retraction directions . the control valve system also includes a manually controllable three - position four - way solenoid valve that controls the flow of fluid into and out of the two inlets . in one embodiment , the solenoid valve connects or disconnects one inlet from the fluid source , and either closes or opens the second inlet to drain .\nlaunching a sonobuoy from its sealed sonobuoy launch container , in the process breaking a frangible seal of the sonobuoy launch container , using a pneumatic system .\nthe post office had the distinction of acquiring the first rotary exchange in europe : this was a 2800 lines capacity affair initially equipped for 800 subscribers . located in darlington and opened on 10th october 1914 , it was the first british exchange with four - digit numbers . it was followed by a smaller example at dudley the next year . much was found to commend the rotary system but it was considered to be more complicated than strowger , with which the post office was more familiar , and there were some misgivings about its dependence on common apparatus . its production was not resumed in britain after the war .\n7 . the cover system according to claim 5 , wherein said control valve system includes a multiple position valve connected to said first and second inlets and having a first position connecting said first inlet to the source of pressurized fluid and a second position disconnecting said first inlet from said source of pressurized fluid .\nthe rotary process presented here is designed for continuous operation and to use the concept of a heat regeneration cycle developed for solid sorption cold production systems . based on the analysis of the thermodynamic cycle followed by the reagent , the system is modeled in the form of counter - flow heat exchangers in series . this allows an estimate of the energy performance of the process in terms of coefficient of performance ( cop ) and cold production capacity . it appears that for a given set of thermodynamic operating conditions , the number of transfer units ( ntu ) of the heat exchangers is the parameter , which conditions the value of the cop . a comparison between the rotary system by adsorption and by chemical reaction helps to select the ideal reagent according to the temperature level for cold production .\nthe auto - alignment system 735 is coupled to the turret payload device 706 . the auto - alignment system 735 includes one or more sensors for detecting alignment of the beam . the auto - alignment system 735 communicates commands to the articulated secondary mirror 755 to modify aiming of the high power laser beam and / or any other type of beam . the auto - alignment system 735 communicates commands to the fast steering mirrors 710 and 765 to modify the aiming of the high power laser beam and / or any other type of beam . the auto - alignment system 735 can advantageously communicate commands to the articulated secondary mirror 755 and / or the fast steering mirrors 710 and 765 to correct errors in the aiming of the beam , thereby increasing the efficiency of the system while reducing errors . three angle sensors ( not shown ) sense an annular auto - alignment reference beam , which originates from the auto - alignment system 735 . the annular auto - alignment reference beam is reflected off the fast steering mirrors 710 and 765 , the secondary mirror 755 , and the primary mirror 740 .\ndon\u2019t settle for others ' \u201cpseudo steering . \u201d contact us today to learn more about how the autotrak system\u2019s continuous proportional steering delivers the performance you need .\npoint - the - bit for optimal drilling performance and constant and predictable directional performance regardless formation strength . the system has drilled open hole laterals from vertical .\n12 . the sonobuoy launch system of claim 11 , further comprising a launch tube located at the launch position , and through which said sonobuoy is launched .\n5 . the system of claim 2 , wherein the primary window and the secondary window are curved to conform to an outer surface of the spherical side .\n8 . the system of claim 7 , wherein the beam application is a sensing application and the telescope collimates the optical energy based on a target range .\n20 . the turret payload system of claim 19 , wherein the substantially flat side of the payload windscreen shell substantially conforms to a vehicle surface when stowed .\nrotary encoders are electromechanical devices used for sensing in myriad applications \u2014 on motors paired with drives and automated machinery for everything from consumer electronics , elevators , and conveyor speed monitoring to position control on automated industrial machines and robotics . they track the turning of motor shafts to generate digital position and motion information . whether incremental or absolute , magnetic or optical , rotary encoders track motor shaft rotation to generate digital position and motion information . their use proliferates in industrial and commercial designs .\nall types of ultrasonic technology can offer improved process speeds , the ability to seal through residual product and the ability to bond through varying thicknesses and layers . however , the rolling contact from a rotary horn enables better sealing over varying material thicknesses like seams and gussets because of the inertia possessed by the system . this can directly lead to less product failures , less waste and more effective seals .\nin another embodiment of the present invention , a sonobuoy launch system includes a pressure dome having a door . when the door is closed the pressure dome maintains a pressure difference between a cabin pressure outside the pressure dome and an ambient pressure inside the pressure dome . a gate valve in a floor under the pressure dome allows the pressure difference to be reduced when the gate valve is closed and allows the cabin pressure to be maintained inside the pressure dome so that the door can be opened . a rotary launcher inside the pressure dome rotates a sonobuoy into a loading position and sonobuoys are loaded while the gate valve is closed and the door is open . a pneumatic system connected to the rotary launcher forces the sonobuoy from its slc when the gate valve is open and the door is closed .\nmobileodt is committed to reaching remote areas like battor and adidome in order to screen more women for cervical cancer . we want to thank rotary club of accra east , ms . gertrude adzo akpalu , mr . philip diame , mr . evans attivor , and dr . kofi effah for their fantastic work . we look forward to supporting more cervical cancer screening locations in ghana with the eva system .\nanother cover system particular suited for open - topped containers is the easy covers\u00ae system , also of aero industries , inc . the easy cover\u00ae tarping system includes a u - shaped bail member that is pivotably mounted at its ends to the base of the container body . the horizontal section of the u - shaped bail member is attached to the tarp . in one application of the easy cover\u00ae tarping system , pulling the horizontal bar of the u - shaped bail member using a rope can manually deploy the tarp . again , the tarp can be wound onto a spring - biased spool at the front end of the dump bed .\nmagnetic encoders are inherently rugged and operate reliably under shock and vibration and high temperature . magnetic debris ingress can degrade rotary magnetic encoder performance , but other contaminants do not . therefore , rotary magnetic encoders are often used instead of optical encoders . passive variable reluctance or magnetized strips on a rotating code rotor , wheel , or band are sensed by either a hall - effect or magnetoresistive sensor . motor speed and position accuracy dictate which of the two is better suited for an application .\n9 . the system of claim 7 , wherein the beam application is a high energy weapon application and the primary mirror focuses the optical energy onto a target .\nhigher resolution doesn\u2019t necessarily translate into higher system accuracy , but resolution that\u2019s too low may limit the system ' s ability to control speed or position accurately . as implied earlier , incremental encoders with quadrature phasing not only provide directional information , but can increase resolution up to four times when combined with a compatible receiving device .\nfig . 5a is a sectional diagram of another exemplary deployed turret system 500 a . the turret system 500 a includes a primary mirror 540 and a telescope 550 . the telescope 550 is isolatively mounted to the turret system 500 in such a manner as to minimize the effects of mechanical and / or structural deflection of the turret system 500 that can adversely affect the los of the telescope 550 . the primary mirror 540 is mounted to the telescope 550 and recollimates or focuses optical energy based on the beam application . as illustrated in fig . 5a , the turret system 500 a has a laser beam diameter d 1 564 a and a lookdown angle a 1 562 a . the lookdown angle a 1 562 a is the smallest lookdown angle a 1 562 a for the output beam diameter d 1 564 a .\nin order to address the needs left unfulfilled by prior devices , the present invention contemplates a hydraulic rotary actuator that is generally centrally mounted on the underside of the container body . the actuator is connected by a pair of half shafts to the legs of the bail member to permit the transmission of rotational motion and torque from the actuator to the bail member . the rotary actuator is in the form of a compact elongated cylinder that is less susceptible to the harsh environment at the vehicle undercarriage ."]}
{"id": 56025, "summary": [{"text": "synergy group corp. is a south american conglomerate created and owned by germ\u00e1n efromovich , an entrepreneur holding multiple citizenship of brazil , colombia and poland .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "the group is headquartered in rio de janeiro , brazil .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "it operates several airlines in south america , among which are avianca holdings , with a 66.66 % stake , and is active in the exploration of oil and natural gas throughout the region .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "additionally , it operates hydroelectric power plants , participates in the construction of telecommunications infrastructure , shipbuilding and technical inspections , radiochemistry , radiopharmaceuticals , agriculture and hospitality .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "synergy group has integrated the airlines and companies of taca with avianca under a holding company , avianca holdings .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "the synergy group owns 66.66 % of the newly created subsidiary company .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "kingsland holding ( texas ) owns the other 33.33 % of avianca-taca .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "synergy aerospace corp. , a sub-division of synergy group , is headquartered in bogota , colombia .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "it is the major shareholder of avianca holdings .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "the company controls eight airlines in four countries : avianca and tampa cargo in colombia , avianca brazil , variglog and synerjet in brazil , vip and aerogal in ecuador and grupo taca in el salvador .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "in november 2012 , synergy aerospace corp. established synergy aerospace europe .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "synergy aerospace established a joint venture in march 2011 with israel aerospace industries ( iai ) .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "brazil-based company eae aerospace solutions was established to become the shareholder and holding company of the group \u2019s activities in brazil .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "synergy wants to invest in flight technologies ( ft ) , a manufacturer of tactical uavs for the brazilian army , based in s\u00e3o jos\u00e9 dos campos .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "the joint venture will offer advanced defense systems , such as unmanned aerial vehicles ( uavs ) , multi mission transporters , mission and fighter aircraft upgrades , intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance ( isr ) advanced systems and radars .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "the synergy group also has relevant activities , including the control of the eisa shipping agency , currently building a 500-ton patrol ship for the brazilian navy , and the brazilian digex company , operating in aircraft maintenance area .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "synergy aerospace was a candidate in the acquisition of portuguese state carrier tap portugal .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "in november 2012 , synergy group created synergy europe based in luxemburg , to deal with the possible takeover of the portuguese airline .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "all european activities would be handled by its european subsidiary .", "topic": 6}, {"text": "through this unit , the company was planning to partner with european investors , including portuguese airline euroatlantic airways .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "in june 2015 , synergy lost the bid to the gateway consortium , that includes portuguese bus owner humberto pedrosa and brazilian david neeleman ( azul brazilian airlines ) . ", "topic": 13}], "title": "synergy group", "paragraphs": ["in addition to expanding synergy group\u2019s already vast route network in the spanish - speaking and portuguese - speaking americas , the group\u2019s two latest moves may have important mro implications for synergy group\u2019s many airlines .\nstunning design , the synergy group is committed to building exceptional homes for our local communities .\nwith the synergy group newsletter , we seek to strengthen our internal communication and create a stronger sense of belonging throughout the synergy group , across our fleet , business segments , and branch offices .\navianca\u2019s parent synergy group has made two moves this week which show that it is positioning itself as the only airline group with the ambition to be omnipresent throughout latin america .\n, avianca\u2019s parent synergy group has made two moves this week which show that it is positioning itself as the only airline group with the ambition to be omnipresent throughout latin america .\nas at to date , plon synergy group sdn bhd has three ( 3 ) subsidiaries companies , namely peterlabs sdn bhd , osmosis nutrition sdn bhd and oms resources sdn bhd . plon synergy group sdn bhd does not have any associated company .\nan official of hana financial group said , \u201cwith the opening of the gangnam building , the competitive edge of and synergy among non - bank subsidiaries of the group will be enhanced , putting the group in a better position to offer higher levels of satisfaction , and thus greater happiness , to customers . \u201d\nwe at synergy group are committed to our society and the environment and have over the years been involved in various developmental and donation activities .\niai and its brazilian partner synergy group have established a unique joint venture structured to expand iai\u2019s offerings in brazil through acquisitions of local companies and activities , thus rapidly expanding the combined offerings of iai and the synergy group in brazil . the new brazil based company eae aerospace solutions was established to become the shareholder and holding company of the group\u2019s activities in brazil , some have recently acquired by the synergy group . synergy has recently announced a substantial investment in the brazilian company flight technologies , a local manufacturer of tactical uavs for the brazilian army . the synergy group also has relevant activities , including the control of theeisa shipyard , currently building a 500 ton patrol ship for the brazilian navy , and the brazilian digex company , operating in aircraft maintenance area .\nthe asb group comprises operating subsidiaries and associates that service business and consumer markets in a variety of industries . these operating companies are grouped under the several key business divisions of the asb group , which include :\n55 eulji - ro , jung - gu , seoul copyright \u249e hana financial group 2012 . all right reserved .\nwhile aeromar\u2019s order for atr turboprops appears unremarkable in itself , another sizeable atr order announcement the following day , november 15 , started indicating the potential scale of the pan - latin america ambitions of synergy group and its subsidiary synergy aerospace .\nsynergy marine and synergy maritime contribute to world - class technical ship management , training , and innovative industry practices .\nairlines group is the largest airline group in latin america . it has passenger - airline subsidiaries in argentina , brazil , chile , colombia , ecuador , paraguay and peru , as well as cargo - airline subsidiaries in brazil , chile , colombia and mexico .\nsynergy group\u2019s chairman germ\u00e1n efromovich said : \u201cwe look forward to continuing our relationship with rolls - royce and have confidence in the benefits of both its trent 700 technology and support services . \u201d\nplon synergy group sdn bhd was incorporated on 13 november 2002 in malaysia as a private limited company under the act and began its operations in the same year . plon synergy group sdn bhd is an investment holding company whose subsidiaries , namely peterlabs sdn bhd , osmosis nutrition sdn bhd and oms resources sdn bhd , are principally involved in the manufacturing , trading and distribution of animal health and nutrition products .\nclarifying the objectives and benefits of a potential synergy initiative is the first and most important discipline in making sound decisions on synergy .\nat synergy group , we recognize the importance of high morale crew in the successful operation of the vessels . we have established our crewing offices in india ( chennai and delhi ) and the philippines ( manila ) .\norder represented part of a strategic investment by synergy aerospace in the mexican regional airline .\nengine - maker rolls - royce has won a $ 630m ( \u00a3408m ) contract with brazil - based synergy group , which operates several airlines in south america and one in africa , to provide trent 700 engines and services for the nine airbus a330s it agreed to buy yesterday .\nsynergy\u2019s tagline is , \u201cit\u2019s personal\u201d , and it is . - martin harris , executive director\nthe pursuit of synergy often distracts managers\u2019 attention from the nuts and bolts of their businesses .\nhitachi zosen is working to fortify its overseas network and reorganize its group strengths . in recent years it has concluded successive m & a deals with hitachi zosen inova ag ( switzerland ) , nac international inc . ( united states ) , and cumberland electrochemical limited ( united kingdom ) . last year it welcomed into the group the listed subsidiaries daiki ataka engineering co . , ltd . and nichizo tech .\nour group is one of the leading specialists in manufacturing , distribution and trading of animal health and nutrition products . our group products include animal feed additives , environment maintenance products , veterinary pharmaceuticals , biologicals , anthelmintic , antimicrobial , disinfectant , injectable products , mold inhibitor and toxin binder , multi - nutrient and supplement , complete feed premix , pre - probiotic / enzyme / acidifier , topical dressings and cleansing agents\nthe new building is expected to enable non - bank subsidiaries to offer their clients comprehensive , one - stop services based on enhanced business synergy among them , strengthen their positions within the group , and contribute to cost - saving efforts by offering reduced rents and shared facilities such as conference rooms and auditoriums .\nthe opening of the gangnam building is part of the long - term vision that the group established in early 2014 , specifically the goal of raising the non - bank sector\u2019s share of the group\u2019s total profits to 30 % by 2025 . the relocation of non - bank subsidiaries such as hana capital , hana savings bank , and hana asset trust to the gangnam building is expected to serve as a major step toward achieving that goal .\nmost corporate executives , whether or not they have any special insight into synergy opportunities or aptitude for nurturing collaboration , feel they ought to be creating synergy . the achievement of synergy among their businesses is inextricably linked to their sense of their work and their worth . in part , the synergy bias reflects executives\u2019 need to justify the existence of their corporation , particularly to investors . \u201cif we can\u2019t find opportunities for synergy , there\u2019s no point to the group , \u201d one chief executive explained to us . in part , it reflects their desire to make the different businesses feel that they are part of a single family . \u201cmy job is to create a family\u2014a group of managers who see themselves as members of one team , \u201d commented another ceo . perhaps most fundamentally , it reflects executives\u2019 real fear that they would be left without a role if they were not able to promote coordination , standardization , and other links among the various businesses they control .\neven when a synergy prize is found to be sizable , corporate executives should not necessarily rush in .\nwhen executives manage synergy well , it can be a boon , creating additional value with existing resources .\navoiding such failures is possible , but it requires a whole new way of looking at and thinking about synergy . rather than assuming that synergy exists , can be achieved , and will be beneficial , corporate executives need to take a more balanced , even skeptical view . they need to counter synergy\u2019s natural allure by subjecting their instincts to rigorous evaluation . such an approach will help executives avoid wasting precious resources on synergy programs that are unlikely to succeed . perhaps even more important , it will enable them to better understand where the true synergy opportunities lie in their organizations . ( see the insert \u201cwhat is synergy ? \u201d )\nwe understand how important it is for you to be able to trust your financial professional . it ' s important to have a trusted professional you can count on to provide you with accurate and helpful information . the synergy group can be that professional you trust . we are experienced , responsive and understand your need for integrity and transparency .\nif business - unit managers choose not to cooperate in a synergy initiative , they usually have good reasons .\nhead and branch offices of hana capital , hana savings bank , and hana asset trust have already moved into the building , nine floors of which will be used by the group , and the remaining 11 floors will be rented out .\nbecause executives view the achievement of synergy as central to their jobs , they are prone to four biases that distort their thinking . first comes the synergy bias , which leads them to overestimate the benefits and underestimate the costs of synergy . then comes the parenting bias , a belief that synergy will only be captured by cajoling or compelling the business units to cooperate . the parenting bias is usually accompanied by the skills bias \u2014the assumption that whatever know - how is required to achieve synergy will be available within the organization . finally , executives fall victim to the upside bias , which causes them to concentrate so hard on the potential benefits of synergy that they overlook the downsides . in combination , these four biases make synergy seem more attractive and more easily achievable than it truly is .\non november 15 , synergy aerospace gave notice to the world of its ambition . in the news release announcing the order , synergy aerospace said : \u201cits extensive operations will be further enhanced through recently announced ventures in argentina ( avian\ncopyright \u00a9 , advance synergy berhad ( 1225 - d ) . all rights reserved . site design by infinitesparks .\nthe downsides of synergy are every bit as real as the upsides ; they are just not seen as clearly .\nin some cases , the analysis of synergy opportunities will raise questions that will be hard to answer . the size of the prize may be uncertain : will a joint internet marketing group help or hinder our businesses as they move into electronic commerce ? the parenting opportunity may be unclear : is the german product manager resisting the corporate marketing campaign out of chauvinistic stubbornness , or is the german market really different ? the needed skills may be unproven : will our technical manager be able to lead a coordination committee on production planning ? the risks may be hard to pin down : will a cross - asian product - development group undermine innovation ?\nour hallmark is a highly personalized service offered by an experienced team to our clients , combined with a complete end to end ship management services portfolio . it is our constant endeavor to understand specific needs of a diverse client group and deliver each time with precision !\nsynergy is warm and friendly . new people feel instantly welcomed .\n- valentina simonetti , governance , risk and assurance consultant\nsynergy partner mark pattrick has taken out the prestigious partner of the year award at the 2018 australian accounting awards . [ \u2026 ]\nwe believe that synergy can provide a big boost to the bottom line of most large companies . the challenge is to separate the real opportunities from the illusions . with a more disciplined approach , executives can realize greater value from synergy\u2014even while pursuing fewer initiatives .\n\u201cthis formation provides iai the growth and flexibility enabling us to grow in the brazilian market\u201d iai chairman yair shamir told defense update at the laad 2011 exhibition in rio de janeiro . \u201cthe unique formation offers iai , and the synergy defense and security group acting as our local partner to acquire companies that will be able to absorb , promote and localize the wide range of capabilities offered by iai , tailoring it for the brazilian requirements . \u201d shamir added .\nthe strength of synergy is its people and this has allowed us to build an inclusive culture that lets us operate in a supportive and encouraging environment .\neven so , synergy aerospace\u2019s emergence as a rapidly growing airline presence in the south , central and spanish - speaking americas markets begs some obvious questions .\nclarifying the real objectives and benefits of a potential synergy initiative\u2014\u201csizing the prize , \u201d as we term it\u2014is the first and most important discipline in making sound decisions on synergy . executives should strive to be as precise as possible about both the type of synergy being sought and its ultimate payoff for the company . overarching goals should be disaggregated into discrete , well - defined benefits , and then each benefit should be subjected to hard - nosed financial analysis .\nthe word synergy is derived from the greek word synergos , which means \u201cworking together . \u201d in business usage , synergy refers to the ability of two or more units or companies to generate greater value working together than they could working apart . we\u2019ve found that most business synergies take one of six forms :\non february 26 , hana financial group announced that it had held a ceremony to celebrate the opening of the gangnam building for offices of non - bank subsidiaries , including hana capital , hana savings bank , and hana asset trust . formerly grace tower , the gangnam building is located in yeoksam - dong , gangnam - gu , seoul .\nwe recently changed our name from lowdergroup to synergy group . we\u2019re still just as passionate about collaborating with our clients to help them achieve their goals . for over a decade , we\u2019ve been helping our clients overcome obstacles , master difficult challenges , determine educational needs , and achieve their personal and professional goals . whether you\u2019re seeking counseling , in need of an assessment , or are an athlete or executive that wants to take your performance to the next level , our team of experts can help you achieve your goals .\nin evaluating the potential for synergy , corporate executives tend to focus too much on positive knock - on effects while overlooking the downsides . in large part , this upside bias is a natural accompaniment to the synergy bias : if parent managers are inclined to think the best of synergy , they will look for evidence that backs up their position while avoiding evidence to the contrary . the upside bias is also reinforced by the general belief that cooperation , sharing , and teamwork are intrinsically good for organizations .\nwhat emerges from all this activity ? in our years of research into corporate synergy , we have found that synergy initiatives often fall short of management\u2019s expectations . some never get beyond a few perfunctory meetings . others generate a quick burst of activity and then slowly peter out . others become permanent corporate fixtures without ever fulfilling their original goals . if the only drawbacks to such efforts were frustration and embarrassment , they might be viewed benignly as \u201clearning experiences . \u201d but the pursuit of synergy often represents a major opportunity cost as well . it distracts managers\u2019 attention from the nuts and bolts of their businesses , and it crowds out other initiatives that might generate real benefits . sometimes , the synergy programs actually backfire , eroding customer relationships , damaging brands , or undermining employee morale . simply put , many synergy efforts end up destroying value rather than creating it .\nmanagers have sometimes accused us of being too skeptical about synergy . they argue that the disciplined approach we recommend\u2014clarifying the real benefits to be gained , examining the potential for parental involvement , taking into account the possible downsides\u2014will mean that fewer initiatives will be launched . and they are right . we believe that corporate managers should be more selective in their synergy interventions . in all too many companies , synergy programs are considered no - brainers . cooperation and sharing are viewed as ideals that are beyond debate . as we\u2019ve seen , such assumptions often lead to failed initiatives that waste time and money and , sometimes , severely damage businesses . real synergy opportunities exist in most large companies , but they are rarely as plentiful as executives assume . the challenge is to distinguish the valid opportunities from the mirages . ( see the exhibit \u201ca disciplined approach to synergy . \u201d )\nwhen synergy is well managed , it can be a boon , creating additional value with existing resources . but when it\u2019s poorly managed , it can undermine an organization\u2019s confidence and erode the trust among business units as well as between the units and the corporate center . synergy\u2019s upsides are real , but so are its downsides . and the only way for managers to avoid the downsides is to rid themselves of the biases that cloud their thinking . when it comes to synergy , executives would be wise to heed the physicians\u2019 creed : first , do no harm .\nthe synergy is attractive ; the parenting opportunity is clear ; the skills are in place . is it time to act ? not necessarily . a final discipline is in order : looking carefully for any collateral damage that may occur from the synergy program . because the pursuit of synergy affects the relationship among business units and the relationship between the units and the corporate center\u2014two of the most sensitive relationships in any big company\u2014it can have far - reaching consequences for a company\u2019s organization and strategy . if corporate executives overlook the negative knock - on effects , they risk great harm .\nsynergy doesn\u2019t put you in a box , it allows you to get on with the job . it\u2019s creative , innovative , and there\u2019s a real entrepreneurial spirit there .\n- kim moeller , partner\nrolls - royce will offer totalcare long - term engine service support for synergy aerospace\u2019s a330s , with yesterday\u2019s additional nine aircraft worth $ 1 . 8bn ( \u00a31 . 1bn ) according to airbus \u2019 list prices .\nfor both these chief executives , synergy had become an emotional imperative rather than a rational one . spurred by a desire to find and express the logic that held their portfolio of businesses together , they simply assumed that synergies did exist and could be achieved . like wanderers in a desert who see oases where there is only sand , they became so entranced by the idea of synergy that they led their companies to pursue mirages .\nsynergy real estate a privately - held independent global real estate development and investment firm founded in 2001 by mr . yaniv efraim . synergy real estate has an extensive global footprint and corresponding infrastructure , with local presence and hands on operational platform within all major markets in which the company operates at . this global infrastructure provides synerg\u2019s acquisition team with proprietary market knowledge , sourcing capabilities and the local presence required to identify and execute complex transactions .\nin other cases , cooperation can distort the way unit managers think about their business , leading to wrongheaded decisions . consider the experience of a diversified retailing company that tried to encourage greater cooperation between its two appliance - retailing businesses . one of the businesses , which focused on selling top - quality appliances at premium prices , was highly profitable . the other , which pursued a pile - it - high , sell - it - cheap strategy , was barely breaking even . the group ceo recognized the differences between the businesses , but he felt certain that synergy could be achieved , particularly in purchasing . to encourage greater cooperation , he put the head of the profitable business in charge of both operations .\nthe synergy bias becomes an obsession for some executives . desperately seeking synergy , they make unwise decisions and investments . in one international food company that we studied\u2014we\u2019ll call it worldwide foods\u2014a newly appointed chief executive fell victim to such an obsession . seeing that the company\u2019s various national units operated autonomously , sharing few ideas across borders , he became convinced that the key to higher corporate profits\u2014and a higher stock price\u2014lay in greater interunit cooperation . the creation of synergy became his top priority , and he quickly appointed global category managers to coordinate each of worldwide foods\u2019 main product lines . their brief was to promote collaboration and standardization across countries in order to \u201cleverage the company\u2019s brands internationally . \u201d\nsynergy is an independent retirement focused financial firm serving clients throughout western pennsylvania and the pittsburgh region . founded in 1988 , we have developed our business by reaching out , nurturing and maintaining close , trusting relationships with each of our clients .\nin the sixteen years since its inception , from a single tel aviv office base , synergy re has invested in diverse and complex property , corporate , and portfolio transactions through varied economic cycles . since inception synergy has been involved in acquisition and development in scope of $ 5 billion in over 3 , 000 sfr and more than 8 million sqft of commercial development and has ~ $ 25 billion of assets under management ( gross ) on behalf of over 250 institutional investors .\nas the pizza problem shows , viewing cooperation as an unalloyed good often blinds corporate executives to the negative knock - on effects that may arise from synergy programs . they rush to promote cooperative efforts as examples to be emulated throughout the company . rarely , though , do they kill an otherwise promising initiative for fear that it might erode a unit\u2019s morale or distort its culture . synergy\u2019s downsides are every bit as real as its upsides ; they\u2019re just not seen as clearly .\nsizing the prize provides a counterweight to the synergy bias , forcing corporate managers to substantiate their assumptions that the synergy initiatives they propose will create big net benefits . it also helps counter the parenting bias , as the careful analysis of opportunity costs can help corporate managers better understand the source of any unit manager\u2019s resistance . and , by leading to the disaggregation of broad initiatives into discrete , well - defined programs , sizing the prize can set the stage for a focused , successful implementation .\nbut what is most eye - catching about synergy aerospace\u2019s airline operations throughout the latin and spanish - speaking americas is the company\u2019s fast - growing geographical coverage and also the sheer geographical scale of its pan - latin and spanish - speaking americas ambition .\nin my previous firm , i had very limited exposure to client executive . within six months of being at synergy , i was presenting to rooms full of executive , and now i do it on a daily basis . - joe brine , senior manager\nit is never possible to predict all the unintended consequences that can flow from a synergy initiative ( or , for that matter , from any management action ) . but by simply being aware that business - unit collaboration can have big downsides , managers will be able to take a more objective , rigorous view of potential synergy efforts . in some cases , they will be able to structure the effort to avoid many of the potential downsides . in other cases , they will be able to kill proposals that would have created more problems than they solved .\nfrom the synergy personalised agreement which gives all 130 team members the authority to determine how they want to work , to our partnership with youthcare canberra , healthy office initiatives , team building events and recently becoming a cpa recognised employer , we pride ourselves on being a workplace that is both innovative and unique .\nwhether or not the intended benefits of a synergy initiative materialize , the initiative can have other , often unforeseen consequences\u2014what we call knock - on effects . knock - on effects can be either beneficial or harmful , and they can take many forms . a corporate - led synergy program may , for example , help or harm an effort to instill employees with greater personal accountability for business performance . it may reinforce or impede an organizational change . it may increase or reduce employee motivation and innovation . or it may alter the way unit managers think about their businesses and their roles , for better or for worse .\nwhen a synergy program founders , it is usually the business units that take the blame . corporate executives chalk the failure up to line managers\u2019 recalcitrance or incompetence . we have found , however , that the blame is frequently misplaced . the true cause more often lies in the thinking of the corporate executives themselves .\nbecause the parenting bias encourages corporate executives to discount unit managers\u2019 objections , it often leads them to interfere excessively , doing more harm than good . if , for example , unit managers believe that the opportunity costs of a synergy program outweigh its benefits , forcing them to cooperate will make them even more skeptical of synergy . if two unit managers have a bad working relationship , pushing ahead with a coordination committee will simply waste everyone\u2019s time . although headquarters sometimes needs to push units to cooperate\u2014when , for instance , some units are unaware of promising technical or operational innovations in another unit\u2014it should consider intervention a last resort , not a first priority .\nthe discipline of pinpointing the parenting opportunity is probably the most valuable contribution that we have to offer to corporate executives in search of synergy . thinking clearly about why parental intervention is needed can help managers avoid mirages and select suitable interventions . unless a parenting opportunity can be pinpointed , our advice is not to intervene at all .\ncorporate managers afflicted with the synergy bias are prone to other biases as well . if they believe that opportunities for synergy exist , they feel compelled to get involved themselves . they assume that the unit managers , overly focused on their own businesses and overly protective of their own authority , disregard or undervalue opportunities to collaborate with one another . as one exasperated ceo told us , \u201cthere\u2019s the i\u2019m - too - busy syndrome , the not - invented - here syndrome , and the don\u2019t - interfere - you - don\u2019t - understand - my - business syndrome . if i didn\u2019t continually bang their heads together , i believe they would never talk to one another . \u201d\nfinally , the category manager stepped back and tried to think more clearly about the synergy opportunities . she saw that the broad goal\u2014leveraging international brands\u2014could be broken down into three separate components : making the brand recognizable across borders , reducing duplicated effort , and increasing the flow of marketing know - how . each of these components could , in turn , be disaggregated further . making the brand recognizable , for instance , might involve a number of different efforts affecting such areas as brand positioning , pricing , packaging , ingredients , and advertising . each of these efforts could then be evaluated separately on its own merits . ( see the exhibit \u201cdisaggregating a synergy program . \u201d )\nthe creation of new businesses can be facilitated by combining know - how from different units , by extracting discrete activities from various units and combining them in a new unit , or by establishing internal joint ventures or alliances . as a result of the business world\u2019s increased concern for corporate regeneration and growth , several companies have placed added emphasis on this type of synergy .\neven when a synergy prize is found to be sizable , corporate executives should not necessarily rush in . we would in general urge a cautious approach unless the need for corporate intervention is clear and compelling . corporate executives should start with the assumption that when it makes good commercial sense , the business - unit managers will usually cooperate without the need for corporate involvement .\nsome synergy efforts send the wrong signals to line managers and employees , clouding their understanding of corporate priorities and damaging the credibility of headquarters . when one company set up a coordination committee to seek marketing synergies among its businesses , the unit managers thought the ceo was abandoning his much - communicated goal of promoting stronger accountability at the individual unit level . they saw the corporate committee as a sign of a return to more centralized control . in fact , the shift of accountability to the units remained a core strategic thrust\u2014the synergy initiative was simply a tactical effort intended to save money . in another company , an initiative to coordinate back - office functions distracted employees from the corporation\u2019s fundamental strategic goal of becoming more focused on the customer . they began looking inward rather than outward .\nby taking a more disciplined approach to achieving synergy , an executive can gain its rewards while avoiding its frustrations . the first step is to evaluate the costs and benefits\u2014to \u201csize the prize . \u201d if the net benefit is unclear , more exploration is needed . if it appears to be small , the executive should not pursue the synergy unless the risks of corporate intervention are low . if it seems large , the executive should determine whether an intervention by the corporate parent makes sense . if the parenting opportunity is unclear , the intervention should be restricted to facilitating further exploration . if no parenting opportunity exists , the executive should resist any urge to intervene . if a clear parenting opportunity exists , the executive should tailor the intervention to fit the opportunity while minimizing any downside risks .\nperception opportunities arise when businesses are unaware of the potential benefits of synergy . the oversight may be caused by a lack of interest , a lack of information , or a lack of personal contacts . the parent can help fill the perception gap by , for example , disseminating important information or by introducing aggressive performance targets that encourage units to look to other units for better ways to operate .\nevaluation opportunities arise when the businesses fail to assess correctly the costs and benefits of a potential synergy . the businesses\u2019 judgments may be biased by previous experiences with similar initiatives , distorted by shortcomings in the processes or methods they use to assess cost - benefit trade - offs , or skewed by their own strategic priorities . in such cases , the parent should play a role in correcting the units\u2019 thinking .\nin one large retailing group , the chief executive was convinced , rightly , that there were big benefits to be had from improving and sharing logistics skills across the company . knowing that competitors were gaining advantages from faster , cheaper distribution , he felt , again rightly , that his businesses were not giving this function sufficient attention . he therefore set up a cross - business team to develop , as he put it , \u201ca core corporate competence in logistics . \u201d as there was no obvious corporate candidate to lead the team , the chief executive decided to appoint the supply chain manager from the company\u2019s biggest business unit , in the belief that he would grow into the role . as it turned out , the manager\u2019s lack of state - of - the - art logistics know - how , combined with his poor communication skills , undermined the team\u2019s efforts . the whole initiative quickly fell apart .\nanother question concerns the fact there are still eight countries in the spanish - speaking americas in which synergy aerospace has not yet formed airline subsidiaries or made strategic investments in airlines : bolivia , chile , cuba , the dominican republic , panama , paraguay , uruguay and venezuela . does it intend to do so , particularly if and when the economy of venezuela , a country with more than 30 million people , stabilizes ?\nrather than encouraging interunit cooperation , the initiatives ended up discouraging it . as the failures mounted , the management teams in each country became more convinced than ever that their local markets were unique , requiring different products and marketing programs . after a year of largely fruitless efforts , with few tangible benefits and a significant deterioration in the relationship between the corporate center and the units , the chief executive began to retreat , curtailing the synergy initiatives .\nall too often , executives set overly broad goals for their synergy programs\u2014goals that make good slogans but provide little guidance to managers in the field . by disaggregating a broad goal into more precisely defined objectives , managers will be better able to evaluate costs and benefits and , when appropriate , create concrete implementation plans . here we see how one broad and ill - defined goal\u2014\u201cleveraging international brands\u201d\u2014was systematically broken down into meaningful components that could be addressed individually .\nthe pursuit of synergy pervades the management of most large companies . meetings and retreats are held to brainstorm about ways to collaborate more effectively . cross - business teams are set up to develop key account plans , coordinate product development , and disseminate best practices . incentives for sharing knowledge , leads , and customers are built into complex compensation schemes . processes and procedures are standardized . organizational structures are reshuffled to accommodate new , cross - unit managerial positions .\nit sometimes works to a company\u2019s advantage to align the strategies of two or more of its businesses . divvying up markets among units may , for instance , reduce interunit competition . and coordinating responses to shared competitors may be a powerful and effective way to counter competitive threats . although coordinated strategies can in principle be an important source of synergy , they\u2019re tough to achieve . striking the right balance between corporate intervention and business - unit autonomy is not easy .\ncorporate executives who believe they should intervene are also likely to assume that they have the skills to intervene effectively . all too often , however , they don\u2019t . the members of the management team may lack the operating knowledge , personal relationships , or facilitative skills required to achieve meaningful collaboration , or they may simply lack the patience and force of character needed to follow through . in combination with the parenting bias , the skills bias dooms many synergy programs .\nthe goals of synergy programs tend to be expressed in broad , vague terms : \u201csharing best practices , \u201d \u201ccoordinating customer relationships , \u201d \u201ccross - fertilizing ideas . \u201d in addition to cutting off debate\u2014who , after all , wants to argue against sharing ? \u2014such fuzzy language obscures rather than clarifies the real costs and benefits of the programs . it also tends to undermine implementation , leading to scattershot , unfocused efforts as different parties impose their own views about what needs to be done to reach the imprecisely stated goals .\npressured by the ceo , the category managers launched a succession of high - profile synergy initiatives . the results were dismal . a leading u . k . cookie brand was launched with considerable expense in the united states . it promptly flopped . a pasta promotion that had worked well in germany was rolled out in italy and spain . it backfired , eroding both margins and market shares . an attempt was made to standardize ingredients across europe for some confectionery products in order to achieve economies of scale in purchasing and manufacturing . consumers balked at buying the reformulated products .\nthe approach proved disastrous . the chief executive\u2019s enthusiasm for the one - firm policy blinded him to the realities of the marketplace . most of the big clients resented the imposition of a gatekeeper between themselves and the actual providers of the specialist services they were buying . indeed , many of them began to turn to the firm\u2019s competitors . far from creating value , the synergy effort damaged the firm\u2019s profitability , not to mention some of its most important client relationships . faced with an uproar from the consulting staff , the ceo was forced to eliminate the client - manager positions .\nthe best antidotes for these four biases , as for all biases , are awareness and discipline . simply by acknowledging the tendency to overstate the benefits and feasibility of synergy , executives can better spot distortions in their thinking . they can then put their ideas to the test , posing hard questions to themselves and to their colleagues : what exactly are we trying to achieve , and how big is the benefit ? is there anything to be gained by intervening at the corporate level ? what are the possible downsides ? the answers to these questions tell them whether and how to act .\nonce the overall synergy goal has been broken down into its main components , the next step should be to estimate the size of the net benefit in each area . uncertainties about both the costs and the benefits , however , often lead executives to avoid this obvious task . but without some concrete sense of the payoff , the decision maker will be forced to act on instinct rather than reason . that does not mean that an exhaustive financial analysis has to be performed before anything gets done . in most cases , order - of - magnitude estimates will do . is the program likely to deliver\ntop - down synergy efforts can also undermine employee motivation and innovation . one consumer - goods company , for example , launched an effort to coordinate research and development across its european units . although the effort appeared to be highly attractive , offering substantial productivity gains , it backfired . a key source of innovation in the company had been the internal competition between the u . k . and the continental businesses . by establishing a combined research unit , headquarters ended the competition\u2014and the creativity . the effort succeeded in eliminating duplicated effort and achieving economies of scale , but these gains were overshadowed by the unanticipated downsides .\nthe estimated financial benefits don\u2019t always tell the whole story , though . they rarely take into full account the opportunity costs of a synergy program , particularly the costs that result from not focusing management\u2019s time and effort elsewhere . the difficulty lies in knowing when the opportunity costs are likely to be greater than the benefits . at one consumer - products company , for example , the corporate center was spearheading an initiative to take a product that had been successful in one country and roll it out in a number of other countries . the local managers resisted the idea . they argued that the program would incur considerable opportunity costs , forcing them to divert marketing funds and management time from other local brands . the key to resolving the dispute lay in determining the strategic importance of the planned rollout .\nthe skills bias is a natural corollary to the parenting bias . if you are convinced that you need to intervene to make synergies happen , you are likely to overlook skills gaps\u2014or at least assume that they can be filled when necessary . professional pride , moreover , can make it difficult for senior managers to recognize that they and their colleagues lack certain capabilities . but a lack of the right skills can fatally undermine the implementation of any synergy initiative , however big the opportunity . what\u2019s more , learning new skills is not easy , especially for senior managers with ingrained ways of doing things . if new and unfamiliar skills are called for , it\u2019s a serious error to underestimate the difficulty of building them . it may be better to pass the opportunity by than to embark on an intervention that can\u2019t be successfully implemented .\nimplementation opportunities open up when unit managers understand and commit to a synergy program but , through a lack of skills , people , or other resources , can\u2019t make it happen . the business heads of a european chemical company , for example , agreed that it would be valuable to pool their resources when setting up an asia - pacific office in singapore . their aim was to improve the effectiveness of their sales efforts in markets that were unfamiliar to all of them . the initiative failed because none of the businesses had a suitable candidate to head the office ; the individual appointed was not well connected in the region and lacked the skills needed to open new accounts . if the parent had intervened , by providing a suitable manager from its central staff or training and by coaching the man appointed , the chances of success would have increased greatly .\nif convinced that the benefit is sizable and the parenting opportunity real , executives can then search for the best kind of corporate intervention . there are usually several possible choices , all with different advantages and drawbacks . synergies from combined purchasing power , for example , might be achieved by centralizing purchasing , by setting up a purchasing coordination committee , by establishing a corporate advisory center , by creating a cross - unit database on purchases , or by setting corporate standards for terms and conditions . the decision on how to intervene should depend on the nature of the benefit and the parenting opportunity . but it should also take into account the available skills in the organization and the ease with which implementation is likely to take place . and it should seek to minimize the downside risks . carefully selected interventions are the best way to release truly valuable synergy .\nassuming that unit managers are naturally resistant to cooperation , executives conclude that synergy can be achieved only through the intervention of the parent . ( the parent , in our terminology , can be a holding company , a corporate center , a division , or any other body that oversees more than one business unit . ) in most cases , however , both the assumption and the conclusion are wrong . business managers have every reason to forge links with other units when those links will make their own business more successful . after all , they regularly team up with outside organizations\u2014suppliers , customers , or joint venture partners\u2014and they\u2019ll even cooperate with direct competitors if it\u2019s in their interest . in the music industry , to take just one example , the four leading companies will often share the same cd - manufacturing plant in countries with insufficient sales to support four separate plants .\nthe exercise proved extremely useful . the category manager was able to go back to the local managers and systematically discuss each possible synergy effort , identifying in precise terms its ramifications for each local unit . in some cases , she found she had to take the disaggregation even further . in examining the possibility of standardizing one product\u2019s packaging , for example , she found there were local issues about the type and color of the cap ; the material used for the bottle ; the size , shape , and color of the bottle ; and the size of the label . each item required a separate evaluation of costs and benefits . the type of cap , for example , had a big impact on manufacturing costs\u2014and thus was an attractive candidate for standardization\u2014but some local managers argued that changes in cap design could hinder their marketing efforts . customers in different countries preferred different cap mechanisms . by carefully balancing the cost savings from economies of scale in manufacturing against the possible loss of sales , the category manager and the local managers were able to reach a consensus on how much to reduce cap variety .\naccording to shamir , among the fields of interest of the new jv are companies providing aircraft maintenance and support , which could offer iai\u2019s aircraft modernization , upgrading and support programs , providers of electronics and avionics , positioned to promote iai\u2019s avionics design , integration products , and companies associated with maritime operations , capable of introducing maritime systems and capabilities . \u00efai brings a wealth of technologies and know how , especially in the field of system integration , being a complex , yet critical phase of every modernization and upgrading program\u201d said shamir .\n\u201cwe entered brazil with determination to be an active , leading player in the brazilian defense and security market\u201d said shamir , \u201cwhile we are pursuing several defense and security programs in the brazilian market we are not necessarily waiting for these tenders to mature , or wins to establish our presence here . \u201d iai regards the growing demand for homeland security as a springboard to enter the brazilian market , said shamir , \u201cwe are crafting our technologies to offer the brazilian government and federal customers with comprehensive solutions to specific needs , that will eventually improve the security , and emergency response of brazilian authorities , utilizing mature , efficient and ubiquitous intelligence , situational awareness and information management capability . \u201c as part of this operation , iai has already embarked on a large scale uav program supporting the brazilian federal police , and is pursuing the sisfron ( integrated system for border management ) and other opportunities .\n\u201cwe are determined to invest what is necessary to establish our position , introduce our capabilities and , along with our local partners , introduce the solutions we feel as mature and suitable for our brazilian customers . we believe this market leadership strategy will win in the long run , as this market being in the advanced development phase , is searching for solutions we can offer\u201d shamir concluded .\nbrazil signs us $ 5 billion contract for 36 swedish gripen ng fighter . . .\nfinland has selected israel ' s advanced naval attack missile to replace its current mto85m system , a derivative of swedish rbs15 that will reach the end of its life cycle in the 2020s . the new missile will be installed on existing hamina - class missile boats and the new squadron 2020 vessels , the first will be launched in 2019 . according to the finnish mod , the missile will also be usable from vehicular platforms on land and against land targets .\nwrite css or less and hit save . ctrl + space for auto - complete .\nbombardier transportation signed a contract for 20 years of rail system maintenance services with an undisclosed customer in southeast asia .\nbombardier today announced that it will be offering head - up display and enhanced vision system as an option on its best - selling challenger 350 business jets .\nto mark the implementation of the c series partnership among airbus , bombardier and investissement qu\u00e9bec on july 1 , 2018 , media are invited to attend . . .\nthe closing of the previously announced c series transaction between airbus sas , a wholly - owned subsidiary of airbus se , bombardier inc . and investissement . . .\nrail technology leader bombardier transportation is pleased to announce fredrik owman as the new site general manager for its v\u00e4ster\u00e5s operations in sweden .\nbombardier is pleased to reinforce its partnership with the downsview aerospace innovation and research consortium to establish an aerospace hub in toronto . . .\nbombardier and dair invite representatives of the media to join them for an announcement about the establishment of a new aerospace hub in . . .\nbombardier transportation inaugurates new production hall for series production in saxony \u2013 kick - off for industry 4 . 0 at its bautzen site\nbombardier ( tsx : bbd . b ) today announced the following retirements and changes in responsibility for members of its senior leadership .\ntoronto is the financial and multicultural metropolis of canada . the daily life of its 6 . 3 million citizens is punctuated by a series of . . .\nbombardier ( tsx : bbd . b ) and airbus have agreed to close the c series partnership on july 1 , 2018 after having received all required regulatory approvals .\nbombardier ( tsx : bbd . b ) and airbus ( epa : air ) will hold a conference call for media on friday , june 8 , 2018 , starting at 7 : 00 a . m . edt - 1 : 00 p . m . cest .\nhaving received all required regulatory approvals , airbus se , bombardier inc . and investissement qu\u00e9bec have agreed to close the c series transaction . . .\nbombardier ( tsx : bbd . b ) today confirmed the completion of the previously announced sale of its downsview property to the public sector pension investment . . .\nbombardier transportation was honoured at the victorian manufacturing hall of fame awards held in melbourne , australia ."]}
{"id": 56040, "summary": [{"text": "muir and shepherd was an australian architectural practice established in 1947 by john muir and arthur shepherd with offices in both ballarat and melbourne .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "their projects were predominantly residential buildings .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "non-residential work included churches , a funeral parlour and commercial tenancy fitouts .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "muir and shepherd are one of the lesser-known post-war modern victorian architectural firms . ", "topic": 14}], "title": "muir and shepherd", "paragraphs": ["the firm of muir & shepherd ceased in 1980 , although john muir did not retire fully for another seven years thence .\nbiesiekierski jr 1 , newnham ed 2 , shepherd sj 3 , muir jg 3 , gibson pr 4 .\nstock users should park at the stock trailhead , and ride the shepherd pack trail the the shepherd pass trailhead .\nmuir jg 1 , rose r , rosella o , liels k , barrett js , shepherd sj , gibson pr .\nlow clearance vehicles and vehicles with trailers should park at the shepherd pack trail . then , visitors can reach the shepherd pass trail via the 1 . 4 mile long shepherd pack trail .\njohn muir - yosemite national park ( u . s . national park service )\nread of muir ' s influence east of yosemite at golden gate national recreation area .\nlearn more about the extensive collections at john muir national historic site in martinez , california .\nlearn of john muir\u2019s most influential personal encounters with joseph leconte , ralph waldo emerson , and theodore roosevelt .\nturn south on foothill rd and travel 2 . 8 miles to the shepherd pack trailhead .\nthe shepherd pass trail climbs a demanding 6 , 000 feet from the owens valley to 12 , 000 - foot shepherd pass . then , it enters sequoia national park and joins the john muir trail near tyndall creek . due to a persistent snowfield , steep terrain and talus , the shepherd pass trail is frequently impassable to stock above about 10 , 800 feet .\n: muir sets out from the sheep ranch with the shepherd , the rancher , two dogs , and more than two thousand sheep . when not tending to the flock , muir goes off on his own to study his surroundings and gets his first glimpse of the glorious sights that await him further up the mountains :\nmuir , j . ( 1912 ) . the yosemite . new york , ny : the century company .\n6 , 300 ft . at trailhead - 12 , 000 ft . at shepherd pass\nguarantor of the article : susan j . shepherd , bappsci , mnd , phd .\nmargaret stein ( muir ) b ~ 1828 , m 1865 alexander stein . margaret stein d 1918 aged 90 talbot d / o james muir and ester ( riggs ) , bur amherst cemetery with her husband who died in 1908 .\nwhile in the midst of his environmental efforts that turned political , muir\u2019s match - making friend , jeanne carr , insisted that the bachelor find a mate . muir married louisa strentzel in 1880 . nine years his junior , \u201clouie\u201d was the 32 - year - old daughter of a notable polish horticulturist and fruit ranch owner in martinez , california . after his marriage , muir\u2019s visits to yosemite became less frequent , but muir returned with his wife to yosemite in 1884 . louie\u2019s fear of bears and her difficulty climbing at muir\u2019s pace , however , made her first trip to yosemite her last .\nwingham dj ; siegert mj ; shepherd a ; muir as ( 2006 ) rapid discharge connects antarctic subglacial lakes , nature , 440 , pp . 1033 - 1036 . doi : 10 . 1038 / nature04660\nmuir , j . ( 1911 ) . my first summer in the sierra . boston and new york : houghton mifflin company .\njohn muir , in his beloved sierra nevada , sparks dialogue leading to the creation of yosemite national park in 1890 .\ndepartment of medicine , monash university , box hill hospital , clive ward centre , victoria , australia . jane . muir @ urltoken\ndepartment of gastroenterology and monash university department of medicine , box hill hospital , victoria , australia . sue . shepherd @ urltoken\nas summer approaches and the crowds begin to head out to yosemite , we ' ve put together a flashback of muir ' s journals to whet the appetites of real and armchair travelers alike . these are delightful prose snapshots - - of life as a sierra mountain shepherd , of yosemite ' s tiniest wildflowers and its\ncloud - mountains full of lightning and rain\n- - that overflow with muir ' s infectious love for and wide - ranging knowledge of nature .\napproximately 1 / 2 mile past the shepherd pack trailhead , turn west on a small , rough dirt road .\nhogg ae ; shepherd a ; gilbert l ; muir a ; drinkwater mr ( 2016 ) mapping ice sheet grounding lines with cryosat - 2 , advances in space research , . doi : 10 . 1016 / j . asr . 2017 . 03 . 008\nmuir , judge alastair gibson , b . 9 january 1918 ; ed . lismore and katoomba high schools , sydney university ; judge of nsw district court from 1968 .\nin 1889 , muir took robert underwood johnson , editor of century magazine , to tuolumne meadows so he could see how sheep were damaging the land . muir convinced johnson that the area could only be saved if it was incorporated into a national park . johnson\u2019s publication of muir\u2019s expos\u00e9s sparked a bill in the u . s . congress that proposed creating a new federally administered park surrounding the old yosemite grant . yosemite national park became a reality in 1890 .\ndue to a persistent snowfield , steep terrain and talus , the shepherd pass trail is frequently impassable to stock above about 10 , 800 feet .\nmcmillan m ; shepherd a ; muir a ; gaudelli j ; hogg ae ; cullen r ( 2017 ) assessment of cryosat - 2 interferometric and non - interferometric sar altimetry over ice sheets , advances in space research , . doi : 10 . 1016 / j . asr . 2017 . 11 . 036\n: muir and his woolly charges are plagued by bears , who visit the camp by night to steal fresh mutton before the shepherds return to the lowlands in early september to escape the threat of early autumn snowstorms . muir , who would eventually make his home in the region , looks forward to the day he can return to the sierra :\nfollow the main track approximately 1 . 3 miles to the shepherd pass trailhead . this road in unpaved may be quite rough .\nrinne e ; shepherd a ; muir a ; wingham d ( 2011 ) a comparison of recent elevation change estimates of the devon ice cap as measured by the icesat and envisat satellite altimeters , ieee transactions on geoscience and remote sensing , 49 , pp . 1902 - 1910 . doi : 10 . 1109 / tgrs . 2010 . 2096472\nkonrad h ; shepherd a ; gilbert l ; hogg ae ; mcmillan m ; muir a ; slater t ( 2018 ) net retreat of antarctic glacier grounding lines , nature geoscience , 11 , pp . 258 - 262 . doi : 10 . 1038 / s41561 - 018 - 0082 - z\nmuir , j . ( 1915 ) . letters to a friend : written to mrs . ezra s . carr 1866 - 1879 . boston and new york : the riverside press cambridge .\nkonrad h ; gilbert l ; cornford sl ; payne a ; hogg a ; muir a ; shepherd a ( 2017 ) uneven onset and pace of ice - dynamical imbalance in the amundsen sea embayment , west antarctica , geophysical research letters , 44 , pp . 910 - 918 . doi : 10 . 1002 / 2016gl070733\nmcmillan m ; shepherd a ; sundal a ; briggs k ; muir a ; ridout a ; hogg a ; wingham d ( 2014 ) increased ice losses from antarctica detected by cryosat - 2 , geophysical research letters , 41 , pp . 3899 - 3905 . doi : 10 . 1002 / 2014gl060111\nrinne ej ; shepherd a ; palmer s ; van den broeke mr ; muir a ; ettema j ; wingham d ( 2011 ) on the recent elevation changes at the flade isblink ice cap , northern greenland , j geophys res - earth , 116 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2011jf001972\nthe wedded muir continued to pursue his scientific study with fervor , and just three months after his marriage , he traveled to alaska as a correspondent for the san francisco bulletin and again the following year with the bulletin team to look for the lost naval exploration ship uss jeanette . continuing adventures out of state , muir achieved an historic ascent of mount rainier in washington in 1888 and numerous journeys to alaska .\nrinne ej ; shepherd a ; palmer s ; van den broeke mr ; muir a ; ettema j ; wingham d ( 2011 ) on the recent elevation changes at the flade isblink ice cap , northern greenland , journal of geophysical research - earth surface , 116 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2011jf001972\nrinne ej ; shepherd a ; palmer s ; van den broeke mr ; muir a ; ettema j ; wingham d ( 2011 ) on the recent elevation changes at the flade isblink ice cap , northern greenland , journal of geophysical research : earth surface , 116 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2011jf001972\nalso waived were : running back kendall gaskins , wide receiver diandre campbell , offensive linemen blake muir and ian silberman , defensive lineman darren lake , linebacker wynton mcmanis , cornerback cleveland wallace and place - kicker john lunsford .\nin the spring of 1869 a young amateur naturalist was looking for a way to support himself as he explored california ' s central valley region . when a ranch owner offered him a summer job herding sheep in the sierra nevada mountains , the young man ' s wish was fulfilled . the young man ' s name was john muir , and the area he visited was to become yosemite national park - - thanks in large part to muir ' s accounts of his explorations . muir kept a daily journal that summer , excerpts of which eventually made it into\ndr shepherd spends most of her time with her young family enjoys keeping fit , cycling and running regularly , as well as being a green belt in tae kwando .\n\u201conly by going alone in silence , without baggage , can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness . all other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter . \u201d \u2013john muir in a letter to his wife louie in july 1888\nthe good shepherd centre is a secure , close support & semi - independent living service for vulnerable young people 12 to 17 years of age .\ngourmelen n ; escorihuela mj ; shepherd a ; foresta l ; muir a ; garcia - mondejar a ; roca m ; baker sg ; drinkwater mr ( 2017 ) cryosat - 2 swath interferometric altimetry for mapping ice elevation and elevation change , advances in space research , . doi : 10 . 1016 / j . asr . 2017 . 11 . 014\nm . j . grainge 1 , k . r . muir 1 , v . c . shepherd 1 , n . c . armitage 2 , r . f . a . logan on behalf of the ukcap trial group 1 . 1 division of epidemiology and public health ; 2 division of surgery , university of nottingham , university hospital , nottingham , uk\nborn in scotland in 1838 , muir immigrated to wisconsin with his family when he was 11 years old . life on the homestead did not inspire him , and muir soon found employment in a factory . the change proved to be inspiring but in an entirely unexpected way . after he was nearly blinded by an industrial accident , muir found himself driven to learn everything he could about a world unaltered by man or machine . he briefly studied natural sciences at the university of wisconsin but , ultimately , chose to spend his lifetime enrolled in what he called the \u201cuniversity of wilderness . \u201d\nslater t ; shepherd a ; mcmillan m ; muir a ; gilbert l ; hogg ae ; konrad h ; parrinello t ( 2018 ) a new digital elevation model of antarctica derived from cryosat - 2 altimetry , cryosphere , 12 , pp . 1551 - 1562 . doi : 10 . 5194 / tc - 12 - 1551 - 2018\njohn muir has inspired yosemite\u2019s travelers to see under the surface through his poetic imagery : \u201cclimb the mountains and get their good tidings . nature\u2019s peace will flow into you as sunshine into trees . \u201d muir , who came to california seeking the solitude of nature , decided to stay\u2014dabbling as a glaciologist , a wilderness activist , and a writer who published persuasive ecological articles with a quill made from a golden eagle feather found on yosemite\u2019s mount hoffmann .\nin september 1871 , two months after leaving the sawmill , muir wrote his first article for publication on glaciers , published in the new york tribune . his ability to cultivate connections with literary , scientific , and artistic celebrities rapidly enhanced muir\u2019s reputation as a naturalist . botanists asa gray and albert kellogg , artist william kieth , poetess ina coolbrith , editors charles warren stoddard and henry george , writer jeanne carr , educators j . b . mcchesney and john swett , and photographer j . j . reilly all became early confidants .\nyosemite naturalist department and yosemite natural history association ( april 1938 ) . john muir number : commemorating the hundredth anniversary of his birth - april 21 , yosemite nature notes , 17 ( 4 ) . [ 828 kb pdf ]\nat the end of his life , muir and the sierra club fought a bitter and ultimately unsuccessful crusade against construction of the o\u2019shaughnessy dam in the hetch hetchy valley in yosemite national park . this was reportedly the first major battle of the environmental movement . on christmas eve , 1914\u2014just more than a year after congress authorized the dam\u2019s construction\u2014muir died . even though he died in a los angeles hospital , the great wanderer had remained active and on the move until the last few months of his life .\nshepherd a ( 2004 ) larsen ice shelf has progressively thinned ( vol 302 , pg 856 , 2003 ) , science , 303 , pp . 1612 - 1612 .\nthe last 25 years of muir\u2019s life were consumed with constant travel , writing , and oversight of the sierra club\u2014for which he served as president from its creation in 1892 . he lobbied successfully for the creation of yosemite park in 1890 and then asked for additional protections when he toured president theodore roosevelt in the park in 1903 . muir\u2019s persuasive words to roosevelt and state authorities led to the return of yosemite grant to the federal government in 1906 . his published writings were also instrumental in the creation of grand canyon and sequoia national parks .\nshepherd a ( 2004 ) erratum : larsen ice shelf has progressively thinned ( science ( october 31 ) ( 856 ) ) , science , 303 , pp . 1612 .\nalso released was second - year tackle austin shepherd , who played 14 games and was the team ' s third tackle in short - yardage situations as a seventh - round draft pick a year ago .\nalthough muir only truly lived in yosemite for a few years , from 1868 to 1874 , his short time in the sierra changed him forever more . muir has inspired us to protect natural areas not for their beauty alone but also for their ecological importance . in the yosemite , published in 1912 , he wrote : \u201cbut no temple made with hands can compare with yosemite . every rock in its wall seems to glow with life . \u201d\nshepherd a ; peacock nr ( 2003 ) ice shelf tidal motion derived from ers altimetry , j geophys res - oceans , 108 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2001jc001152\nshepherd a ; peacock na ( 2003 ) ice shelf tidal motion derived from ers altimetry , journal of geophysical research c : oceans , 108 , pp . 29 - 21 .\nresearch to date has identified few non - residential projects carried out by the firm of muir & shepherd . the funeral home for w g & apps & sons ( 1953 - 54 ) is certainly the most notable of these . the first modern purpose - built funeral parlour to have been erected in victoria since the war , it was noted for its bold minimalist design , and was later included in d c ward ' s\nwingham dj ; wallis dw ; shepherd a ( 2009 ) spatial and temporal evolution of pine island glacier thinning , 1995 - 2006 , geophysical research letters , 36 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2009gl039126\nwingham dj ; wallis dw ; shepherd a ( 2009 ) spatial and temporal evolution of pine island glacier thinning , 1995 - 2006 , geophys res lett , 36 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2009gl039126\nwingham dj ; wallis dw ; shepherd a ( 2009 ) spatial and temporal evolution of pine island glacier thinning , 1995 - 2006 , geophysical research letters , 36 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2009gl039126\ndr shepherd qualified in 1996 and worked at crookhorn lane surgery from 2001 until 2014 , when she moved down to somerstown to join the clinical team there . she specialises in women\u2019s health and family planning , she is also a gp trainer .\nshepherd a ( 2012 ) a reconciled estimate of ice - sheet mass balance ( vol 57 , pg 88 , 2010 ) , science , 338 , pp . 1539 - 1539 .\nshepherd a ( 2006 ) antarctica unravelled , physics world , 19 , pp . 21 - 26 . doi : 10 . 1088 / 2058 - 7058 / 19 / 5 / 32\nshepherd a ; peacock nr ( 2003 ) ice shelf tidal motion derived from ers altimetry , journal of geophysical research - oceans , 108 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2001jc001152\nshepherd a ; wingham dj ; mansley jad ( 2002 ) inland thinning of the amundsen sea sector , west antarctica , geophysical research letters , 29 , pp . 2 - 1 .\nactor lee stetson portrays john muir in one - person theatrical presentations at 7 p . m . sunday - wednesday in yosemite valley . cost : $ 8 adults / $ 4 children . call ( 209 ) 372 - 0731 .\nshepherd a ; wingham d ( 2007 ) recent sea - level contributions of the antarctic and greenland ice sheets , science , 315 , pp . 1529 - 1532 . doi : 10 . 1126 / science . 1136776\nshepherd a ; wingham dj ( 2008 ) antarctic glacier thinning , 1992 - 2003 , scottish geographical journal , 124 , pp . 154 - 164 . doi : 10 . 1080 / 14702540802441144\n( 1956 ) . the firm went on to design a number of methodist churches in victoria , of which the most striking was one in the regional town of katamatite , which was designed with two interlocking a - framed roofs to symbolise praying hands . other non - residential projects by muir & shepherd appear to have been more prosaic , such as a series of tenancy fitouts designed for the new chadstone shopping centre ( 1960 ) .\nmcmillan m ; leeson a ; shepherd a ; briggs k ; armitage twk ; hogg a ; kuipers munneke p ; van den broeke m ; no\u00ebl b ; van de berg wj ; ligtenberg s ; horwath m ; groh a ; muir a ; gilbert l ( 2016 ) a high - resolution record of greenland mass balance , geophysical research letters , 43 , pp . 7002 - 7010 . doi : 10 . 1002 / 2016gl069666\nshepherd a ; fricker ha ; farrell sl ( 2018 ) trends and connections across the antarctic cryosphere , nature , 558 , pp . 223 - 232 . doi : 10 . 1038 / s41586 - 018 - 0171 - 6\nshepherd a ; nowicki s ( 2017 ) improvements in ice - sheet sea - level projections , nature climate change , 7 , pp . 672 - 674 . doi : 10 . 1038 / nclimate3400\nhills . robert b . , loving father of agnes ( mrs . shepherd ) , lather - ln law of ernest , grandfather of owen and alf , ross and gwen , joyce ( de - ceased ) ; great - grandfather of michael and sandra , aged 87 years . - peaceful eventide .\nperger , virginia , b . 1948 ; prostitute and heroin addict , associate of ladislas ( joe ) meissner ; pleaded guilty to wilfully and corruptly making , on 4 may 1985 , false statements about public figures , and committed for sentence , 20 march , 1986 ; crown prosecutor philip johnston told judge alastair muir in district court that perger ' s plea of guilty and her contrition and remorse had ' cut the ground from under ' the crown case , and , ' i find it very hard to suggest a custodial sentence ' , 14 may 1986 ; muir said he was satisfied perger was repentant , and put her on a bond of $ 2000 bond to behave in a good manner for two years , 15 may , 1986 .\nshepherd a ; wingham d ; rignot e ( 2004 ) warm ocean is eroding west antarctic ice sheet , geophysical research letters , 31 , pp . 1 - 4 . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2004gl021106\nshepherd a ; wingham d ; wallis d ; giles k ; laxon s ; sundal av ( 2010 ) recent loss of floating ice and the consequent sea level contribution , geophys res lett , 37 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2010gl042496\nshepherd a ; wingham d ; wallis d ; giles k ; laxon s ; sundal av ( 2010 ) recent loss of floating ice and the consequent sea level contribution , geophysical research letters , 37 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2010gl042496\nshepherd a ; wingham d ; wallis d ; giles k ; laxon s ; sundal av ( 2010 ) recent loss of floating ice and the consequent sea level contribution , geophysical research letters , 37 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2010gl042496\nvaughan dg ; corr hfj ; smith am ; pritchard hd ; shepherd a ( 2008 ) flow - switching and water piracy between rutford ice stream and carlson inlet , west antarctica , journal of glaciology , 54 , pp . 41 - 48 . doi : 10 . 3189 / 002214308784409125\nobjectivesto measure the association between self rated health and mortality in a russian population sample , and to compare the associations between socioeconomic and other variables and self rated health and mortality .\nshepherd a ; wingham d ; payne t ; skvarca p ( 2003 ) larsen ice shelf has progressively thinned , science , 302 , pp . 856 - 859 . doi : 10 . 1126 / science . 1089768\ntilling rl ; ridout a ; shepherd a ( 2017 ) estimating arctic sea ice thickness and volume using cryosat - 2 radar altimeter data , advances in space research , . doi : 10 . 1016 / j . asr . 2017 . 10 . 051\nman is a microcosm ; at least our shepherd is , or rather his trousers . these precious overalls are never taken off , and nobody knows how old they are , though one may guess by their thickness and concentric structure . instead of wearing thin they wear thick , and in their stratification have no small geological significance .\n\u2022 schedule and plan work for a team and provide brief reports on the progress and quality of the work .\ntilling rl ; ridout a ; shepherd a ( 2016 ) near - real - time arctic sea ice thickness and volume from cryosat - 2 , cryosphere , 10 , pp . 2003 - 2012 . doi : 10 . 5194 / tc - 10 - 2003 - 2016\nlevinsen jf ; khvorostovsky k ; ticconi f ; shepherd a ; forsberg r ; sorensen ls ; muir a ; pie n ; felikson d ; flament t ; hurkmans r ; moholdt g ; gunter b ; lindenbergh rc ; kleinherenbrink m ( 2015 ) esa ice sheet cci : derivation of the optimal method for surface elevation change detection of the greenland ice sheet - round robin results , international journal of remote sensing , 36 , pp . 551 - 573 . doi : 10 . 1080 / 01431161 . 2014 . 999385\ngeorgiou s ; shepherd a ; mcmillan m ; nienow p ( 2009 ) seasonal evolution of supraglacial lake volume from aster imagery , annals of glaciology , 50 , pp . 95 - 100 . doi : 10 . 3189 / 172756409789624328\ntilling rl ; ridout a ; shepherd a ; wingham dj ( 2015 ) increased arctic sea ice volume after anomalously low melting in 2013 , nature geoscience , 8 , pp . 643 - 646 . doi : 10 . 1038 / ngeo2489\nshepherd a ( 2012 ) a reconciled estimate of ice - sheet mass balance ( science ( 1183 ) ) , science , 338 , pp . 1539 . doi : 10 . 1126 / science . 338 . 6114 . 1539 - a\npalmer sj ; shepherd a ; sundal a ; rinnem e ; nienow p ( 2010 ) insar observations of ice elevation and velocity fluctuations at the flade isblink ice cap , eastern north greenland , j geophys res - earth , 115 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2010jf001686\nfructose and related food carbohydrates . sources , intake , absorption , and clinical implications\nhawley rl ; shepherd a ; cullen r ; helm v ; wingham dj ( 2009 ) ice - sheet elevations from across - track processing of airborne interferometric radar altimetry , geophysical research letters , 36 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2009gl040416\nhawley rl ; shepherd a ; cullen r ; helm v ; wingham dj ( 2009 ) ice - sheet elevations from across - track processing of airborne interferometric radar altimetry , geophys res lett , 36 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2009gl040416\nhawley rl ; shepherd a ; cullen r ; helm v ; wingham dj ( 2009 ) ice - sheet elevations from across - track processing of airborne interferometric radar altimetry , geophysical research letters , 36 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2009gl040416\nshepherd a ; hubbard a ; nienow p ; king m ; mcmillan m ; joughin i ( 2009 ) greenland ice sheet motion coupled with daily melting in late summer , geophysical research letters , 36 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2008gl035758\npalmer sj ; shepherd a ; sundal a ; rinnem e ; nienow p ( 2010 ) insar observations of ice elevation and velocity fluctuations at the flade isblink ice cap , eastern north greenland , journal of geophysical research - earth surface , 115 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2010jf001686\npalmer sj ; shepherd a ; sundal a ; rinnem e ; nienow p ( 2010 ) insar observations of ice elevation and velocity fluctuations at the flade isblink ice cap , eastern north greenland , journal of geophysical research : earth surface , 115 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2010jf001686\nking ma ; padman l ; nicholls k ; clarke pj ; gudmundsson gh ; kulessa b ; shepherd a ( 2011 ) ocean tides in the weddell sea : new observations on the filchner - ronne and larsen c ice shelves and model validation , j geophys res - oceans , 116 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2011jc006949\nshepherd a ; wingham dj ; mansley jad ; corr hfj ( 2001 ) inland thinning of pine island glacier , west antarctica , science , 291 , pp . 862 - 864 . doi : 10 . 1126 / science . 291 . 5505 . 862\ngourmelen n ; kim sw ; shepherd a ; park jw ; sundal av ; bj\u00f6rnsson h ; p\u00e1lsson f ( 2011 ) ice velocity determined using conventional and multiple - aperture insar , earth and planetary science letters , 307 , pp . 156 - 160 . doi : 10 . 1016 / j . epsl . 2011 . 04 . 026\nking ma ; padman l ; nicholls k ; clarke pj ; gudmundsson gh ; kulessa b ; shepherd a ( 2011 ) ocean tides in the weddell sea : new observations on the filchner - ronne and larsen c ice shelves and model validation , journal of geophysical research - oceans , 116 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2011jc006949\nking ma ; padman l ; nicholls k ; clarke pj ; gudmundsson gh ; kulessa b ; shepherd a ( 2011 ) ocean tides in the weddell sea : new observations on the filchner - ronne and larsen c ice shelves and model validation , journal of geophysical research : oceans , 116 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2011jc006949\n\u201c ere dawn had kissed the level valley floor / he climbed to summits through the sleeping wood / by the inerrant guide of forest lore , / and found companionship in solitude / he feared no beast and by no beast was feared / and none was startled when his shape appeared . \u201d - - excerpted from the poem , \u201cwith muir in yosemite , \u201d by robert underwood johnson ( as printed in the 1938 yosemite nature notes , 17 )\nhawley rl ; morris em ; cullen r ; nixdorf u ; shepherd ap ; wingham dj ( 2006 ) asiras airborne radar resolves internal annual layers in the dry - snow zone of greenland , european space agency , ( special publication ) esa sp , .\nvieli a ; payne aj ; shepherd a ; du z ( 2007 ) causes of pre - collapse changes of the larsen b ice shelf : numerical modelling and assimilation of satellite observations , earth and planetary science letters , 259 , pp . 297 - 306 . doi : 10 . 1016 / j . epsl . 2007 . 04 . 050\nthroughout the 1870s , the popularity of muir\u2019s newspaper publications grew steadily . the prolific writer became particularly concerned about natural landscape preservation . published in the sacramento record - union in 1876 , \u201cin god\u2019s first temples : how shall we preserve our forests ? \u201d chided california legislators for standing by while the state\u2019s woodlands were recklessly depleted . during the 1880s , he focused his attention on the destruction of natural resources in areas surrounding the state - administered yosemite grant , set aside in 1864 . muir was alarmed at the extensive damage livestock animals caused to the delicate high sierra ecosystems , especially the \u201choofed locusts\u201d he had so carefully guarded a few years earlier .\nobjectiveto examine the effect of distance and rurality on service use and initial triage decision .\nobjectivesto identify the prevalence and major determinants of anxiety and depression in patients with diabetes .\n\u2022 services stream ( plumbing and mechanical services ) ( 2 . 6 ) , and\n\u2022 possess effective written and verbal skills in order to provide concise reporting and communication .\n178 union road . surrey hills , robert benjamin , loved husband of agnes sarah , and loving father of stan - ley , olhe , agnes ( mrs . shepherd ) , ida ( mrs . fowler ) , herbert . arthur ( deceased ) . clifford , doris ( mrs . may ) and eric , aged 87 j ears . - peacefully resting . full of years and honour .\npalmer s ; shepherd a ; nienow p ; joughin i ( 2011 ) seasonal speedup of the greenland ice sheet linked to routing of surface water , earth and planetary science letters , 302 , pp . 423 - 428 . doi : 10 . 1016 / j . epsl . 2010 . 12 . 037\npark jw ; gourmelen n ; shepherd a ; kim sw ; vaughan dg ; wingham dj ( 2013 ) sustained retreat of the pine island glacier , geophysical research letters , 40 , pp . 2137 - 2142 . doi : 10 . 1002 / grl . 50379\npayne aj ; vieli a ; shepherd ap ; wingham dj ; rignot e ( 2004 ) recent dramatic thinning of largest west antarctic ice stream triggered by oceans , geophysical research letters , 31 , pp . 1 - 4 . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2004gl021284\nmcmillan m ; shepherd a ; vaughan dg ; laxon s ; mcadoo d ( 2009 ) amundsen sea bathymetry : the benefits of using gravity data for bathymetric prediction , ieee transactions on geoscience and remote sensing , 47 , pp . 4223 - 4228 . doi : 10 . 1109 / tgrs . 2009 . 2023665\nmcmillan m ; shepherd a ; nienow p ; leeson a ( 2011 ) tide model accuracy in the amundsen sea , antarctica , from radar interferometry observations of ice shelf motion , journal of geophysical research : oceans , 116 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2011jc007294\npalmer s ; shepherd a ; bj\u00f6rnsson h ; p\u00e1lsson f ( 2009 ) ice velocity measurements of langj\u00f6kull , iceland , from interferometric synthetic aperture radar ( insar ) , journal of glaciology , 55 , pp . 834 - 838 . doi : 10 . 3189 / 002214309790152573\nhawley rl ; morris em ; cullen r ; nixdorf u ; shepherd ap ; wingham dj ( 2006 ) asiras airborne radar resolves internal annual layers in the dry - snow zone of greenland , geophysical research letters , 33 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2005gl025147\naimsto examine work related infectious diseases as reported to two schemes\u2014thor and the hpa\u2014and to identify areas of strengths and weakness in these schemes .\nmcmillan m ; nienow p ; shepherd a ; benham t ; sole a ( 2007 ) seasonal evolution of supra - glacial lakes on the greenland ice sheet , earth and planetary science letters , 262 , pp . 484 - 492 . doi : 10 . 1016 / j . epsl . 2007 . 08 . 002\naimto examine trends in cancer incidence and mortality for men and women aged 35 to 69 years in the uk for all cancers and the four most common sites between 1993 and 2002 .\nforesta l ; gourmelen n ; p\u00ef lsson f ; nienow p ; bj\u00ef rnsson h ; shepherd a ( 2016 ) surface elevation change and mass balance of icelandic ice caps derived from swath mode cryosat - 2 altimetry , geophysical research letters , 43 , pp . 12 - 145 . doi : 10 . 1002 / 2016gl071485\npaul f ; bolch t ; kaab a ; nagler t ; shepherd a ; strozzi t ( 2012 ) satellite - based glacier monitoring in the esa project glaciers - cci , international geoscience and remote sensing symposium ( igarss ) , pp . 3222 - 3225 . doi : 10 . 1109 / igarss . 2012 . 6350738\npaul f ; bolch t ; k\u00e4\u00e4b a ; nagler t ; nuth c ; scharrer k ; shepherd a ; strozzi t ; ticconi f ; bhambri r ; berthier e ; bevan s ; gourmelen n ; heid t ; jeong s ; kunz m ; lauknes tr ; luckman a ; merryman boncori jp ; moholdt g ; muir a ; neelmeijer j ; rankl m ; vanlooy j ; van niel t ( 2015 ) the glaciers climate change initiative : methods for creating glacier area , elevation change and velocity products , remote sensing of environment , 162 , pp . 408 - 426 . doi : 10 . 1016 / j . rse . 2013 . 07 . 043\npayne aj ; holland pr ; shepherd ap ; rutt ic ; jenkins a ; joughin i ( 2007 ) numerical modeling of ocean - ice interactions under pine island bay ' s ice shelf , j geophys res - oceans , 112 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2006jc003733\nhogg ae ; shepherd a ; gourmelen n ; engdahl m ( 2016 ) grounding line migration from 1992 to 2011 on petermann glacier , north - west greenland , journal of glaciology , 62 , pp . 1104 - 1114 . doi : 10 . 1017 / jog . 2016 . 83\nsundal av ; shepherd a ; van den broeke m ; van angelen j ; gourmelen n ; park j ( 2013 ) controls on short - term variations in greenland glacier dynamics , journal of glaciology , 59 , pp . 883 - 892 . doi : 10 . 3189 / 2013jog13j019\nsundal av ; shepherd a ; nienow p ; hanna e ; palmer s ; huybrechts p ( 2011 ) melt - induced speed - up of greenland ice sheet offset by efficient subglacial drainage , nature , 469 , pp . 521 - 524 . doi : 10 . 1038 / nature09740\npayne aj ; holland pr ; shepherd ap ; rutt ic ; jenkins a ; joughin i ( 2007 ) numerical modeling of ocean - ice interactions under pine island bay ' s ice shelf , journal of geophysical research - oceans , 112 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2006jc003733\npayne aj ; holland pr ; shepherd ap ; rutt ic ; jenkins a ; joughin i ( 2007 ) numerical modeling of ocean - ice interactions under pine island bay ' s ice shelf , journal of geophysical research : oceans , 112 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2006jc003733\nmcmillan m ; shepherd a ; gourmelen n ; park jw ; nienow p ; rinne e ; leeson a ( 2012 ) mapping ice - shelf flow with interferometric synthetic aperture radar stacking , journal of glaciology , 58 , pp . 265 - 277 . doi : 10 . 3189 / 2012jog11j072\njung hs ; lu z ; shepherd a ; wright t ( 2015 ) simulation of the supersar multi - azimuth synthetic aperture radar imaging system for precise measurement of three - dimensional earth surface displacement , ieee transactions on geoscience and remote sensing , 53 , pp . 6196 - 6206 . doi : 10 . 1109 / tgrs . 2015 . 2435776\nticconi f ; levinsen jf ; khvorostovsky k ; forsberg r ; shepherd a ( 2013 ) preliminary results of the ice - sheet - cci round robin activity on the estimation of surface elevation changes , international geoscience and remote sensing symposium ( igarss ) , pp . 244 - 247 . doi : 10 . 1109 / igarss . 2013 . 6721137\ndowdeswell ja ; bassford rp ; gorman mr ; williams m ; glazovsky af ; macheret yy ; shepherd ap ; vasilenko yv ; savatyuguin lm ; hubberten hw ; miller h ( 2002 ) form and flow of the academy of sciences ice cap , severnaya zemlya , russian high arctic , journal of geophysical research : solid earth , 107 , .\nleeson aa ; shepherd a ; briggs k ; howat i ; fettweis x ; morlighem m ; rignot e ( 2015 ) supraglacial lakes on the greenland ice sheet advance inland under warming climate , nature climate change , 5 , pp . 51 - 55 . doi : 10 . 1038 / nclimate2463\nmcmillan m ; corr h ; shepherd a ; ridout a ; laxon s ; cullen r ( 2013 ) three - dimensional mapping by cryosat - 2 of subglacial lake volume changes , geophysical research letters , 40 , pp . 4321 - 4327 . doi : 10 . 1002 / grl . 50689\nremedios j ; balzter h ; burrows j ; eves s ; johnson m ; lavender s ; monks p ; o ' neill a ; shepherd a ( 2012 ) earth observation : a revolutionary leap into the future , astronomy and geophysics , 53 , . doi : 10 . 1111 / j . 1468 - 4004 . 2012 . 53316 . x\nevaluation methodsstudents in intervention and control schools completed a baseline smoking questionnaire and provided a saliva sample . follow up questionnaires were administered immediately post\u2010intervention and at a one year and a two year follow up .\nleeson aa ; shepherd a ; palmer s ; sundal a ; fettweis x ( 2012 ) simulating the growth of supraglacial lakes at the western margin of the greenland ice sheet , cryosphere , 6 , pp . 1077 - 1086 . doi : 10 . 5194 / tc - 6 - 1077 - 2012\nhawley rl ; brandt o ; morris em ; kohler j ; shepherd ap ; wingham dj ( 2008 ) techniques for measuring high - resolution firn density profiles : case study from kongsvegen , svalbard , journal of glaciology , 54 , pp . 463 - 468 . doi : 10 . 3189 / 002214308785837020\nactor lee stetson portrays john muir in one - person theatrical shows at 7 p . m . sunday - wednesday in the yosemite valley auditorium next to the visitor center during the summer season . he has performed his yosemite show in the park for more than 25 years . cost : $ 8 adults / $ 4 children . call ( 209 ) 372 - 0731 for information .\ndigestion and absorption of sorbitol , maltitol and isomalt from the small bowel . a study in ileostomy subjects\nshepherd a ; wingham d ; wallis d ; giles k ; laxon s ; sundal av ( 2012 ) erratum : recent loss of floating ice and the consequent sea level contribution ( geophysical research letters ( 2010 ) 37 ( l13503 ) doi : 10 . 1029 / 2010gl042496 ) , geophysical research letters , 39 , . doi : 10 . 1029 / 2012gl053573\ncrang . maud ( oam ) . passed away peacefully in her 103rd year . loved daughter of the late ruby and william brown crang . loving sister of ruby ( cis ) , bill , charles , alison , john , dick and mac ( all dec . ) . cherished aunt of john ( dec . ) and glad , robert and margaret ( both dec ) , jen and bill , teeny and eddy , bill ( dec ) and barb , richard and margaret , neil and diane , leigh and lois , wendy and dru . great aunt of three more generations of nieces and nephews . she lived to serve those she loved and those she loved remember\n\u2022 operate machinery and equipment requiring the exercise of skill and knowledge beyond that of an employee at plumbing and mechanical services worker level 1 ( d ) .\nking ma ; padman l ; nicholls k ; clarke pj ; gudmundsson gh ; kulessa b ; shepherd a ; gourmelen n ( 2011 ) erratum : ocean tides in the weddell sea : new observations on the filchner - ronne and larsen c ice shelves and model validation ( journal of geophysical research ( 2011 ) 116 doi : 10 . 1029 / 2011jc007463 ) , journal of geophysical research : oceans , 116 , .\nsundal av ; shepherd a ; nienow p ; hanna e ; palmer s ; huybrechts p ( 2009 ) evolution of supra - glacial lakes across the greenland ice sheet , remote sensing of environment , 113 , pp . 2164 - 2171 . doi : 10 . 1016 / j . rse . 2009 . 05 . 018\nthe employer and an accredited assessor from a panel agreed by the parties to the award and the employee .\n\u2022 has knowledge of the four streams within the building and construction industry and how they inter - relate .\ncassidy ( nee graham ) . jean marie . 07 . 11 . 1920 - 09 . 07 . 2018 passed away peacefully at the berrigan hospital . aged 97 years loved and loving wife of jack ( dec ) . much loved mother and mother - in - law of john , peter and jeannie , kay and tony , jenny and joe , christine and des , jeff and vicki . loved and adored nan to 13 grandchildren and great - grandma to 17 great grandchildren . reunited with dad\ndeane . mary adeline . 16 . 02 . 1928 - 6 . 7 . 2018 dearly loved wife of michael ( dec ) . much loved mother and mother - in - law of margaret and john , patrick , bill and karyn , clare and adrian , stephen and sue , kevin and heather . loving grandmother of 15 and great - grandmother of 15 . in god s care\ngladstone rm ; lee v ; rougier j ; payne aj ; hellmer h ; le brocq a ; shepherd a ; edwards tl ; gregory j ; cornford sl ( 2012 ) calibrated prediction of pine island glacier retreat during the 21st and 22nd centuries with a coupled flowline model , earth and planetary science letters , 333 - 334 , pp . 191 - 199 . doi : 10 . 1016 / j . epsl . 2012 . 04 . 022\nobjectivesto evaluate the impact of the school fruit and vegetable scheme ( sfvs ) on children ' s consumption of fruit and vegetables and intake of a selection of nutrients .\nforesta l ; gourmelen n ; weissgerber f ; nienow p ; williams jj ; shepherd a ; drinkwater mr ; plummer s ( 2018 ) heterogeneous and rapid ice loss over the patagonian ice fields revealed by cryosat - 2 swath radar altimetry , remote sensing of environment , 211 , pp . 441 - 455 . doi : 10 . 1016 / j . rse . 2018 . 03 . 041\nparrinello t ; shepherd a ; bouffard j ; badessi s ; casal t ; davidson m ; fornari m ; maestroni e ; scagliola m ( 2018 ) cryosat : esa ' s ice mission - eight years in space , advances in space research , . doi : 10 . 1016 / j . asr . 2018 . 04 . 014\nand not the legal mumbo - jumbo of signing bonuses and offset language that kept bosa away from the chargers .\nobjectivesto estimate the prevalence of same sex sexual experience among women , and to compare women who do and do not report female partner ( s ) in terms of sociodemographics , sexual , and general health risk behaviours and outcomes .\nconclusionsschools were generally willing to support and accommodate the programme , and to cooperate with the process evaluation . several important factors affected the implementation of the programme : commitment and active support of school staff ; clarity of aims and procedures ; and compatibility with school values and context . we acknowledge areas of tension but conclude that the assist model offers an effective and practicable approach to school based health promotion .\na plumbing and mechanical services tradesperson level i is an employee who holds a trade certificate or its equivalent in the services stream ( plumbing and mechanical services ) and who is able to exercise the skill and knowledge of that trade .\nleeson aa ; shepherd a ; sundal av ; johansson am ; selmes n ; briggs k ; hogg ae ; fettweis x ( 2013 ) a comparison of supraglacial lake observations derived from modis imagery at the western margin of the greenland ice sheet , journal of glaciology , 59 , pp . 1179 - 1188 . doi : 10 . 3189 / 2013jog13j064\nmethodsuk incidence and mortality data for men and women were obtained from cancer research uk for the most common cancer sites for each sex for persons aged between 35 and 69 years . age standardised rates were calculated for men and women separately for each cancer site , for both incidence and mortality .\nport and roger and clive d . e < - ire to thank all relatives and friends . also rev brown , staff and boyb o\u00ed malvern ' grammar school for tele - grams , cards , floral tribute * , and expresfions oi sympathy in their re - cent bereavement . _ .\nleeson aa ; van wessem jm ; ligtenberg srm ; shepherd a ; van den broeke mr ; killick r ; skvarca p ; marinsek s ; colwell s ( 2017 ) regional climate of the larsen b embayment 1980 - 2014 , journal of glaciology , 63 , pp . 683 - 690 . doi : 10 . 1017 / jog . 2017 . 39\nroethlisberger was 12 for 17 for 148 yards and two touchdown passes in his only two series . brown had four catches for 87 yards and a touchdown and bell added 21 yards rushing on three carries and five catches for 37 yards .\nmain outcome measuresfrequency and severity of biochemical hypoglycaemia measured by continuous glucose monitoring at baseline and after one year , and self reported hypoglycaemia rates measured over a one year follow up .\na consultative mechanism and procedures appropriate to the size , structure and needs of the enterprise or workplace will be established .\n\u2022 is fully competent and very experienced in a technical sense and requires little guidance in the performance of their work .\nhodgson ( nee brumley ) . wilma mary 19 . 12 . 1922 - 8 . 7 . 2018 daughter of king and rene brumley . loved wife of stanley ( dec . ) , very much loved and loving mother of bruce ( dec . ) and ruth ( rolfe ) , and mother in law of sylvia and peter . adored nanna of kellie and fiona , stacey , chris and jen , and their partners . loving great nanna to lyla , eagle , caden , willow , noah and ryan . forever in our hearts .\nnowicki smj ; payne a ; larour e ; seroussi h ; goelzer h ; lipscomb w ; gregory j ; abe - ouchi a ; shepherd a ( 2016 ) ice sheet model intercomparison project ( ismip6 ) contribution to cmip6 , geoscientific model development , 9 , pp . 4521 - 4545 . doi : 10 . 5194 / gmd - 9 - 4521 - 2016\nhitchens . lorraine . loved niece of lil and joe ( both dec . ) . cousin of carmel , eileen , bill , pauline and kevin . our love and thoughts are with bill , margaret , marie and family . rest in peace\nhorton . raymond joseph . 4 . 10 . 1928 - 8 . 7 . 2018 son of joseph and gladys . devoted and adoring husband of pauline for 68 years . beloved father of teddy and claire . much loved grandfather of john - joseph , owen , max and tess . great - grandfather of zac , james , louise ( dec ) , oliver and lance . loving father - in - law of miche and wes . a good and decent man who served his family and country well . he cherished his family and we cherished him . may his spirit continue to love and guide us .\nobjectiveto analyse trends in the incidence of ectopic gestation in aberdeen city and district between 1950 and 1999 and compare the reproductive outcomes following an ectopic pregnancy with those following a spontaneous miscarriage .\nhogg ae ; shepherd a ; cornford sl ; briggs kh ; gourmelen n ; graham ja ; joughin i ; mouginot j ; nagler t ; payne aj ; rignot e ; wuite j ( 2017 ) increased ice flow in western palmer land linked to ocean melting , geophysical research letters , 44 , pp . 4159 - 4167 . doi : 10 . 1002 / 2016gl072110\nhealth visitors are experienced , specialised trained nurses who promote health and prevent ill - health , primarily with babies and children .\nparticipants3582 women aged 60\u201379 years and were free of chd at entry into the british women ' s heart and health study .\n\u2022 undertakes quality control and work organisation at a level higher than for an advanced plumbing and mechanical service tradesperson level i .\nkilda . catherine , daughter of the lato hugh and catherine dodd , of alma , and loved sitter of gertrude dodd .\noutside work he is particularly interested in regular exercise and a healthy diet . he also likes to play the piano , gardening and spending time with his family . he likes music from all genres and is very keen on going to various gigs and festivals . he is an avid reader and goes to regular book club meetings . he and his wife are hoping to buy a camper van and to travel extensively in the near future !\ngourmelen n ; goldberg dn ; snow k ; henley sf ; bingham rg ; kimura s ; hogg ae ; shepherd a ; mouginot j ; lenaerts jtm ; ligtenberg srm ; van de berg wj ( 2017 ) channelized melting drives thinning under a rapidly melting antarctic ice shelf , geophysical research letters , 44 , pp . 9796 - 9804 . doi : 10 . 1002 / 2017gl074929\nconclusionsresults support the hypothesis that intrauterine nutritional status and development are aetiological factors in the onset of adult liver damage , and that these associations are not explained by confounding from social class and lifestyle as adjusting for a range of potential confounding factors did not alter the effect estimates at all . given the robust evidence for inverse associations of birth size with cardiovascular disease and diabetes and the evidence of the association of markers of liver damage and function with cardiovascular disease and diabetes , it is possible that liver function mediates some of the associations between intrauterine factors and cardiovascular disease and diabetes .\ndr ola trained as a gp in 2016 from southampton after having worked as a paediatric trainee in west yorkshire , glasgow and teesside . he enjoys all facets of general practice especially mental health and dermatology . he lives in whiteley and likes reading and photography .\nobjectiveto investigate the association between socioeconomic status ( ses ) and ( a ) survival and ( b ) treatment pattern in a large sample of female breast cancer patients diagnosed between 1998 and 2000 .\nmain outcome measuresutilisation rate ratio between top and bottom townsend deprivation quintile groups , indirectly standardised for age and sex , and concentration index of deprivation related inequality in standardised utilisation ratios between small areas .\nsubjects and setting24 975 individuals aged 17 to 74 years living within 833 electoral divisions and 22 unitary authorities in wales , uk .\nafter the period of inclement weather has clearly ended the employees will resume work and the time will be similarly agreed and noted .\nloved mother and our dear grandma , j - in our garden of memories we meet every day . ( inserted by her loving daughter . gwen , and granddaughters . joan and jenifer . )\nobjectiveto examine patterns of attrition and bias at different stages of the life course , across different modes of interview and types of non\u2010response , by a range of socioeconomic , demographic , and health factors and to consider the implications of the findings for life course epidemiology .\nconclusionsthe lifegrid is one of a number of approaches to in\u2010depth interviewing about experiences of health and illness , and as such has advantages and disadvantages . it may be more useful in some contexts than others and needs adapting to suit the participants who will use it .\ncharles . patricia sylvia . 04 . 04 . 1933 08 . 072018 aged 85 years late of cobram and formerly of upway . much loved wife of dennis ( dec ) . loving mother & mother in law of robert & carol , and garry and shelly . loving nanna of angela & lucas , and michael and brooke . great nanna to nahla , demi , and one on the way .\nfuss . irene . passed away at rmh on july 06 , 2018 beloved wife of colin . adored mother of elisha and victoria and mother - in - law of darren and chris . cherished gran of tahnee , chelsea and layla . let me open your heart and all those around you . may your love for each other grow and last forever . please see later paper for funeral details .\ndesign and settingprospective study of 3036 men and women , living in clydeside and born in the 1950s and 1930s , aged 35 and 55 at baseline in 1987 / 8 , interviewed at five year intervals , and flagged for mortality records with nhscr . preliminary analyses have been undertaken on deaths recorded until 2005 ( 546 respondents ) . these analyses will be repeated with further death records for the presentation ."]}
{"id": 56044, "summary": [{"text": "xen coffee is an independent siphon coffee bar in hong kong .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "xen coffee 's first coffee shop was in quarry bay .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "xen coffee serves highly selective coffee varieties from africa , indonesia , central and south americas .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "xen coffee was awarded best fair trade cafe in hong kong for its effort as a pioneer in promoting fair trade products like chocolate from ghana , organic coffee from ethiopian yirgacheffe and the rainforest of guatemala in hong kong .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "time out magazine ( hong kong edition ) has selected xen coffee as one of hong kong 's 20 best coffee spots .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "xen coffee has also been covered in my coffee guide written by moses chan , a coffee geek and celebrity in hong kong .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "helen chow , the head siphonist of xen coffee was awarded the title of world siphonist by the specialty coffee association of japan ( scaj ) to honor her achievement as second runner-up in the world siphonist championship ( wsc ) 2010 .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "the founder of xen coffee , dixon ip , is the first person in china to obtain certifications from both the specialty coffee association of america ( scaa ) and coffee quality institute ( cqi ) as scaa cupping judge and cqi licensed q grader .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "xen coffee focuses on educating the local community on coffee beyond espresso and promoting the concept of enjoying specialty coffee from single origins . ", "topic": 1}], "title": "xen coffee", "paragraphs": ["xen coffee k12 , manly plaza , 995 - 997 king ' s road , quarry bay xen coffee is a halogen - powered siphon coffee shop in hong kong . | pinterest | coffee\nxen coffee is located in quarry bay , owner of dixon ip said the election that year was mainly due to quarry bay , taikoo place , bong is not good coffee , choose the library is like it can enjoy a quiet coffee . after his cross - industry franchise coffee , also saw hong kong close to the world coffee market coffee trend direction , but also his firm xen coffee walking the fine line of coffee . in xen coffee , menus only single origin coffees from all the world , with a siphon pot brewing , will supply home - made western - style pastries . guests to the store from the beginning when the request for a cup of coffee drinks daily , and gradually began to taste like wine tasting like coffee requirements to get a cup of gourmet coffee . dixon believes , xencoffee positioning operation is more like a mentor to guide consumers want to enjoy more quality coffee , enjoy coffee life is more important . therefore , xen coffee siphon coffee occasional courses are also open for guests at home can also enjoy a cup of good coffee .\nfilter - in coffee bottle for cold brewed coffee . also available in moca . . .\nfilter - in coffee bottle for cold brewed coffee . also available in brown . . .\na cup must immediately , witnessed the coffee and tea in hongkong synchronous development trend , the past 10 years , the development coffee and milk tea . host the 2009 hongkong coffee black tea association of the first\ngolden tea king contest\n, will hot tea , hk style culture to the international . and coffee also not resigned to playing second fiddle , beginning in 2011 by the hongkong coffee industry association sponsored the hongkong coffee masters , make the champions of hongkong coffee teachers have the opportunity to represent hongkong at the world cup , notes and coffee teacher exchanges world class , a breakthrough is coffee industry , make more hongkong coffee division director at the international stage can develop . another world class siphon coffee masters , the three hongkong race representatives can achieve success in japan for the world championship , hong kong !\nwe have sourced many interesting products and top quality specialty green coffee from some of the most prestigious coffee farms & cooperations . follow us on facebook &\nin the past decade , five years ago in seattle coffee culture so many hong kong people went to the coffee shop from the cafe . after five years , led by the coffee shop market trends , big stores have to learn to shop . as siphon coffee masters ( hksc ) and one of the founders of hong kong coffee masters ( hkbs ) hong kong area , he said every game coffee hong kong people not only to a better understanding of world coffee quasi - standard , which is also our understanding of the industry friends , interactive opportunities , and jointly promote our boutique coffee culture .\ndiversified supply of coffee beans , felix also from other countries , to find out the name of the company to buy roasted coffee beans for exchange - type operations , so you can widen the taste buds of coffee enthusiasts and horizons .\nthe coffee is good , however the environment is below average . i would expect to sit in a nice area with good music then enjoy my cup of beautiful coffee . . .\nwhen tam is not roasting his beans himself , he relies on local micro - roaster fresh coffee and tea ( based in north point ) for top - quality beans . other local coffee roasters include coffee assembly , a pioneer that began roasting in 2006 , and glory coffee and fahrenheit 500 , both of which supply roasted beans for 18 grams and espresso alchemy .\nbecause small investment , store decor arranged mostly felix hands , personalized coffee shop in the case of unintentional with positioning . another element is to create a personalized coffee beans used in the store , originally opened in a single product purchase coffee beans from suppliers in proportion to fight with the store , and now home baking , creating an exclusive style tastes while and guests coffee request also has a good interactive communication . home baked beans being brewed coffee , drink up there is always a special and moving taste , it may be hidden in the soul of a cup of coffee . flagship store is espresso , coffee and hand shopkeepers also actively invest resources in selected beans and cup measure , we offer hope for a more delicious coffee .\nhong kong coffee culture along the way , hard - earned , listen for more than 86 years from the opening date of olympia then minister coffee , the fourth generation successor of mr . lin promises : initial hong kong history , cosmopolitan coexistence , when the coffee genus luxury , only businessmen , foreigners and wealthy families can afford , so the store is located in central , pedder street chinese line , close to central pier to facilitate potential buyers , sellers , because most people need to access from the sea . early store operations to cigarettes , coffee and other imports mainly olive and after the franchise coffee , and coffee brewing equipment , including italian moka pot , very unique ibrik turkish coffee pot . olympia then minister of coffee can be regarded as the earliest coffee shop , the heyday have four distribution points , including the kowloon peninsula hotel counters , quite sizable .\nas american coffee fest latte contest the first chinese world champion kim yeung , has repeatedly game experience , he admitted to the satisfaction of the guests bring a cup of coffee and barista quietly abound in hong kong , but also hope that through their own and guests interaction , selfless sharing , so that more people like the coffee , and join the industry , added new vitality to the coffee industry .\nif you ' ve every wondered what syphon coffee tastes like , then you have to try the coffee here . the 3rd place winner of the 2010 japan syphon competition is one of the baristas here .\ncoffee cultivation of chitose months , the cumulative number of word of mouth and the guests , so the former leisurely tour zai cafe corridor has become increasingly busy , people ' s needs and requirements of coffee has increased , guests are no longer satisfied with espresso , and is the hope that more taste some fine coffee from different countries face unique terroir , so industry awareness ' third wave coffee ' has spread in hong kong community . in recent years , the coffee market in hong kong tend to diversify more micro roaster ,\nin addition to coffee , light meals for our shop is also very important\nfelix said wistfully :\nwhile monopoly boutique coffee shop think it ' s cool , but also need to think of a cup of coffee so do not want to eat ah ! give up some of the food and desserts .\nsix years ago , in the testimony of the hong kong cultural scratch espresso stage today , six years later , the italian coffee culture has become popular , johnson also has a new view of the coffee shop : good cafe is not just to better use coffee machine , coffee shop barista is the soul . therefore , the second between the coco espresso wanchai branch of his american coffee fest latte art contest first chinese world champion kim yeung cooperation , implement them with\nbarista\nas the leading concept store , and continue to explore more coffee for the coffee pursuit teachers open more independent stores are also one of the goals in the future , in order to barista named , produced by its management and is responsible for , so business attitude , even if there is no good shop , there is no luxury decoration , but also to get most like coffee guests agree !\nthese days , tam believes that hong kong\u2019s coffee scene is on par with the rest of the world \u2013 possibly even better . \u201cmostly , [ hong kong baristas ] are well - travelled , \u201d he explained . \u201cwe have tried coffee at famous sites , shipped their coffee over and brewed them with different techniques . we may not grow coffee beans , but we have people who know more about roasting than most caf\u00e9s in the world . \u201d\nshe chose to shop in its present location , the owner felix frankly did not think too much , so a modest or even a fancy look very mindful also miss the place , just because the rent affordable ; while operating philosophy is very simple : just do what you love to do . that time , hong kong from the inherent cafe coffee culture and instead invest in italian coffee , cappuccino , milk coffee popular ; 2000 leading coffee chain starbucks to open outlets in hong kong , more inspired felix vision for the development of hong kong ' s coffee industry .\nthanks to this new breed of coffee bars , those looking for a serious coffee education , or just a great cup , have more choice than ever before . in the western district of sheung wan , in addition to knockbox , there is coco espresso and barista jam , both of which excel in australian - style espresso drinks and brewed options . barista jam , with its cool grey concrete fa\u00e7ade , is a favourite among home - brewers , who come to down expertly - made ristrettos ( a shorter , purer shot of espresso ) , and stock up on raw green coffee beans and professional tools . farther east , in quarry bay , are veteran siphon specialists xen coffee and newcomer espresso alchemy ( appearing on the scene in march 2012 ) , the latter pitching itself defiantly next to a branch of a mccaf\u00e9 , a mcdonald\u2019s spin - off . in addition to regular coffee tasting and latte art lessons , customers are inadvertently educated each time they sit down and have a read of the menu \u2013 the incredible amount of detail about each single origin coffee bean ( including the altitude at which it was grown ) goes beyond that of any other caf\u00e9 at the moment .\nmeanwhile , about 15 minutes away by foot is patrick tam and frances lam\u2019s knockbox coffee company , a tiny ground floor corner space located on a quiet side street in the increasingly hip sheung wan area . it too serves nothing but hand - brewed coffee and espresso in utterly stripped back and minimalist surroundings . in the day , with only a few coffee drinkers propping up the bar , the mood is mellow and reverential ; on friday nights , when new batches of freshly roasted coffee beans are being cupped and tasted , the tiny space becomes a cacophonous watering hole for the city\u2019s most serious coffee enthusiasts .\ndespite chain store dominance and skyrocketing rents , hong kong\u2019s blossoming caffeine scene is testament to a newfound appreciation of quality coffee .\nknown as a gourmet paradise known as hong kong , hong kong people find that talking about everyday topics in addition to drink and eat outside , know better how food culture . coffee , tea , for authentic hong kong people , it is an integral part of a busy life embellishment , while coffee and tea with mandarin duck from the yuan , it is hong kong ' s unique specialty drinks in the best examples . yuanyang reportedly founded in hong kong ' s lan fong yuen , hong kong - style milk tea and coffee blend made \u200b\u200bfrom coffee drinkers make concentrated slip while enjoying the aroma of coffee and milk tea .\n\u5f88\u4e45\u6c92\u898b\u5927\u5bb6\u597d\u55ce\uff1f\u6253\u7b97\u8fa6\u4e00\u500bpop up \u6d3b\u52d5\uff0c1\u670827\u65e5\uff0c\u5730\u9ede\u9285\u947c\u7063\uff0c\u518d\u9762\u5c0d\u9762\u5206\u4eabxen coffee \u4ee5\u8679\u5438\u6c96\u716e\u7684\u7cbe\u54c1\u5496\u5561\uff0c\u5927\u5bb6\u8aaa\u5982\u4f55\uff1f what do you say if we have a pop - up event ? . . . . . .\nif you ' re looking for an elegant and effective way to brew low - acid cold brewed or iced coffee , lo . .\nmissed our coffee ? join us on friday in the neighborhood sensory zero in cityplaza , taikoo shing for a top of the . . .\nthe cupping room in stanley opened by the end of 2001 , due to the remote shop downtown on weekdays to shop majority dominated by foreign guests and tourists on weekends to attract more local coffee lovers . since 2012 , hong kong was the owner kapo barista championship , the store more appealing to some coffee enthusiasts and practitioners in the field admiring . in recent years , the popularity of specialty coffee began in hong kong , there are different characteristics of stores to shop , described as flourishing : there are home baked with the australian style , there are chain stores beginning in the main features boutique market . this trend is in line with the trend for the cupping room , this is a good sign . because customers deepened awareness boutique coffee and coffee quality requirements .\nlike most personalized shop facing the greatest difficulties ,\ngregory low plus the rent on this expensive\nlike , johnson frankly a lot of pressure to shop early , leaving his firm should strive to achieve the three\nbest\n: the best coffee division , the best coffee , the best coffee equipment .\nwhen asked about the operation , and he said ,\nto maintain quality coffee produced , spend beans , etc . , should be more choice , but also a good source , but also to ensure a cup of milk pura focus cabo tasty , simple meals species not too much , otherwise it will confuse the cafe image !\ncoco espresso owner johnson ko uncle in australia to learn to do with coffee after returning to hong kong in 2007 on the preparations for his first ring shop , opened in early 2008 , hong kong was just coffee culture is still in its infancy ,\nespresso\nthis concept in the eyes of consumers is still very vague , generally considered the hong kong - style milk tea and coffee were not in hong kong , opened a shop in the high rent high labor remuneration of pressure on him is challenging . however , the\ndo espressobar with boutique coffee shops\nis johnson has always insisted on the concept of intensive election in sheung wan district office shop , the most important is the work of many foreigners region , a large area of \u200b\u200bthe store , these factors are not luxurious interiors and their coffee quality demanding more important .\n\u201ci want to get people together , \u201d said rabbithole\u2019s fung . \u201cwe try to educate people by making their coffee right in front of them . it\u2019s not that we\u2019re trying to show off \u2013 we actually want you to see how coffee is made . you can see exactly what is going on here , whether the barista is making a good shot or not . [ hong kongers are ] thinking , maybe i\u2019ve had enough of chain coffee . they\u2019re saying \u2018i want something better\u2019 . so that\u2019s why we\u2019re here . \u201d\nget a free scone when u buy a coffee ! ! ! that ' s the best fxxx deal out there : ) just download the app man . locaclick . read more\n2011 start , start to appear in hong kong tournament gbc & glc @ hofex , hkbc & hksc three events , based hong kong with the international coffee it integration platform , interbank technology learn and close contacts , either as senior judges who still budding barista players , tournament so that these weekday workhorse coffee established more of a sympathetic person and precious friendship .\nhong kong ' s thriving restaurant industry for many years and showed a rising trend , but the barista is also an industry in which a member of the barista profession which has not been widely recognized in the community , before 2011 , hong kong has not appeared in a large coffee - related competition , baristas into rows and learning pathways have not many channels . moreover , under the tutelage of coffee into the line starts you need to do more than play the role of food service , and everything needs to start from the most basic , both clean , floor , do simple meals , meal , brew coffee and other work to be done . if not at heart like coffee , few college students willing to join the industry .\nfaced with going to the diversification and development of specialized routes , the owner that although the coffee market is very active in recent years , a lot of new blood in hong kong coffee shop industry ! small independent cafes still accounts for the strength of non - mainstream . survival also need to know the owner of the operation , and the shop as a business to hands to do it .\nalso located around the area of barista jam cafe on the business district , the shop owner with the experience of returning to hong kong , australia , one would like to do an australian - style side streets alley cafe in hong kong . the whole shop presents a minimalist style espresso - based , there are white - collar workers often appear in stores meal time queuing scene . when asked about the biggest challenge the shop , the store is still responding\nproblem of staff shortages and rent\nmost vexing . barista jam is open storefront with office workers around the time of writing , in addition to providing italian coffee and light meals outside , barista jam also sell some equipment to facilitate a group of home coffee brewing coffee for guests , also provide elementary and higher - order coffee - related courses .\nthe cupping room menus flagship is espresso , and has been sold in the shop . replacing a single product monthly coffee blending coffee , several meals and some pieces of chocolate these elements attract more and more customers into the store consumption . young owner kapo coffee market trends in hong kong in recent years , some have their own unique insight :\ni think the hong kong market began to catch up with the current level of asian international taiwan , japan and south korea and other asian countries , although we do not have other strong coffee culture . but because of this , the market development space and freedom is relatively large , diversified and quality of development tend to , inevitably appear more and more home baking personalized shop , but because of stubbornly high rents for shops operators have a certain degree of difficulty .\nhaving only opened in late 2011 and early 2012 , respectively , rabbithole and knockbox are a part of a new breed of coffee bars that have been cropping up in hong kong over the last five years , battling high rents and a tea - centric drinking culture to bring some much - needed freshness to the city\u2019s chain - saturated market . in a city where \u201ccoffee\u201d has traditionally meant bitter , astringent espressos or a pot of americano slowly stewing on a hotplate , many of these new cafes are emphasising specialty coffee \u2013 a term that refers to high - quality , distinctly unique beans that are from known and approved provenance , prepared and served with exacting standards . it is a term that is gaining momentum in the coffee world , indicating a level of quality found not only in the bean itself , but in how it is prepared .\nat the same time , corporations are also waking up to the smell of specialty coffee , and are eager to capitalise on the city\u2019s growing interest . on 21 july , 20 - year - old pacific coffee company chain unveiled its most ambitious branch yet , the pacific coffee emporium . earmarked as the company\u2019s flagship store , the location sprawls more than 4 , 000sqft of prime property in the causeway bay neighbourhood , with three distinct spaces ( retail , caf\u00e9 and a roastery and brew bar area ) and a 59m long corridor with benches , tables and bike racks flanking one side . most significant , however , is the addition of single origin coffees , roasted in - house and , much like rabbithole and knockbox , the option to choose various brewing methods . it is a telling sign that specialty coffee may be about to go mainstream .\nthis shop employs the halogen - powered siphon method to prepare coffee which is always in use because of its slow drip - every cup takes about five minutes to prepare . not the most efficient way to brew , but its smoothness ( or rather lack of bitterness ) keeps the regulars coming back . the owner wants to start the\nslow coffee\nmovement where people can come in , relax and stay for a long brew . $ 60 .\nteensy coffee spot serves some of hong kong ' s best . the staff knows what they ' re talking about and are happy to make recommendations . great spoken english , even better cold brew ( limited quantities ) .\nin recent years , hong kong has entered a new era of flourishing coffee culture , in addition to large chain stores , the small personalized cafe is all over the streets , by the cafe culture influence , whether it is a single store chain , or personality , to ease the pressure of high rents , menus are inseparable on the\nmeal\ntrail . we find that hong kong personalized cafe several features : floor street , menus clear positioning ( coffee / quick meals ) , indoor environment , home baking and so on . it is worth mentioning that the degree of attention put into the coffee shop , we can see the intentions of the store ' s commitment to long - term management of the coffee produced far more than the pursuit of luxury store decoration and other factors . furthermore , each cafe operators in the preparation and during the early , had to carefully consider their location and siting of two priorities .\nsometimes life is like a cup of coffee , bitter total with astringent , savor the nuances of bitter coffee always taste a hint of sweetness . as a barista plays into the line for many years felix cwong , for the\nbarista\nis ideal career have a deep feeling : to be a professional barista is satisfactory , have different feelings in different stages of entry . no early line or entering the line , is pretty ideal , because it will have daily contact with fantasy to new people and things , but the fact is the same . but after 1 - 2 years of repeat and repeat , the word gradually ideal process day after day and buried , as it was like no time and then carefully studied the details , because all the work has been skillfully handled the size of the coffee things for granted , that here think it is time to start questioning the ideal year it ? for me , coffee is the most perfect job , which i find myself in a lifestyle , in addition to earn a living , but also to the personal philosophy of life can be shared through the coffee and more people , it is the happiest .\nin hong kong , many people open cafes are required to adhere to a courage and a sense of distance , the ideal and the reality of a test of toughness and perseverance practitioners recommend for those who just opened shop is only done once the coffee shop is not a single , had as a kind of business to do , careful management , shop shortage of money is not going to happen days , but must be able to know how to enjoy life can be sustained coffee .\nascending the stairwell to rabbithole coffee and roaster in hong kong\u2019s central district can be a bit of an alice in wonderland experience . inside , the second - floor space is gleaming with top - end espresso machinery and brewing equipment , and a plain communal table surrounded by coffee drinkers commands the centre of the room . outside of the shop\u2019s floor - to - ceiling windows , beyond the narrow balcony , the city\u2019s denizens float by on their way up the city\u2019s hilly terrain via the central - mid levels escalator , the longest outdoor covered escalator in the world .\nor head to the cupping room in stanley , on hong kong island\u2019s southern tip . opened in december 2011 , derek chiu ( runner - up in the 2011 hong kong barista championship , the precursor to the annual world barista championship ) regularly hosts tasting sessions and recently introduced a guest roaster of the month programme to showcase espresso blends and single origin beans from acclaimed brands around the world ( maryland\u2019s ceremony coffee roasters and california\u2019s klatch coffee made recent appearances ) . housed in the ultra - modern stanley plaza shopping centre but tucked away on its quiet upper levels , the cupping room is a welcoming space blending industrial design details ( exposed ducts , white brick walls , wood - top tables ) and warm , personable service . like at many of hong kong\u2019s new cafes , interaction with the baristas is encouraged and the coffee - making process is transparent .\ntheir approach is also remarkably defiant in a climate where many coffee bars have turned to emphasising hot food and cakes to increase their already - slim profit margins . ( sometimes , even this is not enough . the excellent 18 grams in causeway bay , for example , only narrowly dodged demolition in may 2012 . )\nfor operating a boutique coffee shop , kapo think the most difficult part is how to boutique coffee with fun and simple way to present and easier for the general public to accept . finally , this year ' s world championships in melbourne ready to play kapo , as the local representative , i hope the experience of the world cup can be brought back to hong kong to share with you . the same player he saw all of our baristas have added value , such as admitted scae certification courses and q - grader , etc . , given the level of the great leap forward barista in a short time , the future of hong kong players in the world ranking tournament can continue to promotion , let everyone with admiration .\nthe atmosphere is serene , punctuated only occasionally by the whirr of a grinder , the clack - clack of freshly ground beans being deposited into filter baskets , or the lively conversations usually started by mike fung , rabbithole\u2019s ebullient owner . the usual coffee shop frills are also conspicuously absent : there are no cakes , salads or sandwiches . there are no teas or juices and there are no syrupy frappuccinos . the menu only lists single origin beans \u2013 kenyan , nicaraguan , ethiopian \u2013 with recommended brewing methods for each , and coffees are crafted in front of the customer with remarkable precision .\nwhen the shopkeeper plagued with\nemployer and employee liquidity shortage big\nquestion , as an employee of the reasons for considering a career barista also have their own ideas , divided into two classes : first joined the line or into the line near barista think ten hours or more to work long hours , and pay far more than casual office clerical . while the other eye in hot pillow to work barista , coffee pursuit of knowledge more and more , and perhaps do not care about salary levels , even at this stage of jobs that can not meet his / her space requirements for career advancement , or obsessed with theory and want to get a sense of accomplishment in the game , often serving and not feel self - director of a show .\ncafe corridor opened in 2001 , in 2004 due to the addition of three times the rent and make felix reluctantly turn the camp , abandoned the ground floor , the pressure to lower rental shop upstairs , put on the coffee beans wholesale supply target , workshops , professional foster on , so that the business has diversified development . the landlord re - settled in 2008 touting the existing ground floor , felix lot of thought under the proper circumstances rent reopen the store at the same location . years of operating experience , he talked about the cafe opened cafe is still mixed feelings , the proposed new shop to blindly believe people should not be too perfect , too measurable business pressures , including the principal amount invested , operating expenses , personnel management , social skills and other factors do not attempt to challenge the high rents .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nall competitors at wsc must submit the champion registration form . please download and fill out the form and send it to the wsc secretariat by email or fax .\nshuwa - okachimachi bld . 8f , 4 - 27 - 5 , taito , taito - ku , tokyo 110 - 0016 japan\nfirst , try refreshing the page and clicking current location again . make sure you click allow or grant permissions if your browser asks for your location . if your browser doesn ' t ask you , try these steps :\nat the top of your chrome window , near the web address , click the green lock labeled secure .\nin the window that pops up , make sure location is set to ask or allow .\nyou ' re good to go ! 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( we do not have a currency converter in our store , but several web sites provide this service . any order placed on urltoken will be charged in u . s . dollars . )\na member may voluntarily terminate membership in the program at any time and is effective upon submitting a termination request via email to customercare @ urltoken and the member receiving confirmation of such termination from marine depot . marine depot reward points accumulated but not redeemed by the member up to the date of termination will be forfeited . members may not accrue or redeem marine depot reward points after the date of termination .\noccasionally urltoken highlights one lucky customer ' s tank as a\nfeatured tank .\nsteve garrett ' s orangy county coral farm , better known as garrett ' s acropolis , was our choice for july 2011 . the system is around 1200 gallons . the main glass display / growing tank is approximately 600 gallons and measures 240\nx 49\nx 14\ndeep . the next tank is a refugium that holds about 90 gallons and is made of high - density polyethylene . there are also two 300 gallon sumps made of fiberglass . the stand consists of 12 redwood legs . they meet with over 180 pounds of extruded aluminum beams that make up the flat surface for the glass tank to sit on . there is a \u00be\nlayer of baltic birch plywood separating the aluminum from the glass tank . to read more about about garrett ' s acropolis , visit the featured tank section of our website : urltoken\norders not shipped within the contiguous united states\u2014the 48 u . s . states on the north american continent south of canada plus the district of columbia\u2014are considered international orders . international orders are not eligible for urltoken ' s free shipping promotion and additional surcharges may apply . it is important to note that not all products we carry can be shipped internationally . aquariums , light bulbs , lamps , quartz sleeves and refrigerated / frozen foods cannot be shipped outside the united states . we apologize for any inconvenience .\nordering online is easy , but i typically call in to place my orders because their staff is so nice and will usually tell you if there is a coupon you can use or something new i might be interested in based on my order history . i still shop at my local fish store for livestock , but that ' s about it . urltoken has all my aquarium supply business and i would highly recommend them , especially to new hobbyists just getting their fins wet . they will help you succeed !\non frequent occasions urltoken will have great promotional offers available . when taking advantage of one , be sure to read the entire list of restrictions associated with that promotion . if your order does not seem to reflect all the benefits mentioned in the promotion , you may want to review the specific promotion ' s restrictions . to qualify for a specific promotion , your order must be placed during the specified promotion period . we are unable to apply special discounts to items ordered before or after the dates of a promotional offer .\ninternational customers may purchase from urltoken using visa , mastercard , american express discover and paypal for orders up to $ 1000 . any brokerage fees , tariffs and / or taxes will be billed to you directly by the shipping courier . international customers placing their first order with us must fax or email a copy of the front and back of their credit card along with a copy of a photo id that has the billing address printed on it . this is a precautionary measure to protect you and our company from fraudulent activity .\nmarine depot wholesale is one of the world\u2019s largest wholesale distributors of marine and freshwater aquarium products . brick and mortar merchants , online retailers and maintenance professionals depend on marine depot wholesale because we offer competitive pricing and a product catalog vast in scope . from protein skimmers and chillers to filter media and lighting , our warehouses are stocked to the rafters with the latest and greatest innovations the industry has to offer . call us at ( 714 ) 456 - 9979 or email us at wholesale @ urltoken if there is any way we can help you .\nwe will do everything possible to keep you informed of your order via email . tracking numbers are sent via email once they are available . the emails are usually sent on the evening of your order ship date by ups , fedex or the selected courier . on the rare occasion that you do not receive this information , you may email us at customercare @ urltoken or give us a call at 1 - 714 - 385 - 0080 for your order status or tracking number . we will also contact you via email , unless noted otherwise , if there are any issues regarding your order .\nhave a tablet ? now you can browse our catalog with the free google catalogs app ! the google catalogs app will provide you with a * rich , engaging way to interact with your favorite aquarium supply catalog ! flip through digital pages of our fall catalog , discover inspiring products and photos , save products that catch your eye and create collages to share with your friends . the free google catalogs app is available in itunes for ipad and in google play for android tablets . look for the urltoken catalog in the\npets\ncategory . now you can shop and buy right through the catalog !\nall questions or disputes regarding the program , including without limitation , questions or disputes regarding eligibility for the program , or the eligibility of marine depot reward points for accrual or redemption , must be submitted via email within sixty ( 60 ) days of the qualifying transaction , to customercare @ urltoken . marine depot shall resolve all and any disputes at its sole discretion . in the event that an error is made by marine depot , such error shall not constitute a breach of these terms & conditions , and your sole remedy shall be the credit of the disputed marine depot reward points to your account . all interpretations of program terms shall be at the sole discretion of marine depot . marine depot is solely responsible for the interpretation and application of the policies and procedures communicated in this member agreement and elsewhere to other program members . all determinations by marine depot shall be final and conclusive in each case .\ni shop at marine depot for a variety of reasons : low prices , fast shipping and a generous return policy to name a few . although the primary reason i shop there is due to their excellent customer support . i always have peace of mind knowing that if i have any issues setting up a new piece of equipment or if i have to return something they ' ll have my back . ordering online is easy , but i typically call in to place my orders because their staff is so nice and will usually tell you if there is a coupon you can use or something new i might be interested in based on my order history . i still shop at my local fish store for livestock , but that ' s about it . urltoken has all my aquarium supply business and i would highly recommend them , especially to new hobbyists just getting their fins wet . they will help you succeed !\nmarine depot offers free economy shipping for most products when you spend $ 20 or more ! your order will be delivered 1 - 7 business days after it ships out . economy shipping methods may include ups ground , usps first class , and / or surepost . you can upgrade your shipping to ups ground ( delivery in 1 - 5 business days ) for only $ 1 . 99 . orders placed before 10 : 30 am pst monday - friday are shipped the same day . free shipping is only available within the contiguous united states . frozen foods , live foods , and items shipped directly from the manufacturer do not qualify for this special offer .\nmost orders over $ 250 qualify for free upgraded shipping ! your order will be delivered 1 - 5 business days after it ships out . thanks to marine depot\u2019s two strategically located warehouses in nevada and georgia , over 90 % of shoppers receive their orders within 2 business using this level of service ( ups ground ) . orders placed before 10 : 30 am pst monday - friday are shipped the same day . free shipping is only available within the contiguous united states . frozen foods , live foods , and items shipped directly from the manufacturer do not qualify for this special offer .\nmost orders under $ 20 ship for only $ 1 . 99 using a mix of economy shipping methods including ups ground , usps first class , and / or surepost . your order will be delivered in 1 - 7 business days after it ships out . orders placed before 10 : 30 am pst monday - friday are shipped the same day . our $ 1 . 99 flat rate shipping is only available within the contiguous united states . frozen foods , live foods , and items shipped directly from the manufacturer do not qualify for $ 1 . 99 flat rate shipping .\nfrozen foods are delivered 1 - 3 business days from the day your order ships . frozen foods are shipped every monday and tuesday . shipping cut - off is tuesday at 10 am pst ( 1 pm est ) . orders received after 10 am pst on tuesday will be shipped the following week . shipping and handling is a $ 19 . 99 flat - rate charge so you can order as much or as little as you like . click here to read more detailed information about our frozen food shipping procedure\norders not shipped within the contiguous united states\u2014the 48 u . s . states on the north american continent south of canada plus the district of columbia\u2014are considered international orders . international orders are not eligible for marine depot\u2019s free shipping promotions and additional surcharges may apply . it is important to note that not all products we carry can be shipped internationally . any brokerage fees , tariffs and / or taxes will be billed to you directly by the shipping courier . international customers must use the same billing and shipping address . click here to read more detailed information about international shipping costs and restrictions\ni have only had it for a few days but i can see the difference . i had two cheapo ballasts and one blew so i bought this . this one starts up perfect , and is actually using the bulbs potential . i am going to buy another because the other side of my tank looks like the lights are off now ! its great ! ! yes , i would recommend this product to my friends . by jim\nin check is essential to the health and vitality of your aquarium . doing so can be accomplished a number of different ways . most commonly reef aquarium owners use a combination of\nand supplementation to get and keep their water conditions at stable levels that replicate the conditions in a natural ocean reef .\nthe frequency in which reef aquarium hobbyists change their water varies , although weekly , bi - weekly or monthly are most common . the more challenging aspects of maintaining pristine water conditions in a reef tank have more to do with filtration and supplementation . specifically , how often should one replace their\nhelps eliminate the guesswork associated with media changes and dosing . here is how it works :\nselect a water parameter ( calcium , alkalinity or magnesium ) or filter media ( carbon or gfo ) from the drop - down menu .\nclick the calculate button and our reef calculator will tell you how much supplement to dose or media to change as well as provide instructions on how to carry out the task .\ngift certificates can be redeemed by placing an order on our website or by calling 1 - 714 - 385 - 0080 .\ngift certificates purchased after business hours or on weekends will not be processed and sent until the following business day .\nthe most popular and common types of aquarium lighting available for your reef aquarium include led aquarium lighting , metal halide aquarium lighting , t5 high output ( t5ho ) fluorescent and power compact fluorescent ( pc ) . for a fish only aquarium , you can use any type of aquarium lights you wish . fluorescent lights , like t5 lighting , are generally the least expensive and will provide enough light for viewing your fish . realistically , any type of light for aquarium use will suffice from fluorescent fixtures to led aquarium lights . if you are going to be keeping live plants or live corals ( reef tank ) in the tank , you will need a lighting system that will provide plenty of light for the plants and symbiotic algae found in corals to photosynthesize .\nreef lighting will generally use aquarium bulbs in the 10 , 000k spectrum to the 20 , 000k spectrum . fish tank lighting ( for fish - only systems ) can use aquarium light bulbs in the 6 , 700k to 10 , 000k spectrum .\nthere are two different types of fish aquarium light fixtures available : fully assembled and retrofit kits . a fully assembled aquarium light fixture is basically ready to go right out of the box . most will come with mounting legs or hanging kits . mounting legs will allow you to set the fixture right on the rim of your aquarium while the hanging kit will allow you to suspend the light over your tank . if you have a canopy over your aquarium , a retrofit kit for your fish tank lights may be your best option . it will mount right inside the canopy with only a few screws .\nwe have a huge selection of glass fish tanks and acrylic aquariums that are available in all shapes and sizes . we only stock top - tier tanks so you can build your next saltwater aquarium or freshwater tank with confidence . we work with reputable brands like red sea , innovative marine , cad lights and coralife to offer you the finest all - in - one style aquariums on the market today .\nif you prefer to build your aquarium from the ground up , we ' ve got you covered . we have mr . aqua glass aquariums in bowfront , rectangle and cube shapes . they are our most popular rimless tanks thanks to their low price and stunning clarity . we also sell clear - for - life acrylic aquariums , stands and canopies to make your aquarium dreams a reality ( even if those dreams entail building a hexagon - shaped masterpiece ) .\naquarium stands and cabinets are where hobbyists store all their gear and , in some cases , filtration equipment . if you use an aio tank , like the jbj nano cube , you might place an aquarium chiller inside your stand along with maintenance tools like a refractometer , algae scraper and test kits . you could also use the space to place a freshwater reservoir so you can automatically replenish evaporated water with an auto top - off system .\nyou can even use an aquarium stand to set up a sump for better filtration . within the sump , you can use a filter sock for mechanical filtration , a refugium for biological filtration and place your protein skimmer and heater discreetly so they do not clutter your display tank .\nif you need help choosing an aquarium , please don ' t hesitate to contact us ! you can also check our reef tank packages or read aquariums : buy or build ? , must - have products for the reef aquarium or a beginner ' s guide to planted tanks to learn more about setting up a new aquarium .\nwe have teamed up with digital aquatics to bring you the best priced aquarium controller package available on the market today . our exclusive digital aquatics reefkeeper lite package includes the\ndigital aquatics aquarium supplies digital aquatics was founded in 2004 and has quickly become the most recognized name in aquarium automation . since the company debuted the original reefkeeper 1 ( now known as the rk1 ) in 2004 , they have gone on to create some of the most flexible , innovative and cost effective aquarium controllers on the market . the revolutionary reefkeeper elite ( rke ) was unveiled in 2008 and the affordable reefkeeper lite ( rkl ) came out shortly thereafter to appeal to more budget - conscience aquarium hobbyists . in 2010 , digital aquatics released a reptile version , the herpkeeper , as well as the aptly named pondkeeper . reefkeeper controllers simplify aquarium keeping duties by monitoring and controlling a variety of water parameters and equipment including but not limited to lighting , water flow , heating , cooling , ph and orp .\ni have been looking to buy controller that dosent brake the bank . this must be marine depot only where you get ph probe for under 200 . mainly because other kits have everything in this except they include 2 power bars . but if you dont need it this great buy . everything was packaged nice . only reason . . . read more\ni have been looking to buy controller that dosent brake the bank . this must be marine depot only where you get ph probe for under 200 . mainly because other kits have everything in this except they include 2 power bars . but if you dont need it this great buy . everything was packaged nice . only reason i gave 4 stars is really no documentation and no build in ethernet port at this price . good thing there many videos and forums to help you set up . hide\ni purchased this system because i needed something to monitor my tank while i ' m away at work . it ' s great system and easy to setup . i set everything up in about 30 mins .\nlove the da products , easy to set up program and use . i was looking for a controller with wifi capabilities , when i bought the rkl , however there were no good choices , since then da has released the archon , i just upgraded . now i can monitor control everything from my iphone .\nmore bang for the buck . setup required reading the instructions ( yikes ) however its all their and once you get it , it ' s really easy . so far works like a charm ; )\nthis is a great starter and upgradable control unit , and can ' t beat the price . i have been using the basic version for many months and use it for : power heads / wavemaker , heater , auto top off pump with dual float switches , ph + temp ( comes with the unit ) , refugium light , main pumps . i did have to ge . . . read more\ndigital aquatics gets a thumb down from me . i have called them and sent them email . the support department does not answer their phones and they do not return reply to emails . reef keeper does not save you money as i was hoping for . the pc4 can only take two cords for your lights and when you . . . read more\ndigital aquatics gets a thumb down from me . i have called them and sent them email . the support department does not answer their phones and they do not return reply to emails . reef keeper does not save you money as i was hoping for . the pc4 can only take two cords for your lights and when you have multiple lights that have two cords each you have to end up buying multiple pc4 ' s to accommodate your light systems . so don ' t waste your money on this system if you have multiple lights that have two cords each . unless you are rich with very deep pockets lots of money in them . hide\nmost orders under $ 20 ship for only $ 1 . 99 using a mix of economy shipping methods including ups ground , usps first class , and / or surepost . your order will be delivered in 1 - 7 business days after it ships out .\nwe ship 99 % of the products we carry for free within the contiguous united states using a mix of economy methods including usps first class mail , surepost and ups ground . your order will arrive in 1 - 7 business days . just spend $ 20 or more !\nover 90 % of shoppers receive their orders within 2 business using ups ground . upgrade from free economy shipping to ups ground for only $ 1 . 99\u2014or spend $ 250 and we\u2019ll upgrade you automatically !\nexpedited shipping services are available for most products if you are in a hurry . get guaranteed delivery in 2 business days , 1 business day , or next day by 10 : 30 am . costs vary by location .\nsame - day shipping is available monday - friday for most products\u2014place your order by 10 : 30 am pst . pre - ordered and back - ordered items do not qualify , nor do drop - shipped , live , or frozen shipments .\nwe ship live plants , live foods , and frozen foods within the contiguous united states . each of these categories is subject to its own $ 19 . 99 flat - rate shipping fee to cover the special packaging and / or expedited shipping costs required to ensure safe delivery . orders with 12 + live plants ship free !\nreturn any new and unused item within 60 days for a full refund . having difficulty with a product ? contact us to speak with an aquarium expert . if you need a replacement , fill out this form . a small segment of the 180 + brands we carry require that customers contact them directly if / when problems arise . you can view the full list of those brands and get their contact info here . marine depot is an authorized reseller for every product we carry . that means when you buy aquarium supplies from us , your products are not only backed by our own 60 - day return policy , they also carry full factory warranties , where applicable . some items have a 1 - year warranty , others have limited lifetime warranties . warranty coverage varies from manufacturer to manufacturer , so please read the product description of the item ( s ) you are considering thoroughly for details or contact us if you have warranty questions .\nyou can also get bonus reward points by purchasing select items during special sales and promotions .\nif you find a product we sell for a lower price at another online store , we will match their price to ensure you always pay the lowest amount when you shop with us .\nenter the price , shipping cost and website address where you found the lower price . then click the\nadd to cart\nbutton . we will review the lower price while processing your order and make any necessary reductions before your order ships . some restrictions apply . see terms & conditions\nwelcome back to marine depot wholesale ! sign in to access items saved in your shopping cart and place orders .\napply for a marine depot wholesale account now to gain 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", "topic": 31}], "title": "madonna ( studio )", "paragraphs": ["madonna the complete studio albums ( 1983 - 2008 ) . buy online , urltoken\nmadonna studio collects the best madonna videos , music , live , interviews and tweets to your twitter directly . check out our site !\nmadonna \u201coriginal album series\u201d and \u201cthe complete studio albums\u201d box sets [ incl . exclusive hq cover ]\nan amazing 11cd collection featuring all of madonna\u2019s studio albums from the first 25 years of her legendary career .\namazing 11cd * collection featuring all of madonna\u2019s studio albums from the first 25 years of her legendary career .\nmadonna \u201coriginal album series\u201d and \u201cthe complete studio albums\u201d box sets [ incl . exclusive hq cover ] | madonnarama\nmadonna is in the studio working with diplo , according to a pair of photos recently posted to her instagram account .\nerika belle is known for her work on madonna : celebration - the video collection ( 2009 ) , madonna : true blue ( 1986 ) and madonna : everybody ( 1982 ) .\nno release date , title or additional details have been set for what is poised to be madonna ' s 13th studio album .\nmadonna studio hair - hair salons - r . dona elza meinert 142 , joinville - sc , brazil - phone number - yelp\nbenitez talked about the show , his experiences at studio 54 , his opinion of today\u2019s edm , and , of course , a whole lot of madonna .\nmark fleischman details his wild experiences in a new memoir ,\ninside studio 54 .\nthe madonna studio , specializing in\nmature women\nvideos , had begun releasing their first avs in december 2003 . haga was a madonna director by july 2004 , when he supervised the first entry in madonna ' s\nfailure as a mother\nseries starring runa akasaka and sakura sakurada . he became their chief director , with a listing of more than 150 videos for the company by late 2011 .\nmadonna arrives to the opening of hard candy fitness on october 17 , 2013 in berlin , germany .\n* the set includes the remastered and expanded versions of madonna , like a virgin and true blue .\nmadonna ( usa , b . madonna ciccone ) is the best - selling female recording artist , having sold more than 300 million albums in her career since debuting with her self - titled release in 1983 .\nlarkin arnold of columbia records , recording artist rebbie jackson , and studio 54 resident dj leroy washington in the dj booth .\n\u201cnew york didn\u2019t want studio 54 to reopen , \u201d he claimed . \u201ci went through three to four different attorneys . \u201d\nthr : beats claims a 56 % share of headphones priced over $ 100 . are you satisfied with its studio infiltration ?\nthe details are all in the captions , announcing that the pair are working hard in the studio , but not much else . the first one is a madonna selfie with some interesting word choices . says the caption ,\ndiplo is a slave driver ! got me working all hours of the night in the studio . had to sneak into the bathroom ! # clicclacclicclacbitchgetoffmyback\nmadonna connected with moment factory through the recommendation of cirque du soleil , for which the studio has frequently created interactive visual installations . over several meetings , the pop star developed a clear vision for her show : active , intricate and music - driven .\nvogue covers are projected on the stage designed by montreal ' s moment factor for madonna ' s super bowl halftime show .\nanother heavy influence on madonna & apos ; s early life was her mother , who was diagnosed with breast cancer during her pregnancy with madonna & apos ; s youngest sister . treatment had to be delayed until the baby reached full term , but by then the disease had grown too strong . on december 1 , 1963 , at the age of 30 , madonna & apos ; s mother passed away . madonna was only 5 years old at the time of her mother & apos ; s death .\nin 1981 , madonna decided to go solo and hired manager camille barbone of gotham records to help her get her singing career on track . camille showed madonna how to navigate the male - dominated world of the music business , and helped put together a studio band that accentuated the budding star & apos ; s hip style . friend stephen bray , a musician in her band , wrote her first hit ,\neverybody ,\nand madonna used her brash business style to get the recordings to new york music producer mark kamins . kamins then helped madonna score a record deal with sire records .\neverybody\nhit no . 1 on the dance charts in 1982 .\nbut not all of fleischman\u2019s encounters with celebs were welcoming . he insisted madonna was a diva long before she was a pop star .\nmadonna has set the record for the most billboard top 10 pop hits of all time , counting 38 singles as of august 2013 .\nif there\u2019s one thing people remember about madonna in the 1980s , it\u2019s her unwillingness to conform to standards . momsen embodies the rebellious spirit that made madonna a superstar and the musical inclination ( she fronts the pretty reckless , a rock band formed in 2009 ) to match .\nwhen she returned to the states in 1980 , she joined gilroy & apos ; s band as its drummer and later became lead singer . madonna formed several different bands of her own over the next few years , including madonna & the sky , the millionaires and emmy .\nrhino uk will release two different madonna box sets in march - april this year and they are both available for pre - order on amazon .\nbut the non - stop partying would ultimately come to an end . in 1984 fleischman , who was faced with his own addictions , sold studio 54 .\nsinger , performer and actress madonna louise veronica ciccone was born in bay city , michigan , on august 16 , 1958 , to parents silvio\ntony\nciccone and madonna fortin . tony , the son of italian immigrants , was the first of his family to go to college , where he earned a degree in engineering . madonna & apos ; s mother , an x - ray technician and former dancer , was of french canadian descent .\nchristopher ciccone was born on november 22 , 1960 in bay city , michigan , usa as christopher g . ciccone . he is known for his work on madonna : truth or dare ( 1991 ) , twisted ( 2015 ) and madonna : the girlie show - live down under ( 1993 ) .\new confirmed monday that the studio was in the early stages of developing a biopic chronicling the rise of madonna throughout the formative years of her burgeoning pop career , charting the inspiration for \u2014 and subsequent success of \u2014 her 1983 debut album , which laid the foundation for her ascension into the pop cultural stratosphere .\nthe hollywood reporter : you\u2019re being honored tonight by the recording academy\u2019s producers and engineers wing at the village . does walking into any recording studio feel like home ?\n\u201cstudio 54 was the most famous club in the world during the late \u201870s and i knew it , \u201d fleischman recalled to fox news . fleischman eventually became the owner of the hotspot . he recently released his memoir , \u201cinside studio 54 , \u201d which details the rise and fall of manhattan\u2019s champagne and cocaine - fueled lair .\ndirector jennifer lynch originally had madonna pegged to take the lead in her debut feature , boxing helena . the story of a woman who has her limbs removed and is kept in a box ( it ' s as charming as it sounds ) , the role was then offered to kim basinger when madonna passed .\nin 2009 , she released a fourth greatest hits album , celebration , which became madonna & apos ; s eleventh no . 1 album in the u . k . with the release of the record , madonna tied with elvis presley as the solo act with most no . 1 albums in the u . k .\nmadonna released her latest studio album , mdna , in march 2012 . on her tour to support the record , she courted controversy . madonna occasionally flashed her audiences and used nazi imagery while performing in france . at a concert in st . petersburg , russia , she spoke out in support of lgbt rights , which had landed her in legal trouble . she was sued for more than $ 10 million for breaking a law against promoting homosexuality to minors , but charges were later dismissed .\nhe was born in philadelphia , pennsylvania , in 1939 and attended temple university briefly before moving to new york where he studied drama with stella adler and at actors studio .\nthough she\u2019s never acted in a major production , cobain\u2019s tenacity would add a palpable edge to the refreshingly bold attitude that largely punctuated madonna\u2019s blossoming image in the 1980s .\nmadonna became a mother in 1996 , giving birth to lourdes maria ( lola ) ciccone leon , whom she had with her lover and personal trainer , carlos leon . in 2000 , she married british director guy ritchie and gave birth to their son , rocco john ritchie , the same year . madonna and ritchie split in 2008 .\ndesigned by moment factory , a montreal - based multimedia studio , the video concepts for the stage took three months to develop , according to founder and creative director sakchin bessette .\nwhile collins has a more commercial look than madonna did at the time she broke into the mainstream , her golden globe - nominated acting chops \u2014 coupled with a lifelong exposure to the music industry ( she\u2019s the daughter of musician phil collins ) \u2014 make the rules don\u2019t apply star an ideal candidate to explore the grittier aspects of madonna\u2019s heyday .\nwhen the owners of new york city\u2019s studio 54 were indicted on federal income tax charges in 1979 , mark fleischman knew he was next in line to take over the infamous nightclub .\nhoused in a small clamshell box , with albums in paper sleeves , this is a brilliantly compact set and a perfect way to own madonna\u2019s amazing catalogue at a fantastic price .\nthis isn ' t the first news to surface regarding madonna ' s new musical projects . back in march , she revealed - - also via instagram - - that she was working with another edm hitmaker , avicii . in april , she shared an instagram photo which depicted her in the studio with british singer natalia kills and martin kierszenbaum of cherrytree and interscope records .\nher parents & apos ; strict observation of the catholic faith played a large role in madonna & apos ; s childhood .\nmy mother was a religious zealot ,\nmadonna explains .\nthere were always priests and nuns in my house growing up .\nmany elements of catholic iconography\u2014including her mother & apos ; s statues of the sacred heart , the habits of the nuns at her catholic elementary school , and the catholic altar at which she and her family prayed daily\u2014later became the subject of madonna & apos ; s most controversial works .\nonce in new york , madonna paid her rent with a handful of odd jobs , including nude art modeling ; serving at the russian tea room ; and performing for the american dance center . in 1979 , madonna began dating dan gilroy , one of the founding members of a ska influenced pop - punk band called breakfast club . gilroy introduced madonna to the head of a vaudeville review in paris , and she spent some time in france working as a showgirl . during this trip she fell in love with the combination of singing and performing .\nin february 2017 , madonna announced she had adopted 4 - year - old twins , estere and stelle , from malawi , posting a photo with the girls on her instagram account .\nhe did eventually make up with the studio , winning a best picture oscar when back at paramount for ordinary people in 1980 ( and that followed the mighty three days of the condor ) .\nalthough precise sales figures are difficult to obtain and are often disputed , it is acknowledged that only the beatles , elvis presley and michael jackson have conclusively sold more albums worldwide than madonna .\ncameron alborzian is an actor and producer , known for beyond the mind ( 2013 ) , madonna : celebration - the video collection ( 2009 ) and a model guru ( 2012 ) .\nthe studio also faced constraints , like the short length of the show and working in a stadium ( as opposed to a concert arena ) , which forced the team of 12 to get creative .\nreceiving an incredible 11 . 1 million views , the achievement was led by \u201clazarus\u201d \u2013 the second single from his 26th studio album blackstar ( 2016 ) which was released just days before his passing .\n\u201cat heart , i\u2019m a second engineer , \u201d the interscope geffen a & m ; chairman tells thr .\ni learned everything about music and the business from being in the recording studio .\nfleischman managed to impress the weary business partners and that year , a deal was made . however , studio 54 wouldn\u2019t reopen until september 1981 after fleischman , in fact , struggled to get a liquor license .\nthe gift of comfort - - studio dante di volteradici - 3rd plate in the renaissance madonnas series - 1987 . artist : albertu santangela . size : 8\u00bc ' ' . list price : $ 60 . 00\njimmy iovine : i consider the recording studio where i was born , so yes , it ' s like going to your original house . i learned everything about music and the business from being in the studio . and it\u2019s why i ' m so excited about this particular event , because the recording engineers and producers - - those are the people i relate to the most . it ' s where i feel most comfortable .\nin 2011 , haga directed ayano murasaki and reiko makihara in 3d co - starring mature beauties : tempting love of mother and aunt , a 3d adult video released by madonna on february 25 , 2011 .\nbut studio wouldn\u2019t have lasted forever anyway . no club does . \u201cpeople remember it better than it was , \u201d rubell admits . \u201cthere were many dull nights . \u201d during the year when rubell and schrager were \u201caway , \u201d studio paid the rent by throwing some black parties on saturday nights . when the celebrity convicts returned they gave a big opening splash , on september 15 , 1981 , but the moment had obviously passed , and in fact they had already sold their interest in the club to mark fleischman . the old opera house ( its first , 1927 incarnation ) stayed haunted until it was finally shut\u2014at least under the name studio 54\u2014last spring .\nstudio definitely stayed in the black . it was a cash business , and the greenbacks were abundant . on a busy weekend night an estimated $ 70 , 000 was floating around the club . when the i . r . s . finally busted studio , it seized ian schrager there , along with the ledgers and five ounces of cocaine , and discovered garbage bags full of cash hidden in the club\u2019s basement and financial records stashed behind ceiling panels .\n\u201ci sometimes think i was born to live up to my name . how could i be anything else but what i am having been named madonna ? i would either have ended up a nun or this . \u201d\nshe fought especially hard against the rules imposed by her stepmother , joan gustafson , who met madonna & apos ; s father while working as the family housekeeper . madonna says gustafson often made her take care of the younger children in the household , a task she greatly resented .\ni really saw myself as the quintessential cinderella ,\nmadonna later said .\ni think that & apos ; s when i really thought about how i wanted to do something else and get away from all that .\nshe rebelled against her traditional upbringing by turning her conservative clothing into revealing outfits , frequenting underground gay nightclubs and rejecting her religious background .\nusing the success of the song as leverage , madonna convinced sire to produce the full - length album madonna in 1983 . the album was a slow but steady success , and included the hit singles\nborderline ,\nlucky star\nand\nholiday .\nsoon , girls all over the country were imitating madonna & apos ; s distinct sense of fashion , which included fishnet stockings , lace lingerie , fingerless gloves and large crucifix necklaces .\nholiday\nalso earned the singer an appearance on dick clark & apos ; s american bandstand in 1984 , where she told the host that her main ambition was\nto rule the world .\nm . i . a . \u2019s bird - flipping aside , the most water cooler - worthy part of sunday night\u2019s super bowl halftime show was madonna\u2019s performance , where the stage almost upstaged the queen of pop herself .\n\u201che invited me to open a studio 54 in madrid , \u201d said fleischman . \u201cit was a casual thing . i should have jumped on it\u2026 i guess he could have helped me . i wish i had taken his offer . \u201d\nthe mudd club was silver . silver because of the punky silver chain that its owner , steve mass , slung out front at the door as a joke on studio\u2019s velvet rope . silver because of the silver chains and accessories worn by its menacing - looking regulars , who , if you happened to bump into one , would invariably shy away with a polite \u201cexcuse me . \u201d silver because it was , to use mass\u2019s favorite word , a \u201creaction\u201d to studio\u2019s gold .\nafter their marriage in 1955 , the couple moved to pontiac , michigan , to be close to tony & apos ; s job as a defense engineer . madonna was born three years later , during a visit with family in bay city . the third of six children , madonna learned early on how to handle her role as the middle child , admitting that she was\nthe sissy of the family\nwho often used her feminine wiles to get her way .\nas of october 2013 , madonna had sold an estimated 305 , 600 , 000 albums . her best - sellers are the immaculate collection ( 1990 , 30 million copies sold ) and true blue ( 1986 , 25 million copies sold ) .\nwhat are some of your wildest moments at studio 54 that you can talk about ? [ laughs ] ohh , i can\u2019t , i can\u2019t . it\u2019s coming in my book \u2013 i\u2019d say within the next 12 to 18 months . the outline is done .\nwhat rubell learned mostly from addison was the cash cachet of bisexuality . there was no finer insurance at the time for a club\u2019s success . so when studio opened in 1977 , rubell told bob colacello , \u201cout\u201d columnist for andy warhol\u2019s interview magazine\u2014which was often accused of serving as an in - house organ for studio\u2014\u201cit\u2019s bisexual . very bisexual . very , very , very bisexual . and that\u2019s how we choose the crowd , too . in other words , we want everybody to be fun and good - looking . \u201d\nmadonna not only co - starred in the penny marshall baseball drama a league of their own , but she also helped out with the soundtrack , landing her tenth no . 1 hit with the ballad\nthis used to be my playground .\nthe loss of her mother significantly affected madonna & apos ; s adolescence . haunted by the memories of her mother & apos ; s frailty and passive demeanor during her final days , madonna was determined to make her own voice heard .\ni think the biggest reason i was able to express myself and not be intimidated was by not having a mother ,\nshe says .\nfor example , mothers teach you manners . and i absolutely did not learn any of those rules and regulations .\nrumbling over potholes , he speeds up and up . \u201cthe hollywood studio system had that quality ; the extravagance of what they did in the thirties has never been matched , including star wars and all that special - effects junk . that\u2019s close to my conception . \u201d\nthe club rubell wandered into was everything studio wasn\u2019t , or , more exactly , wasn\u2019t everything studio was . its walls were all gray . music blared from a record player resting on a bar covered with pilots\u2019 charts , the rock \u2019n\u2019 roll lps changed by a sullen bartender . a single annoying strobe flashed in the middle of the room . it was a down lounge , a slap in the face , with a young crowd wearing , as the jacket of preference , black leather . no disco . no fireworks . no ford models .\njimmy iovine will be honored by the recording academy ' s producers and engineers wing on wednesday , feb . 8 at the village recording studio ( 1616 butler ave . , los angeles ) . the fifth annual event is co - chaired by bono and dr . dre .\npop legend madonna is known for her constant reinvention as a performer . her biggest hits include\npapa don ' t preach ,\nlike a prayer ,\nvogue ,\nsecret\nand\nray of light ,\namong many others .\nthis year\u2019s rsd we will see exclusive releases from massive music artists including metallica , david bowie , bob dylan , madonna and johnny cash \u2013 all of whom have a variety of guinness world records titles as well as an array of chart - topping records to their names .\non the eve of her 50th birthday in 2008 , madonna faced more challenges in her personal life . she spent much of the previous year fighting allegations that she circumvented traditional malawi laws to bring home her newly adopted son , david banda , whom she had been raising since 2006 . critics accused madonna of using her vast wealth to fast - track the adoption process , a charge she vigorously denied . a coalition of 67 local rights groups challenged the interim custody order on the grounds that existing laws in malawi do not allow for international adoptions .\ndespite the public outcry , madonna had become more popular than ever . the like a prayer album spawned a no . 1 title track as well as additional hits like\nexpress yourself ,\ncherish ,\nkeep it together\nand\noh father .\nby 1991 , she had achieved 21 top 10 hits in the united states and sold more than 70 million albums internationally , generating $ 1 . 2 billion in sales . committed to controlling her career , madonna helped found maverick records , a label under the warner music group , in april of 1992 .\nmadonna & apos ; s application to permanently adopt the boy was approved by malawai & apos ; s high court on may 28 , 2008 , the pop star & apos ; s lawyer said .\nit & apos ; s a beautiful and positive judgment ,\nalan chinula told reporters .\nfinally the court has granted madonna full adoption rights of the boy . . . . it & apos ; s all over , thank god .\nshe decided to adopt from malawai again , and in june 2009 , after another legal battle , was granted custody of mercy james .\nfox won , which wasn ' t surprising given this was an era where studios ruled supreme over actors as the norm . brando had to pay $ 75 , 000 for the delay he caused to the egyptian , and he also had to appear in another movie for the studio , which would be desiree .\nmadonna received another lukewarm reception when it was announced she would be performing at super bowl xlvi in february 2012 . in advance of the show , many football fans complained about her selection as part of the halftime entertainment . she put on an impressive show , however , which featured her latest single\ngive me all your luvin & apos ; .\nand this time around , it wasn & apos ; t madonna who created waves during the show . her musical guest , m . i . a . , provoked an outcry when she used an obscene hand gesture in her live performance .\nstudio 54 was never the same again . fleischman said the new owners tried to charge celebrities for drinks and admission when they once entered for free , luring \u201cthousands of people who paid . \u201d the club shut down in the late \u201880s and the space remained vacant until 1998 . it\u2019s currently the roundabout theatre company .\nin 2011 , madonna released her latest film project , w . e . , about the american divorc\u00e9e wallis simpson and her romance with britain & apos ; s king edward viii , contrasted with a more contemporary relationship . edward gave up his crown to marry simpson , and the couple became known as the duke and duchess of windsor . working behind the camera , madonna co - wrote and directed this romantic drama , which received decidedly mixed reviews . she , however , did pick up a golden globe for an original song she co - wrote and sung for the film ,\nmasterpiece .\nthe remarkable , hyper - ambitious material girl who never stops reinventing herself , madonna is a seven - time grammy award - winner who has sold over three hundred million records and cds to adoring fans worldwide . her film career , however , is another story . her performances have consistently drawn . . .\nsteve rubell learned many lessons from addison\u2014they had actually been in business together at the enchanted garden and a club in boston , 15 lands - downe , until what rubell calls \u201cdifferent creative ideas\u201d arose . le jardin was a top hat of white rabbits for studio . like the later rubell , addison used to lurk in the shadows near his doorman , approving who went in . addison invented busboys in white satin basketball shorts who would speed athletically around the floor of le jardin delivering trays of drinks , boom boom . those boy wonders were everywhere by the end of the decade\u2014in green - tinted visors at infinity , shirtless and muscular at studio 54 .\nshe then made the move from the big screen to the london west end stage in the play up for grabs ( 2002 ) , and wrote her first children & apos ; s book , the english roses , which was published in 2003 , the same year as the release of her album american life . madonna was inducted into the inaugural uk music hall of fame in 2004 , and her next album confessions on a dancefloor came out the following year . around this time madonna became the artist with the most gold certified singles in the u . s . , beating the beatles & apos ; longstanding record .\nshe is such a renowned popstar that she has even inspired a guinness world records attempt for the largest gathering of people dressed as madonna . the 2014 fool ' s paradise drag party ( usa ) set the record with an incredible 440 people in fire island pines , new york , usa , in august 2014 .\nat the 2006 moodyz awards , a competition among the major companies affiliated with the hokuto corporation , haga won the 5th place best director award . for the 2009 av grand prix , madonna nominated haga ' s raped female teacher , starring reiko makihara , which won one of the special awards for mature woman videos .\nthe american pop singer - songwriter ( b . robert zimmerman , 24 may 1941 ) was 73 years 266 days old when he debuted at no . 1 on the uk ' s official albums chart with his 36th studio set , shadows in the night , on 14 february 2015 and became the oldest uk charts topper ( male ) .\nafter that , as the book casting might - have - beens describes , 20th century fox received a letter from brando ' s psychiatrist , which told the studio that the star was\ntoo sick\nto appear in the film . fox didn ' t take this well , and in turn sued brando for reneging on his deal .\niovine : i ' m thrilled ! i couldn ' t be happier . we lost a whole generation to audio . and my whole life and career is based on sound . it\u2019s how dre and i bonded in the beginning - - over the sound of the track . ground zero for me is audio . every system i have in my house or my car , they ' re all tuned exactly the same . that ' s the art - - there ' s a feel that those records have when kanye goes in the studio , or bono or rick rubin goes in the studio . what we ' re trying is to replicate what we ' ve done in studios for years .\nmadonna had released the greatest hits album the immaculate collection in 1990 , following that years later with something to remember ( 1995 ) , a round - up of her balladry that included the new song\nyou & apos ; ll see .\nthen in 1998 , she released ray of light , a critically - acclaimed outing that had her delving into electronica and spiritual exploration with the help of producer william orbit . more hits came in the form of songs like\nfrozen\nand\nthe power of good - bye .\nmadonna also earned three grammys , two for the top 5 title track and one for the ray of light album itself .\nunlike events at today\u2019s p . r . palaces , palladium and the tunnel , where every night is a party , often promotional , parties at studio 54 were special . the party that launched studio was halston\u2019s birthday party for bianca jagger , at which a naked black giant , his whole body covered in gold glitter , led bianca around on a white horse . elizabeth taylor\u2019s birthday party was punctuated by a huge cake in the shape of the curvaceous actress : she took a slice off her own vanilla tit . for halloween 1977 , the year of star wars \u2014the movie , not the defense policy\u2014everyone came dressed as their favorites : darth vader , or princess leia , or r2 - d2 .\nshe\u2019s got the disposition ( and the thick eyebrows ) to keep up with madonna\u2019s likeness , and , after taking smaller roles in bigger productions ( suicide squad , pan ) she\u2019s primed for a major hit of her own . leading blond ambition could be the perfect way for her to transition from supporting player to hollywood\u2019s center stage .\nas the world\u2019s top selling female artist of all time madonna is not only the queen of pop but one of the most influential artists on modern music . since her debut album , released in 1983 , she has worked tirelessly to reinvent herself and her music through three decades and has built a huge and dedicated fan base worldwide .\nin a just - surfaced letter that madonna allegedly wrote to her photographer pal steven meisel back in 1991 , when she was in chicago filming\na league of their own\nwith geena davis , the pop singer calls her co - star a\nbarbie doll\nand says ,\ni have made a few friends but they are athletes , not actresses . i hate actresses , they have nothing on the house of extravaganza .\nshe also writes ,\ni would love to do this book thing with you so let ' s talk soon .\nmadonna and meisel would collaborate later on her controversial book ,\nsex .\n( letters of note )\nthe first of the dim clubs was probably scotty taylor\u2019s milkbar , which opened in 1985 on lower seventh avenue . named after the stylized bo\u00eete in a clockwork orange , this cramped four - story club with glowing lunar - white walls and concealed pastel neon tubes was designed by arthur weinstein\u2019s wife , colleen . it was a new hideaway for those cakewalking celebutantes who had shuffled from area to the mike todd room , only to begin to feel agoraphobic in the too democratic palladium . the host , street - mannered scotty , actually got his start in the night business by bartending for steve rubell at the enchanted garden and studio 54\u2014\u201ci was maybe the only guy working at studio at first who was straight . \u201d\nthe official version of rebel heart , madonna & apos ; s 13th full - length release , was released on march 10 , 2015 , with the deluxe version consisting of 19 tracks . the album is noticeably more stylistically diverse than its predecessors in terms of musical production , lyrically veering from vividly sexual provocation and contemporary boasting to quieter reflection .\nas the world\u2019s biggest selling female artist of all time madonna is not just the queen of pop but one of the most influential artists on modern music . since her debut album , released in 1983 , she has worked tirelessly to reinvent herself and her music through three extremely successful decades and has built a huge and dedicated fan base worldwide .\nuntil howard stein opened xenon ( derisively labeled \u201cxerox\u201d by studio 54 regulars ) , and addison opened new york new york , studio 54 had no competition . models , after a grueling day standing in front of golden reflectors , enduring designer haircuts , being stuck with little pins , didn\u2019t have to ask , \u201cwhere are you going tonight ? \u201d the question was simply \u201cwhat time are you getting there ? \u201d hundreds of that crowd still have recorded in the handheld cameras of their minds the same landscape : the long mirrored entrance hall ; the charged dance floor redolent with perfumes early in the evening , poppers later on ; the plush , shadowy balconies , languorous and pansexual , throbbing to the heartbeat of the disco music down below .\nit didn\u2019t mean that their parents still didn\u2019t keep coming because they did . . . it was an interesting time to see this young crowd get along with calvin klein , liza minnelli , andy warhol \u2014 they all kept coming . studio 54 became a habit for a lot of people\u2026 once you were inside , it felt like nothing could happen to you . \u201d\nthrough 2014 , madonna was reportedly at work on her next album , said to be collaborating with producers like avicii and diplo as seen via instagram . in december of that year , however , more than a dozen songs planned for her 2015 album rebel heart were leaked online . ( an israeli singer was later arrested and indicted for the thefts . )\nthat month , madonna also performed lead single\nliving for love\nlive at the 57th annual grammy with a bull and matador theme . more than two weeks later she performed the song at the brit awards , but fell down a short flight of stairs due to a wardrobe mishap , with the singer later reporting that she & apos ; d suffered whiplash .\nbut madonna balanced this insubordinate side of her personality with a drive for perfectionism and high achievement . she was a straight - a student , cheerleader and disciplined dancer who graduated from high school a semester earlier than her peers . in 1976 , her hard work earned her the attentions of the university of michigan , which offered her a full scholarship to their dance program .\nin 2017 , madonna attempted to legally halt the auction of several of her personal items , then in the possession of ex - personal assistant darlene lutz . however , the singer had previously signed a release from\nany and all\nfuture claims against her former friend and employee , and as such a judge ruled that the disputed auction could continue the following year .\niovine : they ' re great artists . and they made really good albums , both of them . i heard both records before we made the deal and i was really honored that they wanted to be on interscope - - stunned , to be honest , i didn ' t know either of them well . i know eddie [ van halen ] and madonna a little bit , . guy oseary ( madonna\u2019s manager ) is an incredible guy and one of the coolest people i\u2019ve ever met in the business . the opportunity was there and the people at live nation were really supportive . nowadays , everybody goes label shopping , and these people were , like , \u201ci want to work with interscope . \u201d so i said , \u201cyes , great ! \u201d\nprojecting animated images of vogue magazine , classic hollywood stars and booming loudspeakers , the floor was a visually dynamic display upon which madonna , joined by younger pop stars such as nicki minaj , m . i . a . , cee lo green and lmfao , debuted her new single \u201cgive me all your luvin\u2019\u201d and revisited old hits \u201cvogue , \u201d \u201cmusic\u201d and \u201clike a prayer . \u201d\npainters became the new celebrities at the clubs , replacing the designers of the seventies . at studio , whenever calvin klein or halsten leaned at the carousel bar , a line of young kids would form to try to meet them . it seemed they all wanted to be models in those days . at area and palladium , the artists and downtown art dealers were the big draws . art was fashionable .\nfleischman also became a comrade to dodi fayed , the son of egyptian billionaire mohamed al - fayed . the playboy , who reportedly had an insatiable appetite for women , even traveled down the dangerous streets of downtown manhattan after studio 54 would close up for the night at 5 a . m . to keep the partying going , fleischman claimed . fleischman said fayed frequently visited crisco disco , a popular gay discotheque .\nit\u2019s tempting , too , to see steve rubell as hyperactively there through all of them . like a mercury in penny loafers . his studio 54 was the olympus of the golden age . he hotfooted it down quite early on to the mudd club , which ushered in the silver age of punk downtown . ( rubell did spend a good part of this age behind the silver bars of a minimum - security prison for tax evasion at studio . but what could be more punk ? ) his palladium was the premier club of the bronze age , trying a bit unsuccessfully to filter the golden and silver hues of the past into a winning fusion of uptown and downtown . and now , with rumors of a supper club opening in the fall in one of his recently purchased hotels , he\u2019s intimately involved in the dim age .\nquiet , clean , spacious , charming , historic , warm , friendly , reasonable . the proprietor met us with a warm smile and a jar of honey from her family farm . this was our greeting as we walked into the door of madonna studios . we felt like we had walked into our own house and a favorite sister was waiting to greet us . thomias was out . . .\nstudio 54 marked the rise of performance art , now perhaps the dominant collective art form in manhattan nightlife . before then , drag queens had cornered the market on folk - camp costumes . at studio , everyone dressed up . eric goode , today the owner of the downtown club area , remembers wearing his pj\u2019s . rollerena , a gent rumored to be a wall street broker by day , roller - skated in nightly dressed in a taffeta gown , waving a starry fairy - god - mother wand . and there was disco sally , the seventy - year - old grandmother who just loved to dance . this game of disguising the everyday self in glam rags , or of turning into a stock character , was tailor - made for a society designed more and more as an exhibition of itself . after all , it was too noisy , and too late , to communicate with words .\nin 1977 , during her undergraduate studies at michigan , madonna was awarded a six - week scholarship to study with the alvin ailey american dance theater in new york city , followed by a rare opportunity to perform with choreographer pearl lang in 1978 . at the urging of her dance instructor , the budding star dropped out of college after only two years of study in order to move to new york and further her dance career .\nin the next five years , madonna & apos ; s life was a whirlwind of activity . on august 16 , 1985 , she married actor sean penn and co - starred with him in the film shanghai surprise ( 1986 ) . she then went on to star in three more movies over the next few years : who & apos ; s that girl ( 1987 ) , bloodhounds of broadway ( 1989 ) and dick tracy ( 1990 ) . madonna & apos ; s soundtrack album i & apos ; m breathless : music from and inspired by the film dick tracy resulted in two top 10 hits :\nvogue\nand\nhanky panky .\nshe also released four more hit albums : true blue ( 1986 ) , who & apos ; s that girl ( 1987 ) , you can dance ( 1987 ) and like a prayer ( 1989 ) .\nthis was followed by the debut of madonna & apos ; s 1989\nlike a prayer\nvideo , which was to be aired on mtv as part of a lucrative pepsi endorsement . the video featured interracial relationship themes , burning crosses and a blending of sexual innuendo and religious ideologies . as a result of the video , pope john paul ii urged fans not to attend her concerts in italy , and pepsi pulled their endorsement of the star .\nto counterattack the theft , madonna released six songs online before christmas , with the tracks reaching the top 10 of itunes & apos ; charts in various countries . however , more controversy followed in january when the singer released via instagram doctored portraits of prominent leaders and artists like nelson mandela and bob marley bound by black chord , mirroring the cover art of her forthcoming album . and in early february 2015 , there was another album leak of rebel heart .\nthe current dim age isn\u2019t dim because of an absence of fun . and certainly not because fewer people are going out . ( when studio 54 opened , rubell estimates , there were five thousand people out on a saturday night . now the census is closer to 40 , 000 . ) it\u2019s dim only because of a trend to small , intimate , dimly lit supper clubs , cocktail lounges , and rock dens . tiny torch clubs are the tock in response to palladium\u2019s tick .\nby 1996 , madonna had proven her versatility as a star in both film and music . she starred in the critically acclaimed screen adaptation of the andrew lloyd webber musical evita ( 1996 ) , which also featured antonio banderas . she won a golden globe for best performance by an actress in a motion picture - comedy or musical , and in the film she performed\nyou must love me ,\nwhich earned an academy award for music , original song .\npop music singer madonna was born in bay city , michigan on august 16 , 1958 . in 1981 , she went solo as a pop singer and became a sensation on the then male - dominated & apos ; 80s music scene . by 1991 , she had achieved 21 top 10 hits in the united states and sold more than 70 million albums internationally . in january 2008 , she was named the world & apos ; s wealthiest female musician by forbes magazine .\njellybean benitez isn\u2019t the kind of superstar who gets mobbed by adoring fans whenever he walks down the street \u2013 at least these days , now that he\u2019s not dating madonna anymore . but the old - school dj from new york is a true dance - music pioneer , a shaper of history who produced or remixed many of the material girl\u2019s hits in the early \u201880s , including \u201choliday , \u201d \u201clucky star\u201d and \u201cborderline , \u201d plus his own enduring tracks including \u201csidewalk talk . \u201d\nwhen studio finally did open\u2014on april 26 , 1977\u2014every other club in town dropped dead . by the end of that summer ( when the tanned returned from fire island and points beyond ) , hurrah\u2019s had completely dissipated . the fabulous people had fled to higher ground . asked why , weinstein , who until recently could be seen making the rounds in black leather vest , black chinos , and pointy boots at the milkbar , where he \u201cconsulted , \u201d replies bluntly : \u201crubell just built a better mousetrap . \u201d\n\u201cat studio 54 , we were not allowed to serve liquor after 4 , and we normally closed by 5 , \u201d said fleischman . \u201cbut people didn\u2019t want to sleep . they were all hopped up on whatever drugs they were taking . so we all piled into limos and head down to chelsea\u2026 those after - hours clubs would stay open until noon . but they were completely illegal . and that\u2019s what made it so fun . there was drinking , everyone was doing cocaine and poppers . it was quite the scene . \u201d\naside from the hot collaboration news , fans were treated to an up - close look at madonna ' s forearms , complete with a ( we ' re guessing ) sharpie - made dinosaur tattoo to match diplo ' s ( it ' s a diplodocus \u2026 get it ? ) , plus fingerless mittens and some golden wrist bling . says the caption ,\nworking with @ diplo got me like . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . whaaaaat ?\nif you were casting blond ambition solely based on physicality , few actresses seem better suited for the part than imogen poots . the london native has a keen ability to excel in roles where she\u2019s fighting back against seemingly insurmountable odds , whether it\u2019s hordes of zombies in 28 weeks later or murderous neo - nazi skinheads in green room , and she\u2019d be suited to challenge the patriarchy \u2014 just like madonna did at the dawn of her career \u2014 amid the backdrop of new york city grit in blond ambition .\nas always , madonna mixed her drive for success with her penchant for scandalous behavior . it started with her controversial 1985 performance of her hit single\nlike a virgin\non the mtv music awards , which involved writhing around suggestively onstage in a wedding dress . then came her marriage to penn , which was marred by reports of domestic violence and his assault of a photographer\u2014behavior that landed him a month & apos ; s jail time and eventually led to the couple & apos ; s very public divorce .\niovine : i ' m happy with studio infiltration , but i ' m thrilled when i see 12 - to 20 - year olds walking down the street with beats and not two - dollar earbuds . the math doesn ' t work when they have a $ 400 mp3 player . so seeing young people caring about sound again and realizing that it ' s not cool to not have good sound , that means a lot . that ' s how i grew up - - it wasn ' t cool to not have a good system .\nthen he heard from carmen d\u2019alessio that a cbs television studio on west fifty - fourth street was up for sale . uva harden , a successful model who went on to open the men\u2019s division at elite , had been buying the lease to the old what\u2019s my line studio with the backing of the marlborough gallery\u2014an early inkling of today\u2019s all - powerful art world\u2014nightclub complex . as paul garcia , an ex - model with swarthy , cavingin bogart looks , who has been involved in a series of clubs culminating in last year\u2019s world , tells the story , \u201cuva had all these beautiful babes and he used to go to hurrah\u2019s . he kept saying , \u2018the time\u2019s right to get a huge place , make an enormous disco\u2014it\u2019ll be a big success . pay a disc jockey seventy - five or a hundred dollars a night and that\u2019s your entertainment overhead . \u2019 \u201d unfortunately for uva and his babes , marlborough gallery lost a court case to the heirs of the mark rothko estate and , faced with a $ 7 . 3 million settlement , it pulled out a week before a major payment .\nbenitez \u2013 real name john ( he got his nickname from his sister because of his initials , j . b . ) \u2013 also was a resident dj at the infamous studio 54 nightclub in manhattan during its heyday in the late \u201870s . but the 40 - year veteran will be performing at a much more low - key gig thursday night at the perez art museum miami , where super - cool party promoter poplife will present an event featuring interactive art , affordable drinks and gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches , and soulful house and classic disco from jellybean .\ndid you start dating madonna before producing her music ? yeah , it was right before \u2013 we met at the [ new york club ] funhouse . it was quite common for record companies to bring by new artists , and we met , and she asked me if i\u2019d be interested in working on some of her songs . and the rest is history , so to speak . we started working on stuff , then we started dating , then we started living together . and after about two years we broke up , and remain really good friends ."]}
{"id": 56082, "summary": [{"text": "lloyd international airways ltd was a private , british independent airline formed in 1961 to operate worldwide charter flights .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "it commenced operations with a single douglas dc-4 piston airliner from cambridge marshall airport .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "lloyd international concentrated on passenger and cargo charters with four-engined , long-range aircraft .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "it also had links in hong kong since its inception and flew to the far east regularly .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "during the mid-1960s , the airline began re-equipping its fleet with bristol britannia and canadair cl-44 turboprops , all of which featured large cargo doors and palletised freight systems .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "long-range boeing 707 jets joined the lloyd international fleet during the early 1970s for use on affinity group passenger and freight charters to north america and the far east .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "lloyd international ceased operations in june 1972 . ", "topic": 12}], "title": "lloyd international airways", "paragraphs": ["angkasa civil transport , air spain british air services . . . britannia airways caledonian airways . . . cubana donaldson international lloyd international monarch airlines . . .\ninternational iberia \u2022 swissair \u2022 olympic airways trans european airways garuda indonesian airways malaysian airline system \u2022 laker airways above , left to right sabena martinair trans . . .\ninternational iberia swissair olympic airways trans european airways \u2022 garuda indonesian airways malaysian airline system \u2022 laker airways sabena martinair \u2022 trans - australia airlines , a . . .\na douglas c \u2013 54a \u2013 1 \u2013 dc , operated by lloyd international airways was destroyed by fire while refueling .\ninternational indian airlines \u2022 olympic airways iran air alitalia iberia swissair egyptair trans european airways sabena airafrique malaysian airline system laker airways above , left . . .\ninternational \u2022 indian airlines olympic airways iran air alitalia iberia swissair uropean airways sabena - air afrique \u2022malaysian airline system laker airways above , left to right : trans . . .\n, caledonian airways , laker airways , lloyd international , loftleidir , tradewinds and sam . and , when ' s its all over , there is dancing until midnight inside a hangar to ken mac . . .\nsudwestflug > germanair + bavaria flug = > bavaria - germanair > > hapag - lloyd > hapagfly + hapag - lloyd express . = > tuifly\nin 2010 georgian airways became a member of the iata ( international air transport association ) ( urltoken ) .\nre pensions of lloyd int it is now in the hands of friends life in bristol .\nair travel has become a very easy and convenient mode to commute to places now - a - days . with international air travel , the world has definitely become a smaller place . there are various international airlines which connect one place to the other . some of the major airlines that cover various sectors include british airways , air france , cathay pacific airways , gulf air , us airways , american airways , air india , kingfisher airlines , qatar airways , continental airways , singapore airlines , malaysia airlines , thai airways , lufthansa airways and jet airways . some smaller and low cost international airlines that fly select sectors include aerofloat , klm airlines , united airlines , etihad airways , air arabia , air india express , delta airways and alaska airways . these international airlines are mostly national carriers and one of the biggest airlines in the world . the fleet comprises of boeings as well as airbuses and some of them even have cargo options as well . international airfares vary with the airline class of travel and the sectors travel . these international airlines offers world class in - cabin services right from in - flight catering to in - flight entertainment to web check - in ! so next time you are on board an international travel , make sure to select your international airlines carefully so as to enjoy maximum benefits and services at best value international airfares .\nnb ex lloyd international wfu stansted 19 . 06 . 72 ias 10 . 07 . 73 ( in svc ? ) wfu biggin hill kent 8 . 75 brup 70s ,\nown p reiber 01 . 12 . 70 lloyd bt 28 . 01 . 71 el al ntu ,\nbritannia airways ( germany ) was established by britannia airways , it began holiday charter flights out of germany on 03nov1997 . ceased operations in mar2001\nthanks to a brand new partnership with the white company , passengers in british airways ' club world can enjoy the best in - flight sleep , ever , writes peter lloyd .\ninternational ( thai international ) [ tgi 89 vibhavadi rangsit road , bangkok 910900 , thailand tel : + 66 ( 2 ) 513 0121 ; fax : + 66 ( 2 ) 513 0183 services : international , regional and domestic . . .\ninternational ( thai international ) [ tg ] 89 vibhavadi rangsit road , bangkok 910900 , thailand te / . + 66 ( 2 ) 513 0121 fir + 66 ( 2 ) 513 0183 service type international , regional , domestic pas . . .\nin august 2004 , the company changed its name from airzena to georgian airways .\nsince that time , georgian airways has continued to develop and modernize its fleet .\nuzbekistan airways , headquartered at tashkent is the national airline of . . . more\na britannia airways airbus a320 in a rare eurowhite livery seen in may 1998 .\nbritish airways owner international airlines group overcame the extreme weather and terrorist attacks , with its pre - tax third quarter profits soaring 22 . 5 % to \u00a31 . 2bn\nthe 737 - 300 encountered severe turbulence during descent for landing at mccarran international airport .\naugsburg airways was founded 1980 as interot a . s . & operations started 30jun1981 . renamed to interot airways . renamed to current name on 01jan1996 & ceased operations on 26oct2013\nsouth african airways ( saa ) has been operating with the same name since 1934 .\nsouth african airways is the national carrier , and the largest airline . . . more\nbritish airways announces \u00a34 . 5bn revamp amid growing criticism over its budget - style service\nbritannia airways boeing 757 - 200 lands at bristol airport , england . ( 2004 )\nhapag - lloyd was established in jul1972 & the first flight was on 30mar1973 . renamed to hapagfly in nov2005 in jan2007 , it was merged into tuifly with hapag - lloyd express - [ tui fly deutschland was launced as sudwestflug in 1965 . tuifly was renamed from merger of hapagfly and hapag - lloyd express after the tui takeover . this in turn had been rebranded from hapag - lloyd , which had merged with bavaria - germanair in 1979 and retained name . yet again rebranded , this time as tui fly deutschland in 2015 ]\nthe thai air force has strengthened its control of top management within thai airways international , following an airline re - shuffle of its executive and senior vice - president positi . . .\naugsburg airways was founded in 1980 as interot a . s . & operations started on 30jun1981 . renamed to interot airways . renamed to current name on 01jan1996 & ceased operations on 26oct2013\nthree british airways cabin crew have reportedly lost their jobs following a raucous stopover in nairobi .\na britannia airways boeing 737 - 200 landing at z\u00fcrich airport , switzerland . ( 1985 )\ninternational 2 europe total 13 air atlanta icelandic 3 air atlanta icelandic ( f ) 1 air france ( combi ) 2 air pullmantur 1 corsair international 6 north / south america total 5 atlas . . .\nin 1965 britannia became part of thomson , itself part of the canadian - owned international thomson organisation .\naircraft made an emergency landing at st . petersburg - clearwater international airport due to an unspecified technical problem\ntwo main gear tires burst on landing at lokopriyo gopinath bordoloi international airport following a bird strike emergency .\nkenya airways , flag carrier of kenya , pledges to provide world - class . . . more\n. . . inister samak sun - daravej has dropped plans to merge thai international and domestic airline thai airways , but has urged both carriers to pool their re sources as a way of improving services .\ntoday , delta , united , american and allegiant serve hector international airport with nonstop service to 10 cities .\ndirectory : world airlines\n. flight international : p . 58 . 2007 - 04 - 10 .\ninternational inherited five 737 - 200s from the domestic carrier thai airways corporation ( tac ) when they were merged in april 1988 ( the government had a 99 . 9 % holding in the domestic . . .\nyou might look into the history of hawaiian airlines established january 30 , 1929 , as interisland airways .\nbangkok airways co . , ltd . is a regional airline based in bangkok , . . . more\nbritannia airways was featured in the first series of the itv fly on the wall docusoap airline show .\ntwo us airways aircraft clipped wings while waiting to take off . that incident involved an a319 headed for new york\u2019s laguardia airport and a us airways express regional jet on its way to rochester , new york\nhapag - lloyd flug ( between 2005 and 2007 also marketed as hapagfly ) was an airline based in langenhagen , lower saxony , germany . [ 2 ] it operated scheduled and charter passenger flights , mainly to holiday resorts in europe . in january 2007 in a restructuring , it combined its operations with hapag - lloyd express to become tuifly , [ 3 ] for which it operated all flights , while hapag - lloyd express marketed them until tuifly got its own license .\npiarco international airport ( pos / ttpp ) , trinidad and tobago to miami . passengers bussed back to terminal .\nbritannia hb - itc waits outside the atel hangar in october 1966 before her delivery to african safari airways .\nwants capital bangkok ~ thai airways international is seeking to increase its regis tered capital by 219 per cent , from , 1 , 400 million baht ( \u00a339 million ) to 3 , 000 million baht ( \u00a38 . . .\nif i remember correctly , im sure the instructor i used to fly with when i lived in cornwall started his career with lloyd . his name is laurie harris .\nco ltd\u2014tac was formed on november 1 , 1951 , by the merger of siamese airways co ltd and pacific overseas airlines ( siam ) ltd . the government holds almost the entire stock . thai airways o . . .\ntui fly deutschland was launced as sudwestflug in 1965 . tuifly was renamed from merger of hapagfly and hapag - lloyd express after the tui takeover . this in turn had been rebranded from hapag - lloyd , which had merged with bavaria - germanair in 1979 and retained name . yet again rebranded , this time as tui fly deutschland in 2015\nregistration details for g - aovp ( international aviation services ( u . k . ) ltd ) bristol britannia - 312f\nthe major international car rental companies have offices in most andalucian cities and at the major airports such as malaga airport .\ninternational airport of gale\u00e3o to washington ( dulles ) . a number of passengers rebelled and decided to take alternative flights .\nbound for the international airport guarulhos of sao paulo ( brazil ) . passengers boarded ph - bqf and deptd at 1400l\nall nippon airways co . , ltd . also known as zennikk\u016b or ana is a leading . . . more\ndavid and kat woodruffe , from horsham , west sussex , operated around a dozen flights together for british airways .\nltd was formed on novem ber 1 , 1951 , by the merger of siamese airways and pacific overseas airlines ( siam ) . the government holds 99 - 9 % of the stock . thai airways operates domestic servi . . .\nin 2000 thomson travel group and britannia airways were acquired by preussag ag ( tui group ) of germany . as part of a wider reorganisation of tui ' s uk operations in september 2004 it was announced that britannia would be rebranded as thomsonfly . this airline ' s aircraft carried the thomson colours and logo , and thomsonfly became the trading name of britannia airways . on 1 november 2005 the company ' s legal name was changed from britannia airways limited to thomsonfly limited . thomsonfly later merged with first choice airways and was renamed thomson airways , retaining the previous logo and colours .\ninsurance - including underwriting , brokerage and reinsurance . as counsel instructed in a variety of insurance disputes including the lloyd\u2019s litigation representing wellington names , poland managing agents , and outhwaite syndicate\na british airways flight from london gatwick to edinburgh airport has landed safely following reports of a mid - air emergency .\nthe rich history of hector international airport dates back to the pioneer days of 1927 , when martin hector leased the quarter of land that would become home to today\u2019s \u201chector international airport . \u201d let\u2019s look at the history of hector through three time periods :\nover the course of its life , hapag - lloyd flug operated all of the following aircraft , primarily through aircraft leasing from companies such as international lease finance corporation ( ilfc ) and gecas . it is also the first operator of the most popular 737 800 next generation series that first commenced operations in 1998 .\nregistration details for g - aovp ( international aviation services ( u . k . ) ltd ) bristol britannia - 312f - planelogger\nhapag - lloyd flug was established in july 1972 , when the hapag - lloyd shipping group bought a few boeing 727s to fly its cruise passengers from germany to the ports of call for the cruises . it began operations on 30 march 1973 . through the years , the airline added regular passenger flights to its schedule , as well as new airplanes , such as the boeing 737 - 800 and airbus a310 aircraft . since 1997 , it has been a subsidiary of tui ag , which also includes the hapag - lloyd cargo container line and cruise line .\ndelivered new to boac british overseas airways corporation as g - aovp in sep - 58 . it was wet leased ( short - term ) to bea british european airways in apr / may - 61 and after less than 7 years in service with boac , it was sold to lloyd international airways in may - 65 . it was converted to freight configuration with a main - deck cargo door in dec - 67 , becoming a britannia 312 ( f ) . it was withdrawn from service and stored at stansted , essex , uk , in jun - 72 . it was sold to international aviation services ( uk ) ltd ( ias cargo ) in jul - 73 and operated until jul - 75 when it was retired at biggin hill , kent , uk . it was broken up there in jun - 77 .\nsince 2008 , georgian airways has successfully passed all iosa audits with the most recent certification being valid until march 2019 . urltoken\nbritish airways owner eyes takeover of budget carrier norwegian , which offers no - frills flights to the u . s for \u00a3120\nnil further at this time - [ tui fly deutschland was launced as sudwestflug in 1965 . tuifly was renamed from merger of hapagfly and hapag - lloyd express after the tui takeover . this in turn had been rebranded from hapag - lloyd , which had merged with bavaria - germanair in 1979 and retained name . yet again rebranded , this time as tui fly deutschland in 2015 ]\nworld airline directory .\nflight international . 28 march - 3 april 2000 . 60 .\nretrieved on 26 june 2010 .\nin the first half of 2000 the air company ' s management made a decision to modernize the fleet , and leased two boeing737 - 500 aircraft from the german company , hapag - lloyd .\nhapag - lloyd express was formed in 2002 as a low cost carrier formed by german tour operator tui and germania to serve european and domestic routes as from late 2002 . in jan2007 , it was merged into tuifly with hapagfly - [ tui fly deutschland was launced as sudwestflug in 1965 . tuifly was renamed from merger of hapagfly and hapag - lloyd express after the tui takeover . this in turn had been rebranded from hapag - lloyd , which had merged with bavaria - germanair in 1979 and retained name . yet again rebranded , this time as tui fly deutschland in 2015 ]\ntoday , georgian airways is fully privatized , with a fleet of modern medium - haul boeing737 , embraer , and crj aircraft .\nltu sud was known as lts ( lufttransport sud ) until 1988 . the airline was founded by ltu international airways in 1984 and merged into the parent airline in 1997 - [ airberlin was formed as a us charter company in portland , oregon & started operations on 28apr1979 as air berlin . established as a german carrier on 16apr1991 . acquired dba in 2008 and ltu international in 2009 . last flight was on 27oct2017 ]\n2014 was the busiest year for total passengers for the airport . almost 900 , 000 total passengers either enplaned or deplaned at hector international airport .\nhamburg international shuts down all operations and files for bankruptcy protection on 19oct2010 . strangely enough it was named as the offical carrier of kosovo in 2003\nbritish airways owner iag ' s profits soar 22 . 5 % on back of lower fuel costs despite \u00a358million payout over may bank holiday chaos\nin november 2005 , the airline changed its name to hapagfly due to the new marketing strategy of the tui group . in january 2007 , it was merged into the new cooperation tuifly with hapag - lloyd express .\nups plane preparing to take off at piedmont triad international airport greensboro , thursday evening , ran off the runway into the mud ( at night ) .\nlloyd international was i believe owned by ortiz petino ( something like that ) a bolivian tin multi millionaire . viv howard rings a bell . was he lloyds or donaldson ? i seem to remember there was a lot of ill feeling among some of the donaldson britannia crews as tag directly employed 707 qualified pilots rather than train his own from the britannia fleet . : (\nvery soon the losses became excessive , so in 2003 the government restructured the olympic airways group of companies . the subsidiary , macedonian airlines s . a . , was renamed olympic airlines s . a . and took over the flight operations of olympic airways , erasing at the same time all of the airline ' s debts . the remaining group companies , except for olympic aviation ( olympic airways , olympic into - plane company , olympic fuel company , olympic airways handling and the olympic airways technical base ) , merged and formed a new company , called olympic airways - services s . a . . in december 2004 , the greek government decided to privatize olympic airlines , but the sale process ended in failure as none of the buyers were eager to repay the greek state the almost 700 million euro in state aid declared illegal by the european commission in december 2005 .\nthe cessna , owned by bajaj holdings , and piloted by a private pilot , was destroyed when it impacted terrain after departing lloyd stearman field airport ( 1k1 ) , benton , ks . a post impact fire ensued .\nryan hawaii , who was traveling from iceland to england , was arrested at the iceland keflav\u00edk international airport for wearing an excessive amount of clothes on wednesday .\nbangkok , march 6 ( reuters ) - thai airways international pcl will sell some of its 15 . 5 billion baht ( $ 481 million ) of non - core assets to cover any losses this year from one - off hits for cutting its fleet and workforce , the company\u2019s president said on friday .\nlufthansa was established in 1926 , following a merger between deutsche aero lloyd ( dal ) and junkers luftverkehr . it operated its first flight in that same year with a fokker f - 11 , taking off from berlin - tempelhof for zurich . in 1953 , aktiengesellschaft f\u00fcr luftverkehrsbedarf ( luftag ) acquired the deutsche lufthansa brand name and thereafter operated under that name . lufthansa is a superpower in the airline industry , with 117 , 000 employees and numerous subsidiaries including air dolomiti , swiss international airlines , eurowings , augsburg airways and contact air .\nat the time of rebranding , britannia was the largest charter airline in the united kingdom , its position of market dominance being owed to the growth of thomson holidays . initially its main competitor was british airtours . the 1980s saw the growth of monarch airlines as a credible competitor . in the 1990s air 2000 , airtours international airways , first choice airways and flying colours airlines grew as competitors . its main competitor at the time of rebranding was thomas cook airlines .\nthe board of norwegian airlines ( nas ) unanimously rejected the ' conditional proposals ' from international airlines group saying that it ' undervalued nas and its prospects ' .\naircraft slid sideways off the snow covered runway 03 end on landing at spokane international ( geiger field ) , taking out some lights . flights resumed shortly after 5pm\nheaded to vancouver when an oil filter warning light lit up . the pilot shut down one of the engines and made an emergency landing at sacramento international airport .\nafter contact with the water , the airplane nosed over and the occupants exited and were rescued by a sailboat . substantial damage . flight originated about 1230 , from las americas international airport ( mdsd ) , santo domingo , dominican republic , and was en route to palm beach international airport , west palm beach , florida .\npassengers will soon be boarding british airways planes according to how much they paid for their flights as the firm follows examples set by iberia and american airlines .\nthe cessna 414a , n41lp , owned by bajaj holdings , and piloted by a private pilot , was destroyed when it impacted terrain after departing lloyd stearman field airport ( 1k1 ) , benton , ks . a post impact fire ensued .\neuropean air express was founded in 1999 & took over filder air services in 2000 . ceased operations on 30sep2007 ( regional services around germany and branched into international routes )\nin an apparent rebuke to the chancellor yesterday , international airlines group chief executive willie walsh said ba will continue to fly after britain quits the eu in march 2019 .\nfor the second time in a week , an alaska airlines jet had to make an emergency landing at ketchikan international . flight 64 made an emergency landing saturday night .\nno further information at this time - [ lufttransport - union was founded on 20feb1955 & started operations on 15mar1955 . renamed to ltu international airways & commenced operations on 02mar1956 . ltu sud merged in in 1997 . merged into airberlin in 2009 ] - [ airberlin was formed as a us charter company in portland , oregon & started operations on 28apr1979 as air berlin . established as a german carrier on 16apr1991 . acquired dba in 2008 and ltu international in 2009 . last flight was on 27oct2017 ]\nhamburg airways was founded in dec2010 and started operations in mar2011 . its last flight was operated from moscow to hanover before it ' s aoc was suspended on 19dec2014\nthai airways may go to the equity market to raise fresh funds after turning two quarters of profits but would not recapitalise until restructuring was complete , he said .\nfollowing the reunification of germany , tempelhof airways found itself not being able to compete with other german carriers and at the end of october 1990 all flights ceased .\nbritish airways has announced it is axing reclining seats on all short - haul flights by the end of the year as part of a move to slash costs .\nin a bizarre video clip filmed at amsterdam schiphol airport , a british airways ground crew member was filmed jumping up and down while two laughing colleagues watched on .\na senior judge who complained about lost luggage 33 times during a case involving british airways has quit , meaning he will retire before his disciplinary hearing can start .\nannounced that the entire olympic airways group debts amounted to 2 billion euro , and that the airline in its present form and size would cease existing in 2008 .\nhistory was made yesterday afternoon when the first african - owned airbus a350 touched down at harare international airport , in a clear testimony of the aviation industry\u2019s confidence in zimbabwe .\nplane was forced to make an emergency landing on the international airport of nassau ( the bahamas ) following technical problems in the landing gear at the start of final approach .\ngreat airline lloyd international . i was with them for 2 years till their demise . they went broke on 16th june 1972 and were due to start flying el al pax services from lhr and paris on 17th june . 2 707 ' s . co - incidence ? the rumour was that hsbc pulled the plug as some of their arabic clients were non too pleased that they were financing lloyds . all ' allegedly '\ndevastated holidaymakers have been left furious after british airways have cancelled their tickets because they were ' too cheap ' . the airline said the low prices were a mistake .\nflag - carrier airline british airways is investing \u00a34 . 5 billion to turn itself around amid growing criticism it is offering a budget airline experience despite higher ticket prices .\nbritish airways lines up 72 new planes as part of \u00a34 . 5bn revamp : firm also says it will invest in providing better service to set it apart from rivals\nringleader joysen jhurry , 41 , ( pictured ) moved drug - laden suitcases flown in from brazil from the international arrivals carousel to the domestic arrivals hall to avoid security checks .\nparis cdg to dulles international . the airplane was surrounded by emergency crews shortly thereafter and firemen put out a fire in the tires . the passengers transferred to the airport terminal .\narmed police were called in to act as ' escorts ' as the first serious snowfall of the winter left 50 , 000 angry british airways passengers stranded around the world .\nthe 45 - year - old was all smiles as she rocked up to a british airways event in her trademark androgynous attire at the british museum in london on thursday .\naltimeter setting in doubt at ljubljana - jugoslav report criticises crew and airline\nflight international 12 september 1968 , p . 397 ( pdf file ) , continued , p . 398\nflight left greenville - spartanburg international airport about 6 : 30 a . m . , but turned around shortly after takeoff and made an emergency landing after a smoke detector went off .\nthe cessna 210l registered to and operated by flight express , inc . , as flight 805 , experienced collapse of the right main landing gear at tampa international airport ( ktpa ) .\nfirst officer julian monaghan , 49 , of harmondsworth , west london , was drunk as his packed british airways holiday jet to mauritius taxied for take - off at gatwick airport .\na collection of 200 adverts form a new book called british airways : 100 years of aviation posters and provide a historical timeline of the carrier . here we present our favourites .\nlisa harris and hayley angell , who were made to live 10 , 000 miles apart in the uk and australia following a family tragedy , have been reunited by british airways .\nprepares to expand bangkok thai airways is to reorganise its administrative structure to make it more efficient and to cope with expansion , accord ing to managing director air ma . . .\ninternational airlines group ( iag ) announced that a new austrian subsidiary named level - the same as its low - cost long - haul brand - will launch in less than three weeks .\nfire ripped through the engine of the boeing 777 en route to london after it aborted take - off at mccarran international in 2015 . it was captained by chris henkey , from berkshire .\nthe actress , 30 , slipped her incredibly toned figure into an off - the shoulder black bodycon dress at the british airways golf day and ball gala in london on friday night .\nlufthansa was founded on 06jan1926 in berlin , following a merger between deutsche aero lloyd ( formed on 06feb1923 ) & junkers luftverkehr ( formed on 13aug1923 ) [ lufthansa was originally founded in berlin in 1926 as a consolidated german airline by the merger of deutscher aero - lloyd and junkers luftverkehr . acquired austrian airlines as a result of the german annexation of austria in 1939 . went into liquidation as a result of wwii in 1945 . in1953 , luftag was founded in colgne and renamed to lufthansa in 1954 . this new german airline began operations in 1955 ]\nsir david steel is an international commercial arbitrator . he acts as party appointed member of tribunals , chairman and sole arbitrator in international commercial disputes of a wide - ranging subject matter , including sale of goods , banking , insurance and reinsurance , joint ventures , carriage of goods , oil and gas and shipbuilding . he has been appointed in over 240 references leading to over 70 awards .\nbound for minsk . some injured treated on scene at zvartnots international airport . seems to be a repeat of so many similar take - off rotation \u201cfailure to deice\u201d crashes . crash image : urltoken\nsubstantial damage . flight originated at west midlands international airport ( egbe ) , coventry , united kingdom , and was en route to guernsey airport \u2013 channel islands ( egjb ) , united kingdom .\ndespite all predictions , traffic for olympic in 2007 increased , carrying a total of 5 , 977 , 104 passengers ( 3 , 115 , 521 in domestic and 2 , 681 , 583 in international flights ) as opposed to approximately 5 , 500 , 000 passengers in 2006 . it is estimated that oa earned approximately 780 million euro in 2007 , 500 of which came from international flights .\nplane carrying 53 people made an emergency landing today at hancock international airport after smoke was seen in the cockpit . syracuse police and members of the 174th fighter wing of the air national guard responded .\ntempelhof airways was an airline based in west berlin during the time when it was under the jurisdiction of the western nations . it operated from 1981 until the reunification of germany in 1990 .\na british airways flight will celebrate britain ' s royal wedding on saturday by flying to toronto in canada with crew who are all named either harry or meghan to mark the special occasion .\na drunken off - duty british airways cabin crew manager , who twice groped a snoozing male passenger between the legs on a long - haul flight to bangkok , was spared jail today .\nit has had a tumultuous year with one massive it breakdown and a barrage of criticism over cutting perks . but british airways is hitting back with promises of smarter planes and better food .\ndeutsche luft hansa was founded on 06jan1926 in berlin , following a merger between deutsche aero lloyd ( formed on 06feb1923 ) & junkers luftverkehr ( formed on 13aug1923 ) [ lufthansa was originally founded in berlin in 1926 as a consolidated german airline by the merger of deutsche aero - lloyd and junkers luftverkehr . acquired austrian airlines as a result of the german annexation of austria in 1939 . went into liquidation as a result of wwii in 1945 . in1953 , luftag was founded in colgne and renamed to lufthansa in 1954 . this new german airline began operations in 1955 ] .\nlucy sargeant , 29 , from uxbridge , pictured yesterday , was forced to quit british airways following an emergency landing after an engine caught fire moments after it left heathrow airport in may 2013 .\ni shared flight engineer duties on the 707 with joe standon in the 80 ' s with\nwest african airways\n. very nice bloke , he was still flying in his 70 ' s\nbritish airways captain claire bunton , who lives on the uk ' s south coast , kindly agreed to tell mailonline travel what it ' s like to fly the world ' s biggest passenger plane .\nthe engine of a british airways plane burst into flames while taking off a runway at an airport in arizona , forcing the packed aircraft to make an emergency landing due to an engine technical fault .\noperates passenger charter flights between europe and east africa . fleet : two dc - 8 - 63 head office : po box 939 , manzini , swaziland . telex : 2064 . agro air international domin . . .\ndeutsche luft - reederei was established on 17dec1917 & started operating berlin to weimar using converted l . v . g . biplanes on mail runs on 05feb1919 . ceased operations on 06feb1923 & renamed to deutscher aero - lloyd [ lufthansa was originally founded in berlin in 1926 as a consolidated german airline by the merger of deutsche aero - lloyd and junkers luftverkehr . acquired austrian airlines as a result of the german annexation of austria in 1939 . went into liquidation as a result of wwii in 1945 . in1953 , luftag was founded in colgne and renamed to lufthansa in 1954 . this new german airline began operations in 1955 ]\nwith its 95 - year history , klm is the oldest international airline still flying under its original name . how many other pioneer carriers can say the same ? here\u2019s the 10 oldest airlines in a row for you .\ni have just picked up a message from a former employee of lloyd , jason king stating he had heard about his redundancy after 40 years . i was wondering if any former employees remember one of their pilots harry chang who helped me establish our dc3 dakota and dove operations out of southend in 1972 . roger collins\n. . . recently it was flying with nairobi - based african inter national airways . this kenyan airline is an associate of ias , from which company it leased the britannia . before that the aircraft was with\n. . . its usual support from the airline industry both in the main exhibition - hall and the static park . subject to operations , aircraft are expected at various times from bea airtours , channel airways ,\namerican airlines was founded in 1934 , when its predecessors aviation corporation and american airways formed a partnership . it operated its first cargo flight ( mail ) from chicago to saint louis in 1926 , with a dh - 4 biplane . american airlines is based in fort worth , texas , and has 80 , 987 employees . in 2013 , american airlines merged with us airways group and continued under the name american airlines group .\nby 9 : 00 p . m . on tuesday evening , the passengers were still stranded at zhengzhou xinzheng international airport . after some foreign passengers contacted their embassies they were informed that another plane would take them to shanghai .\ncessna aircraft slid about 125 feet into a field wednesday evening during an emergency landing at san bernardino international airport . pilot was flying to long beach from the san diego area when he realized he couldn\u2019t lower the landing gear .\nthai airways will cut routes throughout the year and reassign aircraft to ensure a higher percentage of seats filled on remaining routes , he said . the target for 2015 is 80 percent versus 68 . 9 in 2014 .\nbritish airways starts a direct nine - hour service from london to nashville next week . the flights arrive around 5 . 30pm \u2014 perfect for heading downtown to one of the city ' s honky - tonk bars .\na man has taken his first flight from heathrow to dublin on board a british airways flight after suffering a debilitating brain injury that left him unable to walk . joe dowd , 47 , suffered a brain injury .\ninternationalltg ] ( tha ) 89 vibhavadi rangsit road , bangkok 9 , 10900 , thailand tel + 66 ( 2 ) 513 0121 fax + 66 ( 2 ) 513 0203 website urltoken services scheduled , international , region . . .\nwas formed cm november i , i95j , by the merger of siamese air ways and pacific overseas airlines isiami . the government holds 999 ' ' , of the * stock . thai airways operates domestic service . . .\nairberlin was formed as a us charter company in portland , oregon & started operations on 28apr1979 as air berlin . established as a german carrier on 16apr1991 . acquired dba in 2008 and ltu international in 2009 . last flight was on 27oct2017\nfilder air service was acquired by european air express in 2000 - [ european air express was founded in 1999 & took over filder air services in 2000 . ceased operations on 30sep2007 - regional services around germany and branched into international routes ]\nnear collision with a turkish airliner at ben gurion international airport . event orchestrated by atc following a late go - round due to conflicting traffic . israir training flight had 4 pilots on board and received tcas alert during go - round .\naero lloyd was formed on 20dec1980 & started operations with 3 caravelle aircraft as an air charter airline . frankfurt based carrier that operated scheduled services between 1988 and 1992 before reverting to passenger charters . ceased operations in 2003 but and restarted as aero flight in 2004 . aero flight ceased operations on 31oct2005 after authorities refused to renew it ' s aoc\n. . . hai airways is about to begin its long - awaited move towards the private sector . will the process loosen its domination by the nation ' s military establishment ? john bailey reports from bangkok . the . . .\non 14 september 1999 , britannia airways flight 226a , a boeing 757 - 204 , crashed on its second attempt of landing in heavy rain and poor weather conditions . of the 236 passengers and 9 crew on board , two were seriously injured and 41 sustained minor injuries . one of the passengers who had apparently sustained only minor injuries died five days later of unsuspected internal injuries . the flight was an international charter between cardiff , wales , uk and girona airport , spain .\nweather at the time was foggy with light rainfall . plane is owned by pd leasing , llc , of san antonio . the plane came to waco from san antonio international airport on tuesday and was on its return flight friday when it crashed .\npictured in two postcards below is the original hector field terminal . the christmas card depicts the men and women who worked at the facility . their names ( clockwise from the upper right ) are lloyd jensen , cliff gohdes , ken diehl , celia fattore , bill harrison , bob wall , duane jennings , man johnson , john ewald and wally kuhr .\naircraft operated by suburban air freight inc . , as a cargo airplane , received minor damage during cruise , when an in - flight fire occurred , about 30 miles west of the quad city international airport ( mli ) , near moline , illinois .\nthe name britannia airways was adopted on 16 august 1964 to coincide with re - equipping with the bristol britannia turboprop airliner . the last britannia 102 was withdrawn from service in december 1970 , and the airline became an all - jet operator .\nhector international airport completed the passenger terminal expansion / update project october 2008 . the project updated the existing terminal building , added a fifth gate and third baggage claim , and expanded the security checkpoint area . click here to see pictures of the completed project .\nthe lancair lc41 550 - fg , n621er , was destroyed after impacting terrain while maneuvering near the portland international airport ( pdx ) , portland , or . the pilot , who was the sole occupant and registered owner of the airplane , sustained fatal injuries .\nb741 , vicinity london heathrow uk , 1997 ( on 6 december 1997 , a british airways boeing 747 - 100 , departing from london heathrow airport , had an engine bird strike just after take off , causing substantial damage and falling debris . )\ncharter jet flown by airline lloyd aereo boliviano took off from the bolivian capital , la paz . crash imagery at urltoken and 37c8pk plus urltoken lab flights have been suspended for nearly a year due to the airline\u2019s debts and legal troubles . the privatized company began offering charter flights in december while it worked toward renewing its scheduled commercial operator\u2019s license . map locale of crash : urltoken\ntoronto\u2019s pearson international airport to london heathrow . co - pilot was assessed at the scene before being taken to the acute psychiatric unit at the mid - western regional hospital in ennis . passengers were accommodated in a local hotel until a new crew arrived at shannon .\nthe hawker beechcraft corp . 99 operated by suburban air freight , as a cargo airplane , received minor damage during cruise , when an in - flight fire occurred , about 30 miles west of the quad city international airport ( mli ) , near moline , il\niberia was established in 1927 . iberia lineas aereas de espana , operated its first flight that same year from madrid to barcelona with a rohrbach ro viii roland . iberia merged with british airways in 2011 and today employs a workforce of 18 , 000 .\n. . . 28 march 1958 ( left ) east african airways ' dc - 3 operations are based at wilson airport , nairobi . the terminal building is the friendly meeting place for club , charter and police air wing staff . ( right . . .\nmeant olympic abolished their old\nhermes\nbooking system , which had served the company for more than two decades . as of november 2007 , the e - ticket service is available on all european and international routes , and on 19 of the airline ' s 37 domestic routes .\nbcal sub - leased this aircraft from pia - pakistan international between april 1971 and october 1973 . she started life with pia and after her lease to bcal , she returned to pia service . she was withdrawn from use in february 1999 . scrapped / broken - up at karachi airport in 2002\nthe md - 88 , n935dl , operating as delta air lines flight 1877 , sustained minor damage when it struck a large bird while on approach to runway 35r at austin bergstrom international airport ( aus ) , austin , tx . none of the five crew members or 135 passengers were injured .\nit was february 3 , 1931 , when northwest airways began its first passenger service to fargo . a \u201cgiant\u201d six passenger hamilton metal plane settled down on the new fargo airport to inaugurate air service from minneapolis to grand forks and then on to winnipeg . the commemorative envelope is below .\n. . . ght international . 26 march ( 970 i head office : po box 1173 . johannesburg . south africa . i executives : chairman , h . n . hart : managing director , t . v . mitchell . > fleet : five dc - 4 , four dc - 3 . '\nlanded hard following a partial loss of engine power shortly after departure from hilo international airport . the sightseeing flight originated about 1420 from hilo . pilot reported that approx 5 minutes after takeoff , he initiated an off - airport landing due to a fuel bypass caution light and subsequent partial loss of engine power .\nnorthwest airlines ( founded at what is now the minneapolis - st . paul international airport on september 1 , 1926 ) began scheduled weekly flights into fargo on february 1 , 1928 . this was a minneapolis to winnipeg flight with a stop in fargo . opposition from the canadian government resulted in suspended service after three months .\nestablished in 1946 , myanmar airways international ( mai ) is the international airline of myanmar with a long government - run air travel history . effective from 2014 , mai is the 100 % complete member of kbz group , myanmar national owned private company , which is bringing mai to an optimistic and encouraging era . mai flies between yangon and singapore , kuala lumpur , bangkok , gaya , guangzhou , siem reap , phnom penh , and mandalay - gaya - mandalay . mai started its charter flight to korea and japan in march 2013 . mai is a member of the iata clearing house ( ich ) and a partner of the iata , mita system . mai is the only recipient in myanmar of the iata operational safety audit program ( iosa ) operator . the aircrafts are operated by an internationally experienced team of skilled aviation personnel . safety and comfort of passengers have always been first priority . to this date mai able to keep 100 % safety and accident free in aviation history and record book .\non september 28 , 2009 , olympic airlines ceased to fly to most of its 69 destinations , maintaining flights to tel aviv , beirut , cairo and all public service obligation routes within greece , until the ministry for transport and communications redistributes the routes in late november , when olympic airlines will enter liquidation . the last olympic airlines flight was flight 424 from toronto - canada , via montreal landed at 11 : 10 on september 29 2009 at the athens international airport . olympic air took over the rest of the operations on 29 september 2009 and its first flight was on the 1st of october 2009 at 06 : 20 leaving the athens international airport and heading to thessaloniki makedonia airport .\nbcal sub - leased this aircraft from pia - pakistan international between march - october 1972 . she started life with pia and after her brief lease to bcal , she returned to pia service . she suffered an uncontrolled inflight cabin fire , possibly from a leaking haj stove , aircraft overcome and crashed while returning to jeddah . all 156 onboard lost .\nwhen the plane came into land at christchurch international airport , the woman allegedly started moving the aircraft controls . the pilots made a turn and the hijacker lost balance . after landing at christchurch the captain then confronted the woman and wrestled her to the floor . the co - pilot helped the captain to disarm the woman , who was then arrested by police .\na332 , sydney australia 2009 ( on 4 july 2009 , an airbus a332 being operated by jetstar airways on a scheduled passenger flight from sydney to melbourne carried a 750 kg uld which had been expressly rejected by the aircraft commander during the loading operation without flight crew awareness . there was no reported effect on aircraft handling during the flight . )\na346 , en - route , amsterdam netherlands , 2005 ( on 8 february 2005 , a virgin atlantic airways a340 - 600 experienced in - flight fuel management problem which led to loss of power of no 1 engine and temporary power loss of no 4 . the captain decided to divert to amsterdam where the aircraft landed safely on three engines . )\nthe present terminal was built in 1986 . with its construction , the terminal facility moved from the southeast corner of the airport grounds to the west central area . in 1982 , hector field became hector international airport and u . s . customs opened an office on the field in 1985 . in 2013 they moved into their new facility on the north general aviation ramp .\ndeutsche luft hansa was founded on 06jan1926 in berlin . the last scheduled flight , - from berlin to munich took place on 21apr1945 - [ lufthansa was originally founded in berlin in 1926 as a consolidated german airline by the merger of deutsche aero - lloyd and junkers luftverkehr . acquired austrian airlines as a result of the german annexation of austria in 1939 . went into liquidation as a result of wwii in 1945 . in1953 , luftag was founded in colgne and renamed to lufthansa in 1954 . this new german airline began operations in 1955 ]\nlufthansa was recreated on 06jan1953 as aktiengesellschaft f\u00fcr luftverkehrsbedarf ( luftag ) and was renamed deutsche lufthansa aktiengesellschaft on 06aug1954 . first flight was on 01apr1955 [ lufthansa was originally founded in berlin in 1926 as a consolidated german airline by the merger of deutsche aero - lloyd and junkers luftverkehr . acquired austrian airlines as a result of the german annexation of austria in 1939 . went into liquidation as a result of wwii in 1945 . in1953 , luftag was founded in colgne and renamed to lufthansa in 1954 . this new german airline began operations in 1955 ]\nin 1984 , three more b747 - 200 aircraft were purchased from singapore airlines , and the canada and australia routes were reopened . a new olympic airways cargo division was created , by converting the boeing 707 - 320\ncity of lindos\n, but the plans were soon abandoned . in 1986 , there were strikes at oa , and financial losses mounted .\na306 , vicinity jfk new york usa , 2001 ( on november 12 , 2001 , an airbus industries a300 - 600 operated by american airlines crashed into a residential area of belle harbour , new york , after take - off from john f . kennedy international airport , new york . shortly after take off , the aircraft encountered mild wake turbulence from a departing boeing 747 - 400 . )\ncirrus airlines was a saarbrucken based operator formed in feb1995 . regional services as a team lufthansa member . in august 1999 , cirrus airlines took over cosmos air , it\u00b4s dornier 328 and route between mannheim and berlin tempelhof . took over baden air in 2000 . in 2004 cirrus airlines took over augsburg airways but it retained its brand . on 20jan2012 , suspended operations due to financial reasons\nexcellent air international was founded in 1969 as grenzland air service and was based there for 38 years at the airfield stadtlohn - vreden . in 2000 , the company was renamed excellent air . in the spring of 2006 , excellent air opened a new maintenance hall at the airport m\u00fcnster / osnabr\u00fcck , in the summer of 2007 then took place the move there . bankruptcy was applied for at the beginning of sep2007\na310 , vienna austria , 2000 ( on 12 july 2000 , a hapag lloyd airbus a310 was unable to retract the landing gear normally after take off from chania for hannover . the flight was continued towards the intended destination but the selection of an en route diversion due to higher fuel burn was misjudged and useable fuel was completely exhausted just prior to an intended landing at vienna . the aeroplane sustained significant damage as it touched down unpowered inside the aerodrome perimeter but there were no injuries to the occupants and only minor injuries to a small number of them during the subsequent emergency evacuation . )"]}
{"id": 56084, "summary": [{"text": "porcelain palace is a large public toilet complex at the foreigners ' street amusement park in the city of chongqing , china .", "topic": 13}, {"text": "the facade of the complex was inspired by ancient egyptian art . a toilet complex to the south is in the distinctive style of the spanish catalan architect antoni gaudi .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "the complex contains a total of more than 1,000 toilets and urinals making it the largest toilet complex in the world .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "the massive toilet edifice is more than 3,000 square metres ( 32,000 sq ft ) in size and has been submitted by chinese authorities to the guinness book of world records .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "the porcelain palace has been purged of artworks and facilities seen as vulgar by the chinese authorities .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "the love land sex theme park attraction would have been near the porcelain palace and foreigners ' street .", "topic": 13}, {"text": "this was due to be opened in 2009 , but was demolished by the authorities before it actually opened . ", "topic": 0}], "title": "porcelain palace", "paragraphs": ["let & apos ; s find a good porcelain palace and get some sliders for lunch .\nblenheim palace stone and richmond palace york porcelain tiles both look as much like real york stone flags as any porcelain available . particularly with the beautiful proportions of the 80 x 40 cm rectangle .\neltham palace grey and lambeth palace anthracite flagstones are also both well suited to both contemporary and traditional home and garden settings .\nbut for yu , the palace is a meaningful way to wrap up her lifetime career as a porcelain craftswoman and dealer - - a gift for jingdezhen , the holy city in the heart of porcelain lovers .\ni have been a customer at porcelain palace and friend to della ross for over 20 years . my whole house is furnished with furniture and accessorie\ncoming to jingdezhen aged 12 , yu was first an apprentice in a porcelain workshop before working in two state - run porcelain factories .\nthe octogenarian from eastern china ' s famed ceramics capital jingdezhen , spent the past six years working on what she proudly dubs\na porcelain palace .\nbecause of their palatial qualities and inspiration , the palace porcelain collection has been named after classic palaces and country houses in great britain , even though the tiles were manufactured in the heart of the ceramic and porcelain region of northern italy .\nthe palace takes up more than 1 , 200 square meters , using around 80 tonnes of broken porcelain for building and decoration . mostly collected by yu over about 30 years .\nlocated in xinping village close to jingdezhen , the palace is a dazzling three - story circular building .\ninspired by british palaces , westminster porcelain palace collection offers traditional flagstone colouring , with a modern and practical paving medium to create a timeless mood and environment . for interior and exterior use .\nyu ermei , 86 , introduces a porcelain palace to visitors in xinping village close to jingdezhen , east china ' s jiangxi province on sept 21 , 2016 . [ photo / xinhua ]\navailable in four stone colour shades , and two stylish sizes and shapes . the palace porcelain collection from westminster stone is a fusion of stone and tile and offers the best properties of each .\ninside , the effect is simply magical : windows formed in the shape of a porcelain vase , ceilings decorated with delicate porcelain bowls , shimmering walls embedded with unique pieces of porcelain , and paintings showing classic chinese folk stories . it is a building of breathtaking beauty .\nwestminster palace porcelain is non - slip , which makes it particularly practical for areas where algae could grow e . g wet areas such as swimming pool paving and copings , as well as drainage covers .\nafter sharpening her craft and gaining experience , she opened her own kiln and porcelain factory , making and selling porcelain products and objets d ' art around china , even for foreign countries .\nthey ' re flush with pride in a southwestern chinese city where a recently opened porcelain palace features an egyptian fa\u00e7ade , soothing music and more than 1 , 000 toilets spread out over 32 , 290 square feet .\nlove the porcelain palace ! i recently bought a table with chairs and bar stools . when i went to pick them i couldn ' t resist and purchased two chairs for my formal living room . i couldn ' t\nshe was not sure what to do with her huge collection until she saw a unique porcelain house in northern china ' s tianjin municipality , which was built and decorated with copious amount of porcelain .\nover the years , she made a huge fortune and collected over 60 , 000 pieces of porcelain .\nafter years of sourcing , we are pleased to introduce the westminster porcelain palace collection . inspired by the stone floors , courtyard paving , and garden pathways of great british palaces , this collection will bridge the gap between traditional style , and contemporary design .\nwhy take all the trouble building a porcelain palace when you can enjoy a relaxing old age ? it was a question much on the mind of yu ' s family . they did not understand what she was going through , even thinking that she must be going senile when she first brought up the idea .\nas with all westminster porcelain products , colouring within each tile , and from tile to tile , is very consistent because of the latest manufacturing and quality control processes used .\nterm used to describe any burger joint that is housed in a white , porcelain building . applicable to places like white castle , or many of the older burger joints in white buildings .\nthe large choice of sizes ( including the interior floor tiles ) meets every design permutation for bespoke projects . porcelain is particularly attractive when linking the interior of your home to the exterior landscape , perhaps via bi - fold doors .\nthe ground floor and outer wall are covered in bright shiny mosaic patterns firmly nodding to chinese culture - - a dragon , a phoenix , signs of the chinese zodiac , tai chi symbols , - - created with massive quantities of jagged pieces of broken porcelain .\n[ july 12 ] beijing - - they ' re flush with pride in chongqing , where a recently opened porcelain palace features an egyptian facade , soothing music and more than 1 , 000 toilets spread out over 30 , 000 square feet .\nwe are spreading toilet culture . people can listen to gentle music and watch tv ,\nsaid lu xiaoqing , an official with the yangrenjie , or\nforeigners street ,\ntourist area where the bathroom is located .\nafter they use the bathroom they will be very , very happy .\nphoto : chinese visit a four - story , free - of - charge public restroom in chongqing , china saturday july 7 , 2007 . ( ap photo )\nthe subject who is truly loyal to the chief magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures .\nofficials in chongqing are preparing to submit an application to guinness world records to have the free four - story public bathroom listed as the world ' s largest , the state - run china central television ( cctv ) reported .\nwe are spreading toilet culture . people can listen to gentle music and watch tv ,\nsaid lu xiaoqing , an official with the yangrenjie , or\nforeigners street ,\ntourist area where the bathroom is located .\nafter they use the bathroom , they will be very , very happy .\nfootage aired on cctv showed people milling about the sprawling facility and washing their hands at trough sinks . for open - aired relief , there is a cluster of stalls without a roof .\nwelcome to the globe and mail\u2019s comment community . this is a space where subscribers can engage with each other and globe staff . non - subscribers can read and sort comments but will not be able to engage with them in any way . click here to subscribe .\nif you would like to write a letter to the editor , please forward it to letters @ urltoken . readers can also interact with the globe on facebook and twitter .\nwelcome to the globe and mail\u2019s comment community . this is a space where subscribers can engage with each other and globe staff .\nwe aim to create a safe and valuable space for discussion and debate . that means :\ndue to technical reasons , we have temporarily removed commenting from our articles . we hope to have this fixed soon . thank you for your patience . if you are looking to give feedback on our new site , please send it along to feedback @ urltoken . if you want to write a letter to the editor , please forward to letters @ urltoken .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nofficials in the southwestern chinese city plan to ask guinness world records to have the free four - story public bathroom listed as the world ' s largest , state - run china central television reported friday .\nthe leading international organization which verify and certify new world records , has already certified this record as a world record . it will be included in our 2008 edition of the\nwe are spreading toilet culture . people can listen to gentle music and watch tv ,\nsaid lu xiaoqing , an official with the yangrenjie , or\nforeigners street ,\ntourist area where the bathroom is located .\nafter they use the bathroom they will be very , very happy .\nfootage aired on cctv showed people milling about the sprawling facility and washing their hands at trough sinks . for open - aired relief , there ' s a cluster of stalls without a roof .\nsome urinals are uniquely shaped , including ones inside open crocodile mouths and several topped by the bust of a woman resembling the virgin mary .\nother bathrooms are all the same . this one is very special , i ' ve never seen anything like it ,\none visitor to the tourist area told cctv .\nthere are also plans to build a supermarket nearby , which will sell toilet - related items , cctv reported .\n726 w veterans memorial blvd ( 1 , 452 . 95 mi ) killeen , texas 76541\nmy wife and i went there and my beautiful wife was like a kid in a candy store . we came out with some beautiful ,\nelegant furniture and decor . mrs . della is the best . very sweet and attentive to your wa\nthe staff their are truly the best ! 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{"id": 56088, "summary": [{"text": "ryan air services is an american cargo-only airline that serves over 70 villages in bush alaska out of hubs in aniak , bethel , emmonak , kotzebue , nome , st. mary 's , and unalakleet . ", "topic": 29}], "title": "ryan air services", "paragraphs": ["need cheap flights with ryan air services ? use skyscanner to browse ryan air services flights and find the lowest prices and most convenient ryan air services flight times for your travel needs . follow the links and book your cheap flight directly with the airline or travel agent for the best price \u2013 skyscanner doesn ' t add any commission .\nskyscanner allows you to find the cheapest flights with ryan air services without having to enter specific dates or even destinations , making it the best place to find cheap flights for your trip . to book a cheap flight with ryan air services , choose from the list of flights with ryan air services below , or use the links at the side of the page to browse for more flight information . to start a new flight search , use the search controls above .\nryan air services , previously arctic transportation , was founded in 1953 and operates all - cargo services to over 70 villages in bush alaska . the carrier transports furniture , clothing , food medical supplies and more to its destinations .\nthe cal fire riverside unit operates a joint air attack / helitack base at the hemet ryan airport .\ntanya rad is co - host on ryan seacrest ' s morning show on air with ryan on 102 . 7 kiis fm los angeles ' hit music radio station read more : urltoken\noperational for more than 50 years , ryan air attack base specializes in providing wild land fire suppression services in southern california and riverside county , calif . it provides initial attack aircraft services to more than 15 , 000 square miles of private , state and federally owned land . the base s fleet features tankers and helicopters and offers wild land fire suppression services . ryan air attack base is a part of the riverside county fire department , which provides firefighting and emergency medical services . the riverside county fire department features fire engines , ambulances and squad cars . it maintains a staff of paramedic personnel who are trained in the areas of cardiac , trauma and pediatric life support . the department operates several facilities , including fire stations , conservation camps and automotive shops .\nanyone know the status of ryan air hiring ? pay ? schedule ? 15on / 15off i assume . nothing recent seems to have been posted about them . thanks !\nbranded ryan air , the airline grew in massive strides to become europe\u2019s largest passenger airline , serving 34 countries and reporting revenues of eur 6 . 5 billion in 2016 .\nairbridgecargo airlines ( abc ) has promoted vince ryan to the post of vice president , north and south america .\nerfahren sie mehr \u00fcber das gulf air falconflyer programm , dass ihnen noch mehr vorteile und verg\u00fcnstigungen zu ihrem gulf air reiseerlebnis bietet .\nadhering strictly to the no - frills flight model , ryan air\u2019s fleet of over 370 boeing 777 - 300 planes are stripped of luxury fittings . non - reclining seats , no back pockets , safety manuals glued to seatbacks and life jackets installed overhead , ensure the planes operate at minimal cost and permit quick clean - ups which increase flight turn around times . additionally , ryan air offers subsidiary services , such as onboard wifi , priority seating , meal selection and baggage allowances at extra costs which account for about 20 % of the company\u2019s revenues . thus , despite average flight fares as low as eur 46 , ryan air increased profits by 43 % between fy 2015 - 16 .\nen savoir plus sur le programme falconflyer gulf air qui apporte encore plus d\u2019avantages et de b\u00e9n\u00e9fices \u00e0 votre exp\u00e9rience de voyage gulf air .\nthe indian air travel market has also seen significant growth in low - fare travel segments over the last decade . existing indian air carriers , like air india and jet airways , increased their low - cost seating capacity sharply from 3 % in 2005 to 60 % in 2015 . simultaneously , dedicated budget airline companies , air india express , air asia , go air , indigo and spicejet , commenced operations during these years .\neasyjet travel insurance is underwritten by zurich insurance plc and arranged by easyjet airline company limited and collinson insurance services limited . easyjet airline company limited is an appointed representative of collinson insurance services limited which is authorised and regulated by the financial conduct authority with firm reference number 311883 .\na few decades ago , the unautomated and costly air travel industry faced high barriers to entry . as a result , several flight routes were controlled by one or two dominant airlines . aiming to correct one such duopoly , christopher ryan , liam lonergan and tony ryan debuted a 15 - seater airplane to travel between waterford , ireland and london , england in 1984 .\nhaving already seen double digit growth in national air travel over the last two years , india is set to rank third among global domestic air travel markets by 2034 .\nthat being said , ryan air is a pretty good company . i helped unload a few casas while sitting on charters and regularly chased them around the delta . the pilots all seem cool . not sure what the pay is right now , but hageland just dramatically raised pay earlier this year . no idea if ryan will be able to match it , but the pay was very similar beforehand . they just recently got their passenger ticket back from what i understand , but i think it ' s still mostly mail and bulky freight that ryan is flying .\nthree instructors from the u . s . air force senior noncommissioned officer academy . . .\ninformieren sie sich \u00fcber das gulf air falconflyer programm , dass ihnen noch mehr vorteile . .\ntoday , spice jet , india\u2019s second largest budget airline cornering 13 . 2 % of the nation\u2019s air travel market , follows in ryan air\u2019s steps to accommodate high volume , low - fare flights . seeking to launch a delhi - london return flight for inr 30 , 000 as early as next year , spice jet formulates steep cost reductions through basic service models to make the journey viable . the airline will strip boeing 787 - 8 down to introduce an all economy - class cabin featuring no - frill seats with limited leg space to increase seating capacity by 27 % to 350 passengers . spice jet will also unbundle common inclusive packages like ryan air to offer ancillary services ( check - in fast lanes , onboard wifi , meals , priority boarding and seat selection ) at extra cost .\ncurious to how the air force prepares battlefield airmen for the rigors of the t . . .\nwenn sie auf einem von gulf air durchgef\u00fchrten flug reisen , k\u00f6nnen sie ihre komplette buchung bearbeiten .\nthank you to secretary of the air force dr . heather wilson for visiting the firs . . .\nthe united states air force pilot shortage is a complex issue , but when we start . . .\nfind out more about the gulf air falconflyer programme that brings even more advantages and benefits to you .\nen savoir plus sur le programme gulf air falconflyer qui vous apporte encore plus d\u2019avantages et de b\u00e9n\u00e9fices .\nfrom platinum to kobuk , from gambell to mt . village , we know the challenges of transportation in alaska . for more than 50 years , we\u2019ve developed the skill , perfected the processes and implemented the technology required to efficiently move freight across the bush . it is why we are one of the leading alaska air freight services . ryan air operates 16 aircraft out of seven hubs across alaska to serve over 70 villages . if your freight is based out of anchorage , contact one of our partner mainline carriers and , as the preferred downline carrier , we will ensure seamless transportation to your doorstep .\naverage return on a portfolio of air liquide shares over 20 years : + 9 . 5 % per year\ntaking care of our # airmen is a top priority for air force leaders . cmsaf kaleth . . .\n\u201cthe way in which the air force does things and the way we need to move forward . . .\nmore than 250 , 000 active - duty airmen make up the air force\u2019s enlisted force and . . .\nraab is statistically one of the most active air attack bases in the nation . the fleet consists of :\nwill ryan air hire a right hire a fresh commercial pilot without a multi - engine license ? the grammar is a bit confusing but i assume you mean your a 250hr pilot ? i never met anyone there without one . they seem to put guys in the sled after flying right seat in the casa which requires a multi . so you can apply and give it a shot but ryan usually gets a good number of applicants so i assume they will pick the guy with the multi .\nto keep pace with an ambitious market , full fare air carriers are integrating low - cost carriers into their existing business models . lufthansa operated , eurowings , is set to extend low - cost routes to more destinations . air france - klm seeks to launch a low - cost carrier ( lcc ) called boost . air asia , already positioned as a budget airline , will implement a separate long haul lcc called air asia x .\nby 2034 , the international air transport association ( iata ) predicts that air travel will support 7 billion passengers . that means in about two decades , the current population of the entire planet will fly across its skies .\nryan has some really good people running the show . they ' ve always tended to pay a little less then everyone else though . they hired me for my first flying job in the early eighties . i went from 300 hours time to 6 , 000 and captain in a 1900 in 5 years . like the rest of the operators up there they ' ve had their share of fatal accidents . there ' s a reason they only recently got passenger service back . if i ever went back to flying in alaska i would go back to work for bering air in nome with ryan air being my second choice .\ncheck out this flashback video of a 1950 ' s u . s . air force recruiting commercial ! . . .\nconsistent with rapidly climbing demand and changing consumer preferences , air travel business models will be dramatically altered . unless quality severely erodes , competing on low - cost , low - fare rubrics is ultimately unsustainable . eventually , budget air travel will drive innovation up the supply chain to establish a network of optimized services that compound low costs while preserving quality benchmarks . for example , airports will further automate the process like baggage handling , check ins and ticket counters to better allocate labour and space . ancillary services providers offering on - flight meals and entertainment will develop strategic partnerships and collaborations to offer more for less . given the volume of demand for low - cost air transport and the intense competition to follow , innovation and automation will eventually blur the lines between full fare and budget travel , leading to an altogether new customer cohort and travel market segment .\nthe appearance of hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the u . s air force of non - u . s . government sites or the information , products , or services contained therein . although the u . s . air force may or may not use these sites as additional distribution channels for department of defense information , it does not exercise editorial control over all of the information that you may find at these locations . such links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this website .\ncongrats to master sgt . joshua matias , 14th oss air traffic control tower chief controller at @ columbus _ afb , recent\u2026 urltoken\nif you ' re travelling on a flight operated by gulf air , you can manage your complete booking by upgrading , selecting seats or updating your contact information plus many more features to help make your experience with gulf air an easier and more rewarding one .\ncurrently , indian passengers account for 103 million global air travellers . across nineteen years ranging from 2015 - 2034 , india is expected to add 14 million additional passengers to this roster annually , thus replacing the uk as the world\u2019s third largest air passenger market by 2026 .\nafter a year that saw more distance runners achieve all - america status than in any other time in program history and the men ' s cross country team win its first conference title in 10 - years , ryan cole enters his third year working to elevate the distance group as the head cross country coach and assistant track and field coach at the united states air force academy .\nbased in new york , he will continue the development of abc\u2019s growing business and network in the americas , which already includes boeing 747 freighter services connecting atlanta , chicago , dallas , houston , los angeles and seattle to the airline\u2019s global network over its moscow hub .\nryan is quite simply one of the most influential , well - regarded , and well - known names in hollywood . he is the quintessential hollywood insider who always manages to have the biggest scoops and the most sought after access to top events and celebrities .\nas a result of economic and demographic growth , five nations will account for roughly 44 % ( 3 . 1 billion passengers ) of global air travel by 2034 . india will rank third out of these five nations . while asian countries , namely china , india and indonesia , will together account for 25 % ( 1 . 8 billion passengers ) of global air travel .\nreducing long haul flight tickets by 30 - 35 % , as spice jet plans , will capitalize on vast latent demand from untapped price sensitive fliers . low - cost travel is further subsidized by india\u2019s recent tax reform . economic and luxury air travel were previously taxed at 6 % and 9 % respectively . the recently announced gst lassos a 12 % levy on luxury travel but reduces the tax on economic air transport to a base 5 % .\nryanair takes delivery of its first boeing 737 in january and launches two new routes from dublin to manchester and glasgow prestwick in april . a total of 8 x 737s are delivered during the year and replace the old bac 1 - 11s , the last of which are retired from the fleet at the year end . in october we start new services from dublin to london gatwick replacing aer lingus who have pulled off the route .\nchina outdoes the u . s . , india beats the u . k . and indonesia replaces italy in iata\u2019s predictive rankings as asian nations are set to collectively corner 25 % of the global passenger air travel market by 2034 .\nryanair is set up by the ryan family with a share capital of just \u00a31 , and a staff of 25 . we launch our first route in july with daily flights on a 15 - seater bandeirante aircraft , operating daily from waterford in the southeast of ireland to london gatwick . ryanair\u2019s first cabin crew recruits must be less than 5ft . 2ins . tall in order to be able to operate in the tiny cabin of the aircraft ! !\nmiddle east and africa , two regions with strong momentum and major projects for our group ! over the past 10 years , air liquide has tripled the size of its activities there and is expanding its business in industry , healthcare and hydrogen energy . take a closer look > > urltoken\ni have 0 experience since i am still in flight school . but a friend of mine used to fly for hageland aviation services which is apart of the ravn alaska brand . from what i understand , ravn alaska itself is part 121 , whereas hageland and frontier flying are part 135 . i just talked to him about this yesterday , and he told me there is a current investigation on hageland and frontier due to recent crashes . he said their insurance company is probably going to pull their certifications . that ' s really all i know , but i figured i ' d share .\nprior to joining the staff at the air force academy , cole spent seven years at arizona state university , where he served as the women ' s cross country / distance coach from 2011 - 2014 and as the men ' s and women ' s assistant cross country / distance coach from 2007 - 2011 .\nryanair continues to restructure cutting back routes and fleet . the route network is shaved back from 19 to just 6 routes \u2013 dublin - stansted , dublin - luton , dublin - liverpool and cork , shannon and knock to stansted . we increase the jet fleet from 6 to 7 bac 1 - 11s , increase frequencies and lower fares . despite a reduction in routes , traffic grows by over 45 % as passengers respond to ryanair\u2019s lower fares , and all jet , high frequency services . in august we carry over 100 , 000 passengers in one month for the first time in our history .\nwe rolled out year 4 of our \u201calways getting better\u201d programme , which included connecting flights via rome , milan & porto , a long haul flights partnership with air europa via madrid , reduced check - in bag fees , an exclusive partnership with the erasmus student network , and a new ryanair rooms website and app .\nryanair obtains permission from the regulatory authorities to challenge the british airways and aer lingus\u2019 high fare duopoly on the dublin - london route . services are launched with two ( 46 - seater ) turbo prop bae748 aircraft . the first flights operate in may from dublin to london luton . the launch fare of \u00a399 return is less than half the price of the ba / aer lingus lowest return fare of \u00a3209 . both british airways and aer lingus slash their high prices in response to ryanair\u2019s . ryanair starts the first fare war in europe . with two routes in operation , ryanair carries 82 , 000 passengers in its first full year in operation .\nwhether you are working \u2018behind the scenes\u2019 on the ground or as an aircraft engineer based in one of our state of the art engineering facilities throughout europe , we have career opportunities for ambitious and hard - working engineers who want to help us to ensure the continued safety and air - worthiness of our fleet of boeing 737 - 800 aircraft .\nthe retardant used to slow or retard the spread of a fire is a slurry mix consisting of a chemical salt compound , water , clay or gum as a thickening agent . at nine pounds per gallon an s - 2t can carry 10 , 800 pounds of this mixture for more information on air operations , click the links at the right .\nvince started his 34 - year career in the cargo industry with flying tigers and , later , the port authority of new york & new jersey before joining british airways world cargo in 1989 as manager , cargo development , usa . he went on to spend 10 years with global freight exchange , ultimately as vice president - global business development , before joining southern air as director of marketing .\nafter three years of rapid growth in aircraft , routes and intense price competition with aer lingus and british airways , ryanair accumulates \u00a320m in losses and goes through a substantial restructuring . the ryan family invest a further \u00a320m . in the company , and copying the southwest airlines low fares model the airline is re - launched under new management as europe\u2019s first low fares airline . ryanair now offers the lowest fares in every market , high frequency flights , moving to a single aircraft fleet type , scrapping free drinks and expensive meals on board but reducing the lowest fares from \u00a399 to just \u00a359 return . we launch an easter weekend seat sale with fares of \u00a359 return , and such is the demand that passengers queue halfway up dawson street for 3 days to get these lowest ever fares .\nin january , ryanair launches europe\u2019s largest booking website \u2013 www . urltoken . within three months the site is taking over 50 , 000 bookings a week , and becomes the only source of the lowest airfares in europe . in addition , urltoken allows passengers to avail of the lowest cost car hire , hotel accommodation , travel insurance and rail services . ryanair adds 8 more b737 - 800s ( 13 in total ) and launches its first new base since 1991 by basing three new aircraft at glasgow prestwick , providing scottish consumers for the first time with direct low fare flights to europe ( paris and frankfurt ) , in addition to low fares flights to dublin and london . one of our cabin crew , brian dowling , wins the big brother reality tv show . ryanair becomes the first airline to sponsor the skynews weather reports , which beams ryanair into millions of homes and thousands of hotel rooms all over europe .\ni have 0 experience since i am still in flight school . but a friend of mine used to fly for hageland aviation services which is apart of the ravn alaska brand . from what i understand , ravn alaska itself is part 121 , whereas hageland and frontier flying are part 135 . i just talked to him about this yesterday , and he told me there is a current investigation on hageland and frontier due to recent crashes . he said their insurance company is probably going to pull their certifications . that ' s really all i know , but i figured i ' d share . insurance companies can ' t pull faa certs . western ak wouldn ' t fall apart with hagey gone , someone else would step up , but i don ' t see them going anywhere . if the two recent accidents , one was a freak midair ( which are extremely rare ) and the other no one knows what happened .\ncorona had an equally accomplished year . an ncaa cross country qualifier and mountain west champion in the 3000 - meter run , corona earned second - team all - america honors at the ncaa indoor championships ( ninth in the 3000 - meter run ) and first - team honors at the ncaa outdoor championships ( eighth in the 5000 - meter run ) . he set four school records ( indoor mile : 3 : 59 . 77a , indoor 3000 - meter run : 7 : 50 . 60 , outdoor mile : 4 : 00 . 51 , outdoor 5000 - meter run : 13 : 31 . 66 ) , anchored air force to its first distance medley relay win at the drake relays , and represented team usa at the nacac u23 championships , winning the 5000 - meter run in san salvador . for his overall excellence in all three seasons , corona was selected as the mountain west male athlete of the year for all sports - - the first recipient of that award for any cadet in air force academy history .\nryanair continues to open up new routes in europe . the 1998 summer schedule sees six new destinations added in malmo ( sweden ) , st etienne and carcassonne ( france ) and venice , pisa and rimini in italy . in order to accommodate our continuing rapid growth , on 9th march 1998 ryanair places an order for 45 ( 25 firm and 20 options ) brand new boeing 737 - 800 series aircraft with a value of over $ 2bn . in july , we issue new shares to raise over \u00a3110m to help pay for these aircraft . ryanair is voted \u2018airline of the year\u2019 by the irish air transport users committee , and is voted the \u2018best managed national airline\u2019 in the world by the prestigious international aviation week magazine .\nthe gulf war breaks out in january causing passenger traffic to collapse . tanks are stationed outside the major london airports . we respond by lowering air fares and we get rid of our turbo props by returning 3 x atr 42s to their owners , a decision which results in our withdrawal from regional routes to kerry , galway and waterford airports . in may 1991 , ryanair switches its main london base from london luton airport to the new london stansted airport in essex . stansted was developed by the baa to become the third main airport for london and has a fantastic new terminal and a direct rail link to the centre of london ( liverpool street station ) . this is the only time in ryanair\u2019s ten years of operation that traffic and employment numbers fall . despite the impact of the gulf war , ryanair makes a profit for the first time with an audited profit of \u00a3293 , 000 for the year .\nwe launch 5 new bases , at liverpool john lennon airport , shannon in the west of ireland , pisa , nottingham east midlands and cork , giving us a total of 15 bases throughout europe in 2005 . we retire the remaining 737 - 200 aircraft and replace them with brand new boeing 737 - 800s . we now have the youngest fleet in the world with an average aircraft age of just two years . our punctuality is also second to none , and we celebrate beating easyjet for punctuality every week for three years solid . we carry more passengers in august than british airways on their entire worldwide network , making us \u201cthe world\u2019s favourite airline . \u201d we also reiterate our \u201cno fuel surcharge guarantee\u201d as airlines such as british airways , air france and lufthansa continue to supplement their already high fares with fuel surcharges . to celebrate our 20 th birthday , we offer 100 , 000 seats at 99p , 100 times less than our 1985 fare ! .\nwe select frankfurt hahn as our second continental european base and launch in april with 10 routes to ireland , uk , norway , france and italy . these first low fare flights to germany bring an end to the high fare monopoly of lufthansa . ryanair successfully overturns lufthansa\u2019s repeated attempts to block low fare competition from ryanair in frankfurt hahn in the germany courts . german consumers flock in their millions to avail of the lowest air fares to and from frankfurt . to accommodate this growth , ryanair announces the largest ever aircraft order by an irish airline by increasing our aircraft order with boeing from 45 to 125 firm aircraft , with a further 125 options . the value of this order exceeds \u20ac6bn . and signals ryanair\u2019s ambition to continue to be the largest low fares airline in europe as well as the lowest fare airline in europe . ryanair becomes no . 1 in europe of customer service beating all other european airlines for punctuality , fewer cancellations and least lost bags .\nduring his first season with the falcons , cole coached zach perkins to a national runner - up finish in the 1500 - meter run at the ncaa outdoor championships . he saw everson win the 10 , 000 - meter run at the west preliminary meet and the women ' s distance team score 30 of air force ' s 33 points at the mountain west indoor championships . the men added 44 points at the mw outdoor championships - - a total that was more than any other distance group in the conference - - and collected mountain west titles in the two longest races ( corona : 5000 - meter run , eller : 10 , 000 - meter run ) , following championship meet record - performances in both . cole also saw the men ' s cross country team break in the top - 30 of the ncaa rankings on nov . 4 ( 29th ) . backed by a runner - up finish from corona and a seventh - place finish from riley coates , the men finished second at the 2014 mw cross country championships .\n6400 carl brady drive , anchorage , ak 99502 / phone : 907 . 562 . 2227\nskyscanner uses cookies . find out more about what they are and how to opt out , in our cookie policy .\nthis website uses cookies . by using and further navigating this website , you accept this .\nyou can help us keep flightaware free by allowing ads from flightaware . com . we work hard to keep our advertising relevant and unobtrusive to create a great experience . it ' s quick and easy to whitelist ads on flightaware or please consider our premium accounts .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nairline pilot forums was designed to be a community where working airline pilots can share ideas and information about the aviation field . in the forum you will find information about major and regional airline carriers , career training , interview and job seeker help , finance , and living the airline pilot lifestyle .\ninsurance companies can ' t pull faa certs . western ak wouldn ' t fall apart with hagey gone , someone else would step up , but i don ' t see them going anywhere . if the two recent accidents , one was a freak midair ( which are extremely rare ) and the other no one knows what happened . the other one was pretty obvious . . .\ncorrect me if i ' m wrong , but i don ' t think bering has ever had a fatal accident ? in the 80 ' s bering lost a pilot who made a forced landing and died of hypothermia before he could be picked up the next day . they have an outstanding safety record for 35 + years of operation in western alaska .\nadded song { { songids . length > 1 ? 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time performance , and an industry leading 33 - year safety record .\nin 2017 , ryanair became the first european airline to have carried over 1 billion customers .\nmyryanair grew to over 30m members and urltoken became the world\u2019s most visited airline website . we grew to 87 bases , as we opened memmingen , poznan and burgas ( from march \u201918 ) , and also added munich , rimini , varna & aalborg to our ever - expanding list of airports .\nour traffic grew by 13 % to 120m customers while our average fare fell to \u20ac41 , on a 94 % load factor . we rolled out year 3 of our \u201calways getting better\u201d programme , which included improvements to our app ( the no . 1 downloaded airline app ) , improved flexi - plus and leisure - plus products , schools travel and groups websites , and \u201crate my flight\u201d . we announced the launch of ryanair sun , a charter airline with a polish aoc to begin operations in summer 2018 . we launched 10 new bases at primary airports in bucharest , corfu , frankfurt main , hamburg , ibiza , nuremburg , prague , sofia , timisoara and vilnius and announced full year net profit of \u20ac1 . 316bn , an increase of 6 % on the previous year .\nour traffic grew by 18 % to 106 . 4m customers while our average fare fell to \u20ac46 , load a 93 % load factor \u2013 and still with no fuel surcharges . we rolled out year 2 of our \u201calways getting better\u201d programme with a dedicated usa website , the unveiling of our new always getting better customer charter , a new ryanair car hire service , new cabin interiors with slimline seats , new crew uniforms , and improved inflight menus . our brand new personalised website included an improved \u201cmy ryanair\u201d customer registration system allowing even faster bookings and tailored offerings . we launched 7 new bases in belfast , berlin , corfu , gothenburg , ibiza , milan malpensa and announced full year net profit of \u20ac1 . 24bn , an increase of 43 % on the previous year and became the first airline to carry 100m international passengers in one year , as we celebrated 30 years of low fares since our first flight in 1985 .\nour traffic grew by 11 % to 90 . 6m customers with our average fare of just \u20ac47 and no fuel surcharges . we relentlessly improved our lowest fare / lowest cost model , expanded into primary airports and added business schedules and launched our \u201calways getting better\u201d programme . we placed firm orders for 183 b737 - 800s and 200 b737 max 200s ( including 100 options ) . we opened new bases in bratislava , cologne , gdansk , glasgow and warsaw . we returned to gds distribution with travelport , amadeus and sabre and announced full year net profit of \u20ac867m , an increase of 66 % on the previous year .\nour traffic grew by 3 % to 81 . 7m customers with our average fare of just \u20ac46 and no fuel surcharges , despite another steep increase in fuel costs . we placed firm orders with boeing for 175 new aircraft . we opened 4 new bases at athens , brussels , lisbon and rome and announced 3 new bases for winter 2014 in cologne , gdansk , and warsaw , as we grew to 68 bases and over 1 , 600 routes . we announced full year net profit of \u20ac523m , slightly ahead of previous guidance , and the \u20ac100 , 000 proceeds from our world famous cabin crew charity calendar ( 2014 ) went to the teenage cancer trust ( uk ) .\nour traffic grew by 5 % to 79 . 3m passengers with our average fare of just \u20ac48 and no fuel surcharges , despite another steep increase in fuel costs . we took delivery of a further 15 new aircraft to bring our fleet to 305 boeing 737 - 800s and placed firm orders with boeing for 175 new aircraft . we opened 7 new bases at chania , eindhoven , fez , krakow , maastricht , marrakech and zadar , as we grew to 57 bases and over 1 , 600 routes . our profits rose 13 % to a record \u20ac569m despite higher oil prices and the \u20ac100 , 000 proceeds from our world famous cabin crew charity calendar ( 2013 ) went to the tvn foundation in poland .\nour traffic grew by 5 % to 75 . 8m passengers with our average fare of just \u20ac45 and no fuel surcharges , despite a sharp increase in fuel costs . we took delivery of a further 25 new aircraft as our fleet rose to 294 boeing 737 - 800s . we opened 6 new bases at baden , billund , budapest , paphos , palma de mallorca and wroclaw , as we grew to 50 bases and over 1 , 500 routes . our profits rose 25 % to a record \u20ac503m despite higher oil prices and the global recession and we announced a planned \u20ac483m special dividend to shareholders . once again , we launched our world famous cabin crew charity calendar ( 2012 ) which this time raised over \u20ac100 , 000 for the irish charity debra ireland .\nour traffic grew by 8 % to 72 . 1m passengers with our average fare at just \u20ac39 and no fuel surcharges , despite a sharp increase in fuel costs . we took delivery of a further 40 new aircraft as our fleet rose to 272 boeing 737 - 800 . we opened 8 new bases in barcelona el prat , gran canaria , kaunas , lanzarote , malta , seville , tenerife and valencia as we grew to 44 bases and over 1 , 300 routes . our profits rose 26 % to over \u20ac401m despite higher oil prices , the global recession , and volcanic ash disruptions in the spring . finally we launched our world famous cabin crew charity calendar ( 2011 ) which raised over \u20ac100 , 000 for the german charity \u2018tafel\u2019 .\nour traffic grew by 14 % to 66 . 5m passengers as our average fare was reduced to just \u20ac35 . we took delivery of a further 51 new aircraft as our fleet rose to 232 boeing 737 - 800 . we opened 8 new bases in bari , brindisi , faro , leeds bradford , oslo rygge , pescara , porto and trapani as we grew to 41 bases and over 940 routes . our profits rose 200 % to over \u20ac318m while traffic growth continues during a global recession which saw many of our competitors announce losses or cutbacks , and even more go bankrupt . finally we launched our very popular cabin crew charity calendar ( 2010 ) wich raises over \u20ac100 , 000 which was donated to the \u2018when you wish upon a star\u2019 charity in the uk .\ntraffic grows by 20 % to 51m passengers , we take delivery of 30 new aircraft to operate a fleet of 163 boeing 737 - 800 next generation aircraft . we open 201 new routes and 3 new uk bases : bournemouth , birmingham and belfast . this year ryanair creates 1400 new jobs with 23 % of our staff being promoted as our continuing growth creates new opportunities for career development . our people deliver industry leading productivity with ryanair carrying almost 10 , 000 passengers per employee , which is ten times better than our principal competitors . in december we raise \u20ac70 , 000 for children\u2019s charity \u2018angels quest\u2019 in ireland .\nryanair is named the most popular airline on the web for 2003 by google , as urltoken continues to be the most searched travel website in europe . we add 24 new b737 - 800 aircraft ( 60 in total ) and retire another 5 of the older 737 - 200s . we launch two new bases in rome ciampino and barcelona girona as well as adding further aircraft to the existing bases at stockholm skavsta , frankfurt hahn and milan bergamo . urltoken now accounts for over 98 % of all ryanair bookings .\nrapid expansion of ryanair right across europe continues . we acquire buzz , the stansted based loss making airline from klm in april , we close it for a month and then re - launch on 13 former buzz routes in may at half the fares previously charged by buzz .\nthis acquisition gives ryanair immediate access to 11 new french regional airports as well as making ryanair by far and away the largest airline operating at london stansted airport . we also open up two new continental european bases with the launch of low fare flights from milan bergamo in february and from stockholm skavsta in april . in total this year we launch 73 new routes , we take delivery of 14 more b737 - 800s ( 42 in total ) and retire the first 7 of our 21 older b737 - 200s at the end of the year . we carry over 2m . passengers in one month ( july ) for the first time .\nryanair selects its first continental european base at brussels charleroi airport with 5 more b737 - 800s ( 18 in total ) being delivered . all of our competitors , including sabena and brussels zavantem airport , predict that nobody will use brussels charleroi , and that ryanair\u2019s low fares will never work in brussels . we start with daily flights from brussels to dublin , london , glasgow , shannon , venice , paris and carcassone .\nwe commence our first day flights with our famous \u201cmannikin pis\u201d advert which drives sabena crazy and convinces belgium that ryanair\u2019s low fares and brussels charleroi are here to stay . in august we carried more than 1m passengers in one month for the first time . this is more traffic in one month than we carried in all of 1993 ! in september , the terrorist attacks on 9 / 11 mark a downturn in our traffic and cause enormous increases in oil prices .\non 20th march ryanair accepts delivery of its first new boeing 737 - 800 series aircraft . five in total are delivered during the year . the aircraft begins operations from our main base at london stansted , and its impact allows ryanair to operate with significantly lower seat costs and to offer much lower airfares , but with better reliability and a fantastic new customer product . new european routes are launched to frankfurt , biarritz , ostend , ancona , genoa , turin , derry and aarhus in denmark . ryanair is awarded \u201cbest value airline\u201d by the uk \u201cwhich\u201d consumer magazine . duty free sales on internal eu flights and travel are brought to an end . we respond by introducing a lowest ever return fare of \u00a319 . 99 on the dublin - london route .\nryanair\u2019s growth continues with new routes to leeds bradford , cardiff and bournemouth in april . ryanair is voted best value airline . in november we reach agreement to buy 8 more boeing 737 - 200s , which were previously operated by lufthansa . we take delivery of the first of these in december , bringing the year end fleet to 12 x boeing 737s . the european union finally completes the \u201copen skies\u201d deregulation of the scheduled airline business thereby enabling airlines to compete freely throughout europe .\nryanair overtakes aer lingus and british airways to become the largest passenger airline on the dublin - london route ( the biggest international scheduled route in europe ) . ryanair also becomes the largest irish airline on every route we operate to / from dublin . it proves that ryanair\u2019s low fares , high frequency formula continues to win acceptance in every market we operate between ireland and the uk .\nin september ryanair becomes the first low fares airline to operate a domestic route in the uk with low fare flights from london stansted to glasgow prestwick . ryanair celebrates its 10th birthday with a big party in lansdowne rugby club , but few people remember it ! ! ! we buy 4 more boeing 737s from transavia bringing the fleet to 11 aircraft in 1995 , and traffic for the year exceeds 2m . for the first time .\nryanair launches its first new route for 5 years with daily flights from dublin to birmingham . the irish government warn us not to do it because it will \u201cupset\u201d aer lingus . we go ahead anyway . we increase the fleet to 11 x bac 1 - 11 jets by acquiring 4 ex - british airways aircraft . in december ryanair announces a deal to buy a fleet of six boeing 737 aircraft direct from boeing . these aircraft were previously operated by the uk charter company britannia , and allow ryanair to start replacing the old bac1 - 11 jets , all of which are scheduled for redelivery or retirement in 1994 . thanks to continuing growth , we carry over 1 million passengers in one year for the first time .\nwe lease two more atr42 turbo props ( 3 in total ) and use these aircraft to retire the small bandeirantes and the old 748\u2019s . the fleet now comprises 6 x bac1 - 11 jets and 3 x atr42 turbo props . due to continuing losses the business class product is abandoned and the frequent flyer club closed .\nryanair leases another three bac 1 - 11 jets ( 6 in total ) from tarom , and leases a brand new atr 42 turbo prop aircraft from gpa to service the smaller irish regional airports . we launch 2 new routes from dublin to brussels ( mon - fri ) and a once weekly to munich . ryanair launches a business class service and a frequent flyer club , neither of which prove particularly successful .\nryanair acquires its first jet aircraft by leasing three bac1 - 11 aircraft from the romanian state airline , tarom . the aircraft arrive on a full wet lease with tarom providing all the pilots and engineers to enable ryanair to operate the aircraft . with the arrival of these jet aircraft ryanair increases its network with 15 scheduled routes from dublin to liverpool , manchester , glasgow and cardiff , and opens up new routes from luton to cork , shannon , galway , waterford and knock in the west of ireland .\nwe use cookies to give you the best experience on our website . by continuing to use our website without changing your cookie settings , you agree to our use of cookies in accordance with our updated cookie policy .\nwe have also updated our privacy notice and the settings in your myryanair account to reflect changes in data protection law . please visit your myryanair account if you wish to use these settings .\n2018 copyright . all rights reserved . the sponsored listings displayed above are served automatically by a third party . neither the service provider nor the domain owner maintain any relationship with the advertisers . in case of trademark issues please contact the domain owner directly ( contact information can be found in whois ) . privacy policy"]}
{"id": 56094, "summary": [{"text": "medieval times dinner and tournament is a family dinner theater featuring staged medieval-style games , sword-fighting , and jousting .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "medieval times entertainment , the holding company for the nine theaters , is headquartered in irving , texas .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "in 2016 , there are nine theaters , located in buena park , california ; dallas , texas ; schaumburg , illinois ; lyndhurst , new jersey ; hanover , maryland ; myrtle beach , south carolina ; atlanta , georgia ; orlando , florida and toronto , ontario , canada .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "each location is housed in a replica 11th-century castle , with the exception of the toronto location , which is housed inside the cne government building , a beaux-arts structure built in 1911 .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "shows are performed by a cast of about 75 actors and 20 horses in each location . ", "topic": 21}], "title": "medieval times", "paragraphs": ["thank you for attending medieval times and for sharing your comments regarding your experience . we\u2026\n\u00a9 2018 medieval times dinner & tournament . all rights reserved . site designed by lifeblue .\nmedieval realms learning resources from the british library including studies of beautiful medieval manuscripts .\nmedieval times is based upon authentic medieval history and is the true story of a noble family with documentation dating back to the 11th century . medieval times began with two dinner / entertainment complexes located in majorca and benidorm , spain . the first north american castle in kissimmee , florida opened in december 1983 . medieval times\u2019 castles have since entertained more than 60 million guests .\nmedieval times is honored to salute the men and women of our armed forces and their families with discounted tickets .\nmedieval history the medieval life and times website provides interesting facts , history and information about great people and important events in medieval history which scatter the medieval history books . the medieval times sitemap provides full details of all of the information and facts about the fascinating subject of the lives of the people who lived during the historical period of the middle ages . the content of these articles on medieval life and times provides free educational details , facts and information for reference and research for schools , colleges and homework for history courses and history coursework .\nmedieval queens were usually the wife ' s of ruling medieval kings , however their were some famous medieval queens that ruled and left their mark on history . read more about the medieval queens history > >\ndavid bailey , 5 , is knighted by king don carlos of spain as part of his birthday trip to medieval times in toronto .\nscout ' s honor meets knightly chivalry at medieval times . our thrilling two - hour show is a great way to excite the entire troop .\nlong past the golden age of dinner theatre , medieval times \u2014 part pageantry , part play , part medieval olympiad \u2014 endures as a beacon of g - rated entertainment appealing to toddlers and retirees alike . why ?\nknights , squires and serving wenches go through an intense physical performance daily at medieval times , complete with warm - ups , careful choreography and multiple jousts .\nthe black death victims in medieval times were terrified of the deadly disease . the plague held a massive mortality rate between 30 and 40 % . victims had no idea what had caused the disease . neither did the physicians in medieval times . read about the symptoms , treatments , causes and effects of the black death in england\nmedieval times is honored to salute the men and women of our armed forces and their families with discounted tickets and a free royalty upgrade . ( based on availability )\nleigh cordner , medieval times\u2019 creative director based in orlando , fla . , sat for a few minutes as the lights dimmed before show time , before running back downstairs .\nmedieval history medieval life and times encompass one of the most exciting and turbulent times in english and european history . the medieval people of the middle ages and dark ages were warlike , they sought to conquer new lands and have even been described as barbaric . the crusades exposed the english and the europeans to a more refined society and the great eastern fortresses which influenced medieval architecture . the elegance of the far east , with its silks , tapestries , precious stones , perfumes , spices , pearls , and ivory prompted a change in society with a new and unprecedented interest in beautiful objects and elegant manners and new routes for medieval trade . but meanwhile the medieval battles for new territory and power raged on in medieval history .\nviews have adapted to the times in the kitchen . a vegan spread now greets the palates of more selective customers .\nmany come to medieval times as part of the dozens of school groups that pour in each week . there they confront a clash of eras more jarring than the usual anachronisms of the show .\nmedieval times has staged the same show for nearly the past five years , with only three different performances in the last 12 . it\u2019s camp and melodrama with perfectionist horseplay . and it\u2019s persevered .\ntravel through the mists of time to a forgotten age and a tale of devotion , courage and love - - at medieval times dinner & tournament . imagine the pageantry and excitement that would \u2026\nemblems and the medieval coat of arms was introduced as a system to identify individuals , knights and important families in medieval times . it was a heralds job to keep detailed information on families emblems and coats of arms . read more about the coat of arms > >\nthe show , a cookie - cutter production identical across all nine north american venues , is planned out to the last lance duel . and repeated . sometimes three times a day . for five years . one misstep could mean a mace to the face . medieval times says no serious accidents have befallen its cast .\nthe history of medieval europe began with the fall of the western roman empire in the 5th century . the medieval ages lasted until the 15th century and the beginning of renaissance . read more about the medieval history periods > >\nsanta ana \u2014 hit by tax claims totaling $ 10 million , the owners of medieval times restaurant - entertainment franchises in buena park and florida sought refuge in bankruptcy petitions friday to stymie possible irs seizures .\njohn h arnold , professor of medieval history at birkbeck , university of london , is the author the oxford handbook to medieval christianity ( oup , 2014 ) . he is also the author of what is medieval history ? ( polity , 2008 ) and belief and unbelief in medieval europe ( bloomsbury , 2005 ) .\nnicolle medieval warfare source book : warfare in western christendom pp . 28 - 29\nnicolle medieval warfare source book : warfare in western christendom pp . 30 - 31\nnicolle medieval warfare source book : warfare in western christendom pp . 58 - 59\nnicolle medieval warfare source book : warfare in western christendom pp . 88 - 91\ndenley\nmediterranean\noxford illustrated history of medieval europe pp . 235 - 238\nnicolle medieval warfare source book : warfare in western christendom pp . 296 - 298\norb the online reference book of medieval studies academic peer reviewed articles and encyclopedia .\nurltoken interactive maps of the medieval era ( flash plug - in required ) .\nwhitton\nsociety of northern europe\noxford illustrated history of medieval europe p . 152\nwhitton\nsociety of northern europe\noxford illustrated history of medieval europe p . 134\nmedieval arts were classified by historians into several periods and styles . among the most common ones in the history of art in medieval times was the early christian , migration period , byzantine , insular , pre - romanesque , romanesque and gothic arts . one of the most artistic cultures was the anglo - saxon that also had its own distinctive style . medieval arts in history were produced using various media .\nmedieval history itself is divided into three periods , which were early medieval history , high medieval history and the late medieval history . the early middle ages were widely characterized by invasions as it marked the end of the roman empire . meanwhile , great population growth was experienced during the high medieval period between 1000 and 1347 . this population growth then declined at the beginning of 14th century due to war , famine and plagues . these periods of medieval history are also referred to as the early , high and late middle ages .\nthe tax battle doesn ' t affect five other medieval times operations in other states and canada . each franchise is owned by dutch - based investor groups , often with overlapping partners , and all are managed out of buena park .\nthe birthday boy is one of several thousand children to breach the ramparts of medieval times dinner & tournament on a recent weekend , here to take in nearly two hours of swordplay and horsemanship and feel the thunder of steed and steel .\nthe medieval experience begins as guests enter the 11th - century , european - style castle .\nmurray\nshould the middle ages be abolished ?\nessays in medieval studies p . 4\nbrown\ntransformation of the roman mediterranean\noxford illustrated history of medieval europe p . 15\nbrown\ntransformation of the roman mediterranean\noxford illustrated history of medieval europe p . 20\nin 2012 , it sued the corporation behind an orlando show called \u201ccamelot knights , \u201d which allegedly \u201ccopied\u201d the performance \u2014 even its menu and promotional materials , the lawsuit claimed \u2014 from its neighbour medieval times , 20 minutes down the road .\nwhen people use the terms medieval times , middle ages , and dark ages they are generally referring to the same period of time . the dark ages is usually referring to the first half of the middle ages from 500 to 1000 ad .\nmedieval times has proved combative on other occasions . it fought a court battle with the internal revenue service that ended with the company filing for bankruptcy in 1997 in order to pay $ 10 million ( u . s . ) in back taxes .\nhe worked part - time at a grocery store and a welding shop as a teenager , but medieval times is all he\u2019s ever known as a career . after responding to an ad his mom found in a local newspaper , he hardly looked back .\nwomen , \u201cpreferably with children , \u201d are the main target of the local medieval times year - round ad campaigns , which run on breakfast television and toronto\u2019s two most - listened - to radio stations , chum fm and chfi , says cindy wilson .\nthe feudal system controlled most of europe in medieval times and was brought to england by the french normans . the feudal system was efficient but unfair as a countries lands were taken away by the ruling class . read more about the feudal system > >\njoy tanthavong , 32 , came back from australia to celebrate her upcoming wedding with her girlfriends . \u201cit\u2019s sort of surreal , \u201d she says about medieval times as a choice of venue . the paper crown adorning her head doesn\u2019t come off the entire night .\nthe middle ages , or medieval times , in europe was a long period of history from 500 ad to 1500 ad . that ' s 1000 years ! it covers the time from the fall of the roman empire to the rise of the ottoman empire .\nbrown\ntransformation of the roman mediterranean\noxford illustrated history of medieval europe pp . 8 - 9\nbrown\ntransformation of the roman mediterranean\noxford illustrated history of medieval europe pp . 45 - 49\nbrown\ntransformation of the roman mediterranean\noxford illustrated history of medieval europe pp . 24 - 26\nvale\ncivilization of courts and cities\noxford illustrated history of medieval europe pp . 346 - 349\nthen in his teens , he\u2019d climbed the ladder at medieval times for 11 months , mucking the stalls as a stable boy , graduating to squire to handle maces and morning stars and then honing his riding and jousting skills to attain knighthood in the summer of 2005 .\nsee the titles of watts making of polities europe 1300 - 1500 or epstein economic history of later medieval europe 1000 - 1500 or the end date used in holmes ( ed . ) oxford history of medieval europe\nall dates , times , tickets and promotions are different per castle . please choose which castle you will be visiting in order to see the most up to date information !\nacross all nine venues , medieval times dishes up 1 . 6 million kilograms of fowl and 662 , 000 litres of soup a year . the grub is medieval , though the means are not ; industrial convection ovens do the work . garlic bread , corn and a dessert pastry make up the rest , with a vegan option and a selection of pepsi , tea or coffee included .\nhenderson early medieval pp . 36 - 42 , 49 - 55 , 103 , 143 , 204 - 208\ngender roles are one realm where the operation hews toward the conventional . there has never been a female knight at any medieval times location , says wilson . \u201cwe are historically re - enacting the period with male knights . \u201d some castles have female falconers and horse trainers , wilson notes .\nthe medieval period of history lasted from 476 ad until around the beginning the 15th century . it started when the western roman empire ended and merged into the renaissance and age of discovery . the medieval period is also known as the middle ages as it is right in the middle of the three traditional divisions of western medieval history .\nbeyond the deals , gift - shop miscellanea , mass - produced meals and top 40 advertising , more ethereal forces spur the medieval times chariot to success . the enterprise taps into what french philosopher roland barthes called \u201cthe great spectacle of suffering , defeat and justice , \u201d a well that never runs dry .\n\u201cthe soup itself was ok , but with the garlic bread , i was in medieval heaven . \u201d in 328 reviews\nbased on the authentic family history of our owners . our story highlights a medieval jousting tournament during the 11th century .\nsitting just off the gardiner expressway \u2014 a constant self - advertisement to tens of thousands of daily commuters \u2014 medieval times\u2019 \u201ctoronto castle\u201d has been around long enough that moms and dads who remember visits from their youth are now taking their kids to munch on baked chicken and potato untensils - free as knights do battle .\nbecause medieval times has all its armor , helmets and costumes made exclusively for its shows , the rollout takes time , and overall preparations start about two years ahead , cordner said . he lit up when discussing the soundtrack revamped with \u201ca new edge , \u201d because \u201cmusic is a huge part of the show . \u201d\noh do i love medieval times ! i ' ve been here several times and it never gets old . it ' s always fun eating with your hands as you cheer on for your knight . seating is always amazing , but if you can do the royalty treatment where you are closer to the action & including other awesome perks . it ' s amazing ! the birthday deal is neat too ! definitely recommended if you want to celebrate a special occasion here ! i know i ' ll be back here soon !\nmeanwhile , the islamic world was growing larger and more powerful . after the prophet muhammad\u2019s death in 632 ce , muslim armies conquered large parts of the middle east , uniting them under the rule of a single caliph . at its height , the medieval islamic world was more than three times bigger than all of christendom .\ninstead , they would use the medieval equivalent of voice recognition software : a scribe who would write down what the author dictated .\nmedieval castles were dominant during the 10th to 17th centuries of medieval castle period of history . the earliest medieval castles in history were built during the 900\u0092s . they were built in normandy and were usually large mounds . the lands were excavated to form a ditch and were often filled with water to form moats . most motte and bailey castles had towers on top of the mound and a wooden palisade .\nthank you for attending medieval times and for sharing your comments regarding your experience . we appreciate your primarily positive review and for sharing your pros and cons regarding your visit . we want to share a little background on just what our horses mean to all of us here at medieval times . each horse is bred and raised at the medieval times chapel creek ranch . the chapel creek ranch is a 250 acre state - of - the - art equestrian breeding and training facility located in sanger , texas . the ranch is home to more than 150 horses . after birth , the horses are left to grow and mature on the ranch until at least 3 years of age . after reaching this age they may be sent to one of our nine castles to begin their training with a master horse trainer . each trainer is chosen for their exceptional dedication and knowledge of horses and proper teaching techniques . each trainer is a true professional and has extensive education and experience to ensure what they are teaching our horses is not only correct and proper , but safe . we train our horses and riders using the classical dressage methods that ensure both horse and rider are physically and mentally ready for their career as performers . the training process at medieval times does not happen overnight . it takes many months just to get started on the basics and many years to develop into the star performers you see in our shows . during this time the horse and trainer develop a strong bond and friendship . our horses are very important to us and without them - there is no medieval times dinner & tournament . each person that interacts with our horses from the trainers and riders , the veterinarian , the farrier , the groomers and the individuals who clean their stalls treats each horse as if it was their very own . we can assure you that no harm comes to our horses and that their comfort and safety is our number one priority . again , thank you for attending medieval times and sharing your comments on yelp . we sincerely hope we have helped to answer any questions you had regarding the proper care and treatment of our horses .\nthe chapter 11 filings in u . s . bankruptcy court in santa ana leaves the franchisees in charge , so the jousting , sword play and other medieval entertainment will continue , said eric chiusolo , chief financial officer of medieval dinner & tournament inc . in buena park .\nin the hall of arms , guests can admire the elaborate medieval d\u00e9cor . there are coats of arms for many prestigious families and a spectacular array of medieval weaponry ; as well as a museum of torture , which features reproductions of torture instruments used during the middle ages .\nmedieval times , despite its name , dates back to 1983 in north america . that\u2019s when the first drawbridge was lowered at a $ 3 . 8 - million \u201ccastle\u201d 10 minutes from walt disney world near orlando . eight more venues would arise across the continent , with toronto\u2019s appearing in 1993 at exhibition place in the old beaux - arts - style government building .\nnot many last as long as macsween . five years ago , the salary ranged from $ 24 , 000 to $ 32 , 000 ( u . s . ) , according to a 2011 ehow article . ( medieval times did not disclose staff salaries to the star . ) the routine is rigorous . knights train five hours a day , five days a week .\nfamous events in medieval history with timelines , key dates and events the history of the medieval era covers the major historical events which occurred during the period from 1066 - 1485 . the history of the medieval era starts in england with the battle of hastings in 1066 which ended the period classified as the dark ages . the events in medieval history continues down the timeline until 1485 which ends the war of the roses , the start of the tudor dynasty and the emergence of the renaissance . the facts and information provided via the medieval life and times website provide access to the most important historical events of the period which are detailed in the pages about the history of domesday book , history of black death , history of magna carta , history of battle of hastings , history of wars of the roses , history of the one hundred years war and the history of bayeux tapestry . the history and key events of the middle ages included :\nafter the fall of the roman empire , there was no single government that united all the people of europe in this period of medieval history . the church became the most powerful institution in the history of medieval europe , royals and other leaders aligned themselves with the church for protection .\napart from invasions , wars , violence and social unrest that marked the history of medieval people , most of the people during this period of medieval history were involved in complicated relationships . a lot of the people were still slaves to lords and kings although slavery was clearly slowly dying out .\nhe said myrtle beach marks the sixth of the company\u2019s nine sites across north america to undergo the transfer of shows , and he\u2019s visiting every site , \u201cone castle at a time\u201d over 11 months , to get the show out of the gate for each . it all started in october in dallas , medieval times\u2019 home base , and the shows ride a four - year cycle in each place .\nmedieval history of feudalism the medieval history of feudalism covers the main european countries . the disintegration of europe following the departure and power of the romans slowly led to european feudalism . from france feudalism spread to the major european countries including germany , spain , italy , scandinavia , england and the slavic countries .\nin the history of europe , the middle ages ( or medieval period ) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century . it began with the fall of the western roman empire and merged into the renaissance and the age of discovery . the middle ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of western history : classical antiquity , the medieval period , and the modern period . the medieval period is itself subdivided into the early , high , and late middle ages .\nmedieval times dinner & tournament , just west of myrtle beach , has unveiled a whole new show , with new music , costumes and choreography - - for all six \u201cknights of the realm , \u201d the cast and the horses , too . the \u201ccastle , \u201d as the building is known , will have a formal gala june 7 for its new show , which has been in preview performances nightly since may 22 .\nhistorians since that time have , however , used the terms ' middle ages ' and medieval as a convenient way to refer to that general period in european history .\nit emerged originally on the spanish island of majorca when jose montaner , an entrepreneur of noble birth , transformed his estate into a medieval dinner theatre venue in the 1960s .\nbefore the lone dress rehearsal last week , paco perez - luna , medieval times\u2019 longtime local senior vice president and general manager , talked about all the changes as the arena sand was smoothened . he said some updates are big , but some traditions will remain , such as the 11th - century setting , and the six sections color - coded by knight : yellow , blue , black and white , red , red and yellow , and green .\nwe have been to medieval times several times , and will go several times more ! it ' s entertaining every time , never gets old ! the show is great , food is delicious , and not a bad seat in the house ! the show alone is worth the price ! the 3 course meal is just an added plus , honestly ! there is almost always a groupon deal / promo code available to save you a few bucks ! comes in handy when you are purchasing 2 + tickets . also make sure to sign up for your free birthday ticket ! ! ! so awesome that they do that ! the knights are super interactive with the crowd , they really encourage you to cheer them on ! action packed & very entertaining ! i have read a couple reviews about the animals being\nmistreated\nby the riders , however , i do not believe that is the case at all . all the times we have been , we have always been surprised at how affectionate the riders are to the horses . they always give them a nice pat on their heads / sides after doing tricks , running around , etc . very refreshing to see that these animals are well taken care of ! the food is great , and the servers are very attentive ! the production of everything is awesome ! let us feast ! ! ! be prepared to eat with your hands ! they usually start you off with a bisque & baked bread . then they bring out your rotisserie chicken , which is usually served with a side of corn and potatoes or stuffing . then dessert ! super yummy ! the meal is super filling , i ' m never able to finish everything . my boyfriend usually finishes my plate off . . . lol . don ' t forget to tip your servers , they deserve it ! ! ! all in all , well worth the 5 stars ! we will continue to give medieval times our business !\nthe black death was also known as the bubonic plague , it was a disease spread by the fleas that lived on rats biting medieval people . read more about the the black death > >\nthe medieval era , often called the middle ages or the dark ages , began around 476 a . d . following a great loss of power throughout europe by the roman emperor . the middle ages span roughly 1 , 000 years , ending between 1400 and 1450 . in spain , however , 1492 is considered the end of their medieval period and the beginning of the modern era .\nalthough certain medieval writers described their society as divided into \u2018three orders\u2019 \u2013 those who prayed , those who fought , and those who laboured \u2013 that became an increasingly inaccurate picture from after about 1100 .\ngenerally medieval history was violent and dark . there were cultural and economic deterioration , as well as intellectual darkness which followed the fall of the roman empire up to the rise of the italian renaissance .\npeasants probably made up more than half of the population of the medieval period . most them provided for themselves by working in farm lands . they dedicated their lives by working throughout the farming season .\n( 2003 ) .\nthe medieval church encounters the classical tradition : saint augustine , roger bacon , and the handmaiden metaphor\n. in lindberg , david c . and numbers , ronald l .\nengland\u0092s economy was in pieces following the fall of the roman empire in this medieval period of history of england . many english towns were abandoned . it was then when new entities emerged and competed with other kingdoms for power . the anglo - saxons was one of the richest artistic cultures that flourished in the history of medieval england . however , it was later on converted to christianity in the 7th century .\nthese , plus various other dates ranging from the early fifteenth century to the mid seventeenth century , have been stated as being the end of the medieval period ; including those relating to christianity or monarchies .\nthe people of the medieval period usually made their own food and this was the case throughout most of the medieval history of food . this was not because there were no food shops . as a matter of fact , there were shops where people could buy food , spices and other commodities . however , most of these speciality shops were located in towns and most of the people during the middle ages were peasants who lived in villages .\nfor example , scandinavia in helle , kouri , and olesen ( ed . ) cambridge history of scandinavia part 1 where the start date is 1000 ( on page 6 ) or russia in martin medieval russia 980 - 1584\nwhat makes studying medieval history fascinating is that you have to grapple with both the puzzle of extracting information from difficult and often fragmented surviving records , and the challenge of constantly checking your own thinking for assumptions and inherited stereotypes .\nthe domesday book recorded all the assets of medieval people , it was instigated by william the conqueror who wanted to know in detail what land and wealth the people of england owned . read more about the domesday book > >\nthe buena park castle , which opened in 1986 , had as many as 700 , 000 patrons in one year in its early times . after slumping a bit , the southern california attraction had 440 , 000 customers last year , chiusolo said . the florida castle , which opened in 1983 , had a record 420 , 000 customers in 1996 , he said .\nbut in fact , medieval intellectuals also had a \u2018renaissance\u2019 of classical learning and rhetoric . this was in the 12th century , and depended particularly on the transmission of works by aristotle and other classical authors via arabic philosophers and translators .\none of the most important historical events of the medieval era is the hundred years war . the hundred years war was fought between between england and france and later burgundy . what were the key dates of this famous historical event ?\nmedieval writers divided history into periods such as the\nsix ages\nor the\nfour empires\n, and considered their time to be the last before the end of the world . [ 2 ] when referring to their own times , they spoke of them as being\nmodern\n. [ 3 ] in the 1330s , the humanist and poet petrarch referred to pre - christian times as antiqua ( or\nancient\n) and to the christian period as nova ( or\nnew\n) . [ 4 ] leonardo bruni was the first historian to use tripartite periodisation in his history of the florentine people ( 1442 ) . [ 5 ] bruni and later historians argued that italy had recovered since petrarch ' s time , and therefore added a third period to petrarch ' s two . the\nmiddle ages\nfirst appears in latin in 1469 as media tempestas or\nmiddle season\n. [ 6 ] in early usage , there were many variants , including medium aevum , or\nmiddle age\n, first recorded in 1604 , [ 7 ] and media saecula , or\nmiddle ages\n, first recorded in 1625 . [ 8 ] the alternative term\nmedieval\n( or occasionally\nmediaeval\n[ 9 ] or\nmedi\u00e6val\n) [ 10 ] derives from medium aevum . [ 9 ] tripartite periodisation became standard after the german 17th - century historian christoph cellarius divided history into three periods : ancient , medieval , and modern . [ 8 ]\n\u201ci\u2019m not sure knights would have understood cyber - bullying , \u201d elema says . \u201cmedieval noble culture was all about constant competition \u2026 and having to fight anybody who didn\u2019t show you status and respect . it was very similar to modern gang culture .\nanother way to show devotion to the church was to build grand cathedrals and other ecclesiastical structures such as monasteries . cathedrals were the largest buildings in medieval europe , and they could be found at the center of towns and cities across the continent .\nbread was the most common food eaten in the history of medieval food in medieval england , by both peasants and nobles . even then , there was a clear distinction between bread served to the lords and those eaten by the peasants . bread for the rich people were made of wheat flour grown from lands that received generous amounts of fertilizers . however , bread eaten by peasants were mostly made of rye and barley as they could not afford to buy fertilizers to grow wheat in their lands .\nit may be the case that the majority of medieval people \u2013 particularly those who lived in the countryside \u2013 rarely travelled very far from where they lived . but that would be the case with quite a lot of people in much later ages also .\nit is not the case , however , that medieval people never travelled . many went on pilgrimage , sometimes journeying thousands of miles to do so . and those involved in trade certainly travelled , linking parts of the world together via merchandise across extraordinary distances .\never read le morte d ' arthur ? by sir thomas mallory . yeah , that ' s the one . a thousand pages : the first 100 deals with arthur ' s rise to power . the last 100 pages are about his fall from grace . the 800 pages in between ? jousting . lots of jousting . they would joust before they ' d joust . that ' s how much they loved their jousting . guinevere and the other ladies of the court got rather peeved at how much the men jousted , so they took matters into their own hands . ahem . anyway . . . . lotta jousting . you wouldn ' t even believe how much jousting occurred . prithee , more jousting than thou canst imagine . a whole lot of joustin ' goin ' on ! ! and that ' s what you ' re going to see at medieval times : jousting . wish they had wench fights in between rounds , but i guess it is supposed to be family entertainment . it ' s a fun experience , without being too garish . the food is mass produced for a crowd of hundreds . so , don ' t expect haute cuisine . it ' s a tourist thing , but aren ' t we all tourists at heart ? i know most of you drive like tourists ! ! ! medieval times : get your joust on ! !\ntravel through the mists of time to a forgotten age and a tale of devotion , courage and love\u2014at medieval times dinner & tournament . imagine the pageantry and excitement that would have been yours as a guest of the royal court ten centuries ago . that\u2019s exactly what you will experience at north america\u2019s most popular dinner attraction . see our electrifying show featuring heroic knights on spirited horses displaying the astounding athletic feats and thrilling swordplay that have become hallmarks of this unique entertainment experience . enjoy a \u201chands - on\u201d feast as the dynamic performance unfolds before you . a sweeping musical score and brilliant lights provide a fabulous backdrop for this spellbinding experience that blurs the boundary between fairy tale and spectacle !\nwhat is chivalry ? \u201cabout 80 per cent of the time they\u2019re talking about kicking ass , \u201d says scholar ariella elema , who wrote her doctoral dissertation on trial by battle in medieval europe . \u201cand the rest of the time they\u2019re talking about courtly romance . \u201d\ntravel through the mists of time to a forgotten age and a tale of devotion , courage and love - - at medieval times dinner & tournament . imagine the pageantry and excitement that would have been yours as a guest of the king ten centuries ago . that ' s exactly what you will experience at north america ' s most popular dinner attraction . see our electrifying show featuring heroic knights on spirited horses displaying the astounding athletic feats and thrilling swordplay that have become hallmarks of this unique entertainment experience . enjoy a\nhands - on\nfeast as the dynamic performance unfolds before you . a sweeping musical score and brilliant lights provide a fabulous backdrop for this spellbinding experience that blurs the boundary between fairy tale and spectacle !\nthere was no established educational system during the medieval period of history which only meant that only a few people could read and write . only the kids from richer families were sent to school . most children worked in the fields with their parents or took care of the younger siblings .\nthe medieval period is frequently caricatured as a\ntime of ignorance and superstition\nthat placed\nthe word of religious authorities over personal experience and rational activity .\n[ 327 ] this is a legacy from both the renaissance and enlightenment when scholars favourably contrasted their intellectual cultures with those of the medieval period . renaissance scholars saw the middle ages as a period of decline from the high culture and civilisation of the classical world ; enlightenment scholars saw reason as superior to faith , and thus viewed the middle ages as a time of ignorance and superstition . [ 15 ]\nduring this medieval period of history of people , mortality rates were also high . infant mortality rate was highest during this period . most of the people during the middle ages die young primarily due to sickness . some who managed to grow and become adults also died from wars or plagues .\nmost of the pieces were inspired by traditions of the early christian church . other artistic pieces were derived from barbarian cultures , which showcased the historical interplay between early christian and barbarian arts . however , medieval arts ended with the recovery of the values of classical art during the renaissance period .\ncastles during this period of medieval castle history were crucial to the spread of feudalism . kings and nobles also used them to control the feudal system . according to historians , when king william i crossed to england , he established his power with series of castles which he built across the country .\nthis isn ' t my first time coming to medieval times but it has been the most enjoyable . they have updated their storyline ; the king has now been replaced with a queen , the knights talk , and the audience plays a role in determining which way the story will sway . . . i ' ve been quite a few times and was able to pick up on these changes so for the frequent visitor it definitely made it more fun . the food is still delicious and they give you a lot . the tomato bisque soup is more of a broth but tasty when you dip into it with the bread . the half rotisserie chicken is juicy and falls off the bone . i wasn ' t crazy about the baked potato but didn ' t hate it . they were accommodating with my dad and sisters allergy to cayanne pepper and served them up a\nnaked\ncorn instead of the tasty sweet one which was nice . all in all it was a fun experience . the specialty drinks at the bar we ' re okay , tasty but not strong ( wasn ' t expecting them to be ) and reasonably priced for an establishment like this . better off sticking to beer , wine or well drinks ( upgraded with better liquor of course ) .\nthe internal revenue service won federal tax court decisions last october requiring the buena park attraction to pay $ 7 . 5 million in back taxes and for medieval show inc . in kissimmee , fla . , to pay $ 2 . 5 million . both amounts were for the 1987 to 1989 tax years .\nafter the fall of rome , no single state or government united the people who lived on the european continent . instead , the catholic church became the most powerful institution of the medieval period . kings , queens and other leaders derived much of their power from their alliances with and protection of the church .\nthe middle ages famously features great examples of extreme religiosity : mystics , saints , the flagellants , mass pilgrimage , and the like . but it would be wrong to assume that people were always very focused on god and religion , and definitely wrong to think that medieval people were incapable of sceptical reflection .\nothers argue that reason was generally held in high regard during the middle ages . science historian edward grant writes ,\nif revolutionary rational thoughts were expressed [ in the 18th century ] , they were only made possible because of the long medieval tradition that established the use of reason as one of the most important of human activities\n. [ 328 ] also , contrary to common belief , david lindberg writes ,\nthe late medieval scholar rarely experienced the coercive power of the church and would have regarded himself as free ( particularly in the natural sciences ) to follow reason and observation wherever they led\n. [ 329 ]\nwhen people talk about \u2018the renaissance\u2019 , they usually mean the very self - conscious embrace of classical models in literature , art , architecture and learning found at the end of the middle ages . this is usually taken to be one of the ways in which we moved from \u2018medieval\u2019 to ( early ) \u2018modern\u2019 ways of thinking .\npeople use the phrase \u201cmiddle ages\u201d to describe europe between the fall of rome in 476 ce and the beginning of the renaissance in the 14th century . many scholars call the era the \u201cmedieval period\u201d instead ; \u201cmiddle ages , \u201d they say , incorrectly implies that the period is an insignificant blip sandwiched between two much more important epochs .\nthis was how normans dominated the lands in europe during the medieval period of castle history . aside from castles , they also built courts , store houses and homes for the kings and noblemen . however , when the crusades period started , crusaders helped bring forth the end of building castles as the kings means to dominate a country .\nit is one of the most fascinating periods in history , popularised by magna carta , the black death , and the hundred years war . but how much do you really know about the middle ages ? here , john h arnold , professor of medieval history at birkbeck , university of london , reveals 10 things about the period that might surprise you\u2026\nas the festivities begin , trumpeters herald the guests into the grand ceremonial arena where they are seated in one of the six color - coded sections corresponding to the colors of one of the daring knights . serfs and wenches attend to every need of the guests who feast on a four - course dinner in true medieval , pre - silverware fashion .\nthe arena quickly fills with the thunder of hooves as the royal court of arms lends the cast through a spectacular display of equestrian skills and medieval pageantry . the pace quickens as the tournament of games begins . the valiant knights on horseback face their competition in games of skill , such as the ring pierce , flag toss , and javelin throw .\nhello , my name is [ insert name ] , and . . . i . . . am . . . . your . . . wench .\nthat gets me every time . in the midst if all the touristy activities on that busy segment of beach boulevard just south of the 91 freeway , medieval times has remained as a long - lasting attraction . and for good reason . i had previously gone to it ' s neighbor pirate dinner adventure , which opened after wild bill ' s was no more . medieval times is definitely more expensive ( admittedly ) , but it ' s much better , even if the pirate show entices us with online deals . as a san diego native , i long for activities like this , as there is nothing like it where i reside . it ' s a live show while you feast . the excitement is contagious . depending on your section , you root for one of 6 different knights through competition and combat . even for grown - ups , this experience is actually very entertaining . it is great for the kids . the food is delicious . the black & white checkered knight is the best . the green knight can lick a toad . parking : free . however , it gets crowded . fyi : - get there early for a special interactive rendezvous with some performers in the\nlobby\nfor birthdays . - you ' re going to eat with your hands , so make sure they ' re clean . - this isn ' t exactly great for a first date . - the big glass beer mug is definitely a nice souvenir for the grownups . - your wench actually does not serve you alcohol , unfortunately . ( i know , right ? ) for refills on beer , you ' ll need to go get it yourself . - for goodness sake , have fun .\na series of comprehensive medieval timelines detail the major events significant to the lives and events of famous people and the kings and queens of england and europe . in addition there are are additional timelines including a timeline of the first crusade , a timeline of middle ages kings of england , knights templar timeline , early middle ages timeline and a late middle ages timeline .\na reference work published in 1883 equates the dark ages with the middle ages , but beginning with william paton ker in 1904 , the term\ndark ages\nis generally restricted to the early part of the medieval period . for example , the 1911 edition of encyclop\u00e6dia britannica defines the dark ages this way . see dark ages for a more complete historiography of this term .\nthe brainchild of a spanish family , each medieval - style\ncastle\nfeatures nightly re - creations of an actual jousting tournament that took place in 1093 . mounted atop andalusian stallions , knights in shining armor and colored costumes battle with lances , swords and mace cheered on by as many as 1 , 120 customers who eat dinner while watching from seats in the coliseum setting .\nwell , some people at least . not a vote for national , representative government \u2013 because that really wasn\u2019t a medieval thing \u2013 but a vote in local politics . in france , in the 12th and 13th centuries and beyond , many towns and villages were run at a local level as a commune , and there were often annual elections for \u2018consuls\u2019 and \u2018councillors\u2019 , where most of the male inhabitants could vote .\nthe large - scale witch - hunts and collective paranoid response to the stereotype of the evil witch is not a medieval , but rather an early modern phenomenon , found mostly in the 16th and 17th centuries . there were some witch trials in the middle ages , and these became more widespread in german - speaking lands in the 15th century , but those doing the prosecuting were almost always civic authorities rather than ecclesiastical ones .\nto this date , the ones that survived the dark ages included sculptures , manuscripts , stained glass artworks , metalworks and some mosaics . decorative arts such as metal , ivory , enamel arts as well as embroidery were called minor arts . these kinds of arts were given more value than paintings and sculptures during this medieval history period of art . most of these arts grew out of the artistic practices of the roman empire .\ni don ' t know who the 21 and 22 people who thought that this show was not good it was the best most entertaining show and you will be so surprised as you walk in and you get a whole courtyard like you were in the medival times . it was fun to go vip it was special attention as you got to ride in the front row and the horses are so close to you and you get to be right front of all the action i really enjoyed and so did my husband and daughter as we got to the fighting and we enjoyed all the food and our waitress amber was the best she made sure we were comfortable and happy and she is very good care of us i would definitely recommend to go watch this show\nin medieval europe , rural life was governed by a system scholars call \u201cfeudalism . \u201d in a feudal society , the king granted large pieces of land called fiefs to noblemen and bishops . landless peasants known as serfs did most of the work on the fiefs : they planted and harvested crops and gave most of the produce to the landowner . in exchange for their labor , they were allowed to live on the land . they were also promised protection in case of enemy invasion .\nthe caricature of the period is also reflected in some more specific notions . one misconception , first propagated in the 19th century [ 330 ] and still very common , is that all people in the middle ages believed that the earth was flat . [ 330 ] this is untrue , as lecturers in the medieval universities commonly argued that evidence showed the earth was a sphere . [ 331 ] lindberg and ronald numbers , another scholar of the period , state that there\nwas scarcely a christian scholar of the middle ages who did not acknowledge [ earth ' s ] sphericity and even know its approximate circumference\n. [ 332 ] other misconceptions such as\nthe church prohibited autopsies and dissections during the middle ages\n,\nthe rise of christianity killed off ancient science\n, or\nthe medieval christian church suppressed the growth of natural philosophy\n, are all cited by numbers as examples of widely popular myths that still pass as historical truth , although they are not supported by current historical research . [ 333 ]"]}
{"id": 56103, "summary": [{"text": "united airlines limited , also known as united airlines uganda , is a private airline in uganda .", "topic": 29}, {"text": "the airline provides scheduled passenger services as well as air charters from its base at entebbe international airport , to several airports within uganda , including the following : arua airport - arua adjumani airport - adjumani nebbi airport - nebbi gulu airport - gulu pakuba airport - pakuba moyo airport - moyo entebbe airport - entebbe main hub", "topic": 29}], "title": "united airlines limited", "paragraphs": ["chicago - based united will stick to a limited number of flights between houston and other united hub airports on thursday before starting to fly some regional routes friday , hobart said .\nunited airlines was preparing wednesday to resume some passenger flights in and out of houston , and the city expected to reopen its airports before thursday .\na united airlines plane is towed at george bush intercontinental airport tuesday , aug . 29 , 2017 , in houston . the airport has been closed due to hurricane harvey .\nthe 10th annual general meeting ( agm ) of united airways ( bd ) ltd .\n* prices in usd . seats are limited and may not be available on all flights or days . other conditions apply .\n10th annual general meeting of united airways ( bd ) ltd . the tenth annual general meeting of the shareholders of united airways ( bd ) ltd was held on december 22 , 2015 . . . more . . .\nlaw360 , new york ( april 11 , 2017 , 8 : 03 pm edt ) - - a viral video of united airlines forcibly removing a passenger to give up his seat for airline crew underscores the limited legal rights that passengers have to challenge boarding procedures , experts say , raising questions as to how swiftly lawmakers might embrace consumer protection regulations amid public outrage over the incident .\ndiscover the advantages of flying with qantas and our partner airlines . learn about status credits view tier benefits and use our helpful calculators .\nat houston ' s william p . hobby airport , american plans to resume some flights friday while southwest airlines has suspended flights through noon saturday .\nalaska airlines and qantas have partnered to provide you more benefits like reciprocal lounge access and bonus miles . there\u2019s never been a better time to book .\nthe houston airport system said it planned to resume limited domestic airline passenger service at 4 p . m . wednesday as the city continues to deal with the impact of hurricane harvey and devastating flooding .\nhow united chose to implement its contract of carriage played out badly , particularly when it called chicago aviation department police officers to essentially manhandle a passenger into complying with the airline ' s request , experts say . 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( formerly hearst-argyle television ) is a broadcasting company in the united states , owned by the new york city-based hearst .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "from 1998 to mid-2009 , the company traded its common stock on the new york stock exchange under the symbol \" htv . \"", "topic": 18}, {"text": "hearst-argyle was formed in 1997 with the merger of hearst corporation 's broadcasting division and stations owned by argyle television holdings ii , which is partially related to the company of the same name who ( in 1994 ) sold its stations to new world communications , stations that eventually became fox-owned stations .", "topic": 34}, {"text": "hearst 's involvement in broadcasting dates to the 1920s .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "in terms of audience reach , hearst is the third-largest group owner of abc-affiliated stations after the e. w. scripps company and sinclair broadcast group , and the second-largest group owner of nbc affiliates .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "hearst-owned abc affiliates in national football league markets simulcast monday night football games from espn that involve these teams - espn is 20 % owned by hearst , the rest being owned by abc 's parent , the walt disney company .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "other hearst-owned stations also carry espn-aired nfl games , even though they are affiliated with other networks ( like wbal-tv , baltimore 's nbc affiliate ) .", "topic": 28}, {"text": "hearst also holds some joint ventures for syndicated programming with nbcuniversal television distribution .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "in june 2009 , the hearst corporation announced that it would purchase substantially all of the stock not held by hearst .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "hearst-argyle television then dropped \" argyle \" from its name and became a wholly owned subsidiary of the hearst corporation . ", "topic": 10}], "title": "hearst television", "paragraphs": ["hearst television owns and operates local television and radio stations serving 26 media markets across 39 states reaching over 21 million u . s . television households .\nkmbc - tv - channel 9 / hearst television inc . | broadcasting stations - - television & radio - greater kansas city chamber of commerce\nhearst - argyle television , inc . ( exact name of registrant as specified in charter )\ndish television customers in the sacramento area lost access to kcra and other hearst television stations thursday night after the firms failed to reach a contract agreement .\nthe announcement , effective april 10 , was made today by jordan wertlieb , hearst television president , and roger keating , hearst television chief strategy and business development officer , to whom fitzgerald will report .\nabout hearst television hearst television owns and operates local television and radio stations serving 26 media markets across 39 states reaching over 21 million u . s . television households . through its partnership with nearly all of the major networks , hearst television distributes national content over nearly 70 video channels including programming from abc , nbc , cbs , cw , my net , metv , this tv , estrella and more . hearst television is recognized as one of the industry ' s premier companies , and has been honored with numerous awards for distinguished journalism , industry innovation , and community service . hearst television is a wholly owned subsidiary of hearst . the company ' s web address is urltoken .\nredwood city , calif . \u2014 haystck tv , a personalized video news platform , has announced a new partnership with hearst television to distribute hearst - owned stations via the haystack tv platform . hearst joins gray television and meredith corporation as partners with haystack tv .\nhearst was ready to disclose terms of its deal . \u201cthis acquisition fits perfectly with hearst television\u2019s portfolio of southeast television stations , \u201d said hearst television president jordan wertlieb . \u201cwe continue to evaluate strategic opportunities to strengthen our station group by adding stations that serve their communities with news and local programming in growth markets . \u201d\nmemorable entertainment television , or metv , launched in 2005 , brings viewers the best in classic television . . .\ndish network and hearst television llc reached an agreement wednesday evening on retransmission consent , bringing an end to a stalemate that had kept wxii nbc - 12 and other hearst - owned television stations off dish for almost two months .\nhearst television owns and operates local television and radio stations serving 26 media markets across 39 states reaching over 21 million u . s . television households . through its partnership with nearly all of the major networks , hearst television distributes national content over nearly 70 video channels including programming from abc , nbc , cbs , cw , my net , metv , this tv , estrella and more . hearst television is recognized as one of the industry\u2019s premier companies , and has been honored with numerous awards for distinguished journalism , industry innovation , and community service . hearst television is a wholly owned subsidiary of hearst . the company\u2019s web address is www . hearsttelevision . com .\n\u201cwe are very excited to have someone of andrew\u2019s accomplished digital media background to lead the expansion of hearst television\u2019s digital content , \u201d wertlieb said . \u201candrew is a digital native executive and he will be an exceptional addition to hearst television\u2019s extraordinary team . \u201d\nwe are hearst television , a national multimedia company . we own and operate 30 local television stations and two local radio stations , serving 26 television markets across 39 states , reaching approximately 21 million us television households . our mission is to be no . 1 in broadcasting , achieving that status with integrity , respect and community spirit .\nhearst television owns and operates local television and radio stations serving 26 media markets across 39 states , distributing national content including programming from abc , nbc , cbs , cw , my net and more .\nthe cw plus is a national feed of the cw television network primarily carried on digital subchannels and non - broadcast cable television outlets . . .\nhearst television participates in various affiliate marketing programs , which means we may get paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites .\n, vp , digital media at hearst television , describes deployment of verizon\u2019s hls ( http live streaming ) adaptive bit rate - based platform as being \u201crelatively simple\u201d and attributes the painless rollout to an overall consistency in the \u201cupstream stack\u201d of technology used in hearst television newsrooms and traffic departments .\nhearst television takes a personal interest in the long - term physical and financial health of its employees . that\u2019s why we offer a range of employee benefits to make sure the \u2018hearst family\u2019 stays healthy and strong .\nin january , directtv subscribers lost access to hearst stations during a similar dispute between hearst television and directtv\u2019s parent at & t . an agreement that restored service to directtv customers was reached after nearly a week of negotiations .\nhearst television crews are in place in south korea to provide its nbcu local affiliates with live cut - ins and recorded segments during their morning newscasts .\nhearst television employees can participate in a 401 ( k ) savings plan upon being hired . employees can make both pre - tax and post - tax contributions , which are partially matched by hearst television , into a pre - assembled retirement fund . employees are automatically enrolled into this plan , and hearst television also provides a contribution regardless of employee participation . additional benefits include basic and supplemental life insurance , short - term disability and long - term disability .\ntelevision is a high profile medium , and most people will recognize the hearst name . but , within hearst , hearst television has a distinctive culture of our own and a track record to be proud of in our own right . our success is built on how we support our people , support our communities and always place integrity at the center of every action we take .\nrick mcfarland , vice president / chief data scientist , explained what business hearst is in : \u201chearst is actually a massive data creation company . \u201d\nu . k . - based media asset management and technology provider ipv has announced that it recently integrated its curator content factory mam system at hearst television .\nhearst television inc . blacked out dish customers\u2019 access to its local channels in 26 markets across 30 states thursday night , according to a dish network news release .\nhearst television inc . is recognized as one of the industry\u2019s premier companies and has been honored with numerous awards for distinguished journalism , industry innovation and community service .\n\u201chelping to connect the great work of hearst television\u2019s journalists to nationwide audiences across digital platforms will be an incredible opportunity to provide crucial perspectives to our national conversation , \u201d fitzgerald said . \u201cthe most exciting work in journalism is happening in local news , and no one is better positioned to innovate in this space than hearst television . \u201d\nhearst television\u2019s 30 stations and majority of digital sub - channels will continue to get its numbers from nielsen , as the two companies have announced a new multiyear deal .\nhearst and verizon have recently announced several other joint initiatives , including the formation of verizon hearst media partners , the formation of a company to acquire complex media and verizon\u2019s execution of an agreement to join hearst as an investor in awesomenesstv .\nlitton , based in charleston , s . c . , has been headed for more than 20 years by president - ceo dave morgan , a well - known executive in the syndication and tv station world who worked at hearst early in his career . hearst ceo steve swartz announced the deal on friday with hearst television president jordan wertlieb .\nbecause hearst television is an established , stable organization with real history and heritage , we have values , a vision and a leadership style that are firmly embedded in our operations .\nnew york , march 24 , 2017 \u2013 andrew fitzgerald is joining hearst television as chief digital content officer . in the newly created position , he will work with the digital teams at the hearst television stations to produce and distribute content on multiple digital platforms . fitzgerald previously served for more than five years at twitter , most recently as the company\u2019s director , curation .\nroku lands $ 60 mil funding from fidelity , news corp . , hearst and bskyb\nlive newscasts can be streamed from the cloud to viewers near real time , and digital editors at hearst television stations can begin accessing individual stories in the newscasts from the cloud within minutes .\nin a statement , jordan wertlieb , the president of hearst television , said\nwe are thankful to dish subscribers and to our supportive advertisers for their extraordinary patience during this prolonged process .\n\u201clitton provides us with the opportunity to expand our syndication and distribution opportunities by building on the very successful foundation that they have created , \u201d said emerson coleman , vp of programming for hearst television .\nevery career with hearst television is like a story waiting to unfold . how it develops , where it takes you , the milestones you reach along the way - it ' s all up to you .\n1928 : the hearst corporation enters broadcasting with acquisition of wsoe radio , milwaukee . the station later becomes the foundation of wisn - tv . 1931 : hearst acquires wtae radio , pittsburgh . . .\non august 29 , 2004 , the management services agreement ( the \u0093management agreement\u0094 ) between hearst - argyle television , inc . ( \u0093the registrant\u0094 or \u0093we\u0094 ) and the hearst corporation ( \u0093hearst\u0094 ) expired in accordance with its terms . under the management agreement , we provide certain management services ( i . e . , sales , news programming , legal , financial , accounting , engineering and promotion services ) with respect to wmor - tv ( a hearst - owned television station in tampa , fl ) , wbal - am and wiyy - fm ( hearst - owned am / fm radio stations in baltimore , md ) , and wpbf - tv ( a hearst - owned television station in west palm beach , fl ) . we are in the process of negotiating the renewal of the management agreement with hearst . although there can be no assurance that we will be able to renew the management agreement on as favorable terms or at all , we believe we will renew the management agreement on mutually agreeable terms . we have orally agreed with hearst to continue operating under the terms of the expired management agreement pending negotiation of its renewal .\nhearst television employees can choose between two health insurance plans , two dental plan options , and have access to additional benefits including a vsp vision plan , a healthcare flexible spending account , a health savings account and an employee assistance program .\nverizon digital media services continues to power leading broadcasters within the media and entertainment industry . hearst television joins an elite roster of verizon digital media services customers , including cable networks , ott service providers , sports leagues and digital content providers .\n\u201cso , as far as getting more exposure [ for hearst television news content ] , the verizon platform is using hls streaming that can be played through most any player sdk [ software development kit ] with hls support , \u201d he says .\ndish network and hearst television have reached a deal on a new multiyear carriage agreement , ending an impasse that has left satellite customers in 26 markets unable to watch the broadcaster\u2019s stations since march 3 . terms of the new contract were not disclosed .\nthe multi - year agreement allows dish to once again carry the hearst - owned stations on its satellite dish service .\nin the deal with hearst , haystack tv users will now have access to local news and weather produced by hearst stations in 30 markets . this brings haystack tv\u2019s total stable of local news and weather content to more than 70 markets .\nhearst television is an equal opportunity employer with respect to females , minorities , veterans and individuals with disabilities . if you are an individual with a disability and need assistance in applying for a position , please contact us at htv . careers @ urltoken .\nmovies ! network offers viewers a new way to watch movies 24 hours a day on broadcast television creating an exceptional viewer experience . .\nthe verizon digital media services platform offers flexible apis for integration with a diverse array of scheduling and advertising systems found in the 26 hearst stations . hearst staff also leverage the platform\u2019s web - based clipping tool , which allows them to create shorter news clips and syndicate them across social media , hearst properties and third party destinations . the platform\u2019s dynamic server side ad insertion capabilities allow for targeted insertion of digital advertising in the hearst apps , driving significant cpm growth and tangible incremental revenue for local stations .\nhearst television is a national multimedia company with operations serving nearly three dozen u . s . cities , reaching one out of every five u . s . households . it delivers local and national news , weather , information , sports and entertainment programming via every available content - delivery platform . hearst television is recognized as one of the media industry\u2019s premier companies , where quality journalism and service to community are our core values . the company and its employees have been honored with numerous awards for distinguished journalism , industry innovation and community service .\nheroes & icons ( h & i ; ) launched in 2014 , primarily airs classic television series from the 1950s through the 1990s . . .\nthe station group has agreed to distribute news , weather , sports and entertainment content from five hearst - argyle stations on youtube .\nthe folks at hearst are bringing the company\u2019s \u201ccommitment 2012\u201d political coverage straight to viewers\u2019 smartphones and tablets with the election 2012 app .\n\u201cwe\u2019ve known dave since the early days of his career with hearst and have admired the first - class brand of litton entertainment that he and his team have built over the years , \u201d wertlieb said . \u201cproviding quality , family - friendly programming to viewers is an important tenet of hearst television and adding litton\u2019s assets and expertise to our company through this partnership will be a terrific complement to our business . \u201d\non august 31 , 2004 , the registrant\u0092s television station option agreement ( the \u0093option agreement\u0094 ) with hearst expired in accordance with its terms . under the option agreement , hearst has granted to us the option to acquire wmor - tv , and hearst\u0092s interests ( which interests include an option to acquire the station ) with respect to kcwe - tv , as well as a right of first refusal during the option period with respect to wpbf - tv ( if that station is proposed by hearst to be sold to a third party ) . we are in the process of negotiating the renewal of the option agreement with hearst . although there can be no assurance that we will be able to renew the option agreement on as favorable terms or at all , we believe we will renew the option agreement on mutually agreeable terms . we have orally agreed with hearst to continue operating under the terms of the expired option agreement pending negotiation of its renewal .\nhearst has taken a majority stake in litton entertainment , an independent tv distributor that specializes in children\u2019s programming and family - friendly fare .\nsuzanne grethen , vp of promotion and marketing for hearst television , discussed the group\u2019s four - year - old graphics hub in orlando , fla . , which delivers approximately 10 , 000 graphics per week to 26 local hearst - owned stations . \u201ctemplates are the basis of what we do , \u201d she said , \u201cfrom lower - third graphics all the up to virtual environments , election results , school closings and more . \u201d\nbut once hearst television \u201ctemplatized integration\u201d of the platform into its news and ad scheduling systems during tests last fall at its west orlando , fla . , station , deploying the platform at all of the group\u2019s news - producing station was \u201ca rinse - and - repeat process , \u201d he adds .\ndish said it had offered to extend contract negotiations and accused hearst of using the blackout to gain leverage in negotiating for higher transmission fees .\ntv stations and station groups don\u2019t have to disrupt their newsrooms and ad scheduling workflows to publish live local newscasts and on - demand news via their websites , social media and mobile apps if the rollout of verizon digital media services\u2019 ott platform by hearst television\u2019s 26 news - producing stations is any indication .\nwhile the platform can target advertising to individual viewers based on demographic information they provide when registering to watch news online or via an app , hearst television currently is not taking customized ad playback to that level . however , the station group may personalize commercial playback \u201cdown the road , \u201d he says .\na notice on kcra\u2019s website thursday night said dish and hearst televisions had reached an impasse in negotiating a renewal transmission consent agreement for dish to carry hearst broadcast stations . \u201cas a result , kcra / kqca is now no longer being carried by dish network , \u201d the statement said .\nin recent months , hearst television has successfully completed a number of distribution agreements with other pay - tv providers . we have consistently sought to negotiate a deal that reflects the current marketplace , as represented by those deals . in response , dish has simply engaged in doublespeak . on the one hand dish has publicly stated that they ' re willing to accept other deals that hearst television has successfully concluded ; yet , at the same time , dish continues to offer us terms , including rates , that are so obviously below the marketplace that they could not be viewed as a genuine proposal by any objective participant .\non august 31 , 2004 , the registrant\u0092s radio facilities lease ( the \u0093radio lease agreement\u0094 ) with hearst expired in accordance with its terms . under the radio lease agreement , hearst leases from us premises for wbal - am and wiyy - fm , hearst\u0092s baltimore , maryland , radio stations . we are in the process of negotiating the renewal of the radio lease agreement with hearst . although there can be no assurance that we will be able to renew the radio lease agreement on as favorable terms or at all , we believe we will renew the radio lease agreement on mutually agreeable terms . we have orally agreed with hearst to continue operating under the terms of the expired radio lease agreement pending negotiation of its renewal .\n\u201cwe are excited to work with hearst television to enable millions of online viewers to have instantaneous access to the latest local newscasts and news clips in real - time , no matter where they are , \u201d said bob toohey , president of verizon digital media services . \u201cwith more and more viewers opting to consume content on mobile devices , we are pleased that local news consumers will be able to enjoy anytime , anywhere access to hearst news content . \u201d\nhearst also stated that it had not \u201cblacked out\u201d the stations , noting that viewers could receive the stations free over the air with an antenna .\nthere\u2019s definitely an identifiable \u2018hearst way\u2019 of doing things : supporting your colleagues , acting with integrity , and always thinking about the bigger picture when making decisions .\nthe deal is expected to close on feb . 1 . hearst\u2019s interest in litton signals hearst\u2019s interest in stepping up its tv program distribution activity and selling in - house productions from its 30 tv stations in national syndication . litton brings to the company a well - established sales infrastructure with offices in new york and burbank .\nhearst has 15 abc affiliates and 12 with nbc along with a handful of cbs and the cw outlets in markets including baltimore , boston , kansas city and pittsburgh .\nsince its 2009 launch , estrella tv has established itself as a top u . s . hispanic television network , now covering nearly 80 percent of the hispanic tv households in america . . .\n\u201cwe wanted a system that would allow us to throw any sort of video clip and get mobile - optimised delivery for all platforms : iphone , ipad , android and mobile internet , \u201d said michael rosellini , director digital product development of hearst television . \u201cwe wanted something that was self - service , and with yospace\u2019s web portal we can manage the whole service ourselves .\ndish has suggested that hearst television has been unwilling to negotiate . this is simply untrue . as we have said to dish all along , we remain ready and willing to conclude a deal promptly . in contrast , dish has said that they ' re available day and night to reach an agreement , and yet they ' ve refused to modify their completely off - market terms in any meaningful way . given the foregoing and dish ' s extensive history of outages , we suspect they will employ any scheme that serves to delay meaningful discussions . while hearst television can ' t force dish to negotiate , we can assure you that we remain committed to reaching a fair deal , and we will work each and every day to make that happen .\nfitzgerald , who will be based at hearst television\u2019s new york city headquarters , built and oversaw the global curation teams responsible for moments , the twitter feature developed to ease the way for users to find conversations and context around news , events and information beyond their home timelines . he also served as interim head of news partnerships , overseeing twitter\u2019s relationships with some 30 news organizations .\nhtv hub digital managing editor salaries at hearst can range from $ 55 , 478 - $ 61 , 585 . this estimate is based upon 2 hearst htv hub digital managing editor salary report ( s ) provided by employees or estimated based upon statistical methods . see all htv hub digital managing editor salaries to learn how this stacks up in the market .\n\u201chearst understood the power of our solution early on , not just as a means of outsourcing the service but in delivering the quality of experience they want to maintain , \u201d sewell added .\nwe recently conducted focus groups with employees from more than 50 % of our stations \u2013 with the objective of better understanding our culture , our shared ways of working and the features of hearst television that people prized the most . the findings were genuinely fascinating . people who work here love the way that they have a voice and opportunities to express themselves . while we may be part of the wider hearst corporation , we still have a family feel and a collaborative , supportive environment . there\u2019s a sense of community , and an appreciation of the stability that comes with life in a big organization .\n\u201cdigital publishers recognize that their content must be widely available on social platforms to have the broadest reach , \u201d keating said . \u201candrew understands how to work with these platforms , where more and more consumers are venturing for their news and information . andrew is an ideal addition to our team to help ensure the excellent journalism produced by hearst television connects with the widest audience possible on all platforms and screens . \u201d\nat hearst television , supporting our communities is very important to us . we also extend that same high level of support to our employee community . we will reach out to individual stations in times of need . like when employees from all over the country traveled to new orleans to help our overwhelmed local station there cover hurricane katrina \u2013 and then help our new orleans employees start putting their own lives back together .\nhearst has taken a majority stake in litton entertainment , an independent tv distributor that specializes in children\u2019s programming and family - friendly fare . litton , based in charleston , s . c . , has been headed for more than 20 years by president - ceo dave morgan , a well - known executive in the syndication and tv station world who worked at hearst early in his [ \u2026 ]\nlos angeles , june 14 , 2016 \u2013 verizon digital media services , part of aol , today announced that it now powers live and on - demand online news streams along with news clip syndication for all hearst television station applications . verizon\u2019s end - to - end digital media platform has been seamlessly integrated into the broadcast playout systems of 26 local news stations , enabling an integrated workflow for reaching viewers on mobile phones , tablets and connected devices .\nmeanwhile , hearst corp . will acquire media general\u2019s nbc affiliate in birmingham ( dma 45 ) , wvtm , and lin\u2019s abc affiliate in savannah ( dma 92 ) , wjcl . the price of that deal was not disclosed .\n\u201calthough there is a need for regulatory reform to increase the ownership cap , swaps like this one are advantageous to us in that we are trading a single station mynet affiliate in a large market , allowing us to acquire quality television stations in smaller dmas . \u201d\n\u201chearst brought us in not to replace its existing news and ad workflows or duplicate them , but to plug directly into them with as little effort as possible , \u201d says darren lepke , director of marketing at verizon digital media services .\nas a result of the dispute over retransmission consent \u2014 the agreement that allows a tv provider to carry a broadcast channel on its lineup - dish had removed wxii and other hearst - owned stations from its lineup as of march 3 .\nat hearst television , we pride ourselves on our commitment to employee mobility - and on our network of award - winning stations . moving from one station to another is an opportunity that many of our employees are more than happy to pursue . whether you ' re looking for your next career advancement opportunity , or you ' re just looking for the perfect environment to work in , you ' ve got a wealth of career paths to explore with a truly diverse range of stations , locations and roles .\n\u2018hearst family\u2019 has come to mean something very important to our employees . it means that they\u2019re a part of something special here - we\u2019re an organization that treats people well , values relationships with communities and looks after its employees and their careers .\n\u201cthe verizon digital media services platform is flexible and agile enough to be easily integrated into our diverse technical setups , across the range of our local stations , \u201d said michael rosellini , vice president , digital operations , for hearst television . \u201cthe platform\u2019s next - generation features allow us to bring our content from the newsroom to the online realm for viewers to access instantaneously with little strain on our current team structure . we look forward to continuing to strengthen our relationship with verizon , a valuable partner on multiple fronts . \u201d\nnews stories and other clips are uploaded to the yospace service , together with local and national advertising . the content is then presented via apps across hearst television\u2019s key smartphone platforms , and via their corresponding mobile internet sites . once a request for content is received the yospace service detects the device , sets the video format and wrapper accordingly , splices in the tailored pre - roll commercial as defined by the broadcaster\u2019s advertising system , and streams it out . all this preparation is handled virtually instantaneously so the consumer notices no latency in delivery .\n\u201clitton is built on the standards of excellence i experienced during my time at hearst , \u201d morgan said . \u201ci\u2019m coming home to a company that delivers content that positively impacts the community , mirroring the pro - social principles we\u2019ve innovated at litton . \u201d\nper usual , the companies had disagreed about price : how much dish should pay hearst to carry its stations . their original retransmission consent contract had expired at the end of february , and despite a two - day extension , the channels went dark .\nwe like to think that everyone in our organization feels like part of an extended family , because of the values , beliefs and shared sense of purpose that bring us together . we\u2019re all passionate about being a trusted news source for our communities . this attitude empowers every employee to achieve more , to make a difference and to see the impact of their endeavors . for us , that\u2019s what being a good employer means . it\u2019s a real commitment that we have to supporting one another . if you need help learning about an aspect of our industry , or how to advance in your career , the \u2018hearst family\u2019 \u2013 your management team and colleagues \u2013 will be there for you . at its core , hearst television is a family company . we\u2019re family friendly , and our culture incorporates a family atmosphere .\nthe technology is hosted in a yospace cloud software as a service application , making it fully scalable as the success of the mobile applications grows rapidly , and much more content is added every day . the system has been live in 25 hearst markets since january 2012 .\nretransmission consent disputes are often resolved with no service interruption for viewers , but there have been some disruptions in recent years , including a dispute between dish and tribune broadcasting , the owners of wghp , last year , and a dispute earlier this year between hearst and directv .\na career at hearst television is full of opportunities . from your first day you ' ll be provided with the necessary training , support and development opportunities to excel and progress . here you can be the bigger picture , and make a notable impact to the way things work . growth is at the heart of our ethos , and we believe in keeping with the times . evolving to meet new requirements and spotting opportunities to implement change . now is your time to join a team that values every member , always thrives to achieve more and works together to get the best results .\nas hearst television continues to work toward a resolution of our impasse with dish network , i want to share with you our appreciation for your patience . we understand that you are frustrated that this impasse has taken so long to resolve\u2014so are we . as a television viewer , nothing is more frustrating than missing your favorite station ' s local news and weather or network programming . unfortunately , if you ' re a dish subscriber , you ' ve probably become accustomed to this phenomenon . over the past several years , dish has been the most egregious abuser of pay - tv disputes within the industry . while the length of these disputes has varied , in numerous instances dish has had outages that have lasted several months . unfortunately , to date dish ' s lack of engagement and unwillingness to present a fair proposal suggest that dish intends to employ their age - old strategy of a long - term impasse .\nwith more than 200 templates currently in use , the hub\u2019s integrated workflow has proved critical to the operation . \u201cwe consider it part of what it means to work at hearst , \u201d she said . \u201cit allows us to keep our employees and move them from station to station . \u201d\nthe continuous stream of data from the server not only makes it possible to sidestep ad - blockers but also avoids spinning - wheel , buffering - type interruptions associated with client - side ad insertion . that directly translates into a viewing experience on a digital device that\u2019s more akin to what viewers expect when watching television , lepke says .\n\u00a9 2016 , television bureau of advertising , inc . all rights reserved . republication and redistribution of this report in total , other than by tvb members or its authorized agents or designees , without written permission is strictly forbidden . any republication , in whole or in part , must include credit to tvb and its sources . terms of use . web site designed by personify corp\non august 28 , 2004 , the affiliation agreements ( the \u0093affiliation agreements\u0094 ) with the abc television network ( \u0093abc\u0094 ) for the following television stations ( the \u0093stations\u0094 ) expired in accordance with their terms : kmbc ( kansas city , mo ) , wisn ( milwaukee , wi ) , wcvb ( boston , ma ) , wtae ( pittsburgh , pa ) and wpbf ( west palm beach , fl ) . we are in the process of negotiating the renewal of the affiliation agreements with abc . although there can be no assurance that we will be able to renew the affiliation agreements on as favorable terms or at all , we believe that we will renew the affiliation agreements on mutually agreeable terms and the stations will maintain their affiliations with abc during the negotiation process .\nas a broadcaster , the work we do plays a vital role in connecting communities and bringing people together . we take the time to really understand the communities we operate in , because we feel a sense of connection to those places . it\u2019s this sense of commitment that led to two hearst television stations winning the nab service to america award . in 2014 , wcvb won this prestigious award for their coverage of the aftermath of the boston marathon bombings . in 2017 , wmur won for their recurring series of segments which have the goal of finding permanent adoptive homes for the more than 700 children in new hampshire who live in out - of - home placement . we also strongly believe in supporting employees who engage in charity work and volunteer initiatives .\nmedia general inc . and lin media today agreed to sell or swap television stations in five markets to comply with fcc ownership rules affecting the merger they announced on march 21 . media general also announced today that in light of the loss of cbs affiliation of lin\u2019s wish indianapolis , it was lowering the per - share price of the deal from $ 27 . 82 to $ 25 . 97 .\nblackouts have become normal as stations and carriers stand their ground over fees . the american television alliance \u2014 a group supported by several pay tv providers , including dish , that wants to change federal rules governing retrans negotiations \u2014 says there have been 102 cases so far this year where broadcasters\u2019 signals have gone dark . that puts 2017 \u201con pace to be the worst year for blackouts ever , \u201d it says .\nmagazines : car and driver | cosmopolitan | country living | dr . oz the good life | elle | elle decor | esquire | food network magazine | good housekeeping ( us / uk ) | harper ' s bazaar ( harper by harper ' s bazaar ) | hgtv magazine | house beautiful | marie claire | o , the oprah magazine | popular mechanics | redbook | road & track | seventeen | smartmoney | teen | town & country | veranda | woman ' s day | cds global hearst magazines digital media ( urltoken | ecrush | espin | urltoken ) hearst magazines international ( all about soap | company | digital spy | elle | esquire | inside soap | psychologies | red | quo | sugar | zest )\nsinclair picks up media general\u2019s nbc affiliate in providence - new bedford ( dma 53 ) , wjar , and lin\u2019s fox and cw affiliates in green bay - appleton ( dma 71 ) , wluk and wcwf , respectively . in addition , sinclair will also acquire wtgs , the fox affiliate in savannah ( dma 92 ) , from lin - backed wtgs television . lin has been operating wtgs under a shared services agreeement .\nmedia general and lin media , in an effort to expedite their merger , have announced divestments in five markets . hearst corp . will acquire media general & apos ; s wvtm birmingham and lin & apos ; s wjcl savannah ( ga . ) for an undisclosed price , and meredith will acquire lin & apos ; s wala mobile ( ala . ) for $ 85 million .\nafter playing a reel from vice news tonight \u2019s first six weeks of programming , paynter discussed the show\u2019s preference for sleek hand - animated segments and elements over more typical graphics such as banners . but those preferences have not always been easy to satisfy , as she noted the institutional challenges of designing an intuitive and open - ended workflow , introducing broadcast television to a mac - based 24p premiere house , and working without a control room .\nmedia general , meanwhile , will acquire sinclair & apos ; s kxrm and kxtu in colorado springs - pueblo , and sinclair & apos ; s wtta in tampa - st . petersburg . sinclair will acquire lin & apos ; s wjar providence along with wluk - wcwf in green bay - appleton . sinclair will also acquire certain assets of wtgs savannah , and the rights to acquire the principal assets of the station from wtgs television , llc .\nregarding the stations trading hands , sinclair & apos ; s moves free up 0 . 7 % of national ownership cap , it said . \u201calthough there is a need for regulatory reform to increase the ownership cap ,\nsaid david smith , president and ceo of sinclair ,\nswaps like this are advantageous to us in that we are trading a single mynet affiliate in a large market , allowing us to acquire quality television stations in smaller dmas . \u201d\nnab , las vegas , booth su 8503 : 25 hearst - owned stations in the usa are now delivering short - form content , including news stories , to all mobile devices using a cloud service from yospace , the global leader in distributing video content to multiple platforms . the yospace technology links into the broadcaster\u2019s advertising response server to ensure pre - roll advertising is targeted to the user , strengthening the revenue - earning opportunities .\nupon the closing of the transaction and these divestitures and acquisitions , including whtm , the combined media general and lin media will own and operate or service 71 stations across 48 markets , reaching 27 . 6 million or 24 % of u . s . television households . the companies continue to expect to realize combination run - rate synergies of $ 70 million in three years with approximately one - half of that amount realized by the end of the first year following the completion of the transaction .\n\u201cwe\u2019re pleased to announce this divestiture plan , which we believe should clear the way for our business combination with lin media to move forward in the regulatory approval process , \u201d said george l . mahoney , president - ceo of media general . \u201cadditionally , the purchase of the mynetworktv station in tampa provides us with the opportunity to increase share in media general\u2019s second largest market . also , the addition of the fox and cw affiliates in colorado springs marks the first time we will have a television station in colorado .\n\u201cthis transaction not only allows us to strengthen our portfolio geographically , but because it frees up 0 . 7 % of national ownership cap , it allows us the ability to acquire additional television stations that are core to our asset base , \u201d said david smith , president and ceo of sinclair . \u201cthe green bay stations complete our coverage of all the major cities in wisconsin , an important political swing state . the nbc affiliate in providence is the no . 1 station in the market and provides us another state capital presence , while the savannah station strengthens our existing presence in georgia and the southeast .\nwe & apos ; re pleased to announce this divestiture plan , which we believe should clear the way for our business combination with lin media to move forward in the regulatory approval process ,\nsaid george l . mahoney , president and ceo of media general .\nadditionally , the purchase of the mynetworktv station in tampa provides us with the opportunity to increase share in media general & apos ; s second largest market . also , the addition of the fox and cw affiliates in colorado springs marks the first time we will have a television station in colorado . the stations being divested are strong performers .\nvincent l . sadusky , president - ceo of lin media , said : \u201cthe divestiture plan is an important milestone that positions us well with regulatory authorities . we are pleased with the consideration we will receive for these terrific stations and plan to use the net proceeds to reduce debt . the addition of stations in tampa and colorado springs will further diversify and strengthen the combined company\u2019s portfolio as well as provide opportunities to expand our digital business . i am more confident than ever that the combination of media general and lin media , two highly respected broadcasters with superior television and digital assets , creates maximum value for shareholders . \u201d\n( b ) advertiser and agency , jointly and severally , represent , warrant , and covenant that the advertising supplied to station , including any music contained therein , is rights - cleared for exhibition , distribution , performance , and / or retransmission by broadcast television , including on a mobile dtv ( atsc m / h or successor standard ) basis , and by any multichannel video programming distributor or any other video delivery system , including , but not limited to , streaming over the internet or distribution on a tv - everywhere - type and / or ott basis , whether on a linear , video - on - demand , start - over , or look - back basis .\nworst case scenario for wjar . why get rid of the number 1 station in the market ? since mg ownership , the station has gone down hill in terms of news product , too many unprofessional reporters plus hardly any coverage on weekends ( wjar had to depend on nbc reports for the circus accident that happened in their own market \u2013 that speaks volume ) . sinclair will value operate the station as they do elsewhere , and the news product will have to reflect the smith family views and electioneering ( swift boat anyone ? ) . not to mention in several markets , larger than providence , they dont\u2019 even broadcast any news . my condolences for the heritage employees of wjar . what a drop off the cliff from nbc ownership . too bad meredith or hearst didn\u2019t pick them up , or scripps or any other group with better reputation than sincrap . it boggles the mind the fcc allows them to continue to buy more stations .\nlitton\u2019s program roster includes six hours of educational / informational children\u2019s programs for cbs\u2019 saturday morning lineup and a three - hour block for cw . it also produces series for nbc\u2019s \u201cthe more you know\u201d educational franchise .\n\u00a9 copyright 2018 variety media , llc , a subsidiary of penske business media , llc . variety and the flying v logos are trademarks of variety media , llc . powered by urltoken vip\nthe two companies say the deals should satisfy regulatory requirements related to their pending merger . as part of the arrangements , media general is buying two stations in colorado springs and one in tampa from sinclair broadcast group .\nregulatory authorities are requiring the divestiture of stations in the following markets : birmingham , ala . ; providence , r . i . - new bedford , mass . ; mobile , ala . - pensacola , fla . ; green bay - appleton , wis . ; and savannah , ga . the companies said they believe that no other market divestitures will be required .\nin exchange , media general will acquire sinclair\u2019s fox and cw affiliates in colorado springs - pueblo , colo . ( dma 89 ) \u2014 kxrm and kxtu , respectively \u2014 and sinclair\u2019s mynetworktv affiliate in tampa - st . petersburg - sarasota , fla . ( dma 14 ) , wtta .\nas part of the transaction , sinclair will pay $ 31 million for an additional $ 3 . 4 million of cash flow being swapped .\nand meredith corp . will acquire lin\u2019s fox affiliate in the mobile - pensacola wala for approximately $ 86 million , according to meredith .\n\u201cthe stations being divested are strong performers . we are proud of the work that they have done , and we wish the employees at these stations all the best as they transition to new ownership , \u201d mahoney added .\nsadusky will become the president - ceo of the combined company following the completion of the merger .\nmedia general said it will structure the transactions , along with its previously announced purchase of whtm harrisburg , pa . , to maximize tax efficiencies .\nthe stations to be acquired , including whtm , have a combined broadcast cash flow of approximately $ 21 million , based on 2013 - 14 averages . the stations to be divested have a combined broadcast cash flow of approximately $ 37 million , based on 2013 - 14 averages . gross proceeds for all stations to be divested will be approximately $ 360 million .\nthe aggregate purchase price for the stations to be acquired , including whtm , will be approximately $ 177 million . net proceeds , after taxes and expenses , are expected to be in the range of $ 140 million to $ 160 million and will be used to reduce media general\u2019s debt after the closing of the merger .\nthe divestitures and acquisitions are contingent upon regulatory and other customary approvals and upon the completion of the transaction , except for media general\u2019s previously announced purchase of whtm , which is expected to close in the third quarter of 2014 . media general and lin media continue to expect that the business combination will be completed in early 2015 .\nsinclair ceo david smith said that the swaps with media general and lin benefit sinclair in multiple ways .\nmoelis & co . served as the exclusive financial advisor to media general in connection with the divestitures and acquisitions . lin media used the minority media and telecommunications council\u2019s brokerage services .\nsave my name , email , and website in this browser for the next time i comment .\nbroadcasting\u2019s biggest problem isn\u2019t the free - market , consumer - friendly rockefeller - thune local choice proposal , which is a fort know windfall for local tv stations \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 . . no , the real and growing problem is air marshal moonves at cbs : \u201ccbs sending big message to affiliates\u201d \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 . . . by john sewarda / benzinga \u2026\u2026\u2026 . cbs is sending a message to its affiliates : pay up or get out . cbs chief executive leslie moonves signaled that the company was seeking higher fees in a conference call with analysts last week . \u201cwe decide what we think is fair , \u201d said moonves\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 . .\ni agree , but likely it could pave the way for the possibly for david smith - barry faber - david amy\u2019s sinclair broadcast group to fully come to providence for wlne to place wlne\u2019s abc programming on wjar . 2 digital subchannel due to the possibly of philip lombardo getting tired of owning wlne and lincoln for klkn from philip lombardo\u2019s citadel and even to des moines for kdmi to put kdmi mynet / this tv programming on the . 3 and kcwi to put kcwi cw programming on the . 2 on kdsm digital subchannels in addition to carry fox prgramming on kdsm main channel plus ntv ( khgi - kwnb ) in kearney and kfxl over the air signal in lincoln as a way to combine ntv and klkn altogether with klkn in lincoln airing klkn abc signal on . 1 with ntv on . 2 while khgi / kwnb in kearney airing ntv signal on . 1 with klkn on . 2 meaning klkn stays with abc and ntv switches to fox by folding the best of the syndicated programming and the fox affiliation from kfxl fox nebraska from harry pappas nameshake company pappas telecasting that has been currently under receivership by pappas bankruptcy liquidation trustee david stapleton . providence and lincoln are targets for sinclair to acquire tv stations due to philip lombardo possibly wanting to hand up and retire for good and harry pappas to finally not having to deal with a tv station in nebraska for sinclair to reunite ntv and kfxl plus combining klkn in nebraska with kcwi and kdmi in des moines , iowa with kptm and kxvo in omaha and kpth and kmeg in sioux city .\nyou really must be upset that media general / lin did all these swaps / sells \u2013 and none of them was what you suggested , roflmao . shows your insight !\nactually , the only company that should be fearful is dispatch in indianapolis as they only have 2 stations and 1 nbc affiliate \u2013 in indy . you can bet the farm that media general will end up with that nbc affiliation to add to their others in the future .\ncareful here , you\u2019ll get james wound up with another senseless run - on paragraph that starts off with dispatch and ends somewhere that is not even remotely associated with anything related to dispatch , nbc , indianapolis , or maybe even tv in general ."]}
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", "topic": 29}], "title": "aerocaribe", "paragraphs": ["owler has collected 11 screenshots of aerocaribe ' s website since may 2015 . the latest aerocaribe website design screenshot was captured in mar 2018 .\nthe owler community has estimated the number of employees of aerocaribe to be one .\nthe owler community has estimated the revenue of aerocaribe to be less than $ 1m .\naerocaribe travel agency travel agencies is one of a number of businesses situated in manhattan , new york .\naerocaribe , s . a . de c . v . see aerovias caribe , s . a . de c . v\ndoes anybody knows if aerocaribe wants to add more dc - 9 to its fleet of 8 dc - 9 - 30 ? i have heard a rumour that possibly 1 or 2 more ex - us airways birds could join aerocaribe soon . . .\njuly 8 - aerocaribe flight 7831 , a british aerospace jetstream 32 , crashes near chulum ju\u00e1rez , mexico , killing all 19 on board .\naerocaribe ( english : aircaribbean ) is the flag carrier and largest airline of caribbean federation , with its headquarters in san pedro , and where its main hub , san pedro international airport is located . aerocaribe dominates both domestic and international air travel in the west indies . it was founded on 3rd march 1968 .\na twin - engine passenger plane crashed on a domestic flight from the southern mexican state of chiapas , killing all 19 people aboard , authorities said sunday . aerocaribe flight 7831 , carrying 17 passengers and two crew members , crashed saturday evening after it left the chiapas state capital , tuxtla gutierrez , on a short flight to villahermosa , capital of the neighboring gulf coast state of tabasco . all but two aboard were believed to be mexican .\naerocaribe two weeks ago added the 9th dc9 - 31 in it\u00b4s fleet ex . xa - txg . ( soon to be uploaded ) aerocaribe plans to end this year with 15 dc9 - 31s . . . current fleet it\u00b4s 9 . also qa retire the 6 j - 31 this year . after mx retire the last 3 b727s ( july 12th or 14th , 03 ) . , mexicana will start replacing their 12 - f100 as soon as lessor contracts of each aircraft ends . i heard a rumour , that mexicana made an order for 8 more a319s . plus right now , there\u00b4s another a320 in mexicana\u00b4s hangars waiting to join the fleet ! also i heard that mexicana was thinking on getting 717s instead of the a318 ( not ordered yet , but probably we will see that order in a couple of months or a year ) . , because of the good deal boeing was offering to 3 star carriers . , lufthansa , austrian & sas about being launch customer of the b7173 if these 3 star a . carriers made an order of 80 or more aircrafts ! so for mexicana being another s . a . carrier they could also give a good price , over airbus 318s ! so , mexicana fleet will be something like this : aerocaribe / mexicana 9 dc9 - 31s + 6 joining in this year . 12 b717 - 2 / 3s or a318 . instead of the 12 f100s . 12 a319 + 8 in order . 26 a320 + 1 soon to join the fleet . 10 b757 + 2 joining the fleet in this year . total : 86 ghost77\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nthe airplane experience a left hand engine failure immediately after takeoff . the airplane crash - landed in a swamp . one of the passengers died of a heart attack while moving through the swamp .\nthis map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight . the line between the airports does\ndistance from canc\u00fan airport to cozumel airport as the crow flies is 57 km ( 36 miles ) .\nthis information is not presented as the flight safety foundation or the aviation safety network\u2019s opinion as to the cause of the accident . it is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time .\naero caribe is a costarican company that started operations in november 2013 as a local and international charter flight operator . we currently offer 6 different types of aircraft with a capacity of 5 to 12 passengers , including single engine , twin engine and turboprop aircrafts as well as turbine powered helicopters .\nto provide a premium charter flight service , with the highest safety , technology and customer service standards .\nto become a unique private and charter flight service provider in the region , while steadily increasing our services and fleet to cover all specific needs in the current market .\nwe are located in tobias bola\u00f1os int airport , hangar # 94 . upon arriving to our hangar you will be welcomed by our friendly staff . after taking care of your luggage we invite you to join us into the passengers waiting lounge . wi - fi and air conditioned , it allows you to relax listening to our folklore music or watching a movie , while you enjoy a fresh cup of coffee , soda or national beer of your selection , along with some snacks . don\u2019t eat too much , remember there\u2019s more waiting for you on the plane ! 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( aviaco ) are ordered , the first of which arrives in october 1976 . by 1977 - 1979 , airline employment totals 144 and the fleet includes 3 caravelles , 2 viscounts , and 3 f - 27as . a stop at maicao has also been added to the route network .\njust after takeoff from riohacha , guajira , on december 21 , 1980 , on the continuation of a service from rio hacha to medellin , a caravelle vir , with 7 crew and 63 passengers , crashes 25 km . s of its point of origin ; there are no survivors . the crash investigation will reveal the explosion of a substance , believed to be nitroglycerine , in the plane\u2019s rear lavatory and the loss of hydraulic control . no person or group is ever charged with a crime .\nin 1981 - 1982 , the route network is increased by the addition of services to armenia , cali , cucuta , el banco , and villavicencio . simultaneously , increased fuel prices and the world economic recession conspire , along with heavy domestic competition , to lower traffic and bring financial loss . flight operations are suspended in the spring of 1983 .\nthe carrier is reorganized in 1984 . the fleet is altered to comprise only 3 fokker f - 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copyright \u00a9 karl l . swartz . terms & conditions - privacy policy - contact us\naero caribe de honduras ave . san isidro entre 13 y 14 calle frente a tecnocomp honduras\nwe accept and encourage updates , corrections , edits from all users . if you see something that needs to be corrected , please type it below and submit . thank you in advance .\nwhether a representative of the company or a pilot in the industry , we will quickly email you once the changes have been verified and published online . thank you .\nthank you ! your update has been received . we will update this carrier ' s information soon .\nplease do not contact this school regarding free pilot training , sponsorship , financial assistance , or guaranteed job placements .\nrojo , i heard the same thing about f100s . i heard that they were going to get mexicana ' s f100s starting this summer . it makes sense , however , that they ' d rather stay with the dc - 9s . pilottim747\nurltoken is the leading community for discovering and sharing high - quality aviation photography . we thank you for your support and hope you ' ll join the largest aviation community on the web .\nan aged four - engine cargo plane crashed onto a crowded highway during evening rush hour thursday , rammed a busy restaurant and a nearby house , exploded and caught fire . at least 39 people were killed and dozens more were injured , police said . a spokesman at benito juarez international airport said the boeing 377 propeller - driven aircraft , carrying eight people and 18 horses , took off in a heavy rainstorm about 5 p . m .\nfederal investigators and airline officials gathered saturday at the site of a plane crash at reynosa , near the u . s . border , to determine what caused the dc - 9 jetliner to skid out of control , slamming into houses and killing a mother and her three children . they conducted interviews , examined the plane and studied weather conditions to establish why the aircraft , carrying 83 passengers and five crew members , was unable to stop friday at reynosa airport , across from mcallen , texas .\na plane carrying american tourists lost power in one engine and crash - landed in the dense tropical jungle of the yucatan peninsula , killing six people and injuring 10 , officials said saturday . the aerocozumel flight carrying 18 people was returning to the resort island of cozumel after taking the tourists to view ancient indian ruins at chichen itza , 115 miles west of cozumel . it crashed friday afternoon about two miles outside the playa del carmen airport , about 125 miles northeast of the pre - columbian ruins at chichen itza , the airline said .\nan aeromexico plane carrying 83 passengers ran off a runway in northern mexico on friday , smashed into a group of homes and then skidded into a canal , killing at least six people on the ground , a red cross official said . at least 40 of the passengers suffered scrapes and bruises on the flight from mexico city to reynosa , just across the border from mcallen , texas , dr . rito zambrano of the red cross said . the flight had been scheduled to continue to the border city of matamoros .\nrescuers climbed to the wreckage of a mexican commuter plane and found no survivors among the 21 people aboard when it slammed into the sierra madre mountains , about 210 miles southwest of mexico city , a military official said . bad weather delayed efforts to reach the wreckage of the twin - engine plane , which crashed during a 100 - mile flight from uruapan to the pacific port of lazaro cardenas . most of the 18 passengers and three crew members were from uruapan , authorities said .\nthe survivors of 69 of the passengers aboard a mexicana jetliner that crashed into a mountain west of mexico city last march have filed suit against the airline , claiming the crash was the result of negligence . in addition to mexicana , the los angeles superior court complaint also cites boeing co . , which manufactured the 727 - 200 airliner ; b . f . goodrich co .\na plane carrying a group of miners crashed while trying to land in rugged mountains of northwestern mexico , killing 16 people and seriously injuring three others , authorities said . the plane was flying from durango , the capital of durango state , when it crashed near a remote airstrip in santa maria de otaes , about 570 miles northwest of mexico city , a state government spokesman said .\nmexico ' s presidential jet , with president miguel de la madrid and seven cabinet members aboard , nearly crashed on saturday after taking off from the hurricane - ravaged island of cozumel , a government spokesman said . the spokesman , who was aboard the boeing 727 , said the craft was suddenly shaken and began descending sharply from an altitude of about 2 , 000 feet shortly after takeoff . the pilot managed to level off at between 800 and 1 , 000 feet , he said .\nthe government said it is suspending operations of financially strapped airline taesa in the wake of a crash two weeks ago that killed all 18 people on board . transportation officials said investigators found a\nseries of anomalies and incidents\nat the airline after the crash in michoacan state and decided to temporarily suspend its operations while they look into airline policies , maintenance , training and other areas .\na mexican airline passenger jet exploded shortly after takeoff in south - central mexico , killing all 18 people on board , local government officials and media reports said . the accident occurred at 7 p . m . near uruapan , about 180 miles west of mexico city . the dc - 9 belonged to taesa , a commercial carrier . the notimex news agency said flight 725 had flown from tijuana to guadalajara and uruapan and was headed to mexico city .\na turboprop plane with 16 german tourists and two crew members crashed wednesday in the yucatan peninsula , killing one passenger . others aboard - - including the pilot and co - pilot - - were injured , according to amilcar galaviz , the red cross operations director in cancun .\na small plane carrying mexican government officials crashed in the fog south of the coastal city of ensenada in baja california on tuesday afternoon , killing all nine people aboard , police said . among those believed dead were leobardo roa helmecke , formerly the state president of the ruling institutional revolutionary party ( pri ) in baja california , according to ensenada municipal police .\nmexican police shot down a plane carrying more than half a ton of cocaine , killing two suspected drug traffickers and arresting two others , a spokeswoman for the attorney general ' s office said wednesday . she said the twin - engine turbo commander aircraft was downed by police sunday as it attempted to take off from a clandestine airstrip in northern sonora state , near the u . s . border . the plane ' s cargo included a 1 , 500 - pound shipment of cocaine bound for the united states , the spokeswoman said .\na plane is buried in baja - - and drug ties unearthed : narcotics : landing - - and secret dismantling - - points to failure in u . s . - mexican efforts to control such flights .\nfew local peasants gave it a second thought when they spotted the 80 - seat passenger jet emerge in the midnight sky over mexico ' s pacific coast on nov . 4 and then land on a dry lake bed near the southern tip of baja california . it wasn ' t the first time , said the residents , who have assumed for months that mexico ' s drug cartels were using the 12 - mile - long lake bed as a landing strip - - one of dozens that u . s . and mexican drug enforcement agents say are scattered across the countryside .\nusing a crucifix as a splint , hair bands as tourniquets and shredded t - shirts as bandages , a group of usc nursing students and a lancaster eye doctor saved the lives of four colleagues whose plane had crashed on a medical mission in mexico . the crash occurred last weekend when one of four single - engine planes piloted by the flying doctors of mercy struck electrical lines and smashed into rugged terrain in the northwestern state of sinaloa .\npopular : trivia , history , america , television , tv , usa , geography , cities , . . . more\nuse the controls to filter results by flight phase or cause of incident . select a bubble to see flight information .\nyou are using an outdated or unsupported browser . you will need to upgrade to see this visualization .\nthis article is a list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft and is grouped by the years in which the accidents and incidents occurred .\njuly 21 - the goodyear dirigible wingfoot air express catches fire and crashes into the illinois trust and savings building in chicago , illinois , while carrying passengers to a local amusement park , killing thirteen people : three out of the five on board and ten others on the ground , with 27 others on the ground being injured .\naugust 2 - a caproni ca . 48 crashes at verona , italy , during a flight from venice to taliedo , milan , killing all on board ( 14 , 15 , or 17 people , according to different sources ) .\ndecember 14 - a handley page transport handley page o / 400 hits a tree and crashes at golders green , london , after failing to gain height following takeoff , killing four out of eight on board .\napril 7 - in the first mid - air collision of airliners , a de havilland dh . 18a , g - eawo , operated by daimler hire ltd . , collides with a farman f . 60 goliath , f - gead , operated by compagnie des grands express a\u00e9riens ( cgea ) , over the thieulloy - st . antoine road near picardie , france , killing all seven people on both aircraft .\nmay 14 - an air union farman f . 60 goliath crashes near monsures , somme , france , due to the structural failure of a wing , killing all six on board .\naugust 27 - an air union farman f . 60 goliath crashes near east malling , kent , england , due to engine failure , and confusion among the passengers , killing one of 13 on board .\nseptember 14 - a daimler airway de havilland dh . 34 crashes at ivinghoe , buckinghamshire , england , after stalling while attempting an emergency landing , killing all five on board .\ndecember 24 - an imperial airways de havilland dh . 34 crashes near purley , surrey , england , due to a stall during an attempted emergency landing in response to an unknown mechanical defect , killing all eight on board .\naugust 18 - an air union bl\u00e9riot 155 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at college farm , hurst , aldington , england , due to engine failure , killing three of 15 on board ; the pilot initially survives , but dies a day later .\noctober 2 - an air union bl\u00e9riot 155 catches fire in mid - air and crashes at leigh , kent , england , while the pilot attempts to make an emergency landing at penshurst airfield . both members of crew and all five passengers are killed . this is the first in - flight fire occurring on an airliner .\naugust 22 - a klm fokker f . viii crashes near sevenoaks , kent , england , due to structural failure of the tailfin , killing one of 11 on board .\njuly 13 - an imperial airways vickers vulcan crashes on a test flight from croydon airport , england , with a pilot and five passengers near purley , surrey , 3 miles ( 4 . 8 km ) from the airport , with the loss of four passengers . as a result of the crash imperial airways stopped the flying of staff ( so - called joy rides ) on test flights .\njune 17 - an imperial airways handley page w . 10 ditches in the english channel due to engine failure , killing seven of 13 on board .\nseptember 6 - an imperial airways de havilland hercules crashes whilst landing at jask airport , iran . three of the five occupants are killed .\nnovember 6 - a junkers g 24 crashes near marden park , godstone , surrey , england ; of the 8 on board ; only one passenger survives .\nfebruary 10 - an air union farman f . 63 goliath crashes during an emergency landing at marden airfield , marden , kent , england , following failure of the right tailplane , killing two of six on board .\noctober 5 - on its maiden voyage from england to british india , the british civil airship r101 crashes and burns in allonne , oise , france , while flying at low altitude at night in a rainstorm , killing 48 out of 54 on board , the worst civil airship disaster in history .\nmarch 21 - an australian national airways avro 618 ten , southern cloud , disappears in severe weather on a flight from sydney to melbourne , killing all eight on board in australia ' s first significant airline disaster ; the crash site in the snowy mountains remains undiscovered until 1958 .\nmarch 31 - a transcontinental & western air fokker f - 10 trimotor crashes near bazaar , kansas , after a wing breaks off in flight , killing all eight aboard , including university of notre dame football coach knute rockne .\nmarch 28 - the 1933 imperial airways dixmude crash in belgium of an armstrong whitworth argosy ii is the first suspected case of air sabotage ; all 15 on board are killed .\noctober 10 - the united airlines crash near chesterton : a boeing 247 is destroyed by a bomb over chesterton , indiana , united states , in the first proven case of air sabotage on a commercial aircraft ; all seven on board are killed .\ndecember 30 - in the 1933 imperial airways ruysselede crash in belgium , an avro ten collides with a radio mast , killing all 10 on board .\nfebruary 23 - a united air lines boeing 247 crashes into a utah canyon in bad weather , killing all eight on board .\nmay 9 - an air france wibault 282t crashes into the english channel off dungeness , kent , killing all six on board .\njuly 27 - a swissair curtiss t - 32 condor ii crashes near tuttlingen , germany , after a wing separates in a thunderstorm , killing all 12 passengers and crew on board .\noctober 2 - a hillman ' s airways de havilland dragon rapide crashes into the english channel off folkestone , kent , due to pilot error , killing all seven on board .\nmay 6 - twa flight 6 , a douglas dc - 2 flying from albuquerque , new mexico , to kansas city , missouri , flying at low altitude through poor visibility at night while desperately low on fuel , crashes near atlanta , missouri , killing five out of thirteen on board , including a u . s . senator . the political aftermath transforms u . s . civil air regulation .\noctober 7 - united airlines trip 4 , a boeing 247d , crashes near silver crown , wyoming , united states , due to pilot error ; all 12 on board die .\ndecember 10 - a sabena savoia - marchetti s . 73 crashes near tatsfield , surrey , england , due to pilot error , killing all 11 on board .\njanuary 14 - american airlines flight 1 , a douglas dc - 2 , crashes into a swamp near goodwin , arkansas , killing all 17 passengers and crew on board ; the cause is never determined .\napril 7 - twa flight 1 , a douglas dc - 2 , crashes near uniontown , pennsylvania , united states , due to pilot error , killing 12 of the 14 passengers and crew aboard .\njune 16 - in the hav\u00f8rn accident , a norwegian air lines junkers ju 52 crashes into lihesten mountain in hyllestad , norway , killing all seven on board .\naugust 5 - chicago and southern flight 4 , a lockheed model 10 electra , crashes after takeoff due to pilot error , killing all eight on board .\ndecember 9 - a klm douglas dc - 2 crashes on takeoff from croydon airport , england ; 15 of 17 on board die .\ndecember 27 - united airlines trip 34 , a boeing 247 , crashes at rice canyon ( near newhall , california , united states ) due to pilot error , killing all 12 on board .\njanuary 12 - western air express flight 7 , a boeing 247 , crashes into a mountain near newhall , california , united states . five of the 13 people aboard die , including famed adventurer , author and filmmaker , martin johnson .\nfebruary 19 - an australian national airways stinson model a suffers controlled flight into terrain in queensland , killing four of the seven people on board .\nmarch 25 - twa flight 15a , a douglas dc - 2 crashes in clifton , pennsylvania due to ice accumulation . all 13 passengers and crew are killed .\nmay 6 - the zeppelin hindenburg bursts into flames and crashes while attempting a landing at naval air engineering station , lakehurst , new jersey , united states ; of the 97 people on board , 35 are killed ; one person on the ground also dies .\nnovember 16 - a sabena junkers ju 52 crashes near ostend , belgium , killing all 11 on board , including the grand duke georg donatus and grand duchess cecilie of hesse .\njanuary 10 - northwest airlines flight 2 , a lockheed l14h super electra , crashes near bozeman , montana , united states , killing all 10 on board ; the machine with which the manufacturer measured component vibration is found to be inaccurate , causing the aircraft to be more prone to flutter than thought .\njanuary 11 - pan american world airways flight 1 , a sikorsky s - 42 flying boat named the samoan clipper , explodes over pago pago , american samoa ; all seven on board die .\nmarch 1 - the 1938 yosemite twa crash : a douglas dc - 2 disappears on a flight from san francisco to winslow , arizona , united states ; the aircraft is found three months later on a mountain in yosemite national park ; all nine on board die .\njuly 28 - pan american world airways flight 229 , a martin m - 130 flying boat named the hawaii clipper , disappears in the pacific ocean westbound from guam to manila with six passengers and nine crew .\noctober 25 - kyeema , an australian national airways douglas dc - 2 crashes in heavy fog into mount dandenong in victoria , australia , killing all 18 people on board .\nnovember 4 - in the 1938 jersey airport disaster , a jersey airways de havilland dh . 86 crashes on takeoff from jersey airport due to pilot error ; all 13 passengers and crew die as well as one person on the ground .\njanuary 13 - northwest airlines flight 1 , a lockheed l14h super electra , crashes on descent to miles city , montana , united states , killing all four on board ; the aircraft ' s cross - feed fuel valve leaked fuel into the cockpit and an intense fire broke out .\njanuary 21 - imperial airways short empire flying boat cavalier makes an emergency landing 285 mi southeast of new york in the north atlantic due to loss of power and later sinks ; three of 12 on board die .\naugust 13 - a pan am sikorsky s - 43 crashes into guanabara bay , brazil , due to loss of control following engine failure , killing 12 of 14 on board .\njune 14 - in the kaleva shootdown , an aero junkers ju 52 en route from tallinn , estonia to helsinki , finland , is shot down by two soviet bombers over the gulf of finland during peacetime ; all nine aboard die .\naugust 31 - in the lovettsville air disaster , pennsylvania central airlines trip 19 , a douglas dc - 3a , crashes at lovettsville , virginia , united states , killing all 25 on board .\nnovember 8 - a deutsche luft hansa junkers ju 90 crashes near sch\u00f6nteichen , saxony , germany , after ice formed on the tail , killing all 29 passengers and crew on board .\nfebruary 26 - eastern air lines flight 21 , a douglas dc - 3 , crashes while descending to land at atlanta , georgia , united states , killing eight of 16 aboard ; world war i hero and eastern air lines president eddie rickenbacker is among the survivors .\noctober 30 - american airlines flight 1 a douglas dc - 3 , stalled and crashed at lawrence station , ontario , canada while attempting to find a place to land , killing all 20 on board ; the cause of the crash was not determined .\noctober 30 - northwest airlines trip 5 , a douglas dc - 3 , crashed at moorhead , minnesota in fog due to icing ; of the 15 on board , only the pilot survived .\njanuary 16 - twa flight 3 , a douglas dc - 3 returning to california crashes into potosi mountain 30 miles ( 48 km ) southwest of las vegas , nevada , united states ; all 22 aboard die , including actress carole lombard and her mother .\njanuary 30 - qantas short empire g - aeuh is shot down by seven japanese fighters and crashes 13 nmi ( 24 km ) from east timor ; 13 of 18 on board die .\nmarch 3 - knilm douglas dc - 3 pk - afv is shot down by three japanese fighters and crashes 50 mi ( 80 km ) north of broome , western australia , killing four of 12 on board .\noctober 23 - american airlines flight 28 , a douglas dc - 3 , crashes near palm springs , california , united states , after being struck by a u . s . army air corps lockheed b - 34 bomber ; all 12 aboard the airliner die , while the bomber lands safely with minor damage .\njanuary 21 - pan am flight 1104 , a martin m - 130 nicknamed the philippine clipper , crashes into a mountain near boonville , california , united states , killing all 19 passengers and crew , including rear admiral robert h . english , commander , submarines , u . s . pacific fleet ( comsubpac ) .\njune 1 - boac flight 777 , a douglas dc - 3 , is shot down by luftwaffe fighter aircraft over the bay of biscay , killing 17 passengers and crew on board .\njuly 28 - american airlines flight 63 ( flagship ohio ) , a douglas dc - 3 , loses control due to severe turbulence and violent downdrafts and crashes near trammel , kentucky , united states , killing 20 out of 22 people on board .\noctober 15 - american airlines flight 63 ( flagship missouri ) , a dc - 3 , crashes near centerville , tennessee , united states , killing all eight passengers and three crewmembers , after ice formed on its wings and propellers .\nfebruary 10 - american airlines flight 2 , a douglas dc - 3 , crashes into the mississippi river between arkansas and tennessee , united states , for reasons unknown , killing all 24 occupants ( 21 passengers and three crew members ) .\njune 20 - twa flight 277 , a douglas c - 54 skymaster , crashes into fort mountain , maine , united states , in severe weather , killing all seven passengers and crew on board .\njanuary 8 - the china clipper , a pan am martin m - 130 flying boat operating as flight 161 , crashes in port of spain , trinidad , killing all 25 on board .\njanuary 31 - the stinson tokana operated by australian national airways crashes , killing all 10 on board . the accident was caused by a fatigue crack in a wing spar .\njuly 12 - eastern air lines flight 45 , a douglas dc - 3a , collides with a douglas a - 26 invader over florence , south carolina , united states . one of the 24 on the dc - 3 and one of the two on the a - 26 die .\noctober 5 - national airlines flight 16 , a lockheed l - 18 lodestar , overshoots the runway at lakeland , florida , united states , killing two of 15 on board .\nnovember 3 - the prototype boeing 314 , named the honolulu clipper , makes an emergency landing in the pacific 650 miles east of oahu due to double engine failure ; the aircraft is intentionally sunk after salvage was deemed impractical ; all 26 passengers on board survive .\njanuary 6 - pennsylvania central airlines flight 105 , a douglas dc - 3 , crashes in birmingham , alabama , united states , killing three of the four crew members ; the flight attendant and all 16 passengers survive .\nmarch 10 - the 1946 australian national airways dc - 3 crash near hobart , tasmania , kills all 25 on board .\njuly 11 - twa flight 513 , a lockheed l - 049 constellation , crashes near reading , pennsylvania , united states , after a fire in the baggage compartment ; of the six crew on board , only one survives .\naugust 7 - british european airways flight 530 , a douglas c - 47 , crashes into mistberget mountain near eidsvoll , norway ; killing three of five crew ; all 10 passengers survived .\noctober 3 - an american overseas airlines douglas c - 54 crashes into mountainous terrain after takeoff from stephenville , newfoundland , killing all 39 passengers and crew on board .\nnovember 14 - in the 1946 klm douglas dc - 3 amsterdam accident , a douglas dc - 3 crashes while attempting to land at amsterdam schiphol airport in the netherlands ; all 26 passengers and crew on board are killed .\ndecember 19 - in the 1946 railway air services dakota crash , a douglas dc - 3 crashes shortly after taking off from northolt airport , england and comes to rest on top of a house . all 5 occupants survive the crash without injury .\ndecember 28 - twa flight 6963 , a lockheed l - 049 constellation , crashes near shannon airport due to an inaccurate altimeter caused by maintenance errors , killing nine of 23 on board .\njanuary 11 - the 1947 boac douglas c - 47 crash : a boac douglas c - 47a crashes into barley hill near stowting , kent , united kingdom , due to fuel starvation , killing eight of 16 on board .\njanuary 12 - eastern air lines flight 665 douglas c - 49 flies into high ground near galax , virginia , when the pilot loses his bearings , killing all but one of 19 aboard .\njanuary 25 - in the 1947 croydon dakota accident , a spencer airways douglas c - 47a fails to get airborne at croydon airport , united kingdom , and crashes into a parked ? sa aircraft ; 12 of the 22 on board are killed .\njanuary 26 - in the 1947 klm douglas dc - 3 copenhagen accident , a douglas dc - 3 crashes shortly after takeoff from kastrup airport in denmark ; all 22 passengers and crew on board are killed .\nfebruary 15 - an avianca douglas dc - 4 crashes into mount el tabalazo due to pilot error , killing all 53 passengers and crew on board .\nmay 29 - united airlines flight 521 , a douglas dc - 4 , crashes on takeoff from laguardia airport , new york , united states , due to pilot error ; 42 of 48 on board die .\nmay 30 - eastern air lines flight 605 , a douglas dc - 4 , loses control and crashes near bainbridge , maryland , united states , killing all 53 passengers and crew on board in the deadliest airliner crash in united states history at the time .\njune 13 - pennsylvania central airlines flight 410 , a douglas dc - 4 , crashes into lookout rock , in the west virginia blue ridge mountains of the united states en route from pittsburgh to washington dc ; all 50 passengers and crew are killed .\njune 19 - pan am flight 121 , a lockheed l - 049 constellation , crashes in the syrian desert , en route from karachi to istanbul , killing 14 of the 36 on board .\naugust 2 - in the 1947 bsaa star dust accident , a british south american airways avro lancastrian named star dust disappears over the andes after transmitting an enigmatic coded message (\nstendec\n) ; the fate of the plane remained a mystery until the crash site was located in 2000 ; four crew and nine passengers are killed .\naugust 28 - in the kvitbj\u00f8rn disaster , a norwegian air lines short sandringham flying boat struck a mountain near l\u00f8dingsfjellet , norway , killing all 35 on board .\noctober 24 - united airlines flight 608 , a douglas dc - 6 , crashes near bryce canyon airport , utah , united states , when fire caused by a design flaw destroys the aircraft ; all 52 on board die in the first hull loss of the dc - 6 .\noctober 26 - pan am flight 923 , a douglas dc - 4 , struck tamgas mountain on annette island , alaska , killing all 18 passengers and crew on board ; the cause is never determined .\ndecember 27 - in the 1947 korangi creek crash , an air india douglas dc - 3 crashes shortly after takeoff , killing all 23 on board .\njanuary 28 - in the 1948 los gatos dc - 3 crash , an airline transport carriers douglas dc - 3 crashes in the diablo range , california after an engine fire . all 32 passengers and crew are killed .\njanuary 30 - the bsaa star tiger disappearance : an avro tudor iv disappears without a trace en route from the azores to bermuda with 31 on board . the loss of the aircraft along with the 1949 bsaa star ariel disappearance remain unsolved to this day , with the resulting speculation helping to develop the bermuda triangle legend .\nmarch 12 - northwest airlines flight 4422 , a douglas c - 54 skymaster , crashes into mount sanford in the alaska territory , killing 30 . though the wreckage was initially found , it was inaccessible ; it was later buried and not rediscovered until 1999 .\napril 5 - in the 1948 gatow air disaster , a british european airways vickers vc . 1 viking crashes near raf gatow , berlin after a collision with a soviet air force yakovlev yak - 3 fighter ; all 14 people on board the viking die , as well as the soviet pilot .\napril 15 - pan am flight 1 - 10 , a lockheed constellation , crashes while on approach to shannon airport , ireland ; of the 31 on board , only one survives .\napril 21 - british european airways flight s200p , a vickers vc . 1 viking , crashes into irish law mountain in scotland due to pilot error ; all on board survive .\njune 17 - united airlines flight 624 , a douglas dc - 6 , crashes near mount carmel , pennsylvania , after errors in attempting to extinguish what was believed to have been an onboard fire ; all 43 on board die .\njuly 4 - the northwood mid - air collision between a scandinavian airlines system - operated douglas dc - 6 and an raf avro york kills all 39 passengers and crew on board both aircraft .\njuly 17 - miss macao , a catalina seaplane operated by a cathay pacific subsidiary , over the pearl river delta from macau to hong kong , is hijacked with 23 passengers and three crew on board by a group attempting to rob the passengers ; following a struggle in the cockpit , a crash kills all on board except one passenger , later identified as the lead hijacker ; this is the earliest known airliner hijacking .\naugust 1 - in the 1948 air france lat\u00e9co\u00e8re 631 disappearance , a lat\u00e9co\u00e8re 631 disappears over the atlantic ocean with the loss of all 52 people on board . this was the worst aviation accident in the atlantic ocean at the time and remains the worst ever involving the lat\u00e9co\u00e8re 631 .\naugust 29 - northwest airlines flight 421 , a martin 2 - 0 - 2 , crashes near winona , minnesota , due to structural failure of a wing , killing all 37 on board in the worst ever accident involving the martin 2 - 0 - 2 . this crash is also the first loss of a 2 - 0 - 2 .\nseptember 2 - the 1948 lutana crash ; australian national airways flight 331 , a douglas dc - 3 , crashes into high terrain near nundle , new south wales , killing all 13 people on board .\noctober 2 - in the bukken bruse disaster , a det norske luftfartsselskap short sandringham flying boat , crashes upon landing in trondheim , norway ; 19 are killed ; bertrand russell is among the 24 survivors ."]}
{"id": 56133, "summary": [{"text": "halocarbon compounds are chemicals in which one or more carbon atoms are linked by covalent bonds with one or more halogen atoms ( fluorine , chlorine , bromine or iodine \u2013 group 17 ) resulting in the formation of organofluorine compounds , organochlorine compounds , organobromine compounds , and organoiodine compounds .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "chlorine halocarbons are the most common and are called organochlorides .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "many synthetic organic compounds such as plastic polymers , and a few natural ones , contain halogen atoms ; they are known as halogenated compounds or organohalogens .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "organochlorides are the most common industrially used organohalides , although the other organohalides are used commonly in organic synthesis .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "except for extremely rare cases , organohalides are not produced biologically , but many pharmaceuticals are organohalides .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "notably , many pharmaceuticals such as prozac have trifluoromethyl groups .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "for information on inorganic halide chemistry , see halide . ", "topic": 33}], "title": "halocarbon", "paragraphs": ["\u00a9 copyright 2018 halocarbon products corporation . halocarbon\u00a9 , the halocarbon logo , and the let\u2019s create your next breakthrough\u2122 tagline are registered trademarks of halocarbon products corporation . all rights reserved .\nhalocarbon 1 . 8 oil is one of the lower viscosity inert oils that is manufactured by halocarbon products . some of the uses of halocarbon 1 . 8 oil are as a metal working and wire drawing fluid .\nthe federal halocarbon regulations , 2003 prohibits any release of a halocarbon into the environment . however , if a release occurs , it must be reported . there are three possible scenarios in which the release of a halocarbon needs to be reported :\nlearn more about what drives halocarbon scientists and engineers to create new breakthroughs in fluorochemistry .\nbuy halocarbon \u2013 c318 ( octafluorocyclobutane ) gas cylinders & tanks | praxair , inc .\nglassdoor gives you an inside look at what it ' s like to work at halocarbon products , including salaries , reviews , office photos , and more . this is the halocarbon products company profile . all content is posted anonymously by employees working at halocarbon products .\nunder the federal halocarbon regulations , 2003 , halocarbons can only be stored , transported or purchased in containers that are designed and manufactured to be refilled and to contain that specific type of halocarbon .\nunder the federal halocarbon regulations , 2003 , chillers that contain a halocarbon listed in items 1 to 9 of schedule 1 ( including cfcs ) may only be operated until december 31 , 2014 .\nhalocarbon 0 . 8 oil is the lowest viscosity inert oil that is manufactured by halocarbon products . halocarbon 0 . 8 oil is used mostly as an inert low temperature bath fluid . this oil has a very low pour point and is not miscible with water . halocarbon 0 . 8 oil can be used as an inert process solvent in certain applications and has very good hydrocarbon oil solvency .\nas a privately - owned company , halocarbon provides agility and flexibility not found in larger chemical companies .\nfor over 65 years , halocarbon has been one of the world\u2019s leading producers of high - quality fluorochemicals .\ndue to increase in the cost of raw materials , labor , and logistics , halocarbon products corporation ( halocarbon ) will be increasing the price of its fluoroproducts by 8 % effective june 1 , 2018 . . .\nhalocarbon oil ( voltalef 10s ) or schneider\u2019s + 5 ug / ml insulin and 2 . 5 % fbs\nthe federal halocarbon regulations , 2003 define a halocarbon as any substance listed in schedule 1 of the regulations ( listed below ) , whether existing alone or in a mixture , and includes isomers of any such substance .\nreview of thermal decomposition product testing of halocarbon fire suppression agents . . peatross , m . j . ; 1998\nhalocarbon engineered fluids are specifically designed to deliver the benefits of fluorochemistry to a broad range of technically challenging applications .\nabout halocarbon for more than 60 years , halocarbon has been known as the premier manufacturer of innovative , fluorinated intermediates . with new headquarters in atlanta , georgia , and a state - of - the - art manufacturing plant in north augusta , south carolina , halocarbon is one of the world\u2019s leading producers of specialty fluorochemicals . halocarbon\u2019s products include inert lubricants , aliphatic fluorochemicals for pharmaceutical and agricultural chemical manufacturing , inhalation anesthetics and other specialty products . for more information , please contact the company at 1 ( 470 ) 419 - 6364 or at www . halocarbon . com .\nhalocarbon is a leader in high - purity fluorochemistry for use in pharmaceutical , biotechnology , personal care , and agricultural applications .\nhalocarbon partners with clients to create product breakthroughs that improve day - to - day lives by unlocking the benefits of fluorochemistry .\nwe offer halocarbon \u2013 c318 ( octafluorocyclobutane ) in a variety of purities and concentrations . see the chart below and download the spec sheets and safety data sheets for more information on buying halocarbon \u2013 c318 ( octafluorocyclobutane ) tanks and cylinders from praxair .\nthe federal halocarbon regulations , 2003 apply to all systems regardless of refrigeration capacity . however , small systems are exempt from the requirement to leak test at least once every 12 months , as well as the prohibition to charge a system with a halocarbon .\nhalocarbon has been working with fluorocarbon - based chemistry since the 1950s , making us one of the world\u2019s foremost experts in the field .\nour leadership team is led by our ceo , david bacon . learn more about him and the other leaders that make halocarbon so great .\nunder the federal halocarbon regulations , 2003 , owners of refrigeration , air - conditioning and fire - extinguishing systems must conduct a leak test at least once every 12 months of all of the components that come into contact with a halocarbon . the only exemptions from this annual requirement are :\n\u2018selecting either a halocarbon or inert gas , two types of clean agents , depends upon available space for suppression system tanks and venting capabilities . \u2019\nreview of thermal decomposition product formation from halocarbon fire suppression agents : suppression of class a fires . . robin , m . l . ; 1999\n. , voltalef 10s ) can act as a culturing medium . as long as the tissue of interest is not directly exposed to halocarbon oil (\nunder the federal halocarbon regulations , 2003 , a chiller that has undergone an overhaul may only be charged with hcfc s , hfcs or pfcs .\nhalocarbon performance fluids deliver the power of fluorochemistry to unique and technically demanding applications . properties such as hydrocarbon solubility , low pour point , low viscosity , and low compressibility set halocarbon fluids apart from other fluorinated fluids allowing their use in applications like spectroscopy , thermal management , metal - working and critical cleaning .\nthe term \u201chalocarbon\u201d includes most ozone - depleting substances , as well as their halogenated replacements , many of which are greenhouse gases , currently used in canada .\nin the words of our ceo , david bacon , \u201cwelcome to the new halocarbon , where we aspire to be a great company and do great things . \u201d\nour commercial team does everything in their power to make ordering from halocarbon an easy and great experience . any member of this team can answer your fluorochemical questions .\nhalocarbon fluorinated lubricants are nonflammable and chemically inert fluoropolymers engineered to provide excellent lubricity while delivering the safety , reliability , and superior performance required in a broad range of technically advanced applications . halocarbon\u2019s broad range of oils , greases , and waxes can be tuned for your challenging application whether in aerospace or a common petrochemical plant .\nall underwriters\u2019 laboratories of canada ( ulc ) publications and standards , including those mentioned in the federal halocarbon regulations , 2003 can be purchased from the ulc website .\nif , as an owner , you believe that no technically and financially feasible alternative to a prohibited halocarbon exists that could have a less harmful impact on the environment and on health , you may apply for a permit to install a fire - extinguishing or solvent system that operates or is intended to operate with the prohibited halocarbon . you may also apply for a permit to charge a fixed or portable fire - extinguishing system that operates or is intended to operate with a prohibited halocarbon .\n\u201cthe relocation makes access to our company\u2019s manufacturing site in north augusta , south carolina , much faster and easier while allowing halocarbon to tap into a large pool of innovative , collaborative , and tech - savvy talent , \u201d said david bacon , ceo of halocarbon . \u201cthe look and feel of our new headquarters reflects the evolving personality of our company : progressive , forward - looking and highly accessible . we are very excited to begin the next phase of halocarbon\u2019s growth here in atlanta . \u201d\nsince our company\u2019s origins in the 1950s , halocarbon engineered fluids have been integral to a long line of innovative breakthroughs . from inert lubricants for use in u . s . military applications to gyroscopic fluids used for navigation systems , halocarbon scientists and engineers have developed fluorocarbon - based solutions for cutting - edge applications that continue to evolve over time . today , halocarbon continues to be a leading producer of fluorinated materials that enhance product safety , increase efficiency , extend product life , and improve product efficacy .\nlearn more about how halocarbon is leveraging the principles of structure - activity relationships ( sar ) to address key challenges in the chemistry of high - voltage lithium ion batteries .\nunder the federal halocarbon regulations , 2003 , no person may charge a fire - extinguishing system with any halocarbon unless the system has been tested for leaks and , if a leak is detected , the leak is repaired . the only exception is to this prohibition is if the charge is required to prevent an immediate danger to human life or health .\nstay up - to - date on the latest halocarbon news by following our press releases . here is where we will update our customers on our latest innovations and internal changes .\nmarine applications of clean agents : halocarbon agents for the protection of pleasure craft engine compartments . . robin , m . l . ; rowland , t . f . ; 2003\nunder the federal halocarbon regulations , 2003 , no person may charge a refrigeration or air - conditioning system with any halocarbon , unless the system has been tested for leaks and , if a leak is detected , the leak is repaired . the only exception to this prohibition is if the charge is required to prevent an immediate danger to human life or health .\nunder the federal halocarbon regulations , 2003 ( fhr 2003 ) , a certificate is proof of the successful completion of an environmental awareness course in recycling , recovery and handling procedures in respect of halocarbon refrigerants as outlined in the refrigerant code of practice . this is not the same as a trade certification / qualification , nor is it intended to imply any trade qualification .\nunder the federal halocarbon regulations , 2003 , only a certified person may perform maintenance , leak testing or any other work on a refrigeration or air - conditioning system that may result in the release of a halocarbon . in addition , all work must be done in accordance with the environmental code of practice for elimination of fluorocarbon emissions from refrigeration and air conditioning systems .\nat praxair , we develop the right grades for the right applications . give us a call and we\u2019ll help you get the most out of your halocarbon \u2013 c318 ( octafluorocyclobutane ) gas .\nreleases of more than 10 kg but less than 100 kg of a halocarbon from a system or from a container or equipment used in the reuse , recycling , reclamation or storage of a halocarbon . in this case the owner must submit a written or electronic report that contains the information set out in schedule 2 of regulations twice annually , by january 31 and july 31 .\nat halocarbon , we strive to build lasting partnerships and leverage our expertise in fluorochemistry to solve the toughest challenges . and , in the end , we answer to our clients\u2026 not to wall street .\n\u201chalocarbon\u2019s legacy was founded in new jersey more than 60 years ago . it provided the company with a strong foundation to become the successful organization it is today , \u201d said emily ehrenfeld , president of halocarbon . \u201cas we continue to evolve as a company , with a dynamic ceo and tremendously talented senior team , moving the headquarters to atlanta was a natural extension of our strategic corporate plan . \u201d\nrefrigeration , air - conditioning or fire - extinguishing systems must not be charged with a halocarbon listed in items 1 to 9 of schedule 1 of the federal halocarbon regulations , 2003 for the purpose of leak testing . the only exception is for refrigeration or air - conditioning systems if the testing is recommended in the environmental code of practice for elimination of fluorocarbon emissions from refrigeration and air conditioning systems .\nservice logs are written or electronic records in which information must be entered whenever a refrigeration , air - conditioning , fire - extinguishing or solvent system is installed , serviced , leak - tested or charged , or if any other work is done that may result in the release of a halocarbon . the service log must contain the information set out in schedule 2 of the federal halocarbon regulations , 2003 .\nceo , david bacon , leads halocarbon with more than 24 years of experience in market analysis and driving innovation . his top priorities will be leading the next phase of the company\u2019s growth and product innovation .\nhalocarbon 1 . 8 oil is a low molecular weight polymer of chlorotrifluoroethylene ( pctfe ) . this inert oil is manufactured by a controlled polymerization process and then is stabilized to give it some very unique properties .\nto find out more about the federal halocarbon regulations , 2003 , visit environment canada\u2019s ozone website , where you will find links , fact sheets , permit application forms and contact information for provincial and territorial offices .\nhalocarbon 0 . 8 oil is a low molecular weight polymer of chlorotrifluoroethylene ( pctfe ) . this inert oil is manufactured by a controlled polymerization process and then is stabilized to give it some very unique properties .\nfor over 65 years , halocarbon has been one of the world\u2019s leading producers of high - quality fluorochemicals . learn more about how we\u2019re building upon our rich history and writing the next chapter in our company\u2019s story .\nconsideration of liquid to gas phenomena for a sustainable , high - boiling , tropodegradeable halocarbon . . rivers , p . e . ; schmeer , j . s . ; owens , j . g . ; 2003\nunder the federal halocarbon regulations , 2003 , all work on a fire - extinguishing system that may result in the release of a halocarbon must be done in accordance with the publication ulc / ord - c1058 . 18 - 2004 , of the underwriters\u2019 laboratories of canada , entitled the servicing of halon and clean agent extinguishing systems . unlike refrigeration and air - conditioning systems , technicians working on fire - extinguishing systems do not need to be certified .\nunlike large , public chemical companies , halocarbon does not seek massive volume or revenue targets from our clients before we begin . we approach each client with an \u201centrepreneurial curiosity\u201d to create new and improved products that truly improve their bottom line .\nreleases of 100 kg or more of a halocarbon from a system , or from a container or equipment used in the reuse , recycling , reclamation or storage of a halocarbon . in this case , the release from a refrigeration , air - conditioning , fire - extinguishing or solvent system must be reported within 24 - hours to the minister in a verbal or written report . the report must indicate the name of the owner , the type of halocarbon released and the type of system , container or equipment from which it was released . within 14 - days after the release is detected , the owner must submit to the minister a written or electronic report containing the information set out in schedule 2 of the regulations .\ndirector of strategic marketing , siddhartha shenoy , has the top priorities of designing and implementing the company\u2019s new strategic growth initiatives , and interfacing with both the commercial and technical / r & d ; teams at halocarbon to build the company\u2019s innovation pipeline .\nunder the federal halocarbon regulations , 2003 , a small refrigeration or air - conditioning system means a system that has a refrigeration capacity of less than 19 kw ( approximately 5 . 4 tonnes ) as rated by the manufacturer and generally applies to small domestic appliances .\nspecialty chemical manufacturers often have a \u201csales catalog mentality , \u201d usually offering \u201coff - the - shelf\u201d solutions . at halocarbon , we go beyond these limits \u2014 working strategically with our clients to invent new possibilities , and create unique solutions that improve their products\u2026 and their bottom line .\natlanta \u2013 december 15 , 2015 \u2013 halocarbon products corporation , a leading worldwide producer of specialty fluorochemicals , non - flammable oils , greases and waxes , and inhalation anesthetics , today announced that the company will be officially moving its headquarters to atlanta , georgia , effective december 31 , 2015 .\n\u2026in the release of volatile halocarbon compounds , such as the refrigerant freon and the solvent carbon tetrachloride , the chlorine content of the upper atmosphere is increasing , and chlorine catalyzes the decomposition of ozone , which shields the earth from ultraviolet radiation that is emitted from the sun . the earth\u2019s ozone shield\u2026\nas described above , reduction in emissions of these halocarbon greenhouse gases has largely been due to concern over ozone depletion and compliance with the montreal protocol . the powerful greenhouse gas status of some of these ozone depleting gases simply adds further credence to the global cuts in emissions under the montreal protocol .\na leak is detected from a refrigeration system , an air - conditioning system , or a fire - extinguishing system and it is necessary to charge the system to prevent an immediate danger to human life or health . in this case , the owner must submit a written record to the minister within 7 - days . the report must describe the nature of the immediate danger to human life or health and the circumstances that justify charging the system in order to prevent the danger , the amount of halocarbon charged to the system and the date of the leak or recovery of the remaining halocarbon from the system .\nschwandner , f . , gize , a . p . , seward , t . m . , hall , k . , dietrich , v . j . , 2000 ,\nnatural halocarbon compounds in volcanic gases\n, goldschmidt 2000 journal of conference abstracts , vol . 5 , p . 898 .\nthe fhr 2003 ensures that systems located on federal and aboriginal lands or owned by the federal house comply with the national action plan for the environmental control of ozone - depleting substances ( ods ) and their halocarbon alternatives . combined with provincial regulations , these regulations control the use and handling of halocarbons across canada .\nthe federal halocarbon regulations , 2003 control the use and handling of halocarbons ( including ozone - depleting substances ) in refrigeration , air - conditioning , fire - extinguishing and solvent systems that are located on aboriginal or federal lands , or are owned by federal departments , boards and agencies , crown corporations or federal works and undertakings .\nnot only do we know fluorochemistry \u2013 we understand its potential application to everyday life , and are constantly seeking new ways to make life better with the work that we do . at halocarbon , we partner with our clients to create breakthroughs , such as more efficient pharmaceuticals , more effective crop protection chemicals , and higher performing , safer electronics .\nall logs , notices , records and reports required by the federal halocarbon regulations , 2003 must be kept at the premises or site at which the system is located for a period of five years after the date they are prepared or submitted . these records should be easily accessible to the owner and an environment canada enforcement officer in case of inspection .\n, in the stratosphere has been another recent example of the contribution of halocarbons to chemical budgets and reactions in the atmosphere . it has been suggested that a combination of increased halocarbon emissions and projected increases of vertical transport into the tropical stratosphere could lead to increased contributions of such compounds to halogen background levels and thus to ozone depletion ( dessens et al .\nthis as establishes minimum requirements for halocarbon clean agent hand - held fire extinguishers carried on board civil aircraft . the requirements include : design ( cylinder , valve , gauge , mounting equipment ) , performance ( firefighting effectiveness - hidden fire test , discharge test , type , etc . ) , environmental ( ozone depleting / global warming potential , atmospheric life span ) , and occupant safety concerns ( toxicology - seat fire test ) .\na certified person is someone who holds a certificate . the fhr 2003 stipulates that only a certified person may install , service , leak test or charge a refrigeration or air - conditioning system or do any other work on the system that may result in the release of a halocarbon . the certificate must be recognized either by the province or territory in which the work is being done or by three or more provinces or territories .\nelements of the typical volcanic plume chemistry such as hcl & hf in the presence of other halocarbons ( such as bromomethane ) and hydrocarbons , will substitute chlorine and fluorine for bromine , favouring a halocarbon light enough to remain long term in the stratosphere , while the heaviest ( eg . bromine ) ion returns to earth in water soluble form without the rest of the halocarbon . the hypothesis that volcanic chlorine & fluorine is removed from the atmosphere by precipitation omits the fact that lighter halogens are favoured by halocarbons while heavier halogens are favoured by water soluble acid formation . this ensures that once the bromine has done its damage , lighter halogens are then combined with non - polar chemicals that are too light to settle out , and neither sufficiently water soluble nor hydrophylic to be removed from the stratosphere by precipitation . furthermore , the surface of the volcanic aerosol not only provides an increased surface area on which ozone can be broken down , but additionally increases the fraction of stratospheric halogen that occurs in ozone destroying forms - as observed in the substantial increase in the ozone destroying forms of chlorine by wilson et al . , ( 1993 ) .\norganochlorine compounds are usually taken to be man made ; yet methyl chloride has been demonstrated as a product of microbial fermentation 1 and of the smouldering combustion of vegetation ( a . e . o ' keeffe , personal communication ) and zafiriou 2 has predicted its ubiquitous presence in the environment . here i report measurements of methyl chloride and other halomethanes in the air and coastal waters of southern england between december 1974 and april 1975 . these measurements confirm those of r . a . rasmussen ( personal communication ) who found methyl chloride in rural air over the west coast of the usa ; they reveal methyl chloride as the dominant halocarbon of the atmosphere . the possible bearing of this discovery on the chlorine - catalysed destruction of stratospheric ozone is discussed .\nziska et al . calculate historical and future trends in sea - to - air fluxes of the vsls ch 2 br 2 , chbr 3 and ch 3 i from 1979 to 2100 , using three cmip5 models . assuming constant concentration fields in the ocean and atmosphere , i . e . changes induced only via the gas transfer coefficient k w , increases of 6\u20138 % are predicted to have occurred during 1979\u20132013 , due almost entirely to increases in wind speed . for the time period 2006\u20132100 , the multi - model mean increases for rcp 8 . 5 were 29 % , 23 % and 6 % for chbr 3 , ch 2 br 2 , and ch 3 i , respectively , due mainly to increases in sst which are predicted to range from 2 to 4 k in all latitudinal bands across all models . the actual influence of future ocean productivity changes on the oceanic halocarbon production rates and concentrations are currently unclear and need to be assessed in follow - up studies .\nfluorinated materials specifically designed to deliver the benefits of fluorochemistry to a broad range of technical and industrial applications .\ncutting - edge fluorochemical solutions focused on driving advances in computing power and energy - storage for automotive and consumer electronics .\nlearn more about how we\u2019re building upon our rich history and writing the next chapter in our company\u2019s story .\ncheck out our breakthrough blog to learn more about everything fluorochemical . we are updating our blog weekly with the latest and greatest .\nthe lithium ion battery has become the standard in many industries when it comes to mobilizing a power source . the developments in electronics , electric vehicles , and energy . . .\ncutting - edge fluorochemical solutions focused on driving advances in computing power and energy storage for automotive and consumer electronics .\nour chemistry makes products safer , longer lasting , and higher performing . ultimately , we increase value for our partners and their customers \u2014 while positively impacting day - to - day lives .\nour chemists and engineers commit the time and energy required to develop new ideas into commercial reality . when it\u2019s time for production , we can redesign and adapt our facilities to meet capacity and delivery requirements .\nthe company will be closing its current headquarters location in river edge , new jersey on the same date .\nany of a class of compounds containing carbon , one or more halogens , and sometimes hydrogen .\nurltoken unabridged based on the random house unabridged dictionary , \u00a9 random house , inc . 2018\na compound , such as a fluorocarbon , that consists of carbon combined with one or more halogens . halocarbons are typically nonflammable and nonreactive , though some halocarbons are broken down by ultraviolet radiation in the upper atmosphere , and this process releases free halogen atoms that damage the ozone layer . some halocarbons have also been implicated as greenhouse gases .\nthe american heritage\u00ae science dictionary copyright \u00a9 2011 . published by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company . all rights reserved .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\nthis page was last edited on 27 may 2018 , at 10 : 13 .\ntext is available under the creative commons attribution - sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site , you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy .\nglassdoor will not work properly unless browser cookie support is enabled . learn how to enable cookies .\nexplore the many benefits of having a premium branded profile on glassdoor , like increased influence and advanced analytics .\nsmall company with a bright future . employees like the company and are loyal . my contributions matter . promotions from within . i am very glad to be a part of the team .\nafter initial testing , simple . panel interview with mostly personality based questions . initial testing included math comprehension . seeing as you will be working with a group , they want to be confident you are a team player .\ncopyright \u00a9 2008\u20132018 , glassdoor , inc .\nglassdoor\nand logo are proprietary trademarks of glassdoor , inc .\nwe use cookies to enhance your experience on our website . this website uses cookies that provide targeted advertising and which track your use of this website . by clicking \u2018continue\u2019 or by continuing to use our website , you are agreeing to our use of cookies . you can change your cookie settings at any time .\na chlorofluorocarbon or other compound in which the hydrogen of a hydrocarbon is replaced by halogens .\n\u2018countries signing the montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer have pledged to eliminate manufacture and use of halocarbons . \u2019\n\u2018it should also be mentioned that other chemical substances have attacked the ozone layer including nitrous oxides from fertilisers , chlorine , carbon dioxide and bromine halocarbons . \u2019\n\u2018minor greenhouse gases include methane , nitrous oxide , sulfur hexafluoride and halocarbons such as perfluoromethane , freon and other cfcs . \u2019\n\u2018in recent years , society has introduced new greenhouse gases into the atmosphere , namely cfcs and other halocarbons . \u2019\nstay up to date with our latest news and receive new words updates , blog posts , and more .\nin this article we explore how to impress employers with a spot - on cv .\narchaic words have a charm that never fades away , from french sounding to wondrously mysterious ones .\nat praxair , we promise an uninterrupted supply of any type of gas , at any quantity , almost anywhere in the world .\nour production facilities , wide variety of gas and process management programs , and delivery systems are all designed to help get you the gas you need , when and how you need it .\nour services are extensive and include cleaning , purging , drying , emergency oxygenated aeration , inerting , cooling , blanketing , displacement , pneumatic testing pressure , leak detection , inspection for piping and storage tanks and more .\nwe offer a number of gas injection services from full pilot projects to well stimulation , to increase the output of your oil and gas wells .\nour coatings can reduce the effects of abrasion , oxidation , corrosion , erosion , wear , and extreme heat , helping you to make the safest products possible .\nat praxair you ' ll join 26 , 000 talented and diverse people in more than 50 countries , all working hard to make a difference in the world .\nwe\u2019re working towards a single vision at praxair : to be the best performing industrial gases company in the world \u2014 as determined by our customers , employees , shareholders , suppliers and the communities in which we operate .\nis the resin polytetrafluoroethylene , called teflon . several , but not all , of the\n) are halocarbons , as is the resin polychlorotrifluoroethylene ( kel - f ) . the nonflammability , low chemical reactivity , and low toxicity of many of the halocarbons are their most valuable properties (\norganohalogen compound , any of a class of organic compounds that contain at least one halogen ( fluorine [ f ] , chlorine [ cl ] , bromine [ br ] , or iodine [ i ] ) bonded to carbon . they are subdivided into alkyl , vinylic , aryl , and acyl halides . in alkyl halides all four bonds to the carbon that bears the halogen\u2026\n\u2026 ( n 2 o ) and fluorinated gases ( halocarbons ) , the latter including sulfur hexafluoride , hydrofluorocarbons ( hfcs ) , and perfluorocarbons ( pfcs ) . nitrous oxide is responsible for 0 . 16 watt per square metre radiative forcing , while fluorinated gases are collectively responsible for 0 . 34 watt per square metre . nitrous oxides have small background concentrations due to natural biological\u2026\nof cfcs and other halocarbons . the 1987 montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer began the phaseout of cfcs in 1993 and sought to achieve a 50 percent reduction in global consumption from 1986 levels by 1998 . a series of amendments to the montreal protocol in the\u2026\nthe chlorofluorocarbons ( cfcs ) and other halocarbons ( carbon - halogen compounds ) that contain them , destroy ozone by stripping away single oxygen atoms from ozone molecules . depletion is so extensive that so - called ozone holes ( regions of severely reduced ozone coverage ) form over the poles during the onset of their respective spring seasons . the largest\u2026\nwe welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles . you can make it easier for us to review and , hopefully , publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind .\nencyclop\u00e6dia britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience .\nyou may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered .\nat the bottom of the article , feel free to list any sources that support your changes , so that we can fully understand their context . ( internet urls are the best . )\nyour contribution may be further edited by our staff , and its publication is subject to our final approval . unfortunately , our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions .\nour editors will review what you ' ve submitted , and if it meets our criteria , we ' ll add it to the article .\nplease note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors , and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed .\ncorrections ? updates ? omissions ? let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article ( requires login ) .\nif you prefer to suggest your own revision of the article , you can go to edit mode ( requires login ) .\nour editors will review what you\u2019ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article .\nnaoyoshi taguchi , the founder of the company , graduated from nagata high school in hyogo prefecture , enrolled at the osaka institute of technology , and subsequently became involved in development work .\n, naoyoshi taguchi , figaro engineering\u2019s future founder , noticed a newspaper article on a propane gas explosion at lake yamanaka . immediately he recognized the serious need for a gas leak detector . he was consumed by the need to accelerate research on gas detection sensors and thus began a series of experiments to find functional materials for gas detection . after two years of intensive experiments , he chose tin oxide ( sno2 ) for gas detection .\n, taguchi invented a semiconductor element with a very simple circuit to detect extremely low concentrations of inflammable and reducing gases . together with his research colleagues , he commercialized the product and established business operations . the sensor was incorporated into gas leak detectors for homes and industrial usage under the name taguchi gas sensor ( tgs ) , with sales both in japan and overseas .\ntgs109 was mass - produced , selling in large numbers . tgs is the abbreviation of \u2018taguchi gas sensor\u2019 .\n. to name the company , taguchi , an avid fan of opera , named the company figaro after the name of the protagonist and jack - of - all - trades in the opera \u2018the barber of seville\u2019 . figaro\u2019s ability to challenge anything represented taguchi\u2019s vitality and desire to challenge conventional wisdom .\na combined research laboratory and factory was built in higashi - toyonaka city the following year , and gas sensor development and manufacture commenced . in the same year , gas alarm manufacturers formed the gas alarm liaison council which later established the expiration date for alarms at three years .\n, nurturing development , manufacturing , and maintenance capabilities , and building the foundation of a progressive enterprise . the company was recognized by the media at the time as possessing \u2018venture spirit\u2019 , resulting in a ratio of 100 : 1 in student applications for successful employment , and an increased public awareness of the company .\nfigaro responded to the problem of faulty operation of alarms in underground shopping centers by rapidly developing countermeasures such as the addition of compounds to its sensor elements and by improving filters . these measures raised public awareness of the company as a leading , reliable manufacturer of gas sensors .\n, in preparation for overseas expansion , a north american office was established in 1980 and was formally incorporated as figaro usa inc . in 1983 , providing the basis for international expansion . in the same year , the company received the electrochemical society of japan\u2019s tanahashi award for technology development enterprises founded on electrochemistry and industrial physics .\nreceipt of this award was a demonstration of the company\u2019s nature , both in name and reality , as one of product development and technical ability . in the following year , the company moved to its current headquarters and factory to mino city to expand business .\nthe dangers of gas leaks in urban housing came into focus within the context of greater hermetic sealing of housing , and the company began shifting its focus to equipment and environments responding to the needs of society , and consequently developed its world - class mass production system .\n, the company received the technology award of the chemical society of japan , further motivating research and development , and reinforcing the abilities of the organization in both technology and development . in the same year , a capital alliance was formed with tokuyama , a company handling chemicals and electronic products , despite joining the tokuyama group , the progressive and unique nature of the company as a venture business with proactive management , employee performance awards , liberal vacation policy , and a flex - time system was retained .\n, operations were expanded into china , and tianjin figaro inc . was established as a japan - china joint venture , a rarity at the time . in an era when few japanese manufacturers had a presence in china , the company moved aggressively into the chinese market with the manufacturing of gas sensors in china and the potential of selling into the chinese retail market . china would become a base for expansion into asia .\nin the united states , the first regulations mandating the installation of carbon monoxide alarms were made in 1994 , and figaro dramatically increased its shipments of carbon monoxide sensors . fourteen years after establishing the north american office , overseas operations began to expand rapidly .\na sensor element manufactured with thick - film printing technology applied in - house by figaro engineering .\n. these techniques applied thick - film printing technology to the manufacture of sensor elements , conquering mass production problems and improving quality . customer demands were satisfied through a massive improvement in manufacturing capacity , miniaturization , and reduced power consumption .\n, competitors , including overseas manufacturers from china , entered the gas sensor market and the pressure to drop sensor prices increased . in this climate , figaro accelerated its research and development to diversify sensor technology , and in doing so enhanced product manufacture with knowhow and added value beyond the capabilities of its competitors .\n, figaro commenced in - house development of electrochemical sensors in response to market demands for a battery operable sensor with no significant humidity dependency .\ndemands for semiconductor gas sensors to detect low concentrations were growing , and figaro therefore moved ahead with research and development on this next generation of sensors .\n, legislation in the us requiring installation of carbon monoxide detection alarms was implemented in most states , and exports of co sensors rapidly increased . figaro\u2019s battery operable electrochemical gas sensor was developed in 2006 and entered the market , gaining a significant share of the market .\nfigaro\u2019s thick - film printing technology and expansion of tianjin figaro\u2019s manufacturing capacity have propelled figaro to the position of global leader in gas sensor manufacturing capacity . nevertheless , many challenges remain on figaro\u2019s path to becoming the unquestioned world leader in the gas sensing field . the most notable challenge to figaro is exploiting the unlimited possibilities of gas sensor technology . examples of new applications include expansion of the company\u2019s gas chromatography technology into new fields , creation of a more comfortable and livable environment through the use of gas sensors , and measurement of gases and odors emitted by the human body in healthcare applications . revisions to the fire prevention law in japan to encourage improved safety may possibly bring major changes to the japanese market , and it is anticipated that figaro\u2019s contribution to safety and security will expand as a result . with 2020 in mind , figaro is promoting a long - term strategic plan to bring satisfaction to all stakeholders through a process of creating new enterprise value via research and development .\ncopyright \u00a9 1999 - 2018 john wiley & sons , inc . all rights reserved\nenter your email address below . if your address has been previously registered , you will receive an email with instructions on how to reset your password . if you don ' t receive an email , you should register as a new user\nrationale : this sae aerospace standard ( as ) is created in response to a request by the european aviation safety agency ( easa ) to craft the technical basis for a european technical standard order ( etso ) that addresses international civil aviation organization ( icao ) assembly resolution a36 - 12 , regarding the replacement of halon in civil aircraft fire extinguishers . it is intended to identify pertinent hand - held fire extinguisher requirements selected from the broad range of fire extinguisher standards existing across the international community . the goal is to synthesize a single set of requirements specifically applicable to aircraft fire extinguishers .\nsubscribers can view annotate , and download all of sae ' s content . learn more \u00bb\nmembers save up to 18 % off list price . login to see discount .\nspecial offer : purchase more aerospace standards and aerospace material specifications and save ! aeropaks offer a customized subscription plan that lets you pay for just the documents that you need , when you need them .\ndesign of low - gravity fire - suppression experiments : application to space and earth - based agent development . . reuther , j . j . ; 1991\ndu pont ' s halon alternatives program . technical progress . . fernandez , r . e . ; 1991\nfine water sprays for fire protection : a halon replacement option . . papavergos , p . g . ; 1991\nfire protection in the ' 90s without halon 1211 and halon 1301 . . riley , j . f . ; 1991\nfire suppression in human - crew spacecraft . . friedman , r . ; dietrich , d . l . ; 1991\nfluorinated ethers : a new family of halons ? . adcock , j . r . ; mathur , s . b . ; huang , h . q . ; mukhopadhyay , p . ; wang , b . ; 1991\nhalon 1301 use in oil and gas production facilities : alaska ' s north slope . . ulmer , p . e . ; 1991\nintermediate scale determination of extinguishment concentration and measurement of products of decomposition of selected alternatives to halon 1301 . . riley , j . f . ; 1991\nlow - odp bromine - and fluorine - containing replacement candidates . . tapscott , r . e . ; skaggs , s . r . ; nimitz , j . s . ; 1991\nmethodology to determine the new volume of an enclosure using a fan pressurisation method . . myint , l . s . ; leonard , r . ; whiteley , r . a . ; 1991\noccupational and environmental health impacts related to the use of replacement firefighting agents at u . s . air force training sites : a progress report . . crume , r . v . ; 1991\nolefinic chlorofluorocarbon ( ocfc ) fire extinguishing agents . . floden , j . r . ; nimitz , j . s . ; tapscott , r . e . ; bannister , w . w . ; faust , r . ; jahngen , e . g . e . ; 1991\naircraft fire protection : a critical halon application . . parsons , m . l . ; meserve , w . ; 1992\nanalytical methods for modeling discharge characteristics of halon 1301 fire protection systems . . coward , r . n . ; hillaert , j . a . ; mccrory , d . m . ; 1992\napplication of fine water mists to fire suppression . . butz , j . r . ; carey , r . r . ; 1992\neurotunnel ' s specification for halon 1301 replacement . . whitaker , e . h . ; 1992\nevaluation of fire extinguishants for space station freedom . . sircar , s . ; dees , j . s . ; beeson , h . ; 1992\nevaluation of some halon substitute agents in a small scale aircraft engine simulator . . harrison , g . c . ; 1992\nextinguishment of diffusion flames of polymeric materials by halon 1301 . . tewarson , a . ; khan , m . m . ; 1992\nfire suppression and inertion testing of halon 1301 replacement agents . . heinonen , e . w . ; skaggs , s . r . ; 1992\nhalon 1301 recycling system . . parsons , m . l . ; meserve , w . ; 1992\nhalon replacement agent testing : procedures , pitfalls and interpretation . . baldwin , s . p . ; brown , r . ; burchell , h . ; driscoll , d . c . ; eaton , h . g . ; salmon , g . ; st . aubin , j . ; sheinson , r . s . ; smith , w . d . ; 1992\nhalotron : a total concept halon replacement . . andersson , j . ; 1992\nhuman health and environmental toxicity issues for evaluation of halon replacements . . rubenstein , r . ; 1992\nimplications of using halon and cfc substitutes on occupational safety and health standards . . perry , w . ; kent , m . ; 1992\nnaf s - iii :\na transitional substitute for halon 1301\n. . guglielmi , e . ; 1992\nnasa ' s approach to halon issues . . maynard , m . j . ; 1992\nprogress toward replacing halon 2402 for thrust vector control . . nimitz , j . s . ; shell , v . ; skaggs , s . r . ; walters , e . a . ; 1992\nreplacement agents : an historical overview . . tapscott , r . e . ; 1992\nthermal decomposition product results utilizing pfc - 410 ( 3m brand pfc - 410 clean extinguishing agent ) . . ferreira , m . j . ; hanauska , c . ; pike , m . t . ; 1992\nul standards and performance requirements for new extinguishing agents . . carey , w . m . ; 1992\nalkali metal salt aerosols as fire extinguishants . . spring , d . j . ; ball , d . ; 1993\napplication of fine water mists to hydrogen deflagrations . . butz , j . r . ; french , p . ; 1993\ndecomposition product analysis during intermedia te - scale ( 645 ft3 ) and laboratory scale ( 6 . 18 ft3 ) testing of nfpa 2001 agents . . dierdorf , d . s . ; moore , t . a . ; skaggs , s . r . ; 1993\ndevelopment of perfluoroalkanes as clean extinguishing agents : toxicity test protocols . . pignato , j . a . , jr . ; pike , m . t . ; 1993\nencapsulated micron aerosol agents ( emma ) . . kibert , c . ; dierdorf , d . s . ; 1993\nevaluation of alternative agents for halon 1301 in total flooding fire suppression systems : thermal decomposition product testing . . dinenno , p . j . ; forssell , e . w . ; peatross , m . j . ; maynard , m . j . ; 1993\nfinal firefighter exposure results : a comparison of halon 1211 , hcfc 123 and pfh . . floden , j . r . ; scheil , g . ; klamm , s . ; 1993\nfine water spray fire suppression alternative to halon 1301 in gas turbine enclosures . . gameiro , v . m . ; 1993\nfire extinguishment of pool flames by means of a dc electric field . . sher , e . ; jacobson , e . ; pinhasi , g . ; pokryvailo , a . ; baron , r . ; 1993\nhalon 1211 / 1301 replacement program status : u . s . air force ground based fire suppression applications . . kibert , c . ; 1993\nhalon substitutes : an overview . . tapscott , r . e . ; 1993\nintermediate - scale ( 645 - ft - 3 ) fire suppression evaluation of nfpa 2001 agents . . moore , t . a . ; dierdorf , d . s . ; skaggs , s . r . ; 1993\ninvestigation into halon 1301 replacements : a water - based system for the airline lavatory application . . parsons , m . l . ; swartwood , k . s . ; 1993\nkinetic aspects of flame inhibition by halons and halon alternative compounds . . tsang , w . ; miziolek , a . w . ; finnerty , a . e . ; 1993\nmodes of chemical suppression action : guidance for agent evaluation . . sheinson , r . s . ; baldwin , s . p . ; 1993\nnew applications of aqueous agents for fire suppression . . spring , d . j . ; simpson , t . a . ; smith , d . p . ; ball , d . ; 1993\nrelative extinguishment effectivenss and agent decomposition products of halon alternative agents . . filipczak , r . a . ; 1993\nreplacement of halon in fire extinguishing systems . . andreev , v . a . ; kopylov , n . p . ; makeev , v . i . ; merkulov , v . a . ; nikolaev , v . n . ; 1993\nsolid particle fire extinguishants for aircraft applications . . harrison , g . c . ; 1993\ntotal flooding fire suppressant testing in a 56 m3 ( 200 ft3 ) compartment . . sheinson , r . s . ; eaton , h . g . ; black , b . h . ; brown , r . ; burchell , h . ; salmon , g . ; st . aubin , j . ; smith , w . d . ; 1993\nvalidation of a turbulent spray flame facility for the assessment of halon alternatives . . grosshandler , w . l . ; presser , c . ; lowe , d . l . ; 1993\nadvanced fire suppression test cell ( afstc ) . a full - scale agent evaluation and logistics platform for halon 1301 replacement . . grosskopf , k . r . ; 1994\nagent decomposition products of halon alternative agents . . filipczak , r . a . ; 1994\neffect of foam additives on the fire suppression efficiency of water mist . . kim , a . k . ; dlugogorski , b . z . ; mawhinney , j . r . ; 1994\nexplosion suppression in occupied spaces . . senecal , j . a . ; ball , d . ; chattaway , a . ; 1994\nfine water mists for suppression of class b fuel fires . . butz , j . r . ; marmaro , r . w . ; tetla , r . ; grosskopf , k . r . ; 1994\nfluoroiodocarbons as halon 1211 / 1301 replacements : an overview . . kibert , c . ; 1994\nfull scale test evaluations of halon 1211 replacement agents for airport fire fighting . . wright , j . a . ; risinger , c . ; 1994\nhalon 1301 replacement total flooding fire testing , intermediate scale . . sheinson , r . s . ; eaton , h . g . ; black , b . h . ; brown , r . ; burchell , h . ; maranghides , a . ; mitchell , c . ; salmon , g . ; smith , w . d . ; 1994"]}
{"id": 56139, "summary": [{"text": ". l.h. thomson is an american manufacturer of aerospace components and bicycle parts .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "it has a 60,000 square feet ( 5,600 m \u00b2 ) machine shop in macon , georgia . ", "topic": 5}], "title": "l . h . thomson", "paragraphs": ["c . davisson and l . h . germer ; g . p . thomson\nsee if your friends have read any of l . h . thomson ' s books\nl . h . thomson trails mountain bike trail in macon , georgia | | singletracks . com\nwe\u2019d love your help . let us know what\u2019s wrong with this preview of cold city streets by l . h . thomson .\nmacon , ga ( brain ) \u2014l . h . thomson has launched a new web site . the site itself and the domain name have changed as urltoken ( click on link ) is the new home for information about cycling products at l . h . thomson .\nhi l . h . thanks for the friendrequest i am currently reading voices of the dead really liking it so far .\nchance wrote :\nhi l . h . long time no comments . how are you ?\nsent you a message . writing away , as usual , trying to be productive .\ntraveller wrote :\nmerry christmas , l . h . thompson . : )\ngreat , my former editor spells it with a ' p ' . merry xmas to you , too , o wise and wordy one .\nowler has collected 13 screenshots of lh thomson ' s website since may 2014 . the latest lh thomson website design screenshot was captured in sep 2017 .\nthe owler community has estimated the number of employees of lh thomson to be one .\nthe owler community has estimated the revenue of lh thomson to be less than $ 1m .\nit ' s no longer known as thomson plus ( longhaul economy ) . it ' s just either thomson longhaul economy or thomson longhaul premium . it changed obviously during the merger with first choice airways where they had star class ( longhaul economy ) and star class premier .\nreferences : h . ( 2014 ) . practice using dalton ' s law with this chemistry sample problem . retrieved september 27 , 2016 , from urltoken\n1 . colwell , catherine h . .\nfamous experiments : davisson - germer .\nphysics lab . 2008 . 23 oct 2008 < urltoken > .\nthomson ' s elite dropper is still in development . production posts should be ready in march 2013\nlh thomson ' s headquarters is located in macon , georgia , usa 31216 . . . .\n1996 the thomson elite seatpost . then the thomson masterpiece in 2006 . thomson stems are made from a single piece of high strength 7000 series aluminum with no welded joints . quality bicycle parts built in the usa . mountain , road , bmx seat post , seat post clamp , handlebars .\nfor n = 2 , h = 3 . 6456\u00d710\u22127 m , and m = 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , and so forth . in his 1885 journal he referred to\nh\nas the\nfundamental number of hydrogen .\nhis formula was later revised by johannes rydberg as finding the frequency of a wavelength .\nget a free lh thomson ebook to sample at urltoken lh thomson is the author of the hit liam quinn mysteries . thomson is a veteran former news reporter , is married to lori , and they have six adopted pets together . one , a scottish fold , is named benny toes , and inspired a gangster character in the quinn books .\nthomson , george paget .\ncomplete dictionary of scientific biography . . retrieved july 09 , 2018 from urltoken urltoken\nthomson built a cathode ray tube . it was connected to an electrometer , a device for catching and measuring electrical charge . thomson wanted to see if , by bending the rays with a magnet , he could separate the charge from the rays . as thomson saw it , the negative charge and the cathode rays must somehow be stuck together : you cannot separate the charge from the rays .\nthomson\u2019s proposed torus was never constructed , and the main development of controlled fusion devices in britain , leading in 1957 to the operation of the zeta torus , followed instead the ideas of thonemann . but thomson\u2019s proposal and subsequent lobbying were instrumental in establishing the british fusion program as the first in the world , and many of thomson\u2019s ideas were developed by smaller teams at imperial college and later at the aei laboratories at aldermaston court . thomson himself remained active in the field through the 1950\u2019s , and maintained a strong interest thereafter .\nthomson\u2019s papers are archived at trinity college , cambridge , and have been catalogued by the contemporary scientific archives centre , catalog no . 75 . the collection includes thomson\u2019s unpublished autobiography , a substantial collection of correspondence , and many drafts of papers , some eventually published , others not .\nthomson , george paget .\ncomplete dictionary of scientific biography . . encyclopedia . com . ( july 9 , 2018 ) . urltoken\nthroughout broglie ' s life he published numerous articles on varying science topics , as well as taught and mentored students at he institute henri poincare in paris . he received many medals including the henri poincare medal in 1929 and the albert l of monaco prize in 1932 . louis de broglie contributions to chemistry :\nthomson airways flights to lca would anyone have the info on what aircraft types thomson airways will be operating on their flights to lca this summer ? ? weds : - lgw x 2 flights , man x 1 flight , stn , ltn , cwl , bhx ? ? suns : - gla , ncl , lgw , bhx , dub , man any info would be much appreciated . thanks\nnice middle georgia trail . well maintained and has a great changing area . doesn ' t hurt that it ' s right behind thomson bike either . this is my newest go to when in macon .\nthe adjustable - height seatpost market is becoming increasingly crowded , not to mention competitive . thomson is throwing its hat into the ring with the elite , a dropper post with 5in ( 127mm ) of tweakable travel .\nas i was reading for the charge - to - mass ratio of electrons , i noticed that j . j . thomson ' s last name was also misspelled . in the subtitle , it was written as\nthompson\n.\nsee fed - lh for free , a sample on westlaw . on westlaw you can view and print a sample fed - lh document \u2013 and even view all pdf documents linked to it \u2013 without incurring search or transactional charges . go to this database on westlaw demo - fed - lh and see compiled legislative history for pub . l . no . 99 - 607 , a piece of minor legislation selected to minimize unauthorized use .\nj . j thomson proposed the plum - pudding model of the atom following his discovery of the electron . according to the plum - pudding model , the negatively charged electrons were dispersed randomly throughout a positively charged material , much like plums embedded in plum pudding .\nin the 19th century the mass - to - charge ratios of some ions were measured by electrochemical methods . in 1897 the mass - to - charge ratio , [ m\u2044e ] , of the electron was first measured by j . j . thomson . by doing this he showed that the electron\u2014postulated earlier to explain electricity\u2014was in fact a particle with a mass and a charge ; and that its mass - to - charge ratio was much smaller than that of the hydrogen ion h + . in 1898 wilhelm wien separated ions ( canal rays ) according to their mass - to - charge ratio with an ion optical device with superimposed electric and magnetic fields ( wien filter ) . in 1901 walter kaufman measured the relativistic mass increase of fast electrons . in 1913 , thomson measured the mass - to - charge ratio of ions with an instrument he called a parabola spectrograph . today , an instrument that measures the mass - to - charge ratio of charged particles is called a mass spectrometer .\nthe elite dropper will be offered in 30 . 9mm and 31 . 8mm sizes , and can be operated via a remote or seatpost - mounted lever . thomson\u2019s cable - actuated remote is slim , unobtrusive and can be mounted on the right or left side of the handlebar .\nthomson\u2019s early scientific work fell into two classes . under his father\u2019s supervision he worked at the cavendish laboratory and later at aberdeen on a range of gas discharge phenomena , in particular those involving positive rays . during and immediately after world war i , he devoted himself to aerodynamics .\nthomson did not know , in 1926 , of elsasser\u2019s speculation . but he may have known through his father ( who was however skeptical ) of the davisson and kunsman results . and in september 1926 , on his way back from a meeting of the british association for the advancement of science at oxford ( at which davisson was also present , but at which they apparently did not meet ) , he discussed with dymond in cambridge the latter\u2019s work on the energy distribution of electrons after collisions with helium molecules . in the course of this work , dymond , who had read elsasser\u2019s paper , had observed some patterns that suggested to him a wavelike diffraction of the electrons by the helium . strangely enough elsasser\u2019s speculation does not seem to have been discussed by dymond and g . p . thomson\u2014at least thomson did not later recall it having been so .\nlike all thomson\u2019s products , durability and tight tolerances were the primary criteria when the company began development of the post . internally , a long - wearing hexagonal norglide bushing keeps side - to - side motion to the absolute minimum . a charged nitrogen chamber is used to control movement .\nthomson is still experimenting with pressures in order to fine - tune the post\u2019s rate of return . the company realizes that if a component has moving parts , wear and tear will be inevitable . to that end , both the bushing and nitrogen chamber can be serviced by an authorized center .\nmeanwhile davisson , whose visit to england had introduced him to be broglie\u2019s theory , and germer had pursued their own analysis , and in a paper published in april 1927 ( before that by thomson and reid ) , they had interpreted their own results on the scattering of slow electrons by single crystals in terms of de broglie\u2019s thoery . but the two investigations were essentially independent . credit for them should probably be shared not only between thomson and davisson ( who shared the noble prize ) but also between de broglie , elsasser , and dymond . davisson , it would seem had de broglie\u2019s theory thrust upon him in england , and given elsasser\u2019s speculation it required no great imagination to test the theory on his own , already existing experiments . thomson\u2019s work was perhaps more original in this respect , but he too was essentially developing someone else\u2019s suggestion , in his case dymond\u2019s , which was itself influenced by elsasser\u2019s speculation .\nthe royal society obituary cited above contains a select bibliography of thomson\u2019s scientific articles and books , with many omissions and some misprints . his pricipal papers on electron diffraction are \u201cdiffraction of cathode rays by a thin film , \u201d in nature , 119 ( 1927 ) , 890 , written with a . reid ; \u201cthe diffraction of cathode rays by thin films of platinum , \u201d in nature , 120 ( 1927 ) , 802 ; and \u201cexperiments on the diffraction of cathode rays , \u201d in proceedings of the royal society ( a ) . 117 ( 1928 ) , 600\u2013609 . for thomson\u2019s fusion device see british patent no . 13963 / 46 .\nramsauer\u2019s results dated from the early 1920\u2019s and were quite widely regarded as problematic , but with the quantum theory of the atom itself in a state of ferment , it had seemed difficult and premature to draw any conclusions form them . a few physicists had however linked these results with others obtained by davisson and his collaborators , lester h . germer and charles h . kunsman , at the laboratories of general electric in america . in work stemming originally from a patent suit , davisson and kunsman in 1923 had found distinctive patterns in the scattering of slow electrons by metallic surfaces , principally platinum . and in 1925 davisson and germer found a rather different but still more distinctive set of patterns for scattering from single crystals . meanwhile , in the spring of 1925 , in the course of an investigation of de broglie\u2019s theory in max born \u2019s physics seminar at g\u00f6ttingen , walter elsasser had suggested that the ramsauer and davisson and kunsman results might be interpreted as evidence of the wave nature of electrons , the scattering patterns corresponding to those to be expected from wave diffraction .\nwhen asked why the company chose to feed the cable into the head rather than the collar \u2013 which would eliminate any change in cable length , regardless of what height the post is set at \u2013 thomson\u2019s marketing manager david parrett noted that there are a number of benefits to routing the cable to the top of the seatpost .\nwould anyone have the info on what aircraft types thomson airways will be operating on their flights to lca this summer ? ? weds : - lgw x 2 flights , man x 1 flight , stn , ltn , cwl , bhx ? ? suns : - gla , ncl , lgw , bhx , dub , man any info would be much appreciated . thanks\nin his later years thomson\u2019s scientific activities were dominated by his popular articles and books , including the inspiration of science ( 1961 ) and the foreseeble future ( 1955 ) . he was a prolific writer and speaker on such subjects as science and religion , the education of scientists , and the place of scientists in society , with all of which he was passionately concerned .\nbut in 1897 , it was realized that cathode rays were in fact tiny charged particles , dubbed \u201ccorpuscles\u201d by their discoverer , j . j . thomson of cambridge university , and now called electrons . by bending electrons in electric and magnetic fields , investigators could tell that they were negatively charged , and that the ratio of charge to mass , e / m , was the same for all electrons , and about 1700 times larger than that for the ionized hydrogen atom . thomson believed this was because the charge was the same , but the mass was some 1700 times smaller . measuring the charge on clouds of water droplets in a cloud chamber , he and his collaborators were able to determine that the charge on the electron , or at least the average charge on the electrons in a cloud , was roughly 10 - 19 coulombs ( the coulomb is the unit of charge in the metric system ) . this was consistent with his hypothesis that the charge on the electron was the same as that found in hydrogen . in 1906 , millikan began experiments at the university of chicago to attempt to measure individual electron charges , and with much greater accuracy than thomson and co - workers had been able to achieve . one of the great improvements was the use of oil drops instead of the cloud of water drops that thomson used . in millikan\u2019s apparatus , the water drops would have quickly evaporated , whereas individual oil drops could be studied for a long time . millikan\u2019s student harvey fletcher played an important role in implementing this improvement .\nalthough he had from the first taken the initiative in respect to fission , thomson soon stepped down . he had been ill himself , and his wife was critically ill in america . in the autumn of 1941 he was appointed to ottawa as scientific liaison officer to explore the possibility of a team of british and french scientists transferring their nuclear reactor research from britain to canada , a move that duly took place . returning to england in 1942 after his wife\u2019s death , thomson acted as deputy chairman of the radio board ( supervising radar research ) and scientific adviser to the air ministry . later , in 1946 , he also acted as adviser to the british delegation to the united nations atomic energy commission . but by that time he had become interested in a new topic , the peaceful application of thermonuclear fusion .\nas an experimental confirmation of the quantum theory , the demonstration of electron diffraction was of the utmost importance . but by the time it occurred , quantum theory itself , in the form of the new quantum mechanics , was already making rapid progress . thomson followed the more straightforward developments of the new theory , writing the textbook wave theory of the free electron ( 1930 ) and treating schr\u00f6dinger\u2019s wave mechanics in his popular book the atom , published in the same year . but there was no natural development of thomson\u2019s work at the forefront of that research . instead he turned to the exploration of the potential of electron diffraction as an investigative tool . first at aberdeen and then at imperial college , he studied such phenomena as electron diffraction by single crystals , and used high - voltage diffraction techniques to study the microscopic structure of surfaces . a significant part of the work of the department of physics at imperial college was focused on the practical improvement of diffraction techniques , and although thomson himself contributed relatively little directly to the enormous strides made in this respect , mainly by his students , he did supervise and direct this work and he did prepare with w . cochrane the definitive account of the subject , theory and practice of electron diffraction , published in 1939 .\napart from two postwar papers on effects produced by cosmic ray collisions , thomson\u2019s fission paper and another joint paper of the same year with a student , moses blackman , who was working on the theory of electron diffraction , were his last significant original scientific publications . but there was one major unpublished piece of work to come , and his contributions through science , which were just beginning , were in some ways as significant as his contributions to science .\nhi everyone , i write mysteries ; i have a new kindle ebook out called\ncold city streets\nand it ' s my first time working with a full - time pro editor . i like to think she improved my work fairly substantially , but shall leave it up to you to judge . if anyone wants a free review copy just drop me a personal message with your email address and i shall ship one over post haste . cheers . lh thomson\nwhile thomson maintained his interest in electron diffraction , he also devoted increasing attention to the dramatic developments of nuclear physics in the 1930\u2019s . a significant aspect of the attraction that electron diffraction had held for him had been related to its significance in the context of the developing quantum theory , which aroused his theoretical as well as his experimental interest . with the discovery of the neutron and the positron , and the splitting of the atom , in 1932 , followed by the discovery of artificial radioactivity two years later , the leading edge of physics moved from the mathematically obscure realm of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory to the equally taxing but more readily approachable area of nuclear physics , and thomson\u2019s interest soon moved with it . with j . a . saxton he looked for artificial radioactivity from positron bombardment . and following enrico fermi \u2019s work on the effects of slow neutrons , he led a team of researchers , including p . b . moon and c . e . wynn - williams , in a study of the velocity distribution of slow neutrons . a deuteron beam was used to bombard a target of frozen heavy water , and the neutrons produced in the resulting deuteron - deuteron reactions were slowed down in paraffin . time - of - flight techniques were then used to measure the velocity distribution and absorption coefficients of the neutrons . then in 1939 , following the discovery of uranium fission , thomson led another team in a measurement of the neutron yield from fission reactions .\nbut the idea of a wave theory of the electron based on de broglie\u2019s theory was discussed , and thomson , already deeply interested in de broglie\u2019s work himself , saw how his work with positive rays might be adapted to test the idea . reasoning that the effect should be easier to analyze with a solid than with a gaseous target , and that some of the positive ray apparatus at aberdeen could be readily adapted for such an experiment , he asked alexander reid to look at the scattering of electrons through thin celluloid films ( 3 . 10 \u22126 cms ) onto photographic plates . the result was clear pictures of \u201chalos\u201d much as one would expect from a diffraction effect , and in a joint paper with reid , published in may 1927 , thomson wrote of celluloid as a \u201cdiffracting system\u201d and of the electrons as having \u201cwavelengths\u201d given by de broglie\u2019s theory . since the structure of celluloid was unknown , the experiment was not conclusive . so thomson next turned to metallic films of the same thickness , for which the crystal structure was known , and repeated the experiment for scattering from aluminum , gold , and platinum . he found that the dimensions of the observed diffraction patterns agreed in all cases , to within 5 percent , with those predicted by de broglie\u2019s wave theory of matter . these results were published in brief in december 1927 and in detail two months later . suggestions that the phenomenon might be owing to classical x - ray effects were refuted in a subsequent paper .\nmax planck was born on april 23 , 1858 in kiel , germany . he studied at the universities of munich and berlin , and received his doctorate in philosophy at munich in 1879 . he started his work on thermodynamics which he published papers on . around 1894 , he had an interest on the problems of radiation processes . he was led to the problem of the distribution of the energy in the spectrum of full radiation . he observed wavelength distribution and the energy emitted by a black body to deduce the relationship between the energy and the frequency of radiation . in 1990 he announced that the energy emitted by a resonator could only take on discrete values or quanta . the energy for a resonator of frequency v is hv where h is a universal constant , now called planck ' s constant . his original constant number was quoted as (\nrobert millikan ' s major discovery was the charge of the electron ( see above ) , but he ' s discovered several other useful findings towards science and chemistry . he proved that the charge for electrons were constant for all in 1910 , shortly after executing the\nfalling - drop method\n. in 1912 - 1915 millikan tested einstein ' s photoelectric equation . he then went on to be the first to make a photoelectric determination of plank ' s constant ( h ) . also in 1920 - 1923 robert millikan ' s work with hot - spark spectroscopsy of the elements led to an expansion of the ultraviolet spectrum . the new limit extended much farther down than the current known limit . millikan made several discoveries useful to society . lastly , his findings on the brownian movement in gases was a major change to society , since it ended opposition to the atomic and kinetic theories of matter .\ngeorge paget thomson , widely known as \u201cg . p . \u201d was born and bred a cambridge physicist . his father was the famous physicist sir j . j . thomson ( \u201cj . j . \u201d , ) cavendish professor of physics from 1884 to 1919 and subsequently master of trinity college . his mother was rose paget , daughter the of cambridge regius professor of physic sir george paget , and herself a physics student of j . j . \u2019s at the cavendish laboratory . g . p . grew up effectively an only child ( his sister joan was not born until he was eleven years old ) in the privileged environment of the cambridge elite . he attended king\u2019s college choir school and the perse school , where he worn a scholarship to trinity college . at trinity he gained a double first in mathematics and physics , and after a year\u2019s postgraduate work at the cavendish laboratory , he was elected a fellow and mathematical lecturer at corpus christi college in 1914 . during the war , from 1914 to 1918 , he served first with the queen\u2019s regiment in france and then , from 1915 , with the royal flying corps at the royal aircraft factory at farnborough .\nneil bohr first started experiments under j . j . thomson and he later went to study under ernest rutherford . after studying and experimenting with rutherford , neil bohr published his model of atomic structure in 1913 which introduced the theory of electrons traveling in orbits around the atom ' s nucleus and the chemical properties of the element being largely determined by the number of electrons in the outer orbits . neil bohr also introduced the idea that an electron could drop from a higher - energy orbit down to a lower energy - orbit , emitting a photon of discrete energy . this idea became the basis of the quantum theory .\nthe thomson company makes bicycle seat posts and handlebar stems for the world ' s top bicycle manufacturers . the trail is about 5 kilometers of technical single - track . very little of this trail is level . obstacles include log jumps , switchbacks , and steep drops . some erosion has left exposed roots that will challenge your bike handling skills . the landowners would like you to sign a waiver before you hit the trail . this document helps ensure the trail stays open for future riders . just go inside and ask about the bike trail . park on the right side of the building and begin your ride at the gap in the fence .\nthomson\u2019s work on aerodynamics did not incorporate any great breakthroughs but was of considerable practical value . combining the skills of mathematician , engineer , and pilot , he concentrated on the application of aerodynamic theory to practical problems of flight , achieving a degree of coherence and completeness that the subject had not previously had . after the war , encouraged by henry tizard , he wrote up his own and other people\u2019s work in the form of a comprehensive textbook , applied aerodynamics . having outlined the basic physical theory and experimental methods , he applied these to the aerodynamic performance of each part of an airplane\u2019s structure , and then to the airplane as a whole . in the second part of the book , he gave a thorough mathematical analysis of aircraft stability .\njust checked the arkefly website , they have 2 different longhaul config ' s , one for b763 ( so their legacy aircraft ) and one for b763winglet ( so yi ) star class has more legroom than their new premium class , thus i think its safe to say they ' ve not touched the config since it left tom as you say thomsonfly offered\nextra\nseats , which is purely because the front cabin ( ie between doors 1 and 2 ) is split partly premium and partly standard but the result of that is those 4 or 5 row have more legroom but a standard seat . thomson airways don ' t sell that any more with only 1 or 2 thomsonfly aircraft operating longhaul the rest being legacy fc aircraft , where the while front cabin is premium\nthat g . p . thomson should have demonstrated the wave nature of the electron was perhaps ironic , in view of the fact that it had been his father who had first demonstrated its particulate nature . but it was also fitting , in that the son\u2019s interests had followed closely those of the father . in the 1920\u2019s they were separated by hundreds of miles , but the two components of g . p . \u2019s electron diffraction work , quantum theory and gas discharge phenomena , were precisely the subjects in which j . j . himself was most interested . and while the electron diffraction work was going on , the two thomsons were in fact collaborating on a new edition of j . j . \u2019s classic work conduction of electricity through gases , published in 1928 under both their names .\nthomson was elected a fellow of the royal society in 1930 , and served as a vice president in 1950 and 1951 . he received the hughes ( 1939 ) and royal ( 1949 ) medals of the society , together with the faraday medal of the institution of electrical engineers ( 1960 ) and a number of other honors and awards . he shared the 1937 noble prize in physics with c . j . davisson and was knighted in 1943 . from the beginning of world war ii onward he served on a range of government committees . among many other activities he was president of the society for freedom in science , and a vice president of the atomic scientists association . outside science and public service his main interest was in the voluntary euthanasia society , of which he was a vice president .\nafter a brief spell in the aircraft manufacturing company , thomson returned to cambridge and to corpus christi in 1919 . in 1922 he was appointed professor of natural philosophy at aberdeen university , and while there he married kathleen smith , the daughter of the principal of the university . they had four children , the youngest of whom was only two when , in 1941 , after a severe illness , kathleen died . g . p . did not remarry . meanwhile , in 1931 , he had been appointed professor of physics at imperial college , london , and he remained there apart form wartime assignments until 1952 . he then returned to cambridge as master of corpus christi college , retiring from this position in 1962 . apart from a period of illness in the late 1930\u2019s , he enjoyed generally good health and remained active into his eighties .\nby 1926 thomson had accumulated a good body of research , but with nothing spectacular to show for it . in the course of that year , however , his experimental work on positive rays and his theoretical work on the quantum theory began to come together . on the theoretical side he was greatly impressed by the work of de broglie , and in the summer of 1926 he used de broglie\u2019s theory to compare the broadening of spectral lines owing to pressure on the classical and quantum theories . ( he had not yet encountered erwin schr\u00f6dinger\u2019s wave mechanics , though he did so shortly afterward , and had either not encountered or not taken up the matrix mechanics of werner heisenberg and others . ) meanwhile , pursuit of the discrepancy between observation and theory in the scattering of slow positive rays led him to compare the observed phenomena with those noted earlier by carl wilhelm ramsauer , in which slow electrons appeared to pass unhindered straight through an atomic nucleus .\nprocycling brings you the colour , action and drama of the world ' s most spectacular sport in a glossy and dynamic magazine . it ' s the authoritative , worldwide voice of international professional road racing , distributed in every country where there are english - speaking fans . with exclusive features and spectacular photography , procycling brings to life the complexities , rivalries and hardships of the european professional scene .\ncycling plus is the manual for the modern road cyclist . whether you ' re cycling weekly , an occasional new rider or a tour de france fan you\u2019ll find everything you need . every issue is packed with expert reviews of the latest road bikes and gear , inspirational routes and rides , evocative features that take you inside every aspect of cycling and unmatched nutrition , fitness and training advice .\nmountain biking uk celebrates everything that is great about mountain biking , enabling people of all abilities and ages to have a better time on their bike . mbuk brings you all the latest news , coolest kit , plus exclusive info on the newest and best bikes that you can buy .\nthe remote can be mounted to either the right or left side of the handlebar . this is a prototype model ; production versions will have a barrel adjuster\n\u201cfor one thing , it allows us to use a larger cartridge , which has proven to be more reliable , \u201d he said . parrett also mentioned that it would be a relatively minor redesign to flip the orientation of the cartridge within the post , allowing the cable to run out of the bottom of the seatpost and opening up the possibility of an internally routed version in the near future .\nthe elite dropper should be available by march 2013 , with final weight expected to be approximately 450g .\njosh has been riding and racing mountain bikes since 1998 . being stubborn , endurance racing was a natural fit . josh bankrolled his two - wheeled addiction by wrenching at various bike shops across the us for 10 years and even tried his hand at frame building . these days josh spends most of his time riding the trails around his home in fort collins , colorado .\nanywhere with rock - and root - infested technical singletrack . he also enjoys unnecessarily long gravel races .\nhelp us improve our author pages by updating your bibliography and submitting a new or current image and biography .\nit goes against the conventional business wisdom to make an online product harder to review . but that\u2019s what amazon is doing with its book reviews , and it\u2019s a welcome change . oh , not to some authors . some of my fellow writers seem to be in a tizzy at the new rules , which says a customer must have spent at least fifty bucks before being allowed to leave a review . given that most of us are building reader relationships , and trying to sell books , anything that gets in the way of a review\nthe first book i wrote , the antique hunters , took six months . i had no idea what i was doing , so i just sat down in front of my keyboard and resolved to write a thousand words of a story per day , until it was done . it took me twice the time i\u2019d expected , but i still like the book ; it\u2019s a lightweight , slightly acerbic \u2018clean\u2019 romance about a couple drifting apart during a french vacation . it\u2019s not very good but it started me on a path that i love . it didn\u2019t sell particula\nha ! that\u2019s all i have to say on the matter . okay\u2026 not all i have to say or this post wouldn\u2019t make any contextual sense whatsoever . but . . ha ! i say , and i really mean it . why ? because for years , people have been telling me to clean up my home / apartment , to go to bed at a reasonable hour and to be more tactful about bad language . and yet according to a trio of studies discussed in business insider magazine this week , people who curse are more likely to be highly intell\na rare modern automat in new york . they\u2019re still quite popular in japan . photo by n . ricardo . i have become a convert to the food truck . always a sucker for a hot dog from a vendor on a hot summer day , i\u2019ve long believed food trucks were the ideal way to get specialty products out to hungry workers , many of whom have less time than ever for lunch . in edmonton , the city nearest my home , food trucks rule the roost ; you can get cuban sandwiches , modern contemporary cuisin\nthe new film \u2018suicide squad\u2019 is aptly named , say critics , because it\u2019s like two hours of watching careers die prematurely . i don\u2019t know why people are surprised , though . there certainly have been many more bad super hero movies than good . it\u2019s a sad state of affairs . when i was a kid , i was so addicted to comic books , i bought more than forty titles a month and dreamed of the day when we\u2019d have entire networks , films , cartoons and tv shows based on super heroes . <\nquinn plays ball will be the title of the tenth book in the liam quinn mysteries , and it will be released\u2026 when it\u2019s done . which is not yet . but it\u2019s going rather well , i think . our intrepid insurance investigator follows his father to florida in pursuit of an old friend and an old secret ; but just like old secrets , old friends die hard . or something like that . people sometimes ask if i\u2019m like quinn , or if i\u2019m an expert in asian art , or if i box . the answer to all three is no ;\nthe ebook revolution has brought about many positive changes : market access , broader selection , bargain prices , tons of free samples\u2026 it\u2019s a cornucopia for the reader patient enough to wade through it all . then there are the down sides , most notably a total lack of clarity with respect to quality . figuring it out from other readers\u2019 reviews is not easy . most readers probably don\u2019t realize it , but a three - star review , even when it\u2019s supposed to be a \u2018good\u2019 review , can s\nas i\u2019ve aged , it has become harder to find video games i enjoy . it\u2019s not the creativity , or the mechanisms , or slowing reflexes in my middle years . it\u2019s the writing . when i was a kid , story was almost secondary . running around castle wolfenstein ( the first one on the apple ii c ) or wolfenstein 3d ( the second one , and first \u2018first - person\u2019 shooter ) , it was a simple as killing nazis and finding passcards . that was how espionage worked , right ? you shoot everyone in sight , take their\nnote to self : never use \u201cthe write stuff\u201d as a pun . it\u2019s awful .\nif you\u2019ve spent a few years writing fiction , you\u2019ve probably come to that point where you want to step up your game and improve your work . i spend a lot of time reading other writers\u2019 experiences and taking hints from editors online because , as with any craft , there\u2019s just too much to figure it all out on my own . and there\u2019s a cheesy \u201clife\u201d metaphor if ever i\u2019ve typed one . but it\u2019s true ; which is why i was pleasantly surprised to come across ellen brock\u2019s blog . a freelance editor , bro\ni\u2019m almost done the third write - through of my latest in the liam quinn mysteries , quinn gets hitched . it goes live on amazon and other ebook sites in about three weeks . i\u2019ve enjoyed this one because it finally resolves the relationship between nora and liam and decides where it is going ; i like the murder , too ; it\u2019s not my most mind - twisting , but it plays with the notion of how we perceive insecurity , which was a different approach . in the meantime , i\u2019ve decided to republish the serie\nafter viewing product detail pages , look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in .\nprime members enjoy free two - day shipping and exclusive access to music , movies , tv shows , original audio series , and kindle books .\njohn steinbeck , tom sharpe , nick hornby , dick francis , len deighton , [ a : larry niven | 12534 | larry niven | http : / / photo . g\nhi ! if you ' re one of the two - thousand - plus people who have rated my books on goodreads , please do so on amazon ! only my first book gets reviewed . without reviews , i can ' t sell books , and can ' t buy kraft cheeze dinner . to get the first quinn book for free , head to urltoken i ' m a writer in canada who dreams up ways to kill people , usually in philadelphia . i ' m mildly autistic , which makes promotion interesting and incredibly difficult . . . so if you want a book to read and review , hit me up with a message and say hi . i was a newspaper writer and editor for 23 years in canada before turning to fiction . i ' m married to lori mcleod , and we live in edmonton , canada with our six adopted pets . cheers , lh\nat some point today , someone will say \u201cthey don\u2019t make them like james garner anymore . \u201d i sure hope they\u2019re wrong . garner , who died this weekend at age 86 , was the everyman hero , managing to seem like a nice , humble guy even though he was tall , strong and had chiseled good looks . if you read interviews with him and people who knew him well , you know it was because the character of a person alway . . . read more of this blog post \u00bb\ngood enjoyable read highly recommend this book . at first , i was apprehensive because i ' m not into history novels but this book has everything : mystery , murder , romance , greed and suspense .\nwe\u2019d love your help . let us know what\u2019s wrong with this preview of the cafe girl by ian loome .\nmanny wrote :\nhfk wrote :\npopulist never are idiots , they know exactly what people want to hear , and are willing to deliver . this same thing will happe\nmanny wrote :\nhfk wrote :\npopulist never are idiots , they know exactly what people want to hear , and are willing to deliver . this same thing will happen in europe , there is strong signs of it ( in my country , to . . .\nmanny , isn ' t this just a natural breakdown of an orthodoxy of belief , the american system itself ? as such , couldn ' t it be argued that the worse of the two evils in terms of candidates is the better choice , because he ' ll lead to a more rapid and complete collapse in systemic faith , leading to a faster reform of the two - party republican system itself ? i mean , i know it ' s sort of bloodless , but . . .\nhi everyone , i write mysteries ; i have a new kindle ebook out called\ncold city streets\nand it ' s my first time working with a full - time pro editor . i\nfast - paced legal thriller with a strong sense of location this is a legal thriller set on the streets of edmonton , alberta , canada . the unusual setting works nicely for this story where the cold , the city streets and the vivid description bring a s . . .\nread more of this review \u00bb\n\u201ci ' m english . we ' re about as tactful as a hot poker up the bum , most of the time . \u201d\n\u201cthere\u2019s something to be said for getting out and meeting people . it breeds empathy and is good for the soul . \u201d\n\u201cthe typical human life seems to be quite unplanned , undirected , unlived , and unsavored . only those who consciously think about the adventure of living as a matter of making choices among options , which they have found for themselves , ever establish real self - control and live their lives fully . \u201d \u2015 karl albrecht\n\u201ci arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve ( or save ) the world and a desire to enjoy ( or savor ) the world . this makes it hard to plan the day . \u201d \u2015 e . b . white\n\u201cif i could do this book properly it would be one of the really fine books and a truly american book . but i am assailed with my own ignorance and inability . i ' ll just have to work from a background of these . honesty . if i can keep an honesty it is all i can expect of my poor brain . . . . if i can do that it will be all my lack of genius can produce . for no else knows my lack of ability the way i do . i am pushing against it all the time . \u201d\n\u201cthe surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us . \u201d \u2015 bill watterson\n\u201cnothing in this world can take the place of persistence . talent will not ; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent . genius will not ; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb . education will not ; the world is full of educated derelicts . persistence and determination alone are omnipotent . the slogan press on ! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race . \u201d \u2015 calvin coolidge\nthis group is dedicated to connecting readers with goodreads authors . it is divided by genres , and includes folders for writing resources , book websit\nthis group is dedicated to connecting readers with goodreads authors . it is divided by genres , and includes folders for writing resources , book websites , videos / trailers , and blogs . feel free to invite some friends to join our round table urltoken - vincent lowry ( moderator , author , & photographer ) vincent ' s new literary book : american vineyard ( finalist in the 2017 new mexico - arizona book awards ) * masthead photo : santa monica , ca ( c ) 2017 by vincent lowry . urltoken slide show : urltoken authors and readers are invited to check out these additional links : 1 ) the author resource round table on goodreads : urltoken 2 ) the e - author resources blog : urltoken 3 ) the book video blog : urltoken other books by vincent lowry : constellation chronicles : urltoken\njuly 2018 group reads - killers of the flower moon by david grann and in cold blood by truman capote _ _ _ _ _ \u201cit was a dark and stormy night . lightn\njuly 2018 group reads - killers of the flower moon by david grann and in cold blood by truman capote _ _ _ _ _ \u201cit was a dark and stormy night . lightning flashed and thunder rolled across the sky . rain spattered a mysterious , hooded stranger who peered over the hedgerow at the darkened , quiet house . \u201d do lines like these quicken your heartbeat and pique your interest ? then welcome to the mystery , crime and thriller group ! this is the place for you . join our intrepid moderators , \u201cdci\u201d donna , \u201csherlock\u201d hayes , nancy \u201cdrew\u201d , and \u201ccat burglar\u201d bill as we read and discuss our favourites , recommend new authors and explore the genre . this is the meeting place for readers to discuss their favourites and recommend new authors , and the place for budding and established mystery , crime and thriller writers to introduce us to their efforts . you can travel into the past to discover great characters like sherlock holmes , inspector maigret and others ; journey around the world to other countries and meet aussie phryne fisher , norwegian harry hole and so many others ; just relax on your couch and experience the wonders of hercule poirot , lord peter wimsey , etc ; or hard - boiled , tired gumshoes like travis mcgee and kinsey milhone . of course , this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the wonderfully varied world that is mystery , crime and thrillers . join us and have a great time ! your moderators : donna , hayes , bill and nancy .\nwe connect adventurous readers with indie authors . this group is about connecting writers with readers in a way that has not been done on goodreads be\nwe connect adventurous readers with indie authors . this group is about connecting writers with readers in a way that has not been done on goodreads before . this is a place for writers to advertise who they are and what they do , as well as a place for adventurous readers to find new writers to love .\nthis group is a way to gather together people who like to write book reviews as well as advertise their book review blogs . with enough people we will\nthis group is a way to gather together people who like to write book reviews as well as advertise their book review blogs . with enough people we will have the ability to really discuss all types of books - regardless of genre or age groups . get more exposure for the reviews you have put so much thought and effort into ! ! authors ! ! this group is also for you ! get exposure for your new books by having this ready made set of practicing reviewers review your latest work of art ! announce your latest release dates , interviews , and charities ! this is a group for everyone !"]}
{"id": 56142, "summary": [{"text": "shaving is the removal of hair , by using a razor or any other kind of bladed implement , to slice it down \u2014 to the level of the skin or otherwise .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "shaving is most commonly practiced by men to remove their facial hair and by women to remove their leg and underarm hair .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "a man is called clean-shaven if he has had his beard entirely removed .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "both men and women sometimes shave their chest hair , abdominal hair , leg hair , underarm hair , pubic hair , or any other bodily hair .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "head shaving is much more common among men .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "it is often associated with religious practice , the armed forces and some competitive sports such as swimming , running and extreme sports .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "historically , head shaving has also been used to humiliate , punish and show submission to an authority , and in more recent history also as part of fund-raising efforts , particularly for cancer research organizations and charitable organizations which serve cancer patients .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "the shaving of head hair is also sometimes done by cancer patients when their treatment may result in partial hair loss . ", "topic": 33}], "title": "shaving", "paragraphs": ["the lubricating strip acts as a shaving aid which facilitates the act of shaving .\ni guess the definition wet shaving came into existence when \u201cdry shaving\u201d made its appearance . until then , there wasn\u2019t something that differentiated regular shaving from wet shaving .\npay extra attention when shaving with a safety razor and you\u2019ll enjoy every single shaving moment .\nby using proper shaving technique , you can help to reduce shaving bumps and ingrown hairs .\nthis is the where shaving wet with an electric razor is different compared to traditional wet shaving .\nin a previous article i shared my recommendations for shaving with an electric razor and shaving cream .\nthere are lots of great reasons to get started with traditional shaving , also known as wet shaving .\nmen who have acne should take special care while shaving . shaving can irritate your skin , making acne worse .\nwet shaving , as you can guess from the name , is shaving your face with ( warm ) water .\nthe traditional way , is to build up lather using shaving cream or shaving soap . this has to be combined with a shaving brush to produce the lather in a shaving bowl or on the face directly . speaking of which\u2026\nexecutive shaving has the largest selection of men\u2019s shaving products in europe . we have selected the very finest brands from europe and the world , to help you achieve that smooth , irritation free shave . our range of own brand shaving products includes natural shaving creams , badger and synthetic shaving brushes , safety razors , pre shave oil , shaving soap and antiaging aftershave balms . the executive shaving logo on a product is your guarantee of quality on all our shaving products .\nthe right razor , paired with a quality shaving cream can reduce your chances of cutting yourself during your shaving routine .\na : the ruling on shaving a part of beard is the same as that passed on shaving the entire beard .\nand we would be glad to help you find the perfect shaving set - up to get you started with wet shaving .\nas initial investment , modern wet shaving is cheaper than traditional shaving . that said , it will cost you less to buy a cartridge razor than a safety razor . moreover , lathering is cheaper with foam or gel rather than with shaving brush and shaving soap or cream .\nanother technique is by directly applying glycerine - based shaving soap into the bristles in a circular motion and then coat the same brush with a shaving cream , and swirl up the mixture inside a shaving bowl .\nother equally impressive and inexpensive shaving creams are proraso ( the menthol and sandalwood variations are really good ) and nivea original mild shaving cream .\nshaving should be pain free and enjoyable , not something we loathe . hopefully these simple tips will help you improve your dry shaving experience .\nhowever , if you want to shave your face in the wet shaving traditional way , first you\u2019ll need a shaving soap or shaving cream . then you\u2019ll have to build up the lather and for this reason you\u2019ll need to have shaving brush . in case you want to go even more traditional , you\u2019ll want to get a shaving bowl to build up the lather from the shaving cream or soap . lastly , you\u2019ll use a safety or a straight razor to complete your traditional wet shaving kit .\nshaving predates history but it was the early egyptian men and women who really established shaving and hair removal as a regular part of daily grooming .\ntraditionally , the meaning of the term wet shaving used to also encompass the use of a shaving brush together with a glycerin - based shaving soap or cream . all these tools help in keeping your face wet and hence the term wet shaving ( or wetshaving as one word ) came to l .\nthere you have it with this wet shaving introduction . hopefully you got a first good taste of what wet shaving is and how to get started .\nseen as the \u201cquick and dirty\u201d way of shaving , modern electric shaving typically involves using a machine with raw blades covered by a foil or rotary head without any shaving cream usually . from a conceptual point of view , there seems to be a large amount of appealing qualities about modern shaving techniques .\n2 . the shaving device of claim 1 , wherein the cutting edge is presented at an offset angle to the contacting surface independent of the shaving angle .\nleave the shaving cream on your face for 2 \u2013 5 minutes before actually shaving . remember , the hair has a very tough lining that the alkaline components in the shaving cream must soften . give it some time to do it .\nalthough it might be tempting to try and save money and time , shaving dry or without gel or cream increases the likelihood of nicks and cuts . use shaving gel or shaving cream so the razor will glide smoothly over your skin .\nthe complete guide to wet shaving your . . . y\u2019know | dollar shave club\nbut first , you need to choose a good shaving brush before starting anything .\nfor me , shaving with a razor blade often ended up in a carnage .\nmonday shave with pacific shaving products . first use of these popular shave items .\nyou don\u2019t get the \u201ctrue\u201d experience of shaving , if that matters to you .\nreducing your chances of cutting yourself while shaving starts with using the right razor .\nelectric shavers : misc . mitzvot - shaving & haircuts response on ask the rabbi\n[ i used the definitions of trimming and shaving brought in the question . ]\nwet shaving for my grandfather wasn\u2019t even a question . it was his routine . waking up every morning , getting his safety razor in his hands , his very best shaving soap , his shaving brush and water - no matter the temperature . that\u2019s all he needed . wet shaving wasn\u2019t even a definition for him . there was only shaving . and there was only one way to shave . the manly way\u2026\nnext , apply a shaving cream or gel . if you have very dry or sensitive skin , look for a shaving cream that says \u201csensitive skin\u201d on the label .\nupon starting my wet shaving journey , i tried various techniques , shaving creams and electric razors , some of them very good and some pretty terrible ones as well .\ncheck out the pros and cons of each method , and find out below why we prefer wet shaving over modern shaving as long as you are not time sensitive .\nflaked obsidian was equally useful as a hand ax and shaving stone . image : farbled\na professional manscaper explains how to avoid the itchy aftermath of shaving your body hair .\nyou\u2019ll find out that shaving gets much easier when preparing your face with warm water .\nthe modern way requires a shaving gel or foam and a razor . easy peasy !\nas for ongoing costs , you\u2019ll be better off with traditional shaving set up . once you built your shaving kit in the beginning , it gets much cheaper later on .\nmy trusty old panasonic es7036 , the shaver that got me started with wet shaving .\n* aquatec that is . at any rate it can be used for wet shaving .\nput caffeine on your mug , not in it . caffeinated shaving cream and aftershave set\nno ask yourself , it is one of the very popular treatments for shaving cuts .\nlets face it , shaving cuts can be a bad way to start the day .\nmany men find that using an electrical razor takes practice . although this type of shaving is considered \u201csafer\u201d than manual shaving , it can still be painful and lead to irritation .\nno \u2014 shaving hair doesn ' t change its thickness , color or rate of growth .\nnow you\u2019ve got tips on shaving covered , check out other skin care and grooming solutions .\nthe earliest shaving razors discovered were flint blades from as far back as 30 , 000bc .\ndon ' t rely on your fingers to lather your shaving cream . get a brush .\ndepending on your wet shaving set up you choose to begin with , costs may vary .\nput caffeine on your mug , not in it . caffeinated aftershave moisturizer - pacific shaving company\nso if you cut yourself while shaving , aftershave ( even with alcohol ) will help in constricting your blood vessels and clear out all the bacteria thus ultimately curing your shaving cut .\nto prevent razor burn , try splashing with cold water on your skin immediately after shaving .\nfor sensitive skin , consider shaving with a moisturizer or sorbolene cream . it helps lubricate as well as protect the skin during the shaving process and is less likely to cause irritation .\nabstract : menscience gives men\u2019s grooming and shaving tips on how african - american men can treat razor bumps , reduce ingrown hairs , get a close shave and enjoy better shaving techniques .\nif your skin is sensitive , consider exfoliating on your\noff\nday from shaving .\n/ u / nyexmoose the trimming / shaving of the mustache is done for hygiene reasons .\nas shaving spread through the world , men of unshaven societies became known as\nbarbarians\nmeaning the\nunbarbered\n. the practice of women shaving legs and underarms developed much later .\ni would also include after shave lotion / balsam , as one of the necessary components of wet shaving . though , not all men have it in their wet shaving set and routine .\nwe have all been there where it goes something like this : hit the snooze button , hop in the shower really quick , jump out almost slip on the floor , slop on the shaving cream , and then start shaving away when suddenly\u2026ouch\u2026a nasty shaving cut on your jaw line .\ntrotter m . hair growth and shaving . anat rec . 1928 ; 37 : 373 - 379\neffects of shaving methods and intraoperative irrigation on suppurative mediastinitis after bypass operations . - pubmed - ncbi\nyou see , these are very dangerous especially when shaving with a cut throat or straight razor .\nif you use shaving soap , first pour some warm water on the soap . once you do that , swirl the shaving brush on the soap for a few seconds until you see foam producing . then you either build up the lather in a shaving bowl or directly on your face .\ndry shaving is shaving your face without the use of water . unless you\u2019re the most adventurous person i\u2019ve ever met , this means that you\u2019ll use an electric shaver to dry shave your face .\nafter shaving or before bedtime , pat the aftershave gently all over your face and neck , not just on the specific shaving area . avoid the eye area . allow to air - dry .\nmany men find shaving with the single blade of the de razors takes some getting used to .\nshaving at the sink or in the shower is a big debate and read now . . .\napply shaving cream - with ones razor ready , apply shaving cream over the area to be shaved . give no portion uncovered , therefore , the lather maximizes its protective function against razor melts .\nonce your styptic pencil is primed you will want to rub it on to the shaving cut .\nafter shaving , rinse your skin with cold water or apply a cold washcloth to close pores .\npress a cold , damp cloth against the face after shaving to close the pores back up .\n\u2022 always shave in the direction of hair growth . while shaving upward seems to give a closer shave , shaving in the hair\u2019s direction reduces irritation and the likelihood of hairs growing back into the skin . don\u2019t pull skin taut when shaving since this can also cause ingrown hairs to form .\n1 . shaving every day makes beard hair grow back faster . or thicker . or darker .\nbut at some point , that beard or mustache needs to either be trimmed down or taken out altogether . for many decades now , the typical way of shaving , now referred to as wet shaving , consisted of taking a either a top doubled edged safety razor or a solid straight razor with some shaving cream to the face and carefully shaving the skin clean to remove any facial hair .\nnext is , dribble a few drops of water into the shaving soap tub and then coat the damp bristle with shaving soap on a circular motion until the lather becomes thick , dense and heavy .\nif you have a shaving bowl , you can drop a decent amount of shaving cream and then swirl it with your brush , sprinkle with water as needed , until a good lather is formed .\nsafe of use . you just grab it and start shaving . no need to be very careful while you\u2019re shaving . you can shave with it , in all directions , with or against the grain\nthis doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that natural ones are better than others . you\u2019ll be pleasantly surprised by some synthetic shaving brushes . do your homework so you\u2019ll be able identify good brands with quality shaving brushes .\n6 . the shaving device of claim 5 , wherein the tensioning mechanism comprises a screw retained in the blade door aligned to pass through the shaving blade and to manually engage the blade holding saddle .\ngreat article . currently i\u2019m looking to upgrade my electric razor to one that allows wet shaving . i read your sensitive skin article and am wondering if those 2 electric razors are your top recommendations for wet electric shaving ? i\u2019d like to find an electric razor to use with shaving cream . thanks !\nyes , that is an interesting \u201cproduct space\u201d between shaving and trimming . the best tools we have found for this are usually used for shaving the head ( where people need to trim hair short first before shaving ) . you can read more about the products available on our page here - > urltoken\nshaving on dry skin increases the chances of skin irritation , grazes , cuts , and burns . shaving gives the best results when used on skin that has been lubricated with a shaving gel . wet skin allows the razor to glide smoothly and easily over the skin , thus avoiding scrapes and irritation .\nok . i have 8 shaves down now with my norelco 4700 . today i had to recharge for the first time . i shaved 5 wet and 3 dry . i definitely prefer wet shaving when using my shaving soaps as it gives a closer shave and is more akin to traditional wet shaving . my dry shaves get the job done just not as close as when wet shaving . overall using either method of electric shaving , i find i am getting just as close a shave compared to traditional wet shaving with the added bonus ( and this can\u2019t be stressed enough ) without any redness or irritation .\nshaving makes your hair grow back in thicker , faster , and fuller . see example ( s )\nby the late 1800s victorian man is now extremely particular over his personal grooming and is starting to use shaving soaps and after shaving lotions which are usually home made in the kitchen using cherry laurel water .\nwhat i remember from him was the shaving speed . from the moment he installed the blade until he finished shaving , took maximum 5 minutes . it was like watching john rambo dismantling his machine gun .\nsame thing with shaving cream . you put some cream inside a shaving bowl with a few drops of water and start building up the lather . want to build the lather directly on your face ? no problem ! put a little bit of cream on your wet face and start swirling the shaving brush .\ni include one of my favorite wet shaving videos from robbdv so you can get started right away .\nwith wet electric shaving you get the best of both worlds : a close shave that is almost as good as shaving with a blade and the comfortable and pain - free experience of an electric razor .\nif you try this product , you won ' t ever go back to using shaving cream again .\n[ 0006 ] in another aspect , the present disclosure provides a method of making a shaving device .\ngillette\u2019s advanced technology was designed to help distribute pressure away from the blades , helping prevent shaving cuts .\nyou can start shaving whenever you think it is necessary and you understand how to do it safely .\na . do not repeatedly shave the same area . do not stretch or pull skin while shaving .\ni ' ve used expensive products from the art of shaving , but the pacific shaving caffeinated shaving cream is much better . i ' m getting a close shave without the irritation . the aftershave is great as well . a small amount goes a long way , and it ' s not oily at all .\nshaving against the grain means to move the razor in the direction opposite of hair growth . for instance , most people are shaving against the grain when they run a razor from their ankle to their knee .\n6 . the next thing to do will shaving is to go slowly . this may sound like common sense but when shaving with an electric razor it is very easy to get carried away and rush the process . whilst shaving with an electric razor is faster and neater than shaving with a standard razor blade , it needs time and slow pressure to be completely effective , especially under complex areas like the chin and neck .\neven if you ' ve been shaving for years , you might learn something , from dermatologists and a barber who\u2019s been shaving men for decades , about what you need to do to get the best shave possible .\npaying attention to correcting these common mistakes will reduce the chances of irritation and increase your enjoyment of shaving .\nthe most common way to lather your face is to apply shaving foam or gel on your face . this is the fastest way to create lather and start shaving . this also comprises the modern way of lathering .\nwhat is the best shaving brush ? there\u2019s always one way to find out . get your hands dirty !\nif you\u2019re shaving with a safety or straight razor , you\u2019ll have to be more careful when you shave .\nelectric razors do not require special grooming items such as shaving cream , soap , gels or even water .\nmanual razors are often the first shaving gear a man relies on since they are so easy to use .\nhey there . . i was looking for home made shaving techniques for males specifically when i landed here .\nbut as i asked , there are shia ( even big known ones ) that are shaving their beards .\n: shaving the beard is haram based on obligatory precaution , and this includes the hair that grows on the sides of the face . however , there is no problem in shaving the hair that grows on the cheeks .\nbelow , i offer some alternative remedies that go beyond toilet paper squares for treating and stopping the bleeding on minor shaving cuts . i\u2019ll also cover what to do if you fall victim to a super serious shaving casualty .\nwe are advocates of wet shaving , we know that wet shaving delivers a closer shave than you ' ll ever get from an electric razor . we also know that wet shaving is far better / kinder to your skin than an electric razor . wet shaving has made a dramatic comeback as guys worldwide wake up to the damage electric razors can do to their skin . to view our wet shaving range go here . the electric razor ( also known as the electric dry shaver ) has a rotating or oscillating blade . the electric razor itself does not require the use of shaving cream , soap or water , with the razor being powered by a small dc motor .\nseemingly simple shaving techniques have the potential to create a dramatic new look for you . whether you\u2019re sculpting a lumberjack beard , maintaining a gentlemanly moustache , or simply going bare , here are all the shaving tips you\u2019ll need .\ncircuit court of appeals ruled in favor of two muslim policemen who objected to shaving their beards on religious grounds .\nenter your email below for updates on products , sales , shaving tips and 10 % off your first order .\nenter your email below for updates on products , sales , shaving tips and 10 % off your first order .\nafter you\u2019ve finished shaving , wash your face with cold water , pat dry and apply your favorite aftershave balm .\nhave you tried using shaving cream with your electric shaver ? let me know your thoughts in the comments below .\ni had my first caffeinated pacific shaving experience this morning . i seriously loved it . love the spearminty smell !\n4 . the shaving device of claim 3 , wherein the blade holding saddle is moveably coupled to the retaining head , the shaving device further comprising an angle adjusting mechanism to manually set the acute angle of the cutting edge .\nshave every other day , at the most . shaving every day can irritate new bumps , so try to wait and only use a razor every second day . if you can , shaving every third day is even better .\nyou can , but you shouldn ' t . shaving with the bumps can cause cuts from the raised skin .\nperfect your shave , navigate sensitive skin , and get the most from your razor with these venus shaving tips .\n4 . after shaving , it is always important to moisturize . it helps keep your skin hydrated & glowing .\nnot the answer you ' re looking for ? browse other questions tagged sunni shaving or ask your own question .\nanswer : shaving the beard is haram based on obligatory precaution , and this includes the hair that grows on the sides of the face . however , there is no problem in shaving the hair that grows on the cheeks .\nthey do , but sometimes they just explain how the law works . for example with shaving they use the talmud to for example find that shaving below the skin is not allowed . but still not reason why a razor .\nthe art of shaving after - shave mask effectively cleanses as it helps revitalize the look of skin . after - shave mask can be used after shaving or at any time to leave your skin with a bright , matte complexion .\npetroleum jelly - for a cosmetic solution used for skin protection , it will make short work of shaving sizes and shapes . apply a small amount in the shaving nicks . in some time , they will disappear with painless fashion .\nrazor burn , or razor rash , is a skin irritation that can be caused by dry shaving , shaving that\u2019s a little too aggressive , or shaving with dull blades . typically , it arrives a few minutes after shaving , and can be in the form of a rash if bad enough . razor burn and razor rash are not the same as clinical razor bumps , a condition caused by in - grown hairs . learn how to manage razor bumps here .\n\u2022 most importantly , take your time when shaving . everyone\u2019s been guilty of the 30 - second shave on monday morning , but shaving slowly and with care can dramatically reduce nicks , cuts and abrasions that can aggravate razor bumps .\nuse shaving gel . never dry - shave with just water , and avoid using a shaving cream that can clog pores . instead , apply a coat of shaving gel to the area you will shave , and rinse your razor after every swipe . the gel will help to protect your skin from the blades without clogging your pores . [ 2 ]\nshaving is a ritual that involves products , tools , technique and knowledge to create a smooth , closely shaven face . each man has different needs , and even though we love a deep dive into one part of shaving , we know that the big picture is just as important . to answer the many shaving questions and concerns that we receive from men every day , we put together the most comprehensive shaving guide out there . take look at the video below !\njavascript must be enabled to shop at the art of shaving online . after you have enabled scripting refresh this page .\n, so it sounds like a few of us could use a lesson in wet shaving our dangly bits . melanie mari\na flawless shaving experience requires diligence . to end things right , you have to do it right from the start .\nand then , fill the wet bristles with shaving soap in a swirling motion until the lather looks frothy and bubbly .\nremember , it\u2019s called wet shaving for a reason and the lather must be properly hydrated to get the best results .\nyou should only use an electric razor that was specifically designed to be used with shaving cream or in the shower .\nin my case , shaving has turned from something i loathed into an enjoyable ritual that i actually look forward to .\nand the use of a suitable wet / dry electric shaver and a quality shaving cream have contributed massively to this .\nfinally a skin moisturiser or aftershave milk , both of these will replenish the skin ' s moisture after shaving and will allow it to retain the moisture it produces ; this will help the skin heal faster and more effectively after shaving .\na more customized and enjoyable experience : from the shaving cream and soap you use to the razor and the brush .\nfurthermore , an electric razor substantially reduces the risk of cutting yourself , a valid concern with traditional wet shaving techniques .\n[ 0010 ] fig . 2 depicts an isometric , proximal left view of the shaving razor of fig . 1 ,\n[ 0011 ] fig . 3 illustrates an isometric left side view of the shaving razor of fig . 1 with a\nyou may think that men who cut themselves during their shaving routine are careless . in fact , the opposite is true\ntaking a warm shower before you shave or washing the area you are shaving with hot water for a few minutes prior to shaving will help keep the razor from dragging on your skin . this reduces the risk of nicks and cuts .\nk . cowley and k . vanoosthuyze ( 2012 ) .\ninsights into shaving and its impact on skin .\nthus there is certainly room to forbid shaving the mustache with a razor blade ( and possibly an electric shaver ) .\na wet face doesn\u2019t only help with the lathering but also makes shaving smoother . your facial hair gets softer , the pores of your face open up and lather builds up easily . unless you build up the lather in a shaving bowl .\non a dry towel or a pair of jeans , wipe the razor in the opposite direction from shaving . this helps get rid of any hair or shaving cream residue that might dull the blades or result in a less than perfect shave .\nibn \u2018abd al - hakam narrated from maalik : trimming the moustache does not mean shaving it . i think that the one who shaves his moustache should be disciplined . ashhab ibn maalik narrated : shaving it is a bid\u2019ah ( innovation ) .\nshaving can be a challenge for both men and women . here are dermatologists\u2019 tips to help you get a clean shave :\nmethods of shaving have changed significantly throughout history , and perceptions of facial hair like beards and mustaches have changed with them .\n, rather than a shaving cream , \u201d mari says . \u201cthat way , you can see exactly what you\u2019re doing down there . \u201d this is especially important when you\u2019re wet shaving your naughty parts , as they\u2019re particularly prone to nicks and cuts .\nthe similarities between modern and traditional shaving , are that both require a wet face , lathering and razors . nothing else .\npatience is a virtue with any kind of shaving technique but it\u2019s especially important if you\u2019re a newbie to electric shaving . if you ' ve been using a wet razor all your life and decide to go electric , your skin can take several weeks to adjust to the new shaving technique . stick with it , even if you experience some mild irritation to begin with .\nmenscience breaks down the pros and cons of each so you can decide what will work best for your own shaving style .\nyou can also clean up any problem areas by shaving with a straight razor after you\u2019ve gone over with your beard trimmer .\npetroleum jelly - to get a cosmetic solution used with regard to skin protection , it probably will make short work of shaving slashes . apply a small amount to the shaving nicks . in a short while , they will disappear within painless fashion .\n\u2022 soften hairs before shaving by massaging warm water into the beard area and then applying a professional - grade , highly - lubricating shave cream . allow it to sit on the face for a minute or two to completely coat hairs before shaving .\nnot the answer you ' re looking for ? browse other questions tagged halacha mysticism - kabbalah hair shaving lo - yilbash .\nform a lather on a shaving soap or traditional cream in a bowl , mug or directly on the face with a shaving brush . this not only creates great lather , but it lifts the hairs of the face to provide that super close shave .\ni love both the shaving cream and the after shave . the shaving cream lathers up well and i have noticeably fewer nicks after just a couple of weeks using it . the after shave feels great . this will be my standard from now on .\nthe qs6141 is waterproof for complete wet or dry shaving , it gives you 50 minutes of shave time per charge ( a foldable charging stand is included ) , and it does a terrific job shaving your face , trimming your beard \u2013 or both .\nshaving over the un - lathered skin is a big red flag because you are putting yourself at risk for nicks and cuts .\nmaybe your skin is irritated by the harsh chemicals in the shaving can and the five - bladed disposable razors you\u2019ve been using .\njust like the safety razor , the straight razor gives you a great wet shaving experience with the deepest shave of your life .\nin principal , everything helps to enjoy a great wet shave . from the preparation to the shaving kit and after shave care .\nto begin with wet shaving , you need to prepare the skin on your face . there are 2 ways to prepare it .\nmy favorite product is by far speick , an inexpensive and natural shaving cream that outperforms pretty much everything i\u2019ve tried so far .\nthere are of course other great options out there and you can check out my detailed guide on finding the best shaving creams .\nbraun ' s \u00b0cooltec is a revolutionary new dry shaver that has the power to take the heat out of shaving and put shaving irritation on ice . this power , on top of the stylish design and thoughtful engineering you d expect from braun , makes \u00b0cooltec quite possibly the most technologically advanced dry shaver in the world , delivering a simply outstanding shaving performance for men with sensitive skin .\nrinse - right after shaving , rinse of the slice stubbles and remains in the shaving cream with facial wash and water . check if you may still find areas with stubbles , which brings you back to steps 2 and 3 , limited to those areas .\n5 . the shaving device of claim 4 , wherein the handle is pivotally attached at a proximal end of the retaining head .\n7 . the shaving device of claim 6 , wherein the handle is fixedly attached at a proximal end of the retaining head .\n( cuts aren ' t the only shaving affliction . check out these ten unconventional ways to treat bikini - line bumps . )\nusing an astringent like witch hazel or after - shave compounds can also help condition the skin and reduce post - shaving inflammation .\npull the skin you are shaving taught so the razor glides over it . this way you will also get a closer shave .\ntoday , 99 percent of people remove unwanted hair . shaving is the most common method of hair removal , followed by plucking .\nif you do get razor bumps , avoid shaving until they heal . continuing to shave can lead to painful irritation and scarring .\nfor tips on managing non - pfb ( razor bumps ) irritation from shaving , see our article on razor burn and irritation .\napply plenty of gel or shaving cream , not soap , and let it sit 5 to 10 minutes to soften your hairs .\nmaalik ibn anas said : shaving the moustache is a bid\u2019ah ( innovation ) that has appeared among the people . end quote .\nafter looking at the trade - offs between wet and traditional shaving methods , it is quite clear why we prefer wet shaving beats modern shaving . while it is indeed more convenient and less time consuming to take out your electric razor and be done in half the time that a traditional wet shave would take , it is not quite the trade off of giving up the intricate experience and opulent quality of the shave , as well as the inexpensive price tag that makes wet shaving the ultimate value for shaving aficionados . the time tested method of traditional wet shaving is the true winner for us based on its unbeatable combination of cost and quality , however it truly comes down to preference on what you value more important in regards to your time and the closeness of shave you want .\ngoop can still help : while not as product - intensive as shaving with a blade , there are some products available to improve the effectiveness of an electric shaver . these products are applied to the face just prior to shaving and help ensure a smooth experience .\neven if have the sharpest cartridge blade or best double edge safety razor shaving technique , if you have skin aliments like pimples , ingrown hairs , or other blemishes that raise your skin slightly in some areas , your still likely going to get cut while shaving .\nthe best way to get rid of razor bumps for good is to change the way you shave . you need to use the correct shaving cream and after shave oil to prevent irritation as well as the correct razor to get the cleanest shave without cutting into your skin . for an example of the kind of high - quality shaving products you should be using to care for your skin , check out the bevel shaving kit , a single - blade , wet - shaving kit system specifically designed to help reduce razor bumps .\nit is an open fact that shaving is the quickest and easiest method out there for hair removal . but many of you\u2019ll who want to try shaving decide not to because of the various myths that people usually talk about . you\u2019ll have been conditioned to believe that shaving is harmful but we are here to bust these meaningless myths with some solid proof that will put your doubts to rest forever .\nthanks for your in depth reviews and all the tips you are giving . following your advices i went for the panasonic lv 65 ( amazon offer for 127 euro : - ) ) after a lifetime of wet shaving without any problems . the dry shave is excellent ( takes more time than wet shaving for getting a completely smooth skin , but firstly , i am a beginner with electric shave and secondly \u2013 i am impressed that it is possible to reach the same result as by classic wet shaving with an electric shaver \u2013 even if it takes a little longer ) . today i tried my first electric shave and i faced an unexpected problem : the shaver was acutally drying my shaving cream very fast ( body shop shaving cream ) , so i had to put some more water / fresh cream on my face . is this typical for wet electric shaving or should i just change the shaving cream ? thanks for your advice !\nshe says far from it being a sign of losing control , maybe britney shaving her head could be an attempt to empower herself .\nfrom sharpening your technique to shaping your ideal beard style , these shaving tips will help you get the most from gillette\u00ae razor technology .\ndown there once you\u2019re done shaving , \u201d mari says . this can be a life saver , since the skin below the belt is\ntoday we\u2019re going back to basics . talking about wet shaving . certainly , the definition is not something complicated for someone to understand .\nshaving with a manual razor often takes longer , since they require an application of grooming products such as shave cream and aftershave solutions .\nrelated articles : african american shaving tips shave for results a definitive therapy for ingrown hairs or razor bumps dr . kaufman on ingrown hairs\na study in the uk discovered that almost 32 % of men shave regularly with an electric razor . ( thankfully this trend has been reversed : executive shaving ) using an electric razor has some benefits without the disadvantages that can be associated to shaving with a blade .\nwe are in the business of shaving , not selling your information to third parties . for more information please see our privacy policy .\n[ 0022 ] fig . 14 illustrates a top view of the alternative shaving razor of fig . 13 , according to one embodiment ;\nmen who end up with shaving cuts and nicks often do so because they are trying too hard to achieve the closest possible shave .\nafterwards you will want to just run the alum block across your entire face ( concentrate on the area with the shaving nicks ) .\nuse shaving cream and moisturizer before and after you shave . exfoliate some areas beforehand to make the skin smooth and easy to shave .\nalways shave in the direction of hair growth . shaving against the grain can tug at the skin and make razor burn more likely .\nif you ' re in a pinch and have no shaving cream , use hair conditioner instead . it ' s better than nothing !\nwith regard to shaving the head , we have discussed the ruling on that in detail in the answer to question no . 14051 .\ni am defining\nshaving\nas cutting until there is no visible hair remaining , and\ntrimming\nas leaving visible hair .\nobviously , there are lots of choices available for men when it comes to picking the men\u2019s shaving gear that\u2019s right for their skin . but whether you opt to stick with the trusty cartridge razor , or want to shave like granddad with a de razor , be sure to use shaving products proven to give you a close shave every single time . menscience recommends the following products to maximize your shaving results :\nmark herro ( aka \u201cmantic59\u2033 ) has been showing the world \u201cwhat your father didn\u2019t teach you about shaving\u201d for the past eight years with videos that have become the seminal \u201chow to shave\u201d tutorials . he also shares expertise about shaving and grooming at www . sharpologist . com .\nshaving is about to get a lot more fun . this outstanding shaving cream uses caffeine to give you an exceptional shave , help reduce the appearance of redness , and keep your skin looking and feeling healthy all day . it may not replace your morning coffee , but it\nthe braun \u00b0cooltec is a revolutionary shaver that has the power to take the heat out of shaving and put shaving irritation on ice . \u00b0cooltec delivers a simply outstanding shaving experience for men with sensitive skin . this replacement head will keep the braun \u00b0cooltec razor at peak performance . razor head life will depend on the client\u2019s shaving habits ( times used per week , regular use of the cleaning solution and beard type ) . the manufacturer recommends changing your razor head every 12 - 18 months , though many users will want to change their blade sooner .\nshaving with the blade at too steep of an angle is another frequent cause of irritation and nicks . this is actually two different issues .\nfor lathering , you have a few options available . again this depends on the wet shaving set up you\u2019d like to have as well as the amount of time and money you\u2019re happy to invest . you can choose anything from the most premium shaving cream until a regular soap .\na good facial wash or facial scrub : either of these products will clean the face and leave the pores open and ready for shaving .\ntry some real shaving soap with no chemicals in it , and use a merkur safety razor ( single blade ) . check urltoken for both\nebrahim s , davey smith g , may m , et al . shaving , coronary heart disease , and stroke : the caerphilly study .\n[ 0017 ] fig . 9 illustrates a left side view of the alternative shaving head of fig . 7 , according to one embodiment ;\nif you have severe razor bumps after shaving , you may want to check our post on how you can help prevent razor bumps occurring .\nuse a face wash . even if you aren\u2019t shaving your face , using a face wash containing salicylic acid will help to kill bacteria and reduce the likelihood of razor burn . rub the area you are going to shave with a gentle face wash and rinse off before shaving .\nif your face is especially sensitive , applying an ointment or cream after shaving may soothe your skin and reduce the effects of razor burn .\nwe hope this helps bring you to a better understand of your skin and hair , especially when it comes to the art of shaving .\nbut i was speaking about shaving below the jaw with a razor , and you seemed to be answering why someone would shave at all .\nthe first step in to actually shaving is beard prep . this can be accomplished in any way that softens your beard hair . hair is softened by moisture , so the simplest prep is a hot shower . pre - shave oils exist , but in shaving everything is personal preference .\ndon\u2019t :\nit seems like a no - brainer , but so many guys treat shaving like a race and end up with nicks . take the few extra seconds to add water to your shaving cream for an extra - smooth shave , and always go with the grain .\nwhile shaving , the razor also scrapes the top layer of dead skin , resulting in exfoliation , so there is really no cause for dry skin . if you put the right pressure , you only tend to remove the top dead layer of your skin . this will not make your skin drybut insteadwillallow a moisturiser to penetrate the skin . it will actually make your skin look smoother and brighter if you use a moisturiser immediately after the shave . use a shaving gel / cream before shaving and a good moisturiser after shaving to keep you skin smooth and soft . use the newer razors have a protective ribbon of moisture fully surrounding the shaving surface for a smooth glide , releasing lubrication before and after each stroke .\n: shaving the beard \u2014whose prohibition is based on obligatory precaution\u2014 would not become permissible just by the desire to get a job with these companies .\nlynfield yl , macwilliams p . shaving and hair growth . j invest dermatol . 1970 sep ; 55 ( 3 ) : 170 - 2 .\ngreek women are removing hair from their legs by singeing it with a lamp . most greek men are shaving their faces on a regular basis .\n300bc and one day publicus ticinius maenas , a rich greek businessman brings professional barbers from sicily to rome which introduces a new craze for shaving .\nyou\u2019ve seen them and you\u2019ve used them . for most of us , cartridge razors were the first razors we\u2019ve started shaving with . tennis and football players holding a gillette or wilkinson , shaving with them with a smile on their faces . or at least that\u2019s what you see on advertisements .\nwhen using shaving cream , dip the tip of your brush lightly into the tub and lather up directly onto your skin using an upward motion .\nshaving handles tend to be expensive , and although some men\u2019s grooming companies are releasing new styles , they are still not very widely available yet .\nsince then , the brand have brought their prowess in rotary shaving to this reliable model that boasts precision blades and a waterproof capability . the best\nshave against the grain . and go slowly when shaving . you may have to go over an area several times to get all the hairs .\n[ 0016 ] fig . 8 illustrates an isometric right side view of the alternative shaving head of fig . 7 , according to one embodiment ;\nso the next time your not too lucky when shaving and end up catching yourself on the wrong side of the blade you will be prepared .\nmoisturize the area before and after shaving . moisturizing before and after you shave will help prevent nicks and cuts from occurring in the first place .\nif your current shaving method continues to cause irritating nicks and cuts , research and experiment with other razor options or other hair - removal methods .\nthink razor burn is just a fact of life ? think again . you can cure and avoid it outright with the right shaving products and techniques"]}
{"id": 56143, "summary": [{"text": "polymorph records is a record label based in london , england .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "in 2010 they released the debut single by jamie west , called \" give me everything you got \" .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "their most recent release is by singer-songwriter joshua fisher who released his debut ep \" atlas \" on 25 october 2010 .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "it was co-produced by roger pusey .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "their latest signing is jake benson , a young singer from london . ", "topic": 37}], "title": "polymorph records", "paragraphs": ["polymorph records c / o uwe sammer - schr\u00f6der schneegloeckchenstr . 38 d 80995 muenchen fax + 49 ( 0 ) 89 / 68094260\natlas - the single from the debut ep by the same name by joshua fisher . released on polymorph records . co - produced by roger pusey - producer of tracks on iconic smiths albums : hatful of hollow and louder than bombs . urltoken urltoken released 25 . 10 . 10 ( c ) 20 . . .\nwatch videos & listen free to joshua fisher : atlas , plus 2 pictures . joshua fisher is a singer - songwriter from london in the uk . his debut ep ,\natlas\n( featuring the single of the same name ) was released on monday 25th october 2010 by polymorph records . joshua is a rare talent . his writing is deeply\nwe are updating our terms of service , privacy policy , and cookie and internet advertising policy effective may 25 , 2018 ! you can preview the new version and see details about the updates here .\nhello ! we have selected english as your language preference . if you would like to browse in a different language , please choose a language using the dropdown . deutsch english espa\u00f1ol fran\u00e7ais italiano \u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\non thursday one of our artists , jake , will be singing live at the troubadour club in earl ' s court and we ' d love you to be there if you can ! the night kicks off from 8pm and the troubadour is really easy to find - plus they do nice food . tickets are normally \u00a37 on the door , but we ' ve got some discounted advance tickets for just a fiver which can be purchased here : urltoken\njake benson ' s cover of cannonball is getting a boost in views thanks to the xfactor cover . . . a great song and very well performed ( though we are a bit biassed ! ) urltoken\nwe ' re filming some new vids in bristol next week . . . more news to follow !\njoshua fisher will be performing live with the miles away project at proud in camden on monday 10th jan . he ' s in the main room from 10pm . tickets are free . see you there ! urltoken\nproud is a truly unique venue situated in the heart of stables market just walking distance from camden town and chalk farm station . it is a gallery by day , and each night hosts live music and dj ' s .\nexciting news coming on december 1st . . . you ' ll just have to wait and see !\nthis is a link to atlas - ep - joshua fisher . don ' t have spotify ? get it at urltoken \u2013 it ' s free and no invitation is needed !\nthe day has finally arrived ! grab your copy of the brilliant ' atlas ' by joshua fisher . available from all major download sites - or on limited edition cd ( link for that added shortly ) . urltoken\nwriting session going on today with our latest signing , jake . with so many great songs on offer it ' ll be hard to pick the final lineup . . . demos and more news to come soon !\nit ' s a little over 2 weeks until the release of\natlas\nby joshua fisher . a wonderful ep of brilliant songwriting . . . the cds are back from being pressed and they smell good ! we ' ve all been sending promo copies out so hopefully it ' ll be getting some airplay over the next few weeks .\nfinishing touches being done to the cd artwork for next month ' s release . . . it ' s amazing how much text you have to cram on the back . . .\nyour current browser isn ' t compatible with soundcloud . please download one of our supported browsers . need help ?\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nanenzephalia - magenta [ black vinyl ] - lpx2 [ pre - order ] $ 37 . 99"]}
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ends .\nsdrc also received the best concept award in 2015 on health technology innovations by sameer , iit mumbai and miety .\nsdrc is a for - profit social enterprise . we enable partners to design and manage social change initia . . .\nin july ' 2017 sdrc received the winners award at the first nasscom east awards in emerging organisation category for it services .\n2 day residential training of ngo staff , crp and progressive farmers on mobile application , documentation , data generation - held at biju patnaik medicinal plants garden & research centre , jeypore ( odisha ) . ncds bhubaneswar millet mission department of agriculture & farmers ' empowerment cysd harsha trust m s swaminathan research foundation - mssrf watershed support services and activities network - wassan # milletmissionodisha # wassan\nkrishna kumar ( kk ) as the chief operating officer ( coo ) of sdrc is responsible for leading the core functions that support the social mission of sdrc . kk provides high - level leadership and strategic direction , while overseeing the operational needs at sdrc . one of his key mandates is to lead the transition at sdrc from entrepreneurial to professional management . kk has over 25 years of experience in both leadership and managerial positions and has led assignments in asia , europe and america . kk is a post graduate diploma in management ( pgdm from iim , ahmedabad and a bachelor in technology from anna university , chennai . he is currently pursuing a doctoral program at xavier university , bhubaneswar .\nin june ' 2015 sdrc was the one company amongst eight finalist in the most prestigious mbillionth award for its work using mobile - 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", "topic": 12}], "title": "blue line ( airline )", "paragraphs": ["we would like to inform you that blue line will not operate the ferry route split - ancona - split in 2017 .\nbegin your vacation on board the blue line ships , where you will find everything you need . taste the mediterranean food prepared with fresh groceries , refresh yourself in our bars , buy gifts for your loved ones in blue line shop , have fun with games of chance and have a good - quality sleep in comfortable cabins . have a pleasant journey .\nblue line aviation ' s large fleet of modern aircraft is one of many factors that set us apart from the competition . as if that wasn ' t enough , blue line has committed to purchasing a large number of brand new training and rental aircraft over the next two years to continue to grow the fleet . nobody around is willing to make the investments that blue line does to ensure you have the best experience possible . the significant size of our fleet makes maintenance cancellations extremely rare ; something that our competition can ' t say .\nthis user ' s guide describes the total force blue - line ( tfbl ) model , which predicts future inventory for the regular air force , air force reserve , and air national guard and accounts for interactions among them . this guide contains detailed instructions for running the model , including steps to follow , the inputs to use , how the inputs can be generated , and a list of steps for generating red - line / blue - line charts . it also provides an overview of the tfbl model and the logic behind it ; descriptions of additional excursions , including a discussion of major airline hiring excursions and the impact of major airline hiring on the air force total force blue - line projections ; and detailed and specific information on the input data and the output files . finally , the appendix contains an exhaustive list of all versions of data created or used in all previous model runs for completeness and for reproducibility .\nblue line has placed the largest domestic flight school order of cessna 172 jt - a aircraft , with deliveries beginning in 2018 . made in america , the cessna 172 is the best selling training aircraft ever , and has recently been reimagined and updated to blue line standards . with a fadec controlled turbo diesel engine , g1000 with nxi , synthetic vision technology , gfc 700 autopilot , and other awesome features , this ain ' t your grandaddy ' s skyhawk .\nindicates additional destinations that can be booked as reward seats online with selected airline partners .\n1999 : air transport world magazine named delta its global airline of the year for 1998 . aviation week and space technology magazine named delta 1999 ' s best managed major airline .\nthe 200hp piper arrow is an excellent trainer and travel machine . available at the rdu location , this aircraft is used primarily for advanced training such as our commercial rating or certified flight instructor courses . blue line currently has two arrows in the fleet .\nwouldn ' t it be great to learn how to fly a plane before actually getting into the airplane ? at blue line aviation , you can ! in addition to enhancing efficiency and general proficiency , our simulator can be used to gain aeronautical experience required for private , instrument , commercial , and airline transport pilot ratings . the simulator is configured as a diamond da - 40 or diamond da - 42 with g1000 . it features a control loaded stick , interactive air traffic control , and bluetooth connectivity to tablet based aviation applications . blue line is the only local flight school with a full motion simulator .\nterry , tara l . , james h . bigelow , james pita , jerry sollinger , and paul emslie , user ' s guide for the total force blue - line ( tfbl ) model . santa monica , ca : rand corporation , 2017 . urltoken\n1959 : delta is first airline to launch douglas dc - 8 jet service . the red , white , and blue triangle\nwidget\nbecomes delta ' s logo resembling the swept - wing appearance of a jet .\ncontinuing our commitment to invest in the highest quality aircraft available , blue line has ordered a brand new da - 42vi . this aircraft features fadec controlled austro turbo diesel engines , g1000nxi , gfc 700 , synthetic vision , air conditioning , and more ! delivery is expected in january of 2019 .\n1984 : delta strengthens ties to regional airline partners through its delta connection program . delta begins service to hawaii .\nterry , tara l . , james h . bigelow , james pita , jerry sollinger , and paul emslie , user ' s guide for the total force blue - line ( tfbl ) model , santa monica , calif . : rand corporation , tl - 233 - af , 2017 . as of may 25 , 2018 : urltoken\n1946 : delta starts regularly scheduled cargo service . the one - millionth passenger boards . first airline with nonstop chicago - miami flights .\n1975 : first airline to offer its own air express service , a new high priority , guaranteed cargo service called delta air express .\n1978 : the airline deregulation act passes . delta begins trans - atlantic service : atlanta to london . david c . garrett becomes ceo .\njump on a blue air flight for great value and a friendly service throughout europe and the middle east . our network stretches from norway to italy , the uk to israel . where will you go next ?\nthe diamond da - 20 is an outstanding and exciting airplane to fly for primary and advanced training as well as rental and time building . with a cruise speed of 130 ktas , the da - 20 is safe , fast , and affordable ! our da - 20s feature garmin avionics ( g500 , gns430 or gns530 ) units with traffic alerts . blue line currently has four da - 20s with traditional instruments and one da - 20 with a g500 glass panel .\ndear passengers , due to the scheduled strike of enav , the italian air navigation service provider , we urge every blue air passenger to check our website ( www . blueairweb . com ) , facebook page and twitter page for \u2026\ndetailed knowledge of ms office . knowledge of airline practices and procedures . strong analytical skills , communication and interpersonal skills required . team leader and must be able to perform multiple tasks .\nexperience : a minimum of 1500 hrs grand total out of which minimum 250 hrs as an airline pilot or 250 hrs p1 on multi engine aircraft . preference would be given jet hrs\nqualification : - mbbs - diploma in aviation management from ami experience : - 10 years of work experience . - demonstrated experience and knowledge of aviation and regulatory medicine in an airline .\n2008 : delta acquires northwest airlines , creating a global airline with major operations in every region of the world . delta grants approximately 15 percent of new company\u2019s stock to employees . becomes first u . s . airline to announce onboard wi - fi for domestic mainline fleet . delta expands codeshare and marketing agreement with alaska airlines to increase customer connections across the west coast .\n1953 : chicago and southern air lines merger brings delta its first international routes ( to the caribbean and caracas ) . airline called delta - c & s for the next two years .\n1991 : delta purchases substantially all of pan am ' s trans - atlantic routes and the pan am shuttle , making this the largest acquisition of flights in airline history . delta becomes a global carrier .\n3 - 5 years of relevant experience detailed knowledge of ms office . knowledge of airline practices and procedures . strong analytical skills , communication and interpersonal skills required . team leader and must be able to perform multiple tasks .\n2003 : delta launches song\u00ae , a unique low - cost subsidiary airline . delta leads the industry with a new model for passenger check - in : lobby redesign , expanded kiosk use , the introduction of delta direct phone banks , lobby assist agents , and new signs and processes to improve traffic flow . delta implements the largest domestic codeshare alliance with continental and northwest . delta is the first u . s . airline to offer prerecorded audio flight information at the gate .\n1998 : delta and swisscargo forge the first international cargo alliance . delta is the first airline to install automatic defibrillators on board all of its aircraft . first and business classes on international flights become a single section of luxury seats called businesselite\u00ae .\n1979 : delta celebrates its 50th year of service ; begins flights to frankfurt , west germany . delta is the first airline in the world to board one million passengers in one city in one month ( atlanta in the month of august ) .\nultimately , our vision is to be the leading - edge airline of the pacific , serving every customer with the heart and culture of nauru . nauru\u2019s culture is incredibly friendly , and we have designed every element of our customer experience to reflect this .\n1996 : delta unveils the\ncentennial spirit ,\na new md - 11 jet painted in an olympic design ; transports the olympic flame from athens , greece , to los angeles for 1996 olympic games in atlanta . customers can make reservations and purchase tickets via delta ' s web site , skylinks . delta starts low - fare airline delta express , with service from orlando , fla . 1997 leo f . mullin is named president and ceo . delta is the first airline to board more than 100 million passengers in a year . begins expansion of u . s . - latin america routes . introduction of new aircraft livery . delta purchases the boeing 777 .\nblue air \u2013 airline management solutions would like to inform you that starting with 25 may 2018 , the general data protection regulation ( aka gdpr ) entered into force . as we take utmost care to protect your personal data , we updated our privacy policy in accordance with the requirements of the gdpr . you may find the updated privacy policy here , containing information regarding the processing of your personal data for handling your bookings , fulfilling your travel arrangements or purchases , etc . you may also find important information regarding the rights you benefit from , including the right to access , request rectification or erasure , request the restriction of processing , withdrawal of consent , objection , not to be subject to an automated decision including profiling , data portability and right to file a complaint to the data protection authorities .\n1995 :\nthe spirit of delta\nis rededicated and repainted in olympic color scheme . delta named the official airline of the 1996 centennial olympic games . received j . d . power award for best among major carriers for long and short haul flights . delta is the first u . s . carrier to voluntarily ban smoking on all flights .\n1945 : official corporate name becomes delta air lines , inc . company recognized by national safety council for more than 300 million passenger miles and 10 years of flight without a passenger or crew fatality . c . e . woolman is president and general manager . delta is the first airline to fly living vegetable plants ( 160 , 000 tomato plants ) .\n1928 : c . e . woolman , the principal founder of what would become delta air lines , leads movement to buy huff daland dusters . renamed delta air service for the mississippi delta region it served , the new airline is incorporated on dec . 3 , 1928 . d . y . smith , president ; c . e . woolman first vice president .\n1990 : delta is the first airline to offer md - 11 jet service in the u . s . delta , northwest airlines , and twa combine reservation systems , forming worldspan travel information services . delta and 23 civilian airlines participate in the civil reserve air fleet ( craf ) during desert storm / desert shield from 1990 - 1991 , carrying passengers and military cargo .\n1960 : first airline to launch convair 880 jet service . 1961 : flies first nonstop service from atlanta to los angeles . delta links california and the caribbean with first jet service from california to montego bay and caracas . delta receives national safety award for flying more than 11 billion passenger miles without a fatality . 1962 : delta activates the electronic sabre system for\ninstant\nreservations . a delta dc - 8 is the first commercial plane to fly los angeles - atlanta in less than 3 hours ( 02 : 57 : 11 ) . 1964 : the deltamatic reservation system starts with ibm 7074 computers . 1965 : delta becomes first airline to launch douglas dc - 9 service . 1966 : delta founder c . e . woolman dies . charles h . dolson becomes delta ' s second ceo . crop - 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( register )\n1924 : the huff daland dusters , the predecessor of delta , is founded in macon , ga . , before moving to monroe , la . , the following year . this was the first commercial agricultural flying company . huff daland ' s 18 planes become the largest privately owned fleet in the world . crop - dusting operations range from florida to arkansas , and west to california and mexico . later huff daland operates the first international mail and passenger route on the west coast of south america for pan am subsidiary peruvian airways .\n1929 : delta operates first passenger flights from dallas , texas , to jackson , miss . , via shreveport and monroe , la . travel air s - 6000b airplanes carry five passengers and one pilot .\n1930 : service begins to atlanta . lack of mail contract forces suspension of passenger service . company renamed delta air corporation .\n1934 : delta receives air mail route 24 from post office ; resumes passenger service . begins operating as delta air lines .\n1935 : delta offers first night service with the stinson model a ; first delta aircraft with two pilots .\n1940 : douglas dc - 2 and dc - 3 service introduced . flight attendants , called\nstewardesses ,\nadded to flight crews .\n1942 : delta contributes to the war effort . modifies 1 , 000 + aircraft , over - hauls engines / instruments , trains army pilots and mechanics .\n1944 : first converted dc - 3 cargo ship , delta no . 43 .\n1947 : delta ' s fleet totals 644 available seats . receives national safety award for more than one - half billion passenger miles without a fatality .\n1948 : first u . s . interchange service with twa personnel flying delta planes from cincinnati to detroit and delta crews flying twa ships south to atlanta , miami and dallas .\n1949 : delta\u2019s first coach service starts : discounted - fare night flights between chicago and miami .\n1955 : delta pioneers the use of the hub and spoke system . scheduled airplanes bring passengers to a hub airport where travelers connected to other delta flights . delta wins atlanta to new york route .\n1968 : a reconditioned 1925 huff daland duster given to the smithsonian institution as a memorial to c . e . woolman , delta founder .\n1970 : delta has an all - jet passenger airplane fleet . boeing 747 service begins .\n1971 : w . t . beebe becomes chairman and ceo . delta dash ( cargo service for small packages ) begins .\n1972 : northeast airlines merges with delta . delta becomes a major carrier in new york and boston , with direct routes from new york and new england to florida . delta begins operating the boeing 727 .\n1980 : development of computer reservations systems ( crs ) in the early 1980s .\n1981 : delta launches frequent flyer program ( changed to skymiles in 1995 ) .\n1982 : after delta suffers financial losses , employees raise $ 30 million in payroll deductions to purchase the first boeing 767 , named\nthe spirit of delta .\n1987 : western airlines merges with delta ; becomes the fourth largest u . s . carrier and fifth largest world carrier . delta ' s first trans - pacific service begins : atlanta to portland , oregon , to tokyo . ronald w . allen becomes chairman and ceo .\n2000 : launched skyteam , a global alliance , partnering delta with aeromexico , air france and korean air . places the industry ' s largest order of regional jets ( 500 ) . introduces new aircraft livery and a contemporary\nwidget\nlogo . launches urltoken web site , replacing \u201cskylinks . \u201d carries 120 million passengers .\n2001 : u . s . airspace closed for two days after terrorist attacks on sept . 11th . delta posts first financial loss in six years . delta carries olympic flame from athens , greece , to atlanta for 2002 olympic torch relay to salt lake city , utah .\n2002 : delta sponsors the 2002 olympic winter games at its salt lake city hub . technology advances bring convenience to customers through kiosks at check - in , expanded gate information systems and virtual check - in on delta . com . delta , air france , alitalia and csa czech airlines granted antitrust immunity for trans - atlantic scheduling and pricing .\n2004 : gerald grinstein becomes seventh ceo . delta celebrates 75 years of passenger service ; returns to traditional\nwidget\nlogo . customer service and ramp operations efficiency enhanced with a new automated load instruction system for baggage , cargo and mail ; expansion of touch - screen computers with real - time flight and gate information on baggage transfer tugs ; and staggered zone system for aircraft boarding . northwest and continental join delta as full members of skyteam alliance .\n2005 :\noperation clockwork\nis the largest single - day schedule redesign in aviation history . changes at atlanta and dallas / ft . worth restructure more than 51 percent of delta\u2019s network for better on - time departures , reduced airport congestion and free up aircraft for delta ' s expanding route system . on sept . 14 , delta files for reorganization under chapter 11 of the u . s . bankruptcy code . in november , delta starts one of the largest one - month expansions in its history with service on seven new latin american and caribbean routes .\n2007 : richard anderson becomes delta ' s eighth ceo . delta defeats hostile takeover attempt by us airways and completes restructuring plan one year ahead of schedule , emerging from bankruptcy on april 30 and relisting on the new york stock exchange on may 3 . led all network carriers in on - time performance for the year . j . d . power ranks delta second in customer service among network carriers for the second consecutive year . announces trans - atlantic joint venture with air france . completion of open skies agreement between u . s . and european union allows delta to fly to london - heathrow ; service initiated from atlanta and new york - jfk .\n2010 : delta announces largest product upgrade in a decade with plans to invest more than $ 2 billion through 2013 to improve the customer experience , including installing new full - flat beds and personal , in - seat video on all widebody aircraft ; adding more first class cabins to delta connection regional jets ; renovating and adding new delta sky clubs ; and adding more first class seats on domestic mainline flights . completes integration of northwest airlines ' airport and reservations systems into delta ' s technology platform . receives approval to begin international flights at tokyo ' s haneda airport . announces plans for a $ 1 . 2 billion renovation and expansion of facilities at new york ' s john f . kennedy international airport .\n2016 : ed bastian , longtime delta president , is named ceo , succeeding richard anderson , who retires and is named executive board chairman .\nthe first flight from seattle will debut april 1 , 2019 , and . . .\nsite map about delta business programs corporate travel travel agents careers privacy & security cookies & ad choices legal blog social mobile app \u00a92017 delta air lines , inc .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nat airblue , we ' re building an organization of employees who are highly accomplished , safety - 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{"id": 56151, "summary": [{"text": "cosmos is a uk funded research project seeking do build capacity in generic modelling tools and simulation techniques for complex systems .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "its acronym stands for complex systems modelling and simulation .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "this is a four-year project , running from 2007 to 2011 as a collaboration between the university of york and kent , with further collaborations from the university of abertay dundee and bristol robotics laboratory . ", "topic": 19}], "title": "cosmos", "paragraphs": ["like this functionality ? let us know what you think at cosmos @ urltoken .\ngot a question or comment ? send it to us at cosmos @ urltoken .\nwe are pleased to announce the cosmos annual meeting will be held thursday june 28th to saturday june 30th in copenhagen denmark in the auditorium of the geological museum . registration is now open and both cosmos and non - cosmos members are welcome to attend !\njoin a cosmos tour to explore the americas , canada or alaska , asia , europe , the british isles or south america . cosmos has been showing travellers the world for over 50 years .\nthe weather is heating up , and new energy flows as the planets shift in the cosmos .\nbut recently , the scientists seem to have begun to master the science and art of cosmos creation .\njacinta presents the cosmos public outreach and communication initiatives at the iau ' s cap2018 conference in fukuoka , japan .\ncosmos is famous for effortless transport , conveniently located hotels and inclusions that make booking your holiday with us the obvious choice .\nfor may through july have zinnias , mistflower , milkweed , pentas , pavonia , cosmos and plumbago growing in your yard .\nrest - frame optical emission lines in far - infrared - selected galaxies at z < 1 . 7 from the fmos - cosmos survey\nthis year ' s cosmos meeting will be june 28 - 30 in copenhagen denmark in the auditorium of the geological museum . reg\u2026 urltoken\nas kurlansky points out , milk is even written into the story of our cosmos \u2013our galaxy , after all , is called the milky way .\nwhat made you want to look up cosmos ? please tell us where you read or heard it ( including the quote , if possible ) .\nswirling gold spirals , faces morphing into garlands , bodies morphing into trees , the cosmos , greek mythology , munch , castles in the air . .\nmyth of the eternal return : cosmos and history ( works of mircea eliade ) : urltoken mircea eliade , willard r . trask : 9780691017778 : books\ncosmos tours are made for travellers and for just over a $ 100 a day you can be well on your way to saving and experiencing more around the world .\non 24 - 28th march 2018 the international astronomical union ( iau ) held its huge communicating astronomy with the public ( cap2018 ) conference in fukuoka , japan . cosmos was represented at the meeting by team member jacinta delhaize from the university of zagreb , who gave a talk on the various public outreach and communications initiatives of cosmos .\ncosmos holidays - experience everything travel has to offer : distinct culture , world - class tour directors , plenty of free time - all of this plus more at remarkable value .\nin addition to offering shows in the explorers ' dome , orion will sail with a viking resident astronomer who will lecture on the mysteries of the cosmos and how humans have explored it .\nthe human loss of the sense of sacred has been driven by a mechanization of the world that privileges the mundane and the material . yet the earliest surviving history of the human mind reveals a widespread , embodied human faculty for perception of the cosmos and an intimate human relation to the cosmos . this history hints of an origin story that may be partly recovered by sacred relics of human prehistory .\ndescription of the two voyager probes sent for interstellar travel . tyson ends the series by emphasizing sagan ' s message on the human condition in the vastness of the cosmos & to encourage viewers to . . .\nthe cosmic evolution survey ( cosmos ) is an astronomical survey designed to probe the formation and evolution of galaxies as a function of both cosmic time ( redshift ) and the local galaxy environment . the survey covers a 2 square degree equatorial field with spectroscopy and x - ray to radio imaging by most of the major space - based telescopes and a number of large ground based telescopes . over 2 million galaxies are detected , spanning 75 % of the age of the universe . cosmos is led by peter capak and involves more than 200 scientists in a dozen countries . more information on the cosmos team members can be found here .\nuse cosmos , the city of surrey ' s online mapping system , to access information about any property in surrey or get a property report , which you can use to find assessment values , and maps on a property by address . explore over 200 layers of information , annotate your own maps or search for underground infrastructure near your property . you\u2019ll never know what you will find . cosmos now supports all modern browsers .\nthese example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word ' cosmos . ' views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of merriam - webster or its editors . send us feedback .\nstepping away from the virtual realm , we have our wonderful artist - in - residence karel nel , who creates renowned artworks inspired by cosmos research . we also sometimes run public astronomy on tap events at the pub alongside our annual team meetings .\nfirst proposed in 1995 , the next generation space telescope , as it was then known , was intended to follow in the footsteps of the hubble space telescope , extending astronomers ' reach almost all the way back to the big bang birth of the cosmos .\ncosmos often simply means\nuniverse\n. but the word is generally used to suggest an orderly or harmonious universe , as it was originally used by pythagoras in the 6th century b . c . thus , a religious mystic may help put us in touch with the cosmos , and so may a physicist . the same is often true of the adjective cosmic : cosmic rays ( really particles rather than rays ) bombard us from outer space , but cosmic questions come from human attempts to find order in the universe .\nyou can search for layers in the search tool on cosmos . not sure where to find a layer in the layer list ? then type in the layer name in the search box and after you select a layer it will be turned on the layer list and shown on the map .\ncosmos and history is a journal of natural and social philosophy . it serves those who see philosophy\u2019s vocation in questioning and challenging prevailing assumptions about ourselves and our place in the world , developing new ways of thinking about physical existence , life , humanity and society , so helping to create the future insofar as thought affects the issue .\ncosmos , fox\u2019s much - anticipated remake of carl sagan\u2019s classic wonder - of - science series , is drawing attention for an unexpected reason . the middle of the premier episode features a long segment on giordano bruno , an early - modern friar and philosopher who was burned at the stake for his outlandish theological views . bruno\u2019s heresy was partially related to his hypotheses about the universe , some of which were astonishingly correct : that the cosmos is infinite , and that the sun is just another star . his proto - scientific inquiry and his clash with the catholic church made bruno an enlightenment hero , lionized by modern historians and even by figures as celebrated as the german philosopher g . w . f . hegel .\nthat\u2019s more or less the story that gets told in cosmos . bruno is introduced as \u201conly one man on the whole planet\u201d who suspected that the universe was larger than everyone living in the year 1600 thought . neil degrasse tyson ambles through alleys in the vatican , explaining that there was \u201cno freedom of thought in italy , \u201d and bruno\u2019s theories brought him \u201cinto the clutches of the thought police . \u201d bruno , according to cosmos , wandered around europe , arguing passionately but fruitlessly for his new explanation of the universe , only to be mocked , impoverished , and eventually imprisoned and executed . catholic authorities are depicted as cartoon ghouls , and introduced with sinister theme music . tyson explains that the church\u2019s modus operandi was to \u201cinvestigate and torment anyone who voiced views that differed from theirs . \u201d\nthe deimos 10k spectroscopic catalog contains 10718 object out to z = 6 in the cosmos field observed through multi - slit spectroscopy with the deep imaging multi - object spectrograph ( deimos ) on the keck ii telescope . the objects have been selected from a variety of input catalogs based on multi - wavelength observations in the field , and thus have a diverse selection function , which enables the study of the diversity in the galaxy population .\nbut that chaotic story is worth telling , even when it comes to pop entertainment . it reminds us that history rarely gives us uncomplicated heroes or black - and - white moral choices . it reminds us that even our most impressive rational feats are colored and shaped by our irrational natures , and that our attempts to explain and master the world are always , at some level , an illusion . cosmos is a grand tour of the amazing things we\u2019ve figured out about the world , and it should also be a reminder of how many more remain unfathomable mysteries .\ncosmos and history : the journal of natural and social philosophy is a peer - reviewed , open - access journal of natural and social philosophy . it serves those who see philosophy ' s vocation in questioning and challenging prevailing assumptions about ourselves and our place in the world , developing new ways of thinking about physical existence , life , humanity and society , so helping to create the future insofar as thought affects the issue . philosophy so conceived is not exclusively identified with the work of professional philosophers , and the journal welcomes contributions from philosophically oriented thinkers from all disciplines .\nthis thirteen part series is carl sagan ' s personal account of the universe and how humans have interpreted it through time . in cosmos , carl sagan takes us on location to places in the world where the most important people and ideas in science and astronomy were born , and to places in outer space where those ideas have revealed the universe to us . carl sagan shares a sense of wonder that is both intelligent and humorous , while occasionally warning us of our capabilities of self - destruction . though cosmos was made during the height of the cold war , it still stands as a reminder of global problems and dangers we still need to resolve . this series has either consciously or unconsciously set the standard for the format of almost every hosted science show or series on television since it was made , and it ' s no wonder . carl sagan is a charismatic and sincere authority on the subject matter , and the music score is mostly by vangelis ( bladerunner , chariots of fire , 1492 ) synergy , tangerine dream , vivaldi , and more . the visuals are amazing and remain as relevant as they were on the release date .\nwhat cosmos doesn\u2019t mention is that bruno\u2019s conflict with the catholic church was theological , not scientific , even if it did involve his wild\u2014and occasionally correct\u2014guesses about the universe . as discover magazine\u2019s corey powell pointed out , the philosophers of the 16th century weren\u2019t anything like scientists in the modern sense . bruno , for instance , was a \u201cpandeist , \u201d which is the belief that god had transformed himself into all matter and ceased to exist as a distinct entity in himself . he believed in all sort of magic and spirits , and extrapolated those views far beyond his ideas about the infinity of the universe . in contrast to contemporaries who drew more modest conclusions from their similar ideas , bruno agitated for an elaborate counter - theology , and was ( unlike the poor , humble outcast portrayed in cosmos ) supported by powerful royal benefactors . the church didn\u2019t even have a position on whether the earth orbited the sun , and didn\u2019t bring it up at bruno\u2019s trial . while the early - modern religious persecution certainly can\u2019t be denied , bruno was killed because he flamboyantly denied basic tenets of the catholic faith , not because religious authorities were out to suppress all \u201cfreedom of thought . \u201d\nthis article explains how , according to the pythagorean concept of the first four numbers ( 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 ) , augustine develops his own musical cosmology in christian theological context . augustine agrees with the pythagorean cosmology that numbers as the essence of the cosmos have been measured and arranged in a harmonic order and the sequence of the first four numbers perfectly illustrates the harmonic order . based on the unchangeable nature of numbers , augustine argues that the ratios of the first four numbers ( 1 / 1 , 1 / 2 , 2 / 3 , 3 / 4 ) are not only the fundamental of harmonic law , but also the highest modus , by which god created all beauties / forms .\ncosmos \u2019 treatment of bruno as a \u201cmartyr for science\u201d is just a small example of a kind of cultural myth we tell ourselves about the development of modern society , one that\u2019s almost completely divorced from the messy reality . it\u2019s a story of an upward march from ignorance and darkness , where bold , rebel intellectuals like bruno faced down the tyrannical dogma of religion and eventually gave us secularism , democracy , and prosperity . iconoclastic individuals are our heroes , and big , bad institutions\u2014monarchies , patriarchies , churches\u2014are the villains . in the process , our fascinating , convoluted history gets flattened into a kind of secular bible story to remind us why individual freedom and \u201cseparation of church and state\u201d are the most important things for us to believe in .\ndoes it matter that a tv show doesn\u2019t get into complexities that divide even the world\u2019s leading historians ? to a certain extent , misunderstanding the story of bruno isn\u2019t going to do a whole lot of harm\u2014especially in a country where so many people are in denial about basic scientific facts . but that cosmos added an unnecessary and skewed version of bruno\u2014especially one skewed in this particular way\u2014is a good miniature lesson about our tendency to turn the past into propaganda for our preferred view of the present . there are cultural , religious , and even political reasons that the story of scientific progress and political enlightenment are so attractive , and filter down even into our children\u2019s entertainment . it allows us to see ourselves as the apex of history , the culmination of an inevitable , upward surge of improvement . it reassures us that our political values are righteous , and reminds us who the enemies are . the messy , complex , non - linear movement of actual history , by contrast , is unsettling , humbling\u2014even terrifying .\nfinding the methods and results of the allegedly rational thought of modern naturalists seriously deficient , vine deloria jr . , native indian political activist turned naturalistic thinker , suggests that indigenous thinkers are in this respect more sensible than modern , scientistic naturalists . he traces their good sense to a consistent empiricism which strives to take into account all aspects of their concrete experiencing . lacking however the support of a vitalistic metaphysics that can synthesize their best insights , their modes of thought tend to be dismissed as superstitious and irrational . yet it is nonetheless possible to defend their core belief , that they dwell in a moral universe . to see this one requires a means to overcome the deadening effects of the abstract language of modern reason which presupposes the adequacy of the metaphysics of mechanistic materialism . this can be done starting with samuel butler ' s incomplete lamarckian account of the evolution of this living cosmos , an account that can be supplemented by fashioning a vitalistic metaphysics based on the most salient characteristics of a living self using certain insights of a . n . whitehead , gilles deleuze , s . t . coleridge , among others .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 3 . 2 / / en\ntuna was a 2 year feasibility study into the work needed to develop networks of nanites that behave safely . nanites are novel devices that operate on the nanoscopic level to cause macroscopic effects ; nanotech assemblers are nanites that build artefacts .\n( 1 ) to investigate the languages needed for developing abstract models of nanites and the protocols needed for inter - nanite communication and for external control .\n( 2 ) to investigate methods for verifying and validating executable models of nanites .\n( 3 ) to investigate the requirements for an appropriate simulation framework for executable models of nanites and of networks of nanites .\n( 4 ) to investigate the nature of safety cases for the use of networks of nanites .\nin carrying out these investigations , we used a case study from the field of nanomedicine : the process of haemostasis ( the staunching of bleeding ) caused by mechanical platelets .\na . f . freitas , a . l . c . cavalcanti . automatic translation from circus to java . fm\u009206 . lncs 4085 : 115\u0096130 . springer , 2006 .\nm . v . m . oliveira , a . l . c . cavalcanti , j . c . p . woodcock . formal development of industrial - scale systems . innovations in systems and software engineering . 1 ( 2 ) : 126\u0096147 , 2005 .\nfiona polack , susan stepney . emergent properties do not refine . refine 2005 workshop , guildford , uk , april 2005 . entcs , 137 ( 2 ) : 163\u0096181 , 2005 .\nfiona polack , susan stepney , heather turner , peter welch , fred barnes . an architecture for modelling emergence in ca - like systems . ecal ' 05 , kent , uk , september 2005 . lnai 3630 : 427 - 436 . springer , 2005 .\nsteve schneider , ana cavalcanti , helen treharne , jim woodcock . a layered behavioural model of platelets . iceccs 2006 . ieee 2006 .\ns . stepney , s . l . braunstein , j . a . clark , a . tyrrell , a . adamatzky , r . e . smith , t . addis , c . johnson , j . timmis , p . welch , r . milner , d . partridge . journeys in non - classical computation i : a grand challenge for computing research . international journal of parallel , emergent and distributed systems , 20 ( 1 ) : 5\u009619 , april 2006\ns . stepney , s . l . braunstein , j . a . clark , a . tyrrell , a . adamatzky , r . e . smith , t . addis , c . johnson , j . timmis , p . welch , r . milner , d . partridge . journeys in non - classical computation ii : initial journeys and waypoints . international journal of parallel , emergent and distributed systems , 20 ( 1 ) : 5\u009619 , april 2006\nsusan stepney , fiona polack , heather turner . engineering emergence . iceccs 2006 . ieee 2006 .\nheather turner , susan stepney . rule migration : exploring a design framework for modelling emergence in ca - like systems . unconventional computing workshop , ecal ' 05 , kent , uk , september 2005 .\nheather turner , susan stepney , fiona polack . a simulation environment for emergent properties ( extended abstract ) . eccs 2005 : european conference on complex systems , paris , france , 14 - 18 november 2005 .\nheather turner , susan stepney , fiona polack . rule migration : exploring a design framework for emergence . international journal of unconventional computing . 3 ( 1 ) : 49 - 66 2007 .\npeter welch : communicating mobile processes ( pdf , 1 . 8mb ) : ( pdf 4 - up , 659kb ) : presentation to kickoff meeting , 12 november 2004\npeter welch et al : a collection of occam - pi and fdr scripts implementing and analysing algorithms for performing alt ( external choice ) operations over multiple barriers ( multiway synchronisation events ) .\nwe explore various definitions and characteristics of emergence , how we might recognise and measure emergence , and how we might engineer emergent systems . we discuss the tuna ( theory underpinning nanotech assemblers ) project , which is investigating emergent engineering in the context of molecular nanotechnology , and use the tuna case study to explore an\u2026\ntowards valid models and simulations of complex systems . a plant ecology case - 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hour series that originally aired on public broadcasting stations in the united states . dr . sagan describes the universe in a way that appeals to a mass audience , by using earth as a reference point , by speaking in terms intelligible to non - scientific people , by relating the exploration of space to that of the earth by pioneers of old , and by citing such earth legends as the library of alexandria as metaphors for space - related future events . among dr . sagan ' s favorite topics are the origins of life , the search for life on mars , the infernal composition of the atmosphere of venus and a warning about a similar effect taking place on earth due to global pollution and the\ngreenhouse effect\n, the lives of stars , interstellar travel and the effects of attaining the speed of light , the danger of mankind technologically self - destructing , and the search , using radio technology , for intelligent life in deep space .\nand his production team traveled around the world , filming in places like india , egypt , italy , cambodia , france , alaska , mexico and usa , among others .\n: human history can be viewed as a slowly dawning awareness that we are members of a larger group . initially our loyalties were to ourselves and our immediate family , next , to bands of wandering hunter - 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stay lost ( feat . amber - simone ) ( cabu remix )\ndaniel caesar - best part ( feat . h . e . r . )\nsorry , we just need to make sure you ' re not a robot . for best results , please make sure your browser is accepting cookies .\nwtf so suprised this wasnt mainstream in south africa . what a track ! !\nyhoooooo production is too good . you guys never disappoint , damn . @ cosmosmidnight\nyour current browser isn ' t compatible with soundcloud . please download one of our supported browsers . need help ?\nneil degrasse tyson\u2019s remake of the 1980s series tries to explain how early - modern thinkers began to discover the wonders of the universe . its history is as cartoonish as its graphics .\nthe real path to our modern selves is much more complicated\u2014so complicated that academic historians still endlessly debate how it happened . while some scholars treat \u201cthe enlightenment\u201d as if it were a single movement , others argue that it unfolded differently\u2014at different paces , in different styles\u2014in different countries . some argue that atheism was a central concern , while others think the \u201cage of reason\u201d was driven more by the desire for greater political freedom . either way , deeply religious catholic scholars contributed to many of the great discoveries of natural science , and even the foundations of disciplines like geology . very few of the heroes of the enlightenment were atheists , and even the scientific luminaries of the period fell for various forms of \u201coccultism , \u201d from alchemy to spirit - conjuring . many were elitists who , despite their opposition to tyranny , remained contemptuous of the masses . the veneration of reason did not lead neatly or automatically to moderate democratic politics ; in some cases , like the terror of the french revolution , it resulted in bloody brutality not much different from the sort visited on religious heretics like bruno a few centuries before .\nthis founding work of the history of religions , first published in english in 1954 , secured the north american reputation of the romanian \u00e9migr\u00e9 - scholar mircea eliade ( 1907 - 1986 ) . making reference to an astonishing number of cultures and drawing on scholarship published in no less than half a dozen european languages , eliade ' s the myth of the eternal return makes both intelligible and compelling the religious expressions and activities of a wide variety of archaic and\nprimitive\nreligious cultures . while acknowledging that a return to the\narchaic\nis no longer possible , eliade passionately insists on the value of understanding this view in order to enrich our contemporary imagination of what it is to be human . jonathan z . smith ' s new introduction provides the contextual background to the book and presents a critical outline of eliade ' s argument in a way that encourages readers to engage in an informed conversation with this classic text .\ninstantly receive a \u00a310 urltoken gift card if you\u2019re approved for the amazon platinum mastercard with instant spend . representative 21 . 9 % apr ( variable ) .\ncredit offered by newday ltd , over 18s only , subject to status . terms apply .\nthis shopping feature will continue to load items . in order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading .\nthe joy of mindfulness : declutter your mind , relieve stress , increase your awarenes . . .\nsoul guide on planet earth : your soul is of divine origin , everything else is an il . . .\nthe process of realization : a detailed description of the process of every kind of . . .\n365 days with self - discipline : 365 life - altering thoughts on self - control , mental r . . .\nsponsored products are advertisements for products sold by merchants on amazon . when you click on a sponsored product ad , you will be taken to an amazon detail page where you can learn more about the product and purchase it .\nenter your mobile number or email address below and we ' ll send you a link to download the free kindle app . then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone , tablet , or computer - no kindle device required .\npublisher : princeton university press ; new e . edition ( 21 nov . 1971 )\na luminous , profound , and extremely stimulating work . . . . this is an essay which anyone interested in the history of religion and the mentality of ancient man will have to read .\n- - review of religion\nprofound and pregnant research in the psychology of time and the intuitive forms of the mind as revealed by the early cultures ' attitude toward history .\n- - nation\nthis founding work of the history of religions , first published in english in 1954 , secured the north american reputation of the romanian emigre - scholar mircea eliade ( 1907 - 1986 ) . making reference to an astonishing number of cultures and drawing on scholarship published in no less than half a dozen european languages , eliade ' s\nthe myth of the eternal return\nmakes both intelligible and compelling the religious expressions and activities of a wide variety of archaic and\nprimitive\nreligious cultures . while acknowledging that a return to the\narchaic\nis no longer possible , eliade passionately insists on the value of understanding this view in order to enrich our contemporary imagination of what it is to be human . jonathan z . smith ' s new introduction provides the contextual background to the book and presents a critical outline of eliade ' s argument in a way that encourages readers to engage in an informed conversation with this classic text .\nin a nutshell , this book concerns the translation of myth as a way of mans coping with the cruel world and the events therein . to primitive man the only acts that where valid where those that mirrored the actions of the gods and he frequently wiped his slate clean with frenzied ceremonies , so as to avoid responsibility for his transgressive acts . modern man developed a more inclusive view of himself where by his experience was / is part of a refinement of the soul and his historic sufferings are lessons on the road to his perfection . the development of these systems is determined by the examination of beliefs sourced from a wide range of ancient texts which when cross referenced form a generalised archaic ontology . the text contains an excessive amount of references and the main points / theories are repeated numerous times , but the length of the book and the information contained within make it quite tolerable for the non - academic to read . the final chapter is particularly illuminating as to the predicament of modern man in respect of his autonomy in a world where history is made by a minority .\ni love this book since it is very useful book to support my research directly . i have got three books from mircea aliade in which he is one of the great thinker in his field .\nthe romanian - born historian of religion mircea eliade ( 1907\u201386 ) had to wait for years to get any of the books that would establish his international reputation published in . . .\ni have read quite a lot of this kind of stuff , but i must say that this was a book which was so good , and which i enjoyed reading so much that i wished i hadn ' t read it yet .\noriginally written in 1954 , and is a translation , so the style is not always easily accessible - requires effort to read - but worth it .\neliade is deeply original in his analysis , and i found he transformed my understanding of religious expression and ritual .\nmyth of the eternal return\nis typically considered a vital text to anyone interested in sociological , anthropological and psychological approaches to religion .\nthis little book has managed to influence all discussions about time not only in religion , but also in psychology ( see norman o .\nan english translation of a romanian author ' s rather vacuous french speculations about\nprimordial archetypes .\nprime members enjoy fast & free shipping , unlimited streaming of movies and tv shows with prime video and many more exclusive benefits .\nafter viewing product detail pages , look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in .\nfor full functionality of researchgate it is necessary to enable javascript . here are the instructions how to enable javascript in your web browser .\n* this value is calculated using researchgate data and is based on average citation counts from work published in this journal . the data used in the calculation may not be exhaustive .\nquantum mechanics is typically divided into two parts : the unobserved amplitude given by the equations of quantum field theory and the observed measurement aspect . we argue that a better approach is insert a probability realm in the middle . the reason is that every measurement involves interactions with a complex environment where massive decoherence transforms the amplitudes into standard probabilities . the probabilities eliminate complex superpositions so that quantum states a and b become classical states a or b . thus the measurement process becomes a simpler and more familiar process of the observer selecting from classical type probabilities . this is close to the approach recommended by henry stapp . we anticipate that by using this approach many of the different interpretations of quantum mechanics become more similar to each other .\nmorphogenesis , the generation of form , is closely related to the mathematical field of topology , the study of the qualities of shape . since cerebral thought distils itself into shapes , seen and felt , and their subsequent transformation , the study of the emergence and comprehension of shapes is central to address questions of consciousness , emerging at the apparent juxtaposition of the internal world of the mind , and the external world of physical objects . since light is a vibrating electromagnetic wave , we use principles derived from measurements of coherent speckle in light , where energy unfolds out of singularities in the field , to draw analogies with the emergence of the material universe from centers of conscious experience . the vibrational basis of understanding consciousness is additionally complemented with ancient shaivik literature of south asia - the spandakarika ( vibration chronicles ) .\nbased on the author ' s notes for a presentation to the foundations of mind group in october of 2017 , this paper examines the role of metareligion in obtaining a favorable outcome for the human species as it approaches a singularity with both human and technological aspects . for limited technical background , please consult two of the author ' s previous papers ( langan , 2002 , 2017 ) .\nhenry stapp ' s realistically interpreted orthodox quantum mechanics suggests that when a question is asked , nature answers . in this formalism ,\nthe thought itself is the thinker ,\nwhich clears the way for any thinker - human or other - to be an actively creative agent . in this process , an ensuing succession of questions arising in the minds of observers is received and responded to by a\nnature\nthat chooses and implements responses in accordance with born ' s rule in a physically described universe represented by evolving quantum mechanics states . this paper explores what results might be expected if and when artificial general intelligence ( agi ) asks questions , based on stapp ' s orthodox interpretation .\nthis paper argues against the paradigm of mechanistic reductionism in relation to consciousness . the paradigm impoverishes reality by dismissing the greater part of the experienced world in exchange for control over a small segment . the distortion limits nature with respect to the concept of time and mistakenly defines consciousness as a\nproperty .\nthe concept of time in the paradigm provides no way to account for remembering other than storage and mechanical retrieval of records of past events , erroneously called\nmemories .\nthe error is the conversion of verbs into nouns : taking actions as bytes and bits of data . once this is allowed , the idea that the person is the mind , the mind is the brain and the brain is a computer becomes the bedrock upon which the edifice of ai rises beyond its capacity as a useful tool and betrays humanity by blurring the distinction between self and machine . an alternative view is introduced which suggests the idea of developmental time instead of physical time and replaces\nconsciousness\nwith\nexperience\n.\nwe propose a universal definition of intelligence of a physical system and discuss its implications on design of intelligent systems . the definition proposed is universally valid and does not invoke teleological or anthropic concepts . we discuss the relationship of intelligence to energetic properties by invoking recent results in inequilibrium thermodynamics and computational mechanics . intelligent system design is reformulated in three natural problems : selective forgetting , memory maintenance and self - recording . we conclude with highlighting the relationship of energetic and informational optimality principles involved in designing intelligent physical systems or their spontaneous emergence .\nattempts are currently being made to use quantum mechanics as a probe to unravel the mysteries of consciousness . this paper examines this probe , quantum mechanics and its usefulness in getting an insight of working of human consciousness . the formation of quantum mechanics based on certain axioms , its development to study the dynamical behavior and motions of fundamental particles and quantum energy particles moving with the velocity of light , its insistence on wave functions , its probability approach , its dependence on uncertainty principles will all be critically discussed . the result of this discussion will be presented . its limitations in unraveling the form , function and biological nature of consciousness will be presented . the alternative probe available and being used - the translation of upanishadic insight and advaita philosophy into cognitive science elements in delineating the definition , form and function of consciousness will be given . the usefulness of this modeling and analysis in understanding the consciousness , mind and its functions in cognitive science and theory of human language acquisition and communication will also be presented . the physic - chemical nature of ideas , senses , thoughts , feelings , utterances will be grossly dealt with . the functions of consciousness and mind , in knowledge and language acquisition and communication will be dealt with .\nwhitehead believed that science and philosophy mutually criticize each other to provide imaginative material for their shaping the history of thought . in the early twentieth century , as a mathematician turned philosopher , he took up the task of challenging the emerging scientific theories of the time , such as relativity and quantum mechanics , and provided a radically novel cosmological scheme . he challenged the incoherence of the mechanistic materialistic scientific world with his visionary process - relational model , based on the ontology of organisms . almost a century later , his challenges to science are as , or even more , valid . this paper explores whitehead ' s struggle with relativity , reflects on his response to quantum mechanics , and reviews his tribute to god , based on his philosophical model , as an attempt to understand divergent perspectives on the nature of universe .\nthe orthodox interpretation of quantum mechanics , which followed the copenhagen interpretation but was enhanced by primarily werner heisenberg and john von neumann into a fully developed theory , brought in , among others , the role of measurement , available choices and response of the quantum system . it is , more consistent and clear than other interpretations of quantum mechanics as it provides account of the interactions of observers with the external world . as such , the orthodox interpretation does a lot more than just account for physical interactions in the atomic world , which was the original goal of quantum mechanics in the early part of the twentieth century . in this article we present several issues that may have been answered or need further development , such as measurement and observation , what is nature and who the observer is . extending orthodox quantum mechanics , leading to universal non - dual awareness may provide a consistent and integrated view of reality and is consistent with advances in mathematical theory . an issue of paramount importance is what are the philosophical underpinnings or ontological view of the quantum nature of the universe and the role of human minds , observations and choices .\ntwo very significant principles with vast ramifications discovered in the 20th century are the heisenberg uncertainty principle and the nonlocality principles of the einstein , podolsky , rosen ( epr ) paradox . these aspects of quantum theory have major physical and philosophical implications . the fundamental bases of nonlocality in quantum theory lie in the epr paradox , as well as other experiments that demand a nonlocal explanation for the phenomenon they display . the fundamental basis of nonlocality in the universe is fundamental to the properties of consciousness . we examined both micro and macroscopic nonlocality .\nsince the time of aristotle , metaphysics has been an ill - defined term . this paper defines it as a logically idempotent metalinguistic identity of reality which couples the two initial ingredients of awareness : perceptual reality ( the basis of physics ) , and cognitive - perceptual syntax , a formalization of mind . the explanation has been reduced to a few very simple , clearly explained mathematical ingredients . this paper contains no assumptions or arguable assertions , and is therefore presented as an advanced formulation of logic which has been updated for meaningful reference to the structure of reality at large . this structure , called the cognitive - theoretic model of the universe or ctmu , resolves the problems attending cartesian dualism by replacing dualism with the mathematical property of self - duality , meaning ( for reality - theoretic purposes ) the quantum - level invariance of identity under permutation of objective and spatiotemporal data types . the ctmu takes the form of a global coupling or superposition of mind and physical reality in a self - dual metaphysical identity m : l\u2194u , which can be intrinsically developed into a logico - geometrically self - dual , ontologically self - contained language incorporating its own medium of existence and comprising its own model therein .\nthe benedictine monk sean o duinn is well - known for his writings in english and tv documentary appearances , espousing an ecological version of celtic christianity . in his writings in gaelic , free from the vatican censors , a more daring hypothesis emerges ; celtic christianity was infused by old ( possibly aryan ) themes from the indus valley civilization . in this paper , we look at constraints on any new religious system , before excerpts from a work in progress to rescue this great figure as his end nears by translating this work into english ."]}
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winning fiction author , and best - selling non - fiction writer . over 1 . 4 million copies of her books have been sold in 28 countries and 23 languages . you can find out more at urltoken\nfor the majority of people , the key to their success will be to develop , practise and work hard on those innate skills and talents that they already possess , when they feel invigorated and engaged and excited about what they are doing .\n\u201cwhat ' s the sound of a green gorilla ? only adam harrington knows - - and knows how to voice a non - verbal character expressively , with warmth and humanity . adam has a unique talent for bringing characters to life , even when they don ' t talk ! go gorilla ! ! \u201d\nfocusing on your natural authentic talents , means your work will be aligned to your true potential and you will achieve much greater returns for your hard work and practice . you will be building on your strengths which in turn will become your most powerful assets .\nelizabeth harrington is a partner at public opinion strategies . since joining the firm in 1998 , the major focus of elizabeth\u2019s work has been public affairs and public policy research , managing over 25 million dollars of both qualitative and quantitative research projects . during elizabeth\u2019s tenure at public opinion strategies , she has been promoted from project director to senior project director to vice president to partner .\nin my tenure at two leading business associations , facing huge and complex consumer issues , i have benefitted enormously from the objective advisory skills of bill and his team . they do their homework , they are rigorous , dispassionate and thoughtful . turning questions into answers is a clever tag , but it\u2019s also an apt description of the professional talents of the firm .\nhaving worked with a lot of voice actors , adam is one that easily stands out in the crowd . he is not only a great guy to work with , but also brings with him obvious experience , excellent , detailed performances , and a breadth of characters and voices . i have and will continue to recommend his talents for any project i work on . \u201d\nthere are certain people in this world that make a major impact in our lives as we understand who they are and the trials they faced before they became legends . there are various documentaries of these individuals , but a biographical movie would be a major achievement for a man who has shaped the comic book industry with his gifted talents and imagination . may the actor who portrays the king comics be true the character and his life .\nfor example , as a fiction author , i recognise that my strengths and talents include characterisation and story structure . i am not naturally gifted at website design , but i know i want to build an author platform which includes an author website . that\u2019s why i decided to go for a simple self - hosted wordpress website using a free theme that they provided . i can update pages and blog posts in minutes . no fuss . no time wasting .\nyou hear motoring journalists talking about the\nsweet spot\nall the time . stereotypically , the sweet spot won ' t be a range - topper , or a base model \u2013 it ' ll occupy the middle ground ; however this isn ' t a set - in - stone rule . a sweet spot car is where everything is finely judged , and not one of the car ' s abilities or talents overpowers any of the others . it ' s all about harmony .\nlike an arrow shot from the bow of a god , i had - for 15 years - ascended into the heavens of successful , professional manhood . without really thinking about it i had been president of the national union of students , a researcher , then - in double - quick time - a producer on the cerebral tv current affairs show weekend world , and finally , in the line of ascent , at 33 , the founding editor of a new politics programme for the bbc . it was clear to me - as it seemed to be clear to the world - that i possessed unusual talents . who knew how golden the future might not be ?\nfor a man under constant criticism , he is relaxed , his smile occupying much of the wide face under those big glasses . thatcher has gone , and he has probably saved the bbc , and what can he do for me ? now , i know that i must not moan , sound negative or attack my superiors in the organisation . if i do , he ' ll just think that i ' m yet another desperate misfit ( which , of course , is exactly what i am ) and i ' ll be doomed to 20 years of sisyphean futility . so i talk about having been in the one job too long , and feeling that my talents might be better deployed . . . and , absurdly , feel tears of frustration gather behind my eyes .\nsubscribe to the all - new rolling stone ! everything you need to know from the authority on music , entertainment , politics and pop culture .\nsign up for our newsletter and go inside the world of music , culture and entertainment .\n50 cent \u2019s life is like a movie , so it makes sense that he\u2019s writing one . the rapper is working on a feature film , before i self - 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assisted grips with various set ups .\nto message this person , you must be networked on staff me up or have an employer or company subscription . upgrade now !\ncast your mind back to your childhood for a moment , and ask yourself why goldilocks preferred baby bear ' s bowl of porridge ? because it wasn ' t too hot ; it wasn ' t too cold \u2013 it was just right . she found the sweet spot , and as a result she got to enjoy a delicious meal before having to run for her fucking life !\nin the motoring world , finding the sweet spot doesn ' t usually conclude with a comparable drama ; it usually results in someone falling in love with a car that presents a level of everything , that is perfectly balanced .\nthe sweet spot is of imperative importance in the automotive world because it more often that not is the place where the essence of driving pleasure can be found . the horsepower wars of present have resulted in some truly ferocious monsters \u2013 but power and performance can reach a point where they overwhelm the driver , and therefore dilute the amount of pleasure there is to be had .\nthe sweet spot is all about driving pleasure , and therefore it is a phrase that can be said of the greatest driver ' s cars the planet has ever seen . if you care about driving more than anything else , and you want to buy a car that you can use purely for the job of driving and not simply as a tool , then you will probably end up with a car that occupies some form of sweet spot .\nthe golf gti , the jaguar f - type v6s manual , the bmw m2 , the porsche 911 gt3 , the mclaren 570gt \u2013 they are all examples of sweet - spot cars .\nlike everything however , the sweet spot is completely subjective ; what will be an ideal balance for one person , won ' t be for another . but the paradox of the sweet spot shows that driving pleasure isn ' t necessarily about huge power , for the most gratifying driving experiences you can have will be delivered in something that has an absolutely glorious sweet spot .\nwe use cookies . if you ' re struggling to sleep at night , read our cookies policy .\nyou already hold within you the superpower which is going to provide the fuel for your success .\nyour superpower is the strengths and abilities you already possess that make you feel most alive and excited .\n\u201csociety\u2019s relentless focus on people\u2019s shortcomings has turned into a global obsession . what\u2019s more , we have discovered that people have several times more potential for growth when they invest energy in developing their strengths instead of correcting their deficiencies . \u201d tom rath\nwe all have things that we do well , and things that we do less well .\nthe challenge is that , for most of our lives , we have been taught that we have to find ways to make up for our shortcomings . so we study to pass mathematics or english examinations at school , for example , when actually we are naturally athletic and love to study science and human biology .\nthe media presentation of a hero or icon is someone who has spent thousands of hours learning a new skill , so they can succeed in a particular sport or business . overcoming weaknesses , lack of natural ability or challenges is seen as something to be applauded and celebrated .\nwe have all heard the expression \u2014 \u201c you can be anything you want to be , if you just try hard enough \u201d .\nwould you go back to university for example , or spend more time travelling to research a topic you feel passionately about ? would you take yourself off on a writing retreat in a fabulous location for a month ? go wild ! you can go anywhere and do whatsoever you want .\ngive yourself permission to retune your energy and emotional power back to those things which truly delight you .\nthis could be soft skills such as empathy , listening and caring , as well as technical and business skills such as computer coding , proofreading , copyediting and interior design . if you enjoy volunteering in the community , what aspects are you drawn to ?\ngive yourself permission to ask those friends or family members who know you best what they feel are your special gifts .\nif you have a spare hour to spend on your own each day , how would you spend that free time in total self - indulgence ? these are the tasks you would instinctively do because they energise and engage you and you love to spend time in that zone .\nfor example , not everyone can run marathons , bake bread , sew their own clothes , write short stories , research military tactics and create spreadsheets and slide decks .\nyour reply might include something you are proud of achieving in your life , from climbing mount everest to being a single parent to teenagers , or a skill you have developed over the years , such as oil painting , making silver jewellery or website coding .\nwhen you carry out those tasks you feel comfortable and know that you are in control of the work .\ngive yourself permission to step up and reply with a list of skills and strengths that make you happy , which might have nothing to do with your academic qualifications .\ngive yourself permission to accept your strengths lie in a particular way of working .\nquestion 7 . do you feel that you have any skills and abilities you have pushed to one side because of your other life choices ? think back to when you were 9 years old , then 15 . can you remember what you were obsessively interested in ? what did you love to do ?\ngive yourself permission to look back and recall a time in your life when you instinctively knew that you were good at something and enjoyed it and wanted to learn more .\nnow take a moment to read through your answers and spot any common themes that might emerge .\ndo you prefer longer research based projects such as extensive craft projects or writing non - fiction books , courses and educational materials , where you can learn intricate detail about your topic , or short projects you can complete in the fastest time possible .\nnow that you have recognised and honed in on your natural potential and passions there are bound to be areas of your ideal business project where you are not going to have the talent or skillset to excel .\nit is all too easy to use this as an excuse to feed your negative self - talk and self - doubt .\ninstead , the strategic approach is to stay positive and recognise and accept that you are the best at every aspect of your project and you will have to take action to correct that deficit .\nyou don\u2019t do anything and instead spend all of your energy on your strengths .\ni know several fiction authors who want to focus on their superpowers , creating compelling fiction , and would rather eat their own feet than learn how to market and promote their work . they don\u2019t have any social media or other kind of platform and refuse to do so . their work is sold and distributed by their publisher without any involvement from the author .\nthese authors recognise and accept that marketing their author branding is not an area they want to spend time on and have made the informed decision not to do so .\nyou use the pareto 80 / 20 principle and learn just enough about the gap in your knowledge to achieve an effective level of results which gets the job done .\nthis can be the best way to maximise your time so you can focus on your talent . the trade - off is that this aspect may not be perfect but it works .\ni am not an expert but i can follow the video tutorials and instructions to achieve a website which works well and is easy to maintain .\nother authors have learnt how to do facebook advertising and how to self - publish their work on the online publishing platforms using free online tutorials .\nyou delegate those skills and pay someone who is an expert to do the work for you .\nwhich parts of your project you select to outsource to freelancers or experts will depend on the type of project you are working on , but the objective should always be to recoup your investment as quickly as possible .\nfor example . many authors who self - publish their work , including myself , pay for editors to review their manuscript and professional cover design for their book . these investments not only cut out months of the learning cycle but the quality of the final result will be better .\nthese are legitimate business expenses for services which will help your work to stand out from the crowd , and deliver a great experience for the reader .\n\u201cone thing to keep in mind\u2026 is that the most successful people don\u2019t take on everything themselves . they focus on their strengths and delegate their weaknesses to specialists . some authors try to do too much themselves and end up shooting themselves in the foot because they end up with a weak link . \u201d derek doepker\nproductivity , put simply , is the name that we give our attempts to figure out the best uses of our energy , intellect , and time as we try to seize most meaningful rewards with the least wasted effort .\nit is a process of learning how to succeed with less stress and struggle . it\u2019s about getting things done without sacrificing everything we care about along the way .\nproductivity isn\u2019t about working more or sweating harder . it\u2019s not simply a product of spending longer hours at your desk or making bigger sacrifices .\nrather , productivity is about making certain choices in certain ways . the way we choose to see ourselves and frame daily decisions ; the stories we tell ourselves , and the easy goals we ignore .\n\u201cthe superheroes you have in mind ( idols , icons , titans , billionaire , etc . ) are nearly all walking flaws who\u2019ve maximised one or two strengths . humans are imperfect creatures . you don\u2019t succeed because you have no weaknesses ; you succeed because you find your unique strengths and focus on developing habits around them . \u201d tim ferriss .\n\u201c hope is not a strategy , luck is not a factor , fear is not an option . \u201d tee - shirt logo from the movie avatar created by james cameron .\nfrom a quick cheer to a standing ovation , clap to show how much you enjoyed this story .\nyoung , gifted and on the way to top of the tv tree , david aaronovitch stumbled , and found himself in the foothills of the bbc scrapheap . would a management course set him back on the right track ?\nand then , before reaching the stratosphere , my little stick faltered , lost momentum and began slowly to sink to earth . i ' ll spare you the institutional details . a mistake here , a bit of bad luck there , and approaching my 38th birthday i was to be found in a broom cupboard in the bbc ' s westminster hq at millbank doing a job that no one really wanted done . despite this , i couldn ' t get out of it . worse , my immediate boss didn ' t like me , and had convinced himself of my uselessness . word had spread .\nso , there i sat , wreathed in the fug of 18 fags a day , alternately playing nobunaga ' s ambition on the office pc , and dealing with the endless bickering about rotas and foreign trips that diverted the bbc ' s troop of political correspondents from the simple truth that too many of them had too little to do . i was , for the first time in my life , depressed - and this depression was deepening . from unbearably arrogant i had swung dangerously towards embittered , and embitterment is usually a terminal condition .\nnaturally , i was horrible at home . partners and babies are less superficial adjuncts of the real business of a man ' s life than they once were . the black dog snarled and yapped at those who succoured it . you only really appreciate the scale of a personal crisis like this when it has passed . nevertheless i understood that something radical had to be done . i needed to regain control of my destiny somehow .\nredemption . scene 1 . a nicotine - stained and fag - ash - strewn study somewhere in kentish town . a pathetic - looking man enters , slouching . he opens a drawer in a desk and takes something out . then , setting his weak jaw in a parody of determination , he grits his yellow teeth , and tears the object - which we now see to be a packet of silk cut extra longs - in two . it is not the first time that he has done this , the poor weak sap , but it turns out to be the last .\nredemption . scene 2 . i am now to be found in the office of the deputy director general of the bbc , an extraordinary , wedge - shaped art nouveau place , set in one half of the second floor of the prow of broadcasting house . i have asked for this meeting to seek the ddg ' s advice on what i should do next , and he has agreed to meet me .\nif he notices the wobble in my voice , the ddg does not acknowledge it . after having heard me out courteously , he gently prescribes his own patent medicine - a management training course . in his view , there is nothing wrong with most people that a good management training course cannot solve . he ' s been on several himself , and there are lots of different ones specially adapted for almost every situation . why don ' t i call the nice people at management training , and fix myself up ? at the very least it may help to clarify my goals . and - he doesn ' t say - if anyone ever needed their goals clarifying , it ' s me .\nredemption . scene 3 . the ivy restaurant . this is where alan yentob ate back then , and may still do today . and my long - suffering partner had decided that the ivy was the place where we would celebrate my birthday . at 8pm we turned up between its posh portals and presented ourselves at the desk .\nwhat name , madam ?\nasked a suave , slim , dark young man with - i thought - a supercilious set to his thin mouth .\npowell .\nthe young man screwed up his eyes and searched the short list in front of him .\ni am afraid we do not have a powell ,\nhe announced .\nbut ,\nmy partner protested ,\nyou called me earlier today to confirm our reservation !\nsuave searched once more .\nah ,\nhe said triumphantly ,\nbut you then cancelled it . you see ? we have you down as having phoned in to cancel .\nbewildered , my partner tried again .\nlook . i didn ' t call . why should i ? could you look again ?\nheaving a big sigh , suave returned to his book .\nyes ,\nhe said finally ,\ni think i see the problem . some people called power had a reservation which they cancelled , and your name was crossed off instead . unfortunately all our tables inside are now taken , but i can offer you a table out here .\nhe pointed at a couple of forlorn , unlaid tables near the entrance .\nit ' s the best we can do .\nup till this moment i had never argued with anyone in a restaurant . i had never sent anything back , or queried a bill , or refused to pay service even for the most tardy and incompetent waitering . but , that night , this is what i said :\nlast week my partner made a reservation at this restaurant , and this afternoon it was confirmed . we have arrived here to discover that you have - in error - cancelled our table . at first you tried to suggest that it was she who had made a preposterous mistake . only when she insisted , did you check , and discover that it was you who had been at fault . but even then you did not apologise . far from it . instead you offer us a windswept exile in the siberia of your entrance hall , and you do it as though we should be grateful . but we are not grateful . i very much doubt whether you would treat alan yentob in this way . good night .\nwe swept out . and i hadn ' t felt so good for years . the ivy ' s loss became the spaghetti house ' s gain .\naftermath . i haven ' t tasted a cigarette for five - and - a - half years , and my lungs feel as if they have functioning alveoli again . i have never returned to the ivy restaurant , but - should its owners read this - i am prepared to forgive over a free meal and a complimentary bottle of champagne . there will be five of us at table . it ' s the least i can do for sarah and the children .\nand i went on the training course that november . it was entitled\nthe effective senior manager\nand was held over three days at a country house in surrey . four of us , from different organisations , made up a little group in which we discussed our past careers , our high points and low troughs , and talked about our strategies for the future - all interspersed by peculiar topological diagrams on overhead projectors .\nas was the plan , this group met again four times in the next year to evaluate its progress , and to offer advice and support to each of its members . there was decent angus , a former wing commander , now bursar of an oxbridge college ; jim , a mercurial , brilliant and irritating engineer from british rail , and doug , production manager at a midlands factory making plastic packaging .\nat our second meeting one thing became terribly clear to me . we were all failures . angus was - though he didn ' t know it - loathed by the old - boy city interests who dominated the college financially . jim was a hopeless manager . doug , you just knew , would be sacked within the year . he was too conservative to adapt to developments in packaging .\nbut it was stolid doug who suggested that i was trying to climb the wrong greasy pole .\nyou like talking and performing , you do ,\nhe told me .\nperhaps you should try that for a living instead .\nso i did .\nelizabeth\u2019s research background has focused primarily on topics such as health care , medicare and medicaid reform , hospitals , media tracking , message and advertising testing , public education campaigns , international policy , and corporate image testing .\nelizabeth\u2019s research experience on key health care policy issues has included work for america\u2019s health insurance plans , the american medical association , the centers for disease control and prevention ( cdc ) , the foundation for informed medical decision making , the kaiser family foundation , pfizer , and the robert wood johnson foundation .\nelizabeth\u2019s research experience on media tracking , message and advertising testing to help build successful public education campaigns has included work for the association of american medical colleges , the centers for medicare and medicaid services ( cms ) , the lance armstrong foundation , madd , the robert wood johnson foundation , the save darfur coalition , and the united nations foundation .\nelizabeth is a riva trained focus group moderator , completing courses in both the fundamentals of moderating and advanced moderating . she has moderated over 200 focus groups specifically focused on testing messages and evaluating media for advertising , public policy , and earned media campaigns . this includes moderating the majority of the focus groups completed for both the medicare national multi - media & education campaign on behalf of cms and the robert wood johnson foundation\u2019s annual campaign cover the uninsured week raising awareness for health care coverage of all americans .\nprior to joining public opinion strategies , elizabeth worked for three years as the market research director for a research and publishing company in philadelphia , pa . elizabeth received a b . a . in government from skidmore college in 1995 . she currently resides and works in philadelphia , pa .\npublic opinion strategies helped us to clarify what we wanted to learn and then conducted research and analysis that shed light even beyond the questions we set out to ask . they were very receptive to our suggestions , responsive to our queries , and flexible when we needed them to be .\npublic opinion strategies has consistently offered unparalleled advice and spot - on polling that has shaped how and where we spent money and deploy key resources . additionally , they have always been an excellent steward of limited campaign resources , ensuring we spend wisely and not a dollar more than necessary in order to get the information we need .\nrobert blizzard and public opinion strategies did a great job for us throughout our successful campaign for congress . robert gave us accurate data , spot on analysis , and professional advice , all of which were essential to our victory .\npublic opinion strategies is one of our go - to pollsters when it comes to testing public support for bond ballot measures and other initiative proposals . they are available to provide ongoing consultation with regard to crafting of ballot questions , public outreach messaging , and related efforts .\nacli has worked with public opinion strategies for decades , through several tough industry battles\u2014often ones in which public opinion does not naturally fall on the side of insurers . yet bill and his team consistently provide invaluable strategic advice by refining our messages and helping us frame our issues in a way that makes them understandable and persuasive .\nthe data from public opinion strategies provided important insight and informed our public awareness campaign . we sincerely appreciate their professionalism and expertise in this arena .\nnicole mccleskey and the team at public opinion strategies have been invaluable to me , both during my campaigns and as governor of the state of new mexico . it\u2019s not just the accuracy of their numbers , but guiding the overall strategy that makes them so valuable .\npublic opinion strategies has been a part of our team in missouri for more than a decade . with their data and guidance , republicans here were able to attain a majority in the house in 2002 for the first time in fifty years , and we have been able to grow that majority to the point that we now have a record , veto - proof majority .\nlori weigel from public opinion strategies reviewed our needs and guided us toward asking the right questions . her reporting was easy to follow and her interpretation of the data provided clear decision points .\ni consider public opinion strategies to be a part of our team . that is the way we have always worked . they have helped us to understand our needs and fashioned research solutions to meet those needs . they have helped us to meet killer deadlines by being flexible , executing rapidly , and insuring quality . teamwork is the best way to describe it .\naccuracy , speed , and deep knowledge of key issues and public sentiment are the hallmarks of quality opinion research , and on these measures public opinion strategies consistently delivers . i have had the pleasure of working with public opinion strategies for more than 15 years on dozens of issues , and they are undoubtedly the gold standard .\npublic opinion strategies\u2019 track record of success and wealth of experience in political campaigns and issue advocacy are why they are one of the most trusted and well respected public opinion firms in washington , d . c . their insights and perspectives have helped to inform a wide array of public affairs activities across multiple industries .\ncrumpled dog are a dedicated team of creative and technically minded people who deliver everything from brands to bakeries to award winning umbraco websites . maintaining high levels of creativity and intelligence by living on a strict diet of red wine , craft beer and snacks . nothing more .\nchristian took over the family business in 1990 and has since used his personality and pizzazz to build a reputation for exceptional client service and creative delivery .\nco - owner of crumpled dog , scott is meticulous about wireframes , obsessive with analytics and sweats the small stuff . his care for detail probably stems from his early years designing egg cartons .\njeavon , another co - owner , has more technical knowledge than you can shake a stick at\u2026 umbraco mvp and head of tech , he guides strategy for super - complex web projects with mind - boggling ease .\nin between half - marathons , gillian is integral to the smooth running of the studio . she meets and greets , manages and mingles , and keeps us all on our toes .\nlike his title suggests , jack ' s a clever chap ; cool , calm and collected under mountains of code . an umbraco expert with the patience of a saint , he makes a kick - ass mentor .\njeric is our very own\npocket rocket\ndeveloper . he works fast , runs circles around code by day and runs marathons by night ( with or without shoes\u2026 )\notherwise known as \u2018the master\u2019 , when hendy is in the zone dare not break his concentration . his ability to crack the most complex of problems means our clients can sleep at night\u2026 even if he doesn\u2019t .\nwilliam is our yes man - 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{"id": 56162, "summary": [{"text": "a digital postmark ( dpm ) is a technology that applies a trusted time stamps issued by a postal operator to an electronic document , validates electronic signatures , and stores and archives all non-repudiation data needed to support a potential court challenge - it guarantees the certainty of date and time of the postmarking .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "this global standard was renamed the electronic postal certification mark ( epcm ) in 2007 shortly after a new iteration of the technology was developed by microsoft and poste italiane .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the key addition to the traditional postmarking technology was integrity of the electronically postmarked item , meaning any kind of falsification and tampering will be easily and definitely detected .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "additionally , content confidentiality is guaranteed since document certification is carried out without access or reading by the postal operator .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "the epcm will eventually be available through the upu to all international postal operators in the 191 member countries willing to be compliant with this standard , thus granting interoperability in certified communications between postal operators .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "in the united states , the us postal service operates a non-global standard called the electronic postmark , although it is soon expected to provide services utilizing the epcm . ", "topic": 29}], "title": "digital postmarks", "paragraphs": ["postmarks are normally black , although there are occasions when coloured postmarks are used . they generally fall into the following categories :\n9 . the method of claim 1 wherein the step of attaching the determined digital signature includes attaching , the digital signature as a secure multipurpose internet mail extensions compliant digital signature .\nmaine postal history and postmarks [ by ] sterling t . dow . . .\n3 . the method of claim 2 wherein the digital signature is a cryptographic digital signature of the body of the electronic message .\nantique french fancy script postmarks music digital download for papercrafts , transfer , pillows , etc . burlap no 2427 | bedroom | pinterest | repurpose , crafty a\u2026\nnowadays , most postal administrations don ' t bother with receiving postmarks , although a few still do .\nb . a public or private entity that has the regulatory authority or legal responsibility for providing electronic postmarks .\ntransmitting the electronic , message with the attached digital signature to the at least one recipient .\noffset printing generally produces superior quality and is less expensive than digital printing at quantities over 1 , 000 or so . digital printing is best at very short runs and for jobs requiring personalization .\n3 . the method of claim 2 , wherein the customer identification information includes a digital certificate .\n11 . the method of claim 10 , wherein the customer identification information includes a digital certificate .\n46 . the method of claim 45 , wherein the customer identification information includes a digital certificate .\nmuch less common are postmarks with romanized place - names . the rule for these stamps is : day - month - [ gregorian calender ] year .\nsealed proposals must be received by the time indicated in the soliciation document on the last day of the submission period . see document for specific instructions concerning printed and / or digital copies . postmarks are not sufficient . proposals by fax and email will not be accepted .\nnew york pop band ivy ' s guitarist / songwriter andy chase signed on to mix the postmarks ' debut ep , the remixes , in 2006 . ( chase ' s other project , brookville , is on the road with the postmarks this month in support of their third album , broken lights ) .\ni have noticed a lot of confusion about size and resolution of digital images . i ' ll try to provide some clarification here . note that this discussion applies only to bitmapped digital images , which are the kind you are dealing with when you use a scanner or digital camera . vector images are another matter but they are not relevant in this context .\nfirst of all you need to realize that a digital image really does not have a physical size . to say that a digital image is , say , 4x6 inches is meaningless . after all , the image is just a collection of pixels stored in memory or on your hard disk . a digital image does , however , have a pixel size - the number of pixels horizontally and vertically . this is the only\nsize\nthat is inherent in any bitmapped digital image .\none system that has attempted to address these issues is provided through the use of digital postmarks , digital postmarks are intended for use in an enterprise environment , and are designed to specifically provide authentication of message contents . fundamentally it is designed as a non - repudiation service . fig . 3 illustrates an exemplary installation of a system to use digital postmarking . user a 100 uses a client to generate an email message . this message is sent from a client to an outgoing mail server 130 , typically provided by an enterprise associated with user a 100 , outgoing mail server 130 receives the message and forwards it to the digital postmarking server 132 . server 130 preferably signs the message prior to transmission to digital postmarking server 132 so that postmarking server 132 can verify that the message was not altered in transit . digital postmarking server 132 then validates the authenticity of the signature against a known key associated with either user a 100 or with mail server 130 . upon successful verification , the digital postmarking server 132 generates a timestamp that , along with the message , the signature and validation results are stored in a digital postmark non - repudiation database 134 . this information can then be accessed at a later date to establish a non - repudiation function . the postmarks server 132 and database 134 generate a digital postmarking receipt that is transmitted back to the outgoing mail server 130 . the outgoing mail server 130 wraps the original message in the digital postmarking receipt and transmits the message to the incoming mail server 136 . user b 112 retrieves the message in the proprietary digital postmarking wrapper 138 using a proprietary client 140 . the client 140 can then retrieve the authentication information from the digital postmark non - repudiation database 134 . client 140 does not need to perform any verification processes on the message itself , as the verification , receipt and even the original document can be retrieved from database 134 , alternately a local cryptographic verification can be performed by client 140 .\nwhat are you doing to accelerate it agility ? learn about the it model that serves as a catalyst for digital transformation .\nin the days when mail was processed by hand , receiving postmarks were usually applied on the back of a cover to show when it arrived at the delivery office . international mail often received one or more transit postmarks on the back as it passed through the international mail centers of intermediary and delivery country post offices .\nthe per - postmark price will range from 80 cents for a block of 25 epms to 10 cents per epm for a block of 1 million or more electronic postmarks , he says . subsequent readers are not charged , and office 97 and 2000 users can verify epm marked documents although they cannot generate new electronic postmarks , reichgut says .\nother cards have both types of postmarks . on the card below , the sino - japanese numeral postmark was stamped twelve days earlier than the hindu - arabic numeral postmark .\n27 . the method of claim 25 , wherein the identification information about the third party includes the third party ' s digital certificate .\nif you work with japanese picture postcards as historical source material , you have probably noticed that most surviving cards lack postmarks and other temporal indicators . this post provides a guide to estimating the age of these revealing artifacts , based on printing conventions that conformed to international and japanese postal regulations . this post also provides several examples and explanations of japanese postmarks .\ncertificate authority geotrust offers digital certificates for use with the program , but certificates from other authorities can be used as well , he adds .\nthe invention relates generally to postage meters , also called franking machines , and relates more particularly to electronic postage meters printing digital postal indicia .\ncustomers must also set up an epm account through the usps web site and have a valid digital certificate to sign the documents , chamberlain said . while certificate authority geotrust inc . is offering digital certificates for use with the program , certificates from other authorities can be used as well .\nin a further embodiment of the present invention , the step of processing the electronic message includes performing a virus scan of the electronic message , and optionally removing a virus identified by the virus scan . in another embodiment , the step of processing the electronic , message can include copying header information from the electronic message into the electronic message body prior to determining the digital signature . in yet another embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention , the step of attaching the determined digital signature includes attaching the digital signature as a secure multipurpose internet mail extensions compliant digital signature .\na postmark is a postal marking made on a letter , package , postcard or the like indicating the date and time that the item was delivered into the care of the postal service . modern postmarks are often applied simultaneously with the cancellation or killer that marks the postage stamp as having been used , and the two terms are often used interchangeably , if incorrectly . postmarks may be applied by hand or by machines , using methods such as rollers or inkjets , while digital postmarks are a recent innovation . the local post hawai ' i post had a rubber - stamp postmark parts of which were hand - painted . at hideaway island , vanuatu , the underwater post office has an embossed postmark .\ncustomers must also set up an epm account through the usps web site and have a valid digital certificate to sign the documents , chamberlain says .\nsharing from our digital mitford project blog\u2013a very helpful annotated guide to tei encoding of the more challenging aspects of 19th - c . manuscript letters .\nin step 272 , a digital signature is generated using a private key associated with a public key stored in a publicly available certificate . the signature can be generated using conventional processes used over the entire message body . this digital signature is the trusted third party signature attached in step 254 .\n( 5 )\nelectronic ' ' means relating to technology having electrical , digital , magnetic , wireless , optical , electromagnetic or similar capabilities .\nin the 1990s , both linn\u2019s and scott moved head on into the digital age . i will cover this dynamic transition in next week\u2019s editor\u2019s insights .\nthere is no charge for subsequent readers to verify the document , and office 97 and 2000 users can verify epm marked documents , though they can ' t generate new electronic postmarks , reichgut said .\nt . costlow , \u201cdigital postmark helps fight spam , virus attacks , \u201d ieee distributed systems online , vol . 5 , no . 5 , 2004 .\nto protect your revenue , we have created a concept that recognizes fraudulent mail items during the sorting process . in addition , it also collects legally admissible evidence to prove payment claims . artread recognition technology offers everything you need for uninterrupted monitoring . systematic verification is particularly important in the case of digital postmarks , since they cannot be verified by the mail carrier .\nonce installed , the office extension adds an epm toolbar to microsoft word with options for applying electronic postmarks to documents , checking the epm on a document and managing the usps epm account , reichgut said .\nthey may add the new stamps and one or more first - day postmarks , or obtain the autographs of the participants in the ceremony . the participants usually are available at an autograph table after the ceremony .\n- output postmarks ( indicium ) data to a pc connected to the postage metering device ' s communication port ( e . g . rs232 ) when operating in an open system ( os ) franking environment .\na postmark can be a cancellation , if it is actually applied to the stamp , but postmarks are often found elsewhere on the cover rather than directly on the stamp . in such cases , they are not cancellations .\n( d ) any governmental entity which intends to extend , modify or revoke the authority to accept electronic signatures or postmarks shall do so by the same means and with the same notice as required in this section for adoption .\nin a first aspect of the present invention , there is provided a method providing trusted third party verification of an electronic message . the method comprises the steps of receiving the electronic message from a sender addressed to at least one recipient ; processing the electronic message to determine a digital signature associated with both the electronic message and a publicly accessible key not associated with the sender of the electronic message ; attaching the determined digital signature to the electronic message ; and transmitting the electronic message with the attached digital signature to the at least one recipient .\na united states postal service promotional image for the cut paper heart love forever stamp first - day cover with digital color postmark . the stamp was issued jan . 21 , 2014 .\nquote : while i have been developing digital albums for several years now at dcstamps , in actuality , i got the original idea from kcb ' s blog ( kiitos keijo ) .\n8 . the method of claim 1 wherein the step of processing the electronic message includes copying header information from the electronic message into the electronic message body prior to determining the digital signature .\ndubai \u2014 emirates post has no immediate plans to develop and embrace electronic postmarks ( epm ) in the uae as the new optional postal service recently approved by the universal postal ( upu ) at its 23rd congress held in bucharest last month .\n( b ) any governmental entity may elect to participate and utilize the secretary of state ' s digital signature authority and registry . upon acceptance of and registration with the secretary of state ' s digital signature authority and registry , the governmental entity ' s electronic transactions are bound to the regulation of the authority and registry and the rules promulgated thereunder . any governmental entity not required to participate , but which elects to participate , may withdraw at any time from the program upon notification of the secretary of state and all others who utilize that entity ' s digital signature program .\n[ 024 ] with reference to figures 1 and 2 , archive administrator component 275 may receive identification information from customer 120 , for example , a username , password , company , email address , physical address , etc . archive administrator component 275 determines based on the identification information , whether customer 120 has a digital certificate of authority (\ndigital certificate\n) . if customer 120 does not have a digital certificate , archive administrator component 275 generates a digital certificate for customer 120 and sends it to customer 120 over network 110 . archive administrator component 275 may store identification information including information about digital certificates for customers 120 in an access authorization database 270 . the identification information may be used to link access authorization database 270 with archive database 260 . archive administrator component 275 may be implemented in any computer programming language or software tool , such as c + + , c , java , hypertext markup language (\nhtml\n) , visual basic , etc .\na postmark is a postal marking applied to a cover to show the date and place of mailing . postmarks actually predate both adhesive postage stamps and cancellations , as they are often found on old stampless covers mailed before the introduction of postage stamps .\npostmarks are used to cancel postage stamps on mail items and to record the date and place the items entered the mailing system . the postmark comprises a date , a location ( which must have a post office attached to it ) and a postcode .\na new software plug - in from the united states post service and microsoft is designed to provide the same kind of security for digital documents as a sealed envelope and postmark does for paper mail .\ndetails of egyptian traveling postmarks may be researched in peter alan somervail smith ' s the travelling post offices of egypt , 1983 , a publication of the mobile post office society , no . 4 in its international t . p . o . markings series .\nwe at emirates post will also study the new technology and adopt it after seeking legal approval on the use of electronic postmarks . but , as of now , we have no immediate plans to introduce the epm in the uae , \u201d he noted .\nwhich inspired me to demonstrate this for anyone not seeing the full benefit . . . . i played around a little on the sotn album page which i posted yesterday . the revised album page was done in a couple of minutes , removing several stamps and adding others , completed without any hinges or mounts . . . the new page also displays some of the other benefits by going digital - allowing to extract the postmarks to highlight ' the important aspects ' .\n[ 033 ] figure 5 is a flowchart showing a method for retrieving archived data by a third party . sometime during the life of the storage of the electronic file , a third party may wish to access customer 120 information in archive system 101 . a customer 120 may share with a third party the customer ' s access privileges for one or more electronic files through the use of digital certificates . an authorized third party ' s digital certificate may be linked to the customer ' s digital certificate , thereby giving the third party access into the electronic archive system 101 for one or more archived electronic files specified by customer 120 .\nsome people may be wondering whether a digital camera can serve the same purpose as a scanner . for the most part , the answer to that question is\nno .\nconsumer - oriented digital cameras are designed to take pictures of people , scenery , buildings , and the like - large subjects that are relatively far away from the camera . with older digital cameras the closest you can get to your subject is 2 - 3 feet , and the area in the photograph will be roughly the size of a newspaper page . here ' s an example of a photograph taken with an olympus dl - 300 digital camera showing some stockbook pages i was putting up for auction . this photo was made at the camera ' s closest focusing distance , and clearly , individual stamps in this image are too small to be extracted as individual images .\nsystems and methods are disclosed for providing secure electronic archiving of customer ( 120 ) data over a network ( 110 ) . electronic postmarks are used to track archival of the data , access request for the archived ( 101 ) data , and fulfillment of the access requests .\n2 . the method of claim 1 wherein the step of processing the message includes determining the digital signature by encrypting a cryptographic hash of the electronic message using the private portion of a private - public key pair .\n[ 035 ] archive administrator component 275 verifies that customer 120 is allowed to access the archived electronic file , using information in authorization database 270 and the customer identification information ( stage 517 ) . if customer 120 is not allowed access to the archived electronic file (\nno\n) , archive administrator component 275 sends an appropriate message to customer 120 and terminates the transaction ( stage 590 ) . otherwise (\nyes\n) , archive administrator component 275 links the customer ' s digital certificate to the third party ' s digital certificate for access to the archived electronic file ( stage 520 ) . in addition , archive administrator component 275 creates a link epm and applies it to the archived electronic file by generating a record for the transaction in transaction log 265 in archive database 260 . a link epm may include the time and date on which the customer ' s digital certificate was electronically linked to the third party ' s digital certificate , information about the third party ' s digital certificate , and an index link to the storage epm that includes the electronic file .\n2012 west virginia code chapter 39a . electronic commerce article 3 . digital signatures ; state electronic records and transactions . \u00a739a - 3 - 2 . acceptance of electronic signature by governmental entities in satisfaction of signature requirement .\ncollins english dictionary - complete & unabridged 2012 digital edition \u00a9 william collins sons & co . ltd . 1979 , 1986 \u00a9 harpercollins publishers 1998 , 2000 , 2003 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2009 , 2012\n[ 025 ] a digital certificate may be used to uniquely identify a customer and to provide authorization to a customer for access of electronic information , such as an archived electronic file . an exemplary digital certificate of authority is described in u . s . serial no . 09 / 809 , 325 , filed march 16 , 2001 , by leo j . campbell et al . and titled\nmethods and systems for proofing identities using a certificate authority ,\nthe entire disclosure of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference . for example , the usps provides a public key infrastructure , which includes , among other things , the generation of digital certificates .\n- 17 special postmarks \u2013one for each automated processing centre\u2013 which spread the message\nat the first sign of maltreatment , call\nand the phone number 016 . this means that approximately 100 million letters have circulated spain and the world at large with this message stamped onto them .\na system and method for providing trustworthy processing of electronic messages applies the digital signature of a trusted third party to a message en route from the sender to a recipient . the signature is preferably applied , so that it is compliant with the s / mime standard . the use of a trusted third party applying the digital signature allows for simplified timestamping of the message and reduces the complexity of verification of the authenticity of an archived message .\nthrough their usps accounts , customers can purchase blocks of epms , just as they would buy blocks of stamps . the per - postmark price will range from 80 cents for a block of 25 epms to 10 cents per epm for a block of 1 million or more electronic postmarks .\nmany stamp collectors and dealers are interested in creating digital images of their stamps , covers , and other philatelic material . there are many uses for these images , including computerized databases , web pages , and on - line auction listings . the procedure is not all that difficult , but it can be a bit confusing to the newcomer . i have gathered some basic information to help you get started creating digital images of your stamps and covers .\nthe postmarks discussed are all from 2014 , commemorating the 70\u00a2 c . alfred\nchief\nanderson stamp ( scott 4879 ) , the cut paper heart love forever stamp ( 4847 ) , the janis joplin forever stamp ( 4916 ) and the circus posters forever stamps ( 4898 - 4905 ) .\nindividuals other than livingstone wrote on and folded two of the source texts ( see 1870c , 1870h ) that would eventually become part of the 1870 field diary , then sent these documents to livingstone in central africa . this process included the addition of stamps and postmarks to the first of these .\nthe postmarks ' self - titled studio album followed in 2007 , earning positive critical accolades and decent commercial success . last year , with chase assisting with the studio production and pressing , unfiltered records helped shape memoirs at the end of the world into a remarkable piece of sophisticated pop well worth checking out .\nwhat about digital photographs , which unlike scanned images do not have an inherent physical size ? these images are assigned an arbitrary resolution either by the camera or your software . for example , when i open an image from my digital camera in photoshop it is assigned a resolution of 72dpi . since the image is 2560x1920 pixels , this results in the image having a\nphysical size\nof about 36 x 26 inches . this\nsize\nis essentially meaningless , of course .\nthe office extension adds an epm toolbar to word with options for applying electronic postmarks to documents , checking the epm on a document , and managing the usps epm account , reichgut says . clicking the apply epm button launches a step - by - step process to lock the document ' s content , sign it with the user ' s digital certificate , and place a record of the signed document in the usps epm repository . once the document is signed , a usps epm logo is affixed to the document indicating it is signed and its content is valid .\na new software plug - in from the u . s . postal service ( usps ) and microsoft corp . being unveiled today is designed to provide the same kind of security for digital documents that a sealed envelope and postmark provide for paper mail .\nn . courtois , m . finiasz , and n . sendrier , \u201chow to achieve a mceliece - based digital signature scheme , \u201d proc . asiacrypt \u2018 01 , lecture notes in computer science , vol . 2248 , pp . 157 - 174 , 2001 .\n25 . a method for providing access to a secured electronic file to a third party , the method comprising : providing a database wherein the electronic file and customer identification information are stored with a storage electronic postmark ; receiving from a customer a link request to permit access of the electronic file by the third party , wherein the link request includes information identifying the electronic file in the database , the customer identification information including the customer ' s digital certificate , and the third party ' s digital certificate ; authenticating the customer based on the customer identification information ; linking the customer ' s digital certificate to the third party ' s digital certificate , when the customer has been authenticated ; receiving an access request from the third party , wherein the access request includes identification information about the third party and the information identifying the electronic file in the database ; verifying that the third party may access the electronic file based on identification information about the third party ; retrieving the electronic file from the database ; and providing the retrieved electronic file to the third party .\n( c ) any governmental entity may adopt , in the manner provided by law , an ordinance , rule or official policy designating the documents on which electronic signatures , electronic postmarks or both are authorized and the type or types of electronic signatures which may be accepted for each type of document . those governmental entities not subject to the provisions of chapter twenty - nine - a of this code which propose to authorize the acceptance of electronic signatures , electronic postmarks or both on documents filed with that entity shall give public notice of the proposed adoption in a manner prescribed by law , an ordinance , rule or official policy , but in no case for less than thirty days before adoption .\nyour site is really an inspiration and a perfect site for reference on so many interesting areas . as my main interest in general can be described as ' victorian era ' , your site is really fascinating for me . the digital collections you are presenting are simply beautiful\n[ 007 ] in accordance with yet another embodiment of the invention , systems and methods are disclosed for providing access to an electronic file in an archive to a third party , wherein the electronic file is stored with a storage epm . such systems and methods provide for receiving from a customer a link request to permit access of the electronic file by the third party , wherein the link request includes information identifying the electronic file in the archive , customer identification information including the customer ' s digital certificate , and the third party ' s digital certificate ; authenticating the customer based on the customer identification information ; linking the customer ' s digital certificate to the third party ' s digital certificate , when the customer has been authenticated ; receiving an access request from the third party , wherein the access request includes identification information about the third party and the information identifying the electronic file in the archive ; verifying that the third party may access the electronic file based on identification information about the third party ; retrieving the electronic file from the archive ; and providing the retrieved electronic file to the third party .\n34 . a system for providing access to a secured electronic file to a third party , the system comprising : means for providing a database wherein the electronic file and customer identification information are stored with a storage electronic postmark ; means for receiving from a customer a link request to permit access of the electronic file by the third party , wherein the link request includes information identifying the electronic file in the database , the customer identification information including the customer ' s digital certificate , and the third party ' s digital certificate ; means for authenticating the customer based on the customer identification information ; means for linking the customer ' s digital certificate to the third party ' s digital certificate , when the customer has been authenticated ; means for receiving an access request from the third party , wherein the access request includes identification information about the third party and the information identifying the electronic file iri the database ; means for verifying that the third party may access the electronic file based on identification information about the third party ; means for retrieving the electronic file from the database ; and means for providing the retrieved electronic file to the third party .\nthe advanced electronic services user group , part of the upu ' s telematics cooperative ( an association of upu member countries that work together to develop technical applications for the benefit of the postal world ) , and countries currently using electronic postmarks also contributed their expertise to the project . these include belgium , canada , france , italy , portugal and the united states .\nfundamentally , we ' re all studio cats ,\nsays chris moll , guitarist and co - songwriter of miami - based pop trio the postmarks .\ni ' ve been a fan of all of that great studio / soundtrack stuff \u2014 from the ' 60s through the 4ad label bands of 20 years ago . those influences are certainly on this album .\ni have put together a very detailed set of instructions on another stamp forum of how to make digital albums . i am not sure whether it is ok for me to reference that here , but anyone who is interested , drop me an email and i will provide you the link .\n39 . a system for providing access to a secured electronic file to a third party , the system comprising : a component for providing a database wherein the electronic file and customer identification information are stored with a storage electronic postmark ; a component for receiving from a customer a link request to permit access of the electronic file by the third party , wherein the link request includes information identifying the electronic file in the database , the customer identification information including the customer ' s digital certificate , and the third party ' s digital certificate ; a component for authenticating the customer based on the customer identification information ; a component for linking the customer ' s digital certificate to the third party ' s digital certificate , when the customer has been authenticated ; a component for receiving an access request from the third party , wherein the access request includes identification information about the third party and the information identifying the electronic file in the database ; a component for verifying that the third party may access the electronic file based on identification information about the third party ; a component for retrieving the electronic file from the database ; and a component for providing the retrieved electronic file to the third party .\nemail security : pgp internet email overview , smtp , radix - 64 encoding , mime example , security services for e - mail , establishing keys , privacy , source authentication , message integrity , non - repudiation , proof of delivery , verifying posting date , digital postmarks , anonymity , anonymous remailers , secure email standards , s / mime , s / mime example , pretty good privacy ( pgp ) , domainkeys identified mail ( dkim ) , spam statistics , can - spam act of 2003 , anti - spam : end - user techniques , anti - spam : administrator techniques , anti - spam : sender isp techniques , anti - spam : law enforcement , summary .\nscanning techniques can be useful in some situations to detect forgeries and printing varieties . the principal behind this technique is that the printed design on the forgery or variety will differ from the design on a normal stamp . by scanning both stamps and subtracting one image from the other , any differences should stand out . the technique is essentially the same as described for reading difficult postmarks .\nwow , the thread is alive , i like that keijo - thank you for providing your insight as always , especially valuable with your relevant professional backround ! dcstamp - perfect ! that ' s absolutely some heavy arguments for me to stick with powerpoint , first of all because i am no data - geek at all . i would love to have this detailed set of instructions ! floortrader - i understand your concern , no doubt it would be easy for anyone to ' fake ' a digital collection if that would give them any pleasure . if anyone would happen to look at any off my digital stuff and think it ' s not right , so be it , i would still keep my own pleasure in doing it . don - your album is beautiful , love the flip - over presentation of your stuff . however i think your missing the concept , as your ' digital album ' presents images of your actual hard - copy album pages ( as far as i understand anyway ? ) the topic of this thread was more like creating digital album pages from scratch , only presenting the images of the actual stamps themselves . that would enable editing of your digital album any way you like , while your stamps would simply stay put wherever it is stored . like in your admirable album . . . thank you all for valuable inputs to the discussion ! before i conclude to stick with powerpoint . . . . as i am quite lazy by nature , i have considered using the steiner pages as a starting point , and then develop them further for my digital collection . that would save me an immense job in creating frames , adding data etc . . . does anybody know if it is possible to insert images , textboxes , frames etc on the editable steiner pages ?\nalthough the digital postmarking , system discussed with relation to fig . 3 can provide both authentication of a sender and the message , it requires proprietary software , and is cumbersome . the system is designed for implementation in an enterprise environment , and does not take into account the needs of individuals . the digital postmarking server 132 is often dedicated to a particular outgoing mail server 130 . as such digital postmarking server 132 requires that the enterprise obtain a dedicated hardware device and implement a complex process of having either client software sign a message or having the mail server 130 sign message prior to beginning the verification process . the storage requirements for database 134 can be immense if all messages and attachments are stored for a number of different organizations . as such , the verification information is typically only stored for a predefined period . if this period expires , the ability to authenticate the message can be adversely affected .\n[ 004 ] the present invention provides an archive system that customers may access through a browser over a network using secure communication transmissions , and using electronic postmarks (\nepms\n) to facilitate tracking of customer data . an epm is a time - stamped and cryptographically sealed digital hash that accompanies an electronic message , to detect modification of the latter . the epm for a message may include a time and date stamp indicating when the epm was generated . the contents of an epm are digitally\nsealed\nby the addition of a digital signature . an exemplary epm is described in u . s . serial no . 09 / 675 , 677 , filed september 29 , 2000 , by leo j . campbell et al . and titled\nsystems and methods for authenticating an electronic message ,\nthe disclosure of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference to its entirety . in addition , an embodiment of the invention provides an archive system that is independent of customer hardware and software platforms .\ncryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system or for message authentication , e . g . authorization , entity authentication , data integrity or data verification , non - repudiation , key authentication or verification of credentials involving digital signatures\n[ 034 ] as shown in figure 5 , a customer 120 may submit to the archive system 101 over network 110 a link request to permit a third party to access an archived electronic file to which customer 120 has access ( stage 510 ) . the link request may include information identifying the archived electronic file , customer identification information , such as a digital certificate and optionally a name and password , and a third party ' s digital certificate . the information identifying the archived electronic file may include , for example , a filename for the electronic file . archive administrator component 275 creates a link request epm and applies it to the link request by generating a record for the transaction in transaction log 265 in archive database 260 ( stage 515 ) . a link request epm may include the time and date of the link request , the information identifying the archived electronic file , the customer identification information , and information about the third party ' s digital certificate .\nthe u . s . p . s . requires a clear space must be available on all mail for the address , postage ( permit imprint , postage stamp , or meter stamp ) , postmarks , and postal endorsements . young\u2019s printing takes responsibility for address block and barcode placement guidelines when we process your mail , but here is infomation on u . s . p . s . requirements for your reference .\nit can be useful , however , to assign a physical size to a digital image . suppose that you scan a 4x6 inch postcard . if the resulting image is assigned the size\n4x6 inches\nthen people viewing the image will know the actual size of the postcard . it also means that when you print the image at\nnormal\nsize it will print at this size ( at least with all the software i have seen ) . all digital image files include this size information with an image . scanned images are assigned a physical size that corresponds to the actual size of the area that is scanned - which makes perfect sense .\nthe epm technology complies with standards set forth in the u . s . electronic signatures in global and national commerce act of 2000 , which gave legal status to digital signatures . however , without a case to test the validity of the technology , there is no way to know whether courts will accept epms , chamberlain said .\n[ 003 ] current electronic archive systems provide for the long - term storage of electronic files . typically such systems require specialized software and / or are incorporated in document management software packages , such as docuxplorer by archive power systems , inc . one known system for providing archival and retrieval of electronic messages , such as emails and their attachments , is zantaz , by zantaz , inc . what is needed is a secure archive system for archival and retrieval of customer data files by incorporating secure customer identification through the use of digital certificates , and by utilizing electronic postmarks (\nepms\n) to store customer data and to facilitate tracking of customer data . what is also needed is a secure archive system that is independent of customer hardware and software platforms .\nthen there ' s the matter of resolution , which is usually expressed in terms of pixels per inch ( ppi , sometimes referred to as dots per inch or dpi ) . perhaps you have already realized that once a digital image is assigned a size it automatically has a resolution . here ' s the formula for horizontal resolution :\nthe epm technology complies with standards set in the u . s . electronic signatures in global and national commerce ( e - sign ) act of 2000 , which gave legal status to digital signatures . however , without a case to test the validity of the technology , there is no way to know whether courts will accept epms , chamberlain says .\ninteresting concept , i can see it being used by a person writing a article or a researcher using it for education . but i fought against people who claim ownership of material when in fact they just stole a picture from a stamp auction off the internet . so i have a hard time accepting these digital albums after spending a life time building my collection . many times i have shown some pages and the stamps would catalog a few dollars and someone who never shows their stuff on a regular basis throws up a scan of a $ 5 , 000 or $ 10 , 000 stamp , then say it is from their collection . that kind of diminishs my page . so no i have a negative respond to digital albums .\nquote : interesting concept , i can see it being used by a person writing a article or a researcher using it for education . but i fought against people who claim ownership of material when in fact they just stole a picture from a stamp auction off the internet . so i have a hard time accepting these digital albums after spending a life time building my collection . many times i have shown some pages and the stamps would catalog a few dollars and someone who never shows their stuff on a regular basis throws up a scan of a $ 5 , 000 or $ 10 , 000 stamp , then say it is from their collection . that kind of diminishs my page . so no i have a negative respond to digital albums\npictures of the letters seen by the guardian show many of them featured the same pseudonym or initials . three of the letters received by us mosques were sent at the same time , with the postmarks reading 5 . 14pm or 5 . 15pm on 22 february . \u201cthere were two second - class stamps on all the letters sent to the us , which is interesting , \u201d said steve rose , who is responsible for content at faith matters , a community action group working to counter extremism .\nclicking the apply epm button will launch a step - by - step process for locking the document ' s content , signing it with the user ' s digital certificate and placing a record of the signed document in the usps epm repository . once the document has been signed , a usps epm logo will be affixed to the document , indicating that it has been signed and the content is valid .\ni love this subject , and i love it when others show off there digital albums . while i have been developing digital albums for several years now at dcstamps , in actuality , i got the original idea from kcb ' s blog ( kiitos keijo ) . i also love it when others show their work so i really appreciate seeing the pages from blaamand . for those skeptic out there , yes it is a lot of work scanning your stamps , but it is really the only way of effectively showing off your collection to many people around the world . also , it allows you to display your collection exactly in the manner you want - highlighting the important aspects in a way that no preprinted pages can . what makes it even better , is that you can easily change your pages to include new items or changes in your collection .\nsometimes there is not a problem reading a postmark , but rather you want to\nlift\nthe postmark to make a clean copy of it - in other words , an image of the postmark without the stamp . this is sometimes needed for overprints , surcharges , and the like as well as for postmarks . the technique described here can also be used in some situations for reading a difficult postmark . this technique works best if the postmark or overprint is black and the rest of the stamp is colored with no black elements in the design .\none skilled in the art will appreciate that though there are many systems for providing digital signatures on email messages to allow for verification of the integrity of the message body , they all introduce a number of different layers of complexity . addition of authenticated time stamping functionality is difficult to provide without the addition of additional server side hardware , much as the ability to authenticate the sender of a message requires the cumbersome management of encryption keys .\nin some areas of philately , watermarks are very important and can make the difference between a $ 2 stamp and a $ 2000 stamp . the ability to create digital scans of stamps that show the watermark will be useful to many philatelists . i have devised a technique that can be used to create such scans . it can be used only with a flat - bed scanner , and may not work well with the less easily seen watermarks .\n[ 027 ] as shown in figure 3a , archive administrator component 275 creates the storage epm 370 by generating a hash file 374 from the electronic file 372 , and storing the hash file 374 in storage epm 370 ( stage 340 ) . archive administrator component 275 may generate hash file 374 using known hashing techniques , such as a secure hash algorithm (\nsha - 1 ) , a technique based on an algorithm provided by rivest , shamir , and adelman (\nrsa\n) , and a message digest algorithm (\nmd5\n) . archive administrator component 275 also stores in storage epm 370 a time and date stamp 375 to indicate the time and date of the storage of the electronic file . in addition , archive administrator component 275 may store in storage epm 370 a digital signature 376 having a digital key 377 for digitally securing the storage epm 370 . further , archive administrator component 275 may store customer identification information in storage epm 370 .\nin an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention , the step of processing the message includes determining the digital signature by encrypting a cryptographic hash of the electronic message , possibly just the body of the electronic message , using the private portion of a private - public key pair . in another embodiment , the step of processing the electronic message can include overwriting header values such as time and date values in using verified header values ( e . g . verified time and date values ) .\nvery nice tool and collection . works really well if you have your stamps in an album . for those of us making digital albums , i think we like designing them around our specific collection and being able to put what information we actually want on it . as for me , i collect dead countries , no one has designed album pages with such a specialty , so i resorted to designing my own . here is an example of a couple of my pages that i made to fit my specific collection :\ni think the notion of a digital album is a great idea . i ' ve thought about doing something like that , although since i don ' t store my stamps in albums per se , preferring stockbooks or cards , depending on the area , i prefer to just use a general gallery approach to my online presentations . many of you have seen my main website : urltoken i also have a few other fledgling websites devoted to other philatelic topics : urltoken urltoken each one is slightly different in terms of presentation .\nhere is a colorful , annotated series of powerpoint slides prepared ( and recently updated as of 20 may 2018 ) by greg bondar . greg prepared these from research of tei coding , our photos of letters from the reading central library ( posted with their permission ) , and information from the canonical reference tome , alcock and holland\u2019s the postmarks of great britain and ireland . ( note that the online version of this is not complete , and we have the hardbound version to consult within the mitford project . ) greg designed this series of slides to help us with identifying and encoding some of the more challenging aspects of 19th - century mansucript letters ! thanks , greg !"]}
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", "topic": 22}], "title": "legal expenses insurance", "paragraphs": ["after the event insurance ( ate insurance ) is insurance which covers the legal costs and expenses involved in litigation .\nhome insurance legal expenses insurance typically covers legal proceedings relating to your home , employment , death or personal injury .\ncar insurance legal expenses insurance covers events arising from the use or ownership of an insured vehicle .\nlegal expenses insurance is purchased to fund the costs of legal advice and / or the costs of bringing or defending a court case . legal expenses insurance can be bought :\ndas uk group has signed a major partnership deal to provide personal legal expenses insurance for legal & general\u2019s home insurance policies .\nlegal expenses insurance ( lei ) is an insurance policy taken out by individuals and businesses to cover the legal costs associated with certain legal actions .\nwe\u2019re taking you through what legal expenses insurance is and whether you need the added protection .\nyou usually get \u00a320m in a car insurance policy and around \u00a32m with a home insurance policy , without the need for additional legal expenses insurance cover .\ninsurance is sold by square one insurance services and underwritten by pacific specialty insurance company .\nlegal expenses insurance bought with or alongside your home insurance can provide valuable cover ,\nsaid urltoken ' s ben wilson .\nlegal expenses insurance ( lei ) is a type of insurance that protects the legal rights of policyholders against legal action brought against them or by them . this type of insurance is typically sold when you buy car or home insurance policies .\nmore expensive than legal expenses insurance , it ' s run by solicitors and covers a specific claim .\nlegal expense insurance offers the most universal and affordable option for canadians who may require legal representation . legal expense insurance enables customers to budget for catastrophic legal costs .\nmotor legal protection from best price fs is underwritten by lpg . legal protection group is a managing general agency that specialises in legal expenses insurance and assistance products .\nlegal expenses insurance is almost entirely sold as an add - on with car insurance and home insurance policies - but there are differences between how the two types of policy work .\nhead of broker darren weekes talks about what the insurance industry can do to solve the issue of bad products in the legal expenses insurance industry .\nthe table below shows the costs and levels of cover for legal expenses insurance bought as an add - on with home and car insurance policies .\nthe cost of adding legal expenses cover to your car insurance policy is generally around \u00a320 to \u00a325 a year .\nlike legal expenses insurance added to household policies , an insurer other than the motor insurer will usually underwrite or administer the uninsured loss - recovery insurance .\nlegal expenses insurance is an insurance product which ensures qualified representation of legal interests of the insurant in exchange for relatively low insurance premium payments , without risking financial difficulties on his or her part . several options of this form of insurance are offered :\nlegal expenses insurance is most valuable for situations where you ' re pursuing legal actions to reclaim losses that weren ' t recoverable through your main insurance - such as the excesses you have to pay on an insurance claim .\nlegal expenses insurance is often offered as an add - on to car and home insurance policies . use our tables to discover how cost and cover varies .\nlegal expenses insurance can be taken out on a before the event basis , which is a traditional way of purchasing insurance . this provides you with financial protection in case a legal dispute happens .\nregulation information legal expenses insurance is subject to the prudential regulation authority ( pra ) , financial conduct authority ( fca ) regulation , the rules of the financial ombudsman service and the insurance companies ( legal protection insurance ) regulations 1990 .\nlegal issues around driving are typically excluded and instead covered by motoring insurance products rather than your house insurance - read more about legal assistance and car insurance in our guide .\ndo you need to include legal expenses cover when you take out home insurance ? take a look at our guide before deciding .\nlegal expenses cover is a type of insurance you can buy alongside your car insurance to cover yourself against the potential costs of legal action either brought by you or against you as a road user . circumstances that could result in legal costs include :\ncovers commercial vehicle related legal expenses - so you can keep your vehicles and drivers on the road .\nalternatively , legal expenses insurance can be taken out after the event , where financial protection is needed against the risk of losing a legal action . this protects you from being liable for the other sides legal fees .\nconsumers are often offered the option of legal expenses / uninsured loss recovery insurance , when taking out a motor insurance policy . this insurance is designed to fund the cost of taking legal action , to recover the uninsured losses , against the party that caused the accident .\nthis section of our website describes how we approach complaints involving legal expenses insurance . this is a complex area combining legal and insurance issues - so it is often necessary for the language used in this section to reflect these complexities .\nsee of how canadians have been empowered by a das legal expense insurance policy .\nmlei is usually sold for \u00a325 - 30 as an extra to your motor insurance . it is also known as legal assistance plan , legal protection , drivers\u2019 legal protection , legal assistance , motor legal cover or uninsured loss recovery .\nlegal expenses insurance is usually sold as an add - on to car or house insurance , generally for a small extra premium ( around \u00a325 is common ) . occasionally it ' s included free .\nthere are two basic types of legal - expenses insurance . they are called ' before - the - event ' and ' after - the - event ' insurance and they work in different ways .\nas a policy add - on to our home insurance , legal expenses cover can protect you against the cost of taking legal action should a situation arise where it\u2019s needed . when you take out our home insurance , you can choose to add legal expenses cover to your policy . this provides up to \u00a3100 , 000 per claim for the cost of negotiating or pursuing your legal rights against a wide variety of legal issues .\ndas offers standalone policies to individuals , businesses , and groups . a das policy provides financial protection against costly legal expenses , allowing clients to defend or pursue any legal matter to the fullest and giving them unlimited access to legal advice . bte insurance covers legal costs for disputes that arise within the period of insurance .\none of the main issues with legal expenses cover is that there are no guarantees your claim will be accepted .\ntowergate insurance has partnered with abbey legal protection to launch a commercial legal protection policy aimed at the transport and logistics industry .\nbefore the event ( bte ) legal expenses is an insurance policy which customers purchase to cover legal costs associated with different legal scenarios , such as disputes relating to employment or the purchase of goods and services to personal injury and medical negligence .\nfor more information on these areas , visit the legal expenses page on the financial ombudsman service ' s website . \u2020\nadrienne o\u2019sullivan , ceo of das ireland , the country\u2019s leading legal expenses insurer , has become the first woman to receive the insurance institute of dublin\u2019s annual president\u2019s award .\nwhen you\u2019re shopping for car insurance , make sure your final quote does not include legal expenses ( or any other add - on ) unless you actually want it .\ntwo common exclusions from legal expenses insurance are matrimonial disputes - meaning that you ' re unlikely to be covered for the cost of a divorce - and libel cases .\nas our table below shows , legal expenses insurance often costs under \u00a330 a year - so is pretty cheap when considering the tens of thousands of pounds it could potentially pay out for legal advice and representation .\nif you\u2019ve added legal expenses cover to your policy and would like to seek confidential legal advice , please contact das legal expenses insurance company ltd on 0800 731 3548 . if we agree to an action or claim , we ' ll appoint a law firm , an accountant or another suitably qualified expert who will act on your behalf .\narticle 3 requires insurers to ensure that legal expenses are separated from other classes of insurance they underwrite - so as to spread the risk and avoid internal conflicts of interest .\ndas uk group , the uk\u2019s leading legal expenses insurer , has launched four new corporate websites to enhance its online presence .\ndas uk group has become the world\u2019s first legal expenses insurer to launch an innovative new alexa skill for the amazon echo .\nthe cost of legal proceedings can be huge . so taking out legal expenses cover would prove a very worthwhile move if you needed to take legal action for any reason , for example following a car accident .\nwhen it comes to the final stages of buying a home or car insurance policy , you may be asked whether you want to include \u201cadd - ons\u201d like legal expenses insurance , hire car or home emergency cover to your policy . your first reaction is likely to be to decline these and move on to get the lowest price possible but if you ever need to take legal action against a third party , legal expenses insurance could offer protection .\nfollowing a review of motor legal expenses insurance ( mlei ) , we are telling firms to improve how they explain legal cover in policies so that drivers know exactly what they are paying for . here we explain more .\nalthough it is possible to buy\nstand alone\nlegal expenses insurance , most policies are added to household buildings and contents policies as an optional ( sometimes free ) extra .\nwhen we deal with complaints involving legal expenses insurance , our role is to assess the insurer ' s handling of the claim in the light of the policy terms . we will not consider the quality of the legal advice .\nsee of how business owners like you have been empowered by a das legal expense insurance policy .\nfrom claiming against a negligent driver to helping resolve an employment dispute , legal expenses insurance - often referred to as ' lei ' - offers a lot for a relatively small price .\nin addition to legal expense coverage , all das policyholders have unlimited access to legal advice .\nfor a small increase in the cost of your home insurance , you can receive \u00a3100 , 000 of legal expenses cover . this add - on is designed to protect you if you\u2019re faced with paying for legal action or advice .\nlegal expenses insurance is often overlooked by consumers at the time they require it , but , as rebecca conway , arc legal , explained to modern claims , its profile could be raised with the implementation of reforms to personal injury .\nlegal expenses insurance is not designed to pay the policyholder the actual damages that they are trying to recover through the court action . nor does it cover someone ' s liability to pay damages to others . there is separate insurance for that .\nsignificant numbers of uk consumers are failing to take the most basic online precautions according to new research from das uk group , the uk\u2019s leading legal expenses insurer , and hsb engineering insurance .\nhelp is at hand . legal protection insurance is available to cover your legal expenses in many situations . with this insurance , you have access to a legal advice helpline , where you can phone for information on any type of problem , be it divorce issues , child support , employment contracts , strata rights , wills and estates . anything . then , if you decide to pursue a case , the insurance covers your legal costs .\nwe work with you to create a customized legal expense insurance program that meets your members unique needs .\npolicies can take on the legal expenses involved in pursuing uninsured losses - recruiting solicitors , barristers and / or expert witnesses , for example .\nlegal expenses policies often give the insurer the freedom to choose which solicitors to appoint for advice and assistance at the start of the legal claim , unless there is a conflict of interest .\nprofessional indemnity insurance , often referred to as professional liability insurance or pi insurance , covers legal costs and expenses incurred in your defence , as well as any damages or costs that may be awarded , if you are alleged to have provided inadequate advice , services or designs that cause your client to lose money .\ndas uk holdings limited ( das uk group ) has been helping businesses and individuals get access to justice for over 40 years . our businesses include a legal expenses insurance company and a law firm .\nbefore - the - event insurance pays your costs only if your insurance company thinks you have a good chance of winning your case . the insurance will usually pay for :\nlegal expenses policies often give the insurer the freedom to choose which solicitors to appoint for advice and assistance up to the time where legal proceedings start - unless there is a conflict of interest .\nthe claimant\u2019s employer applied to uwv to make him redundant and the claimant asked his legal expenses insurer to cover the cost of his chosen legal representative for that process . his request was refused .\ndas is canada\u2019s leader in legal expense insurance . they have products for both individuals and for commercial businesses .\nas well as paying for you to take legal action , this type of legal - expenses insurance may also cover costs in some cases brought against you . however , don ' t presume it will cover the costs . check with your insurer first .\nyour car insurance might \u2013 but only if you\u2019d taken out legal expenses cover as an add - on to your policy . but should you pay extra to add this to your annual car insurance policy ? let\u2019s take a closer look at the reasons for and against\u2026\ndas canada is a full - service legal expense insurer . we empower individual , business and group clients when they are faced with unexpected legal issues . we do this by offering two types of legal expense insurance : before - the - event ( bte ) insurance , and after - the - event ( ate ) insurance .\nlegal expenses cover can also be taken out as an add - on to a home insurance policy , in which case it typically covers legal proceedings relating to your home , your employment , your death or personal injury and the supply of goods or services .\nlegal expenses insurance doesn ' t operate in the same way as a dispute would if you instructed your own lawyer . simply contacting your insurer won ' t guarantee you get a lawyer to pursue your case .\nlegal protection insurance is very new to canada , although it\u2019s been in europe for many years . as a result , it\u2019s not found in most traditional home insurance policies .\nhowever , firms have not always made it clear that customers were only covered for all legal expenses if they were not at fault for the accident .\narc legal assistance are a leading provider of legal expenses insurance and assistance services in the uk and republic of ireland , managing in the region of 15m legal expenses insurance policies . working with insurers , intermediaries , financial institutions and affinity groups , arc legal\u2019s focus is upon delivering \u2018best in market\u2019 bespoke solutions . as a qualified lawyer , rebecca has worked both in private practice and within a number of legal expenses insurance organisations . rebecca began her career at arc legal as claims manager and was one of the five original members of the business , working alongside the founding directors from 2005 . since then , she has played a pivotal role in shaping and delivering arc\u2019s claims function and is now head of claims and operations . her responsibilities include the management of arc legal\u2019s claims team , auditing of partner solicitors and implementation and overview of claims operations .\nbut you should always check first whether the insurance will cover any problem you want to take legal action over .\nthe best car insurance isn ' t always the cheapest . our expert analysis rates the best and worst car insurance policies - and tells you which car insurance companies give . . .\naround 25 million households already have legal expenses insurance , according to figures from the office for national statistics \u2013 although there\u2019s a question as to how many actually know they have the cover , having inadvertently gained insurance as an add - on or as a benefit of employment .\nlegal expense protection insurance is sold by square one insurance services inc . and underwritten by das legal protection insurance company ltd ( das canada ) . das canada is part of the das group , the global leader in the legal expense protection insurance market . the group is based in germany and is a subsidiary of ergo , itself part of the munich re group \u2013 one of the world\u2019s leading reinsurers .\nthe table across illustrates the lowest yearly motor legal protection premiums available , comparing our legal protection against other leading providers . comparison is based on \u00a3100 , 000 of legal expenses , but there may be some variations in exact cover . read what is motor legal protection for an explanation of the range of benefits available .\nthe claimant wanted his own chosen lawyer to present his objection to ciz . the claimant\u2019s legal expenses insurer refused to cover the cost of his chosen lawyer .\nlegal expenses cover can also be used to recover any excess you have to pay as a result of a crash in which you were not at fault .\nlegal expenses cover is designed to protect you against the costs of being sued or having to make a claim against someone else in a range of circumstances .\nthis is the final episode of our 3 - part series , where legal expense insurance ( lei ) solves penny and david ' s legal problems . thanks for watching !\nif you want to use insurance to cover your legal costs , there are several conditions that you need to remember .\nof course , for a price , it may be possible to purchase legal expenses cover for most known causes of legal action or defence . generally , however , most household - related policies will cover the pursuit or defence of legal proceedings arising from the policyholder ' s :\nthose rights are governed by the insurance companies ( legal expenses insurance ) regulations 1990 . the essential point , particularly from an insured\u2019s point of view , is that the regulations guarantee an insured\u2019s right to choose their own legal representative once there are proceedings ( regulation 6 ) . an insurer cannot consequently require an insured to use a particular law firm .\ninformed views and advice on topical issues and core items on your business legal agenda from our abbey legal experts .\narc legal assistance has partnered with open + direct to provide its northern ireland customers with family legal protection products .\nhowever , the law ( regulation 6 of the insurance companies ( legal expenses insurance ) regulations 1990 [ si 1159 ] ) allows policyholders to choose their own solicitors to act for them in any \u201cinquiry or proceedings\u201d : \u201cwhere under a legal expenses insurance contract recourse is had to a lawyer ( or other person having such qualifications as may be necessary ) to defend , represent or serve the interests of the insured in any inquiry or proceedings , the insured shall be free to choose that lawyer ( or other person ) . \u201d\nwhen we look at complaints about legal expenses insurance , we consider whether the insurer fulfilled its obligations reasonably - and dealt fairly with the claim . this involves looking at whether the insurer acted on the advice of appropriately qualified advisers .\nstill unsure how we can help ? have a read of how motor legal protection fits into the car insurance claims process .\nthe cost of taking legal action can be prohibitive . if you ' d struggle financially to claim compensation following an accident , unfair dismissal from work or a dispute with a tradesman , legal expenses insurance can help you cover the costs of hiring a solicitor to take such a claim to court .\nmotor legal protection covers the legal costs involved in reclaiming your uninsured losses after an accident that was not your fault .\nhowever , legal expenses policies generally give you access to a free legal helpline through which you can get advice about all types of disputes - when you take the high cost of legal fees into account , access to this helpline alone may be worth the cost of the policy .\nlegal expense insurance ( lei ) counteracts this by providing canadians an affordable way to access the justice system . for a fixed annual premium , policyholders are protected from costly legal expenses . lei eliminates the stress and uncertainty of being able to afford a lawyer . it empowers policyholders to pursue or defend their rights by giving them unlimited access to general legal advice .\nthe cover is purchased to protect the customer against an unforeseen legal event , unlike after the event insurance which is purchased to cover certain legal costs following an event which has already occurred .\nbte legal expenses insurance is usually purchased by individuals and businesses as an add - on to another product such as a personal household , motor or a commercial policy . this can also be purchased through a membership , affinity or benefit package .\nwith a das policy , your legal expenses are covered , including disbursements , court costs , witness fees , and adverse costs if a judge orders you to pay the other party\u2019s legal fees . in addition , a das legal expense insurance policy gives you unlimited access to general legal advice for any legal question . all you have to do is pick up the phone , even if the issue is not covered by your policy . many legal situations can be prevented or diffused when legal advice is given in the early stages , but 63 % of canadians say that cost prevents them from meeting with a lawyer to discuss a legal situation . 5 give yourself peace of mind and the power to take action by removing financial barriers to justice with a das policy . our legal expense insurance policies offer coverage for a variety of common legal events , such as :\nmost legal expenses policies contain a clause requiring the policyholder to inform the insurer as soon as they become aware of an event that may give rise to legal proceedings . a breach of this clause could result in the insurer refusing cover .\nif you already have home - contents insurance ( for your flat or house ) you can buy legal - expenses insurance as an ' add - on ' . it should cost you between \u00a310 and \u00a350 a year . your policy with the add - on will usually cover you for the following types of case .\nour new 3 - part video series follows penny and david , showing how legal expense insurance ( lei ) can help small business owners navigate the legal hurdles that any canadian business could face .\nas always policies vary and you should check your terms and conditions , but look out for limits that are placed on the amount of legal expenses that will be paid out .\nthis website is the place for information in canada about legal expense insurance , with resources and links to help you get the best help available . this website has no affiliation with any corporate entity using the term legal expense insurance as all or part of its name .\nin our opinion , that sort of unfettered freedom would apply only where an insurer had not otherwise given undertakings to separate legal expenses from other classes of insurance business - under options ( a ) or ( b ) of article 3 ( 2 ) .\nwe are a market - leading company for legal expenses insurance and litigation funding . we have built our reputation on working in close partnership with our clients , providing the products they need and ensuring that our level of service is unrivalled within the industry .\nthis decision \u2013 the first one we know of on the issue \u2013 gives important guidance on the interplay between liability insurers\u2019 rights to manage the defence of a civil claim under a liability policy and the rights of an insured under the regulations governing legal expenses insurance .\nwe ' re proud that our business provides access to justice and legal services for thousands of people who could not otherwise easily afford it . uk brokers consider us to be the market leader for legal insurance .\nimportantly , a different insurer to the household insurer will usually underwrite the legal expenses section of the policy . this is to try to avoid a conflict of interest and to spread the risk .\nwith our legal protection insurance you can discuss any personal legal matter ( including legal tax advice ) from 8 am until midnight , seven days a week . when you\u2019re dealing with an emergency situation , help is only a phone call away and it\u2019s available 24 hours a day .\nwhen you ' re buying car and home insurance , you ' ll often be offered legal expenses cover as well . use our expert guide to find out what it is , how much it costs , whether it ' s a good idea and what alternatives you have .\nwhat would allow you to have greater access to the legal system ? lower legal fees was the number one response , followed by access to free telephone legal advice , shorter average court case time , more mediation / arbitration , and better educational resources about the legal system .\nmichael trebilcock , a university of toronto law professor , authored a 2008 report on ontario ' s legal aid program that called for the\npromotion of private insurance markets for legal expense coverage .\nmore recently , he co - authored a paper calling for a comprehensive public legal - expense insurance scheme - an idea that has not gained a lot of traction .\nfinally , if you ' re considering using your legal expenses policy for a minor issue , check your terms and conditions to see whether it will have an impact on your no - claims bonus .\nthe cost and complexity of the canadian legal system cause many individuals and business owners to walk away from legal issues . at das , we want you to feel empowered to defend or pursue your legal rights . that\u2019s why we\u2019ve designed a variety of products that offer you financial protection and access to legal resources when faced with a legal dispute .\nwhen you compare the cost of legal protection insurance with the hourly cost of legal representation , you\u2019ll see what a great deal it is . at square one , plans start at only $ 2 . 50 per month .\nplus , it usually entitles you to access to a free legal helpline , which could be a valuable source of advice on legal matters .\nthe eu directive 87 / 344 made it clear that the only circumstances in which a policyholder would have the right to choose their own legal representative at the start of an insurance claim would be if the insurer had not given undertakings to separate legal expenses from its other classes of business : old ( art 3 ( 2 ) ( c ) ) .\n) . ninety - five percent of children ever had insurance before , most commonly medicaid ( almost \u00be of children ) , followed by chip , private insurance , and mexico\u2019s public health insurance . the mean months without health insurance was 14 , ranging from 1 month to 12 years , with a median of six months uninsured .\nstrictly speaking , in this example , the\nevent\nis the negligent act which pre - dates the insurance . but even in cases where the policyholder did not have legal expenses cover at the time of the negligent act , we may decide that the insurer should accept the claim .\nconsumers sometimes complain to us about maladministration and delays by their insurer and / or its solicitors - in relation to legal expenses insurance . when we decide these cases , we take account of the fact that legal action can be a lengthy , complex process - and that the parties are restricted , to a large extent , by the timetables dictated by the courts .\nthis is why it is important that policyholders should notify their insurer about a potential claim as soon as reasonably possible . the courts have clarified that solicitors should advise their clients to check whether they have\nbefore the event\nlegal expenses insurance , before entering into costly private - fee arrangements .\nthe court of justice of european union judgment in eschig v uniqa sachversicherung ag ( c - 199 / 08 ) was a case about class actions which cited the separation of business requirements under article 3 ( 2 ) ( c ) of the legal expenses insurance directive 87 / 344 / eec .\nmr . messemer said that legal - protection insurance has changed the speed with which many disputes are settled in countries such as germany :\nwhen you have a dispute with somebody , like a repair shop , even saying ' you should think again because i have legal protection insurance ' really makes people think .\nkevin le messurier - girling , president of sterlon underwriting managers ltd . , which provides legal insurance for professionals and businesses , but not for individual consumers , said the idea of selling legal - expense insurance to consumers in canada isn ' t new . he was in charge of british - based legal protection group when its launch of a similar product line for canadian customers in 1990 flopped .\nc ) to afford complete freedom of choice from the date of the insurance claim .\ncall the which ? money helpline for guidance on everything from tax to travel insurance .\npolicies will not offer cover for disputes that arose before the insurance was taken out .\ndas cuts off customers who it believes are suing people just because they have insurance .\nif the main insurer also underwrites the legal expenses cover , it will usually delegate the actual administration of this cover to a claims - handling agent , so as to be able to continue to spread the risk .\nbox legal are one of the foremost after the event insurance providers in the country . we have over 14 years of experience in the ate insurance industry and have arranged over 400 , 000 after the event insurance policies for over 250 firms in this time . we specialise in arranging after the event insurance products that are tailored to solicitor\u2019s needs . all of the after the event insurance policies we arrange can be cancelled at any time and reporting requirements are minimal . if you\u2019re looking for reliable , cost effective after the event insurance , backed up with outstanding service , you\u2019ve come to the right place . the links below provide access to details of the ate insurance products and services we can arrange , as well as some of our most popular after the event insurance advice pages .\ndas uk group , the uk\u2019s leading legal expenses insurer , has launched a new suite of commercial products that will be available on the company\u2019s new quote and buy web portal \u2013 das connect \u2013 which goes live today .\nif you compare home insurance through gocompare . com , your results page will allow you to filter the table so that you only see policies that include legal assistance .\nwould you like to learn more about this product , or do you wish to take out this insurance ? make an appointment with our insurance adviser who will be happy to help you select the most suitable insurance product . this meeting represents no obligation on your part .\nin the cases we see , the terms of a legal expenses policy do not generally guarantee any particular firm of solicitors , any specific location or any minimum size of firm . all they promise is a panel firm of solicitors prior to legal proceedings being necessary . after legal proceedings have become necessary - and to comply with statutory regulations - the policyholder can choose their own solicitor .\nmotor - related legal expenses policies cover only causes of action that arise from the use or ownership of the insured vehicle - in other words , bringing ( or defending ) negligence actions against ( or by ) third parties .\nfinding the best home insurance policy can be tricky . we ' ve taken a look at over 30 providers to help you get the right cover on your buildings and contents insurance .\n\u00a9 2018 das legal expenses insurance company limited is authorised by the prudential regulation authority and regulated by the financial conduct authority ( frn202106 ) and the prudential regulation authority | das law limited is authorised and regulated by the solicitors regulation authority ( registered number 423113 ) . das is not responsible for the content of external websites .\nyour motor insurance policy will provide legal protection if you are sued having accidentally caused injury or damage to another vehicle while driving . however , this standard protection will not help you pursue your own legal rights against another driver if they caused the accident .\nfor example - an accountant completes a client ' s tax return negligently , but the client does not discover this until several years later , when a demand for unpaid tax is made . the client thinks that legal action against their accountant will be covered by the legal expenses policy they had subsequently taken out .\na before - the - event policy is mainly sold together with other insurance ( for example , car insurance to cover car - related disputes , or house insurance ) . it cannot generally be bought once a problem exists . in effect , if you have this kind of insurance to cover your costs , you would not need to enter into a conditional - fee agreement .\nwhat would you do if you had a legal dispute with a contractor , neighbour or tenant ? would you contact a lawyer ? would you have the financial resources to cover the costs of securing advice and going to court ? legal protection insurance is designed to provide you with access to legal advice , assistance and cost coverage for just this situation and for many other common legal disputes . continue reading to learn more .\nthe whole notion of legal insurance for consumers is , with some exceptions , a foreign concept in canada , despite its popularity in europe and the u . s . legal protection insurance is included in some canadian auto workers ' and other unions ' contracts , and the provision of similar insurance coverage in quebec is co - ordinated by the profession ' s governing body , le barreau du qu\u00e9bec . but otherwise , it is largely unknown here .\nwhere such undertakings are given ( which is the option taken by all uk legal expenses insurers ) , freedom to choose is triggered where an inquiry or proceedings are imminent : old ( art 4 ( 1 ) ( a ) ) .\ndas provides legal expense coverage that can be purchased by individuals who need to pursue legal action for a legal dispute that has already occurred . this insurance is purchased through lawyers at the outset of a case and will cover disbursements and adversary costs in the event of an unsuccessful case . ate insurance mitigates financial risk for clients and protects the disbursement investments lawyers make to run a case . premium is only payable if the case is successful .\nthat depends on the type of insurance that it\u2019s applied to . lei for car insurance covers having to take action against another driver or defending accusations made against you . a prime example of when you\u2019d have to use this cover is if you need to take somebody to court in order to recover the costs from an accident . if you don\u2019t have this cover in place , you\u2019d have to pay the legal expenses for this yourself .\nfacing a trial , whether it\u2019s over an argument with a neighbour or a dispute about an employment contract , can be very expensive . but with our legal expenses insurance , you\u2019ll have access to expert advice and your costs will be covered . for example , if a member of your family was hurt and you wanted to seek damages , our home insurance add - on would cover the cost of pursuing this up to \u00a3100 , 000 .\nmany professions need to have professional indemnity insurance as part of their respective industry body\u2019s regulatory requirements . even if you are not obliged to have pi insurance , without it , you could be liable for thousands of pounds worth of legal fees and compensation payments \u2013 not to mention lost income from the time spent defending any allegation . you are likely to need professional indemnity insurance if :\nthe insurance age events team works alongside the brand ' s editorial staff and industry advisors to produce content around key issues affecting the insurance industry . don ' t miss out - follow our events .\nlegal assistance to recover your uninsured losses and help you stay on the road after an accident . our cover helps you save up to 60 % versus your car insurance add - on .\nlegal cover is not compulsory when taking out home insurance , but it is included as standard on some deals , or it can be purchased as an add - on to your policy .\ngenerally speaking , legal services policies bought or included with your home insurance don ' t cover family law disputes , such as divorce . driving - related issues will also be excluded .\nwith our landlord legal protection insurance , you can discuss any matter relating to the residential tenancy of premises you own and rent to others . the helpline is available 24 hours a day .\nto see how affordable personalized home insurance can be , get an online quote now . or , call\nmlei can also provide cover for legal representation to defend you if you are charged with a criminal offence \u2013 such as dangerous driving \u2013 and provide access to a legal helpline .\nthe insurance company will provide legal advice ; it will bear the costs incurred with respect to the hiring of an attorney or authorised expert , court fees and other necessary costs . in addition , it will seek the satisfaction of your claims ( damage compensation , insurance payment , etc . ) .\na survey was taken recently by das canada ltd , a company that provides legal protection insurance , to determine why people decided whether or not to access the legal system . most people said that financial considerations would stop them from taking legal action . many of them said they know someone who has gone into debt trying to solve a legal issue . who wants to go into debt to take a case to court , when you may not get a positive result ?\nin the cases we see , we usually decide that an insurer should not reject a genuine claim - as long as it has not been prejudiced by the late notification . late notification can be a significant issue with legal expenses policies , because failing to act as quickly as possible can adversely affect a legal case - for example , where issues involve :\nabbey legal protection ( alp ) has launched its new online quote system ( oqs ) .\nthe cba supports professional excellence among the legal community through our many engaging and expert publications .\nalso , this type of insurance does not cover you for all types of legal problem , nor will your insurer necessarily take your case on , which is why it is important to get advice .\nthose bills make him an example of someone who could have benefited from what is known as\nlegal protection insurance ,\nsays the head of a company trying to sell canadians on the concept .\nhenry j . kaiser family foundation . state health facts . health insurance coverage of children 0 - 18 .\nas far as we are aware , the article 3 ( 2 ) ( c ) option was not taken up by any uk insurers . uk insurers chose to separate legal expenses from other classes of insurance business by means of separate underwriters and / or claims - handlers - in other words , option ( a ) or ( b ) under article 3 ( 2 ) - and not by granting freedom of choice from the point of the insurance , as in option ( c ) .\nno . motor legal protection is an insurance policy , and so the only payment we receive is your annual premium . our service ensures that you receive the compensation you ' re entitled to in full .\ncyber liability policies are indemnity policies and cover any loss which may arise because of the peril covered under the policy . the client based on his assessment or legal requirement buys a policy with an indemnity amount . the insurer generally covers privacy breach liability , cyber extortion , business interruption losses , liability from multimedia and public relations costs , legal expenses and data theft liability .\nget clued up on motor legal protection and find out what our cover can do for you .\nexclusive our legal protection , discover how we ' ll fight your corner if you face prosecution .\nuninsured losses are losses which are not covered under your motor insurance or any other policy you may already have .\nlike all legal expenses insurance policies , motor legal protection pursues claims on a\nreasonable prospects of success\nbasis . this means that compensation is sought as long as there is over 51 % likelihood that your case will be successful and your losses will be recovered . in cases where fault for the accident may be shared , a claim will be pursued as long as there is over 51 % likelihood of the case succeeding , and the policy will work to recover losses proportional to the blame .\nif you\u2019re thinking cover might be worthwhile , remember to check whether you already get free legal advice through your trade union or being a named driver on someone else\u2019s car insurance . there\u2019s no point in doubling up .\nmarkel direct is a trading name of markel ( uk ) limited which is a company registered in england and an appointed representative of markel international insurance company limited . markel ( uk ) limited only places insurance policies with markel international insurance company limited which is authorised by the prudential regulation authority and regulated by the financial conduct authority and prudential regulation authority .\nfor example , if a policyholder were to take their neighbour to court in a property dispute , it is possible they could share the same household insurer . by having specialist insurers underwrite the legal expenses risk , the chance of a conflict of interest is reduced - though not completely removed .\ninsurer lv estimates that 40 % of its customers choose to add this type of cover to their home insurance policies .\non 25 february , 2016 , urltoken analysed 421 home contents policies and 412 buildings insurance policies listed on the matrix of independent financial researcher defaqto and found that 25 % of them included legal cover as a standard feature .\nmany independent legal firms won ' t be able to take on the work required at this rate .\npersonal injury after a road accident if you were the driver ( although this can be covered through your car insurance ) .\nyou need to sign in to use this feature . if you don\u2019t have an insurance age account , please register now .\nmost\nbefore the event\npolicies will cover the cost of legal proceedings only where the event or dispute giving rise to the legal action occurred - or came to light - after the start of the policy .\nrobert nicholls , director of sales at abbey legal analyses opportunities for brokers to grow in the care market .\nthe court didn\u2019t conclude that the amount offered by the insurer would always be acceptable . but it did say that a legal expenses insurer has the right to restrict what it would pay to a non - panel solicitor , provided the remuneration is not so low as to render the policyholder\u2019s freedom of choice meaningless .\nthe cyber insurance market is already flourishing owing to the increase in cyber - attacks . and in the coming years the market is expected to grow at double - digit figure , and a significant surge in demand for cyber insurance policies is also predicted .\nif you ' re being taken to court you should expect a policy to cover legal fees and legal costs awarded against you , but don ' t expect it to cover any compensation you ' re ordered to pay .\nate insurance is purchased after an accident ( \u201cthe event\u201d ) has taken place , but normally before any significant legal costs or disbursements are incurred , so most ate insurance policies are purchased at the point at which a solicitor begins a claim . the overall concept of an ate insurance policy is that it will protect the claimant against costs risks right from the outset - if a claim is insured at a late stage then ( as with most insurance policies ) costs and disbursements which occurred before the date of the after the event insurance policy will not normally be covered . since , when they commence , many personal injury claims fall within a broadly similar risk category , many ate insurers offer a standardised ate policy premium if the case is insured early .\nif you already have a policy with us and need to get in touch , our home insurance specialists are here to help .\nan ' any one claim ' policy provides cover up to the full limit for each individual claim made in the period of insurance , whereas an ' aggregate ' policy provides cover up to the full limit for all claims made in the period of insurance .\na ' claims made ' policy provides cover for claims which are made and notified to the insurer during the period of insurance .\nit can be used in any type of litigation and by either a claimant or a defendant , although in practice ate insurance is mainly used by claimants . the ate insurance cover is normally purchased by solicitors on behalf of their clients . the after the event insurance policies we arrange are available only to claimants and apart from some specialised ate products our policies are normally only available for personal injury claims , but we do also offer after the event insurance for employment tribunal claims ( see urltoken ) and conveyancing matters ."]}
{"id": 56188, "summary": [{"text": "persona communications , formerly regional cablesystems , was a cable television , internet and telecommunications provider in canada .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "persona was purchased by eastlink in 2007 .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "and was used only as a brand by some of eastlink 's operations in western canada , before the transition to the eastlink brand was completed in 2010 .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "other brands used included coast cable along the sunshine coast , delta cable near the fraser river delta , and northern cablevision in parts of rural alberta .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "until its takeover by eastlink , persona was the fifth largest cable television provider in canada , following shaw , rogers , vid\u00e9otron and cogeco . ", "topic": 23}], "title": "persona communications", "paragraphs": ["persona communications corp . or a partnership comprised of persona communications corp . and a wholly owned subsidiary of persona communications corp . delta , and sechelt and gibsons , british columbia\nhalifax , nova scotia - bragg communications inc . (\nbragg communications\n) and persona communications corp . (\npersona\n) announced today that a purchase and sale agreement has been signed which will result in bragg communications acquiring persona .\na persona selector coupled to the persona repository , wherein the persona selector is configured to select the persona style from the plurality of persona styles .\nask a question about working or interviewing at persona communications . our community is ready to answer .\n22 . the system of claim 18 , further comprising a persona randomizer coupled to the persona selector , the persona randomizer to randomly select the persona style from the plurality of persona styles stored in the persona repository .\nperran ersu president persona communications tayyareci suphi sok . no . 17 / 1 d 5 arnavutk\u00f6y istanbul 34345 turkey\nmeans for selecting the persona style from a plurality of persona styles , wherein each persona style defines a unique communication style .\nthis transaction establishes bragg communications as the largest privately held cable and communications company in canada , and the only cable provider operating systems in all 10 provinces .\n11 . the method of claim 10 wherein the user information associated with the persona is scrubbed following communications with the site .\n14 . the method of claim 13 wherein the anonymous persona associated user personal information is deleted following communications with the site .\nbrowse our custom packages or build your own to meet your unique communications needs .\n\u00a9 copyright 2016 meridian communications . all rights reserved . p . iva : 13151090159\nadditionally , a voice communications link can be established between the nodes 102 and 104 . although a voice communications link can be provided through any suitable voice communications technology , at least one embodiment establishes the voice communications link over the internet 106 based upon the established voice over ip ( voip ) protocol . other embodiments may use other protocols or technologies to establish the voice communications link between the nodes 102 and 104 .\n15 , 16 , or 17 wherein at least one persona is a shopping persona containing user personal credit information to facilitate shopping at websites when the shopping persona is the selected persona .\ngertrude and g . d . crain , jr . credit : crain communications inc .\n20 . the method of claim 10 or 11 wherein persona is selected as a function of context of the communications to be performed .\n31 . the method of claim 28 , further comprising randomly selecting the persona style from the plurality of persona styles stored in the persona repository .\n15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , or 19 wherein persona is selected as a function of context of the communications to be performed .\nhalifax \u2013 bragg communications inc . , fresh on the heels of its takeover of aylmer , ont . - based amtelecom income fund ( tsx : amt . un ) , has acquired persona communications corp . for an undisclosed price .\n18 . the method of claim 10 or 11 wherein at least one persona is a shopping persona containing user personal credit information to facilitate shopping at websites when the shopping persona is the selected persona .\nthe illustrated persona manager 120 facilitates a persona implementation operation on communications related to a chat session between the multiple nodes 102 and 104 . one example of the persona manager 120 is shown in fig . 4 and described in more detail below .\nthe commission approves the applications by persona communications corp . ( persona ) , on its behalf or on behalf of a partnership comprised of persona and a wholly - owned subsidiary of persona , to acquire the assets of the cable distribution undertakings serving delta , and sechelt and gibsons , british columbia .\nin light of the above , the commission is satisfied that this transaction is in the public interest . the commission therefore approves the applications by persona communications corp . or a partnership comprised of persona communications corp . and a wholly - owned subsidiary of persona communications corp . to acquire the assets of the cable distribution undertaking serving delta , british columbia , and to acquire the assets of the cable distribution undertaking serving sechelt and gibsons , british columbia .\na communication mechanism to couple to the network to perform communications between the device and the network .\n[ 0047 ] example 11 . the example method of example 10 wherein the user information associated with the persona is scrubbed following communications with the site .\nfor further information : for further information : paula sibley , communications specialist , bragg communications , ( 902 ) 446 - 1939 , fax : ( 902 ) 453 - 2118 , paula . sibley @ corp . eastlink . ca ; dean macdonald , president and ceo , persona communications corp . , ( 709 ) 749 - 6626 , dmacdonald @ urltoken\nrance crain is the former president of crain communications and editor - in - chief of advertising age .\na device for communicating via a network includes a processor , a memory containing persona instructions to cause the processor to obtain one of multiple persona profiles for use while communicating via the network , each persona profile controlling access to personal information of a user tailored to the type of communications being performed . a communication mechanism couples the network to perform communications between the device and the network using the obtained persona profile to share limited personal information .\n[ 0050 ] example 14 . the example method of example 12 or 13 wherein the anonymous persona associated user personal information is deleted following communications with the site .\n\u201cas marketing communications campaigns become more integrated , audience descriptions must be increasingly specific and narrowly - focused . \u201d\n12 . the method of claim 10 or 11 wherein the multiple personas include a master persona and an anonymous persona .\nadditionally , in some embodiments , the system also includes a display device coupled to the modification engine . the display device displays a user interface and displays the proposal of the substitute element for replacement of the element of the original content for consideration to the author . the system also includes a persona repository and a persona selector coupled to the persona repository . the persona repository to store a plurality of persona styles . the persona selector is configured to select the persona style from the plurality of persona styles . each persona style defines a unique communication style . the system also includes a user interface coupled to the persona repository . the user interface allows a user to store the plurality of persona styles in the persona repository .\nin one embodiment , the persona selector 140 selects the persona style from a list of persona styles stored in the persona repository 114 . each persona style defines a unique communication style , or style of expression . in some embodiments , the persona randomizer 142 randomly selects a persona style from the list of persona styles . for example , when a user in a conversation wishes to remain anonymous such as a situation when a frank opinion on a sensitive subject is solicited amongst several participants , the persona randomizer 142 generates a neutral mood by randomly selecting a persona style to protect the anonymity of the user .\nwith more than 260 , 000 customers , persona provides communications services to customers throughout british columbia , alberta , saskatchewan , manitoba , ontario , qu\u00e9bec and newfoundland & labrador .\nadditionally , in some embodiments , the system also includes a persona randomizer coupled to the persona selector . the persona randomizer randomly selects the persona style from the plurality of persona styles stored in the persona repository . the modification engine is further configured to modify the original content of the written communication according to a neutral persona style in response to a selection of an author to remain anonymous . other embodiments of the system are also described .\nthe commission received applications by persona communications corp . (\npersona\nor\nthe applicant\n) , on its behalf or on behalf of a partnership comprised of persona and a wholly - owned subsidiary of persona , to acquire from delta cable communications ltd . ( delta cable ) the assets of the cable distribution undertaking serving delta , british columbia , and from coast cable communications ltd . ( coast cable ) the assets of the cable distribution undertaking serving sechelt and gibsons , british columbia . delta cable and coast cable are both controlled by john s . thomas and members of his family .\nin this regard , persona did confirm that the effective control of persona and , if applicable , of the partnership comprised of persona and a wholly - owned subsidiary of persona , would be with canadians at all times . persona also confirmed that the composition of its board of directors would not be affected by the transaction .\n5 . the device of claim 1 or 2 wherein the persona instructions include instructions to facilitate user management of the persona profiles .\n19 . the system of claim 18 , further comprising a user interface coupled to the persona repository , the user interface to allow a user to store the plurality of persona styles in the persona repository .\n( apis ) to html5 websites and application allow a query for access as a persona or even specify in which set of personas user data should be saved . such apis may be used to automate persona management , freeing the user from some burdens of managing different persona . once additional personas have been created , the user may save an existing persona , or use any other persona , including the anonymous persona .\nin some embodiments , the selection of persona styles includes a randomly selected persona style and a neutral persona style . hence , some embodiments of the operations include operations to randomly select the persona style , and to modify the original content of the written communication according to a neutral persona style in response to a selection of an author to remain anonymous .\nil titolare del trattamento \u00e8 meridian communications srl , nella persona di silvia ceriotti in qualit\u00e0 di legale rappresentante dell\u2019impresa ; con sede in milano ( mi ) via cuneo n . 3 , di pi 13151090159 ;\n[ 0048 ] example 12 . the example method of example 10 or 11 wherein the multiple personas include a master persona and an anonymous persona .\n[ 0011 ] in one embodiment , web personal controller application 100 includes a persona manager 115 that manages the use , creation , and selection of personas for a user 120 . the user may desire many different personas depending on the communication activities of the user 120 . typical personas include a master persona that contains all personalized information for the user , an anonymous persona that contains little to no personalized information . other personas may include a gamer persona , web surfer personal , home persona , and work persona . each persona may contain differing amounts of personalized information\n15 , or 16 wherein at least one persona contains contrived user personal information .\nit\u2019s also important to understand personas from the aspect of social media and content marketing . requirements for reach , engagement and relevance to the brand or service must be identified for each persona to help drive much more successful communications strategies .\nmeridian communications srl \u2013 via cuneo , 3 \u2013 20149 milano ( mi ) \u2013 alla c . a . del responsabile del trattamento , silvia ceriotti .\n15 . the method of claim 14 wherein the selected persona is tailored with information associated with multiple sites visited when the selected persona is used to visit multiple sites such that the information is available for a future session using the same selected persona .\nthe illustrated context menu 150 includes a select persona menu option 152 . the select persona menu option 152 is accessed , as depicted , by directing a mouse cursor 154 to the select persona menu option 152 . as depicted , the select persona menu option 152 includes a diplomatic persona style , a pragmatic persona style , a friendly persona style , a harsh persona style , and an option for more persona styles . more persona styles may include a random or neutral persona style , as described above , to disguise the identity of a user . as depicted , the user highlights the text string \u201ci can ' t do that\u201d from the user ' s message and right clicks on the highlighted text string . the top of the context menu 150 displays the highlighted text . additionally , the user selects the select persona menu option 152 . the select persona menu option 152 includes a dialogue that displays to the user a suggested modified version of the highlighted text according to a persona style . for example , as depicted , the diplomatic persona style includes the suggested modified version of the text string as \u201ci will try , but i ' m not sure it will be possible to your satisfaction . \u201d other persona styles include similar suggested modified versions of the text string related to the particular persona style . thus , in some embodiments , the user highlights a text string and selects a modified version of the highlighted text string according to a desired expression of style .\nwhile many embodiments are described herein , at least some of the described embodiments facilitate dynamic analysis of written communications , or messages , between users of a chat session . the chat session may incorporate a persona repository . in some embodiments , the persona repository is a collection of several persona styles . each persona style conveys a certain style of expression such as diplomatic , pragmatic , friendly , harsh , and so forth . in some embodiments , the persona repository allows a user to dynamically modify a text string according to a selected persona style . the selected persona style maintains the meaning of a text string while adapting the text string to include an inherent mood , strength , and / or feeling based on the selected persona style . hence , according to the selected persona style , a text string may be modified to convey the desired style of expression . other embodiments are also described below with specific reference to the corresponding figures .\n10 . the computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the selected persona style comprises a randomly selected persona style , wherein the computer readable program , when executed on the computer , causes the computer to perform an operation to randomly select the persona style .\nmarketing and communications professionals have always loved demographic data . in a world where nothing seems black and white , numbers always add up and this can be quite comforting . unfortunately , many aspects of marketing communications have changed in ways that limit the effectiveness of demographic - and psychographic - based strategies . the proliferation of messaging channels over the past decade combined with the consumer\u2019s ability to customise how they receive information means that an understanding of behavioural characteristics is fast becoming a critical success factor for communications efforts . integrated marketing communications experts in particular have turned to analysing and incorporating behaviour to make decisions on the best strategies to use for specific campaigns .\n8 . the device of claim 1 or 2 wherein the selected persona is updated with information associated with multiple sites visited when the selected persona is used to visit multiple sites such that the information is available for a future session using the same selected persona , and wherein the selected persona auto - populates sign - in information for a website previously visited .\npersona provides communications services throughout british columbia , alberta , saskatchewan , manitoba , ontario , quebec and newfoundland and labrador . the company is currently held by a consortium of private equity funds including hm capital partners , birch hill equity partners and cibc capital partners .\n[ 0041 ] example 5 . the example device of example 1 , 2 , 3 , or 4 wherein the persona instructions include instructions to facilitate user management of the persona profiles .\n6 . the computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the computer readable program , when executed on the computer , causes the computer to perform an operation to select the persona style from a plurality of persona styles , wherein each persona style defines a unique communication style .\ncommunications professionals are often adept at incorporating behaviour into their work , particularly when it comes to the media . as campaigns become more and more integrated however , it\u2019s necessary to understand behaviour on a deeper level . this article will outline the reasons for basing strategy on behaviour and provide ways to incorporate tools like personas into a communications practice .\na system to apply persona styles to written communications . the system includes a communication analyzer and a modification engine coupled to the communication analyzer . the communication analyzer identifies an element of original content of a written communication and determines that the element of the original content of the written communication is incompatible with a selected persona style . the selected persona style defines a communication style . the modification engine modifies the original content of the written communication to replace the element of the original content with a substitute element that is compatible with the selected persona style .\nthe deal makes bragg the largest privately held cable and communications company in canada , the company said , operating systems in nova scotia , prince edward island and new brunswick .\nfig . 1 depicts a schematic block diagram of one embodiment of an instant messaging ( im ) system 100 . although fig . 1 depicts communications related to the illustrated im system 100 , other communications systems may also be implemented such as an electronic mail ( e - mail , or email ) system , a metaverse system , and so forth .\n[ 0008 ] a persona manager allows selection of a privacy protection persona appropriate for the browsing activities of a user . the persona manager in one embodiment is a browser plugin utilizing hypertext markup language version 5 ( html5 ) . in some embodiments , the persona manager may be installed as an operating system service , with a browser plugin that would support many different browsers . for browsers and websites that support html5 , the persona manager may provide personal security extensions available in html5 .\n13 . the method of claim 12 wherein the master persona has all user personal information associated .\nfig . 2 depicts a schematic block diagram of one embodiment of a persona input system 101 for use with the im system 100 of fig . 1 . the illustrated chat client 102 includes a persona manager 120 and a display device 122 . additionally , as depicted , the chat client 102 connects to a persona repository 114 . additionally , as depicted , the persona repository 114 connects to an interface 116 . the interface 116 subsequently connects the persona repository to an external source 118 .\nfig . 4 depicts a schematic block diagram of one embodiment of the persona manager 120 of figs . 2 and 3 . the illustrated persona manager 120 includes a user interface 132 , a template builder 134 , a communication analyzer 138 , and a rule builder 136 . additionally , the persona manager 120 includes a persona selector 140 , a persona randomizer 142 , a modification engine 144 , and a syntax engine 146 . it should be noted that the configurations of the persona manager 120 are not limited to particular hardware or software implementations . although the depicted persona manager 120 is shown and described herein with certain components and functionality , other embodiments of the persona manager 120 may be implemented with fewer or more components or with more or less functionality . for example , some embodiments of the persona manager 120 include a local memory device ( not shown ) to store instructions and data related to the functions of the persona manager 120 . additionally , some embodiments of the persona manager 120 include similar components arranged in another manner to provide similar functionality , in one or more aspects .\notherwise , the syntax engine 146 determines 210 whether the identified element is compatible with the selected persona . if the syntax engine 146 determines 210 that the identified element is not compatible with the selected persona , the syntax engine 146 searches 212 the persona repository 114 for a substitute element compatible with the selected persona . the syntax engine 146 then replaces 214 the identified element with the substitute element .\nthe illustrated persona repository 114 stores element templates 124 and rules 126 . in one embodiment , the persona repository 114 allows a user to dynamically select and apply a certain persona style stored in the persona repository 114 to a message generated by the user . although fig . 2 depicts the chat client 102 connecting directly to the persona repository 114 , in some embodiments , the chat client 102 connects to the persona repository 114 via the chat server 112 . in some embodiments , the element templates 124 include a list of template sentences that a user can select according to a selected persona . in some embodiments , a template sentence is selected by the persona manager 120 according to a persona style selection . in some embodiments , the template sentences include fill - in - the - blank sentences . hence , in some embodiments , the persona manager 120 selects a template sentence and dynamically fills in the blanks according to the persona style selection . alternatively , in some embodiments , the user selects a sentence from the list of template sentences and then fills in the fill - in blanks of the selected sentence .\nproviding user personal information to the site from the subset of user personal information associated with the persona .\ncommunication director is the host of the global excellence awards , an annual celebration of achievements in communications and public relations across africa , asia pacific , europe , latin america and north america .\npersona has a 30 year history of distributing entertainment and communications services to non - urban communities across canada . persona provides cable television , hi - speed cable internet and telecommunications services to a diverse residential and commercial customer base of 250 , 000 customers in newfoundland & labrador , quebec , ontario , manitoba , saskatchewan , alberta and british columbia , ranking it as canada\u00ac\u00eds fifth largest cable operator in canada .\nembodiments of a system are described . in one embodiment , the system is a system to apply persona styles to written communications . the system includes a communication analyzer and a modification engine coupled to the communication analyzer . the communication analyzer identifies an element of original content of a written communication and determines that the element of the original content of the written communication is incompatible with a selected persona style . the selected persona style defines a communication style . the modification engine modifies the original content of the written communication to replace the element of the original content with a substitute element that is compatible with the selected persona style .\npersona is the licensee of two cable distribution undertakings in ontario , one cable distribution undertaking in newfoundland and labrador , and a radiocommunication distribution undertaking in british columbia . persona also operates various exempted cable systems across canada .\n3 . the device of claim 1 or 2 wherein the persona profiles are stored on a secure database .\n17 . the method of claim 10 or 11 wherein at least one persona contains contrived user personal information .\n[ 0044 ] example 8 . the example device of example 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , or 7 wherein the selected persona is updated with information associated with multiple sites visited when the selected persona is used to visit multiple sites such that the information is available for a future session using the same selected persona , and wherein the selected persona auto - populates sign - in information for a website previously visited .\n7 . the computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the computer readable program , when executed on the computer , causes the computer to perform an operation to store the plurality of persona styles in a persona repository .\ncommunicating ; visiting a site via the network ; updating the subset of user personal information associated with the selected persona ; and providing user personal information to the site from the subset of user personal information associated with the persona .\nin one embodiment , the persona repository 114 searches 256 the external source 118 for a substitute element of the stored element . the communication analyzer 138 , in some embodiments , identifies 258 a persona style for the substitute element . the communication analyzer 138 then maps 260 the substitute element to the common meaning according to the corresponding persona style .\n11 . the computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the selected persona style comprises a neutral persona style , wherein the computer readable program , when executed on the computer , causes the computer to modify the original content of the written communication according to a neutral persona style in response to a selection of an author to remain anonymous .\nthere are many reasons why interpersonal communications may be misunderstood . language and communication styles may be influenced by an individual ' s native language , education , developmental upbringing , social peers , and other influencing factors .\nin the illustrated implementation method 200 , in one embodiment , the persona manager 120 receives 202 an input communication . as described above , the input communication may include text from an e - mail , and instant message , a text message , and so forth . the communication analyzer 138 , in some embodiments , identifies 204 an element of the input communication . the communication analyzer 138 then determines 206 whether a persona style is selected . if the communication analyzer 138 determines 206 that a persona style is not selected , the persona selector 140 selects 208 a persona for the input communication .\ni enjoyed working with management of persona even through several management / owner changes . opportunity for personal growth was excellent .\nfig . 4 depicts a schematic block diagram of one embodiment of the persona manager of figs . 2 and 3 .\nbragg communications co - ceos dan mckeen and lee bragg expressed their enthusiasm in concluding this agreement .\nthis purchase represents an opportunity to significantly grow our business , to build upon our success as a telecommunications and entertainment company , and to work with the management and employees of persona . with a history of innovation by our eastlink employees and our new employees at persona , we will continue to launch new products and services and provide excellent customer service .\nadditionally , some embodiments of the operations also include operations to store a plurality of persona styles in a persona repository , to store a sentence template , and to store a set of rules . each persona style defines a unique communication style . the sentence template includes a fill - in - the - blank sentence for completion by a user , and to store a set of rules . the set of rules defines a modification process to modify the original content of the written communication to replace the element of the original content with the substitute element that is compatible with the selected persona style . the operations also include operations to perform syntax analysis on the written communication with the substitute element to determine a compliance with a plurality of syntax rules and to select the persona style from the plurality of persona styles stored in the persona repository .\n[ 0051 ] example 15 . the example method of example 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , or 14 wherein the selected persona is updated with information associated with multiple sites visited when the selected persona is used to visit multiple sites such that the information is available for a future session using the same selected persona . [ 0052 ] example 16 . the example method of example 15 wherein the selected persona auto - populates sign - in information for a website previously visited .\nin one embodiment , the repository interface 130 also allows a user to interface with the persona repository 114 . more specifically , the repository interface 130 allows an administrator of the persona repository 114 to manage the persona repository 114 . in some embodiments , the repository interface 130 is a direct interface to the persona repository 114 . in some embodiments , the repository interface 130 also allows a user to interface with the element templates 124 and the rules 126 stored in the persona repository 114 similar to the user interface 120 described above . additionally , in some embodiments , the repository interface 130 facilitates the creation of a connection between the persona repository 114 and the external source 118 through the interface 116 . likewise , in some embodiments , the repository interface 130 facilitates the editing of an existing connection between the persona repository 114 and the external source 118 .\nbonnie harris founded wax marketing , an integrated marketing communications firm , in 2002 . she has designed and implemented successful marketing strategies for clients across the united states from major national brands to well - known non - profit organisations . previously , she was an executive in the technology industry working with both traditional and dot com startup organisations . bonnie also teaches integrated marketing communications at the graduate level for the reed college of media at west virginia university .\nfurthermore , in some embodiments , the system also includes a template builder coupled to the persona repository . the template builder stores a sentence template in the persona repository . the sentence template includes a fill - in - the - blank sentence for completion by a user . the system also includes a rule builder coupled to the persona repository . the rule builder stores a set of rules in the persona repository . the set of rules defines a modification process to modify the original content of the written communication to replace the element of the original content with the substitute element that is compatible with the selected persona style .\n[ 0003 ] fig . 1 is a block architecture diagram of a web persona controller application according to an example embodiment .\n[ 0049 ] example 13 . the example method of example 12 wherein the master persona has all user personal information associated .\nalthough personas have typically been used primarily for consumer marketing , communications professionals have begun to incorporate the use of personas more frequently to help derive stronger strategies and tactics . as marketing communications campaigns become more integrated , audience descriptions must be increasingly specific and narrowly - focused . attempting to reach a wide audience across multiple channels would result in a splintered effort . identifying personas for primary target audiences with behaviour can help focus strategies on more specific goals and objectives .\npersona is currently held by a consortium of private equity funds including hm capital partners , birch hill equity partners and cibc capital partners . cibc world markets inc . served as financial advisor to persona . financial terms of the agreement will not be disclosed .\nfig . 3 depicts a schematic block diagram of one embodiment of a persona management system 103 for use with the im system 100 of fig . 1 . in one embodiment , the user interface 128 connects to the persona repository 114 via the persona manager 120 . additionally , as depicted , the persona repository 114 connects to a repository interface 130 . in some embodiments , the components depicted in fig . 2 and described above are substantially similar to the components of fig . 3 , except as noted below .\nas noted above , delta cable and coast cable may amalgamate prior to the closing of the acquisition of the undertakings by persona . as a result , persona would acquire the undertakings from the amalgamated company . in such a case , the commission requests that persona file a written confirmation of the closing of the transaction and identify the licensee of the cable distribution undertakings acquired by the applicant .\n16 . the method of claim 15 wherein the selected persona auto - populates sign - in information for a website previously visited .\nfig . 6 depicts a flow chart diagram showing one embodiment of a method for applying a selected persona to an input communication .\nfig . 7 depicts a flow chart diagram showing one embodiment of a method for maintaining the persona repository of fig . 2 .\n21 . the system of claim 19 , further comprising a rule builder coupled to the persona repository , the rule builder to store a set of rules in the persona repository , wherein the set of rules defines a modification process to modify the original content of the written communication to replace the element of the original content with the substitute element that is compatible with the selected persona style .\nchanges in the ways audiences interact with brands are also adding more importance to the role of communications . technology analyst companies like gartner and forrester have predicted trends that indicate more and more buying cycles are becoming self - directed , with approximately 80 % of the cycle having no human - to - human interaction by the year 2020 . with these changes , communications tactics are more effective than marketing to influence behaviour as the audience moves from one stage of the cycle to the next .\n[ 0039 ] example 3 . the example device of example 1 or 2 wherein the persona profiles are stored on a secure database .\nmeans for storing a set of rules in the persona repository , wherein the set of rules defines a modification process to modify the original content of the written communication to replace the element of the original content with the substitute element that is compatible with the selected persona style .\nmost successful modern marketing communications campaigns contain some level of integration . successful integration requires a knowledge of the target audience\u2019s behaviour . understanding the customer experience , developing strong personas and evaluating content acquisition behaviour can provide the foundation for increasingly effective strategies and tactics .\npersona is a public relations agency where a small group of senior professionals work closely together with their clients to create and implement communication strategies .\n20 . the system of claim 19 , further comprising a template builder coupled to the persona repository , the template builder to store a sentence template in the persona repository , wherein the sentence template comprises a fill - in - the - blank sentence for completion by a user .\nit should also be noted that at least some of the operations for the methods 200 and 250 may be implemented using software instructions stored on a computer useable storage medium for execution by a computer . as an example , an embodiment of a computer program product includes a computer useable storage medium to store a computer readable program that , when executed on a computer , causes the computer to perform operations to apply persona styles to written communications , including operations to identify an element of original content of a written communication , to determine that the element of the original content of the written communication is incompatible with a selected persona style , and to modify the original content of the written communication to replace the element of the original content with a substitute element that is compatible with the selected persona style . the selected persona style defines a communication style .\nappropriate for the activity and the user ' s desires for privacy . the personas and associated personal information is contained in a persona database 125 , a secure repository for persona information . [ 0012 ] typical data available for the different personas contains web links , history , cookies , user account identifications , passwords , email addresses , personal data and other information . all the information is stored in the master persona , while subsets may be stored with other personas . the personas may be used to remove or save cookies following browsing sessions depending on privacy settings of the persona used .\nfig . 2 depicts a schematic block diagram of one embodiment of a persona input system for use with the im system of fig . 1 .\nfig . 3 depicts a schematic block diagram of one embodiment of a persona management system for use with the im system of fig . 1 .\nin one embodiment , the user interface 132 is substantially similar to the user interface 128 described above in relation to fig . 3 . hence , in some embodiments , the user interface 132 allows a user to interface with the persona repository 114 . likewise , in some embodiments , the user interface 132 allows a user to interface with the element templates 124 and / or the rules 126 stored in the persona repository 114 . additionally , in some embodiments , the user interface 132 allows a user to interface with the persona manager 120 . hence , in some embodiments , the user is enabled to select settings associated with the persona manager 120 and components thereof and allows the user to customize the functions of the persona manager 120 .\nin response to commission inquiries about the potential influence the non - canadian entity might exercise over the applicant , persona explained that while the credit agreement would contain covenants that are customary for debt financings allowing the lenders to monitor the performance and operation of the business , j . p . morgan would not have any direct say on financial decisions or other business - related decisions . persona further explained that j . p . morgan would not own any shares of persona , directly or indirectly , and would not receive an option to acquire any shares of persona or of its parent corporation .\n7 . the device of claim 6 wherein the hardware sensors provide location information for use in selecting a persona based on the location of the processor .\nas explained above , the persona manager 120 allows a user to adapt communication message styles and tones to achieve a desired communication result . further , by selecting a specific or random persona , a user is enabled to disguise his or her identity . for example , when a user in a conversation wishes to remain anonymous such as a situation when a frank opinion on a sensitive subject is solicited amongst several participants , the persona randomizer 142 generates a neutral mood by randomly selecting a persona style to protect the anonymity of the user to facilitate a user in hiding their personal style to protect the anonymity of the user .\nthe commission received one intervention by the board of directors of the delta chamber of commerce in support of the purchase of the delta cable undertaking by persona .\nmodify the original content of the written communication to replace the element of the original content with a substitute element that is compatible with the selected persona style .\nmodifying the original content of the written communication to replace the element of the original content with a substitute element that is compatible with the selected persona style .\nthe commission will issue new broadcasting licences to persona , upon surrender to the commission of the licences originally issued to delta cable and coast cable and , pending the possible amalgamation of delta cable and coast cable , transferred to delta coast cable communications ltd . the new licences will expire on 31 august 2008 1 and will be subject to the conditions specified therein as well as to the conditions set out in appendices 1 and 2 to this decision .\n30 . the method of claim 28 , further comprising storing a set of rules in the persona repository , wherein the set of rules defines a modification process to modify the original content of the written communication to replace the element of the original content with the substitute element that is compatible with the selected persona style .\nit is noted , as per the asset purchase agreement dated 31 july 2006 , that delta cable and coast cable may amalgamate prior to the closing of the acquisition of the undertakings by persona . as a result , persona would acquire the undertakings from the amalgamated company , which is to be known as delta coast cable communications ltd . to this effect , a separate application ( 2006 - 1574 - 2 ) to effect a multi - step intra - corporate reorganization involving the amalgamation of delta cable and coast cable was filed under covering letter dated 1 december 2006 . that application was approved on 22 december 2006 .\nthe most commonly used definition of a persona is a semi - fictitious representation of the ideal customer based on research , experience and intuition . a well - developed persona can provide a strong foundation on which to review messaging , develop content and content calendars , identify and test tactics and hone strategies that work across multiple channels .\ngovernment plans to monitor and influence internet communications , and covertly infiltrate online communities in order to sow dissension and disseminate false information , have long been the source of speculation . harvard law professor cass sunstein , a close obama adviser and the white house\u2019s former head of the office of information and regulatory affairs ,\nin persona 5 , knowledge is a crucial social stat . it will help you grow your relationship with your friends as well as preform well on your exams . one of the most constant ways to get your knowledge up is correctly answering question that your teachers ask you in class . here are all of the answer to persona 5 \u2019s classroom questions . ( we answer all of these questions in context in our persona 5 walkthrough , too , but we\u2019re presenting them here for easy access . )\nmeans for modifying the original content of the written communication to replace the element of the original content with a substitute element that is compatible with the selected persona style .\n[ 0009 ] many different personas may be generated and used for browsing in a variety of situations , such as anonymous browsing , gaming , general web surfing , home use , and work use , to name a few . each persona may have a different set of personalized information that may be available both to the user and to web site servers while the user is browsing the web . the personalized information may include web links , history , cookies , user account identifications , passwords , email addresses , personal data and other information . a persona for each different user browsing or communication activity may be selected by the user , or automatically selected based on context awareness . the persona manager also supports usages where it is not just about the privacy but also mode of operation or context of a user . for example , one might want a persona for home usage that would give them points or discounts for shopping at a certain site which should not carry over to their work persona . in such cases , the persona would allow the site to obtain and store information that sufficiently identifies the user to enable the tracking of points or discounts when using the same persona .\nin some embodiments , the external source 118 includes a supplementary repository to the persona repository 114 . the persona repository 114 consults the external source 118 for additional information and existing semantic and linguistic associations . in some embodiments , the persona repository 114 consults the external source 118 to analyze an element of a user ' s message such as an acronym , an idiom , word choice , and so forth . hence , in some embodiments , the persona repository 114 queries the external source 118 to propose alternate wording for the element of the user ' s message as well as alternative moods and tones to the word choices made by the user relative to the user ' s message .\n[ 0023 ] in further embodiments , personas may be stored on secure remote storage devices , sometimes referred to as the cloud . then , a user may use many different devices , and utilize the various personas stored in the cloud . the sensed location of the device may be used to select the proper persona based on the type of device and the location of the device , or based on user selection . [ 0024 ] a further example persona includes a shopping persona , which may have sign - in information and credit card information accessible for use in shopping on various websites . the shopping persona controls which information is retained and which information may be shared in one embodiment .\nfinally , it\u2019s important to understand who influences the persona as they move through the buying cycle . influencers may be important enough to a campaign to merit their own personas .\npersona 5 is full of polish , allure , charm \u2014 and more than 100 hours of gameplay . this guide and walkthrough will show you everything you need to know .\nwe are supporting our high speed data customers previously supported by parasun cablerocket . persona is pleased to be able to maintain and manage your hi - speed cable internet account .\n[ 0017 ] the user is free to control the granularity of different personas as desired . one example may be a sports persona , while a user desiring more granularity may divide sports into several different individual sports , such as golf , basketball , or hockey . even further granularity would be evident in selecting different persona for different teams or players .\nwith a history of innovation by our eastlink employees and our new employees at persona , we will continue to launch new products and services and provide excellent customer service .\n[ 0043 ] example 7 . the example device of example 6 wherein the hardware sensors provide location information for use in selecting a persona based on the location of the processor .\n[ 0060 ] example 24 . a machine readable storage device having instructions stored thereon for causing a machine to perform a method of generating persona profiles , the method comprising : scanning a device for personal user information ; creating a master persona profile containing the personal user information ; creating a further persona profile containing a subset of the personal user information ; and selecting one of the multiple personas based on communications to be performed , wherein each persona has an associated subset of user personal information stored on a machine readable device to be exposed while communicating . [ 0061 ] although a few embodiments have been described in detail above , other modifications are possible . for example , the logic flows depicted in the figures do not require the particular order shown , or sequential order , to achieve desirable results . other steps may be provided , or steps may be eliminated , from the described flows , and other components may be added to , or removed from , the described systems . other embodiments may be within the scope of the following claims .\nin one embodiment , the syntax engine 146 determines that an element of the original content of the user ' s message is incompatible with a selected persona style . the selected persona style defines a communication style . in other words , the implementation of a selected persona style may cause a replacement of some of the words of a user ' s message . the replacement of certain words in the user ' s message may then make the sentence incompatible with the selected persona style . the syntax engine 146 analyzes the syntactical elements of the user ' s message following the replacement of some of the words in the user ' s message to determine whether the syntax of the user ' s message contains a syntactical incompatibility ."]}
{"id": 56194, "summary": [{"text": "lingo is a voip ( voice over ip ) provider in the united states .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "it offers local and long distance calls anywhere in the u.s. , to canada , and to western europe , plus over 25 calling features .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "lingo has been the subject of consumer complaints and negative reviews reporting refusal to honor refunds and deteriorating quality .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "lingo has also been very commonly accused of continuing to charge former customers for accounts that have been cancelled .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "lingo markets prepaid annual calling where customers pay for a whole year in advance , but the bankruptcy of parent primus telecom may raise questions about the company 's ability to provide a whole year of service .", "topic": 24}, {"text": "the better business bureau grades primus a \" d + \" with no accreditation ; the d + rating is among the lowest possible , and is based on the number of \" unresolved \" complaints against the company , and the company 's failure even to respond to those complaints . ", "topic": 33}], "title": "lingo ( voip service operator )", "paragraphs": ["collect call and operator services lingo does not offer collect call or operator services via the service .\nhave a fact about lingo ( voip service operator ) ? write it here to share it with the entire community .\nhave a definition for lingo ( voip service operator ) ? write it here to share it with the entire community .\nget expert buying tips about voip internet phone service providers delivered to your inbox .\nthere are important and significant differences between lingo ' s 911 services and traditional 911 or e911 service from wireline or non - voip phones .\nall - in - one pricing : for one monthly fee , lingo offers its voip adapter and unlimited local and long - distance calling .\nunavailability of lingo ' s e911 / emergency calling service lingo 911 service will be unavailable if there is a power outage , broadband service outage , delays due to updating your 911 service address or other reasons .\nservice distinctions you acknowledge and understand that the service is not a telephone service . important distinctions exist between telephone service and the enhanced service offering provided by lingo . the service is subject to different regulatory treatment than phone service . this treatment may limit or otherwise affect your rights of redress before regulatory agencies .\nbroadband service outage you acknowledge and understand that service outages by your broadband provider will prevent , and that network congestion may slow , all service including emergency calling service and / or e911 service dialing .\nlingo offers the service subject to availability of facilities , limitations of service offerings , and the provisions of this agreement .\ntesting 911 dialing the lingo team has already done significant testing to ensure that its 911 services operate correctly with lingo ' s voice over ip service . if you do choose to test 911 dialing , please do so only one time . when you call , be sure to inform the psap operator it is not an emergency and that you are testing your alternative emergency service to make sure it ' s working properly .\nus voip phone service provider lingo has added tel aviv phone numbers for customers who want to stay in touch with family and business contacts at lower calling rates . israel is one of the top 15 call destinations of lingo ' s customers . the company offers phone numbers from over 300 major us markets and international numbers at over 30 cities in fourteen countries . lingo customers may sign up online for two additional phone numbers on their lingo voip service . the company ' s international plans include one costing usd 34 . 95 for unlimited calling to the us , canada and puerto rico plus 300\n911 service availability with an international phone number if your international phone number is not the primary lingo number , lingo ' s 911 service will work as described above . if your international phone number is the primary lingo number , when you dial 911 the call will be routed to a general emergency services center instead of a local psap . as always , it is important to be prepared to provide your physical address and a u . s . phone number where the operator can reach you .\nnon - usage or misdialing neither credit nor refund for service will be issued for non - usage of the service or misdialing while using the service .\nlingo has two types of 911 dialing that will route your call from our network to the public safety answering point ( psap ) in your area : enhanced 911 ( e911 ) and emergency calling service ( ecs ) . as a lingo customer , you ' re automatically enrolled in lingo ' s 911 service - the type of 911 service you can access will be dependent on the physical location where you use the service or your\n911 service address\n. read below to learn more about these services and the important differences between them and traditional 911 or e911 services from non - voip phones .\nyour credit card will be charged for any usage after you contact lingo to cancel your service .\nvoice over internet protocol , or voip as it\u2019s more commonly known , is increasing in popularity exponentially as more people ditch their landline . it has important advantages over the conventional home telephone services that are its primary competition , and there\u2019s even a growing number of mobile apps that can augment and sometimes replace cell phone services entirely . but with so many providers out there , you need to know which are the best voip services .\nno obligation to assist in switching to a different provider . if you either voluntarily cancel your lingo account or if lingo cancels your service for any reason set forth above , lingo will have no obligation whatsoever to assist you in any respect in switching from lingo to another service provider .\nsignup for 911 service with lingo voice over ip service lingo automatically signs you up for one of the two types of 911 service lingo offers when you initially order lingo voice over ip . there will be a screen that prompts you to complete the physical address where your service is going to be located - your\n911 service address\n. if you need to change this address , you can edit your customer profile in the online account management section .\nfor users who want more out of their voip service , the ooma premier service is available for $ 10 a month . the premium service supports a second phone number , blacklisting , and lets you make and receive calls via a smartphone app . ooma premiere also supports smart home features that no other service can match . it can interface with the amazon echo , the nest thermostat , nest protect , and even \u201csmart\u201d wall outlets and light bulbs .\npower outage and outage of 911 services you acknowledge and understand that emergency calling service and e911 service dialing do not function without power . should there be an interruption in the power supply , the service and emergency calling service ( or e911 service ) dialing will not function until power is restored . a power failure or disruption may require the customer to reset or reconfigure equipment before using the service , emergency calling service , or e911 service dialing .\ngiving lingo your physical address unlike landline phone service , lingo voice over ip phone service is portable . for example , you can have a california number and receive calls in new york . notifying us of the physical address where you are using the lingo service is the only way to locate the appropriate public safety answering point ( psap ) serving the area at your current physical location . it is important to keep your 911 service address current on your lingo account . if you travel with the lingo adaptor , you should change your 911 service address to ensure your call is routed to the appropriate psap , keeping in mind the length of time it takes to change 911 services to a new address as described above . if you move to a location that is different than the 911 service address you have registered with lingo , and have not changed your address within this time period , and dial 911 it is very important to inform the operator of your exact location .\nif you cancel your service with lingo , you will not be able to use the device or equipment .\nphone number transfer on service disconnection if you wish to cancel your service and port ( i . e . , transfer ) your current lingo phone number to another carrier or service provider , it is your responsibility to ensure that your current lingo phone number has already been successfully ported to your new carrier or service provider prior to requesting cancellation of your account with lingo . cancellation of your lingo account prior to that confirmation from your new service provider that your current lingo telephone number has successfully ported shall result in your inability to use your current lingo number in the future because lingo will not be able to port that number after you cancel your lingo service . even if you have switched your service to another service provider , with or without porting your current lingo phone number , you still must cancel the service by calling the lingo account management department . until you formally cancel the service , you will continue to be billed ( and charged on your credit card ) for the service and you will be re sponsible for paying the billed charges in full , including any disconnect , equipment recovery and rebate recovery fees that may be applicable . upon contact from your new provider that you desire to port your telephone number , lingo will use reasonable efforts to release your lingo telephone number to your new service provider , if such new service provider is able to accept such number . lingo makes no guarantees on the ability to port your number .\nloss of service due to power failure or loss of internet access , broadband or dsl service the service does not function without power or internet access , broadband or dsl service . should there be an interruption in the power supply , or the loss of internet access , broadband or dsl service , the service will not function until power and your internet access , broadband or dsl service are restored . a power failure or disruption may require you to reset or reconfigure equipment before using the service . power disruptions or failures and the loss of internet access , broadband or dsl service will also prevent dialing to emergency service numbers including the emergency calling service calling feature .\nthey charge you before you even start the service . they charge you all the time without even using the service ! !\nif you provide lingo with a duly authorized tax exemption certificate , lingo will exempt you in accordance with law , effective on the date lingo receives the certificate .\nlingo voip phone company - this is the worst phone company one can ever possibly have . i had very low quality of service ( they could barely me hear on the other end ) , they never fixed the problem , and when i decided to move to another company they refused to transfer my home phone number . they should not be doing business in the united states !\nother service outages you acknowledge and understand that if there is a service outage for any reason , such outage will prevent all service , including emergency calling service and / or e911 service dialing . such outages may occur for a variety of reasons , including , but not limited to those reasons described elsewhere in this agreement .\nfor any failure or interruption of service , lingo\u2019s liability will be limited to the provision of a credit for the monthly recurring charges applicable to the period during which service was not available .\nlength of time for 911 service to be activated or changed when you sign up for lingo or make changes to your 911 service address , it takes up to three business days for the service to be activated or the change to take effect . this includes any changes from locations where one type of 911 service is available to locations where only the other type of 911 service is available ( e . g . , moving from a location where only ecs service is available to a location where e911 service is available ) .\nrequires re - activation if you move you acknowledge and understand that e911 and emergency calling service dialing will not function properly or at all if you move or change the physical location of your lingo equipment to a different street address , unless and until you have successfully changed your 911 service address in the \u201cmy account\u201d section at urltoken or contacted lingo customer service to correct your 911 service address .\nnon - availability of traditional 911 or e911 dialing service : you acknowledge and understand that unless you have been specifically informed by lingo that e911 service is available at your 911 service address ( which can be confirmed in your \u201cmy account\u201d section at urltoken or by calling lingo\u2019s customer care department ) , the service will not support traditional 911 or e911 access to emergency services . in such cases , lingo offers a limited emergency calling service available only on lingo devices as described herein , but you acknowledge and understand that such emergency calling service dialing is different in a number of important ways from traditional 911 services , as described below . lingo emergency calling service dialing is available only on lingo - certified devices or equipment . you agree to inform any household residents , guests and other third persons who may be present at the physical location where you use the service ( i . e . , your 911 service address ) as to the non - availability of traditional 911 or e911 dialing from your service and device ( s ) . if you activate lingo emergency calling service dialing , you agree to inform any household residents , guests and other third persons who may be present at the physical location where you use the service as to the important differences and limitations of lingo emergency calling service dialing as compared with traditional 911 or e911 dialing , as set forth in this agreement .\nno credit allowances for interruption of service . you acknowledge and agree that the service is provided\nas is .\ncredit allowances for interruption of service , including international calling services , will not be provided .\nlingo has the worst customer service . telemarketers deceived us into getting lingo phone service and they sent us 3 lingo sets in 2 months . after promising us that we will be charged $ 5 . 95 per month , they charged us $ 70 - $ 80 even though we didn\u2019t even open the box yet . they sold our contact info to other telemarketing agency . never use lingo phone service , i would never recommend this company to anyone .\nno waiver of rights by lingo . if lingo fails to enforce any right or remedy under this agreement , that does not waive lingo\u2019s right to do so or waive any right or remedy that lingo has for any other breach or failure .\nskype and hangouts are good enough for users who don\u2019t want to make any investment in new hardware . skype , vonage , and ooma also offer business - class services with more features for additional rates , so check out their websites if you\u2019re looking for a more elaborate service . vonage is probably the best bet for home users who want a landline alternative , while ring central is preferable for businesses who want a complete voip and teleconferencing service .\nchange of physical location of lingo equipment you acknowledge and understand that e911 and emergency calling service dialing does not function properly or may not function at all if you take your equipment with you away from the 911 service address or physical location that you have registered with lingo .\nlingo reserves the right to discontinue furnishing the service , cancel your account , and / or block your access to the lingo network , without incurring any liability , immediately and without notice if lingo deems that such action is necessary to prevent or to protect against fraud or to otherwise protect lingo\u2019s personnel , agents , facilities , or services . without limitation , lingo may take such actions if :\nif billing systems or other support is not available for a service , feature , surcharge , tax or other charge element at the time of service provision , lingo will bill for that service , feature , surcharge , or other charge element as soon as it is capable of doing so .\nas set forth in section iii ( v ) ( c ) below , lingo charges a monthly fee of $ 1 . 99 per account for e911 or emergency calling service ( ecs ) . for those customers that signed up for the service prior to november 28 , 2005 , lingo will continue providing the emergency calling service described below unless or until the e911 services are activated . for those customers that sign up for the service after november 28 , 2005 , lingo will confirm e911 capability prior to sign up . regardless of when a customer signs up for the service , if the service is used in a physical location different than the current location registered with lingo ( the \u201c911 service address\u201d ) , e911 service may or may not be available , and the 911 call will be routed to the wrong location . it is important that such customers promptly update their location with lingo in accordance with the instructions in section ii ( d ) below .\nyou acknowledge and understand that if you change your primary lingo phone number you will not be able to change your 911 service address for seventy - two ( 72 ) hours . during that time , any e911 or emergency calling service calls that you may make will be routed using the 911 service address that was in lingo\u2019s records before you changed your phone number .\nuse of service and device by customers outside the united states lingo does not presently offer or support the service to customers located in other countries . if you remove the device to a country other than the united states and use the service from there , you do so at your own risk , including the risk that such activity violates local laws in the country where you do so . you are liable for any and all use of the service and / or device by any person making use of the service or device provided to you . lingo reserves the right to cancel or suspend the service if it is determined that the service is being used outside the united states .\nlingo may ( 1 ) deny , for any lawful reason , your request for service , or ( 2 ) limit or allocate the facilities available to or used by any service , if necessary , to manage its network in an efficient manner , meet reasonable service expectations , furnish service to existing and future customers based on forecasted customer requirements , or for any other lawful reason .\nfailure to designate the correct physical address for e911 and / or emergency calling service dialing the address which the customer provides to lingo is the address that is applied to your service for both e911 and emergency calling service dialing ( also known as your \u201c911 service address\u201d ) . should you need to change this address , you must change this in the \u201cmy account\u201d section at urltoken or contact lingo customer care immediately to correct this address . it may take up to three ( 3 ) business days to effectuate a change or update of your 911 service address . failure to provide the current and correct physical address and location of your lingo equipment as your 911 service address may result in the loss of e911 capability and / or will result in any emergency calling service communication you may make being routed to the wrong local emergency service provider .\ndifferences between emergency calling service on the lingo voice over ip service and e911 services ( from a traditional phone or lingo ' s e911 service ) if the 911 service address you provide lingo has emergency calling service , there are additional differences between it and e911 services on a traditional phone or even lingo ' s e911 service . the lingo voice over ip call will be routed to the psap ' s general access line , which is different from the 911 emergency response center . you will need to state the nature of your emergency promptly and clearly , including your location and telephone number , as psap personnel will not have this information at hand . psap personnel can help you effectively and will take necessary steps to provide you with the appropriate assistance , such as dispatching police , an ambulance and / or a fire truck .\nclick here to see which type of 911 service is available for your address .\ni change to lingo in april and we are already in july and i still don ' t have phone service and lingo is being charging my account for 2 months already and my home phone is still not working .\nskype is probably the best - known voip solution in existence , thanks to successful service that spans more than a decade . the company is now owned and operated by microsoft , which means that skype is integrated with windows 10 , but the service is available on the web , mac os x , linux , all major mobile operating systems , and even the xbox and some smart tvs . it\u2019s also getting regular upgrades and overhauls , even if some third - parties have moved away from it .\nlingo mixes a vonage - style voip service with an international unlimited plan that should appeal to anyone who needs to frequently call outside the united states . lingo unlimited is also available for as little as $ 15 a month with a contract ( $ 20 without ) , and comes with a free adapter that works with landline phone hardware . the $ 10 - a - month plan offers 500 international minutes , which might make better sense for lighter users . the service also supports standard phone features and multiple lines , but using lingo via a smartphone app requires you to pony up an extra $ 10 a month . it\u2019s best suited for users who make frequent calls at specific times from their home or business .\nlimitation of liability and indemnification you acknowledge and understand that lingo\u2019s liability is limited as set forth in section vii ( b ) ( 1 ) below , for any service outage and / or inability to dial emergency calling service or e911 service from your line or to access emergency service personnel . you agree to defend , indemnify , and hold harmless lingo , its officers , directors , employees , affiliates and agents and any other service provider who furnishes services to customer in connection with this agreement or the service , from any and all claims , losses , damages , fines , penalties , costs and expenses ( including , without limitation , reasonable attorneys\u2019 fees ) by , or on behalf of , customer or any third party or user of customer\u2019s service relating to the ( i ) absence , failure or outage of the service , including emergency calling service or e911 dialing ; and / or ( ii ) inability of customer or any third person or party or user of customer\u2019s service to be able to dial 911 or to access emergency service personnel .\nthese terms and conditions constitute the agreement ( the\nagreement\n) between lingo , inc . (\nlingo ,\n\u201cus\u201d , or \u201cwe\u201d ) and the user (\nyou ,\n\u201cyour , \u201d\nuser ,\nor\ncustomer\n) of the lingo residential and small business voice over internet protocol ( \u201cvoip\u201d ) communications services and any related products or services (\nservice\n) . for purposes of this agreement ,\nyou\nmeans the customer , defined as either ( i ) the person identified in lingo\u2019s account records as responsible for payment of all charges ; or ( ii ) any other person with actual or apparent authority to represent that person or to use the service . by enrolling in , using , or paying for the service , you agree to the prices , charges , terms and conditions in this agreement . if you do not agree to these prices , charges , terms and conditions , do not use the service , and cancel the service immediately by calling lingo\u2019s account management department at the toll free number on the first page of your invoice for further directions .\nthere is no service term applicable to such customers . we will provide our service to you indefinitely , until the account is cancelled by the customer or by lingo in accordance with the provisions of these terms and conditions ( section vi ) .\nbinding effect . this agreement is binding upon you and lingo and upon , respectively , your and lingo\u2019s respective agents , heirs , and successors .\nif lingo becomes concerned at any time about your ability to pay for the service , lingo may require that you pay its charges within a specified number of days and that you make such payments in cash or the equivalent of cash .\nyou are responsible for payment of all charges for the service furnished to you and anyone authorized by you to use your service . this responsibility is not changed by virtue of any use , misuse , or abuse of your service undertaken or caused by third parties .\nif lingo hires a collection agency to collect , or attempt to collect , any charges owed lingo , you will be liable to lingo for all costs that lingo incurs , including without limitation collection agency fees , reasonable attorneys\u2019 fees , and court or arbitration costs . if lingo incurs any fees or expenses , including reasonable attorneys\u2019 fees , in collecting , or attempting to collect , any charges owed lingo other than by hiring a collection agency , you will be liable to lingo for the payment of all such fees and expenses reasonably incurred .\nthe discontinuance of service by lingo pursuant to these provisions does not relieve you of any obligation to pay lingo for charges due and owing for service ( s ) furnished up to the time of discontinuance . customers will be subject to an equipment recovery fee if their service is cancelled or terminated and they fail to return equipment , as described in section iii ( b ) ( 1 ) and iii ( v ) above .\nincompatibility with certain broadband , modem , and other services you acknowledge that our service presently is not compatible with aol\u00ae cable broadband service and tivo\u00ae . there may also be other services with which our service may be incompatible such as modems provided by broadband providers . we do not warrant that our services will be compatible with all broadband services and modems and disclaim any express or implied warranties regarding the compatibility of our service with any particular broadband service or modems .\nwhat is lingo e911 ? lingo enhanced 911 service routes your 911 call and delivers location specific information ( address and call - back number ) to public safety answering points ( psaps ) whenever someone makes an emergency 911 call . this allows emergency response units to be dispatched to the 911 service address you provide in your lingo account file even if the caller is unable to speak or if the call is suddenly disconnected .\nupon service termination or cancellation by the customer or by lingo after the activation date , the customer must return to lingo any equipment provided by lingo to the customer . an equipment recovery fee not to exceed $ 75 . 00 will be charged if the equipment is not returned in accordance with the requirement listed in subparagraph v below .\nellen muraskin has been writing about telecom and it since 1993 when she joined the marketing department of dialogic . in 1996 she joined the editorial staff of cmp\u2019s computer telephony magazine , rising to executive editor before joining ziff davis media to launch the voip topic center of their urltoken site . she served as senior copywriter for it infrastructure company raritan and has written and edited for several publications .\nemergency services fee : lingo charges an emergency services fee for providing nationwide emergency 911 service in compliance with federal and state regulations . the emergency service fee is $ 1 . 99 per account per month and is separate from any state or locally mandated emergency 911 charge .\nalternative emergency calling service arrangements you acknowledge that lingo does not offer primary line or lifeline services . you should always have an alternative means of accessing traditional 911 or e911 services .\ndescription of emergency calling service - type dialing capabilities - activation required lingo does offer an emergency calling service that is different in a number of important ways from traditional 911 services or lingo e911 services . for customers that do not have e911 capability , when you dial 911 , your call is routed from the lingo network to the psap or local emergency service personnel using the address that you provided to lingo . you will need to state the nature of your emergency promptly and clearly , including your location and telephone number , as psap personnel will not have this information at hand . psap personnel can help you effectively and will take necessary steps to provide you with the appropriate assistance , such as dispatching police , an ambulance and / or a fire truck . you acknowledge and understand that when you dial 911 from your lingo equipment you will be routed to the general or administrative telephone number for the psap or local emergency service provider , and will not necessarily be routed to the 911 dispatcher ( s ) who are specifically designated to receive incoming 911 calls using traditional 911 dialing . additionally , some psaps may from time to time refuse to accept calls from voip providers such as lingo . as described herein , this emergency calling service dialing currently is not the same as traditional 911 or e911 dialing , and at this time , does not necessarily include all of the capabilities of traditional 911 dialing .\nbusiness use of service and device if you have subscribed to any of lingo\u2019s business plans , the service and device are provided to you as a small business user . this means that you are not to resell or transfer the service or device to any other person for any purpose . you agree that the lingo business plan to which you have subscribed does not confer the right to use the service for auto - dialing , continuous or extensive call forwarding , telemarketing of any kind , inbound / outbound centralized or distributed call center activity , fax broadcasting or fax blasting , or voicemail broadcasting or blasting . lingo reserves the right to immediately terminate , modify or offer a transfer to another higher price service plan ( and charge you the plan change fee described in section iii ( e ) ) , if lingo determines , in its sole discretion , that customer\u2019s service is being used in violation of this section iii ( g ) .\nrates and charges for the service lingo\u2019s rates and charges for the service are published on urltoken . you are responsible for payment of the rates and charges in effect and posted on urltoken when you enroll in a particular plan , or as later modified from time to time pursuant to section i following three ( 3 ) days of lingo\u2019s posting changes on urltoken or three ( 3 ) days following lingo\u2019s communication of such changes to you by e - mail .\nwe will provide our service to you indefinitely , until the account is cancelled by the customer or by lingo in accordance with the provisions of these terms and conditions ( section vi ) .\nall cancellations will be effective on the date that you call lingo\u2019s account management department and cancel the service with an account management representative who will also issue a cancellation confirmation number . lingo does not have the ability to schedule a cancellation for a future date . it may take up to three ( 3 ) business days to actually terminate the provision of the service to you .\ni had lingo service up until over 10 months ago when i disconnected the phone and called to cancel the service . since it was being paid by my accountant through the business i do not keep close track on those charges . my bad . now they say they have no record of the request , and do not monitor whether there is an actual phone number receiving service or not .\nthe importance of updating your 911 service address whether you have emergency calling service or e911 at your location , lingo routes your voice over ip call to the public safety answering point ( psap ) , which provides emergency services in your area as described in the\nwhat is lingo ecs\nand\nwhat is lingo e911\nsections above . the appropriate psap is determined by the physical address you supply when you sign up for lingo . therefore , if we do not have the correct address where you are using the service , your call cannot be routed to the corresponding psap for your area and could delay the required emergency services . the psap or public safety answering point is the agency that takes emergency calls and routes them to the appropriate emergency service .\nvonage is the best - 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transferable , revocable license to use such firmware or software ( without making any modification thereto ) strictly in accordance with the terms and conditions of this agreement , and that the device is exclusively for use in connection with the service . if you decide to use the service through an interface device not provided by lingo , which lingo reserves the right to prohibit in particular cases or generally , or are required to use third party software to enable the use of lingo accessories , like softphone , you promise that you have acquired , and all times during your use , possess all of the required rights , including software and / or firmware licenses , to use that interface device of third party software with the service , and you will indemnify and hold harmless lingo against any and all liability arising out of your use of such interface device of software with the service or any of its accessories .\nwhat is lingo ecs ? lingo emergency calling service is an alternative 911 dialing service offered in locations where e911 service in not yet available . ecs service routes your 911 call to the psap ' s general access line , which is different from the 911 emergency response center . you will need to state the nature of your emergency promptly and clearly , including your location and telephone number , as psap personnel will not have this information at hand . psap personnel are responsible for taking the necessary steps to provide you with the appropriate assistance , such as dispatching police , and ambulance and / or a fire truck .\nlingo may , without notice ( consistent with governing laws or regulations ) , block traffic to or from specific countries , country codes , cities , city codes , local telephone exchanges (\nnxx exchanges\n) , individual telephone stations , groups or ranges of individual telephone stations , or calls using certain customer authorization codes , whenever lingo deems it necessary to take such action to prevent ( 1 ) the unlawful use of service ; ( 2 ) nonpayment for service ; ( 3 ) the use of service in violation of this agreement ; or ( 4 ) network blockage or the degradation of service furnished to you or other customers .\nalthough it\u2019s based out of the uk , ring central is one of the most well - reviewed voip services available around the world . it\u2019s definitely more for business users than consumers , and comes with the advanced feature set you would expect from a tier - one provider . with a network backbone in the u . s . , there shouldn\u2019t be any increased lag from the company\u2019s headquartered location , and its prices make it hotly competitive with its contemporaries .\nyou agree to pay all taxes imposed . if lingo has collected taxes and a challenged tax is found to have been invalid and unenforceable , lingo , in its sole discretion , will either reduce service rates for a fixed period of time in the future in order to flow - through to customers an amount equivalent to the amount of tax refunds collected by lingo , or lingo will credit or refund such amounts to affected customers ( less its reasonable administrative costs ) , if the amounts collected were retained by lingo or if they were delivered to the jurisdiction and returned to lingo , or it will negotiate an arrangement with the jurisdiction to provide a future benefit for customers in that jurisdiction .\nfounded in 2004 , lingo offers nationwide calling plans for a low monthly rate . the plans include a wealth of extra features and unlimited calling to other lingo users , regardless of location . \u200b\nlingo makes no express or implied representations or warranties about its services and disclaims any implied warranties , including , but not limited to , warranties or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or use or non - infringement . lingo does not authorize anyone to make a warranty on lingo\u2019s behalf and you may not rely on any statement of warranty as a warranty by lingo .\nlingo , its officers , directors , employees , affiliates and agents and any other service provider who furnishes services to customer in connection with this agreement or the service will not be liable for any act or omission of any other company or companies furnishing a portion of the service , or from any act or omission of a third party , including those vendors participating in lingo offerings made to you , or for any unauthorized interception of customer\u2019s communications or other breaches of privacy attributable in part to the acts or omissions of customer or third parties , or for damages associated with the service , or equipment that it does not furnish , or for damages that result from the operation of customer provided systems , equipment , facilities or services that are interconnected with the service .\ntheft of service you agree to notify lingo immediately , in writing , by electronic mail or by calling lingo customer care , if the device is stolen or if you become aware at any time that your service is being stolen or used fraudulently . when you call or write , you must provide your account number and a detailed description of the circumstances of the device theft or fraudulent use of service . failure to do so promptly after discovery of the improper use may result in the termination of your service and additional charges to you . you will be liable for all use of the service if your device is stolen from you and any and all stolen service or fraudulent use of the service . notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary , credits will not be issued for charges resulting from fraud that arises out of third parties hacking into your equipment , other equipment used by you , or the internet . this includes , but is not limited to , modem hijacking , wireless hijacking , or other fraud arising out of a failure of your internal or corporate procedures . lingo will not issue credit for invoiced charges for fraudulent use resulting from your negligent or willful acts or those of an authorized user of your service .\n\u00a9 2016 lingo , inc . all rights reserved . lingo and its logo are registered trademarks of birch communications . the names of other companies , products and services are the property of their respective owners .\ninternational dids or phone numbers lingo charges an additional monthly fee for international ( non - 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", "topic": 38}], "title": "newell brands", "paragraphs": ["glassdoor has 318 newell brands reviews submitted anonymously by newell brands employees . read employee reviews and ratings on glassdoor to decide if newell brands is right for you .\nnewell brands - newell rubbermaid announces closing of baby jogger holdings , inc . acquisition\nnewell brands\u2019 second strategy is to foster a stable of more entrepreneurial brands that can enhance cash flow .\nnewell brands is a large organization with a lot of different locations , brands , and some really knowledgeable people .\nadditionally , newell brands has signed a definitive agreement to sell its zoot\u00ae & squadra\u00ae apparel brands in a separate transaction .\nthe merger of newell rubbermaid and jarden has been completed , creating $ 16 billion consumer products giant newell brands .\nnewell brands is a house of stories . see some of our highlights below .\nmission accomplished . newell brands\u2019 new global headquarters opened in november of last year .\nnewell brands stock jumps after $ 2 . 5 billion added to stock repurchase program\nsistema has been on the radar of newell brands for a number of years .\nmichael b . polk , currently chief executive officer of newell rubbermaid , to become chief executive officer of newell brands . mark s . tarchetti , currently chief development officer of newell rubbermaid , to become president of newell brands upon completion of the transaction\nnewell brands completes divestitures of the waddington group and rawlings sporting goods company , inc .\nnewell brands shareholder alert : claimsfiler reminds investors with losses in excess of $ 100 , 000 of lead plaintiff deadline in class action lawsuit against newell brands inc . - nwl\nnext , newell brands would consolidate its existing 32 business units into 16 operating divisions .\nby - laws of newell brands inc . , as amended april 15 , 2016 .\nglassdoor gives you an inside look at what it ' s like to work at newell brands , including salaries , reviews , office photos , and more . this is the newell brands company profile . all content is posted anonymously by employees working at newell brands .\nnewell brands inc . ( and its subsidiaries , collectively \u201cnewell\u201d ) is dedicated to conducting business in a lawful and ethical manner .\nto get a better understanding of what working at newell brands is really like , meet the people who have made a career at newell brands the most rewarding chapter in their story .\nnewell brands announces agreement to sell rawlings sporting goods company , inc . to seidler equity partners\nthat has helped newell brands continue to produce more innovative and differentiated products than its competitors .\nnewell brands has agreed to sell its global disposable cutlery and packaging business the waddington group .\nus hedge fund starboard has engaged in a power struggle with consumer goods giant newell brands .\nmeet the people of newell brands . to get a better understanding of what working at newell brands is really like , meet the people who have made a career at newell brands the most rewarding chapter in their story . meet more employees explore job opportunities see where we ' re located\nask a question about working or interviewing at newell brands . our community is ready to answer .\nthis press release and additional information about newell brands are available on the company\u2019s website , urltoken .\nnewell brands is to offload $ 1 . 5 billion worth of business following a strategic review .\nthis press release and additional information about newell brands are available on the company\u2019s web site , urltoken .\nshareholder notice : pawar law group announces a securities class action lawsuit against newell brands inc . - nwl\nnwl loss notice : rosen law firm announces filing of securities class action lawsuit against newell brands inc .\nrestated certificate of incorporation of newell brands inc . , as amended as of april 15 , 2016 .\nrobbins arroyo llp : newell brands inc . ( nwl ) misled shareholders according to a recently filed class action\nconsumer goods giant newell brands has hit back after activist hedge fund starboard sought to oust its leadership team .\nnewell brands owns stationery business paper mate , marker pen firm sharpie and a raft of other consumer products .\nnewell ceo michael polk is running the new combination and tells fortune\u2019s susie gharib , \u201cthe creation of newell brands brings together two high - performing companies . \u201d\nnewell brands is a global consumer goods company with a wide portfolio of well - known brands , including elmer\u2019s glue , sharpie markers , yankee candle and paper mate pens .\nnewell brands shareholder alert by former louisiana attorney general : kahn swick & foti , llc reminds investors with losses in excess of $ 100 , 000 of lead plaintiff deadline in class action lawsuit against newell brands inc . - nwl\njim cramer sat down with newell brands ceo mike polk , who identified one viral trend that helped boost earnings .\nat newell brands , we are well - positioned to drive sustainable growth by building our brands and developing our business systems in ways that responsibly address the use of earth\u2019s resources .\nin 2015 , newell rubbermaid announced its intention to acquire jarden corporation and its diverse global portfolio of well - known brands such as ball , yankee candle , foodsaver and more . the transaction closed in april 2016 and created newell brands .\nupon the closing of the transaction , newell brands will be led by michael b . polk as chief executive officer .\nnewell brands inc . announced today that it has continued to make progress on the accelerated transformation plan , designed to create a simpler , faster , stronger consumer - focused portfolio of leading brands .\nin december 2015 , we reported that jarden , the former parent company of many of these ski brands , had merged with newell brands inc . in a move that michael b . polk , newell\u2019s chief executive officer , alluded to as strategic diversification .\nmark tarchetti\u200b , president of newell brands , said sistema has been on the company ' s radar for a number of years .\nnewell brands ( nyse : nwl ) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well - known brands , including paper mate\u00ae , sharpie\u00ae , dymo\u00ae , expo\u00ae , parker\u00ae . . .\nthis policy is intended to help you understand how newell brands inc . , its subsidiaries and affiliates ( collectively ,\nnewell brands ,\nwe\nor\nus\n) collect , use and safeguard the information you provide on this website . this policy covers this website and all newell brands websites except where otherwise indicated . some newell brands websites may have policies that supplement this policy . we encourage you to read this policy and any supplemental policies on newell brands websites . in the event of any conflict between this policy and terms set forth in a supplemental policy , the latter will apply to the website on which such supplemental policy is posted .\nnewell brands inc said on friday it would sell its plastics packaging unit waddington group for $ 2 . 3 billion , and added more brands to a divestiture plan aimed at streamlining its operations and cutting costs .\nthe denver post reported on tuesday that newell brands inc . intends to cut some of the brands it believes aren\u2019t turning enough profit , and while skiers and riders may not agree with the decision , it may push some of the ski industry\u2019s longest - standing brands into a transitional period .\nnewell rubbermaid , inc . : newell acquisition of elmer and disposition of d\u00e9cor business is positive , despite temporary increase in leverage\nwith professional development opportunities and exposure to key leaders , you\u2019ll be on your way to a career that\u2019s beaming with potential at newell brands .\ni applied through college or university . the process took 2 + months . i interviewed at newell brands ( new york , ny ) .\nshareholder alert : pomerantz law firm reminds shareholders with losses on their investment newell brands inc . of class action lawsuit and upcoming deadline - nwl\nnewell brands is committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct in all of our business dealings . our relationship with our suppliers ensures that all businesses have fair and equitable opportunity to participate in any outsourced newell brands projects . we are committed to ethical practices that ultimately contribute to our ability to provide innovative , quality products to our consumers and grow our brands .\nmay 4 newell brands inc said on friday it would sell its plastics packaging unit waddington group for $ 2 . 3 billion , and added more brands to a divestiture plan aimed at streamlining its operations and cutting costs .\n\u201ci am very pleased to welcome ralph to the newell brands executive team , \u201d said newell brands chief executive officer michael polk . \u201cralph brings over thirty years of finance experience to the company and has a very strong track record leading financial functions and executing growth strategies at a number of successful publicly - traded , global companies . ralph\u2019s appointment is indicative of the world - class talent we are attracting as a $ 16 billion company with a portfolio of leading consumer brands . ralph will be a key partner to me in helping newell brands scale our operating model , deliver our growth and financial objectives , and tell the newell brands story to our investors . \u201d\nshareholder alert : pomerantz law firm reminds shareholders with losses on their investment newell brands inc . of class action lawsuit and upcoming deadline - - nwl\n\u201ccertainly , this has been one of the most transformative years in our 114 - year history , \u201d polk , newell brands\u2019 ceo , said .\nin february , manufacturer newell brands revealed a 55 % decline in sales from its writing business due to a trade dispute with a major customer .\nthanks to its recent acquisition of jarden , newell is going through dramatic change . it has more than doubled its revenues to $ 16 billion , changed the company\u2019s name from newell rubbermaid to newell brands , and is moving its headquarters from atlanta to hoboken , new jersey .\n* * newell brands inc , which owns more than 160 brands including sharpie markers and rubbermaid food containers , said it would sell about 10 percent of its business portfolio as it streamlines its business following its acquisition of jarden corp .\nnewell brands inc . has announced that its winter sports brands k2 , v\u00f6lkl , marker , line , full tilt and ride are for sale . the statement , released tuesday , raises questions about the future of brands that have long made frequent appearances in quivers around the globe , in bounds and in the backcountry .\nwhatever the outcome , polk said that newell brands would be one of the most transformative companies in the consumer goods space , if not the largest .\nthe newell brands board of directors will be expanded to include three representatives of the jarden board , including martin e . franklin , founder and executive chairman of jarden and ian g . h . ashken , co - founder , vice chairman and president of jarden . the new thirteen member newell brands board will be chaired by current newell rubbermaid non - executive chairman michael cowhig .\ntransporting heavy materials , managing waste , keeping buildings clean - - when there ' s a tough job to do , newell brands is there to help .\nno matter where you are in the world , being a part of the newell brands family means you\u2019re able to grow , learn and discover new opportunities .\nthe ceo concluded by saying that given its recent acquisition , the newly formed newell brands just turned one year old and has much more room to run .\njune 5 consumer products maker newell brands inc said on tuesday it would sell its rawlings sporting goods brand to seidler equity partners for about $ 395 million .\nrosen law firm , a global investor rights law firm , announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of newell brands inc . ( nwl ) between february 6 , 2017 and january 24 , 2018 , both dates inclusive ( the \u201cclass period\u201d ) . the lawsuit seeks to recover damages for newell brands investors under the federal securities laws . to join the newell brands class action , go to urltoken or call phillip kim , esq .\nconsumer goods company newell rubbermaid in atlanta had acquired jarden corp . in boca raton , florida , to create the global powerhouse newell brands , with approximately $ 16 billion in annual sales and more than 57 , 000 employees worldwide .\nafter a strong first quarter earnings beat , newell brands ceo michael polk said that one viral phenomenon helped the consumer goods giant boost sales in an innovative way .\nthe schall law firm , a national shareholder rights litigation firm , announces that it is investigating claims on behalf of investors of newell brands inc . (\nnewell brands\nor the\ncompany\n) ( nyse : nwl ) for violations of \u00a7\u00a710 ( b ) and 20 ( a ) of the securities exchange act of 1934 and rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder by the u . s . securities and exchange commission . newell brands\u2019 retail sales channel had a very high level of unsold inventory . the increased inventory was due to issues specific to newell brands and their products , as opposed to macroeconomic conditions as claimed by the company .\non april 15 , 2016 , jarden corporation , a delaware corporation ( \u0093jarden\u0094 ) , became a direct wholly - owned subsidiary of newell brands inc . ( formerly newell rubbermaid inc . , a delaware corporation , and referred to herein as \u0093newell\u0094 ) , as a result of a series of merger transactions ( the \u0093acquisition\u0094 ) . the acquisition was effected pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger , dated as of december 13 , 2015 ( the \u0093merger agreement\u0094 ) , by and among newell , jarden , ncpf acquisition corp . i , a delaware corporation and a wholly - owned subsidiary of newell ( \u0093newell merger sub\u0094 ) , and ncpf acquisition corp . ii , a delaware corporation and a wholly - owned subsidiary of newell ( \u0093successor merger sub\u0094 ) . following the consummation of the acquisition , the restated certificate of incorporation of newell was amended , and newell was renamed \u0093newell brands inc . \u0094\nthe ability to work at a company that provides the opportunity to work on multiple brands .\nthe management and culture that newell brands have is great . very kind and personable management who actually care . one of the better call centers you can be in .\nthe deal was worth $ 15 . 4 billion , or $ 13 . 2 billion when excluding convertible debt . the combined company will be known as newell brands .\nthe end game refers to newell brand\u2019s plan to divest unidentified businesses that generate $ 250 million to $ 300 million in annual revenue . newell brands has not said what businesses it plans to exit , but some speculate it will divest winter sports brands picked up april 15 , when it closed its acquisition and merger with jarden corp .\nnewell rubbermaid will add baby jogger to its baby & parenting brands segment , which already includes car - seat maker graco and aprica , a japanese baby stroller manufacturer .\nnewell brands has transformed itself into a powerhouse of consumer brands . don\u2019t know it ? think of rubbermaid plastic storage containers , sharpie pens , rawlings baseball gloves , baby jogger strollers , mr . coffee machines , and about 160 other well - known household names .\nshareholder alert - bronstein , gewirtz & grossman , llc notifies investors of class action against newell brands inc . ( nwl ) and lead plaintiff deadline : august 20 , 2018\nin fact , polk said newell brands has been able to deliver its desired outcome despite challenging retail conditions driven by the acceleration of \u201cbricks - to - clicks\u201d shopper migration .\nrevenues on a pro - forma basis include sales of jarden outdoor in the year - ago period assuming newell brands had owned the company in the year - ago period .\n\u201ci am excited to join newell brands during such a transformational time in the company\u2019s history , \u201d said nicoletti . \u201cthe creation of newell brands presents many exciting opportunities , and i look forward to leveraging my experience to help the team achieve its business goals , build the finance function , and drive the company to realize its full potential . \u201d\nall of newell brands\u2019 efforts combined have helped propel it to become a top 10 supplier to walmart and amazon . in fact , the company successfully completed its first - ever takeover on amazon\u2019s \u201ctoday\u2019s deals\u201d page in january , offering more than 500 exclusive deals from 28 brands .\nif you have a question or need assistance with a newell brands product , please select an option from the drop - down menu below to access the brand ' s website .\nnewell brands reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and does not bind itself to accept the lowest bid for any materials , products or services submitted . non - acceptance of any proposal will not imply any criticism of or deficiency in any proposal . non - acceptance will mean that another approach was deemed by newell brands to be more advantageous .\nnewell brands reported solid sales gains in the second quarter driven by top line growth in several product segments including appliances , yankee candle and food and beverage , company officials said .\non a reported basis , net sales was $ 628 million , up from $ 61 . 1 million in the prior year . newell brands acquired jarden corp in april 2016 .\nthe strategy closely tracks the formula polk used at newell rubbermaid inc . prior to its acquisition and merger with jarden corp . the resulting newell brands generates $ 16 billion in annual sales , including $ 2 . 74 billion from jarden\u2019s outdoor solutions segment , which owns coleman , k2 sports , marmot , rawlings , berkley and dozens of other sporting goods brands .\nnewell to sell waddington to carlyle ' s novolex for $ 2 . 3 billion\nshareholder action alert : the schall law firm announces it is investigating claims against newell brands inc . and encourages investors with losses in excess of $ 100 , 000 to contact the firm\ni enjoyed my time at newell brands for the most part , nice workplace culture , monthly birthday celebrations and reasonable benefits . i worked with dymo and they are an awesome team .\nto get more information on newell brands inc ' s home solutions , commercial products , baby & parenting , writing , tools , total segment . select each division with the arrow .\n\u00a92018 brk brands , inc . all rights reserved . used under license by the first alert trust .\nproduct & invention ideas for information about doing business with newell brands and sharing licensing and product ideas aligned with our core values and our target consumers or end users , please click here .\nfinally , as newell brands integrates the recently purchased jarden into its corporate infrastructure , polk said three factors are contributing to the company ' s growth and relative strength compared to its rivals .\ninvestor contact : newell brands inc . nancy o\u2019donnell , 1 770 - 418 - 7723 vice president , investor relations nancy . odonnell @ urltoken or media contacts : newell brands inc . racquel white , 1 770 - 418 - 7643 vice president , global communications racquel . white @ urltoken or weber shandwick liz cohen , 1 212 - 445 - 8044 liz . cohen @ urltoken\nexpectations are understandably high for the rest of the year , but polk said newell brands will rise to the challenge by expanding its more than $ 1 billion in e - commerce revenue .\nwhen all is said and done , polk said that newell brands will employ nearly 300 at its headquarters in hoboken , the majority of which will work in the e - commerce division .\none example polk touted was the company ' s foray into offering personalized products at its yankee candle stores , one of newell ' s key brands . the ceo said newell will put kiosks in every single yankee candle location so customers can customize their purchases in - store .\nin a statement , newell rubbermaid board chairman michael cowhig called polk an\noutstanding marketer , innovator and leader .\nhe has a track record , cowhig said , of growing global brands .\nnewell rubbermaid brands include : rubbermaid , sharpie , graco , calphalon , irwin , lenox , levolor , paper mate , dymo , waterman , parker , goody , rubbermaid commercial products and aprica .\ninvestor alert : the schall law firm announces the filing of a class action lawsuit against newell brands inc . and encourages investors with losses in excess of $ 100 , 000 to contact the firm\ninvestor notice : the schall law firm announces the filing of a class action lawsuit against newell brands inc . and encourages investors with losses in excess of $ 100 , 000 to contact the firm\nour actions on conflict minerals support and evidence newell brands ' long - term commitment to respect the human rights of all people and to improve the quality of life in the communities we serve .\nactually , if the ceo of newell brands was a skier , this would be a noon issue , right ? somebody needs to invite the wife and kids out to aspen for the holidays so we can get \u2019em booked , then the market focus just might shift for newell .\nnewell rubbermaid , inc . - $ 300 million 10 . 60 % notes due 2019\ninvestor contact : newell brands inc . nancy o\u2019donnell , 1 - 770 - 418 - 7723 vice president , investor relations nancy . odonnell @ urltoken or media contacts : newell brands inc . tom sanford , 1 - 973 - 600 - 3880 vice president , global communications tom . sanford @ urltoken or weber shandwick liz cohen , 1 - 212 - 445 - 8044 liz . cohen @ urltoken\nsharpie , crock - pot , other brands combined in merger consumer goods giant newell rubbermaid on friday closed its acquisition of jarden , creating a $ 16 billion product conglomerate with wide - ranging brands such as sharpie , coleman , rawlings , sunbeam and crock - pot . check out this story on urltoken urltoken\n\u201cnewell brands\u2019 new strategic plan establishes a sharp set of portfolio choices and investment priorities that will focus resources on the businesses with the greatest potential for growth , \u201d said michael polk , newell brands chief executive officer . \u201cthe actions we are taking will strengthen the underlying performance of the company and help unlock the unique opportunity for transformative value creation connected to the combination of newell rubbermaid and jarden corporation . while our tools brands have been very good contributors to our results , we believe they will benefit from being part of stanley black & decker , a global leader in the tools category .\nshareholder action notice : the schall law firm announces the filing of a class action lawsuit against newell brands inc . and encourages investors with losses in excess of $ 100 , 000 to contact the firm\nshareholder action alert : the schall law firm announces the filing of a class action lawsuit against newell brands inc . and encourages investors with losses in excess of $ 100 , 000 to contact the firm\nthis statement is made pursuant to s . 54 of the modern slavery act 2015 and sets out the steps that newell brands inc . ( \u201cnewell\u201d ) has taken and is continuing to take to ensure that modern slavery or human trafficking is not taking place within our business or supply chain . newell brands is a leading global consumer goods company . newell rigorously applies high standards of corporate governance and ethics to its business and emphasizes transparency and accountability . modern slavery encompasses slavery , servitude , human trafficking and forced labor . newell is committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking in its corporate activities , and to ensuring that its supply chains are free from slavery and human trafficking .\nin connection with the proposed acquisition , newell rubbermaid and jarden will file a registration statement on form s - 4 that will include the joint proxy statement of newell rubbermaid and jarden that also constitutes a prospectus of newell rubbermaid . newell rubbermaid and jarden plan to mail to their respective shareholders the joint proxy statement / prospectus in connection with the acquisition . we urge\nother stocks worth considering in the same industry include blue buffalo pet products , inc . and tupperware brands corporation (\nthe global company\u2019s brands include rubbermaid , goody , paper mate , sharpie , graco , calphalon and many others .\ninvestor alert : brower piven encourages shareholders who have losses in excess of $ 100 , 000 from investment in newell brands , inc . to contact brower piven before the lead plaintiff deadline in class action lawsuit\nmay 4 newell brands inc said on friday it would sell its packaging business waddington group to novolex holdings , a company owned by buyout firm carlyle group lp , for about $ 2 . 3 billion .\nthe addition of domenico further strengthens our board ' s global marketing and operations credentials ,\nsaid william d . marohn , newell rubbermaid ' s chairman .\nwe will benefit from his extensive global experience as newell rubbermaid continues its transformation into a company of consumer - driven brands .\nupdate 4 - newell to sell waddington for $ 2 . 3 bln , expands divestiture plan\nbut tuesday\u2019s news tells a different story . the wall street journal reports that , in april , polk said he planned to sell underperforming brands , and more than a few of the ski industry\u2019s beloved brands were on that list .\nit was a no - brainer that he would continue with his work after newell rubbermaid merged with jarden in april of last year . \u201ci feel very privileged and fortunate to lead newell brands now , \u201d polk said . \u201cit has been quite an honor and one that i take very seriously . \u201d\nas of last trade , newell brands inc ( nwl : nyq ) traded at 27 . 82 , 23 . 10 % above the 52 week low of 22 . 60 set on jun 01 , 2018 .\n) effectively concluded its previously announced merger with jarden corp . , thereby creating a $ 16 billion entity called newell brands inc . , which will continue to trade on the new york stock exchange as \u2018nwl\u2019 .\nconsumer goods giant newell rubbermaid on friday closed its acquisition of jarden , creating a $ 16 billion product conglomerate with wide - ranging brands such as sharpie , coleman , rawlings , sunbeam and crock - pot .\nconsumer goods giant newell rubbermaid on friday closed its acquisition of jarden , creating a $ 16 billion product conglomerate with wide - ranging brands such as sharpie , coleman , rawlings , sunbeam and crock - pot .\nnewell rubbermaid ceo michael polk , who becomes ceo of the new company , said friday in an interview he will emphasize cost - cutting measures and will assess the future of the company ' s numerous brands .\nfounder , and 90 per cent owner , brendan lindsay turned down an initial offer from newell brands in 2014 because it would not commit to keeping the firm ' s manufacturing and 700 staff new zealand based .\nas previously announced , joe arcuri will assume the role of chief commercial officer , newell rubbermaid and richard davies will become chief development officer , newell rubbermaid , both effective january 1 , 2016 . these leaders will ensure the development and full delivery of the existing newell rubbermaid business plan .\ngoldman , sachs & co . served as lead financial advisor to newell rubbermaid and is providing committed financing for the transaction ; centerview partners llc acted as financial advisor to the newell rubbermaid board of directors . jones day and simpson thacher & bartlett acted as legal counsel to newell rubbermaid .\nour history dates back more than 100 years to the 1903 purchase of a struggling curtain rod company in ogdensburg , new york , by local businessman edgar a . newell . over the decades , the company has grown , often by acquiring brands built by entrepreneurs like edgar newell , that we are privileged to bring to consumers around the world . in april 2016 , the combination of newell rubbermaid and jarden corporation marked the next chapter of our proud history , creating a new company \u2013 newell brands \u2013 with approximately $ 15 billion in annual sales and more than 45 , 000 employees worldwide . with top talent , market - leading brands , and a sharp focus on accelerated growth , the company is well - positioned for future success .\nnewell brands ( nyse : nwl ) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well - known brands , including paper mate\u00ae , sharpie\u00ae , dymo\u00ae , expo\u00ae , parker\u00ae , elmer\u2019s\u00ae , coleman\u00ae , jostens\u00ae , marmot\u00ae , rawlings\u00ae , irwin\u00ae , lenox\u00ae , oster\u00ae , sunbeam\u00ae , foodsaver\u00ae , mr . coffee\u00ae , rubbermaid commercial products\u00ae , graco\u00ae , baby jogger\u00ae , nuk\u00ae , calphalon\u00ae , rubbermaid\u00ae , contigo\u00ae , first alert\u00ae , waddington and yankee candle\u00ae . driven by a sharp focus on the consumer , leading investment in innovation and brands , and a performance - driven culture , newell brands helps consumers achieve more where they live , learn , work and play .\nnewell brand\u2019s global headquarters is located in hoboken , new jersey . right across the river from new york city , this location reflects our company\u2019s commitment to growth , innovation and investment in our portfolio of leading brands .\nnewell brands inc . is a marketer of consumer and commercial products . the company ' s segments include writing , home solutions , commercial products , baby & parenting , branded consumables , consumer solutions , outdoor solutions a\nnewell brands expects to maintain investment grade rating due to the combined business\u0092 strong cash generative profile and commitment to a target leverage ratio of 3 . 0 to 3 . 5 times following a temporary increase in leverage metrics\nas for newell , this zacks rank # 2 ( buy ) company has always been keen on strengthening its portfolio by investing in key segments , reducing activities with marginal profitability , and exiting certain businesses and markets . this is evident from newell\u2019s acquisition of elmer\u2019s products , ignite holdings llc and bubba brands inc .\ndomenico ' s success in transforming gucci into a global luxury brand powerhouse is legendary ,\nsaid mark ketchum , newell rubbermaid ' s president and chief executive officer .\na consummate marketer and retailer , he will bring significant expertise to newell rubbermaid as we invest in growing our premium brands worldwide .\nnewell brands inc . is a marketer of consumer and commercial products . the company ' s segments include writing , home solutions , commercial products , baby & parenting , branded consumables , consumer solutions , outdoor solutions and process solutions . its products are marketed under a portfolio of brands , including paper mate , . . . ( more )\nnewell rubbermaid , inc . : april 2017 update to key credit considerations following outlook change to positive\n\u201cnewell brands new strategic plan establishes a clear set of investment priorities , a new organization design for the company , and a sharp set of portfolio choices that will focus our resources on the businesses with the greatest potential for growth and value creation , \u201d said michael polk , newell brands chief executive officer . \u201cwe will drive growth acceleration over time through more effective and scaled commercial operations , increased investment in our brands and capabilities , and the delivery of bigger , better innovation across a broader set of categories . we will simultaneously expand margins through significant cost synergies and other savings related to the combination of newell rubbermaid and jarden and other cost focused initiatives .\nconsumer products maker newell brands inc said on tuesday it would sell its rawlings sporting goods brand to seidler equity partners for about $ 395 million , as part of a plan to raise about $ 10 billion through divestitures .\nthe company added members to the newell brands executive management team to lead the combined business , relocated its headquarters to hoboken , new jersey and opened its new office building for the atlanta business hub in atlanta , georgia .\nthe story of newell started in 1903 in ogdensburg , n . y . , when the w . f . linton co . , a manufacturer of metal curtain rods , defaulted on its loan . prominent local businessman edgar a . newell purchased the company and renamed it the newell manufacturing company .\nnewell brands ( nyse : nwl ) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well - known brands , including paper mate\u00ae , sharpie\u00ae , dymo\u00ae , expo\u00ae , parker\u00ae , elmer\u2019s\u00ae , coleman\u00ae , jostens\u00ae , marmot\u00ae , rawlings\u00ae , oster\u00ae , sunbeam\u00ae , foodsaver\u00ae , mr . coffee\u00ae , rubbermaid commercial products\u00ae , graco\u00ae , baby jogger\u00ae , nuk\u00ae , calphalon\u00ae , rubbermaid\u00ae , contigo\u00ae , first alert\u00ae , waddington and yankee candle\u00ae . for hundreds of millions of consumers , newell brands makes life better every day , where they live , learn , work and play .\npolk has a reputation as a turnaround expert . since he was tapped as ceo at newell in 2011 , he eliminated unprofitable brands , bought others , cut costs , and turned the company into an earnings machine . over the past five years , the stock has also been on a tear , with newell\u2019s share price quadrupling .\nthis press release and additional information about newell rubbermaid are available on the company\u0092s web site , urltoken .\ndoolittle said while the company ' s stock price is below 2005 levels , ketchum has stabilized newell rubbermaid , transforming the business model to focus on innovation and the consumer , as well as newell rubbermaid ' s brands . he restructured the company ' s manufacturing and supply chain and changed the company culture , to focus on collaboration .\njune 5 consumer products maker newell brands inc said on tuesday it would sell its rawlings sporting goods brand to seidler equity partners for about $ 395 million , as part of a plan to raise about $ 10 billion through divestitures .\nmorgan stanley analyst dara mohsenian continues to expects constellation brands ( stz ) to report another solid quarter above q1 consensus estimates but said expectations are somewhat high and shares are up nearly 30 % since january . the analyst is switching to newell brands ( nwl ) as a top pick and out of constellation brands following recent share strength . mohsenian maintains an overweight on constellation with a $ 204 price target due to high earnings visibility and believes the market is mispricing long - term growth potential .\nunited states brk brands , inc . 3901 liberty street aurora , illinois 60504 for consumer inquiries call : 800 . 323 . 9005\nfollowing the consummation of the acquisition , the board amended article first of newell\u0092s restated certificate of incorporation , effective april 15 , 2016 , and amended and restated newell\u0092s by - laws , effective april 15 , 2016 , each to reflect newell\u0092s name change to newell brands inc . a copy of the amendment to the restated certificate of incorporation and the by - laws , as amended , are filed as exhibits 3 . 1 and 3 . 2 , respectively , to this current report on form 8 - k and are incorporated herein by reference .\nnew york , ny / accesswire / july 4 , 2018 / pomerantz llp announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against newell brands inc . (\nnewell\nor the\ncompany\n) ( nwl ) and certain of its officers . the class action , filed in united states district court district of new jersey , and docketed under index 18 - cv - 11132 , is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise , acquired newell brands securities , between february 6 , 2017 and january 24 , 2018 , inclusive ( the\nclass period\n) , seeking to pursue remedies under the securities exchange act of 1934 ( the\nexchange act\n) against newell brands and certain of its senior officers ( collectively ,\ndefendants\n) . if you are a shareholder who purchased newell brands securities between february 6 , 2017 , and january 24 , 2018 , both dates inclusive , you have until august 20 , 2018 , to ask the court to appoint you as lead plaintiff for the class .\nnew york , ny / accesswire / july 2 , 2018 / pomerantz llp announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against newell brands inc . (\nnewell\nor the\ncompany\n) ( nwl ) and certain of its officers . the class action , filed in united states district court district of new jersey , and docketed under index 18 - cv - 11132 , is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise , acquired newell brands securities , between february 6 , 2017 and january 24 , 2018 , inclusive ( the\nclass period\n) , seeking to pursue remedies under the securities exchange act of 1934 ( the\nexchange act\n) against newell brands and certain of its senior officers ( collectively ,\ndefendants\n) . if you are a shareholder who purchased newell brands securities between february 6 , 2017 , and january 24 , 2018 , both dates inclusive , you have until august 20 , 2018 , to ask the court to appoint you as lead plaintiff for the class .\nnew york , ny / accesswire / june 30 , 2018 / pomerantz llp announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against newell brands inc . (\nnewell\nor the\ncompany\n) ( nwl ) and certain of its officers . the class action , filed in united states district court district of new jersey , and docketed under index 18 - cv - 11132 , is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise , acquired newell brands securities , between february 6 , 2017 and january 24 , 2018 , inclusive ( the\nclass period\n) , seeking to pursue remedies under the securities exchange act of 1934 ( the\nexchange act\n) against newell brands and certain of its senior officers ( collectively ,\ndefendants\n) . if you are a shareholder who purchased newell brands securities between february 6 , 2017 , and january 24 , 2018 , both dates inclusive , you have until august 20 , 2018 , to ask the court to appoint you as lead plaintiff for the class .\nif you provide us with personal information , and choose to join a particular company ' s e - mail list , we will place you on that company ' s list to receive e - mail regarding product / service updates , special offers , important issues and new products and services from that company as well as other subsidiaries and affiliates of newell brands . the personal information that you provide to that particular company will be shared internally with other subsidiaries and affiliates of newell brands . if you do not wish to receive e - mail updates or other marketing communications from that particular company or other newell brands subsidiariesand affiliates , please contact us at the opt - out e - mail address specified below .\nhoboken , n . j . - - ( business wire ) - - newell brands inc . ( nyse : nwl ) announced a series of changes related to a comprehensive strategic review of its business conducted since the completion of the newell rubbermaid and jarden combination . newell brands will transform from a holding company to an operating company and , with a new set of investment priorities and a sharpened set of portfolio choices , accelerate growth and performance by deploying a proven set of growth capabilities over a broader set of categories and by disproportionately resourcing the business with the greatest potential .\nthree jarden corporation directors to join the newell brands board of directors , including martin e . franklin , founder and executive chairman of jarden , and ian g . h . ashken , co - founder , vice chairman and president of jarden\nnewell brands said has reclassified the jarden outdoor segment into the play segment , which includes the outdoor & recreation , fishing and team sports brands . the segment includes coleman , campingaz , marmot , contigo and bubba in the outdoor & recreation category ; abu garcia , berkley , shakespeare , penn and ugly stik in the fish category ; and rawlings in the team sports category .\nnew york , ny / accesswire / july 6 , 2018 / pawar law group announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of shareholders who purchased shares of newell brands inc . ( nyse : nwl ) between . . .\nnewell brands inc . ( nyse : nwl ) will begin winding down businesses in the coming weeks it does not think it can sell , with the goal of closing them by the end of the year , its ceo told investors thursday .\nnewell rubbermaid has selected a unilever executive who serves on its board to be its next president and ceo .\nnewell rubbermaid shares closed friday at $ 44 . 33 , up 14 cents or 0 . 3 % .\n( b ) in conjunction with a request for proposal and competitive review of other independent registered public accounting firms noted above , on april 11 , 2016 , the audit committee authorized and instructed newell to engage pwc to serve as newell\u0092s independent registered public accounting firm to audit newell\u0092s consolidated financial statements for the 2016 fiscal year .\nupon completion of the acquisition , the following appointments to newell\u0092s senior leadership team became effective . the other officers that served on newell\u0092s senior leadership immediately prior to the acquisition will continue to serve in their respective roles .\nbill burke , currently chief operating officer , newell rubbermaid , will lead the legacy jarden business upon completion of the transaction , working closely with richard sansone , jarden\u0092s executive vice president of operations and the senior leadership teams across the jarden businesses to deliver the current business plans while working with mark tarchetti to insure the seamless transition of jarden into newell brands .\nnewell is currently reviewing the chief financial officer position . john k . stipancich will continue in his position as chief financial officer pending the completion of this review , which newell expects to conclude in the next several months .\nnew york , ny / accesswire / july 6 , 2018 / bronstein , gewirtz & grossman , llc notifies investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed against newell brands , inc . (\nnewell\nor the\ncompany\n) ( nwl ) and certain of its officers , on behalf of shareholders who purchased or otherwise acquired newell brands securities between february 6 , 2017 and january 24 , 2018 , both dates inclusive ( the\nclass period\n) . this class action seeks to recover damages against defendants for alleged violations of the federal securities laws under the securities exchange act of 1934 .\nadditionally , effective april 22 , 2016 , the newell brands board of directors will expand to include martin e . franklin , founder and former executive chairman of jarden ; ian g . h . ashken , co - founder , former vice chairman and president of jarden ; and ros l\u2019esperance , group managing director , head of americas investment banking & chairman of global investment banking at ubs . the new twelve - member newell brands board of directors will be led by non - executive chairman michael cowhig .\nmany of our brands are more than a century old but still make a powerful difference in life ' s moments that matter the most .\natlanta - - ( business wire ) - - newell brands inc . ( nyse : nwl ) is pleased to announce the successful completion of the combination of newell rubbermaid and jarden corporation . this transaction creates a $ 16 billion global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of leading brands , including paper mate\u00ae , sharpie\u00ae , dymo\u00ae , expo\u00ae , parker\u00ae , elmer\u2019s\u00ae , coleman\u00ae , jostens\u00ae , marmot\u00ae , rawlings\u00ae , irwin\u00ae , lenox\u00ae , oster\u00ae , sunbeam\u00ae , foodsaver\u00ae , mr . coffee\u00ae , rubbermaid commercial products\u00ae , graco\u00ae , baby jogger\u00ae , nuk\u00ae , calphalon\u00ae , rubbermaid\u00ae , contigo\u00ae , first alert\u00ae , waddington and yankee candle\u00ae . the company has been renamed newell brands inc . and will continue to be listed on the new york stock exchange with ticker symbol nwl .\nnewell brands inc . reported that sales at its outdoor solutions segment increased 12 . 1 percent on a pro - forma basis in the third quarter , but that nearly all the gains came from the acquisition of jostens in the fourth quarter of 2015 .\nnewell brands reported sales of its jarden outdoor segment expanded 0 . 5 percent on a pro - forma basis . growth from contigo beverage containers , coleman coolers and team sports was partially offset by inventory destocking at fishing and ongoing challenges on coleman camping .\ncommunications directed to the independent or non - management directors should be sent to the attention of the chairman of the board or the chairperson of the nominating / governance committee , c / o newell brands ' corporate secretary , at the address indicated above .\nnewell brands will be led by michael polk as chief executive officer . mark tarchetti will serve as the president of newell brands with enterprise - wide responsibility for bringing the companies together and establishing an operating cadence that delivers the full potential of the combination , realizes the synergies and delivers the business case . for the balance of 2016 , the operating structure will remain largely unchanged with jarden and newell rubbermaid commercial operations running independent of each other . william burke will serve as the president of jarden group . burke will lead the jarden businesses working closely with richard sansone , chief operating officer , jarden group , and the jarden business leaders to ensure a seamless transition and delivery of the 2016 goals . joseph arcuri and richard davies will continue to serve in their recently announced roles as chief commercial officer and chief development officer , respectively , of newell rubbermaid group . russell torres , recently appointed chief transformation officer , will lead newell brands\u2019 integration and transformation efforts including delivery of the remaining savings associated with project renewal . bradford turner has been appointed chief legal officer and corporate secretary of newell brands . other key appointments will be made over the coming weeks . this leadership team will work together to develop the corporate and portfolio strategy of the new company .\nfrom kindergarten craft projects and creative masterpieces to boardroom presentations , newell products fuel creativity and learning at every age .\nthis press release and additional information about newell rubbermaid are available on the company ' s web site , urltoken .\nmark tarchetti , currently chief development officer , newell rubbermaid , will become the president of newell brands upon completion of the transaction , with an initial focus leading the integration of the companies , including synergy delivery , portfolio strategy and long - term business development plans such as accelerated market deployment of the brands at home and internationally . he will also be responsible for the creation of a number of enterprise - wide capabilities , including design , innovation , insights , ecommerce , and direct - to - consumer commerce .\nadditionally , we may share statistical or aggregated non - personal information about our users with advertisers , business partners , sponsors and other third parties . this data is used to customize newell brands website content and advertising to deliver a better experience to our users .\nleading with integrity and ensuring the company\u2019s ongoing compliance in all areas of business are of paramount importance at newell brands . our experienced board of directors provides ongoing counsel and oversight while ensuring the company adds value and acts in the best interests of its shareholders .\nfor example , in december of last year , newell brands announced the acquisition of sistema plastics , a new - zealand based food storage company with annual sales of nearly $ 145 million . in january , it acquired smith mountain industries of the woodwick candle brand .\nthis site may use cookies for site administration purposes . if for any reason you wish to not take advantage of cookies , you may have your browser not accept them , although this may disable or render unusable some of the features of the newell brands website .\ncontinuing brands in the outdoor solutions group include marmot and coleman , as well as the abu garcia , berkley and shakespeare fishing brands and rawlings baseball , basketball and softball game - related product lines . other smaller brands in the outdoor & recreation segment that are also purportedly keepers include : campingaz , exofficio , fenwick , greys , gulp ! , hardy , invicta , jostens , mitchell , neff , penn , stearns , stren and trilene .\nketchum intends to remain on newell rubbermaid ' s board until may . he announced his intent to retire in january .\njarden shareholders will receive , for each jarden share , $ 21 in cash and 0 . 862 of a share in newell rubbermaid stock at closing ; newell rubbermaid shareholders will own approximately 55 percent of the company after the transaction is complete\natlanta - - ( business wire ) - - newell brands inc . ( nyse : nwl ) announced today that the company has appointed ralph nicoletti executive vice president and chief financial officer , effective june 8 , 2016 . the announcement follows the recent combination of newell rubbermaid and jarden corporation , which closed on april 15 , 2016 , forming a new $ 16 billion consumer goods powerhouse ."]}
{"id": 56219, "summary": [{"text": "reaction fireworks is a united kingdom company that stages large-scale fireworks displays .", "topic": 30}, {"text": "it was founded in 1985 .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "formerly known as alan hillary pyrotechnics , the name of the company was changed in 2007 .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "its main offices are in consett , county durham , england . ", "topic": 38}], "title": "reaction fireworks", "paragraphs": ["we don\u2019t sell retail fireworks but we highly recommend either dynamic fireworks , epic fireworks or fireworks direct for all your retail needs ! please mention reaction fireworks when ordering .\nunderstanding the chemistry and physics of fireworks can increase the enjoyment of a fireworks display .\nhighlights from the 2015 bluewater christmas light switch on . fireworks , rooftop pyrotechnics , flames and lighting effects produced by the award winning reaction fireworks . show less\nreaction fireworks have an enviable reputation for choreographing music to fireworks and have a large inventory of colours and effects which means we can deliver the most creative themed firework displays imaginable .\nin firecrackers or other fireworks , the cardboard shell of the firecracker explodes with a loud popping sound when the chemical burning reaction releases the gas .\nwhen the fuse on a firecracker is lit and burns , it sets off a chemical reaction .\nof fireworks in switzerland are contained in the ordinance on explosives . regulations for the use of fireworks are published by the industrial association , the swiss central fireworks office ( skf ) .\nreaction did the pyrotechnic fireworks at our wedding last weekend , we chose the music and they created the most amazing display to accompany it ! everybody at the wedding have been speaking about the fireworks ever since ! i would definitely recommend reaction to anyone thinking of having fireworks on their special day . thank you so much for finishing our day off with with such a fantastic boom ! xx\nwe booked reaction fireworks for our wedding reception last weekend and i have to say the display was better than i could of ever imagined . we didn ' t want it to end ! my little boy loved them as well as all of our wedding guests . a perfect end to a perfect day ! thank you reaction fireworks !\nreaction fireworks have over 25 year\u2019s experience of organising events and public firework displays and we would be happy to give you advice on the organisation of your firework display .\ndecember 2006 \u2013 july 2008 , rapid reaction team lead , afrl , kirtland afb , n . m .\nif your venue has a restriction on the use of fireworks this is probably due to noise . reaction fireworks can provide stunning , low noise displays and would be happy to speak to your venue on your behalf to see what we can do .\nit ' s been a busy past few weeks for the reaction team with proms , weddings and corporate firework displays .\nreaction fireworks has been producing top quality , award winning wedding firework displays for over 30 years , making us the perfect team to deliver a truly memorable and spectacular display for your special occasion .\nreaction fireworks have staged thousands of professional firework displays over the past 30 years and are regarded both in the industry and by our clients as one of the most creative and exciting firework companies in the uk .\nwe had our wedding in 2011 and hired reaction fireworks . it was all last min but they come and put on a speculator show . even now people still talk about the fireworks at langley castle which was our wedding . fab professional job , i would definitely recommend them , thank you\nwe only use category 4 fireworks for our displays . these types of fireworks are not available to the general public but only professional firework companies . the fireworks are much larger , louder and brighter than those which are bought in the shops .\nlet skylighter fireworks create that \u2018wow\u2019 impact for the audience at your next event .\nreaction fireworks stock a vast range of fireworks for sale at great prices , we also have many special offers and buy one get one free fireworks with fast delivery on all orders . from spinning wheels to fountains and mines , barrages and cakes to candles , plus many different firework display packs at discounted prices and not forgetting our range of amazing rockets . we also have a wide variety of supplementary products including chinese flying lanterns , wax processional torches , indoor fireworks and indoor ice fountains .\nreaction delivered a quite sensational display for the kirkley hall bonfire night event . widely acknowledged by staff and customers alike as the best one the venue has ever had . reaction staff were a joy to work with both in advance and on the day . can ' t wait for 2018 .\nreaction delivered a quite sensational display for the kirkley hall bonfire night event . widely acknowledged by staff and customers alike as the best one the venue has ever had . reaction staff were a joy to work with both in advance and on the day . can ' t wait for 2018 .\nmany people enjoy fireworks displays on the fourth of july , the new year , and other festive holidays . these fireworks displays produce many loud sounds and vibrant colors , but how ?\nafter a series of fireworks shenanigans in 1731 , officials in rhode island outlawed the use of fireworks for mischievous ends . at the turn of the 20th century , the society for the suppression of unnecessary noise campaigned against the use of fireworks ( and other elements of urban hubbub ) , and their efforts are largely responsible for the first fireworks regulations in the united states .\nstrontium salts create red fireworks . but if you can\u2019t catch your local light show in person ( and if you still have a glass screen television ) , strontium also protects you from errant radiation caused by the reaction in your screen\u2019s cathode ray tubes .\nthere are many great guides online to photographing fireworks . click here for the top google searches .\n2 . the invention of fireworks led to the invention of pyrotechnic weaponry\u2014not the other way around .\n11 . americans have been setting off fireworks to celebrate their independence since 1777 , at least .\n2001 , umwelt - materialien nr . 140 , buwal , fireworks - environmental impact and safety risks\nin the case of early fireworks , saltpeter was the oxidizing ingredient that drove the reaction , as british scholar roger bacon figured out in the early 1200s . interestingly , bacon kept his findings a secret , writing them in code to keep them out of the wrong hands .\nthanks to adam scott and all the rf team . your fireworks were the end to perfect wedding weekend .\nthe firework reaction products that are emitted are deposited and thus enter the soil , crops and , in the case of fireworks over water , standing waters . this pollution has not been measured yet . therefore , the deposition of firework - related elements must be estimated from model calculations .\nwe hired reaction fireworks for our wedding . right from the start they were very professional , offering much needed advice and help as we planned what we were going to have . the fireworks were some of the best we have ever seen , our guests were blown away , i would have no hesitation in using again ! tip - have music to the display , we did and it was amazing .\nsince non - quantifiable fractions of firework reaction products also occur in the shells as slag , farmers and parents are advised to remove visible firework residues from fields and playgrounds after use .\nto produce a bright white color , the chemical reactions must burn at a very high temperature . mixing aluminum or magnesium in with the gunpowder will produce a white hot chemical burning reaction .\ndrake brought the fireworks\u2014and the waterworks\u2014to the billboard music awards . after watching his young money labelmate nicki minaj open the \u2026\nwe believe the combination of music and fireworks adds so much more to a display and makes for a more spectacular occasion .\n5 . china may have invented the firework , but italy invented the aerial shell ( and also made fireworks colorful ) .\nfireworks consist of a wide range of products with a highly variable composition . the available data on fireworks ( safety , environmental effects ) are often incomplete . this applies also to consumption figures , which can only be estimated . every year , some\nat the distances where people watching fireworks usually are , noise levels can exceed the impuls noise limit according to suva guidelines . the\nwe had reaction do our wedding fireworks at doxford barns on 27 . 02 . 16 . they were absolutely amazing ! ! our guests loved them too & there were a lot of comments that they were better than some organised displays they had been to ! they just kept going ! i can ' t wait to see the pictures our photographer took ! it made our day even more special . highly recommended . now i just need to think what occasion i can have fireworks at . . . . ! !\nreaction fireworks put on a display for the evening of our wedding on new year ' s eve 2016 . despite the fact that it was raining , they managed to put on a display that was totally jaw - dropping ( and i say this as somebody who doesn ' t normally like fireworks ! ) . they beautifully matched the display to a selection of music chosen by us . the guests loved it and it was one of the highlights of the day . the team clearly know what they are doing and come highly recommended .\nthe cost of a professional firework display can vary enormously depending on the intensity , size and number of fireworks fired and the duration of the display .\nin the combustion of fireworks , the main component gunpowder gives rise to the solid reaction products such as potassium carbonate , potassium sulphate and potassium sulphide , together with unreacted sulphur . the reaction products from effects mixtures are generally solids and consist of metal oxides and , less often , chlorides . the air pollution caused by firework reaction products is well documented by measurements in switzerland and abroad . fine particulates are notable in reaching record short - term pollution levels . evaluation of data from swiss gauging stations shows that over a short period , such high levels of respirable fine particulates ( pm10 ) may be reached that the 24h average values may exceed the 50 \u00b5g / m 3 threshold stipulated in the ordinance on air pollution control ( oapc ) . this value is laid down for health reasons and may be exceeded only once a year . international surveys - in more polluted areas - show that susceptible people may be measurably affected .\nwe believe that wedding fireworks are the essential add - on to your special day , for that reason we have developed a number of pricing options to suit everyone\u2019s budget . the cost of a fireworks display can vary widely depending on the number of fireworks used , the intensity of the display , duration and if the display is choreographed to music . every display we design we do with you and your venue in mind and our pricing tables below provide an easy guide . whatever you choose you can rest assured your display will contain the same high - quality fireworks we use in all of our displays and be delivered to the highest standard .\nreaction fireworks . . words can not describe how excellent the firework display was for our wedding at seaham hall , alison my wife , to which it was a total suprise cried to at end of your brilliant choregraphed and professional display which was set to our favourite songs . our guests stlll talk about this stunning display . thank you . . . . . . anyone wanting a brilliant display look no further then this company ,\npollution , particularly associated with large fireworks displays , cannot be ignored . immissions of respirable fine particles ( pm10 ) are at the level of injury to sensitive persons .\ni happened upon this experience completely by mistake and managed to witness some of wishes while flying through the air on the dumbo ride . the view was spectacular as the fireworks were bursting directly above me and i thought , \u201cnow this is how you watch the fireworks ! \u201d there are plenty of outdoor rides / attractions around disney property that would make the perfect viewing spot for the fireworks\u2014the only problem is you won\u2019t be able to catch the fireworks in their entirety due to the short length of most attractions . but if you are able to time it right you will be in for an exhilarating experience , guaranteed ! the most notable rides to be on during the wishes fireworks show include dumbo the flying elephant , astro orbiter , the magic carpets of aladdin and big thunder mountain railroad at the magic kingdom . if you are at downtown disney , you can potentially score the best seat in the house as you soar high in your tethered balloon during characters in flight . from this elevation , you could see any of the three parks\u2019 fireworks shows !\nwe can choreograph fireworks to any piece of music , but some styles of music work better than others . we suggest you start with a theme or favourite song in mind .\nit would be fair to say everyone was amazed . no one had heard of heavens above fireworks before and had no idea what to expect . so many people said to me\ndogs whimper . cats hide under the bed . birds become so startled they get disoriented and fly into things . even some people have extreme fears of fireworks or noise phobia .\nfrom the initial meeting outlining our vision i knew that our event was in safe hands . watching 10 , 000 + crowd on the night , it was clear that they were dazzles and the audience reaction confirmed this . all of the feedback was exceptionally positive and that was in no small measure due to the breathtaking display provided . all of the skylighter team are a pleasure to work with and i couldn\u2019t think of a more qualified , imaginative team to produce fireworks .\nat the side of the page you can find a quick map to get to our office . we don\u2019t sell retail fireworks and we prefer appointments so please contact us before visiting .\nto get red , white , and blue fireworks , use lithium or strontium for the red . use magnesium or aluminum for the white , and use chemicals containing copper for the blue .\nand before making fireworks that burst a bright white color , titanium dioxide played a role keeping your family safe from sunburn . the compound is a natural uv blocker found in most sunscreens .\nwe work hard to ensure all of our fireworks are waterproofed and protected from the weather and we won\u2019t cancel a firework display due to rain unless there is flooding or a risk to people .\n( julie\u2019s husband simon commissioned heavens above fireworks to hold a memorial display for his parents , in 2007 . it was held at his local rugby club . he was so pleased with the event\nskylighter fireworks are an outstanding supplier for v8 supercars australia . since my earliest involvement with nick at the castrol gold coast 600 , i have found their company to be world class in many ways .\ndioxins can be released during the combustion of copper containing fireworks . laboratory experiments , which investigated the extent of dioxin formation caused by setting off various pyrotechnic devices , and measurements taken during bonfire night in great britain where both bonfires and fireworks are burned as in switzerland , indicate that bonfires are a far more significant source of dioxin than pyrotechnic devices , especially when waste wood and other wastes are burned .\nit might seem obvious , but it\u2019s worth noting for those who plan to tinker with pyrotechnics in the backyard this 4th of july . last year saw an uptick in fireworks - related injuries according to a new report by the consumer product safety commission ( cpsc ) . in 2012 , 8 , 700 people injured themselves using fireworks , and in 2013 , that tally jumped to 11 , 300 people . roughly 65 percent of those injuries happened in the 30 days surrounding july 4th . more than 40 percent of the injuries involved sparklers and rockets . in addition to injuries , fireworks can also spark wildfires .\nthe chemical burning reactions in the gunpowder in the fireworks vaporize the gunpowder and the color producing chemicals mixed in with the gunpowder . the hot gas atoms frequently collide with each other in the firework explosion .\nposed by fireworks due to the use should not be underestimated . the existing swiss safety regulations and recommendations regarding retail and use of fireworks are sufficient to obtain an acceptable safety level . there is still some scope for improvement / potential lie in the provision of information , to raise consumer awareness of the risk of accidents . children and adolescents should be the primary target group , since they are disproportionately involved in accidents .\nif you can , book dinner reservations that offer a great view of cinderella castle or epcot\u2019s world showcase lagoon , ensuring they coincide with the nightly fireworks show ! some of my favorite locations for the magic kingdom fireworks include the contemporary resort\u2019s california grill as well as the grand floridian\u2019s narcoossee\u2019s . both restaurants have a supreme outdoor viewing spot designated for patrons only , or you can watch the fireworks show from the comfort of your own table . at epcot , the united kingdom pavilion\u2019s rose and crown pub as well as the mexico pavilion\u2019s la hacienda de san angel are right on the water , making these dining locations ideal for catching illuminations .\neven some of the very first independence day celebrations involved fireworks . on july 4 , 1777 , philadelphia put together an elaborate day of festivities , notes american university historian james r . heintze . the celebration included a 13 cannon display , a parade , a fancy dinner , toasts , music , musket salutes , \u201cloud huzzas , \u201d and of course fireworks . heintze cites this description from the virginia gazette on july 18 , 1777 :\ncontact us and we will be happy to discuss your display . we will then provide a detailed quotation that includes the number of fireworks , the type and calibre of each firework and detailed description of each firework effect .\nanother notable feature of fireworks displays is the vibrant colors . in the usa , red , white , and blue are of course popular july 4th colors . many other colors are also possible . what produces these colors ?\nwe organised for reaction to do fireworks for our son adam and daughter - in - law sam ' s evening reception following their marriage at south causey inn . i must say they were out standing . it was a surprise for the bride and groom , and they knew nothing of it until they were ushered outside . they were fantastic , very professional , and set to music which we had chosen . it was the talk of the reception , and still is . well worth the money , and the expression on adam & sams faces - priceless ! would highly recommend .\na firework requires three key components : an oxidizer , a fuel and a chemical mixture to produce the color . the oxidizer breaks the chemical bonds in the fuel , releasing all of the energy that\u2019s stored in those bonds . to ignite this chemical reaction , all you need is a bit of fire , in the form of a fuse or a direct flame .\njust as artists produce colors by mixing primary colors , fireworks displays can also produce colors that are mixtures of other colors . for example mixing the chemicals that produce red and blue colors will produce a purple colored firework display .\nthere is some evidence that large fireworks displays may lead to high pm10 concentrations . thus oapc immission threshold could be exceeded if major pyrotechnic displays are performed on 1st / 2nd august and 31st dec . / 1st jan , respectively . we should point out that , according to nabel measurements , the 24h average for pm10 is currently been exceeded on 20 to 77 days per year . putting things into perspective , a general ban of fireworks devices is not intended .\nthe two - part command post series\nthe decline and fall of the volunteer fire service ?\nby contributing editor harry r . carter , ph . d . , in the february and march issues of firehouse generated much reaction from volunteer fire chiefs , company officers and firefighters . we asked a sampling of them to participate in a roundtable discussion of recruitment and retention issues .\nthe company has won many prestigious national awards including the british national firework championships , scottish firework championships and silver at the british musical championships , as well as competing on a world stage in major competitions including china the birthplace of fireworks .\npollution due to deposition of fireworks related elements is negligible . the assumed deposition rates should be verified , at a minimum by measuring barium as a marker in the fallout or in environmental samples such as grass or dust from sealed areas .\nthankyou so much for all your in put to ensure the end of my daughters wedding was a one to remember . all 250 guests at matfen hall were truly amazed at how fantastic the fireworks were , can ' t ever thank you enough xx\nas a surprise , my parents arranged for reaction to come and perform a display along to music at our wedding . i was totally overwhelmed by how amazing it was and our guests are still talking about them now , 8 weeks later ! by all accounts the team were so professional and helpful throughout . thank you for making our day so special and for giving us a memory we will treasure forever .\ndo you have small children in your group ? fireworks can be awfully overwhelming to sensitive kiddos who might not be able to comprehend that they\u2019re not in danger as these bright lights burst above them with a thundering boom . if you aren\u2019t certain what their reaction will be , perhaps positioning yourself a bit of a distance away from the show is your best bet . watching from afar will make the noise less frightening , and if they begin to panic you can always duck into the nearest souvenir shop or attraction . the closer you are standing to the main show , the larger the crowds and the harder it will be to escape should they become upset .\none of the greatest things about fireworks is being able to see them from quite a distance away . while viewing wishes nighttime spectacular from the hub of cinderella castle is an experience like no other , you will still get a great show even if you aren\u2019t inside the park itself ! some locations at the neighboring resorts even pipe the music through nearby speakers for your viewing pleasure . to get a wonderful view of fireworks at the magic kingdom , check out the contemporary resort\u2019s grand concourse balcony ( 4th floor ) where you\u2019ll find a designated fireworks viewing spot . the beaches at disney\u2019s polynesian village resort and disney\u2019s fort wilderness resort and campgrounds as well as the boat deck at disney\u2019s grand floridian resort and spa are also great places to watch . if you are at disney\u2019s boardwalk resort around the time of illuminations : reflections of earth , head to the bridge connecting this resort to epcot and disney\u2019s yacht and beach club resort . though not an unobstructed view , you\u2019ll be able to catch epcot\u2019s nightly fireworks here .\nagain , given their components , it\u2019s probably not too surprising that recycling exploded fireworks isn\u2019t an option . before tossing them in the trash , soaking the discards in water is always a good idea . any cardboard is likely too dirty to be of any value to recyclers , though it\u2019s always a good idea to check with your city or municipality\u2019s waste department . if you are trying to dispose of unused fireworks , it\u2019s a good idea to call them as well , as most have special disposal procedures for explosives .\nskylighter fireworx is a queensland company and one of australia\u2019s largest fireworks display company\u2019s . skylighter produces innovative fireworks displays , exciting sports activations and magical wedding pyrotechnics . skylighter fireworx is a fully integrated pyrotechnics business , incorporating product design , manufacture and importation to presenting spectacular displays for a wide range of events . from city wide national events , grand sporting stages or an intimate wedding display , we have the creative flair to ignite your event , the passion to excite your audience and the experience to produce a jaw dropping moment .\nonly this time , his fans and foes weren\u2019t only dragging him for his hard partying and fast life . audience members took to social media to diss the r & b legend for his subpar singing and accused him of being more \u201clit\u201d than the night\u2019s fireworks show .\nin may 2016 fireworx undertook a spectacular sky show for a function we hosted at the star , broadbeach . we had 2 000 guests on the lawn and on the deck at \u2018garden kitchen and bar\u2019 celebrating the final day of the \u2018ate16\u2019 tourism trade show . the band on the lawn was queued to play katie perry\u2019s hit \u2018firework\u2019 and , perfectly on cue , a brilliant burst of colourful fireworks shot into the sky for a long show which included the most amazing fireworks i have every experienced . the colours and shapes were spectacular . being shot from a barge on the water adjacent but not visible to our guests gave the show an extra special impact , our guests were mesmerised and it was the perfect end to a week - long conference with delegates from all over the world posting on social media with pictures and video of the fireworks .\nbut that wasn ' t all . to the sounds of loud music and mooing , another helicopter then appeared , carrying the headless carcass of a cow , which had been stuffed with fireworks . the bundle was then dropped on an abandoned building , where the cow exploded upon impact .\neven fireworks need a pick - me - up now and then , which is where chlorine chemistry enters the picture . in addition to keeping your backyard pool bacteria - free , chlorine compounds are responsible for strengthening a firework\u2019s color , and in some cases provide oxygen for the firework\u2019s combustion .\nsome groups have already found substitutes for barium compounds and potassium perchlorate . by replacing chlorine with iodine , a team at the u . s . army\u2019s pyrotechnics technology and prototyping division found that sodium and potassium periodate are both safe and effective oxidizers . the same group also found success replacing barium with boron . the work is aimed at making more environmentally friendly flares for military use , but could also be applied to civilian fireworks . some fireworks that use nitrogen - rich compounds in place of perchlorates have been used in small displays , but the challenge is making eco - friendly products as cheap as alternatives .\ntomorrow , millions of americans will stand in awe of the grand displays of chemistry \u2014that is , fireworks\u2014bursting over their hometown on the fourth of july . it\u2019s easy to appreciate science in that moment , when explosives are launched to just the right height to ensure safety and explode in an array of color .\nalthough copper salts are responsible for blue fireworks , copper is probably most notable for making the statue of liberty her beautiful shade of bluish green . for more than 12 million american immigrants who entered through ellis island , the copper - coated statue marked the beginning of a new life in the united states .\nlike many independence days before it , this year\u2019s celebrations will undoubtedly involve some sort of pyrotechnics display . fireworks have been astounding audiences across the globe for centuries , and if the images above ( all submitted by our readers ) are any evidence , this year\u2019s displays are sure to be just as spectacular as years past .\nwe have had many events that incorporate fireworks at intercontinental sanctuary cove resort , however one of our favourites would have to be an event they assisted us with for gold coast business events . it was honestly one of the most spectacular shows we\u2019ve seen ! the theme behind the event was \u2018welcome to the athlete\u2019s village\u2019 , this incorporated both fireworks and jetpacks to deliver a commonwealth games inspired show . from the early stages of planning we knew we needed skylighter fireworx to be apart of this event . we knew that they would put together a show that would not only be incredible , but also showcase intercontinental sanctuary cove resort in an amazing light .\nphysicists and chemists call the specific colors of light emitted when the electrons jump to lower energy levels the emission line spectrum . each element has its own unique colors or emission line spectrum . engineers designing fireworks displays select the chemical elements or compounds that have the right emission line spectrum to produce the desired colors for the display .\nyes . however , consideration should be given to daylight hours and when it will be dark enough to get the full impact of the fireworks . by law a firework cannot be fired after 11 . 00pm unless the date of the display has dispensation such as november 5 th , new years eve , chinese new year or diwali .\ngiven their ingredients , it makes sense that fireworks are not so great for the environment . exploding a firework releases heavy metals , dioxins , perchlorates and other air pollutants into the atmosphere , and these pollutants have serious health effects in high doses . barium nitrate can cause lung problems , while the oxidizer potassium perchlorate has been linked to thyroid problems and birth defects .\nthere are two fireworks dessert parties mentioned on the official disney world website\u2014tomorrowland terrace dessert party at the magic kingdom and illuminations sparkling dessert party at epcot . both promise vip seating with a stellar view of the nightly fireworks display , all the while giving you the option of stuffing yourself silly with the most delectable desserts known to mankind . these viewing parties are pure indulgence , guaranteeing a feast for your eyes as well as your stomachs . if you are fortunate enough to book a reservation , you won\u2019t have to worry about jockeying for a spot among the crowds of spectators as you have a guaranteed designated spot just for you with a perfect view ! for available dates and to secure a reservation , visit the walt disney world\u2019s website .\nmultiple studies to corroborate could millisecond differences in reaction times meaningfully capture people\u2019s beliefs and predict success in their goals ? for instance , could this seven - minute - long measure of milliseconds predict who would earn straight a\u2019s in their college classes ? we found that they did . and we didn\u2019t observe this relationship just once . we found that again and again \u2013 across seven different studies , run in different labs , with different populations and predicting different types of persistence and success . across five studies , we found that college students\u2019 implicit belief in the importance of schoolwork predicted who got higher grades .\nthe two - part command post series \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the decline and fall of the volunteer fire service ? \u00e2\u20ac by contributing editor harry r . carter , ph . d . , in the february and march issues of firehouse\u00e2\u00ae magazine generated much reaction from volunteer fire chiefs , company officers and firefighters . we asked a sampling of them to participate in a roundtable discussion of recruitment and retention issues . the discussion centered on whether their fire departments have problems recruiting new members and retaining existing members , innovative ways in which they have tried to correct these problems , and whether they see the situation getting better or worse in the future .\nimplicit beliefs are mental associations that are measured indirectly . rather than asking the person to state what they think about some topic , implicit measures use computerized reaction - time tasks to infer the strength of someone\u2019s implicit associations . for instance , a great deal of research by psychologists brian nosek , tony greenwald and mahzarin banajiover the last two decades has shown that people often hold negative implicit associations about members of stigmatized racial and ethnic groups . even though many participants in these studies explicitly stated they believed in fairness and equality among racial groups , they nevertheless showed implicit biases toward racial and ethnic groups . in other words , whereas people \u201csaid\u201d they were egalitarian , they in fact possessed strong negative associations in their mind when it came to certain racial groups .\nas early as 200 b . c . , the chinese were writing on green bamboo stalks and heating it on coals to dry . sometimes if left too long over the heat , the wood expanded and even burst , with a bang of course . according to scientific american , chinese scholars noticed that the noises effectively scared off abnormally large mountain men . and , thus , the firecracker was born . by some accounts , fireworks were also thought to scare away evil spirits .\n\u201cthe evening was closed with the ringing of bells , and at night there was a grand exhibition of fireworks , which began and concluded with thirteen rockets on the commons , and the city was beautifully illuminated . every thing was conducted with the greatest order and decorum , and the face of joy and gladness was universal . thus may the 4th of july , that glorious and ever memorable day , be celebrated through america , by the sons of freedom , from age to age till time shall be no more . \u201d\nwhile marco polo did return from china in 1295 with fireworks , some argue that europeans were likely exposed to gunpowder weaponry a little earlier during the crusades . in the 9th century , china began trying to control the flow of gunpowder to its neighbors , in hopes of keeping the benefits of the technology to itself in case of conflict . given that arabs used various types of gunpowder - like weapons during the crusades , gunpowder likely spread to the middle east along the silk road in the intervening period , despite china\u2019s best efforts .\nmost modern fireworks displays use aerial shells , which resemble ice cream cones . developed in the 1830s by italian pyrotechnicians , the shells contain fuel in a cone bottom , while the \u201cscoop\u201d contains an outer layer of pyrotechnic stars , or tiny balls containing the chemicals needed to produce a desired color , and an inner bursting charge . italians are also credited with figuring out that one could use metallic powders to create specific colors . today , the shape that the firework produces is a product of the inner anatomy of the aerial shell or rocket .\nthis \u201cfire drug\u201d ( or huo yao ) became an integral part of chinese cultural celebrations . stuffing the aforementioned bamboo tubes with gunpowder created a sort of sparkler . it wasn\u2019t long before military engineers used the explosive chemical concoction to their advantage . the first recorded use of gunpowder weaponry in china dates to 1046 and references a crude gunpowder catapult . the chinese also took traditional bamboo sparklers and attached them to arrows to rain down on their enemies . on a darker note , there are also accounts of fireworks being strapped to rats for use in medieval warfare .\nkate beckinsale ' s gown at the 2017 billboard music awards immediately caught our eye thanks to some loud details . the star showed up in a black zuhair murad dress featuring multicolored fireworks . the embellishments ( literally ) exploded across the plunging neckline number and dotted her dress ' s sheer train , which made it that much sexier . it was an unexpected pattern , especially for the red carpet , but quite fitting since the show is a celebratory night for artists and musicians . it also served as an early nod to the fourth of july , which reminds us : start planning your outfits now .\nthis week reactions is checking out some firework science . there ' s a bunch of chemistry that goes on when these guys light up the sky at night . from the sizzle of the fuse to the boom and burst of colors , this video brings you all of the exciting sights and sounds of fourth of july fireworks , plus a little chemical knowhow . john a . conkling , ph . d . , shows how the familiar rockets and other neat products that light up the night sky all represent chemistry in action . find us on all these places : subscribe ! urltoken facebook ! urltoken twitter ! urltoken\nfirehouse : what innovative ways have you tried to correct these problems ? haworth : we are currently working on a junior firefighters program . our goal is to get some of the young people in the community interested in working with the fire service . we also respond with one of the neighboring fire departments on calls in order to have adequate manpower . there is another program in the community that installs smoke alarms and fire extinguishers for residents who have a need . in this we try to up the residents\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 awareness of fire safety . on the fourth of july , we take one of our wildfire trucks and several personnel to stand by at the fireworks display . and during the yearly fire - prevention week , several of our members take a truck to the school and talk to the children about fire safety and prevention .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nevery display is personally designed and created by display director adam hillary , a leading pyrotechnician with an international reputation and experience on several continents .\nyour pyrotechnic display will be individually designed to meet your specific needs ; budget , location , duration etc . whether it is for a prestigious corporate event , a public firework display aimed at families or a spectacular wedding firework display .\njust amazing . put on a display to music for our wedding at woodhill hall on the 9th december 2017 and it was simply stunning . our guests are still talking about it ! very professional and couldn\u2019t recommend highly enough . thanks , neil & katie parrish\nit is with great sadness we say farewell to our long - time friend and colleague , rv harvey . he was always a pleasure to work with and was equally at home on a barge setting up a firework display in true pirate fashion as much as he was working with us on many events over the years .\nwe believe there is no better way to end your big day than having a spectacular firework display . not only does it inject magic , glamour and excitement it also leaves lasting memories for you and your guests .\nwhether you are looking for a small surprise wedding display or a large grand finale to blow you guests socks off , we have it covered .\nwe specialise in bespoke displays which are designed just for you , so if you have a particular song or colour in mind then let us know and we will incorporate them into your display . if you prefer you can choose from one of our great value , proven and crowd - pleasing packages .\nrecommended by , or preferred suppliers to many top hotels and locations throughout the uk , including gleneagles hotel , seaham hall and langley castle , you can rest assured that your display will be managed and presented to the highest standard .\nall our displays are professionally fired by bpa qualified operators using high - quality materials and electronically fired for precision timing and non - stop action .\nif you really want to impress , your firework display can be fully choreographed to music . use one of our popular programmes or are let us know your music choices and our display designer will choreograph your display with split second timing .\nwe provide a quality outdoor sound system suitable for up to 300 guests free of charge if you book a musical display .\nusing specialist materials we can provide a reduced noise , high - impact display at venues where noise levels are a consideration . choose from any one of our packages and we will replace the loud effects with visually stunning quieter ones .\nwhatever your budget and whether or not you have music we will create a unique and spectacular display that will keep your venue happy .\ndo you have a wedding theme , favourite piece of music or colour in mind ? we love being creative and will design your perfect wedding firework display in consultation with you .\nwe are also renowned for producing large - scale firework spectaculars and can tailor your display to any budget .\nwe love to talk and have a freephone number or you can just use the contact form below and we will respond within 24 hours ( normally sooner ) .\nwe take all major credit and debit cards just call us on 01207 524852 . for other ways to pay please visit urltoken\nfor wedding displays we do not require a deposit . full payment is required one week before the display .\nfor all other types of display the payment terms would be agreed prior to contract .\na high quality wedding firework display would normally cost about \u00a3800 for 6 - 8 minutes duration and typically \u00a3100 for every extra minute after that . once the budget exceeds \u00a31 , 500 then you could consider the option of having your display choreographed to music .\nas a guide an organisation such as a round table or parish council typically spends between \u00a33 , 000 to \u00a36 , 000 for a 15 to 20 minute pyromusical .\nmajor guy fawkes displays as seen in many cities accross the uk over november would typically cost between \u00a310 , 000 and \u00a316 , 000 and often have audiences in excess of 20 , 000 .\nlarger displays seen in such places as battersea park , edinburgh castle and the london eye can range from between \u00a330 , 000 to \u00a3200 , 000 .\nthe record for the most expensive firework display is held by kuwait for the 50th anniversary of the ratification of kuwait\u2019s constitution in november 2012 . the display cost a reported \u00a310 , 000 , 000 !\nthe guinness world record for the largest firework display was achieved by the church of christ in manilla in the philippines at the countdown to the 2016 new year celebrations . although the cost of the display is unreported .\nthe duration and budget for your display are intrinsically linked . in our opinion longer does not always mean better .\nfor a public or corporate display we would recommend the display duration to be between 18 and 22 minutes . this duration is proven to keep the attention of the audience throughout the entire display by delivering a high impact , non stop barrage of colour and sound .\nin all cases we will undertake a site survey and agree with the client the layout of the site and the safety distances .\nit is the client\u2019s responsibility to ensure that the safety distances are guarded and maintained .\nno . there are no restrictions other than any that are imposed by your venue .\nnot normally for a smaller firework displays but we think it is a good idea to let them and your neighbours know in advance to avoid any unexpected disturbance .\nfor public displays we would suggest you contact your local authority and they will advise you .\nwe always approach the selection of music in partnership with our clients . this helps to ensure that the creative process is collaborative and that the final selection is agreeable to all parties .\nsafety is our number one priority and unfortunately the wind is our number one enemy , however cancellation of a display is extremely rare .\nin windy conditions we may choose with agreement with the event organiser to fire a test shell and follow the track of the fallout .\nwe will do whatever we can to ensure a safe and successful display and may work with the organiser to move the spectator area or firing site .\nwe may choose to exclude long burning effects from the display or cancel the display completely .\nif we cancel a display we will always work with the display organiser to re - arrange the time or date if possible .\nyes . we can select different colours , effects and accompanying music to fit any theme .\nwhen designing a show we use many different type of firework including aerial shells , barrages ( cakes ) , roman candles , gerbs ( fountains ) , bundles , combinations , single shot and mines .\nyes we are members of the british pyrotechnists association ( bpa ) and explosives industry group ( eig ) .\nfor example the office received a morning call requiring a \u00a33 , 000 firework display for a fairground operator in hartlepool , our team were happy to deliver and the display was a huge success .\nwe always clear up as much of the firework debris as possible following the display , leaving the site as far as is possible , just as we found it .\nno . to be honest , we like the look of lanterns but they can be dangerous . there are many reports of serious burns , danger to livestock and wild animals as well as often been mistaken as distress flares .\na site survey will be undertaken by us and a site specific risk assessment carried out .\nwe work closely with our clients and are available to attend planning meetings , site surveys and work with safety advisory groups as required .\nwe will supply a copy of the site specific risk assessment in good time ahead of the firework display .\nheart and initials set - piece \u00a3105 \u2013 the perfect personalised addition to you wedding firework display . have your initials lit up either side of a gorgeous glowing red heart .\ndo you have a wedding theme , a favourite piece of music or colour in mind ? we love being creative and will design your perfect wedding firework display in consultation with you .\nlin - manuel miranda and william daniels talk hamilton , 1776 , mr . feeny , and more\nwolfgang flatz , one of europe ' s more provocative performance artists , gave perhaps his most explosive show to date in berlin , july 19 . according to reuters , police cordoned off a main section of the ritzy prenzlauer berg district as thousands gathered to watch flatz , wrapped in a ( seemingly ) blood - soaked sheet , suspended from a crane attached to a circling helicopter . dropping the sheet , flatz then appeared naked , his arms outstretched crucifixion style ."]}
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", "topic": 8}], "title": "cryptography research", "paragraphs": ["especially research experience on cryptography related areas required . the incumbent will be responsible for publishing research papers , presenting research . . .\nstrong track record in research publications and impact in the research community . visa research conducts applied and fundamental research , and was created to . . .\nvisa research conducts both applied and fundamental research . visa research is a newly created research organization as part of the company ' s effort on . . .\nparticipate in cutting - edge research in cryptography and blockchain technology . research at protocol labs . this isn ' t an ordinary research scientist position . . . .\nvulnerability research and exploit development . a good understanding of cryptography fundamentals . . . .\nscholarship and funding credentials that support the rank of either research assistant professor , research associate professor , or research professor ; . . .\nthe cryptography research group at microsoft research , redmond , is looking for a homomorphic encryption expert to join our team as a full - 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on with the practical implementation of new ideas . . . .\n1 - 2 + year of blockchain analysis and research experience . degree in applicable technical fields ( cs , finance , mathematics ) or be able to demonstrate deep . . .\ni got to speak to cryptography research inc , a company which i would expect , or at least hope much of the core value chain would have heard of . if not , then read on . i spoke with paul kocher , president & chief scientist , kit rodgers , business development & director of licensing and ken warren , smart card business manager .\ncryptography is the ancient science of encoding messages so that only the sender and receiver can understand them . cryptography is now available to everyone thanks to the development of modern computers , which can perform more mathematical operations in a second than a human being could do in a lifetime . an ordinary pc can produce codes of such complexity that the most powerful supercomputer using the best available attack algorithms would not break them in a million years . cryptography is used to secure telephone , internet , and email communication and to protect software and other digital property .\nwelcome to the home page of the cryptography research group at the ibm t . j . watson research center . current group members are : fabrice benhamouda , craig gentry , shai halevi , charanjit jutla , hugo krawczyk , and tal rabin . we are located in yorktown heights , ny . we are involved in a variety of research projects : from the theoretical foundations of cryptography to the design and implementation of cryptographic protocols . following the links on the left navigation bar you can find out more about the research activities in our group . we are very interested in interacting with the research and academic community . in fact , we run the cryptography research seminar where you can tell us about your interesting new results . longer visits to the group are also possible . we also run a regular crypto reading group to discuss recent published work in the crypto area . meetings of the reading group are usually open to visitors as well . former group members and visitors include : masayuki abe , prabhanjan ananth , gilad asharov , boaz barak , dario catalano , akshay degwekar , rosario gennaro , seung geol choi , mario di raimondo , yevgeniy dodis , leo fan , nelly fazio , dario fiore , marc fischlin , sanjam garg , yael gertner , sharon goldberg , dov gordon , carmit hazay , nick howgrave - graham , yuval ishai , yael tauman kalai , jonathan katz , venkata koppula , eyal kushilevitz , yehuda lindell , anna lysysanskaya , tal malkin , daniele micciancio , rafael pass , benny pinkas , antigoni polychroniadou , manoj prabhakaran , mariana raykova , alon rosen , noah stephens - davidowitz , vinod vaikuntathan , muthu venkitasubramaniam , louis von ahn , hoeteck wee , daniel wichs , mark zhandry .\nsony ' s victory in the dvd format wars was largely due to its embrace and toshiba ' s rejection of a sophisticated anti - copying scheme that promises to be relockable should it be cracked at some point in the future .\ntoshiba earlier this week announced that it will stop making hd dvd players , surrendering the field in a five - year battle with sony ' s blu - ray to become the disc format of the future .\nsupport from studios has been widely cited as the reason for blu - ray ' s victory , but few consumers know that the studios were likely won over by the presence of a digital lock on movies called bd + , a far more sophisticated and resilient digital rights management , or drm , system than that offered by hd dvd .\n\u201cthe adoption of bd + as part of the blu - ray disc specification \u2026 was a key factor in our decision to publish on the format , \u201d twentieth century fox home entertainment executive mike dunn said in a 2007 press release . \u201cthis added layer of content protection gives blu - ray yet another distinct competitive advantage . \u201d\nthe triumph of drm for video will almost certainly lead to continued attempts to hack the system , and risks alienating users who want to buy content once and have it available on whatever brand of tv , laptop , mp3 player and smartphone they own . that fight lasted for years in the music world , though it ' s now clear that drm for music is in its final throes .\nboth blu - ray and hd dvd formats use an anti - copying system called aacs , which has already been cracked ; but blu - ray employs bd + as an extra layer of protection . bd + is optional \u2013 not all blu - ray discs use it \u2013 and has not yet been compromised , despite claims to the contrary .\nwhen the player spins up the disc , the virtual machine software and the dvd player view each other with mutual suspicion , but initiate a complicated mating ritual involving checks of cryptographic keys .\nonce the disc decides the player is legitimate and hasn ' t been compromised , it allows the movie it contains to be decrypted for playback .\nbut if the disc detects that the player has been modified to record the movie , or it is using stolen keys from a different player , the disc won ' t play . unlike aacs , however , bd + has no ability to disable a player permanently , nor does its software linger after a disc is ejected .\ni don ' t want to pretend that security was the only thing that drove the content war ,\nkocher said .\nbut from a content perspective , i think security is the biggest overhang over the future of the studios and i think they realize that and they are doing what they can to deal with that .\nwhile file sharers who hang out at forums like doom9 might not appreciate kocher ' s latest effort , kocher was also the co - author of the ssl 3 . 0 specification , which allowed real security for online logins and online credit card purchasing .\nkocher says he ' s a technologist who had no desire to get caught up in a format war , and offered the technology to both camps . but toshiba decided that aacs was enough security .\ninstead of being on both formats , it became a differentiator and attracted content to blu - ray and gave blu - ray some momentum ,\nkocher said .\nthe bd + system was cited by lionsgate and fox studios as the key reason they supported the format over hd dvd .\nin october , fox released the first discs to use bd + , but some first - generation players couldn ' t handle the bd + and required firmware updates . once the updates became available , users had to download a file , and burn a cd from an . iso file to update their dvd players \u2013 a high technical hurdle for many .\nthat minor debacle has already led to a class - action suit against samsung , though kocher dismissed the issue as something to be expected when buying first - generation hardware .\nthe bd + system protects movies if pirates should develop mod chips for blu - ray players or develop blu - ray player software that allows movies to be copied .\nbd + can surreptitiously insert data about a player into a playback stream . if a movie is then pirated , studios can analyze the data and come up with a way to prevent that machine from doing the same to future releases .\nandrew jaquith , a senior analyst at the yankee group , says the bd + scheme appeals to studios because it can be patched .\nthere is an element of renewability in bd + and that is the path to longevity ,\njaquith said .\nthere are always implementation flaws . it ' s an arms race and to stay agile , you have to have the ability to pull up the gates when the ramparts have been breached .\nbut jaquith says security was more likely an\ninfluencing factor\nthan a\nleading factor\nfor studios , which he believes eventually chose blu - ray primarily for hardware and software reasons .\nkocher ' s company began brainstorming a better way to lock down dvds shortly after the discs hit the market in the late 1990s .\nhis company already had some relationships with the movie industry , having developed systems to let studios securely transfer movie files inside a company while they were being worked on , and in a july 2003 workshop in los angeles , the company demonstrated their technology to studios in a workshop meeting .\nhardware makers pay a nominal fee for the specs and must include the technology in their players , while studios pay only when they include bd + code in their titles .\nkocher fully expects that the hacker community to attack bd + and that its backup mechanisms will be needed .\nif you run a bank , someone will try to rob it someday ,\nkocher said .\njust because no one has brought a gun in and pointed at your teller , doesn ' t mean that they won ' t in the future .\nwhen asked if he hoped to see how well bd + holds up under the kinds of sustained attacks that compromised hd dvd last year , kocher hesitated .\nyou don ' t hope the first layers of defense go and you have to go to the subsequent ones ,\nkocher said .\nbut that said , there ' s always a piece of you that wonders how it is going to play out and when you look forward 10 years from now \u2013 did we drastically underestimate the pirates ?\nat the same time , you don ' t want to encourage that ,\nkocher said .\nit ' s what causes restrictive laws to get passed .\nhd - dvd death made official . downloads to kill blu - ray next . . .\nuse of and / or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our user agreement ( updated 5 / 25 / 18 ) and privacy policy and cookie statement ( updated 5 / 25 / 18 ) . your california privacy rights . the material on this site may not be reproduced , distributed , transmitted , cached or otherwise used , except with the prior written permission of cond\u00e9 nast . ad choices .\nwhy gordon is wrong , our ultimate battlestations , and bts of the full nerd | . . .\nrambus , which develops and licenses memory technology , said the acquisition will expand its semiconductor licensing portfolio to include cri ' s intellectual property ( ip ) for content protection , network security and anti - counterfeiting .\ncri is run by noted cryptographer paul kocher , who has been credited with helping author the ssl ( secure sockets layer ) 3 . 0 standard . cri ' s licensees include samsung , toshiba , infineon , microsoft , and nxp . rambus said that over five billion semiconductor products are made annually under cri ' s license .\nrambus is primarily known as a memory technology company for pcs and servers . the company recently expanded its range of offerings to include leds ( light - emitting diodes ) and mobile devices .\ncri ' s security technologies could apply across a range of technologies in rambus ' ip portfolio , rambus ' ceo harold hughes said in a statement .\nwith many billions of connected devices conducting electronic transactions , storing important personal data , and delivering copyrighted content , the needs for security are paramount ,\nhughes said .\nrambus licenses ip to chip makers , who are increasingly interested in adding security features on hardware . intel in february completed the acquisition of security company mcafee for $ 7 . 68 billion . intel at the time said that mcafee would help boost its software and on - chip security offerings .\nto comment on this article and other pcworld content , visit our facebook page or our twitter feed .\npcworld helps you navigate the pc ecosystem to find the products you want and the advice you need to get the job done .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nat the cartes smart card exhibition early this month , i got a chance to meet up with a number of companies offering new solutions to the market . there was a lot of talk surrounding contactless technology and the potential uptake in the short to medium term .\nwhile the smart card market is global with booming growth in some geographic regions the majority of the industry have their headquarters and design centres based in europe . cri are looking to increase their presence in the european market . by doing this , i believe cri are showing their commitment to the smart card industry which allows them to provide the support needed to improve security . the introduction of ken warren has bolstered cri\u2019s effort and will allow cri to leverage their effort from ken\u2019s vast experience in the industry . he will ensure european customers can successfully implement cri ' s patented countermeasures , and he will actively represent cri in all european smart card industry activities .\ni take this opportunity to provide feedback of some of the things we discussed .\nkit : first , i definitely do not want to convey that smart cards are insecure . in fact , smart cards are one of the most secure technologies available . as you know , smart cards are tamper - resistant , self - contained modules which can offer excellent protection at a reasonable cost . however , no device can guarantee absolute security and smart cards are no exception . there is also significant variation among smart cards ; some low - end cards offer very limited security , while the best cards are among the most secure devices available anywhere . dpa attacks are a significant concern for smart cards because the attacks are unfortunately very powerful and easy to replicate . the good news is that smart cards can be made very resistant if manufacturers implement proper countermeasures .\nkit : cri discovered dpa in the mid 90\u2019s . at the time we worked closely with the industry to educate leading issuers , smart card manufacturers and silicon suppliers about dpa on both a technical and business level . today cri remains a leader in helping organizations worldwide develop products that are secure against dpa by :\nkit : silicon providers and smart card manufacturers must work together in both hardware and software to ensure their devices are secure against dpa . vulnerabilities can exist at both the hardware and software level . particular attention needs to be paid to the interface between hardware and software components .\nkit : indeed , card issuers ( and individual users ) are the ones that ultimately suffer when fraud or other attacks occur . issuers definitely need to be focused on security issues , including dpa , and should demand that their suppliers provide products with effective countermeasures that have been properly tested . in terms of licensing our technology , issuers should check with their smart card suppliers to see if their products are properly licensed . some issuers have chosen to license with us directly , while others are requiring that their smart card suppliers implement and license the necessary dpa countermeasures as part of their products . ultimately , our objective is to be sure each device using our technology has been licensed , but it does not matter if the silicon supplier , card manufacturer , or issuer pays the royalty .\nkit : we do not believe there is a way to make dpa - resistant smart cards without using our technology . one of the advantages of discovering dpa is that we were able to focus on developing countermeasures before anyone else . thus , we spent considerable effort ensuring our patents broadly cover the fundamental approaches for countering dpa attacks . while technologists in the security and smart card communities have been actively researching dpa over the last few years , their developments build upon our foundational patent portfolio .\nkit : dpa attacks do not require any expensive hardware ; a pc and under $ 1 , 000 worth of equipment is sufficient .\nkit : security risks are always greatest in situations where it\u2019s worth somebody\u2019s effort to mount attacks . smart cards used for banking , pay television , and mass transit have always been major targets for fraud and piracy . on the government side , defense and identity applications also face particularly serious threats . gsm sims are also an area of increasing focus , particularly as applications become more complex and integrated with various forms of commerce . in general , any application where smart card is being used for security reasons is a potential target .\nkit : issuers and users can feel safe if their smart cards include properly implemented and licensed countermeasures . we are not sharing detailed pricing information at this time , though as a general philosophy we want our business to succeed along with the proliferation of smart cards .\nme : can you tell me a little more about cri - i . e . what are your main markets ?\nkit : cri is a combination technology licensing and security services firm . we\u2019re nearly 10 years old and are headquartered in san francisco . our business seeks to anticipate fraud and piracy trends and then develop technologies that help solve those problems . for instance , our clients are happy to pay us a few cents for a technology if they know it is likely to save them a few dollars in fraud or piracy costs . we\u2019ve been quite successful implementing this model to date . in addition to our dpa countermeasures , our licensing efforts also include a custom security asic technology called the cryptofirewall ( tm ) for pay television systems and security architecture for securing high - definition video on next - generation optical media formats .\nkit : the smart card industry is a very important market for us . we\u2019re also having great success with anti - piracy technologies . while it\u2019s hard to predict which will grow faster , we\u2019re very enthusiastic about the smart card industry over the long term , and we see our technology licensing program growing with the industry .\nkit : for now , we\u2019re focused on negotiating licenses with the vendors that are the most proactive about obtaining security technologies for their customers . we are also continuing to work closely with testing labs and other security experts to help ensure smart cards are secure . we also recently started our european operation , which we plan to expand to increase the visibility and importance of our licensing program among card issuers and users . a final area of focus is our dpa logo program , which will be increasing in visibility over the months ahead .\nselect a location near you . . africa asia pacific europe israel latin america middle east & north africa north america south asia\nthis site uses cookies for analytics , personalized content and ads . by continuing to browse this site , you agree to this use .\nthe crypto colloquium is a venue for sharing our work with other local and visiting researchers .\nvanessa teague , u . of melbourne ( 07 / 18 / 11 \u2013 08 / 05 / 11 )\nleo reyzin , boston u . 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{"id": 56243, "summary": [{"text": "software spectrum is a company acquired by level 3 communications in 2002 .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "insight enterprises purchased software spectrum from level 3 communications in september 2006 .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "it is the world 's largest microsoft large account reseller ( lar ) .", "topic": 16}, {"text": "in addition , the company sells a full array of software for pcs and servers , including adobe , symantec and trend micro .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "in 1997 , the company acquired an office in software spectrum ( previously traded under the symbol sspe ) is located in garland , texas and have offices in spokane , washington and dublin , ireland .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "they also had support contracts for microsoft products . ", "topic": 31}], "title": "software spectrum", "paragraphs": ["spectrum construction software represents more than three decades of continuous innovation and investment in the latest technologies .\nwe are extremely excited about the acquisition of software spectrum ,\nsaid rich fennessy , ceo of insight .\ncombining the software expertise of software spectrum with insight ' s expertise in hardware and services solidifies our value proposition as a trusted advisor of business solutions to our clients . with this more robust offering , we are prepared to execute insight ' s global vision by penetrating deeper into global markets where software spectrum already has an established footprint .\nthere is nothing easy about running a successful construction business . that\u2019s why we designed spectrum construction software to be as user friendly as possible\u2014so you can spend time running the business , not figuring out how to run the software .\nwant to find out how much ca spectrum could benefit your company ? see what you\u2019ll save .\nimprove the way you manage , protect , and store data with ibm spectrum storage suite , which includes many of the spectrum sds products listed below . by sharing the same , easy - to - use interface , ibm spectrum storage suite makes sds deployment easier and more cost - effective than ever .\nmanage all your data , wherever it resides , with a comprehensive portfolio of software - defined storage ( sds ) applications .\nca spectrum offers the robust , comprehensive and sophisticated event and network fault management capabilities that network operations teams require .\nwith 5 , 300 + hardware , software and cloud partners , we offer leading solutions that foster growth and promote business transformation .\nwith spectrum construction management software , there are no complex menus to master and memorize . start from the interactive spectrum dashboard that you customize to fit your needs , and dive into detailed information and the work you need to get done . as you work , a responsive infobar is always present , giving you one - click access to tasks and data related to what you are doing .\nfounded in 1983 and headquartered in plano , texas , software spectrum is one of the world ' s leading providers of business - to - business it solutions and services , with particular expertise in the selection , purchase and management of software . the company delivers value - added technology solutions across the globe through sales and operations centers in north america , europe , middle east , africa and asia - pacific .\nwe have done more than simply put spectrum in the cloud\u2014it is designed specifically for the cloud , providing an interface that allows you to work from just about any connected device , anywhere and anytime , by simply launching a web browser . spectrum delivers the convenience of true cloud computing . spectrum users enjoy the convenience of the cloud while still providing complete control over data security and user access .\nthe spectrum dashboard is an information portal for everyone in your company\u2014not just licensed spectrum users . each person\u2019s dashboard can be customized with apps to fit the job they do . there is a growing selection of apps available and tools to help you build your own .\nspectrum delivers complete business management for small & large construction companies . from construction accounting to project management , from the office to the job site , and across the entire life cycle of construction work , spectrum has helped thousands of clients manage and grow their contracting businesses .\nca spectrum r10 . 0 and higher versions only support 64 - 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integrated web - based document management . wherever work takes you , documents or images associated with your work are available through an image pane on the spectrum desktop . view purchase orders , contracts , submittals , work orders , rfis , job site photos\u2014virtually any type of file associated with your task at hand . adding a new document or image is as easy as dragging and dropping the file onto the image pane .\nca spectrum can suppress unnecessary or symptomatic alarms . the solution is able to find the real data by observing the field and creating a topological map .\nbefore deploying ca spectrum and other ca solutions , identifying the root cause of incidents was almost impossible , meaning they were never fully resolved and problems often reoccurred .\nall spectrum applications work together seamlessly . instead of opening several different applications to get one job done , simply start working and spectrum gives you multiple ways to move forward with a single click , either through the intuitive infobar or through links directly from your data . and as you start new tasks , the web - based structure of spectrum\u2019s interface opens new work tabs . when you need to pick up where you left off on previous tasks , simply click on the tab you need .\nspectrum applications and mobile apps are completely integrated , giving you a complete view of your projects . metrics such as work in progress , cost to complete , over / under billing and earned revenue are available on a single screen . spectrum also helps ensure that everyone you work with\u2014owners , architects , subcontractors , vendors\u2014all have access to the latest information . spectrum\u2019s project management plan room gives you a cloud - based platform to share documents , send , receive and track communications , and maintain an audit trail of all project activity and correspondence .\nthis event and network fault management solution discovers the multi - vendor , multi - technology stacks\u2013including new software - defined networks ( sdn ) \u2013and leverages its model for event correlation and to determine root cause .\nsimplify data recovery and access for virtual machines . can be deployed in minutes and protects your virtual environment within an hour , either as a standalone solution or when integrated with ibm spectrum protect .\nmanage your infrastructure efficiently for software - defined , virtual , physical , file , and object storage . easily transition to new workloads and infrastructures using predictive analytics , which can reduce storage costs by as much as 50 % .\nsoftware spectrum ' s net sales and earnings from operations were approximately $ 1 . 9 billion and $ 21 . 3 million , respectively , for the year ended dec . 31 , 2005 . the acquisition is expected to be accretive to 2006 diluted earnings per share (\neps\n) and to at least offset any reduction in eps due to the sale of insight ' s wholly owned subsidiary , direct alliance corp . , on june 30 , 2006 .\nkdk softwares is promoted by eminent professionals having decades of experience in the field of accounting , banking , taxation , industry , finance , administration & information technology . today we have a large and satisfied customer base all over india . we are the fastest - growing company committed to provide reliable and cost - effective software solutions to tax professionals and smes all over the india .\ntempe , ariz . - 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( nasdaq : nsit - news ;\ninsight\nor the\ncompany\n) , a leading provider of technology solutions , today announced it has completed the acquisition of software spectrum , a global technology solutions provider and wholly owned subsidiary of level 3 communications inc . ( nasdaq : lvlt - news ) . pursuant to the stock purchase agreement , the company completed the acquisition for a cash purchase price of $ 287 million , plus a preliminary working capital adjustment of $ 33 . 3 million , net of cash acquired . the preliminary working capital adjustment is subject to a final working capital adjustment .\nthis acquisition represents a solid next step in insight ' s evolution to becoming a trusted advisor to our clients on technology solutions to address business needs . insight has begun leveraging its capabilities to drive services and solutions into the small - and medium - sized business space and to further penetrate the large enterprise sector . expansion of software sales and services capabilities had been identified as a necessary augmentation of insight ' s value proposition . additionally , this acquisition establishes a global footprint for insight .\nabout insight insight enterprises inc . (\ninsight\nor the\ncompany\n) is a leading provider of information technology (\nit\n) products and services to businesses , government and educational institutions in north america , europe , middle east , africa and asia - pacific . insight ' s offerings include brand name computing products , software and advanced it services . the company has approximately 4 , 500 teammates worldwide and generated sales of $ 3 . 2 billion for its most recent fiscal year , which ended dec . 31 , 2005 . insight is ranked no . 570 on fortune magazine ' s 2006\nfortune 1000\nlist . for more information , please call 480 - 902 - 1001 in the united states or visit urltoken .\nat insight , we build meaningful connections to help businesses run smarter . we\u2019ll work with you to solve your complex it challenges .\ninsight is a leader in providing smart , cutting - edge technology solutions for global organizations of all sizes . from developing unique strategies to delivering the products , services and expertise , we\u2019ll help your business run more efficiently and modernize through insight intelligent technology solutions \u2122 .\nas a single source for all of your it needs , we align the latest technologies with your customer , workforce and infrastructure goals .\nfounded in 1988 , insight offers the guidance and expertise you need to select , implement and manage solutions that transform your business .\nwith our global network , you\u2019ll have the freedom to scale your business and propel innovation while driving the cost out of operations .\nthe right technology investments empower your business to make more meaningful connections , reduce your it burden and advance your offerings .\nwe\u2019ll help you simplify management and support so you can run your business smarter today and into the future .\nwhen you create an account through insight . com , you gain access to customized solutions that streamline purchasing \u2014 from selection and storage to device preparation and delivery .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nforwarding - 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looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties , some of which cannot be predicted or quantified . future events and actual results could differ materially from those set forth in , contemplated by , or underlying the forward - looking statement . some of the important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected in any forward - looking statements , include but are not limited to , the following :\nadditionally , there may be other risks that are otherwise described from time to time in the quarterly reports on form 10q and annual reports on form 10k that we file with the securities and exchange commission (\nsec\n) . we assume no obligation to update , and do not intend to update , any forward - looking statements . we do not endorse any projections regarding future performance that may be made by third parties .\ncontact : insight enterprises inc . , tempe stanley laybourne , 480 - 350 - 1142 ( investor ) or catherine eckstein , 480 - 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{"id": 56248, "summary": [{"text": "urltoken is an internet-based knowledge exchange , which includes wikianswers , referenceanswers , videoanswers , and five international language q&a communities .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "the urltoken domain name was purchased by entrepreneurs bill gross and henrik jones at idealab in 1996 .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "the domain name was acquired by netshepard and subsequently sold to gurunet .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "the website is the primary product of the answers corporation ( previously gurunet ) , an internet reference and q&a company , founded by bob rosenschein , mark tebbe and mort meyerson in 1999 .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "the site supports english , french , italian , german , spanish , and tagalog .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "wikianswers is a community-generated social knowledge q&a platform , using wiki-based technologies . ", "topic": 3}], "title": "answers . com", "paragraphs": ["copyright \u00a9 2018 urltoken - all rights reserved . plantanswers and urltoken are trademarks of jerry parsons .\nthe company acquired the urltoken domain early last year for $ 80 , 000 .\nin urltoken ' s a9 search site . gurunet also supplies information for comet systems .\npostscript : businessinsider reports urltoken shareholders are going to try to prevent the deal from happening .\nurltoken parker paradigms , inc . 5 penn plaza , 23rd floor new york , ny 10001\nq & a platform < a href =\nurltoken\n> urltoken < / a > is announcing a ' significant ' minority investment from private equity firm ta associates . financial terms of the investment were not\njoin the conversation with randy on urltoken and have a voice in pushing revolution toward evolution . join the conversation\nthe key difference between gurunet ' s urltoken and a search engine like google is that urltoken offers an array of editorially produced reference materials , while search engines list web pages their algorithms deem relevant to the search term .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\n\u201cthe urltoken acquisition is completely in line with iac\u2019s m & a strategy of acquiring , at disciplined valuations , companies that are complementary and synergistic with both our existing businesses and our areas of expertise , \u201d said greg blatt , ceo of iac . \u201cwe are extremely excited to bring these two businesses together ; urltoken \u2019s content will differentiate and greatly increase the authority of urltoken \u2019s offerings , while ask\u2019s expertise in search technology and user experience will improve the discoverability of existing content on urltoken . the complementary nature of these two businesses will provide significant synergies going forward , and thus we expect that urltoken will generate more profit as a part of urltoken and iac than it has been able to over the last few years . \u201d\nurltoken bypasses search engines to yield succinct information on terms in any document , but it says google is not a competitor .\nmatt durr is a business reporter for the ann arbor news . email him at mattdurr @ urltoken or follow him on twitter .\neach month , more than 1 million visitors in 223 countries across the globe turn to urltoken as a trusted source of valuable information .\nthe new york times , which was set to sell its urltoken unit to answers . com , now looks ready to sell it to barry diller instead .\n< img src =\nurltoken\n> twitter has always been good for getting immediate answers to the most esoteric questions . usually it is someone who is fo\nanswers corporation , which owns and operates a community - generated q & a site at urltoken , this morning announced that its database of answers now tops 10 million .\nquestion and answer reference site urltoken has purchased dictionary . com\u2019s parent company , lexico publishing , for $ 100 million in cash . lexico can really serve all your lexical needs because\nthe accommodation central team is available to answer any questions you may have regarding the reasonable accommodation process . if there are any questions , please send an email to act @ urltoken\nwe tracked urltoken since january 29 , 2018 . during last 30 days , it hasn ' t been working one time - on june 19 , 2018 . the average response time is 0 . 152 sec which is very good . note that response time may vary depending on how far you are from the urltoken server located in cedar knolls , united states .\n< img src =\nurltoken\n> every big publisher on the web wants to be able to serve up ad - friendly videos , but creating them can be a pain . but the\nintegrity associates working at urltoken should be prepared to work on both the thanksgiving and christmas holidays should amazon ' s business require it . as these days ' approach , specific details will be communicated .\n5min is already one of the largest video networks , with more than 110 million video views a month and 30 million unique visitors across 800 partner sites . but urltoken will become its biggest partner by far . 5min syndicates videos from about 1 , 000 online video producers , including cbs , hearst , scripps , and watchmojo . anytime one of 5min\u2019s videos matches a question asked on urltoken , wikianswers , or referenceanswers , video results will show up and they will play on the new video answers page . advertising revenues will be split between urltoken , 5min , and the video publisher , with roughly a third going to each .\nthe popular questions and answers site , urltoken has announced they have been acquired by afcv holdings , llc . for $ 127 million . afcv holdings is paying $ 10 . 50 per share for the outstanding shares .\nupon closing , the about group will join iac\u2019s search and applications reporting segment , joining urltoken , dictionary . com , mindspark , nrelate , and pronto . darline jean , about\u2019s ceo , will report to doug leeds , urltoken ceo . this segment has recorded double digit growth for the last two years , consistently outperforming expectations and driving the company\u2019s total revenue and profits . the deal was signed on sunday august 26 , 2012 .\nthe customer satisfaction firm - which analyzes customer experience for businesses - was created in 2001 and operated offices around the world . foresee was named the 2011 company of the year at the former urltoken deals of the year ceremony .\n< img class =\nalignright size - full wp - image - 208430\ntitle =\nscreen shot 2010 - 08 - 16 at 9 . 27 . 25 pm\nsrc =\nurltoken\nalt =\n/ > a\nwith nearly 1 , 000 topic sites and more than three million unique articles , urltoken is one of the most comprehensive content and reference libraries on the internet , offering expert , quality content across 90 , 000 topics that helps users find solutions to a wide range of daily needs . globally , nearly 100 million unique users visit urltoken on a monthly basis . ask . com , with more than 100 million users globally of its own , is one of the leading search and q & a platforms on the internet .\nnew york , august 26 , 2012 / prnewswire / \u2014 today iac ( nasdaq : iaci ) announced that urltoken has agreed to acquire 100 % of the about group from the new york times company ( nyse : nyt ) for $ 300 million in cash .\nemployment and income verifications can be processed by visiting urltoken . if the business or agency requesting the verification does not have the ability to utilize thomas and thorngren , the verification form may be faxed to 302 - 661 - 8779 or emailed to voe @ integritystaffing . com .\nurltoken is a web site devoted to news , analysis and opinion on technology , the internet and media . but it is different from other sites in this space . it is a fusion of different media styles , different topics , different formats and different sources . read more \u00bb\nthe new york times\u2019 time with urltoken may be coming to an end . the paper has been looking to get rid of the struggling web site , which produces high - volume , low - cost content , and has a deal in place to sell it to answers . com .\nurltoken does not guarantee that help will be provided for each and every request you submit , nor does it guarantee that it will be provided quickly enough to satisfy the needs of every student . remember \u2013 good teaching often requires preparation , and online tutoring is no exception to that rule .\nnow , after an unsuccessful foray into the enterprise search market , the company has returned to its consumer roots by retiring its subscription service in favor of an ad - supported revenue model and launching urltoken , a web site that will allow people to access its information warehouse without downloading the gurunet application .\nanswers , which owns consumer websites urltoken and multiply . com , said it hopes to deleverage more than 86 percent of its current $ 540 million in debt with a debt - to - equity conversion that it said is already backed by the holders of roughly 90 percent of secured claims . . . .\nlaw360 , new york ( march 6 , 2017 , 6 : 59 pm est ) - - the private equity - backed owner of urltoken filed for chapter 11 protection in new york on friday , bringing to the bankruptcy court a prepackaged plan to cut $ 471 million in debt that it says has the overwhelming support of its secured lenders .\nas a cooperative , we need your input to move in the right direction . every owner\u2019s input allows cu * answers to shape our future together . discussion and voting within owner\u2019s voice allows every owner to contribute to the process of guiding the priorities for the products and services offered at cu * answers and our urltoken partners . find out more !\n\u201cthis is a rare merger with true bilateral synergies , \u201d said joey levin , ceo of iac search & applications . \u201con the one hand , the urltoken search and content business has generated exceptional revenue and profit growth by marketing and distributing a quality consumer search and q & a experience , and about provides ask with a tremendous amount of quality content to further enhance that experience and the credibility of the ask brand . on the other hand , urltoken has created , and today continues to grow , a library of content which consumers love across a vast array of categories , and we can now market and distribute that content and the about brand through ask and significantly increase traffic and profitability at about . \u201d\nlaw360 , new york ( april 10 , 2017 , 9 : 42 pm edt ) - - the private - equity - backed owner of urltoken got the green light monday from a new york bankruptcy court for its prepackaged chapter 11 plan that will cut $ 471 million in debt and convert much of it to equity after its secured lenders voted to approve the plan .\nintegrity staffing offers supplemental health and welfare coverage to all of our associates . associates are eligible after working eight hours on their first assignment . if you are interested and would like to apply or would like information about your current benefits plan , you may download the pdf below with all associate benefit information . additionally if you have any questions please feel free to contact benefits @ urltoken .\nattention cu * answers stockholders make sure your voice is heard ! vote electronically for board elections may 1 \u2013 june 22 , 2018 ! visit the cu * answers elections website elections . cuanswers . com . ready to vote ? visit urltoken and follow the instructions in your email . watch your email today for your voting instructions ( if necessary , you can change your vote during the annual\u2026 read more \u00bb\nattention cu * answers stockholders make sure your voice is heard ! vote electronically for board elections may 1 \u2013 june 16 , 2017 ! visit the cu * answers elections website elections . cuanswers . com . ready to vote ? visit urltoken and follow the instructions in your email . watch your email today for your voting instructions ( if necessary , you can change your vote during the annual\u2026 read more \u00bb\nattention cu * answers stockholders make sure your voice is heard ! vote electronically for board elections , now through june 16 , 2017 ! visit the cu * answers elections website elections . cuanswers . com . ready to vote ? visit urltoken and follow the instructions in your email . watch your email today for your voting instructions ( if necessary , you can change your vote during the annual stockholders\u2026 read more \u00bb\nevery big publisher on the web wants to be able to serve up ad - friendly videos , but creating them can be a pain . but there are already plenty of high - quality videos out there in every subject imaginable . with that in mind , urltoken has quietly launched video answers with about 200 , 000 videos from video distribution network 5min on everything from home repair and fashion tips to cars and travel .\nto view or print your w2 form or pay statements please visit our employee portal at urltoken your user name is your last name plus the last 4 digits of your social security number . unless you have already logged into the portal in the past , your password will be the last 6 digits of your social security number . for example , if your name was john smith and your social security number was 123 - 45 - 6789 your login information would be :\none of the biggest q & a sites on the web , urltoken , now offers answers to anyone who tweets a question to @ answersdotcom . ( the @ answers account is owned by mahalo , which has its own rival social q & a service on twitter which routes questions to humans ) . when you tweet a question to @ answersdotcom , you get a reply almost immediately which is the top answer from the site , or from wikianswers , which it also owns .\nurltoken supports the honor codes of all institutions of learning and provides academic assistance , i . e . college homework help , for no other reason than to help students learn . when using our services you agree to use this assistance in a manner consistent with the ethical and moral guidelines of your educational facility , and as such , we forbid the use of our services for any other purpose . any use of our services in violation of the ethical standards of your college or university could lead to serious probationary or punitive measures by your school .\ncu * answers sets a record for new members processed in cu * base with over 160 , 000 added through conversions and mergers . 11 credit unions join its network of credit unions . cu * answers invests in imaging solutions team , taking over the sales and support process for e - document strategies . cu * answers and its urltoken network partners design a new sales culture and foundation , presenting a significant opportunity for expanding the suite of services , and welcome partner chatter yak ! into the fold . working with payveris for transaction processing , cu * answers designs its first native user interface within it\u2019s me 247 online banking for bill pay .\nto enroll in direct deposit , you must log into your employee portal at urltoken . your user name is your last name and the last four of your social security number . your password is the last six of your social security number . once you have logged in , click the link icon at the top of the screen and choose\nrequest direct deposit\n. follow the instructions and click finish . if your direct deposit information is entered by 3 : 00 pm on a tuesday , your current week\u2019s pay will be in your indicated account on friday . if your information is entered after 3 : 00 pm on a tuesday , your current week\u2019s pay will be on the aline pay card . since the cutoff was missed , your direct deposit will not begin until the following friday .\nthe new york times company agrees to sell its about group to iac new york , august 26 , 2012 \u2013 the new york times company ( nyse : nyt ) has entered into an agreement to sell its about group , which includes the web sites of about . com , urltoken and caloriecount . com , to iac ( nasdaq : iaci ) for $ 300 million in cash . the all cash transaction is expected to close in the next several weeks . the company intends to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes . \u201cabout . com has been a strong contributor to our company since its acquisition in 2005 , \u201d said arthur sulzberger , jr . , chairman , the new york times company . \u201cabout\u2019s early expertise in search engine optimization , expert content and revenues from cost - per - click and display advertising made it a valuable component of our portfolio for the past seven years . this sale will allow the times company to focus on the development and growth of our core brands locally , nationally and on a global scale . \u201d\ntwitter has always been good for getting immediate answers to the most esoteric questions . usually it is someone who is following you who supplies the answer , and those are always the best ones . but q & a sites also want in on the supplying answers to people with questions on twitter .\n@ answersdotcom does best with trivia or factual questions . ask , how many bones are in the human body ? it comes up with 206 . or , how many people live in france ? it estimates 65 million .\nbut if you ask , what wine goes with lamb ? , apparently nobody has ever asked that on answers . com .\nanswers corporation has laid off another 100 employees of foresee according to reports from current and former employees . the newest round of cuts is the second since answers bought foresee in 2013 . ( matt durr | the ann arbor news )\nnineteen months after being sold to the answers corporation for more than $ 200 million , ann arbor - based foresee has undergone more lay offs as part of nearly 100 cuts made by answers corporation .\nemployees were made aware of the layoffs wednesday , several current and former employees confirmed to the ann arbor news after receiving correspondence regarding the layoffs from company executives .\ncalls and emails to foresee made by the ann arbor news wednesday and thursday have not been returned . attempts to reach answers corporation have also been unsuccessful .\na worker adjustment and retraining notification act ( warn ) notice regarding the layoffs has not been issued by foresee , according to state records . it is unknown how many employees were laid off in the ann arbor foresee office , or where the other staff reductions were made .\nin january 2014 , between 50 and 75 employees were laid off just weeks after the sale to answers was completed . at the time , a spokeswoman for the company said there were 335 employees at the ann arbor offices and there were plans to hire an additional 150 over the next year .\nanswers corporation was acquired in september 2014 by apax partners , but the terms of the deal were not disclosed . the acquisition was worth approximately $ 900 million to apax partners .\nthe initial round of layoffs at foresee in 2014 was described as part of a restructuring effort by answers after they acquired webcollage , easy 2 technologies and reseller ratings around the same time .\nfounder and former president and ceo larry freed resigned from the company weeks after the sale was complete , but did not give a reason for his decision .\nfreed declined to comment on the layoffs as did representatives from ann arbor spark .\nfollowing the sale of foresee , freed wrote in a blog post about the opportunity to grow the company .\nthis is an amazing opportunity for us to continue to grow with increased resources and to join a very successful company without sacrificing our autonomy , our unique company culture , or any of the personnel that has made us so successful to date ,\nfreed wrote .\nthis is a move that was good for employees , shareholders , and our clients , because it just allows us to do what we already do well , and to do it even better .\nnothing should change for clients or employees except that we are stronger than ever .\nuse of and / or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our user agreement ( updated 5 / 25 / 18 ) and privacy policy and cookie statement ( updated 5 / 25 / 18 ) .\n\u00a9 2018 advance local media llc . all rights reserved ( about us ) . the material on this site may not be reproduced , distributed , transmitted , cached or otherwise used , except with the prior written permission of advance local .\ncommunity rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site .\n\u201cwhat we are really building here is ability for every publisher to have their own video section without producing because i think there is no roi for production , \u201d says ceo ran harnevo . the videos in his network are all in highly - targeted , evergreen niches like yoga or food videos with low double - digit cpms . video producers ca extend their reach beyond their own sites by syndicating with 5min and make some extra cash .\n5min\u2019s model contrasts with demand media\u2019s , which produces its own videos at $ 50 or so a pop and shows them on ehow and its portfolio of search - friendly niche sites . aol also wants to get into this game with its recent acquisition of studio now . but 5min\u2019s philosophy is to let others produce the best videos , and focus on distributing them at scale , while splitting the downstream revenues . \u201cdestinations are just not big enough today , \u201d he says .\nthe question - and - answers site has signed a letter of intent to buy about for $ 270 million , according to people familiar with the transaction .\nthe deal hasn\u2019t closed yet , and i\u2019m told that answers\u2019 backers \u2014 pe firms summit partners and ta associates \u2014 are trying to line up financing .\nthe times bought about , the precursor to \u201ccontent farms\u201d like demand media , for $ 410 million in 2005 . last year , about ceo cella irvine left the company following a string of lousy quarters , but about\u2019s performance has yet to improve .\nlast month , the times took a $ 195 million goodwill write - down on the unit , which is largely dependent on search traffic from google .\n\u201cwhile about is gaining momentum in its turnaround efforts , and we expect to build on that progress in the second half of the year , we have reduced our long - term display growth and profitability assumptions for the group , \u201d times cfo james follo told investors .\ni\u2019ve asked answers\u2019 executives for comment . times pr head robert christie says , \u201cthe company has a policy that it doesn\u2019t discuss potential acquisitions and divestitures . \u201d\nupdate : the times is now confirming \u201ctalks\u201d without naming names . via press release : the new york times company confirmed today that it is engaged in discussions regarding the potential sale of its about group . no definitive agreement has been reached . the negotiations are ongoing and there can be no assurances that an agreement will be reached or that a transaction will be completed .\ntagged with : about group , about . com , cella irvine , demand media , google , new york times\napi - video / find _ all _ videos . asp & fields ; = id , videostillurl , thumbnailurl , guid , video320kmp4url , name , duration & count ; = 4 & doctype ; = 128\nthere\u2019s a lot of attention and pr around marissa , but their product lineup just kind of blows .\nin conjuction with the announcement , answers corporation is today debuting its first iphone app , a free fast - paced trivia game dubbed blufr .\nthe 10 millionth answer registered by the israeli / us company came in response to the question : \u201cwho was the first native american to play pro - football ? \u201d ( direct link ) .\nthe company points out that the answer to this question can improve over time as people contribute their knowledge by using the site\u2019s \u201cimprove\u201d feature . questions can also be discussed in answers . com\u2019s community forum and can easily be shared on social networking sites such as facebook and twitter .\nbob rosenschein , ceo of answers . com , also reveals in the press release that its community is now 5 . 5 million registered members strong .\nsign up for our daily recaps of the ever - changing search marketing landscape .\nnote : by submitting this form , you agree to third door media ' s terms . we respect your privacy .\n\u201cthis is a great outcome for our shareholders , \u201d said bob rosenschein , founder , chairman and ceo . \u201cafter an exciting six years as a public company , we are very pleased to achieve considerable value for our investors . the acquisition price of $ 10 . 50 per share represents a significant cash premium of approximately 33 % over our 90 - day volume - weighted average closing stock price . \u201d\nmr . rosenschein continued , \u201cthis agreement is also a positive for our community members . the integrity and commitment of our company to our products remain unchanged , as we continue our mission of creating the ultimate destination for answers . \u201d\na source close to outboard investments , which owns 9 . 2 % of the company , told us , \u201cthere\u2019s not a shot in the world this thing is going through . this is going up for auction or it\u2019s not going down . \u201d\nsays a principle : \u201cwe got this news this morning with our cornflakes \u2013 on yahoo . the company gave no indication that it was anywhere near making a deal with anybody or that it was even shopping it around . \u201d\n\u201cwe\u2019re not agreeing to anything at this stage . we\u2019re waiting for the fourth quarter outcome . all we\u2019ve seen is less than bare bones . our expectation is that on reflection , the board will reconsider and look for signifinantly higher price . \u201d\nhave something to say about this article ? share it with us on facebook , twitter or our linkedin group .\ngain new strategies and insights at the intersection of marketing , technology , and management . our next conference will be held :\npeople familiar with the transaction say the times now plans to sell about to diller\u2019s iac conglomerate for about $ 300 million . the times had previously planned to sell about to answers for about $ 270 million .\ndiller lobbed in his offer after allthingsd broke the news of the pending answers transaction .\napparently , the fact that he\u2019s offering a \u201cclean cash\u201d deal helped sway the times and its allen & co . bankers . answers and its private equity backers summit partners and 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with google .\ngurunet , a new york - based , publicly traded company with a research and development unit in jerusalem , gained attention in 1999 for its desktop application that made any word in a document searchable with a single click .\nthe consumer market is a great place to be ,\nsaid gurunet ceo bob rosenschein , who described his company ' s enterprise foray as\npainful .\nall the metrics are up : connectivity , usage , number of searches , length of queries - - everything about looking things up on the internet is growing ,\nhe said .\nwhile google offers dictionary definitions of its own , above its list of web page results , rosenschein insists his company is in a different business .\nwe believe sometimes you don ' t want to search for web pages , and what you want is a quick definition ,\nrosenschein said .\nsometimes people want information very quickly and that ' s not google ' s strength . we are not competing head to head with any of the search engines . we complement 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{"id": 56254, "summary": [{"text": "kuemmerling is the brandname of a type of kr\u00e4uterlik\u00f6r ( herb liqueur ) from germany , belonging to the group of halbbitter ( semi bitters ) .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "this 35 % by volume alcohol is a type of bitters .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "it has been in production since 1963 in bodenheim , near mainz , using a recipe from 1938 .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "about one million 20 ml bottles are filled every day at the production facility .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "kuemmerling was germany 's fourth-largest spirits brand and the second-largest brand in the bitters category in 2000 .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "the family-owned company sold nearly 680,000 cases per year in 2000 and was bought out by allied domecq plc in 2001 ; the company was acquired by fortune brands in the pernod ricard - fortune brands joint acquisition of allied domecq in 2005 .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "fortune brands , then sold it to the german company henkell & co. in 2010 . ", "topic": 31}], "title": "kuemmerling", "paragraphs": ["the kuemmerling community has been growing for decades and can be pretty mad at times .\ndistilled from natural ingredients only , this kuemmerling liqueur from germany includes liquorice , cinnamon bark , cloves , angelica root and spearmint all of which help to characterise kuemmerling ' s premium quality . kuemmerling is a member of a product set known as\nhalf bitters\n, this means that its sugar content is above 100 grammes per litre , making this a milder and sweeter variety of a herbal liqueurs .\nkuemmerling setzt sich f\u00fcr den verantwortungsvollen umgang mit alkohol ein . da du auf unserer website informationen zu alkoholischen getr\u00e4nken erh\u00e4ltst , bitten wir dich zun\u00e4chst zu best\u00e4tigen , dass du mindestens 18 jahre alt bist .\na 2cl bottle of kuemmerling . a traditional bitter german herb liqueur , with cloves , calamus , mint , liquorice , wormwood and cinnamon bark . great as a digestif or as a chilled shot .\nand that can happen anywhere . from flensburg to berchtesgaden , at the kiosk around the corner or in a pop - up bar in berlin . perhaps it is the secret recipie and the miniature bottle that make kuemmerling so popular .\nthe british spirits and wine group allied domecq plc announced on september 4 that it has acquired k\u00fcmmerling gmbh for euro20 . 35m in cash on a debt free basis .\nthe british spirits and wine group allied domecq plc announced on september 4 that it has acquired k\u00fcmmerling gmbh for dm398m ( euro20 . 35m ) in cash on a debt free basis . k\u00fcmmerling is a family owned business based in bodenheim , and is germany ' s fourth - largest spirits brand and the second - largest brand in the bitters category . k\u00fcmmerling sold some 680 , 000 cases in the year to december 31 , 2000 . allied domecq \u200b expects to achieve immediate operational synergies as the business is merged with its existing german operations . philip bowman , allied domecq ' s chief executive , said :\nthe acquisition of k\u00fcmmerling represents a significant addition to our existing operations in germany , europe ' s largest spirits market , where allied domecq will now rank as the fourth largest spirits company .\n\u200b the bitters category accounts for approximately 10 . 5 per cent of the german spirits market in volume and approximately 14 . 5 per cent in value . the category has continued to grow , despite a recent decline in the total spirits market . bitters are traditionally made from aromatised alcohol with sugar and herbal extracts .\ntereos has launched a range of delicious , 100 % plant - based solutions for the food industry . discover its nutritional , functional properties and benefits in this white paper . . .\nwir freuen uns \u00fcber dein interesse . allerdings musst du mindestens 18 jahre alt sein , um unsere website besuchen zu d\u00fcrfen .\nwe appreciate your interest , but you must be at least 18 years of age to visit our website .\nnice to see you here . what would you like to know ? how best to celebrate with your friends perhaps ? there ' s only one answer to that . . . find out ! whatever you like . some like it one way . others like it another way . and when it suits everyone \u2013 the best way is all together .\n\u201chey kid , you new here ? \u201d this phrase or a similar one is likely to be said when meeting the pleasant semi - bitter herb liqueur in its signature square bottle .\nskrillex & damian\njr . gong\nmarley - make it bun dem [ official video ]\ncountry of delivery australia austria barbados belgium bermuda british virgin islands bulgaria cayman islands channel islands christmas island cocos ( keeling ) islands croatia cyprus czech republic denmark falkland islands france french polynesia germany gibraltar greece greenland hong kong s . a . r hungary iceland ireland israel italy japan korea latvia liechtenstein lithuania luxembourg macau s . a . r . malta martinique monaco netherlands new caledonia new zealand norfolk island norway poland portugal reunion russia san marino seychelles singapore slovakia slovenia south africa spain sweden switzerland taiwan united kingdom united states vatican city\nenter your email address below , you will be notified when this product is available .\na traditional bitter german herb liqueur , with cloves , calamus , mint , liquorice , wormwood and cinnamon bark . great as a digestif or as a chilled shot .\nit has the exact balance between bitterness and sweetness added up with a unique mixture of spices . i loved it .\ncopyright \u00a9 the whisky exchange 1999 - 2018 . all rights reserved . the whisky exchange is the registered trademark of speciality drinks limited . registered in england and wales ( company no . 4449145 ) . registered office : elixir house , whitby avenue , park royal , london nw10 7sf , uk .\nalcohol is not for sale to people under the age of 18 . for the facts about alcohol visit drinkaware . co . uk . a signature will be required on delivery .\nthis shopping feature will continue to load items . in order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading .\ninstantly receive a \u00a310 urltoken gift card if you\u2019re approved for the amazon platinum mastercard with instant spend . representative 21 . 9 % apr ( variable ) .\ncredit offered by newday ltd , over 18s only , subject to status . terms apply .\nplease make sure that you ' ve entered a valid question . you can edit your question or post anyway .\nthere was a problem completing your request . please try your search again later .\nprime members enjoy fast & free shipping , unlimited streaming of movies and tv shows with prime video and many more exclusive benefits .\nafter viewing product detail pages , look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in .\ncustomer service hours : monday - friday , 8am - 5pm pdt live chat is closed on major holidays .\ncustomer service hours : monday - friday , 8am - 5pm pdt we are closed on major holidays , including christmas .\njavascript seems to be disabled in your browser . you must have javascript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website .\nclick your favorite varietal to the right to get started . looking for something specific ?\nclick your favorite category to the right to get started . looking for something specific ?\nclick a category to the right to get started . looking for something specific ?\nshipping included on any order over $ 75 . * select \u201cshipping to ca\u201d to get started !\n* offer valid on any online order over $ 75 ( excludes taxes and discounts ) . valid for shipping anywhere within california only . not valid when shipping to any other state . order arrives within 3 - 5 business days .\nuncork and unwind with our world - class selection of bubbly , ros\u00e9 and white wine .\nbust out the bar cart and fire up the grill ! try our recipes for craft cocktails and booze - infused delicacies .\nyou must be 21 to purchase from urltoken or any bevmo ! store . please drink responsibly .\nif you are using a screen reader and are having problems using this website , please call 877 . 77 . bevmo ( 877 . 772 . 3866 ) for assistance ."]}
{"id": 56255, "summary": [{"text": "wuliangye ( chinese : \u4e94\u7cae\u6db2 ; pinyin : w\u01d4 li\u00e1ng y\u00e8 ; literally : \" five grains liquid \" ) is a chinese baijiu that made from proso millet , maize , glutinous rice , long-grain rice , and wheat .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "the formula was at least created in the ming dynasty .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "however the name wuliangye was created in 1905 .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "since 1959 the formula was nationalized and standardized .", "topic": 14}, {"text": "currently wuliangye yibin is the propriety maker of the drink .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "the highest grade of wuliangye retails for cn \u00a5 26,800 ( us$ 3,375 ) . ", "topic": 31}], "title": "wuliangye", "paragraphs": ["chinese drinks company wuliangye sign landmark sponsorship deal with philharmonia orchestra - gov . uk\nwuliangye\u2019s launch event was held on friday 3 july 2015 at the star in sydney .\n[ \u2026 ] loved in china , the chinese drink wuliangye neat , often to close business deals or with food . however , the taste of wuliangye ( wooly \u2013 [ \u2026 ]\nwuliangye is distributed by the ettason group and comes in a 500ml bottle priced around $ 200 .\nthe star\u2019s executive chef uday huja created an elaborate a three course dinner designed to complement the flavours of wuliangye .\nbeijing blush was made with wuliangye , pineapple juice , lychee juice , 2 dashes of angostura bitters , shaken and served up in a martini glass garnished with 2 lychees on a skewer . see recipe for wuliangye beijing blush here .\nthe shanghai xuhui district people\u2019s court previously found defendant , xu wenqiang , had violated yibin wuliangye group co . ltd . \u2019s \u201cwuliangye\u201d liquor trademark and ordered him to pay the brand owner rmb70 , 000 ( us $ 10 , 150 ) for economic losses and expenses .\ndessert was a mango pudding with earl grey ice cream & cinnamon & carmelita beignets , picking up on the pineapple flavour profile of wuliangye .\n[ \u2026 ] fruit notes and complex , fiery flavours . this is the most popular in china . popular brands include wuliangye and [ \u2026 ]\nofficials in yibin , a city of 4 . 5 million , announced last week that they would name their new airport after the blindingly strong wuliangye .\nthe shares have since rebounded . growth continued undaunted in the first quarter of 2012 , with wuliangye recording net profit growth of 46 percent and kweichow moutai growing 57 . 6 percent , global times reported .\nthree cocktails featuring wuliangye were served on arrival . created by bartender alex dickson of the newly - open raven\u2019s eye bar in newtown , each cocktail highlighted different notes of the spirit without masking its flavour .\nthe five grain goddess featured wuliangye with white cr\u00e8me de cacao , fresh lemon juice , 2 dashes of chocolate bitters , egg white , shaken and served over ice garnished with chopped chocolate and lime wedge .\naccording to the lawsuit , xu , who first registered to sell on taobao in 2009 , was nabbed after the trademark owner recently bought a bottle that claimed to be 52 percent wuliangye crystal liquor for rmb508 ( $ 73 . 65 ) from the vendor online . upon inspection , yibin wuliangye group determined from the quality of the logo , packaging , bottles and anti - counterfeiting labels that the product was fake .\nat a news conference in yibin last week , officials refused to say if , or how much , wuliangye group had paid for the naming privilege . the company couldn\u2019t be reached for comment , the daily reported .\nthis historic deal will also see wuliangye donate a percentage of the profits from a new premium baijiu brand , developed and produced from the company\u2019s headquarters in yibin , sichuan province , through a newly created charitable foundation .\n2015 is a flagship year for the uk and china with the first bilaterally agreed uk - china year of cultural exchange and the collaboration between wuliangye and the philharmonia orchestra is testament to the early success of this initiative .\nmr . wen\u2019s comments caused an immediate 6 . 4 percent drop in the value of moutai shares on the shanghai stock exchange , and a 6 . 5 percent fall in wuliangye on the shenzhen exchange , bloomberg news reported .\nthe panda\u2019s paw had wuliangye , disaronno , fresh lemon juice , maple syrup , a whole mint sprig , 2 dashes of absinthe , shaken up with the mint , fine strained and served over ice and garnished with a mint sprig .\nfor the entr\u00e9es , the slow braised chinese pork belly with abalone and pickled radish was based on the pineapple notes of wuliangye , a pairing that worked very well in cutting through the fatty pork belly as well as the fruity notes of the spirit . the five spice duck breasts , daikon fondant , scallop wonton & star anise glaze was based on the warming aspects of wuliangye and winter with the use of five spice and star anise highlighting the liquorice notes of the spirit .\nwuliangye is named as the orchestra\u2019s principal international partner , and an extensive programme of cultural ambassadorship and artistic collaborations will take place as part of the partnership , both across the uk , in china and within the philharmonia\u2019s wider international touring programme .\nchinese spirits are eye - watering stuff . wuliangye 68 % is a 136 - proof five - grain liquor , though most of the company\u2019s products are around 108 proof . that\u2019s still more than four times the strength of an average red wine .\nthe world renowned philharmonia orchestra has today announced a major new sponsorship with the premium chinese baijiu producer wuliangye . the \u00a3500 , 000 deal will run over five years and brings together one of china\u2019s premiere brands with one of the uk\u2019s cultural leaders .\nbeijing \u2014 feel comfortable flying into johnnie walker airport ? how about wild turkey international ? that\u2019s more or less what awaits travelers to two new airports in china , which local governments want to name after the country\u2019s most celebrated liquors , maotai and wuliangye .\nno matter how rich the companies behind the names , if yibin officials insist on naming their airport wuliangye , they must apply for permission to change the rules governing the naming of airports in china , warned mr . zhang , the aviation law expert .\nwuliangye ( wu = five , liang = grain , ye = liquor ) is a luxury white spirit from china made from a blend of five organic ingredients , broomcorn , glutinous rice , rice , wheat and corn delivering a unique aroma and taste . the spirit was originally created during the ming dynasty ( 1368 - 1644 ) using yibin\u2019s local spring , the purest water sourced from the sichuan province . wuliangye is distilled in a subtropical climate with year round average temperatures of 18 o c and 85 % humidity .\njust like moutai , china\u2019s other luxury white spirit , wuliangye is enjoyed by the elite who sip it neat or enjoy it with food . while it may be challenging to the unaccustomed western palate , it is well worth trying in cocktails and with food .\nover the course of the last twelve months , the philharmonia and wuliangye have been working together to develop a mutually beneficial partnership that can act as a genuine catalyst for the projects that both organisations are most interested in . the result is a unique and innovative funding model , which as well as an element of cash donation will also see wuliangye donating a percentage of the profits from a new premium baijiu brand , developed and produced from the company\u2019s headquarters in yibin , sichuan province , through a newly created charitable foundation .\nwuliangye , a chinese alcoholic beverage company , will be the orchestra\u2019s principal international partner , and an extensive programme of cultural ambassadorship and artistic collaborations will take place as part of the partnership , both across the uk , in china and within the philharmonia\u2019s wider international touring programme .\n\u201cfrom an economic development point of view , it\u2019s understandable if yibin and renhuai in sichuan need new airports . but calling the new airports \u2018wuliangye\u2019 and \u2018maotai\u2019 is hard for the public to accept , as it clashes with people\u2019s habits , culture and values , \u201d said the editorial .\nwuliangye , literally \u201cfive grains liquid\u201d in chinese , is a premium spirits brand made from millet , corn , wheat and two kinds of rice . a 500 - milliliter bottle in the company\u2019s taobao storefront starts at rmb299 ( us $ 43 . 36 ) and can run up to rmb1 , 798 ( us $ 260 ) .\nthe philharmonia orchestra has announced a major new sponsorship with the premium chinese baijiu producer wuliangye . the partnership , which will initially run for a period of 5 years , will be worth more than \u00a3500 , 000 and is the first of its kind , bringing together one of china\u2019s premiere brands with one of the uk\u2019s cultural leaders .\nwuliangye , china\u2019s number one selling spirit launched in sydney at a spectacular event held at the star . vips and media were treated to a gala black tie evening with cocktails and canap\u00e9s on arrival , a three course dinner interspersed with violinists , presentations and entertainment including drummers and lion dancers , an opera singer , tango dancers and rappers on stage .\n2015 marks the first uk - china year of cultural exchange and cultural cooperation between the uk and china has never been stronger . it is inspiring to see this new and enlightened partnership between the philharmonia orchestra and wuliangye , which not only offers so much to both organisations , but also offers a model for future relationships with other partners in both countries .\n\u201c2015 marks the first uk - china year of cultural exchange and cultural cooperation between the uk and china has never been stronger . it is inspiring to see this new and enlightened partnership between the philharmonia orchestra and wuliangye , which not only offers so much to both organisations , but also offers a model for future relationships with other partners in both countries . \u201d\nin 2011 , kweichow moutai reported a net profit of 8 . 76 billion renminbi , or $ 1 . 38 billion , up 73 percent over the previous year . wuliangye group saw its profit climb 40 percent to 6 . 16 billion renminbi , the state - run global times reported , though it predicted demand would start slowing along with the economy this year .\nfor the main course , the steamed grouper with carrot ginger puree , surf clams , aged ham glaze & dried scallops was seared then flamb\u00e9ed with wuliangye while the grass fed beef fillet , wok tossed wild mushrooms , soy truffle sauce & lotus root was chosen to highlight the luxury elements of a premium beef fillet and truffles , the latter pairing remarkably well with the spirit .\nthis is a truly historic collaboration and it is an enormous privilege to be working with a company that combines real cultural leadership with a genuinely innovative approach to both funding and partnership itself . we are enormously excited by the potential that this relationship offers for both the philharmonia and wuliangye and hope that it can create a blueprint for cultural cooperation that can inspire other chinese companies to work in similar ways .\n\u201cthis is a truly historic collaboration and it is an enormous privilege to be working with a company that combines real cultural leadership with a genuinely innovative approach to both funding and partnership itself . we are enormously excited by the potential that this relationship offers for both the philharmonia and wuliangye and hope that it can create a blueprint for cultural cooperation that can inspire other chinese companies to work in similar ways . \u201d\nwuliangye is one of the wpp , brandz top 50 most valuable chinese brands 2013 . each brand has its own individual story and to tell them we have put together 50 short films - one on each of the brands in the rankings . to download the full report packed with the results , insights , pictures and thought leadership articles go to urltoken or the mobile application at urltoken and the ipad application at urltoken .\nthe signing took place at no . 10 as part of a chinese new year reception hosted by the prime minister . the deal was signed in the presence of the minister for culture ed vaizey with the chairman of wuliangye , and three senior executives . sajid javid , secretary of state for culture , also joined the signing for photographs ahead of his visit to china next week with hrh prince william , duke of cambridge .\nwuliangye yibin co . , ltd . engages in the production and distribution of liquor and its related products . it produces wines under the following brand names : rooster liquor , long howl , golden elegant wuliangchun , and panama gold liquor . it also manufactures precision plastic products and car molds ; and operates in the electronics , logistics and transportation , and other related service businesses . the company was founded on august 19 , 1997 and is headquartered in yibin , china .\nwuliangye ( 52 % abv ) is crystal clear in colour and markedly viscous in the glass , with small beads forming above the rim . on the nose , it is highly pungent with a marked nose burn indicative of its high abv . once accustomed to the nose prickle , fruity and estery aromas emerge . on the palate , there is marked fruitiness mainly pineapple notes , liquorice , with savoury elements , soy sauce and a distinct dryness . the finish is very dry , long and lingering with alcohol burn .\neducation work and mutually beneficial cultural exchange is also a key priority for both the philharmonia and wuliangye . in 2014 , the philharmonia developed a relationship with the china conservatory of music in beijing - the pre - eminent conservatoire for traditional chinese instruments - performing a joint concert with the bamboo flute orchestra , led by the inspirational professor zhang . it has been fascinating for the orchestra\u2019s musicians to learn from chinese colleagues , and it is intended that the international partnership will facilitate a number of future projects designed to deepen this cultural exchange .\nin common with many of the uk\u2019s leading cultural ambassadors , the philharmonia orchestra has been developing its presence in china extensively over the last decade : touring not only its major concert - hall project , but also key projects from its pioneering and award - winning digital programme . three successful concert tours have included performances of mahler with the late maestro lorin maazel ; and in 2012 the orchestra\u2019s award - winning digital installation re - rite : be the orchestra , presented with support from the british council , was visited by more than 85 , 000 people in tianjin in less than two weeks . the philharmonia\u2019s app for ipad , the orchestra , has recently been translated into mandarin and as part of the wuliangye partnership the orchestra plans to develop this technology further to meet the huge demand in china for western classical music .\nurltoken no longer supports internet explorer 9 or earlier . please upgrade your browser .\nit\u2019s probably safe to say that , around the world , passengers , pilots and the aviation authorities would prefer flying to be associated with sobriety rather than drunkenness .\nso news that officials in the southwestern province of sichuan want to name two airports for the liquor brands , which are headquartered in their cities , is provoking serious debate in china \u2014 and hilarity .\nnear the city of renhuai , a foundation stone has already been laid for maotai airport , the dongfang daily has reported .\nthe sorghum - based spirits produced by kweichow moutai , known as maotai , are similarly strong .\n\u201cis it appropriate to name airports after famous liquors ? \u201d asked a stern editorial in beijing news last friday .\nworse , \u201cusing famous liquors to name airports not only carries the suspicion of \u2018bad habits\u2019 on a cultural level , \u201d it is also worrying if a major public facility like an airport is used to advertise a company , the editorial said .\nchina\u2019s indefatigable netizens quickly got to work lampooning the idea . with dozens of new airports planned around the country , why not just name them all after the hometown beverages ? qingdao , the port city that produces tsingtao beer , could have a \u201ctsingtao beer airport . \u201d beijing could build a \u201cred star erguotou airport\u201d after its local distillery , netizens riffed , naming half a dozen more examples .\nindeed , beijing is planning to start construction this year on what would be the world\u2019s biggest airport , with nine runways and an annual passenger capacity of 130 million . construction is estimated to finish in 2017 \u2014 no word on its name yet , however .\n\u201creveling in the scent of alcohol rushing into our noses , we won\u2019t worry about flight delays any longer , \u201d the newspaper reported one netizen as saying , sarcastically .\nfrom the new york times . you may opt - out at any time .\nyou agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for the new york times ' s products and services .\nbeijing news was not amused . \u201cof course well - known companies want things to be named after them , but local governments should be ensuring market fairness and dealing with all companies in the same way , not using public facilities to favor one company , \u201d it wrote .\nzhang qihuai , a professor and aviation law expert at china university of political science and law in beijing , said the move violated both civil aviation regulations and customs . airports should be named for their location , whether a city , county or other place , he told the daily .\nmaking the proposed names even more controversial , in recent years the two spirits \u2014 both considered luxury brands in china \u2014 have become identified with corruption among government officials and businesspeople , serving as a favorite gift as well as an aid to sealing deals at highly alcoholic banquets .\n\u201cthe practice of giving government officials gifts \u2014 by other government officials and , more commonly , by private businesspeople \u2014 is so widespread that luxury goods producers have come to count on it as an increasingly important revenue source , \u201d xinhua , the state news agency , reported in march .\npartly as a result of the gift - giving , profits at the two liquor companies are soaring .\nin march , prime minister wen jiabao called on officials to stop spending public money on \u201chigh - end\u201d liquors , among other luxury products .\nthese , he told the daily , are based on a simple but important idea \u2014 navigation .\na version of this article appears in print on may 31 , 2012 , in the international herald tribune .\nwe\u2019re interested in your feedback on this page . tell us what you think .\naccessibility concerns ? email us at accessibility @ urltoken . we would love to hear from you .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\nthe very dry wine category would include many chardonnay , cabernet varietals , chianti , shiraz and zinfandel . dry french wine or champagne will be indicated with brut .\nsome of the wines in the off - dry category would include many sauvignon blanc , california burgundies and many sparkling white and ros\u00e9s . look for the word sec in the french section , trocken in the german section and seco on the italian wines .\nthe medium category will start to reveal summery whites such as german riesling and gew\u00f4rztraminer . german wines may be noted with halbtroken , spanish wines dulce and french wines doux .\nin the sweet category you ' ll find hungarian tokaji , some late harvest wines and other fortified wines . this level of sweetness is most closely associated with ports and aperitifs .\nthe very sweet wines include late harvest , icewine , the noble rot and many sauternes . italian wines in this category of sweetness may be indentified as dolce , german wines as lieblich , and french as moelleux .\nthe sweetness code is based on the amount of residual sugar left in the wine after the fermeting process is complete . the residual sugar level can range from 0 to more than 100 grams per litre ! the chart below is the standard to which sweetness codes are assigned in bc liquor stores .\nprices shown exclude applicable taxes and are subject to change . in the event of a price difference shown online , the product description and price in government liquor stores shall prevail . please call store to confirm available quantity in stock . this list is updated once daily and shows the available quantity as of close of business the day before . a refundable container deposit and taxes , if applicable , will be added at checkout . only products available at bc liquor stores are displayed .\nsources : factset , bloomberg , s & p ; cap iq ; forbes .\ngov . uk uses cookies to make the site simpler . find out more about cookies\nthe deal is signed ahead of the culture secretary sajid javid\u2019s visit to china next week to speak at the great festival of creativity in shanghai and promote the uk\u2019s world - class creative industries to one of the fastest growing markets on earth .\nculture is one of the uk\u2019s great international exports and every year hundreds of thousands of people around the world experience extraordinary arts events that have been created by british theatre , dance , opera companies and orchestras .\nthis historic collaboration will integrate one of china\u2019s premier beverage brands with classical western music and we hope the sponsorship will inspire people to enjoy the harmonious balance of drinking fabulous alcohol while listening to world - class classical music . we look forward to strengthening the understanding and recognition between eastern and western culture for both the chinese and british , and the great revitalization of the arts that this will bring .\ndon\u2019t include personal or financial information like your national insurance number or credit card details .\nto help us improve gov . uk , we\u2019d like to know more about your visit today . we\u2019ll send you a link to a feedback form . it will take only 2 minutes to fill in . don\u2019t worry we won\u2019t send you spam or share your email address with anyone .\nall content is available under the open government licence v3 . 0 , except where otherwise stated\nalibaba group said wednesday it has sued a seller of fake spirits , seeking rmb123 , 000 ( us $ 17 , 835 ) in damages .\nalibaba\u2019s civil suit comes on top of that , with the group saying xu violated trading rules on its taobao e - commerce platform by infringing on the intellectual property rights of a trademark owner . the complaint also seeks damages for economic losses , legal and other costs and loss of goodwill .\nalibaba executive chairman jack ma recently called for tougher counterfeiting laws , stronger enforcement and stiffer penalties .\nthe alibaba lawsuit is the latest in its drive to protect brands and cause pain for counterfeiters by seeking heavy damages through the court system . the group previously sued makers of fake swarovski watches and a mars brand of cat food .\nin its latest legal filing in the shanghai songjiang district people \u2018s court , alibaba showed the same fervor for protecting domestic brands and trademarks . the lawsuit also dovetails with a rise in purchases of wine and spirits on alibaba platforms , as china\u2019s burgeoning middle class seeks premium spirits , both imported and domestic .\nlast year , alibaba held its first - ever 9 . 9 global wine & spirits festival , an online shopping promotion that proved wildly popular among consumers .\nand earlier this month , alibaba\u2019s ma signed a memorandum of understanding with argentina to bring the countries foods and wines to china via alibaba e - commerce platforms .\nchina\u2019s number one selling spirit is a luxury product and comes in a 500 ml bottle with anti - counterfeiting technology on its packaging , much like what is done with paper currency .\nthis article is posted on urltoken - all rights reserved - copyright \u00a9 2018 .\ncorinne mossati is the founder / editor of popular online magazine gourmantic and cocktails & bars , a website dedicated to cocktail culture and the discerning drinker . she is named in australian bartender magazine\u2019s top 100 most influential list since 2013 , is a member of the academy responsible for judging the world\u2019s 50 best bars . she has also judged the inaugural australasian whisky awards and various national cocktail competitions .\n[ \u2026 ] commenced their cultural world tour in sydney , thus returning to the scene of their spectacular launch in australia in 2015 . the cultural world tour aims to initiate and educate those to the largest [ \u2026 ]\nunless otherwise stated , all content of this website including text and photographs is copyright \u00a9 2009 \u2013 2018 gourmantic \u2013 all rights reserved .\nyou must not copy , reproduce , distribute , publish , display or modify any part of this website without prior written permission . unauthorised use will be considered copyright infringement and appropriate action will be taken . some photographs are available for purchase .\nfirst ever major partnership of its kind between a chinese company and a uk arts organisation , worth more than \u00a3500 , 000 , is signed at 10 downing street as part of the celebrations marking chinese new year and the uk - china 2015 year of culture .\nat an artistic level , it is intended that the partnership will stimulate further cooperation between china and the uk , and in particular it is intended that it will be the catalyst for a number of significant projects for the philharmonia orchestra during the uk - china 2015 year of culture . these projects include a major tour to china in june 2015 , with concerts in shanghai and beijing , and including po musicians working with students from the china conservatory of music . later in 2015 , a highlight of the philharmonia\u2019s 70th anniversary season will be a three - concert residency from lang lang performing with esa - pekka salonen , the orchestra\u2019s principal conductor and artistic advisor .\n\u201cthis historic collaboration will integrate one of china\u2019s premier beverage brands with classical western music and we hope the sponsorship will inspire people to enjoy the harmonious balance of drinking fabulous alcohol while listening to world - class classical music . we look forward to strengthening the understanding and recognition between eastern and western culture for both the chinese and british , and the great revitalization of the arts that this will bring . \u201d\n\u201cculture is one of the uk\u2019s great international exports and every year hundreds of thousands of people around the world experience extraordinary arts events that have been created by british theatre , dance , opera companies and orchestras .\nhappy birthday to the one and only esa - pekka salonen , our principal conductor and artistic advisor ! since taking over a performance of mahler 3 with three days ' notice in 1983 , esa - pekka has been at the heart of our most ambitious projects - and this year we celebrated ten years with him at the helm of the philharmonia .\nin the summer of 2017 , the philharmonia orchestra embarked on a new creative partnership to span five years with garsington opera .\nwe use cookies to ensure we give you the best experience of our website ."]}
{"id": 56266, "summary": [{"text": "2 base encoding , also called solid ( sequencing by oligonucleotide ligation and detection ) , is a next-generation sequencing technology developed by applied biosystems and has been commercially available since 2008 .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "these technologies generate hundreds of thousands of small sequence reads at one time .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "well-known examples of such dna sequencing methods include 454 pyrosequencing ( introduced in 2005 ) , the solexa system ( introduced in 2006 ) and the solid system ( introduced in 2007 ) .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "these methods have reduced the cost from $ 0.01 / base in 2004 to nearly $ 0.0001 / base in 2006 and increased the sequencing capacity from 1,000,000 bases/machine/day in 2004 to more than 100,000,000 bases/machine/day in 2006 .", "topic": 13}, {"text": "2-base encoding is based on ligation sequencing rather than sequencing by synthesis .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "however , instead of using fluorescent labeled 9-mer probes that distinguish only 6 bases , 2-base encoding takes advantage of fluorescent labeled 8-mer probes that distinguish the two 3 prime most bases but can be cycled similar to the macevicz method , thus greater than 6bp reads can be obtained ( 25-50bp published , 50bp in ncbi in feb 2008 ) .", "topic": 37}, {"text": "the 2 base encoding enables reading each base twice without performing twice the work . ", "topic": 3}], "title": "2 base encoding", "paragraphs": ["if encoding override is given , set encoding to the result of getting an output encoding from encoding override .\ndecodes a string of data which has been encoded using base - 64 encoding .\n. base 64 encoding with url and filename safe alphabet . . . . .\ntable 5 : the base 16 alphabet value encoding value encoding value encoding value encoding 0 0 4 4 8 8 12 c 1 1 5 5 9 9 13 d 2 2 6 6 10 a 14 e 3 3 7 7 11 b 15 f unlike base 32 and base 64 , no special padding is necessary since a full code word is always available .\nterm 1 : definition 1 term 2 with * inline markup * : definition 2 { some code , part of definition 2 } third paragraph of definition 2 .\nthis can happen when encoding code points using a non - utf - 8 encoding .\nset value to the result of serializing the result of encoding value , using encoding .\nh ~ 2 ~ o is a liquid . 2 ^ 10 ^ is 1024 .\nlet name be the result of serializing the result of encoding tuple \u2019s name , using encoding .\nso , 2 + 2 = 10 in base 4 . it would be 11 in base 3 , or 4 in base 5 and above ( since they have the room for 4 without ticking over ) . hope that helps !\nis 10 . the allowed values are 0 and 2\u201336 . base - 2 , - 8 , and - 16 literals can be optionally prefixed with\nset url \u2019s username to base \u2019s username , url \u2019s password to base \u2019s password , url \u2019s host to base \u2019s host , url \u2019s port to base \u2019s port , url \u2019s path to a copy of base \u2019s path , and url \u2019s query to base \u2019s query .\nby oligonucleotide ligation and detection\n. due to its 2 base encoding system , it ensures greater accuracy e . g ; 99 . 94 % .\ndo not perform base uri fixup . the xinclude processor will not add xml : base attributes .\nthis means that base \u2019s cannot - be - a - base - url flag is unset .\nbase 16 really isn\u2019t that different from base 10 , we just take longer to fill up .\nmust be non - negative . ( this restriction was added in python 2 . 2 . in python 2 . 1 and before , floating 3 - argument\n] is often used as a reference for base 64 encoding . however , mime does not define\nbase 64\nper se , but rather a\nbase 64 content - transfer - encoding\nfor use within mime . as such , mime enforces a limit on line length of base 64 encoded data to 76 characters . mime inherits the encoding from pem [\nformat is : line number ; ( 2 ^ n ) / ( base ^ exponent ) represented as a percentage ; ( base ^ exponent = result ) - ( 2 ^ exponent ) = distance .\n15 . 2 . io \u2014 core tools for working with streams \u2014 python 2 . 7 . 15 documentation\nset url \u2019s host to base \u2019s host , url \u2019s path to a copy of base \u2019s path , and url \u2019s query to base \u2019s query .\n] is often used as a reference for base 64 encoding . however , mime does not define\nbase 64\nper se , but rather a\nbase 64 content - transfer - encoding\nfor use within mime . as such , mime enforces a limit on line length of base 64 - encoded data to 76 characters . mime inherits the encoding from privacy enhanced mail ( pem ) [\nwe\u2019ve seen plenty of base systems , from over - simple unary , to the unwiedly roman numerals , the steady - going base 10 and the compact base 16 .\ni ' ve heard people talking about\nbase 64 encoding\nhere and there . what is it used for ?\n. base 64 encoding with url and filename safe alphabet . . . . . . . . . . . .\nlet url be the result of running the basic url parser on input with base , and encoding override as provided .\nin an odd - number base system ( like base 3 ) it becomes more tricky to tell when a number is even . for example , in base 3 we have\nin valve\u2019s game , portal , glados says that 2 + 2 = 10\u2026 in base four . how is that ? that would be 4 figures per digit , so\u2026 1 is 1 , 2 is 2 , 3 is 3 , 4 is 4 , 5 is 10 , 6 is 11 , 7 is 12 , 8 is 13 , 9 is 14 , 10 is 20 . so how do you figure that 2 + 2 is ten ? how does base four work ?\nset url \u2019s username to base \u2019s username , url \u2019s password to base \u2019s password , url \u2019s host to base \u2019s host , url \u2019s port to base \u2019s port , url \u2019s path to a copy of base \u2019s path , url \u2019s query to base \u2019s query , url \u2019s fragment to the empty string , and state to fragment state .\nsetting encoding in web authoring applications \u2013 how to get your editor to save in a different encoding for a list of editing environments .\nset url \u2019s username to base \u2019s username , url \u2019s password to base \u2019s password , url \u2019s host to base \u2019s host , url \u2019s port to base \u2019s port , url \u2019s path to a copy of base \u2019s path , and then remove url \u2019s path \u2019s last item , if any .\nset url \u2019s username to base \u2019s username , url \u2019s password to base \u2019s password , url \u2019s host to base \u2019s host , url \u2019s port to base \u2019s port , url \u2019s path to a copy of base \u2019s path , url \u2019s query to the empty string , and state to query state .\na true value for this feature allows the encoding of the file to be specified as a java encoding name as well as the standard iso encoding name . be aware that other parsers may not be able to use java encoding names . if this feature is set to false , an error will be generated if java encoding names are used .\nto use the example of base92 , 92 2 = 8464 , with the closest base - 10 exponent of 2 being 2 13 = 8192 . 8464 - 8192 = 272 indices available on the base92 side that ( if i understand correctly ) are not possible to take advantage of . ( 2 19 = 524288 < 91 3 = 753571 < 2 20 = 1048576 , but 2 20 - 91 3 = 295005 . 272 is the clear winner . )\nthe soap mustunderstand attribute ( see section 4 . 2 . 3 ) and soap actor attribute ( see section 4 . 2 . 2 ) may be used to indicate how to process the entry and by whom ( see section 4 . 2 . 1 ) .\n, as with integer literals in code . base 0 means to interpret the string exactly as an integer literal , so that the actual base is 2 , 8 , 10 , or 16 .\nto translate between binary and a base encoding , the input is stored in a structure and the output is extracted . the case for base 64 is displayed in the following figure , borrowed from [\notherwise , set url \u2019s username to base \u2019s username , url \u2019s password to base \u2019s password , url \u2019s host to base \u2019s host , url \u2019s port to base \u2019s port , state to path state , and then , decrease pointer by one .\nto translate between binary and a base encoding , the input is stored in a structure , and the output is extracted . the case for base 64 is displayed in the following figure , borrowed from [\nif base is null , or base \u2019s cannot - be - a - base - url flag is set and c is not u + 0023 ( # ) , validation error , return failure .\nhere we discuss the discrepancies between base encoding implementations in the past and , where appropriate , mandate a specific recommended behavior for the future .\nhere we discuss the discrepancies between base encoding implementations in the past , and where appropriate , mandate a specific recommended behavior for the future .\nwriting 5 as 10 is not base - 4 . that\u2019s base - 5 . base 4 has 4 possible digits : from 0 to 3 . the base is however many numbers are numbered to reach 10 . if 10 , 20 , 30 , 40 , etc . is counting by fours , that\u2019s how base - 4 works .\ncreate had a race that required an etag be sent when a resource is first created . ( section 10 . 2 . 2 ) .\nchristina a . bormann chung , 1 , * victoria l . boyd , 1 kevin j . mckernan , 2 yutao fu , 2 cinna monighetti , 1 heather e . peckham , 2 and melissa barker 1\n] . this encoding may be referred to as\nbase32hex\n. this encoding should not be regarded as the same as the\nbase32\nencoding and should not be referred to as only\nbase32\n. this encoding is used by , e . g . , nextsecure3 ( nsec3 ) [\nnote that just declaring a different encoding in your page won ' t change the bytes ; you need to save the text in that encoding too .\nbase64 is a generic term for a number of similar encoding schemes that encode binary data by treating it numerically and translating it into a base 64 representation . the base64 term originates from a specific mime content transfer encoding .\n( perhaps to illustrate some other problem ) and accidentally reveals the password because she is unaware that the base encoding does not protect the password .\nfor our choice of base 10 , it\u2019s probably because we have 10 fingers . though some ancient civilizations used base 60 , base 10 is pretty natural to us as we count off items on our hands .\nis the infinite set { . . . , - 2 , - 1 , 0 , 1 , 2 , . . . } . the\n. this encoding may be referred to as\nbase64url\n. this encoding should not be regarded as the same as the\nbase64\nencoding and should not be referred to as only\nbase64\n. unless clarified otherwise ,\nbase64\nrefers to the base 64 in the previous section . this encoding is technically identical to the previous one , except for the 62 : nd and 63 : rd alphabet character , as indicated in table 2 .\nfigure 4 . schematic of abi solid v2 . 0 sequencing chemistry . solid 2 . 0 chemistry utilizes 1 / 2 encoding ( meaning bases 1 / 2 of the probe are the specific bases linked to the colorspace calls ) . the original version of the chemistry used 4 , 5 encoded probes .\n. base 32 encoding with extended hex alphabet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nnote that on windows , there is an encoding known as \u201cmbcs\u201d , which uses an encoding specific to your current locale . in many cases , and particularly when working with com , this may be an appropriate default encoding to use .\nbase64 encodes three 8 - bit characters onto onto four ( base - 64 ) 6 - bit\ncharacters\n. base64 is efficient because it uses a base ( 64 ) and exponent ( 4 ) that happens to perfectly match a base - 10 exponent of 2 ( 24 ) : 3x8 = 4x6 = 24 and 2 24 = 64 4 = 16777216 .\nif base \u2019s path [ 0 ] is a normalized windows drive letter , then append base \u2019s path [ 0 ] to url \u2019s path .\nthe following description is original but analogous to previous descriptions . essentially , base 16 encoding is the standard standard case insensitive hex encoding , and may be referred to as\nbase16\nor\nhex\n. a 16 - character subset of us - ascii is used , enabling 4 bits to be represented per printable character . the encoding process represents 8 - bit groups ( octets ) of input bits as output strings of 2 encoded characters . proceeding from left to right , a 8 - bit input is taken from the input data . these 8 bits are then treated as 2 concatenated 4 - bit groups , each of which is translated into a single digit in the base 16 alphabet . each 4 - bit group is used as an index into an array of 16 printable characters . the character referenced by the index is placed in the output string . table 5 : the base 16 alphabet value encoding value encoding value encoding value encoding 0 0 4 4 8 8 12 c 1 1 5 5 9 9 13 d 2 2 6 6 10 a 14 e 3 3 7 7 11 b 15 f unlike base 32 and base 64 , no special padding is necessary since a full code word is always available .\nreturns ) , but any encoding supported by python can be used . see the\nin html , when the document encoding is a legacy encoding , code points in the url - query string that are higher than u + 007f delete will be converted to percent - encoded bytes using the document\u2019s encoding . this can cause problems if a url that works in one document is copied to another document that uses a different document encoding . using the utf - 8 encoding everywhere solves this problem .\nsimilarly , in base 4 we go 0 1 2 3 and then \u201ctick over\u201d to reach four : 10 . the digits \u201c10\u201d are always the base in whatever system you are using . so 10 means 2 in binary , it means 4 in base 4 , it means ten in decimal , it means 16 in hexadecimal . it means you\u2019ve ticked over once in your counting .\notherwise , if base \u2019s cannot - be - a - base - url flag is set and c is u + 0023 ( # ) , set url \u2019s scheme to base \u2019s scheme , url \u2019s path to a copy of base \u2019s path , url \u2019s query to base \u2019s query , url \u2019s fragment to the empty string , set url \u2019s cannot - be - a - base - url flag , and set state to fragment state .\nset url \u2019s host to base \u2019s host , url \u2019s path to a copy of base \u2019s path , url \u2019s query to base \u2019s query , url \u2019s fragment to the empty string , and state to fragment state .\nwhat happens to evens and odds in an odd - number base system ? in base 10 , which is an even - number base , an even number of even numbers makes an even number . in an odd - number base , does an odd number of even numbers make an even number ?\nis the name of the encoding used to decode or encode the file . this should only be used in text mode . the default encoding is platform dependent ( whatever\nthe atob ( ) function decodes a string of data which has been encoded using base - 64 encoding . conversely , the btoa ( ) function creates a base - 64 encoded ascii string from a\nstring\nof binary data .\ntransfer - coding and message lengths all interact in ways that required fixing exactly when chunked encoding is used ( to allow for transfer encoding that may not be self delimiting ) ; it was important to straighten out exactly how message lengths are computed . ( sections 3 . 6 , 4 . 4 , 7 . 2 . 2 , 13 . 5 . 2 , 14 . 13 , 14 . 16 )\nhere\u2019s an interesting pop quiz question for all you who just finished reading this page : which is a more powerful base for division , base 10 or base 16 ? hint : the lesson on prime numbers will shed some light .\ninterned strings are not immortal ( like they used to be in python 2 . 2 and before ) ; you must keep a reference to the return value of\nall fundamental facets are fully described in fundamental facets ( \u00a74 . 2 ) .\nxml representation of simple type definition schema components ( \u00a74 . 1 . 2 )\nis the infinite set { 1 , 2 , . . . } . the\n; this specifies the treatment of characters which are invalid in the input encoding . if\nsincerely speaking , i seem nt 2 understand d idea in \u201ctick over\u201d . also , can u pls help me wit d names f d system and their representation , eg base 2 \u2013 binary \u2013 0 , 1 . thnks in advance .\nsincerely speaking , i seem nt 2 understand d idea in \u201ctick over\u201d . also , can u pls help me wit d names f d system and their representation , eg base 2 \u2013 binary \u2013 0 , 1 . thanks in advance .\nthe conversion of the genome from a 4 - base alphabet to a 3 - base alphabet lengthens the number of bases required for unique alignment . this reduced complexity in base space increases the number of non - unique sequence matches to the\n] . this encoding may be referred to as\nbase64\n. the base 64 encoding is designed to represent arbitrary sequences of octets in a form that allows the use of both upper - and lowercase letters but that need not be human readable .\n( in theory you could do base - 80 encoding or something similar , but it would be significantly harder . powers of two are natural bases for binary . )\n\nmethod _ map ( [ a , b ] ,\nmeth\n, ( 1 , 2 ) ) gives [ a . meth ( 1 , 2 ) , b . meth ( 1 , 2 ) ]\n\nthis change adds the expect header and 417 status code . the message transmission requirements fixes are in sections 8 . 2 , 10 . 4 . 18 , 8 . 1 . 2 . 2 , 13 . 11 , and 14 . 20 .\nbrowse other questions tagged algorithm bit - manipulation base or ask your own question .\n. base uri from the retrieval uri . . . . . . . .\nthis small php script computes every possible base ^ exponent ( for 0 < base < 513 and 2 < exponent < 257 , both picked arbitrarily ) alongside every possible exponent of 2 n ( for 0 < n < 256 ) . it then subtracts the results of the two calculations , and lists the results in ascending order .\nbecause bases work in powers , not multiples . 9 is 3 ^ 2 . 6 is just 3 * 2 . each digit in a base - 3 number is the next power of 3 . so , 100 is 1 * 3 ^ 2 + 0 * 3 ^ 1 + 0 * 3 ^ 0 , which is 9 . 6 is 20 : 2 * 3 ^ 1 + 0 * 3 ^ 0 .\nif port is greater than 2 16 \u2212 1 , validation error , return failure .\nworld wide web consortium . xml schema language : part 2 primer . available at :\npandoc uses the utf - 8 character encoding for both input and output . if your local character encoding is not utf - 8 , you should pipe input and output through iconv :\nto ignore errors . ( note that ignoring encoding errors can lead to data loss . )\nis an optional string that specifies how encoding and decoding errors are to be handled . pass\npercent - encoding ( % xx ) mechanism . characters not in the unreserved character set (\n\u201cprotocol buffers are a way of encoding structured data in an efficient yet extensible format . \u201d\nthe key point is that v and lllll are two ways of encoding the number 5 .\nus - ascii encoding ( found by kurt huwig ) . this uses malformed ascii encoding with 7 bits instead of 8 . this xss may bypass many content filters but only works if the host transmits in us - ascii encoding , or if you set the encoding yourself . this is more useful against web application firewall cross site scripting evasion than it is server side filter evasion . apache tomcat is the only known server that transmits in us - ascii encoding .\nthe union of the set of facets ( \u00a72 . 4 ) components resolved to by the facet [ children ] merged with { facets } from { base type definition } , subject to the facet restriction valid constraints specified in facets ( \u00a72 . 4 ) .\nxml allows very flexible encoding of data . soap defines a narrower set of rules for encoding . this section defines the encoding rules at a high level , and the next section describes the encoding rules for specific types when they require more detail . the encodings described in this section can be used in conjunction with the mapping of rpc calls and responses specified in section 7 .\n. base uri embedded in content . . . . . . . . . .\n) , relative references are only usable when a base uri is known . a base uri must be established by the parser prior to parsing uri references that might be relative . a base uri must conform to the < absolute - uri > syntax rule (\na non - null base url is necessary when parsing a relative - url string .\n@ caleb : base 4 means we tick over the odometer when we reach 4 .\nthis is my understanding , the 16 possible 2 base - combinations for the oligos are present in the mix , not only those 4 on their diagrams . am i wrong ?\n] ( with corrections ) . the base 32 encoding is designed to represent arbitrary sequences of octets in a form that needs to be case insensitive but need not be humanly readable .\nin the unlikely case that you care about python versions older than 2 . 0 , use\nin the content , which is illegal a processing instruction per section 2 . 6 of [\nis the set of gregorian calendar dates as defined in \u00a7 5 . 2 . 1 of\nis the set of gregorian calendar months as defined in \u00a7 5 . 2 . 1 of\nis the set of gregorian calendar years as defined in \u00a7 5 . 2 . 1 of\nis the infinite set { . . . , - 2 , - 1 } . the\nis the infinite set { 0 , 1 , 2 , . . . } . the\nan attribute specifying the encoding used for this document at the time of the parsing . this is\nbiallelic variants in ttll5 , encoding a tubulin glutamylase , cause retinal dystrophy . - pubmed - ncbi\nother unicode characters map to one , three or four bytes in the utf - 8 encoding .\n] prior to name lookup . uri producers should provide these registered names in the idna encoding , rather than a percent - encoding , if they wish to maximize interoperability with legacy uri resolvers .\notherwise , if url is special , base is non - null , and base \u2019s scheme is equal to url \u2019s scheme , set state to special relative or authority state .\nbase - 64 encoding is a way of taking binary data and turning it into text so that it ' s more easily transmitted in things like e - mail and html form data .\nif no base uri is embedded , the base uri is defined by the representation ' s retrieval context . for a document that is enclosed within another entity , such as a message or archive , the retrieval context is that entity . thus , the default base uri of a representation is the base uri of the entity in which the representation is encapsulated .\n] . one property with this alphabet , which the base64 and base32 alphabets lack , is that encoded data maintains its sort order when the encoded data is compared bit - wise . this encoding is identical to the previous one , except for the alphabet . the new alphabet is found in table 4 . table 4 : the\nextended hex\nbase 32 alphabet value encoding value encoding value encoding value encoding 0 0 9 9 18 i 27 r 1 1 10 a 19 j 28 s 2 2 11 b 20 k 29 t 3 3 12 c 21 l 30 u 4 4 13 d 22 m 31 v 5 5 14 e 23 n 6 6 15 f 24 o ( pad ) = 7 7 16 g 25 p 8 8 17 h 26 q\ncreates a base - 64 encoded ascii string from a\nstring\nof binary data .\nset url \u2019s host to base \u2019s host , url \u2019s path to a copy of base \u2019s path , url \u2019s query to the empty string , and state to query state .\nthe team\u2019s solution was to translate the binary computer information into ternary ( a system that uses three numerals : 0 , 1 and 2 ) and then encode that information into the dna . instead of a direct link between a given number and a particular base , the encoding scheme depends on which base has been used most recently ( see table ) . for instance , if the previous base was a , then a 2 would be represented by t . but if the previous base was g , then 2 would be represented by c . similar substitution rules cover every possible combination of letters and numbers , ensuring that a sequence of identical digits in the data is not represented by a sequence of identical bases in the dna , helping to avoid mistakes .\ngives the name of the encoding that the stream will be decoded or encoded with . it defaults to\nin the content , which is illegal in a cdata section per section 2 . 7 of [\n. ( this last feature was added in python 2 . 2 . in python 2 . 1 and before , if both arguments were of integer types and the second argument was negative , an exception was raised . ) if the second argument is negative , the third argument must be omitted . if\ngives a syntax error because python regards numbers starting with \u20180\u2019 as octal ( base 8 ) .\nmckernan kj , peckham he , costa gl , mclaughlin sf , fu y . sequence and structural variation in a human genome uncovered by short - read massively parallel ligation sequencing using two - base encoding .\nyes , this feature was added in python 2 . 5 . the syntax would be as follows :\nis the infinite set { . . . , - 2 , - 1 , 0 } . the\n] . an alternative alphabet has been suggested that used\n~\nas the 63rd character . since the\n~\ncharacter has special meaning in some file system environments , the encoding described in this section is recommended instead . this encoding should not be regarded as the same as the\nbase64\nencoding , and should not be referred to as only\nbase64\n. unless made clear ,\nbase64\nrefer to the base 64 in the previous section . this encoding is technically identical to the previous one , except for the 62 : nd and 63 : rd alphabet character , as indicated in table 2 . table 2 : the\nurl and filename safe\nbase 64 alphabet value encoding value encoding value encoding value encoding 0 a 17 r 34 i 51 z 1 b 18 s 35 j 52 0 2 c 19 t 36 k 53 1 3 d 20 u 37 l 54 2 4 e 21 v 38 m 55 3 5 f 22 w 39 n 56 4 6 g 23 x 40 o 57 5 7 h 24 y 41 p 58 6 8 i 25 z 42 q 59 7 9 j 26 a 43 r 60 8 10 k 27 b 44 s 61 9 11 l 28 c 45 t 62 - ( minus ) 12 m 29 d 46 u 63 _ ( understrike ) 13 n 30 e 47 v 14 o 31 f 48 w ( pad ) = 15 p 32 g 49 x 16 q 33 h 50 y\n) . if the base uri is obtained from a uri reference , then that reference must be converted to absolute form and stripped of any fragment component prior to its use as a base uri .\n$ wguploadstashscalerbaseurl \u2013 to enable remote on - demand scaling , set this to the thumbnail base url .\nthe signature base string has been designed to support the signature methods defined in this specification . when designing additional signature methods , the signature base string should be evaluated to ensure compatibility with the algorithms used .\nthe signature base string cannot guarantee the order in which parameters are sent . if parameter ordering is important and affects the result of a request , the signature base string will not protect against request manipulation .\nhomer n , merriman b , nelson sf . local alignment of two - base encoded dna sequence .\n] . + - - first octet - - + - second octet - - + - - third octet - - + | 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 | 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 | 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 | + - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - + - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - + - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - + | 5 4 3 2 1 0 | 5 4 3 2 1 0 | 5 4 3 2 1 0 | 5 4 3 2 1 0 | + - - 1 . index - - + - - 2 . index - - + - - 3 . index - - + - - 4 . index - - + the case for base 32 is shown in the following figure , borrowed from [\nfunction base64encode ( str , encoding = ' utf - 8 ' ) { var bytes = new ( textencoder | | textencoderlite ) ( encoding ) . encode ( str ) ; return base64js . frombytearray ( bytes ) ; } function base64decode ( str , encoding = ' utf - 8 ' ) { var bytes = base64js . tobytearray ( str ) ; return new ( textdecoder | | textdecoderlite ) ( encoding ) . decode ( bytes ) ; }\nthe name of the encoding used to decode the stream\u2019s bytes into strings , and to encode strings into bytes .\nadditional information relevant to the encoding of a method request but not part of the formal method signature may be expressed in the rpc encoding . if so , it must be expressed as a subelement of the soap header element .\nthe padding step in base 64 and base 32 encoding can , if improperly implemented , lead to non - significant alterations of the encoded data . for example , if the input is only one octet for a base 64 encoding , then all six bits of the first symbol are used , but only the first two bits of the next symbol are used . these pad bits must be set to zero by conforming encoders , which is described in the descriptions on padding below . if this property do not hold , there is no canonical representation of base - encoded data , and multiple base - encoded strings can be decoded to the same binary data . if this property ( and others discussed in this document ) holds , a canonical encoding is guaranteed . in some environments , the alteration is critical and therefore decoders may chose to reject an encoding if the pad bits have not been set to zero . the specification referring to this may mandate a specific behaviour .\n2 . made it clear that user - agents should retry requests , not\nclients\nin general .\nproxies should be able to add content - length when appropriate . ( section 13 . 5 . 2 )\n. it is hoped that future versions of this specification will provide support for\nlevel 2\nfeatures .\n] data . base encoding can also be used in new applications that do not have legacy restrictions , simply because it makes it possible to manipulate objects with text editors . in the past , different applications have had different requirements and thus sometimes implemented base encodings in slightly different ways . today , protocol specifications sometimes use base encodings in general , and\nbase64\nin particular , without a precise description or reference . mime [\nlet ' s mix and match base encoding and throw in some tabs and newlines - why browsers allow this , i ' ll never know ) . the tabs and newlines only work if this is encapsulated with quotes :\nalthough it is anticipated that this representation is likely to be used in combination with the encoding style defined in section 5 other representations are possible . the soap encodingstyle attribute ( see section 4 . 3 . 2 ) can be used to indicate the encoding style of the method call and or the response using the representation described in this section .\nit appears that there are no base / exponent combinations that result in values that exactly match base - 10 exponents of 2 ( specifically 2 n for any 0 < n < 256 ) , except for base32 , base64 and base128 ( along with base4 , base8 , base16 , base256 , base512 , etc which are more difficult to make practical use of ) . see the last code block for the full list of matching exponents !\n. default base uri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. pre - parse the base uri . . . . . . . . . . . . .\na base url is useful for the url parser when the input might be a relative - url string .\nwell ! i want the symbols for the base 4 number system \u2026\u2026 can anyone please say me \u2026\u2026 .\nnot the answer you ' re looking for ? browse other questions tagged encoding base64 encode or ask your own question .\nbase64 is a group of similar binary - to - text encoding schemes that represent binary data in an ascii string format by translating it into a radix - 64 representation . the term base64 originates from a specific mime content transfer encoding .\ncontent authors need to find out how to declare the character encoding used for the document format they are working with .\nis not specified the encoding used is platform dependent . ( for reading and writing raw bytes use binary mode and leave\ndata the entire binary stream is encoded using the base64 content - transfer - encoding defined in section 6 . 8 of\nnote : in dom level 2 , the method normalize is inherited from the node interface where it was moved .\ncharset wildcarding is introduced to avoid explosion of character set names in accept headers . ( section 14 . 2 )\nthe processing party found an invalid namespace for the soap envelope element ( see section 4 . 1 . 2 )\n[ 11 ] w3c working draft\nxml schema part 2 : datatypes\n. this is work in progress .\nthe term base64 refers to a specific mime content transfer encoding . it is also used as a generic term for any similar encoding scheme that encodes binary data by treating it numerically and translating it into a base 64 representation . the particular choice of base is due to the history of character set encoding : one can choose a set of 64 characters that is both part of the subset common to most encodings , and also printable . this combination leaves the data unlikely to be modified in transit through systems , such as email , which were traditionally not 8 - bit clean .\notherwise , set url \u2019s cannot - be - a - base - url flag , append an empty string to url \u2019s path , and set state to cannot - be - a - base - url path state .\nstatus of this memo this memo provides information for the internet community . it does not specify an internet standard of any kind . distribution of this memo is unlimited . copyright notice copyright ( c ) the internet society ( 2003 ) . all rights reserved . abstract this document describes the commonly used base 64 , base 32 , and base 16 encoding schemes . it also discusses the use of line - feeds in encoded data , use of padding in encoded data , use of non - alphabet characters in encoded data , and use of different encoding alphabets . table of contents\nsergouniotis pi 1 , chakarova c 2 , murphy c 3 , becker m 4 , lenassi e 1 , arno g 2 , lek m 5 , macarthur dg 5 ; ucl - exomes consortium , bhattacharya ss 2 , moore at 1 , holder ge 1 , robson ag 1 , wolfrum u 4 , webster ar 6 , plagnol v 3 .\nis an optional string that specifies how encoding and decoding errors are to be handled\u2014this cannot be used in binary mode . pass\n] data . base encoding can also be used in new applications that do not have legacy restrictions , simply because it makes it possible to manipulate objects with text editors . in the past , different applications have had different requirements and thus sometimes implemented base encodings in slightly different ways . today , protocol specifications sometimes use base encodings in general , and\nbase64\nin particular , without a precise description or reference . multipurpose internet mail extensions ( mime ) [\n. establishing a base uri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n, step 6a , failed to account for a base uri with no path . o restored the behavior of [\nbase - 12 ( dozenal ) is a personal fave of mine too ! it\u2019s down to that or base - 18 . base - 18 has the same overall kind of advantages to it as dozenal , plus the awesome 3 - digit rotational multiples of 7 ( just like decimal multiples of 27 and 37 ) . that\u2019s because 7 cubed equals 111 ( base - 18 ) . decimal 111 is 3 times 37 ; 999 is 27 times 37 .\nproduction and transmission of uris : local name and data encoding , public interface encoding , uri character encoding , data format encoding , and protocol encoding . local names , such as file system names , are stored with a local character encoding . uri producing applications ( e . g . , origin servers ) will typically use the local encoding as the basis for producing meaningful names . the uri producer will transform the local encoding to one that is suitable for a public interface and then transform the public interface encoding into the restricted set of uri characters ( reserved , unreserved , and percent - encodings ) . those characters are , in turn , encoded as octets to be used as a reference within a data format ( e . g . , a document charset ) , and such data formats are often subsequently encoded for transmission over internet protocols . for most systems , an unreserved character appearing within a uri component is interpreted as representing the data octet corresponding to that character ' s encoding in us - ascii . consumers of uris assume that the letter\nx\ncorresponds to the octet\n01011000\n, and even when that assumption is incorrect , there is no harm in making it . a system that internally provides identifiers in the form of a different character encoding , such as ebcdic , will generally perform character translation of textual identifiers to utf - 8 [\n( double - hyphen ) in the content , which is illegal in a comment per section 2 . 5 of [\n( 2 ) the final quantum of encoding input is exactly 8 bits ; here , the final unit of encoded output will be two characters followed by two\n=\npadding characters . ( 3 ) the final quantum of encoding input is exactly 16 bits ; here , the final unit of encoded output will be three characters followed by one\n=\npadding character .\nthe following description is original but analogous to previous descriptions . essentially , base 16 encoding is the standard case - insensitive hex encoding and may be referred to as\nbase16\nor\nhex\n. a 16 - character subset of us - ascii is used , enabling 4 bits to be represented per printable character . the encoding process represents 8 - bit groups ( octets ) of input bits as output strings of 2 encoded characters . proceeding from left to right , an 8 - bit input is taken from the input data . these 8 bits are then treated as 2 concatenated 4 - bit groups , each of which is translated into a single character in the base 16 alphabet . each 4 - bit group is used as an index into an array of 16 printable characters . the character referenced by the index is placed in the output string .\nfor java and ecmascript , domstring is bound to the string type because both languages also use utf - 16 as their encoding .\nas a content author or developer , you should nowadays always choose the utf - 8 character encoding for your content or data . this unicode encoding is a good choice because you can use a single character encoding to handle any character you are likely to need . this greatly simplifies things . using unicode throughout your system also removes the need to track and convert between various character encodings .\na url also has an associated cannot - be - a - base - url flag . it is initially unset .\nif the substring from pointer in input does not start with a windows drive letter , then set url \u2019s host to base \u2019s host , url \u2019s path to a copy of base \u2019s path , and then shorten url \u2019s path .\nif context object \u2019s url \u2019s cannot - be - a - base - url flag is set , then return .\nanyways , that\u2019s just division , if you are interested in a diagram of why i love base 12 , just look at this picture i made : urltoken i really hope humanity educates ourselves to base 12 , it would be beautiful .\nsection 2 . 3 ) must be encoded . characters in the unreserved character set must not be encoded . hexadecimal characters in encodings must be upper case . text names and values must be encoded as utf - 8 octets before percent - encoding them per\nwith the in\u00adtro\u00adduc\u00adtion of http / 2 , in\u00adlin\u00ading is an even less at\u00adtrac\u00adtive op\u00adtion . http / 2 en\u00adables par\u00adal\u00adlel down\u00adloads over the same con\u00adnec\u00adtion . this has the same ben\u00ade\u00adfit as in\u00adlin\u00ading ( avoid\u00ading con\u00adnec\u00adtion over\u00adhead ) but none of the down\u00adsides . caching , font for\u00admat ne\u00adgo\u00adti\u00ada\u00adtion , lazy load\u00ading , and pro\u00adgres\u00adsive ren\u00adder\u00ading will con\u00adtinue to work as ex\u00adpected with http / 2 . many browsers , servers , and host\u00ading providers al\u00adready sup\u00adport http / \u200b2 , so you can start us\u00ading it to\u00adday in\u00adstead of in\u00adlin\u00ading !\nwarnings could be cached incorrectly , or not updated appropriately . ( section 13 . 1 . 2 , 13 . 2 . 4 , 13 . 5 . 2 , 13 . 5 . 3 , 14 . 9 . 3 , and 14 . 46 ) warning also needed to be a general header , as put or other methods may have need for it in requests .\no return a string consisting of the reference ' s path component appended to all but the last segment of the base uri ' s path ( i . e . , excluding any characters after the right - most\n/\nin the base uri path , or excluding the entire base uri path if it does not contain any\n/\ncharacters ) .\nas this example illustrates , base64 encoding converts 3 uncoded bytes ( in this case , ascii characters ) into 4 encoded ascii characters .\nan attribute specifying the encoding used for this entity at the time of parsing , when it is an external parsed entity . this is\nsince the document encoding is windows - 1252 , the link\u2019s url \u2019s query will be\nsm % f6rg % e5sbord\n. if the document encoding had been utf - 8 , it would instead be\nsm % c3 % b6rg % c3 % a5sbord\n.\nthe abstract base class for all i / o classes , acting on streams of bytes . there is no public constructor .\nthe signature base string includes the request absolute url , tying the signature to a specific endpoint . the url used in the signature base string must include the scheme , authority , and path , and must exclude the query and fragment as defined by\notherwise , if base \u2019s scheme is not\nfile\n, set state to relative state and decrease pointer by one .\nif there aren\u2019t any symbols ( 0b or 0x ) in front , we assume it\u2019s base 10 , a regular number .\ni\u2019m wondering , how is the base 60 system written ? please respond to me if you have an answer . thanks !\nthis attribute must appear in the instance in order to be effective ( see section 3 and 4 . 2 . 1 ) .\nhow do you keep these numbers apart ? programmers will often write \u201c0b\u201d in front of binary numbers . so 2 in binary is\nin order to continue , you must clench both hands into fists in order to start again with the next set , ie . 11 , 12 , 13\u2026 . this is why it is called the base 10 system and not the base 9 system .\nthe red bytes are the utf8 of\ntesting\n. the key here is 0x12 \u2192 field number = 2 , type = 2 . the length varint in the value is 7 and lo and behold , we find seven bytes following it \u2013 our string .\nthe soap encoding rules ( see section 5 ) defines a serialization mechanism that can be used to exchange instances of application - defined datatypes .\nwhen implementing base encoding and decoding , care should be taken not to introduce vulnerabilities to buffer overflow attacks , or other attacks on the implementation . a decoder should not break on invalid input including , e . g . , embedded nul characters ( ascii 0 ) . if non - alphabet characters are ignored , instead of causing rejection of the entire encoding ( as recommended ) , a covert channel that can be used to\nleak\ninformation is made possible . the implications of this should be understood in applications that do not follow the recommended practice . similarly , when the base 16 and base 32 alphabets are handled case insensitively , alteration of case can be used to leak information . base encoding visually hides otherwise easily recognized information , such as passwords , but does not provide any computational confidentiality . this has been known to cause security incidents when , e . g . , a user reports details of a network protocol exchange\nthe system identifiers passed to the notationdecl , unparsedentitydecl , and externalentitydecl events will be absolutized relative to their base uris before reporting .\nis a base for all new style classes . it has the methods that are common to all instances of new style classes .\na class can be based on one or more other classes , called its base class ( es ) . it then inherits the attributes and methods of its base classes . this allows an object model to be successively refined by inheritance . you might have a generic\nan attribute specifying , as part of the text declaration , the encoding of this entity , when it is an external parsed entity . this is\nthe soap encodingstyle attribute may be used to indicate the encoding style used for the body entries ( see section 4 . 1 . 1 ) .\nthe soap encodingstyle attribute may be used to indicate the encoding style used for the detail entries ( see section 4 . 1 . 1 ) .\nbase class for text streams . this class provides a unicode character and line based interface to stream i / o . there is no\nselects the pandoc < = 2 . 0 behavior for parsing lists , so that four spaces indent are needed for list item continuation paragraphs .\nmodule provides the python interfaces to stream handling . under python 2 . x , this is proposed as an alternative to the built - in\nand 6 . 2 . 3 , is optional . a uri reference must be transformed to its target uri before it can be normalized .\n2 ) although rfc 2046 [ 40 ] permits the boundary string to be quoted , some existing implementations handle a quoted boundary string incorrectly .\nthis attribute must appear in the soap message instance in order to be effective ( see section 3 and 4 . 2 . 1 ) .\nfor example , - 1e4 , 1267 . 43233e12 , 12 . 78e - 2 , 12 and inf are all legal literals for float .\nfor example , - 1e4 , 1267 . 43233e12 , 12 . 78e - 2 , 12 and inf are all legal literals for double .\n1 second 2 3 4 5 \u2026 58 59 1 : 00 ( 60 seconds aka 1 minute . we\u2019ve started a new digit . )\nyou could define an alias for the base class , assign the real base class to it before your class definition , and use the alias throughout your class . then all you have to change is the value assigned to the alias . incidentally , this trick is also handy if you want to decide dynamically ( e . g . depending on availability of resources ) which base class to use . example :\nwith the exception of the soap mustunderstand attribute ( see section 4 . 2 . 3 ) and the soap actor attribute ( see section 4 . 2 . 2 ) , it is generally permissible to have attributes and their values appear in xml instances or alternatively in schemas , with equal effect . that is , declaration in a dtd or schema with a default or fixed value is semantically equivalent to appearance in an instance ."]}
{"id": 56276, "summary": [{"text": "microelectromechanical systems ( mems , also written as micro-electro-mechanical , microelectromechanical or microelectronic and microelectromechanical systems and the related micromechatronics ) is the technology of microscopic devices , particularly those with moving parts .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "it merges at the nano-scale into nanoelectromechanical systems ( nems ) and nanotechnology .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "mems are also referred to as micromachines in japan , or micro systems technology ( mst ) in europe .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "mems are made up of components between 1 and 100 micrometres in size ( i.e. 0.001 to 0.1 mm ) , and mems devices generally range in size from 20 micrometres to a millimetre ( i.e. 0.02 to 1.0 mm ) , although components arranged in arrays ( e.g. , digital micromirror devices ) can be more than 1000 mm \u00b2 .", "topic": 35}, {"text": "they usually consist of a central unit that processes data ( the microprocessor ) and several components that interact with the surroundings such as microsensors .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "because of the large surface area to volume ratio of mems , forces produced by ambient electromagnetism ( e.g. , electrostatic charges and magnetic moments ) , and fluid dynamics ( e.g. , surface tension and viscosity ) are more important design considerations than with larger scale mechanical devices .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "mems technology is distinguished from molecular nanotechnology or molecular electronics in that the latter must also consider surface chemistry .", "topic": 33}, {"text": "the potential of very small machines was appreciated before the technology existed that could make them ( see , for example , richard feynman 's famous 1959 lecture there 's plenty of room at the bottom ) .", "topic": 28}, {"text": "mems became practical once they could be fabricated using modified semiconductor device fabrication technologies , normally used to make electronics .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "these include molding and plating , wet etching ( koh , tmah ) and dry etching ( rie and drie ) , electro discharge machining ( edm ) , and other technologies capable of manufacturing small devices .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "an early example of a mems device is the resonistor \u2013 an electromechanical monolithic resonator . ", "topic": 35}], "title": "microelectromechanical systems", "paragraphs": ["microelectromechanical systems platform for fully integrated , on - chip , vacuum electronic devices .\nresearch , design , develop , or test microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) devices .\nconsider environmental issues when proposing product designs involving microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) technology .\nplan or schedule engineering research or development projects involving microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) technology .\nfabrication of 3d carbon microelectromechanical systems ( c - mems ) . - pubmed - ncbi\n2 . the method of claim 1 wherein the structure is a microelectromechanical systems structure .\nmicroelectromechanical systems and neurosurgery : a new era in a new millennium . - pubmed - ncbi\ncited from journal of microelectromechanical systems , vol . 12 , no . 6 , december 2003\ndevelop or file intellectual property and patent disclosure or application documents related to microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) devices , products , or systems .\nall - organic microelectromechanical systems integrating specific molecular recognition - - a new generation of chemical sensors .\npropose product designs involving microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) technology , considering market data or customer requirements .\nmanage new product introduction projects to ensure effective deployment of microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) devices or applications .\nfigs . 1 a - d depict the formation of a released microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) structure .\nnote : a silicon - on - insulator microelectromechanical systems probe scanner for on - chip atomic force microscopy .\nbrain imaging using a portable 2 . 9 g two - photon microscope based on a microelectromechanical systems scanning mirror\nconduct experimental or virtual studies to investigate characteristics and processing principles of potential microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) technology .\ndevelopment of an alternating magnetic - field - assisted finishing process for microelectromechanical systems micropore x - ray optics .\nan object of the invention is to provide a method for releasing a microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) structure .\nchemical vapor deposition of fluoroalkylsilane monolayer films for adhesion control in microelectromechanical systems ( journal article ) | osti . gov\nall - organic microelectromechanical systems integrating specific molecular recognition - - a new generation of chemical sensors . - pubmed - ncbi\nrefine final microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) design to optimize design for target dimensions , physical tolerances , or processing constraints .\ndevelop or implement microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) processing tools , fixtures , gages , dies , molds , or trays .\ndevise microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) production methods , such as integrated circuit fabrication , lithographic electroform modeling , or micromachining .\nidentify , procure , or develop test equipment , instrumentation , or facilities for characterization of microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) applications .\nnote : a silicon - on - insulator microelectromechanical systems probe scanner for on - chip atomic force microscopy . - pubmed - ncbi\ndevelopment of an alternating magnetic - field - assisted finishing process for microelectromechanical systems micropore x - ray optics . - pubmed - ncbi\nxenon difluoride is also used as a gaseous etchant for silicon , particularly in the production of microelectromechanical systems , ( mems ) .\nused as fluorinating agent and oxidizing agent , gaseous etchant for silicon , particularly in the production of microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) .\ncreate schematics and physical layouts of integrated microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) components or packaged assemblies consistent with process , functional , or package constraints .\ninvestigate characteristics such as cost , performance , or process capability of potential microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) device designs , using simulation or modeling software .\nvalidate fabrication processes for microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) , using statistical process control implementation , virtual process simulations , data mining , or life testing .\nthe present invention relates to microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) , and more particularly , the present invention is related to semiconductor manufacturing techniques and mems .\nthe thermally conductive epoxy thermally couples the microelectromechanical resonator to the temperature sensor such that the temperature sensor generates data which correlates to the temperature of the microelectromechanical resonator .\nembodiments of the present invention relate generally to the fabrication of packaged timing references and particularly to a packaging configuration for micro - electromechanical systems ( mems ) and nano - electromechanical systems ( nems ) resonator systems .\n[ 0001 ] this invention relates to microfabrication . in particular , it relates to the microfabrication of a structure for a microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) device .\nmicroelectromechanical systems or mems is the technology of very small devices such as sensors and microelectronics . specialist facilities within controlled environments are essential to create these devices .\nadvanced materials and fabrication methods for microelectromechanical systems , under the auspices of the national materials advisory board , was convened to undertake this study and write this report .\n[ 2 , 3 ] , point of care medicine [ 4 ] , and space exploration [ 5 ] . the use of microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) for\nresearch or develop emerging microelectromechanical ( mems ) systems to convert nontraditional energy sources into power , such as ambient energy harvesters that convert environmental vibrations into usable energy .\ndevelop formal documentation for microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) devices , including quality assurance guidance , quality control protocols , process control checklists , data collection , or reporting .\noversee operation of microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) fabrication or assembly equipment , such as handling , singulation , assembly , wire - bonding , soldering , or package sealing .\nwhether you need a slick surface for coating microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) or a sticky surface for semiconductor fabrication , chemical vapor deposition will provide the desired surface modification .\nanother object of the invention is to provide a method for quickly releasing a microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) structure using conventional wet and vapor hydrofluoric ( hf ) acid etching .\nthe novel process and material could be used in a wide range of applications from large components in jet engines and hypersonic vehicles to intricate parts in microelectromechanical systems and electronic device packaging .\nwsn and hydrological natural disasters , wireless sensors and sensor systems in emerging hostile applications .\ndevelopment of a cell cultureplatform in pdms : microfluidic systems for in vitro productionof platelets .\nnelson w . , kim c . - j . \u201cmonolithic fabrication of ewod chips for picoliter droplets . \u201d journal of microelectromechanical systems . vol 20 , 2011 , pp . 1419 - 1427 .\nthrough this degree you will learn the scientific and engineering principles underpinning a range of micro and nanoscale technologies with options to specialise in areas such as microelectromechanical systems , nanoelectronics , biodevices , or optoelectronics .\nschmidt aa , chen xx , chen gg . contact thermal lithography . asme . asme proceedings , microelectromechanical systems ( ) : 157 - 159 . doi : 10 . 1115 / imece2005 - 81748 .\ndevelopment of microcomponents for attitude and communication systems on small vehicles in space and extreme environments .\nbin tang and kazuo sato ( march 28th 2012 ) . advanced surfactant - modified wet anisotropic etching , microelectromechanical systems and devices nazmul islam , intechopen , doi : 10 . 5772 / 26901 . available from :\nthe process according to the present invention can be applied to produce semiconductors for microelectromechanical systems , for example , acceleration sensors , magnetic recording heads , ink jet printers , gyroscopes and other items as described above .\nyield engineering systems , inc . ( yes ) > applications > surface modification > vapor phase deposition\nwilliams , k . r . et al . ,\netch rates for micromachining processing ,\njournal of microelectromechanical systems , vol . 5 , no . 4 , dec . 1996 , pp . 256 - 269 .\nthese systems are all around us . they power the airbag sensors in our cars , accelerometers in our cell phones , and many sensors in the aviation industry . these tiny systems mix electronics with physical sensors , and plasma cleaning is an indispensable step in ensuring the reliability of these life saving systems .\nacoustic focusing of microparticles in two - phase systems : towards cell enrichment or medium exchange in droplets .\ncryogenic silicon etching has been commonly used in microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) research in order to etch high aspect ratio structures and deep , large features in silicon due to its high etch rate and high selectivity to resist and oxide masks .\nw . nelson and c . - j . kim , \u201cmonolithic fabrication of ewod chips for picoliter droplets , \u201d journal of microelectromechanical systems , vol . 20 , no . 6 , december 2011 , pp . 1419 - 1427 . pdf\nj . lee and c . - j . kim , \u201csurface - tension - driven microactuation based on continuous electrowetting\u201d , j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 9 , no . 2 , june 2000 , pp . 171 - 180 .\ntwo - dimensional acoustic focusing of microparticles in two - phase droplet - based microfluidic systems increases particle detectability .\n\u201cthe elionix electron beam lithography system will enable us to routinely write patterns of less than 10 nanometers in size , \u201d says dr . jacob trevino , asrc nanofabrication facility director . \u201cwe will count on this system to aid researchers in developing novel micro and nanoscale devices , such as nanophotonic and solid state circuits , microelectromechanical systems and microfluidic systems . \u201d\nguangya zhou , hongbin yu , yu du , and fook siong chau ,\nmicroelectromechanical - systems - driven two - layer rotary - blade - based adjustable iris diaphragm ,\nopt . lett . 37 , 1745 - 1747 ( 2012 )\nyang y , li x . micro ultrasonic machining of ceramic mems with micro metallic dies . asme . asme international mechanical engineering congress and exposition , microelectromechanical systems ( ) : 93 - 95 . doi : 10 . 1115 / imece2003 - 41635 .\nb . shivkumar and c . - j . kim , \u201cmicrorivets for mems packaging : concept , fabrication and strength testing\u201d , j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 6 , no . 3 , sept . 1997 , pp . 217 - 225 .\nmaria teresa todaro , leonardo sileo and massimo de vittorio ( march 9th 2012 ) . magnetic field sensors based on microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) technology , magnetic sensors kevin kuang , intechopen , doi : 10 . 5772 / 36468 . available from :\nthe invention relates to the field of semiconductor processes . more specifically , the invention relates to hydrofluoric ( hf ) acid vapor etching release processes particularly suited for the reduction of stiction when releasing a microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) structure from a supporting substrate .\np . sen and c . - j . kim , \u201ca liquid - solid direct contact low - loss rf micro switch\u201d , j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 18 , no . 5 , october 2009 , pp . 990 - 997 . pdf\np . sen and c . - j . kim , \u201ca liquid - solid direct contact low - loss rf micro switch\u201d , ? j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 18 , no . 5 , october 2009 , pp . 990 - 997 . pdf\nr . he and c . - j . kim , \u201con - wafer monolithic packaging by surface micromachining with porous polysilicon shell , \u201d j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 16 , no . 2 , april 2007 , pp . 462 - 472 . pdf\nmicroelectromechanical system ( mems ) technology , and surface micromachining in particular , have led to the development of miniaturized optical devices with a substantial impact in a large number of application areas . the reason is the unique mems characteristics that are advantageous in fabrication , systems integration , and operation of micro - optical systems . the precision mechanics of mems , micro . . . view full abstract\u00bb\ny . - c . tai and c . - j . kim , \u201cmicroelectromechanical systems ( mems ) \u201d , in the industrial electronics handbook , edited by j . d . irwin , crc press and ieee press , 1997 , pp . 1468 - 1471 .\nc . lee and c . - j . kim , \u201cwetting and active dewetting processes of hierarchically constructed superhydrophobic surfaces fully immersed in water , \u201d journal of microelectromechanical systems , vol . 21 , no . 3 , june 2012 , pp . 476 - 483 . pdf\nc . - j . kim , \u201cmicroelectromechanical systems ( mems ) at the ucla micromanufacturing lab\u201d , dig . papers , int . microprocesses and nanotechnology conf . ( mnc\u201998 ) , kyungju , korea , july 1998 , pp . 54 - 55 . ( invited paper )\nc . lee and c . - j . kim , \u201cwetting and active dewetting processes of hierarchically constructed superhydrophobic surfaces fully immersed in water , \u201d journal of microelectromechanical systems , vol . 21 , no . 3 , june 2012 , pp . 476 - 483 . pdf\np . sen and c . - j . kim , \u201ca fast liquid - metal droplet microswitch using ewod - driven contact - line sliding\u201d , j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 18 , no . 1 , february 2009 , pp . 174 - 185 . pdf\np . sen and c . - j . kim , \u201ca fast liquid - metal droplet microswitch using ewod - driven contact - line sliding\u201d , ? j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 18 , no . 1 , february 2009 , pp . 174 - 185 . pdf\ng . j . shah and c . - j . kim , \u201cmeniscus - assisted high - efficiency magnetic collection and separation for ewod droplet microfluidics\u201d , j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 18 , no . 2 , april 2009 , pp . 363 - 375 . pdf\nminiaturized self - powering systems that integrate both energy harvesters and energy storage units as the power sources are essential to realize maintenance - free wireless sensor networks , implantable medical devices , and active radio frequency identification systems . on - chip micro supercapacitors ( mscs ) are promising candidates for energy storage in such systems by providing high power densities , f . . . view full abstract\u00bb\nw . choi , v . rubtsov , and c . - j . kim , \u201cminiature flipping disc device for size measurement of objects through endoscope , \u201d journal of microelectromechanical systems , vol . 21 , no . 4 , august 2012 , pp . 926 - 933 . pdf\ng . j . shah and c . - j . kim , \u201cmeniscus - assisted high - efficiency magnetic collection and separation for ewod droplet microfluidics\u201d , ? j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 18 , no . 2 , april 2009 , pp . 363 - 375 . pdf\nj . gong and c . - j . kim , \u201cdirect - referencing two - dimensional - array digital microfluidics using multi - layer printed circuit board\u201d , j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 17 , no . 2 , april 2008 , pp . 257 - 264 . pdf\nj . simon , s . saffer , and c . - j . kim , \u201ca liquid - filled microrelay with a moving mercury micro - drop\u201d , j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 6 , no . 3 , sept . 1997 , pp . 208 - 216 .\nw . choi , v . rubtsov , and c . - j . kim , \u201cminiature flipping disc device for size measurement of objects through endoscope , \u201d journal of microelectromechanical systems , vol . 21 , no . 4 , august 2012 , pp . 926 - 933 . pdf\nr . he and c . - j . kim , \u201ca low - temperature monolithic encapsulation on wafer enabled by surface micromachining with porous alumina shell , \u201d j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 18 , no . 3 , june 2009 , pp . 588 - 596 . pdf\ndemonstrate miniaturized systems that contain components such as microsensors , microactuators , or integrated electronic circuits fabricated on silicon or silicon carbide wafers .\ntwo - dimensional acoustic focusing of microparticles in two - phase droplet - based microfluidic systems for improved particle positioning within spherical droplets .\nchemical vapor deposition is a chemical process used to deposit a high purity solid material from the vapor phase and is commonly used in semiconductor - based technologies such as microelectronics and microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) for the deposition of a variety of thin films , including passivation and lubricant layers .\nr . he and c . - j . kim , \u201ca low - temperature monolithic encapsulation on wafer enabled by surface micromachining with porous alumina shell , \u201d ? j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 18 , no . 3 , june 2009 , pp . 588 - 596 . pdf\nw . shen , r . t . edwards , and c . - j kim , \u201celectrostatically - actuated metal - droplet microswitches integrated on cmos chip\u201d , j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 15 , no . 4 , aug . 2006 , pp . 879 - 889 . pdf\n13 . the packaging structure of claim 12 , wherein the control chip compensates for changes in temperature of the microelectromechanical resonator using data from the temperature sensor .\n[ 15 ] the release process of the microelectromechanical systems and devices is achieved by a complete dry etching process . the sequence of the release process flow is as shown in figure 1 . the schematics of the cross - section view of the process flow are as depicted in figure 2 .\nw . shen , r . t . edwards , and c . - j kim , \u201celectrostatically - actuated metal - droplet microswitches integrated on cmos chip\u201d , ? j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 15 , no . 4 , aug . 2006 , pp . 879 - 889 . pdf\nlin wang , todd r . christenson , yohannes m . desta , rainer k . fettig , jost goettert ,\nhigh - resolution x - ray masks for high aspect ratio microelectromechanical systems applications ,\nj . micro / nanolith . mems moems 3 ( 3 ) ( 1 july 2004 )\nt . liu , p . sen , and c . - j . kim , \u201ccharacterization of nontoxic liquid - metal alloy galinstan ? for applications in micro devices , \u201d journal of microelectromechanical systems , vol . 21 , no . 2 , april 2012 , pp . 443 - 450 . pdf\nt . liu , p . sen , and c . - j . kim , \u201ccharacterization of nontoxic liquid - metal alloy galinstan ? for applications in micro devices , \u201d journal of microelectromechanical systems , vol . 21 , no . 2 , april 2012 , pp . 443 - 450 . pdf\nhur j . i . , meng d . d . , kim c . - j . \u201cself - pumping membraneless miniature fuel cell with an air - breathing , fuel - tolerant pt cathode . \u201d journal of microelectromechanical systems . vol . 21 , 2012 , pp . 476 - 483 .\nj . li and c . - j . kim , \u201cdevelopment of handheld digital microfluidic systems , \u201d proc . int . conf . miniaturized systems for chemistry and life sciences ( mtas ) , gyeongju , korea , oct . 2015 , pp . 1199 - 1201 .\n- read on multiple operating systems and devices . easily read ebooks on smart phones , computers , or any ebook readers , including kindle .\nmsc micro and nanotechnology is a one year masters degree with a focus on microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) and nanoelectronics . you will develop knowledge and understanding of the microtechnology and nanotechnology aspects of electronic engineering and their application in micro and nanoscale devices . specialist options also support study for the biomedical and bionanotechnology industries .\n\u2026communications application for nanotechnology is microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) , devices sized at the micrometre level ( millionths of a metre ) . mems are currently poised to have a major impact on communications via optical switching . in the future , electromechanical devices may shrink to nanodimensions to take advantage of the higher frequencies of mechanical\u2026\nmayer , thomas m . , de boer , maarten p . , shinn , neal d . , clews , peggy j . , & michalske , terry a . chemical vapor deposition of fluoroalkylsilane monolayer films for adhesion control in microelectromechanical systems . united states . doi : 10 . 1116 / 1 . 1288200 .\npramanick , b . , martinez - chapa , s . o . , madou , m . , hwang , h . fabrication of 3d carbon microelectromechanical systems ( c - mems ) . j . vis . exp . ( 124 ) , e55649 , doi : 10 . 3791 / 55649 ( 2017 ) .\nplasma etch , inc . has a history of working with the microelectromechanical systems industry . we have worked with accelerometer , roll - over sensor , and air bag deployment sensor manufacturers in the automotive industry . we are committed to providing unparalleled plasma treatment solutions for every possible application . some of these applications include :\nnanofabrication encompasses diverse fields such as ; nanophotonic and solid state circuits , microelectromechanical systems , and microfluidic systems . the elionix electron beam lithography ( ebl ) tools are known for ultra - high precision to fabricate small nano - structures , excellent reliability , small footprint , and low cost of ownership . since 1975 , elionix has made significant contributions in the fields of fine processing , and measurement and analysis . the elionix corporate philosophy is that of two css ; challenge and speed , and customer satisfaction . to date , elionix has sold over 350 ebl systems to research institutes and industrial customers worldwide .\nwe have previously presented a microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) viscometric sensor for continuous glucose monitoring . the sensing fluid used therein was based on protein concanavalin a , which is known to have significant drawbacks , such as immunotoxicity and instability . to address this issue , a stable , biocompatible polymeric sensing fluid has been developed .\ng . y . sun , x . zhao , and c . - j . kim , \u201cfabrication of very - high - aspect - ratio microstructures in complex patterns by photoelectrochemical etching\u201d , journal of microelectromechanical systems , vol . 21 , no . 6 , dec . 2012 , pp . 1504 - 1512 . pdf\ns . k . cho , h . moon , and c . - j kim , \u201ccreating , transporting , cutting , and merging liquid droplets by electrowetting - based actuation for digital microfluidic circuits\u201d , j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 12 , no . 1 , february 2003 , pp . 70 - 80 .\ng . y . sun , x . zhao , and c . - j . kim , \u201cfabrication of very - high - aspect - ratio microstructures in complex patterns by photoelectrochemical etching\u201d , journal of microelectromechanical systems , vol . 21 , no . 6 , dec . 2012 , pp . 1504 - 1512 . pdf\npi ' s q - 521 and q - 522 sub - miniature precision stages ? can be assembled to form extremely small xyz positioning systems .\nthe 19th international conference on miniaturized systems for chemistry and life sciences , microtas 2015 . october 25 - 29 , 2015 . gyeongju , korea .\nthis paper studies analytically and numerically the spring softening and hardening phenomena that occur in electrostatically actuated microelectromechanical systems comb drive resonators utilizing folded suspension beams . an analytical expression for the electrostatic force generated between the combs of the rotor and the stator is derived and takes into account both the transverse and longitudina . . . view full abstract\u00bb\nparikh , dhara , barry craver , hatem nounu , fu - on fong , and j . c . wolfe ,\nnanoscale pattern definition on non - planar surfaces using ion beam proximity lithography and conformal , plasma - deposited resist ,\njourn . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 17 , 735 - 740 , june 2008 .\nsun j . , hur i . , zhao x . , kim c . - j . \u201cfabrication of very - high - aspect ratio micro metal posts and gratings by photo - electrochemical etching and electroplating . \u201d journal of microelectromechanical systems . vol 20 , no . 4 . august 2011 . pp . 876 - 884 .\ncontributions to this topic should address the fabrication of new micro / nano structures , new fabrication approaches to existing devices or the integration of structures and devices into new smart systems . the emphasis in this topic should be given to the integration of processes and technologies to build devices or systems with added functionality .\nmayer , thomas m . , de boer , maarten p . , shinn , neal d . , clews , peggy j . , and michalske , terry a . wed .\nchemical vapor deposition of fluoroalkylsilane monolayer films for adhesion control in microelectromechanical systems\n. united states . doi : 10 . 1116 / 1 . 1288200 . urltoken\nlee y - i et al :\ndry release for surface micromachining with hf vapor - phase etching\njournal of microelectromechanical systems , us , ieee inc . new york , vol . 6 , no . 3 , 1 september 1997 ( 1997 - 09 - 01 ) , pages 226 - 232 , xp000727189 issn : 1057 - 7157\nj . i . hur , d . d . meng , and c . - j . kim , \u201cself - pumping membraneless miniature fuel cell with an air - breathing , fuel - tolerant pt cathode , \u201d journal of microelectromechanical systems , vol . 21 , no . 2 , april 2012 , pp . 476 - 483 . pdf\nj . i . hur , d . d . meng , and c . - j . kim , \u201cself - pumping membraneless miniature fuel cell with an air - breathing , fuel - tolerant pt cathode , \u201d journal of microelectromechanical systems , vol . 21 , no . 2 , april 2012 , pp . 476 - 483 . pdf\nmems sales in both fiber - optics equipment and wireless systems , including next generation cell phones , will be the major market drivers in the telecom industry .\n1 . a microfabrication process for fabricating a microelectromechanical systems device , comprising : depositing one or a stack of layers on a substrate ; patterning said one or a stack of layers ; depositing a middle layer on said one or a stack of layers ; and patterning the middle layer using said one or a stack of layers as a photomask .\nplasma etchers are available in a variety of sizes . industrial large chamber plasma systems can be as large as 12 , 600 liters ( approximately 3 , 333 gallons ) . these systems are custom built to meet unique challenges of large scale plasma processing . other plasma systems convey parts on a tray that doubles as the plasma chamber floor . parts to be processed are conveyed to the plasma chamber , raised into it , treated , lowered and conveyed to the next step .\nin the late 1980s , the design and manufacturing tool set developed for vlsi was adapted for use in a field called microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) . these systems interface with both electronic and nonelectronic signals and interact with the nonelectrical physical world as well as the electronic world by merging signal processing with sensing and / or actuation . instead of handling only electrical signals , mems also bring into play mechanical elements , some with moving parts , making possible systems such as miniature fluid - pressure and flow sensors , accelerometers , gyroscopes , and micro - optical devices . mems are designed using computer - aided design ( cad ) techniques based on vlsi and mechanical cad systems and are typically batch - fabricated using vlsi - based fabrication tools . like ics , mems are progressing toward smaller sizes , higher speeds , and greater functionality .\ncontributions to this topic should address biological problems and show how micro / nano engineering can provide with the appropriate solution , starting from biomaterials , technological processes , algorithms , biomimetics , microelectromechanical systems for biological sensing ( biomems ) or , in general , any kind of development that results in an advance in biology and medicine . targeted areas can be :\nlong and hollow glassy carbon microfibers were fabricated based on the pyrolysis of a natural product , human hair . the two fabrication steps of carbon microelectromechanical and carbon nanoelectromechanical systems , or c - mems and c - nems , are : ( i ) photolithography of a carbon - rich polymer precursor and ( ii ) pyrolysis of the patterned polymer precursor .\nobject of the present invention is to provide an improved process for producing of microelectromechanical systems . another object of the present invention is to provide novel etching gas mixtures suitable , la . , for application in the process of the present invention . these and other objects of the present invention are achieved by the process and gas mixtures as outlined below .\nd . d . meng , t . cubaud , c . - m . ho and c . - j . kim , \u201ca methanol - tolerant , gas - venting microchannel for a micro direct methanol fuel cell\u201d , j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 16 , no . 6 , dec . 2007 , pp . 1403 - 1410 . pdf\ng . sun , h . park , and c . - j . kim , \u201cdevelopment of a miniature shear sensor for direct comparison of skin - friction drags\u201d , journal of microelectromechanical systems , vol . 24 , no . 5 , october 2015 , pp . 1426 - 1435 . ( doi : 10 . 1109 / jmems . 2015 . 2409475 )\nf . chamran , y . yeh , h . - s . min , b . dunn , and c . - j . kim , \u201cfabrication of high - aspect - ratio electrode arrays for three - dimensional microbatteries\u201d , j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 16 , no . 4 , aug . 2007 , pp . 844 - 851 . pdf\nextension of microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) into more extreme operating conditions will require a wider range of material properties than are currently available in conventional systems . successful integration of new materials is dependent on concurrent development of compatible fabrication routes and scale appropriate evaluation techniques . this review focuses on emerging material classes that have potential to replace silicon - based mems in elevated temperature applications . basic silicon mechanical properties and micromachining methods are reviewed to provide context for developing material systems such as silicon carbide , silicon carbonitrides , and several nickel - based alloys . potential improvements in strength , thermal stability , and reliability are juxtaposed with fabrication , reproducibility , and economic feasibility issues that must also be addressed .\nmayer , thomas m . , de boer , maarten p . , shinn , neal d . , clews , peggy j . , and michalske , terry a . chemical vapor deposition of fluoroalkylsilane monolayer films for adhesion control in microelectromechanical systems . united states : n . p . , 2000 . web . doi : 10 . 1116 / 1 . 1288200 .\nn2 - extension of microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) into more extreme operating conditions will require a wider range of material properties than are currently available in conventional systems . successful integration of new materials is dependent on concurrent development of compatible fabrication routes and scale appropriate evaluation techniques . this review focuses on emerging material classes that have potential to replace silicon - based mems in elevated temperature applications . basic silicon mechanical properties and micromachining methods are reviewed to provide context for developing material systems such as silicon carbide , silicon carbonitrides , and several nickel - based alloys . potential improvements in strength , thermal stability , and reliability are juxtaposed with fabrication , reproducibility , and economic feasibility issues that must also be addressed .\nab - extension of microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) into more extreme operating conditions will require a wider range of material properties than are currently available in conventional systems . successful integration of new materials is dependent on concurrent development of compatible fabrication routes and scale appropriate evaluation techniques . this review focuses on emerging material classes that have potential to replace silicon - based mems in elevated temperature applications . basic silicon mechanical properties and micromachining methods are reviewed to provide context for developing material systems such as silicon carbide , silicon carbonitrides , and several nickel - based alloys . potential improvements in strength , thermal stability , and reliability are juxtaposed with fabrication , reproducibility , and economic feasibility issues that must also be addressed .\ng . sun , j . i . hur , x . zhao , and c . - j . kim , \u201cfabrication of very - high - aspect - ratio micro metal posts and gratings by photo - electrochemical etching and electroplating , \u201d journal of microelectromechanical systems , vol . 20 , no . 4 , august 2011 , pp . 876 - 884 . pdf\nf . - g . tseng , c . - j . kim , and c . - m . ho , \u201ca high resolution high frequency monolithic top - shooting microinjector free of satellite drops : part i , concept , design and model\u201d , j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 11 , no . 5 , october 2002 , pp . 427 - 436 .\nk . - s . yun , i . - j . cho , j . - u . bu , c . - j . kim , and e . yoon \u201ca surface - tension driven micropump for low voltage and low power operations\u201d , j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 11 , no . 5 , october 2002 , pp . 454 - 461 .\nj . j . - y . gill , l . v . ngo , p . r . nelson , and c . - j . kim , \u201celimination of extra spring effect at the step - up anchor of surface - micromachined structure\u201d , j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 7 , no . 1 , march 1998 , pp . 114 - 121 .\nf . - g . tseng , c . - j . kim , and c . - m . ho , \u201ca high resolution high frequency monolithic top - shooting microinjector free of satellite drops : part ii : fabrication , implementation , and characterization\u201d , j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 11 , no . 5 , october 2002 , pp . 437 - 447 .\nl . latorre , j . kim , j . lee , p . - p . de guzman , h . j . lee , p . nouet , and c . - j . kim , \u201celectrostatic actuation of microscale liquid - metal droplets\u201d , j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 11 , no . 4 , august 2002 , pp . 302 - 308 .\nabstract =\nextension of microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) into more extreme operating conditions will require a wider range of material properties than are currently available in conventional systems . successful integration of new materials is dependent on concurrent development of compatible fabrication routes and scale appropriate evaluation techniques . this review focuses on emerging material classes that have potential to replace silicon - based mems in elevated temperature applications . basic silicon mechanical properties and micromachining methods are reviewed to provide context for developing material systems such as silicon carbide , silicon carbonitrides , and several nickel - based alloys . potential improvements in strength , thermal stability , and reliability are juxtaposed with fabrication , reproducibility , and economic feasibility issues that must also be addressed .\n,\nsamples of 53 materials that are used or potentially can be used or in the fabrication of microelectromechanical systems and integrated circuits were prepared : single - crystal silicon with two doping levels , polycrystalline silicon with two doping levels , polycrystalline germanium , polycrystalline sige , graphite , fused quartz , pyrex 7740 , nine other preparations of silicon dioxide , four preparation . . . view full abstract\u00bb\nyang , e . - h . hishinuma , y . cheng , j . - g . trolier - mckinstry , s . bloemhof , e . and levine , b . m . 2006 . thin - film piezoelectric unimorph actuator - based deformable mirror with a transferred silicon membrane . journal of microelectromechanical systems , vol . 15 , issue . 5 , p . 1214 .\nj . ok , y . - w . lu , and c . - j . kim , \u201cpneumatically driven microcage for microbe manipulation in a biological liquid environment\u201d , j . microelectromechanical systems , 2006 , vol . 15 , no . 6 , dec . 2006 , pp . 1499 - 1505 . ( doi : 10 . 1109 / jmems . 2006 . 883887 ) pdf\nused for thermal energy harvesting , thermoelectric generator ( teg ) can convert heat into electricity directly . structurally , the main part of teg is the thermopile , which consists of thermocouples connected in series electrically and in parallel thermally . benefiting from massive progress achieved in a microelectromechanical systems technology , micro teg ( \u03bc - teg ) with advantages of small vol . . . view full abstract\u00bb\nj . ok , y . - w . lu , and c . - j . kim , \u201cpneumatically driven microcage for microbe manipulation in a biological liquid environment\u201d , ? j . microelectromechanical systems , 2006 , vol . 15 , no . 6 , dec . 2006 , pp . 1499 - 1505 . ( doi : 10 . 1109 / jmems . 2006 . 883887 ) pdf\nestablished 40 years ago , elionix manufactures systems that utilize particle beams ; electron , ion and electromagnetic waves that include light and x - ray . over the years , elionix has manufactured more than 350 dedicated electron beam lithography systems and maintains the largest market share in japan , which is widely known for world - class electron beam design and development .\nresonators fabricated in heavily doped silicon have been noted to have a reduced frequency - temperature dependence compared with lightly doped silicon . the resonant frequency of silicon microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) resonators is largely governed by the material ' s elastic properties , which are known to depend on doping . in this paper , a suite of different types and orientations of resonator . . . view full abstract\u00bb\n[ 5 ] releasing microelectromechanical systems and device sensor and actuator devices to form free - hanging structures via wet etching method usually leads to problems such as stiction or adhesion , a condition where the substrate and the microstructures adhere together causing the microelectromechanical systems and device to fail . adhesion can occur during processing when the suspended structure is exposed to an aqueous rinsing and drying cycle . strong attractive capillary forces can develop during the dehydration process due to the very small gap of the device - to - substrate , causing it to collapse and subsequently pinned to the substrate . separating the two surfaces is often complicated due to the fragile nature of the microstructure . this type of device failure develops both in fabrication and during device operation , being a dominant source of yield loss in mems .\ncantilever - type all - organic microelectromechanical systems based on molecularly imprinted polymers for specific analyte recognition are used as chemical sensors . they are produced by a simple spray - coating - shadow - masking process . analyte binding to the cantilever generates a measurable change in its resonance frequency . this allows label - free detection by direct mass sensing of low - molecular - weight analytes at nanomolar concentrations .\nthe young ' s modulus ( e ) of a material is a key parameter for mechanical engineering design . silicon , the most common single material used in microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) , is an anisotropic crystalline material whose material properties depend on orientation relative to the crystal lattice . this fact means that the correct value of e for analyzing two different designs in sil . . . view full abstract\u00bb\nlocated in livermore , california , yield engineering systems ( yes ) is a privately held company that manufactures engineering process control equipment to meet the needs of innovative engineers and lab managers .\nmicroelectromechanical systems ( mems ) provide engineers with a rich palette of technical solutions to a wide range of actuation and sensing challenges . mems devices are low cost , easily integrated with sense and drive electronics , are robust , and can be designed to respond to electrical , mechanical , or chemical stimuli . because they are mechanical , mems devices suffer from being relatively slow in . . . view full abstract\u00bb\nthis paper describes the design and fabrication of an electrostatic microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) switch that can be co - fabricated on the same substrate with a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer ( cmut ) as a transmit / receive switch . the structure of the switch is modified from a single cmut cell . an interrupted transmission line is defined across the center of the cell with cont . . . view full abstract\u00bb\na microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) capacitive - type passive wireless pressure sensor designed to operate in harsh environments at temperatures up to 1000 \u00b0c is presented . the pressure sensor has a sapphire - based diaphragm and structural body , and a platinum - based capacitive element . the capacitive element is configured as a part of a slot patch antenna that is designed to operate in a f . . . view full abstract\u00bb\ng . sun , t . liu , p . sen , w . shen , c . gudeman and c . - j . kim , \u201celectrostatic side - drive rotary stage on liquid - ring bearing , \u201d journal of microelectromechanical systems , vol . 23 , no . 1 , feb . 2014 , pp . 147 - 156 . ( doi : 10 . 1109 / jmems . 2013 . 2262592 )\nthe paper presents the first tool for the emulation of microelectromechanical systems ( memss ) to be used for the characterization of electronics designed for mems . with such a tool , electronics of different nature ( integrated , discrete - component , and instrumentation ) can be tested ( debugged ) as in operation , even in the absence of physically available mems transducers . the proposed mems emulator ( . . . view full abstract\u00bb\nsystems [ 14 , 15 ] , mass analyzers [ 16 - 21 ] , detectors [ 22 - 26 ] , and vacuum components [ 27 - 30 ] . the mems fabrication process\nmicro electromechanical systems ( mems ) are miniaturized devices combining electrical and mechanical elements , and are made using microfabrication techniques . mems devices are capable of sensing and interacting with their surrounding environment .\nwe have designed a novel microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) resonant acoustic wake - up switch which is actuated by ambient sound waves , using zero power while waiting for a signal at its resonant frequency and less than 10 nw when the signal is detected . the system uses a battery to charge a capacitor through mems switches activated only by the target signals . the sensor is of rotational design . . . view full abstract\u00bb\nthis paper reports theoretical analysis and experimental results on a new class of rectangular plate and ring - shaped contour - mode piezoelectric aluminum nitride radio - frequency microelectromechanical systems resonators that span a frequency range from 19 to 656 mhz showing high - quality factors in air ( qmax = 4300 at 229 . 9 mhz ) , low motional resistance ( ranging from 50 to 700 omega ) , and c . . . view full abstract\u00bb\nrie etching is used extensively in the semi - conductor and microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) industries . for example , in the manufacturing of printed circuit boards ( pcbs ) , anisotropic etching is used to form circuit patterns in wafers . reactive plasma etching rates vary greatly depending on the rie etch plasma system and substrate being plasma etched . rie etch rates range from 0 . 001 micrometer / minute to 1 micrometer / min .\nthe rie - 800ipb is a dedicated silicon etching system specifically designed for the bosch process ( licensed from robert bosch gmbh ) . the systems ' unique reaction chamber , electrode , stage and vacuum design overcomes the problems encountered in competing systems to allow high rate ( ~ 50 \u03bcm / min ) , tilt free , high aspect etching with industry leading selectivity ( ~ 250 : 1 ) .\nmicroelectromechanical systems have great potentials to revolutionize all areas of science and technology by creating sophisticated miniature devices . the basis of the microelectromechanical systems fabrication is today ' s silicon processing technology mostly based on optical lithography and wet or dry etching processes . the optical limitation of such lithographic techniques will eventually force the semiconductor industry to adapt new ways of processing ever smaller structures . since eigler and coworkers have shown that a scanning microscope tip can be used to manipulate single atoms , creation of nanoscale structures with scanning probe microscopes ( spm ) has been a popular subject of study . however , compared to the optical lithography , the processing speed of spm is too slow for implementation in actual device construction . there have been some efforts to construct parallel processing spm devices with multi - tip cantilevers . most of these are delicate devices based on atomic force microscopes ( afms ) .\n1 . a method of producing a microelectromechanical system (\nmems\n) from a structure comprising a step wherein the structure is etched applying an etching gas comprising elemental fluorine or carbonyl fluoride ( cof2 ) or a mixture of both .\nthe etch rates for 317 combinations of 16 materials ( single - crystal silicon , doped , and undoped polysilicon , several types of silicon dioxide , stoichiometric and silicon - rich silicon nitride , aluminum , tungsten , titanium , ti / w alloy , and two brands of positive photoresist ) used in the fabrication of microelectromechanical systems and integrated circuits in 28 wet , plasma , and plasmaless - gas - phase . . . view full abstract\u00bb\nproducts in the medical industry require a diversity of surfaces from molecular specific bonding sites for dna microarrays to enhanced biocompatible surfaces for medical devices . products as diverse microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) also require hydrophobic surfaces to minimize stiction . as technology advances , the need for precise and reproducible control over nanoscale surface areas increases . while rf plasma can modify surface energies , the coating of functionally diverse organosilanes provides the ability for precise surface modification .\ny . - i . lee , k . - h . park , j . lee , c . - s . lee , h . j . yoo , c . - j . kim , and y . - s . yoon , \u201cdry release for surface micromachining with hf vapor - phase etching\u201d , j . microelectromechanical systems , vol . 6 , no . 3 , sept . 1997 , pp . 226 - 233 .\nsandia designs , characterizes and delivers miniaturized , reliable rf mems components and systems such as filters , switches , and oscillators that provide differentiating capabilities to sandia system groups impacting national security and nuclear weapons .\nmems promise to revolutionize nearly every product category by bringing together silicon - based microelectronics fabrication with silicon micromachining technology , thereby , making possible the realizing of complete systems - on - a - chip .\nfor over 30 years , yield engineering systems , inc . ( yes ) has designed and manufactured quality process equipment to assist in the successful development of products in industries such as biotechnology and mems .\nrecent decades have seen rapid development in the manufacture of microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) at the micrometer scale , mostly based on silicon wafer processing techniques , with characteristic length scales of millimeters to nanometers . however , standard mems techniques are often inappropriate for producing machines with complex 3d topologies and varied constituent materials at the mesoscale , at sizes between micrometer scales of mems and centimeter scales of larger devices that can be manufactured with more traditional methods .\nsurface micromachining of a microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) structure fundamentally involves the deposition and patterning of at least two types of layers on top of a substrate . the first type of layer includes one or more structural layers in which the final mems structure is formed . the second type of layer includes sacrificial layers which support or encase the mems structure during formation of the mems and which is subsequently dissolved away resulting in a released mems structure .\nplasma etching is used extensively in the semi - conductor and microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) industries . for example , in the manufacturing of printed circuit boards ( pcbs ) , isotropic etching is used to plasma clean circuits after machining ( a process termed desmearing ) and prior to electroplating . anisotropic etching is used to form circuit patterns in wafers . the anisotropic plasma etching in this application is highly energetic and called reactive ion etching ( rie ) .\na 4 - terminal microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) relay has long been sought for signal switching applications because it allows de - coupling of the actuation ( body and gate ) and signal ( source and drain ) components unlike a 3 - terminal mems relay . however , the contact resistance still remains a serious problem in current 4 - terminal mems relays compared with the 3 - terminal mems relays . in this pape . . . view full abstract\u00bb\nelectrostatic discharge ( esd ) and electrical overstress ( eos ) damage of micro - electrical - mechanical systems ( mems ) has been identified as a new failure mode . this failure mode has not been previously recognized or addressed primarily due to the mechanical nature and functionality of these systems , as well as the physical failure signature that resembles stiction . because many mems devices . . . [ show full abstract ]\nour new techniques allow us to use any material including polymers , metals , ceramics , and composites . along with integrated electronics , this means that we can generate full systems in any three - dimensional shape .\nelemental fluorine and carbonyl fluoride are suitable etchants for producing microelectromechanical devices ( ' mems ' ) . they are preferably applied as mixtures with nitrogen and argon . if applied in bosch - type process , c 4 f 6 is a highly suitable passivating gas .\nmems already have a track record of commercial success that provides a compelling case for further development ( e . g . , pressure - sensing , acceleration sensing , and ink - jet printing ) . like any developing field , however , commercial successes in the mems field coexist with products still under development that have not yet established a large customer base ( e . g . , mems display systems and integrated chemical - analysis systems ) .\nj . lee and c . - j . kim , \u201cliquid micromotor driven by continuous electrowetting\u201d , proc . ieee micro electro mechanical systems workshop , heidelberg , germany , jan . 1998 , pp . 538 - 543 .\nradauscher , e . j . , parker , c . b . , gilchrist , k . , di dona , s . , russell , z . e . , hall , s . , . . . amsden , j . j . ( 2016 ) . a miniature electron ionization source fabricated using microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) with integrated carbon nanotube ( cnt ) field emission cathodes and low - temperature co - fired ceramics ( ltc . international journal of mass spectrometry , urltoken .\nthis programme outlines the micro and nanotechnology aspects of electronic engineering , with a focus on microelectromechanical systems and nanoelectronics . these technologies , for example , underpin research and development of miniaturised sensors , including the motion and position sensors in mobile phones , and of nanoscale logic and memory devices for next - generation consumer electronics and future quantum devices . the programme also addresses microfluidic technology , enabling miniaturised biodevices for point - of - care diagnostic applications , and covers the fundamentals of photonic circuits and devices .\nmany of the mems developed by principal research scientist luis fernando vel\u00e1squez - garc\u00eda \u2014 from thrusters for tiny satellites to systems for spinning out flexible functional materials \u2014 involve dense arrays of tiny semiconductor tips , like those shown here .\nb . shivkumar and c . - j . kim , \u201cmicroriveting - a new wafer joining method\u201d , proc . ieee micro electro mechanical systems workshop , nagoya , japan , jan . 1997 , pp . 197 - 202 .\nwe report a miniature adjustable multi - blade iris diaphragm driven by microelectromechanical - systems - based electrostatic rotary microactuators . a proof - of - concept device is designed and fabricated using a silicon - on - insulator micromachining process . the diameter of the developed iris diaphragm aperture is experimentally demonstrated to be able to adjust from 0 . 45 to 1 . 56 mm . when used in a miniature camera lens system , the current prototype device is capable of providing an adjustment range of more than three full\n. . . mono - crystalline silicon with ( 100 ) plane as the major surface is the most commonly used semiconductor substrate material for the production of microchips . the single crystal silicon is not only a dominant substrate material for the fabrication of micro - electro and micro - mechanical components such as microelectromechanical - systems ( mems ) but also an important infrared optical material wang et al . [ 2 ] . sometimes ic chips need to have pockets machined on them for failure analysis . . . .\ndamages are created in a sacrificial layer of silicon dioxide by ion implantation to enhance the etch rate of silicon - dioxide in liquid and vapor phase hydrofluoric acid . the etch rate ratio between implanted and unimplanted silicon dioxide is more than 150 in vapor hydrofluoric acid ( vhf ) . this feature is of interest to greatly reduce the underetch of microelectromechanical systems anchors . based on the experimentally extracted etch rate of unimplanted and implanted silicon dioxide , the patterning of the sacrificial layer can be predicted by simulation .\ns . k . cho and c . - j . kim , \u201cparticle separation and concentration control for digital microfluidic systems\u201d , proc . ieee conf . mems , kyoto , japan , january 2003 , pp . 686 - 689 .\nlead zirconate titanate ( pzt ) films are very attractive for microelectromechanical systems ( mems ) applications because of their high piezoelectric coefficients and good electromechanical coupling . in this work , wet - etch patterning of sol - gel pzt films for mems applications , typically with film thicknesses ranging from 2 to 10 microns , was studied . a two - step wet - etch process was developed . in the first step , 10 : 1 buffered hf is used to remove the majority of the film at room temperature . then a solution of 2hcl : h\njohn y . kim and c . - j . kim , \u201ccomparative study of various release methods for polysilicon surface micromachining\u201d , proc . ieee micro electro mechanical systems workshop , nagoya , japan , jan . 1997 , pp . 442 - 447 .\njacob white , the cecil h . green professor of electrical engineering and computer science , develops computer - aided design ( cad ) tools for engineering applications . these days , his academic research focuses more on biological and biomedical devices , but in the past , he\u2019s worked on cad systems for mems as well . modern cad systems \u2014 white\u2019s included \u2014 don\u2019t just provide intuitive visual interfaces for device design ; they also include simulation software that verifies the devices\u2019 performance , a process known as computational prototyping .\nsandia designs , develops , builds and delivers highly sensitive , reliable micro and nano - scale optical solutions across electromechanical and biological domains for physical sensing and optical signal processing in national security applications . sandia uses microfabrication techniques to create novel approaches and methodologies for micro - and nano - scale optical sensing and control . sandia utilizes these approaches alongside proven opto - electro - mechanical techniques to push performance limits in displacement and acceleration sensing , optical wavefront control and beam shaping . these capabilities are applied with system level input to build high performance , reliable , integrated systems such as inertial and acoustic sensors , high speed optical switches and modulators , adaptive optics systems , micro - spectrometers , integrated optical circuits and on - chip fluorescence - based sensors for microfluidic systems .\nbesides deep silicon etching , corial also innovates by developing processes and systems to serve the latest customer needs , such as deep etching of hard materials like glass or sapphire , thick sio2 film deposition for hard mask applications , and etching of piezoelectric films .\n13 . a method for fabricating a microelectromechanical systems device , the method of comprising : a ) depositing one or a stack of layers on a base layer , said one layer or an uppermost layer in said stack of layers being a sacrificial layer ; b ) patterning said one or a stack of layers to provide at least one aperture therethrough through which said base layer is exposed ; c ) depositing a photosensitive layer over said one or a stack of layers ; and d ) passing light through said at least one aperture to expose said photosensitive layer ."]}
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", "topic": 7}], "title": "jhansi municipal corporation", "paragraphs": ["jhansi municipal corporation , with population of about 5 . 1 lakh is jhansi sub district ' s only municipal corporation located in jhansi sub district of jhansi district in the state uttar pradesh in india . total geographical area of jhansi municipal corporation is 150 km 2 . population density of the city is 3371 persons per km 2 . there are 60 wards in the city , among them jhansi ward no 45 is the most populous ward with population of about 16 thousand and jhansi ward no 12 is the least populous ward with population of 4368 .\nhi ! please visit the municipal office and get your complain registered . you can also dial below given number for assistance . address : municipal corporation office near elite chauraha civil lines jhansi ( uttar pradesh ) pin code - 284003\nswachhta awareness hording / banner in jhansi railway station installed by jhansi municipal corporation . @ swachsurvekshan # swachhsurvekshan2018 @ mycleanindia @ swachhbharat @ mohua _ india @ mannakarol @ secretary _ mohua # upcm # yogiadityanath @ pria _ india urltoken\nswachh survekshan 2018 rally , nukkad natak initiated by jhansi citizens and municipal corporation jhansi . @ swachsurvekshan # swachhsurvekshan2018 @ mycleanindia @ swachhbharat @ mohua _ india @ mannakarol @ secretary _ mohua # upcm # yogiadityanath @ pria _ india urltoken\nnight sweeping in commercial area done by jhansi municipal corporation . @ swachsurvekshan # swachhsurvekshan2018 @ mycleanindia @ swachhbharat @ mohua _ india @ mannakarol @ secretary _ mohua # upcm # yogiadityanath @ pria _ india urltoken\nmaking government schemes , vaccinations , medicines available to the public through the primary health centers and municipal hospitals .\nin 1842 raja gangadhar rao married to mannikarnika . after this marriage mannikarnika was given the new name laxmi bai , who led forces against british in 1857 . she sacrificed her life to the cause of indian independence in 1858 . in 1861 the british government gave the jhansi fort and jhansi city to jivajirao scindia . jhansi was then became a part of gwalior state . in 1886 britishers took back jhansi from gwalior state . in independent india jhansi was included in uttar pradesh . at present jhansi is a divisional commissioner ' s headquarter including district jhansi , lalitpur and jalaun . rani laxmi bai , the fiery queen of jhansi , also known as the rani of jhansi , one of the great nationalist heroine of the first war of indian freedom ,\nratnakar singh arora from ward no . 42 , jhokan bagh , jhansi 964 days ago\nhi ! please visit the municipal office and get your complain registered . you can also dial below given number for assistance . contact no . : 0510 - 2332097 e - mail : nagarayukta @ urltoken\nthe city is home to about 5 . 1 lakh people , among them about 2 . 7 lakh ( 52 % ) are male and about 2 . 4 lakh ( 48 % ) are female . 78 % of the whole population are from general caste , 22 % are from schedule caste and 0 % are schedule tribes . child ( aged under 6 years ) population of jhansi municipal corporation is 11 % , among them 54 % are boys and 46 % are girls . there are about 91 thousand households in the city and an average 6 persons live in every family .\njhansi nagar nigam was established under the provisions of the uttar pradesh municipal corporations adhiniyam of 1959 , making necessary amendments from time to time . it has been categorized as urban local body under the provisions of the 74th amendment of the constitution , where the rights duties , functions and administration have been streamlined as per the act .\nnearest railway station is jhansi which is within the city . jhansi is the sub district head quarter of the city . district head quarter of the city is jhansi . lucknow is the state head quarter of the city and is 325 km far from here . yearly average rainfall of the city is 660 mm . maximum temperature here reaches up to 46\u00b0c and minimum temperature goes down to 4\u00b0c .\njhansi city , situated between the rivers pahunj and betwa is a symbol of bravery , courage and self respect . it is said that in ancient times jhansi was a part of the regions chedi rashtra , jejak bhukti , jajhoti and bundelkhand . jhansi was a stronghold of the chandela kings . balwant nagar was the name of this place . but in 11th . century jhansi lost its importance . in 17th . century under raja bir singh deo of orchha jhansi again rose to prominence . raja bir singh deo had good relations with the mughal emperor jehangir . in 1613 raja bir singh deo constructed the jhansi fort . he died in 1627 . after his death his son juhar singh succeeded him . maharaja chhatrasal bundela of panna was a good administrator and a brave warrior . in 1729 mohammed khan bangash attacked chhatrasal . peshwa baji rao ( i ) helped maharaja chhatrasal and defeated mughal army . as a mark of gratitude maharaja chhatrasal offered a part of his state to maratha peshwa baji rao ( i ) . jhansi was also included in this part . in 1742 naroshanker was made the subedar of jhansi . during his tenure of 15 years he not only extended the jhansi fort which was of strategic importance but also constructed some other buildings .\ntreaty was signed between east india company and maratha . after the death of shiv rao his grand son ramchandra rao was made subedar of jhansi . he was not a good administrator . ramchandra rao died in 1835 . after his death raghunath rao ( iii ) was made his successor . in 1838 raghunath rao ( iii ) also died . the british rulers then accepted gangadhar rao as the raja of jhansi . due to the inefficient administration during the period of raghunath rao ( iii ) the financial position of jhansi was very critical . raja gangadhar rao was a very good administrator . he was very generous and full of sympathy . he gave very good administration to jhansi . during his period the local population of jhansi was very satisfied .\ni need to get my birth certificate reissued . i was born in jhansi in 78 and my birth registration was done in jhansi municipality and birth certificate was issued then . but unfortunately i lost my birth certificate so need it reissued now . currently i stay outside jhansi so can you please let me know the procedure for getting a birth certificate . is there any option to apply & pay the fee online . kindly share the list of supporting documents that would be needed . thanks ! hope to get a reply soon .\nthe local administration of jhansi comes under the purview of jhansi nagar nigam , which is in - charge of housing and sanitation , maintenance of roads and providing basic healthcare facilities , educational faciliites . in totality , it covers 152 square kilometres across 5 tehsils , 8 blocks and 437 gram villages with a total population of nearly 5 lakh residents across 60 wards .\nsir mere bhai rajesh kanchan ki death 06 . 08 . 17 ko hui ush ke death certificate ke liye maine 10 . 08 . 17 ko nagar nigam jhansi mai registration karya h . sir death certificate kab milega ?\nthe extended part of the fort is called shankergarh . in 1757 naroshanker was called back by the peshwa . after him madhav govind kakirde and then babulal kanahai were made the subedars of jhansi . in 1766 vishwas rao laxman was made the subedar of jhansi . his period was from 1766 to 1769 . after him raghunath rao ( ii ) newalkar was appointed the subedar of jhansi . he was a very able administrator . he increased the revenue of the state . the mahalaxmi temple and the raghunath temple were built by him . for his own residence he constructed a beautiful building rani mahal in the city . in 1796 raghunath rao passed the subedari in favour of his brother shivrao hari . in 1803 a\nthe nagar nigam has various general functions such as providing basic infrastructure such as roads , street lights , maintenance of roads , providing basic health and educational centres , etc . the following departments are under the jurisdiction of the jhansi nagar nigam\nwhat is the status of my non availability of my birth certificate . i had asked my relative to collect it after providing the necessary papers . my date of birth is 1 8 1946 and place of birth is jhansi . i stay in jabalpur\n@ pria _ india and @ smartcityjhansi organized\nsource segregation campaign\nfor citizens , shri pratap singh bhadouriya m c jhansi & pria team were present . # swacchbharatabhiyan # mycleanindia # swachhata # swachhbharat # bluegreenpledge # mycleanindia @ mohua _ india @ swachhbharatgov urltoken\nshri r prem anand dy secretary ( coord ) visited plastic waste management plant in jhansi @ 24 . 01 . 2018 @ swachsurvekshan @ swachhsurvekshan2018 @ mycleanindia @ swachhbharat @ mohua _ india @ mannakarol @ secretary _ mohua # upcm # yogiadityanath @ pria _ india urltoken\na plan should be made for clean jhansi . you can provide / tell people to use two dust bin . one for garbage & another for vegetables / fruits waste . a good plan should be there for solid waste & sewage water management . it will help to clean our environment as well as society .\njhansi has 33 % ( about 1 . 7 lakh ) population engaged in either main or marginal works . 50 % male and 14 % female population are working population . 39 % of total male population are main ( full time ) workers and 11 % are marginal ( part time ) workers . for women 8 % of total female population are main and 6 % are marginal workers .\na symbol of resistance to the british rule in india was born on 19th november 1835 at kashi ( presently known as varanasi ) . her father moropanth was a brahmin and her mother bhagirathibai was a cultured , intelligent and god fearing lady . mannikarnika ( manu ) was the name of rani laxmi bai in her childhood . manu lost her mother at the age of four . the complete responsibility of the young girl fell on the father . she completed her education and also learned horse riding , sword fighting and shooting on a target with a gun . she was married to raja gangadhar rao , the maharaja of jhansi in 1842 , and became the rani of jhansi . after the marriage she was given the name laxmi bai . the marriage ceremony was performed in ganesh mandir , the temple of lord ganesha situated in the city of jhansi . rani laxmi bai gave birth to a son in 1851 , but unfortunately this child died when he was about four months old . after this tragedy , damodar rao was adopted a son . later on maharaja gangadhar rao also died on 21st november 1853 . after the death of maharaja gangadhar rao , rani laxmi bai was left alone . at this time she was eighteen years old . rani laxmi bai did not lost her courage , she always remembered her responsibility .\ntotal about 3 . 7 lakh people in the city are literate , among them about 2 . 1 lakh are male and about 1 . 6 lakh are female . literacy rate ( children under 6 are excluded ) of jhansi is 83 % . 89 % of male and 77 % of female population are literate here . overall literacy rate in the city has increased by 5 % . male literacy has gone up by 3 % and female literacy rate has gone up by 7 % .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nhindus contribute 81 % of the total population and are the largest religious community in the city followed by muslims which contribute 17 % of the total population and christians are the third largest religious community here with 1 % population . . female sex ratio per 1000 male in hindus are 898 in muslims are 929 and in christians are 1081 .\npopulation of the city has increased by 18 . 7 % in last 10 years . in 2001 census total population here were about 4 . 3 lakh . female population growth rate of the city is 19 . 7 % which is 2 % higher than male population growth rate of 17 . 7 % . general caste population has increased by 18 . 2 % ; schedule caste population has increased by 18 . 6 % ; schedule tribe population has increased by 708 . 2 % and child population has decreased by - 1 . 5 % in the city since last census .\nas of 2011 census there are 905 females per 1000 male in the city . sex ratio in general caste is 911 , in schedule caste is 885 and in schedule tribe is 874 . there are 866 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the city . overall sex ratio in the city has increased by 15 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011 . child sex ratio here has decreased by 9 girls per 1000 boys during the same time .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nsite designed and developed by national informatics centre , u . p state unit , lucknow . data on this website is managed by the department . | last update date : december 21nd , 2017\nwe ' ve detected that javascript is disabled in your browser . would you like to proceed to legacy twitter ?\ntraders association is important stakeholder to keep city clean . traders can effectively contribute to make cities # 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certificates such as death and birth are some of the streams of revenue flow .\nfiling of property tax - this includes assessment of taxes as per the ward , calculation and filing of property taxes .\nbirth / death certificates : application of death / birth certificates along with the stipulated fee can be made within the specific time frame .\ni am apply birth certificate on 30 / 11 / 17 , s . no . 5272 adwika mishra d / o arun kumar mishra . what is the status of my certificate .\ndear sir , ward no . 22 prakash motors petrol pump k samne jain mandir wali gali mai bahut gandi padi rahti hai nagar nigam safai karamchari yaha safai nahi karte hai or naliya bhari padi hai\nhello sir bard no . 56 data gate ander mere ghar se nali nikli hai mere pani ka koi nistaar nahi piche ke gharo se kachra at a hai aage wale nahi ko siment lga kr ucja kiya hai mere ghar main pani at a hai main bohot pareshan hu aap se nebedan hai krpya kr aage ke nali gehri krwa de aap ki ati kirpa hoge\nhello sir mera name rahul hi me bard no . 50 me rhta hu pathoriya choraha se satyanaran mandir ki oar se jane bali gali me do nali ki puliya 1saal se tuti se apse nivedan hi ki use jald hi sahi karayi jaye . and pthoriya chorahe par pani bharne ki samashya ka nishtaran kiya jaye . prathigan samash muhallavashi\nward no 2 main 710 / 8 k pass wale naala choke hai aur pani jama ho raha hai jisse malaria dengue ho sakta hai . pls safai karwai . plots main ganda pani bade raha hai\nsir ji ward no . 17 ka nala bahut ganda ho gaya janta badbu se pareshan h . y nala gariya fhatak prem nagar mohlla puraviya tola m hsir ji ward no . 17 ka nala bahut ganda ho gaya janta badbu se pareshan h . y nala gariya fhatak prem nagar mohlla puraviya tola m h . m thanku . mthanku\npl suggest a site where we can post our complaints regarding street light , street and naali cleaning , water supply pipeline leakage etc . of our arearegardsratnakar singh aroramob . 9415400859\nthis site is a part of india online network 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", "topic": 29}], "title": "hola airlines", "paragraphs": ["copyright \u00a9 hola paella 2004 - 2015 hola paella inc . hola paella logo and related marks are registered trademarks of hola paella . all rights reserved .\nhola airlines . airline code , web site , phone , reviews and opinions .\nnorth cyprus airlines was founded , shortly after the bankruptcy of cyprus turkish airlines in jun2010 . did not start operations\ndeer jet airlines was divided into two airlines . while the charter operation has kept the deer jet branding , scheduled operations usin g a319 ' s we re renamed capital airlines\nhola paella\u2019s founder fernando has frequently traveled to spain spending countless hours investigating the success of cooking a good paella .\nwhen you book your hola sun flight with urltoken , you can book with confidence because you will benefit from our buying power , quality service , and reliability . urltoken offers a lowest price guarantee . hola sun promises to provide the best cuba vacation products on the canadian market with a multitude of flight destination from which to choose . you will benefit from the expertise and upstanding reputation of hola sun a flight with hola sun provides a pleasurable beginning and end to your vacation experience .\n\u00bb take a look at our gallery of japan airlines lounges , tokyo haneda airport .\ncopyright \u00a9 2008 - 2012 www . airlines - inform . com . all rights reserved .\nkaltim airlines was the airline of samarinda was founded by awang f . ishak and sabri ramdhan\npal airlines airline gets its aoc back and began operations again with b . 737 - 300\nchautauqua airlines ended operations . all erj 145s were shifted to sister airline shuttle america starting 01jan2015\nkharkiv airlines made its first flight using a b . 737 - 800 from kharkiv to antalya ( turkey )\nveca airlines suspended operations for 3 months for restructuring ( due to financial problems ) . unfortunately failed to restart\nhola paella catering service was founded in 2002 by chef fernando after retiring from united airlines after 36 years of service as a power plant engineer . he was born in peru and , like paella , is a man of mixed nationalities . fernando\u2019s grandfather was from spain and his paternal grandfather from france .\nthe comprehensive airline and airport customer review site for airlines and airports across the world . read traveller reviews and opinions for airlines and airports worldwide , airline lounges and airline seats . view the world airline star rating and airport star rating .\nruili jingcheng helicopter co . was formally renamed as dehong south asia general airlines upon approval by southwest regional administration of caac\nsky gates airlines is a cargo carrier that had it ' s first commercial flight with its b . 747 - 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sandwich lunch again for no charge and coffee and water . with all the other airlines charging for every scrap of amenities i don\u2019t understand what people complain about , and the washrooms did not smell ! i would fly cubana at any time .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\ncookies help us deliver our services . by using our services , you agree to our use of cookies . learn more\nto see details about aircraft , click on to the number in the appropriate column in the table below .\nbaggage allowance ( eco . ) 2 pieces per person : 23kg per piece + carry on 10kg\nbaggage allowance ( trop . ) 3 pieces per person : 23kg per piece + carry on 10kg\nbaggage allowance ( eco . ) 1 piece per person : 23kg per piece + carry on 10kg\nexplore the toronto pearson airport website to see what helpful information is available to you . this information includes directions , parking , shops , dining , terminal maps and more .\nwe recommend confirming your flight times within 24hrs of departure by clicking on the \u201cflights\u201d tab and looking under \u201cflight search\u201d .\nin addition to airline tickets we may also offer you a hotel in the desired destination . we will do our best to find you the best deal .\n\u00a92008 - 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seat airbus a320 - 200 , and will depart at 19 : 00 local , with arrival to quito at 22 : 30 . departures from quito will be at midnight with an early arrival to ft . lauderdale at 05 : 17 , ( all local times . ) although the flight will primarily serve to an ever growing o & d traffic between south america and florida , the schedule is flexible enough to allow connections to jetblue\u2019s network .\n\u201cjetblue will soon offer more than 100 daily flights to destinations across our network . whether travelers are coming from south florida , the northeast or the west coast , it\u2019s never been easier to visit ecuador\u2019s historic capital city\u201d clark said .\nfrom fort lauderdale , jetblue also offers direct services to bogot\u00e1 , cartagena and medellin in colombia , lima in peru and to mexico city . quito is the fifth latin american destination of the low - cost carrier .\n\u201cthe arrival of jetblue will have a positive impact on the development of tourism from and to the united states and it will offer ecuadorian passengers greater connectivity from fort lauderdale\u201d said said andrew o\u2019brian , president and ceo of corporaci\u00f3n quiport , the concessionaire of quito\u2019s mariscal sucre international airport . since its inauguration in 2013 , the new quito international airport has served in average more than five million passengers per year .\nairline and aviation writer , with a fascination for languages and history , translator , incurable planespotter and aviation enthusiast .\ncooking has always been of great importance in the craff family . fernando\u2019s love of cooking and traveling has taken him to spain on multiple occasions and this is where his interest in tha paella , a staple in valencian cuisine , was born . he has invested countless hours in the kitchen in his quest for the creation of the most delicious paella which he truly has mastered . together fernando and his team come together to share his gift and put on a show that you and your guests will never forget !\nall the food we use is fresh and organic whenever possible . we prep with the highest standards in food safety .\nour entire portable operation travels within a 100 mile radius from cupertino to your event\u2019s location of choice .\nwe set everything up in our designated area , prepare the appetizers and get everything ready to start the cooking process .\nthe rustic paella ( s ) is then prepared before your eyes with flawless execution by chef fernando himself .\nwe offer complete satisfaction , delicious food and friendly service so you can thoroughly enjoy your unforgetable event .\npaella is one of spain\u2019s most delicious , colorful and famous dishes that can be modified to include any ingredients you desire .\nthe paella is one of spain ' s most delicious , colorful and famous dishes and it can be modified to include any ingredients you desire . south of valencia on the east mediterranean coast , lies albufera , an inland lake where the moors introduced the cultivation of rice . this is where spain ' s famous paella dish was born .\naccording to history , it was in the first half of the 19th century when farmers from the area began to cook rice with wild rabbit . today , classical paella includes a combination of seafood and meats .\na great paella is born from a combination of top quality ingredients and skill in its preparation .\n5 / 14 jetblue airways awarded tenth consecutive customer satisfaction honor by j . d . power\n11 / 12 jetblue airways opens international arrivals concourse at its award - 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{"id": 56323, "summary": [{"text": "onia ( o-nee-ah ; the hebrew word for \u201c ship \u201d ) is a new-york based clothing company that focuses on creating luxury swimwear and ready to wear .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "the company was founded in 2009 by carl cunow and nathan romano . ", "topic": 32}], "title": "onia ( clothing )", "paragraphs": ["images : u clothing . there is an overbearingly - masculine quality to u clothing ' s spring / summer 2015 lookbook , which despite taking place in the clean context of a white bricked\u2026\nbe the first to know about the latest designs , inspiration and exclusive sales at onia .\nonia strives to produce the finest swimwear and beachwear possible . employing a highly intricate production process , the most skilled and innovative designers , the highest quality fabrics and cutting edge factories , men ' s onia clothing is beautifully made and fashion forward . in colorful prints and eye - catching designs the line of swim shorts is comprehensive and contemporary . simple , yet intricate , durable yet soft and supple , you will want to wear your new men ' s onia clothing everywhere , whether you ' re on the beach or not .\nselect styles of onia\u2019s spring / summer 2015 collection are available online now , with new offerings being added weekly .\nlast week i spoke about the business of swimwear with carl cunow and nathan romano , the owners of onia swimwear .\nat brand outlet we use the brand ' s clothing sizes , our sizing chart shows how these convert to uk sizes . additional measurements can also be found in the descriptions where appropriate .\nyoox offers an edited range of end - of - season clothing and accessories from the best international brands and the world\u2019s most prestigious designers . the yoox price is equivalent to approximately half the designer ' s original suggested price . the savings may be further increased in the event of promotions and sales : in this case , the initial yoox price will be crossed out and may be reduced by up to 90 % off the original price . on yoox you can also find clothing from current collections and an extraordinary assortment of other products that ranges from art to design , books to furniture , sportswear to vintage clothing and exclusive capsule collections . the yoox price applied to these products reflects list prices , set by the supplier .\nyou can see more of diego wearing the onia mens summer collection in the video above . ( cunow and romano have also produced a women ' s collection exclusively for free people . )\nnew york - based label onia create casually refined pieces that ensure your wardrobe\u2019s transition into the summer months is a stylish one . effortlessly encapsulating the spirit of summer within their collections , onia offer up the charles 7 solid swim shorts , this brands take on a traditional swim trunk that come cut from a quick drying , stretch polyester blend . a tailored cut is combined with a full elasticized waistband for ultimate comfort and a refined silhouette .\nonia forgoes passing trends and employs impeccable attention to detail to produce its superior apparel . the label ' s swim shorts feature tailored silhouettes , quick - drying properties and a crisp handle , so you ' ll look as good as you feel .\npaying close attention to simple silhouettes and using only the finest italian swim fabrics , onia ' s collection features its signature twist bandeau bikinis as well as impeccably cut swimsuits . try one of the plunge neckline swimsuits and add oversized cat eye shades for the chicest beach style .\nwe spoke at sol\u00e9 east resort in montauk , where photographer karin kohlberg photographed model diego lorenzo for forbes .\namazon prime day and a half expected to set record at $ 3 . 4b\nthe brand , which has built a men\u2019s and boys\u2019 swimwear business , is cruising into the women\u2019s swimwear and resortwear market .\nysaturday night look inspiration , courtesy of a paris couture week attendee . # wwdfashion # streetstyle # theyarewearing ( \ud83d\udcf7 : @ kukukuba )\nmakeup artist @ stephane _ marais _ official burned corks from champagne bottles to make smoky eye shadow for @ jpgaultierofficial ' s couture beauty look . the ash\ngives that transparency . it is kind of a strange beauty by very captivating ,\nsaid marais . # wwdbeauty # couturefashionweek ( \ud83d\udcf7 : @ delphachardphotos )\n@ publicschoolnyc revealed it will be participating in # nyfw : men\u2019s next week \u2013\u2013 but the details are being kept under wraps . link in bio to see what the invitations said . # wwdfashion # wwdnews ( \ud83d\udcf7 : @ zefashioninsider )\n\u201ci\u2019ve been so lucky to be able to have so many different female role models now that i , one , get to work with , two , get to watch and learn from , \u201d said @ sydney _ sweeney of working with amy adams on @ hbo new series , \u201csharp objects . \u201d the show , directed by jean - marc vall\u00e9e , is billed to be this summer\u2019s answer to \u201cbig little lies . \u201d head to wwd to read more about the 20 - year - old breakout actress . # wwdeye # sharpobjects ( \ud83d\udcf7 : @ dandoperalski )\naccording to industry sources , bids to buy a majority stake in @ acnestudios are due in the next few days , with more than 10 candidates \u2014 a mix of private equity players , trade buyers and more \u2014 in the running . the company\u2019s sales are about 200 million euros , but multiple sources say the business has softened over the last six months . read more on wwd . com . # wwdnews ( \ud83d\udcf7 : @ kukukuba )\nsitting front row at @ maisonvalentino\u2019s couture fall 2018 show : @ lucyboynton1 and @ traceeellisross . see more front row photos \u2014 including @ amberheard and christian louboutin \u2014 on wwd . com . # wwdeye ( \ud83d\udcf7 : @ zefashioninsider )\nthe pleated skirt , seen on princess diana in 1989 and on a paris haute couture week attendee in 2018 . # wwdfashion # tbt # theyarewearing # streetstyle ( \ud83d\udcf7 : @ kukukuba )\nabout last night : @ chiaraferragni attended the @ proenzaschouler and @ lancomeofficial party to celebrate their makeup collaboration . lorenzo hernandez and jack mccollough worked with the beauty brand on a limited - 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{"id": 56336, "summary": [{"text": "webb and knapp was a real estate development firm , founded in 1922 by robert c. knapp and w. seward webb , along with eliot cross , a noted architect , who along with his brother john walter cross , formed the architectural partnership of cross & cross .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "william zeckendorf joined the firm in 1938 and acquired it in 1949 .", "topic": 20}, {"text": "under his control the firm developed , amongst other projects , roosevelt airfield , which was the site of the start of the transatlantic flights of charles lindbergh 's and amelia earhart . ", "topic": 19}], "title": "webb and knapp", "paragraphs": ["webb & knapp ( canada ) limited et al . v . city of edmonton\nwebb & knapp ( b . c . ) ltd . - city of vancouver archives\nphiladelphia and new york newspapers . appeals were entered by webb & knapp , inc . , and by adolf . adolf claims to be also an appellee as against webb & knapp , inc . ( referred to below as\nwebb & knapp\n) . the other appellees are the guardian\nwebb & knapp v . hanover bank , 133 a . 2d 450 , 214 md . 230 \u2013 urltoken\nwebb & knapp ( canada ) limited et al . v . city of edmonton - scc cases ( lexum )\nthe bonds were issued in 1954 in exchange for shares in the equitable life building at 120 broadway , which was acquired by webb & knapp . five per cent of the bonds are bought back by webb & knapp each year under terms of the original offer .\nwebb & knapp , inc . et al . v . the hanover bank et al . ( two appeals in one record . )\nbut webb & knapp was highly leveraged with unsupportable debt . and marine midland trust , one of the company\u2019s creditors , filed in federal court to force webb & knapp into bankruptcy , seeking to protect its $ 4 . 3 million in unsecured debt that it feared it would lose if other lenders filed first .\nm . william adelson , with whom were arthur c . keefer , john g . arthur , jr . , herbert myerberg and eugene p . smith on the brief , for webb & knapp , inc . , appellant .\nwebb . & knapp ' s preferred stock continued to decline in price yesterday , losing $ 1 and closing at $ 26 . 75 . the common stock was down 6\u00bc cents to close at 37\u00bd cents a share , a historic low .\nin 1968 , zeckendorf filed for personal bankruptcy , showing assets of $ 1 . 9 million and debts of $ 79 million , nearly all derived from his ownership of webb & knapp . he died in september 1976 at the age of 71 .\nwhat might have been - jennifer knapp feat . robby hecht ( live with full band at 3rd & lindsley )\nthe present suit was instituted by the trustees on january 3 , 1957 . webb & knapp had notified the trustees on december 3rd that they had no objections to the title to belair farm , other than the lack of ratification of the sale and the liens of federal and state taxes which had not been paid .\nin his 123\u2010page report to the court , mr . caplin said he was preparing to propose that the court find webb & knapp \u201cin solvent\u201d and that the stock holders not vote on a reorgani zation plan for the company or participate in any disruption of the company ' s limited assets .\nthe real estate concern ' s shares , suspended briefly from trading on wednesday , were hit by disclosure by william zeckendorf , webb & . knapp ' s chairman , that $ 431 , 000 due for pay\u2010ment into the sinking fund could not be made .\nthe above lengthy recital of facts seems necessary to the consideration of the principal issue in this case . that issue is whether or not there was a lack of care , prudence and reasonable diligence on the part of the trustees in selling belair farm , which resulted in their obtaining an inadequate price for the property . it seems necessary to consider several matters in seeking to resolve that issue : first , the adequacy of the trustees ' efforts to determine the value of what they had to sell ; second , their method of offering the property ; third , their closing with webb & knapp , without endeavoring to obtain better bids , despite the known interest of at least one party whose ability to make and perform an adequate bid for this property could hardly have been in doubt . whether the trustees were justified in rejecting a higher bid than webb & knapp ' s before actually executing the webb & knapp contract and in rejecting a somewhat higher bid later present somewhat different questions .\nwebb & knapp \u2014 which zeckendorf controlled as president , chairman of the board and majority stockholder \u2014 had been losing day - to - day control of properties for months and had been paying creditors late . the flamboyant dealmaker who backed dozens of broadway plays and frequented nightclubs formally lost control of the company on may 18 , 1965 , when a federal bankruptcy court named a trustee to take over operations .\nafter a hearing on april 11th and 12th , 1957 , and the taking of considerable testimony , the circuit court entered an order on april 29th , 1957 , refusing to ratify the proposed sale to webb & knapp , inc . , and ordering a resale after notice to all persons known to be interested in the purchase of belair and after public advertisements of sale to be published in prince george ' s county , washington , baltimore ,\nduring a building spree that began in the 1950s , webb and knapp built the nation ' s largest shopping mall at roosevelt field . dazzling apartment towers , shopping centers and office complexes sprung up across the u . s . and canada , as the company took advantage of federal subsidies for urban renewal projects . under zeckendorf ' s direction , the company drilled for oil off the coast of surinam and bought tv studios , warehouses and , at one point , the chrysler building .\nin 1938 , zeckendorf was offered partnership at webb and knapp , and launched a series of ambitious projects . in the 1940s , he assembled a 17 - acre parcel of land that held slaughterhouses and tenements , thinking he would build a sprawling shopping complex . instead , he brokered a deal to sell the land to john d . rockefeller , jr . , who in turn agreed to hand it over to the united nations .\nmortimer m . caplin , the bankruptcy trustee for webb & knapp . inc . , in a report filed with the federal district court here , said he had found that after nearly five years of trus teeship \u201cthere still remains a severe deficiency in stockhold ers ' equity\u201d of that once far flung realty empire headed by william zeckendorf sr .\nsinking\u2010fund debentures of webb & knapp , inc . , which fell $ 65 for each $ 1 , 000 of face value in trading on the american stock exchange on wednesday , firmed slightly yesterday , gaining $ 5 to close at $ 400 a $ 1 , 000 . the bonds had sold as high as $ 670 earlier in the year .\nthey are the latest in a line of builders that stretches back into the era their grandfather called\nthe good bad old west .\nwilliam zeckendorf , sr . - the driving force behind webb and knapp , the developer whose monumental projects transformed urban america in the 1950s and 1960s - is often seen as the family patriarch . he grew up playing cowboys and indians on a suburban lawn on long island and later made his home on the upper west side . but he knew his roots . the zeckendorfs , he later wrote , were really\nmisplaced westerners .\nand for such prices , upon such terms and in such manner as they may deem advisable .\nthe situation changed materially when mr . william zeckendorf , president of webb & knapp , inc . , a large real estate developer , telephoned officials of the bank on thursday , september 20th , and offered $ 750 , 000 for the property . in the course of a single telephone conversation with mr . blake , mr . zeckendorf raised his offer to $ 1 , 100 , 000 . he confirmed this by a letter dated september 20th , 1956 , which stated :\nthe hanover bank , of new york city , and john w . ludewig , as executors and trustees of the estate of the late william woodward , jr . ( sometimes collectively referred to below as the\ntrustees\n) filed a bill in equity in the circuit court for prince george ' s county in which they reported a contract for the sale of a tract of approximately 2227 acres of land in that county , and the improvements thereon , known as\nbelair farm\n, to webb & knapp , inc . , at a price of $ 1 , 187 , 500 , and asked the court to ratify the contract and to appoint a trustee to convey all right , title and interest of the parties to the cause to the purchaser under the contract .\nbetween september 25th and october 9th , counsel for the trustees and counsel for webb & knapp had been engaged in drawing the contract of sale . it is a somewhat lengthy and carefully drafted document which spelled out the terms of the agreement fully . it covers in detail a number of matters which were appropriate for inclusion in such an agreement but which were not referred to in the brief written offer of september 20th . some of these matters were a good deal more than mere matters of form and required consultation with the trustees . all of the business terms appear to have been agreed to verbally by october 5th . the contract of sale was redrafted , was submitted to maryland counsel for approval and was executed on october 10th .\nturning now to mr . adolf ' s contention that the property should be awarded to him for $ 1 , 400 , 000 , we find no merit in it . his bid was not made until after he knew that the trustees had already gotten their price . we think that in all business essentials there had been a meeting of the minds between the trustees and webb & knapp by october 5th , which was several days before mr . adolf appeared upon the scene . though the evidence is not as clear as it might be , we think that webb & knapp was bound either as principal or as agent for a partly disclosed principal . a chancery sale is held not to be within the statute of frauds , and the same rule has been held applicable to a sale by executors pursuant to a power , where the sale must be reported to an orphans ' court for ratification under code ( 1951 ) , article 93 , section 312 ( unless an equity court assumes jurisdiction over the sale ) .\nthe cause was argued before brune , c . j . , and collins , henderson , hammond and prescott , jj .\nexplore chicago tribune archive , both historical and recent editions . find archives for chicago tribune , the chicago weekly tribune , . find newspaper articles and clippings for help with genealogy , history and other research .\nralph w . powers , with whom were m . hampton magruder and frank m . foley on the brief , for the hanover bank and john w . ludewig as executors and trustees under the last will and testament of william woodward , jr . , deceased , appellees .\nwith over twenty years of experience managing and publishing legal information , lexum provides online solutions to producers and users of document collections from all industries .\nthe actual evidence as to the value of belair farm leaves a good deal to be desired . the testimony of a local , experienced real estate appraiser employed by mr . levitt is that the value is almost precisely the amount of mr . levitt ' s latest bid . though this valuation may have more than a tinge of hindsight , it is not squarely contradicted . the trustees produced the cruikshank company appraisal , but not the appraiser . the appellant , webb & knapp , seeks to get the benefit of that appraisal as an indication of value by proclaiming the competence and experience of the cruikshank company . that might be very persuasive on an issue of good faith on the part of the trustees , but their good faith is not attacked .\nzeckendorf , who was 59 at the time , had built the midtown - based firm into a national powerhouse , at times owning the chrysler and graybar buildings and developing l\u2019enfant plaza in washington , d . c . , and century city in los angeles .\nthe hotels on madison avenue from this period included the former biltmore , ritz carlton and roosevelt , but only the latter remains . the stores included brooks brothers , shown at the left , abercrombie & fitch , in their own buildings , and paul stuart and tripler ' s nearby . the biltmore and abercrombie & fitch buildings , unfortunately , were gutted and rebuilt , badly interrupted the consistent design of the avenue in the 40 ' s .\nwith a view to obtain as large a price as might , with due diligence and attention , be fairly and reasonably obtainable under the circumstances . in other words , to exercise that diligence and caution which a careful and prudent owner would observe in the sale of his own property . if the sale be made under circumstances of haste and imprudence , or if the trustees fail in reasonable diligence in inviting competition , or adopt an injudicious and disadvantageous mode of selling the property , a court of equity ought not ratify the sale .\nsee also ,\nfor them and , as such , he filed an answer to the bill and exceptions to the ratification of the contract of sale . exceptions to the sale were also filed by william j . levitt and norman adolf , each of whom was a would - be purchaser of belair farm .\nlog in or sign up for facebook to connect with friends , family and people you know .\nthe brothers raised eyebrows when they chose expensive indiana limestone as a building material for 15 central park west , between west 61st and 62nd streets , and added amenities such as a 14 , 000 - square - foot fitness center , a soaring lobby with custom oak paneling , individual wine cellars and an in - house chef . their motive , said arthur zeckendorf , was to create a building that reflected the transition between midtown ' s glass fa\u00e7ades and the masonry and stone buildings of central park west .\nuse lexbox to keep track of your legal research . create and manage your legal research workspace now .\nthe morgan library , of course , is a bit more impressive than the villard houses and its belated expansion into the rather somber former headquarters of the lutheran church in the united states was handled very well by voorsanger & wells . the morgan runs interesting and esoteric exhibitions that delight connoisseurs of drawings and bibliophiles , but its glory is the original library and office of j . p . morgan , who was his age ' s greatest art collector whose collection sadly has been widely scattered but what remains is staggeringly sumptuous and memorable .\nthe realty empire had been unraveling for more than a year . owners of the commodore and astor hotels in manhattan evicted zeckendorf affiliates as operators within the previous 12 months and were seeking millions of dollars in judgments .\nthe new and very attractive barney ' s store at 61st street and leonard stern ' s handsome office building at 667 madison avenue help anchor the north end of the avenue in midtown with quality buildings of considerable elegance .\nfor decades , madison avenue , of course , symbolized the advertising industry and young & rubicam was the major tenant at 285 madison avenue on the northeast corner of 40th street , an impressively stout though uninteresting 25 - story masonry office building erected in 1926 for isaac harby and designed by william l . rouse and lafayette a . goldstone .\nmr . ludewig was informed on the 24th of mr . levitt ' s request for an appointment , and several of the officials of the hanover bank who were in direct charge of the sale of belair knew of it . ( the president was not then informed of it . ) these officials went right ahead with their plan to ask the trust investment committee at its meeting on the 25th to approve the sale of belair farm for $ 1 , 100 , 000 , net ; and the trustees made no effort to obtain a bid from mr . levitt . it is unnecessary to review the effort of one of the bank officers , which we find unconvincing , to justify this course of action . making an appointment with mr . levitt for the day after their recommendation for the sale to webb & knapp was to be acted upon was at best a solemn farce , and under the circumstances then existing would seem almost certain to choke off the possibility of a higher bid from mr . levitt . whether or not the handling of this particular matter actually resulted in a loss to the estate is difficult to say , because mr . levitt ' s testimony indicates that at that time he was not contemplating a bid of more than $ 1 , 250 , 000 , gross , and that his first figure would have been lower . his bid of a higher amount was not made until more than two months later . what would have happened and what course the\nin the telephone conversation mr . blake had told mr . zeckendorf that the offer would have to be acted upon by the trust investment committee ( the\ncommittee\n) , which was to meet on tuesday , september 25th . mr . zeckendorf agreed . the officials of the bank having the sale of belair in charge prepared a memorandum for the committee which recommended acceptance of the $ 1 , 100 , 000 offer . mr . ludewig approved . on the morning of the 25th , mr . mcneil , president of the hanover bank , telephoned mr . zeckendorf and induced him to raise the offer to $ 1 , 187 , 500 . this brought the offer up to the bank ' s net asking price after deducting commissions ( for which webb & knapp were to assume liability ) computed at 5 % on $ 1 , 250 , 000 , or $ 62 , 500 . the memorandum to the committee was revised in ink to reflect the verbally increased offer . mr . ludewig was not then consulted ; his approval was assumed .\nthe late william woodward , jr . , owned belair farm , which had been in his family for two or three generations . he operated it as a farm and used it in connection with his racing stable . the main house is some two hundred years old , and was originally built for governor ogle . it has been considerably modernized as a dwelling . belair is located some 15 or 18 miles from washington , about the same distance from annapolis and roughly 25 miles from baltimore . ( the distances from washington and annapolis are stated differently in the bank ' s brochure and in the appraisal by cruikshank company , both referred to below . ) it is traversed by u . s . route 50 and by the new washington - annapolis expressway , and a branch freight line of the pennsylvania railroad runs along part of the western boundary . the tract is also near u . s . route 301 and the baltimore - washington expressway .\nreal estate mogul william zeckendorf , sr . , knew why he moved from buying and selling real estate into construction .\nthere had been close relations for many years between the hanover bank and the woodward family \u0097 one or more of the decedent ' s relatives having held high office in the institution and the trust department having been active in the affairs of the family . mr . ludewig had been secretary to the decedent ' s father and had been intimately associated with woodward family financial matters for years . the will of william woodward , jr . , conferred extensive powers upon his executors and trustees , among them the power\nto purchase , acquire , hold , manage , partition and to sell , exchange , convey , mortgage and grant options for the sale or exchange of real estate , or any interest in real estate , at such times\nlike park avenue ' s development prior to world war ii , it maintained a fairly consistent roofline of about 15 stories and many of its buildings followed neo - classical form of limestone bases , dark brick masonry shafts and pronounced cornices , an immensely attractive urban formula . virtually all buildings of this building held fast to their building lines and rather than full setbacks had indented lightwells that add a rhythmic texture and complexity to the avenue . madison and lexington avenues are considerably narrower than fifth and park avenues and therefore the closer proximity of buildings made the\nlight and air\nzoning issue more important , until the city bent over backwards to accommodate a . t . & t . for its new\nheadquarters\nbuilding , which was doubly farcical because not only did the company renege on its promise to stay in the building , it had already relocated the bulk of its headquarters operations to one of the world ' s most lavish corporate campuses in basking ridge , n . j .\nwhat the utilities are , and various questions which prospective purchasers really want , but i didn ' t have that .\nthe renaissance of the flatiron district , beginning in the 1980 ' s , fortunately , has revitalized the area south of 42nd street dramatically and now is one of the city ' s most vibrant districts and full of very trendy restaurants . madison square park is surrounded by many of the city ' s finest skyscrapers including the metropolitan life insurance company tower , shown at the right in the picture above and below , and the new york life insurance company building , shown at the left in the same photograph . the scalloped building just to the left of the metropolitan life building was originally planned to be about 100 stories tall and may still be someday as it was built to support such a structure and its construction was curtailed by the depression .\nthe only other very major skyscraper on the avenue in midtown is 520 madison avenue between 53rd and 54th streets that received more attention for building around a holdout , reidy ' s restaurant , than for its polished red granite facade , slanted base , sidewalk clock ( that is visible in the first photograph in this section ) , stepped roofline and handsome midblock plaza . the building ' s street environment is actually very attractive , and the slanted setback and reflectiveness of the tower have mitigated the impact of its large bulk on the avenue . the holdout , reidy ' s , eventually closed and was replaced by a brewery pub .\nbut it is not as good as 275 and 295 madison avenue , two of the city ' s better art deco towers .\nanother , more modest office tower is catty corner at 54th street , 535 madison avenue . while this building also has a very attractive midblock plaza with waterfall and trees , it is most distinguished for having its entrance under a sliced - off corner of the building like the ibm building and a sliced - top like 599 lexington avenue , which is not surprising since all three buildings were designed by edward larrabee barnes , and a silver gray metallic facade and a stilt like citicorp center two blocks to the east .\nthe trustees ' whole handling of the sale was based upon the soundness of their valuation . their dealings with webb & knapp and their putting off of mr . levitt were based upon the proposition that when they got the price which they had determined upon , their job was done . as we have said , we find no fault with their putting the property on the market through the distribution of brochures , with the adequacy of the publicity of the offering , or with their stating a price for the property . the crux of the matter in this method of sale is the sufficiency of their efforts to arrive at a sound valuation . the appellant earnestly stresses the matching of wits on the matter of price as between itself and the trustees , which resulted in the trustees ' getting their full asking price ; but that is of little significance unless the asking price was based upon adequate data . ( parenthetically , we note that the appellant appears very well satisfied with the result of the matching of wits . ) every one of the considerations just mentioned emphasizes the vital importance of the adequacy of the steps taken by the trustees to arrive at the price at which they would sell the property . the lack of thorough investigation of local conditions , to which the record before\nthe second major renaissance was the erection of the former a . t . & t . ( now sony ) and ibm buildings across 56th street from each other . these huge corporate showcases marked a major shift away from other high - end commercial precincts such as park avenue and the avenue of the americas and denoted a power shift in midtown from the grand central terminal district to the plaza district , a reflection that the suburbs had taken so many businesses from the city that closeness to the terminal was no longer as attractive to many corporate managers and workers as the more elegant environment of luxury stores and closeness to the expensive expanse of the upper east side .\nthe 43 - story 275 madison avenue on the southeast corner at 40th street , shown at the right , was developed by alfred b . jones in 1931 and is notable for the incised black marble base that is very stylized and refined . the architect was kenneth franzheim .\nmr . ludewig appears to have followed every move and recommendation of the hanover bank in this matter and to have left the initiative entirely in the hands of the bank . he had a personal familiarity with belair farm which very likely exceeded that of any of the bank officials , but the negotiations to which we now turn were carried on by the hanover bank . mr . ludewig was consulted or informed from time to time of developments and his consent or approval was asked and given whenever necessary . that was apparently about the extent of his participation .\nthe sony and the former ibm buildings are really too big in bulk for madison avenue , especially the former , which received a significant zoning bonus for its galleries and arcades that were subsequently filled in for retail uses in one of the city ' s most blatant abuses of zoning integrity in the city ' s history . the ibm building , on the other hand , at least made superb , interesting and original additions to the streetscape with its fabulous seating fountain by michael hezier , its wonderful bamboo forest skylit atrium and its spectacular , though slightly ominous cantilevered setback corner entrance at 57th street . actually the worst offender is the general motors building whose enormous bulk blocks most vistas up and down the avenue .\nnamed after madison square from whose east side it starts at 23rd street , madison avenue has always had a lot of cachet but has remained rather a backwater for most of its history overshadowed by the more glamorous , broader and more stately fifth avenue and then park avenue . the back entrance of the general motors building , which dominates the madison avenue vista when seen from the north as in the photograph at the left , faces madison avenue between 58th and 59th street , for example , as does the low - rise back of the former union carbide building at 270 park avenue and the back of st . patrick ' s cathedral , although the latter has the archbishop ' s residence and parish house on the avenue .\non may 19 , architects for rockefeller center filed plans for a $ 3 . 5 million , 32 - story tower stretching between 48th and 49th streets mid - block between fifth and sixth avenues . it would be erected on the site of cromwell\u2019s townhouses , a report of the plans said .\nthe gamble paid off . sales at 15 central park west were robust and a duplex penthouse apartment sold for a record $ 45 million in 2008 .\nhe was one of the staunch supporters of urban america , and he put his money where his mouth was ,\nsaid his grandson william .\nthe 41 - story tower at 330 madison avenue at 42nd street that was designed by kahn & jacobs and built in 1964 by john j . reynolds , a real estate broker who handled much of the real estate interests of the roman catholic archdiocese , was the worst thing that happened to the avenue in decades as its banal\nmodernistic\ndesign was like throwing a plastic sheet over fine furniture . it insulted and besmirched the fine masonry quality of the avenue in midtown . ( in the 1970 ' s , at the time that donald trump and hyatt hotels were planning to rebuild and reclad the former commodore hotel on 42nd street and lexington avenue , i submitted a long list of noteworthy masonry buildings in the grand central terminal area that should be included in a historic preservation district to the chairman of the landmarks preservation commission , but no action was taken and the commodore and several other buildings followed the lead of 330 madison avenue , whose lead tenant for many years was the sperry & hutchinson company , in ruining the area ' s detailed masonry ambiance .\nlevitt and the trustees . the trustees state in their brief that they have presented to the trial court , and that there is in the record , all pertinent information concerning the decision to sell the real estate in question , the negotiations leading up to the contract of sale and the facts touching upon the sale which developed subsequently . they further state that all interested persons have been made parties , that adverse interests are represented by independent counsel or by the guardian\nwe are continually improving the quality of our text archives . please send feedback , error reports , and suggestions to archive _ feedback @ nytimes . com .\nclinton & russell ' s bright and colorful design for the 17 - story office tower at 185 madison avenue on the northeast corner at 34th street , shown at the left , has very fine proportions and is an excellent reminder that the city beautiful movement was very still very much alive when it was built in 1911 .\nthree officials of the bank testified \u0097 mr . mapes , a vice president , who was in direct charge of administering the woodward estate , mr . spier , an assistant vice president in the real estate division ( a part of the personal trust department ) , and mr . blake , a vice president in charge of the real estate and mortgage department . they testified that this property was handled in accordance with the bank ' s usual policy which had been developed over many years . they asserted that the best results were obtained by stating an asking price , which was likely to be somewhat above what they would be willing to accept . in this instance they and mr . ludewig had added a little more than 25 % to the amount of the cruikshank appraisal , and with the approval of the hanover bank ' s trust investment committee , given in june , and of their co - executor and co - trustee , mr . ludewig , used this figure in the brochure .\nthe weakened real estate empire of one of manhattan\u2019s leading property owners and developers , william zeckendorf sr . , was forced into involuntary bankruptcy 45 years ago this month .\n. there is no dispute in this case that the court is to exercise its own judgment and is not to act as a mere rubber stamp for the trustee .\nno objection ( other than that of mr . adolf , which we have already considered and rejected ) is made to the terms of the decree with regard to reoffering the property and we are therefore not called upon to review those terms , which are obviously designed to hold the benefit of the highest bid which has been submitted .\nthe first major renaissance was the\nterminal city\ncomplex begun by the new york central rail road around its new grand central terminal before the start of world war ii . this homogeneous enclave consisted of several major hotels designed mostly by the terminal ' s architects , whitney & warren and reed & stem , and some major retail stores and office buildings that stayed closely to their design vocabulary as evidenced by the photograph at the right that shows the east side of the avenue between 41st and 42nd streets with the majestic lincoln building at 60 east 42nd street , which also has an entrance on the avenue , looming above the mid - rise frontage on the avenue .\nthe largest trade - show building in new york city , grand central palace , opened its doors in midtown 99 years ago this month , with a show on architecture and engineering . the inaugural show\u2019s exhibits included one for home and apartment fixtures that displayed examples of installations at john d . rockefeller\u2019s estate in pocantico hills in westchester county .\nthe son of william zeckendorf , sr . , william jr . , continued his father ' s work on a slightly more modest scale . he built the zeckendorf towers at 1 irving place in the 1980s , when union square park was crime - ridden and drug - infested . he developed park west towers , lincoln towers and the columbia at west 96th street . arthur zeckendorf says that the community welcomed his father ' s projects , but that in media and financial circles , not everyone shared his confidence .\nfar more stately was warren & wetmore ' s robust and palatial design for arthur b . jones ' s 200 madison avenue that was built the same year as 285 . this boxy red - brick edifice seems like some exploded english country house with its balustrades , escutcheons and ram ' s heads , shown below , along with its ornate rooftop .\nthere was testimony by a washington lawyer that he , too , sought an appointment with the hanover bank for the purpose of making an offer for belair on behalf of himself and some clients . he was given such an appointment . there is , however , considerable confusion as to the date when he telephoned for the appointment and the date for which it was fixed . at all events , when he arrived , which may have been on the morning of the 26th , and not the 25th , as he thought , he was told that the bank could not discuss the matter with him and one of his clients who accompanied him , because the trustees had already made a commitment , or the property had been sold .\ncromwell lived at 12 and 14 west 49th street , two four - story townhouses in a row of buildings across from the newly constructed rockefeller center . he was a prominent attorney and friend of nicholas butler , president of columbia university . the university owned the land under his property , which was part of the larger development parcel that was leased by columbia for rockefeller center .\nthe decision to name a price carried with it the need to exercise prudence , care and diligence in fixing the price . that was the key to everything that was to follow . obviously ,\nthe circulars or brochures were sent out about september 8th or 9th , 1956 , and were in the hands of the recipients on or about the 10th . somewhat more than 1400 copies were sent out to real estate brokers and operators : 59 to new york , 52 to prince george ' s county , 451 to baltimore , 568 to philadelphia , 259 to washington , and 20 to persons who had previously made inquiries . there was no newspaper advertising , but press releases were issued , which , because of the woodward fame in racing , received widespread publicity along the eastern seaboard .\nproperty as consisting of\napproximately 2 , 280 acres of gently rolling countryside which is readily adaptable for development purposes\n, stated that the property had good asphalt or gravel roads\nconnecting the several centers of activity\n, spoke of the main house built in 1746 for governor ogle and its surroundings , gave the general location of the property and stated\nprice $ 1 , 250 , 000 .\nit also stated that further particulars could be obtained from the hanover bank , and gave the name of mr . b . spier as the person to whom inquiries should be addressed .\nin 1949 , architects for massachusetts mutual life insurance , which controlled a larger parcel including the corner of 48th street and fifth avenue , filed plans for a tower occupying an l - shaped site including the former cromwell homes . the 28 - story building with an address of 600 fifth avenue was completed in 1950 , and includes seven - story frontage on 49th street at the former cromwell site .\nfor the infants , and that the trustees take no position on this appeal . none of the adult individual beneficiaries under the decedent ' s will have taken any part in the proceedings in this case .\nthe current heirs to the zeckendorf legacy were reluctant to divulge information about their personal lives . they spoke calmly and exuded confidence . of the brothers ' relationship , william would only say ,\nit works .\ntheir investments are carefully targeted . even arthur ' s current reading list , which includes a billion dollar mistake and the fall of bear stearns , suggests a man who is careful to avoid mistakes of the past .\nno member of the family of the decedent wishes to occupy the property . the woodward estate is said to amount to approximately $ 12 , 000 , 000 . estate and inheritance taxes and other expenses are estimated at approximately $ 7 , 000 , 000 . cash is needed to pay the taxes . for these reasons the trustees have concluded that belair farm should be sold . their judgment in reaching this decision is not challenged .\nthe residential market in manhattan and the upper west has strongly recovered from the financial crisis of the past ,\nhe said .\ngiven the right location , the market would absorb other super luxury projects .\nhowever , he emphasized that , if the government were able to sustain an asserted pre ferential claim of the internal revenue service for $ 36\u2010million in unpaid taxes and interest , nothing would be available fox distribution to general creditors .\nwe find nothing in the method of giving notice of the sale adopted by the trustees which indicates lack of care , diligence or prudence on their part . they prepared and gave rather wide circulation to the brochure which they sent out and they took advantage of the fame of the woodward racing stable to get a great deal of free newspaper publicity . they did not overlook the problem involved in selling so large a tract of land suited primarily for residential development or finding a purchaser able to pay a substantial price and able to finance the development of the property . ( see kramme v . mewshaw , supra , where a like problem existed on a much smaller scale . )\nthe assets still remaining in clude ( besides the cash ) 814 , 033 shares of gulf states land and industries , of which only 60 , 600 shares are owned free and clear ; the terminal warehouse company of philadelphia , which has a stockholders ' equi ty of $ 702 , 000 but which op erated in 1968 at a loss of $ 66 , 000 ; the hoboken shore railroad , valued at $ 325 , 000 , which was sold last month sub ject to several liens , and vari ous realty parcels , including 10 acres in the baychester section of the bronx , all of which will be sold but the proceeds of which will be totally consumed in paying off liens .\ni always wanted to play with construction toys and suddenly i could be involved with construction ,\narthur zeckendorf said , remembering his early years working as a project manager for his father .\ni always loved buildings .\neventually , the company overextended itself and went bankrupt in 1965 .\nreally , he was more of a visionary than a financier ,\nsaid william , who grew up going on regular fishing trips with his grandfather in montauk .\nand a large real estate developer on long island , visited the hanover bank and made an oral offer of $ 1 , 400 , 000 gross , for belair farm , which he confirmed by letter the next day . he , too , was informed that the trustees had a commitment for the sale of the property . mr . adolf had gotten wind of the trustees ' having received an offer of $ 1 , 250 , 000 before he visited the bank .\nthe decedent ' s will was probated in new york , his domicil ; and ancillary letters testamentary were issued to the executors in maryland after an authenticated copy of the will had been duly recorded in prince george ' s county . the purchaser and all persons known to have an interest in the property under the will of the decedent were duly joined as parties defendant . some of the individual defendants were infants . wilmer d . pyles , esq . , was appointed guardian\nwe wanted to pick a surface that would respect the history of central park ,\nhe said .\nthat was part of growing up in new york . it really was to respect the beauty of central park and of new york city .\nall parties agree that the most profitable use for the tract is for residential purposes . the buildings other than the colonial ogle mansion would be scrapped , and much of the wooded area , which is considerable , would doubtless be cut over for development purposes .\nalthough the avenue ' s towers are quite eclectic , not all were inspired . the attempt by jack weiler and the william kaufman organization to blend a venetian arch motif to a conventional tower designed by emery roth & sons at the 40 - story office tower built in 1967 at 437 madison avenue on the southeast corner at 49th street is neither dainty or graceful , although its plaza area and street lamps were good efforts to enliven the streetscape , a trademark of the kaufman organization , the city ' s most innovative developers in the post - war period .\nbut it has never lacked personality , as many of manhattan ' s large boulevards have , and has undergone two major renaissances that greatly enhanced its celebrity , most of which still comes not from the midtown district but from the chic boutiques that line the avenue on the upper east side .\nnumber of questions , but that he was prepared first to offer $ 1 , 150 , 000 and , if that was not accepted , to offer the full asking price of $ 1 , 250 , 000 . he stated an unwillingness to make offers by telephone and doubtless would have tried ( as mr . zeckendorf did ) to buy the property for less than the asking price . during the short time that the property had been on the market after issuance of the brochure mr . levitt and his representatives had inspected belair on both weekends . we see no reason to question his testimony as to his intention or his ability to make good on an offer of $ 1 , 250 , 000 gross ( without deduction for commissions ) . we think that he was sufficiently well known to the bank as to lead it to believe that he was a responsible bidder .\nit is mr . caplin ' s objective to dispose of several realty par cels , on which there are many prior liens in most cases , and ultimately to distribute the pro ceeds from the sales , along with $ 3 , 190 , 000 of cash now on hand , to creditors .\nmy father did many projects , but because of the time in history - new york city was going bankrupt , businesses were closing and people were fleeing the suburbs - people second - guessed him ,\nhe said .\nin this business , you are always second - guessed .\ntrustees should have pursued if both mr . zeckendorf and mr . levitt had submitted bids meeting the trustees ' asking price might furnish bases for interesting discussions , but on the facts before us no question is presented as to what would have been the duty of the trustees in such a situation .\nlater in the same case the court said ( 147 md . at 550 - 551 ) :\nwhile a private sale , without public advertisement , does not require the same degree of inadequacy of price and of a reasonable expectation that a re - sale will produce a better result as are necessary to defeat a sale by public auction , yet both an inadequacy of price and a justifiable expectation of securing a higher price must co - exist before a court will set aside a contract of private sale made in good faith by a conventional trustee in the exercise of a discretion which was incident\nin midtown , the very slender slab tower of the former newsweek building , set parallel to the avenue at no . 444 between 49th and 50th streets was one of the most prominent skyscrapers for decades , especially after it added an brightly illuminated digital clock at its top that now promotes new york magazine .\nit pales , course , in comparison with its neighbor one block to the north , the far more flamboyant , 47 - story 295 madison avenue that was designed by charles f . moyer and built in 1929 for abraham e . lefcourt , one of the city ' s most prolific developer of art deco skyscrapers .\none of the avenue ' s most notorious buildings is the sliver apartment tower shown at the right that is known as morgan ' s court , because it is half a block south of the morgan library on the avenue . the tower , which has a rounded corner facing southwest and a very boldly sculpted base and unusual gatehouse entrance on the avenue , was prominently featured in the movie ,\nsliver ,\nthat featured sharon stone in a sleazy , but quite disturbing mystery thriller . the building , erected by the perlbinders , was slow to sell its units and its very narrow form was one of several sliver buildings that aroused considerable public ire in the 1980 ' s that resulted in the city rezoning several areas to prevent more such ungainly , awkward projects . the base here is so visually interesting , however , that the weird juxtaposition of styles is as good new york street theater as you can get even if the tower is a bad letdown .\nthe problem of how best to go about selling it faced the trustees . they had a 1953 appraisal of the farm made in connection with the estate of william woodward , sr . , of $ 300 , 000 . following the death of william woodward , jr . , the hanover bank asked one of its baltimore correspondents to recommend two experienced real estate dealers to make a new appraisal . two well known baltimore real estate men were so recommended and were employed . in march , 1956 , they submitted an appraisal of the property as a farm as of the date of the decedent ' s death , october 30 , 1955 , of $ 435 , 000 . in may , 1956 , the trustees received an indication that the property could be sold for $ 720 , 000 . they then decided to employ cruikshank company , of new york , to appraise the property . the cruikshank appraisal was made by or under the direction of that company ' s executive vice - president , mr . gordon kyle . that company and mr . kyle have made many appraisals both in and around new york city and in a number of different localities elsewhere in the united states . most of their work , according to the lengthy list of appraisals and the list of impressive clients submitted by mr . kyle , would appear to have been in the new york metropolitan area . their out of town work appears to have been mostly in urban or industrial appraisals . mr . kyle made an appraisal of patuxent park , maryland , which is said to be about 100 miles from belair , but is not otherwise clearly described . the cruikshank appraisal was submitted to the hanover bank under date of june 11 , 1956 . the sum of their appraisals of four tracts comprised in belair , plus $ 100 , 000 for buildings , was $ 977 , 550 , which they rounded off at $ 975 , 000 ."]}
{"id": 56344, "summary": [{"text": "mr. california \u2122 is an american men \u2019s leisurewear clothing line based in santa cruz , california .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "founded in 1962 , the brand today specializes in a modern take on the classic styles that mr. california \u2122 first created back in the 1960s . ", "topic": 31}], "title": "mr . california clothing", "paragraphs": ["mens vintage clothing 60 ' s mr . california gabardine top medium @ monster vintage\nyour baxter of california shopping bag is empty . shop now to find your favorite baxter of california products .\nauthentic . timeless . classic . those are the qualities that defined mr . california back in the 60\u2019s , . . .\namerican fashion designer tommy hilfiger created a brand of clothing that was extremely popular with several different communities in the 1990s .\nmr . john brewster migrated across the country from illinois to california in 1852 . he first resided in placerville and then moved to galt in 1869 when it was found . mr . brewster was galt\u2019s first postmaster .\nby 1983 the corporate ownership of mr . california was scrambling to distance itself from its own offspring . it was apparent that their original market had \u201ccooled considerably\u201d and a new division offered a product called the bentley . new management spoke of the \u201cconnotation\u201d of the mr . california label and was critical of its \u201cpolyester customer\u201d . the label had become an albatross , but its shirts were still available until the late eighties , at jc penney\u2019s , in glendale , california .\n# humpback # whales feeding just 20 feet from the # beach in # santacruz . # whale # watching # california # pacificocean\nthe family later moved to el paso and opened a clothing factory in 1920 , which served up such workaday fare as blue shirts , denim pants and bib overalls .\nlevi strauss started an enduring fashion empire , which he launched by making one of the world ' s most durable and popular clothing items - - the blue jeans .\nroy halston frowick , best known as halston , was an iconic clothing designer of the 1970s . his sexy , yet elegant dresses became a staple in american discos .\nthe classic shirts introduced in the sixties by the mr . california label are now as unmistakabe as the leisure activities and methods for which they were designed . an historically recent development , spare time , that which is free from employment , appears to have lost ground . americans now work more hours than anyone else , even the japanese . but during the heyday of mr . california , the philosophy surrounding idle time had blossomed into mid - century leisure culture .\naccording to his son james , mr . farah had suffered a long illness .\nit took a few years , but by 2010 the agents had persuaded mr . cree , who was facing a lengthy prison term , to work as an informant . according to mr . tiscione , they had mr . cree engineer a money drop at a safe house only blocks from the brooklyn federal courthouse . calling mr . cournoyer one day , mr . cree offered to oversee the shipment of $ 200 , 000 from new york to los angeles for a 6 percent commission . as part of the deal , he was given the phone number of a man in california who would take the cash on arrival .\nliz claiborne was a fashion designer and icon who created a clothing empire . she ' s also the first woman to found a company ( liz claiborne inc . ) that landed on the fortune 500 list .\nan early american clothing success story , levi strauss was born in germany in 1829 , and came to america in 1847 to work for his brothers & apos ; dry goods business . in 1853 , strauss went out west where he soon started his own dry goods and clothing company . his company began making heavy - duty work pants , now known as jeans , in 1870s , and it continues to operate to this day .\nin 1882 , mr . john brewster hired william w . hamilton to design and build the brewster building . mmonce built , the j . brewster & company sold dry goods , clothing , boots , shoes , hardware , groceries , crockery , lumber , insurance , farm implements , and managed a grain warehouse .\nvintage 1960 ' s shirt . by mr . california label . gabardine style ; short banded waist , small collar . light sandy tan textured cotton / rayon blend . embroidered insignia on chest pocket . adjustable button sides . in excellent condition . size : medium , 42\nchest , 23\nlength\ndespite this , the company over all was hurting . 2 , 000 workers , most of them mexican american , struck the company , seeking the right to join a union as well as greater job security and wage growth . subsequently , the amalgamated clothing workers union , supported by the a . f . l . - c . i . o . and the roman catholic bishop in el paso , organized a boycott of farah clothing , which hurt the company ' s sales .\nmr . farah repeatedly said that he would never entertain the notion of a union at farah inc . , and once said , ' ' we have ' em whipped , and we ' re going to keep ' em whipped . ' ' nevertheless , the strike , which was billed as second largest of its kind , after the california grape strike , ended 22 months later , with mr . farah ' s agreement to recognize the union .\nthe california gold rush of 1849 led many to travel out west to seek their fortune . strauss was no exception . in early 1853 , he headed out to san francisco to sell goods to the thriving mining trade . strauss ran his own wholesale dry goods company as well as acted as his brothers & apos ; west coast agent . using a series of different locations in the city over the years , he sold clothing , fabric , and other items to small shops in the region .\nwhile he remained active in the company , strauss began to give more responsibilities to his nephews who worked for him . he continued to be generous to those in need , providing the funds for 28 scholarships at the university of california in 1897 .\none day in mid - november 2010 , mr . curatola\u2019s usual money launderer was unavailable , and he found himself in need of someone to help him move a cash shipment to canada . according to mr . tiscione , mr . cournoyer volunteered his own man for the job , a honduras - born trafficker named jos\u00e9 castillo - medina .\nmr . castillo - medina , three years earlier , was involved in the cartel money - laundering operation with mr . racine . now he was at it again , according to court papers , dispatching a woman named elizabeth jennings to meet with mr . curatola in the parking lot of a staples store in brooklyn . even the government acknowledges that this was a onetime favor ; mr . castillo - medina simply picked the wrong day to be helpful .\nmany garments have been devised expressly for leisure use . important examples being bill parry\u2019s ever - popular pasadena jumpsuits and of course , the ubiquitous leisure suit . but , it may be mr . california that best captures the true flavor of leisure . it is no accident these shirts are named for a state that pioneered in casual habits with its zeal for outdoor living .\namong those subordinates was mario racine , a fellow canadian , whom mr . cournoyer sent to the united states in the early 2000s , court papers say , to manage the increasingly giant loads of marijuana flowing across the border . mr . cournoyer had met mr . racine through mr . racine\u2019s sister , amelia , the lingerie model whom he dated for several years . mr . racine organized the outfit\u2019s east coast distribution . the biggest distributors were generally given up to 200 pounds of marijuana at a time , with brand names like sour diesel , which they then resold in pound quantities to smaller retail salesmen .\nwhen undercover agents in los angeles called that number , they reached a man named alessandro taloni . mr . taloni , court papers say , was an italian - born associate of the rizzutos who also served as mr . cournoyer\u2019s manager for west coast operations . he ran a lucrative money - laundering business out west , using dirty cash to buy cocaine from the sinaloa drug cartel while maintaining his sideline as a vendor of high - end hair - care products . a former salesman at a montreal men\u2019s shop , mr . taloni had been charged a decade earlier with threatening to kill the owner of a rival clothing store in an attempt to cow the competition .\nnow the agents watched mr . taloni pick up the money that a courier hired by mr . cree had flown to california on a private jet . after fetching the delivery , mr . taloni , with the surveillance team in tow , continued on in his mercedes - benz to the beverly hills hotel . there , court papers say , he met another man , who handed him a suitcase with a second cache of money . this was cause enough for the agents on his tail to stop him and later to search his apartment , where they found 49 kilograms of plastic - wrapped cocaine and nearly $ 1 million , all of it in cash .\njames and mary bethel bought the building at an auction and then rented it back to mr . brewster as the economy got better .\n\u201cu just got to hope they never find out u said a word , seriously bro , \u201d mr . venizelos wrote . he added , chillingly , that mr . cournoyer kept on hand a $ 2 million slush fund to pay for the murder of anyone who crossed him .\nfarah , which is still publicly traded , is not the name in men ' s apparel that it was in mr . farah ' s day .\nafter five years of flipping witnesses , listening to wiretaps and conducting secret stings , mr . tiscione and his team had finally gotten a brooklyn grand jury to indict mr . cournoyer on drug conspiracy charges on jan . 20 , 2012 . a month later , the newly minted defendant tried to abscond to cancun .\nmr . cournoyer\u2019s brother joey , center , and friend georges st . pierre , a mixed - martial arts fighter , were at a party with leonardo dicaprio .\nthough the agents in new york could have had mr . racine arrested at that point , they chose to let him go , albeit under surveillance , to preserve the investigation . mr . tiscione\u2019s task force knew that mr . cournoyer already had ties to the hells angels , the mohawk smugglers and the rizzuto crime family of montreal , which ran large swaths of that city\u2019s drug trade . now the task force realized that the outfit also had a mexican component , and set about to infiltrate that corner of the business .\nin the late 1800\u2019s , galt suffered through four years of poor harvest and low agriculture price . these factors forced mr . brewster to file for bankruptcy in june of 1889 .\nthe descendant of a lebanese family that settled in texas at the beginning of the century , mr . farah lived through almost every aspect of the modern garment industry ' s development .\nit took a wiretap investigation to finally determine that \u201cprimo\u201d was mr . castillo - medina and that \u201cstaten island\u201d was a bonanno crime family associate named john venizelos . besides selling millions of dollars\u2019 worth of marijuana , court papers say , mr . venizelos , who favored horn - rim glasses and ralph lauren pastels , managed a mafia - owned strip club , jaguars 3 .\nin the year that followed his arrest , mr . cournoyer and his lawyer , gerald j . mcmahon , disputed his removal from mexico as \u201ca forcible abduction\u201d and tried to have the sprawling case against him dismissed . but as the evidence mounted , mr . cournoyer pleaded guilty in may 2013 , just days before his trial was scheduled to begin in federal court in brooklyn .\nat the height of his success , mr . cournoyer , who is now 34 and is awaiting placement in the federal prison system , drove a porsche cayenne and a $ 2 million limited - edition\nmr . brewster died in 1905 and the building became known as the international order of odd fellows hall . local famers , the sawyer brothers started a general merchandise business out of the first floor .\nthey also seized an encrypted blackberry , mr . tiscione said , which was the device of choice for the cournoyer outfit . given that a number of the boss\u2019s men were already in custody , the agents were especially concerned by a message that mr . venizelos had sent just days before his own arrest , to a partner who had been captured and was under pressure to cooperate with the task force .\nthat same year , mr . cournoyer crashed his porsche , killing a passenger , and was imprisoned on charges related to the death . although he served only a year , he was forced upon his release to live in a halfway house in montreal . in his absence , his enterprise had fallen into \u201ctatters , \u201d mr . tiscione said . but mr . cournoyer managed to rebuild it , meeting secretly with associates during hurried rendezvous in the montreal subway and while on work release from the halfway house , where \u2014 industrious as ever \u2014 he had found a job driving an elderly woman to her medical appointments .\ndominick curatola was a muralist turned house painter turned pot dealer , living on long island . he was a minor player , but he still had connections ; his boss in canada was a close associate of mr . cournoyer .\neven though marijuana is increasingly legalized and , unlike methamphetamine or heroin , rarely makes for sensational headlines , prosecutors argued in a sentencing memorandum that mr . cournoyer\u2019s operation was a violent one and that it led to the enrichment of other criminal syndicates . his friends and family countered with letters to the brooklyn court praising mr . cournoyer\u2019s good nature and blaming his criminal exploits on the trauma he suffered at age 16 , when his father left his family .\nthe effects of the labor dispute were lasting . the company suffered several quarters of losses and laid off scores of workers , resulting in the resignation of several members of the board . mr . farah resigned as chief executive in 1977 .\nthe stock android browser doesn ' t support some of the newer features we ' re using to bring you an amazing trina turk & mr . turk experience . we recommend switching to the google chrome browser available in the google play store .\nunbeknown to the task force in new york , a separate team from the drug agency had around that time started a sting operation against money launderers working with mexican drug cartels . that fall , for instance , an undercover agent posing as a cartel financier had persuaded mr . racine , mr . cournoyer\u2019s new york manager and one of his closest partners , to give him $ 94 , 000 in marijuana profits , promising to reinvest \u2014 and cleanse \u2014 the money through the purchase of cocaine .\nalmost from the moment their case began , mr . tiscione and the task force had relied on old - fashioned , grind - it - out police work . now , however , the task force caught a lucky , and unexpected , break .\n\u201cthere\u2019s a lot of weed smokers here on the eastern seaboard , a lot of them , \u201d mr . mcmahon explained . \u201cthat\u2019s why he came to new york , for the capitalist markets . it was basically a karl marx kind of thing . \u201d\nit all came to an end three weeks ago , when mr . cournoyer ( pronounced koorn - wah - yay ) was sentenced in brooklyn to 27 years in federal prison , finally bringing to a close the investigation that emerged in 2007 from that domestic dispute .\nonce the task force had identified mr . venizelos , federal agents descended on his house on staten island and then on his parents\u2019 house nearby . they seized more marijuana , more narcotics scales and more ledgers , as well as a shotgun and a loaded glock .\nin 1998 , mr . cournoyer pleaded guilty in that case and was sentenced to probation . but two years later , he was caught again , selling marijuana out of his jeep at the kanesatake mohawk reservation , a half - hour\u2019s drive from laval . although he pleaded guilty in that case , too , he escaped a serious prison term . he was arrested , for a third time , only 12 months later . on that occasion , mr . cournoyer had checked into a hilton in toronto , planning to sell 10 , 000 ecstasy pills to a customer for $ 65 , 000 . the customer turned out to be an undercover agent . as he tried to flee , mr . cournoyer was captured , despite , court papers say , brandishing a handgun loaded with armor - piercing bullets .\nalthough mexican officials tried three times to put mr . cournoyer on a plane to the united states , he refused to go , threatening , court papers say , to \u201charm the captain and the crew . \u201d finally , he was hooded and escorted onto a flight to houston .\nwhile black friday shopping may be synonymous with holiday crazes like tickle me elmo and mr . potato head , the real opportunities extend far beyond that . at the end of every year , there are certain product trends that pick up steam and turn into runaway hits on black friday .\nmr . paisse ( pronounced pah - ees ) also helped him make contact with a network of native american smugglers at the st . regis mohawk reservation , who moved their own loads south across the st . lawrence river , on small boats during temperate months and on snowmobiles in winter .\nmr . farah spent the last part of his life active in el paso community affairs , and helped build a cancer treatment center for the city . he is survived by his wife and four children : james , of new york ; kenneth and haleen , of dallas , and robert , of el paso .\nthe alameda short sleeve shirt . a reissue of a vintage mr . cal from the early 1960 ' s . this fabric is lightweight and perfect for the warmer weather . it ' s a cotton / poly blend , so it travels well too . # madeinusa\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 # madeincalifornia # mensshirts # ratpack # madmen # dondraper # bythepool\nmr . farah , who was known as willie , was born in las cruces , n . m . , in 1919 . his father , mansour , was a hay and dry goods merchant who had come west via canada , and his mother was the second of 16 children of a greek orthodox priest and his wife .\nthe lesson he learned from prison that time was perhaps not what the authorities intended . as mr . tiscione would later write in a legal memorandum , \u201cdetermined to never again be found in the compromising position of physically touching narcotics , cournoyer began expanding his roster of associates and installing additional layers of subordinates between himself\u201d and the drugs .\nmr . farah raised the standard for apparel production in the united states with a manufacturing plant in el paso , but he was not prepared to deal with the rising demands of the local labor force . in the 1970 ' s , he suffered a strike and a product boycott that ate away at his company ' s bottom line .\nmr . farah graduated from el paso high school and attended the texas college of mines before joining the family business . during world war ii , he served in the army air corps as a b - 26 bomber pilot and instructor . when he returned from the war , he married betty jean corcoran and rejoined the family apparel business .\none piece of the information he provided was the alias of his canadian supplier , a man known as cosmo , whose name , he said , derived from his residence in the cit\u00e9 cosmo , a luxury condominium in the montreal suburb of laval . mr . tiscione and his team eventually learned cosmo\u2019s real name by eavesdropping on his network with wiretaps and by putting pressure on other dealers , but they were unaware of his lengthy history until they contacted the authorities in laval . the canadians described mr . cournoyer as a seasoned trafficker whose criminal career had begun at age 18 , when he and his brother joey were arrested with a stash of 11 marijuana plants at their apartment .\nas it happened , a different team of federal drug agents on long island had for weeks been following mr . curatola and were there that day when ms . jennings took from him a black express shopping bag filled with $ 169 , 000 , then hurried back to her apartment in brooklyn to walk her dog . they were also there when mr . castillo - medina arrived at the apartment later . when the agents searched the place , they found bags of marijuana , two narcotics scales , $ 500 , 000 in cash and coded ledgers indicating deals of more than $ 4 million between a man named primo and a large new york distributor referred to only as staten island .\nanother top lieutenant was patrick paisse , a one - legged qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois who helped mr . cournoyer arrange a deal with the hells angels to drive huge loads of pot from fields in british columbia and greenhouse factories equipped with charcoal air filters and off - the - grid power systems across the border , hidden beneath the tarps of tractor - trailers .\nbefore long , court papers say , the trafficking operation was \u201cpumping regular shipments of high - grade marijuana into the united states . \u201d but in 2004 , one of mr . cournoyer\u2019s top new york distributors stole a load worth more than $ 1 million , souring relations with the hells angels , who lost out on the fee to transport the drugs .\nthese circumstances could not have been more different from those of his pursuers on the task force , composed of local detectives , career federal agents and government prosecutors like mr . tiscione . the task force , however , had a lead , and within a year of receiving the woman\u2019s complaint , the queens dealer , who was caught selling drugs , was facing prosecution and became an informant .\nthe reservation , which sits along the border of new york state and canada , was a perfect corridor for shipping drugs to american buyers , and the native residents who worked with mr . paisse had long experience in moving contraband , like firearms and cigarettes , through its skein of private docks . one of the natives who took part , kenneth cree , lived in an immense house studded with surveillance cameras .\nhis brother , james , who had become chief executive in 1937 , died in 1964 , and mr . farah took the helm , overseeing the company ' s transition into one of the largest pants manufacturers in the country . farah inc . , which was best known for its farah slacks and jackets and the john henry and savane lines of men ' s and boys ' wear , went public in 1967 .\nthe size and sophistication of his fallen empire were unprecedented , those who chased him say . starting in the mid - 2000s , mr . cournoyer managed the shipment of man - size bales of hydroponically grown pot across the border on motorboats and snowmobiles . nearly $ 1 billion of his cash was laundered through the sinaloa drug cartel or was ferried back to canada in pickup trucks equipped with secret traps in their radios and gas tanks .\naffliction : the passion that drives us to reach for greatness . we are inspired by those who live fast and are willing to endure pain and suffering to push the limits of what is possible . you embrace the ideology of never say i cant , but i am the first who ever has . your affliction makes you build when others buy . you believe in craftsmanship over commodity . your affliction makes you lead when others choose to follow . you create when others consume . you hear music when others hear noise . your affliction lets you see beyond the chaos as art emerges from within . you will rise , you will fall , but you will greet the challenge . you , innovators , are the fuel . our affliction is a never - ending passion to design and create clothing that speaks to you . we share your insanity and will not be ignored . you inspire us . it is our affliction that binds us . together we will change things . every man dies , not every man truly lives ! what is your affliction ?\nmr . farah , who was as obsessive about order in his plants as he was about engineering innovations and good marketing , often rode a bicycle through the aisles of his sewing rooms monitoring productivity . he introduced dress slacks and invented machines that could automate the addition of zippers and belt loops . sales boomed . one of his great coups was to greatly help popularize the polyester leisure suit by mass - producing them ; he made a a lot of money on sales of them in 1975 .\nmake a statement\u2014even if it causes a little controversy i wore an outfit that was the most controversial thing in fashion this year . the materials used for these designs are from what we call the ghana - must - go bags . at one point , there was a lot of ghanaians in nigeria because of the oil boom . the nigerian government asked the ghanaians to go back . there was a mass exodus , and they would use these bags , because they didn\u2019t have time to get a proper suitcase . going back and forth between nigeria and ghana , i would notice that the businesswomen , to bring goods back and forth , would use the ghana - must - go bags . i feel like this bag now represents me : mr eazi , the yoruba boy who went from nigeria to ghana . i called my stylist and said , \u201ci want to dress in ghana - must - go ! \u201d and i said i wanted it tailored in the most prestigious traditional nigerian fit . a lot of people got mad ! they said they\u2019d fight me in the street . but i\u2019ve also seen people wearing it on instagram . it\u2019s getting the youth to wear the ghana - must - go . at the end of the day , it\u2019s all love .\nthe line included a sporty , waist - buttoned jac shirt , allowing a maximum range of motion and particularly well suited to golf or bowling . a handsome interpretation of the timeless cuban guayabera , with its richly embroidered frontal fields , was provided for more stately occasions . the standard model featured innumerable variations based on decorative stitching , sleeve buttons , collar style , breast pocket ( s ) and visually exciting heraldic crests .\nduring the seventies , the label\u2019s trend - 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friendly products that will set your business apart and help you take advantage of emerging trends .\nwe dove deep into the data to discover the hottest product trends for this black friday cyber monday . get in on the action with one of these 10 incredibly popular product ideas .\ndisclaimer : please keep in mind these are not suggested products to sell online . these items caught our attention and are trending upwards according to google trends . before selling anything online you must first do your own due diligence to determine market demand and potential .\nlooking for some inspiration for this black friday ? if you\u2019ve been searching for the perfect product idea to launch a business or you\u2019re hoping to build out your current catalogue , check out this year\u2019s list of trending products .\nit\u2019s no surprise that phone cases are a popular product idea . phones are at the centre of our lives ; they tell us where we\u2019re going , what to eat , and how to live . so it\u2019s only natural that they\u2019ve also become an extension of our personalities .\nliquid phone cases are a unique take on a classic phone accessory . the backs of these cases are filled with a gel - like liquid that slides around as the phone moves , opening up exciting possibilities for new designs . from beer mugs to aquariums , designers are turning liquid phone cases into fresh and exciting pieces .\nliquid phone cases have been on the rise over the past two years , but saw a huge jump in popularity last black friday . the same jump is likely to repeat this year .\npoolside activities saw waterproof cases surge in popularity this summer . while swim season might be on its way out , the demand for waterproof phone cases is here to stay . water damage is one of the most common smartphone killers , but waterproof cases provide customers with a durable , protective shell to shield their devices from the elements .\nwaterproof cases have steadily been growing in popularity over the past few years including a massive peak this summer . even though the danger of dropping phones into pools has passed , it\u2019s likely that waterproof cases will still be a hit this black friday as customers plan their winter getaways .\nmajor players like beats by dre have made bluetooth speakers a holiday favorite over the past few years . since streaming music services are bigger than ever , it makes sense that customers are looking to carry their music with them wherever they go .\ninterest in bluetooth speakers has seen steady growth over the past few years with predictable spikes every november and december around the holiday season .\nfound the perfect product idea ? start your business today with a 14 - day trial .\nthese tiny , white led lights add a cozy glow to any indoor or outdoor space : from bedrooms to restaurant patios .\nfairy lights have been a longtime favorite of pinterest users and bohemian trendsetters , but they always hit a massive jump in popularity around the end of every year . whether they\u2019re being gifted to trendy home decor aficionados or used as holiday decorations , fairy lights are a promising choice for black friday cyber monday .\nenamel pins have seen a meteoric rise this year as a new must - have product . these cute and quirky accessories can be seen attached to everything from denim jackets to laptop bags . enamel pins can be made to accommodate any design including brand logos , quirky illustrations , and everything in between .\ninterest in enamel pins exploded at the start of the year , making this a brand new craze that\u2019s set to dominate black friday . major retailers like urban outfitters have started carrying enamel pins recently and consumer appetites for these bite - sized fashion statements show no sign of slowing down .\nrechargeable lighters are the latest entry into the ever - expanding space of vapes and e - cigarettes . these flameless , fuelless alternatives to traditional lighters are powered by lithium ion batteries and are charged with usb cords or standalone charging docks . the lighting mechanism is a heated , electric coil\u2014essentially , a portable version of a car\u2019s cigarette lighter .\nrechargeable lighters have been growing in tandem with the rise of vape culture , but surged in popularity this summer . the trend seems on track to continue to black friday , making these lighters a hot commodity .\ndad hats are the latest 90s fashion resurrection . what started out as a streetwear accessory has rocketed into the mainstream this year .\na quick look at google trends shows an unprecedented leap in search volume over the past 9 months .\nshopify store owners can print these structureless , 6 - panel hats with custom designs using on - demand fulfillment services like printful , an app available in the shopify app store . if you\u2019re already selling apparel or planning on starting soon , dad hats are a must - have .\nhaving trouble staying motivated ? get our free , curated list of high - impact productivity articles .\nwearable tech has been gaining momentum for the past few years , but smart fitness watches have been leading the pack . in fact , 40 % of us consumers are interested in buying smart watches with nearly half of that 40 % wanting to use those smart watches for health and fitness .\nthe opportunities aren\u2019t just limited to big players like apple and fitbit either . general interest in smart fitness watches has risen dramatically over the past year , creating new possibilities for small businesses hoping to get into the wearable tech market .\npokemon go \u2019s wild popularity sent demand for phone power banks and external batteries through the roof . the augmented reality app took a toll on the battery life of phones worldwide , sending users searching for a quick fix . power banks , portable batteries that can be charged in advance , gave users a chance to keep hunting for ratatas and pikachus even if their phones weren\u2019t up to the challenge .\nalthough pokemon go\u2019s usership might be taking a dive , it\u2019s likely that the demand for power banks and external batteries will remain . interest in power banks has steadily risen over the past few years , so even if the game is falling out of favor , users will still be looking for ways to keep their phones going all day .\nactivated charcoal is one of the hottest beauty trends . it\u2019s been popping up as an ingredient in cosmetics everywhere recently , but face masks have emerged as one of its most popular applications . charcoal face masks are an instagram - 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- the leisure suit - - but failing to get out fast enough once the fad faded .\nfrom the new york times . you may opt - out at any time .\nyou agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for the new york times ' s products and services .\nthe bitter battle pitted the mostly white protestant business leaders of el paso against both mexican laborers and roman catholic leaders , who won the backing of national liberal politicians like george mcgovern , who was then the democratic nominee for president , and senator edward m . kennedy , democrat of massachusetts .\na year later , he returned , dismissing most of the company ' s top executives with the help of armed guards .\nin 1989 , he again stepped down as chief executive , but he remained the company ' s largest shareholder and a board member . he tried to regain the post through a proxy fight in 1990 , arguing that the company ' s business was faltering and needed his leadership . the board resisted , and removed him as a member .\nwe\u2019re interested in your feedback on this page . tell us what you think .\naccessibility concerns ? email us at accessibility @ urltoken . we would love to hear from you .\njimmy cournoyer\u2019s ring shipped marijuana to new york city . during an investigation into the enterprise , authorities seized suitcases filled with cash , marijuana plants , bags of pot , and weapons , among other contraband .\none day in january 2007 , the disgruntled ex - girlfriend of a queens pot dealer walked unprompted into the district office of the drug enforcement administration on long island . sitting down with an agent , she bitterly gave vent : her former boyfriend , the father of her child , was selling weed .\nas a rule , the drug agency isn\u2019t in the business of settling romantic scores , but the woman , who had shown up with her child in tow , was adamant that her onetime lover was a major player in the city\u2019s wholesale marijuana trade . a group of federal agents started looking into the man .\nwhat began that day with a woman scorned unfolded over the next seven years into an investigation that went beyond the wildest imaginings of the agents assigned to it , an elaborate case that led to the discovery , and subsequent arrest , of a surprising quarry : an international criminal who is now described as the biggest marijuana dealer in new york city history .\n\u201cwe never saw anything like this guy before , \u201d said steven l . tiscione , a federal prosecutor in new york who supervised the task force that broke the case . \u201cin terms of his longevity and scope , and the connections he had around the world , nothing , nobody , comes close . \u201d\n. his social circle was configured such that once , on a trip to ibiza , he attended the same party as leonardo dicaprio .\nthe operation was flourishing again by late 2007 , when the drug enforcement administration began to make inroads in its investigation .\nthe flight to mexico left canada at 6 a . m . among the passengers onboard that day , feb . 16 , 2012 , was jimmy cournoyer .\nlanding at the airport , he was immediately detained by the mexican authorities . pointing to a \u201cred notice\u201d alert issued in his name by interpol , they refused to let him in .\n\u201cthat\u2019s when i started to see a change in my son , \u201d his mother , linda bremer , wrote . \u201che wasn\u2019t focused anymore . he was kind of a rebel . i thought it was because of the divorce . \u201d\nwhatever his psychic pain , jimmy cournoyer had been driven all along by a singular passion , his lawyer said in an interview : a love of money .\neazi also reps ghana in his wardrobe , which is styled by mariam aduke abass and characterized by a mix of contemporary streetwear and traditional textiles\u2014including his now - signature straw hat\u2014from the ashanti region and the north of the country . he\u2019s handsome and stylish , with a slim build and close - cropped hair , and has a penchant for playful jewelry , bright colors , and narrow - cut blazers and turtlenecks . asked about his fashion sense , he told us ahead of a big show in new york ( tonight at playstation theater ) that everywhere he goes , ghana and nigeria go with him .\nsport a signature hat\u2014and stock up these hats are produced in northern ghana , and they\u2019re synonymous with herdsmen and gold miners . they are handmade , and they wear them because the sun is heavy there . they\u2019re knitted but actually made of the same material they use to make baskets . the hats are sturdy . even when i put them in a box in my luggage on tour , when i bring them out , i just have to stretch them out a little bit and they get their shape back . ghana is very , very big on reggae music , so in a lot of art forms you will see rasta expressions\u2014that\u2019s why the hats are red , gold , green . anytime i go for a show and i don\u2019t have the hats , it\u2019s an issue . [ the audience ] feels like i\u2019m incomplete without one . i throw them out to the crowd at shows when i\u2019m on tour , so i have just four left , but my manager is coming with 20 . when i played in ukraine , i was shocked to look out in the crowd and see people wearing them !"]}
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", "topic": 36}], "title": "penaten", "paragraphs": ["\u2020 penaten \u00ae medicated creams help soothe , heal and protect . penaten \u00ae non - medicated daily clear protection cream is intended solely to protect skin against wetness and irritants\nwhy choose penaten\u00ae ? penaten\u00ae has been helping soothe sore baby bums from the irritation and pain of diaper rash since 1904 \u2013 that ' s over 100 years of relief .\nwhen should i use it ? penaten\u00ae is best used at the first sign of redness .\npenaten \u00ae creams help to soothe the discomfort and irritation of your baby ' s diaper rash .\npenaten \u00ae creams help to soothe and protect your skin against the wetness and irritants that can cause rashes and chafing skin .\nsince 1904 penaten creme takes care of baby ' s skin , ensuring hygiene and well - being with a protective action during 12h .\ngreat product , i have been using penaten cream for nearly 3 years on my 2 kids and they have never had big rashes . the cream is easy to apply as its thick but gets more liquid as it heats up . penaten doesnt smell and is basically like vaseline .\n\u00a9 johnson & johnson inc . 2011 . this penaten\u00ae micro - 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make sure to follow us around the web .\nfor more information regarding m3 technology , a copy of the new certificate , or questions regarding m3 technology\u2019s quality department , visit urltoken or email us at quality @ m3 - tec . com .\nby teaming up with the top manufacturers all across the globe , m3 technology is able to bring our customers the best technology product solutions .\nwith the m3 race team hard at work and the 2011 season coming on fast , m3 technology is happy to announce the launch of the latest addition to the m3 website .\ndiscover why so many leading businesses and institutions call m3 their trusted , exclusive technology and service partner .\nthe director , information technology plans , directs , and manages the information technology department to ensure the development and implementation of cost . . .\nthe bmw m3 ( e46 ) film . everything about the third generation bmw m3 .\nwe work with the industry ' s leading technology manufacturers to support your technology products , and customize our service solutions to meet your specific project needs .\nenterprise architect - infor within eam , m3 or ion . number of years with either eam , m3 or ion - . a global leader in consulting , technology and outsourcing . . .\non friday november 18th , m3 technology received its updated certificate of registration to the as 9120 and iso 9001 standards . this certification followed an october audit of m3\u2019s quality management system by sai global with no non - conformances for the second straight year . this certification represents m3 technology\u2019s on - going commitment to quality and its dedication to continual improvement . this audit also marked the first under the direction of m3 technology\u2019s new quality leadership team , led by quality manager tom mcninney .\nnumber of years with m3 - . direct m3 experience is indeed required . erp infor m3 supply chain ( otc or ptp / p2p ) . . . .\ncopyright \u00a9 2017 m3 technology group , inc . all rights reserved . | powered by media methods | terms of use | privacy policy | disclaimer\ncopyright 2014 m3 technology solutions . all rights reserved . / 35c rayborn crescent , st . albert , alberta t7n 4a9 / 780 - 328 - 6451\nlearn to use m3 products and business processes . strongly prefer successful completion of at least one computer science / information technology course at the . . .\nthis week , m3 technology received its renewed ansi / esd - s20 . 20 certification from qmi - sai global . this certification , covering the handling and preservation of fragile electro - static devices forms a key pillar of m3 technology\u2019s extensive counterfeit detection , prevention and elimination program , and helps to ensure that m3 customers receive authentic and pristine parts and components .\nm3 technology group is currently looking for more low voltage / structured cable tech interns to learn how to provide field installation services for customers in . . .\nm3 helps to create positive user experiences . discover why so many institutions call m3 their trusted , exclusive av partner .\ngeospatial technology ( arcgis , google earth , qgis ) . search & discovery ( hercules , m3 , proton , tac , tide , trident ) . . . .\nextol business integrator , infor / lawson m3 , infor / lawson mec , pkms by manhattan . taking general direction from the director of information technology , the . . .\nknowledge of and experience using erp / mrp systems ( bann or m3 systems ) . bachelor\u2019s degree in engineering , business , industrial technology or related field or . . .\nand so the new bmw concept m4 gts continues the tradition of bmw m3 special models already illuminated by the bmw m3 evolution ( 1988 ) , bmw m3 sport evolution ( 1990 ) , bmw m3 gt ( 1995 ) , bmw m3 csl ( 2003 ) , bmw m3 gts ( 2010 ) and bmw m3 crt ( 2011 ) . technology honed in race competition , a hike in power , a commitment to lightweight design and limited production numbers have ensured these sharpest examples of their type offer unbeatable performance coupled with an emotionally powerful and exclusive driving experience .\nm3 technology and its quality team are committed to delivering the highest quality goods to all customers , and this certification is a testament to that effort . m3 technology now looks forward to an upcoming continuing surveillance audit for its as 9120 / iso 9001 quality management system in the fall , while striving for continuous improvement in all aspects of the operation .\ncentra technology , inc . frequently interacts with customers and functional peer group managers and senior management . . . .\nleen kawas , ceo of m3 biotechnology , is leading a team working on a treatment for alzheimer\u2019s disease . ( courtesy of m3 biotechnology )\nfollowing up on the momentum build over a series of strong weeks at riverhead raceway , justin bonsignore and the m3 technology race team took home second place this afternoon at the monadnock 200 .\n\u201cworking with m3 to upgrade our technology was a great experience . they worked with us each step of the way from the planning to the implementation . we appreciate their detailed follow - through and their professionalism ! \u201d\n\u201c thanks to the m3 team ! we now have an it strategy to follow . secure backups for all of our critical data , but also cost - effective technology solutions that will facilitate our future growth . \u201d\nthe $ 25 , 000 challenge : bmw e46 m3 vs . ford fiesta st\na career opportunity with m3 usa offers competitive wages , and benefits such as : . assist with quickly resolving it support requests from m3 staff and achieving . . .\nunique , custom projects and creative solutions are an m3 favorite . we love a challenge .\nm3 expertly commissions every installation project , like this corporate meeting space with vivid led projection .\nm3 racing looks keep up the momentum on may 25th , when the nascar whelen modified tour returns to stafford motor speedway for the tsi harley - davidson 125 . be sure to follow m3 racing on twitter ( @ m3 _ racing ) for the latest news and updates .\nmaking the most of his hometown advantage , justin bonsignore led the m3 technology race team to a first place finish on saturday night at the lighthouse mission 200 held at riverhead raceway . the win is justin\u2019s first on the nascar whelen modified tour .\nthis technology ensures an increase in output and torque , while at the same time reducing the thermal stress on performance - relevant components . all of which also enhances the stability and durability of the turbocharged engine . the bmw concept m4 gts therefore brings high - performance technology directly from the race track to the road .\nwe are a canadian based company , that serves the mining , industrial and urban markets . we specialize in the sales , service and support of technology products .\nteamwork , expertise and a client - first approach are the foundation of m3 ' s success .\nm3 specializes in grand displays and integrated audio , video and control solutions for large presentation spaces .\n\u201cm3 technology consultants have served our church for over 7 years . their management of our it network has been superior . our network continues to operate so much more efficiently than prior to m3\u2019s arrival . great technicians , customer service , and quality recommendations abound . they have led us through network expansion , system and security upgrades , and have allowed us to meet the needs of our growing congregation . thank you m3 for a job very well done . \u201d\nthe startup has licensed technology that\u2019s been developed over more than a decade at washington state university . m3 has been working for the past three years to develop the drug and find a way to move it beyond animal studies and into clinical trials with alzheimer\u2019s patients .\nwith a client - first approach m3 fosters open communication and input throughout all phases of a project .\nwhile the audit identified no non - conforming conditions , m3\u2019s quality group worked closely with the auditor to find several opportunities for improvement which will be integrated within the quality management system over the next several weeks . the sai audit followed closely on the heals of several customer site visits , all of which served to further develop and verify m3 technology\u2019s quality management system and processes .\nm 3 technology is a voluntary benefits firm specializing in the design , implementation and administration of voluntary benefits programs . we offer an array of unique benefits to supplement existing employer - paid benefits ; and , we utilize proprietary software and patented technology to communicate the benefits to your employees / members . and we do it all\u2026at no cost to you !\nin addition to the new facility , m3 technology maintains its 27 , 000 square foot operational headquarters in bellport , ny with satellite sales offices in cornwall , ny and sterling heights michigan . in addition , the organization maintains service and support personnel throughout the country and around the world .\nm3 technology is the aerospace & defense solutions company . an authorized supplier of hardware , chemicals , electronics and other consumable items , m3 offers a range of inventory and supply chain management options . want to know more ? contact us today : email : info @ urltoken phone : 631 - 205 - 0005 fax : 631 - 610 - 2905 mailing address : 58 sawgrass dr . bellport , ny 11713\nm3 technology is proud to announce the opening of its new franklin , connecticut location . the new location will allow improved service and support options for customer based in connecticut and the rest of new england , and serve as a model for the establishment of forward stocking locations at key points of use .\nm3 racing will take to the track again on may 12th , at the monadnock 200 , at monadnock speedway .\nm3 specializes in designing , building and deploying turnkey audio - visual systems for presentation , conferencing and collaboration applications . with over 200 technology partners and extensive certifications , we deliver practical solutions for clients in education , corporate , healthcare , hospitality , worship , energy , federal , state and local government settings .\nafter qualifying fifth , justin and the m3 team secured an 8th place finish behind race winner mike stefanik . as the first official points race of the young season , m3 racing starts off the year 8th in the standings as well .\nbe sure to follow the m3 race team on twitter and facebook , and stop by driver justin bonsignore\u2019s official site .\nm3 technology group is an award - winning av system integration , managed services and its base building infrastructure provider known for outstanding customer service and technical support . we were founded on the basis of excellence in installation and have an unparalleled reputation that speaks to the level of commitment we consistently deliver to each of our valued clients .\nwith just four races left , the m3 technology race team arrived in bristol tennessee today to begin preparing for the unoh perfect storm 150 , scheduled for wednesday august 18th at 6 pm . after a day of practice and qualifying , driver justin bonsignore will lead the charge for his first tour victory of the year tomorrow night .\nfor the first time , m3 technology racing and justin bonsignore will take to the track at the dayton international speedway . building off of a strong 7th place finish in the nascar whelen modified tour standings , the 2010 rookie of the year will open the 2013 season with an eye on capturing his first tour championship . crew and driver left the m3 facility tonight , and will take too the track next tuesday for the unoh battle at the beach .\nour business is to provide superior benefit programs and service to your employees / members . we can help your organization improve retention and strengthen morale with state - of - the - art communication and service technology .\nm3\u2019s latest funding round brings its total raised to $ 14 million . the alzheimer\u2019s drug discovery foundation , which was the first investor in the company , put in $ 1 . 4 million in the latest round to help m3 launch its clinical trial .\nthe defense industry is a challenging and exciting place to guide a business or navigate a career . nowhere is this more true than in a small business such as m3 technology . the paper below outlines some of the challenges of supporting the modern warfighter , along with our own proven strategies for overcoming them . please enter your name below to download .\ncome out and support justin and m3 racing this saturday , or follow along at home via twitter for updates live from the track .\nwhile the bmw m4 coupe embodies the ideal combination of motor sport genes and unrestricted everyday usability , the bmw concept m4 gts previews an emotionally powerful and exclusive special model conceived with an eye for trailblazing technology and a keen focus on the race track ,\nexplains frank van meel , president bmw m division .\ndespite its outstanding track ability , it is still fully road - legal . this is racing technology for the road in the truest sense .\nthe new location will also serve as the headquarters for m3 racing and serve as the primary support facility for the team and its equipment . centrally located near several of the nascar whelen modified tour\u2019s host tracks , the new facility contains a custom - designed shop to house m3 racing .\noled technology heralds a new era in light design and lighting concepts , and opens up new possibilities when it comes to a characteristic and distinctive light signature for bmw models - both for their daytime driving lights and during the hours of darkness .\nchampionships and significant race victories make a race car special , but the rarity of a car and the technology it uses also add to a car\u2019s allure . the # 54 e46 m3 campaigned by bell motorsports in the 2001 - 2003 grand - am road racing championship never won a championship or a significant race , but the v8 engine under its carbon fiber hood means it\u2019s still one of the coolest\nthe bmw concept m4 gts is fitted with innovative rear lights featuring oled technology . oleds ( organic light - emitting diodes ) are a new type of light source producing full - surface and homogenous illumination - in contrast to leds , which emit light to a single point . their low installation height of just 1 . 4 millimetres and the ability to actuate individual light modules separately create fresh design scope in lighting concepts . oled technology enables extra flexibility and forges an unmistakable appearance that signals exceptional precision .\ngather technician skill levels and configure into m3 and / or other dispatch / scheduling system . familiar with current aggreko tools including logistics and . . .\nm3 says that its drug not only treats symptoms of alzheimer\u2019s , but also modifies the disease itself to stop , and hopefully reverse , its effects .\nm 3 technology was founded with the commitment to service and to streamline the administration of voluntary benefits . we believe that an organization can provide valuable , relevant benefits to its employees / members without assuming a financial burden in the process , that organizations can strengthen affinity by offering unique supplemental benefits that enhance existing core benefits , and secure the financial future of their employees / members and their families . we utilize proprietary technology to effectively communicate , seamlessly distribute , and professionally administer multi - dimensional employee benefit programs .\nseattle - based m3 biotechnology has raised $ 12 million from investors to start clinical trials for a drug that seeks to reverse the effects of alzheimer\u2019s disease .\nin the third race of the 2013 nascar whelen modified tour season , justin bonsignore and m3 technology racing notched a strong showing , securing second place behind pole and race winner bobby santos in stafford , ct this weekend . building off of an eight place finish two weeks ago in thompson , justin continued to gain momentum at this week\u2019s stafford spring sizzler . click here for a post race interview , courtesy of nascar .\nat m3 we understand that equipment failures can be disastrous , which is why we offer one of the most advanced av / it technical support , maintenance and warranty programs in the country . m3\u2019s managed services division and network operations center ( noc ) provide customers with an unparalleled support system , tailored to their unique needs .\nm3\u2019s drug not only treats symptoms , said ceo leen kawas , it also modifies the disease itself to stop , and hopefully reverse , the effects of alzheimer\u2019s .\ndriver justin bonsignore and the m3 technology race team will start first tonight at the budweiser king of beers 150 . currently tenth in the whelen modified tour standings , the rookie driver is enjoying a strong season , and is the favorite to win the tour\u2019s rookie of the year title . fresh off a strong qualifying run with an average speed of 119 . 579 mph , justin looks to capture his first tour race victory of the year .\nif you know what you\u2019re looking at , that is : apart from its striking blue and silver livery , the # 54 looks like any of the other e46 m3s that were built by tom milner\u2019s prototype technology groupe in virginia . the most famous of those cars were built for\nm3 , housed within the university of washington\u2019s comotion space , also raised funds in the round from dolby family ventures , local biotech leader bruce montgomery and other angel investors .\nfeaturing a new look for the 2014 season , justin and team m3 will look to build on the strong finish to their time in florida , and start their march toward the team\u2019s first nascar whelen modified tour championship . be sure to check back here for news throughout the season , and follow along with the crew on twitter ( @ m3 _ racing ) .\nm3\u2019s suite of base building infrastructure solutions includes durable allworx voip telephone systems , available in a variety of system design configurations , along with warranty options and customizable service level agreements ( slas ) that protect your equipment according to your unique needs . as a certified allworx partner you can rest assured that m3 professionals will deliver you a voip phone system that\u2019s expertly engineered and installed .\nthe last car to emerge from the legendary team ptg race shop , bell motorsports\u2019 # 54 was also the last v8 - powered e46 m3 to race professionally in the u . s .\nand make sure to connect with m3\u2019s leaders on their own personal twitter feeds : president janine massa , vice president ken massa , general manager james yannaco , and director of operations mike caton .\ncheck back all season long here or click on the \u201cm3 racing\u201d tab above for the latest news and notes live from the nascar whelen modified tour , and 2010 rookie of the year justin bonsignore .\n\u201cthe m3 team has seamlessly integrated into our team . it doesn\u2019t matter how big or small the it project ; they handled it with ease and within budget . they are great to work with ! \u201d\nas a certified partner of leading surveillance equipment providers , m3 offers an array of hd , cost - effective ip camera / cctv system solutions for all your surveillance requirements . whether you need 20 or 200 + cameras , vms and nvr solutions , intruder alarm or intercom systems , m3\u2019s its division offers a range of expert services , from consultation , design and deployment to an array of maintenance and service plans that keep your system in top performance .\nm3 racing and the whelen modified tour will be at the stafford motor speedway on may 1st for the tech - net spring sizzler presented by carquest . be sure to check back here often for the latest news and updates .\nthe founder of m 3 technology is a pioneer in the field of voluntary supplemental benefits . when the economic tide started to ebb , and costs started to swell , he realized the need for an alternative solution . review the programs we offer , the services we provide , and contact us for additional information on the wide range of benefit solutions that are available to your organization .\nstarting middle of the pack at 14th , justin was able to make up a lot of ground , but could not catch eventual winner ryan preece . the impressive showing moved bonsignore and m3 racing into 6th place in the tour standings .\nm3 racing will be back on the track at the stafford motor speedway for the carquest tech - net spring sizzler on april 28 as the quest for a championship heats up . check back here often for news and information throughout the season .\nfending off challenges and avoiding the wrecks that knocked out several competitors throughout the night , the m3 race team took the checkered flag , followed by todd szegedy , ron silk ( current points leader ) , ryan preece , and doug coby .\nbuilding on a strong 6th place finish at the carquest tech - net spring sizzler , justin bonsignore and m3 racing continued to improve this week , posting a 4th place finish at the whitcomb 200 presented by mobix & town fair tire at monadnock speedway .\nthe runner - up finish moves justin and m3 racing from eighth to fifth in the driver standings . the team looks to keep up the pace on may 11th , when nascar\u2019s whelen modified tour rolls into monadnock speedway for the fourth race of the year .\nthe nascar whelen modified tour makes it annual stop at riverhead raceway this weekend for the hoosier tire 200 . m3 racing and driver justin bonsignore look to take advantage of a home track edge on saturday , and are gunning for their first victory of the season .\ntune in for live coverage on speed , www . nascarhometracks . com , and @ m3 _ racing on twitter for up - to the minute coverage of all event activities . be sure to check back here all season long for the latest news and notes .\nm3 delivers the vital resources , tools and expertise to provide a complete , cost - effective and dependable low voltage structured cabling infrastructure for connectivity of voice , data , video and building management systems \u2013 including security , energy , and monitoring \u2013 for both new and existing spaces .\njustin and the team took home a first place finish at the track in 2011 , and snagged second a year ago . currently 4th in the tour standings , m3 racing has managed two top 5 finishes this year , and a top 10 in all four starts on the season .\nwith top 10 finishes in the tour standings the last three seasons , the m3 race team has its sights set on bigger challenges this year , and the strong showing at thompson is a big step in bringing home a championship . stay tuned here all year long as justin and m3 racing march toward the nascar whelen modified tour championship . the tour takes to the track again on april 27th , for the napa spring sizzler 200 at stafford motor speedway . be sure to follow along with all the news and notes on facebook and twitter for inside looks at the team .\njustin is now fifth in the tour standings , trailing leader ryan preece by 71 points , the m3 racing team looks to build on this weekend\u2019s momentum when nascar moves to the stafford motor speedway on august 2 for the carquest 150 . check back here for news and updates all season long .\nafter a strong 6th place finish at a chaotic daytona speedway race in february , m3 racing and justin bonsignore took to the track this weekend at thompson international speedway , looking to get the 2013 tour off to a strong start , and build toward the team\u2019s first nascar whelen modified tour championship .\nnever looking back , justin stayed among the race leaders all afternoon , and secured his second top five finish of the season behind race leader todd szegedy . m3 racing now sits at 13th in the tour standings , and looks to build on this promising start over the remainder of the season .\nthe bmw concept m4 gts showcases new technologies destined to make their series production debut in a new model to be unveiled at a later date . for example , the bmw concept m4 gts features the innovative water injection system that has already provided a significant output and torque boost in the bmw m4 motogp safety car . in addition , the bmw concept m4 gts has rear lights with oled ( organic light - emitting diode ) technology that give the high - performance model a whole new look when darkness falls .\nthe nascar whelen modified tour rolls into riverhead raceway for the second time of the season this weekend for the green earth technologies 200 . m3 racing and driver justin bonsignore look to take advantage of a home track edge on saturday , and will look to move up in the standings with a strong run .\nm3 racing and justin bonsignore secured victory this weekend at thompson motorsports park . the win in the town fair tire icebreaker comes fast on the heels of two wins earlier in the year at new smyrna speedway , and marks justin\u2019s 4th career checkered flag on the nascar whelen modified tour , and second at thompson .\nm3 racing and driver justin bonsignore captured their first victory of the season tonight in the whitcomb 200 at monadnock speedway in winchester new hampshire . starting on the outside pole , justin took the lead on lap 17 and held on the rest of the way for his third career victory on the nascar whelen modified tour .\nand stay tuned for updates to this site in the near future . m3 is busy getting ready for the next season of the nascar whelen modified tour , and will be unveiling new content dedicated to the team coming this spring . in the meantime , learn more about the team on facebook and driver justin bonsignore\u2019s website .\nafter a late race accident resulted in a disappointing 13th place finish for justin bonsignore and m3 racing two weeks ago in the nascar whelen modified tour icebreaker , the team needed a strong showing at the carquest tech - net spring sizzler this weekend . team , driver and car all delivered and took home a strong six place finish at stafford motor speedway .\n\u201cas a small multi - disciplined engineering design firm , with sophisticated production software , m3 has demonstrated the expertise to manage the it functions and maintain high - speed functionality for my employees . with their guidance , we have established a secure network and i now have confidence that our critical data is backed up and secure , yet also expandable for future growth . \u201d\nbmw e46 m3 - gt alms gtr race car in mint condition , built in germany at the bmw ag motorsport division and shipped to the usa for racing in the american lemans series from 2000 to 2006 against the competition such as aston martin , ferrari , porsche , ford , chevrolet , panoz , dodge , audi etc . the team that raced these cars on behalf of bmw in the usa was ptg inc .\nprototype technology group , inc .\nthe team owner was thomas h . milner . this factory bmw ag motorsport race car m3 - gt # 003 is for sale please contact pitcrew @ scottsdalemotorsport . com . asking price $ 389 , 000 . 00 urltoken / / / factory built bmw ag motorsport e46 m3 - gt alms gtr production # 003 / / / this car is a racing legend and comes with original bmw ag motorsport spare parts . the bmw m3 - gt race car is in mint condition , everything is operational in race ready condition . this is a bmw motorsport collector cars dream , just to hear the engine firing to life will make any bmw ag motorsport enthusiast smile , this amazing piece of racing history does not come often . bmw m3 technical specifications alms sport car series 2000 - 2001 engine p50b32 / s50b32 engine type : in - line six cylinder capacity : 3 . 2 liter modified by the bmw ptg race team stroking the engine to a 3 . 4 liter increasing power to 450 hp bore x stroke : app . 87x91 mm compression : 13 . 0 : 1 max . output : app . 420 + bhp @ app . 8 , 200 rpm\n3 . 2 liter rating from bmw factory\nmax . torque : app . 319 + lb - ft @ app . 5 , 800 rpm\n3 . 2 liter rating from bmw factory\nmax . engine speed : 8 , 600 rpm cylinder head : aluminum induction system : carbon intake with 6 individual butterfly throttles spark plugs : bosch surface gap transmission : hewland non - sequential six speed steering : bmw 3 series production power steering bmw ag motorsport exhaust : bmw racing headers and team ptg side pipe exhaust system . bmw ag motorsport engine wiring harness with stand alone bmw motorsport ecu . dimensions & weight length : 181 . 6 in . width : 74 . 8 in . height : 51 . 9 - 52 . 3 in . wheelbase : 107 . 5 in . track front : 63 . 3 in . track rear : 63 . 1 in . weight : 2 , 498 lbs\njustin and the team took home a first place finish at the track in 2011 , snagged second a year ago , but endured some bad luck in june\u2019s hoosier tire 200 , notching a 24th place showing after mechanical issues . currently 9th in the tour standings , m3 racing has managed one win , three top 5 finishes , and a top 10 in six of ten starts on the season .\nthe move sees bmw m division once again returning to its roots . the bmw offshoot , founded in 1972 as bmw motorsport gmbh , not only caused a sensation with its iconic bmw m1 racing car , but developed the first turbocharged engine to win the formula one world championship and was the force behind what remains the world ' s most successful racing touring car - the group a bmw m3 .\ngetting off to a fast start on the first weekend of the whelen modified tour , driver justin bonsignore and the m3 racing team earned a strong fifth place finish in the 150 lap icebreaker at thompson international speedway . avoiding multiple wrecks and building on a strong qualifying run , justin picked up on the momentum built during last season\u2019s impressive campaign , securing a top - 5 spot in the standings early .\nthe sunshine state has been kind to the m3 racing team and driver justin bonsignore . after a strong start in the unoh battle at the beach at daytona international speedway , mechanical issues forced the team out of the top 5 and out of the race with just a few laps left to run . following the tour race , the team moved on to new smyrna speedway , taking 10th place in the first race at that track .\none of bell\u2019s regular drivers was terry borcheller , who was also an instructor at the bondurant racing school in phoenix . there , he met toney jennings , who had been competing successfully in ferrari challenge and wanted to move up to the big leagues . borcheller suggested grand - am , and jennings got his feet wet in the series by driving the genesis racing e36 m3 in two races in the 2000 season . after that , jennings was making plans with borcheller and bell to run the full grand - am season in 2001 .\nryan preece talks about winning the nascar whelen modified tour urltoken 150 at larry king law ' s langley speedway in hampton , virginia .\nnascar\u00ae and its marks are trademarks of the national association for stock car auto racing , inc . the raceview\u00ae trademark is owned by turner sports , inc . and used under license . all other trademarks are the property of their respective owners .\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 nascar digital media , llc . all rights reserved . urltoken is part of the nascar digital media network .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 01 / / en\nurltoken\nan artist ' s interpretation of a manned mission to a near earth asteroid using nasa ' s new orion spacecraft .\ncall it operation : plymouth rock . a plan to send a crew of astronauts to an asteroid is gaining momentum , both within nasa and industry circles .\nnot only would the deep space sojourn shake out hardware , it would also build confidence in long - duration stints at the moon and mars . at the same time , the trek would sharpen skills to deal with a future space rock found on a collision course with earth .\nin lockheed martin briefing charts , the mission has been dubbed\nplymouth rock \u2014 an early human asteroid mission using orion .\nlockheed is the builder of nasa ' s orion spacecraft , the capsule - based replacement for the space shuttle .\nstudy teams are now readying high - level briefings for nasa leaders \u2014 perhaps as early as this week \u2014 on a pilgrimage to an asteroid , along with appraisals of anchoring large , astronaut - enabled telescopes far from earth , a human precursor mission to the vicinity of mars , as well as an initiative to power - beam energy from space to earth .\nthe briefings have been spurred in response to the recent review of u . s . human spaceflight plans committee and the option of a\nflexible path\nto human exploration beyond low - earth orbit .\non this path , the committee suggested , humans would visit sites never visited before and extend u . s . savvy in how to operate in space \u2014 while traversing greater and greater distances from earth .\nbuilding momentum the merits of a human mission to a near earth object were detailed here nov . 18 during a two - day meeting of the small bodies assessment group .\nsbag was established by nasa in 2008 to identify scientific priorities and opportunities for the exploration of asteroids , comets , interplanetary dust , small satellites and trans - neptunian objects . the group also provides scientific input on the utility of asteroids and comets in support of human space activities .\nthe new studies are viewed as an iterative process \u2014 to be weighed both by nasa and the white house , said paul abell , a research scientist at the planetary science institute detailed to the space agency ' s johnson space center in houston , texas and working in the astromaterials research and exploration science directorate .\nit ' s going to take a bit of time . i don ' t think there ' s going to be a quick decision .\nhow the white house will react to a human trek to an asteroid is beyond anybody ' s crystal ball . however , undertaking the effort has garnered the attention of lockheed martin \u2014 builder of the space shuttle replacement \u2014 the orion spacecraft .\nasteroid - 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step between the moon and mars .\nhowever , maximizing astronaut safety , dealing with such things as trash management , cosmic rays , sketching out abort scenarios must still be addressed , hopkins noted . but given the core attributes already built into the orion system\nwe think it does make sense for the human spaceflight program to be investigating this ,\nhe said .\nbetween nasa and industry looks , the flight of astronauts to a neo could occur in the 2020 to 2025 time period . the round - trip mission would take some six months .\nthere would be no landing on the asteroid . rather , they would park in close proximity , then jet backpack onto the object . once there , science gear would be deployed as samples of the space rock are gathered \u2014 on the order of a couple hundred pounds ( 100 kilograms ) .\nwe assume staying at the asteroid for five days . they could stay a week or two . but staying for a month gets hard ,\nhopkins explained . while on duty , astronauts would engage in gathering data useful to understand the internal makeup of the asteroid . that , in turn , is solidly helpful , he added , in dealing with harmful space rocks on a worrisome trajectory dangerous to earth .\ntoday , there are a handful of candidate asteroids that could be visited a couple decades from now , said clark chapman , an asteroid expert at southwest research institute here in boulder . that number will grow as more ground and space - based instruments come on - line , surely increasing the discovery rate of neos , he stated .\nwe ' d really like a larger pool of candidate targets so that we could visit a neo that has cool properties and would have the greatest scientific return ,\nchapman told space . com .\nprofound impact\nhuman exploration is for human purposes ,\nsaid mark sykes , chair of the small bodies assessment group . he is also director of the planetary science institute in tucson , ariz .\nscience by itself doesn ' t drive human exploration , sykes noted ,\nbut we can benefit , scientifically , from this . we ' ll take advantage of whatever opportunities come our way !\nsykes said that he had briefed the committee that conducted the recent review of u . s . human spaceflight plans .\nspecifically , sykes said that he underscored the prospect that neos represent a location of resources that could have a profound impact on expanding sustainable human operations beyond low earth orbit . they could be a well spring of water , he added , as well as useful for life support and radiation shielding .\nif so , asteroids may well act as a lynch pin for people living , working and populating space , sykes suggested . but are those resources recoverable in an economic way ?\nit ' s within the realm of consideration . of course , a lot more homework needs to be done ,\nsykes stressed .\nthe 12 orbiting astronauts on the international space station were hailed by the chief on thursday \u2014 and also got a humorous scolding for keeping their android crewmate locked up in its packing for so long .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nadditionally , it is undeniable that with the introduction of drugs like cheapest levitra theres one other tiny matter to mention . where can i buy levitra online there are many erectile disorder medications in the marketplace can you buy viagra without a prescription the first advice goes - 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time defending nascar whelen modified tour champion for his ninth career win and fourth overall at thompson .\nthe third and final caution of the race was given to the field on lap 143 for a single car spin setting up the final restart . bonsignore was able to drive away with coby in tow to get his first win since the holtsville , n . y . native won at riverhead raceway last season .\nbobby santos finished third as woody pitkat and ryan preece rounded out the top five . max zachem was sixth with ron silk , donny lia , shawn solomito and jeff goodale coming home seventh through 10th , respectively .\nchase dowling took advantage of a quick pit stop by his crew during the first caution of the race on lap 58 to take the lead where he stayed until coby got by on lap 62 on the restart .\nbonsignore was able to pull to within 15 points of the lead and now trails coby 397 - 382 in the standings with seven races remaining . timmy solomito is third with donny lia and jimmy blewett rounding out the top five in the standings .\nthe budweiser king of beers 150 will be televised on nbcsn on friday , aug . 26 , 8 p . m . et .\nthe nascar whelen modified tour returns to action along with its nascar whelen southern modified tour counterparts for their annual combination race on wednesday , aug . 17 at bristol motor speedway .\nthe bush\u2019s beans 150 will be held at 6 p . m . as part of a doubleheader with the nascar camping world truck series .\nknoxville office 10613 braden dickey ln . knoxville , tn 37932 tel : 865 - 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henderson jobs\nplease note that all salary figures are approximations based upon third party submissions to indeed . these figures are given to the indeed users for the purpose of generalized comparison only . minimum wage may differ by jurisdiction and you should consult the employer for actual salary figures .\nwinchester , n . h . \u2014 justin bonsignore made the late pass pay off as he drove to the nascar whelen modified tour victory in the o\u2019reilly 200 at monadnock speedway saturday night .\nbonsignore powered underneath ryan preece on lap 175 en route to the win . preece had started second and led all but one lap to that point .\nit was the fifth career win for the holtsville , new york , driver and second straight at monadnock . it was also his second of 2014 , as he opened the season with a win at thompson speedway motorsports park in april .\nthe race went caution - free , leaving just six cars on the lead lap at the checkered flag . preece settled for second , followed by eric goodale , rookie tommy barrett jr . and points leader doug coby .\nbonsignore won the coors light pole award earlier in the day , but preece jumped to the lead on lap 2 and held it until bonsignore made his move .\nmatt hirschman finished sixth , followed by patrick emerling , ted christopher , ron silk and ron yuhas jr .\nwith the win , bonsignore moved to within four points of coby in the championship points standings . bobby santos , who finished 11th , dropped to third in points \u2014 eight behind coby . christopher is fourth , another five points back , while preece moved up a spot to fifth .\nthe nascar whelen modified tour races next in the call before you dig 8 - 1 - 1 150 at stafford motor speedwway on friday , aug . 8 .\nthe best was yet to come however , with a win on thursday night in the tour - type 35 lap race . strong on the heels of that win , the team found the winner\u2019s circle again the following night \u2013 taking the checkered flag in the richie evans memorial 100 lap event .\nfor more coverage and information on the race and the 2013 season , visit the nascar whelen modified tour site .\nqualifying 5th with a lap time of 17 . 967 , justin finished sixth finish behind winner doug coby , who led for 89 laps of the 200 lap event . the strong finish added 38 points to the team\u2019s total to carry justin into seventh place in the tour standings .\nafter posting the fastest time in practice , justin qualified in second place , slotting in just behind coors light pole award winner howie brodie . brodie led for the first 17 laps , but could not hold back bonsignore for long . the 2010 sunoco year took over first place on lap 18 , and held on for the remainder of the 175 lap race ."]}
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", "topic": 1}], "title": "digitalbridge", "paragraphs": ["digitalbridge develops a computer vision technology that offers visualization for home - decoration products . digitalbridge is a private company . david levine is the ceo of digitalbridge . digitalbridge has raised a total of $ 1m in funding . digitalbridge has 1 followers on owler .\nowler has collected 6 screenshots of digitalbridge ' s website since sep 2016 . the latest digitalbridge website design screenshot was captured in jun 2018 .\ndigitalbridge currently has 604 followers on twitter . as of october 2016 digitalbridge had 467 followers . that ' s a 29 percent increase in 1year\ndigitalbridge currently has 149 fans on facebook . as of october 2016 digitalbridge had 5 fans . that ' s a 2880 percent increase in 2 years\nsince digitalbridge was founded in 2013 , it has participated in 2 rounds of funding . in total digitalbridge has raised $ 995 . 3k . digitalbridge ' s last funding round was on feb 2017 for a total of $ 873 . 1k\nthe owler community has estimated the number of employees of digitalbridge to be one .\nwe\u2019ll be keeping an eye on digitalbridge and where the technology ends up being used .\nthe owler community has estimated the revenue of digitalbridge to be less than $ 1m .\ndigitalbridge develops a computer vision technology that offers visualization for home - decoration products . digitalbridge was founded in 2013 . digitalbridge ' s headquarters is located in manchester , england , gb m15 6jj . it has raised 995 . 3k in 2 rounds . . .\ndo you have what it takes to be a digitalbridge customer success manager ? come join the adventure .\ndigitalbridge , a manchester - based innovative computer vision startup that enables consumers to\ntry o . . .\ndigitalbridge communications launches portable high - speed internet service in rexburg , idaho using alvarion\u2019s 802 . 16e wimax platform\nrecently featured in ' tech pitch ' , digitalbridge has secured backing from l marks ' stuart marks for i . . .\nif seeing is believing , then digitalbridge just might convert us all . a manchester , england - based sta . . .\ndigitalbridge communications launches portable high - speed internet service in rexburg , idaho using alvarion\u2019s 802 . 16e wimax platform - alvarion technologies\nas part of john lewis\u2019 jlab accelerator programme , digitalbridge was invited to trial their platform in - store with the retail giant .\naccording to digitalbridge ceo david levine , the latest investment will be used to bolster the businesses development team and improve the platforms ux .\n. @ utahdepofhealth ' s joel hartsel is describing how # healthdata exchange can be strengthened through a # digitalbridge at # apha2017 . urltoken\nlast week , phii hosted a governance meeting for # digitalbridge , attended by organizations committed to bridging # publichealth & # healthcare . urltoken\nthe startup makes money each time an end - user uploads a picture of their room via integration with digitalbridge\u2019s api or white label solution .\ndigitalbridge is a u . k . startup based in manchester and backed by john lewis via the 150 year - old apa . . .\n@ sree the role of # digital in the pubblic amministration is to improve the life of people . # milanodigitale # digitalbridge # cariplofactory urltoken\n# milanodigitale @ noimilano2016 @ robi _ cocco @ sree presenting # digitalbridge milan ny . looking forward to seeing the project in action . urltoken\nin addition to john lewis , digitalbridge\u2019s backers include lead investor l marks , graham clempson , and mike mcgrath . the company has raised \u00a3700 , 000 in total .\ndigitalbridge won\u2019t be available as a standalone , own - brand app , but instead the technology is being offered to third - parties such as home decor retailers and paint manufacturers .\nthere\u2019s no shortage of tech on hand to help you plan a home makeover , but uk startup shortbite has come up with one of the best solutions that we\u2019ve seen \u2013 digitalbridge .\ndigitalbridge ' s digitalsams solution and nwea ' s map assessments really complement each other ,\nsaid matt chapman , president and ceo of nwea .\ntogether , nwea and digitalbridge can provide the most robust individual education improvement solution suite in the marketplace today . we are tremendously excited about our joint offering and what our organizations will develop together in the future .\nunlike competitors , of which there are many , ar isn\u2019t something digitalbridge currently uses . \u201car is a great technology but requires a dedicated mobile app which all retailers dislike , \u201d says levine .\na survey , commissioned by award - winning computer vision and machine - learning company digitalbridge , found that 73 per cent of consumers had experienced this problem and delayed making purchases or put them off altogether .\nenter digitalbridge , a u . k . startup based in manchester and backed by john lewis via the 150 year - old apartment store\u2019s accelerator . the company is taking a different and deceptively more simple approach .\njeff livesay of @ mihin and jim jellison of @ phinformatics team up at # himss18 to talk about how # digitalbridge and # ecr are addressing data exchange challenges . join the discussion on march 8 @ 1pm ! urltoken\n\u201cphoto - visualisation , computer vision and machine - learning technology , pioneered by companies such as digitalbridge , is not just allowing consumers to preview products in their own rooms , but is enabling them to remove products from the image and replace them with new items .\ndigitalbridge , a manchester - based innovative computer vision startup that enables consumers to \u201ctry on\u201d any home d\u00e9cor product in their own home , has secured \u00a3700 , 000 from a number of private investors , ahead of a big launch with several home decor and diy retailers .\ndavid levine , chief executive of digitalbridge , which uses computer vision to allow customers to virtually \u201ctry on\u201d furniture as well as wall and floor coverings within their own room , says retailers willing to embrace new technology can bridge the imagination gap and take a lead in the market .\nabout digitalbridge communications digitalbridge communications corp . ( \u201cdbc\u201d ) is a telecommunications service provider focused on using new technology , including wimax , to deliver broadband services to underserved communities nationwide . the company was founded in late 2005 and currently has about 20 , 000 video and data subscribers in montana and idaho through its acquisition of teton wireless and montana wireless . founded by kelley dunne , bill wallace , and joe kochan in late 2005 , dbc is focused on delivering broadband service to underserved communities nationally using new wimax technology . for more information about dbc , please visit urltoken\naffascinante ( ed entusiasmante ) il tema dei # digitalbridge che @ comunemi sta sviluppando con le citt\u00e0 internazionali pi\u00f9 avanguardistiche . @ robi _ cocco porta l ' esempio della # tech per il monitoraggio del # verde pubblico , presa da # newyork e adattata alle esigenze di # milano . urltoken\nthe digitalbridge founder and ceo says that , as a b2b saas company , the startup\u2019s target customers are home d\u00e9cor retailers such as john lewis , dfs , b & q , ikea , home depot , etc . , whilst end users are just about anybody who is remodelling their home or purchasing new furnishings .\nthe funding round was led by stuart marks , the founder of the early stage investor and corporate innovation specialist , l marks , who invested \u00a3350 , 000 in the uk - based technology startup . this latest round follows a major \u00a3100 , 000 investment in the business led by high street giant john lewis in the final quarter of 2016 . digitalbridge was founded in 2012 .\nwe are absolutely thrilled to work and be associated with nwea ,\nsaid terry pitts , president and ceo of digitalbridge .\nnwea is the industry leader in adaptive assessment services in the educational community . we believe that our partnership offers the most advanced solution set for individualized education and will allow both organizations to continue to refine their solutions to meet the needs of the education industry .\n\u201cdigitalbridge\u2019s commitment to growth is evident in their ability to build a network operations center and billing , customer care and ordering system in less than six months after receiving initial funding , \u201d said greg daily , president of alvarion inc . \u201cwe are happy to offer dbc a scalable , flexible wimax solution based on the latest version of the 802 . 16 standard to enable them to provide true broadband connectivity to many people who have had limited options for high - speed internet service . \u201d\naccording to an independent report , commissioned by digitalbridge , the virtual and augmented reality platforms have the potential to add \u00a31bn to the uk\u2019s retail market . the report also found that a third of uk consumers are currently walking away from potential purchases , just because they could not imagine how a product would look in their own homes . more than half of shoppers would like to have access to a \u201croom visualisation\u201d tool when shopping , and that they would be more likely to shop with a retailer that offered this option .\ndigitalbridge is an advanced computer vision platform that solves the imagination gap ; an inability to imagine what new interior furnishings look like in a customer ' s own room . we have built a platform that allows a user to take a picture of their room with their phone / tablet and automatically recognise the walls , floors , ceilings , objects and lighting conditions in those rooms . we then allow the user to render wallpapers , carpets , paints , artwork and furniture in that room . the platform is available for interior retailers and brands to integrate into their own multi / omnichannel offerings .\nthe family educational rights and privacy act ( ferpa ) ( 20 u . s . c . \u00a7 1232g ; 34 cfr part 99 ) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records . the law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the u . s . department of education .\nferpa gives parents certain rights with respect to their children ' s education records . these rights transfer to the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level . students to whom the rights have transferred are\neligible students .\nparents or eligible students have the right to inspect and review the student ' s education records maintained by the school . schools are not required to provide copies of records unless , for reasons such as great distance , it is impossible for parents or eligible students to review the records . schools may charge a fee for copies .\nparents or eligible students have the right to request that a school correct records which they believe to be inaccurate or misleading . if the school decides not to amend the record , the parent or eligible student then has the right to a formal hearing . after the hearing , if the school still decides not to amend the record , the parent or eligible student has the right to place a statement with the record setting forth his or her view about the contested information .\ngenerally , schools must have written permission from the parent or eligible student in order to release any information from a student ' s education record . however , ferpa allows schools to disclose those records , without consent , to the following parties or under the following conditions ( 34 cfr \u00a7 99 . 31 ) :\nstate and local authorities , within a juvenile justice system , pursuant to specific state law .\nschools may disclose , without consent ,\ndirectory\ninformation such as a student ' s name , address , telephone number , date and place of birth , honors and awards , and dates of attendance . however , schools must tell parents and eligible students about directory information and allow parents and eligible students a reasonable amount of time to request that the school not disclose directory information about them . schools must notify parents and eligible students annually of their rights under ferpa . the actual means of notification ( special letter , inclusion in a pta bulletin , student handbook , or newspaper article ) is left to the discretion of each school .\nfor additional information , you may call 1 - 800 - usa - learn ( 1 - 800 - 872 - 5327 ) ( voice ) . individuals who use tdd may use the federal relay service .\nfamily policy compliance office u . s . department of education 400 maryland avenue , sw washington , d . c . 20202 - 8520\nour mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access .\nthank you for your interest in the global justice xml data model ( gjxdm ) . to access the latest available information , please visit the gjxdm archive . while this initiative is still supported , adoption of the broader successor to the gjxdm , the national information exchange model ( niem ) , is highly encouraged .\nmore than one million business entities take advantage of delaware ' s complete package of incorporation services , including modern and flexible corporate laws , our highly - respected judiciary and legal community , a business - friendly government , and the customer - service - oriented staff of the division of corporations . you can also stay current on delaware corporate law and explore more reasons why you should incorporate in delaware .\nwe offer information about your rights under hipaa and answers to frequently asked questions about the hipaa rules .\nyou may file a complaint with ocr if you feel your rights under the hipaa rules were violated .\nfind information about the hipaa rules , guidance on compliance , ocr ' s enforcement activities , frequently asked questions , and more .\nread the latest hipaa news and bulletins , and an archive of past releases .\nhhs enforces federal civil rights laws that protect the rights of individuals and entities from unlawful discrimination on the basis of race , color , national origin , disability , age , or sex in health and human services .\nthe office for civil rights ( ocr ) ensures equal access to certain health and human services and protects the privacy and security of health information .\nfind ocr resources in \u4e2d\u6587 ( chinese ) , \ud55c\uad6d\uc5b4 ( korean ) , p\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 ( russian ) , espa\u00f1ol ( spanish ) , ti\u1ebfng vi\u1ec7t ( vietnamese ) , and tagalog .\nhhs enforces federal laws that protect conscience and the free exercise of religion and prohibit coercion and religious discrimination in health and human services .\nto sign up for updates or to access your subscriber preferences , please enter your contact information below .\nu . s . department of health & human services 200 independence avenue , s . w . washington , d . c . 20201 toll free call center : 1 - 800 - 368 - 1019 ttd number : 1 - 800 - 537 - 7697\nthe gramm - leach - bliley act requires financial institutions \u2013 companies that offer consumers financial products or services like loans , financial or investment advice , or insurance \u2013 to explain their information - sharing practices to their customers and to safeguard sensitive data .\nunder the safeguards rule , financial institutions must protect the consumer information they collect . learn if your business is a \u201cfinancial institution\u201d under the rule . if so , have you taken the necessary steps to comply ?\nauto dealers that extend credit , arrange financing or leasing , or give financial advice must notify customers about the information they collect , who they share it with , and how they protect it . are you following the rules of the road ?\nfinancial institutions covered by the gramm - leach - bliley act must tell their customers about their information - sharing practices and explain to customers their right to\nopt out\nif they don ' t want their information shared with certain third parties . is your company following the requirements of the privacy rule ?\nare we looking for you ? we ' re always on the look out for brilliant people to jump on board and help craft the next , most exciting , part of our story . as an award - winning computer vision and machine learning company , we ' re building industry - leading space planning and room visualisation tools to help people , like you or me , design beautiful living spaces . it\u2019s hard , but rewarding work .\nwe ' re based in sunny manchester ! you ' ll find us at manchester science park , just next to the university of manchester .\na few years ago i redecorated my house and experienced first - hand what those in the home d\u00e9cor industry call the \u2018imagination gap\u2019 : the inability to imagine what new home furnishing will actually look like in your own home . it\u2019s a problem that retailers have tried to solve digitally , most commonly with pretty lame first - generation mobile apps that use augmented reality ( ar ) .\nits tech , which can be integrated into a retailer\u2019s existing website , uses computer vision and machine learning to let you take a photo of your room and remove furniture , wallpaper and other home d\u00e9cor , and replace them with items from a retailer\u2019s catalogue .\n\u201cit\u2019s a \u00a31 billion problem in the u . k . with over a third of people who are planning on decorating their room not doing so as there is no such thing as an \u2018undo\u2019 button in interior design , \u201d says\n\u201cwe have built a computer vision and machine - learning platform that allows a user to take a picture of their room with their phone and automatically recognise the walls , floors , ceilings , objects and lighting conditions in those rooms . we then allow the user to render wallpapers , carpets , paints , artwork and furniture in that room\u201d .\n\u201capps are expensive to build , maintain and are disruptive to the buying journey . our platform natively integrates to a retailer\u2019s responsive website so can be used on mobile , tablet and desktop\u201d .\ntnw uses cookies to personalize content and ads to make our site easier for you to use . we do also share that information with third parties for advertising & analytics .\nthe technology allows you to take a photo of a room and then work with that photo to change the wallpaper and flooring , hang pictures and even add new furniture .\nwhile this isn\u2019t the first time this has been done , it\u2019s usually achieved through real - time augmented reality \u2013such as in the case of cimagine . here , it\u2019s instead being done through deep analysis of still images , making the results more accurate , and ( importantly ) shareable .\nshortbite founder david levine says that while an augmented reality approach offers faster results , his team has taken the \u201creally difficult\u201d route of processing the images in a way that takes variable lighting conditions into account and produces results that can be easily shared with others .\nthe results aren\u2019t 100 percent perfect . in the demo i saw at shortbite\u2019s manchester hq in the uk , there were grainy patches where new wallpaper didn\u2019t quite cover small , semi - obscured parts of a wall , but it gave a much better impression of what a made - over room would look like than the competition did . another downside is that processing an image for editing currently takes about a minute , although the company is working on getting that down to 30 seconds .\nstay tuned with our weekly recap of what\u2019s hot & cool by our ceo boris .\nsit back and let the hottest tech news come to you by the magic of electronic mail .\nprefer to get the news as it happens ? follow us on social media .\ngot two minutes to spare ? we ' d love to know a bit more about our readers . start !\ncustom - building websites and web - based applications for australian businesses since 1997 .\nwe ' d love to hear about your business , where you want to be and how we can help get you there .\nhe said : \u201cmore retailers are beginning to see the commercial benefit of implementing mixed reality platforms in their customer offering , particularly online , and the confidence shown by these latest investments is testament to that . as a business we have experienced significant growth in the last few months and are in the early stages of some major deals to bring this technology to market . consumers have been calling for an \u2018undo button\u2019 for interior design for years , and thanks to new technology , retailers can now offer them one . \u201d\ncommenting on the investment , stuart marks added : \u201cdavid has put an exceptional team in place , which has been one of the key drivers in the business\u2019 rapid growth in the last 12 months . the potential of this new platform is really starting to come to light among major retailers , both in the uk and across the world , and i have no doubt the business will continue its disruption of the retail sector . \u201d\nthomas ohr is the\neditor in chief\nof urltoken and started the blog in october 2010 . he is excited about europe ' s future , passionate about new business ideas and lives in barcelona ( spain ) .\nmanchester - based ticket search engine tickx to launch across europe with \u20ac3 . 37 million in fundi . . .\nwe ' re changing the world of home decoration and interior design through the application of advanced computer vision techniques we ' ve pioneered in house .\nthe problem we are solving is that of the imagination gap ; an inability to imagine what new home furnishings and decorations look like in a user\u2019s own room .\nwe have built a platform that allows a user to take a picture of their room with their phone / tablet and automatically recognise the walls , floors , ceilings , objects and lighting conditions in those rooms . we then allow the user to render wallpapers , carpets , paints , artwork and furniture in that room . this is what we do urltoken\ndigital bridge holdings , llc , was formed in 2013 through a partnership between ben jenkins of dering capital ( and formerly of the blackstone group ) and marc ganzi ( former founder and ceo of global tower partners ) . digital bridge owns interest in a broad range of communications infrastructure companies . it is dedicated to long - term value creation through the active management of its companies and strong alignment with its investor partners , which include leading institutions , corporations , endowments and family offices around the world .\nan innovator in the communications infrastructure sector , digital bridge is a leader in acquisition , funding , and management . infrastructure sectors include cellular and broadcasting towers , rooftop antenna management and distributed antenna systems ( das ) .\ndigital bridge has a singular focus on owning and operating strong recurring cash flow communications infrastructure companies . - marc ganzi , ceo\n\u00a9 2018 digital bridge holdings , llc . all rights reserved . terms of use | sitemap | contact us | careers web development : that agency\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\n\u00a9 2004 - 2009 jim parsons ( email : jparsons at pobox . com )\nhere ' s a great article from pcworld that covers the history of the personal computer from the perspective of tv ads that ran throughout the years . featured are atari , commodore , coleco , tandy , apple , ibm , packard bell , microsoft and others . the ad above is a favorite of mine - - even thought it never mentions computers : - )\n* apple computer : worldwide channel manager for publishing , entertainment & new media markets .\n* aldus corporation ( pagemaker ) : founding / managing director of canadian subsidiary ( acquired by adobe systems ) .\nwhether you ' re a geek or not . . . this is awesome !\nilaria gori , formerly of innovative technology has been appointed to lead the computer vision and mac . . .\ndigital bridge , the company that allows users to virtually see decor in their own homes , has appointe . . .\na new augmented reality tool has been unveiled that promises to help customers measure rooms and visu . . .\nbaby boomers are just as eager to see next generation technology such as mixed reality and artificial . . .\na computer vision startup that lets consumers\ntry on\nany home d\u00e9cor product in their own home has s . . .\nlaunched three years ago , this clever manchester start - up uses virtual and augmented reality to enabl . . .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\ncontributions to urltoken are licensed under a creative commons attribution share - 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nigeria\nmonster is a global online employment solution for people seeking jobs and the employers who need great people . we ' ve been doing this for more than 20 years , and have expanded from our roots as a\njob board\nto a global provider of a full array of job seeking , career management , recruitment and talent management products and services . . . .\nthanks a lot for the post . scatter plot assignment help it has helped me get some nice ideas . i hope i will see some really good result soon .\nyou can easily avail the offer by gethomeworkonline for you homework writing help . their experts are available for providing the perfect writing services to students . if you want to pay for essay writing than contact\nhowever , the social media is revealing the secrets of many which is affecting them negatively . here are some of the effects of the social media to our personal lives . 1 . provision of information required most people get plenty information through the social media . the information on the birthday events , meetings , and the daily events are . . .\nthe u . s . government has agreed to chip in $ 51 million to clean up pollution at a seattle site where boeing made and tested b - 17 , b - 52 and other bomber planes beginning in world war ii . boeing had sought to have the government pay for a share of the company\u2019s cleanup costs , which it says have reached $ 220 million and counting . . . .\nnetworking interview questions what is piggy backing ? a technique called piggybacking is used to improve the efficiency of the bidirectional protocols . when a frame is carrying data from a to b , it can also carry control information about arrived ( or lost ) frames from b ; when a frame is carrying data from b to a , it can also carry control . . .\ni am the one who givehelp with dissertation to the students because i am an academic writer . but now i am also in need of the help . i want to ask about the citation . i know what citation is and how to write but i don\u2019t know about any of the comprehensive style guides for the citation . this is what . . .\nyou got the interview , now what ? congratulations \u2014 you ' ve landed a job interview ! in today ' s market , where every job listing generates unprecedented floods of applicants , being granted an interview is a coup in and of itself . and given the scarcity of interviews , it ' s crucial that you give each and every one your very best effort . with the help of . . .\ni ' d like to discuss cover letters . here ' s my basic philosophy on them : don ' t bother . that ' s because the cover letters i see usually fall into one of three categories : the recap : the r\u0439sum\u0439 in prose form . it ' s redundant , harder to read than the r\u0439sum\u0439 , and provides no additional insight . the form letter : this says , essentially ,\ndear sir . . .\nthe interview may be over , but your chance to make an impression is not . here are 10 strategies to continue boosting your candidacy . 1 . show that you ' re still interested . leave no doubt in the interviewer ' s mind about where you stand . ask for the job at meeting ' s end with a phrase such as ,\ni would really like to contribute . . .\na few years back , i interviewed some of the most successful ceos in the world in order to discover their management secrets . i learned that the\nbest of the best\ntend to share the following eight core beliefs . 1 . business is an ecosystem , not a battlefield . average bosses see business as a conflict between companies , departments and groups . . . .\nhere\u2019s some good news for folks who\u2019ve long been out of work : that big gap on your resume may not be hurting your job search as much as you think . a new study by three economists finds that while callbacks do decrease during early months of unemployment , by eight months out of the workforce , the effect levels off and more . . .\njust thinking of getting a job there and i ' m curious . : )\ndorie clark is a strategy consultant who has worked with clients including google , yale university , and the national park service . she is the author of the forthcoming reinventing you : define your brand , imagine your future ( harvard business review press 2013 ) . you can follow her on twitter at @ dorieclark . i recently got back from a month ' s vacation \u2014 . . .\ncurrently , sergey doesn\u2019t need a resume to get a job . he can just go to the door of a big company and they would hire him on the spot . he created google with larry page , the most visited website in the world , what other credential do you need to prove that you are qualified for a job . but before starting . . .\ngoogle . it\u2019s one of the most common household words in today\u2019s modern society , and yet for a company that is used by most of us essentially as an algorithm , it tends to trigger a highly emotional response when overheard . it\u2019s a dream job for college students nearing graduation , a highly coveted invitation to lunch by friends and colleagues who work . . .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\nsorry , you ' ve reached a login page for a domain that isn ' t using g suite . please check the web address and try again . learn more\nthe national innovative diploma programme which is equivalent to the national diploma ( nd ) is an approved programme of the national board for technical education ( nbte ) . upon completion of the programme , successful students can apply for direct entry into any university for further studies in their chosen field / discipline .\ndbi is a specialized institution committed to the creation of a knowledge - based information society in nigeria , through human capacity building in telecommunications and information & communications technology ( ict ) . established by the nigerian communications commission in 2004 with its main campus / learning center in abuja , dbi has regional centers in lagos , kano , enugu , yola and asaba .\nthe institute is supported by a strong faculty from academia and industry that brings passion , commitment and expertise to the delivery of every course . the faculty leverages our unmatched modern facilities to offer cutting edge solutions to the education and training needs of its students in ict and telecoms related areas .\nthe institute\u2019s facilities which include fully equipped training rooms , multi - media teaching aids , video conference facilities , wifi hotspot , a technology laboratories , workshops and digital resource library guarantee a cutting - edge learning experience .\ndbi is an approved innovation enterprise institution by the national board for technical education ( nbte ) , an accredited centre of excellence by the international telecommunications union ( itu ) as well as ict sector member of the commonwealth telecommunications organization ( cto ) .\nthis is a fast - track programme for students who are not able to gain admission into the mainstream nid programme due to deficiency in entry requirements . the programme will prepare candidates to obtain the minimum admission requirements for the nid and pursue an it certification programme if they so desire .\napplication forms can be obtained at our offices in kano , abuja and lagos upon payment of five thousand naira ( n5 , 000 . 00 ) non - refundable application fee . for more information on the application process , please visit our website at urltoken or call 064 - 431852 , 08034739688 , 08159061118 , 08169876997 and 08036807685 .\ncredit to tyler nickerson : writer , interviewer ; for his participation in the project and this article . check out his stuff here .\nin much of the developed world , tech - intensive pedagogy and one - to - one policies , where every student is given his or her own laptop or tablet , are all the rage . a growing number of western students are exposed to computers , the internet and now smart phones before entering primary school , creating a generation of digital natives and tech - literate aspirants more in tune with itunes than the analog world .\nbut for the majority of the world\u2019s students and education professionals , digital technologies are a coveted rarity . the implications of this divide - between those in an education system with readily available technology resources and those without - may not be fully understood until this generation enters the workforce , but an examination of disparities can help us grasp the implications of the intersection between technology and education .\nwhile there is great variety within the developing world , a common denominator threatening growth prospects for many countries is a gap in technical skills . without a workforce that understands computer networks , the skill set to build quality highways and dams , or ability to keep power plants up and running , other industries stand little chance for success . quality infrastructure , and the technical expertise required to build it and make it run , is an indispensable pillar upon which economies lie .\nthe good news is that rapidly improving conditions in private capital markets , foreign investors ( notably china ) , and domestic spending are now helping to bridge the spending gap . (\nthat syndicated loans to fund infrastructure projects in sub - saharan africa has risen from $ 11 . 2 billion in 2011 , to $ 19 . 6 billion in october 2013 . while still well short of the estimated $ 50 billion needed to fill the gap , the numbers indicate that lenders are becoming increasingly confident in the competency of african governments and growth prospects - factors that have historically scared investors away . )\nbut when it comes to a professionalized workforce capable of maintaining infrastructure capacity , there is a well documented shortage .\n- quality stem education is seen as a way to train and professionalize the native workforce , supplying institutions and the economy with a technologically savvy workforce .\n- institutions , especially postsecondary but also lower grade levels , struggle in training and graduating qualified professionals . lack of physical capital ( i . e . hardware and software ) , but also quality teaching staff , is to blame .\n- \u201cbrain drain\u201d , while still a problem , is not becoming less of an issue as diaspora - often educated professionals - return home .\n- access to quality icts ( including computers and the internet ) in schools at all levels is still extremely rare .\nwalking the streets of many african urban centers you will find a surprising amount of people fixing hand - me - down computers and mechanics tinkering with cars and other machinery - some of which have formal training and some of which have taught themselves . you will also find countless \u201ccomputer institutes\u201d that have popped up in recent years . while some , like paul\u2019s computer institute in bamenda , cameroon , are well funded , staffed with competent faculty and churn out professionalized students ready for the workforce , many suffer from a lack of credibility and resources . still , the amount of signs with the word \u201ccomputer\u201d is telling if for no other reason than people see technology as important . ( or simply new and \u201ccool . \u201d )\nin the past few years , traditional universities have also begun offering computer science as a major and , cognizant of the demand , implementing an increasingly tech intensive pedagogy . the difference between offering the program and actually teaching skills , however , is an important one . ryan yoder , the executive director at cameroon ' s activspaces , a tech - hub for african techno - entrepreneurs , cites people not having the proper skill set to have success starting or contributing to technology ventures .\nthe honest truth is that a lot of the universities here are not the best ,\nsaid yoder .\na lot of the students can get their degree in computer science without ever writing code . so for a student to be successful , they have to really work hard and teach themselves how to code , because they are not going to learn at the university .\nthere is also still a problem with lack of access to the hardware needed to have a this crucial workforce . take the example of a convenience store worker in rural cameroon who said he plans to go back to university where he studied civil engineering . while he could access the internet through a smartphone , he is \u201cnot quite used to the laptop . \u201d to be a quality civil engineer in today\u2019s world , even in a developing country , understanding how to use a computer and the necessary software applications is a must .\nadditionally , there is growing recognition that beyond the obvious tech - intensive careers , people entering more general formal sector professional settings also need basic information and communication technology skills . as previously analog businesses , informal and formal , are beginning to understand that icts can\ntech literate employees are a must . time and time again , people point out that job prospects are bleak for anyone who can\u2019t use a computer .\nto have a tech literate population , many stress the importance of exposing students to technology at a younger age - in primary and secondary schools . there is a distinction between teaching computer science and other high - level tech skills , and simply using computer technology as a facilitator of teaching traditional topics . but , of course , there is little hope of accomplishing either without sufficient physical capital - computers , software and reliable internet access - or human capital - the people with the expertise to teach skills and maintain the physical capital .\nat all levels of education in cameroon and many places like it , both are lacking .\nexposure to information and communication technology means more than just learning skills that can be applied to a job or school . access to the internet and its nearly infinite supply of information , for example , can be a truly transformative experience , allowing students to explore the world and discover themselves .\ngroups like digital bridge , urltoken and urltoken - the last two supported by major global players mark zuckerberg and bill gates - recognize the problem and the potential , and are doing good work to bridge the digital divide in developing countries . but , it is increasingly clear that domestic governments and institutions need to take the lead .\nwhen technology does get into the hands of young , talented and ambitious students , the results speak for themselves .\nelizabeth , an orphan from douala who made her way to saint joseph\u2019s comprehensive high school in mambu , bafut , cameroon , was embraced by the tertiary sisters there - who sponsored her schooling - and given a laptop two years ago . today , she is a top student finishing up a nursing degree from a university in nearby bamenda . she credits much of her preparedness and success at the next level of education and future success as a nurse to her laptop and the skills she has learned on it .\ndesmond ndi , who runs the computer labs at st . joseph\u2019s ( it should be reiterated that st . joseph\u2019s is a private school whose computer lab was donated , and very few schools in the area have computers ) , is a graduate of paul\u2019s computer institute . at st . joseph\u2019s , he uses his knowledge of hardware and software to keep the lab running well and passes on his expertise to the over 400 eager students who use the lab . there is little doubt that without desmond and other teachers at st . joseph\u2019s , like his boss jeffrey njeta , the lab would fall into disarray and irrelevance , preventing hundreds of students from benefitting from the technology and the country benefitting from the increased human capital .\nwithout exposure to icts in school , elizabeth , desmond and fua would be in a very different place today . combining talent , ambition , access to icts and quality instruction appears to be a disruptive equation .\nif common denominators in prosperous countries are an institutional capacity that can support inclusive economies , the ability to build and maintain infrastructure , incentivising work and entrepreneurship , and encouraging investment , putting the power of icts into the hands of people may be one of the most worthwhile things that can be done . and there is no better place to expose people to and teach technology than schools . elizabeth , desmond and fua are just a few of the characters who have experienced empowerment , responded to incentive and are poised to lead the coming generation towards a more prosperous future .\nelizabeth ' s is success enabled by access to technology . desmond\u2019s is success dependent on the existence of technology . fua\u2019s is using technology to generate personal wealth , create jobs and have a positive impact on other industries . however we chose to define ict in a development context , it must reflect multidimensionality and omnipresence ; fundamentally altering old industries and creating completely new ones .\nrising software is a developer and publisher of market - leading software for music education . their two class - leading music education programs are :\nauralia : the most comprehensive ear training software available , covering all the fundamentals ; including pitch , intervals , chords , scales , tuning and rhythm . progress through cadences , rhythm dictation , harmony , jazz progressions and melodic transcription .\nmusition : a music theory tuition tool which covers music notation , time and key signatures , intervals , playing and notating rhythms , chords and musical terms for beginners through to advanced students .\nhaving started work on a restful api , rising software engaged digital bridge to build a powerful browser based ui ( user interface ) , capable of displaying interactive notation , playing back audio , and capturing tapped rhythms .\nsource , test and identify the most appropriate and reliable technologies to successfully deliver our clients vision and the best user - experience . the review of the options was extensive and rigorous . in consultation with rising software , a decision was made to use a pure javascript solution - vue . js\ncreate and design lightweight responsive templates which work across multiple devices while delivering high quality audio playback and notation rendering every time .\ncontinually test , refine and further improve the rising software cloud service and user experience . this was done using project management tools and a shared code repository between both companies .\na specific list of the most important and in - demand topics was identified for stage one launch .\nthe first release of this new cloud - based music education software launched in february 2017 .\na smooth , seamless user experience thanks to geographically located hosting that sends and receives data faster .\nquick , direct and painless login to specific tasks in their personal window within the \u2018learning management system\u2019 .\ntimely , convenient communication with teachers via a friendly desktop messaging app , received in their browsers .\nvue . js is an open - source progressive javascript framework . it makes user interfaces that are super - 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{"id": 56425, "summary": [{"text": "john h. large is an english consulting chartered engineer primarily known for his work in assessing and reporting upon nuclear safety and nuclear related accidents and incidents , work which has often featured in the media . ", "topic": 30}], "title": "john large", "paragraphs": ["john large \u2013 technology and life blog all rights reserved . theme by colorlib powered by wordpress\na question has arrisen about john large . who was cast as a foil to kirk sorensen , on a\njohn large has industrial and health care experience since 1987 . since 1994 , john large has taught undergraduate courses both in health care and business administration . he has taught in universities throughout central florida . john large began teaching graduate - level courses in 1999 . currently , john large is a visiting assistant professor within the health policy and management department in the college of public health at the university of south florida . in 1993 , john large held a similar position with the university of central florida where he focused on their satellite educational sites .\nas part of the plea , john large agreed to pay full restitution of $ 628 , 491 for the stolen computer equipment .\njohn large of hazlet was sentenced monday by middlesex county superior court judge michael a . toto , according to acting attorney general christopher s . porrino .\njohn large - technology , hardware & web development blog - the technical musings of an i . t . enthusiast & msc busy running online businesses for a living\nas the restorer of the church\u2019s unity . he forced john xxiii to call the\n? the answer is that john large is a consulting nuclear engineer who appears to have acted on a number of occasions as a hired gun expert for greenpeace . ( for example ,\nphilanthropist john d . rockefeller jr . was the only son of john d . rockefeller and heir to his fortune . he is known for building rockefeller center in new york city .\nmobster john\njunior\ngotti allegedly served as a capo in the gambino family and was the acting boss when his father , john gotti , now deceased , was in prison .\nmore than 50 firefighters have been tackling a large wildfire in the highlands . six engines were . . .\nenglish philosopher john locke ' s works lie at the foundation of modern philosophical empiricism and political liberalism .\nlarge pleaded guilty april 19 , just before a trial was scheduled to begin , to theft by unlawful taking .\nworker sentenced for stealing $ 600 , 000 in equipment as part of the plea , john large agreed to pay full restitution of $ 628 , 491 for the stolen computer equipment . check out this story on urltoken urltoken\nlarge also stated that thorium reactors failed during the 1950 ' s and disappeared from view only to reemerge about 2010 .\nchemist john dalton is credited with pioneering modern atomic theory . he was also the first to study color blindness .\namerican physicist john hall shared the 2005 nobel prize for physics for his contributions to the development of laser spectroscopy .\njohn large , 49 , pleaded guilty in april to a charge of second - degree theft by unlawful taking for swiping the electronics from the piscataway data security center where he worked , according to the state attorney general ' s office .\nas part of the plea , large agreed to pay full restitution of $ 628 , 491 for the stolen computer equipment .\nlarge & associates provided technical evidence to the atomic energy licensing board in the friends of earth successful challenge to shut down the two san onofre nuclear power plants . this review includes this evidence , analysis and other technical representations compiled by large & associates .\njohn large ' s research interests are , among other areas , in the application of management science techniques in the health care market to achieve optimal operational performance and the analysis of governmental health care policies and their effects on health care organizations and patients .\njohn large ' s educational background ranges from industrial engineering , where his interests lied in computer integrated manufacturing systems and focused on production and logistical systems , to management issues in the health care sector . his dissertation was concerned with the effects of medicare hmo ' s on the profitability of florida hospitals . he has done projects with various hospitals applying the techniques of industrial engineering and management science . from 1997 to 1999 , john large was involved in a grant performing a pharmaco - economic study in the treatment of cancer patients .\nlarge worked as an electrical technician at the data security center in piscataway . in pleaded guilty , large said he stole expensive computer equipment from the company and his employer ' s clients . the equipment included data transceivers and hard drivers , which large said he sold on ebay . the purchasers did not know the equipment was stolen and they reported they eradicated any data on the hard drive prior to using them .\nwith its very long experience in the industry , john clements is well known to jobseekers , particularly those looking for career growth .\njohn warcup cornforth is an australian scientist who won the 1975 nobel prize for his research in stereochemistry and enzyme - based synthesis .\njohn james audubon was an american ornithologist , artist and naturalist known for his studies , drawings and paintings of north american birds .\njohn montagu was the 4th earl of sandwich and a british naval leader , best known as the namesake of the sandwich islands .\njohn d . macarthur was an agriculturist and promoter who helped found the australian wool industry , which became the world ' s largest .\nthe us pop mogul used concorde to see english bands and elton john used his spare room . sarfraz manzoor meets the king of eighties pop\neducator john dewey originated the experimentalism philosophy . a proponent of social change and education reform , he founded the new school for social research .\njohn bardeen was co - winner of the nobel prize for physics in 1956 for inventing the transistor and in 1972 for the theory of superconductivity .\nborn in braintree ( present - day quincy ) , massachusetts , on october 30 , 1735 , john adams was the oldest of john and susanna boylston adams\u2019 three sons . the elder adams was a farmer and shoemaker who also served as a congregationalist deacon and an official in local government .\njohn leslie , the former tv presenter , is set to make a complaint against police scotland and may sue the force , having been . . .\nfur trader and real estate investor john jacob astor was one of the leading businessmen of his day and the founder of an american fur trade dynasty .\nthey said the missing data were not\nespecially large\nand it was unclear if the\nmissingness\nfavored eliquis , actually making the death benefit more significant .\njohn clements is a legend in the industry . it\u2019s not just a search firm ; it\u2019s a business enterprise that caters to the needs of every customer .\njohn deere was an american inventor and manufacturer of agricultural equipment . in 1837 , deere started an eponymous company that went on to become an international powerhouse .\nactor john ritter played roommate jack tripper in the 1977 hit comedy series three ' s company . his performance earned him a golden globe and an emmy .\nlarge , of hazlet , was an electrical technician at the center and admitted he took expensive hardware including data transceivers and hard drives , some of which he sold on ebay .\nin september 2015 , the release of an independent evaluation conducted by large and associates \u2013 a uk - based engineering firm \u2013 really blew the doors open .\n30 october 2017\nif only brits would pick fruit they could earn nearly \u00a3700 a week \u2014 or so say the farmers . john - paul flintoff headed into the fields to have a go\njohn d . rockefeller was the head of the standard oil company and one of the world ' s richest men . he used his fortune to fund ongoing philanthropic causes .\nwith decades of experience across complex , large projects in resources , transport , water , energy and property , aurecon has a highly successful track record in supporting all forms of construction delivery .\njohn cross jr . was the pastor at a birmingham church that was bombed in 1963 , killing four girls . the event was a turning point in the civil rights movement .\nfind out about john adams ' political career in the newly formed united states , from his vice presidency under george washington to his rocky term as america ' s chief executive .\nlarge was charged in a 2015 grand jury indictment obtained by the division of criminal justice financial & computer crimes bureau as part of an investigation by the new jersey state police cyber crimes unit .\nthe data storage , protection and management services company large worked for , which was not identified by name in the indictment , learned about the thefts in may 2014 after a banking client reported equipment had been removed from its secure storage area at the facility . an internal investigation uncovered thefts by large from between 2011 and 2014 and the company referred the case to the new jersey state police .\nthe benefit frontier software had from working with john clements was that we didn\u2019t have to do the work . they found the applicants , and we were very pleased with the results .\njohn pierpont morgan was born into a prominent new england family on april 17 , 1837 , in hartford , connecticut . his paternal grandfather , joseph , was a founder of the aetna insurance company , and his father , junius , became a partner in a successful dry goods business around the time he married juliet pierpont , daughter of noted minister and poet john pierpont .\nlarge integer multiplication has been widely used in fully homomorphic encryption ( fhe ) . implementing feasible large integer multiplication hardware is thus critical for accelerating the fhe evaluation process . in this paper , a novel and efficient operand reduction scheme is proposed to reduce the area requirement of radix - r butterfly units . we also extend the single - port , merged - bank memory struc . . . view full abstract\u00bb\njohn fauber is a reporter with the milwaukee journal sentinel . coulter jones is a reporter with medpage today . this story was reported as a joint project of the milwaukee journal sentinel and medpage today .\nmore than 50 firefighters have been tackling a large wildfire in the highlands . six engines were sent to the blaze at ben bhraggie near golspie . emergency services first received calls about the fire shortly after midnight on saturday . yesterday . . .\njoseph p . kennedy is best known as the father of three political leaders : president john f . kennedy , u . s . representative ted kennedy and robert kennedy , who served as a u . s . senator and attorney general .\nour psychologists are currently developing a large bank of numerical reasoning questions . these tests will eventually be used by large organisations such as kpmg to select the best candidates . but before these tests can be used we need candidates to try them out . we will use your score data to help develop norm group data ( a big data - set of people ' s scores which we can use for comparisons ) . we have the utmost respect for your privacy so will not record any private data about you ; all your data is anonymous .\na major item on the agenda of the council of constance was the challenge posed to the authority of both contending parties , council as well as pope , by the teachings of the czech preacher jan hus . although influenced by john wycliffe , hus was\u2026\ni know of no authority . for the present each critic must be his own authority . but i know of one large class of studies which is certainly critical , and necessary , and i can suggest another sort of study for the critic\u2019s consideration if he is really ambitious .\ni\u2019ve been a client of john clements for more than twenty years . i appreciate its wide and deep experience in the area of hr consulting , its network and its stability as a company ; and to me , it has been a very reliable partner .\nfour decades after vicious serial killer john wayne gacy killed at least 33 boys and young men in the chicago area , authorities have id\u2019d one his unidentified victims \u2014 \u201cvictim no . 24\u201d \u2014 as 16 - year - old james\njimmie\nbyron haakenson .\nwith 256 large dams built or planned , brazil generates nearly 65 % of its electricity from hydropower [ pdf ] . the country is home to three of the world\u2019s largest dams , including the mighty 14 , 000mw itaipu project on the paran\u00e1 river , on the border with paraguay .\nthe data were\nthorough and complete , despite inherent challenges with following such a large and diverse population ,\nthey said .\nas the fda ultimately decided , the small fraction of patients lost to follow - up did not adversely alter the interpretation of superior results versus warfarin .\njohn p . kotter is the konosuke matsushita professor of leadership , emeritus at harvard business school and the chief innovation officer at kotter international , a firm that helps leaders accelerate strategy implementation in their organizations . his newest book , accelerate , was released in april 2014 .\nabigail adams died in 1818 but john adams lived long enough to see his son john quincy adams ( 1767 - 1848 ) become america\u2019s sixth president in 1824 . by that point , the elder adams and jefferson were among the last living signers of the declaration of independence . on july 4 , 1826 ( the declaration\u2019s 50th anniversary ) , the 90 - year - old adams uttered his last words : \u201cthomas jefferson still survives . \u201d he died later that day . what he did not know was that earlier that morning jefferson , too , had passed away .\nelsewhere , chinese companies have built dozens of large dams for latin american governments in return for oil and access to minerals and food . but , say critics , the deals are opaque , the companies are unaccountable and operators are often given loopholes to bypass requirements to protect fish , wildlife and water quality .\nsuccessful transformations begin to involve large numbers of people as the process progresses . employees are emboldened to try new approaches , to develop new ideas , and to provide leadership . the only constraint is that the actions fit within the broad parameters of the overall vision . the more people involved , the better the outcome .\nin november 1800 , john adams became the first president to reside in the white house . construction of the presidential home , which was designed by irish - born architect james hoban , began in 1792 . president theodore roosevelt ( 1858 - 1919 ) officially named it the white house in 1901 .\nbeing a client of john clements\u2019 professional staffers division entails so much more than availing of a recruitment service . we prioritize finding the most suitable individuals and teams for your company , evaluating the strengths and capacity of each potential candidate , and molding professionals to become competent and prepared to meet the highest corporate standards . with our background and expertise at large - scale staffing , we guarantee that every candidate is screened and assessed to fit your company perfectly . you\u2019ll also be part of a big community of clients , get an inside look at current and foreseeable job trends , and enjoy a lasting partnership with our team of talent acquisition champions .\njohn is a recipient of a 2016 young tall poppy science award from the australian institute of policy and science , a finalist in the 2015 south australian science excellence awards ( ecr category ) and a recipient of the 2014 early career researcher award from the australian and new zealand orthopaedic research society ( anzors ) .\nmeanwhile , pierpont struck up a new romance with frances louisa\nfanny\ntracy , the daughter of a new york lawyer . they married in may 1865 and had four children , with son john pierpont\njack\nmorgan jr . going on to take over his father & apos ; s business many years later .\nto find a final solution of the schism and to put an end to all the heresies . sigismund , therefore , sent an emissary to invite hus to attend the council to explain his views\u2014an invitation hus naturally was reluctant to accept . but when john threatened king wenceslas for noncompliance with the interdict , and after sigismund had assured hus of\nother countries are catching up . of the 412 dams built , under construction or proposed in the amazon basin in 2015 , 77 were in peru , 55 in ecuador , 14 in bolivia , six in venezuela and two in guyana . meanwhile , chile , argentina , bolivia , costa rica , nicaragua , panama , el salvador and honduras are all building large dams .\njohn is currently co - supervising 3 phd and 3 honours students on projects relating to musculoskeletal , orthopaedic and sports biomechanics . previous honours students have also worked in these areas . if you are looking to get involved in research as a summer scholarship or honours student , there are upcoming projects available in these areas - please email to discuss .\n. ) some expert hired guns are genuine experts who stick to facts and logic , while others employ logical fallacies , and misrepresentations of fact , to further the cases that they are attempting to make . facts and logic , are not generally speaking greenpeace strong points , and thus mr . large ' s statements cannot be automatically credited with adhering to the highest professional standards .\naurecon is a leading provider of bridge and civil structures engineering services . we are experienced in all forms of bridge design , including large span bridges , rail and road bridges , bridges for cyclists and pedestrians , and specialist civil structures for transport projects such as culverts , retaining walls and cut and cover tunnels . we also have significant experience in incorporating digital engineering tools into :\nthe hardware implementation of deep neural networks ( dnns ) has recently received tremendous attention : many applications in fact require high - speed operations that suit a hardware implementation . however , numerous elements and complex interconnections are usually required , leading to a large area occupation and copious power consumption . stochastic computing ( sc ) has shown promising results for lo . . . view full abstract\u00bb\nas convolution contributes most operations in convolutional neural network ( cnn ) , the convolution acceleration scheme significantly affects the efficiency and performance of a hardware cnn accelerator . convolution involves multiply and accumulate operations with four levels of loops , which results in a large design space . prior works either employ limited loop optimization techniques , e . g . , loop u . . . view full abstract\u00bb\njohn leslie , the former tv presenter , is set to make a complaint against police scotland and may sue the force , having been acquitted of sexual assault . the former blue peter and this morning host said the experience had been the worst of his life , accusing officers of showing no interest in cctv footage from inside the edinburgh nightclub . . .\napproximate computing is a promising approach for low - power ic design and has recently received considerable research attention . to accommodate dynamic levels of approximation , a few accuracy - configurable adder ( aca ) designs have been developed in the past . however , these designs tend to incur large area overheads as they rely on either redundant computing or complicated carry prediction . some of . . . view full abstract\u00bb\njohn stuart mill , who has been called the most influential english - speaking philosopher of the 19th century , was a british philosopher , economist , and moral and political theorist . his works include books and essays covering logic , epistemology , economics , social and political philosophy , ethics , and religion , among them a system of logic , on liberty , and utilitarianism .\nrecurrent neural networks ( rnns ) have achieved the state - of - the - art performance on various sequence learning tasks due to their powerful sequence modeling capability . however , rnns usually require a large number of parameters and high computational complexity . hence , it is quite challenging to implement complex rnns on embedded devices with stringent memory and latency requirement . in this paper , . . . view full abstract\u00bb\njohn crowe ransom ( 1888\u20131974 ) was a teacher , poet , founder of the kenyon review , and a father of the new criticism . from 1937 to 1959 , ransom served as a professor at kenyon college and his distinguished students included donald davidson , randall jarrell , robert lowell , andrew lytle , allen tate , peter taylor , robert penn warren , and e . l . doctorow .\nborn in richford , new york , on july 8 , 1839 , john davison rockefeller moved with his family to cleveland , ohio , at the age of 14 . unafraid of hard work , he embarked on a number of small - business ventures as a teenager , landing his first real office job at age 16 , as an assistant bookkeeper with hewitt & tuttle , commission merchants and produce shippers .\nthis paper presents an on - chip , low drop - out ( ldo ) voltage regulator with improved power - supply rejection ( psr ) able to drive large capacitive loads . the ldo compensation is achieved via a custom , wide bandwidth capacitance multiplier ( c - multiplier ) that emulates a nanofarad - range capacitance at the ldo output node . the ldo frequency response resembles that of externally compensated ldos , leading . . . view full abstract\u00bb\na low - power pipelined - successive approximation register ( sar ) analog - to - digital converter ( adc ) using boosted bucket - brigade device ( bbd ) for residue charge processing is presented . boosted bbds have been used as low - power and high - precision residue charge transfers in multistage pipelined adcs , with drawbacks of large nonlinearity and severe accumulated common - mode ( cm ) charge error , which requir . . . view full abstract\u00bb\nchemist john dalton was born september 6 , 1766 , in eaglesfield , england . during his early career , he identified the hereditary nature of red - green color blindness . in 1803 he revealed the concept of dalton\u2019s law of partial pressures . also in the 1800s , he was the first scientist to explain the behavior of atoms in terms of the measurement of weight . dalton died july 26 , 1844 in manchester , england .\nin both small and large organizations , a successful guiding team may consist of only three to five people during the first year of a renewal effort . but in big companies , the coalition needs to grow to the 20 to 50 range before much progress can be made in phase three and beyond . senior managers always form the core of the group . but sometimes you find board members , a representative from a key customer , or even a powerful union leader .\namerican industrialist john d . rockefeller was born july 8 , 1839 , in richford , new york . he built his first oil refinery near cleveland and in 1870 incorporated the standard oil company . by 1882 he had a near - monopoly of the oil business in the u . s . , but his business practices led to the passing of antitrust laws . late in life , rockefeller devoted himself to philanthropy . he died in 1937 .\nthis summary combines two recent assessments undertaken by large & associates on the replacement steam generator problems and proposals to restart at least one of the two nuclear power plants at the san onofre nuclear generating station . the first assessment considers the proposals of the plant operator and licensee , southern california edison to restart unit 2 , operating the plant at 70 % of its thermal rated power . the second assessment considers whether the nrc ' s confirmatory action letter was anther form of de facto license amendment .\nfor refusing to appear and an interdict was pronounced over prague or any other place where hus might reside , thereby denying certain sacraments of the church to communicants in the interdicted area . in order to spare the city the consequences , hus voluntarily left prague in october 1412 . he found refuge mostly in southern bohemia in the castles of his friends , and during the next two years he engaged in feverish literary activity . his enemies , particularly stanislav and p\u00e1le\u010d , wrote a large number of polemical\npope , the archbishop , through a large bribe , induced alexander to prohibit preaching in private chapels , including the bethlehem chapel . hus refused to obey the pope\u2019s order , whereupon zbyn\u011bk excommunicated him . despite his condemnation , hus continued to preach at the bethlehem chapel and to teach at the university of prague . zbyn\u011bk was ultimately forced by the king to promise hus his support before the roman curia , but he then died suddenly in 1411 , and the leadership of hus\u2019s enemies passed to the curia itself .\nwhy do so many transformation efforts produce only middling results ? one overarching reason is that leaders typically fail to acknowledge that large - scale change can take years . moreover , a successful change process goes through a series of eight distinct stages . these stages should be worked through in sequence . skipping steps to try to accelerate the process invariably causes problems . and since the success of a given stage depends on the work done in prior stages , a critical mistake in any of the stages can have a devastating impact .\nbritish chemist john dalton was born in eaglesfield , england , on september 6 , 1766 , to a quaker family . he had two surviving siblings . both he and his brother were born color - blind . dalton & apos ; s father earned a modest income as a handloom weaver . as a child , dalton longed for a formal education , but his family was very poor . it was clear that he would need to help out with the family finances from a young age .\nas a valued client of john clements consultants , inc . , you want only the best people among your ranks . at professional staffers , our goal is to provide you with these cream - of - the - crop candidates , who will take your company to greater heights . we do this through various solutions and services , all of which are detailed here in our website . we invite you to look around , get to know our mission and our legacy , and feel at home .\nnet neutrality is defined as \u201cthe principle that internet service providers and governments regulating the internet should treat all data on the internet the same , not discriminating or charging differentially by user , content , website , platform , application , type of attached equipment , or mode of communication\u201d . while many attacks have been made on net neutrality by large corporations , including trying to create a two tier internet & isp\u2019s slowing the traffic of competing streaming services , on the whole the basic definition of net neutrality has remained unscathed . however the definition of net neutrality may just be out of date .\nhis only son , also named john , served by his father\u2019s side as a philanthropist while the elder rockefeller was still alive and would continue his father\u2019s legacy of giving . during world war ii he helped establish the united service organizations ( uso ) , and after the war he donated land for the united nations new york city headquarters . he also donated $ 5 million for the lincoln center for the performing arts in new york city , helped in the restoration of colonial williamsburg , virginia , and provided funding for the museum of modern art .\nover the past decade , i have watched more than 100 companies try to remake themselves into significantly better competitors . they have included large organizations ( ford ) and small ones ( landmark communications ) , companies based in the united states ( general motors ) and elsewhere ( british airways ) , corporations that were on their knees ( eastern airlines ) , and companies that were earning good money ( bristol - myers squibb ) . these efforts have gone under many banners : total quality management , reengineering , right sizing , restructuring , cultural change , and turnaround . but , in almost every case , the basic goal has been the same : to make fundamental changes in how business is conducted in order to help cope with a new , more challenging market environment .\nstudies in the technique of the art belong to criticism certainly . they cannot belong anywhere else , because the technique is not peculiar to any prose materials discoverable in the work of art , nor to anything else but the unique form of that art . a very large volume of studies is indicated by this classification . they would be technical studies of poetry , for instance , the art i am specifically discussing , if they treated its metric ; its inversions , solecisms , lapses from the prose norm of language , and from close prose logic ; its tropes ; its fictions , or inventions , by which it secures \u201caesthetic distance\u201d and removes itself from history ; or any other devices , on the general understanding that any systematic usage which does not hold good for prose is a poetic device .\nin 1778 , adams was sent to paris , france , to secure aid for the colonists\u2019 cause . the following year , he returned to america and worked as the principal framer of the massachusetts constitution ( the world\u2019s oldest surviving written constitution ) . by the early 1780s , adams was in europe again , serving in a diplomatic capacity . in 1783 , he , along with john jay ( 1745 - 1829 ) and benjamin franklin ( 1706 - 90 ) helped negotiate the treaty of paris , which officially ended hostilities between america and britain . franklin had served as the american minister to france since 1776 , and while adams often felt that he worked harder than franklin , it was the older man\u2019s charm that opened diplomatic doors for his blunter , more combative colleague .\njohn adams ( 1735 - 1826 ) was a leader of the american revolution , and served as the second u . s . president from 1797 to 1801 . the massachusetts - born , harvard - educated adams began his career as a lawyer . intelligent , patriotic , opinionated and blunt , adams became a critic of great britain\u2019s authority in colonial america and viewed the british imposition of high taxes and tariffs as a tool of oppression . during the 1770s , he was a delegate to the continental congress . in the 1780s , adams served as a diplomat in europe and helped negotiate the treaty of paris ( 1783 ) , which officially ended the american revolutionary war ( 1775 - 83 ) . from 1789 to 1797 , adams was america\u2019s first vice president . he then served a term as the nation\u2019s second president . he was defeated for another term by thomas jefferson ( 1743 - 1826 ) .\nthe times and the sunday times and carefully selected third parties use cookies on this site to improve performance , for analytics and for advertising . by browsing this site you are agreeing to this . for more information see our privacy and cookie policy .\nwe have noticed that there is an issue with your subscription billing details . please update your billing details here\nthe subscription details associated with this account need to be updated . please update your billing details here to continue enjoying your subscription .\nplease update your billing details here to continue enjoying your access to the most informative and considered journalism in the uk .\nwe\u2019ve added tags to the bottom of all article pages allowing you to further explore the topics you\u2019re interested in .\nget the latest edition of the times of london online , on tablet or smartphone .\nget unrivalled analysis throughout the world cup from our experts and ex - pros .\nwith 36 correspondents across six continents , don\u2019t miss the biggest stories around the world .\na world of news . anywhere in the world . they\u2019ve played the game , so you can live it . getting her in means the truth gets out .\ntheresa may will contest a vote of no confidence if tory mps seek to bring her down after resignations by david davis and boris johnson . a downing street source said that the prime minister would stand and fight to resist being bundled out of no 10 by leave mps furious at her attempts to soften brexit . this evening mrs may appointed jeremy hunt as foreign . . .\ntheresa may will contest a vote of no confidence if tory mps seek to bring her down after . . .\nit looked by mid - morning as though theresa may could contain the fallout from losing her brexit secretary , david davis . . .\nit looked by mid - morning as though theresa may could contain the fallout from losing her brexit secretary , david davis . the departure this afternoon of her foreign secretary , boris johnson , pushed the crisis into new territory . he quit just 30 minutes before the prime minister was due to make a statement . . .\nit looked by mid - morning as though theresa may could contain the fallout from losing her brexit secretary , david davis .\na former ukip councillor killed his wife with a choke hold after she discovered he was having an affair with his son\u2019s partner , a court has been told . stephen searle , 64 , an ex - royal marine , denies murdering his 62 - year - old . . .\na former ukip councillor killed his wife with a choke hold after she discovered he was having an affair with his . . .\na couple poisoned with a lethal nerve agent were exposed to a high dose after handling a vessel used to transport the substance , counterterrorism officers believe . dawn sturgess , 44 , died last night and her boyfriend charlie . . .\na couple poisoned with a lethal nerve agent were exposed to a high dose after handling a vessel used to transport the . . .\nbritain is urging germany to calm president trump\u2019s anger at low european defence spending by investing in railways and bridges that can be used by nato troops in a crisis , the times has learnt . gavin williamson , the defence secretary , is . . .\nbritain is urging germany to calm president trump\u2019s anger at low european defence spending by . . .\npresident trump\u2019s personal confrontation with the nato alliance , which is due to come to a head this week , is all . . .\npresident trump\u2019s personal confrontation with the nato alliance , which is due to come to a head . . .\n1949 norway , denmark , netherlands , belgium , luxembourg , france , italy , portugal , uk , iceland , canada and the us sign . . .\n1949 norway , denmark , netherlands , belgium , luxembourg , france , italy , portugal , uk , iceland . . .\ndonald trump\u2019s uk visit has stirred controversy and sparked fierce debate . let us know where you stand\nthe britons who found the boys are experts thanks to the uk\u2019s challenging cave systems , an instructor said . martyn farr , an instructor and explorer with the cave diving group of great britain , said that the small passages , poor visibility and cold . . .\nthe britons who found the boys are experts thanks to the uk\u2019s challenging cave systems , an . . .\nnew homes will have to be built with electric car chargers as part of a plan to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles , it will be announced today . building regulations will be overhauled to require developers to . . .\nnew homes will have to be built with electric car chargers as part of a plan to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel . . .\nthe man booker prize is more about corporate branding and has failed to boost talented fledgling writers since allowing american novelists to enter , two previous winners have claimed . julian barnes and peter carey said . . .\nthe man booker prize is more about corporate branding and has failed to boost talented fledgling writers since . . .\nit might take less time to record what wasn\u2019t included in the dolce & gabbana alta moda presentation in italy . among the clothes on show were kimonos , frock coats , ballgowns , little black dresses , bleached denim , copious amounts of feathers . . .\nit might take less time to record what wasn\u2019t included in the dolce & gabbana alta moda . . .\nthe collapse of carillion has exposed \u201cfundamental flaws\u201d in government outsourcing , which is obsessed with costs and is damaging public services , a review by the commons public administration committee has found . the collapse . . .\nthe collapse of carillion has exposed \u201cfundamental flaws\u201d in government outsourcing , which is obsessed with costs and . . .\nan army veteran who lost his legs on his third tour of afghanistan is to marry the nurse who helped him back to health . david birrell , a black watch soldier , lost his left leg from the knee down in a roadside bomb attack while . . .\nan army veteran who lost his legs on his third tour of afghanistan is to marry the nurse who helped him back to health .\nbritain\u2019s longest heatwave in five years has entered a third week as water companies urge restraint to avoid hosepipe bans . england had its hottest day of the year yesterday , with 32 . 4c recorded in gosport , hampshire . today is forecast to be the . . .\nbritain\u2019s longest heatwave in five years has entered a third week as water companies urge . . .\nthe nhs will have to spend \u00a318 billion over the next three years just to get on top of targets , deal with a maintenance backlog and improve staffing levels and finances , analysis suggests . nhs providers , which represents trusts . . .\nthe nhs will have to spend \u00a318 billion over the next three years just to get on top of targets , deal with a . . .\na christian doctor was turned down for a job as a disability assessor with the department for work and pensions after refusing to refer to transgender people using their preferred pronoun of \u201cshe\u201d or \u201che\u201d . david mackereth , a . . .\na christian doctor was turned down for a job as a disability assessor with the department for work and pensions after . . .\nsir , with her latest attempt at a solution to the brexit conundrum ( \u201cjohnson in firing line as pm claims brexit win\u201d , news , july 7 ) , theresa may may be about to achieve what few would think possible : she\u2019ll alienate nearly every one who voted in . . .\nsir , with her latest attempt at a solution to the brexit conundrum ( \u201cjohnson in firing line as pm . . .\nus : president donald trump announces his nominee for us supreme court justice , to replace anthony kennedy , who is retiring at the end of the month .\nvietnam : the us secretary of state , mike pompeo , concludes his visit to vietnam .\nsome skylarks are still singing over the fields and a few of them will be heard for another week or two . beneath them harvesting is beginning in the barley fields , where much of the grain is ripe and golden , and the first combine harvesters are at work . however , the hot dry weather has meant that many farmers are expecting a relatively modest yield this year . the wheat came on more quickly with the hot weather and farmers have been saying : \u201cthe wheat needs a drink . \u201d there are still some spotty - looking young skylarks lurking among the corn when their parents had a third brood , but they should be able to flit away \u2014 or if necessary run away , which they are good at doing \u2014 and escape the combines . the greater threat to them comes from a shortage of drinking water , especially if streams run dry .\na purge of more than 18 , 000 police , soldiers , judges , academics and other civil servants began in turkey yesterday as president erdogan prepared to assume the greater powers he will exercise from this week . mr erdogan will be inaugurated as president for a second term today after his victory in . . .\na purge of more than 18 , 000 police , soldiers , judges , academics and other civil servants began in turkey yesterday as president . . .\nitaly\u2019s new populist government has revived a 2008 deal promising $ 5 billion in reparations to libya to stop migrants sailing across the mediterranean . enzo moavero milanesi , the italian foreign minister , called the deal significant and promising after a meeting in tripoli with fayez al - sarraj , the head of libya\u2019s un - backed government , at . . .\nitaly\u2019s new populist government has revived a 2008 deal promising $ 5 billion in reparations to libya to stop migrants sailing . . .\npakistan\u2019s ousted prime minister has vowed to return from self - imposed exile this friday , in a move that could pitch the country into turmoil days before a general election . nawaz sharif , the disgraced three - time prime minister who was last week convicted in absentia of corruption and sentenced to ten years in jail . . .\npakistan\u2019s ousted prime minister has vowed to return from self - imposed exile this friday , in a . . .\na canadian climber leading an international mountaineering expedition has died on pakistan\u2019s treacherous k2 , an . . .\na canadian climber leading an international mountaineering expedition has died on pakistan\u2019s . . .\nthe german government plans to send 170 anti - bullying experts to selected schools to counter a rise in assaults and . . .\nthe german government plans to send 170 anti - bullying experts to selected schools to counter a . . .\nthe us extreme sportsman travis pastrana successfully recreated three of evel knievel\u2019s famous motorcycle jumps in las vegas last night . in a televised evel live special on the history channel , mr pastrana used an indian scout ftr750 to jump 143 . . .\nthe us extreme sportsman travis pastrana successfully recreated three of evel knievel\u2019s famous . . .\nsoaring numbers of chinese couples are filing for divorce in order to get their children into good schools . the practice has become pronounced in the northern city of shijiazhuang , which introduced an enrolment policy that . . .\nsoaring numbers of chinese couples are filing for divorce in order to get their children into good schools . the . . .\nthe new leader of mexico has spent the days following his landslide election win promising to create an austere government . andr\u00e9s manuel l\u00f3pez obrador arrived to meet members of the country\u2019s most powerful business lobby in . . .\nthe new leader of mexico has spent the days following his landslide election win promising to create an austere . . .\nthe competition watchdog has challenged the accounting profession to find ways to improve choice in the auditing market that could save the big four firms from being broken up . andrea coscelli , chief executive of the competition and markets authority , issued the challenge in meetings with the . . .\nthe competition watchdog has challenged the accounting profession to find ways to improve choice in the auditing market that . . .\nthe takeover of a british aircraft component maker by a chinese rival has collapsed , leaving hundreds of jobs at risk . better capital , the listed venture capital fund owned by jon moulton , the financier , had been poised to sell northern aerospace to shaanxi ligeance mineral resources . however , the \u00a344 million takeover has fallen apart after . . .\nthe takeover of a british aircraft component maker by a chinese rival has collapsed , leaving hundreds of jobs at risk . better . . .\nthe troubled retailer mothercare is to raise \u00a332 . 5 million in a deeply discounted fundraising as it prepares to close 60 shops with the loss of about 1 , 000 jobs as part of a big restructuring . existing shareholders backed a one - for - one 19p - a - share equity issue to bolster its finances after the completion of a . . .\nthe troubled retailer mothercare is to raise \u00a332 . 5 million in a deeply discounted fundraising as . . .\ncentral banking has a long , inglorious history of obfuscation . \u201cnever explain , never excuse , \u201d was montagu norman\u2019s . . .\ncentral banking has a long , inglorious history of obfuscation . \u201cnever explain , never excuse , \u201d was . . .\nnobody much likes paying tax . from time to time most taxes come under the spotlight for their perceived unfairness or . . .\nnobody much likes paying tax . from time to time most taxes come under the spotlight for their . . .\nit might seem unthinkable . the big four accounting firms in britain look as strong and lasting as granite , but behind the fancy offices , sober suits and reassuringly dull marketing they are built on quite flimsy financial foundations . it wouldn\u2019t . . .\nit might seem unthinkable . the big four accounting firms in britain look as strong and lasting as . . .\nthe former chief executive of stobart group has accused the company of treating shareholders with contempt for ignoring a vote that reinstated him as a director of the company . shareholders at stobart\u2019s annual meeting on friday . . .\nthe former chief executive of stobart group has accused the company of treating shareholders with contempt for . . .\ncomcast is expected to submit a formal \u00a322 billion takeover bid for sky this week , laying the ground for a bidding war for britain\u2019s largest commercial broadcaster . brian roberts , chairman and chief executive of the giant . . .\ncomcast is expected to submit a formal \u00a322 billion takeover bid for sky this week , laying the ground for a bidding . . .\ngary neville had his doubts , like we all did . when itv invited him to join its punditry team for the world cup , he was unsure whether he really wanted to spend five weeks in moscow . he recalled a sense of foreboding when he came here on his first away trip with manchester united as a 17 - year - old .\ngary neville had his doubts , like we all did . when itv invited him to join its punditry team for the world cup , he was unsure . . .\nthe more raheem sterling is criticised , the more he is praised . the more he is praised , the more he is criticised . during england\u2019s ill - fated euro 2016 campaign , he referred to himself as \u201cthe hated one\u201d . this time it is different . as he prepares for a world cup semi - final against croatia , he is feeling the love as well as the usual hate .\nthe more raheem sterling is criticised , the more he is praised . the more he is praised , the more he is criticised . during . . .\nthe first thing you notice about st\u00e9phane guivarc\u2019h , as he raises an incongruously dainty espresso cup to his lips in a small caf\u00e9 in western brittany , is his hands . big , tough , coarse hands , with calluses on the palms and roughened nails . hands that have known the toll and texture of hard work . hands that have . . .\nthe first thing you notice about st\u00e9phane guivarc\u2019h , as he raises an incongruously dainty . . .\ni should have been heartbroken , like every other three lions fan , when chris waddle skied england\u2019s last spot kick in . . .\ni should have been heartbroken , like every other three lions fan , when chris waddle skied . . .\ni watched the england quarter - final at my home in southwest london . i was on my own because my wife and children . . .\ni watched the england quarter - final at my home in southwest london . i was on my own because my . . .\ngareth southgate has changed his email address , averted his gaze from social media and turned off his phone when it has buzzed constantly with good - luck messages \u2014 but there is no escaping the life - changing immensity of what he , and his vibrant . . ."]}
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american cdmo , llc . contract development & contract manufacturing . have questions ? call us at 866 - 416 - 2366\nall amtico packaging becomes 100 % recyclable as part of our uk carbon footprint project .\nexamples of express claims : made in usa .\nour products are american - made .\nusa .\nmanufacturing unsupported plastics film - - are classified in u . s . industry 326113 , unsupported plastics film and sheet ( except packaging ) manufacturing ;\nwhether you are packaging gifts to be opened in the home or to ship to relatives who live out of the area , minimalist or recycled packaging is the way to go .\nstilwell ej , canty rc , kopf pw , montrone am . 1991 . packaging for the environment : a partnership for progress . new york : american management assn . ( amacom ) publishing . 262 p .\nthe economic census is the u . s . government ' s official five - year measure of american business and the economy .\nlaminating or coating packaging combinations of plastics , foils and paper ( except plastics film to plastics film ) film and sheet - - are classified in u . s . industry 322221 , coated and laminated packaging paper and plastics film manufacturing ;\nclassic packaging understands how to meet your company\u2019s packaging needs in ways that are green and environmentally sustainable to provide you with the above - outlined benefits . contact us to learn more today .\nearth day is upon us and it got us thinking\u2026what is the draw of green and sustainable packaging for many companies in 2015 ? here are the main benefits for companies who adapt these packaging options .\nproducts : dry blending , dedicated top 8 allergen free facility , single serve cups , pouch packaging , bag in box , bulk bags , club packaging , minimum one pallet run .\nselect your interest areas below to sign up for packaging world newsletters . view newsletter archive \u00bb\nthe plastics foodservice packaging group ( pfpg ) , a part of the american chemistry council ( acc ) , creates programs to educate the public about the importance and benefits of plastic foodservice packaging . pfpg members include major monomer producers , resin suppliers as well as manufacturers , also known as converters , of plastic foodservice products .\nmanufacturing dry pasta and packaging it with ingredients\u2013are classified in u . s . industry naics 311824 , dry pasta , dough , and flour mixes manufacturing from purchased flour ; and\nscientific american is part of springer nature , which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications ( many of them can be found at urltoken ) . scientific american maintains a strict policy of editorial independence in reporting developments in science to our readers .\namerican shrimp processors association p . o . box 4867 biloxi , ms 39535 phone : 228 - 806 - 9600 website : urltoken\nthis major expansion of american packaging is a testament to the unique assets of the finger lakes and to our forward - thinking economic strategy that is fostering innovation and transforming the regional economy ,\ngovernor cuomo said .\nby actively engaging with the private sector , incentivizing growth , and cutting red tape , companies like american packaging are expanding their operations and new companies are moving to new york , strengthening the economy and creating good - paying jobs in monroe county and across the state . \u201d\nfood processing magazine just as great as packaging world but with an exclusive focus on processed foods .\na & c american chemicals manufactures gmp excipients , apis and process solutions for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies . the raleigh location is a business development office .\namerican association of meat processors p . o . box 269 elizabethtown , pa 17022 phone : 717 - 367 - 1168 website : urltoken\nthe american community survey ( acs ) is a mandatory , ongoing statistical survey that samples a small percentage of the population every year .\nthe primary purpose of food packaging must continue to be maintaining the safety , wholesomeness , and quality of food . the impact of packaging waste on the environment can be minimized by prudently selecting materials , following epa guidelines , and reviewing expectations of packaging in terms of environmental impact . knowledgeable efforts by industry , government , and consumers will promote continued improvement , and an understanding of the functional characteristics of packaging will prevent much of the well - intentioned but ill - advised solutions that do not adequately account for both preconsumer and postconsumer packaging factors .\nmarsh ks . 1993 . packaging as a supplier of health , filler of landfills , and excuse for trade barriers [ abstract ] . in : international symposium on packaging , economic development and the environment , 1992 nov 9 , chicago ill . herndon , va . : inst . of packaging professionals . p 23\u201336 .\namerican pharmaceutical review is the leading review of business and technology for the pharmaceutical industry throughout north america . a publication of see our other sites \u00bb\nsmith c , white p . 2000 . life cycle assessment of packaging . in : levy gm , editor . packaging , policy , and the environment . gaithersburg , md . : aspen . p 178\u2013204 .\ndrying and / or dehydrating ingredients and packaging them with other purchased ingredients\u2013are classified in u . s . industry naics 311423 , dried and dehydrated food manufacturing .\ndrying and / or dehydrating ingredients and packaging them with purchased rice - - are classified in u . s . industry 311423 , dried and dehydrated food manufacturing ; and\ncontract packaging industry trade group for co packers . great resource to start your co - packing research .\nthis u . s . industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing wafer processing equipment , semiconductor assembly and packaging equipment , and other semiconductor making machinery .\nmilling rice and packaging it with other ingredients\u2013are classified in u . s . industry naics 311212 , rice milling ;\nnve pharmaceuticals contract packaging of capsules and tablets from your formula . all common sizes . logo printing on capsules .\njim haney is the global business manufacturing technology director for the performance plastics portfolio that includes the packaging and specialty plastics , elastomers , electrical & telecommunications assets and performance plastics external manufacturing .\nmetal is the most versatile of all packaging forms . it offers a combination of excellent physical protection and barrier properties , formability and decorative potential , recyclability , and consumer acceptance . the 2 metals most predominantly used in packaging are aluminum and steel .\ngreer tidwell serves as director of environmental management for bridgestone americas manufacturing group ( bridgestone ) , where he leads environmental performance , compliance , and reputation progress for the company\u2019s north and central american tire manufacturing , testing and distribution facilities .\nsoroka w . 1999 . paper and paperboard . in : emblem a , emblem h , editors . fundamentals of packaging technology . 2nd ed . herndon , va . : inst . of packaging professionals . p 95\u2013112 .\nthis u . s . industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing packaging machinery , such as wrapping , bottling , canning , and labeling machinery .\namerican society of baking 27 e . napa st . suite g sonoma , california 95476 phone : 707 - 935 - 0103 web address : urltoken\nnorth american bio - energies ( nabe ) , doing business as foothills bio - energies llc , produces biodiesel from virgin agri - based feedstock .\ndutch american foods , inc . is a privately held company , family owned and operated by the van baren family for over three decades . the business originally began as a blender and packager of breading mixes , batters , and marinades under its own daf label . in an effort to grow , dutch american began to pursue private labeling and toll manufacturing . specializing in custom dry blending and various secondary packaging lines , dutch american manufactures for all segments of the dry food industry . since becoming a co - manufacturer , dutch american has grown to be recognized as a quality dry food processor in the chicagoland area with a reputation for competitive pricing and quick turnaround time . in 2015 , dutch american foresaw the need for a second facility . after much planning and patience , the second facility opened in the spring of 2017 . this facility gave an opportunity to segregate bakery , sweet , and neutral products from the savory and seasoning products . it has also enabled us to become more efficient and provide controlled growth . dutch american continues to build on its reputation and provide quality , safe food products to the world .\nnothing is better than having medications ready to go . pre - packed and unit dosed in blister packs safe and verified . patients don ' t have to wait for meds any longer . and patient safety and satisfaction is the ultimate goal . american health packaging makes this happen every day .\nthis halloween , the national retail federation predicts total sales of $ 7 . 4 billion ; due to this , many companies will incorporate holiday - themed packaging into their products . [ 2 ] companies are infusing holiday colors and images into the packaging , while remaining true to their brand . that\u2019s the trick in halloween , or any seasonal packaging\u2014don\u2019t lose your brand identity underneath your holiday packaging additions . the treat : it proves to participate in holiday and seasonal packaging trends ; last year , seasonal halloween chocolate and candy sales increased by 12 % . [ 3 ]\ndrying and / or dehydrating ingredients and packaging them with other purchased ingredients - - are classified in u . s . industry 311423 , dried and dehydrated food manufacturing .\namerican co pack for over 30 years , they have been providing practical , innovative expertise and packaging solutions . whether you need one of our entire manufacturing facilities , intermittent production , short runs or a single line , they can meet your processing , blending and packaging demands . they have organic , kosher , fda and aib certifications . sauces , seasonings , dry goods , beverages , frozen foods , bottles , back and packets .\nanother type of unit - dose packaging suitable for packaging relatively large numbers of minitablets are stick - packs and sachets . for the purpose of this discussion , these two types of packaging are considered together , with the main difference being the fill volume : stick - packs have smaller fill volumes , whereas sachets have larger fill volumes . as with encapsulation , sachet and stick - pack packaging requires specific equipment . the selection of capsules vs . sachets / stick - packs for bulk minitablet packaging may depend on a number of factors , as illustrated in the following table .\nwhat you buy and how you buy it can make a major difference and affects packaging and dealing with waste later . consider these ideas :\ncpa members are comprised of the nation\u2019s leading contract packagers , which perform all packaging functions ; from the simplest to the most complex and from the glamorous to the hazardous . our members offer these packaging services to an extremely wide variety of consumer goods companies and these services range from manual and semi - automatic to full - speed , high performance packaging lines .\nthe remainder of this paper reviews some of the potential opportunities and challenges in designing minitablets as a drug product , including manufacturing , packaging , and performance assessment .\nkirwan mj . 2003 . paper and paperboard packaging . in : coles r , mcdowell d , kirwan mj , editors . food packaging technology . london , u . k . : blackwell publishing , crc press . p 241\u201381 .\namerican regent\u2019s manufacturing operation is made up of three facilities , situated in new york and ohio , totaling over 100 , 000 square feet of manufacturing and packaging space . the operation includes traditional high - speed , high - output fill - finish facilities as well as a state - of - the - art facility that is capable of manufacturing cytotoxic compounds in both liquid and lyophilized formats .\nthe packaging industry\u2014an industry that\u2019s always been on the cutting edge of technology , innovation , and design\u2014is certainly one to make good use of this growing trend . a packaging world article on packaging and robotics points to the growing use within the industry , stating major developments , such as decreased costs , advances in tooling and technology , and faster operating speeds , as reasons for this significant growth . the fact is , this technology is only getting better , and the packaging industry is taking serious note .\nproducts : glass packaging for acidified , hot & cold pack , vacuum pac , mustard , sauces and relishes . kosher .\nmilling rice and packaging it with other ingredients - - are classified in u . s . industry 311212 , rice milling ;\nclassic packaging also offers an array of paper products , such as boxes , mailers , newsprint , and wrap . paper packaging as biodegradable , so it is not going to take up space forever in a landfill , and it is reusable too .\nmanufacturing paperbags without manufacturing paper - - are classified in industry 32222 , paper bag and coated and treated paper manufacturing .\nfellows p , axtell b . 2002 . packaging materials . in : fellows p , axtell b , editors . appropriate food packaging : materials and methods for small businesses . essex , u . k . : itdg publishing . p 25\u201377 .\nin addition to the resurgence of manufacturing in america , reshoring is an option for manufacturers that can allow them to reduce their reliance on imported products and add to the growing and specialized american workforce . the reshoring initiative reports that reshoring can have many positive impacts on american companies , such as improved product quality , increased environmental conservation efforts , and the ability to improve customer satisfaction .\ndonald \u201cdon\u201d bruce is the vice president of nato manufacturing for the cooper tire & rubber company . in this role he has full p & l responsibilities for cooper\u2019s north american manufacturing operations in additional to corporate industrial & facilities engineering , manufacturing strategy , and equipment reliability .\nanthony hoskins is the north american director of manufacturing of transmission operations , transitioning from the director of manufacturing for the michigan , chicago and oakville assembly plants at the end of the 2015 calendar year . as the [ \u2026 ] read more\ngreer tidwell serves as director of environmental management for bridgestone americas manufacturing group ( bridgestone ) , where he leads environmental performance , compliance , and reputation progress for the company\u2019s north and central american tire manufacturing , testing and distribution facilities . [ \u2026 ] read more\nquality . throughput . up time . direct materials cost . these are the core performance indicators in any durable manufacturing environment . manufacturing firms must focus first on their core indicators and deliverables , and let companies like north american take care of the rest . using our core expertise in the areas of facility , packaging and marketing supply , we will optimize your indirect materials and supplies processes .\nthis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing and packaging soap and other cleaning compounds , surface active agents , and textile and leather finishing agents used to reduce tension or speed the drying process .\nready for your brand to stand out ? the team at apc is standing by to deliver packaging excellence to you .\nif you have questions and are considering doing a monthly subscription be sure to check out our website to discover all our services or call us at 224 - 723 - 5157 . we are more than happy to help new american businesses thrive , by giving them high - quality packaging solutions .\nusers of cold or hot fill condiments , dressings , sauces , in packaging such as retail , food service and industrial sizes .\ndrying and / or dehydrating ingredients and packaging them with purchased dry pasta - - are classified in industry 31142 , fruit and vegetable canning , pickling and drying .\ndrying and / or dehydrating ingredients and packaging them with other purchased ingredients - - are classified in industry 31142 , fruit and vegetable canning , pickling and drying .\ngirling pj . 2003 . packaging of food in glass containers . in : coles r , mcdowell d , kirwan mj , editors . food packaging technology . london , u . k . : blackwell publishing , crc press . p 152\u201373 .\n\u00a9 2017 , american regent , inc . , a luitpold pharmaceuticals , inc . company pp - ca - us - 0001 ( v3 . 0 ) 6 / 2018\ndonald \u201cdon\u201d bruce is the vice president of nato manufacturing for the cooper tire & rubber company . in this role he has full p & l responsibilities for cooper\u2019s north american manufacturing operations in additional to corporate industrial [ \u2026 ] read more\nour compounding capabilities range from aqueous solutions to highly viscous gels and complex emulsions including flammable solutions . our packaging capabilities encompass tubes , bottles , jars and packettes and range in size from . 5 g to gallons . secondary packaging capabilities include cartoning , sleeving and shrink - wrapping among others .\nfood packaging can retard product deterioration , retain the beneficial effects of processing , extend shelf - life , and maintain or increase the quality and safety of food . in doing so , packaging provides protection from 3 major classes of external influences : chemical , biological , and physical .\ncpa\u2019s objectives include : programs to establish strong ethical standards among contract packagers and their clients ; increase knowledge and expertise within the contract packaging industry ; improve the business reputation of firms and the professional image of individuals within the industry ; encourage the effective use of contract packaging services .\nnve pharmaceuticals energy shot contract packaging . custom bottles manufactured on - site to your specs . warehousing and shipping . turn key solution .\nproducts : certified gluten - free copackers of baking mixes , dry pastas and cereal packaging . michigan kosher certified using strict allergen avoidance .\nthis u . s . industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in converting plastics resins into plastics film and unlaminated sheet ( except packaging ) .\n\u201cwe are excited to be featured on manufacturing marvels\u00ae on the fox business network\u00ae , to help educate the public on what goes into making the flexible packaging they purchase everyday\u201d said peter b . schottland , american packaging corporation president and chief executive officer . \u201cwhile consumers are focused on taste and convenience , consumer goods companies also look for product protection and brand awareness . so many factors are considered when identifying the right structure and the right package style . it\u2019s more than being a pretty package . \u201d\nkirwan mj , strawbridge jw . 2003 . plastics in food packaging . in : coles r , mcdowell d , kirwan mj , editors . food packaging technology . london , u . k . : blackwell publishing , crc press . p 174\u2013240 .\nestablished in 1902 , american packaging corporation ( apc ) is one of the leading flexible packaging converters in north america . we specialize in supporting many industries , including dry foods , seasoning and mixes , coffee and tea , refrigerated dairy , fresh produce , frozen products , confectionery , medical , personal care , nutraceutical , hard - to - hold products , liquids , and other markets . with experience serving some of the most well - known brands on the market , apc is capable of providing high - quality , innovative custom packaging solutions for a broad range of products .\nthis u . s . industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing and packaging soaps and other detergents , such as laundry detergents ; dishwashing detergents ; toothpaste gels , and tooth powders ; and natural glycerin .\nglaxosmithkline manufactures solid - dose products , including tablets and capsules , at its zebulon facility . the plant also does granulation , drying and packaging , and contract manufacturing of antibiotics for other companies .\nolympia granaola olympia granola , inc . has been manufacturing , packaging , and distributing high - quality , all natural energy bars for more than 7 years . custom , private - label cold - pressed energy and nutrition bar manufacturing and packaging at a rate of tens of thousands of bars per day in a licensed , fda - inspected food production facility .\npak expo more for the packaging and processing professionals . pack expo international brings together more than 46 , 000 buyers from all over the globe and 1 , 800 - plus leading suppliers , showcasing state - of - the art materials , machinery and methods for packaging and processing in every market .\nandersen products sells and services the anprolene and eogas lines of 100 % ethylene oxide gas sterilizers . they also provide contract packaging and sterilization services for device manufacturers .\nhotchkiss jj . 1997 . food - packaging interactions influencing quality and safety . food addit contam 14 ( 6 - 7 ) : 601\u20137 .\nglass packaging institute 515 king st . suite 420 alexandria , virginia 22314 phone : 703 - 684 - 6359 web address : urltoken\nmanufacturing malt extract and syrups - - are classified in industry 31194 , seasoning and dressing manufacturing .\nmanufacturing pumps and pumping equipment - - are classified in industry 33391 , pump and compressor manufacturing .\nmanufacturing medicinal gelatins - - are classified in industry 32541 , pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing .\npackaging may serve other functions , such as a carrier for premiums ( for example , inclusion of a gift , additional product , or coupon ) or containers for household use . the potential for packaging use / reuse eliminates or delays entry to the waste stream .\nprimary focus : production of turnovers , calzones , empandas , and other like products including pie products . production , baking , packaging and shipping capabilities available .\npool : our pool business is a leading supplier of pool and spa treatment products in north america and key international markets with a broad brand and product portfolio encompassing both the mass and specialty retailer channels . we are well known for our clorox\u00ae pool & spa ; \u2122 ( under license ) , pool time\u00ae and pool essentials\u00ae products in north american retailers , our bioguard\u00ae brand in north american and australian professional channels and our bayrol\u00ae brand across europe .\nas one of the leading rotogravure printers of flexible packaging , apc provides life - like graphic reproduction that captures everyone ' s attention .\nsacharow s , griffin jr . rc . 1980 . the evolution of food packaging . in : sacharow s , griffin jr . rc , editors . principles of food packaging . 2nd ed . westport , conn . : avi publishing co . inc . p 1\u201361 .\nshipping these one - of - a - kind items requires strong packaging that is also relatively inexpensive \u2013 these mug and plates can cost a pretty penny , the last thing the collector wants is them being shipped in something that will not protect them , or something that eats up a large chunk of their budget . that\u2019s where classic packaging comes in . we provide packaging solutions for all product lines , including specific packaging for mugs , plates , dishes , and more . these are full packaging solutions , from the box , to filler , to edge protectors , and even tape and labels . if we don\u2019t already have a solution , we are happy to work with you to find one that fits your needs .\nmanufacturing vitamins and minerals for dogs and cats - - are classified in industry 32541 , pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing .\nsusan holds a b . s . in biochemistry from upsala college and an mba in finance from fairleigh dickinson university . she is a member of american society for quality , audit and food , drug and cosmetic divisions .\njim haney is the global business manufacturing technology director for the performance plastics portfolio that includes the packaging and specialty plastics , elastomers , electrical & telecommunications assets and performance plastics external manufacturing . jim is responsible for 132 [ \u2026 ] read more\nmanufacturing vitamins and minerals for animals - - are classified in industry 32541 , pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing .\nmanufacturing plastics hoses - - are classified in industry 326220 , rubber and plastics hoses and belting manufacturing .\nconveyors , denesting , filling , sealing and transfer pumps for any size or shape of plastic / paper / cups / tubs / trays and clam shell packaging .\npurpose of the act : the fpla is designed to facilitate value comparisons and to prevent unfair or deceptive packaging and labeling of many household\nconsumer commodities .\nnichols and shepard and advance thresher manufactured threshing machines and agricultural machinery , supplying farmers from the american farm belt to the steppes of russia . steam pumps were shipped around the world by american marsh and union steam pump company . duplex printing press company had a virtual monopoly on the tabloid and medium - sized newspaper market from new york to san francisco and london . scores of other businesses , large and small , manufacturing everything from cigars to opera house furniture , were located in downtown battle creek .\ndespite being relatively new packaging materials , plastic containers have reduced in weight as well . the weight of 2 - l pete soft drink bottles has decreased by 25 % ( from 68 to 51 g ) since 1977 , resulting in a savings of more than 206 million pounds of plastic packaging each year ( american plastics council 2006a ) . similarly , the 1 - gallon plastic milk jug has undergone a weight reduction of 30 % in the last 20 y .\namerican spoon foods p . o . box 566 1668 clarion avenue petoskey , mi 49770 - 0556 616 - 347 - 9030 : fax : 800 - 647 - 2512 ; website : urltoken\ngaia herbs grows and produces certified organic herbal products , including liquid extracts , functional powders and herbal teas . all growing , manufacturing , processing , researching , packaging and distribution takes place in its north carolina facilities .\nmanufacturing laundry starches - - are classified in industry 32561 , soap and cleaning compound manufacturing .\nmanufacturing soft pretzels - - are classified in industry 31181 , bread and bakery product manufacturing .\nmanufacturing natural food colorings - - are classified in industry 31194 , seasoning and dressing manufacturing .\nmanufacturing shampoos and shaving preparations - - are classified in industry 32562 , toilet preparation manufacturing .\nmanufacturing shampoos and shaving preparations - - are classified in industry 325620 , toilet preparation manufacturing .\nmanufacturing mechanics ' handtools - - are classified in industry 33221 , cutlery and handtool manufacturing .\nmanufacturing glass insulators - - are classified in industry 32721 , glass and glass product manufacturing .\nmanufacturing car stereos - - are classified in industry 33431 , audio and video equipment manufacturing .\nmanufacturing car stereos - - are classified in industry 334310 , audio and video equipment manufacturing .\nmanufacturing inflatable mattresses - - are classified in subsector 326 , plastics and rubber products manufacturing .\nit is good to know that the vegetables and fruit are frozen before packaging . my concern is the packaging , specifically pba in the plastic package . and why is salt and sugar added ? and if salt is added , does it contain dextrose ? those with sensitivities to sweeteners need to know for our own health . i prefer frozen over canned because of the pba in the cans . so am very interested in knowing if the packaging is pba - free ?\nlau ow , wong sk . 2000 . contamination in food from packaging materials . j chrom . a 882 ( 1\u20132 ) : 255\u201370 .\nwe pack it all founded in 1979 and specializing in pouch filling , stick packs , tube filling , blister packaging , bottle filling of tablets , powders , cereals , and liquids as well as other forms of packaging . their team has decades of industry experience and the ability to tackle even the most complicated projects .\ncarolin seward is vice president in the technology and manufacturing group and director of global supply management at intel corporation . in this role , she manages intel\u2019s global capital expenditures and materials sourcing for assembly and packaging [ \u2026 ] read more\nmanufacturing cookies and crackers - - are classified in u . s . industry 311821 , cookie and cracker manufacturing ; and\nmanufacturing gloves and mittens - - are classified in u . s . industry 315992 , glove and mitten manufacturing ; and\nmanufacturing gravies - - are classified in industry 31199 , all other food manufacturing .\nmanufacturing mops - - are classified in industry 33999 , all other miscellaneous manufacturing .\nmanufacturing agricultural lime products - - are classified in industry 327410 , lime manufacturing .\nmanufacturing inkjet cartridges - - are classified in industry 32591 , printing ink manufacturing .\namerican packaging corporation\u2019s flexographic printing & laminating facility in story city , iowa will take the spotlight in a nationally televised production called \u201cmanufacturing marvels\u00ae\u201d produced by marvel production group , llc between 7 : 30 and 7 : 44 pm cst on wednesday , july 27 , 2016 on the fox business network\u00ae . the two - minute production will showcase this flexible packaging manufacturer specializing in high definition flexographic printing and adhesive laminations . the 350 , 000 sq . ft . manufacturing facility has several custom built presses , laminators , slitting and pouching equipment as well as in - house platemaking to effectively support several industries .\nmanufacturing other apparel from purchased fabric and manufacturing fur and leather apparel , hats , and caps - - are classified in industry 31529 , other cut and sew apparel manufacturing .\nalcami provides contract drug development and manufacturing services , including api manufacturing , formulation development , analytical chemistry and solid dose and parenteral drug manufacturing for both clinical and commercial markets .\nindustries in the transportation equipment manufacturing subsector produce equipment for transporting people and goods . transportation equipment is a type of machinery . an entire subsector is devoted to this activity because of the significance of its economic size in all three north american countries .\nmanufacturing printed circuit board manufacturing machinery - - are classified in u . s . industry 333298 , all other industrial machinery manufacturing ; and\nmanufacturing food and beverage manufacturing - type machinery - - are classified in u . s . industry 333294 , food product machinery manufacturing ;\nhe is accountable to the global business team and regional value center teams for all manufacturing and engineering activities within the packaging and specialty plastics , elastomers and electrical & telecommunications technologies , ensuring safe , environmentally sound , reliable , and competitive cost operations .\nwillful tampering with food and pharmaceutical products has resulted in special packaging features designed to reduce or eliminate the risk of tampering and adulteration . although any package can be breeched , tamper - evident features cannot easily be replaced . tamper - evident features include banding , special membranes , breakaway closures , and special printing on bottle liners or composite cans such as graphics or text that irreversibly change upon opening . special printing also includes holograms that cannot be easily duplicated . tamper - evident packaging usually requires additional packaging materials , which exacerbates disposal issues , but the benefits generally outweigh any drawback . an example of a tamper - evident feature that requires no additional packaging materials is a heat seal used on medical packaging that is chemically formulated to change color when opened .\nearl jewett is vp of manufacturing at klein tool . klein tool is a 6th generation family owned american company based in lincolnshire , illinois that manufactures hand tools . the company is known for its popularity with workers [ \u2026 ] read more\nmanufacturing paper bags - - are classified in industry 32222 , paper bag and coated and treated paper manufacturing .\nmanufacturing automobile audio and related equipment - - are classified in industry 334310 , audio and video equipment manufacturing .\npackage design and construction play a significant role in determining the shelf life of a food product . the right selection of packaging materials and technologies maintains product quality and freshness during distribution and storage . materials that have traditionally been used in food packaging include glass , metals ( aluminum , foils and laminates , tinplate , and tin - free steel ) , paper and paperboards , and plastics . moreover , a wider variety of plastics have been introduced in both rigid and flexible forms . today ' s food packages often combine several materials to exploit each material ' s functional or aesthetic properties . as research to improve food packaging continues , advances in the field may affect the environmental impact of packaging .\nin the product categories , containers and packaging represent mainly waste from food packaging such as soft drink cans , milk cartons , and cardboard boxes . nondurable goods encompass newspapers , magazines , books , office paper , tissue , paper plates and cups , and clothing and footwear . durable goods include household appliances , furniture and furnishings , carpets and rugs , rubber tires , batteries , and electronics .\nthis u . s . industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing glass by melting silica sand or cullet and making pressed , blown , or shaped glass or glassware ( except glass packaging containers ) .\nbefore moving to chicago , anthony was the lean manufacturing manager of ford\u2019s atlanta assembly plant . while in that role , he and the plant earned the title of most improved north american assembly plant in lean manufacturing implementation and the bronze award from j . d . power & associates for overall vehicle quality .\nestablishments primarily engaged in manufacturing beverages are classified in subsector 312 , beverage and tobacco product manufacturing .\nmanufacturing coffee substitutes from grain - - are classified in industry 311920 , coffee and tea manufacturing .\nmanufacturing cigarettes - - are classified in u . s . industry 312221 , cigarette manufacturing ; and\nmanufacturing luggage - - are classified in u . s . industry 316991 , luggage manufacturing ; and\nmanufacturing envelopes - - are classified in u . s . industry 322232 , envelope manufacturing ; and\nmanufacturing natural food colorings - - are classified in industry 311930 , flavoring syrup and concentrate manufacturing .\nestablishments primarily engaged in manufacturing pigments are classified in industry 32513 , synthetic dye and pigment manufacturing .\nmanufacturing textile glass fibers - - are classified in industry 32721 , glass and glass product manufacturing .\ndrawing wire and manufacturing wire spring - - are classified in subsector 331 , primary metal manufacturing .\nestablishments primarily engaged in manufacturing springs are classified in industry 33261 , spring and wire product manufacturing .\nappointed in may 2011 , dan is responsible for integrating activities across general motors global manufacturing engineering centers \u2013 body systems , vehicle systems , powertrain systems , and manufacturing planning . critical business functions managed include industrial engineering , global manufacturing capital forecasting / balancing , manufacturing asset management , common manufacturing engineering process development , advanced manufacturing engineering strategy , advanced manufacturing technology , and manufacturing 4 . 0 / smart manufacturing .\nprior to his current position , dan has held a number of executive leadership positions within general motors including director global die & press center , director north american manufacturing strategy & planning , director global product engineering / body structures , and director north american die engineering . experiences have progressed through a series of jobs with increasing responsibility , including brief assignments in both germany and brazil , along with management of global teams based in germany , brazil , south korea , china and the united states .\neven though a complete discussion of legislative initiatives aimed at addressing the disposal of packaging materials is beyond the scope of this scientific status summary , certain actions merit brief discussion . legislation to address food packaging in msw typically involves bottle bills and recycling programs , including requirements for recycling levels ( raymond communications 2005 ) .\nall of these ideas can help you limit and deal with holiday waste . they might even help you think of new ideas for gift giving as well . if you need environmentally - friendly packaging or ways to reduce waste for the holidays , we carry a full range , including bags , boxes , and other packaging materials .\nour goal is to meet or exceed our customers specific packaging requirements with the highest quality / performance / cost - effective design in a timely manner .\nauras r , harte b , selke s . 2004 . an overview of polyactides as packaging materials . macromol biosci 4 ( 9 ) : 835\u201364 .\nby owning our own aloe plantations , manufacturing and packaging plants , and storage facilities , forever can control quality and cost every step of the way\u2014starting with raw materials and ending with the finished products you love . from plant to product to you !\nestablishments primarily engaged in manufacturing artificial and synthetic fiber and filament and texturizing these fibers and filaments are classified in industry 32522 , artificial and synthetic fibers and filament manufacturing .\nmanufacturing cookies and crackers - - are classified in u . s . industry 311821 , cookie and cracker manufacturing .\nmanufacturing cookies and crackers - - are classified in u . s . industry 311821 , cookie and cracker manufacturing ;\nmanufacturing chlorine gas - - are classified in u . s . industry 325181 , alkalies and chlorine manufacturing ; and\nmanufacturing alkalies and chlorine - - are classified in u . s . industry 325181 , alkalies and chlorine manufacturing ;\nmanufacturing cellular telephones - - are classified in industry 334220 , radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing .\nmanufacturing communications antennas - - are classified in industry 334220 , radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing .\nmanufacturing nonelectrical medical and therapeutic apparatus - - are classified in industry group 3391 , medical equipment and supplies manufacturing .\nmanufacturing sporting goods helmets and protective equipment - - are classified in industry , 33992 sporting and athletic goods manufacturing .\nmanufacturing sporting goods helmets and protective equipment - - are classified in industry 339920 , sporting and athletic goods manufacturing .\namerican packaging had initially planned to construct the new manufacturing plant near its facilities in iowa . however , thanks to governor cuomo ' s emphasis on upstate revitalization through the finger lakes forward strategic plan , as well as other local support efforts , it decided to stay and expand in the finger lakes region . the company plans to break ground on its new monroe county manufacturing plant in early 2017 . american packaging will invest nearly $ 170 million in this project , with empire state development providing the company with up to $ 14 . 7 million through performance - based excelsior jobs program tax credits and upstate revitalization initiative grants . rochester gas and electric also facilitated the project by providing the company with up to $ 870 , 000 in grant funding for electric and gas infrastructure . monroe county also contributed to the venture by providing tax exemption benefits through comida .\nmanufacturing leather gaskets - - are classified in industry 33999 , all other miscellaneous manufacturing .\nmanufacturing pulp without manufacturing paper - - are classified in industry 322110 , pulp mills .\nmanufacturing resilient flooring - - are classified in industry 32619 , other plastics product manufacturing .\nmanufacturing motor vehicles - - are classified in industry group 3361 , motor vehicle manufacturing .\nexample : a company promotes its product in an ad that features a manager describing the\ntrue american quality\nof the work produced at the company\u2019s american factory . although there is no express representation that the company\u2019s product is made in the u . s . , the overall \u2014 or net \u2014 impression the ad is likely to convey to consumers is that the product is of u . s . origin .\noriginally established as american bag & paper in 1902 , our company has truly stood the test of time . we have strategically grown and developed our capabilities and service offerings to suit ever - changing market conditions , but one thing has never changed : our unwavering commitment to delivering more quality and more innovation in flexible packaging products with unmatched customer support . click below to learn more about our company and our history .\nbig train in addition to manufacturing our their beverage mix products , big train offers contract packaging , aka co - packing , and private label services for the food and beverage industry . beverage mixes , syrups , sauces and dry blending .\nas an added benefit , these packaging alternatives often look more high - end , providing another image - boost , and showcasing their food in a more attractive way .\nestablishments primarily engaged in manufacturing artificial and synthetic fibers and filaments and texturizing these filaments are classified in industry 32522 , artificial and synthetic fibers and filaments manufacturing .\nmanufacturing fur and leather mittens and gloves - - are classified in u . s . industry 315992 , glove and mitten manufacturing .\nmanufacturing wood windows and doors - - are classified in u . s . industry 321911 , wood window and door manufacturing ; and\nmanufacturing concrete brick and block - - are classified in u . s . industry 327331 , concrete block and brick manufacturing ; and\nmanufacturing coal and ore conveyors - - are classified in u . s . industry 333922 , conveyor and conveying equipment manufacturing ; and\nmanufacturing ball and roller bearings - - are classified in u . s . industry 332991 , ball and roller bearing manufacturing ; and\nmanufacturing carbon and graphite products - - are classified in u . s . industry 335991 , carbon and graphite product manufacturing ; and\nmanufacturing hypodermic and suture needles - - are classified in u . s . industry 339112 , surgical and medical instrument manufacturing ; and\nadvances in food processing and food packaging play a primary role in keeping the u . s . food supply among the safest in the world . simply stated , packaging maintains the benefits of food processing after the process is complete , enabling foods to travel safely for long distances from their point of origin and still be wholesome at the time of consumption . however , packaging technology must balance food protection with other issues , including energy and material costs , heightened social and environmental consciousness , and strict regulations on pollutants and disposal of municipal solid waste ."]}
{"id": 56443, "summary": [{"text": "riviera partners is a provider of technical search and recruiting services , specializing in talent acquisition for emerging growth companies .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "since its inception , riviera partners has focused on building technology teams primarily for startup companies .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "riviera partners ' clientele includes , among others , servicenow , xoom , one kings lane , uber , path , okta , pure storage , twitter , linkedin , dropbox , pinterest , and zappos . ", "topic": 27}], "title": "riviera partners", "paragraphs": ["glassdoor has 27 riviera partners reviews submitted anonymously by riviera partners employees . read employee reviews and ratings on glassdoor to decide if riviera partners is right for you .\nthinking about diverse teams as systems by jodi jefferson , riviera partners it\u2019s been a busy . . .\nthe narcissi riviera association collaborates with its partners to offer guided tours to discover the narcissi in our regions .\nto become a partner of traveller made \u00ae : partners ( at ) urltoken partners are travel industry suppliers in hospitality , air transport , yachting and destination management .\n\u00a9 2018 community partners , all rights reserved . | privacy policy | site map | it support\nhiring veterans of john\u2019s and jim\u2019s caliber speaks to the opportunity that lies ahead for riviera partners . our numbers from 2011 confirm that we are positioned as leader in the search market and foresee great things in the coming years . please help us kickoff 2012 and join us in welcoming john and jim to riviera partners .\nriviera partners realty punta mita & pacific mexico real estate for sale \u2013 punta mita resort real estate , finest luxury properties for sale in punta mita , sayulita , puerto vallarta . riviera partners realty \u2013 unparalleled experts in luxury real estate , villas , homes , land , properties for sale & rent in punta mita vallarta & sayulita\nriviera is named as a regional finalist in the queensland training awards . riviera currently employs 53 apprentices .\ntoday , riviera partners is pleased to announce that we have added two key additions to our team ! we welcome john simonelli into his new role as riviera\u2019s new chief operating officer , and jim lambert as a director for our growing retained search practice .\n2011 was a great year for us here at riviera partners . we grew our headcount by 300 + % , expanded into a new office , and most importantly , changed the lives of more than 200 engineers and executives ! we watched our business evolve to serve an expanding client base and are continuing to make significant traction in the market . riviera partners grew in every aspect last year and we are anticipating even bigger things in 2012 .\nriviera and the gold coast institute of tafe officially open the gcit marine training centre at riviera\u2019s coomera headquarters in march .\nriviera welcomes new owners after 11 new riviera luxury yachts sold at our largest miami yacht & brokerage show display in five years .\nriviera hosts the european premiere of the magnificent new 68 sports motor yacht and sophisticated riviera 4800 sport yacht at cannes festival of yachting .\nriviera partners realty is the market leading full - service professional real estate company with a passion for high - end luxury real estate along the mexican pacific coast , punta mita , riviera nayarit & puerto vallarta . we specialize in exclusive , luxury , privately gated residential communities , offering professional services as a buyer\u2019s representative , and as the northern shore & riviera nayarit\u2019s top listing agency . professionalism , experience , integrity , results , and attention to every detail . our riviera partners realty executive team also offers professional consultancy services , as well as services in market research , marketing , lead generation , project design & development and project management . through our independent luxury vacation rental company riviera rentals mexico we offer high - end luxury vacation rentals , along with our unique rrm concierge services . since riviera partners realty \u2019s launch in 2009 we have made it our mission to offer unparalleled professional service to our clientele , ensuring our key values of professionalism , experience , integrity and results are upheld throughout .\nthe riviera 56 enclosed flybridge \u2013 the battler \u2013 secures overall champion honours in the riviera port lincoln tuna classic for the third consecutive year .\nbehnam cofounded riviera partners . he ' s best known in the industry for placing mike abbott as twitter ' s vp of engineering , a hire that helped slay the site ' s dreaded fail whale , the mascot synonymous with outages . ( abbott is now a partner at kleiner perkins . ) cloudera cofounder jeff hammerbacher also gives riviera high marks .\nriviera enters 2015 with the launch of most sophisticated and largest riviera ever built \u2013 the 77 enclosed flybridge \u2013 at our world - class coomera facility .\nriviera 6000 sport yacht makes queensland premiere at gold coast international marine expo . riviera also introduces the riviera express fully narrated factory train tours of its world - class facility at coomera , australia . almost 2000 people enjoy the experience\nriviera appoints respected marine industry identity scott dillon as dealer principal of r marine pittwater to service the riviera family on the northern beaches of sydney , australia .\nriviera hosts eight - yacht display at fort lauderdale international boat show in florida .\nriviera school - based apprentices win 2017 school based apprentice of the year awards .\nriviera ' s first 68 sports motor yacht undergoes highly successful initial sea trials .\nriviera welcomes new members to the riviera and belize family after a very positive fort lauderdale international boat show \u2013 the biggest boat show in the world . among the 12 new rivieras acquired at the show were 9 first - time riviera owners .\nriviera premieres flagship 6000 sport yacht at the newport boat show in the united states .\nriviera welcomes singapore\u2019s reel torque yachts to its global network of luxury motor yacht dealers .\nworld record riviera raft - up of 43 luxurious riviera motors yachts staged by r marine perth in western australia . over 200 people become part of the successful world record attempt .\nnew dates and pre - registration announced for the 2018 riviera and belize festival of boating .\nriviera premieres the 4800 sport yacht at the united states powerboat show in annapolis , maryland .\nspain premiere for magnificent new riviera 68 sports motor yacht at the barcelona international boat show .\nriviera premieres 6000 and 4800 sport yachts at the norwalk boat show in the united states .\nriviera backs bid to stage america\u2019s cup world series racing on australia\u2019s gold coast in 2019 .\nriviera announces new 575 model as the latest addition to the sporty and adventurous suv collection .\nthe narcissi riviera association is very active to safeguard this heritage . its main activities are :\neven venture capitalists are taking a more hands - on role in recruiting , building up internal operations that keep their portfolio companies fueled with engineers , designers , and salespeople . andreessen horowitz , google ventures , and others now have in - house\ntalent partners .\nriviera named 2016 australian marine industry exporter of the year . it is the second consecutive year riviera has been honoured with the top award from australian international marine export group ( aimex ) .\nlargest - ever display for riviera at the auckland on - water boat show in new zealand .\nworld premiere of the new 575 suv at 2016 riviera festival of boating on australia\u2019s gold coast .\naustralian premiere of the 5400 sport yacht at 2016 riviera festival of boating on australia\u2019s gold coast .\nqueensland premiere of the 57 enclosed flybridge at 2016 riviera festival of boating on australia\u2019s gold coast .\nriviera announces new 5400 sport yacht as the latest addition to the sporty and adventurous sport yacht collection .\nriviera 6000 sport yacht makes her middle east premiere at the dubai international boat show , united arab emirates .\nregistrations open for riviera\u2019s the most - comprehensive educational program ever for the 2016 festival of boating in may .\nriviera launches an exciting new model series at the sydney international boat show . the first model in this series , the 445 suv , is a cross over of riviera\u2019s popular flybridge , sport yacht and offshore express models\nupon planning his retirement as ceo , corbett recommended to the board of directors that he be succeeded in 2007 by patrick mcnamara , a member of the organization since 1999 . mcnamara currently heads a gifted and passionate senior leadership team , serving community partners and the children , families , and communities of south florida .\nriviera stages its largest australian showcase of 2017 at the gold coast international boat show . the 4800 sport yacht makes her queensland premiere as part of a stunning 12 - model display on the red - carpet riviera marina .\nthe sleek riviera 4800 sport yacht was named best sportcruiser ( above 45ft ) at the prestigious asia boating awards .\nthe riviera family from around australia and the world gathers on australia\u2019s gold coast for the 2017 festival of boating .\nriviera welcomes some 74 apprentices in the class of 2017 , increasing its intake of apprentices by almost 50 % .\nriviera announces new 4800 sport yacht \u2013 world premiere scheduled for sydney international boat show from july 28 , 2016 .\ngold coast international marine expo \u2013 of which riviera is a founding partner - is awarded the australian events industry ' s 2015 best exhibition award . the expo this year aligned its dates with the riviera festival of boating in may .\nwork closely with recruiters , product managers and engineering teams to contribute to the scientific advancement of riviera business and product initiatives .\nthe 2016 riviera festival of boating is named as queensland\u2019s best corporate event at the australian event awards on queensland\u2019s sunshine coast .\nriviera celebrates its largest and most comprehensive festival of fun and learning with over 110 educational workshops and two stunning social events .\nriviera welcomes eight new owners to its growing global family of luxury motor yacht owners at the 2015 sydney international boat show .\n2001 blue heron blvd . w . riviera beach , florida 33404 phone : ( 561 ) 841 - 3500 send an email\nmiami premieres of the 4800 sport yacht and 575 suv at the miami international boat show in florida , usa . riviera\u2019s stunning showcase\njim is no stranger to the startup realm and has held several executive roles within some very well - known technology companies . jim\u2019s tenured experience is comprised of a variety of roles held across the human resources and operations spectrum . prior to riviera partners , jim served as the vp of human resources at online dating service , eharmony . in his earlier career , jim held executive level positions with various high - tech organizations including : realnetworks , interland , and micronpc . as a director , jim will be responsible for leading executive searches for many of our retained clients . he will be focusing much of his attention on the development of riviera\u2019s growing client base . leveraging his insight of personnel management , jim will further build upon the personal recruiting experience that riviera offers .\nriviera was founded in 2002 to help transformative companies flourish in a continually evolving technology marketplace through the successful recruitment of executives and engineers .\ntwo new riviera designs make their new zealand premieres at the auckland on water boat show \u2013 the 5400 sport yacht and the 52 enclosed flybridge .\nnew riviera 77 enclosed flybridge makes a successful world premiere at dubai international boat show , with strong interest and one new 77 sold at the show .\nworking with children and families in the neighborhoods where they reside for over 30 years , housing partnership and parent - child center have evolved into community partners , a diverse organization providing a comprehensive array of housing and family services throughout palm beach county that is changing the odds for our children and families facing adversity . our history demonstrates our desire to empower communities to to lead social change , improve quality of life , and build healthy communities .\nwe take a hands - on approach to everything we do at riviera and we understand that our hard work plays a critical role in helping others flourish .\nriviera announces an entirely new design of luxury yacht : the new sports motor yacht . the new 67 sports motor yacht is due for release in 2016 .\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 valamar riviera d . d . , stancija kaligari 1 , 52440 pore\u010d | basic information | contacts | privacy policy | web by kadei 360\nriviera stages an impressive celebration of suv success at the adelaide on water boat show in south australia . a total of 13 new suvs have been purchased by south australian owners in three years , with many of them cruising to enjoy the show and the special social activities hosted by riviera and r marine south australia .\nthe international riviera team of dealers , sales executives and marketing professionals \u2013 spanning the globe \u2013 receives the 2016 national award for best australian marine industry export marketing strategy .\nriviera announces its major may red - carpet , on - water showcase will be exclusive to gold coast international marine expo , of which it is a founding partner .\nriviera further strengthens its international presence and owner support with the appointment of a european sales manager . vastly experienced marine professional jan van oostenryck is based in barcelona , spain .\nalmost 1000 riviera owners from around australia and the world attend the 4th annual festival of boating for four days of fun and learning at our world - class coomera facility .\nriviera announces the development of the 395 suv , the first under - forty - foot motor yacht in nearly a decade . the new motor yacht will premiere in may 2018 .\nriviera formally recognises marine industry excellence at the 2016 australia / new zealand dealer awards . r marine south australia secures the dealer of the year award for the fifth consecutive year .\nriviera announces the new 57 enclosed flybridge \u2013 the embodiment of innovation \u2013 will make her world premiere at the 2015 sydney international boat show ( july 30 - august 3 ) .\nnarcissi need your help in order to keep blooming every year . . with your donation , you contribute to the protection of this flower in montreux riviera . thank you very much !\ntwo new rivieras \u2013 the 52 enclosed flybridge and 525 suv \u2013 make their world premieres at the 2015 gold coast international marine expo , which this year aligns its dates with the riviera festival of boating .\n2010 - 2014 consolidation of the management and the potrfolio zlatni otok d . d . , rabac and dubrovnik - babin kuk were merged to riviera adria d . d . , which later on integrated valamar grupa d . d . and valamar adria holding d . d . the consolidated company started operating under the name valamar riviera d . d . and was listed on the official market of the zagreb stock exchange in december 2014\nwith a dedicated event space , the royal - riviera is the perfect confidential venue for 10 to 110 people on any occasion : board meeting , gala dinner , prestigious event , private party , product launch and group incentive .\nriviera luxury motor yachts have rafted - up in record numbers in south australia\u2019s eyre peninsula . the impressive line - up of 24 rivieras \u2013 worth some $ 25 million \u2013 was the largest number ever for an experience raft - up .\nnew march dates announced for the 2017 riviera festival of boating in queensland , australia . the festival of education , inspiration and celebration will again be staged at the same time as the gold coast international boat show & marine expo from 17 - 19 march 2017 .\n2016 - by the end of 2016 , valamar riviera established a strategic partnership with az pension fund successfully taking over imperial d . d . valamar riviera acquired 54 . 71 % of imperial ' s share capital and az pension fund acquired 34 . 22 % camping resort krk became the first 5 * campsite in croatia camping resort lanterna 4 * services upgraded after a large investment cycle preparation of valamar\u2019s largest annual investment cycle worth hrk 873 mn record business results redefined vision , mission and strategic goals for the period up to 2020\nunder the umbrella of community partners , the two agencies formed a partnership , sharing operational and financial oversight . with a focus on quality , recruitment of skilled personnel , and responsible fiscal management , the initial goal was stabilization and maintenance of core programs . in 2006 the parent - child center reached a milestone by becoming accredited by the national council on accreditation ( coa ) . pcc was then finally in the position to turn its sights to the significant unmet social - emotional needs of children and families in palm beach county . along with housing partnership , strong partnerships were formed with other community agencies and systems , collaborating to create a system of care . with a dedicated focus on quality and effectiveness , by 2006 parent - child center once again held the reputation as the premier provider of emotional and behavioral health services for children , adolescents and their families .\nvalamar riviera as it stands today has been developing and growing on the croatian market for over 60 years . its development consists of several stages , against the backdrop of social and political changes , tourism and hospitality development and continuous evolution of its business strategy to address global trends in the hotel industry .\nwe\u2019ve spent 15 + years building an application suite to fix modern recruiting . we deliver an insightful approach which streamlines the end - to - end recruiting process and unifies the interactions between recruiters , our clients , and job seekers on one collaborative platform . through expertise and technology , riviera creates better matches and better experiences .\nfor over a century , narcissi have been the symbol of montreux and the areas above the vaud riviera . every time the region was mentioned , their flowering in may was highlighted as a unique phenomenon . during the belle epoque period , when narcissi came into flower in may , it was the attraction of the year .\nunfortunately , the abundance of the vaud riviera ' s symbolic flower is steadily decreasing , both in the region of les pl\u00e9iades and in the areas above montreux . thus , may snow , as the blooming of countless flowers is called , will be nothing more than a pleasant memory in a few years to come if no action is taken as a matter of urgency .\nif your an athlete , competitive , and like figuring things out on your own , this is the place for you . the people at riviera are some of the best people i know , and a fun bunch of individuals . everyone is there to answer questions and grab a drink after a rough day . lots of room for growth if you drink the juice and put in the hard work .\njohn carries with him an impressive history of executive leadership functions within growing tech companies as well as significant leadership experience from a variety of operating companies . prior to joining riviera , john was a managing director at the financial consulting firm techcfo , providing strategic , financial and operating advice to emerging growth companies . prior to that , john held leadership positions at several companies , including ; coo / cfo of looksmart , a publicly traded online advertising company , cfo of gap inc . direct , the gap\u2019s ecommerce division , and coo / cfo of business . com , an online business directory and advertising firm . john also held financial roles at the walt disney company and citicorp securities . as coo , john will assist in developing the environment and infrastructure necessary to sustain riviera\u2019s significant growth . under his leadership , we will seek to expand our presence across the major tech hubs of the nation and deliver the industry - leading service and experience that our clients have come to appreciate . he will undoubtedly play an integral role in the future growth of the firm .\nthe royal - riviera hotel occupies a plum spot on the cap - ferrat peninsula . overlooking proven\u00e7al gardens terraced down to the sparkling mediterranean , the hotel blends palace grandeur with the intimacy of a boutique property . build in 1904 under the name of the \u00ab panorama palace \u00bb , the hotel was already renowned at the time for its luxury , enjoyed during their stays by european aristocracy and celebrities from all walks of life . the hotel boasts a total of 94 rooms and suites , 78 of which are in the main building . designed to reflect the landscape of the south of france , the majority of the rooms overlook the sea and gardens . the private villa l\u2019orangerie features 16 additional rooms and suites decorated in the purest saint - jean - cap - ferrat style . true relaxation is waiting just steps away from the main building , on immaculate sun - mattresses around the pool heated year - round , on the private sandy beach in season or at the thalgo wellness center . with the omnipresence of the southern gardens and views of the sea , reading a book , drinking tea in the heart of the magnificent garden , everything becomes different , more beautiful than anywhere else .\nthe war for talent has never been hotter in silicon valley . sometimes a key hire can make the difference in when a company launches a product\u2014or lands its next financing round .\nthink we ' re kidding ? we know one late - stage company that waited to round out its management team before gunning for an eight - figure fundraising .\nat twitter , ryan took the company from 50 employees to 500 . he hunted down statistical geneticists for 23andme . now he ' s got his own firm , lab 8 ventures . it ' s quietly hunted engineers for amazon as far afield as australia .\nmost of the companies i ' m working with are keeping a pretty low profile and tend to be small , but have generally been nea - funded ,\nryan tells us . ( nea , or new enterprise associates , is a venture - capital firm that ' s backed juniper networks , tivo , and diapers . com , among other companies ; it raised a $ 2 . 6 billion fund last summer . )\nlike many members of the google ventures team , farrell is a veteran of the search giant . while the venture - capital arm is technically independent , its networks are thoroughly interwoven with googlers\u2014which means a huge depth of talent at farrell ' s fingertips .\nwe can give a founder 50 java resumes in a day ,\nfarrell told venturebeat last year . maybe yours could be one of them .\n* copyright \u00a9 2018 insider inc . all rights reserved . registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our\ndelve uses sophisticated machine learning to present engineering jobs matched to engineers\u2019 unique skills , interests , and preferences . engineers can tailor their job search experiences to match preferences and timeline with a few swipes of the delve app .\nsutro gives our team powerful tools to discover , activate , and engage premiere talent . harnessing the hidden insights of millions of data points and interactions , sutro enables efficiencies throughout the recruiting management process and helps us to find the right people , faster .\nsnap empowers our clients to move in - step with us . a personalized dashboard for recruiting management , snap offers our clients new levels of collaboration , organization , and transparency . monitor search health , manage your pipeline , and communicate in real - time .\nleadership acquisition for companies who require people with experience and vision to drive continued growth .\nmatching individuals who have the essential skills pioneering companies need for their engineering teams .\njust fill out the form below ! one of our team members will be in touch shortly to talk about your talent needs .\na company is only as good as the foundation it\u2019s built on . that\u2019s why we\u2019re proud to have helped to build some of the most talented organizations in the tech industry .\nwe\u2019re committed to delivering the best recruiting service and experience possible . our full stack recruiting approach enables us to help people and companies reach their full potential .\nwhether you\u2019re a company seeking to fill a critical engineering position or a potential candidate looking . . .\nwe recently published our quarterly newsletter , covering a variety of topics near and dear to us . . . .\nfinding a new job is almost always a strategic career move and announcing that change to . . .\nfebruary job growth in the u . s . was strong across the board and technology hiring was no . . .\nmachine learning is streamlining many industries , from e - commerce to healthcare to finance and social media . the . . .\nif your technical knowledge puts others to shame , and you live for the cutting edge , we\u2019re looking for you . as a technical recruiter you can help foster the talent that is essential for tech companies to push the boundaries of what is possible , as well as contributing to the success of the talented people who power the industry .\nif you have an eye for talent and a passion for recognizing the potential of others then you may be the perfect fit for our team . join us in our quest to help candidates reach their full potential and influence how great tech companies will shape the future !\nif you have an eye for talent and a passion for recognizing the potential of others then you may be the perfect fit for our team . join us in our quest to help candidates reach their full potential and influence how great tech companies will shape the future .\nif you love to go the extra mile and love to organize and schedule , then you may be the perfect fit for our team ! join us in our quest to help candidates reach their full potential and influence how great tech companies will shape the future .\nwe ' ve assembled a world - 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family rental apartments and housing for special needs . through owning and managing apartments , hp began to recognize the need to provide other support services to families residing in those communities . our growing experience in housing production and neighborhood revitalization was also teaching a similar lesson . the staff and board embraced the concept that the condition of the real estate in our neighborhoods was a reflection of the social and economic condition of the families living in the homes . therefore , in the mid - 1990s housing partnership developed its campus for living program , a holistic and proactive approach to linking our families with traditional social services in order to improve their lives .\nthis focus on building stronger families instead of real estate transformed the organization and changed its culture . housing became just one of several services and programs provided to our customers . one of the most successful new programs to develop out of the campus for living program was the youth enrichment academies , a very structured , organized and disciplined after school program for school - aged children . another successful program emerging from this concept was the supportive housing program , which combines housing and social services to help special needs adults and families live independently . in 1996 housing partnership was honored to be named a chartered affiliate of the national neighborworks america , created and funded by the u . s . congress to promote neighborhood revitalization and affordable housing .\nour experience of working directly with children in their schools and families in their communities taught the organization a lot about neighborhood and community impact . hp began to see children in the context of their families and families in the context of their neighborhoods . this knowledge prepared hp to expand its community development efforts by operating community centers on the grounds of elementary schools in disenfranchised neighborhoods . this concept originated in new york and was brought to the county by the children\u2019s services council in 2002 . housing partnership currently operates six of ten bridges centers in palm beach county and is viewed as a leader in this arena .\nduring this transformation , a large number of the growing staff came from the community mental health and social services profession . prior experience in community development combined with the perspective of new staff led to an increased interest in children\u2019s mental health and child welfare . in 2001 the state asked corbett if he would be willing to contact the board of a struggling children\u2019s community mental health center , parent - 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{"id": 56446, "summary": [{"text": "the korean war national museum ( kwnm ) is a private-sector non-profit illinois-based corporation headquartered in springfield , illinois .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "the kwnm seeks to create a museum and educational program to help people understand american participation in the korean war ( 1950-1953 ) , especially from the point of view of the men and women who served in combat and support roles .", "topic": 2}, {"text": "founded in 1997 , the kwnm reorganized in 2010 with the goal of expanding itself and building an accredited museum facility in new york city .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "a 10,000 square foot kwnm facility , the denis j. healy freedom center , currently operates in springfield , illinois . open tuesday-saturday 10am-5pm .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "the troops of 23 nations , including the united states of america , south korea , and 21 other nations that fought under the flag of the united nations , are expected to be honored by this national museum .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "in 1950-1953 , an estimated 6 million u.s. men and women served in the armed forces , although not all of them were actually stationed in korea . ", "topic": 19}], "title": "korean war national museum", "paragraphs": ["the museum is the nationally - designated museum for the korean war honoring the brave men and women who served .\nthe weekend shutdown of the springfield museum left korean war veterans groups searching for answers on the fate of war exhibits and the future of the museum .\nin addition to artifacts and videos , the museum included a collection of korean war books and materials .\nthe state journal - register reports signs posted tuesday at the korean war national museum in downtown springfield read that it was with \u201cdeepest regrets\u201d that the museum had closed as of saturday . the museum phone number was answered with a similar message .\non august 1 , 2017 , the state journal - register reported on the operations of korean war national museum , a former charity that has recently dissolved , in an article titled ,\nkorean war national museum abruptly closes .\nfor this reason , we have issued a high concern cn advisory . for more information , please see the state journal - register article .\nspringfield , ill . ( ap ) _ a central illinois museum that honors those who served in the korean war has closed .\nnational museum of the marine corps 18900 jefferson davis highway triangle , va 22172 toll free : 1 . 877 . 653 . 1775\nspringfield \u2014 the korean war national museum managed to turn a profit in one year from 2010 to 2015 while reporting more than $ 7 . 6 million in revenue and losses totaling more than $ 586 , 000 , federal tax records show .\nthe kansas city star reported that the collection of korean war memorabelia has been transferred to . . .\ngood overview of the korean war providing an all service view . included videos and many still photographs .\nthere have been questions before about fundraising for the springfield war museum . the oregon department of justice , an equivalent of the illinois attorney general\u2019s office , listed the korean war national museum among its \u201c20 worst charities\u201d in 2010 . the oregon office found less than 25 percent of money donated directly benefited the springfield museum . most of the money , according to the report , went toward administrative and fundraising costs .\nfederal reports obtained through charity navigator , a new jersey - based charity evaluation not - for - profit , and the irs listed a chicago street address for the korean war national museum . a voicemail at the chicago office also announced with \u201cdeepest regrets\u201d the closing of the springfield museum . voicemail and email messages left at the springfield museum and the chicago office were not immediately returned .\naround 60 , 000 members of the british armed forces served in korea , many were national servicemen .\nas the previous reviewer said this museum is now closed as of july 29 , 2017 . the lincoln museum . . .\ncopyright 2018 . admission to the national museum of the marine corps is free . hours are 9 : 00 am to 5 : 00 pm every day except christmas day .\n\u201cthey\u2019re asking , ' what was going on ? ' \u201d said robert stevens , president of the korean war veterans association .\ni came across this little museum while walking around downtown and decided to investigate . the first surprise was that admission was free . while not a large museum , it held quite a bit of information . i can say i learned a lot about the korean war , . . .\non august 2 , 2017 , the state - journal register published an article titled ,\nstate ag looking into korean war museum shutdown .\nfor more information , please see the state - journal register article .\non august 11 , 2017 , the state - journal register published an article titled ,\nfate of korean war museum exhibits still in doubt .\nfor more information , please see the state - journal register article .\nthe korean war was one of the ' hot wars ' of the cold war era . between 1950 and 1953 the korean peninsula was the focus of tensions , but thereafter american and russian rivalry was played out elsewhere . the conflict ultimately had little impact on the eventual collapse of the soviet union in 1990 .\nat first the north koreans made rapid progress , quickly taking the south korean capital of seoul and driving south korean and american troops back to the southern port of pusan .\nnational service , a standardised form of peacetime conscription , was introduced in 1947 for all able - bodied men between the ages of 18 and 30 .\nas the previous reviewer said this museum is now closed as of july 29 , 2017 . the lincoln museum attendee said it shut down but she never said why exactly . it was very disappointing as we wanted to see it . so doesn\u2019t look like this museum . . .\nthe kansas city star reported that the collection of korean war memorabelia has been transferred to the harry s . truman presidential library and museum in independence , missouri . they will be closing temporarily in the near future to expand and will then be able to show . . .\nrusnock said the organization planned to follow up on the museum shutdown as a precaution for donors .\nkorea remains a forgotten war in public memory . it is overshadowed by the second world war and overtaken by subsequent events of the cold war . but its significance is not lost on those who experienced it and those who live with its legacy today .\nmy grandpa was in the korean war , but no one in our family really knows much about it . this was really interesting and great to see the historical pieces related to this war being preserved and presented with a really nice narrative . we spent about . . .\nwhat a great way to remember those who are constantly forgotten by our nation . both of my grandfathers fought in the korean war , and i never was given the opportunity to learn about this war in my schooling . thank you for remembering those who fought for us .\nwalking around springfield , we stumbled across this museum . the display is rather old - fashioned and may not hold the interest of little ones , but overall the exhibit was very informative . there were a few traditional korean items and war memorabilia on display . our little one thought . . .\nrobert mitchell , who lives in houston , served as a liaison to the springfield museum for the veterans association , but he said he had not recently been in touch with the museum . the former osco drugstore space on old capitol plaza , said mitchell , was considered temporary when the museum opened in 2009 .\nindependent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary ( i . e . , not affiliated with a national , regional , or geographic grouping of organizations ) .\nin 1950 , the cold war heated up with the outbreak of the korean war ( 1950 - 53 ) . this three - year bloody and brutal struggle left millions of north and south koreans dead , and over 100 , 000 casualties for the united nations forces involved . despite this , the conflict is a forgotten war today , but its legacy still has a huge global impact .\nthe museum doors remained locked wednesday , and it appeared major exhibits had been removed . the only notices of the closing were posted on a facebook page , since taken down , and on the doors of the museum .\nthe newspaper says the museum had seen a series of past starts and stops . it was at a different location when plans were announced in 2006 to construct a new museum . that effort stalled and the museum was set up at a former drugstore on old capitol plaza . _ _ _ information from : the state journal - register\nthis was a pleasant surprise - we went to visit springfield at the end of november ( plus had a 3 year old with us , arriving via amtrak ) , so we were limited on things to see and do . we walked to see the outside of the old state capitol and eat at the feed store . with a few hours to spare before our train back , we spotted the korean war national museum . it was within walking distance from our hotel which was an added bonus ! we are so glad we found it - thanks so much for a wonderful education of the forgotten war .\nif this was allowed to go unchallenged , it would mean a third world war .\n\u201cthat has always been a secondary site . the plan was always to build a new museum , \u201d said mitchell .\nkorean war introduction air superiority : controlling the skies air force reserve and air national guard in korea air power partners in korea interdiction : tightening the noose close air support : battering from above strategic bombing : new flexibility reconnaissance airlift : combat cargo special operations : in the enemy ' s backyard air rescue aeromedical evacuation : speed saves lives medal of honor recipients prisoners of war ceasefire the commitment remains : u . s . - republic of korea defense cooperation parachute flare cleveland tractor co . medium m2 tractor m1 bomb lift truck itazuke tower\nto date , the korean war has not officially ended , skirmishes still occur along the 155 - mile ( 248km ) border , which is the most heavily militarised frontier in the world . tensions remain high between north and south korea .\nlocated on the same block as the lincoln law office , across the street from the old capitol building , and within an easy walk of all the lincoln sites , the museum has a wonderful location . the unique theme of the museum makes it especially interesting as . . .\nthe museum was very interesting . my dad fought in korea and this was like rekindling his stories . i could see what my dad described years ago . it isn ' t talked about much but it is an important piece of us history . and this museum is well . . .\ncharity navigator gave the museum a zero on a four - star rating system in june , said katelynn rusnock , advisory system manager for the company .\nmore than a half - century ago , thousands of americans fought a bitter war on the korean peninsula against a very determined enemy . known as \u201cthe forgotten war , \u201d the battle for korea was the first us combat action of the cold war . the korean war also marked resurgence for the marine corps which had been dramatically reduced in size during the years following world war ii . korea marked the first combat use by the marine corps of both helicopters and jet aircraft . on display is a grumman panther jet fighter which flew as part of the first marine jet combat mission in december 1950 and an early sikorsky helicopter . the gallery describes the \u201csee - saw\u201d nature of the war\u2019s opening battles and the conflict\u2019s gradual transformation into a static war of attrition , reminiscent of world war i trench warfare . other exhibits highlight the introduction of combined - arms teams , flak jackets ( body armor ) and expanded roles for women and minorities within the marine corps during this time period . visitors ride with marines to the sea wall at inchon as part of general macarthur\u2019s strategic end run to attack the enemy\u2019s rear . a pershing tank rumbles through the war - torn streets of seoul . on toktong pass near the chosin reservoir , visitors encounter marines who are cold , tired and dangerously short of ammunition . visitors feel the cold ; they hear the chinese soldiers advancing up the snowy mountain and watch the marines prepare for the next attack . it is a battle that must be won against overwhelming odds . lastly , a sobering look at a pow cage serves as a reminder of the high price of war .\nstevens , who lives in kansas , said the association was never involved in the springfield museum , but that he had received calls about monetary and equipment donations .\nthe kenya emergency , or mau mau revolt , was one of the british army ' s bloodiest and most controversial post - war conflicts .\nannie thompson said the museum failed to file a 2016 not - for - profit disclosure report as required by state law . the most recent report was for 2015 .\nthe korean war gallery contains aircraft and exhibits that tell the story of the u . s . air force ' s role and performance in that conflict . visitors can immerse themselves in a storyline that reflects the emergence of the modern air force as the service experienced significant changes in roles , tactics and technology during the war . the conflict ' s two most striking symbols of air power on both sides - - the f - 86a sabre and the mig - 15 - - are on display next to each other . mannequins used in exhibits depict both everyday moments in the lives of airmen as well as historical images , such as the famous photo featuring pilots headed to the flight line as they walk under the mig alley sign . korean war gallery video .\n( 994 ) described in section 170 ( b ) 1 ) ( a ) ( vi ) of the code ( 60 ) museum , zoo , planetarium , etc .\nthe malayan emergency ( 1948 - 60 ) was one of the few successful counter - insurgency operations undertaken by the western powers during the cold war .\nin the unsettled aftermath of world war ii , much of europe and asia fell into the hands of totalitarian regimes in the thrall of international communism . americans celebrating the end of nazi and japanese aggression in 1945 soon realized that freedom was once again threatened . against the backdrop of nuclear - armed tension between the u . s . and the soviet union , the survival of the world depended on the ability of the united nations and the two superpowers to keep a local crisis such as korea from escalating to total war . the korean conflict , the first u . s . combat action of the cold war era , remained limited and undeclared .\nnorth korea remains a communist country . its economy is focused on supporting one of the world\u2019s largest standing armies . the north korean nuclear weapons programme has drawn criticism from the united nations .\nspringfield convention and visitors bureau executive director gina gemberling said the closing surprised her . the museum was included in local tourism promotions and also participated in bureau - sponsored events , said gemberling .\nimjin river was the bloodiest engagement fought by the british army since the second world war and one of the most decisive defensive battles the army has ever undertaken .\na spokeswoman for the illinois attorney general\u2019s office also said wednesday the office was looking into the abrupt weekend shutdown of the museum that opened in 2009 at 9 s . old capitol plaza in springfield .\narmistice negotiations began at kaesong in july 1951 . but a deal could not be reached , partly due to disagreements over the issue of prisoner - of - war exchanges .\nsouth korean and american forces undertook an amphibious landing at inchon , 150 miles ( 240 km ) behind enemy positions . the landing cut the north koreans\u2019 communications and allowed the un forces to break out of the pusan bridgehead .\nregion : yongsan - gu seoul type : chinese food operated by korean husband and chinese wife , it offers traditional authentic chinese dumplings in a small place . its signature menu , dumpling , passed down to th . . .\nfought in april 1951 in korea , this was the bloodiest engagement fought by the british army since the second world war . for three days the 29th british independent infantry brigade group thwarted massed chinese attacks .\nin april 1951 the chinese counter - attacked , aiming to break through to the south korean capital again . they were held up by the un forces near kapyong ( 22 - 25 april ) and on the imjin river ( 22 - 25 april ) .\nthe $ 3 ' suggested donation ' is too cheap ! the museum is in a temporary facility and yet does an impressive job of explaining the conflict many americas seemed to have forgotten . i was impressed by the quality and clarity of the displays . granted , the uniforms , medals , canteens and other ' soft ' items were on the new side when it comes to modern wars but it was a tribute to the men who served and saw the importance of preserving this piece of history that they sent these items to a museum that will share their history for many years to come . there was a sense of the period in the displays . the fonts and feel of the display cases were ' 50ish . i will seriously consider returning to springfield to see this museum when the permanent facility is in place .\na un attack recaptured seoul . after the fourth conquest in a year , the city was left in ruins . the pre - war population of 1 . 5 million had been reduced to 200 , 000 people , the majority of whom were starving .\nthe fighting at the imjin marked the end of the mobile phase of the war . stalemate ensued alongside the strategic bombing of north korea and the implementation of a naval blockade on the country . in june the soviets indicated they were willing to seek a settlement through arbitration .\nthe marines\u2019 frenzied deployment to korea had succeeded , but the process resembled the patchwork embarkations of the 19th century instead of the advance positioning the cold war demanded . korea reinforced an emerging navy - marine corps innovation - the continuous deployment of combat - ready marine expeditionary forces aboard amphibious ships .\nat 4 . 00am on 25 june 1950 the north korean army launched an all - out offensive against the south . the united nations ( un ) security council called upon its members to support the republic of korea and american forces were quickly sent to the country . they were later joined by troops from many other nations , including britain .\nat the end of the second world war ( 1939 - 45 ) , american and russian concerns over \u2018spheres of influence\u2019 led to the partition of korea . the country was split into the communist democratic people\u2019s republic of korea ( north korea ) and the american - backed republic of korea ( south korea ) .\nalthough the war fronts were now static , set - piece operations did occur from time to time , as both sides sought to control key areas of terrain and win a success that might improve their negotiating position . from july 1951 british forces formed part of the 1st commonwealth division under major - general james cassels .\npresident truman had dismissed chinese warnings that the advance of us troops towards its borders would result in war . but in november 1950 the chinese people\u2019s liberation army intervened on a massive scale , halting the un advance . although the 27th brigade held them off from their positions on the river chongchen , the chinese broke through elsewhere .\nin 2009 , the compass group , a virginia - based fundraising firm , sued the museum and library in federal court in springfield for failure to pay more than $ 1 . 4 million \u2014 or about $ 30 , 000 a month \u2014 for a fundraising campaign from september 2006 to august 2010 . the two sides settled for undisclosed terms in 2010 , according to local court records .\non 25 june 1950 , the north korean people\u00b4s army ( nkpa ) stormed across the 38th parallel , the border between communist north korea and america\u00b4s ally , the republic of korea . supported by powerful russian - built t - 34 tanks , they overpowered south korean units , seized the capital of seoul , and raced southward . president harry truman transferred u . s . army units stationed in japan to korea under united nations auspices . army garrison troops arriving in korea could not stem the onslaught . by the end of july , un control had shrunk to a toehold in the peninsula\u2019s southeast corner , protecting the vital port of pusan . collapse of the pusan perimeter would lose the war . ltgen walton walker , commanding the eighth army , exhorted his troops to hold firm .\nwe must fight to the end \u2014 a retreat\u2026 would be one of the greatest butcheries in history !\nun resistance stiffened along the naktong river , but more north korean units advanced to force the crossings . help was on the way : a newly formed marine air - ground brigade would reach pusan on 2 august to preserve the embattled perimeter . the marine brigade under bgen edward craig that arrived on 2 august swiftly went into action . the brigade\u00b4s carrier - borne aircraft flew against nkpa targets the next day . marine infantry engaged the enemy in broiling heat west of masan on the 7th , leading the first successful counteroffensive of the war . the newly arrived marine brigade provided a boon to the besieged eighth army , desperately holding the naktong river line against nkpa assaults . general walton walker employed the marines as his emergency\nfire brigade ,\nshuttling them around the perimeter to counterattack each massive breakthrough . in a costly month of hard marching and bitter fighting , the marines hurled back each enemy penetration .\nhere were professionals ,\nreported an associated press correspondent .\nfaced with waning support at home and always concerned that the soviet union might intervene on behalf of its allies north korea and china , the truman administration ruled out further amphibious\nend runs\nlike inchon as too risky and provocative . the remaining 31 months of the conflict became a wasteland known as\nthe other war ,\na dreary cycle of grinding combat , devoid of operational finesse or popular appeal . heavy fighting flared at places like kanmubong ridge ,\nthe hook ,\nand outposts such as carson , reno , and vegas . most fighting raged at night under torrents of artillery fire , and involved platoons rather than regiments . the\nother war\ncost three times as many casualties as had the 1950 battles , and more than forty percent of marine losses in korea occurred after march 1952 .\nthe marines\u2019 greatest battle occurred during one of the nation\u2019s most bitter military defeats , when chinese forces crossed into north korea to rout the unsuspecting allies . general macarthur ignored reports of china entering the war and spurred his command across the 38th parallel , and into disaster . near a large reservoir , the 1st marine division found itself surrounded by a chinese field army 78 miles from the sea , and burdened with thousands of casualties at the onset of one of the coldest winters ever recorded along the manchurian border . the marines ignored the reservoir\u2019s korean name\nchangjin\nin favor of the japanese name\nchosin ,\nwhich became\nfrozen chosin .\nno marines ever fought under worse conditions of weather and terrain . superbly supported by the 1st marine aircraft wing , the division fought an epic withdrawal to the sea , turning back the chinese and bringing out their own wounded and dead .\nmost of the museum revenue from 2010 to 2015 was from contributions and grants , according to annual reports required of tax - exempt not - for - profits by the internal revenue service . the only profitable year was 2011 , when the group reported earning $ 221 , 590 . losses in 2015 , the most recent year filed with the irs , totaled more than $ 73 , 000 , despite revenues of nearly $ 768 , 000 . major expenses included $ 204 , 516 for salaries and compensation for association executives , employees and board members ; $ 174 , 137 for a direct - mail campaign ; and $ 71 , 658 for professional fundraising services .\ndirections [ subway ] 1 ) samgakji station ( seoul subway line 6 ) , exit 1 , 11 or 12 . 2 ) namyeong station ( seoul subway line 1 ) , exit 1 . [ bus ] 1 ) take bus 110a , 110b , 740 , or 421 and get off at the war memorial of korea bus stop . 2 ) take bus 421 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 500 , 501 , 504 , 605 , 750b , 751 , 752 , 502 , 506 , 507 , or 750a and get off samgakji station bus stop . 3 ) take airport bus 6001 to samgakji station .\nwe noticed that you ' re using an unsupported browser . the tripadvisor website may not display properly . we support the following browsers :\nthis review is the subjective opinion of a tripadvisor member and not of tripadvisor llc .\nsign on door says closed as of july 29 , 2017 . we found the building at it still had the sign on the building . it even looked like the displays were still in the building . however , it is definitely closed .\nthis was a fantastic hidden gem of an attraction which was free to enter . easily found when strolling around old state capitol plaza . there are loads of exhibits and we spent a good hour in here . we enjoyed chatting with receptionist / curator and were given a . . .\nnote : your question will be posted publicly on the questions & answers page .\n* tripadvisor llc is not a booking agent and does not charge any service fees to users of our site . . . 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' trooper jarleth donellan , royal tank regiment , 1988\nun forces , including 27th commonwealth brigade , rapidly advanced north and crossed the border into north korea , capturing the capital pyongyang . by late november they had moved up to within 40 miles ( 64 km ) of the chinese border .\nin freezing conditions the un forces carried out a fighting retreat across north korea , abandoning pyongyang . eventually they established a defensive perimeter around the port of hungnam where over 100 , 000 soldiers and 90 , 000 civilians were evacuated by sea .\nduring the retreat , british forces acted as a rearguard until a defensive line was established on the river han . they had to fight in freezing weather , with heavy snow , icy winds and temperatures as low as - 40c .\nafter crossing the border the chinese and north koreans captured seoul in early january . the setback prompted general macarthur to consider using the atomic bomb against them . but the enemy offensive ran out of steam and the front line stabilised , largely thanks to the new field commander , us lieutenant - general matthew ridgway , who revived un morale .\nas winter cleared , the un forces dug in close to the north - south border and advanced a few miles north in order to create a buffer in front of seoul .\nthe line at imjin was primarily defended by british 29th brigade . the enemy were numerically superior , but the brigade held its position for three days , before being forced to retreat .\n' we were holding positions that the chinese were determined to take , and they didn\u2019t care how many men they lost to get them . ' private sam mercer , veteran of the gloucestershire regiment , 1988\nthe 1st battalion , the gloucestershire regiment\u2019s last stand at hill 235 on the imjin helped break the chinese advance , but resulted in heavy casualties . only the remains of \u2018d\u2019 company , under the command of major mike harvey , escaped to reach un lines . the rest of the battalion , including its commander lieutenant - colonel james carne , was captured .\nthe 1st battalion was later awarded the united states presidential unit citation for their gallantry .\nletter sent to private sam mercer while a pow in north korea . he was captured at imjin .\nthe actions blunted the chinese offensive and allowed un forces to retreat to a stronger defensive position north of seoul where they eventually halted the enemy .\ntwo years of static fighting followed , often in conditions of extreme cold and heat . commonwealth troops were deployed on a rotational basis , defending hill positions and carrying out patrols .\nin october 1951 the 1st commonwealth division took part in operation commando , a limited offensive designed to disrupt the chinese potential for attack , dominate the routes across the 38th parallel and extend diplomatic pressure . the main area of activity was around a ridge overlooking the imjin river known as \u2018the hook\u2019 .\nin november 1952 the black watch ( royal highland regiment ) repulsed a chinese attack there . in may 1953 it was again successfully defended , this time by the duke of wellington\u2019s regiment ( west riding ) .\non 27 july 1953 an armistice was finally signed at panmunjon . but korea remained a divided nation . in 1954 the 1st commonwealth division was reduced to brigade strength before finally being withdrawn in 1957 .\nnorth and south korea have followed very different paths since 1953 . south korea has become an important economic and industrial power in asia , embracing foreign culture and ideas . it is a successful capitalist country , with huge corporations exporting goods all over the world .\n' north korea is the most dangerous and urgent threat to the peace and security of the asia - pacific . ' us vice president mike pence , 19 april 2017\nkorea was the first and only test for the united nations as a military entity . it was also the last time that the british army fought as part of a joint commonwealth force .\n' the first night i got home i went out with my father to a pub\u2026 and a fella said to me ,\ni ' ve not seen you for a while , where ' ve you been ?\ni said ,\ni ' ve been to korea .\nand he said ,\noh really , did you have a nice time ?\n' fusilier mike mogridge , royal fusiliers , 1988\nin the early 1950s a revolt in favour of union with greece began in british - controlled cyprus . british troops remain on the island to this day as part of a united nations peacekeeping force .\nthe insurgency against british rule in the south of the arabian peninsula marked the end of a 20 - year retreat from empire .\nfirst time @ nam _ london today . thoroughly enjoyed it . thought the presentation & interpretation made the subject accessible . . .\nbe the first to hear about our latest events , exhibitions and offers . simply enter your email address below to start receiving our monthly email newsletter .\nto find out more about how we collect , store and use your personal information , read our privacy policy .\nthe surprise us landing at inchon reflected general macarthur\u2019s strategic vision and the creative flexibility of the 1st marine division . the massive , seaborne flank attack enabled the us eighth army to break the north koreans\u2019 siege of the pusan perimeter and drive the enemy north against macarthur\u2019s newly established\nanvil\nalong the han river . at inchon , the 1st marine division faced its most daunting challenge , deploying so hurriedly it still lacked its third infantry regiment and ordered to execute an amphibious assault in a city the size of omaha under the worst tidal conditions the marines ever faced . yet macarthur\u2019s prophesy proved correct . the marines overcame inchon\u2019s notorious tidal surges , mudflats , and seawalls , and indeed\ncrushed\nthe port\u2019s defenders . within two weeks the leathernecks had fought their way inland and raised the american flag in recaptured seoul .\nour hands and feet were frozen numb . the wind - borne cold attacked with terrible fury . we shivered violently .\nnearly 7200 americans became pows in korea , 221 of them marines . the communist captors , according to a postwar report ,\nperfected a diabolic method of torture which combines degradation , deprivation , and mental harassment .\nwhile many pows weakened and cooperated with their captors , the marines resorted to discipline , loyalty , and offbeat humor to endure the ordeal honorably . only 27 of them ( 12 % ) died in communist hands . almost 2700 americans of other services died as prisoners , a mortality rate approaching 39 % .\nwithout usmc training i would never have lived ,\nsaid captain charles harrison . all surviving marine pows returned home .\nand parking are free . hours are 9 : 00 am to 5 : 00 pm every day , except christmas day .\nthis service is offered to members of the visitkorea website and facebook through account log - in .\n09 : 00 - 18 : 00 ( * last admission : one hour before closing . )\n( * if monday is a holiday , it will be closed on tuesday . )\nregion : yongsan - gu seoul type : temples / religious sites danggogae catholic martyrs ' shrine is located on the small hill just five minutes away from yongsan eletronics market . 10 catholics were martyred on this hill d . . .\nregion : yongsan - gu seoul type : inn / motel banana backpackers is very conveniently located in yongsan , seoul , near sookmyung women ' s university station and seoul station where you can use both ktx and su . . .\nregion : yongsan - gu seoul type : tourist hotel hotel elleinn is a top - tier business boutique hotel . it is only ten minutes away from seoul station and yongsan station , so it is a convenient choice for travel . . .\nregion : yongsan - gu seoul type : western food mother\u2019s office in cheongdam - dong serves up homemade , european - style burgers made using angus beef patties , fresh - baked ciabatta buns , and flavorful sauces . oth . . .\nregion : yongsan - gu seoul type : western food taco chilichili serves high - quality taco dishes that are simple , delicious , and reasonably priced . although food at the restaurant differs somewhat from traditi . . .\nregion : yongsan - gu seoul type : bars / cafes / clubs caocaoboom is a handmade chocolate shop . the itaewon branch is famous for its traditional italian gelato created by 1st generation chocolatier .\nregion : yongsan - gu seoul type : western food situated in itaewon , suji ' s provides guests with authentic american food . the brunch menus are favorites among many customers and long lines remain even after l . . .\nregion : yongsan - gu seoul type : shops / malls landrover is the casual shoe brand of kumkang shoes , korea ' s leading fashion retailer specializing in athletic and casual footwear , as well as trendy clothing a . . .\nvisitkorea does not guarantee the quality of products or services introduced on its site and is not responsible for any direct or indirect losses resulting from use of said products or services .\n\u201cwe will be reaching out to them , as their ( not - for - profit ) registration was canceled , \u201d said thompson . \u201cwe also want to find out what happened to the exhibits . \u201d\n\u201cwe look at finances , accountability and transparency , \u201d said rusnock . \u201ca zero star rating is the lowest you can get . \u201d\n\u201cwe\u2019re trying to find out what happened , \u201d said gemberling . \u201cwe were given no notice . \u201d\n\u201ci\u2019ve received complaints from people who have made donations , and they asked what happened to their equipment , \u201d said stevens .\nchoose the plan that ' s right for you . digital access or digital and print delivery .\n\u00a9 copyright 2006 - 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{"id": 56449, "summary": [{"text": "t-rex cafe is a prehistoric themed restaurant that includes a gift shop , along with animatronic dinosaurs that move and roar .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "t-rex cafe has differently-themed restaurant sections , such as prehistoric insects ( which includes enlarged animatronic insects ) , ice age ( which includes ice caves and animatronic mammoths ) , and under the sea ( complete with jellyfish ceiling and large aquarium ) .", "topic": 13}, {"text": "in the dinosaur-themed area , a gift shop allows customers to \" build-a-dino \" , which is provided by build-a-bear workshop , who works in partnership with t-rex .", "topic": 9}, {"text": "t-rex cafe is owned by landry 's , inc. , which started back in 1980 in katy , texas .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "landry 's went private in 2010 when tilman fertitta , the ceo of landry 's and a large shareholder , made an offer to buy all shares .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "landry 's is no longer traded on the nyse .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "the first t-rex cafe restaurant opened in the legends outlets kansas city in kansas city , kansas , followed by the opening of another at disney springs ( formerly downtown disney ) in walt disney world resort , orlando , florida on october 17 , 2008 .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "( it appears to have been themed around the rite of spring segment of fantasia . ) it features tyrannosaurus rex , apatosaurus , albertosaurus , triceratops , mammoths , stegosaurus , parasaurolophus , arthropleura , pterosaurs ( including pteranodon and rhamphorhynchus ) , sea jellies , large insect models , alongside a pachycephalosaurus , 13-foot wide octopus , and 2 fish tanks .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "there is a 2-min .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "meteor shower with various sized asteroids , and the ice cave turns from a blue or purple-pink color to orange to give the feeling it is melting , and all animals hoot , roar , and go berserk .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "t-rex has a fossil dig in which kids can uncover a t-rex or find their own fossils to keep and/or split a geode open .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "they have interactive touch screens that have games , toon clips , and things to learn about several of the creatures at the restaurant .", "topic": 11}, {"text": "outside there is an argentinosaurus skeleton and on the other side a parasaurolophus sits in a pond fed by a waterfall with some plants by it .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "the restaurant looks like a forest with snowy mountains in the middle . ", "topic": 7}], "title": "t - rex ( restaurant )", "paragraphs": ["\u201cif you are planning to visit orlando , you and your children will be pleased with the t - rex restaurant . \u201d in 170 reviews\nfor an appetite as big as t - rex ! chili con queso dip with tri - colored tortilla chips , brachiosaurus bruschetta , t - rex adillas and onion rings .\ncafe already i wouldnt bother with t rex cafe unless you ' re really into dinosaurs .\nwatched most of the warriors playoffs at t - rex . great bbq , loved the happy hour menu . nice drinks , awesome service . i give t - rex a thumbs up !\nt - rex may be on disney property but it is not your typical resort restaurant . the portions are large , the food is well prepared , the wait staff is courteous and professional . if you are visiting downtown disney try out the t - rex restaurant . they have menus for people of all ages .\nestaurant on disney property . for the haters on price head to applebees off property , there you are not paying for the show and amazing service . t rex is not a disney restaurant\nwe have eaten many times at t - rex . this was by far the best service we ' ve ever had .\nt - rex restaurant features a bar area and televisions for guests to view the latest game . it has a happy hour with specials throughout the week . this eatery also offers brunch on saturdays and sundays .\nt - rex looks like a must do , at least once to me . i have to agree about the pics\u2014they\u2019re wonderful . graet job and thanks .\nthis site is an excellent theme restaurant ! i went past april 20 , 2009 with my family .\n- imagine a mixture of cotton candy and spirits . this new t - rex discovery is available in three amazing flavors . plus you get to keep the shaker !\na prehistoric dining atmosphere . featuring full - service dining and retail shop . t - rex has a build - a - dino workshop by build - a - bear .\nenjoy tasty barbecue and more at t - rex restaurant . its casual setting is family friendly and features two floors for guests to dine . t - rex restaurant prepares creative dishes for meat lovers and veggie enthusiasts . an appetizer of chicken wings with spicy buffalo sauce , nachos topped with pulled pork or a garden salad will please the palate . guests can feast on an entr\u00e9e of shepherd ' s pie , memphis - style baby back ribs or grilled asparagus drizzled with olive oil . hearty sandwiches , soups and a variety of delicious sides are also on the menu .\ni plan on trying it out soon . i think this will be a very popular restaurant at downtown disney .\nchicken , roasted red bell peppers , green onions , monterey jack and cheddar cheeses grilled in flour tortillas . served with pico de gallo and t - rex avocado cream sauce .\nyour choice of tempura fried or blackened tilapia wrapped in flour tortillas and topped with red cabbage , fresh cilantro , pico de gallo and our t - rex avocado cream sauce .\nthe new t - rex restaurant at downtown disney near orlando , florida . scenes of several of the animatronic creatures and the decor of the themed areas . it wasn ' t until after i had been walking around for a good ten minutes before an employee approached me and asked me not to video tape . but since they didn ' t ask me to discard what i already have or not to post it , here it is !\ni am planning to dine at this restaurant at noon times ( between 12 : 00 - 16 : 00 ) - is it possible to dine in this restaurant without making prior reservation ( e . g by waiting or by asking to sit on the bar ) ? .\nlots of t shirts , key chains , etc . to take home with you .\nthis restaurant opened at downtown disney ( dtd ) at walt disney world in florida on october 14 th . this restaurant has a prime location in dtd . it is the first thing you see when you pull into the parking lot . it is located near mcdonald\u2019s and fulton\u2019s .\nsandwiches served with house - made bbq chips . sub fries for $ 1 . add cheese : blue , swiss , white cheddar - $ 1 , add avocado $ 1 , add t - rex bacon or guacamole $ 2\nwhen you have a reservation here , you have to come early . we came 8 . 50 pm , had a reservation for 9 pm , but didn ` t get a table before 9 . 20 pm . because this is a huge restaurant , but we didn ` t know that . i was still impressed by . . .\nt - rex cafe takes you on a prehistoric adventure you\u2019ll want to share with the entire family ! enjoy face - to - face encounters with life - sized dinosaurs , hands - on educational activities , delectable food and phenomenal retail .\nalways a good time at t - rex . great waitress with excellent service . the food can be hit or miss so you need to watch what you get . my wife ' s mushroom ravioli was very good . my chicken sandwich not so great .\neat , shop , explore and discover at t - rex cafe , featuring full - service dining , an interactive paleo zone and retail shop . t - rex transports you to a prehistoric world filled with enormous animatronic dinosaurs and delicious entr\u00e9es cooked in the kitchen of fire . unearth the past in our educational paleo zone , and enjoy the wide array of merchandise found in our dino store . also , visit the first - ever build - a - dino\u2122 by build - a - bear workshop \u00ae , where you can make your own dino friend .\nwe recently tried the food at the t - rex cafe at disney springs and were disappointed . we decided to stop in for a midweek lunch and while the dino themed decor was fun , the food was not good and way overpriced . we stayed and had lunch . . .\nyou check in at a podium outside and then when your \u201cexpedition\u201d party is announced you are directed inside . of course with everything at disney there is a gift shop inside the restaurant .\npoor service and reheated ribs . . . i traveled a long way for this ? i won ' t return .\nyour trust is our top concern , so businesses can ' t pay to alter or remove their reviews . learn more .\nchili con queso dip , bruschetta , t - rexadillas , onion rings . add st . louis style pork spareribs 7 . 99\nwe went to t - rex for brunch on mother ' s day and it was very good - - - especially the cornmeal pancakes . wait staff was very attentive . next time w ' er going for dinner and the bbq , which smelled delicious . and we ' re also looking forward to the housemade bbq chips .\nwe couldn ' t find you quickly enough ! try again later , or search near a city , place , or address instead .\ni was actually so pleasantly surprised by this restaurant . it ' s downtown disney and it is everything dinosaur with aquariums everywhere , i expected this restaurant to over charge you for semi - decent ( if even that ) food . to my surprise , my meal was actually excellent ! i ordered from their seasonal / special menu and got their lomo saltado and it was so good ! i love lomo saltado so i already had high expectations that they did not disappoint . it is soy sauce based compared to other places but it was still so good . i went with a group of ladies and all of their meals looked awesome as well . t - rex got the theme and food down pack - which can be hard to do . kudos to them !\ni would definitely recommend t - rex to anyone who loves smoked meat . you can smell the smoker from across the street ! i got half the smoked chicken with asparagus and mashed potatoes . my husband got the smoked brisket , mac and cheese with bacon and caesar salad . the smoked meats were the highlight of the meal .\nt - rex was one of our favorite restaurants , but over the last several years has faded in quality . we have gone back several times over the last year and each time with mixed results , our last visit however was definitely subpar . the cheeseburger was served on a bun that quickly fell apart , the burger did not taste good , and at $ 15 . was in our view overpriced . my wife said that her salmon sandwich had not enough salmon to fill most of the bun . we are writing this critical review because we hope that t - rex will return to an excellent everyday dining experience . but for now we need to express our disappointment .\ndidn ' t eat any of the food . steak was horrible , no taste to potatoes . didnt pay for meal , went somewhere else .\nthis restaurant is really loud ! food is good but overpriced ; but then most things in this part of the world are overpriced . dinosaur themed atmosphere is amazing . . . the kids will love it . definitely worth a visit .\nthis was a horrible dining experience . the service was slow and inattentive . the food was mediocre at best . the\nlean\nbrisket was extremely fatty . the coleslaw might have been stolen from kfc . we waited 20 minutes for the bill only to be told that the restaurant ' s computer system had crashed and that we needed to wait longer . after another 20 minutes we were allowed to leave after promising to mail a check once the restaurant could generate a bill . two days later we received a bill ( which we paid ) . there are many restaurants with way better bbq and far better service . don ' t go here !\n- chili con queso dip , bruschetta , t - rexadillas , onion rings . add st . louis style pork spareribs 7 . 99 - $ 19 . 99\ni took my grandson and daughter to disney to celebrate his birthday . like most 7 year olds , he loves dinosaurs , so what a better place to go . the theming is spot - on , who amongst us doesn ' t love being greeted by a big roaring t - rex ? it was so cool . . . . . literally , they have an ice cave inside . the food was good , just what you would expect at a kid / family oriented place . we shared the chicken nachos , which were huge . . . grandson had the chicken nuggets , dino shaped of course . the staff was very friendly and never left us wanting for anything . i can ' t wait to go back .\nthis looks like a fun place to dine\u2026i wouldn\u2019t expect anything from the food , though . that way , if it\u2019s any good , i can be pleasantly surprised .\nwe came to trex for my girlfriends fathers birthday and when we came inside we were very surprised with all the detail done to this restaurant with all the different dinosaurs and lighting . . the ribs were the best ! ! ! fall off the bone , perfectly seasoned and cooked . . the . . .\nwe tried t rex for brunch , having enjoyed the bbq there on many occasions . reserved on open table , but the hosts could find no record of it . putting diplomacy skills to work , the hosts rattled off names of other reserved parties , as if to suggest i ' d forgotten my name when booking . neither were they persuaded by the confirmation email i pulled up on my phone . i mentioned that , oddly enough , this reservation glitch happened once before but the hosts insisted they never ever had a problem . in the end , they granted us seating in a restaurant that was more than half empty with no other parties waiting for a table . once seated , the waiter admitted in a hushed voice that t rex has had problems with the open table reservations system . he asked us to report the problem to open table & copy them on the email . i think i would ' ve been willing to help troubleshoot had the hosts made an effort to make us feel at all welcome , or had the food been better . on to the food . the waiter recommended crab cakes benedict with poached eggs served on a bed of spinach . also ordered : chicken wings w / waffles & two eggs any style . while the eggs in the benedict order were nicely poached , the crab cakes were greasy on the outside and slimy inside . the presentation skimped on both hollandaise and spinach . this dish ordinarily comes with home fries & i asked to substitute whole wheat toast . what i got were pale , limp french fries . to the waiter ' s credit , he recognized the error and put in the toast order . a few minutes later , i was served white toast . wheat toast was again requested and produced on the 3rd try . the chicken wings were good ; the waffle woefully undercooked , doughy and limp . brown sugar kitchen has nothing to fear from t rex here . it ' s hard to go wrong with two eggs any style , especially when your ' style ' is scrambled , so no point deduction on that part of the order , but you can get two eggs almost anywhere . bottom line : t rex is good for bbq , but go elsewhere for brunch .\n\u00a9 2016 landry ' s inc . have a t - rexcellent tm day ! certain activities provided by this website may be covered by u . s . patent no . 5 , 930 , 474\n. sure , it is busy , noisy , and a bit kitschy , but that all is to be expected in disney springs . what i can ' t get enough of is the staff ! i have\nfood was good . service was excellent . the only thing i didn ' t like was that they took it upon themselves to write in a 22 % tip on the charge slip . because of the great service , i probably would have given them a little bit more , but i just didn ' t like the idea of them adding the tip . fyi , i used a passport card which says they can add an 18 % tip , but why 22 % ? usually a restaurant would add the tip to the food receipt , not the charge slip , which i should fill out and sign . oh well . like i said , the food is good . the nachos platter is huge and great for lunch . we ' ll give them another chance .\nhad the spinach and beet salad which was very good . the brussel sprouts side dish is good but would be better if they didn ' t steam the sprouts . probably should have pan fried and tossed them .\nwe didn ' t have a reservation . it seems if you go on a weekday the line is short . we waited 15 min . i heard them say on the weekends it can be a 3 hour wait .\nfirst , try refreshing the page and clicking current location again . make sure you click allow or grant permissions if your browser asks for your location . if your browser doesn ' t ask you , try these steps :\nwe couldn ' t find an accurate position . if you ' re using a laptop or tablet , try moving it somewhere else and give it another go . or , search near a city , place , or address instead .\npeople complain about the cost but my family had a blast ! ! ! what isn\u2019t expensive these days . i had a wiser than me older fellow tell me if you have the money just enjoy it because life is short and\nwe came here because my nephew loves dinosaurs . it ' s great that they have an area for the kids to play while waiting but it seemed like we waited a lot longer than the wait time we were given . when we were seated , the restaurant was dark and loud so it was hard to have a conversation while we ate . it also took a long time to get our food . granted , we did have a large party but the food took wayyyyyyy too long . the wait staff also forgot to bring our appetizer and the dessert took so long that we ended up just telling them to pack it up to go . it ' s definitely cool if you have kids that like dinosaurs because they ' ll love how the restaurant looks and having the dinosaurs all around . but i wouldn ' t recommend it for little toddlers because between the wait to get seated and the wait to get our food , the toddlers were hangry buy the time the food came .\nt - rex is an interesting place . it ' s made for kids and families . there are several sections and we sat in one with mammoths and other dinosaurs . every 15 min or so , the lights go out and the animatronics move and lights flash . my kid was a bit afraid of it , but it didn ' t seem to bother most . the food is something you ' ll find at like a chili ' s or applebees . burgers , salads , fish , ribs , etc . i got the rack of ribs which was okay . they were tender and fell off the bone . sauce was on the sweeter side . didn ' t care too much for the slaw , but decent . the server was nice and even gave my kid a cupcake when she found out it was her birthday . place is really busy , but the line moved fairly quickly . get a reservation if you must eat here , but we did standby and it was probably a 20 - 30 minute wait for a party of 3 .\nquite an interesting d\u00e9cor disney springs offers so much , and even late the area was full of people . we headed to t - rex caf\u00e9 , expecting a long wait even so late in the evening . there was a wait , only 40 minutes , but there was also a sign that they have open seating at the bar . although we were six , my wife has a knack of coming up with solutions and we found ourselves sitting together along the bar . the d\u00e9cor in the entire restaurant , including at the bar , was fantastic . we sat under a giant octopus and enjoyed watching a beautiful saltwater fish tank . i ' m sure tons of reviews describe the interior , so i won ' t struggle to come up with my own attempt to describe it again . on to the food . i had something called a triassic trio , and it was quite a trio . it was a char - grilled steak , a skewer of shrimp , and a dish of shrimp and scallops in a chimichurri sauce . the shrimp and scallop dish was superb , i absolutely loved the flavor of the sauce . the skewer of shrimp , which included pieces of onion and other usual skewer items , was also great . as for the steak , not as great but still fine . when i eat steak , which is seldom , i usually go for sirloin or ribeye , the more flavorful cuts . of course , this steak lacked flavor to me , and it wasn ' t that tender even though i got it rare . the dish also came with a good amount of wild raptor rice . i thought the busy bartender did a good job taking care of us . the food was a little slow . a few of us ordered appetizers as their meal and they came out first , followed by the entrees several minutes later . would have preferred everything to arrive at the same time . it was a good 30 minute wait for the entrees from the time we ordered . don ' t know if the order was staggered on purpose , which would be unfortunate , or it just worked out that way . i don ' t think a visit to orlando is complete without dining at one of these restaurant ' attractions ' . we were glad we experienced dining with dinosaurs .\nguess we were just a number to them . we got the bill and was waiting to pay when employees came out and sang happy birthday to another kid and gave him dessert . my girl didn\u2019t get a \ud83c\udfb6 or anything . very disappoint\nsides were good ; popular with the kids = 4 teenagers . since t . rex is a bbq joint , i was disappointed with the meat . it tended to be dry , not juicy . we ordered all the meats from smoker and seemed like they gave us meats that were sitting on the grill for longer than needed . that ' s why i wouldn ' t recommend it as a bbq place . service was spotty because we had to keep asking for stuff : no dishes & place settings when we arrived so had to ask for plates ; had to ask for bbq sauce ; had to ask for more napkins . at one point i had to get up and go to another table to get silverware . . . not a great message since i was charged a tip in advance because our group was 9 . don ' t think i would recommend this place to foodies like myself . finally , i was miffed about open table not allowing me to reserve a table for 7 pm that day . we were there from 6 - 8 : 30 pm and the whole upper floor was empty the whole time we were there . so , clearly there were tables / reservations available at 7 pm for our large group . not going to make reservations thru open table anymore . this has happened to me more than once and i don ' t want to put my dining dollars thru open table reservations anymore . . . .\nwe made a brunch reservation for a group of 10 for my birthday . we were the first to arrive at the restaurant when it opened and were seated right away . the experience went downhill from there . our waitress has a horrible attitude from the start , she made it seem like she was doing us a favor waiting on our table and i saw several eye rolls . she seemed inexperienced and i understand serving a large table can be daunting but it ' s part of your job in food service and customers shouldn ' t be able to tell you are overwhelmed or annoyed . after sitting for 10 minutes we still hadn ' t received our waters . i had to leave to table to ask to be given our water and drinks . i wasn ' t given my drink until close to the end of my meal which came out wrong . my husband ' s side dish was cold . i care too much about working people and sympathize too much with how it is to work a hard service job to not tip so i tipped the waitress above what her poor attitude and even worse service deserved . the food overall was not good . i cook better food at home . the fried chicken was burnt , ribs were dry , bread was stale . if it wasn ' t for the beautiful weather and the hike i had planned for the rest of the day this brunch could have seriously ruined my special day . i will never come back to this place . poor service , mediocre ( at best ) food .\nyou\u2019re really going here & paying for the atmosphere & the experience . wouldn\u2019t rave about the food . i had the meteor meatloaf . it was uncooked in the center because it\u2019s really a round ball rather than a loaf . the drinks are way overpriced and way . . .\nthis place is so cool ! i remember visiting here about 10 years ago and thinking to myself \u201ci can\u2019t wait until i have kids and can bring them here . \u201d when planning our 10 day disney trip this was the first table service meal we had ! . . .\ni had the ribs - they were overcooked and then covered with sauce to hide the fact . everything else was just fine . the potato salad , beans , and caesar salad were all good . service was a bit erratic , especially since things weren ' t very busy .\nmy personal favorite for the rooms was the ice room . i don\u2019t know if you can ask for different rooms but i would enjoy this one . all the rooms have lots to look at so it should keep everyone busy while they are dining . be sure to bring your camera .\noops ! we don ' t recognize the web browser you ' re currently using . try checking the browser ' s help menu , or searching the web for instructions to turn on html5 geolocation for your browser . you can also search near a city , place , or address instead .\nbooked a table for brunch on mother ' s day , thinking we were going to get some good southern cooking . instead , we found a mostly empty restaurant that should have been able to provide wonderful service and food . yet , it took almost 10 minutes before a server came to our table to greet us and take a drink order . . . despite walking by our table a half dozen times . we ordered food and the food took almost 40 minutes to get to the table - again , the restaurant was not even half full . my order of biscuits and\nbeef brisket\ngravy was awful . the biscuits were cold and the gravy seemed like it was made from a powder packet - there were no chunks of beef brisket , not even a sign of brisket in the luke warm white glaze . my wife ' s cornmeal pancakes were a disappointment , and the kids split a\nbanana battered french toast\nthat was anything but battered ( it looked more like re - heated frozen french toast from a box ) . even my coffee wasn ' t served hot . truly a disappointment on mother ' s day . we live in the neighborhood , and will not be back for a second visit .\nthe t - rex cafe is what you get if you take rainforest cafe and change all the gimmicks to cretaceous era dino ' s just before the meteor strike that wiped them out . for fun , every 20 minutes or so the entire place comes to life as though its actually happening again . people into dinosaurs will probably eat this up . for dinner i had the absurdly huge doublesaurus burger which was pretty decent . the waffle fries were a bit disappointing but the burger made up for it . to drink i had the lava flow which is basically a pi\u00f1a colada with strawberries on top . i highly recommend this adult beverage . overall the big drawback here is the big prices , but it is disney springs so you aren ' t really going to get anything on the cheap . i ' m not entirely sure i would come back , but if you are in the area and a member of you or a member of your family is into dinosaurs it really is likely to be an awesome experience for them .\nkathy , thanks for posting such wonderful photos . i think my 9 year old son would love to eat there \u2013 and we will be there next june . your comment indicates they are going to accept reservations , which really surprises me since the rainforest at dtd doesn\u2019t take them . but , i hope they do \u2013 i refuse to wait hours for mediocre food . lol\nthis establishment makes good cocktails and the food is adequate . most entrees are too big to finish so it ' s definitely two meals worth of food . in all honesty , i ' ve had better bbq , but there ' s isn ' t bad . my friend ordered her burger medium rare and it was delivered well - done making it dry and difficult to choke down .\nif your a carnivore this is the place for you . the bronco burger is huge and juicy and fred flinstone would be proud of you if you ate here and the ribs are delish ! the atmosphere is quite cave like with dino ' s every where the kidos will love it and don ' t forget to visit the gift shop . prices are a little high but you are at disney and yolo !\nthis is comparable to the rain forest cafe but instead of jungle animals you are surrounded by dinosaurs . very cool atmosphere and the kids absolutely love it . a little on the pricey side since you are in disney and you are going to pay those prices but it is worth it if you have never tried . i suggest you make a reservation otherwise you are in for a long wait based on the popularity of this restaurant . the food is average and you are only really going here for the entertainment value and not the food . when we make our trip back to disney next summer this will definitely be on our itinerary when we go to downtown disney !\ncertainly one of the best dinosaur restaurants . an animated dinosaur begged for dinner scraps the whole meal . the kids were terrified of the 3 ' bug , but it didn ' t hurt anyone while we were there at least . the kids loved it . there are several places to eat inside so if managed to make reservations back in the ice age , try eating in the ice cave . someone in line said they tried for two months to get reservations here . i guess we got lucky . very cool mood with great food and creative drinks .\ni had passed this interesting looking restaurant many times and thought i looked like a fun place to celebrate . the menu looked interesting and there was a trendy industrial look . however , the waitperson introduced herself by explaining how tired and out of it she was , so that if she forgot to bring the birthday dessert , we should remind her . we ordered a bottle of champagne , a full rack of ribs and some sides . i asked for water 3 times . when the salad came , it had not been dressed . it took 20 minutes . when the ribs came , they were dry and crisply overcooked . the 4 asparagus spears were tasty but meager . the waitperson was not around to order wine from , as we had only ordered a half bottle of champagne . we were told each time someone passed , how short staffed they were on that saturday night . we had to find her for the dessert and check as there was an event we were attending nearby . the pecan pie came after a long wait , served with 2 spoons . it was so dry it shattered when i finally got my spoon into this thing . overall , extremely extremely disappointing for a 65th celebration . next time we will go to e & j for ribs that will tenderly fall off the bone . feh .\nthis place is expensive . but this place is also delicious and a really cool experience , especially if you have kids ! ! my advice would be to put your name in as soon as you arrive to disney springs to avoid an absolutely ridiculous wait . there ' s also an option to make a reservation but i ' m not sure how . anyway on the fun stuff ! our waiter was very friendly and attentive even though the places was packed . everyone ' s food was delicious and came out without a problem . i ordered the lemon salmon over pasta , this was over a week ago and i ' m still thinking about it . salmon was flaky and nicely seasoned , veggies still had a nice bite , and the sauce was somehow rich and light at the same time . the light show ( asteroids ) and dinosaurs were really cool , my son couldn ' t stop looking around at the sights . there are differently themed rooms around the place , like an icey tundra and underwater . all are fantastic with aquariums and dinos in each room . there ' s also a boneyard ( sandpit ) for kids to ' find ' dino bones . we come here for a bit even when not eating here because it ' s covered and usually not too packed ! in summary there ' s cheaper places to eat but if you ' re going whole hog for the disney experience this is the place to do it !\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\ndis daily email updates : stay informed with all things disney and central florida ! enter your email address below to receive dis updates by email \u00e2\u20ac\u201d including news , blogs , podcasts , discounts , and disney updates .\ni arrived about 4 : 20 pm and was amazed to see so many people standing outside .\nthere is a fenced area where the kids can play in the sand and find some bones . with the crowd outside it was hard to find the area but it is to the right of where the safari car is located .\nthere is also a build a dino shop in the back where you can create your own dino .\nit\u2019s like finding your own artifacts right on the table . the kids should love it with all the dinosaurs .\nthey do move and roar . they have signs by them to indicate what type of dinosaur they are so you could use it as a learning exercise .\nkathy , i love the pix you include in your entries . as they say , a pix is worth\u2026\nthis place looks like a lot of fun . if i ever get to wdw with my dnephews , i\u2019d definitely take them there .\ngreat job kathy ! you really reviewed it well . the ice room is the best room in my opinion as well . have you eaten there since the review ? what\u2019d you think ?\ncopyright 2018 the dis unplugged disney podcast . powered by wordpress the information contained in this blog represent the opinion of the author , and not necessarily the opinion of the dis . this site is not affiliated in any way with the walt disney world company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries . for official information on walt disney world , click here advertising | terms of service | privacy policy | site dedication copyright \u00a9 1997 - 2018 , werner technologies , llc . all rights reserved .\ndisney springs tm 1676 east buena vista dr . lake buena vista , fl 32830\nsurround yourself with the sights and sounds of a prehistoric world when you explore this dinosaur - themed caf\u00e9 teeming with hands - on discovery zones and creative cuisine .\nwhen you book a disney vacation , you may opt to purchase a magic your way vacation package that includes one of our disney dining plans . each dining plan provides a set of entitlements you can redeem at select walt disney world dining locations . refer to your specific dining plan for the numbers of entitlements required per person for this location . ranges mean that entitlements vary based on factors including seating location , season or time of day . please call us , visit the location or check availability to learn the specific number of entitlements .\nbudding paleontologists will literally dig this area of exploration at the perfect shady spot to play before getting seated for your big dining adventure . fun features include a giant sand pit with hidden bones and basins to pan for precious stones and gems .\nguacamole , pepper jack cheese , lettuce , tomato , onion , pickle , brioche bun served with seasoned fries . mega - size 4 . 00\nslow - roasted st . louis style pork spareribs , bbq sauce , seasoned fries , coleslaw\nfire - roasted rotisserie chicken , slow - roasted st . louis style pork spareribs , seasoned fries , coleslaw\nhold on to your hats ! this drink , featuring skyy infusions citrus vodka , midori melon liqueur , malibu coconut rum , 99 bananas liqueur , sweet & sour and pineapple juice will blow you away .\nthis drink really packs a punch ! a mixture of captain morgan original spiced rum , banana liqueur , dekuyper peachtree schnapps and tropical fruit juices .\na frozen blend of icee flavors layered in our collectible souvenir cup that ' s yours to keep .\navailable december 2 , 3 , 9 , 10 , 16 , and 17 from 8 : 00 - 10 : 00 a . m . reservations can be made by calling ( 407 ) wdw - dine\nwe noticed that you ' re using an unsupported browser . the tripadvisor website may not display properly . we support the following browsers :\ntripadvisor gives a certificate of excellence to accommodations , attractions and restaurants that consistently earn great reviews from travelers .\nif you go here , the steak was absolutely amazing ! ! i had the triassic trio and was delicious ! ! i would so go there again and have it again .\nmy family loves this place so much that we go here every time we visit orlando ! definitely make reservations as it books up quickly and you have almost no chance as a walk in . if you can , ask to reserve a place in the ice . . .\nthe food was descent but the atmosphere was amazing . the service was amazing too . we will definitely be back . my 2 year old daughter was scared at first but loved it by the end .\nwe stop here on our visits here . a fun experience for the family around dinosaur theme . if you have smaller kids there is a time when lights go dim . thunder and lightning happens . plan accordingly . good variety on menu .\nour traditional chicken wings , tossed in buffalo sauce and served with carrots , celery and bleu cheese dressing .\ndig into these fried onion rings , piled high and served with our bbq ranch and buttermilk ranch dressings for dipping .\nmozzarella sticks lightly breaded , fried to a golden brown and served with our marinara sauce .\nstart at the summit of this delicious heap of tri - colored tortilla chips topped with seasoned ground beef , melted queso , black beans , pico de gallo , green onions , cheddar cheese and sour cream .\ngolden - fried chicken tenders breaded with coconut , piled high and served with our coconut curry and honey mustard sauces .\ntraditional sherry - based onion soup baked with a large crouton and bubbling swiss cheese .\nfresh mixed greens tossed with carrots , cucumbers and roma tomatoes , served with your choice of dressing .\ngrilled chicken , romaine and iceberg lettuce , black olives , cucumbers , carrots , blue cheese crumbles and dried cranberries tossed in a raspberry vinaigrette dressing and topped with candied pecans .\niceberg , romaine and baby greens with goat cheese , strawberries , dried cranberries , red onions and candied pecans . tossed in a balsamic vinaigrette dressing .\nrotisserie chicken , mixed greens , celery , tomatoes , blue cheese crumbles , chopped egg and bacon . tossed in a balsamic vinaigrette dressing .\nbuild your combo with your choice of soup and either any half sandwich or any half salad .\nadd a jurassic salad or lava tomato basil soup for $ 5 . 99 .\nfresh pasta layered with tomato and meat sauce , ricotta , mozzarella and parmesan cheeses , baked to perfection and served with caesar salad .\nwalk on the wild side with our massive mushroom ravioli simmered in a rich lobster cream sauce with roma tomatoes and fresh spinach .\nall burgers are served with potato chips . substitute waffle fries for $ 0 . 99 , add a jurassic salad , caesarsaurus salad , asteroid french onion soup or tomato basil soup for $ 4 . 49 , super - size any burger with a second beef patty for $ 2 . 99\na 100 % beef burger piled high with a fried onion ring and your choice of lettuce , tomato , pickles and cheese .\na true carnivores choice ! two 100 % beef burger patties piled high with a fried onion ring and your choice of lettuce , tomato , pickles and cheese .\na 100 % beef burger topped with our smokin\u2019 mojo bbq sauce , cheddar cheese , bacon and a fried onion ring . served with your choice of lettuce , tomato and pickles .\na 100 % beef burger topped with guacamole , a fried onion ring , pepper jack cheese , crispy bacon and your choice of lettuce , tomato and pickles .\nall sandwiches and wraps are served with potato chips . substitute waffle fries for $ 0 . 99 . add a jurassic salad , caesarsaurus salad , asteroid french onion soup or tomato basil soup for $ 4 . 49\ngrilled chicken , tossed with tarragon , celery , onions , toasted almonds and mayonnaise . served on a croissant with lettuce and tomato .\na classic reuben with corned beef , melted swiss cheese , steamy sauerkraut and thousand island dressing on grilled marble rye , served with coleslaw .\ntraditional - style cheese steak with sauteed onions and peppers , topped with melted monterrey jack and swiss cheeses , served with lettuce and tomatoes on a toasted hoagie roll .\noven baked pizza dough with grilled chicken , lettuce , bacon , pepper jack cheese , avocado , tomato and lemon aioli .\na traditional blt with shaved turkey breast , pepper jack cheese and mayonnaise on toasted white bread . served with coleslaw .\nadd a jurassic salad , caesarsaurus salad , asteroid french onion soup or tomato basil soup for $ 4 . 49 . add waffle fries for $ 0 . 99\nbreaded beef steak fried golden brown , topped with country gravy and served with red skinned garlic mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables .\ncharbroiled flat iron steak served with our tender tar pit fried shrimp and tempura shrimp . served with red skinned garlic mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables\nseasoned grilled chicken breast sauteed with spinach , onions , roasted red bell peppers , zucchini , peas and mushrooms served over red skinned garlic mashed potatoes in a light tomato and roasted red bell pepper broth .\ntender , slow - roasted pork ribs , basted with bbq sauce . served with your choice of two of the following sides : red skinned garlic mashed potatoes , waffle fries , raptor rice , baked beans , cinnamon apples , coleslaw or seasonal vegetables .\na hearty combination of fire - roasted rotisserie chicken and sly\u2019s st . louis ribs . served with your choice of two of the following sides : red skinned garlic mashed potatoes , waffle fries , raptor rice , baked beans , cinnamon apples , coleslaw or seasonal vegetables .\nfire - roasted rotisserie chicken , sly\u2019s st . louis ribs and tar pit fried shrimp served with your choice of two of the following sides : red skinned garlic mashed potatoes , waffle fries , raptor rice , baked beans , cinnamon apples , coleslaw or seasonal vegetables\nadd a jurassic salad , caesarsaurus or tomato basil soup for 3 . 99 . add waffle fries for 40 . 99 . add asteroid french onion soup for $ 4 . 99 .\ntender shrimp tempura - battered and fried , served with roasted vegetables , jasmine rice and an orange wasabi sauce for dipping .\ntender shrimp lightly fried golden brown , served with tartar and cocktail sauces , waffle fries and coleslaw .\nflaky cod fish , golden fried , served english - style with tartar sauce , waffle fries and coleslaw .\nfillet of salmon seared on a cedar plank and topped with a roasted hazelnut and frangelico butter , served with seasonal vegetables and raptor rice .\na combination of our fish & chips , tempura shrimp and tar pit fried shrimp served with waffle fries , coleslaw and dipping sauces .\nwarm chocolate and vanilla donut holes , with powdered sugar . served with caramel and chocolate sauces for dipping .\na gigantic portion of chocolate fudge cake served with ice cream , fresh whipped cream drizzled with fudge and caramel sauces and sprinkled with butterfinger\u00ae crumbs . enough for two or more\nnote : your question will be posted publicly on the questions & answers page .\nown or manage this property ? claim your 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{"id": 56472, "summary": [{"text": "bertrams is the second largest united kingdom based wholesaler of books , owned since 2009 by smiths news .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "it has 190,000 titles available for same-day despatch and has access to over 600k books in print .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "the group includes bertram books , bertram publisher services and bertram library services .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "the company was founded in 1971 by elsie bertram and her son kip , based on a business which elsie had been running since 1965 in a chicken shed in the garden of her norwich home .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "it had and still does have independent booksellers as its core customers .", "topic": 6}, {"text": "bertrams was bought by woolworths group in 2007 .", "topic": 0}, {"text": "the acquisition was reviewed by the competition commission .", "topic": 35}, {"text": "the retail business of woolworths group and its distribution firm entertainment uk entered administration in november 2008 , although bertrams did not as it operated as a separate division within the group .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "woolworths group entered into administration itself in january 2009 .", "topic": 10}, {"text": "bertrams entered administration on 20 march 2009 and sold on the same day by ernst & young in a \" pre-pack \" deal to smiths news ( now connect group ) for \u00a3 8,611,622 . ", "topic": 10}], "title": "bertrams", "paragraphs": ["please note that bertrams is not ideal for children , and we recommend that families choose one of our sister hotels in copenhagen .\nin 1971 the bertrams formed bertram books and exchanged the chicken sheds for rented warehouse space . within months bertrams had become one of the main book wholesalers in britain , promising next - day delivery to booksellers up and down the country . in later years they added internet suppliers such as amazon to their list of clients .\nthis intimate boutique hotel is located in the hip vesterbro district of copenhagen . bertrams is guldsmeden hotels ' smallest and most intimate copenhagen hotel , and the fortyseven beautiful rooms\nsmiths news has bought bertrams , bringing to an end the wholesaler ' s four - month search for a new suitor . the total transaction value of the takeover is \u00a38 . 6m . . .\nif you\u2019re looking for a single source supplier who can help you build , develop or transform your business you\u2019ve come to the right place . the bertrams team are on hand to offer ongoing personalised support .\nhudson said :\npublishers are delighted that smiths news has acquired bertrams and that they have a firm commitment to the future development of the company . bertram ' s customers can once again trade with them in the confidence of knowing that the prospects for the company are bright and that bertrams service levels will soon return to pre - crisis levels .\nmark cashmore , c . e . o . of smiths news , said :\nwe believe this represents an excellent strategic opportunity for smiths news to broaden our business and to utilise further our specialist distribution skill set in the uk . we believe smiths news is extremely well placed to move bertram ' s business forward and capitalise on a number of exciting opportunities .\nbertrams | the had been trading with the top five publishers on a pro - forma basis following woolworths going into administration . hudson said that publishers and distributors would be working closely with bertrams | the to return availability to\npre - crisis norms\n. he added :\nenormous credit must go to michael neil and his team for delivering bertrams into new ownership .\nas company secretary , elsie bertram continued to work a 12 - hour day until the company was sold in 1999 , when she was 86 . by this time bertrams had some 750 staff and an annual turnover of around \u00a370 million .\nbertrams guldsmeden is the smallest of the guldsmeden hotels in copenhagen , and this 47 - room oasis opened in 2005 . the whole ground floor of bertrams consists of cosy lounge areas , caf\u00e9 and garden . there are so many great places in this neighbourhood \u2013 a huge selection of restaurants & caf\u00e9s , great shopping if you\u00b4re after something cool and unusual , art galleries and music venues , and lovely parks just a short walk away . ask us , if you need pointers or recommendations !\nsmiths news has bought bertrams , bringing to an end the wholesaler ' s four - month search for a new suitor . the total transaction value of the takeover is \u00a38 . 6m for the business , which had sales in 2008 of \u00a3122 . 5m .\nstayed for two nights at the bertrams guldsmeden hotel in june 2018 . copenhagen hotels are expensive , and , in general , not the greatest quality or value . thus we were particularly thrilled to find this hotel - - not ridiculously expensive , and with great service . there ' s a simplicity to . . .\nthe link with paul hamlyn proved crucial . in 1968 the publisher was experiencing union troubles at his main warehouse at rushden , but succeeded in finding vans to break the picket lines and take a large quantity of books to norwich . the bertrams ( elsie had by now been joined by her eldest son , kip ) became hamlyn ' s wholesale supplier to the whole country .\nfor the year ended 3 february 2008 , bertram reported revenue of \u00a3122 . 5m , earnings before interest , tax , depreciation and amortisation of \u00a34 . 5m and profit before tax of \u00a32 . 6m . the value of the gross assets being acquired by smiths news is \u00a323 . 9m . woolworths group placed its wholesaler euk and retail business into administration on 29th november . the business had failed to find a buyer for its retail wing . bertrams | the had a separate banking facility to woolworths and therefore was not liable for the debt owed by its parent company and did not go into administration .\nand lovely secluded courtyard are an oasis in a quiet area of vesterbro . our philosophy is simple : create a home not a hotel . make our home a place all would want to live in - even if just for a weekend - in the heart of one of copenhagen ' s most vibrant boroughs - vesterbro . stylish and relaxed , bertrams guldsmeden welcomes guests to a whole new copenhagen experience , combining art and leisure in an intimate residential atmosphere . built in the late 1800 ' s our design , decor and amenities are steeped in signature balinese - inspired roots featuring a soothing spirit that is warm , distinctive and inviting . all products , furnishings and services are organic and / or fair - trade . our only forty seven guest rooms are set in well - appointed , intimate surroundings with details that are discovered in unexpected places . our spirit is rooted in the true essence of friendly , traditional service . located within a short distance to the center of copenhagen , our guests benefit from simple access to outdoor bliss , shopping , dining , sightseeing and nightlife and the ability to return to a warm whimsical oasis . families with children will be better served at the other guldsmeden hotels properties in copenhagen , where extra beds and appropriate services are offered . we do require of guests to be over 18 years of age .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nelsie bertram , who has died aged 91 , founded a book distribution business from a chicken shed in the garden of her home in norwich ; her company , bertram books , is now the largest book wholesaler in britain .\na formidable woman of prodigious energy , elsie bertram became involved in the book trade in her fifties , after the younger of her two children had left home . in 1965 she became the wholesale distributor for pan paperbacks in east anglia , warehousing the books in her chicken shed . by sheer hard work and force of personality , she achieved a dramatic increase in turnover in her patch . soon she added the hamlyn children ' s book list and the warehouse expanded to two chicken sheds .\nbeady - eyed and shrewd , elsie bertram demanded the same high standards of others as she did of herself , and could be critical of those who fell short . she had forthright views about business - unions were not tolerated and neither , for many years , was computerisation . she took personally any criticisms of the business , as she did any failure to settle accounts on time . yet she was a woman of great charm and her steely determination was always tempered by kindness . on one occasion she took a van and driver to a bookseller on the verge of bankruptcy to rescue\nher\nstock ; then she took the driver and the unfortunate bookseller out to lunch .\ndespite her celebrity in the book trade , elsie bertram was not a reader . one interviewer who visited her home in norwich observed that there were no books to be seen . when pressed to say what she liked reading , she admitted that there had been a volume of short stories which she had once enjoyed - but she could recall neither title nor author .\nshe was born elsie hacking in county durham on june 2 1912 . her father , a dealer in cattle medicines , sent her to a private school from which she won a scholarship to the high school at stockton on tees . but she was not an outstanding pupil and , after leaving school , she took a clerical job with ici . there she met edward bertram , who also sold farming medicines ; they married in 1935 . they moved to king ' s lynn in norfolk , where elsie lost two children in infancy , then to norwich , where they had two sons .\nduring the second world war , while her husband went into army intelligence , elsie bertram took over his job selling farm medicines and drove ambulances for the st john ambulance brigade . after the war she ran a small chicken farm from the sheds in their back garden .\nboth elsie bertram ' s sons were diabetics , and in later life she devoted her considerable persuasive energies to campaigning to raise money to improve services for people with the disease . in 1987 she set up the norfolk diabetes appeal with a lump sum of \u00a3120 , 000 from her own pension fund , and then raised more than \u00a31 . 5 million for a diabetic unit at the west norwich hospital .\nevery six months she would hold a sale of damaged books , with the proceeds going to the appeal . the elsie bertram diabetes centre subsequently relocated to the new norfolk and norwich hospital , and further fundraising enabled the establishment of a specialist eye clinic at the centre . when the prince of wales opened the new centre in 1991 , he presented elsie bertram with a basket of purple brussels sprouts from his kitchen garden at highgrove ; never one to pass up a fundraising opportunity , she later sold one of the sprouts for \u00a31 , 000 for the appeal .\nelsie bertram was always elegantly and fashionably dressed . she had a large collection of exotic hats - red was her favourite colour - and the crowds at the annual norfolk show were always curious to see what\nelsie\nwas wearing this year . she became a familiar fixture on the publishing circuit , where , despite her advancing years and limited stature , she always cut a dash . on one occasion she turned up at a booker prize dinner in a dress inspired by a portrait of queen elizabeth i .\nas her health declined , elsie bertram would joke that she wanted a glass - topped coffin so that she could\ncheck\non all those who attended her funeral . she suggested the coffin should be bound with bertram books sticky tape - so as not waste such a good advertising opportunity . elsie bertram ' s husband died in 1987 , the same year as she was appointed mbe . she died on october 26 , and his survived by her two sons .\nthe news will come as a huge relief to all sides of the book trade . ian hudson , president of the publishers association , said publishers were\ndelighted\n: debts will be repaid in full over the next four months , with the aim of returning stock availability to\npre - crisis norms\n. tim hely hutchinson , group chief executive of hachette uk , said :\nmy colleagues and i warmly welcome today\u2019s announcement that bertram has been acquired by smiths news . i am personally delighted at the prospect of working again with my much - respected former colleagues from smiths news .\nmichael neil , group m . d . of bertram , said :\nthis is a great opportunity for bertram . we are looking forward to being part of the smiths news group with its strong and stable financial base . the bertram business neatly complements smiths news ' areas of commercial interest .\nin an announcement to the city , smiths news said that about \u00a37m of working capital would be injected into the wholesaler by the end of august\nto increase stock availability and thereby customer service\n. smiths news plc was created when it split away from the w h smith group on 1st september 2006 : like whs it dates its origins back to 1792 . it had annual sales in 2008 of \u00a31 . 2bn .\nplease note : the use of wildcards ( * ) are accepted on the following fields : title , author .\n\u00d7 there are tables present on this page . depending on the size of the table and your device , these tables may be horizontally scrollable .\nwelcome to bertram books , a single source of supply from 5 , 000 publishers to you . with 50 years\u2019 experience in supplying the book trade in over 100 countries worldwide , you can rely on us to support your business .\nin my 25 years in bookselling i can honestly say that bertline is the most user - friendly epos system i have ever used .\ndownload the appropriate application form below or email us at sales @ urltoken or international @ urltoken and we\u2019ll aim to answer any queries you have and make the process of becoming a bertram\u2019s customer as quick and easy as possible .\nwe use locally reared meat and locally sourced products wherever possible for the finest and the freshest ingredients . we\u2019re highly appraised by the taste lancashire scheme . did you know that bertram\u2019s was one of only a select few restaurants chosen to enter a dish into\nit\u2019s the place to \u2018see and be seen ' and it ' s open friday & saturday evenings from 8 . 30pm till late\nthe gift for those with impeccable taste - a bertram\u2019s gift voucher makes the perfect present for any occasion .\ncritically acclaimed , bertram\u2019s restaurant within crow wood , burnley , lancashire is a unique and modern adult - only restaurant and cocktail bar located in 100 acres of countryside affording spectacular views of pendle hill and the rolling hills . an eclectic mix of modern and retro makes for a stunning dining experience offering delicious and creative food , cocktails and live music plus some special menus midweek\u2026\nif you\u2019re looking for the perfect place to lunch in burnley , whether it be for business or pleasure , you\u2019ll be glad you chose to visit bertram\u2019s . so relaxed is our restaurant , we even allow our spa day guests to dine in their robes at lunchtime should they wish to do so . we\u2019re open to serve coffee , delicious light bites or something more substantial for those with a hearty appetite and of course an impromptu perhaps celebratory cocktail\u2026\nat night the restaurant comes alive with an evening brasserie atmosphere that you would expect to find in the most cosmopolitan of cities .\nsubscribe to our e - news to be the first to hear about events and special offers .\nand if you\u00b4re in the mood for company\u2013 join us for a drink , a coffee , a chat or just a relaxing moment in our cosy lounge and garden .\nour garden is one of our favourite places in the world \u2013 any time of the year , it is an unexpected oasis in a busy urban area . we have lots of warm rugs and blankets available , so rain or shine , there\u00b4s always an opportunity for a breath of fresh air !\nthe delicious and wholly organic breakfast is served in our cosy restaurant every day \u2013 155 dkk per person .\nwe\u00b4re located on vesterbrogade 107 , a residential district in copenhagen city . below you will find useful tips on transportation in and around copenhagen .\nyou will land at copenhagen airport ( cph ) . the easiest way from the airport is by taxi . however if you are set on public transport , we recommend the train to the central station ( k\u00f8benhavn h ) , and then a brisk 12 \u2013 15 minute walk . alternatively , you can take bus 6a from the central station ( 3 stops to enghavevej \u2013 towards r\u00f8dovrehallen ) . if you choose public transport instead of taxi , then take the regular train service to the central station . here are directions to the hotel by foot from the central station :\n1 head south - west on baneg\u00e5rdspladsen 32 m 2 turn right to stay on baneg\u00e5rdspladsen 110 m 3 turn left at vesterbrogade , destination will be on the left 1 . 2 km the taxi will cost about kr . 300 , 00 and take roughly 25 minutes . public transport can take upwards on an hour and costs ca . 80 , 00 per person . trains : cph central station for local and intercity transport . routes and timetables can be seen on urltoken metro : the station closest to us is forum on rosen\u00f8rns alle , a few stops away with the bus 3a . the metro will take you to key locations in the inner city , as well as to the lovely canal area close to christiania . routes and timetables can be seen on urltoken buses : 6a every 5 minutes will take you \u201cdown - town\u201d through vesterbrogade or \u201cuptown\u201d to the zoo . bus 3a every 6 minutes will take you across town via n\u00f8rrebro to \u00f8sterbro . more information about tickets for public transport can be seen on the following link citypass\nfollow the motorway exit signs for the city centre ( r\u00e5dhuspladsen ) . vesterbrogade starts out from r\u00e5dhuspladsen . parking : math\u00e6usgade parking house ( fee applies ) \u2013 600 meters from hotel . alternative on the nearby streets ( fee applies ) . unfortunately private parking is no longer available . additional information regarding parking is provided on the city of copenhagen\u2019s website . bikes : copenhagen is big on bicycles \u2013 blend in with the locals and rent a bike . please note that there are a limited number of bikes available at the hotel . booking our bike package will guarantee you a bike .\nyour home from home in beautiful northumberland . enjoy a relaxing stay in our newly renovated bed & breakfast or pop in to our cosy caf\u00e9 & courtyard for some delicious home - cooked food . we ' re open 7 days a week , 9am - 7pm !\nour cafe in warkworth serves the very best of northumberland produce . we are open every day serving breakfast 9am - 12pm , lunch 12 - 6pm and afternoon tea 3 - 6pm . tea , coffee and homebaked cakes and scones and served all day . we are fully licensed serving a great selection of beers , wines , ciders and gins . our cosy cafe has two log burning stoves to warm you up on cooler days and on warmer days we have a beautiful sheltered courtyard full of colourful plants and pots . dogs and muddy boots are very welcome . we do not take bookings in the cafe , just turn up , if we are busy we operate a waiting list and will get you a table as soon as we can .\nour 5 boutique bed and breakfast rooms opened in may 2017 . all rooms have been decorated and furnished to a very high standard with voyage maison wall art and fabrics and barker and stonehouse furniture . room rates include a hearty breakfast which is served downstairs in the cafe . rooms 1 and 2 are dog friendly .\nwe noticed that you ' re using an unsupported browser . the tripadvisor website may not display properly . we support the following browsers :\nthe price you found is 18 % lower than this hotel ' s average rate of $ 199 / night .\nwe analyze rates over a 60 day period , and compare your selection to the average rate of comparable stays to ensure you ' re getting the best possible deal .\nprices are the average nightly price provided by our partners and may not include all taxes and fees . taxes and fees that are shown are estimates only . please see our partners for more details .\nthis award is our highest recognition and is presented annually to the top 1 % of businesses across select categories .\n{\ncontainerclass\n: null ,\ncontainerattributes\n: null ,\nwidget\n: {\nname\n:\nibex _ photo _ carousel\n,\ntemplate\n:\nibex _ photo _ carousel _ _ widget\n,\nmodulelist\n: [\nhandlers\n] ,\ndivclasses\n:\nprw _ rup prw _ ibex _ photo _ carousel\n,\njs\n: {\nhandlers\n:\n( ta . prwidgets . getjs ( this , ' handlers ' ) )\n} ,\ndust\n: {\nnav _ controls\n:\nibex _ photo _ carousel _ _ nav _ controls\n} } ,\nscriptflags\n: null }\nplease visit one of our 2 partner sites to see rooms from $ 163 .\nif you are looking for a warm welcome , great service , friendly staff then this boutique hotel is for you . a 15 mins walk from the central station it is dedicated to organic and environmentally friendly products . it is inexpensive and a magnificent breakfast buffet ! the . . .\nstaff excellent , room was great - good size bathroom and room , four poster bed was very comfy . the location is a bit of a walk to the main areas but i quite liked that . choice of superb food right round the corner as well\nwe had a very enjoyable two night stay here earlier this week . the hotel is in vesterbro , which is about a 20 minute walk to the centre of the city . there is also a bus stop right outside which you can use and , whilst the . . .\nwe spend two nights in this great hotel . breakfast is abundant and eco friendly . the rooms are average size , but the beds are perfect . the hotel is near the city center , and a bus stop is right in front of the hotel .\nstar ratings indicate the general level of features and amenities to expect . they are provided to tripadvisor by third - party partners such as expedia and giata\ntripadvisor gives a certificate of excellence to accommodations , attractions and restaurants that consistently earn great reviews from travelers .\nnote : your question will be posted publicly on the questions & answers page .\n? all rooms have bathrooms - 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{"id": 56473, "summary": [{"text": "5rocks is a company established in south korea that specializes in providing business intelligence for lifetime value maximization for mobile game developers , publishers and ad network service providers .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "its analytics tool offers not only analysis but also operation tool for mobile game clients .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "based on its unique cohort analytics and combined operation , mobile game operator or developer are enabled to communicate with their game users .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "5rocks provides push notification and in-app-campaign such as announcement , in-app product promotion , rewards , and cross promotion .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "in apr 2014 , the company announced that it had secured more than 400 clients over the world .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "5rocks is funded by kddi , adways , stonebridge capital and recently global brain . ", "topic": 39}], "title": "5rocks", "paragraphs": ["5rocks is a korean startup that provides a mobile game analytics service , \u201c5rocks\u201d .\nc / c + + apis provided by 5rocks android sdk and 5rocks ios sdk are the same .\nthese messages will be viewable from developer console on 5rocks dashboard , in realtime .\nfor content - related callbacks , implement tapjoy delegate methods instead of 5rocks delegates .\nmobile monetization and ad - tech firm tapjoy has acquired korean analytics and marketing automation firm 5rocks .\ndebug mode ( default : no ) 5rocks sdk supports debug mode to facilitate your development process .\nhttps ( default : no ) you can set whether 5rocks sdk will use https instead of http .\nfirst of all , you should integrate partytrack sdk and 5rocks sdk to your game / app respectively .\nonce you obtain the certificate , upload it to the 5rocks dashboard . read how to configure push certificates for more information .\ncheck the deployment target of your app project . for 5rocks sdk to work properly , deployment target must be ios 5 . 0 or higher .\napp id and app key can obtained from the 5rocks dashboard under [ game / app settings ] once your create a new game / app .\nlee and the entire 5rocks team are joining the tapjoy organization effective immediately . lee will assume the role of vice president of publisher analytics and insights .\nto active the use of 5rocks campaigns , you must first assign a placement to designate at which point of the application you\u2019d like to show campaigns .\n5rocks provides a c / c + + api on development environments that use android ndk and c / c + + , such as cocos2d - x .\n. . . # include ' fiverocksc . h\n/ / 5rocks c api . . . fiverocks _ trackevent (\nsome event\n) ; . . .\n5rocks , which was founded in september 2010 , raised 2 billion krw ( 1 . 8 million usd ) in a series a round from stonebridge capital in may 2011 .\nseoul - based 5rocks is known for its data science expertise , deep reporting , predictive analytics , and customer relationship management services . tapjoy will bring these services into its ngen ad monetization platform .\n. . . # include ' fiverockscpp . h\n/ / 5rocks c + + api . . . using namespace fiverocks ; . . . fiverocksbridge : : trackevent (\nsome event\n) ; . . .\n5rocks - ios - sdk / # top directory readme * # this documentation fiverocks . h # fiverocks objective c header fiverocksc . h # fiverocks c header fiverockscpp . h # fiverocks cpp header libfiverocks . a # fiverocks library\nthe code below shows an example configuration for a user with id demouser1 who is at level 1 and has 3 friends . once this is done for all users , you can run a cohort analysis by user level and friend count from the 5rocks dashboard .\n\u201cthe acquisition of 5rocks is a transformative moment for tapjoy , as the combined platforms allow us to quickly integrate best - in - class publisher analytics and insights with the industry\u2019s leading mobile ad platform to create what we call an \u2018app - tech\u2019 solution for mobile publishers , \u201d said steve wadsworth , president and ceo of tapjoy , in a statement . \u201c5rocks\u2019 services are complementary to what we have built at tapjoy , and our combined platforms and team will have the technology , products , and expertise to increase advertising effectiveness and help further define the future of app engagement and monetization services . \u201d\nhunter hk is a simple shooting game built on cocos2d - x . although the 5rocks integration code is written in c + + here , you can easily change it to java with simple grammar altercations . both android sdk and ndk ( version 8 or less ) are required to build this game .\n5rocks allows you to send push messages to specific user segments . here , the message will only deploy to devices that were registered by the previous day at the latest . to test push notification immediately after the sdk integration , you can set up test devices . refer to testing push notification for more information .\n\u201cour mission at 5rocks has always been to enable the world\u2019s leading mobile game developers to maximize the life - time value of their users . as we looked at expanding our technology we needed a leading global platform and top sales team , and it was obvious that tapjoy was the perfect partner , \u201d said changsu lee , ceo and founder of 5rocks . \u201chaving an innovative and award - winning silicon valley company acquire a korean start - up validates our hard work and technological leadership in korea . we\u2019re very excited to join the tapjoy family , and we look forward to continuing to improve the ways app developers across the globe identify and monetize their high - value users . \u201d\nloading campaign content takes time and requires a connection to the 5rocks server . thus , there is a chance campaign content is loaded completely when hasplacementcontent is called as above . if you preload the content prior to calling and display it conditionally ( based on whether or not you have finished loading the content ) , then you can use the methods described above .\nrecognized for its technical excellence , 5rocks received 2 . 55 billion krw ( 2 . 3 million usd ) from japanese venture capital firm , global brain , in august 2013 and launched in the japanese market . the company currently has about 450 clients around the world , including in south korea , japan , us , canada , brazil , turkey , russia , germany , singapore , malaysia , and thailand , and is planning to enter the u . s . market in 2014 .\ntapjoy\u2019s maximum mobile impact platform drives peak performance for the world\u2019s top brands and highest - grossing app developers . fuel your mobile success with the data , technology , and expertise that delivers unparalleled results .\nlearn how to connect with today\u2019s 1 . 9 billion gamers . download report now .\n\u00a92018 tapjoy , inc . all rights reserved . tapjoy and the tapjoy logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of tapjoy , inc . all third party logos and trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners .\nits main service feature is segment - specific user behavior analytics that provides detailed analysis of users appropriate to the characteristics of different types of games , and enables the simultaneous operation and marketing of a game based on those results .\nsign up for a free crunchbase account to follow and track organizations you care about .\nterms of service | privacy policy | \u00a9 2018 crunchbase inc . all rights reserved .\ndescriptive keyword for an organization ( e . g . saas , android , cloud computing , medical device )\nthis field describes an organization ' s most recent funding status ( e . g . early stage venture , late stage venture , m & a )\nlast funding round type ( e . g . series a , seed , private equity )\nauto - generated name of transaction ( e . g . whatsapp acquired by facebook )\ntransaction name : auto - generated name of transaction ( e . g . angel - uber )\nthe ai event of the year for growth marketers . aug . 21 - 22\nthe best in ai . an invite - only executive event . oct . 22 - 23\nthe move repositions tapjoy as a consolidator and an \u201capp - tech leader\u201d with a full offering of monetization services for mobile app and game makers .\nsan francisco - based tapjoy did not disclose the terms of the deal . now tapjoy can offer services for driving revenue , maximizing lifetime value ( the amount of money generated by a user over the lifetime of an app ) , predictive analytics , and marketing automation . it can , for instance , predict when a user is about to drop out of a game and will do something about it like making an offer of free content .\nthe consolidation follows other similar combinations such as the merger of kontagent and playhaven last year . those companies combined analytics and marketing services to form a new company called upsight . like upsight , tapjoy will offer a simpler software development kit that combines multiple services . unity technologies also recently bought applifier and playnomics .\ntapjoy is backed by top - tier investors , including j . p . morgan asset management , rho ventures , north bridge venture partners , interwest partners , and d . e . shaw ventures .\ncreate new directory ,\nfiverocks\nin your app project , then copy all files in the sdk into it .\nadd libfiverocks . a and security . framework by clicking the \u2018 + \u2019 button to link binary with libraries of build phases .\nadd the following lines of code to appdelegate . m to enable session tracking .\ntip ! you can test the integration by creating a test - app and input the official app id and key once the integration is complete . this will make managing data easier .\ncall startsession , endsession methods in appropriate places to open and close each session .\n- ( bool ) application : ( uiapplication * ) application didfinishlaunchingwithoptions : ( nsdictionary * ) launchoptions { [ fiverocks startsession : @\nyour _ app _ id\nwithappkey : @\nyour _ app _ key\n] ; [ fiverocks applicationdidfinishlaunchingwithoptions : launchoptions ] ; self . window . rootviewcontroller = self . viewcontroller ; [ self . window makekeyandvisible ] ; return yes ; } - ( void ) applicationwillterminate : ( uiapplication * ) application { [ fiverocks endsession ] ; } - ( void ) applicationdidbecomeactive : ( uiapplication * ) application { [ fiverocks startsession : @\nyour _ app _ id\nwithappkey : @\nyour _ app _ key\n] ; } - ( void ) applicationwillresignactive : ( uiapplication * ) application { [ fiverocks endsession ] ; }\nif your application supports background tasks , you should terminate the session when the app goes to background ( if you don\u2019t , we may overestimate user\u2019s session length ) .\nfor monetization statistics , call [ fiverocks trackpurchase : currencycode : price : campaignid : witherror : ] method after iap ( in - app purchase ) occurs . currency code follows the iso 4217 standard .\nthe following code , for example , reports that ruby _ single _ pack has been purchased for $ 0 . 99 usd .\nnserror * error ; [ fiverocks trackpurchase : @\nruby _ single _ pack\ncurrencycode : @\nusd\nprice : 0 . 99 campaignid : nil witherror : & error ; ] ;\nreporting additional information about a user lets you run a cohort analysis based on this information .\nif your application has a data version separate from the application version , call the setappdataversion : method to set the version value .\nyou can also set users with 5 default cohort variables as you find appropriate .\ntip ! once you build the sample game , you can view the developer console and , realtime analysis for debugging and monitoring live events . this will be helpful for deployment .\nif you have completed the basic integration , you can utilize more advanced features such as referrer channel analysis , custom events , and campaign / gcm integration .\ntracking custom events like \u2018level up\u2019 or \u2018pick up sword\u2019 will enable you to analyze very specific gameplay behaviors of users . here , we go over an example set - up of custom event for hunterhk . you can find all of the code in this section inside helloworldscene . cpp .\nyou can also analyze specific in - app products within the game by tracking custom events . in the example game hunterhk , an < span class =\ntyp\n> earnruby < / span > event is created when a ruby item is obtained and a < span class =\ntyp\n> useruby < / span > event is created when a ruby item is consumed .\na simple trackevent method is called , since the number of rubies obtained is sufficient for event value . event parameters are determined according to purchase channel , item type , etc .\nsimilarly , < span class =\ntyp\n> useruby < / span > event is reported when ruby item is consumed .\nin this example , a stage event of game category is created with the following parameters : stage number , rubies spent , score earned , time duration , and lives lost . these parameters can be used as filters on the [ custom events ] dashboard page .\nwhen user leaves the game , playgame event of game category is reported . in playgame events , event parameters are determined by of the number of stages cleared and the player\u2019s role . then , the results ( score , play time and the number of rubies consumed ) are report as event parameter .\nif there is an active campaign assigned to a placement , the campaign contents will displayed .\n/ / when the splash screen has been dismissed . if ( [ fiverocks hasplacementcontent : @\nafter splash\n] ) { [ fiverocks showplacementcontent : @\nafter splash\n] ; } else { / / continue to show the next screen . }\nto display placement content deterministically , you must implement fiverocksdelegate\uc758 didreadyplacementcontent methods . campaign contents will be displayed when they finish loading .\n. . . [ fiverocks setfiverocksdelegate : self ] ; . . . - ( void ) didreadyplacementcontent : ( nsstring * ) placement { [ fiverocks showplacementcontent : placement ] ; }\nactionrequest can be delivered via fiverocksdelegate , according to how you configure your campaign . to fully utilize campaign features , a routine should be implemented for each type of action requests .\n/ / purchaserequest handling for when campaign is clicked - ( void ) didclickplacementcontent : ( nsstring * ) placement purchaserequestforproductid : ( nsstring * ) productid withcampaignid : ( nsstring * ) campaignid { . . . } / / purchaserequest handling for when placement content is closed - ( void ) diddismissplacementcontent : ( nsstring * ) placement purchaserequestforproductid : ( nsstring * ) productid withcampaignid : ( nsstring * ) campaignid { . . . } / / rewardrequest handling for when campaign is clicked - ( void ) didclickplacementcontent : ( nsstring * ) placement rewardrequestforrewardid : ( nsstring * ) rewardid name : ( nsstring * ) name quantity : ( nsuinteger ) quantity token : ( nsstring * ) token { . . . } / / rewardrequest handling for when placement content is closed - ( void ) diddismissplacementcontent : ( nsstring * ) placement rewardrequestforrewardid : ( nsstring * ) rewardid name : ( nsstring * ) name quantity : ( nsuinteger ) quantity token : ( nsstring * ) token { . . . } . . .\nsending push notification requires a certificate . refer to local and push notification programming guide for more information .\n- ( bool ) application : ( uiapplication * ) application didfinishlaunchingwithoptions : ( nsdictionary * ) launchoptions { . . . [ fiverocks applicationdidfinishlaunchingwithoptions : launchoptions ] ; . . . } - ( void ) application : ( uiapplication * ) application didreceiveremotenotification : ( nsdictionary * ) userinfo { [ fiverocks applicationdidreceiveremotenotification : userinfo ] ; } - ( void ) application : ( uiapplication * ) application didregisterforremotenotificationswithdevicetoken : ( nsdata * ) devicetoken { [ fiverocks applicationdidregisterforremotenotificationswithdevicetoken : devicetoken ] ; }\nonce everything is done as above , you should be able to send push notifications directly from the dashboard .\nif you want , you can also include a custom payload ( e . g . app url scheme ) in push notification messages . in ios , custom payloads are set as the p value of userinfo .\nyou can set whether you would like to use the debug mode , logs , and https or override the default network timeout .\nnetowrk timeout ( default : 10sec ) you can set a timeout for loarding placement content .\n/ / set network timeout to 30 seconds . [ fiverocks setfiverocksnetworktimeout : 30 ] ;\nuse the < span class =\ntyp\n> fiverocksc < / span > < span class =\npun\n> . < / span > < span class =\npln\n> h < / span > header file .\nuse the < span class =\ntyp\n> fiverockscpp < / span > < span class =\npun\n> . < / span > < span class =\npln\n> h < / span > header file .\nhow we can improve our documentation ? please include a description of the information you were seeking .\nadd the tapjoy sdk to your application , following the instructions in the getting started guide for ios publishers .\nto initiate tapjoy . see the getting started guide for ios publishers for details on how to do this , and on how to set up the success and failure notifications .\ntapjoy provides automatic session tracking on ios , so you no longer need to call startsession and endsession unless you want to enable manual session tracking .\nadd the tapjoy sdk to your application , following the instructions in the getting started guide for unity publishers .\ntjplacement p = new tjplacement ( \u201cplacementname\u201d ) ; p . setpreload ( true ) ; p . requestcontent ( ) ;\nusing combined service with partytrack by adways , you can integrate user acquisition , analytics , and game / app operation as one process .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy ."]}
{"id": 56476, "summary": [{"text": "electrodry is a carpet cleaning franchise organisation based in newcastle , new south wales .", "topic": 38}, {"text": "electrodry was founded in 1983 by paul burchell .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "in 1984 , electrodry started franchising its operations with the sale of the first franchise in gosford , new south wales .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "electrodry expanded operations to have 100 franchise members in 2009 .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "electrodry also has operations in new zealand and for the period from 1987 to 1989 had operations in the usa .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "electrodry uses a system of carpet cleaning called bonnet cleaning , generically referred to as carpet dry cleaning .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "electrodry manufactures the main chemicals used in the electrodry carpet cleaning system .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "electrodry services include upholstery cleaning , mattress cleaning and tile cleaning .", "topic": 17}, {"text": "electrodry is a certified firm of the clean trust which is the unofficial governing body of the carpet cleaning industry .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "from 2009 until 2015 electrodry was endorsed by the national asthma council \u2019s sensitive choice program for a range of services including carpet cleaning .", "topic": 25}, {"text": "in 2015 , the federal court fined electrodry for fake reviews following action from the australian competition and consumer commission . ", "topic": 36}], "title": "electrodry", "paragraphs": ["electrodry\u2019s innovative cleaning system provides high quality , expert cleaning services to over 100 , 000 satisfied clients every year .\nthe court also made other orders including injunctions , corrective advertising and that electrodry pay a contribution towards the accc\u2019s costs .\nwhether you have large or small carpet cleaning needs at your home or business , electrodry can do th . . .\nas an industry leader servicing over 100 , 000 customers every year , an exclusive electrodry franchise territory provides individuals and couples the opportunity for professional success with lifestyle flexibility . unique cleaning and business systems with high earnings potential and profit , guarantees to make electrodry the ideal vehicle for business success for the first time business owner . electrodry has become one of australia ' s most successful franchise systems with 100 franchise members around australia delivering a unique , high quality service to over 100 , 000 clients every year . the success of the electrodry franchise system is based on ;\nelectrodry is a franchised business that provides carpet , drapery , grout , upholstery , and mattress cleaning services with over 100 franchisees in australia excluding sydney .\nhere at electrodry , we have a special carpet drycleaning process that includes four distinctive steps to ensure a professional , high - quality service every time .\nelectrodry ' s unique carpet dry cleaning system uses 90 % less water than standard steam cleaning , leaving your carpet walk - on dry , straight away .\nfi bendall , a digital management consultant who has worked with franchisees , was shocked by the methodical nature of electrodry ' s attempt to lure more customers .\nelectrodry gives all our clients a 14 - day satisfaction guarantee . if you are not totally satisfied , we will re - clean your carpet free of charge .\nthe court declared that electrodry contravened the australian consumer law ( acl ) between february 2012 and june 2012 by posting a number of false reviews or testimonials on the internet and by inducing and attempting to induce its franchisees to post false testimonials or reviews about electrodry on popular product review websites including google , true local , and yelp .\nelectrodry , which provides carpet , drapery , grout , upholstery and mattress cleaning services , said those who did not take part in the \u201cchallenge\u201d were \u201cdoing themselves a disservice\u201d .\nthe australian competition and consumer commission launched legal action against a whistle and co , which trades as electrodry carpet cleaning , for misleading and deceiving customers with fake reviews and testimonials online .\nelectrodry ' s timber refresh service brings back your floor ' s original sheen without no sanding mess . quotes are based on a 13 square metre room size . request for a quote now .\nthe court found that electrodry posted , and requested that its franchisees post , customer testimonials about the quality of carpet cleaning services , when those customers were fabricated and the services had not been provided .\nelectrodry , with more than 100 franchises around the country , is accused of inducing , or attempting to induce , franchisees to post fake reviews in breach of australian consumer law , court documents show .\nelectrodry cooperated with the accc in resolving these proceedings , by agreeing on facts and joint submissions to be put to the court as well as consenting to orders relating to injunctions , corrective advertising and costs .\nto maximise participation among its 64 franchisees , electrodry launched \u201coperator of the month\u201d and \u201coperator of the year\u201d competitions with prize money , some worth more than $ 1000 , to reward those who posted the highest number , court documents show .\nthe court also noted that in deciding the amount of penalty to impose on electrodry , a substantial discount for co - operation was warranted . justice yates made it clear that , but for that cooperation , significantly greater penalties would have been imposed .\nin early 2012 , electrodry acquired the services of a hong kong contractor in the philippines to look after marketing and call centre duties . in march , it allegedly asked the contractor to post fake online reviews and distribute manuals to franchisees on how to take part .\nelectrodry provided sample reviews as templates to franchisees and specified they use google , yelp , word of mouth online ( womo ) and true local . the franchisor urged them to post glowing reviews using their mobile phones so that it would be linked to different ip addresses , the accc claims .\nthe federal court in sydney has ordered the franchisor of the electrodry carpet cleaning business , a whistle & co ( 1979 ) pty ltd , to pay total penalties of $ 215 , 000 for its involvement in the publishing of fake testimonials on the internet , following action by the australian competition and consumer commission .\nelectrodry carpet cleaning offers professional and friendly service in the christchurch region . we are 100 % new zealand owned and operated and come with years of experience in the business . we are your local carpet cleaners who will take care of all your carpet cleaning , deodorising , drying and stain removal requirements to exceptionally high standards . it gets even better - you don\u2019t have to look at the time if you want to reach us because we are open\nin his judgment , justice yates stated he considered inducing and attempting to induce franchisees to post fake testimonials was serious conduct . he said that all fabricated testimonials , once posted and searchable , were equally capable of misleading or deceiving consumers . along with other forms of false or misleading advertising , the fabricated testimonials had the potential to mislead a large number of consumers , divert customers from law - abiding competitors , and generate a positive perception of electrodry that was based on falsehoods .\ngutter - vac is an innovative cleaning franchise using revolutionary vacuum equipment to quickly and effectively clean corporate and domestic gutters , roofs , ceiling spaces , rainwater tanks , storm water sumps and much more .\na mobile caf\u00e9 that brings specialty di bella coffee products to customers that cannot access a fixed location cafe .\nfranchise business brings potential franchisees news , insights , advice and a directory of available franchise opportunities : it is your essential guide to buying a franchise in australia .\n\u201cconsumer issues in the online arena remain an area of accc concern . while online testimonials can be a useful and genuine marketing tool , it is important that online businesses understand that making or inducing false or misleading representations about testimonials breaches the australian consumer law , \u201d accc deputy chair dr michael schaper said .\n\u201cby manipulating or producing false reviews or testimonials , businesses mislead consumers who rely upon them when making purchasing decisions . \u201d\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nwe start with a special industrial - strength vacuum to remove dry dirt and soil from the carpet and open up the fibres .\nwe pre - treat particular stains with our special drycleaning solutions and stain removal products . this attention to detail is a key part of our expert service .\nour exclusive carpet dry cleaning technology lifts dirt and stains from the carpet . the carpet cleaning process also leaves your carpet with the correct chemical balance to help rejuvenate the original colour .\nwe groom your carpet after cleaning to reset the pile and ensure the best possible finish .\n\u201camazing job\u201d , \u201cfantastic result\u201d , \u201cthese guys are the best cleaners ! \u201d these are snippets of the online reviews the consumer watchdog has used to sue a carpet cleaning company in the federal court .\naccc deputy chair michael schaper said : \u201cfake online reviews mislead consumers and hurt australian businesses . businesses that pay for or post fake reviews can gain an unfair advantage or damage their rivals .\nit released online review guidelines in december , saying businesses should be transparent about commercial relationships , not post misleading reviews , and know omitting negative reviews was akin to posting fake ones .\nfiona adler , the founder of word of mouth online ( womo ) , said the website contained 400 , 000 reviews for 160 , 000 businesses in australia . more than 800 reviews had been investigated in the past six months , because there were indications they were fake .\n\u201cwe allow users to flag reviews that look suspicious or dodgy , we also have automated systems to filter reviews and have an investigations team , \u201d she said .\nthe number of fake reviews are increasing as businesses realise how powerful they are .\n\u201cit\u2019s shocking in this day and age , with all the warnings and education , to have that system set up . they\u2019ve been very poorly advised , \u201d she said .\nthe practice was \u201cunethical\u201d because the writers were pretending to be customers , when they were not , she said . \u201cit\u2019s misleading , it\u2019s deception . it\u2019s definitely an attractive way to do things for some , because it\u2019s link - building , it\u2019s more influential than advertising .\nmore than 70 per cent of social media users read online reviews before making a purchase , according to a 2013 sensis social media report .\nin december , yelp admitted a quarter of reviews submitted were deemed fake and not published .\nquotes are subject to the condition of the carpets and a standard room size of 13 square metres per room . please message us for a more accurate quote .\ninspection required for a more accurate quote and assessment . kindly send us a message for a free quote .\nthis convenient personal - care item is present on most australian households and it ' s killing the environment .\nthey say the disposable wipe is man\u2019s best friend ; from germaphobe office workers to new father gagging their way through stinky nappies , wipes have become something we can\u2019t live without . they are an advertisers\u2019 dream marketed to our paranoia of germs and dirt smells , as they come infused wi . . .\nwe value the quality of content provided to our customers , and to maintain this , we would like to ensure real humans are accessing our information .\nthis page appears when online data protection services detect requests coming from your computer network which appear to be in violation of our website ' s terms of use ."]}
{"id": 56482, "summary": [{"text": "entertainment city , also known as e-city ( formerly pagcor city and manila bay tourism city ) , is a gaming and entertainment complex under development by pagcor spanning an area of 8 km \u00b2 in bay city , metro manila , philippines .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "it is first envisioned by pagcor in 2002 .", "topic": 15}, {"text": "it lies at the western side of roxas boulevard and south of sm central business park ( sm mall of asia ) , part of para\u00f1aque .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "the project is officially named as the bagong nayong pilipino-entertainment city through an executive order by president gloria macapagal arroyo and has been called several other names by the press .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "the most common name being referenced is \" entertainment city \" .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "the site has been declared a peza-approved economic zone . ", "topic": 9}], "title": "entertainment city", "paragraphs": ["entertainment city was opened on 12 \\ 03 \\ 1984 it is largest entertainment facility in kuwait , and it is located in doha away from the daily pressures of kuwait city . expanding on 1 million square meters of land . the entertainment city includes :\nentertainment city : lady gaga reveals she ' s been living with ptsd since she was raped at 19 .\nsaudi arabia has announced plans to build an entertainment city almost as big as las vegas in the capital of riyadh .\nright at the heart of america , harrah ' s north kansas city hotel gives you a friendly world of mouth - watering kansas city restaurants , nightlife and live entertainment .\ntaylor swift / zayn drop new music video , and robin thicke accused of domestic abuse by judge in today ' s entertainment city .\nthe first and the largest amusement park established in al - doha area of northern kuwait , the entertainment city is considered the disneyland of kuwait .\nmost of atlantic city ' s economy and business ventures revolve around the hospitality industry : visitor accommodations and resorts , casinos and entertainment , and traveler attractions .\nthe entertainment city , also known as al - madina al - tarfihiya , is operated by the kuwait tourist enterprises company ( ktec ) . the entertainment city also offers several fast food restaurants , and cafes that cater to everybody\u2019s tastes . there is also a mosque , and an open roman amphitheatre within the complex .\natlantic city medical center ; address : 1925 pacific ave , atlantic city , nj 08401 ; telephone : ( 609 ) 345 - 4000 .\nthe entertainment city is being built as part of saudi arabia ' s vision 2030 reform programme , which aims to reduce the gulf state ' s dependence on oil .\ncaesars entertainment is redefining the iconic las vegas skyline with the linq , an open - air retail , dining and entertainment district , anchored by the world ' s tallest observation wheel , known as the high roller .\nkanye west still in hospital and filming on \u201ckeeping up with the kardashians\u201d has been put on hold . plus evan rachel wood reveals a painful part of her past in today\u2019s entertainment city .\nthe 334 square km ( 129 square mile ) city would be 50 times the size of gibraltar once complete , the bbc reports , and will offer cultural , entertainment and sporting activities .\n( 600 huron ave . , atlantic city , n . j . ; urltoken\n( 2100 pacific ave . , atlantic city , n . j . ; urltoken\npop star , lady gaga discusses living with ptsd for the past decade . plus , we get a sneak peek at teri hart\u2019s chat with ryan gosling , in today ' s entertainment city .\nwith its sophisticated marina setting and an infinite roster of world - class resort amenities , harrah ' s atlantic city resort has become the premier atlantic city hotel destination .\nprince harry reportedly diverted his flight home from the caribbean to visit girlfriend meghan markle in toronto . plus , sofia vergara is being sued by her frozen embryos , in today ' s entertainment city .\n( 1133 boardwalk , atlantic city , n . j . ; resortsac . com )\nduring a decade when other atlantic city casinos thrived , donald j . trump\u2019s lagged .\nbelgium to face france , a one - time world cup champion , in the first semi - final . enjoy this action - packed match at qsports football fan zone at summer entertainment city at decc .\nsaudi arabia has announced plans to build a 334sq km\nentertainment city\nsouth of the capital riyadh that will feature sports , cultural and recreational facilities , including a safari and a six flags theme park .\n( 777 harrah ' s blvd . , atlantic city , n . j . ; urltoken\n( 1 borgata way , atlantic city , n . j . ; theborgata . com )\nbrad pitt ' s request to have his and angelina jolie ' s divorce documents sealed for privacy has been denied by the judge . plus , natalie portman discusses the kennedy legacy , in today ' s entertainment city .\nawards season is underway with the critics ' choice awards , and teri hart goes live on the red carpet . plus , we prepare for the upcoming release of ' rogue one ' , in today ' s entertainment city\nthe 2017 pirelli calender is here , and stars helen mirren and nicole kidman discuss how important this year\u2019s edition is . plus , the weeknd breaks spotify records with his new album , in today ' s entertainment city .\nlocated 20kms away from kuwait city , it is the first and largest amusement park in the al doha area of northern kuwait , near the 7th ring road , offering a complete range of entertainment for families and children .\nto view and book offer for borgata hotel casino & spa in atlantic city , click here .\nin today ' s entertainment city , taking a look back at the career and impact of carrie fisher who died at age 60 . also , singer - songwriter george michael ' s family says he wasn ' t an addict .\ntropicana entertainment offers you more fun , more value and more variety . we hope you enjoy your visit to our site and properties .\natlantic city , new jersey is a fantastic east coast vacation destination due tos the beach , great activities , and more . vme offers atlantic city vacation packages that are the easiest way to plan a vacation .\nsun international and seacom present the corporate masters golf tournament at sun city . championship golf for the business world .\nthe best of las vegas , atlantic city , tahoe , new orleans and more is now at your fingertips .\n1670s \u2014 englishman thomas budd is the first recorded owner of absecon island , upon which atlantic city is now built .\nrevenues at other atlantic city casinos rose 18 percent from 1997 through 2002 ; mr . trump\u2019s fell by 1 percent .\nin today ' s entertainment news , meghan markle shuts down her lifestyle website , janet jackson and her third husband separate , and kendall jenner responds to controversial pepsi ad .\nin today ' s entertainment news critics bash new pepsi commercial featuring kendall jenner for appropriating black lives matter movement and co - opting political protest to sell a soft drink .\na group of 30 volunteers has collected more than 1 , 200 dead bodies from beneath of the rubble of the destroyed city .\nin today ' s entertainment news , ' guardians of the galaxy ' plans for equal success with volume 2 and tanya kim talks with canadian country music group james barker band .\ncatch up on all the latest in what\u2019s hot , what\u2019s not , who\u2019s next and who\u2019s out . it\u2019s time to indulge your pop culture crush with city ! hosted by the hosts of bt toronto and city brings you all the dirt as well as the dish\nhis audacious personality and opulent properties brought attention \u2014 and countless players \u2014 to atlantic city as it sought to overtake las vegas as the country\u2019s gambling capital . but a close examination of regulatory reviews , court records and security filings by the new york times leaves little doubt that mr . trump\u2019s casino business was a protracted failure . though he now says his casinos were overtaken by the same tidal wave that eventually slammed this seaside city\u2019s gambling industry , in reality he was failing in atlantic city long before atlantic city itself was failing .\ndistinguished by its exotic vast garden , the park has amazing rides such as the flying eagle , and \u201cal barg\u201d which is the largest and most thrilling ride of the park . you can also find a soothing lake , a mosque and an open roman amphitheatre . restaurants and other facilities are available all around entertainment city .\ncome out and play at harrah\u2019s philadelphia casino and racetrack , with the city\u2019s hottest casino action 24 / 7 and race simulcasting every day .\nmr . trump now says that he left atlantic city at the perfect time . the record , however , shows that he struggled to hang on to his casinos years after the city had peaked , and failed only because his investors no longer wanted him in a management role .\n\u201catlantic city is a disaster , and i did great in atlantic city , \u201d he said during a republican party debate last september , according to a transcript . \u201ci knew when to get out . my timing was great . and i got a lot of credit for it . \u201d\nnew york city ' s only casino is easily accessible by public transportation , and there are free shuttles from manhattan , queens , and brooklyn .\natlantic city \u2014 the trump plaza casino and hotel is now closed , its windows clouded over by sea salt . only a faint outline of the gold letters spelling out t - r - u - m - p remains visible on the exterior of what was once this city\u2019s premier casino .\n1978 \u2014 on may 26 , resorts international opens the city ' s first legal casino ( also the eastern us ' s first legal casino ) .\nwhen donald trump has been pressed on his casinos\u2019 performance during his presidential campaign , he has repeatedly said he left atlantic city at the right time .\nempire city ' s a twofer of sorts \u2014 along with its 5 , 300 slot machines and sleek video gaming , the yonkers casino offers live harness racing five nights a week , all year . throughout summer , regular weekly events keep things hopping , like wednesday comedy nights , daytime musical entertainment , and free - play offers for the over - 55 set .\nfor a time , mr . trump lent a glamorous sheen to the faded resort city . but some of his former investors no longer see the value .\natlantic city has been a rather frequent subject in popular culture . a 1981 movie , ' atlantic city ' , starring burt lancaster , is named for the city . a popular bruce springsteen song , ' atlantic city , ' depicting a young couple ' s escape to the city , appears on springsteen ' s 1982 album ' nebraska . ' more recently , several episodes of donald trump ' s television show , ' the apprentice ' , have been based and filmed in atlantic city . the city is famous for its boardwalk , and is the home of the miss america pageant , which has been held here since 1921 . the streets of atlantic city are also used in the american version of the board game monopoly . the original inhabitants of absecon island , on which atlantic city rests , were the lenni - lenape indians . the lenni - lenapes would travel over the old indian trail from the mainland to the island to spend the summer months . the trail , which was located approximately where florida ave . is today , was five miles long over the marshland . when the first owner of absecon island , thomas budd , bought the area ' s land , his mainland property was then valued at $ 0 . 40 an acre , while the beach land a mere $ 0 . 04 an acre . that same piece of beach front property today would be worth millions of dollars per acre .\nin today ' s entertainment news amy schumer reveals that she will no longer be in the ' barbie ' movie and ' the last jedi ' will not be changed in wake of carrie fisher ' s death .\ndrake releases ' more life ' which he says will be the soundtrack to your life . also in today ' s entertainment news , chuck berry dies at age 90 and sesame street introduces a character with autism .\nlocated in the beautiful great smoky mountains , harrah\u2019s cherokee casino resort brings the casino action to western north carolina . our resort is complete with premier rooms , exceptional dining , live entertainment and a vibrant casino floor !\nduring prohibition and the depression , atlantic city was a center for rum - running , packed with speakeasies and illegal gambling dens . thereafter , in the face of increasing competition from florida , it slipped into a steep decline , until desperate city officials decided in 1976 to open up the decrepit resort to legal gambling .\nthat would suggest mr . trump willingly left sometime around 2006 , the year that revenues peaked in atlantic city and that pennsylvania allowed its first casino to open , a development that marked the start of a rapid downward spiral in the city . the drop - off was exacerbated by the recession that began in 2008 .\nwe believe that every guest should be treated as a caesar , and you\u2019ll get treatment fit for an emperor at the iconic caesars atlantic city hotel and casino .\nbonus : empire city casino is just 20 minutes from northern parts of nyc , and up - and - coming yonkers is worth a visit on its own .\n\u201catlantic city fueled a lot of growth for me , \u201d mr . trump said in an interview in may , summing up his 25 - year history there .\nharrah ' s reno casino , with seven fabulous restaurants , a 60 , 000 square foot , 24 - hour casino , the hottest revues and amazing headline entertainment , has what it takes to show everyone a great time .\nlocated at the famed intersection of park place and the boardwalk , bally ' s atlantic city hotel and casino is the ideal place to be when you do ac .\nresorts world casino new york city , the big apple ' s only casino , is easily accessible by public transportation . ( jack roman studios / resorts world casino )\nus - based six flags announced in june last year that it had begun talks with the saudi government to build theme parks as part of saudi arabia ' s vision 2030 efforts to expand its entertainment sector and diversify the economy .\ntrump plaza came first . in the early 1980s , mr . trump gained control of a prime spot on the boardwalk . unable to get financing to build a casino , he forged a partnership with harrah\u2019s entertainment , a national gambling operator .\nthere are those here who fondly remember mr . trump\u2019s showmanship , the thousands he employed in a struggling city , and the tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue his casinos generated .\nit was april 1990 , and mr . trump was officially opening his third gambling resort in atlantic city , the biggest project of his career : the $ 1 billion trump taj mahal .\nat harrah\u2019s , playtime is never over . it keeps on going . harrah\u2019s offers a fun gaming atmosphere , world - class entertainment and warm , welcoming room accommodations . in a setting that\u2019s friendly , lighthearted and exciting , harrah\u2019s invites you to come out and play .\nresorts atlantic city ' s won many industry awards for its phenomenal dining options , including gallagher ' s steakhouse and beach - themed margaritaville . this summer , resorts should also get a medal for most creative entertainment programming . where else can you catch ex - motley crue frontman vince neil ( june 23 ) , classic - rock legends the yardbirds ( july 7 ) and uproarious comedy\nmy big gay italian funeral\n( july 28 ) in the same venue ?\nwith three casinos , 80 outlet shops , three entertainment venues , two luxurious hotel towers and an indoor 55 - foot waterfall \u2014 what else could you need ? since its 1996 debut , mohegan sun continues to up its game with a packed calendar of cool summer events .\nthough he has acknowledged mistakes in piling crippling debt on trump hotels and casino resorts , donald trump has steadfastly maintained that his resorts were the best - run and highest - performing casinos in atlantic city .\ntropicana entertainment currently owns and operates eight casinos and resorts in indiana , louisiana , mississippi , nevada , new jersey and aruba and missouri . collectively , that adds up to approximately 7 , 000 employees , 5 , 495 rooms , 7 , 904 slot positions and 267 table games !\ncome out and play and stay at harrah ' s las vegas . it ' s not just a las vegas strip hotel , it ' s right at the heart of the most fabulous city on earth !\nin a remarkably short time , mr . trump had become a commanding figure in atlantic city , with his casinos accounting for nearly a third of its gambling revenues and employing more than 8 , 000 people .\nwhether business or pleasure , check in to our newly remodeled hotel rooms for easy access to all of the fun . don\u2019t just come out and play , stay here and you\u2019re just steps away from the excitement . vegas - style gaming , exceptional dining and entertainment are at your fingertips .\nyou can add location information to your tweets , such as your city or precise location , from the web and via third - party applications . you always have the option to delete your tweet location history . learn more\n\u201catlantic city fueled a lot of growth for me , \u201d mr . trump said in an interview in may , summing up his 25 - year history here . \u201cthe money i took out of there was incredible . \u201d\nthis city will become , by god ' s will , a prominent cultural landmark and an important centre for meeting the future generation ' s recreational , cultural and social needs in the kingdom ,\nmohammed said in a statement .\nin a recent interview , mr . trump acknowledged that he left atlantic city when he did because he failed in his effort to buy back the casinos . but he said the timing worked out well for him , in the end .\n\u201cearly on , i took a lot of money out of the casinos with the financings and the things we do , \u201d he said in a recent interview . \u201catlantic city was a very good cash cow for me for a long time . \u201d\nearn when you play , dine , shop or stay at caesars entertainment resorts and casinos with total rewards , our global customer loyalty program . enjoy free casino play member pricing , discounts , pre - sale access for select shows and other exclusive offers and benefits when you join total rewards . it ' s free and easy - join today !\nmore fun ! urltoken places a variety of exciting slots and table games at your fingertips , making online gaming easy , fun , safe and rewarding . our guests located in new jersey can win real money and earn comps redeemable at tropicana atlantic city .\nhere ' s a sure bet for a great time this summer . head to one of the area ' s casinos , which showcase great dining , a - list entertainment , splashy spas , and \u2014 oh , yes \u2014 gaming , all under one roof . for a day , a weekend , or more , they ' re great getaways .\nthis city will become , by god ' s will , a prominent cultural landmark and an important centre for meeting the future generation ' s recreational , cultural and social needs in the kingdom ,\ndeputy crown prince mohammed bin salman al saud said .\nin reality , the revenue at mr . trump\u2019s casinos had consistently lagged behind their competitors\u2019 for a decade before larger forces ravaged the industry . beginning in 1997 , his share of the atlantic city gambling market began to slip from its peak of 30 percent .\nin retrospect , david hanlon , a veteran casino executive who ran merv griffin\u2019s atlantic city operations at the time of the resorts battle , said , mr . trump succeeded in repeatedly convincing investors , bankers and wall street that \u201chis name had real value . \u201d\nent city lasts for , can you believe it , a whopping 73 days ! ? we had so much fun it deserves a second round ! : ) ps . it could ' ve been better if the parking fee came free with the gold pass . \ud83d\ude09\n\u201cstock price is always a concern , \u201d mr . trump told the associated press at the time . \u201ci was focused very much on my manhattan real estate over the last number of years . now , i\u2019m going to be focused much more in atlantic city . \u201d\ngreetings and welcome to our corporate website . we\u2019re glad to have you here . as one of the most respected names in the gaming industry , tropicana entertainment inc . has earned a winning reputation with players around the globe for world - class amenities and exceptional guest service . we are dedicated to providing guests with a positive and enjoyable gaming experience delivered in the spirit of fun .\n\u201ct . h . c . r . is a casino and entertainment company , \u201d the lawsuit , filed in 1999 , said . \u201cit is not in the business of loaning money . the company desperately needed ( and needs ) cash to shore up its deteriorating financial condition . \u201d ( the suit was dropped in 2000 , shortly after mr . trump paid the company back . )\ncompetition grew more intense in 2003 , when the borgata hotel casino and spa opened . the $ 1 . 1 billion , 40 - story resort redefined the concept of an atlantic city luxury casino . revenues at trump casinos dropped another 6 percent in a little more than a year .\nthat glow from the atlantic city waterfront this summer just might be star power from the borgata . never seen jay leno ( july 2 ) , mary j . blige ( july 3 ) , jerry seinfeld ( august 25 - 26 ) or sting ( september 3 ) live ? here ' s your chance .\nthere are four distinct levels , or tiers , of the total rewards membership . the more you play and enjoy all the great entertainment options offered at the nearly 40 total rewards resorts and casinos , the more tier credits you ' ll earn and the more benefits you will unlock . no matter what tier you hold , total rewards offers it ' s members more ! more excitement . more fun . more choices . learn all benefits .\nnext mr . trump went after the biggest casino of all , the taj mahal , which resorts international , builder of atlantic city\u2019s first casino , was erecting . after buying a controlling interest in resorts from the estate of its founder , mr . trump battled the talk show host merv griffin for control of the company .\nalthough each property offers their own unique experience , they all have one thing in common . the guest experience is at the core of all we do \u2013 from our inviting hotels , exciting events and entertainment , and the latest games and promotions to our world class restaurants , spas , shopping and meeting venues . we employ a talented collection of hard workers and passionate individuals who consistently go the extra mile to create meaningful experiences for our guests .\nhad mr . trump\u2019s revenues grown at the rate of other atlantic city casinos , his company could have made its interest payments and possibly registered a profit . but with sagging revenues and high costs , his casinos had too little money for renovations and improvements , which are vital for hotels to attract guests . the public company never logged a profitable year .\nafter more than tripling as new casinos opened through the 1980s , gambling revenues in atlantic city flattened in 1990 , rising by just 1 . 35 percent , as gamblers grew more cautious in light of a national recession . all were hurt , recalled mr . perskie , the casino regulator , but none were in the catastrophic financial shape of mr . trump\u2019s .\nin three interviews with the times since late april , mr . trump acknowledged in general terms that high debt and lagging revenues had plagued his casinos . he did not recall details about some issues , but did not question the times\u2019s findings . he repeatedly emphasized that what really mattered about his time in atlantic city was that he had made a lot of money there .\n\u201che put a number of local contractors and suppliers out of business when he didn\u2019t pay them , \u201d said steven p . perskie , who was new jersey\u2019s top casino regulator in the early 1990s . \u201cso when he left atlantic city , it wasn\u2019t , \u2018sorry to see you go . \u2019 it was , \u2018how fast can you get the hell out of here ? \u2019\u201d\nmgm resorts international ( nyse : mgm ) is a global entertainment company with national and international locations featuring best - in - class hotels and casinos , state - of - the art meetings and conference spaces , incredible live and theatrical entertainment experiences , and an extensive array of restaurant , nightlife and retail offerings . mgm resorts creates immersive , iconic experiences through its suite of las vegas - inspired brands . the mgm resorts portfolio encompasses 27 unique hotel offerings including some of the most recognizable resort brands in the industry . the company is expanding throughout the u . s . and around the world , developing mgm springfield in massachusetts and mgm cotai in macau , and debuting the first international bellagio - branded hotel in shanghai . the 78 , 000 global employees of mgm resorts are proud of their company for being recognized as one of fortune\u00ae magazine ' s world ' s most admired companies\u00ae . for more information about the latest news on mgm resorts , its companies and stocks visit http : / / investors . mgmresorts . com .\n\u201che helped expand atlantic city , but he just did not put the equity into the projects he should have to keep them solvent , \u201d said h . steven norton , a casino consultant and a former casino executive at resorts international . \u201cwhen he went bankrupt , he not only cost bondholders money , but he hurt a lot of small businesses that helped him construct the taj mahal . \u201d\non the presidential campaign trail , mr . trump , the presumptive republican nominee , often boasts of his success in atlantic city , of how he outwitted the wall street firms that financed his casinos and rode the value of his name to riches . a central argument of his candidacy is that he would bring the same business prowess to the oval office , doing for america what he did for his companies .\natlantic city is a resort community located on absecon island , just off the coast of new jersey . atlantic city has been a tourist magnet since 1854 , when philadelphia speculators created it as a rail terminal resort . in 1909 , at the peak of the seaside town ' s popularity , baedeker wrote ' there is something colossal about its vulgarity ' \u2014 a quality which it sustains today , even while beset by bankruptcy and decay . the real - life model for the board game monopoly , it has an impressive history of popular culture , boasting the nation ' s first boardwalk ( 1870 ) , the world ' s first big wheel ( 1892 ) , the first color postcards ( 1893 ) and the first miss america beauty pageant ( cunningly devised to extend the tourist season in 1921 , and still held here yearly ) .\nas all of his ventures neared collapse , mr . trump\u2019s lenders insisted that he submit a business plan , appoint a chief financial officer for the trump organization and sell , among other things , the trump shuttle airline , his yacht and his stake in new york city\u2019s plaza hotel , which also filed for bankruptcy protection . they also put him on a $ 450 , 000 - a - month budget for personal and household expenses .\nrogers media uses cookies for personalization , to customize its online advertisements , and for other purposes . learn more or change your cookie preferences . rogers media supports the digital advertising alliance principles . by continuing to use our service , you agree to our use of cookies .\nwe use cookies ( why ? ) you can change cookie preferences . continued site use signifies consent .\nwe take a look at the celeb pregnancies like beyonce and where parents will be posting their first baby pictures . plus , the women of baywatch \u2013 priyanka chopra , alexandra doddario and kelly rohrbach .\nthe new bachelorette has revealed she\u2019s engaged \u2013 as we wait for her season to premiere on monday . plus , teri hart teri hart chat\u2019s with hollywood\u2019s favourite author , dennis lehane .\nchris cornell dies suddenly at age 52 , reports of suicide . plus , the 70th cannes film festival , kicked off last night .\nteri hart chats with lady antebellum about their hiatus , releasing new music and upcoming tour .\nteri hart sits down with iconic singer , meat loaf , plus the mysterious new host of ' the gong show ' who may be a familiar face .\nwill arnett reflects on comedy and laughter ' s role in his life , and linkin park defend their new sound after backlash from fans .\nin honour of mother\u2019s day this weekend , we take a look at some of our favourite hollywood mother - 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jones and susan sarandon to talk about the rivalry between bette and joan ! season 3 of ' fargo ' premieres tonight & tanya kim chats with ewan mcgregor about his role .\nbrie larson talks about ' free fire ' and gives her response to taking on a leading female role in a marvel film . plus , we learn how ' born in china ' tries to avoid anthropomorphizing .\nafter a tough battle with leukemia , charlie murphy passes away at age 57 . plus , jude law is set to star as young dumbledore in the second film of ' fantastic beasts and where to find them ' .\ned sheeran settles ' photograph ' plagiarism lawsuit , j . geils found dead in his home at age 71 and david letterman\u2019s mom dorothy mengering also passes away at the age of 95 .\nmichael buble ' s wife luisana lopilato gives an update on their son noah\u2019s cancer battle and tanya kim talks with the blue jays about the home opener & why they love it as much as the fans do .\nharry styles makes his solo debut with ' sign of the times ' and comedian don rickles passes away at age 90 due to kidney failure . jimmy kimmel gets emotional while he remembers rickles .\nfor the first time , barry manilow opens up about his sexual orientation . also , pepsi pulls controversial ad and apologizes to kendall jenner who has not yet responded to the scandal .\ndrake goes back to his roots as he ' s set to act in tv series ' top boy ' , ' prison break ' returns tonight , and roman polanski fails to secure no - jail guarantee in rape case .\ncomic fans are in luck as ' batgirl ' standalone film is in the works with joss whedon jumping on board to direct . plus , tanya kim talks with jessica chastain and niki caro on ' the zookeeper ' s wife ' .\nit was discovered that ' fate of the furious ' bosses are keeping vin diesel and the rock separated and the oscars decide to keep accounting firm despite best picture fiasco .\nadele confesses that she may never tour again , pharrell williams ' childhood is being turned into a musical and cuba gooding jr . is slammed for lifting sarah paulson\u2019s skirt on stage .\nscarlett johansson and director rupert sanders touch on whitewashing controversy in ' ghost in the shell ' . plus , antonio banderas confirms he had a heart attack at the end of january but he is fine .\non the late late show with james corden , he speaks out on the london attack . reports also say that brad pitt and angelina jolie are now speaking again and tanya kim also chats with the stars of chips .\nwe remember game show pioneer chuck barris as he passes away at age 87 . plus , tanya kim talks to the cast of the new tv show\nshots fired\nwhich deals with police killings and racial tensions .\nyoutube is criticized by tegan and sara for filtering out lgbtq content for users . also , power rangers make history with the first gay superhero protagonist on the big screen .\nthe weeknd brings selena gomez home ! selena gomez ' s vogue cover and interview have been released , including candid revelations about her addiction to instagram .\nemma watson takes legal action after her private ( not nude ) photos have been leaked . meanwhile amanda seyfried is demanding intimate photos of her and ex - boyfriend to be removed from the internet .\nwe talk with blake lively on the importance of women at the l ' oreal paris women of worth gala last night and ' house of z ' is to have its world premiere at tribeca film festival .\nthe stars of ' kong : skull island ' talk about how they are excited to see king kong for the first time . plus , a recap of the canadian screen awards gala for non - fiction programming !\non the daily show with trevor noah jennifer lopez talks on her relationship with drake and says she is not with him . plus , teri hart catches up with cast of ' goon : last of the enforcers ' .\nemma watson speaks on her topless vanity fair photoshoot . we also sat down with josh gad from beauty and the beast to talk about the reaction received to being the first gay disney character .\nbeauty and the beast director reveals the live - action film will feature disney\u2019s first openly gay character ! also , the two accountants responsible for oscars envelope mix - up are fired from the oscars .\nwe ' re taking a closer look at the biggest oscars flub and what the stars are saying about it . tanya kim also chats with james corden at his first - ever headlining event on canadian soil .\nbeyonce follows doctor ' s orders and cancels her gig at coachella this year but is set to headline coachella 2018 . plus , it ' s oscar weekend and we ' re looking at frontrunner ' la la land ' !\nwe caught up with the cast of ' kong : skull island ' and hearing more about how jamie foxx was targeted with racial slurs while filming in croatia .\nfor the first time , george clooney talks about becoming a father and angelina jolie addresses her split from brad pitt . drake also tells the reason why he doesn ' t want to accept his grammys .\nbieber calls in ' sick ' for deposition and allegedly punches a man , harrison ford gets back behind the wheel of a plane and adele named one of the highest paid performers .\njustin bieber is a suspect in an assault investigation , mel gibson is in the talks of directing ' suicide squad 2 ' and we remember cbc\u2019s stuart mclean .\njustin bieber and the weeknd continue to fued , katy perry slams britney spears in two different grammy interviews and tanya kim catches up with the cast of ' bones ' to talk about the farewell season .\ntanya kim and adam wylde break down the glitz and the glam of the grammys and ed sheeran talks about his new album ' divide ' .\ntanya kim talks with james corden as he prepares to host the grammys plus visits the canadian consulate to celebrate 150 years of canadian music .\ntanya kim is on location in los angeles doing all things grammys ! plus , we got to talk with will arnett and zack galifianakis about ' the lego batman movie ' .\nthe juno nominees have been released ! this year drake , shawn mendes and the weeknd lead the juno nominations . also with the grammys approaching , we ' re talking all things fashion .\nit ' s almost here ! we ' re under a week away from the grammy awards and we ' re talking more about this year ' s song of the year nominees and we chat with the cast of ' john wick chapter 2 ' and ' legion ' .\nwe ' re taking a look at who ' s up for best new artist at this year ' s grammy awards and tanya kim talks to corey hawkins from ' 24 : legacy ' .\nbeyonce reveals last night that her and jay - z will be having twins and we talk to the cast of \u2018nirvana the band the show\u2019 .\nit ' s looking more likely that lady gaga will be suspended from the ceiling for her super bowl halftime performance . plus , grammy - nominated producer boi - 1da talks about working with drake .\naccording to reports drake , justin bieber and kanye west may not be attending this year ' s grammy awards . also , ben affleck has dropped out of directing the standalone batman movie .\nlast night at the sag awards , ashton kutcher , julia louise - dreyfus , the cast of hidden figures and david harbour from stranger things speak up on the travel ban .\nremembering mary tyler moore after her passing last night , lukas graham talks on his 3 grammy nominations and gordon pinsent opens up about ' the river of my dreams . '\nparis jackson opened up to rolling stone magazine saying she believes her father ' s death was a murder , la la land scores 14 oscar nominations and we talk to the cast of ' gold ' .\nstar wars fans get excited after disney released the name of new star wars movie , alessia cara is set to perform on snl february 4th and we catch up with cast of ' the mick ' .\ncelebs show girl power all around the world as they join in on the women ' s march and teri hart talks with the cast of ' gold ' .\nmontreal band , arcade fire release a new song to protest trump and celebrities get involved in pre - inaugural festivities .\nellen degeneres came out on top at the people ' s choice awards by making history winning her 20th award . also , fifth harmony performs without camilla cabello for the first time .\nwe ' re sharing with you what canadian stars and shows were nominated for a csa . plus , tanya kim sits down with the stars of blackish to talk about how they ' re transforming the sitcom .\nlady gaga reportedly has plans to sing on the roof of the nrg stadium as part of her super bowl performance . also , justin bieber is used in an awful scheme targeting his fans .\ntanya kim sits down with nick viall to talk about the current season of the bachelor and teri hart talks with michael keaton about ' the founder ' .\nthere ' s some serious drama in the air between robin thicke and paula patton . plus , after receiving criticism from the jackson family , the urban myths michael jackson episode will not be aired .\nselena gomez and the weeknd caught kissing in santa monica and sienna miller slams misleading reports about her and ben affleck\u2019s # livebynight love scenes .\nkim kardashian west ' s limo driver has been released with no charges after being arrested yesterday . additionally , deadpool has been nominated for best picture at the pgas .\nnew reports suggest kim kardashian west ' s paris robbery may have been an inside job and ben affleck reacts to trump ' s criticism of streep .\nla la land dominates the golden globes last night taking 7 awards and meryl streep takes aim at donald trump while accepting the cecil b . demille award . plus , trump fights back on twitter this morning .\nvarious stars are spotted at carrie fisher and debbie reynold ' s memorial plus liam neeson opens up on dealing with grief and how poignant it is .\nbrangelina divorce becomes heated as brad tries to seal divorce documents meanwhile jimmy fallon gets ready to host the golden globes on sunday .\nmariah carey explains she believes she was set up for failure for the sake of a viral video . plus , a sneak peek of what to expect in the film\na monster calls\nwith felicity jones and liam neeson .\njanet jackson welcomes baby boy and beyonce is the first female to headline coachella . plus , kim kardashian makes her return to social media .\nwe ' ve detected that javascript is disabled in your browser . would you like to proceed to legacy twitter ?\nthe duke and # duchessofsussex depart # princelouischristening at the chapel royal , st james ' s palace . # princelouis # meghanmarkle # royalfamily # princeharry ( : ap / rex / shutterstock ) urltoken\nmembers of the royal family arrive at st james ' s palace for the christening of prince louis . urltoken\n- the \u201980s crime drama about the beginnings of the crack cocaine epidemic . stars\nwhat ' s gotten into you tiger ? a new episode of # posefx tonight at 9pm et / pt . urltoken\ntwitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup . try again or visit twitter status for more information .\nhere ' s the url for this tweet . copy it to easily share with friends .\nby embedding twitter content in your website or app , you are agreeing to the twitter developer agreement and developer policy .\nnot on twitter ? sign up , tune into the things you care about , and get updates as they happen .\nthis timeline is where you\u2019ll spend most of your time , getting instant updates about what matters to you .\nhover over the profile pic and click the following button to unfollow any account .\nwhen you see a tweet you love , tap the heart \u2014 it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love .\nthe fastest way to share someone else\u2019s tweet with your followers is with a retweet . tap the icon to send it instantly .\nadd your thoughts about any tweet with a reply . find a topic you\u2019re passionate about , and jump right in .\nthe kingdom ' s public investment fund will be the main investor in the project , which is set to begin early next year and the first stage is expected to be finished by 2022 .\nlast year , six flags chief executive jim reid - anderson said the company aimed to build three parks in saudi arabia , with each costing between $ 300m and $ 500m ( \u00a3232 and 388m ) .\nin october 2014 , three lawyers , dr abdulrahman al - subaihi , bander al - nogaithan and abdulrahman al - rumaih , were sentenced to up to eight years in prison for using twitter to criticize the ministry of justice .\nin march 2015 , yemen\u2019s sunni president abd - rabbu mansour hadi was forced into exile after a shia - led insurgency . a saudi arabia - led coalition has responded with air strikes in order to reinstate mr hadi . it has since been accused of committing war crimes in the country .\nwomen who supported the women2drive campaign , launched in 2011 to challenge the ban on women driving vehicles , faced harassment and intimidation by the authorities . the government warned that women drivers would face arrest .\nmembers of the kingdom\u2019s shia minority , most of whom live in the oil - rich eastern province , continue to face discrimination that limits their access to government services and employment . activists have received death sentences or long prison terms for their alleged participation in protests in 2011 and 2012 .\nall public gatherings are prohibited under an order issued by the interior ministry in 2011 . those defy the ban face arrest , prosecution and imprisonment on charges such as \u201cinciting people against the authorities\u201d .\nin march 2014 , the interior ministry stated that authorities had deported over 370 , 000 foreign migrants and that 18 , 000 others were in detention . thousands of workers were returned to somalia and other states where they were at risk of human rights abuses , with large numbers also returned to yemen , in order to open more jobs to saudi arabians . many migrants reported that prior to their deportation they had been packed into overcrowded makeshift detention facilities where they received little food and water and were abused by guards .\nthe saudi arabian authorities continue to deny access to independent human rights organisations like amnesty international , and they have been known to take punitive action , including through the courts , against activists and family members of victims who contact amnesty .\nraif badawi was sentenced to 1000 lashes and 10 years in prison for using his liberal blog to criticise saudi arabia\u2019s clerics . he has already received 50 lashes , which have reportedly left him in poor health .\ndawood al - marhoon was arrested aged 17 for participating in an anti - government protest . after refusing to spy on his fellow protestors , he was tortured and forced to sign a blank document that would later contain his \u2018confession\u2019 . at dawood\u2019s trial , the prosecution requested death by crucifixion while refusing him a lawyer .\nali mohammed al - nimr was arrested in 2012 aged either 16 or 17 for participating in protests during the arab spring . his sentence includes beheading and crucifixion . the international community has spoken out against the punishment and has called on saudi arabia to stop . he is the nephew of a prominent government dissident .\nbut developing a leisure sector is fraught with difficulties in the islamic kingdom , which adheres to a strict social code where women are required to wear loose - fitting robes , cinemas and alcohol are banned and public spaces are gender - segregated .\nit remains to be seen how a theme park such as six flags will work as women and men remain largely segregated .\nincludes various ride with arabian theme such as sinbad the sailor and arabia gulf boat rides .\nincludes the african boats , the european cars , the cowboys arena and more ."]}
{"id": 56487, "summary": [{"text": "sabah gas industries sdn bhd was a state owned holding company based in labuan , malaysia .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "it was established in 1982 by the government of sabah for the downstream operations of sabah natural gas resources .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "the company owned and operated a 660,000-tonne per year methanol plant , a 600,000-tonne per year sponge iron factory , and a 79 mw natural gas-fired power station , all commissioned in 1984 after the gas pipeline from the offshore gas fields became operational .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "the industries were supplied by natural gas from the erb west and samarang offshore fields .", "topic": 22}, {"text": "in the beginning of the 1990s , due to financial difficulties , the company was put for privatisation .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "in 1992 , the methanol plant was sold to petronas and operates today as petronas methanol ( labuan ) sdn bhd .", "topic": 7}, {"text": "the power station was sold to sabah electricity .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "the sponge iron factory was bought by the affiliated companies of the today 's lion group .", "topic": 12}, {"text": "the plant operates today as antara steel mills sdn bhd . ", "topic": 7}], "title": "sabah gas industries", "paragraphs": ["copyright \u00a9 2016 b . i . g . industries berhad . all rights reserved .\nmerican did not explain why oil - and - gas related industries have been developed in non - oil states like pahang , malacca , kedah and johor while such industries are lacking in sabah , which has most of malaysia oil reserves .\nthe proposal was scrapped in favour of the only practical idea - ship sabah\u2019s gas to bintulu and use the rest to support downstream gas industries at the planned full - fledged petrochemical complex in bintulu .\nthe sabah oil and gas terminal ( sogt ) is a part of the sabah - sarawak integrated oil and gas project ( ssiogp ) undertaken by petronas carigali in the state of sabah , in east malaysia . the terminal processes oil and gas produced from the region\u2019s offshore fields .\nthe proposal to build a new oil and gas terminal at sabah was put forward in 2005 .\nthe lack of supporting infrastructure \u2013 not up to world - class standard \u2013 like water and related facilities for the oil and gas industry in sabah , appears to be a major problem holding back the state in these industries , judging from merican\u2019s assessments .\nthe crude oil and gas / condensate reaching the sabah terminal is separated and stored in tanks . the gas is sent to the petronas lng complex in bintulu via the sabah - sarawak pipeline , for processing and further export or sale .\nsabah oil & gas conference & exhibition is a major event servicing the malaysian state of sabah ' s oil & gas industry . the show brings together suppliers and buyers under one roof in a dynamic environment featuring the latest in technology and unparalleled industry networking .\nso far , production from sabah comprises 15 percent of the nation\u2019s crude oil and condensates ; two percent of the gas production and 7 . 7 percent of the combined oil and gas production .\nthe integrated project involved construction of an upstream infrastructure to tap offshore oil and gas reserves in the sabah region and process the produced resources . it included offshore field development , construction of the sogt and a 512km onshore pipeline called the sabah - sarawak gas pipeline .\nthrough its group is the most experienced spiral pipe manufacturer in malaysia with an extensive track record dating back to 1983 when the first spiral weld pipe manufacturing plant ppi industries sdn bhd was established in prai , penang . ppi industries sdn bhd is the pioneer in the manufacturing of spiral welded pipes in malaysia . following that through its associated company hicom petro - pipe , we have successfully manufactured , coated and supplied in excess of 700km pipes for the petronas gas pgu project .\n\u201cwe ( sabah ) have oil but we only get five percent royalty . we have gas but it is being piped out . we have an oil and gas industry but little participation in its downstream activities . \u201d\nvessco engineering limited designs and builds pressure vessels , columns , shell and tube heat exchangers , air cooler heat exchangers , skid packages , reactors , tanks , drums , and pressurised columns for the petroleum , lng and petrochemical industries .\n\u201cit was not an afterthought , \u201d he said , referring to the nov 7 federal cabinet meeting which ostensibly approved a full - fledged petrochemical complex and oil refinery in sabah in compensation for \u201csurplus sabah gas being shipped from kimanis to bintulu\u201d after upko chief bernard dompok raised the subject of the on - off and on again gas pipeline .\nthe new terminal is needed because crude oil terminal labuan and natural gas terminal kg gayang do not have sufficient capacity to handle oil and gas production from new fields .\n300 , 000boe per day of crude oil and 1 . 25bcf per day of gas\n\u201cthe figures given by petronas on its reserves and current production level do not indicate , in any way , the viability or otherwise of the oil and gas industry in sabah .\nthe sabah terminal became operational in december 2013 . it is designed to handle 300 , 000 barrels of oil a day and 1 . 25 billion cubic feet ( bcf ) of gas a day . sabah\u2019s capacity is equivalent to about 40 % of malaysia\u2019s crude oil production .\nthe sogt serves the offshore fields developed as part of the sabah - sarawak integrated oil and gas project . the fields include gumusut / kakap , kinabalu deep and east , kebabangan and malikai .\nthe sabah terminal occupies a 250 - acre greenfield site at kimanis , a township that lies 45km from the city of kota kinabalu . the location is proximate to a number of sabah offshore fields .\nneither did he touch on the electricity shortage along the eastern seaboard of sabah which necessitates the setting up of a gas - fired plant along the west coast to generate electricity for the east coast .\nb . i . g . industries berhad , ( \u201cb . i . g . \u201d ) has been operating in east malaysia for more than 30 years . b . i . g . stands for bintulu industrial gas . the group established its business in 1982 in miri , sarawak . we were listed on the klse second board in 1995 . presently , we are listed on the main board of bursa malaysia securities berhad .\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 all rights reserved . petro - pipe ( sabah ) sdn bhd ( pps ) powered by : bizlink icms\n\u201cwe have substantial oil and gas reserves / deposits but we are being told that \u2018you only have very little\u2019 . petronas talks about a big royalty revenue for sabah . where is the logic ( in all this ) ? \u201d he asked .\nwhile sabah did not request for a lng ( liquefied natural gas ) plant in the state , merican disclosed that such a plant was considered , found to be not economically viable \u2013 especially in view of existing facilities in bintulu , sarawak .\naccording to figures released by merican ( left ) , sabah at jan 1 , 2008 had 44 percent of malaysia\u2019s crude oil and condensates ( 2 . 4 billion barrels of oil equivalent per day ) ; 14 . 5 percent of gas ( 2 . 1 billion bboe / 12 . 7 tcf ) and 22 percent of the nation\u2019s combined oil and gas total .\nthe terminal is equipped with infrastructure to receive , process , store , measure and export crude oil and gas / condensate .\npetronas has plans for a oil and gas terminal ( sogt ) on 250 acres in kampung takis , kimanis , papar .\nsabah energy corporation sdn bhd is a sabah state government company established to spearhead the development of energy resources of sabah and to promote , stimulate , facilitate and undertake industrial , commercial , economic and other development projects . this includes manufacturing , assembling , processing , and marketing activities , amongst other functions . its group of companies continues to operate in the area of gas retailing , property development , marine and offshore centralised logistic support services / facilities and development of the energy resources of the state of sabah . future viable projects which are synergistic with sec ' s group activities , will be undertaken either through direct participation or on a joint - venture basis .\nthe onshore pipeline is 90km - long in sabah and 422km - long in sarawak . it begins in kimanis and ends at bintulu .\nits principal activities will be to receive , store and export crude oil from the offshore fields . sogt will also receive , process , compress and transport gas from the offshore fields through a 500km pipeline to petronas\u2019 mnlg ( malaysian liquefied natural gas ) complex in bintulu .\npetro - pipe ( sabah ) sdn bhd ( pps ) the most experienced spiral pipe manufacturer in malaysia with an extensive track record since 1983 .\nthe sabah - sarawak pipeline construction contract was awarded to a consortium of punj lloyd , dialog e & c and petrosab logistik in 2008 . the consortium was led by punj lloyd .\namong others , merican also said in his nov 16 interview that petronas has completed plans for a full - fledged petrochemical complex in 2006 and discussed the project with sabah chief minister musa aman .\nincorporated through a joint venture in 2007 , pps operates a spiral pipe manufacturing plant in kota kinabalu , sabah , malaysia . the pipe - making facility is equipped with modern technology that allows us to produce high - quality spiral - welded steel pipes for water , oil and gas transmission and general structural purpose . our pipes comply fully to api 5l and are acceptable for all onshore applications .\npkr sabah chief jeffrey kitingan has \u201ca sneaking suspicion\u201d that petronas chief hassan merican has been less than candid in his lengthy statement on the state\u2019s resources , which appeared in daily express and new sunday times on sunday .\nthe designed capacity is 300 , 000 barrels of oil per day and 1 . 25 billion standard cubic feet of gas per day . the storage capacity for crude oil is 2 . 5 million barrels . construction started in june last year and operations will commence in january 2010 .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nwe use them to give you the best experience . if you continue using our website , we ' ll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on this website .\nthe nearby port at bintulu may be used to export oil and condensate cargo from the terminal .\nsamsung engineering was awarded the engineering , procurement , construction and commissioning ( epcc ) contract . the myr2 . 44bn ( $ 770m ) contract was signed in october 2010 .\nsamsung engineering partnered with malaysian construction company naim cendera ( ncsb engineering ) to execute the project . naim was responsible for the construction of support infrastructure such as roads , bridges , earthworks and site offices .\nrnz integrated , a division of the rnz group , was involved in the design and engineering of the terminal between october 2006 and february 2009 . kasi ( malaysia ) conducted a comprehensive review of the design .\nchemsain konsultant carried out the environmental impact assessment and quantitative risk analysis ( qra ) for the integrated project .\nground - breaking was held in february 2007 by the then prime minister of malaysia , dato\u2019 seri abdullah haji ahmad badawi .\nthe samsung - naim joint venture achieved mechanical completion of the terminal by late 2013 .\nsubsea pipelines were laid to connect the terminal with the offshore fields of the integrated project .\nthe lng complex has eight production trains with a total processing capacity of nearly 23 million tonnes of hydrocarbons a year .\nhover over the logos to learn more about the companies who made this project possible .\nvessco engineering limited designs and builds pressure vessels , columns , shell . . .\n\u201cpetronas should be more transparent and truthful as it is dealing with a state and national resource and not a private property , \u201d said kitingan in an emailed statement late last night to malaysiakini .\n\u201cthe petronas chief should resign if the information or assessment from an independent assessor differs from his statement on nov 16 , \u201d said kitingan .\n\u201cwhat it does show is that we have yet to exploit these resources , i . e . 14 . 5 percent of malaysia\u2019s total reserves versus a two per cent production . \u201d\n\u201call the facilities we have built are world class because this is a global business , \u201d said merican . \u201cthe ability to bring in the big players is crucial .\n\u201cpeople always criticise petronas . they say we keep things quiet . but in this industry , this is how we do it . \u201d\nsubscribe now for unlimited access . rm40 a month ( or rm200 a year )"]}
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the new york times\nhsbc premier and private banking customers are allowed to access the lounge , plus one guest .\nothers have reported receiving letters from hsbc giving them two months ' notice before a closure .\npierre goad is group head of communications and group managing director of hsbc holdings plc . he has held a series of strategy and communication roles at hsbc in london and hong kong .\nandy maguire is group chief operating officer , hsbc , responsible for leading hsbc operations , services and technology and the bank\u2019s chief operating officers . he joined the bank in december 2014 .\nhsbc said decisions to close accounts were\nabsolutely not based on race or religion\n.\nhsbc was one of three foreign banks given permission last year to start trading in iraq .\nhsbc group chief executive john flint updated investors on the bank\u2019s strategy on 11 june 2018 .\nfind out about hsbc holdings plc ' s latest financial update and access our reporting archive .\nhsbc global banking and markets provides financial services and products to corporates , governments and institutions .\npeter phoned up the day before to give hsbc notice and everything seemed to be fine .\ntotal assets of hsbc from 2007 to 2017 ( in billion u . s . dollars )\nbrand value of hsbc from 2010 to 2015 ( in billion u . s . dollars )\n25 % off for first 500 general admission tickets purchased by hsbc credit and debit cardholders .\n\u00a9 copyright 2017 . hsbc bank ( singapore ) limited ( company registration no . 201420624k )\n\u00a9 copyright 2018 . hsbc bank ( singapore ) limited ( company registration no . 201420624k )\nhsbc declined to comment but a move to increase salaries would be consistent with chairman douglas flint\u2019s admission in august last year that hsbc was considering raising salaries to keep the bank \u201ccompetitive\u201d .\noperations is hsbc\u2019s largest global function , employing 40 , 000 colleagues in around 50 countries .\napply now for operations officer jobs at hsbc . 204 positions are currently open at efinancialcareers .\nask a question about working or interviewing at hsbc . our community is ready to answer .\nhsbc has had a full banking licence in new zealand since 1987 . primarily a corporate and commercial bank , hsbc new zealand also has grown its personal financial services business through acquisitions .\nthe hsbc group is represented in italy by hsbc bank plc , which has operated in milan since 1995 . we provide a wide range of services to italian corporates and institutional clients .\nhsbc global private banking has appointed joe abruzzo as the new head of its americas division .\nrefer to our interactive step - by - step instructions on getting started using hsbc net .\nget steady earnings and a locked in rate when you open an hsbc certificate of deposit .\naccess your hsbc premier products and services and discover how we can support your personal economy .\nhsbc advantage credit card payments will be automatically deducted from your account on the due date .\ndiscover great offers - all for you to exclusively enjoy as an hsbc advance banking customer .\npreferential terms on hsbc home loans , personal loans and credit cards to meet your needs .\n5 international borrowers must have qualifying documentation to be eligible for an hsbc premier deluxe mortgage .\naccess your hsbc premier products and services and discover how we could support your personal economy .\n\u201cwe are pleased with the outcome , \u201d hsbc chief legal officer stuart levey said in a statement . \u201cthis decision allows hsbc\u2019s agreement with the justice department to operate as intended . \u201d\nearlier , hsbc ' s head of compliance , david bagley , resigned at the hearing .\nhsbc currency scheme may have involved 11 others , u . s . says - bloomberg quint\nhsbc executive busted for using insider information to score $ 3 . 5 billion profit : feds\nhsbc , goldman sachs and rbs declined to comment on their dealings with the libyan authorities .\nhsbc presentation at the chief data officer forum - examining the role of the . . .\nhsbc has shifted focus away from local properties in favor of flagship golf and rugby events .\nhsbc ' s sport sponsorship portfolio was previously more diverse and included sponsorship of formula one .\nget maximum benefit from the global resources of the hsbc group . we provide a comprehensive suite of emerging markets - led and financing - focused banking services to government , corporate and institutional clients through our main subsidiaries hsbc bank usa , na and hsbc securities ( usa ) inc .\nit\u2019s a good thing that hsbc have recognised that strong policies are needed to protect rainforests . sadly , hsbc\u2019s policies are not strong \u2013 and it doesn\u2019t seem to be enforcing them . our investigation has shown that hsbc lent millions to companies that don\u2019t comply with its current policies .\nhsbc said : \u2018as disclosed in regulatory filings , hsbc has been fully cooperating with the senate permanent subcommittee on investigations and regulatory authorities in the united states in relation to these issues . \u2019\nyou can use your hsbc credit card at any retailer or cash machine that displays the logo on your card . fees apply and non - hsbc cash machines may also charge a fee .\n) - - hsbc global private banking announced that joe abruzzo has succeeded marlon young as head of global private banking , americas . young stepped down last month after 11 years with hsbc .\nhsbc private bank works alongside you to help to grow your wealth . by harnessing the resources of hsbc\u2019s global network of people and expertise , we can help you to reach your goals .\nthis link may allow you to access a non - hsbc website . hsbc bank middle east limited has no control over the linked website and is not liable for your use of it .\nwhere possible , you will attribute ownership of the images to hsbc . you may do so in any reasonable manner , but not in any way that suggests hsbc endorses you or your use\nmore than 200 , 000 people across the world \u2013 including many hsbc customers \u2013 have demanded that hsbc only provides loans and other financial services to companies that protect forests , including over 30 , 000 people in the uk who have sent emails directly to stuart gulliver , hsbc\u2019s ceo .\nhsbc has formed a new partnership with the badminton world federation ( bwf ) to become its principal global partner . this four - year partnership offers hsbc the opportunity to engage badminton fans globally as the title sponsor of the new hsbc bwf world tour which includes 26 tournaments in 20 markets , and the hsbc world tour finals in guangzhou , china . hsbc is also premier sponsor for the bwf major events ( world championships , sudirman cup and thomas & uber cup finals ) .\nhere we summarise some of the senate permanent subcommittee on investigation ' s main findings against hsbc .\nhsbc middle east was one of a number of affiliates which continued to work with the bank .\nhsbc ' s conservative approach to investment banking seemed silly before . now it looks quite sensible .\nmr al tikriti says he has banked with hsbc since the 1980s and has rarely been overdrawn .\naccording to the document , the lia held $ 1bn in an \u201chsbc liquidity acct . \u201d , $ 395m in hsbc luxembourg , and a final $ 2 . 9m in an unidentified account .\nthere is already some evidence that the crackdown on hsbc has slowed the flow of illegal cash .\nhsbc holdings plc declared a first interim dividend for 2018 of usd0 . 10 per ordinary share .\nuse our interactive tool to track the current and historical performance of hsbc ' s share price .\na year before , he had withdrawn a larger sum in cash from hsbc without a problem .\nthe city regulator , the financial services authority , was informed only last week , hsbc admitted .\nthese families launched the hong kong shanghai bank corporation ( hsbc ) after the second opium war as a repository for their opium proceeds . hsbc , a subsidiary of the london - based hsbc holdings , today prints 75 % of hong kong\u2019s currency , while the british cecil rhodes - founded standard chartered bank prints the rest . hsbc\u2019s hong kong headquarters sits next to a massive masonic temple .\nread the main highlights from hsbc holdings plc\u2019s 1q 2018 earnings release in our quick read summary .\ntotal operating income of hsbc from 2008 to 2017 ( in billion u . s . dollars )\ntotal operating expenses of hsbc from 2008 to 2017 ( in billion u . s . dollars )\nnet fee income of hsbc from 2008 to 2017 ( in billion u . s . dollars )\nhsbc moved its headquarters from hong kong to london in 1991 after its acquisition of midland bank .\nservices activity growth hit a 15 - month high and manufacturing output also rose , hsbc said .\ncorporate real estate manages hsbc\u2019s property portfolio for the benefit of our businesses , employees and customers .\nhsbc bank malaysia berhad is the principal representative of the hsbc group in malaysia . we were incorporated on 1 october 1984 , with an established presence that dates back to more than 120 years .\nhsbc use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our websites . see our cookie policy\nbuilding on hsbc\u2019s global network we remain committed to our purpose - connecting clients to global opportunities .\nhsbc bank usa , n . a . mclean , virginia phone : + 1 212 525 5000\nhsbc private bank has added three product specialists and a credit expert to its americas investment team .\nhsbc has a history rich in variety and achievement . discover the major events in our past .\nat hsbc private bank , we are committed to understanding the aspirations and concerns of entrepreneurs worldwide .\nglassdoor has 5 interview reports and interview questions from people who interviewed for retail banking and wealth management jobs at hsbc holdings . interview reviews are posted anonymously by hsbc holdings interview candidates and employees .\n\u00a9 hsbc bank usa , n . a . 2018 . all rights reserved . member fdic .\nhsbc to pay $ 1 . 9 billion u . s . fine in money - laundering case\nbank officials repeatedly ignored internal warnings that hsbc\u2019s monitoring systems were inadequate , the justice department said . in 2008 , for example , the ceo of hsbc mexico was told that mexican law enforcement had a recording of a mexican drug lord saying that hsbc mexico was the place to launder money .\nthe us department of justice said it is conducting a criminal investigation into hsbc ' s operations .\nhsbc bank executives face charges in $ 3 . 5 billion currency case - the new york times\nfive of the six palm oil companies mentioned in our report have said they will not meet hsbc\u2019s 2018 deadline . the other is not even a member of rspo ( breaking hsbc\u2019s own policy on palm oil funding ) . how many other hsbc customers are also going to miss this deadline ?\nin addition , a structured investment product managed by hsbc was worth $ 274m to the lia .\n17 . hsbc is one of the world\u2019s largest banking and financial services organizations . they serve around 51 million customers through four global businesses with more than 6 , 100 offices worldwide . about hsbc\nplease be advised that the sale of hsbc bank brasil s / a - banco multiplo , hsbc servicos e participacoes ltda . and controlled subsidiaries was approved on june 8th 2016 . bradesco and hsbc plan to complete the transaction early in july . the hsbc brand will remain present in brazil , but you will notice its gradual replacement by the acquiring bank ' s brand in the following months .\nin october 1998 hsbc announced that it had signed a 999 - year lease for a new 1 . 1 million square foot headquarters building at canary wharf in london , scheduled for completion by early 2002 . the following month hsbc said that it would unify the hsbc group under the hsbc name and logo , thereby establishing a more global corporate identity . among the units whose marketing names would change to hsbc were banco hsbc bamerindus , the british bank of the middle east , hongkong bank malaysia , hongkong bank of australia , hongkong bank of canada , hsbc banco roberts , marine midland , midland bank , hsbc equator bank , hsbc investment banking , and even the flagship hongkongbank itself . eventually the legal names of many hsbc group subsidiaries would also be changed . in a press release , bond said :\nwe want the hsbc brand to be known in every country and in every sector in which we operate as synonymous with integrity , trust , and excellent customer service . i am confident that a unified brand and the strong recognition it will bring for hsbc ' s exceptional strengths is an important step forward as we work to maximise shareholder value .\nthe implementation of this significant change was sure to require much of hsbc ' s attention at the turn of the century .\nafter the february 2008 meeting with mexican authorities , hsbc conducted an internal inquiry that found a small number of mexican clients accounted for a large percentage of the u . s . dollars moving through hsbc , according to the documents , which include a \u201cstatement of facts\u201d that hsbc has agreed to .\nthe record of dysfunction that prevailed at hsbc for many years was astonishing ,\nsaid assistant attorney general lanny breuer .\ntoday , hsbc is paying a heavy price for its conduct .\njun 2 , 2008 - the hsbc global markets business area ( \u00e2\u0080\u009chsbc gm\u00e2\u0080\u009d ) has created the . . . . . . been optimised to take into account the unique characteristics of . . .\n1 reward point earned for every \u20ac1 spent redeemable against the point shopping mall , hilton malta vouchers and hsbc malta foundation , or cashback on airline tickets purchased with your hsbc premier mastercard credit card .\nmorgan : in some instances we had some existing sponsorships like the hsbc champions in china , and in other cases we added new events like the abu dhabi hsbc golf championship and hong kong sevens .\nmorgan pointed to the example of hsbc ending its sponsorship of australia\u2019s\ncity to surf\nevent , compared to its sponsorship of the hsbc waratahs rugby team , a core sport for the bank .\nsimply maintain a total relationship balance of hkd200 , 000 or more , which includes your deposit balances , investments , utilised credit facilities , life insurance with savings or investment component , hsbc mpf balances and hsbc orso defined contribution scheme balances ( which are administered by hsbc life ( international ) limited ) .\nthese are the prohibited business activities hsbc says it won\u2019t fund , and are listed in its agricultural commodities policy . our investigations showed that each of these policies has been breached by one or more hsbc customers in the past five years . if hsbc says otherwise , it needs to produce some evidence .\n39 . major service responsibilities of hsbc are . . 1 . running customer service operations and business processes from contact centers to 2 . payments processing 3 . developing software and applications that underpin hsbc\u2019s banking systems 4 . managing it systems , infrastructure and support 5 . implementing major strategic change programs 6 . procuring goods and services for the group managing hsbc\u2019s global corporate real estate portfolio hsbc technology and service responsibility\nprincipal subsidiaries : commercial banking : banco hsbc bamerindus s . a . ( brazil ) ; british arab commercial bank limited ; the british bank of the middle east ( channel islands ) ; egyptian british bank s . a . e . ( egypt ) ; hang seng bank limited ( hong kong ; 62 . 1 % ) ; the hongkong and shanghai banking corporation limited ( hong kong ) ; hongkong bank malaysia berhad ; hongkong bank of australia limited ; hongkong bank of canada ; hsbc banco roberts s . a . ( argentina ; 99 . 85 % ) ; marine midland bank ( u . s . a . ) ; midland bank plc ; the saudi british bank ( saudi arabia ) ; wells fargo hsbc trade bank , n . a . ( u . s . a . ) . investment banking : guyerzeller bank ag ( switzerland ; 71 % ) ; hsbc asset management americas inc . ( u . s . a . ) ; hsbc asset management europe limited ; hsbc asset management hong kong limited ; hsbc equator bank plc ; hsbc international trustee limited ( channel islands ) ; hsbc investment bank asia limited ( hong kong ) ; hsbc investment bank plc ; hsbc private bank ( jersey ) limited ( channel islands ) ; hsbc private equity europe limited ; hsbc securities asia limited ( hong kong ) ; hsbc securities japan limited ; hsbc trustee ( hong kong ) limited ; hsbc trustee ( jersey ) limited ( channel islands ) ; hsbc unit trust management limited ; midland bank trust company limited ; midland bank trustee ( jersey ) limited ( channel islands ) ; trinkaus & burkhardt kgaa ( germany ; 73 % ) ; wardley financial services limited ( hong kong ) . capital markets : hsbc greenwell ; hsbc securities , inc . ( u . s . a . ) . finance : forward trust group limited ; hsbc forfaiting asia pte limited ( singapore ) ; hsbc international trade finance limited ; mortgage and finance berhad ( brunei darussalam ) ; wayfoong credit limited ( hong kong ) ; wayfoong finance limited ( hong kong ) ; wayfoong mortgage and finance ( singapore ) limited . insurance , retirement benefits , actuarial and personal financial services : hang seng life limited ( hong kong ) ; hsbc gibbs limited ; hsbc gibbs personal insurances limited ; hsbc insurance ( asia - pacific ) holdings limited ( hong kong ) ; hsbc insurance holdings limited ; la buenos aires compa\u00f1ia argentina de seguros s . a . ( argentina ) ; midland life limited . bullion dealing and commodity / brokerage services : wardley broking services private limited ( singapore ) . property : wayfoong property limited . shipping services : hsbc shipbrokers limited .\nhsbc frequently circumvented the rules designed to prevent dealings with iran , burma , north korea and iran .\nhe will be responsible for beefing up hsbc ' s anti - money laundering and sanctions compliance systems .\nhsbc\u2019s building in canary wharf , london . photograph : anthony devlin / pa archive / press association ima\nfamily members of a man who runs the think tank have also received similar letters from hsbc . but\nthe letter said the mosque\u2019s business no longer fitted the hsbc\u2019s \u201crisk appetite\u201d but offered no other explanation .\nformation of hsbc holdings , acquisition of midland bank ( u . k . ) and the early 1990s\nhsbc maps strategy for us market ,\nsouth china morning post , january 14 , 1993 .\nhsbc admitted it has not informed customers of the change in policy , which was implemented in november .\nsome hsbc customers have even decided to voluntarily close their accounts in protest at the controversial new policy .\nhsbc to pay record $ 1 . 9 - billion fine in u . s . money laundering case\nhsbc bank : secret origins to 26 / 11 mumbai attacks | katehon think tank . geopolitics & tradition\nhsbc is considered as the largest bank in the world with total assets of us $ 2 . 67\nmoving abroad can bring greater wellbeing as well as financial rewards , reveals hsbc\u2019s latest expat explorer survey .\nimprove cash flow , cover expenses and plan for business growth with hsbc\u2019s flexible finance and borrowing options .\nyou can transfer funds from your hsbc investdirect settlement account or hsbc investdirect plus sterling cash account ( as applicable to your hsbc investdirect stocks and shares isa ) by using the transfer between accounts section on our website . your isa will be credited immediately and this subscription will count towards your annual isa limit .\nincrease control over business expenditure and manage working capital more effectively with hsbc\u2019s suite of global corporate cards .\nthis link may allow you to access a non - hsbc website . hsbc bank egypt s . a . e has no control over the linked website and is not liable for your use of it .\nemergency cash 6 of up to u . s . $ 10 , 000 ( or local currency equivalent ) at premier centers and branches of hsbc and hsbc affiliates worldwide should your wallet be lost or stolen\nplease contact your hsbc premier relationship manager in your market if you have any questions regarding these changes .\nit was a defeat for hubert dean moore , a pennsylvania man who was an hsbc mortgage customer before filing for bankruptcy , and sought the report\u2019s release to identify whether problems persisted in hsbc\u2019s business practices .\nhsbc ' s us subsidiary hbus had opened more than 2 , 550 accounts for bearer share corporations .\nhsbc also is under investigation by the u . s . securities and exchange commission and the justice department . those probes also are examining whether the hsbc was vulnerable to illicit funds moving through the bank .\nus charges two hsbc executives in $ 3 . 5 billion forex - related scheme - the economic times\njohnson ' s alleged scheme involved his knowledge of confidential information provided to hsbc by an unidentified company .\n3 the hsbc advance savings account is available to customers with an hsbc premier checking or hsbc advance checking account in the united states . 4 to qualify for an hsbc advance relationship , you need to open an hsbc advance checking account and maintain combined balances in u . s . dollar personal deposit accounts and investment * balances of at least $ 10 , 000 or of at least $ 5 , 000 with a recurring direct deposit from a third party to an hsbc advance checking account at least once per calendar month . business owners may use their qualifying hsbc u . s . dollar commercial balances to qualify for a personal hsbc advance relationship . a monthly maintenance fee of $ 25 will be incurred if minimum balance or minimum balance with direct deposit requirement is not met . 5 federal reserve reg d transaction limitations apply .\nhsbc is proud to be a principal partner and official bank of the emirates airline dubai rugby sevens . the largest rugby event in the middle east , part of the international hsbc sevens world series , is a must for every rugby fan in the region and over the years hsbc has been a consistent presence .\nhsbc is also under investigation by wall street watchdog the us securities and exchange commission and the us department of justice . those probes also are examining whether hsbc was vulnerable to illicit funds moving through the bank .\nthe statistic presents the number of employees at hsbc from 2010 to 2017 . the data include both full - time and part - time employees . in 2017 , there were 229 , 000 employees at hsbc .\nthis link may allow you to access another hsbc group website . please read the terms and conditions of the linked website , which may differ from the terms and conditions of hsbc bank middle east limited website .\nhsbc used its us bank as a gateway into the us financial system for some hsbc affiliates around the world to provide us dollar services to clients while playing fast and loose with us banking rules .\n\u201cabdul fattah\u2019s deep knowledge and understanding of the region will help to develop hsbc\u2019s important relationships with key clients to enhance the growth of our businesses in these markets , \u201d said georges elhedery , deputy chairman of hsbc bank middle east limited and chief executive officer of hsbc in mena ( middle east and north africa ) .\nwithin the banking industry , hsbc holding plc is a worldwide heavyweight which boasts a well diversified and sustainable business profile . although it has suffered from high impairments due mainly to hsbc finance corporation , its consumer finance arm in the usa , hsbc has managed to remain profitable thanks mainly to its operations in emerging markets .\nthe report suggested hsbc accounts in mexico and the us were being used by drug barons to launder money .\nkhalid qumar , a trustee for the finsbury park mosque , questions the motives behind hsbc\u2019s decision to issue these letters . qumar believes hsbc\u2019s actions are indicative of an \u201cislamophobic campaign targeting muslim charities in the uk\n.\nhsbc is targeting muslim organisations / organisers like @ anasaltikriti & @ uwt _ uk . watch out ! urltoken\na computer glitch that delayed 275 , 000 hsbc payments has now been resolved , the bank has said .\nfederal officials expressed pride when they announced their $ 1 . 9 billion money - laundering settlement with hsbc .\nanother user , writing under the name misteclatmer , added : ' hsbc are a bunch of racists ' .\nsarah chowdhury said : ' no need for a letter , hsbc . i\u2019ll close my account myself . '\n\u201cwe do not comment on market rumours or speculation , \u201d a hong kong - based hsbc spokeswoman said .\neven in a digital age , people remain crucial to the success of businesses , says hsbc\u2019s charlie nunn .\neverything on\nhsbc\nin one document : edited and divided into handy chapters . including detailed references .\ntotal assets of hsbc in north america from 2011 to 2017 ( in billion u . s . dollars )\ntickets for hsbc women ' s champions 2017 are on sale from 15 december 2016 to 5 march 2017 .\nhow can the financial system help to tackle climate change ? read the latest insight and opinion from hsbc .\nhsbc was the first commercial bank in thailand , having been established in 1888 . hsbc thailand introduced the first currency notes into the country and issued the first foreign loan to the government for its railway construction project .\nsafeguard your business with hsbc\u2019s insurance and investment solutions to minimise risk exposure and capture growth potential of liquidity .\nfee free overseas funds transfers to self - named hsbc accounts via internet ( 2 ) ( 3 ) .\neffectively and efficiently manage your company cash flows and facilitate trade transactions regardless of your location with hsbc net .\nhsbc net can give you access to all your global accounts , at hsbc and even other banks , from anywhere , at any time , personalised according to your preferences . welcome to the future of business online .\nhsbc to pay $ 1 . 9 billion u . s . fine in money - laundering case | reuters\ngeorge osborne warned the us against prosecuting hsbc , a house report shows . photograph : neil hall / pa\nhsbc also violated us sanctions by working with customers in iran , libya , sudan , burma and cuba .\nmr levin is chairman of the senate permanent subcommittee on investigations , which looked into hsbc ' s activities .\nhsbc logos are displayed inside an office tower in hong kong february 27 , 2012 . reuters / bobby yip\nhow can the financial system help to tackle climate change ? read the latest news and opinion from hsbc .\nby the late 2000s , other law enforcement agencies were beginning to catch hsbc\u2019s scent . the department of homeland security started investigating hsbc for laundering drug money , while the attorney general\u2019s office in west virginia snooped around hsbc\u2019s involvement in a medicare - fraud case . a federal intra - agency meeting was convened in washington in september 2009 , at which it was determined that hsbc was out of control and needed to be investigated more closely .\nmexico hsbc m\u00e9xico , s . a . , instituci\u00f3n de banca m\u00faltiple , grupo financiero hsbc ave . paseo de la reforma 347 , col . cuauht\u00e9moc , 06500 mexico df , mexico phone : + 52 55 5721 2222\nas part of the hsbc group , one of the world\u2019s largest banking and financial services organizations , hsbc private banking seeks to be the leading international private bank for business owners and their families . it provides clients with wealth , business and family succession solutions in the largest and fastest growing markets around the world . hsbc private banking is the marketing name for the private banking business conducted by the principal private banking subsidiaries of the hsbc group ."]}
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{"id": 56542, "summary": [{"text": "nac architecture is a design firm with over 170 architects , engineers , interior designers and support staff , with offices in spokane , seattle and los angeles .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "the firm specializes in architecture , planning , electrical engineering , interior design , and capital facilities consulting .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "core markets served include education ( k-12 and higher education ) , healthcare , laboratory , biotechnology , recreation , hospitality , civic , cultural , extended care , and restoration .", "topic": 1}, {"text": "incorporated in 1970 , nac architecture has roots in spokane , washington , dating back to 1960 .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "the firm has won over 230 design and industry awards in its history .", "topic": 5}, {"text": "in 2013 , nac architecture was ranked 18th for sustainable design among architectural firms in the u.s. by architect magazine , the official publication of the american institute of architects .", "topic": 19}, {"text": "the firm was ranked 45th overall .", "topic": 39}, {"text": "in 2011 , building design and construction magazine ranked nac architecture 30th overall and 9th among u.s. k-12 school design firms in their giants 300 report . ", "topic": 19}], "title": "nac architecture", "paragraphs": ["in turn , nac architecture is committed to them - their growth , development and recognition .\nnac architecture thought leaders are informed opinion leaders and trusted sources who are known and recognized for their innovative ideas .\nkevin flanagan , managing principal of nac | architecture\u2019s seattle office , answered some questions about the industry and his firm for the djc .\nwe ' re always elated when an award is bestowed on nac architecture . it means that user groups , civic organizations and . . .\nour people value the social usefulness of the work they perform and are committed to it . in turn , nac architecture is committed to them \u2013 their growth , development and recognition .\nwe strive for enduring architecture that challenges and inspires ; that is sustainable , practical and thoughtfully conceived .\ntiny homes for the homeless \u2014 designing environments for memory care patients \u2014 architecture + human behavior . . .\ninfusing the scene with fresh perspectives , these new names are keeping local architecture relevant in the 21st century .\nnac architecture creates places for learning , healing , and exploring human potential . we collaborate to create authentic , relevant architecture that unites vision , client goals , and community expectations in an environmentally appropriate way . we listen , learn and lead our clients to solutions that exceed their expectations and improve our communities . offices in seattle , spokane , los angeles , denver .\nbuilt as a centennial project , the nac was designed in the \u201cbrutalist\u201d style popular from the \u201950s into the \u201970s . the word originates from the french \u201cb\u00e9ton brut\u201d or raw concrete , the material of choice for architects working in this style . essentially , the nac was built to be a fortress for the performing arts .\nthe nac will be open to the public starting at about 3 p . m . saturday after the ribbon - cutting , with free performances and activities that will continue on sunday .\nfilipino architecture has been synonymous with the ma\u00f1osa name since gelo\u2019s father , francisco ma\u00f1osa , supported the movement to create architecture that tells the truth of its people and culture . gelo takes this maxim and spins it to fit the 21st century . notable projects : ylang lane , tag\u00f4\n\u201cit was a time in architecture history where architects were seeking truth , a robust massing and a fortress - like architecture , \u201d said schmitt , whose firm has designed more than 40 performing arts spaces , including a current project on david geffen hall at the lincoln center in new york city .\nfifty years ago , brutalism had fans in architecture circles . and it still has , says schmitt . but the general public found massive concrete walls alienating . the nac took its share of criticism for a design that turned its back on elgin street and views of ottawa\u2019s most iconic buildings . the design sometimes left patrons struggling to find a door .\n\u2022 the tower on elgin street will mark the entrance and the point of arrival in the nac . it will also take its place as one of the most important towers in ottawa , marking the location of ottawa\u2019s first city hall and a relationship between the peace tower , which presents the crown , and the city of ottawa . four of the eight sides of the \u201clantern\u201d in the tower are digitally enabled with led screens to showcase events at the nac or around the world . there are strict rules about light levels and content , but the nac\u2019s new \u201cmarquee\u201d will be visible from the new lrt station on queen street .\npatterson hall - eastern washington university in the heart of eastern washington university\u2019s campus located on ewu\u2019s central gathering lawn is nac architecture\u2019s renovated patterson hall , the university\u2019s largest general classroom building . the original 105 , 000 square - foot , 3 - story building constructed in the early 1960s has been renovated and wrapped with a 30 , 000 square - foot , 2 - story addition . . .\nwhitworth university says it expects this 170 - bed , 44 , 000 - square - foot dormitory , called east residence hall , to be completed this fall , in time to house students arriving for the 2009 - 2010 school year . vandervert construction inc . , of spokane , is the general contractor on the project , and nac / architecture inc . , also of spokane , designed it .\ntania salgado , co - founder of 2 - year - old denver - based handprint architecture , believes architecture is a global profession today . \u201cto expand , firms need to have a presence in other states , \u201d she explains . \u201cacquiring a practice with stability and quality like slaterpaull allows a practice to broaden their work and expand project types .\nwe ' re always elated when an award is bestowed on nac architecture . it means that user groups , civic organizations and our peers appreciate our design creativity and respect our commitment to the broader community . beyond the thrill of receiving an award is satisfaction on a more personal level : smiles on patients ' and students ' faces , better workplaces for staff , and strategic goals accomplished for executive teams - this is the currency we value most .\nflanagan : the lagging economy continues to be a key issue we are facing . nac\u2019s work is primarily community and public sector projects ; while the local economy is showing some recovery in markets such as housing and commercial development , funding remains very limited for public projects .\nthe nac is throwing open its doors to the public on canada day to offer a look at the first phase of a project aimed at turning ottawa\u2019s fortress - like performing arts palace into a light - filled \u201ccrossroads\u201d for the city . on wednesday , the media got a sneak peek .\n\u2022 keep an eye out for the hexagons , a repeating motif in the original nac , that has been continued in the expansion project , from tiles in the washrooms to the stone floors in the elgin entrance and the lower box office . the limestone floors , quarried in owen sound , are made of triangles pieced together to form hexagons . why hexagons ? project architect jennifer mallard says triangles were a common architectural theme at the time the nac was built . \u201cthe original language of the building was so very strong , so that to work with it was both inspiring and a challenge . \u201d\narchitect donald schmitt considers his firm to be \u201cmarriage brokers\u201d of architecture , taking the best qualities of the existing building and making it more transparent and inviting . \u201cboth parts bring out the best in each other , \u201d he said .\nthe junior to national artist leandro locsin , this wesleyan and harvard - educated architect pools his knowledge of landscape architecture , urban planning and design into a practice that is steeped in integrity , responsibility , and socio - cultural context .\n\u201ci think what\u2019s going on is a natural evolution . last year , i read that 78 percent of architecture and interiors firms were planning a merger or acquisition in 2015 , \u201d shares curt fentress , founding principal of denver\u2019s acclaimed fentress architects . \u201cbut there are a lot of moving wheels other than m & a . people are getting older and wanting to retire . there\u2019s also a shift in requirements for licensing in process , something that will impact the future of architecture firms here . \u201d\nperhaps it was the recession , or its aftermath , that motivated the notable ar7 architects to merge with spokane - based nac architecture in 2011 . or it may have been dreams of retirement , or opportunities too good to refuse . regardless , ar7 , which originally was founded by george hoover and karl berg in 1976 ( gary desmond joined the leadership team in 1980 followed by a name change to hoover berg desmond shortly thereafter ) , no longer exists in colorado . as one of the most respected design firms in the state , ar7 was the first high - profile local firm to transition ownership post - recession .\nthe aj supports the architecture industry on a daily basis with in - depth news analysis , insight into issues that are affecting the industry , comprehensive building studies with technical details and drawings , client profiles , competition updates as well as letting you know who\u2019s won what and why .\nwith a staunch commitment to green architecture as well as preserving and actively continuing the legacy of their father william coscolluela , these brothers have been behind some of the city\u2019s most prominent buildings in the last 10 years . notable projects : joya towers & lofts , the grand midori in makati\n\u2018a traditional future\u2019 \u2013 directed by faiza ahmad khan and the second in al jazeera\u2019s series rebel architecture \u2013 follows lari as she revisits sindh province , where she worked to provide shelters following the damage caused by the 2010 floods , to see how her designs coped with another flooding disaster in 2013 .\nin her talk at accelerate live ! 2018 , micro - buildings design expert aeron hodges , aia , senior designer / manager stantec architecture , explored the key drivers of the micro - buildings movement , and how the trend is spreading into a wide variety of building typologies . photo : bd + c\n\u201cmodern , monastic , and tropical\u201d\u2014royal\u2019s work possesses a decided point of view . filipino without the clich\u00e9s attached to local design , his brave visions in architecture have helped usher forward the country\u2019s design scene notable projects : kenneth cobonpue residence in cebu , qi wellness in tagaytay emmanuel mi\u00f1ana emmanuel a . mi\u00f1ana and associates\nother well - known firms followed . in 2012 , klipp , the award - winning design firm founded by brian klipp in 1979 , was acquired by irvine , california - based gkkworks , and hutton design group was purchased by minneapolis - based cuningham group architecture . then in 2014 , 44 - year - old slaterpaull architects merged with hord coplan macht , the largest firm in baltimore , followed by a merger of the 52 - year - old h + l architecture with lawrence , kansas - based treanor architects in january this year . since their transitions , all five firms have essentially disappeared from the local conversation .\n\u2022 the nac is meant to be accessible to the public 17 hours a day . schmitt wanted to create a \u201cliving room in the city , \u201d a place where visitors can stop for a coffee \u2014 there will be a coffee shop just inside the elgin street entrance , plus mobile bars \u2014 to use the free wi - fi , or catch a free performance or lecture on the wooden steps in the atrium .\nnac architecture is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race ; color ; ancestry ; religion ; marital status ; sex ; sexual orientation ; citizenship ; national origin ; age ; physical or mental handicaps or disabilities ; medical condition ; or special disabled , vietnam - era or veteran status or any other basis protected by law . no question on our application is intended to secure information to be used for such discrimination . applicants for employment are evaluated on the basis of educational training , professional or other employment experience , professional licensing ( when appropriate ) , and job - related skills and knowledge . if you require accommodation to complete an application or for the interview process , please contact the human resources department .\nwhat do eugenio lopez iii , bienvenido tantoco , jr . , teresita sy - coson , and jose concepcion iii all have in common ? their homes were designed by emmanuel mi\u00f1ana , who was named the national winner for excellence in philippine architecture by national commission for culture and arts in 2015 . for mi\u00f1ana , \u201carchitecture respects the relationship between the built space and its contextual site . \u201d he makes it possible for contemporary homes to look seamlessly integrated with the outdoors , something recognized by a number of design books on tropical living . notable projects : villa marina , a residential project in sta . elena ; presidential villas for the 1996 apec summit ; accenture ; cemex ; tao corporation ; banco santander ; philippine seven corporation ; madrigal and company ; avon ; korea telecom ; the philippine stock exchange ; and lopez sugar corporation\nthe ribbon will be cut on saturday by charles , prince of wales , a notable foe of brutalist architecture . in 1988 , the heir to the throne described birmingham\u2019s 1974 library designed by john madin as \u201ca place where books are incinerated , not kept . \u201d in 1984 , he called a proposed extension to the national gallery in london a \u201cmonstrous carbuncle on the face of a much - loved and elegant friend . \u201d\n\u201cwho will replace the voices of architects like jeff sheppard , gary desmond and brian klipp ? before us , it was george hoover , cab childress and peter dominick . they were all incredibly passionate about architecture , \u201d humphries reflects . \u201cfor us , it was just a part of what you did and why you were an architect . hopefully , others will stand up and take our place in the future . \u201d \\ \\\nyet , even as the future beckons with new talent and ideas infusing energy into the profession , it is important to acknowledge the generation of leaders whose shoulders we stand on today . these passionate , once highly visible architects who devoted their careers to openly standing up and speaking out on behalf of the profession have consistently demonstrated that \u201carchitecture matters\u201d through their work , their actions and their words over the last 30 - plus years .\n\u201cwhen bill muchow died , that was the end of his firm . it\u2019s like the light switch was just turned off , \u201d reflects humphries . \u201cno one could have bought his firm out , or carried on his work , nor that of temple buell . they represent the end of a very special era in architecture . these firms were led by very passionate , bright , talented individuals . when they die or move on , it\u2019s really hard to sustain that same vision and culture over time . \u201d\nmount vernon school district , madison elementary school - 23 09 00 blythe plumbing & heating , inc .\nmaltby phase 1 elementary school # 21 project - public bid package 230593 diamond\nb\nconstructors , inc .\nremains chairman and ceo of the 127 - year - old family - owned firm . the 56 - year - old cuthill is a lawyer and a certified public accountant . in a statement , cuthill said , \u201ci will focus on continuing clise ' s key role as a vital stakeholder in the rise of seattle as a global hub for commerce and technology . \u201d\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml + rdfa 1 . 0 / / en\nurltoken\nsample of a 3d rendering created and altered in real time using enscape\u2019s real - time rendering software . enscape .\nwomen in design + construction nov . 15 - 17 , scottsdale , ariz .\nwomen in design + construction nov . 7 - 8 , rancho mirage , calif .\naec emerging leaders meet - up ( no link for this ) nov . 13 , chicago\nbd + c\u2019s annual giants 300 listings rank the u . s . and canadian firms that designed or constructed the largest volume of commercial , institutional , industrial , and multifamily residential buildings in 2010 . this spring , the editors surveyed the largest aec firms , ranking the top 300 across six categories : architects , architect / engineers , engineers , engineer / architects , contractors , and construction managers . all firms are ranked by reported revenue for 2010 . please note : civil engineering work ( including roads and bridges ) , single - family homes , and certain building types ( e . g . , power plants , oil drilling rigs ) are excluded from the bd + c giants 300 financial data . \u2014the editors\none delisle is a 522 - ft - tall tower with 263 residences that slate asset management is proposing to build on one of 10 properties it has bought in midtown toronto . image : norm li , courtesy of studio gang\nthe three - building athletes village at the university of minnesota in minneapolis is designed to reinforce the incoming student - athlete\u2019s perception of the school\u2019s sports as well as his or her place in that program . the facility\u2019s land o\u2019 lakes center for excellence and gameday experience room broadcasts digital content of the gophers\u2019 team highlights from a dozen customizable projectors with a total of more than 23 million pixels . the 340 , 000 - sf facility\u2019s \u201cexperiences\u201d were created by advent , the experiential design firm .\nenter your email address and name below to subscribe to any of our free e - newsletters .\nseg\u2019s 12 - person team works out of a historic commercial building that has achieved net zero energy using strategies that include waste heat recovery , natural ventilation , a photovoltaic roof system , and real - time energy - use monitoring . image : hga\nthe summit , a 426 , 000 - sf hotel in cincinnati , is the first to be designed from scratch by its owner - operator , dolce hotel and resorts by wyndham . its nine - story atrium , surrounded by glass elevators , allowed the building team to redistribute the building\u2019s weight loads and give the hotel more height . photo : mike howard photography\nthe summit hotel and conference center is a converted parking garage that was once a factory .\n2000 honor award , u . s . general services administration , public buildings service\nthe national trust for historic preservation will present its preservation honor award to the fox theater in spokane on friday .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nthe oak harbor high school cafeteria is a vital part of the campus remake . undersized and buried deep within the campus , it was a poorly functioning space for limited school use .\nthe new cafeteria is situated at the most prominent space in the new student union building , creating a dramatically different face for the campus . it\na welcoming space that has the role of\nliving room\nfor both the school and city .\nthe high school is the main educational and civic institution in the city , and the cafeteria immediately started to serve unfilled community needs . in a city with no dedicated performance venue , and with no funding for such dedicated space , the new commons was designed as a true multifunctional\nhybrid\nspace , welcoming a number of different uses .\nit is a place to see and be seen . it is a place to perform or informally socialize . it is a place for all age groups to connect and enrich each other . it is a place that brings the whole community together .\nthis flexible and creative design serves the community and the school program . it is designed with an open feel to all spaces . sustainability is demonstrated through the choice of materials .\n- - 2011 jury\nwe use cookies to improve your website experience . to learn about our use of cookies and how you can manage your cookie settings , please see our cookie policy . by continuing to use the website , you consent to our use of cookies .\ncherry crest elementary school is a highly energy - efficient school nestled into its wooded setting in bellevue . it has a roof - mounted photovoltaic system .\nindications are that this is starting to change ; as people start seeing more life in the general economy they become more likely to vote \u201cyes\u201d on local bond measures and support important projects that have been deferred . there are more capital bond and levy measures scheduled next year than there were in the last two years combined .\nenergy - efficient design continues to be another important issue . energy costs are escalating ; design that reduces energy demand resonates both with people who want to see environmentally responsible buildings and with people interested in reducing the ongoing cost of building operation .\nflanagan : 1 . student housing . universities and colleges can use different funding mechanisms for housing and these provide an additional revenue stream for the schools . beyond just being dorms , these buildings now incorporate more student life amenities .\n2 . health care . health - care institutions have been dealing with a lot of change recently with obama care as well as several mergers and acquisitions locally ; health - care projects have been in limbo as clients are waiting for things to settle . in the meantime there are growing needs with an aging population .\n3 . senior living . the aging demographic is expected to increase the demand for senior - living projects .\nwhile there are other markets that will also be growing , we are not planning any significant changes in the market types we pursue . we are involved in all three of the markets above and we think we will do best to play to our strengths .\nflanagan : this is a painful question . firm - wide , we were about 150 people in 2008 and we are now just over 100 . early on we were probably doing better than most because we had some large projects on - going , but as those projects completed , we did not have equal projects to replace them . we took advantage of this time to do some restructuring of our firm , including a merger / acquisition with an office in denver that brought in some specialized talent along with geographic expansion .\nwe have learned that now is a great time to build if you have the funding because of the competitive bid environment . our clients are able to get high - quality buildings with innovative design and energy - saving features for a low bid . we have focused on keeping a high premium on quality and innovative design despite the lean times . our clients benefit from it and we hope it helps put us in a better place as things recover .\nflanagan : the biggest trend i\u2019m seeing is that architects are shopping at value village rather than nordstrom . jokes aside , i would say there are a lot of mini - trends rather than big trends .\narchitects locally are remaining agile in how we adapt in the economic landscape . a lot of local architects are doing work abroad or in other regions . design - build is growing . integrated project delivery gets a lot of talk , though the industry is still trying to figure out how to use it and still make high - quality design , and how to structure contracts so insurance companies are happy .\nbim is now the way that documents are produced , although again the industry as a whole is still figuring out how to better take advantage of its capabilities .\nflanagan : ironically , we have seen the recession help sustainable measures for a couple of reasons . first , low construction costs have allowed us to include sustainable features and still remain below budget . second , our public clients used the projects to leverage capital dollars to save general fund dollars .\nschool districts saw their general fund amounts significantly reduced ; this fund pays for ongoing costs like salaries , maintenance , energy , etc . they are not allowed to cross money between capital and general funds , so a district that passed a bond may have millions in their capital fund but need to make cutbacks to programs to save general fund dollars .\nwe took advantage of low bids to design buildings that had features like geothermal ground loop heating , solar panels and super - insulated envelopes . the new buildings reduce energy and maintenance costs and save general - fund dollars for teachers and books .\nour professionals have a shared vision : commitment to innovative design approaches , successful partnerships . . .\nby engaging with communities , we create places that advance learning , enhance wellness and enrich lives . . .\nthe renovated patterson hall provides renewed , inviting , comfortable instruction space with state - of - the - art technology . . .\nthey build the collective knowledge of the group by actively engaging others and making a difference with their ideas . they work hard to uncover meaningful insights in their respective fields of expertise , and interpret those insights for business and innovation opportunities .\nour people are our intellectual and creative lifeblood . they come from all over the world with life experiences that enrich our office culture .\nour people value the social usefulness of the work they perform and are committed to it .\nwe jumped at the opportunity to help sustainable engineering & design students . . .\nwhen bellevue college dropped \u201ccommunity\u201d from its name and started offering four - year degrees , it also . . .\nwe are continually seeking gifted , resourceful architects , engineers and interior designers to join our team . visit our careers page for information on openings and benefits .\nthey come from all over the world with life experiences that enrich our office culture .\nyoung designers have the opportunity to play key roles on exciting projects while learning from experienced staff . senior staff enjoy recognition and rewards for their contributions , new challenges and invigorating career fulfillment .\nfor current opportunities or future consideration in seattle / spokane / los angeles , submit a letter of interest , resume and work samples . email is preferred with qualifications in pdf format ( hr @ urltoken ) . attachments may not exceed 10mb . please no phone calls .\narchitect donald schmitt , with the douglas fir coffered ceilings above . photo : darren brown / ottawa citizen\nschmitt\u2019s task was to animate confederation square , to embrace the war memorial and to open up sightlines to ottawa landmarks , including parliament hill and the ch\u00e2teau laurier . and to do it on time and one budget .\n\u201cthese qualities can be completely hostile to the way people use buildings . people saw it as a bunker that was unwelcoming and unfriendly . \u201d\nthe rejuvenation project has two more phases yet to be complete and will wrap up next february . at a cost of $ 110 . 5 million , it\u2019s the federal government\u2019s largest investment in cultural infrastructure for the canada 150 celebrations . when complete , there will be 60 , 000 square feet of new space .\ncanada day will mark the opening of the elgin street entrance , the box office and part of the atrium . here\u2019s what to look for :\n\u2022 look up . look waaay up . the new atrium showcases wood as an innovative canadian product . the douglas fir in the coffered ceilings was chosen for its structural properties and was manufactured by structurecraft in vancouver . it was prefabricated off - site last summer in a warehouse in chesterville , south of ottawa . the longest span measures 20 metres , and the coffers are equipped with electrical conduits , lights and sprinklers . there are 246 wood coffers in the atrium and a curtain wall almost twice the size of an nhl hockey rink . schmitt says the space was designed to be filled with light . \u201cthe luminosity will showcase what\u2019s here . \u201d\nno matter what your style is\u2014whether you possess a nostalgia for the warm tones of old ' 60s bungalows or are a proponent of the urban chic digs of today\u2014it is clear that the city\u2019s built landscape has drastically changed over the last few decades . thanks to the newest crop of architects and trusted veterans , the city still possesses surprising , relevant spaces that collectively create a better and brighter environment .\nhere are architects who have already built a strong and solid reputation and a distinct design portfolio .\nsy\u2019s clean , streamlined spaces take shape in everything from tropical asian homes to houses that play into their environment seamlessly . her works , from residential to commercial spaces , have an intelligent and respectful response to context .\ncontinuing the proficiency in forward thinking design of lor calma , his father , ed calma\u2019s modern masterpieces envelope both intimate and larger - than - life spaces with a keen understanding of lines . notable projects : de la salle - college of saint benilde , serendra bridge\nmanila residences have been made all the better with ramon antonio\u2019s meticulous and purposeful hand in design . the homes he\u2019s helped shaped , from their landscaped gardens to luxe tropical living spaces , all possess a characteristic lightness .\nonglao\u2019s many years spent honing his craft in los angeles and his recent return to manila inform his work with a blend of eastern and western influences . both his residential and commercial projects offer a serenity very much in demand in this city . notable projects : balesin island club , el nido resort\u2019s pangalusian island\nlichauco\u2019s portfolio spans a wide range of projects from little commercial shops to prominent institutional buildings his residences are refreshingly contemporary\u2014homes that heed the tropical environment but do not shy away from going full modern .\nwith a career that helped shape some of manila\u2019s most defining buildings , ledesma holds post as managing partner at locsin\u2019s distinguished firm . his work continues to hold a lasting impact on the fabric of the city . notable projects : ccp theater for the performing arts , tower one of the philippine stock exchange plaza\nthis versatile architect co - designed superferry 19 , among many other projects commissioned by the aboitiz family . his restaurant projects are a study in making modern design warm and intimate , such as\nthis architect is as creative and forward - thinking as they come . his designs feature cutting - edge geometry and the playful interplay of light with various materials . some of the marvelous forms in his portfolio draw the eye up , making spaces\u2014residential , civic , or commercial\u2014seem bigger . last year , he received the iconic award ( best of the best in the interiors division ) for his work on mecha uma , which features a magnificent steel sculpture above the open kitchen . notable projects : hacienda sta . elena , lusso , mecha uma\ncalma\u2019s work possesses a bold and boundless quality that is perfect for people who want to push the envelope and innovate . his residential work is just as progressive as his more commercial projects . he is also a visual artist to boot . notable projects : vask , mesa\nmetro manila over the last 15 years has seen a spike in restaurants and cafes that have put it at par with the rest of the globe . barrios is a tour de force in the commercial design scene , having been responsible for the look of many of the city\u2019s most popular haunts . notable projects : wildflour , purple yam , pink ' s hotdogs , mighty quinn ' s , farmacy , hibana\nas global warning becomes an even more prominent issue in the international scene , sustainable design is becoming more and more important . formerly new york - based , crespo brings her tech and eco - knowhow to our shores . we say , it\u2019s about time . notable projects : parish of the risen christ ; green pastures restaurants ; alab restaurant ; shop lcp ; bo ' s coffee headquarters ; and public safety savings and loan association inc . building , the first green building on edsa\nwith a heavily geometric and linear aesthetic , nazareno and his firm have been making waves in many of the residential developments with houses that play around with cubist forms and don\u2019t shy away from distinctive patterns . notable projects : kennedy street residence , cattleya street residence\nworking on both a macro and micro scale , de castro takes the most conceptual studies and turns them into full - scale works of art . adept at large - scale site plans to smaller - scale details such as lighting , her work stands out from the inside out . notable projects : hyve , toby\u2019s estate in greenhills\nin 10 years , buensalido\u2019s work has come to be known for its innovative concepts and forward - looking aesthetic . fun seems to be a common theme in many of his projects , with wildly engaging forms and interiors that shift our idea of space . notable projects : nuvali clubhouse , chef\u2019s table by chef bruce lim\nmestiza new york , a filipino - inspired brand , is the toast of u . s . retailers\nthe fashion line offers elegant evening wear and casual womenswear without the designer price tag .\na sample of what the class of 2018 has achieved so far and how these students plan to change the world .\nduring her early years in the public eye , the princess of wales often added a sharp topper to finish off her look .\nthe u . s . president will meet with queen elizabeth at windsor castle later this week .\nthe grand duchesses innocently fell in love with the soldiers and officers they met .\nthere ' s a chance we ' ll get to watch the queen ' s granddaughter walk down the aisle .\nthe duchess of cornwall ' s bling doesn ' t get the attention it deserves .\nwe use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on townandcountry . ph . by continuing to browse our site , you are agreeing to our use of cookies . find out more here .\nthe face of colorado\u2019s architectural community is quietly transforming , one firm at a time , as a new generation of designers nudges its way into a changing marketplace . with mergers and acquisitions already replacing many of our state\u2019s iconic firms of the past \u2013 and other notable , long - established firms beginning the transition to new leadership \u2013 a change of guard is at hand .\ntoday\u2019s up - and - coming architects have greatly benefitted from this dedication and the strong colorado architectural community they built . thankfully , as with their mentors before them , the larger community has been as important to them as their own legacies .\nthoughts on the implications of these changes have been mixed . to some , change is inevitable . to others , this m & a activity represents the inevitable passing of a singular era worth remembering and honoring .\nfentress , who launched his practice in 1980 with one staff person , was one of the original \u201cone - to five - person firms\u201d that continues to fuel the design industry today . over the years , his firm has expanded geographically to 135 people and 14 partners in five u . s . cities today .\ndennis humphries , a founding principal of the notable humphries poli architects is a bit more nostalgic . \u201ctransition is a really tough thing . younger partners march to a different beat , \u201d he notes . \u201cwhen you\u2019re the founder of a firm , you don\u2019t know if your firm will succeed or die under new leadership over the next decade or two . some owners choose to take that chance , others decide to sell . \u201d\nfentress , humphries and many other notable colorado architects who launched their firms in the 1970s and \u201980s , began their careers when local architectural leaders like bill muchow , temple buell , rod davis , john anderson , cab childress , john rogers , chuck sink and peter dominick were still practicing .\n\u201cin many firms , however , there is no plan for leadership transition . there\u2019s a huge gap there , \u201d salgado adds . \u201cit\u2019s a different society today ; the attitude is not the same . if you\u2019re not engaging the next level of leadership and don\u2019t have the right culture to keep them , they leave \u2013 often to start their own firms . \u201d\nsimmering just under the surface , this shift in culture is beginning to impact design firms statewide .\nthe \u201c55 - plus generation of white men who lead our legacy firms today are still accustomed to a time when people sat at their desks and worked 14 hour days . the way they do business hasn\u2019t changed , \u201d shares salgado . \u201cthe newer firms have a different attitude and a freshness about them \u2026 it\u2019s a new culture . \u201d\nshe continues , \u201cwe\u2019ve made a lot of changes in our firm culture . we are all equals and everyone has a voice in the conversation . we may hire more experienced staff than ourselves , and we don\u2019t necessarily focus on hiring the cheapest talent out there . we also believe in flexibility and collaboration . instead of individual offices , we sit at a community table and work together . \u201d\nfentress adds that pending changes may allow graduates to be licensed straight out of school , leading to more young firms with less experience . \u201csome may be successful , some may not . this will affect how we all operate and work as architects , \u201d he shares . \u201cyoung people often have different ideas \u2013 they are not as regimented in regard to how things have been done in the past . in our experience , many don\u2019t stay around very long . they jump \u2026 looking for instant gratification . \u201d\nhe adds , \u201cwe don\u2019t know how it\u2019s all going to work out , or what it will look like , but it will be interesting . \u201d\nas with any evolution , questions remain . where are we headed , and who will the next generation of leaders be ? are colorado and the profession better off because of these outside acquisitions ? who will fill all the empty shoes ?\nhumphries shares some valid concerns . \u201cwhere are these outside firms in terms of concern for the city , our communities and the profession ? are they here to be owners , or are they merely here to own a bigger piece of the pie ? unfortunately , it seems that the conversation has faded , \u201d he shares . \u201cif these outside firms take ownership of the community , we will be fine . but , even texas has more design dialogue going on than denver\u2019s seen in the last 10 years . \u201d\nhe adds , \u201cthere are a lot of young , talented people out there , but i don\u2019t think they put the same level of importance on making the city better . and it no longer feels like the profession is standing up for itself . \u201d\ncrej will not share your contact information with third parties . for more information , please read our privacy policy .\nmeritage homes snags 90 . 87 acres in parker for $ 7 . 25 million\npatience is key in $ 4 million deal near e . iliff & s . yosemite\ncolorado utility co . acquires 25 , 000 sf in north denver for $ 1 . 4 million\n\u00a9 copyright 2015 colorado real estate journal . all rights reserved . | 1600 stout street , suite 1330 | denver , co 80202 | phone : 303 . 623 . 1148\nit ' s possible the page no longer exists or you typed the address incorrectly .\nyour browser appears to have cookies disabled . for the best experience of this website , please enable cookies in your browser\nwe ' ll assume we have your consent to use cookies , for example so you won ' t need to log in each time you visit our site . learn more\nthe latest aj features all 49 winners of this year\u2019s riba national awards , ordered into nine sector categories with cultural and higher - education projects particularly plentiful ; and we speculate as to which schemes could feature in this year\u2019s stirling prize shortlist . plus a year after the grenfell tower fire , architects discuss why the profession has struggled to find its voice on the disaster ; lendlease chief jonathan emery talks about the developer\u2019s . . .\nthis subscription package has been designed to help architects thrive in the workplace by providing them with their essential 5 a day - news , buildings , business , culture and opinion .\nmake sure your staff stay informed and remain competitive by giving them access to crucial news , insight , opinion and debate on the issues everyone is talking about . available for 10 + users .\nyasmeen lari at her headquarters in moak sharif village where they also experiment with organic farming . image : al jazeera\nyasmeen lari shows students how to use bamboo in the construction of houses . image : al jazeera .\nan illustration explains how water from the flood flows away leaving the stilt structure intact . image : al jazeera\nan illustration explains how water from the flood flows away leaving the stilt structure intact . image : al jazeera .\na disaster risk reduction centre being built in a village in sindh where villagers prepare for emergencies such as floods . image : al jazeera .\nyasmeen lari and colleague nayeem shah look on as the roof for the disaster risk reduction centre is being put up by her team of workers . image : al jazeera\nyasmeen lari ' s headquarters where they experiment with structures before they taking them to disaster relief sites . image : al jazeera\nyasmeen lari - pakistan\u2019s first female architect - designed many of the most notable buildings in karachi , including the taj mahal hotel ( 1981 ) and the headquarters of the pakistan state oil company ( 1991 ) , a towering glass and granite monolith which would not look out of place in any \u2018western - inspired\u2019 business district .\nhowever , alongside these large commissions , lari set up the non - profit heritage foundation in 1980 , a humanitarian design and build organisation which uses traditional materials and building techniques to create relief shelters and flood - resistant homes .\n\u2018i often tell my colleagues , let us not treat disaster - affected households as destitute , needing handouts , \u2019 says lari . \u2018rather let us give them due respect and treat them as we would a corporate - sector client . \u2019\nmuch of the shelter provided by international agencies takes the form of tents , which provide temporary relief immediately following a flood or an earthquake , but which are no help should another disaster strike .\nlari\u2019s flood shelters , however , are permanent structures raised on bamboo stilts to provide a safe place out of reach of floodwater , and can double up as storage depots or women\u2019s centres when not needed as a refuge .\nthe film also shows how traditional building materials \u2013 mud brick and lime mortar \u2013 were more resistant to flood damage than government - funded homes constructed from industrial baked bricks .\nthe heritage foundation has built more than 36 , 000 shelters since 2010 , and part of the foundation\u2019s work involves teaching local people the traditional techniques used to construct their homes , so that they can help each other to build new housing or remedy problems to their homes when damaged by the elements .\n\u2018in 2005 a lot of funding poured into pakistan , \u2019 says lari . \u2018but i feel donor fatigue has set in , and it\u2019s a good thing . now we\u2019ve got to find ways to help ourselves . \u2019\nwith exciting commissions around the world , the founder of adjaye associates was the standout choice of the aj100 employees for contribution to the profession . pamela buxton met him and found out why he is happier with his work than ever before\nplease remember that the submission of any material is governed by our terms and conditions and by submitting material you confirm your agreement to these terms and conditions ."]}
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", "topic": 31}], "title": "in win development", "paragraphs": ["copyright \u00a9 in win development inc . all rights reserved . | privacy policy / gdpr | terms of use\nshenzhen win - win development technology co . ltd does not currently advertise comprehensive company & product information with global sources . we cannot guarantee the accuracy of company and product information .\nweechi - it - te - win is bestowed several pipes during this time , to be used during various times and circumstances that weechi - it - te - win may encounter . weechi - it - te - win implements a council of elders for guidance in its operations and development .\nholding 12 years of experience founded in 2004 , shenzhen win - win development technology co . ltd ( win - win ) is a high - tech enterprise specialized in the r & d , production , marketing , and technical service of dvrs and solutions . adopting the latest technology as a professional manufacturer and designer , we have been continuously concentrating on the r & d of tec . . . more . . .\nas a result weechi - it - te - win received its mandate and was later incorporated in 1983 .\n\u201ci\u2019m not one of those coaches that works with youth players who says we\u2019re looking simply at development , you develop them to try to win .\nwhen we teach about the history of weechi - it - te - win , we must view this history from both worldviews due to the sacred teachings and sacred ways that were instrumental to the development of weechi - it - te - win family services .\nthe native child welfare planning committee developed the \u201cvision\u201d of weechi - it - te - win family services .\nthe aepc economic leaders ' meeting in beijing , the g20 summit in hangzhou and the brf are all important international conferences . the three events follow the same idea , namely , the emphasis on openness , inclusiveness and win - win cooperation , on connectivity and interconnected development and on innovative development to tap potential driving forces and contribute to the well - being of people around the world .\nin win ip - ad160 - 2 atx12v power supply\nprod . type : cases & power supplies / power supplies 380w and under\nsecond , we should remain committed to promoting win - win economic cooperation . we chinese value both friendship and justice as well as shared interests and place more importance on the former . friendship and justice , which defines china - africa relations , require us to facilitate africa ' s development endeavor with china ' s development and ultimately deliver win - win progress and common development through mutually beneficial cooperation . we should fully leverage the strengths of political mutual trust and economic complementarities between china and africa , and focus on industrial capacity cooperation as well as the three networks and industrialization . by doing so , we can deepen china - africa cooperation in all areas and bring its benefits to our peoples .\nin 1986 , george simard msw was sought out and recruited as executive director to move weechi - it - te - win toward the vision as set out by the planning committee . in 1986 , weechi - it - te - win received agency status . the chiefs did not take this decision lightly , they did not want weechi - it - te - win to continue the practice of the local cas .\nwhat has made china - africa friendship durable and vigorous is that our two sides have always been guided by the principle of treating each other as equals , promoting win - win progress and common development and enhancing sincere friendship and cooperation . china and africa will forever remain good friends , good partners and good brothers .\nin the new era , we should carry forward the traditional china - africa friendship and translate the strengths of our traditional friendship into driving forces to boost solidarity , cooperation and development , so that we will deliver more tangible benefits to our peoples and make greater contribution to the development of the world in a more balanced , just and inclusive manner and to the building of a new model of international partnership based on win - win cooperation .\nchina - africa relations have today reached a stage of growth unmatched in history . we should scale the heights , look afar and take bold steps . let us join hands , pool the vision and strength of the 2 . 4 billion chinese and africans and open a new era of china - africa win - win cooperation and common development .\n1999 - 2005 : weechi - it - te - win is bestowed a traditional drum and spirit helper \u201cmango - inini\u201d , pipe and staff . as such , weechi - it - te - win becomes \u201cpersonified\u201d into a living , breathing entity .\nthe belt and road initiative aims to promote common development and win - win cooperation . china does not intend to monopolize all the benefits or even take the lion ' s share , but will work with partner countries to make the pie bigger and divide it equitably . in this process , through strengthened cooperation among the parties , we will make contribution to the international community as well as promote reform and development at home . china will pursue its development in the context of international cooperation by fully reflecting international consensus .\n) . indeed jonker\u2019s role in the development of the all - glass valve is confirmed by the head of radio valve manufacturing and development of philips at that time : th . p . tromp . in\n\u201cit\u2019s really good for the players to win the league , \u201d said ward , the saddlers\u2019 professional development coach . \u201cmost of the players we\u2019ve used have been under - 18s so it\u2019s been great for them .\nwe are committed to the principles of extensive consultation , joint contribution and shared benefits . we stress practical cooperation , win - win outcomes and step - by - step progress . we are looking to align china ' s development with that of other countries and encourage greater synergy between their respective development strategies and cooperation under the belt and road initiative . this will be conducive to expanded regional investment and domestic demand , job creation and poverty reduction and to a higher level of development of the entire region .\nlacking any concise explanation of what business development is all about , i sought to unite the varied forces of business development into one comprehensive framework . and eureka , for i have found it - the grand unified theory of business development :\nfigure 6 . 1 first publication with a reference to the new all - glass tubes under development at philips [ 25 ] . in the acknowledgements the men behind the development are identified .\neconomists with guns : authoritarian development and u . s . \u2013indonesian relations , 1960\u20131968\nseveral historians have called for a broader , more truly global history of development . see\nto build china - africa comprehensive strategic and cooperative partnership , china will implement ten cooperation plans with africa in the next three years . guided by the principle of government guidance , businesses being the major actors , market operation and win - win cooperation , these plans aim at addressing three bottleneck issues holding back africa ' s development , namely , inadequate infrastructure , lack of professional and skilled personnel , and funding shortage , accelerating africa ' s industrialization and agricultural modernization , and achieving sustainable self - development .\nfew times in history have more ambiguous words been spoken . ask ten \u201cvps of business development\u201d or similarly business card - ed folks what is business development , and you\u2019re like to get just as many answers .\nfirst , expanding international consensus on cooperation . the forum is expected to encourage all parties to uphold the purposes and principles of the un charter , pursue peace and cooperation in a spirit of openness , inclusiveness and mutual learning , and seek win - win and interconnected development . economic growth , job creation , poverty reduction , delivering a better life to the people and environmental protection shall be underlined as the priorities of international cooperation . the forum will also encourage the formation of synergy among national , regional and global development agenda , with a view to moving the world toward a community of shared future for mankind featuring common development and prosperity .\none person\u2019s win does not fix \u201ca systemic issue of inclusion , \u201d ahmed said backstage after the emmys . \u201ci think that\u2019s something that happens slowly over time . \u201d\nit may be small today but it won ' t be after you win ! the youth enterprise and innovation competition ,\nsaid one ad . ( you can hear it in the episode of planet money embedded in this post . )\nwas made by mullard showing in detail the fabrication of the ef80 in the blackburn plant . the ef80 in turn was succeeded in 1960 by the last member in this series ,\nthis article traces the personal and institutional networks that facilitated the transnational spread of development volunteering in the 1950s and 1960s . examining australia\u2019s volunteer graduate scheme , britain\u2019s voluntary service overseas , and the united states peace corps , it destabilizes each nation\u2019s claims to pioneering development volunteering , and interrogates the reasons for these claims . once national frames are removed , broader patterns come into view . this article reveals that development volunteering held multiple meanings , as discourses of development , colonialism , and control existed alongside those of youthful idealism and national benevolence . it argues that , by involving \u2018ordinary\u2019 people in international development and by re - inscribing colonial - era divisions between the developed and developing worlds , development volunteering contributed to the broader process by which colonial discourses were translated into the postcolonial lexicon of development .\nobviously , most of the development work was done at the tube lab in the building on the emmasingel . however , klaas rodenhuis , who was responsible for the professional tube development , clearly remembers how he used to visit the glass factory near the \u201cglaspoort\u201d ( fig . 6 . 2 right ) in conjunction with the development of pressed - glass ( noval ) bases with gold pated pins . so very likely a large part of the development work was carried out at that location .\nfigure 6 . 2 the two locations were the development of the all - glass valve took place : the tube development lab on the emmasingel ( left ) , and the glass factory on the \u201cglaslaan\u201d ( right ) both locations are in eindhoven .\nthe facts are these : prof . dr . jonker ( head of development lab of electronic valves in the mid thirties ) was the originator of the ef50 and this development started already as far back as 1934 / 1935 . it was indeed developed in view of possible television application .\nin conducting china ' s relations with africa , we adhere to the principles of sincerity , practical results , affinity and good faith and uphold the values of friendship , justice and shared interests , and we will work with our african friends to embrace a new era of win - win cooperation and common development . with this in mind , i propose that the new type of china - africa strategic partnership be upgraded to a comprehensive strategic and cooperative partnership . to forge this partnership , we should strengthen the following\nfive major pillars\n.\ntoday ' s africa is a continent of encouraging and dynamic development . africa has actively explored a path of development suited to its conditions and adhered to the principle of solving african issues in the african way . such a momentum of independent development is unstoppable . africa has actively advanced industrialization and pursued sustainable self - development . such a momentum of rapid growth is unstoppable . africa has accelerated its integration process and speaks in one voice on the international stage . such a momentum of pursuing strength through unity is unstoppable .\n1982 - 1998 : weechi - it - te - win receives name from atisookaaanang and emblem of the loon . the loon provided various instructions on how the organization must operation and perform .\nwas born the 19th of march 1901 in the hague . he studied electrical engeneering in delft . for several years he headed the radio tube development group at splendor , one of the smaller radio - tube manufacturers in holland .\n1987 : agency designation . weechi - it - te - win followed tikinaagin child and family services and was the 2nd native operated designated agency in ontario . designated was always viewed as a temporary measure to \u201cour anishinaabe alternative . \u201d\nben kendrick scored the only goal as the saddlers\u2019 development squad recorded a narrow 1 - 0 victory over grimsby .\nbusiness development is the creation of long - term value for an organization from customers , markets , and relationships .\nbut blattman says , these results are extremely promising . so promising he wrote a euphoric blog post in october with the title :\nis this the most effective development program in history ?\nahmed\u2019s win wasn\u2019t the only breakthrough of the night . aziz ansari , the son of indian immigrants , won the comedy writing award for netflix\u2019s \u201cmaster of none , \u201d after making history last year as the first south asian person nominated for a leading role in a television series . he shared this year\u2019s comedy writing award with lena waithe , who became the first black woman to win an emmy for writing on a comedy series .\ncited in feith , \u2018putting in a stitch or two\u2019 , p . 5 .\nfourth , we should remain committed to mutual assistance in security . poverty is the root cause of chaos while peace is the guarantee for development . development holds the key to solving all problems . china supports the settlement of african issues by africans in the african way . we are of the view that in resolving security issues , both the symptoms and the root causes must be addressed in a holistic way . china stands ready to take an active part in africa ' s efforts in capacity - building for maintaining and strengthening peace and security and support africa in its endeavors to speed up development , eradicate poverty and realize durable peace .\nthe saddlers ' development squad face grimsby town at birmingham county fa this afternoon , kick - off 2 . 00pm .\nchris blattman , an economist at columbia university who researches poverty and global development , thinks the results are pretty remarkable .\nhistories of development that do take an international perspective often focus on multilateral agencies and elites . see , for example ,\n\u201dacorn valves , an american development for ultra short waves , \u201d wireless world , november 9th 1934 , pp . 379\nso the research and development of radio tubes took place on two places : the research lab at the kastanjelaan and the tube - lab on the emmasingel . besides these , there were smaller development centers at the production sites . the group in the research lab concentrated on more fundamental\nsince then , the development squad have won 13 consecutive matches in all competitions , advancing to the semi - finals of both the birmingham and walsall senior cups .\ncameron peters netted a second - half hat - trick as walsall\u2019s development squad thrashed hartlepool 5 - 1 at victoria park .\n1987 \u2013 1998 \u2013 development of customary care models , bi - cultural practice models , and anishinaabe rights of the child .\nthe development of the final all - glass envelope clearly went through a number of stages . by reviewing the early publications and reports , it becomes possible to reconstruct the development states of the pressed - all - glass base ( at philips ) :\nahmed\u2019s win was seen as a long - overdue victory for south asians and his fellow muslims . his success is significant not only because of his historic win , but because of the character he portrayed : naz , a nuanced , relatable college student from queens \u2014 who also happens to be pakistani . while \u201cthe night of\u201d tackles issues of race and islamophobia , naz\u2019s ethnicity and religion are secondary to the story\u2019s main plot .\nin 1960\u201361 , two volunteers were posted in the philippines , two in ethiopia and one in laos . see tna , co 859 / 1445 , vso policy , colonial office .\n; charlotte lydia riley , \u2018monstrous predatory vampires and beneficent fairy - godmothers : british post - war colonial development in africa\u2019 , phd thesis , university college london , 2013 .\nthe right kind of revolution : modernization , development , and u . s . foreign policy from the cold war to the present\n, this means that the first ideas for the all - glass tube date back from before 1935 . the first all - glass tube was finally introduced in 1939 . the long development time did not remain unnoticed . in an\nwe in china , both the government and people , heartily rejoice over and are proud of africa ' s achievements . we sincerely wish african countries and people greater achievements and an even brighter future in pursuing development and progress .\nchina and africa both shoulder the mission of developing our respective countries and improving the livelihood of our peoples . africa enjoys abundant natural and human resources and has reached the stage of taking off in industrialization . china , after reform and opening - up of over 30 years , now has the technology , equipment , professional and skilled personnel and capital needed to help africa realize sustainable self - development . in particular , china has the strong political commitment to supporting africa in achieving development and prosperity . china and africa share mutual needs and complementarities and face a rare historic opportunity in pursuing development through cooperation .\nthird , we will implement china - africa infrastructure plan . china will step up mutually beneficial cooperation with africa in infrastructure planning , design , construction , operation , and maintenance . we support chinese enterprises ' active participation in africa ' s infrastructural development , particularly in sectors such as railways , roads , regional aviation , ports , electricity and telecommunications , to enhance africa ' s capacity for sustainable development . we will also support african countries in establishing five transportation universities .\nnovember 2013 : transfer of jurisdiction agreement between weechi - it - te - win and kenora rainy river child and family services . this allowed for members living outside of the 10 first nations but within the kenora / rainy river district to receive services from weechi - it - te - win and the community care programs . previous to this agreement , all members living outside of the first nation were required to receive supportive and intervention services through the rainy river district children ' s aid society\nfigure 8 . 2 c . o . stanley in his capacity as chairman of the television development committee of the radio manufacturer\u2019s association , being interviewed on television about their plans for radiolympia 1938 .\nfor ahmed , the portrayals of ethnic minorities work in stages , he said in a lengthy essay in the guardian titled \u201c typecast as a terrorist . \u201d\nin 1961 / 62 , there were fifty - one volunteers in ghana and twenty - six in india . a further forty - six volunteers served in bolivia and forty - three in brazil , which had sent observers but not delegates to the belgrade conference . see\nfigure 11 . 2 development of the all - glass radio tube envelope just before and during the war . the three generations are designated in philips terminology as a , b , and c type technology .\nfifth , we will implement china - africa green development plan . china will support africa in bolstering its capacity for green , low - carbon and sustainable development and support africa in launching 100 projects to develop clean energy , protect wildlife , promote environment - friendly agriculture and build smart cities . china - africa cooperation will never be pursued at the expense of africa ' s eco - system and long - term interests .\nchina successfully hosted the apec economic leaders ' meeting in beijing in 2014 and the g20 summit in hangzhou in 2016 . how is the belt and road forum different from these two events and what are its unique features ?\nthe joint development of the belt and road initiative is an important channel to step up international cooperation , a cause embraced and advanced by all parties . it is generating new development opportunities to make people ' s lives better . it is fair to say that this chinese initiative is delivering benefits to the whole world .\nto head the research and development of radio tubes . van der pol who had worked under thomson and fleming in england was a brilliant scientist who already in 1917 in \u201cwireless world\u201d had featured in an article \u201cpersonalities of the wireless world . \u201d van der pol\u2019s first job was to work on oxide coated filaments . so far just normal tungsten filaments had been used in radio tubes . to get sufficient electron emission , these filaments had to be\n1994 : weechi - it - te - win\u2019s training and learning centre for youth is given a sweatlodge and a thunderbird tree . this is to follow this program wherever it may go , these sacred items were specifically given to the program with a special emphasis on youth .\n2006 - 08 \u2013 naaniigaan abinoojii \u2013 our central purpose is implemented . this was a response to bill 210 that initiated changes to the child welfare system in which the focus was on permanency for the child . weechi - it - te - win responded by harmonizing these regulations from an \u201canishinaabe permanency\u201d perspective . naaniigaan abinoojii was a response to further legislation in ontario that pushed for permanency for children in the system and stronger guidelines for foster care .\nbut this shift has taken far too long , wang yuen argued , and the industry is far from where it should be . ahmed\u2019s historic win \u201cpunctuates the lack of asian actor winners , \u201d she said . meanwhile , there were no asian female acting nominees at this year\u2019s emmys .\n\u201ctalent is not the problem , \u201d she also said , \u201cbut , to paraphrase viola davis\u2019s speech from a few years ago , the only thing that separates asian / american actors from anyone else is opportunity ; you cannot win an emmy for roles that are simply not there . \u201d\nletter of th . p . tromp head of the radio valve department ( development and manufacturing ) to mr . bell , 1971 , source : philips company archive .\nthe fact that the samples department of dr . prakke and the electrical laboratory of ir . alma were two separate organizations , resulted in many misunderstandings , frictions and delays . an example is the development of the all - glass valve\nthe second point to add is that the development of the all - glass valve at philips had already started as early as 1934 when rca introduced their acorn tube . indeed\nfirst , what do i mean by \u201clong - term value ? \u201d in its simplest form , \u201cvalue\u201d is cash , money , the lifeblood of any business ( but it can also be access , prestige , or anything else a company seeks in order to grow ) . and there are plenty of ways to make a quick buck for you or your company . but business development is not about get - rich - quick schemes and i - win - you - lose tactics that create value that\u2019s gone tomorrow as easily as it came today . it\u2019s about creating opportunities for that value to persist over the long - term , to keep the floodgates open so that value can flow indefinitely . thinking about business development as a means to creating long - term value is the only true way to succeed in consistently growing an organization .\nthis year marks the 15th anniversary of focac . the past 15 years have seen fruitful progress in china - africa practical cooperation across the board . two - way trade and china ' s total non - financial investment in africa in 2014 were 22 times and 60 times that of 2000 respectively , which shows china ' s contribution to africa ' s economic development has risen significantly . focac has become a pacesetter in china - africa cooperation , an example in south - south cooperation , and a champion for greater international attention to and input in africa .\nif you enjoyed this page , then why not also visit : the making of the e1t or the making of the z550m / zm1050 or the importance of the emergency landing of a german seaplane in 1917 for the early development of philips research .\nin april , ahmed was featured on the cover of time magazine as one of its 100 most influential people in the world .\nas its economy enters the\nnew normal\n, china faces both opportunities and challenges , particularly regional disparity . with an emphasis on expanding westward opening - up , the belt and road initiative will accelerate development of china ' s western region , and contribute to a more coordinated development of the whole country . the initiative covers multiple provinces , autonomous regions and major municipalities in china ' s interior and coastal regions . it hews closely to china ' s regional development strategy , new urbanization strategy and opening - up strategy , and will provide a strong boost to china ' s all - dimensional opening - up .\nfigure 9 . 4 \u201cthe white lady , \u201d the nick name of the enormous complex at the emmasingel in eindhoven where the tube development groups ( 4th floor ) and tube fabrication plants were located . it was here that the ef50 found its origin .\nthe construction of the pinch with all electrodes placed in one row is mechanically not very stable . movement or shocks in the direction perpendicular to the pinch could result in deformation of the electrode system .\nfigure 2 . 7 bawdsey manor , the headquarters of radar research in britain from 1936 until the outbreak of the war in 1939 .\nthe high field as a result of the small electrode distances in the pinch could lead to electrolysis in the glass at operating temperatures .\ne . b . callick , \u201cmetres to microwaves : british development of active components for radar systems 1937 - 1944 , \u201d isbn 0 - 86341 - 212 - 2 , peregrinus , 1990 .\nfigure 2 . 4 from left to right : air vice - marshal sir hugh dowding , the raf heyford bomber of the type that was the first radar target in england in february 1935 , arnold wilkins in the radio van that was used in the first radar demonstration .\nsecond , we will implement china - africa agricultural modernization plan . china will share its experience in agricultural development with africa and transfer readily applicable technologies to it . we encourage chinese enterprises to engage in large - scale farming , animal husbandry , and grain storage and processing in africa to create more local jobs and increase farmers ' income . china will carry out agricultural development projects in 100 african villages to raise rural living standards , send 30 teams of agricultural experts to africa , and establish a\n10 + 10\ncooperation mechanism between chinese and african agricultural research institutes . china is greatly concerned about the poor harvest caused by el nino in many african countries and will provide rmb one billion of emergency food aid to the affected countries .\nbesides these specific points , i would like to come into contact with people who either worked at philips in eindhoven , mullard in england , or pye that have any further information on the development of the first all - glass valves , the ef50 , etc . if you can contribute to this page in any way , or have any further information , please do not hesitate to send me an email :\n\u201cwe\u2019ve won 13 games in succession , come from behind in games and dug out 1 - 0 wins when we haven\u2019t played particularly well .\nin 2011 , lariat alhassan had a business in abuja , nigeria . larclux paint was the name . she sold house paint . and industrial paint . textured paint . paint that fills in cracks in your walls . it was a paint company . but a really small one .\nthis supplier is a participant in the hinrich foundation ` s export assistance program , which supports verified export manufacturers in developing countries across asia .\nnigeria ' s youwin ! contest gives $ 50 , 000 each to hundreds of small businesses . good idea or bad idea ? : goats and soda the idea of giving away nearly $ 60 million to tiny businesses seemed crazy . but that ' s what nigeria did in a contest that might just be the best development plan in history .\nherb feith to american committee on africa , 23 april 1959 , in betty feith , \u2018putting in a stitch or two\u2019 , p . 27 .\nbetty feith , \u2018putting in a stitch or two : an episode in education for international understanding \u2013 the volunteer graduate scheme in indonesia , 1950\u201363\u2019 , med thesis , monash university , melbourne , 1984 , p . 5 .\nfigure 6 . 4 development samples of the all - glass p - base tube . the pictures are by adri de keijzer who owns there rare samples . click here for more detailed photographs and a description .\nthe development of the all - glass tube took a long time . jonkers writes in his technical note : \u201cthe introduction of the acorn valve was at that time reason for us to revive an old idea , namely to try to eliminate the pinch . \u201d since the acorn tubes were\nthe p - base was a typical philips / mullard base , and although it was in use for more than a decade , was not a technical success . the reliability of the contact of the tube to the socket was bad as well as the socket itself . this pushed the development in the direction of the pressed - glass valve base . jonker :\nthere were still problems to confront . how do you pull something like this off in nigeria \u2014 a country where trust in government is notoriously low .\nthere is elegance in simplicity , but perhaps this definition leaves you wanting more . at its heart , business development is all about figuring out how the interactions of those forces combine together to create opportunities for growth . but a theorem requires a proper proof , so let\u2019s break that statement down :\nabout 24 , 000 people applied to the contest , which was also supported by other federal ministries , the world bank , the u . k . ' s department for international development and nigeria ' s private sector .\nat this point , in mid - 2011 , iweala wanted to launch the program in two months . mckenzie met with a few team members in the cafe of the j building at the world bank in washington , d . c . , to hash out ways to grade the entrants and measure the results .\nfrom the tube development group at philips research [ 25 ] . the presentation was given at the first \u201cinternationale fernseh - tagung in z\u00fcrich\u201d ( international television conference in z\u00fcrich ) held from 19 to the 21th of september 1938 . the paper discusses several aspects of \u201cstraight\u201d receivers for television . to illustrate the latest developments in the design and fabrication of high performance radio tubes , strutt included a few photographs of the new all - glass philips valves ( the ee50 secondary emission tube in this case ) ( fig . 6 . 4 a1 and a2 ) and a photo of a telefunken \u201cstahlrohre . \u201d interestingly , in the acknowledgements\n, who played an important role in the flight of the ef50 to brittain .\nvhf radio communication between fighter aircraft and ground stations was vital to the aircrafts\u2019 deployment . the valve was also used in early airborne radar equipment and ( under a different number ) by the army , and was produced in great quantities at a \u201cshadow factory\u201d in baldock which in peacetime made silk stockings . [ 31 ] \u2019\nboth \u201cthe night of\u201d and \u201cmaster of none\u201d were noted in the study among a handful of television series that \u201cstand out as exemplary in their development of multifaceted\u201d asian american or pacific islander characters . it described ahmed\u2019s portrayal of naz , as \u201cstrong - willed , moral , thoughtful , and completely relatable , \u201d and \u201can everyman character who was at the wrong place at the wrong time . \u201d\nfigure 2 . 5 the nt46 , the transmitter tube used in the first radar experiments in orfordness in may 1935 . the valve measures 500x105 mm and nominally draws 40a of filament current at 15v and is rated at a maximum anode voltage of 10000v .\nsee agnieszka sobocinska , \u2018\u201cthe most potent pr tool ever devised\u201d ? the united states peace corps in the early 1960s\u2019 , in michael lawrence and rachel tavernor , eds . ,\nyours truly in front of the original equipment used by watson - watt and wilkens to demonstrate the principle of radar in 1935 . it is safely kept at the science museum in london ( on the fourth floor at the rear ) . london 17th october 2012\nyou ' ll receive e - mail when new stories are published in this series .\n\u201cu . s . culture has a new mantra : it\u2019s down with brown , \u201d the guardian wrote in may . \u201cin the past few years , entertainers of south asian origin have gone from being a minor footnote in american popular culture to a headline event . \u201d\non october 4 , 1957 , the soviet union launched the world\u2019s first manmade satellite into orbit . the satellite , known as sputnik , did not do much : it tumbled aimlessly around in outer space , sending blips and bleeps from its radio transmitters as it circled the earth . still , to many americans , the beach - ball - sized sputnik was proof of something alarming : while the brightest scientists and engineers in the united states had been designing bigger cars and better television sets , it seemed , the soviets had been focusing on less frivolous things\u2014and they were going to win the cold war because of it .\nsluiters complained that the development of the all - glass tube took more than 5 years ( from 1934 to 1939 ) . the development of the all - glass valve was therefore part of the natural evolution of the vacuum tube , and was certainly not \u201cinvented\u201d or designed by pye . most publications by philips on television circuits at that time are based on the ee50 tube , a secondary emission tube combining a high mutual conductance with a low input capacitance . consequently , some authors conclude that philips had developed and used\nthe role marked a \u201crefreshing\u201d change for ahmed after portraying characters that dealt with these identities more directly , the new yorker wrote . those included a british islamist militant in \u201cfour lions\u201d and a pakistani living in post 9 / 11 new york city in \u201cthe reluctant fundamentalist . \u201d\nthe success of the forum very much lies in its outcomes , and we are working vigorously for that to happen . we hope that the forum will deliver important outcomes in three aspects :\nshortly after the war prakke was promoted to head the television picture tube development , and both departments are united under alma . the sample department , now called the technology group was led by van tol , a former production chief , who leads this group very skillfully .\nin 1922 , britain was destined to play a leading role in the development of this new medium [ 32 ] . baird\u2019s system was mechanical , and the bandwidth of the video signal was low enough to allow transmission via a radio channel . despite its many imperfections and poor image quality , baird tirelessly promoted and demonstrated his system and finally in 1930 went into production . at about the same time emi ( electric and music industries ) developed a more promising television system based on cathode ray tubes and an electronic scanning camera . the bbc started with very limited broadcasts with the baird system in 1932 . in 1936 , they began the world\u2019s first regular television broadcasts of just 2 hours a day from alexandra palace in london . during a trial period , these transmissions alternated between the emi and baird systems , and sets had to be able to receive both . finally , in 1937 the bbc decided for emi\u2019s superior 405 lines system .\nthe ef50 was quickly type approved by the military , and became knwon by the air force as the vr91 and by the army as the arp35 and cv1091 . it replaced the vr65a and in many cases the difficult to produce acorn tubes in rf and if amplifiers and in precision time base circuits such as those developed by f . c . williams of t . r . e . the ef50 was copied and produced in large numbers by amongst others sylvania in the u . s . a . which had similar developments in all - glass tubes before the war as philips\nwe believe that the forum will be a useful platform for strengthening coordination , mutual complementarity and international cooperation . we hope to work with other participating parties to push forward the belt and road initiative so as to lay a solid foundation for the kind of cooperation that will facilitate long - term development and benefit the people , and usher in a better future for all .\nto ensure the successful implementation of these ten cooperation plans , china decides to provide a total of us $ 60 billion of funding support . it includes us $ 5 billion of grant and zero - interest loans ; us $ 35 billion of loans of concessional nature on more favorable terms and export credit line ; an increase of us $ 5 billion to the china - africa development fund and the special loan for the development of african smes respectively ; and the china - africa fund for production capacity cooperation with an initial contribution of us $ 10 billion .\nfigure 8 . 4 header of a review article in \u201cthe wireless world\u201d discussing the novelties at the 1939 radio show in the olympia hall [ 35 ] . click here to view the original article .\nin the outcome of the battle , radar and downing\u2019s intricate system to integrate it into fighter command played a decisive role . the ef50 and the pye strip in which it made its star performance , turned radar from a \u201cresearch instrument\u201d into a system that could be reproducibly mass produced at high quality , exactly tromp\u2019s mission . it is impossible , and also unnecessary to estimate to which extend this contributed to the outcome of the battle . it is enough to end by quoting taffy bowen , one of the key persons involved in the development of radar and its deployment during the war :\nin 1934 g . e . c . in the us introduced another metal tube concept ( fig . 4 . 5b ) . it consisted of a metal base plate ( the heather ) into which \u201cfernico\u201d ( iron - nickel - cobalt ) eyelets , each one containing a hard - glass bead with a lead - in wire , were welded . the lead - in wires were welded to pins which were pressed in a bakelite bottom plate in octal - base configuration . after the electrode system was mounted , the iron envelope was welded to the header by means of a very heavy projection welder .\nthe first thing to explain here , is that the ef50 does not really constitute an invention in the classical sense of the word . the electrode system in the tube itself is rather conventional , and certainly contains no breakthrough innovations ; it is the all - glass envelop with its short lead - in wires which to a large extend resulted in the improvement in performance . all tube manufacturers had about that time realized the limitations of radio tubes made on a pinch . especially the high parasitic capacitances and inductances in the lead wires severely reduced the gain at high frequencies . a number of companies had ,\nin the development of radio into something as we know it today , radio amateurs played an important role . the ending of the war , during which listening to radio was forbidden , gave an enormous impulse to the popularity of radio amateurism . but what to listen to ? most radio transmissions where in morse code originating from post offices , news agencies and of course the odd spy . transmission of speech , let alone music , was practically unheard of . this was something that troubled the\neditor ' s note : the belt and road forum for international cooperation ( brf ) will be held in beijing from may 14 to 15 . people from both home and abroad have expressed keen interest in the brf since president xi jinping announced it at the davos forum in january . on the occasion of the 100 day countdown , state councilor yang jiechi , who is in charge of the preparatory work , gave a comprehensive over view in an interview with the people ' s daily and china daily .\nthe world is undergoing profound changes . economic globalization and it application have tremendously unleashed and advanced social productive forces . we are facing unprecedented opportunities of development . on the other hand , hegemony , terrorism , financial turbulence and environmental crisis have become more pronounced , posing unprecedented challenges to us .\nin the fall of 2013 , president xi jinping put forward the belt and road initiative to enhance complementarity and synergy of development strategies and promote common progress of participating countries through closer international cooperation . over the past three years and more , the initiative has made good progress in various cooperation and won warm response and active participation . now it is at a critical juncture of making all - round progress . the brf will be a good occasion for us to review past progress and plan ahead .\npresident xi jinping announced at the annual meeting of the world economic forum in davos on jan 17 that in may this year , china will host the brf in beijing , which aims to discuss ways to boost cooperation , build cooperation platforms and share cooperation outcomes . the forum will also explore ways to address problems facing global and regional economy , create fresh energy for pursuing interconnected development and make the belt and road initiative deliver greater benefits to the people of all countries . these messages from president xi have outlined our vision and considerations for the forum and set the direction for our preparatory work .\nfigure 4 . 5 metal valve envelopes developed in the thirties as an alternative for pinch based valves .\nfor nearly seven decades , a south asian man had never won an emmy in an acting category .\nthat changed sunday night with riz ahmed , a british actor of pakistani descent , winning an emmy award for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie for his role in hbo\u2019s \u201c the night of . \u201d before him , only one other south asian star had taken home an acting award from the ceremony \u2014 archie panjabi , who won an emmy for her role in \u201cthe good wife\u201d in 2010 .\nas a part of the visit , watson - watt gave a lecture on the discovery and development of radar . in his book \u201c45 years with philips , \u201d frits philips describes how this lecture made a memorable impression on everybody in attendance [ 41 ] . watson - watt also explained how important the shipment of the ef50 tubes and the fabrication tools had been for the successful deployment of radar during the first phases of the war . during the war the mullard / philips plants produced no less than 40 % of all the british radio tubes . in watson - watt\u2019s words : \u2018the ef50 , with its for that time exceptional performance , contributed significantly to the success in the battle of britain . \u2019\nphilips entered the radio - tube arena relatively late . in most european countries the first world war had been a driving force behind the development of a solid industrial base for these new components . but , since holland was neutral during the first world war , philips had deployed little or no initiatives in that direction . gerard philips , the founder of philips , didn\u2019t think much of these new gadgets . as far as he was concerned , they were a plaything for the military and the post offices ,\nthird , mapping out plans for long - term cooperation . in jointly building the belt and road , we will explore , together with the related countries , long - term cooperation mechanisms through equal - footed consultations that take the interests of all parties into balanced consideration . the forum will help to enhance communication and coordination , build mutual trust and a solid network of partnerships , increase real input , deepen the convergence of interests , and draw up a blueprint of development in the common interests of all parties .\nfigure 4 . 1 the glass pinch which formed the base for tubes developed in the twenties and thirties .\nfigure 4 . 3 sealing of the electrode wires in the glass pinch and opening of the exhaust tube .\nhis own technology for making light - bulbs . with financial support from his father he bought a small factory in the picturesque country village of eindhoven , and in 1891 the private partnership \u201cphilips & co\u201d is founded .\ni would love to have scans of these original notes in the hand of c . o . stanley .\n[ 36 ] for its own television receivers , so that the ef50 must have been developed exclusively for pye [ 31 , p255 ] . however , the publications discussing the application of the ee50 for television are almost all research papers , and they do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the ( tube ) development groups or the groups involved in the design of television sets . secondary emission tubes were a pet project of\nthe distance from the pinch to the tube base amounted often to more than half of the total length of the distance between the base and the electrodes . this resulted in relatively high parasitic series inductances in the electrodes , and to high mutual inductances . especially parasitic inductances in the cathode lead reduces the gain at high frequencies .\nin the course of the period 1939 - 1940 a whole set of supplementary radar systems was installed all over britain to fill up coverage gaps in the original chain home system . most of these systems used the 200 mhz carrier frequency that was also used by bowen in his airborne radar . one after the other the engineers and scientists who worked on these systems discovered the pye strip powered by the ef50 , often completely independent of each other since the secrecy surrounding the radar program was so strict that development groups were often not informed over each other\u2019s activities . with the number of radar systems growing also the demand for ef50 tubes increased .\namong the applications they receive is one from gilles holst . holst did his phd under professor kamerlingh ohnes , who ran the low temperature lab in leiden . ohnes was the first to liquefy helium and to discovere super conductivity in mercury for which he received the nobel prize for physics in 1913 . after a short interview holst is hired , and he sets about organizing his lab . in 1914 philips research , or the \u201cnatlab\u201d as it is known in eindhoven , is founded . \u201cnatlab\u201d being an abbreviation for \u201cnatuurkundig laboratorium , \u201d or physics laboratory .\nsixth , we will implement china - africa trade and investment facilitation plan . china will carry out 50 aid - for - trade programs to improve africa ' s capacity , both\nsoftware\nand\nhardware\n, for conducting internal and external trade and investment . china is ready to negotiate with countries and regional organizations in africa comprehensive free trade agreements covering trade in goods and services and investment cooperation and it will increase import of african products . china will support african countries in enhancing law enforcement capacity in areas such as customs , quality inspection and taxation . we will also engage in cooperation with africa in standardization , certification and accreditation and e - commerce .\nit is true that the global economy is yet to emerge from the profound impact of the international financial crisis . the recovery is fragile and slow , and the foundation for growth still shaky . there are rising protectionism , louder voices against globalization and the mounting tensions between openness , change and economic integration on the one hand and isolationism , outdated thinking and fragmented trade arrangements on the other . that being said , bilateral , multilateral , regional and global cooperation on infrastructure , connectivity and sustainable development is gaining momentum . in countries around the world , priority is given to the real economy , the manufacturing sector , industrialization and economic diversification . it is important to grasp new development opportunities and find effective means to overcome the difficulties and solve the problems .\nqwd specializes in low cost it solutions . from maintaining old custom software to developing the latest cutting edge applications .\nnla , ms 2601 , box 3 , \u2018the australian scheme for graduate employment in indonesia\u2019 , 4 november 1954 .\nrecounted in house of commons debates ( hansard ) , 9 march 1961 , vol . 636 , cc 679\u201382 ."]}
{"id": 56550, "summary": [{"text": "firing at a vehicle is a controversial practice in which a person discharges a gun at an automobile .", "topic": 8}, {"text": "many police departments , including those of new york city , virginia beach , and prince william county , virginia , have rules specifically banning officers from engaging in it , even when the officer is about to be run down by the vehicle .", "topic": 27}, {"text": "firing at a vehicle is viewed as being generally ineffective and posing many risks .", "topic": 28}, {"text": "for instance , the bullet may go through the car windows and strike an innocent bystander on the other side .", "topic": 4}, {"text": "not only that , but firing at an automobile may bounce the bullet back at the officer , if the metal is strong enough . ", "topic": 8}], "title": "firing at a vehicle", "paragraphs": ["morgan city - a man was arrested saturday after firing a gun from a vehicle while intoxicated .\nurltoken | pasco co . man wanted for firing gun at vehicle with girlfriend , child inside\na thibodaux man was arrested wednesday after accidentally firing a gun into a vehicle with a child inside , police said .\na vancouver man accused of firing a bb gun at another vehicle after he became upset with that driver appeared thursday in clark county superior court .\na cumberland county woman has been arrested after she allegedly fired a gun at a vehicle driving through cookeville on interstate 40 saturday .\npolice suspect alcohol might have been involved in a man ' s decision to shoot at a vehicle in arlington late thursday night .\na cumberland county woman has been arrested after she allegedly fired a gun at a vehicle driving through cookeville on interstate 40 saturday . authorities say a family was traveling in two \u2026\ndade city , fla . - - deputies are looking for a man accused of shooting into a vehicle with a child and others inside .\ngarcia attempted to have the subject fire the weapon , but he refused . that was when garcia began firing the weapon .\nofficers also found the handgun in the parking lot under a vehicle and linked it to perez .\na man was taken into custody monday night after police say he fired shots at a woman traveling along a roadway in marion , massachusetts .\ndowdy said beck consented to a search of her vehicle which turned up a bb gun that was as the family had described .\nin the days after the groom - to - be sean bell died in a 50 - shot fusillade fired at his car by five police officers , city officials have gone into detail about the police department\u2019s guidelines for shooting at a moving vehicle .\nthe rules , in the department\u2019s patrol guide , are clear : \u201cpolice officers shall not discharge their firearms at or from a moving vehicle unless deadly physical force is being used against the police officer or another person present , by means other than a moving vehicle . \u201d\nthe vehicle was stopped in the area of federal avenue . the driver of the vehicle was identified as arturo garcia , who authorities say was intoxicated .\nperez claims he was only\ntest - firing\nhis gun , cook said . investigators believe alcohol consumption may have played a factor in his decision - making .\njevante tomorian hill , 26 , is wanted for firing his weapon into a car as his girlfriend , another adult and child were sitting in it , according to deputies .\nmr . kelly said , \u201cas far as the policy of using deadly force against a vehicle \u2014 we have a policy that prohibits that if the only deadly force that\u2019s being used against you is the vehicle itself . \u201d\nindeed , in the oct . 27 shooting , mr . quinn said that sgt . edward warren was not shooting at a car , but \u201cat a driver who was armed and who was about to shoot a cop . \u201d\ncaine walked away but punched morgan again when he followed her , melancon said . she got into her vehicle , and morgan allegedly hit the vehicle window with a gun , causing it to fire .\npolice were able to locate the suspect vehicle , a black ford mustang , which was traveling eastbound on route 6 .\npolice were able to take the man into custody without further incident . authorities said officers located a handgun inside the vehicle .\n\u201cyou should know that it is not the policy of the police department , where a police officer can shoot at a car when the car is being used as a weapon , \u201d mr . bloomberg said monday at a city hall news conference . \u201cso at least , in that case , it would appear that the policies of the police department were broken . \u201d\njevante tomorian hill , 26 , is wanted for firing his weapon into a car as his girlfriend , another adult and child were sitting in it , according to the pasco county sheriff ' s office .\nfrom the new york times . you may opt - out at any time .\nmarion \u2014 joseph e . singleton , iii , leaned out the window of his ford mustang as he drove down route 6 monday night and fired multiple rounds at another vehicle , containing a family member and a 5 - year - old child , court records said .\nat about 2 : 30 p . m . , kristen cherington called 911 to report that someone brandished a firearm at her family and fired shots at their pickup near northeast 78th street and st . johns road , according to an affidavit of probable cause filed in superior court . cherington , her husband and their 10 - year - old son were in the pickup at the time .\nas they fled westbound on route 6 they observed joseph ( singleton ) pull up behind them and lean out the window of his vehicle with a pistol in his left hand and began firing at them ,\nmarion officer sean m . mcassey said in his police report . ( victim ' s name ) said she could hear the shots and see the sparks from the muzzle . she felt it was about 4 or 5 shots .\nhe is charged with two counts of attempted murder , four counts of discharging a firearm near a highway , threats to commit a crime , witness intimidation , four counts of discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling , resisting arrest , malicious destruction of property over $ 250 , two counts of assault and battery on a family member , kidnapping , negligent operation of a motor vehicle , failing to stop for a police officer and failing to stop or yield , according to court records .\naccessibility concerns ? email us at accessibility @ urltoken . we would love to hear from you .\nin saturday\u2019s case , at least one police officer appeared to have believed the men in the car had a gun , but no gun was found .\ndeputies say several shots were fired into the car , which was at blaton near frazee hill roads .\nthe driver of the nissan , later identified as nelson , aimed what appeared to be a pistol at the pickup and fired , according to court documents .\nbaton rouge - many residents at a public meeting monday night were angry that six railroad crossings near downtown could get closed . the proposal to improve . . .\npolice found garcia to be in possession of a firearm that was reported stolen from another jurisdiction . during their investigation , police learned garcia had picked up another subject at a local bar and gave the subject the gun .\nofficers responded to a 10 p . m . call about gunfire at an apartment complex in the 1200 block of north cooper street , just south of interstate 30 .\nanyone with information is asked to call the sheriff ' s office at 1 - 800 - 706 - 2488 .\ngarcia was charged with driving while intoxicated third offense , illegal use of weapons , inciting a felony , illegal possession of a stolen firearm and driving without a license .\nbut in a series of other recent confrontations in which police officers shot at drivers trying to run them down , police officials voiced unambiguous support for the officers involved . in two police shootings since last month \u2014 one in which an officer fatally shot a driver \u2014 the police said the shootings appeared reasonable , at least after preliminary investigations .\nauthorities say a family was traveling in two vehicles on i - 40 westbound between the highway 111 and jefferson avenue exits when a maroon altima came up beside them in the right lane . the family told police that the driver of that vehicle stuck the barrel of a gun out of her window and fired a ball bearing into the passenger window . the window did not shatter , but the shot left a divot .\nnelson initially lied about his involvement but later changed his story . he said he was angry about how the pickup was driving . deputies found a bb gun in his vehicle , court records said .\n\u201cthe patrol guide definitely states that , and it\u2019s hard to believe that it says it , that you can\u2019t use deadly force against a vehicle , \u201d said the prosecutor , who refused to be named .\npolice found a 9mm handgun and one magazine in singleton ' s car , according to court records . police said in a news release he has a license for the gun .\n\u201cit is idiotic , \u201d he said of the policy . \u201cthere are absolutely circumstances where a car can be used as a deadly weapon , and the only way a cop can save his life or the life of a fellow officer or the life of a civilian is to use his handgun . \u201d\ntony fantozzi emerged from the new community kitchen food pantry at fruit valley village excited about cooking . \u201ci did great , \u201d\u2026\nshane morgan , 30 , 264 sanders st . , is charged with aggravated assault with a firearm and aggravated criminal damage to property . thibodaux police cpl . david melancon said the child in the vehicle was not injured .\nthe morgan city police department said a patrol officer was working a security detail when they observed a gun being fired from a dark colored suv traveling on victor ii boulevard . an off - duty officer was able to follow the suv until patrol officers arrived .\nsingleton , 35 , of 657 mill st . , marion , described in court documents as a former animal control officer in wareham , was ordered held without bail at his arraignment tuesday in wareham district court , according to a spokeswoman in the clerk ' s office . a dangerousness hearing is scheduled for friday in the same court .\nin a confrontation before the shooting outside a queens strip club , joseph guzman , an acquaintance of mr . bell\u2019s , shouted , \u201cyo , get my gun , \u201d the police said . later , according to the account of a police lieutenant at the scene , a detective working undercover who was shadowing mr . bell and his acquaintances called the lieutenant just before the shooting to say the situation was getting \u201chot , \u201d and , \u201ci think there\u2019s a gun . \u201d\nclark county sheriff\u2019s deputies located the nissan shortly after at nelson\u2019s home , which is near where the incident took place , the affidavit states .\nwitnesses said a man fired six to seven rounds from a handgun before walking back into an apartment , arlington police spokesman christopher cook said .\nwilliams alejandro perez , 24 , was arrested and faces charges of failure to id , unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and deadly conduct .\n\u201cevery cop you say that to says , \u2018oh , come on , \u2019 \u201d the prosecutor said . \u201cit seems at best to be selectively enforced . \u201d\ncookeville police officer joseph dowdy was dispatched to the clarion inn where he met the family , found the vehicle and identified the driver as heather leenn beck , 31 , of lincolnshire drive , crossville .\nwhen asked about the policy , paul j . browne , the department\u2019s chief spokesman , said , \u201cwhat we look at is the totality of the situation . \u201d\nclick to open continuous news in a sidebar that updates in real - time .\nofficers responded to mill street ( route 6 ) at 6 : 53 p . m . for what they said was an apparent domestic violence call involving shots fired .\nafter the shooting , singleton ' s car slowed and made a u - turn , court documents said . marion police went to singleton ' s home and followed his car as it left the house and traveled east on route 6 and refused to stop when an officer activated his blue lights . singleton went through the stop sign at spring and front streets , took a left on front street , accelerated to 75 mph , took the ramp at interstate 195 westbound , lost control and crashed into trees .\non nov . 11 , when a driver in brooklyn was killed by the police , the officers saw him pointing a gun . in the other , in the bronx , on oct . 27 , a loaded 9 - millimeter gun was found in the driver\u2019s waistband and a second gun was in the car , according to the police .\ntalk of a gun , however , has colored the early reports of what happened .\nmelancon said morgan ' s nose was bleeding , swollen and misshapen , but caine had no apparent injuries . she was issued a misdemeanor summons on a simple battery charge .\na wareham officer identified singleton as a former animal control officer in wareham , court records indicate . no shots were fired by police in the incident , marion police said .\nshe was charged with vandalism and aggravated assault . her total bond was set at $ 3 , 250 . she is scheduled to be in general sessions court on july 24 .\nhave a news tip ? email desk @ urltoken , visit our facebook page or twitter feed .\nthe driver initially failed to stop for police and continued east on route 6 . police said the man then turned onto spring street and onto route 105 northbound . as he tried to exit onto route 195 westbound , he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into several trees .\nmayor michael r . bloomberg and police commissioner raymond w . kelly , by citing the guidelines , raised the possibility that the five officers who shot at mr . bell might have been in violation of the department\u2019s internal rule .\nthe family member told police that singleton\nhad been acting strange and violent the past few days ,\ncourt records indicate . she said she argued with him and fled the house with her child . as she tried to back out the driveway , she said singleton rammed into her car with his vehicle . ( in a police news release , the child ' s age is given as 6 . )\nif you ' re a print subscriber , but do not yet have an online account , click here to create one .\nandrew quinn , a lawyer who is general counsel to the sergeants benevolent association , observed that the policy is more restrictive than the state\u2019s penal code . and a veteran prosecutor who has investigated previous police shootings suggested that the hard - and - fast rule is contrary to common sense .\nprairieville - residents in ascension parish frustrated with trash pick - up have a new option : valet garbage service . eddie denham and his wife are doing something . . .\nhunter j . nelson , 18 , faces allegations of second - degree malicious mischief , unlawful display of a weapon , reckless driving and reckless endangerment stemming from the wednesday incident .\nthe family was driving east in the 3500 block of 78th in the right lane when an orange nissan 350z came up behind them at high speed . the nissan then darted between two vehicles while moving to the left lane and used the center turn - lane to pass eastbound vehicles . the nissan moved back over and drove alongside the cheringtons\u2019 pickup , court records said .\ndeal struck to settle discrimination suit against motel 6 starbucks , citing ocean threat , is ditching plastic straws trump\u2019s economic gamble : solid job gains vs . risky trade war tariffs could drag down earnings energy working in clark county : daniel jensen , amazon flex driver 43 million americans wrongly carry credit card balance to improve credit score , report finds harney : cfpb shifts gears on policing zillow\u2019s co - marketing schemes u . s . marijuana businesses are on a hiring spree at & t hiking prices , despite promising lower bills in time warner trial what does future hold for the 179th interchange ?\noriginal content available for non - commercial use under a creative commons license , except where noted . houma today ~ 3030 barrow street , houma , la 70360 ~ privacy policy ~ terms of service\noriginal content available for non - commercial use under a creative commons license , except where noted . urltoken ~ 25 elm street , new bedford , ma 02740 ~ privacy policy ~ terms of service\nstill , some defended the policy as written . john c . cerar , a retired commander of the police department\u2019s firearms training section , said , \u201cguidelines are guidelines , and they can be violated without breaking the rules . \u201d\na not - for - profit organization , ieee is the world ' s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity . \u00a9 copyright 2018 ieee - all rights reserved . use of this web site signifies your agreement to the terms and conditions .\npolice observed two bullet holes in the trunk of the woman ' s car and found four spent shell casings , according to court documents . neither victim was injured in the shooting , which occurred about 6 : 50 p . m . on the westbound side of route 6 in the vicinity of gifford ' s corner road , marion police said in a news release .\nurltoken no longer supports internet explorer 9 or earlier . please upgrade your browser .\nthe three police shootings \u2014 and the official statements about them \u2014 underscore the nettlesome aspects of trying to set rules for unforeseeable , potentially deadly situations that unfold in seconds . to some , including many retired officers , the guidelines are confusing , even contradictory , particularly since an overarching statement in the patrol guide states that the primary function of all officers is \u201cto preserve human life . \u201d\nyou agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for the new york times ' s products and services .\nhe added : \u201cwe don\u2019t know the totality of this event yet . \u201d but of the two previous shootings , mr . browne said , \u201cthere was more than the threat of the automobile alone involved . \u201d\nmr . kelly has been careful not to characterize the conduct of the five police officers involved in the shooting of mr . bell . none of those officers have been interviewed by officials .\nwe\u2019re interested in your feedback on this page . tell us what you think .\nblue bell is bringing back another favorite flavor this summer . on monday , the company announced krazy kookie dough would be returning to store shelves for . . .\nan area of high pressure center located offshore of the florida panhandle has not moved much in the last 24 hours . its delay will keep the . . .\nbaton rouge , la - two former lsu tigers are headed to washington d . c . later this month for their first - ever all - star game appearances . philadelphia phillies ace . . .\nbaton rouge \u2013 an area doctor is hoping she can carry on her brother ' s legacy through free health screenings . dr . cordel y . parris will host . . .\n, louisiana television broadcasting llc , 1650 highland road , baton rouge , la 70802 .\nthe victim told police she had been driving in the area of sparrow lane when the shots rang out .\nwe could be working an entirely different case right now if that bullet had hit that innocent child ,\nhe said .\nmelancon said alicia caine , 26 , 1639 st . patrick st . , raceland , went to morgan ' s home just before midnight tuesday . morgan was on the phone with another woman , and caine allegedly punched him in the face .\nchoose the plan that ' s right for you . digital access or digital and print delivery .\n\u00a9 copyright 2006 - 2018 gatehouse media , llc . all rights reserved \u2022 gatehouse news\nchoose the plan that\u2019s right for you . digital access or digital and print delivery .\nin case you missed them , here are some of the top stories from the weekend .\nafter arriving home , they found three dents on the driver\u2019s side of the pickup , the affidavit states .\non thursday , nelson was appointed an attorney and granted supervised release . he will be arraigned aug . 22 .\ncopyright 2018 columbian . com . all rights reserved . use of this site constitutes acceptance of our user agreement .\nfor ieee to continue sending you helpful information on our products and services , please consent to our updated privacy policy .\nthe victim ' s child asked what were the gunshots she heard and her mother advised her\nto keep her head down ,\nthe officer ' s report said .\n\u25ba make it easy to keep up - 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{"id": 56575, "summary": [{"text": "beamly is a digital marketing and technology agency based in london , uk and new york city , united states .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "the company was founded by anthony rose , the ex-cto of the bbc iplayer , and ernesto schmitt , ex-board director of emi music .", "topic": 32}, {"text": "film director simon miller , max bleyleben , and alex nunes are also in the founding team .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "the service was original launched in october 2011 by zeebox limited , a british company , originally called tbone .", "topic": 31}, {"text": "in january 2012 , bskyb bought a stake in zeebox and announced plans to integrate the software with its offering .", "topic": 3}, {"text": "in september 2012 , zeebox announced expansion into the us with a commercial partnership with comcast cable , nbcuniversal , viacom and hbo .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "comcast , nbcu and viacom also took minority equity stakes for undisclosed sums .", "topic": 36}, {"text": "in november 2012 , zeebox launched a joint venture in australia with network ten and foxtel. , in october 2015 , beamly was acquired by coty .", "topic": 20}], "title": "beamly", "paragraphs": ["glassdoor has 13 beamly reviews submitted anonymously by beamly employees . read employee reviews and ratings on glassdoor to decide if beamly is right for you .\nglassdoor gives you an inside look at what it ' s like to work at beamly , including salaries , reviews , office photos , and more . this is the beamly company profile . all content is posted anonymously by employees working at beamly .\ni applied through a recruiter . the process took 3 days . i interviewed at beamly .\nclients include media properties bravo , cbs , aol and huffington post , though beamly works in a variety of other industries .\nbeamly adds another 61 employees , and the deal won ' t mean replacing or crowding out other coty agencies , he said .\neven though coty has acquired beamly , the brand is still keen to work with other agencies as pane says they can \u201cbring their own proposition to the table\u201d . however , coty also wants to work with other clients of beamly to give the company a competitive edge .\nbeamly ' s prior investors included comcast / nbc universal , viacom and sky u . k .\npart of why they originally invested was our ability to take content from any one of their brands and actually make it more engaging in social ,\nsaid beamly ceo jason forbes .\n\u201cbeamly was acquired by coty to accelerate its strategies around digitisation of communication , but around the business more broadly , \u201d he explained to the drum .\nthe new ui enhancements build on dataxu\u2019s commitment to service on behalf of its self - serve customers like the beamly agency : \u201cworking with the dataxu team , we know that we\u2019re working with people that see our client objectives as their own , and our success as their success , \u201d said yulia mullins , senior programmatic manager , na , the beamly agency . \u201cthe service is second to none , and we love working with a partner that embodies the spirit of the beamly agency . \u201d\nwhile the brand has already started moving its money to digital platforms , coty wants to use beamly\u2019s technology to optimise its marketing spend and grow its e - commerce business .\nstill , mr . forbes said beamly delivers cost per click\nnine times lower than marketplace norms ,\nbased on experience with more than 10 , 000 campaigns to date .\n\u201cbeamly is already helping us improve the social engagement of our brands through campaign optimization , social listening and deeper brand targeting , \u201d he said , according to a seeking alpha transcript .\ncamillo pane , coty\u2019s executive vp category development , told marketing week that coty is eager to keep up with digital developments and hopes that beamly will fast - track in - house changes .\nbeamly is a social content and tech agency that works across all digital media including online video . its technology is predominantly focused on measuring social media interactions and analysing what consumers are talking about .\ncoty\u2019s decision to buy social media agency beamly comes as it looks to ensure its brands stand out through more personal connections with consumers as it prepares for expansion following its beauty deal with p & g .\ncoty has agreed to purchase content - marketing agency beamly for an undisclosed sum to bolster its in - house creative and analytics capabilities as it gears up to close its big acquisition of beauty brands from procter & gamble co .\nbeyond enhancing coty ' s abilities in creating content for distribution in social media or on its websites , mr . pane expects what beamly learns from consumer engagement with content to inform creative development for tv and other traditional media .\ncoty - owned beamly has signed agency veteran and adtech expert anthony rhind as chief operating officer as the beauty manufacturing giant aims to further its global footprint following last month\u2019s acquisition of over 40 cosmetics brands from procter & gamble .\nbeamly is a global product and martech agency . we deliver end - to - end marketing through a four - pillar ecosystem , using marketplace signals to inform richer content creation , optimised paid media , and effective , engaging consumer experiences .\nbeamly currently handles the bulk of coty brands\u2019 paid - for digital media buying activity , or \u201cplatform media buying\u201d as rhind phrases it , ( although it also works with other brands ) , as well as providing content , creative and analytics .\nhe serves alongside beamly chief executive , and coty chief digital and media officer jason forbes ( see image above ) , with rhind explaining to the drum that his team was tasked with overseeing the agency\u2019s transition towards becoming a\nnew model agency .\nlondon - based beamly has been working with coty in recent months and will continue to do so , but the plan is for it to continue working with a wide range of outside clients too , said camillo pane , exec vp - category development of coty .\nincluded in this acquisition trail was beamly , which it purchased in october last year for its digital content plus analytics capabilities and it was on the company\u2019s subsequent earnings call that its leadership gave an indication how digital media would play a core role in its turnaround strategy .\n\u201cwe want to be fulfilling our ambition when it comes to digital marketing , not only in our current size but also when integrating companies we\u2019ve acquired through p & g . having beamly in - house will help us inform our brand strategies in future , \u201d he said .\nbeamly ' s website describes\nwhat we do\nas :\ncreate engaging , shareable , social content . then we use our proprietary tech to optimize advertising creatives , audience targeting and spend . this end - to - end managed service delivers conversions at market - leading low costs .\nrhind , who was named digital personality of the year , 2015 by the drum , began his new role as beamly coo in late september . he is based in london , where he\u2019ll oversee its global operations but will be a frequent visitor to coty\u2019s global headquarters located in new york city .\nbeamly ' s suite of services and software includes four modules . one , named radar , scans content using natural language processing connected to a proprietary database\nto inform how you might want to speak about a brand or specific topic ,\nmr . forbes said . another ,\nbooster ,\nprovides real - time media optimization .\nbeamly has hired some really smart people , and there ' s a really strong culture of openness and collaboration . interesting mix of technical and creative people . a lot of opportunities to work with really interesting technology . change of senior management in 2014 was a breath of fresh air . free beer and lunchtime board games are a plus too .\nwe have several partners ,\nhe said .\nwe have spoken to them , explained what we ' ve done and why . i think the role of beamly will be complementary . now , they will take a lot of our spending , especially in the social area . but by no means will it be the only agency . having a variety of partners is very important to keep the richness of the thinking and the support .\nmr . pane cited the deal as an example of coty ' s\nfaster , further , freer\nmindset \u2013 and the speed is notable . mr . pane , a veteran of rb ( reckitt benckiser ) like coty chairman - interim ceo bart becht , arrived at coty three months ago , around the time the p & g ; deal was announced . he started brand tests working with beamly two months ago , and is buying the agency now .\nperhaps the most unique , he said , is\nengager ,\na\nset of embeddable experiences that can live on any dot - com site .\nit ' s built on the notion that\nlikes\nand\nfavorites\nare more plentiful than facebook posts and tweets . focusing on such\nfrictionless contributions\nhelps beamly to drive engagement rates with content on brand websites averaging 25 % vs . the industry norm of 1 % - 2 % , he said . those clicks in turn generate collection of e - mail addresses or purchase intent , which he said will in turn help coty build its e - commerce business .\nfoxtel has done a deal with zeebox . the agreement takes the second screen app provider closer to its goal of australian dominance . more partnerships are set to follow , said the firm , and those with proprietary approaches may be swayed .\nzeebox australia ceo craig blair told adnews that the application had received 350 , 000 downloads in australia since launching in november . take up was far swifter than other markets given australia ' s per capita population , he said . blair would not disclose how many of those users were active but said average session time was 38 minutes . there were\nslightly more female users in australia\nand user demographic had a\nslightly younger skew\ntowards the 16 - 55 age bracket .\nmost popular app use was during reality shows such as can of worms and during movies and sports , particularly f1 , tennis and cricket , said blair .\nwith ten onboard since launch , the foxtel deal means that zeebox has\n40 per cent of the tv market in australia\naccording to blair . the firm was\nin discussions with other large channels about coming on board\nsaid blair , with more deals to follow\nin the coming months\n.\nblair would not say whether those discussions were with nine and seven , but said public broadcasters and other cable channels were at the table .\nthose with proprietary apps may be\nthinking about how that plays out against the industry approach ,\nsaid blair .\nit is likely to be an open platform that wins .\nthe foxtel move brings content into the zeebox app and integrates zeebox ' s social tv platform into foxtel ' s guide app . as well as getting access to more content , users will be able to remote control and record shows using the zeebox app on foxtel iq set - top boxes . zeebox and foxtel friends can also interact with each other via the app .\nfor advertisers , a new function could be interesting . spot synch enables adverts to be synchronised with tv in almost real time ( within 3 seconds ) . they can be personalised . the app also makes it easier for users to buy the things they see on tv .\nsign up to the adnews newsletter , like us on facebook or follow us on twitter for breaking stories and campaigns throughout the day . have something to say ? send us your comments using the form below or contact the writer at brendancoyne @ urltoken\nhave something to say on this ? share your views in the comments section below . or if you have a news story or tip - off , drop us a line at adnews @ urltoken\nsign up to the adnews newsletter , like us on facebook or follow us on twitter for breaking stories and campaigns throughout the day .\nwendy rowe serves as the new global makeup artist and creative director for the brand .\njonathan chippindale , holition\u2019s chief executive officer , on the past , present , and future of augmented reality in beauty , and why holition is \u2018pro - human\u2019 .\ncoty has chosen three technology start - ups who will assist in developing artificial intelligence applications .\nthe retail store is an experiential interpretation of the covergirl \u201ci am what i make up\u201d brand philosophy .\nthe board of directors of coty inc . declared a quarterly cash dividend of $ 0 . 125 per common share .\nesra will lead coty\u2019s global internal and external communications strategies and responsible growth , reporting to chief executive officer , camillo pane .\nthe revolutionary technology integrates physical products with digital content , for a first - of - a - kind augmented reality ( ar ) makeup try - on experience .\ncoty inc . will release fiscal 2018 third quarter financial results before the open of the u . s . equity markets on the morning of wednesday , may 9 , 2018 .\nzeebox , the social tv app , has sold a stake in the company to bskyb who will integrate zeebox into its own customer apps and exclusively sell its synchronised ad inventory .\nsky has bought a 10 % equity stake in zeebox as part of the deal , reportedly worth upwards of $ 15m , which was founded by bbc iplayer developer anthony rose and former emi board director ernesto schmitt .\ndesigned as a \u2018second screen\u2019 experience to complement television , zeebox makes tv viewing more interactive by serving up social media discussion and other information on specific programmes .\nsynchronised ad inventory refers to ads served in zeebox at the same time an brand ' s ad appears in a break on television .\nhaving only launched its app to the public in october , it will receive a major boost to awareness through the deal with sky , which will integrate zeebox functionality into sky\u2019s apps , which will include sky + and sky go .\nemma lloyd , sky\u2019s director of emerging products , said :\nsky took an early position of leadership with companion devices , having recognised the demand from our customers to use second screens to discover , enjoy and interact with their favourite content .\nthe integration of zeebox\u2019s innovative technology will enable us to make the companion device experience even richer and more engaging . we know that millions of our customers have smartphones and tablets and regularly use them to engage with sky on mobile devices , so it\u2019s a natural next step for us .\nernesto schmitt , zeebox\u2019s co - founder and ceo , said :\nsky has a strong track record of innovation , and we are delighted to partner with them to deliver zeebox ' s social tv vision to millions of sky homes .\nthanks to sky ' s backing we now also have the resources and expertise to set our sights firmly on international expansion alongside further innovation here in the uk and ireland .\nget the latest creative jobs in advertising , media , marketing and digital delivered directly to your inbox each day .\nmedia strategist \u00a345 - \u00a355k doe \u2013 fast growth marketing , media and tech group .\nto improve your user experience . if you continue browsing , we assume that you consent to our use of\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd html 4 . 0 transitional / / en\nurltoken\nthat insight could be crucial as coty acquires 43 of procter & gamble\u2019s beauty brands for $ 15bn . the deal is set to take place in the second half of 2016 and will make coty the biggest beauty brand in the market , giving it a new responsibility to promote the category not just its brands .\n\u201cbeing the biggest will come with some sort of responsibility of having to work on the category as well , not just our portfolio . \u201d\n\u201cwhen the tool is connected to a brand campaign , it becomes easier to create relevant content and test it . in turn we\u2019ll place more weight in the areas where the content is receiving more interaction , \u201d pane explained .\n\u201cas consumers\u2019 shopping habits change , we need to get better at directing shoppers to online . it\u2019s important to have in - house talent to step change in this area . \u201d\nin practical terms , the company is hoping to use content to interact with customers on a personal level . to achieve this , pane wants the quality of the content to improve .\n\u201cconsumers no longer accept everything that\u2019s pushed their way . the quality of the consumer content has to be of a different level and resonate with their lives , beliefs and ambitions , \u201d he explained .\nevery single coty brand is expected to have a strong purpose , which will then be translated through content that talks to the consumers in a way that is relevant to them . however , exclusivity remains important \u2013 coty\u2019s brands can\u2019t be for everybody .\n\u201csome brands try to attract everyone and end up with a diluted message . we want to avoid this by having a clear brand purpose . i\u2019m not saying we are there yet , but i\u2019m convinced that if we work hard , many brands have potential of standing out , \u201d he explained .\n\u201clearnings cannot only come from inside , companies that are too insular will eventually lose sight of what\u2019s happening out there . but the list of clients will have to be discussed in house , \u201d he concluded .\nhear all about the importance of engaging social content at this year\u2019s festival of marketing . taking place on 11 and 12 november there will be 12 stages and hundreds of speakers . click here for information and to book tickets .\np & g says it has \u201ceffectively completed\u201d its brand cull as it merges 43 of its beauty brands with coty , leaving it close to its aim of having 65 brands in 10 categories where it believes it can \u201ccreate value\u201d .\ncosmetics giant coty has shaken up its uk marketing team following the departure of its marketing director .\nlifestyle brand playboy is launching a global men\u2019s fragrance with perfume company coty . distribution will begin in autumn this year under the playboy brand name .\nmore is being expected of insight and analytics functions as data pervades all areas of business , according to a new survey of 10 , 000 companies in 60 countries , requiring new skills and taking away marketing\u2019s ownership of insight resources .\nfrom companies struggling with digital transformation to inflation weakening and email marketing click - through rates , here\u2019s all the stats you need to know this week .\njoin marketing week , the guardian\u2019s marketing director sonia sudhakar and itv consumer marketing director steve forde on thursday 12 july at 10am gmt for an exclusive video webinar on how they are meeting the challenge of increasing customer expectations .\ngood morning and welcome to marketing week\u2019s round - up of the news that matters in the marketing world today .\naccess marketing week\u2019s wealth of insight , analysis and opinion that will help you do your job better .\nregister and receive the best content from the only uk title 100 % dedicated to serving marketers ' needs .\nwe\u2019ll ask you just a few questions about what you do and where you work . the more we know about our visitors , the better and more relevant content we can provide for them . and , yes , knowing our audience better helps us find commercial partners too . don ' t worry , we won ' t share your information with other parties , unless you give us permission to do so .\nour award winning editorial team ( ppa digital brand of the year ) ask the big questions about the biggest issues on everything from strategy through to execution to help you navigate the fast moving modern marketing landscape .\nfrom the opportunities and challenges of emerging technology to the need for greater effectiveness , from the challenge of measurement to building a marketing team fit for the future , we are your guide .\ninformation , inspiration and advice from the marketing world and beyond that will help you develop as a marketer and as a leader .\nwells point , 79 wells street , london w1t 3qn . registered in england no : 1595235\nthrough its free smartphone app , zeebox adds a new dimension to the experience of watching tv . the clever app knows what\u2019s on each channel , and can give you more information about the shows . but that\u2019s not all . it will also allow you to buy and download relevant products ; tell you which shows are most popular in real time ; and show you what programmes your friends are watching .\nsince launch five months ago , it has attracted over a million users . clients in the form of advertisers , broadcasters and programme makers have also been impressed , as has sky , which bought a 10 % stake in the company , as well as business angels , who have so far invested \u00a33 . 8m . with an impressive start - up team , an intriguing concept and significant start - up capital , zeebox is a name to watch .\nwe build multi - disciplinary teams and empower them to create engaging campaigns , best - in - class websites , and disruptive digital products , driven by metrics like basket size , frequency , cpx and customer lifetime value .\nwe are a growing team of experts based in london , new york and worldwide .\nif i knew then what i knew now . . . i ' d step up my golf game\nfor father ' s day , we got you these ads . ( it beats a necktie )\nregister to become a member today . you ' ll get the essential information you need to do your job better , including\nwe are glad you are enjoying advertising age . to get uninterrupted access and additional benefits , become a member today .\nit keeps the edginess , the competitiveness , so they ' ll keep learning , keep being challenged , not just on our brands ,\nmr . pane said .\nit will bring new knowledge into coty as well .\none motivation for the deal is gearing up to take on the p & g ; brands , which include covergirl , clairol , wella and such prestige fragrances as hugo boss , dolce & gabbana and gucci , mr . pane said . coty brands also include opi nail polish , rimmel cosmetics and ck one fragrance .\nit ' s important to step up our capabilities ,\nhe said , noting the p & g ; deal will roughly double coty ' s headcount and sales to around 20 , 000 and $ 10 billion , respectively .\nin reality , cost effectiveness didn ' t play a big role ,\nin the deal , mr . pane said .\njack neff , editor at large , covers household and personal - care marketers , walmart and market research . he ' s based near cincinnati and has previously written for the atlanta journal constitution , bloomberg , and trade publications covering the food , woodworking and graphic design industries and worked in corporate communications for the e . w . scripps co .\nglassdoor will not work properly unless browser cookie support is enabled . learn how to enable cookies .\nyour trust is our top concern , so companies can ' t alter or remove reviews .\nfriendly atmosphere and very talented people across the different divisions start - up mentality and a lot of learning opportunities that reach beyond social as you get to help out on different projects \u2013 very flexible if you want to learn different channels . strong level of trust and support from senior leadership \u2013 approachable when you are facing issues . good focus on training up staff and upskilling people \u2013 organising training based on what you need . free food / drinks , plenty of social events and pub visits and great summer / christmas parties ! great culture and very diverse , many different languages in the company which is great\nstart - up mentality means that workload can be a bit much at times , but the extra effort gets recognised and awarded . from a social perspective there\u2019s quite a lot of processes that could be simplified , which is currently being looked into . office struggles with heating / ac at times \ud83d\ude09\nvery poor work / life balance . few employees stay for more than a year .\ncovent garden location . some find the free drinks on fridays and bread / fruit during the week a bonus . companies do this to encourage overtime in the office .\nfew employees stay for more than a year . high turn over \u2013 more than other agencies and startups . very poor work / life balance . long hours seems to be the norm for some and a badge of honor . top heavy organisation - more top heavy than large corporations and other agencies . minimal respect from management level to their staff .\nthe c suite either are not aware or do not care about what is being built and are solely money driven . project statuses are hidden from stakeholders for deceptive reasons . internal squabbling in c suite are paralysing the company .\nstop making marketing the core pillar of the company , trust your employees when they give you feedback whether good or bad , and focus on building a product , and not on lining your own pockets .\nbe honest : accept you are an agency where money is only motive ; drop the pretence of a product culture , but do try and trust the talent you have left and resist micromanagement .\nthe structure doesn ' t work . they severely underpay their staff and the organization is way too top heavy . not a lot of respect for junior members of staff . don ' t nurture talent and genuine career progression is limited . also , there is no company culture . zero perks to working there .\nstop hiring so many managers and actually nurture the talent you already have . also , give good salary raises and stop underpaying hard workers !\nthe company has changed direction a number of times , which has kept it afloat , but has meant that many staff have had to shift roles or domains . that can be a good thing , but can lead to doing a job that wasn ' t quite what you thought you were getting into . not very structured career progression ( although lots of opportunities for doing different roles over time ) .\nsaw lots of changes and time there kept getting better . best thing always the talented and passionate team and , for me , the amazing experience i got when i was there . strong leadership team with some really interesting experience to learn from .\ndidn ' t always have a clear , single direction . work life balance wasn ' t always fantastic but did see it it improve a lot .\nthis will replace the current featured review for targeted profile . are you sure you want to replace it ?\ncopyright \u00a9 2008\u20132018 , glassdoor , inc .\nglassdoor\nand logo are proprietary trademarks of glassdoor , inc .\nlatest insights , case studies and news from agencies , tech vendors , freelancers and other organisations .\nthe beauty products manufacturer , which owns a host of tier - one brands including calvin klein , davidoff , marc jacobs and rimmel ( to name a few ) , reported an unexpected annual revenue decline of 3 % for the last quarter earlier this week .\ncompany leadership claimed the closure of its $ 11 . 6bn purchase of multiple brands from p & g ; was a \u201cmassive distraction\u201d in recent months , a purchase that was later followed by the announcement of its agreement to acquire good hair day ( ghd ) .\nrevenues for the quarter ending 30 september totalled $ 1 . 08bn , amid a slump in sales figures , with this decline further compounded by integration costs spurred by its purchase trail over the last 15 months .\naddressing wall street investors , coty\u2019s recently appointed chief executive camillo pane noted the outfit , which owns a portfolio of over 70 brands , would further its focus on digital communications , and that this would play a primary role in his next report to the market .\n\u201cwe have significantly increased the proportion of our media spending aimed at digital , and i ' m pleased with the results i ' ve seen . \u201d\nrhind , who joined directly from danish adtech company adform following a career that saw him head up digital for agencies dentsu aegis and havas , made his first public appearance in the new role at last week\u2019s ats new york , where he took part in a panel on the development of media buying adtech .\nhis input saw him pass comment on the developments he saw as crucial to the development of adtech over the next 12 months , where he said that improvements in the effective tracking of mobile media \u201cwould be nice for a change\u201d .\nrhind went on to say : \u201ci\u2019d also like to see people to start using dynamic creative for things other than price - optimisation in performance advertising \u2026 i\u2019d also like to see less ads on pages , which would help everybody , and some more intelligent data strategies being deployed and strategised , as opposed to being theorised around . \u201d\ntalking about the industry buzz phrase of \u2018programmatic\u2019 , he questioned the legitimacy of the use of the term , as it initially emerged to help ease concerns around the transparency of media buying on ad exchanges .\nhe also went on to articulate his belief that media owners and buyers should continue to work directly with one another , and use software to aid targeting as well as ease work - flow . \u201cwe probably have to get rid of the term \u2018programmatic\u2019 \u2026 good inventory , is good inventory and we can allow data to be utilized to streamline it , as simple as that . \u201d\nspeaking about the rationale of advertisers use of adtech , and some of the frustrations that can arise from working with multiple third parties , he added : \u201cif your outcome [ in the employment of adtech ] is something other than media buying which obviously is the case with and advertiser \u2013 as that\u2019s just a means to an end \u2013 then clicks and impressions are just too limited a tapestry of data points .\nso really it\u2019s about understanding what can you do with the data attached to consumer exposure [ to online ads ] , and buying , to get better insight . \u201d\nalso contributing to the panel , ari paparo , chief executive of adtech outfit beeswax , forecast that further consolidation in the adtech sector would be played out in the space , as well as \u201ca clean up of video\u201d , which he went on to describe as a \u201ccess pool\u201d , given the lack of transparency , i . e . fraud , in the open video market places at present .\nbuild your marketing knowledge by choosing from daily news bulletins or a weekly special .\nhit the c - suite spot . 75 % of the drum magazine readership are senior management or above .\n\u00a9 carnyx group ltd 2018 | the drum is a registered trademark and property of carnyx group limited . all rights reserved .\nexplore the many benefits of having a premium branded profile on glassdoor , like increased influence and advanced analytics .\nchanges won ' t be saved until you sign up for an enhanced profile subscription .\none step with a recruiter . then an interview with the head of paid social who asked questions about my experience as long as a live brief . then followed by a one on one with a paid social manager .\nlots of exciting challenges and innovative solutions . very immersed into pop culture and entertainment , so every day was news worthy .\nminimal room for growth . long hours as it was a start up and there was also challenges dealing with international teams from an engineering perspective .\nboston , march 22 , 2017 ( globe newswire ) - - dataxu today announced a major upgrade to its self - serve platform with a completely new campaign management user interface ( ui ) , along with an independent user study awarding the platform the top score in usability . dataxu\u2019s ui redesign is based on feedback from an exhaustive nine - month beta period , and features intuitive and efficient workflows that increase productivity for self - serve customers . the new upgrades represent an important milestone in dataxu\u2019s strategy to expand its self - serve business , capitalizing on the growing market trend of agencies and brands taking programmatic media buying in - house .\nleading user experience ( ux ) research firm validately conducted a head - to - head usability study of five industry - leading programmatic platforms , including dataxu . per the study , dataxu ranked first in overall campaign management based on end user ratings of usability as compared to the other four platforms .\n\u201cdataxu has created an efficient and user - friendly ui and has become one of the best dsps i have worked with , \u201d said olivia jahn , digital media buyer , ansira . \u201cthe omnichannel capabilities have helped me to meet the complex kpis for my clients\u2019 campaigns . \u201d\n\u201cperformance and ease of use are the ultimate goals for our self - serve customers utilizing the dataxu platform , \u201d said aaron kechley , svp of products and marketing , dataxu . \u201cand with the addition of this new workflow to dataxu\u2019s industry - leading optimization , cross - device , and forecasting capabilities , buyers no longer need to choose between easy and powerful . \u201d\nit is clear from the study results that dataxu has materially improved the user experience design of its product , \u201d said steven cohn , founder & ceo , validately . \u201cthe impartial , and easy to understand report delivered by validately ' s highly experienced user research professionals , should provide comfort to advertisers and agencies that dataxu is providing a world - class user experience design .\n\u201cour self - serve customers have always been at the core of our success at dataxu , \u201d said ed montes , cro , dataxu . \u201cwith the rollout of the new user interface , we\u2019re excited to expand our self - serve business by making dataxu the easiest to use platform , bar none . \u201d\ndataxu ' s mission is to make marketing better using data science . the world ' s top brands and agencies use dataxu to better understand and engage customers across all devices and media formats . its solution provides marketers with unparalleled media activation , marketing analytics and data management capabilities . with fourteen offices in ten countries , dataxu ' s full - stack solution is powering the marketing transformation of the world ' s most valuable brands .\nwith a reader account , it ' s easy to send email directly to the contact for this release . sign up today for your free reader account ! already have an account ? log in here .\nglobenewswire is one of the world ' s largest newswire distribution networks , specializing in the delivery of corporate press releases financial disclosures and multimedia content to the media , investment community , individual investors and the general public .\nthe drum\u2019s digital trading awards are open for entry , having launched at programmatic punch yesterday ( 8 december ) .\nnow in their 4th year , the awards are open to any individuals and companies in the digital media / trading eco - system who can show that they offer a high value service or technology .\nthe awards will highlight the best examples of digital trading in practice and aim to reward those that can actively show that what they do , day in and day out , works for their clients and themselves .\neach year the awards focus on a theme topical to the industry and this year it will be \u2018living the dream - programmatic everywhere\u2019 .\nit is reflective of the monumental shift in programmatic adoption , with mobile , tv , outdoor and radio all being bought and sold programmatically . but issues of fraud and bot traffic prevail , as does the challenge of adblocking , and the awards this year will seek out those who are overcoming some of these challenges .\nthe awards are held in association with headline partner , the trade desk , and sponsors rubicon project , sphere digital recruitment and nielsen marketing cloud .\nthe deadline for entries is 24 february 2017 , ahead of the awards ceremony on 31 may at the park plaza westminster in london .\nthe launch of the dta\u2019s comes after the drum\u2019s programmatic punch event . you can read a round up of some of the day\u2019s hot topics of conversation here .\nrewarding programmatic performance , these awards are open to those in the uk and europe ad - tech market ; advertisers , publishers , agencies , platforms , trading desks , technology companies etc . they wi . . ."]}
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2018 armor games . all rights reserved . | copyright policy & claims\ngames had simplistic cgi characters and iffy gameplay . it ' s not until they produced\nenglish deutsch fran\u00e7ais espa\u00f1ol p\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 urltoken \u00a9 2018 | mobile games | embed games | scholarship | submit a game | imprint | terms of use | privacy policy | 0 . 101s\nby 2013 , 24 out of 27 elephant\u2019s hopa games were released by big fish games as collector\u2019s editions with average rating of 4 . 4 . in 2012 , our free - to - play game found : a hidden object adventure has spend the majority of time in top - 10 pc games on big fish games site . 9 on - going series vary in setting , art , plot and difficulty , which presents the players an opportunity to find the very one and only game for themselves .\nwhile the beijing , athens and sydney games relied heavily on permanent sites , 257 , 000 out of 745 , 100 seats in london ' s 34 olympics venues will be dismantled after the games leave town , equal to the total number removed in the three previous games combined , populous data showed .\nthere were more murderous ways to dispatch an elephant than to frighten it with a pig , as vegetius relates in de re militari ( iii . 24 ) .\nhidden object game : gamezebo considers them one of the best creators in the casual game industry , on par with big fish games , alawar , blue tea games , boomzap entertainment , and ers game studios .\nelephants are pretty smart animals . did you know that elephants can communicate at a very long distance , by making very low noises ? they also have a good memory . elephants are big , but they can look really cute . think of dombo from the disney movies . did you ever see an elephant in clothes ? here you ' ll find elephant dress up games . go on an adventure with the elephants or work with them in the circus .\nmedium blending : the first three games of the surface and mystery trackers games superimposed live actors moving against the painted backgrounds , but have since dropped it in favor of photo - filtered renditions of the actors for a more seamless blending .\npliny goes on to relate the natural antipathy of the indian elephant and the serpent ,\nthe serpents also being of so large a size that they easily encircle the elephants in their coils and fetter them with a twisted knot . in this duel both combatants die together , and the vanquished elephant in falling crushes with its weight the snake coiled round it .\nfirst , we want to assure our fans that we aren\u2019t abandoning their beloved premium games . we are still elephant \u2013 we\u2019ve just created a new game in a new genre . there are many reasons why it is worth playing . there\u2019s no risk because it\u2019s free ! our game designers have developed great content . midnight castle has wonderful art , created in the best tradition of our games , and familiar to experienced players .\nliam killeen from the british mountain biking team takes on the course at the london 2012 olympic games mountain bike competition venue .\nthe social features were the biggest technical challenge for our team , simply because they are not a part of our premium games .\nriverbank arena , the venue of the hockey competition at the london 2012 olympic games , at the olympic park in east london .\nsign in to see reasons why you may or may not like this based on your games , friends , and curators you follow .\nwith more than thirty games released , we understand that you might have some questions . if there are any , feel free to contact us !\nbut , let ' s look at some of the differences . the piece which we now call the bishop was originally an elephant , and it had the most peculiar move : two spaces diagonally , with the ability to leap over a piece in its way . if you place this piece on the chess board and begin moving it around in this fashion , you ' ll soon find that there are only eight squares on the entire board that the piece can possibly move to ! a strange move , not a very powerful piece . . . and interestingly , unlike the manner of movement that would characterize an actual elephant on the battlefield . we ' ll discuss more elephant moves as we go along .\naelian , on the characteristics of animals , writes that the elephant is terrified of a squealing pig , which is how the romans put to flight the elephants of pyrrhus . indeed , when antigonus ii ( gonatas ) , the grandson of antigonus i ( cyclops ) , was besieging megara , pigs were released , their squeals assured by the fact that the unfortunate creatures were smeared with oil and set afire . pliny , too , tells of the ability of a squealing pig to startle an elephant , and procopius , in the gothic war , relates how a war elephant approached the wall of a besieged town , looming over it , only to have a squealing pig thrust in its face , which panicked the beast .\nlevel map display : one of their signature features is a map interface that eliminates backtracking . it ' s especially useful in the plot - heavy games .\ncompetitors from egypt exit the venue after training ahead of the 2012 olympic games on july 23 , 2012 at the royal artillery barracks in london , england .\nfollow the courageous elephant , joy , in his quest to save his beloved jungle in this unique action game . reveal his story and become immersed in the fairy - tale adventure as you advance through enchanting landscapes and levels filled with evil enemies .\nthis is the best place on the web to play online games for free ! no matter what game style you prefer , we ' ve got it here .\nthe most you ' ll get from the npcs is a reference to your title if you ' re a detective , but other games will state your gender .\nmost video games have colorful casts of characters that draw players in and help sell their narratives , but only a select few have made the [ . . . ]\nbe sure to use this coupon code before it expires ( monday , january 31st , 2011 ) and remember , this coupon code is for standard version games only .\nthere are many unique things about the midnight castle universe versus other free - to - play games . for example , you\u2019ll need to assemble a compass and compile a book .\nelephant games proudly presents the next thrilling installment in the midnight calling series ! a shipwreck has stranded you on a mysterious island and your brother has been kidnapped . as if things weren ' t bad enough , you learn that this is all part of a plot to use his magical powers to overthrow your father . can you save him and your kingdom before it ' s too late ? find out in this thrilling hidden - object puzzle adventure ! learn more\nscenery porn : these games are beautifully rendered , but in the spookier supernatural settings such as fate ' s carnival or the grim tales series , it can lead to scenery gorn .\ngame developer ? visit urltoken to request ag developer status , find documentation on our apis , and get access to our development environment . let ' s make sweet , sweet games together .\nthis image , which is in the carthage museum , is from a large mosaic depicting animals being hunted and captured for the amphitheater . here , an elephant , its wrinkled skin represented by cross - hatching , is being cruelly bitten by a boa that has entwined itself around the hapless beast .\nit ' s implied in the mystery trackers games that the player character is female , as paxton creek avenger shows the character wearing high heeled boots and the coat ' s hem resembles a dress .\ngaming websites , passionate bloggers , and quirky streamers are welcome to share or review our games . if you need game keys , art , trailers , screenshots or more check out our press kit website .\nwhat does this mean for me ? you will always be able to play your favorite games on kongregate . however , certain site features may suddenly stop working and leave you with a severely degraded experience .\n, as it marks the player detective\u2019s return to madame fate\u2019s carnival and all of the mystery and wonder that is swirling around inside . but while the carnival setting itself might seem rehashed on paper , this time around everything in madam fate\u2019s world just seems so much livelier , and elephant games packs on the content and inventive puzzles to match . i hope you picked up a carnival day pass and have your pockets lined with tickets , because you\u2019re going to be enjoying your time at this spooky fair for quite a while !\nthe ioc is also increasingly aware of the importance of what happens once the games leave town , said paul mitchell , executive director of sport at consultancy arcadis which advised on the construction of london olympic stadium .\nbeijing , which hosted a spectacular summer olympics opening ceremony in 2008 , has struggled to find tenants or generate revenue from most of the 32 olympic venues in beijing , 12 of which it built for the games .\nthey first became known for their mystery trackers series of games and have since branched out into other stories , such as the surface and the grim tales series . gamezebo has praised their stunning artwork and immersive game environments .\nfull motion video : surface and mystery trackers started out using these with their characters and cutscenes , but by their respective fourth games , have settled for using traditional animation of the characters and dropping the full motion cutscenes .\nwith the completion of the third title in the rip series , the rip games have become an instant classic in the arcade - shooter genre . rip \u0097 trilogy brings all three rip titles into one exciting and heart - pounding pack .\nin 218 bc , hannibal crossed the alps with thirty - seven elephants and defeated the romans at trebbia . indeed , had not a wounded elephant thrown the others into confusion , the roman losses would have been even greater ( zonaras , epitome of history , viii . 13 , who also relates that the soldiers fought from towers on the backs of the elephants ) .\nwe\u2019ve been working on hopa games for several years . our experience has been that the audience loves the thrilling stories , interesting mechanics , sympathetic characters and adorable helpers in this genre . we hope that we\u2019ve already learned how to create high - quality hopas . so we wanted to combine free - to - play with the kind of great hogs our players have come to expect from us . taking free - to - play games to a new level seemed like a great challenge !\nin addition to possibly shipping its basketball stadium to brazil , london is in talks with organisers of the 2014 glasgow commonwealth games about transferring venues and spoke to chicago about reusing seats from the olympic stadium had the american city won the 2016 bid .\nrio de janeiro , which took the 2016 host baton from london in a star - studded closing ceremony on sunday , and 2022 world cup host qatar are among cities taking notes from the uk capital , which held the most ' temporary ' olympic games in history .\nmidnight castle is also very user - friendly . it\u2019s nice to play something designed especially for you . finally , the game\u2019s full - scale , complex story distinguishes it from other free - to - play games . the player\u2019s actions actually make a difference in the world of midnight castle .\nwe could say a lot of funny and witty things here ! we could , but we won\u2019t . seriously , there\u2019s one very important ideology in our company . we believe that our games ( and all of our work ) should speak for itself . thank you for giving us this chance . we really appreciate it !\nmidnight castle has the great elements of classic hog games . you can apply objects in zoom zones , and stroll from one location to another . it\u2019s always nice to have something familiar in a new game , isn\u2019t it ? it\u2019s also fun to collect pets . all in all , it\u2019s an entirely new world to explore .\nwe\u2019re happy to present you with the big fish games\u2019 customer favorites awards for 2010 ! now , you can get any of the standard version winners for only $ 4 . 99 for a limited time ! just use the coupon code below during checkout for any standard version game . coupon code will not work for collector edition titles :\nwith the completion of the third title in the rip series , the rip games have become an instant classic in the arcade - shooter genre . rip \u0097 trilogy brings all three rip titles into one exciting and heart - pounding pack . ripnot afraid of death ? what if he is accompanied by halloween and rock - n - roll ?\nthe elephant is the largest of them all , and in intelligence approaches the nearest to man . it understands the language of its country , it obeys commands , and it remembers all the duties which it has been taught . it is sensible alike of the pleasures of love and glory , and , to a degree that is rare among men even , possesses notions of honesty , prudence , and equity ; it has a religious respect also for the stars , and a veneration for the sun and the moon .\nwe are very enthusiastic about what we are doing . our current goals include premium hogs ( players , we are still with you ! ) , and the development of free - to - play games on pc and other platforms . we have a lot of ideas , and it\u2019s time we had a chance to show them to the world .\nwhite elephants were once considered highly sacred creatures in thailand\u2014the animal even graced the national flag until 1917\u2014but they were also wielded as a subtle form of punishment . according to legend , if an underling or rival angered a siamese king , the royal might present the unfortunate man with the gift of a white elephant . while ostensibly a reward , the creatures were tremendously expensive to feed and house , and caring for one often drove the recipient into financial ruin . whether any specific rulers actually bestowed such a passive - aggressive gift is uncertain , but the term has since come to refer to any burdensome possession\u2014pachyderm or otherwise .\nmany expedients have been used against them . in lucania a centurion cut off the trunk of one with his sword . two soldiers armed from head to foot in a chariot drawn by two horses , also covered with armor , attacked these beasts with lances of great length . they were secured by their armor from the archers on the elephants and avoided the fury of the animals by the swiftness of their horses . foot soldiers completely armored , with the addition of long iron spikes fixed on their arms , shoulders and helmets , to prevent the elephant from seizing them with his trunk , were also employed against them .\nromans first encountered the elephant in 280 bc . pyrrhus had transported twenty of the beasts to italy by ship and , at the battle of heraclea , the unfamiliar animals routed the roman cavalry ;\ntheir horses , before they got near the animals , were terrified and ran away with their riders\n( plutarch , life of pyrrhus , xvii . 3 ) . the next year at asculum , there was another pyrrhic victory ,\nthe greatest havoc was wrought by the furious strength of the elephants , since the valour of the romans was of no avail in fighting them , but they felt that they must yield before them as before an onrushing billow or a crashing earthquake , and not stand their ground only to die in vain , or suffer all that is most grievous without doing any good at all\n( xxi . 7 ) .\nwhereas the greeks and carthaginians used elephants mainly in war , the romans used them primarily for spectacle , the first time in 275 bc , when those that had been captured from pyrrhus were displayed in triumph . in 55 bc , when pompey dedicated his theater , the events in the circus included venationes . plutarch says that five hundred lions were killed , but there was\nabove all , an elephant fight , a most terrifying spectacle\n( life of pompey , lii . 4 ) . cicero , who was present , wrote to a friend that there were two animal hunts a day , which lasted for five days .\nthe last day was that of the elephants , and on that day the mob and crowd were greatly impressed , but manifested no pleasure . indeed the result was a certain compassion and a kind of feeling that that huge beast has a fellowship with the human race\n( ad familiares , vii . 1 ) .\nby fully committing to this carnival theme from beginning to end , fate\u2019s carnival is able to make extensive use of its surroundings at every turn , and you\u2019ll never find yourself at a want for attractions to see or fun things to do ( except maybe eating some delicious cotton candy in real life ) . everything that you can possibly think of in relation to a carnival has found its way into this hog in some capacity , and your interactions with each one are as devilishly fun and clever as if you were partaking in the lights and the sounds yourself . from enticing chance games and the fortune teller\u2019s tent , to a ferris wheel and roller coaster , this is the most expansive carnival setting that you\u2019re likely to ever see in an hog .\nthe idea of resting on your laurels dates back to leaders and athletic stars of ancient greece . in hellenic times , laurel leaves were closely tied to apollo , the god of music , prophecy and poetry . apollo was usually depicted with a crown of laurel leaves , and the plant eventually became a symbol of status and achievement . victorious athletes at the ancient pythian games received wreaths made of laurel branches , and the romans later adopted the practice and presented wreaths to generals who won important battles . venerable greeks and romans , or \u201claureates , \u201d were thus able to \u201crest on their laurels\u201d by basking in the glory of past achievements . only later did the phrase take on a negative connotation , and since the 1800s it has been used for those who are overly satisfied with past triumphs .\nbut what\u2019s so great about fate\u2019s carnival is that it fully utilizes each one of these inclusions to its greatest potential : nothing in this game has been put there strictly for show . the hidden object scenes are perfect in number , and appear at all the right times in your adventure , with wonderful interactive components and mini - games spread evenly throughout , like pushing different elemental buttons in the correct order to eject a roller coaster car\u2019s driving seat . however , a few of the actual exploration puzzles do tend to get a little repetitive in both their actions and rewards . one section in particular early on in the game has you throwing a dart at a target to release a mystery item . once you earn the trinket , two new targets pop up and send you off in search of two more darts . once you knock those down , three more are already there waiting .\nmidnight castle is more than a hidden - object , free - to - play game \u2013 it\u2019s a mystery with fantasy elements . your adventure begins when you inherit a castle , but it isn\u2019t the kind of castle where a butler invites you in to sit in a cozy armchair by the fireplace . the world of the game is crammed with secrets , and features several enigmatic characters . each are concerned with the big mystery \u2013 the chamber of wishes hidden somewhere in the very heart of the castle . and this is only the beginning !\na premium game , once purchased , stays the same . it\u2019s like a book you\u2019ve read cover to cover . you can always return to it , and replay .\nbut a free - to - play game is a relatively endless adventure , and one you can take with your friends by your side . this is one key difference between a free - to - play game and a premium game \u2013 social features . when you play a free - to - play game , you can find new online friends , befriend the people you know from real life , share your achievements or help your mate overcome an obstacle and complete quests . it\u2019s a truly breathtaking experience !\nalso , the characters\u2019 personalities and appearance unfold and change throughout the game . diversity is important \u2013 you are on an adventure , after all !\nconcentrating on a single element will lead to invariable failure . all the components of a game need to be strong . this is why story , atmosphere , mechanics and gameplay all matter . our priority is meeting the expectations of players while surprising them with something new .\nfree - to - play is a new field for us , with new opportunities and risks . it might be a mine field . but we feel inspired to walk across it anyway , and the most important feedback and critique we receive comes from the forums . they allow us to coordinate the development process with requests from the fans and the audience .\nshortly after moving into a creepy mansion in louisiana , sara lawson is struck with tragedy when her husband mysteriously disappears . sara\u2019s daughter , magnolia , believes her father was kidnapped by the ghost of a vengeful pirate seeking to protect his lost fortune . with the locals terrified of the pirate\u2019s curse , you are the family\u2019s last hope . only a master detective with incredible hidden object skills can locate marcus lawson in mystery case files : 13th skull ! learn more !\na kingdom\u2019s future rests in the light of three beacons . can they be lit in time ? will the shadows be cast into light ?\nmeet flo and the other dinertoons as youthful dinerteens , working their first summer job at mr . big\u2019s theme park restaurants !\ntake the king\u2019s challenge ! save the wonderful land of countless islands , islandshire , from the merciless forces of nature .\nfor those who are interested , all winners earned this honor based on overall customer purchases . the following factors were used to determine the winners :\na game can only win one award ( i . e . if a game wins\ngame of the year\n, it cannot qualify for\nbest hidden object game\n, etc . )\nlively atmosphere with lots to see and even more to do . extremely inventive puzzle designs . great game length and tons of bonus content .\nstory takes a little while to really get going . a few exploration segments can feel somewhat repetitive .\ntruth be told , i didn\u2019t feel like there was much of a story to accompany the action of fate\u2019s carnival at first . the player detective simply shows up at the titular carnival and references repeatedly through the dialogue that you had been there once before on a previous case . the majority of the game will simply involve your silent character moving through the carnival , and saving various carnies in distress : like the amazing larry , who\u2019s somehow found himself irreplaceably sawn in half , or the strong man , who\u2019s found his muscles being pushed to their limit in a hellish gauntlet of sorts . there\u2019s also the occasional scare or two , which actually made me jump in both their sounds and execution .\nhowever , that\u2019s certainly not to say the story never heats up as more mysteries and evil forces gradually get introduced , and that it doesn\u2019t lay the foundation for all sorts of carnival magic and wonder to crop up along the way . you\u2019ll also be given a spooky ghost cat by madame fate at the start of the game , who will help by reaching certain items that are well out of your reach , or scaring bats and attacking fish for your own personal gain : just like any good ghost cat would do . this adds a unique component to the exploration segments of the game , as you\u2019ll often forget that the ghost cat is exactly what you need to solve a puzzle when you\u2019ve exhausted all other options in your inventory .\none of my favorite parts about fate\u2019s carnival is just how many extra things there are to do in the game outside of the regular storyline , even for a hidden object adventure . for instance , you can find some well - hidden playing cards along your journey , which unlocks a fun variation of solitaire from within the bonus menu . you can keep your eyes peeled for special character bobble heads that morph into the actual scenery , and if you manage to pick up enough cash lying around the fair , then you can even purchase a number of fun decorative items to spruce up your very own carnival tent . and of course , this is all without even mentioning the generous bonus chapter that rounds out the total collector\u2019s edition package , making it a tremendous amount of content to keep you playing well into the night , after everyone else has gone home and the rides are all closed .\nso in the end , it almost goes without saying that mystery case files : fate\u2019s carnival proves to be another worthy addition to the acclaimed hidden object adventure series , and it captures the essence and charm of the carnival world to near perfection . many gamers already feel the mystery case files series has always exemplified hidden object gaming at the highest caliber , and fate\u2019s carnival only drives that point home even further . with tons of content to explore , extremely inventive puzzle designs , and a setting that\u2019s just as expansive as it is filled with things to do , you\u2019ll be hearing that carnival song long after the carnies have packed up their tents and moved on to the next town .\nhtml public\n- / / w3c / / dtd xhtml 1 . 0 strict / / en\nurltoken\nby clicking\ncreate account ,\nyou agree to the big fish terms of use and privacy policy .\nyour username will be displayed on your review . pick a username you like and can share with others . your username is permanent and yours forever .\nenter the email address you use for your big fish account . we ' ll email you a temporary password . need help ?\nafter crash landing on a mysterious and secluded island , you will need to quickly learn how to adapt and survive in found : a hidden object adventure ! as you explore the island you will meet swashbuckling pirates .\nthough you haven\u2019t made it off the island , you\u2019re one step closer ! to make it out of winter and into spring , you\u2019ll need to explore the new ice palace location , but watch out for the stunning and devious snow queen .\nduring a celebration , a mysterious organ grinder appears , selling fortune cards for a penny . when the first victim falls prey to a mysterious beast , you rush to discover who this organ grinder is and what he wants .\naccidentally you miss the train with your husband and daughter on board . it fades into the darkness of the tunnel and never makes the other side of it \u2013 the train simply disappears into the air .\nwe have no news or videos for love is . . . in bloom : the flower shop garden . sorry !\nno forum topics for love is . . . in bloom : the flower shop garden yet . want to start us off ? create a new topic .\nthere are currently no videos at this moment for love is . . . in bloom : the flower shop garden\nthere are currently no images for love is . . . in bloom : the flower shop garden\n\u00a9 valve corporation . all rights reserved . all trademarks are property of their respective owners in the us and other countries .\ngametunnel gives rip 3 a 73 %\nthe rip series is getting better with every game in my personal estimation . the wide variety of characters with vehicles and weapons that get cooler with each new game should not be missed\n. read the full review here . gameplasma gives rip - 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win business ideas for it industry . if you need help turning them into start - ups that will become become a profitable business , feel free to send them to us !\nare you talented and ambitious ? do you want to create new worlds and be a part of a great team ? if the answer to these questions is yes , we ' d like to welcome you to work in one of our offices . just contact us !\nit\u2019s late evening , and the lights of the traffic are blinking on both sides of your car . you see a beautiful hitchhiker girl and pick her up .\npeople of silverlake , a fantasy town , have accused creatures of kidnapping and attacking their relatives .\nthe events take place in 50 - s of the xx - s century . mark stewart and his wife jane go to europe on their vacation .\narabella and damian didn\u2019t suspect that boarding the ship for a short voyage would turn into a catastrophe .\na random encounter is going to turn your life upside down ! you got cursed after a fellow traveler you picked up on the road vanished from your car , and now you have only three days before this curse takes effect .\npeople of silverlake , a fantasy town , have accused creatures of kidnapping and attacking their relatives . guards are hunting down the creatures everywhere in town .\nthe stewarts family survived a train crash . there is a mystery in how mark stewart found himself in an unknown hotel , completely alone .\nthe mcgrays , a family of your relatives , were poisoned in their own mansion .\nyou and your daughter are in danger \u2013 you get in a car crash and wake up near a strange town . your daughter has disappeared .\na traveling circus called \u201cchimera\u2019s magic\u201d comes to paris . is it a coincidence that a series of attacks happens in the city right after that ?\nour cousin rachel is a journalist working for \u201cghost seekers\u201d tv - show . the crew is eager to make a worldwide sensation of their story about the \u201calexander valentine\u201d hotel .\nyour father disappeared , your native town is destroyed , and all this is somehow connected with the mysterious wise dragon .\nour nephew calls for help , his son billy went missing during the fire in the boarding school .\nin the course of her last investigation in an abandoned shadowfield observatory , the detective of mystery trackers order encounters something really terrible and loses her memory .\nafter watching your sister die in front of you , you swear to follow her to the afterlife no matter what .\nthe events take place in the 30s of xx century . in the evening , when we sit by the fireplace , we get a letter from the \u201cfreedom\u201d hotel from elizabeth blake , our mother , who asks for help .\nactions take place in the european town of linford in the early 20th century .\nthe action takes place in 19th century , in a fantasy town of dorfield .\nstacy , our friend and relative , has disappeared when she was investigating her origin . go back in time to the cursed town of graywitch and find out what the grays\u2019 ancestors could do to save their family .\na plan to spend a quiet weekend at the baker\u2019s hotel turned into a nightmare . an accident turned you into a ghost while you son have been kidnapped !\na christmas legend says that santa makes gifts only to good kids . evil bertha visits bad kids . you will have to turn into a brave boy oliver twist . his sister wendy got into trouble on christmas eve \u2013 she is imprisoned by bertha .\na search for the friend who disappeared in virtual reality is turning into a nightmare . find out the secrets hidden by the virtual reality and play a game against computer on its territory . the fate of world is at stake !\nthe action takes place in a european town ronas , in 18th century . lord lankerman asks you to catch a runaway criminal guilty of the epidemic that affects only kids of the town\u2026\na lovely picnic turned into a nightmare for three friends . the students were looking for a place to wait out the storm and walked into the old hotel full of ghosts !\nthe search for a missing boarding school student called stacy becomes an operation of saving not only her , but also the whole world . discover the scary secrets of dorian black\u2019s manor in crimson hollow !\nwhen otherworldly creatures attack a train and kidnap an innocent girl , the mystery trackers detectives come to the rescue . a seemingly peaceful journey becomes an exciting adventure full of mysteries and danger ! villains must pay for hurting the innocent and ruining vacations !\nwhen your mind and eyes start failing you making you see unbelievable things , you decide to go to a doctor . however , your visit ends quite unexpectedly \u2013 the doctor turns into a terrible huntsman and tries to kill you ! besides , your cat suddenly becomes a real cheshire cat who tells you that fairyland is in dire need of a hero like you . there\u2019s nothing else for you to do but to take your smiling cat in your arms and set off to save everyone and everything in the new game surface : lost tales !\nwhat do you do when your sister is very sick and a vile witch has the only remedy that can save her ? jeronimo doesn\u2019t hesitate and rushes into the villain\u2019s lair , having no idea it\u2019s the beginning of a big adventure ! help the desperate inn - keeper find the medicine , reveal the dark witch\u2019s secrets and ruin her evil plans that place the whole town in jeopardy .\nyou go for a sabbatical trip to scotland , to the shore of one of its lakes . you\u2019re sitting at your cottage and painting a picture of the paysages surrounding you . you think that nothing will bother you when something shiny falls from the sky and breaks your shed . you enter the shed and find an unusual amulet . it has your surname on it ! . .\nheavy snowfall is just like an omen . you encounter a police car on the roadway that got wrecked because of the heavy storm . the police officer asks to give him a lift and take him to axiom hotel where he is going to continue investigating the copycat murderer case\u2026\nliving in the ancient castle turned out to be a real trial for the young family of the grays . brandon\u2019s wife elena slipped into coma , little son billy has gone missing , and brandon himself is very much on edge , since similar events happened to him in the past . their further fate is in your hands !\nthe magic kingdom was prospering . however , one day it was attacked and taken over by the dastardly dragon . he encaged the residents and cursed all the lands . the monsters of the kingdom sided with the dragon . what secrets does the magic kingdom hide ? come and discover them yourselves !\nan old friend , a wodden figurine rupert , asks you for help \u2013 the town of glanville is attacked by clay golems and the townspeople can\u2019t resist their power . the town is facing complete destruction ! find out why the golems invaded the town . what secrets do the people of glanville keep ?\nan unknown villain , who calls himself the legendary avenger , wants to destroy mystery trackers order and kidnaps an innocent girl . only you can stop the wrongdoer who is ready to do anything for fulfilling his evil plan !\nsanta asked you to get back the stolen christmas star . only you can save christmas !\nit\u2019s a usual day , and you are looking through the family pictures . suddenly your mother calls you and tells you that horrible things happen to your town\u2026\nyour sister left you a video message , just like she usually does . she said she would be at your place within a few hours after making a story about the \u201clexington\u201d hotel , but the record date state she should have come two days ago !\nthe keepers of munich are expecting the arrival of a mysterious stranger to their city . according to the prophecy , the stranger has great power that can be used both for creation and destruction . everything gets complicated : one of the keepers is found dead in the carriage\u2026\ngo back to the past to save jackie\u2019s parents from tragic death that happened 20 years ago . however , when you start to play with death , be ready to play according to her rules !\nthe castle is calling ! play as the lovely anabel , whose father , henry , disappeared several years ago . now he\u2019s calling to you in your dreams and needs your help . travel back to your hometown to save your father and uncover the secrets of midnight castle !\nmystical fires erupted in northern part of oregon . local police are baffled , so they summon you , a professional detective . the fires have been scaring the locals for several years . is it a plan of an arsonist or is it the legendary phoenix of stone spires , bursting out the flames on sinful people ?\nyour sixteenth birthday should have become one of the best days of your life . you wake up with a feeling of joy . your parents were supposed to make a surprise , but they disappeared . your friend tells you that there are no adults in town . find out what happened in surface : alone in the mist .\nms . gray , an unrivaled detective with ability to go to the past , is in danger . they find a corpse in her house . she doesn\u2019t remember the preceding events and has no idea who the murderer is . she is the prime suspect . go back in time and find out who is the murderer in grim tales : the final suspect .\na famous philanthropist asks you to guard him while he delivers a public speech . it seems to be an easy job until everything turns upside down right before your eyes . find the criminal , discover what motivates him and save professor in haunted hotel : eternity !\ntragedy hit a small village : somebody kidnapped a kid . local people accuse mysterious owl man . the case is complicated , but mystery trackers detective and his loyal four - legged partner elf are ready to crack it ! find the criminal and unveil all secrets in mystery trackers : nightsville horror !\nwhat could make your companion detective head to a forgotten hotel on the lonely island ? the last note you received from him claimed him to be dead . is it really so ? or maybe he is still alive and awaits your help ?\nmaster detective is called to the frost - bound city to set right from wrong and discover the truth .\nthe grays\u2019 family dinner turned a real nightmare for the whole family . their lives are threatened again , and only you can rescue them !\ndeath himself needs your help ! dark minds seek for immortality . lives of innocent people are under danger . the balance of life is at stake . can you conduct a thorough investigation ?\na famous actress is kidnapped by a mysterious stranger . the mystery trackers order detective , accompanied by elf the little dog , follows the hot trail .\nlooking for money , a famous engineer and mechanic abraham shadowy buys an old residence and turns it into a hotel . the guests claim you might face real ghosts there !\nthe dark times for the mcgray family started when the parents of young elizabeth and james passed away leaving the children alone to cope with their lives and the immense fortune .\nthe little princess was born with a beautiful gift of animating statues , breathing life into them . being an orphan in the house of a man who found her at his doorstep , she had a lot of questions and the biggest of them was who her parents were . why would they leave their child ?\ndangerous creatures and risky adventures are waiting for you during your investigation but the life of your niece is at stake so you have to hurry ."]}
{"id": 56608, "summary": [{"text": "jon j franklin ( aka \" jon franklin \" ) is a sports marketing and sports television business executive who is currently chief executive officer of glory sports international , the parent company of glory kickboxing seen on espn tv and cbs in the usa along with ufc fightpass ( in a major deal announced in 2016 ) and on major networks including eurosport , ziggo sports holland , le tv china and others in more than 170 countries .", "topic": 23}, {"text": "since franklin joined glory as ceo in 2014 , glory kickboxing has undergone a complete strategic remake and seen solid advances in ratings , attendance and following culminating in john malone 's liberty global and yao ming 's yao capital joining glory as investors and partners .", "topic": 18}, {"text": "in the final months of 2016 , glory produced events in trenton , new jersey , denver , colorado , nice , france and on december 10 , a sold out major global ppv event in conjunction with the ufc , collision , rico v badr , the fight no one thought could be made , in oberhausen , germany .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "further glory events for 2017 have included glory la live , january 20 and a sold out show at sears center chicago , february 24th .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "in europe brussels belgium hosted glory on march 25th , copenhagen in april , holland in may , paris in june and a sold out show from new york , madison square garden theatre on july 14 .", "topic": 21}, {"text": "franklin has stated his intent to bring glory to toronto canada , to san paulo , brazil and also to china in 2017 . ", "topic": 21}], "title": "jon j . franklin", "paragraphs": ["new glory ceo jon j . franklin says kickboxing promotion will return to spike in late october\nnew glory ceo jon j . franklin says kickboxing promotion will return to spike in late october - urltoken\nthat ' s how glory ceo jon j . franklin sees it now that bellator kickboxing has been launched .\nthe law office of jon j . saia , general practice attorney , 1987 - 1995\nglory ceo jon j . franklin talks spike departure , bellator kickboxing , and future with espn and ufc fight pass\nglory ceo jon j . franklin : a title fight has been offered to joe schilling for his last fight on contract\nglory ceo jon j . franklin talks spike departure , bellator kickboxing , and future with espn and ufc fight pass - urltoken\nglory ceo jon j . franklin : a title fight has been offered to joe schilling for his last fight on contract - urltoken\nat the glory 29 post - fight press conference , cor hemmers and jon j franklin expresses their disappointment with the co - main event and niclas larsen and his future in glory .\nglory ceo jon . j . franklin gives his reaction to the launch of bellator kickboxing , and opens up about glory ' s deal with ufc fight pass , and future plans with espn .\nwhat makes things all the more interesting is that glory ceo jon j . franklin informed urltoken that a title fight has been offered to schilling for his last fight on his current contract with the promotion .\njon j . saia is a founding member of the law offices of saia & piatt , inc . , with offices located in columbus and delaware , ohio .\nglory ceo jon franklin told urltoken that a deal is being finalized and that details will be revealed before the show takes place .\n/ prnewswire / - - glory sports international and its board of directors today appointed jon j . franklin as chief executive officer , effective immediately . in this role , franklin will oversee management of the world ' s premier kickboxing league , with coverage in over 170 global territories .\nhas mapped out most of its event calendar for 2015 and is planning to stage an event \u201cevery four to six weeks , \u201d according to ceo jon franklin .\nthe number of jon peterson special needs students in a district are represented by the multicolor pin icons .\nglory sports international and its board of directors have announced on tuesday morning ( aug . 19 , 2014 ) that sports - entco founder and president , jon j . franklin , has been appointed as the new chief executive officer ( ceo ) for the global kickboxing promotion . franklin replaces andrew whitaker , who will remain with the promotion as a business consultant .\nfairborn municipal court fairborn , ohio state of ohio v . jon mcclennan , case number : 02 trc 08962 , magistrate schaengold , december 23 , 2002\njon franklin , who spent 15 years as an executive with sports marketing giant img , has been involved in glory ' s logistical operation since 2012 . the backstage observations he has made since that time will be applied in his new role .\nin the news : k . bryant , s . curry , l . james , j . harden , k . durant , d . howard . . .\nearlier this week glory installed sports marketing veteran jon franklin as chief executive officer . a 15 - year veteran of img , franklin takes up the ceo role at a crucial juncture in glory ' s operation . having been involved with the company since late 2012 , he has plenty of ideas he wants to implement and is hitting the ground running .\nadding the franklin closure to the mix will add even more challenges , o ' connell said .\nwhen it comes to changes , franklin says that glory ' s core ethos will remain the same .\nall - time greats : k . abdul - jabbar , w . chamberlain , k . malone , m . jordan , j . stockton , t . duncan . . .\ncourt of common pleas , green county , ohio state of ohio v . randall knox , case no . 2004 cr 798 , judge j . timothy campbell , february 28 , 2005\nplease click on the icon located at the top - right corner of the map below to enlarge and enter your address to find jon peterson special needs scholarship service provider near you .\njon franklin is a well - known pioneer in creative nonfiction . his innovative work in the use of literary techniques in the nonfiction short story , novel , and explanatory essay won him the first pulitzer prizes ever awarded in the categories of feature writing ( 1979 ) and explanatory journalism ( 1985 ) .\ncolumbus , ohio state v . franklin , case no . 2014trc128828 , judge carrie glaeden , september 23 , 2014\nson of john franklin jr . and kealer franklin . . . has two siblings , jarrell and tiffany . . . birthday is september 21 . . . earned his bachelor ' s degree from the college of liberal arts in august , 2017\nbob fuchs , manager of the electric fetus at the corner of franklin avenue and 4th avenue s . , said there were\n15 , 000 fewer\ncars going by his store after the franklin bridge closed at 7 a . m . monday .\ni look forward to working with jon in this new capacity . he has been a big part of our incredible success thus far and is uniquely suited to lead glory into the next phase of development ,\nsaid pierre andurand , glory chairman and co - founder .\nwith jon at the helm , we are confident that 2015 will be a banner year in the evolution of our brand as a leading combat sports league in\ntraffic flowed fairly smoothly on the first morning of the franklin avenue bridge closure , but the potential for big snarls still exists .\nfranklin county municipal court , columbus , ohio , state v . hood , case no . 2010trc193018 , judge mark hummer , march 14 , 2011\nin summing up , franklin says that glory ' s goal in the immediate future is\nto deliver to fans whatever they are looking for .\nfranklin said the focus will be continuing\nto build ratings in the u . s . , distribute programming internationally and have a great following in both .\nfranklin county municipal court columbus , ohio state of ohio v . stephen beaver , case no . 2004 trc 117887 , judge julia dorrian , september 30 , 2004\nand with losing daniels , franklin didn ' t seem too upset the high - flying fighter won ' t be playing his trade in the glory ring any longer .\nfranklin county municipal court , columbus , ohio state of ohio v . westley smith , case no . 2003 trc 218435 , judge james green , april 29 , 2004\nfranklin county municipal court , columbus , ohio state of ohio v . ivan mounts , case no . 2003 trc 194554 , judge paul herbert , april 22 , 2004\nthe law office of john j . strazzulla was founded on the premise that each client deserves individual attention . there is no single method for representing every personal injury case , and mr . strazzulla holds his legal team to a strict code of ethics and principles when it comes to serving clients .\nfranklin understands viacom will most likely push their own product much harder than they did with glory . he touched on some of the hardships glory dealt with over the last year .\nfranklin county municipal court , columbus , ohio state of ohio v . laura reitz , case no . 2004 trc 210336 , judge carrie e . glaeden , march 1 , 2005\nfranklin county municipal court columbus , ohio city of grove city vs . michael hardin , case number : m9710tfc - 150580 , judge steven b . hayes , may 4 , 1998\nfour lightfoot , franklin & white attorneys recognized as birmingham \u2018lawyers of the year\u2019 and 21 listed overall in 2018 the best lawyers in america\u00a9 published by woodward / white , inc .\nglory\u2019s next event takes place feb . 6 and is headlined by a heavyweight title fight between rico verhoeven and errol zimmerman . franklin revealed earlier this week that boxing icon mike tyson is\nfranklin county municipal court columbus , ohio state of ohio v . melissa shaffer , case no . 2006 - trc - 215930 , judge julia l . dorrian , may 2 , 2007\nmoving forward , though , franklin has no regrets with the promotion ' s tenure at spike and is ultimately looking forward to the future as the promotion heads into its twenty seventh event .\npreviously , franklin spent 15 years in senior roles at img - media and has also served as president of golden gloves boxing llc and ap - x , a division of america presents boxing .\nnow that glory is with espn , franklin feels the the mindsets of both parties are harmonious with one another as they head into their third fight card working with the worldwide leader in sports .\nfranklin took over as glory ceo late in 2014 . with a background in television production , he has been concentrating on that side of glory\u2019s operation and says there are several developments in the pipeline .\nthe law office of john j . strazzulla handles a variety of personal injury cases in massachusetts . we are competent , caring , and always act in the best interests of all of our clients . we work hard to get you every cent you deserve to cover medical costs and make up for lost wages . we won\u2019t rest until your case is settled .\nat the law office of john j . strazzulla , we provide aggressive representation in all areas of personal injury , including auto accidents , motorcycle accidents , head - on collisions , slip and fall accidents and premises liability , alcoholic beverage and food - related injuries , agricultural product liability , products liability , medical malpractice , workplace accidents and worker ' s compensation .\nfranklin said the organization will likely revisit u . s . cities such as chicago and los angeles in the fall , and that a \u201cvery big , special event with a partner\u201d is also in the works .\nglory\nrespects their athletes and the choices they make ,\nsaid franklin , on if he ' d be upset at watching schilling walk away .\nwe wouldn ' t hold any athlete back .\nfranklin taught courses on science writing and writing complex stories . at the time , he was the fourth pulitzer winner at the college , joining david broder , knight chair haynes johnson and humphrey fellows director william eaton .\nscott founded the private equity investment firm nectar capital in 2002 . he has over 25 years of experience in the media and leisure sectors , as an investor , operator , financier . he has been an investor or a lead banker in three media and leisure ipos . scott previously worked in private equity and fund - of - funds allocations at j . rothschild capital management .\nspike tv senior vice president of sports , jon slusser told mmamania after last thursday ' s ( february 18 , 2016 ) bellator kickboxing press conference that they was no issue with glory per se , they just felt confident that launching their own kickboxing promotion with scott coker at the helm and under the existing viacom / spike / bellator umbrella was the best way to go .\nthe law office of john j . strazzulla proudly serves quincy , massachusetts and all of norfolk county , including avon , bellingham , braintree , brookline , canton , cohasset , dedham , dover , foxborough , holbrook , medfield , medway , millis , milton , needham , norfolk , norwood , plainville , randolph , sharon , stoughton , walpole , wellesley , westwood , weymouth and wrentham .\nwith glory and spike tv having just renewed their broadcasting deal for 2015 it seems both sides are happy with what they have achieved thus far . franklin says that , going forward , the television content is likely to be expanded .\ni highly recommend rick , he was amazing . we had a previous lawyer who was recommending we just settle out of court . jon and rick were recommended and rick took our case at the eleventh hour . he very quickly assessed our case and gave us excellent advice etc . at the court house he went in and got the whole case thrown out . it was brilliant , took less than half an hour ! the other attorneys arguments were completely obliterated by rick . i now feel so confident knowing if i ever need legal help again i have jon and rick to call on . rick was friendly and very charming to us but you knew he would go into court and completely intimidate the other attorney . he ' s worth every penny ! and i ' ve recommended him to family and friends .\nhis books include : the molecules of the mind , atheneum , ( 1987 ) ; writing for story , atheneum , ( 1986 ) ; guinea pig doctors , ( with j . sutherland ) morrow , ( 1984 ) ; not quite a miracle , ( w / alan doelp ) , doubleday , ( 1983 ) ; shocktrauma , ( w / alan doelp ) , st . martin\u2019s press , ( 1980 ) .\nmost of those events will be in the united states , franklin told urltoken over the weekend , but events are also planned for locations in europe and elsewhere , catering both to international demand and the interests of spike tv , glory\u2019s stateside broadcaster .\namericans have started to make some noise in the sport , which has long been dominated by european talent . franklin helped produce the\nroad to glory\nshows in the u . s . , which helped to develop and discover american talent .\nthe company recently made its first venture in pay - per - view . according to several reports the numbers of units sold were not cause for celebration , yet franklin points out that - just like the ufc - there are no official numbers released .\nbut first and foremost all energies are being focused on glory ' s next live event . the last was on june 21 in los angeles and fans have been crying out for the next installment . franklin assures them they will not have long to wait .\nfranklin mentioned that glory has been\nlooking at beefing up the superfight series for a very long time ,\nand now that it will be featured on fight pass , they will do so by making big matchups as well as title fights from now on .\ntalk of a reality show has swirled . franklin is open to the idea but would like to see such a project produced in conjunction with a television partner rather than being self - funded . however , there will be more countdown - style preview shows for numbered events .\na new date and venue have not yet been chosen , but franklin confirmed that glory would indeed be returning to action this coming fall and that the renewal clauses with their spike tv contract have been exercised and spike will be their television partner\nongoing\ninto 2015 .\nthe detour will be in effect for at least eight months as the department of transportation demolishes the bridge and builds a new one . mndot is replacing the franklin avenue bridge as part of a $ 240 million project to rebuild i - 35w between 46th street and downtown .\nat the law office of john j . strazzulla , we provide diligent and aggressive personal injury representation to quincy and all of massachusetts . our legal team understands the physical setbacks , financial struggles and emotional tolls attached to cases involving negligence , and we are committed to fighting for the rights of our personal injury victims . we also understand that this may be the first time you have needed legal guidance , so we offer comprehensive guidance that will allow you to focus on healing .\nthe jon peterson special needs ( jpsn ) scholarship program provides scholarships to students who are eligible to attend kindergarten through 12th grade and have an individualized education program ( iep ) from their district . the amount of each scholarship will be based on the primary disability condition identified on the student ' s evaluation team report ( etr ) and will not exceed $ 27 , 000 . students must be enrolled in the scholarship program for the entire program year to receive the full scholarship amount .\nmore kickboxing on tv is great for the sport ,\nfranklin told mmamania . it ' s good for all of us and great that promoters see the value of kickboxing . it will help us sell more tickets wherever we go . the future of kickboxing is bright .\none aspect of production which seems certain to change is the fighter walk - ins . franklin notes that it is only the arena audience which gets to see these in full effect and thus a huge production spend is being allocated to something which doesn ' t even reach the television audience .\nfranklin had a great feeling about 2016 and the promotion ' s first event of the year , glory 27 , which takes place on friday february 26 , 2016 ) and was headlined by a middleweight title bout between champion artem levin and no . 3 - ranked contender , simon marcus .\naside from that , franklin says\nthe central ethos is a focus on the spectacular - that means fighters who dominate , who fight hard , who have the special moves and the big finishes , fighters who are big characters but who also follow through and don ' t just talk the talk .\nfranklin also said he ' d\nlove to see him take a title fight . in los angeles ,\nwhich is schilling ' s hometown and the rumored city for glory ' s next u . s . card after the promotion heads to paris for glory 28 on march 12 , 2016 .\nfranklin has been the president of the sports entertainment firm , sports - entco , since 2002 . prior to that , he was the vice president and managing director of img media for 15 years . the denver - based sports executive has also served terms as president for golden gloves marketing and american presents boxing .\nfranklin has his finger on the pulse american sports and is well aware that popular athletes can transcend a sport and make fans gravitate to them rather quickly . he said there will continue to be a heavy emphasis on building up the american talent along with a heavy importance of growing glory ' s stateside popularity .\nwhen mary j blige sings\nyou got to love yourself if you really want to be with someone else , you got to feed yourself before you feed somebody else , you got to stay open and not be foolish because everybody don ' t mean you well\n, you know you are listening to someone who has discovered self - empowerment through trial and tribulation . one of four collaborations \u2014 and underscored by a poignant rap and arrangement by kanye west \u2014 strength of a woman is blige paying respect to the kind of faith and belief that rises above egotism and personality . the backbone of her faith is beautifully expressed in hello father and the gently powerful supplication of telling the truth but , as a soul singer whose body of work is as imposing as aretha franklin ' s , this is an album that should resonate with both women and men .\nthe rest of the 2016 glory schedule will being to roll out soon , franklin said . the promotion is still finalizing details of future events with arenas , athletic commissions and international governing bodies . but once the i ' s are dotted and the t ' s are crossed , the upcoming events will be announced .\nfranklin saw firsthand how well that night of combat sports went on the 2012 new year ' s eve in japan with glory 4 and dream 18 . with bellator mma being a part of the spike programming family , the glory ceo sees no reason a glory / bellator double dip couldn ' t be a possibility .\n\u201cso the goal right now is to close a deal for that , \u201d franklin continued . \u201cthe plan is to bring that show to the u . s . fans ; it\u2019s already on television in more than 30 countries , so there\u2019s no reason u . s . fans shouldn\u2019t be able to see it as well . \u201d\nthey definitely were very involved in the process ,\nfranklin explained .\nif you look at the \u2018dynamite ' event , they were pushing us in one direction . we were trying to come up with the best plan in conjunction with spike to make the evening work properly and it wasn ' t always easy .\nglory ' s last stop overseas was in istanbul , turkey , for glory 15 , which saw gokhan saki win the light heavyweight title due to a nasty injury suffered by tyrone spong . franklin did mention a couple of cities that have been bandied about for upcoming glory events that the kickboxing promotion has not yet traveled to .\nthrough to his fight with brian nielsen , we were his promoter of record , \u201d said franklin . \u201cthen , more recently , my tv production company produced the television broadcast for his last few \u2018iron mike production\u2019 fights . so briar [ schreiber , head of operations ] and i have been seeing a lot of mike over the years .\n\u201cwe\u2019re excited about the plans for 2015 . we\u2019ve got a very steady live event calendar lined up , taking the show around the u . s . and to international locations , \u201d franklin said . \u201cwe are a global brand , and actually , that\u2019s one thing spike tv really likes about us . we bring some exotic locations to the table .\none could get the impression that coker will continue to raid the cupboard , so to speak , and poach some of the roster . franklin said he is\nnever concerned ,\nabout that , before adding ,\nwe do what we do and they do what they do . anything good for the athletes is ultimately good for the sport .\nas far as schilling is concerned , franklin said he\nwishes joe the best .\nand stated he would like to see him\nfight for a glory belt ,\nand would make that fight if\nstitch ' em up\nwould accept it .\nit ' s up to him ,\nhe said . ( more on that here ) .\nwhen the end of october hits , it will be the longest drought between cards since the first two glory events in may and october of 2012 . franklin has been part of the glory team since right before glory 4 took place . now he is in the driver ' s seat and ecstatic to take the promotion through the end of this year , into 2015 and beyond .\nin 2001 , franklin returned to the university of maryland as the first merrill chair in journalism . \u201che is one of the greatest practitioners and teachers of feature writing in all of journalism , \u201d said professor gene roberts at the time . \u201chaving him return to maryland is another great step in making the university of maryland college of journalism one of the finest in the nation . \u201d\nhe is certainly an extremely exciting fighter and he had a couple of knockouts in glory that have gone viral , but is he the up and coming guy for the next title ?\nfranklin asked .\ni don ' t know ? glory is all about the best fighters in the world fighting for a belt . does raymond still fit in there ? maybe he does .\ni don ' t have any problem with them either ,\nfranklin said , when asked about slusser ' s comments .\ni ' m happy to say we had a great run at spike . they were a great place for us to get going in the united states . i ' m a combat sports fan and i watch fights on every network and i still watch fights on spike ,\nhe said .\ni ' m honored to have been a part of glory ' s growth into one of the top fight promotions worldwide , but the work is not done ,\nsaid franklin .\ni truly believe that we have the best athletes in the world , with production for both live audiences and home viewers that is second to none . as we move into the new year , i can ' t wait to share glory ' s global vision for kickboxing with our fans .\nevery option is open ,\nsaid franklin .\nscott coker has said he would be open to anything . we would certainly listen to spike as a partner on ideas on doing shows on the same night and having massive combat evenings . the door is open and all ideas and thoughts are on the table . that ' s pretty exciting because i think with scott and with spike , you have a team that is really open to anything to create incredible evenings and incredible packages .\nwe\u2019ve offered that already ,\nsaid franklin on a title fight .\nwe mapped a plan out for him including a title fight . with a title includes responsibility . he\u2019s gotta come back and defend it . what\u2019s he going to go for a title and then walk away ? we\u2019ll see what he wants to do . it\u2019s totally up to him . he has a contract for another fight . he can take a title fight or another fight , whatever he wants . it\u2019s his call .\nin fairness to schilling , he did say\ni don ' t know what the future holds ,\nat one point , which left the glory door slightly cracked , but he left the impression bellator kickboxing was going to be his future . the legalities and contract info on both sides isn ' t fully disclosed . franklin said ,\nwe are okay with him fighting for bellator ,\nbut added ,\ni don ' t know ,\nwhen asked if bellator was okay with sharing the american kickboxing star .\n\u201cwhat we\u2019ve been able to do - - and we think this is really cool - - is set up a match between two fighters from rival branches of the armed forces . there will be a fight between a navy and air force member , \u201d franklin said . \u201cfor security reasons , we are only able to refer to them by their first names , mitch and cedric , but these are both experienced fighters . they compete regularly under mma rules , and one of them also has a boxing background . they are also involved in their service\u2019s combatives programs . \u201d\nwe are going to be back in the end of october ,\nrevealed franklin .\nwe are still sorting the television date and the location . we have talked with spike and we are going to clear a date at the end of october to be back at it , that will be in the united states . and then the plan from there is to announce a few more dates in the next 12 months , going forward from there . we are very excited . we think spike is a great partner and we look forward to a very long - term relationship with them .\nglory is currently available in over 170 countries worldwide . yes , they did test the pay - per - view ( ppv ) waters with\nlast man standing ,\nbut franklin explained that there were\nstrategic reasons\nfor that . he also said the promotion will revisit that market\nwhen the time is right ,\nbut the immediate future points toward their spike return in october . ratings for the seven shows that have aired on the network that features cops , and bar rescue , have averaged around 500 , 000 viewers with peak viewership sometimes reaching into the 900 , 000 territory .\nhe , along with his team , have worked with glory since glory 4 :\ntokyo\n- - the promotion ' s first u . s . televised show on cbs sports - - in programming , television rights , sponsorships , and logistics . the japan card took place on new years eve back in 2012 , and it was held in conjunction with a dream mma card . franklin said he spent eight hours in the tv truck that day and they were the\nfastest\nof his career , calling glory 4 his first\nindoctrination into all the things glory is and all the possibilities of what glory could be .\nlooking at 2016 , we want to make the superfight series into the premier property that it should be and it is now , with two title fights in paris ,\nsaid franklin , in reference to the next superfight series , which takes place on march 12 , 2016 , ahead of glory 28 .\nit ' s all seeming to come together . we can put some title fights on the superfight series . we ' ve got a lot of fighters that need to fight . we have 120 fighters under contract . we ' ve got to keep them busy . that is one of the reasons we made the superfight series . it just seemed opportune and appropriate to put that series on fight pass .\ni think that the time had come for a little bit of a different approach and the goal was to take what we built from strength to strength and build it further ,\nfranklin told mmamania . com .\nscott rudman ( director ) , pierre andurand ( chairman / majority shareholder ) and a couple of the board members asked if i would be interested . i said ' absolutely . ' andrew is staying on to help do some consulting and help with some of the television stuff , so i think everything is super copacetic . i ' m thrilled and honored to do this . it ' s such a great organization and i ' m pleased to be a part of it . i ' m looking forward to putting on some great fights , continuing the relationship with spike and looking toward bigger and better .\nwith espn it ' s totally different ,\nfranklin stated .\ntheir philosophy is 100 percent aligned with ours . they want to see the best fighters in the world go for the belt . the best competition . they don ' t care if roger federer is winning the u . s . open . i ' m sure there is someone over there that would love to see an american win it , but if roger federer wins it , he ' s the best guy . he deserves the trophy . likewise , they haven ' t ever said to us , \u2018you need more americans . why don ' t you match these guys up ? ' they don ' t tell the ncaa how to run their tournaments and they don ' t tell us how to run ours . we feel like we are given a free hand to do what we do best .\nglory appointed a new chief executive officer earlier this week and he is wasting no time in pushing things forward .\ni ' ve been involved with glory from just prior to glory 4 tokyo and i have seen from the grind floor right up to the boardroom how things are done : logistics - wise , production - wise , presentation - wise . i see some efficiencies that can be made and there will definitely be some changes ,\nhe tells bloody elbow .\nwe ' re looking to do events on a monthly or six - weekly basis so that we are doing at least ten events a year . we ' re going to start with that with our next event , which takes place in late october ,\nhe says .\nas we released earlier this week , spike tv has signed off on the next season of programming so we ' ve got the best television partner we could have here in the united states . and around the world things are in very good shape , television - wise , so we are in a good position now to bring the best content to our television partners and not have the long hiatuses .\nthe recent spike airing of the last man standing pay - per - view did very well and we ' ve got some shoulder programming to announce which we think will be very well received , then late october we are back into our live event calendar and taking it from there .\n[ the spike deal has ] been extended through 2015 which is perfect for both us and them . right now we ' re in the process of closing in on venues which everyone will be very pleased with , we are in 100 per cent \u2018go ' mode .\nwe have great fights . they make glory what it is and we will continue our tradition of having the best in the world fight the best in the world . that won ' t change . what will change is areas such as presentation and how we plan our event calendar and locations .\nwe ' ve been in los angeles and new york twice each , now we ' re looking into bringing our events to other locations in the us and around the world . if you take the analogy of being on tour - and i have worked on a number of tours in my career with img - well , going to new york every few months is not a tour .\nyou have to take the show on the road , all over the country - and all over the world . glory is an international brand in an international sport and we have to maintain that international operation for sure .\nthere will be some changes production - wise . for example , most of our fighter walkouts are never seen on television because of time constraints . so that ' s a whole area of production which has a certain amount of time and cost involved but which doesn ' t necessarily have the impact we want it to ,\nhe explains .\nthe main thing is making a great show for our audience and keeping the audience excited . that ' s who glory is aimed at and that is who supports glory , our fans , our sponsors , our television networks . those are the people we are out to deliver a spectacular show for .\nwe just signed off on a \u2018best of glory knockouts show ' and we are also continuing the tradition of the countdown shows on spike before our events . on a reality show we are open to all possibilities , depending what our television partners want and what our audience is clamoring for ,\nhe says .\nwe will definitely revisit pay - per - view when the time is right . it could be argued that it was too early for us to enter that market but there were some strategic reasons behind that and some of the results were great ,\nhe says .\ni can say that some of the speculation about the [ ppv sales ] numbers was wrong , nobody has gotten it right when it comes to the numbers . and everybody who bought that ppv was thrilled with it , which will hopefully drive more revenue in the future .\nbut right now in the short term the plan is to do what we do best , which is to put great fights on television networks all over the world .\nat this point everything is on the table . i am just getting going in the ceo role and there ' s a lot of things to discuss ,\nhe says .\ni ' ve been part of glory almost since its inception so i have seen it grow and seen it from the inside , yet i ' m also in a position now to take a fresh look at things and see what we need to do to take glory to the next stage .\ndana white says francis ngannou\u2019s \u2018out of control\u2019 ego played a role in his \u2018horrible\u2019 performance at ufc 226 .\ndaniel cormier said he still gets \u2018beat up\u2019 by cain velasquez in sparring practice .\nthis was how historically bad derrick lewis and francis ngannou were at ufc 226 .\nget your calendars and start marking important dates for ufc events to end 2018 .\nall the best , most interesting , and unquestionably coolest fights the ufc must book following their latest pair of cards in las vegas , nv .\nthis article has a component height of 25 . the sidebar size is long .\n\u00a9 2018 vox media , inc . all rights reserved sports data \u00a9 stats 2018 | sb nation combat\ndaniel cormier knocks out stipe miocic to become two - division champion . . .\nufc 226 bonuses : cormier , pettis , rountree , costa capture $ 50k . . .\nufc 226 prelims : undefeated paulo henrique costa stops uriah hall , . . .\nufc 226 \u2018miocic vs . cormier\u2019 play - by - play , results & . . .\nquick pictures from thursday ' s pfl 3 card in washington d . c .\ni respect conor , he boxed . he looked nice , looked good . floyd in ufc . . .\nthank you bellator for hiring big john mccarthy and for saving the . . .\nhas a new television deal in the works which will see its superfight series cards - - essentially the prelims to the numbered - event main cards - - air either live or on tape delay in the united states .\n\u201cglory superfight series 19 will be on television in the u . s . exactly how i can\u2019t announce yet , but i can say it will be on tv in the u . s . , \u201d he said . \u201cthe glory superfight series 18 card [ which took place in oklahoma in november ] will air on u . s . television in the next few weeks , and we\u2019re currently talking to potential broadcast partners about having the glory superfight series 19 card aired either live or on a tape - delay basis .\n\u201cwe\u2019re airing a television special as a lead - in to glory 19 that will air on jan . 30 on spike tv , and it\u2019s a look behind the scenes of this heavyweight championship fight . we plan to do one of those before each event , \u201d he said . \u201cthen before glory 18 we did a \u2018knockout special\u2019 highlight show , and we\u2019ve got more features in the works from a new production company we are using . they work on big pay - per - view boxing events for one of the world\u2019s top combat sports figures . they will be helping us produce our show .\n\u201cwe will have more details to announce on our shoulder - programming , as well as confirmation on the superfight series broadcast . we\u2019re also in the process of renewing and expanding our international television deals , so it\u2019s an exciting time for the company right now . \u201d\nurltoken is a property of mandatory , an evolve media , llc company . \u00a92018 all rights reserved . mobile app | privacy policy | terms of use | rss | advertise | contact | adchoices\nglory ceo discusses 2015 plans , mike tyson as commentator , navy vs . air force bout\nortega : i didn ' t want to lose my shot . look what happened to frankie\nstipe miocic congraulate dc , asks for a rematch and dc responds . . .\nconor mcgregor commissions $ 66 , 000 hyperrealistic sculpture of himself for . . .\n\u201cwe\u2019ve got a complete calendar for 2015 with almost one event per month from april , though we are taking july off . on feb . 6 , we are in virginia with\nlast week , glory revealed that mike tyson will join the commentary team for glory 19 . the former heavyweight boxing champion is known to be a fan of every type of fight sport - - he\u2019s been cageside for several ufc events - - and he nearly fought under kickboxing rules himself .\nback in 2003 , japanese kickboxing organization k - 1 was attempting to make headway in the u . s . they wanted to sign tyson to fight\n- - at that point a terrifying entity - - but the deal fell through . regardless , this will not be tyson\u2019s first encounter with the sport .\n\u201ci worked with mike back in the days of \u2018america presents . \u2019 from his fight with\n\u201cwe did some shoots with mike in the last six months and he mentioned that he thought glory was a cool promotion and that he would like to see a live show some time . we said , \u2018for sure , we\u2019d love to get you out there , \u2019 so we\u2019re bringing him out to virginia . and i think it\u2019s nice to have a heavyweight champion there to watch our own heavyweight championship fight . \u201d\nthe heavyweight title fight pits defending champion rico verhoeven against errol \u201cthe bonecrusher\u201d zimmerman . it is both a championship fight and a rubber match : zimmerman won their 2012 encounter via knockout , and verhoeven won their 2013 rematch by way of unanimous decision .\n, alexander stetcurenko and jonathan oliveira will battle it out for a shot at welterweight champion \u201cbazooka\u201d joe valtellini .\nthe event is taking place in hampton , va . , home to the largest concentration of military bases in the u . s . , and that has led to a unique bout being added to the card .\n\u201cspike tv are going to air this fight and , with a crowd of navy and a crowd of air force in the arena , i think there will be some real noise for that one . we\u2019re presenting that bout in association with veteran operation wellness ( vow ) , a non - profit charitable organization focused on health and wellness for veterans . \u201d\n, who served as ceo previously , will assume an advisory role with glory as a consultant for business development .\nglory also jointly announced with spike tv that they have extended their agreement to provide original kickboxing programming through 2015 , with a full fall schedule to be released in the coming weeks .\n. glory programming is seen in over 170 territories . glory kickboxing rules are comprised of a mix of several combat disciplines including karate ,\ncopyright \u00a9 2018 pr newswire association llc . all rights reserved . a cision company .\nfor inquiries related to this message please contact support . for sales inquiries , please visit urltoken\nif you believe this to be in error , please confirm below that you are not a robot by clicking\ni ' m not a robot\nbelow .\nplease make sure your browser supports javascript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading . for more information you can review the terms of service and cookie policy .\nglory is now far removed from its two - year tenure on spike tv , which came to an end in october of 2015 . since then , the world ' s leading kickboxing promotion has struck a deal with espn to broadcast their fight cards live on espn3 and on delay on espn2 and espn deportes .\nmost recently , glory reached a deal to broadcast their preliminary fight cards - - the superfight series - - exclusively on ufc fight pass .\nwe still talk to the glory guys ,\nslusser said .\nit ' s all good . we see an opportunity with the infrastructure and the platform we are already on . here we are sitting on assets and great people and infrastructure that is really first class and why not take advantage of it to squeeze more efficiency out of it in a sport that we know has potential and we know has a future for the u . s . audience that it just doesn ' t have today .\nwe talk to some of their fighters and we talk to some of their executives and i think the relationship is very cordial and certainly positive at things . anyone that wants to make it out into some rivalry is just wrong . we are all measured and positive executives and we all want the best for the industry ,\nhe added .\ntruly , i think getting more kickboxing on tv is just going to be better for everyone in the kickboxing industry . like i said , we aren ' t going to be in the same city at the same time trying to sell tickets against one another and people who watch kickboxing on tv are going to want to come to live fights and they are going to want to watch more kickboxing because they are going to be excited when kickboxing is on television . so , the more people that are exposed to our sport , the better it is going to be for everyone in the sport .\nit is accurate to say that glory was not heavily promoted on spike and ratings often suffered due to that very fact and due to being placed on late time slots , or inconsistent ones like glory 22 , which aired live from france at 4 p . m et .\nnobody wants to invest money building someone else ' s brand ,\nhe said .\nyou can see that they would want to , perhaps , take it a little further than they were with us . we were getting pushed around to odd time slots and they owned bellator and pbc was paying them a lot to be on the air so they were times they were asking us to move and go later on night and do other things and it made it really tough to establish a consistent ratings driver for them . and with scott ( coker ) there they were interesting in having him help with our match making and changing some things around .\nfrankly , we talked to them about doing some special events with guys like kimbo slice and they encouraged us to bring mike tyson to events , which we did , we had him in virginia . all these things are great ratings drivers , but they ' re not really the direction that we felt was proper . we were trying to put the best fighters in the world to fight for the belt . you don ' t always get the most charismatic winners in those cases .\nwe were happy over there for a time and i think they were happy to have us ,\nhe said .\nat the appropriate time we moved on to the worldwide leader in sports , espn , and we are getting run on three platforms of espn for each show . now we are on ufc fight pass . we are partnering with the number one mma promotion in the world . so , i mean , you can analyze that yourself , where we came from and where we ' ve gotten to ,\nhe added .\nright now the relationship with ufc has started out all roses . we are happy to be with them . we are exclusive kickboxing on fight pass for a long time . we are looking forward to a great run with those guys .\nwhat could be difficult is the fact that glory stands a good chance to lose some of its roster to bellator kickboxing . no . 1 - ranked glory middleweight , joe schilling and former glory welterweight title contender raymond daniels have both signed on with bellator kickboxing . schilling had two fights left on his contract , one of which he completed at the superfight series last friday against mike lemaire , which he won via unanimous decision .\nafter his next bout is fulfilled , he said he intends to\nfight for bellator kickboxing .\nwe ' ve got a great roster of fighters ,\nhe continued .\nwe are on one of the best networks in the world . we are partnering with the ufc on things . we have to worry about doing our business . for us , the future is bright . we ' ve got a lot of great stuff going on . we are signing more and more international broadcasts around the world . we are looking good . we are very well positioned for 2016 from an athletic standpoint , from an exposure standpoint , from a television standpoint , from planning a calendar out in advance . we are really building from strength to strength going into 2016 .\nglory ' s leading man also had some promising news about future events , saying\nthe plan going forward ,\nis for the u . s . events to be shown live on espn2 and espn3 simultaneously , and then the european events would be live on espn3 and replayed on delay on espn2 , which would give glory much larger exposure .\nwe are really happy they chose us to put kickboxing on the network ,\nhe said ."]}